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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Exotic Spain and bikini
Not many days ago, I saw 2 leading ladies of the Bollywood fraternity in
nothing but a bikini swimsuit.
If any one of you is also a news channel buff like me, then you know about whom I am talking right now.
Both the women look pretty in clothes, but I realized that not both of them look that way when not fully covered.
If I talk of Ms. Chopra; then she has been generous enough to let her followers as well as any human being with an eye for beauty to witness her body clad in nothing but a bikini or an almost bikini swimsuit (remember the shimmering one in Dostana).
Also the basic fact is that she was a Miss World before she became an actress, hence she has been quite acquainted with the sweet drudgery of donning that two-some ensemble on and off in her profession.
Therefore, it does not come as a surprise to me seeing her in a whole palette of bikini swimsuits in her latest single “Exotic”.
I must say that the lady has perfected her choice in wardrobe selection by gazing at the well known divas quite nicely.
Like the pretty nude one, which seems like an inspiration from one of Mariah Carey’s single; or the black one in woods reminds me of the J:Lo’s waiting for tonight single; or the usual flowery one at the beach which is again a very thoughtful common attempt at looking beautiful.
Though the pictures and the latest video seem far from original, but still I don’t mind it because she looks really delicious and elegant in them. So, no problems; but the other lady in the same wear looks awful to me.
OK, so I know that you are not on money making second career project like Ms. Chopra, but Ms. Kaif why do you forget that you are a hot Bollywood item now. You are not just one of the top earning successful women in Hindi cinema, but you along with your beau are a confirmed item now.
Then how come you wear such an ill tasting not so coordinated bikini top and bottom in Ibiza in Spain?
Though I know you have never been a beauty queen through the usual route of participating in some or the other beauty pageant. But hello madam, you have been a model for the La Senza. Did that teach you nothing on colour coordination and body silhouettes?
Distasteful, is all I can say. Please learn a thing or two from Ms. Chopra by watching her video. Hopefully by the time Dhoom3 comes, one gets to see an upgraded bikni sense in you
Arggh...
If any one of you is also a news channel buff like me, then you know about whom I am talking right now.
Both the women look pretty in clothes, but I realized that not both of them look that way when not fully covered.
If I talk of Ms. Chopra; then she has been generous enough to let her followers as well as any human being with an eye for beauty to witness her body clad in nothing but a bikini or an almost bikini swimsuit (remember the shimmering one in Dostana).
Also the basic fact is that she was a Miss World before she became an actress, hence she has been quite acquainted with the sweet drudgery of donning that two-some ensemble on and off in her profession.
Therefore, it does not come as a surprise to me seeing her in a whole palette of bikini swimsuits in her latest single “Exotic”.
I must say that the lady has perfected her choice in wardrobe selection by gazing at the well known divas quite nicely.
Like the pretty nude one, which seems like an inspiration from one of Mariah Carey’s single; or the black one in woods reminds me of the J:Lo’s waiting for tonight single; or the usual flowery one at the beach which is again a very thoughtful common attempt at looking beautiful.
Though the pictures and the latest video seem far from original, but still I don’t mind it because she looks really delicious and elegant in them. So, no problems; but the other lady in the same wear looks awful to me.
OK, so I know that you are not on money making second career project like Ms. Chopra, but Ms. Kaif why do you forget that you are a hot Bollywood item now. You are not just one of the top earning successful women in Hindi cinema, but you along with your beau are a confirmed item now.
Then how come you wear such an ill tasting not so coordinated bikini top and bottom in Ibiza in Spain?
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Though I know you have never been a beauty queen through the usual route of participating in some or the other beauty pageant. But hello madam, you have been a model for the La Senza. Did that teach you nothing on colour coordination and body silhouettes?
Distasteful, is all I can say. Please learn a thing or two from Ms. Chopra by watching her video. Hopefully by the time Dhoom3 comes, one gets to see an upgraded bikni sense in you
Arggh...
Friday, July 26, 2013
wooden stories series III
I thought I was done with 2 stories for this client; but I was surprised to see another work in the same wood working series. So, now I know this is indeed the last one, which is as follows:
We are a couple married to each other for the past 30 years.
We recently
moved to the country side into a lavish farm house. Each and every thing in our
farm house was carefully chosen to make it a cherished home for both of us to enjoy
our retired life happily.
Though we achieved in creating everything in our
dream house the way we wanted, but something in the house was still not as per
our wishes.And that one thing was taking away the charm of the rest of the carefully arranged house.
It was our backyard that was giving us sleepless nights. We wanted
our backyard to have a personalized bar-be-Que, and a patio arrangement.
We
consulted few of the design consultants in the market, but none of the designs
that they showed to us caught our attention. I guess it was the modernity in
the designs that we were adverse to.
We were looking for something that would
be comfortable for the aging couples like us.
When nothing appealing came our
way, we involved ourselves with a lot of research into the subject.
After some engaging
study, we were surprised to know about the numerous woodworking plans and
projects tutorials available in the do-it-yourself projects at home guiding
tutorials market.
We had a feedback from few of our friends about such
woodworking plans and projects guides. They told us that even with reaps and
bounds of step-by-step working guides and full-blown up diagrammatic
representations, it was still quite difficult to follow the instructions for common people like us.
The
feedback from our friends confused us; but thankfully our further research into
the subject introduced us to the tedswoodworking.com. The demonstrations,
tutorials and especially the positive testimonials to the site engaged us.
We
ordered the tutorial package and within no time, our backyard was ready with
our choice of patio arrangement and a bar-be-que. The woodworking guide not
only had easy to understand language, but also detailed diagrammatic
representations, which were accurate to scale.
We therefore recommend the
tedswoodworking.com to everybody; it not only makes woodworking into an easy task, but also helps in creating projects in the exact way as you desire without blowing up your mind.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
wooden stories series II
I am posting second in the series of the paid story that I did for a client of mine about 2 years ago. The client was into wood work projects and supplies. The story goes as below:
I am a single working woman working for a bank.
It happens
to be my new job and a new home in a new town.
Among the many new things that I
have gained in my new life, a new gained confidence is also there. Today,
within a month of settling into a new place, I know that I am ready for any
challenges that lie ahead.
The reason for this is mastering one of the things that I never knew I could. It is the woodworking by tedswoodworking.com
I have a busy and engaging life working as an analyst with
my bank. My job requires me to meet and interact with a lot of people everyday.
A lot of people among them happen to be my well-paying clients. Apart from
giving them my valuable strategies; I am also expected to look presentable at
all times.
I was excelling in my job, but still I was not able to convert profitable
sales from my clients. After some amount of soul-searching, I was able to
pin-point the lack of a smart and presentable attire of mine. My inability to
iron my dresses was the reason for my poor performance at work. I was ironing
my dresses on my study table, since I did not have an ironing board in my new
home.
