Will Indian cricket be any better., now that there is a change of guard at the very top...
No..Im not referring to the Captain but to the Board president...
Pawar as a politician is a scumbag...one who ditched congress when they were in the pits
and then came back again..after bargaining with Sonia..
In his term as President of MCA, all the current players who did well last season, shifted
allegiance to Maharashtra and moved out of Mumbai cricket association..
The moment he came to power, he removed 3 selectors that were supposedly Dalmiya's men
and coincidentally all 3 had supported Gangulys inclusion in the team.
Will chappell breathe easy, now that they have removed the committee that oversees his
performance? I dont think so..
Well well while on Mumbai...wat will that famous son of mumbai...Sunil gavaskar do..
He has been lying low for a while...unsure which camp to support..
Now that the cat is outta bag, expect him to start trashing dalmiya and supporting pawar..
Again, expect him to get his son out of Bengal and get him to play in Mumbai again..
He is another politican in the making...:-)
November 29, 2005
The curse of the Pandaram
or the sweet tidings if u wanna call it...
now travels to...
Jeenu and Shilpa ( Considered other possibilities and I thought, amongst Vi, Jeenu and Shilpa...all other ppl will be covered, later )
etho ennala mudinjathu.. :-D
I knw I still havent completed my random musings...but pretty close to getting it done..
But then I thought first things first..:-D
and remember...if u dont do it.., like the Bethaal says to Vikram...ur head will splinter into 1000 pieces :-D
So FFBW u have been saved...
now travels to...
Jeenu and Shilpa ( Considered other possibilities and I thought, amongst Vi, Jeenu and Shilpa...all other ppl will be covered, later )
etho ennala mudinjathu.. :-D
I knw I still havent completed my random musings...but pretty close to getting it done..
But then I thought first things first..:-D
and remember...if u dont do it.., like the Bethaal says to Vikram...ur head will splinter into 1000 pieces :-D
So FFBW u have been saved...
November 28, 2005
pandaram's Box..
Ah, so I’ve been tagged
Vi has conveniently stepped away…for now atleast ( in her words, again :-))..
20 Random things about myself..:-)
Lolz, had I seen it before Vi did, would have made her the sole responder to this tag..
But alas., I’ve had enough misfortune in the last one month and I better not risk another:-)…lest, I don’t do this tag thingie….
FFB, what are the odds of me tagging u again at the end of this post :-P
Don’t think I can do it in one go..
But for it to appear complete, every time you see…, I’ll do the 1st and the 20th random ‘thingie’ first :-D
And ppl, if u want to help me out, do so by all means, with whatever you noticed about me. But be warned though, only good intentions will find favor ;-)
(1) Letz start with the name...I thought Pandora was a femme...and so the male equivalent should be 'Pandaram's box', just like Spiderman 'Peter Parker' became Pavitr Prabhakar :-)
(2) If someone says ‘Don’t do it’….you can bet on me wanting to do it and trying it and of course, failing miserably at that..
(3) If someone says ‘Don’t do it’, you can count on me, once in a while to go by what you say…:-)
.
.
.
.
(19) I think I’ve stayed too long in this country. 7 yrs may or may not be too long. But letz see the chronology of events that made me think so..
Year 1: All African Americans appeared queer folks. All Hispanics seemed the closest to Desis. Went out of the way to smile at desis. Had trouble appreciating the ‘Appreciations’, from the ‘appreciating’ people. :-)
Year 2: Started thinking, hey Afro Amer' are after all fellow inhabitants of Planet earth and started warming up to them. Removed my mush as every other Hispanic male and older looking femmes came over and started making small conversations in Spanish..
All I had in response was ‘Si’ (translated: Yes) ‘ No habla hispaniol’ (translated: I don’t speak Spanish , ofcourse taken from numerous ads on tv’s that say we speak Spanish..do business with us :-) )
Dint’ know the equivalent of No in Spanish. So kinda had to do some spanglish :-)
Year 3: started trashing the Mexicans, became more interested in the football cheer leaders.. Dint matter to them, who they were with, once they got drunk…Not that it mattered to me either ;-)
Year 4: Maaan, whus that damn babe, that tanned girl over there.
Me to my friend: you know what, Girls with big lips are good kissers, I’m gonna go talk to that desi girl.
My friend (she’d just been here for a semester) : Un mandaila idi vizha ( thts tamil, translated as: Let lightning strike ur head)
That’s no desi. She’s a kalli (A feminine Afro American). Just that she’z got lighter skin. Probably a cross between a white and a afro.
U better go after her. Tholai ozhinjathu nnu iruppen. (translated: Good riddance. I’ll be happy without u around)
I prolly think this is where my fixation with Afro Americans started.., to the extent that I thought that they now resembled Desis..
Forget Hispanics, I had, by this time, given up on figuring out if they were desis or Hispanics, unless they came and talked to me…:-)
Worst, was when I had gone to the airport to pick up a girl student ( ya ya, I do the pick up only when girl students arrive from India. And bumped into this Spanish girl that was like looking totally lost.. I assumed she was the desi we were to pick up..and said..
Me: “Hey Shilpa…This is Gi……"
She gave me one blank look….
I shd have guessed by that time…but then…, I dint :-|
Me: "You are Shilpa, right." ( There were actually 2 univs that were in that region, including mine) and I thought she mite be there for the other one.
"Are you a student of this A &M or the other..Does anyone know you are here. Should I drop you..”
She: Si..
Me: “ Nasama poga *%*&#@^&$ (translated, loosely: U be doomed, followed by choice expletives)..and thts when I realized :-D
Year 5: second trip to India, and ppl started wondering why I still aint ready for marriage.
