My first post. Not my first time writing, though. Written a few scientific papers but thats a story for another day. Lately have been reading a few blogs on the web. Not the politics-based ones but general ones which give a glimpse into someone else’s mind.

I will describe myself in a later post - what I do, why I do what I do etc. When I am in the mood to do so.

Alright. Now about the title of my post. I figured since the first step is always the most difficult, I will start with something that I am very comfortable with - Movies. (Science was also a possibility but since I just finished with my day here which was full of experiments, I don’t want to talk about it for now).

Thinking about movies and dialogs. I remember having conversations with my grandfather a few years back. He would always quote some famous author (Dickens, Shakespeare, Hardy and so on) when he wanted to make a point. Clearly this required a good memory about the book which would in turn, mean that he had read that book with great care. I don’t claim to be a voracious reader but I do have the habit of reaching for a book instead of the remote. However, I really cannot quote these books. When I feel like making a point in a conversation, the only things that come to my head are movie dialogs. It could be any movie, independent of language, culture, national or regional origin.

I don’t know the reason for this. Its not that I don’t read the books carefully. I remember the names of characters from books and what happened to them. Perhaps its the generation that I belong too. A generation that is sandwiched between the ‘Shakespeare’ folks and the ‘how r u? i m doing gr8′ kids. A generation that knew Vijay’s pain when he lay dying in the temple. A generation that said Yippee Kayay with John Mclane. A generation that wished Jai wouldn’t have to die near the bridge. A generation that couldn’t understand how Aida could be so attached to her piano ……

No answer to the question and …….. the juice just ran out, so I will stop here.

G

P.S. The book I am reading right now is - Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-up Bird Chronicle.