Kya Khoob Khajuraho...

helped me understand what i really want to click...

helped me be myself even in situations which were kinda tough...

helped me learn about my camera, yes a brand new Canon 400D...

helped me make friends...

helped me understand...

helped....

now for some details...

Transport :

• Delhi - Jhansi : Dakshin Express (Starts from Nizammudin Station @ 2250 hrs; Reaches Jhansi @ 0515 hrs; 830 bucks)
• Jhansi - Khajuraho : Local Bus (Approx time of travel : 6.5 hours with multiple pit stops, major one at Mauranipur; 95 bucks)
• Khajuraho - Panna and back : Gypsy (1500 bucks all inclusive cab rent, entry to the jungle, guide cost etc.)
• Khajuraho - Orchha: Cab (Mahindra Bolero; 3.5 hours; 2000 bucks for the cab)
• Orchha - Jhansi : Auto ( 30 minutes drive 150 bucks)
• Jhansi - Delhi : Shatabdi (Starts from Jhansi @ 1800 hrs; Reaches Delhi @ 2315 hrs; 740 bucks)

Stay :

• Khajuraho : Hotel Surya ( Two rooms; 5 people; 1800 per night for the two rooms)
• Orchha : Hotel Ganpati ( Two rooms; 5 people; 1400 per night for the two rooms)

Food :
Khajuraho:

• Raja's Swiss Cafe, Near the western group of temples
• The Mediterrineo, in front of Hotel Surya

Orchha:

• The restaurant at the cross road, near the Ram Raja Temple - Highly Recommended
• The tikki shop at the same cross road - Highly Recommended

Not to be missed:
Khajuraho:

• The light and sound show(1830 hrs in English; and 1930 hrs in Hindi)
• Safari in Panna
• Food at the above mentioned restaurants

(On a reminder from Priyanka)

• The Bread Pakodas, Chai and Poha from the stalls in the market, in front of the Western Group of Temples' Gate...

Orchha:

• The sunset at the banks of the Betwa River
• Running in front of the bus on the bridge on the river :). Mind you, this is a single lane bridge with no railings :)
• The Chaturbhuj Temple
• Tikkis @ the location mentioned above, this is near the SBI, Orchha

And the pictures from the trip can be checked out here.


Have you been to The compliment club?

BrEaThE...

Its a nice feeling when someone talks to you... and when you can make them feel comfortable by choosing the right words to talk to them... happened with me today... hope it happens more often...

Prashant:
How have you been doing?

Friend:
Hmm okish
And u

Prashant:
I a li'il better then okish :)

Friend:
Aha.....i hope some of the optimism rubs on to me

Prashant:
Hmm...
Hope so too
Optimism is easy
You just have to ignore the negative thought...

Friend:
Hmmm
But when ur swimming in the midst on -ve thoughts
ok i am really pissed off

Prashant:
when you are swimming in water, you still need air na

Friend:
I wouldn’t mind chopping off a few heads

Prashant:
so even after being totally wet and almost drowning, you try to come up to the surface and breathe
and once you can do that breathing again, you are comfortable in water as well...

Friend:
:)
ok

Prashant:
Breathing at ease and swimming at will...

GiViNg Up...

The World would have been much much better if we were giving up on our expectations, then giving up on people...

i... tHaNk... i... ThiNk...

Someone makes you laugh your ass out !!!

does that mean that the person has a great sense of humor? probably yes...

but then the person who is laughing is more important then the person in question actually... if "you" do not appreciate that humor, if the words coming out this guys mouth do not trickle "your" funny bone, this guy is nothing...

I can say this with confidence because I have been complimented and accused of having a certain sense of humor by my friends, or people I know or talk to... the same lines make a few friends laugh and they are kind enough to talk about how i bring smiles into their life, and at the same time, with the same damn lines, i can manage to piss off a certain set of people... not that I try to bring humor at the cost of someone !!! but this is a sincere observation...
i love to make people i care of smile, and at times i manage to do that just fine too... and i also have people who will not just understand what i am talking about... so its a funny mix...

so before i write further... let me thank everyone who manages to find me funny and live with my sense of humor :)

and that brings me to the philosophical angle of this post as well... more often then not we blame/credit someone else for the good or bad that happens to us... and example was the people who find me funny complimenting me for having a great sense of humor and another example is of people who blame others for things that are happening in their life professionally or personally.

I mean what is maturity all about? understand what you want and doing things that you feel is right... and when the result is something that you did not expect, you conveniently put the blame on someone else... and get out of the picture... i see this happening all the time in my office... and have seen loads of incidents similar in nature personally too...

Like i wrote in one of my previous posts as well, only I am absolute, and everything else is relative... I choose if what happens around hurts me, makes me feel good, bad, angry, frustrated, educated, left out, ignored, blamed, honored... most of it happens automatically, but only if i have chosen it that way sometime in the past...

I guess, i live the way i choose to...

do you?

JaaNe Bhi Do YaaRoN...

Ab kya karen mausi, mera to dil hi kuch aisa hai...


Aur kya do rupye mein poora jungle khareedne nikle ho miyaan?


Main Zara Hast Prachchalan karke aata hoon!!!


Ye P U T Put hai, to B U T but kyon nai?


Dharmraaj, kaho to kheech geru iski jabaan?


Ye hai Chamko Sabun, jo kapdon ko chamkaye, baar baar laga taar :)


abe sunday ko bhi koi nahata hai kya?


E bhai ne bola na bhai ne bola na.. chal samaan wapas ander rakh...


pyaar ka pehla side effect...


Jail mein pistol !!! mere jail mein pistol !!!


Aap to kuch samajhte hi nai hain...


Ye angoothi par S kyon likha hai? Bhabhi, wo mera naam hai na Vasudha, V A "S", wahi "s" hai...
nai tu "s" hai, ass mane gadhi !!!


Khao beta khao, khaoge nai to police ki maar kaise khaoge...


Ab tujhe maa chahiye?




and life still goes on....





Have you been to the The Compliment Club?

(c) ReViEw MoNeX

Metal has always been very attractive to the human kind... the shine the luster, the use the attraction is very hard to ignore... and over the years we have moved on to be more specific about the metals that we like... Gold, Silver, and Platinum are the most sought after these days... with Gold being the conventional winner...

Starting from a time when gold and silver used to be purchased in the form of jewelery and was used more as an accessory, however these days, it has graduated from being just a piece of jewelery to an investment. One company that has been facilitating purchase of gold in America has been the Monex Deposit company. You can purchase either coins or ingots from the company and either arrange for a personal delivery, or a safe and convenience storage at an independent bank or repository. For over 30 years now, Monex has been leading the gold and precious metal investments, and that too at very convenient market and competitive precious metal prices.



Have you been to The Compliment Club?

(c) iNtErNeT iS MoRe tHeN ThAt...

This is in continuation with what I had written about the page popularity on my blogs sometime back. As I said, the blogs have come a long way from just being online diaries to a lot more.

Today you can expect and also get much much more then just a day to day routine life from a blog. I have managed to find more information about my line of Business, ITIL from blogs more then the websites. I managed to read more about the mobile technology from Tushar's blog then from the resources on the net. A blog today can serve as the ultimate source of information, and you also can showcase to the world about your subject matter knowledge as well through your blog.

Next comes the financial aspect of the same where the companies who want to get popular also resort to some advertising through blogs, both personal and professional.

Something like Google Ads, which we are familiar with in India... There are more sites of like Payperpost of similar nature that would help both the blog owner and an advertiser earn money together, creating an environment where everyone gains...

There is more happening on the internet then anyone of us know... I like it...



ppp

JuSt StArTeD...

