Soulmates - tracing fire behind all the smoke

It's not often that you get mails like this




in your inbox and as it happened I had just watched the episode
of HIMYM where Ted uses a service "Love Solutions" to search
his soulmate. Yes, SOULMATE

For a word whose quick search in Google fetches about 5,42,000
results, it hardly needs an introduction. However for records
Soul mate : a person who strongly resembles another in attitudes
or beliefs -- Merriam Websters
Soulmate is a term sometimes used to designate someone with
whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, friendship, love,
intimacy, sexuality, and/or compatibility -- Wikipedia

My first references to this word probably go back to some novel
by Paulo Cohelo I read in my early twenties and like most I too
was fascinated(to say the least) by the idea of having a soulmate
somewhere out there who would be all that I could ask for or more.
The more I thought about it then, the more rosy it seemed and the
more rosy it seemed the more I thought\fantasized about it.

People's perceptions about the word SoulMate are as varied as
people themselves. While someone may see soulmates as people
who are made for each other, someone sees soulmates as soul
companions who have spent previous lifetimes together and if you
thought that's all there is check out Soul Sister/Brother,
Karmic Soulmates, Twin Soulmates and more....

The legend has it that this concept/theory of soulmates dates back
to Plato's symposium in which he wrote a mythical story describing
a world where there were men, women and people who were both
men and women (Androgynous), not only this the people then had
four hands, four feet and two faces. Those mighty humans once
attacked Gods and while discussing how to retaliate without loosing
out on the worship offered by the humans Zeus came up with an idea.
He suggested cutting all human beings in half as it would weaken
them and double the number of people making offerings to the Gods.
Thus the humans were split into halves and are ever since seeking
their other halves(twin flame).

Split into halves or not many people were, are and will be on
the search for their soul mates or twin flames
but
Do you believe in soulmates ? Have you found your soulmate?
or you are looking/waiting for your soulmate ?

Id finish this post here, leaving on this note and would be back
with more soon..

Trivia:
1) While writing this I am constantly reminded of a romantic film titled
"Serendipity" which is based on the same premise.
2) It is probably the most time consuming post I've ever written
3) Due to enormous content I intend to split this into multiple posts

Links:

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soulmate
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium_(Plato)

Enjoy this karoake of the song soulmate

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Someone Like You

An Extremely Special Song for an Extremely Special would be ;)

Khoya Khoya Chand

Director: Sudhir Mishra
Cast: Shiney Ahuja
IMDB Rating: 7.8/10
My Rating: 3.5/5

First things first It's good to see a Sudhir Mishra(SM) film
after about two years, his last film I saw was
Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi(HKA).Was looking forward to KKC
for quite a while and finally got the chance to watch it in
its second(and probably last or second last) week in cinemas.
I am not too sure if HKA lasted any longer.

The movie is a tribute to the Hindi Cinema of 1950's and portrays
the Film Industry that existed then under various lights.The Good,
The Bad and the Ugly. We all as avid movie buffs to certain
extent know what goes inside the tinsel town so lets not delve
in to details of how this industry works or rather revolves around
the precious few and how favours are given and paid back.

I particularly loved the cinematography of the film, liked the music
and the old cinemaish feel of the film. The first half of the film
was good to the extent that you start wondering why did the movie
get such a thrashing at box office but this sense of wonder doesn't
last by the time u finish half of the regular popcorn you took
during the intermission.I can sympathize with the regular cinema
goers for running out of patience during the second half as I
myself felt a couple of times that movie is kinda dragging.

Needless to say I liked Saurabh, Shiney and Vinay's performances
but the find of the movie was Soha..Impressive bit of acting
there, totally justifying her place in a SM movie. The chemistry
between Shiney and Soha was beautifully and poetically captured
as everything from camera movement and angles to lighting worked
great. You cannot but notice the pretty Soniya Jehan for all her
beauty which shadows almost everything that's going on the
screen(her acting included).

