BEAUTIFUL INDIA

a new mobile

2011-06-18T06:25:00.000-07:00

Yeahhhhh.. Going to buy a new mobile phone.. ..ho ho ho ho... heeeee. Yipeeeeeeeeeeeee.

End of Ramdev

2011-06-18T06:24:00.000-07:00

i was going through a very interesting article on baba Ramdev failure on this anti-corruption Lokpal issue. he started well and then he blew it up as the author Sachin puts it. It was end to the whole campaign. There are some interesting investigative article in this weeks tehelka wherein the writer has noted down how ramdev established his multi million empire.
But one thing i want to put up and that is no one can ignore ramdev. he has got the numbers and this could be seen in the next election in 2014. he can also come up with his own Anulom-Vilom party and can stuck a deal.
Now its us to see what liest Next... he he..

के बनी करोडपति

2011-06-09T09:27:00.000-07:00

का हो..आज बड़ा मजा आइल..' के बनी करोडपति देख के '.. एकर होस्ट शत्रुघ्न सिन्हा बड़े .. हमारा के इनके होस्टिंग कहीं से भी अमिताभ बच्चन से कम ना लागल..बड़ा मज़ा आइल . आपो देखीं आ मज़ा मारीं !

Ten Tenaaaaan..Tenana

2011-05-14T21:20:00.000-07:00

kaminey..

2011-05-14T21:17:00.000-07:00

मैं 'फ' को 'फ' बोलता हूँ.....अबे भोंसड़ी के...'फ' को 'फ' नहीं बोलेगा तो क्या 'ल' बोलेगा.. Ha ha .. It was great really.. Awesome movie yaar.. Great interpretation of the charcters.. wonderfully performed by Shahid kapoor.. The subtle BGM brings a new dimension to the story... like the Ten Tenaaan.. Tennnanan..and the run that follow.. Wow,, Hats off.. Vishal Bharadwaj..

Work and no play.

2011-05-08T00:38:00.000-07:00

All lost,, Haaaaaa,, sad. Need to start again. Atleast 50 words of authorship got lost to this $%#^@#..Ok so the start of the most awaited project i.e Saphire Amrapali has brought some relief.no time to rest.Need to add workers at the earliest. atleast 10 comprising of welders and mason. Amrapali Leiure valley needs to be started as well. Close to 900 water tanks and atleat 300 Archs. is awaiting there.. So these two projects can turn the life around if completed on time. There could be no looking back..
In the middle of all this the wives planned Haunted 3D, Mithuns son Mimoh now Mahaakshay second release after a flop Jimmy.. It was a collausal bore ,man.. Some of the shots were good though.
Life is complicated..Enjoy

Exclusively OSAMA

2011-05-02T21:48:00.001-07:00

Obama v/s Osama...

2011-05-02T21:46:00.000-07:00

Osama Killed.. Where from here?

2011-05-02T21:20:00.000-07:00

So Osama is killed. in a mansion in Abottabad Pakistan. As per screams all over. abottabad is a cantt. area jahan parinda bhi par nahi maar sakta as we say in hindi, so how come he had a mansion 8 times bigger than the usual ones in the heart of the cantt. city.
The million dollar question now is will it rest the ongoing bomb strikes killing innocents all over the world..I dont think so.Osama was not in the middle of the helm of affairs of Alqaida for the last few years, but yes the ideological war that he led will continue to go on for years to come. As been predicted we should be ready for more action in days to come. Pakistan,India, US be Aware.. AlQaida Strikes back could be the Headlines.
Osama v/s Obama.. he he

Dont Miss This..ATLAS SHRUGGED

2011-04-26T09:15:00.000-07:00

Watch this One. Not to be missed.. Ae have read The Fountainhead . These two Books. i.e Fountain head and Atlas Shrugged was penned by Ann Rand. The master of Individualism.

Also watch This..,, You will be Blown away.. The Great Speech..

Unemployed Unemployment...

2011-04-26T09:05:00.000-07:00

We crib about the growing turmoil among the youth, lack of opportunity and blah blah., But want to share that its really a bad world.. Very Bad. My bro, who happens to be at a big position in one of the MNC's and he said that the other day that he is in need of people to fill few vacant positions in his company and he isnt getting someone suitable for it, though he has tried a lot and also advertised in a leading daily. I was surprised to hear that.

But the same is happening to me. I require few people who can work. Semi-Skilled labours.But Alash. No one is ready to work. Everyone want it for free. There is dearth of people who really want to work, this is what I have experienced in few months of the Entrepreneurship.

My Goodness. Kya Hoga Is Desh Ka... He He.

Samjha Karo Yaar..

2011-04-25T21:57:00.000-07:00

Sometimes. it could be very difficult to stand firm on obligations .especially to men who spent their time working to make the two end meet. Sometimes when you are home and and rarely log on to the TV and find that there is a movie runnning which you always wanted to watch might create havoc on your family life. Life spent in front of the TV, how lovely and family man you might be isnt registered. Its like TUM KAR KYA RAHE THE DIN BHAR..SIRF TV TO DEKHA HAI. TUMHARE PAAS TO MERE LIYE SAMAY HI NAHI HAI.

C'Mon Yaar.. I Love You.. Samjha Karo Yaar.

The God..

2011-04-25T03:57:00.001-07:00

Love Of My life

2011-04-25T03:47:00.000-07:00

My My My....Oh,,Yawn..and Back...

2011-04-25T03:35:00.000-07:00

After a long long time I an back. I give a damn that the world doesn't recognize that a blog like this ever exist but I am please that I am there.. the world has taken a complete round in one year since I have been out of my Blog.. My Darling daughter is now 18 months old, I have resigned to start my own company, visit Ferrobuild.com and have now shifted to a larger apartment in a so called posh society of delhi.
Its a great experience to be back. Amitabh Bachchan who inspired me to start blogging has completed more that 1500 posts, India has won the world cup and the Beautiful country that is India has been ripped apart by scamsters.Anna hazare has broken his fast after his famous anshan.. ha ha..
Great..keep it up India.
I recently visited my native place in Kushinagar..Loved it, equally sad about the growing social turmoil in that world. Unemployment, Gunda - Politicians nexus. is the story. When tried to to contact some of my friends in media. they said.. Abe ..Chalta hai Bhosdi ke.. sale Tu kyu tension leta hai. This is the scene..Koi Kya kare.
Anyways.. now as I have found the love, I will be in touch full time.
Ae,, r u on twitter.. C'mon yaar.. What a shit....

Holi.. Happy Holi

2010-03-03T08:21:00.000-08:00

Holi has just passed. Boring Holi and a hole in the pocket. I was excited to take my family of Mr. bachchans latest release. it cost me a fortune , But alash.. What a Shit ! That was.. Teen Patti.. I have taken a Akhand Pratigya, never to watch Ms Leena Yadavs flick again..
Family was away . Spent time meeting people from my village who reside near by. This is what I like about this colorful festival. Makes everyone equal. Rich Poor, No caste barrierrs. Nothing.
Oh Yes.. I allso had few pegs of whisky.
Oh Yes,, my daughter is arriving today..

I am alive

2010-02-22T09:21:00.000-08:00

Hi All !!
HAPPY NEW YEAR.... HAPPY SANSKRANT!.....and Very Happy Birthday to me...

I am ALIVE...

An Idea can change everything.....

2009-12-20T04:23:00.000-08:00

Another boring day. After the weekends, Its really tough to wear the atttitude back on, for the hectic professional demeanor.It sometimes bring a sense of misrepresentation in the world of fools all around.
Alash...have to be a part and play ones role for the guised camaraderiie.

Entrepreneurship has been the worlds most desires assets It has scaled new heights and has played important role in the development of the world, creating employment and eradicating poverty. I remember the day when the great Michael Dell visted our facility and he spoke on the magic of Entrepreneurship. he opined that how the seed of new ideas can change the world benefitting everyone. He spoke about its development in the early 70s. He said how people like him, Gates,Murdoch and Hobbs visualised the world and the power of technology, and how it would change the world in days to come.
They were the pioneer of the movement and now they are the greatest achiever from the seed they sowed in the 70s. So , you see its all about the vision. the early you see , the early you gain..
Ideas have changed the world. So, its all about the idea., thats what Michael said.

I too have an Idea.. I will change the world some day...Really and I mean it...............

Long Holidays with family and Friends.

2009-12-09T13:35:00.000-08:00

Late log in. Just returned from my place on earth Madhopur. My village. My native village.Younger brother Dobbys marriage ceremony. An event to meet the whole family, relatives, friends together at one place.
18 days of leave. A nightmare for my manager. A warning letters awaits on my return.But I cant miss this.
Fabulous, Fantastic, Mind Blowing as Himesh Reshamiya puts it as a judge of Sare Ga Ma Pa.

The Breeze...............I love it.

This and That

2009-11-10T19:31:00.000-08:00

Wonderfull day..I was surprised to see numerous reality shows on TV today. What the F***. Some with 5-6 contestant with their Girlfriends or wife and a Baby, There is another one with rich kids in Mumbai Slums and apart from many others there is , the father of all reality shows as it is called with 13 contestents in a house with no outside movement or contact.

These Reality shows when started came with slogan of a Rennaisance .Boring TV was to be transformed to the playground of Entertainment, overnight. When it all started with KBC I, it was like a soothing Breeze.I remember sticking to the KBC just to watch Amitabh Bachchan on TV. Days of Ramayan and Mahabharat on our Doordarshan were back on TV. But after the Saas-Bahu episodes creeped in, a large segement of regular TV fonders ( including me ) moved out of all this mess and chaos. There are hundered of programs, Shows , Serials but none where you enjoy. You surf and surf from one channel to another and then throw away the Remote on the bed , Shut down the system and move out.The same Bore , again and again.

Coming back to the reality shows, They have become center of awkwardnes,filthyness, Skin Show, Loose talks and everything which was a strict No, No on TV. I dont know whether there is a Censor for TV programmes or not, like they have for Films which grades the movies as U,,UA, A. If not there should be one and the programmes should be graded before they start.

We grew up. watching Doordarshan. Movie only on Sunday after Vikram Aur Baitaal and Spiderman. Old Movies and we would stick to the B&W EC TV just to see if there is any thrills and action showing on the screen during casting or not. Once when we saw it, we were so excited. The days started early.Rangoli started little later, but Yes, there was HeMan, Antarikksha, Star Trek, Rajni and then the News for the Hearing Impaired followed by the Regional Movie.

There were no options available and eveyone was happy, Now hell lot of options without any Joy

Now,What you consider the Best... THIS or THAT. Just have a thought.......

2009-11-07T14:45:00.000-08:00

Days Without

2009-11-06T19:03:00.000-08:00

उफ़ !! ये समय. कैसा लगता है विरह की आग में जलना? कैसा लगता है दूर रहना उससे जिसे आप इतना प्यार करते हैं ? कैसे गुज़ारा होगा १४ वर्षों का समय अपनी पत्नी के बिना , लक्ष्मण ने ?
ये वाकई एक गंभीर प्रश्न है ! ऐसे में मानता हूँ! इस सन्दर्भ में कई गाने लिखे और पढ़े गए! लेकिन अभी और लिखा और पढना बाकी है!

