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                                            A few days ago a totally unprecedented incident hit me like a bolt from the blue.A really good friend of mine lost his brother to brain tumor .No symptoms,nothing ; yet in a matter of 2 weeks the healthy athletic boy was reduced to mere skin and bones and shortly thereafter, passed away.Seeing his inconsolable parents and my grief stricken friend i couldn't help but ponder as to how they were going to move ahead with their lives....Rebuild their shattered home minus all those dreams dreamt for their 25 year old son- THE APPLE OF THEIR EYE..               This, coupled with the occurrence of certain inopportune incidents in my family on account of which a few of my near and dear one's have been living through hell,one day at a time for the past many months , made me contemplate .... it forced me to reminisce a phase of my life wherein,I too watched a person close to me die ..... die a slow and painful death every day for a p

         This week I happened to catch a new flick after eons. Not quite knowing what to expect,as I stepped into the multiplex,I fervently hoped that this movie would do some justice to the money I had shelled out and to the time forsaken by me... ( This was post me attempting to watch a disastrous movie titled JOKER at 2 am out of sheer boredom!Never ever again shall i dare to watch such a flick even if i am paid a million bucks, i swore to myself after about 20min into the movie). . My prayers were rewarded, when i was subject to an amazing movie ;easily one of the best movies of this year ; titled .. BARFI !!!                   Anurag Basu's movie...titled BARFI is a Bollywood love story alright, but that's about where the similarities end between the quintessential KJO type movies and Basu's take on love .Picturised amidst the breathtakingly beautiful Darjeeling of the 70s, Barfi beautifully describes an almost silent relationship between a physically challenge