chhabees janvary

Its only when I was standing on the other side of the line, I understood how much that line meant to me and how much I would love to be back...

Gajini...I don't understand why anyone would like this movie. From the begining the movie comes across as a second tier effort copying tits-bits from the Memento and the action scenes from Bourne Ultimatum. The Heroine is useless and tries desperately to enact what Madhuri, Sridevi, Juhi showed us 10 years ago. Overall a mediocre movie whose only saving grace is music by A. R. Rehman. That brings me to my second point, I think Rehman needs to cool down and stop being Reshammiya. He is in too many movies these days and I do not approve of that. Not that anyone cares but you never know he might realize it himself.

Going back to Gajini, the only good thing about the movie was the villians weapon. I think that is how these things happen in real life. But Aamir Khan, I expect better stuff from you, what you tried to show me in Gajini was a complete waste of time and I demand you to work on something original.


Signing off

Delhi -6

Saw its trailor for the first time yesterday. I could sense Rakeiysh OmPrakash Mehra (ROPM) all over. And Waheeda ..ufff..my $8 are already on this movie. It seems apna man ROPM loves Delhi to the core. It was clearly evident in Rang de Basanti and now he openly expresses his love with Delhi Pincode #-6. I checked out the music of this movie and it is splendid mix of various singers. A sureshot buy rating for this album from my side.

Chupke Se...

Whenever I listen to this song from Saathiya, it reminds me of Parle. Especially the lines "doston se jhoothi moothi baatein karke, teri-meri baatein karna". Saala ekdum senti aur jhootha banda hain. Dil ki baat kabhi nahi kar paata. Aur doosro ki kahani suna kar apni kahani sunaaya karta tha. Between only Gulzar can have words like February, sardi, Marwa, Mir in one line.

New Year 2009

The new year has arrived and we welcomed it with friends who are just like family. We sang, we danced and wish that the new year brings with happiness and peace of mind for everyone.

jaggu is back

Do not know what has happened to me but I am listening to Jaggu again. Something changed inside me and because of that I had lost my connection with him. But I am so glad to have him back with me.

Tere saath gayi woh raunak...
Ab is shehar mein rakhan kya hain...

Sab ganda hain par Dhanda hain

Recently we applied for a credit card for Ishmeet, so that she can start building her own credit history. And to my utter surprize citibank approved her a card for $25,000 credit limit (please take note this is based on spousal income). That is more than three of my personal credit cards combined. So now hopefully you get the title....

Topi recently reviewed the music of Gajini and he rightfully got the best song of the movie "Kaise Mujhe" sung by Benny Dayal. This song for me is probably one of the better ones after a long time. The best part is that there is a instrumental piece of this song in the album. Listen to the instrumental and give me two duaas...I am begining to like the whole idea of good instrumentals. Primarily because this is only place you get to hear quality flute and violin pieces. Otherwise the beauty of flute is simply lost in the drums and synth. Another thing worth mentioning about Gajini is the solo song sung by Shreya Goshal. A pretty crappy song lyrics wise but just enjoy her range.

what should I do....???

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Kirpan

For the simple mind, the significance of sikhs carrying the kirpan (sword) is linked to our martial history which I believe happened by chance because someone had to take up the ownership to defend India and ofcourse Northern frontier provinces. But Prof. Puran Singh description is just so beautiful...here is goes.

"Every Sikh is to wear "His" Sword. Not his own. Kirpan is a gift from the Guru. It is not an instrument of offence or defense. It is a mind made intense by the love of the Guru. The Sikh is to have a sword-like mind. It is the visible sign of an intensely sensitive soul.'

The Sword Cuts rapidly and so does the mind

Taj Palace

"I have held my ground as human history has unfolded in its timeless procession of laughter and tears. Courage and cowardice, good and evil. I will prevail"

An adv. run by Taj Group in WSJ last friday.

flying back from NY

Flying back from NY was a cool experience. I saw three airplanes flying parallel or at an angle to my plane, different altitute ofcourse. This is just an amazing sight as you get an idea on how fast these planes are flying.

Oye Lucky Lucky Oye is a cool movie.

cell phones

sometimes I wish, we had cell phone culture when we were in college...so many amazing moments could have been captured.

constructive ego

While reading a friends blog recently, I encountered this term constructive ego (CE). I must admit, I have been fascinated by this term since. My friend recommended that you should have a healthy dose of it. I used to refer to this friend as a "snob" quite often back in the days and so followed a chain of thoughts and I ended up thinking that what is ghamandi (snob) for me is maybe constructive ego (CE) for him. But the more I pondered, and did introspection to find out where my constructive ego is, the more it got clear that snob is completely different from CE and I probably suffer from a deficiency of CE.

The second reason chain of thought is, if I am right about this concept, why do I lack it? I seem to lack it more in my personal life rather than professional life. I could identify scenarios form my professional life where this constructive ego helped me withstand pressures and present my ideas effectively. But in personal life, I could not think of any scenarios where I could identify me using this CE to put forward my ideas or points. The lack of it always makes me go through pain and suffering. Some of my close friends all seem to have it including my wife. From all this introspection, I think constructive ego is a good thing to possess and in the times we live it helps us all to deal with life.

James Bond

So i went to see James Bond and sadly they spoke very fast english. I did not follow half of what everyone was saying..

that will be all

I salute

Every single paraolympian ever to take part in the Olympics against all odds. There is nothing I can write in this blog that can reflect what I just saw and felt. All I have is mad respect for these brave atheletes.

Dasvidaniya and Oye Lucky Oye

Both albums are very nice and capture their markets.

Dasvidaniya: is all about heart felt songs and my personal favorite is "Mumma", a sweet song about ma. I would rate this album a **** and recommend a buy rating. The music is by Kailash Kher (not 100% sure).

Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye: is all about Harpreet Singh :) The songs have the same masti that I would associate with Harpreet of good old IIT days. The lyrics are sharp and funny at many places. There is a Rajasthani number which is something I have never heard in a bollywood movie and for sure punjabi "folk" is making its way into mainstream bollywood. Songs like Jugni will rock the clubs for months to come. I would rate this album **** and recommend a buy rating.

Adsense does not makes much sense

I added adsense after both Topi and Parle added it to their respective blogs but somehow this whole adsense thingi does not makes much sense. It is perhaps the only google application I have come across as not so user friendly.

I still get the message my account needs verification when I have a account verfied confirmation email in my inbox...well...I got to love the tags for this blog.

Happy Diwali

Happy Diwali to one and all.....

what is love?

It takes a moment to fall in love but it takes a life to understand what love is....


I can hear Sathe saying... "Dude that is so gay, I can't believe you actually wrote that on your blog" and Abhi and Manav laughing.

Manav soon turns back and says...."*&626&%^od sab &^%$^&yaap hain"

Images from Gaffar Market

I clicked these while visiting Gaffar market during my recent trip to India in March 2008. I had visited Gaffar Market at least four to five times during my trip. My sympathies with all those who lost dear ones.

stay away from

Drona and Kidnap
Both are totaaal... tatti and very very bad movies