Monday, March 7, 2011
Women's day: How free are women
The friend said something which was so true. Actually ‘Saala’ as an expletive is something to tell you that ‘I bloody slept with your sister’. Now the entire debate rests in the point that whether sleeping with the sister was as equal as the sister sleeping with the man. Actually another friend of mine is of the view that the society acts in a hypocritical order. Consider this—A girl of loose character (that’s again a matter of wide discussion) is called a slut, but a boy of the same ‘loose character’ has no such connotation. He can be loosely called a flirt or a playboy. Now is ‘playboy’ or ‘flirt’ a synonym for ‘Slut’? Well these expletives can have endless points of understandings and explanations.
Was reading an article by a friend published on Navdunia (a hindi daily published from Bhopal).The question here, if women were free or men were free is an all together different concept. It is very interesting to see the freedom of women in the light of the freedom movement of India. When Maytree says that only men got freedom in 1947, she intends to tell you something very symbolic. I totally espouse what Maytree says(A feminist that the friend interviewed). Women have still not found the freedom that they deserve (or I think deserve might sound like giving something a due as opposed to rights). They are not at par with men and any one will tell you this.
Its only a matter of mindset. Giving reservation in the parliament or in busses and trains are nothing but gestures, which I think some radical feminists would oppose. It is about BELIEVING in equality. Both the gender must believe in equality and not bow under the pressure of equality. A so called gentleman might offer you a seat in the bus, believing that you have a reserved seat, or in the heart of his hearts that you are a weak being, a subordinate. But the question is—will he believe in equality? Might not. So I think that equal opportunity, unless espoused by you, cannot be followed in true spirit. Now again, Are women free? NO. STILL NOT.
The main idea to write about this was also to re-think if Women's day is a mere corporate thing or actually a reality. Keep up the spirits WOMEN.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Technorati test
Monday, November 16, 2009
Fevicol celebrates its 50th anniversary with a moustache
The TVC begins with a small girl who plays a male role for a skit and takes her avtar by dabbing a little fevicol. From there begins the life of this small girl as the audience sees various facet of her life. The girl gradually grows up to being a young lady, a married woman, a happy mother, a mother-in-law, an ailing old woman and finally she dies. Moustache remains the integral part of her life. But relation with fevicol is yet not over. The reincarnation tells you everything. The tagline Pachas saal se champion (champion for the last fifty years) has more to do with this add. Perhaps the concept of the add compels you to think that it is actually janmo janmo se champion (consider the incarnation part). The Jingle in Gujarati which plays at the background adds another jewel to its crown.
The Vodafone’s Zoozoos is clearly the big story of this year but the Moochwali is no less in creativity too. I guess the best award of the year has good contenders now. Two thumbs up for this Television Commercial.
Reminds me of the bollywood blockbuster Sharabi and Amitabh Bachchan’s famous dialogue “Moochein ho to Natthulal jaisi warna ho hi naa” (you either have a moustache like natthulal or else don’t have it at all). Now if I was to script the remake of Sharabi I would certainly go for Moochein ho to Fevicol lagake warna ho hi naa (you either have a Moustache dabbed with fevicol or else don’t sport it at all).
Agency: O&M
Director: Prasoon Pandey
Creative directors: Abhijit Avasthi, Rajiv Rao
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Going by Technorati
Last night I was watching Rajkumar Gupta's Amir in Zee Cinema. Didn't know I shall also be following a master this way. No, no, not for any devastation. Its an attempt to claim this blog in http://technorati.com.
I too feel Teetli should be claimed thus establishing that I am its owner, and allows me to use Technorati services to increase my blog’s visibility (Modified quote from technorati).
So far I have made some ten futile attempts to claim my blog. But everytime I encountered with an error. Now lets see if at all this claiming happens.
I shall know the next step only when I publish this code. So lets see what happens.
Ah, now claiming will also be episode wise. What an irony!
Doing whatever Technorati says.
To complete your claim, follow these steps:azvdjcer4w
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
PTI revamps its website
Design wise: It has a separate enclosure for the big story or the lead story of the day, supported by a photo. This way aesthetically 90 degree catch for the left eye is a good go go. The photo slide show above the Nav Bar is again a beautiful combination to keep eyes 180 degrees occupied and the templates are very well organised. The new website has full utilization of its webpage and has a very good combination of colours. For all section of news starting from National, International, Business and Sports, there is a separate barrack. But what was disappointing was that there is no special segregation for entertainment news as of now. I say “as of now” because, just below the Breaking news section, there is a label for Entertainment, Features, and Bookworm which writes something as “Coming soon”. So here’s hoping that entertainment lovers might soon have that section which now seems in the offing.
