But till we are built like angels,
With hammer and chisel and pen,
We will work for our self
And a woman, for ever and ever, Amen.
- Rudyard Kipling
After endless deliberations with various stakeholders in my life, numerous attempts to run away from fate and hold on to the cozy and comfortable past, i admit that i have spectacularly failed and have submitted myself to the rules and customs of the civilised society. Fate has finally dealt the fatal blow to my innocence and freedom.
Now that i have played around with words to keep up with the pretense of being learned, let me put it across simply.
I am going to get married. Engagement is in December and marriage is in Feb-March. Dates have not been finalised yet.
Engagement will be in Mumbai, Marriage in Aurangabad and Reception once again in Mumbai. (for people who are wondering about travelling to aurangabad, worry not, in laws promise a good welcome, hospitality and a jolly good time taking inspiration from the Barjatiyas, Chopras and the Johars)
Her name is Shweta, she is an engineer-MBA, currently working in ICICI Bank in Pune, will get a transfer to Mumbai in a few months.
So please to keep yourself free for all the festivities and drunken revelries. Formal invitations, silly looking photographs, dates and invitational phone calls follow.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Movie watching target
After narrowly missing my movie watching target last year i promised myself that i will reach the magic figure of 52 no matter what happens. And am quite happy that it is going quite comfortably right now. With week no. 30 coming to an end my tally stands at 36.
So if everything goes according to the script i should have reached the magic figure by October end. The only assumption here is that both bollywood and hollywood will have at least average watchable movies lined up . By average and watchable i mean one should not feel like wasting 150 bucks after 2 hours in the theater.
I have made an attempt to rate the hindi and english movies i have seen from January till date on the basis of the following criteria:
Hindi:
I don't think i can rank top 5 hindi movies looking at the crappy standards which we have seen till now. I sincerely hope things improve from now on.
Was very impressed by some performances also, more about that in a later post.
So if everything goes according to the script i should have reached the magic figure by October end. The only assumption here is that both bollywood and hollywood will have at least average watchable movies lined up . By average and watchable i mean one should not feel like wasting 150 bucks after 2 hours in the theater.
I have made an attempt to rate the hindi and english movies i have seen from January till date on the basis of the following criteria:
- Entertaining
- Good Story
- Great performances
- The Dark Knight
- Kung Fu Panda
- Ironman
- Horton Hears a Who
- Juno
Hindi:
- Jaane Tu ya Jaane Na
- Mithya
- Aamir
I don't think i can rank top 5 hindi movies looking at the crappy standards which we have seen till now. I sincerely hope things improve from now on.
Was very impressed by some performances also, more about that in a later post.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Life Update
Feels good to know some people still read the blog. Life is in a moving quite slowly right now. A quick round up of the happenings.
Coming soon:
Tales form the Metropolis - 4 (The three tasks) (in which agememnon makes a plan to reclaim his supremacy)
Pictures of the new house (immense pride once again)
- New client portfolio has been allotted in office, slightly better than previous ones, boss says i will make more money off these clients. I will say something only after a couple of months.
- Mom still worried about getting me married. Me still chilled and claiming i am only 26. Weekend arguments still on.
- Immense dissatisfaction with salary still there. However plans of quitting on hold for the time being till i am able to figure out the new portfolio thing.
- Trip planned towards the month end with the sons and the latest lady to join the family. Cause for happiness :-)
- Plan to watch 52 movies this year is firmly on track. Present count is 24, watching Indiana Jones tonight and Sarkar Raaj tomorrow so will meet my half yearly target with 3 weeks to spare. cause for pride (and a little happiness also).
Coming soon:
Tales form the Metropolis - 4 (The three tasks) (in which agememnon makes a plan to reclaim his supremacy)
Pictures of the new house (immense pride once again)
Monday, June 02, 2008
Tales from the Metropolis - 3 (where we stand today)
The rise and fall of human civilization has been the eternal conundrum. A subject which has fascinated many learned men. The emergence and re-emergence of magic, the appearance and disappearance of various races, the unbelievable rise of science and technology and its equally baffling fall to medieval depths have all contributed to the intrigue surrounding human civilization.
The first age ended when Frodo took the ship to Valinor with all the ring bearers. This was followed by a rapid and inexplicable disappearance of elves, dwarves, hobbits and all the old creatures of lore. Kingdoms and dynasties emerged a bit of magic still remained but technology started making rapid strides. Religion emerged as an authority and the conflict between faith and rationality caused another upheaval in the world. The second age ended with Lord Asriel establishing the Republic of Heaven.
Very few details are known about the time in between the great ages. However historians claim that this was the time when the triggers for change were activated and if we are able to know what happened during this period we might be able to solve the mystery of civilization as well. The third age saw the continued dominance of technology and thankfully ended when the chosen one finally saved zion and destroyed the citadel of the architect. Surprisingly in the fourth age humans chose to ignore technology, research was banned and the focus was on the development of human values. Magic made its reappearance and many old magical beings were frequently sighted. However the magic and magical beings stayed on the fringes of human society, the humans held absolute power over the world and its future. The magical beings also did not resent this and expressed a desire to co-exist peacefully with their less magical brethren.