Mom: Are you in a relationship with some girl, there. Let us know. We are okee with it.
Me: smiling…”ya I wish”
Mom: Athana paathen. Onakku avallu samathu ethu…( grrrr…I don’t think I’d wanna translate that….”Ah. thts wat I thought. Was sure u dint have that much smartness.”)
Sigh mommie…so much confidence in me…
Year 6: started talking about bonds and shares and buying houses. And I realized, alrite, 'I am getting past the college crowd now…'
(20) If all this sounds strange so far, the middle portions will only worsen, wrt perspectives :-) Haan, after all, I am a Gemini, aint I.
Aren’t Geminis’ supposed to act this way…:-)
For now, let me give advance warning to the next 2 that I should pass this on to..
Any volunteers, nominations please…:-)
Be warned if there are no volunteers, I might have to choose them myself..
And FFB, you are not in the clear yet :-)
Vi has conveniently stepped away…for now atleast ( in her words, again :-))..
20 Random things about myself..:-)
Lolz, had I seen it before Vi did, would have made her the sole responder to this tag..
But alas., I’ve had enough misfortune in the last one month and I better not risk another:-)…lest, I don’t do this tag thingie….
FFB, what are the odds of me tagging u again at the end of this post :-P
Don’t think I can do it in one go..
But for it to appear complete, every time you see…, I’ll do the 1st and the 20th random ‘thingie’ first :-D
And ppl, if u want to help me out, do so by all means, with whatever you noticed about me. But be warned though, only good intentions will find favor ;-)
(1) Letz start with the name...I thought Pandora was a femme...and so the male equivalent should be 'Pandaram's box', just like Spiderman 'Peter Parker' became Pavitr Prabhakar :-)
(2) If someone says ‘Don’t do it’….you can bet on me wanting to do it and trying it and of course, failing miserably at that..
(3) If someone says ‘Don’t do it’, you can count on me, once in a while to go by what you say…:-)
.
.
.
.
(19) I think I’ve stayed too long in this country. 7 yrs may or may not be too long. But letz see the chronology of events that made me think so..
Year 1: All African Americans appeared queer folks. All Hispanics seemed the closest to Desis. Went out of the way to smile at desis. Had trouble appreciating the ‘Appreciations’, from the ‘appreciating’ people. :-)
Year 2: Started thinking, hey Afro Amer' are after all fellow inhabitants of Planet earth and started warming up to them. Removed my mush as every other Hispanic male and older looking femmes came over and started making small conversations in Spanish..
All I had in response was ‘Si’ (translated: Yes) ‘ No habla hispaniol’ (translated: I don’t speak Spanish , ofcourse taken from numerous ads on tv’s that say we speak Spanish..do business with us :-) )
Dint’ know the equivalent of No in Spanish. So kinda had to do some spanglish :-)
Year 3: started trashing the Mexicans, became more interested in the football cheer leaders.. Dint matter to them, who they were with, once they got drunk…Not that it mattered to me either ;-)
Year 4: Maaan, whus that damn babe, that tanned girl over there.
Me to my friend: you know what, Girls with big lips are good kissers, I’m gonna go talk to that desi girl.
My friend (she’d just been here for a semester) : Un mandaila idi vizha ( thts tamil, translated as: Let lightning strike ur head)
That’s no desi. She’s a kalli (A feminine Afro American). Just that she’z got lighter skin. Probably a cross between a white and a afro.
U better go after her. Tholai ozhinjathu nnu iruppen. (translated: Good riddance. I’ll be happy without u around)
I prolly think this is where my fixation with Afro Americans started.., to the extent that I thought that they now resembled Desis..
Forget Hispanics, I had, by this time, given up on figuring out if they were desis or Hispanics, unless they came and talked to me…:-)
Worst, was when I had gone to the airport to pick up a girl student ( ya ya, I do the pick up only when girl students arrive from India. And bumped into this Spanish girl that was like looking totally lost.. I assumed she was the desi we were to pick up..and said..
Me: “Hey Shilpa…This is Gi……"
She gave me one blank look….
I shd have guessed by that time…but then…, I dint :-|
Me: "You are Shilpa, right." ( There were actually 2 univs that were in that region, including mine) and I thought she mite be there for the other one.
"Are you a student of this A &M or the other..Does anyone know you are here. Should I drop you..”
She: Si..
Me: “ Nasama poga *%*&#@^&$ (translated, loosely: U be doomed, followed by choice expletives)..and thts when I realized :-D
Year 5: second trip to India, and ppl started wondering why I still aint ready for marriage.
Mom: Are you in a relationship with some girl, there. Let us know. We are okee with it.
Me: smiling…”ya I wish”
Mom: Athana paathen. Onakku avallu samathu ethu…( grrrr…I don’t think I’d wanna translate that….”Ah. thts wat I thought. Was sure u dint have that much smartness.”)
Sigh mommie…so much confidence in me…
Year 6: started talking about bonds and shares and buying houses. And I realized, alrite, 'I am getting past the college crowd now…'
(20) If all this sounds strange so far, the middle portions will only worsen, wrt perspectives :-) Haan, after all, I am a Gemini, aint I.
Aren’t Geminis’ supposed to act this way…:-)
For now, let me give advance warning to the next 2 that I should pass this on to..
Any volunteers, nominations please…:-)
Be warned if there are no volunteers, I might have to choose them myself..
And FFB, you are not in the clear yet :-)
November 22, 2005
Of Koreans and Roaches..
Guess this is one of those posts where disclaimers are necessary right at the beginning....:-)
All characters are real with imaginary names and any reference to real persons were always intended and never was it an off the cuff remark..:-)
Easy ppl, and my korean friends..this is just another humorous attempt...and not to belittle anyone..just see the funny side and get on with it...
