Me@Nostalgia

I have been feeling really nostalgic for past few weeks…Recently I heard the song ‘PAL’ by KK again….and I have been in the mood of reminiscence ever since…..

The day is almost there when I will be out of college…..end of my education life….and then into the real world…..which I feel scared of at times.

By each passing day I am feeling more and more nostalgic…I have started listening music which evokes such feelings….every action I take I try to relate it to past…..yesterday itself when I was riding my friend’s bicycle….the days when I used to ride my cycle to school, to play TT, to take tuitions…..came to my mind………and in turn thought will I ever get such a chance again…..Another incident that happen yesterday…..really wanted to watch Filmfare awards choreographed by Shiamak…..but couldn’t see because of some unavoidable circumstances……this took me back to the times when I attended SDIPA classes in New Delhi….left it because had to come here…..again the thought that struck me was that will I ever get an opportunity again…….

Many things have happened in recent past….they would have all been just normal things….but as I could related some of them to what I went before ( as I am in the mood of reminiscence)…….these little things became a bit important and consequently reminding me of my past……

Feeling of nostalgia is no big deal and is a common phenomenon that everybody goes through at different stages of life………but for me it has been something more than this….never left so nostalgic ever before in my life……May be its because all the fun is going to come to an end, or may be because so called the golden days of life will soon be gone….and then shortly the time will come when I will have to shoulder responsibilities….another reason could be the friends…….love that my friends have showered on me here is not even funny…..I always had loads of friends….but here its something special…..have become so fond of some friends here ( I hope I am not sounding weird here) that I really can’t imagine the day when we will depart ( I will like to be in touch with all my friends here after I go)….and then how difficult it will become to be in touch and thought of.. ‘Will we ever share the same kind of friendship’ gives me a nerve breaking time……

Lost@YesterDay

Today I am feeling really lost........

Don’t know what my priorities are??
Wondering what is in for me in the future??
Thinking whom to trust or whom not to??
Do I make fool of myself all the time??
Do I deserve anything??
Am I on the right track??
Do others care for your Emotions and vice versa??
Who are unconditional: Friends or Family??
Am I scared??
Can I make it BIG??
What do I want from my life??
Basically where do I stand today??

quotes@yesterday

“Design is about context and context decides your lifestyles”

“Without abstraction there is no design”

“Design is also about serendipity”

“There are 3 kinds of people
1. Who Watch Things Happen.
2. Who Make Things Happen and
3. Who Wonder What Happened”.


By Anonymous

Design@???

Nature is balanced, every pro has its con, then why can’t design/ form/ shape be symmetrical. Why should designs forcefully, be always asymmetrical…..Just to be different? ? ? ……..me confused! ! !

Superficiality@Everything

Universally, the one thing that prevails …..Is Superficiality! ! !

What ever you see…..where ever go…..what ever one does…..everything seems to be Superficial…..

Who has made this word omnipresent…..who else….we ourselves……..

Today life starts with it…..the newspaper you read in the morning is all about glitz, money, politics, Page 3...what are these???…..form of superficial expressions….

The news channels, the TV shows, sports….. All revolves around this….superficiality is what sells today…and we the people are buying it rapidly……

Sports…which is considered to be the place where everything is real and no makeup…..is also a victim of this…..sportsmen….they play for their countries….but….media, respective sport boards have made it all a part of showbiz ( sportsmen are also influenced) and showbiz again is all about superficiality…..

People are becoming brand conscious, want to buy and wear branded stuff…..what are brands…..again superficial…..adding on extra cost….just for the name sake…. In most of the cases…..( I am also one who runs after brands…what hypocrisy ! ! !… hahaha)

Even when you go to a shop to buy something….the salesman also acts in an artificial manner just to sell stuff….trying to convince his customer that the product is good… (But here the superficiality is a part of trade….baniya hu na…..chale ga…)

Now it’s about relationships….most important than all the above…..today even relations have gone for a toss…. Most of the people are using each other…. (It was there earlier also…but now it’s growing like our GDP, I am sorry if I hurt anybody’s feelings)…. The term that is most appropriate here is Synthetic Engima….meaning putting on things just to impress, accepted by the environment…society …etc…again…..superficiality ….. rite ???

No one is spared I suppose, including me…all of us are the victims of this dreaded word…. And as this thing has become so prominent that…even though people who are honest and straight forward…..we are still suspicious…. And even we could be looked at with doubt……..

Backpack@Mumbai

As my friend calls it…..and she loves such kind of trips and I loved it too…….trips where you move around with your backpacks, belongings and therefore in action all the time….

