The new USA, our very own Johnnie Walker and the latest Wood in Indian Cinema

Everytime desi parents visit their software geek kid in US on those three month tourist visas, the second day will invariably be punctuated with the expression "Hope India some day becomes like USA"

Voila!That dream might get fulfilled soon with just a few men's efforts. With orchestrated teams of political leaders bartering fasts and feasts, what we might have are two sub states Telangana and Coastal Andhra that will represent our very own USA - The United States of Andhra.

When there are scores of farmer suicides because of lack of means to food in Vidharbha, the answer to that is to host International Cricket matches in Nagpur. That is how innovative our Agriculture Minister gets. However the equation is altogether different when the political honchos go for a few days without food. ~Ye Jo desh hei mera~
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The other visual hogging Indian news channels is a certain Jairam Ramesh who is always walking while talking to the press at Copenhagen. It is ironic as he paces through the Convention Centre and says "today is a wasted day and we don't have much to do!". Keep Walking! Not a bad message though delivered unintentionally.

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After Bollywood, Kollywood and Tollywood, here is the possible new entrant! For a change we are not talking about a certain Tiger Woods. The string of films that have released over the last few months and are shortly to bless the screens offering the other perspective to terrorism might just point to the emergence of a new film fraternity called Da-wood! Somehow it is tough to fathom how true Indian financiers who are grappling with aftermath of terror attacks right here would in their right mind fund such films. No offence to any religion but offering counter thoughts doing pseudo justice to terror thoughts is just not cool.

Dil he Chota Sa.. Choti si Aasha

Though I am not much into material aspirations, having a wishlst is only human
So here goes my top 5 on my wish list for the second half of 2007! This is in no specific order...
1. Himesh Reshamiyya singing an ARR composition.. both of them singing together might be even better... both pushing their nasal strings to unsubdued limits.. one oozing class.. the other oozing.... whatever
2. David Dhawan casting Alok Nath instead of Rajpal Yadav as the spearhead of the comedy brigade in his next venture (heard that Alok Nath beat Kulbushan Karbanda hollow in Great Indian Laughter Challenge 2.5)
3. Shilpa Shetty declining a press meet invite....she now likes all kinds of press. including richard Gere's auto gear one on her cheeks.
4. Narayanamurthy be left alone, and not be dragged into the Presidency race.Manmohan Singh has already proved that being good is not good enough to lead the country.
5. This is a very bold one..Ravi Shastri in the commentary box admitting on air that a post lunch session in a test match is actually inconsequential!
I leave the tougher task of rating the above to you guys..