So time right now is 12:40 PM and Lunch would be served at after 1. I have about 20 minutes and no one to talk to online or offline, played CS already, so thought would add yet another one to the BLOG.
This is about Jism. The movie stared super model Bipasha Basu and John Abraham. No I am not talking about the movie and theme and subject here. I want to talk about the music by M.M.Kreem, excellent lyrics by dunno who, performed by Kay Kay, Shreya Ghosal, M.M. Kreem himself...
I particularly like a two songs... Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai and Aawarapan Banjarapan. Initially when I heard these songs, they didnt appeal me that much but when later on I heard them again and got the complete song, I realized that these are true masterpieces and are complete in every sense. Be it lyrics, music, performance, videos everything is so good about these songs.
Right now am listening to Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai on Raaga.com. If anyone is interested in Jism songs and wants to listen em online, http://www.raaga.com/channels/hindi/movie/H000492.html is the link. The only thing you need is RealPlayer on your comp to listen to these online. Although I want to reproduce the entire lyrics here on my BLOG to help me get higher ratings on the search engines but am deciding against it and the entire lyrics can be located online at http://www.hindilyrix.com/songs/get_movie_song_JISM.html.
These songs are very very highly recommended by me. The voices are very very soothing and the songs work as magic. No matter how down you are feeling, no matter how sad you are, no matter how happy, how high you are, the songs are perfect.
And I rate some song this high very very rarely. Waise people can ask who am I to rate songs...? I would say this is my BLOG and I am the authority here ;) Please ignore this paragraph.
If any one is interested in guitar tabs and chords... here are few links that might help. These links are combination of places where you can find tabs and chords of the songs from the movie jism.
http://www.indianguitartabs.com/showthread.php?t=133
http://www.indianguitartabs.com/showthread.php?t=455 (better and complete version)
Notes - Aawarapan Banjaarapan http://www.hindisongnotes.com/tabs/details.php?hash=227
Chords - Aawarapan Banjaarapan http://www.hindisongnotes.com/tabs/details.php?hash=534
And since am talking about guitar, I plan to be the greatest guitarist of all times. I would be learning guitar here at MDI. I would make sure that by the time its my farewell, I am a sexy guitarist. Sexy as in very very good and outstanding. Nothing more and nothing less.
Its 1:08 now. Food would be ready. Time to catch something. Last time I ate, it was 9 PM yesterday and I have been fasting for well over 12 hours now.
Talkin a leave ...
Ruchi Pokhriyal - my Mentor
So at MDI we have a very very flourishing Mentor-Mentee system. Each student of an incoming batch is assigned a Mentor from the senior batch who would help the new student get used to life at MDI and other stuff.
This post would be about Ruchi. Yes this is going to be one of those essays that we wrote in school and were titled My Best Friend, My Favorite Book etc. I can title this one as My Mentor. Here it goes...
And hey Ruchi before you start reading this, please note that this would be a critical evaluation and might have a few good things and a lot of bad things. So before going ahead, kindly keep a glass of cold water next to you to chill you down just in case you dont find things according to your liking.
Before talking about Ruchi, I would like to talk about BLOGing. People say BLOGing is yet another way to express yourself. As far as I am concerned, BLOGing for me is one good way to kill time. I just love typing and penning down any random thoughts I may have. Probably this is reflected in the quality of the posts I make. Yeah ! yet another lame reason to cover my ass for the shitty posts :D
Ok, getting back to Ruchi, when I entered MDI, I was supposed to make a two page report on my mentor. The rules of the game were very simple. We were to talk about all the good things on one page and all the bad things on the next page. All this info was to be collected by talking to other people. I could'nt talk to my mentor. Following are the things I can recall of that Mentor Report...