I am born today...

out of blood, out of pain, out of screams, and right now am in a place which looks new... I don't know what feeling is this... am i hungry? why can't i speak? i guess I can only cry... will that make these people around me understand that i am hungry... oh what the heck... lets give it a shot... maybe someone has been as small as me and would understand that I am hungry....

woh... why are they lifting me up and moving my entire body? HEY !!! let me down... i am only hungry not bored because I cannot move...

let me cry somemore... maybe they will understand now...

.
.
.

no they don't and they call themselves adults... thats what i heard !!!

but then hey... crying isn't helping either... let me just smile... may be that will help...

oh... it does... everyone around me suddenly seems happy...

phew... i am bored...

lets sleep for a while... in anycase there is not much to do when you are a new born baby...

someone.. get me a pillow please... will you !!!

Have you been to the The Compliment Club?

(c) OpTiCaL GiFtS...

Gift...

isn't that a word that usually would excite you immidiately, when you are going to get one that is :)

and when you have give someone, something... this word would usually start a chain of thoughts in your mind... Here is a simple solution if you are thinking of buying something related to optics...

All you need to do is go to this site called the Optics Planet.



Choose the category that you want to browse, and then check out the loads of options made available to you by the site... You can browse through binoculars, telescopes, microscopes, sunglasses, magnifiers, printers, scanners and what not... I think i can spend a whole day writing about the categories and what all do you get in those categories...

Oh and for people who might be looking for gifts for me... I would not really mind getting a pair of binoculars and a telescope :)

thanks in advance :)


ppp

AbSoLuTeLy ReLaTiVe....

know yourself...

and that is your absolute.

whatever else that exists is relative !!!


____________________


Books help... but only in creating a cloud of knowledge which will rain only when the heat of life makes it...

GeT LiNkEd MoRe...GeT PoPuLaR...

Internet used to be a dream at one point of time... the time when dial ups used to be the only medium... costly, not feasible slow connections ensuring that you could check out email only once a week... having a website of your own was another dream....

But then in the last few years, things have changed... more and more people started having websites... the number of pages on the internet has only been increasing exponentially... and next came blogs, what started off with being mere online diaries todays has translated into so much more then just a medium to communicate for a lot of people...

What makes a lot of difference in a serious blogger's or a web site's life is the link popularity. Google is THE website that has set standard in link popularity, and page ranking... There are some complex algorithms that calculates the page rank of a page or a website... Some of the terms that are of importance while you are trying to read more about link popularity and page rank mechanisms are... search engine optimization, link baiting, technorati, latent symantec indexing etc... There is much more to the internet then we all know today... explore and get surprised...


Have you been to the The Compliment Club?

...

ctrl + Z

ctrl + Z

damn...

ctrl + Z

ctrl + Z

ctrl + Z

ugh... the key does not work...

live with it !!!!

"F1"

let go !!!

"F5"

Refresh...

"about : blank"

(c) PetRoL is OuT... eLeCtRiC iN...

Automobiles, something that I have always been interested in... I used to read about the Amby and the Fiat... and then I used to read about whatever was happening in the world with the Autocar.... and then it stopped... Realising that the passion should not go away like this... I thought of reviving the interest and was just browsing the net to search for something that caught my interest in one of the TV Ads... The Zero Petrol Go Bikes...

Looks this is already a craze in the USA... i reached this site for Electric Scooters.... And its pretty interesting too... There are scooters starting for as low as $300 to about $700... all of them look pretty neat to me... The website also has a free shipping... It goes a step forward with mentioning about the Scooter Safety and Scooter and Bike laws... I am wondering how these scooters would look when they are running on the road... Low pollution levels, battery charged, silent and sleek... Check out the Razor Electric Scooters, Electric Bikes, Gas Scooters, Go Karts and more... The Go Karts are seriously exciting... i am already thinking about what call can I do with one of these... where all am I going... thinking of the dirt tracks :)

HaPPiNeSS iS....

happiness is a function of

the smile that you return when someone who does not know you smiles at you...
the number of times someone in a high beam lowers the beam when you are in front...
the grip of a child on your fingers...
the laughter of your friends...
the tears when you see your parents after a long time...
the number of times when you made love and enjoyed it too...
the number of times you were told that you are important...
the smell of your favorite bed sheet...
the caller tone of your girlfriend/boyfriends mobile...
the ring tone when your friends call...
the incoming call from your dearest friend who is in a different city now...
the burp after a fantastic dinner...
the shoulder of a friend...
the pan after a dinner...
the smile that comes to your face when you think of your date...
the excitement of exam results...
the daze after a nice drink...
staring on the roof after a nice tiring day...
a small phone bill because the phone company decided to give you a happy discount...
a hand written letter from someone who know...
a drive on a cold winter morning...
the number of scraps on Orkut...
the number of times a girl you do not know comes to your Orkut profile ( this was for guys only )...
a nice one liner sms in the morning...
a good parking space in the parking lot...
Friday night evenings and start of the weekend...
Rain when you really wanted it...
and it stopping, when you really wanted it to stop...
a candy with a touch of lemon or orange...
Wedding invite of your sister...
the air conditioned office on a bright hot summer afternoon...
the nice couch in the lobby...
no one in the line for your favorite movie's ticket...
a kiss from a friend...
someone remembering your name...
a good workout in the gym...
the rapids on the Ganges...
the top speed of your car...
the taste of the food you cook...
a nice haircut...
a shirt of your favorite color on a 90% discount...
a seat in the metro on a ride back home...
your favorite song on the fm the moment you switch it on...
an hour of making out...
a hug from your son...
your college crush in your office...

Happiness is...
air on the mountains...
Happiness is...
waves in the sea...
Happiness is...
walks on the beach...

Happiness is...

when you let me be me...

FLoWeR PoWeR...

Stills from sunday's shoot are here... its kinda good that I got the photos so quick...

This might have been my last shoot with film... rather the last dedicated shoot with film, because I do not want to leave film ever....

you can check them out by clicking here...

ShE iS sTiLL...

A lot of times she felt that it was her responsibility to keep everyone around her happy... She did try her level best to do that too.... but more often then not things only became worse.

She could only think of how she could improve things and only could further mess them up... Giving up was not an option either...

She could talk about what she wanted to do, how she wanted to do it and was clear about what she wanted the others to do as well... but then everytime she wanted to make things better, some one would react in a way which she had not expected...

Is that her problem? she thought... but on second thoughts, it looked like a problem which "like it or not" she was a part of...

she is still living that problem...

she is still letting the thoughts overpower her pain..

she is still trying very hard...

she is STILL....

Further Studies with Capella University

When we are studying, a lot of us wanted to get over with our books and get into an earning mode as soon as possible. At times, we do that too, while forgetting that education is equally important. Till the time we realise that we have missed out on some formal education, its too late.

Lately there has been a remarkable change in the way one can learn without leaving the jobs. And what has come a long way is eLearning. What started off from small knowledge related courses has now transformed the eLearning zone into a full fledged education provider. Right from under graduate courses to professional courses in computer sciences and IT or a MBA online. Everything can be done with some extra hard work and dedication.

One such universities is the Capella University. Much can be written about this accredited* university which was founded in 1993, offering bachelor programs in phsycology, business, information technology, education, human services etc. About 75 various graduate and undergraduate specializations are available. The university already serves over 16000 students from all over the US and other over 60 countries.

you might want to visit their website http://www.capella.edu/ for more information and browse for yourself.

*Capella University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, located at 30 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602-2504, (312) 263-0456, www.ncahigherlearningcommission.org.

(c) Time Management...

