THE GREAT INDIAN ROBBERY... :-)

Year-2000

I was in VIII Std. There was a group of mine having 4 members in it in tuitions. I and my friend(name A) were typical nerds. Wearing those glasses, all we used to do was nod to what sir taught us in lecture and try to score good marks. Our other two friends(name C and D) also wore glasses but they were the smart kids. The one who knew how to deal with this merciless world and always upto some tricks. I dont know how, despite having such extreme behaviour, we bonded very well? Perhaps to balance the power.

As days passed, our bond became stronger and stronger. One day, after tuitions,
C: Hey do u want free pens?
I: What? How??
C: Say u want it or not?
I and A: yes. But how? (Our emphasis was more on "HOW" as we were always scared of such kind of things)
D: Arrey its simple yaar. We will steal it from a shop. Very simple. Now that u two will come, we will be able to steal more.
I(shocked): U steal? How do u get away? U dont get caught?
C: ha ha ha. nahi re. uncle kya pakdega. We both go together in shop and point at a thing kept faraway and ask uncle to bring that. Till the time he comes back we take up 2 or 3 pens. Its very simple. Moreover, We r regular customers. so uncle trusts us.
D: Now this sunday, all of us will go. You 2 distract uncle and we will take up the pens. This time we will hit the jackpot. As we will get more time, we will take atleast 10 pens and that too of varieties. Montex, cello and also that cello wala with beautiful smell. Ahh. it will be great.
I: nahi yaar, i dont want to do it. i m not interested in such things.
C: Arrey chal na yaar. wats the problem. Arrey A, tu samjha na. tum sab bahut jaldi dar jaate ho. Arrey cmon its fun.
A: Haan yaar, lets try. Atleast we will come to know how they steal.

Being nerds, we always looked for knowledge in anything and so agreed. But at the same time i must admit it was wrong to do so and i was inclined too for that smell wala cello pen. ;-)

THE NEXT DAY

C: So all set and done. U both r sure with wat u have to do tomorrow(i.e. Sunday)
I: Actually there is a problem.
C: Now what?
I: Arrey yaar i cant stop laughing. Two of my friends stealing in front of me and making that person mamu. I wont be able to control yaar. Look i m laughing already now. This whole situation seems so hillarious to me.
D: Abey yeh faltu ki baatein mat kar. U will come with us tomorrow. We will analyse ur condition at that time and decide what to do with u.

SUNDAY THE D-DAY

After completing our tests, we rode on our cyles like the ones of biker gangs do in movies. With full determination, we reached the destination. Although i was still laughing. Perhaps i had gone mad. Sensing the situation,

C to D: i think we should not take him. He will screw the whole situation. Imagine uncle seeing 3 boys who r serious and one odd man laughing out loud. He will sense something is wrong.
D: Hey A, but u have to come huh.
A(already nervous by my exclusion): Okay but i wont help u. I will just stand there.
C: Okay no problem. We just need moral support. If u guys keep laughing even we would lose our nerves then. Shaival, u just wait here. Kaam mat kar but we will bring superb stuff for u(beaming with pride).

For safety precautions, i myself decided not to go to even the first floor where the shop was located.
After 10 mins, A came out running.

A: Shaival bhag.
I: kyon kya hua.
A: Arrey sab bigad gaya yaar. they both r caught. it got all screwd up. Actually uncle already had doubts on them. so when they askd uncle for something, Uncle just faked it. And soon he caught them redhanded. Both were having 10-10 pens in their hands and both froze when caught. Those greedy fellows. Now wat else does one need for proof. I was standing in the corner and so fled. Chal ab bhaag.

So with full speed that our cycles permitted to us, we ran.

THE NEXT DAY

I met both of them. Yeah C and D. They both were relaxed and smiling.
I: wat happend yesterday.
C: arrey nothing. we said sorry to uncle and pleaded for a very long time. At last he relented. So we left from there. Its bcos of u 2 morons that this thing got screwd. U people brought bad luck to the whole project. Moreover we have decided we wont steal anything from now onwards. But anyways we will make sure u both spoil anyone else's party too.

And with that MY CAREER IN THE CRIMINAL FIELD CAME TO A TRAGIC END......

CATalysis

Slowly and steadily, the C-day is arriving. But honestly speaking, i dont see my level of readiness any different from the last year despite the fact i am having a lot of free time this year. I think guys like me or perhaps many among us are like that. We do tend to take things lightly but wat matters is how u perform on that particular day. This time as i had a lot of free time, i found certain peculiar characteristics in CAT preparation which many colleagues of mine, i think, would agree. So here are they:

1. No matter how much u try, u end up making innovative mistakes in each and every mock paper of CAT. Analysis of previous papers doesnt help much. U go with fresh air of enthusiasm but in the end u make a new kind of mistake. Kudos to all of us for being creative in atleast one field.

2. After finishing the exams, when u go for discussion, u will always find that others have attempted more no of Qs than u. Now this frustates me a lot. Right from the last cat till now, i seldom find anyone who has attempted less than me. If i attempt 30 Qs, they will attempt 35. If 40 then they attempt 45. Any CONSPIRACY going on????? :D

3. During the ongoing mock paper, u still get time to laugh at urself as u cant even solve these simple 11th-12th std maths questions based on geometry, algortithm etc or a basic grammar related question which "VERY SIMPLY" asks u to just tell incorrect sentences among a group of sentences. See its so easy na..

4. U may not care about anything in the world but during the CAT paper, ur mind will be bombarded with all kind of issues that u r facing in ur life. Yeah this is the time when all of a sudden ur brain realises that we need to sort out certain issues in life and so in the midst of ongoing paper, u come across topics such as ur fight with a friend, ur tense relations etc etc.

If ur luck is worse than that, then disaster will struck upon u. Latest bollywood songs start playing in ur mind. And u know wat, u can hear them so clearly that u can point out where wat instrument is being played upon. These things happen only in those 135 minutes. And let the exams offer. U all of a sudden become normal again. So wat was that. More of "Sach ka saamna" kind of situation.

And worst of all, CAT is not like university exams where u can write anything and be happy. First of all it doesnt allow u to write anything and even deducts mark for wrong answers. So its not an exam for masti etc where i with all my creative skills write anything i want. So all i can say is "lets hope for the best" and may i find the HOLY GRAIL this time....

SLEEP

The biggest relief i m feeling right now is that ATLAST I M WRITING SOMETHING. Really i was so sick of myself for giving innumerable reasons to avoid writing a post. Thanks to australia that they r batting first in today's ODI, otherwise this post would have been delayed again. And the source of all these reasons is laziness. And laziness leads to Sleep. And thats wat i m going to talk, oops write about.

