An Ideal Husband

Yesterday, I was watching 'Khichdi' television series. It is an Indian Comedy Series and trust me, it is

definitely at par with the world popular sitcoms like The Big Bang Theory, is not more. The only thing is that as Hindi aint spoken world-wide, therefore, it still is not famous.

Anyways, so you need to know a very little about the show right now. It is about a Gujarati family which is unique in their own way. They have very different mannerisms from the rest of the world and are very happy in the way they are. They are totally insane and will drive you crazy. However, you can not help loving them. All of the characters are just too sweet and innocent. They can do stupid things but never hurt a single person, not even by mistake.

So... yesterday, when I was seeing the show, I just told my mother that when she would find a guy for me, she should find someone like Prafful. Prafful and Hansa are the total show stealer. They are a total brainless couple and in all the sense, complete each other. They love each other, with all their flaws and most importantly, they love each other for their flaws. They can not live without each other. So only I told my mum to find me a guy like him.

You know, their love story may not involve a lot of romance or going to exotic locations but that is nor love. Their love story includes going to jail together as they can't live without one another. Their love is about Prafful buying gajras for Hansa because she loves them, DAILY. Their love is about the two of them playing antakshari and

singing medleys of Bollywood songs, dedicating to each other. Their love story is about Prafful defending Hansa even before she speaks for herself. Their love story is about Hansa telling that her biggest achievement is marrying Praful. Their love story is about not doing anything but just staying there together.
You know, you should just see the way they look at each other. The way they would give gestures even when the other person is speaking. They would look at each other before laughing or any other emotion. And even after so many years of their marriage, they have that pure tender love. They even think the same. For the same situation, both of them would think the same stupid thing. And they would understand each other even without a word.

I mean, of course I would want to do job and not sit idle all day... but if you ask me what kind of love story I want - I want to marry a guy I adore and that he too would adore me. He should love me not with my flaws but for my flaws. He should laugh at my stupid jokes and complete my songs. He should buy me novels to read and yet read me a story before bed. I don't want him to be the prince but I want him to pamper me as a princess - his princess.

Khichdi, has a total crazy family but

they all love each other so much. Their love for one another is just unconditional. They know the world hates them or is afraid of them but they don't care. Instead, they are so engrossed in each other that they hardly have anytime to think of what the world has to say.

To me, Praful is definitely the ideal husband. He sees Hansa to be the most pretty lady on the planet. He accepts her for who she is and loves her that way. He never forces her for anything and never is irritated by her. Hansa is very much dependent on Praful to know everything. She is naive and innocent and more importantly, has a huge problem with understanding English. She would ask him a thousand times about the different words in English and everytime he would smile and explain it to her. He would play with her. He would go with her everywhere. He would sing her songs and buy her gifts. And the most adorable thing that I found in him, he is too proud to call her his! 'Meri Hansa' !!

Inshallah, someday I will find my Praful ;)

#365 : January 04, 2015

I had the most wonderful feeling experience today! I got myself a new cell-phone. The wonderful experience is that this is the first item I got from my own salary!! Yay!!

I bought - Samsung Grand Prime cell phone. It is duos. And it is beautiful!

I mean, it may not be the best phone in the world but I am going to treasure it forever. I totally love it. I mean I got it from my own salary.

You know, the moment I went to the shop, I already had an idea in mind that I was going to buy this one. The salesperson showed it to me right away. Then I asked her if there were more phones in similar configuration. She showed me a Sony brand. I liked that too but my dad said that Sony Service Centers are few. So, I didn't. Someday, however, I am definitely going to buy that phone too! It was

beautiful....

Anyways... while paying the bill (which was again in my name), I gave my card to get the payment done. During that time too, I was confused about Samsung or Sony. But finally, when I got it home, it is pretty much the most beautiful thing I have ever laid eyes on. It is my new baby!!

