nineteen till i die

Ek chidiya, anek chidiya, daana chugne baith gayi… Does that light a bulb in your long term memory? Well if not then you have not seen enough TV in your childhood. I classify myself into the elite group of people who watched the bare minimum amount of TV in the tender age. It is worth [...]

“It doesn’t matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn’t matter what we do.” – Charly Heavenrich

Jana-gana-mana-adhinayaka, jaya he Bharata-bhagya-vidhata O! Dispenser of India’s destiny, thou art the ruler of the minds of all people Punjab-Sindhu-Gujarata-Maratha Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat, the Maratha country, Dravida-Utkala-Banga in the Dravida country, Utkala (Orissa) and Bengal; Vindhya-Himachala-Yamuna-Ganga It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas, Uchchala-Jaladhi-taranga it mingles [...]

You can recall this statement if you have seen Black. My take on the same: Life is surely an ice-cream. But one with a cone. You start with something that is sweet, cool, soft and delicious – something that even someone without teeth can eat. And as you progress, you start encountering the hard bytes [...]

“Who wants a cynic who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing?” – Oscar Wilde (quoted by Aamir Khan in Taare Zameen Par) Well, I feel bad that I have acted like this cynic at times in life. But as other sayings go – “Life is the short name for constant endeavor [...]

‘Another good Saif movie..’ the phrase sounds familiar. Hum Tum and Salaam Namaste have really got Saif on the right track. He is improving and nearing perfection with every movie. I liked his work in both. I guess the turning point of Saif’s career was Ek Haseena Thi. He was simply brilliant in the movie. [...]

Now thats what I call a movie!!! I can go on and on and on praising the movie right from the bottom of my heart. Patriotism the way today’s world wants it, history depicted the way we would want to see it. One would really like to compare it with Dil Chahta Hai. Both revolve [...]

“Thanda matlab Coca Cola!” This was among some very different ad slogans I observed (and actually liked). I have always been a great fan of Coca Cola and have preffered Coke brands over all other cold beverages. So it was not something that shifted me from another drink to coke. But the slogan did sound [...]