Rambling on... again..

Gully Boy A representation on angst and an unusual path of rebellion – and yet not done in a melodramatic fashion. Stories of people from the underprivileged classes breaking barriers to reach out to seemingly a foreign world of success – or as put in this movie “angrezi bolne waale friends” – abound in our mainstream today. And yet this story stands out a bit more… There was a layer of struggle and proving oneself and camaraderie built in so seamlessly that this movie can be a part of various genres. Let me attempt to see where all I would fit this   Music based film (well of course) - Was it the unheard of world of rapping which makes it stand out? Yes maybe as unless you’re a really deep music enthusiast - rap is not a regular part of Indian music scene at all. But somehow I think that’s not it. The rap battles are a huge part of why I enjoyed the story so much. The thinking on your feet, turning it into a lyrical presentation and not getting bogged down by the intens

By far one of the toughest task as a parent I face in my life is to get R to focus and be determined to achieve something. Of course it started off with me believing I was setting tough goals, but its not that at all. When we grew up, our middle class upbringing and environment, automatically assured a feeling of depravity at many levels. There would be missed opportunities which would be enough to rub in the fact that life wasn’t about the ‘Ask and you shall have 2 of it’ environment which today’s generation lives in. One of the basic root cause of course is consumerism itself. Too many easy choices exist today within very easy access. Amazon and flipkart are a part of children’s vocabulary too easily! Another one I guess is of course affordability. If I’m taking a European holiday often enough and staying in nice hotels, that becomes the benchmark for him to expect from holidays and hotels. And of course it doesn’t stop there, does it? Expecting to be treated in a ce