For Your Eyes Only

2009-11-06T14:23:00.000-08:00

Baby in the Nest

Baby and the Lady

2009-11-06T14:08:00.000-08:00

AweFome ... Kaminey.. A Masterpiece

2009-10-26T16:01:00.000-07:00

Just Finished watching Kaminey and I cannot find better review of this than this one from REDIFF..
Once in a particularly blue moon, comes a film that makes you wolf-whistle. One that then ties you to the edge of your seat and forcibly pins you there and pounces on you, eventually leaving you sitting in the dark, drained and grinning and more satisfied than a film has any business leaving you. This, ladies and gentlemen, is that kind of ride.

And way more.

Vishal Bhardwaj [ Images ] reinvents the filmi rollercoaster with feverish glee as he takes a wonderfully twisty plot and paces it flawlessly around a bunch of madcap, irresistible characters. It takes nearly twenty minutes to get used to things, the characters, the words they speak, they way they speak them, and the tone of the film -- heck, to get used to this film's world. Then on, the film just freakin' flies.

Yet before getting into the breakneck chaos, it is this unapologetic figure-it-out stance that we must initially applaud. Too often are our caper films and thrillers compromised by oversimplification and spoonfeeding, by filmmakers believing audiences need things spelt out and giving them bite-sized flashbacks to easily digest each twist. No more, says Bhardwaj, throwing us a delicious jigsaw and letting things fall into place in their own sweet time. The result is startlingly clever, an innovative film with genuine surprises. Kaminey [ Images ] is the kind of film whose success we ought all pray for, because it'll prove smart cinema works.

So delicious is the movie's gradual unravelling that I refuse outright to let you in on the plot itself -- an enthralling tale of drugs, deceit, dingbats and dead-ringers -- because you need to discover this on your own. Go in as fresh as you can, you deserve to taste this one by yourself. Letting on what actually happens would make me one of the film's titular knaves.

Suffice it to say that Tassaduq Hussain, who also shot Vishal's brilliant Omkara [ Images ], does it more than adequate visual justice, and the largely-handheld film emerges very stylistic indeed. It's fast, funny and constantly rollicking, and the characters are spectacularly entertaining.

As is the cast. Shahid Kapoor [ Images ] plays Guddu the stutterer and Charlie with a lisp, saying f for every s, and does strongly enough to credibly seem like two different people; Priyanka Chopra's [ Images ] delightfully high-strung Sweety pulls off hysterical Marathi with impressive fluency. Yet it is the ensemble of fantastic oddballs who truly make this film special: from Amole Gupte's [ Images ] demented Santa Claus [ Images ] routine as Maharashtra-lovin' gangster Bhope Bhau to Chandan Roy Sanyal's lethally capricious coke-lover Mikhail, from Shiv Subrahmanyam's helpless corrupt cop Lobo to Tenzing Nima's ludicrously likable drug-smuggler Tashi -- the film is full to the brim with splendidly unfamiliar faces, each of whom deserve a hand, not just the ones singled out here.

And Vishal generously gives each character their time in the spotlight. Guddu heartwrenchingly recounts his middle-school love, while Sweety captures beer-driven arousal with charming realism. Bhope bribes a big-eared nephew with chocolate, while Lobo coaxes the stutterer to give a police statement through song. The Bengali gangsters shoot bullets near each other for laughs, while the Marathi ones are transfixed by Guddu-Sweety screensavers on a laptop. Charlie unwraps a cellphone from plastic as he tries to placate gangsters, while -- in an extraordinary moment -- Mikhail sets the screen ablaze as he staggers in on the same gangsters, high on coke and unpredictable as a broken roulette wheel. There's so much to marvel at in these characters that it isn't funny. Oh wait, it is. Very.

What raises this rambunctious gangster movie head and shoulders above its genre is the writing. The wordplay is constant, subtle and absolutely exquisite -- a tough ask when one hero trips over words and the other narrates -- yes, narrates -- with a lisp. And there's a witty duality running through the film's twin tales: a character barks into a phone, and this sound echoes later when someone pleads in front of Bhope, daring not to take his name but just calling him repeatedly big brother, "bhau-bhau"; Mikhail introduces himself to Bhope by calling himself Tope Bhau, and nearing the climax Bhope is told by another that they have 'topein' (cannons) too; when Mikhail wins a race, arriving just in time, he breaks into the Spiderman theme -- and Charlie responds with Fpiderman-Fpiderman. When a character wants to steal a king's ransom in drugs to help a pregnant woman, another snarls back: 'Toh kya meri coke ujaadega?' Ha. It's nuanced, lovely writing, the sort we never get to see in films nowadays.

Bhardwaj has never been secretive about his Quentin Tarantino [ Images ] adoration, referencing the director in Blue Umbrella and doing it here again with high heels and an injection. While Tarantino exclusively uses music he already loves because he doesn't trust anyone to create anything as good, Bhardwaj has always done it all himself, writing, directing and composing -- not to mention singing, and its worth noting the slight s/f lisp he gives the film's magnificent title track when it plays on screen. Yet here he takes a leaf from QT's book and brings back the saucy RD Burman track 'Duniya mein logon ko' (from 1972's Apna Desh) and makes it his own, giving it sassy new context out of its dated backdrop -- no more Rajesh Khanna [ Images ] in a red suit, this song is now all Shahid.

So the film leaps through implied ultraviolence and dark humour and you hold on, exhilarated -- just as you have through, say, Guy Ritchie's [ Images ] Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels. And while that itself would be no mean feat, Bhardwaj ups the ante with an audacious climax, suddenly bringing emotions right to the fore.

And while films of this ilk are full of disposable-bodies and corpses-in-waiting, one discovers that Vishal has -- sneakily, stealthily, surreptitiously -- kept the sentiments so darned real that by the time the climax rolls around, you do actually give a damn about these characters.

Wow. Now if that isn't kameenapan, I don't know what is. Awefome

Kamakhya Temple

2009-10-21T14:53:00.000-07:00

The header Photo has been changed with the snap of the famous Kamkhya shrine wihich is stuated on top of the Nilanchal hills in Guwahati, Assam.
The Kamakhya Temple had been built in reverence to Goddess Kamakhya or Sati, who was one of the numerous incarnations of Goddess Durga or Goddess Shakti.

The temple is situated a few kilometers away from the Guwahati Railway Station, and is open for visitors throughout the year. There is a legend attached to the history of the temple, which goes way back to the mythological age. According to the legend, Sati the wife of Lord Shiva (one of the holy Trinities in Hindu mythology) took her life at a 'Yagna' ceremony that had been organized by her father Daksha, because she could not bear the insults hurled at her husband by her father. On hearing the news of his wife's death, Shiva, the destroyer of all that was evil flew into a rage and punished Daksha by replacing his head with that of a goat. Torn between misery and blind fury, Shiva picked up the corpse of his beloved wife Sati and performed a dance of destruction called the 'Tandava'. The intensity of the destroyer's fury was so overwhelming that it took several Gods to pacify his anger. In the midst of this struggle, Sati's corpse accidentally got cut into 51 parts by the disc in the hands of Lord Vishnu (also one of the Trinities in Hindu mythology), and her female genitalia or 'Yoni' fell on the spot where the Kamakhya temple stands today, forming one of the many Shakti 'Peethas' embellishing the rest of her body parts.

King Nara Narayana of Cooch Behar rebuilt the temple in 1665 after it had suffered destruction at the hands of foreign invaders. The temple consists of seven oval spires, each topped by three golden pitchers, and the entrance spirals down to a curvy path of some distance, which specially links the main road to the temple. Some of the sculptured panels of the temple carry depictions of Gods and Goddesses of Hindu pantheon carved in a delightful pattern. Tortoises, monkeys, and large number of pigeons have made the temple their home, and loiter around the premise, being fed by the temple authorities and the visitors. The cryptic, as well as the peaceful ambience of the temple combine together to soothe the nerves of visitors, and take their minds to flights of inner salvation, and this is the very reason that people come here for.

With all its enigmatic splendour and picturesque locale, the Kamakhya Temple is one of the most astounding structures, not only in Assam, but also in the whole of India

IIT......The Dream Curbed.

2009-10-20T11:10:00.000-07:00

Kapil Sibbals ( HRD Minister) statement that the Students will have to achive 80% marks in the 12th Exam,in order to sit for the IIT Jee examinations. Now , this is ridiculous. There has been wide criticism for this statement all over. In support of his claim he adds that he want to clear the web of the coaching centers surrounding prestigious enterances Examinations like IIT,IIM, medical etc.

Mr.Minister has forgotten that India has more than 25 state education boards and millions of students sit for their 12th exams.The average percentage achieved is not more than 58%. These student come from poor bakground and cannot afford to pay hefty Fees of the CBSE Public Schools.Moreover, the medium of Instruction in these State Governed schools is the state language. The Examination pattern is the same old one, wherein the student learn by heart the entire subject and sit in the examination to attain more and more percentage.

Unlike CBSE , the state board sylabus is not revised every year and the examination pattern not changed from Marking to Grade System. These changes in the CBSE has definitely led to the increase of the passing percentage as well as Marks percentage in Boards like CBSE and ICSE.The students of these boards are more Objective in thought and knowledge helping them attain higher percentage in the Board examination which also support the same pattern of thought and expression.

I strongly support Sibbals view when he says that he want to put out the coaching Institute Industry out of education.But this is a Himalayan Task. They could only be removed through Resolution in parliament, What I feel? U curb them on one, they will start the another. The industry will shift to pass out the students in the 12th Exam.

Hence, Mr.Minister should have a second thought on it and revoke his decision for the good of the students belonging to moderate or poor background studying in Govt: funded schools all over India.

Madhopur Buzurg.. My Village

2009-10-15T14:25:00.000-07:00

Madhopur Buzurg, my village. Located in the Kushinagare District of eastern UP, also known as Purvanchal. Kushinagar , land of the BUDDHA and The MAHAVEERA, Land where they took their MAHANIRVANA. Eternal Bliss..

MADHOPUR as we call it, lies on the plains of the Hiamalayas and hence the climate is extreme. Hot in summmer and cold in winter.The Kosi-Gandak canal project,a joint collaboration between India and Nepal passes through my village.
My village has well equipped transport facility with NH 28 passing by the sides.
Agriculture is the main occupation of the people. Wheat and Rice is the main food crop, while sugarcane,Mustard is the cash crop.

I love my village.

Guwahati.. The life Spent...

2009-10-14T10:50:00.000-07:00

Guwahati... The place where I was born and spent the entire 16 years.Guwahati was wonderful place to be born and spend the childhood.There was wonderful environment for studies. Good schools were less though in our times, but now I have heared that some good CBSE board schools has come up.In our times most of the schools were recognized by SEBA the Govt: board of education.

My Parent provided all of us the best of the education available. Guwahati was a new city sprawling up, that time. The only city for the entire NE.
When I was in class III or IV, there started the ANDOLAN, that they called.ANDOLAN against the peple from differnt states, regarded as foreigner by the Locals. Foreigner in our own land.
Thousand moved out of the state and found refuge in nearby states of Meghalaya, Tripura, Bengal and others.People from Bihar, UP and other North Indian States had tough time. I remember being in a crowded meter gauge train GL, without reservation as no reaservation was available and we had to run out of the state.GL many memories in this train, will have another Post on it.