Soon, I will also post about this phone. As for now... I just love it and love the feeling. I know I spent my entire month's salary on this phone, yet, I just can't help beaming. Also, I am feeling that now I am independent. I am responsible for my own choices. I can spend my own money for my own things :D

Dr. Cabbie : Movie Review

Okay... Firstly, if you have not heard about this, let me tell you. Dr. Cabbie is a movie. It is financed

bu Salman Khan and you might have heard about it because it stars Isabelle Kaif, Katrina's younger sister. I came across this movie a little differently. It stars Kunal Nayyar, Rajesh Koothrapalli of The Big Bang Theory. Initially, I thought that he was the protagonist but he is not. However, I am really glad that I got to know about the movie.

The movie started with Deepak (Vinay Virmani) who graduates as a doctor from Delhi. He then travels to Canada where his Uncle lives. He wants to help people as his father was a doctor and is now decreased. He and his mother travel there. Despite trying hard, he couldnot get a job. That is when he meets Tony (Kunal Nayyar) who is a Cabbie there. Tony suggests Deepak could become a Cabbie too. At first, Deepak is too adamant of trying to be a doctor only but when he is forced to work at his Uncle's restaurant, doing a lot of misdeeds.
Deepak finally calls Tony and agrees to be a Cabbie. Tony has a special friend Simone (Isabelle Kaif). When Deepak meets the cab contractor, he realizes that the man was ill and Deepak gives him some consultation. On his first day on the streets, he has a hard time finding the routes but he gives alot of useful advice to his first client.
Later that evening, a girl sits in his cab, whom he previously had seen in a Coffee Shop and had fallen in love with at first sight. However, he finds that the girl is pregnant. The three of them (Tony was also there) get stuck in a traffic jam while there is heavy rains outside. Tony and Deepak park the car somewhere side as Natalie (Adrianne Palicki - also, the one who played Jessie in Supernatural, which I just found out!) is going to deliver the baby. Deepak delivers the baby and Tony shoots the whole thing and puts it online. Natalie and Deepak become hit overnight. Deepak gets popular as Dr. Cabbie.

Deepak and Natalie grow close. On the other hand, Natalie was in a relationship with a rich guy who was a future prospect of the state mayor. His dad was a very powerful person who wanted to strong his son's candidature and thus forces him to reconcile with Natalie.
Deepak takes Natalie to his home and they both become close. One day, Deepak finds a muslim girl attempting suicide and he talks her out of it and gives her anti-depressants which were apparently banned in that country. The girl attempts suicide, later, using those anti-depressants. There is a case against Deepak which is fueled by Natalie's ex.
Natalie, who is a lawyer by profession but had to work as a waitress after getting pregnant, takes back to being a lawyer and takes Deepak as her first client. A lot of people come and tell that Deepak had been nothing but service to the community. He is finally announced as not-guilty for all other charges except giving illegal drugs. But then, Natalie marries Deepak, not for the visa but so that she can travel with him. The judge decides not to deport Deepak back. And then we have a happy ending!!

Okay, I was really eager to see this movie and quite honestly, I really loved it.

You see, it is such a simple and beautiful story. It is very imaginable. It is about something that you can really see happening to people and nothing superfluous.  Moreover, there is a scene where Deepak tells the court that he did all this because of the Oath which asks him to be true to his

profession regardless of anything.

For me the catch was definitely Kunal Nayyar. To see him in such a different avatar from his usual Rajesh, is a wonderful feeling. Here, he was a total devil-may-care person and was paired alongside Simone. He spoke bits of 'Hindi' and acted a total playboy. He even looked so different! 

Another great surprise for me was Adrianne. I thought I did know her but when I found out that she was in Supernatural... wow! Amazing feeling!

It is a very simple movie with very real life characters and still I would recommend that people should watch it!!

My New Year Resolution : 2015

I thought this time no resolution at all! You see, every year, I think of a resolution. For the last few days of the going year, I fuss over what should be the resolution and what should not be... and then on the Day 1 (like today), I keep that resolution... and then what?

I can't even remember what my resolution was for 2014!! That is bad!

Therefore, I said - no resolution this year!