There is a very inherent relationship between us(Human beings) and Sleep. Right from birth, we r so fond of sleep that we spend one third of our time sleeping. That shows wat we r best at. Doing nothing. Chilling out, relaxing and trying to have colourful dreams. Life tests us in the beginning to see how much we love our sleep. I m confident we all have faced the feelings, the emotions that i m going to describe.

U r a school going boy. U hate those 7 o clock morning school. And u know why? Sharp at 6 a.m. the sound u dread the most starts beeping in the name of ALARM. That bloody thing keeps on making noise unless and until u get up from ur bed. Try to recall this situation. At those precious moments ur bed looks the best haven in the whole world. U wish to just lay there and not come out of it. Alas, the world is very harsh. Even if by some chance u stop the stupid alarm, u have ur mother ready to wake u up by any means. And u dont want that. Bcos that wud lead to some lecture in the morning which is the most avoidable thing any kid wants.

After some 10-15 min u make some movement. But all of sudden u r again mocked at. U see ur father and kid brother/sister sleeping peacefully and u get jealous. Yeah man U GET JEALOUS LIKE ANYTHING. U ask GOD "Y m i made to go through all this thing?" But GOD doesnt feel like answering to u. And all u r left with is again that painful situation of seeing everybody sleeping with great PLEASURE and u, the dumb guy, awake. U wait eagerly for that sunday. Yeah man its ur day when u will show the world that even u too sleep like a baby. Come sunday. And when u wake up, the first thing that u do is to see the clock so that u can be proud of seeing for how long u slept. In my case, the following used to happen: I used to wake up smiling. Its Sunday. I did it. I slept without any disturbance. Man i must have slept for 10 hours minimum. I see the clock. GOD ITS ONLY 6:30. And that used to hurt me even more than weekdays torture. How the hell can i be up in my bed so early. Oh damn my body clock which has made it a routine for me. I cant believe this. I think most of u have gone through this.

Now relax. As i said this was the testing phase. Next wat u get is the Vacation period which i m relishing right now. Since coming into college, i cant recall anything like Alarm. Alarm??? Hmmm. wats that by the way. I can sleep whenever and whereever(in my home ofcourse. as i m collegian i dont go to college ;-) ) i want. This is true bliss. Now i thank God and ask for forgiveness for those silly questions asked during school days. U realise that this was God's scheme so that u can value ur sleep more and more.


Now after writing so much about it, i feel i should go and take a quick nap. After all thats wat led to writing this particular post. And yeah u people should also try a nap like me. Sweet Dreams. :-)

Independent Rains And Dhan Te Nan :-)

I dont know why but somehow it rains for me on each and every Independence day. Somehow i manage to get some drops on my face on every 15th august. Last year it rained. And this time, after full week of sunlight, all of a sudden clouds came upon the sky. I felt it would rain again. Naa. But while going for flag hoisting ceremony to college, i some how got 3-4 drops on my face. And i was not under illusion. I bet i was not. It was real. Rain Drops. :-) It has become a kind of habit for me to have this experience every 15th aug. Otherwise i dont feel normal. BTW HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY. :-)

Watching a FUPERB MOVIE. DHAN TE NAN

2 months back, i had seen two of Guy ritchie's most acclaimed films:- 1.Snatch and 2.Lock,stock and two smoking barrels. They were awesome movies representing a unique genre of their own. Yesterday when i watched Kaminey, i had never expected i would
get to see something on the lines of movies mentioned above. Kaminey is so different from the normal hindi movies u get to see. Now let me clarify first that the story is ordinary, so dont think in that sense. But wat works is the execution, the way movie plays out. Its alltogether new in each and every sense.

The movie sets a new precedent in dark movies. Vishal bharadwaj, for me, deserves all the praises. He directed, wrote, sang and was also the music director( wonderful music. very rarely do i say this for any non rahman album). But the best thing were his dialogues. Those punchy dialogues were so soothing to ears. Ahh he did so many things and was master in all of them.

Talking abt music, i never get Guljar's lyrics. I mean i dont get them. Thats wat i used to feel earlier. And i still feel the same. ;-) I cant get the hidden meaning of those lyrics but i loved them this time. And my favourite line from song "pehle baar mohabbat ki hai" is

" yaad hain peepal ke jiske ghane saaye the
hamne gilhari ke jhoothe matar khae the"

Ha ha ha. wat was that. but i love these lines the most. Hats off to him. I havent yet reached his level of intelligence. One thing that i loved the most was acting. Its best ensemble of actors i have seen in recent times. My nature is that i have always rooted for side actors. Somehow i m always biased for them. So due credit to shahid, priyanka for their awesome acting, but for me the side actors took the cake. I loved all of them (Lele, lobo, tashi, mikhail) . And particularly my hero was Amole Gupte who played Bhope bhau in the movie. Wat an acting by him. Completely AWESOME. My favourite scenes in the movie were:-

1. When Bhope Bhau shouts to his sidekicks(after slapping one of them)- "Bhau nahi toh sab carrom khelte hon. BHAU, BHAU, BHAU".

2. Tashi to Bhope(though tashi is meeting bhope for first time, he speaks as if they know each other for long)- "Bhope, topein (showing them) toh hamare pass bhi hain. Aaram se baith".

Its scenes like these that make the movie memorable. I wish these scenes had longer duration but that was not. If i go by movie, i would have given 3/5 but just bcos of marvellous acting i give it 4/5.(I m not trying to be a critic, i just gave stars to emphasize the acting part ;-) ) So go for it. ITF A FANTAFTIC MOVIE.

Things to miss when I leave Ahmedabad

Many of my friends have left ahmedabad for future education to other cities in India or to the US. Seeing them leave, i get reminded of the fact that sooner or later, i also will have to follow the suit. I grow nostalgic just by the mere thought of leaving Ahmedabad. Following is the list of things that i will miss the most when i leave Ahmedabad.

1. Navratri and Uttarayan
The two festivals that are so eagerly awaited everytimeare the life of festivals of Ahmedabad. Particularly navratri, where we friends,knowing that we dont have dancing skills, dance like anything bcos many along with us suffer from the same problem. The whole aspiration of dancing takes a fruitful result during those 9 days. Songs like sanedo and many more, when heard, look so great compared to today's hindi songs. I still remember i played in dandia with my mineral water bottle instead of dandia. :-D And after that at 3 am we rush off to a restaurant to eat something. wat a life.

