Jingle all the way...

/*Sorry guys..too bored to make the corrections/addendums/due credits..you know the drill..read the comments for the rest of the motherlode..worth it..completely..trust me..:) */

Ad jingles..my memories...our memories..
A generation..grew on these products...and jingles..we will never forget them,i hope..
Add some more/correct me wherever i'm wrong..and we can all feel warm and cosy...in nostalgia..

Jalal Agha..after his hot-dude-in-the-frock performance in sholay..mehbooba mehbooba...
He walks into a crowded party..Khaalaan dear..says "Aajkal bade busy ho gaye ho ?"
JA : "Arre..sab aapki meherbaani.."
Something happens..in b/w and JA offers a pan parag satchet to KD(arbit actress..never seen her before/after)..
Offers it to another too..when he says..
"Ek se mera kya hoga..."
JA: "Toh aap...do leejeye..
8-feet tall guy asks "aur...mere liye ?"
JA,smart dude..pulls out the whole string out of his pocket and gives ones of those candid camera ismiles !

Ashok kumar...Shammi Kapoor...Pan parag again..
Wedding in the family scene..Dadamuni and yahoooo! are the bride's and groom's parents..apparently..
*Yahoo trivia..yaahooo-the song from Kashmir ki kali by Shammi..and he was head of the internet something association a few years back..yahoo!,eh ? :D*
"Sab tayyariyaan ?"
"Ek dum theek se chal rahi hain.."
"Magar hum toh ek baat kehna, bhool hi gaye..."
*That shock expression wondering "dowry ?!! what now ?" from AK..is probably the best i have ever seen ! *
"Hum chahte hain ki aap baaraatiyon ka swaagat..pan paraaaaag se kijiye..."*relief..almost wondering "you "yaaahooooo!" moron ! thats all there was to it ?! IDIOT Saalaa...i almost died of a heart attack !":D*
"oh hoo...pan parag..yeh lijiye..paan paraag..."
*jingle starts...Paan paraag..pan masala...pan parag..*

Female voice1: Vicco turmeric,
Female voice2: Nahi cosmetic,
Chorus: Vicco turmeric ayurvedic cream,
Female voice1: Keel muhaason ko jaDh se mitaaye,
Female voice2: haLdi ke guN sabhi isi mein samaaye,
Chorus: Twacha ki raksha kare...ayurvedic cream,
Chorus: Vicco turmeric ayurdvedic cream !

Washing powder nirma,
Washing powder nirma,
Doodh si saphedi..nirma se aaye..
sab ki pasand chahe..sill sill jaaye..(??? hazy abt this part..)
sab ki pasandhuuu nirraaamaa..
washing powder nirma....washing powder nirma..
NIRMA !
*Cute kid in the frock..dancing all along..low cost product..low cost ad..*

surf...and vimla ji...or was it kamla ji ?
*she acted as kiran bedi...in Udaan..*

And what was that Seetha mayya detergent ad...Forgot her name..Deepika something..the one who acted as Sita..in Ramayan..the Ramanand sagar one !
SM :"jab ek daam mein wahi safedi mile to koi ye kyon le woh na le"
Shopkeeper : "maan gaye"
SM :"kise?"
Shopkeeper : "apki parkhi nazar aur nirma super...dono ko".
Seeta maiya: "hehehehe"
"Bhaaisaab..agar ismein woh baat hoti..toh phir yeh kyon lein ? woh na lein ?"
Correction courtesy : Pallubaby..Thanks..

Amul...utterly buttery delicious..amooool !
That cartoon character girl had a name..a very typical quiz question..forgot it..DAMN !
*They still have those billboard ads..one in Tnagar,madras..opposite Kumaran silks on south usman road...
and just outside andheri station..can be seen from the local..on the "down" direction..
And..They still rock !
To this day..an amul print ad..
and an RK Laxman "you said it" cartoon ..capture the spirit of india,at the particular time..like no one else does !
Can be a research topic..how he can be so creative and funny...and sarcastic..day in,day out,everyday for almost 25-odd years now !*

