YEAR ENDS!!

Last post of the year.
Not able to believe how fast this year has gone by!

And obviously.......
looking forward to another belting year in the hostel, lots of traveling, and child bear( refer shine boards if dint get it!!!!)

Anyways, Everyone reading this, Happy New Year!! and hope you all have a great year ahead!!

WHAT A DAY FOR INDIAN CRICKET !!

Will go down as one of the most memorable moments in the history of Indian Cricket!!
They did it in Adelaide, in Windies and now in Johannesburg. This venue has witnessed two great matches. This one and the greatest ODI between South africa and Australia. What a performance!! You could only hope the country backs the team more from now on..............

HELPLESS......


It was 6:15 pm. i was on my way back home after another day of training.
I was really tired and was waiting for my bus at silk board when this small kid accosted me. She had disparity written all over her. She stretched her hand forward," bhaiya, please give me something. i've not eaten anything since morning."
I refused not understanding what to do. what could i tell her!!!???
She did not leave me. She started beating herself. I couldn't bear it any more.

"listen kid.....begging is not the solution. its not going to lead you anywhere. do something else. there are always means to earn a living".
But she did not understand. I guess i was far too optimistic.
I was stunned by her reply. "no i cannot. my mother has taken me for begging. I cant leave her . please give me something!!"
How could i tell her it was not the question of a couple of bucks. it was not going to solve anything. Begging is probably the worst thing that could happen to anyone.
Her so called "mother" looked on.
"Listen kid. try to understand what i'm trying to tell you. leave this. run away from your mother. there are so many schools for abandoned children. you can live a life that you dream every night on this footpath. trust me........this is going to solve anything. how long are you going to push yourself like this. Everything is in your own hands. run away from her!!"
She stood there but stopped begging from others.
I go into the bus as she strolled back.
the bus started moving.
The kid was getting beaten up by her "mother"
I wanted to get off the bus but the bus was moving fast now and i could not jump off.
I felt as if someone had just shot me with an AK47.
Felt emotionless for the rest o the day.
But I still ask myself......."did anything go wrong there??"
"Is there any bloody way to abolish begging!!??""

Director: Sunil Shanbag
Playwright: Ramu Ramanathan (translated by Chetan Datar)
My First Hindi play........ Initially I expected this to be a comedy.....the name sounded weird....and also one of the longest plays.........140 mins......
I had no clue about the history of the play....
But then, it was about the typical bombay lifestyle,the struggle,compromise, change, politics and culture in the eyes of kaka and bhausahab who were fighting for survival and their lost jobs.
Here's the synopsis :
Cotton 56 Polyester 84 is a gritty, true to life saga centred on ‘Girangaon’, Mumbai’s historical textile mill district. The text has been arrived at after months of research, which involved meetings with innumerable mill workers, their families, and union leaders. The drama of ‘Girangaon’ is played out by Kaka and Bhausahab, two mill workers, who spend their days at a local newspaper stand, recording their past. As they speak, a fascinating stream of characters flows past, each character adding a fresh dimension to the story. The play reflects Girangaon’s rich cultural heritage through live music in the best folk traditions. The play is hard-hitting, funny, and poignant. It will change the way one sees Mumbai forever.
Bhausahab is known to be a talented singer and brings out his passion for music often with stanzas in marathi and poetic hindi .....Also brings out a deep history of Bombay politics and the role of politicians and the mafia in the change of the city....
Again brings out lots of facts about bombay.
I've never been to this city!! But I've read quit a lot about this city and i'm not able to conclude anything about its contrasting cultures and life style.....
and I'm sure no one who's lived in the city also has been also to conclude anything about this amazing city....
I guess they just accept and move on.........
I dont know when i'll visit this place.......as I keep waiting...........

WHAT A RAPE!!!

Song: Taste of India (Aerosmith)
colour : Dark Blue
Honestly......was looking forward for some good test action this series........after a pathetic odi series......
The way Indians raped them was too much......
Dada back in the team and playing well...
VRV singh with his cameo.......
Sreeshant raping SA...
Laxman ...you know........as always stylish..
BCCI team selectors are a bunch of dickheads!!!!
They had ruined the odi team selecting arbit people!!!
lets see........hope some sense enters their brains now at least.....

REMEMBER SHAKTI


Just got my pass for Remember Shakti concert..

Dam neat.........
Just go and buy your tickets......
300 , 500 and 1000 bucks at any K.C Das outlet
Its ok...even if you have not listened to them...
the band line up is just too good to be true!!!!!

# John McLaughlin
# Zakir Hussain
# U. Shrinivas
# Shankar Mahadevan
# V.Selvaganesh

SILK BORED!!
Training at Ashok Leyland................


* I have to get up at 6 in the morning!!
God knows when i last got up at 6 like this........not even during exams.........

* travel on hosur road..................(trust me..it sucks!!!)

* I travel 100 kms everyday!!! (god!! there's a limit)

* My training is in Tamil Nadu!!!
That means I got to hang on to my tamil........which is just brilliant....

* people there thought i was a mall!!!! (bigger sob)coz i have long hair..........
(get a hair cut i say!!!)

* My cell's on roaming (Fuck!!)

* I'm not allowed to leave a minute before 4:30. Which means i cant get home before 7...(full day gone!! )
* if you think ashok leyland sounds decently ok...
All i can say is............ITS A BLOODY LORRY FACTORY!!!

MAKE YOUR OWN SOUTHPARK CHARACTER!!!

this thing is dam cool check it out !!
here.............................

I managed 2 of them..........................
too cool no!!!!

