Wednesday, August 19, 2009
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Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The chronicles of shanta bai ........
Dharavi. West entrance. Third house from the left. She had run away from her home when she was just 16. She was in search of fame in the beautiful city of Mumbai. Lady luck wasn’t in a giving mood I guess. She ended up being a bar dancer in “The Darling Bar “downtown. But even since the ban on dance bars she had no means of livelihood. This nihilistic world had taken away everything from her. Call it gods clemency she then got a job as a maid. Working for 10 hrs a day, moving from house to house, she still holds on to her credence and hopes that she might some day land the part of shakuntala in the favourite play of hers.
July, Friday the 13th. It was raining more heavily than usual. May be god was trying hard to wash away Mumbai’s sins. Her latest job was at the BARC. BARC’s latest experiment had been all over the news. They were trying to join merge the properties of various inanimate objects using the results obtained from CERN’s successful experiment. Who knew dark matter was nothing but the psychic energy that some people were able to detect. The psychic phenomenon where they were able to hear voices from the grave was actually sound being transferred through time through dark matter. Using this dark matter the scientists were actually capable of creating a small gold ring which could literally absorb all light around it creating what they termed as the A - HOLE (Anionic hole of light emission)
First floor over. She was sweeping non stop for 2 hours. She now had just one more floor to go. But that night someone had other plans with the ring. Dr. Babumushai knew he could do much more with the technology. But the government was restricting him. They had putmanyrestrictions on his work. He believed that he could conquer time itself..... if given the freedom to conduct his experiments unperturbed. But even he underestimated the security at the facility. The alarms began to sing his doom as soon as he lifted the ring.
“ Trrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg........”, they went on and on. He panicked. He ran. Without knowing where he was heading. May be he saw his doom following him. So he threw the ring down the staircase. And as fate would have it, it fell right in her bucket. Shedid not notice the plop. She just went on with her work when she became aware of the alarm ringing upstairs. She did not want any more trouble in her life. She ran alongwith her bucket. Little did she know that her destiny was being changed with every step she was taking out of the facility. The doctor searched frantically to find the ring. But all in vain.
May be it was destiny. She then found the ring when she was just about to throw away the water. She thought of the one Shakuntala wears in the play. It made her smile. She held it in between her two fingers. And slided it down her finger. Uncanny silence enclosed her. Then came the darkness. All around her. She could not fathom the seriousness of her last action. She was happy though. She thought that it would all end. And that too without pain. What more could she ask for she thought. When she came back to her senses she was lying on the ground with the damn ring stuck to her finger. She could not take it off. Was it a curse ? or was it a blessing ? she could not decide. All she knew was that her life was about to change.
(the adventure continues.....)
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Cough cough ....
Watching the birds from the balcony. The sun is just about to set. You have the perfect colour in the sky. “Aah!!! Now that’s life.”, they say. Then they take another puff and blow the smoke all into the fresh air. Their eyes have turn red. Their lips black. Their jersey reeks of nicotine. And then they have the audacity to add that they wish it could stay like this forever.
Some say that it is their right, their personal choice to do whatever they want. They even add that it isn’t banned in our country. If the government doesn’t want to ban them then who am I to say anything.
It’s a well proven fact that more than two thirds of the smokers die because of smoking related illnesses. But then they say that they want to live life as it were their last day. To have no worries. To be free from any shackles that bound them to reality. To live the high life. If only I could show them how their life truncates with every puff. The last day that they are so gloriously talking about wont be that glamorous.
The cigarette companies say that they do their part. They warn the buyers of the impending doom. But can you really trust them ? Studies have shown that the anti smoking ads which are promoted by these companies use reverse psychology which in effect attracts even more users. Well lets not blame them shall we. After all their product reduces the life span of their customers. And you gotto do what you gotto do to attract more.
Who is to blame here really? The government, the companies, or the individual? Cant really answer that. After all we are the most superior beings. We know whats right for us.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Rajinikant !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here are some awesome one liners bout our fav superstar ( btw his real name is Shiwajirao Gaikwad .... :P ... I wonder where he gets his awesomeness from ... :D)
Rajnikant is surrounded by a vacuum. The air is too scared to get near him.
Bullets dodge Rajnikant
There is no such thing as shooting stars, only people who have been tackled by Rajnikant
Rajnikant grinds his coffee with his teeth and boils the water with his own rage.
Rajnikant was banned from cricket because he ends up eating the cricket ball thinking its an apple.
Rajnikant has got ponytails in his armpits.
The Incredible Hulk once got so angry it turned into Rajnikant.