dabur ka lal dantamanjan..
Class scene..somewhere in rural north india..Masterji and paan in his mouth..meeTha paan,apparently.
"Arre raju..tumhare daant toh motiyon jaise chamak rahe hain.."
*Abrupt interruption...extra-smart over-enthu kid gets up..spoiling raju's chances of a 32 kilowatt smile..and steals his thunder ! *
"Kyon na ho masterji..woh dabur ka lal dantamanjan istemaal jo karta hai.."
*My question..did raju mind it ? he was being appreciated...but the other kid also stole the limelight from him..making him almost..a prop in an ad..
DAMN ! even spittle-leaking-from-mouth masterji got a chance ! "I am the motiyaan-daant kid and all i got was a name in an arbit ad ??" DAMN !
Moral of the story : dont brush your teeth..and you mite be on TV !! *

Haywards...beer brand..
All-men bar/pub..big-boys-play-at-nite..scene..with the ubiquitous almost bare-naked-babe-prop,even..
Dart board..
Tough guy1: "Haywards 2000.."
Old-Bartender with a frenchie : "Ummm...twwooo thousand.."
*and bham ! Tough guy1 smashes the dart..bulls-eye into the board*
Tough guy2: "Haywards 5000.."
Old-Bartender with a frenchie : "Ummm..fiiivvve thousand.."
*nod of approval..signature of a guy..with taste,hmmm...:D"
*Ends with toughguy1 and 2 having an eye-staring contest..*
*whats the problem,dudes ? you here to drink...or be macho-men ? *

Jaaved jaafri...in round-rim specs..and..
"yeh rahaa...kaam ke bojh kaa maara...
Inhe chahiye sinkaaraa !
humdard ka tonic sinkaaraa !"
*Smashing thru a glass window..to signify energy..and vitality ! What was he on ? sinkaara or...rocket fuel ?! *

Fem..beauty product..
"Gori gori...fem,fem,se...fem,fem,seeee...gori gori..fem fem se..."
*Seriously ?? gori ? fair ? and lovely ? COME ON !
*It sells in southern india tho...due to an inferiority complex amongst the masses,apparently..."gora is beautiful..kaala is not !"
Colonial hangover ? the white man has spoken ?? i dunno,i guess..the unilevers of this world aren't complaining...*

"Ajanta toothbrush..
pappa kaa,mamma kaaa...
bhaaiyya ka..deedi ka...
aur ajanta mera !"

Limca...cool drink..weird color,tho..
Lime-'n-lemony limcaaa !
Chorus: limcaa ! limcaaa !

Goldspot..gooolldspot...the zing thing..goooldspot..the zeeeing thing...goldspot !

Kapil paaji...and...Palmolive...da jawaab nahi...
Aap ka bhi jawaab nahi,sir..especially in the post-match conferences...
"I think he need to play hit..natural game..boys,they need to play natural game..forget bowler..forget batsman..play natural game !"
:D

Kapil-all-testosterone-dev..with Sachin-i'm 30odd-and-my-kid's-voice-is-more masculine-than-mine-tendliya..
Boost is the secret of my*grrrr* energy...ooouurr *meoooowww* energy...
:))

Rin...
*That blinding thunderbolt was awesome !*
"Safedi...ki chamkaar...zyaada !
dhulaai ka bhandaar(??) zyaaadaa !!" (or is it aadhaa ?? hindi,not great...)

Maggi...tomato ketchup...Jaaved and pankaj..
Ajit and..Loin...
Michael and..the cycle..
Lilly and...dont be silly...
Raaabert...and...well..raaabert....raabert was single and lonely..:D
It's different..
"Arre koi mujhe yeh bataayega..ki ismein different kya hai ?!!!"
"It's different..."

