aloo le lo...kaanda le lo

There's this scene in 'welcome' where nana patekar is shown pushing a cart wearing a suit trying to sell potatoes and onions....well soon it might be a very realistic scenario.

After long long time i went along wid mom for shopping veggies at the weekly market...and ppl...prices have risen...when potatoes are at Rs14/kg and lauki of all the things lauki...is at Rs20/kg its no longer a laughing matter...well potatoes do go up cylically but the current prices are out of season...

not that it hurts us much...we still buy as much as we like...especially the fruits..we spend a lot on fruits...but if i can feel the price rise...there are a lot of people who must be going home sad faced...worried about their growling stomachs and more so of their kids...these are no good times at all...

the 'high'lighted way

this seems to be increasingly becoming my grudge blog...and my current grudge is against the people who drive on a high beam inside the city...agreed nobody taught u how to drive...and u really don't care for the other person on the road...since thats what u've become...and even if u did used to drive on low beam now u dont..coz u know tit for tat...

but why would u want to blind somebody driving a 100kgs of metal...at say 50-60km per hr coming at you...why...why ...why!!!

i'm jst glad tht there are still many ppl who still drive on low beam...not everybody needs to highlight their lives...thank god :)

Kya Karega Bevdaa

Since we have non Hindi readers around also...it loosely translates into "What will the drunkard do", depending on the tone it can also read "What can a drunkard do"

And for the great battle between Delhi lover and Mumbaikars...i'll say atleast in my observation this is a definite win for Mumbaikars...For the concept of designated drivers...i believe is much more prevailent there than in saddi dilli...NCR (National Crime Region)...

A designated driver for the uninitiated is the chap who wont drink on a given party day coz he's going to do the driving...so if like 5 frnz are going out in the same car...they take turns being the drivers on diff nights and alternatively skipping one night of drinking.

Not much of a sacrifice...a very simple way for those who don't have a driver to enjoy parties while being socially responsible...

but yet sadly sadde dilliwaale find it very manly to not be socially responsible...i've heard...."but i just had a couple of drinks" ..."oh alcohol doesn't affect me"...and these from some of my close friends...its like those smokers who say...dude i've been smoking for a decade now...i'm used to it...it doesn't affect me...

anyways i needed to blog this out because it leaves me very sad...when people don't realize that all it takes for life to take a miserable turn...is just half of a second...

its not manly to do the wrong thing...take a look at robbers and rapists if you dont believe me....it takes a man to do the right thing...coz tht puts a direct tax on u...a tax that u need to impose ureself...

The democrazy wins again

And the UPA govt. stands...but democracy has lost again, only the democrazies have won...with their horse trading, mindless bickering...

it is so sad...so very very sad...I didn't think i'd ever say it...but now is when one might ask...where is John Galt...not who...but where...

Miss Chitnis

While Keshi is flaunting her fake boobs on her blog www.keshigirl.blogspot.com :P

I wud rather talk about Miss Chitnis...Now u know my weakness for women...especially the fast confident suave ones, the ones who can move wid style and grace. Miss Chitnis is one of the lot...though one wud say she is more or less flat chested...but boy can she move...i've been trying to like net her for ages now but she's been evading me like the clouds go past rajasthan...

Miss Chitnis...is our house lizard (any lizard in the house as and when the occassion arises)...and i'm the designated catcher...that because i dont like ppl killing lizards...i find them sweet innocent thingies...wid those lovely big eyes...and they do no harm...infact...they eat all small insects...keep the house safe...and they have that lovely tail...which if it detaches dances for like half a minute...

So i go after them like a proffesional hunter...with a teeli waala jhaadu / cloth to grab them and chuck them out of the house...have been succesful a few times...have had to be bad to them a few times...but nonetheless...i like lizards...ofcourse don't like it if one decides to do a free fall stunt from the roof when ure sleeping...if only they knew that that's why mom and bhabhi want them out of the house...they'd probably stop doing tht stunt!!! foolish...cute lil lizards :)

The man

http://catastrophonix.blogspot.com/2008/07/man.html

stupid silly chauvinistic poem...don't read it

For the love of people

I had this quip where i had said...man is supposedly a 'social animal' but these days we're more 'animal' than 'social', and probably if we were more social than animal there would be more love than hate in this world since there would be more people we care for...

And when we talk about social networking sites like orkut or blogger i think they provide a wonderful opportunity for people to reach out and connect to others, I have been blessed i have met many an interesting people through here and in the process a little of me has mixed with them and a little of them is dissolved into me. And while safety and trustability remains an issue, some common sense and the lord's blessings allow me to be risky and trust people's good side and dish out my mail address and cell no. almost indiscriminately...

and yet i feel i have achieved nothing...The day i believe when a million pakistanis and a million indians simply choose to walk towards the borders...with the armed forces of both the countries watching not knowing who to shoot and how many...is when probably we will be able to say we've become social again...that will be a true festival like the breaking of the berlin wall...

I'd like to end up wid words that are conjuring up in my head:

fakiron ke ghar baarat naee aatee (the house of saints don't light up for their marriages)
unke janaazon ki shaan hoti hai (it is their death that becomes a celebration)
unki khusheeyon mein shareeq naheen hote (people don't gather to celebrate their happy occassions)
unke jaane pe aasoon ki baad aati hai (it is when they are gone that their lovers cry for them)

fakiron ki baat hi alag hoti hai (saints are a different breed)
woh kissi ek ke naee hote (they are not for any one)
poori duniya unki hoti hai (but the whole world is their family)
unke chaahane waalon ki line mein khuda bhi shaan se khada hota hai (saints have so many people who love them, that even god proudly stands in queue to meet them)


do read the book...three cups of tea...it is about an american mountaineer...who has dedicated his life to building schools for children especially girls in the remotest areas of pakistan and afghanistan

Stranger in the city

http://callmesmith.blogspot.com/2008/07/stranger-in-city.html

A short story just published on my short stories blog.

As always...i just write the words....why i write them is something even i wonder about.

Stuff i publish here is always in the first draft form...so it lacks the usual tightening to make it more alluring and crisp...yet i hope it shall be liked for what it say...

and i wonder what it say :P

Who messed with my confidence

Whether Shinjini got paralysed due to the humiliation she faced at the hands of the judges of the reality show or due to previous physiological problems...self confidence does remain people's most vulnerable area.

You feel like you are invincible and u can dare to walk a skyrope hanging a mile high up between two mountains...and if you're feeling like you're gonna puke any moment now...you'll get 2 + 2 wrong

and thats how life is...why is it that in a battle it is important to kill the generals...cause it destroys the confidence of a million men to fight without a leader...

how is it that battles have been won with lopsided ratios...

and now coming back to the current thingy...actually not the very show itself...was seeing mtv's show...on the job...this was sometime last year...couple of young lads were given some job to be done...they ofcourse were inconsequential...what was hilarious was to see the judges try and imitate simon from american idol in being curt with his admiration of their talents...

i really wonder why neone wud imitate being rude...but then i wonder a lot

and i wonder why neone wud let neone punch them on their self confidence...taking punches to the face is easy...the wounds are easily noticeable and easily recoverable....hits to self confidence could show up as putrified wounds suddenly and fatally...

so dudes and dudettes...guard your self confidence...its your biggest weapon and your weakest point...