Having Henry, thinking Thoreau

30Oct08

Thoreau is being worshipped and I don’t want to leave his company anytime soon. Though that means the automatic rejection of the others, I wouldn’t want to clutter my Walden for anything. It’s time to think about those that had already been thought about.

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Tags: Authors, Henry David Thoreau, Life, Plans, Rejection, Rethinking, Thoreau, Thoughts, Walden

The aftermath of the Goan debacle

27Oct08

Indian railways bamboozled us with its unprecedented behaviour (very unlikely of it) on Friday night. It managed to derail our Goan adventure with surgical precision.
After the Goan debacle, the Srisailam trip was a redemption. Lush green forests, scary tiger reserves, imposing dams, deep water reservoirs, dark caves, short treks, inviting hills and a possible skirmish [...]

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Tags: Adventure, Akkamahadevi Cave, Akkamahedevi temple, Cave, Debacles, Indian Railways, Lord Shiva, Srisailam, Trekking

Goa, Goan, Gone

24Oct08

A visit to Remo’s village is on the cards.
The trip is ill planned; Mr. P’s experience and company would be missed surely.
It’s more of a peek into the region rather than a full fledged tour. The next time around maybe we’ll be better prepared. I wish I’d one more camera.
Fellow travellers have already reached here. [...]

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Tags: Adventures, Goa, India, Remo Fernandes, Roads, Tours, Trips, Vacation, Western India

Murderer of Monkey Hill

21Oct08

When Vidhu Vinod Chopra got the National Award for his film Murder at Monkey Hill, he was more interested in the cash prize of Rs. 5000 than the recognition itself. He asked the then IB Minister, Mr. L. K. Advani if there was any way he could get the cash prize upfront. Disappointed to know [...]

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Tags: Amol Palekar, An Encounter With Faces, Anil Kapoor, FTII, Indian Cinema, Indian directors, Indian producers, Jackie Shroff, Kareeb, Khamosh, L. K. Advani, Murder at Monkey Hill, Naseeruddin Shah, National Award, Oscars, Parinda, Sazaa-e-Maut, Shaban Azmi, Short films, Vidhu Vinod Chopra

Light up your pyre

17Oct08

Hack yourselves to death,
and when you are tired,
rest and start again.
The bloody gun has fired,
after long sweaty seconds;
Undo the good hours, but preserve
the guilty moments.
When nobody’s around,
all are dead or down,
you’ll need someone to play the lyre.
Give me a call then,
and I’ll light up your pyre.

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Tags: Inexplicable, Madness, Rants, Unknown, Verses

Anupama, the unparalled

14Oct08

Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s best movie might be Anand, as countless polls have shown, but Anupama is certainly the one that marked the beginning of his directorial splendour. Unlike his earlier directorials, Anupama stands out for its restrained expressiveness and unrestrained emotions.
The movie centers around a cast of characters who represent the diverse cast of society – [...]

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Tags: Anupama, B/W Movies, Bollywood, Cinema, David, Devendra Verma, Dharmendra, Hemant Kumar, Hindi Cinema, Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian Cinema, National Award, Sharmila Tagore, Shashikala, Tarun Bose

Bombs and cigars

06Oct08

Where else can one find a place where it’s easy to light a bomb than a cigarette? I’m losing money either ways. And back home people are still cutting and torching themselves to death. Can I light my cigar in the fire or is it only for making bombs go off? Everybody keeps on saying [...]

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Tags: Ban on smoking, Bombs, Cigarettes, Cigars, Fanaticism, Fire, Kandhamal, Orissa, Smoking