The march of time

I never really thought about Jane Goody. To me she came across as a crass individual with no class, she was inconsequential. Now her life or rather her imminent death forms much of the news content. She is aware she is dying. And so she has started to live. From the time she has learnt of her terminal cancer, she has published her autobiography, acted, opened a boutique and married, all in a matter of few months.

So, what are we waiting for? Death is inevitable for all of us. I think there is a message here for all of us. Live each day to the fullest and enjoy whatever it is that you are doing. Some of us may not be as lucky as Jade to be given a chance to review our life. There may be no time even for regrets.

Lost in translation?

Please note, before the supreme court hauls me off to the jail for obscenity, that these are not my words but appear in TOI updated online edition of 25th feb 2009 read by all and sundry.
It is an article under the heading "Indians are happiest with sex lives" regarding a survey conducted by Pfizer and I now quote:
"The survey links the level of erection hardness to sexual satisfaction for men," said Dr King during a roundtable discussion at a hotel here yesterday. Developed by the European Association of Urology, the level of erection hardness is measured in a scale of one to four using the Erection Hardness Score (EHS). "Level one is like tofu where the male organ is large but not hard, level two is similar to a peeled banana where it's not hard enough for penetration, level three is like an unpeeled banana where it's hard enough for penetration but not completely, and level four is similar to a cucumber where it's completely hard and fully rigid," explained King.
I shudder to think how that was translated into hindi for the respondents. I rest my case. (Thank the good lord my children are all adults in case they are reading this blog!)

Vijai Ho

Jai Ho.
The world is shrinking. A British made movie about mumbai slums, with Bollywood actors winning in the US of A. Wow. And it was not the only movie with an Indian protagonist to win. Smile Pinki won too. I have no idea why Slumdog won..I have not seen the movie...but I have heard Jai Ho. Rehman is his usual brilliant self, though I felt he has better compositions to his credit.....Anyways ...The British newscasters kept repeating that it was a great day for the British at the Oscars and the Indians did the same..Just like the congress took credit for the 8 oscars, Gordon Brown also preened a bit for the cameras....Now the Hindu groups can say Dilip Kumar did it while the Muslims can claim Rehman did it. In the end we all won...Rehman's excitement and terror turned to happiness and elation after the oscar win. I hope the previous time when he felt such excitement and terror (his wedding) also turned to happiness after the event.....There was no mention of the wife while the mother got the credit. But then we are indians..We are like that only. Jai Ho.

Not a Gentleman's game

Sometimes when I am playing Literati online, the player often asks a/s/l?....(it took me a long time to figure that one out...). When I type 50/F/Bosnia they sort of disappear from the radar...

I wonder why..? Must be something to do with Bosnia! :)

Bal Bal Bachaaoooo

Himesh R has cut off his hair...Gawd, he is now showing his face...I wonder who advised him to do so.....must be his enemies in the tinsel world......I think the hair covering his face was a better look...Grow it back H and spare us

WYSIWYG

A TOI Report said "The New Scientist study claims that simply by looking at females' faces one can tell if they're lucky, religious or trustworthy. However, studying men's faces gives no hint to their character."
See, I always said that we were the better sex...WYSIWYG...what you see is what you get....no pretensions. And that is why we must have more female politicians...I mean the real girlie ones..not like Indira Gandhi who was called the only man in her cabinet. How about like Rakhi Sawant..or Sushmita Sen. But then again, thats not WYSIWYG!!!

Methinks a lot more study is required in this area before we begin to draw conclusions!

Mere pas MOOO Hai

A TOI Report:
"The RSS has found something to give the popular colas and cold drinks a run for their money: bovine urine. The Sangh's Cow Protection Department is planning to produce a soft drink with this magic ingredient as base, and believes it will sweep the market."

What do they plan to call it ..COW COW COWLA?

For Ram Sene

Awesome. I love the idea of sending 'pink chaddis' to the Ram sene head. Here are two from me!!!!!!!!!!

I hope it makes him go pink in the face for spearheading what happened at the pub.

"Nobody from good families would resort to such steps which are very cheap,’’ its Bangalore unit president Vasanth Kumar Bhavani said. But I guess dragging women by the hair and molesting them is ok for him...it signals that you come from a good family.....I want him to know that I support the pink chaddi gesture, this despite the fact i have not visited a pub in ages (I love pubs though). And on Feb 14th I will indeed raise a glass in toast to the woman who thought of this.

Go for it women......your freedom is at stake...keep the banner, I mean the pink chaddi, flying high!

PDA

The TOI report quoted a minister saying that girls and boys holding hands in public is not in our culture. Gee, I am glad that our paths never crossed. Who knows, I may have been arrested and thrown into jail for obscenity. For even now at 50+ I hold my spouse's hand when I walk with him. This is no public display of emotion. Its just an emotional assertion to myself. His strong hand clasp affirms to me that all is well with my world. But this, the minister's perverted mind will not understand.

Now the High Court has ruled that kissing in public by a married couple is OK. Well, I am not going to test waters...but I do feel sad for the many Indians who go to their graves waiting for justice to be pronounced on more serious matters.

Maybe our moral keepers need to know that LOVE is not just another four letter word.