But then, I felt extremely good today. I was at work and there was a colleague who was sitting beside me. She was doing the same work and me and therefore, we did the work together. The ease with which she was doing, made me feel so good. Because when I was doing it all alone, I was so confused and nervous that it made me feel that I did not know a thing. Today, I felt I am not completely useless :P

Back to the topic... when I felt good, I thought hard and found out that the real reason behind the random happiness is that I am learning something. I am gaining knowledge.

You see, people always say that we work so hard at our jobs but don't get paid for it. Guys, common. Just look at it the other way. You are gaining so much knowledge. You might not realize it but you are learning so much. It makes us such a better person altogether. That knowledge is something that can not be afforded !!

Then, I changed my thought.

Everyday, I am going to try and learn. I will talk, have fun and enjoy but I will learn more.

This is my resolution and I hope I fulfill it.

January 01, 2015 #365

There is nothing better in life than to talk your heart out to a friend. I did that... for more than an hour. A friend who is far away but someone who will always be in the heart.

Okay, wait... let me rewind a little...

I had a good time today. We had a small treat at office and I sang in front of so many people. Good thing was -
a) I can sing again
b) I was happy
c) I sang in front of so many people

And then on the journey back...
I dialed to a friend. I met him 4 months back and we spent 3 months together (away from both our homes) in a totally stranger city. The thing is, this friend, that I would fondly call 'Shelly', after the great legendary - Sheldon Cooper of Big Bang Theory, as this friend is also that witty, is equally addictive. Once you know him, it is impossible to not like him and want to be near him. He is nearly infectious. Lolz.

Anyways, so I called him as he had called in the morning to wish for New Years and I couldn't speak to him. So, I called him and I spoke to him.

It was magical.

I spoke like we had never parted for different cities. He spoke like he is still here... catching me on my small - small habits, like lying :P, hating his flat-mate :P and the bike.

You knows, some people are not there in your life for any reason but just to make you realize how beautiful your life is. Their simplicity reflects your own joys that you had hidden deep within you and forgotten about. Shelly, is one such friend.

He is simple and very funny. He can make you laugh off bad with a fall of a pin. And at the same time he is very sincere and hard-working. And at the same time he knows how to really have fun. This is such a rare combination. In many people you will not even find one... very few are blessed to have two but someone with three and I know him, I am blessed!

When I spoke to him, it was a wonderful feeling. I am really glad that I spoke to him on the first day of the year. It was an 'awesome' beginning.

I feel that I started writing on the first page of the notebook with 365 blank pages, with a good quill, I hope the rest of the story is equally 'awesome' :D

#365 : Introduction

Hey All

From today onwards - January 01, 2015... I have taken a new thing up - to make each day memorable. In the label #365, I will try to write what made my day memorable!

By the way - Happy New Year :)

Smile and the World Smiles with you....!!

Just the other day, I was having a conversation with a friend. He said that he did not enjoy a movie

because there were just two of them who had gone for the movie. I asked, how many people did he need? And he replied that to have fun he needed 5 - 6 people. And then he kind of made a comment that unlike me, he can't enjoy being alone!

Well... I don't understand how are others responsible for your happiness? I mean, I believe one can enjoy as much as they wish to, with or without anyone.

Before I make any point, let me tell that I am not someone who enjoys alone. Instead, being alone, is

my biggest fear. However, I hate to admit that it has been a lot of times that I have found myself in situations which have taught me to enjoy by myself.

I mean, yes I do get upset. Indeed, I get upset a lot. But just tell me, if I am upset and there is nothing that can be done about it and then, suddenly, I hear the new peppy popular item song and I get up and think - what the hell... sitting silent is not doing anything good. I can sit and cry or I can dance. Dancing is something I love. So, why

shouldn't I dance?

Another time, I was really tired with work... and so was a friend. I wanted a way out. I just took him to a movie... I loved that movie more than anything. Yes, I like to see movies but I particularly enjoyed that one. It is not because I like being alone - but because I made a choice. I chose to be happy.

See... things happen in life. Something or the other goes wrong every moment. One thing will mend only to dismantle another thing. Then, where am I supposed to enjoy?