Hold on............
No Sugar............No Tea.............


Song : Hurricane (Bob Dylan)
Colour : Orange
Mood : Relaxed
Just got back home after a month...ha.....So.....a state of joblessness for another month.
got fresh......
mom: Guess what i bought today??? (looking full excited)

sud: what can it be??new clothes??? must be something interesting!! what??what??

mom: dont get so excited also!!! I had to buy an extra Kg of Sugar for my wannabe Diabetic son!! ( wicked shakuni smile)

sud: (all hopes crashed) ma........i've got saturated with those statements!!! dont worry.......you are probably the 1000th person telling me this........

sip..................sip...............sip....................

Its bloody 11 in the morning and i'm already through with 2 cups of coffee and 2 cups of tea and probably a quarter kg of sugar..........
i love this...i'm back home and getting back to form!!! ha!!
But i miss those two places.........pehelwan and krishna's and those expectedly eager requests.....................................
" tea/ coffee jotthe swalpa extra sugar"
wink!!!

SIGNING OFF!!

Song: Where purity lies(Shakil)
Mood: Awesome!!
just finished packing. gotta catch a bus in a while. Not able to believe how fast this sem's got over.and the bigger surprise are my grades!! been really good. I did well when i was least expecting myself to do a good job in these exams...
This sem's been too good to be true!
# Decent bit of traveling..........GOKARNA and Kudremukh
# lots of fun in hostel
# sis got engaged
# went back home most no. of times in these 5 sems.
# Good grades..
# Slept at least for 10 hrs before every exam.
# @@@@@@@@@........@@@@@@(figure it out!!)


Looking forward for some good plays at rangashankara.......
## awesome home food
## old friends

For now singing off from my room 247 block 7
"mama I'm coming home"

MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON

6 Days...6 Exams!!
Day in and day out...same old story..
I just finished the 6th one and crawled my way out of the exam hall.
Exams over.....sigh......
Suddenly everything around started sinking.
this was not the first time i felt like this.
Suddenly you feel you've become as cold as a serial killer.
like the mercenary preaching "nowhere to run nowhere to hide, you gotta kill to stay alive"
Yes. I had just killed another semester and here i am, alive and pushing myself forward.
No motives left.
Cold as Dry Ice.
No inspiration.
No incentives.
A Momentary lapse of reason.
Just fix a helpless gaze as hair all over your body try to pull themselves out denying they had never been bound to a person like me.
Exams over!!
Everyone's hugging each other like they had jumped over the Great wall of China. They were Ecstatic!!"Why shouldn't they be??!!!!Exams are over for god's sake!!"
A flood and a drought at the same time.
Which part did i belong to???
And your Vision starts to frame itself printing every word boldly i was chanting for the past few days.
What were they???
Perseverance??
Incentives??
Redemption??

Another NIGHT OUT?????

So...What have we got here??
Lord Pylorus has his end sems...
Interesting..

5.30 p.m : Enters the room feeling disgusted at his previous performance. Fully determined to smash the next exam the
next day.
SIGH!!!!
night out...No choice.......perseverance!!
looks at the clock.
I'm gonna start at 6!!
5.45 p.m : Gets his laptop out.
logs in. does some jobless shit for a while.
"I'm kinda tired. I'll sleep for a while and start at 6.30
ok...done..
6.30 p.m : gets no sleep.....restless..Fuck!!
off to pehelwan to fetch some tea!!!
7.00 p.m : not a good time to start. I anyhow got to go have dinner at 7.30. lets finish dinner and start.
FINAL!!!
8.00 p.m : finishes dinner........pehelwan............3 full teas........
8.30 p.m : Back to the room. "YES!! I'm finally going to start now!!"

studies something till 10.30.........................

10.30 p.m: "ok...i think i got a plan here....lets sleep till 2 and then study till 2 in the afternoon..
sounds great!!!"
goes to chubby,guru,shanky and asks them to wake him up at 2...at any cost!!
2.00 a.m : topless chubby, guru, shanky --"suddu...get up da!!"
suddu--"Fuck off!!!"
2.15 a.m : finally gets up. realizes there's no water in the bottle. fills up water and picks up his notes.
lies down and starts studying
3.40 a.m : alseep..........................................................

7.00 a.m : Fuck!!! not again!!! looks at his notes!! only 30% done.
7.30 a.m : Goes to illegal mess to fetch tea. plays some music.
7.45 a.m : Starts studying again!!
9.30 a.m : only 50% done. rest 50% not entering his head.
11.00a.m : Finally gives up!!!!! Fuck these exams!!! I got to go early and catch place!!!
11.50a.m : goes to illegal/legal mess to have lunch.
12.20 p.m: Enters class.Expects to find one person in class and he's there!!
"ah...here he is Mr roll no 1 and always a decade early to class!!"
12.30 p.m: tries to study. watches tensed guys enter class
1.00 p.m: watches some more tensed guys enter class!!
1.30 p.m: closes the book!!"what can anyone study half an hour before exams??!!"
2.00 p.m: Exam starts.
gaze..........
everyone's writing........
gaze................
.
.
start i say!!!!!
fudge...fudge...fudge....
5.00 p.m: gives the paper back with the same air of disgust!!!
5.05 p.m: walks out...everyone's discussing. "Fuck them!!"
5.20 p.m: enters illegal mess to fetch some tea.
5.30 p.m: Enters the room feeling disgusted about the previous performance.
"Dude...i'm gonna smash tomorrow's paper..just watch!!"
no choice...Night out!!!