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Chorus does the magic

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There are times when you hear a song while travelling and you are left wondering from which movie is the song from? As soon as you take out your smartphone to use Shazam the song ends. The tune lingers in your mind for the rest of the journey but not the lyrics{So much so for the Youtube search.} Anyways, the song which is just going on in my mind in a round robin fashion is from the movie - Rush. Not a great movie but I really liked this song. A glorious blend of semi-classical soothing music with modern beats and good lyrics. Call it the Emraan jinx or whatever his movies generally don't do well on the blockbuster but the songs are magical.

English Vinglish Hayo Rabba!

Sequel to the 'ma' saga- "Yesterday mah sister slapped moi, how kewl is that?" Ohh yes! it's very cool so much so that it can be used as a refrigerant! It has been a common observation that minds of these superstars of India aren't developing in spite of the fact that ours is a developing nation. Until recently, I never used to pay heed to the insensitive and crude attitude of people towards English especially on the social networking sites leave apart blogs and instant messengers. The way these people show their culinary skills towards each word of the language makes me wonder do we really have so many Master chef contests going on? Surprisingly, these are the people who notices the goof up of 'here' and 'hear'; 'dear' and 'deer'; 'week' and 'weak'; not to  forget 'lose' and 'loose'. Laudable efforts I must say, They now have their own dictionary and ironically they pretend to have a good diction

Smart is everywhere!

Two worlds - real and virtual. The real world is full of sensors - be it electronic or the five human senses. The virtual one, a building made up of humongous amount of codes - software which takes in all the data you feed it with, does some abracadabra and pops out some nice piece of information. Everything which happens in the real world has a complementary action in the virtual world. If the temperature of your laptop goes above a certain point, the CPU fan automatically turns on and lowers the temperature. Being Smart is the need of the hour. Japanese and Koreans have already taken a lead in the race of developing smarter electronics leave apart the real race. Samsung, a leader in the smart world arena, offers a variety of products in its smart portfolio - A television which offers sophisticated voice and motion control as well as face recognition technology apart from Gmail, Youtube and Facebook apps. Smart refrigerator, smart oven, smart cameras are other stakeholders of its smar

Big Bamboo! Boo hoo

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Who says you need to have a proper rhythm for a song. Came across this hilarious song "Big Bamboo" . Just in case you are thinking it has something to do with Reliance, then sorry to disappoint you they have nothing in common apart from the fact that both are funny in their own way. Is it a song? or was he narrating a story with some background score?

In a matter of seconds..

I had just finished feeding him with few chapatis and a bowl of milk. After patting him for a while, I started moving towards my house. Screeching tires accompanied with a loud scream was enough to derail me. I turned back and a car zoomed past me, but what it left behind was blood and remains of the dog which I used to feed.  It was so sudden, I didn't want to believe it. Many years have gone by and I still don't believe it. I was left dumbstruck and failed to understand what had just happened. In a matter of seconds, the world seemed to be different place altogether. It took me few minutes to regain my senses. Failing to understand what to do, where to go, I just sat near the pool of blood for some time. With whatever strength was left inside me, I started heading back towards my home. My parents never allowed me to keep him as a pet but they didn't stop me from loving and pampering him outside the house. I still yearn for him by my side..accompanying me while I used to w

An Obituary!

So it happened! The blue Antitank mine has finally met its grave. After 6 years of painful solitary trauma it will now rest in peace. Few years ago, the symptoms shown by it were enough for me to conclude that its end was near. It was inevitable that it will finally get an appointment with Doctor Doom. They say the year 2012 will be last year for mankind and for this blue beauty it actually proved to be true. It was the big blue eyed star of its category when it came into existence.Just like the bose boson, it created a huge hype and it actually had the capability to carry the burden. Few months into its existence, It barely scraped through the cut throat competition, thanks to Murphy and his laws {inlaws maybe}. As they say, as age increases, brain power decreases but as a loyal fellow, always came through in the end,woohoo! It was summer of 2006, when it first showed the signs of old age. It got multiple fractures in both hands, literally, few year after its thralldom.  But this old

Learn before you use - Words and Grammar!

Sometime back I happened to be a part of an online conversation in which I was just a spectator. People begin preparing for GRE/GMAT/TOEFL by memorizing Barron's word list but they completely ignore the building blocks of any language - Grammar. Anyways, here is the chat log which I happen to remember. The first three sentences below are a work of fiction. TJ: Hey TS! Glad to see you! Where are you these days? TS: Hey TJ Same here. I'm in a hurry, catch you on G+ TJ: Sure! See you. After a couple of months, TJ: Hey TS! Glad to see you on G+ finally! So, Where are you these days? TS: I am feeling very amiable, thanking you. I am no longer live in Tokyo, shifted to Egypt quiet a long time ago. TJ: Long time no ocean then?? :P TS: What? What do you mean?huhhh TJ: Umm..dude! Never mind..KOB nothing! TS: That was an execrable gag. No wonder it leads to arguments between us. You are deviant and everybody execrates you! TJ: WTF! Dude! are you consuming a weed named dictionary? Just sa

This is Ma..whatever!

Harangue, well that is what this post will sound like. Unlike my other posts which may seem like some literary gems<yeah?> this one is completely off the track. So, if you are expecting the same old genre, well then sorry to disappoint you are looking at the wrong place..haha!! This post is about the eternal dedication to Ma ! Mother..Mom..amma..aai..whatever you use she remains the same. But there's a difference between Ma and Maa! The latter refers to the above synonyms but the former umm well a commonly used word in the dictionary of hip hop internet. But believe me, saying ma  in no way sounds cooler. Neither it makes you sound hip but it will definitely make you a good candidate of my hip hop kick. It's about those blessed morons which use 'ma' instead of my for a variety of reasons which beats a hell out of me! That's ma new mom , That's ma house, This is ma post! , That's ma friend, That's ma girlfriend etc .  Gimme(Gim ma) a break please{L

Rambling!

Traveling in train is always fun especially when 50% of the coach is full with people you know. Standing at the door with the wind gushing through your hair and trying to maintain a tight grip just keep yourself away from toppling on the tracks. A distant sight, lights shimmering, a city is approaching. The train makes an abrupt halt under a bridge. I notice people sleeping under the bridge and the very next moment I am taken on different journey all together. The sight appears to be of a million dollar estate, orange lamps glittering in wavelets of the river right next to these people. The train starts to move again, greyish cloud puddles dripping over the tracks ahead. Lost again, the thought of thumbing strikes my mind, but I couldn't catch a ride, the heart and the mind resumes the perennial fight of contradiction - the brain propagates take a chill pill theory but the heart is gripped by the impulse of catching it.That same impulse drives me to a cabbie and the guy immediately