Randomness

Parashar Likes "I stay up late and i dont do anything productive"

The breeeze blowing past the window
The early morning door bell
The Late Night Walks
Gilbert Hill,Airport, and Juhu Beach from terrace
Frequent trips to Andheri Station, IRLA ...you get everything in this 100m lane
Chinese Food Stall
Movies at Chandan
Aaj Iska Case lete hain sessions
Gtalk Group Chat
Anderi Station,Vile-Parle Station...
Wearing Belt in the Lift,Socks in the Rickshaw, Hair who cares ?
Brushing Teeth after Bathing(RSB special)


Randomness ..It Once Prevailed

Uthh Jaa salle...DM ke pracs hai

aaj assignment submit karne ka last day tha kya ?

test postpone kara yaar...

yeh trisem mein to lag gayi...

Mass Bunk karte hai yaar....

Next test de denge...

Abey IP pe aana/ start karna ...

Chal Jani chalte hain...

Sounds so familiar, like it was just yesterday

There Used to be days when we used to say " Lets Meet and Plan sumthing"
Now we say " Lets Plan and Meet Sometime"...
Friends are the same, Feelings are Same, Life takes Control and Priorities Change...

So heres a word of advice to those still in college..

Appreciate those guys who do walk out at 2am with you for a snack, soon you will have doze off by then

Appreciate the Canteen, Its no fun watching Tendulkar hit a century on A LED TV when you are all alone

Appreciate the Roomie, who watches each Hindi Movie on a loud speaker, soon you will be left with no movies.

Appreciate the College Watchmen with whom you can strike a conversation on any random topic, Soon you will be left with Sirs and Madams

Appreciate the Library, you would soon forage for books you always thought could be issued any time you want

Appreciate the Football,FootBottle,FootDuster, Foot(anything), Soon all u'll be looking for is a footmassager.

Appreciate the Administration, Soon youll have difficult ones to deal

Appreciate the Proxies and Sleeps on Last Bench,
Soon you'll have a desk.( Otherwise do sumthing like DiCaprio in Inception -- After all he gets paid for sleeping and dreaming ...What a Job)

Appreciate the uncountable sharing of movies,songs,documentaries,ebooks,external harddrives etc.
Soon you wont be hearing IP chalu kar for months and months...

Appreciate the Indolence, Soon you may have to lose you days salary for it.

Appreciate the Timepass Sessions with the Group, soon  you'll have KT's(Knowledge Transfer Sessions)

Appreciate the Vivas, Soon you'll be left without answers

Appreciate the Momos Junction.

Appreciate the teachers , who do take a no,soon you'll have a boss, who wont take one.

Appreciate the Tapri, Soon you wont feel good hanging out alone

Appreciate the Fests, Events etc Soon these terms may be unfamiliar.

To sum it all Appreciate the Randomness...Soon everything will be mechanised, robotised, mundanised

Me Mumbaikar? If not then where else am i from?

Heartfelt Words From a Fellow Pal and a Proud Mumbaikar

Latest from MNS chief RT: 

“Just because one can write, read and speak Marathi does not entitle him to local jobs...For getting jobs in Mumbai, one has to be a Maharashtrian by birth. Just the knowledge of reading and writing the language will not do,” he said at a party meeting here... "

http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/give-jobs-only-to-those-born-in-maha-raj-thackeray/384368/

So earlier it was that somebody who has lived for a few years only can avail jobs in m'tra. 

Then it was doesn't matter if you live here since 1850, you need to know the language. Fair enough. (Though I doubt that MNC's offices in Chennai, Honolulu or Pakistan use any language other than English or their National Language, but lets leave that). 

Then it came that even people who know the language don't adhere to the culture and have a 'hindi' culture. whats that supposed to mean? 

If a person has been born (in bombay) and bred (in mumbai now and bombay earlier) we all know that person has a urban-city culture, which differs city to city, not state to state. Ask a person who lives in nagpur and ask a person who lives in mumbai whether they share the same culture. yeah i know the answers. forget about that - ask a person from pune and outskirts of pune whether they have the same culture, the answer is no. A resounding NO. even my own family has several cultures, for example if iv lived in mumbai all my life i might have a distant cousin who is in ladakh, but that doesnt make me any less mumbaiya, or him any less "wherever-hes-been-brought-up".

Latest statement from mr. RT is given above. it's weird. i hate to admit it, i just find it spectacularly super duper strange.

