Facts n Fiction

All characters in this story may appear to be fictitious.  Any resemblance to real persons, living, dead, or missing could be surprisingly coincidental. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Virar station, 7pm, Andu (pronounced as UNDO) and Bandu (as BUNDO) were waiting for some other friends to arrive. They all were to go for a picnic near Arnala beach. Amidst the entire crowd, a not-so-beautiful-but-fair girl passed by. Andu, a guy with short stature craned his neck to get her glimpse and then turned to Bandu to check if he saw his act. Bandu too, taking advantage of his height, had taken darshan of that beauty. And they both smiled, rather laughed at each other. “Men will be men,” roared Bandu and they burst out into a thunderous laughter again. Andu and Bandu both are 30 something shaadi-shuda guys, not to each other ofcourse – happily married, not gay-ly . Like the scene at the Virar station, there are many coincidences of them liking the sa

They rejoiced Killing many, and Leaving others lame With guns held high in air They shouted loud All praise in His name With trembling legs And fiery eyes I walked down the road All worried only about self No one really cared About the blood that flowed Those cries still scare The gun shots still haunt Unity disrupted, peace torn Lost is the glory Which this land Once used to adorn With a blank mind I stood, Staring into the infinity Struck between the differences Of what is sacred And what is unholy

I had loved Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone . Though many consider him a sadak-chap writer, he is a bestseller today – we need to appreciate and respect that, at least I do, for I am a writer too. I loved 3 Idiots even more. None could have a better job than the Aamir-Raju-Chopra trio, all masters of perfection. Though many consider the movie to be absolutely idiotic and exaggerated (fabricating the principles of engineering), it is a thorough entertainer, total paisa vasool – that’s what movies are for. However, what I least expected from such great men, was the push-pull for credits and publicity. Eventually, I got bored going through their ignominy, for my common sense of ad-man & marketeer told me this could well be a publicity gimmick. And indeed it was, sales of Five Point Someone were towering, and ditto was happening with 3 Idiots . The masters (Chetan-Aamir-Raju-Chopra) might have used a simple principle – “bad publicity is next to good publicity” , they explo

Wish you all a very Happy New Year . Hope your 2010 had begun well with lots of promises to the self – sanguine resolutions full of sanctity. I too have made a few. It is almost a month that I haven’t posted anything new – OMG! I woke up today morning with this burst inside me. No writings at all, in last one month. So here I am… I am not sure what I am going to write but I have come all the way singing to the Blogger website: Mala ‘login’ karay paayjay Mala ‘login’ karay paayjay Hope this New Year brings in lots of interesting articles, increased readership, and unfathomable success to me as writer and to you as readers :-] Cheers!

Continuing with the title above, Amitabh Bachchan has never seemed to impress me, I mean his performances, and not his movies. Right from the “Babu Moshayyyy” to “Anthony Gonsalves” to “Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi…” to “Rishtey mein toh…” to “Vijay Dinanath Chauhan hainnn” to “Sarkar – Sarkar Raaj” , I never frenzied at his performances, however, I have liked some of the movies in terms of content and story telling. Paa is no different. The best part of the movie was that I did not realise that Amitabh was in that movie (the worst part – Abhishek playing the lead role), I was completely bowled over by Auro , and the entire credit goes to R. Balki for conceptualizing it and the make-up artistes who brought it to reality. So talking about Paa , all my praise will go to filmmaking, cinematography, and screenplay. I will excuse myself from talking much about the characters of the movie. Balki, an ad maker, and hence a naturally creative person has done good justice with regard

She was rigged, bombed, shattered For several times in history Yet she rises up every time in victory Such is the spirit of Aapli Mumbai Floods clog her streets, services disrupt And every thing turns real scary She blows out kisses of unity Help! Stay one! Whispers Aapli Mumbai At riots, her sons fought, killed, And slaughtered each other insanely Yet, she unites them during a calamity So profound is the love of Aapli Mumbai Where Rahim dances during Ganpati And Prasad walks to Hajji Ali That’s the sense of brotherhood Infused and injected by Aapli Mumbai She has, with warm welcomes Graced each one, and every body To fulfill their dreams, attain success She is enterprising, she’s Aapli Mumbai We care, as she does for us Dare anyone, defy our unity, for no one Can shatter us, our spirit, pledge we, The children of this maximum city.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding - R.L.Stevenson. True Indeed! My aim of keeping on writing, and getting published some day seems to have moved a step forward. "Diligence is the mother of good fortune". It feels really great and honoured to be interviewed and published - a small step to fame and success; I have started tasting it, I guess. I was almost stunned when I read an email from WebNeeTech team about interviewing me as a blogger and featuring it on their website. I had no reason to say NO. Why would one? Having composed myself after the excitement and smiles and giggles, I finished completing the questionnaire (this took me 4 days to complete). Read the interview here. My interview was finally published on 6th November, and again the smiles and giggles and various other gestures of satisfaction dawned on my face. The glow on my face that day could have put all Doves, Fairglows, Men's fairness creams, Fair & Lovelys to shame ;-] I sent