Yay!

Shantaram was being made into a movie... that I knew. But I recently got to know that Johhny Depp is going to star in it! YAY!! And that he will be in India to shoot for the movie soon... specifically, in Bombay and Goa!

Maybe he will need a tour guide... ;)

Appearances can be deceptive...!!

Nothing is more suited to this phrase than the Motorazr v3i. It looks cool and stylish, but it is HELL to use. It fails to meet the basic purpose of its existence - Aiding communication!!

For anyone out there who is considering buying the phone, here are some pointers:

• Unpredictable behavior: Be prepared for calls being disconnected even when there is full network. Or spending the first 5 minutes of your conversation just establishing if the person at the other end can hear you.
• Very low battery life: you barely get 1.5 hours of continuous talk time.
• Low message memory space: For all the extended memory functionality, etc., the message capacity is barely enough to store 65 messages. And that too when the outbox is empty.
• User Interface: Obviously, nothing beats the usability of Nokia phones. This phone’s interface is just about ok…
• Speaker Quality: The top flip up is actually quite cool but the speaker quality of the phone is just about average.

So anyone who plans to buy the phone, think again!!

Of Expressions...

Finished reading Shataram a little while ago... While what I felt about the book is a seperate post in itself, here are a few lines which kind of stayed with me:

"One of the reasons why we crave love and seek it so desperately is that love is the only cure for loneliness, and shame, and sorrow. But some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths about yourself are so painful that only shame can help you live with them.

And some things are just so sad that only your soul can do the crying for you."

- Gregory David Roberts in Shantaram


P.S.: Straight Curves: Did the title of this post get you?! :P