Talaffuz Janab

Its a finicky feeling when you have some retrospective aura around you with the Heritage and culture you inherit.I had that opportunity to spend one weekend in that charismatic atmosphere.Rather we recreated that mahoul for us.

Two factors contributed this post motivation for me.One is the Sudhir Mishra’s latest flick ‘Khoya Khoya Chaand’.Awesomely planted in the 60’s caressing through the intricacies of film industry.A tale of love and passion.Some resplendent screenplay and cinematography.Kudos Sudhir for rejuvenating the old spirit.Usage of Urdu and pure Hindi punctuated with awesome sets produced an undying aura which will be memorized.

Another is in the series of myself and my roomie Kaushik’s venture of discovering a new eatery every weekend.This time we stumbled upon a perfectly made pure Indian restaurant named ‘Roomali with View’.We grave for speciality and my boy this was the place.With Ghazals of Jagjit Singh,Ghulam Ali and Pankaj Udhas filling the atmosphere with just what the doctor ordered.Food served with Rajasthani,Awadhi and Kashmiri speciality made us being poised and paused while we were having the Daal baati which was well complemented by the Jaamun.

Always had wanted the heritage to be kept alive by travelling through the subtle nuances of life.I felt the weekend was perfectly ordered for me.Just again i thought let me concentrate on my Talaffuz.

The Brain Weapon

Rose to the Golden Fortess,dived into the intricacies of Hills of Darjeeling and Gangtok.My Hero has done it all.Childhood was like digging into his adventures,feeling the intensely gripping stories.I was also transported to the crime scene or used to be the fourth member of the gang.
My tribute to the great master continues in a prolonged exposure.Ray’s creation of Feluda, the Detective has enthralled and has given ecstasy to people of all ages for ages.

Felu a.k.a Prodosh Chandra Mitter Ray’s answer to another master i.e. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Feluda’s adventure was used to be penned down by his nephew ‘Topshe’.The trio part was completed by charismatic,hilarious,mirthful,unparallel and so on LalMohan Ganguly a.k.a Jatayu a crime thriller writer by profession who had the unique tinge of giving some hilarious names to his own stories and whose English was bit squeaky.
Ray had arranged some highly exciting plots and had transported these characters into the scene.Feluda’s wit,Topshe’s presence of mind and Jatayu’s mere presence had solved complex mystries.Some intruiging stories ranging from potrait of Napoleon to Antuique idol of Ganesha.The Major thing which gives the pleasure is the bundle of information that we get while by nosediving into the stories.When Feluda was asked what’s the weapon he carries with himself,it was replied aptly by saying i carry a weapon called ‘Mogojashtro’ (Mogoj=Brain + Ashtro=Weapon).Where we see the cases solved and mysteries getting unrevealed by the sheer intelligence and wit of Feluda not any hard action.
Apt lumintation to the stories were the humorous angle provided in the stories by Jatayu, whose awesome timing of dialogues were amazingly planted.One example being where Jatayu wanted to say telepathic connection but what came out was ‘the telepathetic connection’ which sends reader to laugh rides.
Moriarty was more and less replaced by another icon called Maghanlal Meghraj with whom Feluda had confrontation in few stories.
Lots of Ray’s stories have been translated into English now, so no excuses from the Non-Bengali readers J.May be next post i would tear apart another splendiferous icon named Shonku.

Marewa

Sudden paths charted out.You feel traversing into new corners of introspection.
Marewa by Indian Ocean came to me like that.
I have always been a great fan of this fusion band.I might have heard of Marewa before
but with the headphones stuck to my ears giving me the stereophonic sound
punctuated with the thought of i have to give some demo to my client tommorow
produced a nice reverberating feeling.

A day off my GMAT prep, rather two days off as after yesterday's current off fiasco.
Thought of listening to Indian Ocean once more.Yeah was treated with one of the
best Indian song i have ever heard.

