Saturday, the 1st of March'14

The post exam hangover!
Four movies in 24 hours.

                                                        You will watch it dobara. :)

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. The film is gentle, taking time out to look at the horses running in the meadows, feel the wind the air, swim with the fish underwater. Three adventure sports to test your courage. Naturally the trip to Spain is not just a trip, it's a journey of the soul. 

Lovely. A bromance that has more style and heat than most rubbish romcoms.

Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara? You will definitely watch it dobara (or more). 

The entire cast. 

The Realistic Approach

Hum Tum. It's a romantic comedy that explores love from a slightly realistic point of view and that is what I like about the movie. It doesn't show the lead actors falling in love at the first sight. But, it shows love as a gradual process, happening over a period of years. 

The 12:20 show

All I have to say about this movie is that, it is not a typical romantic drama, nor an average love story. It is a movie made with a difference. 

The 5:50 show

This is actually two movies in one. The first half is sparkling comedy, which traces the sea change of happily married couple Sid and Trisha. But, their first kid puts a brake on their bliss. Trisha declares: We are pregnant and it's all downhill from there.

Coming to books. Only I know how difficult it was to stop myself from going to the study, giving a quick look at the selves, picking a book and not doing anything till I finish the book. Right now I am reading two books, first is one of my all time favorite 'A Walk to Remember' and the other is the controversial 'The Hindus' by Wendy Doniger. 

A Walk to Remember

What do I say about this book? The more I read it the more I cry. It was so correctly said in the prologue of the movie 'First you will smile, and then you will cry-don't say you haven't been warned.'

The lovely quotes this book has given us, and my personal favorite is

'There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have a feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.'

Whenever I am in a sad or difficult situation, I look up to this quote. The little things in life which make it beautiful. Well, I never fall short of words when I am writing about this book. So, I will just stop now. :)

The Hindus

According to the reports, Penguin books India has has agreed to withdraw all published copies. Reports say that they have even agreed to destroy remaining copies which are with the publisher. 

When I first heard about it I ran to the study to check whether we have the book or not, in case we didn't had I would ran all the way to the book store to buy it before it was withdrawn. Luckily it was there and then I decided to read it as soon as the exams get over. So, here I am reading. Since I haven't finished the book yet therefore I wouldn't comment on the book right now. But, there is one thing I want to say rather ask 'How can a group of 10-12 people decide on the behalf of all the Hindus?'

They say, the book has hurt the religious feelings of millions of Hindus. Millions. Isn't that a huge number? How can these some hindus know or decide how millions of Hindus are feeling? 

To quote India today, 'I am glad that, in age of internet, it is no longer possible to suppress a book. The Hindus is available on Kindle; and if legal means of publication fail, the internet has other ways of keeping books in circulation. People in India will always be able to read books of all sorts, including some that may offend some Hindus.