Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
Along with my wife Geetha, I am attending a six week residential course at the Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, located in the Pocono Mountains. (Arshavidya.org) Even though this six week format has been offered for at least a decade and my wife has attended a few of the camps in the past, only this year I have the confidence that even if I am not physically present at work, everything will be OK. My partners instill a sense of confidence in me that everything will be fine at work. The good thing is I am very much in touch with my office thro phone and internet. (This is my ego talking) The course started on October 12th, 2011 and ends on November 20th, 2011.
The course is intense. The day starts at 5.45 a.m. with Abhishekam to Lord Dakshinamurthi. At 7.00 a.m. we have guided meditation with Swami Tattvavidananda Saraswati (TV) for half an hour. From 8.15 to 9.15 it is Yoga with a certified instructor. (Well, I miss the Yoga classes as I have to do my own Pooja in my room) Then at 10.00 am it is Samskritam (the proper way to say it) (Sanskrit) classes. I feel like a school kid again, back in Mahbub College Higher Secondary School, Secunderabad. At 11.20 a.m. it is Brahadaranyaka Upanishad with Swami TV. At 12.45pm it is lunch time, my favorite part of the camp. Kalpathi Ramachandran (KR) is the chef in charge of the kitchen. I hold him personally responsible if I put on any weight in this camp. At 3.45 pm., it is chanting time with Suddhatma, the General Manager of the Gurukulam. At 5.15 it is chapter eight of the Bhagavad-Gita,with Swami TV. After evening Arati at 6.30p.m. and Satsang at 8.00 p.m. with Swami TV, it is time to call it a day.
I go on to the gym for an hour’s work out on the stair master and I burn about 450- to 550 calories. I am trying my best to skip dinner but the food is too tempting. Too much love put in by KR in the food.
The other day I was sitting with KR and he was telling me all about his life. I was not only moved by his story but was amazed at his resilience. I don’t know how much he has listened to the talks by the various Swamiji’s but I noticed how he put all that is taught here in practice in his life. In fact, that is “Practical Vedanta”.
A few years ago, when I wanted to do some Pariharams and poojas in Kerala, I went to Palaghat and stayed at his home. The love and affection shown by his wife Revathi, his six children and Chitthappa is something I will always cherish. I was telling KR about my new passion for writing blogs. He said that he will sit with me and go through his life story and I should share it with all of you. He is now 49 years old. I will be doing that in the coming weeks and I have his explicit permission to share his story. Please wait. Be patient. I promise you it will be interesting.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
My Charity Work
What is my charity work?
My children know that their dad is engaged in some kind of “Social Work”. Like most of my friends, acquaintances and relatives, they don’t know what exactly I do. They know I am doing something to help people. I have talked to my children about the need for us as a family to help the less fortunate amongst us. We, meaning people who can read this blog, are truly blessed. Knowing that half the world goes to bed hungry is very sobering. That we can walk, talk, see, have a roof over our head, and have food on the table is a great blessing. Having grown up in a third world country like India, I don’t take anything for granted. Everything is a gift from God.
I look around. I look into myself. I see a lot of suffering, a lot of pain. There is a great philosophical debate about “free will”. How much of the suffering that we see or experience is truly a choice we made. That is the will of God. We are helpless. It appears that in certain areas I have it better than some. But suffering is common to all of us. Fortunately, some of that suffering can be alleviated. We can do something. For example, how can elderly people fend for themselves? What can a child do if it is abandoned or both parents are dead? I know that seniors are a neglected lot. Some seniors are neglected because their children are abroad. In some situations seniors want their independence and in some cases neglect is due to economic reasons. I have met and I know many such people.
I was involved in charity work in an unorganized manner for a few years prior to meeting His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswati the Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in 1989. Being a Sanyasi and a Peetadhipathi, his idea of helping people by going to their communities is absolutely revolutionary. Starting schools, colleges, hospitals are all his ideas. At his behest I, along with a few others, formed the Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Foundation (KKSF) and obtained a Sec. 501 (C) (3) tax exempt status. Later in 2000, I was involved in the formation of AIM for Seva, an innovative idea in education, particularly for tribal people and residents of remote villages, started by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati. I would never have the opportunity to meet some amazing people or see the “other” side of some people, but for my charity work. These people have influenced my thinking a lot. Also, my two daughters, who are idealists and would like to help the whole world, have always shown their concern for the downtrodden.