1. She is very good friends with Aarti, Geetanjali, Rasna and two more ladies from my senior batch.
2. She loves to dance. She is the first one to get on the dance floor and last to leave.
3. She loves to spend time on computer and often can be found chatting on Yahoo late at nights.
4. She is from Delhi and lives in North Delhi.
5. She would run away to home as soon as she gets a holiday for even a day.
6. She loves music.
7. She is very very hardworking.
Enough of goodies and now getting to the negatives (Yes Ruchi ! there are few)
1. She lost the Mentor Report I wrote about her.
2. She needs to do something about the way she manages her time.
3. She smiles a lot and people are sometimes suspicious of her for smiling all the time.
4. She #$% 34% 345#% #$%# $**$## (CENSORED)
That would do it. I can' t remember anything else right now but would surely update the post as soon as I rememeber more.
In that Mentor Report I found out that she did her Engineering from M.I.T. and was Jyoti and Sugandha's class mate. Recently I figured out that she also knew Deepti (I was so stupid that I didnt ask her before about Deepti. She had to know Deepti as Deepti n Jyoti were classmates). So she passed out in 2003 and cracked CAT n MDI and reached here. She is majoring in HR and Marketing. She is head of the Delphique Senior HR Panel and a member of the Alumni Committee. She recently won the HR Game at Imperium 2004 - The annual cultural festival @ MDI defeating teams from all the big B Schools. She won 6000 bucks and am waiting for a treat.
Talking of her hobbies, people say she likes to talk and indulge in general chit chat. Like Mentor, like Mentee, me too is very interested in talking about stuff. Lets see how much we have in common. She likes to spend time chattin on Yahoo, so do I; she can be found awake at any time of the day/night, sames true for me as well. She needs a crash course in time management and I cant stress more on my exploits as the worst time manager in the world.
So we have so much in common, let me highlight a few things where we are worlds apart. She is rated among one of the most hard working people of her batch. I am called the NPA (Non Performing Asset). I am the last person who would work in my group and I am so lazy that I wont even submit my resume for the summers.
Now getting on to few things I have noticed about her...
- She is very very helpful. When I was supposed to write that report about her, she helped me a lot cos she didnt want me to get into trouble. People might get curious what trouble? I cant write about it here but she saved me.
- I hate her for giving me a bag ful of notes to study. She should have understood that I am not one of those who would enjoy padhai likhai.
- She also is very good to talk to. A smile never leaves her face. She can be seen smiliing any time of the day irrespective of the mood she is in.
- I found her behaving strangely when I was being interviewed for the selection of the Alumni Committee. I wanted to be on that committee so bad and I thought I had a good chance but things turned out the other way.
- She would remember the small details. Observant. Careful. She is definately not in that category of "We see but we don't observe".
I cant think of anything else to write bout her and there are few things that I might have to ask her before I write em down.
And I need to send this link to her to make her happy :D
Stuff to be covered in next posts...
Imperium
ITC Mera Gaon Mera Desh Business Plan Contest
This post would be about Ruchi. Yes this is going to be one of those essays that we wrote in school and were titled My Best Friend, My Favorite Book etc. I can title this one as My Mentor. Here it goes...
And hey Ruchi before you start reading this, please note that this would be a critical evaluation and might have a few good things and a lot of bad things. So before going ahead, kindly keep a glass of cold water next to you to chill you down just in case you dont find things according to your liking.
Before talking about Ruchi, I would like to talk about BLOGing. People say BLOGing is yet another way to express yourself. As far as I am concerned, BLOGing for me is one good way to kill time. I just love typing and penning down any random thoughts I may have. Probably this is reflected in the quality of the posts I make. Yeah ! yet another lame reason to cover my ass for the shitty posts :D
Ok, getting back to Ruchi, when I entered MDI, I was supposed to make a two page report on my mentor. The rules of the game were very simple. We were to talk about all the good things on one page and all the bad things on the next page. All this info was to be collected by talking to other people. I could'nt talk to my mentor. Following are the things I can recall of that Mentor Report...
