tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38429786971158115652024-10-04T19:03:23.158-07:00General and particular thoughts, observations , opinions about Life and its waysRanjanxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00634173562234395844noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3842978697115811565.post-87949270291732139602022-01-21T01:52:00.001-08:002022-01-21T01:52:24.450-08:00

 Naman was livid. He felt insulted, belittled and cheated all at the same time. His voice almost trembling with rage, he pointed towards the door and said " GET OUT! NOW !!!Without uttering a single word but his eyes heavy with humiliation and hostility, Bharat picked his black leather bag, exited Noman's bedroom and out of the front door in  a few quick steps.Just as he was

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 Dejected, Amar sat there, disillusioned and demotivated. This was it. There was no other possible scope for his seemingly long, laborious life. He must end it. Family-less, jobless there was no aim nor ambition to keep him alive. Sitting on the cold, rusty park bench he held his head in his hands, absentmindedly staring at the moist glistening grass in the surprisingly sunny, September

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Chik-Chik-Chik... TachikChik-chik-chik-chik ...- KhachikChik-chik-chik-chik ...- KhachikKainchi- scissors ki ye repetitive awaaz kareeb 5-7 minute chalti thi."Hilna mat varna kaan cut jayega" Nashe se laal aankhein liye jab naayi kehta tha to lakdi ke phatte par 6-7 saal ki nanhi si nicker band tashreef tak jhurjhuri si daudh jaati thi.2 mahiney mein ek baar honey waali 'cutting' ka ek wo hissa

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"You break it, you own it" goes the slogan in a gift shop.In a society where an actor playing God Ram in a TV serial almost expects being worshipped in real life is no big deal, a movie grandiosely depicting mass suicide in the name of honour definitely wouldn’t break anything now would it ? Of course it will be consumed and then casually pass by as just another work of fiction - without any

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Ranjan Baabu, Khush to bohot hoge tum aaj - badhi badhi celebrities ki tarah tumhaare naam bhi kisi ne khulaa patra, open letter likha hai ! Khud tum ne hi sahi. That means you have arrived!By the way agar samajh na aaya ho, that line above was meant as satire, you fool. Ye khulaa patra isi baare mein hai ki apna Raita sameto, or as they say - get your act together. For thats all you are right

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Peedhit Patiyon ki Sanstha waise to shaayad ek kaalpnikta (fiction) hi hai lekin agar kabhi aisi koi Sanstha ban jae to meri ek request hogi – please uska ek department karwa chauth peedhiton (victims of KC) ke liye banaya jaaye. Ek out-patient department ki tarah KC Victims dep­artment karwa chauth peedhit patiyon ke dukh ko suney, bas sirf sun hi le, nivaran (resolution) to koi maayi ka laal

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८० के दशक में फ़िल्म हीरो के एक गीत के बोल थे "तू मेरा जानू है, तू मेरा दिलबर है"। दीन दुनिया और हिंदी अंग्रेज़ी की समझ से जूझते इस बाल मन में ये शब्द जानू अटक सा गया।  तब तक मिस्टर इंडिया आयी नहीं थी लेकिन इतना तो समझ में आ ही गया था कि स्कूल में मोग़ैम्बो नुमा शर्मा सर इस सवाल से कोई बहुत ख़ुश नहीं होंगे कि "सर  ये जानू क्या होता है ?" फिर एक और फ़िल्म आयी जिसका नाम ही था जानू।

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"जैसे जैसे उसके पाँव कमरे की ओर बढ़ रहे थे, उसके दिल की धड़कने धकनी की तरह तेज़ होती जा रही थीं। रात के २ बजे उसने पूरा घर छान मारा था लेकिन उसकी बीवी कहीं नहीं थी । दरवाज़े पर पहुँच कर उसके क़दम ख़ुद ब ख़ुद ही रुक गए। दिसम्बर की सर्दी में भी उसका माथा पसीने पसीने हो रहा था । इस समय उसकी हालत उस आदमी की तरह थी जिसके पास पेट भरने को सिर्फ़ एक १० रूपए का नोट बचा था और वो भी कहीं खो गया था। और अब

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"The trouble with writing is we all do a little of it from time to time.And some of us start to think, delusionally,maybe with a little time, little peace, a little money in the bank, and you get that room of your own you think 'Well shit ! I might be a writer too !' We Accept genius in sports as something we cannot do...... ....because What you have to be before you try to be (say) an (

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Its a mesmerising sight by itself when Sushil chops onions at lightening speed while simultaneously taking orders for Mangodas. He would be doing that one minute and then dexterously start frying mangodas in the next minute, surrounded by a crowd of people. All of them, with their eager eyes and their salivating mouths hoping and praying they would get a stake in the next batch of mangodas. The

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Fb: what's on your mind .... Me : face book, we need to talk. Fb: Look, your friend just said something about the stupid ban on a great documentary in India. Do you want to say something about that ? Me: err No ... Listen, its ... Fb: would you like to tell him you agree? Just say 'like' and he'll understand. Me : no, i haven't seen it, the documentary I mean. Fb: why would that be a

