End of a Wonderful Season - Liverpool FC

Games Played - 38
Won - 26
Drawn - 6
Lost - 6
Goals Scored - 101

Goals Conceded - 50

Points - 84.

That is it, then. We finish 2nd, just 2 points behind Manchester City, in a season that has otherwise undoubtedly,entirely belonged to us. Therefore, I urge my fellow Liverpool fans,and more importantly football fans, to be graceful at this moment.

Remember the preseason, guys? That dreadful period when Luis looked on his way out - Spurs buying one big name after another - Chelsea hijacking every negotiation with their "Special One" back at the helm..and many more. Admit it. It appeared absurd to even dream of a Top 4 finish. And tonight, we finish on 2nd position. Disappointed? Dejected? Oh Yes! But we're so Proud to have even been in a place to feel this dejection tonight!

Gerrard's slip against Chelsea has been singled out to go down as a chief reason We couldn't clinch the title this year. I,personally, find this outrageous, given the number of mammoth,crucial goals he's scored, and set up for us throughout the campaign. But, never mind, you the fan, are free to feel just what your heart says.

Yes, we slipped up towards the end. Yes, complacency did get the better of us. So, guys, get set for another indefinite period of taunting and mockery.
YNWA = You'll Never Win Again...History Channel FC... LFC fans, Next Year is your year, again!..etc etc. But will it really hurt? After this Magical season, I doubt. And if it does, dude, you'll probably be better off supporting Bayern or ManC, hereon. Because for Us Kopites, it's just the very familiar old way of life!
So,tonight, we celebrate. Champions' League is back at Anfield.
Keep Dreaming. Keep Believing! We've Earned It again.

YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE!!!! \m/

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#Tagore-153

THE Man. Rabindranath Tagore. He's THE Man! \m/

   So, It's His 153rd birthday. If you're staying anywhere in Bengal, the first thing you notice on this day is a host of neighbourhood loudspeakers trying to shove some hundred antique songs down your senses. You are either sick of it, or have gradually become used to it. Or it might be that you've tolerated it long enough to have actually taken a liking to it now, as is in my case. Never mind, for this has been my prime source of Rabindra Sangeet learning, for decades now.

   The main entrance of our residential leads directly into a buzzing intersection, and the rear gate shares boundaries with a private bus depot of the city. Therefore, when "Ore Grihobashi" goes live on the former's playlist with the latter playing "Ami Chini Go Chini", simultaneously, at their peak volumes, Me the middleman turns an avid listener. Not out of sheer love, though. It's a hopeless yet remarkable exercise. Pick one song and concentrate; however hard you try, the other one will definitely barge in and shatter your focus!

Here's another Today's Special:

   You'll go about your daily chores in an hour. But before, it's breakfast time and you've switched on the News channel to get an update of what's happening in the city (Sloth...the newspaper is right here, still!). Wait...what's this? You didn't select the Music channels by mistake, right? Uhmm...Nope. It's OnlyNews+ all right, covering the gala, live. Fair enough, it's #Tagore-153 after all. There are other options too, for the news. But it isn't long before you discover that these other, poor 'News' channels couldn't get the broadcasting rights for the biggie event and hence had to settle for some lesser-known musician with a guitar around his neck. He comes over to the studio, sings two popular lines and then goes on and on about how The Great Man means everything to him, in his life. That's when you get ticked off.

- Who's this guy again? Just why should I listen to his rubbish instead of the things I actually Need to know?

Last but not the least, there's the Social Network.

   As we all know, we've come a fair distance now and are easily heading towards a time when - If it's not on Facebook, it isn't happening.

The News Feed is flooding with Tagore Trivia. I mean, sure, there are those genuine folks whose updates you actually look forward to seeing, every time. But the number of unlikely, and newborn "fans" today, is Too Damn High!

Just imagine the number of 'likes' this DP would have on Facebook, had He been around today. Enough said!

Rabindranath Tagore. Certainly a tedious name to pronounce for today's Swagger population. Not a problem. The acronym can be pretty cool as well - RT. Whoa! Take a step back, 'ReTweet' and 'RottenTomatoes'. OUR RT is the Greatest Ever! B-)

My IPL Story, Every Year!

Music: Some Not-so-popular favourites of mine!

5. Mere Falak ka Tu Hi Sitaara

  I doubt if anyone has seen, or even heard of the movie. 'Showbiz', was the title. Well, who cares? KK's genius is the only thing we have retained. And rightly so. If you're familiar with the song, you know what I'm talking about. If not, Just have a listen!