Adding to despair was my lack of time to go out and buy a sturdy ironing
board. Luckily, I saw the advertisement for woodworking guide for the handyman
on the internet. After browsing through the numerous woodworking plans and
projects listed on the site, my eyes got stuck to the plan teaching the basics
of designing a sturdy ironing board for a layman. The well laid diagrams were
an added lure. And that was it, I ordered the tutorial and on a banking holiday
I was converted into a woodworking master; who created a fantastic ironing
board for her everyday use.
Today I am proud to state that I not only excel in creating profitable sales from my clients as a financial strategist, but also as a mastered woodworking specialist.
Today I am proud to state that I not only excel in creating profitable sales from my clients as a financial strategist, but also as a mastered woodworking specialist.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
wooden stories series I
I am posting one of the paid story that I did for a client of mine about 2 years ago. The client was into wood work projects and supplies. The story goes as below:
Hi, I am a music teacher living in a small town. I teach violin
to batches of students at my home.
I always wanted to make my living room more
spacious to make my students more comfortable. For fulfilling the purpose my freinds advised me to hire an interior designer. But getting my home done from a
interior designer would have been a tedious task at my end.
Firstly, it is
difficult to get a good one in my small town. Secondly, if I am at all able to
locate someone from a nearby town, I presume the services would be not
affordable to me.
But recently, all my worries related to creating more space
in my house vanished. It was when I was introduced to a woodworking plan
supplying website called tedswoodworking.com. One of my friend told me about
it, which she discovered while surfing the internet.
I was amazed to find
woodworking plans and projects for a wide range of purposes, including mine. With
few clicks, and a secure payment through my credit card, I was subjected to the
entire range of plans and projects. After studying them for few days, I was
determined to put my dreams into application.
Within few weeks, I carved my
living room into a more accommodating place with the help of easy to understand literature in the project guides. I was able to create and carve
more sections in my room, and was also able to surprise everyone by creating
simple furniture like chairs and stools.
Today it gives me a sense of
satisfaction to see my students comfortable while taking music lessons from me.
They concentrate to what I teach them. It is a big change from what it was
before. Now I have compartmentalized sections in my room for storage, portable
comfortable furniture and a bigger looking room. If being an entirely
non-technical person, I am able to do woodworking myself, I am sure anyone
would.
I suggest everyone to give it a try at least once in their life time.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Me and Whatsapp
It has become like an identity check. Just anybody would walk up to me ask
me if I am not on Whatsapp.
GM77DWVC24NW
Oh come on, why exactly is that needed?
I mean everyone knows my number, then why want me on Whatsapp.
The answer to which I mostly get is, to chat for free...
Understood! But for that I have a messenger service.
But, Whatsapp allows chat in the mobile.
Oh that sounds great, but you know with my service provider - Airtel I have 500 free messages in a month.
LOL within our group we message 100 messages in a day
To which I really have nothing to comment.
I mean, why does one need to chat each and everything to someone, even if that someone is your conjoint twin. Also, the service is not exactly free; it needs internet to work, and which is not obviously cheap with GSM.
That is something I just do not get. Though, earlier I had a solid excuse to shun all those who asked me about my reason for non-availability on Whatsapp.
You know, for the past 5 years I had been using Nokia Supernova (the same one stylish name handset advertised by Priyanka Chopra years ago) which obviously is not a current generation smart phone.
But now since the past two months I have updated my phone to not-so-cool sounding (Nokia Asha) but a good smart phone, I feel I have no choice left for identity checks.
Constantly people keep asking me why you not on Whatsapp??
And being bugged with those questions almost everyday, I have developed a simple standard answer:
BECAUSE, I DO NOT WANT TO. I DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO SEND ME SILLY PICTURES OF THEM EATING, SHOPPING OR COOKING. NOR DO I WANT PEOPLE TO ASK ME HOW MY DAY TODAY WAS!!!
P.S.: I think my problems are going to grow intense since I get to see new players in such free chat and messaging applications like WeChat and Line.
GM77DWVC24NW
Oh come on, why exactly is that needed?
I mean everyone knows my number, then why want me on Whatsapp.
The answer to which I mostly get is, to chat for free...
Understood! But for that I have a messenger service.
But, Whatsapp allows chat in the mobile.
Oh that sounds great, but you know with my service provider - Airtel I have 500 free messages in a month.
LOL within our group we message 100 messages in a day
To which I really have nothing to comment.
I mean, why does one need to chat each and everything to someone, even if that someone is your conjoint twin. Also, the service is not exactly free; it needs internet to work, and which is not obviously cheap with GSM.
That is something I just do not get. Though, earlier I had a solid excuse to shun all those who asked me about my reason for non-availability on Whatsapp.
You know, for the past 5 years I had been using Nokia Supernova (the same one stylish name handset advertised by Priyanka Chopra years ago) which obviously is not a current generation smart phone.
But now since the past two months I have updated my phone to not-so-cool sounding (Nokia Asha) but a good smart phone, I feel I have no choice left for identity checks.
Constantly people keep asking me why you not on Whatsapp??
And being bugged with those questions almost everyday, I have developed a simple standard answer:
BECAUSE, I DO NOT WANT TO. I DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO SEND ME SILLY PICTURES OF THEM EATING, SHOPPING OR COOKING. NOR DO I WANT PEOPLE TO ASK ME HOW MY DAY TODAY WAS!!!
P.S.: I think my problems are going to grow intense since I get to see new players in such free chat and messaging applications like WeChat and Line.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
ignorance is not always a bliss
I am applauded and to a certain good extent respected by my friends for
being that Miss/Mrs. Know-it-all at all the times and at varied subjects
ranging from anything to just simply anything.
But there came a time in the day of my life, when I was subjected to great embarrassment and sadness because of my outright ignorance on an issue.
The story goes back to the time when I re-met a friend in Mumbai who originally hails from Nagaland.
We both met together for the first time at the Kolkata airport, that story I will discuss some other day in some other post. But in this one I am discussing the time when I almost lost him as a good friend from my life.
So, as I mentioned, I met him again when I visited Mumbai. That was after 6 months of our first rendezvous at the Dum Dum airport.
I am not going to mention his name here, but I can do mention that he is a graduate from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Those days he was doing his internship and he had promised me to take me to his institute. He fulfilled his promise after finishing his movie filming. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, he is a media graduate from the institute and if I recall correctly, at that time he was working on a documentary on the Mumbai blasts that occurred in the year 1993-94.
So, it turned out to be an eventful day, we both traveled from Andheri to Deonar by changing train routes and laughing and having fun all the time. It was also fun because we both together looked really odd. Well, I am just 5’3” in height and he is 6’1”. I am a normal Indian looking girl and he a proper North Eastern looking one….or popularly and ignorantly known as chinki.
