Ghajini-The Game, Its your turn now

Its time for you to take revenge for your girlfriend. Soon you gonna get a chance to step in shoes of Mr. Sanjay Singhania, get ur body tatooed with what where you feel like, smear your walls with violent graffti.

You will be forced to loose your memory and experience what Sanjay went through in the movie "Ghajini".

For first time in india, Entertainment major Eros International in collaboration with Hyderabad based game development company FXLabs Studio gonna launch a 3D PC Game based on Ghajini. The game would be titled as "Ghajini - The Game", a third person action game, where you can recreate the movie locations and scenes in the #D world.



Players will experience the challenges and trails faced by protagonist Sanjay, played by Aamir Khan. The actor has lent his voice and has also enacted certain moves to bring authenticity to the game’s action sequences.

This is gonna be a big big experience through the game to all the die hard fans of Ghanjini globally.

I guess the credit goes to Hollywood where movie based games are common. The moment the movie is hit, there is a game available in the market for the movie fans to experience the same scenses/locations and play with all the gadgets, cars, weapons used in the actual movie. Thanks to Hollywood for making Bollywood to open yet another entertainment gate for movie buffs/fans.

Lets wait and watch how well does this first 3D Game of Ghajini do in the india's entertainment market.

Wake Up Step Up INDIA

While surfing the net, i got this article, thought of posting the same in my blog.... Hidden Truth About Our System.....here it goes....

All the children who take up studies write the eassay "IF I WERE THE PM OF INDIA",they embedd some of their best ideas to see our country really rising high and touching glory in the skies,But the truth is all of them don't know one thing that they can never be PM of india under the current system.

To be PM of india earliest thing you could do is to join youth wing of political parties say by the age of 18,it will take atleast 5 years for you to earn respect and fame so that you be president of that wing and come in the eyes of mainstream political party.That makes your age 23.

And if you are lucky enough to be in mainstream politics by 23 which is real surprise than you will have to suffer atleast 10 years in building a image of your own in your area or constituency you ought to stand from as "MP" or even "MLA".Means you are 33 by the time you are a "MP" or a "MLA".And it is certain you will never be lucky enough to be a cabinet minister the very first time you win election in india.So your election for first time in our system barely limits you to a sight seeker who can do nothing on his own.

At end of your first term as "MP" you be 38.Now for most of indians democracy means to switch parties coming into power every 5 years,This time congress means by itself next time it will be BJP,I can say that with surity for punjab ,no two consecutive govt in our history have been same parties.

Means you loose 5 more years that makes your age 43.

And if you are still lucky enough to win next election you come to power second time when you are 43,and if you do are allotted a cabinet berth (just imagine) and you tend to bring reforms you are suppressed by your PM or CM or coalition govt,thats the case with Punjab's CM MANPREET SINGH BADAL or INDIA's P CHIDAMBARAM or KAMAL NATH.So your main reformist ideas will remain as a dream to be relinquished some time in future.And by the time you end your second term you are 48.

Same rule of switching governments makes your age 53.Onto your third term if you be the luckiest person on earth to be INDIA's PM you will bemarred by coalition governments ,opposition parties if you try to bring in a change ,your own party will back off its support so that someone else they favour gains fame,

or you will be assasinated or maybe your government would fail before its term of 5 years.

Be optimist and hope you survive those 5 years like a hanging man ,you will be disposed off as the party president and some one new tradidtional will come and take your place for the future.

So don't dream to be PM of india but dream to change the system,

Make our system a two party with no regional parties presidential form of government so that every indian who dreams to be president of india then could really be the president of india and apply his power and thoughts.

Say bye bye to coalition governments and regional parties at the centre.

Make amendment for the longest time you can serve in parliament

make it 10 years.No one should remain elected in parliament more then 10 years.

Bring in young to the power ,we have 75% of our country under 50 and don't have any PM under 50 thats stupid.

WAKE UP STEP UP INDIA

Source: IBNLIVE

Short Term Memory Loss

Ghajini ..... A short term memory loss..... :(

Inspired by Christopher Nolan's Memento, Aamir Khan plays Sanjay Singhania, a hot-shot industrialist who turns into an obsessed killing machine dedicated to tracking down his girlfriend's killer. Having been hit on the head with an iron rod, he suffers from short-term memory loss and can't remember anything for longer than 15 minutes; as a result he must tattoo his body with instructions that will lead him to his prey.


Oh no.... while i was writing the movie Ghajini's Review... i suffered a short term memory loss..... will get back soon with the review... stay tuned.

