One day @

Its 'that' time of the year again.Weather must have been intoxicating like a vintage wine there.Gentle winds must have been merrily tickling the trees ,forcing them into a rustling  laughter.Kindred human spirits would have joined them  merrily,unperturbed from anything outside a big semi-circle.

Here,approximately 786 kms away,I heard a voice from next cubicle ."Hey,we are going for a darshan to KashiVishwanath this weekend.We have a day there.You have studied there,don't you ? Tell us what we can do there in one day."

"What can you do in Varanasi in One day ",I replied,"Let's see.There is Kashi Vishwanath Temple there.Nearby there's Dashashwamegh Ghat.Plan out to see morning and eve n i n g  A a r t i   t h e r e . T h e r e   i s   a l s o   a  ......"     [TIMEWARP]

You can spend entire day planning to make anything, from a robot which spits fire to a mobile toilet or even a PMM1,only to abandon it.  Or better,you can spend entire day validating why your I.C engine teacher doesn't deserves his wife.You have the option of joining a 'baithak' at hostel centre and criticize anyone under the sun,from mess food to George Bush,and of course, world is listening with rapt attention.Also y o u  c a n..............    [REVERSE TIMEWARP]

"Hey.....kya hua bhai ? Kahan kho gaye.Aur batao.......aur kaun kaun si places hain wahan?

"Oh yes yes...sorry....there's Sankat Mochan Temple there.An ancient Lord Hanuman Temple.To get there you can take a r i c k s h a w ......" [TIMEWARP]

If you cannot borrow your friend's bike and your cycle is way beyond repair or stolen,hire a rickshaw for Rs 10/- and take a night ride from Lanka to Hyderabad Gate.Let the whiff of fresh air fill up your nostrils,and sound of cricket your ears as you imagine what would lie on the other side of the gates of MMV.Also ,when you reach backside of VT,your rickshawalah will start complaining.Get off there itself and walk rest of the distance.Its fun.     [REVERSE TIMEWARP]

"Knock. Knock.........Are u there ? Tu fir kho gaya ? Sab theek...."

"Oh ofcourse.....bas aise hi....."

"Tell us where we can spend the night ,where we can find decent food.We don't want to get sick."

"There are many nice hotels near Cantt. Station.Varanasi has many good resturants too.You can find almost any cuisine to your taste...  [TIMEWARP]

One can find God anywhere.But one can get lipsmacking samosas and isspeshul chai for Rs 5 at only one place..Had a bad day ? Have a chai and forget it.Had an awesome day?Have a chai and celebrate it.Its not just a cure only for hunger..What about staying at ghats tonight.Just pull over one of those taqhat and lie down along with your pals.Stare into an empty dark sky,and then into the dark water.Succumb to an overpowering numbnesss You don't mind mosquitos and stray dogs.Do you? [REVERSE-TIMEWRAP]

"There you go again.......we are getting late.Just tell us what to shop for and bring back from there ?

"Really Sorry....lack of sleep I guess. Varansi is famous for sarees.Shop for them.Bargain a lot.You can also bring back......"  [TIMEWARP]

Bring back some of the moments.Bring back the lure of total irresponsibility.Bring back the freedom to make mistakes and laugh at them.Bring back a place where I can roam aimlessly.Bring back the delusion of a golden world out there.Bring back the promises made......and broken...
[REVERSE TIMEWARP]

"Arey yeh to hil gaya yaar.Chal yaar hum google par hi dekh lete hain .

3 observations about 3 Idiots

So by now 3 idiots has been watched ,liked/disliked but definitely  reviewed by everyone,I would also like to add few of my observations.Due to some unconventional reasons(waiting to watch it with IT-BHU friends,only to find out everyone has already watched!), I finally watched this movie in its fourth week.During these 4 weeks , I tried hard to stay away from any news /rumor which contained a slightest reference to the numeral '3'...
So when the big day came...or rather night(it was a 11:00 pm show),I was practically alone in the theater...

Maybe that's the reason I was more absorbed in this movie than any other (usually watching movies on laptop is more intriguing than in hall) .No point re-writing details of an excellent  movie.Movie was awesome, but just like an India Tv reporter,here's a  desperate attempt(in good spirits) to find any bloopers,  I would straight away come to 3 observations int 3 idiots.