After the Andolan,Prafull Phukan;s Govt. came in being.Indias Youngest Chief Minister. The Andolan became the guiding force of the Student Politics in India. AGP was founded. Months later, we returned, Education was hampered, I remember, but Yes, as a child think. Pleasent Holiday were over.

One Good thing about Assam is that, they have utmost respect for the teachers. A teacher is regarded as God. One of my teacher was Liza Miss. She was an Extremely knowledgeable person.I remember the pomp and fare during the Sarawati Puja in schools. We would spend the whole night in the school, and she was always there to guide us with new designs to make our show the Best every time. For us it was more Like a Picnic Camp fire, When we would light up a big chulha with wood fire and then prepare the Khichdi for everyone and then the tea, while some of our mates would be Busy decorating tha Pandal. We were so excited and happy when we danced over the DI DI song by Khaled the Algerian Singer and Yes, Baba was out with his Thanda Thanda Pani song.

Friends were great.Many of them..Sunil, Diaganto, Santosh alias BullDogg, Amit-Vineet Duo, Vijay, BabuRam..and many many more.They were all school friends. The locals were Pramod, Yogesh, Kishore, Harpinder, Kripal, Babu to name a few. We spent a large part of our Chutti playing Cricket in the Central school. Our teams name was EKTA CRICKET CLUB, on team unity and jokingly on Kishore's first girlfriend EKTA.
We often had matches with the Assamese local team and we use to lose largely due to BaiMaani.LBW was the main reason.LBW BaiMaani was quite common and then when we scrapped LBW in one of the match,We Won.

I passed the high school in 1994 and then came to UP for further education. Though I visted Guwahati in 1997 and then in 2008 but the memories of the place will always be fresh in my mind forever.

Idhar - Udhar ki

2009-10-13T14:04:00.000-07:00

Days are really hectic.I am also a student of LAW now. It is a wonderfull subject, Really but very exhaustive. The more u read . still u need to read more and more and there is no end. Thats the reason I feel why the Lawyers practise Law all their lives and never be perfect.. haa haa.. Mind bogling....BOGLING, Wats that.. Oh, I just heared it in BIGGBOSS 3 from Ismail Darbar, the lesser known music director.

BIGGBOSS 3 has started with Shri Amitabh bachchan as host and 13 contestents.. all made headlines and then lost in oblivion. I think BiggBoss is a sanjivini for those who want to comes back to limelight after they lose it, providing new lese of live as they call it. 13 lives, 13 personalities and a house. Its really interesting to see them play the game.Can understand well, how much it takes to be in there in that position. There are some ba***rds this time.. like the one self shortformed KKR alias kamaal.. I dont understand Who the hell is he? Is he Brad Pitt, or the pro.dir,wri.edi. and blah blah blah of a third class z grade DeshDrohi.
The way he boasts... JINDAGI JHAND BA.. FIR BHI GHAMAND BAA (Thanks RAVI for this.)
ABbe! Apni Aukaat mein Reh.. bhootni ke..

The other is SherLyn.. the girl with a really sexy Body Who Want to give it all? Though she started well with the 25 kiss movie who nobody seemed to care or watched.
Ya, Though peeped some of her naked photos for PETA .I didnt Knew she is is so dirty in looks without makeup..Are all these self proclaimed celebs are the same, I doubt.
Hope she gets a launch.. Sorry Relaunch from the MultiMillionaire KKR.

Vindu..Who started with KARAN.. way back when I was in the 8th std.. Then lost.. and then Jai Hanumann....Kambakht ishq.. and now this.. Is he Thali ka baingan or What? I guess..still Known as son of Dara Sngh.What a Shame? Be youself.. and stop Lingering around with Kamaal or U are next.. MIND ITTTTT....

Criicket.. Cricket .. Cricket.. Such a Bore..

Watched a very Good movies, last Weekend..Anurag Kashyaps GULAL.. I love the way he uses the canvas and projects the characters.. Everyone has a Reason.. a Strong Reason
..I think the main protoganist was a fool.. But LOVE IS BLIND... is it ? I Guess..
i love the charcter RanVijay.. in the first half.. he led the movie on his shoulder,, was awsome.. Somebody will please comment his name ...

Proud Father.

2009-10-13T14:00:00.000-07:00

hurray... I am a proud father Now.. Dhan- chick... dhan- Chick... I am very happy.. Soon will upload , Loads of picture on this site...Watch it for more

Drunk & The Nun

2009-07-14T18:31:00.000-07:00

There was a guy in a bar one night that got really drunk, I mean really, really, really drunk. When the bar closed he got up to go home.

As he stumbled out the door he saw a nun walking on the sidewalk. So he stumbled over to the nun and punched her in the face.

Well the nun was really surprised but before she could do or say anything he punched her again.

This time she fell down and he stumbled over to her and kicked her in the butt, then he picked her up and threw her into a wall.

By this time the nun was pretty weak and couldn't move very much, so then he stumbled over to her, put his face right next to hers and said.........."Not so strong tonight, are you Batman?"

BATMAN

2009-07-09T21:51:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-09T20:16:00.000-07:00

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2009-07-09T19:13:00.000-07:00

WAH TAZ.!!!

2009-07-09T15:14:00.000-07:00

The King Of Pop..MJ

2009-07-04T12:54:00.000-07:00

MICHAEL JACKSON,the self-styled King of Pop, who has died suddenly aged 50 after being taken to hospital in Los Angeles, was music royalty – one of its biggest stars and holder, for Thriller, of the record for the best-selling album in history. Eventually, however, his bizarre life-style and personal notoriety eclipsed his talent and his numerous achievements.
Fame, from the age of 11, when he was lead singer of the first black boy band, the Jackson Five, had such a damaging effect that his life was permanently affected. A combination of dysfunctional family and invasive fame ate away at the essentially private singer, whose initially minor eccentricities escalated into grotesque changes to his appearance and lifestyle. Ultimately, it led to accusations of paedophilia and a criminal prosecution.
If ever there was an illustration of the adage that celebrity destroys what it touches, Jackson was it. Highly sensitive and impressionable, he was unsuited to fame – ironic, given that his became one of the most recognised faces in the world. Despite loving the razzle-dazzle of performance – even his off-duty wardrobe, with its epauletted jackets, looked like stagewear – he was crushed by the pressure of maintaining a cherubic public persona. He probably would have been happiest working behind the scenes, in the mode of his collaborator and mentor, Quincy Jones, producer of the 50m-selling Thriller.
Jackson's success deprived him of his childhood – at least, that was the stock explanation for his more outlandish behaviour. From the age of 10, he spent most of his time recording and touring, and consequently spent the rest of his life yearning for what he thought he had lost. As an adult he attempted to recreate the lost childhood, enabled by a fortune that was at one time estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
He indulged himself by turning his California ranch Neverland into a funfair, complete with zoo, over which he presided, dressed in his toy-soldier gear. His closest friendships were with fellow ex-child star Elizabeth Taylor, a chimpanzee called Bubbles, who travelled with him till it grew too large and dangerous, and, ambiguously, with children. He once said that if there were no children in the world, he would have no reason to exist.
His bond with them influenced almost everything he did. He worked extensively with underprivileged youngsters, opening Neverland to them and even taking one or another favoured child on tour. He had a great interest in young people from all over the world, even once proposing to adopt a boy and a girl from each continent.
At the 1996 Brit Awards he was accompanied on stage by a children's choir, prompting a stage invasion by Jarvis Cocker of Pulp, who claimed his attitude was "Messiah-like". (Sidestepping the accusation, Jackson claimed Cocker was just jealous of his popularity.) His relations with kids were healthy, Jackson argued – he was simply attracted by their "purity and innocence".
The same qualities were attributed to him by his extraordinarily loyal fans. Jackson was, in their view, grievously maligned – a saintly character whose good intentions were distorted by a malicious press. During pre-trial hearings of his child-molestation case in 2004, fans outside the court waved banners reading "Innocent Until Proved Innocent". Journalists who wrote negatively about Jackson could expect a bombardment of angry letters.
He was born in Gary, Indiana, (within weeks, coincidentally, of his main 1980s rivals and fellow Midwesterners Madonna and Prince). He, his parents and eight siblings squeezed into a two-bedroom house on a street that was later renamed Jackson Boulevard in their honour. Coached by his father Joe, a steel-mill worker, Michael and older brothers Jermaine, Marlon, Jackie and Tito formed a singing group. Despite shyness that he never overcame, he was a natural singer and dancer, and took to the frontman role with relish. By the age of six, the young Jacksons were playing strip clubs and burlesque palaces - the only venues open to them in Gary.
Joe was a disciplinarian who ruled the family with an iron rod. The brothers, who were brought up as Jehovah's Witnesses, were not allowed to visit friends, and were made to rehearse into the night. In adulthood, Michael revealed that his father beat him for the most minor transgressions, so terrifying him that "there were times when he'd come to see me and I would start to be sick."
Tito claimed Michael's dance routines evolved from the fancy footwork he employed dodging his father's fists. In a 2003 TV interview, Joe claimed his son had exaggerated: "I whipped him with a switch and belt, [but] I never beat him. You beat someone with a stick." He averred that the whippings had made him "one of the best artists in the world". Joe also taunted him about his "ugliness" and adolescent skin problems, sowing self-doubt that later manifested itself in cosmetic surgery fixation.
The child group made their name in the Midwest, and by 1968 came to the attention of Motown Records. Michael was by then an obvious star-in-waiting, a 10-year-old with an unusually adult feel for soul music. His singing was at once poised and youthfully exuberant, his dancing fluid and instinctive. Motown president Berry Gordy said of his first glimpse of Michael: "He sang his songs with such feeling, inspiration and pain – like he had experienced everything he was singing about."
The Jackson Five's first Motown single, I Want You Back, reached number one in America (as would their next three singles) in 1969. The youthful band were an instant hit with prepubescent girls - mainly black girls, but also some white ones. Michael, the particular object of their desire, had just turned 11, and would never be able to walk down the street unrecognised again.
The band's working life was brutal: when they were not in studios they were on tour, sometimes playing 45 shows in 90 days. As lead singer, Michael's schedule was more onerous than that of his brothers. After three hours' daily tutoring, he spent the rest of the day recording the 13 albums the Jacksons released for Motown between 1969 and 1975. From the studio window he watched ordinary children playing, and would "always cry from loneliness".
Groomed for a solo career, he started to make recordings outside the band that were released concurrently with Jackson Five material. He was as popular a solo act as he was a band member – almost uniquely for a child star, he retained his popularity even when his voice changed. That said, his first few solo records as a 13-year-old were nothing special, a case in point being his sugary ode to a rat named Ben. Young adulthood was when he came into his own and became, as Taylor apparently first dubbed him, King of Pop.
Finally free of his father and of Motown, and working closely with Quincy Jones, whom he had met while playing the Scarecrow in the 1978 film The Wiz, his commercial-pop genius was realised. He had half a decade of extraordinary creativity that yielded two epochal albums, 1979's Off the Wall and 1982's Thriller. These transformed him from teen idol to boundary-crossing superstar.
Though still committed in 1979 to the Jacksons (the "Five" having been dropped) for recording work, he put all his energies into Off the Wall. It heralded his arrival as a major star. Released just before his 21st birthday, it portended the dominance of R&B – especially Jackson's style of supremely slick, catchy R&B – in the charts throughout the 1980s and 90s. It was the first American album to produce four No 1 singles, and sold 7m copies in America alone. The gruelling work schedule that exacted such a price during his childhood had also honed his musical skills, and he was at the top of his game. Thriller was the one that broke all records and turned him into a phenomenon. No 1 for 37 weeks in the US, it went on to win eight Grammy Awards and sell an estimated 50m copies.
Jackson's stroke of inspiration was to fuse black R&B and white rock – something that is now routine, but had not at that point been attempted by a big-name pop act. MTV, which had hitherto rarely aired black acts, seized on the album's singles such as Billie Jean and Beat It and played them to death. Jackson even threw in a little something for the parents, a duet with Paul McCartney. That friendship ended acrimoniously when Jackson outbid McCartney when the Beatles' publishing catalogue came up for sale in 1985 – essentially, Jackson now owned all of McCartney's 1960s songs. The purchase, for several hundred million dollars, was one of his more astute.
Later, he would fritter away a large part of his fortune on never-realised projects such as a theme park dedicated to racial harmony. He also developed a taste for enormously expensive and tasteless furnishings, reportedly spending up to a million dollars a time in Las Vegas's shopping malls.
The photo of him on the cover of Thriller was the last album sleeve on which he looked what he was: a young male with perceptibly African-American features. Around that time, his skin colour began subtly to lighten. He claimed it was caused by the pigmentation disorder vitiligo, but rumours suggested he had bleached his skin. His features also began to be altered by plastic surgery. His nose slimmed down, a cleft appeared in his chin, his eyelids reputedly were lifted and his lips thinned.
As his appearance changed, rumours about his lifestyle proliferated. Jackson supposedly slept in an oxygen tent, clothed Bubbles in matching outfits, and offered to buy the Elephant Man's bones. He began to appear in public wearing a surgical mask, and seemed to be asexual, with no significant relationships during his 20s.
That changed in 1994, when he married Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, a union that lasted two years and excited a great deal of speculation. The year before, Jackson had been accused of sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy, tipping him into the worst crisis of his personal and professional life to that point. He eventually settled out of court, paying the boy millions in return for dropping the case, but his career never quite recovered. It was rumoured that the marriage was an attempt to normalise his image. Instead, he seemed all the stranger.
His second marriage, to his dermatologist's nurse, Debbie Rowe, in 1996, was equally perplexing to everyone but the couple themselves. They seemed to spend little time together, but Rowe produced his first two children, son Prince Michael and daughter Paris. They divorced in 1999. A third child, Prince Michael II, was born with the aid of a surrogate mother. Despite Jackson's great affinity with children, his behaviour with his own was eccentric.
He forced them to wear masks or veils whenever they appeared in public, supposedly to preserve their privacy; a few photos exist of the children without their cover-ups, and their lack of a physical resemblance to Jackson is marked.
Jackson's career slowly recovered from the abuse scandal, and his next studio albums, HIStory and Invincible (the latter, released in 2001, was his last album of original material), were chart-topping hits, though by then he was treading water musically. Despite the enormous influence he had had on pop, hip hop and R&B, by the late 90s he was producing nothing of much note.
In the mid-00s, funded by his friend Sheikh Abdullah of Bahrain, he reportedly began work on what would have been his first new album in five years. He had struck a deal with Abdullah, who wrote songs as a hobby, whereby Jackson would record some of the songs in return for the sheikh paying recording costs. As with so many of Jackson's business deals, it came to nothing: the pair fell out and Abdullah apparently tried to sue Jackson to recover his money.
Jackson's final years were marked by financial troubles and a second, even more damaging, child-abuse scandal. In a 2003 documentary for Granada TV, Living with Michael Jackson, the singer told journalist Martin Bashir that he often shared his bedroom with young child "friends," one of whom, a 12-year-old, appeared in the programme holding hands with Jackson. This led to Jackson being charged with seven counts of child abuse, and a trial that transfixed both the media and fans until he was acquitted five months later.
Despite the innocent verdict, it was essentially downhill from there. He moved to Bahrain and embarked on the ill-fated album; back in America, his finances were in a tangle that kept the lawyers busy. He had lived beyond his means for years, and was also coming up against the matter of a $270m loan from Bank of America that he found difficult to repay. The title to his beloved Neverland ranch, vacant and crumbling since the move to Bahrain, hung in the balance. Restructuring his debt, he hung onto the ranch by the skin of his teeth.
After years away from live performance, Jackson was due to come back in grand style next month, with a massive series of dates at London's 02 Arena. Tickets for the 50 shows sold out instantly, proving that thousands of people were still lured by the promise of the old stardust.
Even then, there were wild stories: one persistent one was that Jackson, who had been looking increasingly frail and was said to be suffering from skin cancer, was only contractually obliged to appear onstage for 13 minutes at each show. Like so much else about him, it may have been true, but it was probably just razzle-dazzle. His children survive him.
• Michael Jackson, pop musician, born 29 August 1958; died 25 June 2009

