<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238</id><updated>2011-11-28T06:18:57.333+05:30</updated><category term='Mumbai attacks (Nov &apos;08)'/><category term='Introspection'/><category term='Opinion'/><category term='Elections 2009'/><category term='Freedom'/><category term='Euro 08'/><category term='Short story'/><title type='text'>Off the Record...</title><subtitle type='html'>It's the World's only surviving 'Blah' blog.....</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-8708776526495637811</id><published>2009-04-30T10:45:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2009-04-30T13:46:26.236+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elections 2009'/><title type='text'>Bullish about this Poll?</title><summary type='text'>We have turned the clock on 2004 and it’s Election time once again. They call it the ‘most important election’ this great Democracy has faced in aeons. Terrorism, Fundamentalism, Corruption, Immorality, Moral policing are just a miniscule part of the problems we face today.   &lt;!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;  With about 300 million youth, more questions are being asked about the way </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/8708776526495637811/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=8708776526495637811' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/8708776526495637811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/8708776526495637811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2009/04/bullish-about-this-poll_30.html' title='Bullish about this Poll?'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-9076975724947037893</id><published>2008-11-28T10:27:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-11-29T09:36:01.348+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumbai attacks (Nov &apos;08)'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom'/><title type='text'>Shadow on the sun…..</title><summary type='text'> &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;  I took the liberty of using the rock group Audioslave’s track for the title of this article. Honestly, I could not think of a more fitting title for the unfortunate hostage crisis in South Bombay (Sorry Mr. Raj Thackeray, sorry Mr. Bal Thackeray, I know I didn’t use ‘Mumbai’, but I just don’t give a F***). Even as I am typing this article, rescue operations are still on, with our</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/9076975724947037893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=9076975724947037893' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/9076975724947037893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/9076975724947037893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/11/shadow-on-sun.html' title='Shadow on the sun…..'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-3946588295800193723</id><published>2008-08-15T12:12:00.009+05:30</published><updated>2008-08-18T16:05:51.008+05:30</updated><title type='text'>I-day message</title><summary type='text'>

Moving forward!



I realise that we live in an age where there’s a lot of ‘Optimism’ particularly as a dominant force, about India, not just within the confines of The World’s biggest ‘Democracy’, but even in the Western world. I also realise that there’s copious amounts of negative energy among the commoners in this great nation, with the way this Democracy is being mutilated by the Political</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/3946588295800193723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=3946588295800193723' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/3946588295800193723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/3946588295800193723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/08/i-day-message_15.html' title='I-day message'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3rPvYYyEIrI/SKUn2bL-qMI/AAAAAAAAAEw/7qTV9hZ10gQ/s72-c/Indian-Flag.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-676236888166326573</id><published>2008-07-26T12:19:00.014+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-26T14:01:56.901+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom'/><title type='text'>Omar! A speech, he himself will never forget...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;Ok, before you read the full text of the speech given by Omar Abdullah (pasted below), you need to follow certain instructions in order to be able to read the Hindi text, which is the 3rd part of the speech and arguably the more passionate part. The Fonts (files) to be downloaded and the instructions for the same are in the link pasted here. http://164.100.47.134/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/676236888166326573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=676236888166326573' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/676236888166326573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/676236888166326573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/07/omar-speech-he-himself-will-never_26.html' title='Omar! A speech, he himself will never forget...'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-95439049738174628</id><published>2008-07-11T14:57:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-26T12:36:13.996+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Introspection'/><title type='text'>An Ordinary life!</title><summary type='text'> We all dream about better things in life, but I dream of a better day every morning, only to feel disheartened at the end of it. I find myself defeated and stymied by my life these days. It almost feels like I have exhausted all the best times, at School, College and Uni. There is nothing left that even parallels to what I’ve been through and things I’ve done. Life becomes more complicated as </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/95439049738174628/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=95439049738174628' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/95439049738174628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/95439049738174628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/07/ordinary-life.html' title='An Ordinary life!'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-7136495618164599453</id><published>2008-07-07T15:24:00.001+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-26T12:37:07.153+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Opinion'/><title type='text'>Pot belly vulnerability...</title><summary type='text'> ‘I want some 6 Packs, but 8 packs would be fuckin awesome!’ This seems to be the only thing left on the wish list of every tottering, unguarded, narcissistic male, including me!&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;The jiggling belly, once a sign of prosperity in India, is now loathed by everyone.The abdominal region has gained such obtrusive prominence in recent years, that I’m scared we might lose the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/7136495618164599453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=7136495618164599453' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/7136495618164599453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/7136495618164599453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/07/pot-belly-vulnerability_07.html' title='Pot belly vulnerability...'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-2245619612415892135</id><published>2008-07-05T12:17:00.004+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-05T14:00:32.058+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Opinion'/><title type='text'>Suicide, a Crime or Freedom?</title><summary type='text'> &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;  Picture this: A man/woman, decides out of free will, that his/her life is not worth living any more, that there is nothing to look up to when they wake up in the morning. There is no drive, no reason to continue in what they believe to be unceasing misery.   Worst of all, if they do fail in what could be their greatest triumph, as they see it, then apart from facing the brunt of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/2245619612415892135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=2245619612415892135' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/2245619612415892135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/2245619612415892135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/07/suicide-crime-or-freedom.html' title='Suicide, a Crime or Freedom?'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-3715956717358517733</id><published>2008-06-25T15:25:00.018+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-26T12:38:34.925+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Short story'/><title type='text'>Wake up Sunshine!!!</title><summary type='text'> 4th August, 1998. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;11.05 pm My hands were stripped of all its skin, blood trickled from my forehead, eyes burning, feet weighty. I could not move, I could not call out for help. Even if I could, there was no one.. My nescience overcame the pain that passed through my entire body. How did I get here? Who got me here? As I lay there drugged in the middle of nowhere, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/3715956717358517733/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=3715956717358517733' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/3715956717358517733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/3715956717358517733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/06/wake-up-sunshine.html' title='Wake up Sunshine!!!'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-248684898398716876</id><published>2008-06-21T15:09:00.002+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-26T12:39:30.853+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Euro 08'/><title type='text'>Who got that right?!</title><summary type='text'>&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt; Euro ’08, Semi-final 1: Germany v Turkey. Who got that right?! The first 2 matches of the quarter-finals stage has now ended, with copious amounts of drama.
At the halfway mark, it’s the match day underdogs who have emerged victorious, while the pre-match favourites succumbed to either the pressure of the big stage or to just a change in fortunes. No wonder they call</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/248684898398716876/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=248684898398716876' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/248684898398716876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/248684898398716876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/06/who-got-that-right.html' title='Who got that right?!'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3137837307326416238.post-2661832366211863755</id><published>2008-06-19T15:05:00.003+05:30</published><updated>2008-07-26T12:41:31.852+05:30</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Euro 08'/><title type='text'>Hiddink.. Hiddink.. Hiddink...</title><summary type='text'>Hiddink.. Hiddink.. Hiddink... I heard that chant during the 2002 World Cup in South Korea...

The Koreans had woken up one day and found themselves in the Semi-finals of the FIFA World cup, something they could've only dreamt about.... What was a fantasy for the Koreans was a nightmare for the Spaniards and then the Italians... They played sublime football, with each time a Korean player gets </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/feeds/2661832366211863755/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3137837307326416238&amp;postID=2661832366211863755' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/2661832366211863755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3137837307326416238/posts/default/2661832366211863755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://anthony-offtherecord.blogspot.com/2008/06/hiddink-hiddink-hiddink.html' title='Hiddink.. Hiddink.. Hiddink...'/><author><name>Anthony</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08917463389925214607</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