Maggi noodles...2 mins..
"Fast to cook..and good to eat ! Maaagi maagi maaagi..."
:)
*to this day..most houses call noodles- "maggi"...top ramen doesnt count..a maggi is a maggi,is a maggi..
:)

Godrej hair dye..
Dont remember much except that the neighbour's kid calls..aunty..well...aunty..
"aunty..aunty...aunty..."
*echo effect can prove to be an eye-opener sometimes..and depressing...*

Asian paints..and 'gattu' painting a rectangle round himself..at the end of each ad...
Later..the "mera wala pink" series...
Much later...the "Har ghar kuch kehta hai" series..
*My question..for all i know..nerolac/AP/berger..i dont remember the brand..i remember the ad..
and connect it to AP..ask anybody and they'll say the same thing..whats the point,then ? Why not a different idea used ?
"BaDhiya hai.." was good...still...not quite brand-recall...*

Bajaj..with..
"Buland bhaaaarat keee bulandu tasuuveer..hamaara bajaj..hamaara bajaj..hamaara bajaj.. !"
with the two cute-sikh kids..on the scooter..emblazoned on the stepney of which,were the words
"Chunnu munnu di daddy di gaDDi !"
:)

Britannia 50-50..
"khaao brittania 50-50...verrry verrry taystee taystee...ting ting ta ting..."

bajaj tubes..a very innocuous ad...and i somehow remember every single line of it !

"jab mein chota baccha tha...
badee sharaarat karta tha...
meri choree pakdi jaatee..
*ting ting ting ting ting...*
jab roshan..hoto bajaj..
*ting ting ting ting ting ting...*
ab mein bilkul buDDha hoon..
*in a buDDha voice*
goli khaakar jeeta hoon..
lekin aaj bhi ghar ke andar...
*ting ting ting ting ting...*
jab roshan..hoto bajaj..
*ting ting ting ting ting ting...*
:D

Ujala..a clothes whitener...
for my kannadiga mates...cos i remember only the kannada version..

"Something something...
Ishtondhu bilupu ! Enadhu ?
TiLithallaa 1,2,3,4..something something vignyadha ujaala..
backgroundalli low-volume chorus..*"ujaala..ujaala..."*
Idhey naa galaatey ?
leeetre-igey naaku thottu...
soemthing something...
tegeedhu hindeeri..
batte bilupuvudhu(i think..)
Finishing line: Idhu ondhu jyothi laboratories thayaarike..."

*Now that 'Idhey na galaatey?" is a favorite line..in kannada slang..
means.."Is this what all the halla/fuss was all about ?"
:D
*

Sakti Masalaa..a masala/ready-to-eat mix label...tam-land specific..
Manorama....and....
"thaaimaargaLey,marandhaDadhingey...sakti masaalaa !"
*"All ye womenfolk,dont forget..Sakti masaalaa..*

Gufi paintal at a hardware store "ram laxman bulb dena.."
"Oh..ho..laxman sylvania bulbs..toh aisa bolo na.."
GP: "poore ghar mein jalaa doonga..."

"I am a complan boy..."
*Painful nudge..by sis to bro..typical..."What the hell did i do ?!" look from the boy*
"i am a complan girl !"
*"Thats it ? And that's what you nudged me with your elbow for ?? DAMN YOU,GIRL !"-look from the boy*
:D

Booournveetaaa...
*forgot the jingle..just remember the bournvita quiz contest..no,not the derek o'brien insult to quizzing on tv..
the Daddy O'brien version on radio..and the bournvita quiz books that were widely available,then..had a few of them..wonder where i lost them..*

Cute kid daughter to mom : Pears mein kya hai ?
Mom : Kuch nahi...

Well...thats about all that i can remember..if you remember any..and i can recollect them...
Or..if i have made any mistakes..and you can recollect the ad,better..
leave a comment..and i'll add it to the post..Thanks..


*Trivia time..what was the name of the hindi-dubbed version of the Arnie movie upon which this post is named- "Jingle all the way" ?
"Bacche ki chaahat...paapa ki aafat !"
No,seriously !!
Ok..Another one...
"Eraser"..another Arnie movie..hindi-dubbed version name...
"Naamo nishaan mitaa doongaa " !!!!
:D
I know !!!
:)))
*
Addendums:

Courtesy: Chweety and..her kiddie delight !
Action Shoes...Kapil paaji was involved in this one too..

"Joothey mein hai light..
La la light woh bhi shoe mein ?
Kaisa hai yeh system ?
Action ka hai yeh light system !"

