Even Jewelry design may need science!

A DNA double strand

A Covalent Bond

A Myxobacteria species




A t-RNA strand

A Carbon tetramer

A bacteria-infecting virus

A double strand DNA

A cosmic wave representation

Adenovirus

An Alpha strand protein

A Copper-Oxygen Bond

If you thought Science was pure cut and dried logic, you've got another think coming my friend! The world may well be all set to explore the art of science - the beauty of science. And if it's not then it should!

If you think back, the relationship is not as odd as it sounds. After all, it took an oyster to give man his first pearls, and it took technology to give him his second pearls and diamonds, so to say.

But the point I am making here deals with a different contribution of science - the artistic spurt that it may give to imaginative jewelry designers. Now that man has explored deeper with Microscopy, X-ray crystallography and NMR technology and taken a closer look at the symmetry of a double strand of DNA or the amazing angularity of bonded organic compounds, his aesthetic senses must be getting tickled.

See for yourself the natural diamond-head of the bacteriophage or the intricate pattern of the myxobacteria species. Look at the unique shape of the t-RNA strand. Take one keen glance at the representation of cosmic waves.

I can almost imagine a mannequin wearing a t-RNA pendant suspended from a double-strand DNA chain round her throat, with a bacteriophage teeka on the forehead, covalently bonded carbon atoms in her ears, an adenovirus topped bracelet, a cosmic-wave ring, an alpha-protein helix styled waistlet, armlet or anklet!

Physics chips in, so does Chemistry. Biology was already there and now makes it's presence felt with advances in Molecular Biology and Microbiology.

Will Science give a new dimension to Art, soon? Any professional jewelrs listening? 'Cause what I showed here was merely the tip of an iceberg! Just remember how many millions of species we have on earth and how many billions are still awaiting explorators and taxonomists!

To Gao Om Shanti Om....all the way :)

SRK.....6 pack abs...grand, grand music...mast mast comedy...an eye-candysome Deepika - the movie packs everything. Isme romance bhi hai aur drama bhi, maar-dhaad bhi hai aur rona-dhona bhi - aur...aur dil thaam ke suniye janaab, isme to MAA bhi hai! Wo bhi apne dil ke saath!

On a relatively solemn note, 'F. Khan' (SRK's childhood friend?) must take a bow. The movie was Entertainment with a capital 'E' and to a 'T'. I did not realize how the three hours simply flew by - the reels flew smoother than cream.

Now I confess I am no mind-reader and I do not know whether Ms. Khan had only commerce in mind when she initiated this venture. To me it seems she had a hidden agenda - that of creating a gentle, very subtle satire on the Indian film industry and its inmates, at the same time tickling them and at the same time saluting them!

That makes it difficult for me to categorize this movie in any one genre. Is it purely light-hearted, meant to be taken with a pinch of salt all the way? Or is it pure satire? Or is it a genuine tribute to this same industry?
I think it is a very judicious and intelligent mixture of all three, complete with hidden scandals that could be true, the reel-life vs real life heroes that must be true, aatma-punarjanam formulae that did sell vs the inane story plus item number formula that is also selling. Something that only a very 'hatke' director can manage!

Did anyone else notice that the climax scene was almost a straight lift-off from the 1950s 'Madhumati'? And I came to hear that some shots had Manoj Kumar crying agonized 'Mind Its'. Not that I am complaining....'Theinx', Farah for the 'Happies Endings' :)

10 most despairing words ever penned

1. 
   “Jeeney ki wajeh to koi nahi…marne ka bahaana dhoondta hai” – Gulzar; ‘Ek Akela is Sheher me’; Gharonda
2. 
   “Marte hain aarzoo me marne ki…maut aati hai par nahi aati” – Mirza Ghalib
3. 
   “Meri khanabadoshi se poochhe koi…kitna mushkil hai rastey ko ghar bolna” - Tahir Farhaz; 'Jab Kabhi Bolna'; Waqt Par Bolna (Hariharan's Album)
4. 
   “Kati aisi kai raatein…naa tum aaye na maut aayi” – Raja Mehdi Ali Khan; ‘Naina barse rimjhim rimjhim’; Woh Kaun Thi
5. 
   “Kyu saans loon...kyu main jiyu...jeena bura sa lagey”; ‘Tere Bin’; Bas Ek Pal
6. 
   “Saarey taarey door ke taarey…sabke chhote haath”; ‘Mere Tere Naam Naye Hain’; Is Raat Ki Subeh Nahi
7. 
   “Karamwa bairee ho gaye hamaar…chithiya ho to har koi baanche, bhaag na baanche koi” - Shailendra; ‘Sajanwa bairee’; Teesri Kasam
8. 
   “Magar dil wo kambakht hai ki tab bhi ummeed karta hai...shayad kabhi...shayad kahi” – Javed Akhtar; ‘Sagar se bhi gehri hain tanhaaiyaan’; Tum Yaad Aaye (Album)
9. 
   “Kitne ghayal hain…kitne bismil hain…is Khudaai me ek tu kya hai?” - Anand Bakshi; ‘Aye Dil-e-nadaa’; Razia Sultan
10. 
    “Oonchi teri ataari, maine pankh liye katwaye” – Gulzar; ‘Dil Hoom Hoom Kare’; Rudaali

p.s. - If anyone can provide the names of the lyricists of 'Bas Ek Pal' and 'Is raat ki subeh nahi' lines, I shall be infinitely grateful. :)

10 interesting transfers

1. Power of governance – from the common Pakistani into the hands of Mushy darling – waise I truly wonder how much this power actually was in the hands of a common Pakistani before the General took over.
2. 
   Barbarism – from the uncivilized Neanderthals to the alleged Hindutva-protectors of Gujarat (that is, if Tehelka and Aaj Tak are to be believed)
3. 
   Position of world’s no.1 moneybags – from Gates to Ambani
4. 
   Speed – from a cheetah to the Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex…holy cow, is it rocketing!
5. 
   Kareena’s affections – from Shahid to Saif (Ahem, any similarity between me and a yellow journalist is purely co-incidental)
6. 
   Chance to battle against Pakis in the first two ODIs – from Dravid to Sehwag
7. 
   Pony tail – from Cheeni Kam’s Big B to SRK
8. 
   Exaggeratedly emoted ups and downs in tenor of voice – from Hindi movie artistes of yore to the present day newsreaders (If you watch one episode of ‘Vaardaat’ or ‘Crime Reporter’ or some similarly titled real-life crime dramatization shows aired late night on Aaj Tak or Zee News, you will agree with me completely.)
9. 
   Large chunks of most Hindi movies – from Hollywood flicks
10. 
    North Indian lizard – from north of the Vindhyas to the south of it, by accidentally traveling without ticket in a south-bound train with a traveler’s luggage. (This is something we came across in our Biogeography classes…someone call Laluji…though all he’s likely to say is, “We shall take out a ‘chetawani’ rally against the then rail minister.” Laluji you rock, truly.)