Dhoom or Spirit

What is it going to be for you this year? Yes .. you got it .. I think .. I am talking about this year's New Year's Eve bash/extravaganza/gala .. or whatever you wanna call it. The idea is to party where you can have one rocking time, not having to pay so high that your next month's mortgage is in jeopardy, or having to sell off your fake Armany watch and having to party without one!! Makes sense .. oh well .. I am not trying hard to make sense anyway. The point I am trying to make is that this year if you want to party and party hard to NON-STOP music, and have champagne, drink specials, food, masti and more then you can pick from either of the 4V party. The one at Clay Pit in Addison is DHOOM and the other one is at the Campbell Center in Richardson and that one is called SPIRIT. Spirit is a Family event as well .. so hey that's right your kids don't have to left in the doldrums with a nanny who is hating having to spend time with a bunch of kids. Oh well you may be lucky if you have a really sweet and caring one and she might genuinely be looking forward to tucking your puppies in the bed. But what about you!! Do you not want to see them have their faces painted, and play with balloon toucans and orangutans .. and that too right in front of your eyes!! Well this can actually happen as your kids dance and laugh to a clown while you enjoy a buffet from Akbar and then get ready to jam at the DJ lounge. Not only that, you can also pick up a private hall for your friends and just go in their with all the kids to have a crazy insane time. So if that's what you want then join the wandbagon, BYOB .. you heard me right .. Spirit is a BYOB event .. so comeon over and PARTY!!

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (KANK)

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna
Another Karan Johar (KJ) film hits the camp. And it is once again a star studded bonanza, with billion dollar Manhattan sets, mansions, penthouses and the works. KJ certainly has the art to spend tons of money on the sets, costumes, accessories, hair and make-up. The story is about love, and essentially that love is what sustains a marriage. Without love marriage is more of a burden than a relief. The story advocates that if one finds love in one's marriage then life is complete even if it incomplete in other areas. The ending was a strong point of the film. It was different, unpredicatable and had a ring of justice to it. Another strong point of the film is that the spouses are not portrayed as evil, no-good, malicious, or clearly worthy of dumping. the characters of Priti and Abhishek have many likable streaks. Especially Abhishek is turly a happy-go-lucky-in-love-with-his-wife-ready to-do-anything-for-her husband. Despite his sincerity of love his wife does not feel any love for him and I think there in lies the tragedy of the film. The falling in love with another man, the deciet, the infidelity, the passionate lovemaking all add to her edispleasure but the final straw comes when her own father-in-law Amitabh discovers her loveaffair. Her discomfort, sense of guilt reaches the zenith but all falls flat when she hears her dadinlaw give her the advise that the best thing to do would be to move ahead, to leave her husband, and to not be in a marriage that is depriving his son of true love he deserves. Amitabh was a show stealer in the film. He was funny, witty, flirtatitious, emotional, and wise. He can do to a role what butter can do to a parantha. Shahrukh brought the edginess of his character well to the suface but there were instances where his acting could have made this film much stronger. Rani looked a million dollars but she really needs to lose that untimely smile. Why can't she stop smiling where there is no need to do that!! That will always be her flaw but then I guess it is forgiven given her brilliant shemistry with the Khan. They do have a rocking chemistry. I think most women who act with him actually do end up falling in love with him. I can't wait to watch his Don.Preity had many scenes where she looked oomphatic but then some scenes she looked a highly tensed up brow raising siren. Some works need to be undone on her. Karan Johan is worthy of complimenting in KANK for a fresh outlook on marriage, an outlook that challenges tradition, tradition that preaches suffocation. It is a feminist approach to living that he prescribes rather smoothly. Definitely a movie that will raise discussions over coffee in many a circles. In the end it is a film you want to not miss but when you leave you'd certainly wish it was a good half an hour shorter. The essence of love one feels when the Mitwa song comes is very strong. The empathy one feels for the lovers and at the same time for their spouses is well pulled from the audience. Hey with so many strong points I will say that the film is a success. Kudos to KJ.

Religion

Ultimately what is religion? Isn't it a means to reach the Almighty? The Supreme. Its a path to get connected to the Lord. There are different religions and thus different paths. Why do people feel that only one path is the path to reaching the destination? It is like different airlines professing that their's is the only way to reach destination x. But there are so many way to get there. I love and respect all religions but I do hate people who hate other religions. I love tolerance and respect for all religions. That is true humanity. I went to the Hare Krsna temple last night for Janmashtami, that is Lord Krishna's Birthday. It was great. Enjoyed the darshan, His Holy face gave me hope and happiness. It was really nice to rock His cradle. Then enjoyed eating some really good prasadam. Jai Sri Krishna.

Janmashtami

Janmashtami celebrations are right around the corner. Janmashtami celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna. The Hare Krishna temple in Dallas is celebrating the birth of the Lord. Please mark your calendars for August 16th 2006. For details visit:

http://www.radhakalachandji.com/home.asp

This is the schedule for August 16th:
Mangala Arati/ Tulasi Puja 4:30-5:15am
Guru Puja/Greetings Arati 7:00-7:45am (new outfit)
Bhagavatam Class 7:45-8:30amBhajan/
Kirtan 8:30-NoonRaj Bhoga Arati 12:00-12:30pmBhajan/
Kirtan 12:00-4:00pmDhupa Arati 4:00-4:15pmBhajan/
Kirtan 4:00-6:00pmLecture 6:00-6:30pm
Sandhya Arati 6:30-7:00pm
Park Entertainment 7:00-10:00pm
Prasadam 7:30 pm onwards Abhiseka 8:30-10:30pm
Krishna Book Reading 10:30-11:00pm
Spiritual Presentations 11:00-11:30pm
Kirtan 11:30-Midnight
Midnight Arati Midnight-12:30am
Prasadam 12:30 am and onwards

For more information call 214 827-6330

Indepence day of India

Welcome to the 4Visions' blog. My name is Parul Bhatia and I am the the contact person for this blog. This blog is not just for me. It is for me, you, and everyone interested in sharing their opinions about topics that matter. Lets kick off this blog with India's Independence Day. Today is August 15th 2006. Inida attained its freedom in August of 1947. It has been 59 years!! We have come a long way. From being this rich golden bird that rest of the world adored a few centuries ago to an upcoming democracy that has a promising potential for the East as well as the West. Have we arrived full circle? Well we may not be a golden bird today but we certainly have a promise to offer to other Indians. And this promise has strong shades of gold in it. We are the fastest growing economy today .. yet the poverty lurks strongly through the slums, the pollution, the evergrowing poplulation!! We are a nation of IT programmers and architects yet the hospitals are underequpped in their programs to take care of the poor. We are a capitalist society where the spirit to succeed makes us rise again and again despite the bomb blasts that killed so many Mumbai-ites on 7/11/06. This spirit to rise and go on with one's business is something that makes us true Indians and nothing can dampen this spirit.