The Romantic

Look at the pictures. And please do not just glance at them. Imagine yourself there. Close your eyes.
Ask yourself what you see and what you feel.

I see myself there and I'm not alone. I'm with a faceless man. I initially thought the guy was Daddy; both of us strolling, me kicking up those beautiful leaves or the two of us leaning against the railing over looking the waters, having our heart-to-heart chats. I can hear someone chuckling out there.But ya, that's me-Daddy's baby. People talk about Mother Teresa and Sachin Tendulkar as thier idols but ever since I was a toddler, i adored my dad. And some 19-20 years down the line, nothing has changed. Not even Mahatma Gandhi ever managed to dethrone him. That's my Dad.


But then no. It's not my dad. That faceless man, remember? Who is it then?

I do not know. Vague as it sounds, this is going to be any romantic's answer and don't you dare laugh! Ofcourse, I'm only talking about those who have not been lucky in love (All romantics have loved at some point of time).

What do I see? Besides this faceless man?

See- you need a reason to be an ardent K.Jo fan. After all, he casts a 44-year old in almost all of his movies-there has got to be something in those movies other than an ageing dimpled-cheeked seasonal smoker(Hey! Do not get me wrong-I have loved and adored him since i was 4!).And this is my reason-His movies appeal to the romantic at heart. We need happy our happy ending. And we enjoy these happy endings even more when we had to go through hail storms and high waters to get there. Its not that we harp on melodrama. We just feel that to get somewhere, if you have known pain, you learn to value it more. If something was to fall on your lap from the clear skies , you for all the cows' sake in the world, would not know what it means to someone who had to slog for it.

Anyway, that's deviating from the topic. K.Jo should thank us-the creed of Romantics (yes, our number is on the rise and you could be next-so do not sit there and smirk or roll your eyes). We love his movies because his movies tell us that love is forever and its beautiful as long as it lasts.

And the person we want by our side, sharing that beauty is this faceless guy I see in my dreams and after one major crush and two relationships later, all I know is that this guy is pretty elusive. One bit of advice for all those romantics at heart like me (I learnt it the hard way-you know, been there, done that..)-do NOT ever take the plunge and expect fairy tale endings to miraculously happen. Because they won't. And because they don't.

PS: This post has been written by a person who is home-stricken and down in doldrums and hence the depressing air about the post.
Next ones ought to be better...about NIT Idol, Hall Nite, IPL (go KKR!), Mother Jane and then Recs too :)

The Month That Was...

Exhausting to say the least.
Fraught with meaning less fights is again a negative.
Some good times were my plain and simple prerogative (It never works out that way, does it? and oh, heard you are doing great these days, Mr Malaya..great going).
Vampyres kept me captive.
TPR matters were all but festive.
The CERN selection panel left me clueless about its motive.
Mom and Dad were sportive.
Friendships went passive.
CMN's syllabi for the 2 upcoming tests are indeed massive.
Truth to me, was to others only fictive.(and vice versa)
One thing did nothing but outlive the other.
Some one misgives
But its not for me to forgive
And as the month ends, I'm just as pensive.

Damn!


I'm running late for the MNTC event-Numbola ( wonderful reminder of Tambola sessions at NOI, Kochi)..but i do feel that this one hapenning needs sharing. A certain tpr( a.k.a training and placement representative) was heard telling and i guess the following is a fairly accurate quote:
"Usne mereliye jab vote nai kya, toh mein uski baat kyu maanu?"

(If she hasn't voted for me, its not her place to tell me anything)


Very Interesting.

Lost Symbol. Truly Lost.

What a book. That's what i told myself after i finished the book in 4 hours and 25 mins. However, its so not the same 'What a book' i had told myself after the Da Vinci or Angel n Demons or even Deception Point for that matter (i did not find Digital Fortress as enticing as the rest). Mr Brown is now getting repetitive. Langdon is contacted by the bad guys who have middle men. All the bad guys want is to get Langdon to decipher some symbols, words in Greek, Latin, Egyptian. And in all probability what Langdon will get at the end is something that will 'enlighten' the world. But now is not the time. As told to Langdon by the good guys. So now begins the tug of war between the good guys and bad ones. Alternate rounds are won by either sides. But like a Bollywood script, all ends well and the world is no more wiser about the Universe, its beginning, the ocean, the mystery that shrouds its depth. Sigh.




The book will probably get the D.C in habitants really interested. Those who have visited these places (Washington Monument, Capital Building, National Mall,  Reflecting Pool , Lincoln Memorial) as part of their class excursions, field trips or by those who work in theses places every day for the last 20 years and didn't know about the story behind The fresco on The ceiling. Da Vinci and the others had a more universal aapeal..everyone has seen at a Madonna at some point of time.. a Last Supper..read so much about them, about Da Vinci in school books, renaissance books, about Mary Magdalene, Vatican and so on. So probably my limited knowledge about D.C is the main reason i couldn't relate to Langdon's excitement and trepidations and what not. Despite being a science student, Katherine's work hardly made any sense to me (however, the hydrogen-fueled semi dark lab was interesting)
Anyway, there is this one thing i found more intriguing...(did some research of my own..)
  At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in the world; it remains the tallest stone structure in the world.It is still the tallest building in Washington, D.C.; the Heights of Buildings Act of 1910 restricts new building heights to no more than 20 feet (6.1 m) greater than the width of the adjacent street. (There is a popular misconception that the law specifically states that no building may be taller than the Washington Monument, but in fact the law makes no mention of it).  (Source: Wiki)


And all Langdon says is that there is an ancient rule that no building can be constructed taller than the Monument itself.  Or may be I do not remember correctly.


Anyway, i do admit that i have not done full justice to the book, never bothering to refer to any pics or stats on the net (like i did for the others). So half the things were left to imagination. Now when such a thing happens, I'm definitely not okay with the freedom i'm getting as a reader to defrom and disfugure and dimensionally and geometrically change famous monuments which i hope to see sometime in the future. 
So for lazy readers like me, can Mr Brown provide pics and maps (like Tolkien does..haha..what a comparison!)? That would make it easier to understand the plot and the sub-plot and all those subtle hints that strike Langdon and not us. I fell so left out by the end of every chapter!




Oki on the whole...will give it 2 out of 5( two cause I'm a Manson fan :) )
Running short of time..need to finish 6 numericals of thermodynamics before 4..then make a dash to the dept. for clearing all the doubts (which is like about the whole of the syllabus)..Ciao..till next time...