Oh My God

Its the season of festivals and I just enjoyed the festival of Eid hogging on biriyani, Its gonna be Diwali soon and my friends are gonna treat me to the core and then its gonna be Christmas! where I'l be running around in a suit for dances and parties... maintaining a clean shaven look trying to impress a few girlies around ....  life is so good likes this... We celebrating each others festivals and enjoying at each others feasts ... breaking the religious barriers and the beliefs we have. Its Humanity and Brotherhood written all over it.

.. and then comes Sushma Swaraj, yeah apparently she has gone public saying that she is upset at the attacts on Hindu Beliefs in the movie 'OMG'. Now we have all seen the movie OMG (for those of you who haven't, its an eye opener, go see it) and we know that the movie is made to highlight the Superstitions in all faiths and improve the society. As far as I know the movie has questioned superstitions (Andhvishwas ) in all faiths, So I am wondering if this is just a way of gaining importance and influencing the public (hindu majority). 

If Sushma Swaraj is so interested about movies not hurting religious beliefs then she should stand up for every religion. 
What is she doing when bollywood movies portray us Catholics as drunkards and our women with a lose character or less clothes??? Every girl at the bar in movies is named Julie, Rosy, Mary .... don't we know in reality there are non-Catholic names as well doing similar things a Catholic girl is shown doing in the movies?
and if that was not enough in the movie Kya Superkool Hai Hum which had offensive scenes of a Catholic priest shown solemnising a marriage between dogs, in the movie Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal Catholic priest is dancing with a rosary around his neck and wearing a garland of lottery tickets with a church in the background, an actor is misusing and indiscriminately using the Holy Water Sprinkler, a priest with a bouquet of flowers with an 'I Love You' message, a notorious character with garlands of currency notes shown with the church in the background... May be Sushma Swraj should stand up for all this too if shes pretending to play an impartial minister or just quit with all the cute talk.

Swaraj further tells us (in the same article I read) that last year when Obama visited India and expressed his views on why India does not buy US dairy products, she enlightened him that our cows are vegetarian and their cows are non vegetarians as the people in US feed their cows meat.  lolz

 Now besides Cows and Movies ... I am sure the lady has a lot more relative topics to talk about  that will uplift the society. We all are counting on that.   
        

end of the road t20/2012

Dhoni’s Devils Go Down Fighting Finally

Now I agree it’s very easy for a fan/supporter/well wisher of the Indian cricket team like me to sit at home watch the game as I sip my beer and blog about why my team didn't make it..   I also know it’s easier said than done and all the other similar lines that go with it …  but yet there are a few things I’d like to point out as my opinion and what I felt about the very unfortunate departure of team India at the T20 world cup.

To start with let me mention that currently there is no team in international cricket that can restrict a Team like South Africa to 121 in 20 overs… and if they did, it would be the luckiest day of every player’s life in that team… So to expect team India to achieve such a milestone (especially with their current bowling attack) it was not really a very smart thing to do (although our tigers only let themselves down by scoring an ordinary 152 and but roared loud enough at regular intervals to keep me glued to star cricket till the end)

Even 7+4 couldn't hide the shameful form our batters are in.

Poor batting performances-cum-strategies cost team India a real close chance of qualifying to an opportunity of winning the cup. Gambhir was not impressive throughout; Viru couldn’t do what he does best but did manage to injure his leg at the end of it. Pathan was made to open twice in the earlier matches, now this really sucks if he is sent as a regular opener and not as a pinch hitter which was pretty much the case.  Leaving the last game Dhoni was not able to accelerate either, particularly his approach of slowing down the game while chasing is damn annoying. 

Now our defeat to Australia was the main reason that we didn't qualify or Pakistan's unbelievable performances was??... is not the point. The fact that, a team like India with the world’s best batsmen couldn't pile a good 170 plus in a do or die match tells the story.