Last Week of the Year... 2008

its the last week of the year 2008 and first day of this last week, concidentally its Christmas. exactly on the 7th day of this last week when clock turns 00:00 in the midnight, we all will be welcoming yet another new year of 2000 millennium and its gonna be the 9th year of this millennium.... 2009.

its time to gear up and start thinking and the first thing that comes to my mind (may in every person's mind) is "New Year RESOLUTIONS".

this is one of the wierd things that comes forth in same time during the last week of the year which is gonna get into the history book(s) and every one does make some, some go by it, some can't, some others go by it more or less. I don't know to which category I belong to (time will answer this.... in 2009) but I always try to make reasonable ones, rather easy achievable ones, some may address it weak, but I always want to be optimistic and make choices based on reasoning, not on emotions.

so let's see what all I have for the coming new year. Let me list them down.

1) blog once a week (should be easy... may be not)

2) work on my dream to make it true (very very tough but should be achievable)

3) take my family off bangalore once in three months (tough, again)

4) start working out more regularly...(why I always fail to be regular :( )

5) plan and adhere to my career growth ( I can do it)

6) (anything else.... may be more.....)

all this looks challenging so as to fulfill each of them but if there isn't any challenge in a person's life its damn boring to live. Instead of going by the rule book ... "Resolutions are made to be broken...." i would prefer to start taking up each of these one by one rather as an when they come in front of me in the year 2009 and step foward to achieve them instead of cribbing at the end of the day.

hmm, all the best to me and expecting all my friends and family members wishing me the same.

Rab ne Bana di Jodi

Rab ne bana di jodi.... "There is extraordinary love story in every ordinary jodi"... thats the punch line of this movie. 

What would attract audiance to a movie? 

-- The Story/Script

-- The Casting/ their acting skills.

-- hot item songs

-- the sets/locations used in the movie.

-- etc

but for this movie trust me... none of these were applicable... what attracted was .... "SRK and Adi ek saath hain, kuchh to hoga, dekh to lo ek baar"

SRK shifting between an ordinary character "Surinder" to extraordinary character "Raj" who complains, log itne tight kapde kaise pehen lete hai... bahut daar hota hai..... what the hell was that btw. SRK getting married in an ordinary way and trying to impress/express his love to his wife in yet another so called extraordinary style. SRK had all the fucking charm that a local amirtsari lad would had to impress the girl.... "kabhi alvida na kahena... phir milege chalte chalte....". Oh yes how can i forget "haddipa"... this was the first word said by him while dancing or practising the dance. Don't forget to catchup the stupid role played by our Dasvidaniya hero "Vinay Pathak" who is capable of running the entire movie alone and here.... Sirji.... Pape... I love you.

On the other hand ... the lead heroine... "Anushka"... characterising the yet another ordinary girl who is looking for an extraordinary lovemate. No charm, no appeal... forget the sex appeal thats too far, who wants to participate in a "dancing jodi" competion... which is the main backdrop of the movie. The dance contest showcases couples of all races, colours, backgrounds and sexual preferences. 

Taani (Anushka) wants to take part for the show, but she is not able to due to her husband's lack of fashion statement. Later on when Surinder finds out about his wife's wish to participate in the reality dance show, he undergoes a major change. Taani keeps falling in love with her changed husband..... well this the extraordinary love story in every ordinary jodi.

But yes... good thing is... the music is good for a must listen song.... haule haule..... and another song where Kajol/ Bipasha/ Lara/ Preity/ Rani appear on screen for a minute  or so each, and SRK mimics Raj Kapoor/ Devanand/ Shammi Kapoor/ Rajesh Khanna/ Rishi Kapoor... to the fine tunes coupled with pathetic lyrics: um Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, Fir Milenge Chalte Chalte, rating the movie as 5/10.

Basics in the budget, no big ticket items

"As the slowdown tightens its grip, household budgets are getting stretched and discretionary. People are taking harsh steps towards themselves" ---- Recession Remix


-- Savings are being made wherever possible, and trying not to take any risks.
-- Haven't bought toys for kids for the past two months.
-- Wanted to buy a new washing machine, guess it has to wait.
-- Cancelled all holiday plans, Xmas/new year spending will be in check
-- have to stop the sips of the mutual funds.
-- slowly IT sector is getting hit, resulting in job/salary cuts
-- Save power
-- Cut fuel costs
-- Simple living

these are among the top few actions people are taking up due to the black clouds circling around them.

this is what one of friend said, who currently works for one of the leading private bank in north india. employees are being asked to leave as their rating is 5/below 5 and aren't generating revenues for the bank.

the heat will go down and the upward trend will begin very soon. india will be able to recover from recession by the end of next year. india will not be hit much, because of the planetary positions and so is the case wih other asian countries. however there will be 2.5 lakh jobs cut in luxury goods, exports, steel and IT industry in the next couple of months, along with a 40-50% decrease in the salary and perks of employees. the recession in india is a side effect of western counteries. an astrological explanation is the current placement of saturn, which is responsible for stability of weath, in simha rashi (leo), which is also his father's house. a related reason would be the placing of the wealth planet, jupiter, in the neechha position, causing the economic crisis. --- said by yet another leading astrologer.

