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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The dreamy times) </b>Its sinuous curves shaped his childhood dreams. Ever since he was a kid, the red shiny car adorned not only his bedroom walls but also his heart and mind. The <a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank">Ferrari </a>is ‘the’ racing car, with its continued amazing success in Formula One</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">. Ferrari cars and its logo – the prancing horse - are seen as a symbol of speed, luxury and wealth. And all his childhood, Ferrari was the one race car with which he wanted to race ahead in his open life. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>For he knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile are the amazing looks that only a Ferrari can give.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The roaring 20s) </b></span>College came and he needed to go from A to B. And sometimes to D but come back to C while still going to E – basically a lot of driving to be managed within his meager pocket money. His pocket money could only afford such a car – his <a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank">Maruti 800</a>. And it was also his first car, his first love; that taught him how to drive, that gave him amazing mileage and was low maintenance. Other aspects that mattered to him were the resale value, widespread service points and affordable parts. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In his passenger seat, he mostly took his mom to the temple every Sunday, and his friends every other day. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For he knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile is the amazing affordability that only a Maruti 800 can give. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The wild 30s) </b></span></span></span>After college, he got his job. The job consumed him and he worked and toiled hard to get ahead. And he partied equally harder. He had tons of friends, with whom he went for long drives, weekend getaways and night outs. His <a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank">Honda Brio</a> was his alter ego – it reflected his style and his car was his image. The world famous Honda quality and fuss free ownership made sure he spend more time on the roads than off it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In his passenger seat, he took his lady love with whom he made plans for their life together – she, he and their Brio. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>For he knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile is the style that only a Honda Brio can give.</i> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The glorious 40s) </b></span></span></span>At 40 he was his life’s boss. His time was money and his money was time. He knew that a man is known for the company he keeps, the strings he can pull and the car he drives. His ride was no longer about transportation but a social statement about himself. His car had to behave like him, move like him and be like him. Something his<a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank"> Skoda Superb</a> with its German build quality, great engine and top notch comfort added superbly into his lifestyle. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In his passenger seat, he happily took his family, away together from the grind of city life for the weekly much needed ‘us‘ time. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For he knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile is the status that only a Skoda Superb can give. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The better half) </b></span></span></span>As his life took greater ups and turns, his family had their own rides to take them to their dreams. While he brought home the bread, his wife put the butter. While he made the palaces, she decorated them with love, warmth and joy. She too needed her wheels to add wings to her wishes. And she found a home away from her home within the sturdy and muscular comfort of her <a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank">Toyota Fortuner</a>. The Fortuner blended into their lives with its safety, luxury, style and sportiness. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In her passenger seat, she took the kids for ice cream, shopping and their school cricket matches.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For she knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile is the security that only a Toyota Fortuner can give.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The lil ones) </b></span></span></span>And when their kids grew up, they had their own roads to travel. For the kids and for the environment, they got themselves the <a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank">Reva</a>, an electric car that boasts of zero emissions truly saves the planet with each drive. What adds to the charm are the super low running costs, great maneuverability and dent resistant body. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In its passenger seat, they kept their pride in helping saving the planet by taking one polluting car off the street and replacing it with a nonpolluting one. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For they knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile is the sense of green responsibility that only a Reva can give. </span></span></i><br />
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<span id="gd_rw_Mercedes_Benz_74"><img src="http://www.gaadicdn.com/car_alb/resize_360x234/Mercedes_Benz_S_Class_67.jpeg" height="426" id="gd_rw_Mercedes_Benz_74" width="640" /><span style="color: #999999; display: block; font-size: 9px; margin: 0 0 15px 0; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 366px;"><a alt="gaadi" href="http://www.gaadi.com/" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="gaadi">By Gaadi.com</a></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The glorious 50s) </b></span></span></span>And then he had arrived in the world and he needed a car as big as his accomplishments. He had achieved most of his dreams and ambitions, met a fantastic woman, raised a beautiful family together, and had done his part for society. He was a big shot and his car-time now was mostly back seat. He owed to himself only the best that life could offer and his <a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank">S Class</a> was a validation of that. Considered to be the best car in the world, the S Class paid attention to the most minute details, had enormous emotional connect and had its own distinct scent. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And in his passenger seat, he kept his many, many accomplishments. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>For he knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile is the sense of accomplishment that only a Mercedes S Class can give.</i> </span></span><br />
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<span id="gd_rw_Porsche_Cayman_10"><img src="http://www.gaadicdn.com/car_alb/resize_360x234/Porsche_Cayman_8.jpeg" height="426" id="gd_rw_Porsche_Cayman_10" width="640" /><span style="color: #999999; display: block; font-size: 9px; margin: 0 0 15px 0; padding: 0px; text-align: right; width: 366px;"><a alt="gaadi" href="http://www.gaadi.com/" style="color: #999999; text-decoration: none;" title="gaadi">By Gaadi.com</a></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The unsettling twilights) </b></span></span></span>And then came the stage when it hit him and hit him hard – he had done everything he needed to do in life and started becoming aware of how short life really is. He had already retired from active work, his kids had moved on and he needed to do something to save himself from the boredom. The <a href="http://www.gaadi.com/" target="_blank">Porsche </a>was his answer to reclaim his faded youth. The wind hit his face and his life glided past in his rear window. The Porsche’s high performance engines, outstanding handling characteristics, and classic design gave him a sense of control over his scheme of things. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For he knew that a car takes you from one place to another; but what makes the journey worthwhile is the power that only a Porsche can give. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>(The dreamy times) </b></span></span></span>Then came the day which descends on even the most liveliest of men. He didn’t know where he went or which road he took. He didn’t feel the power, the control or the drive. In the driver’s seat, there was none but the shoulders of the ones who loved him as much as he loved them. They lowered him gently into the ground, spoke good words of him, put handfuls of soil respectfully onto him, buried him and wept for him. </span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">For he knew that life takes you from one place to another; but what made the journey worthwhile was what he put in his passenger’s seat. </span></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Behind the glitter and the glamour of Bollywood, there lurks a well-hidden secret. <br /><br />That the lion’s share of total Bollywood grosses is shared just between 4-6 people – the superstars. So if <b>Krrish 3</b> and <b>Chennai Express</b> made 500 Crs, in reality, all that money mostly went back to two people – the stars who were also the producers. Bollywood is a very unique play where the big stars monetize their star power by making forgettable movies and fill up their own pockets without any sort of commitment to the art. In 2013, each blockbuster broke previous records. But if you closely study the blockbusters, they were just marketing successes – that is , movies that made all their money in the first two weeks and after that, were done with. <br /><br />To make movies we’re proud of, we should let more committed producers into play – which is considerably difficult now since the superstars have already blocked their dates and theatres for their own sub-par work. <br /><br />And that’s where ’14 could be different. <br /><br />The previous all-time hit – <b>3 idiots</b> – was a good movie; people flocked to theatres to watch them over and over again (notice the powerful words “over and over again”). This concept of the strong ‘repeat business’ was not a factor of any of the ’13 blockbusters. Many folks watched these blockbusters just to confirm if it really was as bad as it was said to be. <br /><br />The ‘3 idiots’ team of Rajkumar Hirani+ Aamir Khan is back in ’14 with ‘<b>PeeKay</b>’ – it already has the big star +big marketing+ big release – which the ’13 biggies had; but what they didn’t have - and what Peekay could have, that could ensure repeat business, is ‘big story’ – as Hirani has proved with all his earlier amazing movies. </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />But our Hindi movies will continue to find the right money making marketing moves– so you’ll see movies releasing in maximum number of screens, on long holiday weekends and getting ‘em released in the international markets with sizable Indian populations. Of course, you’ll also see sneaky moves like falsified reviews, delaying bad reviews, higher ticket pricing and fighting for the big weekends to monetize the first week. <br /><br />Each of the superstar has his own big movie in ’14. Hence prediction - 2014 could turn into the biggest year for Bollywood ever! </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><br />Here’s a dekko of the new year’s offering: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No Bollywood box office record is complete without the Aam Aadmi’s hero. When his fellows stars were breaking Bollywood records in ’13, Salman did not have any releases in ’13. But he still managed to get into our homes every night with <b>Bigg Boss 7</b>. While a section of fans complained about Salman’s alleged unfairness on Bigg Boss, he still got a lot of visibility that could help his two releases in ’14– ‘<b>Jai Ho</b>’ in Jan and ‘<b>Kick</b>’ in Eid. Somehow ‘<b>Jai Ho</b>’ looks a little lazy an attempt, but Salman is all bout star power, so u never know how things will shape out. Also, if it’s a great story, then it’ll be boom time again. I’m more excited for <b>Kick</b>, considering it’s releasing in the Salman time of year – Eid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Why watch - </b>For being the quintessential Bollywood hero – jhatkas, matkas, the rang, birang man, Salman. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The only thing better than Aamir Khan is two Aamir Khans. Or not. But anything Aamir Khan touches is platinum – after redefining ‘mega’ with ‘<b>Dhoom3</b>’, Aamir’s outing in 2014 is ‘<b>Peekay</b>’ – this blog thinks that it’ll turn into a <b>3 Idiots</b> kinda hit – the all-time hit which people can actually be proud of. I cringed everytime I had to tell my firang friends that the biggest hit in my country was <b>Chennai Express</b>. Aamir changed that with <b>Dhoom 3</b> but my cringe still remained - hopefully Aamir would change that too with <b>PK</b>. Also, second part of <b>Satya Meva Jayate</b> rolls out in ’14 making Aamir a much (more) loved man in ‘14. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Why watch - </b>For being Aamir, the unique one. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><br /><b>Shah Rukh Khan</b> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />SRK has a thing for Chennai and curd– in <b>Ra.One</b>, he showed that Chennaiyates eat noodles with curd and in the aptly named ‘<b>Chennai Express</b>’, lassi inside coconuts. After staging a marketing coup by shrewdly dedicating the desperate-to-be-funny ‘Lungi Dance’ to the Rajni, it was no surprise that it just went all ‘Ready, Steady, Po- kran!’ SRK is often the quietest of the Khans, maybe cos we don’t see as much of him as the other Khans (read – he doesn’t have a successful TV show). But when he does come into the limelight, he comes things like Chennai Express and we wish that he had just remained quiet. In ’14, expect to see more of him with IPL 7 and of course in YRF’s ’<b>Fan</b>’ and Farah Khan’s ‘<b>Happy New Year</b>’ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /> </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Why watch - </b>What's Bollywood without the SRK, eh? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />In 2003, HR took a major career decision. It was the second year in succession that every Hritik movie had flopped and he was described as ‘finished’. HR took a sabbatical and then took the gutsy decision to break from industry standard practice of overlapping film shoots and focus on only one single film at a time. The first movie after his decision was ‘<b>Koi Mil Gaya</b>’, that year’s biggest grosser and a resurrection of HR the superstar. It’s a strange twist of fate that today, a decade later, Hritik’s ‘<b>Krrish 3</b>’ is a sequel of that career defining movie. Too bad it’s not even a patch on the prequel. <br /><br /> Watch HR launch his new clothes line and his two movies – the ‘<b>Knight and Day</b>’ inspired ‘<b>Bang Bang</b>’ and ‘<b>Shuddi</b>’, rumored to be take on ‘<b>The Immortals of Meluha</b>’ </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ajay Devgan climbed to the top the hard way – with oodles of talent, he struggled and transformed himself from action hero to actor to a very successful producer today. And got himself married to the top heroine of his day. His ‘<b>Singam</b>’ brimmed with so much masala that it’s hard not to catch it everytime it plays on tv. 2014 is a masaledhaar year for Ajay with the second helping of <b>Singam 2</b> and another spicy movie by the King of Masala, Lord Prabhu Deva himself, called <b>Action Jackson</b>. And for a change, this time Lord Deva is not remaking a Southern blockbuster and is developing ‘original script’, if there exists such a concept in movieland. </span><br />