Interactive: What is now a novelty out and out is their interactive section. Viewers can now post their comment on PTI news which I think will welcome even more strikes for the news agency. Interestingly I tried to congratulate them for their refurbished website while ironically I ended up commenting on the message below Sarabjit Singh’s death penalty review petition (This happens to be the big story of the day: Pak's SC dismisses Sarabjit's review petition on death sentence). Equally to the trepidation, but could not help because they have no section for congratulatory messages. Atleast for a month they could continue with this section. I am sure there would be many readers eager to congratulate them.
A stitch in time saves nine. My context here is everything needs a transformation by the course of time. The sooner, the better. The otherwise quality news agency website is now a quality look wise too.
To check out things yourself just visit http://www.pti.in
Sunday, May 10, 2009
A pushy thought: Shahid or Hritik
The other day I was just wondering as to who was a better dancer, Hritik or Shahid. It would not need even reflexes to respond to this question correctly but the thought seriously kept cropping my mind for long and Shahid’s name was such that I could not strike off.
Still remember young Shahid’s background dance in the song Kahiin Aag Lage Lag Jawe along with Aishwarya Rai in Subhash Ghai’s Taal.
While my brother was of the view that Hritik is the undisputed best dancer. He rather asked me to see the crazy4 video. No doubt I saw the video several times in the Television, but what came to my mind was what if we saw them in a dance competition kind of thing and the duo dances to the same tune with the same choreography.
Television talent hunt has given budding dancers a very good platform to exhibit their latent skill, but at least we can always wait for one of those stardust or film fare awards ceremony to see Hritik and Shahid dancing together.
As for the confusion, it is still persistent Shahid or Hritik?
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Mumbai madness

With characters from all shades of life, Window Seat paints the city in all its vivid colours.
Window Seat is an anthology of short stories in which Janhavi Acharekar skilfully illustrates life in contemporary Mumbai. Some of her stories mention Kolkata, Varanasi, and have links to southern India. Her characters come from all shades of life. The thread that connects them is that all have embarked on an adventurous journey called life.
In “The Couple” we see how sometimes, horror tales can be good for couples who meet in the dead of the night.
The character China in the eponymous short story “China”, who regarded her own appearance as an eyesore during childhood, has now grown to be a famous novelist. A deeper reading tells us how a rather plain little girl from Kolkata makes it big in life one day. The beauty of this story lies in the nomenclature — China (or “chai-na”) is also Bengali for “unwanted”.
“The Birthday Party” is about a grandfather celebrating his birthday, thinking all the while whether he will be able to celebrate the day next year or not. It is a poignant story about life in its final moments, and the shadow of approaching death.
A phony character and his cyberspace affair is the subject of “Sneha 25”. A girl, head over heels in love with her e-boyfriend, only finds later that the boy was fooling around.
“Play It Again Sam” is about the advertising legend of Hot Sam who gets a foothold in an advertising agency through his networking skills and by keeping up a protracted supply of samosas to his creative director. Nobody in the agency has the faintest clue of him being a charlatan.
In “Driving Mr Dasgupta”, the master develops a fling outside his marriage. The sudden disappearance of his driver from the scene makes everyone curious. Several assumptions and many stories crop up. The driver, being the sole witness to his master’s fling, starts blackmailing him later. The driver’s friends finally learn that he will not have to work at least for 10 years with the hefty sum he has earned through blackmailing.
“Moksha” is the story of a girl who finds her new life in Mumbai infinitely more exciting as compared to her own city of Bhopal. As the author writes, “She had always been an independent soul, but nothing had prepared her for the freedom that Mumbai had offered.” This freedom — in the selection of clothes, of having a live-in relationship, of being able to go to weekend parties and movies — is what her name Moksha denotes.
Acharekar’s writing has the earthy flavour of a diverse India. Next time you go to Mumbai, take the Window Seat.
Window Seat
Author:Janhavi Acharekar
Publisher : HarperCollins
Price: Rs 250
Monday, March 16, 2009
Investors require confidence boost
Sunday, January 4, 2009
ING TV Commercial
Seems that major banking, investment and insurance companies have understood this emotive backing of Indians.
