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Harishchandrachi Factory

Posted by Aditya on February 6th, 2010. No Comments »

When I first heard about this movie from newspapers, I was in a dilemma. Whether this would really be a comedy movie or just another documentary about the first movie ever made in India. In either cases, the movie caught my interest and I decided to give it a try. After all, the movie was in the running for Academy Awards 2010 (Oscars) from India in foreign language films.

Harishchandrachi Factory, in case you don’t know, is a movie about the making of the very first Indian movie by Dada Phalke. The movie was a mute movie and outlined the life of king Harishchandra. This movie, the making of that first movie, handles the issue from a funny perspective.

Posted in: Movies

Of Connection Issues and Test Scores

Posted by Aditya on January 21st, 2010. 1 Comment »

Finally, I received official scores from ETS. Scored 110/120 in TOEFL iBT and 1490/1600 in GRE with 800/800 in Quant, 690/800 in Verbal and 5/6 in analytical writing. Now the application process is all that remains and hopefully it will be over soon.

In other news, thank to BSNL, I have not been able to update this blog or noob2geek for a LONG time. Finally, after countless complaints, their people came and replaced the entire cable from the pole to my house today and I have not had a problem since then.

In another news, my laptop’s HDD is fried again. I bought a new 250GB HDD and am yet to install it. Currently online from an isolated partition on the old HDD that still throbs. Until next time…

Posted in: Announcement

Miserable State of Roads

Posted by Aditya on January 4th, 2010. 4 Comments »

My cousin just got married about a week ago and I had gone to Pune from Sangli for the occasion. People had given us some stern warnings about the state of roads. Everyone said they were very bad and driving at speeds in excess of 80kmph was close to impossible at times.

In reality, it turned out to be worse than that. The current state of the road from Sangli to Peth is the worst ever as far as I can remember. The road has lot of bumps and pits. It’s not in a level the car keeps careening and it’s nauseating. The NH4 portion is supposed to be the better one. It’s national highway for god’s sake, but no. That road is even worse.

The toll booths on the NH4 are managed by pigs dressed in human outfits and are governed by donkeys in same suits. Those idiots had screwed up so bad, that we escaped an accident by an hairline.

Posted in: Anecdotes