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I can't really decide which movie was more "bokwas".. Chennai Express or Happy New Year.. Of course you have to keep your expectations really low when you go to watch a Farah Khan movie.. It's just going to be mindless cinema, so if you're looking to watch something sensible you'd be better off watching Vishal Bharadwaj's "Haider".. We missed the first 20 minutes of the movie thanks to no parking space at the mall.. After watching the movie I thought we were lucky to get away with 20 less minutes of boredom.. Farah Khan tries to do an "Ocean's Eleven".. But sadly none of the actors (not even SRK) of "Happy New Year" have the panache of the cast from "Ocean's Eleven".. It's a bad comedy movie, if you can call it that.. The jokes fall flat.. I heard a lot of people laughing during the movie.. It left me wondering whether they were watching the same movie as me.. Save for a few good jokes the movie was tota

Recently there was this string of posts on FB called the "Book bucket challenge" where people named their top 10 favourite books and nominated friends to name their top 10 favourite books.. Up until then I considered myself a 'well read' person.. But reading other people's list of books just blew my mind...made me realise that I am a frog in the well and the amount of books I have read can be compared to a drop in the ocean.. I have come up with my "Book bucket challenge".. A list of books I hope to read in the coming year.. So here goes.. 1. Love in the time of cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. One hundred years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez 3. Midnight's children - Salman Rushdie 4. The kite runner - Khaled Hosseini 5. A thousand splendid suns - Khaled Hosseini 6. The day of the jackal - Frederick Forsyth 7. The cuckoo's calling - Robert Galbraith 8. The lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri 9. Train to Pakistan - Khushwant Singh

Remembering a certain friend from college who used to annoy me so much.. This person ever the optimist, was also considerate, since she would never fail to ask me what was bugging me, whenever I seemed upset.. But I chose not to tell her.. And it would annoy her so much that I'm being so secretive.. And I used to beg this person to "leave me alone".. and she just wouldn't get the concept of "leave me alone".. Today I'm wishing this person was around to ask me what's bugging me.. Actually, she's very much around.. Just that all of us have moved on with our lives.. Everyone's married now, few of us have kids and its just so difficult to be in touch.. We've all moved on, made new friends so even if we did get in touch we wouldn't have much to share since we're all in different 'places' now.. I'm missing all those people today.. we used to have so much of fun.. We had that bond.. That something special which you can never

It's probably one of the most ridiculous titles you'll ever hear for a book, but that hasn't stopped readers (Yours truly included)from rushing to the bookstores to lay their hands on a copy of latest Chetan Bhagat novel.. I had to visit the book store twice since copies were sold out the first time I went to buy this book.. Guess that makes Chetan Bhagat the undisputed king of paperback.. With this book he seems to have got his Midas touch back.. copies of "Half Girlfriend" are selling like hot cakes.. and this book probably will be adapted as screenplay for a hindi movie and Bhagat will receive potloads of money as he hands over rights of the book to the movie makers.. Of course there'll be a controversy just before the release of that movie.. you know,pre movie release promotion tactics.. And the movie will join the likes of Chennai Express and Dhoom3 in the 100 crore club.. And Chetan Bhagat will live happily ever after.. ;-) Coming to the book I feel i

Well, it's a rhetoric question.. Not expecting any of you to answer this one.. But as you can guess this post has to do with the recent incident of a newspaper running an article with the caption containing a description of a certain err, body part of Deepika Padukone and the subsequent tweet by the superstar on twitter, slamming the media for this and all this followed up by other Bollywood stars tweeting their support for the 'Damsel in distress'.. I'm not sure if Arnab Goswami conducted a debate on the "News hour tonight".. wouldn't be surprised if he did since surely Deepika's cleavage debate would increase their TRPs than some other topic like the floods in J & K.. Anyway when this issue made headlines I remembered a friend from office who always remarked that Deepika is 'manly' with no feminine features at all.. I'm sure when she read the news item her first reaction would have definitely been "Cleavage? On Deepika Padukon

I'm yet to come to terms with the untimely demise of a friend, also a colleague.. Fate can be a cruel mistress and she can bring us down to our knees with a single blow..She decided it was time to take Sanjay away from us and so on that fateful 23rd of August 2014 we were all shocked with the news that he'd succumbed to Dengue.. It was just too much to take.. Almost everyone who knew him was just too shocked, most of us not being able to articulate our feelings at his sudden death.. All of us are just hoping that he just gets back in touch and says "Hey,I'm back.. It was just a joke".. But unfortunately, it's no joke.. Sanjay truly has left us and gone to meet his Maker,leaving behind a void that can never be filled.. My aquaintance with Sanjay has been because we've worked at the same office.. I got to know Sanjay through another friend at office.. And at first glance you couldn't help but like him.. He exuded so much confidence and a positive vibe

