Catalogue-d!!

28 Thursday Jan 2010

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So I arrive this eveinng after work & lo behold, I see a big fat package lying outside my door. I was really excited hoping it’d be some great new book that had been secretly ordered or perhaps a surprise anniversary gift..maybe someone was feeling generous & packed a whole stash of cash in a pretty blue box. But no… it was a big fat catalogue..no two big fat catalogues from the NEXT store! How much do these stores spend on such publications… I hadn’t even asked for it. Can you imagine what a wasted effort & such a waste of paper & ink! So while I was lamenting over it, I flicked through the pages and then the evil plan of the catalogue makers started coming into effect… ooooh nice table lamp… hmmm not that expensive… wow what a pretty toilet brush holder… did i really need a chrome finish one? And maybe I can change the curtains in the living room… what a bargain… you see I was slowly getting sucked into it! It didn’t stop there. I opened the clothing catalogue & my eyes glazed over. I’m not much of a shopper but I felt the latent shopper in me stir… I absolutely must have that orange green dress with those 6 inch heeled patent leather boots! What was going on… it took the ringing of my phone to snap out of the hypnotic trance of these books. I’m not quite sure if I’ll ever buy those items but everytime I see those books, the idea tempts me. And as you can see I haven’t put those books out for recycling 😀

what?

27 Wednesday Jan 2010

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So I watched the much awaited ‘Phir Mile Sur’ on youtube as I couldnt find it being played in any of the indian channels aired in UK. 17 minutes video full of celebrities! And after watching all of it I found myself wondering… hmmm..where are the Kathakali danccers? Odissi? Manipuri? Why wasn’t Lata Mangeshkar in the video? Why is Deepika Padukone wearing a western outfit? Whatever happened to Hrithik Roshan…if Shahid Kapoor was there, shouldn’t Hrithik have definitely been there? Only one Kapoor? Why wasn’t Jaya Bachan in the video? What about our PM? Sachin Tendulkar??? Shilpa Shetty is not even from Rajasthan! There seemed to be over representation of some peoples & no representation of others! Why were the shots of the sportsperons & the armed forces hurriedly squashed into the last minute of the song? The music arrangement in this new video is good & interesting but I have a feeling it will raise more negatives. Of course it was great to see the new faces that define Bollywood today. It was actually quite hysterical to see Shahrukh Khan do his classic arms wide open act looking a little like the sick man from his movie Kal Ho Na Ho!

The old video though rules hands down!!!!! I love the Bharatbala productions video…each & every one of them as apart from the fact that they were stunning, they also were heartwarming and made one feel patriotic and proud to be Indian!
The new video left me feeling a little sad…left me wanting to see the old video. so I did that & my faith has been restored. Hopefully next time we’ll get to see a better video!

je ne sais pas

16 Saturday Jan 2010

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Ever noticed how many times & how many people actually begin a reply/ sentence with – I don’t know. Even if they knew or had an estimate of something they say ‘i don’t know’!! What makes us say we don’t know even if we do or have some kind of an idea? What do you want to do? What would you like to have for dinner? Who’s your favorite author? Do I look fat in these jeans? What’s the most common response to a casual question! Did you realise this short time in your head you actually said – I don’t know, in reply at least once! And so many times we follow the ‘i don’t know’s with ‘maybe’s!
Hmmm makes you wonder, doesn’t it! You don’t know!? 😀

Revelations :-)

09 Saturday Jan 2010

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Dimaag ki batti jal gayi…(the bulb hanging over my head has lit up) with strange thoughts.

