Oh, someone please give me a break! What's so big about the "Prince Charming" of Congress hopping onto the Mumbai local train? I bet the only other passengers in that and adjoining 4 compartments would be the burly security people. Don't even ask about the fate of the commuters on the stations in between Andheri and Dadar. I am sure the train must have run non-stop.

RahulBaba, can you board the Virar-bound train at peak hours please?

I know I have a lot of catching up to do as far as posting on the books that I have read recently goes. But for the past 2-3 days it has been very hectic at the office. :-( God knows when I will get a breather.

One of our employees has to travel from Pune to Kottayam next week. So I asked our travel desk to check for the availability of train tickets. What do you know? There are people on wait-list right till the 14th. Wonder where do all these people go all the time!

I think the last time I traveled overnight on train was about 5 years back. Come to think of it, I would like to do that again. Simply love the way the train rocks you to sleep! And the countryside greets you when you wake up in the morning :-)

गाडी बुला रही है, सिटी बजा रही है :-)

Is everyone blind? Can't people see that SRK's so-called love for Pakistani players was a ploy to get him loads of free publicity for his upcoming film? Stop giving importance to his statements, and get on with your life people. He doesn't have anything else to do but you and me do.

Beware of a missed call from +92 number

Check this out New cross-border threat? Calls offering cash for data

Padma Shri for a nuclear bomb inventor?

If you want one reason why Saif shouldn't have been given a Padma Shri, here's one for you.

"If you look at the awardees over the last couple of years, all of them have not exactly invented a nuclear bomb," the actor told a news channel. (I deserve Padma Shri: Saif)

Can someone please tell the Chhote Nawab that not even the stupidest Indian politician will award a Padma Shri to someone who invents a nuclear bomb. BTW, what's left to invent in it?

I guess, what Saif meant to say was "Rocket Science" :-)

As if the world doesn't have enough problems with the existing religions, a new one just made an entrance - Punjab sect declares new religion.

When I read "Osama blasts US over climate change" I did a double-take. At first I thought I read "Osama" when it actually was "Obama". That keeps happening with me!

Unthinkable as it is that the US Prez will blast his own country for its stance on climate change, it is equally unthinkable that the Al-Qaeda head honcho will worry about it. Doesn't he know that as his teammates blow themselves up all around the world, they are doing little to improve the temperature of the Mother Earth - both literally and figuratively?

Maybe, he misunderstood the message - Go 'Green'! :-)

What's with the politicians and shoes? Can someone please tell me what's so big about the French President helping the US Secretary of State when she lost her shoe? Any sane person would have done the same. Any politician worth his/her salt would have done the same too. (yep, the two kinds need to be separately mentioned!). A failure to do so would have led to a diplomatic row, not to mention a field-day for the media who would have wondered what happened to "good-old chivalry".

I think it's as hilarious to call Mr. Sarcozy "The knight in shining armor" as it is to say that losing a shoe meant Ms. Clinton was in distress. Give them a break guys, they are human too (though it is hard to think of politicians that way!).

I wonder if my ex-boss has come across this piece of news. Years ago, when our entire team had been to France for a project presentation, I was afraid he would lose all his teeth - because he kept gritting them every time anyone spoke in French! :-)