Shashank Singh

My New Blog!

2007-02-22T21:04:00.004-05:00

MY NEW BLOG: http://www.bawaal.com/blog/

WAQT NAHI

2006-11-07T10:26:00.000-05:00

Har khushi hai logon ke Daman me,
Par ek hansi ke lie waqt nahi.
Din rat daudti duniya me,
Zindagi ke liye hi waqt nahi. !1!

Maa ki lori ka ahsaas to hai,
Par maa ko maa kehne ka waqt nahi.
Sare rishton ko to hum maar chuke,
Unhe dafnane ka bhi waqt nahi. !2!

Sare naam mobile me hain,
Par dosti ke liye waqt nahi.
Gairon ki kya baat kahen,
Jab apno ke liye hi waqt nahi. !3!

Ankhon me hai neend badi,
Par sone ko waqt nahi.
Dil hai gamon se bhara hua,
Par rone ko bhi waqt nahi. !4!

Paison ki daud me aise daude,
Ki thakne ko bhi waqt nahi.
Paraye ahsason ki kya Kadar karein,
Jab apne sapnon ke liye hi waqt nahi. !5!

Tu hi bata E zindagi,
is zindagi ka kya hoga.
Ki har pal hansne walon ko,
khud hansne ko bhi waqt nahi.......
Ki har pal hansne walon ko,
khud hansne ko bhi waqt nahi. !6!

Note : Not my original creation. Got this as a mail forward.

Reclaim Your Life!

2006-09-29T16:00:00.000-04:00

A commercial Ad for TATA SAFARI.... RECLAIM YOUR LIFE!!!

Kaun Banega Crorepati!!!

2006-09-19T10:36:00.000-04:00

FROM THE DESK OF MRS CYNTHIA LUG.

ACCOUNTAUNT BANCOSANTANDER.

CENTRAL BANK OF SPAIN MADRID.

Dear Friend,

I am the Accountant of Bancosantander centray Bank of spain remittance department Madrid spainIn my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$10m dollars (Ten Million US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased asindicated in our banking guidlings and laws butunfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after fours years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner nand a spanish cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respectto the provision of a account, 10% will be setaside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will beremitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application . I will not fail to bring to your notice this transactionis hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom offear as all required arrangements have been made for theransfer. You should contact meimmediately as soon as you receive this letter.

call me for more clearification +34659501545 Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours Faithfully,

MRS CYNTHIA LUG

NOTE : THIS IS JUST A COPY PASTE OF A MAIL SHASHANK RECEIVED. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHASHANK WOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY KIND OF FINANCIAL LOSS(ES) OR ANY OTHER KIND OF LOSS(ES). ALL THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE POST MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE, READER'S DISCRETION IS REQUIRED.

Re-Born Crow : An Imposter!!!

2006-08-30T10:55:00.000-04:00

Here goes the complete news....

After a sensational revelation that Crow Singh survived the attack on his life, "Shanky Baba - The Don" was taken by surprise! Since he was the one who took the contract to kill that vermin named Crow Singh and the contract was personally executed by him.

"Shanky Baba - The Don" soon sent his best commandos Pawan Kumar Singh and Ankur Jain to do the reality check! The investigation was co-ordinated by the best under cover agents world has ever seen Agent Sumeet and Agent Adil whom the imposter (duplicate Crow, saala behrupiya) was trying to break away from the Don's company by creating a misunderstanding among them!

Agent Pawan and Ankur meticulously executed the plan and kidnapped the "behrupiya" and had gruelling interrogation session with him. Finally after using 3rd Degree torture and using the analytical skills of Agent Adil - "A living legend" and Agent Sumeet : "Jiska dimaag computer se bhi tez chalta hai", "The Don" came out with a scintillating and pulsating version of the story.

