It's not as fun as it looks in our bollywood movies where in midst of the day or whatever is happening, suddenly the song starts and our hero & heroine are in a beautiful place filled with snow. The hero is wearing big jackets & woolens but our lovely heroine is singing & dancing just in a lovely saree with sleeveless blouse. They sure don't feel cold, do they?? But this awful lot of snow is not as much fun in real. That's what my experience says. It's been snowing last 2 days awfully here with more than 2 feet of snow outside. There was snow outside the door and half of the door was covered. The car was topped with 2 feet snow, all covered. It took me more than 2 hours to clean snow off the car and around to take it out. Streets and roads around the house are not clean ofcourse, we have just cleaned the bare minimums needed to get out of house. Created valley with snow mountains on both the sides. And ofcourse its chilling cold too, unless you are shovelling the snow which makes you hot!! Even the main roads & highways are not clean. The car was sliding on the roads withut any control, just so scary. Read my last blog "Driving in Snow/Ice" for tips to drive in snow. Just planning to sit home and enjoy some bollywood fun with dance in fake snow. Be safe & Take Care!!
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Saturday, February 06, 2010
Sunday, January 17, 2010
I bought a CAR... Awesome!!
Well, if you read my blogs you would know this already that I bought a Car, my first car in US (if not then click here & read and check out features/pics here). One of the most awesome cars actually. Everybody who has seen it or driven it has just loved it. Some say its like Mercedes, some say Bentley or Jaguar. It is actually a KIA AMANATI. Really an awesome car. As first thing, I took the car to Rajdhani Temple yesterday. My first visit to any temple in Virginia (it was not like the priests and others were just waiting for my visit, no flower shower on me or jai-jaikaar yaar), I never went when I was here earlier for such a long time. Then went to college in my car (not like our bollywood movies though, where I get out of awesome car & just start singing/dancing with 100s of other students joining me in chorus like thats all we have been studying/practising forever), awesome!! And also went to a club later in night in my car (No wonders here as well, I was no star of the night at the club like our heroes who sing/dance better than those poor paid performers of that place). Well, all accomplished, lol.... I am so happy to have a car and that too such an awesomely (is that even a word?) great one, really just Awesome!!
Thursday, December 24, 2009
3 Idiots (2009 Movie)
I watched it & I liked it. Aamir has done a great job in his role of Rancho, looks young & acts young. His body language is amazing as well. He perfectly suits in the role of a young rebel student who wants to gain knowledge to become educated and not just a literate. Madhvan & Sharman as his freinds have done a great job in there own roles. Madhavn is one of the most under-rated actors in north. He's a great actor (I remember him from the days of Sea-Hawks on DD) and still not very successful in main leads. He suits his role of undecided youngster who wants to be a photographer but parents want him to be an engineer (it always happens in India, doesen't it??).Sharman is great in these kind of suporting roles. He's talented and also lucky that he's getting such great opportunities with Amir (remember RDB) and he always keeps upto it. His tragic family drama of poor family, working mother, unwed sister showed in Black & White is really funny. Kareena looks great and knows how to act (when she gets the right director) and usually good at over-acting roles. Boman is our next Ashok Kumar, great comedic timing and good in character roles as well. He suits the role of Strict Dean (again after Munnabhai, not as funny but nice!!). What was Javed Jaffrey & Mona Singh (aka Jassi)doing? Is this her big break?? Overall a very suited cast and well performed by everyone. And Yeah, Omi Vaidya is a good surprise package, looks good as both young & old Chatur and very balanced acting, good job!! the story line is good sarcastic view of the education system where we just want to make students cram & get good grades even if they learn anything or not. Knowledge is not as important as Degrees. Rajkumar Hirani is really good, knows how to make a nice fun movie with social message but still maintain the entertainment value, lots of drama & overacting at places but all planned & part of fun (well the child delievry was lil over the top though). Looking forward for Munnabhai-3.
