Ishqiya : Movie to watch out for

I watched Ishqiya last weekend. What a pleasure to watch it, Debutant Director Abhishek chobey was excellent, although Vishal Bhardwaj's sign were clearly visible in direction. Dialogue were the soul of ishqiya. My favorite being


1. when Krishna (vidya) tell khalujaan "tum dono mein zameen aasman ka farq hai, Khalujaan replied Hindu musalman ka farq hai". This one dialogue shows how communal mind you have. This signifues that difference between Faith is far more than between earth & sky.



2. when krishna says "zara ka jhoote bhi nahin keh sakte". khalujaan replied "Mard hoon na".

Krishna asked "aurat hote to". Khalujaan clarifies "Pari hoon ya tawayaf maloom hi nahin padta".



3. When Arshad's charactor says "Kya khalu, tumhara isk isk aur hamara isk seyks".


This is just a few. Movie was dark humour with excellent performances & direction. Nice story well told. Only thing is "it should be limited to adults only". It should come with a tag "keep away from children's reach".

Vishal Bhardwaj & director abhishek chobey both hail from UP. It helps them a lot in dialogue writing & portraying the eartern UP nicely. Movie also shows "Upper - lower caste differences well enough to feel it". movie might be little vulgar in dialogue but it is very well told story. which give messages without making it boring. Dark humour , Intelligent movie but with vulgar language.

Veer experiance : Beware of Veer

Watched VEER yesterday. I am confused who is more VEER, salman (for making silly movies again & again) or me (surviving 3 Hrs of Boredom). Watching Salman khan's movie is price you pay when your friend is a Salman khan fan. Film is nice for initial 10 Minutes (before Salman khan's entry), Only good thing about veer is Mithun's acting. I am not sure why i feel so, Was it Mithun's good acting or others BAD acting. Things are relative after all. Salman Khan has been credited with writing the story.It feel strange how much fan following Salman khan still enjoy. His Fans admire not His acting but SALLU bhai offscreen. His fan following is independent of his on screen performance.It Shows stardom can be so Independent of performance. Had Aamir, Hrithink or SRK given that much flops recently, No one would have survived.

When asked about "when Sallu look best in the movie" i replied, in Childhood. Only thing Good about movie was unintentional comedy. Salman keep threatening to snatching "5 ser Gosht" & eventually he did. he later confirm that it will be "5 ser", weigh it if you wish.

 I am somewhat satisfied to strengthen my friendship on the cost of 3 Hrs of my weekend. I am still not sure about Veer's Box office fate. Recently we have seen Bad movie being HIT & good ones failing. Still curious what will be the final outcome.

Final verdict : Don't watch it unless you are forced to. 

Bollywood Stars Renamed: Intelligent funny & silly....read on....

Continuing My obsession with “Playing with words”, this time Bollywood is the Target. Lets rename some Persons from film fraternity. It is meant to be funny, shocking, intelligent. Someone who follows bollywood masala & gossip should love it. For those who need little reminders, just check the notes at the end to suggest the logic behind the renames. Lets start.........Leave your comment.


vivek Obey Rai * (vivek oberai),

Cashwarya Rai** (aishwarya rai).

Bobby dull (Bobby Deol)

Ma-itch Bhutt*** (Mahesh Bhatt)

Sinjay dutt # (Sanjay Dutt)

shah rich Khan (SRK)

Harman Be-wajah (Herman baweja)

Shy kid Kapoor## (shahid Kapoor)

Circuit warsi (arshad Warsi)

suck-ti Kapoor (shakti kapoor)

Deepika Padulong (Deepika padukone)

Barbad Khan (Arbaaz Khan)

Jaword akhtar (Javed Akhtar)

Good Jat### (Gulzar sahab)

Soapta kapoor^ (Ekta Kapoor)

Re-take Roshan (Hrithik Roshan)

Abhi-sirf Bachchan^^ (Abhishek Bachchan)