*surd,mind telling everybody abt your "jootey mein hai light" kissaa ?? bleddy hilarious,guys ! trust me ! :D*

National Dairy Development Board's(NDDB) 'Flood' initiative..and..

doodh doodh doodh doodh
doodh hai wonderful...
pe saktey hai roz glass ful
doodh doodh doodh doodh
*soemthing something*
rahoge tum fit and fine..
jeeyoge past ninety nine !
doodh doodh doodh doodh..
piyoo glass-ful doodh..

and at the end..the cow gives a wink and goes.."Muaaaaaahhhhhh..."
:P

Nescafe...coffee...and..
"The taste that gets you started..the taste that gets you goin' on"
*hazy memory..and was it Gary lawyer ? Guess so..the only firangee sounding jingle guy we probably had at the time...*

Actions..and reactions...

News...can be so unsettling..but..so clarifying...sometimes..
Work is important to me..it doesnt define me,entirely..but when you spend close to half the day at it..it does tend to define you..a bit..
my mood,my attitude,me...
*scares me..sometimes...that there'll come a time...where my 100% at work,play,etc...today..mite not be 100% anymore..
wife...kids..commitments...and all the paraphernalia that comes with being "settled in life"...Will I be able to adjust ?
I wont make any compromises...nor do i hope...my wife ! which is probably why i'll love her ! and respect her...
but..if both dont...then a house wont be a home,rite ? it'll be just 2 people staying together...and not a family..
hmm...melancholy..and pointless thots..
anyways..i better shut up...enuf !*
The little-bit-of-a-shock news..made me think...something i try to avoid..most times..
but..it's useful to ask yourself questions...unless they are the "whats life all about ? where am i heading ?" types. .
Have realised long back ..that those are pointless...and have no relevance...anymore..."mental masturbation"...yes..but still pointless....
So..I asked myself.."ok..what does it affect/get affected by ?"..
With most things today...it's money,thats the root cause..fortunately/unfortunately...and it was...this time too..
*fortunately..cos it's measurable..clear..and straight...effort = money..money = effort...
unfortunately...cos it's the age to be idealistic(took me to a different place..and different time...a different me....and think "telegraph road" :)(Dire Straits..Mark Knopfler is GOD ! "Money for nothing..and chicks for free...""romeo and juliet"...wah !) Am trying to grow out of it...dunno if it's right or wrong,tho..*
anyways...there are a few things you can control..and some that you cant..
so..made a mental list of stuff i need to do to have better control over things..
One thing led to another...and i did an analysis of my expenses for the last month and a half since i came here..
Have been horrible at tracking money,so far...in life...
(that goddamned 4-letter word...no..not F$%^...L-I-F-E...makes an appearance again ! DAMN ! One more ! DAMN !! uff !)...
Which probably explains the zero-tangible-assets-man...that i am today..So..made a spreadsheet..which tracked..my expenses,category-wise...
The amount to be found in my wallet...on a given day..money transferred..less expenses..
required a certain amount of devoted attention...to make all entries...
Not a complicated one,actually...the idea..and the exercise...
useful to know where you stand..always...just that we tend to take it easy,sometimes...
And..the result...

The formalities...pertain to visa formalities..medical checkups..etc..
Which cant be avoided..and can be claimed once i am back in office..official,so...
The Essentials...not avoidable,again...
Phone-related..now those...those can be reduced..but..i have not been extravagant..
and it's only been home/family/friends..so cant be blamed..still..better control needed..
The adjustments...not tracking the expenses properly..
and therefore plus-minus with my wallet..better control needed !
The booze...working on it...has been a problem for some time..
2 steps backward,1 step forward...progress has been the cliche'd "one step at a time"..backwards..trying..hard !
What i donot have a problem with..is the amount/the stuff i drink...i am always in control..
What i do have a problem with..is that i give myself the option...to get drunk,everytime i want to..
Hmm...self-control..again..

