Helium took him away from all of us

4th of June
I was woken up to the heart wrenching message in my mom's loud, shattered n quivering voice.  I rushed downstairs, shaken. Unbelievable. My youngest cousin brother lost his life in a freak accident in Canada. My chhoti masi's only son left this world and her world collapsed.  We have tried communicating and consoling her but words fail us. I have been having a dialogue with myself but nothing actually makes sense. KESHAV left a vacuum and we know that nothing in this world will fill that void. Especially for his parents..... the mother, who begged n prayed God for his life. Its very tough dealing with a loss like this. Pray for Keshav and his family but that isn't the reason for this blog.

I thought over this tragedy all these days. Checked out lot of info on the net. I felt the need to educate and spread a message so that other people can be warned of the fatal consequences of FUN WITH HELIUM.

Sucking Helium through balloons or cylinders for Donald Duck or cartoon like squeeky voices is a very cool party idea in the US and Canada. Youngsters do it very often. That is what my cousin was doing. Now what happens is Helium pushes Oxygen out and constricts the lungs making squeaky funny voices but IF the Helium exceeds Oxygen there is an instantaneous death.  Many times kids don't realize this and cross that barrier and after that there is point of no return. It is scary.

My cousin brother experimented with Helium and lost his life. What was intended to be fun has devastated his family. I am not going to post links but if you want to educate yourselves you may check out more info on the web. Awareness n education is very important to save our children from these perils.

 P.S: Don't underestimate your children. I was hiding this info from my daughters and they informed me ( and shocked me) with their knowledge, apparently read in an encyclopedia because some friend wanted to try it. (in India too). Be a part of your kids' activities and know what they are doing or experimenting with.  Our KESHAV, my mamaji and my daughters are the reason for sharing this information with you. Let no life be wasted.

Hey Krsna! Take care of Keshav's soul and give his loved ones the strength to go on!!!!!!!!

Good Boy! Rahul..

O boy!! Rahul Gandhi has decided NOT to marry...in nation's interest. If only his father, the dashing Rajiv Gandhi, also had the similar kind of patriotic feel and sense of responsibility, the nation would have been spared of many scams which were planned from Italy...the land of his lady love. 

This is the only time the young lad (he's still called Rahul Baba) has decided what he WILL do..(rather what he will not do... to get marry) Forty may still be young age to be a youth Congress leader but it surely is way past the age where cute romances blossom. :(

I any case you can become a husband only when you grow up.....to be a man!!! 

So good decision boy!! Truly in the nation's interest. :) :)

Broken Doll House

Kya ek ladki ki tarah rota hai? Broken Doll House, The Times of India Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai, Maharashtra – India. Installation By: Mridul Kalia Bhatnagar/मृदुल प्रभा

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

tags: मृदुल प्रभा, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Kala Ghoda Arts Festival 2013,KGAF, Mridul Kalia Bhatnagar, The Times of India, The Times of India Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

thnks so much for sharing this thought to all of us at KGAF मृदुल प्रभा .. i loved it so much Mridul that i am sharing it this with all my friends here on Facebook, flickr and wordpress blog …

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Doll house is quintessentially a part of every girl’s growing years. Every girl has a doll or collection of dolls. Dolls that make her world so beautiful just as the little girls make our world so beautiful. Every daughter is like a doll and every house is a doll house, full of her laughter.

But that laughter is stifled as atrocities on the girls and women are on the rise. Dead female fetuses, abandoned newborn baby girls, molested infants and school girls, scarred, bruised and raped minor girls … are like broken dolls. We can close our eyes and keep pretending that it does not happen in our world.

One day the loud cries from a big ‘BROKEN DOLL HOUSE’ that is all around us will shatter our world. Unless .. WE change. Change to protect and respect every girl, every woman.

Stand up...for Comedy

The 'MUMMY RISES'....hahahahahaaha.
So it is. I will be performing at the Open Mic Night, THE COMEDY STORE Mumbai, debuting as a STAND UP COMEDIAN. What's wrong with me? Have I gone crazy? Well, actually I have gathered quite an experience performing everyday in front of my kids and the army crowds. Its time to 'stage a performance' for a civilian crowd. Social responsibility you see!!

I invite all my friends to come with onions (just in case they want to throw some). My daughter prefers 'Tomatino' but right now Onions are expensive and I hope to come back with a month's supply. (Hit left and right)

So come in large numbers. 25th Feb... 8.30pm.
(Punjabi friends! Its in English! I know you are all surprised but I had a distinction in English.)
So aa jayio...phatte chakk dene...

