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! :)

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. :)

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.