The destination was Mumbai and we were there for just two days and wanted to have all the fun and explore Mumbai as much as we could in these 2 days……the weekend…

We visited more or less all different kinds of places….be it…..holy place of Haji Ali, be it shopping mall called Atria, Institute@JJ School of Arts and IIT, took a ride in Open Air Bus by Maharastra Tourism, saw the proud old heritage of Mumbai….which includes Gateway of India, University building, VT and Churchgate…..Kala Ghoda, Town Hall and many more……went on a ferryboat, 5 star hotel@Renaissance, also visited the Surf Excel Presents Times of India Kala Ghoda Arts Festival…..it was great fun….visited friends' places and went for a Marathi wedding (senior’s wedding) to complete the whole package…..

We traveled in almost all means of public transport in Mumbai of which local train was great fun (though have traveled in it earlier)….The pushing, the squeezing, the banging …..Was a great experience for all of us……especially for the 1st timers AK and NK……

We traveled right across the city of Mumbai….from thane, mulund to churchgate, VT….It was great to experience so much of Mumbai ……never expected, that we will be able to cover Mumbai to this extent in such a short span of time….the trip was worth million dollars…. hahahhaa…..total Paisa Wasool again…..

This was my 4th trip to Mumbai- The city that never sleeps….and was the best one ever and beats all my previous visits quite convincingly…….hurray…..( but missed few people…wished they were around)……

Fun@Horror

Today evening after almost the whole class was gone; me and my friend were getting really bored and were not able to make up our mind on what to do…..but after loads of brainstorming over a cup of coffee at chirag we decided to have a movie screening in my room….

As the screening was supposed to take place in my room, and girls were invited, I decided to catch hold of my roomy and together we transformed a shabby looking room into a more presentable one…. (Just to impress the girls…hahahaha).

After loads of difficulty and setting with the guard bhaiya we managed to get the girls into the room….where the movie called “Grudge 2” – A Horror Movie was to be screened…..We also arranged for some coke and chips to munch on during the screening…

To create an atmosphere we lighted few agarbattis, arranged for the speakers and turned off the lights ….Adjusted ourselves (four in total) on the bed with foodstuff and all ready to watch a scary horror flick….

The movie started……………………………………………………………………….....

The 1st thing we saw on the screen was some East Asian Language (I think it was Japanese) and what struck us was, “shit subtitles”……………“half the time will go reading them”….We were like “chalo koi baat nahi….hope the film is scary”….

After watching the movie for a while….we all were confused and were really trying hard to concentrate. But it was impossible as the story was completely confusing…."without any sar and paer"…..till this point in the film there had not been any scary moment at all….it was just fun and more fun…..total comedy….hahahahaha….ya with an exception of few good shots….

But we decided to carry on and thought the end would make up for the whole movie….hoping the end to be quite dhaasu…

But………………………….........you know what I mean………this has been one of the most creepy horror movie I have ever watched……really not scary at all…..total filmy, funny, gross, basically ehwwwww…….I know I should not comment in such a way and should respect one’s creation…but can’t help it..………..

Gujarat Riots@SLA

We were shown few movies and were asked to write an essay or design a poster on one of them, and I chose to take an easy pick…tats writing an essay…..I decided to write on Godhra…..


Godhra, the name that reminisces ugly scenes of a burnt train, half burnt human bodies, charred limbs and subsequent clashes that turned out to be uglier by any figment of human imagination. The year 2002 saw the worst of communal clashes in modern Indian history, perhaps, next only to those witnessed during the days of partition.

The Godhra incident can be compared to Jallianwala Bagh massacre, where innocent people were killed by the Britishers. Though the killings in Jallianwala Bagh were quite cruel, but burning live bodies is even more dreadful. One can’t even think of imagining of going through this awful act by humans.

Killings, riots, massacres etc on basis of religion is not a new thing in India, it has been happening for quite sometime now. Our constitution states that India is a “Secular” country. But where has all the secular feelings gone. We all just need an excuse to fight amongst ourselves. If we continue to fight amid ourselves on the basis of castes, creed etc, we are heading nowhere. It has been and will remain one of the major hindrances on our development and aspirations to get rid of the black mark of “3rd World Countries”.

Again constitution states that we are a Democratic Country, we are run by peoples’ representatives who are elected on the basis of votes casted by us. But if these political parties and so called people representatives will use religion a weapon to win elections and peoples support, how can we survive and raise our voices against people who try to segregate country on basis of religion and those who are involved in hideous acts such as Godhra Riots.

Godhra riots has not been the last incident of such a kind, even today there are issues related to religion, caste, creed, sex etc. One of the most recent acts that I can be reminded of is the act of genocide once again in the state of Assam by the militant groups.

No one of us knows that when will all these come to an end. Its not that no one from the society is trying to curb these incidents from coming up, but due to few disturbing elements in the society their efforts have been in vain. As the phrase goes “even one dead fish can dirty the whole pond”.

Alone@Heritage Walk

I did not want to leave Ahmedabad…without experiencing the most talked about “Walk” in the city….as I have just few more months to go here…..

