December 2011
31 posts
Day 1351
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 30 , 2011 Fri 11 : 46 PM
Nandita Kao … happy birthday for the 30th .. happiness always and Hardik Shah belated greetings for your birthday on the 29th .. may there always be the best that life can offer for all and for both .. love
‘Borgias’ a teleserial tears me away from what I had imagined would be an early night. Its...
Day 1350
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 29 , 2011 Wed 11 : 59 Pm
It is wise when worn out to accept and exit gracefully. I am today in such state.
Worn out not from the vagaries of life and times, but worn out from the inactivity of my existence for these last few weeks. Many profess that rest after many years of hard struggle and labor demands that one must succumb to the...
Day 1349
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 28, 2011 Wed 11 : 59 PM
Phew !!! Just made it to before the gong strikes its longest hour !! And happy that another day has ended. Happy that the Lord gave us a roof above, two square meals, the health and ability to talk and write about it and most of all the love and affection that one derives by connecting to those that...
Day 1348
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 27, 2011 Tue 11 : 47 PM
‘Confessions of a serial dieter’, by Kalli Purie, daughter of the owner and editor of India Today group comes to me by her to read through and to comment upon it on twitter. The book is interestingly written and presented and the last page where she shows her own progression on weight loss is quite a revelation. With...
Day 1347
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 26/27 , 2011 Mon 10 : 55 PM
I wonder often, when those that have problems with slumber, why they do so. I wondered last night as I struggled to shut my eyes to get into la la land, what I needed to do to refute that thought, for it was a trying time and one that I would not wish for anyone to go through. Yet, I do believe there are some...
Day 1346
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 25/26 , 2011 Sun/Mon 1 : 09 AM
Everyone home today, the girls and the boys and when that happens it signals much happiness and joy. The time is leisured and free, it signifies a laid back morning and timings go a bit out of routine, but the intensity of our presence in each other remains steadfast and strong. That is how it should...
Day 1345
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 24/25 , 2011 Sat/ Sun 12 : 31 AM
Merry Christmas to all the Ef .. happiness and joy fulness and prosperous times and laughter and all the joys of life .. its the time to be merry and out on the streets with song and dance .. and in the midnight in prayer at the midnight mass, so solemn and pure and a giver of so much warmth...
Day 1344
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 23/24 , 2011 Fri/Sat 2 : 15 AM
Merry Christmas and a very happy New year, to all my Ef and to those that consider becoming the Ef .. love happiness peace and tranquility in all your lives .. remain well and healthy and i good care ..
As the year draws near thoughts start to fall in place about what we did, said and believed...
Day 1343
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 22/23, 2011 Thu/Fri 1 : 47 AM
The day starts with this wonder canine, Shanouk my pet Piranna Dane on the lawns of Prateeksha ! Its his photo shoot today for a premier magazine cover, that is published and edited by the energetic Farzana Contractor, wife of that great columnist, Contractor who went by his non de...
Day 1342
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 21, 2011 Wed 11 : 56 PM
My Mothers death Anniversary today, the 21 st of December … she breathes each day within us, blesses us from her abode, guides and teaches us each day what it meant to be under her wing and care, strengthens us with her will and her nerve of never ever giving up. Even in the greatest of disappointments her warmth and...
Day 1341
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 20/21 , 2011 Tue/Wed 1 : 59 AM
Just when there is an indication of peace and stillness, of carefree thought, of the end of another day without incident, of having the feel of a burden that may have shifted gently without intimation on another shoulder or destination, of not dreading that which can be of disturbing countenance …...
Day 1340
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 19/20, 2011 Mon/Tue 12 : 26 AM those are the two awards that I got for BigStar .. clutching them close to me … !! And the Sunday well wishers .. waiting from the early hours and then finally as the light fails surging forward through the gates .. wonder if in all this you can spot some Ef .. ah ! had to...
DAY 1339
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 18/19 , 2011 Sun /Mon 1 : 24 AM
There has been greater recognition today again at another Awards night. There has been the overflowing love and affection of the Sunday fans at Jalsa. There has been another emotional meet with the Ef, led by Renate at the gates of the Sunday fans, crushed, pushed, loss of shoes and a mobile .. but the joy of meeting up with them .. There...
DAY 1338
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 17/18 , 2011 Sat/ Sun 1 : 11 AM
After the awards and the special inspiration derived from a wonderful evening, a late night was spent in bed at Sopaan and reminiscing the days spent in the Delhi winters, either back from Sherwood or at University. Those early morning sprints from my gate to catch the Univ Special at Teen Murti, the...
DAY 1337
Sopaan , New Delhi Dec 16/17, 2011 Fri/Sat 1 : 51 AM
Anna Hazare greets me with his humble self, listened in by Dr Kurrien … what company I enjoy !!
The lovely Shweta and I enjoy a moment together .. Fathers and daughters have a special link do they not .. they at times even look so much alike !!
Ronjan Sodhi, world champion in trap...
DAY 1336
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 15/16 , 2011 Thu/Fri 2 : 41 AM
Ok … so its late .. 2 : 41 in the morning … so what ?? Any time is good time for the Blog and the Ef. Pushed to the wall with work. Had to submit an article for the Outlook magazine and since tomorrow morning was the deadline – they always have deadlines – I needed to write it tonight. The things one...