I have visited orphanages, senior citizens homes, school for autistic children, Veda patasalas, schools and hospitals. There is a crying need for us to do something. Presently, all my charity work in India is done through SODEWS. Helping me in this matter is Ramu Uncle. He heads SODEWS, which does remarkable work in Tamilnadu and has taken under its wing a school in Uttarakhand. Poornima assists Ramu Uncle in his work. Poornima has a Masters in Social Work. Great people, great team, great souls.
We are on the lookout for a five to ten acre parcel of land. The idea is to build an orphanage to house 100 girls, a senior citizen center, a Goshala (for cow protection), an NRI center so that volunteers from across the globe can stay and work, a recreation place, computer / library center. There will be regular classes in Yoga, meditation, religious chanting, bhajans. The search for acquiring land has been going on for at least a year. In India, buying land is not easy. We always find out at the last minute that some hidden legal problems exist. There is no concept of Title Insurance.
If you are wondering why I would want to combine senior citizens with orphans, it is to give each an opportunity to show and receive love. The senior citizens will feel a sense of self worth. They will also be involved in gardening, landscaping and all other activities generally denied to them for a variety of reasons. The orphans will receive the most important ingredient in their formative years, love. The orphanage will be unique in many aspects. The girls will have all the comforts which my children had growing up. They can dream big and money will not stop them from getting into the school or college of their choice. NRI children will be transformed as a result of their interaction with our girls and seniors. They can share their talents and knowledge with children who will love and respect them, unconditionally.
Please pray that Ramu Uncle and Poornima are successful soon in acquiring the land we are looking for in and around Jolarpet. We chose Jolarpet because land prices are still affordable. Also, Ramu Uncle lives in Yelagiri, a beautiful hill station, about 3500 feet above sea level, which is a forty five minute car ride from Jolarpet. Jolarpet is half way between Chennai and Bangalore. You have to go through fourteen hair pin bends to get to Yelagiri. Land prices in Yelagiri have shot up through the roof. The going rate in Yelagiri is about Two hundred thousand dollars an acre. In fact, a kind soul from the west coast of the US has agreed to give us two acres of land in Yelagiri. God Bless him. We may use that land to build a senior center and for NRI’s to stay. Let us wait and see how things shape up.
My children know that their dad is engaged in some kind of “Social Work”. Like most of my friends, acquaintances and relatives, they don’t know what exactly I do. They know I am doing something to help people. I have talked to my children about the need for us as a family to help the less fortunate amongst us. We, meaning people who can read this blog, are truly blessed. Knowing that half the world goes to bed hungry is very sobering. That we can walk, talk, see, have a roof over our head, and have food on the table is a great blessing. Having grown up in a third world country like India, I don’t take anything for granted. Everything is a gift from God.
I look around. I look into myself. I see a lot of suffering, a lot of pain. There is a great philosophical debate about “free will”. How much of the suffering that we see or experience is truly a choice we made. That is the will of God. We are helpless. It appears that in certain areas I have it better than some. But suffering is common to all of us. Fortunately, some of that suffering can be alleviated. We can do something. For example, how can elderly people fend for themselves? What can a child do if it is abandoned or both parents are dead? I know that seniors are a neglected lot. Some seniors are neglected because their children are abroad. In some situations seniors want their independence and in some cases neglect is due to economic reasons. I have met and I know many such people.
I was involved in charity work in an unorganized manner for a few years prior to meeting His Holiness Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswati the Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in 1989. Being a Sanyasi and a Peetadhipathi, his idea of helping people by going to their communities is absolutely revolutionary. Starting schools, colleges, hospitals are all his ideas. At his behest I, along with a few others, formed the Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Foundation (KKSF) and obtained a Sec. 501 (C) (3) tax exempt status. Later in 2000, I was involved in the formation of AIM for Seva, an innovative idea in education, particularly for tribal people and residents of remote villages, started by Pujya Swami Dayananda Saraswati. I would never have the opportunity to meet some amazing people or see the “other” side of some people, but for my charity work. These people have influenced my thinking a lot. Also, my two daughters, who are idealists and would like to help the whole world, have always shown their concern for the downtrodden.