The latest TVC of ING bears another testimony to this. ING latest TVC has got an altogether different theme. The essence of this add remains intact with its basic underlying theme “ Mere des mein paisa sirf paisa nahi hai” {Money is more than just money in my country) From celebration, love, blessing, to future; the value of money and emotions attached to it is simply what is followed by almost all Indians.
Doubtless that Other insurance company such as HDFC Standard Life, Aviva, Reliance, ICICI Prudential, Max New York, Sahara, and MetLife; have real beautiful TVC themes.
However ING has come up with a more kicking message, which understands the value and worth of your money as you do.
Although it would be further debatable as to how actual and good the Premium, maturity and return of these insurances are, since my father does not trust anything better than our own Life Insurance Corporation of India.
As for the paisa sirf paisa nahi hai, yes it holds true for me atleast!
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Paradigm Shift

No! this is no extraordinary science or revolutionary science. But ofcourse this is change of the basic form. Transfer of energy (if wit permits that is). Thomas Kuhn used the duck-rabbit optical illusion to demonstrate the way in which a paradigm shift could cause one to see the same information in an entirely different way. I shall be using my blog at a new portal to share and post my own experiences, observations and findings. Just a change of Portal and thats all.
It was earlier http://teetli.mywebdunia.com/
Perhaps thats the reason of calling it a paradigm change
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
An old Grown Tree falls, Perishes….
Must be 8.30 in the morning that my cell started ringing. Could not believe for a while what my ears listened to. My Thamma (grandma) is no more. She complained bouts of uneasiness in her chest, slipped a few spoons of water that my mother and father poured in and breathed her last at my youngest brothers’ (they are twins, gems of our eyes) lap. 7.30 in the morning, Hindu calendar’s Ekadashi day, 22nd of December 2008, and thus passes the oldest living being of my family. What etches the heart more is that we lost our Grandmaa but Father lost his Maa.
Me and my li’l angel (sister studying in MP) are the unfortunate ones, could not see granny on her last moments. She shall be there at home during the funeral, but I shall remain the same unfortunate one, for, I won’t be able to turn up (This is the hefty price that you pay for staying away from home, plus professional commitments and the link ups there after also enchains you sometimes). Could not see her during her last breathe, making up to in the funeral would be just a formality (these are the sops by which I somehow stray my heart).
New Year is ahead, so is Christmas (remarkable for my family because it’s my mother’s birthday). But this New Year would bring in a vacuum that this physical world will never be able to substitute. Every New Year we would say Thamma Happy New Year, to which she would reply Happen-Ear (to pronounce exactly would be Happe Ne Yaar). I still can’t say what exactly Happened to my Ears when I heard that she was no more. Perhaps it just Happens Yaar!
To go by Buddha, it is all the chains of birth and rebirth, and to go by Bhagwad Gita it is all in the perishable nature of things; one who is born must die. Death is the most evident truth. But we as ordinary human beings, do we really go by the philosophy when we loose our beloved ones. Never! Just reminiscent of few lines of What Charvaka (School of thought in Indian Philosophy) says ……..
When life is yours, live it joyfully
None can escape death’s searching eyes
Once this body of yours they burn
Where shall it ever return?
The old grown tree has fallen, and has perished now………. Thamma, O Thamma...
