i have just walked up a hill, washed my feet in a snake-infested pool, trodden on blood, paan-juice and goat-dung, stood in the sun for an hour, contributed to the general sonic pandemonium by ringing two loud temp,lke bells, seen a goat’s severed head used as a candle-stand, warded off pandits begging for money. And I am supposed to feel religious. Freakus Religiosa.
/*went to Kamakhya temple after a gap of thirteen years. The blood was from animals that are sacrificed, the carcasses are carried around the main temple building, in order to ensure that the goddess is aware of the kill.*/
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Man, I feel like a tourist in my own home-town. Heh heh heh.
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MY father rented this car for us to go around the city and to Shillong. The driver was a psycho chap who would play Tere Naam and then at our request put on Kandisa or Talvin Singh and then his auditory senses would rebel and he would put on Tere Naam again. Then sometime during the Shillong trip, he put on a remix album which had some guys singing “hari Bol” in the chorus of Jaane Kya Hoga Raama Rey from Kaante.
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The smell of urine on the Guwahati roads is subtly different from that on the streets of Hyderabad.
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Stuff we didn’t get in the shark-infested waters of Shillong ( that’s a metaphor, Shillong does not have sharks. Not even when it’s raining) :-
1) Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita DVD.
2) Apocalypse Now Redux DVD.
3) Jag Mundhra’s Tales from the Kamasutra, which incidentally has Rajeshwari Sachdev in a…er….meaty role.
4) Chasing Amy DVD.
5) The Beatles: Yellow submarine audio cd.
The DVDs were all available for 200 rupees, and the audio cd, which was originally priced at 85, miraculously increased to 120 when i showed some interest in it.
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First reaction when someone hears Boys:- ‘I need a copy’.
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I seem to be getting slightly wary of Sasi’s copy of Lonely Planet. Hard to believe that I stayed in Guwahati for fifteen years and he knows more about where so-and-so hotel is, or where this site of historical importance is. Hmmm. Maybe i can trash it when he’s sleeping.
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We go to Kaziranga tomorrow. To ride the ephelunts.
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I am supposed to be on a vacation and Psasi wakes me up every morning before eight.
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The keyboard sucks.
Is 200 rupees overpriced for DVDs?
Uh, that’s kind of a trick question.
First thing to note – we don’t get original DVDs of HOllywood movies here, except for a handful of titles like Dirty Dancing and The Dashing Dobermans and some ancient Charlie Chaplin/Laurel and Hardy shorts, which, because no one buys them, are priced at around 200-300 rupees each. ( the current exchange rate is about 50 rs = 1 $)
Pirated titles are found in seedy shops, far from the madding crowd, and prices vary between 150 rupees ( in Hyderabad, where I stay now) and 300 ( in Guwahati). We were hesitant about getting them for 200 because there was a fair chance we could get them in Hyd for 50 rupees less. We got four, though. :)
By the way, another DVD i found there was Natural Born Killers: The Director’s Cut.
The killing of animals still happen? why. :(
Religion.
When killing animals gets too monotonous, bring on the riots.
havin a good time, eh? Cool! And there is a long lost twin of your psycho driver guy in Delhi, and he drives my office bus. Tereeyy naaaaam…
heh heh. assamese people have a soft spot for salman khan movies. because he’s short and he’s dumb and he builds muscles and manages to nearly get aishwarya rai. ;-)
how did diwali go?
hee hee. Wait till I tell my Assamese friends about this. Oh hahaha.
Except for going all around the city distributing mithai dabbas, it was a pretty fun Diwali. :)
I celebrated by finishing Tron 2.0, then starting it again in hard mode. :D
How was yours?
That was funny ! Keep posting these updates.
Happy Deepavali, my friend! May this festival of lights illuminate your path and open your eyes to more shabby-looking treasure houses of pirated games and second-hand books!
A Happy Deepavali to you too, buddy.
How proceedeth the Games? :)
Tell me more about the snake-infested pool.
Brrrrrrr
Water. Evil Smell. Slippery steps. Official place for washing your feet before you get to tread on goat-dung and things of unknown origin. Lots of people dipping in and out. And a couple of nightmare-inducing reptiles curiously slithering around in the water.
Sacrifice Sasi’s Lonely Planet at Kamakhya.
If Sasi still wakes u up before 8, another trip to Kamakhya with Sasi replacing Lonely Planet Guide’s stature as sacrificial material will do the trick. This way you I am sure your religious feelings will get the much needed invigoration.
With due apologies to Sasi and Lonely Planet.
Another trip up the hill? Oh no! I need better advice than that.
Though for Sasi that would actually fulfill the oft-repeated saying that he who visits Kamakhya comes back to visit it three times. :)
Arrr, lolitaaaa
Hahahaha, that was fun :-))
Re: Arrr, lolitaaaa
I am sure the movie would be fun, if I would have bought it. :-P
Lo. Li. Ta. How the syllables flow….
Re: Arrr, lolitaaaa
Hahahahaha, Happy Diwali, dude :-D
Ah!!1 Home Sweet Home….i never thought I would miss it so!
i will have to do a bunty on that.
amen!
Bunty would also do a bunty on that and say – ma chigney muji.
:)
I am already a little bored, to tell u the truth. :)
Met your parents yesterday.
Hi ho!
Apocalypse Now is the flick with Martin Sheen in the lead right? And Harrison Ford in a “not so important role” i spose. They keep screening it on Star Movies but i’vent seen it even once because am not very fond of war movies. Do you think now that you could’ve done without buying the movie?
:>Well not if the *mood* thing comes up or excuse as “i want to watch it exactly when i feel like not at a time scheduled by someone else” or “I really really wanted to own the movie” or “Oh! i’ve been so stupid and it never occured to me” or “I dont have a TV” or “I dont like watching movies on TV” (exhausted)
:)
Good to have you back
-Mons.
Re: Hi ho!
D-uh.
Stop mindreading,you’re scaring me.