Thats a bit unfair for some tax-paying, law abiding people who hold maharashtra domicile's and call this city as their home, and then the home state will ostracize them...seriously, arguments and debate will always continue, thanks to politicians trying to use the policy of divide and rule and people getting swayed by emotion rather than thinking of the bigger picture which is called the republic of india. in fact i would want an attack by pakistan or india's million other enemies, just so that we unite.

being a mumbaikar (yes i love tendulkar, eat misal pav, love the city and its people, support Mumbai indians) im appalled by how many people support curbing jobs for people of other cultural origins, whom they happily thought of as 'next-door-neighbours', 'doodhwala's', 'paanwala's', 'watchmen', 'governtment/railway officer saab', etc etc

maharashtrans, to other indians, were basically known for the Maratha Regiment and Chattrapati Shivaji. Other than that Maharashtra was obviously known for Bollywood, Tendulkar and MUMBAI - the city of dreams.

We know what people think now. the words 'intolerant' and 'division' seem to be harped by politicians and the common man alike. hopefully this will reach an end.

Else our city of dreams will only turn into a nightmare.

2010

I want to , but i don't know when

Slap the people who always irritated me.

Pull out all the students attending classes and make them enjoy life and nature.

Do the crazy spiderman wala thing in class. if u have seen the video on facebook.

Read all the novels which I have missed reading.

Sleep and sleep and sleep

Get rid of all obligations.

Go to Mt.Kailash, Mansarovar, Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshwadeep and Leh & Ladakh.

Visit the most haunted place in India.

Ride to the most remote and highest place in the country

Educate one soul at least.

Express my love to somebody I did not have the guts to in my past.

Resolving as many conflicts as I can.

Start my own farm do kheti.

Go and meet all my teachers from school

Go back to all the secret places, nooks and corners that I cherished.

Realizations

1.  I Have Learnt that you should Never Give UR Name to UR Pendrive...Can Get u into  trouble(ISM -- GAWDE)

2. I Have Learnt that "People Forget and Forgive". So Never have a Permanent
"36 ka aakada" with Anyone.

3. I Have Learnt that People you Care About the Most in Life go Away and all the Others Remain.

4. I Have Learnt that no Matter how Much u Care, Some People just dont deserve it.

5. I Have Learnt that you can Keep on Puking Long after you think "Its Almost Done"

6. I Have Learnt to "Be Specific" and ask " How Much Exactly is WALKING DISTANCE" the Person is Referring to. I mean I can Walk Up till Kanyakumari if I Want to.
What exactly is 'WALKING DISTANCE' a km , 3km , 5 km ???

7. I Have Learnt that Never Look Back after Breaking the Traffic Signal.

8. I Have Learnt that Never Ever tell urself "M Gonna Sleep Just for Half an Hour" When u Have to Catch a Train in 2hrs and u Havent Packed UR Bags.

9. I Have Learnt that " U Cant reach BORIVALI in 15 minutes from ANDHERI" even if it is 6am and u tell the Rickshawallah "I'll pay Double."

10. I Learnt it Long Back that in a Mumbai Local if Somene asks "BOSS, GOREGAON??" Dont be Oversmart and say that " Nai Abhi to MALAD Aaya Hai".
He's Asking If YOUUUUUUUU Want to Get Down at "GOREGAON" or Not.

11. I Have Learnt That if Someone Tells U
" I'll see What can i Do about It", Its a Negative Response( So Dont Expect)

12. I Have Learnt That " Some Songs Just Pop Up in UR Head at Wrong Times"
('Hey There Delilah' during Multimedia Systems exam
'Ami Je Tomar' frm "Bhool Bhulaiya" in DCOM )

13. I Have Learnt That "Never Make Promises if You Have the Slightest Doubt " coz they are just like Babies Fun to Make, Difficult to Deliver.

14. I Have Learnt That " Time Travels Faster than Light"(No Complex Scientific Reasoning Behind It Please.....).

15. I Have Learnt That "Baroda Cant have Beaches" and "Mumbai Cant have Sindhrot".

16. I Have Learnt That i can Listen "Seasons In The Sun -- Westlife" Forever.

17. I Have Learnt That "Some People do Have the Habit of Sleeping in their Balconies, Even if They have a 2BHK Apartment"
(Internal Joke --- 804,KRISHNA CHS)

18. I Have Just Learnt that "This Post is Getting too Far...and Many Would have Left it Half-way and Those who Would Reach Here, Will Take a Deep Yawn and Curse me For Wasting their Precious Time.

( No, They Couldnt have Already Slept)

P.S. : This Post was Written at 4 am ( and i am feeling more sleepy than You) just because I dont miss out on OCTOBER.
 
Till then BLOGTE RAHO !!

My Tryst With Poetry( Part 2) --- That Look Is Killing Me

Ahh ! That Look Of yours Is Killing me

the one, when you play with your hair

and you don't seem to be aware

that someone is getting killed

Ahh! that look of yours, I am so thrilled

Ahh! That Look of yours Is Killing Me

The one, when you walk around

without a sigh or a sound, I tell you my joy knew no bounds

And then you sit relaxed

Ahh! that look of yours,my heart beats get axed.

Ahh! That Look of Yours Is Killing me

The One, When You Smile Secretly

And that's the moment for me, Its so precious

Do You ever realize ?

Ahh! That look of yours, Thats what every guy would idealize.

Ahh! That Look of Yours is Killing Me

The One, with the tied hair'

Ohh I swear !

What if tomorrow never comes, I wonder

Will holding back, be my biggest blunder ?

Ahh! That Look Of Your is Killing Me

Killing Me, Killing Me,Killing Me....

The Hitchiker's Guide To End Trimesters/ Semesters

Lately i have noticed a certain grimness entering my classmates. So its the time of the year ( it comes thrice -- due to trimester) when you realise that "there ARE only (X) days left before we i start emptying my Ball Point Pen's Ink. ( At times i wonder the pen might be feeling so lonely, so unused with a guy like me )

The feeling :

Just keep going, don't break down now, you are mortgaging your body with lack of sleep and too much effort, but keep going, you only have a little bit left, and then you can sleep kind of thing. Does that sound familiar?

Yes it does.

so finally its the time of the year when you will be caught with

1) making the last ditch effort( chits, asking your friend to write the test on behalf of you--that again depends if he himself hasn't screwed his)( YES, It works in MPSTME) to get a good score in the 2nd test, coz u screwed/missed/bunked the 1st one

2) you will be finishing the assignment which ought to be submitted a month ago, but outta your laziness u didn't care about it

3) or either you would be spending sleepless nights making presentation for some subject, as your professor( a narcissist) suddenly had some divine intervention and decided to have the last few chapters as a self study.

4)there is also a chance THAT YOU WOULD BE PESTERING YOUR CR/SR TO further postpone the submissions/tests and giving that poor chap a hard time in dealing with the teachers.

5) Ahh how can i forget the submissions.Well they are called Practicals.But what we finally do is we take pieces of paper, A Pen( Ideally you should use two coloured pens--- Black for the headings, and blue for the internal content)and a pencil ( if u dont care about diagrams--lets be oblivious to that part ).PRACTICALS HAVE MORE THEORY THAN THEORY ITSELF.

I can offer a Ticket to the latest Movie to anyone who proves that more ink was consumed while taking notes in class than in writing practicals.

See it proves my point.

6) And in the meanwhile some Great Students Like Me, Who work on the principles of Rockets ( Yes we work only when our ass is on fire ) recall its the end of a trimester. Another Three Months Spent in Doing Nothing.

( Wake Me Up When Trimester Ends)

7) So what else happens during these times to the Avearge JOE in the class

a) He's always worried that someone submitting everything before time and the prof would further lessen his already neagtive grades due to the delay on his part.

b) He's worried that some another student would have gone on a rapport building excercise with the prof(jus before the exams) and would have some imp ques or topics marked  which again would not be relayed to the class.( competing for GPA)

8) Suddenly the library is full of students, completing assignments, journals, making presentations.

You Play musical chairs in the library( for lack of chairs).

Bags are Piled up outside and u better be good at treasure hunt to find yours.

9)Xerox --- Nobel Prize for Peace Should be given to the guy who made this wonder. Peace because he has done so much to bring repose and serenity to the life of the students. Life would have been so Difficult Without Xerox. Imagine notes, Books, Practicals.

10)Sleep Deprivation will be high at this time. Also Your Mind Wanders The Most In the Times Of the Exam.

The Laws Of Exam:

a) The probability of a the prettiest girl sitting besides you in library is the highest when you have the toughest exam next day.

b) The probability of you waking up at 5.00 am to complete your half unfinished portion is almost like expecting a Jet to Land on the ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

c) The probability of the compulsory question being the one you studied is 50 percent.

d) The probability of the an easy invigilator coming to your Exam Room Is Less than the probability Of Someone Monstrorous.

e) The Probability of SomeOne asking a supplementary Before You and You Left Wondering ( HOW ???) is very very high.

f) The Probability Of the You Not Getting a Rickshaw, Lift Not Working, Trains Getting Late also increases drastically during the days of examinations.

g) The Probability Of THe Person Coming For an Exam Without Bathing is On the Higher Sides If They Come From a Certain Place.( Read Between The Lines)

h) The Probability Of The Average Loser (The Median Student) troubling, whispering you for the question you dont know is at its all time high.

i) The Most Sought After Book In The Library Will Be Gone Long Back( WAKE UP SID).

j) The probability of your High School Crush or College Crush Coming Online On the day of exam is 50% ( Again depends if you have a geeky crush or a non- geeky crush, a localite or non-localite) . So start Studying And Dont Wait In Anticipation.

K) THE MOST IMPORTANT LAW: NEXT TIME SE SAB KUCH PEHLE SE KAROONGA.

My Tryst With Poetry --- Widout U

Widout u ... Mumbai falls asleep;

Widout u ... The roads are empty;

Widout u ... The Sun cant be bright;

Widout u ... The moonlight not white;

Widout u ... Cloud disappears slowly;

Widout u ... Trees forget the winds;

Widout u ... There ain't no stars;

Widout u ... Night is chagrined;

Widout u ... The rains I detest;

Widout u ... My joys disappear in thin air;

Widout u ... Hours are days;

Widout u ... Casablanca seems boring;

Widout u ... Its the lonely walk;

Widout u ... Thoughts prevent me from going to bed;

Widout u ... I don’t distinguish the horizon ahead;

Widout u ... There are no heavens;

Widout u ... Time forgets it reasons;

Widout u ... Am afraid of the last day;

Widout u ... Haze conceals the splendid ocean;

Widout u ... I don’t figure or picture anything pleasant;

Widout u ... I am wondering this ques @ dis moment;

When should i let the cat outta the bag...

I better don't post it here …Samaj Mein Aa Raha Hain ??

Rattva 06-07-08-09 Anti-ROTE

Let Me Give it a Thought.

And People Try and Think About it.

Imagination is the only thing a Man Truly Possess.

It is our only Hope, only Salvation.

It is the gift that man has. Imagine a time when there were no Aeroplanes, no Internet, no Missiles , no Electricity, no Bulbs, no Computers, no Cars ... Ad-Infitum

But Then man had courage to I-magine.( doesnt it begin with a I. Its what I want to Do)

If you don't have Imagination, you don't have Anything.

Lets Get Back Into History. We have seen so many people who have acheived greatness by doing the unconventional, doing the not so popular.

The First Man who was Willing to Undertake a voyage "Around" the world( Ferdinand Magellan to be more specific), Relied on Nothing more than mere Suspicion that the world may not be FLAT as Everyone else Believed, and his own Undying Belief that the Earth was round.

Didn't The People Believe Him to be stupid . Some Sought of Psycho.

And, I Respect Him, Because He had the Courage to Say " Bring It On, I'm Ready to Rumble"

So people give your Whims and Fancies a chance. They Might Just Turnout To Be True.

And Even If They Dont, You Havent Lost Anything.

You Have Pampered Yourself( By Trusting Your Instincts)

I mean, what evidence did he have in the 15th century that corroborated that the earth was round? None.

So his Adventure was based on a Wild, Risky plan. He had the nerve to do something Wild and achieve something Extraordinary. He knew he Might Fall off the Edge of the Earth if he was wrong and the rest of the world was right.

But if there was a Risk, he was Willing to take it. If he had to be Laughed at, or Die for attempting something that Stupid, then so be it. That was the Price he was prepared to pay for his conviction.

Thats It.

"Free Me From The Shackles Of Marks and Grades

And Let Me Soar High Into the Skies Of Knowledge And Imagination"

( Just Got Carried Away)

What we need today is that scientific curiosity. What we need are people who would be willing to trade all they have for one moment of revelation.

See thats the point. We need people who would rather be Laughed at for Defending their "FANTASTIC" ideas than Spend their Lives Wondering about What Might have been. The Educational system should reward Inquisitiveness as opposed to mere Rote.

The education system we have now rewards the ones who can Imitate best.( The one who fills pages, writes non required crap, at times i think they weigh the answersheets before giving marks. Also, Handwriting is more important than knowledge...they have changed the 'Imagination is more important than knowledge' thing)

So does Handwriting= Knowledge ??

Or well that way doctors shud be the most Stupidest people in the world.( No hard feelings, fellow docs. I know the Chemists do recognise Your Handwriting)

But what good is imitation if we aspire to move forward? Curiosity should be incentivised. Knowledge should not be a means to a better or richer life. It should be a reward in itself.

Memory Is Important. And No doubt that xams cant be done away with. But Mere Grading On the Basis of reproducing the text book, is not what it should be.

Is the education system producing inquisitive minds or copy writers ??( Xerox Machines to be more specific)

History textbooks should carry historians' opinions, not politicians'.

Science textbooks should come with a very visible disclaimer that all of science is merely based on our interpretation of observable facts, and it may or may not give the complete picture.

Scientific rules exist only until proven otherwise. Give in the reins. It's time to be bold and declare our ignorance.

There is nothing shameful in a search to find the truth, inspite of our very human limitations. And nothing is more dignified.

The Median Student

The Median Student

The median student (not the average topper, not the average loser, but the average, average guy in any classroom) is a funny species. What goes through our minds is idiosyncratic to our kind and if you are not one, you cannot appreciate it. So this blog is dedicated to those of you who fall under the "Average Joe in class" category.

The first few days of a new year or semester are always interesting. Everyone is smiling. The average topper is thrilled with the prospects of being introduced to things he probably already knows.He sits in class with that annoying smirk which Alexander might have had on his face when he found out that the next kingdom he planned to conquer was ruled by the most honourable yet debile kings.

The average loser is smiling. Semesters don't matter to him. His is a case of bliss induced by ignorance. And he knows how to enjoy it. He knows that its going to be another semester of trying to learn things that he will not learn. Another semester of being in a trance in the classroom. He knows it's funny. And he smiles.

The median student is also smiling but it's an uncomfortable smile. I will tell you why. We are glad that the first few days will be spent on pointless things in class. New subjects will be introduced and basics will be run over. We feel like kings. "Hey! I know this!". We are happy that things seem easy. We are mildly happy that we may come across things that sounded so cool when others spoke about them. We know that we will be introduced to things we've probably only heard of. We know that we can cling to most of what's being said in class but we always need the "kind average topper's (an endangered species)" helping hand soon. We are worried that shortly we will write tests. Again, a time when we seem happy just before the test and disappointed soon after we start writing it (Of course the other groups are happy before and after). We know that "I think I'll do well this time" feeling too well to fall for it again. We know that we will punch the keys on calculators over and over thinking we have made mistakes in keying the number in.We believe that this semester is going to be different from all but we also know that the odds of that happening are pretty grim. We know it all.

It's not easy being the median student. It takes one to empathise. And I feel sorry for all my fellowmen. As for the rest of you...stay where you are. The grass IS greener there,,,,but as someone puts it .....the grass is greener on the both the sides..but i am sitting on the fence...

Credits: http://adamsnuts.blogspot.com/

barc industrial visit

well , yesterday 24 th our college had planned an industrial visit ..well actually by CSI(taking no credit away from them)....the visit was the 1st one i guess ...During the 1st year we(me, ip,gsb, dev, neavin and niraj) had visited DAKC. that was also a great experience. This time it was going to be BARC, trombay. well, considering it is a sensitive government installation we were not allowed to take any cell phones there,,,,i was eagerly waiting to be at trombay ,....it all began at 8 am ...we left by bus from mpstme....and guess who was accompanying us ..." bhushan sir" ....

so we were all prepared k aaj to iski marni hain.... and we recall his shayri in class once

" kehdo un padne walo se, k jitna course padke woh top karte hain . utna to hum chod diya karte the "

so we all persuade him to receite a shayri ......

he refuses. he is sitting on the 1st seat...and sab uski le rahe hain .....the bus has barely reached andheri flyover....

and juniors start singing and challenge us to play antakshri ...( cant recall wen was the last time i had participated in antakshri....)

dont have the capacity to recall songs.....and all the songs i recalled were the ones i used to sing when i would play antakshri as a kid...songs of 90's .....''

what we did to the juniors was that we would end the song abruptly...like " jag sara jag sara nikhar gaya hud pyaar ka vaashe vich bikhar gaya th ....so we would put a th in the end....."

and since there are very few songs starting with "th" they wont be able to sing ...( we had to do pass time as barc was 90 minutes drive from coll)

also if we would not know a song beginning with a particular letter like "ka"

then we would start singing " kasakali kasakali ".........mazze aa gaye the...

also i recall some pathetic songs

" sarkai lo khatiya jada lage "

" kya ada kya jalwe tere paro "

" jhanjariya uski chanak gai"

"ankhiyon se goli mare"

" kisi disco main jaaye"

" bholi bhali ladki...."

my mind recalls pathetic songs more as i can relate to the pathetic lyrics being a pathetic singer,,,,

coming back to bhushan ...we asked him to sing...as we coulnt recall any song starting

so bhushan starts" mein shayar to nahi ......./........................shyari aa gayi"

and anjaney goes crazy ...he shouts " abey chup baith shayar ki aulad...sala gaana gaye ga "

also to mention how we all r thinking for a song from " chhh"

and shikhar or aseem i dont know who...suddenly starts

" chaat pe soya tha behnoi ( if u recall from karan arjun)"

that left many dumbfounded...( including me)

so finally we reached barc.....must say what a place it is ....

we reached barc. there we waited for sumtime for clearance and all security checks....while we were sitting in one of the buses we were told that..u mustnt have a sim card also in ur pocket ...if u have it give it right away.....if u go inside and the machine detects it ...u r screwed....under the govt laws..no one will be able to help u later...

and i being the disaster king....how can there be any disaster where i am not involved....

so finally when we are just going inside ....the man comes to check evry1s wallet...and i find my old hutch ka sim card inside......chupa k rakha tha kisi wallet k kone mein,.,,,, good i found out before going inside ...else i wont be writing this post !!( i was thinking to throw it out of the window,....but thanks to the prudence of ip who told me to be honest and tell the security guard...)

so we enter the place....

and we are first taken to an audi where we are introduced to barc ....

then we move on to see a supercomputer ...man what an experience ....seeing a super computer in front of u ....having a huge screen where all the images are being processes.... and u can zoom down to look at the car number from the satellite...( heard a lot abt it, but seeing it is believing it)

well this is where india and china stand apart i guess....in china socialist mentality would have never allowed someone other then scientists and defence personnel to view a supercomputer and let students enter a place of such strategic importance to the country ......

well the fastest supercomputer in india is currently at crl( computational research laboratory, pune) of the tata's......and in the world is roadrunner( los alamos lab,usa)

after witnessing the super computer we are taken to the nuclear reactor ...

we actually went inside the reactor ...there was a hydraulic door at the entrance ,,,,,

also a control room could be seen.....the reactor was
Cirus the plutonium obtained from this reactor helped india conduct its first nuclear test .....

also the other reactor apsara and dhruva are research reactors ......

i saw things which i had learned back in class 10

coolants, fuel rods( cadmium), reactor core.....

after coming out we were wandering about ...

barc has sea on one side and mountains on other...

we see a tank on the top of the hill . we find out that water would come down from there to cool the reactor....

i had crazy thoughts "there could be something below that landscaped garden,,,,,( ha ha )...say a secret lab...nuclear bunkers ....."

then we have our lunch ...must say was decent.

our final stop was a laboratory wher instruments were kept and testing was done so that nuclear waste isnt passed outside....

we were taken into a room .....a device like thermometer which measures radioactivity was placed into bhushan sirs pocket and we went inside the room.... must say that was scary....going into a place where nuclear waste is treated .....we came outside and the reading was same ...so no radioactive loss had taken place.....

and that was the end of a trip .....

visiting barc made me proud of our technological prowess....we have indigeneous nuclear reactors .,....unlike our neighbour;

also our nuclear reactors are in the safe hands of GOI.

Sleep Under The Stars- KHAGOL MANDAL

Khagol Mandal .....FEBRUARY SKY

It's zub who wanted brought out the idea of going to this place...

must tell you i really loved this outing,,,,,,,always wanted to have this kind of over night adventure....

so finally its decided...zub, pulkit, me, vatsal and kartik(extc.) and wait,,,,,srikanth -- who is zubeen's school friend are going for this trip.... the place is vangani---- its the station after badlapur on the central line.... and must say how far away is this place....( now can truly understand the plight of my classmates( ref...abhinav mehrotra)..who travels all the way from thane....

so we are leaving at 2 from andheri station.,,,,,,after doing all those search on the trains for karjat....we head on from andheri...

and i prepare myself welll ..i must say.....starting with torch, nashta( thepla...the best food), towels, jacket.....( intially i thought it would be cold...i was imagining that the place would be on top of a mountain....romaticizing ( although i dont have a gf..bas bracket ni andar bracket...bahu thai gayu)....) so i was fully prepared for this visit...i think its the adventure freak in me,,,,,always game for somekinda experince,,,,,be it going to gilbert hill, pavagadh, matheran, the purana killa in delhi( by far the best place in delhi.....must see akshardham from this place) or risking my life by going on the top floor of mpstme( yaa , its under construction) in the midst of a internship interview( that was crazy )....

so i am this all prepared ...with a bag.....and then i meet pulkit and zub on station....they arent carrying anything ( chalo..chaltein hain)......

so we take a train from here to dadar.... and then to thane...

and i forgot ...vatsal was with us .,,,,,so timepass pakka,,,,,,he can start of a debate on any topic,,,,( must say would be really helpful to you ,,,in cat for gd...)..and then will argue till the end... and most of the time its ( atheism....v/s god..i in support of the latter)////

so from dadar to thane ..i dont know how time flies by.....we are debating on it( in a 2nd class compartment....and the people also seemed interested in our debate ...some of them were hearing us so keenly...)..basically i was alone in this,,,,pulkit( though he says he isnt a atheist )...vatsal , obviously and zubeen having a nonchalant approach and kartik remaining quiet for the major part of it .....so finally thane arrives...

we get down,,,,there zub recommends the nimbu pani wala opposite thane station....( i must say that is the best nimbu paani in mumbai .....never ever have had such a nimbu paani)

but recently i read an article in a mail which said that nimbu paani wala across mumbai use the ice from mortuary in their nimbu paani ( yeah i am feeling disgusted now for drinking that ...and have since stopped drinking all those nimbu paani's on railway station.....)

then after a bit of yes-no-no- yes we decide to go to zub's place...we still had time ...were early...

so we visit his place.,,,,,,do some pet-pooja and head off back for vangani; srikanth joins in from here...

now i must sa

y the real journey begins,,,,,,,the train for karjat arrives....very crowded....( i was expecting that the train will be empty by the time kalyan arrives ....but it doesnt happen ....this was the 1st time i was goin beyond thane....ahh wait once i did travel from vasai to diva and then to thane....that was one of my escapades in the 2nd year...)

but the train gets filled and filled ,,,and here again we have sumthing to keep us goin.....the debate of melatonin ( the night hormone ...which i studied in biology in 12th and had a long debate with IP( Ipsit) in the 2nd year)( It was during this debate i opened my 12th standard biology textbook ...didnt care much about it when i was in 12th ...ha ha )

the debate was: is

melatonin secreted in the night or is it secreted in the dark ...

i mean i remember studying that melatonin is secreted in the night,,,,,,

now the confusion was( we all are awake till 1-2 am )...so is melatonin secreted when the it becomes dark or is it secreted when there is physically no light present ...irrespective of the fact that it is night or day ....u sleep in a dark room in the day without any light and melatonin will secrete,,,,,

so this debate occupies us till we reach vangani ,,,,and by that time its 7 ..so its already dark ( melatonin secret hona chalu ho gaya hoga....)and i must congratualte srikanth ...he is a commerce student ,,but still the way he participated in the debate ....arguing and throwing valid points..

so we reach vangaani ..the volunteers of khagol mandal are alr

eady there......i must say what a unfrequented place it is .....

we have to walk down towards the west ....after walking for 10 minutes we reach this farm.....

here we all are made to sit after the registration.....( we were asked to carry some bed sheets or chhatai...none of us brought..thx to zubeen...)

and the lights are off....and then the presentation starts ...actually its in an open field,,,,,

around 200 must be there... there is another ..field on the side of this .,....where there is a separate section for marathi ....\

so the presenatation starts ...it tells all abt the night stars ......half an hour into the presenatation...the guy suddenly remarks.....look there ,...that is an artificial satellite....must say what a site it was....i was seeing it for the 1st time......it was moving

so fast,....but i managed to grasp its view....a bright light ...moving fast .....

( those of you who would have seen the movie ---october sky would be able to relate easily with this ...)

Then he talks about the crash between two satellites lately ( the iridium and the russian on 11th feb 2009).

so after this we get back to our presenatation........he shows us stars with a laser...and the beam makes it possible to identify exactly which one he is pointing at ...( how many stars could i see from this place....being in mumbai ...or any other city for that matter ...we are so much deprived of stars ...natures beauty ...ma grandpa was a very good at reading the night sky...,,,he could easily point out the common stars....)

he pointed out that the brightest star was sirius...and there was some log sclae attached to the brightness of the stars.....we do see that star.....later via a telescope/////

also at this pointi cant remember what else we did there...but must say was a gr8 experince,,,,

we also saw saturn and jupiter,,,,..the rings of saturn wer

e awesome,,,, also he pointed out vega...ursa major....ursa minor,.....pole star ...saptarishi ,,,,,

my mind raced back toward 10th standard ... the last time i studied all this things...ws so fascinating then ,,,,now all i do is roting and puking at in xams ,,,,that is mpstme....( naah i shud nt be so harsh to my college ...its not that bad afteralll.....)

in between the breaks ,,,,,we ventured out of the farm....the road from farm to the main road ..hardly 50 mts ...was creepy ....and plus there were dogs ....

so we were standing at the gate ....and far i see on the top of a hill a fire( (beacon) to be more Specific for the GRE/GMAT/CAT Junta......man again this was an awesome moment....after the artifical satellite ...( my mind raced back towards the movie AUSTRALIA ) which i had recently seen ...the old man lighting fire on the top of that hill and in the night ....looked awesome,,,,,

so this was all about that trip .....and yaa the tharki inside me also said ....

( next time i come, i am having a gf with me ,..ha ha ....for all those who already have one , what are you waiting for .,,heres the link for Khagol Mandal,,,,,do visit it next time...)

so finally i came back home....we were sleeping in the train ...but then it was one of the best times i spent in 3 yrs in mumbai....and yeah while goin back we rated the trip ...i as usual gave it a 10....others gave 8 , 6 ,,,,but for me ..anything which is out of the convention is a bingo...)

craziness

well well....in ma previous blog i mentioned abt finding the meaning of life.....dat wz one of ma nostalgic moods....n 2day ..ma xams r over n m goin to talk abt all the crazy stuff i n ma frnds have done .....
well recently ...dere were some heights of crAZINESS all arnd ...
on 20 septemeber v were awake all nite ..aome of us studying n also doin timepass...well well den one of ma frnds suddenly recommends a crazy idea ..how abt calling paapillon ( its a restaurant in d vicinity frm where v hav r breakfasts n lunchs snacks dinners ) ....so d other guy callss up pappilon ...firstly we thoght no 1s gonna pick up d fone ...but pappilon is very much commited to service ..it is always dere 4 its customeers n 4 spcl ones like us ....so to evry1s surprise d phone is answered ...

" hullo"
"haan bhaiya order likhiye zarra"
"hmm..kya "(aghast---confused)
"haaan 100-200 rotiyan , ek tandoori chicken ...........
"heeeelllooo"
"aur ek coke ki bottle bhi bhej dijiyega"
"sir, restaurant band ho gaya hain ...raat ko band rehata hain"
"acha india mein raat hogi ...main too abhi america main hioon"
"acha sir "
bang!!1

well den he calls up another restaurant ..its hilarious ..uncontrollable laufter in d flat ...

den d other day ..one of ma frnd calls up tata call center
a first few minutes r passed by pakofying d agent wid inquiring abt all schemes n stuff ...
den he asks him
"aapka naam kya hain"
"mohsin " comes d reply
"acha ..kya mohin....mohit..."
"nai mohsin sir"
"ohhhmohsin...to appaka matlab kya hoata hai "
"mohsin means dost"
"oh to aap mere dost hain ...to please mere liye gaana gayi ek"
"aaj mera birthday hain ...aur plz gaana gayyei"
obviously u call u p a call center @ 12 am n dont ask d same ....
a agent den shuts down d phone ...obviously he doesnt want 2 lose his place ...

so craziness is kewl ..evry1 has it ..n it can be cherished 4 a long time ...i must say i am not gonna 4get dis ...n being a crazy person ma self ..i njoi ..it