Proud Father ! To Be...

2009-07-04T12:40:00.000-07:00

Hi All!

Sorry again.. I am here to post after really lon time. But there are manythings to tell you. Good news First.I am going to be a father in a couple of months.Regular tests have confirmed that the baby is growing very well in the Uterus.He/She is healthy and is very naughty. He is always eady for fun.Moving all around in his very very small world.

I cannot explain in words, How it feels. Baby name search has been a regular exercise of mine from some time now and I have lastly concluded that the name would be VISHWANATHAN if baby boy and VALLARRI if baby girl. How does it sound? Lemme Know.

Love For Now

Chandra

Mumbai terror Attack.... What next?

2009-01-13T08:03:00.000-08:00

It has been above 1month now since Mumbai was in the grip of terror for more than 60 hrs. India started with abuse and then warning just like a middle school kid who has been given out by another boy in half pant. When the response was meagre and Pakistan didnt give any heed to it, India started making International pressure via America and Great Britain, but it didnt help either. India says that we have clear evidence stating Pakistan hands in the Terror attack.. Pak denies it bluntly saying no proof has been handed to them and they are mere information and not evidence. Now the question arises what should India Do? What next?

OK... India should attack Pakistan... It is what more than 80 % Indians suggest in numerous Polls online or in weekly magazines. But is this the only way out.... NO...

First of alll...India will have to decide whether India want to wage war against the government of Pakistan, The people of Pakistan or the Terrorists who have found refuge in the Borders of Afghanistan and POK.

Secondly, It needs to be known very well that the war be packed up within 3-4 days because the expense of the war would be too hefty for India to bear in this recession.

Thirdly, What is India going to do after the attack? Would India resolve the kashmir Issue once for all or is it planning to be in 1965 like situation.

No,,, we are not ready for any of it.. We cant prove it that there was any Pak agency behind the terror attack in Mumbai... hence cant wage war against the Govt.Of Pakistan, On people of Pakistan-its out of question on the Terrorist camps in Pakistan.... How can you enter A foreign land like this Unless you are America?

We cant guarantee that we will be able to pack up in 3-4 days as well all know that just driving away the culprits in kargil from our own land took more than 15 days... So we are in trouble here.

Thirdly, The kashmir issue is not going to get resolved through war and thats true as we are fighting our own people in Kashmir. So forget it.

International Politics is all about timing. Check the timing and you win. Palestine attacks and within hrs Israel is deep inside Palestine and no nation even make a statement on that.. This is how it works. One atack in America and the whole Afghanistan was ravaged.... just on the question of Iraq having chemical weapons, Iraq was invaded.. I am not justifying what America did to Iraq, but I am just putting my point. So its all about timing.

India has been under regular terrorist attacks.. Evertime an attack happens there is lot of hoo--hoopllah... The designer home minister with multiple suits in the wardrobe comes up in front of the camera and parrots a regular dialogue. Several possessions take place with big banners wherein people write messagges for the killed or the martyrs, Which nobody reads and at the end of the days these big banners are either burnt or thrown in the Sarkari-Dustbins among the garbage. Candle light possessions to the India gate has been a regular event nowadays,, thanks Aamir Khan and Rang De Basanti.. providing a wonderfull opportunity for the self declared Page 3 celebrities to come to the National TV in designer wear and also to the corporates to loosely show up how much they care..... All this occassions are sponsored by these corporates and when you go to that place you will also find big **SHARM KARO** tag or banners nicely craved between the product advertisement........What the FC**....

So, Now we have changed the topic of discussion. lets come to the point. The question is how to bring the culprits responsible for the Mumbai terror attack to task.

What I sugggest ( though I am not an expert in Political strategy or Internation relations) is to mount the pressure on Pakistan to hand over the people involved in the attack to India , to which Pakistan had declined already and that is obvious , so India should come up with cemented proof and evidences against the people involved,, present it to UN and then an International court should be formed under the supervision of the UN and then the culprits should be tried under it.

This way we will not only be able to prevent war but also move a step forward toward reconciliation

Insurance Buisness,,,, Tough Job..... Its Easy..

2009-01-08T06:56:00.000-08:00

I am new into Insurance.. Recently I passed my IRDA Examination. On the day of the Final Interview, My Development Officer (D.O)asked me, How much do you plan to sell , this financial Year? I didnt had any answer. I had heared , selling of any Financial product is one of the toughest job on earth. I said as there is another 4 months left for this financial Year,I would expect a sale of atleast 12 Policies, which is also the target for the LIC agents for the entire year.

My DO frowned as if I have said something wrong. I said 'What'... the manager would not be impressed. At least 50 policy sale is required to qualify for the 1st club.It was my time to take the pressure. With some hesitation I said.. OK.. I'll do it.

And here I stand after nearly two months...Disqualified for the job. I am unable to meet the expected. After more than 200 cold callings , few leads are generated.. Following up the leads is the toughest job.. You feel humiliated at times when no one take the call or disconnects the call or after few followups am informed ,

" Are ,Yaar, Abhi Nahi Ho Paa Raha Hai... Jab Hoga to Aap ko Phone Karunga".... What the hell? Why didnt you tell me that on the very first day?

This is not the spirit, I know. I shouldnt blame the customer. Who am I? I have intereferd in their life for my own benefit and now I am blaming? Why did I call them? For Profit... Offcourse. Then Why This heck.....

This is How it works? " Its a rejection Job..My Friend" said one my seniour Advisor on the very first day.I knew it still I choosed it. It was my own decision. then why Blame... Dont Blame.. It was the right decision at the right time. I strictly believe

So, Now I am ready again. With a new zeal and vigour? I will prove myself. I hate being a loser.

I will start from scartch and determined to achieve the target at all cost.

Wish me Luck..

Feeling Bored.. I dont Know Why?

2009-01-06T13:07:00.000-08:00

Feeling very Bored today.. Back to office..Same irrate customers, same transfers.

Sometimes I feel sick of what I am doing.I seriously think of going back to my native village and start a school and work for myself. I had my own small company where I used to manufacture Water tanks and Septic tanks. A good Work for a very Good cause.. Sanitation.

