Arbit Scratchpad

This is a disturbing piece of fiction that I wrote recently. It is supposed to be in the genre of dark humour. It has certain bizarre and intended uses of violence. Do read it and give in your views, but note you have been warned. Alibi

Nice article I was reading about frugal travel in Paris ( Needs registration I guess ) - More travelogues from The New York Times . European destinations here ... PHOTO SOURCE : NYTIMES Also a fellow Bangalore blogger and chef and owner of a food joint called 'Shiok' - read his stories of travel and exciting food from Singapore.

Finally felt 'exercise' should get an entry into the dictionary of my life. Started voluntary exercises for the first time ever in my life ;-). Started going to the gym at office, since past one week - approx losing 150 kcal per day (atleast thats what those hulky machines tell me) . . . PHOTO SOURCE : Google + gymcareaustralia Hope to shed some flab as excessive weights can cause hypertension and diabetes etc etc as I am well aware and as the doctor has been repeatedly threatening. It also releases certain good chemicals and I was feeling much better than on all those other days when I used to be sitting all day in front of the Dell Black Box and not doing any form of physical exertion ... Wish me luck ;-)

Was watching the movie ' Pyaasa ' by Guru Dutt on Doordarshan today ... A brilliant movie which focuses on the society's indifference towards a poet played by Guru Dutt himself. He is reduced to penury by certain circumstances after his brothers throw him out of his house. Its only after he is mistaken to be dead that his poems are published and he becomes a sensation. He actually has survived and escapes a suicide attempt. Later he is put into an asylum for claiming that he is the poet whose poems have now become famous. Then everyone first avoids him as they will have to share the profits from the published works. Then everyone starts claiming that he is the true poet and they are his friends and relatives so that they can now share the riches. Though sometimes appearing fatalistic the movie, has songs and sequences replete with theme of the exploitation of women and the rampant poverty in our country. PHOTO SOURCE : REDIFF.COM The songs are marvelous, and Waheeda Rehman