Where's My Party Mode?

Yesterday I've been at a party at Privilege Inn (Pride Restaurant), Malad, it was a party hosted by HDFC Bank. It was supposed to be my first time at any kind a party involving a complete different level of people. Generally it was little awkward for me to be there and enjoy with these people, to say, they were all HDFC staffs' but for me were a complete unknown.

So, as usual the party started very late, every party starts late, a few gigs from a few people and then everyone was invited to hit the floor. Many hit the floor alright but it seemed a little awkward for me to join them, did feel like shaking the leg here and there but the mind was not with the heart. There were only a few people I really knew, but not really knew them in the real sense. They pulled me to have a dance; I did a little bit, but really could not loose my self into the music.

I had never learnt how to socialise in the first place, the only time I danced socially was at one of my uncles wedding and with my college friends during our sendoff party. Well, if there's a next time, I'd try to my best to at least dance a bit more ;)

Wanna-b Some Place Else

So now life has become more or less like a machine, doing the same thing over and over again, all over again and again and again and again...

I need a break, or maybe I need a vacation some place where I'll be far away from work and my routine life. Also thing about future studies looking to join Welingkar for a distance learning programme, lets see now. But where I really want to be now is a very peaceful place where I'd want to relax and spend some time for myself and keep away for the so called drowning world. I would love to go for a trip abroad, would prefer London at the O2 Arena in July just to see Michael Jackson perform his comeback gig.

What else? Well, then get back to work and keep doing the same damn thing over and over again, all over again and again and again and again...

Slumdog All The Way... Jai Ho!

So here I sit down again to write another blog, this one's the first in the year 2009. So where was I? Well, a little bit busy I guess - work load never gave me a chance to sit down and write another blog.

So what's special today? Firstly, it's a holiday today, and secondly, can't keep away from the Oscar glories that India touches thanks to the Brit director Danny Boyle's Mumbai-based 'Slumdog Millionaire'. The film has bagged 8 Oscars (Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Picture, Best Music (Song - Jai Ho), Best Writing - Adapted Screenplay, Best Musical Score) which was really amazing. Frankly, I did not feel that the film would go on to put such a good show at the Oscars though, but was confident that A.R. Rehman would win one.

The whole thing about Slumdog winning was great; the feeling was amazing, just like an Indian film has won an Oscar. Though not an Indian film, it was a film about India, a film about Mumbai, and it's people.

All I can do right now is thank Mr. Danny Boyle for his wonderful adaptation, it was indeed wonderful and a very proud moment for every Indian. And of course not to forget our very own A. R. Rehman for his magical musical score in the film.

On one last note all I wanna say is ... Jai Ho!

Wonder What's Coming Next?

Things were just going their own separate ways; lives were on their regular trail when suddenly something struck. Tragedy! It was going to be like an everlasting nightmare to hard to be true, yet true and right in front of you. Terrorists! do not know how many entered via the seas to cause chaos in Mumbai affecting a thousand lives across the streets, at CST (Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), in the Taj (The Taj Mahal Hotel), the Trident, and at the Nariman House.

The nightmare that continued for almost 60 hours was the worst Terrorist attacks on India. There were plans to blow up the Taj Hotel again and also the Trident, but what was unclear was the attack on the Nariman House (were the Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch Group targeted here?).

In all these attacks only the common man suffered, while the politicians wrote speeches pointing out at oppositions for the lack of security at the ports. Really who is to be blamed for all of this, people who were ignorant or the ones who conducted these attacks? The attackers obviously came with an aim to cause more destruction and chaos; they were well planned and ready for a long fight (60 hours and there were still enough weapons to go on for another few more hours).

Our Police, Commandos & Naval Officers did their best to end it and they were successful in it too. But in all of it there was a heavy price to be paid, that of innocent lives and destruction of property.

I won't go on about it because it hurts to even think about it, the destruction, the chaos and the amount of lives lost. One can only hope to come out of it as fast as possible, but to come back to normalcy from such a big shock will take time. In that mean time let's pray for all the lives lost and the lives affected in these 60 hours of terror.

Now no one can even imagine what's coming in next for them - hope that everything will just be alright.

Trouble Times Ahead?

So here I sit to write again with so many thoughts in my mind, don't know what to say, what to write with all that is happening all around the country. Communal violence, terrorist strikes, political wars, caste differences, and so many other disturbances have taken place in the country all this month, and not to forget the stock market that's making people go crazy.

Firstly the attack on Christians in parts of Orissa, Bangalore, Mangalore, and many other places only targeted innocent people who just wanted to live their life as a simple Human Being, took up a religion for a change but the consequences were as seen and heard (well they say a true Christian has to face their own crosses - that's very true). But this has been happening now for years and there's no one to really stop it. There are brothers killing their own brothers just in the name of religion.

And there has also been a huge political dram between the North Indians and the Maharashtrans or the Marathi Manus. All this is leading to nowhere, but this all is just adding fuel to the fire that's being repeatedly burning on and on and on. In all this drama only innocent people were affected, the others either stayed far away or took part in ruining normal, everyday life all around.

To be more in the darker side, it's festive season in India and there have been a lot of problems this year, not only the political clashes but also the Indian Economy is going in for a swing... (Although these problems are faced throughout the globe, here in India, due to the festive season it makes it a lot worse, as the festive season id indirectly hit.)

To end it here and not make this stuff to lengthy, I hope this all changes as the time moves on, after all we are Human Beings in the end, we will have to forgive and forget (at-least try to) and again live together in peace and harmony, and also do hope that the market makes a steady comeback...

But in all of this mess, we find a brighter side, HEY - the Indian Cricket Team is Winning! And that too verses the (so called) Mighty Aussies...