Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Pi chart

Went for Life of Pi at last. Just me and the kids, who had to bunk school for the purpose yesterday. It didnt matter that we had to sit in the third row from the front near the wall. Surprisingly, it was running house full on a week day, and that too over 2 months after it was released.
The kids enjoyed the drama though they didnt get the philosophy of it. 
Great visual effects and a good attempt to explain India's religions and their seamless existence in the protagonist's mind. 

Friday, March 01, 2013

Talking to girls

V comes home and instructs the maid not to let the children disturb him as he has a telephonic meeting. Mira is at home, having bunked school on account of acute ear pain. A one-day excursion to Dakshinchitra seems to have aggravated cough and phlegm, and which has percolated to her ear.

After he has finished with his conversation, he comes out of the room to see a curious Mira waiting patiently for him. 

She asks him: Where are the people you were to meet?
I met them over the phone, he tells her.
Was it a boy or a girl (for her, men and women are boys and girls), she persists.
Girl.
Oh, is that why you closed the room??!!

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