Anacin with Anil..

I think it's time to change the title of the blog!

2009-10-16T12:45:00.001+05:30

It's me who needs heavy doses of Anacin these days! Poor me! :)

Being single...

2009-10-15T20:18:00.005+05:30

Telling myself I am fine all by myself...
Imagining random women proposing to me and how I would turn down...
Drooling at every pretty woman around...
Visiting honeymoon places with single friends...
Hoping my best friend looking for a match doesn't get married soon...

I think I am loving being single!

A day to remember

2009-09-14T23:17:00.002+05:30

I bought my first litre of petrol today! Ofcourse the two-wheeler it went into ;)

What's crazy is that I can't ride even a bicycle! :D

Stop it

2009-09-05T17:26:00.004+05:30

The owner of this blog is alive and is searching for the missing blogger in him. Thank you for all the love but please stop sending flowers! :P

Shit! I grew up!

2009-04-02T22:12:00.004+05:30

Here's a challenge: "MAKE A PAPER BOAT."

P.S. : For all the "Shit!I-grew-up!" adults like me : Oh so complicated western paper boats!

Back!

2009-04-02T21:04:00.003+05:30

I am back. So is my depression. That's probably why I call it chronic!

I hate my life completely! The only good part is the realization that I never hated it so much!

I want a life with a hope for future. I want to like the weekdays as much as the weekends. I want to be able to dream. I want to sleep without depressing thoughts. I want to wake up with a smile. I want to be happy. From the heart. All over again.

I hope to find some passion in life. Someone found it with UPSC. Someone else in a higher degree. I need my way out.

I ought to be doing something. I wish I knew what.

P.S. : I guess I just have too much of free time these days! :)

Female boozing!

2009-01-11T12:46:00.004+05:30

Someone asked my opinion on the topic. I said "Fine by me, as long as the one I get married to doesn't turn out to be a husband-beating compulsive alcoholic bitch!" :P

Oh! Happy New Year BTW! :) One of my new year resolutions was to have atleast one blogpost a week, which I clearly already broke! Well, let's just hope it would be one per fortnight atleast!

Atoot bandhan!

2008-11-21T21:04:00.005+05:30

Have you ever travelled with a man who left you both in disgust and awe? A man who can fart, snore and sleep-talk rhythmically enough to leave the best of musicians green with envy, not losing the tempo for once, totally in sync with the rattling bitch of a train, all through the night?

I think I have some bond with chronic farters. They all somehow get into my coach, always! Wah re Indian Railway!

An insulting compliment!

2008-10-28T01:34:00.005+05:30

So, I was coming back home from Chennai for Diwali. The train almost reached Hyderabad Deccan. I was alone in my compartment. My friends got off at Sec'bad. One of the ticket checking squad popped up and asked for my ticket. I gave a haughty smile and produced my ticket. "Your reservation is only till Sec'bad" he said. I jumped out of my seat. It was, indeed. The tickets were booked by my friends. And they have screwed me big time. I haven't ever travelled with a wait-listed ticket, let alone ticketless. Totally panicking, I tried to convince it "just slipped my mind"! He then nicely explained how he doesn't care a rat's rear and how I would have to pay as much as I paid from Chennai to Sec'bad. I checked my pocket. I had only Rs. 100, thanks to the pouring rain when I boarded the train and more thanks to my laziness. I then had to do something I thought I could ever do. Pursue him to keep the Rs. 100 note and call it even. It was as easy as I watched on TV9 (only more conscience pricking.. "Would I have chosen to pay the fine instead, if I had enough money?".. No clue!)

And that wasn't why it all got onto the blog. He then tried to start a friendly talk. In a "Iam-a-bribe-taking-bastard-but-let-me-pursue-you-to-think-Iam-a-thorough-gentleman" voice, "What do you do? Where are you from?". "A (brand new) Software Engineer (God! How much I hate calling myself that!). Iam from Hyderabad!".

It was then he said it. "Accha! But your Hindi is too "shuddh"!!"

Ah! What a slap in face! Delhi- what have you done to me!

Lat uljhi.. suljha ja baalam..

2008-10-28T01:22:00.004+05:30

Can't stop humming!

Doesn't get off my mind!

Absolutely addictive!

08 - Manmohini Mor...

Abba Dabba Jabba..

2008-10-04T01:10:00.008+05:30

Nevermind if you don't understand that. My apologies to the two people missing my posts. (One of them being, of course, I-Me-Myself!) Lot started to happen suddenly. A city that speaks a language I don't understand (completely yet.. Some say I speak good Tamizh.. "Manage pandringe" :P Only 10 sentences and 20 words in all possible permutations and combinations), a job that keeps me busy-doing-nothing, a climate that makes me want to rip my clothes off and get into a shower. New friends. New neighbours. Colleagues. A BOSS to report to! My cubicle. A VOIP phone. My own dustbin. OK.. I stop.

I miss the pleasure of blogging in leisure. (Not 'punny' enough?) It's just that after 5 days of staring at the computer, I would rather watch a movie or read a book or doze off than write some garbage. But the blogging germ doesn't get off my train of thoughts. I would subconsciously draft how I would describe the experience of getting stuck in Chennai's local train with men I doubt have never taken bath in their life or how I would describe the 'Idli' eating procedure religiously followed by almost all of the people I had happened to share a table with or the plight of getting into a public bus with a kg of beach sand in your underwear and so on.

Well, here I am to litter again.

Something has to be done to Chennai's climate. Sun is 20 light years closer, humidity always competing with the best of saunas . Nights are, thankfully, such a relief. And when it rains, I feel 10 all over again! :D

Food! Awesome! You should know where to eat and heaven is not quite far. After 2 years of potato-eating in Delhi, it feels great to know there are other vegetables to eat.

The city is so feel goody! I suddenly realise I am one of the few 'fair'est men in the city. I feel like the bimbo in "Fair and Lovely" ad.

One of the most intense intestine stirring moments happens almost everyday, when I go to restaurants. Watching people eat Idli... Simple. Imagine the soft, white, delicious Idli is your enemy's throat. Squeeze the living daylights out of it. Mash it to dead pulp. Pour a litre of sambar. Add all the chutneys served. Demand more of them if not satisfied. Knead them all like crazy. Make dollops of no-longer-an-Idli and toss them high in air a couple of times. Pop them into mouth. Slurp! Who cares if you've made the person across the table puke? :P

Temples!! Lots and lots of them. Haven't found my favourite yet.

Conversing. A complete English sentence would intimidate people easily. "Come-uh?". "Fast-uh?". Half my English vocabulary and grammar is "Fucked up already-uh!". BTW, making a sentence from a limited set of Tamizh words is fun!

Auto-wallahs! If there was any "Biggest-#%^&%-ever" contest, it goes to Chennai auto-wallahs collectively. Hands down! A 3 km ride would cost you Rs. 100? "Petrol rate saar!". Petrol, my ass! Does your auto drink a gallon per mile? Kingerfisher airline bastards charge at half your rate per km! My salary would be easily gone halfway through a trip round Chennai!

Beaches.. Nothing more soothing! But had a really bad experience. Had got into water reluctantly. From "only ankle deep" to "only till knees" to "a plunge feels amazing", had drenched myself completely for an hour, only to come out in soggy and suddenly heavy clothes. Walked a mile or so. Felt a sand paper stuck in my underwear. Realised it was just sand. (Wondered how the effect wasn't any different!) Couldn't find an auto-rickshaw. Got into a jam packed public bus. Sworn at the men that smelled like dead fish, for an hour. Realised it was actually me, the giant water-dripping-dressed-in-T-Shirt-whale, then. Got home sticky, with atleast a kilo of finest sand of the beach. Never got into beach water again!

On the whole, quite a nice place to live in. Until you start missing family, friends and the city that brought you up! A new phase of life. Lot more to experience. Lot more to explore. Wish it were all in my home. My hometown.

First Salary!!

2008-07-31T17:30:00.003+05:30

That should explain the hiatus. I now have a "job". (Why does that sound funny in my head, BTW? It's like "A JOB? ROFL!")
No matter how much I am NOT happy about my work and about my salary, this day is to be etched in my life's best pages.
Yay! My first peanuts!
My plans: Spend it all!

P.S.: Readers cannot request, demand or beg for treats! Tight budget boss!! :P

పిబరే రామ రసం..

2008-05-24T03:17:00.005+05:30

There are some songs that are written and sung with all heart. Only those touch hearts. Here is one of such songs. A wonderful keertana by Sadasiva Brahmendra. This rendition by Kalyani Menon(mother of cinematographer Rajeev Menon) makes it even more special. The reverence and devotion her voice radiates leave me in a trance everytime I hear it. Goosebumps and tears!

Now Iam ashamed to say that I only listen to Film music. And this one is no exception. From the film "Morning Raga".

