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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

There are times when you watch a movie, or listen to a piece, or read a book and it goes away. Suddenly you think of something and the tune of that song you once (over)heard comes back, the lines of the book revive and the movie comes back to you and you like it more than you liked it for first  time. Eternal.... is one such movie...  Most of these things we like tell us we have everything we need within our self. This movie tell us that we need each other , even when together disrupts happiness... One thing that movie does better than other art form for normal people like me is that it captures dream logic more clearly. Imagining the imagery is quite possible through movies and very few movies do it perfectly as does Eternal... The concept of movie was plain and simple. What if entire memory of the one you loved can be erased completely ? There is this scientific procedure that allows people to erase certain people from their memories, particularly after a break off..Jim ...

Choices.....

Too much has already been written about India vs Bharat debate.Still it disturbs. Sometimes I wonder how we spend around 1000 and more for watching movies in a multiplex wherein the same amount of money is considered to be taking care of people to be just above poverty line. How I wonder we middle class Indians have become Global citizens with availability of all the outputs which developed economy has and still have biggest set of people malnourished, anaemic and struggling for daily "Dal -Roti". I am not writing here to go for an austerity drive (though this is what London Olympics this year would do to reduce the unnecessary spending on Opening Ceremony and during the entire games), people do deserve what they aspire for and an iPhone or a multi utility gadgets is welcome. My only question is do we really need few of the things which we have been forced to aspire for? The term force is important here. As we have been lured, been made gullible to set of things which actua...

Of The Tie and that Ball Never Bowled

After long I am writing about cricket....Not much joy recently since that WC win. However the match played yesterday brought some interesting facts and these ifs and buts is what make cricket such a wonderful sports. For every match that ends, brings lots of trivia and nostalgia around it. Lets have a look at some of the interesting facts: facts which makes this match aptly a Tie... 1. India and Srilanka scored 15 fours. 2. Both the teams hit two sixes. 3. The dot ball played was 166:163 (Sri Lanka:India) 4. Both the teams lost 9 wickets. 5. Both teams bowled two maiden over each. 6. Both team gave away 8 extras. 7. Both team lost their first three wickets under the score of 100. 8. Both team lost their 9th wicket on 49.5 over , both run outs. These are too much a similarity and statistical delight. Having said that controversy also evolved around one missing ball. Skeptics may say it could have gone either ways. However that ball brought around 11 results. And only one co...