tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92167635189479646332024-03-20T02:39:35.952-07:00The Morning HaHaFailed attempts at humor, useless opinions, dated technology and other curd!Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-44835470430847070382010-09-08T02:35:00.000-07:002010-09-08T02:45:13.079-07:00ReviewMaster Haha – Aisha!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Cut to a small school in the rural village of Delhi, in a run-of-the-mill-opulent classroom.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Masterji</b>: Children - match the following. Come on!</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Column A – Males</div></div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="a"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Loaded, social misfit with all the charms of a donkey in heat</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Fashionably balding, oh-so-sensitive, bordering on feminine, guy (Also loaded!)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Hunk straight out of a magazine centre spread (Looks loaded!)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The odd BPO guy (This guy is not loaded!)</li>
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Column B – Females</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Fashionable, social butterfly, bordering on arrogant, girl (Loaded – you get the picture!)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Size zero hottie straight out of … a movie, perhaps!</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Misguided, naïve, small town girl with small town aspirations</li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Loaded, Social Miss-fit and appendage to Female # 1</li>
</ol></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Masterji</b>: Now children, match the above and tell me the answer.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Students</b>: Masterji, Masterji, the answer is: a-4, b-1, c-2 and d-3.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Masterji</b>: Excellent, But if you have gotten it wrong like the director of <a href="http://aisha.pvrcinemas.com/">Aisha</a>, Rajshree Ojha, then you better go back and revise your Mills and Boons!</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">This is exactly what RO (Rajshree Ojha and not Reverse Osmosis) did or did not do. Painful, especially when the audience has to sit though all possible incorrect combinations of the “Match the following”.</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I mean combinations like a-1. Why? That was never going to work. We know that. Or b-3 and a-3. Those were particularly jarring ones. Gosh!</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">However, there are a few positives from the movie. The music is fantabulous, which begs the question – why couldn’t RO release just the music album? Ok, just one positive, I can’t think of any more!</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">ReviewMaster Haha!</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">(If you feel this ending was abrupt – try seeing Aisha!)</div><div><br />
</div></div></div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-1199818917121468802010-08-26T23:00:00.000-07:002010-08-26T23:01:37.306-07:00Quips on the Go!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://sify.com/news/mps-salary-hike-bill-in-lok-sabha-news-politics-kiztaciifad.html">MPs have announced a pay hike for themselves</a>. They have also asked that 1000 Crores of scandal-related-income be tax exempted. Where is the logic in taxing tax-payers’ money they ask.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Votes for Rajya Sabha candidates are going cheap. <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/jmm-mlas-rate-for-rajya-sabha-vote-rs-1-crore/128056-37-64.html?from=tn">JMM is quoting Rs. 1 Crore</a> per vote while <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/bjp-mla-eyes-cash-and-car-for-rajya-sabha-vote/128058-37-64.html?from=tn">BJP is slightly cheaper at Rs. 50 Lakhs + a car!</a> You may want to pick up a couple of votes before inflation strikes. (As you can see I don’t have the fancy Re. symbol yet!)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Kalmadi is facing the music for <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kalmadi-on-sticky-wicket-as-games-near/128090-5-23.html?from=tn">taking the ‘Commonwealth’ Games literally</a>. He must have felt it was <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">common</b> practice to siphon off the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">wealth</b>, from the games. Silly mistake, can we worry about things like vegetables now?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Speaking of food, a collection of very, very rich, well fed, MPs are debating the issue of <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/lok-sabha-debates-price-rise-opposition-says-govt-betrayed-common-man-41624">price-rise in Parliament</a>. Increase in levels of debate, decreases inflation through release of hot air. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Also, <a href="http://ishare.rediff.com/video/news-and-politics/400-students-held-for-partying-without-permissions-in-mumbai/1881325">400 students were recently held up and arrested for Partying</a>. This is a serious crime, if you do not take a gazillion permissions, no-objection-certificates and permits from an equal number of Government agencies. So start planning for your 50<sup>th</sup> anniversary now!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">In other related news, the Indian Government has announced that it will set up a National Commission for Boring Societies, which will present recommendations on how to reduce parties and party related crimes (Political parties exempted!).</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The mother of Scarlett Keeling fears that she <a href="http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/aug/03/scarletts-mother-fears-goa-minister-may-kill-her.htm">could be murdered by the Goa Minister’s nexus</a> of crime. Which came as something of an extreme shock to the people of this country; people who have a hard time imagining that crime and politics could go hand-in-hand. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-67943440912079352042010-08-01T22:43:00.000-07:002010-08-02T01:16:55.645-07:00The largest photo on Earth!