The Letter 'H'.

H for Hey!

H for Hi.

H for Hi5!

H for Heylo! :)

H for Haan bi, kiddan?

H for Hor dasso!

H for Hahaha.. :D

H for Hain?! Kya baat kar raha hai?

H for Hmmm..

H for Huh?

H for Hyderabad.

H for High.

H for Hum.

H for Humara.

H for Hum Saath Saath Hain.

H for Hum Kis Gali Ja Rahe Hain?

H for Hug! :D

H for Hero!

H for Himanshu.

H for Hakeem.

H for Home.

H for Happyness.

Kitna mast letter hota hai 'H'..! :D

2 States? Or 3? Or one more UT? Duh!

Kar do aur tukde mere desh ke..aaj Telangana bana hai, kal Rayalaseema waale log start honge protest karna ki unhe Coastal area se alag state chahiye..fir akele AP ke 3 parts ho jaayenge. Abhi AP divide hoga, kal UP waale apna ek separate state maangenge, fir MP, Maharashtra, aur fir dekhte dekhte fir se India kahin un 565 states mein na divide ho jaaye jo pre-independence hua karte the.. Sardaar Vallabh Bhai Patel ne jo effort maara tha un 565 parts ko 14 states and 6 UTs mein combine karke, fir se le jaao mere desh ko usi jagah pe..kar lo fir se fights..maar daalo ek-doosre ko..kar lo apni demands poori..!
Kya tum is country se pyaar ni kar sakte? Tumhe sirf apne state se hi pyaar hai? Apne Telangani bhaaiyon se? Kya hum saare Indians ni kehlaate? You say, Hyderabad falls under your region. So it should be a part of newly-formed-Telangana, if it happens. But it has been developed by Rayalaseema people only! They moved to this place, and made it what it is today. So should they move out? Jo efforts unhone maare hain, waste ho jaane de unhe bhi? If you guys are underdeveloped today, somewhere it is your fault also and not completely of them. Chala jaaun main Rajasthan? Apne ghar? Wahin reh lunga! Jo efforts maar ke is jagah aaya hoon, ho jaane du unhe waste? I’ve worked hard to be at a position, where I’m right now. I’m definitely not leaving this place. Similar would be the case with Rayalaseema. Agar tum suppress hue ho Rayalaseema waalo se, toh its not their fault completely, somewhere, its yours also! If you were not getting funds for the development of your region, again, there is some fault of yours also! Kyun select kare aise MLAs and MPs, who cant think of dividing the funds equally? Who cant think of their own region’s development? Kisne kaha tha aise MLAs select karne ko?
On one side, we are talking of making India a ‘World Super Power'. On the other side, there are things like the one, that you did, are happening! but tumhe isse kya! Tumhe toh khud ka development chahiye! Bhaad mein jaaye ye desh, jiski wajah se u’ve got some identity today, tumhe usse kya? Ho jaane do uske aur kai chhote chhote tukde. Today you’ve done this, kal Vidarbha bolega, fir Bundelkhand, fir Harit Pradesh, fir aur kai saare! Shame on you! Cheh..
Meri rooh andar tak kaanp uthti hai jab sunta hoon aisi koi cheez, jo meri country ko pareshaan karti hai. Don’t you feel anything for India? Ya fir tumhe Indian hone ka ehsaas tab feel hota hai jab koi external agency aati hai aur attack karke chali jaati hai? Jab boht saare Indians, bina baat, maar diye jaate hain? Probably you won’t understand this thing.
K Chandrashekhar Rao! Yesterday I read it on internet, “KCR has done that task in just 11 days, which others could not do in so many years”. He was on a fast. Was he, really? He was on a fast, till death! When all those currupt politicians were requesting to him to break the fast, he was not even listening to them, and apni zidd pe ada raha. Kisi ko dikha nai ki ye ek suicide attempt tha? Is cheez ka oppose kyun ni kara gaya?! He disturbed the peace of so many people, was that less than any terrorist attack? Should not he be punished? Damn! I hate you, Mr. KCR! Whatever you did, I can’t say whether it was right or wrong, but for me, you did a very wrong thing. Aaj 2 states banenge, kal ka kuch ni pata.. Telangana, if is formed, you would definitely become its CM. Kya ye sab kursi lene ke liye tha? Agar mar jaate, toh? I’m really very disappointed with you! And like me, there would be many others!
Yesterday, the office boy was distributing sweets in the office, to welcome the decision passed by the central government. I, personally, didn’t want this to happen. I didn’t want the separation. I didn’t want any more lines, which divide India. So I didn’t want to eat that sweet. I left my seat and went somewhere else, so that he doesn’t find me. But later, somehow he caught me and gave me one. I ate it. I didn’t have any other option. I live in their place. I’ve to respect what goes on here. But I ate it with a different intention. I was happy now, because I could go out now, without any fear. I could now enjoy the coming Sunday, of which I had lost the hope. I could eat all that which I like. I’ll now buy a new mobile for my Dad, one task, which I’ve not been able to do, because of all this shit which was going on outside. I was happy at that time. And that’s why, I ate that sweet!

