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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Ratatouille

The movie is about a rat who loves to experiment with cooking and actually becomes a cook in a famous french reataurant! Uggh...that sounds repulsive, doesn't it? The subject makes me think waht a bold decision it would have been for its makers to actually make this movie. Well it has been a profitable risk. Money wise and appreciation wise as well. Watch the movie and you will come back thinking that finally what counts is teh spirit to cook. As Gustave the chef says in the Ratatouille, 'Anybody can cook' and inspires our little chef.

Rain in Pune

Finally it rained in Pune. Whenever anybody talks passionately about Pune, there are two things which make way into their animated eulogy; trees and rains. I witnessed the first monsoon rains in the city yesterday. Season's first rain made an unannounced entry on the city's stage and brought the house down by its sheer performance. The top floor of my office commands a bird's eye view of the green Pune city, cradled in the lap of Sahayadris. The rain completely fogged the view and suddenly the entire city seemed to have surrendered to the Rain God. Akshay's descriptions of the Pune rains rang loud and clear in my mind.

'When it begins to rain, IT JUST RAINS' It will stop at the right time, meaning when you are going to office in the morning and while you are coming back home in the evenings. God save you if you fail to play according to the rules. Once caught in rain..you will just get stranded wherever you are.'

Stories apart. It was an amazing downpour. Giant trees swing frantically to the force of winds and suddenly everything comes to a standstill. People take refuge under the eaves of shops. Fortunate souls can scurry off to the nearest vada paav shop to catch a quick bite while people like me who are caught in the office, just come outside to soak up their senses in the edible smell of earth.