2. Traffic
Amdavadi traffic is best to nourish an upcoming learner. We amdavadis tend to have allegience towards delhi traffic rather than the mumbai one. I just cant believe how the hell in mumbai, they always have their vehicles maintaining a certain distance among themselves(atleast 2 feets and i do respect that). Nah, it doesnt work here. We love each other so much that we dont even leave an inch and stick our vehicles to each other. And do see the moment when the traffic light is about to turn green. All the wannabe schumachers(including yours truly) gear up for the race. And then we swing our vehicles like anything as if a wind is moving all of us.

3. Gujarati language
Mujhe yeh nahi faata(comfortable) hain.
jalse pad gae(we had fun).
Daav ho gaya yaar.(this one is my favourite which means we have a problem)
There are so many gujarati words which add a new dimension,a new feel to these sentences. When u live in ahmedabad, u cant get rid of using these words. And also the habit of adding "-iya" as suffix to everyone's name to show our love. E.g. Shaivaliya ( already there is so much torture on my name ;-) )

4. Sitting idle at college parking
In college, u dont attend lectures. So we used to have our discussion sessions at parking area where we have discussed anything and everything of each and every topic. There used to be no pressure of attending lectures and so our topics were discussed with even more interest. We have condemned and praised each and every policy of politicians, discussed future trouble of Indian cricket, the treachery of chappel,buchanan and so many things. After completing each session, i used to feel so great as if we r some big intellectuals and our such discussion lead to some benefit.

5. Cheap movies
Any day(including the holidays) Morning show. Price- Rs 40 Feeling- Jalsa padi gaya ;-)
Even if its a bad movie, except the fact its himesh's or aag, it doesnt make us feel betrayed. COmpared to other cities where charges are around 150 bucks, ahmedabad is heaven of movie buffs.

6. Great food places
U name it and there are each and every variety of restaurant here. And even those restaurants are so many that u may get something new to discover. And how can i forget gujarati food. I m in love with gathiya, fafda and shreekhand. Dont know how i will live with out them.

7. Soul
Last and the most IMPORTANT thing. Its the SOUL of ahmedabad i will miss the most. The place where u can roam freely at night at even 3(although u shud not do it just for fun), where people are so friendly, where there is something in air that despite facing earthquake, riots, we all r still the same and infact we r developing faster. I just cant express but i feel a belonging to this place.

Ultimately, M PROUD TO BE AN AMDAVADI. Its my hometown and no matter wat happens, it will be the closest city to my heart ever.

Whats in a NAME?

"So wats your name?".
Me-"Shaival"
Person(confused)-"what?"
Me(this time speaking slowly)-"Its shaival"
Person(still confused but trying)-"okay shaiiival".
Me-"no not shaiiival. the letter 'i' is kind of silent."
Person(now more confused)-"yeah yeah got it. shaiival now i m right na".
Me(teeth clenched)-"yes dude u r right".

This is a normal flow of conversation that happens with me whenever i meet a new person. I m so proud of my name that has been bestowed upon me but the sad fact is that most people dont respects that. :-( My name has been ripped off so many times that it doesnt sound anywhere near to the original one. The big problem lies with the pronounciation. BUT WHY ME. WHY AM I BEING MADE THE CHOSEN ONE. ALL THE PRIDE THAT I HAD REGARDING THIS NAME IS NOW SLOWLY SHATTERING.

Recently i met some kids, they asked my name and the usual thing happened. But they were more cruel. They were rude enough to say that we cant remember or understand(???) ur name so we would be calling u bhaiya only. ur name is nowhere near to the simpler ones like jay, amit etc. Kids being kids told the truth and i had to gulp down the insult with no reaction.

In school too i faced the same jokes of error. My english mam(who is a bengali) used to call me SHAIWOL with a big emphasis on "vol" as if its WALL.

When i shifted to a new school, in my class a boy came and asked "hey wats ur name?"
I with caution and as slowly as possible said "shaival"
He-"hmmm. nice to meet u".
I was relieved to see that at last someone got it correctly in the first time itself.
then after some talking and all stuff he said "U know its pretty weird. But why did
ur parents named u SEVEN".
I was shocked like anything. cmon yaar. no body insulted my name like this way. How come u? Ahh, and again the whole process of teaching him to pronounce my name correctly started.

U know there r days when some people in the first time itself pronounce my name correctly. When i hear them doing so, my joys have no bounds, i feel like a baby and tell my friends "look he prounounced it correctly. i cant believe this." I get so
happy at those times that i feel like giving jaadu ki jhappi to such honourable souls.

Apart from pronounciation, the other problem lies in wat is meaning of ur name. I tell them its related to lord Shiva. But there r great souls who have other thoughts. Once i met an uncle who said " U know ur name means AMOEBA. In gujarati, shevad means amoeba. So u r an amoeba. HA HA HA". Now i tried explaining him its not shevad but of no use.

So this is the story of my name. And please all those who r reading this start pronouncing my name correctly. I will leave u

with a phone conversation that had rattled me as usual when someone distorts my name.

Person-"hello sir"
Me-"hello who is this"
Person-"Sir i m from tvs motors. the call is regarding ur bike"
Me-"okay"
Person-"Sir ur name is SHIVLAL NA"
Me-%&$#&#& (in my mind ;-) )

P.S I STILL LOVE MY NAME. :-)

Movie Recommendations Part II and IPL Awards.........

Okay so m back with some movie recommendations. Now for a change i felt there r certain hindi movies that can be recommended which u might have not seen. so Here we go:

1. Johnny Gaddar

Its a suspense thriller and as usual the plot revolves around money,murder etc. But the cool thing here is that u r told from the beginning WHO IS THE KILLER. Ha ha ha. Isnt that funny??? Then wats the thrill. For that watch the movie. U will be thoroughly enjoyed. Neil Nitin Mukesh(same person not three different ones ;-) ) is good in his debut movie.

2. Mithya

Mithya is a dark comedy. Starring Ranvir shourey, it has a very unusual story. Now i wud love to tell it but i feel the joy of watching it then is lost. Okay a bit of info. Its a movie about a struggling actor(shorey) and he comes to know there is a notorious gangster who looks exactly like him. Having naserruding shah, saurabh shukla(kallu mama of satya) as supporting cast, u dont need anything else.

3. The Pianist

I had watched the movie two weeks back. Had not much of expectations. Soon after it started, i started liking it. It was so simple in its storytelling. Yet it was so effective. No spectacular scene, no such dialogue that can make u stand up and clap for it. But still it looked so real in its portrayal and i realized the virtues of Simplicity. The movie is a real life story about a Polish Jew person(who happens to be a pianist by profession) and his struggle in Nazi era. Andrian Brody(the lead) plays the role really well bt dont think he deserved an oscar for this. Perhaps the other nominees were even worse. ;-) But real credit goes to Roman Polanski, the director for such a great movie.

