How have you been??? Its after 5 days since my previous post so it will not be a follow up about the previous post as promised... It's just that the story is no longer fresh.... But who cares really this might just interest you as well.......
Ok, how many of you celebrated earth hour???.......
I am sure you all are really aware and love your surroundings. I worry about it like you do. I even had an Earth hour banner which got lost in my attempt to change my template which I ultimately didn't..... Anyways lets get back.....
How many of you celebrated Earth Hour??? (I don't really need an answer but you can tell it in your comments)
Many unfortunately did not celebrate Earth Hour.... actually never got a chance...... consider this....
You get up early in the morning grumbling as usual. You switch on the computer and log on to blogsphere. You take a look at your blog for comments and look at the Earth hour banner. It is 28th of March so you get all excited and even get your family to support you, which in itself is a really difficult task. Everyone agrees to celebrate Earth Hour..... And then it happens...
अरे light चली गयी !!!!! (We people refer to electricity as light).... you guessed it right... there was a power cut....
Basically the Earth Hour celebration is no longer a celebration as the power cut goes on for around 4- 6 hours at times (including the Earth hour).
It's going to be summer time in India and with that we are going to have up to 6 hours of power cuts daily. It is in time like these that I thank god for having a tedious job where it is mandatory for me to sit for 6 hours at my workplace.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
SEX AND THE INDIAN
Two people are sitting in a room, the room is dimly lit and love is in the air. Romantic music is playing. The guy takes the girl's hand and the girl turns her head sideways as if trying to shy away. The guy slowly kisses the hand and the girl closing her eyes does not move a muscle. The guy is all over her and they both slowly move towards the bed.....
All of a sudden everything becomes blur and the scene directly shifts to the next morning when the hero and the heroine are covered up in bed sheets.... This implies that they had sex by the way...
Did I just mention the S word???.........
Other ways of showing the art of making love in bollywood would be...
*Two birds sitting on a branch with their heads together. It looks as if they are making out (if birds do that, I don't really know)
*Two flowers meet head on, again, as if making out (I am sure plants don't do it that way)
*The scene shifts to a fire place or any other prop in the room (don't really know why)
You might be thinking what the.... hey, shhhh!!! you are not allowed to say that but do go on...
What I am trying to say is that in India still at some level we make a huge deal about sex. We are trying really hard to open up but we are not comfortable accepting it. We do it obviously (look at our population) and we like doing it (again look at our population) but we do not want to talk about it and we do not like anyone else talking about it....
Lets get back to the theatre in which this movie was running....
The audience watching, some teenagers eagerly waiting for something to happen get disappointed. The others who came with their families grow red with embarrassment and have a deep desire of getting sucked into their respective seats by some form of gravitational force....
Ok, I have been thinking that this might get a bit controversial so I will put a disclaimer.... These are purely and completely my thoughts and are not meant to offend anyone. I do not want people to sue me and definitely don't want people to kick my a** or boycott me. If you don't like it please take it as lightly as you can. If you think this offends the values you were born with, I am sorry.... But do feel free to comment....
And ya all those guys who thought that this started really well and could have turned out into something better (if you know what I mean), sorry for the disappointment but you should have guessed better since an Indian is writing it....
All of a sudden everything becomes blur and the scene directly shifts to the next morning when the hero and the heroine are covered up in bed sheets.... This implies that they had sex by the way...
Did I just mention the S word???.........
Other ways of showing the art of making love in bollywood would be...
*Two birds sitting on a branch with their heads together. It looks as if they are making out (if birds do that, I don't really know)
*Two flowers meet head on, again, as if making out (I am sure plants don't do it that way)
*The scene shifts to a fire place or any other prop in the room (don't really know why)
You might be thinking what the.... hey, shhhh!!! you are not allowed to say that but do go on...
What I am trying to say is that in India still at some level we make a huge deal about sex. We are trying really hard to open up but we are not comfortable accepting it. We do it obviously (look at our population) and we like doing it (again look at our population) but we do not want to talk about it and we do not like anyone else talking about it....