By this post, I am not saying that we don't need anyone to be happy. Indeed, I am not saying anything at all. I am just showing my own perspective. All I intend to say is - You need to choose. Ofcourse, being with friends is always fun. But for moments when you are all alone - you just need to take control. All other remedies can only work and will only work when once you are ready!

 

And you know, if ever it happens that you want to apply this - whenever you are sad and alone - do anything. But do something! Don't just sit. Try something new. If nothing, you will get to learn a new thing. Listen to a song. Dance. Create something. I am not tempting you for more solo time, I am just trying to tell you what to do if you have a solo time!

Keep Smiling :)

Miracle of the Day : 25th December 2014

Christmas is really all about 'Miracles'! I have heard this alot of times... and somewhere deep down I do believe it but the truth is, today, I lived it!

I woke up in the morning to a friend's message. Well... you must be wondering what is the miracle here... So, the miracle is that this is a special friend. He is as wonderful person as you can ever find and yet, me, being a really stupid person, let him go. Indeed, I hurt him out of my life... but he is really sweet. For a couple of days, he is talking to me again... And I find myself really wanting much

more of it. Everytime I talk to him, I somehow want to talk everything... maybe to make up for the 2 months that I lost.
Anyways... waking up to his message was really amazing! Thank You for being my miracle Raspberry... ;)

So well... after that... the best Miracle thing was - I wore a rosary and swore the name of Allah during a puja that was conducted for me on Christmas! Hell... I loved it! No offense to anyone... but I seriously feel that movies like OMG and PK come.. people see them and praise them. They say they are so good movies and so correct too. But no one follows the message behind them. Eventually, these are just reduced to a credit for the actor.

Even for OMG, I used to follow it. It is we who created God. God never created the division. We divided ourselves and when we had no one to blame, we created God and blamed him that he sent me to this family!
Anyways... I guess I am going off topic. I really loved sitting there. I felt at peace.

Then... after like 4 months... I met my sister! She is like a soul mate to me. She understands me in all ways perfectly and it is like she accepts me and loves me for all my flaws. I am truly blessed to have met her. Well... the miracle here was, we are neighbors and yet, I met her after this long. And the moment she met me, she knew exactly what I needed to hear and tell her. And even though she is younger than me, she would scold me like she is so much more experienced. But you know, she is always correct... so whenever I need help - I go to her. Ananya - if you are reading it - you are awesome love. I am definitely blessed to have you. Stay that way :D

Then later in the evening... I talked to this friend I mentioned earlier. It was another miracle!

Also... another long lost friend contacted me.. and though I did not yet talk much to him... it is still a miracle :D I feel great!

Lastly.. I met so many relatives today. My cousins.. family!


Christmas is indeed magic!

I couldn't have imagined, how good my life would get, from the moment I met you.... ;)

This is a wonderful video from the show 'The Big Bang Theory' where, Howard (who is always shown to be someone as far away from commitment as can be) writes this song for his wife on their date anniversary.
This is the sweetest thing I have ever seen and it is very adorable.

Today, there is a friend who doubted whether if he is a good enough person and to him, I dedicate this. I couldn't have imagined how good my life would get... from the moment that I met you ;)

If I didn’t have you, life would be blue I’d be Doctor Who without the TARDIS A candle without a wick, a Watson without a Crick I’d be one of my outfits without a dick-ey

I’d be cheese without the mac, Steve Jobs without the Wozniak I’d be solving exponential equations that use bases not found on your calculator, making it much harder to crack

I’d be an atom without a bomb, a dot without the com And I’d probably still live with my mom (All, echo: And he’d probably still live with his mom)

Ever since I met you, you’ve turned my world around You’ve supported all my dreams and all my hopes You’re like Uranium-235 and I’m Uranium-238, Almost inseparable isotopes

I couldn’t have imagined how good my life would get From the moment that I met you, Bernadette

If I didn’t have you, life would be dreary I’d be string theory without any string I’d be binary code without a one, A cathode ray tube without an electron gun I’d be ‘Firefly’, ‘Buffy,’ and ‘Avengers’ without Joss Whedon I’d speak a lot more Klingon,
[Speaks Klingon] All: And he’d definitely still live with his mom

