Monsoon blues

Yesterday was a wet wet day......this monsoon it has been raining quite heavily , which though is good for solving the water woes .. has been a nightmare for the roads ....from nowhere potholes have appeared , water logging is a common phenomenon , its tough for everyone to commute , I for instance was stranded for 2 hours in my car.....and could reach home slowly as if I were belonging to the "bullock cart" age........I hope in next few years, conditions do improve and so do my travel

Are we Family?

Yesterday my opinion on typical hindi movies was further strengthened when I watched a totally senseless movie “We Are  Family” It was as bitter as the coffee which Karan Johar dishes out in his soap "Coffee with ……."

Nostalgia

Growing up in the  70's and 80's?  We had no seatbelts, no airbags.. Cycling was like a breath of fresh air… No safety helmets, knee pads or elbow pads, with plenty of cardboards between spokes to make it sound like a motorbike…  When thirsty we only drank tap water, bottled water was still a mystery…   We kept busy collecting bits & pieces so we could build all sort of things … and we were fearless on our bicycles even when the brakes failed going downhill…   We were showing off how tough we are, by how high we could climb trees & then jumping down….It was great fun….We could stay out to play for hours, as long as we got back before dark, in time for dinner…   We walked to school, or sometimes we even rode our bicycle.  We had no mobile phones, but we always managed to find each other…. How?  We lost teeth, broke arms & legs, we got cuts and bruises and bloody noses…. nobody complained as we had so much fun, it wasn't anybody's fault, only ours. We ate everything in sight, cakes, bread, chocolate, ice-cream, sweet sugary drinks, fruits..yet, we stayed skinny by fooling around. And if one of us was lucky to find a 1 litre coca cola bottle we all had a swig from it & guess what? Nobody picked up any germs...  We did not have Play Stations, MP3, Nintendo's, I-Pods, Video games, 99 Cable TV channels, DVD's, Home Cinema, Home Computers, Laptops, Chat-rooms, Internet, etc ...   BUT, we had REAL FRIENDS!!!!   We called on friends to come out to play, never rang the doorbell, just went around the back door…  We played with sticks and stones,  , doctors and nurses, hide and seek, over and over again…  When we failed our exams we were given a second chance by simply repeating the same grade…without visiting psychiatrists, psychologists or counselors…   Such were the days…  We had freedom, success, disappointments and responsibilities. ...

INCEPTION

saw a highly  futuristic movie Inception yesterday  with my dear friend Vipin Arora who has come down from Lucknow. Movie had good direction good acting good music thoroughly enjoyed at Inox

The first one !!

This day and date , 02/09/2010 , I inaugurate my blog ...... I am no literary hi flier , just a humble shuttler , if u can get what I mean (I am a badminton coach and a player) ....The purpose of this blog will be to share my views on different aspects of life as such ......and keep everyone abreast of important happenings....


Welcome to you all....