I have visited orphanages, senior citizens homes, school for autistic children, Veda patasalas, schools and hospitals. There is a crying need for us to do something. Presently, all my charity work in India is done through SODEWS. Helping me in this matter is Ramu Uncle. He heads SODEWS, which does remarkable work in Tamilnadu and has taken under its wing a school in Uttarakhand. Poornima assists Ramu Uncle in his work. Poornima has a Masters in Social Work. Great people, great team, great souls.
We are on the lookout for a five to ten acre parcel of land. The idea is to build an orphanage to house 100 girls, a senior citizen center, a Goshala (for cow protection), an NRI center so that volunteers from across the globe can stay and work, a recreation place, computer / library center. There will be regular classes in Yoga, meditation, religious chanting, bhajans. The search for acquiring land has been going on for at least a year. In India, buying land is not easy. We always find out at the last minute that some hidden legal problems exist. There is no concept of Title Insurance.
If you are wondering why I would want to combine senior citizens with orphans, it is to give each an opportunity to show and receive love. The senior citizens will feel a sense of self worth. They will also be involved in gardening, landscaping and all other activities generally denied to them for a variety of reasons. The orphans will receive the most important ingredient in their formative years, love. The orphanage will be unique in many aspects. The girls will have all the comforts which my children had growing up. They can dream big and money will not stop them from getting into the school or college of their choice. NRI children will be transformed as a result of their interaction with our girls and seniors. They can share their talents and knowledge with children who will love and respect them, unconditionally.
Please pray that Ramu Uncle and Poornima are successful soon in acquiring the land we are looking for in and around Jolarpet. We chose Jolarpet because land prices are still affordable. Also, Ramu Uncle lives in Yelagiri, a beautiful hill station, about 3500 feet above sea level, which is a forty five minute car ride from Jolarpet. Jolarpet is half way between Chennai and Bangalore. You have to go through fourteen hair pin bends to get to Yelagiri. Land prices in Yelagiri have shot up through the roof. The going rate in Yelagiri is about Two hundred thousand dollars an acre. In fact, a kind soul from the west coast of the US has agreed to give us two acres of land in Yelagiri. God Bless him. We may use that land to build a senior center and for NRI’s to stay. Let us wait and see how things shape up.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Education and its impact
Education and its impact
All names, except Ramu Uncle's have been changed to protect the identity of my friends.
All my social work in India is done through my cousin, Ramu Uncle. His real name is K .S.Ramamurthy . He is 78 years old and has very progressive ideas on everything. His father was a Freedom Fighter and Gandhian. There were many days, may be years when the family has struggled with poverty. Going to bed hungry was not something Ramu Uncle has not experienced. Even today, he is proud to talk about it. He is humble. I like that. That is the atmosphere Ramu uncle grew up in. Ramu Uncle went to college at night, worked for the US Embassy in India, and later for the Government of Botswana as Deputy Post Master General. He returned to India to work with the less fortunate people. He did not just preach about the need for equality, but practiced it at his own home. Two side notes: One, Ramu Uncle’s younger brother, Cheenu, is married to my younger sister, Bhanu. I know Ramu Uncle, from about my age twelve, well before Cheenu married my sister. It is in the home of Cheenu and Bhanu that I met the people I am talking about. Second, Ramu Uncle and his wife Malathi have no children.
When the cleaning lady / cook (Chandra) used to come to Ramu Uncle's home to start her work day, he would insist that she eat first. This was generally not done in the India of forty years ago. I guess, in some homes even today. India is a very status conscious country.
Chandra’s husband (Sarathi) was a driver for a retired educationist, living right across the street from Ramu Uncle's home. Ramu Uncle drilled it into Chandra and Sarathi that their only son, (Ganesh) should go to college, get a degree, and work for a “big company”, just as he expects his nieces and nephews to do. Radical thinking for sure.
Education is not cheap. Given India’s population and the severe competition for college seats, and the proliferation of “for profit” colleges, the “donation” to get a seat in engineering school can be sizable. Given the limited income of the parents, Ganesh could not have imagined his parents paying for "donation", tuition, books etc. every year.
The prohibitive cost of education in India did not stop Ramu Uncle with going forward with his idea of educating Ganesh. When the time came, Ganesh should go to college. Period. He collected funds from his friends and admirers and helped put Ganesh thro college.
