Last week I went to watch "Superman Returns", that too with my colleagues. An "official" evening out thanks to the City that "never sleeps".

So it was with a fair amount of happiness that I made for Sathyam, the only decent theatre in Chennai, and had a wonderful time. After all how often do you get to leave office at 6:30 PM.

Really am being thankful for small mercies....but then I have been in the corporate world for more than a year now and I am yet to find that elusive "work-life balance". So whenever something small comes up, I just grab it and feel mighty happy. Sort of a "Stockhom Syndrome".

Anyway there I went and saw Superman make a return and promise to be "always around". Not that the movie was exceptional; and to me Superman was not the numero uno comic hero..that place is still retained by Phantom followed by Mandrake.

But having watched it I have now decided that enough is enough.

I have not written for ore than a year now! Stagnated in a corner cubicle selling loans on credit cards. And all the while to world moved ahead.

My beloved Bombay was attacked by terrorists who took advantage of the weakness of our political establishment. The government still does not realize who our enemies are. They keep looking across the Western Frontier and turn a blind eye to whats brewing on the other side of the Himalayas.

The World Cup came and went and I did not write a single word about it! About how Argentina deserved to lose to Germany for the cowardice of their coach. I wanted to write about England and their glorious Beckham. And most importantly I wanted to write why Italy deserve to be "World Champions", they just played better than all other teams (with due apologies to Australia). And all you Zizou fans out there, please do not try to defend him. Materazzi just exploited his weakness. Remember Zizou has seen 12 red cards in his career and that he was banned for 5 matches for headbutting an opponent while playing for Juve. Its a shame that Materazzi is being banned for 3 games. I do not belive Zidane when he says that his Mother and Sister was insulted.

All said and done it was a great performance by Zidane. Sadly his last act will always oversahdow his achievements.

Meanwhile I completely support the judgement that demotes Juve to Serie B. Football is not Cricket....its something superior and any act that brings it to disrepute needs to be strictly dealt with, even if the punishments are draconian.

Now you have to thank Superman alias Clark Kent for this. I have found that I can write again. 

Nitid returns!