Here is the complete keertana:
పిబరే రామరసం రసనే
పిబరే రామ రసం

దూరీకృత పాతకసంసర్గం
పూరిత నానావిధ ఫలవర్గం

జననమరణ భయశోకవిదూరం
సకలశాస్త్ర నిగమాగమసారం

పరిపాలిత సరసిజగర్భాండం
పరమపవిత్రీకృత పాషాండం

శుద్ధపరమహంస ఆశ్రమగీతం
శుకశౌనక కౌశికముఖపీతం

పిబరే రామరసం రసనే
పిబరే రామరసం..

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Nothing like summer rains!!

2008-05-21T02:24:00.006+05:30

Can anything beat a downpour during scorching summer days?

Kabhi kabhi Aditi..

2008-05-20T23:12:00.002+05:30

Aaah! What a beautiful song! On repeat mode on my player all day today.

I soooo wish I knew a heartbroken Aditi I could sing this song to! :D

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Lag ja gale..

2008-05-14T23:48:00.002+05:30

The most romantic song ever. Period.

(The picturization could have been better?)

The missing chocolate box!

2008-05-05T14:41:00.003+05:30

My sister is on an internship at a place far away from home. Without any friends. It was her B'day on May 1st.(Yes! Labour day!) I moved my lazy ass to buy her a card and a box of chocolates and couriered them. That bitch at booking said it would reach on 1st. It reached on 3rd. I was thanked for the card and sweet words. I wondered the Ferrero Rocher chocolates must be atleast half as sweet as my words! No mention of it? I inquire about the same and realise the box never reached. :( There was just a card in an envelope 3 times its size, heavily taped.

It is not about the chocolate box. Nor about its price. It was meant to be a B'day gift to someone lonely, away from home for the first time in life. I can send another box now but it wouldn't be the same. It could not have been an accident. I asked the booking bitch if the packing was OK and she said she would use extra taping.

I feel very bad. Very very bad.

Problems solved

2008-05-02T11:03:00.009+05:30

After an effective retrospection, I seem to know what my problems are. Iam gonna do something about each of them.

1. Iam lazy! But who isn't? Iam happy being so. Iam SO gonna live with it. Till death does us apart.

2. I procrastinate too much. I decided to give this up. Tomorrow. Or the day after. Or someday I feel like doing it.

3. Iam fat! My once role model Adnan Sami, who I used to look up to(stepping back, just to see him completely), now gives me a complex! And Kareena's "size zero" reminds me I must be size Nine-Zero-Zero. Dieting is unhealthy and excercise way too gruelling. So I decided to get sucked. (Liposuction, you pervert!) I also decided to get Kareena shot to death. For now, my weight has to wait. Till I earn enough.

4. I whine constantly. But it's a problem only to my listeners! Why am I whining about it?

5. I sometimes blog without any point whatsoever for no sane reason! But Hey! Don't some bloggers do it all the while with 10 posts a day? And who cares as long as someone reads them, by the way! :D

6. My excessive love for '!' !!!! I seem to have forgotten when not to use a '!'. Sentences like "He farted aloud while observing two minute silence in the condolence meeting." don't need an exclamation. Or do they?!!?!?!!!?!?!?!

And finally, my professional solution to your problems:
Live with them!

N.B.

2008-04-30T14:13:00.005+05:30

I bought a mineral water bottle for Rs. 12 yesterday. The 'middle class' soul in me was wondering "Not so long ago, the same bottle was Rs. 10!". The wittier side of me sprung up and reminded "A little longer yet not really that long ago, it was FREE!"

Yes, nothing in this world is free. Except my Anacin. :) Yet! :P

IPL!

2008-04-25T16:44:00.013+05:30

Iam more interested in caprophagy of rabbits than in the IPL. (Nonetheless the curvaceous cheer-leaders make me drool!) Crazy cricket freaks have been having a fairly good time with the daily dose of cricket and white skin. Nice.

But a recent development in our hostel TV room is the split between the otherwise Indian cricket fans into 'North India supporters' and 'South India supporters'. So much that people have started name calling and mutual exhibition of longest fingers.

We Indians have enough things to hate each other. Dont add cricket to the list! For all those who think a team's mettle, which is proportional to the owner's wealth alone, is in anyway a measure of the spirit of a city, I will have to say "Kiss my a$*", much like that guy in our TV room yesterday !!

Soundarya..

2008-04-17T14:35:00.006+05:30

One of the finest actresses ever. One of the most beautiful Indian women ever. The woman that brought back the dignity women lost onscreen. The only actress of her time who believed in her histrionics rather than skin. The only actress that came close to replacing the legendary "Mahanati" Savitri.

Hard to believe it's been four years. Will remain loved the same forever(or even more everyday?). Will be missed till the end of good Telugu movies.

Miss you Angel.

Best brains of the country?

2008-04-17T13:58:00.007+05:30

Sometimes when I see unflushed lavatories, fag ends and litter all over the places they ought not be, spits and "I-dont-know-WHAT!" stains on walls, people with "who-cares-if-I-smell-like-a-fart-I-will-never-take-a-shower" faces, I wonder if I still am in an IIT hostel! Some of the best brains of the country?

MY (clean) A$#!

It's high time we hired the infamous Virginia-Tech gunman!

P.S.: What did that shit hole that left that disgusting heap in the loo eat yesterday? Kill me NOW! :(

U.. Me.. aur Hum..

2008-04-16T00:52:00.005+05:30

True test of love is the time of difficulty. To be able to love someone, as much as you love yourself, is to love indeed! No matter how much you feel you love a person, there almost always remains a tiny but invincible distance between that person and you. As they say, "Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people"!
Are you sure your love crossed that distance? God forbid, but are you ready for a test, that might wash out your love for yourself as well?
An honest film. Effortless performance by the lead. Kudos!

And the title track! Something that would remain at the back of my mind- FOREVER!
"Apne rang gawaen bin.. mere rang mein ghul jaao..
apni dhoop bhujaaye bin.. mere chhaao mein aa jaao..
chalo yoon karen..
tum.. tum bhi raho..
main.. main bhi rahoon..
hum.. hum bhi rahen..
teenon milke saath chale.. saathi janam janam.. U.. Me.. aur Hum..!

jaise badal pani ka yaaraana hai
jaise gul aur khusboo ka dostana hai
waise hi rahe hum tum.. waise hi jiye hum tum..
tere mere haathon mein koi bhi pinjra na ho..
ek dooje par apna haq toh ho, kabza na ho..
har haal mein, tum.. tum bhi raho.. main.. main bhi rahoon.. hum.. hum bhi rahen..

ek din toh woh lamha bhi aana hai..
donon mein se ek ne chale jaana hai..
baatein yeh sabhi hum tum..
jaanle abhi hum tum..
dono milke saath mein aise jeena seekhlen
taaki jo peechhe rahe usko na ho mushkilen..
chalen yoon jiyen..
'gar main na rahoon.. ya tum na raho.. hum hum hi rahen..
jaise saaya saath chale.. saath rahe har dum..
U.. Me.. aur Hum..U.. Me.. aur Hum..U.. Me.. aur Hum.. "

Need I say "Go watch it"?
P.S. Only if you don't walk out of a movie that can make you shed some tears howling "What CRAP was that!?"

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

2008-04-10T03:38:00.005+05:30

I have just finished watching the whole 10 season series(in less than a month). I wonder when and how much I got attached to those characters! Phoebe's eccentricity(I LOVE this woman!), Joey's innocence, Ross's geekdom, Monica's obsessions, Chandler's jokes! We all have bits of those in us. Is that why?
Will miss all the fun!

And I soooooooooo feel like a crazy TV-b*tch stuck to K-soaps now!

Make over!

2008-03-13T21:17:00.004+05:30

Not so long ago, I bought myself a pair of anti-glare-zero-power-designer(too much detailing huh?) glasses. People say I look really good wearing them. They also say I look younger. Like a 24 or 25 year old. The interesting thing though is that Iam actually 23!

Super IQ?

2008-02-23T18:27:00.003+05:30

Super IQ test at Tickle

"The way you think about things makes you an Original Thinker. This means you're a naturally abstract thinker. You pick up visual detail that others routinely miss. You're also very good at making connections that don't already exist, and you have your own ideas of how the world works. While your talents matter greatly in real life, they are sometimes overlooked in less thorough intelligence tests.

How did we determine that your thinking style is that of an Original Thinker? When we examined your test results further, we analyzed how you scored on 8 dimensions of intelligence: spatial, organizational, abstract reasoning, logical, mechanical, verbal, visual and numerical. The 3 dimensions you scored highest on combine to make you an Original Thinker. Only 6 out of 1,000 people have this rare combination of abilities."

Another feather in my over-crowded cap! :P (Height of snobbism?)

I wonder..

2008-02-22T01:25:00.001+05:30

what could be the reason "Penis enlargement" (and other) spammers suddenly shifted to GMail from Yahoomail?

Hooray, Iam in deep shit with spam!

Blogging is about.....

