Mechanical Life

The Sign Last night, I had gone to pick up my tickets. While returning it was slightly drizzling and in front of my bike there was an auto-rickshaw. On the back of this highly volatile piece of automobile, there was a stencil-sign that said "BLACK SMOKE THE LUNGS CHOKE". I wouldn't have really bothered about this not so unusual grammatical error. It is always bound to happen in a place like India. The real reason is that this is not the first time I'm seeing this sign on an Auto; Thats a short form for auto-rickshaw; and the probability of accidentally seeing the same auto in a city like bangalore is unlikely. This sign is a popular one. Maybe the guy who erroneously made this stencil has to be kicked on his balls. But then its a nice way of educating our society on Pollution. Which also makes you wonder why it wasn't done in the local language. Maybe it's there and since I do not know kannada I wouldn't be knowing. There are many autos in various cities...

Weekly Movie Watch WMW002 Annie Hall (1977) Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane Director: Woody Allen Bittersweet, cerebral, stream-of-consciousness, 70s, urban romantic comedy about a New York couple's neurotic love affair. Many consider this Allen's best work, and a transition from his earlier absurdist comedies to a richer, more thoughtful consideration of relationships. Innovatively filmed, with cartoon segments, flashbacks, monologues toward the camera, and other unique elements. Allen co-wrote, directed and stars as a kvetchy, neurotic, Brooklyn stand-up comedian Alvy Singer, wistfully recalling his bygone relationship with flighty, adorable, and irrepressibly Midwestern Annie Hall, an aspiring singer. (Film marks the fourth pairing of Keaton and Allen, who were also an off-screen couple at the time.) At first the cultural gap seems insurmountable, but despite their differences, they fall in love. As they get to know one another, they invar...

Today I saw a couple walking into this crowded, decent looking but costlier than its worth restaurant. They had ordered for some Roti+Sabji Dish. God knows why there are idiots in this world and most of them end up in bangalore restaurants. For the first time in my life I saw the dish being served along with a 'SPOON' and 'FORK'. Yes you read that right. But that was not all. This lady, pretty good-looking with you-look-once-i-put-up-my-price eyes and her companion (Could be her husband), prepared themselves for the attack. The guy took the fork and the spoon and started to kill the roti (and to an extent my apetite). He within a second understood the purposelessness of these metal contraption for this particular adventure and decided to use the most proven and reliable form of bridging the mouth and plate gap-Hands. The lady on the other hand for some unknown reason (or it could be that I was eyeing her and she was aware of that) wouldn't do without them. She picke...