Khanan Johar (Karan johar)

Mistake ali khan (Saif ali khan)

Arjun Rum Pal (arjun Rampal)

SushMata sen^^^ (sushmita sen)

Ajay Leftgun~ (Ajay devgun)

Sorry Mukherjee (rani mukherjee)

Free-ty zinta (Preity zinta)

Amartabh Bachchan~~ (Amitabh Bachchan)

Mature Bhandarkar (Madhur Bhandarkar)

Yes Chopra~~~ (yash Chopra)

repeatam**** (Pritam)

Deny Moria (Dino Moria)



* Vivek Obeyed (aishwarya) Rai & threaten Salman, so Vivek obey Rai.

**Aish makes highest cash without being the best actress, He choices husband keeping cash in mind.

*** He keep itching his body while passing "word of wisdom". Ma-itch Bhatt.

# Keeping AK 47 unlawfully is sin. Sanju Baba.

## Prior to kaminey, He was Kid & Shy offcourse. Shy kid kapoor.

### Gulzar is Sikh, Damn good writer.

^soup queen Ekta.

^^ He is nothing without surname. (Small bachchan)

^^^ She has adopter 2 daughters (Single Mom). SushMATA sen.

~ He left guns (action) & moved towards Comedy. Ajay leftgun

~~ Amar singh is his shaddow even in total darkness. Amartabh bachchan.

~~~ No one can say No to him. It is always Yes. (Yes, Chopra ji)

**** Pritam Repeat other's songs By copying them.....Repeatam.

Any comments on this "Work of wisdom".
More to come........

Let's Rename Cricketers to suite their Personality. I have Renamed some. check it.

Kapil dev (Capable dev), Sunil Gavaskar (so-nil Gavaskar),Saurabh Ganguly (So-rub Ganguly), Rahul dravid (Rahul Draw-vid),VVS laxman (VV relax Man),Sachin Tendulkar (sachin TONdulkar), Yuvraj singh (yuvraj six), Mahendra S Dhoni (Money ander S boli), Shoaib Akhtar (Show off akhtar), Wasim akram (Wah! Seem akram), Munaf patel (enuf patel), Shahid afridi (Sha-hit afraid(i)), Misbah ul haq (Miss Ball Haq), Irfan Pathan (ek fan pathan), Brian lara (Brown lara),Ishant Sharma(Injured Sharma),Don Bradman (Dawn Batsman), Glenn McGrath (Gline McGreat),  Yusuf pathan (You-so-off pathan), Kevin Peterson (K-win Peterson),Lance klusener (Glance klusener), Ricky ponting (Silly Ponting), Shane warne (Shame Warne), Brett Lee(great Lee), Robin Singh (robust singh), Allan Border (Allan boredom), S Srishant (S Sridance).
To be continue...

Inter party democracy in Indian political parties

India is world’s largest democracy. India has maintained its democracy on grass root level with non-political army, judiciary & other authorities like election commission. India’s politicians might be corrupt but they are elected by perfectly fair & transparent ways. There is no doubt about credibility of Indian elections. In such a Practicing democracy it is expected that political parties will be having some , if not full transparency & inter-party democracy. Almost all the parties have one supreme leader whose say is bigger than parties. I have never seen Cong. MLAs choosing their chief ministers after elections. Why same decision is taking by every state legislatives which says “we have left the decision of chief minister ship to Cong leader Sonia ji”. If Sonia ji have to decide everything why call the meeting at the first place. Even worst are regional parties, I can’t name another BSP leader than mayawati. Same is case with RJD, SP, DMK, AIADMK, TDP, NC, PDP etc. Almost all of them are single leader parties with some family members influence. Left parties are little better as far as internal democracy is concerned, as none of their leader is above party line. But problem with them is much more dangerous as their party interest is even above national interest. Communism is important than Indianism. Cong being such a big party should have followed internal democracy. Only party which perform better on this front is BJP. But has external democracy also. They also follow what RSS suggest (not dictate, as they prefer to call it.). BJP’s recent problems of too many rebels might be due to too much internal democracy. Due to lack of decision taking members, keeping party united is next to difficult. In that sense inter-party democracy