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<b> </b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Besharam </b>will remind RK that not everyone can pull off masala. Maybe it’s a sign that not everyone should do masala. The great grandson shines in movies that make sense and should simply leave the nonsense. And the man described as "the most bankable actor of his generation" has some pretty interesting stuff lined up in 2014 – ‘<b>Roy</b>’ where plays a thief (out in June 20), a 'Sherlock Holmes-meets-James Bond-meets-Mission Impossible' movie where RK plays a teenager alongside Katrina, named <b>Jagga Jasoos</b> (Oct 2nd), and the ambitious start of a trilogy, ‘<b>Bombay Velvet</b>’ (out on X Mas), the story of how Bombay became the metropolis Mumbai. Karan Johar plays prime baddie for the first time. </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First off, some predictions – it’s gonna be another Marvel-ous year again – with three biggies from Marvel’s stable – the Captain, the Spider and the X Men; though methinks ‘14’s biggie is gonna be ‘Transformers 4’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Overcrowding was the biggest movie lesson in ’13 which led to spectacular big budget flops like ‘Lone Ranger’, ‘White House Down‘ and ‘After Earth’. ‘13’s biggest discoveries were China as a lucrative market and the revival of the horror genre. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So you take a whole lotta invincible alien robots, pit them against another set of invincible alien robots, have oodles of CG fight scenes, a storyline that’s always ‘saving the world’, throw in a hot bimbo somewhere in there and that is the Transformer movie. And a blockbuster formula. Every transformer movie got only bigger as it has dumber. But who’s complaining? This time it’s a whole new movie – baring Octomus Prime and Bumble Bee, everybody else in the movie is new. And the interesting Mark Walberg is the new Sam Witwicky. Thankfully more Walberg and less Witwicky. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – For drool worthy SFX that has to be seen to be believed. And possibly ‘14’s biggest blockbuster.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another movie that follows the ‘if you can’t make it, re-make it’ rule. This time, Godzilla’s got a smaller head, more girth and is much more massive than the old Godzilla. Known to be truer to the original Japanese legend, this big budgeted flick has been very secretive with details. This time, the King of the Monsters blasts atomic breath, fights another kaiju (monster) and is set in 1954. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – To see if size – and girth – does matter again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Avengers is, by far, the smartest movie in history, as it connected multiple superhero stories of varying fames together and at the same time, gave a fresh new leash of life to each of them. And in the process, anything that is even remotely associated with it is now box office gold. Every Marvel movie since is a relay connecting one Marvel movie to the next. And Winter Soldier is the last lap to ‘15’s box office monster-in-the-making, ‘The Avengers - Age of Ultron’. This time, Cap’s got a cooler uniform and he’s fighting corruption and Robert Redford in S.H.I.E.L.D. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – For witnessing how they’ll tie it up with next year’s mega blockbuster. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another marvel from Marvel, but licensed out. When the first Amazing Spider Man came out, the amazing question on everyone’s mind was YTF do you have the tell the same story again so soon? But after it’s amazing success, now the movie doesn’t have to retell the origin story again. Enter a new storyline and a new set of villains in Paul Giamatti as the Rhino and Jamie Foxx as Electra. Also, they’re expanding the Spider Man Universe by building the ‘Sinister Six’, a group of super villains from Spider-Man’s rogue gallery who have teamed up throughout his history to take him down. If you see the trailer, you can already count five- Rhino, Green Goblin, Electro, Vulture, and Doctor Octopus. Expect individual movies a la Marvel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – It’s an original new Spidey movie and not an another origins movie this time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>X Men : Days of Future Past </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The X Men franchise is a reminder of what’d happen to Avengers had it been licensed to others, like X Men is. The X Men is similar to Marvel’s original ‘Avengers’ idea- get a team of (mutant) superheroes together, get the movie and idea mainstream and then branch out into individual stories (think Wolverine); but somewhere along the way, they faltered. They then rebooted it with a brand new team with the much appreciated ‘X Men First Class’. Days of Future Past is an extension of this reboot and brings the old team with the new. Also back is the original director who made X Men so cool in the first place – Bryan Singer. And those who waited till the after credits of this year’s ‘Wolverine’, the ‘X’ premise looks pretty interesting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Interstellar </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The master mindbender’s back with a topic that can boggle any mind – wormholes. After mindfucking us with magic, memory lapses and mind sabotage, he gave respect to the Dark Knight. Now Nolan’s going to space. And even though the cast involves Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon and Michael Caine (and ya, this is the movie Irrfan Khan refused so that he could be home for ‘The Lunchbox’ and ‘D Day’), the real talking point will be a scientist named Kip Thorne (who exec produces also) whose big, bad, Einsteinian idea of ‘traversable wormholes through space and time’ will be splashed across popular culture by Nolan with this movie . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – Nolan. Wormhole. Sci-fi. SuperMindfuck. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Transcendence </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You can’t really write off Johnny Depp. After a pretty bad ’13 and ‘12, Johnny still gets a 20mill paycheck +15% of gross of this Nolan produced movie. ‘Technological singularity’ is the theoretical moment in time when artificial intelligence (AI) will have progressed to the point of a greater-than-human intelligence, radically changing civilization, and perhaps human nature. Remember that AI has no motivation to be friendly to humans and that’s where this theory and this movie gets it’s mojo. Ya, Johnny plays the computer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – For a cool concept. For Johnny. For Nolan’s second production.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – Fast women, faster cars, and a furious new villain. In a year of CG enhanced super heroes, there ain’t anything quite as unique as ‘Fast’.</span> </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">300: Rise of an Empire </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">300 is ultimate war-porn - muscled men, seminude women , swords, brass and iron, chopped heads rolling off in slo mo, strength, honor, blood and valor, one epic fight scene after another, hyper stylized visual poetry, and great lines that you could shout at yourself in the mirror in your loo and feel good about yourself (I still yell ‘This is Kerala!!’ every day in the morning). It made a star out of Gerald Butler and now you have the second part of the battle, held in the sea, showing how the mortal Xerxes became the God King. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – for Xerxes, the coolest, meanest, baddest motherfu*ker in Grecian myth movies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">You know that they’re gonna make shitloads of money when they split the last movie into two parts. This is another American book adapted for the big screen, something a la Twilight, but with one big difference – the movies actually rocks! The second part just got released and has already broken lotta records and expect the same with this one too. And the next. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hollywood is about the only place where an idea can be made into a billion dollar franchisee. Stallone’s entire career is testimony to two such big ideas – Rocky and Rambo – both of which he draws upon successfully whenever his career goes down. Stallone’s very recent big idea was the ‘Expendables’ - a movie assembling 80s action stars with action done the forgotten way – with real-and-not-CG-enhanced blood, sweat and tears, bound in bare, rippling muscles, bone crunching real fights and big huge guns- combined with Stallone’s superb sense of humor (“Excuse me, you got a text?”). Yet another idea is Mel Gibson, a man who’ve given us so much but has been labelled an outcast for far too long now. EX3 wraps these two big ideas together and Mel’s the main villain this time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Peter Jackson always has a merry X Mas - he makes one movie, splits it into three and releases each part every December, and each movie goes ahead to make a billion. He’s one of only three directors on the planet (after Cameroon and Nolan) who’ve made two movies that have crossed a billion each. With this one, he’s sure to create history. The second part just got released and even though the reviews were better than the first, it was too subdued a release but Peter may just about give all he’s got into the third one to make movie history. Again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesteryear superstar Arnie still hasn’t found his groove with both his comeback movies flopping this year. But like hamra Abhishek Bachchan, he will still survive after inane number of comeback movies that can flop one after the other cos he still has a trump card – Arnie’s ace up his sleeve is that he’s part of the Terminator movie out in ’15. And as long as that that’s there, you can’t write him off yet – “he’ll be back”. ‘Sabotage’ is another one of those Arnie movies where he plays his age but still has action galore. Could be interesting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – Well, the director’s last movie ‘End of Watch’ was pretty awesome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Wachowskis have a very patchy resume – after ‘The Matrix’, baring ‘V for Vendetta’, nothing from them came close to its genius. And now, news surfaces that the Matrix script was stolen. But what can’t be taken away from them is their visual flair and awesome style. ‘Jupiter Ascending’ is also a search for ‘The One’ a la Matrix, with Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis playing the corresponding equivalents of Morpheus and Neo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The first movie came out of the blue and turned out to be one of the most wildly entertaining movies ever! And it starred hamri Freida Pinto alongside James Franco. This time, neither returns and the story is set a decade after the first part when the Planet of Apes are threatened by a group of human survivors. Fans of the series already know how it’ll end. Now that ‘Fast 7’ has been postponed, DOTPOTA has been moved up the schedule to fill its slot in July 11. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Why you should watch it – For Ceaser, who separated the monkeys from the men; and this time, he even has a son. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Another very promising sequel. The first part was a very cleverly made buddy movie that unexpectedly turned out to be one the funniest movies that year. That movie would go down as the one which proved that Channing Tatum can be so damn funny. It made heroes out of Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, legend out of Ice Cube and had one the best cameo appearances in movie history. This time, Korean Jesus is out and the boys are now going to college. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Can you believe that there are two separate Hercules movies coming out next year? Usually that’s a bad thing for the second movie, as ‘’White House Down’ proved in ’13. But what could work for both is that both movies focus on different stages of Hercules’ life. One is the sissy origins story, where Hercules is a mere mortal, falls in love, gets screwed and goes back to reclaim his girl and life a la Gladiator and turns God in the process. The other is the one where Hercules is shown as the mighty mammoth of muscle that we know him as, aptly played by that mountain of mega might, 2013’s biggest grossing star - the Rock. Rock will rock! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Trust George Clooney to show you a really good time – when he’s acting, his movies are fun, light hearted and heartwarming (check out that mini riot of unbridled fun called ‘O Brother Where art thou’ ); when he’s directing, it taut, engaging and pretty tight stuff; when he’s producing, its got Oscar winner’ written all over it, a la Argo. He’s doing all three with this movie, with names like John Goodman, Bill Murray (just these two verbal dueling with each other itself is orgasmic!), Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, Jean Dujardin…. in the backdrop of World War II, the most dreaded time in history when Adolf Hitler threatens to take over the world, an unlikely uniformed group of men was formed to take on the most impossible heist—retrieve or steal the most precious art pieces made that Hitler had stolen to burn. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Latest news: funnyman Paul Rudd is the Marvel’s new Ant Man and Joseph Gordon-Levitt is DC’s new Sandman. Question : How many of us actually knew that there are such superheroes (based on ants and sand)? Key takeaway : they’re expanding the superhero universe like never before, so unknown superheroes are given a fresh lease of life. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy also falls under this category and is a big gamble as these guys are not well known even among comic book fans. The Guardians of the Galaxy team includes both a raccoon and a walking tree, which come to think of it, is pretty difficult to create into a live action movie. But add in Thanos, the big Bad from Avengers, voice power from Bradley Cooper plus Vin Diesel and the Marvel tag and well, it just smells like a smash. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After the first Rio managed to win hearts, the team decided to come with the second one a few months before the World Cup which will be held in Brazil in 2014. This time, Rio 2 finds Jewel (Anne Hathaway), Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and their three kids leaving their domesticated life for an adventure to the Amazon, where they encounter a set of new characters who are all born to be wild. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And yes, this one’s for <a href="http://anuglyhead.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Red</a>. </span></div>
