The Strange Story
Posted by: almostinfamous on: August 30, 2009
That’s the Translation from the Urdu title of the following song – Ajeeb Dastan – a classic well worth your time
In other news -> www.fotogenesis.in is up and at em, you may have seen some of the photos but probably not the others 
burning questions!
Posted by: almostinfamous on: August 10, 2009
does monsieur Snag take parenting advice from Dick Dale?
Dhan TANA!!!!
Posted by: almostinfamous on: August 8, 2009
deadly infectious, obviously inspired from the 70s-style music, but well updated. the lyrics are a little confusing but it’s really well made overall. At least some people have the good sense to seek inspiration in GOOD MUSIC!
a more ‘traditional’ bollywood song, made awesome by the singers singing it and the SEAMLESS transitions between the 2 women singers(my two favourite singers in the bollywood playback industry).
what the sign says
Posted by: almostinfamous on: August 5, 2009
The Brand NEW! Fotogenesis ( www.fotogenesis.in ) website is up and…well crawling, because I need to work on content – any tips will be greatly appreciated
secondly, congrats greatly to the pinko punklet on the way… may he/she live long and prosper
On Idiots and Dinners
Posted by: almostinfamous on: August 4, 2009
DISCLAIMER! I cant really write a review of the play I was invited to by the wonderful people at EVAM, because everytime I go back and think about it, I just remember laughing so hard rather than what was happening on stage. But attempt, we shall!
Evam pulled out another winner from their Happy Factory this eve, with a knockout performance of ‘An Idiot for Dinner’. It took me some time to figure out what the play was about, and the setup with the ‘boomerang guy’ was quasi-pythonesque in it’s tangential relation to the main story. However, once we get introduced to the title character(the idiot), the story unfolds as a series of hilarious events, each one sending a cascade of tears(of laughter) after the other. I dont want to belabour you with the actual story line, but it was an adaptation of le diner de cons a french play that was also made as the hindi movie bheja fry (which i have not seen yet, but am told is equally excellent)
(photo courtesy Akhil aka Lazybug)
The characters were excellently cast , with an absolutely pitch-perfect performance from the main character R. Golden Gopu(top left in collage), and his friend Hariharan(centre of bottom row) – both of whom deserved standing Ovations but sadly didn’t get them. The supporting cast was good, but were like candles to the sun compared to the central character of R. Golden Gopu. If there are nits to pick, it is that the main character Rajeev Khelafkar was a bit inconsistent with his physical ailment, but one hardly pays attention to the poor guy(centre of top row) whenever Gopu is on stage. In addition, Rajeev’s Friend Sameer (bottom right) also added the occasional dash of punctuation required to keep the momentum going, and himself did a great job 
I really wish I could write more, but all i would say is this – if they staged the exact same play again, I would have no problem lining up and paying the full amount for the tickets to watch this show at least a couple of times more… Good Job, Evam – and looking forward to more
aadab to shadab!
Posted by: almostinfamous on: July 26, 2009
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the Shadab Hotel is where we finished our journey.
The journey that began at State central library, where i didn’t have a camera… i will tell you the story sometime soon
False Alarm
Posted by: almostinfamous on: July 24, 2009
some of you may have been wondering and worrying where all those scientists who used to pop-up with impossibly gigantic-scale inventions had gotten off to, you need look no farther than TED videos
this from a BBC news story
“The threat is desertification. My response is a sandstone wall made from solidified sand,” said Mr Larsson, who describes himself as a dune architect.
The sand would be stabilised by flooding it with bacteria that can set it like concrete in a matter of hours.
he does acknowledge certain key facts:
The scheme would also have advantages for nearby populations, he said. For example, it could be excavated he said to provide shade, shelter or as a structure to collect water.
However, Mr Larsson admitted that the scheme faced numerous practical problems.
“There are many details left to explore in this story: political, practical, ethical, financial. My design is fraught with many challenges,” he said.
“However, it’s a beginning, it’s a vision; if nothing else I would like this scheme to initiate a discussion,” he added.
i can see the future now – his aims at stopping desertification thwarted, Dr Larsson grows mad with rage against the scientific community that threatened him. In his secret equatorial lair in the heart of the Congo, he mutates the sand-stoning bacteria into a controllable source of human-stoning(that didnt come out quite right) and becomes – Sandstone man! who will save us from such a future?! WHO??????
The Making of Falooda – now with ACTUAL making!
Posted by: almostinfamous on: July 19, 2009
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Wash carefully your choice of glass serving glass
Step 1) Add a cup of Falooda(Basil for you westerners) Seeds
Step 2) Add cup of broken, boiled and chilled Vermicelli
Step 3) Add RoseWater or Saffron Flavouring, sufficiently diluted
Step 4) Chop up roughly 100gms (1/4lb) Kulfi or any really fucking thick ice cream,
Step 5) Pour on the sweetened milk.
Step 6) find yourself in heaven, and if you indulge too often, in the ICU.
any doubts?
set heat to glowering resignation
Posted by: almostinfamous on: July 15, 2009
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some people may wonder why i have taken to blogging about chai, when i was more in the vein of pointing out various injustices in the world for so long. actually, even I wonder why i am blogging about chai instead of all those relevant issues and the power grabs and all the other BS so in abundance around us…
truth is that i am kind of tired, tired that even though i recognize all these things, the very people i live with and around just don’t care… no one says anything and all voices are squashed despite their optimism.
add to this a kind of rage that wells up and dissipates periodically on it’s own and well i am still confused..
i have no idea WTF is up… so yeah. expect more chai type stuff till i figure things out
HAPPYNESS! :) UPDATE: just so you know, there is indeed a perfect job for just about anyone – we just have to figure it out…
update update: um some really bad coffee dressed up not-so-bad
Yet another frustration thrust upon me
Posted by: almostinfamous on: July 15, 2009
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I would like to start off by saying i like tea in many, if not most, forms*
i love the scene of lush green tea plantations (though i am aware of the exploitation that often takes place behind the scenes- call this childhood conditioning). i like the crisp aroma of freshly cut tea leaves, the roasting smell, the lovely aroma of an empty tea warehouse, the smell of single and blended tea leaves, and the beautiful taste that tea in it’s many-but-not-all forms can give you. i dig a well-steeped black tea, dont mind some green in the tea, i love the ‘chai tea’ i had in the states, i like the ‘allam(ginger) chai’ i have at the bus stop near my house and the prince of teas – the famous ‘irani chai’ that is brewed for hours on end in the many cafes in hyderabad, and that’s just the beginning…
given all that love however, i cannot make a good tea. i have no such issues with coffee mind you – i have been able to make decent coffee that is appreciated by everyone from grandparents to the occasional visitor whose taste buds i have the pleasure of destroying. but the problem is that i am mostly indifferent to coffee in it’s many varieties – the smell of coffee is ok, but it doesnt take me to the happy place that tea smells do. it lacks that je ne sais quois that comes with finishing a small cup of happiness reinforcing tea…
ok im done venting.
* – jasmine, chamomile and all that non-tea tea is just soup by another name. take it up with someone who cares…
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