Dream.... and live it!!

Disclaimer: Too many thoughts resulting in this blog, as a result you may find it criss-crossing from one to the other without any direct forthcoming conclusion.

Two nights and I find myself motivated to dream again.. First was the lecture by Dr. Robert Pausch at CMU. Here's the link, watch. I wont say much but its like watching a real-life case of ANAND, the Rajesh Khanna film. A 46 yr old professor diagnosed with pancreatic cancer delivers his last lecture. He talks about his childhood dreams and how he accomplished them, one at a time. A man filled with life, at times you wonder why should it be cut short so brutally. But somewhere in my heart, I felt that we must enjoy the person when he's amongst us and learn as much as possible. Not everyone's going to be around us for ever. People come and go from our lives through different phases and varying durations of time. A poignant moment during his lecture is when he surprises his wife by asking her to cut her birthday cake in front of 500 people. Just the thought of the woman walking up to her husband, a man with whom she exchanged vows to be together throughout her life, now aware that this is her last birthday for which he is going to be around... if that doesen't choke your throat, I doubt anything else I have to write will.... but its a wonderful lecture, and although it is his personal story through and through, there are lessons each one of us can take for life. Do watch it...

Tonite, for some inexplicable reason, I wanted to complete this assignment which I hadn't for a good part of 3 years.. Watch the movie Iqbal. I know, for people who know me and my liking for cinema, it is a shocker that I hadn't watched it as yet.. but I have now.. for those who havent, here you go. You should find the other parts of the movie with the same user on youtube...



Now on to the movie, yep.. I liked it, a good theme, nice performances but trust me to extract something out of nothing. Not the boy Iqbal, not his coach, not even his mom (echoing a character which is the stunning Indian woman, having a brick wall for inner strength.. salaam!!) but it is the role enacted by a young girl Shweta Prasad.. and again, it is the sketch of the character and the way this girl enacted it that left an indelible imprint in my psyche (wow.. talk about bhaari vocab ;) ).. she just exudes an aura of arrogance about her brother's abilities and her belief in them... subtle moments like when she returns her gift because her brother did not accept his, her interactions with his coaches, and the look on her face when she sees him live his dream... fantastic cinema.. Mr. Nagesh Kukunoor... class apart!! Maybe an indication of the amount of time I spend around myself, but I am glad for as much as I shouldn't proabably, I ain't totally wasting it.... need to get a bit more active to keep me going.. hope to figure out something soon enough.. till then, the mind works overtime.. and keeps these pages uptodate..

Random thought: (As if the blog wasn't one itself....) Abi, thanks a ton da.. for reading the book BOMBAY - Maximum City by Suketu Mehta. I know you have written an excellent review but I was just so overjoyed to have found someone to whom I need not mention the book as a must read.. I skipped your review... will read it soon... I know I share Mumbai with you, and now its only rightly confirmed that you are worthy of sharing 'IT'...cheers bro