Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Flying dream!

What do you think about my idea of start taking flying lessons and have a Pilot license? Yep, I am contemplating that.
I remember those good old days right after I graduated from high school in India when I was despising the fact of going to college to continue my education. Education at that time seemed so boring and I wanted to do something interesting and not so unexciting with my life. That is when; I decided to visit Delhi Flying Club at Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi. When I first rode my bike there, all by myself, the small building and small planes looked so surreal, I was already completely sold and right there at that very moment I decided that, this is what I want to do. I met with an advisor over there who was very pleasant and very supportive and also very realistic. He gave me a catalog and explained some pros and cons of the course and the school itself and its future prospects. His major concern at that time seemed to be my finances. He started telling me about the cost of the program which I didn’t even bother to listen because everything looked so great and I have already sold my soul to the program. Besides I have already started dreaming of becoming a Pilot and flying planes all over the globe.
That evening when I came back home, I told my mother and she kind of gave me a silent treatment over this. Even though I got a cold shoulder from her, that didn’t put even a slightest dent on my dreams; it was my dad who later crushed my dreams of becoming a pilot and flying all over the globe. Yeah, he said NO. So like a good boy I let that dream of mine go and I settled with going to college for nothing.
But till this date, I admire Air Planes so very much and kind of get excited whenever or wherever I see them. I absolutely believe that, this is the greatest invention and ultimate achievement of the human race of all times. During all these years, I always knew I am going to fly one day. I believe, now it is the time when I can work on it and turn this dream into a reality. Tom, a friend of mine is a pilot and I had a casual chat with him about flying schools here in NY few months ago. Now I only need to do a little more research and put my acts together and just go for it. Seems like, that day is not very far when I will be flying this wonderful piece of metal in the skies.

Monday, February 12, 2007

My Dream Machine!

Too much talk about cars lately made me take it one step further. It is once again the time when I fill the spot of my “dream machine” which has been lying vacant for more than a year now. So here I am officially declaring my new dream machine, again with pride and mischief. And who wants to guess what it is? Yeah you can try and of course might guess is right. But the point is, this time I am aiming for so high, it is not even practically possible to achieve this dream of mine in near future. But again, hey, a man got to do what he needs to do or maybe wants to do. And when it comes to me, I m a notorious dreamer, usually very practical though but I do like to dream for achievable materialistic things. The car is a Ferrari Spider. Actually, a Red Ferrari Spider. This is such a gorgeous car and even though I have never driven it, I think I am in love with it. I did touch it once in my life time, and that was last year when a yellow beauty was parked in front of Argentine consulate in NYC. Boy, I didn’t miss the chance to touch it. I actually smothered it. I even wanted to lick it, which I would have if it wasn’t parked in public and also if I didn’t have a friend with me. Hence, I kind of kept my emotions in control and settled with just touching it. Pretty soon I am going to test drive this car. I might just want to steal the car at that time but we will see how that goes. *wink*

Friday, February 09, 2007

Missing me!

This is the email I recieved this morning from someone very special.(someone, whose identity I am not gonna make public ha ha ha ... cuz then that would be so unfair to this person .. rather humilating ha ha). Although this is written in fun so don't get any ideas. .. Here it comes .....

Darling,

I want you to think about what life would be like without me for a whooooole year.Now think about how sad,lonely,and depressed you would be!!!Just think about it,cuz if it turns out I have to go to ACC just for a year,then you could stay here just for a year and see me cuz you love me so much.And then,we can go to NYC as planned and you will realize(well you already know how wonderful I am)how wonderful I am,and we will get to hang out allllll the time,and you will be sooooo happy I'm sure.
OH,and did I mention that if you leave me here I will be SOOOO sad.I mean really sad.I will be dehydrated cuz I would have been crying every day cuz I didn't get to see you.Omg,it would be awful,awful,awful.I already miss you when I don't get to see you Friday....and Saturday....oh and Sunday...and now I sound like a stalker.But just so you know,honestly,life without you would be awful.I mean it too.Now you don't have to stay here,and I'm quite sure that if you really and truly don't want to wait for me you would tell me-seeing as you're bold,blunt and beautiful...sorry you've changed it to handsome now haven't you?-but I'm hoping you will at least THINK about waiting for a while,and then we can both go to NYC and have sooooo much fun.
And I just want to remind you how much I loooooove you,and how sad I would be without you and I don't want you to leave me here.Please please please,don't leave me here.Just picture us in NYC a year from now and think of how much you love me.At least think about it anyways.You don't have to say yes,you will wait for me,(although you know how awesome that would be??:-))but just think of it.And then hopefully you will be able to tell me yes or no.Yes is the better answer by the way.No pressure or anything though.And don't hate me for begging.I don't beg very often.I think it's pathetic generally,but I'll have you know that you are the first person I have begged for anything in a looooong time.The last time I REALLY begged was when I was 4,and wanted my mother to buy me a unicorn.I didn't understand why I couldn't have one,and thought she was evil for not getting me one.Must be I still think YOU can build me a unicorn.;-)
So yes,me begging is rare.And I will beg more if it works.Unless the begging freaks you out,in which case I'll stop.
Anyways,I'm off now darling dearest.But think loooong and hard.And then tell me what you have thought.:-)I will love you forever and ever and ever and ever....:-)
*Me*