The coexistence of humans and magical beings led to many new races and orders being formed. The Jedi, the Ninjas and the Samurai were the predominant orders formed in humans due to their knowledge of magic. Powerful races like druids and shadow snatchers emerged due to cross breeding amongst magical and non magical races.
It was in the beginning of the fourth age that the map of the world as we know it was redrawn. The Island kingdom emerged as the most powerful settlement in terms of military power and economic growth. The Republic was a close second and was acknowledged the world over as a centre of learning and the seat of ancient magical craft. The Northern kingdom mainly kept to itself and rarely meddled in world affairs. The Southern and Eastern states were the cause of many a war and represented the rising order. They wanted to supplant the Island Kingdom and The Republic in terms of territorial strength, military power and economic prowess. However they feared the military strength of the Island and the mysterious magical powers of the Republic. So all their efforts were restrict to covert operations and spying.
Our story begins towards the end of the fourth age. The Republic is deeply fragmented and there is a struggle for power. The national council (containing representatives form all states and cities) is falling apart. The eastern states are trying to take advantage of the situation and induct their own men into the national council. The economic power of the republic lies in the metropolis. Anyone who controls the metropolis will in effect control the republic and needless to say will have a very important say in world affairs.
Odysseus, Achilles, Agamemnon, Leonidas, Ajax and their clan belonged the the human race. Our stories follow the events which unfold when the struggle for power unfolds in the metropolis and how its affects the republic and the world order. Druids and shadow snatchers have an important part to play, so do robots and the orders of jedi, ninja and samurai warriors.
Each and every one of these races, their characteristics and events have been shamelessly copied from books which the author grew up reading and the fertile imagination of his idle brain has contributed to the structure of this tale which is his fantasy played out in words.
The first age ended when Frodo took the ship to Valinor with all the ring bearers. This was followed by a rapid and inexplicable disappearance of elves, dwarves, hobbits and all the old creatures of lore. Kingdoms and dynasties emerged a bit of magic still remained but technology started making rapid strides. Religion emerged as an authority and the conflict between faith and rationality caused another upheaval in the world. The second age ended with Lord Asriel establishing the Republic of Heaven.
Very few details are known about the time in between the great ages. However historians claim that this was the time when the triggers for change were activated and if we are able to know what happened during this period we might be able to solve the mystery of civilization as well. The third age saw the continued dominance of technology and thankfully ended when the chosen one finally saved zion and destroyed the citadel of the architect. Surprisingly in the fourth age humans chose to ignore technology, research was banned and the focus was on the development of human values. Magic made its reappearance and many old magical beings were frequently sighted. However the magic and magical beings stayed on the fringes of human society, the humans held absolute power over the world and its future. The magical beings also did not resent this and expressed a desire to co-exist peacefully with their less magical brethren.
The coexistence of humans and magical beings led to many new races and orders being formed. The Jedi, the Ninjas and the Samurai were the predominant orders formed in humans due to their knowledge of magic. Powerful races like druids and shadow snatchers emerged due to cross breeding amongst magical and non magical races.
It was in the beginning of the fourth age that the map of the world as we know it was redrawn. The Island kingdom emerged as the most powerful settlement in terms of military power and economic growth. The Republic was a close second and was acknowledged the world over as a centre of learning and the seat of ancient magical craft. The Northern kingdom mainly kept to itself and rarely meddled in world affairs. The Southern and Eastern states were the cause of many a war and represented the rising order. They wanted to supplant the Island Kingdom and The Republic in terms of territorial strength, military power and economic prowess. However they feared the military strength of the Island and the mysterious magical powers of the Republic. So all their efforts were restrict to covert operations and spying.
Our story begins towards the end of the fourth age. The Republic is deeply fragmented and there is a struggle for power. The national council (containing representatives form all states and cities) is falling apart. The eastern states are trying to take advantage of the situation and induct their own men into the national council. The economic power of the republic lies in the metropolis. Anyone who controls the metropolis will in effect control the republic and needless to say will have a very important say in world affairs.
Odysseus, Achilles, Agamemnon, Leonidas, Ajax and their clan belonged the the human race. Our stories follow the events which unfold when the struggle for power unfolds in the metropolis and how its affects the republic and the world order. Druids and shadow snatchers have an important part to play, so do robots and the orders of jedi, ninja and samurai warriors.
Each and every one of these races, their characteristics and events have been shamelessly copied from books which the author grew up reading and the fertile imagination of his idle brain has contributed to the structure of this tale which is his fantasy played out in words.
State of Mind
Five months into the 2008 and still no big reason to be happy. Actually its not surprising considering the fact that my happiest moment of 2007 was when Sreesanth took the catch which made us world champions. Some observations / emotions / feelings experienced detailed below.
If you are still there keep watching this space for updates and developments in the plot.
- Pride in owning my first house
- Pain of losing a close friend
- Extended periods of inactivity affecting the ability / creativity of the brain
- Anger / Sorrow every time i look at my payslip
- Sadness on the confirmation of the inevitable
- Irritation at the unbelievable amount of illogical / irrational / retarded / spastic behavior i have been observing around me for the past 3 months
- Feeling of heightened stupidity when i start believing that the best way to constructively utilize time in office is to update blog which no one has bothered to read in past one year
If you are still there keep watching this space for updates and developments in the plot.
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