Monday, September 25, 2006

What happens to a dream deferred?

What happens to a dream deferred?
does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?
or fester like a sore?...
And then run?
does it stink like a rotten meat?
or crust and sugar over...Like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load?
OR
DOES IT EXPLODE?

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

ಇವತ್ತು ನಾನು ಬಹಳ ಅತ್ತುಬಿಟ್ಟೆ

ಚಿನ್ನಾ,
ಇವತ್ತು ನಾನು ಬಹಳ ಅತ್ತುಬಿಟ್ಟೆ.
ನಿನ್ನ ಮಿಸ್ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಿರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಅಲ್ಲ.
ನಿನ್ನ ನೆನಪಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲ.
ನಿನ್ನ ನಗು ನನ್ನನ್ನ ಕಾಡಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಿಯೂ ಅಲ್ಲ.
ನಿನ್ನ ಬಿಂಬ ಕಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿರುವುದಕ್ಕಾಗಿಯೂ ಅಲ್ಲ.
ನಿನ್ನ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಬದುಕಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾಗಿರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ...

(ಕನ್ನಡ ಶಾಯರಿಯ ಸಾಗರಕ್ಕೆ ನನ್ನದೊಂದು ಹನಿ ಕಾಣಿಕೆ)

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

WALKING IN THE RAIN….

"I love walking in rain, because no body can see me crying.”
Magical line by Charlie Chaplin.
I just feel this is the line we all will feel at least once in our life that it is the line made for us.
I don't know about others but I felt many times this was line which summarized my situation in game of life…
life is like time ...it goes on whether you are willing or not .it does not care about your mood, pain, happiness, sorrow joy no sir it does not count anything ..
It clears the hurdles in its way to reach the ultimate destination of “DEATH”.

Hmmm…I still Love walking in rain. For the reason what ever it is….
Charlie,
Just praying that your reason should not be my reason….
Any way …yeh life hai Kuch bhi hosaktha hai….

But still … I LOVE WALKING IN THE RAIN….
WALKING IN THE RAIN

Monday, September 18, 2006

ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ

"ಮದ್ಯಪಾನ , ಧೂಮಪಾನ , ಹೆಣ್ಣಿನ ಧ್ಯಾನ ಇವನೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅಷ್ಟು ಸುಲಭವಾಗಿ ಬಿಡೊಕಾಗೊಲ್ಲ"
"ಎಲ್ಲಾ OK ಮದುವೆ ಯಾಕೆ..ಏಳು ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ನಡೆದಿದಕ್ಕೆ ಏಳು ಜನ್ಮದ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ ನಾ.."
ಇದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಉಪ್ಪಿಯ ಗೀತೊಪದೇಶ ಹೆಣ್ಣಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ....ಯಾವುದ್ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂತೀರಾ so called STAR DIRECTOR ಇಂದ್ರಜಿತ್ ಲಂಕೇಶ್ ನ ಹೊಸ ಚಿತ್ರ "ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ"ದಲ್ಲಿ. ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಹೊಸ hair style , ಮಾಡೆಲ್ ಕಂ heroine ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟರೆ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಸತು ಎನು ಇಲ್ಲ . simply ಹಳೆ ಹಳಸಿದ ಹೆಂಡ ಇನ್ NEW ಬಾಟಲಿ .

ಅಭಿಷೇಕ್ ಹೆಗ್ದೆ ಅಲಿಯಾಸ್ ಅಭಿ(ಉಪ್ಪಿ in new ..ultra new hairstyle) ಒಬ್ಬ ad agency manager. ಮೊದಲು ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಹುಡುಗಿ (ಡೈಸಿ ಬೋಪಣ್ಣ) ಕೈ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ತ್ರಿ -ದ್ವೇಷಿ ಯಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅಗ ಅವನ ಆಫೀಸ್ ಗೆ assistant manager ಆಗಿ ಬರೋದೇ ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯ(ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಪಡುಕೋಣೆ ) . ಮೊದಲು ದ್ವೇಷ ..ನಂತರ ಪ್ರೀತಿ. ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಇನ್ನೇನು ಪ್ರೀತಿ ವಿಷಯ ಹೇಳಬೇಕು..ನಾಯಕಿಗೆ ಮಂಡ್ಯ ಹುಡುಗನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮದುವೆ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ ಆಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.ಮದುವೆ ದಿನ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ನಾಯಕಿ ನಾಯಕನಿಗೆ ಫೋನ್ ಮಾಡಿ I LOVE YOU ಅನ್ನುತ್ತಾಳೆ.
ನಾಯಕ ಅವಳಿಗೊಸ್ಕರ ಮದುವೆ ಮಂಟಪಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊರಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅರ್ಧ ದಾರಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಕಿ -ನಾಯಕ ಭೇಟಿ ಆಗಿ ಸುಖಾಂತ.

