Holi 2006

Breaking News

In a recent unrecorded conversation with this correspondent, the infamous Amphibian-turned-Rapper ( Shri MNM ) has claimed that there are some people who seek to defame him by releasing semi-clad photographs of his on the internet .

He rules out no one -
Rival east coast rapper Gangly-Girubhai, his associates, and perhaps even *gasp !* ... his close friends !

......." these people will stop at nothing for money, we live in times of grave moral depravity." ......... he says.

He is determined to seek legal re-dressal, which is ironic considering his state of dress in the pictures; and is willing to take the fight to The Max.

Did i just hear you say : "Who is The Max ? " . . . . .

The Ides of March

The Ides

( Pronounced as I-dz, I as in "eye" and dz as in "Pizza" )

Each month in the ancient Roman calendar had an "ides."
In the months of March, May, July and October, the "ides" fell on the 15th day.
in the other months the "ides" fell on the 13th.

The word was derived from the Latin "to divide", and was originally meant to mark the full moon - but since the lengths of the solar calendar months and lunar months differed , the "Ides" quickly lost their original intent and purpose.

Today, is the 13th of March. The 15th of March will be HOLI

........which brings me back to the Anu Malik song from the Amitabh-Akshay starrer WAQT - "Do me a favour lets play Holi". If you havent heard it, you must. Its the most stoned and outrageous Holi song to emerge since the much ragdaoed - "Rang barse" from SIL-SILA.

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Meanwhile, Deepa says she has some guy in her NY office whose name is - Pietruszkiewicz
I mean isnt that like some kind of Slovakian term for a Petrol Station or something ?....

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And Alisha asked me this morning - " Papa why is Honey sticky ? "
Which I thought was quite a brilliant question, and it had me thinking for a while.

And so this month's contest will be about who posts the the best answers to that question in the comments section of this.

Winners get a Kilo bottle of Wild Honey from Medak forest.

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Reliance Retail

The amazingly crazy incident, where I was idly thinking about the upcoming Reliance Retail project in the morning, and receving a phone call from the same person at 4 oclock the same evening asking whether I would be interested and whether he should do something. [ Friday 10 March 2006 ]

Spooky rating = 9 / 10

The Goosebump Playlist

Recently I made a playlist called the “The Goosebump Playlist”.
A self explanatory title which I’m sure you understand; and here’s a sample of the tracks :

You have been loved – George Michael
Total Eclipse of the Heart – Bonnie Tyler
Green Eyes – Coldplay
Crash – DMB
Vincent – Don McLean
Earth song - Michael Jackson
Can you feel the love tonight – Elton John
Hello – Lionle Richie
How deep is your Love – Bee Gees
Iris – Goo Goo Dolls
Sit Down – James
Just Another Day – Jon Secada
Little Wing – Sting
More than words – Extreme
One more night – Phil Collins
Set Adrift on memory bliss – PM Dawn
Everybody Hurts – REM
Heal the world - Michael Jackson
No ordinary love – Sade
When the Angels Fall – Sting
Stranger in Moscow – Michael Jackson ( brilliant VDO )
The Way it is – Bruce Hornsby and the range
Seasons in the sun – Westlife
You are not alone - Michael Jackson
Night swimming – REM

Hindi
Title track kal Ho Na Ho – Sonu Nigam
Na tum jano na hum – Lucky Ali


Yes so many tracks give me goosebumps......

The one that took me deeper on 9 feb 06 was SEASONS IN THE SUN
( lyrics here http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/westlife/seasonsinthesun.html )

This song is about the foreknowledge of death.

Now death we all know, comes to everybody and in a way, we all have foreknowledge of its certaininty but not the time.
Most people get queamish when you speak of death. Its like the ultimate unspoken thing.

Some of my thoughts were :

What changes if we know when we would die ?

The song has a tone of being a wasted life. But isnt all life wasted as they say - on the living ?

If i knew i was going to die soon, would i still have the creative urge ?

Would i have the courage to write a song about it ?

The list of people he says goodbye to; who would be in my list ?

If i could give one last message to my loved ones, what would that message be ?

The tone of the song also indicates that the life being lost is one still young and not old.

I once knew someone like that. Someone close to me.

She died young while having a life still full of potential. Somehow when she died I didnt cry.
But today i cried, a little. I cried because i remember listening to this song with her many years ago. But it never meant to us the way it did now.

It is in death, that my life takes on more meaning today. It is richer, brighter, promising and helps me let go of the unimportant stuff.


Update 25 Nov 2011

Ramona - Dylan