There are hundreds of ways out there….. there are thousands who walk on them every single day…. yet when it comes to you they all close…. then you struggle… you struggle real hard and find another way and make yourself through it…. And when you look back…. you will see thousands following you….. In today’s time ‘No Way’ is the way to go….. hope you … Continue reading Finding a Way in 2014
The movie Detachment (2012 English) starts with an Albert Camus quote “And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world”….. The movie is the a month in the life of a substitute teacher (Mr. Barthes) played by Adrien Brody who takes up an assignment at a high school…. His teaching goes … Continue reading Detachment – 2012 English Movie Review
Every year is different and why shouldn’t it be so…. if we have two consecutive years moving the same way then there is a problem….. so 2013 was different from 2012… It was a much busier year…. more busy than what I would want it to be… There was not much balance between work and life….. but then life is not a balancing act because … Continue reading 2013 A Personal Rewind
We decided to visit the “Valley of Fire” on one of our days in Vegas… Of all these years coming here we had missed this place… just an hour drive from the strip… Our six year old was not very amused… he tried persuading us to revisit Excalibur and circus circus… where he says there are more small kid’s games rather than big kid’s games… … Continue reading Valley of Fire, Kids, Trust and some Random Thoughts
It takes a whole lifetime for any son to be worthy enough to write about their mother and even then still one needs more time…. So what I write today is not because I am worthy… but because I owe every element of my existence to you… just like any son to their mother.. Today is her birthday…. one day after our wedding anniversary…. Since … Continue reading Happy Birthday Amma!
Farookh Sheikh was our actor next door…. No Dishum Dishums….. No screaming… soft… loving… and an exceptional actor….. His movies are favorites for a whole generation… Especially when the screen was filled with Angry young men, revenge thirsty heros and disco kings… Farookh came and lived some magnificent moments on the silver screen that each of us were able to connect…. Noorie, Chashme Baddoor, Saath … Continue reading Farookh Sheikh – Characters that made us part of the film
Vegas you are still pretty… when I met you first time eleven years ago you dressed up like you were just married… the lights, the glitter, the stars shining on every street of yours….. I asked my friend who had taken me there and he said…. she is always like this… she gives that first night excitement to everyone who comes here… it does not … Continue reading The Sincity
Dhoom3 is a movie about a small man filling up a big screen…. The third instance of the much awaited Dhoom series follows the storyline, motorcycle chases and the ‘catch the thief’ attire… but the presence of Aamir the small man fills the big screen making everyone else look tiny….. The only person who was able to carve a small portion was Jackie shroff with … Continue reading Dhoom 3 – A small man filling a big screen
I don’t know if it rained on the day I was born I don’t know if my parents would remember… maybe rain was not important that day….. I too don’t remember if it rained when my kids were born… I don’t remember if it was a hot day either…. In fact I don’t remember what time they were born…. I don’t know if it is … Continue reading There were days in my life….
The madness surrounding us is the window to seek ourselves… I agree…. As we connect with ourselves, as we connect with who we really are…. the door opens and the entire world rushes in…. In the verge of insanity all of us will realize that sanity is a myth…. and we should slowly slip into our favorite side our choice of life…. and be happy … Continue reading The madness
Vinod Narayan 