Dear O dear O dear !! The net again and all its complications. Just not functioning properly and giving me anger and disappointment and apprehension whether this one shall go through or not. Been at it since 9 to get it going, but all I have is trouble ..

I am therefore hastening to put down whatever I can for today and do hope you will understand that spending any more time on the vagaries of this system may well rob me of the blog for the DAY !!

So the thoughts are racing through and may not sound too conducive to what I may want to say. What i notice from the responses is that there seems to be a somewhat concerned feel for my line on the women in the house and their situation. This is not meant as an offense to any of the ladies, on the contrary, it was to acknowledge their presence and importance in our life. Of course they are equals. Whoever said they were not. I was complimenting their presence, praising their deep concern they have for home and hearth. Why would that be in any way disturbing. So ladies chill !! You are an integral part of our lives and shall always remain so !

Is it just me or is there something wrong with my sights, but every time I see the shot of a motor car in motion in film, why is it that it appears to me that, looking at the spokes of the wheel, that they are moving in reverse !!

Am I the only one or do others at times get the same feel. Hmmm … !! Wonder !!

I have spent an entire day getting tutored on how the Black Berry needs to be used correctly. And it has been a most interesting learning. We are so unprepared for all the jobs that it can do, or for that matter jobs that many of the other similar objects can do, that once it has been explained to us, we do feel so inadequate and stupid for not being aware of it. Its a virtual world in your hands this little Bold square material, equipped to handle almost every situation that you may find yourself in in the world of communication. And so vast is the field that you actually need another device to guide you into all that its functions can do !

Its become an insulator of sorts for society. It insulates you from all else, from the rest. Independent in its use, one need never ever have to spend time with another. Indeed the messages that it conveys and the information that it readily produces, brings about an almost impersonal situation when in the house or in public domain. Many consider it rude and bad mannered to be fiddling with the mobile or object of information when at a social meet, or family get together. But it is so impulsive and habit oriented that it has become impossible to ignore. In fact on many an occasion during a public meet, the other shall gracefully provide space and time for you to attend to its interruptions were they to come about during the course of a meeting.

It is customary now to allow the other to attend to incoming calls or messages and then continue on the nature of the business in debate or discussion. Considerate, but essential. Except in the theatre or film shows, provided the film is gripping enough. Else all we get to see apart from the film that runs on the screen in front of us, are several other smaller blue screens of the mobile. A sure sign of the fate at the box office of the film !!

It has become a substitute for a companion, a partner, a friend. At times showing greater allegiance than most !!

I am fearing now the unavailability of the connect for the cyber and so most reluctantly have to come to an abrupt end. But by the morning I am hopeful that the matter shall be amicably resolved and we shall have uninterrupted space for our next communique !!

I shall be at an ad., shoot tomorrow, so I do hope it resolves itself before the day is over. More then for later and my regrets at the impending uncertainty of tonight.

Love and more ..

Amitabh Bachchan