Here goes the story:

The Don - Shanky Baba (Shashank) was a very innocent and honest student studying in MMMEC, Gorakhpur, UP, India. It was here where he first time met Ankit Singh urf Crow Singh. Soon they became good friends but later on as time elapsed Crow Singh became jealous of Shashank's super success in college in all the fields. Shashank was good in all the fields, be it studies, sports and was popular among girls ;-)! Shashank never knew about this ill feeling of Crow! Crow left no chances of insulting Shashank or torturing him with all his shrewd and cunning ideas! All this resulted in a transformation of Shashank from a soft-hearted guy to more rough and tough, and this is how he stepped into the world of Underworld and now he is - "The Don"!

Then came a guy who met Don's aide to get Crow Singh killed! As soon as don came to know about the contract to kill Crow Singh, don remembered all things that Crow Singh did to him so Don himself went out for the mission to kill the Crow. And you all would be surprised and shocked to know that the guy who came to get Crow Singh killed is the imposter himself! And all this happened because of a girl in Bangalore which was common love of both the Original Crow and the behrupiya!!!

Interpol officer "Vaibhav Sharma" is investigating the matter and is currently in Canada. He is coming back to India with his secret report. But Don se kuchh bhi nahi chhupa. This report confirms the fact that original Crow is dead and the DNA test confirms that this Crow is an imposter from Korea who was exiled from Korea.

Behrupiya's plan was really awesome and meticulously executed. But he did just one mistake "Shanky Baba - The Don se panga le liya".

So now its official that REAL CROW SINGH is dead and resting in hell!

Moral of the Story: NEVER MESS WITH THE DON!!!

Related articles:

1. Death of Crow.
2. The Return of Crow.
3. The Crow - Re-Born.
4. Crow Singh vs Shanky Baba.

The Crow Re-Born!

2006-08-30T10:52:00.000-04:00

By Correspondent : SAURABH SHARMA

Crow Singh Vs Shanky Baba - Breaking News

2006-08-30T10:37:00.000-04:00

BY CORRESPONDENT : SAURABH SHARMA.

OBITUARY

2006-08-25T15:33:00.000-04:00

Just read an article in Time of India, Bangalore edition and was shocked to read it!!!

With deep sorrow and grief I pay my homage to the great great "Crow Singh" aka Ankit Singh. He was a great Crow. May his soul rest in peace and may this Thirsty Crow 's soul find enough water to quench his thirst where-ever he goes (probably hell)!

May all sorrow ridden Crows of this world have enough courage and strength!

We all would miss you!!! OMEN is OVER!!! Hurray!!! Oops sorry this is an obituary!

People can send in their obituary scraps to : Ankit Singh's Orkut Scrap Book!

Here I go again!

2006-08-15T17:12:00.000-04:00

Yeah! I got another parking ticket :-(. This is the 3rd one I got in 2006 (my 4th ticket overall). The rate at which I'm getting tickets and blogging about it pretty soon my blog site would be more about traffic voilation and related stuff.

1st Ticket : Unauthorised parking in resident area. I was new to the place where I live and my landlord never let me know that we need resident parking permit (for overnight parking) on the streets.

2nd Ticket : I got the ticket at the same place but this time orientation of my car was in the opposite direction, so I got a ticket for improper parking. I never knew that orientation of parking matters. I learnt the lesson hard way :-(.

3rd Ticket : As shown above. I parked my car near 121 E 12th Street, NYC; the area has a night regulation board which says that parking is prohibited on Thursday, Friday & Saturday (10:00pm - 6:00am). I parked my car at 12:30 am 08/13/2006 which is technically Sunday.

One thing is great about New York is that I can dispute my parking tickets online or through mail (option not available in New Jersey). I'm going to dispute my parking ticket and lets wait n watch whats there in store for me, no harm in trying ;-).

No more of tickets please! Is someone listening!!!

13 Ways to Save on Gas and Improve Mileage

2006-07-31T16:13:00.000-04:00

1. Stay within posted speed limits. The faster you drive, the more fuel you use.

2. Use overdrive gears. Overdrive gears improve the fuel economy of your car during highway driving.

3. Use cruise control. Using cruise control on highway trips can help you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, reduce your fuel consumption.

