With a barrage of reality TV shows storming the prime time television, and each of them challenging the human innovation to a new level, I am wondering as to what will be extreme end of it?
For sure the shows like "Sach ka Samna" which explores your hidden desires mostly confined to the bedroom or bathroom masturbation, or the marriage in full public domain, where the people get to see the intimate details which were till now considered a private affair.
And the most interesting part of this whole drama is that they are copied from a western show.
The next big thing would be Wife Swap.
Now what needs to be seen is if ever it is copied in the Indian format, will it be digestable by the Indian Audience. I dont think it will ever cross the boundaries defined by Censor Board.
Lets wait and watch this whole tamasha.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Up Up and away
after a ling time felt like writing something for the movie I saw and I felt that the start was a lot better than then ending. It was still a kids movie, but it touches the soft corner of your heart and the brief married life of ellie and Carl. The music that plays in the background does makes you engrossed in that little world of Ellie and Carl.
One takeaway for this movie was the little "Adventure book". And one can pretty much relate to a lot of things in life which is nothing else but the so called "Adventure book".Plan for it and then there is something else coming up.Delay it and will plan later.
Well there was this piece of article about the movie which I found over the net and thought of putting the same over here. Makes one feel indeed sad after reading it.
LINK
One takeaway for this movie was the little "Adventure book". And one can pretty much relate to a lot of things in life which is nothing else but the so called "Adventure book".Plan for it and then there is something else coming up.Delay it and will plan later.
Well there was this piece of article about the movie which I found over the net and thought of putting the same over here. Makes one feel indeed sad after reading it.
LINK
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Do I smell something cooking
Well Google wave was awesome. Or may be just another addition to crowded market space. But one thing commendable about Google is that they carve out a market space for themselves. eg:- Chrome.
Well, Apple and Google together?? Wave's demonstration used a lot of apple products:- Safari , iPhoto to name a few...
what do you think? where is the future?? is somebody scared?? Offcourse in Apple's iphone comes preloaded with lots of google's product :)
dont know where the world is heading.... And as somebody said "I dont want to miss a piece of action"
Well, Apple and Google together?? Wave's demonstration used a lot of apple products:- Safari , iPhoto to name a few...
what do you think? where is the future?? is somebody scared?? Offcourse in Apple's iphone comes preloaded with lots of google's product :)
dont know where the world is heading.... And as somebody said "I dont want to miss a piece of action"
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Back to the basics
Felt a lot different when I moved from my Nokia Ngage (though it was worthless) to a very basic phone which was again a Nokia. It made me nostalgic about the whole stuff (as it was the first phone I bought) and gave me a feel of how simple the things can be.
> Monochrome interface
> Very fast
> Hassle free keyboard design
> Snake game :)
> That torch on the top
> ringtones that sound very mechanical
so it serves only one purpose, the make and receive a call. Well if convergence is the future than let me enjoy some time on this very basic stuff and then I can move on. In short, appreciate the simple things in life.
> Monochrome interface
> Very fast
> Hassle free keyboard design
> Snake game :)
> That torch on the top
> ringtones that sound very mechanical
so it serves only one purpose, the make and receive a call. Well if convergence is the future than let me enjoy some time on this very basic stuff and then I can move on. In short, appreciate the simple things in life.
Friday, June 26, 2009
R.I.P.....
History is over
For people like me , who came from small town, he was the window to the west and the western music...... My first english song that I ever heard -> Dangerous.
BEAT IT
Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday, March 09, 2009
IF...
IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
--- Rudyard Kipling.
I have read this poem in my 10th standard. But still today it pretty much echoes within my self. Whatever is written over there is very difficult to follow.
It can be made easy by one simple answer to all the questions one has. It can be either "Yes" or "No". And from there on its like a simple flowchart diagram with decision boxes all along.
Middle finger to all those who say..."Its not as easy as you think"
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
--- Rudyard Kipling.
I have read this poem in my 10th standard. But still today it pretty much echoes within my self. Whatever is written over there is very difficult to follow.
It can be made easy by one simple answer to all the questions one has. It can be either "Yes" or "No". And from there on its like a simple flowchart diagram with decision boxes all along.
Middle finger to all those who say..."Its not as easy as you think"
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Saw long time back and Remembered now
I saw the movie, "The Pursuit of Happyness" long time back.(rather this movie debuted on my iPod and I found a better way of commuting to office)
I never paid attention to something very significant. Why was "Happyness" misspelt? offcourse it was intentional.
Wikipedia has a long story to say on the same about Thomas Jefferson and United States declaration of independence.
Well I found something while surfing that appealed to me a lot.
"There is no Y(why) in Happyness, only I".
Interesting musing.
I never paid attention to something very significant. Why was "Happyness" misspelt? offcourse it was intentional.
