ALL THE RAGE





ANGER CANNOT BE CONTAINED. IT CAN ONLY BE MANAGED -------- Kaavish Kidwai, perinneal thinker, eternal loser.
Anger is one of the most debated emotions in the world. Lets face it we cant supress it likezen masters or trappist monks thats for sure. Rage has to be let out or it can consume you. Rage is good and it is bad. It can get you high or it can get you depressed. Rage also has a very weird way of changing your perspective. Things about others that you find amusing and endearing can turn to annoying and irritating when you getangry at that person. For example, a person is frank and forward with you and takes literally the phrase mi casa, su casa. The moment you get angry at that person you hate his guts and his "overbearing attitude". rage also helps you get a moment of clarity. A person may vent poison when in anger but it is righteous poison. Whatever he may say, no matter how cruel or bitter is the truth. It may be a truth that he will later regret getting out in the open but its the truth nonetheless.
An angry person finds it easier to maintain his sanity. But not every angry person. An angry person who is not afraid to vent his anger. He needs to be able to let loose and free his mind. It helps clear the mind and keep sane. A person who for any reason has to bottle up his anger is bound to go crazy. Swear words and ungentlemanly expressions are not something that signify an uncouth soul or an unrefined nature. They provide an outlet for anger and were it not for them most of the people would have red cheeks flushing with hot blood. I personally though may tend to disagree a person without inhibitions and moral scruples, am a secret admirer of that sturdy brand of human race. Not just an admirer i envy them greatly. The way they can vent with a carless f*** u or a thundering tirade of insults and denounciations is something that i find amazing. The only form of outburst i can reconcile myself to is voilence. And here again i am inhibited by the fact that when i hit i go all out and may cause serious injury. Not saying that i am invincible or anything....maybe i might even get beaten up but i might still end up causing serious harm. Thing is, i am an extremely short tempered person who most of the time keeps things bottled up. So if i do show signs of getting physical it generally means i am pushed beyond the limit. This is particularly why i envy people who can let out steam in short regular intervals with practically no harm done. That i will admit, is the more prudent course to take. It also brackets you in the normal category as opposed to being labelled a psycho. As a wise jedi master once said," Anger leads to Hate." But as for me i cant find anything wrong with hate. I find rage and hate much more powerful and wiser emotions than love. They are neither misleading nor delusional. Instead they are powerful and thoughtprovoking. They make you reflect. Hate keeps a person on guard and can keep a person from becoming too trusting which i can assure is one of the greatest follies a person can commit. Whats more, its a folly that can keep manifesting itself. Unlike the case of once bitten twice shy people who do away with hate keep trusting people easily and keep getting heartbroken. Rage is also a powerful motivator. And unlike love it does not motivate one to do foolish things. One might argue that anger leads us to do things that we invariably regret later on. But i can happily claim that i can put forth the same argument about love. Its not just us getting comfortable with others. We might keep our distance but that does not necessarily means that others will too. This kind of bonhomie often results in someone invariably stretching the limits of friendship and offending the other. The endearing quality of taking things for granted in friendship may soon begin to appear as lack of respect of personal space on behalf of the other if you are angry. Which would you designate as the clearer perspective. The least i believe one can do is show his displeasure by giving the invoking person the silent treatment or some such method. Oh how i wish i could be nasty to people. Make unfair cracks on them. I unfortunately defend those who are ganged up on and can in no way make nasty snide remarks to a persons face. People on the other hand appear to have no compunction in this. I refer to you the case of two of my friends who shall remain unnamed, whos name begins with the first letter of the alphabet. Young of mind as they are, they in their naivity tend to show off when in the presence of a large company. Apparently the only means of doing so is not by showing off themselves, which i wouldnt mind in the least bit, but by pulling others down. How different they are when i meet them individually. Pals all around and confiding and sharing their secrets with me (for some unfathomable reason people tend to do that around me) but put them together and its like Hydrogen and oxygen making water ------ or rather, nitric acid and soap making nitroglycerine. The thing to be done, i believe would be mean and nasty to them, individually, to let them know that im no pushover and let them have an earful. I plan to conduct an experiment next time. The next time someone starts giving me flak, in a one on one session, ill let him have it, critisise everything i can about him. Although it will require strength and determination lest i falter in my task ( due to kindheartedness) i shall see it throught. hopefully things will turn out as i want them to.