Well, that is the real part of the story that turned out to be the game changer.
Before meeting him I had never known that calling people with Mongolian features as Chinks or Chinkis is actually a crime.
And with that ignorance of mine I kept spending my time with that North Eastern friend of mine. He took me to his institute, showed me all the departments there, introduced me to his friends, and even treated me to a wonderful dinner at his institute canteen. I indeed had a wonderful day spending time with him all that while, but I had no idea that my good memories spent with him will be short lived.
After the dinner he came to drop me till the harbour line of Mumbai station. I considered that gesture of him really sweet because he really took the pain to travel so far changing trains from central to harbour, which was in fact not required at all, considering that I am quite comfortable with the daily travel by locals in Mumbai.
I think when we reached the Reay road station, he told me that he really enjoyed spending time with me the whole day; but after this he would not be able to remain friends with me.
That particular moment just stunned me; I kept wondering what went wrong. Knowing his fun and playful nature, for a brief moment I did feel that he was just playing a prank; but I was sure when after saying those words he got off from the train and left me.
Since then all my way back I kept crying and wondering what went wrong between both of us; what on earth had I said or not said that hurt him and made him decide to not be friends with me.
So, after reaching home I called him, and he obviously did not respond, but I kept trying and trying till I got to know from him the reason for his being crossed with me.
The reason was the big word CHINKI. All through my interaction with him I kept repeating the phrase: “wow, I never thought that one day I will be such good friends with a Chinki.”
Back then at that day, moment and time I was not aware that the word is derogatory, it is an ethnic slur and since it stereotypes people on the basis of their physical features, it is considered inhuman and insensitive.
I was really surprised, as to how can he be bugged with for so small a reason, but when I found out about it, I was myself taken aback and felt so embarrassed and hurt on my own ignorance.
After knowing the reason for the misunderstanding between me and him, I knew I had to make-up to him. So, I chalked out a plan.
Well, I knew that in a day or two he was leaving for Hyderabad on some religious trip; so I called up his friends, also “chinks” with whom I became friends at the TISS campus; and then I got to know about his train timings from them. Then, on that day I just rushed to the station and surprised him by appearing just at the moment when he also arrived to catch his train.
I duly apologized to him and was forthright about my ignorance. But what was more surprising for me was when he told me that he was surprised of my ignorance. Considering me a well traveled person, he expected me to know that. And he felt hurt to know that even after knowing everything I was trying to degrade him.
But he forgave me as soon as he learned that it was just a play of misunderstanding that caused a rift between us. He is indeed a nice guy and he told me to update others as well about my new found learning.
And that is the reason I have writing this post. To make many aware if the ethnic slurs that we many a time knowingly or unknowingly tend to use.
So today, we both are still good friends and hope to meet some day soon.
I know, still many of us would take pride and fun in calling someone with Mongolian features a CHINK; but to tell you the legal facts - calling some one with Mongolian features a CHINK could lead to an imprisonment of 5 years as per the Supreme court ruling.
Probably that could be reason No. 1 for some people to change. I just hope so.
But there came a time in the day of my life, when I was subjected to great embarrassment and sadness because of my outright ignorance on an issue.
The story goes back to the time when I re-met a friend in Mumbai who originally hails from Nagaland.
We both met together for the first time at the Kolkata airport, that story I will discuss some other day in some other post. But in this one I am discussing the time when I almost lost him as a good friend from my life.
So, as I mentioned, I met him again when I visited Mumbai. That was after 6 months of our first rendezvous at the Dum Dum airport.
I am not going to mention his name here, but I can do mention that he is a graduate from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Those days he was doing his internship and he had promised me to take me to his institute. He fulfilled his promise after finishing his movie filming. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, he is a media graduate from the institute and if I recall correctly, at that time he was working on a documentary on the Mumbai blasts that occurred in the year 1993-94.
So, it turned out to be an eventful day, we both traveled from Andheri to Deonar by changing train routes and laughing and having fun all the time. It was also fun because we both together looked really odd. Well, I am just 5’3” in height and he is 6’1”. I am a normal Indian looking girl and he a proper North Eastern looking one….or popularly and ignorantly known as chinki.
Well, that is the real part of the story that turned out to be the game changer.
Before meeting him I had never known that calling people with Mongolian features as Chinks or Chinkis is actually a crime.
And with that ignorance of mine I kept spending my time with that North Eastern friend of mine. He took me to his institute, showed me all the departments there, introduced me to his friends, and even treated me to a wonderful dinner at his institute canteen. I indeed had a wonderful day spending time with him all that while, but I had no idea that my good memories spent with him will be short lived.
After the dinner he came to drop me till the harbour line of Mumbai station. I considered that gesture of him really sweet because he really took the pain to travel so far changing trains from central to harbour, which was in fact not required at all, considering that I am quite comfortable with the daily travel by locals in Mumbai.
I think when we reached the Reay road station, he told me that he really enjoyed spending time with me the whole day; but after this he would not be able to remain friends with me.
That particular moment just stunned me; I kept wondering what went wrong. Knowing his fun and playful nature, for a brief moment I did feel that he was just playing a prank; but I was sure when after saying those words he got off from the train and left me.
Since then all my way back I kept crying and wondering what went wrong between both of us; what on earth had I said or not said that hurt him and made him decide to not be friends with me.
So, after reaching home I called him, and he obviously did not respond, but I kept trying and trying till I got to know from him the reason for his being crossed with me.
The reason was the big word CHINKI. All through my interaction with him I kept repeating the phrase: “wow, I never thought that one day I will be such good friends with a Chinki.”
Back then at that day, moment and time I was not aware that the word is derogatory, it is an ethnic slur and since it stereotypes people on the basis of their physical features, it is considered inhuman and insensitive.
I was really surprised, as to how can he be bugged with for so small a reason, but when I found out about it, I was myself taken aback and felt so embarrassed and hurt on my own ignorance.
After knowing the reason for the misunderstanding between me and him, I knew I had to make-up to him. So, I chalked out a plan.
Well, I knew that in a day or two he was leaving for Hyderabad on some religious trip; so I called up his friends, also “chinks” with whom I became friends at the TISS campus; and then I got to know about his train timings from them. Then, on that day I just rushed to the station and surprised him by appearing just at the moment when he also arrived to catch his train.
I duly apologized to him and was forthright about my ignorance. But what was more surprising for me was when he told me that he was surprised of my ignorance. Considering me a well traveled person, he expected me to know that. And he felt hurt to know that even after knowing everything I was trying to degrade him.
But he forgave me as soon as he learned that it was just a play of misunderstanding that caused a rift between us. He is indeed a nice guy and he told me to update others as well about my new found learning.