1. She is very good friends with Aarti, Geetanjali, Rasna and two more ladies from my senior batch.
2. She loves to dance. She is the first one to get on the dance floor and last to leave.
3. She loves to spend time on computer and often can be found chatting on Yahoo late at nights.
4. She is from Delhi and lives in North Delhi.
5. She would run away to home as soon as she gets a holiday for even a day.
6. She loves music.
7. She is very very hardworking.
Enough of goodies and now getting to the negatives (Yes Ruchi ! there are few)
1. She lost the Mentor Report I wrote about her.
2. She needs to do something about the way she manages her time.
3. She smiles a lot and people are sometimes suspicious of her for smiling all the time.
4. She #$% 34% 345#% #$%# $**$## (CENSORED)
That would do it. I can' t remember anything else right now but would surely update the post as soon as I rememeber more.
In that Mentor Report I found out that she did her Engineering from M.I.T. and was Jyoti and Sugandha's class mate. Recently I figured out that she also knew Deepti (I was so stupid that I didnt ask her before about Deepti. She had to know Deepti as Deepti n Jyoti were classmates). So she passed out in 2003 and cracked CAT n MDI and reached here. She is majoring in HR and Marketing. She is head of the Delphique Senior HR Panel and a member of the Alumni Committee. She recently won the HR Game at Imperium 2004 - The annual cultural festival @ MDI defeating teams from all the big B Schools. She won 6000 bucks and am waiting for a treat.
Talking of her hobbies, people say she likes to talk and indulge in general chit chat. Like Mentor, like Mentee, me too is very interested in talking about stuff. Lets see how much we have in common. She likes to spend time chattin on Yahoo, so do I; she can be found awake at any time of the day/night, sames true for me as well. She needs a crash course in time management and I cant stress more on my exploits as the worst time manager in the world.
So we have so much in common, let me highlight a few things where we are worlds apart. She is rated among one of the most hard working people of her batch. I am called the NPA (Non Performing Asset). I am the last person who would work in my group and I am so lazy that I wont even submit my resume for the summers.
Now getting on to few things I have noticed about her...
- She is very very helpful. When I was supposed to write that report about her, she helped me a lot cos she didnt want me to get into trouble. People might get curious what trouble? I cant write about it here but she saved me.
- I hate her for giving me a bag ful of notes to study. She should have understood that I am not one of those who would enjoy padhai likhai.
- She also is very good to talk to. A smile never leaves her face. She can be seen smiliing any time of the day irrespective of the mood she is in.
- I found her behaving strangely when I was being interviewed for the selection of the Alumni Committee. I wanted to be on that committee so bad and I thought I had a good chance but things turned out the other way.
- She would remember the small details. Observant. Careful. She is definately not in that category of "We see but we don't observe".
I cant think of anything else to write bout her and there are few things that I might have to ask her before I write em down.
And I need to send this link to her to make her happy :D
Stuff to be covered in next posts...
Imperium
ITC Mera Gaon Mera Desh Business Plan Contest
Septemberthe22nd - Happy Birthday To Me ...
Septemberthe22nd, the day it all started in 1982 and today, 22 odd years after that fateful day I have come so far and yet I have got so much to travel. As a very good friend would say "Miles to go before I sleep".
Talking about birthdays, the best thing about the day is that you are treated like a king. Everyone is listening to you, altering their plans for you, making sure you are happy. Wow, I sometimes wish if I couls celerate my BDay around the year...
So me at MDI and my first bday away from home. Generally I would sleep when its my birthday or I would start something new and be up at 12 but ever since I have landed at MDI, life has taken an entirely new shape. Its an entirely different world out here. I cant even explain it in words. One has to experience it to feel it.
At MDI, like every other BSchool we have a tradition of giving Birthday Bumps to people. My birthday was no differnet. People gave me bumps and I was lucky enogh to get them twice. The reason being our End Term Exams. The exams started 22nd and everyone was very very frustated with the entire thing and the wanted someone or something to vent their anger out. And it was ME.