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<b><i>Check out list of 2014's Biggest Bollywood movies <a href="http://fu-ck-lo-ve.blogspot.in/2014/01/bollywoods-movie-list-2014-hottest.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">for such a momentous day, she was feeling anything but... <br /><br /> rather she was feeling very light. and relieved. for Avanti, it was the rarest of days… <br /><br /> for her 26 years, her weary body had borne more pain and shed more tears than her eyes could cry. love destroyed her. and ruined her life. but today, she may just find closure. <br /><br />her world did not accept her love. at first, they convinced her that her young age did not know. that her tender heart was making a mistake. they squeezed her and she surrendered to their wishes.<br /><br />but though she tried, her heart would not. her heart could not. she could not love another nor could she love any less. she was too much in love and she looked up for understanding from her nearest and dearest. which she never got. her parents stood against her. her society stood against her. her world stood against her. <br /><br /> they tried to break her. and crush her. and they did - she was ridiculed, rebuked and reproached; <br />they tried to pin her down. and lock her up. and they did - she was locked in a room. for long many years; <br />they tried to violate her and her love. and they did - they got her married off </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">against her will </span>to an other, he who scarred her more and plundered her no less. <br /><br />her wounds opened. her body broke. her spirit crushed. but not her resolve. when her heart could be broken no more and when she could be crumbled not further, she was empty. an emptiness that carved a stronger resolve to leave everything behind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">finally. <br /><br />she left it all - her family, her habits, her life as she knew it, her world - all behind. to walk into the unknown. to walk forward.<br /><br />alongside Swati, the love of her life and the reason why she breathed. in whose touch, taste, smell and hold, her emptiness stirred into hope, happiness, heaven. the two women decided to leave familiar lives to start a new one. together. in a land far away where they may be accepted. it mattered not though, for they were finally together. and free.<br /><br />it was the day Swati slipped a ring on her Avanti to celebrate this day. it shone natural white and it's metal celebrated her mettle. it was rarer and purer than gold or silver. and as rare and pure as their love. it was everlasting, it was forever and it shone brighter that day. like them.<br /><br />it was the rarest of mettle. it was the rarest of loves. it was the rarest of days.<br /><br />it was an end. it was a beginning. it was for the rest of their lives.<br /><br />it was Avanti and Swati’s <a href="http://www.preciousplatinum.in/en/about-platinum/platinum-day-of-love" target="_blank">platinum day of love</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Look into her eyes, hold her hands and slip her that ring. For precious you, for precious her, for that precious moment and for precious platinum, this is the Platinum Day of Love (<a href="http://www.preciousplatinum.in/en/about-platinum/platinum-day-of-love">link here</a>).</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With time, the mooch gave way to the clean shaven look, the mundu gave way to well-tailored pants and now if reports are to be believed, then the remaining two ‘M’s of Mollywood are giving way to a younger lot of actors, often described to as the ‘new age’ actors like Fahadh Faazil.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But if you closely study Malayalam movie industry, it’s actually a case of history repeating itself; the so called new-age actors today are bringing that same freshness that both the ‘M’s brought to Mollywood when they first started off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And if you think that you got nothing to do with Mallu movies, think again! Mallu movie has always been a breeding ground for strong scripts and storylines so much that many much loved Bollywood movies were actually ‘inspired’ from the mellu movie industry – If you thought ‘Hera Pheri’ was good, the mallu original was a classic called ‘Ramji Rao Speaking’; ‘Billu Barber’ looked so much better in ‘Katha Parumbol’ while ‘Bhool Bhulaya’ was a rip from what is considered as Mollywood’s almost perfect movie ‘Manichitrathaazu’. And mellu movie industry is actually a lot cooler than it seems, with many India firsts coming from this part of the nation:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* Also, few others that hit the mind are the first Indian film to be shot and distributed in digital format - Moonnamathoral, and India's first neorealistic film – Newspaper Boy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So as you can see, a lot of new age movie ideas were pioneered by the mallu film industry, some at a time when their impact could not even be comprehended and were deemed far ahead of their times. And if the current flux in the Malayalam film industry is any indication, other movie makers should also take notes on these prophetic changes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now a lot of people say that Malayalam movies is currently in the cusp of a revolution – a revolution against the norm, against the old staid, against the superstars. But a dekko into Mollywood’s storied history will prove that Mollywood has an inbuilt cyclic mechanism of self-correction that keeps happening every time movies seem to hit rock bottom. So let’s go back into past to predict the future:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>the 80s – </b>In this decade, the yester mega star Prem Nazir got into supporting roles, and Jayan died in an action stunt sequence in 80. Sukumaran and Soman also slowly got relegated to character roles and this period was marked by the rise of strong script based roles enacted by the then new faces of Mammootty and Mohan Lal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Due to a plethora of movies with scripts and screenplays that resonated well with the social fabric of Kerala like ‘Varavelpu’ and ‘Ramji Rao Speaking’, movies of this decade connected with the junta in such a way that they pushed the two Ms - Mammootty and Mohan Lal- to the pedestal of Mollywood. Also, top notch directors like I V Sasi, Priyadarshan, M T Vasudevan Nair, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Bharathan, Padmarajan, Aravindan, Sibi Malayil etc made remarkable movies of varied craft that blurred the line between art and commercial cinema, today considered classics and proving that yesteryear masterpiece 'Chemeen' was not a flash in the pan but rather a sign of bigger things to come. The decade also saw strong female characters leading to the discovery of some of the best female actors of Malayalam Cinema like Shobhana, Seema, Urvashi, Suhasini, Geetha, Revathi, and Nadia Moidu. The 80s focused on stories backed by strong directors, their visions, strong scripts and only then came the star. The 80s are known as the golden era of Malayalam industry.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also to note -</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> The role of the mallu action star, perfected by Jayan with his movies and his unique mannerisms, suffered a huge dent with Jayan’s death (below pic - Jayan's last stunt on the helicopter that killed him) and this gap has never really </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">been filled.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mohan Lal with his ‘Rajavinte Makan’ and Suresh Gopi, a decade later with his fiery dialogues, did manage to partly fill that gap but they went on to focus on versatile roles. The true blue mallu action hero died with Jayan. After his death, directors and producers started an immediate search for new actors to replace him. This movement led to debuts of actors who resembled Jayan in physical appearance (like Ratheesh), similar sounding names (Ajayan) and those with similar mannerisms and style. One of those actors was a young man named Sajin, who later changed his name to Mammootty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Suresh Gopi was so strongly associated with his macho cop image that it was considered that nobody could play a cop better than him. Jayaram rose as Mollywood’s fourth superstar in this decade with his unique coming timing and family oriented comedy movies. Almost every successful movie of the 90s were star based. Each star(baring the ever adaptable Mohan Lal) had a certain image that was leveraged successfully by directors. Priyadarshan, Siddique Lal and Shaji Kailas emerged as directors with unique brands of cinema and along with Fazil and Sibi Malayil, Mollywood saw major hits. The 90s also saw the spectacular rise and sudden stop of leading lady Manju Warrier. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This younger globalized generation came with a different set of values, aspirations and attitudes and when some of them joined the film industry, the result showed. Movies made by these new directors like ‘Ustaad Hotel’, ‘Beautiful’, ‘Salt N’ Pepper’, ‘22 Female Kottayam’, ‘Traffic’, are more grounded in reality, show their protagonists with shades of grey and have believable dialogues. Experiments like ‘Pranchiyettan and the Saint’, ‘Urumi’ and ‘Melvilasam’ found favor with the junta. Newer themes, new faces and new treatments came as a breath of fresh air in the industry that was stubbornly rigid and formulaic in its ways. Most of these movies, devoid of the superstars, had smaller budgets and put the reins back into the hands of the director. This started the current New Wave of Malayalam Cinema. This was similar to the 80s when the ‘superstar concept’ disappeared for a short while that lead to the golden age. However, the conventional patterns refused to let go of its mighty hold and continued to have a strong support with viewers, as seen by the stunning successes of ‘Christian Brothers’, ‘Chinatown’ and ‘Seniors’. The new wave films gave a new lease of life to leading ladies, who are believably shown to often openly flirt, drink in public and pass lewd comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">* Three decades of Mollywood shows that the obvious way to make a successful Mollywood movie is to have a </span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">strong script backed by brilliant direction</b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. With the booming Indian fiction scene, stories and scripts should be relatively easier to procure and in the hands of new wave directors, Mollywood can really push itself into the realm of gold (again). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* The <b>Superstar phase</b> is far from over – with good scripts and great directors, they have proven themselves back. Also many new age directors, like Ashiq Abu of ‘Salt n Pepper’ fame, have their next movies lined with the super ‘M’s, thereby extending their lifelines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* The fate of <b>Mollywood’s leading ladies</b> is intertwined with marriage. Leading ladies of strong personalities like Shobhana, Urvasi, Manju Warrier left a void and several names took that mantle – Meera Jasmin, Samyuktha Verama, Jomol - but eventually left the film world for marriage – a trend reminiscent of Karthika, Lizzy and Ambika in the 80s. Kavya Madhavan and Mamtha Mohandas also followed the same trend but returned to leading roles after the unfortunate end of their marriages. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* <b>Mallus</b> love and reward <b>humor </b>as seen as the dominant theme of the last three decades. Unfortunately the quality of humor dished out today has become substandard. The degradation of comedy in Kerala over the last three decades can be witnessed by watching the comedy classic ‘In Harihar Nagar (1990)’, and its new age sequels ‘To Harihar Nagar(2009)’ and ‘In Ghost House Inn (2010)’. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* Kerala has a high level of <b>literacy</b> and the literary standards from Trivandrum to Kasargod is the same, making the disparity between urban and rural centers not as marked as with other states. This makes it easier to make and sell the same movie across Kerala without worrying about urban-rural split. However another split that the new wave movies are accused of is the metro-non metro split. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*<b>Action movies </b>are universally considered a fail proof genre and Mollywood still does not have a true blue action star – a movie a la ‘Commando –One Man Army’ with mallu sensibilities can maybe open up a whole new genre and a whole new kind of actor in Mollywood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* The way of the future for the superstars is co-productions, own productions or taking a percentage of the revenues, so as to keep costs down and making bigger bang for the buck. <b>Mammootty, Mohan lal, Dileep</b> and Prithviraj already have production houses while Jayaram and Suresh Gopi are still production-shy. The onus of the superstars should now be purely on great scripts. Both the 'M's seem to be faltering of late though Mohan Lal's record is slightly better. Dileep's recent innovations in 'Mayamohini' and 'Sound Thoma' have met great success.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* <b>Suresh Gopi </b>should stop experimentation and immediately come out with a hard hitting cop drama with a great script, dialogues and direction (maybe an own production) - the time is ripe for a cop drama with Suresh Gopi's amazing and inimitable dialogue delivery. Suresh Gopi's next big movie is Shankar's 'I'. and that has a risk of turning him into a character artist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* <b>Jayaram </b>seems to be on the right path with his current choice of movies that is reminiscent of the great comedy family movies that he was always known for. Dileep's choice to stick to slapstick leaves the road clear for Jayaram to bring back the amazing comic timing and mimicry skills that he and only he is capable of. Methinks Jayaram's competition in the current crop is Jayasuriya. Jayaram just needs that right director to bring his comedy skills to the fore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* <b>Prithviraj </b>that smart man, seems to be slightly ahead for Mollywood - for his very young age, he's produced a world class product in 'Urumi', crossover-ed successfully to Tam movies with 'Mozhi', 'Ravanan' and more, got the </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">mallu man new found Bollywoodian glory with his</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> six pack avatar in 'Aiyya' and now with Yashraj film 'Aurangzeb' and SRK's 'Happy New Year', is all set for a bigger bite in Bollywood. Prithvi can do wonders by considering world cinema and make not just Kerala, but India proud.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So there you have it - three decades of Mollywood, and an elaboration of the New Wave of Malayalam movies. The warning signs were out there, were not heeded and the crisis began - a crisis that brought an industry to its heels. But "the night is darkest just before the dawn" - and from the slumps, came a wave of self correction and resurrection that brought in newer elements that changed everything again - just like in the 80s. And in the 80s, it heralded the Golden phase of Mollywood. So is the current wave bringing back the gold? Well.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Circuit : <i>Bhai</i>, do you know of any gynecologist?</span><br />
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Bhai,</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> does Modern Healthcare touch our lives?</span></div>
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Healthcare touches everybody’s lives. Those 206 types of bones which we break, it’s Modern
Healthcare that fixes it back.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chinki: Well Muruli, Medical advancements have taken
India pretty ahead in the game so much so that India is the toast of medical
tourism, of affordable medical care and of extremely competent doctors. Broadly there are five main players in the healthcare
cycle – Doctors, patients, Hospitals, Insurance, Pharma and Equipment companies.
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like I was saying, broadly there are
five main players in the healthcare cycle – Doctors, patients, Hospitals,
Insurance, Pharma and Equipment companies.
