Its been a long long time !
Yeah ! I know .. its been more than a week since I last posted .. you know nothing great happened in life ! no trekking, no cricket games, no funny, weird experiences .. nothing worth writing / mentioning .. same old life like a drop of water in the flow which follows the drop of water ahead of it ...
You must be thinking, I must have done something at least right ? what did I do last 10 days or so ? well .. nothing great other than work ..wait .. scratch that .. I did watch a couple of good Hindi movies - 'corporate' and 'Omkara' .. They are good movies but both have sad endings .. I appreciate the director's effort and everyone's acting & everything ... just that according to me, movies should not have sad endings .. I go to a theatre to have some fun, laugh my heart out .. be happy ! But if at the end of the movie, if I come out crying and depressed, whats the point ! whatever happened to entertainment !! (and I watched both of them the same day !! just imagine my state at the end of the day !) But anyway, I guess I could have posted reviews of those movies, but as I said earlier, I think everyone should see the movie to rate it ... anyway, coming back to the main topic, why I didnt blog for such a long time, I think one always goes through these spikes when sometimes suddenly everything around you starts glowing and sometimes its all dull suddenly ... I guess I was in the valley of one of those spikes recently ...
but I am back :) .. actually something interesting happened today .. and it made me feel good .. compelled me to write this post .. I felt like I am back in Mumbai .. inside Microsoft, we have this internal email group (or distribution list) called 'MS Indians from Bombay' ... some girl emailed to the group in the afternoon @ around 3 pm asking if there are any places in the seattle area which have 'misal-pav' the assal mumbai dish .. she has a craving for it .. One guy replied saying that there isnt one but to help her craving, he attached this mouth-watering pic of the misal-pav... and that was it !!
Everyone started replying saying they are feeling sooo hungry after seeing that pic and we should have a get-together of such a kind .. within 1 hour, more than 10 people volunteered to do different stuff starting from taking head count for such an event to booking a venue, cooking food and what not ! The energy everyone showed was just amazing .. By 5 pm in the evening, the date for a get-together was finalized ( its on 12th August) ! I mean it was just awesome .. Just a simple question from some girl, initiated this whole potluck-sort-of get-together ... simply amazing !
It reminded me of the 'fast-paced' life of Mumbai where you hardly have time and you have to be alert, on your toes all the time !! It took me back to those days when I used to hang outside the train holding on to the sides ... thats the time, the place where you feel that the difference between life and death is soo less !! A place where there is rush even in 1.30 am train to Khopoli from Dadar and you literally have to fight your way in !! God ! I love Mumbai .. and I miss it too ...
Anyway, I will keep you posted on the event and its proceeding ... Another thing that happened, is I got my hands on 'One night @ call center' the other day ... I have started reading it and will finish it in 2 / 3 days ...
You must be thinking, I must have done something at least right ? what did I do last 10 days or so ? well .. nothing great other than work ..wait .. scratch that .. I did watch a couple of good Hindi movies - 'corporate' and 'Omkara' .. They are good movies but both have sad endings .. I appreciate the director's effort and everyone's acting & everything ... just that according to me, movies should not have sad endings .. I go to a theatre to have some fun, laugh my heart out .. be happy ! But if at the end of the movie, if I come out crying and depressed, whats the point ! whatever happened to entertainment !! (and I watched both of them the same day !! just imagine my state at the end of the day !) But anyway, I guess I could have posted reviews of those movies, but as I said earlier, I think everyone should see the movie to rate it ... anyway, coming back to the main topic, why I didnt blog for such a long time, I think one always goes through these spikes when sometimes suddenly everything around you starts glowing and sometimes its all dull suddenly ... I guess I was in the valley of one of those spikes recently ...
but I am back :) .. actually something interesting happened today .. and it made me feel good .. compelled me to write this post .. I felt like I am back in Mumbai .. inside Microsoft, we have this internal email group (or distribution list) called 'MS Indians from Bombay' ... some girl emailed to the group in the afternoon @ around 3 pm asking if there are any places in the seattle area which have 'misal-pav' the assal mumbai dish .. she has a craving for it .. One guy replied saying that there isnt one but to help her craving, he attached this mouth-watering pic of the misal-pav... and that was it !!
Everyone started replying saying they are feeling sooo hungry after seeing that pic and we should have a get-together of such a kind .. within 1 hour, more than 10 people volunteered to do different stuff starting from taking head count for such an event to booking a venue, cooking food and what not ! The energy everyone showed was just amazing .. By 5 pm in the evening, the date for a get-together was finalized ( its on 12th August) ! I mean it was just awesome .. Just a simple question from some girl, initiated this whole potluck-sort-of get-together ... simply amazing !
It reminded me of the 'fast-paced' life of Mumbai where you hardly have time and you have to be alert, on your toes all the time !! It took me back to those days when I used to hang outside the train holding on to the sides ... thats the time, the place where you feel that the difference between life and death is soo less !! A place where there is rush even in 1.30 am train to Khopoli from Dadar and you literally have to fight your way in !! God ! I love Mumbai .. and I miss it too ...
Anyway, I will keep you posted on the event and its proceeding ... Another thing that happened, is I got my hands on 'One night @ call center' the other day ... I have started reading it and will finish it in 2 / 3 days ...
posted by Aniruddhaat 8/03/2006 08:38:00 PM
2 Comments:
A movie is not for entertainment only.. Its to bring issues forth.. to touch people's lives.. But yeah, thts also true.. tht for some.. a movie is plain entertainment. And abt the misalpav initiated get-together.. Wow!! Sounds like a fine plan.. u'll keep posting abt it right?? and what are u gonna cook for the pot-luck??
yeah .. you are right .. movies are not entirely for entertainment .. I liked all those movies 'dhoop', 'million dollar baby' and 'saransh' etc .. but then there is a difference between liking the movie and enjoying the movie .. so anyway, I liked Omkara but I could not enjoy it .. lets put it that way ..
and for potluck I am the organizer, doing the head count & making kande pohe .. lets see how it all works out .. will keep you guys posted !
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