Here is the link to my new blog on Times of India. This one is on Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar. Could I please ask you to leave your comments on the TOI site just for this particular one as your rich knowledge on both the Masters would be quite profound and I would love to see it shared with a wider group.
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tiger-trail/entry/super-icons-bachchan-tendulkar-rightly-consecrated1
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Sharmila says... 
February 21, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Sharmila,
Just for this one as you say.
February 21, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Sharmila, Renate, (MoonaLisa – wake up), Aishwarya – evade – kidhara??
No place like home. The TOI space is so cramped I had to come back here for a breath of fresh air. BTW, I am using my proper name on the TOI page.
Reader will remain on this page.
February 21, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Enjoying your comments there. I normally dont write there much, none of the Authors there do.. I step in once in a while..
February 21, 2011 at 10:37 pm
Comment posted!
February 21, 2011 at 11:43 pm
replied too
February 22, 2011 at 8:09 pm
Sharmila,
Noticed on the platform at TOI that all the ‘Most Read’ and ‘Most Commented’ blogs are on politics. Even those that carry titles on sports or religion deal entirely with the politics of the subjects.
Does that qualify for a general observation that we are obssessed with politics?
May be or may be not. I note that there are just 100-150 unique commenters all together.
February 22, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I think people prefer certain authors. Nandy, Kalra are probably the most read no matter what they write. Yes, around that many would comment. But, the site hits are quite staggering.
February 23, 2011 at 9:49 pm
I don’t know who is Kalra. Pritish Nandy can hardly be called a blogger.
He is primarily a columnist for the TimesGroup of publications. Even that is a demotion in actual terms as he was a Chief Editor earlier.
I think he is just having fun now. He has given his best long ago.
February 23, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Thats is right Nandy’s blog becomes a weekly column. Rajesh Kalra is the Times Internet editor. Has a dedicated following. I must draw your attention to this remarkable blog I read today. It was brought to my attention by a commentator on my blog. It moved me.
http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/guns-n-poses/entry/talking-of-heroes
February 23, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Sharmila,
Read the link. Well written. TOI is definitely the wrong place for it.
February 22, 2011 at 10:52 pm
“We hate what we do not understand.” I’m not sure what that phrase means, but it’s bloody stupid!
🙂
February 23, 2011 at 2:45 am
🙂 Reader….
February 23, 2011 at 6:33 pm
Request furnished……I tried every bit to keep my childish thoughts away and write sensibly there at least.But still made a mistake,now not only the nation but the whole world is more likely to read what you opine about.Mashaallah
Keep on writing so that I can learn ten new words at least,from every new post :P.Best of luck di……..
February 23, 2011 at 8:17 pm
Thanks a lot Salman. Well and truly grateful for your beautiful wishes.
February 23, 2011 at 9:28 pm
Sharmila,
It’s okay if you cannot comment long on the strings on the TOI. I suppose that’s part of being the author of the post.
But you can do that on your own blog page. I like this space because it has a lot of breathing space, unlike teh TOI comment section, Twitter and Facebook. I was never good at precis writing!
In fact, we can run unlimited discussions in this space including putting videos and meandering through every possible subject on earth!
Here we discuss everything under the Sun, above the Sun, behind the Sun and inside the Sun!!!!
🙂
PS: Hope Renate and MonaLisa agree with me.
February 23, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Lol….Reader…
Since when did you care about agreemnts and disagreements…. 🙂
I couldn’t agree more on this matter however…
Being the part of the parcel… you bet….I have felt and enjoyed every moment …every bit of under the sun, over the sun,above the sun,behind the sun & inside the sun….and survived so far…. 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 10:44 pm
We should get Karunanidhi to the blog, The original creator of the sun network to box with Reader.
February 23, 2011 at 10:57 pm
MonaLisa,
Blame it all on the Sun. The Sun is the cause of this complicated arrangement.
February 23, 2011 at 11:02 pm
Haha, Reader, I see you have taken home something from our past discussions…. 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Sharmila,
Karuna is busy right now. He is caught between the Son and the Sun!
The trouble shooter M. K. Alagiri is busy buying MDMK amd AIADMK leaders. S. Muthuswamy, M. Chinnaswamy, M. Kannappan, Gingee Ramachandran are being showered with goodies.