Wikipedia has a long story to say on the same about Thomas Jefferson and United States declaration of independence.
Well I found something while surfing that appealed to me a lot.
"There is no Y(why) in Happyness, only I".
Interesting musing.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Very aptly expressed
Found in one of the Rediff's discussion forum.
"If this movie had shown Indians as slum dwellers, poverty ridden, racist, corrupt and had shown Westerners as compassionate and our saviors, this would have topped the charts and won a few Oscars.
The hypocrisy of the Western scoundrels is mind blowing.
I'm not saying these things dont exist in India but to relentlessly portray only the negative side of our country in virtually every movie amounts to racial stereotyping. And frankly I'm tired of the BS."
Thanks Mr. Vijay M for echoing the same sentiments which was brewing in my mind since I saw this movie. Couldnt get words for it.
"If this movie had shown Indians as slum dwellers, poverty ridden, racist, corrupt and had shown Westerners as compassionate and our saviors, this would have topped the charts and won a few Oscars.
The hypocrisy of the Western scoundrels is mind blowing.
I'm not saying these things dont exist in India but to relentlessly portray only the negative side of our country in virtually every movie amounts to racial stereotyping. And frankly I'm tired of the BS."
Thanks Mr. Vijay M for echoing the same sentiments which was brewing in my mind since I saw this movie. Couldnt get words for it.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Flickr- thumbs up
I dont know whether Picassa offers this feature or not. But Joining various photography interest groups in Flickr has rekindled my interest in this pretty costly venture( After all some passions are not easy to follow.)
But I dont know whether the photographs are copyrighted?
But I dont know whether the photographs are copyrighted?
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Religion and us
When one person suffers from delusion it is called insanity.
When many people suffer from delusion it is called Religion
- Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance.
Very apt with what is happening in
1) Mangalore (Attack on the churches)
2) Nun's Rape in orissa
3) Bomb blasts throughout India
And incidentally, these are the times when one needs religion the most. As it provides you the strength to endure the pain caused.But its like an opium in the hands of fanatics.
All I need to say is wake up my friends and watch around before its too late and the scars which no time can heal.
The song that plays in the background.(Pink Floyd)
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
When many people suffer from delusion it is called Religion
- Robert M. Pirsig, author of Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance.
Very apt with what is happening in
1) Mangalore (Attack on the churches)
2) Nun's Rape in orissa
3) Bomb blasts throughout India
And incidentally, these are the times when one needs religion the most. As it provides you the strength to endure the pain caused.But its like an opium in the hands of fanatics.
All I need to say is wake up my friends and watch around before its too late and the scars which no time can heal.
The song that plays in the background.(Pink Floyd)
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
Did you ever wonder
Why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky
Did you see the frightened ones
Did you hear the falling bombs
The flames are all long gone
But the pain lingers on
Goodbye blue sky
Goodbye blue sky
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
How dare you Mr. President?
I could not stop laughing my heart out or to be more generous lungs out when I read this news in ToI.( well I expect this from ToI as it was present on their front page).
There are 2 conclusions that I can draw from the same.
1) One of the very weird fatwa's
2) Mr. Sarkozy(with all due respect to the french people) would be hanged.People say that why am I after him.( after all he got the prettiest of all).
There are 2 conclusions that I can draw from the same.
1) One of the very weird fatwa's
2) Mr. Sarkozy(with all due respect to the french people) would be hanged.People say that why am I after him.( after all he got the prettiest of all).
Sunday, September 21, 2008
My experiment with 55 :D
He stands in the middle of the D wearing a blue jersey, facing the green one and on the verge of making history.The refree whistles. A moment of silence. Blue is kneeling down at the same place surrounded by greens with his face sunk in his chest. Brazil rejoices while Italy can't believe.
A Hero falls.
An instance from the penalty shoot out in the 1994 world cup which brazil won because Roberto Baggio could not convert the decisive penalty.
A Hero falls.
An instance from the penalty shoot out in the 1994 world cup which brazil won because Roberto Baggio could not convert the decisive penalty.
To cut a long story short
I read about the concept of 55 fiction (wikipedia link) while doing some random surfing. And indeed it is a very potent idea.
Just go through this blog \Love and Longing. Aptly titled. I am pretty much sure anybody can conjure an idea in 55 words but can it be as moving and potent?
Just go through this blog \Love and Longing. Aptly titled. I am pretty much sure anybody can conjure an idea in 55 words but can it be as moving and potent?
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Comfortable
Well if things are perfect then it doesnt mean that they have to last forever. And that is the irony, because from there on one has to just compromise.
Listening to song Comfortable by John Mayer.
....
She thinks I can't see the smile thats she's faking
And poses for pictures that aren't being taken
I loved you
Gray sweatpants
No makeup
So perfect
........
