Your time starts now
If you've got enough grey cells, here's your chance to appear on TV, and that too on BBC's Mastermind, no less. This popular quiz contest, hosted by Siddharth Basu is on the lookout for people willing to do some mental sparring. Though generally the practice is to select contestants from the main metros of the different regions, this time Pune along with Mumbai has been chosen as a centre for screening candidates in the Western region. Interested candidates can pick up their application forms from Anju Kale, A-6 Apna Ghar society, 712-A Shankershet Road, Pune 411042 or call on 651188. Applicants will have to appear for a written test on May 30 and those who make it will have to go for the final qualifying round at New Delhi. So, brush up on your general knowledge and make that application. You might just be the smart one to feature on Mastermind.

Cricket calling
Guess what's a bad word these days? Football. With the cricket fever raging high in the city, no one can see beyond the game. In fact Puneris are rearranging their work and entertainment only so it can make way for the crucial World Cup matches. Members of the Affinity Circle, an informal club of engineers, have even decided at whose place their members will congregate to watch the matches. Collegians too have their own agenda. Some girls from Wadia College have pooled in cash to get snacks to munch on while watching the game. While everyone has some cricket plan or the other, the common factor is the idiot box, and it is the TV dealers who are laughing all the way to the bank.