While for HKA it was man yeh banwara for KKC it's
the title song Khoya Khoya Chand sung mellifluously by little known Swanand and Ajay which hums almost
through out the film. The writer/director's take on the
passionate love affair between Nikhat and Zafar was quite
commendable and a few dialogues carefully distributed amongst
Shiney, Soha and Rajat stand out and almost haunt you like this one

"Koi kissi ko dhokha nahi deta, sab halaat hote hain"
and that witty one by Shiney "ya toh apne aap ko dhoka deta
ya aapko toh aap hi sahi".

The Switching between present and past lives of various characters
in the film is also handled nicely. While the movie scores in all
these departments I feel it somehow lost track towards the end and
went kinda wayward. But in more ways than one its still a classic
tribute to the classics.

Links:
1) Wiki
2) Sudhir's blog
3) IMDB

Trivia:
1) All the actors had to learn Urdu for their roles
2) The film was originally titled as Bahut Nikle Mere Armaan
aka Many Of My Wishes Were Fulfilled.
3) Soha's role was initially offered to "Vidya Balan"

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BarCampDelhi3 on 8th Dec @ Noida

Sorry for posting this late..

This is to inform all the nerds and geeks that barcampdelhi3 is being organized this Saturday at Impetus Noida..

If you are into Web Technologies this is the place to be...

details here..

For those who plan to attend drop a comment

PS: Barcamp is followed by a beer party sponsored by Opera :)

How I Met Your Mother(HIMYM) Quotes

Started Watching this American sitcom off late and am
loving it. It's about a man who shares with his kids how
he found love of his life(their mother) and the events/incidents
that happened all this while.

Nice concept, fresh comedy and good acting.

Here are some of the quotes I liked:

Future Ted: It was like something from an old movie, where the sailor sees the girl across the crowded dance floor, turns to his buddy and says, "See that girl? I'm gonna marry her someday."
Ted: Hey Barney, see that girl?
Barney: Oh yeeeahh, you just KNOW she likes it dirty. Go say 'Hi'.

Barney: There are only two reasons to date a girl you've already dated:breast implants

Robin: How do you do this Ted? How do sit out here all night, in the cold, and still have faith that your pumpkin's going to show up?
Ted: Well, I'm pretty drunk. Look I know the odds are, the love of my life isn't going to magically walk
through that door in a pumpkin costume at 2:43 in the morning.
But it just seems as nice a spot as any to just ...
you know, sit and wait.

Barney: [chuckling] Marshall ran away from a cockroach.
Marshall: It was a mouse!
Barney: Sorry, my bad! You're a man!

Barney: Come on Ted, this is an incredible opportunity, we'll meet our soulmates, nail'em and never call 'em again.
Barney: Ted, these chicks are desperate and hot, that's a perfect cocktail. shake well, then sleep with.

Barney: Ted, your problem is all you do is think, think, think. I'm teaching you how to do, do, do!
Marshall: [giggles] Doo-doo!
Barney: Heh heh, totally!
Ted: So I think a lot! I happen to have a very powerful brain. It can't be helped.
Barney: Oh yes it can. [places a shot in front of Ted]
Marshall: Interesting!

Barney: No no, it's a great idea. That's the whole point of getting drunk; you do things that you'd never do in a million years if you were sober.

Ted:Know what ? I am done being single,
I am not good at it. Look obviously you can't tell a women u just met you love her but it sucks that you can't. I'll tell you something if a women not you just some hypothetical women would bear me through all this I think I'd make a damn good husband, because that's the stuff I'd be good at, stuff like making her laugh,and, being a good father and walking her five hypothetical dogs, being a good kisser
Robin: Everyone thinks they are good kisser.
Ted: Oh I've got references !!
Robin: Good night Ted !!
Ted(shaking hands with her): and I am good hand shaker

Ted: But that's the funny thing about destiny it happens whether you plan it or not..