IPL AWARDS

Okay now something humorous. Following are the IPL AWARDS 2009 that i had seen on net. These r not my creations. But Credit goes to those who created it. ENJOY.

Pair pe kulhaadi Award:
Sreesanth for his marathon run after claiming wicket of Dhoni and ruining own prospects in Indian team.

Most insightful commentator Award: (Jointly held)

Ramiz Raja for the comment on Amit Mishra:"Amit Mishra can spin the ball"

Mbwanga for the comment during the semifinals: "Chennai would like to win the match"

Alistair Campbell for "2 overs remaining. That's 12 balls folks"

L Sivaramakrishnan:"These are crucial times. Last 10 overs"

Aaj Tak Sabse Tez Award:
Dada, the Agile Tiger (only after getting a wicket)

Order of the British Empire (OBE):
Buchanan for the 21st century version of divide and rule

Astrologer of the Year:
Chatterjee Kaku (the old man in Nokia ad of KKR saying "sunna is baar tum hi jeetoge ha ha ha." perhaps he knew the real fate. thats y laughing after saying that.)

Cyrus Memorial Bakra Award:
McCullum

Good One

Well was away from blog due to some reasons. But m back. Sharing with u all a humorous story that i had read some days back on net. ENJOY IT :-

The marketing director of Nescafe manages to arrange a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican.

After receiving the papal blessing, the Nescafe official whispers,' Your Eminence, I have some business to discuss. We at Nescafe have an offer for you. Nescafe is prepared to donate $100 million to the church if you change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'.

The Pope looks outraged and thunders, "That is impossible. The Prayer is the word of the Lord, It must not be changed." Well," says the Nescafe man somewhat chastened, "We anticipated your reluctance. For this reason, and the importance of the Lord's Prayer to all Catholics, we will increase our offer to $300 million. All we require is that you change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'."

Again, even more sternly, the Pope replies, "That, my son is impossible. For the prayer is the word of the Lord and it must not be changed."

Finally, the Nescafe director says, "Your Holiness, we at Nescafe respect your adherence to your faith, we realise that tradition is essential to your beliefs, we fully understand the importance of the word of the Lord ................but we do have one final offer. Please discuss it with your cardinals. We will donate $500 million to the great Catholic church if you would only change the Lord's Prayer from 'Give us this day our daily bread' to 'Give us this day our daily coffee'. Please, please consider it." And he leaves.

The next day the Pope convenes the College of Cardinals. "There is some Good news," he announces, "and some bad news ..... The good news is, he continues to a hushed assembly, ' that the Church will get $ 500
million."

"And what is the bad news, your Holiness?" asks a Cardinal.

"Sadly" says the Pope ,
.
.
..
"We would have to lose the Brittania account!!"

Some movie recomendations..............PART 1

As i had talkd in my previous post abt it, today the day has arrived for giving u(yes u people, u cant believe that. I know now a days charity has become obsolete :-) ) to enjoy these memorable movies. And there r lots of movies that i wud be recommending. Hence the topic has words PART 1. So here we go:

1. The Dark Knight:

Whenever i have watched super hero movies, the one thing that i have hated the most is that they try to hav comic element in them. I cant understand y is that being done. I m enjoying a terrific action sequence and the very next scene has some stupid joke being told upon. Now that spoils everything. The animosity between hero and villain doesnt look real. Thank GOD. we had BATMAN. Watch this movie for its sheer DARKNESS. U love the way things take place. Marvellous dialogues. Man, those dialogues deserve a place in philosophical books specially those by joker.

Became a nolan(the director) fan after watching this movie. But How can i not talk about the show stopper. YES HEATH LEDGER. A memorable performance for his last movie. He was 30 but made joker look like 40 something. Awesome acting by him. AT LEAST WATCH THIS MOVIE FOR HIS SAKE.

My Favourite Scene: Batman and joker talking in cellar.

2.The Prestige

Now i told u that i became nolan fan after watching the dark knight. But after watching this, he is in my list of favourite directors. What a MOVIE!!!!!!! No words to describe it. Its one of the most INTELLIGENT movies i have ever seen. The movie plays with the audience like anything. Like dark knight too, the movie has a philosophical background but told so commercially that no one can get bored.

The cast is superb. Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play their part to perfection. But others also make this movie fantabulous by awesome performances. Do watch it. I mean just watch it. U will come to know only then.

Favourite Scene: There are many. This movie has loads of them.

3. A Beautiful Mind

I believe that russel crowe's best performance till date has been in this movie. The movie on the whole could hav bored u out but due to this man's performance u just r glued to the screen to see what happens next. Crowe plays the part so convincingly that u feel the pain he goes through in the movie. Ur heart goes out for him. An oscar deserving performance but dont know how these guys always find someone else to fill the place. WATCH IT.

Thats enough for this week. I wont be recommending as it may affect ur studies. Padhai bhi karo yaar. its exam time.

One more thing. I didnt mention any hindi movie bcos i feel u all must have seen the good ones. Thats y talking about english ones. Enjoy them.

WHERE ARE THE ISSUES????

This is something that i strongly feel about. Elections are going on and nobody is discussing the issues that concern the common man. Cmon yaar. What about poverty, recession, corruption, reservations, global warming, terrorism, criminalisation of politics. But no one is discussing this. Instead our beloved politicians are busy discussing the following things of grave importance:

1. WHETHER THE CURRENT PM IS THE WEAKEST OR NOT?(NOW CMON WE R GOING TO ELECT A NEW ONE AND PEOPLE STILL DISCUSSING ABOUT PAST)

2. WHETHER BJP IS GOVERNED BY RSS? ( Y R U BOTHERED. LET THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. VOTERS WILL ANS THEM IN ELECTIONS)

3. THE OTHER GANDHI(MR.VARUN) SPREADING COMMUNALISM JUST FOR THE SAKE OF SOME VOTES. (PLS TAKE SOME CUE FROM UR COUSINS MR.GANDHI)

4. LALU YADAV AND HER WIFE CALLING PEOPLE WITH ABUSIVE WORDS.

Havent we seen enough of this. Its a shame that these people dont even have the guts to discuss the important issues atleast when elections are going on. The whole voting awareness campaign takes a downfall due to these things. Y would people vote if all r indulged in such mudslinging. Its a shame to see the two major national parties also being part of such shameful act.

