The pic says it all !!

My new shoe :)

Welcome back Madhuri !!

The Dancing Diva of Bollywood is BACK !!!
And she is looking much more graceful than ever !!!


When we (as in the people of my age ) grew up, we grew up watching Madhuri Dixit, Karishma Kapoor and Kajol. Of course, there were the likes of Mamta Kulkarni but the lesser said about them, the better. Karishma Kapoor was at her best with Govinda (whose comedy I miss so much) and David Dhawan. The over-the-top, loud (at times), whacky, non-sense but 100% comedy. They had the power to generate hysterical laughter, the only condition being that you had to switch your mind off.
No doubt, Kajol is the best among them (and definitely one of the best ever). Be it comedy, or romance , or sometimes tragedy... she delivered point blanc.
And then there was Madhuri Dixit. Her presence was more than enough. And on the top of it... she danced. I bet all the girls of my age practised "madhuri steps" in front of mirror. I doubt if any other heroine had THAT control over the masses.

"How is the movie?"
"Doesn't matter. Madhuri is there."
I can't say about before Madhuri, but after her, I couldn't find any movie which was worth watching just because it had XYZ as the heroine. Take note that I am not using 'actress' because there have been actresses who could pull people on the basis of performance. But making people sit through 2-3 hours by mere her presence..... question mark ---- Madhuri--- Blank.
Blank till Om shanti Om happened. Yes, I can sit through any movie , if it has Deepika Padukone as the heroine. Period.
She is WOW !!!
And now that OSO has come up, the only other WOW-thing in OSO is the performance by 'Omiswaami Shantinathan'. I would conclude by the dialogues of this hilarious scence :

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha . You shotgun. Me quickgun Murugan. Na Ramba, Na nillay rakkhi atti patti katti. Munnyedaar munnyedaar munnyedaar. Yenna Rascalaaa.... thoo die..... Mind it.
(glasses drops).Never mind it. (fight sequence). Yenna rascalaaa... Mind it.
Pappu ... Thyger. ( Mind ith. Thyger cat)
You bad cat. You bad cat. Rascalaa cat. Naughty pussy, naughty pussy, naughty pussy. Who is your daddy now. You want to say sorry.... No sorry. Pussy cat, pussy cat.. where have you been. Have you been to London .... to see the queen.
Find it.
Yenna fly... yenna die............ yenna rascalaaa... Mind it."

PhD ke Side Effects

We, a small group of Phd students, were watching this video ......



....... and when the video crossed -1:25 ....

Guy 1 : Hey look.... it is Schroedinger's Equation.
Conclusion : NERD

Guy 2 : Ya.... it is for Hydrogen atom.
Conclusion : No comments

(To have a better look at the equation, pause at -1:13)

A question

Not too long ago, there was a shoulder. The exact location is immaterial so you can place it at any point in the space-time continuum as you feel like.
It was a happy shoulder. Though not toned, it was a strong, stable shoulder. Always looking at the brighter side of the world. It had its friends- the other shoulders, brains, bodies etc, though not many. But it didn't complain, for whatever he had was precious.
It was happily walking its path when, at some some point in the space-time continuum, its path merged with that of a beautiful pair of eyes. Destined to walk together with the shoulder, the eyes had no choice but to talk to it. And as it happens with anyone talking to it, they became friends. At least the eyes thought so. Little did they know that the shoulder was falling for them, deeper by each moment. Or may be they knew and chose to ignore. Nevertheless, both continued to walk together, laughing, teasing each other and deliberately avoiding that uncomfortable silence all the way along until they reached a point when their paths diverged for a while.
Both were alone during that course. And while the shoulder kept thinking about the eyes , the eyes met a face on their way. A face which supported them when they were alone. A face which was the smartest face in the world according to the eyes. A face which they fell in love with.
For the first time, the shoulder lost its self-control and it hates itself for that ever since. But the way it is, it recovered soon and decided to be by the side of the eyes for whatever time they had left before their paths diverged again. And it stood by the eyes like a rock. It was there everytime the eyes had to cry, which, more often than not, was because of the face. It was always there to cheer them up. It was always there to comfort them, even though it really didn't believe in its words. Never ever did the shoulder say a word against the face because it knew that inspite of all the pain, the eyes loved it while knowing perfectly well that they would be much more happier with the shoulder.
To the world, the shoulder appeared to be the same strong, stable, determined shoulder of old, but deep inside, it was fragile, delicately poised and on the verge of breaking down. But it could not let the eyes see this as it was their only support. So, it stood firm till their paths diverged, this time for ever. And as the shoulder continues to walk alone, it can't help but to wonder:
Who was wrong? The eyes, for not understanding it; or itself, for not being able to get over the eyes. Perhaps both, perhaps none.