Friday, February 02, 2007

Getting closer to friends!

I have decided to get a little more CLOSER to my friends. Until now my philosophy was to not to get into details about what they do and anything about their family wouldn’t intrigue me. Well I do know what most of my close friends do, but I don’t exactly know their job description and their ranking and all that type of information about them. I guess it is the time to change that. I am going to spend the month of February to make this amend in my life. Hopefully I will have the basic information about them, which for most people is very important.
I guess that is it for now. I will come back here with the report and, how did I do on this project of knowing more about people I care about and the ones who matter to me. Sounds strange, isn’t it?

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

The wicked Monday!

Here I am again, a little shattered but not shaken and eager to move on. Yesterday wasn’t a bad day, neither was it a great day, but I decided to talk to friends and keep the rhythm going so that I forget the series of unfortunate events of Monday.

It all started when I reached at work on Monday. I passed by two coworkers and we didn’t exchange greetings. After settling down I decided to go for my coffee run and I was being told that Albert passed away. The news of Albert’s death shook me. He was the greatest guy at work and we happened to be only two who would talk for hours about cricket and politics and India and life in general.
It didn’t even sink in totally when brother called and told me that a guy crashed into his new car. That made me so nervous that I felt like throwing up. That he was unhurt and there was only minor damage to the car and it was entirely other guy’s fault and he was very apologetic about it .. did help me a bit. But I was a total wreck after that call.
I am surprised about how fragile I can be especially, when I firmly believe that I am one of the strongest man on this earth …. I guess I need to do some rethinking about it and probably do something about this as well. Around 1 o’clock, I got out of the building to go home have some tea and relax for an hour or so and have some peace of mind. But nope, when I reached the parking lot I noticed I had a flat tire. Yup a flat tire! I don’t remember when the last time I had a flat tire and this is the first time since I have this car with run flat on it and that means no spare tire. I called the service shop and decided to take my car over there right away. I was so antsy at that time that I ran a red light. Yup I ran a red light. I don’t know what I was thinking and I do know that I did realize that I made a mistake but it was too late to do anything about it, all I saw slammed breaks on two cars and they missed me by inches. In that ordeal, I lost whatever sense I had left in me and I stalled my car right in between that intersection. My heart was pounding and right there I just wanted to SCREAM. I was courageous enough to look outside seeing those two cars backing up and leave. Another guy who was apparently waiting for me to move or do something looked at me and gestured like he was saying “come-on dude move”. I started my car and left the scene. It was 4:30 when I came back to work, picked up my bag and stuff and left for home. When I got home, I cancelled my dinner plans with friends and switched off my phone as I just needed a break from everything and life in general, so I took a nap.
Yesterday was a better day, but all day long I was very uneasy and antsy and aggregative, edgy (even according to my coworkers) and in a very fragile mode. All day long I had weird thoughts running in my mind. I made sure I talk to everyone I love and care about. And the ones I couldn’t talk to, I thought about how much I love them and miss them and thank Gods that they are in my life and how important they are for me. The ones who were not in my mind yesterday, I saw them in my dream ……!!
"Om Tryambhakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanan
Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat"

Friday, January 26, 2007

P.I.T.A. finally got a car!