Monday, December 15, 2008
Hits and Misses
For starting with jerk once over all again, yes I too am a fish on this blogspot.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Gross Happiness Product be the new Mantra
Friday, March 14, 2008
Sensitivity of the Insensitive

Evacuate those North Indians from Maharashtra, make the thief blind, cut off the hands of the burglar, strip off the apparel from the women's body, and the list will still have rooms for more. Seems that the over sensitive people here are bent on proving that sensitivity is the best proved when insensitivity is meted out.Very recently all the cases of Mob lynching from Bhagalpur to Kathihar to the lanes of UP, Maharashtra and God knows where more. You have all of a sudden an impatient mob ready to blind you even not being sure as to whether you are the perpetrator of the crime or not. Snatching of a chain (proved or not proved, does not matter) all of a sudden forces the unruly mob to turn to a savage thus either blinding the snatcher (so called) or by lynching him. The phrase Eye for an eye and stone for a stone perhaps has never been realised so word to word. Make Blind or cut shoulders for stealing, lynch for n-number of concoctions that one can enumerate. Is that a sign that we are going back to primitive ages (not sure if lynching was prevalent then) where brutes ruled. Or may be this is just a psychological evolution.Then you have the frenzied mob ready to show power on dalit and tribal women and others so deprived. Remember all the channels playing Assam's shame when a tribal lady was stripped by a turbulent mob in Guwahati recently. Then, a woman stripped and beaten up in full public view by people of Jalli village in Warrangal of AP. This list is also a big one anyways. Well in these incidents the mob furore however depicts the parochial male attitude which has to be dealt with humongous arguments and counter arguments. This is the same land where women are worshiped as Goddesses (please remain silent on female foeticide, dowry, molestation, gender bias, ) and see how goddesses are treated.In another instance you have the super sensitivity of Maharashtra's self styled leaders all set to evacuate all the North-Indians from their land (claimed so). Are the bhelpuri wallahs, the street peddlers, autowallahs, so a matter of insecurity that one just gets up on its toes to ouster the victims (or culprits according to self styled leaders) call them whatsoever. No matter how a humiliated life you are leading there, but your fault is that you are celebrating your festivals there, you are making the city dirty and are a threat to the localites for jobs. Means this is a hint that if Indians are being thrown out of Malaysia or America or Canada or England, it will be similarly logical for Indians are not aborigines of those places . For that purpose you have the right to claim since you have green cards. What here then? Any passport visa or green card needed to stay in your Motherland just because it is not your lingual land.At this point, one thing is evident that taking to laws at own hand is something very easy but to find a befitting solution to lawlessness whatsoever is the matter to ponder on. Kant's Categorical imperative definitely says that the nature of a moral act is one which would be the right thing to do for any person in similar circumstances. But again his imperative also says that universality has to be maintained throughout. So there perhaps the sensitivity of the insensitives will not work because this way there would be infinite regress to taking of brutal law.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Whats wrong with this add

The upside down pain of surrogate Advertisement
Well a new definition of surrogate advertisement is what one feels about a lot of add. To take one this time, is the Wild Stone deo spray add, but in an upside down manner this time. No doubt Surrogate add has always occupied the minds of film directors so as to fit in names of add in some of the scenes in their flick. Remember the cocoa cola add in Kuch na kaho (Abhishek and Aishwarya) trying to look for the cap of the drink, Amitabh Bacchan trying to be ICICI bank loyalist in Baghbaan, so many Coffee Day and Barista ads in n number of movies... Bla Bla Bla... While in this (wild stone) add, in the background we have Durga Puja and Dhaakis (Drummers) rigorously beating the drums. Suddenly what comes to probable guess is that it might be some Cycle brand Agarbatti kind of an add. Then the next step is the infatuation (sensual here) that the lady develops seeing the man. Again a probable conjecture that it might be probably to show some kind of a contraceptive or a rubber add. Then you actually proceed to know that it is the deo spray that is turning her imagination wild. Of how she enters into love making with him. Oh how her dreams are shattered to find that day dreaming seldom comes true when he just passes by. And the punchline thus----- Wild Stone, Wild by nature............Interestingly but, the sales of Ray Ban saw a massive hike after the whole crew was shown in Ray Ban glasses in Men in Black. In the classic Peruvian soap opera Simplemente Maria, Singer sewing machines were suddenly in drastic demands in the market, for the character Maria was shown struggling with that machine.Still in dilemma as to call it a surrogate advertisement just following the opposite course? May be... Does durga puja surrogate the add? Or is that the Dhaakis surrogating the add? Or does the deo also give you the additional pill facility (to be extra passionate). So many surmises and the message still not clear. Just incapable of discerning the real message of this add.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Why back terror with to push an idea or thought
