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Peter O'Toole : A Tribute

The very first time I watched​ Peter O'Toole in a movie was 'The Last Emperor' where he plays a tutor to the incumbent emperor of mainland China. I loved the 'mystic' of that film. To this day, I keep rolling it's climax over in my head. But O'Toole contributed a lot to that movie's effectiveness. I then had to look him over on Internet and it told me that he was an 8 time nominee for Best Actor Oscars without a win and it was a record. Moreover, he had lived his life to the fullest and been dubbed as very mercurial. I then started with his filmography and Like everyone else, went through the ordeal of watching 'Lawrence of Arabia' first. It's to O'Toole's credit that he featured in one of the greatest films ever made under the fantastic direction of the master David Lean. Everyone knows what followed next. A Topsy turvy journey that at the end, endeared him to everyone in film fraternity all over the world. After the Lawrence, I g

Vidarbha: Living the 'Ranji' Dream

At the moment, Vidarbha is the talk of the town in Indian Cricket. Usually, when a Ranji Trophy finale Concludes, we watch Mumbai lifting that majestic, 15 kilo heavy trophy but that's not been the case for last two years. Last season, they did reach Finals but Parthiv Patel and party spoiled their fun. This year, they didn't even reach Semis. But Mumbai Cricket is in fine state, has always been and we should really talk about their nearest, northern neighbours 'Vidarbha'. Vidarbha cricket has always been known for it's 'honest and hardworking' cricketers. They are known for giving their opposition a fight and scare but it's the finer margins they miss out on and thus lose matches. Their best result in Ranji Trophy's 83-year history, prior to this result, was reaching the QF last year. This year though, couple of things changed. Chandrakant Pandit, a veteran of Mumbai Cricket and a stalwart of Indian domestic cricket who has won so many Ranji Troph