Fast forward four years.
Ganesh has a four year degree in computer sciences. Armed with that degree, he got a job offer from one of India’s top software companies. As I write this, Ganesh works in London, is a project manager and manages a fifteen member team. That is the power of education. He has already bought an apartment for his parents to stay in, a car and the “need” for his parents to work is greatly reduced. All because of the four year college degree Ganesh got, thanks to the “out of the box” thinking of Ramu Uncle.
Ganesh has since married, another software professional, also working for a major Indian Software company and they are expecting their first child soon.
God bless Ramu Uncle, Chandra, Sarathi and Ganesh. And the new bride and the child to come. My best wishes to all of them.
All names, except Ramu Uncle's have been changed to protect the identity of my friends.
All my social work in India is done through my cousin, Ramu Uncle. His real name is K .S.Ramamurthy . He is 78 years old and has very progressive ideas on everything. His father was a Freedom Fighter and Gandhian. There were many days, may be years when the family has struggled with poverty. Going to bed hungry was not something Ramu Uncle has not experienced. Even today, he is proud to talk about it. He is humble. I like that. That is the atmosphere Ramu uncle grew up in. Ramu Uncle went to college at night, worked for the US Embassy in India, and later for the Government of Botswana as Deputy Post Master General. He returned to India to work with the less fortunate people. He did not just preach about the need for equality, but practiced it at his own home. Two side notes: One, Ramu Uncle’s younger brother, Cheenu, is married to my younger sister, Bhanu. I know Ramu Uncle, from about my age twelve, well before Cheenu married my sister. It is in the home of Cheenu and Bhanu that I met the people I am talking about. Second, Ramu Uncle and his wife Malathi have no children.
When the cleaning lady / cook (Chandra) used to come to Ramu Uncle's home to start her work day, he would insist that she eat first. This was generally not done in the India of forty years ago. I guess, in some homes even today. India is a very status conscious country.
Chandra’s husband (Sarathi) was a driver for a retired educationist, living right across the street from Ramu Uncle's home. Ramu Uncle drilled it into Chandra and Sarathi that their only son, (Ganesh) should go to college, get a degree, and work for a “big company”, just as he expects his nieces and nephews to do. Radical thinking for sure.
Education is not cheap. Given India’s population and the severe competition for college seats, and the proliferation of “for profit” colleges, the “donation” to get a seat in engineering school can be sizable. Given the limited income of the parents, Ganesh could not have imagined his parents paying for "donation", tuition, books etc. every year.
The prohibitive cost of education in India did not stop Ramu Uncle with going forward with his idea of educating Ganesh. When the time came, Ganesh should go to college. Period. He collected funds from his friends and admirers and helped put Ganesh thro college.
Fast forward four years.
Ganesh has a four year degree in computer sciences. Armed with that degree, he got a job offer from one of India’s top software companies. As I write this, Ganesh works in London, is a project manager and manages a fifteen member team. That is the power of education. He has already bought an apartment for his parents to stay in, a car and the “need” for his parents to work is greatly reduced. All because of the four year college degree Ganesh got, thanks to the “out of the box” thinking of Ramu Uncle.
Ganesh has since married, another software professional, also working for a major Indian Software company and they are expecting their first child soon.
God bless Ramu Uncle, Chandra, Sarathi and Ganesh. And the new bride and the child to come. My best wishes to all of them.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Books to Read and Movies to See
Indian Books and Movies
When I was on holiday this summer, I had my laptop with me and also had an internet connection, thanks to an Airtel “Dongel”. I was able to find out which are the best seller books and get information on various language movies, released in the past few years. Armed with this knowledge, my shopping for books and DVD’s was much focused. I recommend the following books for you to read and (please make the time) to relax. I know we are all busy but if we get our priorities right and treat ourselves, not a confused view of what is expected of us, we can make time to relax and enjoy these little pleasures.
1. Sadhguru – A biography about Jaggi Vasudev. Fascinating book to read. It is good to know that there are still such people around. The cover flap sold me. I always like to know more about such “off beat” people and also as to why so many young, smart, well educated people are his students and disciples. Here is the flap of the book.