don’t seems to worked well in India. Expulsion of jaswant singh was something BJP should have learned a lesson from. Due to so-called internal democracy party was not united, if was loosing its vision. BJP was in big dilemma should they soften there hindutva agenda or make it even more redical. Party want to win more allies for which they need to soften hindutva a little. On the other hand there was fear of loosing its core vote bank. BJP’s vote bank has reached almost the saturation point. They are not able to improve it any further. They also can’t afford to leave the agenda which is reason for its existence itself.


BJP scored highest on internal party democracy, but on the account of its vision. May be Inter-party democracy is not working out as a whole. Less the discussion, faster the decision, fewer voices against it. Words of Ghandhi family are final in Cong so no one dare to challenge it. It makes Cong decision faster & show party as united in most cases. It might face some problem but single power house make it command follow in one direction. On paper inter-party democracy is nice. But in reality might be different.

Comment on Iffi's blog about dubai ( http://iffionblog.blogspot.com

My dear friend (Iffi),
you have rightly mentioned "Today Dubai is on the world map more visibly as a place to live their dreams" as you can happily live in Dubai only in dreams. In reality things have changed a bit. Burj Dubai has been renamed as Burj Khalifa (named after ruler of Abu dhabi ruler), what a bad start than this. It is first “Thanks giving” gesture for Abu Dhabi's $30b loan. Amazing firework can make you happy for few seconds, you might forget recession for those few seconds. But firework can’t change the facts. Firework doesn’t signify Emirates growth. I agree Dubai is not finished, But it can't enjoy the benefits of Hype & marketing anymore. Dubai has to face ground realities now, which will make it stronger in long run. Emotions should be separated from facts for arriving at any conclusion. My sincere wish is to see Dubai progress better than past. Dubai has will to survive & it will. Insha ALLAH. GOD Bless Dubai, Love live Dubai. As they say, All izz well.

INDIAN CRICKET’S MISSION 2011: Expectations & Challenges.

Indian cricket Team captain, MS Dhoni, was too young to remember the Significance of event, when India won World cup in 1983. It is Normal & justified for people to expect India winning the next world cup 2011. Not only because it is happening in Sub-continent, but also it seems more feasible with current performance of Indian team. First time in last few years, India seems to be doing well consistently. India’s Youngster are performing which leads to healthy competition. Players whose place was taken for granted a while back, are now struggling to make come back. India has pool of 7-8 fast bowlers to choose from. Zaheer khan, ishant Sharma, Srishant, Irfan pathan, RP Singh, Nehra, munaf patel & Tyagi. India’s batting line up is strong too with youngster like Viral kohli, Gambhir & Raina at their peak. Dhoni has emerge as “New Wall” for India, totally opposite of his image & role in 2005-06.


India has brave, fearless youngsters who have nerves of steel. They never lose hope, what may come. Virat kohli looks promising, he need to show consistency to win my confidence. He still needs to prove himself over a longer period of time like sehwag & gambhir. One consistency which is worrying me is “India’s consistent defeat in Finals”. Indians should start winning big matches consistently. It is ironical that with such a huge population & such a passion for a game, India is still Not on top. India has more than 1 billion population, Indians play & follow cricket with passion. Fund, pool of players, facilities everything is better than other sports, still not the best. Is it plain lack of talent or something else. Facilities & training are more crucial at the school level than at national team level. I am of the view rather than hiring foreign coaches for National team, BCCI should bring out billions of Rs. Kept unutilised & hire professionals to train cricketers at school level. National team don’t need a coach, they know their game thats why they are there. National team simply need a coordinator & motivator, Money & fame can spark the passion in a person but couldn’t guide him to pursue the passion.

