King of Clay Vs Master of Grass

These last few years might be easily some of the best years in the history of tennis. The top 2 seeds in the world Roger Federer and Rafal Nadal – have played so many thrilling matches against each other including the 5+ hours, nail-biter from 2008 Wimbledon championship. They are going to meet again in yet another grand slam final – Australian Open – this weekend! What a feast for tennis lovers. These two players are respected, admired and loved in every country by every tennis fan. It’s just hard to hate either one of them. They have lot of respect for each other as well. Both are classic gentlemen and extraordinary athletes. Although Rafa is very tired from today’s five setter and has less time to rest as compared to Roger for the big game on Sunday, I think it will still be a great match.

May the best man win!

What Do You Think Of the the following Lines

Hi All

Currently reading 4 Books (I Know, I Know .. I must be nuts to read them together) Found a couple of intresting lines. Thought that i should share them with ya'll

1. The Point of life is not to get anywhere - It is to notice that you are, and have allways been, already there . You are, always and forever, in the moment of pure creation. The point of life is therefore to create - who and what you are, and then to exprience that.

2. You cannot resist something to which you grant to reality. The act of resisting a thing is the act of granting it life. When you resist an energy, you place it there. the more you resist, the more you make it real - whatever it is you are resisting.

Will let you guys know the names of the books later

Take Care

C

Movie Review : Slumdog Millionaire

My rating: 3 out of 5 stars.

Although I have been watching promos of this movie since last 4 months, I never got around watching it until last night. After all, I had to see what all the buzz is about. Every now and then a low-budget movie comes around that no one has ever heard of which ends up winning several international awards. Slumdog Millionaire is one of those movies.

Slumdog is a brilliantly directed movie with a great screenplay. If you didn’t know, the movie is based on the novel ‘Q & A’ by Vikas Swarup and directed by Danny Boyle. I have never heard of either of these names. Neither have I heard of the main characters in the movie Dev Patel and Freida Pinto. But still, this movie will entertain you till the end.

In spite of being a common bollywood love-story ( a boy, a girl, a villain, struggling life from rags to riches and a cheesy love song at the end), Slumdog doesn’t have the typical non-sense masala that you see in most of the bollywood movies. Jamal Malik's life starts in the filthy slums of Mumbai along with his elder brother Saleem and a friend Latika. They go through a series of unfortunate events and eventually the lovers get separated. In order to get his love back, Jamal decides to go on the famous TV show; Kaun Bangea Cororepati (fine performance by the host Anil Kapoor) because he knows Latika likes to watch that show. That’s where Jamal gets surprise of his lifetime when he discovers that all the questions on the show are somehow connected to story of his life. As he cruises through the questions, everybody on the show including the host starts to doubt that how does this kid from the slums possibly know answers to all these questions. Irfan Khan plays a cop who interrogates Jamal because they all think he cheated. The end of the movie is predictable. A R Rehman’s magical music adds a desi flavor to the movie.

Had this movie been directed by an Indian director, I don’t think it would have achieved anywhere close to the success that it has achieved today. Directory Danny Boyle has done an excellent job in giving an international platform to this film. Personally, I think except the people directly involved with this project, nobody (I mean no Indians) deserve to beat their chest about the success of the movie.

The only reason I am giving it three stars because we have seen the slums and the love stories several times. I just want someone to make a movie about modern India. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely don’t have problem in accepting the fact that such slums and child-abuse scandals still exists in India. That is a fact.

Go see this one. Not for kids due to some foul language.

The best job in the world ( literally)

This is hard to believe. An Australian island has opened up a position titled as Island Caretaker, which is being described as the best job in the world. Here are some of the highlights of this job.

• The length of the employment is 6 months.


• The main responsibility of the Island Caretaker is exploring and blogging about the activities of the island on the internet.


• It’s open to everyone in the whole entire world.


• Free ticket from your home country, housing on the beach, meals, traveling will be provided by the employer – Queensland Tourism.


• This is the best part - The salary is US $100,000 or Rs 50 Lakhs.
  
  This is no joke guys! Australia wants to promote tourism on the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Not to mention already hundreds of thousands of people have applied for the job. The deadline is January 22nd. First they will short-list 50 candidates, which will be eventually cut down to the 11 (just like Eleven Cousins). These 11 candidates will be called for an on-site interview on the island. One lucky person will be awarded the job on May 6th.
  
  This island has already gained so much popularity. What a unique way to promote tourism. So are you all ready to apply? Click here.
  

Indi Movies worth watching

Hi All

here are a few movies that everyone should watch, esp if you have a philosophical bend. 

1. Waking Life (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243017/)

The movie is about a young dude in a lucid dream state, in the dream he has philosophical disscussions, and tries very hard to wake up.
Some of the discussions pose important questions about humanity.

The movie is a must see for anyone who is trying to discover themselves

2. The Man from Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/)

wont say anything about this movie .. See it Period.

3.  The Fountain (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414993/)

A difficult to comprehend if you miss even a dialog Love Story. I was almost in tears at the end. Fantastic. ( I know lot of people that did not understand the flick at all)

btw i do have all three with me .. Trying to get HD versions (Blue Ray or DVD)

Have fun watching them .. Not recomended for children as the content may not make any sense to them (no nudity or anything of that sort in all three.. Its just that the content is not suitable for any one under 15.)

Regards

C