Doctors are the face of Modern healthcare
and it is their experience, judgment and ethic that connects Modern Healthcare
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The patients are the
ones who pay for Modern Healthcare, and
this money runs the whole system. Patients
today have longer life spans rates and higher service levels today due to Modern
Health Care. And Hospitals are the dispensers
of Modern Healthcare. Hospitals today pour
millions to buy cutting edge equipment to help their doctors in treating
diseases and to differentiate themselves from other hospitals that don’t. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hospitals also bear running and maintenance costs,
amounting to crores, and they recover their huge investments in the form of usage
charges to the patients. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Healthcare - the pharma and equipment makers that pump billions into research
and development and the Insurance companies that provides a financial cover to
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apun ki tarah</i> Social worker <i>hai kya?</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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cover their medical costs, while hospitals also insure their expensive machinery.
It makes Modern Health Care affordable.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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at their side too so that diseases can be prevented – after all, ‘Prevention is
the best form of Cure’. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i>Nirodh</i>, ‘Cure’ bole to <i>Illaaz </i>– “For best results, use condom”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In today’s times, Modern Healthcare
can cure more diseases than before. People
with Cancer, Stroke and Diabetes can today enjoy their lives while fatal diseases
like Small Pox and Rinderpest have been successfully eradicated. But Modern Health care can be expensive, so
patients need to do the following to make sure they can enjoy Modern Healthcare
better:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">But adequate insurance -medical and
life- for self and loved ones.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Follow a healthy lifestyle by
following some simple ideas– if you eat a heavy and fatty meal, keep the next
few meals light; Use the stairs or walk, instead of bike, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">to the nearby kirana stores to buy groceries;
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always on your speed dial.</span></li>
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train their staff to be more sympathetic to patients. Often patients complain that even though the
doctors are very kind, the staff are rude and insensitive to patients in their
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healthcare touches lives?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bole toh, ye meri entry hai 'Apollo Hospital's "How does Modern Healthcare Touch Lives"' blogging contest ke liye.</span></i></div>
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R-A-Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054344096373478777noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057761685593535636.post-85944743355569502022013-04-22T19:09:00.003+05:302013-04-23T00:25:57.349+05:30'Iron Man3' or 'Man of Steel'?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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dark a movie to be the year’s champ. Not
just that, it’s got too many new things about it for it to find box office mojo
in the international markets; and it somehow has the same vibe like </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Begins’ (yes, but much grander), </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> you know, the first (of a trilogy maybe?) that’ll herald bigger things
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longest running movie commercial– every year, one big, fat, huge Marvel movie
comes out, blows up the box office and in the credits, it points to another
Marvel movie. This has been happening since the first ‘Iron Man’ in 2008 and
last year’s biggest movie, ‘The Avengers’ had Tony Stark eating shawarma and
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">* <b>Another Shane Black-RoDoJr movie : </b>The director and actor of 'Iron Man 3' have made another earlier movie together. Has anyone seen ‘Kiss
Kiss Bang Bang (KKBB)’, that smart, delicious stunner of a clever movie with
unbelievably witty lines that plays with your cerebra (“I’m retired, I invented
dice”)? It’s an awesome movie and that’s
what the director Shane Black is capable of. And strangely enough, RoDoJr in KKBB is like
an adolescent version of Tony Stark, of course minus the idiot and with all of the
razor sharp wit. If you think Iron Man 3
is exactly what both Shane and RoDoJr did in KKBB, then it’s gonna be one hell
of a dhamakedhaar movie! I’m betting
that it is and we will have some great one-liners. Oh btw, <a href="http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=28103" target="_blank">initial reviews are very positive</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "HP Simplified","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">.</span></div>
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the real reason why Iron Man is so cool is because of the oh-so-ubercool-and-unconventional
- “Fuck you, I’m Iron Man!” - superhero that “uh, genius, billionaire, playboy,
philanthropist” big man in a suit, Tony Stark is. And we loved him for his ubercool and for his
cooler lines. In Iron Man3, they’re
reportedly showing more of Tony. And that’s
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the trailers? Did Ya? Did Ya? Also, there has been not-so-subtle tidbits that
the ending of this movie is “bigger than Avengers”. Also, since they’re saying
that the opening weekend would be ‘huge’, the buzz is strong. Also, the next big movie at the box office (Star
Trek) is two weeks away – so Stark has two whole weeks to do his magic.</span></span></div>
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internationally, Iron Man 3 is all poised for the explosion. In India itself, it’s being released a week before
US and is dubbed into some 2-3 languages and RoDoJr is already touring China,
Japan and other big movie markets of the universe. And yes, China. The Red Dragon is now the
second largest movie market and Iron Man 3 has a separate movie version made only
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with Iron Man 3 releasing in the last week of April in international markets, a
week ahead of its US release. This is
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could be the dark horse of the year – and that’s ‘Pacific Rim’ Remember in the 90s when almost all movies followed
a certain similar template and then that pioneer of a whopper movie called ‘Jurassic
Park’ with its unbelievable effects came and blew our minds away– I mean, that’s
the kind of movie that appealed to everyone and anyone irrespective of language
or age – I feel ‘Pacific Rim’ has that same vibe; and if trailers are to be believed,
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">with his recent comments about Anne Frank, Bieber has made us proud by showing that he is simply more than an asshole.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When I grow up, I wanna be an asshole!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(ok wait!.... I’m already grown up….. wait again! I might already be one…. hmmm…. )</span></div>
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They say that everyone has two ends - one to sit with and another to think with - and success depends on which end is used more. Assholes are the human personification of one of those two ends (yes, this statement is true both literally and metaphorically).</div>
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Contrary to the popular notion, being a hooker is not the oldest profession in the world, being an asshole is – I’m sure the first hooker became one because of some asshole. Assholes are omnipotent – they’re everywhere - I mean, I’m sure everyone reading this post would know of at least one asshole (please be sensitive here – we’re talking of a person here and not a body part). And it’s an equal opportunity scenario - it does NOT discriminate based on gender – like many people know, asshole is a purely a state of mind – and some women show high potential for it too (endearingly referred to as a ‘bitch’). </div>
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* The jerk who upsets social accepted norms and civilities and asks out loud, “Jaantha nahi mera baap kaun hai?”, thereby proving that some assholes are not made, it’s heredity. </div>
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* Politicians – oooo, these are a higher breed of this species. Respect!</div>
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But the thing about assholes is that they obviously rule. In the dating scene, it’s said that women tend to fall for the assholes. In the work space, it’s the assholes who score. Even in life, the asshole who is known to cover his own ass first is often more successful than the aam aadmi, who is more careful of not offending the people around him than of his own success. In short, Asshole is not just a piece of ass - it’s a winning way of life.</div>
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Unfortunately we are all very nice people. And we live in a society where we all strive to be even nicer people - we all were brought up saying “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all” and there are more nice people out there than bad. But you know the age old adage, right – “nice guys finish last” So we need to be assholes to get ahead in life and succeed. </div>
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Now this is a contest post – it’s an Indiblogger-Microsoft contest(<a href="http://www.office365.in/">www.office365.in</a>) where you blog about your dream business and how you could use Microsoft Office 365 in it.</div>
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So my dream business clearly is to start my dream company called ‘Assaholics Anonymous’ – a team of consultants (obviously known as ‘the Assholes’) dedicated to bring out the ‘asshole’ in you. Our core belief is that we think everyone has an asshole hidden in them; our consultants help to bring that asshole out to the fore. Our success rate are the industry best and we have helped a lot of people move from ‘DumbAss’ to ‘totally BadAss’</div>
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Obviously since most people despise assholes but still want to emulate them, our team shall remain anonymous but are closer to you than you think - through the tech advancements of Office 365, we’re just a mail or a chat or a call near you. You could always send us an outlook mail (obviously by using the ubiquitous Office 365) to describe in detail of your situation. Our Assholes and senior PITAs (Pain in the Ass) will be on the job and these wise asses and smart asses will consult you to help you get your ass back into the game. We’ll sent you case studies of success stories in Office 365 Powerpoint formats so that you could peruse through them in your laptop, tab or smartphone. And if email doesn't work for you and if you want to talk with us via mobile or PCs, you could always call us on your Lync and have a freewheeling conversation with our Assholes (and did I mention that Lync to Lync calls are free!). </div>
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Follows is our patented, highly regarded and totally scientific learning methodology and framework (totally!) - First you can contact us at our website and send us an outlook mail writing us of your unique situation/problem. After that , we assign an Asshole to consult you. You will first receive an outlook mail from our Asshole with a set of specific questions. The mail will also have their Lync contact details. Once you answer these questions honestly, our Assholes figure out what kind of an asshole you are and at which stage of the Asshole cycle you are currently in based on our patented framework below:</div>
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<li>Level 0 - "Dumb Ass" – A total novice to becoming an Asshole. Has had a bad love life, sex life and is usually a doormat at office. </li>
<li>Level 1 - "Can’t find your ass" – Still gets it in the ass but wants to do something about it – but doesn’t know how. </li>
<li>Level 2 - "Smart Ass" – Knows his shit well. But still needs to learn to keep his ass down. </li>
<li>Last Level - "Bad Ass" – The Rock Star of the Asshole World. A true blue Asshole! Often respectfully referred to as a ‘bloody bastard’. </li>
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After which, you can bet your ass that our Assholes will bust theirs to make you into one. You will also receive free lifetime access to our sharepoint of inspiring case studies and success stories. </div>
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Why do I consider this as the dream business? Cos of the enormous opportunity – there so many nice people and so few assholes – of converting the former into latter and of course, the sheer joy of making an ass of all these people.</div>
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So don't forget to hit 'Like' on our fb page for 'Assaholics Anonymous' (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Assaholics-Anonymous/171672719658241" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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To building up the world’s most popular community – bottoms up!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And so wrote author Sreemoyee Piu Kundu in her new book 'Faraway Music', a soulful saga of a best selling author named Piya Choudhury, who returns to her roots after a long hiatus. A powerful potboiler of human relations, the book saw its Bangalore launch at the uber cool Fava, at UB city.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Author <a href="http://andaleebwajid.com/">Andaleeb Wajid </a>(of books 'My Brother's Wedding', 'More than just Biriyani' and 'Blinkers Off' fame) with Sreemoyee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sreemoyee Piu Kundu is the author of 'Faraway Music' and her next offering is an erotica 'Sita's Curse', followed by a lad lit 'You’ve Got the Wrong Girl' being published by Hachette. An ex lifestyle editor with publications like TOI, MetroNow, India Today & Asian Age and PR head, she’s currently working on her fourth title – 'Cut!' Based in New Delhi, Sreemoyee calls herself a 'rebel romantic’ whose writing helps her discover ‘music in the mundane.’ She is an intrepid traveler, an incurable fashionista, a <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/author/3308/sreemoyeepiukundu.html" target="_blank">blogger </a>on social causes and an avid poet.</span></div>
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R-A-Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054344096373478777noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057761685593535636.post-66089229156966378852013-03-27T18:32:00.000+05:302013-03-27T18:32:05.990+05:30For all Seasons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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traffic jams; of ears being pounded by mad cacophony of blaring horns, whirring
engines and radios; of sweat, smells, dust and grime overwhelming you and your
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you know that you’re still handling things quite well… You see that you may not
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great friends, a great family, a great set of well-wishers … sure, you have
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">you are becoming the success that you
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Four Seasons Wine, for all seasons... (click <a href="http://www.fourseasonsvineyards.com/" target="_blank">here</a>)</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>and for cool updates from the winery, hit 'Like' at the fb page (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FourSeasonsWines" target="_blank">here</a>)</i></span></div>
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as advance for his next series – mind you, the man hasn't an inkling of what
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the loveless IT engineer today pens his luckless endeavors at love and
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sites that colored my earlier weekends – it was a great place to find dates,
meet new friends and connect with like groups.
And one of the coolest discoveries on the meet up site under the
‘writing’ section was ‘The Write Club.’
In their own words, they’re – “a
small bunch of people will get together on weekends and write things together”.