BCCI is much more powerful than ICC. BCCI is “Big Cash Creator of India”. Time has come when literally BCCI can dictate the terms to ICC. ICC just can’t afford not to agree with BCCI. BCCI’s way of functioning is also questionable, as it is run mostly on “close door” method. BCCI might claim that India team don’t represent INDIA it represent BCCI alone. Just a smart choice of words to avoid legal chaos don’t make BCCI run away from fact that it is Team INDIA not Team BCCI. Let’s encourage what we are best at. Cricket is solo team sport where india has some chance of winning world cup. No one can deny the fact that BCCI is solely responsible for popularity of cricket in india. Critics argue we should watch & follow national sport of Hockey. Govt can’t force people to watch national sport for sake of patriotism. Sport should attract the masses to remain popular; asking masses to follow a sport for sake of it can’t make it popular. Hockey should earn its popularity & not beg for it. Popularity should not be mistaken for reason of hockey’s declining popularity. Cricket has to over the impression of snatching the popularity from national sport. All sports are good & should be encouraged. Cricket is a sport, so is hockey & many others.

My Sher o shayeri (Urdu Poetry). Written by me.

1.
Mere Ashqon ne Mujhe sambhaal rakha hai.
Dil-e-murdaaar ko teri yaad ne zinda rakha hai.
kahin tu kisi shab aakar na punch bethe deewane ka naam
isi fikr mein apna naam abhi tak yaad rakha hai.
2.
Nazar hi se na guftgu kar, Labon se bhi kaam le, ahsan hoga.
Zamane ne samjha jo but tumhe, hum par butparasti ka ILZAM hoga.
3.
Na samjhi ki humne jo tujhe bewafa kaha.
Tu ne khud ko nahin, hum ne tujhe khuda kaha.
Tune sada apni zulf ko zulf humne use ghata kaha.
Hasil jo hua, hum ne tajarba zamaane ne saza kaha.
4.
Ajeeb kashmakash hai zindagi,maazra kuch yun hai.
dard-e-dil ki wajah bhi tu hai dava bhi tu hai.
5.
Dard ki shiddat se ahsas-e-dard jaata raha, Ishq ki jab intiha ho gayi.
Ruh se teri sada aane lagi, jaan meri jism se jab juda ho gayi.
6.
saath le yakin apna, badah kadam, rah mushkil sahi.
Kashti sada mehfooz hai sahil par,jo uski manzil nahin.
7.
Ta umar zulfon ki Qaid mein rakhne ki shart uski,
Kyon kar manzoor hoti, fitrat apni awaara thehri.
Usko apni murdadili pe naaz
Zindadili se apni dosti gehri.
8.
kyon kar koi naam du tujhe, Bin naam Ishq mera kya zulm hoga.
Qamar kahun to zyadati hogi tujh par, Khuda kaha to kufr hoga.
9.
Zindagi ghuzri Ghurbat mein dilkash the jo fannkaar yahan,
musibat mein rahe, banaya khud alag raasta apna.
Aksar baad wafaat milti hai shohrat unko,
Murdaparast Quom se hai waasta apna.
10.
Hai Ishq mey se mujhe ya main ishq mein hoon.
Wajah jo bhi ho shukr hai madhoosh to hoon.
Izhaar-e-mohabbat ka andaz apna juda nikla.
Kehna tha ishq mein hoon,keh diya ishq main hoon.
11.
bund ban kar aab barasta hai falak se,
fizaon mein bhi khushnuma garmi hai.
naam mera liya hai fir aaj uske aks ne,
isiliye mehboob ne gusse se zulf jhatki hai.
12.
kabhi raat mein uski baat hoti hai.
kabhi uski baat mein raat hoti hai.
kaha bewafa kisi ne use,maine bawafa suna.
yehi khata mujse har baar hoti hai.
13.
Juda Hain Sakhshiyatein hamari isi liye hum Juda hai.
Dil todna lagta hai gunaah hum ko par Shoq uska hai.
Nigle hai ashq sada humne, ashq nikle ek arsa hua.
Wahan har baat par dariya-e-ashq behta hai.
14.
kabhi lab pe sirf love, ashq mein bhi ishq dikhta hai.
kabhi pyaar bekaar aur mohabbat ki sohbat bhi buri maloom hoti hai.
nazariya badalta hai apna hi ya khud ahsas bhi badalta hai.
