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I regularly take coconut juice while I am doing my evening walks and I have a regular fruit vendor a muslim youth by the name of Iqbal a local boy who runs a fruit shop with his father near my house . The fruit shop is frequented by me regularly and I have become friendly with the glad who enquires about my books and my exercise program . Today we had a conversation about the film Padmavati ,” Sir I think the film got the character of Alauddin Khiji and Rawal Ratan Singh all wrong . I think Khilji was not that bad a man as the film has painted him out to be .” Iqbal lamented .” Well I think you are right Rawal Ratan Singh was equally a lustful man , I mean he married Padmavati when he still had a first wife . He was an aiyaash maybe even a bigger one than Allaudin .” I said in quiet affirmation .
“ I mean if the film was made in Pakistan they would have made Allaudin a positive character and Rawal Ratan a negative character . It is all about perspectives and what narrative you believe in . They had to make Khilji bad so they could appease the Rajisthaini’s .” Iqbal had a valid point and it made me think and ponder .
I went towards the hilly side of Dehra Doon today and saw many street kids flying kites as the sun set at the distant horizon . The video in the new cinematic mode looks good as I clocked 15 km of walking for three days on the trot .
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Continue ReadingYou didn’t think Netflix would leave its TikTok-style comedy feed on phones, did you? Sure enough, the company is launching a test that brings the Fast Laughs feature to TVs. Opt in and you’ll get a flurry of hopefully funny clips from Netflix shows, movies and (of course) comedy specials. Find something you enjoy and you can watch the whole affair or add it to your watch list.
The addition is “slowly” deploying to subscribers in English-speaking countries including the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. If it’s enabled, you’ll find it several rows deep into your home page. Fast Laughs will respect your content settings, but it won’t be available on kids’ profiles.
The expansion may seem odd for a feature effectively built to reel in people glued to social media apps on their phones, but it’s easy to see the logic of a TV edition. Fast Laughs is ultimately a discovery tool for viewers who can’t decide on something to watch. This could help you settle on a show relatively quickly when trailers (or Netflix’s seemingly endless carousels) aren’t enough.
A Hindi literature professor Juhi (Huma Qureshi) is trying to deal with the hurdles in her life just when she comes across a student Rhea (Avantika Dassani) who submits a plagiarized assignment. Lesser does Juhi know that Rhea is about to turn her world upside down and that Vendetta is going to cost her everything.
Mithya is an official adaptation of the British show Cheat. Now I haven’t seen the original, so the review is entirely based on the Indian version. Set in the North Of Indian, Mithya is a story of revenge, thrill and top of all suspense. Adding a name in the whodunnit genre, the show begins on a very spooky note. The fact that it is set in a landscape that does half the job of inducing the chilling element is a smart move.
While I have my share of complaints, the biggest achievement the show manages to achieve is keeping a big secret intact till the end. Now the execution of it does fail, but that is for the latter part of the review. Writers Althea Kaushal and Anvita Dutt (Bulbbul) bring their expertise to the table and create tension.
There is a parallel story of a couple trying to conceive and it does make you hooked to them. Both Huma and Parambrata make you root for them with their performances.
Huma Qureshi with her acting talent and beautiful curls tries her level best to make some sense of this sinking ship. She is the only reason I could sit through the 6 episodes that literally felt like a daily soap opera shot on a high budget.
Parambrata Chatterjee does an impressive job in his limited screen presence and becomes a very pivotal part to the story.
Avantika Dassani has a lot to learn. Given the most complex part of the entire show, she doesn’t really bring out the entire angst as one would expect. She continues to have the same expression from scene one. This could also be a brief given to her for keeping the mystery intact but not the correct decision.
The whodunnit genre is not new. The Bhatt’s and Sippy’s have been trying their level best to ace it. Rohan Sippy gets back to direction with Mithya. The writing of the Huma Qureshi starrer doesn’t really sit right. There is always something missing. The purpose for each character is so paper thin and the revelation of bigger things created no impact on me.
Why would a student be so revengeful, and what are odds that she might just have some personal vendetta against the professor. If you telling me she has been planning this for years, she has clearly not planned enough. There are so many question. Why is a professor lured by his wife’s student so easily? Also, why isn’t anyone from Rhea’s family bothered or informed about her doing when she comes from such an influential background? Why on Earth would a man carry out a sting operation and tell his subject about it right there? Why does a Rhea has ‘Spaced Out’ written in block letters on her laptop, and she is spacing out in that scene?