<a href="http://70gigapixel.cloudapp.net/">70 Billion Pixels Budapest - The largest photo on Earth - created by 360world.eu</a><div><br /></div><div>Amazing photo of the city of Budapest. Zoom in to see the minutest of details!</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-18554267681612072892010-07-26T02:35:00.001-07:002010-07-27T01:54:49.244-07:00I Luv Hate Storys!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The recent Imran Khan hit, Bollywood blockbuster, has been tanked by critics. But despite that the movie has been a runaway success, so much so that top actors like Katrina and Priyanka are now vying for roles alongside our hip and happening, Imran Khan. Who it seems, was on the verge of being plucked out after Luck proved unlucky!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667838/">On IMDB, IHLS has 5.3 stars</a>. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This <a href="http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/7525/bollywood.hindi/i-hate-luv-storys/2645/review.htm">critic</a> has given the movie 3 out of 5 stars without saying a good word about the movie. Every other newspaper critic literally said the same thing.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">But, (there is always a ‘but’ coming) most critics and viewers have missed the layer of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualism">duality</a> that was woven in (might I say perfectly) with the plot. In fact, it was done all too well. I realized it, and henceforth, I will make it my mission to spread the message embedded in the movie!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Jay Dhingra (Or some totally not-so-gay name of that sorts!) is this irresistible brat, who unknowingly works his charms on Simran, a die-hard romantic and a colleague. And they live happily ever after. In short that is the story. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">But on deeper introspection you realize, that there is a layer of complexity hidden beneath this misleading simplicity. All through the movie, the director ridicules the Yash Raj brand of romance. The usual, dupatta-in-the-wind, pink dresses, sarson da khet, guitars and caps, misty-eyed looks, candy floss and other sugary stuff. And, suddenly, lo and behold, the director does a volte-face and does exactly the same general stuff. The same usual, sad songs, teary heroines, tough decisions ('Luv' related mind you!), proposals on bended knee, flowers, pink sarees, chocolates and other miscellaneous sugary stuff. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Was he (The director – Punit Malhotra) really mocking the sugar-coated romance? Or not? He critiques and vociferously supports the same brand of Yash Raj romance. Nice. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A lot of critics and viewers naturally missed this layer of complexity and termed the movie as rubbish! But it wasn’t. It explores the philosophy and mysticism of duality, in the way the human mind perceives complex emotions; with equal measures of like and dislike, good and bad, yin and yang, night and day… (Not to be confused with ‘Knight and Day’ – which is another gem BTW!)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">PS: Inception may have borrowed heavily from this movie!</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-37491871649219022492010-03-27T01:57:00.001-07:002010-03-27T01:59:15.060-07:00Man v/s Food<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">What attracted my attention this week was a new reality-TV show on “Discovery Travel and Living” by the name “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_v._Food">Man v/s Food</a>”. We all wish we could hog on all the artery-clogging, heart-busting, greasy fried food and yet have a clean lipid profile. But that is not the way God designed it all. Shucks! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Help is at hand though. This TV show caters to your innermost food fetishes! The host holds the record for the biggest human stomach, well he must, since he puts away, literally truckloads of food with ease. The amount he consumes will put any 3<sup>rd</sup> world country to shame!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">America is dotted with food joints that have a challenge item on the menu. Adam, the host, devours these ginormous helpings as a part of the challenge! By most standards even the normal helpings are a challenge to most people, if not Asians. Challenge items can feed a small family, for a week! This is the scale we are talking about. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The challenge starts will Adam sitting behind a mountain of meat (This is no place for a vegetarian to be!), barely visible, smacking his lips and limbering up his esophagus! Adam begins by thrusting a bucket-load of food down his neck. By the end of the hour Adam would have devoured a goat or the better part of a large cow with a side order of a vegetable garden! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If you are still watching you can’t help but imagine the kind of strain this puts on the city’s sewage system the next morning. Heck, I dare not imagine the strain Adam puts on his lower orifices when he unloads it all. A <a href="http://www.richard-seaman.com/Travel/NewZealand/NorthIsland/Rotorua/MudPools/index.html">mud volcano</a> comes to mind! Holy Shit! (I need some time to purge that image from my frontal lobe!)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-88261376036653944262010-02-24T21:57:00.000-08:002010-02-24T22:02:04.561-08:00Bleeding-edge Politics!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We here at the Morning Haha know that our attempts at humor bring tears to even the most hardened of war-criminals. Nevertheless, we do believe that it is the ‘attempt’ that matters. Success still eludes us, but we keep trying. Maybe, a change in strategy is what we need.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/mamata_cries_at_cabinet_gets_her_way.php">A change in strategy is exactly what helped Mamata Banerjee achieve her objectives</a>. Tears are the nuclear weapon of human emotions. As Mr. Pranab Mukherjee (and men from around the world, including the Arctic) will most definitely attest to, the moment the mushroom cloud of tears erupts, logic, rationality, good-and-bad, right-and-wrong are the first victims to be decimated. Resources, history, precedence and planning die of radiation fallout. Eventually a nuclear winter sets in. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">These bleeding-edge techniques have usually been confined to the domestic scene. This is probably the first time in recent history that this weapon has been deployed in the political landscape.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Our political pundits agree that this may soon become a weapon of choice for the politically inclined. We predict that we will soon see tears being employed in courts, parliaments, TV studios (Wait! We already have that!), processions and legislative assemblies. This is just the beginning. Sobb Sobb.<br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-63816287933962637332010-02-15T00:49:00.000-08:002010-02-24T21:56:12.365-08:00Not an Intelligence failure … they said!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“The Pune blast was not the result of any intelligence failure but an 'insidious' planting of a bomb in a 'soft' target establishment, <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/No-intelligence-failure-in-Pune-blast--Chidambaram/579572/">Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said</a>.”</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Whoa, not so fast Eddie! </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If this is not a failure, I shudder to think what would an actual intelligence failure be.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Maybe we are being too hard on the old guy. Maybe this was a success after all. Maybe they alerted the local authorities a couple of days in advance. Nope that did not happen. Maybe they asked prime targets in Pune to be on the alert. That did not happen either. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Maybe they did warn the old, respected home minister in time for him to take cover under his desk, in New Delhi. Probable. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">For the benefit of those who are linguistically challenged, like yours truly, ‘insidious’ means ‘beguiling’, ‘treacherous’ and ‘producing serious harm’. This proves that the home ministry is hard at work to come up with (not plans to counter terror attacks) better worded statements post the mayhem. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We need to give credit where it is due. And it is definitively due here. We were not dished out the stale “I salute the indomitable spirit of the people of City X”. This is a bigger relief than you think, by the way!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Yet another <a href="http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_friends-in-life-united-tragically-in-death_1347961">IIT graduate lay dead</a>, while our intelligence agencies celebrated their ‘success’ with the home ministry. Yet another terror attack, while ‘Aman ki Asha’ continues to spread ‘Asha’ through its song, dance and fart sessions!<br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-15290446346880074212010-01-12T03:00:00.000-08:002010-01-12T03:00:50.315-08:00WTF?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Is this fair? Is this justifiable? Are we not forgetting something?<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">TOI on the left hand side features a couple of articles on terrorism in India. The first article talks about over 700 terrorists in J&K waiting to kill and maim innocent civilians in the name of religious war. The second article talks of a young, successful IIT graduate whose life, love and family was riddled with bullet holes, by the 26/11 perpetrators.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">On the same page is ‘Aman ki asha’, the grand TOI initiative to bring the people of the India and Pakistan together. Their argument is that the establishment is different from the people of Pakistan. People are essentially similar, culturally and emotionally. Hence we can be friends. No harm done!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I can almost picture a crazed L-e-T terrorist having fits of laughter. They will take this not only as another sign of weakness but also as an opportunity to further their designs. This initiative will have a real positive impact on terrorist confidence. Way to go!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Coming back to the point of ‘being friends’. Ultimately, it is the people of the nation who are responsible for a nation’s misdeeds. They are not different from their nation’s establishment. The uber-romantic notion of Jai-Veeru-dosti between India and Pakistan is counter-productive and directionless. <br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Will this stop another smart IIT graduate from being gunned down? Will this make the crazed L-e-T terrorist any less crazed? Will this bring any real peace, even for a month, week or day? I sincerely doubt.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Friendship is between equals. We … are no longer equals!<br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-68051700875838597082010-01-06T01:41:00.000-08:002010-01-06T04:52:55.211-08:00God–Phone Descends!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All hail the new God of all phones, including, yes, including the now dated iPhone. Google was already the God of search engines, it now has transcended into mobile operating systems. Google-God has now taken the competition to various fruity vendors of </span></span><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5436442/apple-has-thwarted-my-efforts-so-i-need-your-help"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">over-priced, malfunctioning, computing hardware</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">. </span></span><br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-50565953053340977842009-12-30T01:27:00.001-08:002009-12-30T06:35:52.505-08:00Top 5 best Action, Adventure or Mystery TV Series<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">You know it is that time of the year, when music albums like ‘Top Remix Hungamas of 2009’ and articles like ‘2009: The year almost gone by!’ crop up like scandalized politicians! It is that time of the year here at TMH too! And the entire team (wink wink) here at TMH thought that it would be a good time to slip in a list of ours too!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison_break">Prison Break</a>: At #5 we have Prison Break, a series which combines action, adventure and loads of impossible ingenuity. It is at #5 because it does tend to stretch reality through lots of co-incidences. Only a tad though. An awfully good ‘watch’ nevertheless!