Oscar, genda Phool, & stuff like Billu is Barbaric

OK, I am not a regular writer. Pls forgive me. & for other reasons, I didnt have the net connectivity at home to express my thoughts here. So here comes a pretty delayed blog-entry.
Also, the weekend was quite busy one, & we finally managed to bring new things ranging from utensils to grocery for making a life in new home. The unfurnished flat looks decent now but not upto mark with curtains still missing.
Well the news everwhere is about the movie Slumdog millionaire winning the Oscars & stuff like this in which I am not too conversant with. Apologies again! But heard AR Rehman had created history & won the prestigious award for his music composition. 8 Oscars for the SDM. Well a great thing certainly, but frankly, I felt the whole matter was too exaggerated by the Indians who I thought were ready for a credit for a thing which actually was worked upon by non-Indian. Though the casts are indian, but the idea, script, direction are not so & hence there is no much credibility to be assigned to Indianess. Others may differ from me & but I am not to argue with anyone; I just expressed my views, & you must do yours as well.
Well talking about latest bollywood works, Billu Barber & Delhi6 were major movies I recently saw. Delhi6 was pretty good & 3 star is good rating for it. Dont expect Oscar winning thing from the Bwood who targets the money from the public & do not beleive in any such Award. I must say the song "Genda phool" was actually amazing & so very domestic & charming. The lyrics is soo good & cant say anything about the talented music by Rehman. You simply have to hear to admire it. Family song or folk song aptly potraying the charm of feminine local vocal talent. Any wedding in Hindu family would surely see this song being played out loud in full volume to the whole tune of wedding celebration. Its really full of environment. Ok I am closing this here otherwise you might think now I am exaggerating.
But Billu Barber was a disaster I must say. I regret having wasted money on a pathetic work like Billy Barbaric. Never did I expect such a tormenting act by SRK. I felt I was tortured for 2 hours & something. Senseless, worthless, actless, meaningless & many other adjectives ending with 'less' can be used to describe this disaster. Unnecessary & ubiquitoes songs, & unnecessary self hype of SRK made me wonder why could a genius do such a stuff like Billu's friend. Must be SRK bit insecured now I felt, & hence by way of this movie he tried to flex his old tornout muscles by advertising his success works, since he realized his peak time is over now. That really sucks! No more to discuss again on irrelevant topic please.
Cheers
Bhola

Calm Environment

Its the 20th day in Pune & I think its been a long time here, for i had plenty of time in this 20 day period. Frankly the honeymoon period in the office is still continuing & currently I am having the leanest period in my professional life. Its the longest ever training session on Cramer which is scheduled till 16th of this month. My entire training quota for the year is exhausted now. The project is yet to be assigned to me & other team members & so this month, the company would not mind giving me salary for my patience.
The entire hectic workholic attitude which a was part of my character in Mumbai, has been now washed away, & I rediscover myself as a calm person with great mental peace. I feel fresh as everyday & feel I have a plenty of time for myself & for friends & family members. So much time that now I have involved myself to some recreation & fun, besides also doing with some creative exercises which I wont reveal here for the time being, since I need results to provide something concrete. But yes, the office pool is fun & addictive. Me & Ronnie steal as much time as we can to try our hands on the professional game. We realized, we were good beginners & played some good shots. Now the confidence level has gone up & I am sure in some weeks, we shall be pleased to declare ourselves as some professional players. Will challenge to whosoever wanna fix a game with us.
Back at home, we are seeing another flat & are yet to shift to new apartment. The bachelor saga will never be eradicated from my mind. Nice experience we had dealing on the bachelor issue but sadfully felt so helpless since we could do nothing in an uncompromising soceity who have a pre-concieved mindset about pitied section of the society. I have discussed this in my last blog & would make no further comment on this.
But yes, plenty of time at home, I reach by 7 Pm sharp; &the company bus service drops me at the main gate, there is no tiring journey like the one in Mumbai (20 mins walk+15 mins crowded local train+15 mins auto back to home). The stamina is still entact & both body & mind are ready for any adventure. My roomate Raghu makes lovely tea after reaching from office & it further sets the mood on. Plenty of time to watch the favourite TV channel, read the entire news in the newspaper, surf the internet for fun & make a good blog entry as this. Oh yeah, no dating dudes, I am still single, no GF(s), no phonecalls, & I may still think, I am a poor chap in this regard. It just didnt click in my way; not sure what it takes to find a GF, the SPRITE factor just didnt work out for me. Well of course I am no dude with tricks to win a girls heart,& never did I realize this art is so important. But now its too late to learn this. Anyways, nothing regretful; hopefully I need not learn any trick, luck would have the thing which is destined. Well ok, now I am being bit innocent like my name I do agree, as against most of my friends who always call me a misnomer.
Beleive me frankly, I just said bhola is somewhat bhola. Deep inside, like others, bhola is true Bhola. No blowing my own trumpet!
Cheers
Bhola

