Mmmm...

The thing that i love saying the most..."Mmmmm...."

There is an uniqueness in Kolkata that the cities i have seen in India dont have and lack to the extreme.Everything happens in such an articulate and patient manner.I mean do these bongs ever get angry?(exclude sourav ganguly..pls)They would possibly be the epitome of patience and discipline.Where else can u see such bumper to bumper,quick(F1 style) traffic other than here and hardly have an expletive uttered from the drivers mouth?If these had been any of the other metros or the metro-to-be Bangaluru(tht sucks!!) there would have been atleast half a dozen maa ki and behan ki gaalis over the atmoshpere.& yes in my sweet tamizh,the effect is even the more unique.

This city has possibly faced the worst in terms of communal conflict in 1940-50 period and worser during the bangla independence struggle,but there seems to be this sense of togetherness and bhaichaara here that i have only seen in the mylapore and mandaveli areas of chennai.this was clearly proved when on the amazing shakespeare sarani(theatre road) on a busy evening i could hear the muezzin saying the evening prayers and everything went silent.it was magical!!

The Don!!

How can someone be the worst don?ask farhan akhtar.hes possibly made one of the most intriguing & thrilling movies ever in indian history into a knick nash of masala & style.Well maybe it is wrong to compare the original DON to this one.
I had woved not to ever see this movie,coz I knew it would be a piece of junk!but circumstances were so,I was unfortunate enough to watch it & it didn't dissapoint me.

King khan can never be baadshah bachan,priyanka can never be the svelte zeenat,& kareena?she humiliated dame helen!she was no where near her,not even in the remotest light years.

Luckily There are two saving graces.the background music is fabulous & Boman Irani .like in all the movies hes done before,he simply stole the show.Iv never been the khan liker,I love him when he dances & is at his funniest best.but a macho role is not his.hes feminish in a way.I seriously would have liked to see a much more manly hero,say arjun rampal or sanjay dutt in his place.
Yes,there is a twist worth the trouble.that's one area farhan wanted to show his touch.he's got class,he showed glimpses of it in dil chahta hai & lakshya.you could have made it better farhan,this movie shouldn't have sucked so badly..

The Market!!

I just visited as per me to this date the world's largest market place.the sudder street,new market,park street triathlon.shops shops & more shops,its such a mind boggling placeAnything on this earth,from bangles to baniyans u get everything here.

A whole street for bangles?its a sight!I wonder how they sell,women rarely wear glass bangles these days.briyani shops,clothes,eye glasses,booze & in the midst of all this fiasco the oberoi grand!& a whole square for food items.phew!

This area is predominantly muslim & they speak good urdu here.I always have thought that I can decieve people on my ethnicity.iv passed off for everything other than a tamizh.in my lifetime iv been french,marwadi,punjabi,boston returned,spanish & for the first time a 'MIAH'!I was called a miah by a hindu guy in the market.I had to laugh!a brahmin called a miah.that's university in diversity.

The visit got me wondering.why do people write?not that Im a writer par excellence or whatever.but this is what I deduced

• They live & possibly thrive in a pre defined shell
• They want to explore & express their thought
• They want to keep their vocabulary intact
• They want to say that they do something that others don't.
• They want to keep their sanity intact.

Haven't still decided where I fit in.iv always been a jerk.so its got to be more abnormal things!

& on the record i didnot buy a thing..jus had a long session of paani puri eating.

Day to Day

One thing that kolkata taught me,u shouldn't have a loud mouth.people here jus aren't tired of talking.even the most personal conversations are told to the whole world.at work,on the road,in the theater u can jus hear people talking so damn loudly! It can quite get irritable in the long run,possibly its the bangla way.but there is a limit.

The other thing that it has taught me is to have a big stomach.this is the second thing that people don't stop doing.the eat every bloody where & every bloody thing.iv never seen so many people eat road cooked food as in here.all this dirt & stink dont seem to bother people either in skirts or in blazers

Yes,iv become addicted to the road eating phenomenon.gawd its so good!the gol guppe,the jaal mudi,the mirchi vada.its yumm & cost effective.