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2006-09-18T10:38:00.000+05:30

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Birthday Blog

2006-06-30T23:55:00.000+05:30

A lot has changed in the last one year. I had a long trip south which was a great learning experience. My glasses took some more power out from my eye and have grown still thicker. I finally got my passport for which the application was made two days before I turned 21, last year.
Complex calculation? Yeah that is because many people are going to read the title of the blog, read “21“ and move on… And they say that, the first impression is the best impression. I’m not exactly ashamed of the fact that I have turned a year older than 21. It’s just that I like the number ‘21’. May be because it is a multiple of 7, which is my lucky number, more so because my mothers’ birthday falls on the 7th!

Anyway, planning your schedule for your birthday is not the easiest thing on the planet. In fact it can get really challenging if you have a super size friends circle. In such a case prioritizing the people you want to meet on your birthday can be a tedious task. And as, many of my friends conceded me an MBA even before I have the degree in my hand, I decided to use my personal management skills to select just the right people with whom I would spend the rest of my day. I call it, “The Lucky List”. Since there was a long queue at the saloon where I generally get my haircut, I promptly decided to meet Kishor, a barber at the nearby village called ‘Uttam Nagar’ and decided to spend the next hour with him.

So choosing the first person on the “Lucky List” was not as tough as I had thought. Anyhow, after spending an hour at the small shack filled with a 10,000 flys around me, making me look like a bee-man, I decided to meet my three best’est friends next. And yes, I did take a bath after the haircut! Now something I already knew about these three best friends was that they had been discussing about my birthday from the last 10 -12 days. I knew there was something being planned. And obviously I knew nothing after “something” about it. I had thought about it a lot many times. Knowing them, I was expecting something more like a never ending list of mock gifts which they would give out in front of all my other friends and some camera men, and then send the recording as their entries to the World’s Funniest Videos. Or may be give me a blindfold make up which would make me look like some hot pick up girl! Or even worse, get me a gay date! And this is true, and possible with these three people around. Because they are the most talented bunch of people, all from different walks of life and with the world most notorious brains installed between 29 bones, called the skull.

But I was wrong. What this day had in store for me was the best gift anyone can ever want! A treat oozing love. A room decorated with candles and hearts. Some smiley fries on beautifully embossed glass plates, bread sticks with cheese and home made Virgin Mary, followed by a mouth watering pasta dish, the tastiest I have ever had, along with delicious stir fried vegetables and a salad with all sort of fancy veggies. All home made! And of course the leftovers of the birthday cake along with coffee ice cream. And a gift!

I then knew that this was the best birthday anyone could probably ever wish for. And that I was plain lucky to have them as my friends! I had never felt anymore speechless in my life. As we ate, I heard them talk about all the efforts that went in to surprise me. How things were being arranges right in front of me, without me being able to guess it even in the wildest of my dreams. It was then I felt conspired against. Because I so wanted to be a part of all their preparation and enjoy the bliss of giving happiness, than taking the happiness.

Also now, I have an even bigger ego. For reasons that I cannot put in words! So, please do not dare mess with me now. Moving on with the day, I met more and more of my close friends, more cakes to cut and finally I now have a Super Size Ego, and this day is the happiest in my history of 21+1 years.

But in all this I had forgotten to keep adequate time to have dinner with my folks, as planned. I guess I need to go through the MBA course. I am not as good a personal manager. The lucky list was not all that a great list of prioritized people I wanted to meet. I sure did not have a Super Size Ego anymore. And there have been better days in my history of 22 years.

I guess at times even bad weather to your side does not work even if offered with apologies. And that is why ‘7’ is my lucky number and not ‘30’.

Horn’ey

2006-05-01T23:20:00.000+05:30

Ever wondered how much can a horn speak of your mood? If not, watch out the next time you on the road.

Traditionally we have a peenp or peenp – peenp which is like saying… dude, watch out. Not exactly a mood honk… more like I’m blankly heading to work… and you are blocking my way.

Then we have a little agitated honk… peeeeenp… more like, dude… what ya up to? Get outta my way! Quite common if the guy is running late for work, didn’t get breakfast or may be is caught up behind a female driver!

We also have a very angry honk… peeeeeeeeeeeeeeenp – peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeenp more like... ass, m*&%^&%, B^$&($%#@$ … Dikhta nahi kya? This is generally when you are broken out of you blank thought process… more because of Newton’s first law of motion… inertia.

But the best is Ganpati honk…

peeenp peenp penp penp peeenp, peeenp peenp penp penp peeenp.