The next question that arises is how was the paper and how did I and other people fared in it, needless to say exams sucked like anything and I as expected didnt do very well. Hoping better for other exams.
If there is something called the Birthday Resolution, Yes I have a couple of em. The first one being getting serious about stuff, studies in particular and second one being starting living in the present, not in the dreamworld I am used to.
Finally in the end... shuks ending is the most difficult part of anything and I cant end a blog, relationship, paper, note, anything properly !
Talking about birthdays, the best thing about the day is that you are treated like a king. Everyone is listening to you, altering their plans for you, making sure you are happy. Wow, I sometimes wish if I couls celerate my BDay around the year...
So me at MDI and my first bday away from home. Generally I would sleep when its my birthday or I would start something new and be up at 12 but ever since I have landed at MDI, life has taken an entirely new shape. Its an entirely different world out here. I cant even explain it in words. One has to experience it to feel it.
At MDI, like every other BSchool we have a tradition of giving Birthday Bumps to people. My birthday was no differnet. People gave me bumps and I was lucky enogh to get them twice. The reason being our End Term Exams. The exams started 22nd and everyone was very very frustated with the entire thing and the wanted someone or something to vent their anger out. And it was ME.
The next question that arises is how was the paper and how did I and other people fared in it, needless to say exams sucked like anything and I as expected didnt do very well. Hoping better for other exams.
If there is something called the Birthday Resolution, Yes I have a couple of em. The first one being getting serious about stuff, studies in particular and second one being starting living in the present, not in the dreamworld I am used to.
Finally in the end... shuks ending is the most difficult part of anything and I cant end a blog, relationship, paper, note, anything properly !
Septemberthe11th
911 - the number Americans associate with emergency. 911 - the nuber americans assocate with tragedy.
It was 9112001 when a few men rocked the world and brought America on its feet. The WTC and the Pentagon were attacked and thousands of innocent americans lost their lives.
Today is the third anniversary of the attack and we should take a few lessons from the tragic event and try to make sure that this kinda thing never hapens in the future.
There are so many interesting facets to the September the 11th attack against America and there are so many things I would like to say here but I won't be doing it because one I don't have that much time to write about it and two some people might be offended with the stuff.
I have my deepest sympathies with the friends and families of the victims. I know its difficult but there are somethings that much be accepted and we dont have control over em.
It was 9112001 when a few men rocked the world and brought America on its feet. The WTC and the Pentagon were attacked and thousands of innocent americans lost their lives.
Today is the third anniversary of the attack and we should take a few lessons from the tragic event and try to make sure that this kinda thing never hapens in the future.
There are so many interesting facets to the September the 11th attack against America and there are so many things I would like to say here but I won't be doing it because one I don't have that much time to write about it and two some people might be offended with the stuff.
I have my deepest sympathies with the friends and families of the victims. I know its difficult but there are somethings that much be accepted and we dont have control over em.
The Game Theory
When 'The Beautiful Mind' was released, everyone saw it, loved the acting of Rusell Crowe, envied at his Oscar, admired the man John Nash and gasped at the intelligence.
When I saw the movie for the first time, I liked a few things... One on those is a sequence where John Nash is standing in the lawn of the campus in winter afternoon and he visualizes a wine glass matching with a neck tie. I don't recall the seqence properly but it was truely an exceptonal art of photography and/or animation. Another good sequence was when he loses the game of checkers to the bullies and says that the game of checkers is flawed. And finally the last one I can recall right now is the sequence where in John Nash and his friends try to patao a girl in the local pub and he applies the Game Theory on them. A brief Autobiography of John Nash can be reached at http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html.