Koi bacha lo yaar.. India ko bacha lo!

Khushiyan :)

1. CHAT WITH SUCHREET
Yes, it happened after a long long time. It was a very happy chat! Boht time baad aisa hua ki while doing a chat, I was silent and the other person is writing continuously. Mujhse zyada bolne wala koi boht din baad mila. Aise chat tab hoti thi when she was in Chandigarh. Finally, Jab We Met waali Geet dikhi mujhe aaj boht din baad, with whom her mum compared once after watching the movie! :)

2. JAMES BLUNT
After a long time, today I listened to James Blunt..mujhe 7281 aur Swami ki yaad aayi and so, I talked to him. Long time! When I called him, he was in a ‘furniture’market, trying to purchase a bed. :)

3. I had a night-out last night, again after a long time! I realized ki main toh 2 baje ki shakal dekhna bhool hi gaya hoon..

4. I played UNO on facebook, which again drove me back to old times, the 1st year days..jab hakeem ke UNO cards se we used to play. Hakeem must not be knowing this, I’m sure! :)

5. Watched ‘Inglorious Basterds’ kal raat mein..amazing movie, amazing dialogues, amazing acting! A must watch by everyone!

6. Started playing ‘Word Challenge’ on facebook.. after the 1st game’s score, I was declared an infant, duh! I could score just 366. In the next game, approx 400% ki progress, and in the 3rd game, maine Devashish Sardana ke score ko beat kiya aur khush ho gaya! Hehe, again bacho types baatein. :D
I really need to work upon my vocab.

7. Boht saare logon ki home-coming ho rahi hai..aur meri bhi..main boht hi jaldi ghar jaane waala hoon.. :)

Aur bhi boht kuch hua..jo abhi mujhe yaad ni aa raha hai..short of memory..nd lack of sleep.. :(
Anyways, CAT aa gaya..dua karta hoon, un kuch logon ka toh ache se ho jaaye! :)

1st December'07

College mein 1^st Dec happens to be a date which is meant for exams only (for the college authorities). For the students, it can be anything..right from the padhai, keedebaazi, masti, day scholars and hostelers ka milaap to night-outs, night canteen, maggi, tea, paraanthe aur pata ni kya kya..!

I can still remember that day, 1^st of December, 2007. We were in the 5^th semester. Now for a mechanchi of PEC, Chandigarh, 5^th semester does mean really a horrifying semester. It was one semester, where we met a junk of ghatiya se ghatiya teachers of the department, all in one place. It was one semester, which probably had affected the CGPA of almost every student very badly. Boht saari padhai and utne hi kam marks. Anyways, on 1^st, we had the exam of Machine Drawing, the subject, which we studied..no not studied, the subject, which we read the least! In fact, I and Raina, one day calculated that we read this subject hardly for 35 hours in the whole semester, including the duration of exam! The reason of all this was, we used to have a Data Book for this subject. So basically, we were just left with knowing the procedure of how to solve a question. And it was not that much difficult task, once one had done it. Because, after that, the thing, which we were left with was, go to that particular person, and ask him to let us know how to do the questions! But that day, nobody had done this task. Result, the coming of almost all the day scholars to the hostel..for combined study! With all the hostelers residing on a same floor, that night, there were more than 40 mechanchies staying on the 1^st floor of the B-block of Himalaya Hostel..! And itne logon mein padhai ka toh pata ni..but masti honi hai boht saari, many of us were very sure.

And then the time came..jaise hi 12 baje, it was Gitta’s birthday! There were many of us, who had boht saari khundak with Gitta! So, everybody came to give him bumps..bechara gitta..maara gaya.. And then the most memorable act. I don’t know who he proposed it, but whoever he was, mast idea tha! All the day scholars were given bumps by each one of us who was present over there..

It was Rahul’s bday also! So I, Hakeem, Pankul and BeeTee had gone to Kurukshetra Hostel in the time when this action was goin on here. Rahul ke bhi bumps pade. Unfortunately, us din mujhe bhi bumps pade the..chappal bhi..coz that day only, I had got the confirmation of training 6^th sem waali..with a lucrative sa stipend, which actually was the reason of all those bumps. Anyways, it was simply mast! :)

Mayank Raina, exam days!! ;-)

Good ol’ days! :) :)

As i was reading some of the strips, i found this one in the collection. Exactly 24 years ago from today, this strip was released and we are still confused.