And that is the reason I have writing this post. To make many aware if the ethnic slurs that we many a time knowingly or unknowingly tend to use.
So today, we both are still good friends and hope to meet some day soon.
I know, still many of us would take pride and fun in calling someone with Mongolian features a CHINK; but to tell you the legal facts - calling some one with Mongolian features a CHINK could lead to an imprisonment of 5 years as per the Supreme court ruling.
Probably that could be reason No. 1 for some people to change. I just hope so.
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Of Turbans and Hits
I know that there is a new good looking movie coming to the Indian theaters
in probably 2 days from now.
It is called Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. It is based on the life and career of the first famous sports person of our country Sir Milkha Singh. That is indeed great, but what intrigues me is the lead hero Farhan Akhtar donning a turban. Oh yes, he has to since he is portraying the character of a person who is a turban wearing Sikh in real life. O.K I get it.
Going by the initial release of the movie in London, the movie seems to be a big hit already. Great I get it.
But not a long time ago, I saw Sharukh Khan wearing a turban and selling a toothpaste brand. Was that advertisement also a success? I do not know, but the particular brand that he was endorsing is already a success. So, could have been a successful stint for Mr. SRK to wear a turban. Great!Wonderful!
I think before that I saw Ranbir Kapoor wearing a turban and selling computers under a pseudonymous organization while working for an employee during the day and serving his personal clients during the night. Oh boy he did look cute in those yellow turbans. Oh so cute !!!
If I am not wrong I have seen Amir Khan selling TATA SKY set-top boxes while
wearing a lose turban that my husband wears on Sundays or any other day when he
does not go out and get formally social. I have heard that that particular
series of Amir Khan - Sardarji advertisements were a big hit. That is indeed
awesome. Good job.
Hmm how come that particular Khan with the first name Saif can be left behind in a flurry to look turbaned? Of course, how can I forget the oh-so-romantic Love Aaj Kal which had Saif wearing a really tight turban and wooing a Brazilian beauty. I cannot help not mentioning that his antics were just like some Sardar’s. The way he touched his turban whenever he got embarrassed made me his fan for few minutes. Must say his research was up to the mark. Impressive indeed!!
Hmmm, by the way, was that Salman Khan whom I saw who also wore a lose turban and was driving tractors in the fields of Punjab, with some woman who now looks heavyily botoxed and is normally found on IPL grounds working as an upgraded cheer leader?? Yes, that was indeed Mr. Sallu, and I was taken in for a surprise. But I think that movie was not a hit, but still Sallu you tried really well. I did think it was some actor from Punjabi movies who got lucky in having a Bollywood debut. LOL
Yeah, there were others too who tried to cash on some hits while wearing a turban, but were not successful. Like the cutie pie Arshad Warsi and the suave Kunal Kapoor. But I think they could not make it to the hit list, may be because they did not serve as the pivotal characters in the projects where they donned a turban.
But I get confused as to where did it all start? Was it the oh so hit Singh is King and the
Akshay Kumar in jazzy coloured turbans and not to forget a lot of moolahs in his bank account that created this trend?? Could be, I do not know.
It is called Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. It is based on the life and career of the first famous sports person of our country Sir Milkha Singh. That is indeed great, but what intrigues me is the lead hero Farhan Akhtar donning a turban. Oh yes, he has to since he is portraying the character of a person who is a turban wearing Sikh in real life. O.K I get it.
Going by the initial release of the movie in London, the movie seems to be a big hit already. Great I get it.
But not a long time ago, I saw Sharukh Khan wearing a turban and selling a toothpaste brand. Was that advertisement also a success? I do not know, but the particular brand that he was endorsing is already a success. So, could have been a successful stint for Mr. SRK to wear a turban. Great!Wonderful!
I think before that I saw Ranbir Kapoor wearing a turban and selling computers under a pseudonymous organization while working for an employee during the day and serving his personal clients during the night. Oh boy he did look cute in those yellow turbans. Oh so cute !!!
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Hmm how come that particular Khan with the first name Saif can be left behind in a flurry to look turbaned? Of course, how can I forget the oh-so-romantic Love Aaj Kal which had Saif wearing a really tight turban and wooing a Brazilian beauty. I cannot help not mentioning that his antics were just like some Sardar’s. The way he touched his turban whenever he got embarrassed made me his fan for few minutes. Must say his research was up to the mark. Impressive indeed!!
Hmmm, by the way, was that Salman Khan whom I saw who also wore a lose turban and was driving tractors in the fields of Punjab, with some woman who now looks heavyily botoxed and is normally found on IPL grounds working as an upgraded cheer leader?? Yes, that was indeed Mr. Sallu, and I was taken in for a surprise. But I think that movie was not a hit, but still Sallu you tried really well. I did think it was some actor from Punjabi movies who got lucky in having a Bollywood debut. LOL
Yeah, there were others too who tried to cash on some hits while wearing a turban, but were not successful. Like the cutie pie Arshad Warsi and the suave Kunal Kapoor. But I think they could not make it to the hit list, may be because they did not serve as the pivotal characters in the projects where they donned a turban.
But I get confused as to where did it all start? Was it the oh so hit Singh is King and the
Akshay Kumar in jazzy coloured turbans and not to forget a lot of moolahs in his bank account that created this trend?? Could be, I do not know.
But what I do know is that you have to
have wear a turban to get a hit…..LOL
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
Things that I just dont get - IX
I never thought that my curiosity will take me to this post one day. I do not know why my eyes and my curiosity gets stuck to things that may seem just normal to everyone else around.
With this curiosity of mine many a times I get embarrassed for this peculiar quality of mine.
I never thought that my curiosity will take me to this post one day. I do not know why my eyes and my curiosity get stuck to things that may seem just normal to everyone else around.
With this curiosity of mine, many a times I get embarrassed amongst friends. Though, my family is quite used to it now.
The latest episode in the series of not understanding stuff was when I watched the rushes of the recent romantic block buster called Aashiqui 2.
Obviously as you would know it is a sequel to the original block buster that came in almost 20 years back.
To be frank I have not seen the movie, I am not those rom-com loving kinds. And to be more frank, I am not even going to watch it, even if it comes free on any of the movie channels.
Now talking a little about the movie - The current director of the movie is from the same family that created the original one some decade ago. He has also liked his predecessors tried to cash in all the charm and lovey-dovey magic that the original one had created. That also lead to re-making of the iconic poster of Anu Aggarwal and Rahul Roy replaced with the latest pairing of Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur.
But the complex part about the movie that makes me post about it here is its same movie poster.
But why exactly the poster is stuck in my curios part of the brain?
The reason is very simple. It is regarding the use of the jacket in the current sequel too.
Let me explain it a bit more.
