Q. I am a B.Tech student and I am in love with a girl to whom I proposed. She asked me if we could be friends for a while and I agreed.

Q. I’m 15 and have a common problem. I had a crush on a guy who used to be good friends with me. When he got to know that I had a crush on him he just stopped talking to me. It didn’t tear me apart but I keep thinking about him. I’m ashamed of myself for feeling like this. Please show me a way out of this. My exams are going on and I need to concentrate.
Anonymous

t has been close to four, maybe five, years that I’ve been on the net. First it was blogging, now it is tweeting. The main reason why it had taken me a bit of time to get to the net was, firstly, that I am a complete net illiterate. And secondly I never cared to.

o two or three ways about it. You must have been meditating in the Himalayas, luxuriating in a Mumbai ocean resort, or hiding under the Hyderabad boulders, if you didn’t know that yesteryear’s Chandni has made a comeback.

Since time immemorial — and I can say that since I’ve been reporting on and reviewing films since I was in my diapers — there are severe misconceptions about what Bolly-journo’s life and times. And they haven’t altered right from the era of Amitabh Bachchan (which is when I entered the sin... scene), then on to the Khans (now that’s another story) to the jalebi-barfi ambience of Ranbir Kapoor today. So, here are 10 myths about the movie-journo tribe which keep setting my teeth on edge:

Whether I believe in ghosts or not is the question. I do believe in making ghost movies and whether I am making a Bhoot or Bhoot 2, or others are making them, I am constantly struck by certain questions.

Q.I am a 21-year-old girl studying engineering. Last year, I got some subjects in backlog and I am not allowed to attend the college. My parents are not aware of this. My problem is that I want to leave engineering and do some other course. Please tell me how I can convince my parents to agree to this.
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Khalid Mohamed

Statutory warning: This is not a case for or against cigarette smoking. It’s just that I can’t figure out what the fuss is all about, and it’s been going on ever since former minister Anbumani Ramadoss got a bidi in his bonnet about the on-screen display of tobacco consumption.

Ram Gopal Varma

To understand the karma theory better, let us take the example of a child’s wrongful deed which he is punished for only 20 years later. By this time, the child will have forgotten what he had done such a long time ago. Also, the child will have no sense of right and wrong. Like the child, we don’t have a definite idea of what a sin is.

Mani shankar

My friend knows a professional numerologist who says a slight change in my name can drastically improve my romance and career. I am told he has a very high success rate. Do you think I should go for it?
— A 25-year-old, name withheld by me.