Blog me...curiosity redefined

      This is my opinion of the movie 'Raees'.        On seeing the movie 'Raees' today, I wanted to understand the intent of the director. Yes it is a good entertainer, when it comes to the message it conveys, it is a bit misleading. About  70% of the movie it shows a lead character rising from the bottom using unethical means to grow the business. At last he may die, but glorying a man who chose wrong path to achieve his means and then saying he was killed, because he chose the path does not send correct message to the audience. I agree Indian audience are matured to understand it, but how much percentage of it.        It is a movie inspired from the real life story of Gujrat's don Abdul Latif. Abdul had middle-class upbringing who went on to own the illegal liquor empire in Gujrat was the most wanted criminal in 1980s & 1990s. He was even the right hand of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Abdul was finally kille...

       The passion to travel was something I learnt from my wife. Since my marriage my travels have increased, call it fortunate or unfortunate (oh yes isn't it heavy on my purse :)).  A right companion makes a whole lot of difference, be it for a short trip or in the travel of life.  Travel is a great way to learn or enrich your knowledge. There is a saying in Kannada -Seek more by travelling or by reading books ("Desha nadu, Kosha oodu"). Why not do both - travel & read? To add to this, blog about it too. What actually I enjoy the most - you get to understand a city's culture, heritage, food, living styles, the way the people do business and even the politics at times. I am right now in Gulbarga (or Kalaburgi as per the official name) when I am writing this. The whole day today I spent in this city learning about this beautiful city and enjoyed it.         Kalaburgi has a rich traditions of both Hindu and Islamic culture. Islam...

    Being foodie at heart, I enjoy my food everywhere. Italian pastas being my favourite food especially if my wife makes it. I love the ragi roti with curd, vegetable pulao made by my mom and the akki roti with avarekalu usli.  Here are few places where I had finger licking good food: (1) Vidyarthi Bhavan , Basavangudi, Bangalore          The dosa and the rava wada is too good to leave you craving for more. Start with rava wada and then have a dosa or two to fulfill your taste buds and end it with a coffee. Price is reasonable but you get to taste the best dosa of Bangalore per my view. Chutney you get with dosa or the rava wada is finger licking good. (2) MTR - Mavalli Tiffin Room , Lal Bagh Main Road, Sampangi Rama Nagar, Bangalore         For Bangaloreans I don't need to describe the Rava Idli taste of MTR. If you have been to Bangalore and not visited MTR, then you are missing out the pleasure of Karnataka food. Apa...

      Happiness is a craving now a days everyone of us have. How do you fulfill it? Spiritual gurus say it is something that comes from your inside and cannot be obtained from the materialistic world. I would agree. What makes me happy? A cute smile from a kid, a comedy movie, a whats app joke from a friend, my wife's sense of humor and of course writing blogs just makes me happy. A job well done at the office with focus and commitment, is for few just contentment, but for me it also makes me happy.        Laugh they say is a good medicine to cure many a disease. No wonder we start seeing laughing clubs at parks now a days. A heartful laugh is contagious. Imagine you are in an environment where everyone laughs always. Wouldn't the world be a better place or rather happier place?      Joy is something you derive out of sheer unselfish acts. A kind act of giving alms to the poor and needy, donating to CRY foundation or a volunteering in...

     In India they say Cricket is a religion and not just a game. We Indians love this religion. To the extent that we call Sachin Tendulkar as God. Yes being so emotional in nature, we have our own ways to express our love. At times we take it to the extreme level, for instance the temple being built on MS Dhoni . With all due respect to Mahendra Singh Dhoni who has been the one of the great captains Indian Cricket has ever seen, building a temple might be a bit extreme. But don't forget that is what India is all about. Pure passion at play.       When I was young I got this fever called 'cricket' from my uncle who used to be crazy about it. Believe me his craze for the game just rubbed off on all of us. Legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Lala Amarnath, Gundappa Vishwanath were being praised for their cricketing styles. I used to watch the India vs Pakistan matches sitting along side my family. West Indies were being feared a lot in those days for t...

      The world is ready for globalization but patriotic exuberance, petty politics from so called nation rulers are spoiling it.  Globalization is the future. You can only delay it so far as you think you can. The sooner the world gets globalized the better for the mankind.      A world where organic farming of wheat is produced by Canada, whose laborers come from Africa or China with the tractors used coming from Germany and using the idea of Indian vedic principles are used is not far from imagination. Look at the world as one country, isn't it time we had one government ruling this whole world? One world currency, one legal system and one political governance empowered to bring the collaboration among the nations. What is stopping us? Isn't human mind allowed to expand and reach for its limitation? A broader perspective of things, a larger than life picture, a higher purpose and meaning to life is what is needed.     As Swami Vivekanan...

         What makes a movie great? Is it the story, drama, direction, good acting or the message? Imagine all these combined together in a decent drama with a pinch of comedy added to it, to make it a perfect recipe for movie buffs. That is 'Dangal' for you.  Nitesh Tiwari has directed a good drama with an excellent sense of humor in the first half and then depicting the reality of Indian Sports issues in the second half.  Bollywood movie goers have got a good dose of sport based inspirational movies in the year 2016 - with Sultan and Dangal based on wrestling, MS Dhoni and Azhar based on cricket, Saala Khadoos on boxing.           Dangal is based on the true story of Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler who had a dream of getting India a medal. Isn't it every sportsperson's dream to win a medal for the nation?  Aamir Khan playing the coach and father's role as Mahavir Phogat has done a wonderful job. As the story pro...