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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.