Happy New Year 2007!

Hey!

May you have a spectacular and fulfilling 2007!!

Have fun, Be safe ;)
Bhaskar

Splendid! Goa

"Splendid!" Goa - The beacher's paradise

For more, check this!

Palolem beach


Here, getting ready to see the dolphins


The cottages


Butterfly beach on the other side of the island


Colva beach


Vagator beach


Anjuna beach


Calagute beach - the Queen of goa


The 500 year old body of St. Xaviers


The bridge across Panjim


Bhaskar

Lovely! Karwar

"Lovely!" one word that describes Karwar.

For more, check this!

Karwar is a small town with nothing much to offer except the Rabindranath Tagore beach.


And the children's park and museum.


The Museum is actually a warship that took part in the IndoPak wars of the 60s.


But, some 15 kms away, the Devbagh beach and Jungle lodges is an awesome setting for that perfect peaceful holiday.







Bhaskar

Off I go!

Off I go.. As planned a li'l while ago, I am going to go.... on my vacation!! you still didnt get the hint?! Arre... go jump! Its Goa re!!!

Ha ha! yes, barring the sky falling on our heads, I am going to be strolling the midas-kissed beaches and drooling over the (sun)bathing mermaids by the Arabian sea... Off Karwar and Goa..

Bookings open... for the pics ;-)

Auf Wiedersehen!!
Bhaskar

Sights and Scenes - Vol. 1

For a while, I have been wanting to create my photo blog. Well.. here it comes!

From my li'l Olympus Stylus 740, with love!!

I have uploaded some of the pics that I took during my recent visit to the US.. Brace for more ;-)

Let me know what you think...
Bhaskar

Donnie Darko!

I am midway into this movie... I started watching 'cos I liked the cast.. But the movie - it seems quite weird / intriguing (I'll say which when I finish seeing it)!!
But I liked this opening song...
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Under blue moon, I saw you #
So soon, you'll take me #
Up in your arms, too late to beg you #
Or cancel it, though I know it must be #

The killing time #
Unwillingly mine #
Fate #
Up against your will #
Through the thick and thin #

He will wait until #
You give yourself to him #
In starlit nights I saw you #
So cruelly you kissed me #
Your lips a magic world #
Your sky all hung with jewels #

The killing moon #
Will come too soon #
Fate #
Up against your will #
Through the thick and thin... #

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Well.. Its an intriguing movie alright! The director has tried to weave together a science fictional topic like time warps with the weird stuff like schizoprenia into an intriguing plot.. Though it has come well in most of the places, on the whole it does seem that only the cast carries it all the way to the climax.

"Donnie Darko" is an extraordinary look at one teenager as he attempts to come to grips with the theory of time travel, the search for answers to the existence of God, and the secret knowledge the world will soon end, while battling an assortment of hallucinations and delusions. The film's a dark coming-of-age tale told by way of a provocative script, and superbly acted out by Jake Gyllenhaal and a highly recognizable cast of supporting players. It's strange and twisted, yet charming, thought provoking and highly original.

To quote the first-time writer/director Richard Kelly, "Maybe it's the story of Holden Caulfield, resurrected in 1988 by the spirit of Phillip K. Dick, who was always spinning yarns about schizophrenia and drug abuse breaking the barriers of space and time. Or it's a black comedy foreshadowing the impact of the 1988 Presidential election, which is really the best way to explain it. But first and foremost, I wanted the film to be a piece of social satire that needs to be experienced and digested several times."

BTW Drew Barrymore is one of the executive producers of this movie and she is also her kissably cutie best in the movie ;-)

Ye Qaida...

Qaida in tamil slang means donkey/ass.

Abbe saalae log... tumko aur kuch kaam daam nahi hai kya... 'kisko maarna hai', 'kahaan bomb rakna hai', 'kisko udaana hai'... yahi sochthe rahte hain kya?

go bu**ers.. get a life! (not take a life)

I'm talking to you guys only... the Al Qaidis... I hear news reports (Isreali intelligence reports) that you are planning to bomb Goa around the Christmas/New Year time....

I am going to be there too and I'll kill ya if I set my eyes on ya!!

Bhaskar

The Legend

Ithe padichu eppadi naan kannir vittano adhei maadhiri neenga ellorum kanneer vidunga....