Sweet November.

Things which happened/I did today:
1. Finally, after spending the time of approximately 4 months after joining this ‘great’ organisation, where I work, I got a computer, with my name loaded on it! :)
I’m still sharing my cube with a colleague, which I don’t mind doing.

2. I downloaded all the strips of Calvin & Hobbes from the intranet in my system. Dilbert is also there now. This was the first thing that I did, after getting the computer. :)
3. Somehow, using proxies, managed to access gmail on my system, which is anyways, not allowed. Jugaad policy always works! :)
4. I ate Paav-Bhaaji, Paani Puri, Chaat..dhang se..after a long time! I realized ki main toh inka taste hi bhool gaya hoon.. :-|
5. Decide kiya ki Porcupine Tree waalon se kabhi aur mulaakat karenge..abhi ghar jaane ka time hai.. :)
6. Analysis of November..yes..it was really a very sweet month..except some days of the last week, everything went so fine..itna fine ki one day I had given it a thought ki I should get into a sad phase, as soon as possible..otherwise, life how would the life be remaining balanced! :D
7. Aur bhi boht kuch..but I’ll not share it with you, dear blogger! Maaf kaarna! ;)

Now since I’ve got the computer, I would have to work. So probably, no more boredom would be there in the office. :)

Let’s see, what’s there in stores for December! :)

Aaj ek aisa kaam kara, which I should have done a long time ago but I don’t know why dint I do it earlier.

Wherever it was necessary, I replaced the word from Chandigarh to Hyderabad.

Ab toh main Hyderabadi ho gaya hoon..

Chandigarh toh, past ho gaya hai. :)

De Di :)

Papa, ye lo, meri kamai hui rakam ka ek chhota sa hissa! Check your bank account.. Of course, I know, boht late ho gaya hai, I should’ve given this to you a long time ago, 1^st salary toh aapke paas hi jaani chahiye thi poori ki poori..but aisa ho ni paaya..but it was not completely my fault. If I’d given that to you, mere paas kuch ni hota yahaan..start mein boht expenditure ho gaya tha..settle hone mein and all..i dint purchase much for me also! I also had to save some money for my trip to Chandigarh. You knew it, wahan pe boht kharcha hona tha..bas..isiliye..could not give anything to you.

Moreover, I dint know how to give this money to you. Yeah, I know I had an option of depositing it in your account, but bank waalon ne e-banking activate karke ni di thi..and yes, I dint get much time to go to the bank..office hota hai na aajkal..timings coinciding si hi hain almost..i could not do anything.. Yes, I could go to the bank after taking a leave for some hours, but wo bank kareeb 1.5-2 kms away hai yahan se..aur BHEL ki township mein it’s the only bank..boht badi township hai Papa, there are always a lot of people waiting in a long que for making their transactions.

What? Yes, it was also an option, but I dint feel like taking a leave for a day here. Already boht kam holidays milti hain..il prefer going to home or delhi or chandigarh, rather than taking one holiday and staying in Hyderabad, until or unless, there is a very urgent work!

What? Today? Actually, aaj hi activate hua e-banking waala account. Un logon ka toh 6 months baad activate karne ka plan tha, but I requested them to do so jaldi se. Isiliye today it happened!

Papa, aaj paise ki value pata chal rai hai..mujhe darr lag raha tha thoda sa ye paise transfer karne mein..pehli baar e-banking use kar raha hoon na..zyada risk ni leni..kuch idhar ka udhar ho gaya, toh gadbad ho jaayegi badi waali..isiliye abhi 1000 rupye hi transfer kar raha hoon..i just hope thodi der mein aapke account mein pahonch jaaye bas.. Monday ko bache hue kar dunga..haan haan..e-banking se hi! :)

Chalo Papa, main rakhta hoon phone abhi..kaam karna hai thoda sa..Ma ko bata dena..beta bada ho gaya hai.. :)

Bye bye. :)

Back to the Basics!

...main kuch bhool gaya tha,
kuch din pehle hi yaad aayi...

Back-to-the-Basics! :)

:) :)

October

This is the last day of October. I was waiting so eagerly for this month to get over. It has been a real sad month for me, very sad, in fact! I lost so many things in this month. I cried so many times in this month. My mind remained disturbed during most of the time in this month.

I wanted to attend the convocation. But there were so many garaaries which were stuck in between my road to happyness, which had made me disheartened. Later, they somehow got solved and I was able to attend convo.

