Well it is 150 years of Tagore's birth anniversary. One of India's nobel prize winners, at the NGMA they are displaying his works of art, alongwith those of his two brothers. His third brother was India's first Indian civil servant.
I liked the exhibition of Shesh Lekha - which was based on his poems. Massive watercolours, focusing on the sea and boats, made for good viewing. My husband and I managed to catch the exhibition on the last day.
Paresh Maity had done the exhibition. It was good. There were some pieces my husband and I didn't like. I liked his views of nature. It was awesome in its grandeur.
NGMA is a nice place to go to on a Sunday. I highly recommend it. Thankfully we don't have the same rush you see in other galleries, so you can take your time and see. You'll easily get parking and you can take your time. There are huge trees on the premises that one should admire as well. It is well located and a nice break from the hustle and bustle of Delhi's chaotic city life.
I just wished they advertised better. Their website is never updated for the new exhibits. You literally have to dig up things on your own. I know they say you can't expect much from government run things, but surely, how difficult can this be!?
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Friday, August 12, 2011
Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara (2011)
Yups, the latest blockbuster, and I saw it.
Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the film follows three friends (plus one acquired along the way) as the journey across Spain doing adventure sports.
Simple? Not so.
A film for friends about friends, it tells you to sit back and enjoy life a little. After all, we are not machines. We are not just meant to work work work. Work is just one part of life. Life is not a part of work. We forget that most of the times!!
Because, as the film's title says, this life will not come again. In fact, the Sunscreen song is also full of the same wisdom that comprises the film.
"Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth" ... Baz Luhrman from the Sunscreen song
Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the film follows three friends (plus one acquired along the way) as the journey across Spain doing adventure sports.
Simple? Not so.
A film for friends about friends, it tells you to sit back and enjoy life a little. After all, we are not machines. We are not just meant to work work work. Work is just one part of life. Life is not a part of work. We forget that most of the times!!
Because, as the film's title says, this life will not come again. In fact, the Sunscreen song is also full of the same wisdom that comprises the film.
"Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth" ... Baz Luhrman from the Sunscreen song
Hazaro Khwaishey Aisi
I recently saw a two one act plays on the theme of temptation. Both were based on original stories by Premchand.
It was the first time I was seeing Premchand's writings in action, and frankly I myself don't know much about Premchand or his life. I've not read his books either, and I feel quite ashamed to say this.
But for his age and times, he was far ahead in thinking. An astute judge of human character, both plays I saw were a tribute to the baseness of human nature. In one, a dirty old man forgets his promise to his wife and looks instead at fulfilling his desires. In the other, jealousy and bitterness take over till the realisation dawns that what may satisfy one may not satisfy the other. How can someone be happy leaving the house in the morning and come back home hating the same place?
Is happiness relative on other people being miserable?
That's not the way one should live their life.
It was the first time I was seeing Premchand's writings in action, and frankly I myself don't know much about Premchand or his life. I've not read his books either, and I feel quite ashamed to say this.
But for his age and times, he was far ahead in thinking. An astute judge of human character, both plays I saw were a tribute to the baseness of human nature. In one, a dirty old man forgets his promise to his wife and looks instead at fulfilling his desires. In the other, jealousy and bitterness take over till the realisation dawns that what may satisfy one may not satisfy the other. How can someone be happy leaving the house in the morning and come back home hating the same place?
Is happiness relative on other people being miserable?
That's not the way one should live their life.
Having a kiddie
Well, yups, that stage of life has come.
30 weeks into the pregnancy, with the baby kicking away, it is indeed a miracle how human life comes into being. It's fascinating, and at the same time a humbling experience. You feel powerful and yet so vulnerable - that one being totally depends on you for its existence. And that you too were at this stage once in your life - that your parents raised you; did the doctor's appointments just as you are doing; the blood donations (aka blood tests); the ultrasounds....
We kid around a lot, my husband and I do. We keep telling the baby who loves the baby more, who will take care of the baby, how we irritate eachother... how the baby should only support one of us in our fights...
Loved even before we've seen the baby... amazing how human life is!!
30 weeks into the pregnancy, with the baby kicking away, it is indeed a miracle how human life comes into being. It's fascinating, and at the same time a humbling experience. You feel powerful and yet so vulnerable - that one being totally depends on you for its existence. And that you too were at this stage once in your life - that your parents raised you; did the doctor's appointments just as you are doing; the blood donations (aka blood tests); the ultrasounds....
We kid around a lot, my husband and I do. We keep telling the baby who loves the baby more, who will take care of the baby, how we irritate eachother... how the baby should only support one of us in our fights...
Loved even before we've seen the baby... amazing how human life is!!
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