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Well the monsoon ain't coming. I heard yesterday that the monsoon will be greatly reduced to the El Nino effect. That pretty much seals my chanced of feeling better. I have always felt better when it rains. I know it is silly but, I do feel better. I have hoping for rains everyday for weeks when I got the news. Apart from all my personal misery it is not going to be pretty. I can look forward to power cuts, rising prices and all sorts of protests. Sometimes I wonder why do I ever bother to get up from bed everyday.



After I read 'Zorba tha greek' I decided to take a break and listen to some philosophy. This time I choose Tibetan Buddhist. The speaker was informed but not eloquent. I got quite a few ideas and am thinking I should get to reading the book on branches of Buddhist philosophy I picked up couple of months ago.



After the 'Madame Bovary' fiasco I decided to read '''happy''' books for a while. The next in line is 'The travels of Marco Polo'. He died in a prison and was probably a little insane at the time but I still think it is a good choice. I have to keep in mind that my reading list shouldn't get too '''happy'''.



I didn't get to watch many movies off late. I was busy with my exams and the World movies channel is having a Francoise Truffaut festival, most of which I have already watched. There were many blockbuster flicks on TV but I am averse to watching movies that others like. Slumdog Millionaire is on soon, and I haven't decided if I will watch it. I did watch Mithya on the Internet. It truly is Rajat Kapoor's masterpiece. He has managed to tell a story in a way you will remember it for a very long time. A certain must re-watch. I heard of a movie called 'Lars and the real girl' a year back or so. I have been a little scared to watch it. Well because it deals with a man falling in love (delusionaly, of course) with a doll. Apart from all the disgusting scenarios one can imagine it also kind of touched on one of my phobias. The big one, the fear of mannequins. I am watching the movie and am not particularly terrified. It is a rather simplistic representation of mental delusion. Not very impressive.



Ramayana and Garuda purana have not proceeded due to exams. I hope to catch up soon.



I am currently in the middle of a power cut and my UPS is running low.

So. That's it.

It's been a while

It has been a while since my last post. I have been through a bet of a depression crisis and am doing a little better off late. I think I can make time by Tuesday or Wednesday for a full post.

That's about it.

Some movies I watched

June is here. The monsoon was delayed due to cyclone Aila, it will probably set in today. I haven't studied much for my exams. I have already done a first study and will get back to revision 3 days from now.

I have started listening to e-books on my MP3 player. Currently listening to 'Zorba The Greek'. I do like the making of the plot. I tend to be suspicious of the authors that introduce the characters with 'romantic' idealism. I always prefer a plain and clinical entry into the plot. The best example would be Aki Karusmaki's movies. I really like the way he introduces men into the frame, as though they were a cup of tea. I watched his movie "The Match factory girl" yesterday. I really liked it. By the way I re-watched Attenborough's Gandhi, again. I am beginning to think it gets less interesting every time I watch it. I always felt he had done a OK job at capturing Gandhi's idealism in the movie, but am beginning to change my mind every time I watch the movie again. I also thought his "Chaplin" was too romantic and melodramatic. I read that Francoise Truffaut said "cinema is life improved". Well, I strongly feel that one can overdo any element of cinema like comedy, drama, tragedy but it should never over-state what we can call ""life"". The simplicity of things as they are should never be tampered with. That is the secret to good storytelling.

I watched "The Last Emperor" recently. I am yet to study the characters and background of the characteristics. It was impressive, that is something I have to admit. A well told tragedy. The ending was especially impressive. I don't think I would have liked a ending with a pathetic broken spirited man. The strength to overcome 'fate' is in every man, but alas it is not always his 'fate'.