Biz,ritz,glitz.

I rushed from my french tuition to come home and get ready for the party of the century.
for the first time ever,in my life,i got ready in a record-breaking,5 minutes(complete with make-up).No,i didnt look like a fool,with make-up smudged on my face.

20-minutes drive to the "place" on the beautiful,long,sweeping,fly-over's of gurgaon-dwarka.I closed my eyes in the car,taking a mini-vacation to my dreamland.After 20 whole minutes,i opened my eyes to see the most gorgeous fete(almost.excpet it was a corporate party).
with red black and white,the meadows looked lavish with an angel right at the entrance,greeting you with a wand,crown,sword.to the right,a photo shoot was going on.for the guests.yes,the family could go and get their photos clicked with their kids and ooooh at how nicely they've dressed.as i turned,i caught sight of a few stilt-walkers.whoa.tall.so so so tall.Pah.the meadows were adorned like a cake with small round tables topped with the silkiest of sheets with a bottle of vodka, and 3 floating candles.there was this massive red-black stage and huge dance floor for all the booty shakers that evening.a huge popcorn cup stood in the middle of everything.
to complete the icing,we had the people.The elements.Whoa.i've NEVER seen such a crowd.NEVER.i could see people of all ages and all generations.
one side were the goody goody ladies looking conservative in the closed saris.one side there were these stick-girls.the top did not go down.the already-short-skirts did not go up.one side there was "the freak out" crowd.girls smoked away to glory and guys drank to their satisfaction.
the candles of the cake were the small kids.they ran about,enjoying themselves in the play-pen and hogging hot and fresh butter-pop corn to complete with all the 100 starters which was served second-to-second by the hosts.
the party started with full swing.dancing till your butts dropped,eating to your heart content,relishing the kulfi.and thank god,they played the australia-india match in big screens.thank god for me.
you meet a person and they will first give you the,what i call,the "gurgaon-onceover".they will look at you,from top to bottom,right from the toenails,to the color of your hair.based on that,they will socialise.if they give a half-hearted smile it means:umm.where are you from?.if they smile happily and give you a cherrfull "hello",then, bingo!
i socialised,ate 3 fish fingers breaking the rule which i made the previous day,deciding i should not eat non-veg for 1 month,danced,danced and danced.

as the party went on,i realised,how times have changed.how places are changing.how culture is changing.
how people are changing.
ive gone at parties in chennai also,but never have i seen SUCH a one.people just didnt care.they've come here to "party".to drink.to socialise.to FREAK OUT.
when i left,part of me wanted to go back in and dance.
but part of me wanted to go home.
to get some quiteness.some piece.where i can be myself.where i know people won't be there,all around me,staring at me.

after all,home is home.
party cannot become home.

Thank God.

Mango smoothie.

Dedicated to my wonderful dog,Danny.
you mean no less,though we are miles and miles apart.
I love you.sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.

I leaped with joy,
when i saw you for the
first time.
I squealed with happiness,
when i saw your tiny legs,
trottle on the floor.

you were the master of,
yourself and me.
whenever i look at you,
i realise what love and loyalty,
is all about.
you gave me milkshakes,
filled with the sweetest essence.

You greet me like as if,
im a new-born baby.
you play with me like as if,
i'm a one-year-old.
you bark at me like,
a man-eater.

But,
I love you Danny,
more than any barista's mango-smoothie.

i saw this one seriyana oru tamil movie today.

before i start my movie review,let me give a word of caution:eet is strictly limited to those who've seen tamil movies since long long back(refer to naatamai et cetra).

It's also only for those know tamil.
Movie-Samudhiram.
Cast-sharath kumar,murali,manoj,a luvlie sister,one comedian,three daughter-in-laws.
Story-line-Brothers show their unconditional love to their sister(happa happa yabbbaaaah)
The movie begins with any fairy-tale beginning.
a song which portrays the three oh-so-lovely brothers with their chellamaana thangatchi.it goes on to show how much they love each other and how nothing can seperate them.due to certain circumstances,the brothers lose all their property.

im not in to explaining the padam here.
It's the only movie which shows men crying more than women(Karan johar,you've got company dude!).take this for instance:the youngest brother enters his elder brother's room for taking money from his anna's shirt pocket.the money is for some college use.his anni is inside the room.she shouts at him and says that he cannot take it and assumes him to have stolen the money.the paavam chap leaves the room.
He is now waiting in the bus stand.his anna comes.he starts shouting at him asking"yaen da shirt pocketla irundhu panam edukala.ava sonna vechittu poirpiya",as he's saying this,he starts crying.in front of about 20 people.in the road.
Good Lord.I mean,what the hell?after-all,he did not take just 600 bucks from the damn pocket.what's the big deal?

As the journey continues,we can sight more such instances where the sister leaves the brother's to go ther husband's house and the brother's start crying.
et choos mee.
Get a LIFE.
the typical old tamil movies where you have the big family with 2000 acres,100 servants who get thrown out for making a small distinct scratch on the yajamaani's room.then we have the villain who is equally rich with more cows.
the chellam of the house-the girl gets married to the villain's son.trouble.fight.in the end,everything is solved.everyone lives happily ever after.
Bloody hell,i wasted 2 and a half hours seeing this movie.a colossal waste of time.
Goddamn.
on the positive front,this movie tells us about love,care and affection.(like we've NEVER seen a movie made about LOVE.)
ratings-1/2 on 5.
only for the sister.she looked like a beautiful south indian girl in colorful saris and vibrant bangles.

when you smile,
my world brightens.
when you dance,
the music dances with
you.
when you cry,
the light of my world,
dims.
when you walk,
everything is stationary.
when you talk to me,
i feel love.
when you are with me,
i know nothing,but
you.
when I cried,
you gave me smoothies of
smilies.

when everything stopped,
you came.
But when you leave,
my heart aches for nothing,
but YOU.