Today was the day when I decided to go for the “Heritage Walk”. It has been almost 2 years since I have been in Ahmedabad….and till today had not been for this walk which covers the heritage of Ahmedabad (Old City) which includes architecture, religious places, culture and traditions……

I had planned to go for the walk with few of my colleagues…..But they all backed out and this taught me a lesson that never ask anybody for anything….This was not the 1st instance, earlier also…..people backed out from chaos, then rock idols……and for sure few more such incidents must have happened with me…..but cant recollect it now…..

Finally decided to set off for the walk all Alone…..Till the time I reached the starting point of the stroll I was a bit skeptical about the whole thing….of me going for it alone without my friends….

After I reached the starting point I found foreigners and other tourists waiting for the guide to come…. The guide came and we set off for the walk…..

Initially missed my mates…..slowly and gradually…..got so such engrossed into the walk and photography….that there was no such moment when I missed any of my friends…

So I don’t regret going all alone for the walk…..infact it was more fun and exciting without them…

I hope in future there will be such more occasions when I will get a chance to be all by myself…( but will prefer friends to accompany me…hahahahha)

Campus Rock Idols@Ahmedabad

This is what I had gone for today evening with my friends.....

Rock Show.....not my cup of tea......As far as I can remember this is my only second visit to a Rock Show. Before this I had attended a show by band called "Parikrama" @Hindu College in New Delhi...That show was decent.....though I couldnt follow most of it....as I told u earlier its not a thing that I can relate my myself closely to....

My 1st rock show.....was decent.....thought....if I get another chance, will... to go for it.....

And today after very long....I got a chance.....expected it to be great fun & wished it to be better than before so that.....it will keep me interested in any other such future shows....

Campus Rock Idols....is a competition....which gives a platform for the upcoming bands....across the country to show their talent....I am sure you will be familiar with this....

As soon as I entered I met a friend, and he said that you just missed the best band.....I was a bit dissappointed to miss it.....and with my friend's comments I expected that the show will be a good one....

The next band was getting ready for the their performance.....and we all were expecting it to be good.......I went ahead in the arena where I found my college mates......and I asked them how is the show shaping up.....and the reply was...PATHETIC.....

And the 1st thing that struck me after this was......"mein yahan kyun aaya?"...But we waited to hear the next band perform.....And as soon as they started...people went bizzare....and what we could hear was "what the **** is this".... Everyone was dissappointed...... thought of leaving the place...... immediately... But decided to stay for a bit more.... hoping that the next performance will be better.....

And thank God the next performance was decent........intially....but later on became monotonous ...... but still was far better than the previous one.....So we felt a bit better and decided to extend the stay......but after a while got bored and finally decided to Call it a Day.....

I know I should not be commenting on rock shows.....but still.....my verdict is that it was just ok.....and nothing compared to my 1st experience @Hindu College...

So now I have decided only if its a famous band performing I will give it a thought otherwise .....I am afraid that I will ever attend a rock show in future.....

Life@Tent

A trip to Jaisalmer was hanging over the decision of whether to stay in the SWISS tents overnight at the sand dunes of the Golden City.

But after a great deal of persuasion and emotional blackmails, managed to convince fellow mates to join the trip...but unfortunately one of the friends backed out due to unavoidable state of affairs.....

Finally we managed to kick start the tour in a comfortable Tempo Traveler, the excursion I always craved for....After a long and bumpy Tempo ride we reached the Maru Bhumi....

We spent a day in the city...visited various places of historical importance and .....now was the time to leave for the most awaited part of the whole tour.....”The Swiss Tents”.

Before we could reach the tents....some of us had to go through the process of losing our virginity to the camels...Though the camel ride was painful, it is an experience that everyone should have in their life.....

After having a GALA time in the sand dunes...we headed for the TAMBU...the Swiss tents....The initial impression of the place was exciting and felt relaxed...as I wont be murdered by my pals for paying fortunes for a below average stay...The Bedroom was big, toilet and bathroom rocked.....The tent had stunning light inside, which even made an ordinary looking chick look pretty and nice....the New Giesha Was Born….

We spent the key hours of the darkness around the bonfire….where it was fun to unravel the hidden talents amongst the group….

After this came the realization time, when we decided to have PAISA WASOOL, so all of us headed for the Tambu to have a Bambu of a time…

It was nice and cozy inside the blankets…and few of us gathered to have a gossip session and amongst these….1 or 2 decided to have a dosage of Amrit Jal….hahahhhaa

I went off to sleep as didn’t feel like being a part of it and was also extremely tired….

I suppose they for sure would have gossiped about me and G…..as usual…then obviously other hot topics @NID…

Later on everyone went off to sleep and it was not that cold in the night as we all expected…with few totally paranoid about the whole deal of staying over in the tent…

Next day we all got up…and one by one…tried to manage a bath with just a bucket of hot water….again it was an experience to have a freshening up session in the makeshift structure.

Some of the tour members took their own sweet time to get ready…which was quite pissing off as we were getting late for our next destination…..Anyways what can one do about it…nothing…

After breakfast….we all embarked on the journey to the INDO-PAK Border….