4. Anticipate driving situations. If you anticipate traffic conditions and don't tailgate, you can avoid unnecessary braking and acceleration, and improve your fuel economy by 5 to 10 percent.

5. Avoid unnecessary idling. Turn off the engine if you anticipate a lengthy wait. No matter how efficient your car is, unnecessary idling wastes fuel, costs you money and pollutes the air.

6. Combine errands. Several short trips taken from a cold start can use twice as much fuel as one trip covering the same distance when the engine is warm.

7. Remove excess weight from the trunk. Avoid carrying unneeded items, especially heavy ones. An extra 100 pounds in the trunk reduces a typical car's fuel economy by one to two percent.

8. Keep your engine tuned. Studies have shown that a poorly tuned engine can increase fuel consumption by as much as 10 to 20 percent depending on a car's condition.

9. Keep your tires properly inflated and aligned. Underinflated tires cause fuel consumption to increase by six percent.

10. Change your oil. Clean oil reduces wear caused by friction between moving parts and removes harmful substances from the engine.

11. Check & replace air filters regularly. Your car's air filter keeps impurities in the air from damaging internal engine components. Clogged filters can cause up to a 10% increase in fuel consumption.

12. Buy only the octane level gas you need. Remember, the higher the octane, the higher the price. Check your owner's manual to determine the right octane level for your car.

13. Own a fuel efficient vehicle. The difference between a car that gets 20 MPG and one that gets 30 MPG amounts to $1,500 over 5 years.

14. Get a good Gas Card. You can get from 10% to 5% cash back from your gas card i.e. atleast saving 15 cents per gallons. (This is added by me :-) )

source : http://www.pumpandsave.com/

Judge Sa'ab I'm not Guilty!!!

2006-07-25T23:00:00.000-04:00

Here goes my experience with US municipal court for driving offences. I had already pleaded not guilty for the offence I did. I had to do it because if you plead guilty you would just end up paying the fine and won't get a chance to defend yourself in front of the judge. I was very confused about the preparation I need to do before going to the court. Few of my friends even suggested to hire a lawyer but I was very hesitant to do the same and after reading few forums I was sure I don't need them.

As soon as I entered the court I saw quite a few offenders over there and I felt good to know that I was not the only one to be caught. We were directed to talk to prosecutor before talking to the judge. As per my offence I was supposed to get 4 points and a fine of around $110 but the prosecutor offered me a fine of $430 and convert my offense to a zero point offence i.e. I was just driving couple of miles per hour more than speed limit posted. Even though I was losing a bit of money I was more than happy to accept the offer else I would have paid atleast double the amount in a year to my insurance company and that too for next 3 years. Also I saved money by not hiring a lawyer ;-).

My piece of advice to everyone whoever gets a traffic ticket do take court's appointment by pleading not guilty and court is always ready to work out a deal with you!

Where was Shashank?

2006-07-25T22:05:00.000-04:00

After a break of 74 days am back into blogging. A lots of things happened in these 74 days and I have tons to write about. So I would start writing in chronological order of time!

Speed Limits!!!

2006-05-12T15:03:00.000-04:00

(Click on the image to see the actual ticket!)

Anyone who has ever been with me in my car has asked me "How many points do you have on your driving history or Have many times have you been caught by cops?". I always used to smile and say "touchwood". But "touchwood" effect didn't lasted for long! After just 6 months of rash driving I got a overspeeding ticket :-(. I was just going on 41mph in 25mph zone.... WTF!!! Do you call it overspeeding??? I can run faster than 25mph!

Now poor me would get 4 points and has to pay $105 of fine. Only god know how much my insurance is gonna rise. These insurance companies are real bastards! I know they are going to screw me!!! :-(( Yeah am screwed!