2008-01-30T01:09:00.000+05:30

A quote from the movie "Sydney White":

Gurkin: Does anyone know another word for "douchebaggery"?
I don't want to use it a third time.
His friend: Gurkin, no one reads your whiny blog anyway.
Gurkin: "peoplespunisher.com" is not about being read.
It's about being written!

:P So it is here!

P.S.1: BTW dont you think "peoplespunisher.com" is a brilliant name for a blog? :P Wish I were that creative!

P.S.2: Let me also quote another scene from the same movie.
{A 'punk' babe bumps into this blogger wearing a T-shirt reading "peoplespunisher.com". Looking at him....}

Babe: No way!!! You read peoples punisher too?
PP: I write it.
Babe: Oh, my God! It's the most genius thing ever. Did you know that the Brew House has a spoken-word night devoted to that blog?
PP: Really?
Babe: Yeah......................... hmmm........ And I know this is really embarrassing, but I swore that if I ever met the peoples punisher guy, ........................ (biting lips) well, I'd hook up with him.

P.S3: Well this blog isnt really for P.S2 but, trust me, I wouldn't really mind it. Really! :P

మీ శ్రేయోభిలాషి!

2008-01-11T01:30:00.000+05:30

There are movies that make you forget your problems for sometime and then there are films that inspire you enough to fight your problems. This is one of the latter kind.

"Life is a bitch" someone said. It makes you yearn for death sometimes. The beauty of the "bitch" lies in coming out of its problems, giving it all you have, gathering all it needs!

A film that tells you "No problem is big enough to take your life for. After all, it's just a tough test!"

A film that needs a pat for attending to the cry of the society, for saying the needed, for trying to make people realise that the beauty of human life is beyond its morbidness!

Go watch 'Mee Shreyobhilashi'.

The phone call..

2008-01-06T02:19:00.000+05:30

The phone ring brought him back to this world.

"Hello"
"Guess who?"
"Hey! I was just thinking about you girl! So.. what's new?"
"Nothing much. Same old boring stuff. Thought of pinging you."
"Iam glad you did. And by the way, don't you think you are too busy these days?"
"Dude! Look who's whining? Its you who has been busy with the new girl friends at college!"
"Oh yeah! I have women chasing me, don't I?"
"Haha! OK tell me this. Do you remember anybody called Sandeep in our class at school?"
"Sandeep? NO! Why?"
"Of late, I have someone calling me regularly. He calls himself Sandeep and he knows everything about me!"
"Ahaan! Guess who has a new boy friend in town?"
"He also knows about you kid!"
"Whoa! Who is he?"
"I don't know. It feels creepy!"
"Hahaha. I was just playing a prank!"
"Don't tell me. I can recognise you even when Iam half asleep."
"Not me dumbo. I employed somebody to scare the shit out of the brave girl!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
"You swear?"
"I swear!"
"No. Say 'Deepika I swear by you'"
"Deepika I swear by you........ I was lying!"
"I knew it! You could never be so clever!"

He was happy that she was clever. Enough to understand what she meant to him.

Patriotism!

2008-01-06T01:47:00.000+05:30

I will not become corrupt. I will not add to the existing chaos in this country. I will serve this country to my ability and possibility. I will be a good citizen. I will try to remain a human being. I would neither preach nor whine about what others should be doing for the country. And all the while, I would have my share of fun! That's my idea of patriotism!

Ideal match!

2008-01-05T01:09:00.000+05:30

One of my friends today asked me: How does one choose one's partner? Like Iam some relationship expert or did-ten-thousand-ladies kind huh? And my reply was something that makes me proud of myself!

"There are two people living within you. One is the person you want to be known as. Well mannered, well behaved, intelligent, successful, exemplary, blah blah blah and more blah blah. The other is the real you. The one you actually are. When you are home with your family (or better all alone), you are most comfortable, digging your nose, scratching your bum, doing what you like, not giving a damn about anything or anybody. Only your family knows this real you. If you have found somebody you can BE YOURSELF with, not trying to "behave yourself", you have THE ONE!"

What all I want to be!

2008-01-04T14:00:00.000+05:30

Here's a list of what all I want to be in random order:

Communication/Signal Processing Engineer

Writer

Restaurateur

Director/ Script writer

Genetic engineer

Psychiatrist/Psychologist

PhD

MBA

Professor

Singer (both classical and hard core filmy)

Fashion Designer

Entrepreneur

Manager of an old age home

A kindergarten/primary school teacher! [relive your childhood day in and day out! :) ]

And on the day I would die, I wanna be a hardcore computer programmer, so I would be jumping-happy to die at the end of the day! :P

When you dont listen to your heart..

2007-12-04T18:45:00.000+05:30

Well.. I did it all over again!! 'Following the common lot' bug would never leave me?? I have been through a course I never wanted to be in. The biased grading made things even worse! I am now left with the worst grade I have ever got, successfully stooping my GPA! An *almost* Nine pointer would now become an almost eight pointer (not any lesser hopefully!).

The point is neither the GPA nor the grade sheet blotted with the awful grade. Why is it tough for me to listen to my heart? Why is it difficult to go my own way? The way my heart guides me. Because I would not have anybody to blame for the potential failures along the journey? Or for the fear of losing the potential success in others' way? Both being "potential", I should rather listen to my heart! :(

P.S.: This post is like the "graffiti" stuff. More to make myself think than to preach. You can as well skip it. The next dose of Anacin might take quite a while! :(

Slip of the tongue!

2007-11-29T01:41:00.000+05:30

My friend wanted some videos for a technical presentation. His work is on gesture analysis. He goes up to this girl who has some videos useful to him.

Friend: Can I please have the videos you have. Give ones with some skin color.

Girl: Actually, I had them shot with my clothes on!

Friend: :O :O :O

My first Diwali away from home!!

2007-11-10T02:02:00.000+05:30

Its been a long long day!! But trust me the day wasn't as sad as that title sounds!!

Well ya! It would have been wonderful if I were home! I would have woken up at 11AM (you wake up early on festival days!). After the usual "human activities", I would have gorged myself with whatever sweet mom would have had made! I would then have negotiated with dad about the cracker-allowance, would have taken double the money agreed upon, promising him that its "just in case" fund and then spend all of it for crackers! :P Then would have started the "bisection" of the cracker pool, have fought with my sister over sparklers, pencils or color matches (the fight could have gotten physical too, I dont know!!). And then in the evening, me and my sister would have enjoyed the way half my father's salary burst, would have been tired of the two hour "salary-burning-event" and then a tight sleep without dinner(hardworking people dont bother about food! :P ).

That has been happening since years. Iam away from home this Diwali for the first time and my family chose not to celebrate today and pilgrimage instead, to Shirdi! OM SAI RAM! (That was some in-heart chanting! :P) But I chose to burst crackers. With my friends for a change. With almost half my stipend sadly! (I missed you so much dad! I swear!)

This Diwali started 15 mins earlier at 10:45AM when my friend called me to wake me up to buy some more crackers[bought some last night but got to know crackers are cheaper in the market just beside the campus! :( So re-buy! :P ]. Manohar brought sweets instead of my mother! Gulped few. Quickly finished the shopping. Sweared last night's cracker-man and rushed back! I had my tickets booked for "Saawariya"s matinee. Chased a few autos, bad-mouthed few autowallahs. Finally made it in time. Movie talk in another post.

After returning to hostel, enlightened friends about the movie. "Trisected" the pile of crackers bought. And I must tell you "stipend bursts" weren't any different to "salary bursts". Only the costlier crackers we bought yesterday dint burst at all!! Tusssssss and gone! (That cracker-man should ROT IN HELL!) And then came a sudden invite to "Om Shanti Om" from some friends and I said "why not!" :D. Movie talk in another post, again! :P But Deepikaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Mmmmmmmmmmmuaaaaaaahhhhhhh!!

That's all possible in a day folks! Two movies, 2.5hrs of cracker bursting, two small blisters on fingers, no proper food all day, a crush-turned-fixation and 2.5K dip in my bank balance!! THAT was my first Diwali away from home!

How creative!!

2007-11-09T03:34:00.000+05:30

Have a look at this!!

Iam planning to add this to my wishlist! :D

Home Sick!!

2007-10-26T00:19:00.000+05:30

Before you get sympathetic, I should tell you a fact. Iam home! Iam at the end of my long(?) vacation (6 legal days + 4 French leave days). I should start early morning tomorrow. Today actually! In 6 hrs . Bags are *ALMOST* packed. And I suddenly feel a terrible "I-dont-want-go" syndrome deep down my heart, throat, stomach and the rest of my digestive system. Four hours ago, I assured my mom, who was pleading me to stay back the weekend, that I really wanted to go! I was actually guilty of missing 5 classes! And now I realize, I was NOT!

I cant cancel my ticket for the reservation counters would be open only two hours after the departure of the train.

Iam homesick (at home)!

