Om Sawariyaa Om

Had a nice weekend at home. Celebrated, ate lot of sweets, met cousins,went to Om Shanti Om, managed to prevent myself & my friends from going through Saawariya, didn't burst crackers just because I have lost interest.
The return journey was interesting. The busses were full, thanks to people returning back from long weekends & Yedi, swearing in at Vidhana Soudha. Somehow reached bangalore in time, thanks to the extra busses. The road was really nice to watch as there were busses after busses lining up towards bangalore.

I really liked Om shanti Om. Though the rebirth plot is old, the retro look & the way the movie is presented makes for a great entertainer. I am not a fan of SRK (read it as I hate SRK, except for his roles in Swades) but I liked this one from SRK. Deepika is not only beautiful but also has some good acting skills.There are lot of leg-pulling of bollywood biggies done all along the movie.Hope no body sues Farah for it.
The songs are also good. The song "main agar kahoon" is really superb. I just thought of giving that 'dancing couple inside globe' piece to my love as a token of love whenever I find it.

God, Why can't we have Friends for life ?

Friends for life by ~rockraikar on deviantART

Lights and pollution...

The illuminated Mysore Palace is a real beauty to watch, especially from the Chamundi hills. It takes about 96,000 incandescent bulbs to light up this marvelous palace. Did you ever think about the amount of energy wasted or pollution by it.

Greenpeace, as usual is worried about it. They even contacted the officials concerned and got some word from them that they would switch to the energy saving compact Fluorescent lamps (CFL). Later there were reports that the officials never said they would switch to CFL.

Decision to switch to CFL's cannot be taken in a haste. Its financially huge you would say. But there is energy savings by using CFL's as Greenpeace claims.
This is not the whole picture. There is a larger environmental issue. CFL's are made up of mercury. Disposing of these bulbs is a matter of concern. In a country like India where there aren't proper waste disposal procedures followed, we need to think before switching.

Anyways I have a CFL bulb in my room & I never thought about how I would I dispose it off. Actually I have thrown a few into common dust bins. I think I need to think about where to dispose. Shouldn't you also ?

Mysore Dasara...

This was my first Dasara in Mysore. Though I wasn't here for the main events, I saw the grandeur with which this city celebrates Dasara. The yuva dasara event organised was a big hit with top stars from kannada film industry and bollywood singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, Usha Uthapa, sonu Nigam entertaining the audience. The sight of the illuminated palace from the Chamundi hills was really awesome.

The Mysore tourism department seems to have gone digital. mysoredasara.com is the official website. They even have a digital gallery where they have planned to upload videos & photos of celebrations. They are also uploading videos of the dasara celebrations on youtube as mysoretourism.

I had been to home to celebrate Dusara, so missed the final two days of the events in Mysore. Anyways there's hardly any days (november 8,9) left for another great festival...the DeepavaLi.

Gopalaswamy Betta and Bandipur...

Had been to Gopalaswamy Betta(hills) and Bandipur on saturday.


Four of us on Honda Activa and a Pulser enjoyed the day.
Gopalaswamy Betta is a great place. I think almost every outgoing Mysorian has seen it. We reached there by 9 AM, so missed enjoying the mist covered hills.
Bandipur was a boring one. We took the mini bus safari and we luckily saw a tied elephant, a pack of wild dogs, lots of deer, wild buffalo, sarang. I almost slept through half of the safari.

Have lot to write but i'm not in a mood. :(

Snaps...

Gopalaswamy Betta and Bandipur

Bhagat singh

I was wondering how we forget people and their contributions. The person I'm talking about is one of the greatest freedom fighters of India. His 100th birthday and nobody seems to be remembering. Is it T20 cricket victory and Dhoni taking place of Independence and Bhagath Singh ?

Hope history is not written by politicians for their political benefit.

Ganesh Chaturti

We celebrate Ganesh Chaturti every year at my uncle's home. I wasn't able to attend it the last year. This year I'm here at home... :)

This image was taken with nokia 6630.

The celebrations outside on streets seems to be dull this year. May be rains have played some part in dampening the spirits.
But at home, the festival is being celebrated grandly as ever. Had lots of modakas & sweets. Tomorrow is the visarjan of the Ganesha idol.

Man & woman...the equals ??

The gender divide between the two sexes has existed from time immemorial. Among all the bisexual organisms on earth, you will find some kind of inequality or supremacy shown by one sex over the other.

In the lower forms of life (such as insects) the female dominate, whereas in advanced forms (such as mammals) the men dominate.
Remember black widow spider, bees & ants where female dominate in contrast to lions & humans where male dominate.

One reason for the male domination in advanced forms may be the greater reproductive responsibilities over one sex.

If we go back & look at our ancestors, they had to hunt and farm for a living. This required power & strength. Men were suited for the job & they did it while women did the household work. The society was built upon this & we had a male dominated society.

A point that has to be noticed is that Men have muscles & women have brains & the reason for male domination was their muscles.

Coming to present, the nature of work has changed. Now work requires more mental power than physical. So gradually women are on the rise as they are good at this kind of work. You can find them everywhere. The time has come for the change, a female dominated world!!

Now let's look at a smaller picture. I pay more tax than my fellow cubie. While she dresses in all kinds of dresses of vibrant colors, I have to come dressed in pale formals. While she can wear slippers or sandals, I have to wear the stinking & sweaty shoes. She gets reservations & I don't.

Well...I'm not complaining but you see...this is not equality.

( PS: No offense meant to anyone )

THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT BUT THE HAZARDS ARE REAL

A 15 feet wide veranda merging into the foothpath. About a dozen children sitting at the periphery of the veranda gazing at the center. There in the middle stood the Deadman.
Popularly known as The Undertaker, this 7 foot monster was a legend. The stage was set for a wrestling match & his opponent was the HBK.
As the match started, there were cheers & shouts from the little audience. Barely seconds into the match, Undertaker held HBK, turned him upside down & the end for HBK had come. It was a cement floor unlike the usual mat. A tombstone piledriver here was fatal. Just then… some thought came to his mind. Realizing the grave danger of the move, he just hit him with minimum force. The Undertaker had executed but lacked his usual might. No one was hurt.

Every time I recall this decade old incident, I feel how dangerous this thing would have turned out. My childhood friend Harsha was HBK & I played Undertaker.
I have watched wrestling with great passion & imitated my favorite superstars. My brother & I used to have bouts on the bed, locking each other in various submission moves… the camel clutch, the crippler cross face, sleeper hole & many more.
The passion continues........

PS: THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT BUT THE HAZARDS ARE REAL..,

Uncertainty is the only certainty in life.

Uncertainty is the only certainty in life.

A couple of weeks earlier, there was this huge requirement and now there's none.Nothing is certain except uncertainty itself... isn't it ?

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