अट्टाहास ... !!!

Here's a poetic piece penned down by one of my friends..
I found it amazing...

केलास कशाला अट्टाहास मग...??

होतास की मग्न जगण्यात...
होतच की हृदयाला तुझा ठोका...
होती की इँद्रीये जिथल्या तिथे...

दिलीस का साद त्या अत्रुप्त आशेला??
दिलेस का रंग त्या विस्म्रुतित्ल्य स्वाप्नांना??
दिलेस का शब्द त्या मुक्य भाषेला??
दिलास का स्वतहामध्ल्य स्वताहाला एक वेगळाच जन्म??

एवढा सग्ल करून.......................
फरक पडला....
तो फक्त तुलाच......
साद ऐकू आली......ती फक्त तुलाच.....
स्वप्ने तुझी.....सप्तरंगी वाटली......ती फक्त तुलाच.....
अनाकलनीय भाषा ती.......कळली पण फका तुलाच.......
अजुन काय......नव्या जनमतला हरवलेला ठोका पण......
तुझा तुलच सापडला........

वेडाच बारा होतास.....
का केलास या शहाणपणाचा अट्टहास??

अट्टहसाच करायचा होता......
तर हे सर्वा लपवण्याचा तरी......
काही गाहीईवरलेले क्षण.......नसते गोठले मग.....!!
गुदमरलेले काही निश्वास.....सुटले नसते मग....!!

dtd:- 19/11/09

Shallow Perceptions....

Weird morning to wake up to...

The first view, from my usual good old balcony was that of a huge monstrous JCB (earth mover) tearing down the house that stood besides our building for God knows how many years...!!

The effort put in by the JCB was minimal... It felt like the hand of God is taking down things and destroying mother earth... What a spectacle ... !!!

Then the realisation dawned... I did not know why the house was being taken down or even who stayed there !!!!
What a thought... You get up in the morning, first sight of the world you see is that of destruction and you don't even know why is the destruction taking place and even more weird.. who stayed at that place ?

It was a regular house which stood at the same place everyday, and I didn't even care to observe it properly...
It was not my house, neither did any of my friends/relatives/family stayed there, neither was I going to be affected by its "demise"... But it was a perfect example of taking things for granted...

What struck me the most was, how we live everyday just because we have a life, not observing, not caring, and taking things for granted. And then a day comes when something is lost and we repent.. I guess this is human tendency !!!

Yes it surely turned out to be a philosophical morning... but helped me to dig deeper and think harder.. and yes... observe, care and take note of things happening around...!!

Shallow perceptions... yes indeed.. shallow perceptions .. !!

Better gear up for something deeper... !!

dtd:- 15/11/09

Indian Sports Ministry hates F1 !!! Complete CRAP !!

Today, my early morning went berserk when I read the TOI front page which had a news article which said something absolutely horrendous...

On detailed inspection I realized that it was the Indian Sports ministry's reply to JPSK Sports appeal for conducting a F1 race in India.

What was more humiliating and disgusting is that the ministry blatantly denied any permission to the JPSK group. The reason... " The basic premise is that F1 is not needed in India and the money can be spent on development of disciplines which have a wider base in the country".
“F1 is not purely sports. It is entertainment and this venture by JKSP is a commercial initiative.”

What the f*** do they mean by "F1 is not purely sports" ? Do they even know what F1 actually is ? Have they even tried watching a F1 race, leave alone understanding it.. ?
And what does "...purely sports" mean?? Are they partially agreeing that it is a sport?? If they are actually partially agreeing.. then what is the point in denying the permission ??

What are they actually worried about ??
1. That other sports will loose the audience??
2. That they won't get the share of the moolah if JKPS runs the entire show??
3. Or is it that their lack of knowledge redg the SPORT will be thrown out in the public.. ??

If it is any of these questions.. I don't see it as a major problem.. These so called Sports Ministry people are "well qualified" to handle such small issues..

If they are worried about the loss of audience then I am sure that after cricket the sport that has a major considerable chunk of audience is F1... !! If they say football.. then they need to ask themselves which is the latest INDIAN football match they have seen..??
If they say hockey.. then just try to list down all the players in the Indian hockey team..

"The money (spent on F1) can be spent on development of disciplines which have a wider base in the country".

Wow what a statement..what choice of words !!! great work guys...!!

But could you please clear what does "wider base" mean ?? If it means popularity.. then conduct a survey and you will get the answers from the horse's mouth..
If it means ability/capability of our athletes.. then its actually your fault that you have not done anything to help aspirant drivers to join F1..

I mean what is the problem with these people?? Don't they want to the country to progress/be recognized as a major sporting country??

Just imagine the kind of boost that F1 will give to the motor sport industry in India..

If they can talk about the competitive level of the game.. then why can't they spend a little time in understanding what the game is all about ??
F1 athletes are the fittest athletes in the world.. Do any other athletes playing any other sport face forces up to 5G ?? (If they don't know what it means by 5G.. then why in the world are these people SPORT ministers??) .. Do these people know what kind of endurance the F1 drivers need to go through??

I am sure that if these people would have known all that I have talked about over here... then quite honestly they would not have dared to make such statements with these imbecile words.. !!

Sports Ministry people please wake up.. Realize the potential of F1.. understand the game.. and yes... IT IS WORTH THE MONEY AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU THINK IS A WASTE...

Do anything.. conduct a survey.. hold high level discussions... take a poll.. make a visit to a F1 race... watch it on TV... visit various F1 communities... call F1 experts to give seminars...
But please by the love of GOD please.......please... don't deny this SPORT to the Indian audience...!!!