:(

P.S.: I know Iam a gone case and Bye, I should pack my bags! :((

Happy Days!!

2007-10-18T16:22:00.000+05:30

Well, thats the new mantra, students in (of) Andhra Pradesh chant! HAPPY DAYS! For the innocent, its the latest college flick. I have heard a lot about the film and wanted to check it out myself. The cinema was thronged by college students, a few family audience as well.

As the movie started, I realized the crowd knew where to shout and who to whistle for. Some of them shouted the lines before the actors did! Fair enough!

Its a story of a batch of engineering students. Their first day at college, ragging, new friendships, first love, chick chasing, fights with seniors (and friends!), exams and sundries (This is my favourite word these days, nevermind its regular appearance in my posts! :P)! Quite a feel-good movie but I felt it lacked something that would have made it OUTSTANDING!

What troubles me is the after effect of the movie! If THOSE were the "Happy Days", I now realize, not only have I gone past such possibilities, but also I have never had them in my life!! My engineering days were BORING to say the least!! I have not chased any chicks (neither seniors, nor batchmates, let alone the juniors!). I have not busted asses of any seniors. No trips. No girl proposed to me. Poor me!!

But yes, it made me nostalgic about the small gang I was in. The few TRUE friends I made, the movies we've all been to, the outings, reasonless giggles, bitching, some people I've hurt badly, some gangs like the one in the movie. Those were ofcourse my Happy Days! I wish I could go back in time, relive the past, "CTRL+Z" some mistakes and do all things I wish I had done!

Go watch the movie, get nostalgic (or sad like me! :P)!!

Friends be friends.. Sisters be sisters..

2007-10-07T22:02:00.001+05:30

I here by pledge that I would keep my female-friends "friends" and would NEVER celebrate 'rakhi' with them. Here is the reason:

I have just bumped into a girl's profile on ORKUT.com during one of my chick-snooping sessions. She was my 'primary-school-childhood' neighbour and my sister's best friend. She used to tie me rakhi every year for pencil boxes, toffees, ribbons, bangles and other sundries.

She is half-a-Sonali Bendre now!

:(

VIVA VOCE humour!

2007-10-06T23:27:00.001+05:30

Viva voce examination is any engineer's nightmare but sometimes they turn out to be such hells of hilarious moments! A friend of mine and I were discussing some sundries and we shared some of such stuff. Here are the best.

My friend's:
My friend was waiting for his viva-voce examination. One of his seniors was giving his meanwhile.

Examiner : How does a motor start?
Senior : Daddadaddaddadaddadaddadaddad. :|
Examiner : :O :O :O How the hell did you come to second year! :O

My best: A classmate of mine, a girl, was toooo very intelligent! (Appreciate my euphemism!:P) That was Mechanical workshop viva voce examination.

Examiner : Can you draw a tap (tap wrench!) ?
The intelligent girl draws a tap that resembles one in toilets! :D
Intelligent classmate : Sir, here it is! (She's too excited for she knows the answer, probably for the first time ever in her life!)
Examiner : :O Would I get water if I open this? (He probably din't know another way to react!)
Intelligent classmate : One second please.
Takes back the answer sheet, puts 20 dots at the nozzle and hands back the sheet to the examiner.
Examiner : :O :O :O :O :O (speechless!)

More when I recollect!

P.S.: Share some of your experiences!

Sometimes you so wish dinosaurs weren't extinct!

2007-10-04T18:05:00.000+05:30

Thank you Chetan Bhagat for the line! I now introduce one of the hundred characters in me, the LOSER!

One of my friends was unwell and I had to take him to hospital. We enter the Doc's room. And I TALK for him!

Me: Doctor, he donated blood sometime back in Sep.
Doc: OK
Me: He got a report in return which talks of HIV infection.
Doc: Oooooooh!
Me: Look.. it says "Reactive to HIV"

She suddenly goes pale with terror and worry. I felt it was too much of a reaction! That's when I realized that I had said HIV instead of HBV!!

Me: Oh Iam so sorry. Its HBV. Hepatitis-B.
Doc: OH MY GOD! (she howls!)

She sighs with relief and chuckles. I give a shameless GRIN. Why not? It isn't the first time I made a fool of myself!

A rumour called the "Right to Emergency Care"!

2007-10-02T16:07:00.000+05:30

I had received the following mail a few days ago:
______________________________________________
"" Right to Emergency Care:
Date Of Judgment: 23/02/2007.
Case No.: Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007.

The Supreme Court has ruled that all injured persons especially in the case of road traffic accidents, assaults, etc., when brought to a hospital / medical centre, have to be offered first aid, stabilized and shifted to a higher centre / government centre if required. It is only after this that the hospital can demand payment or complete police formalities. In case you are a bystander and wish to help someone in an accident, please go ahead and do so. Your responsibility ends as soon as you leave the person at the hospital.

The hospital bears the responsibility of informing the police, first aid, etc.

Please do inform your family and friends about these basic rights so that we all know what to expect and what to do in the hour of need. Please not only go ahead and forward, use it too!!!! ""
_______________________________________________

I felt the issue was too important to be missed by newspapers and I Googled. Here's what I found:
"Appeal (civil) 919 of 2007" according to SC website is: THIS!

It is actually about a health care organization importing medical equipment!

After talking to some of my online friends, I am very sorry to realize this whole "Right to Emergency Care" is a rumour flooding the Internet!

I so wish this were true! Whoever started this whole thing had a nice ulterior motive, "To instill humanity in human beings"! But this isn't the right way! I wish this becomes true someday, for this country badly needs it!

Also, this teaches me a great lesson: "Think before you hit the FORWARD button!"

P.S.: Any references that approve that this is indeed a judgement passed by the Supreme Court of India, would be welcomed!

Naya Naya, Dhula Dhula..

2007-09-26T15:35:00.000+05:30

I had listened to this song in repeat mode for 25 times last night! I don't know why! And I have still not had enough of it! KK is my favourite singer! Chitra is my Goddess! And the song has both!

Observe her play with voice and those vibratos in the antaras! Sweet, sensual, flirtateous and soooo pleasing to ears! Sadly Anu Malik is the only composer who identified her potential! Hope there's lot more to come!

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One more reason to ADORE Ilayaraja!

2007-09-16T02:49:00.000+05:30

Today was supposed to be my nightmare! I had to present my research work for evaluation. And the committee I was in had some people notorious for their “man-eating” capabilities! I had not started any formal work yet! All I knew were the basics, some probable solutions for the problem I am working on and a “vision” for the future (read "the actual implementation" :P)! Oh I forgot to tell you! My research is on music analysis, pitch detection to be precise!

There I go with my laptop and music system (uummmmmmah! "Tum jiyo hazaaro saal" :D). I had to make the presentation sitting for some unimportant reasons. I could feel my left leg shivering like its gone mad! Held it with left hand and started presenting. I was so nervous that I dint realize I forgot to put the slide show in full-screen mode! :P My research guide said “Anil, press F5!” after 3 slides! “You loser, they would find you irresistibly scrumptious today” I said to myself!

I went on, now in full-screen mode, and then presented a simple analysis of the aalaap from the song “Suvvi suvvi....” (Swathimutyam), a masterpiece by THE Ilayaraja. I could see the instant ecstasy on some of the committee members! “Excellent aalaap” screamed one of them! “Hell! I could do it!” I thought! :D I then got a little confident of myself and finished my presention with stammering words, but making all sense I could.

“Very nice! You grabbed my attention and retained it all the while.” said the most notorious!

“Anil, I haven’t seen your presentation before but it was very nice. The pace, flow, arrangement of the content was good. And the example you have shown is excellent. Good” said my guide!

“It’s the genius of the composer, Ilayaraja, sir, not mine!” I said almost immediately.

“But the fact that you could understand the nuances of your research and present them well! Very commendable” replied the most notorious!

"Oh! You were supposed to make a 10 minute presentation. You took 25 minutes! And we never realised it!" said another rather sweet and kind hearted!

Ilayaraja made my day big time! I now have one more reason to ADORE him! :D

P.S.1: The second-most notorious couldn’t make it to the appraisal! :P

P.S.2: Dad’s 50th birthday, Vinayaka Chavithi pooja (and prasadam! :P) to start the day with, good comments from the committee, nice “eaten-with-hand” Andhra meal for dinner, a midnight birthday treat! Officially one of the most memorable days!

P.S.3: The date should be 15th September 2007 instead! Iam soooooo nocturnal you see! :D

P.S.4: Sorry if you felt that there were more P.S.s than the number of lines in the post! :D That’s the way I am!

Maestro!

2007-09-08T01:39:00.000+05:30

Give him 3 notes Sa-Ri-Ga! Here's what he can do!

And you tho't he can only make you laugh?

2007-09-06T01:15:00.000+05:30

Subtle! Simple on words! Right into your heart! That's Jandhyala!

OK! OK! Here's something to cheer you up now!

