My Bollywood Columns

Why SRK’s Fan and Raees will suffer like Dilwale
January 9, DailyO.in

Neither Big B nor SRK: Can Incredible India think beyond film stars?
January 8, DailyO.in

Shah Rukh Khan’s career is now officially over
January 4, DailyO.in

Sabse Bada Khiladi: Akshay Kumar completes 25 years in Bollywood
December 30, Sify.com

Bollywood’s “phoren” heroines. Where are the “phoren” heroes?
December 28, Sify.com

How SRK and Dilwale got punished for Aamir over intolerance
December 23, DailyO.in

Is Aamir a hypocrite of the highest order?
November 26, Sify.com

Aamir Khan: Greatest superstar of all time?
January 5, 2015, Sify.com

Bollywood: From 1 Crore Club to the 300 Crore Club
January 5, 2015, Sify.com

Why PK presses all the wrong buttons
December 31, 2014, Sify.com

All hail Aamir, the Emperor Khan!
31 January, 2014, Sify.com

11 lessons learned from Dhoom 3
30 December, 2013, Sify.com

Deepika Padukone creates the Rs 1000 crore club!
09 December, 2013, Sify.com

King Khan: A king for debut directors, too!
25 October, 2012

Yash Chopra: The King of Versatility
24 October, 2012

What if Big B had never existed?
09 October, 2012, Sify.com

Amitabh and India: A tale of parallel lives
05 October, 2012, Sify.com

The A to Z of Amitabh Bachchan
05 October, 2012, Sify.com

An Open Letter to Shahrukh Khan
8 November, 2011, Sify.com

Columns on MS Dhoni

Hero Dhoni becomes Villain No. 1 (like many before him!)
January 21, 2016, Sify.com

Stoic Dhoni: A true victim of intolerance
January 10, 2016, Sify.com

2015: Annus horribilis for Dhoni
December 16, 2015, Sify.com

Dhoni: Rest as captain to prolong batting career!
July 7, 2015, Sify.com

Dhoni still best bet against Aussies…
March 30, 2015, Sify.com

Dhoni and the great team bubble
March 27, 2015, Sify.com

Has Dhoni’s golden era ended?
March 27, 2015, Sify.com

The Dhoni-Kohli show finally ends
March 26, 2015, Sify.com

Seven Things That Set Dhoni Apart
January 4, 2015, Sify.com

Dhoni’s Test captaincy in numbers
January 1, 2015, Sify.com

Dhoni symbolizes this era perfectly
December 31, 2014, Sify.com

MS Dhoni – A man who didn’t play for landmarks
December 30, 2014, Sify.com

Is it the end of the Dhoni era?
November 19, 2014, Sify.com

Why the BCCI won’t sack Dhoni!
August 20, 2014, Sify.com

3 Test myths about MS Dhoni…
July 22, 2014, Sify.com

Dhoni: A strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
01 February, 2014, Sify.com

7 reasons why Dhoni is a great leader
12 July, 2013, Sify.com

Is Dhoni our greatest player ever?
24 June, 2013, Sify.com

Dhoni: A strange but successful captain
18 June, 2013, Sify.com

Dhoni begins his second innings in style
19 March, 2012, Sify.com

Dhoni takes India out of the ICU
27 February, 2012, Sify.com

“Last minute” Dhoni strikes again!
20 May, 2012, Sify.com

The Mad Max Trinity
29 March, 2012, Sify.com

Is Dhoni the world’s greatest finisher?
27 October, 2011, Sify.com

10 change-makers: From Pataudi to Dhoni
26 September, 2011, Sify.com

The Revival Man of Indian cricket
16 September, 2011, Sify.com

Cometh the hour, cometh the man
14 May, 2011, Sify.com

The Myth of the Lucky Captain
Sify.com, 21 October, 2010

The reports of my death are…

mark-twain-391112_640The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
—Mark Twain.

The reports of my marriage are greatly exaggerated.
—Imran Khan.

The reports of my foreign Test death are greatly exaggerated.
—Team India.

The reports of my <fill this with anything you like> are greatly exaggerated.
—Narendra Modi.

The reports of my political death are greatly exaggerated.
—Pappu.

The reports of my TV channels death are greatly exaggerated.
—Indian viewer.

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

December 2014 Status Updates

In India, the Right to Protest far surpasses the Right to Free Speech.

(December 31)

27 politicians have received the Bharat Ratna.
Only one was not associated with the Congress in any way.
#Vajpayee

(December 30)

Progress…
Hundreds of thousands die while building the Great Wall of China.
Thousands die while building the Panama Canal.
Hundreds die while building Qatar football stadiums.

(December 24)

Somewhere in the BCCI office right now…
IPL: Check.
ODI tournaments: Check.
ODI series: Check.
International T20s: Check.
Tests: Home—Check. Foreign—Fail.
Wow, we got 4.5/5! All Izz Well! All Izz Well! All Izz Well!
‪#‎IndVsAus‬ ‪#‎Brisbane‬

(December 20)

Pakistani Government: We will bring Kashmir under our control.
Pakistani citizen: First can you bring Pakistan under your control?

Frankenstein was the creator and not the monster.
Therefore Frankenstein is Pakistan and not the Taliban.

(December 13)

These versions by Sunil Rajguru

My Kejriwal-AAP Columns (2012-14)

Arvind Kejriwal: The boy who was afraid
May 19, 2014, Sify.com

7 reasons why the AAP lost everywhere
May 19, 2014, Sify.com

AAP: Under siege from within
April 22, 2014, Sify.com

Leadership SWOT analysis: Arvind Kejriwal
March 24, 2014, Sify.com

10 priceless Kejriwal U-turns
March 20, 2014, Sify.com

AAP, the chargesheeted party
March 19, 2014, Sify.com

7 contradictions tearing the party AAPart
February 26, 2014, Sify.com

Seven things that went wrong for Arvind Kejriwal
February 15, 2014, Sify.com

7 reasons why AAP may yet return in Delhi
February 15, 2014, Sify.com

If this is AAP education, give me illiteracy!
21 January, 2014, Sify.com

Dharnas to anarchy: AAP’s gifts to Delhi
20 January, 2014, Sify.com

Six hurdles to AAP’s Mission 2014
15 January, 2014, Sify.com

Six things the AAP got right
14 January, 2014, Sify.com

AAP and the Communist Revolution of 2014!
13 January, 2014, Sify.com

Is Kejriwal Modi’s best friend?
13 January, 2014, Sify.com

8 reasons why the AAP is now An Aam Party
10 January, 2014, Sify.com

Seven myths about AAP’s Lok Sabha chances
09 January, 2014, Sify.com

Voila! AAP is exactly like all other parties!
08 January, 2014, Sify.com

7 myths about Arvind Kejriwal
31 December, 2013, Sify.com

Five lessons from Kejriwal’s stunning debut
09 December, 2013, Sify.com

AAP: Ruler, spoiler, kingmaker or self-destructor?
02 December, 2013, Sify.com

From new to incumbent: A brief look at our political parties
25 November, 2012

Busting holy cows, Kejriwal style
31 October, 2012

Arvind Kejriwal and the Right to Dream (Big)
19 October, 2012, Sify.com

Swamy and Kejriwal beat investigative journalists
17 October, 2012, Sify.com