The three days in the college were amazing! After so many days, I liked being at a place. A place, where everything seems to be familiar to me, be it a leaf of a tree, or that breeze flowing from east to west or north to south or may be some other direction. Be it that chair kept on the verka booth, or that water-cooler in the hostel, or those roads of college, or those people, who were the partners of time of my life, or those cars and bikes, on which we used to maaro gedi, or that PEC market mein Mirchi uncle ke paraanthe, or that Cheese Chilly ki sabzi, which made me feel at home, my second home, and so many other things, which I can’t mention. I feel overwhelmed.

Those three days passed so fast which I had not imagined before going to the college. I was feeling happy, real wala, after a long time! Before boarding the 1^st flight, I thought I had become more stronger. But after boarding the 2^nd flight, I realized that I had become more weaker now.

The next 10 days became very difficult for me to pass, alone, here. I was not able to decide which one was a better option for me, going to the college to attend the convo, or staying here and attending the office regularly. Perhaps, the 2^nd option could be a better one. I kept on thinking about the ways of getting away from this part of life. I started hating Hyderabad very badly. I even started ignoring some people, which I’d never done earlier, because of which, some of my relations got affected.

I celebrated Diwali pehli baar ghar se baahar. Life mein first time, I felt homesickness!

I got a department of my choice in the office, but they haven’t given me any kind of work, even though I’ve pleaded them to do so. I started reading a novel in the office, thinking that it will help me getting some task, but still, no progress! Leave work, they’ve not even given me any PC or a seat to sit. I just play musical chair in the office all the time. Now the condition is that I’ve got sick of sitting in that chair for the whole day.

Then this fever, which raised my body temperature to 103 degrees Fahrenheit for three days, has played the role of villain in the movie, in which the actor is already dying. Those kadwi kadwi medicines..eewwww! The taste of my mouth is so much kadwa these days, taking a gulp of water in the mouth becomes unbearable, because it doesn’t good. I’m not able to eat more than 2 rotis at a time. I’m not feeling hungry at all. I’m not able to do my self-counselling.

I don’t know what has happened to me. I just want this month to get over. Each single day I’ve wished to get over before the scheduled 24 hours. It was a very depressing month. October ne asli aukaat dikha di mujhe meri.

It has become a very senseless sad post. I’m sorry blogger! I promise, I’ll be fine, soon.

I.

I.
I came to a new place.
It was a different world for I.
I lived in solace for the initial few months there.
In a year, I knew many people around him.
I became We.
I’s became Our’s.
I loved him, he loved I.
I loved her, she loved I.
I loved them, they loved I.
I loved so many others, those others loved I.
I spent wonderful time at that place.
I, We, Our, Us.
I left the place one day.

I comes to another new place now.
It is another different world for I.
I lives in another solace, now, for a longer time.
Now,
I is no more We.
I’s is no more Our’s.
I is missing him, no idea about him.
I is missing her, no idea about her.
I is missing them, no idea about them.
I is missing others, no idea about those others.

I is not becoming new We.
I’s not becoming new Our’s.
I isn’t loving new him, new he isn’t loving I.
I isn’t loving new her, new she isn’t loving I.
I isn’t loving new them, new they aren’t loving I.
I isn’t loving new others, those new others aren’t loving I.
I is spending a horrible time at this place.
I, I, I, I.

I leaves the world one day.

The Jai Ho Concert!

On the last Saturday, I saw God..live! The God of Music, Mr A R Rahman. It always was a dream to watch him playing live! And there was an opportunity of making this dream a reality, when I saw that advertisement about 2 months back while surfing on the internet, which said,"A R Rahman would be performing live in the city at this place on this date, Jai Ho Concert and blah blah blah.” I dint want to miss the chance, that God has given to me. I tried to convince so many people to go to this concert. We were 4 guys, who got our tickets booked on the internet. Before one day, I had made a list of people, whom I’ll call so that they’ll listen to A R Rahman, playing live! But all that went in vain, when I found that my mobile was not catching any signal. The location was located very far away from Hyderabad. There is just airport and a 7-star hotel over there and nothing else. Mere Chandigarh waale number mein bhi there was not sufficient balance, to make a call or two. I called up Utsav and asked him to get me a recharge of 200 bucks on the old number. He confirmed me of doing it.. (Somewhere around 8.30 PM, i got the recharge done.) Now we all were waiting for the show to start. Suddenly, there was a noise, coz the person, whom we were looking for, turned up on the screen, wearing a white T-shirt and pants singing the track of the movie Guru, titled ‘Jaage Rahe Hain Der Tak’..! I actually could not believe the dream coming true! Open Mouth, both hands crossed behind my head, eyes looking at the sky, I was actually shivering at that moment! It was actually, AWESOME! Later the following tracks were covered by him and his crew:

