Minal

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Name: Minal
Date registered: April 12, 2010
URL: http://www.grangergab.com
Jabber / Google Talk: grangergabblog@gmail.com

Biography

A small dose of my life's loves - Cricket, Music, Dance, Mumma-Papa, MDH, Friends, Family... All what make me who I'm today

Latest posts

  1. That one defining song… — March 9, 2013
  2. Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta — January 19, 2013
  3. Melody Overflow — December 29, 2012
  4. Vacations to India… — November 29, 2012
  5. Rant! — September 18, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. In 30 different ways, He said I LOVE YOU — 40 comments
  2. What’s in A Name? — 22 comments
  3. Difficult, Not Impossible… — 20 comments
  4. Patriotic Fervor … — 19 comments
  5. Giving Up Your Career? — 18 comments

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Mar
09

That one defining song…

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Yesterday at the Mirchi Rocks Live concert of Sunidhi Chauhan and Shankar Ehsan Loy,  I heard Raman Mahadevan sing Tanhayee. Raman is a very good singer and this song from Taare Zameen Par is proof enough but  he was not able to capture the brilliance that Sonu Nigam had depicted in his rendition of Tanhayee.  … Continue reading »

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Jan
19

Eka Lagnachi Dusri Goshta

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I rarely identify with serials and film romances – they are great to watch but they don’t often translate into real life especially if you are as practical as I’ve been in life. Don’t get me wrong – I fell in love and got married that too quite early – a shock that my family… Continue reading »

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Dec
29

Melody Overflow

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I was wondering if 2012 has been one of the better years for Bollywood music in recent times. The 21st century has been witness to some excellent numbers – new voices, new music directors, experiments with fusion music, mixing genres, all sorts of stuff. As I was going through my playlist since 2000 – I… Continue reading »

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Nov
29

Vacations to India…

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I’ve concluded that even if I take a year long sabbatical from work and come on a vacation to India it will never be enough to meet up with all my friends and family members. We took a 24 day vacation to Mumbai this year – I can’t remember that last time both MDH and I’ve… Continue reading »

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Sep
18

Rant!

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It really pisses me off when some of my friends/colleagues who are mums give me “gyaan” on how I have all the time in the world to pursue my hobbies – reading, writing, cricket, dancing, cooking along with my busy work schedules just because I don’t have kids. (I need to introduce them to some… Continue reading »

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Sep
15

Relive the feeling of Love with Barfi!

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Here is the test: Your best friend or your one true love makes you stand in front of the lamp-post, he cuts the lamp-post and he knows how far it will fall down, but he won’t tell you and you are there standing with him seeing the lamp-post fall down towards you – what would… Continue reading »

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Aug
22

Say what mumma?

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Mumma and I – perfectly matched. We have serious trouble expressing our feelings to people who are dear to us. On this post wherein I wrote about our women in Olympics and how their success should inspire a change in our country w.r.t women – my Mumma sent me this reply: “Our country needs women… Continue reading »

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Aug
12

Let’s Applaud…

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I had never followed the Olympics as a kid – I saw no reason to. Whom do we cheer? What do we cheer? My sports viewing started with cricket in 1991 and then I finally caught onto the Olympics fever in 1992 with the Barcelona Olympics. I was in awe of the athletes on display… Continue reading »

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Aug
06

Mary, Saina, Krishna, You and I…

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Mary Kom – Boxing. In contention for Gold,Silver or Bronze Medal at Olympics 2012. 5 times World Champion. 29, Mother of twin boys, Coached by her husband – her mentor, her guide the man behind the woman. She never forgot the support her father-in-law gave her in pursuing her career post her marriage. She convinced… Continue reading »

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Jul
27

I’m watching the Olympics–What about you?

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Olympics – the grandest competition of all isn’t it? A platform where India has hardly seen any success. We grew up reading stories of Dhyanchand and the hockey team in our history text – books – the team that went unbeaten for 30 matches – 8 golds and then nothing. Paes got a medal in… Continue reading »

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