Knick n knack

I was speechless, excited, enthralled and spellbound on seeing puppets come to life in front of my eyes at the opening show of the Ishara International Puppet festival “Bollywood Brandwagon”. Truly a mesmerizing experience that cannot be described in words, can only be  felt and understood. Staged at Stein Auditorium at IHC on 27th January, 2010, the show was attended by who’s who of the puppet family. As is percieved by aam junta ...puppetry is all about traditional rajasthani string puppet form....the picture of a ghaghra clad putli with stings attached to it comes to mind as one utters the word puppet. "Bollywood Brandwagon" was absolutely nothing about what is mentioned above. It had everything that a typical masala bollywood movie contains...swagrvasi maa, rahees pitaji, do bhai (one a brat and other an ideal son),sundar susheel ladki (suit clad bhartiya naari), villain and a super sexy steaming hot middle-aged vamp (who will make you remember prem chopra, ajit, pran, H

Tweeet.....tweeet..... anyone there? Are you tweeting? Twitter... the new word making noise these days and those contributing to the tunes are Barkha Dutt, Shashi Tharoor, Navin Chandra, Rajdeep Saredesai, Karan Johar, Sharukh Khan, Yuvraj Singh, Abhishek Bachhan and the list go on and on..... The sole purpose for Twitter, the micro-blogging site was to make people interact with each other in limited 140 words. But lately it has become a self-promotion website, especially for the celebrities, who promote their movies, channels, themselves through tweets. Priyanka chopra and Uday chopra are promoting Pyaar Impossible , Karan Johar is promoting My Name is Khan , Jenelia is tweeting about her Vatika ads , Abhishek Bachan is spreading araam around, Farhan Akhtar is promoting Karthiik Calling and Zoya's new film, best of all - these people promote each other too! Twitter has become a new tool of promotion, directly targeted to audience - no channel required, no money invested

Gone are those carefree days when there were no mobile phones, when there existed no cuthroat competetion, a pressure-free world, those days of vewing T.V serials with family and going for an ice-cream was an oppurtunity not to be missed. Gone are the days when we used to wait for Sundays for our favoutite T.V shows, when kids used to wait for evening games, when mom used to call for evening milk, when eating junk was a "party", when life was simple and hassle-free. Suddenly evrything changed. Life became complex and difficult. Everyday is a new struggle to sustain. Looking back to those simple days is so refreshing. They say we are progressing towards a bright future but why do eveything seems in dark to me. The days of Dekh Bhai Dekh, Zabaan Sambhalke, Malgudi Days, Tu Tu Main Main, Shreemaan Shreemati, Chandrakanta, Jungle Book, Ramayana, Chanakya, Hum Log, Reporter, Aaj Tak (Half an hour news show) have now been replaced by super glam and how-so-unreal reality shows (

To create a new world and an exciting life one needs to be full of enthusiasm and creative ideas to fulfil their long cherished dreams. Making your dreams come true should be the only motive of human life and one should strive hard to accomplish their dreams. Every individual is different and this makes every individual’s dreams and aspirations unique. Lets pledge to conquer our dreams and get into the dreamland with the dreams that we see through open eyes i.e. our desires and passions that we want to fulfil. Love is life – as said by many saints and philosophers, lets dream about spreading love around the world, lets dream about world that only give and take love, affection and loyalty. Let’s not hate others and lets not be selfish to others. Dreams derive from the need gap and social structure in which an individual is born and brought up. For some it is to attain heights and for some it is to successfully gather the basic necessities of life for their families. Nevertheless,

Last night while sipping last cup of bournvita for the day, i was wondering if god really exists. Who is god? What is the supreme power? Why do we pray? Is god up there in skies or mountains or in deep oceans? Where is it? Is it he or she? how to recognise him? Questions like these were pondering my mind throughout while i was having my bournvita. With rain pouring outside,the magical smell of dust hypnotised my mind and i stepped out of my room .Out there was a beautiful scene, rain drops falling on trees were adding to the noise of lighting and cloud thundering. The beautiful view made me realize that god really exists. Then why it is so that nature is only there on our planet. There are hundreds of other planets in the universe, then why is it so that unique combination of life supporing elements is only there on our planet. The biggest question that caught my mind is that who made us, the human beings, the animals of different kinds and the beautiful nature. There was an Adam &am

Life is like a time, moving ahead without waiting for anyone. Life is like a jungle Full of sweet and wild dangers Life is like a traffic signal changing continuously Life is like a river, flowing continuously taking the particles of all the joys and sorrows with it Life is like a wicket no one knows when it fall Life is like a sailing boat between the high and low tides of sea Life is like a business full of profits and losses Life is one such word in dictionary that is full of “life”. Life gives us what we want, we don’t give it anything come let’s make our life meaningful.                                                                      ---Setu! Photo credit: Google images

Some say it is god’s creation Some say it is man’s innovation Some say it is attraction But some say it is infatuation For some it is a crush Some say it is must Some say it keeps you at first But some say it throws you in dust Some say it happens at first sight Some say it happens after first fight Some say it makes you shine bright But some say it keeps you at height For some it is a game For some it is insane For some it is a heart in jail But for some it gives you bail Sometimes you find it Sometimes you win it Sometime you lose it But sometimes you urge for it This four lettered word “LOVE” Begins at “L” and ends at “E” Takes the hatred and give the peace Makes one like the life of ease!                                                                  ---Setu Photo credit: Google images