So, I really liked it!! Nice take on Chetan Bhagat's novel (it was an adaption of Five Point Someone, right??) or on today's India's education System? Sweet music? Movie that gives you enjoyment but still makes you really think at the end? Finally I would say: 8.5/10. You know, I took the Idiot Exam on the movie's website & scored full. Passed all the semesters/rounds with great scores. Am I an Idiot? A genius Idiot?? LOL!!
Monday, January 26, 2009
Happy Republic Day... but how republic are we???
It's Republic Day today, it has been 59 years since India was declared a republic nation (surprisingly many of us don't even know that and think it was in 1947; 1947 was when India got independence & in 1950 we were declared a republic with adoption of the constitution); since then we are officially known as 'Republic of India'. Many of you may or may not know (yeah, like you all are supposed to know) but I am very nationalist ( don't even know that it means but sounds good), I don't write much about my great patriotic & social thoughts and just keep blabbering about stuff (but i guess still better than BS of many other bloggers talk about; when they woke up, what they ate, who they ate or dated & how was there damn day. Those are the blogs I encounter except the other ones, lol). But some thoughts definitely kept striking my mind this R-Day (sounds cool like V-Day)... I mean Republic Day. All I remember about this day actually is how we used to run to school for being part of the R-Day prayer & flag-hosting ceremony as we used to get sweets afterwards. I being a member of Scouts in school, used to manage to get more packs of sweets & share it with friends (& be the Hero). Also the day used to be special to watch the R-Day parade on TV, I loved it as a kid and I guess most of us did (except being asked to write an essay about it, ugh!!). I always thought & still think that I love my India and am really proud of being an Indian, however there are few questions & concerns which come to my mind today. And they have been prompted due to some recent events & incidents around us...
The first and most disgusting is the recent attacks on girls by so called morale police of Ramsena in Karnataka claiming indecency. Previously also we have been hearing about such attacks and bans by moral police of Shivsena, ABVP, SIMI, maulavi n mullas & other such groups; on young girls & boys for there own stupid reasons. In a republic like India, how can such organizations and groups have rights to make such rules, who are they to tell us that how are we to dress or how are we to behave? You can't even safely roam around with a girl or without the questioning eyes of such people staring at you all the time. Just some time back I saw pictures of young girls & boys being man-handled and even beaten by police themselves in the name of moral actions (they were found drinking & partying). Who gives the right to police for beating up people in public (or even in private); they are not criminals or terrorists to be treated as such. Police or such organizations hardly show up when it comes to fighting crime or terror, but try to become the bosses to teach morale to us. It's disgusting to see the way a policeman or even government officials behave with normal public. Doesn't a common man has a right to some self respect in a republic. Why is he supposed to be treated like an animal or even worse in this human society?
Every person who has certain power tries to molest others and take advantage of that power. Starting from politicians, police, bureaucrats, government officials, social organizations & even media/press. On the worst of occasions, we just see the media/press covering that event (like youngsters being beaten or someone committing suicide etc) & creating sensational news out of it (taking pictures & videos and asking dumb questions such as how do you feel about it) and they never come forward to stop it from happening. Some stupid set of people with corrupt mind try to tell us how to lead our lives and we just watch it, being tortured and still try to be thankful to them that they are letting us live.
I recently heard that the High Court has lifted the ban on showing smoking in Cinema & TV. Again a moral police in the form of Central Health Minister Mr. A. Ramdaus was trying to guide entertainment industry by telling them not to show smoking onscreen because it will provoke people to smoke more. I am not saying that it is impossible seeing that the heroes are even smoking now and people may try to follow it as a style statement. But there is a thing called as creative independence, and we are a republic who have right to decide what we do to/for ourselves. There is so much bull-shit shown in cinema starting from crime, rape, drugs, terrorism to sheer fantasy like ghosts, spirits, black magic to scientific fiction like flying, time machines, androids & lot more. If people just start believing what they see on screen then what do we expect of this world to happen. We don't just act on what we see in cinema or TV; that definitely influences us in some way but does not guides us. And that's why we have some regulations & censorship on what can be shown to what kind of audience. I am not even a full supporter of this dump censorship which we try to follow in India, which does not even allows adults to see what they want (which could be violence, blood, sex, crude language or anything else) in the name of censorship. Why don't we let the people decide what they want to see and what they want to follow. Certain moderation is definitely required in a society but dumb restrictions can never be appreciated.