ALL THE RAGE


ANGER CANNOT BE CONTAINED. IT CAN ONLY BE MANAGED -------- Kaavish Kidwai, perinneal thinker, eternal loser.
Anger is one of the most debated emotions in the world. Lets face it we cant supress it likezen masters or trappist monks thats for sure. Rage has to be let out or it can consume you. Rage is good and it is bad. It can get you high or it can get you depressed. Rage also has a very weird way of changing your perspective. Things about others that you find amusing and endearing can turn to annoying and irritating when you getangry at that person. For example, a person is frank and forward with you and takes literally the phrase mi casa, su casa. The moment you get angry at that person you hate his guts and his "overbearing attitude". rage also helps you get a moment of clarity. A person may vent poison when in anger but it is righteous poison. Whatever he may say, no matter how cruel or bitter is the truth. It may be a truth that he will later regret getting out in the open but its the truth nonetheless.
An angry person finds it easier to maintain his sanity. But not every angry person. An angry person who is not afraid to vent his anger. He needs to be able to let loose and free his mind. It helps clear the mind and keep sane. A person who for any reason has to bottle up his anger is bound to go crazy. Swear words and ungentlemanly expressions are not something that signify an uncouth soul or an unrefined nature. They provide an outlet for anger and were it not for them most of the people would have red cheeks flushing with hot blood. I personally though may tend to disagree a person without inhibitions and moral scruples, am a secret admirer of that sturdy brand of human race. Not just an admirer i envy them greatly. The way they can vent with a carless f*** u or a thundering tirade of insults and denounciations is something that i find amazing. The only form of outburst i can reconcile myself to is voilence. And here again i am inhibited by the fact that when i hit i go all out and may cause serious injury. Not saying that i am invincible or anything....maybe i might even get beaten up but i might still end up causing serious harm. Thing is, i am an extremely short tempered person who most of the time keeps things bottled up. So if i do show signs of getting physical it generally means i am pushed beyond the limit. This is particularly why i envy people who can let out steam in short regular intervals with practically no harm done. That i will admit, is the more prudent course to take. It also brackets you in the normal category as opposed to being labelled a psycho. As a wise jedi master once said," Anger leads to Hate." But as for me i cant find anything wrong with hate. I find rage and hate much more powerful and wiser emotions than love. They are neither misleading nor delusional. Instead they are powerful and thoughtprovoking. They make you reflect. Hate keeps a person on guard and can keep a person from becoming too trusting which i can assure is one of the greatest follies a person can commit. Whats more, its a folly that can keep manifesting itself. Unlike the case of once bitten twice shy people who do away with hate keep trusting people easily and keep getting heartbroken. Rage is also a powerful motivator. And unlike love it does not motivate one to do foolish things. One might argue that anger leads us to do things that we invariably regret later on. But i can happily claim that i can put forth the same argument about love. Its not just us getting comfortable with others. We might keep our distance but that does not necessarily means that others will too. This kind of bonhomie often results in someone invariably stretching the limits of friendship and offending the other. The endearing quality of taking things for granted in friendship may soon begin to appear as lack of respect of personal space on behalf of the other if you are angry. Which would you designate as the clearer perspective. The least i believe one can do is show his displeasure by giving the invoking person the silent treatment or some such method. Oh how i wish i could be nasty to people. Make unfair cracks on them. I unfortunately defend those who are ganged up on and can in no way make nasty snide remarks to a persons face. People on the other hand appear to have no compunction in this. I refer to you the case of two of my friends who shall remain unnamed, whos name begins with the first letter of the alphabet. Young of mind as they are, they in their naivity tend to show off when in the presence of a large company. Apparently the only means of doing so is not by showing off themselves, which i wouldnt mind in the least bit, but by pulling others down. How different they are when i meet them individually. Pals all around and confiding and sharing their secrets with me (for some unfathomable reason people tend to do that around me) but put them together and its like Hydrogen and oxygen making water ------ or rather, nitric acid and soap making nitroglycerine. The thing to be done, i believe would be mean and nasty to them, individually, to let them know that im no pushover and let them have an earful. I plan to conduct an experiment next time. The next time someone starts giving me flak, in a one on one session, ill let him have it, critisise everything i can about him. Although it will require strength and determination lest i falter in my task ( due to kindheartedness) i shall see it throught. hopefully things will turn out as i want them to.