What differentiates between a really hectic work environment and a simple one is how one can manage the time they are spending in a day. When I started off, I had a simple life, thanks to the BPO life, where the time to login, logout, breaks and all is controlled... But when I think about the IT environment, time management is really a challange...

Effective time management is I guess a key to effective workmanship and professionalism. I reached this site which talks about time management while browsing through the net. Worth a read.
This time management page talks about various things, right from an ebook to some key skills, some handy healthy tips, best practices etc... Check it out in your free time and manage it effectively :)

dHiShUm dHiShUm

Do you every fight with yourself?

How is the winner decided?

Is it you or you?

RiShiKeSh Re-ViSiTeD...

Have you been waiting for the pictures?



I have been waiting too, and finally I have managed to upload the ones from Tushar's Camera... most of them are clicked by Tushar himself except the ones with an "*" in the title :)

Click HERE to check them out... or click the link in the phototrips....

MiRrOr TeST....

A lot of us claim that we are able to accept our friends the way they are, we are able to appreciate their good habits, ignore the bad ones or suggest improvements and still be content with the friendship...

And now the real world...

How many of us really live up to that claim?

Do I ?

HaPpEnEd

Capitol Dilli Haat Noodles Camera Weekend Friday Night People Partying Girls Jalebi Lassi Tikki Aseem Slurpy Noodles Sandhya Ankur Cold Over-exposed Benches Play Deepak Sid Red Shirt Cars Anku Dance Priyanka Sandeep 2230 hrs Anjali Meeting Kadi-Chawal Midnight Ashoka Empty Roads Round About Speed Breakers DJ Suketu Hindi Remixes Happiness Dance Tiring Energy LEGS BODIES Bloody Mary Zayed Bugger Breezers 0500 hrs Trucks JAM Entry Couples Water Night Dark Stairs Hugs Sleep Beedi Alarm Car Service Dry Clean POP Porche FIAT Warm HOTT Coolant Clothes Mess Sleep Woofer Sound Melt Lips Back Sweat Hands Dance CAT Anant SONY Pictures Video Chai Sleep Dust Massage Hands

Just some words from the sentences that happened over the weekend...

Oh and some pictures from the Phool Walon ki Sair and Qutub have been uploaded to flickr... you might want to check them out here !!!

Re-NaMeD...

Lets stop calling our "mistakes" mistakes.... Lets start referring to them as "Improvement Opportunities"...

Prashant Bhardwaj, Nov-06

ThE GaMe : wHiCh MeAns!!!

How many times in a day do you play this?
Many times?
Sometimes?
Never did?
Have seen people do it?

Anyway, we, in the layman terms, call this game “Let’s jump to a conclusion”

Rules of this game:

• Whenever the person in front of you says something, you hear the complete sentence patiently
• Once the speaking is over, you think in your mind “which means”
• And then Jump “to a conclusion”
• Now either stick to the thought that you have reached or
• Ask the other person about the truth and ruin the entire game…

Here are a few examples…

Rakesh: I am not really feeling like doing anything today…
Rampal: “which means” that you are feeling bad about something?
Rakesh: No buddy, there is nothing specific…
Rampal: “which means” you do not want to tell me OR “which means” you do not consider me a good friend of yours anymore” or “which means” that you are doing something that I should not know about “which means” I have to know about it someway or the other “which means” that I got to make some effort to investigate everything…


Nidhi: Rahul dumped me today
Nisha: “which means” he is available now | “which means” I can ask him out |
”which means” nidhi must’ve been a bitch to him | “which means” Rahul is such a bastard | “Which means” they did not have a good sex life | “which means” I have to dump Rakesh if I want to ask Rahul out and more “which means” and more “which means”…

Mom: How is life in the office these days? Do you feel good working?
Son: “which means” she is thinking of getting me married | “which means” she has already thought of getting me married to Sharma’s auntie’s geeky daughter | “which means” my life is ruined

And I do not even remember how many other innings of the game I remember…

“Which means” I have bad memory? Eh!!! :D

But then on a serious note, I do not really support this game... But for some reason I see most of us around are a part of the fan following for this game…

What about you?

Of 10 ft HiGh WaVeS & A HuGe BaTh TuB…

The plan almost got canceled, I was not sure if I wanted to take a chance with the weather…But then it did not get as cold as it usually gets in November… I, however, kept preparing myself by not using warm water to take a bath… Kept using cold water and infact enjoying it, to condition myself to the cold in Rishikesh ?

The evening finally came and I got the tank filled to the brim for the long drive ahead… Deepak reached home… we had food and then surrendered to sleep around 0030 hrs, Saturday… not before we gave the women a strong challenge in talking about everything and anything under the sun… The funny thing is that I had said no to a movie Friday night because I wanted to sleep early looking at the long day on Saturday… but then.. Men will be Men…

Saturday started pretty early… around 0300 hrs… with a few phone calls, packing ( yes yes I am a last minute packing person)… picked up Tushar from near his place and reached the Radisson, NOIDA where we were to meet the rest of the Gang from Aseem’s company… Aseem was delayed by 10 minutes, but we were still not late… He had his share of drive in the morning… Faridabad to Gurgaon to NOIDA… I think we can call it another “Golden Triangle”… What say?

Anyway, a total of 11 people, in two different cars left NOIDA Radisson around 0445 hours. For some reason, this Qualis was SLOW… though it left like 10 minutes before yes, and because we had to turn back to get Aseem’s jacket we took another 10 minutes… I managed to cover these 20 minutes and add atleast 45 another minutes to my advantage on the entire route with two breaks… I like it & Radha ROCKs…

After Meerut, thick fog welcomed us, and I was forced to drive very very slow for a long time… it was only after Muzaffarnagar Bypass that I could pick up some speed… Oh and two things worth mentioning here…

1) Anjie spent a good 15 minutes in the bathroom in the morning… When asked, she told us that she had done everything possible in the bathroom :D Please ask Anjie for a reason why this information from her is so important :D
2) I remembered Aseem where he had Pee’ed away his 6600 to glory… this is the railway crossing on the Bypass !!! And the incident happened on one of our rafting trips only !!!

A quick pee break near Khatauli, a tea break after Muzaffarnagar… no traffic jams… thick fog… ensured that we were in Rishikesh around 0900 hrs… in a li’il over 4 hours…

What followed was some chitchat… and a lot of wait!!! Aseem and party come around 0945 hrs… some of them were not adequately dressed for rafting , but were enthusiastic enough which more then made up for the rest of the things…

Next I had to wait for Anand and his two friends; meanwhile we changed our clothes, called Pradeep (our rafting guy), roamed around, and had breakfast…

Around 1130 hrs, we finally left for Shivpuri… The water was cold, but the weather great !!! And finally we started… and here is what happened:

• The best rapids in the last 3 years that I have faced…
• Roller Coster was the best !!! I was in the front left and I tried my hell best to row through the damn rapid but then the force of nature is something that leaves you nowhere !!!
• I was in the front of the raft not rowing for two rapids and atleast 1000 litres of water hit me in both these rapids on my face… This is when Tushar also got slapped big time by water :D
• AWESOME fun it was…
• One of rafts in front of us flipped in Roller Coster…
• I did not get out of the raft for swimming this time, however picked people up from the water and got them back to the raft…
• Angie tried to jump from the cliff, and was really really brave to climb up, but she could not gather enough courage to jump from there… But she more then made up for it by being one of the best rowers on the raft… Kudos to her for the kinda effort she made…
• Some of the best pictures on the lunch break… We did not notice but the four of us were dressed in primary colours… ->Angie – Blue ->Deepak – Green ->Tushar – Yellow ->Me – Red ( as usual)
• Surprisingly the water was not that cold this time… and it was the cleanest in all the trips I have made so far…

Got off the raft and decided to retire in a hotel near the Parmarth Ashram… The Raj Palace is where we stayed… Good rooms they were… once in the rooms we did not really feel like getting out checking anything else Conversations followed… And then dinner… very very nice Italian Restaurant…

Anjie was the first one to sleep, followed by the rest of us.. And was the first one to get up on Sunday…
And here is what she managed to do that Sunday morning:
~ Bug all the three guys…
~ Make unsuccessful attempts to wake all three of us up…
~ Roam around Rishikesh and sit next to the Ganges for an hour before coming back to the hotel and try to wake all of us up…
~ Take a bath early morning before 0700 hrs… Phew!!!