Marewa is song to be categorized 'Euphoric Sufi' tells about some water body whose
water is nirmal.
Mind boggling accoustics and bass.Indian Ocean's another gem after Kandisa,Hille le and Kandisa.Imagination and Versatility has always been their virtue.
Long live Indian Ocean.
time for me to catch me sleep although 'with you' of Linkin Park banging in my head
strewn through my headphones.

Cheers

Gourmet sense

Gourmet eats exactly the way how he is supposed to eat.

I reckon my stay at UK has made me in more colloquial sense

'A foodie'.

A perfect way to eat has to be emphasized.

In UK i saw the all forms of food, the perfect way to eat sumptous food.

Unless we taste a all kinds of food, its difficult to say which is the best and more

precisely to decide what to eat. As William Saffire's points out the difference between

Epicure,Gourmand,Gourmet,Gastronome and Glutton, I would rather prefet myself to

be an epicure who likes to display a thin satisfactory smile.

Well made food gives me a pleasant satisfaction.

I would rather like to incline my apetite for one delicacy and that is Bacon.

How much wherever you give me i never get tired with Bacon.

The egg and bacon salad is my favourite.Later in my blog posts i will come

up with my top-10 favourite dishes including Indian,Chinese,Mughlai and Continental, the major

genres i gulp down.

Here i have become a believer in heavy lunch and grand dinner.I have just stopped liking

the crossover midsized kaam chalau items like Burger and pizza. Bring on the full thing please.

Rice-Daal being old time favourites i speculate can not be taken over by anything.Home food is uncomparable.

I have tried to keep my mind and heart always open, always tried new things be it food or any other thing.

to end with i would again say keep your mind open and belly empty.Let the Gourmet have a good time.

Cheers mate

The Scottish Experience-1

History kept alive in the era of modernisation.

My Scottish experience has been a rather astonishing feeling.

A couple of friends alongwith charted to the Historic Edinburugh and

the terrains of the Highlands, which turned out to be a life lasting

experience.

I have to divide my journey into three major parts.

Edinburugh- The first line of this blog post certainly was written keeping

this city in my mind.

Glasgow- They say it is one of the most interesting cities in the world, we will

come to know once i dig into the subtle nuances of this magnificent city.

The Highlands- The rich history of Scotland coupled with Beautfiul countryside of Highlands.

Its a must see thing for all countryside lovers.

Scotland home of Scoth Whisky and Golf boasts of many unique things, which i would

later explore into my later posts.

Neva say die NEVA

Down but not out what I think…….what I believe in…………….

Let it come…..let the odds stack against you…come on………….

I will face every damn thing.

What are tough men meant for…….not going to be supressed by

Anything.Always I have fought……..against myself,against some one

Else….i consider myself a figther…….never let it down baby………

Tough times don’t last but tough people do…..

Life is neva been easy……neva it meant to be…………

Who said life is full of roses…..Once again the time has come

To stand up and defend, to defend self dignity…………

To prove thyself………..

Aaj phir wohi dum dekha de………………..

Aaj phir jaan pe khel le………..

Kaaton pe chal ke manzil paa le………...

Let it come baby………let it come……………………….

Director's Vision-1

Films…what are they made for. Is it for mere entertainment or for some

Specific purpose which we don’t know about.

A Director's vision is a film, a definitive angle of thinking.

His views, his perspective, a cumulative perception is what a film is about.

Do the directors compromise on their films or should have they done that.

When a film becomes specific for money raising then it becomes a

Compromising element for its visionary.

Who are culpable for this, are we the one who to blame.

Its an unprecedented, unthinkable view which is not materialistic.

The society plays a major part as producers don’t want to make some

Controversial films which would ignite a rage in people, so they put

barriers in the creative aura of the director.

If we see French films, there directors can embark on any damn idea.

Liberty is the entity which they inculcate there.

I don’t know which is right or wrong.

If in India Kissing or any intimate scenes were considered obscene, I am

Not judging whether it was morally or socially right or wrong.

