“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

Take a moment and read this, it may make you wanna think a bit !!!!!!!!

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 8-year old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
“Yeah sure, what is it?” replied the man.
“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”
“That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.
“I just want to know. Please tell me, how much you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy.
“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”

The father was furious, “If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behavior.”

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions.
How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?
After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.
The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

“Are you asleep, son?” He asked.
“No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.
“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man,
“It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here’s the $10you asked for. ” The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “Oh, thank you daddy!” He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.
“Why do you want more money if you already have some?” the father grumbled. “Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied.

“Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.”

Share this story with someone you like…. (That's what I am doing with my fellow ilanders !! )

But even better, share $20 worth of time with someone you love.
It’s just a short reminder to all of you working so hard in life.

We should not let time slip through our fingers without having spent sometime with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts.

If we die tomorrow, the company that we are working for could easily replace us in a matter of days.
But the family & friends we left behind will feel the loss for the rest of their lives.
And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more into work than to our family an unwise investment indeed.

That is what happens to us while we’re making other plans.

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By shailesh S – March 14, 2007

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I REALLY MISS THEM, DO U ……….. ?

When gulli-danda and kanche (marbles) were more popular than cricket..

When we always had friends to play aais-paais (I Spy),chhepan-chhepai and pitthoo anytime .

When we desperately waited for ‘yeh jo hai jindagi’..

When chitrahaar, vikram-baitaal, dada daadi ki kahaniyaan were so fulfilling ..

When there was just one tv in every five houses and

When bisleris were not sold in the trains and we were worrying if papas will get back into the train in time or not when they were getting down at stations to fill up the water bottle …

When we were going to bed by 9.00pm sharp except for the ‘yeh jo hai jindagi’ day ..

When Holis & Diwalis meant mostly hand-made pakwaans and sweets and moms seeking our help while preparing them ..

When Maths teachers were not worried of our mummys and papas while slapping/beating us ..

When we were exchanging comics and stamps and chacha-chaudaris and billus were our heroes …

When we were in nanihaals every summer and loved flying kites and plucking and eating unripe mangoes and leechis …

When one movie every Sunday evening on television was more than asked for and ‘ek do teen chaar’ and ‘Rajni’ inspired us ..

When 50 paisa meant at least 10 toffees ….

When left over pages of the last years notebooks were used for rough work or even fair work .

When ‘chelpark’ and ‘natraaj’ were encouraged against ‘reynolds and family’ ..

When the first rain meant getting drenched and playing in water and mud and making ‘kaagaj ki kishtis’ …

When there were no phones to tell friends that we will be at their homes at six in the evening .

When our parents always had 15 paise blue colored ‘antardesis’ and 5

paise machli wale stamps at home

When we remembered tens of jokes and were not finding ‘ice-cream and papa’ type jokes foolish enough to stop us from laughing …

When we were not seeing patakhes on Diwalis and gulaals on Holis as air and noise polluting or allergic agents ….

the list can be endless ..

on the serious note I would like to summarize with ..

When we were using our hearts more than our brains, even for

scientifically brainy activities like ‘thinking’ and ‘deciding’ ..

When we were crying and laughing more often, more openly and more sincerily . When we were enjoying our present more than worrying about our future. When being emotional was not synonymous to being weak .. When sharing worries and happinesses didnt mean getting vulnerable to the listener .

When blacks and whites were the favourite colors instead of greys .

When journeys also were important and not just the destinations ..

When life was a passenger’s sleeper giving enough time and opportunity to enjoy the sceneries from its open and transparent glass windows instead of some superfast’s second ac with its curtained, closed and dark windows …

I really miss them. do u .?,

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By shailesh S – March 1, 2007

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Women’s Favorite Email of the Year

Hi Friends, Good Morning, Nice to see so many responses to my previous post. Well, one more article, which i found quite interesting and thought of sharing with you all. Again this is not my write-up and I am just sharing it. (Orange color in my blog articles indicates as not my own write-up/article) - Hope you will enjoy this. Take care and Bye.

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted her to see what he went through so he prayed:

“Dear Lord: I go to work every day and put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at home.

I want her to know what I go through, so please allow her body to switch with mine for a day. Amen.

