Mmmmm...!

"I've got loads of photos of people I don’t really like, so why not take one of something I really love?" -- Rebecca Bloomwood (Shopoholic Series)

Not just an idiot's box anymore!

Maddela Cheruvu Suri a.k.a Suri got murdered yesterday. It made the front pages in all the telugu newspapers. The news channels are breathless trying to cram in every last bit of information on this story and repeat it all day long. There are bandhs and agitations going on!

Before I get intothat there is another story.

About a year ago, Dr. YSR died and you, I and almost everybody knows the rest of the story. This morning when I saw the paper and saw the TV that Dr. YSR's story seemed to have a different angle to me - YSR died and a year later, the party has split and his son is planning to start on his own**. How did that happen? Simple really. YSR had died in a very unfortunate plane crash. There was a three day long tension and suspense and tragedy on all the channels and (hence) all over the state. Three whole days! Continuously! This has sort of created a mass hysteria. And this mass hysteria led to some very unfortunate deaths. People viewing these channels, have died of a heartbreak! (At least I'd like to think so. I mean, whoever heard of person actually dying of a broken heart? There are far more devastating tragedies and people still managed to live!!) Don’t believe in my mass hysteria theory? I got a real example! One of my uncles is a hard core TDP fan. When they said YSR's plane went missing, he was one of those few who were happy and hoped they wouldn't find it. But in those two days, he cried once and cursed Chandrababu Naidu. I was sure he'll take down the TDP flag in his porch and put a Congress flag instead. If a passionate TDP lover could become like that just by watching TV, what chance would a weak, old Congress fan stand? So they had to have "heartbreaks" and die!**

The number of these deaths rose substantially in a couple of days. Few months down the line, the son, YS Jagan, has started this Odarpu yatra to meet with the families of the deceased. This has led to a conflict in the national party which finally led to a split and Jagan resigning from the party altogether.

**I truly can understand what people went through back then. I’m NOT making fun. I do not mean any disrespect to anyone!

And now this.

You might be thinking this Suri must have been a very important person. Maybe he is, I don't know. Actually, I don't want to know. In spite of the media frenzy, all I see in this news story is that Suri got shot in his head five times by his follower/friend. Also, the "victim" Suri has been in the news and papers for quite some time, because he was also involved in the murder of a political um..leader, Paritala Ravi, and has been in jail for the same. He got released recently and has also announced that he is no more interested in the literally deadly game "faction". Recently a movie has been made based on their story. And there's a sequel to that movie too (Actor Surya played his role in Raktacharitra). In short, a faction-ist died; sadly, after renouncing his ways publicly.

Again, is he really that important in AP politics? It is not rhetoric or even a sarcastic question, I really want to know! Because to me right now, he has inspired a movie (in a good way) and that's it! Other than that, I don't see anything. He is just another person. (Ok not really normal – he has been a convicted murderer and all, but still.) There were three pages in the newspapers filled with the same story, the news anchor wouldn't shut up about him (they're now showing an old interview of his!) and people are getting emotional talking about it! All just because it makes an interesting story. Oh please do correct me if I'm wrong!
It feels like a Déjà vu to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone from the family starts a new party or something.

So why am I blogging about this?

I really don't care about the "world". But sometimes the stupid world rubs my face in its atrocities until I notice and when I do notice, I go nuts. This is my way of trying to get me back to my normal state.

And why am I blogging about this?

The poorest, saddest of all are the ones like me - people who don't take sides, and just believe whatever the news anchor says; people who cannot and will not have an opinion of their own; people who are easily manipulated, even by a fictitious character; people that form the “crowd” of the country.

Not crowd, herd! We are the goats that blindly follow the tail of another goat. We’re not even the goats in the front of the herd, the ones in the middle.

We, the common man a.k.a the herd-forming half blind goat of India!

And our one eye is the TV, a.k.a the idiot’s box!!

New year!

They say life is not fair. I do too sometimes. But even life gets tired of being unfair all the time!

Sometimes there are moments when it is hard not to smile! Even if you try!! :-)

Wishing you all a happy year ahead!