Coming to office and working in this environment still bring a sense of grotesquely strangeness. I dont know why? But thats true. It has been above 2 years nows, but still the same. Unusual shifts, nightlife and beautifull girls in skin tight clothes , no longer bring excitement.. I dont Know Why?

I am a a person with a postive attitude. I always beleive that everything will be all right. Everything is all right, but still I dont know why I am afraid. I am afraid to be me. I am afraid of myself.

I dont Know why? I am feeling bored....

Life Is Better

2009-01-01T06:44:00.000-08:00

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Best of 2008 in Bollywood Cinema

2008-12-31T11:27:00.000-08:00

By Amitava Nag • Dec 28th, 2008 •

Dasvidaniya (2008)Year 2008 had been an insipid year as far as cinema is concerned. There were no international movies which took everyone and anyone in their stride and the film festivals were lukewarm. Back home in India, things were not much different. Bollywood also remained more or less un-inspirational. Apart from Jodhaa Akbar and Dostana to a little bit, big budget films didn’t do that well either.
Interestingly, Golmaal Returns became quite a hit in the later part of the year notwithstanding the poor script and indifferent acting. SRK’s Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Aamir Khan’s Ghajini deserve mention but it is difficult to rate them since both got released only in December, and that too the latter during Christmas. On the critical path, Nandita Das’ Firaaq is worthy for her sincere attempts to analyze the evils of Indian political sphere, not to mention Rituparno Ghosh’s much hyped The Last Lear , a film which tried to project Amitabh Bachchan as a powerful theatre actor of past, but the film fell miserably short of expectations. So it’s a difficult task at hand - to cut out my 5 best Bollywood films of the year. The chances are that some reasonably good films which I saw early on may miss my radar now.
Looking back, I tried to classify the films in five broad genres and find my best pick in each category:

Comedy: Comedy seems to rule the roost to not only medium budget Bollywood films recently but also amongst relatively bigger budget ones. However, unlike Bheja Fry last year there is no single comic film that I have seen which is taut and smart till the end. Dil Kabaddi probably is one which in-spite of its uncanny resemblance with Woody Allen’s Husbands and Wives, sails through quite successfully as a film where marital and sexual tensions are seen by the director from a comic angle. This is supported by an excellent crew of actors.
Romance and youth: Romance probably has been the bread-butter theme of commercial Bollywood films since ages and no wonder this is the broad theme on which majority of Bollywood films are made even today. However, the noticeable paradigm shift has been the emphasis on youth and friendship. Rock On and Dostana are in a sense buddy films of the Hollywood golden era and in showcasing the fact that man-woman love is not the only relished relationship, these films try to be unconventional. However, the one which mingled both of them with reasonable success by bringing a sweet and lovable lead couple is Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. We can complain about its placid story telling form as well as the run-of-the-mill end. But, surely it evoked quite a bit of youthful energy on the screen which makes you wish you were young.
Contemporary reality: There has been this sudden urge amongst Bollywood film makers lately to make films on terrorist activities, bomb blasts, secret missions and so on. These are slightly different form their predecessor patriotic films like Border for example. This year as well we have quite a handful of such movies. Mumbai Meri Jaan on the series of seven bomb blasts on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai in 2006 and A Wednesday on the stylish narration of a Police Commissioner about a particular Wednesday deserve mention. To me Aamir stands out above the two in its rendering of gasped fear of an individual where belonging to a specific religion makes him a prey to all adverse interests. The film’s gripping finale adds to the taut storyline and questions the audience’s position in the socio-political Indian milieu.
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Gangster: If you have seen Sarkar, then you will be tempted to see Sarkar Raj and believe me you won’t be disappointed. But like many trilogy predecessors, the second film also suffers from the problem of being repetitive - the former one stands out as a more solid one. However, there is a different take on this whole mythical posturing of the concept of the Don in Mithya. A brilliant Ranvir Shorey notwithstanding, this film attempts to break a number of clichéd concepts and once viewed in conjunction with Shahrukh Khan’s Don or Amitabh Bachchan’s Sarkar Raj, you can make out the difference - the screen is big, whether you will put the characters bigger than the screen is the question.
Philosophical: The best Bollywood film of 2008 to me is Dasvidaniya. This is a story that deals with the life of a common man who has only 3 months left in his life and he suddenly realized he never ‘lived’ for the past thirty-seven years. So begins a journey through thick and thin and it takes the audience with it for the ride. Heart-wrenching and deeply philosophical at times this film probably lacks somewhat in the director’s vision about the ultimate end, and also probably because Vinay Pathak in the lead at times became very stereotyped and predictable in his histrionics. In this age of growing unrest a film like this surely makes us slow up a bit and ponder about our own ambitions and wish-lists. Bravo!
As I conclude there are two things which need special mention. Almost every Bollywood film that I saw in 2008 is an ‘influence’ (read copy) of some foreign film (be it Hollywood or European or even Korean). Most of the young film-school influenced film-makers using their access to world cinema are trying to put up something ‘desi’. No harm in it as long as the adaptations are good and we don’t get bored or we start seeing the originals far too often (sic)!

Most of the films that I watch in theatres these days happen to be in the Fame Multiplex in South Kolkata which is at walking distance from my home. I cannot comment on the other halls, but here, before every film all the viewers have to rise to their feet as the national anthem starts on the screen, courtesy BharatBala Productions. Probably for most of us, it is an emotional moment. As the year comes to an end and we ruminate on the repeated attacks on this great country we are proud to be born in, I look back - ‘Mera Bharat Mahan’.

HAPPPY NEW YEAR...WELCOME 2009..

2008-12-31T05:43:00.000-08:00

हार्दिक शुभ कामनाएं !

2008-12-31T05:14:00.000-08:00

आप सबको नव वर्ष की हार्दिक शुभ कामनाएं!
आप सबके जीवन में इस वर्ष बहुत सारी खुशियाँ आयें तथा आप सफलता के नए कीर्तिमान बनायें !
ईश्वर विश्व में शान्ति और सौहार्द बनायें , और तरफ़ शान्ति और भाईचारा बना रहे!
आने वाले नव वर्ष में इश्वर से यही विनती है !

Long Live Aamir...!!

2008-12-30T05:02:00.000-08:00

What a Movie? What a Blast? LONG LIVE THE KING..... LONG LIVE AAMIR KHAN...

Wonderful movie and what a beautiful presentation of the character suffering from a disease like "Short Term Memory Loss"..No where in the movie we find Aamir imitating Suriya...Suriya has also done it fantastically in the Tamil Version....Aamir has his own style...way Ahead of anybody in BollyWood...

The movie proceeds in flashbacks and present...just like the Brazillian classic CITY OF GOD....credit goes to Murgdoss.The movie is bit lengthy above 3hrs and the way Murgdoss has Fevicoled the audience to their seats needs applause.....

Asin is Like a Breeze... Wonderful performance... the scene wher she boast of her affair with Sanjay Singhania is really hillarious and I heared the whole Audi 2 enjoying.. while the scene wherin she sells off her car for Aamir and when she give the money to Aamir for his mothers treatment, bring water in the eyes and then the deadly scene.... creates havoc.

Ravat as Ghazini, bring fear... good one.. I guess it is the first time in the history of Bollywood that the title of a Movie is the name of the Villian...Ravat has always been a woondefull actor... remember Asvatthama in mahabharata tele-serial... and the Sardar cricketer in Lagaan.... Ravat has been equally successfull in his Haryanvi accent as the main villian Ghazini....

AR Rehmaan... What to say ? Naam hi Kafi hai.... behka, and bachchu are on the Top of the Chart....

To sum up.... Aamir is Aamir ...... Always Ahead...Murgdass... You Rocked Bollywood.....Asin ..Welcome in the world of Aishwary s,, Ranis...Kareenas...Kajols.......Welcome to Bollywood.....

Regards

Chandra

BOXING DAY ! Have Fun..

2008-12-26T05:25:00.000-08:00

The Day of Fun... The Day of Fulttos Masti and Shopping.. When I was in school, this was the day when I used to have most fun with my christian friends. A cricket match with the Christian colony was permanent every year. What A FUN? Yummy cakes prepared by Mary auntie... Yummy...

Boxing Day dates back to the Roman festival Saturnalia from which the practice of giving gifts to employees originates. In England, it was common practice for the servants to carry boxes to their employers when they arrived for their day's work on the first working day after Christmas. Their employers would then put coins in the boxes as special end-of-year gifts.
This can be compared with the modern day concept of Christmas bonuses. The servants carried boxes for the coins, hence the name boxing day. It was also seen that because the staff had to work on such an important day as Christmas by serving the master of the house and his family, they were given the following day off. As servants were kept away from their own families to work on a traditional religious holiday and were not able to celebrate Christmas dinner.

In Australia and Canada, Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday, and a time where stores have sales, often with dramatic price decreases. For many merchants, it has become the day of the year with the greatest revenue. In recent years, this has been expanded to " Boxing Week' . While Boxing Day is actually on 26 December, many retailers who hold Boxing Day Sales will run the sales for several days before or after 26 December, often up to New Year's Eve.
In some areas of Canada, particularly in Atlantic Canada and parts of Northern Ontario, most retailers are prohibited by law from opening on Boxing Day. In these cases, any sales specifically scheduled for December 26 are moved to the 27th.

TAKE A BREAK MAN.... BOX ..BOX ...BOX...

Regards
Chandra

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

2008-12-24T05:39:00.000-08:00

WISHING EVERYONE A JOYOUS CHRISTMAS SEASON !!!!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS !!

Chutti at the India Gate!

2008-12-23T05:57:00.000-08:00

Since morning there was Hurry in my household!
Jaldi Utho! Jaana Nahi Hai Kya... said my wife.I woke up. It was 10 am. Coming out of my quilt I found my way to the bathroom. It took me another 20-25 minutes for a hurried makeover. I had my morning tea and a quick look at the news paper headlines in the TOI. India On a brisk of War.. and the Antulay controversy were the burning issues of the day... Mumbai attack has disclosed the true colors of the politicians...I wonder sometimes.. What are these politicians made of?
Chanting Hanuman Chalisa , I sat for my daily Puja.. and then I had my breakfast and in another 40 mins I was ready to move..
My younger brother and sister, Sunny and Divya are enjoying their extended holidays. They just wrote their halfyearly and are spending time painting,watching movies and planning to watch GHAZINI next weekend. They were all ready by 1 pm...
" Sare ke sare , Gaama ko lekar Gaate Chale" and we reached India Gate by 3 Pm. India Gate is HOUSE FULL on weekends. Awesome evening , Awesome place... True colors of India.. People from all over India visit this place atleast once. Photographers roam around with Photo Albums to find a Mullah, they promise photos in 2 mins , as a rememberance to this place. Rs.40 a snap... Good buisness..... Good profit.
I remember the days when we read about this structure in the Social Studies Books under Historical Monuments of India .
We had Icecream, Bhelpuri and then Walking competition from IndiaGate to Rashtrapati Bhawan.. Its about 3 kms from India Gate. A straight road to the Rashtrapati Bhawan... It was great Fun ...Sunny Won...
We were so tired when we returned, I had a Fag, going to the corners as I didnt want my wife to see me, otherwise * ( % $ # @ ! + ## %____ ---- FLAT-----
We returned home by 8 PM... Dobby has brought mutton,to which my wife prepared... Soooooo TASTY.... You'll not find like that anywhere in this planet i.e EARTH. Her Recipe of preparing is very very different...... AaaHaa!!
Aaap Apna Pura Haath Khaa Jaoge..... By GOD......
We had a little chat and watched MUMBAI MERI JAAN on Dvd..... Great Movie.....
"Back to Bed,,,,,,Did you hear that?"...Wife roared...
"Early to Bed and Early to rise Makes a Man, HEALTHY,WEALTHY and WISE... its 12:30 ..Baby"
HeeHeee heeeee!!!

