Wednesday, May 03, 2006

My Likes and Dislikes...

Well, of lately I wanted to list out my favourite thing s and my not-so favourite things.....

There goes it....
1) To read Satyajit Ray A DOZEN TIMES....though i've read his works more than twice...was amongst the first of the indian writers whom i liked a lot....
2) To read Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's 'A Poison Tree' again.....for it's detailed description....though it begins with an analog of 'Yayati'
3) And all of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's works...and among them......'Those Days'.......as many times as possible....i got to know about the early 19th century bengali brahmins...and their tedious lifestyles....and the harms associated with it....was very disturbing....
4) To see the movie 'Rudaali'....'Saalam Bombay'....'Gangajal'...'Apparijito'....'Monsoon Wedding'...... A G.V.Iyer's movie(sanskrit)......don't know the movie's name........and an Assamese movie...once again....am unaware of the movie's name.....i've read almost all the original novels......and was highly impressed.
5) Coming to Kannada......'Athithi' tops the list....followed my 'Munnudi' and 'Mussanje'.......'Dweepa' and 'Thayee Saheba'........ matte 'Beru'........still cannot get over 'Athithi' ....it's gripping
6) Kannada writers': Poorna Chandra Tejasvi's....read it in school ....was fun and enjoyable..... U.R Ananthamurthy's....'The Chariot Of The Sun'....too good...imparts the local life at the right flavour......'Samskara'......'Ghattashraddha'....which opened my eyes to the aristocratical Shivmogga brahmins....
7) To read Ruskin Bond's ' The Blue Umbrella'....the characterization of the garhwals...the protagonist 'Sita'...and the description......of nature is just beautiful....it keeps me going back again and again....must have read it 'n' times.....applies to all his novels......
8) Coming to the short stories...the most enjoyable ones are.......'Lajwanti'.......'Akku'.........'The Temple And The Mosque'.....'The Shroud'.........'Arjun'......many more...i cannot remember the names.
9) About music......'Badal' from Yuva is scintillating......Geeta's tracks.......some of Rajkumar's songs.......'Rang Deeni' from 'Dev'.......almost all of 'Water'......'Rudaali's music.....very sensitive.....especially 'Ganga'.......Kay Kay's tracks....

Dislikes....

1) Anybody who lectures on the dos' and the don'ts' of life.......especially....since i am a female...mouna....talk softly like a decent kid....don't poke your nose into adult stuff (do they think i'm a kid....for heaven's sake i'm 20)
2)The mindless movies, both in hindi and other languages........and even more those who fantasize it.
3) Tamil ones for their utter nonsensical portrayal of stuff...and the music and the dance(yuck) associated.
4) All 'K' soaps.....and the heavily made up women.......i wonder how they carry the heavy sarees...and the makeup...and they always seem to cry.......any amount of pitiness is insufficient...
5) Worse...the same technology is applied to kannada tv......these days...the special effects are so jarring...i tend to get a headache seeing the flashy.......colours...eye-catching rotations...and revolutions.......must have learnt a lot from the celestial bodies and their behaviour......
6) Tada......the sound effects....even the animals would flee the spot......bang...dishuummm.....tada....tada....tada....clashhhhh (i'm re-creating the musical notes)....no offences meant...
7) The premonitions....the people possess...and that too... with an all-time high......if one does not take a head-bath on saturday...it's inauspicious......no puja on a monday...be ready to face the lord's wrath....... the examples keep rolling.
8) When i'm not allowed to do things as i wish to do so....i'm very adament though these days...i'm not so......missing my unruly tactics....
9) The mosquitoes...they flourish on my blood...not only will they get their fill but the itch does not lessen for a week....very irritating....
10) Not to forget my glasses....(not that i'm an expert at that)....forgotten only once....but suffered.....proud of it....
used to prance about wearing them though it was not essential...now it is so....

Period.

1 comment:

Shiv said...

Caption says Likes & Dislikes..but there is no mention about dislikes in the write-up:) Is it one of a dislike to talk about dislikes !!

Geetha songs..I agree..anyday anytime..