Come a Western Celebration day and all the Senas (self styled brigades here )are ready to push forward their rudimentary ideas and opposition against it. Here the context is primarily Valentines day, as the day fall today. Any nook and corner of Bhopal, Jaipur, Pune, Mumbai, Ahmedabad would be breeding with such Gerua Senas (Saffron brigade) who would be ready with sticks to punish those who follow and observe the day. Vandalising Archies, Hallmark shops with an intension so as to send the message that ' We are against Multi National and Western influences'. Will that suffice. NO..... Many more.The point here is Why terror yaar? Just one point of justification to clear why terror is backed by ideas so Hindustani. Who is not proud to be an Indian. But does that mean that horror in Promoting an idea would lead to any kind of a consequence. Will it not breed animosity? If a certain Idea is so strong, should it need vandalism, turmoil or chaos. If one believes that the promotion of a day called Valentines day is a conspiracy hatched by Multi National companies to enter the rich culture such as India, should that mean a violent opposition. And that to booking college girls or boys.The Logic is, Promotion of a day is an IDEA so that cards, gifts confectioneries of the West Sell here. Ok ... An agreeable point.... BUT... But fight the IDEA with another IDEA.. Why fight an IDEA with Terror? Why not give a befitting reply to the MNC. Why beating innocent people, vandalising petty shops. Some kind of an MNC conspires for something and you are ready to fuss with your innocent Indians (India is my Country, All Indians are my brother and Sisters?) Where then is the mutual brotherhood and fraternity. How then will MNCs stop from promoting further Celebrations also ? Because they are just not infringed in whatever they do.A certain philosophy or thought might be not good for the greater well being of individual. True...... Agreed..... Medha Patekar sat on fast and dharna to bring justice for the Evacuees of Narmada. She did not raise any sena to kill , hamper , torture or punish the people who are or will be benefiting from the Dam. Government is accountable and she knows that a fight is always with the one who is accountable not with the one who might be profiting from certain thing. Irom Sharmila is fighting for a cause. Aruna Roy fought and won her cause. Anna Hazare is perpetual in his path. Than whats wrong with the opposer with such a noble cause (Protesting the west)Again, to be very cynical and Pragmatic. Why don't You go to Five star, Luxury resorts and show rich brats, celebrities, stars that YOU OPPOSE..... Why only poor people who are very vulnerable in Parks, Bikes and petty restaurants............
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Saif Da Tattoo
In Cambodia, tattoos are used for self protection. People in Thailand also emblazon tattoos. Indians have a traditional tattooing system as in the forms of signs, symbols of their religions (May be Om, trident, the swastik sign ). In certain parts of India, tattooing self name is also practised.Very recently noted Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan got the name of Karina Kapoor tattooed on his hand, leaving aside all speculations that they are 'really together' and 'happy'. Media got another hot cake to discuss and reflect. Not that Saif is the only one to inscribe the name of his beloved on his body. Hollywood actors like Angelina Jolie also had the tattoo marks of her former husband (Billi Bob)on her hand. Jolie however has three prominent tattoos on her hand. One Arabic, One Yantra (in pali text as the Cambodians have) and one Latin.Sylvester Stallone also has a tattoo of his wife on his hand.Here however the matter of perpetual relationship gets set into a question mark. Sense of longing definitely leads to such activities. While seriousness might precede such acts no doubt.Saif divorced his wife after living in a thirteen years of marriage. Later he also dated Rozza Catalino and broke up with her in 2007. And now the new Saga has started with Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor which reached its zenith during the shooting of the duo's next movie Tashan(Style). Surmises crops in this time also, that such instances of holding and letting loose could be another probable instance. The thing that would remain forever is the name of beloved Kareena Kapoor tattooed on his hand. Sense, Belonging and Security, that comes handy with the tattoo. Maybe this is Yaara da Tashan!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Its really different
The add of Maggie tomato Ketchup has maintained the Tagline 'Its different'Falling under the series is the add is Javed Jafri and Manoj Pahwa. First shot begins in a jail premise where the jailer (Manoj Pahwa) is intent on torturing the prisoner (Javed Jafri).Jafri is being given stale and hard food (a hard piece of chapati which gets etched on the wall when thrown from outside)The intelligent prisoner already manages to plant an underground box (secretly keeping Maggie bottles)The jailer rather feels tortured at the attitude of the prisoner that he relishes such bad food. Saying 'Its different' everytime.Twenty years later, the jailer eagerly waits outside the jail premise for the prisoner.Itne Saalo se Sun raha hu Its different, Its different. Ye its different kya hai. (For the past few years I have been listening its different, its different. What is 'Its different')The prisoner shows the bottles of Maggie Ketchup, which he carries inside his overcoat...............But, what is still unanswered is the fact that Javed Jafri is shown as carrying those number of bottles 20 years back when he was incarcerated. The expiry date of the bottles???????????? Or is the preservative so strong that it can preserve for Twenty long years...........