Now I keep an eye on the speed limits and my odometer/speedometer/wotever meter. Shit man! Driving slow is boring! I was the kinds who loves driving and that too driving at high speeds with Moojik blowing out at full volume. My poor old Honda Accord has touched 110mph and now it doesn't goes beyond 60mph. Shit man!!! Driving on 25mph I feel like am crawling like a helpless insect on the road! Slow driving Sucks!!!

I beleive world should be a free place with no limits including speed limits!!! ;-)

Again calling for Jehad this time against speed limits! Allah-hu-akbar!

Pollen Pollen in the Little Flower!

2006-05-12T12:46:00.000-04:00

Pollen Pollen in the Little Flower,
How I wonder what you are?
Up above the trees so high,
Like a nuisance in my life.
Pollen Pollen in the Little Flower,
How I wonder what you are?

:-( Last 4 weeks has been hell for me... these tiny little f**king pollens have beaten me blue n black! Coughing, sneezing, red n watery eyes, irriation in nose :-(!!!

I HATE YOU POLLENS!!! Now even thinking about you makes me sick!

Calling for JEHAD against Pollen! Allah-hu-akbar!

Debate on Reservations!

2006-05-01T11:21:00.000-04:00

ET has opened a debate on "Is Premji right to go against job quotas in Wipro?

As expected most of the posts agree with him...
here is someone who put his point in a v diff way... :))
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I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start the reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation for Muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that.

Cricket rules should be modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and a six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs. An OBC player scoring 60 runs should be declared as a century. We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal.

Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 meters. There can be reservation in Government jobs also. Let's recruit SC/ST and OBC pilots for aircrafts which are carrying the ministers and politicians (that can really help the country.. ). Ensure that only SC/ST and OBC doctors do the operations for the ministers>and other politicians. (Another way of saving the country..).

Let's be creative and think of ways and means to guide INDIA forward...Let's show the world that INDIA is a GREAT country. Let's be proud of being an INDIAN... May the good breed of politicans like ARJUN SINGH long live...

So, what do you think,?

P.S. : Got this as a forward and thought it to be worth putting in the blog!

A B C D seekho!

2006-04-30T19:23:00.000-04:00

A B C D E F G
G se nikala Gandhi ji
Gandhi ji ne khaya PERU
Peru se nikala NEHRU
Nehru ne khaya PAAN
Paan se nikala Amjad KHAN
Amjad Khan ne maari FIGHT
Police ki chaddi TIGHT!

Acually was talking to my friend and I just said to her "Kuch to bolo" and what I got as a response was this and the way she said it was too funny.

Let me dream till the eternity!

2006-04-24T17:40:00.000-04:00

Gone is the chilly and harsh winter in life
Here comes the summer with all its warmth

Flowers blossoming all around
World seems to be beautiful again

Oh god! am i dreaming?
Let me dream till the eternity!
Let me dream till the eternity!

BLOG

2006-04-18T01:01:00.000-04:00

Thanks to my cousin Amol for sending this.

Am Betrayed!

2006-04-12T14:19:00.000-04:00

You came into my life
And I thought you would be my wife

We both were in love
I was flying high with cloud full of dove

That cloud turned out to be my blunder
What it gave me was a thunder

Thanks to you now I'm dead
All my dreams are now just shred

Now I'm even afraid of sleeping
I fear I would again start dreaming

I still don't know what were you thinking
When my heart was sinking

May god give you all the happiness
And let me deal with all the mess

No, I don't need your consolation
What I need is some isolation

Heart says I want to cry
But my eyes are dry
Yet again am betrayed!

LIFE KA LESSON!

2006-03-16T13:43:00.000-05:00

Kasme vaade saare toot jaate hai
Dost saare chooth jate hai

Zindagi ek gadi hai
Aate usme laakhon sawaari hai

Sawaariyon ko nahi dene ka dil
Unko seeedha pakadane ka ticket ka bill

Maine ek sawaari ko de diya dil
Bola usko har janam mein mere ko mil
Life mein aa gaya na jaane kahan se itna thrill
But in reality ho raha tha mein actually grill

Abhi to chale the bus do chaar hi kadam
Ki pata chala ki pyar tha mera bharam
Mera haal dekh ke khud ko aa gayi sharam

Sapna toota, dil toota
Jaane kisne mera pyar loota
Maine aakhirkaar feka ukhaad pyar kaa khoota

Seekh liya hai maine life ka lesson
Ab loonga mein har ladki ka alag alag session.