Rajnikant was being lined up for Die Hard 4, but he stopped the terrorists in two seconds.
Rajnikant sells his urine canned. It is marketed under the name 'Red Bull.'
If Rajnikant is late, time slows down
The second hardest material in the universe is Diamond. The hardest is Rajnikant.
If you Google search 'Someone getting past Rajnikant' you will generate zero results. It just doesn't happen.
Rajnikant once shot down a German fighter jet by pointing his finger and yelling 'bang'
Arnold Schwarzenegger thought he could take Rajnikant in a fight. He ended up pregnant and they made a shitty movie about it
Gravity pulls people towards the Earth. The Earth is pulled towards Rajnikant.
When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night, he checks his closet for Rajnikant!
The chief export of Rajnikant is Pain.
Rajnikant has counted to infinity… twice. I lose concentration at 69 :(
Rajnikant cut down on his tips last year. The cause of recession is unknown.
Rajni said enough… United started losing.
Rajnikant plays CS with touchpad
Rajnikant can give headshots with a knife
Rajnikant gets a 230 Volt o/p from IC741
Rajnikant’s Windows has never crashed
Rajnikant wrote his autobiography. IEEE published it
Rajnikant once installed Vista on 8051.
Rajnikant can extract electricity from ground
Rajni is free of Harmonic content
Rajnikant can speak braille.
Rajnikant shares his Birthday with No-one.
Rajnikant sent Jesus a birthday card on December 25th and it wasn't Jesus’ birthday. Jesus was too scared to correct him and to this day December 25th is known as Jesus' birthday.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
My way of the ninja ........
You probably must be thinking what crazy shit I am up to now. Well after almost hitting with hammers and stealing purses (read ALMOST) I have totally become a fan of animation. Not that I was not one before. Somehow I feel that I can connect with it. Once again I am not in an inebriated state while writing this.
It all started when I was watching bleach (another famous anime ). All my friends were like, stop being ostentatious by watching, if you want the real deal watch Naruto. Being the hard guy that I am to convince, I refused to watch it for quite some time. I thought that it would be some pithy attempt at an animation series filled with ninja crap. But thankfully one day I got bored enough and decided to give it a try.
Naruto is the story of an orphan names Naruto ( obviously ) living in the hidden leaf village of Konoha. When he was young a mystical beast called the Kyubi or the Nine tails fox was trapped inside of him. But because of that the villagers hated him and stayed the hell away from him. They used to eschew him. But despite this attitude of theirs, this ebullient shinobi wanted to prove his worth. It was no doubt a hard road. Iruka sensei was the first one to acknowledge his existence. Soon he found new friends in Sakura and Sasuke. The srory then goes on ......with many unpredictable twists and turns and a panegyric background score. Naruto is the story of an ebullient Ninja ( some of whose jutsus may be a little gregarious ) who dreams of becoming a hokage.
After listening to that jargon you must be convinced that I am some kind of anime freak. But I do have a reason to watch it. Even I consider watching it a peccadillo cause it takes so much time. But then it gives back a lot to me. In today’s world it is quite difficult for me to idealise someone. So I guess I needed a fictional character to do it. You can actually learn a lot from the will of fire Naruto has inherited. Thats all that I have to say about him. You should watch it to believe me.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
One of the greats ........
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Ghajini..............
It was just one of those mornings when you wake up and find unfamiliar things surround you. It was as if i was back to bedlam. The dishevelled place brought glimpses of the happenings of the night back to my mind. May be those events that occurred the other night were too much for my brain cells to handle so they chose to just forget them?
I got out of bed and saw a newspaper lying down on the floor. Surprisingly i could not even remember my own apartment or even the date on the newspaper. It said 14th jan ........ it carried a picture of a bohemian rock star gone havoc on the streets and apparently wearing an oversized diper and running around the streets with a toy green coloured jedi lightsaber cursing some company named Satyam . Why was he doing that ... I just couldn’t comprehend? As far as i remember , Satyam was one of those fortune 500 companies. Why would neone hate some company with the bottom of their heart so much.
As i moved towards the loo i found some medical reports stuck to the door. They said that i had some sort of short term memory loss. OMG!!!!!!! Was that why i couldn’t remember anything? To gainsay that seemed logical at that time. So i just shrugged it aside and went on to do my business.
