Return of the dark knight.......Heath's last hurrah!!!

Isn't it amazing how successful some of the movie franchises are.........the audiences world over doesn't seem to get enough of such Hollywood flicks. One such box-office darling is the tale of the caped crusader from the Gotham city.

The latest from the winning series, is all set to hit the cineplexes shortly. Just like it's predecessor this one too will rake in millions.............but unfortunately, this one will be remembered more as the last hurrah, as the swan song, of the talented Aussie actor late Heath Ledger. After tasting success as the leading man in Ang Lee directed Brokeback Mountain, things were really looking up for him. Sadly his journey to super stardom was cut short by cruel hands of death.

If the views of the entire cast of the Dark Knight, the cine critics and all the pre launch press is any indication, Heath as the joker, might have essayed the role of his life.

Definitely a must watch for any ardent movie goer......and for all those tiny superheroes out there, DK along with Hellboy could be this years two biggest attractions.

A tour without Lance.......ain't a tour anymore!!

Lance Armstrong, is one of my role models. I have lot of respect and admiration for this giant, the legend of the sport of cycling.

I was watching the live feed of this year's Tour de France on Ten Sports a short while ago and felt really sad that he isn't part of this greatest sporting spectacle anymore. TDF is the world's most coveted and the most renowned race and Lance was its most charismatic ambassador.

As long as Lance's name was echoing across the country side of France, and up in Pyrenees mountains, TDF was very special to me. Unfortunately the superman has retired now and TDF doesn't conjure up the same feeling anymore.

Grass ain't green anymore.........Rafa has arrived !!

On Sunday evening, the lush green mat at the famous centre court was coated red , by the sultan of Paris. The unstoppable march of Roger at Wimbledon was finally halted by his true nemesis Rafael Nadal.

The face-off lived up to all that hype. In the opinion of all the past legends and the experts this showdown has been the greatest of all times. Clocking well over 4 hours..........the game witnessed two fearsome gladiators slugging it out......doing' everything possible to out do each other. In the end tenacity prevailed over finesse.

Roger, the silent assassin must be completely devastated after this loss.........for he did all the catching up in this contest. Barring the first two sets, he really played out of his skin. But Alas!! in the end it wasn't enough and Rafa, the workhorse, the unrelenting warrior kissed the Wimbledon trophy.

I want my stars back!!

Hasn't been easy going this week.Trying to find my lucky charm....my brightest star, without any luck . Everyday has been a toil, waging a fight against myself, my inner core.......trying to win a losing battle.

I don't know why, some days are so dark ...............as much as I want every moment that I live to go my way, somewhere along the road, just around the next corner, I know rainclouds are waiting to wash away all my hopes.

Tomorrow is a brand new day..........would love to see my sunrise again. CAN'T WAIT!!

Grass ain't for cows ! ..........TENACITY meets FINESSE!!

Ivan Lendl, one of the greats of yesteryears .................once said something very stupid...unsportsmanlike. After mounting numerous unsuccessful bids to win the Wimbledon crown, he made his infamous remark that grass is for cows.

I don't blame him, this is one trophy every player wants to lay his hands on. The real jewel in the crown.

Tomorrow again the god's of tennis will descent upon the centre court...............all set to add a new chapter to their historic rivalry. Roger and Rafal are the two undisputed kings of this lovely game. Roger was humbled on the clay last month ..............losing tamely to the sultan of Paris. But this is his territory, his backyard. Mr. Cool is gunning for his sixth consecutive title to upstage the record of straight five he shares alongside legendary Bjorn Borg.

Rafa has been here twice before, but lost to Roger on both the occasions. Will he be third time lucky?? and shed the tag of one of the greatest champions of all time to have never won a title here. Or is it going to be the master of grass, the undisputed king of the green mat yet again??

Well! I am not going anywhere tomorrow evening ...............can't miss a single ball........TOO MUCH AT STAKE............TOO BIG A SPECTACLE. May the best god win!!

Happy and Gay !!........ the world we are livin' in today

Cloning of animals, Man delivering a baby and storming the female bastion , legalisation of same sex marriages! Wow!! Aren't we a truly happy and gay lot today. It's all happening over here. Isn't it ??

Debates, Arguments, Speeches......What's right and what's wrong, Should we or shouldn't we?? I don't understand why there's so much hype around such issue's. There are more burning concerns in front of us, Issue's that are affecting the whole world.Some of them if not addressed now can have catastrophic consequences for the entire human race in times to come. Global warming, depleting oil reserves, ever increasing act of terrorism, arson, loot, in almost all the parts of the world.

Hope in the end......................it doesn't become a case of too little, too late.

I don't understand, what's going around, who is fighting what and whom. All I know is, there are tougher times ahead of us ............not just for the entire humanity but for this beautiful planet we call Earth.

Ties that bind !!.......Me n' my compadre

It was business as usual on the first two days of this month. Took a whirlwind maiden official tour of the garden city, Bangalore.....oops! Bangaluru. After a hectic drill, good number of meetings on day one, met my bro' , my compadre, Sanju. Words can't describe the feeling. All those beautiful memories....of the school, the college and the post grad', came alive. I wish we could go back in time and reconstruct all those golden moments again.

I don't have many close buddies I can call brothers, but Sanju's friendship will always be special. It means a lot to me ............. He means a lot to me.