Top 11 Aamir Khan movies!

Pure awesomeness! I generally am not a big movie freak but when it comes to discussion I have my small list. Anyways, thinking of some of the best movies I have seen, most are of AK. The list:

11. Mann (1999)
10. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)
9. Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)
8. Sarfarosh (1999)
7. Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001)
6. Taare Zameen Par (2007)
5. Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin (1991) – awesome character
4. Rang De Basanti (2006)
3. Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
2. Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
1. Andaz Apna Apna (1994) – unparalleled

There was a small edit in the list. I watched Sarfarosh and some others again and realized what people commented in here. Sarfarosh was hence moved to 8th position.

Simply great movies. Some the initial ones are undoubtedly well placed. Your views might differ with the middle order. I would love your comments! :

vada pav!

I feel like having one of those. This post is on how vada pav became the staple food item of the mumbaikars. Today, Its a 2000 crore industry, almost 1 lakh vada pavs are sold everyday in Mumbai itself. Out of this Jumbo King manages to sell 10,000 everyday. Vada pav is one thing that is liked and affordfable by all sections of the society. Its cost generally ranges from Rs.3 to Rs.7 with various brands serving this with add-ons like cheese and stuff and the cost varies a bit.

I used to have Jumbo king since it launched @ Andheri(W) and felt it was different, hygenic and great! I was there, may be one of their early customer and fan.

But whatever it is, this Indian burger can work for most occasions. If you are not that hungry then it surely is the solution and if you are hungry then too it can be the solution – have like 3-4. The pricing + taste + size is just at the best optimum which makes it the best fit of all times. Though its kinda too famous only in Maharashtra. I remember when i went on some tour to some places in MH, the sure thing you will get there is “vada pav”. But the mumbaikars and some brands like Jumbo King have made it all the great and have mastered the art of making it the best. My mom makes really good vada pav’s!

History: Talking about how it was invented. The Vaidya family began selling vada pavs from a handcart at Dadar railway station way back in 1966 – perhaps the first time the popular snack was dished out. Vada pav appears to be some kind of derivative obtained while making stuff by smashing potatoes…not much idea whatsoever. Vaidya family used to sell alu vadas and once on a customers request he gave it with a pav. That day onwards it got sold as “vada pav”. Whoever it is who made it – hats off !

References : How to prepare it : http://www.wikihow.com/Prepare-a-Vada-Pav

Interruption people!

I have started a new blog, a technical one – http://webvulture.wordpress.com/. Do visit it and feel free to comment. That one is meant for cool techy stuff/hacks and more concentrated on categories like web, php, perl, vim-the text editor, cool hacks, twitter, digg, wordpress etc….

Have fun!

Bottleneck @ Adi Shankaracharya Marg

Recently, while returning from my intern evening time i have come across this weird problem faced by around 10000 people or even more who are unlucky enough to travel by this road. Its just not badly packed but its damn jam packed.

On my last trip back to IIT at 7 pm [ x-( ], I overhead someone telling his colleague, as to how this traffic is not modern but its happening since past 15 years or so. Surprised at this fact, i tried to listen more. It turns out that the bottleneck being the small width of the very long road just outside IIT-Bombay. No rickshaw-waala dares enter that zone unless he is new to the area or he is out of his mind (they are generally male. Never seen a female rickshaw driver ). The entire project of this great problem is been given to a private construction company which is too big to consider this problem up to the mark to solve it. huh !! The person telling all this was pretty confident so i guess it must be true. He added, the company started by building the Hiranandani flyover which we see now.
But the work seems to have taken a sleeping pill after that one.

Bottleneck

Bottleneck

A bottleneck is any part of the system where the natural flow is obstructed causing waits and delays. It hinders movement along the pathway, determining the pace at which the whole process works.

Anyways, who knows what exactly the reason is. The road needs to be widened and for that it will have to eat some of the IITB space and on the other side some space which is occupied by a bunch of stores. There have been attempts of making it wider. Laxmi restaurant was shifted back and many others were removed. I guess the work was in progress at some time. I just hope it resumes quickly if there is any bottleneck in there in the system itself (I m talking about the decision takers).

BarCamp Mumbai 3 #1

The 3rd Mumbai chapter of BarCamp is to be held at iitb on this saturday 29th of March 2008.
I m missing my batch picnic to Kihim beach for this – After all ” kuch paane ke liye kuch khona padta hai “.

Getting back to the topic – this version of BarCamp is definitely going to be bigger and better.
The capacity has been increased and also its been planned to have mattresses all around the SOM area @ IITB. This time its all jam packed with product demos, startup ideas, cool hacks, hardware,etc…. Also some interesting discussions expected this time on design basics, visual thinking and massively multiplayer online games, etc..

Am eagerly waiting for all of these.

I m in ; are you?

The link in case u need it – http://www.barcampmumbai.org/