If you are ever in the mood for a bellyful of laughter, this book which charts the course of a young man bumbling into a small University campus in America is for you.

Written by three strategy experts on India, Pakistan, and U.S. policy in South Asia respectively, "Four Crises and a Peace Process" examines a series of bilateral India-Pakistan crises over the past two decades, and the role of the United States in each of them.

This is a "how to" book which bridges the gap between our work and home lives. Balancing stress and recovery is critical when it comes to managing energy in all facets of our lives. Emotional depth and resilience depend on active engagement with others and with our own feelings.

So much has been written about this so called king of sports, Golf, that I suppose it would be presumptuous of me to think that I could add anything novel. Well, as I reflect further, I think this larger-than-life game can stand another perspective from one of its lifelong victims - me!

I wonder if there other parents out there who have experienced this. “This” is the anticipation I have felt since Christmas, at the thought that it won’t be too long now before my six year old daughter finds out – maybe this year, or perhaps then the next, but surely no later- that her dear, loved Pere Noel (that’s what we call Santa Claus in France) and her sometimes-monster mother are but two sides of the same coin.

In Hindi movies children are generally shown to be quite precocious. They seem to have wisdom, intelligence and maturity far beyond their years. In fact, it would be fair to say that in most Hindi movies, the children don’t act like children at all.

In a refreshing contrast, this movie’s central character is a child, and one who has to deal with very challenging situations. This is the debut performance of young Darsheel Safary, who plays Ishaan. His performance is simply superb.

From the wonderful juxtaposition of old and new stars to the hilarious Filmfare awards to the awesome fire sequence to the flamboyant fight with a stuffed tiger to Deepika’s well shot dimples to SRK’s glistening abs – one cannot help admiring Farah for the fantastic scenes in OSO.

The music, though immensely hummable when you hear it, is marred by badly picturised songs. I quite liked the sound of 'Aasalaam' and 'Tera mera milna' before I saw the songs performed on screen by a cleavage-popping image of Himesh. The much-hyped 'Mehbooba' number with Mallika Sherawat abruptly appears at the end of the movie, without any explanation, and ends the same way.