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 MSN chat .... between the legendary Bantu (Assmit), Hagoshi (aka SRK in dreamland) and yours truly

" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
we r discussing u
Manas : --> oooooh @ http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
errm?
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
yes
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
i dont understand
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Geno says:
i even met manas by chance this time
Geno says:
and the fact that hes come here makes us meet twice
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hmmm..fatso is omnipresent it seems
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
he'l be in singapore wid me
Geno says:
lol
Geno says:
yeah... hes movin and shakin it
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
yea
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
the global citizen
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahaha !!
Geno says:
lol i knew ud take the other sense of it
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
lmao
Geno says:
i bet the trip wit him is gonna be a lt of fun
Geno says:
ill have opportunities to lmao
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
rite
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
madars!
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Geno says:
and hey this time im gonna get that bitch drunk
Geno says:
see what happens
Geno says:
lol
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
the bitch has been getting drunk for the past year
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
u guys have been missin it
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hahaha
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
its usually nonsense comin out ...
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
th fucker wil probab;y giv vent to his subsurface gay tendencies....and make u th victim
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
ur plans hav a tendency to backfire
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
so beware
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
one occassion heavy puke
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
kmao
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lma
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lmao
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahaha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Geno says:
lol yeah ill have my cellphone handy
Geno says:
to give the cops a call
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
and then wat gang bang me?
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Geno says:
or maybe carry a taser like some women
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahahahaha !!!

Geno has been added to the conversation.

Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
madars!
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
lmao
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
mote
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
tharki harami singh
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahaha
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lala jhula p ....
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Geno says:
fact is.... if that fatass trys to rape me id be sooo fuckin rofl that itd be hard to protect myself
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i m on th floor
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hairy fat ass!
Geno says:
hahaha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
imagine : The rape of Bantu
Geno says:
lol
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
by hairy mota
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
just like indian porn stories
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
joshi wat r the names of authors
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahahahaha !!!
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Mastram Malihabadi
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
there u go
Geno says:
joshi quit laughin man... hes gonna choke
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Amrit Singh "Angaare"
Geno says:
haha
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
there r many better ones tho
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Prem Pujari
Geno says:
abbe...which authors are these
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
petticoat mein dhamaka?
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
kinda
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hindi porn stoires
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
laude
Geno says:
lol
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
angreez ki dum
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
u find them under th bridges aftr twilight
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
manas remember?
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
yea
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
AIIMS
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
safdarjung?/
Geno says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
yea rite
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
yea
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
we went book shopping
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hardcore man....
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:

Geno says:
fond memories of petticoat mein dhamaka...
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:

Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
shud have blogged those ssc days
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
it was fuckin stunning...th collection
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
but i guess somethings are not meant to be written
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
just ... share and enjoi
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
haha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Vaasna aur Pyaar
Geno says:
lol by u defifnitely no
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
lmao
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
madar launde
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
teri gaand mein ford explorer daal doonga
Geno says:
Jhaanto ka Chakravyauh
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahahahahahaha !!!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
bantu !!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
kicks ass!
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
lmao
Geno says:
haha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
this was COOL
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
wat abt this ...
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
!!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
chai walal aur jhaato ka .....
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Gannd ki galiyon mein
Geno says:
man this shit is like the crap we used to talk abt in the old jap days
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
Geno says:
throw in a couple of Chintu chompions that all
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Chut aur Chai
Geno says:
lol
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
more of it comin live ... in december .... and in july ... when i get back to sing
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
yea buddy
Geno says:
yea..
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
linkin park live in ganeshganj
!
Geno says:
haha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
chinkis ki to maa....
Geno says:
just imagine it happening
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hahaa
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
mota n me wil laugh ourselves out of th planet
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
n they wont evn kno wat happened
Geno says:
lol yea i bet
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
Linkin Park LIVE @ Ganeshganj !
Dhoom theme song on car horn! and Kaanta Laga as reverse gear warning !
Writing "Guddu" on neighbour's car
Suicide for Rs. 2000 and Rs. 50 for a hired gun !
Jai Mata di ... feat. M. Shinoda and Banty Brass Band (BBB) !

Geno says:
and other ppl in the college would think ur 2 crackheads
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahahaha !!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
haha
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
imagine this on a car in US
Geno says:
lol
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
Dhoom theme song on car horn! and Kaanta Laga as reverse gear warning !

