Shell..

She realized very soon that the business model of the sale of sea shells so close to the sea was actually not very smart. Unfortunately for her, this was one story that was going to be repeated over and over again… This picture taken at Muzhappilangad beach around a year ago… Another one of my … Read more

In Admiration Of the Classics…

Sherlock Jr Some Like It Hot


There is something truly enigmatic about black and white movies. I had the pleasure of watching a couple of movies a few days back and the experience has made me a fanboy of the black and white movie era.

Sherlock Jr. was the first movie I stumbled upon, the silent movie from 1924 is a fun story about a movie projectionist who wishes to become a detective one day. His ambitions are put to a test when he finds himself wrongly accused of a crime he didnt commit.

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The Pursuit of Happiness…

Each and every one of us has at some point in their lives wondered about the purpose of life. The purpose of life is the ultimate reason of our existence… Like an actor who walks up on stage and in their time on the stage they work towards providing their bit of substance to the play. They carefully thread the paths set by the playwright and in the few moments they appear achieve a certain predefined goal.

William Shakespeare famously once wrote “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players“… Shakespeare in his time must have also wondered about his purpose of life and during one of his epiphanies must have believed that he was closer to his purpose than ever.

But what if there is no purpose? What if life is what we truly make of it… Then what is the drive for existence? I believe the real drive for existence is the “pursuit of happiness”

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Lets Talk About Net Run Rates…

Run Rate

As we near the climax of the thrilling IPL season one phrase is likely to take more precedent in the following few days more than the Kamaal Catches, Moments of Success or even the (dare I mention) Blimp. That phrase is the oddly confusing “Net Run Rate“.

The phrase has been used over and over again for such a long time now that it seems very surprising that majority of average cricket fans have absolutely no idea of how it is calculated! For most its seems like an impossible task (No sir, the impossible task is to figure out the Duckworth Lewis system)

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