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

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  • Some questions about horoscopes….

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    Amruta

    One day, aise hi, a thought crossed my mind..Someone around was discussing horoscopes according to the Hindu calendar. According to the Hindu horoscope, a person’s zodiac sign depends on the janmatithi (birthdate according to the Hindu Calendar), and the positions of the stars in the sky at the time of birth. Could someone please tell me, that if an expecting woman, travels like 100-200 miles, just before her delivery, and the position of the stars at her destination is different, will the future of her child change? In a matter of 5-6 hours????? And in case of the English horoscope, the… Read more

  • This is what I have written about! (a reminder to you, and ME)

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      Books, my first love!!! (6) Comical tragedies (9) Feeling Good Good Good!! (4) Just a thought! (24) Keeping my eyes open! (37) Man is a social animal! (27) Melodies of life!!! (2) My writing stints(or stunts)!! (6) No matter what, Wit always rules!! (5) Notes to readers (6) On Movies People Make,Here’s my take!(Movie reviews) (22) Random sightings (6) The adventurous side of me! (2) The Idiot Box! (1) Trudging down the memory lane (10) What I hear, n what I read…….. (13) Zor ka jhatka!(‘Current’ Affairs) (27) Read more

  • Twilight Saga: Books Review

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    My oh my!!! For the first time in 10 years of computer literacy, I read an e-book completely! And after a long long time, I sat up the whole night to read a book!! Plus, both the above statements are true, not just for 1 book called Twilight, but for all the books in the series, namely, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn!! This completely gripping love story between a supernormal human and super-ahem-monster connects with you like no story has done for a loong loong time!! Cheers to Stephanie Meyer!! So people, if you have even a little… Read more

  • Book Review: “2 states – The story of my marriage” (No Spoilers)

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    Just read the latest one by Chetan Bhagat! And by his own standards, its a very nice book! Fairly gripping (I finished it in non-stop 5 hours), humorous, and easy-flowing, this book describes the life and times of a couple divided by a wide North-South chasm. On the flipside, the book is written in a very simple manner, sometimes even reminding you of a mere diary entry. However, the heart and the soul is definitely in the right place! I will not divulge the story here at all, but would just be content with saying that anyone and everyone, who’s… Read more

  • I’m back!! :-)

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    Okay, okay, i’ve been outta circuit for quite some time now, I agree…. Was just going through the grinds of life shall I say…and am still, but I am tired of making it an issue, and don’t plan to do so, any longer!!! Yeah, so what “interesting” stuff was I doing while I wasn’t here? Well, reading, teaching, and watching movies!! Didn’t travel or trek much, thanks to the bad weather and bad health….uh oh…change the topic!!! :-)) Yeah, so let’s start with reading (i know a book review is long overdue!!). After a loong time, I got out my copy of  Khaled… Read more

  • Protected: Just a vent to my feelings!!

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  • Movie Review: Billu Barber

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    Cast: Irrfan Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Lara Dutta Director: Priyadarshan Synopsis and my opinion: Please read the letter below. ================================================================================ Dear Mr. Irrfan Khan, Subject: Please don’t!!   Sir, let me first clearly state, that we all love you very much…your mind-blowing performances in several movies like Haasil, Yeh hai Mumbai Meri Jaan,  Life in a Metro, to name a very few; have been loved and applauded by all of us. Today, you are one of those very few character artistes who can carry an entire film on their shoulders!! So we want to ask you something… Why and just why… Read more

  • Movie Review(No Spoilers): Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi

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    Well, I am not really a sucker for love stories…in fact senti n melodramatic love stories really bore me…. so I went to watch Rab ne Bana Di Jodi only because of SRK…. But but but…surprisingly, I liked the movie…. the songs, the dialogue, the acting, n ofcourse….SRK!!! In 2 contrasting roles: a sincere, intelligent power company employee; and a crude n bindaas jat businessman; SRK to chhha jata hai!! The heroine Anushka SHarma is not conventionally beautiful with great features n all, but has a million dollar smile! 🙂 The songs are very hummable: Holle holle, Dance pe chance,… Read more

  • Movie Review: Hello!