Listening to song Comfortable by John Mayer.
....
She thinks I can't see the smile thats she's faking
And poses for pictures that aren't being taken
I loved you
Gray sweatpants
No makeup
So perfect
........
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
:)
दिल से तुझको बे दिली है,
मुझको है दिल का गुरूर,
तू ये माने के ना माने,
लोग मानेंगे ज़रूर.
...........
ऐसे वीरने में एक दिन,
घुट के मार जाएँगे हम,
जितना जी चाहे पुकारो,
फिर नही आएँगे हम.
ये मेरा दीवानापन है,
या मोहब्बत का सुरूर,
तू ना पहचाने तो है ये,
तेरी नज़रों का कसूर.
Heard it in the movie "Namesake". Originally from movie "Yahudi". The song has been sung by Susheela Raman.
मुझको है दिल का गुरूर,
तू ये माने के ना माने,
लोग मानेंगे ज़रूर.
...........
ऐसे वीरने में एक दिन,
घुट के मार जाएँगे हम,
जितना जी चाहे पुकारो,
फिर नही आएँगे हम.
ये मेरा दीवानापन है,
या मोहब्बत का सुरूर,
तू ना पहचाने तो है ये,
तेरी नज़रों का कसूर.
Heard it in the movie "Namesake". Originally from movie "Yahudi". The song has been sung by Susheela Raman.
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Bangalore Rains
Rain rain go away,
Dont ever come again another day
Frustrated Rahul wants to go to office some day (without being drench)
The bangalore rains can either make you very romantic (if you have a partner) or will make you very angry (like me).
Love it or Loathe it but you cannot ignore it. :||
Every other day while returning from office, I am getting wet. All my shoes, Jeans, T-shirt are wet.So now I have started keeping an extra pair of clothes and shoes in my bag especially for Bangalore rains.
Solution :- Buy a Car.
Immediate solution :- stop going to office on bike.
Dont ever come again another day
Frustrated Rahul wants to go to office some day (without being drench)
The bangalore rains can either make you very romantic (if you have a partner) or will make you very angry (like me).
Love it or Loathe it but you cannot ignore it. :||
Every other day while returning from office, I am getting wet. All my shoes, Jeans, T-shirt are wet.So now I have started keeping an extra pair of clothes and shoes in my bag especially for Bangalore rains.
Solution :- Buy a Car.
Immediate solution :- stop going to office on bike.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
I feel good about life(la vie en rose)
Hold me close and hold me fast
The magic spell you cast
This is la vie en rose.......
Recently I saw the movie WALL-E and no doubt that it was one of the finest I have seen.I liked the sweet and beautiful love story of WALL-E and EVE.
And indeed one of the finest sequence was the dance in the space by WALL-E and EVE. The captain of the ship asks the robot to define dancing and there we see WALL-E and EVE dancing rhythmically.
Getting back to the point....
Well I am not an exponent of Jazz music but I heard the voice of Louis Armstrong in the movie singing "la vie en rose". This is a french sentence and exact translation in english is "I see life in pink". Well it literally means, This is life.
The song is played when WALL-E is following EVE on her mission.There is an inherent beauty about this song and the way the trumpet is played.Especially when you are listening the same in complete silence and you are transported to a different world. Planning to listen to some more of louis armstrong and the some more of classic Jazz.
Some more research has yielded that this song was orignially sung by french singer Edit Piaf and there is also an oscar winning movie on her life titled la vie en rose (next in line to be watched).
When you kiss me heaven sighs
And tho I close my eyes
I see la vie en rose.........
The magic spell you cast
This is la vie en rose.......
Recently I saw the movie WALL-E and no doubt that it was one of the finest I have seen.I liked the sweet and beautiful love story of WALL-E and EVE.
And indeed one of the finest sequence was the dance in the space by WALL-E and EVE. The captain of the ship asks the robot to define dancing and there we see WALL-E and EVE dancing rhythmically.
Getting back to the point....
Well I am not an exponent of Jazz music but I heard the voice of Louis Armstrong in the movie singing "la vie en rose". This is a french sentence and exact translation in english is "I see life in pink". Well it literally means, This is life.
The song is played when WALL-E is following EVE on her mission.There is an inherent beauty about this song and the way the trumpet is played.Especially when you are listening the same in complete silence and you are transported to a different world. Planning to listen to some more of louis armstrong and the some more of classic Jazz.
Some more research has yielded that this song was orignially sung by french singer Edit Piaf and there is also an oscar winning movie on her life titled la vie en rose (next in line to be watched).
When you kiss me heaven sighs
And tho I close my eyes
I see la vie en rose.........