Make a feel the difference

Rule 5: Don't dare to follow the traffic rules
Rule 4: Cut thru the traffic like a knife cuts thru an apple
Rule 3: I am the King/Queen
Rule 2: Honk like a moron
Rule 1: Drive like deaf n dumb


trust me if you follow these rules you will be able to beat the traffic at your own cost
(damn..... the traffic is really killing us in all aspects - health, time n most importantly money)

What a Fabulous Life...!!!

after watching today's episode of MTV Roadies 6.0 Audition, my eyes went "all wide open". those 10 minutes were an eye opener, the life of a person whose earning aren't just in few thousands or lacs but whopping crores and not just 1 or 2 or 3.... crores but hundred crores.

in those 10 minutes mtv showed earnings in other words the fabulous life of the three most "the cricketers" of team india. yes i am talking about "the gr8 master blaster Sachin Tendulkar", "the hot cricketer Yuvraj Singh" and "the youth icon of india MS Dhoni".

those 10 minutes are divided into following:
1. a little background of the person
2. professional/personal life
3. the most important "earning" and
4. the "priced" possessions

just imagine, one morning you get up and check your bank balance... how would you feel if the numbers looked like "X0000000" where X = few hundreds something like 99, 110, 200 etc........... i am sure you would take a deep breath and bet with me, you won't be able to move off your eyes from those numbers flashing in bank account - the available "credit balance".

All these three men earn something like 2.5 lacs per ODI match and 3.6 lacs per Test match and trust me this is not the end.... the fabulous life starts after playing few games of cricket..... the earning from the ads, which leads to some priced possessions of their life. starting from a watch costing to 15 lacs to a car worth 99 lacs.... rolex watches, ferrari, poach, harley davidson, haybusa bike etc, you name it they have it.

As expected Sachin tops the list with hightest earning more than 200 crores annually, then comes MS Dhoni with 110 crores and finally Yuvraj Singh with 90 crores.

........ What a Fabulous Life...!!! just imagine the life of people like "the ambanis, the tatas, the mittals......."

Life is all about making choices

at times we land in a situation where we make or are forced to make choice(s). i m sure you will agree with me.... "life is all about making choices".... (and those choices we make may/may not affect us). our mind works from time to time when we are working at office, playing or even while we sleep.

i always think why did the thing go wrong when done. post mortem the cause is what people try out or may be not. blaming the destiny is what the end result is but that's not true. we should understand the destiny that we face is the resultant of choices we had made in past. so, its the choice we make for a problem that is been addressed which in turn has more importance than the problem/issue itself.

we come across lots of problems which stops us from moving ahead in life. we think either its a punishment for us or we aren't good enough to address it or responsible for it. the problem exists and thats the reality we all should understand it, though created naturally or artificially.

so what is the solution for this. identify, analyze, approach to solve it.... etc and finally pick the right (best) choice. to prosper in life is to make the best choice instead later regretting and dealing with the disaster it has caused to you.

last but not the least..... life is all about making (right) choices.... isn't it?

Good, Bad and the Worst Reality

An Olympic shooter wins Gold (Only a game) & Government gives him 3 Crores


Another Soldier dies, fighting with terrorists (Saving our country and our live) & government pays his family 5 lakhs

Worst Reality.... family members of these soldiers get the money only on the letter head paper of the govt. they run around the govt office for rest of their lives to get that "promised" compensation.

Can this "small" compensation fill the gap of those who have lost their lives?

Moon..... Smile Please

this is what the sky looked with the moon smiled here in bangalore (Dec/02/2008)

more pictures: Hey Moon...Smile Please

Light a Candle... I have done it

Mumbai rocked on 11/26 and still being haunted......., is this India's 9/11? we are seeing an act of war as done on 9/11 in US. Foreigners across the border have breached the nation and this time its not through snowy mountains or jungle/desert but through the coastal waters of India's biggest, financial capital, supposedly most secure city... "Mumbai".

I won't get into further details as all the leading newspapers, news channels across the globe are covering this....... "now its all about blood flowing down the lanes of mumbai".

So i decided not to write big big blogs, cover the same stories, news etc, all this is available on newspapers, tv channels, internet etc.... i thought of lighting few candles in the memories of those who have lost their lives and for those who are fighting against these maniacs........

hope to see the sun rising soon from these dark clouds which have overcasted mumbai and for the cyclone which has hit coastal area of tamil nadu badly.......

Then and Now....

Changes happen when we grow old and move ahead in life. Sometime for good and sometime for bad.

During school/college days, all that I had in my life was music, friends, don't care attitude and best part was least concerned about the things running in and around my life. Only things concerned (running in my mind/heart) were friends, music, fun.... fullto time pass..... and how can I forget the crushes I had on my school teachers (still cannot forget my chemistry and physics teacher), college professor (obviously lady professor yaar) and the few hot, good looking babes of my college, yet another best part was bunking the college and end up either in cinema or the all time hangout place.

