Deja Boo(k)

Has it ever happened to you that you start reading a book, and with each line you feel like you have read this earlier?

Yes, it happened to me yesterday.


And since I knew that the book didn't start with content copied from any other book, I was faced with only 2 choices:

1. I have started forgetting the books I have read already (as I could not remember the name of the book with similar content I had read earlier). Looks like Carl Sagan is right.


2. Ergo, I have started getting old (and here I am, still single).

Luckily, before I fried my brain worrying about this, I realised that I was reading the book again, and I hadn't gone past the prologue last time (which should give you the idea why I promptly forgot about the book).

I am so happy to be still young.

Fount of Knowledge Part VII

a.k.a. Politics is...


Something I read yesterday made me realise the true meaning of the word "political":

Asking somebody something politically (or, being political) means asking the person a question exactly opposite in meaning than what you want to ask.


I mean, if you want to ask somebody about age (or rather, old age), you would ask/mention how young that person looks. Mentioning that somebody is lying through his/her teeth would take the 'hopeful' form, "That can't be right, can it?" Now that I mentioned it, I think you can now think of more such instances, right? (And that's not a political question, so feel free to answer it).

Now that I have seen the light, I know why ignorant people are disappointed when the political promises (especially those made on the eve of election) are never fulfilled.



P.S. When I ask you to comment on my blogs, that is also not "political" request, it is real.

Do Not Disturb!!!

As I sit here in a comfortable leather recliner, with a copy of Deathly Hallows in my hand, I can make you only 1 promise: the recliner is going to be my home for next 10 hours The review will be up tomorrow...

As much as I want to go straight to the Epilogue, I am not going to do it, because it is plain cheating. And since writing this post is keeping me from reading the book, See you Later!!!

P.S. The "Half-Blood Prince" review is up. The post will be reviewed and improved tomorrow.

I Thought So...

Really, I did...

I mean, I want to be Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, or maybe Sirius Black. Second choice would be male version of Tonks or book-Flitwick (any person who appreciates the Weasley's Portable Swamp is worthy of respect).

But wishes apart, I know I like my books too much to be anything other than:


Find out your Harry Potter personality at LiquidGeneration!


Except the "girl" part of it, the description fits me to the t (I am taking the "ion" part matches the "girl" part of it).

P.S. If you are still obsessing about the "girl" part, The Gender Genie would politely disagree with you.

I Went, I Saw, Me Likeee....

While the countdown timer at the top of this blog was at 00 days, 06 hrs downwards, I was in a theatre standing in a really long line waiting to get my popcorns and drink.

But wait, that's not what this post is about... The reason I was in the multiplex was that I had got a seat in fourth row from the front.

OK, I am going to get this straight this time. The movie I watched is "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix".


Well, the full review will be up tomorrow. But, initial comments:

• I liked it. Most of the time.


• As you all know, they have changed the story a bit, which might make a die-hard fan squirm in his seat once in a while. But then, how else can you fit the gigantic book in a 138 min long movie?


• Dumbledore continues his GoF streak. Most of the time.

More about it, tomorrow...

Till then, if you don't know who is Harry Potter (seriously?) or you love Harry Potter (now, that's more like it), read this. And seriously, there's no third type there.

Update: The review is now up here.


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Bollywood Bites XIII

a.k.a. Not just bites, it hurts...


OK people, as you know, I promised, and tried to keep my promise (but I failed). Now Bollywood has pushed me over the edge...

Remember the so-called "Wedding of The Century"? The event where media bombarded us with the weirdest and most unimportant "news" and "specials"? Where the event occupied so much of the screen time that anything else was drowned out?


If all the spotlight (and unnecessary information) was not enough, in true tradition of Bollywood (read: rare movies based on original subjects), the "event" has inspired a movie, which has pushed me to break my promise, yet again.

The only reason I could watch the movie would be if the originals play their screen characters. I am steering light-years away from any theatre showing the movie with the imitations... I dare to ask what information/storyline/events which we don't already know will make the movie interesting.


And this is a week where Bollywood not just bites me, it irks me no end... I guess putting the word "Gandhigiri" on notice was not enough. I am now starting a worldwide protest to ban the word altogether. And I am sure to get the followers in all the people who have watched/known about the great play known as "Gandhi vs. Gandhi" and the great actors who starred in it.


P.S. Find more Bollywood Bites here...


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Bollywood Bites XII

a.k.a. Sab kuch ulta-pulta...


I wasn't sure, but Himesh Reshmmiya admitting (at least twice that I know of) publicly that he sings through his nose was a kind of an indication of things to come. It seems everything Bollywood (and Bollywood fans/observers) assumed to be constant is turning on its head. In short, Bollywood is turning on its collective head.


If you don't believe me, tell me it is not the same Emraan Hashmi who not less than 6 weeks gave us bites like "being a skirt-chaser is normal" and is now saying that he is "really sick of kind of roles" he was doing. An epiphany in so short a time? Meanwhile, do tell me why we should not call him Emesh Heshmmia given his new "looks". I mean, he is just a cap away from starting to sing through his nose...

And I would have thought that a car going by the name of daughter of the designer of engines should have a feminine voice, right? Or is it that Amitabh can do female voices, too?




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