Birth is a phenomenon when a child is born into the world. Jenny was born twice. Once when she came into this world. When her tiny little hand reached out to touch the soul that had nurtured her for so many months, she found nothing but a sense of loneliness and despair. A couple of days back, she was born again, when a couple brought her into their world. And I am proud to be their friend.
Yes, I am ecstatic! I am happy! I feel elated! I feel that love is all around and I feel so proud, proud of being a friend of a couple who adopted a two year old girl into their life, even though they could have given birth to a new one. Why am I ecstatic? Because in a country with more than 1 billion people, with around 28.5 million orphans between the age of 0 - 12; In a country where a girl child is aborted if her identity is found before birth, this act by a friend has made me proud.
Adopting a child is by no means an easy task. It needs more than courage to adopt a child. I cannot comment on fatherhood or parenting as I have no experience in being one. Would have loved to write so much about it, but just cant get those words to pen down... the grammar seems completely out of place, the nouns, adjectives... everything! but one thing that is completely in place is my feelings for this family. Love you guys. You guys simply are the best in the world!!!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Are you a sports fanatic? What do you want?
What do you get when you mix cricket with bollywood. Your answer might be IPL, but i beg to differ. It is the latest 'tamasha' in town. I love cricket and i love bollywood, i love T20's. I love the adrenaile rush... but a tamasha? The BCCI is probably, now, the richest organisation in India. It is a monopoly. And monopoly is a dangerous proposition.
A free country is a place where free will and free competition exists. A while ago ICL was launched, which was not supported by the BCCI. They now are seen as the poorer cousins of the IPL. Necessarily so. BCCI has the muscle power to wring anyones arm that comes in the way. I am not against sportsmen making money. I think it is time that they get their due credit. But cant we tone it down a little bit? When do you think something is too much? Why should a Dhanraj Pillai not make a few crores than Ishant Sharma. Dhanraj has by far made Indian hockey proud for a long time.
If they say people are not interested in sports, other than cricket, i would differ. The media has the power that could make any game popular. The rise and fall of a star, be it cricket or bollywood is at the hands of the media. The media now controls the mindset of the people. We need to break free from these shackles that narrow our vision. We need to understand, media is not about getting news to the people... media is about selling news to the people. and for that they will sell... anything
I wish that the BCCI is taken under the arm of a superior authority which promotes sportsmen and sportswomen in the country as a whole and does not just restrict itself into cricket. A body that identifies young talent and nurtures them to become the best. A body that distributes wealth equally between different sports organisations to make ourselves a country that brings us beyond one bronze or one silver in the olympics. I would like to see my country there, high up in the charts on the olympics medal tally.
I am not a sports fanatic, but if someone is crazier than me about sports, i am sure, they too want the same thing i want. But the officials sitting in the BCCI and other sports organisations... What do they want?
A free country is a place where free will and free competition exists. A while ago ICL was launched, which was not supported by the BCCI. They now are seen as the poorer cousins of the IPL. Necessarily so. BCCI has the muscle power to wring anyones arm that comes in the way. I am not against sportsmen making money. I think it is time that they get their due credit. But cant we tone it down a little bit? When do you think something is too much? Why should a Dhanraj Pillai not make a few crores than Ishant Sharma. Dhanraj has by far made Indian hockey proud for a long time.
If they say people are not interested in sports, other than cricket, i would differ. The media has the power that could make any game popular. The rise and fall of a star, be it cricket or bollywood is at the hands of the media. The media now controls the mindset of the people. We need to break free from these shackles that narrow our vision. We need to understand, media is not about getting news to the people... media is about selling news to the people. and for that they will sell... anything
I wish that the BCCI is taken under the arm of a superior authority which promotes sportsmen and sportswomen in the country as a whole and does not just restrict itself into cricket. A body that identifies young talent and nurtures them to become the best. A body that distributes wealth equally between different sports organisations to make ourselves a country that brings us beyond one bronze or one silver in the olympics. I would like to see my country there, high up in the charts on the olympics medal tally.
