Bhooshan Pandya | Interface & Usability Analyst

The ‘Moon’ meets his ‘Honey’

It feels great to announce that Shyam Deshpande (a.k.a Shyam Shriram), a fellow artist from Bangalore and my long time chum, got engaged yesterday. The ceremony took place at his home town in Amravati. I congratulate him heartily on this milestone and wish the couple a prosperous and a happy life ahead.

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1 comment August 9th, 2007

At the KK Concert

This was truly the most happening event of yesterday. I had got passes to the ‘KK Sensational Nite’ concert organized by TCS along with it’s social service foundation called Maitree. The event was held at the Shanmukhananda Hall at King’s Circle in Mumbai, attended by young TCSers who rocked the house completely.

KK sang a few of his hits from his album Pal including Yaaron, Aap Ki Dua and (of course) Pal. Then he moved onto sing his film songs. Just a small list in random order -
• Bardhasht Nahi Kar Sakta (Humraaz),
• Tadap Tadap (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam),
• Dus Bahane (Dus),
• Kya Mujhe Pyar Hai (Woh Lamhe),
• Tu Aashiqui Hai (Jhankar Beats),
• O Humdum Suniyo Re (Saathiya),
• It’s the Time to Disco (Kal Ho Naa Ho),
• Koi Kahe Kehta Rahe (Dil Chahta Hai),
• Sach Keh Raha Hai Deewana (Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein),
• Awarapan Banjarapan (Jism)
• Tu Hi Meri Shab Hai (Gangster) etc. etc.

He did not sing a few of my favorites like -
• Bas Ek Pal (Bas Ek Pal),
• Aashayen (Iqbal),
• Alvida (Metro),
• O Meri Jaan (Metro)
• Soniye (Aksar)
• Dilnashin Dilnashin (Aashiq Banaya Aapne)
• Teri Yaadon Mein (The Killer) and many more…

I couldn’t resist jiving and moving my feet to his songs, even singing aloud at times with him. When he began Tu Aashiqui Hai, the crowd went completely berserk, singing along with such melody and tempo which prompted KK to appreciate them. By the time the show reached its climax, the young crowd had already gathered near the stage, dancing merrily to the beats while KK prodded them to continue. He later went on to sing Summer of 69 (Bryan Adams) after announcing that he felt he was back in college after seeing the enthusiastic youngsters. Just like them I guess, KK also had a gala time as well. The most notable thing about this performance yesterday was he sang ALL the songs without referring to any sort of written lyrics whatsoever and I think that shows how much he loves and respects his music. Also at times he was guiding the sound engineers in the auditorium to manage the sound output in some loudspeakers to suit his rendition and the mood.

He’s truly a great singer and a performer of our times and I have always admired his talent. I wish KK all the best and let’s hope he comes back with more hits for us in the future.

Technorati Tags: KK, Bollywood, Pal, TCS, Maitree

2 comments July 7th, 2007

Who’s Children?

A sunny summer morning, as I walk past the trees and the lanes, bypassing the crowds to reach office on time. Droplets of sweat are marching down my face, as I try to stop them helplessly with my handkerchief. I approach a bus stopon my way, when suddenly the morning calm is shattered by a wailing child. As I look around, I find a mother chasing an urchin girl with a stick in her hand. The child, barely 2 years and only in her undies had already received the first blow on her thigh and was crying aloud in pain. She was running away, howling and trying to save her skin from further destruction. The mother was unrepentant though. She was swearing at the poor child and threw the stick at her which missed her narrowly. This chase had to end now unless the child gets brutally crushed under an oncoming bus, I said to myself still walking away from the incident.

The area was thronging with office-goers and on-lookers. One of them was urging the mother to let-go of the chase since it was a child but the antagonized female was in no mood to take feedback. In her fight for freedom, the child lost hopelessly to her bête noir getting severely assaulted once again. And as I looked on, our lady ‘Goliath dragged the little one by her arms. But not before an educated gentleman crossed over and questioned the woman in a stern voice for this public display of atrocity on a young girl child.

Elsewhere in the newspaper, I read a small boy called Om who was found by a social worker, stranded at the Mumbai Central station. He was apparently left by her parents to fend for himself with a suitcase full of his own stuff. Om doesn’t recollect the name of his parents or where he’s come from. While I am penning this sad but important article, a little one in some part of this country is being molested, assaulted or sexually abused silently. These vulnerable angels, our future generation endure the wrath of the dirty by-products of our society while we continue to focus on our so called exceptional economic development.

June 7th, 2007

Back from Heaven

I have come back from a hectic 10 country European tour and I don’t have enough words to describe it. The experience was exciting (don’t think I need to say that, do I?) is all I can manage just now. I am in the process of writing a travelogue - a day by day account of my trip and trying to finish it early so I can share it with you guys. Meanwhile, I have published some selected pictures from the trip on my Flickr page. So enjoy them for the time being while I go back to writing my article.

3 comments May 5th, 2007

You can meet God

With the advancement in technology and the evolution of the human mind, the value that entertainment brings to its viewers becomes directly related to the size of the TV screen. I soon realized my TV was not performing to the best of its abilities in the 21st century. Hence I decided to upgrade my TV screen to 29″ and walked into this big electronics deparmental store in suburban Mumbai to make choice. Being an ardent brand loyalist, I opted for this TV brand which I had already owned twice earlier. The choice was therefore easy to make and the TV entered my house on the promised day.

Everything about this device was quite superb–the 1200W speakers, surround sound and woofer, the true to life picture quality. I enjoyed all the movies and the matches. Not to mention the free matt silvery shaded trolley which came along with the box, on which this behemoth rested–they both complimented each other well. Unfortunately my cable operator couldn’t keep his promise of providing better sound and picture quality despite my repeated requests. Correspondingly after giving a serious thought, I finally decided to shift to a DTH (Direct-to-home) service. Technology spoiled me again!

Continue Reading 2 comments April 2nd, 2007