Here it goes....

1. French Polynesia
2. Inspire
3. Lead a mysterious life
4. Direct a Movie
5. Be on TV
6. Spend a week without making any 'to do' list.
7. Sky Dive
8. Get married and have kids.
9. Amazon Rainforest Safari tour with Mummy,Papa,Bhaiya and Didi
10. Upload a list of my unfinished works and things that i wanted to, but could never start.


Thanks to movie Dasvidaniyan for reminding me to make a list of 10 things to do before i am old/bored/dead. It was in my 'To Do' list since a long time.

Every 5 minutes I am getting an Ad on my reliance handset and it is deadly irritating. I don't remember what i subscribed to and dont know how to stop receiving unwanted short messages.
Is there anyway to tag a SMS as spam? If not, here lies an opportunity for telecom service providers!

Things to Remember :

1. Each one of us have the capability to make a difference. Be the change you want to see in the world.
2. You, me or someone living next door; anyone can be the next victim of terrorism.
Don't wait for it to happen. Be proactive.
3. " Koi m*d*r*h*d ek button daba ke yeh decide nahin karega ki mujhe kab marna hai"

Wow! what a wonderfully carved movie!There are 3 things which separates 'Rock On!!' from other bollywood flix :
1. Perfect Editing by Deepa Bhatia
2. Onscreen performance of Farhan Akhtar & Arjun Rampal
3. Storyline!

Movie reminded me of times when I tried to 'Rock on'....:)
Once we had a band called VAAMPANTHI (V All Are Meniscure Precursors of Ataraxis And a Team of Hurbly-burly IITians) with me as a lyricist and Bhoju and Aashish as lead singers. We never needed any drummer or guitarist;sound editing softwares were enough for setting background scores..:D. We jammed together to come up with masterpiece like iit ki dhadkan, sf ke din and song of us.... :).
VAAMPANTHI became more than a band when vIx,Dheeru, KT, He-Man, Calee joined us. We had a group tshirt.. black tee with vaampanthi logo in saffron.Events like VOW(vaampanthi of the week) united us like never before but then we could not devote time and VAAMPANTHI died its natural death.
Calee is now working in Barclays;Aashish,Bhoju and KT in JLLM;He-Man in TVS,vIx in L&T, myself in Danieli and Dheeru is a wannabe IAS.
Don't know if we ever meet again, will we be comfortable in humming few lines of song of us ?

PS : If you need any of the 6 songs of our first and only album, drop me a mail : saurav.arya@gmail.com

Christiania is altogether a different place!
A small world having its own definition of progress, prosperity & happiness. A balanced economy of around 850 residents, most of them perform arts of one kind or the other for their living.
When I went there, I found colors all around. Memories of those graffitis on wooden wall, wooden houses for skateboarding and christianians selling colorful souvenirs, are there to remain with me forever.

Christianians have succeeded in not letting their habitat be affected by external forces. You will experience the difference between Copenhagen (infact the rest of world) & christiania as soon as you enter this freetown of 34 acres.


Recently (Sadly), there has been increasing protest and conflicts in an around christiania.
Don't know what's the fate of this 'no man's land' but i hope it remains as it is and i get a chance to take my kids to this freetown.
I wish christianians all the best, in the struggle to retain their culture & prosper in their own choosen way!
Amen.

Seems quite promising. Yash Raj Banner, top chicks of bollywood(Bipasha,Lamba & Deepika) and the cutie Ranbir Kapoor, it has it all!
I just checked its music and now can bet that it will be one of the 3 biggest hit of 2008!