DO NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOURS I-POD



It would surprise you to notice how many of your choices are made not by your likes and dislikes but the popularity of the thing itself. You may have a great computer game for example... A while later you may get tired of it and say whats the big deal in it. But suddenly you find that game is all the rage over the internet and television programmes and your love for it is renewed all of a sudden. Or when you give the game to a freind secure in the knowledge that you are not going to pine for it in the forseeable future. And all of a sudden this freind comes along and raves about the how awesome it is and what fun he is having. And all of a sudden you realise how foolish you have been and crave to get it back once more. Substitute the game in the above example with any no. of examplles....a gadget, a gizmo, a toy, a music cd, a cool cap anything. Distance makes love grow fonder....an oft quoted saying and it about sums up the thing....puts it in a nutshell so to speak. But we know for a fact now that good advertising is equally powerful if not more. Advertising depends upon the subtelity, method and also the source. If your parents were to say, parise some trinket or gadget or anything that they got for you, it probably wouldnt do much for you. But if the same object is praised by another person, if not outright then by his attitude towards it, then the stock of that object rises considerably in your opinion.

Lets face it, few of us had actually heard, let alone read the lord of the rings before the movies. But after the movies, it caught on like a fad in the sixties and influenced us considerably. This is one of the reasons why i have oddly enough developed a prejudice against advertised things. But not in all aspects. Take music for example, id much rather enjoy a song that i discover on the internet, or a music channel, than listen to one thrust upon me by some overenthusiastic music buff who gets high on everything from death metal to girlie pop. The same also goes for book in my case. Maybe its the ego factor at wanting to 'discover' things on my own. Whatever the case, i prefer finding out things on my own accord. Maybe its the hunter instinct inherent in all of us.

UPON MY HONOR(HONOUR)






What is most important to you. Some say their lives, some say dignity, some say self respect, some claim honor. What many people dont figure in this equation is sanity. Its only until you start losing it till you can realise how important it is. But by the time u start losing it ur too crazy to realise it. Subcconciously or conciously most of the things that we do is for the sake of our sanity. People will go to any lengths to maintain their sanity. The lesser the boundaries the easier it is to stay sane. Sanity is indirectly proportional to the amount of activity in ones life. People who can vent their feelings without hesitation, who say whats on their minds and are generally less inhibited find it easier to maintain their sanity. Sanity is one of the most difficult to maintain in the world we live in. And sanity is also among other things --- a good song or truth for instance ------ a point of view. If one labours under the delusion that one can convince every person in the world that he is sane, id say that one is laboring under a delusion. If you try to convince people of ur sanity, they will disbelieve you if they consider that you are insane, and if they dont, then there is nothing to prove.....the classic catch 22 instance put forth by the book. (catch 22 i have observed is possibly the greatest irony that life has to offer, and occurs in almost every walk of life. Little wonder then that Catch 22 is among my favorite books.) Insanity can also be good for a person. As long as he knows that he is sane, he little cares what others things. In fact he might even like being labelled insane. In such cases he takes for granted that insanity means not sticking to given parameters and defying conformity. And in a word that means "rebel". Who doesnt like being labelled a rebel. As it is cool to be considered different the trappings of stereotypicality or conformity are to be avoided at all costs. But within, what a person wants most is to remain sane. And that can be a very difficult thing to do in todays world.