Those used to be the days when I didn't had to worry about anything especially "whats there for me the next day" or "what would my career graph look like"...etc. And now, me and most of my friends are married, trying to maintain the work life balance. Any free time earlier was definitely spent in chilling out or following the college girl(s) drop them to house....etc, now any free time available what comes first in mind is my house, my family, my career which has topped the priority chart and things like music...etc have climb down.

I wish there was an option available to go back to the old days and get carefree again but as we grow old we intend to forget so many things, become damn serious in life towards our family responsibilities.

And Now.... my house is my chill out place, my family is my favorite time pass, I am able plot the points on the life graph for my career.

Otherside of 21st Century Healthcare

One of my friend recently met with an accident and was getting medical care at one of the good hospitals of bangalore... "Columbia Asia". He got so impressed with the facilities, hygiene...etc that he wrote a blog on it. He titled it as 21st Century Healthcare..... (read yourself.... I too got impressed by the blog as well as the facilities provided in the hospital).

But there is always the other side which shows exactly the opposite of what is being offered by A grade hospital...... other side of the "21st century health care" shows something else.

Few days back in NDTV news channel, revealed the reality of a hospital in Nation's Capital "New Delhi" Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital. Where three out of 10 babies born die. As per this report, the number of infant deaths is 10% higher than the national average. Many more things were revealed in this report by NDTV, read it.

Another incident reported by NDTV, a new born baby was in the incubator and there was a short cricut which led to fire and the baby got 80% burnt and while transferring the baby to a more reputed and highly equiped hospital, the baby died..... these are the facilities a hospital offers to the patients.

What is the purpose of a health care/hospital? A medical institution where sick or injured people are given medical or surgical care, correct. People go to hospital to get themselves treated, come off it healthy, cured. But the reality says... in 21st century, the purpose of hospital isn't to cure a patient but the earn money, get rich as soon as possible. Treat the person not as a medical patient but as "bakra" who unfortunately landed in the such kind of hospitals.

I am sure there would be lots of such incidents across India rather across the globe which we aren't aware. Should such hospital be closed by Govt or people should stop going there?

Just Imagine...What if

"What if" Scenario is most popular with every individual whether its a living thing or a non living thing (don't ask me how its applicable to non living things). Best example I can think of is from a movie named "...." where Johny Lever all the time say "agar asia ho jata toh..... (mayo)".


Actually this idea of writing a blog on "Just Imagine...." came to my mind while I was driving back to home from my office few days back. I asked myself one question..... "Just imagine" If IT wasn't there at all...., what would have you being doing to survive. And trust me just one question led to many question into my mind.. few of them were like... no computers so no technological advancement for a country (APJ Abdul kalam wouldn't have got missiles), would there have be such an inflation reaching 12%?, none of the car's would have that 32bit microchip?.............etc etc.


The best part of this dream was.... bangalore wouldn't have been named as Silicon Valley of India leading to no traffic jam, none of us would have lots the patience "if" some one had violated the driving rules or jumped signal or for that matter didn't follow the lane discipline.


And Guess what, this is what I got answers from few of my friends and colleagues "Just Imagine IT wasn't there"......

- I would be under a car...tightening the screw

- Would have being selling garments (khacha baniyan....)

- Would be running a stable (definitely not of horses but of Cow & Buffalos) and selling milk

- Don't know.... yaar... seriously cannot think of anything else at this point of time.


There were many more answers to this "just imagine" situation... starting from best, good to worst to most weird answers. Trust me.... we people have got amazing thinking power.


This is one of the situation of Just Imagine... I am sure we can have numerous situations for Just Imagine.... last but not the least... Don't stop imagining..... a famous quote says "if you stare at female's assets for more than 5mins.... it keeps you healthy..... Just Imagine...!!! ".

It has done it again---Golmaal Returns

All those who claim to be God’s gift to intelligence should not watch this movie, u don’t require even a iota of brain to enjoy this movie and god forbid u do apply ur brains then forget it, u wouldn’t like the movie at all. I haven’t seen Golmaal so this review is a stand alone of Golmaal Returns, not overshadowed by the first movie.

Kareena Kapoor is named Ekta in this movie and she loves to watch all saas bahu serials, Tushar Kapoor plays her bother, Ajay Devgan is Etka’s husband, Amrita Arora is Ajay Devgan’s sister, Arshad is Amrita Arora’s love interest and also a police inspector who doesn’t like Ajay Devgan, Anjana Sukhani is Tushar Kapoor’s love interest (they are made of each other, Tushar can’t speak, anjana can’t hear), Shreyas is Ajay Devgan’s saving grace through out the movie and Celina is his love interest. ……. Too many people I say……… there are few more but not worth mentioning…………..

