The world this week (22 - 28 June)

Back to the office reality and a lot of work, some times i think to shed all this stuff and move around like a roaming gypsy, anyways these are my wildest dreams subject to random spirit of mine.

Movies
1. Inside Man (2006)
Yet another Denzel Washington flick although not as good as The great debaters or Glory or Crimson Tide but still a good plot unearthed by him. Clive Owen (King Arthur fame) acted brilliantly. 7/10.
2. Serpico (1973)
Al Pacino portrays the real life of Officer Serpico who exposes the corruption in NYPD. A nice flick overall. 7/10.
3. Robinhood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
My favorite Kevin Costner literally has immortalized the legend of Robinhood. He acted in way that truly justifies Robinhood in flesh and blood. Legendary Morgan Freeman plays a Moor who helped his Christian rival after the battle of Jerusalem. 6.5/10.

Memorable week (15-21)

Last week, i entered in one of the most profound inventions of the entire human civilization. Finally i got engaged to a girl from Bundelkhand and from a Rajput family on 18th June. Her name is Prateeksha and she justified it fully by punctuating my Prateeksha. Lets see how this relationship develops. I miss my Papa badly, He was terribly excited about my marriage and engagement and now i am engaged but in his absence. I have some faith left in Gods and i wish they will allow my father to give me blessings and love.

Few good movies and a nice little break

For quite some time i have not seen any pseudo sci fic movie, Equilibrium comes as a cool breeze to past few weeks of sand dunes, loess and moraines.

Equilibrium (2002)
I have become a huge fan of Christian Bale after Prestige, Dark Knight and Batman Begins. Similar to Gotham city this movie is also about a dystopian city. In this city (Libria) emotions were rewarded with death sentence in order to save humanity from the final 4th World War. Cleric Christian Bale saves the "humanity" from such "Talibanised" society. 7/10.

Rescue Dawn (2006)
Yet another Christian Bale flick, this time he is in American Waterloo (Laos, Vietnam) saving his life and the "just cause" of America from the "Red Star". 5/10.

Vivah (2006)
One of the slowest and quietest movies, Its about the lost family values of Indians. I did not enjoy this movie to be very honest. 6/10.

I am going off this friday to my home so there will be a small hiatus in my blogs. England has failed to save her queen in todays match against RSA. I believe Dhoni and Co will be able to relive the magic of 1983 at Lords. Amen.

Book Review [24] : Interventions by Noam Chomsky

Just finished Interventions by Noam Chomsky, a series of articles on UN foreign policy post 9/11. He exposes brilliantly the double standards followed by US with respect to UN charter, NPT, or even an age old problem of Palestine and Israel. This is a must read book for anyone who wants to know the real picture of the world instead of the "reel" picture created by so called democratic west. He describes how US used forces to destroy democracies in Latin America and other places just to control their energy resources. Now Latin America is fostering its relations with China and Asia (Hugo Chavez leading from the front) giving US a cold shoulder, even Canada is tilting towards China. Coming generations will decide who was the greater terrorist George Bush or Osama bin Laden. 

Highly Recommended (8/10)

Book Review [23] : The Argumentative Indian and The world this week (1 - 7 June)

Quite a happening week has gone with the pre-monsoon showers. Finished Amartya Sen's The Agrumentative Indian in less than a day, watched one hell of a movie and bought a diamond ring of my would be other half with the help of a few good humanoids (Aviral et al).

Movie

Glomaal Returns (2008)

One of the worst movies seen by me in recent past. A huge wastage of talented actors like Ajay Devgan and Arshad Warsi. 3/10.

ICC T-20 World CupIndia has started her world cup campaign with a bang (thanks to a great cameo by Yuvraj and beautiful bowling by Ojha). I wish i can see Tricolor flying high at Lords. Amen.

The Argumentative Indian by Nobel Laureate Amarya Sen is a thought provoking book about various issues confronting the secular republic of India. Just like many others Intellectuals Sen has also condemned and vilified the idea of a Hindu nation or the ideology of Hindutva Brigade. Mr. Sen still lives in the world of Akbar and according to him there were only two Muslim kings the great Akbar (and he was great, I doo agree) and the bad Aurganzeb (I do agree). He simply forgets the wide broad geographical meaning of Hindu and i bet he knows it. "The hasty reformer who forgets the past is sure condemned to repeat it". Overall a good read. The essays on Indo-China ancient relations and on Ravindra Nath Tagore are very informative. But Dr. Sen suffers from a problem that is peculiar with a certain class - A person who is good in one thing starts believing that he is good in everything.
Recommended (7/10)

P.S. Aviral, Angel and Meha helped me a lot in buying a diamond ring for my would be fiancee Miss Pratiksha. Thanks a lot guys.

Book Review [22] : The Ultimate Hitchhiker's guide to galaxy

Douglas Adam's The Ultimate Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy is an outrageous book magnifying or rather realizing the place earth occupies in f*king cosmos. Starts with a bang but finishes with a whimper. One sunny day Arthur Dent realizes that his house has to be demolished in order to make a bypass, same time some Bogons (read crap) destroys the earth in order to make a bypass in universe and thus starts an interesting trail circumscribed by the boundaries of infinite probability and nonsense logic.

To be honest i did not enjoy this book, its just a time pass not more than that. 

Time Pass (5/10)