Khalbali (RDB), Ye Haseen Vadiyan (Roja), Delhi 6, Jiya se Jiya, Gangsta Blues (SDM), Ringa Ringa (SDM), Fiqrana (Blue), Dil Se, Kehne Ko Jashn-e-bahara hai (Jodha Akbar), Chupke Se (Saathiya), Mausam (SDM), Kahin Toh Hogi Wo (Jaane Tu..), Kabhi kabhi aditi, Rehna Tu (Delhi 6), Chhaiya Chhaiya (Dil Se), Mayya Mayya (Guru), Arziyan (Delhi 6), Khwaja mere khwaja (Jodha Akbar), Kehna bhi kya, Jiya jale (Dil Se), Pappu can't dance saala, Rangeela, Ae Bachu (Ghajini), Mustafa, Hamma, Jai Ho and Vande Matram!

Plus there were some telugu and tamil numbers also.

The crew included: Sivamani (Awesome Drummer!!), Blaaze, Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan, Shweta Pandit, Tanvi Shah, Javed Ali, Rashid Ali, Sadhna Sargam, Chitra, Suzanne and many more!

It was an awesome evening! It was a full utilization of 1000 bucks! From 7.00 PM to 10.15 PM, it was complete satisfying fun, which can't be explained in words! It was a lifetime opportunity. I'm happy, I dint waste it! :)

Now if somebody asks me, is there anything big that I’ve done in life, I’ve got something to say..! :)

Merry Diwali!! :)

It was my first Diwali when I was not at home. Kabhi-kabhi Naukri sach mein boht kharaab lagti hai. Specially at that time, when you can’t go to your home on some special occasions like Diwali. Friday tak saare hostel waale apne-apne ghar chale gaye the..after saying ‘Happy Diwali’ to me. I was thinking, how could they just say this two-words-phrase to me, when they knew that I’m almost gonna be the only person in the hostel for the next two days. It was nothing, but just Formality! No problems. It was looking to me as if a sad weekend is approaching me, and I am trying to run away from it. But I had no place to go. So, I had to fight, against that akelapan. For me, seriously not much effort is needed to turn myself into a happy mood from a sad mood, until or unless the thing is related to saying ‘Good Byes’ to dear ones. Touch Wood!!!

I thought I’ll make this Diwali an unforgettable for me! First, I turned myself in a happy state of mind. Fir looked for a broom in the hostel.. I wanted to do the 'Diwali Ki Safai' of my room.. :D

Luckily i got it, and then it took some one hour for me to clean my room. I removed each and single cobweb that had become part of my room. They were so many of them! I killed all the spiders responsible for making my room dirty. (Spider is the only being in this world, jiski hatya karne mein mujhe guilty feeling ni aati hai!) I tried to make my ganda sa materialistic room mera home in Hyderabad and changed the orientation of everything in it. Everything was at its place now. Although wo pehle bhi clean hi hota tha, but is baar I did this task after a long time. Feel alag si hi thi kuch uski.. :)

Uske baad I started thinking about the things which we used to bring at home, at Diwali. Prepared a list, then went to the market and bought the following things:

• Flowers. Bhavya asked me to bring them to decorate the room, which I still don’t know how to do.
• Gulab Jaamun. Boht din baad khaaye. They were tasty! Myanka asked me to bring some sweets. :)
• Candles because Diye ke saath mein oil and batti bhi laani padti hai..itna effort ni maara jaata.. :D
• Fruits. I bought 3 Guvavas, ekdum green! Wo bhi boht din baad khaaye. Feel aayi! :)
• Saunf, boht saare colours waali..! :)

I dint purchase these things ever till date. I had no idea about the cost of these things. So, there is a high possibility ki mujhe loota hoga shopkeepers ne. Koi chakkar nai! :)

Evening hote hote khayal aaya ki ghar ki saari lights Switch On karte hote the. So, it was my next task. I went to each and every corridor of both the floors of the hostel and did the work. And while doing this, I was becoming more and more exciting. It took some 15 minutes to do this work. Fir mujhe yaad aaya ki I forgot to bring a match-box from the market. Ahh! To get it, I had to go to the market which is almost one km away from the hostel. Argghh. Took a lift from two persons, who were going out, bought a match box, came back to hostel on my feet. It had already got dark by that time. I returned to room. And started thinking ki decoration kaise karte hain flowers se! Haha. Kuch samajh ni aaya. Aisa kaam kabhi nai kara tha pehle. Played ‘21 Guns’ by Green Day on the laptop. Candles light kari, and ek smiling sa face banaya. Wo mast lag raha tha. Flowers se Happy Diwali likh diya. Ho gaya decoration wala kaam khatam. :D :D