4. Yeh Hum Naheen

  One of my all time favourites, it's the first ever music video that I saved on my cellphone, back in 2008. Here's the full story behind this beautiful number. \Peace/

3. Maula Mere Bhaag Jaga Dena

  One thing we keep hearing when it comes to music. "It grows on you!". This one, actually did, on me. Especially the later portion of the unique twist halfway through this amenably bland track. Toshi, of 'Amul Star Voice of India' fame kickstarted his musical journey in Bollywood with this particular movie, titled 'Summer 2007' (LOL!).

2. Aksar

  No. Don't have to start recalling his scandal because you spot Shiney Ahuja again. He did give us some really good movies, once. 'Hijack' does not feature in that list, though. But KK's "Aksar" won hearts. Still does; the music-lover needs to just play it once.

1. Dil Deewana Kehta Hai [Movie: Hogi Pyaar Ki Jeet (1999)]

  This one, Clearly, is the odd one out. Well, I did say, these are some favourites of MINE!

As an eight-year old, little did I care who the lead actor tripping to this peppy Udit Narayan number was(I did discover, a decade later, that it was our very own Mr. Arshad Warsi a.k.a. 'Circuit'!). I would jump up on the bed and start emulating these colossally stupid dance moves every time this appeared on Doordarshan. Hahh...the Good Ol' Days! ^_^

Limit: Reached.

Missy 'Fragrant' - A Lesson Learnt

♪-♬♪-♬♪-♫-♫- Jadoo Teri Nazar...

Khushboo Tera Badan....♫-♫-♫

Loverboy Level: SRK
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Ahh! The beautiful, BEAUTYful reverie, envisioning yourself in the King's niche, playing Madhuri's Rahul or The 'Miss World''s Devdas. Amazing isn't it?
Well, there's more to it than meets the eye.

To start with, let's keep in mind that there's only one SRK - the Man himself. However, he, somehow, has automatically set the stage for a few self-appointed monarchs of romance, all over the place. Okay, not a few, countless. And it's about time I stopped patronizing my own behavioural brothers. I mean, seriously, how can you not try & emulate those moves if you spot even the slightest odds in your favour? Sorry, Dad, now you know the real reason I signed up for weekend acting classes.

The girl-boy ratio in the academy was funereal. My group was a bore, and the lessons, worse. Just as it was beginning to look like another feather to add to my well-endowed hat of squandered startups, the COO announced the programme for "Jashnn" - a theatrical fest involving budding actors and some 'stellar' graduates from the academy. A string of plays had been lined up to be staged, six weeks away. My incentive: The newly famed diva of regional television, who, opportunely for me, had obliged to play female lead in a soppy musical.
Five days and two rounds of auditions later, I'd been named in Her opposite role. Who says hard work doesn't pay off?!

Let's cut to the chase. Soon, in an unforeseen turn of events, I discovered that She stinks..Literally. It was a partner's nightmare! Unperceivable much? Legitimate, given the fact that TVs have never transmitted odour.


I had to pay the harshest penalty, thereon, since I had emerged as The Chosen One to play Her love interest. So, there I was, living 'a dream of thousands'. Little do the fans know of Madame's classy disinclination towards taking a bath every morning. I didn't either, until she spotted my instinctive grimace as I was pulling her close to practise the finishing scene of Act Two.
"Do I smell? Is it that bad?", she asked, at day's end. "Actually, the water's freezing.. Haven't been able to shower for a while now".

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- Yes, Ma'am. You do, awfully. Please take one tomorrow!

I didn't know then, if being so blunt had been the proper way to behave, with a lady of elegance. But my concern was wiped away the next day, when she practically steamrolled over my hopes of attaining aromatic contentment.
"I couldn't do it. But relax. It won't be an issue anymore.. Chanel", she winked!

It Was. A BIG one.
If only Miss Coco had been insightful enough to release a requisite warning alongside her products; perhaps, stating that the perfumes cannot exempt a consumer from taking his/her daily bath, altogether! Because That, beyond the shadow of a doubt, is an absolute essential.

Subsequently, my misery was to continue.
But, as performers, we know that the show must go on.
Over our next few sessions, I came up with various ways to fend off any onslaught of the vile air on my olfactory nerves. Adding a nasal twang to my singing proved beneficial as I went about matching steps with her, and so did my newfound, personally devised techniques of rhythmic breathing. One final touch on my part, was taking longer showers everyday, just to keep my share of routine freshness maximized.

Our chemistry improved as well, her being a professional and me having made substantial progress in dealing with the smelly crisis. This was one close encounter I could just about manage to handle.

In the end, "Jashnn" turned out to be a huge success. Nevertheless, as the curtains came down on our stint with the audience roaring in applause, I knew what I was not gonna miss. All that glitters, is not gold.




-- My entry for IndiBlogger's "Close Encounters of the Smelly Kind" contest by Racold Thermo Ltd. For more details, visit https://www.facebook.com/racoldthermoltd.
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