Heroine, Halcut Jawani in Lowcut.....

Just got back after watching yet another Madhur Bhandarkar film that has his signature style...that is portraying dark side of various professions. Dark...because that gives ample room for showing sale-able elements like skin, sex, scandals, which he does in style. His babes look gorgeous. Kareena is absolutely wonderful. The Halkat Jawani  in Low-cut blouses is highlighted on the celluloid. Explicit scenes and dialogues, extra-marital relationships, casting couch, prostitutes, lesbianism, red-light area.....there is enough for the camera to zoom into wrong...oops right places. I wondered if I missed seeing an A rating because I had taken the kids along..like many other parents. No I did not.

Is the censor board sleeping? Has the Censor Board turned liberal...or is it a kind of FDI in Bollywood? What is A rating reserved for now? What is adult content by the way?  It is not even U/A????????? I completely object to the rating part of the film. We can't subject children to watch this kind of mature and adult content.

Every damn woman in the film...the mother, actress, secretary, PR, wife.....lights up a cigarette in every frame. Like my younger daughter commented...."Its a very suffocating movie. There is so much smoking in the movie." I had to agree to that remarkably witty observation. Madhur Bhandarkar made up for all the films made during that earlier ban on smoking in films.

Contrary to speculations and guesses drawing parallels with any real time heroine, I felt it is a bit of mish-mash of all heroines of past and present. There is bit of everyone's life. The film is quite believable even though Madhur claims it to be fiction. A good watch. A rather serious film for adults so just don't take kids along. Don't go with parents either. (:---) I am not joking. As it is there isn't much to laugh about in the film.

Arjun Rampal looks haggard and old but its okay if/as he playing Shahrukh Khan kind. That character suits. :P ...........Randeep Hooda as a cricketer is likeable but the show stealer is Ranveer Shourie, as Bangali film-maker Tapan da. Looks like wife Konkona Sen has done lots of 'homework' on him.....

Hey come on...I never discuss the story so go watch the film. Its worth all its 'booby traps.' That trapped the Censor guys as well.  But where were the censoring babes??

Barfi.....Fresh n Sweet!

So here's Barfi for you all. Subtle and Sweet.........sweet enough. Bengali director Anurag Basu has captured 'Bengal' beautifully. Film is set in picturesque Darjeeling and chaotic Calcutta. The most beautiful are those small bits of childhood moments in the 70s and every little detail is captivating. Every frame engages you to smile or to empathize or shed a tear...again a USP of Bengali directors. 

Initially the pace seems a bit slow but then it picks up just as the Darjeeling toy train chugging down those romantic winding tracks. But unlike the toy train you can't get in just about anywhere...you have to stay with every frame to understand the narrative because there are lots of flashbacks. A wonderful script and good performances. Ranbir Kapoor will live up to the RK legacy just like his name. Debutant Ileana is terrific. There is plenty of fun in the second half. Just watch the film..... I am just happy for Barfi is my favorite sweet too.

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PS: Could have been edited in the first half to shorten the length a little bit.

Khul gaya Raaz3...the secret of NaRaaz Bipasha

Raaz3 ki baat kah doo toh, jaane mehfil mein fir kya ho...

khul gaya raaz...the secret. It is the most regressive movie in the progressive times. Dirty secret is covered under ample skin show yet can't save the BUTTS.. Between some lousy kisses Bangali Bipasha does some Black magic which supposedly works on her half sister in the film but could not cast a spell on the audience. Frankly, Bipasha's days are over. With clothes or without clothes. And Mahesh Bhatt is going the RGV way. BUTTS could neither BOO nor WOO the audience.

Touted as the spine-chilling horror film, it is stupidly comical in the opening scenes.Frankly, I don't understand why BUTTS needed to create ghosts with black- magic. The only horror in the film is BIPASHA herself. Bipasha treats Hashmi like a slave and stands inches taller to spin him the way she wants. OMG...... Poor #me...between two dirty sisters.

There is very less to tell in the movie so they keep sealing the lips for some visual 'appeal'. (Appeal to some people to please please stick on for the rest of the film.) They also lock lips when they are scared while the audience desperately want them to say something logical. Hash..specially by Hashmi. O boy, Ram Gopal Verma has some serious competition from the 'Boo' Butt camp... 

Aey Imraan Hashmi, fine buddy we know kissing is your forte but yaar kucch toh aur kar le. At least add some creativity to ....it. Completely stupid movie.....Waste of kisses oops money. Hyped and well-marketed but please avoid unless of course you love watching Bipasha's biceps.