God, in his infinite wisdom, granted the man’s wish. The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, Set out their school clothes, fed them breakfast, packed their lunches, Drove them to school, came home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to the cleaners And stopped at the bank to make a deposit, went grocery shopping, Then drove home to put away the groceries, Paid the bills and balanced the checkbook. He cleaned the cat’s litter box and bathed the dog.

Then it was already 1 P.M. and he hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to the school to pick up the kids and got into an argument with them on the way home. Set out milk and cookies and got the kids organized to do their homework, Then set up the ironing board and watched TV while he did the ironing.At 4:30 he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped fresh beans for supper. After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put them to bed. At 9 P.M. he was exhausted and, though his daily chores weren’t finished, he went to bed where he was expected to make love, which he managed to get through without complaint.

The next morning, he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said, Lord, I don’t know what I was thinking. I was so wrong to envy my wife’s being able to stay home all day. Please, oh please, let us trade back.”

The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied, “My son, I feel you have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change things back to the way they were.

You’ll just have to wait nine months, though. You got pregnant last

night.”

Voted Women’s Favorite Email of the Year.

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By shailesh S – February 22, 2007

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ONE EXTRA BEDROOM !!

Hi, a friend of mine has sent this article to me, which i found worth reading and thought of sharing with you all. Hope you will enjoy reading this.

One Extra Bed Room !!! This is worth reading

As the dream of most parents I had acquired a degree in software Engineering and joined a company based in USA the land of braves and opportunity. When I arrived in the USA, it was as if a dream had come true. Here at last I was in the place where I want to be. I decided I would be staying in this country for about Five years in which time, I would have earned enough money to settle down in India. My father was a government employee and after his retirement, the only asset he could acquire was a decent one bedroom flat. I wanted to do some thing more than him. I started feeling home sick and lonely as the time passed. I used to call home and speak to my parents every week using cheap international phone cards. Two years passed, two years of Burgers at Mac Donald’s and pizzas and discos and 2 years watching the foreign exchange rate, getting happy whenever the Rupee value went down. Finally I decided to get married. Told my parents that I have only 10 days off and everything must be done within these 10 days. I got my ticket booked in the cheapest flight. Was jubilant and was actually enjoying shopping for gifts for all my friends back home. If I miss anyone then there will be talks. After reaching home I spent home one week going through all the photographs of girls and as the time was getting shorter I was forced to select one candidate. In-laws told me, to my surprise, that I would have to get married in 2-3 days, as I will not get anymore holidays. After the marriage, it was time to return to USA, after giving some money to my parents and telling the neighbors to look after them, we returned to USA. My wife enjoyed this country for about two months and then she started feeling lonely. The frequency of calling India increased to twice in a week sometimes 3 times a week. Our savings started diminishing. After two more years we started to have kids. Two lovely kids, a boy and a girl, were gifted to us by the almighty. Every time I spoke to my parents, they asked me to come to India so that they can see their Grand-children. Every year I decide to go to India. But part work part monetary conditions prevented it. Years went by and visiting India was a distant dream. Then suddenly one day I got a message that my parents were seriously sick. I tried but couldn’t get any holidays and thus could not go to India. The next message I got was my parents were passed away and as there was no one to do the last rights the society members had done whatever they could. I was depressed. My parents were passed away without seeing their grand children. After couple more years passed away, much to my children’s dislike and my wife’s joy we returned to India to settle down. I started to look for a suitable property, but to my dismay my savings were short and the property prices had gone up during all these years. I had to return to the USA. My wife refused to come back with me and my children refused to stay in India. My 2 children and myself returned to USA after promising my wife I would be back for good after two years. Time passed by, My daughter decided to get married to a American and my son was happy living in USA. I decided that I had enough and wound-up every thing and returned to India. I had just enough money to buy a decent two bed room flat in a well developed locality. Now I am 60 years old and the only time I go out of the flat is for the routine visit to the nearby temple. My faithful wife has also left me and gone to the holy abode. Sometimes I wondered was it worth all this? My father, even after staying in India, had a house to his name and I too have the same nothing more. I lost my parents and children for just ONE EXTRA BEDROOM.