Life goes on...

Amdocs in Israeli company & its base in India was setup some 4 years ago. Magarapatta city in Pune was chosen as the dream location & it is indeed a place really worth. It has all reasons to be a hailed as posh area in the developing city of Pune. Pls visit: www.magarapattacity.com to have an idea of the serenity, beauty & poshness of the place, which I actually wanted to convey myself, but due to poor power of expression, I hope you would excuse me pls.
Well the first 2 weeks in Amdocs here was a lean period & it was all free time for me to either engage in doing with the joining formalities or being a member of the ubiquities technical training courses, necessary to equipp me for the project in pipeline. Well I enjoyed a good time there, with fixed time schedules of work hours, 9 AM to 6 PM sharp & nothing extra, plus it was a calm environment here, with no hundreds of mails on daily basis in my outlook, & the most soothing thing, no phone calls for getting the work which I am supposed to do. I needed this break. Really.
I am still to settle here, for the projects are still to arrive sometimes in the month of Feb, & till then my boss assured me of a good time & asked me to make merriment. I thought he was being modest. Well I feel the mental peace was the need of the hour, after having a previous record of strenuous work culture & timings, before I can make myself ready for another plunge into the river of corporate life without knowing the depth.
I have put up with my old colleague Punit Singla in Vimanagar, & to tell you what, yesterday we shifted into a new flat nearby. Majestic residential house it is, fully furnished & in very good condition. Its a new building adorned with all basics & decoratives. When we enetred, we thought this is really going to make our life cool & easy. But then the very next moment, the elderly neighbour walked in & asked to excuse. He instantly quoted: "You guys are bachelors; & bachelors are not allowed in this society; be it girls or boys"!
Oh God, why didnt you make us all bachelors married in an instant? The uncle kept on with his views & rules in the society & he did actually served us an ultimatum that either we should get this sorted out with the landlord & move to some other place, or else, he would advise the security to disallow us from entering the society. Frankly, all through the time when the resptected elder citizen was lecturing us, my mind was occupied in search of a solution to the normal mentality of the society towards the bachelors.
The bachelor plight is by far too overlooked an issue & much ignored by the society. I am not against anybody; but the mentality of society. Yesterday I felt dejected, rather bethroted by similar concept of untouchables. No denying the fact, some bachelors do create hullaboo, & may disturb the peace of society, but I felt based on the grounds of some immature acts of some persons, the same rule should not be generalised to a particular section of the society. After all, society is made up of all classes of people & not the other way round. Different criterias could be made applicable to different classes, but you cannot play with the fundamental rights of classes.
The utter helplessness & indifference to the plight of bachelors was an alarming point tickling in mind constantly. Just understand the plight of a bachelor guy or gal, far from his hometown & family being treated in a way like 'outsider' or may be even thought of to further extremes as being terrorists. While I understand the justification & seriousess about this concept; but this should not be acheived at cost of completely denying the rights of a particular section & treating them with vulnerable thoughts. I felt that is incorrect if the complete young generation is treated in a way of suspicious attitude by the one society. & it is not completely that only such section of the society are wrong doers & others are all bathed in the ganges. If the young generation or the so called hapless bachelors are shown the way to nowhere, I doubt what the society must expect of bright future & still expect them to come ahead for the lead everytime & always.
Oops, I forgot my country is still a developing nation.

Cheering to non bachelors of the society
Bhola