Now what CAN be avoided..are the impulse buys..
Amateur at this..usually very calculated,my purchases..'nil' is so easy to calculate,na ? :)

But have been a "shades" man..ever since undergrad college..
shades..* a.k.a cooling glasses..goggles...specs..soda-bottle...*
and my hero puch...
I ruled the mean streets..of basavangudi,chamrajpet,goripaLya,vijaynagar and b.nagar !
*that was my route to college...goripaLya,btw..is a prominent don area...in bangalore...
"A mistake...an accident..and...
Your body will be found in the "Naala" down there"...my cousin had told me while showing the route,to me..
Scared the shit outta me..bakwaas kar raha tha,saala ! :)
Enuf accidents...and still alive,saar ! :))*
*those were different days...thats when the nick "ritzkini" came up..
almost LOL everytime i see that nick,nowadays....or give it to somebody...
err.. yeah..r-i-t-zee-k-i-n-i.. :))
What was i thinking,man ?! When i came up with that one ! Kewl,with a capital k eh ?
:))
Accha khaasa naam diyaa hai bhagwaan aur baap ne..hero-panthi,shaaNpatti ki kya zaroorat thee ?
:P*

The DVDs..were the other impulse..
Indiana jones,Clooney collection..travolta collection
(Get shorty,Be cool,Broken Arrow,Swordfish,Ladder 49,etc..- The motherlode !)
It was eve-and-the-apple scene revisited..so..
:)

Still..something that i need to work upon..hmm...
So..thats the way,the data crumbles...

Now who said this one below ?
"Sometimes...Information...and Learnings from them..can be as useful as the data in the first place..
useless..."
Oh yeah..I did..just now ! guess true...only time will tell...
:P

PS: Yes..it's an amateurish attempt...at trying to get back to my cheery best..after yesterday's gloom...trying to..real hard...
Think have been partly successful...am in 'high spirits' :)) and humming John Denver tracks...since the day before !
:P

Aaj..

Case1:
mere yaar ki shaadi hai... ;
Case2:
mere yaar ka jaana hai... ;
Case3:
mein akela hoon... ;
break;

*sorry guys...C ka switch statement syntax bhool gaya hoon..long time since i touched code...miss it...but..gets the point across,i hope...*

Aaj...mere yaar ki shaadi hai...
Harry's wedding today..to Ch...congratulations to both of you...
friend since B.E..8 years,almost...now...
No..his actual name is a boring absolutely-dig types..
We(kaTTe-gang of kini,"gurrroooo!" settars,tarzan and "thumbaa-like-aayithammaa"..) called him harry..still do...
No reference/deference to harry potter..Rowling had still not come up with so much of it..bullshit..then...
Chris harris,actually...yes the one who bowled those dollies..and could smash big sixes....off them !
They were sooo slow he could bowl them,walk across,take strike ..have a drink.. and then hit them..and bowl the next one..
(ex-kiwi all-rounder..being encouraged by the then wicket keeper-adam parore..with "come'on harry..come'on fellas..."..which we did..so..)
Harry was lazy..is lazy..and..will always be lazy..he's like that.."ninge yenu guru kashtaa ?" if you ask him why..
*"whats your problem,mayte ?"*
*kaTTe - village folk..under a peepul tree..gathering place..similarly..our gang..most gangs in bangalore colleges..aalada mara(banyan tree)..only diff..*
*gurrroooo- slang for guy..also equal to "lo jang","maga","magane","loper","chappar" "aNNa thandhey.."...etcetra,etcetra..
Can be mixed,cocktailed and served..with an accent..for added effects..For Ex: "loper,nan magane","lo jang nan magane"....as i said,anything goes..*
*loper = loafer..nan=my...magane = son...listen,learn and enjoy..em tee vee...*
*thumbaa-like-aayithammaa-M's fav. line..upon seeing a bootiphul,dutiful girl..is equal to "liked her lots,*
*tarzan - 2 girls in class...both the thakeli types..and both ga-ga goo-goo abt the stud boy..na,not me..tarzan..so...*
This gang was born out of being united in the face of adversity..
first..with branch change formalities...after the 1st year...1 month left..and we got a change..to mech..and dint know how to finish the labs...in 5 days !
so...how do you take on the mean-and-corrupt Smithy foreman ? without paying up ?
united we stand,divided we..sit ! and so..strike ! "hamaari maange poori karo !"
:)
I'll be humble...the idea wasnt entirely mine..harry added an "i agree.."...somewhere in between
*When harry speaks..which is very rare..you better listen..you mite not be lucky again..until next year !*
:))
After graduation..unemployed(Dot-com bust time,remember..) ..
so what ? app ! left,right and bloody f$#%ing center !
land jobs after scouring the IT Capital city..each one of us ! pulled in the other via HR-sweet talk !
Job done ! The brotherhood survives another litmus test...
Even after college.."duniya idhar ki udhar ho jaaye"...saturday evening...
that VV puram kaTTe..and the roadside eats..
before the beer at la-casa,jayanagar..or vodka at mayura,JC road..were a routine...
I moved to chennai..for my masters..
a visit to blore..and not meeting the boyz ? impossible !
it got a li'l less frequent tho..with time..
now 2 are in blore..on a break b/w projects..one back from amreeka after 2 years(harry)
one's in boston(settars)..
one's new to his job..after his masters..he's my competition ! same product,same prospects !! :)
We met up in tirupati..when i was in chennai..annual ritual..
tirupati trek..they from blore..me from chennai..
Religion during the walk to the top...and tirumala..
And..Party the nite away in tirupati ! gult movies ! booze...spicy grub ! wah !
Infact Harry knows me so well..last time to tirupati..we decided to meet at alipiri..
My bus from chennai was early..didnt have a cellphone then..so waiting...
their bus lands..one look at me..and harry says "WHAT ? enu love aa ?"
*:O One look..and immediately ? It wasnt that bad,yaar !*

