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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  • In the world of melodies………..Part One

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    My favourite music, or my favourite songs cannot be encompassed in a single article/post….so thought of breaking them up into many. And since currently I need some inspiration desperately, lemme begin this chain by listing out my favourite inspiring songs! So here I go….. 1) Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhaata Chala Gaya………….. Very soulful, meaningful and melodious! 🙂   Maein Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhata Chala Gaya Har Fikar Ko Dhuen Mein Udata Chala Gaya     2) Kisi ki muskurahaton pe ho nisaar………….. The essence of fine living, in the purest sense! and a very hummable tune! 🙂 (Kisiki muskuraahaton pe ho… Read more

  • The life of an IT pro!!!!

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    A recent observation made by me and a few others, underlined the fact that more than 50% of the applicants to an HR specialty B-School were IT pros…. Software??? HR??? What’s the connection man??? Just shows that we guys want to get out of our field, in any way we can!! lol!!! Read more

  • U, ME AUR HUMari misdirected love story!!!

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    Whoever said that all other intense actors could direct a movie as well as Mr. Perfect Aamir Khan?? Whoever said that the power-packed performances of Kajol and Ajay Devgan could carry off a movie with a badly written script and pathetic dialogues?? And last but not the least, whoever said that if you give a movie a sweet ending, it makes the movie good??? Well, not good, but yes, a little more bearable! It even has a positive effect on the title song, which sounds hopelessly boring at its 1st occurence, but is much more bearable and soothing when it plays at the… Read more

  • Cycling away, to health and wealth!! :-)

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    Last saturday, Krunal, Hemanth and the other enthusiastic and enterprising members of the Green Brigade of my office organized a cycling expedition from our Mangaldas office to TRDDC office at Hadapsar. The purpose was promoting cycling as a pollution-free and healthy way of commutation. And although I had been working till 2:30 pm the nite before, I was all set to go for it at 7 am! Reached the Mangaldas office, searched for a cycle from among the ones that were manaed to be brought on rent by the Green Brigade, didn’t find any that were short enough, so drove… Read more

  • Bamboozled!!!!!!

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    That’s describing in one word, me n my life over the past few weeks! Read more

  • Wise and otherwise!

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    I just started reading the book ‘Wise and Otherwise’ by one of my favourite authors, Sudha Moorthy, and although I have just been able to feast on 3 of the stories, I have almost fallen in love with the book! Ms. Moorthy’s stories are always simply written and yet heart-wrenching; and this book adds further to her glory. Do catch a glimpse if u can; I’m sure you won’t feel like putting it down until you devour it fully! 🙂 P.S. I plan to finish reading it in a coupla days. Shall keep you updated about the rest of it. Read more

  • Happy new year everyone!!!

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    Hi all, Here’s wishing you a very happy new year!!! May all your dreams come true!! 🙂 Love, Amruta   P.S.: Am slogging at office as I write this….isn’t it ironical?? Read more

  • Ten Thousand!!!! :-)

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    So finally, my blog has been able to register 10000 hits!! 🙂 Whoa!!! Aren’t I glad! It’s been quite some time since I started it, so this event is very special to me! 🙂 So this is a big ‘Thank You’ note to all my readers, and a promise to myself to write more substantial stuff now! 🙂 Thanks to you all, and best wishes to me! 🙂 Bye for now!! Read more

  • The world’s a small place!!

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    I had been to Denmark sometime back (I know, I know, a blog about that is long overdue….but alas!! Let’s take that up some other time and continue this story for the time being…), and bought a T-shirt for my father with Copenhagen and Denmark written on it, along with a cute print of a Danish riverside. He wore it, and went out to get a Pizza from Dominos. And lo!! He met a Danish tourist there, who exclaimed that he’s also from Denmark, and the two had a nice conversation there!!! Oh my God!! The world’s such a small… Read more

  • Bollywood movie dialogues are getting crispier!!

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    That Bollywood movie dialogues are all about ‘inspired’ (read as copied) lines,is a popular notion amongst most of us, and not without a reason! There was a time, and a long one, wher bollywod dialogue never recovered from the shackles of typical romance and typical comedy and typical action and typical revenge dialogues!! But no longer!! Of late, the dialogues in Bollywood movies are not inspired, nad sometimes even manage to be inspiring!! Hard-hitting, comic, true, satirical, all kinda genres of dialogue hav of late got a new polished look and feel! Take for instance Aamir Khan’s explaination In ‘Taare Zameen Par’… Read more

  • Today’s random quote(but oh so effective!!)

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    Was browsing igoogle today, and noticed today’s Einstein Quote of the Day. It said, Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results!! What a line!!! and so relevant for me today!!! 🙂 Read more

  • What is Success?

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    Another poem I came across and really liked!! Enjoy!   What is Success? To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty; To find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived; This is to have succeeded.  — Ralph Waldo Emerson Read more

  • Valentine’s Day is cominggggg!!!!

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    Yeah, so it’s the 13th of February, just a day to go for the Valentine’s Day!!! “So why are you bothered??”, quips my colleague at office, “Aren’t you single, and happily so????” Goddd!! colleagues at work!!!! relatives!! friends’ mummies!!!! It seems that the only job remaining on their ‘to-do’ lists is to find a suitable match for ‘ellligible’ young girls around! Ohh, but we are deflecting away from the topic! Hmm, so I was talking about Valentine’s Day!! Loyal readers might remember that I have already written a post about Valentine’s day sometime before; but whereas that one addressed an issue about… Read more

  • Movie review: Sunday

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    Occasion: Me n my friend roaming around, find nothing better to do! Place: Inox, Pune Time: 7:45 p.m Price: 170 bucks Movie: Sunday Star Cast: Ajay Devgan, Ayesha Takia, Irrfan Khan, Arshad Warsee Theme: A simple fun-loving girl goes to a pub one Saturday-night, someone mixes Rohypnol in her drink, the girl undergoes a series of (mis)adventures, and falls off to sleep, only to wake up on Monday!! How can a Sunday goes missing from your life? The girl has no idea! Story: Ajay Devgan, ACP-cum-prospective bridegroom for Ayesha, takes it up on himself, to find the lost Sunday. Through lots of… Read more

  • Moods!

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    Confused, Happy, Sad, Angry, Irritated, Anticipating, Waiting, Frustrated, Apprehensive, Curious, Excited, Fidgety, Agitated, Helpful, Helpless, Confident, Smiling, Crying, Laughing, Pleading, Badgering, Pestering, Consoling, Hopeful, Hopeless, Good, Bad, Deserted, Scared, Resigned! The moods I have gone through, in the last 2-3 months!!!!! In no particular order. Oh what a time it was, is, and will be!!! <sigh!!> Read more