Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Irony

Over the years, you only learn to grow as an individual.
Looking back over the years, we cringe at some of the moments in our life and we take pride in others.
We regret many of our actions as soon as we do it but our ego stands in our way of verbally saying a sorry.
Sometimes a sorry has no value because we say it so many times
We learn to forgive and forget but we do not ask for forgiveness on our own because we feel only the weak do it
In my life, there have been times where I felt really horrible for doing something I should not have but did not apologize as I felt I was too strong to surrender.
There have been times I have felt like a fool for thinking the way I did and have apologized immediately
We fight with our loved ones, we make up, fight again and the cycle continues. But never once do we think of the damage we cause when we are in ACTION mode.
We are rude to our parents as youngsters, but find ourselves totally dependent on them.
We fight with our partner for petty issues but find that you cannot live without them
Life is indeed ironical.
The moment you think you have understood it all, life throws a new set of questions at you to ponder about

Friday, November 13, 2009

You know you grew up in India in the 90s if...

My friend sent me this!!!!! and I am sure everyone can totally relate to this!!!!

1) Cricket is almost a religion for you, and you idolize at least one of Kapil Dev/Rahul Dravid/Sachin Tendulkar/Saurav Ganguly
2) You have read at least some Chacha Chaudhary or Tinkle comics
3) You’ve watched Shaktimaan on TV at least once in your life. And you can immediately recognize the character when you see him.
4) You have some ‘NRI’ relatives.
5) You couldn’t wait for someone to get Toblerone chocolates from a trip abroad.
6) You watched Cartoon Network, and then the late night movies on TNT that came after Cartoon Network ended.
7) You watched corny dubbed versions of Small Wonder, Silver Spoon, and I Dream of Jeanie
8) A visit to Pizza Hut used to mean a special treat
9) You still remember the theme song to Hum Paanch.
10) You have played hours upon hour of Pukdam-pakdai, , kho-kho, ‘Lock and key’
11) Dog ‘in’ the bone was your favorite co-ed game.
12) Much of your free time in school was spent playing UNO.
13) You collected trump cards of wrestlers, cricketers, and airplanes, and did not quite understand why your younger siblings were obsessed with Pokemon and the other Japanese trends that followed.
14) Your summer vacations were often synonymous with visiting your grandparents
15) Bole mere lips, I love uncle Chips!
16) You know the song ‘Made in India’ by Alisha Chinoi
17) You have seen many many many episodes of ‘Antakshri’ on Zee TV and know the only thing constant in the show is Anu Kapoor.
18) Fri evenings have been spent watching little kids gyrate vulgarly on Boogie Woogie on Sony.
19) You were the coolest thing in class if you had a computer in your house while it was still the 90s.
20) You learnt LOGO in school!
21) You couldn’t wait to start 4th/6th standard so you could start writing with PENS instead of with pencils!
22) You often use terms and phrases like ‘kutti’, ‘abba’, ‘same to you, back to you, with no returns’, and ‘shame shame, puppy shame, all the donkeys know your name.’
23) You most probably saw Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge at the cinema at least once.
24) You have seen David Dhawan and Govinda movies and laughed at them.
25) You have seen Titanic at least 12 times.
26) You remember the Orissa cyclone
27) You remember the Gujarat earthquake very clearly and could possibly tell everyone EXACTLY what you were doing when the earthquake occurred
28) At some point or other, cool was your favourite, and therefore, most overused word.
29) Captain Planet was your first introduction to environmental consciousness.
30) You have tried to convince people around you to not burst crackers on Diwali, and then gone straight back home and burst them yourself.
31) You have had endless packets of Parle Gluco G biscuits, and of Brittania Little Hearts biscuits.
32) You loved licking off the cream from the centre of Bourbon biscuits.
33) There were no Nike, Reebok, Adidas, Puma- Bata and Liberty was the way to go for your sports shoes.
34) You have probably consumed more Frooti in your lifetime than there is oil in Iraq.
35) You watched Baywatch on Star World
36) You bought packets of potato chips for the specific purpose of collecting Tazoa.
37)) You used to chew Fuzen gum. You also chewed Big (big) Babool and/or Boom Boom Boomer chewing gum.
38) Seemingly senseless acronyms like SRK, DDLJ, KKHH actually make sense to you.
39) You have at some point debated who was more beautiful- Aishwarya or Sushmita.
40) Baskin Robbins ice-cream was THE thing to have!
41) When you would watch WWF keenly every evening/afternoon and really think that Undertaker had 7 lives and he made an "actual" appearance in the Akshay Kumar- starrer Khiladiyon ka Khiladi.
42) You remember the Nirma tikia jingle.
43) You remember the Nirma girl.
44) You remember the 'doodh doodh' ad and also the 'roz khao andey' ads.
45) You grew up reading, if you read at all, some or all of Nancy Drews, Enid Blyton books, Hardy Boys, Goosebumps, Sweet Valley series, and Tintin, or Archie comics.
46) Towards the late 90s (1998-99) at least some of us started our Harry Potter obsessions!
47) You absolutely HAD to go to Essel World if you wnet to Mumbai! "Essel World mein rahoonga main, ghar nahin nahin jaaonga main!"
48) You watched the Bournvita Quiz contest on TV
49) "Jungle jungle baat chali hai, pata chala hai. Chaddi pehen ke phool khila hai, phool khila!"
50) Maggi 2 Minute Noodles = ultimate snack (and tiffin, lunch, dinner)!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

