Rain-Sob-Dance segment-Cleavage glimpse. Repeat.

NB: This isn't anti-Indian rhetoric. God forbid. I love everything about India, except its politics and film industry, which coincidentally are the only 2 things I hate about Pakistan as well. 
Oh, and spoiler alert for Gunday and Hansi Tou Phansi.

Saw my first 2 Indian movies (Gunday and Hansi Tou Phansi) last night after I stopped being a Shahrukh Khan fan at the age of 5 (not counting 3 idiots and taare zameen par, the latter being one of my all time fav films).
Lessons learnt:
1. Romance attracts rain. Thar currently does not require aid, but a large group of hormonally charged Indians. I swear it rained four times minimum in the film
2. All Indian actors are over the top thespians. She's not just gonna cry when he says he's marrying his sister, she's gonna trigger the next Noah's flood. Again, send to Thar.
3. The storyline is predictable. I predicted that the girl will be shot. She was. My friend predicted that he'll marry the other woman. He did. He also predicted, it would rain right after that. It did. Break some hearts in Thar.
4. They could be chasing one another through sandy desert, they could be tumbling out of a coal car. Irrespective, they will have their hair moussed just right.
5. Never close your top 2 buttons, regardless of clothing or gender. If you're wearing dungarees, cut a V-neck into it if you must. I don't care how it looks but it must be done. If you're wearing a turtle/polo-neck, they must go!
6. She can be ridiculously quirky, aloof, weird, non-sugghar, depressed, too-liberal-for-Indian-culture-and-oh-my-God-how-will-she-find-a-husband etc. Irrespective, once he accidentally stumbles into her and flashes the pecs beneath those strategically open top 2 buttons, she'll realize she doesn't want a career after all. And once she sees him dancing in the rain, well then, you can bet your saas-ki-chachi-ki-dewranikay-kay-potay's rear end her rotis will be very round.
7. Why is everybody so unbelievably rude to each other?
8. Overall less nudity than Western films, but they still exude this coarse, vulgar sexuality which makes you leave the film feeling like you just saw an after-school-special made for the sake of being an after-school-special. Then you justify it to yourself by saying, hey, at least it wasn't a Punjabi film.

And yes, before you're the 104th person to tell me this, I know I'll love Munnna Bhai because I'm in medicine and it's hilarious yada yada.

The Anatomy of Motivation

Axiom 1 of Motivation:

"You do not talk about motivation."

 Axiom 2 of Motivation: You do not-- wait, won't this violate Axiom 1?


Seriously though,

Axiom 1 of Motivation: One's entire faith must be in Allah SWT as nothing can be achieved without HIS help.

Axiom 2: It's always toughest in the start. After that, it's cruise control and only basal motivation is needed.

The rest of this article deals with overcoming the 'toughest in the start' part of any activity. Allah SWT made our bodies adaptable. It's amazing what the human mind and body is capable of without killing itself. Check it out: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/13/human-body-limits-survival_n_1773167.html

There are 3 ways of overcoming the 'toughest in the start' part:

1.Forceful external motivation: Simple. You want to get out of bed in time for school. You hire someone to physically pick you up and throw you out of bed, get you ready and physically put you onto the bus. Highly impractical and only for the morbidly obese, morbidly wealthy and morbidly-pretty-much-anything-else.

2. Non-forceful external motivation: That's what motivational speakers are for. Again, requires some resources, but not as many as (1). Also includes
a)Watching Rocky during a workout
b) Setting a rabid dog behind you (This one's a grey area. Would this come under (1) or (2)?)
c) Making what you're trying to achieve more accessible. For example, buying a treadmill so you don't need to physically haul yourself to the track/gym everyday. Instead, working out is

3. Internal motivation: This one's the cheapest, toughest to get, most effective and most mysterious. Is this innate or is there some way to attain this elusive Siren? Yes there is a way- by having firm faith in Axioms 1 and 2. Hold onto these 2 axioms during the 'toughest in the stast' part and your body will insha'Allah come around.


NB: I suggest universal guidelines for motivation be structured on the above post because if an article contains words like 'anatomy', 'guidelines', 'basal' and 'axiom' (not to mention impeccable grammar) and is liberally peppered with graphs, you know it's the Real Deal, Holyfield. Trust me, I'd know. I'm a doctor.