Fir pooja karni hoti hai, toh Manu ki baat yaad aayi. Internet pe Lakshmi Ji, Ganesh Ji and Mahaveer Swami ki photo dekhi, and 1-2 jo mantra aate hain, wo bol diye. Hahahaha.. Ho gayi Pooja!! :D :D

Saunf khaayi. Kuch logon se phone pe baat kari. Fir 1-2 crackers chalaye. Ho gayi Diwali. Then went for the dinner to a restaurant called ‘Punjaabi Rasoi’, which is at some 10 kms away from here.. Paneer khaya boht saara.. Awesome feel aa rai thi! :D :D

I was in the pursuit of happyness one day ago and I was feeling so happy at the end of the day. One can be happy if he wants. Bas thoda sa effort maarna hota hai. By the time I returned back to hostel, I was tired. After some time, I slept.

It was my 23^rd Diwali. And it was the most amazing of all of them. Hardly I can remember any of them. But this was one, which would never be forgotten. It was the 2^nd most happiest day, till date, here in Hyderabad. And it has taken entry into the list of the happiest occasions of my life. I’m so proud (not boasting) of myself! :D

Mere andar ka bacha fir se jaag gaya.. :)

Merry Diwali! :)

Thank You Bhavya. Thank You Manu. Thank You Myanka. :)

Ye Dooriyan!

Kyun koi paas hai
Door hai kyun koi
Jaane na koi yahan pe

Aa raha paas ya door mein ja raha
Janu na mein hoon kahan pe

Yeh dooriyan

In raahon ki dooriyan
Nigahon ki dooriyan
Hum rahon ki dooriyan
Fanah ho sabhi dooriyan


-Irshad Kamil

1st Salary?

Log 1^st salary udaate hain..zindagi ko ek naye ehsaas se jeete hain..jin kaaryon ko zindagi mein kuch rukaawaton ke chalte poora nahi kar paaye the, unhe karne ke khwaab dekhte hain, aur un khwaabon ko ek yatharth roop dete hain..aur jab ye sab ho jaata hai, toh khushi se phoole nahi samaate..kyunki tab, unke paas paisa hota hai..khud ke paseene ko bahaakar kamaya hua paisa..! aur tab, zindagi wo nahi rehti, jo pehle hua karti thi..zindagi ek naya roop dharan karti hai..jahan shuruaat ke kuch mahine, boht masti se nikaale jaate hain..

All these things happened with me too. I also made plans and lists which consisted of activities, that I was unable to do..items, which I could never buy because of financial constraints..clothes, shoes and so many other things! But by the time I got the salary, the date of convocation was finalized. Hyderabad is such a distant place from Chandigarh, that I was left with just Air-Ways as the only possible option for me to use because I wanted to get as much time as possible to spend with the dear-ones, once I leave for college and it requires a lot of money. Moreover, because of the uncertainties in the office, it was unclear to me whether I would be able to go to college to attend the convocation or not! So I could not book my tickets for the flight at that time. I could book the tickets approximately around a week prior to the convocation only. And before one week of leaving, the prices of tickets go very high. I didn’t want to take any money from Papa. So, I was left with just two options. One, stay here only, get all those items which I wanted to get, fulfill all those desires and enjoy the life here in Hyderabad, akele! Two, go to Chandigarh, forget all those lists for sometime, bano kanjoos thode time ke liye and maaro masti sabke saath wahan jaake! I, obviously, preferred the 2^nd option. I thought I would save as much money as possible and then spend it in Chandigarh. 3 days ki masti there would be much more satisfying as compared to 1 month ka masti here.

There was just one tick mark in the list. I bought one Gillette Mach3 razor, which I thought of buying when I was in college. The remaining list remained un-ticked. I did meri zindagi ki 1^st shopping. Most of the items are household items. The bill’s photo is shown.

And if Suchreet says after looking at this list, that I’ve become an Aunty, you’re most welcome! :-P

List ka kya hai..aaj nai toh kal complete kar lunga! :-)

The best thing is, i've now learnt how to save money. Perhaps, in future, it may help me! :)

That Half an Hour!

I don’t know what made me call Himanshu. I seriously don’t know! I was just feeling like talking to him. May be there was something which I wanted to say to him. I called him.

He said, “Harshal! Tujhe pata hai, IITD mein Stage Play mein PEC ki team 1^st aayi hai!”

I realized something. Ohk! This was the thing, which made me call him. Wo kuch dil ke rishtey hote hain, jo hamesha jude hote hain. Bas waisa hi kuch hua tha, which made me call him.