mehfil mein jo mahez do lafz, tanhai mein jazba wahi pakeezah banta hai.
15.
is mashghul shaher ka roshan din veerana lagta hai.
mehfil mein hai tanhai, tanhai mein sukun milta hai.
yeh soch kar dil behla rahe hai kab se.
har sitare ko qamar kahan milta hai.
16.
Apne Ishq ki taseer na shola na shabnam
Khushi mein aankh geeli ghum mein bhi nam.
17.
Talab mey ki jagti hai , nazar meri teri nigah to dhoonti hai.
Kanpe zara jo lab tere, wadi-e-ishq mein khamoshi gunjhti hai.
18.
dar par woh aayega kisi shab koi aahat hogi.
aarzoo yeh itni gehri,isko sochna meri aadat ho gayi.
19.
Ishq ko baandhna maqsad nahin nikah ka.
kaam hai yeh mehboob ki nigah ka.
20.
Talash-e-sukun mein thak gaye ab, Kadam itna chale.
Ab to zindagi ka shikwa karenge maut se milke gale.
21.
maan leta mein uski baat ke usko ishq nahin mujhse.
agar naam lete hue mera, lab uske na kaamnpe hote.
22.
Daur-e-taraqqi, daur-e-masrufiyat mein hue paida apna muqaddar hai.
Tujhse milne ki aas kaise karun, jab ke khud se milne ka waqt muqarrar hai.
23.
samajhta hai woh uski jhalak ko, uske shaher mein, uske dar par aaye hai.
Khwab mein dekha tha paresha usko,sach na ho kahin, isi darr se aaye hai.
24.
khamoshi se chhod gaya shaher woh, fir bhi uski shaam-o-saher wahi hai.
mahez shaher badla hai nasamajh, mera dil wahi hai tera ghar wahi hai.
25.
ishq bemaza hai seene mein aashiq ke,agar gham na ho.
Tanhai mein na mile sukun,dard mein apnapan na ho.
26.
Larazta hai Takht-e-shahi kisi ki uff se.
nazdeek uske ashq apne mahez pani hai.
Zulm bhi uska ek ahsan hai hum par.
dard se apni aah bhi nikle to gustakhi hai.
27.
Yaad teri zara dhundli hui to usey ashq se dho kar saaf kar liya.
Ek pal zubaan ne bewafa kaha, agle pal dil ne maaf kar diya.
28.
Tu ne be wajah Hansi mein jhupaye hai jo ashq, aankh tak aane de.
Sochta hoon dikhao zakhm jo tere ishq mein mile hai, magar jaane de.
29.
dukh deti hai garam ret ab, mujhe apne watan ki fiza ki zaroorat hai.
kaise apna manu,is shaher ko jahan ghiza ke liye bhi visa ki zaroorat hai.
30.
Phalna phoolna jo chaha maine.
Na Phal Na phool paya maine.
31.
Khudaya muqam aisa na mohabbat mein aaye.
Jab yaad mehboob ki mahez fursat mein aaye.
Chen-o-sukun kaise koi us ibadat se paye.
Yaad khuda ki jab sifr ghurbat mein aaye.
32.
Iss ada se dil toda hai , bewafai ko ek naya naam diya hai.
Woh mere Qabil nahin, saheli ke haath yeh peghaam diya hai.
33.
Jiske liye humne usolon ko toda, wahi aaj usolon ka sabak deta hai.
ajeeb ittefak hai sab ko shikwa gila usi se hai, jo zindagi ko sabab deta hai.
34.
hota Insaf jahan mein to Sard raat mein shaher ka nazara yun na hota.
Kutte ko naseeb hai garam bistar, mazdoor hai sadak par akhbar par soya.
35.
Toota hai dil aur dard bhi hua hai,
Fir bhi jaane kyon yeh khayal aaya hai.
hasane ka farz jisne nibhaya tha kal,
Haq hai usko jo aaj rulaya hai.
36.
Ae Khuda, mere gulistan-e-hind ko kya ho gaya.
Ghurbat se tha parhez, abhi gharib se ho gaya.
37.
Zalim bana hai mazloom, Mujrim hakim ho gaya.
aankh khuli hai beshaque, bas zameer so gaya.

Written By : Mohd Atif (Surprised? Always expect the unexpected).

My Take on Reality Shows on Indian TV : Rise & Rise of Reality shows

I always insist, we should not be calling them reality shows anymore. As there is hardly any reality left in them. They are simply TRP driven, smartly scripted shows. Nonetheless this blog is not about whether we should be calling them reality shows or not. It is about past, present & future of reality shows in India.