We finally got up… and then pondered over the idea of trekking to a waterfall… and because Tushar and Angie pushed the idea with a lot of force, Me and Deepak agreed!!!

And AM I HAPPY OR WHAT!!!

We had breakfast at Chotiwala, and then moved to NeelKuddu, from where our trek was to start…

We walked for about 35 minutes on a way which was steeper then most of the treks I have done… and then reached a place which was amazing… a nice clean waterfall, which a made up hugggggggggggge bath tub… and Angie again was the first one to enter the water… Tushar followed and then me and Deepak… we spent a good hour and a half in the water playing around... clicking pictures taking videos… and some of the pics are worth sharing… the rest I rather keep it for public viewing… :D we managed to dry ourselves in about 30 minutes, walk back to the car, and then drive back to Delhi…

Two pit stops…
One @ Haridwar to get Ganga Jal
Second @ Roorkee, which included some fantastic Lassi and Chole Chaat…

A long drive with music followed… the music genre shifted from Rock to Hindi Happy to Retro !!! and that kept the tempo up !!!

Dropped Deepak @ 2130 hrs at the Welcome Metro Station
Had a quick bite in Dilshaad Garden with Anjie, met Rohit, talked for a while, and then rushed to NOIDA to quickly grab a bite again with Tushar… Thankfully, the sector-25 Rolls-wala was still open and we could eat…

Finally reached home around 2300 hrs and surrendered to sleep…

I am sure I was smiling all night with the happiness I brought with me…

The pictures from the trip can be checked out HERE.

PhYSiCaL - EmOTiOnaL Or NoT

Excerpts from my conversation with Bindiya yesterday evening....

Bindiya: ya right!
so wat will ur next blog will be on..?
what r u planning to blog on?
me: umm..
I wanted to write about how I like women... and why I can be physical without getting too emotional about it..
par I did not get enough words to write...
Bindiya: but u can actually get physical without being emotional with a person?
me: without getting too emotional is what I said...
I do not treat sex as a big deal....
not that I can get physical with anyone.. but I think it’s an overrated topic
Bindiya: okay.....thtz fine but does tht mean u treat it too casually??
me: no
I understand the importance of getting physical in people's life... and give it due respect..
but if expected to treat being physical as some kind of commitment is something that I cannot do...
Bindiya: yeah I understand tht - but then I think u get physical with people with you are committed too and not everyone. atleast I wud.
as for commitment. a commitment is a commitment.
me: we think differently
Bindiya: spiritual, emotional, physical - are all aspects of it.
me: true..
Bindiya: but I think one needs to be committed to experience each of these.
me: in agreement with your thoughts.. but I think differently
:)
Bindiya: ya to each his own....but I didn’t quiet get ur stand.
explain again...
me: which is fine... you do not have to understand everything that I say na...
or agree to them
Bindiya: but I want to understand wat I can..
me: fair enough..
Bindiya: agreeing with it or disagreeing is another matter.
me: dekho... while I understand that emotions lead to physical contact...
the visa versa is not correct...
Bindiya: hmmm...
sahi hain!
me: I might like someone physically without any emotions...
Bindiya: possible..
yep.
me: infact that’s what the looks matter thingie is all about
Bindiya: agree..
me: you check the physical aspect of a person..
so all I am saying is that to be involved physically with someone, I do not need to be emotionally dependent on the person...
it’s not as casual as having coffee together..
Bindiya: almost..
me: but I do not take it too seriously to influence life either..
stuff like I have to be committed, and only then we will kiss is something that I just do not understand...
Bindiya: yeah.. right! many people dont.
me: there are physical needs of a person as well...
and there can be times when they are more important then the emotional ones
I do not have any emotional needs... personally I do not need any emotional support from any one person...
Bindiya: so to fulfill them in the absence of a relationship one can explore them in a non-committal basis is wat u r saying. ok!
me: right
Bindiya: yeah we have different thoughts on this. but ya right I understood ur take on it.
me: cewl...
Bindiya: but tell me, even in case of wat ur saying - doesn’t one require a minimum level of comfort zone with the person with whom s/he is trying to get intimate with??
me: totally
without comfort you cannot even hold a finger.. forget about a kiss !!!
Bindiya: it can’t just be anybody 'n everybody!
me: I do not even look at women I do not think I can talk to..
Bindiya: but wat u wrote sounded more like a desperate attempt to meet physical needs.
me: if I can talk, then I can kiss...
if I cannot talk.. let the chick go to hell, even if she is a bomb
Bindiya: if thtz the case, then there sure is a relation which is the basis of the intimacy..
me: there is...
it does not necessarily translate into emotional dependency na..
or does not mean you become a couple..
Bindiya: nothing does, 'n then everything is.
dont u think?
intimacy with a person be it physical or emotional or mental brings in a level of dependency - not negative. but it does!
instead of 'dependency' - lets use the phrase support or 'looking up to' someone..
me: hmm....
agree here...
par a kiss, does not mean you gotta be in an affair..
Bindiya: absolutely..
but in somkinda relation..
:)
me: and I know women who want to be kissed and make out.. but the condition is that you commit to being in a relationship
desperation to control hoti nai hai... lekin pehle relationship chahiye..
Bindiya: a relationship cannot be conditional.
hehehe...u r crude!
me: will agree to this too...
yes, I am..
mujhe sugarcoat nai hote words...
jo hai so hai
Bindiya: make it - very crude :P
me: :D
the unfortunate truth is that most of the relationships are conditional
it’s a give and take situation..
and that is why most of them do not work out..
guy get into it thinking they like the chick... and will get physical satisfaction out of it...
And gals get into it thinking they like the hunk and will get emotional satisfaction out of it...
Thode time baad satisfaction levels mein hota hai clash...
And u-turn
This might be too wide a generalization; however I have seen this happening...
Bindiya: par hero jo tum kah rahe ho - uska nichod mujhe yeh lagta hain ki physics, chemistry maths r all momentary needs with people whom we have a link with. sometimes they graduate to a relationship, sometimes they don’t...
me: sahi bola toone ladki
samajhdaar hai tu
Bindiya: but in case of existing relationships/affairs, divergent physical emotional needs lead to fights and separation


may be continued...

A KiD i WaS !!! a KiD i Am...

When was the last time you felt like a kid… all excited, happy, jumping with joy, shouting with excitement, not really caring for what the world thinks about you, and not really aware of what is happening outside your own world?

Do you remember?

If someone had asked me this question before last Saturday, I would not have an answer... but today I have an answer... I was a kid this Saturday… 4th of November’2006… here is what happened…

I missed out on the Photography meet in the morning… no camera, myself needed at home, work to be done… multiple issues kept me away… and Pinks aka Priyanka suggested that we should not miss the last function in the “Phool Walon Ki Sair”… it made a lot of sense… I mean so many years in Delhi and I have not even been a witness to Delhi’s one of the best functions… bad bad…

I thought it was just perfect… I missed out on the morning show… lets check out the evening then… picked up Anjali badi Manjali aka Booboo Singh from Noida more around 1630 hours and rushed to Qutub Minar… Pinks and Deepsie were already in the Qutub taking pictures…A quick round of helloes… and Anjie’s and Priyanka’s introduction to each other… My introduction to the D70S Priyanka was carrying… and we were ON!!! Pictures, talking, fun, laughter… and trust me this was just the beginning of an evening I will remember for a long time!!!

