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Trivia….Connections…Tina Turner & Pierce Brosnan…Vapi & Wimbledon…Singapore & Sanskrit

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I Love Connecting…even if it appears as Trivia….over the Years it’s become an inherent and instant reflexive action when I read about or see a Person,Thing or Place Like….. what’s the Connection between the Crooner and even Actor,Tina Turner…she’ll turn 71 in November this year ( Oh ! I loved her ‘Private Dancer’ and ‘What’s Love […]

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India is ‘Bandh’ today but Stock Markets are ‘Chalu’ !…Pun intended !

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To Protest against the Congress led UPA Government’s recent decision to Hike Prices of Petroleum Products, the Opposition parties led by BJP and even joined by some UPA parties ! had announced a Bharat Bandh today….Political leaders are courting arrest…there is disruption in Road,Rail and Air Transport across the Nation….In Mumbai,Autos and Taxis are off

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FIFA World Cup and me share a great Bond…in 2006 I won a 42 Inch Plasma TV in a World Cup related ‘Guess the Winner’ Contest !…hopeful for some Good Fortune in 2010 too!

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I Love FIFA World Cups….for more reasons than one! Distinctly remember the Family excitement during the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany…. A leading Mumbai Tabloid was running a Daily SMS Contest on guessing the Winner in the Day’s matches… I have this habit of reading Mumbai’s two afternoon tabloids while having my lunch… and so I

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‘Raajneeti’ is a wasted movie…..

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‘Raajneeti’ Many liked the movie…but not me !…Lousy….characters simply not build up properly….senseless violence…family hangups in local politics…ungripping storyline…predictable ploys….not a single powerful performance…hackneyed election speeches…bloody waste of money…Naseeruddin Shah was wasted…probably was smart and walked out of the movie in the early scenes itself !……actually a whole Star cast wasted !…..Oh! and the women always

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Amusing…Punj Lloyd…’Sell’ says one arm of a leading Broking House…’Buy’ says ‘Private Client Group’ of the same Broking House !…both on fundamental grounds and both recommendations on same day ,May 31,2010 !

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It needed a leading Broking House to liven up and entertain us and provide a chuckle while the markets swing around ! On May 31,2010 this Broking House gave a Fundamental Call Report to ‘Sell’ Punj Lloyd at Rs 137 with a down target of Rs 97 On the same day the ‘Private Client Group’ arm

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Wow ! Napolean Bonaparte’s Preserved Penis worth US $ 100000

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Paulo ‘The Alchemist’ Coelho fascinates me….”If you chase your dreams,your dreams will chase you”…Wow ! love visiting his blog…he’s embarking on a spiritual retreat from tomorrow for a few days and will have access to the internet for only 20 minutes everyday…uncanny coincidence !…because I too am doing the same later this week ! Caught

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