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Idling

There was this village fair I once went to. Everywhere, people around me were buying the fancy, colourful stuff and I was feeling a little left out. I HAD TO buy something & it HAD TO be something useful! Among the less flashy stuff, I found these pens. As these rarely-used pens turn 6 this month, I have this great longing to go to another fancy fair, where, I can idle away some mindless and relaxing hours.

My Passage to Kannada Movies

My 20 km journey to music class twice a week, is by bus. 95% of all the bus routes in these parts are managed quite efficiently by private operators. The stops are few and far between &, of late, the operators have graduated from playing Kannada/ Hindi film music to screening Kannada movies, maybe, because most buses cover a distance of 100-200 km one-way, in the course of the journey. One evening, as usual, I sat and resigned myself to half an hour of exasperation. But, wait a minute, here was Shilpa Shetty- as a beggar!! I am, of course, aware that Ms.Shetty, owing to her Mangalorean roots has acted in a couple of Kannada movies, but, as a beggar?? This was news to me!! Soon, I realised that 'Maya' was being punished by destiny for being haughty, proud, cruel, etc. during her money-lending/ mafia days. She was, infact, reduced to eating rotten food from garbage bins while the town jeered at her. A long, boring, sad, preachy song followed & before it ended, it was ti