P.S.: Both from the film "Shh.. Gup Chup"

FANS??

2007-09-06T01:10:00.000+05:30

Oops they did it again! Here it is!

:O Official "fans" website way before the release of his debut film??

Can't wait!

2007-09-06T00:42:00.000+05:30

Its "rain"ing songs!

2007-09-02T18:16:00.000+05:30

It poured in Delhi today! As ever, the kid in me wanted to soak! But the common sense in me stopped, after I heard some deafening thunderbolts! :D

All my friends are busy watching cricket! I tried! But I found watching the rain, puddles, streams(!) more interesting! After an hour of this rain watching, I got the creative idea of swamping my playlist with rain songs! I did!

I had a strange feeling of nostalgia, happiness and pleasure! Here's my pick among the lot! MY TOP 5 you can say!

Hindi:
5.Bheegi bheegi raaton mein phir tum aao na.. (Adnan Sami)
Bingo! I dont like Adnan Sami singing! :D The song is great though!

4.Ab ke saawan aise barse... (Shubha Mudgal)
Energy is the word! Shubha Mudgal literally rocks you! Can you stop jigging?

3.Yeh saazish hai boondon ki.. Dekho na.. (Fanaa)
Hmmmmmm.. Romance, rain and rain romance! Song that reminds you of your loved one! (A black silhouette to me! :( :P)
Testimony of Sunidhi Chauhan's versatility! Answer to people who take her to be an "ITEM NUMBER" singer! Girl, you are unarguably the MOST versatile singer in India!

2.Tip tip barsa pani... (Mohra)
BOY! Steaming hot rain! This probably is the most popular rain song! It sure deserves to be! The Santoor(?)-tabla-drums orchestration makes the song sound "classic" and western at the same time! Who ever looks down upon Indian instruments like Tabla should listen to this! (Listen to the prelude of the song! WOW!)
And if this song doesnt trouble you, get your harmone tests done! ;)

1.Zindagi bhar nahi bhoolegi woh barsaat ki raat.. (Barsaat ki raat)
CLASSIC! Oozing (or should I say dripping?) romance! Rafi's immortal magic!
"Haaye woh reshmi zulphonse barasta paani
Phool se gaalon pe rukne ko tarasta paani..
Dil mein toofan uthaate hue jazbaat ki raat..

Dar ke bijli se achanak woh lipatna uska..
Aur phir sharm se balkhaake simatna uska..
Kabhi dekhi na suni aisi tilismaat ki raat..

Surkh aanchal ko dabakar jo nichoda usne..
Dil pe jalta hua ek teer sa choda usne..
Aag pani mein lagaate hue haalat ki raat..

Zindagi bhar nahi bhoolegi woh barsaat ki raat! " Can it get any better?

Telugu:
5.Vana vana velluvaye.. (Gang Leader)
MY RAIN SONG! This song was(has been) a rage in my childhood! A small drizzle and we would all dance in rain singing this song! A song of fond memories ! :)
BTW here's a famous parody we kids used to like more than the original!
" Vaana vaana velluvaye, pakkintodi pellam poye, nede taddinam, vindu bhojanam, antha tappaka ravaloy oye oye oye oye" :P :D

4.Chitapata chinukulu paduthu unte.. (Aatmabalam)
Lovey-dovey! Reminds me of all the old movies, where the lead pairs romance with eyes, flowers, bees! All of this while still maintaining that 10 feet distance! :D Obsolete romance!

3.Mellaga karagani rendu manasula dooram.. (Varsham) / Vana vaathsayana vayasara vaateyana... (Sakhiya.. Naatho ra!)
Well thats a TIE! SP Charan being the common thing is just a coincidence!
"Mella ga karagani.." has some magic! Sirivennala's pen? Or Devi's Veena? Trisha? Or hundred pillar temple? I dont know! The only thing I dont like about this song is Sumangali! (Yes I dont like her either! :D)
"Vana vaatsayana.." is my favourite because of Sunitha! She's one of the very few singers today, who can emote through a song! One of the very few voices I find irresistably sweet! (KS Chitra, Falguni Pathak being the other!)

2.Innaallaki gurthocchana vaana.. (Varsham)
This one is tooooo special! Talking to rain! Who doesnt like rain? Who doesnt find it a friend? Thats precisely why this song is loved by everyone! My mom LOVES this song! :)
The song that talks about rain! That talks to rain! Of memories, happiness, youth, mischief and your friend since longest time, Rain!
And here's a rule of thumb: Chitra is goddess!

1.Jallantha kavvintha kaavaalile.. (Geethanjali)
Rain anthem? I better call it so! Rain and this song are synonymous! Ever since my childhood, this has been THE rain song! And would probably remain so eternally! A song portraying your fanatsy of dancing like mad, amidst picturesque greeny, drenched by pristine drops rain! Chitra-Ilayaraja and Ilayaraja-Maniratnam combinations had an "aura"!
Revise your rule of thumb: "Chitra is goddess!" :)

P.S.: Half way through my playlist, the rain stopped! :D I swear! Not my fault!

Idiosyncrasies!

2007-09-01T12:48:00.000+05:30

Well! This post is for the (*lucky*) Telugu souls!

Some people can never get out of their fetishes! Jandhyala is famous for portrayals of such idiosyncrasies! Here's something funny, yet with a message!

Jaarahe ho agar...

2007-08-19T17:08:00.000+05:30

Sometimes amidst thumping music and dance are lost pieces of heart.. Here's one such piece of a broken heart from the album 'G' by Ganesh Hegde.

Dedicated to all the heartless "heart-breakers" and the hearts they've broken!

जा रहे हो अगर दूर मुझसे सनम
फिर मेरे पास आना नहीं
यह भी मुमकिन नहीं मैं पलट न सकूं
इसलिए इतना वादा करो
मुझको आवाज़ देना नहीं

मिल भी जाएँ अगर हम तुम्हें राह में
फेर लेना नज़र पर मिलना नहीं
देख लो भी अगर तुम हमें भूल से
अपनी आँखों में तुम अश्क लाना नहीं
दिल से हमको तो तुम कर चुके हो जुदा
आँख से भी गिराना नहीं

तुमने मांगी दुआ हमको मिले हर खुशी
तुम ही मेरी खुशी फिर क्यों मिले हमें
तुमने ली है क़सम घम न करना कभी
तुम सिखादो ज़रा मुस्कुराना हमें
तुमने कह तो दिया याद करना नहीं
ख़्वाब में तुम भी आना नहीं

जा रहे हो अगर......

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'Chakh' de India, Chak de India!

2007-08-16T23:50:00.000+05:30

When was the last time you clapped during a movie? The last time someone left you in a fit? The last time something left you with goosebumps head to toe? The last time you wish you could whistle like a steam engine (If you aren't one already! :P)? Not so long ago? Oh! So you could catch up "Chak De India"! :)

I was never into sports! Not even THE cricket! It is SO not my cup of tea! Movies are! Today, I walk into a (not-so-good) cinema screening "Chak De India", with no expectations whatsoever! There were people crooning that the movie was fantastic but those "birds" were SRK fans! And I dont buy things untill I see them! But BOY, this thing was indeed a CLASSIC!

Imagine a movie that talks about the long forgotten national game, sixteen "extremely-unconventional-to-be-a-part-of-'YASH RAJ banner film'" women (two or three less actually!), the much cliched false allegation of religious traitory (YAAY! I coined a word today!:P) and deals with the problems of women! Does it work? OH YES! A HUGE YES!

It is inspiring enough to be a lesson on "team spirit", good enough to be a case study for any film-maker! All with extremely generous servings of humour, fun and most importantly content! Indian to the core, with an international spirit! The movie is just what it ought be! Not a penny less not a penny more! It can't get any better!

This one makes you think! It doesn't preach! It makes you realise instead!

Have you ever wondered what an average ambitious Indian female goes through everyday, walking amidst ogling eyes, proving her worth at every step, leaving past the eternal contempt, enduring all of the RULES in the "CODE OF CONDUCT" made for her, compromising her goals for family(?) ???
Can thirst for glory defeat team spirit? What wonders happen when one puts the team ahead of oneself?
When will we reckon a woman's career as important as a man's?

I have never clapped like I did today! I have never seen people in balcony scream, clap, whistle like they did today! I have never found a match as adrenaline gushing! And a movie as inspiring and moving, since ages!

This movie is for every eye that was once drenched in tears of failure!
For every man who can only ogle at a woman!
For every woman who's compelled to choose between her career and loved ones!
For every Indian who sneers at sports other than cricket and tennis!
For every chauvinistic male ego that suffers from superiority complex!
For every leader!
For every team member who forgot the spirit of being one!
For every sportsman!
For every patriot!
For everyone who belongs to India, the land that boasts of a legacy of respecting women!

A must watch! A movie that makes you scream proudly, "CHAK DE INDIA"!

Dream come true!

