Chronicles of Nikhil Baliga

Swami Nikhilaananda said: " So true!! " Below is a wonderful post [Not my original, I was tagged in it on facebook - Thanks Anil Pai] which I thought I should share with everyone. I kept saying "Oh! So true" or just nodded and smiled... See if you agree with me. You know you grew up in the '90s in India when... 1) You know the words to ‘In-pin-safety-pin’ and ‘akkad-bakkad’ by heart 2) Cricket is almost a religion for you, and you idolize at least one of Rahul Dravid/Sachin Tendulkar/Saurav Ganguly 3) You have read at least some Chacha Chaudhary or Tinkle comics 4) You’ve watched Shaktimaan on TV at least once in your life. And you can immediately recognize the character when you see him. 5) You watched corny dubbed versions of Small Wonder, Silver Spoon, and I Dream of Jeanie 7) A visit to Pizza Hut used to mean a special treat 8) You have seen Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun at least 5 times each 9) You still remember the theme song of Hum Paanch. (...

Swami Nikhilaananda said: " Creativity, originality, quality, popularity are some things, that people often get confused with " Click on the image below to enlarge. You may also want to read: Crap Lyrics - Is it really that hard? The Kannada sad film industry rules

Swami Gulagulaananda observed: " An argument without emotions clouding is a right argument " An argument arises when there is a topic of discussion, and there are two sides to it - Each side will want to prove that they are right. Arguments are some times conclusive - In which case, something can be concluded. For example, murder mysteries, court cases, etc. Others are where there is nothing to be concluded - An example would be where opinions are concerned - I might find something nice, you may not. Here, there is no right or wrong, but there are still two sides. However, there is one thing that is important - An argument is not flawed as long as emotions don't play roles in it. A debate is perfectly executed as long as people are logical in their approach. However, very often, emotions start creeping in - After this, personalities start getting attacked. A simple example would be where one person targets the other person's weakness... " Yeah, but whe...

Swami Nikhilaananda said: " After listening to some really bad lyrics, I am wondering if it is really hard to write similar things " So, basically the new mantra of songs is to string commonplace words and make "songs" out of them. This is "Creativity" apparently. So, here, I will start writing a whole lot of crap lyrics - Of course, the idea is no longer original, but I will sure as hell try to be "creative" Crap Song 1 - The Tacky Jackie Song The Lyrics Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie.... There's a new movie out and it's called Jackie, The lyrics of the songs are really very tacky, The lyricist must have had a lot of Sake, People liking tacky Jackie must be lackeys Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie Jackie.... *** You may also want to read The Kannada Sad Film Industry Rules or Industry's Sad Rule? Inspiration