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started The Writer’s Mentor, a free writer’s mentorship program to help first
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rock or something – Sharath’s been in the industry for 5 years, is twice
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The Write Club uses a technique of writing on a given topic and feedback is
given immediately by the eclectic group of writers, thereby getting feedback from writers of different styles. The
focus is on the Craft, on Writing, Publishing, Editing, Ins and Outs of the
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they’re focused to the craft of the writing – I’ve seen people cry due to their
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<b>Age: </b> Seriously??? Isn’t it bad manners to ask?</div>
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<b>Qualification:</b> ‘BE-MBA’ but nobody believes me anyways</div>
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Besides the fact that my dad is freaking rich, he’s also a Rajnikanth fan; so after he saw ‘Arunachalam’ around the time I asked him for my monthly loan of Rs 6500, he said that I had to ‘earn’ the 6.5K by spending the same amount in a judicious manner, a la Rajni in the same movie – on the condition that it is not used for weed, booze, Sheilas or other such staples. Since I keep a blog that writes on love, life and other popular four letter words, I thought that a writing workshop could help me with my blogging and so invested the $ into BWW with a view to take my blog to the next level. However, it took me two sessions to realize that there was a mismatch between what I was looking for and what was being offered. But once I started looking at it from the perspective of writing a book (which the workshop is all about), I think the workshop turned out to be extremely satisfying, rewarding and quite of a learning experience. I am now very much motivated to get back into completing a book which I had started some two years back but abandoned mid way due to sheer laziness . As for the 6.5K loan that dad was to give me for my judicious use of money, well, I guess changing one’s mind runs in the family. </div>
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Since I still consider and did manage to convince my dad that the 6.5K was judiciously invested, I would still have loved it if you guys had given a non writer like me a glimpse of the whole writers’ journey. Right now, you’ve focussed on only the craft of a particular type of writing (and did a great job at it btw!) but I still don’t know about marketing a book in the Indian context, or how to get it published, or the various means of writing available to me or the various other dynamic factors that affect Indian writers. Think you had started off in that direction at the very beginning with some theory on ‘story arc’, ‘protagonists’ etc (concepts that I dish out generously at bars to pick up unsuspecting broads) thrown in but you dropped off from that line of tutelage almost immediately. </div>
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Rheea Mukherjee: When Rheea once said, ‘create the character so much that I can smell him’, it got etched into my mind not only because I did not wear deo that day and also because it’s probably the best directive on how to build a character (another sooper takeaway here). Rheea is, I think, the dreamer who dreams, creates and visualises characters and somehow that ability just rubs off to anyone she’s in contact with, which on many Saturdays at BWW, was me. </div>
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Bhumika Anand: Aah, in my opinion, a point of view that is so pointed that I’m pretty sure has offended many a people in its wake. Many will complain that Bhumika is far too blunt and need to tone down on the way she shares her feedback - I think NOT! It’s that edge that makes sure the feedback sticks – of late, every time I write a piece, I find myself thinking of how Bhumika would rip me apart if she had read a shoddy piece of my work and I find myself taking extra care to perfect it. And yes, (one hand on my chest and the other raised in solemn prayer), “I will not say ‘revert’ or ‘prepone’ ever again!” </div>
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Well, like I said, I had expected ‘blogging’ when I joined; but only later realised it was not. So I think people should know what to expect from the workshop before joining it. The Short Story workshop did not find too many takers, I think, probably because nobody knew what to expect from it. If it is the same as the first workshop, why pay more for a repeat, or so I thought. </div>
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Also, this workshop focussed only on the craft of a particular type of writing (ie, writing books) and within that particular segment, I’d rate you a 9. But if you could try owning up a larger share of a writer’s life cycle, it could hold you in good stead. Also if you could give us a dekko of an Indian writer’s travails in marketing, publishing, promotions would have been extremely beneficial. Other aspects of being a writer like how to throw a tantrum or how to be an egoistic pig could also be taught. </div>
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· The workshop focussed only on the craft of a particular type of writing. Most of us are first time writers who have an alternate main profession and have no clue about the literary world. I would have wished that BWW could have started by giving a perspective of the life cycle of an Indian writer, involving the different types of writing available today, the basics of the publishing industry, the struggle, marketing, and after this preliminary, then you could go ahead and lock in on to the craft, the teaching of which you obviously are very good at. </div>
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· Maybe you could choose to give us a glimpse of your other workshops in your existing ones itself so that people could be made aware of BWW’s other offerings. If there was a dekko of the Short Story workshop, maybe more people could make a better decision rather than speculate what its curriculum could be and decide upon that speculation. </div>
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· Literary bodies like MyLifeChronice and Atta Gallata need people for their many events, with a strong obvious preference to writers and readers. If (at least three) BWW writers show up consistently at their events wearing BWW branded t shirts (to be obviously done tastefully), it could enhance brand visibility for BWW to a very relevant set of people. Also, these literary bodies may choose to promote BWW in response to our support. </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last month </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the confines of a dentist's waiting room</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, me and two strangers failed at small talk and then went on and tried to make sense of each others’ lives, and could not. But in came the topic of love and we strangely found ourselves on familiar ground. We talked for long minutes and when we left, strangers we still be, but with a little less of the strangeness - we found that we all </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">had</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">loved, knew of its lore and lived through its leaps and lows. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Love has an uncanny ability to do that – it pushes people up, many a times pulls them down and sometimes sweeps them off their feet; but love, for the most of times, bring us all to size – it grounds us. And quite arguably, love is the world’s greatest leveler. Almost every soul wounded by Cupid’s shot stand united in their inability to describe that crazy feeling called love and once loved, one will realize that none are the better in the ways of this fine foolish feeling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Different people from different worlds have different views on life. But the topic of love is often common ground and they strangers no longer are. A hot shot banker will find little to relate to with a great teacher; or a young techie will have little to discuss with a veteran doctor; and a rookie student may not be able to connect with a famous foodie; but bring in the topic of love and they will all have something, and a little bit more, to stoke the cauldron of conversation, camaraderie and connection. Almost everyone gets instantly unified with their experimentations, explorations and experiences with love. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But how a person responds to the feeling is her love story, and that is unique. While some get empowered, some fall down. Some get scarred while some are in smiles. Some lose it, some win it and some just do nothing. Some show it, some hide it, some express it and some simply don’t. Some spend years without it, some spend years for it, some fight for it and some just fall into it. And that makes their love story. But while love stories are unique, love is not. This heady feeling of the heart makes no distinction and treats everyone equally with its misfortunes. It happens to everyone. In spite of aptitude, attitude or anomaly. In spite of creed, community or country. In spite of vanity, worth or vintage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And once loved, we no longer be virgins to its virtues, wickedness and vices – the stolen glances, the feverish touches, the longing, the yearning, the warmth, the comfort, the sweet nothings, the silly pillow talk, the smell of the hug, the fear of loss and the joy of giving, the fights, the making up and making out, the broken pride, the lovely losing, the companionship, the exhilaration … we all know what they are. </span></div>
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R-A-Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054344096373478777noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057761685593535636.post-76623174226858780242013-01-25T11:41:00.000+05:302013-01-25T11:41:39.673+05:30Politics Office Ki<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Somebody once said that politics is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Considering how rich politicians are today, I’m sure a lot of us would love to try our hand at being scoundrels, at least for the money. </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.984375px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://techpur.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But the good people that we all are, most of us may not have the 'required' skills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But we all sharpen our axes constantly as we are all subject to politics at another popular place. And this post talks about Rajneethi Office Ki – or as Dhanush would say in ‘only Engliss’ – “O</span>ffice P<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">olitics”. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The power plays, the ass-kissing colleague, the manipulation, the sleeping babe (</span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.984375px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="http://techpur.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">) who gets promoted, the favoritism, the good for nothing guy who is the boss’ golf buddy, the nepotism, the low ranking secretary who actually runs the office, the "games" - it’s all very, very real … </span></div>
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Office politics existed even before Dilbert made a living out of it and a few friends of mine helped me make the following office lingo where <b>one thing is told</b> but <i>the real meaning is something else</i> - </div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What management says<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“I’ll get back to you on that”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">I’ll need more time to come up with
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“He was the only candidate who cracked the case study with such wonderful
insights and he exhibits a thorough understanding of the basic challenges
underlined in the case study and hence hired” <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">he’s my nephew</span></i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“The head of sales may not have the requisite expertise to
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">I hate that prick</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“He in a meeting right now” <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> <i>he’s gone home for his
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“She has a great eye for detail and is a hard worker” <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> <i>I’m sleeping with
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“We may need to relook at your goals”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> </span></b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">You’re screwed.<b> </b></span></i><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“I’ll need a relook at the data to confirm that ”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;"> I have no clue what the fuck
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 8pt;">“Our appraisal process is designed to reward outperformers and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">OK, I must tell you that this post was inspired by this very cool movie I just saw called ‘<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1615147/" target="_blank">Margin Call</a>’ – supposedly a ‘thriller in the financial meltdown’ (with thankfully very little finance and very little meltdown <img alt=":P" class="wp-smiley" src="http://techpur.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.984375px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />). </span>But what the movie really is at heart is about how different levels of office hierarchy react to a particularly serious situation – and their behavior is something that we all can relate to.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">But what makes the movie so juicy are the many implications about office politics that we all know but don’t say. Few of which I could pick up are: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">· The juniors work harder – </b>I bet you knew this one! It is usually always the juniors of any company who really work their asses off! In the movie, the men at the top don’t even know the basic technicalities and demand a simplified explanation of the problem in “plain English” - Tuld, the top guy, </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">tells the analyst</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">that “it wasn’t brains that got him to the top” and to explain the issue to him “like he was talking to a golden retriever”. And the irony is that it’s the juniors who are kicked out first in the event of a downturn (again reaffirmed in the movie!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>· You will get rewarded if you’re really good –</b> There’s a difference between “being good” and “being really good”. The analyst eventually gets promoted for proactively identifying the problem while his friend, who’s ‘just good’, gets axed. Their boss too, was initially kicked out and then was bought back exclusively for his unique ability to solve the problem and got rewarded handsomely for it. Think of it – it’s almost the same that happens in our offices too – that crazy dude in our office who seems to be able to get all the work done by diligently slogging it out much more than us or for having some real hard brains </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">always seems to get the raise. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>· Ooooo...the Games they play – </b>OK, you already know this one – the higher up the corporate ladder, the less it is bout skills and more it is bout politics. The analyst's very capable, diligent and hard working </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">boss</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">was still asked to leave. But the smooth talking Will, doesn't seem to work a lot but has a way with everyone, confides how he survives 34 years in the company – by minding his own business and not taking sides to any argument. Moral of the story – even if you don’t play politics, it still plays you. So FYI, CYA (for the uninitiated, '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cover_your_ass" target="_blank">Cover Your Ass</a>')<b> </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img alt=":P" class="wp-smiley" src="http://techpur.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif" style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21.984375px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">· Some skills saves lives– </b>It’s still all about team work with each player expected to play their role seamlessly. In the movie, the team leader has the enviable skill of being able to successfully motivate his team to sell worthless assets at the highest possible price to unsuspecting buyers, with the team fully aware that they are ruining their careers in the process but the team leader still gets them to do it voluntarily! The strategy guy crafts a strategy within an hour at 4AM in the morning! These are intangible skills that are not taught in colleges – and unsurprisingly, these two stay even after the downsizing. On the other hand, many people who were merely “good at their jobs” were shown the door. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b style="font-weight: bold;">· Money! Money! Money! -</b> At the top, it’s not bout anything else- it’s all about money; no sugar coating, no morality, no loose ends. The firm in the film has a single minded focus to avoid losing money and does not hesitate to put others (it's own customers included) out of business so that it may survive – they decide to sell worthless assets to their unwitting trusting customers knowing fully well that it would kill the customers and the market for years – but it’s just business, nothing personal. And after the analysts does a great performance of selling it all, they’re mercilessly axed immediately so that the firm still floats<b>. </b></span></div>
