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Jab Kisi Ki Taraf....

So, I was going through my music collection today and came upon this song. Wow, I haven't listened to this in years!

This is a piece of great work by Jatin-Lalit and Sameer.

What prompted me to write this post is a line of dialogue Ajay Devgan says just before the song starts. Unfortunately, I couldn't find a video on youtube which covers that part.

It goes like this,

Kajol: Tumne us ladki ko bataya kyon nahi?

Ajay: Yeh pyaar bhi ajeeb cheez hai. Jab iqraar ki puri ummeed ho to bhi dil kehne se darta hai. Aur mujhe to inqaar ka pura yakeen hai. Voh kisi aur ko chahati hai.

We all have been there! You like this girl/guy but at the same time you know that nothing can happen because she/he is already committed to somebody else. And you don't really want to break their relationship. You are just content at getting to spend time with that person, with no expectations. Of course, its not simple, but gradually you do accept the reality.

Disclaimer: This has NOTHING to do with my personal life!

Disappointed at NDA's loss.

Happy that next government will be a stable one.

Glad that left parties went down.

Pleasantly suprised at MNS's success.

Happy that Sharad Pawar has been denied a shot at becoming PM.

Sarca(u)stic ;-)

Whenever my mother has a holiday, she is a completely different person in the morning. You see, my mother likes to ‘use’ the holiday productively which means cleaning and putting the house ‘in order’. I simply shudder at this very idea! So obviously, my dear mother and me have peculiar conversations. Like these,

Dear Mother (DM): (looking at my bed) What’s with so many things lying on your bed? How do you even manage to sleep on that?

Me: (with cool voice and tone of an ascetic) Just four feet, that’s enough space for a man to sleep.

DM: Gives an expression filled with disbelief, disgust, anger.

I ignore her as usual and go off to jogging. I come back after 15-20 minutes,

DM: You back so fast?! (sarcastically) For how much time do you jog?

Me: Umm……..that would be……..2 minutes.

DM: I knew so! Actually, I think you go out only to buy the paper.

Me: You are absolutely right mother. I jog from my bike to the paper-stall wala. And even such a small distance takes me 2 minutes!

DM: Gives an expression filled with disbelief, disgust, anger.

I ignore her, as usual.

Atithi Deo Bhav!

This Kasab episode is frustrating me. Public prosecutor, Mr. Ujjval Nikam told media yesterday that this case will run for minimum six months. That too if court functions every day. So, we can safely assume that it will go on for eight to nine months. Kasab most probably will appeal in Supreme Court challenging the verdict. Another three-four months wasted there. After that, he will file a mercy petition with President. Considering what is happening in Afzal Guru's case, there is a very high probability that Kasab will be a guest of Indian government for next 2-3 years! This is NOT justice.

Can't we make an exception and speed up this case? Why I see no urgency? 

Kasab is a happy man though. He thinks a place in Jannat is already reserved for him, shows no sign of remorse and has put on four kilos in the mean time. And why not, after all our culture says, Atithi Deo Bhav! So what if he happens to be a cold-blooded murderer?! 

मी का म्हणुन मतदान करु?

माझ्या आईच्या भाषेत मी आता २४ वर्षांचा घोडा झालो असलो तरी माझे अजून मतदार यादीत नाव नाहीये. I know, I know....ही काही अभिमानाने सांगण्याची गोष्ट नाहीये. याला माझा आळस म्हणा किंवा apathy. सध्या Jaago Re वाले बरीच ’जनजाग्रुती’ करत आहे्त; तेंव्हा मला पण जरा चेव चढला. म्हटले की यादीत नाव नोंदवण्याआधी कोण उमेदवार आहेत ते तरी बघावं. पण त्यांची नावं बघून मात्र माझा पूर्ण भ्रमनिरास झाला :(

Congress चे जे उमेदवार महाशय आहेत ते याच मतदा्रसंघातून ५ वेळा निवडुन आले आहेत. असे असूनही त्यांनी या भागासाठी काय कामे केली बुवा असे कोणी विचारले तर मोजून ५ ही सांगता येणे अवघड आहे! BJP कडून जे उभे आहेत त्यांची ही पहिलीच निवडणुक आहे. मागच्या काही महिन्यांतले त्यांचे फालतू publicity stunt बघून मला वाटलेच होते की हे सगळं निवडणुकीसाठीच असणार!

या दोघांमधलं कोणीही निवडून या्वं अशी माझी अजिबात इच्छा नाहीये! मग मी मतदान करण्य़ाला काय अर्थ आहे?

It's not unpatriotic to love Slumdog Millionaire!!! Yes, I liked the movie and I am an Indian.