When the blasts rocked Bangalore!

It's Monday morning once again and today I am actually glad I am back at my desk in front of my comp. On Friday when I ran out of office, I had a blank mind. I don't remember if I shut down my PC, I don't remember if I saved my data...at that moment nothing mattered at all!!

It was probably 2.30pm on Friday afternoon when we were alerted of the bomb blasts. For a second I was numb. I tried to call home immediately coz I was sure they would panic as soon as the news gets flashed on all channels. As expected the lines were jammed. The news was around that the transport from office was cancelled.

The next thought was not to stay in Electronic City and reach home as early as possible. Ironically I stay in Tavarekere that is walking distance from the places the first blasts happened. But I had stayed long enough in the area to know how to get back without touching those areas. I joined the guys who were leaving to get a drop to the nearest place accessible by auto. I reached home within half an hour that day thanks to deserted roads ;)

There was this feeling of unrest throughout the day of which most of it was spent watching the news. I was surprised to see how life went back to normal in no time. In fact at hostel the night shift girls were picked up to go to office as early as 6pm that was hardly hours after the blasts. The next day all seemed to be calm except the reduced traffic on the roads. I went out to Banshankari and Forum that day.

When I saw that there were still people going to the PVR Cinemas, shopping at the Westside sale etc on Saturday I knew that it takes a lot to take the spirit of a Bangalorean out of him. this is the only way we can combat terrorism too. Stand as one voice against it and be brave. What has to happen will happen. But it should not happen while we succumb to terrorism in fear!!!

In a relationship, then flaunt it!!

The latest trend in Bollywood seems to be stars going public about their relationships. These may be within industry or outside it. Way back in times it used to be a very hush hush affair. The love affairs used to be just rumours or denied by the stars saying “We are just friends!”

Of late relationships are more open. I guess it began with John and Bipasha who started accepting their relationship. This was followed by Shahid-Kareena, Preity Zinta-Ness Wadia etc and the latest among them being Deepika-Ranbhir Kapoor and Imran-Avantika. Flaunting the fact that one is in a relationship seems to be “in” now no matter how long it lasts for later. ;)


It just seems to be a reflection of our society itself. Parents seem to be accepting the fact that their sons have girlfriends or the other way around. The better half is taken home and introduced to the family in the early stages of a relationship itself. Celebrity couples seem to be behaving just like normal couples.

Whenever I spend time at Forum Mall in the weekends and see teen couples moving around, watching movies together, shopping or just sitting and talking I realize that the society has moved far beyond what I saw in my teens. There were hardly people in love when I was in school. There used to be just rumours and many of them just remained so. Not many had the courage to bring up a relation to the public or family front and many loves were just buried with time. Times change!!

Jaane Tu..Ya Jaane Na

I have a hum on my lips today. I feel all bubbled up. I am chirpy and happy. Now don’t have a misconception that there is something “special” happening. This big “smile” is all due to “Janne Tu..ya Janne Na”. I seem to be smiling remembering the instances in the movie and humming “Pappu can’t dance Salla!”

I have always been a movie freak. I never miss an opportunity to watch a movie at any time available. There are times I feel like seeing intelligent cinema and there are times I just want to push back and watch something that makes me happy! The reason to land up watching this movie was the songs that are already a hit. The reviews for the movie in papers have not been good but I was reading a few blog reviews and I found a majority to have liked it. So I thought “What the heck! Let me check it out!”

I loved it from the beginning till the end. The story line maybe cliché and predictable but the treatment is fresh and good. As I watched the movie I could so much relate to the characters I saw on screen. I saw my college mates and office mates at various instances in the movie. There were those silent, unspoken crushes, thick friend who move apart when they fall in love with other people, couples having a special song, and so many more.

I looked around me and there was the entire crowd enjoying each minute of the movie. Everyone was having a roller coaster laughing session. There were also those “Oh so cute” moments in the movie. I seriously wonder whether they make those romantic and honest type guys anymore.

Overall the star of the movie is Abbas Tyrewala! He wrote the story, script, dialogues, and lyrics and directed the movie. Hats off to him! Imran Khan is good for a debutant. He looks like Aamir in the song sequence where he dresses up in a big mustache ( Remember Aamir in RDB) Genelia seems to have perfected these roles with Bommirillu(Telugu), Santosh Subramanian (Tamil) and now this one. Nasurrudin Shah and Ratna are perfect and hilarious. All in all, I loved the movie and I came out with a smile that still lingers when I think about it. A total entertainer!