Then also, we should never lose hope. Its my APPEAL to u ALL to come out and PLEASE VOTE SO THAT U CAN BE HEARD. Vote for what u believe in. In case u dont believe in any, choose the bad one among worst. :-)

Just now one letter from collectorate came to my society(which is being distributed to other societies too). The whole letter appeals to us(the voters) to vote without any feeling of fear,greed etc. The way the letter is written made me feel as if the person is begging us to vote. THAT ALSO FOR OUR RIGHT. The ELECTION COMMISSION is doing so much for free and fair elections. Lets VOTE to make sure DEMOCRACY stays alive.

Hmmm. What to post.

Now in recent days i had no idea about what shud i write about in the blog. I fail to think of any interesting topic that can make an entry. So was lying low getting completely detached to the blogging arena until i realized i might not be interested in writing again. So just to keep the habit going on, i m posting this.

Btw, didnt got selected in the FMS process. I knew that chances of not getting in were much higher. So there was no pressure on the day of results. In fact it was laughable from my side as i had to msg each and every friend of mine that i m not selected.(everybody told me to msg the result irrespective of the outcome). Great friends!!!! :-D

To post a topic is not an easy thing. Its a hard process. U have to structure the whole thing and make sure watever u wanted the reader to know is there. Sometimes while writing, wat u hav visualised of writing doesnt seem feasible and so one chances the whole script. Its really a process where u never know wat the final outcome would be.

Anyways, i hav watched several movies recently about which i would definitely be writing about sooner. Many of them are gems. Otherwise, there is REALLY nothing to speak of. There is a saying "DOING NOTHING IS BETTER THAN BEING BUSY DOING NOTHING". this post is also like that. i m saying nothing in the post but still writing it. :-D. Anyways, my purpose is fulfilled(of writing one post). Promise u next one would be much better.

My FMS GD/PI Experience

Now this one is not like those funny or intresting things that happen with people when they go for their gd/pi. My gd/pi was pretty simple without any hoopla or laughters caused while interacting with panelists. Still i wud like to write about it. One of my friends(Jay) emphasized that i shud write my experience on the blog. BOTTOM LINE: AT LEAST SOMEONE IS READING THE BLOG. :D so for jay and all others who read the blog here it is:

Btw prior to leaving for delhi i was in borrowing mode. borrowing file frm someone, tie from someone. During one such interaction, my friend amit while seeing the dress said carelessly "YEH KYA HAIN. IT SEEMS U R GOING FOR PARTY THERE". Now the problem was that the revelation came on the day of journey. I had some 3 to 4 hours left for boarding the train. "DAMN" was the only expression coming to my mind. And the whole rush for new trouser began. Atlast i got one but thanks AMIT for making me realize why life strikes back at alredy worsening times.

GD

On the D-day, the process started smoothly. All the 11 people were called for GD and then were taken to the hall with chairs arranged in semi circular positions. We all sat on them and soon DEAN welcomed us and said some calming words. The topic was "COMPETITION IS THE BEST ANTIDOTE FOR CORRUPTION". After 1 min of thinking, GD started. It was a FISHMARKET. Nobody was listening. All were trying to make themselves heard. There was no flow, no structure. Plain BAKBAK. Some, just for showing their gyan, said corruption is caused cos of media and bad education given to our children. WHOA!!!! wat was that. I spoke for two times. But no one was willing to listen. Overall performance: Below Average :(

PI

Now this was the only chance left for me to prove myself. Now onwards i wud refer to panelists as P and myself as M. There were overall four panelists.

M(knocked the door)
P(laughing and indulged in gossiping)
M: May i come in sir?
P: haan ji aa jao.
M: Good Afternoon sir.
P: Good afternoon.
P: Baithoji baitho.(WOW. Delhi at its best :) )
P: So introduce urself.
M: All the gyan related to my studies. From where i m. Mentioned hobbies that m interested in reading political affairs and big fan of rahman's music hoping they wud ask me on that.
P: Good. So u hav an extempore topic. U can guess it.
M(feeling that topic wud be related to my hobbies and so happy)
P: Ur topic is IDIOT BOX
M:(A bit surprised but quickly got normal and started)
M: Gave all gyan about tv and its evolution. how so many channels hav erupted and still many may come. After 1 min they stopped me.

P: Why do u think it is called Idiot Box?
M: Sir perhaps it diverts us from our work and has masala programs.
P: But u never mentioned that in ur speech.
M:(udi baba big mistake) so smiled sheepishly and said yes sir.
P: So u r pursuing computers engg.
M: (ab gaya kaam se) yes sir.
P: Why these processors r called 1st generation, 2nd generation etc etc.
M: Talked about whole evolution of processors i.e from magnetic tapes to core2duo.
P: No but why r they called generation.
M: (great task made easier) Sir bcos of the time period for which they were used.
P: R u into reading.
M: Yes sir and talked about reading a book on Mumbai bomb blasts(at that cudnt remember anything else. watever came to my mind i spoke).
P: Wat abt economy, subprime crisis.
M: Yes sir, after reading on economy i feel govt is trying to do something.(lol y i said that) Gave 2 latest news related to economy and said was following subprime crisis.
P: So u follow politics.
M: yes sir.
P: So u must hav studied the CONSTITUTION.
M: (yeh kya hua bhai, completely taken aback) No sir not constitution.
P: (still going ahead) Wats the diff between rights and directives of principles.
M:(ab gaya kaam se) Sir dont hav much idea abt principles but rights such as right to elect, right of property( cursing myself for saying this as i forgot the basic rights)
P: (dissatisfied) is there anything called right to property.
M: Not sure sir. i m just assuming.
P: What r the two main parties in US.
M: (atlast something really related to politics) Democrats and Republicans
P: In UK
M: Labor party
P: Wats the other one.
M: Sir i do know bt cant recall the name.
P: Y do u want to do MBA.
M: Usual gyan.
P: thanks u can leave.
M: thanks sir.

SO overall it was not a stress interview. Panelists were friendly especially the one who wanted me to speak abt economy. Overall performance: average.

So i think my chances r slim. but still not losing the hope. Lets c.

Rahmaniac Glory and WAKE UP!!!!!