The show takes many lazy turns. The way the murder is played by the end of every episode dilutes the entire purpose. The music is less thrilling and more horror show inspired. It gets into philosophy of Mithya (untruth) too but never explored enough that you connect the happenings to it.
Continue ReadingAkshay Kumar has unveiled the trailer of his upcoming Holi release, Bachchhan Paandey. The actor is back in a never seen before avatar of a colourful character, as he plays a cruel gangster with a stone eye.
The trailer begins with an introduction to Myra Devekar, portrayed by Kriti Sanon, who wants to make a film on a gangster named Bachchhan Paandey and convinces her friend Vishu, played by Arshad Warsi, to accompany her on her mission. Bachchhan Paandey is shown as a deadly gangster, who is always on a killing spree. He is said to have murdered his own girlfriend Sophie (Jacqueline Fernandez) though the trailer hints at a twist in the plot. Kriti’s filmmaking plans seem to take a dangerous turn as Bachchhan Paandey learns their hidden truth and is in no mood to spare them.
Earlier this week, Akshay had announced the spelling change in the film’s title by sharing a new poster featuring him as a gangster with a stone eye. “This is one character that has more shades than a paint shop! #BachchhanPaandey aapko daraane, hasaane, rulaane sab ke liye ready hai (He is ready to scare you, make you laugh and cry),” he wrote.
Calling Bachchhan Paandey a complete package, Kriti Sanon had told Bollywood Hungama in an interview, “I am very excited because it got everything in it. There’s comedy, there’s action, there’s a lot of interesting drama happening. It’s a full package film, I would say.”
I have now included a few more healthy treats in my diet. I now have some brown rice for my dinner. I had abstained from rice and potatoes for the last four months but brown rice is healthy and has a lot of fiber which is good for health, so when on a diet have brown rice only. I have also added healthy flour to my diet now my rotis are made from Makka flour and Bajra flour the rotis are tastier and also very filling and tastily. I have also abstained from sugar or any sweet-based or confectionary products like cakes, cookies, pastries any kind of sweat yogurts or smoothies, and ice creams.
But now I have some dark sugar-free chocolate also from time to time if I feel like something sweet after dinner. I make sure my lunch and dinner portions are small and that I avoid overeating. I have also added Shilajjeet to my diet I mix the black thick liquid with neem honey and have a spoonful from time to time that gives me vitality and energy it is also very good for my sex life.
I have a very packed daily schedule now where I sleep for nine hours a day, exercise for three hours which includes two hours of jogging and brisk walking amounting to 10 km a day, I do road biking for half an hour about three kilometers a day and then do yoga mat exercise including stomach crunches and lunges for half an hour a day that strengthens my legs and the dumbbells help reduce fat on my boobs. I dedicate five hours to my profession of writing and blogging so that I can achieve my target of launching one book a month. I spend two hours dedicating myself to eating and two hours bathing, and personal hygiene which includes shampoo, putting cream on my body and using scrubs. Two hours I dedicate to surfing the news on the net watching YouTube videos and chatting with friends on the phone. The last hour of the day I spend with my aging grandmother just before I retire to bed. That’s how my day goes without me even knowing where the time is flying.
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Continue ReadingToday I finished the end of four months of my fat to fit weight loss program and I averaged about 11.2 km of brisk walking along with jogging. Yes! This month I picked up the pace and have started jogging also, when I get tired I stop and walk for a distance and start jogging again. Another fun activity I have added to my routine is biking and cycling and I do twenty minutes of biking every day. Jogging helps in the cardio and that is helpful in burning fat and improving fitness, I do get some blisters and rashes on my toe, but that has reduced over time. I have added grapes, cheese, and sugar-free dark chocolate to my diet. I have also started using Macca atta and Bajra atta along with brown rice to my diet also.
My weight loss has not been much this entire month I have only lost half a kilo, my with loss in kilo’s has reduced this month but I feel lighter for sure and I am able to cover longer distances in quicker time in that regards my fitness has improved, but I am not shedding weight as rapidly as I was in the first three months of the exercise. My skin tone has improved also and I feel very energetic.