Kim sun moon..he was one of my grad school friends..
By the time I joined grad school in the summer of 99, he had already been there for 2 yrs. Coming from a country that dint speak English...He had had to attend ENglish development classes for the first 2 years and hence could not take any course work..till he managed to get done with his English classes., that is.
A very very hard working fella, but having been taught English the American way, he would find Brit English and Indian English very tough to understand...
We used to pull him always, but he would always take it in the right spirit..
The first brush with his english happened when we got our first take home assignment.
And so we all got done with our 'homework' and poor moon, still not proficient enough..
was struggling with it. So I thought, maybe I'll help him and asked him
"Hey moon. Are you done with your home work "
" Wajt..home work..wajt iz jhat"
(yeh thts how he sounded then..:-) )
I gave one stary eyed look at him..
"home work man...the class assigment that is due tomorrow"
" Oh.the take home you mean.. Why ju call it home work..."
And then followed the long sermon about how we say it back home, british english ...and what not..
After some time, I wasnt even interested in seeing if he understood, I just wanted to stop all the other desi morons laughing at my predicament..
...of this convo between A korean keen to improve his English vocabulary...and a Desi('me')...who was starting to forget HIS. :-)
Everything you speak to him had to be familiar with the American equivalent. Anything that the americans dont say or use...he would no way understand..
A queer predicament that we were in..but fun neverthless..
He was staying with another korean, when one fine day he announced that his GF had joined him and he was moving to a bigger better apt..pretty close to ours..
And that meant..we had to help him move..
Me and 3 other desis said we would and one bright sunny saturday..helped him move that..
He was pretty happy with it..and wanted us to repay the 'debt' or watever...
He called us for an early dinner (early by Indian standards..esp students) by around 6PM. I was pretty much reluctant to go...those days I was still a strict vegan..and wasnt sure what he would cook...
So the other 3 finally left without me...
I settled down nicely in my sofa @ home , thinking if I did the right thing and dreaming abt what delicacies they werent eating..
I had just popped in an oft repeated movie..into the VCR..and had barely gone past the first song sequence.. when there was loud and hurried thudding on the door.
I need not have worried, cause no sooner had I opened it, I saw 3 pale faces covering their mouth and fighting to use the 2 restrooms in the apt.
My face was beaming by now...and waited for them to reemerge..frm the rooms :-D
"What happened guys..Itz not even 10 mins since u left"
"man..tht bugger...U *^&%*@ u escaped...guess u probably knew abt it. No wonder u dint come over. I knew something was wrong the moment u declined.."
"Arre dude. what areyou talking abt, what happened to the dinner"
and so inbetween further trips to the restroom and the occasional..vomiting I got the full story. This is what I grasped from them.
They were pretty much happy that it was just the 3 of them and since I declined, they vowed not to bring home anything for me and finish off everything by themselves.
The moment they stepped in, there was this wierd smell...and the very moment their stomach started churning.
If you remember the first time u stepped into a chinese restaurant, you will know what I am talking about :-)
even now, the moment u step into a chinese grocery store, u still get that sic feeling, but now I get over it pretty soon :-)
And so, came the first dish...some eggroll appetizers and some other stff with a wierd blood red sauce..
Rofl..they managed to ahve it in.
All this time, they were having some small convo going on..and all these guys, though they ate non veg, hadnt havent had anything other than Chicken and Lamb.
So anything else was new to them, More so...sea food.
Next came some small wierd little creatures fried and roasted to a golden yellow brown.. and some fried rice to go with it.
And so our Korean host decided to humor then..and decided to call the lil Prawns by another name..
Well yeah...what do you think he called it as...
"Hey guys.want to taste some delicacy of Korea. You wont get it any better any where else "
"what is it, Moon"
"eat it first. Itz a sea food delicacy. u'd love it. Here have some"
And so all three grab a bite..
" So how iz it"
" Pretty good. but what is this stuff like hair hanging out.."
" Oh guys..come on..cant u tell them yet. Itz cockroach.."
"whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat" < all three in unison>
and thats when one rmembered that he had to call his gf, another to take me to the doctor, cause I was feeling sic and the third to have to get back to his experimental setup at the lab :-))
All this when Moon was totally confused as to what happened., and not even wanting to wait and hear what he was trying to say after that...:-)
Poor moon, came over to my apt a hr or so later...and lolz, with all the three guys listening to our convo hiding in the other room, and me trying to listen intentively to Moon.
And he then asked me about my sudden mysterious stomach ailment that I had developed, which was apparently the reason I had given him for not having dinner at his place.
He was kind enough to bring me some of the delicacies that were left over..that I could have.. :-)
All characters are real with imaginary names and any reference to real persons were always intended and never was it an off the cuff remark..:-)
Easy ppl, and my korean friends..this is just another humorous attempt...and not to belittle anyone..just see the funny side and get on with it...
Kim sun moon..he was one of my grad school friends..
By the time I joined grad school in the summer of 99, he had already been there for 2 yrs. Coming from a country that dint speak English...He had had to attend ENglish development classes for the first 2 years and hence could not take any course work..till he managed to get done with his English classes., that is.
A very very hard working fella, but having been taught English the American way, he would find Brit English and Indian English very tough to understand...
We used to pull him always, but he would always take it in the right spirit..
The first brush with his english happened when we got our first take home assignment.
And so we all got done with our 'homework' and poor moon, still not proficient enough..
was struggling with it. So I thought, maybe I'll help him and asked him
"Hey moon. Are you done with your home work "
" Wajt..home work..wajt iz jhat"
(yeh thts how he sounded then..:-) )
I gave one stary eyed look at him..