The Sun is not going to shine till the assembly polls are over. The Son will bury himself with the dead for some time.
February 23, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Renate,
I am learning. I don’t want to lose anyone if I can do something about it.
February 23, 2011 at 11:10 pm
Lol…Reader…
Why blame anyone…!? It is what it is…blaming anyone gonna change anything…for better…!? If it does…then we are on…! On for the blame game…lol 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Reader,
I was only alluding to the discussion about the sun being the source of everything. You seem to have given my sentence a more complex meaning.
it’s alright, let’s not get sidetracked.. haha.. but that’s all we do.. 🙂
Carry on….
February 23, 2011 at 10:00 pm
Yep! This is a disco blog! 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 10:08 pm
There are 24 hours in a day and many days between two posts… How can so much time be restricted to one subject… except when it is about food and hunting…
February 23, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Lol, Reader,
You hunt for your food now? 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 10:16 pm
Renate,
I am just leaving my office. Catch you in a few minutes. I’ll tell all about hunting… 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:38 pm
Lol…Renate…
Reader….The hunter…!? 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Renate,
MonaLisa has hit the right note. Reader, the hunter! No way! He is the hunted!
February 23, 2011 at 10:07 pm
February 23, 2011 at 11:16 pm
Renate,
I am surprised by the Hindi song. You really are serious about Gerindi. I am just building the phonetics of the new language. I am yet to mix the alphabets. I am sure I can create a unique mix! There are many commonalities.
I’ll begin with the vowels: A Aa e ee… 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Reader,
Here is some help with the “Ger” part
February 23, 2011 at 11:54 pm
Renate,
Thanks. This will take time.
February 23, 2011 at 10:12 pm
lol.. ha ha Renate..
February 23, 2011 at 11:24 pm
Renate,
Food and Hunting.
I don’t hunt for food. My ancestors were temple priests and keepers of land and lineage records for people. We got food by preaching community living, paying money, terrorizing people or causing divides and wars. My genes have a history of political finesse! 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:29 pm
Could have fooled me there, Reader.
The hunting instinct is alive and well in you, I’m sure, just sublimated into… ❓
February 23, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Hmmm…now I am eagerly waiting for Reader’s honest response on that…Renate 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:52 pm
Into… ❓
Hmmm…. I don’t know… I am not a hunter.. I am like an elephant in a deep jungle… not territorial like a cat… but quite protective about the ecosystem…
February 24, 2011 at 12:02 am
Aah..I thought so…Reader…
Not very honest response…! Some time you become Lion the other time An elephant…! Now I am totally and completely confused… 🙂
February 24, 2011 at 12:06 am
MonaLisa,
Renate has this knack of putting me in spots…
I am sure I am not a hunter… 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:30 pm
🙂 Reader….You sound like Bush’s bro… 🙂
February 23, 2011 at 11:49 pm
You betcha.. my long lost brother…
February 24, 2011 at 12:17 am
Reader…
Some time ago you told me you are A Lion….Now you are calling yourself an ecofriendly Elephant… Now what shall I understand…!? A Lion..or An Elephant…!?
Don’t blame Renate…We all are hunters…
Everyone has hunger…nonsatiable… for something…atleast one thing…in life…It always comes in front time to time in different guise….
February 24, 2011 at 12:26 am
MonaLisa,
Our senses are like mirrors of what we feel. Our expressions confess our beliefs.
Sometimes, this rotuine is by-passed by circumstances – we confess what we feel instead of saying what we want!
February 24, 2011 at 12:35 am
Reader,
The confession is filtered by the writer and perhaps not quite grasped by the recipient sometimes.
A fertile ground for misunderstandings – and even more fertile ground for our little meanderings here.
Fun, na?
February 24, 2011 at 12:40 am
Renate,
Yes. The IT nerds are yet to design a suitable platform for this sort of open forum.
February 24, 2011 at 12:49 am
You mean to get us back onto the straight and narrow after we spent hours going around in circles?
The IT guy who can keep up with us is still wet behind his ears
February 24, 2011 at 12:50 am
Reader…
How many reallyknow …what they want…!? Still the feeling of wanting …prevails very strongly till we die…may that be love,lust,knowledge…or to fulfil the basic needs…
The structure we live in is so complex..that one forgets …even if he/she knows what exactly one wants out of life….so the hunt always goes on for good or bad…meaningful or meaningless….causes…who knows…!?
