Reviews

Movie Reviews:

1. Pather Panchali : (Bengali) 9/10. All for its pure simplicity and simple story telling. This is the first part of the Apu Trilogy. Its a black & white, 1955 movie. If you don't like slow movies, this is not for you.

2. Mon Oncle : (French) 7/10. Another 1950s French comedy..actually a satire on mechanized life. Its perfect for a lazy sunday afternoon watch, of course with
sub-titles.

3. Rock On : (Hindi) 7/10. A recent movie of Farhan Akthar's. Once worth.

4. Close-Up : (Persian) 8/10. Another Kiriastomi's masterpiece. Watch this movie atleast for the interesting piece of ending.

5. Where Eagles Dare : (English) 8/10. WWII movie on Nazis and the Allies. If you like reading Alistair Maclean, you will enjoy the movie. Interesting plot. I had seen this movie when I was a kid.

Books:

1. Its not about the bike, Lance Armstrong - 8/10. Lovely book, again, very honest. Stuff about the cancer and the details of chemo are explained in detail.
Surely, everyones got something to learn from this book.

2. Maus, A survivor's tale by Art Spiegelman - 9/10. If you like to read more about the holocaust, this is a must pick. Its a 2-part comic book. Interestingly made. The Jews are depicted by rats for they were considered vermins(pests and nuisances), the nazis as cats since they were the predators here and the Americans as dogs for being loyal and friendly.

Plan B

What set off as an interesting research a few months ago will probably be shunted soon. Someone else has published a research paper last month using the same idea for a slightly different application. Essentially I don't see any reason to work on this. I strangely feel happy for whatever has happened.

Its not been easy talking to g. Hoping the g itself will change :) Having come from a very friendly and fun-loving environment, its been a little difficult to adapt here. I dont know why I have to feel nervous even in meetings. I have simply started avoiding any meetings. I have to start saying 'No' to things I am not comfortable with. I dont know when it would happen. Leaving a cushy well-paid job and a comfortable life, this is not what I expected here. Its about time things change. Need to take control of my life. I hope things change by this year end. Well, its actually easy. Its time to switch to Plan B. Err..I forgot.. no...wait..there is no Plan B. Have to think of one in the coming weeks.