1. ICE(Imperial College Of Engineering) ,a top notch Technical Institue with an insanely low intake ratio(200 out of 4 lakhs who apply),An institute,to be able to enter its gates is mighty difficult than climbing everest.Yet a rich man with pots of money was able to purchase a degree from it by sending a fake student.

2.Rancho gives supposedely 'weird' answers to all the questions asked in classes,which his teachers detested.What happened in written exams then ? Does he resorts to bookish definations in written exams or his teachers see the light of the day for brief moments in between.

3. ICE is run by the same man for past 20 or so years ?

Yeh kuch aise sawaal hain , jo chauka dene wale jawab maang karte hai.India Tv ki special peshkash.

Tele-angne main tumhara kya kaam hai....

Tela-angne main tumhara kya kaam hai...
tela-angne main...tumhara kya kaam hai
tela-angne main...

Jiski biwi moti...
usko ab aaram hai...
Jiski Biwi moti...usko ab aaram hai

Hunger Strike par bitha do...
(dum dum dum dum dum)
Hunger Strike par bitha do,
Treadmill ka kya kaam hai 
Tela-angne main...tumhara kya kaam hai


Jiski biwi psycho...
Usko ab aaram hai....
Jiski biwi psycho....usko ab aaram hai

Buses ko Jalva do...
(dum dum dum dum dum)
Buses ko jalva do,
Bachega ghar ka samaan hai 
Tela-angne main tumhara kya kaam hai...

Jiski biwi shopaholic...
Usko ab aaram hai
Jiski biwi Shopaholic...usko ab aaram hai
Markets main tod phod kara do.
(dum dum dum dum dum)
Markets main tod phod kara do...
Banoge dhanwaan hai....

Tele angne main tumhara kya kaam hai...


Jiski biwi Naughty......NAUGHTY
Arey Naughty naughty...
thodi hotty hotty...

Jiski biwi naughty
Usko ab aaram hai.....
Hyderabad Raj Bhawan bhijwa do...... 
(dum dum dum dum dum)
Hyderabad Raj bhawan bhijwa do
Detective ka kya kaam hai...

Tela-angne main tumhara kya kaam hai.

Nite before XAT...

Here's an excerpt of chat with billu befor XAT nite...

me:  hi

kal tayyar hai n jung ke liye

 billu:  yes

 me:  subah 8:00 baje chadayi karni hai

 billu:  seer pehle se hi zhuka hai

 me:  10:00 baje shaheedi divas hai

 billu:  main to abhi se jashn bana raha hu '

 me:  theek hai..but so jaiyo

8:00 clock..main road

 billu:  sure yaar

 me:  milten hai subah

 billu:  kk gn

 me:  mai pen etc dhoond loon

 billu:  pencil chahiye

 me:  mil jaegi

rakhi hai kahin

 billu:  2 hai kya

 me:  abe ek to mile

 billu:  abe last hope tu hi hai

         chal sharpner to le aana

 me:  haan.sharpner hai

         voh le aaonga

         rubber aadhi aadhi tod lenge

 billu:  theek rahega thannks

 me:  chal theek hai fir

bye

 billu:  bye

 Sent at 7:55 AM on Saturday

Why one's end could be the biggest teacher ?

I don't use the word 'death' as I am not convinced of it as we describe it.
End...the most intriguing mystery of all.The event where the buck really stops.The question on which the wisest amongst us agree to disagree. But it's always a feared entitity.Thats because it's usually accompanied with sickness, helplessness and pain ;reasons good enough to keep a safe distance from Yamraaj

But talk about one's own end....not the manner of dying...What is it really made of?

For it lets discuss something about life and world around us (yawn!)....from an Ant's point of view.For an Ant,the world is flat...probably black and white.It doesn't know about the laws of nature...universe...whatever we 'humans' ,due to our 'superior' intellect have been able to discover.Yet,it happily goes on about its daily grind.I doubt that an ant even knows about existence of human being as we are...or even if they do...do they acknowledge us as the masters of the current world.Maybe ants consider themselves as most organised and advanced species in what they consider as 'their world'.

OR

it could be opposite...there are chances that they might consider us 'the humans' as THE GOD.We are the size of galaxy as compared to them.Our simple 'yawning' will be a
cosmic storm for them.Our frisbee could cause solar eclipse for them.Our manholes might be the
'Black Holes' to them,sucking everything down the unending spiral. Some bright ants in 'ant society' might even try to understand the laws which govern these 'cosmic' phenomena wich are readily accepted
or even religiously followed in Ant world.How far from truth are those 'silly' ants.Whatever 'science' and 'truths'
exist in ant's world are obviously preposterous.