We moved out of the Qutub in a while and then asked our way to the JahazMahal, Mehrauli… where the main function was supposed to be… decided to leave my car behind and take only one car to the function… finding our way was not too difficult… When we reached there the function had not begun and people were still settling down… we did not have any passes which meant that we could not get inside the audience area… which inturn meant that we were to stand on the other side of the road and enjoy the proceedings… which we did… and to keep us company were Gupta Caterers from Chandni Chawk… YES!!! Food from the walled city… Chaat, Golgappe, Tikki, Kulfi... yes ISHTIK Kulfi and mango Kulfi... with that some pictures… some laughter… some good moments in the camera…

We then decided to move from there, and go to a local MELA… Priyanka was already kinda scared of the fact that she was supposed to sit on the Giant Wheel, and I was super happy to know that she was scared… its fun to be with someone who is scared of Rides in a park :D We were quick to take the tickets and force the chick to take a seat… and her reactions, the screams, the expressions were more then a picture or a camera or any words can describe… totall funnn!!!!

Next was a ride which was kinda strange… it was a big platform which would rotate and then had smaller seats for two in 4 which would rotate freely other then the platform… I cannot even tell you how interesting and exciting this was... Deepak almost got killed because of Anjie baby sitting next to him: D and we screamed out lungs out in this ride!!! When it finished, I had a headache and a stomach ache and a throat ache thanks to the spinning, and the screaming… but it was FUNN too!!!

Our next ride was the Columbus!!! Bigger then the biggest I had sat on… and the rest of the three now totally in the mood wanted to sit on the extreme end seats… which they did… and it was funnnnnnnnn again… laughter, screams, hair flowing around… it was fun to see how Priyanka’s long hair would all go at the back when we were going down on that ship… and how they covered her face otherwise…

We saw this Maut Ka Kuan… the Well of Death where there were Ladies in Men: D and then we saw these chicks dancing on a stage… all of them doing a different dance step and trying to be sexy… trust me TRYING to be sexy!!!

Also there was a magic show!!! And then the two girls tried their hands on shooting the balloons… I am not very sure they were able to aim right or not… but then looking at all the guys around them trying to see how they perform with shooting was great… looks like that these two were the only hott chicks in the entire fair area !!! And we two hunks were lucky to be with them: D

And then we went to this photo studio… it was kinda sad to find out that these guys did not have a car and an airplane where we could click a fotu!!! But then they allowed to get inside the studio and click some gooood shots: D

And this is how the mela came to an end!!! Fantastic evening this was… and we all came out tired of laughing and screaming and enjoying…

Back to Qutub Minar only to realize that the car was locked in the parking and we had to go the Police Station to get a slip to get the car out… Mehrauli Police Station which was about a km away is where we went and the people there were more then helpful in sending someone with us to get the car…

Our next pit stop was Dilli Haat… good Chinese food from the Nagaland stall... and beer... ya ya... fruit beer!!! And then everyone suddenly had the urge to have a drink or two… a small discussion on the pubs around... and we reached a consensus that DV8 is where we were going… quickly reached there from Dilli Haat.. The roads were pretty empty at that hour… and had our share of drinks… and more fun and more laughter… and some damn good music… and it was pure fun to see Angie HIGH!!! :D

A walk back the parking lot at 0030 hrs in the night in CP is something that I would love to do any day… rather any night ? quick ta tus, and bye byes and hugs and we moved in our directions…

Only to meet again and have our share of happiness from the lives we touch!!!

The iTcH i CaNnOt ScRaTcH...

Things/people/actions/situations which catch/grab/demand my attention...

1. Dirty Shoes...
2. Girls whose cleavage shows and is a delight to watch...
3. The too loud and gaudy belt buckles...
4. Corporate Politics... people trying to use someone else's work for their numbers...
5. Times when I know when my friend is in trouble, and is not sharing the thought or the situation...
6. Females with unshaved arms or legs that show...
7. Thick wallets... full of cards and cards and more cards... visiting... debit...credit...discount.. cards and more cards...

8. Cars with the tinted dark black front windscreens...
9. Maruti 800s with alloy wheels...
10. Panty Lines under tight trousers... Someone please file a case against such women!!!!
11. Guys who just can't take their eyes off breasts...
12. People who do not look at me in the eye while talking to me...
13. A situation where the girl has amazing assets and I should continue talking to her without looking at them :(...
14. Guys and Gals who wear low cut jeans... I am not sure what do they get out of showing off the undergarments!!! Do you know?
15. Politicians who lie... are there any who do not fit into this criteria?
16. Too much affection... it’s like having sweets the entire day... I like them, but I still cannot take too much of it...
17. Guilt of not being sensitive enough at times... But if I am sensitive, then I am calling for more dependence, and phew... trouble as well at times...
18. People talking irrationally about relationships, even after being in and out of one...
19. People trying to not use the actual words when they want to know about someone's sexual experiences... the expressions... the replacement words and phrases...
20. Bad Keyboards in cyber cafes...
21. People spitting on the road after opening the doors of cars...
22. People who use high beams... as if they are focusing on their relatives dancing nude on the high road side platforms...
23. Incorrect statements made with confidence...
24. Men talking on the phone while peeing... argh!!!
25. Mandira Bedi/Karishma Kapoor/Kareen Kapoor.... They should be asked to get out of this planet...
26. Lack of ethics on the road in India...
27. Lack of ownership for the lane/street/sector/town/city/state/country in India...
28. Back biters...phew... some of them should be killed...
29. Mobile Phones ringing when you are making out...
30. Availability of mobile network at places where you want to be alone...
31. Expectations of replying to forwarded SMSs...
32. My inability to remember dates... :( thankfully a lot of people are kinda fine with it now...
33. My lack of love for books... I read a lot about my line of business and my work... books and things which are pages and pages in length... but other books... phew :(
34. My comfort with things going wrong at times... not that I do not do anything about them, but lately I have accepted that things would go WRONG when they have to...
35. Different names of Sanitary Napkins that girls use... they would not really refer to it by the actual term, but use a replacement...
36. People who would sit in a restaurant and loudly ask for napkins... well a paper tissue would be a better term....or what I use... "Haath Pochne wala Kagaj"...
37. People smoking and acknowledging that Smoking is bad for health, their and others at the same time...
38. The love for Porn and the lack of acknowledgment of the same....
39. Girls who claim about not been an audience to a porn movie... and girls who have actually not seen one...
40. People who think that you can only love lovers... and as soon as you are affectionate with a person of the opposite sex, would link you to them and call you a couple...
41. People who have dirty feet…
42. Red shoes… Yellow shoes… Shoes with loud heels…
43. People scratching their butts, crotch while moving in a public place…
44. My tummy :(
45. People who claim to be good speakers and do not know how to answer questions…
46. My lack of vocabulary and inability to understand long sentences or heavy words…
47. My wondering what is it that girls look at when they check out guys?
48. People who would keep cribbing and not take care of things to resolve the issues.
49. NGOs that focus on teaching the underprivileged but not really trying to stop the mass production of these underprivileged… I mean you can teach someone till 5th or 6th but then WHAT?
50. The amount of educated illiterates present in this world today…


Some of the above itches, I just cannot scratch… Some, I try… but my hands cannot reach them… and some I am scratching while I am writing this!!!

