ASD
ASD - Affective Seasonal Disorder.....lack of sun light and prolonged winters depress you....then the medical science terms you may have what is called ASD....with this winter in New England...I won't doubt that but spring is here....smell the flowers!

Cheers!

Quote
Topic: Quotable Quotes
"It is nice to be important; it is more important to be nice"

What a great a quote.....if you want to be people's person, remeber this......just a little of TLC plus some amount of oversight will get wonderful results from all around you.....it might be lil bit of extra effort to get people do by what you want to do by persuading but results are long lasting and hopefully you will preserve the goodwill and relationship....it really baffles me when people with authority and influence forget this....

Meet your old friends at....
www.alumni.net is a good place to start searching for all those long lost brethern and sistern of yours on the net....in fact a lot of them could be there....

Cheers!

Hottest Mail.com
Topic: Movies
Total time pass.....title is only catchy otherwise a typical C-grader.

From netflix
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Hottest Mail.com (1990)

Rashmi Ghosh, Agnees David and Vishesh Khanna star in this high-tech tale of two computer programmers who get in over their heads. Friends Sagar and Lucky rely on computers for very different reasons: Sagar's working to develop a killer application, while hacker Lucky chats online with women. When Sagar faces financial problems, Lucky locates a cyber-girl with some extra cash. All they need to do is meet her in Bangkok. …

The Fugitive
Topic: Movies
The Fugitive - starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones....good movie....captivating. what was that Nagarjuna starring Hinid movie that was based on this....

Cheers!

Nayagan
Topic: Movies
Nayagan - 1987 movie with Kamal Hassan. What a spectacular mvoie? Kamal is simply good. Story line is simple and much used....that how a small town boy becomes a mafia don due to circumstance and is the god for poor slum dwellers and evil for cops etc. It is said it is based on real time mafia boss in 1980s that is Varadaraja Mudaliar who ruled over Bombay docs...

Kamal Hassan is simply superb especially as aging don who loses one relationship after another due to tragedies somehow linked to his illegal activities....His acting especially while mournig his son's tragic death in a gas station blast is simply touching.....overall a great movie....

Movie is Tamil. People who understand Tamil really well should be able to appreciate dialogs much better which are a big part of the movie.

I had seen hindi remake of this movie 'Dayawan' starring Vinod Khanna, Firoz Khan. Despite Khanna's comparable performance, it was no match for original masterpiece in Tamil.

Cheers!

Happy Holi !
Festival of colors!!!!

Happy Good Friday
God Bless!

Conquest of mind....
Conquest of mind....by Eknath Easwaran....another classic by spiritual master....just started...no doubt it is going to open another small crevice in one's consciousness.....

"When the student is ready....teacher shows up"...at least true in my case....otherwise there was no rhyme or reason for me to lay my hands on his commentary of Bhagvadgita in Nov 2001 and be hooked to him and his teachings so closely...thanks to the higher POWER for such a solid hook that I do not even think about getting rid of it....

Cheers!

Notorious B'lore rowdy Srirampuram Kitty finished!
Topic: Underworld
Another chapter closed in B'lore's unique underworld...while growing up, sensational news about Kitty used to make waves in news papers and juicy tabloids chewed on his exploits even more...ultimately life got even with him although it is sad that it is said and widely believed that he had given up mainstream gansterims a while ago....those who live by sword die by sword.....in case of Kitty this turned out to be literally true!

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Rowdy hacked to death by armed gangAdd to Clippings

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, MARCH 20, 2005 11:02:55 PM ]
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BANGALORE: Rowdy Srirampura Kitty was murdered by an armed gang in a residential area in Bapujinagar on Saturday. Kitty (52), who was attacked with swords and choppers, died in hospital a few hours later.

This is the second murder of a rowdy in gang fights in the city in the last five months. 'Bekkinkannu' Rajendra was hacked to death by rivals in November last in High Grounds.

Around 7.30 pm on Saturday, a small-time rowdy Dabba Ravi and three youths from the area were extorting money from Kitty's acquaintance Yashodamma, who allegedly runs a brothel. Police said she informed Kitty over telephone about the extortion and sought help. Meanwhile, the gang took Rs 1,000 cash and snatched Yashodamma's jewellery.

A few minutes later, Kitty came on a motorcycle and confronted the gang. An altercation broke out between the gang and Kitty. Tension gripped the area after the miscreants attacked Kitty with lethal weapons and fled leaving him in a pool of blood outside Yashodamma's house. He had been stabbed in the stomach, legs and hit on the head with swords and choppers.

The police shifted him to Victoria Hospital from where he was taken to NIMHANS in a critical condition. He succumbed to injuries around 1.30 am.

Byatrayanapura police have registered a case of murder following a statement by Kitty. Police are questioning the suspects, Ravi, Kirthi, Kumar Somashekar and other locals.

Krishnoji Rao alias Srirampura Kitty, involved in murder, extortion and robbery, was rowdy-sheeted by Srirampura police on October 10, 1976. He was aged around 24 then. He gained infamy after carrying out the murder of rowdy Balaram in the Central Jail in May 1995 and also rowdy Rajendra's murder.