I understand that the yesteryear poster had to have a prop for the coo chi-cooing couples in the form of a jacket in order to prevent the censor-board from banning an outright lip-to-lip kiss in a bollywood movie.
Now I come to the part which I find disturbing. Why it is that the same old prop is used again in this sequel. Was it really needed anyway?
When in one song you show the couple making out nicely, then why cannot they be shown smooching in public?
It makes me think that the jacket was just a superfluous baggage that the lead actors of this sequel generation just had to carry along for just the sake of carrying along?
Or was that the same jacket that the now flops, but back then hot actors had used?
It could have been a lucky charm that the director family must have insisted on using to pass on the same moolah magic that the last one had created.
If that is really true, then definitely jacket is the only one from the last movie that has got a chance to re-appear in the sequel. Though it seems that it has been made to look different by dying it in black this time.
With this curiosity of mine many a times I get embarrassed for this peculiar quality of mine.
I never thought that my curiosity will take me to this post one day. I do not know why my eyes and my curiosity get stuck to things that may seem just normal to everyone else around.
With this curiosity of mine, many a times I get embarrassed amongst friends. Though, my family is quite used to it now.
The latest episode in the series of not understanding stuff was when I watched the rushes of the recent romantic block buster called Aashiqui 2.
Obviously as you would know it is a sequel to the original block buster that came in almost 20 years back.
To be frank I have not seen the movie, I am not those rom-com loving kinds. And to be more frank, I am not even going to watch it, even if it comes free on any of the movie channels.
Now talking a little about the movie - The current director of the movie is from the same family that created the original one some decade ago. He has also liked his predecessors tried to cash in all the charm and lovey-dovey magic that the original one had created. That also lead to re-making of the iconic poster of Anu Aggarwal and Rahul Roy replaced with the latest pairing of Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur.
But the complex part about the movie that makes me post about it here is its same movie poster.
But why exactly the poster is stuck in my curios part of the brain?
The reason is very simple. It is regarding the use of the jacket in the current sequel too.
Let me explain it a bit more.
I understand that the yesteryear poster had to have a prop for the coo chi-cooing couples in the form of a jacket in order to prevent the censor-board from banning an outright lip-to-lip kiss in a bollywood movie.
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Now I come to the part which I find disturbing. Why it is that the same old prop is used again in this sequel. Was it really needed anyway?
When in one song you show the couple making out nicely, then why cannot they be shown smooching in public?
It makes me think that the jacket was just a superfluous baggage that the lead actors of this sequel generation just had to carry along for just the sake of carrying along?
Or was that the same jacket that the now flops, but back then hot actors had used?
It could have been a lucky charm that the director family must have insisted on using to pass on the same moolah magic that the last one had created.
If that is really true, then definitely jacket is the only one from the last movie that has got a chance to re-appear in the sequel. Though it seems that it has been made to look different by dying it in black this time.
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Thursday, July 4, 2013
Oh no not again
Oh no it is again that time of the day when everyone starts wishing you a Happy Birthday.
But you know, I have switched off my cell phone, so the superfluous crowd is already kept at bay.
Hahah Happy bday to me...
But you know, I have switched off my cell phone, so the superfluous crowd is already kept at bay.
Hahah Happy bday to me...
real funny events from my life - VII
I keep coming up with posts that share the almost same heading as this one. It may seem a little weird to one, but for me that is normal. I cannot help much with that because I keep bumping into situations that provide the feed for such posts. Though I have no idea as to how that actually happens.
Anyway, I am happy that I get to witness many such moments in my life time. Hence, I end up penning them so that they could also bring a smile to whosoever end up getting a glance on them.
So, taking the series up further I recall a moment when I and my husband ended up meeting one of the current generations of Bollywood's promising and good-looking debutante.
If I recall correctly, it was the summers of 2010 and we both were on a short trip to Switzerland.
En route we had a 3-4 hour halt at Dubai. It was there where I noticed a familiar looking young and beautiful woman buying Clinique cosmetics. Instantly then my memory became friends with me and told me that the lady was the same one who models for the Maybelline cosmetics brand back home in India.
Since a little while earlier my husband had shooed me away since he was busy catching a nap, I thought of getting into a some small talk with that familiar looking woman in an otherwise boring airport.
So, I started the conversation by being sarcastic on her for fooling people in general by promoting something else and actually using something else in real.
On the other had, she turned out to be as kind a person as she looked.
She simply laughed off my scorn and continued chatting with me.
She told me that she was surprised because never before anyone had noticed her modeling for the Forever21 brand in the U.S of A. She rather believed that no one in her country or in the U.S.A actually knew her or even the fact that she was in fact an Asian and not a U.S.A resident.
Seeing her exuberance I truly felt that that day my memory was really happy being my friend. LOL
Anyway, taking our conversation further I even spoke to her about my being unhappy regarding the brand Forever21. I told her that my bone of contention with them was on a plain basic fact of being biased.
And that was that many of their products were made in India by cotton produced on the Indian soil, may be or may be not produced by an Indian textile unit, and lastly modeled by an Indian woman like the one with whom I was speaking; but still they were not sold in India.
To this and to all my other arguments she responded warmly with a hearty smile. Consequently, I developed an instant organic liking for her.
And after that we continued doing the regular girly chit-chat and I got so lost in the conversation with her that I did not realize that my husband appeared just next to me.
Obviously, that lady also got surprised seeing a stranger arriving from nowhere and giving a smile to her. The moment I realized that it was him, I introduced him to her and vice-versa.
And as none of us had expected, my act of introducing the two of them ended up being the last conversation between me and her.
This is what I said that time that day:
"This is my husband, Mr. Brar; and dear this is a top model of our country Ms. Penty."
As you must have guessed by now, all of us got stunned for few seconds.
No, I did not bother to care about the feelings of Ms. Penty, I just laughed in embarrassment and then we all laughed together, may be that too in combined embarrassment.
Till today whenever I see her on my TV screen dancing on Tumhi ho bandhu…I end up laughing.
P.S.: To this day I wonder if my dearest husband was actually catching on his sleep or was he watching me from a distance?
Or was it that Mr. Brar was staring secretly on Ms. Penty??
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Scented and secretive mission to boost Population control measures
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There is something that is disturbing me since some time. No, luckily there is not a personal problem, touchwood. Yeah I am worried for my life in a little more particular way than the ordinary general sense, but that could be because of the murder of my father and the events that have been taking place since then, I call them the aftermath of aftermath.
But sorry, this particular post is not on that one. Luckily I have been growing stronger with each passing day.
So, I get on to the issue that has been on my mind for sometime.
It is related to the advertisements that I see these days. If you too have been watching then you would certainly know that there seems to be an overflow of the masculine perfumes, deodorants and talc.
