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Locked into his passion | Dr Hiren Shah | | The New Indian Express

Locked into his passion | Dr Hiren Shah | | The New Indian Express

another ~ from the archives...Houseum TV9

from the archives..

Houseum DD from Hiren Shah on Vimeo.

'unlocking' Houseum ~ for a private viewing..

Doctored Cricket Quiz-21-23

Doctored Cricket Quiz

another paradox in today's quiz.."paupers" may be losers, but they are still 'rich and royal'!..

-one need to figure out 'THE Figure' from the frieze of so many figures, and then reach to 'a figure' by counting all those figures! figured?

..no.. okey..another clue...'pretty' Indian beauty is 'the heading figure' of this bunch of figures, but she is not the 'queen' of the 'head figure' in these figures.

I'm sorry,but then i was trying to help you to figure out the answer..which may be a bit beyond--this 'double figure' !!

Posted On Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 03:24:42 AM

Today’s Puzzle Yesterday’s puzzle Correct Answer: Gully The clue was: Kumble loved it here Amdavadi’s don’t like losing. After failing for two consecutive days to crack the code, they came back with vengeance and took us by surprise. Out of hundred entires, 54 were right. The wrong answers included half-volley, full length, good length. Few even thought the right answer could be Feroze Shah Kotla and Bangalore Royal Challangers. Correct entries Manish Patel, Sandeep Johari, Shreyas Hathi, Jaykishan Jasani, Prateek Narang, Harshil Bhatt, Ajay Kumar Janardhan, Smita Nair, Nila Parekh, Joanna Canara, Samuel Canara, Aditya Mehta, Vaibhav Karnik, Kamlesh Karnik, Pooja Das, Rakesh Shah, Nikhil Lala, Bhushan Kankal, Chinkesh Modi, Rudra Divetia, Mayank Gupta, Steve Christian, Harsh Mod, Bijoy Joseph, Rangrej Mohammad Wasim, Ramani Kumar, Surinder Singh, Rakesh Sharma, Raj Patel, Asif Patel, Rajesh Prajapati, Sarang Khoper, Chitral Kothari, Jay Thakkar, Akshat Kothari, Bhaumik Harde, Harsh Thakkar, Sharda Sharma, Chintan Bhatt, Princy Dholani, Avani Buch, Saurabh Shah, Atul Reshamwala, Rakshit Bhatt, Mala Shah, Nirnay Kapoor, Sri Ram Iyer, Bahvesh Thakor, Shijoe Solomon, Abhishek Kothari, Nikhil Padharia, Abhishek Mehrotra, Amit Sanghavi, Shashikant Nayak. Doctored Cricket Quiz Posted On Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 03:41:58 AM The clue for today's quiz.."Kumble loved it here"…WHY? did he live in this lane? does he like this ‘red-ricksha’, coming out? as a leg spinner,does he love such [bowling] end? is it his favorite fielding position? is this a ground where he took 10 wickets… Whatever may be the reason with Kumble..i LOVE this picture for its interesting depth of field..rather the depth of the lane- lined by the rows of houses on both sides and the road accentuated by a'mid-day' sun light! The driving red-ric on the middle of the path shows the momentum..defines the whole length of this narrow 'alley'..the long distance it traversed.. Today’s Puzzle TODAY’S CLUE: Kumble loved it here Yesterday’s puzzle Correct Answer: Leg-spin The clue was: Wizards Now, this was an easy one, provided you read the wrong ’un — a leg-spinner’s biggest weapon. Congratulations to nine Amdavadis, who not only read the wrong ’un, they hit it for a six. A special mention here of Mayank Gupta, Sunil Misal, Steve Christian, Surinder Singh and Rajesh Prajapati, who wrote in saying Jumbo Anil Kumble because of elephant’s picture as puzzle. It is also a good guess, as Kumble is a leg-spinner, but not a right answer. Correct entries Dhruvin Vyas, Rajan Jain, Sriram Iyer, Girish Vithlani, Nirnay Kapoor, Rakshit Bhatt, Gracey Stanley, Abhishek Kothari and Shenal Thakkar. Posted On Monday, May 17, 2010 at 03:27:45 AM Here’s a cricket quiz like no other. Every day, we carry a picture clicked by cricket fanatic Dr Hiren Shah in course of his travels around the world. Hidden in every picture is a cricketing term. To help you unravel this cricketing term, Dr Shah provides a clue. they vary the turn-vividly like colours of the lizard, the limb is rotated so deftly- we call them ‘Wizard’; ..can’t afford to swing your willow just haphazard, lest pay the price and let the team suffer the hazard ! This is the clue for the today's quiz.. as i got some calls for the hints and some simple clues. But yesterday we all at AM went 'clueless'! Not that favorite OZ were humbled by mini Poms in the world cup final, but then..we didn't receive a single correct answer for the yesterday's quiz of "Nelson's score of 111'. We pediatricians swear by Nelson-[Nelson's text book of Diseases of Children is our Bible and Bhagwad Geeta!], and let me admit that i'd the same fear about the 'dancing'clue, and had given multiple hints inmy quartet of Horatio Nelson, Nelson Mandela, Fort Nelson in Hampshire and Port Nelson in NewZealand. But then yesterday was Sunday- even off-day for most of us on FB.. Today’s Puzzle TODAY’S CLUE: Wizards Yesterday’s puzzle Correct Answer: Nelson or 111 The clue was: Bhangra ZERO CORRECT ENTRIES!!! We received close to 100 entries, and NOT ONE GOT IT RIGHT. C’mon Amdavad, what’s wrong with you, you all who have been playing this quiz awesomely. We got entries like leg-bye (most of them), footwork, Harbhajan Singh (why???). Only one entry came close, which said David Shepherd but that was an exact answer.