The moment I heard this statement, I felt like, something has just happened, which did not happen in the last 2-3 months. There was no conversation then. I could just listen to some people, who were shouting PEC! PEC! PEC! I can actually imagine..no..I can actually feel what would be happening over there. I’ve gone through so many moments, when I was a part of doing similar things. But it was the awesomest!

Then Himanshu said to me, “Bache pagal ho gaye hain..dhol baj raha hai peeche.”

I replied, “Mujhe sunne de! Oh feel yaar.”

He said, ”Main baad mein call karta hoon.”

I returned to my room. There were 3 persons who were already sitting there. One of them was from IIT Delhi only. I, very boastfully, told him about PEC’s win in IIT Delhi. He said, “Isme kaunsi badi baat hai? Koi ferk bhi ni padhta.” I gave him all those abuses, which I could do! Life kharaab hai becharon ki. May be, un logon ki life mein preferences kuch aur hi hoti hain. But hoti hongi, I did that which I felt I should do.

Then, the second person, who was busy in booking my tickets from Hyderabad to New Delhi and return tickets also, asked me, ”What is your mobile number?”

I replied, “903070…. I’m not getting whether it is 70 or 71!”

I used to be the one in the college, who had most of the contact numbers of my mobile, on my jubaan! And today, I was seriously not getting my number. I asked the third person, who was sitting in my room to give the number to the second person.

In some minutes, mere tickets book ho gaye. I was much more happy. Abhi bhi thodi si fight hai chd aane ki. I just hope, I get there! Today, I played a game. Let’s see, what happens next..!

I again called Himanshu, to give this news. I am just hoping, I’ll be there..

I was very much excited. Itna ki mere aaspaas waale ghoor rahe the mujhe whether I’m alright or not!

Damn! Mera dil abhi bhi PEC mein hi rehta hai..! :-\

And more Damn! Saala yahan koi hai nahi mera excitement share karne ko!

I was never a part of Drams. But still, i don't know why, drams ke kisi achievement pe main itna happy ho jaata hoon. Drams Rocks! :)

That half an hour, I’ll never forget.

New Things!

DISCLAIMER: This blog post can be very boring for the reader. If you get bored, its completely your responsibility. So, its upto you whether you read it or not!

Divya asked me one thing, on mail, “What did you do new today?”

I thought a lot on it. And this thinking to me to a new world, where I’m finding all the new things that I’ve done. Not only today, but last two days. I’ve done a lot new. Some of them I did intentionally, while some of them are that I didn’t. Somebody else, who is unknown, asked me to do so. A lot has happened in the last two days, if I think about doing these things.

1. Before the start of today, I’d washed clothes using the washing machine just twice. Both of them are after coming to Hyderabad. The 2^nd time was on this Sunday only. I did it for the 3^rd time today only. The thing to be noticed is, just after 4 days of the day when I washed so many clothes, I again washed some of them and I enjoyed doing so. I’m a lazy person in general in doing activities like that, but still I did it. I don’t know how did it happen!
2. The clothes, that I washed on Sunday, I ironed them on Monday. It was a task, that I never did before. Next time, when I do so, I’ll make sure I don’t touch the iron by any mistake.
3. Yesterday, we came to know that Dandiya was being played at the International Club over here. We went to that place. I’m always afraid of dancing in front of many people. But yesterday, I don’t know what was the thing, that took off my fear from me and I started playing Dandiya with the friends over here. Maximum people over there were females and there were hardly a few males. But I enjoyed it. In fact, a lot!
4. For the last seven years, I’ve hardly played any outdoor games. The result and reason of it is, I get tired very easily now. The stamina has reduced a lot. But now, I’ve thought of gaining it back. I started playing badminton two days back. It is just the first step. It was another new thing, that happened with me.
5. Hakeem wrote it on my souvenir-jeans, that I’ve to crack a funny joke before I die. Yesterday, I cracked a funny joke. And believe it or not, it was really funny! Even I was surprised after doing this thing.
6. The day before yesterday, I had gone to bed at 11.30 PM only. It hardly happens that I hit the bed so early. Another new thing!
7. I hit the bed at 11.30 PM that day, but got a sleep somewhere around 12.30 AM. At 1AM, I was awake. I could not get the sleep again. I went to shit at such odd hours, I don’t know why! This is another activity, which I don’t like doing. I returned back to my room. And again, tried to sleep. But I could not sleep. I logged in g-talk, talked to Bhavya for sometime, then logged out. I had to make an assignment. I thought of doing it the next day. And for that, I had put an alarm of 6.30 AM in my mobile. But then also, I was not getting the sleep. Somehow, I slept at 2.45 AM, woke up at 6.45 AM, and did the assignment then. That was a strange night. When I talked to a friend about this, he said to me, “Somebody was remembering you!” I was surprised again!
8. I was listening to a song of Himesh Reshammiya yesterday. I seriously don’t know why! Another new activity. I downloaded it because I found it good, heard it for 5-6 times and then deleted it, coz I realized, its not a song, that I’m interested in. Phew!
9. 4 years tak kabhi dil ni kiya rendezvouz jaane ka..kal se kar raha hai..jor se!
10. I don’t know why am I liking south-indian khaana itna zyada 2 days se?! I’m eating dosas for so many days.
11. Right now, I don’t know why I’m sad and that also, without any reason. Another new thing!

