Taking scripts for serials to an entirely new level, a new serial as developed a storyline wherein GirlA agrees to let her best friend, GirlB, get married to the man of GirlA's dreams. Why would someone do that? All this, in one room, with no one except the GirlA's mother and an idiotic aunt as witness to this disaster. And all this with absolutely no concern about the groom's wish. Poor thing, sits in the mantap thinking that he's getting married to GirlA while its GirlB next to him all the while....
Looks like these script writers take their brains out while writing. Miserable to watch, i'm forced to get back to my room when this serial begins. Each scene is following be an overly melodramatic music. And extra long shots of the shocked/depressed/helpless/happy/whatever expressions of the characters. Each step that the girl takes is captured as a 10 second shot, accompanied by some more melodramatic music of course....
Seriously, get yourselves some creativity people...! This is sheer nonsense! Bah!
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
Saturday, 10 October 2009
Food!
I love food. It's as simple as that. It's the one thing that can make the world go around for me. Probably now it comes second to love. But still, food can make or break my day. And while i completely appreciate the intensive intrinsic food we prepare in India, what with the sheer number of spices and complex cooking methods, its the simple easy to prepare dishes that are so much more delicious. They also score an extra point or two because you don't have to labor over them. And i love trying out new recipes. Almost like a destresser. And it's especially great when you try things and it turns out to be so fabulously tasty... Like what i tried today. Baked mushrooms in some usual stuff. You could try this out, in case (1) you are reading this :P (2) you like mushrooms
Take a bunch of mushrooms and cut them in half if they're big and leave the small ones alone.
In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp of vegetable oil, 1 tsp of vinegar, 1 tsp soya sauce, 1 finely chopped clove of garlic, some chilli paste, half an onion sliced length wise.
Mix in the mushrooms and let this stand for an hour or so.
Put in a bit of salt, and go a bit easy on this as the soy sauce is salty by itself.
Now cook this in the microwave for a minute and place the entire mix into a baking dish.
Put tiny bits of butter all over the mushrooms and grill for 25-30 minutes.
This turns into a mellow, silky, buttery dish which can be eaten all be itself. It's so pleasantly light and warm. And smells so damn good while it's cooking. Please please do try this.
And there's nothing better than pineapples grilled with wine and cinnamon, eaten with vanilla ice cream. I have to make do with pineapple icecream today but it's ok. Still good.
And there goes my Saturday. Some thing good to end the day after being so depressed that Sandeep was doing all the shifting with so much stuff that we bought over the last month. Not that he has to move it himself but there's just so much to do... Great. Now i feel much worse to know i've eaten all that while he was cleaning the apt and handling the packing stuff... ugh! :(
Take a bunch of mushrooms and cut them in half if they're big and leave the small ones alone.
In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp of vegetable oil, 1 tsp of vinegar, 1 tsp soya sauce, 1 finely chopped clove of garlic, some chilli paste, half an onion sliced length wise.
Mix in the mushrooms and let this stand for an hour or so.
Put in a bit of salt, and go a bit easy on this as the soy sauce is salty by itself.
Now cook this in the microwave for a minute and place the entire mix into a baking dish.
Put tiny bits of butter all over the mushrooms and grill for 25-30 minutes.
This turns into a mellow, silky, buttery dish which can be eaten all be itself. It's so pleasantly light and warm. And smells so damn good while it's cooking. Please please do try this.
And there's nothing better than pineapples grilled with wine and cinnamon, eaten with vanilla ice cream. I have to make do with pineapple icecream today but it's ok. Still good.
And there goes my Saturday. Some thing good to end the day after being so depressed that Sandeep was doing all the shifting with so much stuff that we bought over the last month. Not that he has to move it himself but there's just so much to do... Great. Now i feel much worse to know i've eaten all that while he was cleaning the apt and handling the packing stuff... ugh! :(
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Now we want Water, now we don't...
Water... Serene yet fierce. Flowing with force and yet still. Murky and clear. A vital giver of life and a taker of one.
Seeing the water deluge in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh over the last week, I am left speechless. I don't know about AndhraPradesh, but the areas in Karnataka which have been flooded are known to be dry beds. And to think that people living there are battling life due to floods is a real stunner. And this is the worst flood in over a century in the state.
For people in those areas, farmers and others alike, it is such irony. The farmers crave for water to irrigate their fields and earn their livelihood. The other civilians make do with water being supplied for just one day every week. Now they have SO much water, flooded in thanks to a far off typoon and the Tungabhadra, that all they can do is pray that they don't get any more. Imagine craving for water all year long and when you finally get it, you don't want it anymore.
Roads cave in, homes made with years and years of saving are washed away, people wade through neck high water, cattle swim about fervously confused by a sudden change in environment, people buried underneath collapsed houses...
It's sad that here's just so much damage. And there's nothing anyone can do about it.
Evokes a feeling of helplessness. Just pure helplessness.
Seeing the water deluge in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh over the last week, I am left speechless. I don't know about AndhraPradesh, but the areas in Karnataka which have been flooded are known to be dry beds. And to think that people living there are battling life due to floods is a real stunner. And this is the worst flood in over a century in the state.
For people in those areas, farmers and others alike, it is such irony. The farmers crave for water to irrigate their fields and earn their livelihood. The other civilians make do with water being supplied for just one day every week. Now they have SO much water, flooded in thanks to a far off typoon and the Tungabhadra, that all they can do is pray that they don't get any more. Imagine craving for water all year long and when you finally get it, you don't want it anymore.
Roads cave in, homes made with years and years of saving are washed away, people wade through neck high water, cattle swim about fervously confused by a sudden change in environment, people buried underneath collapsed houses...
It's sad that here's just so much damage. And there's nothing anyone can do about it.
Evokes a feeling of helplessness. Just pure helplessness.
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