I am only posting the pic at the moment as I have to jet, but still wanted to update about the car. At the end it was between VW Jetta and Ford Mustang. Mustang came out as the winner :-) .. look for yourself. P.S. PITA stands for my "Pain In The Ass" brother :-)

Monday, January 22, 2007

I, them and Gods!

I just needed to be reminded by this quote today … yeah one of those days. Whenever I am mad at someone, which is usually, when someone successfully takes away a little peace of mind from mighty me, I read this and feel better.
I do not agree with this quote whole heartedly, but it still soothes me and calms me down and instantly starts making me feeling better. The one part which bugs me about this quote is saying that people are often unreasonable…., I do not agree with that. There are a lot of unreasonable people around, but that would still make them of the size of a mole as compared to mountainous ethical, honest and reasonable people in this world.

People are often (sometimes) unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered;
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives;
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies;
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you;
Be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight;
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous;
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow;
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may just never be enough;
Give the world the best you have anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it's all between you and God"S";
It was never between you and them anyway.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Clinton or Kucinich?


This morning started with an awesome note. The news about Senator Clinton’s announcement of bidding for Democratic Party nomination brought me joy. She is an iron lady who is witty and has all the required skills and qualifications to become the United States next President. I was always impressed by her wittiness and glamour.

Being said all that, she is still not my first choice as the US next president. One person who caught my attention in last democratic primary is the one, who I would still support over Hillary, and that man is Ohio Senator, “Dennis J. Kucinich”. His liberal policies and boldness over the issues irrespective of criticism by his own party makes him one of the most honest politicians of the present time.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Golda Meir!

There is no other woman leader in the world as great as Golda Meir. She was not only the first Prime Minister of Israel; she was issued the first ever Israeli passport after the creation of State of Israel. There is so much ga ga I can do and sing praises about her and her philosophies. But the following statement of hers’ is something which won my heart and I salute her for that.

The following picture means a thousand words and sadly it is still happening in that part of the world where sanity seems to be a never reaching theme. Because it is amazing to see how people can have little respect for human life and still sympathize with the killers of children, and innocent civilians. Ironically they support this evil cause of terrorism and won't oppose the suicide bombing of Israelites only because the killers, suicide bombers and these fkced up people belong to "their" religion.


Shame on those and shame on the philosophy which preaches this!

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Life!

Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons . Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they too have their story.
- Anonymous

Life is indeed too hectic and full of surprises and at times it seems like you can't deal with everything. So it is indeed good idea to relax and take it slow at times without worrying about the stuff you won't be able to do. So many times, I have been panicking about certain things, not finishing some important task on time, and at times I have spent hours and sometimes even days by just freaking out about something. But at the end things work out. They just do!

The latter part of the above quote is amazing, and it feels just right. Apart from one, two perhaps three… or maybe many times, I have been on good terms with almost all the people (evil excluded). I am bold, I am blunt, I speak the truth and I do speak up my mind but if you respect my views even if you don't agree with me, you still can be one of my best buddies. I do the same .. again in most cases. Listening to others is as important as voicing your own opinion. At the end it is YOU who has option to ignore the other. And it doesn't take much to spend some time listening to others no matter how ignorant & dull they are.

I am definitely going to apply this to my life a little more realistically and hopefully it will make me a little more open minded except of course on some issues which are very near and dear to me .

Monday, January 15, 2007

Research on a car!

Research on buying a new car is not easy, and especially when it is for your younger brother who has totaled two cars in as many years. I spent weeks in researching before I decided for a new 06 civic, which he didn’t take long in crashing and totaling it.
Anyway, when I was on phone with mum she suggested we should get him a better car this time, while giving all the credits to Gods that her kid survived such an accident. I actually laughed at the proposal first but then keeping in mind his track record now I myself think that “the safer the better”. When my brother and I were discussing about what kind of car would be the best choice, the first suggestion came out of his big mouth was “a Porsche”. Yeah and then it came down to a Mercedes CLK and now it is a Ford Mustang.
I actually love Mustangs and that is what I narrowed it down for him even last time when we were out doing car shopping. Honda Civic came out as a winner from nowhere and that too due to some situation which I am not going to mention here. Both I and him are not big fans of Japanese cars, actually the word “despising” them would be the right word. But after this accident that attitude is somewhat tainted now. So Civic is also in the running with other potential candidates. The other cars which we are thinking along with mustang & civic are Eclipse, Jeep Liberty and a Z4.
We are planning on making up our mind sometime this week, so if anyone has any suggestion please feel free to advice. And I will keep you guys posted with our decision. Until then “Jai Ram Ji Ki”.

