Etymological Dysfunction

Everyone abhors epithets.It is sometimes uncalled upon if u are an important person.It often turns out to be a cliche.But I love this idea of epithets being bestowed to sumone or sumthing. " The Wall" we say in reverance when we are actually applauding the diligence and the dogged determination of Rahul Dravid."King of Pop" a title lovingly bestowed on MJ by his fans, "Material girl" an idiom connected with Madonna. " Deep Blue" , the lebel is as popular as the original mammoth of a company i.e IBM.By and large these title are lovingly conferred by the well-wishers and the ardent fans as a mark of their undying love and loyalty.But there are isolated cases when there labels become a bane for the recipients." Best Batsman Ever Walked on Earth" try reminding our beloved Tendulkar about his once held tiltle and he wont be too pleased. The expectation and the trust of billions of cricket-crazy fans-it weighs upon him. He will be more than pleased to foresake his tiltle to someone else nowadays as he realizes that he has reached the twilight of his career and he can never be the same Tendulkar again.But still we the people ,the sycophant and star-gazers lot never fall behind in lebelling or as a matter of fact 'branding'. Here's a few pearl that I have picked up which has constantly been in news.




BCCI: Unlike the common notion that the billion and billions of blistering barnacles @#&! oops!! ....sorry billions and billions of fans nurture that this acronym stands for an institution of its own kind- an autonomous , fair and a council of the finest cricketing brains in the country, well a news for U! It stands for Board of Complete Chaos of India or probably Bunch Of Complete Cronies of India!!Take ur pick!
Of late BCCI has shown that despite being the richest of all clubs in the world it has the most irresponsible, unjust and inefficient men at the helm. BCCI can never claim that that way of their governing was smooth and undisputed but the recent Ford-Fiasco has bolstered the claim that it needs a complete remake and probably young hot-footers having the reins.Sharad Powar and Co has proved beyond doubt that they have failed miserably in their tall-claims of taking Indian Cricket to new heights. In fact Indian Cricket had finally hit the floor of a bottomless pit.The debacle in the World Cup and the aftermath of that , the Great Indian Comedy-the comedy of a situation that was made in the selection of the new Indian Coach has left the protagonists of the game red-faced.As an eternal optimist we hope that after storm comes calm weather, we see light at the end of the tunnel.Our only wish the light does not turn out to be that of an incoming train!!!!


The B.O.S.S : Reading this some might jump the gun that the word boss is a cliche and overused to the extent that the very sound of it repels us. Nope I am not referring to the great Bruce Springsteen or the foul-mouthed and bad-smelling creature, whose habitat include mostly unkempt and dungeon-like hideout called office and glitzy bars,it's food habit includes mostly junk food and umpteen shot of black-coffee,perceived largely as a sexual predator it's mating season has no specific time-line,it usually savors for young female mostly new-kids-on-the-block: the unsuspecting,gullible and ambitious damsels who wants to make it big.Well, I am referring to none of them. I am merely being paying my homage to the lagrer-than-life Superstar Rajni.With his faithful legion of fans and their fan club spanning various countries, one cannot simply deny the fact which stares in our face that Rajni may be the greatest of all living Mega stars of Indian Film scape .He commands a fee that is four to five times what our top heroes in Bollywood charge.With his staccato-style of dialog delivery and eccentric mannerism, he is hailed as a demi-god to his umpteen fans. Shivaji his latest flick( happens to be the costliest of all Indian cinema,whose approxbudget was a whopping 80 crores!!) has given rise a mass hysteria cutting across the southern borders to Mumbai where the advance booking for two weeks was full!!!! Imagine this for a Bollywood film!! I am afraid there are none.Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was released on the same date as Shivaji and it has gone cold almost in almost three days but Shivaji is still going strong in Mumbai theaters And we thot BigB was the undisputed emperor of Indian Cinema!!!!
Oh! by the way I almost forgot B.O.S.S stands for Bachelor of Social Service.Nope it is not a new-fangled course in DU, it is the title supposedly bestowed to Rajni a.k.a his namesake Shivaji.


Madam President: The Throne to RaisinaHill was always disputed and 2007 was no exception! The UPA send a shock wave through the nation by nominating Pratibha Patil ,a low key Congress candidate for the top spot.This led to the unprecedented-a women Prez first time ever after India became sovereign .If we revert back to history for reference then we shall see Razia Sultana was the last women to rule India. Some frowned, some scowled but majority gave a thumbs up for the decision.This situation gave rise to an unique dilemma, the re-christening of the post.Should it be called Rashtrapati or Rashtrapatni? Academics are still in a haze to this unique situation.





Monsoon Wading: "Rain falling down/Right from the clouds/I don't know why/I am feeling fine".
Well,It sounded very enticing when the the entire North India was reeling in the heat.Remember the scene in the film Lagaan when the perched villagers were expectantly looking at every flock of cloud hoping for showers.Well it was not too long the reel life was emulated in real life.But after the Monsoon broke in it brought with it another bane, water clogging. It is quite a routine seeing the cities immersed in knee-deep water and people wading thu them, obviously a result of archaic drainage system. so much for the rain !!

Rain, Rain Go away/
Come again some other day/
We want to go outside and play/
Come again some other day/
Rain,Rain Go away!