So Game Theory is relaly Economics or Mathematics, I don't have a clue, may be they are related or may be not but I would like to know about it some day and may be become one of those few who have understood it. Economics classes in a BSchool can be real tough, especially for por souls like me who dont have a lena dena with commerce subjects. I know its very very important and probably he most important but I have to admit I suck at it and by the way things are going, I dont think I would ever be able to improve. So comng back to Economics, we have a fwe Eco studs here. The first n foremost would be Samidha aka *****-Wali. The stars can not be revealed as I am not supposed to call her that name. She is a Eco Hons graduate from LSR (Yes ! Lady Shri Ram - Heaven) and by the way she talks about Eco, one can tell she has spent all her life studying Eco. Next would be Neha Agarwal. She did her Eco Hons from Calcutta (prolly St. Xavires). And now coming on to the BAAP of Economics, we have a professor called Dr. Bappaditya Mukhopadhyay. He is GOD when it comes to Economics. I wish I get to be as good as he is... Before I end this short intro about Eco @ MDI, Samidha deserves a special mention once again, shes helped me pass a few quizes and mid-terms and she is one of those few people who would never refuse you for anything.
Getting back to the Game Theory, here is a very simple straight forward example of the Game Theory given by Prof. Bappaditya in one of the lectures. The game goes like... There is a room full of people and they all are asked one question with only two possible answers. The sample queston can be "Bill Gates is the Richest Man on the planet. True or False?". The question is asked to everyone in the open forum and everyone is told that one by one they would walk out of the room and the person walking out of the room would have to give the answer. The game would be stopped AND I DONT REMEMBER THE REST OF THE GAME !
Tomorrow we are having a special class on Game Theory and it should be interesting. I am looking forward to it and I hope I get some undersanding out of it. I would try not to sleep in the class and try to grasp everything. After all Game Theory can help you make friends ;)
Would edit the post later as soon as find out Prof. Bappas' Game.
When I saw the movie for the first time, I liked a few things... One on those is a sequence where John Nash is standing in the lawn of the campus in winter afternoon and he visualizes a wine glass matching with a neck tie. I don't recall the seqence properly but it was truely an exceptonal art of photography and/or animation. Another good sequence was when he loses the game of checkers to the bullies and says that the game of checkers is flawed. And finally the last one I can recall right now is the sequence where in John Nash and his friends try to patao a girl in the local pub and he applies the Game Theory on them. A brief Autobiography of John Nash can be reached at http://nobelprize.org/economics/laureates/1994/nash-autobio.html.
So Game Theory is relaly Economics or Mathematics, I don't have a clue, may be they are related or may be not but I would like to know about it some day and may be become one of those few who have understood it. Economics classes in a BSchool can be real tough, especially for por souls like me who dont have a lena dena with commerce subjects. I know its very very important and probably he most important but I have to admit I suck at it and by the way things are going, I dont think I would ever be able to improve. So comng back to Economics, we have a fwe Eco studs here. The first n foremost would be Samidha aka *****-Wali. The stars can not be revealed as I am not supposed to call her that name. She is a Eco Hons graduate from LSR (Yes ! Lady Shri Ram - Heaven) and by the way she talks about Eco, one can tell she has spent all her life studying Eco. Next would be Neha Agarwal. She did her Eco Hons from Calcutta (prolly St. Xavires). And now coming on to the BAAP of Economics, we have a professor called Dr. Bappaditya Mukhopadhyay. He is GOD when it comes to Economics. I wish I get to be as good as he is... Before I end this short intro about Eco @ MDI, Samidha deserves a special mention once again, shes helped me pass a few quizes and mid-terms and she is one of those few people who would never refuse you for anything.
Getting back to the Game Theory, here is a very simple straight forward example of the Game Theory given by Prof. Bappaditya in one of the lectures. The game goes like... There is a room full of people and they all are asked one question with only two possible answers. The sample queston can be "Bill Gates is the Richest Man on the planet. True or False?". The question is asked to everyone in the open forum and everyone is told that one by one they would walk out of the room and the person walking out of the room would have to give the answer. The game would be stopped AND I DONT REMEMBER THE REST OF THE GAME !
