Reel Reality

I was watching this movie called “The American President” yesterday, starring Micheal Douglas and Annette Bening. It was a romantic movie bout the president of America who happens to be a widower and its election time and he needs to retain his presidency – but then he falls in love with an environment lobbyist and starts courting her – about which his rival starts making a big fuss and starts questioning the president’s character n all n all. this is usually what gets the american junta all excited and they start pining for traditional american values (whatever those are!!).

So anyway, its the usual typical american flick – where the “hero” charms the “heroine” with his wit, sense of humour and his brains. Not to mention his looks and the fact that he happens to be the president of the most powerful country in the world – making him the most powerful man in the world for the moment.

But my brains were working on an altogether different tangent. I was thinking, well here’s a movie that celebrates the perfect personality of the US president. He’s like the role model for the whole country and maybe for some in the rest of the world too. Not just this movie – look at “Air Force One” for that matter. Harrisson Ford makes a great president too. He smart, intelligent, loves his country and even saves the day for everyone even when his family’s lives are on the line. With that kind of a president, who needs a body guard eh!! But thats not all i’m thinking.

This brought me to think bout the “REAL WORLD” presidents. So who gets inspired by who??? The REAL by the REEL or the REEL by the REAL???  I mean take George Bush…..I dont think he is the kind of person who can inspire people, though he could take a few pointers from these movies. Infact with his smalll squinty eyes – i think he’s more of an inspiration for a baby chimpanzee movie. And Bill Clinton, yeah i know i know – ur like he was ok and a decent president too except his lusty prancing arounds – which wouldn’t have been that big a deal had he not been the president of the US of A (exactly!!!!).

But then again i’m digressing. What i was really thinking was……about our very own indian presidents/prime ministers. Yes yes, i couldn’t help drawing out a picture of some of our classic leaders playing the lead in this movie instead of Micheal Douglas. Hehehehe………

But its hard to imagine that – coz i can’t seem to associate them in such a setting. I mean the first descriptive adjective i can think of to describe them is – “old” !!!! And then everything else just follows – like boring, slow, dull ……..blah blah blah………….though there is one exception. Its Mr Kalam. He’s one cool dude. I mean he may be senior by age – but u know he doesn’t gimme those “oldish” vibes. He’s the kinda guy that u can really connect with. I think the one indian leader that could have been in MD’s shoes could have been him.

Its not about the americanism here. Its more about the fact – that our presidents/prime ministers are just normal people with the same problems like everyone else. The only difference is they have the responsibility of looking into the problems of the nation as well (which is heavy, but all the more reason to lighten up) - but that doesn’t mean they should be serious and proper all the time. I mean, they have a life too right!!! I guess what i miss is the “connection” that one desires to have with the person leading their nation. A little bit of human touch can go a long way……all i wanna say to our leaders is – LOOSEN UP!!!      

But anyway, thats what i think – my grey cells tend to do a few somersaults over the wierdest topics - And come to think of it, if India had a candidate like Micheal Douglas/Harisson Ford running for prime minister - 50% of the population would already have been won over (at least in my world !!!) – as always – AINWAYEE!!!  

the butterfly effect!!

I had bunked office and was enjoying the hindi dubbed version of “Austin Powers – Goldmember” when suddenly from the corner of my eye i saw this big black thing fluttering in through the window and landing right next to me on the sofa.

Well on first intinct, i flew off the sofa without even realising what the hell it was that came down beside me. Anyway, once i was on the other side of the room i saw that it was a big black butterfly with blue-green dots on its wings.

You know generally i am a very nature/animal friendly person. i mean i’m crazy about dogs n cats n any goddam four legged furry thing. but things like birds and butterflies and all things “winged” kinda creep me out.

So there i was wondering how the hell i was gonna get rid of this butterfly – which was quite pretty actually, big enuff to cover both my palms but i was in no mood for imparting admiration right then. After some initial shooing and waving my arm wildly at  it (which seemed to make no difference whatsoever) i blew a big puff of air to lift it off the sofa. Soon did i realise that that was a stupid thing to do. Coz the butterfly went bezerk. She tried to fly but because the fan was on and there was too much wind for its light body to get stable, the damn thing kept tossing in the air towrds me.

Now it may sound wierd, but the idea of the butterfly sitting on me just did not go down well. i screamed and hopped and ran across the room to the other side, and smartly put off the fan. This helped coz the b’fly settled down under the dining table. so i mustered all my courage to pick it up by the wings with my fore finger n thumb n toss it out the window – but alas!! courage is a  rare commodity and the moment i touched it, i got the creeps and let go – and she fluttered off for the next 30 seconds banging into the wall n what not (what a dumb thing she was. the windows were open n i was holding the main door open but she still couldn’t find her way out) - with me squealing, getting goose pimples all over my body and running about in a 150sq foot room inclusive of a big cabinet, a 5 seater sofa set, a full size dining tabe and 6 dining chairs. My ankle still hurts form bumping into the cabinet so hard!!!

Anyway, the damn thing settled again n then i got one of my “bright” ideas – i thot why not trap it in a polyhtene bag and set it free outside the window. so i found a transparent bag and quickly dropped it upside down on the b’fly. Aaah, that was a smart thing to do, but now how the hell do i pick it up. So with one swift swipe of my arm i liflted the bottom end of the bag, and before i could do anything - as expected, she came out again and headed straight to my face.

So finally, as i waited in a corner and she settled on my towel, i resolved to end this stupid chasen catch episode once and for all. I got up, walked to the towel (she didnt seem to notice me) and held the b’fly by her wings – i could feel the force of the wings as she was trying to get loose – and afraid that i’d get the creeps and let go again – i ran to kitchen window, all the time muttering the four letter word over n over againand dropped her out…………i half expected her to come back – but that was it – i had done it – i had triumphed and i was exhausted!!!!……….. BAAAAHhHH!!! BHAGWAAN BACHAYE!!!!     

  

Bizzare shoes!!!

Will commence with a post bout one of my passions (SHOES)………..others shall follow eventually

FOREWARNING: I happen to have a fettish for shoes……..and am a keen observer of people’s feet. I can actually identify a person by his feet or shoes more often than by his face. Anyway, came across a few bizzare shoes – they sure are an interesting watch……

  This one’s a CD player.

These are called “twiggy shoes”and who’s supposed to wear them???

Wonder Why these were made????

The “foot” shoe

Hehehehehe…..this one’s kinda funny!!!

Are u kidding me!!!!

Well hats off to the people who put their brains in designing this stuff………am sure they did it “ainwayee”

will keep adding to this bizzare collection as and when i stumble on them……….till then enjoy!!!

 

And so I begin……..

HI!!!

Well I finally got down to making this blog – and having done that – i’m kinda stuck bout what i’m supposed to do next. i’m sure the name of my blog should convey the idea.

Ainwayee… – as in “just like that!!” or “with no rhyme or reason” is the essence of this space and since this is the one space that i can really call my own – i aint gonna compromise with the content (dont ask me what that is – i’ll be figuring it out eventually. ) I intend to be spontaneous – so read at your own risk!!!

Nevertheless, i look forward to a long and not so intellectual journey through this blog………….

Expect anything here!!!

C ya