Spreading the season&rsquo;s joy This comedy channel believes in putting smiles on real faces as well as television ones.
&nbsp;<img title="Cyrus Sahukar giving gifts to children as part of the &lsquo;Spread The Cheer&rsquo; campaign" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/22-Cyrus-Sahukar.jpg" alt="Cyrus Sahukar giving gifts to children as part of the &lsquo;Spread The Cheer&rsquo; campaign" /> Cyrus Sahukar giving gifts to children as part of the &lsquo;Spread The Cheer&rsquo; campaign
Comedy Central has been organising a &lsquo;Spread The Cheer&rsquo; campaign across the country, visiting and entertaining NGOs, hospitals, drug rehabilitation centres in Mumbai and Bangalore and even Tihar Jail in Delhi. The channel&rsquo;s celebrities played Santa Claus to those less fortunate.
With Christmas being the festival of gifts and joy, Santa came early for the children at Make a Wish foundation as well as the children&rsquo;s ward at Masina Hospital in Byculla, where Cyrus Sahukar visited over the weekend with gifts and some jokes too.
Overcrowded comedy Two unwritten rules apply in Mumbai&rsquo;s local trains. 1. There&rsquo;s always room for one more passenger, no matter how jam-packed a given compartment is. 2. Always expect a co-commuter to crack a good one.
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Both these rules were observed recently on the Central line. As the train slowly picked up speed at Kurla, a gentleman with a backpack somehow managed to catch the train.
Not comfortable with the idea of hanging on the footboard, he pushed his way in to the fellow passengers&rsquo; utter discomfort. On top of that, he made a rather nasty remark too. &ldquo;Zoo jaise ho gaya hai train aaj kal,&rdquo; said our hero as he stood on someone&rsquo;s toes.
Someone not too far away from him reparteed, &ldquo;Bas ek gadhe ki kami thi.&rdquo; Needless to mention, the resulting laughter must have made the commuters forget for a little while, at least the inhumane manner in which they travel daily.
Chaos theory rules when Sachin arrives That Sachin Tendulkar is treated like a demi-god in the country was witnessed when he entered the hall where the prize distribution ceremony of the 4th Vasai Virar Mayor&rsquo;s Marathon was going on at the Viva College premises in Virar yesterday.
<img title="Sachin Tendulkar is sure to draw throngs. Pic/Sameer Markande" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/dec/22-Sachin-Tendulkar.jpg" alt="Sachin Tendulkar is sure to draw throngs. Pic/Sameer Markande" /> Sachin Tendulkar is sure to draw throngs. Pic/Sameer Markande
The crowd went berserk and a few were seen hanging on to the shamiyana curtains to get a glimpse of the cricketing legend. One person even fell, but he was not hurt as there were enough people around to catch him! Such was the impact of Tendulkar&rsquo;s presence that one mediaperson didn&rsquo;t even know who event ambassador Anju Bobby George was.
He was heard saying, &ldquo;Sachin mala mahiti aahe, pan hi Anju kon aahe and kai khelat hote ti?&rdquo; (I know who Sachin is but who is this Anju and what sport did she play?&rdquo;) Giving them company on the dias was Chennayin FC captain Mikael Silvestre.
Seeing the love showered upon him the master blaster didn&rsquo;t disappoint the crowd, saying, &ldquo;I am very sure that the enthusiasm that the crowd has shown will make this national marathon an international-level event soon.&rdquo;

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