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Thank you, Christmas! (2017 for artists)

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Bottomline of my most posts: I miss Milwaukee and my friends there. However, I love Hyderabad and my friends here too. After going though a challenging time and trying to remain as mindful (Thank you Friends and Family), I have learnt more about myself than anyone. This year was messed from the time he passed away. I am sorry, fans. He must be 'resting in peace' <old Telugu songs play in the back ground> I lived in an area called 'Waukesha' where men and women treat their kids with dignity (exactly like the way Indian Parents too). Because of our limited faculties and our own sense of respect, seldom do we tell each other "I love you" But aren't that morning cups of "chai" by mom or dad. That hugs, wake up calls and all enough? Do you want a "I love you" messenger? Let's create one! ** Dear Arjun Reddy Fans, Everyone is messed. Even women. But somehow we have become socially adadptable to think it is ...

When Things Happen - for my Friends and Family

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It is the end of a messy year and I listen to Chainsmokers and miss my home in Waukesha. However, I am glad that a few things are sorted on the personal and professional level and my family and I have stood strong. This one's for my family and my friends. Thank you for bearing my idiosyncrasies and my thoughts. I may have been a pain and an emotional fool but I did love you all and like a kitten who goes house to house and like a bard who loves to gather people and words, I took a bowl and walked through the streets of my city wrapped in dreams and tailor-made ideas. I realise that life is a street walk of conciousness and one needs that occasional dip of misery and mix it with cream to add flavours that even Chips' Factories cannot give. I wait for Sunday (24th December 2017). My friends send their confirmations. I am on my way to form a circle of trust with people I have met through various sources. Their stories about their lives intrigue me. Life would have been th...

In defense of bollywood and Politics of the mind

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No offense to anybody, I love love and Shah Rukh Khan! He is Rahul. Raj. And everything that we want in a guy. Shah Rukh Khan shows that 'looks' and 'heorism' is not as important as 'emotions' and 'feelings' are. No offense to women. You are very smart but when it comes to love, you are dumb. Kindly marry your friends. My friends in men and women have suffered in the hands of manipulative and soft power. They say, never trust a women who dresses too boldly, laughs too much and only hangs out with a group of guys. A balanced woman is the one who knows herself and never depends on anyone. She is complete by herself and if she is not, better go the bank, check your bank balance, earn, buy an auto or a bus and help others. Stop messing around. ** Addressing the 'perennial elephant' in any room, why is bollywood so important? Because emotions are. Check this blog I have listened to both the sides for years and years and my answ...

Prithvee Art Residency -- Punjab Tour Plan

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Prithvee Residency - Art and Education /for the bhagat singh within us/ Punjab Trip 26 Jan 2018 to 28 Jan 2018 ─ Nivedita Narsapuram Nivasini Abhigyan Art House Mayuri Marg Begumpet Hyderabad 500016 Overview Often artists find themselves looking for experiences, mentors, friends and collaborators. Prithvee is a program that ensures that people who are rooted meet and have a fruitful time. The security and the protection will be assured. Goals To encourage middle class and lower middle class artists To plan budgeted trips and spaces to encourage Indians to win a Noble or An International Award Specifications We enjoy specifics and like a tailor-made program, this program ensures that children and parents are aware.We are conservative in our attire and behaviour but liberal in Nature. We encourage those who have loved and watched movies like: Swades, Lakshya, Pawan Kalyan Fans. People who love Nolan as much as they love Raja Mouli. M...

Swades and Non Required Indians

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I am an ardent Shah Rukh Khan fan and hopefully, he will meet me someday (yes, i am quite egoistic). Of all the good movies of Shah Rukh, the movie that is universally loved is: Swades Parents, Foster Parents and us The premise of the movie is simple: Mohan longs for emotional connect with his "dai"ma and visits the country, India.  The tune is still a ringtone in many cellphones especially my jiju's.  An umbilical cord of emotions binds all of us. And, bereaved Mohan feels the loss, despite all the comforts of the west. An anonymous source once said "the biggest tragedy of our generation is loss and loneliness" The above quote reflects in the journey that Shah Rukh Khan takes to the village, Charanpur. The entire plot line runs on the theme line of every NRI (Non Required Indian) who visits his home. Contrary to the movie, people do not visit their childhood sweethearts. We are so blank, we just lie and look at the stars. Expectation and mes...

Prithvee, Ammee's Cafe

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After much deliberitation and caliberation and association with old friends, monks and ppl who love all in general, we have decided to improve our focus and thus we open our ideas to public on December 25, 2017 after an only-invite party on December 24, 2017. invitees: bhanu, rahul, me, mom ... (etc) prithvee  /dedicated to my mentor/ Often artists find themselves looking for experiences, mentors, friends and collaborators. Prithvee is a program that ensures that people who are rooted meet and have a fruitful time. The security and the protection will be assured. ammee's cafe /dedicated to the moms amongst us/ We cannot have a motherly figure in our life 24/7. Thus, my friends and i are planning to create a space for talking about topics that are tough, cause discomfort and the general deceit we face personally and otherwise. Let us make 'offense' our daily bread and let's agree to disagree. basically: light theeskoni, enjoy cheyanndi! Note: Applic...

Abhigyan, Book Cafe, and Nivasini

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They say, "theen thigada kaam bigada" (or something on those lines) Three people - represent the forces of our life - maintenance, sustenance and destruction and like our emblem, there is a fourth source: the creation (feminine or masculine /anynonymous?/) and that form helps us nurture our lives. The nurturer of any religion or faith is "Mother" or "Nature" or "Farming". Extending this concept, I beleive that there are monks, moms, cats, dogs, or any living being that guides you. You just have to stop texting while in your Rick or in your Cab. My ammamma says "If you like somebody, take the auto or the bus from Rtc X Roads, go to the Bank, withdraw money and meet them." <that's why public holidays irk me :/> While I love my Daddy, my Mommy is a hero too and we all share this love-like and it extends upward or spirals downward depending on your or her mood. Mothers listen. Fathers Act on it. Back to Abhigyan and ...