Posted in Lifes like that on August 30, 2007 | 9 Comments »
There could be nothing more frustrating than choosing a gift for the male of the species.Cosmetics ? No.Cute teddy bears?No.Nice funky imitation jewellery?No.Diamonds?No.Fancy handbags ? No.Books ? Rarely.But,still,no. PS2 ? Way out of my budget.Anyways,the male species doesn’t seem to be consistent in that either.Only maybe 99% like electronic gadgets.Unfortunately,this particular specimen belongs to [...]
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Posted in Songs on August 29, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Mommy I’ll do anything
Can we work it out? Can we be a family?
I promise I’ll be better, Daddy please don’t
leave
Family Portrait -Album “Misunderstood” by Pink in 2002.
And i saw it just a few days back.[ What to do ? When there [...]
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Posted in movies on August 28, 2007 | 9 Comments »
No heroine(He’s all ours).No going overboard with the crying(Anyone remember the “Objection” scenes in Devdas ?Ouch.).No mega super star intro scene.No fight sequences.No duet songs.No implied romance.No long sentimental dialogues[ Most of the lines are crisp.Uttered before you even figure out what was said,sometimes.].
So,why should you watch this movie ?Simply,because it doesn’t have any of [...]
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Posted in Lifes like that on August 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If I had not left Hyderabad a few months earlier,I could ,very well ,possibly have been sitting at Lumbini Park on Saturday evening watching the laser show.And I might have never been alive to write this post.It scares me.But not so much as the fear that the same thing could happen to any of my [...]
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Posted in Germany, Pics on August 23, 2007 | 11 Comments »
I see I’ve been posting stuff that you could read up anywhere else..its getting boring.So ,me back to writing under the influence of brain.
My first cable car(a.k.a seilbahn) ride was in this country.And a few more followed.I still get sweaty palms when I get onto a cable car,no matter whether its a closed one or [...]
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Posted in News on August 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Saw this program,yesterday,on CNN.It was titled “God’s Warriors”.What a paradox !! Jeez..how could God ,who is the epitome of all that’s good and peaceful have “warriors ” ?? People who want to catch up on who and who are fighting for what in which part of the world ,and what was the reason the fights [...]
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Posted in News, Songs, movies on August 22, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Did anyone read this ??
Quoting “Behindwoods New Bureau”
A.R. Rahman – the proud Indian he has always been, had released Vande Mataram on the occasion of the 50th year of independence and in the 60th year he came up with an album “Jana Gana Mana”.
Even though the intentions were good, he seems to have forgotten that [...]
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Posted in News, What the heck! on August 21, 2007 | 10 Comments »
What is it with online social networking ?? It takes all the fun out of suddenly meeting an old friend,out of the blue,at a mall,staring at him,his balding patch,his growing paunch,long and hard for a while , likewise from the other side,he/she staring at you with that look of incredulity (like,really ,is that you???) and [...]
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Posted in News, What the heck! on August 20, 2007 | 7 Comments »
I’m no feminist.There has never been a need for me to be so and I am really thankful to God for that.But reading this really irks me.
Why pay 50,000 rupees to your new in-laws when you can pay 500 rupes for an abortion ?
The first thing that irked me when I read this,was that,India [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on August 17, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Why are people searching for “who is burkha dutta father” on Google ? And,why land up on this blog,for the same ??People search for weird stuff.Another one - “azhutha ezhuthu lyrics” and ,bang,it’s directed here.I agree, I don’t write great rocket science stuff but “azhutha ezhutha”aa….This blog’s after effects are pretty “strong”,I see.Anyways,as long as [...]
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