"home work man...the class assigment that is due tomorrow"
" Oh.the take home you mean.. Why ju call it home work..."
And then followed the long sermon about how we say it back home, british english ...and what not..
After some time, I wasnt even interested in seeing if he understood, I just wanted to stop all the other desi morons laughing at my predicament..
...of this convo between A korean keen to improve his English vocabulary...and a Desi('me')...who was starting to forget HIS. :-)
Everything you speak to him had to be familiar with the American equivalent. Anything that the americans dont say or use...he would no way understand..
A queer predicament that we were in..but fun neverthless..
He was staying with another korean, when one fine day he announced that his GF had joined him and he was moving to a bigger better apt..pretty close to ours..
And that meant..we had to help him move..
Me and 3 other desis said we would and one bright sunny saturday..helped him move that..
He was pretty happy with it..and wanted us to repay the 'debt' or watever...
He called us for an early dinner (early by Indian standards..esp students) by around 6PM. I was pretty much reluctant to go...those days I was still a strict vegan..and wasnt sure what he would cook...
So the other 3 finally left without me...
I settled down nicely in my sofa @ home , thinking if I did the right thing and dreaming abt what delicacies they werent eating..
I had just popped in an oft repeated movie..into the VCR..and had barely gone past the first song sequence.. when there was loud and hurried thudding on the door.
I need not have worried, cause no sooner had I opened it, I saw 3 pale faces covering their mouth and fighting to use the 2 restrooms in the apt.
My face was beaming by now...and waited for them to reemerge..frm the rooms :-D
"What happened guys..Itz not even 10 mins since u left"
"man..tht bugger...U *^&%*@ u escaped...guess u probably knew abt it. No wonder u dint come over. I knew something was wrong the moment u declined.."
"Arre dude. what areyou talking abt, what happened to the dinner"
and so inbetween further trips to the restroom and the occasional..vomiting I got the full story. This is what I grasped from them.
They were pretty much happy that it was just the 3 of them and since I declined, they vowed not to bring home anything for me and finish off everything by themselves.
The moment they stepped in, there was this wierd smell...and the very moment their stomach started churning.
If you remember the first time u stepped into a chinese restaurant, you will know what I am talking about :-)
even now, the moment u step into a chinese grocery store, u still get that sic feeling, but now I get over it pretty soon :-)
And so, came the first dish...some eggroll appetizers and some other stff with a wierd blood red sauce..
Rofl..they managed to ahve it in.
All this time, they were having some small convo going on..and all these guys, though they ate non veg, hadnt havent had anything other than Chicken and Lamb.
So anything else was new to them, More so...sea food.
Next came some small wierd little creatures fried and roasted to a golden yellow brown.. and some fried rice to go with it.
And so our Korean host decided to humor then..and decided to call the lil Prawns by another name..
Well yeah...what do you think he called it as...
"Hey guys.want to taste some delicacy of Korea. You wont get it any better any where else "
"what is it, Moon"
"eat it first. Itz a sea food delicacy. u'd love it. Here have some"
And so all three grab a bite..
" So how iz it"
" Pretty good. but what is this stuff like hair hanging out.."
" Oh guys..come on..cant u tell them yet. Itz cockroach.."
"whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat" < all three in unison>
and thats when one rmembered that he had to call his gf, another to take me to the doctor, cause I was feeling sic and the third to have to get back to his experimental setup at the lab :-))
All this when Moon was totally confused as to what happened., and not even wanting to wait and hear what he was trying to say after that...:-)
Poor moon, came over to my apt a hr or so later...and lolz, with all the three guys listening to our convo hiding in the other room, and me trying to listen intentively to Moon.
And he then asked me about my sudden mysterious stomach ailment that I had developed, which was apparently the reason I had given him for not having dinner at his place.
He was kind enough to bring me some of the delicacies that were left over..that I could have.. :-)
November 17, 2005
Aloo parantha..:-)
was goin to a desi rest with a couple of colleagues @ work
they had the We're open sign..out
but it was so drab and without the customarylights and my colleague immediately quipped
Sorry. We're open... :-)
and that set me thinking..ya ya I knw..thts a forbidden word..but looks like im dusting it and using tht stuff today a lot.;-)
Are there other signboards tht u wud like changed..in a funnier way..:-)
found this one on car..a bumper sticker..
Hop in, Buckle up, hang on and Pray..:-)
**********
Remember seeing this quite a few times..ofcourse made famous by that Bruce willis movie..
Found on a 18 wheeler..
If u can read this fine print,..u r probably too close..:-)
**********
A couple of other memorable convos..
this actually happens all the time with the help desk @ my work place...
"Hello..This is the Helpdesk. Can we start with your First and last name please"
I spell my first and last name..
"Okay. wutz ur fone no sir. Can we have ur cubicle physical location too please"
I give both. This is where I go crazy always...
" So. thts great. Now who am I talking with Sir.."
Me : "eh....*(&^*#N#@!
rofl..these ppl never learn... This happens each and every time..
**********
Next...this was the time when we were drunk and just called 911....for fun' sake...
A few yrs back when I was in skool
the call goes thro...
therz some automated stuff that tells u to press this for emergency something else for non and..so forth..
Finally after a min or so someone comes over the line..
" Hello 911. emergency response.."
I start to mumble something..
"Sir. please hold on..."
and I hear her munchin somethin hurriedly..
Rofl..that really had me in splits..
wat if some one says...
" im dying..please help me"
and she gives that line to him..
