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The thing with apocalyptic American movies is it looks really dreadful in the movies and you hardly wonder the ‘what ifs’. But then as you all might have come to know, Sandy did happen and wrecked havoc. If you have not heard about it then I will not really judge you. Because guess what, even…
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Sometimes I wonder what makes me use 3-4-5 languages in the same conversation over a thread of 2-3 sentences. Like when I am super comfortable talking to someone I will use an eclectic mix of hindi, english, marathi, french, japanese, computer (well yeah!), german (whatever little knowledge I have) and talk. On the same note if…
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I know there are lots of exciting and thrilling things happening in my life, but I watched cloud atlas last night.And I am wondering why do powerful emotions shown in movies move me so much. I think the reason behind getting moved by movies/books/nature/art is a void being filled by the creativity of the writer/director/actor/creator.No…
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Some of my favorite childhood memories are tied around time spent with extended family. During any wedding the entire gang of cousins would come together. Though who we grew up to become is a totally different story, these are some cherished times I am sure. During one of my cousin sister’s wedding I ended up…
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Yesterday I was generally feeling sad and nostalgic after reading about Yash Chopra’s death. (Have watched most of movies directed by him except for Faasle, Parampara and Joshila). The thing is I have got watching movies in my genes from my father. He himself loves watching movies, Dev Anand, Amithabh Bachchan to be specific and…
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Some templates refuse to die. The one’s created with friends, family, strangers, teachers, work-people, books, the iPad. With oneself.There were times when I wanted to wallow in self pity. These days that template does not seem to exist. Or may be its just pretending to be gone. Coma may be ?Good or bad. I always…
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2 years ago around the same time of the year I lived in Dallas for more than a month. So when we were planning a college friends reunion and things moved from the west coast to the southern state, I felt a bit reluctant to visit Texas. Again! I mean Austin, Dallas same difference right…
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Since I have decided to jot down whatever fun things (apart from ginormous amounts of work, which looks never ending) I will be doing during this trip, I feel bad that it took me such a long time to update activities from last weekend. Saturday was spent in driving around the scenic beaches of SFO.…
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Who wants to study further ? Raise your hands! I see one for sure. Two more including my own are reluctantly jumping, up and down.Yesterday I visited the Stanford campus. Was there for 10-15 minutes hardly. But just looking at the natural beauty around and the little bistros, cafes and students on bikes, fields, under…
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Did a lot of touristy things in LA. (thanks to ketaki and her husband!)Scrambled eggs in a laidback cafe, authentic Mandarin food for dinner and the most awesome kabobs at a homely Persian restaurant.Hollywood walk of fame and kodak theatre happened today! My movies crazy soul found a little excitement and solace (I can now…