Hate to start on a rough note. Last few days have been painful. Something's gone wrong with my lower back and its been excrutiatingly painful. Literally speaking, something has been on my nerves! Being able to stand more than 5 minutes is beyond question. However lying down and sitting in certain positions helps escape the trauma. Its fascinating to recollect how your body speaks to you and how when you dont listen, it just screams! I have been feeling the beginning of this pain from last week. An optimistic and an equally avid procrastinator that I am, I paid no heed to what was being told to me. And now, there are these funny postures I find myself in.
But, as with any pain, there IS pleasure. My forced confinement to my home did help me get a few long-pending things done. One of them is the completion of my Goods to follow list before we embark on our landing procedure in Canada. Resolved a few vital US & Canada Customs and Border questions related to my move. And thats not all. In fact, the best part was I got to see quite some movies !!!
I watched some very lovely movies. Water by Deepa Mehta, Iqbal by Nagesh Kukunoor and Bhopal Express are simply a different league. Excellent choice of subject and brilliant execution. Dosti and Soch are good pass times in the masala genre of Bollywood. Jigyasa is a no-no. I also partially watched a documentary on Prophet Mohammed. Learned quite a few interesting things on the life of Muhammad. However, the fact that the contributors to the documentary were only US-based Islamic researchers or muslims, left me with a bit of distaste.
Whatever little I learned from the documentary:
1. Prophet Muhammad married a 40 year old widow whose name was Khadija. At the time of his wedding, the prophet was 24. Khadija was a working woman!
2. The prophet was a merchant before he was enlightened.
3. Kabba (in Mecca) existed even before Prophet Muhammad was born.
4. Jewish and Christian religion existed way before Islam was founded by Prophet Muhammad.
5. Islam is the fastest growing religion in United States.
I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this information.
I hope to write in more detail on these movies and the documentary. For now, my eyelids are drooping.
Currently reading - Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Movies in pipeline: Flightplan, Being Cyrus.
But, as with any pain, there IS pleasure. My forced confinement to my home did help me get a few long-pending things done. One of them is the completion of my Goods to follow list before we embark on our landing procedure in Canada. Resolved a few vital US & Canada Customs and Border questions related to my move. And thats not all. In fact, the best part was I got to see quite some movies !!!
I watched some very lovely movies. Water by Deepa Mehta, Iqbal by Nagesh Kukunoor and Bhopal Express are simply a different league. Excellent choice of subject and brilliant execution. Dosti and Soch are good pass times in the masala genre of Bollywood. Jigyasa is a no-no. I also partially watched a documentary on Prophet Mohammed. Learned quite a few interesting things on the life of Muhammad. However, the fact that the contributors to the documentary were only US-based Islamic researchers or muslims, left me with a bit of distaste.
Whatever little I learned from the documentary:
1. Prophet Muhammad married a 40 year old widow whose name was Khadija. At the time of his wedding, the prophet was 24. Khadija was a working woman!
2. The prophet was a merchant before he was enlightened.
3. Kabba (in Mecca) existed even before Prophet Muhammad was born.
4. Jewish and Christian religion existed way before Islam was founded by Prophet Muhammad.
5. Islam is the fastest growing religion in United States.
I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this information.
I hope to write in more detail on these movies and the documentary. For now, my eyelids are drooping.
Currently reading - Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Movies in pipeline: Flightplan, Being Cyrus.
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