Minia's Mundane Musings

We, the uncouth……. It is no news that we humans are the most selfish and the rudest and the baddest living beings on this planet! Humanity isn’t a word that should mean all that is good and kind and compassionate… Humane shouldn’t really convey sympathy and civility….. Why am I being so depressing and sad? Well I saw and heard first-hand how miserable our race can be recently. And I am not even talking about rapes or wars or torture chambers or anything else on that scale. On a day to day basis we bear witness to deeds of unkindness which pinch our soul and more often than not, we just do not react. All around us things are going wrong and we just do not want to get involved because it shall reflect on our career maybe or may drag us willy nilly into some legal mess. So in the words of Mahatma Gandhi are we as guilty as Bheeshma was? Oh I hope not! I hope we can redeem ourselves better than that. Three incidents: A colleague of mine recently was so traumatised when a

Mardaani - The Film Well there are heroines and then there is Rani Mukherjee! Pity that she has been choosing so unwisely in the past 6-7 years! The depth and drama that she can bring to her roles is God-given. I am a 100% sure that you can't learn or cultivate what Rani has, she is so good in this movie that I was left wondering what a treat it would have been to see her in Ek thi Daayan or Luck By Chance. After all the high testosterone that was in the movie theaters these past few weeks, it was such a relief to see a movie with a halfway decent story-line that doesn't presume the viewers to be Idjits! The story follows a lady cop who takes on a crime syndicate head honcho and comes out trumps! Rani has been extremely reserved in eking out this character, her gestures are measured and her expressions are realistic.The director Pradeep Sarkar in this movie re-awakens memory of his skills of ad making. So little is said and yet so much is conveyed. Rani has put in her h