What makes the plot of the movie is that, Ajay Devgan spends a night with Celina on a yacht after saving her from goondas, doing nothing but claiming a lot things (typical male) and that same night one of his employee is murdered , the police wants to nail him for the murder, Ajay Devgan now has to find a alibi without telling the truth cause if does that Kareen Kapoor (his saas bahu biwi) would kill him………….. so starts the merry go round of lies, truths then lies again then truth………..

Rohit Shetty (director) included spoofs of movies like, Saawariya (called Baawariya in the movie), Om Shanti Om (called Home Shanti Home) , Rani Mukherjee (called munni).

There are lots of double meaning jokes, so people plz don’t watch this movie with ur parents or ur siblings, but a mast watch with friends, u would laugh and laugh and laugh.

Total meaning less, making no sense, Tushar Kapoor plays his character the best and his facial expressions are really worth laughing on. Comedy timing of Arshad and Kareena is also good.

There is nothing much to write, cause it doesn’t have any story line, only spoofs and comedy, so I do recommend that u watch this movie, but go without any expectations, cause I have heard that the first part “Golmaal” was better than this one, but taking this movie stand alone, I think it’s neat.

Movie Fact:- Golmaal Returns has created history by collecting a circuit record for the first day. It has surpassed the first day totals of Om Shanti Om and Singh Is Kinng by collecting 22.03 lakhs on day one.


My Rating:- 4 C (Can be watched again)

Ratings:-
"Not applicable" – I haven’t seen the movie or the movie is worth missing

1C – I was more interested in Pop Corn & Nachos

2C – Paisaa Vasul

3C – Good & makes u think / out and out entertainment (no brains required to watch it)

4C – I might watch it again / thank you god for this movie

5C – My kind of movie i.e bling & more

"C = Cheers of Chilled Beer"

Fashion - Ups n Downs

The movie starts with Priyanka Chopra (PC) trying to convince her dad she can become a super model and for that she needs to go to Mumbai. Her dad doesn’t agree (no surprise) but mom is full supportive. So PC leaves the comfort of her home and goes to Mumbai to join the big bad world of fashion. There are 2 stories running at the same time, one of PC as a struggler and one of Kangna Ranaut (KR) who is already at the top and her down fall. Both these stories cross eachother, when PC replaces KR as the new face of fashion. Then starts the downfall of PC and KR trying to regain her balance, but ends up committing suicide by drug overdose. So basically, it’s the story about 2 models and their ups and downs.

The cast of the movie is quite strong with Arjan Bajwa, Mugdha Godse, Arbaaz Khan, Harsh Chhaya, Sameer Soni, Kangna Ranaut and Kitu Gidwani playing their character with full dedication. Kitu Gidwani has done an amazing role as the head of a modeling agency through which she launches Kangna Ranaut and then replaces her with PC and then replaces PC with yet another girl. But all this is done under the guidance of her boss – Arbaaz Khan (roles where Arbaaz doesn’t have to talk much do suit him). Komal Chotalla (of Chak De fame) is a surprise in the movie, she plays the role of a model pimp, meaning that she sends struggling models on various modeling assignments. She is the god mother of strugglers.

I think there is much more to the fashion world than what Mr. Madhur Bhandarkar has shown, yes there were passing references to dresses been picked up from Bangkok and passed under a designer label, designers blaming other of robbing their ideas. Other than that there is nothing much about fashion, but a lot more about models.

Don’t get me wrong, the movie is good, but shouldn’t be titled “Fashion”. One thing that I really like about Mr. Bhandarkar is that he shows the reality, people who are manipulating the system go Scot free and those who try to oppose them pay a very heavy price, that is the reality of today’s system and Bhandarkar integrates it in his movie beautifully.

The music of the movie is really good and the back ground score is really neat. Especially, the score which plays while the fashion shows are going on. The costumes of the movie are ok ok, I think Mr. Bhandarkar has down played this aspect to suit the Indian audiences.

Kangna is the surprise element in the movie, she plays her character with so much energy that not even once does it feel that she is acting. The most controversial scene of the movie, when Kangna Ranuat’s top falls off is played beautifully, the emotions displayed by Kangna really touch u and even I felt sorry of her. PC could have experimented with her looks; she has the same boring look through out the movie, even though she claims that her looks have changed 5 times during the movie. But to me she has the same run of the mill look (anyone could have played her role, Shilpa Shetty, etc ). She could be sported a wacky hairstyle or totally freaky dressing style, but she plays it safe and because of which the one person who totally stands out in the movie is Kangna Ranaut.

