Old Vs. New

There has always been an age old fight over old vs new. Old clothes vs new clothes, old movies vs new movies, old music vs new music .. everything. Now I donot want to be a traitor of my generation and i have to admit that the "today" generation has come up with really great movies and music. Infact i always run out of patience when i try to watch a black and white movie or those 60s , 70s era movie. I mean , the melodrama was not easy to digest. There were many things in the old movies which were not easy to digest. But you know what, there was something about the bygone era which was beautiful... which is heavily amiss today. Today, a song is shot glamorously, in a breathtakingly beautiful locale, grandeur is absolutely personified on the 70 mm screen . But have you realised that sometimes the simplicity is so soothing? Ok .. it will sound a little silly when i write it here .. the hero would stand in one corner, the heroine in another corner, and they would pour their hearts out to each other through their songs. There was a beauty to it. There was no touching but there were all expressions and still it would convey so much. Now I am not being an 85 year old anti touching, anti sex hypocrite here.:) I am trying to write what goes in my mind when i watch these old songs.
Infact, If you search on Youtube for aaiye Meherbaan, MAdhubala looks amazingly beautiful while being a seductress. See the difference?? I mean , even if i am using the word "seductress" i cannot use the word "hot". She had that dignity, that purity that words like sexy and hot fail for her. That is the purity i am talking about. The men never ever took off their shirts."Six Packs" was never heard of. But they were literally killers. (Sorry John, You know i still love you) Please look out for the song "le ke pehla pehla pyaar" on Youtube. No man has ever given a more killer smile than Dev Anand. and yet it all looked so beautiful! There was no vulgarity, nothing to flinch about.
I dont say movies and songs from our time are vulgar and not watchable. They are great! I swear by them. But, the innocence ... yes thats the word, the innocence is missing.
It is said that trends come back. Our movies are great. I hope we get that "innocence" back.

PS: While talking about sexy songs, I personally think that nobody has looked sexier than Sri Devi in kaate nahi kat-te from Mr. India in that wet blue saari!!! :) :)

Aisa pehli baar (to nahi) hua hai ;-)

Aisa pehli baar hua hai
Satrah-atrah saalon mein
Undekha anjaana koi
Aane laga khayalon mein

Aankhon ki khidki par
Ek saaya sa lehraata hai
Dil ke darwaze par
Koi dastak dekar jaata hai

Gehri gehri kaali aankhen
Mujhse mujhko poochti hai
Haathon ki rekhaon mein
Ek chehra sa ban jaata hai

Uski saansein resham jaisi
Gaalon ko chu jaati hai
Uski haathon ki khushboo hai
Ab tak mere baalon mein

Haan! aisa pehli baar hua hai
Satrah-atrah saalon mein
Undekha anjaana koi
Aane laga khayalon mein

Something tells I'm into something good :)

Woke up this morning feeling fine
There's something special on my mind
Last night I met a new boy in the neighborhood
Oh yeah
Something tells I'm into something good

He's the kind of boy who's not too shy
And I cant help but tell him he's my guy
He danced close to me like I hoped he would
Something tells me I'm into something good

We only danced for a minute or two
But then be stuck close to me the whole night through
Can I be falling in love
He's everything I've been dreaming of

He walked me home and he held my hand
I knew it couldn't just a one night stand
And he asked to see me next week
And I told him I could
Something tells me I'm into something good
Something tells me I'm into something good

He walked me home and he held my hand
I knew it couldn't just a one night stand
And he asked to see me next week
And I told him I could
Something tells me I'm into something good
Something tells me I'm into something good
Something tells me I'm into something good
Something tells me I'm into something good

Incredible India???

Four years ago, India pitched in to host the commonwealth games. With much glamour, everyone was invited to India. This was seen as an opportunity to show the world that India is a country more than just snake charmers and babas. Maybe authorities who wanted the CWG games to be held in India thought that it was a great chance to increase tourism in the country. However, none of this is happening. Today ,for the first time , I am ashamed to say that I am an Indian. I am ashamed to say that I am in a country where people always think about themselves before the honour of their own country. Truly, I do not have an event by event account of what went wrong. But I know corruption, greed, buck passing are some of the many reasons why India today stands in front of the world hanging her head in shame. The reviews which are being received from all around the world is totally embarrassing and the "clarifications" being given by commonwealth committee obnoxious and ridiculous to the point of frustration.
We , as a country, are being condemned the world over. When Saina Nehwal actually pointed out this fact which was actually know to everyone the world over, she was made to retract her statement. Why?
How long are we going to live in the past glories of this country? How long will we keep reciting the "zero discovering India", "oldest civilization India" stories? It is probably time to start making new achievement stories.
The fact is today we stand as a disgraced lot and although it is already too late, I hope we take a lesson and start working towards the honour of our motherland. Until then , a lot of credibility has been taken away from Incredible India.

The law of attraction

I have been reading soo soo much about the law of attraction that it seems that i know what the next line of a paragraph is going to be if it is about LOA. For the uninitiated, the LOA states that you attract whatever you think. So if you think about good things, you attract all the goodness in your life and you are happy and successful and rich and loved and all that. If on the other hand, you think about bad things, then bad things will happen to you. Also, the "universe" which is the power which "vibrates" in accordance with your thoughts, does not understand the word NO. So if you say "I dont want this" , the universe interprets it as "you want it" and it gives it to you. For example, you say you dont want to be late, the higher power or the universe takes it as "you want to be late" and ..guess what! You ARE late!! Anyway .. So to use LOA you need to know exactly what you want and what you DONT want so you not what not to attract and hence, I am not too sure how much it works for me.
But the "dont" thing .. Well!! It so proved right for me today. I was stuck in office , late as usual and when it was time for me to leave, it was like 7:15 - 7:20 types. I really could have gone by my own , but there were others around me who wanted somebody to drop me. So who volunteers??? The guy I really dislike. The over snobbish wannabe boss loser. the MBH category ( Main bhi hoon) A few days back, I was giving him all the profanities I could think of, and today, he was taking out his bike and i was thinking, "This is law of attraction so strongly at work!!" It really felt like I could thoroughly understand what all these teachers wanted to tell me about and how does the "universe" actually works!
Besides that, I completed reading train to pakistan and started a book called "only love is real". Internet is taking a lot of my time and i completely lie in quadrant 4. This is hampering my reading to a very very great extent and i need to pick it up soon. Feel like tea and Sabrina so until the next idea flows out of my mind .... so long!

A poem I heard somewhere

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.