Thursday, October 23, 2008
Election Obsessd
... PhD Comics. Sometimes, this dude captures my state of mind. Actually, it's more accurate to say that he's captured my state of mind from a few days ago. Now, I'm cold, I'm sick, and I'm bed-ridden.
Friday, October 10, 2008
Stocks
I have about 1/3rd of my savings in stocks. So today! those stocks are at the price I bought them. And so today! my savings are finally going down the drain.
When I discovered this, I did something decidedly odd. I laughed out loud.
A little later, it sort of sunk in. I'm found myself reading the new york times and wondering when the market will bottom.
The future looks decidedly bleak.
When I discovered this, I did something decidedly odd. I laughed out loud.
A little later, it sort of sunk in. I'm found myself reading the new york times and wondering when the market will bottom.
The future looks decidedly bleak.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Cooperatives come to America
Read here, from the New York Times.
Btw, the conservatives were actually annoyed(!) that Obama pronounced Pakistan correctly. This is so fun!
Btw, the conservatives were actually annoyed(!) that Obama pronounced Pakistan correctly. This is so fun!
Saturday, October 4, 2008
i Loved this story
I am sitting in the CLIC lab doing - guess what - I'm reading an article about Michelle Obama in the Washington Post. How it made me gasp in wonderment - romance, idealism, ambition, everything you can possibly want in a story! Maybe I'm really thirsting for some fiction - I haven't read a novel forever. I mean, that's what a 'story' is, right - a product of blinkered sifting in complex facts, lives and events.
In the same vein, there's this new book - True Enough, by Farhad Manjoo. I just read this review and man! I so want to read it. Here's another review.
In the same vein, there's this new book - True Enough, by Farhad Manjoo. I just read this review and man! I so want to read it. Here's another review.
Monday, September 15, 2008
कवि कौन?
मेरे कई दोस्त कवि बन गए हैं।
करियर फेयर पर यह पहली कविता है अर्विन्द बत्रा द्वारा रचित|
दूसरी लिखी है सुमित ने। कविता अंग्रेज़ी में है, विषय है 'चाय'|
इस श्रंखला में तीसरी कविता अमन राठी की है । आराम, आलस्य और निद्रा के बीच, अमन ने कुछ समय निकाला और चलती-फिरती, दौड़ती-भागती दुनिया की थोड़ी सी तारीफ़ कर दी |
करियर फेयर पर यह पहली कविता है अर्विन्द बत्रा द्वारा रचित|
दूसरी लिखी है सुमित ने। कविता अंग्रेज़ी में है, विषय है 'चाय'|
इस श्रंखला में तीसरी कविता अमन राठी की है । आराम, आलस्य और निद्रा के बीच, अमन ने कुछ समय निकाला और चलती-फिरती, दौड़ती-भागती दुनिया की थोड़ी सी तारीफ़ कर दी |
Friday, August 1, 2008
my impressions from watching Jaane tu ...
NOTE: Spoilers ahead!
Maybe I'm watching too many random hindi movies. But really, you have to agree that this is a currently popular Bollywood movie, which is many steps ahead of the rest.
Ratna Pathak is a widow who's not, lo and behold, graying and wearing a white sari! She is struggling to deal with her past, tradition, loss and trying to do whatever she can for her (and her son's) future.
And guess what! The girlfriend doesn't actually turn into a vamp the moment she is dumped. She's in a really sticky situation and she says - I'm alright, I'm the way I need to be - and if you can't deal with it, so be it. Without you, my world won't end, Surprise!
I liked the brother too. They all called him crazy and then finally ate their words. People are different and everyone cannot fit into the mold. His obsession with his art, his fascination with the rat - were all very endearing.The exchanges between the aforementioned girlfriend's parents are downright disturbing - but you don't see her getting too melodramatic about it.
When the hero finds out about his father, he's not wailing or weeping!These are all people with very serious, very real problems. But they're not painting the town red. People go through severe, brutal personal tragedies and still go on - if they didn't it would cost them their sanity. Besides, maybe I needed some of that thing too ...
D'uh, of course the movie was cliched. And puh-lease, you cannot call it great art. Besides, it's Bollywood. It's bashing the Box Office! But you know what! I thoroughly enjoyed the movie for all the little things that it was able to say under the garb of a Bollywood hit.
Maybe I'm watching too many random hindi movies. But really, you have to agree that this is a currently popular Bollywood movie, which is many steps ahead of the rest.
Ratna Pathak is a widow who's not, lo and behold, graying and wearing a white sari! She is struggling to deal with her past, tradition, loss and trying to do whatever she can for her (and her son's) future.
And guess what! The girlfriend doesn't actually turn into a vamp the moment she is dumped. She's in a really sticky situation and she says - I'm alright, I'm the way I need to be - and if you can't deal with it, so be it. Without you, my world won't end, Surprise!
I liked the brother too. They all called him crazy and then finally ate their words. People are different and everyone cannot fit into the mold. His obsession with his art, his fascination with the rat - were all very endearing.The exchanges between the aforementioned girlfriend's parents are downright disturbing - but you don't see her getting too melodramatic about it.
When the hero finds out about his father, he's not wailing or weeping!These are all people with very serious, very real problems. But they're not painting the town red. People go through severe, brutal personal tragedies and still go on - if they didn't it would cost them their sanity. Besides, maybe I needed some of that thing too ...
D'uh, of course the movie was cliched. And puh-lease, you cannot call it great art. Besides, it's Bollywood. It's bashing the Box Office! But you know what! I thoroughly enjoyed the movie for all the little things that it was able to say under the garb of a Bollywood hit.
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