TID BITS ON ME :-)
My name : Jayabharath
Friends call me : Jay
Parents and Family call me : Barath
ARTS:
Since I have been mostly lazy all my life , I haven't taken part actively in anything that has to do with performing/creative arts . But at least I am a big fan of the arts be it movies or theatre or music . And I think art is important.
INTERESTS : I haven't done anything in Sports/Arts so I tend to build on them as hobbies at least.
I want to write Freelance and to be able to play the Guitar in the next couple of years.
SPORTS: I love tennis and I seem to be playing a lot of racquetball nowadays. I like to watch cricket and tennis. I dabble around basketball/baseball/football/soccer sometimes (I mean watching and not playing].
FAVORITE SPORTS STARS:
TENNIS: Men - PETE SAMPRAS , STEFAN EDBERG , GORAN IVANISEVIC[on Grass]
Women - Steffi Graf[retd] , Monica Seles , Gabriela Sabatini[retd], Venus Williams
MOVIES:
Some favorite movies:I am a movie buff and I enjoy all kinds of movies that try to entertain with some creativity . Essentially movies that beg to differ from the conventional kind but at the same time entertain. A strong screenplay with a good cinematography and a decent casting can have me watch any movie.
Movies Strongly I stongly recommend: Dated April 4 2003
*****Chicago.
*****The Pianist
****Confessions of a Dangerous Mind - Good flick with an excellent cinematography .
****Bend it like Beckham
***Road to Perdition
****Signs
ALL TIMERS:
Forrest Gump - Robert Zemeckis
The Shawshank Redemption - Frank Darabont
The Green Mile - Frank Darabont
The Shining/Full Metal Jacket/A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick
The Godfather Collection / Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola
Casino/Raging Bull/Gangs of New York/Goodfellas- Martin Scorcese
Chinatown/The Pianist - Roman Polanski
Gladiator/Black Hawk Down - Ridley Scott
The Sixth Sense - M.Night Shyamalan
The Deer Hunter - Michael Cimino
Schindler's List/ET - Steven Spielberg
Life is Beautiful - Roberto Benigni
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest/Amadeus - Milos Forman
I think that was an unbiased list of the best movies since the 1970s.
INTERNATIONAL MOVIES:
MEXICAN : 1.Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN - Alfonso Cuaron
2.Amores Perros - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
SPANISH : 1. Movies by Pedro Almodovar
GERMAN : 1. Funny Games by Michael Haneke
FRENCH : 1. Chocolat
2.Amelie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet
3. The Piano Teacher - Michael Haneke
BRAZILIAN : 1. City of God - Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund
BOSNIAN : No Man's Land - Danis Tanovic
CHINESE - Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
JAPANESE - Ringu [ Remade as " The Ring" in English]
Favorite Actors
Upcoming: Colin Farrel
General list : Russell Crowe
Edward Norton
Denzel Washington
Bruce Willis
Keanu Reeves
Actresses :
Jennifer Anniston
Sarah Jessica Parker
Charlize Theron
Jennifer Garner
Halle Berry
Favorite TV Series:
Sic Feet Under - HBO
The Sopranos -HBO
Friends -NBC
10 Rules for dating my teenage daughter - ABC
SHOWS: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno-NBC/Da Ali G show-HBO
BOOKS:
Some good ones worth mentioning:
1. The Hours - Michael Cunningham
2. Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri
3. The God of Small things - Arundati Roy
4. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
5. Midnights Children - Salman Rushdie
6.Ulysses/Dubliners - James Joyce.
7. 1984 - George Orwell
recommended authors: VS Naipaul /Rohinton Mistry/PG Wodehouse[comedy]
I am presently reading :[updated April 08 2003] - Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Suggested Reading in Non Fiction : Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
I am not an avid reader but I think I pickup a book that has a good review and has a down-to-earth honest storyline. Once upon a time like everybody else I too read Sidney Sheldon and John Grisham
MUSIC:
I haven't listened to a lot of western music , but I try to be in the music scene so as to pick up anything good that comes up ..
Contemporary Rock: Cold Play , The Dave Matthews Band
Contemporary jazz/pop: Norah Jones
Rap: Eminem
ALL TIMERS:
The Eagles - My favorite band
PINK FLOYD
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
Led Zeppelin
Paul Simon
U2
R.E.M
CLASSICAL : Ludwig Van Beethowen
STANDUP COMEDY:
Best : George Carlin [the 90s series]
Chris Rock
Jerry Seinfeld
That must sum up stuff that can be regarded as Tid Bits .
PLACES
I havent seen a lot of places , but I like to travel , and every chance I get to go somewhere I use it . I like to go to any place that has a good cultural history and has some good places to stay and eat.
FAVORITE CITIES:
I Have been to a few places in the world and I like
1.NewYork City
2. Edinburgh - Scotland
3. Washington DC
I have also been to London , Aberdeen in Scotland , Chicago , Glasgow in Scotland
LIKE TO VISIT: San Francisco / Los Angeles/Paris/Egypt/Rio De Janeiro/ Switzerland/Aspen/Boston
PEOPLE:
Some people who have inspired and influenced me in some small way
1. MK GANDHI
2. Martin Luther King
3.Nelson Mandela
ARTISTS: Charlie Chaplin/James Joyce/Stanley Kubrick
NOTABLE OTHERS: MOTHER TERESA , MOHAMMAD ALI , HELEN KELLER