Munnabhai and 9/11

Watched 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' last week, whoever has watched it or will watch it will definitely like it. The movie is really really upbeat, motivational, feel good, hysterical, freshening, mood changing...... so on and so forth. Came out of the theatre smiling and fresh. Arshad Warsi and 'Sanju baba' are simply awesome, Sanjay Dutt is one of the Bollywood actor who has matured with age (like the Hollywood stars) I started liking him after he cut his long tresses, visited the jail, came out and starred in Vastaav, Kurukshetra, Mission Kashmir, Munnabhai MBBS. One of the actors who has not worked with the Johar's and the Chopra's to make a name for himself and Lage Raho... is one of the movies which does not have expensive clothes and locations but still a classic.

'Gandhigiri' was and is an awesome concept, not sure if its applicable everywhere in today's day and age but not totally irrational either. I read in Mid-Day that "a group of young people in Bombay after watching the movie noticed the disposed off tickets thrown all over the place, they started picking them up and threw them in a waste basket." So all you 'mamus' practise Gandhigiri where and when ever you can .......

My 9/11 story:
9/11 or Sept 11 was a black day in American history, much has been written about it. Everyone of you must have seen pictures, watched documentaries and read all about it. On that fateful day, 5 years ago I was just 1.5 month old in US and was enjoying the FOB days. I was in deep sleep (snoring.... ;) ) after working on my home-work late previous night. I used to live with my room-mates and didn't have a TV or a cell-phone. I came to know about the attack when my father called me from India and told me about the attacks. Frankly, I didn't even know what was WTC than. Completely ignoring his concern and being sleepy I assured that everything in LA was alright and went back to sleep. Very soon UV's bro called and we all ran to Apt 1 in our complex which had a TV and started watching the news. After watching the news we came to know of the hijacks and started wondering what was in store for us. I was naive about US and sitting in LA far away from NYC didn't quite understand the destruction and implications of the such an attack.

Next few days after reading and watching the news, realized that life ain't gonna be easy in the already down US technology market for the brown skinned. If I remember it correctly we had a class of 457 that day as scheduled, our Prof didn't cancel the class. Now after 5 years and living in the tri-state area so close to NYC I get aggravated seeing ground zero. I may not feel the same pain like the New Yorkers who have lived through the attack, but I do feel agitated remembering the attacks which killed about 2,973 people....no correction 2,973 families.
Hope this world finds peace, can Munnabhai's Gandhigiri help us here ???

Some of the recent pictures from Ground Zero, NY