Now i have nothing more to say. The news channels must hav eaten up ur mind like anything for the whole day. So just enjoy the glory these Indians brought to us belonging to different parts of India.(Rahman and Resul from south, Gulzar from north).
Its moment of complete chaos for us fans. Visit the orkut community and one topic has fetched around 3000 posts. CANT BELIEVE THAT. We all r mad guys and we r proud of that. HA HA HA. If any of u wants to c my post on maestro copy the link given below

shaivalbhatia.blogspot.com/2009/01/arrahman-mozart-of-india.html

WAKE UP

Now there is a big festival coming up. Yeah its the biggest festival to be held in April may and u all should take part in it. The GENERAL ELECTIONS r coming and so gear up. Now do u hav voting cards. NO. seriously u dont hav that. Then pls rush up to jaagore.com and get urself registered. Rest would be taken care of by them. Now u can do atleast that. Its a wonderful initiative taken up by an NGO with a mission to see each and every person voting.

Now if u feel its a waste of time voting bcos no body does work then also i hav a reason for which u shud vote. If u loved the work of party then man its great. If not then vote for other party so that the existing DEVIL doesnt come to power again.
U know that u shud never allow same devil to torture u again. So that atleast they all r scared at the time of elections. And look at the positive side many govts r being elected. eg Gujarat,Delhi,MP etc. So PLEASE PLEASE do yourself this favour.

Funny Interview

Now this is really funny. Was goin thru an interview experience of a guy for IIT-kanpur on pagalguy.com. Given below is the whole experience of the person. Just enjoy it.:-D

read on to find out how i made a complete fool/idiot/(think up more synonyms) of myself in one the most hilarious PI's i wud ever give in my life

My profile (mere matrimonial ad ka copy paste ):

1) Acads - excellent in school (DPS Noida and DPS Mathura Road) and average in college( NSIT-IT'06 batch,DU,Delhi)
2) 18 months work ex at time of GD PI in Amdocs wid 6 months abroad in Cyprus
3) Gud Extra cir - Lots of Social work,State level swimmer(no prizes though )
4) JMET rank - a pathetic 1579 (only callls - IIT Kanpur,Roorkee)
5) CAT 07 score - 98.2 (99.3 DI, 97 VA,a measy 76 in QA)
6) Fake engineer ++ in IT (Information Tech)
7) blah blah.......yada yada.......blah blah


Some Background : IIT K had called ppl by ranks and since my rank was nothing 2 boast about (1579) ,my GD PI was on last day,last slot....
hd got some info frm ppl before me that the top rankers wr being blown apart in PI's ....being quizzed about Phy,Maths and nything under the sun from ur BE syllabus...... was seriouly pondering on cancelling a trip to IIT Kanpur.....but for the already booked ticket to Kanpur and the fact that this was my once in a life chance to visit IIT Kanpur, i wont hv been penning down this post

GD (Group Discussion): topic was on "Is growth Sustainable"....easy topic so as to say and i made decent contributions
my own GD rating - 6/10

PI (Interview): now the fun starts......believe me,everything below actually happened .....i m not bluffing nywere in this post

if u hv read the background above carefully, u can imagine my mindset while giving the PI.....hvnt been this non serious in any PI and
if i say i was just looking fwd to hving some fun, it wud a huge understatement ......read on

the plot involves involves 3 main characters :
Me, M(male teacher),F(female Teacher)

M : plz hand over ur mark sheets of all sems
Me : yup, here u go (......ab to baj gayi,semesters ke subjects tak to yaad nahi thei mujhe )

M starts to stare at my subjects in each sem and on a side parer, keeps noting down his favorite subjects in each sem
(me cursing my decision of wasting money to come to IITK)........time passes...knowing where the PI wud son go, i try to
take matters in my hand and blurt out suddenly...

Me : i went abroad for 6 months
F : So ????
(oops,my artillery had just backfired...was hoping they wud take my cue and ask me about my 6 months abroad....alas,none of that happened)


finally M is finished wid the note making.....i can see 12 subjects on d note encompassing all 8 sems of BE
(HELL !!!.....whats going 2 happen now)

M to F : madam,u can ask him about n of these 12 subjects i hv noted down
Me : (M is thinking that i know all 12 subjects in and out.,lets break his bubble now)

F : so u read sorting algorithms
Me: ya ,they were in d syllabi so hd to read (what kind of an answer is that...nyways i hd made up my find to hv fun as i knew the path this PI wud take knowing i didnt even remember the name of books of 8 of the 12 subjects M has joted down,leave alone the course contents)

F :so tel me the best sorting algo and its complexity
Me :(took a wild guess and said..) Quick sort,complexity is ....err....donno

F: name few other sorting algos
Me : named 3-4,bubble,merge,heap,radix

F : what is a heap
Me :(torture starts........) Heap is a ....err.....err
F : ok,leave heap, what is Radix sort
Me : i just remember d name ..our DS teacher was behind schedule so she didn't teach Radix sort(was i frank in PI or what ???)
F : so u did n coding
Me : nothing substantial i can think of (talk of hitting ur foot wid a axe.....behold.....i love 2 do that)
F : u r saying that in 4 years of BE (IT) ,u never coded......what was ur BE Project
Me : i was in charge of data assimilation,binding,running around here and there, not coding (thought this wud b d best way of conveying that
my BTP wasnt exactly a Genuine piece of art/code)

M takes over : so u saying that u never coded in your 4 years
Me : (bhai sach to yehi hai.....) i did but not after 2nd year so not in touch wid C/C ++

M : how did u end up at Amdocs if u cant code
Me : destiny has surprises for every1....btw i do code at Amdocs, i code in Powerbuilder

M :that's not even a language
Me: ohh...but at Amdocs,my mentor told me it was a language....i can write a piece of code for u in Powrbuilder
M: no no, spare m time....... r u gud in Maths
Me : (sheepishly....) sort of
M : draw graph of e^(-x)
Me : here it is(this was d only correct answer i gv in whole PI)
M : (aahh, he is gud at something atleast....) Now do this probability question
Me : (tried for 2 mins ,was going nowhere.....blurted out in HINDI...a cardinal sin,sud never do that)
arre sir, yeh to 1 se zyada aa gayi (.....his stare cud hv stopped my heart beat)
M : so u r not gud at Maths even (.....yup,boss.....i aint no gud in nything)

F who was enjoying the fun from sidelines decide to jump into the thick of action and gazes over that list of 12 subjects written down by M
(here starts that part of PI which i will remember my whole life)

F : so as i can see, u read databases in BE
Me : ya i did
F : did u read DBMS or RDMBS
(for the uninitiated, RDBMS is Relational Databases Mgmt system and RDMBS is subset of DMBS,Database Mgmt systems)
Me :....err.....err.......i guess i read RDBMS
F : how can u say that
Me : coz i read Korth ...the title of the book was RDBMS (what an incredibly foolish way to answer this question)
F : what crap....Korth is titled "DBMS", not RDBMS
Me : then i wud hv read DBMS madam (height of stupidity !!! )
F : but ur marksheet says u read RDBMS
Me : i m very sorry for the goof up....if marksheet says so, i must hv read RDBMS
(laughter all around.....i was laughing so as to make one last attempt to somehow change the flow of PI and they were laughing coz they knew
i had definitely convinced them i was a fake engineer)

M : i can see u read Financial Management in 7 sem,can remember nything in that apart from the book and author's name
Me : (gosh... i giv up boss) nopes, i just remember that i read PERT
M : what is PERT
Me :nopes...cant remember.....
M : u cant remember what u read in 7th sem
Me: yup,thats me....(so why do u think i call myself a fake engg huh ???)