Friday, August 29, 2008
Simply "Rock On"-Nothing more
+ve
1) Arjun Rampal's wife
2) Farhan Akhtar's Vocals
3) Music .They have a purpose in the movie :)
-ve
1) Farhan Akhtar's Wife ( she looked like a big dumbo)
2) Very predictable story line
3) What was that guy Luke kenny(or whatever his name was) doing? I am gonna die and want to perform on the stage before I die.
4) Westernized Rock and not Indianized( my personal opinion). By Indianized, I dont mean singing in Hindi. There have been English rock numbers by Indian Bands too.
5) Hypocrisy (writing Hindi songs in English)
So overall a chocolaty movie but an effort that should be applauded.
Watched it, went home,slept, started my normal routine next day. But I should have also followed my dreams in between (may be in dreams though)
:)
1) Arjun Rampal's wife
2) Farhan Akhtar's Vocals
3) Music .They have a purpose in the movie :)
-ve
1) Farhan Akhtar's Wife ( she looked like a big dumbo)
2) Very predictable story line
3) What was that guy Luke kenny(or whatever his name was) doing? I am gonna die and want to perform on the stage before I die.
4) Westernized Rock and not Indianized( my personal opinion). By Indianized, I dont mean singing in Hindi. There have been English rock numbers by Indian Bands too.
5) Hypocrisy (writing Hindi songs in English)
So overall a chocolaty movie but an effort that should be applauded.
Watched it, went home,slept, started my normal routine next day. But I should have also followed my dreams in between (may be in dreams though)
:)
waah ustaad waah
After watching the movie "Mumbai meri Jaan", I was awestruck on the simplicity of the movie and the intricacies of human thought it portrayed.
Hats off to Nishikant Kamat on coming with such a beautiful spectacle on the celluloid that is simply a treat to watch.
I liked the end of the movie a lot.Not like every other feature where everything is good, hunky-dory in the end and you go home smiling with tears of joy. Well some would certainly say that this is the purpose of the movie. For me movie is not a way to relax. Its a medium, and a very potent medium to make people think. And for my case I prefer the kind of movies that will make me think and could relate it to the real life.
The movie ended on a vey simple note,with a song from the old Hindi movie CID
"Aie Dil hai mushkil jeena yahan,
Jara hat ke, Jara bach ke,
Ye hai Bombay meri Jaan"
With the song in the background and real life pictures of the serial blasts in Mumbai local trains.
The various stories interwined in the feature
1) An IT professional whose sense of paranoia makes him look out for a life better worth living.
2) A news reporter, reminiscent of the current masala news channel, and the way she copes after becoming a victim.
3) A small time Tea vendor who is caught up in a dream world until he is ostracized by the socially affluent class
4) A Police inspector who is seeing his life and his dreams crumbling in front of him but is helpless and cannot do anything
5) An unemployed youth who takes up the cudgel of doing ethnic cleansing on himself.
And a common police inspector on the verge of retirement, who still finds hope amidst this chaos.
I dont think that any ways this movie salutes the so called undying spirit of Mumbai. And I dont even subscribe to this thought. I would define this as insensitiveness or "who even cares" attitude. The bottomline is, I dont care what happens to this world, I have a stomach to feed and I will have to run for my work. Come what may.That is the harsh reality and we dont want to come out of this vicious circle.
Hats off to Nishikant Kamat on coming with such a beautiful spectacle on the celluloid that is simply a treat to watch.
I liked the end of the movie a lot.Not like every other feature where everything is good, hunky-dory in the end and you go home smiling with tears of joy. Well some would certainly say that this is the purpose of the movie. For me movie is not a way to relax. Its a medium, and a very potent medium to make people think. And for my case I prefer the kind of movies that will make me think and could relate it to the real life.
The movie ended on a vey simple note,with a song from the old Hindi movie CID
"Aie Dil hai mushkil jeena yahan,
Jara hat ke, Jara bach ke,
Ye hai Bombay meri Jaan"
With the song in the background and real life pictures of the serial blasts in Mumbai local trains.
The various stories interwined in the feature
1) An IT professional whose sense of paranoia makes him look out for a life better worth living.
2) A news reporter, reminiscent of the current masala news channel, and the way she copes after becoming a victim.
3) A small time Tea vendor who is caught up in a dream world until he is ostracized by the socially affluent class
4) A Police inspector who is seeing his life and his dreams crumbling in front of him but is helpless and cannot do anything
5) An unemployed youth who takes up the cudgel of doing ethnic cleansing on himself.
And a common police inspector on the verge of retirement, who still finds hope amidst this chaos.
I dont think that any ways this movie salutes the so called undying spirit of Mumbai. And I dont even subscribe to this thought. I would define this as insensitiveness or "who even cares" attitude. The bottomline is, I dont care what happens to this world, I have a stomach to feed and I will have to run for my work. Come what may.That is the harsh reality and we dont want to come out of this vicious circle.
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