We know how things work here. Or do we? When living on the same planet ants
may not even realize human existence or may consider us as GODS.Is it unthinkable that 'WE' could be the ANTS for some
higher species.A species which exist right here....right now....just in front of our eyes.But we are unable to recognise their existence simply because they are Gazillions times bigger than us.We might just be a bacterial
species waiting to be discovered by someone.They must have found our world's science , laws and beliefs way rudimentary
and downright stupid....just as we find that of ants.It's possible that what we consider
as known universe is simply an Atom for some
larger universe OR what we consider as an atom contains within itself an
entire universe undiscovered by us.

Fellow human...we know nothing...what we are ? Why we are ? We can't say
for sure wether we are made of mass , energy , vibrations
or simply an oversized photon.Yet we spend our lives in
self-glorification.We are nothing but a speck of dust and we exist not more
than a tick of cosmic clock.



Still there is one thing which is appears to be certain in our lives...it
is end.This final act leaves us with two options.Either it's an end
of our insignificant existence and we die with our questions unanswered.

OR

on the brighter side...all our anxious doubts would be answered.In that one
moment ...you could become wiser than whole mankind put together.You'll be
above 'time'.In that one moment ...you'll be able to look into the entire past and
entire future of existence and explain every phenomena that ever occured or
is going to occur.You'll smile pityingly at the greatest human thinkers,philosophers and
scientists of current time at how off track they are.
This vague possibility is good enough reason to make 'the day you die...thebest day of your life.'

It so happened...

It so happened that it was Library week at office  from 16-20 th November.And it so happened that I came to know about it on last day of the week and managed to participate in its last event.And Finally,it so happened that all eight but one participants were chicks.....including some ' can't help but turn ur head and stare with eyes wide open types'.

The topic provided was "If you had more time...".A short writing for the graffiti wall was desired.
Here's my entry...

IF I HAD MORE TIME......

I would take a journey back in time....
I would read the thoughts of greatest minds.
I would rediscover gravity with Newton...
I would cross my swords with Trojan.
I would steer the 'Nautilus' in Oceans and Bays...
Or I could travel around the world in Eighty Days
With Holmes,would I solve mysteries of crime...
If I had a little more time !


And eventually it happened, that for one brief moment...all those eye poppers turned their head towards me when they called me up to recieve the first prize(which was a ruddy book...ofcourse)

Woh kaun thi !

After many days of procrastination and ultimately being rebuffed by my father,I finally went to Axis bank to sink Rs 2300 and purchase a form of XLRI/XAT.Its a big racket going on yaar... separate forms for xam and college ! Nevertheless,I queued up and came back with the pack.Before dumping it in closet,I decided to give it a look.Usually all such brochures look same.Same 'suited' students,with a 'perfect' confident smile in the backdrop of 'sprawling' campus.All set to become leaders of tomorrow making a positive 'social' impact.The thing which surprised me was the 'sameness' of all the faces in brochures of all colleges.They all appeared to be made from a single mould.I concluded that they can't be real students going about their routine stuff,just some people hired by brochure design agency.

This XLRI brochure seemed no exception; till I came across the face in above photograph.Of all the faces in the brochure,this one seemed to be 'more' familiar than others.I instinctively knew I had seen this face in flesh and blood,not in ink and paper and definitely not in pixels and LCD.The question was where?I scanned my volatile memory but couldn't come to a conclusion...But still...it wasn't a figment of my imagination.I had SEEN the person !

Could it be at office? No..How could somebody in office be on the brochure of XLRI?
Was she at IT-BHU? No...I hardly knew anyone from the fairer species there.....
Somebody at school...Come on...I was at a boy's school.

Ahh....now I remember....the concerned person was a FIITJee batchmate...a very smart student but for inexplicable reasons couldn't clear JEE(can't recall the name though).But she surely seemed to have made up for it now!
Well..along with the memory came pangs of guilt for not giving a genuine shot to anything for a while!

The conclusion....people in brochure are real students...my memory is not really that bad...and time has started when I'll look up in papers/magazines/brochures/TV/News websites/interviews/IPL/movie Item numbers/Election Speeches/Oscar Ceremonies/World Global Warming Summit/United Nations Convention etc and say.."Arrey main isko Jaanta hoon Yaar! Sach main... "