There are many more…but then I guess for today, I am good with sharing these Itches… any lotions suggested???

SeCrEtS.....mmmmmmmmmm.....

Richa wants me to share 10 things which most of the people do not know about me on my blog....My first reaction was is she out of her mind or what :P but then keeping in mind the kind of darling she is to me... I have to do what she says... here we go ...

#1...
I got lost thrice when we used to stay in Bhogal... my mom all the three times managed to find me... I guess wandering off to the unknown territory has always been with me :)

Wondering what would have happened to me if she had not found me... scary!!!

#2...
I used to come first in my classwhen I was a kid... Nursery, KG, First... and I used to get a trophy every time... in second, when my final exam's result was out, I did not bother to check it and went straight to my class teacher and asked for my trophy... she did not have a trophy for me and asked me to talk to mom... who then told me that I came second and not first... I still remember crying like hell, not because I was second, but because I did not get the trophy....


#3…
I could not make any good friends when I was in school… infact I do not even know where most of the people from school are today…

#4…
I used to be shit scared of Ghosts… There were times when I had to go the terrace in our previous house to pick up clothes and all… and that is when I used to sing loudly in the stairs so that if there were any ghosts on the terrace they would know I am coming and go away….


#5…
I have always wanted to keep long hair… but have been able to manage it… It gets too messy… and I quickly revert back to my short sweet haircut…

#6…
If I had to choose between making out and sex, I would choose Making out…

#7…
I do not like girls who cannot carry their clothes properly… there are so many of them out there who do not know what kinda bra they should be wearing, or should they even wear the tight fit trousers or not… yuck !!!

#8…
Smartness is a turn on for me… someone looking hott would for sure grab attention but if I cannot communicate with her, she is as good as a nice looking paper weight....

#9…
I have always wanted to get into an affair with a woman in her mid 30s… I think that is the age when women are the sexiest !!! As a matter of fact, I have always got along very very well with women who are elder to me…

#10…
I wanted to be Lingerie store sales man, for a very very long time before I realized that most of the women who come in there call the sales man “Bhaiyya”… (Brother)

Anyone game for this on their blog too? let me know if you find this excitingly risky and write your secrets as well :D

WoMeN iN My LiFe...

Does the title make you remember Khushwant Singh? Maybe… but this is my post… and these are the people I am associated with… so here we go…

Ma…. The ONE… if she is not there, I do not know what would happen to me… she is like oxygen to me… the one that I have been the most rude to, and the maximum number of times… the one who has always been around even though I could have been a better son to her… the one who I know will never ever leave me… My eyes are wet when I am writing this… but she deserves all the happiness in the world… anyday… and if I have to give up on my personal happiness for her, I would not even think twice…

Mrs. Rashmi Shandelye…
My English teacher in school… I was called her secretary; because of the attention I used to get from her… and that used to make a lot of kids around jealous… it was nice knowing her as a teacher… Though I do not remember much of that time, but I am sure she played an important role in helping me be a good student…

Mrs. Savita Laul…
The first female I cried for I guess… English teacher in class VIII… her husband got transferred to Powai, Mumbai... And she had to leave DAV, NOIDA… I remember buying a nice wall clock for her and giving it to her on her last day in NOIDA… we all students went to her place for a small farewell…

Mrs. Amrita Sharma…
English Teacher again… soooper doooper hott… I remember students getting into arguments on who is going to stand behind her seat for the group photograph in class X.

Vanja…
I was in a perfect teenage love with her ? used to look at her… watch her when she used to take the school bus, get down of it, used to get happy when she used to pass by me… but never said anything until one day, when I asked a friend to give her a "I love you" card while on our way back from the school.. He went to the front gate of the bus, and I was on the back gate... he gave her the card and got out of the front gate... And I ran away as soon as I was out of the back gate!!! Hehehe…

She was a senior... one year… her classmate then came to my house in an hours time... and asked me all stupid questions and all that crap… when I remember that day today.. It’s kinda strange and fun… we never actually were in a relationship… but still liked each other… strange first affair I had…

Mrs. Archana Deepak…
Physics teacher in XI-XII… people again were kinda jealous of the fact that I was liked by her… hehe… strange again… people were so damn shocked when I got 80+ in XII… and a lot of it I owe to the guidance from Archana Ma’am

Kanika…
Not much to talk about her… except that she was gave me more cards then anyone else in my life… A card to walk... a card to talk… a card to smile... phew… too many of them… was very difficult to hide all of those in books, notebooks, drawers etc etc…

Taru Vohra…
My love in college… the most beautiful girl I have ever been with… the simplest of them as well… at times I have terribly missed being with her after I broke up… even today I miss a person like her in my life… but then past is past… We started going around when I was in the second year of college and were together for over an year… we start going around because she was one helluva energy resource… always smiling… always happy…

Things changed after a few unfortunate things happened in our lives… she changed me changed... things did not look like working out… and finally we broke up… sad it was… I today feel that I should have handled that situation better... but then it’s over now…

Meghana Jain…
The best street play director, one of the best designers I know of… she was an integral part of my theatre community in college… always looking for new idea... open to thoughts and suggestions… and very very very high on creativity… People like her should always be there in ones life… they make a lot of difference…

Nimisha Bhagat…
She I guess has laughed the most on my stupid jokes… a wonderful singer and a gem from heart... she is still around when needed… I love to call her Choti… and she calls me Big B… and I love her for whatever she has been for me…

Bhumika Bhardwaj…
I had the longest perfect relationship with her in my life… close to about 3 years we were together and broke up because of family related issues…
The only person in my life who knew how to get that perfect delicate balance between friendship and relationship… someone who stayed a friend who loved me… and helped me be that too… just perfect… par Uncle God maybe has thought of better things for me…

Something that started with weekly Monday evening calls to daily 1630 calls to meeting once a week to loving each other… and staying the best of friends… seeing someone move from studying to struggling for a job to being ok and then successful was what we did together… Bhoomi, I thank you for all the smiles that you gave me… I remember our conversations about bhoomi and samandar being together always ?

Mrs. Bindu Krishnan…
Like a mom, like a guardian, like a friend, like a sister, like a mentor… she has been around taking care of the people in her team in Spectramind… she is still around… actively or otherwise… taking care of the kids who have grown both professionally and personally because of her…

Love you ma’am for all that I have learnt from you… and for all that you have to give us in our lives…

Maya Didi…
She knew I was bloody naughty the moment she started talking to me… and she and everyone at her place calls me Pineapple Pie because I love pineapple… she is a darling.. And one of the most beautiful women I have ever known… Didi you rock… you are the best…

Shikha…
My girlfriend in Hughes… I think that I rushed into this relationship because of my need for emotional support… and it obviously did not work out… while this relation was fantastic on a few fronts, it was a total mess on the others… I still feel that the conversations and more while we were in the car parking and the rain was pouring like hell on the roof were amazing… and I still feel that I did not accept her friends in my life… and a few more things that I know I went wrong with… this was one relationship which made me cry the most as well.. Which I am not ashamed of… I have experienced extreme pain, disappointment from myself and my partner… and I hope people do not rush into relations like I did…

I came out of this relationship very bitter, emotionally independent… and much stronger within then ever… and today I think I owe a lot to this particular period…

DVD…
Boss @ work… someone who told me what not to be, by being one of the not so good people I have worked with…

Neha…
She was one of the very first friends I made thru Orkut… and one of the very few people who is a perfect blend of beauty and brains… unfortunately for me, she had to get out of India for her research and it was just not possible for us to get together… She is one helluva practical girl…

Richa Bhardwaj…
One of the very few teenagers I know who talk sensibly and has a lot of brain… I love her for letting me be what I want to be… and has been appreciative at the smallest opportunity… one of the people I would like to see achieve great heights in her life… she plans to own a flower shop someday and I hope to learn about flowers from her as well…

Sayantani Das Gupta…
I call her Sayan, 10e, the all purpose woman and what not… my conversations just cannot get better then what they were like with Sayan… and today after she has gone out of India, I feel a need to talk to her more then anything else at times… it was so effortless, so profound, so much funny… so much everything that a conversation should be and can possibly be…

And lately, I have met some of the most wonderful women thru my friends, thru Orkut etc… Anku, Sandhya (I know her from Hughes though), Anjali, Bindiya and a few more who I am in the process of knowing more…

And the list above is for sure incomplete... there have been n number of people who have played a very important part in my life and have helped me be what I am today… Good or Bad, I owe a lot to them!!!!

