Yesterday i wore my new RED colored tracks and went for jogging. While jogging i started thinking about RED color and realized there were so many things behind the color RED.
The first thing that comes to the mind when talking about RED color is bull fight (Remember the Padayappa seen in which a the color RED angers a bull!!). Well it is a big misconception that bulls get angry by looking at color RED. In fact bulls are color blind! The torero (the main performer of bull fight) uses a RED cloth to attract the bull in a series of passes and the reason for choosing a RED color is to mask the bull`s blood.
RED is also considered as communist color.The Soviet Union, China and all communist countries have RED colored flags. In India too the communist parties of India have RED colored flags. The color RED relates to "blood of workers" or sufferings during the period they were suppressed by wealthy nobles( period before the revolutions). (I`m still jogging)
RED is considered to be the most attractive of all colors. That is why RED is often used either in a negative way to indicate danger and emergency, or in a positive way in advertising to gain more viewers(Vodafone whoes advertisements are very famous are all in RED), or in nature, as a ripe fruit announces its readiness. RED light can be viewed from longer distance hence signal use RED light to indicate stop. One of my friends hates RED colored dress, not because he hates the color but for a reason that every time he wears a RED dress he gets hurt someway or other.(That is really strange)
Recently i read in news paper that team with RED Jersey has higher probability of winning.
Even after returning to home, i was still stuck with RED. So searched in net about RED and got a few interesting info.First the basics :RED is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 625–740 nanometer .Next a bit of history and tradition: The word RED is said to be derived from Sanskrit word RUDRA meaning RED. In India RED is associated with wealth, beauty and goddess Lakshmi. Finally in human color psychology, the color RED is associated with emotions like anger, passion and love that "stir the blood".( I really liked the info abt the relationship between red and India... i meant the RUDRA part)
Friday, June 5, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Auto-Interview
This is a world of imagination. So imagine someone interviews me(It might be too much but still try to imagine).In this case that someone is also myself. So here we go...
Q)First things first. Congrats for getting 5-STAR rating for your latest release the GTA-Coolcity.
A) Thank you. I really enjoyed working on it and the rating is a big reward for my efforts.
Q)Tell us more about the making of this short film?
A)Well it has been year since I made a short film. There were many ideas but nothing worked out really. So I decided to utilise this "study" holidays to put an end to this long drought. But bad luck followed me. I made my plans depending on my uncle`s camera, but i found that it was with my cousin. I got the cam just 2 days before i returned to college. So i didn`t have time to plan the story and had to shoot with just the theme in my mind. And that created problems when i was editing. I was stuck at one point and didn`t know how to proceed. To proceed further, i had to go to my uncle`s house and had to quickly shoot few more shots. And i had one more problem. As i did not have any pen drive like device i had to transfer some files from my PC to laptop through Internet. First i mailed it to my account from my system ;then i downloaded those files to my laptop.When i thought everything was over, the editing software stopped working and i had to redo at least half of the work again. Finally i finished everything just hours before i started for college.
Q)Though the storyline is better compared to Marmayuddha, it still remains too complicated. Why is it so?
A)As i told you this movie was planned, shot and edited in less than 2 days. Due to the limited time availability i were unable to take the required shots. Thus i were forced to squeeze out a story out of the limited shots available. This project required extensive detailing work, but the output does not reveal the amount of work involved. It was the same case with marmayuddha , which is why both the short films have complicated story. Ppl who are interested more in technical part of film, have really liked the film. Hopefully the next work will have better story.
Q)Your movie remains more of an editor`s movie?
A)Editing is what that brought me into this field and it is what that drives me to make movies. But i am sure other departments will catch up with experience.
Q)How did u enter this field of film making?
A)Well it was in 12std holidays when our computer got the Windows XP and it had something called movie maker. As i usually have lot of free time, at home, i tend to exploit all the resources around me. As i was exploring the windows XP, i found this movie maker software interesting.
At that time i just had 4 photos (sample photos that come with XP); i could not do much with it.
Two years later i got a Sony Ericsson mobile and it had something called Video DJ. I experimented with it and the result of this experimentation was Saba-1&2. Then i came across the god-The Premiere Pro 2. And it helped me to do whole lot new thing which i only could have imagined.
Q)You seem to have grown at tremendous pace: from video making using cell phones to member of SASTRA Fotohub in less than a year?
A)First of all i would like to thank god for providing me so much opportunities. Secondly i would like my friend VeDa. My association with him has helped me in a great way.
Q)Last year there was lots of buzz about some mega project of yours?
A)There are lots of technical issues involved in it. Once they are sorted out the project might become reality. Things seem to be getting in order. Hopefully the project will be completed soon.
Q)Thanks for spending time with us. Wishing you all the best for your future.
A)My pleasure.
Thanks for travelling in the world of imagination with me. SAYONORA
Q)First things first. Congrats for getting 5-STAR rating for your latest release the GTA-Coolcity.