February 24, 2011 at 12:57 am
MonaLisa,
Everyone knows… the only problem is they don’t know it for themselves.. most people seem to know what the other person wants…
The success is when I know what I feel and what I want.
February 23, 2011 at 11:26 pm
Hmmm…now what do I miss in here..!?
What is it about losing and not losing anyone..!? Reader…
February 23, 2011 at 11:47 pm
MonaLisa,
Nothing in paricular. Let go.
I am feeling much better now after seeing my Indian doctor in the morning.
“How are you doctor?”
“I am fine” she said.
I settled comfortably in the patient’s chair feeling rather assured.
“What’s the matter?” she asked.
I am too clever to answer such a question in a clinic.
“You tell me” I said, “You are the doctor.”
She gave me a strange look, not sure if I was her type of patient.
She plugged her ears with the stethoscope and began to probe different parts of my person.
“Is that for the mobile phone?” I asked
“What?”
“This ear chord”
“No,” she smiled, “This is a new stethoscope.”
She placed the end on my stomach. I shook my head and pointed to my heart.
“What?” she asked.
“The heart is here” I said
“I know” she said, “Let me do my job”
“Okay” I said. What a doctor, I thought, she probably thinks my heart is floating between my shoulders and the waist.
“Tell me if this pains” she said and pressed on the liver and intestines.
“Ofcourse, it pains” I said, “You are doing push-ups on my stomach!”
“What did you eat last night?”
“Food” I said
“Good” she said rather too patiently for a doctor and wrote out a prescription.
A very petite nurse came in.
“Get me cold water” said my doctor
“A tea for me with milk and sugar” I said heartily
Both stared at my beaming smile.
After an hour of casual discussion about the general conditions in ME and the weather in India I left feeling all hip-hop.
See, most of illnesses disappear once I visit the clinic!
February 23, 2011 at 11:58 pm
🙂 Reader…
Make it a routine to pay a vist to your Dr. every now and then and you would never be sick…
Women can cause and create wonders in one’s life…! Thunder too…if necessary…
🙂
February 24, 2011 at 12:02 am
MonaLisa,
That’s a good idea. Someone told me once, we must go to the doctor so that they can survive. And don’t take the medicines they prescribe so that we can survive. It’s a mutual understanding. Live and let live.
February 24, 2011 at 12:08 am
Hahahaha….Reader…
Now You are taking a toll on that Dr….poor lady… 🙂
February 24, 2011 at 12:14 am
MonaLisa,
Not at all. She is good. I don’t usually go for check ups. I have most of the common meds in my cabinet.
I have been coughing rather hard last few days. I thought my lungs are wearing out. Thats all.
She assured me they are in good shape and intact. She let me go with the usual amoxycillins. She knows I don’t like referrals and scans.
February 23, 2011 at 11:53 pm
The Catholics have a long line for aspirants to sainthood.
Du Hindus, too?
Your Doctor deserves a prime spot in that line for her patience and endurance.
February 23, 2011 at 11:58 pm
Renate,
My doctor is a good lady. I have noticed that ever since I’ve begun to visit her clinic she is aging rather fast.
Doctoring must be a tough business.
February 24, 2011 at 12:20 am
Renate,
There is no Vatican in Hinduism. Saints are not made to order. Saint is not a title awarded by anyone. It’s an automatic, respectful address.
The Sanskrit word for Saint is Sant.
Sant is Sa+unt
Sa is good, associated, bonded. Unt is the end, ultimate, finale. Sant is one who is associated with ultimate truth.
February 23, 2011 at 11:27 pm
MonaLisa, Renate,
Right-ho! No blame. The Sun is a good fellow.
February 24, 2011 at 12:22 am
Mox sounds like your ample unavoidable food item in your diet…too bad… practically you are surviving on anti-biotics…Well..! What can I say…!? I am not your Dr… 🙂
February 24, 2011 at 12:30 am
I know. I’ll be okay once I return to India for good. I wish I knew when I am going to die. I don’t want to risk going back and running out of money after some time.
February 24, 2011 at 12:37 am
Where’s the problem? You can die right then and there…
That’s what I am telling myself by taking the retirement plunge right now!
