Sunday, August 17, 2008

Theres nothing really much to write, no real impacting incidents, no real motivation to blog, just sat down and typing away. Actually there is, theres a friend of mine I had asked how come she had not blogged for a few days. And she was like no inspiration to blog. That actually got my little head thinking...actually we all need some form of motivation or inspiration to blog. What it is and how it manifests depends on person to person.

The extended weekend came as a good breather. Three days are like a luxury! Sad part is that they just disappeared. Had prepared myself by getting some old Amitabh Bacchan movies which I had always wanted to watch without the commercials and songs and this was like the perfect opportunity to do so. So luckily got hold of 10 AB movies and was all set for the journey. Started with Coolie, then Mard, then Mukkadar ka Sikandar, then Amar Akbar Anthony......after that got back to Rambo!!! Somehow all of them seemed to have the same storyline....family separated when hero was small, evil villan, beautiful heroins (childhood buddies with childhood hero), a mega khaandan reunion in the end and the evil villan dies and happies endings!!! Luckily there was no Shah Rukh Khan sayin "Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost!!!!" I would have lost my head and seen Rambo 2 five times!!! Neways will try again..the next lot looks more promising...Kalia, Sharabi, Deewar..so pretty proven hits...hopefully will not have to resort to Rambo 3!!

Friday, August 08, 2008

The best things in life is the joy in giving people what you dont have. It may sound stupid if only tangible things are considered worth giving. Just a thought. Anyways lifes collecting a lot of loyalty points, just hoping it encashes it before expiry! At times, its just that people have to realise that actions have every right for a reaction and anything else is is a bonus. The best companion for these days is Cranberries music. Somehow I have been listening to ot for the past three nights in a row and just cant seem to get enough of it. Salvation, Promises, Linger, Animal, Ode to my family, Zombie...its like every song is giving me a message and I am supposed to just ponder in the lyrics. Its a message and I am deep in it. maybe its all in my head!

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Finally I saw Jaane Tu ya jaane na.....after the whole world had seen it, debunked it, laughed at it. the amazing storyline and the climax (or lack of it), I took it upon me to explore the movie. The movie has been ripped apart by critics and audience. Some have loved it, some hated but one thing is there. Have to give it to Abbas Tyrewala for the way he handled the multiple emotions throughout the movie. Every character has a story, says somethings which sometimes doesnt get captured by the dialogues. At some point of time you feel theres a bit if every charactes in you. The way he has handled the characters is quite amazing. But yes, we all could have done without the bhaloos and the bhageeras and mougli!! Terrorist meow kar raha hai...I mean c'mon!!! You take good characters, build a nice storyline then why this sad humor in the end!!! All he should have done was peppered the whole movie with better humor and maybe some of my friends who hated it would have tolerated it. But yes, if you thing too much its an emotional roller coaster........

Friday, August 01, 2008

Came across a very thought provoking thought the other day. Its about judging people. The question is "How do we judge people?" Are people supposed to be judged by their actions or by their thoughts? Are we supposed to judge them by what they do consciously or by what they would have done subconsciously? Is a person correct when he or she does one thing in the absence of someone or anyone or when the same thing is not done? Are we supposed to be judging everyone or anyone? If so why?? For what?? Are we looking for answers or are we just looking to find new questions? Do we really seek the answer or want to escape with more questions? Can we handle the answers? Do we really have to? How does it ever matter when the answers you seek are not worthy of the questions you ask? Or the person who you ask the questions? Or you yourself? Does it really matter if some questions are best unasked? If asked unanswered? If answered pretended to be unheard? if heard pretended to be misunderstood? if understood make believe the answer we want to hear? Some thoughts........
10 days in the Jungle and now back in the zoo....thats what it always feels after returning from a tour. Neways the trip as a whole was very enriching. Both while going and returning the routes taken were amazing in their own right. Malshej ghats actually become so heavenly in the monsoons all I could think was its the best place to be with your loved ones and lonavala strech of the Mumbai - Pune Expressway becomes so enticing in the night with the rains lashing....an amazing experience. The 10 days have been some quality time spent with the Aurangbad Store Team, if this the way then really looking forward to Nashik and the other locations where we would be opening our stores.