Friday, January 05, 2007

"Discovery of India"


I have finally decided to read “Discovery of India” a book by India’s first Prime Minister. In past many years, I have read several books, including some fiction books but I always made sure I don’t read this book along with any from the self proclaim messiah of peace, M.K. Gandhi. The reason I had behind not reading books of Nehru and Gandhi is not just that I never believed in their philosophies. It is also due to the fact that I blame them for many problems India is still facing due to the blunders this duo made before and after the independence of India.
Anyhow, from past few months, I have been doing research about India’s real history, and it is surprising to see that, not much information about India’s glorious past is readily available. Don’t we believe that Indian civilization existed thousands of years ago? In India everyone is so proud of their ancient culture, their people, their religion, their kings and philosophers and of almost everything. But what happened? How come we don’t have any information on this? What happened to the glorious cities? Where did all the temples go? When were these grand temples turned into grand mosques? We know there were atrocities done to people by mughal regimes (Muslim invasion). Why we can’t find the information?
My quest to get the answers for these questions is making me read whatever little is written about India’s past.
I will give my reviews about “Discovery of India” after I am done reading the book. Which is going to be a while as I do have a busy life:-P

Saturday, December 30, 2006

2006!

Another interesting year, full of vigor and sensations during which I was able to visit my motherland which ended my years long thrust to visit the pious Hinduland.
The year did start on wrong foot. Technically I was sick for 1/4th of the year. The first phase lasted the longest, which started on New Years Eve and ended in April sometime. It was nothing major, but one flu attack after another and at one point seemed like it is never going to stop. But it didn’t end there, I did get sick a few more times and then in India it was like salt on the wounds. Remember my bees stings, and ER experience in India?... yukkkk!
The best part about 2006 was to be able to see my childhood-school & college friends. Most of them got married and looked a little different, more or less. It was the greatest feeling to meet the ones I spent most of my life with. Old memories of playing cricket on the streets and in the front-yards, back-yards and parks all came alive. The biggest shock to me was my own house in Delhi, it looked different and for first couple days I felt that I am at someone else’s place. Things looked funnier and some things looked even beyond that. But when I entered in my room, it was still the same. There was dust all over, but most of the things were intact. My bed, my table, my chairs, my books, my magazines, my video games, my toys, my newspapers clippings … my things … and above all, it smelled like me. I am not kidding, it SMELLED LIKE ME. Even after 8 years, I could feel it. And for a moment, it was like waking up from a dream in my own room. When I was in my room, last eight years felt like a dream to me. I looked at my old belongings and was re-united with old, innocent me and the precious memories which I almost forgot about.
Before my Indian saga, my parents visited again this summer and had blast with them. During that time I ate a lot and very healthy, that is all I am going to say (besides my mother really needs some cooking lessons and I wonder why my dad didn’t chose to be a chef :-) ).
July’s trip to Argentina was amazing, and I felt liberated by getting out of the USA for once. I enjoyed every single moment in Buenos Aires and cherished every single drop of Malbec :-). August-September were followed by my trips to England and India.

I dedicate this year to my family and friends. I hope the coming year brings me more peace of mind and give me courage to fight for the causes I believe in. I am still as bold and blunt as ever, perhaps a little wiser. And on that note, I wish you all a Happy and Prosperous 2007.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The vicious Iran!

A nuclear Iran is more dangerous than the combining the entire Muslim terrorism all over the world – from Sudan to Russia & to England to Kashmir, India. There are many powerful countries which seem to be less concerned about this major threat to humanity. Surprisingly there are many countries which don’t want to put any sanctions on Iran for its declared nuclear program. There are also a few countries which are not even favoring strict monitory sanctions on Iran if it doesn’t stop its nuclear agenda.

“The fact that the leader of a nation such as Iran can threaten the very existence of another nation, as he does towards Israel,” is a good enough reason for the world community to make sure Iran doesn’t achieve this devilish goal to attain its nuclear dreams.

