museman

Three things that i learnt recently

1) Saw 'Sweet November' yesterday on a friends laptop. Learnt two things-

    i)Some english movies can be as pathetic as telugu movies
    ii)Its not a very good idea to watch movies in a laptop. The picture 
      quality is  too bad. But if the idea is to watch the movie with in negatives , then you 
      can bet on a laptop and watch the movie from a certain tilted angle.
2) Thou shalt not put all thy eggs in one basket. This enlightment because of following reasons-
    i)My lifes savings are depreciating big time  in Reliance Petroleum and in Reliance Petrolium alone.
   ii)I almost lost my wallet which contains my debit/credit/PAN cards and the leftover money to live-out this month.

3) I don't intend to buy a laptop anymore!

Long long ago, the snake said to Eve, don't eat the apple. And Eve, well, she HAD to eat the apple. Cut to present, traditions say, woman are not allowed into the temple. And the feminists, they HAVE TO go to the temple. And adding condiment (masala? ) to the story is the age old pot boiler of equality of sexes!< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Neither am I an MCP nor am I a feminist. I mean....I am not an extremist. Moderate to the core. But I am a stickler to traditions. To traditions which cause no harm. Say for instance, sticking to the simple tradition that woman, alright, woman in between the age of 10 and 55 are not allowed in to the sabarimala temple. Why should we question that? Wouldn't it be easier if we just let it be? A tradition thousand years old, need we break that?

Is it necessary to complicate matters thereon? To bring question of equality of sexes into picture?  Is menstrual cycle dirty? Does god differentiate between men and women? Can't women be chaste and celibate? Should we discreminate woman? Phew

It's been quite a long time since i wrote serious/political stuff. I mean, its been quite a long time since i have blogged at all but...i have assiduously stayed away from writing any sorts of burning issue commentry. Too many things have been happening around. I am not sure if it is wrong or right but...wht the heck...lemme continue neverthless.

The 'Rude Mumbai' issue for instance. It has been great reading about the views of all the people. I somehow don't seem to have an opinion on it. I used to love reading RD. Been quite a long time since i touched it. . There is one awesome article that i have read though. By Suketu in India Today. The issue with LN Mittal on the cover. Read it. It is interesting.

As far me, i have lived in three towns/cities of India. And i have loved them all equally. As i said, no place is good or bad. It is just different.

Moving on, has it ever happened to you  that you are in an auto or  a bus...or anywhere at all, and you listen to a beautiful song. A song that you believe is the song of the millenium? (Atleast for that moment)You have no idea which album/movie it is from? You hum it for a day or two, try hard to trace its origins but can't?

Hmm....happens to me all time. The latest was a song called 'chain aapko mila' sung by SP and Asha Bhosle. That was an year ago. I listened to it again two days back. This was a remix version wiht shaan and sadhana sargam. The movie was Hungama. I was able to trace the original. And guess what? The song is from a movie called 'Footpath', starring...well...hmm...no idea. Aftab Shivdasani maybe. Music is by Nadeem Shravan. Listen to it. I guess it is grossliestly underrated song of the millenium.

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