Lets get back to the theatre in which this movie was running....
The audience watching, some teenagers eagerly waiting for something to happen get disappointed. The others who came with their families grow red with embarrassment and have a deep desire of getting sucked into their respective seats by some form of gravitational force....
Ok, I have been thinking that this might get a bit controversial so I will put a disclaimer.... These are purely and completely my thoughts and are not meant to offend anyone. I do not want people to sue me and definitely don't want people to kick my a** or boycott me. If you don't like it please take it as lightly as you can. If you think this offends the values you were born with, I am sorry.... But do feel free to comment....
And ya all those guys who thought that this started really well and could have turned out into something better (if you know what I mean), sorry for the disappointment but you should have guessed better since an Indian is writing it....
Monday, March 23, 2009
THE MOVIES WE WATCH....
Well in India we people are nuts about our movies and crazy about cricket.....
I am a big movie buff like every normal Indian, just that I don't feel that normal....
Ever seen a bollywood movie????.........
Two people drenched in rain are standing in front of each other, their names are R and S they both are furious and fuming with anger. Ready to fight they both dive at each other at the same time. Their fists strike the others face at the same time (in slow motion). R kicks S on the side. S flies up to 20 ft and falls on a table. He gets up (miraculously), holds R by his collar and drags him on a table on which glass bottles are strategically placed. R also gets up (Please remember this is not the Matrix and it really is air that they are breathing). They both grab the others collar and jump on their side through a glass window. They both have blood and glass all over their respective faces and are now lying down on the floor face first. They look up and in front of them is standing a man (lets call him V for villain) with moustache.......
All of a sudden there is a flash back in which this V has a pistol. He takes the first shot at R and then at S. This scene repeats itself at least 3-4 times.....
R and S both realize that they are brothers who were killed in their last birth and have reincarnated to destroy V. They both join their forces and just finish him off (there is a big fight of course). V gets away only to come back in the climax (obviously)......
They turn back in a very histrionic way and they see that on their sides are standing their respective girls, both the girls are giving a mischievous smirk to the heroes. The camera shifts from each of the Heroine's face to each of the Hero's face at least 5-6 times. Love is in the air. Music starts and all four of them at the same time go into a dream.........
The two heroes and the heroines with 20-30 similarly clad men and women, dancing away to glory on a colorful and lavish set, which makes quiet a spectacle..........
Still don't want to watch a bollywood movie.......
I am a big movie buff like every normal Indian, just that I don't feel that normal....
Ever seen a bollywood movie????.........
Two people drenched in rain are standing in front of each other, their names are R and S they both are furious and fuming with anger. Ready to fight they both dive at each other at the same time. Their fists strike the others face at the same time (in slow motion). R kicks S on the side. S flies up to 20 ft and falls on a table. He gets up (miraculously), holds R by his collar and drags him on a table on which glass bottles are strategically placed. R also gets up (Please remember this is not the Matrix and it really is air that they are breathing). They both grab the others collar and jump on their side through a glass window. They both have blood and glass all over their respective faces and are now lying down on the floor face first. They look up and in front of them is standing a man (lets call him V for villain) with moustache.......
All of a sudden there is a flash back in which this V has a pistol. He takes the first shot at R and then at S. This scene repeats itself at least 3-4 times.....
R and S both realize that they are brothers who were killed in their last birth and have reincarnated to destroy V. They both join their forces and just finish him off (there is a big fight of course). V gets away only to come back in the climax (obviously)......
They turn back in a very histrionic way and they see that on their sides are standing their respective girls, both the girls are giving a mischievous smirk to the heroes. The camera shifts from each of the Heroine's face to each of the Hero's face at least 5-6 times. Love is in the air. Music starts and all four of them at the same time go into a dream.........
The two heroes and the heroines with 20-30 similarly clad men and women, dancing away to glory on a colorful and lavish set, which makes quiet a spectacle..........
