The Workings of an Overactive Mind

    The World of Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hotstar etc.....     I still remember my childhood days when we waited for Friday evening 'Oliyum Ozhiyum' song show in DD-Tamil to watch latest movie songs. There wasn't any other channel to compel/compete to change. On one occasion my family had booked tickets for 'Kadhalan' movie & a song from that movie was aired in 'Oliyum Ozhiyum'. It was great treat for us & it built the anticipation for the movie.      Then came the age of Sun TV, Raj TV, K TV, Vijay TV & then Star World, Movies, HBO, TLC, FOX Life etc. I used to plan my day around the various programmes. Today we have Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hotstar, Youtube & many other Pay-per view channels. After joining work I never really had time / energy to watch TV & the constant fight for screen space with Varun, Rajesh & my MIL made me to move on to Fire TV Stick. I was against having a TV in our bedroom for so ma...

    The teasers, songs & trailers set a building anticipation for this movie & I wanted to watch it. All my favorite stars Vijay Sethupathi, Simran, Trisha cast in the movie gave me even more reason to watch at the earliest possible.     So on a Monday night the day before Pongal, after a full day of work, Rajesh & I along with Varun set out for second show. This was Varun's second Rajini movie in theatre & he was super duper excited. Our biggest mistake was giving him ice cream, not any ice cream - COTTON CANDY ice cream. Add Pepsi to this & we had a super pumped, sugar charged toddler. For Rajini's intro we all cheered & clapped. The movie went uphill & Varun headed south. He couldn't sit still, he was hitting the front seat (Facepalm!!!), shouting & wanting a separate seat. Finally after the interval he fell asleep & the movie started to drag(Y God Y!!!)     This is a complete Rajini movie. You get ...

Book 5: Rusty - The Boy from the Hills by Ruskin Bond      A few years ago I got to read an e-book of this author & from that point I'm a huge fan of his works. His books are written mostly for children but they have so much message & frankly anybody can read them.      This book is about the childhood of the author himself. His life with his grandfather is so adventurous & laugh-out funny but nearing the end of the book the author will make you cry for the little boy. The author literally paints pictures with his words & illustration that sometimes you'll be transported to the various places in the book. You get a glimpse of all the places in the book through his words. The book was so engaging, entertaining, thought provoking & I'll rate it 5/5.