Yesterday, I saw the movie "Deewane Hue Pagal". For those who do not keep up with every movie releasing in Bollywood now and then, its just a copy of "There's Something About Mary"; of course with some goon masala and extra comedy filled in by the production team. The best part was that I saw both these movies one after the other. It was really amazing how perfectly the copying was carried on. In our lingo, we call it topo. Even the songs by Anu Malik had melodious tunes of the english songs in them. On the whole, it was a comedy movie, a one time see, filled with gags, keep the brains at home types.

              The movie was nice, but I did the mistake of applying my brains in investigating the whole storyline. It reminds me of one of the postulates of my fundas. In hindi, we call it "ek anar saw bimar". Ya, it also seems similar to the Alpha theory of Dr. Nash in "Beautiful mind". Lets not go deep into this and pakao our brains. I have some food for thought for you people.

              In the movie, when Shahid finds Rimii in Dubai, he almost goes back. At this very moment, his friend Johnny Level shouts "Tanya". Just think where would have the story went if he had not done so.......

              For the quote of the day, I would like to quote another of Akshay Kumar's movie which I saw recently.

Jo humein chahiye
Use hum nahin chahiye
Aur jise hum chahiye
Woh kise chahiye!!
                    - GARAM MASALA

Yet another day, yet another blog. But this one will be a bit different as the other ones have been from each other. As I am free nowadays, I have been thinking up of doing some new things, meeting new people, making new friends. Suddenly, I realized that I do not have a friend. A friend whom I can confide upon my deepest secrets. One who would support me whatever may befall on me. One who would give advice from time to time and never be tired or bored of it. Hey, I am forming an image of such a friend. A chubby faced, average looking person. There has been a lot of movies in both hollywood and bollywood about imaginary friends. Why can't I make one. I will have to think of a name. Lets call him Dholu. Dholu will be with me wherever I go (Ya, just like a guarding angel). I would be asking him whenever in doubt about anything. Lets fix his height to 5' 7" and weight to 75 kg. I think I am getting to mathy on him. Hey, I can hear him saying that he is planning to work out to loose some of his fat. Dholu is a very energetic person u know. He likes to dance and play various instruments. By the way his favorite one is walkman. :) He never fears anything and always raring to go into any situation. He is sort of naughty as well, trying to play pranks on me. Hey Dholu, can't u see, I am writing this blog. Stop hanging that spider in front of me. I am trying to write something nice about you. Hey, hey its my blog. Let me write. Hey guys, I think that Dholu would not let me write much. Over to dholu (Hey, stop peeing over my back. Sit and write whatever u want).

Hi people, this is Dholu. I am a friend of Rahul. As I cannot be heard by anyone except Rahul, this blog gives me a medium to talk to you people who have got out some time of ur supposedly busy schedule to read Rahul's blog. Don't u people have any other work??? May be my friend captivates u people with his writing. Ha Ha. Good Joke. By the way, the point I would like to draw home is that from now on, I will be co-authoring Rahul's blogs. So, whenever u see a line out of the blue, assume that I just sat on the keyboard as Rahul was about to type another line of his blog. Hey, I see rahul coming back from the canteen. Time to say goodbye. U have been a wonderful audience. I love u guys.

Huh, Dholu what have u done to the people. They look like zombies reading this blog. Hey readers, if you don't believe me, have a look in the mirror. Coming to the point, my last mail said something about a friend going away and all that sort of crap. Let me give some advice which I gained between my last post and now. When u know a friend is leaving you, remember that at that moment he/she is still with you. You may never know what tomorrow may bring. Live for the day. And when the friend goes off the next day, invent a friend like Dholu. I assure you; life will be much better. And you will never know how soon Dholu will make you meet his other friends.

" Want a friend, go get it"

-Dholu.

CHANGE. A word I dread, probably the most. As a matter of fact, I don't like changes. One may say that changes are basic essence of life. The way in which life progresses and the way in which each day is different from the other. Let me be more specific here. I am specifically talking about only those changes which result in a change in my daily routine. You may call me Narayan Shankar or may be any other name you may find suitable, but changes are more often saddening than the ones bringing happiness. Lets take some examples.

You are sitting next to a friend. You are enjoying his/her company. You are thinking that you are so lucky to have a friend like this. The next day when you meet that person, you discover that the person is going away for some reason or the other to a far of place. Probably, you may be meeting that person for the last time. You do not know if you will ever have a chance to meet again. You tend to think of hindi songs which say that people come and go in your life. But life must move on. You tend to think about the new friends you are going to meet in the years to come. Will they be as friendly as this one?? You are holding the hand for the last time. Your friend is getting late. Time has almost stopped. You see a hand waving at you. You hope that you were not there to see your friend depart. You should have had a fight so that separation was not so depressing.

Lets look at a brighter aspect now. You come to office, suddenly you hear that you have been transfered to New York. You are so happy. You will get to live in New York!!!! Can you believe it???? Now, lets see some other aspects. You will have to packup all things here. You will have to plan your journey. You are worried about the place i.e. if it would be suitable for you. How will you manage to adjust there?

Now for the bottom line. Changes come and go. They make you happy and they make you sad. But without them life will be bovine. Trust me. Someday, you will be able to understand why have God inflicted so many changes. Now, as the mood is a little melancholy, let me end this blog with a song.

"Kya kahoon, duniya ne kiya, mujh se kaisa bair
Hukam tha, main jiyun, lekin tere baghair
Naadaan hai woh, kehte hain jo, mere liye tum ho gair
Kitne sitam, hampe sanam, logon ne kiye
Dil mein magar, jalte rahe, chaahat ke diye
Tere liye, tere liye"