Musings, facts and fun

I have finally decided to rekindle a lot of hobbies of mine that were deeply in slumber for the past 4-5 years. When one’s pastime becomes watching movies all day long, it is really heartening to be able to reclaim some of the old knacks after a long time. I recently stumbled upon my stamp stock book while skimming through some of my old possessions at home. I realized that the book hasn’t seen any addition in the last few years. The book had become all dusty but it still housed the 600 odd stamps that I and my cousin brother had collected. There were some more stamps that did not fit into the book and were kept seperate, but I wasn’t able to locate them in the house. I decided to scan some of them so that I could have the pictures saved with me always, lest I forget my hobby again :P . Well of course any reference to this hobby of mine shall be rendered incomplete without paying due gratitude to those warriors who endured my pestering for getting overseas stamps, and to those who...

They said once, ”All Roads lead to Rome ”, and now they would say, “All rails lead to Bengal!”! I guess this is one conclusion that I could make out of the long list of announcements delivered by the Railways Minister. I tried listening to a small excerpt from her budget speech, but it went invain because of her accent, as I had to spend most of my time replacing all ‘bhat’s and ‘bhy’s with whats and ‘why’s :P. Well February, the shortest month, bustled with a lot of activity, mnik and the budget did muster a lot of heated discussions for themselves. But amongst all the budget and movie talks, February 2010 at the end, would be remembered for the Big magic weaved by the Little Master. His miraculous double ton was serenaded with joy by cricket fans and non-fans, Indians and non-Indians alike. Hail Sachin! Infact, even the parliament members unanimously applauded the feat achieved by the master by thumping their desks. A scene where all parties decide something in complete unison, i...