All the hue and cry for nothing.....

Well, the grades for the first sem are coming out and I was really tensed up asusual. Well, I dint really believe anybody until today at Princeton when they told me that grad grades dont matter at all. I thought they would account to something, I mean cmon, something. Well, the pass mark is like an A grade for all the grad courses. I mean if u get a B then you gotta retake the course to get through your quals (thats a weird requirement, one of the many weird things at this place). So, my advisor says this "dont worry about grades, they are worth nothing coz the pass mark is A; its like A is Average, B is Bad and C is Catastrophe"!!! So I am not worried about grades anymore. Such a relief, after soooooooooooo long. I mean all that matters at IIT (acad life) is CG. All else is bullshit. And here the one thing that doesnt matter is CG. Totally a different ball game all together. Research is what matters. :)

A Rahman Lost

I saw the movie Guru a few days back. I was expecting the music to be in the lines of atleast Yuva, if not in the lines of Bombay, Roja, Dil se. I was thoroughly disappointed. Do you guys remember the introduction songs for the actresses in Roja and Bombay? Dil Hain Chota Sa and Kehna Hai Kya. Well, I expected the intro song of aish to be up there. The intro song for ash was not only diasppointing but also irritating. She just keeps humming Na Na Re through out the song which is just irritating to the core. Sometimes I just keep wondering what happened to the Rahman that made Anjali Anjali, Vinara Vinara, Ithiye Prema etc. Any clue where that genious has gone?

A Rockefeller Tale

I was at the Rockefeller center today. I skated on ice for the first time. I had some skating practice from school days. So it was not so tough to get the hang of it. But its nothing like the normal one. Its just amazing. So the plan was to ask some girl out on a date. I and my friend were thinking if we could find some poor skate novice chic, we would try to teach her skating. Then if she'd fall down, I would hold her and ask her out on a date and also tell her that if she says no then I would let go of her and she would fall down. But as expected the plan was an utterflop. Girls in the rink either already had a guy with them, or were extremely good skaters, or were too uncool to encourage any such outrageous prank. Most of the little kids were skating better than us. Real shame. I mean the only girls who werent good skaters were very young. Well, thats when it kind of struck me that this rink actually is a metaphor for the real life. Girls are either already taken or they are too out of league or they are too uncool to be in any kind of relationship, you know! And the only girls who are not taken and cool enough to be in a relationship are too young and immature. Well, I guess the likes of me are in a fix then. :(

and it finally snowed

I was liking the Global Warming initially. People kept scaring me that its gonna get cold and all. But it they started saying that it has been unusually warm this year until now. I was beginning to like the Global Warming in the U.S. But somewhere down, I was being bogged down by the possibility of it not snowing this time. I really wanted to what it feels like to be in snow. It snowed on 18th. It was just amazing. And it enhanced my first "todo" in life. I have to see all the continents and oceans atleast once in my lifetime. Preferably with my girl. :)

Movie - Kung Fu Hustle

This blog is the first of its kind. I will be writing about the movies that I see. I saw Kung Fu Hustle today. The movie is about this Chinese guy who has lost all hope in being good, coz life was just not fair to people in China at that time. Its almost like a hindi movie, but very well directed. The screen play was just amazing, as we would expect from an action movie from the Orient. Nevertheless, this is not a review.
A vast number of hindi movies have a childhood sentiment. It was touchy initially, may be the first childhood sentiment movie that I saw moved me during the reunion. But I am not sure if any of them moved me as much as this one did. The childhood incident of a little girl meeting this guy under very funny circumstances is normal, as in like any of the childhood bonding episodes must be. But the reunion, my gosh! I was shaken. The background score was just ultimate. The movie was not to be sentimental one, but after a long time I have felt that emotion during a movie. Last time was Finding Neverland. Thats an amazing story. It just killed me.

Big India and all that crap.....for Indians

Hey do you know the favorite color of Sunita? You dont? What the hell, you are a loser, Indian!!! In many occasions, these days, it so happens that when an Indian does something good for him/herself by a good career, its shown in the media as something great done by an Indian. For those who dont read anything other than comic strips, Sunita Williams is an American Indian Astronaut like the late Kalpana Chawla. Indians are doing well on many fronts and these achievements are being used in that "India Rising Hype". 70% people have no access to clean drinking water, literacy is just above 30% and so on. If you ask me, for the next 50 years India must just shut up and work hard towards these problems and not make any statements like "Saddam hanging is ridiculous" (coz people out there just dont care!!!). And then may be after those 50 years India can start dreaming about becoming a super power.

Happy Slip

This is a blog about a blog. Theres this girl Christine who blogs on YouTube. Nice ones aye! Initially I had to do a lot of thinking to get to whats the theme behind her blogging. Lately, I kinda have deciphered. Its about her Asian roots not being in harmony with her American outlook. This is a major issue these days. With so many immigrants coming in, it is really possible to be an Asian in all respects and not be a misfit. But there are some American born Asians who choose not to. A few of Christine's blogs are epitomes of issues of this class of people has with their parents. Heres the link....
Happy Slip

Lois Lane and Bruce Wayne!!!!

I have been watching a lot of cartoons lately. Superman - The Animated Series, Batman and The Justice League. I was shocked to know that Lois Lane falls in love with Bruce Wayne. I have not been able to come to peace with that fact yet. First of all, I was already very pissed with the movie Superman Returns. I mean the movie just killed the Lois and Clark chemistry by making them mom and dad (what the hell?). But this Lois Lane bitch completely bummed me out when she fell in love with Bruce. What kinda crap is that? Not that I am a feminist but you know what message this little incident gives out? It just says on a very high level that women just love powerful men. Atrocious! She likes Bruce Wayne (a super duper rich fuck) and Superman but she does not like a normal human hero Batman and a common man like Clark Kent! Huh!!! She turns down Bruce coz she comes to know he is Batman. Duh!!! I mean you dont want to give such examples to the kids right? Atleast I used to respect Lois coz she was a hard working woman with a nice attitude. This little incident, whoa, made me lose all respect for her........ :(

Why does bollywood like effeminate songs?

Ever heard the original Aadat and Woh Lamhe from Jal's album Aadat? They rock. But whats with the awful remakes in Kalyug and Zeher? They just killed the songs man, I am telling you. The remakes are lame and effeminate. The original ones had bass and all. You be the judge....
Original Atif Aslam
The link has the original songs. I am more than sure you have the lame versions!

Whats home for me???

I really used to think it was about Hyderabad and my little house there that made me so happy. On the flip side I thought it was the IIT campus that made me feel nostalgic. Well the recent trip to CA was like a visit to home. I only realized it then that it was not about the place, its about the people. Sister's place was a home away from home. And yeah, even at Princeton I am eternally nostalgic!!!