The week that was!!

Movies:

Must say Kahani was such a great surprise. Sujoy Ghosh started off his career with Jhankar Beats which garnered rave reviews. However, he sort of lost his touch with what came after that, piece of junk to be very honest. So I was kind of not very hopeful about his new movie Kahani. But the only thing that kept me interested was Vidya Balan. And I am glad I watched it. Vidya is the new hero of bollywood and Sujoy has found his lost mojo. Tight script, edgy direction, superb cast and beautiful Kolakata add up to give us a thrilling movie. It reminds me of another less known thriller Samay.

Finally spring is here. I am loving it.

However there were couple of days of foggy morning which reminded me of Delhi winter. The only thing that was missing was Balbir da dhaba and it would have taken me back to DU days.

Randomness of Life!!!

 H'Dog Bites

 Valentine's Day (Courtesy Daisy)

 Honestly speaking at times even this doesnt work.

 Never tried this though!!

Onion Pakoda's (Yummmmmy!!!)

My favorite Calvin & Hobbes

Subtle Anger

Aaah...a lazy afternoon..I wish there were ugly midgets dressed in gaudy clothes doing a Mithun dance steps on Bappi Da's music...probably the horrors of the sight would have made me move to lab and work...however I can only wish and there are no midgets.

Random thoughts have kept me occupied, just like a fish who is busy deciding whether to stop or keep eating. So the correlation is food and food for thought...aah what a misery!!! Am i even making any sense???? Anyways who cares. My brother is having his board exams and it seems like along with him entire family is taking exams. Worried about his exams, how will he do and what's in store. Come to think of the kids facing the enormous pressure, I feel extremely blessed to grow up in a time when these exams and numbers were not this much of a big deal. Now even if you get 100 % you aren't sure whether you are gonna get what you aspired for. What a shame and what a ridiculous environment to grow your kids where at every moment they are expected to do things which will keep them in race rather to do what will make them happy. This is what we want for our kids; to become a part of herd ? No individuality no love and passion for anything but grades? I am simply  amazed by the account of kids committing suicides and feeling depressed and feared at the thought of failure. I thought people learn more from mistakes than from doing it correctly. My brother didnt do too well in his last exam and its nothing but obvious that he was very depressed. Its okie to be sad but what angered me the most was when he asked me if he will be able to get admission in a decent college. At such a young age for someone to feel this much pressure is inhuman to say the least. Some would say that this would make them stronger but at what cost! Are we willing to make their every step miserable just so that they can be stronger? Absolutely nonsensical argument ! its easy for us to say all this. Life is about living it without  fear of any kind and after all its their life and we don't have any say in how they want to live it. Let them fall, make mistakes, realize the importance of success in their own way and I am sure they will appreciate life more. Don't make them live your life rather let them live theri own life and we should be there to guide them when its needed. Balance and freedom are important and they should be accepted and appreciated by everyone of us.

I hope time changes!

Subtle anger has subsided for the time being!!!!

What would you do if.......?

So back in the days I used to wander a lot.Thinking about randomness of the life and letting my mind float to the eternity. After a long hiatus, here I was letting myself dig deeper into the realms of questions: questions that would put anybody to think. And here are some for you:

What would you do if you are given one last chance to revisit one moment from your past?
What would you do if you have only sweetness around you when you are in the mood to have something spicy?
What would you do if you have to just think of only one thing for next 24 hours?
What would you do if you find out that the reality is dream and dream is the real life?
What would you do if every tomorrow is exact copy of yesterday for next one month?
What would you do if you had to chose between your girlfriend and your friends?
What would you do if you are suddenly among strangers?
What would you do if you meet someone who is actually you?
What would you do if you are left behind alone and all your friends have moved on with their life?
What would you do if you had a chance to hold on to something, something that's very important?

What would you do if.......?

What a life!!!

"You live a life, a hard life, a life where you make many mistakes but try to learn from it and make yourself a better person. But take my word, people are not going to remember you for all the good things you did but for all the mistakes you made. So the question we should be asking ourselves is why the hell do we need to even worry about correcting the mistakes."

I don't know if I necessarily agree with this sentiment but its definitely a "Food for Thought".

The B'ful ones!!

Ladies

1.       Nandita Das-I met her and she is awesome

2.       Laura Linney-I would like to meet her so that I can put some more words on how great she is…..

3.       Kate Winslet-if the list suggests I am into older women, then hell “yeah” …I loved her in Titanic and I still adore her…although I would prefer if she doesn’t get naked frequently on screen……but I wouldn’t mind if she has to..its her life and who am I to judge.

4.       Waheeda Rehman-She is probably the most beautiful women ever graced silver screen

5.       Manisha Koirala-The natural beauty…know how people have list of actresses where they compare the actual look and on screen look…I still have to find her on the list.

6.       Scarlet Johansson- I wish I could be this guy without being “gay”

7.       Konkana Sen-very difficult for me to keep her out of the list coz she is from my college and I have seen her in person…i have been ragged (hazing as people in US call it) pretty badly in school however I have a regret that it wasn’t her…

Dudes:

1.       Robert Deniro-The true angry young man who never gets old unlike some people who are either forever old or old ungracefully……he has been my favorite from the days of “Mean Street” to “Everybody is fine”