Ever since I met you, you’ve turned my world around You’re my best friend and my lover We’re like changing electric and magnetic fields; you can’t have one, without the other

I couldn’t have imagined how good my life would get From the moment that I met you, Bernadette

All: Oh, we couldn’t have imagined, how good our lives would get From the moment that we met you, Bernadette

20 Reasons why HIMYM-Alternate Ending is way better than the one shown previously

If you are reading this, then you are 'How I met your Mother' fan and probably disappointed by the way the

series ended in March. I hated it to the core but unfortunately, for all these months I was stuck with what was telecast and all I could do was try and find some comfort. But then… last night, I struck GOLD! The alternate ending to the series, that was supposed to be in the full DVD set of Season 9 and even in the full DVD set of the series (All 9 seasons) that is due on September 23, was somehow leaked on the internet.

Note : I had bought the novel 'The Secret' on recommendation of a friend. She said that the book was magic and contained powers to make people happy. I was really sad yesterday, so I got a book that could help me. And within a few hours of purchasing it and reading only a page or two, I found out about the Alternate Ending. Well, if you ask me, I will always want to see more and find some fault here and there… but if you REALLY ask me, the Alternate Ending is as beautiful as possible - totally perfect - a perfect sum of the entire 9 year journey and to top all of it, it is happy. I am still in tears but these are tears that the show is finally over. The only good thing about the old ending was that I knew the show couldn’t end

like this and this is the only fault with the new one - my show has ended….. Anyways, in the Secret, there are mention of people all over the world experiencing miracles by reading 'The Secret' and implementing the good changes in their way of life. I had barely read it, but it bought immense happiness to me. I wish everyone reads it so we all be happy… and trust me, I am gonna read it real soon!! Who knows, the entire cast shows up at my doorstep? :P

SPOILER ALERT : Read this only if you are sure that you have seen both the endings.

Note : The leaked ending here is considered as the 'Alternate Ending' and in case there is another 'Alternate Ending'… well, I will blog about that when that comes.

So, I can give you a reason per episode for why the old ending is pretty horrible and should never have been aired. However, the creators stick by it, so I cant do anything evil to it. Yet, we have this new Alternate Ending leaked on the internet and it is BEAUTIFUL and PERFECT. Now I am not saying the last sentence to be a reason, therefore, allow me to present 25 logical reasons as to why the new ending is better!!

1. The story started 9 years back with the 'Future Ted Mosby' telling the story to his kids in 'Bob
   
   Saget's voice'. In the previous end, the voice in the last scene is magically changed to Josh Radnor's voice. How can voice change?

2. In the episode 'Sunrise', Ted had let Robin go from his heart. Once that is done, he met Tracy and had a beautiful family. But no way those feelings were coming back, unlike his kids said in the last scene of the previous ending.

3. In the s09e22, when Robin says that Ted has always been perfect for her and the two should elope, Ted told her that she didn’t knew him if she thought that he was going to do that to Barney and that he had moved on. Two words - 'Moved On'.

4. In s09e22, when Barney accepts that the locket was found by Ted and not him, Robin realizes that he is perfect for her. Yes, their marriage doesn’t last but the reasons for that are completely different.

5. When Lily says in s09e23 that 'Not this time. This is different' to Marshall saying that How can Ted do it all over again… meet a gal, go too big too soon and then end up hurt… It was supposed to be different! It was different but it turned the same way.

6. Why tell the story 'How I met your Mother' when the eponym character dies the same way that she lived - off-screen…. ??

7. The story of 'How I met your Mother' should end with '… and that is how I met your mother!' and not with the French Blue Horn. Maybe the yellow umbrella or the bass the mother played or the yellow bus…

8. I really didn’t like the way the old ending was compiled… as in the kids scenes were shot long back so every time the kids spoke something, the camera was direct on them and whenever Ted spoke, the camera was direct on him. It reflected that the scenes are cut. Whereas in the new ending, it is voice over by Future Ted… just like the way we are used to.
9. An important event such as the death of the mother, needed more than just one line '…and I carried that lesson with me when she got sick…' . Please, she is the title character, show some
   
   respect.