Tomorrow we are having a special class on Game Theory and it should be interesting. I am looking forward to it and I hope I get some undersanding out of it. I would try not to sleep in the class and try to grasp everything. After all Game Theory can help you make friends ;)
Would edit the post later as soon as find out Prof. Bappas' Game.
Broken !
It was one of those times when I actually promised someone something. I promised Ridhima that I would complete the stuff in PhotoShop before 6 in the morning and I would mail her the thing.
I could'nt complete it :(
I could'nt complete it :(
Linkxxx
links to all the previous posts !
http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/walk-down-memory-lanes.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/books-books-books.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/take-me-home.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/independence-day.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/friday-13th.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_07_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/07/04p050.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/07/john-smith.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_06_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/navjot-singh-sidhu-wow.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/rediffmail-yet-another-1-gb-free-email_18.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/yahoo-vs-gmail.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/lucky-ali-kabhi-aisa-lagta-hai.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/lost-on-internet-found-on-search.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/gmail-new-face-of-email.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/times-of-india-comedy-of-errors.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/jigsaw-puzzles.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/saurabh.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_05_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/blog-chalking.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/saurabh-n-friends-from-bit-mac.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/saurabh-garg-prathamorg.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/mdi-here-i-come.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/me-yahoo-friends-gulp.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/test-post.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/yet-another-fight-on-yahoo.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/great-congress-v-bjp.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/lazy-me.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_04_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/addicted-to-internet.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/youve-got-gmail.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/rain-drop-are-falling-on-my-head.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/finally-i-am-back.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/lara-400.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/some-lost-n-some-found.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/richest-man-on-earth.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/lost.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/benmariopianompg.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_03_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/sg-vs-at-case-2.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/roti-kapada-makan-bijli-and-bandwidth.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/sachin-194.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/bloody-blood-donation.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/india-wins-finally.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/bored.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/test.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/saurabh-advertisements.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/stratagem-04.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_02_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/02/pianist.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/02/update.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/crash-yet-again.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/happy-republic-day.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/sardaar-who-changed-my-life.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/driving-through-delhi.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/q3arena.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/wwwteamubgtk.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/another-good-song.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/fms-finally-done.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/finally-am-blogger.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/rss/septemberthe22nd.xml http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/index.html
http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004_08_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/walk-down-memory-lanes.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/books-books-books.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/take-me-home.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/independence-day.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/08/friday-13th.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_07_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/07/04p050.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/07/john-smith.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_06_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/navjot-singh-sidhu-wow.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/rediffmail-yet-another-1-gb-free-email_18.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/yahoo-vs-gmail.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/lucky-ali-kabhi-aisa-lagta-hai.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/lost-on-internet-found-on-search.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/gmail-new-face-of-email.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/times-of-india-comedy-of-errors.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/jigsaw-puzzles.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/06/saurabh.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_05_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/blog-chalking.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/saurabh-n-friends-from-bit-mac.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/saurabh-garg-prathamorg.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/mdi-here-i-come.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/me-yahoo-friends-gulp.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/test-post.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/yet-another-fight-on-yahoo.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/great-congress-v-bjp.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/05/lazy-me.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_04_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/addicted-to-internet.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/youve-got-gmail.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/rain-drop-are-falling-on-my-head.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/finally-i-am-back.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/lara-400.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/some-lost-n-some-found.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/richest-man-on-earth.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/lost.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/04/benmariopianompg.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_03_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/sg-vs-at-case-2.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/roti-kapada-makan-bijli-and-bandwidth.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/sachin-194.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/bloody-blood-donation.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/india-wins-finally.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/bored.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/test.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/saurabh-advertisements.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/03/stratagem-04.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_02_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/02/pianist.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/02/update.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/archives/2004_01_01_septemberthe22nd_archive.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/crash-yet-again.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/happy-republic-day.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/sardaar-who-changed-my-life.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/driving-through-delhi.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/q3arena.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/wwwteamubgtk.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/another-good-song.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/fms-finally-done.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/2004/01/finally-am-blogger.html http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/rss/septemberthe22nd.xml http://septemberthe22nd.blogspot.com/index.html
Walk Down The Memory Lanes
That day among one of those lectures me and Saurabh Gupta were talking about stuff we did when we were kids (when Gupta was a kid, am still a kid). Somehow we stated talking about Comic Series and I found out that Gupta also was passionate by them. We discussed about Super Commando Dhruv, BankeLal, Nagraj, Chacha Chaudhary and what not. We even talked about few comics that we were able to recall. That was one awesome hour.