Aaj..mere dost ka jaana hai...
J leaves..for the middle of the desert..on work...
baddie-buddy...booze-buddy...buddy...
Now who'll cross the road with me ? looking at the wrong side ?!
Now who'll get irritated with me..that we lost a game we shld have won ? and shout at me for not having the "killer instinct "?
Now who'll make smart-alec comments...abt the moti dance-bar girl ?
"1 step forward...2 steps back...india rediscovered,eh !" :))
"sau mein assi be-imaan..mera bharat mahaan..."
*No..we are patriotic..we just like having a good time..they are not mutually exclusive,are they ?
It's called cynicism when you dont plan to do much abt it..else it's called funneling your rage..into something creative..*
Now who'll discuss strategies..to beat M ? after getting drunk..
*M met us at the dinner table..after a drink himself,too..and we rubbished his game !
"Too predictable on the serve..backhand weak.."shoaib akhtar types-2 matches of 100 miles/hr yorkers and 10..sitting out due to injury !:-/
He got so irritated..he challenged us to a game,then and there ! thursday nite..floodlites on..and game !
we won...beer vs whisky..we were more sober..:))*
J is a mallu..but born and brought up in karnataka..studied in blore..same age,almost..same attitude..so..good chemistry..
He was allowed the option to choose where to go..on weekends..just that i decided on the options provided..
:P
He leaves..and I have things to ponder about..how do i waste my time,now ?!!
From do deewaane shehar mein...to...ek akela is shehar mein (from the movie,Gharonda)

Aaj..Mein akela hoon...
Why ? cos..
aaj holi hai..and i'm not in india.. :-/
Admissions to IITM MBA...was on the interview panel last year..in bombay..not even in the country now..
March 18th...IITM DOMS sports day..alumni team needs good players...cricket,especially...missed out last year...missing out this year too..
I ate "puliyogre"(tamarind rice) yesterday...and i now understand what the cliche'd "i miss indian food" was all about...

If this was not enuf...to spoil my mood...i received one more...
A bit of a shocker at work...I dont want to talk about it...
I say to myself..
"Donot react ! donot react !! immediately...on impulse...sleep over it...think about it..understand,analyze and get back..."
*Dp..so much for your compliment,eh ?
"you seem to be perenially happy..and cheerful.."
Well..here i am..this is me...
i can take one hit..i can take two..but...what i cannot do..is take 3 ! in a day !!*
Chubwamba..Tubthumping...to suit my current mood...
DAMN ! I cant even booze...no company !
i dont booze with people that i dont know...very well !
And i dont want to get back to boozing alone !
So...

