So Australia effortlessly battered India out of the Champions Trophy. The reasons weren’t any we are not familiar with, as always the batting collapsed when needed to fire up and the bowlers were left with looking at their deliveries being whacked left, right and center.

The loss wasn’t all that disappointing since our players at getting so consistent at it but yes, it is a bit depressing to see one loose so miserably.

On the positive side, we would hopefully be seeing less of those ‘Hoo Haa’ Pepsi Ads and thereby saving ourselves from those un-wanted headaches.

However with regards to yesterday’s match, I sincerely feel that our Indian Team was jinxed by none other than the Ex-Miss World of India – Ashwariya Rai.

She was present as a special guest on Sony’s Extraa Innings show and also did her bit on promoting her forthcoming movie, Dhoom 2.

Bhai Boss! Logic simple hai, jab bade bade aadmi nahi tik paaye enke pass toh humari Indian Team toh badee door ki baat hai na.

Perhaps the title is a little mis-leading but it also contains some percentage of truth init.

Surely by now most of you out there must have heard about the ‘Blog Meet of the Year’, which was held at my place, obviously by me. And incase you haven’t then that’s really sad (for ya).

Never have I ever felt so jittery in hosting a get-together and believe me I have organized quite a few in my life up till now. But this time round it was different, especially since I didn’t have my mum or sister-in-law helping me out; which meant practically doing everything. So with family holidaying in Turkey, a task of pleasing invited desi-bloggers, running behind the cook and harassing the house-helpers to clean up the past few days ka mess - things were not looking all the rosy.

But thankfully my invitees made it all worthwhile, so what if most of them turned up nearly couple of hours later than the intended time.

We discussed practically everything under-the-moon but blogging. The likes of Pran, Viveik Oberoi, Miland Soman, Rahul Bose, Govinda, Mandira Bedi and my dearest Sallu Bhai were the center of our topic of discussion besides in-side scoops about Gaurav’s fetish for holding hands and Saket’s extraordinary capability of changing his appearances in a jiffy. On a side note, looking at Gaurav’s attire last night gave another good reason to avoid watching Shahrukh Khan’s Don.

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I always used to believe that people often ridiculed those who were at the peak of their achievements by targeting their loneliness either out of jealousy or at times purely to be the center of a conversation. I am not saying that all of these stories are purely figment of someone’s imagination; after all isn’t it true that where there is smoke there is fire. But at times it’s just so difficult for us common man to even imagine, let alone feel the dark-side of the glamorous world lead by the rich and famous people.

There is a common saying among the Bollywood crowd (and surely it is applicable universally) that it’s very lonely at the No. 1 position; in simpler words, all that glitters isn’t gold. And this unfortunate side of stardom is what I witnessed in front of my very own eyes.

I had just had dinner at a relative’s house and was walking towards my car with my cousin. As I approached my car I saw a well-built man standing in front my vehicle. On a closer look, I realized that he was not some random guy but undoubtly one of the biggest names in Bollywood today. His recent releases have raked in phenomenal amount of money and along with it audience’s praises and critic’s appreciation. Being a complete filmy pandu to say that I was over the moon would also sound so under-stated. The very first thought in my head was that I have to take a photograph with him and make it another addition to my album of Bollywood Walk of Fame.

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