Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker

What an amazing article by a Genius on a Genius.
Malcolm Gladwell gets it right. Yet another proof  to his engrossing authorship.

Steve Jobs’s Real Genius : The New Yorker:

Cinematization of Optimism

On very few occasions a 2 hours of viewing can take us through the many hours of restlessness, poignancy and hope at the same time.Gabhricha Paus- The Damned ,has this force. It has been reviewed already from many different viewpoints. Almost at all fronts movie has received rave reviews. Be it the screenplay or acting. Still its my take on this masterpiece.

Off late my outlook towards movies has been changed significantly.Once which merely used to be a source of entertainment and an afforable medium to dwell into one's fantasies, has eventually emanated into a serious hobby. In fact I have started feeling like a film critic who has got an authority to speak on the technicalities of this art form. However in the process I often ignored the humane element every movie tries to nurture in its audience. An Art apart its still regarded as a mirror to our society. There are few movies which are not liked because of their execution and director's technical prowess in film making, but their awe. They have ability to touch our soul. Gabhricha Paus belongs to the same league.

With every frame ,Gabhricha paus reflects the impasse the farmer of our nation faces eventually.Still to its core I feel its a cinematization of optimism. Personification of a never ending hope into Kisna, the protoganist, who invariably choose to fight with this impasse and assaults of negativism shower upon him by the fellow farmer.

An email thread from a buddy introduced me to this movie's very first accomplishment before its release, its selection for the Rotterdamn film festival and also the several accolades from the international film fraternity. Since then I was looking forward to see this movie. Almost after a span of 3 months since it is realeased, my wish was granted. I finally had my chance.

Like I said earlier, movie has this enromous potential to get us drawn into a restless state. Begining of the movie itself has this profoundly disturbing poem written by farmer ,narrated in an equally poignant voice , which bring lump to your throat. Later I found out, its a poem by Vidarbha’s farmer-poet, Shrikrishna Kalamb. Written in March 2008, just two days before Kalamb commited sucide by hanging himself.

Rohan N Group Inspiration/Plagiarism

For those who do not know, Rohan n Group is Hip Hop dance troupe based out of Nalasopara a suburb in Mumbai. They have won several group dance competitions. They often seen performing on Sansui Boogie-Woogie,television show on Sony Television. They were also the semifinalist at another reality show called "India Got Talent".

Since I had seen them performing on boogie-woogie, I am their big admirer. However although they are a reason and also an example for this post, I would trace upon slightly different topic.

Just today,in a public forum I saw a post with heading "Rohan n group are cheaters" as all of their performances are rip off from some western dance shows or some movies based on street dancing.I do see they have copied many of their dance moves\steps. It was even true to their initial performances. Most of their choreography has shades of dance numbers from Hollywood flick "You got served".

Apparently I feel this thing called creativity or originality itself is foreign to Indian mind. Take any field or any sector in India and you would witness such a blatant plagiarism executed without a slightest sigh of guilt.Still lets give Rohan n Group a little consideration and call it a inspiration.

First of all they hail from a place where people would prefer fighting over basic needs than nurturing hobbies. Yet these bunch of college kids manage to pull off a movement New York's streets had witness in 1970s.

Maximum City,Mumbai lost and found.

My association with Mumbai is fairly recent. Neither its going to be permanent anytime soon.Many believe this city is addictive. I am an exception to that trend. In fact I often feel totally out of place here. Even then a short stint with this city's inherent spirit has pulled off my curiosity. Short because I have hardly stayed in Mumbai long enough to be called a Mumbaikar in true sense. Besides its the place where I started implementing what I had learned over a period of 23 years, my first job, the good bad old time, I wish I could have written something at that point of time. Anyways I am here to talk only the 500 page book have read fully :). Indeed a big achievement for budding reader like me.

So I would refrain from talking more on my past and would stick to the book by Suketu Mehta. To be very honest I hate reading books on India bashing. Especially the books which talks off every possible cliche ranging from, slums to call centers, westerners romanticize with. Maximum City is pretty close to it. I never expected it to be like this when I decided to buy it. I read Dany Boyle quoting Maximum city in one of his interviews when he was promoting Slumdog Millionaire.

Apparently movie falls under the same genre. Still may be my lost love for Mumbai motivated me to buy it.

Its a gripping account on Mumbai's dark side in most of the chapters. Narration is so engrossing that you end up reading it like a fiction. Author has nicely put together the imperative elements of this complex metropolis. Throughout the book we experience the lives of supercops, gansters, bar dancers,politians many individuals which constitues this unique ecosystem.

Go Kiss the World

My track record with reading books is pretty bad. I am a lazy reader. Although I am very fond of books. I just love to buy them whenever somebody recommends one. Most difficult part follows afterwards as I must read them. Finding time for reading is rarest of rare. Even if I could able to get some time, the initial fifteen minutes of reading must be engrossing enough to finish reading it. Or else it might lie in my book shelf forever untouched.

It was not true for "Go Kiss the world" by Subroto Bagchi. I bought it almost a month ago and started reading it just yesterday. Surprisingly I have finished reading it. Credit goes to the author.

Its a concisely written story by Bagchi himself on his life and professional success. The book truly offers what it claims "Life lessons for young professionals".

Author provides an account of his upbringing, education, career through various chapters without being too verbose.He has emphasized primarily on his grooming into a successful entrepreneur augmented by the stories of people, events, mentors who played the crucial role in this process.