There was a time in Indian television when Ekta kapoor’s saas-bahu soap were considered cool thing, they were discussed over dining table of Indian middle class families. It was not only acceptable but also desirable to watch those K series soups. Soup’s characters were more popular in household than the relatives. Soap bahus were ideal of the idle family. It was nation’s favorite pass time. Family outing, visit to relative & even temple were scheduled keeping Serial’s timing in mind. Prime time on all the channels was reserved for these serials, which shows a characters expression in all possible camera angle & speed. They were accused of not showing reality, critics argue no household has woman wrapped in expensive saris 24x7, as shown in serials. I doubt, has they shown the reality, would they still be as popular as they were. If viewers were so interested in reality, they would have switches off the TV & observe around them, what better reality than reality itself. But all, viewers wanted, was entertainment different from shown earlier. Some of us would watch them to avoid, not up to date, tag. To be part of conversation, we should have at least some knowledge of serials current state.

Then all of a sudden, Like bollywood thrillers, moods changed, of media & critics hence of public. Comedinas were earning their living by making fun of Saas-bahu serials. How these bahus wake up wearing heavy make up & expensive perfectly wrapped sarees. Also fun was made of how camera shows single reaction with varying speed,angle & background sound which runs into full episode. It was slowly reaching a limit when watching a serial was treated as moral crime. Even the people who still love them, don’t have the courage to watch them in presence of family, it was embracing to even admit it. I remember one aunt of mine , she was very fond of these serials. He refused to admit that she still watch those serials. She will avoid giving any clue that shows that she is still following them. All , to avoid any embarrassment. You fear to make yourself look fool, if you watched those serials. Media has power to change the perception & it has used that power to full extent in this case.

When India was watching those searials, west was experiments with new ideas of feeding celebrities & talented people to public with reality dose. It clicked instantly with curious viewer as they get the chance to peep into celebs & other common people’s life. It was all about hope, talent, boldness, money & off course TRPs. From “dancing, singing, talent shows to quiz & celebrity locked in house or jungle, everything was there.

TV followed the pattern of Bollywood movies to copy, or inspired as they prefer to call, from western counterpart. It gives them the liberty to choose those who have been successful. TV did the same for almost every hit show of west. There was a reality show on Indian television.

From “KBC , Indian Idol, paanchvi pass, roadies, big boss, iss Jungle se…. to Splitsvilla, sach ka saamna & all others were copied from west with little variation to suit Indian taste.

Every Indian channel has reaalitys how on prime time. some in news due to new format (Just copied) Ideas or celebrity judges.

Till now viewers are not fully bored of these reality shows, It is still cool to watch them. You can still discuss them on dinning table without any worry abour being embrassed.

Lets see what 2010 Holds for Indian TV’s reality fondness. Will they go saas-bahu way? I am sure they will, But may be little slowly. As they say excess of everything is bad, Length of blog included. That’s all, I have time for.

My First Poem : My Life in Dubai

The Sun was seting in a winter season.
A son was moving across the ocean.

Sad was son, yet happy was engineer.
Fulfilling my dream to be a designer.

Mom was miles apart,yet close to heart.
I found job, ice, sea & heat in a desert.

Crying in blanket listening silly hindi song.
Lonely in a city, those nights were so long.

Amused by the buildings that were so high,
Looking like a stick, almost touching the sky.

Then the day came, received my first salary.
Not sure if I get paid for work or just slavery.

Finally moved with friends in a tiny room.
It was fun-filled, like teacher less class room.

Time flies, i was design engineer now for ages.
But no complex calculations like i did in college.

Stress now moved from shafts & beams to my head.
