There's a sense of pleasure in Mediocrity?

Well it was my first "road to CAT" lecture in the classes i'd joined.

The first lecture was INTRODUCTION TO VOCAB

I thought the lecture's gona be interesting cos i have particular interest in learning and finding about new words although i keep on learning daily new " cool " slangs.. from here and there which are completely useless.

The professor looked very casual.. and in for an interaction session rather than a lecture.

Stupid nerdy questions started coming...

what newspapers to read?

what books to read?

how many books to read?

what should be the approach?( this was the nerd in me speaking)

to all the questions he answered this " dont ask me difficult questions"

The conversation went on and on... about different things..

he blasted SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE saying that it is nothing but commercialized entertainment to earn money and it doesnt showcase any of the true problems Mumbai is facing... his point was we will appreciate what this guy has projected about Mumbai only because it is winning academy awards but how many of the youngsters would actually even sit through a prithviraj chahuan or a satyajit ray movie which is another level to which movies like slumdog can never reach.

He said PAULO COELHO and ROBIN SHARMA( author of MONK WHO SOLD HIS FERRARI) are not great writers cos they  just hype and present the edited version of authenticity.Because none of the youngsters would make an attempt to find out the authentic version and where actually did all this originate from.

he also said Fiction except for getting you in the reading habit is of no use.

and the youngsters welcome such mediocre stuff cos there is immense pleasure in MEDIOCRITY...

he feels a person who is boring has to be intelligent... cos a person who's intelligent would'nt read write or see mediocre average stuff what more than half the world does.

But a person who's intelligent would have the passion for a quest for knowledge and pure unaldulterated literature cinema which are infact boring.

He gave us an advice on stop having "romantic ideas" about yourself and about your life and kept repeating it again and again.

Be realistic and practical and do before you preach.

When someone asked Him what to read?... he gave in a smirk and with the grin still on his face he answered "asking me what to read is same as asking me, sir who should i marry"

because whatever i tell you right now you'll find it boring...just like if i tell u to marry anyone

you wont agree...

but wen u're in love wid someone .. even if i give u a thousand options to marrying someone else you wont give in..

( i loved his point over here)

To do something you really need to have dat passion, da drive, da enthusiasm and da love for doing it.

And that is not achieved by giving in to  mediocrity but by quest for something concrete.

He went on to ask us about do we love what we are doing.

Since it was an engineering batch nobody raised their hands.

Then he asked if anyone liked any particular subject in engineering.. and again i cudn't see any hands up.

It was surprising.. we all are putting in 4 years of life doing what we dont enjoy just to get the degree which says B.E in computer engineering.

Then again he chipped in saying because you guys have taken the " tried tested and beaten path"

There should be a voice inside you which says this is what i like and i am going to excel in that no matter what.

That is what passion is all about.. that is when excellency takes over mediocrity and thats what youth is all about not just hormonal passion but a mental passion.

One more brilliant thing that he came up and which was actually really disturbing was when he asked us to name few people who you think are great legends the world has ever seen.

Mahatma Gandhi

Einstein

Newton

Nelson Mandela

Dhirubhai Ambani

Mother Teresa

The names kept coming in and there were close to 20 names on the board.

Then he asked now tell me one thing common in all these personalities.

The answer was " they all are dead"

I was like... **ck actually..!!

His point was is it just that some men do some great work and once they are dead somebody hypes them up and we blindly follow?

Why isnt a single person alive who can be on this board right now or are we too blind to find them amongst us and are we waiting for the person to die or someone else to recognize a legend between us.??

y cant there be a BARACK OBAMA more often.

Disturbing isnt it?

he gave some reasoning as to why CAT is not tough to crack just as how the other classes do to motivate their students.

But the lecture was thought provoking none the less..!

Lets where we all go...!!

( Sorry for such long posts i know there's no time to read such huge things but cant help it..i'll try to be precise from now on.. hehe)

Ethical rap continues....

