Day 1
Well the vacations have begun. As per plan, i was supposed to travel to Mysore and meet wifey and kid there. Then for the next few days, we would go around Mysore sight seeing and exploring new places. Alas it looks like a distant dream now. And to to top it, I have a bloody sore throat that I can;t even talk.
So i have no other choice than watch movies on my Kick ass TV ( aka - SONY BRAVIA , FULL HD , 40 inch ). So turned in the channel and had an option to watch a nice foreign movie - Kilometer Zero in NDTV lumiere . This was a tragic Iraqi movie which had made it to Cannes. It's about a tragedy that befalls the kurds of Iraq in the form of genocide unleashed by Saddam Hussein.
The hero of the film want's to escape Iraq and move into Europe, but can;t do so because his wife is unwilling to leave her ailing father. Left with no choice he joins army to fight a war against Iran. His chance to escape comes when one of his mates is killed in the war and the task of handing over his mates dead body to their family is given to him.
Being in the Middle east for sometime i was able to relate a few aspects of this movie which made it interesting. The highlight of the movie being - Kilometer Zero - is a good point to begin a journey from because you can then only go forward
After i started the day with this nice movie, i rounded it off with another legendary movie - Laurence of Arabia. It's a neat film and highly recommended if you have any interest in world domination during the World war 1 phase :-)
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