It seems to me as if the Indian health and hygiene sector has just realized that the Indian men are also living beings who perspire and end up being malodorous, resulting into a consciousness that could/does lead them into shying away from the women folk.
Fine, but what is the need to over-exaggerate? The typical advertisements go beyond to what one would call simply insane. Is it some pheromones that they are actually filled in those aerosol bottles that would just pull the women folk towards the users of those deodorant brands??
Actually yes, one of the advertised brands does boast of some alpha male hormones, but I am yet to test that.
I am intrigued to know where it all started. Because if one analyzes the overall trend, there is not even one, I repeat not even one brand that does not show women getting all ga-ga over a male who uses that particular brand of perfume/deodorant/talc/soap or probably any other product that I am not yet aware of.
But why exactly all this troubles me....? It is because the condoms sale is on decline.
*I did read a news paper report claiming that despite the raunchy advertisements, there is not much positive happening with the sales of condoms. So, that makes me wonder how far will this raunchiness and debauchery indulgence shown in personal hygiene products going to take the sales.
But if really does, I just hope it also leads into a lot of condom sales. Guess that cog wheel theory could work out in this. I mean so what of the explicit advertisements theory could not work for the sales of condoms, but you never know it could work for the sale of deodorants, and probably it could also lead to a proportional amount of sales for the very important health product.
You know you never know.
*Source (though old data, but still a Source is a Source):
- http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/survey-shows-decline-in-use-of-condoms-in-india/1/195142.html
- http://www.infochangeindia.org/public-health/news/condom-use-declines-drastically-in-urban-india-survey.html
Monday, July 1, 2013
Penelope Pitstop and Katrina Kaif
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No, I do not say this because of the unusual similarities between the mentioned movie and the Hollywood flick "Lords of the Dogtown."
Oh come on, even directors who copy cat all their movies from some or the other cinema legacy outside India also know about such inspirations.
No, no I was not mentioning Mr. Gupta in the last line, I am really sorry if you thought so.
Anyway, what I am getting on to is not a similarity or an inspiration (read copy cat ideas) on a desi movie; but rather a copy idea on the looks of a character in the same movie.
I know, I know that that is also common considering how many gossip websites come up with the repeat wardrobes of bollywood stars of some or the other Hollywood bigwigs.
But what I am actually coming up with is a little more different than the usual different.
I am talking about the similarities in the look of the leading lady's in the ZNMD and the ever popular cartoon character.
Yeah, if any one of you is also of the vintage era as mine, then you can recollect Miss Penelope Pitstop and her bike and her trademark helmet.
I am very sure, if not the direct inspiration, but somewhere at least inspiration's inspiration for Ms. Kaif's role must have come from her.
You too think so that I have gone real crazy??
Sunday, June 30, 2013
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Saturday, June 29, 2013
When the suffix changes from Goddess to Violence
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If anyone of you is a fan of the celebrity and angelic good looking chef, the Nigella Lawson, then you will have an easy time guessing as to what I am exactly getting into.Yeah, she is the one who penned the cookery book "How to be a Domestic Goddess."
But unfortunately, in the recent series of events that happened in her life, she turned out to be a sufferer of domestic violence. Sad, it does sound and feel sad.
Just come to think of it, there is a woman who looks so good, is so sweet on the screen while presenting to her viewers her simple and delicate dishes, has gone through a series of tragedies in her personal life, and now she goes through a rough phase of being roughed up by her husband in the full view of public and media glare.
I know how embarrassing it could be. And yes, not to forget that her husband is not some uneducated, or psychotic waste in a society. He is equally famous and enterprising as his wife. He is the great Satchi, who along with his sibling started the World's most respected and note-worthy advertising firm, Satchi and Satchi. Though currently he is an art gallery owner and no more associated with the respective advertising firm.
All this takes me to refresh my memory of whatever I have had the fixed notions on wife beating husbands. Of course, as any individual goes by a hearsay or a little primary research (hope no one gets on this subject) on it, the prototype of such individuals or specifically men is quite obvious.
They are complete or semi substance addicts who generally in their not-so sober states of mind end up taking out their frustrations in the form of vehement physical abuse on their family, particularly their better halves. Moreover, they are the weak individual types, who are generally sadists, and actually feel better when they see another individual in pain and discomfort. Obviously, they cannot go out and partake in all the fights outside their own house, so they conveniently take up territories where their winning is confirmed, hence their wife and kids.
Pretty Simple.
Now coming to the females who are generally on the receiving end of domestic violence. They are generally the type who believe in suffering from bruises than having the guts to live alone as a single woman or a single mother of their kids. The ones who are not finally independent and depend upon their husbands for running their households are generally the ones who fall under this abuse undertaking kinds.
But I am all confused to see my dear Nigella in this situation. For me she was the perfect woman. She has everything that a woman should be. Getting to her thread-bare analysis:
she is educated, comes from a good family, was successful as a journalist in her first career, seems to be a loving wife to her first husband(cannot comment on the current husband), who incidentally encouraged her to come up with food shows and cookery books; showed eminent strength as an individual when she lost her mother, sister and her husband to cancer; is self-made and pretty good at her second career as a self-taught chef; bakes lovely cakes and muffins (I have tried her simple recipes); and of course she not just looks pretty as an angel, but is booblicious too.
Come on what else that Satchi wanted from his wife who is almost 20 years junior to him??
Just do not know what to these MEN actually want??
A deep sigh !!!
Sunday, June 23, 2013
The Confusing and stylish BB
I think the word "B" has hit an all time high. I have always seen this particular letter repeated twice to denote things stylish and upmarket.
Initially or rather the first time I heard about this one was when I was small, I mean when I was in school.
Those days the elite boys in my school used this second alphabet in twin form to denote women who were heavier with the twins on the upper part of their bodies. I hope you can understand what I mean.
Unlike the rowdy boys who used the obvious terminology to describe the same stuff, these boys from economically better off backgrounds were little advanced in demeaning the heavier women. Hence, the abbreviation BB was used to specify "Big Boobs" in order to distinguish females with advanced body parts. So, this was the first time when I got to know that the word BB is stylish and proved no harm in telling a distaff that her upper body was on the heavier side. And may be she could have taken it as a compliment when compared to saying the same word in Hindi.
Then my second encounter with BB was a little late. This was when a lot of people in this World were also introduced with this term through the means of a hand-held device, called the "Black Berry". Of course, the term BB took the telecommunications World by storm. I have personally known people who have switched from their advanced I-phones to the Black Berry phones only to avail the services offered by that BB device. That I found really funny, but wait the reasoning that they gave for this switch was even funnier. Those switching people told me that their reason for a shift in loyalty was the great BB messenger service. That great service allowed them to share their unique BB pin with other BB pin users, so that they could connect with them through an exclusive messenger service. When I was updated about this great never heard messenger service, I asked them what exactly stopped them from using a much simpler and cheaper Yahoo messenger or a Facebook chat service?? To which those BB users with or without BB (as defined in last BB update) explained to me that the BB messenger is different because it allows users to interact with each other without sharing one's phone number!!!