2007-08-02T14:10:00.000+05:30

I got this off the Internet sometime ago!

Here's the kid I've met!

I named him "CENTER-SHOCK"! :D 1000% adorable! 10000% cute! I was holding this kid in my arms and my friends said that I looked like his father! I would say "No regrets if the kid is this cute!"

He's called Mehul, by the way!

P.S.: Iam single! I have no kids either! :D

"Introduction to Data Structures"

2007-07-30T18:55:00.000+05:30

I HATE PROGRAMMING! I know a Telecom engineer cannot say this but I will! I find coding an algo for a dead computer that can only understand 1 and 0, a punishment. That is probably because Iam not very religious about the syntax! Nonetheless I see myself coding for binary brains all my life.

Its a new semester. I should choose my electives. I have too many options. I decide to try everything I would be interested. In this Data Structures, I was not! Apparently its knowledge is necessary to get into "coding industry". All my friends register for the course! Iam no exception! (When will I start doing what I like instead of what Iam expected to?! )

I enter the brand new air conditioned lecture theatre. I should rather call it a cinema theatre! Plush furniture. Software-company-like ambience. I just have a look at the audience. More than 100 ! This is first of its kind lecture, I tell you! Also, it was the first time I saw such a large gathering of girls for a lecture. some 20-30 out of 130+ ! That sure is large in IIT!

I now observe the people around me. They all seemed as anxious as the crowd waiting for the screening of Harry Potter flick in multiplex! "Fair enough!" I say to myself!

The spotlight is now on the Professor! He is half bald man, like the majority of Professors at IITs. The difference was that he had fairly long curly hair! Iam not used to such heads! He reminded me of something! What was it? I was left brooding.

He starts the lecture. 'Basic stuff' with capital 'B'. What is data? What is a bit? What is a byte? Apparently the Math students, who were the actual people the course is being run for, are not aware. I was ofcourse lost! I keep brroding!

I finally could make out! He reminded me of the Kathakali dance teacher in South Indian films. "Tha-kir-kita tad-di-mi talaan-gu taka-dhimi-ta!" I share my success with my friend and he giggles! Curses me for being so impressive in the wrong time! I cant help it! Its only when I should not think, I think!

The Professor continues. He talks about 2's complement.
"Do you all know what a 2's complement representation is?"
Dead silence.
He continues, "Madhuri, do you know?"
I wonder who she is and could make out the girl. She shook her head. The girl looked completely lost! Like she had come to a zoo with her parents and suddenly they are gone, leaving her with over a hundred of man-eaters! I could identify with her! Poor girl!

The Professor went on. All my ears were listening were "Taka-dhimi tad-dhimi dir-da-kir-ki-ta taka-dhimi" and some other equally rhythmic verses!

I dont know if I would continue in this course but this lecture was a complete paisa vasool!

P.S.: Professor, if you happen to read this, Iam sorry. The blogger in me said all this. Not the student! I hope the student would be graded instead of the blogger!

A trip to Jodhpur- Day-0

2007-07-30T01:11:00.000+05:30

It was an awesome trip! I've got a lot to tell you. I would post the details in four parts I guess! Day-0, Day-1, Day-2, Day-3, starring Arun (Gundu), Bhaskar (Bachi. Not sushi! :P), Pradeep (Buyyani), Saurav, Mahendra (Meena. His surname. Not the South Indian heavy weight actress! BTW he joined us on Day-1), Valli. And ofcourse me!

Day-0 was the day we all started. We were to attend a wedding. The train was scheduled at 8:50PM. We plan to leave by 7:15 PM.

Time: 5:30PM. Bachi calls me: "Alo (He cannot say HELLO!), Valli and I have come for shopping for the gift! "
Me : " :O Goddamn you! Can't we do that in Jodhpur? We should leave in an hour!"
Bachi : " No problem at all. We can manage. I just wanted to ask you if we can take a flower vase! Its very beautiful but way below our budget!"
Me : "VASE?!?!?! Dint we plan to gift a pair of wrist watches?"
Bachi : "That's way above our poor budget!"
Me : "OK. Do whatever you feel like. But come to hostel gate by 7:15"
Bachi : "Sure! Bye"
Me talking to myself: "??????????"

Time: 6 PM. Gundu calls me this time! I had given him a huge towel which I couldn't accommodate in my bag.
Gundu : "Anil, there's too little space in my bag. Iam not packing your towel. Can you wipe your ass with Bachi's towel for three days?"
Me : " :o :o :o For God's sake NO!"
Gundu tries to convince me. I insist.
Gundu : "You crap. What is your problem? Iam planning to use the same towel. Why cant you?"
Me : " :O :O :O :O :O :O !?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!? What the F#@^! I WANT MY TOWEL. IF YOU DONT BRING IT ALONG, YOU ARE NOT COMING!"
Gundu : " You fat pig! OK!"
This time I really wonder if I should go with this batch! :O

Time: 7:15 PM. Venue hostel gate. I come sweating and panting only to watch how autowallahs repair their autos and to wait for others! An autowallah approaches and asks "Airport?", thanks to my stylish bag! I say "Sadly, Old Delhi Railway station!". "No" came the reply. (I know this is utterly unnecessary detailing but then .....!! :D )

Gundu comes at 7:20 PM. Vinay comes along to send-off! (He's not a part of the story thankfully! :P Clock ticks faster and faster. 7:30PM.

Me : "Iam afraid we would be late!"
Gundu : "These fellows are useless you see!"
Vinay : " Iam sure you will miss the train. Do you know? One of our hostel friends had to catch a 9 PM train. He started at 6 PM and yet missed it! Delhi's traffic is too much I tell you. If these people dont come within 5 minutes, Iam sure you will come back to hostel tonight!"
Me (half-fainted) talking to myself : "Why the hell did Vinay come here at all!"

The boys group finally arrives at 7:45PM. I try to kill Bachi with some spiteful looks and sulk. I demand "We should board the train at Delhi Cantt station instead. We would have 15-20 more mins to catch the train". We all start at 7:55PM, thanks to the 'nakhre' of autowallahs and taxi-wallahs. Vinay's final words to Bachi: "I bet you will come back!" Had he said that to me, I would have bit his head off!!

Half way to the station, I wonder if the train would stop at Delhi Cantt at all!!!! I call up Neha Gupta immediately (we were all to attend her brothers marriage in Jodhpur). She confirms. I thank God for not letting me screw up this time! We reach station by 8:30PM. If Vinay had come to the station, I would have laid him on the tracks with his limbs tightly tied to them!

The train would come only at 9:10 PM according to railway enquiry, at 9:20 according to the board in station and at 9:30 according to Neha! We all plan to get something to eat and visit the local market that reminded me of the interiors of my mother's hometown (home-village actually). All we could get were some bananas.

We have almost an hour to spend and nothing to do at all! We all plant ourselves in the benches on the platform. Gundu and Bachi suddenly realise they should play cards during the travel and they were luckily available. Gundu asks me if I would play. I say "Buzz off!". Saurav said he will. Buyyani says I can only play rummy. Gundu says "You dont know COUNT?" All others scream "COUNT?!" He then gives some esoteric details and Bachi recognizes the game, swiftly sits beside Buyyani and ENLIGHTENS him about the game, with all his typical expressions (hand and lip curls included). If I ever had to shoot the scene for a film, the background music would be "Bhagavdgita"! Krishna enlightening Arjuna! :P (If the platform had internet access, Buyyani would surely have Googled for the game I tell you!) Buyyani declares he is ready for the game! (Quick learner you see!)

A little later, we realise the train is late. Very late infact! "Had we come at 9:15 PM, the train would have had left RIGHT ON TIME at 9:10 PM" I tell myself. Arun suddenly has a doubt!
Gundu : "How would we go to Neha's place? Who has the address?"
Bachi : "Neha said that there would be vehicles with "Aditya weds Garima" stickers, waiting in parking area"
Gundu : "Oh I see. Neha's brother is called Aditya! But Aditya is a Telugu name!" (in his usual I-know-it-ALL tone)
I give him a disgusting look.
Bachi takes over : "You fool. Its not just Aditya. Some North Indian name would be appended. Like Bansal, Kapoor etc.."
Me (flabberghasted!) : " :O :O :O :O Neha GUPTA's brother would be Aditya BANSAL?"
I was convinced! I cant expect to come back in good shape! (BTW Bachi was missing some Bansal too much, wasn't he? :P)

The train finally arrives at 9:50 PM. I imagined Vinay's face one last time! We settled in our places. The two lower berths in the compartment were occupied by two 35+ aged men. Saurabh tries to convince them to take the two side berths instead, so that their olympic game goes smoothly. The men insist to keep their lower berths and try to convince him in return to sleep RIGHT AWAY at 11 PM! That is the time he starts his first mid-night show in hostel! :P They finally agree to oblige for some 30 mins. I was stuck to my "Digital Fortress" (Dan Brown). All of the group fell into to DEEEEEEEEEP sleep by 12:30 AM, but for Saurabh and me! We both spent staring at each other faces from distance for one hour and bitching about our professors the next hour. We fell asleep by some 3 AM I guess.