Life..is a balance...in everything...was having a good time until now..was even wondering what it is that'll hit me...now..i know...I shall fight ! I will bounce back ! DEFINITELY !

Did we start the fire ? Nope..We did not..

Before i start off...a note...
The last few posts were very 1-dimensional..and very "my-day-today" types..
i go thru that phase...on and off...and..off and on..
:)
So..in a way,even i am thankful to the god almighty..that i got something else to post about..
Now..to the post..here goes..

I woke up to the alarm ringing at 7:00 AM..I hate that sound..aarrgghhh !Another nite of limited sleep..why the hell dont i realise that at nite ? than the subsquent morning !?
I went to the bathroom..splashed some water into my eyes..and sat on the pot..
with the brush in my mouth..surd after surd..err...turd after turd...flowed..as i brushed...in slow,agonizing up and down motions....
:)))
*The sequence of the phrases matter a lot,na !? "as i brushed" and "in slow,agonizing up and down motions....":))*

*More importantly......HMMMMPPPHH !!

See..i said something..but i got back to the same old stuff...and you didnt even notice ! AAARRRGGGHHH ! Anyways...analysis time...
This phenomenon could be due to 2 reasons.Namely :

1. You are in love...with me...so enamoured and bimbotically,boombaastically in love with me...that..you dont really care what i write..
just that i write.something..anything !
happens..often..dont worry..you are not alone..i love you too...and Is fine with me..if

a. you are hot..and a girl..hot girl,'basically'..*making it clear...to help the bimbo understand..* or...
b. you are rich..period..

*notice the distinct lack of gender spec. when the financial stability parameter is introduced..*
*Also notice the mutual exclusivity of the "hot girl" and "rich" terms..Impossible is not a word in the fool's dictionary..It's possible..impossible..very,very possible..*
(Sorry,bimbo dear..dint mean to confuse you...so sorry..my apologies..)

2. You are here on a first-visit...and dont really care..fine with me...Am sure you'll be back for more,later...else,see you later,alligator !

If you dont belong to either sample spaces in the vast blogdom population...then..well...PAY ATTENTION !! When i talk,you are supposed to L-I-S-T-E-N !!!
:)))

Just kidding..trying to keep you awake..anyways..to the post..honest,this time..serious stuff...*

The older i get,i believe,ours was the generation that saw everything..why ? how ? lemme elaborate..
pre and post 1991 reforms...a public servant government/bank job..and a shaant life..to a job in a MNC..and no-sleep-3-nites-straight ! at work !!
From Buniyaad and the 2 sunday morning Epics..to..F.R.I.E.N.D.S.. and Baywatch...and MTv Grind..
From single-option-doordarshan and chitrahaar to...100 channels and still-nothing-to-watch Cable TV !!
From the Ravi shastri and venkatapathy raju-brand of cricket.. to the mahendra dhoni and the yuvraj singhs of today..
From the chaara-ghotaalaa to the Citizen's Civic initiative in b'lore..
From handlebar-mush veerappan..to phoolan devi...
From Charles Sobhraj..to Dawood...
From Ayodhya to Gujarat...
From Kargil to "Forget Pakistan,yaar..We have moved on.We need to take on the goras and the slit-eyes...at business ! and win !! "
From "No man..chod yaar.." to "Chill,yaar..take a pill.."
*even the language has changed...even the slang ! *:)
Most of all..i consider myself incredibly lucky to have watched...
Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis vs. Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid..battle of the equals...make that, the super-equals !

