R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Almost a week now since the end of the "King of Pop" and I cant get over the shock of his tragic demise. I still remember the first time I heard "Thriller", I rushed to the nearest music store and got myself the cassette. It was the only thing playing in my dad's stereo, after Boney M and ABBA. All through school I grew up listening to his albums and was fascinated by his ability to sing in different genres of music. His philanthropic contributions only made me respect him more and actually buy his music, contrary to the rising piracy of music with mp3s. I still remember saving money to pay 1000 rupees for the History CD pack, which had a booklet with all his pics over the years.

Although now my taste in music has shifted to rock/alternative, I do go back to listening to his CDs sometimes. I still reminisce to the good old days when I see his videos on VH1 Classic. Will we ever have another legend like him?

Oscars to India

With the movie Slumdog Millionaire winning oscars, and 3 of them coming to indians, it makes you wonder..........where have the previous indian nominees failed that this movie succeeded. Indians have definitely made better movies than this, the soundtrack isnt Rehmans finest, and slums have been a part of many movie scripts. What then makes this movie different?
Is it because the director was British? Remember the movie "Elizabeth" where it was the opposite, only the director was indian(Shekar Kapur) .......... or one of my personal favorites "Sixth Sense". I dont recall N. Shyamalam winning any Oscar for his movie.
The success of indians at the oscars might come as an I-dont-care-but-we-won applaud from many but the Oscars do need to consider better movies as nominees, to sustain its credibility !