I used to be so passionate about Super Commando Dhruv that I had almost decided to be a con detective when I grow up. Waise I still have an option. I am yet to grow up and as an when, if ever, I DO grow up, I would love to exercise the option.
I have decided that I would tr and get the issues of the comics and see where they have reaced in the Internet Age. That time, when I was a regular reader, there were'nt many other sources of entertainment and kids would loan comics and play games. Now we have everything from computers to pool to go carting to kill time on.
Another one would be that once I actually tried my hands at writing a comic series. I don't remember what exactly it was about but yes it was an action adventure thing and the hero was called 'The Meteor Man'. WOW. Although I never got to complete the thing but yes I planned and I started.
And the last thing to write about today would be the reason why we call them comics. As far as my pea-sized brain says, comics = cpomic+s and comic is supposed to be funny and with adventure stories like that of Dhruv and his sis Natasha and Nagraj, they were far from funny. They were interesting for sure and funny at times. Probably we just called them comics because the publishers called themselves comics, eg beng Diamond Comics with famous cartoonist Pran who created Chacha Chaudhary, Sabu, Pinki, Raman etc and then there was Raj Comics with whole array of stars like Dhruv, Nagraj, Bankelal etc. etc.
Those days were good and I miss them like hell. It also reminds me of time I spent with Monu in his house perfecting the art of VideoGaming and Cricet Fielding and Cycling.
Phew !
I used to be so passionate about Super Commando Dhruv that I had almost decided to be a con detective when I grow up. Waise I still have an option. I am yet to grow up and as an when, if ever, I DO grow up, I would love to exercise the option.
I have decided that I would tr and get the issues of the comics and see where they have reaced in the Internet Age. That time, when I was a regular reader, there were'nt many other sources of entertainment and kids would loan comics and play games. Now we have everything from computers to pool to go carting to kill time on.
Another one would be that once I actually tried my hands at writing a comic series. I don't remember what exactly it was about but yes it was an action adventure thing and the hero was called 'The Meteor Man'. WOW. Although I never got to complete the thing but yes I planned and I started.
And the last thing to write about today would be the reason why we call them comics. As far as my pea-sized brain says, comics = cpomic+s and comic is supposed to be funny and with adventure stories like that of Dhruv and his sis Natasha and Nagraj, they were far from funny. They were interesting for sure and funny at times. Probably we just called them comics because the publishers called themselves comics, eg beng Diamond Comics with famous cartoonist Pran who created Chacha Chaudhary, Sabu, Pinki, Raman etc and then there was Raj Comics with whole array of stars like Dhruv, Nagraj, Bankelal etc. etc.
Those days were good and I miss them like hell. It also reminds me of time I spent with Monu in his house perfecting the art of VideoGaming and Cricet Fielding and Cycling.
Phew !
Take Me Home ...
When I heard the song by John Denver, I didnt realize that it would applicable to me someday. Applicable in the sense that I would long to get back home to my friends, to my family, to my home, to the place I was brought up and lived virtually all my life.
After the fun time spent at hostel, I do miss the time I spent at home. Although the friends have drifted apart, they have found new accomplices, new crushes, they still wait for me, miss me and so do I.
