A Restless Mind

  • yashi2612

A blog by yashi2612

Blog description:

My take on bollywood, music, movies and life in general with the occasional moan...

We don't have enough data about this blog to rank it... yet!

Living Life One Decade At A Time

So, it is finally the end of the Noughties and nothing seems to have changed considerably, apart from the stark lack of any prediction of apocalypse as we change decade, although if you believe the brains of the world, apocalypse is no more dictated by the Gregorian calendar but

World Cup 2010 Draw: My Thoughts

Here are some of my thoughts concerning the draw of the 19th installment of the biggest sporting event in the world, the FIFA World Cup, to be held in South Africa in 2010:Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, FranceIt was going fairly okay for South Africa till France was

Rotten

It is Saturday night and I am walking back home from the station. The city is full of people making the most of the weekend. The pubs are bustling with men and women relaxing with a glass of their favourite alcoholic beverage. I am not one for weekly escapades

A History of Music

Music has always been a huge part of my existence, so much so that I can easily associate certain periods of my existence to specific songs which were popular at the time. What I find really interesting is how much one's taste in music can grow and evolve through

Sensitisation adverts

I have always been a big fan of adverts, especially TV adverts. It takes a lot of talent to cram in meaningful messages into 30-second videos. Many advert directors have actually gone on to become big Hollywood film-makers, like Ridley Scott who was well-known for his rustic Hovis advert

A Few Thoughts About Blogging

Recently, there have been a lot of disturbance in the force that is the Mauritian blogging world. Instead of commenting on millions of articles about recent events and twittering about it haphazardly, I thought I would set my thoughts out in a number of bullet points:1) A lot

Delving Into My Psyche

A few days ago, I read with interest Wez's article where she went through an intense psychoanalytic test of her innermost desires and personality. OK, she did not actually do that, she did something called The Proust Questionnaire, which is meant to gauge one's personality. I thought it would

Yet Another Great Feat by Obama

Barack Obama adds yet another feather to his cap after being awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize for his "efforts to boost democracy and co-operation". Ever since he beat McCain to the presidency of the most powerful nation on Earth, Obama has become an international symbol of hope and

The 'Other' Nobel Prizes

The Ig Nobel Prize Laureates for 2009 have been announced and they are as 'crazy' as they have always been. But don't tell that to the laureates!The Ig Nobel Prizes are alternative Nobel prizes which have been handed out since 1991 by the scientific comedy magazine Annals of

An Idiot's Guide to Voting In An Election

Given 99% of Mauritians don't know how to vote, I drafted a list of things to keep in mind when voting at an election:1) Vote for the candidate, not the party. I agree individual candidates might not have enough influence within a party, which means a party's general

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1022 23 next »