Amruta's Writing Block!

Trying to find a balance between my need to communicate, to be in control, and to get over my writer's block – all to fulfill my dream of being the new kid (or old lady) on the "writing block"… Yeah, yeah, I do sarcastic comedy on the side! :D

About Me

Things that interest me!

  • Anything for you Ma’am!!

    Book Review : Anything For you Ma’am — An IITan’s Love Story Author: Tushar Raheja Rating: 3/5– Definitely Readable How many of you think that IIT students are nerds?? OK may be nerd is too harsh a term, how many of you think that they are devoted-to-studies, intelligent, sincere, and shy?? How many of you Read more

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  • My favorite scenes and dialogues from movies

    ********************************************************************************  Though I hated the movie ‘Fanaa’, and thought its shero-shayari was very amateurish, I loved this one piece by Ghalib used by Rishi Kapoor in the movie. When Kajol asks her father not to drink in front of her mother’s photograph, he replies, “Sharaab peete baith masjid me ghalib, Sharaab peete baith masjid me Read more

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  • Delectable, yummy, tickling, ammmazzing Bheja Fry!!!

     What would be your impression about a movie starring Rajat Kapoor, Sarika, Vinay Pathak and Ranveer Shorey? “oh, no hero!!” ?? What would be your reaction if I told you that it lasted for barely an hour and half?? “Oh there must have been nothing there to show!!”?? What if I told you that there was Read more

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  • Highlights of the (express) highway!!

    No, I am not going to write about how benefitial the Mumbai-Pune Express highway is… Just some glimpses of what I saw on it , and was struck by, while travelling to Mumbai last weekend…How I wish i had a camera mobile that time!! Highlight #1: At the beginning of the Highway, there’s a huge Read more

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  • Provoked!

    Just happened to watch the Aishwarya Rai-starrer ‘Provoked’. I said ‘just happened to’ because I didn’t intend to in the first place, but when I did, I was glad I did! Seriously… Here’s one Indian movie that has handled a sensitive subject so well, that they didn’t need to show excessive violence or gregarious acts of abuse Read more

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  • Namaste London!!

    Pune is a very hot city!! I live on the top floor of my building, which gets heated up the most, and is unbearable at nights!! Due to my working hours, I hardly get to spend time with my roomies!! Our office A.C. doesn’t work most of the times!!! So it feels good to be Read more

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  • The pursuit of Happyness……

    How will you define happiness? How will you measure happiness?  Does happiness come from being always able to feed your family enough food? Does it come from paying your taxes on time? Does it come from seeing ur child being well-educated? Does it come from being able to solve th Rubik’s cube puzzle in less Read more

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  • Row row row ur boat,FIERCELY down the stream……And have the best time of your life! :-)

    Have any of you tried White Water Rafting?? If you havent, then plz plz plz do it, and soon!! Coz seriously folks, it is an absolutely fantastic experience, to those who have a quest for adventure, AND to those who dont, too!! Let me start from the start. Last Saturday I, alongwith 12 friends, set Read more

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  • Blood Diamond—-Bloody, worthy,…all but glittering!!

    “Have you seen the color of this soil?? It comes from all the blood that’s spilt by fighting over this land!!” This is what a character in this very well made movie says to another one… And so true it is!!! Seriously, director Edward Zwick very boldly portrays the exploitation,the uproar, the struggle, the agony, the fury, Read more

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  • Another color to Rang de Basanti….

    With all due respect to the movie (Mind you, I simply loved it!!) ,would the brave fivesome of Aamir, Siddharth, Kunal, Sharman, and Soha react in the same way if a pilot they did not personally know got killed and blamed for his own death due to a MIG accident, as they did when their Read more

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  • Traffic Signal—Yellow this time!!

    One of the most awaited movies of the year was the 3rd and last part of Madhur Bhandarkar’s trilogy on life…..”After Page 3 and Corporate”(Thats what the promos said).. TRAFFIC SIGNAL!! A very different movie! It has no very specific story, it basically just tries to give you the glimpses of the industry that makes Read more

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  • SRK is most definitely THE King Khan!!

    Well, his acting talents, his ssssssssstttaaaaammmmerrrring dialogue delivery, his over-acting, his style, his charisma, his clean image, his quizzing skills,  and his personal life apart, just on the scale of sheer wits, SRK scores a triple A+! Take for instance the latest episode of KBC!! Most of you must have watched in shock as this last contestant Read more

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  • My favourite English books

    Here’s a list of my favorite English books…they are not jotted down in any particular order. And I hope I haven’t forgotten any; I will update the list later if my memory decides to improve itself. 🙂 Believe me, people; if you haven’t read any of these, you are surely missing a wonderful treat! The Enchanted Woods Read more

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