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My Ode to Srivalli!

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  ‘ Beauty is a sense of harmony . Whether it's an image, a human face, a body, or a sunset, take the object which you call beautiful, as a unit (and ask yourself): what parts is it made up of, what are its constituent elements, and are they all harmonious? If they are, the result is beautiful .’ – Ayn Rand.   The reason I quoted Ms. Rand, is because it closely sums up my feelings & facts derived from the relatable experiences I had, meeting, seeing & understanding the women in my life, so far. Especially,  Srivalli ! It was one of the usual terrible evenings at my workplace, terrible because I am a terrible employee and I find everything terrible over there from the work, I do, to the people around, which also makes me a dishonest employee. But this is me being Honest, at my best, about  Srivalli . I was idle but waiting for my Beautiful trainer’s instruction to start the next task. Having nothing much to do, I was just simply looking around a...

Cops Chasing Cops!

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Film: Nayyatu (The Hunt) 2020 Language: Malayalam Director: Martin Prakkat Streaming on Netflix Cops chasing Cops. The movie opens with a tug-of-war tournament, of which the result is not really relevant. However, I thought it might be a metaphor for the following story, but it seems irrelevant anyway.  Three cops, Maniyan (Joju George)- the Senior among them & a loving father of his talented daughter, Praveen Michael (Kunchacko Boban)- rejoins the police force in a new station as a CPO & also, a son of deceased ex-Police officer & Sunitha (Nimisha Sajayan) existing CPO in the same station and related to Biju (Dineesh P) a constant trouble-maker belonging to a Political Dalit party. As the movie progress, I felt an unwonted gaiety in the whole mood of the premise and the characters. However, the tiff between the Political party members & the lead cops at the police station, which is the apotheosis of the story, is where I was relieved to be prepared to witness a hav...