There are some more things, but I won’t mention them here. Already it has become a long post!

The point of concern is, I don’t know mujhe kya ho gaya hai is week mein. But I wanna know ki actually hua kya hai! I’m getting mad or what?! Should I call them surprises or something else which I’m unable to figure out? If they are surprises, I should realize that every other time, surprises are not good!

I hope Divya ko uska answer, or I must say, answers mil gaye honge.. Thank You Divya, teri wajah se ek blog entry ban gayi..boht din ho gaye the!

Na jaane kya baat hui!!

Na jaane kya baat hui!!
Kisi aur ki galti ki saza na jaane mera kyun bhagya hui?
Ek baar hui hoti toh theek,
Par ye toh zindagi bhar ki baat hui..

100% dene ka kiya tha prann,
Nyochhawar kiya poor tann,
Aur lagaya poora mann,
Par ye baat tu samajh na saka!
Shayad mujhse hi hui koi khata,
Jo main tujhe ye samjha na saka..!

Fir bhi main karta rahunga tera intezaar,
Kyunki maana hai maine tujhe apna yaar,
Aur ye hai mera ek atoot vishwas,
Jo ek din laayega tujhe fir se mere paas..

Aur us din hogi meri asal mein jeet,
Tab kehlaya jaayega, dil apna aur parayi preet!



PS: kavita likhne ka ye mera pehla gambhir prayaas tha..i know kuch bhi likha hua hai..but still, i like it! It was the first one.. :)

Engineer, by society..!

Oh yes, I became an engineer by society.

But Why?

They say ki when u repeat one practise or task again and again many times, u become habitual of doing that thing which results in you getting irritated and bored and the suppression of feelings towards that particular practise or task and want to get rid of it as soon as possible before your life starts running behind you!

Parting from people is one thing, that i've been doing and experiencing for the past 7 years. Pehle School, then Kota, then Ajmer, then Chandigarh, then Alwar and then again Chandigarh, I've bid good byes to uncountable number of persons in my life. But fir bhi, i'm not getting bored of doing  it. Today also, when it comes to saying good byes to people, I sometimes start feeling my eyes getting wet, which also used to take place a long time ago. In fact, day by day, I feel ki it is becoming more and more difficult for me to say good byes to people!!

Why is this so? Why ain't am getting irritated despite saying good byes to so many people over the years? Parting is also a task to do. Then why is this happening?

Why does it happen ki as the days come closer to the day when you are gonna leave a place permanently after spending a quality time there, u start fighting with people who are close to yo..who you call friends..unintentionally..and it goes on like this way??

The Good Bye Period

The college is coming to an end. Actually the time of saying Good Bye to things had started long time ago. I say good bye to major activities each time I do them for the last time. So, the activities were:

1. Placements [haha..bahut rulaya..but end mein bahut happy kiya..it ended on the 4th of Feb]
2. Any work for college, while being holding a post, jiski ek alag hi feel hoti thi..jo college khatam hote hote, yahaan ki politics ne khatam kar di. [28th March]
3. Respective club events jinhe I enjoyed. [1st of April, Chitrahaar]
4. Last sessionals..i dint want to include this in this list..but many people said this ki these are our last sessionals.. :D [on the 8th of April]
5. Last journey from home to college. [13-14th of April]
6. Birthday. [yeah it was the last one to be celebrated in the college.. :-( ]

There might be some other activities also, but abhi I can recall only these activities..

In a few days, last assignment, last project, last lecture, last exam, last party, last gedi in Chandigarh, last good bye to everyone, last good bye to the loved ones, and in the end last journey from the college to the home..etc etc...

Out of these activities, some would make us happy ki finally peecha chhota, which would make me happy as well as sad, but there would be some activities also, jinse i dont want to get rid of, which would only bring tears in my eyes.. Anyways, it's the part of life...everything needs to be moved on...!

Hmmm..Actually, it is not a time, it is a period of saying a good byes and it is a big one! :)