God Bless Women, without them the world would have been such a mess!!!!

EaSy?

What do you think?

Is knowing someone who is quiet, difficult?

or

Is knowing someone who speaks a lot more difficult?


Most of us might feel that someone who speaks a lot is kinda easy to understand... but I personally feel that the talkative, outspoken, always happy kinds usually have things that they are hiding (intentionally or otherwise) from the world... there is a lot more to them then the words coming out of their mouths... and because they have this perfect envelope of their spoken words around themselves, it relatively harder to know them as a person...

WeLcOmE....

• The fan needs to be switched off in the mornings...
• Half sleeves not good enough in the early mornings...
• The water feels colder...
• Can do with the windows of the car rolled up...
• The sun feels better...

Yes winters are coming... ye ye!!!

a DaTe WiTh KoLKaTTa...

Wah!!! Howrah!!!

The day started kind of late around 0800 hrs after two hectic days of work.... and there was nothing much that I wanted to do today but just be with one of my favorite cities in India... Kolkata... today is Saturday... the 14th of October... and I have a date with Kolkata...

Indian Museum, Near the Park Street Metro Station...

got out of the guest house by 0900 hrs... a rickshaw to Korunamoi and then a bus to Howrah... and the city around me... ensuring that I have more then my share of moments to capture... if it was a dSLR, I do not even know how many pics I could and I would have clicked... but it was still worth it... wait for ur shot and click... save space.. Utilize resources better...

Stuck with a Stick...

The Afternoon news...

Got down at Howrah... and kept looking at the bridge with the same awe which was there the first time I saw it... I think I am in love with Howrah Bridge... then moved towards the station... there it seems that Kolkata can be renamed the Yellow City of India... there are soooooo many all yellow cabs... and then all the local buses are in a combination of yellow too... yellow maroon or yellow blue... yellow it is... happy color...

Waiting for the traffic to stop.... in BBD Bagh...

A four rupee ticket for the Ferry ensured that I could cross the River... and reach Fairle... from where my walk starts...

The rickshaw I took from Guest House to Korunamoi...

Fairle to BBD Bagh.... and then to Esplanade or Dharamtalla... via the Writer's Building... the GPO... and a host of other old buildings... with street food all around... and then the walk on the Chowranghee Road till Robindro Shodon... that area is also referred to as Exide by the locals as there is a huge Exide building there... I walk around 12 kms...

F.R.I.E.N.D.S. @ Howrah

Then a bus/taxi ride to the Science City... and a nice 2 hour walk inside ensured that I had a perfect day of walking, clicking, eating, enjoying...

Gully Cricket...

Kolkata did not disappoint me this time either... the pics have been uploaded too... and I am happy with my work as well...

Science City, on the EM Bypass....

The Handpulled Rickshaws... yes.. they still exist in abundance in Kolkata...

Why don't you go to Kolkata as well? Here is the link.... go walk around the city... and tell me if you like it...

An open and Shut case @ Dharamtalla...

Copy MonKey, and NakalChi BiLLi?

Help me understand the difference...

Copy Cat ( in english)

and

Nakalchi Bandar ( in Hindi)

Why do we use two different animals in the two languages?

ZeBrAs.... CrOSSiNg....

A Zebra Crossing is called so not because any Zebras are crossing, but because the lines on the road look like the patterns on a Zebra....

And they are painted on the road, on the traffic lights so that people can walk on them when the light is red for traffic and they have to cross the road...

Now picture this...

The light is red...
There is a STOP LINE as well just next to the Zebra Crossing...
AND...

All the vehicles have stopped at the STOP LINE... none of them seem to be in a hurry... they are calm and waiting for the light to turn green... the pedestrians are walking across... and even after 30 seconds, the vehicles which includes some taxies, some two wheelers, a bus and a few rickshaws, are still there behind the stop line... just the way they stopped some half a minute back...

This was the scene in Kolkata on most of the traffic lights I crossed in Saturday and Sunday... Hats off to this behavior...

Sunday evening... back in Delhi... do I even need to tell you how the scene was...?

A big change was the attitude of the driver of the cab... while my cabbies in Kolkata were courteous and humble all the time... this guy did not know how to talk to customers...

Come a red light... and no one even probably knows that there is a STOP line... and they keep moving an inch ahead every second... and as soon as the red light turns green... they move like a bullet out of a gun... not bothering about anyone in front... God Save the pedestrians...

There used to be a no-tolerance zone on the road connecting Pragati Maidan to Mandi House Round-about... and I saw a lot of people behaving there... dunno what happened to it.. or the other no-tolerance zones in the city... do you know of any such zones in Delhi?

I am not saying that the traffic in Kolkata is any better then in Delhi... but the basic ethics of the road, at least how to behave on Traffic Lights is something that Delhi can learn from Kolkata...

The fLiGhT BaCk HoMe...

Kingfisher Airlines rocks...

They did not have the business class section; the entire aircraft was a nice combo of red and beige... similar to my car's interiors...

And it had some of the best Bodies & LEGs I have seen on board in all my flights...

And did I miss talking about

~ The prompt staff at the airport
~ The in-flight entertainment, I managed to watch Laughter Champions throughout the flight
~ The nice pen I got in the kit they give... oh and a pair of headsets too... decent ones...
~ The smoothest take off and landing I have experienced so far...
Added later...
~ They call their passengers "Guests". I think the word usage helps the attitude...

Keep it going kingfisher... you are the besht that I know of...

Proshaant :)

Thats how I am being called for the last more then 24 hours :)

In kolkata... awefully busy... and liking it so far...


will write more...

JuSt LiKe ThAt...

A lot of times, I surprise myself by not speaking about whats troubling me... there was a time when I used to look around for support, to share, to depend, look for someone to listen to me when I was in a bad mad mood... but over the last couple of years, I think I have changed a lot in terms of my needs for emotional dependence... I feel its for my good, at the same time this leaves me a lot emotionless when it comes to the rest of the world...

Life is good... more like the journey in a boat... i can sit back and relax.... but thats not what I am... I am not the kinda person who can sit back and relax for a long time...


might be contd....

TrAvELLiNg iN WaTeR...

Journeys in boats can really get boring after a while... when you get onboard the first time, the movement of the boat is exciting... the way it moves over the waves is smooth too... and you might want to just sit on the edge enjoying the water... but after a while, it all gets too repetitive... not exciting, normal, routine... and that is when, you want to walk again, you want to browse through the traffic on the road too... or you want to change the boat or the water...


One of the other alternatives is.... Rafting... leaves you all wet and high on energy even after a tiring one on one with water....

(SH) iT HaPpEnS...

After an evening of passionate making out, Aviral went to drop Nisha back to her PG.... both of them had always enjoyed being together, but for the last few occasions the talks had taken a back seat... infact both of them were now avoiding talking thinking that it might rather would lead to only arguments... but still they loved each other a li'il too much to stay away... maybe....