“The thirst to be boundless is not created by you; it is just life longing for itself. This is the extraordinary story of Sadhguru a young agnostic who turned yogi, a wild motorcyclist who turned mystic, a skeptic who turned spiritual guide. The book seeks to re-create the life journey of a man who combines rationality with mysticism, irreverence with compassion, ancient wisdom with a provocatively contemporary outlook and a deep knowledge of the self with a contagious love of life. Sadhguru is equally at home in a satsangh in rural Tamil Nadu as at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his early years, Jaggi Vasudev (or Sadhguru as he is now known) was a chronic truant, a boisterous prankster, and later a lover of motorbikes and fast cars. It is evident that the same urgency, passion and vitality echo in his spiritual pursuits to this day, from his creation of the historic Dhyanalinga the mission of three lifetimes to his approach as a guru. In Sadhguru’s view, faith and reason, spirituality and science, the sacred and the material, cannot be divided into easy binaries. He sees people as spiritual beings dabbling with the material rather than the reverse, and liberation as the fundamental longing in every form of life. Truth for him is a living experience instead of a destination, a conclusion, or a matter of metaphysical speculation. Drawing upon extended conversations with Sadhguru, interviews with Isha colleagues and fellow meditators, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam presents an evocative portrait of a contemporary mystic and guru a man who seems to pack the intensity and adventure of several lifetimes into a single one”.
2. Chanakya’s Chant: Fascinating book. The story goes back and forth from today’s political scene to 2300 years ago. Nothing has changed. Chanakya was a smart man. My friend Poornima Athreya recommended the book and I got it in Hyderabad. The flap says it all.
“The year is 340 BC. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father. Cold, cunning, calculating, cruel and armed with a complete absence of accepted morals, he becomes the most powerful political strategist in Bharat and succeeds in uniting a ragged country against the invasion of the army of that demigod, Alexander the Great.
Pitting the weak edges of both forces against each other, he pulls off a wicked and astonishing victory and succeeds in installing Chandragupta on the throne of the mighty Mauryan Empire. History knows him as the brilliant strategist Chanakya.
But history, which exults in repeating itself, revives Chanakya two and a half millennia later, in the avatar of Gangasagar Mishra, a Brahmin teacher in small-town India who becomes puppeteer to a host of ambitious individuals--including a certain slum child who grows up into a beautiful and powerful woman.
Modern India happens to be just as riven ( what is this ?) as ancient Bharat by class hatred, corruption and divisive politics and this landscape is Gangasagar's feasting ground. Can this wily pandit--who preys on greed, venality and sexual deviance--bring about another miracle of a united India?”
The Other Side of Belief – Interpreting U G Krishnamurthi. Great but very heavy reading. UGK was 27 years younger than the more famous Krishnamurthi, Jiddu that is. UGK was a disciple of JK but later questioned many of the more famous observations of JK. Lots of interesting exchanges between JK and UGK. If you are a student and admirer of JK, you may not like some of the things said in this book.
Movies: I saw some great movies on my laptop with my headphones on.
1. Welcome to Sajjanpur- Hindi – A movie by Shyam Benegal. One of the cutest movies I have seen in a long time. An absolutely must see movie.
2. Jab We Met – Hindi – At thirty two years of age, if I saw this movie, my first reaction would have been “do such people really exist in this world”. As a 62 year old, I have a different take – I have met such people. I know such people. Beautiful movie. See it.
3. Metro- Hindi – Sad, but true depiction of life in a big city.
4. Strangers – Hindi - Scary – good move.
5. Atma Katha - Malayalam – I cried so much- more so after I met Ajay Prakash Dhanak – see my blog about him. Great movie. In fact, Bengali and Malayalam movies are the best.
6. Chupke Chupke – Hindi – For old times’ sake I saw this nearly 40 year old movie with Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amithabh and Jaya Bahaduri. Good, clean comedy. If you have not seen it, just see it.
When I was on holiday this summer, I had my laptop with me and also had an internet connection, thanks to an Airtel “Dongel”. I was able to find out which are the best seller books and get information on various language movies, released in the past few years. Armed with this knowledge, my shopping for books and DVD’s was much focused. I recommend the following books for you to read and (please make the time) to relax. I know we are all busy but if we get our priorities right and treat ourselves, not a confused view of what is expected of us, we can make time to relax and enjoy these little pleasures.
