Qotm: Dubai Duty Free

Q: What would Mossad agents say after the killing of the Hamas leader ???
A: Dubai Duty Free

Q: What will you say to Hamas leaders in Dubai ???
A: Shop till you drop :)

The Dubai story appears to have archaic connotations with the Avatar movie. Well I might be entering the areas of dark humour here. Where the Protagonist in the Avatar movie belongs to a Gang which dons the Natives roles to infiltrate and get their land. This incident had some suspects using British ,French, Irish & german passports to enter Dubai and eliminate the Senior Hamas Leader.
It sure sounds like a Hollywood movie which has been turned to reality TV after footage of the suspects moving around in hotels appeared on youtube & was continously displayed on TVs.

The Avatars looked in business as usual and its hard to imagine that their "business as usual" was actually eliminating a hamas leader ;)

while the average israelis will be humming "these are the some of my favourite things"
I wud ask the same question the protagonist in Munich movie had....Will this changed anything ?
If it stops terrorism then it might be good. But in all probability many Hamas leaders would emerge due to such incidents...There is no happy ending to this tale unlike the Avatar movie climax.


/Adios

Cupid strikes with a vengeance : Love is all around

Alright some recap to the headline...today being Valentines day Suhasini & myself lurked around the Shoppers stop outlet @ Bannerghatta road....& Sure enough all the love struck couples were in hordes trying to buy goodies for their loved ones...It was a Full house and we had to wade through scores of people to get anywhere in the store. I felt these days bank balances and buying capacities are deciding factors for a woman choosing her purrfect man. Some would say its a Alpha male thingy ;) ...well I am not writing about dating etiquette here....just my mere mortal thoughts.

Did you just say 'Get A Life' eh ? well in Bangalore it would be criminal to sit at home on weekends considering the number of eating joints, Malls and other entertainment centres which have sprung up. For me there is a different take on the happenings in the city.

I hail from a Mumbai middle class family and never relate to such things...for me life is still the fast life we used to live in mumbai...meaning work life is a strict balance. People are less pampered in such a society with goodies they can live without.
Mumbai life is etched in our DNA such that life in Bangalore is a luxury.

These days I commute 3 hours in a day so when I get back home I hardly have energy to blog. That should explain my prolonged abstinence or absence from my web logs.
Commuting 3 hours in a day makes you feel if you are really doing justice to your family in terms of providing Quality time, Happiness and Health to them. Well I strive to do that.
That seems to be the objective while doing justice to our jobs & earning bread in the process.
Its starting to get little hot & sticky in Bangalore and so maybe time for me to head back to Lund,Sweden.

We had been to Rammurthy's house earlier in the day for a luncheon and it sure was nice meet up.

At least for me I would avoid & advise anyone to just pass MNIK movie.
I hate pakistan supporters. I hope there is some day a software for TV which can block news tagged with words such as "MNIK", phew!

I also took my nephew to the park today and he is one hyper active kid always in for some action.
I also noticed some kids are the real Fussy sorts. Actually we are expecting a baby in June so I kind of hope
our little one is a little less Fussy :) . Since I was a different kind of introvert I would hope my kiddo turns out an extrovert.

Controversy Quotient CQ

Nowadays its just plain fashionable to be in the News for the wrong reasons. After all celebrities need to be in the NEWS and to satisfy this eternal craving they have started to resort to getting publicity of the wrong kind.

Shahrukh is a case in study, Aamir khan & his 3 idiots is another study for the indians.
Both the actors have reached their pinnacle of success. They strive to better themselves( so at least they think) but they end up in the cess pool of the Media Hungry celebrities. May it be Rahul Gandhi, Bal thackeray all the men seem to be in a hurry to kick up controversies...
Personally I am fed up of all this senseless bickering.

Shahrukh is a study in contrast, his support to Pakistani cricketers is not strange to me since I saw him declare on a TV show that his father is from Pakistan and so has sympathises towards Pakis.
His charades at the US airport was a well timed kickstart to his controversy career.
His Movies off late have faded into oblivion and his publicist seems to be more talented than the Actor himself.
The Chetan Bhagat 3 idiots spat was timed to trigger sagging book sales and some movie publicity. Aamir though contributes to the 'Indian' ethos and just clamours for controversy for the greater gain of the Distribuitors & himself. The Notion of Nation is still evident from his actions.

& its where shark khan crosses the line is in support of the Paki cricketers.
Running a team in IPL is tantamount to know the Business of Cricketing Finances.
Thus Shahrukh very well knows that money into Pakistan is nothing but Money in the hands of the Terrorists. Which will be eventually unleased as more terror attacks in India or Mumbai.

While sporting is a good way of establishing goodwill. After the Munich Olympics where jews were slaughtered by the palestinians it should be a known fact that supporting such events with criminals is perpetrating the crime itself. Moreover Shahid Afridi who was caught red handed tampering the ball seems to have refused to play in the IPL. Such players deserve no mention leave alone sponsorship. God bless Bob Woolmers soul which might have many more sordid tales to tell.

I would say I dont respect Shahrukh anymore. After its uncovered that Pakistan via David headley had orchestrated and continues to abet terror he should have refrained from such statements.
Since he also ignored the Pakis he is being un faithful to his fathers tribe in a way.

Bottomline seems to be Controversy is tantamount to Popularity.
Survival of the Fittest and the Controversiest :)

Pakistani cricket is always mired in controversy,
Its funny how its Controversy Quotient has even started affecting Indian Politics due to sympathisers like the Shark Khan.

whats an Actor & his Movies without some Controversy!

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