" Hold on.Sir...Im getting another call..:-))
**********
This is another good one...
guess it was the time of exams..while in grad school..
we were doing a combined study...5 of us..
1 went home to have dinner..
another stayed put at the apt..
and the other 3 of us went for a walk..
saw the campus help line...phone booths at a corner..and thought we will play a trick on the guy sittin at home..
the apt belonged to the 2 guys tht I took a walk with..and so I called up
and sounded like a Police officer..
me: " Sir. We are calling frm the campus police.
Can We speak to the man of the house.
my friend: Yes..
me: Oh you are..Good. Sir we are looking to rent a car for police neighbour hood watch activies.
we would pay you a good amount around$20 a hr if you could spare yours. We are facing a shortage and need help
urgently..
Friend: Oh. everyone has gone out. I dont stay here. I will let you knwo once they get back or please call in like 20 mins.
Me: (sounding pissed of): " Who are you then. what are you doing there. DOnt you belong here.
Stay right there, I am going to send a squad right over to investigate.."
the other 2 behind me were squealing big time..
I cudnt handle it either and had to cut the call.
So we walked back home..and this guy acted as if nothing happened..
SO we started poking him..
" Did anyone call. was there a call for any of us?"
friend: No..
"Are u sure"
friend: Oh yeah..koi call aaya tha.
poocha tha ki gaadi chahiye. guess from the cops.
I think I will go home now..Will come back latr..after dinner..
rofl..he was running away scared cause I said, we r gonna send a squad to inquire... :-))
had to calm him down and...rofl was soo much fun..:-)
Disclaimer:
okee...this is a bit late..:-)
has nothing to do with the title
they had the We're open sign..out
but it was so drab and without the customarylights and my colleague immediately quipped
Sorry. We're open... :-)
and that set me thinking..ya ya I knw..thts a forbidden word..but looks like im dusting it and using tht stuff today a lot.;-)
Are there other signboards tht u wud like changed..in a funnier way..:-)
found this one on car..a bumper sticker..
Hop in, Buckle up, hang on and Pray..:-)
**********
Remember seeing this quite a few times..ofcourse made famous by that Bruce willis movie..
Found on a 18 wheeler..
If u can read this fine print,..u r probably too close..:-)
**********
A couple of other memorable convos..
this actually happens all the time with the help desk @ my work place...
"Hello..This is the Helpdesk. Can we start with your First and last name please"
I spell my first and last name..
"Okay. wutz ur fone no sir. Can we have ur cubicle physical location too please"
I give both. This is where I go crazy always...
" So. thts great. Now who am I talking with Sir.."
Me : "eh....*(&^*#N#@!
rofl..these ppl never learn... This happens each and every time..
**********
Next...this was the time when we were drunk and just called 911....for fun' sake...
A few yrs back when I was in skool
the call goes thro...
therz some automated stuff that tells u to press this for emergency something else for non and..so forth..
Finally after a min or so someone comes over the line..
" Hello 911. emergency response.."
I start to mumble something..
"Sir. please hold on..."
and I hear her munchin somethin hurriedly..
Rofl..that really had me in splits..
wat if some one says...
" im dying..please help me"
and she gives that line to him..
" Hold on.Sir...Im getting another call..:-))
**********
This is another good one...
guess it was the time of exams..while in grad school..
we were doing a combined study...5 of us..
1 went home to have dinner..
another stayed put at the apt..
and the other 3 of us went for a walk..
saw the campus help line...phone booths at a corner..and thought we will play a trick on the guy sittin at home..
the apt belonged to the 2 guys tht I took a walk with..and so I called up
and sounded like a Police officer..
me: " Sir. We are calling frm the campus police.
Can We speak to the man of the house.
my friend: Yes..
me: Oh you are..Good. Sir we are looking to rent a car for police neighbour hood watch activies.
we would pay you a good amount around$20 a hr if you could spare yours. We are facing a shortage and need help
urgently..
Friend: Oh. everyone has gone out. I dont stay here. I will let you knwo once they get back or please call in like 20 mins.
Me: (sounding pissed of): " Who are you then. what are you doing there. DOnt you belong here.
Stay right there, I am going to send a squad right over to investigate.."
the other 2 behind me were squealing big time..
I cudnt handle it either and had to cut the call.
So we walked back home..and this guy acted as if nothing happened..
SO we started poking him..
" Did anyone call. was there a call for any of us?"
friend: No..
"Are u sure"
friend: Oh yeah..koi call aaya tha.
poocha tha ki gaadi chahiye. guess from the cops.
I think I will go home now..Will come back latr..after dinner..
rofl..he was running away scared cause I said, we r gonna send a squad to inquire... :-))
had to calm him down and...rofl was soo much fun..:-)
Disclaimer:
okee...this is a bit late..:-)
has nothing to do with the title
November 15, 2005
Rajnikant is a super man... Nay
He is a spider man...
No No...He is batman...
Are baba no...He is the superstar..
Alrite...He is the Super hero...Says the Hindu..
Check this out:
Traditionally, stars in Tamil cinema have been classified into two broad categories:
the actors and the superheroes. People saw Sivaji as an actor and MGR as a superhero. They saw Kamal as an actor
and Rajni as a superhero. Now they see Vikram as an actor and Vijay as a superhero
Wat morons...:-)
While on the super star....herez' one on the Telugu Super star Chiranjeevi
or Chiru as he is popularly known, has been selected as the mascot for the Beijing Olympic games.. :-D
and u thought itz only Rajinikant thts popular is china..
Now 'Chiru' has prooved that he is not only popular but also the unanimous choice.
Read further here
No No...He is batman...
Are baba no...He is the superstar..
Alrite...He is the Super hero...Says the Hindu..
