Today while reading my own blog entries i have realized that i have come long way. When I left my home in July 2009 , there were lots of unknowns. I was bit happy and lot of worried for new life. Now 2 years have gone by. I was excited for new life in usa and at the same time worried for my professional life,my job.
These two years have been mixed in terms of happiness and sorrows.We got AARUSHI who is our hope for future and is our life. Thats the highest part of these years.I am happy.I want to be happy.
I want to finish this blog with note that life is continuous struggle and we do get rewarded,though many factors affect this reward :-).
I hope n wish that every1 gets the rewards of the struggles which life is making them go through and make them happy.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Friday, January 22, 2010
Kalyug Movie
I watched "Kalyug", produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal, today. It is modernization of epic Mahabharat. The whole story is set in contemporary setup with warring business families. It shows that humans are still repeating the same mistakes results of which are told in epic.Thousands of years have passed but humans could not grow above those mistakes and still tread the path of destruction. We all are filled with jealousy and maddening ambition which takes control of us and leads us to wrong path.
The basic premise of the movie is two warring business families (who are related by blood). The relations take nasty turn after some tender-failure which makes it male-movie but the writers of the movie made sure that woman characters are also given importance and it comes across verr well. Though woman are not in the line of the main story but can not be ignored.They are not eye candy but all their gestures say a lot about the situation.
I was intrigued by Rekha's character,named Supriya, her will to control decisions of people around her ,and her fighting spirit. She is as mystic as Draupadi's character of Mahabharat. I found Supriya Pathak's character interesting,she is called Subhadra. She is shown to be very naive to handle her husband in times of his failure. There are enough hints in the movie which shows that Supriya likes her brother-in-law,Anant Nag(named Bharat), but all the hints are very subtle. Rekha asks him to remove his moustaches in middle of some discussion and he simply laughs over that idea. But he is shown without moustaches in remaining part of the movie. Rekha does not have much relation with her husband who is very calm and quiet. Towards the end, she turns to Bharat for all the help instead of her husband. Also,when Bharat is totally devasted by the turn of the events and his wife ,Subhadra,is unable to console him, Supriya enters the room and decides to take care of him.
Supriya,played by Rekha and Dharam,played by Raj Babbar, looks perfect couple to outside world ,both look too mature and composed. But they have little in common. Rekha is totally into worldly affairs and always wants to be in winning side. Her husband looks at life more spiritually and philosophically. What a irony !!
All in all,well made movie. It proves "being inspired" can be good.
The basic premise of the movie is two warring business families (who are related by blood). The relations take nasty turn after some tender-failure which makes it male-movie but the writers of the movie made sure that woman characters are also given importance and it comes across verr well. Though woman are not in the line of the main story but can not be ignored.They are not eye candy but all their gestures say a lot about the situation.
I was intrigued by Rekha's character,named Supriya, her will to control decisions of people around her ,and her fighting spirit. She is as mystic as Draupadi's character of Mahabharat. I found Supriya Pathak's character interesting,she is called Subhadra. She is shown to be very naive to handle her husband in times of his failure. There are enough hints in the movie which shows that Supriya likes her brother-in-law,Anant Nag(named Bharat), but all the hints are very subtle. Rekha asks him to remove his moustaches in middle of some discussion and he simply laughs over that idea. But he is shown without moustaches in remaining part of the movie. Rekha does not have much relation with her husband who is very calm and quiet. Towards the end, she turns to Bharat for all the help instead of her husband. Also,when Bharat is totally devasted by the turn of the events and his wife ,Subhadra,is unable to console him, Supriya enters the room and decides to take care of him.
Supriya,played by Rekha and Dharam,played by Raj Babbar, looks perfect couple to outside world ,both look too mature and composed. But they have little in common. Rekha is totally into worldly affairs and always wants to be in winning side. Her husband looks at life more spiritually and philosophically. What a irony !!
All in all,well made movie. It proves "being inspired" can be good.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
I met a hermit on the run
Read the article ,its too inspiring
http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/report_i-mehttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7976848507131594111t-a-hermit-on-the-run_1008465
http://www.dnaindia.com/speakup/report_i-mehttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7976848507131594111t-a-hermit-on-the-run_1008465
Friday, December 11, 2009
Land of dreams,deals and potlucks!!
Its been 5 months that I came to "land of dreams,deals and potlucks".
Everyone knows US of A is dream land but my dreams are still waiting to be fulfilled. Everyone knows US of A is deal land because for every deal you finalize,there is another better deal just around the corner.Every indian knows US of A is land of potlucks-prepare food ,get together,eat food and play games.Sounds interesting...But am i liking it ? Yes and No both for some reasons.
Yes , because it is fun place and it looks like living a dream.
Yes , because hubby says that learning and exposure at office is great.
No , because things seems very frivolous many times.
No , because of very few job opportunities.
No , because I do not like sitting at home whole day and staring at walls.
No , because of its extreme cold weather.
No , because this place demands lots of self motivation.
No , because sometimes i feel outsider
Still struggling to find out whether it is worth living here or going back to homeland !!!
