God was Murdered

I was born in Sydney on 27 th December 1959 in an Indian household. It was a weird day. Y’day was 10 th October 2013. It was a really weird day. Rachel, my wife, divorced me. We were married for 24 years. Sachin Tendulkar divorced Cricket. They were married for 24 years. You must have noticed the peculiar similarity in our divorces. That’s where you’re wrong. My divorce doesn’t come close to Sachin R. Tendulkar’s. He is the man with the greatest love story, ever. Mine, not so. Let’s go back a little. Let’s go back to 13 th August 1976. I was 17 years old. And I didn’t like Cricket. It was almost mid-night, but I didn’t feel like going back home. I entered this swanky sports bar in Central Sydney. I sat down at the bar, on a tall bar stool. I confidently ordered beer hoping bartender wouldn’t ID me. She didn’t. England was playing West Indies in a Test match, in London. The 10-hour time difference & rare ‘live’ international telecast meant it played on this...

A billion Indians missed out on the surprise superhit film of September 2013 as they were super-glued to the mouth-watering Big Boss. The movie: The Bloody Ordinance; Starring: Rahul Gandhi & Manmohan Singh (in a ghost appearance) Here, let me fill you billion basterds in on the plot of the bloody ordinance. Ordinance allows convicted legislators to continue to hold office. Meaning Lalu Yadav can continue to rule-the-roost from Jail.   The bloody ordinance, the movie, gave Ranbir Kapoor’s Besharam a run for its money & Rahul Gandhi joined the coveted 100-crore club. But our salt-&-pepper haired reviewer Karan Thapar didn’t like it one bit. He called it preposterous along with other sweet expletives. He particularly hated the climax. I loved it. Better than Ocean’s Eleven. Here’s the climactic speech by Rahul that has particularly left Thapar incensed. Rahul: “My opinion of the ordinance is that it is complete nonsense and should be torn up and thrown a...