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  • I wanted to be here…

    Last to last week I had a reunion at my place with all my college ke friends (40 of them) having a great time. But somehow I miss my school ki junta too much. Last week three of them niddu(Swapnil), rippu(Ripunjai) and Abhishek(Sona, quite ironically me listening to oh mere sona re…) had a reunion at IIM indore(IIM-I hate that word now…huh) followed by Abhishek’s home. It must have been great. All throughout my college lives I have missed these guys too much. Anyway me planning to go to Hyderabad with Pratik and there I hope to catch a few but I really hope next time I am a part of these pictures,

    Rippu, Abhishek and Niddu

    At niddu’s room I presume

    At Rock show



    Next time I will be there pakka.

  • It’s Children’s Day …!!!


    It’s 14th November. It’s Chacha Nehru’s Birthday.

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY


    14 years back in history me as a standard 2 student would have been receiving chocolates packed along with Poppins, a Lollipop and Kismi all wrapped with a Parle-G at school. And there would have been a function celebrating the same.
    Nowadays don’t know what is happening with kids. I mean media covers everyday as some big thing but me completely out of sync with what happens in school on Children’s Day now. Radio stations cribbing on it all day along with all the news channels.

    Being a kid is not so easy anymore maybe. Right from peer-pressure (don’t know when that thing originated in India), padhai likhai ka pressure, affairs in school(things like stupid MMS DPS RKP scandal put us down) and the much talked about super-kid syndrome.

    But this is the story of kids who can afford to be super, for so many kids across the country it’s still a struggle for livelihood, making a living, saving themselves from crime, selling chai, working at homes or in factories. The recent bill on banning the use of Child Labour at Domestic and commercial establishments is a step in the right direction but it is more or less a Vicious Circle which I discussed here,
    Vicious Circle of Social Reforms

    Whatever be it there is nothing better in life than being in your childhood. I had a stupid discussion couple of days back with my friend on this and almost all seem to agree. Anyway its Children’s Day so all the baccha log enjoy.

    I am putting one of my favourite song’s up here for the occasion, from the 50’s Nehuvian style Raj Kapoor classic. Even Nehru loved the movie very much.

    HAPPY CHILDREN’s DAY!!!

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  • Michael Jackson khub royega …:-)

    When I first saw the Thriller video as a kid I swear I was scared. I still remember seeing it first time at my Dad’s friend house eating Salted Pistacho’s when I was a kid. Strangely it’s the only thing I remember about his home. But it is one of the bestest video ever. But wait till you see this. Oh God Chiranjeevi on the Rocks. Enjoy this,

    I hope Michael Jackson doesn’t see this. I don’t know whether he will be able to take the shock. But this one is definitely their in my favourites list now…:-)

  • Shiv Visvanathan goes on and on and on…

    My four years in college were nothing without the presence of my favourite profs, one of the most influential members of that list being Prof. Shiv Visvanthan. Seeing him on Headlines Today 2-3 days back, when Shiv had his Way on Sex and Single Men brought back memories of the amazingly stupendous discussions and lectures we went through in college along with the countless afternoons we spent with him in his room sipping coffee and glaring at his amazing collection of Chocolate and Cookie boxes.

    I suppose we were the only Engineering College let alone a college in India discussing Playboy Posters and pornography in classroom. Add to that the amazing series of lecture we went through in the Cinema and Modernity course ripping apart Picasso and Duchamp and then going through lengthy discussions on Apocalypse Now, Citizen Kane, German movies of Leni Riefenstahl, the Indian Anti-Hero from Amitabh to Shahrukh and lots of it. No one would ever forget the lecture given by him on Urban Planning in one of the sessions on Environment Science.

    Recently with his articles on Gandhi as a Management Guru neither has he once again echoed his thoughts on me but connected me back to my college that I miss so much. He is one person of whom I will tell my Grandchildren about, don’t know whether they will be able to connect to a person of such a different epoch, but then Shiv is much much ahead of our times.

    Check this by enginerd If you have missed it,

    Sex and Single Men

  • Real Madrid vs Barcelona

    Just today I saw a vintage Arsenal performance after so so many days. It was the same one touch football that Wegner had promoted all these years which was back in action. Fabre, Persie, Hleb, Rosicky, Gallas and obviously HENRY producing some great entertainment. Though whenever I see Arsenal matches I fell nostalgic about college and stuff. It was great fun watching between all Arsenal fans there. Also there was Liverpool ManUtd match which Liverpool lost. My favourite player Gerrad just keeps on playing for that stupid club and I know he would never leave it.

    Anyway after this in half an hour its Real vs Barca. Hope it goes well and without much trouble. But if there is bashing and trouble I will sure enjoy that.

    Though Barcelona may have been the better team over a time in Spanish football the Power shifts between the two sides once in 3-4 years. I don’t know whether it will happen this year but Madrid sure have an upper hand to win today at the Santiago Bernebau arena named after there prolific President in 50’s and 60’s who set the first era of Galacticos including Alberto de Stefano from Argentina and Puskas from Hungary.

    There rivalry has been nothing short of Army interventions, World War II, Spanish Civil War (incidentally Cataln Barca’s home ground was base for one army and Bernebau for another during Civil War). I saw a nice enough documentary on their rivalry courtesy History Channel. Wish I could see it again. Though nothing has brought it up to notice of World anything like Football.

    I support Real today much more because I don’t quite like Barca. Especially Ronaldinhio and their stupid kit. But I like Rjjkard, quite simply because when I was watching my first ever football tournament. (I became crazy around 99 ManUtd season but Euro 2000 was it) he was coaching the then good Dutch side. So I quite liked the fellow and his team that time. They lost in semis though.

    Anyway today it’s going to be fun. Home for Diwali and relaxing and seeing the matches. Why one should work. Work is Crap.

    Lets hope Real wins tonight.

  • Don Mast Hai…!!!

    Not the Nayi one but the Purani one…

    Just saw it, was coming on some Hindi Movie channel. Was just wondering can Priyanka be as good as Zeenat. I hope she can be. Helen’s role quite small but Kareena getting loads of attention as Kamini.

    Pran was great as JJ, Arjun Rampal quite a thanda choice for the role. I mean the Voice just too much for him to do over. Though I fully agree with role of Anita. Isha Koppikar is as Thandi as the girl who came in the first Don.

    Boman will be cool as DSP though, Iftikar though earned his bread-butter doing that role adding even Jam to it after toasting it. Malik is Om Puri. First it was Om Shiv Puri.

    “ab to bhagwaan ne bhi apna naam khich liya”

    Hehe…Arre is sab main whereas Shahrukh. No point in talking about Amitabh vs him. He can’t do the “Khaike Pan” number even 1% like him. It’s impossible. They can’t find the bhangwaala’s as they were in the original. Priyanaka cant be as sexy as Zeenat. Songs don’t have that Orchestra stuff classic 70’s format me pointing too.

    OMG Why have they made the movie?

    Good that I can’t see it this week.

    Next week after back to Bangalore in my fav 35 Rs waala hall maybe.

    Anyone reading this plz tell me the name of the actress who played Anita though, real pathetic actress she.

    P.S.-Post edited after Naresh reminding me of something. Thnq Naresh.