ಈ ಕಥೆಗೆ ಹೊಸತನ ತರುವುದೇ ಡೈಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ದೀಪಿಕಾ. ಇಂದ್ರಜಿತ್ ಗೆ ನಾಯಕಿಯರ ಗ್ಲಾಮರ್ ಮತ್ತು ನಾಯಕನ ಇಮೇಜ್ ಎರಡನ್ನೂ ಬಳಸಿ ಪ್ರಚಾರಗಿಟ್ಟಿಸುವ ಕಲೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿದೆ.ಇದರಿಂದಲೆ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಇಷ್ಟು ಹೈಪ್ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ದು.ನಾಯಕಿಯ ಭಾವೀ ಮೈದುನನಾಗಿ ಬರುವ ಕೊಮಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಇರುವ 20 ನಿಮಿಷ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಹೈಲೈಟ್. thanx to ಕೊಮಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ .

ಅರ್ಧ ಗಂಟೆ ಚಿತ್ರ ನೋಡಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮುಂದಿನ ಕಥೆ ನೀವು expect ಮಾಡಿದಂತೆ ಸಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಗಳೆ ಮೊದಲ ಅರ್ಧ ಗಂಟೆಲಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿ dialogue ಮುಗಿದು..ಶುರುವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಿಹಿಯಾದ chewing gum ನಂತರ ಸಪ್ಪೆ ಆದಂತೆ ಚಿತ್ರ ಸಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ : ಇದು ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಚಿತ್ರ ಅಂತ ಉಳಿದ ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳ ತರಹ ಇರಬಹುದು ಅಂತ expectationಗಳು ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಬೇಡ.
ಚಿತ್ರ ಹಿಟ್ ಆದರೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣ ಡೈಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ದೀಪಿಕಾ ಗ್ಲಾಮರ್ ಮತ್ತು ಉಪ್ಪಿ ಇಮೇಜ್ ಹೊರತು ಇಂದ್ರಜಿತ್ ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ಅನ್ನೊ ಭ್ರಮೆ ಬೇಡ.

ಇಂದ್ರಜಿತ್ ಗೆ ವಿನಂತಿ: ತಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ನಾಯಕ ನಾಯಕಿರನ್ನು ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಸಮಯದ 1% ಆದರೂ ಕಥೆಗೆ ನೀಡಿ.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Those days

They say generation change happen Every 4 years...so trends change,lifestyle changes every 4 years ...
Then we (guys who have Year Of Bith 1980 - 1984) were probably last generation to enjoy child hood in pre -Liberalisation of INDIA( thanx to PVN and Manmohan singh )....
those were the days

When CHINNI-DAANDU(gulli-danda) and Goli (marbles),cricket were more popular than MORTAL COMBAT and other computer games ...

When we desperately waited for 'chandrakanta','ramayan','mahabharat' ....

When we waited for 'Champak' ,'tinkle','chandamaama',balamangala'....
When chitrahaar, vikram-betaal, potli baba ki,Rangoli were so fulfilling ...

When there was just one TV in every five houses ...

When bisleris were not sold in the trains and we were worrying if papas will get back into the train in time or not when they were getting down at stations to fill up the water bottle ...

When Maths teachers were not worried of our mummy’s and papas while slapping/beating us ...

When we were exchanging comics and stamps with friends...
When we were in AJJIMANE (nanihaal) every summer and loved flying kites and plucking and eating unripe mangoes ...

When one movie every Sunday evening on television was more than asked for...

When 50 paisa meant at least 10 toffees ...

When left over pages of the last years notebooks were used for rough work or even fair work ...

when Elder brother/sisters text books were inherited to us...

When 'chelpark' and 'natraaj' were encouraged against 'reynolds and family' ...

