Sudipta's Life

Hi Barkha,  As an ex-fan of yours, I have some things (in a rather long post) to tell you. I need to tell you things as a friend, and also as a blogger. Unfortunately, within this last group you've suddenly made a lot of, shall we say, "extremely unfriendly people". You thought you were setting an example by stamping out irresponsible statements by individuals. Instead, you now discover that you've thrown a stone into a hornet's nest.  First, let me tell you that I do not think you wanted to jeopardise the lives of anybody: be it the hostages in the Mumbai hotel or our jawans fighting at Kargil. Nobody, not one citizen of India would "want" to do this. Any such accusation is stupid. The fact that this happened (or at least so we believe) at Mumbai is a different matter. It is a matter of cut-throat competition among different TV channels, and being there at the site of live action and not broadcasting the stuff is simply not "practical". We...

Richa tagged me, asking me to write about 25 random things about myself, and then pass the tag on. I have done some similar tags before, so I'd borrow some of the things from her and finish the tag nevertheless: My favourite color - black, if you must insist. Actually, I don't have one: don't want to have one, and have found the whole concept confusing. I think I've switched between yellow, navy blue and then to black, partly because I had to either write school essays or contribute to a discussion somehow. Black is my current answer, because it contrasts well with everything else. Childhood dream - was inspired one day after watching too much Ramayan that I had supernatural powers. There were some boys pelting stones at a jamun tree outside my grandparents' place to get some of the fruit. I went towards them with a bow and arrow I had made out of broomstick/palm fan leaves and had the rudest shock of my life when one big guy tore my six-year-old self-'s bow a...

      The 2005 Suzuki SV650 bike: 4-stroke 647cc V-twin engine Fuel injected 11.5:1 compression ratio 6-speed gearbox Theoretical maximum speed at 6th gear - 139 mph

Greetings, my email-forwarding friend. In view of the undying sincerity with which you have been forwarding all previous emails, I trust that you shall do the same justice to this one as well. Instead of all the previous scams where Bill Gates did not share his fortune with you or those millions from the rebel general's bank account from Nigeria never came... trust me, this is real. You don't have to worry about increasing the size of something or about bad luck coming your way because you did not forward some multi-coloured alphabet to at leasst 50 more weirdos like you. No madam, no such worry. Answer the simple questionnaire I have prepared below, and you shall know the true nature of your madness. Oh did I say madness? I'm sorry -- I meant that if you answer these questions faithfully, I the mind-reader can reveal the traits of personality which determine your true love type. This has been verified by 108 sorceresses and fortune tellers, and they have unanimously agreed...