Heaven on Earth a.k.a "Desh"

I never knew I am going to be so patriotic in my twenty plus years of life that I spent in my country until lately when after trying almost every possible cuisines, my taste-buds go berserk for aloo poori, gol-gappe, chole-chawal so badly or when my heart goes gaga by seeing Indian crowds cheering up for hindi cinema, or when my lazy bum gets down to cooking feast just to get the feel of festival season or when I talk non-stop when my peers ask me about Gandhiji, Mumbai or IIT. :D

The invisible string to which I am attached always pulls me closer. My thoughts are still influenced by my friends, family and my Gurus. I still follow what my Dad tells me "Dream big to achieve big.". I still remember when I learnt the first philosophy of life "We are all selfish, even when we sacrifice ourselves for others in the pursuit of a peaceful mind." quoted by my high school Math Teacher. I learnt how to stay beautiful in and out with a style from my History Teacher. I still admire my Sanskrit Teacher for teaching us the mutual existence of we all together when we plucked flowers from the gardens and presented them to her as a token of appreciation and she insisted that she would be pleased more by seeing the flowers living little longer when rooted to the stems. I learnt from my very Indian friend on giving priorities to families because they are the only ones to love you unconditionally and doing every possible thing you wished for your loved ones because you never know that you may not get another chance.

Finally, I have realized that my love is not for India but for Indians and the Indian Culture in which I grew up. And it’s not only me, its every one of us loving the culture in which we are brought up. We are what we went through in our first 20 years of our life. The good and the bad parts of me are both attributed to my place and people around me. No matter, wherever I may go, I will always be thankful to what I learnt from them. I don’t preach "sare jahan se achha hindustaan humara" rather I believe that Indians will always be affable that wherever we will go we'll make that place beautiful by our thoughts and actions. :)

Jaisa Des Waisa Bhes

Brought up in a ‘Desi’ culture, many times our eyes surf ceiling and walls while watching intimate scenes with family and friends. Something similar happened last week when I was watching Kurbaan starring Saif and Kareena. And I misinterpreted "the scene" as one of the stereotype bollywood scene until lately I realized the intensity of the scene after so much hustles all around. I couldn’t stop myself from penning down my thoughts.

Not early, I started appreciating Kareena. I believe she is one of the luckiest one to establish herself professionally, personally and undoubtedly inheritably. She sizzled like never before in her size zero. She stunned us all with her exuberant act in Jab We Met and her die-in-love acts for her beloved in Omkara are one of the brilliant emotions I have seen so far. She is one among very few to have such a successful, handsome and sensible lover Saif in her life. And who can ignore the legacy of her forefathers she owns.

Movie Kurbaan is very much in line with the international caliber. Based on one of the sensitive global theme, excellent piece of art in music and lyrics, no-nonsense cheesy scenes, free-flow cinematography that can be visualized to happen in real life makes the movie stand out.

When all was in place for Kareena, there she goes down with some swearing scenes which could have been edited out of the movie easily. Kareena didn’t want her mom to see the explicit scenes. She cannot ignore the fact that she is still connected to a place like India where limits are defined for decency. If her dreams are to reach the top, she has to work hard and impress with her acting talents. By over exposing, she is just groping in dark for that would only degrade her to the level of Mallika Sherawat or Imran Hashmi who believe in earning quick money and fame. No matter where you are, the “survival of the fittest” always applies. Try to survive where you are. Camels and polar bears survive differently in their respective regions.

tweet-bits

My first impression about Twitter was like one more webpage for idlers who inspite of being working/studying don't mind spending minimum one hour of their daily life (assuming to keep abreast of themselves with the hip-haps around) on social networking web activities like IMs/Fcaebook/Myspace/Orkut blah-blah.. Pretty Soon, I could not ignore the growing usage of this site among all big buzz makers as their "free" mode of reaching out to wide masses via internet. I could not but only appreciate this startup run only by 80 odd people is of worth $1 billion now and no wonder if acquired by Google/Yahoo/Microsoft in the near future.

The fastest growing site is infact "the fastest" way of reaching out to people in this fastest growing world where we crib not to have enough time to read long articles when are "precious time" is preoccupied by our colleagues/boss/clients in the office or kids/spouse/parents/friends outside office. Whether you are an entertainment buff (Pink-Shakira identical dress@ VMA), job/school applicant (Events out!), latest news seeker (MJ rip!), running for presidential campaigns ( Hail Obama!), or pointlessly babbling in order to seek 2mins of attention among your friends, unleash out almost everything or anything you need! The latest news is available at the tweak of your fingers. The most important part is in this vast pool of resources on net and with time lagging by, it is so convenient to get/set the exclusive information you want/deliver.

Love this unusual and economical way of passing around infos and virtually making people less unaware/ignorant/dependent.