But this silence was for sure not comforting or making things better... so one of them had to speak up... Nisha did...

"I am not really happy these days..."

*Shit I have to drive back 30 kms and she had to pick up this time to talk...*"Why what happened?"

"Oh C'mon... don't tell me that you do not know what is happening. Things have changed between us Aviral, they are not the same anymore... we do not talk much... the conversations have dried down... there is no excitement in your voice when I call, which happens most of the time... and you are telling me that you do not know what is happening?"

"I did not mean that, I am not prepared to get into a discussion right now..."

"Then when Aviral, we have been avoiding to talk about it for a long time now..."

"Umm... sometime later... but not today"...*I should not be doing this, this really needs a talk...* "Can we talk later please?"

"Suit yourself, but I do not think that later is going to come soon.... Let’s discuss it and get it over with"

"What do you mean get it over with? Nisha, what are you thinking?"

"I am thinking that it’s better to call everything off and live our lives, if communication is not happening...What do you think?"

*This is getting worse now...* "Look things are not that bad to tell you the truth... But it looks like we do not have that kinda chemistry anymore... Something is missing, I can't understand what... but something is. I do not feel the need to call you anymore. Not that I do not want to talk, but then whenever I pick up the phone, there is nothing to talk about... I have started looking for a reason to talk to you, and in absence of these reasons, I do not have any words to share with you..."

"I know all this Aviral, but the question is: What should be done to take care of this? Are we drifting apart to never get together again?"

"May be.... I gotta go right now. Let’s talk later."


And the good night hug, which was more like a formality.... and the day, is over... has something of this sort happened with you ever? I guess it has... it happened with me not in its entirety though...

But then what do you do with relationships that loose the sizzle after a while... this "after a while" can be a week, a month, a year or whatever... but i think a phase like this always comes in a relationship...

What would you have done if you were Nisha or Aviral?

Am AnGrY & DiSgUsTeD...

I am really angry over a few things I have been watching over the last few days/weeks...

~ All hell broke loose when the Govt. Officials were sealing property in East Delhi... The people were out on the streets, damaging all the public properly they could lay their hands on... Wonderful display of ownership for your own stuff and a pathetic display of ownership for the city/state/country you live in... And most of these guys who I saw on television breaking the cars, dividers etc looked like the young boys who were doing it just for fun... afterall, why would anyone laugh their fucking ass out when they are throwing stones on a Fire Truck!!! Some bunch of Assholes... and to top it all, the local politicians were feeling more then proud when they said that it was not the people from their constituency who did it... they were "bad elements" from outside!!! Ha CRAP!!!

~ We are still struggling to get Bharti Yadav back in India and we are still struggling to prove the guilty, guilty in the Jessica Lal Case, and did I forget the Priyadarshini Matto Case? and till the time all the damn News Channels would continue making money by showing their exclusif coverage or the letters, the tapes, the interviews etc etc etc... And did they forget to run a SMS contest for any of these cases? I guess they did...

~ The best of all cases IS: The INDIAN Parliament is attacked, and the person who is apparently guilty of the act is given a death sentence... phew... some judgments are passed... and then what happens!!! One entire state along with its politicians stand up against the death sentence and request the President for a softer sentence... the people in Kashmir take on the streets, they throw stones at the police, and there is a bandh in the city!!! Why because they want to save someone who wanted to kill a few people in the Parliament... sometimes I really think they the militants should not have been killed, they should have been allowed to enter the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, and kill 100% of the so called Netas.... this is all so disgusting!!!


Ok... for people who did not know why I was not around:
I was fighting a battle with Viral Fever the entire last week, and am back in office today :)

And for everyone...
I am feeling much better after a hectic resting schedule... I get so tired of getting this rest thing!!!

Have a ton to write about today and in the next few days!!! Come back for more if you have managed to read this post!!!

WeNT BaCk to AgRa...

I went back to Agra today morning... did not have to drive though... all I did was open Picasa on my computer and re-visit and re-live the moments from last saturday...

I am assuming you would like to have a look too...

yes?

ok cewl... here you go with the link... check out the fotos :)

http://flickr.com/photos/prashantbhardwaj_ut/sets/72157594291177910/

sTiLL iN LoVe...

A li'il more then two years ago, I moved out of Mantas to join IBM, and realized that I had to now buy a new car!!!

In Haridwar... the first drive with Aro and Martina...

Read a lot about the cars which fit my budget and I liked... Did not test drive any one though as most of the cars I already knew about... then one Saturday, I asked a dealer of FIAT to send a Palio D to my place for a test drive... I liked the space and the car, but it felt sluggish and I was not too keen on buying it...

Parked on the Mall Road- nainital...

Congrats on the 20000 km mark :)

The same evening, I was going to check out the Indica and a wrong turn brought me in front of the FIAT Showroom in NOIDA... I was like what the heck, let’s go inside and check out the rest of the FIAT cars too... I did and when I entered the showroom, I saw a bright red car on the left side smiling at me... it immediately caught my attention, and I asked the salesperson for the keys... sat inside the car and loved the entire feel of it... it was RICH !!! It did not take me more then a few minutes to decide that this was the car I was going to buy...

between Chamba and Dhanaulti... the first rear view mirror shot I took...

But the person I am, I usually give my investments and purchase a second thought... which meant that I had to go back home and study more !!! I did... and fortunately the AutoCar issue of that month had the top 100 cars in India listed and rated on various parameters like User Satisfaction, Build Quality, Cost of Ownership, After Sales Service etc etc etc... I was more then happy to read that Fiat Palio was next to the then Honda City in all the parameters and beat the shit out of the other available hatchbacks in all the parameters except the After Sales Service... and that was something that most of the people used to complain about as well...

The first ever fotograph of the car... Neha took this snap... love you Neha for this...

My logic there was, that if the car is built well, it is in any case not going to need a lot of visits to the service station... just the regular services would do and because the workshop was kinda close by, I would be fine with the once in a while visits...

on the DND...

just out of Dehradoon, on my way to Delhi... with Aro...

So basically, I was in love with the looks, the style, the feel and aura of the car... and the magazine helped me build my confidence in the technicalities as well :)

I asked Papa to check out the car on Sunday, and we both went around 1800 hours to check the car out... this is when I took a test drive in a while Palio ELX... Dad liked the car... and was happy with the color choice I had made... I wanted to search around for better discounts... Papa said that if I was really keen on buying the car, why the hell I wanted to waste anymore time... and we talked to the dealer about the down-payment and all... I got a good discount and a better rate of interest as compared to the market rate of that time... and made the down-payment the same evening !!! The car was bought.. And it was to be delivered on the 22nd'Sept :)

Two years ago, on the 22nd day of september, I went to the FIAT showroom in NOIDA to take the delivery of my car... and no words can ever describe, how much I loved that feeling... my first car with all the money that I had managed to save in a few years of working...

the passions together... cam and the car :) purrfect combo :)

and today... about 2 years and 29500 kms later, I am still in love with my car... the Passion has not faded away, the care is still there... my car in these two years has seen me grow as a person, as a professional, as a driver, as a caretaker...

lightie light shining bright...

somewhere in uttaranchal... drove for atleast 12 kms everyday without even getting introduced to fatigue...

She has been with me whenever I needed her... she has been with me whenever I needed a break and wanted to get away from everything... all I needed to do was roll up the windows and nothing could be heard inside that li'il world of mine... Baby I love you !!!

The latest trip to Agra... in front of Sikandra...

Thanks for being there!!!

In Almora... on my way to Kausani...

on my way to Dhanaulti...

in my driveway....