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Some more interesting career pointers picked up from the movie – <i>Talk to the top in simple words</i> , <i>look like a million bucks</i>, <i>your professional pedigree is your resume</i> (the analyst being a rocket engineer earlier only adds to his credibility). Go see the movie; it’s really very cool! </div>
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And as for office politics, well the biggest weapon against it is knowing that it exists. And the more you play and get played, the better you get at it. Veterans say that Office Politics is all about power and competition and someone has to lose for another to win and how you play ur cards could shift the equation to ur favor.<br />
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For more ground breaking career talk, click <a href="http://fu-ck-lo-ve.blogspot.com/2011/03/pissing-away-ur-career.html">here</a>.<br />
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“2012” has just been moved to the Comedy section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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if you’re into movies, lucky ‘13 could just make you alive and kicking… here’s
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the awesome ‘Avengers‘(‘Hulk Smash!’), Iron Man 3 is said to be more Tony
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Man, I cried when I saw the first
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the spectacular glory it deserves, Nolan now attempts to recreate the world’s
greatest super hero. The ‘300- This is
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has been ridiculously busy of late and this is another one with the same Tom
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mr Big Box Office Will Smith returns
with his son in tow for a sci fi directed by Manoj ‘Sixth Sense’
Shyamalan. Looks very Avatar-ish to me
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about class wars in the year 2159 between Earth’s only two classes of people:
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last of the series, Chow’s got a bigger role this time. That rockstar named John Goodman also joins
the pack. Debauchery has never been so
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the Avengers. Thor 2’s supposed to be an
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itself. Yes, Loki’s back. I might get excited once the first trailer’s
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Willis to get more of the same big, jack ass dumb, mindless, action movie– but
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first part which was all about
heart, smarts and laughs and it worked in tugging our heart strings. The same
team returns and Al Pacino joins the voice talents for this one. Oh ya,
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against an older comedy superstar and get it directed by a guy who did the
awesome ’30 Rock’.. and the stars in question being Steve Carell and Jim
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cream flavour – the films showing the purchase of a Cornetto of the
appropriate flavor. <i>Shaun of the Dead</i> features a red
strawberry flavored Cornetto, which signifies the film's bloody and gory
elements,<sup> </sup><i>Hot Fuzz</i> includes the blue original Cornetto,
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">* The rise of the script - with 'Kahaani', 'Vicky Donor', 'Barfi', 'Gangs of Wassepur', 'Paan Singh', 'Love Shuv' etc last year – see more script based stories tasting champagne this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Arguably the biggest movie of the year is Dhoom 3. After raising the stature of the villain in both earlier versions (OMG, Hrithik was sooo freaking awesome in D2!!), D3 comes with the thinking Khan playing the baddie. Since its Aamir’s only movie this year coupled with the marketing savvy of Yash Raj Films, expect dhamakas with Dhoom 3.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Overhead - “Salman to officially do away with script or story for his next”. But seriously, anything Salman touches is gold. Add a semblance of a story and you get the highest grosser of 2012 – 'Ek Tha Tiger'. With no script, you still get 'Dabanng 2', the second highest grosser of 2012. Salman’s next is slated to be another home production, directed by another younger brother from the Khan-daan -> Sohail Khan; which is said to be a remake of Telugu flick, Chiranjeevi’s 'Stalin'. And of course, it’s an Eid release. But of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Believe it or not, the biggest grossing star of 2012 was Akshay Kumar, with 5 of his 6 films turning hits. The man who is credited with starting the winning strategy of “charge high+make masala flicks+get huge opening” has few interesting ones lined up with 'Special Chabbi's, 'Naam Hai Boss' and 'Once Upon a time in Mumbaai Again'. And with the latter two movies opening in June, surprise, surprise - Khiladi Kumar is the biggest challenger to Salman this Eid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">* <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Kamal Haasan</span></b> is at it again – pioneering something! On Jan 10th , Kamal will release his magnum opus, Vishwaroopam on DTH platforms, a few hours before it hits the theatre. This is an India-first for such a big movie and lots of eyes are keenly watching Kamal’s move. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Considering that Bollywood is now on a remaking spree, there’s lot of original content being created down south. And a few big huge ones too - <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Rajini</span></b>’s 'Kochadaiyaan' and <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Shankar</span></b>’s ‘I’ will be buzz words this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*The names to watch out are <b>Deepika Padukone</b> (gold digger!) and my real star of 2012, that marvelous man named <b>Nawazuddin Siddiqui</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So there you have it folks - 2012 was not really the year of doom (damn pesky Mayans!) – it was actually a great year for Bollywood. </span></div>
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R-A-Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054344096373478777noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057761685593535636.post-2608202505714835702012-12-20T13:13:00.000+05:302012-12-20T14:01:44.358+05:30Straight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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many people know of Bhanu Athaiya, who is now affected with brain tumor.
Way back in ’83, she bagged the Oscar for Best Costume Design for Richard
Attenborough's biopic </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gandhi</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> – yup, she’s India’s first Oscar
winner. Recently, she was in the news as the 86 year old now sent her
Oscar back to the Academy. "I do not trust anyone in India to keep
the statuette. If Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel medal could be stolen from
Shantiniketan, what is the guarantee my trophy would be safe? In India,
no one values such things, and we lack a tradition of maintaining our heritage
and things pertaining to our culture", is what she said. Hmmm…
Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel was stolen, eh???</span></li>
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Entertainment and Design) is a globally recognized set of nonprofit conferences
conducted across the globe to disseminate "ideas worth spreading.”
TED has always selected speakers purely on the basis of the strength of the
idea and has been successfully running across countries since ‘84.
TEDxChennai, that organizes TED conferences across India, got its license
cancelled last week for “</span><b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><u>repeatedly</u></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> flouting internationally
followed rules by holding a press conference with sponsors, having a venue
sponsor as a speaker on stage and speakers that were part of another conference.”
The concerned parties has shrugged off the claims, given token excuses and
moved on, never mind that their act has in a way, damaged that idea people
carry in their heads of India. Ho hum.</span></li>
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guy sitting next to you in office – could be a girl too; or could be you
yourself – but he sits too late at the office so much so that your manager has
made a note of it. Managers jokingly claim that he’s seen both when
they arrive and leave the office and that he should spend more time home.
But he doesn’t. He’s told you that the reason he sits so late in office
is because he doesn’t have anything to do back at his room – here at least he
facebook, youtube or just browse. And yes, if an employee sits
after 8PM at the office, company policy is that he’s provided food and
transportation. He's aware that he’s screwing the work atmosphere for
everyone by doing so as other people, who do have a life outside office, are
unnecessarily forced to put in late hours in front of the manager. Because of
him. Oh ya, Narayana Murthy wrote about <a href="http://www.eface.in/great-narayan-murthys-views-on-late-sitting-at-office/" target="_blank">this </a>too. But really, who
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another rape happened in the capital again. And as is now the norm,
social media is abuzz with messages condemning the “bastards”, suggestions of
castration and nomenclature of the city as the rape capital. People have
liked, shared and commented against it. Politicians have made the right
noises. Newspapers have sold more by providing various types of analyses.
Judiciary has shifted the blame to someone else. The Police chastised
again. Pretty soon, it would be forgotten till the cycle repeats with the
next one that’ll surely come up. So far, nobody knows what ever happened
to the guwahati one and seriously, is anyone really bothered? I mean,
<b><i>really </i></b>bothered? Dabangg2 releases this week. Yippee.</span></li>
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R-A-Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054344096373478777noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057761685593535636.post-67308972747127088302012-12-18T21:05:00.000+05:302012-12-18T21:05:04.156+05:30Banquet on the Dead Book Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sharath’s book is an engaging murder mystery that proves to be a page
turner. However weak characterization and
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should sooo see, study and analyze the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_in_film#The_Dark_Knight_Trilogy" target="_blank">Dark Knight Trilogy</a> to learn the art of
creating something that is so bloody damn freaking awesome. </b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like millions, I too am a crazy
raving fan of Christopher Nolan’s Bat and one common observation about the
trilogy is that many people liked the second <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/" target="_blank">Dark Knight</a> movie the most (which introduced
us to that awesome piece of sheer magic, also known as the Joker) Popular
media has also validated that by rating this movie higher that the other
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The beauty of ‘<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/" target="_blank">The Dark Knight</a>’ is
due to the rich characterization of the main characters, esp that of the Joker.
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you remember the movie (how can
you not, eh? </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">)
the story wasn't really that great; but the characterization of the Joker was
so powerful and you could almost smell him - he just got inside our heads and just creeped us out as the mass murdering, sinister and unpredictable madman. And it
was the fitting nemesis to the ideals that Batman symbolized. The clash of
these larger-than-life characters was what the movie was all about, with the character
of the Joker getting etched into our collective conscience with his lines, quirks
and mannerisms, which further added layers and layers to his tremendous
character.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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however focused more on the story telling rather than the characterization – understandably
so, as the story had to be told- in the first, it was the story of how the Bat
began and the third was focused on how the legend ends. But that story telling was at the expense of
characterization – proof being that the characters of villains of the first and
third movies pale in comparison to that of the Joker.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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build a story should focus on two things – the actual storytelling and the characterization;
the richer the latter, the more memorable the overall story is and that’s what can
take a not-so-great story into the realm of the unforgettable.<span style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sharath’s book is an engaging murder
mystery set inside an ancestral house in Hanamkonda, a small town somewhere
near Hyderabad. The book traces how the
seemingly complicated case is eventually solved by the cop-and-reformed-criminal-duo
of Inspector Nagarajan and Hamid Pasha. Kauveramma,
a wealthy matriarch with a supposedly profound
love for life, was found dead in the neglected family well. The closed case was reopened due glaring
inconsistencies - the old matriarch was terrified of water, there was no water
in her lungs and the other relatives (also residents) of the sprawling house stood
to profit hugely from her death - the case is thus reopened.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A perfect murder mystery is one where
there is a strong plot, strong characters, multiple suspects and most
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book starts off directly with the murder, immediately brings in the two main protagonists
and then each subsequent chapter introduces us to a new suspect and his version
of what had happened on the day of the murder. What adds to the thrill is that
everyone has a strong motive to kill the old lady. In the end, the duo weaves
everybody’s stories together, linearly peels off inaccuracies to unearth
accurate clues, weeds out the relevant nuggets of information from the irrelevant,
dishes out and dismisses various theories and through sound reasoning and
rational deduction, connects the dots to finally reveal the killer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The strongest part about the book is
Sharath’s writing – he’s a keen observer of life and his ability to recreate
scenarios in simple language is what makes the book work. There aren’t too many
jargons being used and the story telling is engaging – there were times when I
wanted to know what happened next and kept me hooked – Sharath’s very strong talent
of articulation, sometimes captivates the reader with its sheer simplicity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’d say the end is good (not great
though, but good yes). It answers the big
questions, even though there were a few loose ends; but nevertheless the end does
have a juicy element of surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Definitely the characterization - Hamid Pasha’s various mannerisms added dimensions
to his personality but there wasn’t any depth in Nagarajan’s character. Considering each chapter of the book was basically
the introduction of a new suspect, a huge opportunity for characterization was
missed. This is what made this book merely just another good-read, when powerful
characterization could have catapulted this book to a whole new level.
Considering that Sharath ended the story with a promise of more stories with the Nagarajan+Hamid
duo, I feel Sharath missed an opportunity here to
endear these characters to the readers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Too many characters – Due to weak characterization,
many of the characters - particularly the female characters - appeared similar
and thus were confusing to tell apart.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Loose ends - In the end, you know why
the killer killed her but the motive was not specifically mentioned there. Of course, the motive was explored earlier, a
few chapters back, however I would have wished that in the end, it was repeated
again right after the killer was identified so that I know conclusively that “The
motive behind the killing was…”. Again,
there is a glaring loose end here which reveals itself only after you get over
the genuine surprise of the end. Also, I
felt that Sharath sometimes took liberties with the reasoning and few instances
of reasoning were a tad too simplistic. But like I said earlier, the writing
and the end still makes it work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Misdirection - Misdirection in murder novels keeps the readers clued in to the guessing game. Sharath’s story was pretty much unidirectional
and I felt that ample opportunities to misdirect were unexploited. I never really got into that mode of wondering
who the killer really is; I just let the story uncover itself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Sequels – Sharath ended the book with an obvious indication
that Nagarajan and Hamid will return with the next case. With more characterization, I’m
sure readers would welcome it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Bollywood – Considering Talaash has
suddenly made murder mysteries cool again, I wouldn’t be too surprised if this
story finds its way to the big screen. I’d
suggest Sharath to approach the Malayalam movie industry, which is currently
showing sudden openness to fresh new ideas. And the milieu of this story fits it too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Marketing – I’m not sure if Sharath
has focused too much on the marketing side of this book. Like I mentioned
earlier, this is definitely one of the better books that’s come into the market.