Check this out:
Traditionally, stars in Tamil cinema have been classified into two broad categories:
the actors and the superheroes. People saw Sivaji as an actor and MGR as a superhero. They saw Kamal as an actor
and Rajni as a superhero. Now they see Vikram as an actor and Vijay as a superhero
Wat morons...:-)
While on the super star....herez' one on the Telugu Super star Chiranjeevi
or Chiru as he is popularly known, has been selected as the mascot for the Beijing Olympic games.. :-D
and u thought itz only Rajinikant thts popular is china..
Now 'Chiru' has prooved that he is not only popular but also the unanimous choice.
Read further here
November 14, 2005
The case of the missing haircut..
As always, Disclaimers first. I am no Ian Flemming and this is no 007 story..:-)
"Wow..Gi is that u."
"Maan you look good."
"I see a lot of face now..this is better."
"You think this is good. I think I liked the prev style better.Guess that suited him more. What do u think Gi"
" Why did you go for it Gi. What happened"
"Did you Gf threaten you with dire consequences" ...(A wicked grin)
"Oh Honey. I was looking forward to seeing you in a pony tail.."
"Sigh. why did u do this. u looked like Maddy in Priysakhi.
All these were the comments and questions that I needed to handle a week or so back..the day after Halloween.
What follows are my responses.
" Just thought will chg it a bit"
" Its time for a change..dont u think...
"Just to keep u interested" (another wink...)
" Halloween was done with yday wasnt it. So I had to get it done with"
If you havent guessed it already...yes it had to do with my hair and the hair-cut I had..
I hadnt gotten one for like 6 months..and it was growing like Dhoni's hair..and uncontrollable..at that..
But I thought it was cool then, but seriously..it took me like 10 mins to brush up my hair in the morning..
and when u get up so late in the morning and have to rush to work..this can be such a pain..
and god forbid, if you go to work like that with dischevelled hair...There would another set of questions..
and to top it all, if I dont shave that day, the q wud be..
"Oh Gi., what happened. did Ur dog die.." :-D
and itz such a relief that I dont have to worry abt it anymore..
Just wondering, how do all of u girls manage with such long hair..or maybe, did u all cut it short..to make it easier.
Patience is a virtue aint it:-)
"Wow..Gi is that u."
"Maan you look good."
"I see a lot of face now..this is better."
"You think this is good. I think I liked the prev style better.Guess that suited him more. What do u think Gi"
" Why did you go for it Gi. What happened"
"Did you Gf threaten you with dire consequences" ...(A wicked grin)
"Oh Honey. I was looking forward to seeing you in a pony tail.."
"Sigh. why did u do this. u looked like Maddy in Priysakhi.
All these were the comments and questions that I needed to handle a week or so back..the day after Halloween.
What follows are my responses.
" Just thought will chg it a bit"
" Its time for a change..dont u think...
"Just to keep u interested" (another wink...)
" Halloween was done with yday wasnt it. So I had to get it done with"
If you havent guessed it already...yes it had to do with my hair and the hair-cut I had..
I hadnt gotten one for like 6 months..and it was growing like Dhoni's hair..and uncontrollable..at that..
But I thought it was cool then, but seriously..it took me like 10 mins to brush up my hair in the morning..
and when u get up so late in the morning and have to rush to work..this can be such a pain..
and god forbid, if you go to work like that with dischevelled hair...There would another set of questions..
and to top it all, if I dont shave that day, the q wud be..
"Oh Gi., what happened. did Ur dog die.." :-D
and itz such a relief that I dont have to worry abt it anymore..
Just wondering, how do all of u girls manage with such long hair..or maybe, did u all cut it short..to make it easier.
Patience is a virtue aint it:-)
November 08, 2005
A tribute to kamal hassan
Looks like Kamal Hassan turned 51 today...
One of my fav actors...and here is a list of movies of his that I'll always cherish....
The problem is I cannot classify them as No.1 or No.2...
Each one is a gem in their own way...
I will still number them though, for clarity sake...not as a Ranking Index :-)
(1) Michael mathana kamarajan...
The movie where he plays as quadruplets - brothers separated at birth, if anything, should be called as the best Tamil comedy I've ever seen..apart from Golmaal's tamil remake...
This is the only movie I can see time and again and still never get tired of it..
There are quite a few comedies of his that are as good...but I am still biased to this movie..till date..
(2) Virumaandi..
This movie is about a community in TN who are by nature a very violent community.
The main reason why I like this movie, besides the fact that he ghost directed it...was the narration..
Itz basically the same story that is repeated twice- one through the accusers' eyes and the next by the defendant telling the viewer where the accuser lied and twisted facts..
Amazingly done and not for one moment is there any jarring note..
(3) Anbe Sivam..
Normally in all his movies, when Kamal has another famous actor, he normally steals the limelight.But this is one movie, where the Costar being Madhavan., both of them have an equal opportunity to perform and maddy duly obliges with a terrific performance of his own..:-)
The film is about how Maddys' outlook on the 'lower strata of society' ppl he despises, changes as kamal and Maddy get to be together during a train journey from Orissa to madras.
Amazingly done...esp for the physical trouble that kamal brings on himself..
Imagine this...His character is a guy that has shortsight and is suppsoed to wear -10 glass all along in the movie. What does Kamal do...esp if he has a near perfect sight..
he wears a contact lens tht a + 10. and then wears his -10 glasses above it.
Hmm.......
(4) Sathi Leelavathi
Made as Biwi No.1 in english ( if TOI is to be believed, that is) is another where his co artist and another leading star at that time, gets as much exposure as Kamal.