Chahe ab nikal jaye mera aakhri dum
Style na hogi meri kabhi kum.

Holi Hai !!!

2006-03-14T16:09:00.000-05:00

Gone are those days when I used to wait for Holi, one of the Hindu festivals which I used to love most, of course for me Diwali is the best. I used to enjoy a lot in Holi. I still remember when I was a kid, we used to collect woods to make Holika and the preparation for the Holika started almost a month before the actual date of Holi. All the young kids of the colony used to get together every evening and then we started our expeditions in the near by Jungle and Nullah (seemed to be a big river for us that time) cutting the trees and collecting shrubs for the Holika. Really adventurous! Then was the duty of protecting the Holika from envious neighborhood. Finally a night before Holi Holika was burnt with all the celebrations and pujas. Then started the night before the big day.

Mummy used to make "Gujiyaas" and "Pua & Maal Pua" (Puas are eastern UP and Bihar's delicacy). I'm missing you Mom and of course the Puas :-(. Those Puas were famous in our colony and people use to flock in the morning for those. My Dad used to make "Bhaang waali Thandai", that's one of the few thing on which my dad used to work very meticulously, taking care of each and every minute ingredients. Alas! I was only allowed to taste the "Virgin Thandai" i.e. Thandai without Bhaang. I just hope one day I would have my dad made "Bhaang". Pata nahi woh din kab aayega!!!

Today, I'm in United States of America, far from all my friends, far from my parents, far from my India, missing all the colors, missing all the delicacies, missing all the fun. I miss those days of innocence when we never needed reasons to be happy.

HAPPY HOLI TO ALL!

Listen to these songs and enjoy:

'Rang Barse …' - Silsila
'Holi ke din dil khil jaate hain...' - Sholay
'Aaj na chodenge bas humjoli khelenge hum holi' - Kati Patang

The pic that pains !

2006-02-21T17:27:00.000-05:00

Yesterday I was looking at my friend Rusty's Orkut album and found above picture and I donno why but it really touched my heart. The caption of the picture says "The pic that pains !".

For me this picture is more inspiring than painful. What inspired me was the smile on the face of the old man. I believe he would have lost all his belongings to the floods but still he manages to save the odd old sewing machine (probably his most priciest possesion) and carries a nice smile on his face, what a beauty! I can see his enthusiasm to start his life once again from scratch. Man, he is a real warrior. Hats off to the old man!!! He seems to be much younger than most of the people around me and probably including me.

I have seen people cribbing about petty things and being sad about the thing they cannot control. Come on! World is full of misery but the same world is also full of happiness and wonders and its you who has to choose from either of them misery or happiness.

The message I got from this picture is that its you who define your life. Pains and misery are part and parcel of life and if you have a positive outlook towards life then no pain is big enough to ruin your life. With each pain and misery you tend to become more strong and probably more practical. Be positive and believe in "Failure is just one step towards Success".

"Duniya sabko kuch na kuch rang dikhati hi hai... But asli insaan wahi hai jo har rang ko JEET ke rang mein badal de!"

I would suggest few songs for everyone :

1) Khudi - Junoon
2) Fatela Jeb - Aankhein (thanks to Sunanda aka Badgirl for this)

and there are lots more.... let me know if you come across better songs! :-)

Love Insurance

2006-02-09T17:43:00.000-05:00

Have you ever thought of having Love-Insurance? Few days back I got this weird idea of having love-insurance somewhat parallel to health insurance or auto insurance. In US insurance is a booming industry and it has its own pros and cons. Here goes my idea for Love-Insurance.