( Please read the post below this before reading this.. the connection)

Then there was dis conversation that got me thinking more about it.

vaidehi: dont u talk about my akshay kumar

prateek: your akshay kumar.. lol.. i dinno u wer so sensitive abt Him..

vaidehi: listen ... u cannot act a percent of what he does

prateek: u've not seen me acting dear lol??

vaidehi:its not just him its anyone, u cant do a bit of what they do so u have no right to comment

prateek: and how many of the critics who review the movie or talk abt them kno how to act

vaidehi:you just say whether u like it or no, not whether other person can or not

prateek:so yea i dint like the movie and i dint like His acting so i did comment ..

vaidehi: excuse me ... lemme tell you. we have been studying this and .... this is what we are told in class 'critics or reviewers are supposed to just review the movie and nt give their personal opinion, not inspire people to go watch or pull down the movie so that they dont watch its unethical

vaidehi: acha ... n m not fighting with you. i just feel its wrong, it hurts the emotion of someone who really works hard upon it

prateek:This is how it works... dear in business schools they teach u abt business etHics and principles but how many of dem go up with their ethics intact

prateek:" criticsm always hurts"

vaidehi: are you saying its cool to not follow ethics?

prateek: its not cool.. but its a part and parcel...

prateek: if u praise a movie and u inspire ppl to go and watch it.. then its the other way round too..

vaidehi: no are you saying its ok to do that

prateek: m tellin u naa... its a practical world out there.. a mean world.. u dont do at places u're required to u'll be the one standing alone..

prateek:move with the world.. not against it..!!

vaidehi: i dint know you think that way

prateek: i tHink practical.. and now dun put me on a spot and project me as a bad guy o sometHing.. who gives a fuck abt ethics and principles.. i have dose.. but u have to ignore dem at places

vaidehi: but you are wrng, and how muchever you people try or do whatever ... being on the wrong side will always pay you the wrong way back

prateek: i agree..!!

vaidehi: no you dont have to

vaidehi:u ignore them only if you want to fit in

vaidehi:i never ignore my principals ... to hell with people if i have to.... i'll rather live a life all alone then sacrifice my principals for whatver

prateek:good for u if it works for u..!!

vaidehi:really m shocked to hear this from you

vaidehi: listen .... i know and i have seen people who work up the right way

vaidehi:i dont know how to react to this

vaidehi: like it was cool till, you saying you dont like an a particular actor ... its cool ... whatever i think is what i think na u can think ur way

prateek:lisen vaideHi.. nobody's a saint... and i am nobody..!!..u probably havent faced such sitiuations!!..wen u encounter some u'll come to kno.. how dirty it is..

vaidehi: but ........... about that ethics thing i dont know. like you dont have to follow the written rules but ..... you dont have to ignore them coz u have to achieve something. thats being mean and selfish and ... blaaaah

vaidehi: no i have faced many situations ... and even when i'll do, i wont whatever is right for whats wrong

prateek:u're awesome den!!..

vaidehi:achcha ... n its not about ur movies review ok its something else ...

prateek:duh i've not told u sometHing rilly non - existing phenomena..!!.. i'll forego my etHics and principles when it comes to people who do it themselves..

prateek:u're supposed to treat ppl as they are..

vaidehi: thats differnt

prateek:u play dirty with ppl who are dirty!!

prateek:i believe in karma ok..!!

prateek:give ppl what they give it to u..

prateek:and i guess.. u shud do da same..!!

prateek: to hell with tHinking abt ur etHics wen it comes to a person whos unetHical inside out..

prateek:wat say?

vaidehi:no i wud still follow ethics

vaidehi:i cannot forget what my parents taught me when i was 2 or 3 yr old

vaidehi:i dont know what to do if others wanna forget

now dis left me with a guilt pang...

i guess a long time to think abt all dis.. lets c what life has in store..!!

Ethics,Principles,Bull Sh**??

Ok i am not telling or announcing the title of my blog but m asking u guys if ETHICS PRINCIPLES AND BULL CRAP are under the same roof.

We were rolling in for a drive me and some friends of mine. With the casual talk Vyas came up with the statement " If someone has the guts and the balls try and swing it like Ramalinga Raju's way."

I mean vyas had a feeling of pride for him and that some how irritated me.

I jumped in and said " Kya hua end mai.. he ended up in jail"

All the others and vyas himself started laughing at me " We'll see how much time is he in"

I mean come on he duped  Satyam company of 7000 fuc*** crores. Showed many of the company's profit as his personal wealth and what not.

But the conversation went on and on with me sticking with one of the famous quotes that i've ever read " Success is more prominent when u achieve it without destroying your principles"

All of them started saying one of those things that even i must have said when somebody told me practical and sensible philosophy " Ye sab padhne ke liye and books mai accha lagta hai"

That got me more agitated but it was like a handicap match where everybody ridiculing me on talking about ethics and principles in today's world.

I mean i understand you have to forego ur ethics at some places and ignore ur age old principles at some places but there is somewhere you need to draw the line.

Their point was nobody has gone up and big without being unethical and putting aside principles.

And there is one in thousand like da satyam founder who gets caught while stealing and ripping of the company of its clothes.

They made sense.