Bachna Ae Haseeno would have been the ideal launch pad for Ranbir, wondering what made him go for Saawaariya.I guess it was consistency of Sanjay L Bhansali to comeup with larger than life movies/epics that attracted Ranbir. But well , dismal performance of Saawaariya taught us all a lesson :
"No matter how consistent you have been in the past, if you are obsessed with something,it is always dangerous."
Coming back to Bachna Ae Haseeno, there are 7 songs out of which 4 are mind blowing (Khuda Jaane, Title Song, Khuda Jaane(revisited) & Aahista Aahista) and rest three are ok types.
Shooting of 'Khuda Jaane' song has been done in Greece, Venice and countryside of Italy.(Thank god Yashraj prod. took a break from shooting in UK,US nd Switzerland). Some beauties would be new to bollywood audience, especially canals of venice and romancing on gondola.

Checkout more at Official Website


PS : From sources I got to know that even Katrina Kaif is in the movie. (No points for guessing that Ranbir will fall for her at the end)

Update(05/03) : Krrish replaces Ranbir

Whatever material possessions we accumulate while we’re alive don’t amount to anything once we die. However, we can leave behind a legacy, a reputation, and a heritage. What do you want to do in your lifetime that will outlive you? Be specific. What are your goals? How can others support you and contribute to your life's mission? Please provide your comments below.

Btw if its difficult for you to decide, I'm giving you 4 options :

1. Only a little amount of fertilizer from my body for the Earth and some web sites on my activities.

2. "Try and leave this world a little better than you found it"

3. Travel the way less frequented by mortals, enjoy the joyride and make people guessing how the hell did u do it !

4. None at all.

Took printout of Hilman 'Wonders of the world' and pasted it in front of my desk. It somehow inspires me, keeps me focussed.

यादों को अगर संजोया न जाए तो वे मिट जातें है!
आजकल कि भागदौड भरी जिदंगी मे; हम, आप और सबसे तेज,ये वक्त दौडता है...वक्त कि रफ़्तार सुनहरे यादों को धुंधली कर देता है...ऐसी हि कुछं धुंधली यादों पर से धुल झाडने कि, उसे चमकाने कि एक कोशिश...

यूरोप आने के बाद snowfall देखने कि एक तमन्ना थी...जो जान्कोलाना जा के पूरी हुई.

जान्कोलाना पहुचने के बाद, ट्राली से हमलोग Skiing Zone गए...

स्नो कि परत ह्ल्की थी..कभी कभी घुठनो तक धस जाते थे..

Kshitij से सूरज कि किरने आ रही थी..
उछ्ल कुद और मस्ती के बाद याद आया कि जल्दी रवाना होना पडेगा नही तो बस छुट जाएगी.
बस stand पहुचकर जब हम बस का इंतजार कर रहे थे तो ठंढ से कांप रहे थे..शाम हो गई थी.

ठंढ भगाने के लिए हमे दौडे.. फ़ुटबाल खेले और Hot गपशप मारे.. १ घंटे बाद बस आ गई और हम उदीने के लिए रवाना हुए..

इंडिया हो या यूरोप, ये universal truth है कि : बस कभी time पे नही आती.

Our short term and long term goals remains volatile unless we dont pen it down!

Everyday we wake up and with that we unlock our senses to external environment. Right from our first move from our bed to bathroom to pick toothbrush, we start getting affected. Affected for better or worse ; from what we see, what we hear, what we touch, what we smell and what we taste.All of which affects our THINKING in short run and MINDSET in longer run.

And it totally becomes a personal decision, whether he or she wants to get ruled by his/her surrounding environment or want to be a ruler of his own desire (in shorter run)
and ruler of his fortune (in longer run)

Thinking over an A4 sheet makes your vision clear to yourself. Obviously most of us remain unfamiliar with what we want and spend most of our hours stumbling randomly. While thinking with a pen and paper in our hand, we should start with broad categories which makes our life meaningful.To mention few, it can be :Money, Glory,Entertainment, Health.. And then start drawing web relating one with the other answering questions like : What are your plans for earning more money?From where can you derive motivation? etc. Once you pen down all ur plans for those thing which makes your life meaningful, you will have a smile on your face and
you will be more confident than ever.

:)
Cheers,
Saurav Arya