DreamingAway

We were talking about good movies and one of my colleagues suggested me to watch 12 Angry Men. This movie was released in 1957. Yes, 1957. 50+ years movie and someone, at age 25, is suggesting it. I watched it and felt it is good. The jury has to give verdict whether the slum boy had murdered his father or not. The 12 men argue over the points, in a small room and THAT is this movie. I thought it would be boring. It would be very much predictable. Well, I was able to predict but the movie is very interesting. The black and white movie is one of the good movies I have seen. 12 Angry Men explores many techniques of consensus-building, and the difficulties encountered in the process, among a group of men whose range of personalities adds intensity and conflict. Apart from two of the jurors swapping names while leaving the courthouse, no names are used in the film: the defendant is referred to as "the boy" and the witnesses as the "old man" and "the lady across t

I have been visiting Chennai bookfair since 2001 (It was at Quaid-E-Millath Government College for Women). I started this with my UG classmates and somehow I manage to go there every year. It is been two visits per year since 2008. And this year, I had two wonderful days spent at St George's Anglo-Indian School. I bought lots of books (My wife didn't scold me!), perhaps I don't need to buy any books for one more year. I'll be sharing these books with friends once I finish reading them. My Surprise : I didn't buy any Osho or J Krishnamurthi books. Visited the Muslim book stall, for the first time. The amount spent. The Famous Five book, I wanted to buy it whenever I saw it, didn't buy after seeing this in almost every shops. None of my friends told me about this book. Disappointment : I couldn't buy something special for my four year old niece. Tired of looking for "Fooled by Randomness" and "Freakonomics" As usual, no good stalls for Chr

IPL 2011 Players, Teams, Auction etc. Kovil Pillai P.

Goal setting is one of the toughest things as it involves the creation of harmony between the heart and mind - the one sees the beauty in the absence of reasoning and the other exhibits the reasons and gets delighted. The stronger the heart's desire, the harder the obstacles the mind sees. Which one wins is what determines your achievement. You dream of a palace and bring all the resources that can make it real – heart will drive the mind to make things real. You can also dream of it with the resources you have – mind will check the facts and stats and will give the heart a desire. Of course, either way you can build the palace, either way you can personally satisfied. But there is a clear difference, the choice is yours, including seeing the difference. Karl Marx, the communist revolutionary, had the goal set. What resulted was more than what he envisaged. The real goals are often that sort. The heart sees the unknown picture. Y