Holi. Holi in India. Holi in India after five years. Holi in India after five years at IIM-A. First of all, a very happy Holi to all. May the colors of the season color all our lives!
I played Holi, proper Holi with colors and all after such a long time that I had almost forgotten what Holi was all about. In the US, you didn't even get a holiday, so Holi had meant just another potluck in the week-end.. (Of course, there are places in the US, where a sizeable Indian population means a very colorful and bashful Holi!)
Holi at home would have been fun. But as the forces would have it, I had to spend Holi at IIM-A, which was not really such a bad alternative, but yes, to be honest, I did miss my family very much.
Holi at IIM-A started off with the usual morning dunking, a round of water wars and then we all trooped over to the common grounds.. IIM-A Cult-Com had done a good job, and there was the gulal tanki, the balloons, the pukka rang, and most importantly the junta. Even the profs came over to play Holi, and for a change it was fun to dunk the very same profs who customarily dunk us with fundae in class day-in and day-out.
Holi over, the bath - half a bar of soap and frantic rubbing and the colors of Holi still refuse to get off - Good!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Namesake
Well, I watched Namesake today. Yes, its not a new movie, yes, it was released last year, but for some reason, I just never got round to seeing it till today. A very nice movie (though initially I thought it was rather slow) - the kind of movie that makes you all mushy and strike all the poignant chords, the kind that makes you think.
After coming back from the US, I never really thought too much about it, but strangely enough, after seeing the movie, the single thought that I had was that one of the best decisions that I have made is to have come back to India. You might laugh at me, I mean how are the two related - Namesake and India. I guess I don't really have an answer. Some things don't need to have an answer. You don't really need to figure out whether there is a God. Its better to let it 'blow in the wind'. And so, I am just going to let it blow in the wind. Not think too much, not analyze too much, nor dissect too much.
Just feel so happy that I am back in my land. Just feel so happy that I am close to home, to everything that means anything to me. Just feel so happy that I was able to visit home more times last year than I have in the last six years.
Great movies, they make you think, great movies, they make you cry and laugh, great movies that make you feel you are after all only a human.
After coming back from the US, I never really thought too much about it, but strangely enough, after seeing the movie, the single thought that I had was that one of the best decisions that I have made is to have come back to India. You might laugh at me, I mean how are the two related - Namesake and India. I guess I don't really have an answer. Some things don't need to have an answer. You don't really need to figure out whether there is a God. Its better to let it 'blow in the wind'. And so, I am just going to let it blow in the wind. Not think too much, not analyze too much, nor dissect too much.
Just feel so happy that I am back in my land. Just feel so happy that I am close to home, to everything that means anything to me. Just feel so happy that I was able to visit home more times last year than I have in the last six years.
Great movies, they make you think, great movies, they make you cry and laugh, great movies that make you feel you are after all only a human.
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