Oru voorla, oru Onion, Takkaali and Ice Cream moonum frensa irundhadhaam.. Oru naal 3-um beach ku kulikka ponaangge, appe solla solla ketkaame, Ice cream, thannile poi karanji poiduchaam..

Takkaaliyum Onion-um anggaiye porandu porandu azhuvuthu..! Veetuku varra vazhile Lorry le accident aagi, Takkaali nasunggi pochaam.. Vodane Onion, azhudhukittey God kitta poi "Ice settappe naanum Takkaaliyum azhudhom, ippo Thakkaali settappe naan azhuthen.. but naan naalaiku settennaa yenakku nu azhe yaaru irukkaa" nu kettuchaam..

Adhuku God, sari inimele nee saagum bothu yaarellaam pakkathule irukkaanggalo ellaarum azhuvaangga nu sonnaaram..!


Inimele Venggaayam narukum bothu kannula yen thanni varudhunu yaarachum kettaa.. thiru thiru nu mulichikittu irukkaame.. idhe solli escape aagidungaa.. okva?

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For you morons who couldnt understand the sophisticated legend above, here my 'Onion legend for dummies' ;)
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This is a legend... Let the world be filled with tears just like I was reading this sad story...

There once were 3 friends - ice cream, tomato and onion... one day, all the three went to the beach to take bath. The ice cream, not heeding to the others' pleas, went into the sea, dissolved and disappeared from the face of the earth.

Tomato and Onion were absolutely uncontrollable in their sorrow.. so much so that they were wailing at the beach for a long time.

After some time, when they could finally console themselves a li'l, the onion and tomato started their journey back home. On the way, the tomato got hit by a lorry and got sqeezed to death. Onion started weeping terribly and went up to God and said.. "when ice cream died, me and tomato were crying from the terrible loss. And now when tomato has also died, I am alone in my remorse. Tomorrow when I die, who will be there to shed tears?"

God took pity on the Onion and granted that when the Onion dies, everyone around would weep.

When you are peeling onions and the next time someone asks why we shed tears, dont keep blinking foolishly... narrate this legend and escape!

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Acknowledgements:

Thanks to Dori for the original email and for inspiring me to translate this legend so the world can benefit!!

Bhaskar

Give me an Angel!

I only ask for an angel!!

But "A known devil is better than an unknown angel"

Yeah, give me a known angel!!!

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Aish for Abhi

Latest predictions say that they would get engaged by March and get married by June/July.

Let me try (use my rusty logic) and predict myself...

Is Aishwarya a known devil or a known angel?

Nobody calls Aish an angel... sure she may look like one... (there are people accepting that she looks like one)

But there are people calling her the devil.. for whatever reason (what she did to Viveik, etc)

So, I would deduce she is more of a devil than an angel..

Now, Abhi... would he live with a devil? I think he is a simple shy guy who can make compromises in life. For one, I dont think he has had a girlfriend. And for another, he seems to be accepting the arranged marriage.

So, I think he would.

Hence, I deduce that their marriage would survive. :P

Jis Des Main..

One of the better takes on the rising India..


One billion reasons to care!
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=1674437


Bhaskar

Clean slate!!

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;-)

Ms. Basu !!

hi,
short and sweet mail.thank you.
will do. all the best to you too.
love
Bipasha.



She seems to be doing a good job... A neat site and she even responds to the fanmails www.bipashabasunet.com

Pretty impressive!!
Bhaskar

Netas Beware!

It seems to be that time of the evolution in Indian democracy when the Netas are being held more and more accountable. Or rather the message seems to be that even if you are a big-shot, you still cannot escape the arms of the law. (How I wish this is the truth!)

First, it was Salman Khan's conviction (was it? my memory seems short-lived). Then this Sanjay Dutt's conviction in the 'possession of arms' case. Now, it is Navjot Sidhu being convicted for the 1988 murder. And to top it all, Shibhu Soren is being convicted for the murder of his secretary, Jha.

Another example is the Priyadarshani Matoo's rape and murder which turned its head around and finally the accused is being booked. But, there still are those yet scot-free like the accused in the Jessica Lal's murder.

Anyways, guess this is a good turn in the life of the Indian Judiciary and our associated fate. Or is it?