Save me of this, Oh God. else soon i will be dead.

Working was worrying, Nice Boss named balaji.
Whom i could understand better than biology.

Design was only about past references.
You are bad if there were any differences.

One year went by working with habib & tripathi.
Eating daily the same lunch of chicken chapati.

Waking up by alarm, sleeping by clock.
Life became dull, no surprises or shock.

Realized, family needs me not my money.
Told myself,no more earning like a donkey.

Did nothing in last 4 years except design.
Thought hard, finally took decision to resign.

Decision was harder than the diamond.
But i do prefer peanuts over almond.

Mohd Atif

DUBAI : High Vision or a Failed State

Dubai, a City synonymous with Glamour, success & modernity until a year ago, is suddenly being projected as Failure state with no chance of surviving or maintain its image. Things don’t really change that fast as shown in Media. Dubai was projected by media as symbol of extraordinary vision, Unimaginable success in short span of time. In 2007, there was hardly any weak when dubai didn’t announce any tallest, biggest, highest, largest, best project. Dubai was compared with best cities of the world. Its living standard was compared with New York, London & Paris. Dubai announced Water front Project, which was twice the size of Hong Kong. World’s tallest tower, biggest airport, tallest hotel, biggest Mall were some of the projects in Dubai’s pipeline of projects at a time. It seems there was no better place to live than dubai. Vision of Sheikh Muhammad was appreciated by global media. Investors were investing trillions of dollars without giving it a second thought. It was almost a routine to hear announcement of something bigger than earlier Projects almost every month, if not weak.




Very same media has now started saying Dubai ruler’s over ambitiousness has led to bursting of Dubai bubble. Don’t forget that same over ambitiousness make Dubai much ahead of its neighbours, which despite being richer in oil resources lag much behind. Standing tall without any resource (oil) backup is not easy. Only an Over ambitiousness can make it possible. I agree that Dubai Ruler Sheikh Muhammad is poet & Horse rider which makes him really optimistic like other artists. Being an artist himself he believes in dreams & does his bit to realize it. But not all dreams are realistic. Since Dubai has not any oil resources unlike its neighbours (Abu Dhabi & other gulf countries), Dubai realize that to sustain a real growth they should project themselves not only as global tourism & hospitality hub but also as Service & Sports hub.



Once something goes wrong, all critics do their job perfectly. No one dares to Question ambitions of Dubai, global media was all praise for Sheikh Muhammad’s vision & leadership. Dubai was over hyped than & now it is over criticized. Dubai is in fact in deep trouble, Emirates have to beg fellow emirates, Abu Dhabi for bail out which stands around $30b. Dubai world find it hard to repay its loan without Abu Dhabi’s help. Abu Dhabi’s influence on Dubai can be judged by the fact that Tallest building of world, which was recently opened in Dubai, has been renamed after Abu Dhabi ruler. Burj dubai is Burj Khalifa Now. Dubai Real estate bubble has busted dangerously, it claim Nakeel, the Palm developer, as its causality. Dubai official Airline, Emirates , has successfully arranged loan for its next fleet of Airbus A380 planes. Emirates airline too struggled like other airlines worldwide due to lower demand in aviation sector. Many Dubai’s projects were Multi-billion dollar, which need outside finance. Recession has stopped or delayed almost all of them; recently there were report in Japanese media about Japanese firm’s threat to stop work of Dubai metro if not paid which Dubai denies. Rumours, speculations, estimations, surveys, forecast nothing is in dubai’s favour at the point. we should stop speculations & wait till this rumour & speculations Burst & than estimate dubai.



