Here I am after hitting another one of those writers’ blocks where you just cannot step ahead of that first paragraph. So I have decided to do away with all the formalities of themes and just chat.
It is New Year time; that time of the year when most of us are enjoying vacations and trying our best to be “happy”. My sarcasm here is probably unjustified. The reason- The pursuit of happiness may last a whole lifetime but that is no reason to drop your shoulders and thereby demoralize others around you. In short, be happy, man! Somebody tell me that.
New Year time is also that time of the year when an Aamir Khan movie hits the screens across the country. This time on it was 3 Idiots. With its remarkable reviews and humongous collections in only 4 days of its release, I just had to head for the multiplex as soon as possible. Kindly mind the use of multiplex here instead of what maybe would/should have been cinema hall.
I was not very impressed by the trailers of the movie. Somehow dancing around wildly and making faces just did not suit Aamir. My take was that if he pulled this one off like his last 6-7 super-duper hits, then he is one heck of a genius. Well, he did and seriously, hats off! Though, there were a few minor flaws. First of all there was an unnecessary attempt to insert deliberate emotions. The film has been interspersed with bursts of over acting and obvious artificial laughter and tears. It also seems as though Aamir Khan was still in the hangover from Taare Zameen Par and the Rajkumar Hirani in his creation, the Munnabhai series. Talking of Hangovers, god only knows how The Hangover got such an incredible response from viewers in India with its stereotyped storyline. Maybe the same explanation shall hold for Wanted being a hit and Delhi6, a flop.
The crux of 3 Idiots however, is the thing to be taken home. As we shout ourselves hoarse complaining about our defective or rather our useless education system, the movie has thrown a solution right at our faces. Teachers! Kindly teach better, generate interest and students! If you’re still not interested then please find your suited path. I myself am in the same pursuit at the moment and hence am more than willing to testify the bottom-line of the movie. You will not do it well unless you enjoy it.
You must be wondering why I have hit the good old concept of adapting and trying to enjoy the job at hand, for a six. I believe these notions are better limited to books or perhaps I simply lack that ability. But with the limited knowledge that I have of the subject in my blood, physics, I have learnt that whenever the frequency matches the natural frequency, it resonates. Resonance can be further clarified with the examples of Sachin Tendulkar, Shreya Ghoshal and a horde of satisfied people including my idol, Harsha Bhogle.
An argument which is quite often presented in favor of the education system is the fact that Indians are doing so well in America. I can only laugh at that. We are simply mocking ourselves by saying that. Those NRIs who have done well actually fled the country for good, thereby escaping the agonies of the system and have thereafter, thrived. But we leave no stones unturned in taking the credit. Remember what SRK had said in Swades? “जब भी हम दौड़ में पिछड़ने लगते हैं, हम अपने संस्कृति की दुहाई देते हैं”.
Anyway let’s change this controversial topic and get back to Harsha Bhogle. No prizes for guessing my dream job now. But there were a few fingers pointed at him for his re-grown hair. Did he have to do it? I say why not? Actually the fairness cream issue will be better suited for this discussion. They say that the fairness cream ads promote racism on the basis of color. Come on! Let’s face it. Not many will like it but, the fairer skin is arguably the more attractive one. Just like everyone wants to be rich, many want to be attractive too. At least in the fairer sex, they want to. That is nature’s law. Well, human beings through engineering have learnt how to defy nature and acquire what has not been given. One of those engineering products is called fairness cream and in order to sell, it needs to be advertised. And if these ads do promote racism then I apologise but racism is in our tradition. Otherwise we would not have been praying for fair babies and would not be obsessed for ‘Gori Bahus’. In similar lines men too can turn fair and also get back their hair. I wonder why I am so feeling so insecure about the hair issue?
Responding to all the criticism regarding length, I should end this now. But how can I leave out cricket? Whoops! Does that mean this is just halftime? Let us see. I will pick up the most burning topic in cricket off late- ‘The future of test cricket’. In the most polite manner I would like to say that test cricket, I am sorry, has no future. That is, if we continue to have test matches like the one recently concluded between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. I do not think there are many of my prototypes in this world and hence would like to clarify. Scores of 400, 500 and 700 in respective innings without a result will certainly not help the cause. Aren’t low scoring test matches more interesting? India vs New Zealand 2002, the scores were 99, 94, 200 odd and 150. It was over in 3 days and was full of excitement. Despite all this, it is quite a shame that the ICC keeps poking it’s nose whenever there is a unique pitch. A dug up pitch at Mumbai attracted far more eyeballs than a dead rubber, flat as pancake pitch at Chennai, in spite of Sehwag’s Triple ton. Leave the flat wickets for the ODIs and T20s, in which there is no shortage of demand for the same.
Finally I would like to wish all my readers a very Happy New Year. Mind you, it’s a very small “ALL”. Though I do not believe in resolutions, I will still take one, inspired purely by 3 Idiots. Let us all do more of what we really enjoy and want from the core of our hearts.
“I will watch more cricket and travel more often in trains.”
A little more of patience required folks! Just an afterthought! Did I just say trains? New Year time, by the way, is also that time of the year when the Indian concept of punctuality is redefined at blown up proportions. It was just the first day of fog today and four trains have collided with each other in two separate incidents. Most trains in Northern India have been delayed by durations sufficient for a couple of return trips. The little mysteries and surprises in store with the Indian railways makes me its fan, but this mysterious problem certainly does not. The country which has the earliest evidence of existence of universities and education and also produces the top notch scientists in the U.S., is currently failing to come up with a solution to this annual problem.
I know the answer to this statement of mine. “Why don’t you come up with a solution?”
