Trust Me…. a novel by Rajashree

The first thing that attracted me to this novel were some good reviews on the front cover of the book by Chetan Bhagat and Kundan Shah.The writer Rajashree is also the proud possessor of a National Award for her film Rebel.”The book must be good“,i thought.As i was purchasing this book I forgot to pay heed to an old saying ,”All that glitters is not gold“.

There are two occasions when you read a book at top pace.One,when you fall deeply in love with the characters and you relate with their emotions in such a manner that you feel that you are not turning the page of a book but you are drifting through the pages of your life.
The other occasion is when you keep on turning the pages in a futile attempt to search for some story which till now is certainly invisible to your eyes.“Trust Me’ comes in this second category.

Sidney Sheldon passes away….

Sidney Sheldon died on Tuesday afternoon(30th jan. 2007) of complications from pneumonia at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage.When i read this news on CNN IBN….it surely had me shocked.One of my favorite authors,the author who was responsible for inculcating an interest in novels in me was no longer alive.It was really hard to digest.So that meant an end to those nerve wrecking thrillers,no more of those double crossing games,no more female protagonists taking revenge, and that meant an end of an ERA of fantabulous story telling.
Many authors will come and many will go but none of them will be able to fill the lacuna that Sidney Sheldon’s demise has created.The reading community will definitely miss you Mr. Sidney Sheldon….and my bookshelves will never remain the same.

Here’s  a chronological narration of Sidney Sheldon’s life.

My favorite books of Sidney Sheldon (in order of preference)
1.If Tomorrow Comes
2.Doomsday Conspiracy
3.Nothing Lasts Forever
4. Other Side of Midnight
5. Memories of Midnight

Other books by Sidney Sheldon .
Sidney Sheldon’s autobiography….The Other Side Of Me (This is the only book of his that i have not read as yet)

So if you have not read Sidney Sheldon’s books then you better buy a copy and read one.Start with the books that I have recommended,they shall definitely provide for some very good reading hours.

The Most Disgusting Movie Scenes

Recently Rajeev Masand started a series on CNN IBN’s popular show “NOW SHOWING” in which the most disgusting movie scenes would be telecasted.I had recently watched a disgusting movie by the name of “DATE MOVIE” and hence did not have much difficulty in describing the worst scene i have witnessed as the whole movie itself was disgusting 🙂  .

Here is my message to Rajeev Masand describing the scene—-

By far the most disgusting movie and scenes I have seen are from the “Date Movie”(2006).Watch the movie once and you will have a number of scenes that will make you puke.The director and story writer feel that being gross is funny.But they are entirely mistaken.Just about every scene in the movie is disgusting and the movie itself is one “disgusting scene”But the scene that has me go “Yuckkkkk” is the one in which Eddie Griffin and Fred Willard are playing basketball with Fred without a shirt.While dodging each other Eddie (who is shorter than Fred) happens to swallow some of Fred’s chest hair and his sweat too.But the worst part was to see Eddie cough out the hair ball and the camera zooming to capture the effect of sweat droplets falling out of his mouth and that too in slow motion. Please do show this scene to your viewers so that they too have to go through the same excruciating pain that i had to incur 🙂 .

The video did get telecasted on CNN IBN 🙂 .Check the video for yourself but don’t blame me if u feel like puking after viewing it.

What did ya do in your holidays????

That’s a question you are generally asked by your colleagues/friends after you return back after a long break . When I was faced by this question by my friends, I really found it difficult to answer and replied “Nothing Yaar,just enjoyed “…what a pathetic answer to provide. Infact I feel the question is more of a rhetorical question, which is just put forth as an ice breaker to start a conversation after a long break.What do you think???

After i reached home(from college) ,I rattled my brains to ponder over what I had done  in my holidays …..and here’s the result of some serious rattling 🙂 …..
* Played a lot of gully cricket and tennis….. cheating,fighting,swearing  do come along 🙂 .
* Read just one book—“Anything for you ma’am….An IITian’s Love Story“.But quenched my thirst for reading by devouring over sm hundreds of blog articles 🙂
*Watched around 35 movies atlast count…..wooa enjoyed this marathon
*Started blogging regularly.
*Going to CCD ( Cafe Coffee Day) and then to the neighbouring Miramar Beach and chatting with friends was a daily routine …..plan to continue this ordeal during college times too  🙂 .