* The most beautiful thing i have ever seen..ever ! and it beats...all the beautiful girls...eaaasssyy !
Waqar Younis steaming in...and that beautifully-shaped inswinging toe-crusher-of-a-yorker-with-middle-stump-outta-the-ground-and-cartwheeling demolition job..
Pheewww ! outta breath..almost an orgasm,even..almost..:P
or A Tendliya coming down the track to Shane warne to smash him for a 6 ! over mid-wicket !! and telling him before he did so !!
Still gives Shane-sphagetti-and-toast-with-the-waitress-for-free-Warney, the nightmares..reportedly ! :)*

Simple funda..Consider this..2 generations back..the euphoria of the post-independence era and it's subsequent thrill had kinda simmered down...
a generation back,irrespective of the education you had...and the money you had..the options/choices were very limited..
I remember..we had to wait for a telephone connection..for 3 years ! one of those-to dial,rotate the number on the dial with your finger..
*Still use that phone at home..somethings I dont intend to let change..this was one of them..i had put my foot down..and the phone stayed upstairs ..where it belonged ! :)*
Our bajaj chetak took 2 years ! b/w order and delivery !!! both instances were normal..some people are still waiting..i know one ! :)
We,of course..we all know what we were lucky to go thru..and went thru...
Do you really expect the generation that has come about now...to ever enjoy the mix that we went thru ?
From...Granny's tales..to help you sleep...to..having a wild nite at the pub and returning at 6 AM ??
Nope..this generation will not experience any of that,if things are any indication already...infact lemme add to that...
We will contribute immensely..to them not having the same experiences we had..
Their lives will be too easy...and too tough..both at the same time..
both parents will have very little time for the child(Lotsa DISKs,i gather..already..Double income,single kid..)..careers are more important,of course !
A nanny shld do it...who needs us to spend time with them ? unlike our folks...
Consequently I foresee them being disconnected from the parents..and lonely..
*What summer vacation ? If there's no bunch of cousins to climb the mango tree with ? and no-"humpty dumpty..we all fall down..." either..*
Of course,they will come to us...only for their share of monthly pocket-money..
They will like it...no emotional mumbo-jumbo..besides,money talks...all languages...but...never mind...
It will happen..No point fighting it...accept it..and be prepared to work with it..
anyways..i digress,sorry...

So...When i heard this track Billy Joel with "We didnt start the fire" for the nth time...
I wondered..what is he trying to suggest ? for the nth time..
Turns out..after some research...
"Billy Joel (reportedly) wrote this song after overhearing a child say that he felt sorry for "older people" like Billy Joel because no "history" happened in their lifetime, that NOW (or the time the song was written) was going to be the world's most historical time period. The comment got to Billy Joel so much that he sat down and wrote this to prove that his lifetime has been FULL of history."
More here...
And..wikipedia showed me more of the light...
Alongwith a lotta help from other people who held the torch and the faith...and spent their valuable time coming up with this..
and this....
This is good...links to each word's significance..
The sociological impact of the track...here...
A class assignment on the track here...for a sociology class,apparently...
The video has billy sitting on a chair...and..the table burning..and visuals of the relevant period behind him..
*Dont have it...have the mp3 alone..no regrets..*
I liked this the best, amongst all tho...a better explanation...
"The song's inspiration was an encounter in which Joel found himself taking something of a teacher's --certainly an elder's -- role.I was talking to this young guy in his early '20s,he says.And he was talkingabout what a hard time this was to grow up in, with crack and AIDS. And I thought, we said that when we were that age.
Jeez, there was Vietnam,the Kennedy assassinations, drugs, Nixon...the song is saying,
'Look, we didn't start the fire, we tried to fight it, but it was burning and it's gonna burn on after we're gone
and it's gonna burn on after you're gone, too.That's the way the world is, imperfect; you have to learn to deal with it.
But don't give up! Change what you can change;
Don't fall into cynicism and despair."

So relevant to my country..even to this day...

PS:Mail me at ritzkinigmailcom if you want it...bad..and...if enuf of you are interested,will mail it to you...promise..

PPS: This one's special to me..for one other reason...
This was the first english track(pop,rock-types) i had ever heard...ever !
*the sound of music and odd western classical which we were subjected to...as torture..doesnt count ! they arent torture...they seemed so at the time.. *
We bunch of cousins had stolen into my eldest bro's room and put the cassette in the player..without his permission..
At the risk of being slaughtered...
Only to be confused...the english was too fast then..we didnt understand it all..i have a problem with some parts..to this day...
:)