The Dream

I’ve often held this grouse against Liverpool and Manchester United’s fans that when you tend to have a discussion with them they bring out the reference of the “glory” days of the clubs. Man U in some respects have continued their supremacy owing to the twin factors of a tenacious manager and some poor performances of their rivals. But Liverpool as long as I have followed the league have been very patchy. They throw in some brilliant unstoppable performances some times and play utterly clueless football at other times. There is no denying the glorious history of the club. They have been the club with the most number of premier league titles and a history that’s etched in stone and full of achievements. If anybody does begin giving me a lesson on the history of football where the club that I follow features very little in, one would still find an ardent listener in me, because ‘we love this game'. But to all those people who have followed the glory days of Arsenal and Liverpool,...

It’s not a why, you are not a question It’s for you, pure affection I yearned for the way you make me feel In a minute you destroy it and make me reel In my sadness I’ve found solace, your heart is just the final place A thousand steps I will ascend, and will wait at the corner bend One glimpse of you is all I ask, will hold your eye till it lasts Hear me out while I sing, words are all that I can bring

Adidas WC 2010 Repliqué Soccer Ball, White/Black/Pure Yellow, 5 This article isn’t a few days early. It is yet another English fan scripting an account of a disappointing outing for England. Let me confess my interest in football began only about 2 years ago. I became an ardent fan of Chelsea. Didier Drogba is the reason I got attracted towards Chelsea and later became a big fan of most of the players. One player who’d top the list is the most faithful yet underrated soldier of Chelsea and England Frank Lampard. With Lampard and Terry being a part of Chelsea my loyalties definitely rested with England for the World Cup 2010 though an English fan is a person who usually gets snubbed pretty soon in the season. England did the expected. They didn’t look like champions in any of the games they played. An under-5-minutes brilliance from Steven Gerrard in the first game didn’t make England look like giants. They struggled their way through USA’s formation and could not break it. Defensive...

This article isn’t a few days early. It is yet another English fan scripting an account of a disappointing outing for England. Let me confess my interest in football began only about 2 years ago. I became an ardent fan of Chelsea. Didier Drogba is the reason I got attracted towards Chelsea and later became a big fan of most of the players. One player who’d top the list is the most faithful yet underrated soldier of Chelsea and England Frank Lampard. With Lampard and Terry being a part of Chelsea my loyalties definitely rested with England for the World Cup 2010 though an English fan is a person who usually gets snubbed pretty soon in the season. England did the expected. They didn’t look like champions in any of the games they played. An under-5-minutes brilliance from Steven Gerrard in the first game didn’t make England look like giants. They struggled their way through USA’s formation and could not break it. Defensive errors were found but USA didn’t have a Rooney or a Messi to tak...

Dork: The Incredible Adventures of Robin Einstein Varghese If Chetan Bhagat didn’t do enough to inspire me and confuse me, Sidin Vadukut has just taken it to another level. Let me tell you a little bit about the “CAT” grind. Any averagely informed MBA seeker will realize that there are 6 institutes located in 6 different places of India that abbreviate to 3 letters and one has to master an entrance test, again abbreviated to three letters, to get through the portals of the apex institutes of the management world in India. Once you join a coaching centre it pretty much becomes clear that if the picture of IIM Ahmedabad does not feature next to your beloved family deities then you aren’t really serious about your classes in these institutes which will put you through a psychological toughness that is required to endure 2 hours which will largely constitute inability to answer most questions. Once you come out you feel like shit and feel much better when you see the thousand odd students ...

This post has been published by me as a team member of The Rodeo Writers team for the SUPER 6 round of Bloggers Premier League (BPL) – The first ever unique, elite team blogging event of blog world. To catch the BPL action and also be part of future editions and other contests, visit and register at Cafe GingerChai Words aren’t enough but words are all I have. So I will try and tell you in as many words that will still be grossly inadequate. You make me feel like morning dew! Have you ever noticed that you never see the dew forming? You just know it is there every morning. Green leaves are beautiful. The flowers are lovely. But have you seen what the dew did? It made the green leaves come alive with color. It has made the petals of the flowers sizzle. It created fragrance out of mud. It brought dead things to life. That is what you did to me, you brought me to life. From the day I came to know you I’ve started loving myself even more. I know that I should be worthy of the appr...

How do you like that corner office? How I would like that to be mine? Do you see that large cabin in office, one day that’ll be mine? I just saw a porcelain cup and saucer filled with tea being taken into that large cabin. I guess this is the moment when you look at it and say “One day, they will bring that cup to me in my cabin”. But god, help!! I am not feeling that way. I haven’t felt that way since the first day at work or for that matter any day at work. Is this a common syndrome or am I just freaking out? If I am just freaking out why does the mirror on the washroom read Misfit on top of my reflection?