But awareness levels for this book are very low. Even Sharath’s website seems to mention only his
first book. The book doesn't seem to have a great social media presence either.
Crosswords-Indiranagar didn't know
of the book but once they checked, they told me it was doing decently well in
sales. Also, as seen below in the pic taken at the above bookstore, there were just two copies of the book tucked away on the bottom row in a lonely corner of the store. Think marketing for this book has to be enhanced.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*Also, I felt the title of the book was a little too heavy for its own good. Sure, after reading the book, one may be able to find meaning in the title and the cover picture - but to a first timer, I think the title and the somber cover might just put her off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So in conclusion, I guess Sharath should study Heath Ledger’s Joker to take notes on characterization but like Nolan,
he can rest a proud man for bringing about a genuine good read, in the face of
the increasing crap that is coming our way in the guise of Indian fiction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Kyuki usse dress-up karna nahi aata hai....</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Man, this one’s been simmering in me
for a while now… guess it took a contest to get it out of me….<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to Shoppers’ Stop for this
one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a billion strong nation like ours,
it’s easy to be just another face in the crowd.
This post tells you how not to.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m something like a born again
dresser…. you know, once upon a time, I was the kind of person for whom clothes
was just an added liability and sure enough, my dressing sense (or rather, the
lack of) made sure everyone around me felt the same way. In fact, once when I dropped my sister to college,
a guy gave me money thinking I was a tramp.
Till about two years back, when I did some serious soul searching and
literally took things out of my cupboard (and burned them and then got myself a
new wardrobe)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">For a good part of my earlier life, I
was stuck in a dead end job in a dead end village; and opportunities came in
very few with even lesser frequency. So
it was very important for me to seize whatever job interview that came my
way. And I uncovered some profound
insights about image management in that sleepy village – the kind that still
makes sartorial sense even today in my metro. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You probably already know that the one thing that can make or break you in life is your first impression. And you also know already that 70% of it is created by non verbal cues, especially your dressing. And unlike the other 30% which is usually very difficult to change, that influential 70% can be easily changed, and it’s as easy as changing your socks. And sometimes, it <b><i>is</i></b> all about changing your socks - to match your trousers, that is. But more on that later in this post.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">OK, first things first – you know all
those literature and feel good philosophy about ‘you are what you are inside’
and all that crap about ‘inner beauty’ – well, it’s just that –absolute crap.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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make the man, and like I’ve discovered along the way, it’s accessories that make
the gentleman.</span></span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Sundar Singh sheeshe me dekhar kyun nahi muskurata hai?</b></i><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Kyuki usse dress-up ki 'basics' samajh nahi aata hai....</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So here goes - The secret of
sartorial excellence is all about the details and there are tricks that can
make you into a sartorial superstar. So let's start with the basics:</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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</b> The first things that people notice are
the shirt and pants though it’s the shirts that are more influential than pants
in forming an opinion – so you could choose to repeat pants in a day or two but
take care to have a good break before repeating the same shirt. The funda of “matching clothes” is long by-gone
and today you can wear anything with anything as long as it looks good in sum total.
What to wear can be decided on skin tone,
body build and occasion. To find your
skin tone – warm, cool or neutral - check the inside of your wrist: if the
veins appear greenish, it indicates you have yellow undertones and thus would
have a warm skin tone. Veins that appear
to be more bluish indicate a cool skin tone. If you can't determine your skin tone, then it
means you fall under neutral skin tone. Warm
skin tones should lean towards warmer and richer colors like reds, oranges,
yellows and dark browns. Cooler skin tones should lean towards cooler colors
like purples, greens and blues and Neutral skin tones can wear almost any color
(lucky buggers! <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16px;">J</span>). In body built, just remember that what
you wear must fool the eyes of the beholder: if you have a big tummy, wear something, like a big
pocket square, so that the eyes get cheated to focus onto your chest rather than
the tummy. If you’re healthy, use slim
fitting dress, if you’re thin, use colors and patterns. A great tip a friend gave me for occasion based
dressing is to ask yourself, “What cud I wear today to be the most overdressed
guy in the room?” Helps. and when in doubt, wear black.</span></li>
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the shirt collars and cuffs and remember to polish your shoes into a sooper, dooper
shine. Even if you may happen to wear
not-so-remarkable clothes, a polished pair of shiny black shoes usually opens a
lotta doors. And yes, always stand tall.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Kyuki ab 'basics' aata hai, lekin ye "Accessories/Waxessories" kya hai....?</b></i></span></span><br />
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above 'basics' right and people will acknowledge the man; but get the right
accessories right and people will never forget him. <u1:p></u1:p>Accessories
are the magic words for the man who wants his garb to do the talking.
Accessories can be as simple as an engraved tie-pin or as is the case
with my friend <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><a href="http://thebluegrumpster.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">RCB</a></span>,
can be as elaborate as a mean hot car to go with your suit.<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16px;">J</span> A single
piece of a well selected accessory can elevate one's overall
appearance and some of the popular accessories that can
make magnificent a man are sunglasses, wallets, belts, watches, caps,
scarfs, cufflinks and waistcoats. Actually, everyone's got a favorite
accessory - a favorite watch, a preferred belt, a treasured gold chain - the
trick is to find what works for you and then build on it. I realized
that of late, I have this thing for waistcoats and found myself
wearing it almost for every occasion. Somehow it seemed to work for
me so I got myself half a dozen of 'em. Sure, I have people giving me the
'what's-wrong-with-you' look, but after a while, you know, when people give me
that look, I get this ego boosting kick. <o:p></o:p></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 16px;">J</span></li>
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with colored sides, the colors being ones that go with the most common ones in
your wardrobe. Once you get used to the compliments that come your way (trust
me, they will), you could start trying scarfs that coordinate with both the
glasses and with your wardrobe. In time, you'll start having fun and
could get into experimenting with more accessories. </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Kyunki sab kuch hai, lekin phir bhi kuch toh missing hai....</b></i></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><u>The other stuff -</u></b> This is the part where I asked my friends their
tips in this matter. An old friend of mine always used to say this very
cool saying - "People seldom notice your old clothes if you wear a big
smile; so I fake the damn smile". Pretty soon, the big smile became
a permanent fixture to his overall attire and today, I count him as
one of the sharpest dressed men I know. A few others believe in "Eat
well, sleep well and slowly you'll start to look well too."
Working out also had a lot of takers. Another extremely fashion
conscious guy I know has this weird ritual of going to South Delhi once every
six months - he believes that fashion in India first comes to South Delhi and
only then does it permeate the rest of the country. He's of the opinion
that the latest fashion hits Bangalore only about a year after South
Delhi. Another gave gave me the 'matching matching' gyaan - you know, shoe color should match that of the belt, socks should match the pants and that the shirt and pants should contrast.... Then there's the guy who's like the Imelda Marcos of men - the guy believes that the most important accessory for men is shoes and has over 30 pairs of shoes (for a guy, that's huge!).</span></li>
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astute step towards a life long commitment to sartorial excellence. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shopper’s Stop – I’ve been pretty
much a Shopper’s Stop shopper man for a pretty long time now and besides the
usual advantages of good collection, parking space, well located, yada, yada…, I
love their two very yummy clearance sales, in Jan and July. Another thing which I've seem there is that the salesmen at SS don’t really come into your space and they seem to appear </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">only</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">when you want them to. I’d
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thing’s that you get extra discounts on your purchase (I once bought a 10K Fossil watch for 7.5k. The card gave me another 1K discount - best purchase eva!) and the other is
you get access to their clearance sales two -three days in advance. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So that's my ensemble for the festive season - a mix of the basics, loaded with accessories and topped off with tips that I picked up from along the way - of course, once your love story with clothes starts, the festivities would be a life long season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So go ahead. Start something new. W</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ith your self.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And be the guy with the gift of the garb.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like Sundar Singh....</span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Kyunki ab sheesha bhi Sundar Singh ko dekhke muskaraatha hai!.</b></i><br />
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laid. Under the flicker of the lone
flame that escaped the carelessly hung lamp at the corner of her room, the man
looked at the naked curves of her sleeping body that moved rhythmically with
her breath. The place was mostly dark
otherwise and he saw her ample curves glistening under the golden hue of the
wavering flame. There was some sort of
beauty in watching her sleep.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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time left before dawn breaks and with it, the world around him would wake
up. He somewhat enjoyed the loneliness
the sleeping world gave him but he knew he needed to get to her before the
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hand on her sleeping warm body. He
caressed his hand slowly along the length of her sinuous body and touched her
in a way only he knew. She slowly opened
her dark, beautiful eyes and instantly recognized his impatience. She was used to his ways and knew exactly
what he wanted. She moved and
positioned herself so that he could slowly let his hands run gradually under
her. She welcomed him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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before the world wakes up and thus hurried into play. She felt his hand touching her in a familiar
way and she felt his hand hold her voluptuousness and then press her, first
slowly, then gently and then hard. She
closed her eyes, cringing with a sense of both pain and pleasure. And he pressed her again. Harder.
And harder. And harder. Again.
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wavering in the feeble wind, the two early bodies went about with their act
oblivious to the world around them, whom they safely assumed was still in
slumber under the dark of the night. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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flickering flame of her lamp. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She was happy too. And she knew that he would be back for the
same the next dawn too; it had become routine and she was now used to him, his
way and his act.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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R-A-Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00054344096373478777noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5057761685593535636.post-41792017856437305012012-10-06T16:17:00.000+05:302012-10-06T16:17:13.058+05:30I heart Art (ya rite!)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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over the “Mona Lisa”, I fail to see what all the excitement is about – I mean,
is it only me who see a badly colored picture (instagram anyone?) of some
middle aged woman, who had bad hair, a half-drunk smile and clearly no sex
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with time – when I was a kid, a painting of a woman actually looked like one
(recall Raja Ravi Verma paintings); then came ‘modern art’- with shockingly
explicit and gleeful nudity that clearly dispelled all doubts about the gender
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arranged in some vague fashion that the celebrity painter successfully
convinced everyone in the gallery that it really was a woman. Except me of
course - I still think it was just shapes from a gigantic high school
instrument box arranged in well, a very random way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So all my life, I was pretty
convinced that an art aficionado, I was not destined to become; in fact, when I
was to choose graduation after high school, I opted out of the one that had
‘Art’ in the nomenclature and went ahead for other option - ‘engineering’
(great idea that turned to be.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So I joined a writer’s workshop called
the Bangalore Writers Workshop recently. And when they started the course with
an exercise called “Art inspires art”, my first reaction was total panic. The idea of the exercise was to intensely
look at the many paintings in their art gallery, so that we may get so
“inspired” that we could repaint the pictures into our books with our
words. Maybe my undying sense of
optimism failed me that day (as has been the case all my life, in matters of
the Art), but I was immediately gripped by an acute sense of dreadful fear when
this exercise was announced. My mind
started asking myself scary questions like “”what if these paintings were the
“modern kind” or even worse, what if they were, oh my God, “abstract”?”,
“What if I could find nothing in them?”, “What if other people would discover my
ignorance?”, “ What if…..? ”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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small gallery trying to find the painters’ profound purports in each of the
portraits. I found none. I looked around at the other participants and
they seem to have been pretty much “inspired” by the paintings. Pramodini fell in love with a painting that
was supposedly of a flower, which someone else claimed was jasmine – I looked
at the “flower” and all I could see was stale upma. Rhea gazed intensely into the paintings
trying to find deeper meaning within the shades – I tried doing the same and
surprisingly, I did manage to discover some sort of life on the painting – I
moved closer to the painting but the fly flew away. Arun peered pensively into the paintings,
scribbled down something into his notebook and marched confidently to the next
- my immediate thought was “Steal his notebook and run!” But I did nothing of the same – he looked
fitter than me and could easily outrun me.
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found something new by simply looking at the paintings. Everyone except
me. I was almost “art-broken” when
Kishore unwittingly came to my rescue.