I find it bizarre that world is not commenting on the recent comments made by Iran’s leader which are very provocative in nature and should be condemned by UN and every single nation. The following comment was made by Iranian leader about the state of Israel on Monday, “We will soon witness its disappearance and destruction.” For me this is a good enough reason to go in and destroy every single nuclear reactor site or even the suspected ones.

This is the time when the EU, the UN and the Arab world take necessary actions to prevent such kind of vicious dream of an evil empire.

Monday, November 13, 2006

Who is a Hindu?

I am starting this conversation about religions today. Although I respect most of the religions and philosophies, but I am not a fan of philosophies which preach violence and I have been very blunt about this fact. I am a proud Hindu and I a big fan of “Tao” also known as “Dao” faith and their very realistic philosophy. In Dao-ism everything depends on “The Way” which follows “the natural flow of things”.

While what other religion can be more liberal than Hindu-ism? Its philosophy says it all. Who is a Hindu? Let me state this little stanza which summarizes this complex and harmonic religion and its followers:

“A Hindu is one that believes in one God who incarnates, as and when he feels fit, in the shape and form he wants. God creates, sustains and destroys when time comes. Many names and forms are given to each with the love and affection of each individual devotee. Our Dharma is eternal, so is God and all the souls. It is our conviction that body dies but not the soul. The old scriptures are guide to salvation and an individual can steadily make his way back to God in the speed and path selected. Karma (deeds) and results of Karma are the basis of our lives. Knowing that good karma will bring good results and vice versa, our lives can be guided towards fruition of Salvation termed as Moksha. Guru plays a very important part in molding our lives and whilst the Holy book Gita can be accepted as Guru so can the word of a saint. A Hindu may or may not agree to some of the points above but he will willingly give his fellow human the right to practice religion as and how the other sees fit.” ( http://www.albany.edu/~hindu/ )

After reading this, the hope for peace in the world looks achievable. It would be so much easy and rational if we just “believe in whatever we believe and let others believe in whatever they believe”
One other question I would like to ask to all the sane people of the world. “Do you think God/s care if we worship him/her/them/it in a certain manner or with a specific name? - and that too if he/she/it/them exist!” – I don’t think so!

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

The day after!

It couldn’t be better day for all the liberals and NOT narrow minded people of the states. Republicans got their ass kicked in congress as well as in senate. Losing majority in both houses means an end of irrational and illogical conservative ideals of bigots.
To make things sweeter, John Sweeny lost this wholesome RED house seat to Democrats.

First causality of this rout is Rummy, and I hope there are many more to come. The following are the front page images from the newspapers.





Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Political Platform!

Today is the big day. I mean it is going to be a complete rout out for EVIL-licans (Republicans). I am very excited and am planning on staying up all night to view the results and watch these loosers LOSE. ONE seat I would ReALLY like democrats to snatch is NY dist.20. This thug named John Sweeney needs to go and it is about time this RED seat turns blue :-)
*keeping my fingers crossed*

Where I stand on the issues at the moment:

I support Stem Cell research
I am pro life and but I do not support making abortions ILLEGAL even though it is unethical and morally wrong to abort a fetus!
I am for stricter GUN control laws
I support EQUAL RIGHTS for everyone. (If you are not with me on this issue, I do not want you in my life)
I am totally for wars against terrorism.
I believe in capital punishment.
I support a timely pull-out of troops from IRAQ and Afghanistan(Let those fkced up people settle their disputes among themselves)
I support attacking the nations which support any form of terrorism. (even the sympathizers.
I support every move to ban and/or stop illegal immigration.

ABOVE ALL
WHEREVER I STAND, I STAND WITH ISRAEL!

Thursday, November 02, 2006

India after 8 years! - Part I

August 16th
Immigration Counter @ Delhi Airport
Where is your old passport? The immigration lady asked me right after my landing at the IGI Airport in Delhi. I was surprised by the rudeness and also by that question. After all I have a valid Indian passport which proves I am an Indian citizen and that should be enough for her to verify my identity. Sadly, without even arguing I produced my old passport. There she fired another ridiculous question. “Where is your US visa” For heaven’s sake, I am coming FROM the US, not GOING to US. Instead of telling her that “MORON, my US Visa is on my NEW passport”, I asked, “what difference it makes and why do you want to see that?” … she replied …. “Aisse heeee” .. That meant “no reason” … … .. ..