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A recovering economy, tainted politicians stepping down and with monster policemen almost behind bars, 2009 is in fact closing on a high note. TMH wishes its millions of readers’ (wink wink) lots of hope and cash in 2010! (Wishes are for real! – No wink wink)<br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-34519173593637842082009-12-21T07:22:00.001-08:002009-12-21T07:25:36.566-08:00Avatar - The Phenomenon<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I have never seen anything like this before! Nothing!<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This movie has re-defined film-making, taking things to all new levels. I was a bit apprehensive seeing this movie at first. All Friday morning I heard reviews from radio-critics saying that the film is ‘good’ in an ‘ok’ sort of a way. Go to the theatres to enjoy the special effects – they said! <br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-31968645517224606412009-12-16T03:22:00.001-08:002009-12-16T03:23:49.629-08:00Quips on the go!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/world/zardaris_offshore_60_million_dollar_embarrassment.php">President Zardari had a $60 Million embarrassment recently</a>. Which was his third most embarrassing moment; after his $100 Million and $200 Million embarrassments!<br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-59894259533024606372009-11-27T22:16:00.000-08:002009-11-27T22:29:11.645-08:00Dead on Arrival!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Dedicated to the millions of hapless WinMo users. <br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-44894484162476661352009-11-02T22:08:00.000-08:002009-11-02T22:11:10.903-08:00Amazing Visualizer!For fellow geeks out there - try out this visualizer from the University of Utah, which lets you zoom down to the level of a carbon molecule, from a coffee bean!<br />
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Link <a href="http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/">here</a>.Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-44701822604927165992009-10-30T08:49:00.000-07:002009-11-02T00:33:46.568-08:00Global auto giant infringes on the Professor’s Patents!<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Protest! I take strong exception to this blatant infringement of something that has been legally published, claimed and patented by the esteemed Professor way back in 1958. By professor Calculus in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Sea_Sharks">Tintin’s adventure in the Red Sea</a>! If you are thinking “Oh him, he is not a real person!” you have got another ‘think’ coming! Blistering Barnacles!</span><br />
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</span>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-17973654498100865432009-10-29T06:10:00.000-07:002009-10-30T08:13:59.134-07:00Google does not have a world map!Strangely, I remember reading (somewhere) that the world was charted or mapped quite some time back. Guess I was wrong! Click on the image for a larger picture.<br />
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</div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-12045583143306376642009-10-29T06:00:00.000-07:002009-10-29T06:01:46.068-07:00Back - Phew!I have been out for quite a while, which my non existent readers wouldn't have noticed. <br />
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Well back to the point - The voting you see below has closed, a long time back! Banner 5 won, Duh!<br />
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Thanks to people who have voted, Amit, Girish, Pushpak and relatives!Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-80210591931395801912009-09-03T23:12:00.000-07:002009-09-03T23:26:20.272-07:00TMH Banners!<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">All right - No more long and boring reviews which are longer than the movie!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">How about a poll on which was the best TMH (That would be - The Morning Haha) banner! Incidentally, all of these photos were clicked at different places. Not by design really! Click on the photos to see a larger image.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">Banner I: My first banner! I clicked this photo of a crossing in Mumbai. The traffic blurs made it interesting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">Banner II: This was a close up of the bar at my home in Pune. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">Banner III: I non-violently shot this pigeon on a platform at a random station in London.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">Banner IV: I shot this flower in Bhandardara. (A quaint town, on the banks of a large lake, near Pune) The wind was strong, which explains the motion blur. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">Banner V: I clicked this 'photo' from an apartment in Kolkata, on the 22nd floor. I used </span></span><a href="http://download.cnet.com/Panorama-Perfect-Lite/3000-12511_4-10459396.html?tag=mncol"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">panorama perfect lite</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;"> to stitch a couple of photos together to create this panorama. Also added the film grains myself.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size=8.5;">Now use the voting buttons on the right hand-side of this post to choose your favorite! I will acknowledge everyone who voted for the most popular banner in my next post!</span></span>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-57593862852125663712009-08-25T23:26:00.000-07:002009-08-26T02:49:13.699-07:00Life Partner - The reluctant review!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-size:8.5pt;"><b>Spoiler Warnin</b>g – If you have spent hard earned money to see this movie, I would call you the 2<sup>nd</sup> most dumb person on this planet. Dumbest being, yours truly, who spent to watch this atrocity and is now blogging about it. If you haven’t seen this, I would urge you read this post instead! All plot bumps and potholes have been revealed. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:11px;"> </span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Like the movie, let me do a bit of character development. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #1</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Vertically challenged, dark and effeminate star kid; he plays the role of an orthodox Gujarati boy, whose objective in life is to get married. You admire the single mindedness of this character. We movie goers usually think about a couple of other things, like breathing and eating, not this bloke. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Dysfunctional Dad</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: An uber-othrodox Gujarati and dad of Hero #1, he maintains a strict regime of oily hair-dos and oilier breakfast in his family. Streaks of Utpal Dutt from Golmaal appear in this character, in the way he protects his manliness, aka his moustache. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #2</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Not vertically challenged, not dark and effeminate star kid; he plays the role of a banker, who drives a Maserati convertible and gets promotions on a daily basis without working. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #3</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Actor-turned-MP-turned-Actor, fighting the battle of the bulge, double-chins, dark-circles and other thingamajigs, plays the role of a Super - Divorce Lawyer. He usually does song and dance routines, when he is not peddling divorces. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Now onto the story! For the first time in history of blogging has any blogger gone so far, revealing the entire story of a movie. Hold your breath! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Act I</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"> – Opens with Hero #2 driving his Maserati on an airport runway. In the car are his girlfriend and Hero #1. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #2</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Let’s overtake this plane so that I can kiss my girlfriend! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #1</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Don’t you have office tomorrow? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #2</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: No, they gave me a promotion. (Song and Dance follows). </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #1</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Then let’s go to Gujarat and get married? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #2</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Ok. (Marriages, more songs and dances follow)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Act II</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"> – Opens with Dysfunctional Dad reprimanding his daughter-in-law for commenting on a stock price. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Dysfunctional Dad</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: So what, if you have a degree from IIM Ahmedabad? Waiters here in Cape Town have degrees from IIM Ahmedabad. (Score: Life Partner 1; IIM A: 0) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Wife of Hero #1</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Do not insult my father! (Hero #1 promptly gives her one-tight-slap!) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #2 to his wife</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: I am sick of doing all the donkey-work, washing clothes and cleaning potties! Why don’t you do something? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Wife of Hero #2</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Who does all the partying around here? Hah? Who? Answer that! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #3</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: I can see business coming my way! (Divorces, sad songs and item numbers follow)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Act III</span></b><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"> – Opens with Hero #3 getting married. Please refer to item number for Hero #3’s love story. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Wife of Hero #2</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: I will blow everyone here at this marriage party. (With a bomb strapped to her, of course!) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Dysfunctional Dad</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: My eyes are opened, forgive me son (Hero #1)! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #1 to his wife</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">: Quick marry me before she blows us up! (Wife from IIM A agrees!) (Score: Life Partner 2; IIM A: 0) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Hero #2 to his wife</span></b><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"> (Who is threatening to blow everyone!): Ok I will do the donkey-work! (Wife drops the bomb and marries Hero #2!) </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">The End! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">You can start breathing now!<o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p></p>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-36346431838629788722009-08-20T04:31:00.000-07:002009-08-20T04:43:18.463-07:00Captures from Singapore<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBbNFgDTGMy4RqCbatEI4wc08U8Hsxh5Mfrsl91DHIc1QiIjKolY-eBo9vdFL70Ue7UfKNmrPUL8LO9z08HmlONEuevs01D8KC8zVttxXYa4rpESVbNi5dtKS6bjJcjS2harRIjr7oRpk/s1600-h/P8120221.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBbNFgDTGMy4RqCbatEI4wc08U8Hsxh5Mfrsl91DHIc1QiIjKolY-eBo9vdFL70Ue7UfKNmrPUL8LO9z08HmlONEuevs01D8KC8zVttxXYa4rpESVbNi5dtKS6bjJcjS2harRIjr7oRpk/s320/P8120221.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372009284395958930" /></a><br /><div>Vantage Point</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75EbnqFa1d4vUz50NiFug5-8jrZdX-B6b08MV6TANfu5uZZHNw6sEecX7U1sKmjgPfd0cLKI2KheoAK0hculzc61WLV6EY5Ugoc7TsiXyuhAIg0Hh56ptV778vZts_iMmC7hH93ASBlVL/s1600-h/P8130562.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75EbnqFa1d4vUz50NiFug5-8jrZdX-B6b08MV6TANfu5uZZHNw6sEecX7U1sKmjgPfd0cLKI2KheoAK0hculzc61WLV6EY5Ugoc7TsiXyuhAIg0Hh56ptV778vZts_iMmC7hH93ASBlVL/s320/P8130562.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372008992530868610" /></a><br /><div>Urban Sunset</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25AauNOenbZ0ihzVlgiCjE_nRZJuBQgcifSxgGmuDxHOp2u-eVF-Nzao2OFUWGBQqOHIitNxu5lvsFyAfPOEI69oOTXhYLFCJx7TZj0j6or9oEZ7alSldeMjy2lMf0XU3D7QKTGrS1oXt/s1600-h/P8130646.