The B Diaries – I

The wonderful part about living in the hostel is that you live to do whatever you want to. I was awake last night till 3 am downloading Pather Panchali, saw a part of it and went to sleep. I will get back to seeing it, but I’ve taken an oath of sorts to see no [...]

Under the Bridge

5:30 am on a freezing January morning, I’ve been awake all night fixing wiring, wheels and making P fix the code. This was my fifth night in college in about 10 days. Autoport should have been working two days ago. The rest of them are fast asleep, on flex banners, on tables, or wherever they found place, warmth and temporary bliss from [...]

Damn, India Twenty20

I’ve been watching a spot of Twenty 20 cricket as of late. It prompted me to think of what the future of cricket will be under the very “able”, “elected” representatives of the game who only care about the future of the game, not giving a damn about the kind of power or money the [...]

one serious post too many?

In class 6, he gave me a DDT*. I hated him and his attention seeking ways.
In class 8, he made me cry again. The Stunner* if i remember correctly. This time i told my mom who called his place and to his absolute horror complained to his mother. He muttered something about him [...]

Aren’t we just human?

Look around you, in the news, on TV, on the radio, there are thousands of people doing things they are fantastic at. You have impressive actors, singers, philanthrophists, great businessmen glaring in your face. More common examples around us are great fathers and mothers who have given their all to make their kids into good humans. [...]

Week one

Lecture 1 : Applied Mathematics 3
I didn’t wake up in time for this one, but from what i heard it was all about the students giving their own introductions, which were, umm…entertaining to say the least.
“My name is X, My height is 5 feet 16 inches”
“My name is Y Z. My name is Z, Y [...]

Johari

Arena
(known to self and others)
cheerful, happy, knowledgeable, relaxed, witty

Blind Spot
(known only to others)
able, accepting, adaptable, bold, caring, clever, complex, confident, dependable, friendly, helpful, ingenious, intelligent, introverted, kind, logical, mature, observant, proud, reflective, religious, responsive, self-assertive, sensible, silly, spontaneous, trustworthy, warm, wise

Façade
(known only to self)
independent

Unknown
(known to nobody)
brave, calm, dignified, energetic, extroverted, giving, [...]

Tag!

8 secrets/ random facts about myself
1. I have an unquestionable thirst for knowledge. (yeah the rest of it is equally boring)That means about each and everything, be it politics, news, languages..whatever it is, from the most random ad on tv to bus and train routes, to roads. Basically i must take in everything around me, keep [...]

Taj Mall?

Didn’t you hear?
Well, The Taj Mahal has been chosen as one of the seven wonders of the world! This was announced a 9 PM local time in Lisbon (Portugal) on 07/07/07! We really kicked arse with all that voting online and all those 3 rupee sms votes! Boy can we stand up together as a country, India and our [...]

A letter to the railways

Dear Indian Railways,
Lets go back in time to my Rajdhani Journey Between Mumbai and New Delhi. A positive person that i am, i shall not point out too many flaws.
Starting with the creaking door. Imagine now, you, the ordinary man, is tied so that you can’t move, and made to hear water dripping from the ceiling. [...]