The process goes like this i.e. if you are in love then you and your partner needs to insure that love. Depending on your Love-Credit-History* and your partner's Love-Credit-History* the premium for the insurance would be decided. There would be other factors too which would decide the premium for e.g. your age, your education background, your financial dependence, etc. Then as you move along and time passes and number of years you spend together increases your premium would decrease accordingly.

Coming to the benefits of having love insurance is that when there is a break-up you can claim your insurance and an independent investigating agency (Wow! Another industry because of Love-Insurance, I’m creating more jobs for everyone.) would investigate on your case and comes out with the reasons of the break-up and accordingly compensation would be given to the sufferer. Of course money cannot give back your love but it would keep a check on false love and break-ups.

Of course, it would also have its own drawbacks. The major one would be false claims, people would have love insurance and try and create situation intentionally so that his/her partner does something stupid or hire some professionals to lure the partner into some illicit activities and thereby making a claim for love insurance. To prevent this we need to have proper investigation agency which can dig out the truth. Probably, I guess one of the best ideas would be to have periodic survey about how you feel about your partner, if there are any differences, what you don’t like in your partner, what you like the most in your partner, etc. Also it would be great if Love-Insurance companies would have some great counselors who can help out their clients to have a lasting relationship. Great ideas coming to my mind J I guess I’m going to file a patent for this noble concept.

What do you say??? Comments are welcome!

*Love-Credit-History: This is somewhat analogous to your financial Credit History. For example if you have betrayed your last partner then your love-credit-history would have big –ve points i.e. you are not reliable. It would also be dependent on how many relationships you were involved in and the period for each relationship, less number of relationships means more dependable you are in terms of love insurance.

There are lots of other thought which I wanted to put down but just to kick off the idea this much is enough I guess ;-).

Om Jai Google Hare !!

2006-02-02T22:25:00.000-05:00

The mantra for Software Engineers like me ;-) .. Kripya dhyan de...

Om Jai Google Hare !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare
Programmers ke sankat, Developers ke Sankat,
Shan main door kare!!
Om Jai Google Hare !!

Jo Dhyawe results pawe,
dukh bin se man ka, Swami dukh bin se man ka,
Homework ki sampatti le aawe, Homework ki sampatti le aawe
kasht mite work ka,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Tum puran seach engine
Tum hi internet yaami, Swami Tum hi internet yaami
Par karo hamari Madad, Par karo hamari Madad,
Tum internet ke swami,
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

Tum information ke saagar,
Tum palan karta, swami Tum palan karta,
Main moorakh agyaani, Main Searcher tum Server-ami
Saara work tum se karta !!
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Din bandhu dukh harta,
Tum rakshak mere, Swami tum thakur mere,
Apni capabilities dikhaao, sare reasearch karoa
Site par khada mein tere,
Swami Om Jai Google hare!!

Google devta ki aarti jo koi programmer gaawe,
Swami jo koi bhi programmer gaawe,
Kehet Shankanand swami, bhanat hari har swami,
Manwaanchhit solution paawe.
Swami Om Jai Google hare.

P.S. : The above "Om Jai Google Hare !!" is itself a prasadam of Google ;-)

Wake-up call for Youth of India!!!

2006-01-29T19:48:00.000-05:00

"RANG DE BASANTI"

Starring : Amir Khan (DJ), Alice Patten (Sue), Soha Ali Khan (Sonia), Laxman (Atul Kulkarni), Siddharth (Karan), Sharman Joshi (Sukhi), Madhavan (Ajay), Kunal Kapoor (Aslam)

Music by A.R. Rehman

Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

A thought-provoking movie, young at heart!!!

The film revolves around a group of five friends in college who are into everything except studies. “Apni to paathshala, MASTI ki paathshala.”- This can be seen in the first half of the movie. Best thing about the first half of the movie is that you can relate your college life with their’s.

None of the five friends in the movie had any definite aim in their life nor was anyone trying hard to achieve anything great, which is quite true for current generation of youth (including me).