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    Line 1: Trring Trring…….. Trring Trring…….. Trring Trring…….. Line 2: Hello? Who’s this?? Line 1: This is…………. GOD………….. Line 2: And we are 6 ammmmazed typical call centre employees.: TeamLeader-wannabe Shyam (Sharman Joshi – very comfortable in the role), Senior member Military Uncle (Sharat Saxena – endearing, but purposeless), Mr. biker Vrroom aka Varun( Sohail Khan – I never thought he could act, but he just did!!), Ghar-grihasthi se pareshan Radhika (Amrita Arora – cute), anxious-to-be-a-model Eesha (Isha Koppikar – ok ok), and oh-so-confused Priyanka (Gul Panag – again confused). Line 1: You all have your own typical call centre – cum… Read more

  • What the hell!!!!

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    After a tiring and yet ful-fillling saturday (Wednesday- good movie!!, teaching at Eklavya Nyasa, a visit to the Ganpatis of Pune, and a 90 minutes walk from PMC to KP!!!!), I was just beginning to chill at the CCD(Devil’s Own..wowww). Suddenly I happened to glance at the Plasma TV screen, and whhaaattt… SERIAL BLASTS ROCK DELHI!!!! That was the breaking news being shown on a news channel. And I was like…..WHAT THE HELL is going on here???? Bangalore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, and now our National Capital!!!! What do these terrorists think our cities are – Bomb testing grounds?? What do they think… Read more

  • Updates!!

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    Came across this idea while blog-hopping… My replies to your comments will now be just an addendum to your comments, in bold font. That way, it lets us keep a better track of what reply is for which comment! 😛 Read more

  • Irony??

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    Read an article in The Times of India yesterday ( You can read it here ) . It said that Iran leads the list of countries which still allow capital punishment to children and minors. Well, horrifying, yes….. but all the more so, given the fact that Iranian children’s movies are well-known all over the world for their sensitive presentation of the world of children!!! Irony, anyone?? Read more

  • Movie Review: Mumbai Meri Jaan

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    CAST: Paresh Rawal, Kay Kay Menon, Irrfan Khan, Vijay Maurya, R Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan SYNOPSIS: This movie is actually an album or a collection of snapshots from the lives of people who live in Mumbai, and happen to live (and die and relive) through the deadly blasts of 7/11. Right from rich (R Madhavan, Soha Ali Khan),to the middle-class(Paresh Rawal-brilliant, Vijay Maurya, Kay Kay Menon), to the downtrodden poor (Irrfan Khan), nobody is really bad, and all they need to do, is invoke thier conscience…this is the message carried by the movie, in a very subtle way….. ACTING: Given… Read more

  • Mumbai Meri Jaan!!

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    ATTENTION: This post is not a movie review…its just an attempt to describe the movie hand in hand with its lovely title song!! Lemme know how you find it. The movie review’s coming up soon! ——————————————————————————————– AE DIL HAI MUSHKIL, JEEENA YAHAN, JARA HATKE JARA BACHKE YE HAI BOMBAY MERI JAAN……. O my heart, it’s so difficult…to live on here, a li’l conscious, a li’l careful this is Mumbai my dear………. And in this Mumbai, there is a Rupali Joshi(Soha Ali Khan), a mainstream TV journalist who is hard-working but typically TRP-sensitive,  and then later, a victim of her own… Read more

  • Movie Review: Hancock

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    Ever heard about a drunk super-hero, who however powerful and well-meaning, makes some mistake everytime and ends up receiving the wrath of public? And then tries to take vengeance from these ungrateful souls by creating troubles in their lives by his reckless behavior?? 😛 Enter John Hancock(Will Smith, who else) from Los Angeles!! The movie is about him, and his attempts to be accepted by the public (He officialy starts working for the cops as a saviour during crime) with the help of an earnest, kind-hearted PR executive Ray (Jason Bateman) whose life he once saves, and his quest to find the… Read more