M and F : best of luck
Me : ya sure (after the kind of PI, even Almighty cant get me into IIT K)

my own rating in PI : -2/10 (so i hd accomplished the rare feat of scoring in d negative direction... )


grinning from ear to ear as to how i managed to make me look as an idiot from outer space in the PI,i left IIT K campus never ever expecting a convert


Result(Apr 7) : IIT Kanpur converted (in top 60 out of approx 500 ppl called)_....still dont get it how i made it through



ppl reading this post for preparing for PI next year, plz go over all ur BE subjects.....atleast the names and very basics.......i m clueless as to how i made it after an experience as above


PS : everything written above is true.....its not a belated fool day prank

Out of the blue comes DELHI

Now this is something that hasnt sunk in. Its midnight and i was surfing to see the last of my results for MBA entrance exam of FMS. And as soon as i clicked on submit button for results, there was a message saying "Congratulations u have been selected for GD/PI process".

NOW WHAT WAS THAT. Honestly speaking, i was half asleep at that time and this message has shaken me like anything. So i couldnt hide my excitement and am writing this on blog. Even though its a great thing but still the tougher journey is yet to come. I dont know what will be the outcome but it really sounds great when u r atleast called. :-)

Dont know wat else to say. I m happy. SO AB DILLI DOOR NAHI. :-)

ENGLISH and the MESS

ENGLISH. the first thoughts that comes to one's mind hearing this word is IMPRESSION. If u want to impress someone, speak few sentences in english and u will be immediately considered as a person having an intellectual mind even though u may not possess it. :-) English is a blessing left to us but at the same time it has become burden on us too. The reason: Well after all we all have to bear each other's english skills.

We Indians have influenced english in a very big manner which can be evident from the fact that our english is specifically being called as "THE INDIAN ENGLISH". We all are experts in translating watever we think in our vernacular language to english, word by word. Yours truly is one of the biggest followers of such kind of methodology. I had literally translated hindi idioms to english without even thinking wat drastic changes they can cause to the meaning of whole sentence. I realized my folly when once my english sir told me about his suspicion about this. I was amazed at his skill of knowing that but now after getting basic knowledge(hopefully :-) ), i know its not tough to detect.

Other problem that i,like all others,faced was that while speaking in english all of sudden i would be at loss of words. The whole world would seem blank and i, lost completely, not knowing wat to say.Thankfully, due to novels and movies, i somehow reached a normal level of knowing english and felt that from now onwards i wont be commiting the mistakes like others. Afterall i had switched to the other elite category. But i forgot that i m nothing but a mortal. The truth descended on me right at the time of my interview going on for placement. I blabbered and realized immediately "boss kya paaya itna sab kar ke bhi". In the end no use yaar.:-)

Coming to the impression part, speaking in english is considered as a style statement. But these people forget how much they torment others through their colorful language. During my college festival i got a glimpse of that. We were havin cultural festival and the host was singing praises of our college(normal stuff). He said " I am proud to be a student of L D Engineering college". The hostess, eager to join in, immediately added " I too L D" Now for some moments we could not understand what deep message was she trying to propagate but realized afterwards that she wanted to say that she too, being a student of L D, is proud of it. :-D

Sometimes those who preach themselves r trying their best to kill the language. We had an english teacher in 11th std who put a great impression on us by teaching the tenses on the very first day. But slowly all our hopes crashed down when the guy started speaking in english which can even make a junior kg kid speaking in english look much better. He believed all the stories as well as poems in the course were about death. Even if contents are shouting out aloud that "duffer i m about LIFE and u dont need deep meaning to analyze me", he still knew that they were about "DEATH". And the accent. The less one speaks, the better it is. And yeah regarding tenses, He had crammed it up all from WREN AND MARTIN word by word. His examples for tenses were always the same and never changed.

Now in the end, i feel why the hell am i write blogs in english when i always champion the cause of sticking to using ur mother tongue. The plain,simple reason is that we all r put in a habit of writing in english. After all, except that one language subject, all other required writing in english.so ur comfort level is in writing in english but u love speaking in ur mother tongue. Isnt that really messed up??? Keep thinking and enjoy the spirit of using the language. Till then i leave u with some gems that i have heard during this journey of exploring english.

"I coming. U going????"(now wat was that)

One person on a phone: "This is Atul here. Who is there?"(good rhyming)

"The sir will be coming and he will taught u the theory"(We believe in living simultaneously with past and future)

computer sir in class to students: "U must have been told by ur mothers and fathers that...."(No comments on that)

Told u so.

the oscar nominations are out and i just cant stop smiling. Now i think watever i had written abt rahman in my previous post is proved after this news. Remove the word BIASED that i had mentioned about in that blog(about my views) and still each and every word would be true. Just waiting for 22nd feb and let all hell break loose.:) So told u na. even the world is agreeing. ha ha ha. Till then one can enjoy songs of slumdog and delhi-6.

My letter to Indian Cricket Team

Now the situation has changed drastically. But still i m daring to put this letter here. The time was of 2007 when our team had lost very badly in world cup. I used to go at AMA for a course where we were given the topic on Indian cricket. So i had put all my anger by jotting down this letter but in a humorous way. I really enjoyed writing the letter. Hope u all would like it.

To,
The Great Indian Cricket Team,

Whats up? First of all i would like to congratulate you people for losing in WI. You people have done wonders there. To get thrown out of world cup within a week of commencement is not a small thing. And that too for a team like India!!!! Its one of your biggest achievements my tigers. We,Indians,never even dreamt that you people will create a record in such area too. Really speaking, after losing the bangladesh match, there was a hope that u people are going to do something unimaginable. And u did it. Indeed u r BLESSED.