Gentlemen and Gentlemen




Why is a gentlemans gentlemanliness guaged only in respect to his attitude toward ladies......if there were no ladies would there be no gentlemen? Is chivalry the only yardstick of gentlemanliness. Is everything to be expected of us men? Women are just supposed to be satisfied and kept happy. And the minute we fail to do that we become unsuitable and ghastly if we are mere acquaintainces and selfish and demanding if we are spouses or significant others. In spite of all this women demand rights and equality and all sorts of bullshit and go around acting as if they are being treated unfairly. Oh and the way they try to mould us ud think they were bally proffessional sculptors. They try to change us so they can like us but when we change ourselves they find we are too different from the person they knew and dont like us anymore. Its a damned catch 22 situation. Why are all the boys who dont talk to girls considered bad eggs. In a school or college the boys who stick together and have nothing to do with girls are automatically assumed to be the bad sort and are to be avoided. This kind of prejudice is absurd as absured as the caste reservations imposed upon the masses by the government. Girls have this weird tendency to move together. hell they even go to the bathroom in groups. But the moment guys move around together it is a gang. Chattering girls are considered friendly and sprightly but the moment a guy opens his mouth to share an opinion he is labelled a chatterbox. Chivalry is overrated. Personally id hold the door open for anyone and have often given up my seat for close personal friends whom i see standing. But ill be damned if i ever hold the door open to please a proud overbearing snob of a girl or give up my seat for someone who i dont care about and dont know from adam. Why people go out of their way to be polite to appease some godforsaken snobbish girl who they in all probability will never see again is something beyond my comprehension. The most important thing to remember which no one at least 99 % of the straight boys population does not remember is that one must under no circumstances loose control of our brains. A person who controls his brain is the safest. A person who lets himself get controlled by his brain might be in for a wee bit of trouble. But the person knee deep in alligator infested murky waters, so to speak, is he who lets himself be controlled by his testosterone surge. And that is a polite way of putting ---- being controlled by his loins. He will definitely regret it later....but in the moment he commits the rashest acts possible. That may be one of the reasons i hold prejudice against the "unfairer sex". Ive seen several friends reduced to blubbering, slobbering idiots without a mind of their own. Nothing induces them to stop their embarassing behavior. They refuse to listen to the voice of reason i.e. mine. Give women and inch and they want an entire kingdom. When i tell you its time to show them their place, i might sound cruel, like an old fashioned, narrow minded patriarch but let me assure you i am not. Its just that the attention provided to them has gone to their heads and they now believe that the world is theirs for their taking. I for one am completely in favor of dispelling this notion from their minds. Besides women like dominating males, i hear.

WAS THIS THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A
MILLION PROBLEMS?





Women have no apparent purpose in this world. But i believe that their existence does
serve a purpose. They were sent to try mens souls. To test them to the utmost. Sometimes when i feel particularly uncharitable i think they were sent here by the devil himself to destroy
mankind. But unfortunately man cannot survive without them. Forget the emotional aspect.
Survival without them is biologically impossible. There is no such thing as a good girl or a
happy marriage. Marriage is at best an arrangement of convinience. I like to think of it not as
a symbiosis but a mutually parasitical relationship. Of all the prophets and messengers sent by
the Almighty how many were females? None. They are unreasonable, impractical and devious
minded. They plan and plot and hide a twisted mind behind an innocent exterior. First they will
make u hang on ur everyword. Only when u are completely dependable on them will they show their real side. When i say things like this most people assume that ive crashed and burned before or that ive been dished dirt by a girl at somepoint in my life. I mean, come on, is it really so hard to believe that someone can be practical minded and wise enough to avoid them like a plague and learn from the experiences and follies of others. Take a good look around you, at some friend who is seeing someone, whos dating and you will find that hes not the same man as he was before. Hes changed and not for the better. He has a permanently grave expression on his face like his whole life is one big funeral procession. He cant do the things that he wants to do. He may pretend to not like doing guy things anymore like just hanging out or watching action movies all day or countless other things that he used to enjoy before. But in truth he wants to do those things equally bad. Plus the emotional strain is unbearable. Also consider the load on ones pocket. It is a huge weight on ones pocket to date someone. I mean, why should us guys shell out for everything on a date, every meal and every cup of coffee that we have together. And the thing is taken as granted. That would only mean that it is understood that the girl is doing us a huge favor by even going out with us or seeing us and it is only fair of us to return the favor by doing all the financial spending.

In this age when women are joining all fields and enjoying being "advanced" in an age
where they clamour for equality and equal rights and things some things still never change. We
still end up giving up our seats to them, or going around letting them having the first go at
things. Why should the concept of 'ladies first' be still alive if they want equality. Recently
the female players agitated in wimbledon to get equal money as the male players in the cash
prize. I mean, come on, they play lesser no. of sets so its only fair that they get less money.
If they want more money i suggest they try playing five sets in the sweltering heat. Why do
they still get priority in most situations over men? Why do they still have reservations in
educational institute if they clamor for equality? And why do we still end up spending money on
everything on a date if they want equality? Also consider this - can we hit out when taunted by
a girl like we would at a guy in the same situation. Girls can go and say even the rudes and
most insulting things to the meanest guy around and come away unscathed.. Then they pretend this is bravery. Of course it is to be expected that the guy is not going to hit out on them. There is no question of bravery. It just goes to highlight our ridiculous position in the state of things. I sincerely believe its time to change all this.Theres a saying that u cant have ur cake and eat it too. But with women they have their cake, eat it too and we end up paying for the damn thing. They end up having their way and yet manage to make you feel miserable about the way you treat them. They exploit you at every turn and when you are finally and completely sapped they start complaining and finding various faults with you. Exploitation followedby dessecrations. In spiders there is only one subspecies known as the Black widow. For humans, every woman is a black widow. They clamor for women rights and stuff When they are not content with destroying Man.