Kishore pointed to one of the paintings and said it was not exactly a
painting but actually a collage. I
looked at the Ganesha painting and saw that he was right. And then it struck me! The cupid of Inspiration (if there is such a
person) had finally shot me with his inspiration- waala arrow. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was inspired – I could see more than upma,
I could see more than flies, I could see more than before. And with my new found “inspiration”, I looked
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But yet, I did manage to find another
painting that was also, similarly different – this painting had real buttons
pasted on the canvas such that they represented the keys of a typewriter. The
paper coming out of the typewriter’s paper roll had sketches of multiple number
of people. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And then it struck me – in the midst
of all those paintings that made no sense to me, the ones that stuck to my mind
were the ones that stood out. And I realized that it is the case in real life
too – usually, it’s the people - God’s greatest portraits, (ah thank you! </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "HP Simplified"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "HP Simplified"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: "HP Simplified","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">) - who
are different that stand out in life.
And that Saturday night, my dinner friend, who is a recruiter by
profession, agreed with me that evening that it’s usually the ones who stand
out in the interview, that eventually get selected. And if you look closely at life, the men who’ve
made it (and women of course) seem to have an extra “something” that sets them apart from
the crowd, and it’s usually that “something” that propels them further
forward. And my recruiter friend goes on
by adding that everyone has a unique “something” about themselves; we just need
to take the time and effort to find what it is, hone and nurture it and slowly
let that “something” drive our lives forward to wine, wealth and wisdom (and
the odd woman or two…. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "HP Simplified"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "HP Simplified"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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inspires life. But thinking out loud,
wasn’t art inspired by life in the first place?
So it should be that life inspires art, isn’t it?? Or isn’t it that………….?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Considering that booze records are
made only to be broken the following year in my home state Kerala (yay! go
mallus, go!), it’s no surprise that I’m the type of guy who likes my
drink. And being a mallu, it’d be a
shame if I don’t contribute to the mallu preoccupation with staunch alcoholism.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can’t say I remember my first drink
– I was probably too sloshed to register - but I do remember my engineering
college days when the only ‘character’ who was willing to have a weekly affair
with me was a concoction that other similar luckless students formulated in a
bucket – a mixture of all the cheap liquor that could be bought with the paltry
monthly budget that our stingy NRI parents allowed us. But the many bucket parties with this poison
led to some of the best memories and life altering experiences of my life -
under the influence, many friends have conclusively disproved Einstein’s
theories, some conducted illicit
relationships with unfortunate stray dogs that wandered into our party zone and
it wasn’t too uncommon to see drunk engineering students find innovative(and
painful) uses with beer bottles. This holy water empowered us, liberated us and
yup, it gave us wings.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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parts of his life to particular brands – in my engineering college days, I
attained nirvana with ‘Old Monk’, during my MBA, the healing powers of
KingFisher helped us survive the learnt(mostly unlearnt) management
fundas; in my first job, Bacardi accompanied my lonely nights without
a girlfriend; in every job since, SmirnOff+red bull accompanied my lonely
nights with girlfriend. And this went on
along with the choicest finger foods like peppered peanuts, pickle n poppadoms, and my current favorite,
grilled chicken with mayo.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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session last week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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be a ‘social influencer’(high five to this blog and its awesome followers!) by
the gregarious <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KeepClapping" target="_blank">GingerClap</a> team and they took the trouble of ferrying me to and
back to the Black Dog Scotch tasting session at <a href="http://habanero.in/" target="_blank">Habenero</a>, a lovely tex-mex
place at ITPB, Whitefield. Habenero is
one of those ubercool fine-dining joints that screams ‘sophistication’ and is a
perfect place to impress a date. And our date was set on a Saturday evening and
boy, were we impressed! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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meet fellow bloggers of your city – it’s the same feeling that long lost
siblings of yesteryear hindi movies who got separated in well meaning
melas, experience when they finally
reunite, some bees saal baad kinds. So I
met fellow bloggers <a href="http://craniumbolts.blogspot.in/2012/09/scotch-appreciation.html" target="_blank">Shiju</a>, Indrasish, Ron and Rajani, <a href="http://www.stylishbynature.com/" target="_blank">Shalini </a>and Rahul, <a href="http://www.ankionthemove.com/" target="_blank">Anki</a>, <a href="http://onvab.com/blog/" target="_blank">Vaibav</a>, <a href="http://angelasbangalore.com/" target="_blank">Angela</a>, Purva and Abhishek and minus the hindi
phillum ‘song and dance’ routine , it was pretty cool to bump into other
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what the basics of whiskey are. All my
life, I just referred to any golden liquid in a glass by its very scientific
name - ‘daaru’. So it was pretty
difficult for me to converse with the man of the hour, Mohit Nischol from
<a href="http://www.tulleeho.com/" target="_blank">tulleho!</a>, who elaborated on the scotch tasting experience and generously used
words like ‘Malt’, ‘blend’,
‘distillation’… Of course, I did improvise by substituting conversation
with appreciative moans and appropriate sounds after every sip – sure, people
must have thought I was having multiple orgasms but what the hell, the food was really good.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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barley, rye etc), grind & crush ‘em so that the husk gets stripped away
(called milling), plunk it into hot water to form a thick and pulpy starchy
mixture called wort (process called mashing), cool it all up, add in yeast, so that the yeastie beasties
convert the wort into alcohol (fermentation) and finally it is then steamed
with the vapours caught and cooled again (distillation) to get pure colorless
whiskey, which is then barreled to mature for years. The whiskey takes the color
and flavor of the wooden barrels(casks) it is put into (and of the surrounding
air) to get that gorgeous golden color.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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I knew – its whiskey made in Scotland. </span></span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "HP Simplified"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: "HP Simplified"; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> But scotch takes at least 3 years to make - anything less and it aint scotch,
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>There actually is a way to drink
it:</b> I always used to quickly gulp
alcohol and to soothe the following warm after-taste, I’d have a quick lick of
lime, pickle or a spicy something. But
if you take a sip of scotch, roll it in your mouth for a minute so that it
touches every part of your mouth, you’d find out that scotch actually has a
taste and smell to it. If you put in a
spoon of water into it (yes, only a spoon), you can sense the taste actually
opening up – pretty cool considering that I never took a minute off to savor
scotch during the times I’ve had it all my life. And remember, whisky has to be
always drunk at room temperature to
allow all the aroma's to reveal themselves. Chilling or adding ice effectively kills a single malt whisky. Who knew?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>So what’s with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/blackdogeasyevenings" target="_blank">Black Dog</a>:</b> Well for one thing, I love their tag line –
“Let the World Wait” – which was also my ex-girlfriend’s credo whenever we went
shopping. But jokes apart, it’s got
attitude. For me, Black Dog is something
I won’t forget in a hurry for it gave me this experience that’s changed my
perception to whisky- I mean, seriously, I’ve never actually smelt and tasted alcohol (Ya, I do that with wine to pretend I know
what the hell I’m doing when I actually don’t!) - for me, it’s always been
gulp, lick and ‘one again, barman’. But now, I have a feeling I might just
remember to swirl, smell and savor it the next time. And of their ware – I find myself inclined to
the Black Dog Centenary</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #666666; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">rare
premium blended Scotch – it really went down well with cheese, sausages and
dark chocolate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Single Malt” – Whiskey made from 100%
malted barley that comes from one distillery; even more exclusive is the single
cask single malt - whiskey that comes from the same wooden cask of the same distillery. </span></span></li>
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part of the maturing spirit that vanishes between casking and bottling is
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Thanks to </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;">Ashu,</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Akshay, Sumath and
others from the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KeepClapping" target="_blank">GingerClap</a> team; Arjun
Batra and Paul George, the brand managers of Black Dog, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kalveerbb" target="_blank">Kalveer </a>the
photographer who took some awesome pics that I shamelessly bombarded on my fb
and the new blogdosts I met for an evening par excellence. Of late when I’m happy, I do the ubercool <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0" target="_blank">Gangnam dance</a> to myself – this was definitely
one of ‘em.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A great man once said – we all have
to believe in something; be it God, Love, the greater good, Liberty, Hope …
whatever it is, we all have to believe in something.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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When a foreign publication called our head an “underachiever” for seemingly legitimate reasons, we take it personally and in the name of jingoism, an Indian publisher in an outstanding display of opportunism, tit for tatted by labeling their premier with the same word – never mind that their stated reasons are not as sound.</div>
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<i>[In its second term in power, the government under Manmohan Singh inherited an India that was stronger, brighter and simply raring to go. Then considered as one of the best performing countries in the world, today India is corrupt, paralyzed and directionless. Time magazine called our Prime Minister an underperformer due to his inaction. Outlook India responded by calling Obama an underperformer for reasons that will probably sell more copies of that issue, never mind that the inaction still continues.]</i></div>
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Last year this time, a 74 year old man brought a 64 year old democracy to a standstill. One man channeled the frustration of a billion souls and sought to fight the faceless force that lurked in all our lives. We all rallied behind him like moths that thought they found the dawn of a new hope. This year, the lurking forces sniggered as this man stumbled, along with the hopes of a billion people.</div>
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<i>[Anna Hazare heralded into our lives holding hope that we, the people, could finally do something about the burgeoning corruption that unfolds before us. After a spectacular show of force last year, this year the tables turned on us. Anna was forced to call off his fast leaving behind trust that was broken and taste that was bitter. Anna’s antics triggered copycat fasts by swamis whose intentions are not entirely noble. Politics won. We lost. Again.]</i></div>
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Every time a Mary Kom or a Bindra takes national pride to the international podium, our sports babus momentarily salute them, talk about how heroic their rise was, award them with token cash prizes and then promptly forget all about them till the next contest takes place. A record six Olympic medals in our cricket crazy country? It will be forgotten.</div>
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<i>[</i><i> </i><i>After their winning match against England, the World Kabbadi Cup winners were seen standing on the streets, with prize in their hand, waiting for public transport. Moreover, the game officials didn't even pay theire hotel bills on time leading to the embarrassment of the players and while checking out, these women were stopped by the hotel staff for nonpayment of their food bills. This, when people like Suresh Kalmadi still maintains himself innocent and attends international sporting events on public money.]</i></div>
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The laws of the land treats different Indians differently. If you’ve lost a mobile, it’s the harassment at
the police station that’s more painful. If you try to register a complaint, they’ll bull
doze you into saying that it was not stolen but “misplaced” due to your
negligence; they’ll never give you an FIR, which could compensate you, but instead register it a non cognizable offence. If you’re a woman, then my sympathies, If you don’t know
the local language, God save you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>[After being acknowledged as the perpetuator of India’s
biggest scam till date, A Raja is still a sitting Rajya Sabha MP. The power minister, under whose watch India
saw the world’s worst electricity blackout that rendered 600 million into
darkness for two continuous days, got promoted to take care of our nation’s
security as the new home minister; and this too at a time when the threat to the Indian
homeland is at its highest. In Kolkata, when aam junta
asks concerned questions to the ruling party, they get arrested for it. </i><i>As I write this, hundreds of North Easterners - students, women, children, men, families- are leaving Bangalore in hordes fearing for their lives, due to SMSes and chain mails threatening them of attacks, sadly unconvinced of the state government's will or intent to protect them; that too, on the day we celebrate our freedom, safety and independence. </i><i>Whither justice?]</i> </div>
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When a teenage girl gets brutally groped and molested publicly by a mob of sex craved men or when fanatics attack a peaceful private Mangalorean birthday party celebration , they come up with and hide behind that age old excuse that painfully still works in India - that she was “dressed provocatively” or is not following “Indian culture”.</div>
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<i>[In the name of “Indian tradition”, extremist vigilante groups attack, abuse and molest women who wear western attire, dare to go to parties or live on their own terms. The tacit approval by political groups and the insensitive handling by the relevant bodies empower these criminals and propagates this terror culture. After 65 years as the biggest democracy of the world, a woman’s modesty and freedom is </i><i>today </i><i>decided by the self-serving definition of "</i><i>Indian culture</i><i>" by </i><i>politically backed, sex starved, fundamentalist thugs</i><i>. Does anyone really care for our women and their rights?]</i></div>
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Justice. Equality. Liberty. Fraternity. Independence. Freedom.<br />
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