DAY 1335
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 14/15, 2011 Wed/Thu 12 : 32 AM
There are actors and there are actors and there is Dilip Kumar, Dilip Saheb, Yusuf Khan ! From the moment I saw him in film I knew he was the ultimate inspiration for me. Today he posts a generous comment on me on his Twitter account, and I have nothing more to say but this – I do not care for any...
DAY 1334
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 13/14, 2011 Tue/Wed 12 : 41 AM
Jitesh Pillai, editor FilmFare and an incessant twitterati, made a plea that I write on my Blog about Smita Patil on her death anniversary today. It is a strange phenomena when someone asks you to do something that one has already decided upon to do. Somehow the feel of initiation rushes away. It almost puts one in office...
DAY 1333
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 12, 2011 Mon 11 : 46 PM
Divya’s Birthday tomorrow … Happy birthday and lots of happiness for you from the entire EF .. hope that is ok EF’s .. took on the responsibility of adding you all on ..
Engulfed in the creative eagerness of the younger lot, I am so happy and astonished at what this generation thinks and designs for film. They...
DAY 1332
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 11/12, 2011 Sun/ Mon 2 : 10 AM
There is remorse within because I am unable to respond to all that come on with their warm and affectionate comments. I did try a few today but then the time factor moves in. The innocent reprimands from the Ef of keeping late hours not being healthy, kicks in and I do wish to honor them else I shall...
DAY 1331
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 10/11, 2011 Sat/Sun 1 : 54 AM
Its a celebration for the greatest, on the eve of his birthday. He will turn 89 tomorrow, the 11th of December. Exactly 20 years older to me by birth and exactly 2000 years ahead of me in our common vocation. He is my idol and has been since the day I first saw his work. He has been an inspiration not just for me but I...
DAY 1330
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 9/10 , 2011 Fri/Sat 12 : 58 AM
Ankur Churiwal , your birthday on the 10th … we wish you a life without pain and struggle …
How delicate the eye, how delicate the vision, how honest its reading and its equipment. So many instruments to decipher what ails the swelling inside, and how great the inventions that monitor and...
DAY 1329
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 8/9, 2011 Thu/Fri 12 : 24 AM
I return from an event by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance where the Bank and its counterparts celebrate the success of this endeavor, by honoring those that have worked tirelessly in bringing the name of this new venture right to the top under the able guidance of its head M/s Chanda Kochar. A lady at the head...
DAY 1328
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 7/8, 2011 Wed/Thu 1 : 17 AM
Let not the hour of the night or the call of an early morning here on our home, distract you from the meaning of our presence. We live and breath an existence which has been constructed to give to share to love and perhaps to have permanence with. Devising means to be away and distant from such, shall not be able...
DAY 1327
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 6 , 2011 Tue 11 : 34 PM
I struggled with angels and devils, that’s true,
was nurtured by fire and guided by light,
and even impossible things I could do,
but what is possible I can’t get right.
~ mascha kaleko
We may be adept at doing the impossible, but when there is opportunity to do the possible, we never can get it right....
DAY 1326
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 5 , 2011 Mon 11 : 15 PM
Renate , Magdalena and Nandita in the house .. an extended family spending extended time over gifts and India and travel and more .. a delight .. and hoping that those that come to India for the first time go back with happy memories and the desire to come back again for a longer period of time.
Its time to...
DAY 1325
41,000 ft in air flying passed Udaipur, closing in on Ahmedabad, on way to Mumbai
Dec 4/5, 2011 Sun/Mon 12 : 38 AM
I fly the skies for most of the country. A wedding in Uttar Pradesh, a small town, distant from the wonders of the metro city, but independent and proud of its selfless devotion to its people and its circumstances.
The reverence and respect that pours out...
DAY 1324
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 3/4, 2011 Sat/Sun 1 : 27 AM
A day filled with emotions that differ .. emotions in contrast, in opposite directions .. a celebration of a relative as he steps into 90 years of his life and in another, one that has passed away. How does one balance the two. Its almost like being on camera with tears in one shot and after it is over to...
DAY 1323
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 2/3 , 2011 Fri/Sat 12 : 55 AM
Pardon my brief communications for the past few days and their ‘inconsequential content’. As the day progresses and the events unfold and the rabid talks on several social mediums appear, I am tempted to respond with equal fire ! I restrain myself because of the futility of response. Some one rightly...
DAY 1322
Jalsa , Mumbai Dec 1, 2011 Thu 11 : 58 PM
I’m late I’m late, I’m very very late ! I need to go to go to go to bed straight !!
Do you think I could match up somehow to ‘Kolaveri di’ ??!!!! Fat chance .. but at least I tried. Not really tried seriously but tried in short time. Will get it going someday …
Ok seriously though, today I beg...
November 2011
36 posts
DAY 1321
Jalsa , Mumbai Nov/Dec 1, 2011 Wed/Thu 12 : 30 AM
I am lethargic and lazy and without direction … I am just I am … Absence of an occupation that has triggered my life for the past 42 years, creeps in slowly but surely, to meet certain requirements that are not essential, for the moment at least. There is nobility in acceptance. There is sanity in the...