A) Thank you. I really enjoyed working on it and the rating is a big reward for my efforts.
Q)Tell us more about the making of this short film?
A)Well it has been year since I made a short film. There were many ideas but nothing worked out really. So I decided to utilise this "study" holidays to put an end to this long drought. But bad luck followed me. I made my plans depending on my uncle`s camera, but i found that it was with my cousin. I got the cam just 2 days before i returned to college. So i didn`t have time to plan the story and had to shoot with just the theme in my mind. And that created problems when i was editing. I was stuck at one point and didn`t know how to proceed. To proceed further, i had to go to my uncle`s house and had to quickly shoot few more shots. And i had one more problem. As i did not have any pen drive like device i had to transfer some files from my PC to laptop through Internet. First i mailed it to my account from my system ;then i downloaded those files to my laptop.When i thought everything was over, the editing software stopped working and i had to redo at least half of the work again. Finally i finished everything just hours before i started for college.
Q)Though the storyline is better compared to Marmayuddha, it still remains too complicated. Why is it so?
A)As i told you this movie was planned, shot and edited in less than 2 days. Due to the limited time availability i were unable to take the required shots. Thus i were forced to squeeze out a story out of the limited shots available. This project required extensive detailing work, but the output does not reveal the amount of work involved. It was the same case with marmayuddha , which is why both the short films have complicated story. Ppl who are interested more in technical part of film, have really liked the film. Hopefully the next work will have better story.
Q)Your movie remains more of an editor`s movie?
A)Editing is what that brought me into this field and it is what that drives me to make movies. But i am sure other departments will catch up with experience.
Q)How did u enter this field of film making?
A)Well it was in 12std holidays when our computer got the Windows XP and it had something called movie maker. As i usually have lot of free time, at home, i tend to exploit all the resources around me. As i was exploring the windows XP, i found this movie maker software interesting.
At that time i just had 4 photos (sample photos that come with XP); i could not do much with it.
Two years later i got a Sony Ericsson mobile and it had something called Video DJ. I experimented with it and the result of this experimentation was Saba-1&2. Then i came across the god-The Premiere Pro 2. And it helped me to do whole lot new thing which i only could have imagined.
Q)You seem to have grown at tremendous pace: from video making using cell phones to member of SASTRA Fotohub in less than a year?
A)First of all i would like to thank god for providing me so much opportunities. Secondly i would like my friend VeDa. My association with him has helped me in a great way.
Q)Last year there was lots of buzz about some mega project of yours?
A)There are lots of technical issues involved in it. Once they are sorted out the project might become reality. Things seem to be getting in order. Hopefully the project will be completed soon.
Q)Thanks for spending time with us. Wishing you all the best for your future.
A)My pleasure.
Thanks for travelling in the world of imagination with me. SAYONORA
Thursday, April 23, 2009
The "vegetarian" thing...
Once I had an argument with my schoolmate(a close friend of mine). He asked me why was I a vegetarian. I told that non-vegetarian food involves killing of the poor animals. "What about plants? Are they not having life, why do people cut them during harvesting" he asked. I did not know what to say. So let us try to figure it out.
To start with, a person who eats only 'plant-derived' foods are generally referred to as a vegetarian. Then what about milk?(this is important point which people use during such arguments). To every rule there is an exception. Just as Hydrogen is grouped with metals in periodic table(even though it is a non metal) due to its electron accepting nature(formation of H+ ion similar to Na+ ,K+...) milk is more a vegetarian item. It has a cooling effect to body unlike any non-veg item. It also does not involve any killing of animals. Above all milk is the first food every mammal tastes in its life!!
The next most ambiguous item is egg. I have met many people who say 'I`m a veggi + egg guy'. Many of them even argue that egg is a vegetarian item, though it is generally not accepted as veggie! So who decides what is what?
It is all relative, relative to ones mind. There is a permissible limit which is set in every human being. People decide with respect to this limit which is purely personal and decide what to eat. Now let us try to understand who or what sets these limits?
The primary factor is the geographic location. For example people in the cold countries generally prefer more of meat and stuff to keep them warm. The next major factor is the culture one follows. . As my father says" If I were born in the cannibal family, I would be eating humans!! ", Every family has its own distinct culture.
Scientifically human`s digestive system resembles more that of herbivores. Human intestines are long similar to that of herbivores. This is because meat go bad very quickly compared to plants. That is the reason why carnivores have small intestinal track and the food that they eat are digested before they go bad. One motivation for a vegetarian diet is better health, and it seems to work, according to Paul Williams, Ph.D., at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Comparing 351 vegetarian runners to 8,891 omnivorous runners revealed the following: 1) Vegetarians run an average of 13% to 14% more miles per week than non-vegetarians. 2) Vegetarian runners have slimmer waists than omnivorous runners; men by almost two centimeters and women by nearly one centimeter. The waistlines of the omnivorous runners increase with increases in the amounts of red meat they eat. But this association was weaker among higher mileage runners. 3) Vegetarians have lower total and LDL cholesterol, by about 3% to 5%, which lowers their risk of cardiovascular disease.
