The Pensive

   Image source:   here When I decided to write on this topic this week for Half baked beans, I was smiling to myself as anyone and everyone is addicted to what’s  app  these days. Yes it does save time when you have to share some photo-graph or a video or a file from your mobile with other person who has what’s  app  downloaded on his mobile but what next? It for sure doesn’t stop there. Everyone keeps checking their mobiles for some what’s  app  fun message or a forward or a pic. It’s not an exaggeration if I say what’s app is one of the top five communication platforms in the world now, first being Facebook closely followed by twitter. Many other chatting apps have come to light after what’s app like we chat, wow talk etc. but no other app could beat what’s app. From a maid to a carpenter to a gym trainer to a shop keeper, everyone has what’s-app downloaded on their mobiles.         ...

Today is our second marriage anniversary. Day before yesterday I was idling and reminiscing this day that year (2012) when I was all jittery thinking about my new life and thinking about the challenges of being a wife. No. I am not going to say now that it has all been rosy and all my fears were countered. I can definitely say that I have grown to a "woman" from a "girl". No. Keep your naughty thoughts to yourself. I have become a woman as in I realized how the new responsibilities will throw new challenges at me everyday and I actually had to mentally grow . I had no choice. I realized that I am no longer a "girl" who is lot pampered by parents, who rarely does the household chores and who doesn't even know what is what in the kitchen. I have realized the secret capability I possess to face the challenges though not always with a smile plastered on my face! I realized I ace at multitasking and that I love decorating my "home".  Home - The ...

Originally published at Half Baked Voices . Being single in India is challenging . It is a crime as you are expected to get married before you touch 25 and become a mother at least by 30. Many elders ( read morons) here decide the fertility rate of every woman. They start their requests for kids from day 1 of marriage. Some think delivering a kid is as easy as getting a chips packet from vending machine! I know I am getting drifted away from the topic. I can write a lot on the "being single" scenario in India. But for now I want to narrate an incident from my own life. I used to have lunch with a group of colleagues in the office pantry some 3 years back. Half of them were married and the a quarter of them are engaged and another quarter were committed to get married (hopefully to the same person). The conversation started some thing like below. Madam X: "Hey today my husband wanted me to make this curry. He loves it."  Madam Y:  "Me and Raj love the ...

Originally published at viewspaper Cast:  Naseeruddin Shah, Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi, Huma Qureshi Director:  Abhishek Chaubey Image Source : here Set in the milieu of a small town Muhammadabad of UttarPradesh Dedh Ishqiya is all set to break the records and steal the hearts. Khalujaan and Babban  (Naseeruddin and Arsad Varshi) come back and prove that their duo is unbeatable and their chemistry just gets better in this part. From the opening scene the movie grabs audience's attention and proves that it is going to be a better watch than Ishqiya. The movie is raunchy , hilarious, dazzling, charming and poetic. The whole movie is like a poetic rendition with heart touching Urdu shayris and of course Madhuri Dixit is like the dazzling verse of the most beautiful poem and the fiery feisty Huma Qureshi complements her effortlessly!  Writer-director Abhishek Chaubey and co-writer Vishal Bhardwaj  have come up with a brilliant...

Religion, cricket and Cinema rule India. We discuss Cinema importantly. Arvind Kejriwal may sign a new policy in Delhi but the movies which are queued up for release this week will grab our attention. Cinema is in our pulse. It flows in our veins. It twitches our nerves and rules our minds. When Blogadda posted   Misslovely , An Off beat Hindi film - Weekend activity  I first thought of skipping it as there are too many movies which I love, but being a movie buff I finally succumbed to it. Mass movies which are most of the times unrealistic may earn 100 crores and attract more public by an item song or a skimpy clad heroine but off-beat movies which are close to reality instantly form a bond with movie watchers.Movie goers like me feel good as they watch something which makes them think rather than just sitting there for 3 hrs of colors, masala and entertainment. It doesn't mean that commercial movies are bad. I only mean I like off-beat  movies more. Off-beat ac...

 I knelt down by my bed side that night and prayed to god for long.  I was not asking for a favor or a help but wanted to know what's wrong.  In my heart I want to be happy but my head thinks differently.  Heart says, "You are mad. Bothering about your hair is so silly!"  Head responds, "What do you know heart? You ooze blood. I bear the hair!"  Heart says, "Heart knows everything. It just feels the happiness and despair."  Head: "My friends have a strong tuft of hair and I have measly strands which is not fair."  Heart: "But your friends cannot think like your head or mind. Is it not fair and square?"  "Oh! What do you know heart ? It is the external beauty which charms all."   "But history has proved that no brainers can rise but they soon fall!" "History doesn't know all the mysteries. We humans are a challenge to history!" "How can you say that? His...

Uday Kiran in Telugu means the morning sun or the morning sun rays but sadly the actor Uday Kiran did something which negates the meaning of his name. He ended his life on the midnight of 05-01-2014. The glitz and glamour of Cinema blinds us so much that we never really understand the actual emotions of any actor or actress. Suicides are not new in film industry but every time I hear a suicide news I am really not sure, how to react or whom to pity! Uday Kiran is famously called as hat-trick hero as three of his consequent movies, Chitram , Nuvvu Nenu , Manasantha Nuvve were super hit. Manasantha Nuvve was even remade in other languages including Hindi. I remember the time in 2002 when all teenage girls had a crush on Uday Kiran after watching his movie Nuvvu Nenu. The songs, the pair ( Anita and Uday) and the simple teenage love story charmed the audience. Even Nuvvu Nenu was remade in Hindi in which Tushar Kapoor paired up with Anita but definitely the magic couldn’t be recrea...