Then me and vyas ended up watching this movie called WALL STREET.. which spoke a lot about what to do when you have huge mountain of money waiting for you and an excellent future but for that you will have to give emotions sentiments and the d word " ethics" and let thousand people hang in air without job and money on the streets and after the movie was done we exchanged these texts

VYAS: Real Good movie. Can learn something.

MALPANI:I told you.. now u c y i was talkin abt ehtics wen it comes to crucial times.Dat raju guy when he did dat scam he sold himself for money and ruined lives of so many working for years in the company. Its all about what your conscience decides whats rong and whats not.

It only sounds cool to be unethical it isnt in reality.

VYAS:Dude thousands in one just remember the ration then you will understand what i mean to say.If you even wana halp others you gota be someone big enough to make the difference and that big in this life is not that easy.Ambani laid down his ethics long back but see the difference his family is making in india by creating so many opportunities for everyone. It all depends on the way you do it without hampering the society to such an extent.

malpani.. is *confused*....

lol..!!..

Raaz - the mystery continues (Creepy)

So a long time after the hit RAAZ the bhatt camp come up with not exactly the sequel but 2nd one with the same name.

So hows it??.. Is it scary?.. Is it over the top?... Is it a movie with cheap thrills here n there?...

Well a bit of all..

For me Raaz - tmc works big time.

Its a good one time watch.

I always feel that BHATTS are the most under-rated film makers in the industry. I think they deserve an applause for the entertainment quotient in their movies.

But trust me if you are taking your brains in the movie hall and then wondering abt the questions like

how did this happen?

where did this come from?

what was the connection?

then i don't know if u'll like it or not?

I liked the movie.

Its scary( actually scared the shit out of me at places) .. and creepy..

And I am not gona say anything about the storyline cos thts the last thing that u're supposed to do with a horror or a thriller.

Kangana Ranaut plays partly a similar role as in FASHION.. but plays it well.. and for once her voice dint irritate me.

She acted her part well and i guess she's good in roles wear she has more of screaming and shouting and not speaking dialogues and looks amazingly pretty and yea being a mahesh bhatt movie the actress compulsorily need to wear those hot short pants and other skimpy clothes i guess that comes with the contract.

Emraan Hashmi plays a painter and revealing anything would be spoiling the fun .

No matter what people say putting aside his serial kisser image he's a good actor and what more it seems the Bhatt camp has struck gold casting him in all their movies and all of them being hits.

and nother plus point without taking away the credit from the ace music directors and singers that guy gets all the amazing songs for Himself.. i wont be surprised to see in the near future an EMRAN HASHMI discography.. lol. or its already der??

Now about the once upon a time TV BADSHAH SHEKAR SUMAN'S son.. ADHYAYAN SUMAN

That guy looks confident acted well specially towards da end climax scene.

Decent comeback after da initial disaster HAAL-E-DIL.

FACT : both the actors of HAAL-E-DIL were in a sort of a cold war before the movie released dat who's the lead actor in the movie and after the movie released both kept on denying it lol.

The music and the horror theme is the USP of the movie.

The songs are already duper hits MAAHI AND SONIYO and do lisen to the rock version of MAAHI too... TOSHI( star voice of india fame) is the singer to watch out for.

All in all the movie should be seen. Since its an INDIAN horror flick some people might not like it but then again its amongst the best of bollywood horror movies.

RATINGS: 3.5/5

Slumdog Miliionaire - worth more than just a million

Yes I happened to see this movie.. and i am not going to review this movie and praise it from top to bottom cos its just all above it..

The movie is fantabulous( if thats a word)

It starts off amazingly well and ends with a perfect bollywood ending although it being made by a foreign director DANNY BOYLE.

The movie basically gives you a message that there are certain things that you learn in your life which are really unknown to you.

It says that each day that u live is itself a learning process for you and nothing is wasted.

True underdog.. or whatever u call it.. rags to riches story.

Depicted mumbai slums and mumbai as bollywood movie has ever done it.

Although many ppl have raised objections abt showing mumbai in a negative light but thats how it is right.

People have seen the malls the sky rises and the marine drives.. nobody has shown the largest slum in asia properly.

The performances are just mind blowing.

A special mention abt the kid JAMAL in the movie he gives a heartwarming performance.

Anil Kapoor plays a nice host with smirks and sarcasm involved referring JAMAL as chaiwala again and again.

Irfan Khan had a miniscule role but excelled there too.

the main leads DEV PATEL AND FREIDA PINTO .. are the actual stars of the movie.

and yea a special mention to the soundtrack... it deserves all the awards and da accolades..