But the problem occurs when a person tends to go beyond the "lakshman reka" of their family tradition( he might be thinking his ancestors are idiots, missing out one most delicious thing) . With that move he might end up changing the food habits( in most cases the change will be permanent) of his future generation. Let us take the case of the brahmins, who are assumed to be strict veggies. Many of my friends eat non veg either because their parents eat them or they do not want to miss the delicious range of foods( its pathetic to note that most of the people fall in the later category). The veg rule was part of brahmin culture because non veg food is THAMASIC in nature i.e. takes more time to digest causing more body heat, more laziness and sleep. And such stuffs would reduce the concentrating power(which are very much important in reciting vedic hymns especially in GHANAM format, doing meditation and ultimately reach the final destination). And today most of them don`t even believe in these stuffs. If a boy drops out of school, his school uniforms are of no use to him. In the same way people who do not want to be "the brahmins" are not expected to follow these rules. Its all up to an individual to choose his path i.e. remain brahmin or otherwise....
To start with, a person who eats only 'plant-derived' foods are generally referred to as a vegetarian. Then what about milk?(this is important point which people use during such arguments). To every rule there is an exception. Just as Hydrogen is grouped with metals in periodic table(even though it is a non metal) due to its electron accepting nature(formation of H+ ion similar to Na+ ,K+...) milk is more a vegetarian item. It has a cooling effect to body unlike any non-veg item. It also does not involve any killing of animals. Above all milk is the first food every mammal tastes in its life!!
The next most ambiguous item is egg. I have met many people who say 'I`m a veggi + egg guy'. Many of them even argue that egg is a vegetarian item, though it is generally not accepted as veggie! So who decides what is what?
It is all relative, relative to ones mind. There is a permissible limit which is set in every human being. People decide with respect to this limit which is purely personal and decide what to eat. Now let us try to understand who or what sets these limits?
The primary factor is the geographic location. For example people in the cold countries generally prefer more of meat and stuff to keep them warm. The next major factor is the culture one follows. . As my father says" If I were born in the cannibal family, I would be eating humans!! ", Every family has its own distinct culture.
Scientifically human`s digestive system resembles more that of herbivores. Human intestines are long similar to that of herbivores. This is because meat go bad very quickly compared to plants. That is the reason why carnivores have small intestinal track and the food that they eat are digested before they go bad. One motivation for a vegetarian diet is better health, and it seems to work, according to Paul Williams, Ph.D., at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. Comparing 351 vegetarian runners to 8,891 omnivorous runners revealed the following: 1) Vegetarians run an average of 13% to 14% more miles per week than non-vegetarians. 2) Vegetarian runners have slimmer waists than omnivorous runners; men by almost two centimeters and women by nearly one centimeter. The waistlines of the omnivorous runners increase with increases in the amounts of red meat they eat. But this association was weaker among higher mileage runners. 3) Vegetarians have lower total and LDL cholesterol, by about 3% to 5%, which lowers their risk of cardiovascular disease.
But the problem occurs when a person tends to go beyond the "lakshman reka" of their family tradition( he might be thinking his ancestors are idiots, missing out one most delicious thing) . With that move he might end up changing the food habits( in most cases the change will be permanent) of his future generation. Let us take the case of the brahmins, who are assumed to be strict veggies. Many of my friends eat non veg either because their parents eat them or they do not want to miss the delicious range of foods( its pathetic to note that most of the people fall in the later category). The veg rule was part of brahmin culture because non veg food is THAMASIC in nature i.e. takes more time to digest causing more body heat, more laziness and sleep. And such stuffs would reduce the concentrating power(which are very much important in reciting vedic hymns especially in GHANAM format, doing meditation and ultimately reach the final destination). And today most of them don`t even believe in these stuffs. If a boy drops out of school, his school uniforms are of no use to him. In the same way people who do not want to be "the brahmins" are not expected to follow these rules. Its all up to an individual to choose his path i.e. remain brahmin or otherwise....
The traditions which we follow, are just the guidelines, which can be altered according to our convenience, if we know what we are doing.If a person goes to foreign country and dies of starvation because he did not get vegetarian food( for the same reason it is recommended that brahmins do not go to foreign countries but still in case...) he is allowed go beyond the rules in such circumstances(where life is more important).
Rules are always there. In the end it drops down to an individual and its up to him to decide what he wants to do. But it would be better if one understands why these rules are made before making the final decision
Rules are always there. In the end it drops down to an individual and its up to him to decide what he wants to do. But it would be better if one understands why these rules are made before making the final decision
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