Am I good or what?

Came across this site today and took up their test. And my personality was matched with John F Kennedy himself! Whoa!...But I wouldn't particularly endorse the comments at the bottom of the photograph! ;)

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AMADEUS!!!!!!!!!!!

Stunning!
Mesmerising!
Enchanting!
Marvelous!
Unbelievable!
Stupendous!

These are a few, honest words of appreciation that pop up in my mind while describing the movie "Amadeus"! This movie, above all doubts, is a masterpiece! Anybody who loves music, and who knows how to appreciate a genius to the extent of Mozart must definitely watch this movie!

Each and every one of the 8 oscars which it won, are perfectly justifiable. The ingenious usage of Mozart's music throught the movie couldn't have been brought about better.

The movie is all about the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, inarguably one of the foremost musical geniuses of all time! The surprising thing is that the movie is a tight package, without unnecessary scenes or drags. It is a perfect blend of fact and fiction indispersed with humour,emotions, and mystery resulting in a stunning marvel of a film!

Each and every actor has played their part to perfection! One wouldn't be surprised as to why Murray Abraham was awarded an oscar for this role! Tom Hulce has also pulled off a stunning performance as Mozart. Mozart was often described in real life as a brash teenager who was immoral. A noble man once said of him "He has the mind of a genius in the body of a fool"!

The Tagline of the movie goes....

"The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture..."

It stands for everything said above and more. The heart beats ever so subtly with a feeling of warmth and the mind feels thoroughly stimulated albeit remaining calm, while watching the wonderfully choreographed operas which seamlessly blend with the ingenious music!

It is said that listening to classical music increases human intelligence for a small duration of time thereafter...So trust me friends, there's no better way to experience that than by watching this movie!

The Man Who Pukes Gold!

Here is a man who is being revered by more people than one can imagine! He supposedly has fanatic devotees from 165 countries of the world!! He proclaims to be god, and a man of miracles. But on the contrary, his past activities have raised several embarassing questions on his integrity and his ingenuity!

For starters, he claims to be able to manifest the holy ash 'vibuthi' and materialistic objects made of gold such as watches, chains, rings from nowhere ! But interestingly they seem to be losing their shine soon after. He also has a penchant for regurgitating sivalingams of all forms! Hahaha....but all these tricks have been performed by some of his critics too!! Even with all this naked evidence out there, way too many people blindly follow him and consider him to be an 'avatar' or a god incarnate, while others believe he has to be incarcerated!

He calls himself a god-man thereby raising a new slurry of questions on the relationship between god and man! If he is a 'god-man' ,then each one of us is, in our own right! He enjoys a strong political clout from the corridors of power, thereby managing to escape from the law and the rationalists until now!

But most of the shocking truths have been revealed on this website, which includes the BBC's special 1 hour show on him, aired in the June of 2004! All the rumours, allegations and tricks behind his gimmicry are revealed with substantial evidence. Please be entertained!

Raining cat'S and Dog'S !

Well well well...It has been raining in chennai like heaven's bladders were full and were waiting to explode! Chennaites must have prayed with unconditional sincerity to the rain gods this year, who in-turn seem to have been pleased. The phrase that first comes into one's mind amidst such incessant rain is "It rained like cats and dogs". What's amusing is that there isn't a proper explanation to that idiom anywhere! Now, this sets me thinking...

I believe it has been cut short from the original phrase, which must have read like "Rained like cat'S and dog'S...PEE"!!...So is it a similie for the way the heavens work in conjunction with the way cats and dogs pee??

Let us see some interesting aspects of these animals' peculiar pee-ing habits.

• For starters, they never pee all at once!
• They pee only when they want to and not when forced by others.
  
• They pee at varying speeds and angles, depending on prevailing conditions and circumstances.
  
• They choose the remotest of locations to pee!(just like the rain gods choose every other god-damned place except chennai!)
• At times,they irritate by just pee-ing in parts, where just small drops appear at discrete intervals, consuming a lot of time and preventing the master from doing something else!