Everyone knows US of A is dream land but my dreams are still waiting to be fulfilled. Everyone knows US of A is deal land because for every deal you finalize,there is another better deal just around the corner.Every indian knows US of A is land of potlucks-prepare food ,get together,eat food and play games.Sounds interesting...But am i liking it ? Yes and No both for some reasons.
Yes , because it is fun place and it looks like living a dream.
Yes , because hubby says that learning and exposure at office is great.
No , because things seems very frivolous many times.
No , because of very few job opportunities.
No , because I do not like sitting at home whole day and staring at walls.
No , because of its extreme cold weather.
No , because this place demands lots of self motivation.
No , because sometimes i feel outsider
Still struggling to find out whether it is worth living here or going back to homeland !!!
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Lovely Woods !!
Excerpt from "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" written by Robert Frost :
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
nightmares and dreams
How a person is supposed to react when he realizes that all his worst nightmares but very few of dreams have always come true.Life is preparing him for always the next battle...Should he feel happy to be chosen one OR go depressed..
But no matter how he feels,he definitely has no choice since his fate is sealed. But he is at positive side since he knows that he has battles to be fought and won all through his life so he can not rest or take things for granted..So he must not be depressed..But can he be happy ?? Not sure about this though.
Why do we compare ourselves with others ?? i think we should never because each one has own destiny and own calamities and happiness.Everyone of us is so different yet so same.
Sometimes i wonder that we lose a lot as we grow up in life though we might grow materialistcally.
All these thoughts are weird and were disturbing me since last few days.
But no matter how he feels,he definitely has no choice since his fate is sealed. But he is at positive side since he knows that he has battles to be fought and won all through his life so he can not rest or take things for granted..So he must not be depressed..But can he be happy ?? Not sure about this though.
Why do we compare ourselves with others ?? i think we should never because each one has own destiny and own calamities and happiness.Everyone of us is so different yet so same.
Sometimes i wonder that we lose a lot as we grow up in life though we might grow materialistcally.
All these thoughts are weird and were disturbing me since last few days.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
astitva !!
This post comes from Redmond,my current location.
Few days back, I happen to watch a movie "Astitva".
"Astitiva" is the story of Aditi (Tabu), a housewife and a mother to grown-up Son.
She is married to self-centered business man Shrikant Pandit(Sachin Khandekar) for almost 3 decades now.Her life revolves around making meals,reading newspaper, doing normal domestic chores with no other interest in the outer world and she is happy this way.
Well, the movie starts when Aditi receives a huge will from her Music Guru ,Malhar Kamat,with whom she did not have contact for more than two decades. Her husband ,who is in habit of writing dairy,gets curious and does investigation by reading his dairies.He has questions that concerns Tabu's fidelity and he rightly confronts her. She honestly tells him the truth and reasons of infidelity.He could not understand her at all and insults her in front of his friends. So far so good.
A man has spend more than 25 years of his life with woman and the way he disgraces her is totally unfair.He could never ever understand his own wife and her viewpoint.
Aditi explains that starts of the marriage was shaky for both of them with Shri being busy in his work always and on his tours most of the times. She was at home alone and feeling lonely. She asks him if they could get child Or may be she could work to pass her time. He overrules both of the options and throws an option of learning music. Tabu makes relationship with his music teacher who had sensed her lonilness.She begets son from him. Now,he is died after naming her as heir. Still ,Shrikant fails to understand the situation and worried for reaction of whole world.
I liked end of the movie where Aditi answers all the questions of Shrikant , it is totally brillant.
Watch it some time for good quality and no-nonsense movie.
Few days back, I happen to watch a movie "Astitva".
"Astitiva" is the story of Aditi (Tabu), a housewife and a mother to grown-up Son.
She is married to self-centered business man Shrikant Pandit(Sachin Khandekar) for almost 3 decades now.Her life revolves around making meals,reading newspaper, doing normal domestic chores with no other interest in the outer world and she is happy this way.
Well, the movie starts when Aditi receives a huge will from her Music Guru ,Malhar Kamat,with whom she did not have contact for more than two decades. Her husband ,who is in habit of writing dairy,gets curious and does investigation by reading his dairies.He has questions that concerns Tabu's fidelity and he rightly confronts her. She honestly tells him the truth and reasons of infidelity.He could not understand her at all and insults her in front of his friends. So far so good.
A man has spend more than 25 years of his life with woman and the way he disgraces her is totally unfair.He could never ever understand his own wife and her viewpoint.
Aditi explains that starts of the marriage was shaky for both of them with Shri being busy in his work always and on his tours most of the times. She was at home alone and feeling lonely. She asks him if they could get child Or may be she could work to pass her time. He overrules both of the options and throws an option of learning music. Tabu makes relationship with his music teacher who had sensed her lonilness.She begets son from him. Now,he is died after naming her as heir. Still ,Shrikant fails to understand the situation and worried for reaction of whole world.
I liked end of the movie where Aditi answers all the questions of Shrikant , it is totally brillant.
Watch it some time for good quality and no-nonsense movie.
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