Ray once said 'As kissing was not acceptable in Bengali cinema, I had to

Make the scene somehow intimate' in 'Apur Sansar'

Generally on other zones also, creativity takes a big time knock.

Money plays a part, it will.

I feel sometimes the actors, who are really mega stars here can

Plant their foot forward and look forward to do some meaningful films,

because they have nothing to lose.

We have seen very few Indian films which explores into the unknown area.

Dissection with really good movies I will continue further…………

For not lets think and rethink 'is the director constrained'?.

If he is, then what are these constraints?.........

Forgotten

The forgotten sentiments, sometimes sprangs up in our memory.

An entity which sometimes pops up, again it melts down.

Movies,Songs etc have now become the flag bearers of true flag.

We see the movies, our sentiments flow,we feel the thing.

As Rang de Basanti did…The Robaroo song ignited the fire…..

The spark came but again after a fortnight same eroded thoughts.

As famous American critic 'Ambrose Bierce' said

'In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first '

A man now does not have any time to look out for broader things, as his own mindset

Alongwith his deeds are trying to find the narrowest lane, where the lights are glistening.

It doesn’t mean everytime you have to die to show how big a partisan you are

It means doing small things, it means following certain principles.

But in the battle for survival for fittest who has the time to look at

These things.

Its easy to say ' is desh ka kuch nahin ho sakta' but how many of us Have come forward as 'DJ' did to rectify the situation.

Its easy to reproach but to take the responsibility and carve a space

For your country by yourself is gruelling.

Lets try to do a very simple thing to remember the forgotten element

Badla

Runs scored…….wickets shattered……an innings win………..

Indian cricket team has won the Badla series…the revenge is being taken.

All the batsmen scored centuries……..bowlers bowled well……one more

Series victory over minnows like Bangladesh,Zimbabwe or even away win at Windies.

Where is this going?........what is the root cause? We are blaming the coach……..

Greg Chappel the perfect scapegoat…….Dravd's subdued captaincy.

I think focal culprit is the cricket board, their policies, their inablility of

Getting elegant batsmen, real fast bowlers(not like Zaheer and all)…….agile

Fielders……capable all-rounders(Karthik-give me a break)……………….

For that we have to dig inside…….under-16,under-19 cricket has to be encouraged…….

Make them to play on bouncy tracks……..arrange foreign tours…let them play

Agianst Aussie,English juniors………..expose them …let them face it…..mature them,build

Them………………

Some officials who don’t know A,B and C of cricket have been ruling the roost

In BCCI, making imperative decisions……………

The asli badla when Indian team will be able to win series,torunaments

Abroad,playing on bouncier and sporting wickets.

Otherwise the history will repeat itself nicely.

Are you thinking?

Ray's nuances simplified, a contemporary story punctuated with the human idealism.

Pratidwandi or 'The Adversary' in my view is Ray's one of his best films.

A character dwindled, an idealist whose idealism wants to go away from him.

A lost childhood tranquility,innocent serenity metamorphoses into youth rage.

The movie captures the social conditions which prevailed in Calcutta now Kolkata

In 1970's, brilliantly imagined parallelism by Ray magnifies his vision.

Corruption, unemployment depicted as the major contemporary problems.

Pretty much diversed from Ray's earlier movies….where he first time plants his foot

In urban genre……….here he proves his true versatility keeping his true signature

Temparment.

What was that?

it happened really......

Shaken by bomb blast or stunned by nuclear tests……life became

Dynamic and moving for a moment.

All the senses started flowing, what was that?

Saturday morning….i was drained after another exhaustive week.

Sleeping nicely…….suddenly this…..traumatized and dazed….

I was totally knocked for a six……….what was that?………

Its true…….i have never experienced this……………….

Straight lines got curved……..geometrical equations were false

What was that?……………..

Yeah…common now……….i was taken aback by seismic forces

Movement of tectonic plates caused……..means it did all the above things

Yes it was an Earthquake…….Richter scale 4.3

Epicenter not far than my place……………..

English Channel mein epicenter………..folkestone and dover got affected…..

That was that