Ladies and Gentlemen! I am pleased to announce that it is now formally over. I congratulate myself to have restricted myself to exactly two pages. Now let us blissfully go… INTO 00:00:00 1/1/2010.
New Year time is also that time of the year when an Aamir Khan movie hits the screens across the country. This time on it was 3 Idiots. With its remarkable reviews and humongous collections in only 4 days of its release, I just had to head for the multiplex as soon as possible. Kindly mind the use of multiplex here instead of what maybe would/should have been cinema hall.
I was not very impressed by the trailers of the movie. Somehow dancing around wildly and making faces just did not suit Aamir. My take was that if he pulled this one off like his last 6-7 super-duper hits, then he is one heck of a genius. Well, he did and seriously, hats off! Though, there were a few minor flaws. First of all there was an unnecessary attempt to insert deliberate emotions. The film has been interspersed with bursts of over acting and obvious artificial laughter and tears. It also seems as though Aamir Khan was still in the hangover from Taare Zameen Par and the Rajkumar Hirani in his creation, the Munnabhai series. Talking of Hangovers, god only knows how The Hangover got such an incredible response from viewers in India with its stereotyped storyline. Maybe the same explanation shall hold for Wanted being a hit and Delhi6, a flop.
The crux of 3 Idiots however, is the thing to be taken home. As we shout ourselves hoarse complaining about our defective or rather our useless education system, the movie has thrown a solution right at our faces. Teachers! Kindly teach better, generate interest and students! If you’re still not interested then please find your suited path. I myself am in the same pursuit at the moment and hence am more than willing to testify the bottom-line of the movie. You will not do it well unless you enjoy it.
You must be wondering why I have hit the good old concept of adapting and trying to enjoy the job at hand, for a six. I believe these notions are better limited to books or perhaps I simply lack that ability. But with the limited knowledge that I have of the subject in my blood, physics, I have learnt that whenever the frequency matches the natural frequency, it resonates. Resonance can be further clarified with the examples of Sachin Tendulkar, Shreya Ghoshal and a horde of satisfied people including my idol, Harsha Bhogle.
An argument which is quite often presented in favor of the education system is the fact that Indians are doing so well in America. I can only laugh at that. We are simply mocking ourselves by saying that. Those NRIs who have done well actually fled the country for good, thereby escaping the agonies of the system and have thereafter, thrived. But we leave no stones unturned in taking the credit. Remember what SRK had said in Swades? “जब भी हम दौड़ में पिछड़ने लगते हैं, हम अपने संस्कृति की दुहाई देते हैं”.
Anyway let’s change this controversial topic and get back to Harsha Bhogle. No prizes for guessing my dream job now. But there were a few fingers pointed at him for his re-grown hair. Did he have to do it? I say why not? Actually the fairness cream issue will be better suited for this discussion. They say that the fairness cream ads promote racism on the basis of color. Come on! Let’s face it. Not many will like it but, the fairer skin is arguably the more attractive one. Just like everyone wants to be rich, many want to be attractive too. At least in the fairer sex, they want to. That is nature’s law. Well, human beings through engineering have learnt how to defy nature and acquire what has not been given. One of those engineering products is called fairness cream and in order to sell, it needs to be advertised. And if these ads do promote racism then I apologise but racism is in our tradition. Otherwise we would not have been praying for fair babies and would not be obsessed for ‘Gori Bahus’. In similar lines men too can turn fair and also get back their hair. I wonder why I am so feeling so insecure about the hair issue?
Responding to all the criticism regarding length, I should end this now. But how can I leave out cricket? Whoops! Does that mean this is just halftime? Let us see. I will pick up the most burning topic in cricket off late- ‘The future of test cricket’. In the most polite manner I would like to say that test cricket, I am sorry, has no future. That is, if we continue to have test matches like the one recently concluded between India and Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad. I do not think there are many of my prototypes in this world and hence would like to clarify. Scores of 400, 500 and 700 in respective innings without a result will certainly not help the cause. Aren’t low scoring test matches more interesting? India vs New Zealand 2002, the scores were 99, 94, 200 odd and 150. It was over in 3 days and was full of excitement. Despite all this, it is quite a shame that the ICC keeps poking it’s nose whenever there is a unique pitch. A dug up pitch at Mumbai attracted far more eyeballs than a dead rubber, flat as pancake pitch at Chennai, in spite of Sehwag’s Triple ton. Leave the flat wickets for the ODIs and T20s, in which there is no shortage of demand for the same.
Finally I would like to wish all my readers a very Happy New Year. Mind you, it’s a very small “ALL”. Though I do not believe in resolutions, I will still take one, inspired purely by 3 Idiots. Let us all do more of what we really enjoy and want from the core of our hearts.
“I will watch more cricket and travel more often in trains.”
A little more of patience required folks! Just an afterthought! Did I just say trains? New Year time, by the way, is also that time of the year when the Indian concept of punctuality is redefined at blown up proportions. It was just the first day of fog today and four trains have collided with each other in two separate incidents. Most trains in Northern India have been delayed by durations sufficient for a couple of return trips. The little mysteries and surprises in store with the Indian railways makes me its fan, but this mysterious problem certainly does not. The country which has the earliest evidence of existence of universities and education and also produces the top notch scientists in the U.S., is currently failing to come up with a solution to this annual problem.
I know the answer to this statement of mine. “Why don’t you come up with a solution?”
Ladies and Gentlemen! I am pleased to announce that it is now formally over. I congratulate myself to have restricted myself to exactly two pages. Now let us blissfully go… INTO 00:00:00 1/1/2010.