Come to think of it, when you have no intentions of sharing your phone number with someone, why do you interact with them? And if you really do not need to share your phone numbers, then what makes you interact on a hand-held phone?? Tell me??
Of course, those BB users, with or without BB (as defined in last BB update) did not admit that the mere use of BB phones was done to remain in the so called elite and stylish base of people who simply use the BB service which is considered expensive and therefore up-market. Also it does not matter that any advanced and therefore expensive BB hand-held device took real long to re-start whenever it got hung. And it hung more than it could perform considerably for a long period. But still people used it, and shared their BB pins with each other, with or without sharing their phone numbers, with or without being endowed with BBs.
So, as you now know that this was my second encounter with the term BB.
No, I am not done yet. There is one more recent and hopefully the last interaction with the ever stylish abbreviation BB. I was exposed to updates in the make-up and beauty World about a new BB cream. When I researched more into the subject, I got to know that this time this stylish abbreviation is used to define advanced cosmetic formulations, and it is an abbreviation for "Blemish Balm". They are the creams with advanced beauty benefits in them, which are fortified with minerals and vitamins known to sooth and protect the skin; but in addition to healing properties, they also have the camouflaging properties in them. Simply put, they have make-up like concealing properties in them, which provide a coverage for the blemishes on the skin.
Hence, they work twice, by providing not just the healing powers, but also the coverage properties. So, that makes me wonder what is new in this. Products like calamine have been doing this for years; and that too in less than half the cost. No, but the BB following world does not think so; most of the BB women using BB phones insist on using only the BB creams cause they claim that it is an all in one cream for all their skin problems, and it is proven because they are really expensive.
Now do I need to say more...the stylish BB is here to stay and who knows how many avatars will it take to turn ordinary things into stylish ones.
Initially or rather the first time I heard about this one was when I was small, I mean when I was in school.
Those days the elite boys in my school used this second alphabet in twin form to denote women who were heavier with the twins on the upper part of their bodies. I hope you can understand what I mean.
Unlike the rowdy boys who used the obvious terminology to describe the same stuff, these boys from economically better off backgrounds were little advanced in demeaning the heavier women. Hence, the abbreviation BB was used to specify "Big Boobs" in order to distinguish females with advanced body parts. So, this was the first time when I got to know that the word BB is stylish and proved no harm in telling a distaff that her upper body was on the heavier side. And may be she could have taken it as a compliment when compared to saying the same word in Hindi.
Then my second encounter with BB was a little late. This was when a lot of people in this World were also introduced with this term through the means of a hand-held device, called the "Black Berry". Of course, the term BB took the telecommunications World by storm. I have personally known people who have switched from their advanced I-phones to the Black Berry phones only to avail the services offered by that BB device. That I found really funny, but wait the reasoning that they gave for this switch was even funnier. Those switching people told me that their reason for a shift in loyalty was the great BB messenger service. That great service allowed them to share their unique BB pin with other BB pin users, so that they could connect with them through an exclusive messenger service. When I was updated about this great never heard messenger service, I asked them what exactly stopped them from using a much simpler and cheaper Yahoo messenger or a Facebook chat service?? To which those BB users with or without BB (as defined in last BB update) explained to me that the BB messenger is different because it allows users to interact with each other without sharing one's phone number!!!
Come to think of it, when you have no intentions of sharing your phone number with someone, why do you interact with them? And if you really do not need to share your phone numbers, then what makes you interact on a hand-held phone?? Tell me??
Of course, those BB users, with or without BB (as defined in last BB update) did not admit that the mere use of BB phones was done to remain in the so called elite and stylish base of people who simply use the BB service which is considered expensive and therefore up-market. Also it does not matter that any advanced and therefore expensive BB hand-held device took real long to re-start whenever it got hung. And it hung more than it could perform considerably for a long period. But still people used it, and shared their BB pins with each other, with or without sharing their phone numbers, with or without being endowed with BBs.
So, as you now know that this was my second encounter with the term BB.
No, I am not done yet. There is one more recent and hopefully the last interaction with the ever stylish abbreviation BB. I was exposed to updates in the make-up and beauty World about a new BB cream. When I researched more into the subject, I got to know that this time this stylish abbreviation is used to define advanced cosmetic formulations, and it is an abbreviation for "Blemish Balm". They are the creams with advanced beauty benefits in them, which are fortified with minerals and vitamins known to sooth and protect the skin; but in addition to healing properties, they also have the camouflaging properties in them. Simply put, they have make-up like concealing properties in them, which provide a coverage for the blemishes on the skin.
Hence, they work twice, by providing not just the healing powers, but also the coverage properties. So, that makes me wonder what is new in this. Products like calamine have been doing this for years; and that too in less than half the cost. No, but the BB following world does not think so; most of the BB women using BB phones insist on using only the BB creams cause they claim that it is an all in one cream for all their skin problems, and it is proven because they are really expensive.
Now do I need to say more...the stylish BB is here to stay and who knows how many avatars will it take to turn ordinary things into stylish ones.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Monday, June 17, 2013
when reel gets converted to real
I know the heading of this one comes as a strange surprise when compared to the general trend of the nomenclature of my blog posts.
It is because there is something that happened recently in some part of the World, is not in any manner related to me directly, but still ends up affecting me.
Without wasting my time your time and a lot of typing, I am coming straight to the issue.
I am talking or want to talk about the pretty young Bollywood actor Jiah Khan's suicide mystery.
Apart from being the usual and very common plot of being duped in love there is nothing really common here, and also a little more than that. I am trying to include in the disturbed/ broken family into this, but again that is also a world wide epidemic. OK, then what exactly I am getting into.
Well, what I am targeting here is not the woman who is no more now, but her very much here to be mommy, the Rabiya Amin Khan.
If one googles on her name, one could get to know that there is not much information about her before her daughter's death news flooded all over the media. And the post death of her child, there is only information of her revenge with the alleged suicide abetting boy friend of her deceased daughter and his family.
Now I am definitely not getting into the information that every news channel can provide, but my elephant's memory is up for some deja vu.
I am talking of the link between a movie that Rabiya Amin Khan had done in her younger days and between the situation that has created an apathy in her life right now.
I recall that movie from my school days. It was the one which had that popular song "bol baby bol.....rock and roll", and also it starred Anil Kapoor and Meenakshi Sheshadri in the leading roles. I do not recall the name of the movie, but I surely recall the contents of the movie, and of course there was Jiah Khan's mother in it doing a side character role.