More like the dhinkche dicnkche during Ganpati. This is something that is more predominant in Maharashtra… I think. I’m not sure what mood does this honk suggest… but I’m sure it has to do something with being happy… and definitely with Ganpati ji!

God in Small Things

2006-04-30T19:13:00.000+05:30

Have you ever been big enough to notice small things? Have you ever walked down a street looking at the trees and see them smile at you? Ever seen a dry leaf being carried away by the wind, taking somersaults, running from nobody like a child in the park, waiting for something to come its way so that it can topple over once again?

Have you seen a small child smile… at you… because of you? Ever felt at the top of the world even after a shittiest possible day because you made someone smile… and could see that someones day being made?

Have you ever had the time to time the time? When you had to rush nowhere… like still water! No work to go to, no friends to catch up with, no calls to make, no mails to check. Just stand like a tree… smiling at everyone who bothers to notice. When you are very calm and serene, in a mood to appreciate the beauty of nature… notice the small but beautiful things around you that you overlook most of the time. When you are in a mood to listen and not talk… this is when you should try talking to small people, one that do not matter to you… oldies for example… who probably are the only people who could feel the earth rotate around its own axis. People abandoned by people, by senses and waiting to be abandoned by life. Try and talk to them… connect with them… and you shall realize that they do think… think big… think smart… just like us… the only difference is that may be they cannot maintain their flow of thought. But its very interesting listening to them… and best part is… if you do listen… you are blessed with that one small smile on their face at the end that says, son… you made my day! One smile that can speak more than 1000 comprehended words per second and infinite happiness… far beyond any communication bandwidth. Make you feel good… big… happy... blessed. Reinstates the belief that God exists even in small things.

Love everyone, because life is like a game of chess, once the game is over, the king and the pawn go in the same box.
– Inspired by Being Cyrus (The Movie).

The quote has not much relevance with the post... I just like it.

Back 2 Back!

2006-02-27T12:13:00.000+05:30

Have been busy, more than lazy this time to update this page.

Latest News updates:

1. Varun Nagpal has graduated since quite some time now.
2. He spent close to seven months at Bangalore working with Hewlett Packard. Now he is back home.
3. He has put on a couple of kilos.
4. Now, Varun will be doing his MBA.

The picture denotes the good time I had throughout my stay at Bangalore. The picture though was clicked at Coorg, close to Bangalore.

Good Morning Moon Blues

2005-06-17T07:04:00.000+05:30

As a child I loved to head - stand and get amused when everything went up-side down. And some how I sill enjoy abnormality. This week, office shift timings gave me a new insight into body, mind and me. 1500 hrs.. time to get out of bed... laze around, have a cup of tea, etc. 1700 hrs and the day stars to pace up. By 2030 hrs, its time to leave house and 2200 hrs resume work! 2200 to 0700 hrs - and I am the only one who seems to be enjoying the office timings.

Thinking about it, it reminds me of a child being born! Crying for no reason, giving pain to others, enjoying the experience he is going through and seeing the world up side down.
Also I love myself being considered as a child ;) specially a new born baby who has a question mark on his face or may be a very cute grin on his face which asks, where am I? and what does the world have in store for me?

Not a Domestic Animal

2005-06-13T10:05:00.000+05:30

That’s what N.D.A stands for! That’s how we, the residents of N.D.A are treated as! Now I am used to people staring at me with popped out eyes balls. All you need to do is, tell them that I stay at N.D.A. My first city school class teacher, friends at school, college, everyone… I was always considered as a Martian. Like the monkeys at the zoo, many a times, I also have people staring at me.
Sitting with friends, did not understand a joke… general statement that I get with a pat on my back, “koi baat nahi yaar, tu NDA se hai na” and everyone goes khee khee! I don’t understand, where is the joke in that? A very pretty looking girl at office walked down to my cubical the other day, held my hand, pulled me and dragged me to the waiting area… I was enthralled and the guy who was sitting in the waiting area also stood up! I thought it was written on our face… and he would leave! Instead he came and stood in front of me… smiling. The pretty girl left my hand and held his hand, smiled at me, looked at the other guy and said, “this is the guy whom I told you about, who stays at NDA!!!!" And then both of them gazed at me as if I was jaadu from ‘Koi mil geya’. I bet the temperature in the room rose by at least a degree!

Home delivered pizzas or food was never our piece of cake. Today I must have called at least five ISPs asking for broadband internet connection and all of them had just one thing to say after the long stress on some alphabets, “‘N’ ‘D’ ‘A’… Sorry sir, in that area we don’t provide service!”