Geno says:
ud get shot buddy!!
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
yea baby...and th pig grunt type of brake horn
Geno says:
some high ass nigga gonna kill u for that
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
yah man
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
this is mah rid
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
ride
Geno says:
lol the classic tik tik tik reverse gear sound
Geno says:
imagine that in the us
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:

" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
damn..
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
this is funy
Geno says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i laughed myself crazy over jhaanto ka chakravhiew
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
this ROCKS

" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
banti hasnt lost his touch
Geno says:
haha i bet...
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
joshi baal hil abey
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
and give us the srk smile
Geno says:
yeah when u get the old guys back fer inspirations
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
and smirk
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:

" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
yea
Geno says:
hahaha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
check this out
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:

Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
?
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
check wat ?
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
th smile
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
my hairy ass
Geno says:
hahaa
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahaha
Geno says:
u guys havent lost ur touch either
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hehe
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
i started shamppoing my chest hair
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahaha
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
next up wud be combing them
Geno says:
do u buy it by the galllon?
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
and centre parting
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hahaha
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
costco
Geno says:
haha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
he takes a dip in it
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
Geno says:
and then roaming around without a shirt... like a coool aminabadi stud
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
with rs 50 shades
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
and phatti jeans
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
just like joshi
Geno says:
nah... make it 25 .. even cooler
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
or wearing a sweatshirt which says LU
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
rofl
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i saw an awesome jeans yest
Geno says:
no.. which says metallica
Geno says:
lo
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
purple wid yellow handprints
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
joshi wat r the other kick ass colllege names in lucknow
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
Geno says:
kharida?
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
the one in charbagh ?
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
kkc
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
!
Geno says:
lol kkv
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
yea i remember
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahaha !!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
watever
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
there r better ones
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
S.K Saxena Engg college
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
just imagine a sweatshirt with tt
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Hardoi road
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
no..
Geno says:
HAHA
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i saw a rick guy wearin a univ of chicago sweat
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
n th best one of all
Geno says:
haha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
in dariyaganj..i saw Univ of Michigan sweats being sold on thela
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
omg
Geno says:
in the good lords name...WTF!!
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
wen i stopped to take a look...th guy tells me "sir le jaaiye original hai?"
Geno says:
do we have to totally rule the world in the absolute rape of sanctity
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
n he says michigan like kitchen
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i laughed myu head off there
Geno says:
as far as aunthenticity is concerned
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
rofl
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
michchigan
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
sounded like "mirchi gun" to me
Geno says:
yeah... i think i should start wearing "S.K. Saxena Engg. College Tigers" sweatshirts here
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
how wud a bogn say tt .... no offence
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
lmao
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahahahahahaha !!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
treeple axxxe
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
a bong wud say "meeshi gon"
Geno says:
hahaha... thats funny
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
amit hav u read joshi's post ?
Geno says:
to a bong too
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
on bongs in ssc
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i forgot to add banti in it
Geno says:
nah man i was gonna
Geno says:
yea do that betichod
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
aalo tamatar u shud
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i meant to write th last line as somethin like "amit is happy he wasnt born in cal"
Geno says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
or he'd be "on-a-mesh" or sumthin like tht
Geno says:
yeah i cant swallow maach bhat
Geno says:
for real
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
Geno says:
im more of the ghuia kachori types
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
or simply Omit
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
suresh ho kya
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Omit Mukerjee
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
n he'd promptly be deleted
Geno says:
lol some rels. in cal insist on calling me "Aumeet"
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahaha !!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
joshi u gotta add tt
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
aumeet singh chauhan
Geno says:
and gimme a strange look of pity when i reinforce the Amit of it
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
aumeet singh
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
jhangarwaal
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
lmao
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
aumeet navneet singh
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
son of amit
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
hahaha
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Amit..Aumeet..Omit...Aw..MIT
Geno says:
gaandu
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
aww..u cud compromise by an AWWW
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
ROFL

" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
a long drawn one
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
then both sides wud be happy
Geno says:
awwwwmit
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
pooja batra ho kya
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
or pooja bhatt
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
u cud justify it by saying "they probably pity me" n they wud say "this is bong enuff"
Geno says:
hey specks n mushroom cut.... ud be Horsh Joshi in Cal
Geno says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
i kno..
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hav had enuff of tht in SSC itself
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Horsho
Geno says:
n ud be Maanos Gupto
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
for no rhyme n reason
Geno says:
or rather Maanosh Gupto
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
like some obscure species of monkey
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
madar
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
shah rukh khan in bong?
Geno says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Maanosh Gupto in the forests of Costa Rica
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
this is MG frm CR, CNN
Geno says:
in jungles of madagascar u can hear the hairy male maanosh gupto from distances as far as 3 miles through the brush
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
hahahahahaha !!
Geno says:
lol
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
harami
Geno says:
joshi man... this convo is "Bloggable"
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
n smeel the pungent odor of its sex glands when it attracts its mate
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
consider it done
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
a female chimpanzee
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:

" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
Rahul Singh...
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
i shall blog this .... except my chest hair part
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
lol
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
u kno..i mite end up sharing room space wid him
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
he is in sing
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
uff...NAHI!!
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
he';s receiving joshi at airport
Geno says:
lol ... is specially attracted by the male maanosh gupto even though its another speceis
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
damn u fucker
Geno says:
lol
Geno says:
brb
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
male maanosh gupto
" I said NO to drugs, but they didn't listen.." says:
lmao
Manas : --> http://manasgupta.blogspot.com says:
yea rite

Sonnet 130

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
   As any she belied with false compare.

Just when I start thinking that the selection of international film screenings that I am currently partaking in every tuesday peaked out, I get wallopped in the stomach. Its just getting better all the time.

 

Today was "Turtles Can Fly": I wouldnt stop short of calling it an artistic marvel, and its all of that, the real marvel being that it is as borne of reality as you or me. Just for the record, this is the farthest you can get from a feel-good flick. So if you are not really swayed by other kinds of cinema, dont bother reading further.

 

Set in war torn Iraq prior to American invasion, in a remote village thats also a refugee camp, the stark images of the barren mountains, mine infested fields and decapacitated orphan children scream tragic ethos.

I am no film critic, but approach this work from any angle, and all you are going to end up with is ample respect and admiration. Sublime characterisation is evident from the onset, which compelled me to place it with certain other films like City of God and Snatch. A dynamic adolescent leader of orphan children, who organises their mine-picking activity and gets them money for their labour. A quiet armless boy who abounds in compassion, has a gift for clairvoyance, and is troubled by it because in his world that can only effectively be a curse. His character oozes a somber semi-divinity at times, possibly because this is no actor, but a real child who is a mine victim. A sad faced young girl, sister of the armless future seer, whose mysterious sadness and self destructive tendency only reveals rivetting tragedy as the film moves on.

 

Without a big budget, star power or special effects, set in a decrepit and devastated land, with war-orphans and locals for cast, what gets hold of you in this movie is humanity itself. Humanity, in the face of apalling tragedy and adversity, stark naked, stripped down layer by layer of the various veils put on it by advanced society. Horrific tragedy, on a personal level, and for the nation as a whole, finds graphic portrayal. A woman trying to repeatedly kill her child, or an amputee child picking mines at the risk of another explosion suddenly dont seem that bizzarre.

What starts with a squeak, ends in a roar.

 

The title is very abstract. The only turtles in the film are the pets of a toddler who always remain recoiled within their shells because they are being manhandled by their little master. The turtles finally appear in 'full flight' in the murky waters of a lake as their little master drowns, tied to a rock at the bottom of the lake. Makes me think the Director aims at the local people through the title, saying they are all turtles, who can finally fly after they cross the divide between life and death.

 

One image at the very end of the film got emblazoned in my mind. The armless clairvoyant orphan, walking away along a dirt road,tears streaming down his face, oblivious of the smiling and upbeat US troops on the same road, who are swooping through the land and 'liberating' it, with the only remains of his dead sister, her shoes, dangling by the laces from between his clentched teeth.

For those with a thing for contrasts, this is up there : the US paratrooper- strong, confident, gung-ho world beater, the new master of the land, stereotypical but loved ; and our armless orphan - weak, unable to feed or fend for himself, kinless, miserable, a son of the soil, delightfully unique and individualistic but worthless. A claivoyant without a future.

 

Superlative.