I am not a sports fanatic, but if someone is crazier than me about sports, i am sure, they too want the same thing i want. But the officials sitting in the BCCI and other sports organisations... What do they want?
Saturday, March 22, 2008
The Bucket List
There are films that entertain you, there are films that absorbs you, there are films that inspires you. The Bucket List a film that teaches you, from experience of life.
When you are 60, you have seen most of the spectrum that encompasses life. And when two old men, in their sixties, are lying on their death bed and make a wish list they want to do before they die, the journey they take would be the most special journey of their lives. Jack Nicholson/ Edward Cole, is a billionaire admitted into his own hospital for cancer. According to his own policies in his hospital, he has to share the room with Morgan Freeman/ Carter. Carter is a family man, wedded to a wife throughout his life with children and grandchildren. Cole, has married four times, has a child but are not in talking terms with her. The journey redifens the meaning of richness. One of the most beautiful moments that unravel in the film is when Cole kisses the most beautiful girl in the world.
The film is a must watch. The theatres are empty, and it may fly out of it too soon... The story touches you from the heart and tries to tell you some little things about growing old, before you reach there, and to learn the meaning of being rich, being alive and living a momentous life.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Monday, March 17, 2008
Black & White and all the grey in between!
Anurag Sinha - White (Spotless)
Anil Kapoor - 10% Grey
Shefali Shah - 15% Grey
Old man - 95% White
Everybody else - Jet black 500%
Story & Concept - White
Direction - Dialogues - Black
Screenplay - Was there any?
Editing - eyesore
Reviews - Highly misleading
Anil Kapoor - 10% Grey
Shefali Shah - 15% Grey
Old man - 95% White
Everybody else - Jet black 500%
Story & Concept - White
Direction - Dialogues - Black
Screenplay - Was there any?
Editing - eyesore
Reviews - Highly misleading
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
What happens when life turns a full circle? When you think that everything is lost, your hard work, your dedication is taken for granted? When some one makes the best out of you and gives you a raw deal? Every time i tried to help somebody, i have been ridiculed in the end. People forget of what was before than what is today. They leave you high and dry, throwing you like a used tissue. But then, what happens?
I kept thinking of it for a long time. I had sleepless nights and drowsy days. when i thought life was never going anywhere. Whenever i took a step towards something, some thing else would pull me back. I could not move further or away from it. But then one day, out of the blue, something happens and when you look back at life, you realize, every single thing that had happened in the past was meant to happen. You are not left high and dry. Someone, in fact, was watching. I hope he is. If things go well in the next few days, i would know for sure, that we have angels around us. Even if it does not, there is someone taking care of us.. all we have to do is believe that some day every thing will come back...
I kept thinking of it for a long time. I had sleepless nights and drowsy days. when i thought life was never going anywhere. Whenever i took a step towards something, some thing else would pull me back. I could not move further or away from it. But then one day, out of the blue, something happens and when you look back at life, you realize, every single thing that had happened in the past was meant to happen. You are not left high and dry. Someone, in fact, was watching. I hope he is. If things go well in the next few days, i would know for sure, that we have angels around us. Even if it does not, there is someone taking care of us.. all we have to do is believe that some day every thing will come back...
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
I have learnt…
...that life is little, but we make it seem like a lot because of our ignorance.
...that it is not about being secure, but not feeling insecure, that is important.
...that we cannot seek happiness, but only choose to be happy.
...that love is an illusion that lasts forever.
...that sorrow is the result of our own inaction.
...that we mistake to find happiness in relationships, while it is spread all around us in different forms.
...that we die, but our thought doesn’t.
...that we own only that much land where we stand on.
...That we need to love life, and happiness will follow
...that it is not about being secure, but not feeling insecure, that is important.
...that we cannot seek happiness, but only choose to be happy.
...that love is an illusion that lasts forever.
...that sorrow is the result of our own inaction.
...that we mistake to find happiness in relationships, while it is spread all around us in different forms.
...that we die, but our thought doesn’t.
...that we own only that much land where we stand on.
...That we need to love life, and happiness will follow
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