10. Even though I love the entire dialogue 'It was indeed a long and difficult road…' but this one is a little more lively. It doesn’t make us sad.

11. Same goes for the music. The background score of the final scene in the old ending makes you wanna cry out but this really cheerful and good. It is kind of the ending the series deserve. I mean it is a comedy not a drama… and why should we be sad that it ended, I am glad it happened!

12. The new ending has the 'yellow umbrella' scene in the last - and I totally loved it. I was missing the Yellow Umbrella in the old ending so much!

13. The sentence in the new Ending 'and when I wake up next to your mother' is probably the first statement NOT in flashback told by Future Ted about what he felt with Tracy. It was great to hear and so lovely! The old ending barely knew that Tracy and Ted were in love.

14. The mini flashback of the entire series is really cool in the New Ending. I mean when all the good things are in this one, why did you really show the old one? Probably because you wanted to create this havoc of heartbreaks as an applause to the grand revelation of the REAL ending!

15. Ted was a hopeless Romantic. Saying that '…if I hadnt been through hell to get there, the lesson might not have been just as clear…' is not the way he would say it. In previous episodes, he had already said that he keeps dating and falling big-time for women because he believes that somewhere there is the girl meant for him. So, he would probably say that yes it was wrong but easy.

16. In the new ending, Ted says '… be in the right place at the right time …' and that was important for all his life before that had been filled with wrong places and wrong times so that he could be on this one rightly. And it was important he said that because he kept complaining about the wrong ones throughout the series instead of 'Thank God, Thank every God there is or was or will be in the entire Universe and anyone else I could possibly thank…'

17. 'The dumbest and most stupidest thing possible' is going upto a beautiful girl in the station and talking to her and I can see it coming from Ted Mosby because everytime he liked a girl in the way he liked the mother, he didn’t do this, rather he did the wise stuff such as stealing the Blue French Horn, dressing up the same way every halloween… and the list goes on!

18. In the new Ending, Ted is glad to have met the mother and he has moved on. That is the reason he could tell the story so nicely and even when he mentioned his ex's, he knew it didn’t matter anymore. In the old ending, if Ted had feelings for Robin, why he kept saying 'Aunt Robin' in that neutral voice and everytime the Future Ted mentioned her, he was not interested in her.

19. If Ted had to end up with Robin… where the hell did 'Aunt Robin' come from?

20. It is more likely that Ted would remember all the people like he did in the mini flashback who helped him get to Tracy rather than '… and anyone else I could possibly thank…'. That is so not like Ted!

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If I find more, I will definitely keep this list going. But these were the very obvious 20 staring right into my face.

And you know, there is something else as well - if the creators would have released this ending first, most audiences would be fine. As in okay, people who liked the old ending, might not have liked this very much but I am pretty sure they wouldn’t have revolted to get a sad ending. A happy ending would have been the safer card to play. But then, we all would be sad because the show would get over.

However, as it happened, for this 4 minutes and 17 seconds, I waited for almost 5 months. The show never ended where it should have had ended. There were several things that I realized in this 5 months - I had time to think how the show affected me and how I felt about it in general, about it ending. It taught me to accept things.

So…….. In a way, the creators are some real awesome people! Love you #HIMYM

I had A very Exciting Day

I had an exciting day 
Looking for places and finding places 
Eating food that should have suffice(d) 
But fell short crockery, roti or rice 
Yet as high as 50 bucks the price 
Some ate large to waste and other nibbled like mice 
With two people to jostle the 200 and more 
And two guests promising us fame and crore(s) 
So what if I had to sit throughput? 
...thinking of birds that fly and fishes that pout 
Escaping into high skies or deep lake... 
How in the Lord's grace, yet, I get this headache? 
Still to be a little sure, 
For months, can this I endure? 
A great experience to be searched from a stack of hay 
Oh!! Did I mention, I had a very exciting day!!