DOCTORED CRICKET QUIZ-19-20

complicating 'Bhangra' more than Bharatnatyam\

..find Trafalgar hero on the column in Admiral’s stance,

....remember African Gandhi for freedom and penance;

many ports- many forts, check them before you advance,

dance & hop on this odd ‘figure’- not to take any chance!!

Doctored Cricket Quiz

Posted On Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 03:32:21 AM

Here’s a cricket quiz like no other. Every day, we carry a picture clicked by cricket fanatic Dr Hiren Shah in course of his travels around the world. Hidden in every picture is a cricketing term. To help you unravel this cricketing term, Dr Shah provides a clue. Today’s Puzzle TODAY’S CLUE: Bhangra Yesterday’s puzzle Correct Answer: Cheergirls The clue was: Perfect co-ordination Once again, Amdavadis bombarded our mailbox with lot of entries but only eight were able to crack the code. The perfect co-ordination is usually seen among the cheergirls, who are seen gyrating to heart thumping music during the IPL and other Twenty20 events. Most of the wrong answers sent to us were footwork, team, teamwork and hand-eye co-ordiantaion. correct entries Jaykishan Jasani, Prodyut Pal, Sanjay Kantodey, Harshill Bhatt, Steve Christian, Vrushali Shah, Saqngita Jain, Nirnay Kapoor.

Cricket started with test matches, and 'driving' via ‘one day’ in past few years,it reached to the new format of twenty20. Its been blamed that the age-old glory of the gentleman's game is side lined by glitz, glamour and girls of T20..But then, Bollywood and beauties were there from the time of Salim Durani and Gary Sobers. And we still have Sharmila Tagores, Sangita Bijlanis ,Reena Roys and many similar with their celebrated and/ controversial cricket connections.

Are we talking about this ‘Perfect Coordination’ of cricket and glamour? Or am I mis guiding you from these glamorous[?] dancers,and their rhythmic and coordinated steps ?

Whatever..Lets toast for these entertainers..'Apki Lambi Umar Ke Liye' !!

Doctored Cricket Quiz

Posted On Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 03:13:28 AM

Here’s a cricket quiz like no other. Every day, we carry a picture clicked by cricket fanatic Dr Hiren Shah in course of his travels around the world. Hidden in every picture is a cricketing term. To help you unravel this cricketing term, Dr Shah provides a clue. Today’s Puzzle TODAY’S CLUE: Perfect co-ordination All correct entries get an honorable mention in the paper. Answer to today’s puzzle will appear alongside tomorrow’s brain teaser. multiple entries will be rejected Send in your answers at amletters@gmail.com or drop them at our office: 2nd floor, Fadia Chambers, Ashram Road between 11.30 am and 7 pm. Yesterday’s puzzle Correct Answer: Doosra The clue was: Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee Our puzzle solvers are back with a vengeance! Forty-three correct entries have swatted our clue -- which we thought was not an easy one -- for a huge six. Yes, doosra, bowled by an off-spinner, floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee. Some of the entries said flipper, wrong ‘un and for some strange reason, Virender Sehwag!! Correct entries Harshil Bhatt, Himanshi Jain, Prodyut Pal, Trilok Mittal, Pratick Trivedi, Dharti Gandhi, Kosha Joshi, Milind Bhagat, Avinash Jain, Shanil Shah, Panth Shah, Sahil Shah, Rakesh Shah, Kairav Kothari, Kevan Kothari, Kaival Kothari, Anjali Kothari, Vyomesh Vyas, Premal Shodhan, Devansh Trivedi, Chinkesh Modi, Kuldeep Rajani, Rakshit Bhatt, Girish Vithlani, Chintan Bhatt, Sriram Iyer, Sarang Khopker, Sharda Sharma, Abhishek Kothari, Akshat Kothari, Rahil Buch, Nitya Buch, Avani Buch, Ashish Sharma, Hemant Vaidya, Anagha Vaidya, Mayank Gupta, Atul Kumar Varshney, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Mahika Majmudar, Charulata Samson Kotwal, Manal Mehta, Sandip Singh.