Looking out from the window I see a lot of children dancing. This damned cable TV has spoiled our new generation and these children are losing their values and culture, dressing sense because of it. I get occasional cards from my children asking I am alright. Well at least they remember me. Now perhaps after I die it will be the neighbors again who will be performing my last rights. God bless them. But the question still remains, ‘Was all this worth it?’ I am still searching for an answer.

Life is short so live one day at a time.

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By shailesh S – February 19, 2007

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HUTCH IS DEAD… LONG LIVE CHEEKA

On the side lines of the much hyped buy-out of Hutch India by world's largest Telecom operator, Vodafone, I was just wondering what will happen to Cheeka ?? With Hong Kong based Hutchison Whampoa's investor Li Ka ' Shing making a killing out of this deal, Ruia's of Essar thinking of cashing on the valuation and couple of indiviuals making couple of millions, everybody seems to forgoten Cheeka. Now if you are wondering, who the hell is this Cheeka is, Cheeka is the cute little pug you have seen in Hutch Advertising, which follows the boy to everywhere.

Ogilvy & Mather, the creative agency of Hutch ' Essar, which designed this advertising campaign (around Rs.150 Cr account for O&M), definitely needs a round of applaulse for hitting such a beautiful advertising idea. I think this campaign started to appear somewhere during 2003, when Indian Telecom market was witnessing a fierece competitiaon and every player worth his salt was trying to grab and retain the subscriber. I believe the basic idea, which Hutch/O&M wanted to communicate acorss the mass was "Reach and Reliablity" .

With the punch line "Wherever you go, our network follows" and the smart use of Pug , ( Dog - which symbaloises trust and reliablity) the message was clear. Hutch's network and services are reliable and the idea of pug following the boy (played by the eight year old Jayaram, child artist, already featured in couple of advertising before Hutch) to uncommon places like, the Barber shop, the running race, the Bath room etc, it communicated cleraly that Hutch's network reaches even the uncommon places ' the message "extended Reach". No doubt that everybody agrees with me, that the advertising campaign was one of the cutest and definitely had very high top of the mind recall. To me the uniqueness of this campaign was it's simplicity, with no useage of hi-fi technology terms but yet very effectively communicating the message. The pug, played by Cheeka (from UK) became a instant hit and attained the celebraity status.

Some days back my colleuge jokingly asked, it is almost 3-4 years, Hutch has grown substantially, it's Network has grown, but till the dog (which represnts the network & Hutch) has not grown even an inch (he has a point !!) ' but I believe, these canpaigns might have been shooted at the same time, or they have rights to use Cheeka for certain number of years (say 10 years etc) ' so you will see the same Cheeka in future advertisings also. Also, people are so much associated with that Pug, any change (even the grown-up Cheeka) will not have the same effect what the Pug had.

Well, all said and done about Cheeka, the big question is, what will happen to Cheeka now ?? with Vodafone setting it's foot in India through Hutch and eger to establish it's Brand name in India, it is certain to me, that one clear clauality, in this deal, I can foresee is Cheeka (poor chap) and may be O&M. McCann-Erickson is the global agency which handles Vodafone account globally, so it is not clear yet, whether O&M will reatin the account or will it be handed over to McCann.

Eventhough the details of the deal are not completelt out yet, it can be very well assumed that, Vodafone had purchased the rights of brand "Hutch" also, which it will like to use for certain initial years (say 1-2 years) before replacing it with Vodafone brand. Building the Vodafone brand makes more sense as it is the brand which operates in almost 27 countries (compared to Hutch, only in India) and is recognaized by hundreads of millions of users across the globe. Also Vodaphone wants to introduce it's handsets aggressively in Indian market, for which, I am sure they will aggressively build their brnad name. Operating with dual identities, Hutch for services and Vodaphone for Handsets, will confuse the customers and will definitely erode Vodafones brand image. So my guess is Vodafone will agressively start building it's brtand in India. No doubt, it will use Hutch brnad for some time, slowly and gradually replacing it with Vodafone brand. So, no wonder that if see Hutch's logo being replaced by Vodafone at your neighbourhood.

In this entire excise, if I can see somebody smiling loudly, is Advertising agencies (starting from MNC's like O&M, MaCann to local Hoarding manufacturer) as replacing Hutch brand with Vodafone brand will be a huge task and a challenging one. Of course, it also involves tones of money in doing so (read it as some hundred's of Cr), but none of the advertising agencies are complaining about it. But is will be intersting to see, who will bag the account, whether it will be handled by O&M or by MaCann.

