Never was the weekend more welcome than this time. My daughter has caught the habit of sleeping fitfully in the early mornings when my sleep is very dear to me. As a result, my eyes are always drooping these days and it's not a nice thing to be yawning when your manager calls for a meeting. So I hope to catchup with some sleep though we are expecting guests both the days. Today's ones are P's school junior and his family who have come from Mumbai.
I'v left Phantoms in a lurch and moved onto The Last Mughal, the book on Bahadur Shah Zafar. After reading these books, I've lost all illusions of my knowledge of history and I think my reading comes at the right time because my son has started asking a lot of questions on all subjects, history also among them. And he is not the one to hold back his disgust if I'm not convincing enough.
Why do we, or say myself, expect someone to be a good human being just because they are good at what they are doing? I do that all the time and feel disappointed though I don't know if it's a fair expectation at all. One can't be perfect I agree but I also find it hard to admire someone who can spend thousands on luxuries but can not part with a rupee for an old beggar.
Life of Pi is in news but I didn't find it great and that is not because my daughter used my 3-D glasses for most part of the movie. I didn't find any emotional connect between any of the characters and I blame Suraj Sharma for it. Actually the only ones I liked are the writer fellow and Ifran Khan. Though Suraj may have done well for a debutant, I strongly believe that had Ang Lee taken an experienced actor, the movie would've been a much better one. For example, when the tiger left him and went off, I didn't feel anything at all though the visual was in front of me and I felt sad only when Irfan was talking about it. Tabu's English sounded so out of place and artificial. So except for few stunning visuals of the ocean, there was nothing in it for me and it was a letdown.
I'v left Phantoms in a lurch and moved onto The Last Mughal, the book on Bahadur Shah Zafar. After reading these books, I've lost all illusions of my knowledge of history and I think my reading comes at the right time because my son has started asking a lot of questions on all subjects, history also among them. And he is not the one to hold back his disgust if I'm not convincing enough.
Why do we, or say myself, expect someone to be a good human being just because they are good at what they are doing? I do that all the time and feel disappointed though I don't know if it's a fair expectation at all. One can't be perfect I agree but I also find it hard to admire someone who can spend thousands on luxuries but can not part with a rupee for an old beggar.
Life of Pi is in news but I didn't find it great and that is not because my daughter used my 3-D glasses for most part of the movie. I didn't find any emotional connect between any of the characters and I blame Suraj Sharma for it. Actually the only ones I liked are the writer fellow and Ifran Khan. Though Suraj may have done well for a debutant, I strongly believe that had Ang Lee taken an experienced actor, the movie would've been a much better one. For example, when the tiger left him and went off, I didn't feel anything at all though the visual was in front of me and I felt sad only when Irfan was talking about it. Tabu's English sounded so out of place and artificial. So except for few stunning visuals of the ocean, there was nothing in it for me and it was a letdown.
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