On one side we always keep on saying “India is the best”, “I’m proud to be Indian” etc etc… and on the other side we keep on cribbing about Corruption, Dirty Politics, Religious Extremism, Caste System, and what not!!! But have we ever thought “What have we done to improve any of these?” Leave alone of doing something to improve the situation but truth is that we ourselves are part of the corrupt system. I’m sure that whoever is reading this has definitely bribed his/her way out to get some favors. I would accept that yes I have done that quite a lot of times, be it in train to get reserved seat, or bribing a traffic cop, bribing for quick processing of the passport, bribing with dollars to get custom clearance at airport and the list is endless. I guess everyone including me would continue to do the same. But I'm also sure that if we all take small steps to improve ourselves one day things would automatically fall into place.

Coming back to the movie every character has given a great performance. A.R.Rehman is at his best in the music. All of the songs fit into the movie and you never feel like songs are burden. Background score is great. Kudos to Rehman for RDB. My personal best is “Rubaroo” and “Pathshala”. “Tu Bin Bataye, Mujhe Le Chal Kahi...” sung by Madhushree, Naresh Iyer is getting on to me, very nice and pleasant song, real soothing :-).

Second half of the movie is entirely different from the first half. It is more about the realization of actual world, how ruthless this world can be. Movie takes a dig at petty politics and shows how the death of one of the best pilot of Indian Air Force is used for political mileage. Even after he laid down his life to protect few innocent souls he is rewarded with a bad name, and was branded as a reckless pilot.

I’m not going to write the entire story because it’s better to watch the movie rather than reading the review. Especially a novice like me cannot do any justice to a soul-stirring movie like “Rang De Basanti”.

So go and watch the movie if you haven’t done so. Because I’m going in for the second time.

JAI HIND!!!

Some Love Quotes!!!

2006-01-18T17:14:00.000-05:00

It's amazing how someone can break your heart, but you still love them with all
the little pieces.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them.
You never really stop loving someone. You just learn to try to live without them.
They say time heals all, but without you by my side, time stands still.
Trying to forget someone you loved is like trying to remember someone you never knew.
If two past lovers can remain friends, either they never were in love or they still are.
Love is giving someone the power to destroy you...but trusting them not to.
I wish I had the guts to walk away from what we had. But I can't because I know you won't come after me, and that's what hurts the most.
I was finally getting over you and actually believing I didn't need you. I was finally accepting you had another guy. Then you smiled at me and ruined it all.
After I fell in love with you, I fell in love with my life.
GREAT LOVE: It's when you shed tears yet you still care; it's when you're ignored yet you still long; it's when she begins to love another yet you still smile and say "I'm happy for you."
I always knew looking back on the tears would make me laugh, but I never knew looking back on the laughs would make me cry.
I'm trying really hard not to cry over you because every tear is just one more reminder that I don't know how to let you go.
What do you do when the only one that can make you stop crying, is the person who made you cry?
It takes a minute to have a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone -- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.
They say loving you is my biggest mistake but how can it be so wrong if it feels so right? If ever I made a mistake, its not that I love you, its thinking that someday you'll love me too...
In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.
Don't say you love me unless you really mean it, because I might do something crazy like believe it.
Should I smile because we are friends? Or cry because we'll never be anything more?
Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry.
If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours. If it does not come back, it was never meant to be.
Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will lie under the stars and listen to your heartbeat, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep... wait for the boy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, who thinks you’re just as pretty without makeup on. One who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares and how lucky he is to have YOU... The one who turns to his friends and says, "That’s her"....
It's only after someone is gone do you realize how much you miss them...
To the world you may be but one, but to one you might be the world.
Don't cry because it is over, smile because it happened!
If you can’t get someone of your mind they are probably supposed to be there.
It's funny how big of an impact you have on me. It's like when I see you, you don't even have to speak...all you can do is smile, and it can make my day, and then that's how I remember my reasons for loving you.
"My friends are always telling me to move on, to give up. But why? Why should I? They don't see you the way that I see you. They don't look into your eyes and see the world. Why would they understand? They can't possibly imagine what it means to look at your best friend and see all their hopes and dreams come true. I wish for once, just once, they could walk a mile in my shoes. But they wouldn't need to walk that far, they would just take one step and suddenly, they would take back every bit of 'getting over you' advice they had ever given me and realize you're my life, you were meant for me, and that moving on or giving up is simply not an option."
A guy out there was meant to be the love of your life, your best friend, your soul mate, the one you can tell your dreams to. He'll smile at you, but he'll never laugh at your heart. He'll brush the hair out of your eyes. Send you flowers when you least expect it. He'll stare at you during the movies, even though he paid $8 to see it. He'll call to say goodnight or just cause he is thinking of you. He'll look in your eyes and tell you, you're the most beautiful girl in the world, and for the first time in your life, you'll believe it.
If you truly love someone, then the only thing you want for them is to be happy....even if it’s not with you.
Now, thanks to you... I'm scared to fall in love again. First of all, you broke my heart when I expected you to be the last one to do it. And now I'm left with my heart broken and in pieces and you don't even bother to notice. It's sad because all along I thought you knew me better than everyone else....but now I am starting to wonder if you even knew me at all.

