Winter Day Blues

chilly morning...winter is about to set in and i cannot help but think about the bad winters we had in durgapur... its probably 8 am...time to get up...else i shall be late to office...but the extra 15 mins of sleep is too satisfying..so i just dig my self deeper into the cave between the bed and my blanket. Background thoughts include mild pondering about getting late to office and my boss telling me,"you are late?"...or maybe he will just observe and save the complain for tomorrow...15 mins it is... when you have to go to office, mornings can feel so meaningless... at the same time, i am feeling the block in my nose...some difficulty in breathing..the strange taste the forms between the tongue and the roof of my mouth...signs that i wont be able to sleep longer...the bad taste, the fear of a sneeze...it takes so little to get me worried. i turn to my watch for solace...its just been 4 out of the 15 min extra time.... sinusitis has been so common to humans, these days it is considered normal. i need some more healthy sleep. last nite was heavy...saw a movie...Matrubhoomi... i had the opportunity to see it the day before....but like everyone of my age....i have priorities...given a TV and a DVD player and a plethora of movies....i would move to the movies only after the channels that tirelessly trasmit wide bandwidths of sleaze at late nights recieve my due respects....after all...cable TV has worked wonders in changing lives....uniformly..for both men and women...and i cannot help but think...what an invention..!! coming back to the movie...sensitive social issues always find it very easy to trouble me...caste system, plight of women, female infanticide...etc... i do know of some women who are also affected deeply by not so very sensitive issues like chivalry, kindness towards people's pets, feeling of oneness with a particular breed of animals(viz. cats and dogs)...and suddenly it occurs to me...there is absolutely no connection....no common thread ever to cross-over from their side to mine...in short...i should not try to hit on them...it just wont work..!! .......the movie is set in rural india, a land of villages, where the farthest any man has ever gone is the nearest city and farthest they can think of going is probably the edge of the world...very similar to the Dr.Ambedkar era in our history books, the village in focus has zamindars or some families belonging to a particular caste...and a fairly larger population of families belonging to something known as lower castes...the oppressed......the issues in question are female infanticide...dowry....and greed.as usual...the rashness of an average north indian helps in making the audience very disturbed and sympathetic...there is a lot of scope throughout the movie for the director to paint the celluloid with gory and violent scenes...but for good reasons..he doesnt....and hence it is somewhat comfortable to watch......it is a must watch.now why do i tell u all this... anna - it is very important for the system that people are aware of such movies. spread the awareness in a very able way. besides, as PAANCH is being released on the 29th dec.....u need newer things to be depressed about....good acting,direction,script,story etc.... haria - it is very important for me that u see this movie and we take the cats and dogs issue to a newer level. besides...movies form a great percentage of our thought fodder too.. jitu - just makes good reading. tu light le raha hai...fine. these are but very few reasons to tell about the movie....there is more....more to the factual side...and to the humor side...i read today in the newspapers that Anaida...that awesome petite arabic siren,,,is back with a new album....she says...she has been touring arnd the world for the past 4 yrs and made 40 song recordings....cut it down to 14 and the album is called NAYAA....she also adds that - this album is no shortcut....now scantily dressed women in the background....good music only...to which i have to reply... madam, ur pursuits to make money are nobler than mine and that should be satisfactory for ur soul...the 4 yrs since u have been gone have not affected me in any way...but yes i did enjoy seeing you on TV...plz pay attention to wat i say....i donot care about ur shortcuts or hardwork...and i donot give a shit about which country u choose to record ur songs...all i care about the scantily dressed women in ur videos...and especially u dressed scantili-est (if that is a word) of all in ur own videos...i donot care about how many radiostations play ur song...bcos they cant show me the video at the same time... i care about how many close up shots of ur body are available on the internet....if i have to listen to music...i have better choices to exercise...among few whom we could listen to together, feel happy and not understand a word or...not understand a word and feel happy...is a man from the hills. i am worried about how many sheikhs and oil barons enjoyed ur company during ur absence from the media.Period. winter day blues.