The other day I found myself going through fashion magazines & catalogues. I was looking at these fantastic clothes worn by fantastic looking & some not so great looking models and thought to myself how 10 years ago, I’d have been aspiring to be able to wear such outfits. For about 3 years of my life, through graduation years I went overboard with whatever I felt was glamorous! I was wearing high fashion or so I thought. And then came the ‘grey’ phase. I wore grey tees, grey tops… sometimes beige… but I would tell myself it’s okay. Too much colour brings attention, etc and I wasn’t seeking any at that time & I even convinced myself I was either too old or too young to wear such outfits…perhaps in the wrong country as well!
And now I find myself on the 30 threshold and I’m in another country as well… & I ask myself if I don’t wear, adorn, or do what I really want to do now then when am I going to do it???!!!! when i’m moulding happily in a corner, or when my teeth have fallen out, or maybe when my anatomy vaguely resembles anything human! So abhi nahi to kabhi nahi! It’s now or never! No point thinking I could do a particular thing tomorrow… who knows what tomorrow may bring! Live in the now & feel the power of Now…like I can feel NOW as it surges through the channels of my minds Venice!! Of course this can be dangerous to others as well… especially if I decide today that neon pink top looks super hot with green tights & purple hair with red converse sneakers!!! Oooh exciting, isn’t it! Besides I’m never going to be a size 8 or even a size 10 for that matter & neither am I going to suddenly get taller by 4 inches or so. So might as well celebrate what i have today – that’s good health, a wonderful family + extended family, the fantastic man & the insanely wonderful circle of friends. They will all have to jhelo(tolerate) all my idiosyncracies but what the heck. What’s the point if all of us are so serious… phir kaun kahega..who’s going to tell stories to their kids & grandkids about the crazy aunt/sister/friend/grand-aunt/daughter/daughter-in-law if there aren’t any samples to talk about! Hmmm maybe I can be the figment of their,meaning the future generation’s, imagination when I’ve moved to another plane.
Sigh….
😀

3 idiots…….

06 Wednesday Jan 2010

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Behti hawa sa tha woh…
I’m completely blown away by the movie. It reaches out in so many levels! So what if it got preachy but then conveying a message in those couple of hours usually needs some emphasis 🙂
Hats off to the makers of the movie.. I’m a sucker for movies that take care of little details. Every actor in the movie should be given best actors’ award…even the junior artists who were there in the hospital scenes. Every little part was important & everything fit perfectly! It was played to perfection. Sigh.. It’s hard to get over this movie.
As far as credits etc go, I have a new found opinion on it. I feel both chetan bhagat & mr hirani should thank each other. CB for his amazing book & Mr Hirani for his awesome interpretation. Credit ka kya karna abhi – they are both happily lashing out at each other but at the end of the day we the viewers have both to thank! It’s rare to have an awesome version of a book in film & it’s awesome for a writer to be so kind to sell his rights to his already well known book! Two awesomely creative people should now stop fighting..make up and spreadthe looove… By having all this tiff-baazi they are both going against the fundas that they portray in the book & movie! Ab to chodo na yaar… Aal iz well that endz well 🙂


p.s. This is purely my opinion which is also subject to last minute changes 😀

03 Sunday Jan 2010

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What a year 2009 was…

the beginning brought hope & amazing love
the first half was full of emotions of nurturing love
the middle broke my heart but I’m still here… we are still here!
there were moments of truth like i’d never known before
there were moments of true friendship that shone above all else
there were moments that now form the foundation of great things to come!
i look to 2010… there’s always hope & there’ll always be love
and then there’s a promise of great things in life…
and my heart feels whole again
🙂

Simply said

30 Wednesday Dec 2009

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Why is it that everywhere I look
Out in nature or in big fat books
The answers to life’s questions lay bare
If only we all took the time to care
The simpler we think,
The easier it will always be
To find love, peace, happiness & harmony
Still we strife with the mundane
We look for our losses n our gains
Nothing we will take with us when we go
There’s nothing to god you need to prove or show
So in this life, as long as I live
I shall learn to give, to be kind & forgive
With you each precious moments I’ve shared
I hope you’ll always know I cared
That’s all in the last seconds of life
I want you to realise
That it was as simple to feel joy and to be alive!