We are as it is deprived of a lot of things in life… a humble request; please do not treat us as extraterrestrials!

Did anything really change?

2005-06-11T12:00:00.000+05:30

The first thing that Veenu said after he landed into Bomaby was, “Kitni garmi hai yahaan!” Instead of welcome hugs, I stood back there and gazed at him from top to toe. He always has something that tells him, “Beta… ab tu pitta”. He soon realized the unpleasant look on my face and winked with a stupid smile on his face that said “Bhai, bahut time ke baad mil rahen hain, gale tho mil le”

After eight and a half months my family reunited. I had to overlook his first sentence. Hugs, kisses, Bombay, Pune, home, sleep, breakfast table. Same old style of eating, talking, sick sense of humor, same old long breakfast sessions with family as if he was never away from us! Knowing that he was here for barely 10 days, that too more for his US VISA, I thought he would be more of a guest. Some how, nothing had really changed. But how did ten minutes become ten days…I have no clue!

Breakfast table, home, Pune, Bombay, Kisses, Hugs and the three of us waving at him evoked all the pain & trauma that I brazen out when I first saw my family being broken in pieces. On the second thoughts, something very big, that I could not see has changed.

I'm Back!

2005-06-08T15:21:00.000+05:30

Have been more lazy than busy to update this page. But I plan to keep it updated regularly henceforth.

News updates:

1. Varun Nagpal is now a graduate.
2. He might be shifting soon to Bangalore
3. He has lost a couple of kilos.
4. He now prefers non-alcoholic drinks only!
5. Reminder >> he is single & looking for girls ;)

Happy New Year

2005-01-04T01:48:00.000+05:30

Hello people, Happy New Year. May the New Year bring you health, wealth, peace and happiness!
I had my New Year blast on the 2nd of Jan at Mahabaleshwer! Here are some stills... Have a look!

2004-12-25T10:56:00.000+05:30

Which OS are You?

2004-12-25T10:37:00.000+05:30

Which File Extension are You?

2004-11-21T19:45:00.000+05:30

Is it mere coincidence that both Cancerian brothers don't find time to blog anymore!!!

But I soon will...

Indian Addeal

2004-10-28T23:55:00.000+05:30

Try this and keep doing this…
Breathe in… breathe out… Breathe in… breathe out…
And you just learnt AnaPana, a meditation technique by S. N. Goenka better known as Vipassana. Hey, but who needs that when we have our very own Sant Shri Sony Entertainment Television bapu… yes all the viewers of Sony unknowingly practice the art of AnaPana, the art of Vipassana, the path to attain Moksha! The technique is same… breathe in out of curiosity, enthusiasm, thrill and watch your favorite show for half a minute and breathe out, out of frustration, disgust, repulse, anger and watch adverts for two minutes… Exactly what Mr. Goenka preaches!

The much awaited and lot spoken about Indian Idol – a reality TV show had its first episode staged today on our beloved Sony Entertainment Television.

Taain-Taain-Fhiss!

10 contestants and 10,000 ads plus mind-numb(blow)ing hosts and last but not the least program schedules to make your one hour stay with Sony more pleasurable! I for one, never plan to see that show again!

I always knew that Indian TV channels were copy cats, but such poor copy cats… I never expected them to be! Not to mention the commercial ads. I mean, something more imaginative could be done for this show at least. They could have made the hosts talk about the sponsors and spare us from their under the weather jokes! Anything to make it catchier, memorable and yet commercial. You know what I mean…?

I know, I know… all you wanna say is “high hopes”

Facts Rediscovered

2004-10-26T20:24:00.000+05:30

Happiness is the essence of life.

Success is the key to happiness.
Success is also the cause of overconfidence.
Overconfidence is the cause of failure. (Current phase)
Failure (if not your style) leads you to success.

So success and failure, both are essentials of a happy life.

This is what unsatisfactory scores can do to you!

Anonymous Glee

2004-10-25T01:18:00.000+05:30

Horoscope of the day depends not on celestial bodies, but on how you start your day. And my day was made as I unfolded myself and opened my eyes. Nice hot cup of tea, mumma in front and the face of The Sunday Story, Indian Express… that read ‘THE LINUX LINE-UP’ in bold letters.

It’s somewhat cheaper, decidedly less virus-prone. And no longer just a fringe fad. Pragya Singh writes on how PSUs and private individuals alike are taking to Linux, the ‘free’ operating system running a computer near you

Being a Linux user for ages now, made the article sound juvenile. But I had this smile on my face for no reason which my mom couldn’t help but notice. I had no explanation to the obvious question… why was I smiling away to glory? The fact that Linux is fast mushrooming, is a reason good enough to make me happy. Newspapers’ promoting Linux and FSF is a revolution. People need to be made aware of open source. I had a net-savvy professor who called Linux a program that Windows does not like!

