Mai bhi Madhuri Dixit banana chahti thi

Maneuvering through growing up years; Madhuri Dixit was one female I was always awed by (like arati is still awed by sugandha kapoor!). I had to watch her every move more than ek do teen times. It was something about her that always intrigued me & still does; of course like millions others. I know I have a better dressing sense than she has had (critics; I am gutsy enough to be honest, if not modest & u can be my guest), but I always liked her hairdo. I tell sanjay all the time that I have always wanted to have a hairstyle like hers. Sanjay’s comment on this “gal, what went wrong then?” Me having two left feet also made it impossible for me to master her dance moves. Finally, I gave up.
On a broader note, why was this need within me to be like somebody else? I have seen myself growing internally & from the exterior while I was trying to be comfortable with different masks. Does everybody go through this phase? Or is this what they call discovering oneself? Ironically I always thought; once we get comfortable in our own skin, it should be easy to find oneself. Or may be being comfortable with oneself is the leap toward self-revelation. Once I read somewhere, “every person who is comfortable in his own skin is beautiful”. These days I have started being comfortable in my own skin for sure, by which I don’t imply I am beautiful! (Guys ask me to be their sister all the time on orkut). This was not a defense but rather an offense. I am extremely comfortable at this face off though!
P.S: This post deserves rave reviews considering the amount of fun I have poked at myself.

Let Truth Prevail

Finally Manu Sharma is convicted; a relief to every law abiding citizen! Press (TOI) claims he didn’t have any sign of remorse on his face even after hearing the verdict. What is he made of? I am glad he got imprisoned for life; this way he gets an idea of how life is without any power, money, freedom or will. To me, this is a very important day for Indian democracy; we established that people cannot get away with any kind of crime on the basis of power. This verdict also established the fact that nobody can curb junta’s voice. How thankful Jessica’s family must be when the Delhi High Court reopened her case on public unrest. Good to know, that even in a country as corrupt as ours, law & order are not completely unheard of. This was my point in my earlier post; http://vaidehid.blogspot.com/2006/08/when-life-imitates-art.html.

Ganguly is back

I used to follow cricket relentlessly & then gave up couple of years ago for reasons unknown; well, that’s not the point here. I have always admired Saurav Ganguly as a very aggressive cricketer first & later a captain. He might not have been of the Tendulkar league, but he was above average all the while. During the helm of his successful captaincy he was being tagged as the most successful captain of the era & what not. People & the media admired him for his youthful approach, his “not to get bogged down” spirit & every Bengali was proud because he was a Bengali! Not to forget, it was under him we played the world cup finals.
Things changed after a while; his batting performance was deteriorating, team was falling apart, even those boys behind whom he stood like a rock, now were not sure about their “dada’s” capabilities. Selection committee politics, politics in general to grab limelight & his own urge to have a hold on the team worsened his position. A couple of more failures & he was out of the team.
Why couldn’t Saurav Ganguly ever retire from the captaincy when he saw the first signs of trouble? Is it the money, power, limelight that one can’t seem to live away from?
Why did he not quit the cricket team after so many insults? Why could he not understand that he was not indispensable?
Why couldn’t his fans & the media support him anymore?
“Sourav Ganguly was like a lonely, forgotten star that had lost its way on a dark, menacing night: while all others had quickly sought refuge behind safe clouds somewhere, he stayed back in the skies and glittered. Brightly and defiantly,” is what TOI has quoted today for his performance in the test match, 2 more matches, a couple of 100 runs more & media will pronounce him a star again. A few more failures & he will be a burden! Hey Saurav, don’t fall for this crap, you definitely know better man.