Patanahi

The third book by Chetan Bhagat. This retains the simplicity of writing and spice of bollywood movies. Some argue that his way of writing is cheap and crap. I say compare him to the writers of his style, not the west inspired, west mocking Indian English writers. His story starts with him meeting a character of the novel, Govind. His two friends Ishanth and Omie. Set in Gujarat in times of the earth quake (January 26, 2001), WTC attack (September 11, 2001) and the burning of Sabarmati express (February 27, 2002). The main characters Govind: Business man Ishanth: Failed Cricketer Omie: A son of a priest Vidya: Ishanth's sister and Govind's love interest. Ali: A budding cricketer Mamaji: Omie's Uncle Parakh ji: Local politician. Pandit ji: Wholesale dealer. He takes you to Australia and back. You have mathematics combined with business combined with cricket combined with a romance combined with religion combined with politics. All the ingredients required to make a movie a hi...

Watched this movie yesterday. After the flop show "RGV ki Aag" i was reluctant to watch this movie. But the promos and reviews set my expectations high. The movie starts slow, very predictable and the usual bollywood masala flick. The best thing i had liked about "Sarkar" was the photography and the fast pace of the movie, specially in the second half. This movie lacks both the aspects. The camera work is sloppy, specially the part where AB Sr walks into the hospital room and the camera is moved from one side of the bed to the other side from under the bed... it looks so very artificial. The entire movie is shot in closeup and the lighting is also a bad job done. There are no punching dialogs. All are repeat of the part 1. The speeches of AB Jr are all cutout and replaced by "Govinda Govinda..." If he was given actual dialogs for those speeches, it would have been of more impact. AB Jr dies in the end and Mrs. AB takes over the Sarkar Raj. The part III of ...

First, something which got me excited today. I got a message on my google mobile maps saying there was an update available. As i always do, went for it and to my surprise found it has evolved into a GPS / Navigator. It pinpoints my exact location on the map and gets updates as i move around. Thats COOL !!! Now i will never get lost !!! Well the fuel price hike... getting on my nerves for the first time. On one hand people are getting free sops and on the other hand some people are paying heavy tax and paying a heavy price on the things they buy. What the hell... I realized yet again that i am a bad at conversations. Got verbally bashed up yesterday from a friend after talking nonsense. I mean sometimes you just can't do anything other than suggesting people some "useless" options which sound so stupid. Started reading Chetan Bhagat's new novel "The Three Mistakes of My Life" pretty interesting plot. He still holds on to his narrative best. Just while readin...

There was an article in Rediff.com on oil economy. The US economy has been always dependent on the OIL the world buys in petrodollars and its foreign policy dependent on the arms sales around the world. A handful American banks control the oil prices. The OPEC nations also have huge investments in these banks. Recently a middle east country invested hugely in Citi Bank. The OPEC countries also gain from the rising fuel prices. To break away from this strong hold, countries like Iran and Russia have come together to form a parallel petro exchange and petroeuro. It was Iraq who started converting its oil trade to Euro. This was the main reason for the American invasion of Iraq. Now America is behind Iran. But it wont be a easy cake as Iraq, as the government of Iran has the strong backing of its citizens. Moreover they have a stealth Russian support.