Dheeraj Kalgutkar

One's SandStone back: Unseen before material in a unseen before phone! Of late many have been asking me repeatedly for INVITES of OnePlus One and repeatedly am answering them with lame answer, “I will, once I get my INVITES TO SHARE.” But how many? I will get only three and there are many who are requesting for One! All are my friends, family members, acquaintances, with whom I have spent moments at some point of my life. Who should I listen to and who should I ignore? Dear OnePlus, can you help me out? Till then, I thought of writing my story so that my friends will know how to get their hands on One. Before I begin let me tell you why I'm devoting my time, energy and this blog just to reveal a story of a smartphone. To put it straight and simple, this isn't any ordinary cellphone that you can get your hands on in some local shop or that e-commerce site, this is the OnePlus One. A phone that packs 3GB of RAM (yes, you heard it right, 3GB of RAM), 64GB of inte...

Dusty Business: Who is more devil - Israel or Hamas? A tweet of writer and author, Chetan Bhagat has garnered sharp response on social media or should one say uncanny abuses for which the medium is quite infamous now a days. “11,000 rockets have been fired on Israel in last decade ~ 3/day. Israeli (yes civilians) have to hide in 60 seconds,” “It is Hamas strategy to keep provoking Israel, get retaliation, play victim, win local politics and world support. Guess it works every time,” wrote Bhagat in a series of tweets. Bhagat belongs to that small group of people who find their baggage of emotions turned towards Israel. Those are the miniscule numbers given the proportion of Israel haters. But then, is that all? Is it all about just another trivial case where people have different opinions about the same story? Is it that simple? Looks like not. Like two sides of a coin, every story too has its own other side which most of the times remains wrapped under the covers . Fow...

Namaaz : Muslim boy praying. Call it a science or religious obligation, fasting is part of many religions as a thanksgiving or penance for the gift almighty has bestowed upon them and Islam is no different. Muslims worldwide await the glimpse of new moon to mark the  beginning of holy month of Ramadan when they begin their fast from dusk till dawn. If I remember well the words of Imam, a  Muslim  priest I met during my early days in Goa when I used to visit a nearby mosque with mum regularly,  Muslims believe that the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad during Ramadan. To mark this sacred occasion, they go without food and liquids, smoking and having sex during daylight hours for a month. It all  made little sense then for I was a kid who believed life was for fun and games, and they required you to feed your tummy well! But with time I do have understood the importance of fasting in our life. From detoxification to its deeper religious m...

It's small but not ignorable! “If Google doesn't find it, probably it don't exist at all!”, “May be you should google it” - We all have heard this at one time or another from people we know to the people we don't. One may call the former line as height of Google worship but nor can I nor could you deny the effect this one phenomenal search engine is having on our lives. From that new shopping place to that up-to-this-time unknown person you met in office to sweet purring cats to porns, it offers all that you could think of in an instant, literally. Now a days, it even feeds you with its search queries over your voice commands, yes just the command! Times have taken such a leap now that we check if our Internet connection is at place or not by entering Google.com in address bar. Don't we? Only the other day, I called my office technician over slow Internet connectivity and what do I tell him? “Check what is it with my machine, even Google is ...

"Rahul Gandhi visits Dalits' houses for honeymoon". "He will not marry any dalit girl but will marry some foreign lady". What does above statements mean to you? What will you take home after listening to them? Whoever has said it, in whatever occasion be it, even if he happens to be some man from street, what does these lines mean? Do they have any other meaning than those who are protesting against the same are making out it to be? Do please let me know if any in comment section. The above comments were made by a popular saint from India, the one who is famous for his yoga camps. Yes, I'm talking about the same saffron clad saint known more for his controversial political comments than for the real work he supposes himself to be known for - Baba Ramdev is his name. Meanwhile, don't confuse 'Baba' and 'saint' for the one's defined in those pages of dictionaries you have at home, they are passe, old monks who nowhere ...

As the largest democracy of the world goes to polls this season, most of the folk are asking who should they vote for or should I say, most of them have already made their minds to vote for so and so! Development, legacy, over-the-top oratory, new energy or be it old issues in new package; we all have our own reasons to press that one button, the one that will decide next five years. There are people who perceive it as power-in-their-hands and there are those who see it as the same old compulsion to do so. For a hundred million voters who will press that button from EVM for first time is kind of an excitement, it’s kind of buttons from some remote control that will decide his/her boss! Sounds like digging pit for ourselves! Doesn’t it? Meanwhile, somebody should go salute those greats who sit in the comforts of their homes complaining about every other thing that has gone wrong and abuse their leaders in languages any sane person would find alien. What should they ...