When the first rain meant getting drenched and playing in water and mud and making 'kaagaj ki kishtis' ...

When there were no phones to tell friends that we will be at their homes at six in the evening ...

When our parents always had 15 paise blue colored 'antardesis' and 5 paise machli wale stamps at home

When "AMBASSADOR", "MARUTI" ,"PREMIER PADMINI" were only cars ....

when "HAMAARA BAJAAJ" was The proud member of the family...



I really miss it... do U?

Monday, September 11, 2006

MAHATMA bole to BAPU ...SAB eDe log akka india ko chalate hai

ye BAPU,
aaj tera SATYAGRAHA ka 100th HAPPY BIRTHDAY hai.
apun ko patha hai 1905 ko isi din tumne south africa mein GORO ke khilaf satyagrah shuru kiyela tha...

tumne akka world ko bataya ki " laalach math karo.." .. lekin yeh eDa logone kya kiya laalach ka jad bole to Paise mein hi tera close up photo dala...

tune kaha tha na "BEYMAANI BIMAARI HAI" ..aaj dekh akka india bimar hai...apun log kitna "GET WELL SOON" cards bejega to bhi india yeh bimari se bahar nahi aayega...
pata hai re movie mein ek radio show se saara city tere raste par chalthi hai...lekin yeh Real Life hai..sab shyane hai..radio mein koi yessa bolega to radio off karke jaayega...


Ruling party bol reli hai ki tu hi unka adarsh hai aur tere satyagrah ka 100th HAPPY BIRTHDAY jhakhas manayega...
to saare TV wale bolte hai ki woh sab POLITICS ..vote keliye karela hai...baap
akka india eDa hogaya hai..BAPU

ab tu hi dekh woh "VANDEMAATARAM" ke liye in loge ne BHANKHAS machaya ..

baapu,
tune kaha ahimsa ko follow karne ke liye apun logo ko Daring hone ka..lekin kya yeh sab maar peet ..bomb blast...ney akka india ko hiladiya hai...

ye Baapu..sun sab ki vat lageli hai...
eisa ich chalaana toh akka Indai ka WAT lag jaayega...

Saturday, September 09, 2006

I LOVE WALKING IN THE RAIN….

"I love walking in rain, because no body can see me crying.”
Magical line by Charlie Chaplin.
I just feel this is the line we all will feel at least once in our life that it is the line made for us.
I don't know about others but I felt many times this was line which summarized my situation in game of life…
life is like time ...it goes on whether you are willing or not .it does not care about your mood, pain, happiness, sorrow joy no sir it does not count anything ..
It clears the hurdles in its way to reach the ultimate destination of “DEATH”.

Hmmm…I still Love walking in rain. For the reason what ever it is….
Charlie,
Just praying that your reason should not be my reason….
Any way …yeh life hai Kuch bhi hosaktha hai….

But still … I LOVE WALKING IN THE RAIN….
WALKING IN THE RAIN

Friday, September 08, 2006

ARZ Hai



HAMESHA TERI KHYALO MEIN KHOYA NAHI REHTHA HOON
LEKIN TERE BINA KUCH YAAD NAHI AATA HAI

HAMESHA TERE BAARE MEIN SHAAYARI NAHI LIKTHA HOON
LEKIN MERE HAR SHAAYARI MEIN TUM HI TUM HO

ROJ AANKHE BAND KARKE SOTA NAHI LEKIN BANDH HAI AANKHE
DARR SEY KI KAHI KHOLU TOH GAYAB NA HOJAAVO TUM

TERE BINA JEE SAKTHAHOON LEKIN
BIN MATLAB JEENE SAI MAUTH ACCHI HAI

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

100 years, Infinite Voices

Vande Mataram! Vande Mataram!
Sujalam, suphalam, malayaja shitalam
Shasyashyamalam, Mataram!
Vande Mataram!

Shubhrajyothsna pulakitayaminim
Phullakusumita drumadala shobinim
Suhasinim sumadhura bhashinim,
Sukhadam varadam, Mataram!

Vande Mataram! Vande Mataram!


its hard to belive a song which was binding force for a Generation in a struggle against the outsiders...
is a BURNING ISSUE dividing the same people ...

oh..india..you have completely changed in 60 years...

Why is this happening..
have people changed their mind set ... or has song got a new interpretaion..


Any way "I bow to thee, Mother" ...to be precise "Vande mataram"