Bride and Prejudice vs. Pride and Prejudice

I watched Bride and Prejudice this past weekend. It was a cute adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and a nice way to explore Indian marital customs and cultural clashes with the western world. Aishwarya Rai played the role of Elizabeth quite well and she is so stunningly beautiful. Martin Henderson was also a good choice for Mr. Darcy who was transformed into a Wealthy American in this film. This film was a musical and they had everything from Punjabi bhangra numbers, Mexican ballads to a full gospel choir. It definitely added to the colorfulness of the film. I saw the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice with Keira Knightley and Matthew MacFayden a few months ago, and have to say that in terms of acting, it is a higher quality version, but it lacks the color, music and humor of Bride, but both are wonderful in the different choices they make to tell the same story.

43 Things

There is a site called 43things.com where you can list your goals. The idea is to list 43 things you want to do and track your progress. I am up to 30 things right now. This site is nice for someone like me who is very ambitious about what I want to do. I hope to have all of my 43 things by next weekend. Then begin to comment about my progress more regularly. To check out my goals go to 43things.com/person/sawanttara. There is also a site called 43 places to keep track of all the places you've visited and want to visit.