Interestingly, the character played by her then was in the very similar situation to the one her daughter faced recently. She was also duped by her boyfriend, played by the Javed Jaffrey; who not only turns her preggy without a legal wedding, but also ends up killing her by brutally stabbing her with a big knife!!!
If you have read till now, you know what I am getting into. Who knew, or for that matter did Rabiya Amin know then that her character played on screen would be enacted in real in front of her own eyes and that too by her own blood. Sad, very sad.
This is what was bothering me so much since the time my memory and the recent developments in the respective cases clashed.
It is indeed sad for any person to go through such an experience. Wish she and her family gets to overcome all this around them.
And a little disclaimer, by posting this one, I am in no way prompting that any one or specifically any one from the Pancholi family has got anything to do with the killing of any life or to be very specific Jia/ Nafisa Khan's death, but the coming to the circle of the events and the similar situations made me come up with this one.
P. S: If any one of you gets to discover that decades old Bollywood movie that I mentioned in the post, do update me as well.
It is because there is something that happened recently in some part of the World, is not in any manner related to me directly, but still ends up affecting me.
Without wasting my time your time and a lot of typing, I am coming straight to the issue.
I am talking or want to talk about the pretty young Bollywood actor Jiah Khan's suicide mystery.
Apart from being the usual and very common plot of being duped in love there is nothing really common here, and also a little more than that. I am trying to include in the disturbed/ broken family into this, but again that is also a world wide epidemic. OK, then what exactly I am getting into.
Well, what I am targeting here is not the woman who is no more now, but her very much here to be mommy, the Rabiya Amin Khan.
If one googles on her name, one could get to know that there is not much information about her before her daughter's death news flooded all over the media. And the post death of her child, there is only information of her revenge with the alleged suicide abetting boy friend of her deceased daughter and his family.
Now I am definitely not getting into the information that every news channel can provide, but my elephant's memory is up for some deja vu.
I am talking of the link between a movie that Rabiya Amin Khan had done in her younger days and between the situation that has created an apathy in her life right now.
I recall that movie from my school days. It was the one which had that popular song "bol baby bol.....rock and roll", and also it starred Anil Kapoor and Meenakshi Sheshadri in the leading roles. I do not recall the name of the movie, but I surely recall the contents of the movie, and of course there was Jiah Khan's mother in it doing a side character role.
Interestingly, the character played by her then was in the very similar situation to the one her daughter faced recently. She was also duped by her boyfriend, played by the Javed Jaffrey; who not only turns her preggy without a legal wedding, but also ends up killing her by brutally stabbing her with a big knife!!!
If you have read till now, you know what I am getting into. Who knew, or for that matter did Rabiya Amin know then that her character played on screen would be enacted in real in front of her own eyes and that too by her own blood. Sad, very sad.
This is what was bothering me so much since the time my memory and the recent developments in the respective cases clashed.
It is indeed sad for any person to go through such an experience. Wish she and her family gets to overcome all this around them.
And a little disclaimer, by posting this one, I am in no way prompting that any one or specifically any one from the Pancholi family has got anything to do with the killing of any life or to be very specific Jia/ Nafisa Khan's death, but the coming to the circle of the events and the similar situations made me come up with this one.
P. S: If any one of you gets to discover that decades old Bollywood movie that I mentioned in the post, do update me as well.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Things that I just dont get - VIII
Oh, so after a long time, probably an year that I am coming up with another one in the series.
Yeah, what to do complexity never seems to leave my way. And the worrying bit is that of all human beings on Earth, I turn out to be the one who gets to notice all that. Also, such stuff gets stuck in my head for a number of moments and keeps irritating me back and again.
This time it is the advertisement for the popular powdered fruit beverage - Tang.
Yeah, the Tang. I am not sure about other countries, but in India definitely its newest advertisement is doing the rounds.
It shows a group of housewife seemingly group of mothers who are really happy updating each other about the addition of fruit in the now available Tang. And there are also their kids who are happy knowing that from now on their mommies will be serving them the same drink every day.
Now I know you must be wondering what is there in this advertisement that I find disturbing??
Hmm the reason is the same fruit addition is that I find disturbing. Yes, I keep on wondering whether the addition of fruit NOW in the Tang is a reason worth worrying or being happy?
I will try to explain with a short story. All through my growing up years, I was kept under the impression by the same advertisements and the consumerism induced society that the TANG is a fruit drink, and also an expensive and stylish one. The one that only foreign returned ones, or the ones who have relatives living abroad prefer to drink. So, in that sense, my family never consumed the reach to this fashionable one.
But now when I get to know that till back then it was just a fruit imitator in terms of being composed just of fruit flavors and not real fruit, I feel I was better of staying away from it and sticking to real fresh fruit juice.
Oh come on, now after 56 years of the particular product's inception, NOW that they have realized to put real fruits in a drink that is marketed as a fruit flavoured drink, then do you think it deserves a sip from me??
No, not at all..By the way this pulls me to another dilemma. Fruit is fine, but exactly how much?? a few grams they mean?? I suppose a big YES...LOL
Yeah, what to do complexity never seems to leave my way. And the worrying bit is that of all human beings on Earth, I turn out to be the one who gets to notice all that. Also, such stuff gets stuck in my head for a number of moments and keeps irritating me back and again.
This time it is the advertisement for the popular powdered fruit beverage - Tang.
Yeah, the Tang. I am not sure about other countries, but in India definitely its newest advertisement is doing the rounds.
It shows a group of housewife seemingly group of mothers who are really happy updating each other about the addition of fruit in the now available Tang. And there are also their kids who are happy knowing that from now on their mommies will be serving them the same drink every day.
Now I know you must be wondering what is there in this advertisement that I find disturbing??
Hmm the reason is the same fruit addition is that I find disturbing. Yes, I keep on wondering whether the addition of fruit NOW in the Tang is a reason worth worrying or being happy?
I will try to explain with a short story. All through my growing up years, I was kept under the impression by the same advertisements and the consumerism induced society that the TANG is a fruit drink, and also an expensive and stylish one. The one that only foreign returned ones, or the ones who have relatives living abroad prefer to drink. So, in that sense, my family never consumed the reach to this fashionable one.
But now when I get to know that till back then it was just a fruit imitator in terms of being composed just of fruit flavors and not real fruit, I feel I was better of staying away from it and sticking to real fresh fruit juice.
Oh come on, now after 56 years of the particular product's inception, NOW that they have realized to put real fruits in a drink that is marketed as a fruit flavoured drink, then do you think it deserves a sip from me??
No, not at all..By the way this pulls me to another dilemma. Fruit is fine, but exactly how much?? a few grams they mean?? I suppose a big YES...LOL
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