God was Murdered

I began dating when I was in 8th Grade [age 13] & the journey is still far from done 25 years later - I’m 38 now.  The first 21 years [1994-2015] of dating were slow at their best. The last 4 years [2015-19] have been relatively lightning at their slowest . Statistics of Girls Dated: 1994-2015: 7 [1 girl every three years}] 2015-19: 74 [18.5 girls per year] Staggeringly, I’ve dated more girls in 5 months [ 8 ] than I dated in 21 years [ 7 ].  In the last 4 years, I’ve seen a 56 times rise in my dating frequency. That’s not just ridiculously enormous, it’s also phenomenal for a lad with near-zero charm, zero physique, very limited money, very very limited looks, and utterly unsociable & outrageously rude attitude. How the hell did this transformation happen? Generally, in life, it’s difficult to find simple answers for major transformations. But my metamorphosis has a singular reason: Modern God — more popularly known as:...

1.35 billion slept happily last Sunday as India beat Australia in the Cricket World Cup. Every punk around me is dead certain that India is the favorite to win the World Cup. It’s a reasonable claim, but it’s based more on Indian team’s dazzling paper strength, very recent results [wins against SA & Oz], natural bias towards one’s country of birth & most importantly ‘genetic/cultural stupidity’.  Unlike South Africa, who’ve lost three matches on the trot, England & Australia’s one loss in three matches doesn’t change the equation much. England and Australia remain the favorites to lift the coveted Trophy on Sunday, 14 July 2019.  After doing dynamic calculations by considering a range of factors, I’ve picked my favorites: 3. India  2. England  1. Australia Reason One : Recent Form [Matches in 2019] India: 10 wins - 5 losses England:  9 wins - 3 losses - 2 no result Australia: 11 wins - 5 losses With the above stat...

If I were asked to describe India’s educated, privileged, intellectuals [pseudo & real], liberals, feminists & entitled youth in ‘two words’, it’ll have to be - Delusional Egotists.  Full Disclosure: I’m also one of the above. I’m a pseudo-intellectual, foreign-educated, relatively privileged, elder millennial. Then, why the hell I’m not a Delusional Egotist - because life has taught me that even after all my privileges & knowledge, I’m just an ordinary human whose life or death will not make the tiniest dent on the universe. Once anyone knows & survives that heartbreaking fact, it fills mind & heart with ‘detachment’ and detachment leads to striking clarity.  Let’s roll back to the hot topic. Ever since Modi-led BJP came into power in 2014 till the elections results in 2019, I’ve sat, walked, traveled, lay in bed, shared food, scotch, hash and intense conversations with all the above humans. They all truly believed all the major BJP fuck u...

In the year 2000, I was predicting the future with more perfection than the legendary French Astrologer Nostradamus ever did. I predicted both the Academy Award winners [Julia Roberts {Erin Brockovich} & Russell Crowe {Gladiator}]; that I will fall in love in college [I did]; India will win the Cricket World Cup 2003 [Lost in the Final]; & the US will have its first Gay & Black President within a decade [Barack was definitely Black :)].  My ‘hot streak’ began one late evening [15 January 2000]. I was watching Miss India pageant with my mother at home.  “Mom, I really like Priyanka, but she won’t win - Lara will. Priyanka will be the runners up” I was spot on. Lara went on to win the Miss Universe; Priyanka won the Miss World. There on, Priyanka’s career rose rapidly & hit the peak when she became the first South Asian to lead an American network drama series - Quantico [2015-18]. Currently, Priyanka Chopra is a rare true internation...