Go away and turn left

Generally I lean left,on issues, and sometimes rather forcefully so. But the way they function, as obstructive entities instead of a constructive task force is just maddening.
Sometimes The United States isn't the most dangerous foe. It's just the most vulgarly visible one.
Sometimes all that jhola-panti is just talk.
And men who go to lectures on Foucault and Derrida and say things like "ye sab to hamare dada hain- Marx-bhai, Lenin-bhai"
...
That's just wrong.
Marx is not your bhai. You may think he wrote a lot of stuff that made a lot of sense, and that more people should adore him then do at present.
But he is not your bhai.

Amusement

For fun, go here.
Thank you Aishwarya. :)

School

This is what school looks like in October. For once I was carrying a camera. The classrooms are to the left, junior hostels to the right and the games field comes up if you follow the path.

Reality Check

Have been horribly addicted to Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for the last few months. Seem to be among those who both eagerly awaited the final result of the music competition, and, rather dreaded its end. now what will I do on Friday nights? Yes I have no life.

The much advertised 'live telecast' was, as foreseen, a bit of a washout with too many glittery-spandex clad back-up dancers and too much lip syncing. Much of my time was spent wondering at the absurd clothing on display,

-Bappi Lahiri really does wear too much gold. I know many must have said this in the past but its so true that it can stand the repetition. Really.
- Akshay Kumar came wearing a coat and muffler but no shirt. Was he feeling cold or not- and why didn't he know?
- Himesh Reshammiya, who isn't an index of good taste in any sense, and shouldn't be taken seriously anyway, has foregone the better part of the front of his shirt for most of the season. A dose Himesh-cleavage regularly on Fridays and Saturdays- just what every girl needs to feel complete. The new sorta-shirtless look seems to be doing the rounds and it really bothers me, aesthetically it just seems wrong. If you don't want to wear a shirt don't wear one. Don't wear half of one.

Zee Tv and its numerous Zee spawn are shady and to be suspected. In blogging about them I feel shady and dubious myself. Though the post is about clothes- can I defend one form of frivolity with another?

But, I am on holiday. In a week I shall return to the real world- that alternate existence where there is no desire to send votes for Amanat. I'm sad he lost. And he gave away the watch he receieved as a consolation prize for six months of singing, to his mentor. I wouldn't have. How very sweet. In one week I shall mock those who react as emotionally as I have to a probably-rigged reality show. In one week.