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बचपन में दीवाली पर लिखे निबंध एक सीमित रूप रेखा के साथ होते थे - कार्तिक माह की अमावस्या, भगवान राम की अयोध्या वापसी, नए कपड़े, मिठाइयां इत्यादि के आस पास बुना हुआ. अब सोचो तो ऐसा लगता है वो निबंध अपने आप में खुद दीवाली की एक रीत सी बन गया था, दीवाली के इंतज़ार की उन निशानीयों की तरह जो दीवाली से हफ़्तों पहले उसके आगमन का अहसास करवा देती थी. तब या तो मौका या दस्तूर ऐसा

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हलवे से मेरा परिचय नाना जी के दिये 2 रुपये के बहाने हुआ. माखन लाल टीका राम हलवाई की दुकान ज्यों ज्यों पास आती थी, हलवे के कणों  से लिपटी किशमिश की कल्पना से ही मन और मूँह लबालब होता जाता था। कुछ ही देर में अपने प्यारे सिक्कों को माखन लाल के लाल(बेटे) के हवाले कर, पंजों के बल खड़े होकर काउंटर के उस पार झाँकते हुए पूरी श्रद्धा से ये प्रार्थना होती थी कि हे

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We sat there, listening to the sound of your heart beat for almost 15 minutes. Amplified through the machine, reverberating in the silence of the room. There was some song  playing on the radio yet  the room felt silent. All I could hear was your heartbeat, through your mom's tummy, picked up by the machine.  The nurse came and said something to your mom. I heard her but

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No wonder if you haven't heard of this movie. Its a small budget movie with relatively lesser known cast and took a long time to be released at only a few screens. That's also the reason why DVD is out so close to the movie release. That's part of the reason I think it deserves a review online. People need to know Bollywood is not just song and dance, although thats what still makes the most

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First things first - the new Agneepath is a good watch in itself in the line of movies like Dabangg, Singham etc. The visuals are great, Rishi Kapoor delivers a great performance. Personally, I didn't find Sanjay Dutt's character menacing enough but that's a subjective take. Hrithik successfully conveys the personality of a down to earth man with vendetta as the agenda of his life. He sings and

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Hey, angry young man. Remember me ? I am the door you just slammed. Do you realise how much you owe me ? Of course you don't. Let me list some of my favours. There are cracks on my body and glass for each time you've crashed me against my frame. Count them and you'll realise how many times I've protected your ears by cutting off the voice you didn't want to hear. There are holes in my

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People around me think "living in the moment" was the whole point of Zindagi na milegi dobara. I think that's just one of the obvious points in the movie for all to see and hear. Using stunning looking Katrina as an example to personify this message would have made sure that no man and few women would have missed this message. I believe the movie deserves more attention than that. If you

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Phase 1 Anna - i am against corruption. I want a law against itPM - we have been trying to pass that law for last 3-4 decades. I am respected as an honest person and politician by congress and other parties alike. My coalition government is the biggest thing affected by corruption but I love corruption that's why I would not support you for this new law.Result - likely end of democracy. That's

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I did change after I met you,any of you, just as you would have. We might not have realised how the change came about, it might not have been a big change but change we did. What I saw, heard and felt must have registered somewhere to affect some thoughts. Thoughts which might have been lost in millions others or triggered a few more of them. But they were part of me for what it was worth and

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Have you heard about the monkeys claiming glory for the Oscar nominated documentary filmed in their forest ? You haven't ? Well, neither have I. I guess it just proves that monkeys are more intelligent than people like Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express. I am including the link for completeness sake but I would rather you don't read it. I read it just because Amitabh Bachchan included it on his Blog

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"It happens everywhere.... not just India, It happens everywhere......it happens everywhere......it happens everywhere......it happens everywhere...." For some reason his chanting was more uncomfortable than the fact he was implying towards. Also, he seemed to be repeating it more to convince himself rather than counter my statement. For one, I had never made a statement to the contrary. I was

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Further to Whats new in JT... YJNAnother character in Kismat Konnection, Shahid Kapur (remember Kareena Kapoor's ex girlfriend ? No ? Even I didn't remember her/him) thinks he is unlucky in everything he does. As it turns out, he was an all rounder of sorts in his academic life and thus had great expectations from himself. Since he fails to measure up to those in practical life, he thinks he is

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I do not recall any other Hindi movie which tackles positive illusions as a choice of life, the way its portrayed in Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. Its worth noticing because I think its a very pervasive aspect of every one's life but very rarely brought out in the open, except in extreme cases.If you have already seen the movie, I am talking about the character of Meghna, Imraan's temporary girl

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I know he'll go. I know it for a fact since he came. In fact that's what delayed his entry into my life this time: I couldn't make up my mind if I would be able to take it again.In time, I agreed, we all agreed - for it had to be a collective decision. We were all signing up for the anguish which can only be delayed or its intensity controlled but never avoided.My mother was the last one to give

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