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg25AauNOenbZ0ihzVlgiCjE_nRZJuBQgcifSxgGmuDxHOp2u-eVF-Nzao2OFUWGBQqOHIitNxu5lvsFyAfPOEI69oOTXhYLFCJx7TZj0j6or9oEZ7alSldeMjy2lMf0XU3D7QKTGrS1oXt/s320/P8130646.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372008678778728674" /></a><br /><div>Stroll by the river</div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEXAyIGKF6_J0JhHmQhrjI4cl-kK609PkNApmg8ujEfb1YvGNTQrvxfHnmbGuLTHa1kb8CmP5NACw5mz7qCxLhOTFF7rPAdLicIOBq6ZoY80HEJVBib02jfBgnmYTEZspApAKuCPdlQrv/s1600-h/P8140757.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBEXAyIGKF6_J0JhHmQhrjI4cl-kK609PkNApmg8ujEfb1YvGNTQrvxfHnmbGuLTHa1kb8CmP5NACw5mz7qCxLhOTFF7rPAdLicIOBq6ZoY80HEJVBib02jfBgnmYTEZspApAKuCPdlQrv/s320/P8140757.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372008291673144610" /></a>Jump<br /><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheAIIfgwpB6uBH2GdVpEHBdo_P3LCUDqfIayaVhHy2s5FMlIAWlYwDxOSlFw5OXLVd4XgfVwTStMcOn7j1MYb-OnRJPuPMW75DoE2t_m7RVnDGXZTqkXNA_PnyEVDojscH8WnKtIH40Yc/s1600-h/P8140924.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhheAIIfgwpB6uBH2GdVpEHBdo_P3LCUDqfIayaVhHy2s5FMlIAWlYwDxOSlFw5OXLVd4XgfVwTStMcOn7j1MYb-OnRJPuPMW75DoE2t_m7RVnDGXZTqkXNA_PnyEVDojscH8WnKtIH40Yc/s320/P8140924.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372008170210396706" /></a>Reflections?<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-4209651473268145862009-08-03T05:12:00.000-07:002009-08-03T05:19:55.200-07:00My favorite snowy movies<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">These are the movies which make you feel colder in a warm and fuzzy kind of a way! Makes you wish you had a fireplace. These are the choicest, the best snowy movies that will leave your teeth chattering! The following list is in reverse order of preference. </p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190865/">Vertical Limit</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">Snow capped mountains and mountains of editing errors, make for good watching. Watch out for the boom mikes. A few laughs are always good. </p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106582/">Cliffhanger</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">Another movie featuring snow capped mountains and an action packed thriller. </p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099785/">Home Alone</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">A movie that gives you the tickles. You begin to feel sorry for the bad guys in the end, and cold! </p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059113/">Doctor Zhivago</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">A classic, what can I say, one of the best movies ever. </p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268380/">Ice Age</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">Even though this is an animated movie, the storyline, the characters and the setting all come together fantastically. </p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/">Fargo</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">This movie is 30 degrees below zero. Add crime to the mix and you have potent combination. A must watch, curl up in a quilt and set the air conditioner on high for best effects! </p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800241/">Transsiberian</a></li> </ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify">This movie will chill you to the bone. Exotic locales, trains, crime, suspense and tons of snow. A combination that can rarely be beaten. This would end up being one of my favorite train movies as well. Look out for that list!</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">These are the movies that you would watch if the summer in Delhi is getting too hot to handle or if you are in the mood to travel to Siberia without getting nasty frost bites! Let me know if there are other movies which you think should be on the list.</p>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-39473948508444480982009-07-28T23:34:00.000-07:002009-08-01T00:27:03.333-07:00Pune to Bhandardara (Driving directions)<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">When I planned a vacation in Bhandardara, little did I know that there would be no internet resources on how to get there! I found no help articles or posts on the internet telling you how to drive to Bhandardara from Pune. So this is my good deed for the day! </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Bhandardara is town perched on a hill-top, about 210 kms from Pune. There is a dam and a lot of nature for you to admire. The maps I had downloaded from the internet were not of much help (As I got to know later). You will know that a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295700/">Wrong Turn</a> can have mad consequences, if you have seen this movie. But thankfully I was able to avoid taking such turns on the way to Bhandardara. In fact I felt like Magellan or Columbus, on an adventure into uncharted roads. Going boldly where man has gone before but not posted an article about it on the internet! Bhandardara – The final frontier! Yeah, gave me goose bumps too! </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Here is a turn by turn guide to driving from Pune to Bhandardara. </p> <ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="1"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Take the Pune – Nasik Highway (NH 50). Drive. Drive. Drive. </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Cross Narayangaon on the way. There is a charming restaurant by the name of Ivy Lounge just outside Narayangaon. You may choose to break here and pick up a bottle of wine. Then Drive. Again. Yes. </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Note that the scenery is breathtaking. We, Indians tend to get caught up in the driving.