In the end PC and KR become friends, and PC tries to regain her position in the fashion world. In the climax of the movie, PC is just about the walk the ramp (her relaunch) when she gets the news that KR has committed suicide by taking drug overdose. But she walks the ramp proud, telling us that there is no place for personal emotions when it comes to fashion world and the show must go on……………

My Rating:- 2 ½ C

Ratings:-
"Not applicable" – I haven’t seen the movie or the movie is worth missing

1C – I was more interested in Pop Corn & Nachos

2C – Paisaa Vasul

3C – Good & makes u think / out and out entertainment (no brains required to watch it)

4C – I might watch it again / thank you god for this movie

5C – My kind of movie i.e bling & more

"C = Cheers of Chilled Beer"

Thank God it wasn't real

As usual, it was a Sunday morning, we thought of having breakfast at Balaji (darshani hotel) near our home. After parking our car, we stepped in at Balaji, ordered Idly and Dosa. After a while we got our order served (though its a self service hotel).... hot, yummy idly and crispy dosa with hot sambar and little chuttney.... the smell of dosa, samabar was actually tempting us to bounce on it.... hehee

We started having the breakfast and while having it... i could see the my car parked across the road... All of a sudden I see some on inside my car, that guy reversed the car, brought down the window, waved at me with a smile and drove away.... i shouted and my wife said what happened. Didn't you see what I saw a minute back... she said what... our car has been droven away by some one in other words has been stolen in daylight... She smiled and said,.... its still parked there...

And the car was really there, where I had parked. Thank God it was just a dream.... and not reality.

The Story Behind Dhanteras

Buying Gold or Silver needs no particular occasion but come Dhanteras and jewellery buying is set to soar in the city. Indian women have for ages adorned their looks with cosmetics and herbs. The concept of solah singaar (sixteen accouterments) has been enucaiated from vedic times. These singaar were designed for eveery part of body and include bindi, necklaces, earrings, bangles, rings armlets on the upper arm, waistbands, anklets for the feet, kohl, toe rings, flowers in the hair, henna, perfume, sandalwood paste, the upper garment and the lower garment. Gold and silver form an important aspect of these accouterments and therefore has an auspicious factor attached to it.

It is for this reason that Dhanteras is an auspicious occasion to purchase precious metals like gold,platinum and silver. Believing this day to be auspicious, women purchase some gold or silver or at least one or two new utensils.

Today 26/Oct being Dhanteras, but do we really know whats the real story/history behind it. I don't know... do you....?

Not to worry, here it is....

Dhanteras, sometimes called as Dhantrayodashi falls on the thirteenth day of the month of Ashwin.

Dhanteras is based on very intersting story. The son of king Hema was doomed to die as soon as he completed his sixteenth year. The king and queen wanted their son to enjoy all goodness of life and therefore they got him married. The fourth day of his marriage was to be that dreadful day.

His wife didn't let him sleep and placed around him a lot of gold and silver coins. The entry gate was also jammed with the same. Moverover big lamps were lit all around the palace. She kept telling her husband stories and sung songs so as to keep him awake. As Yama, the God of death came, in the guise of a serpent, he couldn't enter the room of the prince as his eyes were bedazzled by the flash of gold and silver. Yama had to turn back to his world. This way the girl saved her husband's life.

Because of the story, the day is also called 'Yamadeepdaan'. Lamps are kept burning through out the night in the honour of Yama.

The rituals of Dhanteras incorportes elements of this story. On the one hand people invite Goddess of Wealth "Lakshmi" to their houses (symbolically) with different kinds of rituals. All the houses are beautified with lights and colours, specially the enterance is decorated with torans on the doors and rangoli on the floor.

HAPPY Dhanteras

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कई दिनों से मैं सोच रहा था कि हिन्दी में ब्लॉग लिखूं . और आज मैंने कुछ समय निकाल कर यह कुछ पंक्तियाँ लिखी है.

चलो देखते हैं किस तरह जाता है.....

कभी कभी मै सोचता हूँ
हमारी ज़िन्दगी में उतार चराव क्यों होते है
हर सप्ताह में सात दिन
कुछ दिन मुस्कुराते हुए और कुछ तो यु ही
और बाकी बचे दिन यह समझने में निकल जाते हैं
आख़िर हुआ क्या था जिसकी वहज से दो चार आंसूं निकल आए

क्या इसी का नाम ज़िन्दगी है........?

Good Old Days

Doordarshan Logo

Doordarshan's Screensaver

Malagudi Days

Dekh Bhai Dekh

Ramayan

Mile Sur Mera Tumhara

Turning Point

Bharath Ek Khoj

Alif Laila

Byomkesh Bakshi


Tehkikaat

He-Man

Salma Sultana DD News Reader

Vicco turmeric,
Nahin cosmetic
Vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream

Twaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiinggggggg
Washin powder Nirma, Washing powder Nirma
Doodh si safedi, Nirma se aayi
Rangeen kapde bhi khil khil jaaye

I'm a Complan Boy(Shahid Kapoor) and I'm a Complan Girl (Ayesha Takia)

Surabhi: Renuka Sahane and Siddharth

Then were 'Mungerilal ke hasin sapane' and 'karamchand' .'Vikram Betal', etc.