Kitty had led a gang which murdered two rowdies from Basaveshwarnagar and chopped their bodies into pieces before dumping them in Thippegondanahalli dam.

A police officer said Kitty, who had reigned terror in areas like Srirampura, Malleswaram and Magadi Road, was known to be associated with rowdies including Mani Bharati, Kotwal Ramachandra, M.P. Jairaj, Jedarahalli Krishna and Bekkinkannu Rajendra.

Meanwhile, the body was handed over to family after post-mortem in Victoria Hospital. Tension prevailed in Srirampura during the funeral procession taken out amid heavy police bandobast on Sunday evening.

Speed
Topic: Movies
One of the best action movies of all times.. Revees and Sandra Bullock excel....story is dragged a bit at the end...

4 stars....

Movie description below is from Netflix....
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Finding out there's a bomb on your bus (which will explode if the driver goes slower than 50 miles per hour, no less) is never a good thing -- but if your demolitions-expert-in-shining armor turns out to be Keanu Reeves, at least you'll have a fun ride. Jan De Bont's "Die Hard on a bus" thrill-fest has all the stunts, explosions and edge-of-your-seat moments an action fan could want -- plus Sandra Bullock in her breakthrough role.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, More
Director: Jan De Bont

After Shakti Kapoor....it is now Aman Verma
Aman Verma ka band baj gaya.....the same TV channel which did a sting operation on Shakti Kapoor does it on tele-serial actor Aman Verma for offering casting couch for a wannabe actress.

Shame on you bollywood.

Clippings are available at - http://mjsabby.com/

Dude where is the party?
Topic: Movies
Dude where is the party? ......one of those ABCD/FOB kind of movies....coming in hoards after the initial ABCD movie....Kal Penn is good but rest of the story is full of stereotypical things about ABCDs, FOBS etc. gets too boring if the same stuff is repeated.

2 stars

Coincidence with this movie is that I got two copies of the same movie....one from Netflix and other from my desi grocer....sheer coincidence....costed 2 bucks if I were to realize that this was in the mail from Netflix....I would have not gotten it from my grocer...kya karne ka?

2 stars!

Shabd
Topic: Movies
Shabd.....hindi movie starring Sanjay Dutt, Aish Rai, JAhed Khan.....

Novel theme....but poor screen play

Saving grace is the good acting by all. Sanju is really good. Sports a real mature writer look, delivers his dialogs smoothly. Aish acts very well as the wife of the novelist....

Such a novel theme could have been scripted much much better...... hey you can not get all good to happen in 'one' Hindi movie......

2 stars

Mean Girls
Topic: Movies
Mean Girls.....decent movie....quite entertaining...

Visit to Raleigh, NC
Topic: Personal Updates
Visited Raleigh, NC over last weekend 12-14 March. Spent time with my brother and family. Had a lot of fun...Enjoyed the weather....after depressing cold weather of Boston it was a great relaxation.......

Cheers !

YLiYM
Your Life Is Your Message - By Eknath Easwaran.....great book....nothing less can be expected from this spiritual mastro.....

The title has a story behind it.....Easwaran says....Once a reported asked Gandhi if Gandhi had message for the reporter to take back to people...Gandhi who was not speaking that day (mauna vrata) scribble these words on a piece of paper and handed it the reported which read "My life is my message".....

Easwaran delivers his valuable spiritual common sense in his unique style and drives home the point....

If you want to have clear perspective on life when your mind gets clouded by day to day challenges, read Easwaran's classics for 30 mins a day and tell me if it does not make a difference....

His 3 volume commentary on Bhagvadgita is the best in my opinion. 18 chapters of Gita divided into 3 great volumes.

Cheers!

Shakti kapoor ka band baj gaya!
Hmmm.....Shakti Kapoor in deep sh*t.....poor chaap....I wish TV reporter had targeted some big shot producer or director who are more notorious than Kapoor......

Cheers!

Gulshan Kumar
For no particular reason I some how remember music baron Gulshan Kumar....

Gulshan Kumar made music available to common folks...whatever may be his ways....prior to his T-series, audio casettes were the monopoly of companies like HMV etc...


This, once fruit juice seller from Delhi, stormed into music world with all sort of manupulations...be it having famous singers mimicked to using underwolrd for his own ends....

When T-series came into prominence, cassettes started becoming available for Rs. 20 in 1986...even 10th std student like me could afford 1 or 2 caseettes per month using the pocket money and enjoy all music on our then famous walkmans.....

Gulshan Kumar also promoted Anuradha Paudwal and made her a famous singer....theere are many stories....to add to the gossip somehow Anuradha's first husband died under so called mysterious circumstances in Kumar's farm house......

But, Gulshan Kuamr's means did not serve his ends...his mafia connections spelled his end....he fell on the wrong side of Abu Salem and was killed in 1987......

But, he will be remembered as the one who made music available to comman man and promoted many singers like Vandana Bajpai, Babla Mehta etc.

May his soul rest in peace!

Airplace part 2:sequel
Topic: Movies
This movie is a JOKE.....some funny dialogs are the only saving grace.

2 stars.