Looking Back

Well, iI am feeling an alltime low now coz my beloved blogpage on whose account I have wasted so many of my precious hours i s going nowhere! Comments have ceased to pour in and bloghits have touched an alltime low.Well,I guess I haven't been writing good and substantioal posts of late. Alll my previous posts after I scrutinized them throughly, I find are low in content and have little knowlwdge value. All of them revolves around fun and entertainment. Not surprisingly I tagged them as craps!!

Well,its time to revive my blogpage.Viewers like Rathz , Sakshi, Shayon who have been very kind and flattering and have kindly extended their goodwill in writing comments over my posts, I thank u all for bearing my craps and goof-ups.Special than to Arushi to always have a gud thing to write on my blog. Thanx a tonne to u.You are a sweetheart!

So stay put guyz.Next time u shall c an improved version of my blogpage. Lets say karma-through-the-looking-glass. v2.0.

Tintin-Through the lookin glass...

When Gerorge Remi a.k.a Herge created this snub-nosed crime reporter, with his trademark hairdo, about 80 years ago, little did he cud realize the immense popularity of this pint-sized hero shall remain unabated till date.Born in 1929 as a comic strip hero . Tintin has grown in volume and fame ever since ,cutting across nations and language barriers and stood out as a cult figure in all European countries as well as India.Though embroiled in controversies over the depiction of non-European people in unjust ways as a result Herge being called in derogatory terms as racist.His take on Russia in his foremost comic was widely criticized.All his books had some clandestine agenda which seemingly depicting fictional country actually had strains of the ongoing conflicts among various European countries.
Despite all these Tintin is a phenomenon.After Peter Jackson and Stephen Spielberg has shown a keen interest in putting Tintin on screen,there has been an upsurge.Age is no barrier to this young ,fearless reporter from Belgium, people of all age group still enjoy reading his wacky adventures.His long list of fans include the Legendary Charles De Gaulle (who in a election rally said to the teeming masses that his popularity is just a shadow of what Tintin enjoys in France) and our very own Satyajit Roy who seldom marveled at the eye for detail in Tintin comics.
Like the umpteen masses who are at love with this guy-wonder, I am also a fervent follower of Tintin since the day of three.
So hereby on the Birth Centenary of the creator Herge I allow my imagination to run unbound.So what if Tintin was born in India and our filmmakers decided to make a film on him!! Well quite an challenging proposition coz to fit in the characters of one need s plenty of imagination and intent. I have listed some of 'em. u ppl help me out on others.

Tintin

Well,for playing the character of Tintin ,one should have the plunk of a reporter as well his boyish charms. To be frank none actually fitted the bill. In Hollywood we have plenty of green horns who would gleefully grab this role of a life time but in our very own Bollywood that wud spell danger specially when this film will have so much hype going around.we, the film mongers are basically star-gazers so we have to look to the tried and tested.Inevitably the first choice that comes is the legion of Khan's.Salman khan is a obvious reject coz his height doesn't match.King Khan we can easily ignore coz it will be hope against hope asking him do away with his stereotype hairdo.Amir Khan- yes he certainly fits the bill perfectly.With his ever growing appetite of reinventing himself,he is bound to accept the role and time and again he has proved he can sport different hairdos with out hesitation. maybe we shall see a different side of Amir's personality when he sports the Mohawk stlye thet the guy reporter has made do popular.

Professor Calculus

For this feisty and maverick geek I cud find none suitable than the brilliant and the understated Naseeruddin Shah. After doing so many roles of wide variety , I guess Naseer-bhai wud not reject this role. In Krishh he had played a wicked Doc , I am pretty sure will do the good 'ol prof quite brilliantly as he always does!! He need a bit of makeover which i guess can be easily managed.

Captain Haddock

Billions and billions of blistering barnacles!! Seamonger!!Ungulates!!Misguided Missile!!Diplodocus!!
Well,I don't have to say more as it is quite evident from the curses that I am talking about the fav 'ol captain. To me he is one character who has rendered the comic edge of Tintin series almost single handedly.Quite adept in involving himself in tight situations and always have a word or two to say. A connoisseur of whiskey and an seasoned sailor, he is one of the memorable characters in Tintin series.To enact means the person sud have his panache and his eloquence and who better than our motormouth Siddhu-bhai to don this role.Well, Siddhu bhai for the sake of the film you have to don the sailors hat for a while. Just be yourself and soon we cud see the desi version of Haddock blurting out " Statistics are like miniskirts. What they reveal is suggestive and what they hide is essential!!"

Thomson and Thompson

Well,let be reveal a secret. Despite their striking resemblance Thomson and Thompson are not twin brothers!! They are just different people who are in a an illusion that they are brothers.It is quite evident from their surnames.Anyway I had a hard time trying to find the ideal cast for them until i chanced upon the Roshan Brothers. Don't u think they have amazing resemblance? Rajesh has no acting experience as his elder bro has, well, then again you don't need too much acting acumen when u are acting as the Thompson and Thomson ...u require to be grumpy and able to handle the bowler hats.

Nestor

Well, this was a difficult choice.Nestor the loyal butler is one of my fav characters.His undying trust in his master has stood him in good stead.Formerly a butler of the Bird Boys who were behind the kidnapping of Tintin to find out about the missing scrolls which cud lead them to the treasure of the Red Rackham. He became the butler of Tintin and Captain Haddock after they claimed the Marlinspike residence from the Bird Bros.
well, I guess Anupam Kher just suits fine.He has the acting prowess and also the right look.The picks are there for comparison.