Controversy's child

Priyanka Chopra, while competing to giggle with Karan over coffee on 'Koffee with Karan', thought that Shahid Kapoor was THE ultimate controversy's child she knows. Ok - we get it - love is blind - check.

However, on listening to her (and her endless giggling), I wondered who would be my pick for the tag - did not take long to figure that one out - it has to be Indira Gandhi - right from being thrown out of Shantiniketan for falling in love with a teacher at the age of 14 right upto her death in 1984 - hers was a life riddled with controversies and shrouded in mystery - she has to be THE controversy's child.

Dhobi ghat

Dhobi ghat - such a mundane name for such a different movie. Mumbai - shastriya sangeet - colors - awkward silences - moments - words - love - sea - photographs - desires - reality - all unrelated to one another - but so beautiful when all put together. The sheer beauty of the art of story telling takes over the fact of a lack of coherence in this one. Random - just like life.

:)

Happy.

Question...

...just how much is too much?

Awesome.

Roothi hui hai tu - ek pal mein maanegi
Dil se hamesha hai bacchi.
Aye zindagi tu bhi - mere hi jaisi hai -
Dikhti sayani - par hai kacchi.

Phoola muh leke - baithi kyun hai tu -
Ungli meri chal tham le -
Jahan main chalu - wahin tu chale
Jahan tu chale - wahin main chalu.

OST - Wake Up Sid (2009)

Invictus..

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

~ William Ernest Henley

I was thinking how a man could spend thirty years in prison, and come out and forgive the men who did it to him...

~ Francois Pienaar in the movie "Invictus"

I learnt something today - forgiveness - Mandela is truly an inspiration.

Awwwwww :)

Picture courtesy: NatGeo

Change

Change - like it - hate it - cant ignore it. It has always stayed with me - kept me on my toes - never really let me settle down. Friends changed - continents changed - houses changed - terms changed - people changed - you get the jist of it right? Do I like it - I still can't decide. Someone once told me - all the things you wish for are just outside your comfort zone - the thought stayed with me - and it makes me kinda look forward to the unpredictability of each day.

Of late - the unpredictability was getting a little too much to handle. Thats when I sat back - looked at everything around me - and figured - this is the story of my life - unique - different - special - offbeat - call it what you want - but this is the way it is going to be written down. Destiny - kismet - chance - fortune - call it what you want - some things are just not in my hand. What I can do - the way I see it - just sit back and enjoy the ride.

High time...

..I started living according to EST.

Uber cool..

Fedora hats!

Fact - not fiction.

Its for real - it's not a myth as I thought - an unwanted and unnecessary outcome of unrealistic romantic novels and regular dose of romantic movies - no sir - it's out there - in this real practical fast-paced world - true love - unconditional love. I saw it - today.

For a friend..

Ted: Okay, I'm going to say something out loud that I've been doing a pretty good job of not saying out loud lately. What you and Tony have, what I thought for a second you and I had, what I know that Marshall and Lily have, I want that. I do. I keep waiting for it to happen. I'm waiting for it to happen and I guess I'm just tired of waiting. And that is all I'm going to say on that subject.

Stella: You know how I talked my way out of a speeding ticket?

Ted: Really?

Stella: I was heading upstate with my parents, I was doing 90 on the country roads. I got pulled over. So this cop, gets out of his car, swaggers over and he says, 'Lady, I've been waiting for you all day.' And I said, 'Sorry Officer, I got here as fast as I could.'

Ted: For real?

Stella: No, it's just a joke. I know that you're tired of waiting. And you may have to wait a little while more but, she's on her way, Ted. And she's getting here as fast as she can.

3 day rule

Barney Stinson: Jesus waited THREE days to come back to life. It was perfect! If he had only waited ONE day, a lot of people wouldn't have even heard he died. They'd be all, "Hey Jesus, what up?" and Jesus would probably be like, "What up? I DIED yesterday!" and they'd be all, "Uhh, you look pretty alive to me, dude..." and then Jesus would have to explain how he was resurrected, and how it was a miracle, and the dude'd be like "Uhh okay, whatever you say, bro..." And he's not gonna come back on a SATURDAY. Everybody's busy, doing chores, workin' the loom, trimmin' the beard, NO. He waited the perfect number of days, THREE. Plus it's SUNDAY, so everyone's in church already, and they're all in there like "Oh no, Jesus is DEAD", and then BAM! He bursts in the back door, runnin' up the aisle, everyone's totally psyched, and FYI, that's when he invented the high five. That's why we wait three days to call a woman, because that's how long Jesus wants us to wait.... True story.

The right place – at the right time.

Kids – I have been telling you the story of how I met your mother – and while there’s many things to learn from this story – this may be the biggest. The great moments of your life may not necessarily be the things you do – they will also be the things that happen to you. Now I am not saying you can’t take action to affect the outcome of your life – you have to take action – and you will. But never forget - that on any day - you can step out the front door - and your whole life can change forever. You see the universe has a plan kids - and that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings - and it starts to rain. It’s a scary thought - but it also kinda wonderful. All these little parts of the machine – constantly working – making sure that you end up exactly where you are supposed to be – exactly when you are supposed to be there. The right place – at the right time.

~ Ted Mosby in How I met your mother

I forgot....

...how much I love the smell of old musty books stacked away in a library. A rainy evening spent in Sanborn with Arabian nights for company - one word - awesome.

I recommend...

Review of Love Aaj Kal - Meera decoded. I love the way the post ends - "Love Aaj Kal is that rare romantic movie that is, well, romantic. A film with two of its women, who hate black coffee, yet for some goddamn reason gulp it down just so to remember their men is sure as hell romantic." Brilliant ending.

Makes me smile :)

A pleasant surprise for me on Rakhi - I am lucky to have such awesome people in my life - touch wood :)

Special :)

Deja Vu

Thought - was reminded of this again today.

Expensive!

Priscilla of Boston - tch tch - who said the best things in life are free! :P