I take great interest in analyzing things and have always thought of sharing my musings. Today I finally took the decision to publish them through a blog. As a self-proclaimed music critic, I opted to write about the most outstanding songs of the past decade. I am going to start with a song of the most popular and prolific singer of this decade. I agree that it is a bit predictable that I chose to begin with a song by Arijit. But ‘Channa Mereya’ certainly has qualities that make it stand apart. For me this song was the most nostalgia invoking song of the said decade. Amitabh Bhattacharya , Arijit and Pritam Da have created something extraordinary here. And it does justice to Karan Johar’s tradition of successfully showing intense emotions. The picturization could surprise you though, if you came across the audio version first. It could feel too heavy on your senses, at first; when you have imagined it to be in a different
Yesterday, a friend recommended the movie Julie and Julia to me. The movie was a delight. One of the leads is a blogger and her life gets a new meaning when she starts writing her blog. Taking inspiration from the character, I decided to be consistent with writing my blog. Coming to the topic of this blog, I am sharing my thoughts on how to manage one’s expectations from self and others. I will be sharing my experiences as an example. The Thinker, a statue at Musée Rodin in Paris The first and most difficult part to managing expectations is, understanding yourself. I often wonder how humans have developed technology to reach the far ends of our Solar system but haven't fully understood yet, how their own body works. I don’t believe there are people in this world who have fully figured themselves. So, it would be wise to move to the next part and come back to this one again later. Probably I will never fully understand myself, but I think I am closer to the realit