Still don't want to watch a bollywood movie.......
Saturday, March 21, 2009
THE WORKOUT....
Bored of my usual routine of gorging and snoozing I thought of joining this "really cool" gym near my place with "really cool" machines and trainers. This gym is supposed to be a posh thing and the people who come there are mostly the Richie Richs of the city or the ones like me who wait for that time of the year when there is a 50% discount on the yearly fees.....
If you can avoid the stench of sweat, the howling of the bodybuilders while lifting the weights and forget the self-inflicted misery you are in, you notice that gym is actually a very busy place bustling with various noises here and there.... Now don't assume that I just hang around there to observe people around me rather than working out....
I think lazy will be a better word to describe me......
Anyways, back to where I was, ya so, gym is a very vibrant place.......
The guard opens the door for you and at the reception you see 5 or 6 people seated ready to inspire you into the fitness craze....
They let you go unnoticed, obviously, they have done you already. You see people following various workout routines and then the feeling sinks in... already you feel a little tired... You go to the locker, put on your running shoes and off you go to the tread-mill.....
You start running, all of a sudden there is squealing followed by laughter, you see two women on the treadmill laughing and chatting. The chat when you first heard started with their respective jobs, went on to their husbands, kids, mother-in-laws, maids, daily soaps and their dogs. This all happened in 10 minutes and you know this because you were forced to listen and couldn't take it any longer. So, you moved on to the biking section....
In the biking section you over hear two big shots discussing about the various policies their respective companies are following to counter the great recession. All of a sudden one of them notices you noticing them catching you off guard. You give them a fake smile. Feeling out of place and a little embarrassed you move out and decide to do weights.....
You go to the weights and start lifting 15 lbs dumbbells, impressed with yourself you look at the girl working out near you and give her a smile only to realize that she has 15 lbs dumbbells in her hands. Well you act in a "this is just a warm up" way and motivating yourself you pick up the 25 lbs only to see that now next to the girl their is a well built guy, not wearing a t-shirt so that his washboard abs and bulging biceps are on display, lifting 60 lbs dumbbells easily.....
This is my usual day in the gym.... I will not even start about the bad days............
If you can avoid the stench of sweat, the howling of the bodybuilders while lifting the weights and forget the self-inflicted misery you are in, you notice that gym is actually a very busy place bustling with various noises here and there.... Now don't assume that I just hang around there to observe people around me rather than working out....
I think lazy will be a better word to describe me......
Anyways, back to where I was, ya so, gym is a very vibrant place.......
The guard opens the door for you and at the reception you see 5 or 6 people seated ready to inspire you into the fitness craze....
They let you go unnoticed, obviously, they have done you already. You see people following various workout routines and then the feeling sinks in... already you feel a little tired... You go to the locker, put on your running shoes and off you go to the tread-mill.....
You start running, all of a sudden there is squealing followed by laughter, you see two women on the treadmill laughing and chatting. The chat when you first heard started with their respective jobs, went on to their husbands, kids, mother-in-laws, maids, daily soaps and their dogs. This all happened in 10 minutes and you know this because you were forced to listen and couldn't take it any longer. So, you moved on to the biking section....
In the biking section you over hear two big shots discussing about the various policies their respective companies are following to counter the great recession. All of a sudden one of them notices you noticing them catching you off guard. You give them a fake smile. Feeling out of place and a little embarrassed you move out and decide to do weights.....
You go to the weights and start lifting 15 lbs dumbbells, impressed with yourself you look at the girl working out near you and give her a smile only to realize that she has 15 lbs dumbbells in her hands. Well you act in a "this is just a warm up" way and motivating yourself you pick up the 25 lbs only to see that now next to the girl their is a well built guy, not wearing a t-shirt so that his washboard abs and bulging biceps are on display, lifting 60 lbs dumbbells easily.....
This is my usual day in the gym.... I will not even start about the bad days............
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