Think... please rethink...


dtd:- 26/08/09

Reality.....?? My Foot .... !!

So... What exactly does reality television stand for ??
1. Entertainment..
2. Just plain truths..
3. utter disgusting planning and controversial methods just to gain popularity or in this case TRP

It is obvious that people will have different opinions about this... Some may say all three or some may say that option 3 is best suited...

Lets clear some basics... TV channels air these so called reality shows to increase their TRP's... arre business karna hai na...!! But in this age of cut throat competition, is reality TV the only way to do good business?? ... What happened to the creative minds, what happened to pure fun, frolic and pure LOL ??

Defining entertainment is difficult as it is relative term... having said so lets take a look at it..

Entertainment : something affording pleasure, diversion, or amusement, esp. a performance of some kind

Lets take a few examples... Sach Ka Samna, Splitsvilla , Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao, Rakhi ka Swayamvar and loads more... (don't get any wrong ideas.. i do not watch any of these !!)..
These are so called the "prime reality entertainment shows"... what entertainment?? Putting a bunch of people together and creating situations where they fight, b**ch around and go on insulting each other on national tv ????????? .... wow definitions do change quickly and with great magnitude I must say !!

What happened to entertainment in form of Sarabhai vs Sarabhai, FRIENDS, Dekh Bhai Dekh, Khichadi ..... Have people stopped watching these serials??? Is entertainment now concerned only with melodrama, b**ching reality or with controversies created by imbeciles ???

Now there will be an argument stating "popularity" reasons.... what popularity ?? The one due which people will remember you due to your foul language or the on due to your senseless cheap comments about other people ??? Was sarabhai family not popular? Was FRIENDS not the most watched and the most complete fun serial ever ??

Agreed that those were not reality serials but then they entertained right?? Is that only cruel and insensitive reality scales the popularity charts??

Even game shows appear to be rigged...
How come celebrities earn loads of money when they participate in these shows?? I don't know a single show that has shown a celebrity loosing out .... (now don't tell me celebrities are clever and all !!) Also they claim to donate their prize money to charities... yeah right... has anybody checked up later... Income Tax people pls do the needful !!

Once a participant looses out in a reality show.... goes out.. stays dormant.. and once the show is over re-surfaces and whoa we have controversies galore ... entertainment indeed !!
Then we have the cayotees (obviously..news channels) scrambling all over ... !! These channels are experts cooks I must say... get some raw news, apply loads of masala (hype), use a high strong and horrible sounding anchor... and wholla.. we have a damn good recepie... !!

C'mon people...
think over.. Are we really enjoying this?? Is this "real" entertainment at the cost of someone's character??.. Even politicians have started to understand this...!! (gr8.. so now that we know that even politicians actually do have brains, lets start thinking ourselves ..!!)

If these people at TV channels are so good at "creating this f**king reality", why not use the expertise in creating something genuinely entertaining ?? Are they afraid to loose out TRP's... Remember diversification is one way to scale up the ratings !!

Anyways... what else can I do besides penning down my thoughts.. hoping for some brightness to descend in "their" darkened, hard shelled brains... !!


dtd:- 28/07/09

2 days on the 4th floor ...

Strange title ... I agree .. But as it is said .... More you conceal more interesting it gets...

the 2 days I am referring to were spent in a very ... what to say ... unique way....
the 4th floor obviously is that of the building ....

The only different thing about the building was that.. it was a Hospital... !!

No... don't get any ideas... i was not the patient ... The time that we spent there was all due to a freak and stupid yet funny accident that one of my friend met with ....

She was on her way to a theatre to watch Delhi 6 ... and then it happened ... burst went her activa's tyre and she fell down on her head ... !!

What was more interesting and rather curious was that before, we people who were some distance behind her, a puncture shop guy reached to her ... !!! It was truly something to think on ....

Nyways now that we have a vivid picture of what happened ... lets continue... from the title ...

There she was on the hospital bed after all the tests .. fine, rocking and heartily laughing away at the accident ... (Yup... the accident was not a serious one) ..

Now we have a lady patient admitted to a ladies ward ... and a dozen male friends to be with her .
(yeah... there were lady friends too...but in extremely miniscule numbers)
The doc gave all of us a gr8 thrashing.... not for the numbers in which we were present.... but regarding the use of helmets....

As we were all lazying around waiting for her to get a discharge.. 2 days were spent astonishingly surprisingly well ... (a hospital not being the best place to spend your time w/o reason)

Loads of things were discussed ranging from..... what exactly caused the accident (role of the puncture guy) to why are we doing the course we are in right now ....
We did come up with answers .... but mostly and aptly for the last question ...
We did hv a candid answer for the last question from one of our lady friend and we termed it as
"future familistic approach"....

3 of our male friends were so busy ... that even the doctors looked to be lazying around ...
What they were actually doing or atleast claiming to do was something called
"Big (bazaar) Research"
And yes that turned out to be surprisingly true.. as they made their presentation after 2 days... thereby getting accolades from our so called... not competent... overly impulsive... prof.

We did have some thought provoking... mind churning sessions.. and in the end we had the entire class visiting our lady ... who was supposed to be the patient ....

And not to forget ... the canteen at the hospital was ... I have to say ... a good one ...

Though we never had these discussions with the "patient" ... I hope this serves as an ever unending reminder for her ... !!!

Also ... we had this "patient" of ours as the pillion rider on the activa ... The driver... another lady friend of ours went home immediately with bruises on her arm ... funny isn't it ...

And not to forget .... both the ladies hv still not watched Delhi 6 ... and neither have the others who were there on the 4th floor for 2 days .... !!!!


dtd:--6/3/09