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                            We in India tend to forget that the film music composers are giving us film music albums and not their own music albums.I always hear my friends say ARR hasnt done well in this album when they dont get any melodious love song or a rock/metal rhythm song etc. I thought I will review MOM movie's music (more of a first impression really) and see what happens..  O Sona Tere Liye: A typical ARR adagio melody about a mom's wishes for her daughter that slowly grows on you with an enduring quality. Yes we have heard it before but the way he blows freshness in to every song is amazing: It was the same window; It was the Same season; It was evening again; but today the wind was magically different! Kooke Kawn: An interesting attempt/experiment.  It has the energy of a party song and interesting 'crow calls' but I am not sure why it fell flat to me personally..May be I have to l...

        Arts is beautiful! Artists makes the world beautiful. They create these beautiful perceptions of the world where we can live and dine, although fleetingly . Great artists have been great characters.Here are my four fav. moments of the Beautiful perceptions of the world created through music by great composers/song writers in the last 3 centuries.     Ludwig Van Beethoven (1824):     Ludwig Van Beethoven believed in universal brotherhood and equality of men.  He had all the reasons to hope for with monarchy overthrown as the French Revolution set in in the 1790s.  But as it culminated in dictatorship of Napoleon,  he was dejected.  Napoleon fell from hero to zero in  Beethoven's heart.   But Beethoven never lost faith in the goodness of man kind and the utopian ideals of universal brotherhood.  This culminates in him using the  text of Friedrich Schiller's ' an die freude'..  popularly known...

It's about the food ain't it? The ultimate survival kit! You eat; you live; Sans food, No Life! You dine from that hotel. You love the food, You tell your neighbors, That (only)hotel(that) serves great food! You have been taught! You should eat this! You should not eat like that! Sin this and You are doomed that! It's all about the food stupid! Hell!There's no Cupid! What's in a hotel? All plates are sacred!! Christians, Muslims & Hindus and, The mortal holy ones,surviving on man's aids, Pray to your God for us,mankind! Live and let others live ! There's no consceince like Animals; We need a Judiciary system! We are bad only by how much they know! We get punished only by how much of it is proved! We all know how to live! We all know the right way to live! Even if there's a modicum of virtue, We will live and let others live!

                   Guilt-The enemy within . . .  Culpable soul purloin pardon From the convicted(innocent) mind; Enervates,un-aware of the panacea; Burr under the saddle was his own heart Obvious peril's an apparent mirage; Obdurate mind extenuates insouciantly. Slef-destructs till hopes laid to waste, Leads self down the garden path.  Every guilty man is his own hangman!!                               - Lucius Annaeus Seneca

सारी शिकायतें मिटाने लगी. . . अब कुछ  माँगना बचा नहीं. . . घर में बसाया लुटेरा, पर वफ़ा परिंदों भी जानते,  सदियों की शिकायतें मिटाने लगी, किसीको माँगना अब कुछ नहीं बाकी, यह साली प्यार किसे हराया आखिर?                      Made this from the lyrics in the movie Lootera after enjoying the movie..Such a pleasing watch !!!

              Love.Pure love.Not just between any two people.Between two characters( inspired by 'The Last Leaf' I presume). Both the characters played seemlessly by two good actors.      Now place this love in a historical background in 1950s where excavations,artifacts and a zameendar fit in so perfectly .Colour them with good supporting casts.           As good as it sounds already,it's definetly not enough to make a good movie. If I became a fan of Vikramaditya Motwane after Udaan,then I dont know what Lootera has done to me.I think I respect his art skill even more now.             The way he has captured the emotions in every scene which is highlighted in every frame by very appropriate music and amazingly wonderful lyrics.That is what makes it a beautiful poem. It always turns me ...

  All the sea shore’s also an ocean, Waves of emotions rises n falls, Never ceasing and never is ending, In every human and between them. Friendship,affection,indulgence, Love,lovesickness,pangs, Lust,envy,ogles, Waves of emotions rises n falls. Moon residing in the Ivory tower, Breaking solitude frequents only the sea, But never the seashore because No greed,no deceit,no tiff!

From childhood’s hour I have not been As most were;I could not bring My passions from a common spring. From the same source I have not taken My sorrow; I could not awaken My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone. —Edgar Alan Poe In the pic: My new bike Schwinn Searcher 4(2013)

                    What is this? A very very short story titled ‘Twitter short story’. Guessed where the action takes place? All right good. Is this a real story? No!. My common sense and ego has succeeded in thwarting my sincere efforts to convince myself that this is a real incident from my twitter life. Fact is that it is a fiction. But what is the truth? It’s not in my nature to complicate things .May be these cute people who scan twitter every other minute might find some resemblance which could be their illusion or co incidence or just that, it’s the truth! The story:                           They met each other by flawless chance. No other pollutants. Just pure chance. It was a typical definition for ‘chance’ that you would find in any lexicon....

She's a diaphanous whelp, Whelped by the unservile woman,time, To her opulent master,Cricket: One among a muckle of whelps! Most her friends are his bete-noire. But he loves her,She knows. It's to her,commiseration! She's to  him(mind),Comfort . Indigence!He needs her,She knows. Benevolence!Forever to stay,She yearns. Arcane Creator concealed 'How',she rues. All die over time!But not all memories torment.

