After a long hiatus (almost two months) Sifar is back with some things to report. First, he is now a proud owner of MacBook Pro. As much as people crib and complain over Apple being a control-freak tightly controlling everything they put out there, you gotta give it to the high usability quotient of their products.
I have had some people become argumentative over Apple vs. M$ - the so called M$ loyalists who look down upon mac users as apple fanboys :). My answer to them is you gotta own one to critique on one.
Moving on, this weekend has been unusual in that it was a downer (contracted the common cold) and at the same time very happening. The clogged state of affairs continued all through Friday and Saturday with some respite finally coming on Sunday evening. The nadir came when I was dragged into going to a Sunidhi Chauhan concert; the pain of hearing Hard Kaur (Move your body fame) and Sunidhi (she was harsh and yelling and shouting most of the time - although I must admit, she can be really sweet and has some great singing ability) back to back was just intolerable. I guess I survived just because of my clogged head ;).
The high points were going to the Indian Independence Day Celebrations and watching Kaminey along with some sumptuous meals. The I-Day celebrations were at a local temple place. The atmosphere was full of positive energy and pride. Cultural shows, stalls of people selling desi stuff, mehendi et al. and awesome food. A gamut of cultural organizations had their own food stalls with kids doing a loud yet funny skit about selling food for their respective stalls. India's wide variety of languages and cultures translates into a rich kaleidoscope on the culinary spectrum. We had Shrikhand Puri, Batatyaachi Bhaji, Masale Bhaat, Rava Idly, Tikki Chhole, Samosa, couple of other kannada dishes etc. There was some Pav Bhaji, Dosa, Kulfi and all the other mouth-watering ecstasies to complement the unlimited assortment of viands.
After spending an hour n half at the I-Day fanfare, folks returned back and I resigned into couple of hours of Siesta. The evening started with some amazing gujju food at a friends followed by Ras Malai :). Needless to say, amid all the delicacies, my tryst with rhinovirus was faded into oblivion.
Kaminey is a dark but very well made movie. Couple of songs have been making the rounds off-late - Dhan Te Nan and Raat Ke Dhai Baje are plain awesome. The tunes latch on to your mind almost instantaneously. The story is very realistic, with Shahid Kapur, Priyanka Chopra, and Amol Gupte (TZP fame) all doing justice to their roles. Amol Gupte stands out as "Chopper Bhope". All in all, a movie worth watching.
People who have followed the blog in the past must be wondering what ever happened to "A Sher A Day". Sifar wants to sign off with a promise of writing something in that literary genre more often than has been delivered in the past.
Cheers,
Sifar.
