2012 :- End of the world

2012 is a story woven around "mayan prediction". For people who haven’t got the time or chance read/google on the "mayan prophecy" let me quickly give you an overview. It says that some series of unfortunate and uncontrollable natural catastrophes will occur in the year December 2012 to be precise, which will annihilate life on earth. However there are more contradictions than proofs in support of this belief.

Even after knowing the chances of this theory’s occurrence (one in million or rather none!!!!!!!) I went to see the movie that too sacrificing my lovely sleep because it was a late night show on Friday. Actually me and my fiance was smitten by a bug long time back named “watch every movie”. We never wait for the reviews because irrespective of rating, good or bad, we will still go and watch the movie anyway.

Coming back to the movie 2012, this is a roller coaster ride of all kind of natural calamities starting from earthquake, tsunamis, volcanoes etc and all kind of emotions ranging from romance, anger, struggle, betrayal, loss, grief and the list goes on. And amidst all this chaos there is a motley group of people averting, ducking and cheating these horrific and disastrous situations and fighting to stay alive. Their fight is not against nature because it is anyway beyond our scope but to somehow save their lives and keeping their hopes alive.

The director seems to have made many assumptions to maintain the flow. First being that the calamities will take place sequentially one at a time and not parallely. Secondly, that nothing can win over the collective power of our intelligence. As it is shown that all the possible forms of furies put together , could not wipe out our race from earth. In other words a blatant attempt to reinforce the rosy belief that human mind is superior than nature. Which actually shows how overconfident or should I say hopelessly hopeful humans become sometimes. The script also is no exception as in the end a fistful people survive these disasters and the habitable conditions on earth is also maintained. Generalized conclusion:- A film with “happy ending” is what audiences want across boundaries, be it Hollywood, bollywood, tollywood for that matter any wood!!!!!!!! So ground rule is to end the film on a happy note even if it defies logic and common sense.

Strangely despite of many loopholes the movie does succeed to make an impact. It was truly terrifying to see brilliant architectural monuments collapsing and falling in an endless abyss within the deep layers of mother earth. Equally shocking to watch continents getting engulfed by mammoth sky-high waves within seconds and thus washed out of our world map completely. Fierce Volcanoes, erupting infinite volumes of fire and charring everything in reach beyond recognition.

Even with a poor storyline and characterization the film manages to create a feeling of dread successfully. By the end of it I indeed felt as if we all are slowly inching towards a “doomsday” which might not be in 2012 but certainly sometime soon. For this entire experience accolade should be given to the brilliant graphics and special effect team.

On a second thought let us now consider for a few minutes that the unfortunate day is actually in 2012. In that case we all should start preparing a “to do” list and start taking action already. Shouldn’t we? I firmly believe that our world would be a much better place now if somehow the mayan theory is proved to be true. I can already see all of us making efforts, in spite of the little time, to replace hatred by love, war by peace, inequality by equality, cruelty by kindness, coldness with compassion, disagreement by harmony and all the sins by virtue. Money, power, position, religion, caste, creed, community, color, borderlines will cease to hold any value. All of us will be “alive” in true sense instead of just breathing which we nowadays falsely assume as living. Imagine how serene, beautiful and welcoming this same earth will become. How fulfilling each day of our limited life will be!!!! This theory of “judgment day” might scare our wits out but also has a brighter side to it. Right people?

The great Indian Festive Season

Another dull day... I think I am suffering from "mid week blue"... I dread sunday evenings because its only few hours to monday... I think monday must be the most unhappy of the seven days... Because most of us wish to postpone monday morning eternally...
Well the great Indian festive season has sadly come to an end... The lights, traditional mouthwatering dishes, new and flashy dresses will now finally cease to appear which was till now a common sight.... I will definitely miss the energy and jovial mood which was so much in the air... Come august, and the otherwise desolated streets starts sparkling with lights and buzzing with people... Oh yes how can I forget the "ear bursting music" [ popular chartbusters] .... And by November the vigor is at its optimum level... Crackers adding to the music and taking the decibel level few notches higher... Needless to say that the holidays, on an average 2 every month, add to the celebration...
Although what i really miss from the bottom of my heart is " ambajhari durga pujo" ... [ Ambajhari is the place where i was brought up] .... My favourite days of the festive season or rather year... Durga Pujo holds a very special place in every bengalis heart... And I am very happy to say that I am certainly not an exception in this... I remember the school and college days, when Pujo meant a time to enjoy the exuberance around, forget studies and exams, wear new clothes, gossip, eat to the hearts content, hang out with friends till the wee hours of night... I still remember how excitedly I used to wait for these 5 days all year round... And how quickly those days used to end like in just a blink of an eye...
I should not digress from the topic and come back to the great Indian festive season... The only time when people do not mind spending, in fact willingly indulge in splurging sometimes going over the top... I find it absolutely amazing that how my otherwise "strictly no mindless spending" parents became exceptionally generous around this time of the year...
In all I simply love "great Indian festive season"... not to mention the bouquet of fond memories that it brings along...

" A city of rare qualities " for me

Back with a Bang!!!!!! [ My dear friend vasundhara banged me with a fact that we have access to the blogs in the otherwise "access forbidden" google results] ........
So here I am doing what I indeed love to do....... yes u are right [ only a genius can crack it (pun intended)] "BLOGGING" ......... tide and time waits for none!!!!!! and i am not an exception..... As you can see a gap of more than 2 years in my postings...... From a "bankrupt", at least that is what my bank book perpetually showed in college days, has now started showing some figures which are enough to lead a contented life...... Of course "content" is a relative term with a ever fluctuating scale........
and i have moved to a city bustling with activity......... People call this place as "a city which never sleeps"........ yes another clue to decipher for all Sherlock Holmes fans !!!!!!!!! Mumbai........... Never in my wildest dreams did i see myself travelling in a local train at a rush hour, either hanging out or crushed between people....... or rather i should change "wildest dreams to the most horrible dreams".......... but that is exactly how i reach my office daily!!!!!!! Initially it was scary and tiresome..... but we human being are the fastest to adapt to change....... and i have also followed the suit...... oh by the way I also work with a reputed IT Services company........ So in short i have a job paying enough to have my basic necessities fulfilled [Roti Kapda Makaan] and make me stay in mumbai much longer than i imagined.......... oh yes before you think that i earn a hefty amount let me tell you that the makaan is rented!!!!!! In mumbai owing one 2bhk flats equals owner of at least 50lakh..... that is the simple equation.......
Living in a metro is certainly an experience one must have....... not to mention that this "city of dreams" which people call it fondly unlike me, also has its charm......... In this India's economical capital i have seen the widest ever economical divide........ Poorest of poor and wealthiest of wealthy......... Families who sleep on pavement and families with filthy amount of money........
In this very city of dreams I have seen people deprived off sleep for many days let alone to dream........."a city that never sleeps" very rightly said.......... people mindlessly chasing after buses, trains, taxis, money, dreams, career ......... and the list is never ending.......... I sometimes find myself lost in this swarm of people........
But somehow this city has its charm....... the feeling of privacy in a crowd amazes me about this place........ assurance of no misbehaviour in a overbrigde packed with people compels me to like this place....... there are many like this.......... which i name as "a city of rare qualities" .........