Bowling Mystery Haunts

The only bower I thought was effective throughout the tournament after Zak and Ashwin was Yuvi… LMAO! Dinda, Chawla, Harbhajan, Balaji did get wickets but not impressive at all. India needs that regular full time bowler (a pacer probably), someone who can really get in there, take wickets and scare the opponents. If we are gonna relay on our part timers (who no doubt are doing a super awesome job) we would surely manage to win games but just like today not be able to but pressure or restrict our opponents.

Hopefully our captain cool has made a few notes on this and comes back home wiser. As a fan and supporter I’d love to see Team India do well always.

          

12 angry men

One of the best written movies I've come across so far. With almost the whole movie shot in just a room. The power of the script and amazing acting performances by the actors does not go unnoticed . 

Colgate Palmolive (frnds reunion)

 This video dedicated to all the wonderful people who made this trip possible 

An Affair

I had never seen Mark behave so weirdly….

He used to love me so much! Always by my side, ever since we were married since the past one year without fail he made plans for our every weekend, he used to love spending time with me. 

Sometimes when I used to come home from work, he would surprise me by being home before me and cooking a little snack for me…  I used to enjoy it and feel so delighted to be blessed with a husband like Mark… but more than that I often wondered what a good cook he has become just to surprise me... this was until one day I came home early from work and found out that our maid used to prepare all those snacks while my loving husband showed her the recipe book …

Movies, outings, clubbing, kitty parties, even office functions, Mark always wanted me to be with him. Our friends had begun to think we’d never gonna go anywhere without each other.

But I did.

It was the month of June; I had to rush to Delhi as the doctors begin to say that the reason for my mom’s random temperatures could no longer be seen as common cold. Mark had just got a promotion… the Company had provided him with a new big cabin, higher package, bigger responsibilities and yes a secretary…   

Candy was 32, a divorcee and arguably gorgeous. The curls on her hair, green eyes and fair complexion added wonders to her curvy body. A few days before I left to check on my mother, Mark had introduced her to me at a party as a very hardworking and satisfying secretary. He couldn’t stop praising her. Although I secretly envied her for her looks, I thought all this was going to be strictly professional. Two days after the party I met Candy at a mall and enjoyed shopping with her. Yes she was really sweet and good to talk to. We had girly talks and laughed like crazy.  

… and may be that was the last time I smiled.

When I returned from Delhi, everything had changed mark has started avoiding me. He slept till late and would wake up only after I had left for work.  When I returned from office he used to be at home already, glued to the TV. I always tried to talk to him a regarding his behavior but he got irritated and never answered properly. I had started thinking if it could be me. May be I had done something wrong somewhere which hurt him.

Then one day as I was clearing the closet, I found two movie tickets in his shirt pocket, a movie which he never took me for. Who else could it be then I begin to wonder. .. and just then the phone rang… It was Candy asking for Mark.

Mark whispered something to her and hung up. He looked at me worried and asked me again and again what Candy said. That night when he was asleep I checked Mark’s cell and noticed that in past two weeks my husband had only called Candy and that too at weird timings. There was something wrong … my heart sank.

 The next day Mark claimed he had to go to office for some important meeting. I was surprised that Mark had even forgotten it was a Sunday. When he left I kept thinking about him and Candy. That bitch had worked her magic on Mark and now she was making him dance to her tunes... But I was not gonna let it happen. I dialed Marks number but it was busy. I tried again and again but in vain. So then I decided to call Candy. I wanted to just fight, wanted to fire her for stealing my hubby… but I found that her number was busy too.

May be Mark and Candy were talking to each other… may be they we laughing at me for being so foolish…  I was sure they are planning on a romantic Sunday.

I was almost in tears. "Oh Marie," I said to our maid, "I have reason to suspect that my husband is having an affair with his secretary."

“I don't believe it for one minute!" Marie snapped. "You're just saying that to make me jealous!!!”

vaat majhi baghtoy rikshawala

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cleaning up...

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