We walked to school, or sometimes we even rode our bike.
We had no mobile phones, but we always managed to find each other…. How? No one knows…
We lost teeth, broke arms & legs, we got cuts and bruises and bloody noses…. nobody complained as we had so much fun, it wasn't anybody's fault, only ours
We ate everything in sight, cakes, bread, chocolate, ice-cream, sweet sugary drinks, yet, we stayed skinny by fooling around.




And if one of us was lucky to find a 1 litre coca cola bottle we all had a swag from it & guess what? Nobody picked up any germs...
We did not have Play Stations, MP3, Nintendo's, I-Pods, Video games, 99 Cable TV channels, DVD's, Home Cinema, Mobile phones, Home Computers, Laptops, Chat-rooms, Internet, etc ... BUT, we had REAL FRIENDS!!!!


We called on friends to come out to play, never rang the doorbell, just went around the back…
We loved being let loose in the big bad world…without bodyguards…
We played with sticks and stones, played cowboys and Indians, doctors and nurses, hide and seek, soccer games, over and over again…



When we failed our exams we were given a second chance by simply repeating the same grade…without visiting psychiatrists, psychologists or counselors…
Such were the days…
We had freedom, success, disappointments and responsibilities. ..
Most of all, we learned to respect others…



Are YOU from that generation?? If that's the case, circulate this blog to all your friends from the same era…
Maybe this message will help them forget the stress that surrounds us these days….and just for a few moments puts a smile to their faces as they remember what life was really like in the.....

"Good Olds Days…… "



HAVE A SUPER DAY! with Golden Days Value!!!!!!! !

Save Milk...Drink Beer

HELLO, What the hell was that

I know what you guys are thinking…. How the hell am I writing the review before the movie releases? There is a story behind it. I had once told that I would write a review on why one should not watch a particular movie and in turn was questioned as to how can I write that, without watching the movie. Well, there is the review of HELLO on “Why should you not watch Hello”. Do let me know your views / thinking on this on ………..

Ok, this movie is based on a fiction novel by Chetan Bhagat titled “one night @ the call center”, for me this is a good enough reason not the watch the movie, cause the book was a big let down after reading his first book, ‘5 point someone’ and the second reason is that this movie is directed by Atul Agnihotri (give me a break plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz). But I am sure I can dig out few more reasons for not watching the movie.

In the promos of the movie, we see Salman Khan in a item number, let me tell u guys that he is doing a guest appearance in this movie as Chetan Bhagat.. WOW!!!! , what the F&%# ? is what I’ll say for that. Moving on to the cast of the movie, we have Katrina Kaif as special appearance (I am betting on another item number or may be the love interest of Mr. Bhagat), Sohail Khan (avoidable actor), Sharman Joshi (he is a good actor), Isha Koppikar (no comments), Gul Panag (she can do art movies better), Amrita Arora (what the F*&%, I am sure rather than concentrating on her acting she was more interested in who can be her next b/f).

The movie is about these characters and their problems and how when their cab gets stuck in a life threatening situation, they start discussing what their issues and what would they do about them if they are able to survive the night. None these actors can act to save a life, what would they act when they have to show terror and concern and hurt at the same time.

And as u all might have guessed by now, the rating for this movie is “Not Applicable”, i.e the movie is worth missing. I am sure if any one of u do watch this movie, he/she would at the end of the movie say, “HELLO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?”

Ratings:-
"Not applicable" – I haven’t seen the movie or the movie is worth missing

1C – I was more interested in Pop Corn & Nachos

2C – Paisaa Vasul

3C – Good & makes u think / out and out entertainment (no brains required to watch it)

4C – I might watch it again / thank you god for this movie

5C – My kind of movie i.e bling & more

"C = Cheers of Chilled Beer"

Drona - The Greatest Warrior

Ok, first things first, my rating for DRONA is ‘Not applicable’. I think the director thought the audiences are not intelligent enough to understand that the script and the loop holes in them. Abhishek is totally wasted in the movie, you can see the hard work that he is put in but all is a waste and of no use. Priyanka is used just as a chick to add glamour to the movie and looking very very dumb.

Also the special effects in the movie, leave u desiring for more or wishing that no special effects would have been better. The Blue rose petal, sand movement, the ocean in middle of the desert and the list goes on and on. But the one worth mentioned more elaborately is when Key Key Menon makes his clone who is dripping some sticky material from all over his body and then kills him just for fun… what the F*%# is what is said after that………. And continued saying all throughout the movie.

The movie starts with Aditya aka DRONA been mistreated by his step family and he living a room with single window that overlooks the garden just like harry potter. The magical blue rose petal is always there to help him during sad time. The movie breaks into songs without any warning and the songs are totally useless and uncalled for. In the next instance, the movie moves into the adulthood where again adi is mistreated and his time the blue rose petal gives him a gold bracelet to wear (full BLING), when Aditya puts in on the villan , Riz, played by Kay kay Menon gets an awaking that his destroyer is alive. Then the movies moves forward and puts one to sleep.

