Firstly, let me wish a speedy recovery to our leader of the state, Dr Manmohan Singh. I am sure you are just one of the many people suffering from similar health issue as yours. And as someone who just got enlightened of the kind of life style you follow each day, am sure you would recover very fast.
I had got a chance to watch some TV at a friend's home. I just had to flip through the channels for some 15 mins to get the whole story. There he was, all over every news channel. Felt good, watching the update about the health of a person, really important for the state. And thanks to the same media folks, we all got to know the daily routine of Singh Saab, under a special edition article on 'what kind of life-style can lead to heart issues' !!! And there was much much more about Asian Heart Institute, AIIMS etc etc...many facts as they said.
But finally, just one question: was it an 8-hour surgery as shown on TV or an
11-hour one as pointed out by my favourite The Hindu? I will never know.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
slumdog crorepati
well, THE most talked about film in this first month of 2009: Slumdog Millionaire. I am sure the fame and hype multiplied with the movie winning the Globe awards, including one for the music score by our very own AR Rahman.
It is stated to release in Indian theatres on the 23rd of Jan 2009. And I am writing this on the early hours of the very same day. I just finished watching the movie. Now stop wondering how, okay?? !!! the DVD rip is already out, a good quality print of course. Baaaah, I know am into this piracy ... :-|
Hmmm, what to write about this movie ...fine, let me put it this way: we played a few minutes of the movie, to check for the print quality of the file, and I just couldn't wait one more moment to watch it completely. The pace and interest you get from the beginning is good. I had heard the story from somewhere, but still wanted to watch the taking of the movie. The story of how a man, brought up in the slums, gets to know all the answers of the crorepati show !!! Wow !!!! Don't worry, I haven't stolen anything out of it. This is just a single line tag, which I gave to the movie. You can as well go and watch it.
On the dark side of it, the movie shows rags and living of the slums. Just for a few scenes, but it does show some stark reality. True, one cannot deny it. Such things exist in the developed world as well. Just that they don't make a movie out it, or at least it doesn't become a hit.
Nevertheless, a nice movie to watch. I bet you won't have the need and feel to stretch your legs a bit while the movie is on ...
It is stated to release in Indian theatres on the 23rd of Jan 2009. And I am writing this on the early hours of the very same day. I just finished watching the movie. Now stop wondering how, okay?? !!! the DVD rip is already out, a good quality print of course. Baaaah, I know am into this piracy ... :-|
Hmmm, what to write about this movie ...fine, let me put it this way: we played a few minutes of the movie, to check for the print quality of the file, and I just couldn't wait one more moment to watch it completely. The pace and interest you get from the beginning is good. I had heard the story from somewhere, but still wanted to watch the taking of the movie. The story of how a man, brought up in the slums, gets to know all the answers of the crorepati show !!! Wow !!!! Don't worry, I haven't stolen anything out of it. This is just a single line tag, which I gave to the movie. You can as well go and watch it.
On the dark side of it, the movie shows rags and living of the slums. Just for a few scenes, but it does show some stark reality. True, one cannot deny it. Such things exist in the developed world as well. Just that they don't make a movie out it, or at least it doesn't become a hit.
Nevertheless, a nice movie to watch. I bet you won't have the need and feel to stretch your legs a bit while the movie is on ...
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
under-utilized bangalore roads - looking the other way
I was trying to inch my way beside a car, through the crowded Bannerughatta road, when someone honked behind me: pee peeeeeee !!!! It was more of a 'Yell !!' than a simple give-me-way sound. I moved away, giving way to the big bully dragging behind me, trying to overtake me and head ahead. The car was real big - occupying as much space, which otherwise would have been taken by half a bus. I wondered at the thought, going back home from office.
Welcome to a scene on a narrow road of Bangalore. And there I was, stuck in the middle of all these vehicles, trying to sneak through even the slightest space I could find. And here was this big bully, with it's enormous size. Hold ON .. it doesn't end there. Let me tell you the fact that this big moving car had just ONE person inside !! Yes, just ONE. Sitting in the driver seat, with AC surrounding him, he was obviously unaware of some facts and his responsibility.
And they say, roads are narrow in Bangalore. Agreed they are, but it's little odd to occupy such a big space on the road, where if two of such kinds would have give way to a volvo bus, carrying some 50 persons !!
No hard feelings towards the car owner, but at least the commute to office can be thought to be shared or the office cab facility can be used, rather than traveling alone on a narrow road as this Bannerughatta road !!!
Let me tell you, if taken the number of the people effectively passing through this very same stretch of the road, the number would surely be surprising, no wonder.
Luxury is good, appreciated. But can we think of a way to utilize our roads effectively ...
Welcome to a scene on a narrow road of Bangalore. And there I was, stuck in the middle of all these vehicles, trying to sneak through even the slightest space I could find. And here was this big bully, with it's enormous size. Hold ON .. it doesn't end there. Let me tell you the fact that this big moving car had just ONE person inside !! Yes, just ONE. Sitting in the driver seat, with AC surrounding him, he was obviously unaware of some facts and his responsibility.
And they say, roads are narrow in Bangalore. Agreed they are, but it's little odd to occupy such a big space on the road, where if two of such kinds would have give way to a volvo bus, carrying some 50 persons !!
No hard feelings towards the car owner, but at least the commute to office can be thought to be shared or the office cab facility can be used, rather than traveling alone on a narrow road as this Bannerughatta road !!!
Let me tell you, if taken the number of the people effectively passing through this very same stretch of the road, the number would surely be surprising, no wonder.
Luxury is good, appreciated. But can we think of a way to utilize our roads effectively ...
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