August 16th
British Airways counter (Lost & Found)
A charming girl was helping me out about my luggage which got stranded at Heathrow airport for some security reasons. This guy “A Sikh man” who was a British citizen (who probably got the asylum in the name of SIKH militancy when Sikhs butchered Hindus in Punjab) interrupted the girl and started inquiring about his luggage. When being told that yes this is the right counter and he will have to wait until she is done with this other passenger (me). His response was, I am in hurry and I have people waiting outside. MIND YOU mister, I have people waiting outside as well …… That was exactly what the girl told him.
I was surprised and I appreciated her response. That was enough for me at that moment to forget about my bad experience at the immigration counter.

Sept. 3rd
Airport Lounge Part I
I have about 30 minutes till boarding starts. I am thirsty and am looking around for some vending machine for water. There I found a vendor selling water and soda. The man was reading an evening newspaper and seemed to be very much into it that he had no idea about what’s going on outside his newspaper world or someone is trying to get his attention for last 25 seconds. After a reasonable wait, “Hey mister, can I have a bottle of water” that was all I said. He got up, gave me a bottle and I gave him 20 Rupees. He placed a 5 Rupees coin on the counter for me and went back to reading the newspaper. Mister, this sign says it is 12 Rupees, I said. He looked at me over his newspaper, and said “Do you have change?” I said No, I do not. His expressionless face stared at me and uttered “ME NEITHER” and he pulled his newspaper back up in front of his face, and there he was back to his reading.

Sept. 3rd
Airport Lounge Part II
After going through, thorough and multiple security checkups I was finally in the boarding lounge. When BA staff started boarding us, they found out that my shoulder bag is not tagged, so they sent me back to the security check. While I was there, the security personnel looked at me and rudely asked “WHY DIDN’T you get it checked?” I did, I said. Either you people didn’t put the tag on or it fell. He told me to get back in the line which had at least 100 people. I was amused by the absurd rudeness. I refused to go back in the line and I bluntly told him that it must be some idiot like him who didn’t do his job properly. Anyhow, after hissing and puffing and showing me his red drunk eyes he finally checked the bag, put a tag on and with a THUD, dropped the bag in front of me and left without saying a word. I was astonished with the ill treatment at every step I was getting on MY airport in MY own country.
Ironically, if it was in the US, I would have blamed it on the staff for being selective and racist and Gods know what and who else … ……….
*sigh*
This is my India!

Saturday, September 16, 2006

234 years!

I am not going to get into the crap of apologizing for not updating this blog and not writing anything over here in past 234 years. Yeah, when you count it correctly it has been exactly that many years.
Anyway, its not like I didn’t have anything to write or didn’t have any time to write, it is just that “I didn’t write”
I have been busy lately. First parents visited me (as most of you have even met them), so I have been busy with them, then I went to Argentina, then to the UK and then to make this year as one of my International traveling year, I visited India. And oh my!, that Indian trip was after 8 long years.
Basically doing all this along with being with YOU GUYS and .. he he he never mind (remember the rules? ) kept me very busy.
Aight, I did write a journal about Argentina, which I might post it here (summary), There is not much to write about my UK experience and there is NOTHING I am going to write about the Hindu Land.
Already then, that is it for now, mebbe I will peek in here soon and do my "jibber jabber" :-)

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

A lil bit of this and a lil bit of that!

A long due visit to Providence and New York City is finally taking place this weekend. And full coverage of the visit will be made available on the namasteny blog after the weekend.

Recommended Books:
A million little pieces “aka – a million little lies”
The Tender Bar

Movies :
Watched a lot of movies in this year so far. But only a couple were able to move me a tiny bit here and a tiny bit there. “Million Dollar Baby” was a long time due in my, to be watched list, but got a chance to watch it with Keith and what an amazing movie I have to admit. In Roger Ebert words "The kind of movie where you sit very quietly in the theater and are drawn deeply into lives that you care very much about". Another movie I liked was “Rang de Basanti” (Hindi). Saw it when my Pain in the Ass (PITA) brother made me watch it by emotionally blackmailing me. It was about time to finally watch an OKAY Hindi movie which wasn’t really great but wasn’t bad at all. I didn’t like the ending at all, actually it was a very dim-witted ending, but that didn’t lure me away to give credits to this otherwise amazing movie.