Kamal is more of a guest artist but still appears in all scenes..:-), and his female lead in the movie is a full time comedian in southern cinemas..
Wow...any other hero would have said No straightaway..
I was apprehensive too, when I heard abt it. But when I saw the movie, that was when I realised the thinking behind it.
The movie is another rip roaring laughter..about a two timing friend who cheats on his wife because she becomes fat after marriage., and the story is about how he makes him see the truth. Hilariously done, without making anyone a villain...and that is something..
(5) Nayakan
Made as Dayavan in Hindi..more famous for the Madhuri -Vkhanna lip kiss..:-)
ya rite, I have seen the dwnloaded clip hazaar times;-)
Anyways, the credit for the movie shd go as much to the director Maniratnam as it went to Kamal. In many ways, redefined Indian cinema and tamil cinema in particular...even though some may call it a shameless copy of Godfather.
(6) Thevar Magan...Virasaat in hindi
Again which was much talked abt for Tabu's clevage show..
I guess Anil kapoor did a disservice to Kamal hassan by copying his movies in Hindi. He never did any justice. Though I would emphatically say Anil is a very good actor...inspite of his 'karadi Kutti' appearance :-D
translation: Karadi Kutti = For his 'hairy' appearance.
Coming back to the movie, A movie similar to Virumaandi for the violence ..but Kamal puts up a tremendous performance as the foreign returned son unable to understand the violence hatred between his and his dads bros' family.
(7) Hey ram...
Wasnt a hit, but I kinda liked the movie.. made more famous for Sharukhs statement...that I learnt more from this movie in Kamal than what I ahve so far in my career...
and ofcourse his biting Rani Mukherjee's arse...gosh my heart broke into thousand pieces when I saw that scene... Wish King Vikram's Bethal was sitting on Kamal hassan
at that time...:-D
(8) Moonram pirai..forgot the Hindi name..guess sadma
Amazing movie..where he tries to bring a mentally unstable sridevi to normalcy fully knowing that she may not remember him once she gets normal..
The climax at the Railway station is amazing...and I shamelessly cried when I saw that the first time.Not sure what will happen now, guess I wont risk it though... :-)
To be fair though, I was a kid then..:-)
(9) Avvai shamughi or chachi 420..
Even though this movie was from Hollywood as most movies of his are, for the shear ability to do such a varied role and the way he changed the movie to suit local tastes....makes it eminently wachable..
I wouldnt be far off the mark if I say, He did better than Robin williams in the original..:-)
(10) mahanadi
Boy, if there was one movie that I felt totally involved with, this is the one..
Never have I felt so much into the movie...than this one...
Amazing performance.. as a helpless dad..who starts with rescuing his daughter from a brothel house
in Calcutta to seeing them through till the end...
(11)subha sankalpam (in telugu)
forgot the tamil movie name...with Priya raman and amani
where kamal plays a accountant but who doesnt know to read or write...
shades of Dustin hofmann in Rainman, but without the mentally challenged part..
Nice performance...as the old mans servant for whom he will do anything...
(12)There a quite a few movies of his where he plays a baddie...How many top flight heroes would think of doing something like that...Abhay, Indran chandran are some of those...
Kamal..Herez wishing u a memorable half century in life...
and I hope u crack the Oscar puzzle one of these years...:-)
One of my fav actors...and here is a list of movies of his that I'll always cherish....
The problem is I cannot classify them as No.1 or No.2...
Each one is a gem in their own way...
I will still number them though, for clarity sake...not as a Ranking Index :-)
(1) Michael mathana kamarajan...
The movie where he plays as quadruplets - brothers separated at birth, if anything, should be called as the best Tamil comedy I've ever seen..apart from Golmaal's tamil remake...
This is the only movie I can see time and again and still never get tired of it..
There are quite a few comedies of his that are as good...but I am still biased to this movie..till date..
(2) Virumaandi..
This movie is about a community in TN who are by nature a very violent community.
The main reason why I like this movie, besides the fact that he ghost directed it...was the narration..
Itz basically the same story that is repeated twice- one through the accusers' eyes and the next by the defendant telling the viewer where the accuser lied and twisted facts..
Amazingly done and not for one moment is there any jarring note..
(3) Anbe Sivam..
Normally in all his movies, when Kamal has another famous actor, he normally steals the limelight.But this is one movie, where the Costar being Madhavan., both of them have an equal opportunity to perform and maddy duly obliges with a terrific performance of his own..:-)
The film is about how Maddys' outlook on the 'lower strata of society' ppl he despises, changes as kamal and Maddy get to be together during a train journey from Orissa to madras.
Amazingly done...esp for the physical trouble that kamal brings on himself..
Imagine this...His character is a guy that has shortsight and is suppsoed to wear -10 glass all along in the movie. What does Kamal do...esp if he has a near perfect sight..
he wears a contact lens tht a + 10. and then wears his -10 glasses above it.
Hmm.......
(4) Sathi Leelavathi
Made as Biwi No.1 in english ( if TOI is to be believed, that is) is another where his co artist and another leading star at that time, gets as much exposure as Kamal.
Kamal is more of a guest artist but still appears in all scenes..:-), and his female lead in the movie is a full time comedian in southern cinemas..
Wow...any other hero would have said No straightaway..
I was apprehensive too, when I heard abt it. But when I saw the movie, that was when I realised the thinking behind it.
The movie is another rip roaring laughter..about a two timing friend who cheats on his wife because she becomes fat after marriage., and the story is about how he makes him see the truth. Hilariously done, without making anyone a villain...and that is something..