Just Chill ! Chill !

2008-12-20T04:26:00.000-08:00

The winter has arrived but still looking forward for the awesome 'DILLI KI SARDI'. Garam Garam Pakode with Adarak Wali Chai.. Bhai Waah! Maja Aa Jayega.
I remember the childhood days, when Maa used to take utmost care. When the school used to be off, due to fog and the bus couldnt ply... AaaHaa! Felt like a Gods Gift. I think all the kids feel the same and Maa, " BUNTY , Bahar mat Jaana. Thandi lag jayegi." Ghar mein Baitho aur Padhai karo, Rajai mein Baith Kar".....
I have plans to visit the India Gate tomorrow. Chilled evening on India Gate with a CHUSKI.. WOW! What else You Want?
Thank You GOD, For All that you Have given Me... You Have been Very Kind.
Please Be Kind To All.
Time to Log in......
Love & Regards

I AM ALIVE

2008-12-19T12:52:00.000-08:00

I am back.. and am alive. Sorry for my delayed reporting... These days has been very hectic and very sad.Homage to all those who gave up their lives for the the country and its people.
My days are been spent finding differnt avenues for money.. Money to live.. Money to happy and prosperous life.
I did about 20 cold callings today and generated atleast 5 leads. Meetings will follow and If luck favors will close the deal in a week... GOOD WORK FOR THE GOOD OF ALL...
I want all.. When you marry and when you are on your own...Its beautifful life alltogether. You take your own decisions. You are the Boss , You Love it. But Yes, the Old saying... Aate Daal Ka Bhav Maloom Chal Jata Hai. But still you enjoy it.
Blogging needs lot of preservance , commitment and descipline. This what I am trying to learn from my Boss , none other than Amitabh Bachchan. Go to his blog at bigb.bigadda.com and you will find it for yourself. His writing skills, language and varied subjects of discussion are all out of this world. None can compare.
Regards

BARACK OBAMA---- The Making of History

2008-11-06T07:55:00.000-08:00

Full text of President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 11:39 AM (Chicago, Illinois) President-elect Barack Obama's victory speech in Chicago as released by his campaign.

If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

It's the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and he's fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nation's next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy that's coming with us to the White House. And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.

I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage, or pay their doctor's bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way it's been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.

For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

Mithun Chakraborthy---- The Legend

2008-11-03T12:30:00.000-08:00

Kamal in CHAKPAK.COM
Jan 31, 2008
Mithun: A paradoxical Phenomenon
India is a very mysterious land and it is also just as varied. You have more than 100 languages and as many racial equivalents. In a land so rich it is absolutely impossible to find any chance of agreement on any single issue. The query here is who would be crowned the best star actor in this culturally rich diversity. The names that spring to your mind are many. There is Sanjeev Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Kamal Hassan, Dilip Kumar and finally Mithun Chakraborty, not to exclude Uttam Kumar the predecessor king of Bengali cinema. Now no one can deny they need to see how the racial question divides India. The northern Indians have never accepted either Bengali or Southern male stars, whatever the persona or talent. While Hema Malini,`Vyjanti Mala and Sharmila Tagore have ruled the box office, no one other than Mithun from regional cinema has ever made into the top three coveted male star positions, as far as box office is concerned never mind the artistic merits of Pyar Jukhta Nahin and Disco Dancer, they were super hits. Mithun Chakraborty defies this so called bigotry as he was born of regional cinema and then despite his Bengali accent and looks, became one of the top most star in mainstream Bollywood without having to resort to the charity or support of Yash Chopra or Ramesh Sippy. Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan made their super hits and all the quality movies with Sippy’s or Chopra’s. In this way Mithun is a paradox and enigma, as he was labelled a poor man’s Amitabh, despite Jaya Bachchan saying in 70s that he was more talented than Amitabh Bachchan and that is on record. Now looking at the resume no other actor has a movie like Mrigaya-The Royal Hunt, and no one ever will have the courage either in Hollywood or Bollywood to attempt that, in fact it seems to have inspired Apocalypto, it’s a tribute to Mrinal Sen, Mithun Chakraborty and Mamta Shanker, which is unique in the world of cinema, even if you disregard the three national awards he won on the basis of his talent, rather than by influencing the jury’s like Hum Tum and Black, which has become rife today, in fact national awards have become a joke in last few years, but he and Sanjeev Kumar won them when they were genuine. Hum Tum was a second rate version of Harry Met Sally done by a second rate Sharukh Khan copycat Saif Ali Khan, who landed a national award just as Amitabh Bachchan did in Black, a copy of Miracle Worker the great movie about Helen keller from the 60s, if anyone deserves an award in black it’s the child artist who some how managed a natural performance despite the pretentiousness which engulfed black. How this award was attained only god can answer that question or the jury. Mithun Chakraborty has proven himself in multi-starrers like Ghulami opposite Dharmendra and Naseer Uddin Shah and in Hum Paanch too, where he was the best again. But also he has the versatility to play a romantic hero as in Prem Pratigya one of the best romantic movie on Indian screen opposite Madhuri Dixit, and that is what deserves to be called a love story, not the designer monstrosities that the Chopra’s make in the name of love. I have yet to see Amitabh Bachchan play a romantic lead himself convincingly. In Kabhi Kabhie and Silsila all he did was frowning and brooding over lost love, in Bemisaal and Jurmana he was angry , name one love story like Aradhana or Amar Prem or Safar where any emotion of love has been ever been expressed by him convincingly in any movie. He was the angry young man of the 70s and had comic timing and his physique suited action roles, which were very popular in the 70s and 80s, but name any great love movies and you, come up with zilch; Kabhi Kabhie belongs to Rakhee, Shashi Kapoor, Sahir and Khayyam. There is no doubt whatever anybody says about Mithun Chakraborty’s dancing talent. He was the best and still is the best dancer Hindi screen has produced. Whether it is ethnic or disco dancing he has always been superb. Just watch him in Zeehale Muskin the song from Ghulaami or song from Disco Dancer. They are all done by him stylishly and flawlessly. Kamal Hassan can dance but Rajesh didn’t even try neither did Dilip sahib, as for Amitabh Bachchan he copied the steps from Albela and Mootilal in every movie, at least he has the grace to admit it, but look at it today, Hrithik is the best now and he can do about five steps which he repeats in every movie hilariously. Mithun chakraborty was never cast by big movie houses he had to content himself with the so called B- grade cinema, yet he made gems like Ghulaami, Prem Pratigya, Gudia and Jallad. His bilinguality is another asset, while no one can deny the richness of Bengali cinema and its diversity, no Hindi actor has contributed to that, but Mithun has to Hindi cinema, that’s a compliment to him and an asset for Hindi cinema. The only other actor from India to rival him is possibly Kamal Hassan with Sadma and Ek Duje Ke Liye but his movies have never got the popular Bollywood appeal and he only appeared in a handful, unlike Mithun Chakraborty who is still working in Hindi mainstream like Elaan and Chingaari, despite Mani Ratnam and Amitabh Bachchan trying to discredit him in Guru he still managed too give the best performance in the fist half. The second half is comprehensible to only people who have no clue as to how a screenplay should be written as the journalist of Madhavan and Mithun chakraborty totally disappear in the second half which was a paradox in itself, as the script seemed to indicate the movie was a battle between the immoral industrialist Guru and the honest journalists Madhavan and Mithun Chakraborty. To glorify Abhishek Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan had to dub this incompetent actor very shabbily, in an awfully unrealistic speech from a stroke ridden man, Amitabh Bachchan didn’t even give any consideration to the fact that a man suffering from a stroke would be dysphasic or stutter or stammer, he went on his Baghban like sermonising while Mr Ratnam, the director has been left to be a laughing stock at the expense of the Bachchan's, I wonder what Mr Ratnam’s got to say for himself as I believe Mithun Chakraborty has raised some serious accusations about his role being ripped off, which is obvious as he and Madhavan are absent from the court scenes all together, what an idiosyncrasy and how convenient for the Bachchan’s. I feel more sorry for people like them rather than Mithun who has a rich resume with movies like Gudia which were in competition in Cannes (not a single other stars has that merit,) and Titli which again won numerous international awards world over. While Gudia and Titli might not set the Indian box office on fire, their artistic merit like Mrigya-The Royal Hunt is unquestionable. Finally can I inform you that in 1987 a Russian magazine voted Mithun Chakraborty as one of the sexiest men on the planet, I think the only other actor is Dharmendra who was voted so by Italians in the 70s. So much for the North Indian bigotry as to Mithun as a second rate to Amitabh Bachchan, in fact I would think Mr Bachchan should take a bow to Mr Chakraborty and learn a few things from Mrigaya, Gudia and Titli rather then keep making second rate remakes of Hollywood classics like Miracle Worker and godfather as Sarkar and Black, after all it is originality which is immortal rather then even a master fake. I hope this is not taken as a racial or linguistic comparison. I am talking of the talent of an individual rather than creed or religion, language or age.