A.R Rahman at it again..

give an ear to RINGA RING , MILLIONAIRE , JAI HO, O SAYA

supercool numbers!!

In the end the movie is a must must watch and i hope for OSCARS .. its all

JAI HO !!!!!!!..

RATINGS - 4.5/5

Way to go Bro!!

18th jan... was actually a really long day for me. First i dint sleep the entire night when i had to go and drop my frnd vikram who was leaving for US..and then it was the annual day function of my bro NIKUNJ who's in boarding now in 9th grade.

We shopped for him chocolates and pastries whatever he needed and rolled for a 2 hour drive from our place to  his hostel.

I somehow like the place its so peaceful so full of greenery and amazing atmosphere cos its kinda on the hills.

The breeze was awesome and i love breezy places cos in bangur nagar not a leaf will move in the entire day forget breeze!!!..

he was performing on some of da patriotic songs..and when i first saw him after like 2 months....from a distance he wore a black pathani.. and he looked taller and had a personality of his own...

i had a feeling of pride looking at him... i always wanted him to be taller than me..and looking at the progress he'll certainly cross me..and that will certainly bring a smile on my face.

My bro he's been there and done it all.

I still remember the day when we were pushing him to go to the hostel when infact none of us wanted him to go away from us.

For the first time i saw my dad almost in tears.. my mom wasnt happy either... and I never used to get along wid him earlier but as they say the distances make ppl come closer it so happened.

I miss him a lot...

Nikunj is turning out to be an allrounder.. 

he's been the hostel captain.. the house vice captain...

participated in singing...and dances awesome as the lead person on stage..

he's played in basketball and volleyball teams representing his school..

some months back wen i spoke to him on the phone and asked him.. " ab kisme hai basketball ya volleyball...".. and he replied " kabaddi"...

n i was like..wooo??...wats happening?

he obviously needs to improve on the studies part but m sure that will happen..

cos however peaceful that place is.. it sure haunts u at times..i mean living away from ur family...living away from all the leisure...not much tv...time table life. is not easy man!!..

but dats my bro for u..

u shud've seen him yesterday wen he did a 360 degree.. split revolving step..!! on the stage..

dat was awesome!!..

so all i say.. WAY TO GO bro..!!..

No Alvida Viki....

It was a different feeling yesterday... it was time for vikram to go back again.. to US.. 

he'd come here for a vacation of 40 days..which flew past like 40 minutes...

but the time that he was here it was the best for me for my frnds and for everyone who loved Him.. cos he is dat SPECIAL..!!

8.45 am 9th december

i still remember the joy in his face when after a 36 hour flight he'd landed finally to INDIA... to mumbai...

when he got down from da cab...he was so elated... so happy..

when i dropped him at his place.. da look on his grandmom's face.. was like she was da happiest woman in da world...

it was awesome... u remember my CN paper...u come in da evening happy but ofcourse being the first meet after almost 2 years..

" malpani, mumbai aana worth it ho gaya.."

n i was like

" **ck CN lets celeberate"..

lol and den da CREPE STATION... when we finally ended up in mochas..!!

dat was da first day account..

and it got better and better by each passing day..

2.45 am 18th january 

me vikram and nirav sittin on the highest terrace ..i dunno how to describe where exactly..( u cant go any further up)

just lookin at da half moon.. talking about things...nirav is his humorous self... vikram a bit pensive and a bit emotional and me well both philosophy and humor combined..

trust me dose 25 odd minutes on the highest point of a 5 floor building seemed dat we wer on top of da world..it was an amazing feeling just lying down looking at da half moon..!!

nirav quote " yaar ye kuch jyaada hi filmy nahi ho gaya"

haha..

it was a perfect 5 point someone moment for me obviously without the hash and da booze..!!..lol..

vikram lemme tell u... u've touched hearts wherever u went.. and da days dat u wer here wer just marvellous..and u kno how much i, nirav and akshay respect for what u are..

be it we give the name emotional fool..or impractical thinking..!!..whatever...but we are no where close to the person u are..

so selfless... so humble..and we are so  so ***kin proud..!!...( naya blog hai..cant swear..tujhe pata hai..)

i'll miss you man..

i'll miss the..

kitchen bell nights

the stock exchange

the wonderful lunches with a wonderful pair

the ENTOURAGE( fu** me!!)...lol...

btw i always wanted to tell u.. u wud be perfect for JOHNY DRAMA..haha kidding man..

listen this thing sounds cool and just cos of dat i keep on saying it... " IF IT IS MEANT TO BE IT IS MEANT TO BE OR ELS **CK IT........"

but the real motto is urs...  "  IT IS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE"...

god bless...!!...and summer 2009 baby..!!..

waiting..

and one more thing before going.. god knows how dis guy's a big KABHI ALVIDA NA KEHNA fan..

so kabhi alvida na kehna.. alvida kehne se phir milne ki umeed khatam ho jaati hai..( full on srk ishtyle)

so..!!..