The above is perfectly true with respect to Chennai's rain patterns, with the following substitutions:

They <=> rain gods(or)clouds(or)skies(or)heavens
pee <=> rain
master <=> common people

But if one is more observing, similar patterns are found in the lavatorial habits of rural Indian people! So here comes the all-important question...Was the above term coined by an Indian, to divert the attention of the rest of the world away from us and instead towards animals??!! ;)

BLOG-SQUASHED!!

Why have various forms of media and journalism always been taken on a toss by governments, politicians and other influential and often hypocritical corporate bodies?

The latest story in contention is the ongoing tussle between three prominent bloggers and the self-glorified management institute IIPM run by the pompous Arindam Chaudhuri. The bloggers who have been targeted are Rashmi Bansal, Gaurav Sabnis and Varna. They have been served with legal notices(or so they say), threatening a lawsuit unless their blog posts questioning IIPM's credentials and integrity, were removed permanently! And the laughable part is that these very legal notices were sent illegally by e-mail!!

The only thing that the bloggers did was conduct background investigations into its tall claims and offer their perspectives on the institute. This, in principle, is very similar to a technology portal or magazine reviewing a product or service and listing out its pro's and con's. Now, can the company which owns the product sue the website or magazine for publishing their perspective on what's wrong and what's right? Or does the company attempt to reimburse the entire R&D cost by filing lawsuits, defamation and libel cases against the reviewers??

After all the ruckus, when IIPM's dean was asked about the whole controversy, he seemed to be oblivious of such an incident! Looking at the outburst from the blogging community,I'm pretty sure IIPM will retract all it's childish claims and try to redeem it's lost pride and status as a respectable institution capable of mature beahviour. If they choose otherwise, then they would do it at their own peril!

The entire incident is being covered by Desipundit comprehensively, with regular updates.

Ur-in-ate!!

This post is a supplement to another post by Vinod.

Did anyone know that scientific reserach has unearthed the shocking reality that a majority of the sugar coated fennel seads(sombu) that are given as a digestive aid at the end of a meal in every indian retaurant, contain alarming proportions of human urine ??!!

You might wonder how...Well, it all boils down to the simple habit of men not washing their hands after pee-ing. With the minute quantities of urine still sticking on to their fingers, they hastily dip their dirty hands into the fennel seeds inorder to feed themselves again! YUCK!!

So next time around, remember that you are better off without other people's urine in your digestive system!! :)

So now, are u going to refrain from touching those or indulge in a free bout of urine therapy to cleanse your system?? :) For those who chose the latter, rejoice! Our very own ex-Prime Minister, Morarji Desai lived close to a 100 years following the above therapy(or so he claimed)!

Update: A friend studying in the US told me that research had been conducted on this subject and results published in a newspaper there! Shall put up a link if i get one.

Bangalore Bashing!

I'm back, after a loooong unplanned break! It all started with a trip to bangalore....

Bangalore is slowly losing its charm! I was born in bangalore and have been there umpteen times, but this time was the worst! Alright,accepted, I had a great time with my cousins, but apart from that, every other aspect of bangalore has been showing a gradual decline!

The weather has been gradually declining from COLD during my childhood, to COOL during my teens, to HOT at present! Although mornings and nights are still relatively cool, it has transformed from a 'multiple blanket' city to a 'bedsheet' city!! Although there is no humidity, pollution has taken its toll, with bangalore's dry heat becoming rather harsh on the skin! Never before has it been so hot in the month of September!

The traffic is chaotic! The entire city has been converted into a series of one-way lanes, resulting in a touch-the-nose-around-the-head route to any destination. The city blames the numerous software professionals who have invaded the city, but they in-turn point to the government's negligence. The Blame Game lingers on....

An amusing addition to the city's pavements have been the ubiquitous "COBBLER KIOSK"s!! But what's ironical is the complete absense of cobblers,who either don't seem to appreciate them or haven't understood the purpose! Perhaps what the authorities tried, was to give an indian touch to a wannabe-globalised city!

The rate at which new shopping malls are springing up is unbelievable! And all the floor space is being gobbled up like hungry hippos, by international designer labels!

If things go on like they are at the moment, the time is not far away when the terms "Silicon Valley of India" and "Garden city" would be replaced with "Silicon-di-oxide Valley" and "Garbage city"!!