The Maverick Chronicles

An era has come to an end with the sudden & sad demise of one of the greatest music artists of all times, if not the greatest. The King of Pop-Michael Jackson died today due to cardiac arrest. His death has come as a shock to millions of his fans especially the generation of the 70s & 80s who have grown up or danced to his tunes during their growing up years. He single handedly revolutionised or innovated the concept of Music videos to promote music and were his music videos entertaining or what. Who can forget videos like Thriller, Bad, Remember the Time, Black or White,Billie Jean, Earth Song, etc.He transformed music videos and his lifetime record sales tally is believed to be around 750 million, which, added to the 13 Grammy Awards he received, made him one of the most successful entertainers of all time I am personally saddened by his demise as we have lost a genuine superstar. He was in his heydays one of the most coveted live performers of all times. He was one of the fe...

So the much awaited rains finally hit Mumbai on Saturday. The Rain gods were not in a generous mood though as sporadic drizzles hit the island city with some areas witnessing heavy rainfall while others experiencing mild drizzles. Yet again the MET failed as they had predicted rains would hit next week. Overall, it was a much awaited relief what with the sweltering heat draining off the Mumbaikars. Hope this resolves the water supply issues plaguing the city denizens. That raises questions on the preparedness of the civic body to handle the dreaded monsoons. There have already been few mails being circulated around where it seems the BMC has already identified certain days in the next couple of months when the city will expect heavy rains and also high tide situations urging offices, colleges & schools to remain shut. This is an excerpt of the mail doing the rounds: Floods - 2009 : Mumbai Floods in Mumbai are attributable to simultaneous occurrence of rainfall and high tides. If t...

With the ink on the Kaka transfer news barely drying out, Florentino Perez has grabbed his prize target: Crisiano Ronaldo and whisked him away from the Theatre of Dreams. Manchester United have accepted a world record bid of 80 million pounds for Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid.United confirmed this morning they had accepted an £80million bid for the world player of the year, with a world-record deal expected to go through by June 30.The news had been expected given Real stated last night talks were under way and now it is only a matter of finalising the player's personal terms before he completes a dream move to the Bernabeu.Real president Florentino Perez had already vowed to do "everything possible" to sign the 24-year-old and, unlike 12 months ago, Sir Alex Ferguson did not even attempt to talk Ronaldo round, knowing the former Sporting Lisbon player had his heart set on a move. Now, I hate to say this but there was a news item in yesterday's papers, that Ronal...

If you people remember there was something called as the Do Not Disturb call registry which was launched by the TRAI (telecom watchdog in India) in late 2007. This was setup to check the menace that unsolicited tele marketing calls was causing to the mobile & landline owners in India. Now this was launched amidst much fanfare with telecom customers heaving a heavy sigh of relief assuming that finally they can have that peaceful siesta or a private dinner with their special ones. But circa 2009 and the telemarketers are still at it. So yours truly having registered for the DND call registry as soon as it was launched was still getting calls from all types of phone totting telecallers. So one fine day after getting repeated calls from a sales unit of another telecom company, I complained to Vodafone about the same. Now as usual, the advisor on the other line patiently took down my complaint. Then asked for the details of the number the call had come from, in a manner which the local ...

As per my last post tagged under Football, I had blogged about Florentino Perez's mission to renew the era of the Galacticos at the Bernabeu. I had mentioned that as per reports in the Spanish media, amongst the many targets, Kaka would be one of them. It did seemed impossible at the moment with Kaka having declared vehemently time & again that he was a Rossoneri for life. But such is the lure of money especially when it is truckloads of Euros being offered to the beleagured Italian billionaire,that all claims of loylalty go flowing down the drain. I personally feel sad as being a hardcore Rossoneri fan and especially a Real baiter, its sad to see him go. Also as a fan of Barca, I fear the title race this year would be much closer. But Kaka wont find it easy to settle in at Real, what with huge egos in the Bernabeu dressing room especially since he wont be the last of the Galacticos that Perez wants to present to the Basques. Heres bidding Kaka a memorable farewell and gratitud...