Chandni Chowk to..... what the F !!!!...

No seriously...

What a pathetic movie...full of crap..!!

Although i hate Akshay kumar and his same expressions dat he's given in da past 10 films.. all of them being moderately hit some of them like SINGH IS KING raking in moolah too..i still expected this movie to make me laugh in bits

and trust me i was more surprised then akshay kumar himself when he won the BEST ACTOR in popular category for SINGH IS KING.. at STAR SCREEN??.. come on..

are u guys real movie goers???..

anyway abt the movie..

trust me as the papers quote go help yourself with a nice dinner at a cHinese restaurant rather than watchin dis godforsaken movie..

no story at all..total haywire..

ders a bengali mithun da in chandni chowk and a loser akshay kumar as usual..named after NAVJOT SING SIDHU...he plays da PANDA from the KUNG FU PANDA and the usual entry just like SINGH IS KING where he is talkin to a hen..over here its a smiling potato...come on!!

then theres twin deepika padukone lost due to some incident dat happened between their dad whos an inspector in CHINA married to a INDIAN female and can speak fluent HINDI and the villian of the movie.. as u guessed one of them stays wid the villian and the other goes on to become a SUPER MODEL..!!

then there are a whole lot of chinese products which china itself mite be amused if they ever happen to make dose stuff..

phew!!... my friend actually told me...in the interval " guys i seriously dun mind leavin now"..

theres an animated potato again in the end...and also there's a potato which has a face of ganesh ji..which is siddhu's only inspiration..!!

bad action pathetic dialogues.. repeated over acting...music and da background score are just torturous..disappointing from SHANKAR EHSAN LOY..

deepika still looked stunning at places , ranvir shorey was good in his part , mithun da he better act in dose AAJ KA GUNDARAJ type movies dats better..

akshay kumar.. he had da martial arts training and being a chef at his advantage.. but still the acting part give it a pass..to the loser kind of roles one after the another

and the only thing that i got to see about CHINA.. in this movie which promised to merge the two civilizations was the GREAT WALL OF CHINA..

nothing at all..

NIKHIL ADVANI 2nd huge disappointment after salaame- ishq.. and i wud love to wait and watch if AKSHAY KUMAR is still the highest tax payer in the next year..!!

RATINGS : 1/5

Introducing...

ok so..what do we read in here...

you name it..and its der..

• my daily thoughts
• music
• movies
• books
• cricket
• tv
• tech check
• philosophy
• sarcasm
• etc etc...
  

so lets c...how long i'll be able to continue dis..!!

m sure lookin forward to it..

gona be fun i guess...

so here i am... three posts in a day..!!...actually in 3 minutes..

OYE ITS MALPANI..!!!!

mr shakespeare: whats der in a name?

o trust me ders a lot in da name...

for many days i have been thinking wat name wat name..

i wud like to mention the names i came up wid ..and suggestions from frnds..

1. www.gyaanibaba.blogspot.com
2. www.samedifference.blogspot.com
3. www.alreadytaken.blogspot.com
4. www.gyaanitapori.blogspot.com
5. www.itsthesamedifference.blogspot.com
6. www.hoogeratblogger.blogspot.com
   

trust me the list is endless..

but i guess the name i finally ended up wid is appropriate..

oye its malpani!!..

blog blog...whos der??..!!

yes....friends..it finally has arrived...lol more than for anyone els.. it has arrived for me..!!

my blog..

after pondering so much over it..

after givin much of a thought...like a perfectionist(not that i am) i used to study other blogs..

for days i cudnt think abt a proper name..( not that this one is a proper one)..

but none the less..

i saw OYE ITS FRIDAY... so thot...of naming it OYE ITS MALPANI..!!...atleast i guess better than...what i earlier thot of naming it..( koffee wid malpani types)...haha

i wud say the inspiration would be..have to mention her name..

is dear friend vaidehi... trust me she's witty at riting blogs.. and earlier i used to think...whats the use of the blogging thing..

but come on.. i waste so much time in orkuttin and shit..!!... why not..put my riting skills into some use( not that i have much skills)..lol..

u have to visit dis..   www.sodaglasses.blogspot.com

and many other blogs..ppl rite awesome stuff..

lets c where i go..