Which brings me to another incident I saw on TV. Ashutosh Gowarikar got mad on Sajid Khan for making fun of films & film-stars in Star Screen Awards 2008. Seems we have still not learnt to even take humor on face (if we cant appreciate it). We are living in a society of humans and a republic country where people have right to free speech. It does not means that we start abusing or insulting people but certain level of fun and humor is part of a civilized culture. Either it's about flopping of big films like Yuvraaj, Drona, Tashan, Love Story 2050 & others (there's a huge list of flops for 2008, a bad year for our bollywood) or failure of big actors & directors like Yashraj, Subhash Ghai, Salman, Abhishek etc (I know you would like to add lot more, but we better don't even count them); all these things can be and should be made fun of. But somehow some people are not able to understand or appreciate it. I haven't seen much that, strong comments being made on big politicians or celebrities (it started to happen to certain extent now though through laughter shows & comedians). Humor can be sarcastic at times but that just means that there is some truth in that humor. That gives us an opportunity to see the mistakes & flaws and gives us a chance to rectify them. In place of getting offended by humor, shouldn't we just try to enjoy & appreciate it.
So much to complain about this republic where the public is not free yet. Not free of inhibitions, the conservative thoughts, the dumb morale codes and not free of themselves. It may have been just 62 years to independence or 59 years to republic but we are hundreds or thousands years old country, culture & society. These flaws have been incorporated into us recently by some dumb & numb minds trying to force us out of our greatness and demean ourselves. But we have to fight against all of them and prove to the whole world that we are not just one of the biggest republic of the world but we have the biggest heart, strength and power to be the greatest nation of this world. We have it in us and we can do it, we just have to go ahead and do it... NOW!!!
Alright boys n girls and dear friends, that's it for now. Please keep blogging & keep reading my blogs (please COMMENT to let me know of your views too). This is RAHUL again saying, Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI BHARAT, JAI HIND!!!
(I would also like to congratulate Mr Barack H Obama for becoming the 44th President of USA, he's riding high on the cloud of expectations and hopefully it rains well as & when needed. I liked it when he said USA is a country of Hindus as well. VHP must be happy for it's work/contribution which maybe actually NIL or negative. Buddhists, Jains & Sikhs maybe angry as hell; I don't see a very bright future for Motels & Taxis in USA now, LOL!! BTW do you know what number Prime Minister is Manmohan Singh, everybody seems to know Obama is 44th? Do you know which are the largest wheat, rice & sugarcane producing states in India? Don't google these & tell me the honest answers, lets see how much we know about our dearest India...)
The first and most disgusting is the recent attacks on girls by so called morale police of Ramsena in Karnataka claiming indecency. Previously also we have been hearing about such attacks and bans by moral police of Shivsena, ABVP, SIMI, maulavi n mullas & other such groups; on young girls & boys for there own stupid reasons. In a republic like India, how can such organizations and groups have rights to make such rules, who are they to tell us that how are we to dress or how are we to behave? You can't even safely roam around with a girl or without the questioning eyes of such people staring at you all the time. Just some time back I saw pictures of young girls & boys being man-handled and even beaten by police themselves in the name of moral actions (they were found drinking & partying). Who gives the right to police for beating up people in public (or even in private); they are not criminals or terrorists to be treated as such. Police or such organizations hardly show up when it comes to fighting crime or terror, but try to become the bosses to teach morale to us. It's disgusting to see the way a policeman or even government officials behave with normal public. Doesn't a common man has a right to some self respect in a republic. Why is he supposed to be treated like an animal or even worse in this human society?