Time to Think

2008-10-23T04:50:00.000-07:00

Outsource Parliament
22 Oct 2008, 0017 hrs IST, Jug Suraiya

Is it time we outsourced our Parliament? With a global recession looming, the need of the hour — as Wipro CEO Azim Premji has stressed — is for every
one, from companies to governments, to be lean and mean. If parliamentary sessions are anything to go by, our MPs are far from being either when it comes to getting on with the job: this year Parliament has met just 32 times (instead of a desirable minimum of 100), the lowest number of sittings since independence. Parliament costs the country Rs 440 crore a year to run. Or rather, to dawdle. This apart, there’s the incalculable loss of cost overruns thanks to legislative delay. Even when Parliament does meet, the event is more akin to a three-ring circus than to a meaningful attempt to tackle the huge and complex problems that beset the world’s most populous democracy: the well of the House is stormed; epithets and more tangible missiles are freely hurled. In a new twist to parliamentary theatre, a Bodo MP from Assam reportedly attempted a ‘striptease’ in the House in order to address — or undress — the issue of intercommunity clashes in the state. At this rate, the Union Cabinet might well redesignate itself as the Union Cabaret. How much longer can we continue to afford such literally criminal dereliction of national duty (125 MPs in the current Lok Sabha are so-called ‘history-sheeters’, and have a record of crime)? Taking a tip from Indian Premier League cricket which sources the best players from around the world, irrespective of nationality, suppose we were to have an Indian Parliamentary League comprising legislators from across the globe with tried-and-tested credentials in honesty and efficiency. Far from being a surrender of our sovereignty, a return to foreign rule, such an arrangement would in fact give Indian voters greater global choice in selecting their representatives. More choice means more democracy and more, not less, freedom. India could have a dream team of legislators which could include an Obama or a McCain (depends on who wins and who loses the US presidential race), a Clinton (Bill or Hillary, take your pick), and a Sarkozy (Carla, not Nicolas). As with all BPO operations, our new Parliament would be elsewhere, i.e. not in India. This alone would entail a huge cutting of costs in terms of ministerial housing. Currently, each mantriji’s Lutyens’ bungalow in New Delhi is valued at over Rs 150 crore. With ministers, along with other MPs, having been outsourced, all this super-prime real estate could be encashed to fund public coffers. The country would also save a vast amount of money on foreign junkets made by our parliamentarians. As all of our new IPL representatives would already be in foreign parts (from where they’d conduct our parliamentary proceedings via teleconferencing and the internet) all those expensive VIP (Visiting Indian Parliamentarian) trips abroad would be obviated. Our new VIPs — Videshi Indian Parliamentarians — would also not require the large-scale security bandobast that disrupts traffic for hours at a stretch and makes daily life a misery for the common citizen. With the IPL VIPs physically located far from New Delhi, the local police would no longer have VIP protection as their first — some would say their only — priority and perhaps could spend some time on preventing and solving crimes. There’s only one snag in the scheme. It’s a truism that all people get the government they deserve. What if our dysfunctional Parliament is nothing more — and nothing less — than a true reflection of the innate anarchy of our Indian ethos in which the rule book exists for one purpose only: that each and every rule in it be flouted, the more flagrantly the better? Would our videshi parliamentarians succumb to anarchy by association and become as unruly as the present lot? That’s the rub. As the old joke goes, when Lee Kuan Yew boasted that in two years he could turn Bihar into Singapore, Lalu responded that in two weeks he could turn Singapore into Bihar. He might have added: And in two days Bihar could turn Lee into a Lalu.

Live Within Your Means....

2008-10-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

Hi!
Look... What I have Got for you...
By Emily Wax The Washington Post
October 15, 2008
GURGAON, India — With her flowing hot-pink Indian suit, jangly silver bangles and perky voice, Bhumika Chaturvedi, 24, doesn't fit the stereotype of a thuggish, heard-it-all-before debt collector. But lately, she has had no problem making American debtors cry.For the past three years, Chaturvedi has been a top collection agent at her call center, phoning hundreds of Americans a day and politely asking them to pay up.
With the U.S. financial crisis plunging Americans into debt, her business is one of the fastest-growing sectors in Indian outsourcing. It also is one of the few sectors of outsourcing in India that is still aggressively hiring.Sitting in a narrow cubicle, her headset switched on, Chaturvedi listens every night to increasingly disturbing tales of woe from the other side of the globe."My mortgage payments are just too high, honey. I just can't make the payment this month," a weeping woman with a Southern accent recently told her in response to a call for a $200 credit card payment. "I'm sure y'all heard about the credit crunch and gas prices. I'm flat broke."
"Ma'am, I am here to help you," Chaturvedi calmly said. "Maybe you could make a small payment, $100 or $50, anything that you can."Few places in India absorb and imitate American culture as much as call centers, where ambitious young Indians with fake American accents and American noms de phone spend hours calling people in Indiana or Maine to help navigate software glitches, plan vacations or sell products.
The subculture of call centers tends to foster a cult of America, an over-the-top fantasy where hopes and dreams are easily accomplished by people who live in a brand-name wonderland of high-paying jobs, big houses and luxury getaways.But collection agents at this call center outside New Delhi are starting to see the flip side of that vision: a country hobbled by debt and filled with people scared of losing their jobs, houses and cars."Lately, 25-year-old Americans are telling me that they are declaring themselves bankrupt," said Chaturvedi, raising her eyebrows in shock. "These days the situation is so emotional, so fragile. We have to have so much empathy and patience.""It's like people are totally drowning," said Omkar Gadgil, 24, who goes by the alias Richard Rudy and was a math major in college.
He is brainy and considered the office expert on the intricacies of debt collection. "There has just been years of overspending and now, the crash," he said.In the past, debt-saddled customers often were annoyed by Chaturvedi's calls from the open-air office at Aegis BPO Services. But now they seem depressed, defeated. Even men sob into the phone, several agents said.Chaturvedi's ability to work deftly around the standard line, "The check is in the mail," is now being challenged by clients throwing out new responses: "How do you expect me to pay? This is the worst crisis since the Great Depression."Chaturvedi, using the pseudonym Carol Miller, said she has never seen it so bad. Many of the young employees say they are flabbergasted at just how widespread the financial ruin appears to be.
Talking to so many anguished Americans has taught these agents a lesson: Live within your means.

DRONA or DARAWANA

2008-10-10T12:06:00.000-07:00

Hi !
Drona has been released and the hype has been punctured. The way the movie was projected, that is First Super Hero who is here to save the world,First Super Hero with a lady Body Guard; whose Body is guarded by the Super hero himself most of the times, the CGI created special effects and the Joco-serious Villian , with the Jocker attitude and the our Mogambo type costume.....

It was all messed up. Nothing worked..I was convinced from the veery beginning that DRONA would be the greatest Blunder of 2008. C'mon man, Abhi.. doesnt have that X factor ... that persona that guides the audience to the theatres... The Movie has been the delight of the C grade theatres,the very next week; the theatres who are busy all the year round with "Jawani Ki Jalan" type movies.

Infact, Nothing could have saved DRONA.The film lacked the heart of any movie and that is the story.. You cant fool the people again and again by the CGI created shit, when hell lot of Hollywwod is released in Hindi these days, after all they cant create the MAtrix or attempt Lara Croft..then why the shit , again and again, I wonder.
This film should have been made on a 20 cr budget. It could have been achieved by having LESS CGI, more comic book mode, a few more people instead of the awful waste of effort on the Riz Rizaida persona, and instead of Prague a village setting for Drona’s growing up. This would have made the film less of a liability and perhaps even more appealing.
This is what the Boxofficeindia.Com comments:-

Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network
Drona looks set to incur huge losses the sort which have never been witnessed before. The film has a budget of 50 crore and release costs of about 6 crore taking the total cost to 56 crore.

As of now the India theatrical share is heading for 10 crore (4 days nett 9 crore, 5 crore share) and Overseas for 3 crore (4 day gross 3 crore, share 1.75 crore) giving it theatrical revenue of just 13 crore and revenue from other sources may be about 10-12 crore. So the total revenue for Drona will be about 25 crore on a cost of 56 crore meaning massive losses in the region of 30 crore.

Drona is certain to be the grandmother of all disasters in terms of losses. Films like Umrao Jaan (2006) and RGV Ki Aag (2007) were amongst the biggest debacles ever but the losses on Drona will be more than the combined losses of those two disasters. Umrao Jaan(2006) lost around 10 crore while RGV Ki Aag(2007) lost around 15 crore. This year another super debacle Love Story 2050 also lost 15 crore but a 30 crore loss is double of we have ever seen before for any film.

Although most of the trade knew Drona was not going to be a huge hit as was being projected prior to release with the makers claiming to make Drona 2 as they were super confident of Drona, the sheer volume of losses has still shocked everyone.

The Days Gone By..

2008-10-03T05:59:00.000-07:00

The festival season has started. Its all about Loads of MITHAIS and New clothes.. We were so crazy about these days. Five days Chutti.. What else you want? Days were spent planning new clothes and my Father used to take all of us to his friends cloth shop where our clothes were stitched, Same cloth .. Same color.. No Zip in the half pant as it may result to accident if you stuck your P_ _ _IS... , This is What he said?
DURGA PUJA has arrived. Early bath and hurry to the Puja Pandal in the GRP camp. The entire day was spent in the PANDAL.. children from the locality would come with their new dress and we would to have delight .. and how can one forget the DELICIOUS 'Khichdi". in the afternoon..
The evening... WOW.. that was the party time.. We used to get 10/- and it was more than enough.. If you had some savings of yours then you were KING. Chakri, Jhoola, Plane... So Much.. in so Little... Egg Rolls.. Bikaneri Namkeen.. Toy Gun... The whole World was ours..
Roaming around to watch each and every pandal of the city was an obsession. How good the days were?
Then came DIWALI and KALI PUJA. New Dress again..patakhe, Mitahais and KHEER... No five star can prepare Kheer better than my MOM,, and I bet on that.......
We used to 'PATAKHA PHOD' Competition, the whole night. an there were no Clean Environment Activist, those days... The next was the video day.. In UP , the next day after DIWALI is called PARUA.. that means NO WORK day.. No work for anything.. Even tools and the cattles are left free in the fields to graze the whole day.. No WORK.. Full ARRAAM.. Complete SHUT DOWN.. We used to plan movies that we want to watch the whole night..VIDEO ON HIRE... the Whole locality will be at our door.. the dinner was early.. We were so excited,,,,,we used to watch movie for the whole winter night without a blink..........

The days are gone.. Gone is the peace of mind....
Bring Back,, Bring Back,, Bring Back .. My Pony to me.......

Love for Ever
Chandra

STOP TERROR

2008-09-27T10:44:00.000-07:00

Another BLAST... 5 killed, 17 wounded..

STOP it ..... JUST STOP IT.......

Spread LOVE , No TERROR..........

Lets Laugh a Bit

2008-09-24T19:20:00.000-07:00

SARDARJI JOKES
So this sardarji is walking the other day and comes across a banana peel on the road.
Can you guess what he might be thinking??
Saala aaj bhi girna padega!!!

A BIHARI IN DELHI
Bihari went to New Delhi for the first time in his life. He went there during the time of Asiad and was zapped to see all these new stadiums, newly constructed roads, flyovers etc etc.
The poor fellow hadn't seen all this ever before. So when he came back to Aligarh people asked him as to how did he likeDelhi, he was too excited and said :
yaar delhi to buhat top ka laga, pura delhi chamak chamak raha tha, sab kuch jagmaga raha tha, sab shine maar raha tha lekin yaar ek cheez hum understand nahin kar paye, yeh itta barka barka speed breaker kahe ko bana diya hai (he couldn't figure out what is a flyover)

INDO-PAK WAR
During the war with Pakistan, Banta used his intelligence to kill many Pakistani soldiers.
He would hide behind the bushes and shout Pakistani names like - Imran Khan etc. and the soldier named Imran Khan would get up to say "I am here !" Then Banta would shoot him down.
This went on till Banta almost wiped out all the soldiers single handedly!Suddenly the Pakistani commander realized that Banta was killing all his soldiers by fooling them.
So he decides to use Banta's own method to kill him and starts calling him names like Banta etc.
Banta realizing that the Pakistani was using his trick, suddenly says "Who called me?" and the Commander gets up to say "I called you."
Banta shoots him down!