February 24, 2011 at 12:43 am
I am not going to gas myself.
May be I should dwell on this more. Plan it consciously on paper instead of drifting with the wind.
February 24, 2011 at 12:46 am
That won’t get you anywhere. Life does not play according to plans on paper.
February 24, 2011 at 12:48 am
I’ll believe it till it lets me down… 😛
February 24, 2011 at 12:52 am
You do?
How many of your palns-on-paper so far have worked versus failed?
This is not meant for you to bare your soul, a simple number will suffice 😛
February 24, 2011 at 12:53 am
Okk…You…Guys…time for me to go…
Reader… have a Good Night…
Renate,Sharmila….enjoy your day…eve..whatever..
February 24, 2011 at 1:00 am
We are in three different time zones at 60 deg… Hong Kong, ME/Asia and the US…
All the greetings apply all the time.. Good Morning, Evening and Night!
Guuuuuuudddddd Nnnnnnnaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttttttttt MonaLisa.
Reminder for Renate and Sharmila
If I am not wrong MonaLisa likes her name spelled out… She objected to ML once…
February 24, 2011 at 1:06 am
Thanks Reader, noted 🙂
MonaLisa, have a great day!
So Reader, where were we? It’s so easy to lose the plot here….
February 24, 2011 at 12:53 am
Correction: plans-on-paper
February 24, 2011 at 12:54 am
Bye ML, see ya later 🙂
February 24, 2011 at 1:13 am
Renate,
How many plans on paper have worked?
I have lived for too long to keep a count.
It works when I do for others. It doesn’t always work for personal interests. That’s the change I need to steer.
February 24, 2011 at 1:18 am
Reader,
Why is it harder for oneself???
Because the others we nudge on and then they go on their way.
We, however, will always be around to reap the harvest of taking our own advice.
February 24, 2011 at 1:22 am
Renate,
Why should reaping the harvest cause the plan to fail?
February 24, 2011 at 1:27 am
It doesn’t of course. Plan comes first, failure second.
Then hopefully some learning.
February 24, 2011 at 1:32 am
Renate,
That’s a new one on me.
I normally do a Plan A, Plan B, Plan C and a Recovery plan for doing something.
I have never planned for a failure. Why would you expect me to do that?
February 24, 2011 at 1:35 am
I don’t plan for failure. It happens to me sometimes.
I’m still a learner in that department.
Time running short, d’ya think?
February 24, 2011 at 1:47 am
Time is either right or wrong. And yes, as you say, sometimes it’s not enough.
I must wish you a good day. It’s my time to give the pillow a work-out.
Good Morning, Good evening and Good night.
PS:
Taking away a good idea today. There needs to be a fringeless platform that can allow open forums on unlimited space, without the bundled algorithms of Facebook and Twitter.
February 24, 2011 at 7:43 am
If I had to design this open space, I’d make it less vertical, with some horizontal options for side branches, like an evolutionary tree.
But knowing the crazy bunch of us, we’d make a mess out of that, too.
Reader,
Time is neither right nor wrong. Time is a scale, someone smart once said 😛
February 24, 2011 at 10:48 am
‘morning,
I should have been more clear. Time is right or wrong for a plan to be activated. Ofcourse it is just a scale.
Time is neither right nor wrong in metaphysical accountability. Time is not answerable for events.
February 24, 2011 at 10:55 am
Good Morning, Reader.
Of course.
And time – the scale – will after all have the last laugh at us.
Do we have a more upbeat theme for today? Any more torturing doctors on your part?
February 24, 2011 at 11:04 am
Renate,
It’s time to undo the damage that is caused by personifying Time.
There are many similar personifications due for critical assessments. Some have got embedded in myths and legends.
The tree of evolution of personified entities is crowned by the one called God.
February 24, 2011 at 11:06 am
Like who?
The Grim Reaper?
February 24, 2011 at 11:15 am
Who is Grim Reaper?
February 24, 2011 at 11:20 am
Him
February 24, 2011 at 11:22 am
Renate,
Okay checked for Grim Reaper. You are right. That’s another one.
February 24, 2011 at 11:24 am
We’re getting too morose down here. Shall we move to the new page?
February 24, 2011 at 11:25 am
Go on. I’ll join you in a moment.