I was waken up by a sudden thud at 5AM. I realise the train is rattling like its gone mad! A series of bangs and thuds followed. I knew it! I knew the train was derailed and that would be my last trip ever! I suddenly wished Vinay was right! I think of my mom, sister, dad and some friends. I was sure they would find me easily, given my extremely uneven silhouette! I say my last prayers! The thuds continued and I peep down the window to see how a derailed train would run! To my dismay, I was completely wrong! Cursing my badluck (?) I go back to sleep.

We were picked up in the morning by Neha and her uncle. My first impression of Jodhpur was "OK" :P The drive to the marriage venue reminded me of some of the interiors of Hyderabad. And I wished it were me who is to get married instead and that were Hyderabad! But no such luck you see!

Hmmm.. That was Day-0 and a bit of Day-1. Would continue in my next post.

Shaadi ka laddu!

2007-07-25T22:43:00.000+05:30

I have just attended a wedding! A HUGE one actually. It was my friend's brother's wedding. This happens to be the first North Indian wedding I've ever attended. And BOY it was such a pleasant experience! What's interesting about it is that the it was a celebration of the FAMILY! Everyone is dancing, everyone is singing, everyone is happy! Here are some of those happy moments:

Mahila Sangeet!

I thought it was only for ladies. Luckily, it was open for all. And I must tell you it was fultoo masti! Every woman in the family celebrating the occasion, dancing, teasing the STARS OF THE DAY!

What I liked about it was its imperfection! Even if a lady din't know ABC's of dance, she would come onto the stage, let herself loose only to express how happy she is for the bride and groom! While young girls rocked the floor with their impeccable moves, the elder lot had the "Sweetness Quotient" that surpassed the youth's energy!

The show stealer was the Baby Doll, who swept us all off our feet with "Its Rocking!" and "Crazy kiya re..". Had there not been any elders around, I would have made my friends whistle (I cant whistle you see!) and would have screamed "TWICE more"!! I will post the video after my friend's consent.

Another memorable performance was the groom's sister-in-law dancing

"Lo chali main, apni devar ki baaraat leke...

.........

Aayi hai shubh ghadi, aaj bani main badi,

kal tak ghar ki bahu thi ab hoon JETHAANI,

Hukm chalaaoongi main, aankh dikhaaoongi main,

Sehmi khadi rahegi meri devraani!

Hazaar sapne palkon mein apne deewani main saath leke,

Lo chali main apni devar ki baaraat leke...." Sweet to the core! :) (This song has something special to it, doesn't it?)

And how often would you see your classmate asking her parents publicly, to get her married RIGHT AWAY, dancing gracefully? :P It was FUN! :D Changing costumes for every song, dancing on three entirely different songs, she's quite a STAR I tell you!

THE wedding!

I have seen such grandeur only on celluloid! The embellishments, the lighting, the colours, the traditional Rajasthani music, the FOOD! Ahem! WE NEED TO TALK! QUITE A LOT! I have NEVER seen such variety of food at one place but for restaurants! The three days we've spent must be the "eaten-too-very-much" days of our lives! A galore of sweets, dry fruits, dals, curries, ice creams, drinks, ice golas, chinese, salads, rotis, dosas, idly's, pakodas, namkeens, PANI PURI (My shirt is wet with my drool right now!), dahi papdi, bhel puri! (I made it a point to NAME some items uncategorized 'coz Iam hungry now! :P) Everything I can name and hell lot more of the ones I can't! THE BEST I've ever had at any wedding! (I must have put on atleast 5 kgs just in these three days! No regrets though! :P)

Now that I've proven myself a hopeless glutton, can we talk about something else?

Baaraat!

I have seen hundreds of these right from the balconies of our house! (I so miss my balcony suddenly! [:-((] ) But to actually be a part of one was an experience! Since the bride and groom were both in the same place, we just had to go round the venue! [:-))] The groom rode on a female horse (I've checked up on this! ;) :P ) and we all went along, with a band, dancing on roads! :D I was pushed as well! I did my usual "Balle balle" and jumped off the limelight!

[Useless trivia: After the Baaraat, the horse was fed something, which it ate most awfully, showing its only yellow (front) teeth! That instantaneously reminded me of one of my friend! :D I can't name that person tho'! Just pray, it's not you! :P]

Just after Baaraat, there was this photo session, where the photographer made the bride and groom give a nice excercise to their necks- "thoda iss taraf.. bas bas.. ab thoda uss taraf.." God knows kis taraf!

SAAT Phere!

I was expecting some hardcore "Hum Apke Hain Kaun?" stuff here! But the 'saaliyaan' could scare the groom easily enough to get the 'joote' without any DRAMA! But, it was good to see the bride and groom making promises to each other! :P

On the whole it was way too much fun! Truly a wonderful experience. Neha, thank you for inviting us. And for your marriage, I would come even if you dont invite me! :D Can't miss such hospitality!

I should also tell you about the masti we've had meanwhile, visiting Jodhpur! May be in the next post!

P.S.: Neha, your "someday" has come and HOW! The biggest post of my blog! :D :-)
And I forgot to tell you that I LOVED the mirror dangles that shone like stars in the background! :P

"Iam what you dream to be!"

2007-07-19T10:34:00.000+05:30

Well, that could be true but I aint making any statements! :P

That's the new caption for IIT-Delhi T-shirts! What shocks me is the "spectrum" of people that wears these.

I wish to gather the courage someday, to tell some of them, "Darlings, you are what I pray everyday religiously, to not become, in the next 20 rebirths!"

And that teaches me a fashion mantra! "Think before you get into a costume!" (Also, it reminds me of a "multi-colored-cross-striped" shirt I flaunted during my graduation days! Yuck! :( Can you lend me your pistol for a shot please?)

Mere yaar ka Janamdin hai!

2007-07-18T09:00:00.000+05:30

Wish you a galore of happiness, joy, warmth, wealth, pleasure, prosperity and all the other BEST things of this world! All of my share too!

No matter we would never be the friends we were, again! No matter the distance between us is short but invincible! I wish you a very very very Happy Birthday! May God bless you with everything you ever wanted and dreamt of!

Are you wet?

2007-07-13T01:35:00.000+05:30

HOLD ON.
1. If you took this post for something close to what you read alone stealthily, SORRY to have disappointed you. This is probably my most innocent(*batting eyes*) post.

2. If you are someone on top of your house right now, stuck in a flood, waiting desperately for some food packets to drop from that helicopter and still managed to visit my blog meanwhile, (*kiss*), please skip this post. I promise to entertain you with something else SOON. And I pray your helicopter comes soon!

3. If you are not the above, read the below [:D]

Its been an offensively hot day. And it finally rained baby! Rather poured. And I drenched myself completely. You must be going "What is so great about it?" It is! When was the last time you soaked yourself in rain?

Did you ever wonder why we ever get old enough to stop enjoying little pleasures of life? Why does the knowledge and wisdom we gain cannot keep us as happy as we were during childhood.

Is the child in you alive? Can a candy still make you happy? Can an outing to circus make your day? Does watching a cartoon still excite you? Do you still find find the time to brag your achievements of the day to your mom and dad? Can you forgive your friend who almost broke your jaw an hour ago?

Why do little things don't count when we grow old? How did Mercedes replace the candy? Why did we get busy to chat with our parents? Why is forgiveness an issue? Will we ever be as happy as we were when kids?

Well, I say it again, a terrible cliche, "I wish we become kids again!" All we can do now is to keep that child in us (if any) alive, forever! Life is as much about frivolities as it is about the much complex others.

I did that today. I wish any of my friends came along. But they were worried they might "catch a cold"! Whatever. I soaked alone, for 1 full hour, till it stopped raining, ignoring the strange looks from strangers, in spite of knowing that the water in the puddles could have poop and piss (of dogs and possibly human beings). I was ready to sneeze, cough, ooze snot, take bedrest for 10 days if it ever needs.

So when are YOU getting wet?

P.S.1: I should not worry about cold. I have an appointment with ENT surgeon tomorrow. Remember the "Anil's theory of ears and speakers"? I would have done this otherwise too!

P.S.2: This was supposed to be a fun post. But couldn't help the diversion!

I screwed my ear up!

2007-07-11T14:07:00.000+05:30

I felt something wrong with my left ear yesterday. I tried to probe with an ear bud. I made it worse. It is now blocked. I feel like I have lost one ear!

You realise how it feels to go (partially) deaf on one side? Much like one of your music system's speakers going dumb; multiply the frustration 1000 times tho'. I feel like banging on my ear effing hard (like I do with my speakers). I tried a primitive version too. "Speakers and ears are not all the same" is all I can say!

I cant find a Doc on campus. Should see one immediately.