Someone rightly said that yourealize the true value of something when you don't have it. I never relished the home cooked food, the time wasted walking on that market road, the biking, the game of cricket until I was far from it.
I am sure after two years at my hostel, I would be feeling the same way. I would be leaving my hostel, my friends, my college, my home. Damn it why do we have to be seperated from things we like to be with. Probably that's life. Change.
I know this post is not making any sense and am not getting anywhere by posting this but today probably for the first time, I am really really expressing myself on the BLOG.
After the fun time spent at hostel, I do miss the time I spent at home. Although the friends have drifted apart, they have found new accomplices, new crushes, they still wait for me, miss me and so do I.
Someone rightly said that yourealize the true value of something when you don't have it. I never relished the home cooked food, the time wasted walking on that market road, the biking, the game of cricket until I was far from it.
I am sure after two years at my hostel, I would be feeling the same way. I would be leaving my hostel, my friends, my college, my home. Damn it why do we have to be seperated from things we like to be with. Probably that's life. Change.
I know this post is not making any sense and am not getting anywhere by posting this but today probably for the first time, I am really really expressing myself on the BLOG.
Independence Day
Sabhi Bharat Vaasiyon Ko Swatantra Diwas Ki Hardik Shubh Kaamnaain.
British rule officially ended on 15th August 1947 and India became an independent state.
British traders, looking for expanding their trade and raking in money, travelled to far off palces and discovered India. The Golden Bird. With all the money and prosperity, they targeted us and slowly they imposed their rule over us. People did not object to the rule as long as they were just and fair. But they soon started exploiting and filling up the queens banks and lockers. Huge taxes were imposed, fine and duties were levied. People had to sleep hungry to pay in the taxes. Then they started physical abuse and the worst form of abuse - descrimination. They would not let any Indian enter their parks, clubs which were built on the Indian soil and they somehow contended that it was theirs. It was real bad. The britishers looted the country and left us in shackles and when they were leaving, they sowed the seed of racial disharmony.
If the Bristish Rule was bad, there were a few positives out of it too. People actually were united and fought for one cause. The cause of freedom. We developed an identity as fighters and as people who won't give in to any pressure. Even if we have to make the supreme sacrifice of laying down our lives, we won't move. We would go ahead and do anything for our country.
From a humble beginning in 1947, we have came a long way in 2004 and still there is a long road ahead. Today on 15th August, lets all unite and pledge to take our country even further and make it even stronger. We have lessons to learn from the history and we have to make sure that we don't commit the mistakes we did in the past. Let the pas serve as an example and let's move forward with another year of independence behind us.
Vande Mataram
British rule officially ended on 15th August 1947 and India became an independent state.
British traders, looking for expanding their trade and raking in money, travelled to far off palces and discovered India. The Golden Bird. With all the money and prosperity, they targeted us and slowly they imposed their rule over us. People did not object to the rule as long as they were just and fair. But they soon started exploiting and filling up the queens banks and lockers. Huge taxes were imposed, fine and duties were levied. People had to sleep hungry to pay in the taxes. Then they started physical abuse and the worst form of abuse - descrimination. They would not let any Indian enter their parks, clubs which were built on the Indian soil and they somehow contended that it was theirs. It was real bad. The britishers looted the country and left us in shackles and when they were leaving, they sowed the seed of racial disharmony.
If the Bristish Rule was bad, there were a few positives out of it too. People actually were united and fought for one cause. The cause of freedom. We developed an identity as fighters and as people who won't give in to any pressure. Even if we have to make the supreme sacrifice of laying down our lives, we won't move. We would go ahead and do anything for our country.
From a humble beginning in 1947, we have came a long way in 2004 and still there is a long road ahead. Today on 15th August, lets all unite and pledge to take our country even further and make it even stronger. We have lessons to learn from the history and we have to make sure that we don't commit the mistakes we did in the past. Let the pas serve as an example and let's move forward with another year of independence behind us.
Vande Mataram
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