BARBED WIRES




Rules and regulations were introduced by society. But unconventional people, out of the box thinkers dont always do well in a world riddled with rules. The fabric of society has thickened over the period of time. Civilisation has progressed.....but has it really? They say that we are better more sophisticated and more well behaved than our ancestors. Well to be frank, all i find is that we are leading more complicated lives. More comfortable yes. But that comfort has come at a price. Wy is civilisation better? Or if we are civilised and live by stupid and useless rules, why is it so good? Because the British said so? here is a race that fought even its war by rules. Pretended to be high and mighty and better than the rest while they tried to
conquer the entire world and set up colonies in the name of civilisation.Sometimes it is to be wondered whether man is adapting or imitating. Adapting animals can adapt
back or to be precise can revert back. Man unfortunately has no such abilities. Thus it can safely be said that man does not adapt. Rather he is a parasite to his surroundings. And when hes done with one he moves on to the next surrounding. Each time he learns a little and each time he destroys a lot. While civilisation has its drawbacks, rules and discipline are good things. They are necessary and character building. But rules created by others are hard to follow. The best
rulesw one can follow are the ones that one makes up himself. Similarly discipline imposee on us by others is hardly beneficial or healthy. It only goads us further as outlaws and rebels. The best and most healthy form of discipline is the self imposed kind. Everybody has his idea and concept of things and likes to live accordingly. Everybody has his own set of rules. You wont find a person without a set of rules. A person might be lawless but you dont see a ruleless person. That is why no system can be perfect. The system that comes closest to perfection is a dictatorship and that too only if you are the dictator. Rules are meant to be a convinience and
not an encumberance. Civilisation has definitely complicated things. Hypocritic pretences, unwonted and tiresome pleasantries, useless civilites must be observed at all times. In their heart of hearts everyone wished they didnt have to do it but now its like a social rank or a status symbol. Everyone must keep up the pretences. We are effectively trapped within the system we ourselves created. Its like a "Social Matrix". We resent it but we have no choice but to continue with the nuances of civilisation. Its too late to revert to the good old days. Damn the British. One of the most obnoxious races ive ever seen. Worship a queen who is just a parasite on the world. Have absurd sense of humor and will commit the most savage of acts in the
name of civilisation.

MOVIE REVIEWS


Mission: Impossible 3/ M:i:III
The third installment in the spy saga featuring superagent Ethan Hunt. One amazing storyline, some conceptual changes that some fans may find hard to digest. The storyline has improved from the second movie and the acting is intense and amazing. Dazzling stunts and action sequences. Tho Ving Rhames one liners are a bit stale at times. All in all a thoroughly enjoyable movie tho somehow i found the second one more appealing...but maybe thats cuz im a mindless action junkie. The music is not that great and the title song is simply horrible. Kanye West.....what were they thinking.

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
If its not one thing then its another. Initially it was the freezing up. Now they flee from the floods caused by the melting ice. The three lovable misfits are on the move again. Some of the novelty of the original might have worn off but that wont stop u from having a great time. The humor and the punchlines still pack a punch. The voice acting is flawless. The love angle is handled with hilarity and senstivity in perfect balance. The thing thats taken as granted in a prequel becomes big issue in the sequel and ice age 2 has fallen for the same cliche. The fearless tiger has fears and the ridiculed sloth finally craves for respect. The storyline couldve been slightly better but all in all the movie is a great treat for all ages. Another worthwhile journey that is a must watch.

36, China Town
Typical case of the butler did it that went out ages ago but nothing is too low or too old for the indian audiences. The humor is mostly slapstick with spasmodical moments of genuine mirth. Akshaye Khanna has a way too late entry and Upen Patel is just a showpiece with a few dialogues which are cliche at best. Overall u can watch it if u have nothing better to do.
P.S. The above reviews are not meant to be a work of art or a prosaic form of poetry with fancy words and artistic metaphors. They are a quick practical overview and recommendation for interested movie buffs.

FANAA
The latest fare from yashraj films. Quite an interesting concept. One can see why Aamir agreed to do it. But a little too much emphasis is given on the love angle and little less on the action part. All in all an enjoyable film worth seeing at least once. Its quite obvious from the script and songs tho that the movie was made for the King Khan and not the Prince Khan.