And I pray I haven't F*^&ed up my ear! [:(]..

Yes. SHIT HAPPENS. Very often, if its my life!

Single and desperate to mingle!

2007-07-09T03:37:00.000+05:30

Dedicated to all the single sobbers!

Did you ever listen to an "oh-so-wonderful" love song and FELT the emotion? And then wonder who have you been feeling so much for?
Do Public Displays of Affection at parks make you green with envy?
Does Valentine's day mean watching Shiv Sena's protests on NEWS?
You have romance flooding in your mind and find no sample to experiment on?
You call your work your first love and pray you find the second before you retire?
And "COMMITTED" status boards in strangers' profiles make you write a post like this?

Come. Give me a hug!

Yaadein..

2007-06-29T11:45:00.000+05:30

When you see darkness all around you,
When you feel blood splashing all over you,
When you realise the trembling of walls around you,
Don't get frightened, my dear!
Remember? You live in my heart!

--Anonymous

(Liberal) Translation of a verse in Telugu, I've read some seven years ago! Romantic to the core! :-)

Cats scare the shit out of me!

2007-06-17T08:04:00.000+05:30

I have seen a cat barge into my home in 3rd floor today! :O It looked like monster with shinining hazel eyes, looking at me frightened (rather, frighteningly :( )!! That was the last thing I could ever expect to see in my home; EVER! Damned Third floor!

I haven't seen a cat that close in the past few years, thankfully! This one I saw was quite a KILLER, I must say!

This fear of cats dates long back. Good ten years. I was around 12 then. (Bingo! Yes. Iam 22 now! Your Math is pretty impressive I must tell u! :P) I was at my grandmom's house for a vacation. I was literally harassing a poor cat! I have never had anyone else as frightened of me as the poor thing was! It felt great by the way! :P I was probably happy for the fact that I could scare someone so much! My grand-ma then gave me what I call the "revelation of my life"!!

" " There was an old grocer in the village who was apparently TORTURED by this WILD cat! It sneaked in and defiled almost everything in his store. Maddened by the repeated feats by the WILD cat, he once slyly managed to catch it in a room, enclosed! He then, reportedly, had beat the WILD one black and blue, almost killing it! It, as you guessed right, struck back and HOW!! The old man was severely hurt and was dead the next day! (That is why I called it WILD all the while!) :O " "

(As soon as she finished the story, I had RUN out of the room the cat was in! As fast as I could. Faster than any cat in the world! :D)

I wish my grand-ma never told me this story! She took away my only moment of triumph from me! :( I tried enough to get over this but looks like I had "imagined" the whole scene in my mind back then and it is, kind of, inscribed somewhere in my permanent memory! :((

The bottom line is:
CATS REALLY SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF ME!

P.S.: This post would never have been published! As I just typed the title, THE cat stood beside me, staring into my eyes, as if she (or he? Din't have the guts to CHECK! :D) had come to take it out of me! I almost peed in my pants! And she(he) ran away, just the way I did after THE revelation! Thank God! I wanted to tell her(him), "Sweety, Iam more scared than you EVER were!"
(పోయిందే!! Its gone! And now I feel safe!)

I wish we never met..

2007-06-13T07:08:00.000+05:30

"I wish we never met..
Yes I really do..
I know I would never have had known what love is then..
But I would neither have had known what pain is..

Why should my eyes rain for you everyday,
when I know they mean nothing to you..
Why should I look for you every minute,
when I know you are gone forever..
Why should I pray for you everyday,
when I dont even know where you are..

If going mad proves my love,
make me mad forever..
If dying for you does that,
kill me everyday..

Why was it so easy for you to forget everything
and why am I stuck in the past??

If I move on in life,
I would prove my love for you wrong..
Neither can I live in the past!
What do I do now?

Why did you come into my life?
And why did you ever leave?
Why should I want you to come back,
when I wish we never met..

I wish we never met..
Yes I really do!"

Wrote this long back.. When I never knew how to write.. (Not that I do now! :D) My first writing! :) Wanted this on my blog!

Lets talk about LOVE!

2007-06-13T05:55:00.000+05:30

Let's talk about something trivial. Something that we all live in search of. Something we never have enough of. Something that feeds thousands of actors across the globe! Something magical. Let's talk about LOVE.

Lot has been said about it. Lot more can be said about it. Let me give it a try..

Love to me is to give, without a thought.
Love is to understand what words fail to convey.
Love is to communicate without uttering a word!
Love is to pray for the best to be bestowed upon her.
Love is to share; your happiness and her sorrow.
Love is to revere.
Love is to trust and to live up to it, no matter what.
Love is to be yourself with; the one only you know of.
Love is what my mom gave me! Boundless, unconditional, selfless, pure!
I wish I could love her back as much as she loves me!
I live everyday to love her more.
I would die anyday if I could mother her the next birth!

Ashamed to see such women throng old-age homes, still loving their kids like ever!

My SCI-FI dream!!

2007-06-06T02:06:00.000+05:30

My dreams usually are funny! Like my inability to recollect answers in exams or my going to college without my pants on [:O] or about the esoteric errors in the codes I write for my assignments!! But my latest dream is the mother of all my dreams! Something exceedingly illogical but a perfect HOLLYWOOD material! Here's what I dreamt today...

""Like ever, I hurry my family for an outing.. we all start, me, some 30 feet ahead of the rest(in 2 secs!!).. and surprisingly, my home looks exactly like my hostel at IITD!! (No explanations whatsoever! :P) I walk along the road to realise its gonna rain! A tempest.. and I look into the cloudy sky for some lightning.. I just love the scene! I suddenly see something too big for a bird in the sky.. coming close to me, far away in the sky.. I stand still to make out what the creepy thing was!

I realise it looks like a parabolic antenna (for the illiterate: a dish antenna) with NDTV written on it!! Huge enough to cover my IIT-house campus! A la "Independence Day"!! I howl "WOW" and stare at it coming closer to me, with mouth wide open, as if to swallow the creepy antenna! It comes closer and closer and someone shouts "RUN".. I quickly gain my wits and RUN (probably for the first time in my life for life!), still staring at the creepy dish.. and then there is this huge storm that whisks away the dish towards some huge building in front of my IIT-HOUSE (that never was before the storm!)..

I suddenly stop running and look at the "thriller" of my lifetime! The dish collides with the building to shatter into some weird shapes: sharp wheels, LASER sharp disks, huge chunks of metal, all rolling swiftly on the ground towards ME!! I HOWL the 'F' word loud enough to faint all the heart patients in the city and RUN as fast as I can.. I see the monstrous wheels coming towards me, rolling, making deep cuts on the ground and I was never more scared in my life!

They stalk me for some seconds. All but for a huuuuuge killer wheel stop. I keep running with my eyes on the wheel behind. I overlook a rock and tumble. The wheel rolls and rolls and rolls towards me. I gaze at the killer with my mouth open, horrified, sitting a few meters away from the rock. The wheel rolls and rolls and rolls and my heart skips some beats! I almost give up. The wheel hits the rock I tumbled over, shatters it into small pieces, rather powders it and halts inches before me! And I sigh "WOW" ""

[:o].. I wake up!

Warning: Copyrights reserved. I demand huge royalty if some one is planning "The Creepy Dish"!! :P

P.S.: I "spiced up" the climax a bit! (No one was injured or killed during the original as well! :D)

Really?

2007-06-05T03:00:00.000+05:30

My 12 answers imply that Iam..

Your Personality is Very Rare (INFP)

Your personality type is dreamy, romantic, elegant, and expressive.

Only about 5% of all people have your personality, including 6% of all women and 4% of all men
You are Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

Since the result doesn't disappoint me much, I'd rather agree! :D

Breaking the ice!!

2007-06-02T01:34:00.000+05:30

I thought for 6 months about what my first post would be! I could not finalise !!

Here it comes anyway!!

"FIRST POST" :P

Trying to be funny!

2007-06-02T00:47:00.000+05:30

Now that Iam void of "the first post pressure", some "original" humour for you!

**I once asked someone "What is your dog?". I dint want to be a racist to dogs by saying "What breed is your dog?". Not my fault!

**One of my friends got this message on Windows: "Unable to detect keyboard. Please press F6 to continue"!!

**A website once quoted "Pen is mightier than sword!" without the space between "Pen" and "is"!! (Off the record: I wish!!)

**A conversation between a typical "here-comes-the-dude" guy and my friend:
"Here-comes-the-dude": hi.. gud morning ..how r u ?? how r u studying ?? wen will ur study part of ur life ends ??? ..
My friend: I'm not sure when my life ends, will surely let u know when it does ;)
"Here-comes-the-dude": hmm...any plans of coming here near by ??
My friend: [:o].. [:o].. [:o]..

**Talking about testimonials on ORKUT, one of my friends said "You have enough testis, its high time you gave me one"! (I now call testimonial 'T' to avoid any more embarrassments!)

More when I recollect!