Infinite Emotions...

Dear Mr. Stalker

2012-01-22T23:35:00.000+05:30

I’ve been meaning to do this for a long time, but every time I got around to starting this, something important and urgent would come up and I thought this verbal bashing could wait a day or two. After finishing all of my important tasks, I finally have time to do something I would have totally not bothered about if it hadn’t gone this far.

I have only done this once before and I hope I don’t have to do this again because this is my happy place and despite someone’s best efforts for over two years now, I have managed to keep it that way. That’s more than I can say about my strong will and determination.

Before I start out, I want to make a few things clear. This post has a purpose and for that it is a very long post, probably much longer than the longest one I have written yet, and in no way am I going to censor any part of it and that may take a toll on my usually flowery language that I use here. But the situation demands that as much as it demands this post itself. So here goes...

John Grisham - The Confession: A Review

2012-01-09T21:24:00.001+05:30

I love courtroom dramas - the thrill of the witnesses being questioned and cross-questioned, evidences being produced that would help prove the defendant guilty or innocent, the word wars and wordplays that happen in the courtroom; it's all very exciting whether I'm watching them on TV or reading them. John Grisham, lawyer that he is, somehow manages to incorporate that into all of his books.

Is that your only responsibility?

2011-09-28T02:53:00.000+05:30

Why do people have children? I mean, I know a man and a woman do stuff (yes, I'm going to call it stuff till I'm okay with being all bold on the blog!) and then a baby is born (some people may not believe it, but I'm quite past the bird and the bees stage.)

I mean this in the larger sense. Why do people decide to have kids? Let me elaborate on what I think could be (or rather appear to be) the reasons.

The Indian Railways owe me Rs. 5!

2011-04-23T08:42:00.002+05:30

I've been away from my blog for a really really long time and this probably isn't the best ‘come back’ post for me, but I'm going to write it anyway (and hope that it doesn't turn out to be one of those half-written posts that I could never manage to go back to and complete. Believe me, in the last two months, there have been more of those than anything else!)

Also, since I haven't written anything in the last two months, I'd take any chance that comes my way and just write anyway.

There's no room for Vanity in Bigg Boss's house.. well, at least not anymore

2010-12-25T05:49:00.001+05:30

Before I start off, I want to admit to one thing - I have loads of time at hand and I choose to utilise it by honing my writing skills (obviously, blogging is my first choice.) That's the reason there've been a lot of posts; especially in the last few days. Also, in my free time, I've been watching (among other things) Bigg Boss Season 4 (which is the adaption of the British reality show Big Brother) and I have soooo much to say about it. Well, just one of the inmates actually. I wonder why I haven't written about it till now?

Baby TV... Really???

2010-06-17T03:44:00.001+05:30

The media never ceases to surprise me. Whoever comes up with such ideas? Anyone who's been around a kid long enough shall tell you that too much TV is bad; and that goes even for adults because you seem to forget that you have a life of your own. But that is another topic, which by the way if I start rambling about, might fill a whole book.

I have cousins who are still in school and given the age difference, you can say that I have seen them grow up. And I remember each phase of their growth right from when they needed support for their heads, to when they didn’t anymore, to when they started to roll over on the bed, to when they started to sit up, to crawl, to point at stuff, to recognize colors, to their first tooth, to saying their first words, to standing up, to walking and then running behind them; everything.

ICICI is Awesome!!!

2010-02-24T00:54:00.000+05:30

Finally, there’s something that gets a good review from me. They should be proud of themselves!!! :P

It was tentatively decided almost two days ago that we would go to the CA Institute to submit our examination forms; and I had my exam form delivered to my place around last Thursday (courtesy Sandeep :D). So any normal person would have been ready with everything that they required by Monday night at least. But for someone who is as lazy as I am, leaving-things-until-the-last-moment reaches new levels really.

Cigarettes and Censorship

2010-01-25T17:27:00.008+05:30

I was watching Grease on Vh1 yesterday and noticed something weird during the movie. Every time any of the characters was smoking a cigarette, it was blurred out; and by “it” I mean just the cigarette. So there was the actor’s face and a small black cloud just outside of the mouth.

I then noticed something weirder. The cigarette was blurred only when it was between the smoker’s lips. When someone held a lit cigarette between their fingers after taking a puff, or an unlit cigarette it wasn’t blurred out! Huh?

Best of "2 States"

2010-01-18T13:45:00.011+05:30

Remember I went on and on about how hilarious the book, 2 States was??? I couldn't stop myself from giving you a few (a lot actually) bites of the awesomeness I was talking about. So here are a few snippets directly from the book and I hope you will enjoy them as much as I did. I couldn't go through the entire book once again. So as and when I come across a few more lines, I'll add them to the list. Laugh away! :)

Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them. (Of course, they have to know you are ignoring them, for otherwise they may not even know you exist.)

Hypocrisy and Indian Television

2009-12-10T05:22:00.014+05:30

I know I am more than three years late on the issue, but hey, I discovered blogging only recently and even with that, you need something called inspiration (or in this case, something that gets on your nerves so badly that you would want to vent!)

During dinner time in our house, we generally watch the prime time soaps (on weekdays) because that’s the only time during the entire day when my mother gets to choose what she wants to see and since we have the TV to ourselves the entire day, we don’t dare to object, although our preferences when it comes to television programs do not match at all (my mom watches all the stuff that my sister and I watch, but the same is not the case the other way around). So even though we don’t want to, we end up watching all the Hindi soaps (that's her idea of 'entertainment' :-p)

Drawing the Line

2009-11-13T03:26:00.006+05:30

I know I’ve returned to the blogging world earlier than I thought I would and this is a totally unintended and unplanned blog post but I have to have to have to write about this. Not forgetting that I have an exam in eleven hours, I’m going to be as blunt and straightforward and as to-the-point as possible (well, I’ll at least try!)

I haven’t been blogging over the last month or so but I haven’t disconnected myself from the World Wide Web! I have been accessing e-mails, checking (and updating) Facebook and twitter and about four hours ago I received an email to which I choose to reply via my blog (I've done enough of costing anyway!) and thereby lay some ground rules.

I hate to do this to Maggi :(

2009-09-16T23:13:00.008+05:30

"Maggi Noodles” has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Whenever I was on my own for lunch or dinner, it was me and a double pack of Maggi Masala Noodles. It’s tasty and quick and certainly the most awesome thing available when you’re suddenly hungry and need a quick bite... it only takes 2 Minutes :)

But of late there’s been this advertisement that just doesn’t seem right and an advertisement has done this to me only once before. So what did I do then; I wrote about how ridiculous the Ad was and somehow they stopped airing the Ad a few days later (not that I had anything to do with it… or did I?) And once again I’m resorting to the same means to express my dislike of one of the new Maggi Ads that has been on for a few days; but not before expressing clearly that I love Maggi and over the last so many years, I’ve consumed countless packets but I haven’t fallen sick even once; so we know Maggi is safe!! :)

Axis Bank - Visa Debit Card

2009-05-27T23:01:00.017+05:30

There's is this ridiculous advertisement that is being aired on TV for the last few days and I can't help but think how silly the entire idea is. The ad goes something like this...

There's this guy who asks an auto-rickshaw driver if he'll go to the ATM and the driver says, "ATM? Nahi..."

Uttran Videos

2008-12-01T05:22:00.001+05:30

All of these videos are disturbing. Please watch them at your own risk.

Date: 14th October, 2009
PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART4

Date: 15th October, 2009
PART 1

PART 2

PART 3

PART 4