There is more to it… this morning I was gifted with this divine energy that made me work to get my modem working in Linux. And they say, any task taken up with holy blessings, ends with success. Also they say that holy powers are gifted for a reason. The now working modem in linux helped me download Mozilla Firefox web browser. This ultra light, new age browser for Windows, brought to my notice by Ramanand has sanitized my Windows also. (Needless to say, Firefox is also a FSF product)

In short, my Sunday was made by extraneous events that left me with mystified joy…anonymous glee…

Inane Scribbling II

2004-10-24T01:49:00.000+05:30

On a soft, plain, chubby land
once fashioned a crag,
making it the welcome flag,

Red with white apex,
Beauty that is never tex(t)ed,
leaving me perplexed,

Attacked brutally,
Infuriated, beleaguered,
Pestered and squeezed,
Till eruption speedily seeped…

Now it will stain like history,
Till any new such mystery,
Left to be unraveled by Dermat’s ministry!

Wha! wha! Masheya Aleya,
Masheya Aleya

2004-10-23T08:30:00.000+05:30

Finally I have done the Herculean task of installing a normal commenting system on my blog!! ;-)

Inane Scribbling…

2004-10-21T23:31:00.000+05:30

Why do we want a stable routine and dynamism at the same time?

Why do we think different from what we portray?

Why do we behave different with different people?

Why do we draw a line between private and public? Is that not hypocrisy in one way?

Why do we live relationships out of happiness and never try to be happy about it?

Why do we sometimes ‘feel’ like doing something or nothing?

Does hypocrisy not makes us the arbitrator between the good and the bad, correct and wrong?

EduCaution – bumpy road ahead!

2004-10-13T22:31:00.000+05:30

Sir, you have teached us for about 2 hours! Let us please take a break.
Humm…OK, come back after 10 minutes. And you, (pointing at me) please get me one water yaar.

After 10 minutes…

Ok, Now write… “DSA is prepared on the basis of atoms removed and only those atoms are taxable under CEA 1994…”
Ex…cuse me sir… what are atoms here?
You don’t know what are atoms! i.t.e.m.s… atoms! Who passed you, I don’t know. Sit down.

I bet all of us have come across such conversations at least a couple of times on our road to learning. This is the quality of our teachers, students and education.
In this cut throat competition, students & teachers both need to be the best. But largely the substandard become teachers today. The best are absorbed by the corporate. This is adversely affecting the students.

Some corrective steps to improve our education system…

1. No reservations in teaching profession. Merit should be the only yardstick.

2. School teachers should be given recognition and reasonable pay packages. What many of the school teachers earn today, is barely enough to cover their cosmetic cost. May be that’s why it is a profession taken up by ladies sitting at home getting bored while their husbands are off to work. That is why we see more kitty parties in schools these days.

3. Practical subjects should not carry internal marks. Instead a written exam should be conducted, asking students what the practical was, how they went around it and what do they infer from it. This will help reduce misuse of power given to faculty members. Now we all know how that works! Besides, students can be assessed correctly. And that’s the idea!

4. Internal grading of students and teachers, both, should be introduced in all institutes, based on their performance in the class room. This will help multiply interactive sessions in class rooms, more doubts, more answers and both sides will do their home work & work together to be the best.

5. Lastly the university exam format should also be changed. The traditional question answer method should be changed. Instead students should be given a topic and asked to write on what they know about the topic and what they understand from it.

Teachers are not good, so students are not good. Since students were not good, they can’t be good teachers and hence can’t make good students!

Internal Reconstruction

2004-10-07T23:28:00.000+05:30

Yes, finally I am to ready take charge of my life once again. Redefining goals, objectives & principles and reinforcing them, is what ‘Internal Reconstruction’ aims at.

Sitting in my room, I realize that, my life and my room share a lot in common. No matter how much I try, after a while things do get scattered and my rooms begins to look shabby. Leave it untouched for some more days and it’s a mess. But the good part is it just needs time and determination to get it back to neat and tidy.

In the next 2 days I have my practical submission for all three subjects. In 2 weeks I have my semester exam at my computer Inst. In some 20 days my mid-sem exams start. In some 2 months I have SNAP test to give. At least 6 prac’s are to be done in time as per the university norms to get through. For my major subject 5 prac’s have been declared, out of which I am entitled to do just 1!

