12 Angry Men - Awesome and Must Watch.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching the movie - 12 Angry Men recently.

The movie is inspirational in the sense that it makes you understand the importance of how to take a stand in life and how to live by your own convictions rather than be swayed away by the thoughts of others which may be misleading and superficial at times. Reaching a consensus is so difficult in some situations, but still it can be achieved : 12 Angry Men proves this.

Well, 12 Angry Men is a thrilling, dramatic movie which makes you realize that once a man is firm on his opinion, he has the power to change the opinion of the world.
In the movie, one person holding a different view stands upto 11 other men who have contrary views to that of his. But he is not deterred by their truculent behavior and shows tenacity and guts to prove his point. One by one each one of them gets convinced and finally all of them change their opinions and agree with him!

The movie brings to mind a few adages like the ones mentioned below and these appear to be so true in its context:
“Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder”
“All that glitters is not gold”
“Attention to detail is important.”

All in all, it is a superb portrayal of characters and a mesmerizing watch.

Is Money so important?

These days a lot of thoughts frequent my mind regarding the realities of life.

One of the most curious one’s is regarding the value of money in one’s life. If seen from the perspective through which I am seeing at present, everything in life is linked to money. In fact the whole life seems to be based on running after it.

I mean, from the start we are incorporated with the importance of success in our lives. A rat race is on.

Why do people live away from their loved ones for long? Being an engineer, an MBA, an IT professional onsite or having a successful spouse …everything for what?

There is a struggle everyday.

There is something you run after, sometimes you even don’t know why, but you are running. Would you go to office if you get a million dollars a month by just sitting at home?

Once in an interview I was asked, what would I do if I get a hell lot of money and there would be flow of it as and when I need? I think it is one of the most pertinent questions of our life.

Isn’t there a harsh difference between being born super rich and born poor? (Although there are examples of people doing superbly well in adverse circumstances)

People talk about how important it is to be happy. But isn’t happiness linked to money as well? Money can buy you a lot of things which will make you happy!

May be I am missing the point altogether, hopefully I will get the answers, but still there are sayings which will live forever, like…Money hai toh Honey hai !!!

I am in Heaven

I have continuously gazed at a bridge built in the sea, at the smiling palm trees and a picturesque landscape. It was a pleasant evening, with cool breeze blowing. I was walking down the road along the gushing waves of the Arabian Sea. A long stretch of road along the contour of the sea. There was a boat moving ever so slowly right in the middle of the sea. The orange sun setting and making for an awesome view. As far as my eyes could go, it was all water. The sky made up of a mix of blue, pink and orange. An aircraft was swirling along at a length seeming so far. This was nothing short of a poet’s imagination. Better than a painter’s painting and more like a dream. The serene air moving all around making me feel feather light. I was at peace with myself.



I was sitting near the waves. They kept splashing on the black rocks and small drops falling on me from time to time. I closed my eyes, feeling the atmosphere, hearing the sounds the waves were making. I have no one close to me. No one to seek an answer from and no one to ask a question to. It’s all me and me alone. I could feel myself breathing, realizing an activity ever so unnoticed. The muscles around my eyes went totally loose. I am in total control of myself. My mind is blank with no stress. Finally, I am with myself totally relaxed! ….I am in heaven.




This place is bandstand (Bandra,Mumbai)…I have found a place to be with myself. Hope you have found/will find yours ….

Indian Political League

Its Election time.Clearly the Indian political league has taken over the Indian Premier League as Cricket has to move to South Africa now.Though it’s a bit disappointing but better safe than sorry.(The concerns are genuine when we don’t even have enough security forces to guard elections with looming threat of terrorism)

Now talking about the Elections,as a voter we have three choices broadly in front of us,namely :
United Progressive Alliance(UPA,Congress the leader)
National Democratic Alliance(NDA,BJP the leader)
Third Front(Left parties are the mainstay)

The following factors can influence voters when they cast their votes for the 543 seats of the 15th Lok Sabha,from 16 April to 13 May:

1.The win on the Diplomacy front of the UPA(Pak accepting its soil used for terror).When NDA was in power and attack on parliament happened,all it did was to mobilise forces in operation Parakaram,which resulted in nothing but waste of money.

2.The strong will of Congress led to Indo-US Nuclear Deal coming into effect.Though the foundation of this deal was laid by the NDA.

3.The unemployment is an issue with 5 Lakh jobs lost in India.Mostly it can be blamed on world recession,but people need solutions from our leaders.

4.The prices of food commodities have remained high for most part of the rule of UPA and they are still high though we are staring at Deflation.(Some say its just Disinflation).My mother says price rise was mostly never an issue when NDA ruled.

5.The BJP has raised its communal head again with Varun Gandhi's hate speech and Hindutva being an issue.Now,it may work in their favour but on the moral grounds BJP has lost already in my point of view.On the other hand Congress works all out to introduce caste base quotas and minority appeasement!

6.Everyday the semantics of politics is changing in India.BJD has left NDA.Laloo and Ram Vilas Paswan are virtually fighting against congress in Bihar.So,is Samajwadi Party in UP.PMK has also left UPA.The old partners of NDA like Jayalalita and TDP are moving towards the Third Front!!!!

7.There are too many candidates for the post of Prime Minister.Advani and Manmohan Singh are the front runners.But you never know with Mayawati,Sharad Pawar,Prakash Karat and even Deve Gowda lining up for the post.Now the voters have to keep in mind that who is most trust worthy and able among them.

8.Development is a key issue as we have already seen how Sheila dixit came to power in Delhi and Shiv Raj Chauhan in MP purely on the development plank.The voters are waking up to the performance of the government.

9.Lastly,a stable Govt at the centre is a must.Because if it’s a khichdi Govt then no one can take a stand.The regional aspirations should not over rule the National agenda.This is the key.So,even if a regional party candidate has done well,you may want to vote for a national party x because you want to see it in power and making national policies.

Above were the issues that randomly came to my mind.If you have some more then do tell me as I may cast my precious vote this time.I hope you do the same :)