Every person who has certain power tries to molest others and take advantage of that power. Starting from politicians, police, bureaucrats, government officials, social organizations & even media/press. On the worst of occasions, we just see the media/press covering that event (like youngsters being beaten or someone committing suicide etc) & creating sensational news out of it (taking pictures & videos and asking dumb questions such as how do you feel about it) and they never come forward to stop it from happening. Some stupid set of people with corrupt mind try to tell us how to lead our lives and we just watch it, being tortured and still try to be thankful to them that they are letting us live.
I recently heard that the High Court has lifted the ban on showing smoking in Cinema & TV. Again a moral police in the form of Central Health Minister Mr. A. Ramdaus was trying to guide entertainment industry by telling them not to show smoking onscreen because it will provoke people to smoke more. I am not saying that it is impossible seeing that the heroes are even smoking now and people may try to follow it as a style statement. But there is a thing called as creative independence, and we are a republic who have right to decide what we do to/for ourselves. There is so much bull-shit shown in cinema starting from crime, rape, drugs, terrorism to sheer fantasy like ghosts, spirits, black magic to scientific fiction like flying, time machines, androids & lot more. If people just start believing what they see on screen then what do we expect of this world to happen. We don't just act on what we see in cinema or TV; that definitely influences us in some way but does not guides us. And that's why we have some regulations & censorship on what can be shown to what kind of audience. I am not even a full supporter of this dump censorship which we try to follow in India, which does not even allows adults to see what they want (which could be violence, blood, sex, crude language or anything else) in the name of censorship. Why don't we let the people decide what they want to see and what they want to follow. Certain moderation is definitely required in a society but dumb restrictions can never be appreciated.
Which brings me to another incident I saw on TV. Ashutosh Gowarikar got mad on Sajid Khan for making fun of films & film-stars in Star Screen Awards 2008. Seems we have still not learnt to even take humor on face (if we cant appreciate it). We are living in a society of humans and a republic country where people have right to free speech. It does not means that we start abusing or insulting people but certain level of fun and humor is part of a civilized culture. Either it's about flopping of big films like Yuvraaj, Drona, Tashan, Love Story 2050 & others (there's a huge list of flops for 2008, a bad year for our bollywood) or failure of big actors & directors like Yashraj, Subhash Ghai, Salman, Abhishek etc (I know you would like to add lot more, but we better don't even count them); all these things can be and should be made fun of. But somehow some people are not able to understand or appreciate it. I haven't seen much that, strong comments being made on big politicians or celebrities (it started to happen to certain extent now though through laughter shows & comedians). Humor can be sarcastic at times but that just means that there is some truth in that humor. That gives us an opportunity to see the mistakes & flaws and gives us a chance to rectify them. In place of getting offended by humor, shouldn't we just try to enjoy & appreciate it.
So much to complain about this republic where the public is not free yet. Not free of inhibitions, the conservative thoughts, the dumb morale codes and not free of themselves. It may have been just 62 years to independence or 59 years to republic but we are hundreds or thousands years old country, culture & society. These flaws have been incorporated into us recently by some dumb & numb minds trying to force us out of our greatness and demean ourselves. But we have to fight against all of them and prove to the whole world that we are not just one of the biggest republic of the world but we have the biggest heart, strength and power to be the greatest nation of this world. We have it in us and we can do it, we just have to go ahead and do it... NOW!!!
Alright boys n girls and dear friends, that's it for now. Please keep blogging & keep reading my blogs (please COMMENT to let me know of your views too). This is RAHUL again saying, Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI BHARAT, JAI HIND!!!
(I would also like to congratulate Mr Barack H Obama for becoming the 44th President of USA, he's riding high on the cloud of expectations and hopefully it rains well as & when needed. I liked it when he said USA is a country of Hindus as well. VHP must be happy for it's work/contribution which maybe actually NIL or negative. Buddhists, Jains & Sikhs maybe angry as hell; I don't see a very bright future for Motels & Taxis in USA now, LOL!! BTW do you know what number Prime Minister is Manmohan Singh, everybody seems to know Obama is 44th? Do you know which are the largest wheat, rice & sugarcane producing states in India? Don't google these & tell me the honest answers, lets see how much we know about our dearest India...)
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