Nations have passed away and left no traces, And History gives the naked cause of it-- One single, simple reason in all cases; They fell because their people were not fit. Now, though our Body be mis-shapen, blind, Lame, feverish, lacking substance, power or skill, This is the Law which every law embraces- Be fit--be fit! for Honour's sake be fit. Let clear conscience rule us, In heart and mind be truth, And let's create more reasons to feel proud, Proud of our heritage..our Nation!! HARK!!The whole nation is waking up, Let new leaders arise and lead.And remember; Boys and girls, men,women and kids-- Be fit -- be fit! And once again, be fit!                                            --Added to Rudyard Kipling's poem

This is a real incident that happened.Time,date mentioned are not accurate.And to many,the year may not matter but it might to Some of you.It was first half of 2003. Time: 11:15 AM                  Hearing my answer some of the girls of my class giggled.I was still standing with still head not interested to know who giggled.From the direction it came from I probably guessed who it could be.The teacher was clearly not expecting what I said.So he asked again what I said.I said the same name again and the class went silent waiting for me to tell them why I had told that name. ---------------------------x----------------------------                           Those days I was not a movie freak as I am now.I used to see movies only when I am really stressed out..like after semester exams or during festival time.But I was the same die hard cricket fan and followed the ga...

                                      मजबूर दिल कह रहा है, मुकम्मल करावो , अधूरी सी याद को, बातचीत में,होंठ की, ख़ुशी में,हंसी की, घुस्से में,आँखों की,  जब झुकें,भौंह की, पर मिलने को मंजूर नही, किस्मत को क्या करें? PS:Edited/inspired from the lines of the song ‘Phir le aaya dil’ from Barfi (Bollywood)

          Total recall is a neat Sci-Fi action film but it sort of tires you out with too much action and little twists for 2 hours.        First things first.This remake has no weird/bizarre faces except for a ‘3 breasted prostitute’ who appeared for a scene.It doesnt try to be funny even for a sec unlike the old one and it has lots of robot soldiers (but only a few man Vs machine fight scenes).        I am that kind who usually find it very unsettling to see flying cars and other weird things. But I liked this futuristic world where all the action happens. There is   a ‘real world like’ Colony,where it would rain mostly and a synthetic ‘United fed. of Britain’. Absolutely loved the cinematography. Also made me wonder why they did not shot it in 3D.        The 2 female leads (esp. Kate) were equally powerful and good in d action scenes but I felt bored after ...

Decorated Lines— An antidote for the pangs of a celebrity crush! My heart is turn’d to stone, And while ‘tis mine, It shall b stony! For I could ill afford, More,again a crush, Least,my (life’s) crew’s jest. (Added to the lines by Shakespeare)

In the Universal court of nature was it decided? On these gorgeous Flowers’ appeal to adorn Mother Nature? Or Is it a commandment of their creator to them? A gesture by the Bees for the food they feed? Or is it the flowers’ charm that enamour them? May we ever know,will she(flower) ever talk … Pollination-a natural justice or divine intervention? Nature,the universal queen,in person we know not.. But costs not a penny to be amazed by her and fall in love…Enjoy Nature!

It was a routine flight for the bird until it felt odd, There was excessive snoopiness everywhere, The Hills,Seas,Rocks,Winds everyone was curious, Everyone was ogling the Moon while the sea capering the Rocks quipped, Oh!Can She(Moon) look any more gorgeous than this? Ya,She look damn sexy(horny)? exclaimed! the rock. Winds passing by heard them and said to the hills I tried to peep unbecomingly,am sure Its an amatory affair... Oh,Whom is she romancing?should be an one night stand said the hills. Wind retorted, it wasnt apparent,but she seemed to be peaceful and calm Who knows,She might be in love.And Wind continued in jest Whatever,Its going to rain Somewhere tonight. They all laughed as the bird still watched under the full moon light, So the night was spent...they all had their stories.. But No one knew Whom the Moon was romancing. . . Would remain the biggest secret of the full moon day. Or would it?Why is the bird laughing? Did it see...

दिन निकलना था..मेरा भी निकला...  और में भी चल पड़ा.. मेरी ज़िन्दगी में ... अनजानों का फिकर नहीं करेगी ये उम्र... बस हर लम्हा जी भर के जीना चाहती है ... राह में मिलने वालों को प्यार बाटना चाहता ये पगला दिल ... और बस वही करेगा  ये बेचारा मन जो इसको पसंद है .. ऐसे चल रहा हूँ में भी...इस दुनिया में ...  अपने हिसाब का ग़म और दर्द लेके..     --31/03/:)  

                 It had brought back the memories of a bandh/strike day back in 2008.I think March 2008 abt which I blogged  in my Cognizant blog.That day we weren't able to find any hotel for breakfast and finally had to settle for 2-3 bananas(No other fruits).I was entirely nostalgic of that day on Holi (08/03/2012) when I had given up my hunt for breakfast and decide to get home.                     As I was returning home I got the first feel of Holi...and my first thought was "Oh shit...have to take bath today!! (No hot water) :) ".Some guys who were playing Holi decided to colour me.Some threw coloured powder.Sry didnt notice the colour.Or did I?Well,I dont remember.Does it matter?.While some tried to chase, one splashed cold water from pipe.Thats when I chose to(not that I had options) check my running pick up speed with out any warm up.Some unknown Happiness....Some unk...