A Sombre Topic

Hey, guyz, what’s N today? Sorry, dudes, that was an in-joke for the KGP crowd. Basically, in KGP we used to say that a good line of code will kill more than two birds at the same time – ideally, it will kill N (>4). If you’re having a bad day, N is kinda low. We also use it as a pun in our MSN chats (because the ladkis are kaboothars….get it? What’s N today?? ).

Ah. Memories. What would life be without them? Nostalgia is like Nescafe, yaar: a substitute for the real thing. I don’t believe in cliches, but I can say from my experience that reality is like a potluck: life can send you for a toss sometimes. Now notice I don’t say that I believe in living in the past. You’ve got to take each day as it comes. In society we have a problem of not discussing these things.

That’s why I was pleasantly surprised when J. P. Dutta tackled this burning issue head on in Kisi Se. Overall, I think he has given it a very mature treatment, although people were leaving the hall a bit puzzled by Aftab’s behavior at the end of the movie (in the awards ceremony scene). All right: understood that youth of today is hell-bent on success at the cost of ethical principles, but to depict the situation in such a cynical way is also fanning the flames of apathy among the masses. When even educated people like you and me are leaving the theatre shrugging our collective shoulders, then what will be the situation among the general public?

Anyway, moving on. Got a fancy haircut today at Salon Ivanova (the Chinese salon was closed, God knows why). Bloody Eastern Europeans, yaar: $20 for a manicure and $2 for a blowjob. Funny haircut, also. I look like a chakka. Whatever.