The only ray of hope I can foresee for my favouite Cheeka is, using Cheeka in the building of Vodafone brand in India. It will not be a bad idea to use Cheeka in building Vodafone, as people as so much associated with Cheeka, I am sure whether Cheeka represnts Hutch or Vodafone, it will have the same effect.

So hoping to see Cheeka for many more years to come, I would like to close my article with tag line
" Hutch is Dead, Long Live Cheeka ".

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By shailesh S – February 14, 2007

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THE HUTCH DEAL AND BEYOND……

HOW HIGH IS HIGH ??

At last, the race for one of India's most valuable Telecom organization is over. It was rather an anti climax (at least for me !! ) not dragging it to the bidding round, as experienced in Tata ' Corus take over. With number of heavy weight bidders in the ring, led by Reliance Communications & Vodafone, apart from Essar Group, Egypt’s Orascom Telecom and Hinduja Group, the stage was all set for BATTLE ROYALE but surprisingly ending in a one-round completion, making Vodafone the winner. Now, with the results out, let's try to make out what the deal means to Vodafone, to Hong Kong based Hutchison Whampoa (and it's multi billionaire investor Li Ka ' Shing), to Reliance and to the common man of India.

Vodafone the UK based, world's largest Telecom operator, having presence in almost 27 countries across the world, headed by Indian Born Mr. Sarin, it surprises me awesomely by it's non ' aggressive presence in Asian markets, one of world's fastest growing markets. More surprising is its absence from the Indian markets, which is the fastest growing markets on planet earth currently, over taking even China. (Vadafone has an in-direct presence in India through it's 10% stake in Bharti Airtel ' but that is more of an investment to me rather than any serious plans for telecom business in India)

For Vodafone, it was the last and the only chance left to enter the most happening Telecom markets on globe. The two options left for any serious operator to enter the lucrative Indian market is to join hands with the current operator or to enter as an new entrant and try to build from start. The first option is almost ruled out as, major operators like Reliance Communication, Bharti ' Airtel, Idea Cellular in no mood to exist telecom business (of course leaving the Govt. owned BSNL ) and seeing more value in staying in. The second option is a Herculean task given the delay and the time lapse by Vodafone and the regulations hurdles. So Vodafone was more desperate than any of the other bidders to grab this deal. This is also evident from the fact that the valuation put by Vodafone is almost 2-3 billion higher than the other opertors (like Reliance / Essar etc). Eventhough there are some reports that Hinduja's have put valuation higher than $ 19 billion, it is not confirmed yet. In other terms, Vodafone has put-in an Approx. $ 800 per subscriber of Hutch, which is a new High in any Telecom acquization happened till now, acorss the Globe. It is most significant and a mind blowing valuation keeping in mind the ARPU (i.e the average revenue per user, which in turn determines the operators profit and bottom line) of Indian subscriber is much lower than most of the countries at around $ 8.0 per month.

With Hutch, in it's pocket, India will soon become its third largest market with 24.4 million subscribers after Germany and US. Germany is the largest market for Vodafone with 30.6 million subscribers (as of December 31, 2006) while the US (where its has 44.4% stake in Verizon) is the second largest with 26.2 million users. It also makes an strategic sense to Vodafone, to enter the markets (even at these high valuations ) where the Teledensity is mere 17%, which in turn throws up a great potential to scale up. With wireless subscription overtaking the fixed line, most of the growth is expected to be in Wireless area (read Mobile subscription). Just imagine with Teledensity reaching around 50% (in coming years) which makes the subscription base of almost 350+ million (which is as good as combined subscription base of number of European countries). Currently Germany (80%), US (76%), France (78%) and Turkey (67%) of Teledensity, India targeting a Teledensity of 50% is quite possible (may in next 5-10 years). Also, with just basic services on offer currently in India, Vodafone's entry gives it an opportunity to market in the virgin space, it's various value added services, including the 8Mb Broadband it offers in number of countries and host of other services. This, also is the only obvious advantage the common man of India gets with this deal, as he is more accessible and much closer to all these value added services, which Vodafone is expected to introduce in India. Apart from the billions of money changing hands and few Indian's making a kill out of this (likes of Ashim Ghosh, Analjit Singh ).

For Reliance, the second largest operator in India, Hutch was a mouth watering offer, purely from the Technology front of view (even though the ARPU of Hutch is much higher than that of Reliance ' giving Reliance an direct ready-made access to high ARPU group). Reliance is a major operator in CDMA technology, with ambitions to make it equally big in GSM operator ions (in which Hutch operates). It will give Reliance on over night advantage over its nearest rival Bharti Airtel and overnight leadership status in terms of subscriber base. But the valuation by Reliance seems to be valued the Hutch at around $ 15-17 Billions, which is a fair value. I am sure Reliance will come out of this set-back quite fast and it will only makes it much more determined to forge in GSM operations single handedly. It is now interesting to see the second round of battle, with battle lines drawn between Reliance, Bharti-Airtel and Vodafone to gain the stronger foot gain in Indian markets. Does it result in reduced prices for the common man ?? seems difficult, as even today, Indian Mobile tariffs are the lowest in the world and any further squeeze will only burden the companies, their balance sheet and of course the quality of service. May be in the windfall, we may witness increased quality of service, more value added services (without reducing the prices) and better reach by all the major operators. This may even put additional pressure on incumbent BSNL to improve its services, which may be a bonus of our rural and far eastern subscribers (where only BSNL operates).

May be the only two players who are smiling all their way is the Ruia's and Mr.Li Ka-shing. If Ruai's had won the race, they should have kept the entity for some years, selling it later at much beteer appriciation, but even at not winning, makes their 33% stake at whopping $ 6 Billions, a mind boggling sum of money, putting them much ahead of Anil, Mukesh and Premji in terms of pure hard cash (as most of other's holding is through stakes in their copanies) and of course Mr. Li Ka-Shing, whose $ 1 billion (approx) investment in Hutch ' India, today yeilded him a unimaginable $ 6 billion (for his 66 % stake), a return of six times in five ' to -seven years time. This guy surely knows where to put his money, a return of 600% is even beyond his expectations.

On the clsoing note I just wonder what the hell they do with this kind of money ( which I am sure, is much bigger than many of African and Asian countries annual budget), may be putting it again in some other venture and making another hundreds of billions !!!! ' the game in which atleast Li Ka is one of the world's best !!! . and ofcourse, I welcome Vodafone to India and wish Mr. Sarin and his team all the best for the next real battle ' Battle for Indian subscribers !!!

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By shailesh S – February 12, 2007

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Do Emotions have Gender ??

Do emotions have gender?? Well, rather unusual stuff to put it on the blog, but as this was tickling my brain cells for something now, I thought to put my thoughts on this.

I was talking to one of my close friend some time back, when she said, that even if she loves somebody, ( No idea whether she is currently in love with somebody or it was an general statement from her side !!! ) she will not propose to him because she is a girl ( No, I am not talking about a small town girl, I am talking about a smart, girl grown up in a metropolitan city and doing professionally well ) So, I just asked her, how come the gender comes into play in these kind of situations?? Emotions are emotions betond the limits of gender, caste, religion and age. If you love somebody you should express it. It has nothing to do with the gender.

We debated for a while on this and she kept on saying " No, I can't, because I am a Girl ". So I was just wondering is there some set of emotions which are men exclusive ?? as per me, it is Big NO as I believe that emotions are emotions and emotions have no gender, caste religion and age limits. Emotions can be good and bad but definitely not gender specific as they can develop in any one of us (male/female).

To quench my hunger, I tried to find some answers and the as usual I tried to find the same from the web and used Google to find answers. A simple search on Google on the above topic will result you in 12 lac web sites (this means emotions are one of the highly captured subject on the net ) As per Wikipedia, emotions are defined as " an intense mental state that arises autonomically in the nervous system rather than through conscious effort, and evokes either a positive or negative psychological response. An emotion is often differentiated from a feeling."

There are number of theories on the emotions which I tried to understand starting from The Darwinian perspective, The William Jamesian perspective, The cognitive perspective, The social constructivist perspective and the recent The neurological tradition (Plutchik, 1980), but all are confusing as the other. He classified the emotions in to basic eight sets, eight primary emotions. These consist of anger, fear, sadness, disgust, surprise, curiosity, acceptance, and joy. So, if I take these basic classifications where does LOVE falls ? Is Love not a shade of emotions? Or is it a part of Joy ? As emotions are basically reaction of brain, which is in turn influenced by number of things (may be including the gender) like the upbringing, education, environment, surroundings, friends, relatives, past experiences etc, I felt in a way, what she was saying might be right. As a girl, that also an Indian girl, where, she definitely not enjoys the kind of advantages or benefits what the Indian men enjoys, compared to their women population, emotions are also influenced by these facts. May be the men in her position may have different kind of prospective and outlook (keeping the society in view) towards their emotions and the out come of the ex-pression of the emotion.

After going through number of articles and sites on the internet and briefly discussing with couple of friends, I am forced to write, The intensity and the integrity of the emotions of men and women may be the same, much beyond the limits of gender, age, religion (but definitely influenced by the factors like education, upbringing, environment etc) but ex-pression of an emotion is definitely influenced by gender. May be the emotions which men can express freely, may not be possible by women and visa 'a ' versa.

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By shailesh S – February 4, 2007

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Salaam - E - Ishq - A tribute to shades of Love

Yesterday I watched the movie Salaam ' E ' Ishq and I liked it. It is a cool, no-hang-over movie which I thoroughly enjoyed. With good songs and good cast you can enjoy this movie.

Nikhil (the director ' Nikhil Advani) tried to put six different love stories into one single movie and I should admit that he had done it quite seamlessly. It is a story of six pairs, i.e 12 persons, their love, their emotions, their passion, their goals and their dreams. You have the mix of all the emotions running in one movie and if you are emotional, then I think you will like this movie.

In addition to that, you have an wonderful cast, like Salman, John (I know, you girls love him like crazy !! ) Govinda, Anil Kapoor, Akshay and Sohail Khan and opposite to them you have prinakya, Vidya Balan, Stephine, Juhi, Ayesha and Isha Koppikar in that order.

Isha for change looks good in a village girl role (some where interiors of Haryana) and along with Sohail they really make a nice comic pair with goal of celebrating their first Suhag Raat but always ending in wrong place and wrong time. It is really comic with no hot scenes (despite Isha in that role !!! ) ' I enjoyed it.

John and Vidya ' a young vibrant couple ' A traditional Hindu boy marrying a muslim girl ' leaving his family ' loosing his love (her Memory) in an accident and trying to find it back. It is really touching and shows the true love in a very touching manner. And even when she fails to recollect, he says "Lets make a new start and have new memories" (of course in hindi) is really touching. (Dialogue : my choice for the film)

Anil and Juhi makes the pair passing through their middle age dilemma and men looking for "New Avenues" in his life and later realizing the responsibility (can I use that ??) love to his wife and kids and returning back to them. This is a typical hindi drama you might have seen 100's of times on screen and on small screen but the beauty of this story is it is not stretched too long (like the Ekata Kapoor's serials ) ' it is short & sweet.

Govinda and Shannon makes a decent pair with a foreign girl crossing half the globe in search of her love and finding a new love in Govinda. I assure you that it doesn't bore you a bit.

The passion and determination is seen in Prianka & Salman's pair. They covered maximum length of the movie compared to other pairs but why not when you have such a hot pair in the movie. I should admit that Salman still charms !! he is just superb. You just enjoy the role with Salamn in it. No heavy hang-ups just chill and enjoy. It is a fight between love, passion, dream, fame and finally love winning it ' cool one and nice one.

The last pair Akshay and Ayesha ' the confused one (Akshay of course and may be I identify myself with this role !!!!) they both are cute and madly in love. Akshay plays a typical confused guy who loves his girl but don't dare to say " I DO " ' just don't want to take that step (you may say, like all typical men !! ) And finally realizing that love needs commitments!! . Akshay has done justice to the role and I really enjoyed it.

So, over all it is combination of six small stories, portraying six different situations and six different out comes and of course six different emotions ' an over all cool enjoyable movie. And in a nut shell if you want to rate me the movie, I will give 4 out of 5.

Now, Go to the hall and enjoy the movie.