Prevention is Better than Cure

2008-09-24T16:48:00.000-07:00

Hi ! Everybody.
Sorry Once again... I am late. Infact , this time I'm not resoponsible at all.
My life was hooked up like anything all these days. All around health issues.
First my beloved got down with Typhoid. Doctors,Hospitals and Medicines
was all that kept me frustrated.. APOLLO and ESCORT were the first and the
second to try their hand..Hell lot of expensive medicines followed with No joy.
After 1 long month of apprenticeship the doctor in APOLLO paved way for AIIMS.
Then came the actual trial period of my patience.. long Queue...running from one department to other
and others..Atlast relieved ..."She is fine Now , Need to have the precribed test every 15 days now", the Doctor
said. First time in my life , I came to know the reality of the married life, when there is no one to help you,No assistance Whatsoever. How much , FAMILY matters. I came to know.
It was only 10 days of healthy family.. when my younger brother got down with fever. First we thought it was
a general FLU... but NO , NO, NO.. it was the Devil. I was on my job, when I recievd an email stating... The Tests are postive to DENGUE , needs to hospitalization.. Platelets counts has decreased to 75000.
My BOSS was kind to relieve me instantly. I rushed home. and within an hour I was back to AIIMS in the Emergency. Within the next 4 hrs, got the result of the first test... Platelets..40000, 2nd test 25000, 3rd test 10000.. My GOD. Dobby felt unconscious. Requires Platelets.. No Platelets available.
Around 6am in the morning was anyhow was able to JUGAAD 2 units. Require another 8 units atleast.
The process is so slow in AIIMS that if you are not a man with patience you will die of Brain Hoemorrage,
Days passed...1,2,3,4,5... Platelest increased to 68000.. Doctors relieved us.. Test needs to be done every alternate day, drink lot of water, complete bed rest
Water created miracle.Within 3 days Platelet increased to 140000.. 1,55000, 1,68000..
But the very next Report told a different story.. platelet started decreasing again. Anxiety and fear mounted. My brother got frustrated.. It was not so tough to keep him going.. He never broke up..What a strong man he is ? Checks and checks and Check Ups.. At present undergoing treatment in GangaRam Hospital from one of the Best Doctor in Delhi.. He have diagonosed the disease, as lever infection . Platelest keeps on fluctuating.
In the meantime, My wife has again been attacked by the Typhoid Virus.. AIIMS Back again..

Lesson:- PREVENTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN CURE.

Love and Regards
Chandra

The Zoo

2008-08-16T21:29:00.000-07:00

Hi! Guys.. Sorry, I am late.. Infact I was always trying to post some,but I am so lethargic. Immobility and laziness has always been my negative aspects. Anyways, I am back with a new vigour and spirit. Doest the title seem something like the "Essay" that is told to write by the English Teacher, in the Vth Std? Ha. Ha. Ha.... Yeah.. Its similar.

Okay, Lets start. Infact the last few days that I was out of the blog was only because I was on holiday spree. First the Zoo, Yes, it all started with the Delhi Zoo.Wow,In What a pathetic condition it is ? Great... I hated it.

Its the national Zoo, Man? C'Mon grow up.. What have you done to it? Empty lying cages, dirt and Filth ruling the occupants....Plastic foils, and bottles spread all around the Zoo, and see Where the king of the jungle is in , in a 10' X 12' cage..the peacock and the Macao in similar small cages. This is not fair..Its true that these animals are on exhibition and we pay to see them , but its equally true that we want to see them smiling, and not in match boxes with filth all around..

The Delhi Zoo was Established in the year 1959, Delhi National Zoological Park lies near the famous Old Fort. It proves to be an ideal picnic spots, especially in winters, and is spread over an area of 214 acres. National Zoological Gardens of New Delhi houses more than 2,000 species of animals and birds on record but in reality there are no animals other than Deers and veriety of Antelopes, few birds in match boxes,and an Indian elephant,, wait wait wait , Yes. there also was a giraffe, a hippo and a Gharial... sssssssss, the animals in the Great Bombay Circus are more in quantity and there cages are big ,I guess.

Regards

Chandra

Amitabh Bachchan----- Is he GOD?

2008-07-16T05:38:00.000-07:00

Hi! All
It happenned last night, when there was lot of avail time ( I work in a BPO), when I decided to go through the Blogs of Amitabh.. You will not believe my dear friends but I was overwhelmed by the literary perspicuousness of Amitabh Bachchan. I read all Posts by Amitabh.

I have always been a avid reader of the works of Shree Harivansh Rai Bachchan ji and belonging to UP I have always been proud of the fact that Amitabh is another Ganga Kinare Wala, who has no competitor atleast in his domain. But to my amazement, I discovered that there is no one AAS-PAAS to him in any field.

One of the basic characteristics of the Eastern UP ites is that they dont speak, but when they start, None can stop them. They always try to be different in terms of anything...in short they WANT TO BECOME GOD. The way, they project themself as if they are the Symbol of Unity and Brotherhood, Love, Mercy, Knowledge& Understanding and all the positive words that are the part of this section in the Thesaurus. Sorry, it would be wrong to say; 'Project themself' but this is how they are. Atleast, this is what I have felt and learnt , from my time that I spent in BHU ( Banaras Hindu University). Amitabh Bachchan is no exception.

In his blog in BigAdda.com, Amitabh has written is heart out.. He has provided answers to all the questions and allegations , and have fought back against the monopoly of all those Self proclaimed Intellectuals who dont possess half of the knowledge, understanding or literary skill(if that is the benchmark) of that of Amitabh himself.

Dont Forget, he is His fathers Son......

Be it the reply to Shobha De ( Will anybody tell me, Who the hell She is? and Who says one can be an author writing rubbish? that's what she has done all her life.); or his reply to OUTLOOK, all are wonderful.. Ae Bhai.. dont forget to appreciate his honesty on the Post of Day 79, wherein he appreciate Rajdeep Sardesai for Amar Chita Katha, and Yes, Just look at his approach towards life in the Post of Day 82, my goodness...Hats off! to the skill of blogging.
Please check this , wherein he answers to one of the abusive and malicious comment-

Saharsh
"You write “Sale tu kitna vela hai be bloody big b”
Well unfortunately I have not married your sister so I am afraid I cannot possibly be your ‘sala’, and its probabilities in the future are also extremely remote.
‘Vela’ in Punjabi means free and available.

In your context it is said with malice. Fine. But yes if that is malicious as you mean then I am happy to be ‘vela’ for my fans.
‘bloody big b’ , yes there is still blood in me, much the same kind that flows in you." How many of us can dare to reply to something like this?

It would be an exageration to say this, but Yes, at times you feel as if Amitabhs writings is convinced by Gita.. Does he read Gita? I dont know, But most of his replies, suggestions and thought has close resemblence to the Philosophy of Karmyoga,Jnanyoga..

I request all to go through his Blogs, you will really Enjoy...
" मदिरालय जाने को घर से , चलता है पीने वाला,
किस पथ से जाऊँ असमंजस में है वो भोला भला
अलग अलग पथ बतलाते सब पर में ये बतलाता हूँ
राह पकड़ तू एक चला चल पा जाएगा मधुशाला "

Is he GOD? Still to Answer...................

Regards
Chandra

LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP

2008-07-06T20:30:00.000-07:00

Hi!
Back again...Yeah!!! So how are you people out there. Fine........Okay,its Great.
How many of you people have a Financial product say Mutual fund, Insurance policy, Equity with you? How many of you are willing to go for it?
These product help us invest for our future , making our life secured for the days to come.This is what we know about these products.. But how many of us read the offer document before buying an Insurance policy or Mutual fund. I think very few of us.
I was also one among these large community of the 'Agent Believers' when I came across this experience of the life time..

Until very recently I didn't bothered about money.. Life was Bindaas.
Travelling&Enjoying with friends had always been my favourite past time, it was only when I married a couple of months ago ( Read Love marriages in India,,Just Do it ) that I felt that I should have an investment plan for myself.. I called my Bank to know about some of their investment policies and showed interest in Investing a small part of my salary through ECS..

After few days a rep. visited my place, I was impressed by his way of handling things.
I signed the papers provided by the rep.
An MBA working in an MNC,with loads of pressure to meet the target---this has lead to this new breed of MBAs to utter all sort of lies to retain their customers. Hardly they understand the necessity and requirements of their clients, duping them of their hard earned money.

After few days I received a Parcel from a reputed Insurance company. This was a Policy document which I hadn't asked for ..I called the company only to know that I have submitted this documents with my signatures , through my Bank rep.

A one time payment of around 25000/- was also made in my name through the banks credit card, which I didn't possess.. When I called my Bank, they told me that I have opted for this policy as the bank don't have any financial product of their own and they only sell products of other companies.... This all came as a surprise to me as I wasn't ready for it.. I was not given a faintest of the idea that I am buying an Insurance policy.. I was kept in dark . How foolish I was? If I would have read the documents before signing I would have saved myself from all this.
The most important thing now, was to cancel this policy.. I mailed regarding this to the Insurance company and my bank..I got a quick response( the most beautiful thing of MNC).

I was advised of 15 days 'Free-Look period' wherein I can return the document and the contract would become Null and Void.. This is what I did.
I received a call from my bank to give my decision a second thought and they would see that I received my credit card and get the Policy back..But No Way........
I haven't received any credit card whatsoever from my bank as yet nor any mail or Alert in regards to credit card.

So, the lesson of this story is

Read all the documents carefully before signing , You never know you might end up buying something that you haven't opted for.

Take Care,
Good Bye

Love Marriage in India...Just Do it..

2008-07-03T02:35:00.000-07:00

Hi!

I am going to speak about Love Marriages in India.. Love marriages in India has always been very difficult, since the time of Laila-Majnu, Shiri- Farhaad & Soni -Mahiwaal.None of them were able to get their beloved. They died fighting the so called Riti & Riwaaz of the Samaj.There stories are wonderfully depicted in Indian movies..But the situation has still not changed . Everyday we come across News articles in Newspapers & electronic media stating Love Birds committing suicide....bringing sorrow & distress in mind and hearts of people , who believe LOVE is the biggest gift of GOD to mankind..

I appeal to all the Loved Couples not to lose heart and never think of taking such a drastic step like suicide...

I want to share my story,, I belong to a staunch Brahmin Family. I was in love to a girl who was from a different caste.. We had a long relationship and we tried tooth and nail, so that our marriage could be arranged, but with no joy... Like all the other loved couples we were afraid of the society..We always felt that if we eloped, it would bring humiliation to our family and hence we thought of commiting suicide.. Yes, thats true.... But destiny had something else for us..

JUST REMEMBER,ONCE YOU ARE MARRIED, NO BODY CARES--YOU MARRIED A GIRL OR A BITCH--- AlWAYS BEAWARE OF RISTEDAARS---- They will allways laugh ,whether you marry a girl or a BITCH....... This is what was told to us by one of our best friend----

We married in an ARYA SAMAJ MANDIR--- It was such a wonderfull experience, I cant explain in words--- I realised the reality of marriages--- MARRIAGES ARE MADE IN HEAVEN--- None of our parents were a part of the ceremony---Just 2 friends as witness--- Thats all you want Yaar, It doesnt make any difference whether you spent crores or 4000.. We are very happy. Yes,Parents are annoyed, but believe me everything would be settled.. Afterall all they want is their children KHUSHI....

So, if you planning to marry your Beloved. DONT WORRY--- Kuch Nahi Hoga Yaar,,,, JUST DO IT.

Regards

Chandra