Now lets forget about sports. Tell me where did u people travelled these ten days in West Indies(WI). You have to take care that due to cricket ur travelling plans shouldnt be affected. You r baazigars for us as by losing, u won ur opponents hearts. And we all know "haar ke jeetne wale ko baajigar kehte hain". Well said shah rukh.

As this assignment is complete, dont waste your time and start shooting immediately for your ads. Do take care that rest of the time is spent for creative work like rampwalk in fashion shows etc. U people are multitalented. Make use of that talent. And u hav one more talent of moving between places secretly. U people went with such celebration and grand publicity, but came back so suddenly that we even dont know when did u all came back.

Dont be afraid of the public. Make sure that the scapegoat has been decided and put the blame. It is good to see the way chappel and seniors are passing the buck on each other. Great yaar. Only thing that seems strange in this episode is that why kapil dev,who has nothing to do with your performance, is asking for apology on ur behalf. At the same time i want to congratulate BCCI too for taking the right stand by refusing to take any responsibility for ur defeat.

The only thing that i m sad about is that from now onwords our beloved Greg chappel wont coach you again. His resignation has come as a shock to me. Oh our luck!!!! After his departure, the Indian cricket would be so lonely. Without him, who would fight with the cricketers? Who would insult the media persons? Still i would say he tried his best. In a way he has completed his mission. At this fortunate moment i would like to congratulate him too for ruining career of players like Pathan, Harbhajan. We have lost our favourite villain after his resignation. And the thing that we will miss the most will be ur gestures(specially ur middle finger shown in kolkata).

Look, now that you people have been losing for years, do also win sometimes yaar. I want you to play against bermuda only for next two years. Chances of winning are high. But thats only for two years. I hope that we will reach the second round in next to next to ---- world cup.

Your obedient Indian supporter.

P.s. Please forward this letter to mr.chappel. Give the letter to his partner cum secretary Mr.Kiran More and he will make sure it reaches him.

Some good blogs to read

hey if u all hav a hobby of reading blogs, there are some link of blogs that u can read.I happened to visit them while pursuing study for preparation of cat. Both of the guys are in IIMs and hence by reading their blogs u can get an idea of environment there. Although they post now a days very rarely(reasons obvious) still they r worth reading.

http://chitranshu.wordpress.com/

http://jhamayank.blogspot.com/

A.R.Rahman- Mozart of India

Statutary warning: This will be my most biased blog ever :-D . I promise i wud be neutral in any other subject but in case of a.r.rahman i m sorry, i cant help but be biased. Infact i love to be biased in this case. ;-)

This is a special post for a very special person. His birthday is on the 5th of jan and i cudnt hav found any more proper occasion to write for him. I had always wanted to write him and whenever i had thought of topics for my blog, the first subject that came to my mind was my maestro A.R.Rahman. Each and every person has an idol or an inspiration to look after. For me its a.r.rahman. I never think for writing a post. I just write what comes to my mind instantly. But here i want to think and
then write out of my respect for him. I cant be careless in writing about my idol.

My fascination with rahman sir's music began when i was around 10. Roja's sound track had released around that time. The music hit me immediately. So peaceful, so calm and so divine at the same time. The music that takes u to the another world. I was eager to know the music dir but there was no need to search as the name instantly hit upon newspapers, channels. Then followed Bombay,rangeela and the admiration for him cemented. A special characteristic in his music is that most of the time his music would have a part in song that would blow u out. In novel "Godfather" there is a term called "thunderbolt" for an experience in which u get blown out by watching an exotic girl. If there is anything equivalent for that in music, i would say this is that.

Now till these movies i was his fan but not die hard maniac that i m now. Other movies followed and in between there was a dip in my admiration towards him. But then followed dil se, taal and lagaan. Everybody knows how popular are these tracks. But the movie that made me a crazy person who started worshipping his music was "The legend of bhagat singh". With this movie i came to know of one more quality of this genius. He is so extraordinary in giving background music. Watch the movie and u will come to know that an excellent background music is waiting for u. After listening the songs and then watching the movie, everything was over for me. It descended to me that this guy is a genius and blah blah blah(plenty of words there to explain his music). The only thing left for me was now to keep waiting for his more and more movies.

Now in between i would like to share my experience to show his excellence in producing divine music. It was the time when saathiya's trailer was aired for the first time. I distinctly remember that the time trailer was being shown, i was not in good mood due to some reason. But when the tune of the song saathiya began to play, i forgot everything and all of sudden, all the positive thoughts came to me and i started feeling so relaxed. That incident just made me realize how powerful his music is.

Still there were more qualities of ARR that i hadnt discovered till then. After some time i realised that he is such a great singer too. Now this feeling came to me when in some of movies, he didnt sang at all. U realise the importance of something only when it lacks. But the most important thing that struck me was this person's honesty and humbleness. Ever after winning so many accolades,awards and wooing the world all over, he feels that he is just doing his work and credits GOD for his
success. He is a great human being at the same time. We see a lot of music directors speaking a lot without meaning anything and here is he silently doing his work but his work speaking the most.He gave rebirth to VANDE MATARAM despite several reservations of some people. A patriot by heart, it shows by default in the movies he does.

Now that i have said that i m a maniac, dont feel that's it. Its over. No sir. The madness is just raising his head.;-). Movies like rdb,guru,jodha akbar,jaane tu,yuvvraaj,ghajini have just helped me climbed one step more in this madness. Have just started listening his tamil songs too though i dont understand a single word. I just keep torturing my friends by talking a lot on his music.:-) Again one more experience:- i never had the feeling of trance, but after hearing his "khwaja mere khwaja" of jodha akbar, i had the pleasure of experiencing this feeling too. So pure. I can write endlessly about this maverick, but will have to stop bcos now i m tired of typing. ;-)

Still i would write two more paras. One thing that is said about his music is that nowadays his music doesnt match that of his roja days. My answer to that would be the same people said the same thing before the release of rang de etc. Now they say that his music doesnt match to that of guru,rang de etc. His each and every album is a benchmark. Its just people realise that after his next album arrives.

All can i say in the end is that i just want to hear more and more from him. After havin a teaser of delhi 6 and connections(his album), the future looks brighter. I cant recall if in last 3 or 4 months i hav heard any song on my pc apart from his. That shows his variety,his magic. I used to feel i m his big fan but after going on his fans' community on orkut, i realised i m nothing(forunately). They are so dedicated for him and do so much for causes that he has advocated for. My salute to all of them. On the behalf of them i can just say for his music "KAISE HAME TUM MIL GAE JINDAGI PE AAEIN NA YAKEEN" (I know it sounds melodramatic but cudnt think of anything else.;-)) HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR.