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27/10/06

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!!!!

24/10/06

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...

23/10/06

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!!!

21/10/06

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...

18/10/06

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...

16/10/06

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...

13/10/06

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...

10/10/06

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....

08/10/06

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....

06/10/06

(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?

05/10/06

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!!!