Calvin, the genius brat!

Calvin n Hobbes is my favorite comix strip. Calvin's imagination has no bounds!
Calvin is an impulsive, imaginative, energetic, curious, intelligent, self-centered, and often selfish six-year-old :). Despite his low grades, Calvin has a wide vocabulary range that rivals that of an adult as well as an emerging philosophical mind.

Calvinistic predestination as a philosophical position basically entails the idea that human action plays no part in affecting a person's ultimate salvation or damnation. Calvin's consistent gripe is that the troublesome acts he commits are outside of his control: he is simply a product of his environment, a victim of circumstances. Well, don't we all do that :D..I really envy Hobbes, how I wish I were him :|

Calvin can relax a weary mind, bring a smile to a troubled heart and he just evokes loads of laughter out of me. Let me share a few smiles with you :| :) :L



Calvin's encounters with Susie, his mild-mannered, diligent, civilized classmate are hilarious...
Just take a peek ----------------->





Stay tuned to see some more and control that laughter :D

Calvin, the genius brat!

Our shot at limelight :D

We recently attended a "50 day Tollywood movie celebration party" here in Dallas and this held on a private yacht on our own Lake Grapevine here. The title of the movie was 'Godavari' and most of it was shot on river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh...so having the party on a yacht had a nostalgic significance to it. We were invited by Manohar Reddy, the CEO of Touring Talkies, the distributor of the movie in USA. He is a person full of focus, dedication and a man that understands risk very well. Well, we attended the party without even watching the movie and we were quite delighted to have the company of the director and the hero of the movie. The director asked one of my friends who shares my name and the boat that we were in (he didn't watch the movie either), if he had seen the movie and ofcourse he embarassingly told him that he didn't!!
But, you know what, he ended up with a story for his lifetime. I have seen him repeat this incident to atleast 10 other people :D. Here are a couple of links! Enjoy

http://www.greatandhra.com/movies/gallery/2006/godavariyacht/yacht.html
http://www.idlebrain.com/news/

Movie Mania?

Art is a form of expression, an expression of what lies within us, an expression of what we want the world to hear, what we want the world to see, an expression of how we see the world and what we see in it. When expressed clearly, it can affect more minds than some, it can burn down boundaries that it was built within, anger some but inspire many!
Indians have been deep into art for ages and have expressed it in their sculptures, paintings, scriptures, poetry, literature and many other ornate forms but the power of expression through media is a recent happening. "Art" movies haven't been uncommon but they were watched only by an elite few. Expression without reach is like a blog that is read only by the author :). Serves no purpose, I might just write stuff in word documents and store them safely!
I watched "Rang De Basanthi" for the second time today and I ended up with moist eyes, not because the patrons died at the end of the movie! I was sad because I have not been able to give anything to my motherland, have criticised it a few times and at a point when I have decided to join it back, I am not very comfortable! So little for so much from my side. I am sure that there are more people from India who share my sentiments and am sure that this has shaken their very heavy bodies. People who cannot go beyond the self are people who can never make a difference to this world. Rang De Basanthi has inspired many a people..a group of students from IITs have started Paritrana, a political party leaving all their hefty salaries. Demonstrations against terrorists and other offenders have been carried out in true 'Rang De Basanthi' style!! Kudos to Rakesh Omprakash Mehra for having directed such an excellent movie. Some pieces will never leave my mind

Koyi bhi desh perfect nahin hota, usse perfect banana padta hai!

Sue's grandfather saying " I always thought there were two kinds of people, people who died in silence, people who died crying and shrieking" and here he saw a third kind (basically dying in happiness!)

Everybody can be pushed so far, and after that they reach a limit. There, they are calm and are at peace with oneself and see and find the energy they never dreamt they had.

I have surely been moved. Let us see what I can move :).
Jai Hind!!!