2010 will decide future course of action of Dubai, i am keeping my fingers crossed for that.

Views on '3 Idiots' & 'Five Point Someone'.

I almost get carried away by media hype & uncoditional support Chetan Bhagat got from social networking sites. I presumed, like thousand of media victims, Chetan Bhagat has been denied much deserving credit for his contribution in 3 Idiots. But than suddenly i decided to read the book “Five Point someone” myself. i finished the book today on my weekend, on the cost of my sleep. I was surprised to notice that Movies Only loosely inspired from book. Since Engineers, like me, find themself more comfortable with numbers, i will say movie is 20 % inspired from Book. i thing Chetan bhagat has got enough credit, 10 lacs Rs. & enough media attention during making of film & prior to its release.But it seems , word is not enough for chrtan bhagat, he sees the moolah coming to producers form all over the world. then writer decides to fight for his credit, fully aware that even if he didnt get the moolah , he will get its equivalent (read Publicity) for sure. Chetan has made Media taken his name in same breathe as Aamir khan. As we all know, chetan is darling of Big Media house (Times of India Group), as he writes for them. i was not surprised that media from that group was sensationalizing it more than others (Times Now belongs to Times of India for your information). For 2 days it seems India’s economy, security,Governtment performance is less important than Chetan Bhagat getting credit for his contribution to Highest grosser of Bollywood. As one of my teacher used to ” there are 2 kind of person in this world one who work & other who take credit. Try to be former type as there is less competition there”. I dont expect now,media to be more resposible, as if i know for sure, this will be getting dirtier from now. Media will take more control than Government, side effects of democracy. It is funny how dirty games the Rich plays for power,money & fame but manage their diplomacy. More diplomatic the person is,More dangerous he/she will be. No one is more diplomatic than World leaders, Top CEOs, Intelligence Guys & top diplomates, all of them are dangerous in their intentions. So called famous people,always take diplomatic stand, use heavy phrases & have More jealousy in them than their bank balance.

My first Blog : My Feelings & 3 Idiots Debate

I never felt so excited at 8.25 pm as i am feeling now, as I am writing my first Blog. Being My First Blog, it will remain special forever like your first cycle, first job, first Bike & so on. No Matter how Bad, Silly, awkward Your First thing might be, it is still the FIRST. From last few weeks i was feeling like writing a Blog knowing that i alone with read it. As Mark Twain said “The secret of getting ahead is getting started”. Most Important thing is getting started. It remind me of chapter (My Greatest Olympic Prize, if I am not mistaken) which says “Its Important to participate than to WIN”.


Last few days Media is getting its TRP from “Chetan Bhagat Vs 3 Idiots Team” controversy. I always wonder why Media mentions “It has created a controversy..” When in real the controvercy is being created by Media by saying it. Free Media is like salt in meal “Tasteful if used in appropriate Quantity”, increasing or decreasing it will make taste equally BAD. In Other sense this debate is WIN-WIN-WIN situation, Chetan Bhagat’s WIN is that he is being talked about in same breathe as Aamir Khan. 3 Idiots WIN is that it is getting much needed publicity free of charge. Media’s WIN is that they are getting TRP out of it. All parties involved in it are getting benefits, This debate will fade out ,without any results, moment the News Channel’s TRP start dropping. Till then Bear with it for Sake of thier benefits

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