I didn’t grow up in a “comic following” environment but like any other kid I had a thing for these comic characters; Superman, Spiderman etc. Despite the fact that all these characters don’t exist in the real world but no one can deny their relation with the real life heroes and villains. Too bad there is no such thing like a superhero in the world of super villains but then that’s another debate and I will whine about it in another blog post.

But today’s hot topic is the new sequel of Warner Bros ‘The Batman’ series; ‘The Dark Knight’. The film that grossed over $158.4million during its opening weekend was rated above ‘The God Father’ on IMDB. Damn! Is it that good? Well I have to watch it before answering this question.

There are several factors involved that makes ‘The Dark Knight’ this huge. And the major factor is Heath Ledger’s take on the role of Joker. He completely transfixed the viewers with his performance. Too bad his best performance proved to be his last as the actor died last year. Some believe that the film is jinxed as the stuntman of this film also died this year and some days before the day of the release actor Christian Bale was arrested on assault charges made by his mother and sister. Boy oh boy this is just getting spookier or interesting in a strange way. Maybe fiction is not that fictional.

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Khatarnaak Kisaan Aunty(Dangerous Farmer Aunty)

Hero Ka bachpan (Hero’s Childhood)

Handsup! werna dishoo disho kerdoongi (Hands up or I will dishoo dishoo you!)

Oye Khochee.. dharka dharka dharka…. Bang! Bang!Bang!Bang! (cant translate this :()

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Dil ke behlanay ko Ghalib yeh Khayaal acha hai!

Imad forwarded me an article of NY Times where I found this picture. In this picture you can observe Steven P. Jobs Apple’s CEO with his wife Laurene Powell.

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Once upon a time there was a young boy who found it extremely difficult to stand on his two feet. The mother was informed about the abnormality of her youngest son, the two legs were not of the same length and the elbow of the boy’s right arm was present completely apposite to every other normal human elbow i.e 90 degree apart.

One day when the poor kid was struggling to attain the balance on his two feet, his elder brother threw him a ball. To every one’s amazement; the boy didn’t only hold on to the ball but was able to keep the balance on his two feet.

The boy grew up to be the fastest bowler of all time and one of the most talented one as well. They named him the Rawalpindi Express.

When Shoaib left for India, he was facing a 5 year ban on allegations that are as phony as the man who is in charge of the PCB these days (Naseem Ashraf). Even after his arrival, the skipper of his team decided to make him sit on the bench for two matches. Tonight his team “Kolkatta Knight Riders” was playing their most crucial match of the tournament. It was a do or die situation with only 130 runs to defend on a good batting pitch. But today the fate was on his side for a change. 4/11 and the Knight Riders booked the ticket for the victory ride.

Okay I am exaggerating a bit Delhi Dare Devilz fought back, but after loosing some early wickets and players like Sehwag and Gamhir the poor total of 130 became quite hard to get.

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Vicious, despicable, or thoroughly disliked persons, gentlemen, and ladies can be Project Managers. Lost souls, procrastinators, and wishy-washies cannot.- Jerry Madden

(Jerry Madden is an Associate Director of the Flight Projects Directorate at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)

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