Hello world,

As Indians it has been some gratifying few days for us. For starters, we have Kareena Kapoor moving her embellished belly to a song named ‘Fevicol Se’. Nothing speaks more of creativity and lyrical value than a ballad like that. The song effortlessly touches your life, and unfortunately you can do nothing about it.

But the highlight of last week was our Parliament realizing that FDI is not a crime investigation agency like the FBI, but a proposed bill in the parliament. Consequence of which was a combat marked by hard hitting words like ‘Lauki’ (gourd) and ‘McAloo Tikki’ from both sides in the senate. Sushma Swaraj (not to confuse with the one from ‘Hema, Rekha, Jaya aur Sushma’), with her adept Hindi and well-timed references almost took her team home before Kapil Sibal barged in. In original fashion, he hid all facts under his triple chin and mammoth eyebrows; which is a lot of space when combined. Concentrating mostly on maligning the opposition, he still managed to make a point. The smaller players from UP- Mulayam (see translation) Singh and Mayawati (no translation), perfected the role of playing no role in the Lok Sabha as they opted to walk out without voting. Eventually the bill got passed in both the Houses. Everyone looks settled now, except the Mayans who had predicted the bill won’t pass and are pretty crushed after their prediction machinery failed again.

Besides, December is here which brings in a lot of holidays and festivities. But before that, Dabangg 2 will release and make some 2,855 crore. In fact, it’s ironical to be releasing on 21stof December 2012. For it is known DaBigBangg created this universe so it’s only appropriate DaBangg shall bring an end to it. End of universe, along with the certain end to good taste in movies, music and your belief in Bollywood films, forever. Watching the teasers without my glasses, it also looks like the first Indian movie featuring two male leads without a female one.Yes Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha, both are known to spellbound the audience with their massive biceps and action sequences. I am also curious as to how will the shirt come off Salman’s torso this time. You can take this little poll about it.

As I write this, I’m told of Pt. Ravi Shankar’s sad demise. OK nobody told me, I just googled it up. But that means one more from the entertainment industry is gone and this time it’s the gem from the crown. The music maestro’s extensive career includes award winning works like West meets East and The Sounds of India. But I think his best works were Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones both of which got nominated for the Grammys in 2003. But now he’s gone. So although he was a Hindu which means his body would be burnt to ashes and not rested in a coffin, he still deserves the Rest in Peace, just because it’s the general convention.

Well, moving on to something special that happened to me. This morning I went to my local Kirana store and bought a dozen eggs. I would like to share this special moment with all of you as that makes it a 12/12/12/12 for me.

Moreover, that moment eating a half-fried egg at 06:43 p.m. on 12/12/12 isn’t happening again in my life. I think I’ll celebrate it. And the one after it and the one after it too, all of which are never going to happen in my life again. This kind of puts me in an infinite loop, but I’ll either manage or die celebrating. But before I die, I’ll kill the guy who said, ‘Each moment is special’, for he had no idea what he was saying.