Tu na jaane aas paas hai khuda....

I'm so sorry...

...for my laptop! It is literally groaning under the pressure! Yeah, literally. The tiny fan inside sounds like a very loud phone when it's in vibrate mode! Also sometimes like that etching machine in the steel shops used to write names on steel utensils! (Great example!!)

No space; I can afford to download just three more movies. It is on for almost the whole day. Barely four hours of rest I suppose on an average. I always forget to switch off the charger; this is the third charger I'm using and I still haven't learnt my lesson. There is something very wrong with the wiring in our house. Something to do with the earthing. So in the evenings, I should be extra careful handling this laptop because when I touch some parts of it, I get a shock! Luckily, not too many softwares so performance is just as good as it always was. But there are too many files and and too little ram space - because there are at least ten windows open all the time- so Search is damn slow. And there are too many files to remember their locations so I need to search every little thing. HIMYM, Friends, Harry Potter, movies are the the only locations I can open without searching.

Too many signs of aging! :-(

On both of us!! :-( :-(

:)

I have buried my mobile deep inside my cupboard all these days for no apparent reason. Okay maybe a for a few stupid reasons. I took it out today and was checking it. Felt so good, like meeting an old friend! My sweet mobile!! And I was smiling oh-so-wide playing some of my forgotten songs...

So I was going through those photos and here are a few that I like so much.

My newest accomplishment :) 

Uploading here is taking so long... So Picasa link

Orange!!

Why promise someone something and live a lie to keep that promise?

This is the theme/moral that I gathered from this movie. I just saw this movie and I wanted to say so much about it. And now I forgot what that was!

Whatever it was, it will sum up to this -- the movie sucked, songs were awesome!

At one point, no at so many points, I felt like banging my head on the nearest wall. But I sat through the whole movie because if the songs. Simply because of them. Two hours after the movie and I'm still listening to those songs :)

The movie had a good motive or idea rather. But it was communicated rather badly; like the script got misplaced and the movie was made based on the rough draft of the script. And there are soooo many atrocities that I won't list here.

Actually the only reason I'm even writing this now is because I'm feeling a little guilty :-/ There are a few symbolic references to smoking. The guy smokes. (For full details watch the movie) Naturally his friends, family, girlfriend don't approve of it. The guy starts feeling like they are trying to rob a bit of him. 

I do that too! I realised maybe I'm a bit prudish. Aaaand so, now on I'll try not to do that. Hopefully.

Crazy easy life!

It's wonderfully cold in the mornings these days when I wake up. My room so warm and the air smells of rain! I'd always want to sleep a little more. And I do! 

I can soak up in all the books I own. I can read them as much as I want, as long as I want - late into night, all day long, even while eating, with absolutely nothing nagging at the back of my head that I might be late for something, or I should get enough sleep or anything at all!

I can watch TV as long as I want. I can laugh at the silliest things without checking myself that someone might think I'm weird. 

I can eat happily. Home food! If I want to eat junk stuff, I can have that too! Now that I don't have to cook as a rule, I find cooking very interesting. I can cook whenever I feel like it.

I have a phone that had stayed with me through thick and thin :-D. I can call, text whenever I miss someone from the outside world. I can sit on the internet if everything else is boring.

If I get too bored with all the relaxing, I can start studying. It is hard work and it makes me tired by the end of the day. For the first time, feeling tired feels good! 

And if I feel sorry for myself that I have been working too hard, I can simply sit and watch the world go by! Just sit and sip the awesome coffee mom makes anytime I ask for one. Just sit by the window looking at the trees, birds, kids, anything and start dreaming with a big, content smile on my face. Sit and do nothing! 

Because I have all the time in the world!

BUT.....

I also happen to have a precious little conscience, that NEVER allows me to enjoy any of it!! Grrrrrr...! It - the stupid conscience - always keeps pricking me that I have to leave all this, that I have to try and work my ass off so that I can find another blood-sucking, slow-death inducing job!! It simply wants me to go find WORK and wants me to stop being content and HAPPY!!

Life is so unfair. It is some kind of a evil, twisted paradox isn't it??