Erich Segal passes away

I was amused that the news item referred to Segal's "Love Story" as tearjerker. Looks like the reporter who filed the piece hasn't had the good fortune to watch old Bollywood movies starring Nirupa Roy :-)

I had read "Love Story" and "Man, Woman and Child" (I think the Bollywood movie 'Masoom' was based on this one) long time back. I still have them somewhere in my collection. Guess it would be a good idea to fish them out and read again. What say?

It is sad to know that the author is no longer among us :-(

I will leave you with a cute sher:

अर्झ किया है:

मेरे जिस्मसे उसकी खुशबू आजभी आती है फ़राझ
मैंने फुरसतमे कभी दिलसे लगाया था उसे

Good night and take care of yourself!

I did a double take when I read that Saif wants Kareena to lose flab. From where exactly, may I ask? As if her size zero (or is it negative infinity?) hasn't done enough damage to the sanity and health of gullible women across India already. As to her question of whether she needs to gain weight, the answer is a resounding "YES"!

Am I the only one or does anyone else here feel odd about players being bid for and sold like cattle? :-( I am talking about IPL3 Auction. And as if that wasn't enough, the TV channels would be flashing the names of all those who weren't bid for. Not exactly chicken soup for those players' souls, huh? :-(

We Indians are too fond of stories that end in the leading pair marching off happily into the sunset to give any thought to what might happen to them after the popcorn is all gobbled up :-) Here's someone who has thought it over: And they lived happily ever after?

Oh, how I wish we could all live in reel life :-)

I am reading Paulo Coelho's "The Witch of Portobello" these days. And frankly, I am not sure what to make of it. :-( I mean I know I don't have much sympathy for someone who rushes into marriage at the age of 19-20 just because if she delays it further she will not be able to be a friend to her child. That's one of the weirdest reasons anyone could come up with for entering into motherhood. What has age got to do with being friends with your child?

Okay, then there is divorce of course - no surprise there. Then some philosophy about Calligraphy, which, frankly, I didn't much understand apart from the fact that it needs loads of patience. I remember once doing a beginner's class of Calligraphy and know that it is true. Since patience has never been one of my virtues, I had wisely given up.

So anyways, now the portion that I am reading talks about when the protagonist, Athena, meets her Gypsy mother. Let's see what's in store. But frankly, I am hugely disappointed. :-(

Jan 18, most depressing day of year?

Just when you think you have heard the weirdest things that the researchers and scientists could come up with, they surprise you with more. If you need a hearty morning laugh before you start your day, check this out: Beat Jan 18, most depressing day of year.

I would really really like to see this pseudo-mathematical formula based on weather, debt etc. I wonder why he didn't include traffic snarls, weighing scale readings, about-to-be-missed deadlines and melting glaciers as the variables in this formula. :-)