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I dedicate this post to Sir Rodrix; one of the most influential people I've met in my life, on his request. Here you go, sir:  It all started one day. It was the 9th of September, 2012. I had nothing to do. I sat and stared at the blank screen. Facebook, luckily, didn't attract me too much. So Facebook wasn't an option to spend time. I wanted an healthy hobby. I thought hard, scratching my head and biting my lips. Before I even started Blogging, I was associated with the Wikimedia Foundation for about 1.5 years. I had been a Wikimedia Board member for 3 months, and held some positions of trust under the Wikimedia administration. Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia organizations were a fun place to work in; indulge in community work and help make the world's largest encyclopedia even more perfect. Things went correctly until the last few months of my Wiki career. Something was wrong. We (Wikipedians; those who edit Wikipedia) witnessed a period of decline o...

Eden shouldn't have been, after all. Not that because I'm not much of a supporter of the home franchise, but because of other clear, important and vital factors that affect the game. Affects, in a huge way. There are tons of reasons for those. Let's peek in. The first one, being one of the most important reasons is the Nor'wester rains. They are expected at this season of the year in Kolkata. I'm not a Geographic expert or anything sort-of that; but it's my common sense that tells me that it'll precipitate in the late evening. And when it precipitates, that's when things go wrong. Pitches behave abnormally, the wicket isn't quite good for batting, the dampness in the ground, and of course the risks of getting a fielder injured due to slipperiness in the field.  Another problem with the Eden is that it is a slow, sluggish wicket, and the ball doesn't come on to the bat quite nicely. We all want a fiery showdown by the finale teams, ri...

       Sreesanth took a long time to set the field. It was the indication for the bookies to start betting. We all know the recent controversy- S Sreesanth, Chandila and Chavan, playing for Rajasthan Royals this IPL Season, arrested due to spot-fixing. They've admitted their wrong doings. IPL has went serious. I mean, way serious. The bookies paid Sreesanth 60 lakh rupees (now that's almost $11,000!) for bowling a loose over. They had stated him the task to concede a specific amount of runs during one of his overs, and he did that pretty loyally. My personal view is that without even being paid a single paisa, Sreesanth would have conceded a minimum of 35 runs of his 4 overs (and we expect that from him, knowing he's quite out-of-form)- without getting into so much of trouble! I don't understand why Indians are so greedy. Yes, and I did want to emphasize on the two words "so greedy". Previously, a normal Indian guy thought Pakistani cricketers are th...

I was shocked to find that the Chief Minister of my state, Ms. Mamata Banerjee, encouraging people to smoke. And all this smoking for a reason: Refund money of poor people who lost their fortunes in the Saradha Chit Fund scam. This, according to me, has crossed the limit. I don't write on political circumstances much, but I had to. I had to express my voice against this. I will discuss how smoking will gather revenue for the state, too. Truly, politics has gone wild. For those who are not aware of what the Saradha Chit Fund is, it is a chit fund company that has gone bust and locked down. Hundreds of thousands of angry depositors have already ransacked Saradha Group offices. Agents who couldn't pay back their clients committed suicide, too. The state has a 10% tax for smoking. The revenue gathered from the taxes will be used to "repay" poor people. Instead of actually repaying, it'll be used to bail out Sudipta Sen, the owner of the Saradha group. Is this w...

Dear Gandhiji, You left us 62 years ago. If you were still around, you would have been 140 years old. However, we have not forgotten you. You are on every banknote and most stamps. There are many statues of you. Prestigious roads in almost every city are named after you. Our politicians try to model themselves on you. They wear the fabric you promoted, they quote you at every instance, they've got a photograph of you in their office and some even eat and live like you. There are books, TV programmes and movies about you. Seriously, you'd be impressed at how much we still adore you. However, there are things that won't make you feel proud. The India you spent all your life making free, is far from free. True, the white guys are gone. But there are still millions of poor people. In 60 years, we are still among the poorest nations on earth. This lack of money leads to a lot of problems in healthcare, infrastructure and education. In education, for instance, m...

Photo credit is given at the end of each photo.* The article is a digital reproduction of a Yahoo! News photo. Varun Dhawan:  David Dhawan's younger son Varun was no good looker. Several years and some serious styling later, the Student of the Year star makes for good eye candy! Isn't there a noticeable big style change?  Photo credit: Yogen Shah. 2: Salman Khan: The "Mashallah" and "Tiger" superstar Salman. The  Quite a journey from the solemn and sweet young man of then to the bad boy of today. The previous pictures does bring back a lot of memories.  3: Aamir Khan: This man needs no introduction. An actor and director and also associated with the filming industry for over a decade. Age has treated him well, buddy! 4: Kajol: I'll be frank, I actually didn't watch lots of Kajol films. But I did watch a few and they, according to me, are one of the best cine's I have ever seen. "Fanha", her film with Aamir Khan,...

So students, every year there are two monitors selected from your class, right? I'm writing this article from my past experiences. This is practiced in most schools. All monitors/leaders are generally the "best boy" of the class/school (in discipline), or maybe the highest academic scorer (Well, the criteria does vary from school to school- I have written the common practice) . Observing leaders and captains from various schools, I have come to a conclusion and just decided to publish this article, as a guide. Being a leader is not that easy. One has to be taking the responsibility of his/her whole class, or perhaps, the entire school. Being a leader demands a lot from us. Some random quotes are: “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” -Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” -John F. Kennedy “The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjust...