Sikandar

Its one of the names i have a fascination for… from the Indian version of Alexander’s name to Anil Kapoor in Trimurti, it conveys (to me) someone who can conquer all, someone who is on a plane above normal humans… the reason why the name is the topic of discussion is because i happened to dine in a restaurant by that name sometime back..

while i dont consider myself competent enough to put together a food review, i can safely say that it lived up to its name..of course, i could have been extremely biased because it offered me the opportunity to indulge in another of my fascinations.. sitting at a height and watching humanity move along on the roads below… walking, driving, just moving on, into the night…

i bet thats one of God’s favourite views..wonder what freud would have made out of this… a desire to be above current levels in life? a need to be objective all the time? at a subconscious level, perhaps these could be factors, but at the conscious level, to me, it is a humbling experience, like looking at a starlit sky and us humans below, because it is moments like these that seem to tell me that i am a small part of a huge canvas, an experience that i have no idea about…


until next time, ‘We are all made of stars’……

Comments

15 responses to “Sikandar”

  1. Pallavi Avatar
    Pallavi

    Where is that restaurant ??

  2. Prerona Avatar
    Prerona

    me too! i like that name!

    recently i was seeing a sean connery movie with this name. i think it was made from a ruskin bond story

  3. Anjali Avatar
    Anjali

    Is this a place in Bangalore? If it’s a rooftop type of place I’d love to check it out.

  4. anthony Avatar
    anthony

    Sikandar is a funny name for a restaurant… but its one of my favorite names too… Muqqaddar ka Sikandar

  5. Anonymous Avatar
    Anonymous

    is it generally sitting and watching the world go by OR you have to watch fm a height?
    *curious*
    austere

  6. blokes Avatar
    blokes

    names and their associations. that category can be an entire blog of its own!!

  7. Stone Avatar
    Stone

    Powerful name!!!!

  8. Anjali Avatar
    Anjali

    Ah, I spotted it. Garuda Mall, right?

  9. the Monk Avatar
    the Monk

    Garuda Mall, is it?will check it out, next time I’m home…

  10. manuscrypts Avatar
    manuscrypts

    pallavi: garuda mall… should try it out

    prero: i recently saw mithunda as baba sikandar 🙂

  11. manuscrypts Avatar
    manuscrypts

    anjali: yup, i can see i was too late responding 🙂

    tony: yup, nice movie …

  12. manuscrypts Avatar
    manuscrypts

    austere: hmmm, heights i think, coz ground level coffee days and barista never seem to have this effect…

    blokes: haan, that it could …:)

  13. manuscrypts Avatar
    manuscrypts

    stone: very..

    monk: know what, maybe b’lore should have its unofficial meet soon 🙂

  14. J Avatar
    J

    people they come together
    people they fall apart
    no one can stop us now
    cuz we’re all made of stars

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