1. Sadhguru – A biography about Jaggi Vasudev. Fascinating book to read. It is good to know that there are still such people around. The cover flap sold me. I always like to know more about such “off beat” people and also as to why so many young, smart, well educated people are his students and disciples. Here is the flap of the book.
“The thirst to be boundless is not created by you; it is just life longing for itself. This is the extraordinary story of Sadhguru a young agnostic who turned yogi, a wild motorcyclist who turned mystic, a skeptic who turned spiritual guide. The book seeks to re-create the life journey of a man who combines rationality with mysticism, irreverence with compassion, ancient wisdom with a provocatively contemporary outlook and a deep knowledge of the self with a contagious love of life. Sadhguru is equally at home in a satsangh in rural Tamil Nadu as at the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his early years, Jaggi Vasudev (or Sadhguru as he is now known) was a chronic truant, a boisterous prankster, and later a lover of motorbikes and fast cars. It is evident that the same urgency, passion and vitality echo in his spiritual pursuits to this day, from his creation of the historic Dhyanalinga the mission of three lifetimes to his approach as a guru. In Sadhguru’s view, faith and reason, spirituality and science, the sacred and the material, cannot be divided into easy binaries. He sees people as spiritual beings dabbling with the material rather than the reverse, and liberation as the fundamental longing in every form of life. Truth for him is a living experience instead of a destination, a conclusion, or a matter of metaphysical speculation. Drawing upon extended conversations with Sadhguru, interviews with Isha colleagues and fellow meditators, poet Arundhathi Subramaniam presents an evocative portrait of a contemporary mystic and guru a man who seems to pack the intensity and adventure of several lifetimes into a single one”.
2. Chanakya’s Chant: Fascinating book. The story goes back and forth from today’s political scene to 2300 years ago. Nothing has changed. Chanakya was a smart man. My friend Poornima Athreya recommended the book and I got it in Hyderabad. The flap says it all.
“The year is 340 BC. A hunted, haunted Brahmin youth vows revenge for the gruesome murder of his beloved father. Cold, cunning, calculating, cruel and armed with a complete absence of accepted morals, he becomes the most powerful political strategist in Bharat and succeeds in uniting a ragged country against the invasion of the army of that demigod, Alexander the Great.
Pitting the weak edges of both forces against each other, he pulls off a wicked and astonishing victory and succeeds in installing Chandragupta on the throne of the mighty Mauryan Empire. History knows him as the brilliant strategist Chanakya.
But history, which exults in repeating itself, revives Chanakya two and a half millennia later, in the avatar of Gangasagar Mishra, a Brahmin teacher in small-town India who becomes puppeteer to a host of ambitious individuals--including a certain slum child who grows up into a beautiful and powerful woman.
Modern India happens to be just as riven ( what is this ?) as ancient Bharat by class hatred, corruption and divisive politics and this landscape is Gangasagar's feasting ground. Can this wily pandit--who preys on greed, venality and sexual deviance--bring about another miracle of a united India?”
The Other Side of Belief – Interpreting U G Krishnamurthi. Great but very heavy reading. UGK was 27 years younger than the more famous Krishnamurthi, Jiddu that is. UGK was a disciple of JK but later questioned many of the more famous observations of JK. Lots of interesting exchanges between JK and UGK. If you are a student and admirer of JK, you may not like some of the things said in this book.
Movies: I saw some great movies on my laptop with my headphones on.
1. Welcome to Sajjanpur- Hindi – A movie by Shyam Benegal. One of the cutest movies I have seen in a long time. An absolutely must see movie.
2. Jab We Met – Hindi – At thirty two years of age, if I saw this movie, my first reaction would have been “do such people really exist in this world”. As a 62 year old, I have a different take – I have met such people. I know such people. Beautiful movie. See it.
3. Metro- Hindi – Sad, but true depiction of life in a big city.
4. Strangers – Hindi - Scary – good move.
5. Atma Katha - Malayalam – I cried so much- more so after I met Ajay Prakash Dhanak – see my blog about him. Great movie. In fact, Bengali and Malayalam movies are the best.
6. Chupke Chupke – Hindi – For old times’ sake I saw this nearly 40 year old movie with Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amithabh and Jaya Bahaduri. Good, clean comedy. If you have not seen it, just see it.
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