Continue ReadingIts assembly election fever in Dehra Doon and Uttrakhand these days and I get to see huge crowds on the street neither dressed in saffron caps or the congress colours even the AAP is in full flow here . The streets are littered with posters and flags with faces of the candidates plasters on the walls . Now and again an electric rickshaw wizzes past me with loud speakers blaring the message of one party or the other , yes this is election time for sure .
Went out jogging today , now I do not do just brisk walking but do jogging also in intervals along with stretching , the extra cardio makes me sweet and gets the heart pumping in the morning . The first thing I witnessed today as I got out of my house and into the main street was an accident a hospital ambulance had collided into a Hyundai black SUV . The radiator of the ambulance was smashed with the green engine coolant splattered on the rood the front side of the black SUV had a huge dent and had caved in .
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As I walked further I was again chased my stereo dogs it has become a regular affair for me either being harassed by dogs or getting hit on the arm and elbow by the side view mirror of apron hing cars who past by me almost knocking me over . Thankfully I have managed to find a safe and quite route to do my biking and avoid the main roads in the city , when on my road bike .
With the on going. Section there where people sitting on road site booths distributing pamphlets today the voting starts in the city , so most people have gotten up early to cast their vote .
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Continue ReadingVeteran industrialist and head of the Bajaj group, Rahul Bajaj, passed away on Saturday.
Bajaj, 83, who had pneumonia and also a heart problem, was admitted to the Ruby Hall Clinic a month ago and breathed his last at 2.30 pm on Saturday.
“It is with deep sorrow that I inform you about the passing away of Rahul Bajaj, husband of the late Rupa Bajaj and father of Rajiv and Deepa, Sanjiv and Shefali and Sunaina and Manish. He passed away on the afternoon of February 12, 2022 in the presence of his closest family members,” said a statement from Bajaj group.
In April 2021, Bajaj stepped down as non-executive chairman of Bajaj Auto. One of the oldest business groups in India, the group has 25 companies—including Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, Bajaj Electricals, Mukand and Bajaj Allianz—with around 36,000 employees.
He was the Chairman of the industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for two terms—1979-80 and 1999-2000.
Born on June 10, 1938, Bajaj graduated from St Stephen’s College in Delhi University with an Honours Degree in Economics in 1958. Apart from this, Bajaj also has a degree in Law from Bombay University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
As head of the Bajaj group of companies, he oversaw group activities, including manufacture and sale of motorised two, three, and four-wheeled vehicles, general and life insurance, investment and consumer finance, home appliances, electric lamps, wind energy, special alloy and stainless steel, material handling equipment and travel.
Bajaj is the recipient of many awards, including the Padma Bhushan from the government of India and honorary doctorates from many universities. Bajaj was a member of the Rajya Sabha for the 2006-2010 period.
He was also the former chairman of Indian Airlines and of the board of governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
Just what makes two people decide to tie the knot? There are marriages of all kinds. Love. Arranged. And Arranged-cum-Love, which happens only in India. ‘Shaadi toh compromise hai (marriage is a compromise)’, says Shardul Thakur in ‘Badhaai Do’: by then, his family knows exactly what ‘compromise’ he is talking about, leading to consternation all round. Shardul (Rajkummar Rao) and Sumi Singh (Bhumi Pednekar) have got together in holy matrimony for good reasons of their own. The small town they live in has very little understanding of same-sex love or ‘samlaingikta’. For both Shardul, the cop who loves to build his body, ingesting indigestible protein shakes on the way; and Sumi the no-nonsense physical instructor who teaches in a school as she navigates her way through a dating app, the marriage is a perfect cover. They can keep their ‘jaldi-shaadi-karo’ families at bay, and they can continue to be true to their sexual orientation: ‘zamana kya kahega, mummy-papa mar jayenge agar sacchai saamne aa gayi toh (What will society say, and mummy-papa will die if the truth comes out)’.
For a mainstream Hindi film to focus on a ‘lavender marriage’ in a small-town setting takes some doing. And ‘Badhaai Do’ does feel a tad radical in some of the things it manages to do, given the constraints of wanting to inhabit the family entertainment space. The instant recognition of a person on the same side of the spectrum, the sexual charge in an exchange of glances between two young women, and the overpowering desire to be together physically, is done with a welcome degree of frankness.
But then ‘Badhaai Do’ falls into the same trap films with ‘brave subjects’ gravitate towards. Once it is put out there, it starts developing cold feet, and wraps up its crucial core under layers of heavy-handed humour, and the tiresome boister of a joint family we’ve seen over and over.