Irregular ranting by an Irrelevant thinker

આજે એક ફિલ્મ જોઈ, લવિંગ વિન્સેન્ટ , જે વિખ્યાત (મૂળ નેધરલેન્ડ ના) ફ્રેન્ચ ચિત્રકાર વિન્સેન્ટ વાન ગોહ્ ( Vincent Van Gogh) ના જીવન પર આધારિત એનિમેટેડ મૂવી છે. વિન્સેન્ટ વિશે, અગર Google AI ને પૂછશો તો એ કંઈક આવી રીતે સમજાવશે  Vincent van Gogh's style, classified as Post-Impressionism, is characterized by bold, expressive brushstrokes, vibrant colors, and a strong sense of emotion and symbolism. He utilized thick, impasto application of paint, creating a textured surface, and often employed swirling, dynamic lines to convey movement and energy. His work is deeply personal, reflecting his subjective experiences and emotions through his unique artistic language .  વિન્સેન્ટ વિશે આમ વર્ષો થી અડછતી રીતે ખ્યાલ હતો, પણ સૌ થી પહેલા વિન્સેન્ટ ને એકદમ નજીક થી જોવાનો ચાન્સ 2017 માં મળેલો, જ્યારે મહેશ રૂપરાવ ઘોડેસવાર નું એક નાટક વિન્સેન્ટ જોયું. નાટક માં રૂપાંશી કશ્યપ ના કથક થ્રુ દર્શન થયા વિન્સેન્ટ ની જીવની ના અમુક અંશો. જેમાં પોતાની પ્રેમિકા માટે જમણો કાન કાપી ને ગિફ્ટ માં આપતો વિન્સેન...

Cute kid came for an injection today. 10 month old, very playful, smiling like an angel. " Gunjan " her mother filled in when I asked the name. " Hello Gunjan !" Her eyes lit up listening to her own name. We had a good start. Waved to my Hello, she took the rattle I gave to her for playing, trying to bite the bright colored plastic toy like all the kids of her age do. She sat in her mother's lap while I jotted notes in her file. " She has learnt to sit up, crawls on the floor ", Her mom was proud to tell me. 'She speaks Baba only' I nod. ' Milestones WNL' ,my pen scribbles automatically. "Put her on the table, please." I order her mother. Small village woman. She follows. "Hey, Golu!!!" I chimed my favourite practiced phrase, waving a stuffed teddybear in her face. I let her grab it. Two tiny hands, hold the toy far less cute than herself. As I put my stetho, I keep the eye cont...

Try to think about this woman—poor, illiterate, beaten by her drunkard husband, stranded by her family in the last month of her pregnancy. Delivering a Babyboy at a hospital in Sabarmati at 10 in the night, taking a Rikshaw (*Alone*) to take him to CHA because he didn't cry after birth. Her only ray of hope in this whole wide world is battling between injections, and Intracaths, and oxygen hose, and Ryle’s tubes, and ventilators and sensors and tangles of lines of iv fluids. Struggling to stretch every ounce of its existence to keep the tiny heart beating. Against failing kidneys and seizuring brains. And loads of ischemic insult, The tiny creature labours to breath. She—tired and sore—both from the unfairness of the world and the pricking episiotomy stitches. Broken by the toughest of contractions, lays awake, on the stony cold bench outside the nursery, not able to get up and quench her thirst without the pain ripping her apart into bits and pieces. Bright light, ...

સંસાર નો નિયમ છે, જેની tweet સારી હોય એના blog સારા હોય એ જરૂરી નથી. એવીજ રીતે, જેનું trailer સારું હોય એનું મૂવી ય સારું હોય એ જરૂરી નથી. Yesterday, I watched the film " Zubaan " (ઝુબાં ). It was so good, so well promoted, {insert sarcasm here} that there was a #Crowd Of TOTAL 8 people in the hall ! The whole of the audience fit into a single elevator on the way out. While entering into the cinema, we bumped into an acquaintance who asked what movie we were watching, hearing our reply, she said with amusement: " Zubaan ? આ ક્યુ મુવી છે, એનું તો ક્યાંય પોસ્ટર પણ દેખાતું નથી!" We laughed at her, but once in the theatre, halfway through the film, we realized who had the last laugh. Zubaan movie ના 3 tenets છે. (1) હીરો વિકી કૌશલ ની ધાંસુ એપ્રોચ, જે એને રાતોરાત એક અબજોપતિ business tycoon નો એકદમ ખાસમખાસ માણસ બનાવી દે છે. (2) એ અબજોપતિ- ગુરુ સિકંદજેનું નામ છે- એની પોતાની cheating wife અને એના illegitimate દીકરા પ્રત્યેની બેહિસાબ Hatred. (3) અને...