Monthly Archives: December 2010

Munni v/s Sheila…

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Munni vs Sheila: The battle of the ‘item’ girl Dec 24, 2010     Shiela Ki Jawani and Munni Badnam topped charts.    Malaika Arora-Khan’s Munni badnaam hui and Katrina Kaif’s Sheila ki jaawani both made to the the chart-topping ‘item’ … Continue reading →

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Its Blondes Time Again…

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Its Blondes Time Again… My readers are familiar with my fascination with BLONDES and I have earlier blogged on this species a few times earlier here.   In today’s Hindustan Times (29/12/10) I read an interesting piece of news. The news … Continue reading →

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Badan Pey Sitaarey—-Prince

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Golden Oldies… One of my most favourite Bollywood numbers,is the song from the film titled “Prince” sung by late Md. Rafi (alongwith Shammi Kapoor?) Prince was a 1969 Hindi movie produced by F. C. Mehra and had been directed by … Continue reading →

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Urdu Ghazal

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Urdu Ghazal…..   I have often lamented the fact on my blog that I had started learning Urdu from my late father sometime in late sixties (while in school)  but soon gave it up as I did not have the patience…Alas ! … Continue reading →

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Creativity at its BEST !

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Creativity at its BEST !   The year 2010 is about to end.My readers know about my love for brand AMUL and its scintillating ads.So ,here is a wrap up based on a random selection of lovely Amul Hits of … Continue reading →

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Knowing our onions…

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Knowing our onions…      Onions are in the news.Onion prices have gone through the roof.Do I smell another scam or what ? The humble onion grabs several headlines in almost all newspapers.Even our otherwise cool-as-a cucumber PM Manmohan Singh,has … Continue reading →

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Food Shows on TV…

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

FOOD SHOWS ON TV I read the following article on the website of SCREEN-my favourite magazine for my daily Bollywood fix : Sizzling Screen  Somya Lakhani, Posted: Dec 13, 2010   In the summer of 1993, a 30-minute-long cooking show on Indian … Continue reading →

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A Funny Poem…

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

A FUNNY POEM   My esteemed readers are by now,familiar with my obsession with fun and humour. Alas,I can change my jeans,but not my genes ! The reason why I never wear jeans,is another story by itself.    Today,I intend to … Continue reading →

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Dhak Dhak ….Madhuri

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Dancers Line Up.    This article appeared on the website of my favorite magazine SCREEN recently:  JHALAK DIKHLA  JA –Season 4 :  Actors Shekhar Suman and Renuka Sahane are among the 12 celebrity contestants of the “JHALAK DIKHLA JA – 4“ … Continue reading →

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Financial Management-Humour

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Jatinder Pal Singh Broca

Financial Management -Humour I have been a banker for twenty nine long years before retiring from active service on 30th May 2009.I have studied Financial Management and have talked about it all my working life.I have analyzed many  a  balance … Continue reading →

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