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RAKSHABANDHAN - KAL AAJ AUR KAL

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Rakshabandhan is round the corner , the markets decorated with various stalls adorned with beautiful ,  colourful rakhis. The shops shouting out The Rakhi offers , the hoardings displaying Kolkatta Rakhi , Rajasthani Rakhi n blah blah that brain starts doing somersaults inside the head .  Does anybody differentiate or is an expert on recognising the particular Rakhi , Well I am not . My earliest memory of Rakshabandhan is the DD national playing the songs " Mere bhaiya mere Chanda  " and " Phoolon ka taaron ka sab ka kehna hai " on the most awaited Chitrahaar which used to be aired on Wednesday and Friday .  While listening to these songs I used to wonder that such loving siblings actually existed🤔. Me and my brother used to create a daily Mahabharata series at our home , our weapons ( bat , broom , etc etc ) putting real Mahabharata's weapons to shame . Rakshabandhan KAL Rakshabandhan  in yester years was all about eating meethe ladoo , gulab ...

Me and mera Bollywood

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The world has changed, the technology upgraded ,the fads are different now . People talk about Hollywood , have seen all sequels of Fast and Furious and XXX .  The new fad is now not watching your favourite series on television ( very LS ) ,when it's streaming on net or watching your favourite movie on the tiny viney screen of your mobile. Amidst all this changing technology , I maintain I am a diehard Bollywood buff , I love Bollywood . I talk Bollywood (I mean it) , the Bollywood dialogue erupting out of my Bollywood inclined mind on drop of a hat at a particular situation. Let's find out what dialogues slips out of our tongue when we are in melodramatic mood . NAHIIII........... The most melodramatic dialogue that I blurt out when the things happen for which I am not prepared at all like , when I step on the weighing scale ( believe me it's actually very melodramatic) , Mrs GUPTA cooks better than me , kids showing me their report card ( A little Nirupa R...

Diaries Of Out-Laws Part 1

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                                                                                          The love story of Mrs Oberoi senior n junior Take 1 Sometimes,about few things even google is not always right . You don't believe me and will say she definitely is amateurish but guys try to google search for first ever war,it will give u a blah blah and blah list. Poor google doesn't know the first probable war that ever happened in past, still happening and God knows will never cease to happen would be THE WAR OF A MIL AND DIL, period. So lets take a voyage to the diaries of the Oberois,Mrs Oberoi (Sr.) and Mrs. Oberoi ( Jr.) , the quintessential Mil and Dil. Picture this : Morning time , kitchen of Oberois. Mrs. Oberoi( Sr) : Got up beta , it's already 10:00 ...