"Coming Back to Life"

2005-12-29T12:09:00.000-05:00

Where were you when I was burned and broken
While the days slipped by from my window watching
Where were you when I was hurt and I was helpless
Because the things you say and the things you do surround me
While you were hanging yourself on someone else’s words
Dying to believe in what you heard
I was staring straight into the shining sun

Lost in thought and lost in time
While the seeds of live and the seeds of change were planted

Outside the rain fell dark and slow
While I pondered on this dangerous but irresistible pastime
I took a heavenly ride through one silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life

I took a heavenly ride trough our silence
I knew the waiting had begin
And headed straight... into the shining sun

*** This is lyrics of a song of Pink Floyd ***

King Kong

2005-12-19T01:20:00.000-05:00

Starring: Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody, Kyle Chandler, Colin Hanks, Thomas Kretschmann and Andy Sirkis

Directed by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings Fame)

Here goes my review of the movie:

I would admit that I haven’t seen the original King Kong (1933), so I was really excited to see this one.

The movie is all about the two characters the Beauty (Naomi Watts) and the Beast (King Kong) and believe me I would say amazing performance by both. Of course now you would laugh at me when I say amazing performance by a “graphically created” ape but you would never feel in the movie that character is unreal. GREAT GRAPHICS!!! Kudos to Jackson and his team.

There is no such thing called flawless and here in “King Kong” there are too much of flaws to be ignored. The biggest flaw which I and most of my friends felt was that most of the scenes were dragged too much. For instance the scene where humans where trapped in the stampede by the dinosaurs was endless and you would really feel to say to Mr. Jackson… “Please Stop It!!!”. There was one more scene where human sized cockroaches and insect attacked humans, this time we all said in chorus “Mr. Jackson, what are you upto? Do you want all of us to puke?”. So, the 3 hour saga of “King Kong” could have been actually cut to 2 hours and it would have been great movie.

The best part of the movie is that you never know that when “King Kong” would take over your emotions and you would feel bad whenever something bad happens to him. If it was a real ape then definitely he would have been nominated for Oscars (Best lead actor).

My final verdict “Movie is worth a watch.”

My Car

2005-12-08T15:05:00.000-05:00

This is my car. After much of a struggle to get a driver's license in US, I bought this car on 26th Nov 2005.

It is a 1999 Honda Accord LX with 73.5K miles done. But by Honda standards, the car is still young :-). Its real pleasure to drive Accord, nice smooth ride. Last week I drove the car to Connecticut (almost 140 miles from my place) and I was totally satisfied with the performance of the car.

Technical details :

4 Cylinders (2.3L 150 hp)
Automatic Transmission
Power Windows
Dual Air Bags
Rear Window Defogger
Tilt Steering
Cruise Control
Trip Odometer
Child Lock