</li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Drive till you reach Sangamner. About 150 kms from Pune. This is a dusty, crowded small town, not much different from a host of other dusty, crowded small towns. </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Take a left just after crossing the ST bus stand. Take another left turn at the next junction. Drive, drive till you reach Akola. </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Drive on till you reach Rajur. I guess this is where you will start seeing signboards showing you the way to Bhandardara. </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">From Rajur to Bhandardara is another 20 odd kms. The drive becomes better as you near Bhandardara. </li> <li class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">There is a left turn (Well marked) which takes you to the MTDC or Anandvan resort. </li></ol> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Enjoy Bhandardara. In case you feel the need to thank me, send me an email, and I will take it from there. </p>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-67659325619729611362009-06-08T23:04:00.000-07:002009-06-09T21:28:43.720-07:00More Quips on the go!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size=8.5; Georgia","serif"font-family:";"><a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/musharraf-admits-to-isis-link-with-terrorists/94447-2.html">President Musharraf has admitted to ISI’s links with the terrorists</a>. Now that he is no longer consequential this did not become a news item! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size=8.5; Georgia","serif"font-family:";">I did not quite get this <a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/elections/honeymoon_in_parliament.php">article</a>. I mean is it trying to say that the newly elected and married MP does not have time to go on a honeymoon OR is it saying their 5-year honeymoon starts now? </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size=8.5; Georgia","serif"font-family:";"><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/sheetal_mafatlal_held_to_be_produced_in_court.php">Sheetal Mafatlal has been detained for carrying a Crore’s worth of undeclared diamonds</a>. Officials became suspicious when all the other passengers on the flight were wearing shades, that too in the middle of the night! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size=8.5; Georgia","serif"font-family:";"><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/its_raining_laptops_in_tamil_nadu.php">It’s raining laptops in Tamil Nadu now</a>. Cut to 2050. It will be raining luxury yachts and private jets. I am settling in Chennai. Who cares for actual rain! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size=8.5; Georgia","serif"font-family:";"><a href="http://movies.apple.com/media/us/iphone/2009/tours/apple-iphone3gs-guided_tour-us-20090608_r320-9cie.mov">Apple just launched the iPhone 3GS</a>. It has a whole new set of drool-worthy features. Those who just bought the iPhone 3G, try not to punch a wall or something. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size=8.5; Georgia","serif"font-family:";"><a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/buy/">Apple also reduced the prices of the old 3G iPhone model to $99</a>. Consumers in India will be able to buy one from Airtel or Vodafone at $600. Consumers in India, try not to punch a wall or something! </span></p> <span style="font-size=8.5;font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language: EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:";"><a href="http://cricket.ndtv.com/cricket/ndtvcricket/WT20/storypage.aspx?id=SPOEN20090096606">Australia knocked out of the T20 World Cup</a>. Ricky Ponting will captain Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 3. I am sure Kolkata Knight Riders will do better in IPL 3. I may be an optimist, but I am definitely not mad!</span><div><br /></div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-65522546314949675122009-05-20T21:19:00.000-07:002009-05-20T21:34:49.040-07:00iPod winning post!<div style="text-align: justify;">The following article won me an iPod in a contest ...<br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Long Post ... </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Are winters becoming extinct? Or am I the only one thinking of that? That smart turtleneck sweater, that black leather jacket and not forgetting the thick, heavy quilt; all of these have been lying unused for ages now. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Argument: If winters are the same as it were, say 15 to 20 years back, then why did I require these things in the first place? It is smack bang in the middle of January, and I still need the air conditioner while at home or office or in my car. I don’t recall that being the case 15 years back. That’s when the sweater, jacket and quilt all came in use. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Let me slide into what would be a more scientific construct than smelly woolens. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Is the Earth truly warming up?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Yes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">CO</span><sub><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">2</span></sub><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">, which is one of the many green houses gases, has increased from 250 ppm (parts per million), during the pre-industrial levels, to 400 ppm. This has been termed ‘anthropogenic green house gas emissions’. In other words we have helped nearly double the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere. Models are ineffective in predicting what final increase in average temperature it will have. But it is an established fact that, there will be an effect, most likely a warming. How much? We can’t say!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">According to public domain data, the average surface temperatures have increased by 0.48 °C. It is a lot. The averages are spread over the entire surface of the earth. That is a lot of area and the increases are spread thin. Average temperature increases in cities (also termed as the Urban Heat Island</span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">#</span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"> effect) will probably be in multiples of 1°C. Is this an effect of increase in CO</span><sub><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">2</span></sub><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"> levels? Yes.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">It is now an established fact that majority of the glaciers are receding, trees are migrating northwards (as lower latitudes become warmer), Jelly fish populations are exploding (Jelly fishes thrive in warmer waters), migratory birds are changing migration patterns, grass has been found to be growing in Antarctica, the Ross Ice Shelf is crumbling, the Arctic ocean may be soon be navigable in summer, the last 10 years have been the hottest in recorded history … the list IS endless. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Ok am scared stiff, now what?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">If you are thinking global catastrophes, ice ages, earthquakes, wildfires, freak weather and more recession, you are on the right track … let’s put it this way: You walk into a multiplex and the only three movies being screened there are ‘RGV ki Aag’, ‘Drona’ and ‘Chandani Chowk to Chinchwad’. A disaster of epic proportions, right?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"> </span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">The imagery is disturbing!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">However, the Gaia Hypothesis*, proposed by James Lovelock, says that the Earth has an internal self-regulating mechanism to maintain equilibrium. In my (layman’s) terms, the Earth will find a way to reduce global temperatures. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Hurrah! We are saved! Let’s go burn some fossil fuels!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Hold on to your engines! The Gaia hypothesis also says that the increased human intervention will result in the planet not being able to regulate itself efficiently. This will result in the Sahara Desert extending to Paris by 2040, droughts and famines will significantly reduce human population and the tropics would be as live-able as the inside of a blast furnace. And no, it won’t be turned off. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Oh Blimey!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">But it’s only a hypothesis. There is a certain probability that all of this does not happen as early as 2040. If people decide to take the initiative to reduce emissions, maybe we can delay the inevitable. We can all do our bit to control carbon emissions. We could all use less energy, conserve and recycle; maybe we will still be able to visit Paris in 2040. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size=8.5;">Any takers for my old quilt, by the way?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Shubhadeep Dhar</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="MsoIntenseReference"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">References & Notes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">* Gaia Hypothesis: Originally proposed by James Lovelock as the earth feedback hypothesis, [1] it was named—at the suggestion of his neighbor William Golding—the Gaia Hypothesis, after the Greek supreme goddess of Earth. [2] The hypothesis is frequently described as viewing the Earth as a single organism. Lovelock and other supporters of the idea now regard it as a scientific theory, not merely a hypothesis, since they believe it has passed predictive tests. [3]</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[1] Lovelock, James (2001), "Homage to Gaia: The Life of an Independent Scientist", (Oxford University Press)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[2] http://www.ecolo.org/lovelock/lovelock-online_chat-00.htm</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">[3] Lovelock, James (2007), "The Revenge of Gaia: Earth's Climate Crisis & the Fate of Humanity" (Basic Books)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"># An urban heat island (UHI) is a metropolitan area which is significantly warmer than its surrounding rural areas. The temperature difference usually is larger at night than during the day and larger in winter than in summer, and is most apparent when winds are weak. The main cause of the urban heat island is modification of the land surface by urban development; waste heat generated by energy usage is a secondary contributor.</span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9216763518947964633.post-86011322989864707022009-03-31T03:29:00.000-07:002009-03-31T03:31:51.839-07:00Quips on the go!<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Angelina Jolie wants to adopt an <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-412751/Angelina-set-adopt-baby.html">Indian child</a>. Me me me! Okay, my hairline is receding, so what! Me me me! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Mamata Banerjee wants to turn Kolkata into <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kolkata-will-be-london-in-trinamool-rule-mamata/88500-37.html">London</a> or vice versa. Please be serious. Jaguar and Land Rover better watch out if you have set up a plant on fertile land! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Here is a link to the best job in the <a href="http://www.islandreefjob.com/">world</a>. In other related news smug your-job-sucks-mine-doesn’t grins have been rendered redundant. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">Here is an <a href="http://profit.ndtv.com/2009/03/19092152/How-an-iPod-can-be-a-common-ma.html">article</a> on how you can use an iPod to make calls. Then again calling from an iPhone is way cooler than talking to your mp3 player. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"><a href="http://business.rediff.com/report/2009/mar/31/sahara-sues-jet-airways-over-buyout-deal.htm">Sahara has sued Jet Airways</a> for non-payment of their yearly installment of a gazillion crores. What happened to the good old “Recovery agent”? Man I miss the old days! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;"><a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/airtel-most-congested-network-says-regulator/89074-7.html">Airtel</a> is officially the most congested network. Duh! </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">GM plans to launch a ‘<a href="http://www.zigwheels.com/News/General-Motors-to-launch-Mini-Car-by-year-end/General12_20090330-1-1">mini car’</a> in a last ditch effort to save itself! I have heard that West Bengal offers great investment opportunities for automobile companies. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style=" Georgia","serif"font-family:";font-size:8.5pt;">March has produced a lot of failures at the <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/box-office-march-a-month-of-duds/89076-8.html">Box Office</a>. Producers, we are just not in the mood to watch movies you know with the recession and heat and stuff. <o:p></o:p></span></p>Shubhshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839415355084434580noreply@blogger.com0