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Musings: The 14th of August

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Thursday, August 20, 2009. The 14th of August. The 14th of August, Pakistan's Indepence Day, was approaching, and I, as a blogger, was ducking under pressure. What do I write? What do I say? My country hasn't exactly been doing well off late. I was looking for a reason to celebrate, beyond military governments, terrorist groups, joblessness, poverty - just one reason, but I couldn't think of any. So I found myself retreating. Everybody creates reason to celebrate anyhow. As must we. Long way to go! Freed...

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Musings: They're Funkier than Indie Films

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Thursday, December 24, 2009. They're Funkier than Indie Films. The Blair Witch Project. Was released in 1999. I hated it. I got headaches from the erratic recordings, and I didn't find the movie all that scary; not even funny! Fast forward 10 years, and I need to applaud that project because it pioneered a new wave of movie productions. I saw two of them this week and they've both been awesome, to say the least. Even crazier, I felt, was this sweet but in-your-face video cameria junkie in Paranormal.

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Musings: May 2009

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Tuesday, May 5, 2009. So goes the report. A costume-wearing superhero calling himself "Shadow Hare" has vowed to clean up the streets of Cincinnati by fighting crime on the streets". The best part is, he won't be generating the debate - albeit a good one - from The Dark Knight. Can each one of us get up and take the law into our own hands, if we mean well? Will Robin Hood ever be proclaimed a superhero? Is it possible not to act, if one really has a conscience? Yes, says the report. Links to this post.

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Musings: April 2009

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Saturday, April 25, 2009. I bet Bill had a class with the Mrs. after her "patriotic" speech yesterday! US created Taliban and abandoned Pakistan: Clinton. Links to this post. Monday, April 20, 2009. The Fast and The Furious. Leave one dead; two, critically injured. At 4:00 am in the morning, a four-wheeler - allegedly driven by an MNA's son, drunk and wasted (who immediately fled the scene) - rammed into the car of a Luminite. The collision left the boy in his junior year at undergrad school, dead. I cal...

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Musings: Out of the Loop

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009. Out of the Loop. Once I start a treadmill regime, there's nothing that can stop me. Day after day after day, I'm up on the machine. But if I'm forced off it - say, wedding season or summer vacations - I find it hard to get back on it. Continuing is not the problem; renewing the commitment is. Regardless, I do know that the pledge to renew can very easily be materialized but for procrastination. I wonder if that is a built-in feature of the human mind and body. How do we know.

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Musings: January 2010

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010. 3 Idiots: Not a Movie Review. One of the bloggers I follow with a lot interest and respect, recently wrote about ‘3 Idiots’, the movie. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). 3 Idiots: Not a Movie Review. Subscribe to this blog. Search Engine Submission - AddMe. Ethnic Ashkenazim Against Zionist Israel. Smile and the world will smile back. Thus Spake the Crow. Travel: Travel blog guardian.co.uk.

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Musings: Spiritual Travels!

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Thursday, July 23, 2009. I planned a trip to Europe last year, and then, much to the disappointment of some of my religious friends, I went on and planned another this year. And I have no qualms about not regretting either. I was told both times that I should either go for. A train-ride from Venice to Vienna is just as much fodder for the spirit, with its winding paths, opening horizons to waterfalls, green beds of grass, densely and lovingly populated by small lakes and mellow cattle. Spiritual. And mos...

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Musings: February 2010

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010. It makes one wonder whether the technological expertise invested in the movie has been its own undoing - at the end of the day, lessons learnt stick with us. Special effects will only keep improving with time. In about 10 years' time, people will have forgotten Avatar, the visual wonder. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe to this blog. Search Engine Submission - AddMe. Ethnic Ashkenazim Against Zionist Israel. Smile and the world will smile back.

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Musings: Current Affairs

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010. It makes one wonder whether the technological expertise invested in the movie has been its own undoing - at the end of the day, lessons learnt stick with us. Special effects will only keep improving with time. In about 10 years' time, people will have forgotten Avatar, the visual wonder. Avatar on 3d was gr8 ya.hey.also good 2 c u back in action.take care.best wishes always friend:). February 10, 2010 at 8:07 PM. You are right. Form should not get precedence over message.

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Musings: March 2009

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Tuesday, March 24, 2009. The glass is half-full, and so is my patience. I agree. Whether it is my conscience itself, or what it has been taught, I agree. Family is very important to me. It remains the fabric of my life. I would extend these feelings of belonging and responsibility to so many relatives. But.it gets tricky. It becomes hard for most people to draw the line. At what point do they start interfering and stop caring? Should Mehek's aunt keep pressing her to get married? Links to this post.