Pune Captured...

...through my lens. Have a dekho!

My first law of Attraction.

Some women have a lot of attitude......and thats what makes me like them.

The film 'The Pursuit of Happyness' is so boring, that it drove me to 'pursue happiness' while watching the movie itself. I think apna very own Karan Johar is much more adept at making such kind of movies. The fact that his movies are more 'effective' in making my friend, V, 'cry' , is a testimonial to their 'superiority' in this genre of movie making as compared to Hollywood. So Hollywood, Go Get Him. Period. Also if Will Smith can get an Oscar nomination for his acting in this movie then I guess Shahrukh Khan should atleast get nominated every year, and not for one but all his movies. Now you see, I had to compare Will Smith with Shahrukh. It is this disappointing a movie. Can't vent more.

A Hypothesis

Let us assume, for a moment, that the demographic representation of religions over the world is different from what is as of today, specifically in the case of Hinduism and Islam. This would mean that Hinduism is as widespread and distributed among various geographies and countries as is Islam today and Islam is majorly concentrated in a specific country. Now a question arises in my mind that targets the general Hindu sentiment in India, which is-'Quite a few Muslims in India are not as nationalistic as they should be. They prefer their religion over their country'. Under the above hypothesis, will Indian Hindus be less nationalistic than what they feel they are today? Will their loyalities change from their 'nation' to their 'religion'? If the answers to the above questions are positive then I am afraid, we, Indian Hindus are wrong in expecting the same levels of nationalism from Indian Muslims, today. What I understand from the above hypothetical analysis is: It is easier for Hindus to bias themselves towards their country than their religion as compared to the Muslims because of the demographic realities.

Irrationality.

When there is so much talk about how educated human beings like us should be rational all the time in our thinking, I wonder, why do we sometimes do things that are absolutely irrational? Like, why do I, at times, do not hesitate to give alms to a beggar and sometimes I do? Why can I not look at that issue( of giving alms) using a rational thought process? What I mean here is, if I am to make a rational decision on this I would make it this way: if I find a reasonably young man/woman begging, I will refuse them right away but if I find a old man/woman doing the same, I wont hesitate in giving the money. But I am sad to notice that I do not always think in the above manner while giving alms. Sometimes it is an arbit refusal and at other times an emotional yield. I don't get this.


p.s: I will be updating this post as and when I find myself amidst irrational behaviour.

Soul Stirring!

are ruk ja are thum ja
are ruk ja re bandhe are thum ja re bandhe ki kudrat has padegi ho
are neendein hai jakhmi
are sapne hai bhooke
ki karvat phat padegi ho

are ruk ja re bandhe are thum ja re bandhe ki kudrat has padegi ho

are mandir ye chup hai are masjid ye gumsum
ibadat thak padegi ho
samay ki lal aandhi kabristan ke raaste
are latpath chalegi ho

are ruk ja re bandhe are thum ja re bandhe ki kudrat has padegi ho

kise kafir kahega kise kayar kahega
teri kab tak chalegi ho
kise kafir kahega kise kayar kahega
teri kab tak chalegi ho

are ruk ja re bandhe are thum ja re bandhe ki kudrat has padegi ho


Last night, after watching Black Friday, my mind started working overtime to find out answers to hundreds of questions on religiousness, religious fundamentalism, nationalism, globalization, human psyche and a host of other related topics. Seldom does one watch such movies that make one think so hard.

Something funny :D

Economics of Attraction. Hillarious!! Enjoy reading it, especially girls.

From the Man of Steel

Rajdeep Sardesai:: But what is that little thing that makes a good entrepreneur? What is it that you would suggest to those who are ready to set up businesses across this India?

Ratan Tata:: What could I say to them? The idea has to be there, the robustness of that idea is there. The only thing I would say to them, if I could, would be: "Don't compromise your values. Don't add to the destruction of the fabric or ethics in the country. Try to build on it and look at building a better India." Perhaps one thing I would say to most young people: "Have a sense of spirit for your country rather than merely for yourself."

The excerpt is a part of an interview given to Rajdeep Sardesai on CNN-IBN by Mr. Tata after he was awarded the CNN-IBN Businessman of the Year award for the year 2006. The whole interview was a like to window to Mr. Tata's personality, which I guess is a very rare occassion, considering his demure personality. Though there were various take aways throughout the interview, the significant one, for me, was one that came at the end, embedded in the above answer. Anybody who would have seen this inteview would not have missed the glint in Rajdeep's eyes when he got this answer from Mr. Tata, whose equally expressive eyes reflected the tremendous sense of honesty in his words. It was so heartening to see someone as great as Ratan Tata echoe views which are so in sync with my own. It was a moment which reassured me that having a deep sense of nationalism isn't being foolishly crazy after all. But at the same time I must tell Mr. Ratan Tata, that the number people thinking like us is decreasing by the day. And this cynical judjement or perception is an outcome of personal experiences and not any hearsay.

The Last Sunlight

Atop Sinhagad


On the way to Nasik...