Why? Because some people have written bad things about Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackrey.

So what now? Shiv Sainiks ransacked some cyber cafes in Kalyan (near Thane) for allowing Orkut.com access and they have asked the government to ban the Orkut.com.

Ok, so? - The government is in favor of banning Orkut and even Maharashtra police is supporting them. I think The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team in New Delhi did not allow Orkut ban. (Thank God they were smart enough to understand this stupidity)

So what next? Shiv Sena will continue trying their best to ban Orkut and their next target may be Google because it shows the results when we search for Bal Thackrey + (Any bad word) haha

Or I should say, let’s ban Internet only.

My great Maharashtra, my great India and my great ruling party. Way to go, Mumbai will become Shanghai soon and India will become US haha

Good Reads:

• The man who wants to shut down Orkut.com
• Should Orkut be banned?

Update: Shivsena learns how to get the community blocked from Orkut just by clicking on Report Abuse link on Orkut.

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I won’t call this one a review actually but I really want everyone to watch this movie, so quickly just summing up the stuff so that I can enjoy a good sleep haha (very tiring day today)

The story of the movie: (Taken from Yahoo)

The film’s story is set in the ancient holy city of Banares. It follows the life of Pandit Chaturvedi, a Hindu Brahmin Priest. Fastidiously following the prayers and rituals prescribed by the ancient Hindu scriptures has been the uninterrupted pattern of his life from dawn to dusk each day.

An abandoned infant comes into Pandit Chaturvedi’s life and home. He adopts the child and names him Kartikey.

Bringing up Kartikey as a good Brahmin fills the Pandit’s life with joy and laughter, till the day Pandit Chaturvedi is forced by religion to turn Kartikey away. The memories of the four years of Kartikey’s childhood challenge the very core of Pandit Chaturvedi’s belief in the 4000 years old way of life.

The movie is galore for the brilliant acting. Pankaj Kapur, Supriya Pathak Kapur and Krish Parekh (the child that they had adopted) are just superb. The music is very good, specially the song Bhaee Bhor sung by Sonu Nigam.

The movie is a must watch for all Moral Police guys. I would rate the movie 4/5. The movie won’t do much financially but I am sure it will be claimed very well critically.

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Why? Why make movies when you are not sure about what you want to show? Commercial Cinema? Art Cinema or new genre, confused cinema?

The movie started with the feelings of art cinema or in other words I should call, simple good movie with no glamour or naach gaana. But within next 10 minutes, it started showing commercial colors, A song.. haha that too at the wrong time. Okay, let me come directly to the movie.

The movie is about a middle class man Swami (Manoj Bajpai) and his chair…oops and America… oops and dream of his wife.. oops or may be something else. Let’s cut the crap. Swami and Radha (Juhi Chawla) live in a very small village in Maharashtra. But Radha wanted to move to Mumbai for better education of their son. She always had a dream of her child going to US for the job. So, they move to Mumbai, Radha falls ill, Swami works hard..overtimes.. for Radha’s operation but he did not know that Radha will spend that money on buying the chair which Swami wanted for many years. Now this is what I call stupid, simply stupid. The director wanted to show how much Radha loved Swami and how she sacrificed her life just for the chair which Swami wanted for ages. Rest of the movie is about how Swami  makes Radha’s dream come true.

The director (Choreographer - Ganesh Acharya) wanted to have everything in the movie. Songs, love story, comedy, emotions and what not. But in the process of achieving this, he lost track of the movie and kept on dragging the movie for around 2 hours. Many unwanted songs and scenes (all those jogging park scenes) added. He made Swami dance too (May be to show his choreography skills?)

The music not impressive at all, even background score needed some good amount of work. Background music was not going well with the scenes but it was just helping increase the noise pollution.

On the acting front - Manoj Bajpai was impressive. Juhi Chawla was not good, she was not suiting well in the south Indian accent. Wrong character, I should say. The chemistry between Swami and Radha was lacking something, it looked artificial. Rest of the actors did not impress me much. 

From the promos, I really thought this movie would be good, different from the movies which we watch these days, but now I am just regretting that why I did not go for Dhram.

So overall, the movie is  a messed up movie and the story was not clear. Many flaws. Deserves 1.5 / 5. Business wise, it will be a flop.

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Brighter side of the darkness - The life will be full of joy and happiness, when a person learns to find brighter side of the darkness. This post is dedicated to a very dear friend who does not realize how good she is. I am no where trying to show sympathy but I am just trying my best to make her realize that the life is not that bad.

There is always a brighter side at the end of the darkness and we will never be able to find if we keep ourselves in the darkness without even trying to move. I know, it hurts a lot when someone leaves on the halfway but instead of keeping ourselves in the past, we should look forward to the bright future which is ahead. The past was mere few years but why to waste whole life because of those few years?

I know that making rounds of those temples did not help, I know the fasts did not help but God is not there in those temples. God is nothing but inner you. God did not let that relationship work because God knew the future and certainly did not want you to be in the pain for the whole life. That person left you because he was not the right person for you and it was his bad luck that he did not get you, not yours.

The life is so beautiful and full of joy. I am not asking you to forget the past, don’t even forget a single moment of it but also learn to look at the present which is welcoming you with open arms. Embrace the present with a smile and joy. And once you learn to do it, the past won’t make those tears come out.

This one is for everyone, learn to live life with joy, I know we face lot of difficulties in the life but we should learn how to overcome them. If you have lost something in the life, do not waste time thinking why did you lose it but spend time in thinking how can you be better so that you don’t make that kind of loss again.

When you lose something, it simply means that there is something better in the basket which is waiting for you. Just pass the test of life and you will never regret.