KRK



The title of the post says it all!I had blogged about Deshdrohi just as soon as I saw it..I saw it again with a friend of mine and could not help laughing at the inanely foolish KRK.
Those who saw Bigg(yes its spelt with a double G) Boss will vouch for the foolishness.
The guy claimed that he gets his water from Holland and milk from France...or was it the other way round? Never mind...it still sounds as foolish!!!!
He roams around in "dejiner" (as he claims...for the less informed I meant designer!) jeans...that looks nothing less than a patchwork quilt in my opinion!
And here comes the cherry on the cake....he wears a chain that has a GUN for a pendant...!!!!

He also claimed on the show that he is a multimillionaire, he hit on that firang chick, refused to have dinner till she told him an I love you....and was then later caught sneaking in a bite when everyone was asleep...
Some people do not need to make an effort...they just make fools of themselves

Monday, November 2, 2009

Accomplishments or excuses

I really did not understand what Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor were doing at a leadership summit. I don't get it!!!!
It was funny as their session was sandwiched between former U.S president - George Bush and 3 Indian leaders - Sukbhir Singh Badal, Sitaram Yechury and Sushma Swaraj.
Questions thrown at George Bush included the fight against terror, the nuclear deal etc. while the 3 Indian leaders spoke about the role of opposition in democracy. Numbers were quoted, names thrown in....totally justified.
What questions were Saifeena asked?
·Size zero?
·How did they get into a relationship?
·Did you always want to be an actor?
·Why did Kareena do Kambakht Ishq?
·Role models
Numbers were quoted in regard to Kareena's weight. Names were thrown in regard to directors and film makers. But thats about it..it ends there.

Now do you get the point? What is the connection of such frivolous discussion in a leadership summit that boasted of the presence of great leaders?

Leaders always look for accomplishments. May be Saifeena were just looking for an excuse

I rest my case

Friday, October 9, 2009

Cynical?

I am not cynical. But when I read the news these days I feel we simply gloat about something that someone has achieved and then wipe it out from our memory the very next day. Take for instance Abhinav Bindra. India went ga-ga over this gold medal prodigy. But when was the last time you heard about him? I am not a great fan of cricket. But in India sports equivalent to cricket only. P.T Usha made news recently. She broke down as she was provided sub-standard accommodation. News channels organized a debate, the government was left red-faced, but tomorrow there is nothing that is going to be different.
Last heard, Shilpa Shetty was planning to buy a football team. It may sound stupid for a bollywood actress to buy a foot ball team. But I really appreciate the fact that she sees beyond bats and balls. She may be clueless when it comes to football, but she at least broadened her vision to include other sports.
What happened to our medal winning boxers. I saw Vijender Singh last in a talk show with Farah Khan. I don't really blame him for using this route to gain popularity and promote the sports because in our empty heads, this is the only way to force your way through.
I am not anti-cricket, nor am I for it. Sports in India is in a sorry state. We are not even confident of putting up a great show for the Commonwealth games next year, but we are able to shift and entire IPL event to South Africa in a matter of few days.
Its time to wake up!!!!!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Funny!

My friend sent me this! its so funny!

Kind, intelligent, loving and hot;
This describes everything you are not.

I thought that I could love no other
Until, that is, I met your brother.

Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead, the sugar bowl's
empty and so is your head.

Of loving beauty you float with grace'
If only you could hide your face.

I want to feel your sweet embrace,
But don't take that paper bag off of your face.

I love your smile, your face, and your eyes.
Damn, I'm good at telling you lies!

My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife:
Marrying you screwed up my life

I see your face when I am dreaming;
That's why I always wake up screaming.

My love, you take my breath away;
What have you stepped in to smell this way?

My feelings for you no words can tell--
Except for maybe "Go to hell!"

What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime.

Friday, September 18, 2009

Exorcised

I read somewhere that the Onida is looking for a new campaign to promote their products and that they are going to break away from the traditional "Devil" who was their mascot. The devil has been exorcised now and I must add that I really loved him. He scared me initially as a kid (then Vikram and betaal came along and gave me the creeps!!!)
Whether this strategy will work or no, I cannot say. But Onida was almost synonymous with the guy with horns.
It's like, when you think of Tide, a picture of the Tide packet swooshing past you comes to your mind.
So I guess we just have to wait and watch if this new strategy works. It is not always good to break away from tradition and go for a change

P.S: Speaking of tradition, I am going to try and keep golu!!!
For the ones who do not know what golu is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golu