But I would like to mention that Key Key Menon has done amazing acting….. he is the best actor in the movie.

So, people…….. don’t bother and do not watch the pirated version of the movie which ur cable operator might show, just change the channel or u might need u saying “what the F*%#?’ all through out the movie.

Ratings:-
"Not applicable" – I haven’t seen the movie or the movie is worth missing

1C – I was more interested in Pop Corn & Nachos

2C – Paisaa Vasul

3C – Good & makes u think / out and out entertainment (no brains required to watch it)

4C – I might watch it again / thank you god for this movie

5C – My kind of movie i.e bling & more

"C = Cheers of Chilled Beer"

Your Mother too was a girl child

"Your Mother too was a girl child... save the girl child", this is one of the best hoarding I have ever seen across a busy road in bangalore.

This caption reminded me of a small incident that happened with one of my friend. It goes this way.....

My friend took his wife to near by maternity hospital for the delivery. While he was waiting out side the OT, he met another guy who too was waiting for the final result.... :) Both of them were excited as well as nervous too...specially the other guy was damn nervous (as said by my friend). Soon the doctor came out rushing and congratulated this guy saying its a "baby girl". Congratulations.... :)

Immediately the doctor advised this guy not to go for another baby as it would be very dangerous for the mother (chances would of loosing her in the next delivery due internal damage, some medical damage the doctor said), so better get her operated for not having further babies. The doctor asked this guy should we go ahead and operate you wife. The guy responded wait, let me talk to my family members back at home and get the advice (basically the "permission" he quoted). Both the doctor and my friend were surprised by these words. (.....why would you need to talk to you family members specially parents and get advice or permission from them).

After a while, this guy uttered, we needed a boy and not a girl, and my family members are totally against this operation and we will come again... (of course for next delivery)..... he went off... (with a forced smile on his face)

There would be lots n lots of such incidents happening around us and this issue one of the those kinds which can lead to unhealthy relationships among anybody. I won't get into the much details as we all know in today's world we have lots of good examples where women have actually proved themselves.

Last but not the least... whether your child is boy or a girl... its a God's best gift to humanity... "Please Protect it...don't destroy it"

Soon the day will come when we will be short of girls for marriage and the future wedding cards would look like this....

And this where the life ends for a Girl....

Sodexho...Good or Bad

The title of this blog must have given you an idea what I am saying about. Yes you heard it right "Sodexho".... Good or Bad for us, the time will say. Sodexho are especially known to people who are related to IT companies especially. Employees of these IT companies are provided with a booklet consisting of vouchers every month. These vouchers in turn can be used Food and Beverages only as indicated by issuing company. Best way I utilise these vouchers is by buying our monthly grocery and other stuffs like Pizza, McD burgers etc.

Well, this is what happened to one of my friend which made me think about Sodexho passes. My roommate missed his regular pickup cab and had to board the well known/most common and prefered transportation... "Taxi". He took the Taxi from indiranagar to ITPL. He had good ride in the taxi as the driver was driving in the rhythm of the music being played. On reaching ITPL, the taxi bill was Rs 150 odd. Unfortunately my roommate was short of cash but yes he did notice sodexho passes in his wallet. He offered sodexho passes to the drive saying... "Dude this is also bahu gandhi note but in the form of coupons (although it doesn't have gandhi's image on it) which can be used by you for food, "drinks" (driver asked any drink.... YES was the instant reply).

Instantly the driver dialed a number from his mobile, had a conversation which my roommate i didn't understood... obviously it was in kannada. Finally the driver accepted the sodexho passes....

I got a call from my roommate saying I was short of money so gave sodexho to the driver. It was surprise to me.

Whom should I appreciate the driver who got convinced by the negotiation skills of my roommate or was it becoz of the power the "Sodexho" passes have?

Born to Party.... Forced to WORK

Why do we have to work like slaves (of ourself), just because we have to survive, earn our bread n butter, feed ourself, family we care of, take care of future. If you seriously look into these, your answer would be 100% YES. I remember one of my friend's word... "since god has created the earth, sent us here, we need to do our best as once we meet him, we should be ready with all the answers he/she gonna ask us". I told him... this sounds very "filmy

From my subconscious mind, I agree to what my friend has said. But there is always other side as well to this. And that is.... Enjoy the moments of your life. We certainly need to earn, work... but definitely not like slaves.... but like a bird or a butterfly. Spread our wings... just follow the flow of wind....

Get into a pub/bar.... order drinks..... drink to the bottom of your heart..... jhumo aur jhumo..... forget the bloody work..... get into the mode of party.... because..... we are born to party....... (Caution: don't forget to come to office on Monday....heheheee)