It is time to wake up and smell the coffee.

Why can't I do rest of the practical's?
- Because I was not present in class when those practical's were declared!

When were they declared?
- When there was nobody in class!
So I don’t really need to worry, because there are around 50 of us, sailing in the same boat. Long live my college.

But my room is in a bad shape!

My girl! She is disturbed with something these days. Luckily, this time it is nothing to do with me. She has always been my strength and has always stood beside me. Now it’s my turn. I know she needs me. But you know what? I need me more that anyone else. If I don’t get enough of me, I’ll have had enough of her!

My friends! I don’t know what’s up with them… but I enjoyed the last party! Hope to have many more of them, but for now – no more parties. I don’t want to be in just another college for my post grad!

Rest of the girls! Sorry to disappoint you… but you’ll have to wait! ;)

Much is to be done to my room… I better get going…

Question Mark

2004-09-18T22:29:00.000+05:30

I have this belief that I live my life in phases. Everything I do, I do in the flow of the phase. And may be that’s why I am good at what I do, in flow of the phase. And all these phases are in rotation. It is like the mechanical clock. Several gears rotate in synchronization with other gears, so that the time moves on.

Eat-because-life-is-short phase, stop-eating-else-you-will-look-like-Adnan phase, reading-is-fun phase, writing-is-fun phase, drink-to-attain-moksha phase, get-serious-in-life phase, get-a-life phase, socialize phase, grow-up phase, I-am-kiddo phase, mature phase, tell-people-how-much-they-matter phase, tell-people-I-love-them phase, be-nasty-to-people phase, JINI-Technology-is-cool phase, .Net-is-fundu phase, W.Dalrymple-is-great phase, girls-have-all-the-power phase… the list is never ending.

But never in my life have I come across a phase in the flow of which I get carried away unwillingly. Never has it happened that I land up doing all that I never wanted to do. It’s like wind-surfing against the wind!

I never liked the idea of flirting aimlessly, with no intentions. I would never eat when I could feel myself grow from fat to obese. I would never disappoint people whom I chose to respect. I would never cross my spending limits. I would never take crap from anyone. Never let any girl ride my bike. Never kiss a cheapo. Never ever tell my girl about that. Never pay a fine on breaking traffic rules and not take the receipt. Never ride my bike at 100kmph on 3rd gear. Never bunk my class for a movie. Never … and the list is never ending.

Have you ever been numb towards everything going around you? Numb not for a moment, but for weeks together. It’s like dreaming when you are anesthetized. Do you think its just lethargy that has enslaved me?

I have crossed my spending limits… can’t afford a psychiatrist. So, all the sane people out there please leave a comment.

LinuxWorld in Pictures

2004-09-02T20:35:00.000+05:30

Wishful ThinKing, Dude?

If Microsoft is the Establishment, then Linux is the Counterculture. So does that make IBM and HP part of the problem or the revolution?

Now you know, where does the inspiration come from!

Sexy Bikes – Semi nude girls – Dhoooooom Machale!!!

2004-08-31T22:18:00.000+05:30

Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Cast: Uday Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham, Esha Deol, Rimii Sen.

Sizzling hot bikes and babes who have no story to tell, is what Dhoom is all about. But the Hayabusa 1600 and sexed-up Esha & Rimii cover up for it and manage to lift up your sprits. And that’s what entertainment is all about. Don't you think? Anyways, the movie is a lot of Thrill, action and style – hot hot hot!

Music – electrifying. Electrifying to an extent that my 150cc roared like 1500cc after the show!

Humor- good enough to get you to chuckle at times during the movie.

Critical review: High on style, low on substance. But if you like Hollywood movies like Too fast, too furious, Torque, etc you will enjoy it. The story has the same ghisa pitta - chor police plot. The only difference is ki here chor is techno n all, doing chori on hi tech bikes with notro boost!
Abhishek is the cop, John is the thief. Both of them go well with their role. And it’s a treat watching them together as style kings in the movie! Esha & Rimii were good. Rimii was exceptionally hot though. Abhishek & Rimii share a good chemistry in the song… sensuous, but later in the movie, it is overshadowed by Hayabusaaaa.
Special effects in the movie play a very important role, because without it, the movie would suck. Some parts of the movie could be better done. Thefts shorts could be detailed. The climax is good, but the last song totally misfits, putting you back in your seat. Each frame looks beautiful and glamorous though.
Good Movie, worth seeing. I as for one, plan to see it once again.

Rating: 3/5