(5) Nayakan
Made as Dayavan in Hindi..more famous for the Madhuri -Vkhanna lip kiss..:-)
ya rite, I have seen the dwnloaded clip hazaar times;-)
Anyways, the credit for the movie shd go as much to the director Maniratnam as it went to Kamal. In many ways, redefined Indian cinema and tamil cinema in particular...even though some may call it a shameless copy of Godfather.
(6) Thevar Magan...Virasaat in hindi
Again which was much talked abt for Tabu's clevage show..
I guess Anil kapoor did a disservice to Kamal hassan by copying his movies in Hindi. He never did any justice. Though I would emphatically say Anil is a very good actor...inspite of his 'karadi Kutti' appearance :-D
translation: Karadi Kutti = For his 'hairy' appearance.
Coming back to the movie, A movie similar to Virumaandi for the violence ..but Kamal puts up a tremendous performance as the foreign returned son unable to understand the violence hatred between his and his dads bros' family.
(7) Hey ram...
Wasnt a hit, but I kinda liked the movie.. made more famous for Sharukhs statement...that I learnt more from this movie in Kamal than what I ahve so far in my career...
and ofcourse his biting Rani Mukherjee's arse...gosh my heart broke into thousand pieces when I saw that scene... Wish King Vikram's Bethal was sitting on Kamal hassan
at that time...:-D
(8) Moonram pirai..forgot the Hindi name..guess sadma
Amazing movie..where he tries to bring a mentally unstable sridevi to normalcy fully knowing that she may not remember him once she gets normal..
The climax at the Railway station is amazing...and I shamelessly cried when I saw that the first time.Not sure what will happen now, guess I wont risk it though... :-)
To be fair though, I was a kid then..:-)
(9) Avvai shamughi or chachi 420..
Even though this movie was from Hollywood as most movies of his are, for the shear ability to do such a varied role and the way he changed the movie to suit local tastes....makes it eminently wachable..
I wouldnt be far off the mark if I say, He did better than Robin williams in the original..:-)
(10) mahanadi
Boy, if there was one movie that I felt totally involved with, this is the one..
Never have I felt so much into the movie...than this one...
Amazing performance.. as a helpless dad..who starts with rescuing his daughter from a brothel house
in Calcutta to seeing them through till the end...
(11)subha sankalpam (in telugu)
forgot the tamil movie name...with Priya raman and amani
where kamal plays a accountant but who doesnt know to read or write...
shades of Dustin hofmann in Rainman, but without the mentally challenged part..
Nice performance...as the old mans servant for whom he will do anything...
(12)There a quite a few movies of his where he plays a baddie...How many top flight heroes would think of doing something like that...Abhay, Indran chandran are some of those...
Kamal..Herez wishing u a memorable half century in life...
and I hope u crack the Oscar puzzle one of these years...:-)
November 07, 2005
Dreams
There is nothing more stressful than waking up in the middle of a sound sleep., sweating profusely, all over :-).....Dont u think...
And if the centre of 'attraction' of the dream is u urself..itz what I call a double trouble.Now to the dream..
Guess shd be around 3 Am or something, last night, probably the first time in 3 days that I was having a non -alcohol induced sleep..
I was in the middle of a sound sleep..and suddenly I felt as if I was having a laserless painless hair surgery..felt like my hair was parting off, right on the left lobe of my brain..
Isnt it the left lobe that causes you to dream..:-) or maybe I'm wrong..
watever the case, it was like the seas parting when lord krishna's dad took him to safety.. from Kamsa.
or maybe I felt more like that erstwhile news reader from Doordarhshan...Guess his name was Pankaj mohan or something..
I used to be as freaked out by his lack of hair, as much as on the other extreme when I used to see his female counterpart, usha albuquerque...whose hair was like a oversized shrub.
Anyways, it was good enough to wake me up..
But then itz a question of hair, aint it...not content with touching my hair in all the right places and making sure it was okee, I had to get up look at the mirror and satisfied myself...:-)
Boy..wat a dream...wonder what triggered it..
The more I think of it, the more the blame goes to that girl who devised that game idea in the Diwali party over the weekend. The idea was for girls to not cross their legs and guys to not touch their hair.
Now now, that seems like a sinister campaign...I was trying hard not to touch my hair all along..and guess that boomeranged on me in the night...:-)
gosh...and surprisingly this is the first time I remember any dream so vividly..lolz
And if the centre of 'attraction' of the dream is u urself..itz what I call a double trouble.Now to the dream..
Guess shd be around 3 Am or something, last night, probably the first time in 3 days that I was having a non -alcohol induced sleep..
I was in the middle of a sound sleep..and suddenly I felt as if I was having a laserless painless hair surgery..felt like my hair was parting off, right on the left lobe of my brain..
Isnt it the left lobe that causes you to dream..:-) or maybe I'm wrong..
watever the case, it was like the seas parting when lord krishna's dad took him to safety.. from Kamsa.
or maybe I felt more like that erstwhile news reader from Doordarhshan...Guess his name was Pankaj mohan or something..
I used to be as freaked out by his lack of hair, as much as on the other extreme when I used to see his female counterpart, usha albuquerque...whose hair was like a oversized shrub.
Anyways, it was good enough to wake me up..
But then itz a question of hair, aint it...not content with touching my hair in all the right places and making sure it was okee, I had to get up look at the mirror and satisfied myself...:-)
Boy..wat a dream...wonder what triggered it..
The more I think of it, the more the blame goes to that girl who devised that game idea in the Diwali party over the weekend. The idea was for girls to not cross their legs and guys to not touch their hair.
Now now, that seems like a sinister campaign...I was trying hard not to touch my hair all along..and guess that boomeranged on me in the night...:-)
gosh...and surprisingly this is the first time I remember any dream so vividly..lolz
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