There's no points for guessing this one.. It is none other than.... my maid.. True to her name she has brought wealth into our lives.. Lakshmi is our lifeline.. She's my daughter's playmate and friend.. she's plays several roles.. maid.. playmate.. singer.. friend.. u name it and Lakshmi can do it.. we're so dependent on her that giving her leave to visit her hometown is such an issue.. She doesnt believe in Casual leave of a day or two.. in her case its straightway Privileged leave of 15 to 20 days.. and its on those days that all of us miss her the most.. the house is silent.. You see, Lakshmi has never heard the thought "Silence is golden".. She talks in a loud voice.. I mean "loud"..like the entire neighbourhood can hear her conversations on the phone..And some of her pronounciatians are just hilarious..Its also very amusing to hear her sing "Tera pyaar pyaar pyaar.. hookah bar" while feeding my daughter.. God! It makes me cring

I don't usually have such morbid thoughts.. But off late I'm just wondering what if I die suddenly.. Would I missed? Would people mourn my loss? The only worry is I wouldn't be around to see how many people actually are mourning my death.. So here's how I'd want it to be.. I'm hoping I die a sudden death.. not after battling years of some terminal illness that leaves me bald and frail and thin.. I wanna go quickly.. no pain.. no fuss.. just an instant death.. I would want many people to attend my funeral.. I'm hoping there is a lovely choir to sing at my funeral.. Since nothing makes me more happy than listening to some good music.. I want my organs to be donated if they are viable.. I'm not sure how helpful my eyes would be but I would like to donate them too.. And I want to be buried and not cremated Im sure my parents would be heartbroken but I wouldn't want them to mourn..I would want them and my immediate family (my husband, Nikki, My inlaws

Exactly a year back I wrote a post title "I'm totally in shape.. 'Round' IS a shape".. Since then I have knocked off a few pounds.. 15 kgs to be precise.. Why I did it? Well.. no reason in particular.. Maybe I had enough of the peoples' jibes.. Not too sure.. when I look back,I guess the decision to go on a diet just happened on an impulse.. I was just reading reviews of some books when I happened to come across a book titled "Lose a kilo a week" by Nishi Grover.. the review was good.. I purchased the book online.. her diet plan seemed very reasonable and practical.. I decided to go for it.. When I first started the diet, people around me had a good laugh and most told me that I wouldn't be able to go through with it.. I set out to prove them wrong.. the more they made fun of me, the more stubborn I got and this helped me to be more determined to not stray away from my diet.. So from January till June this year it has been 'NO' to swee

When I was commissioned for election duty, it never occurred to me that the assignment would turn out to be a nightmare.. All the people who've gone for election duty before told me what a horrible job it was.. But I wasn't worried.. I thought to myself, "How bad can it be?".. Turns out that it can be real bad.. And I was assigned the job of a Presiding Officer (PRO)..From never having been assigned election duty before to straightaway being assigned a PROs job was kind of a shocker.. Lets just say I got lucky or 'unlucky' as I realised later.. For those of you who are familiar with election duty you will know how important or should I say how risky the job of a PRO is.. As PRO you are in charge of everything that happens at your Polling Station.. And as PRO you also have to ensure that polling happens 'peacefully'.. Of course the question here is how can people be 'peaceful' if they are standing in queues for more than an hour.. For that is e

I was suffering from the usual bout of 'Monday blues'.. More so since we're in the month of March.. And fellow bankers would agree when I say that this is the most crucial month for us.. When targets and meeting deadlines, preparing and submitting reports are all you can think of, the word 'fun' becomes obsolete.. So when certain people were planning a Holi celebration at office I was just wondering how could they even think of it.. And then I thought it'll be a boring affair since everyone would be pre occupied with their work or may not be interested since they're too tired.. But I was in for a surprise.. Friends smearing each other faces and clothes with colour... and not just a pinch or two but stuffing our fists with lots of colour and happily smearing it on each others faces...and since it wasn't enough that we were having fun, we just HAD to share it with the others in the vicinity.. It was so much fun seeing a friend go and clean up only to

I have recently been bitten by the fitness bug which has motivated me to wake up every morning at an unearthly hour and go out for a walk.. The morning walk also gives me the solitude that I have been craving for.. It's the much needed 'ME' time that I've come to enjoy so much that now I can't imagine my life without these walks (Exaggerating ;-) ).. Initially, when I just started going for walks, I wouldn't wear a jacket or a pullover simply because 10 minutes into the walk and I would start sweating.. And having a jacket on would only make me more uncomfortable.. On one such morning while I'm enjoying my hour of silence and peace suddenly out of nowehere Miss I-can't-mind-my-own-business is beside me questioning me about why I'm not wearing a sweater.. She reminded me of my life in Mangalore where people don't think twice before stopping the auto you're travelling to question you about where you're going and whether you're parents