Indians…

Cute, isn’t it? May be you have already seen it but I just discovered it so I had to post it!

Reminds me of this song:

Hum logon ko samajh sako to samjho dilbar jaani
Jitna bhi tum samjhoge utni hogi hairaani

Apni chhatri tumko dedein kabhi jo barse paani
Kabhi naye packet mein bechein tumko cheez puraani
Phir bhi dil hai hindusatni, Phir bhi dil hai hindustani

(Understand us if you can
More you will try, more surprised you will be

We will give you our umbrella when it rains
And at times we will try to sell old stuff in new package
But still our heart is Indian)… Or something to that effect

Alan Shore

As I mentioned earlier, I have a crush on Alan Shore. Here are links to five video clips (embedding was disabled for these videos. Sorry for the inconvenience) from the series Boston Legal to explain you the reasons. But before you go through them, you need to know some back ground about the series. So here it goes:

Alan Shore is a fictional character in series Boston Legal. In the series, he is a lawyer with the firm called Crane, Poole & Schmidt. He is a brilliant lawyer and a compassionate human being. His best friend is Denny Crane, who was a very successful lawyer in his days and now suffers with mad cow disease and Alzheimer. He is a Republican to the core unlike Alan but surprisingly this rarely causes any problem between Alan and Denny. (Another reason I love the show).

The first clip is about his secretary's financial troubles when her credit card company charges ridiculous interest rates putting her $50,000 in debt. He deals with the  lawyer of the credit card company here. The credit card company lawyer is very perky and it’s quiet entertaining to watch Alan’s reaction to him. He simply can’t stand him. (Boston Legal, Season 2 episode-10: Legal Deficit).

The second video clip again involves his secretary. This time she refused to pay the income taxes to IRS as a “protest” against her money being used to finance the war she opposes. Alan Shore gives a great speech in this episode about how many ridiculous things have been passed through American constitution recently, in name of patriotism. (Boston Legal, Season 2 episode-19: Stick it).

The next clip is from one of my favorite episode of Boston Legal. Alan is trying this case in Texas.The case is about a convicted murder who is sentenced to death. The defendant confessed to murder. But new DNA evidence put someone else at the murder scene. A friend calls Alan to help represent the convicted murder. The passion of Alan Shore in this episode was amazing. He lost the case and his client was put to death. (Boston Legal, Season 1 episode-17: Death be not proud).

The fourth video clip is a case which Alan lost. It was a case about a girl who had a neurological disorder due to an accident which makes it impossible for her to smile. She is a good student and still one of the best private school refuses to admit her because of her illness. So Alan pulls up a stunt by calling the press at the school and gets her admitted in the school. Later he talks to the girl about fitting in. (Boston Legal, Season 2 episode-15: Smile).

The last video is a mixture of a lot of different things. Simply sit back and enjoy. (Boston Legal, Season 2 episode-13: Too much information).

Hope you like them as much as I do!

Doordarshan

Okay, yet another video clip. But not as impersonal as last few. I honestly never understood this video. As a kid I used to think that may be it’s an adult thing. That is, only adults can understand it and not the other adult thing. But now as an adult also I don’t get it.

Okay, down to specific questions: how do you spread the light of freedom? And what exactly is light of freedom? Does running with a torch helps in spreading the so-called light of freedom? And why does Sunil Gavaskar has to run in the rain?

Anyone?

Success

Ooops…

This was shot for recruitment purpose but guess it doesn’t look very encouraging.

P.S.: 1. Yes, this is Stanford and they are from Stanford Kenpo Karate club.

2. I miss Kenpo :(

Adding fuel to fire...

..American solider trying to convert Afghans to Christianity. Don't we already have enough trouble? Why add more fuel to already blazing. self sustaining fire?

The Best Job Ever

Watch this



All I want is to visit the island once in my life. Someday, Somehow...

P.S.: If you are hungry for more pictures, try this.

Dow roller coaster

...in literal sense. The clip shows what it would feel like to ride a roller coaster whose track charts the Dow Jones industrial average from October 2007 to March 2009. (from economix)

Everything's Amazing, Nobody's Happy

Today's quota of my laughter came from a forwarded mail. This is a clip of comedian Louis CK on Conans show about the spoiled generation of today.

If you need a chuckle today, watch...

How to get a job

Hehehehe...


Pepsi Max Job Interview Funny Commercial - Funny home videos are a click away

Generation

Compared to...



and then...



How time changes!!

Meat loafs

For past few days I have been watching Bollywood songs and noted very interesting patterns in the current bollywood movies. All the old horses, I mean heroes, have six packs. All the young horses, again I mean heroes, look like horses. All the heroines are stick figures wearing bare minimum clothes required by the society. All the six packers are also following the heroines in that particular case. I mean, they are also wearing the bare minimum. If it was upto either of them (heroines or six-packers) they won't be wearing anything. Most probably that's what is going to happen next time I will get a chance to watch the Bollywood. No clothes. There are no acting skills anyways. So they have to show what they have, I guess.

After a few hours of watching current bollywood, I had to run back to some oldies. It's simply amazing how beautiful the heroines in that era were and how beautifully they can act. For example this beautiful song.



So refreshing after putting up with so much crap..

Someday...

...I will be a proud owner of these:

1. Mitsubishi Pajero. Actually for the first time in my life, I met someone who owns a Mitsubishi Pajero. I was really impressed till she started telling difference between the car and truck being: truck has a spare tier at the back and cars don't. Anyway, its an awesome 4X4 drive. I am not sure whether to call it a truck or jeep. The terminology differ from place to place. Here is a video showing how awesome this vehicle is:



2. A Graphic Tablet. I have my eye on this one for sometime now. This is the cheapest Graphic tablet I could find. Its not too expensive but I am on a conserving mode these days.

3. Harley Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Classic. No introductions needed here.

4. A Cuckoo Clock. Don't ask me why but I have always been fascinated by the Cuckoo Clocks. You can call it childish but I still want to own a Cuckoo clock some day.

I can't think of anything else except a black belt in Kenpo Karate or little more creativity or some extra time to finish all the unfinished projects. I am a person with very few wishes, you see. Why am I putting this list together, you ask? Well I gave my self half-a-day off today. And somehow the train of thoughts came to the things I want to own someday and it translated to a post...Just pampering myself.

Amitabh's magic

Okay here is a story. Once I was going somewhere through a jungle and I had an encounter with a lion. The lion ate me up. The end.

Yep, thats the whole story and it happens to be my favorite story. Only difference, Amitabh sang and acted it out in an unforgettable way. I never pondered about the actual story before today. I was always so wrapped up in the whole song that I never thought about how pongi (stupid) the actual story is. But thats magic of Amitabh, isn't it?

American Funniest Video

If a tree falls in the forest with no one to hear it, then does it make a sound? This kid doesn't think so...