So the holidays were quite monotonously spent but i enjoyed every bit of them nonetheless.
College has just started and we friends have suddenly got the urge to go out on a trip,probably to Pune.So wish me a Bon Voyage and let me relish on an extended holiday 🙂

How did you guys spend your holidays???Were they as monotonous as mine or you did something more creative????Maybe I could take some pointers from you people ….. 🙂

Cricket Blackout……India wins,Indians do not witness

I was all geared upto watch today’s cricket match.Preponed my tennis schedule,got up at 6.00 am and went to play so that I could come home early and watch every ball of the match.At 9.00 am i left the tennis court and was all set to catch the match.
How would the Gambhir-Ganguly jodi work,will Sachin click in the middle order,will the Indian bowlers click????These were the questions that kept pounding my brain and I knew all the answers would be available soon.But man I was in for a mighty big SHOCK and so were 50 million of Indian cricket fans…
I did not know on which channel the match was being shown.So took my remote and started doing what I’m best at….Switching Channels.Few minutes later after glancing through Star Sports,DD sports,Espn,Ten Sports,Zee Sports……i was like ,”The match is today na?” Decided to call up a friend and ask him which god damn channel was the match being telecasted.The news he gave me made me go berserk,all that left my mouth were $%&^#@#$ and many many more explectives….

A Song that I listen 24*7

I may have not been impressed by Mani Ratnam’s Guru but A.R. Rehman’s music has completely won my heart(and my ears too).But one song from Guru that has touched me like none other is Hariharan’s and Alka Yagnik’s love duet “Ay Hairathe Aashiqui“. Great lyrics by Gulzar and the humming effect created by A.R. Rehman at the start of the song give the song a whole new dimension and raise it to an entirely new terrain.In today’s X generation  such love songs do come as a pleasant surprise indeed.

Check out the lyrics and listen to this melodious song here.

Speak Out

Found  this funny and meaningful picture on net and decide to share it with my blogreaders 🙂

Funny isn’t it????? 🙂 Have a nice day ahead….

Death On Duty

 Manjunath a boy from a poor family got into one of the most prestigious colleges that we all aspire to get, IIM L(IIM Lucknow).His parents thought that their bad days would have finally gone and the bed would have been all rosy from here on.But it was not to be so.

After graduating from IIM L ,Manjunath took up a job as a sales manager in IOC(Indian Oil Corporation) unlike his other colleagues who took jobs abroad with large pay packages,Manjunath wanted to serve the country.He became India’s first independent sales manager in over a decade.But that joy did not last long.

Amit Salutes

There are many people in this world who inspire you through their noble deeds,their unique talent,their courage and their determination.These are those people who you have never met,people with whom you have never interacted,but still they leave an undying impression upon you.You aspire to be like them .This section “Amit Salutes” is a tribute by me to all those people who have inspired me in some way or the other.Initially I was envisaging to anoint this section as “India Salutes” but then I thought Why should my opinion be generalised as the country’s.Therefore Amit Salutes it is.

Do check this section regularly for truly inspirational tales which will surely be instrumental in influencing you in a positive manner.

P.S.—-If any of you readers know about such people who deserve a mention in this category.Do mail me at hatke35@yahoo.com.

AXN gets the AXE

AXN faces a ban of two months for allegedly showing obscene content on their channel.The programme which did this heinous task according to our Information and Broadcasting Minister ,Mr. Dasmunsi ,was “World’s Sexiest Advertisements”.Man where was I when they telecasted this series.Can I never be at the right place at the right time???Damn my luck. 🙂

As corruption,poverty,illiteracy have been totally annihilated from our country,the government is concentrating on these so major issues of national concern.Banning blogs,smoking on the big screen and now banning AXN…come first on their list…way to go.

Give us a break Mr. Dasmunsi .Were you politicians never teenagers ???I am sure AXN has not gone that far in heralding obscenity .And I would have never banned it ,may be I would have given the guys at Sony a warning or two.But never banned it.But unfortunately for all AXN lovers it’s Mr. Dasmunsi who takes the decisions and not me .

Hence all you AXN lovers ….cry your hearts out because you are not gonna see your favorite adventure channel for a minimum of two months now.  😦
Read the entire article here.