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7 Comments »Let me be clear right away – this is not a review of that classic movie starring Al Pacino. I will write that one soon, this – this is different. This post is about the dangerous roads of Sangli city (more of a village with loads of malls and zero industries – my hometown). Going by Pune standards, where the municipal corporation is supposedly organizing motocross for inhabitants – the roads of Sangli are much safer in a constructional manner. Problem, as the title suggests, is dogs.
With that crazy old stupid lady Maneka Gandhi fighting, god knows why, for animals instead of putting that crooked mind of hers to some better use, the streets of Sangli are populated by dogs. In fact, during nights, after 2300 hours, more dogs can be found on roads than human beings.
So, as it turns out, dogs scare the shit out of me. I run away faster than a race horse if I see dogs approaching me from any angle (pun intended). One night, I was coming home from a long study session at my college’s study room. It was almost 0230 hours and I had almost reached my home – almost and suddenly, a pack of stray dogs started chasing me on my bike. Thankfully, with my elite driving skills, I was able to avoid any accident and could get rid of the ‘tail’ (again, pun intended – ever since I saw Sheldon and the sarcasm sign, I have been giving these comments out for people with nonexistent knowledge about these things). [Read more →]
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1 Comment »Australianism: Single-minded determination to win – to win within the laws but, if necessary, to the last limit within them. It means where the ‘impossible‘ is within the realm of what the human body can do, there are Australians who believe that they can do it – and who have succeeded often enough to make us wonder if anything is impossible to them. It means they have never lost a match – particularly a Test match – until the last run is scored or their last wicket down.
Take a bow Michael Hussey and Cameron White. Australians prevail again in an outstanding match – one of the best matches I have seen in this format of the game. Plus it included a win for my all time favorite team and a loss for Pakistan. I am head over heels today. 
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4 Comments »Wow… My weariness, my anger, my frustration… It’s all disappearing right now at this very minute. It will come back if there is no rain. But the lightning, the atmosphere, the drop in temperature, the smell of wet grounds. It’s feeling great.
I am sitting outside in gallery of my room, sipping iced tea and listening to Batatyachi Chawl by P. L. Deshpande… Easily the best moment in whole month. The lightning is romantic, energetic and it feels soothing at the same time (It was 43 degree Celsius in the afternoon). I just put on some music. Kenny G… Signing off in anticipation of rain…
Update1.0: It IS raining. Too bad I can’t go running on the road singin’ in the rain. It’s 3am and people are sleeping. Not that I care. Anyway, I am off. [Read more →]