But as soon as i removed my shirt.... i was horrified to see myself. Apart from the awesome biceps and abs, i had some strange tattoos on my entire body. As i went to the mirror in a bid to look at them i was horrified at what i saw. The one on my (awesome but clean shaven?????) chest said, “You will not get placed“. As i gazed upon the rest of my body i saw more of these tattoos. On my left hand there were a series of numbers 6.32, 5.46, 7.22, 5.25, 4.75 (the last number seemed pretty low) it said these were my GPA’s for the past 2.5 years. Then as i moved my hand forward to reach for the tap ... i found another tattoo there. This one said “there is no water, internet, good food in the mess below “ . This agglomeration of all this new information was too much for me to take. i rushed outside with the fallacy that this was just a dream. I screamed, broke tube lights, and applied toothpaste on my head all while I was still naked slapping a dozen people on the way. I was now gravid with doubts about my existence itself. Knew that i had to do something ... something very important but i just couldn’t put my finger on it. All this while i was running when my friend’s voice acted as a hiatus which bought me out of my maelstrom. He pointed out that there was something written on my back. It said, “Amir must be killed!!! “. It was then that realization dawned upon me. I started to recollect my memory. It all started when i went to watch Ghajini with my friends. I had so many expectations from this movie. I even thought of getting the Ghajini hair cut. Thankfully i was sane enough back then. It was such a nugatory and ignominious flick that i felt mortified just by sitting in the theatre. I think that did it for me. Being such a big film buff, the recent films were such a letdown that i had pinned all my hopes and as it seems that my sanity too in this film.
Friday, January 2, 2009
aur batao...........
What do 20 yr olds talk about when they meet ....... remember age means a loot here .... i would have written completely different shit if i was a year or two younger or older .......{ but shit none the less :P } ....... i am a hostelite in a different state than my hometown ........ so i don get to talk to my friends here a lot on my phone ..... you know ... cause std rates are applied on the calls ....... which is in itselfa very funny story ....... when i took my Vodafone plan i was very happy to see written on my booklet in big words “ Goa and Maharashtra local *” ... i was sooo happy to see that ..... but i didn’t notice the star at that time ...... u really gotto be careful of those things ...... they are like devils horns on a word ....... they had cleverly written in very fine words at the bottom of the booklet .... except Mumbai ..... man it pisses me off so much ......
I come home after every 4 to 5 months ... so i assume i have a lot to talk to my frnds here ....... but surprisingly ...... i don’t ........ ill tell u how one of the meetings among the frnds go here ... we all decide a common place to meet ..... most of the time its a mall .... tis not becoz we r not bored of the malls ... its becoz .... a new one pops after every 5 months ..... and u have that compelling need to check it out even though u know it is goin to be the same ol crappy place ..... where annoying bollywood numbers r always played in the background and everyone of the shopkeepers are smiling their asses off ............
So when we meet ... v start with throwing yoyos at each other.....that take about 5 mins ...... most of us have forgotten the branch of te other person .... so ten v start askin each other the embrassing question ... to which college and branch they belong .... that takes another 5 mins ..... if its an all guys group th v jump on how awesome Angelina jolie was i her attest movie .... or what all new laptop configs are available .... an if there girls too ... then the go on an on about how this one or that one has gotten fat or prettier ..... Obviously there r exceptions.........
But after exchanging these plesantaries .... the conversation somersaults in a vry obscure direction .... hey did hear x hooked up with y ... and thn thats it .... the fun tat the evening was supposed to be ends ..... and then its nolonger fun ..... i mean ppl why cant v talk bout ... globalwarmng ....or the lhc ...and its effects on mankind ... and the reaction of the church towards it ..... butno ...v wan to tlk bout something else ...and once you r dragged into tht conversation ... here is no stopping it ... u go on an on an on .... u will be amazed about how much u will talk bout x ‘s compatibility with y n bout why h should have had chosen z .....
This jus makes me wonder ... r v seeing too much of American sitcoms ... or in these troubled times .... this is the only topic which interests us......
Thursday, January 1, 2009
intro ........
Frisbee
Well lemme tell you guys what the name means first .....
First lemme warn you guys that i hav a very screwed up way of looking at things so please bear with me . you all know what a Frisbee means .... you played with it when you were a kid .... and if you still do then grow up ..... if it still seems fun then you should think of getting yourself a life ....... but thats just my opinion .... comming back .... a Frisbee ...... its something you throw in the air .... but the deal here is that ..... and contrary to popular belief ... it most often does not come back to you .... thats just a very ......very ..................very metaphorical way of saying that you guys might not agree with or even completely disagree with whatever i write here ........ but that doesn’t mean i care even a damn bit ..... i still donno why i am blogging ....... i guess the reason behind that lies hidden deep in the midst of my conscience right in between my 266778th and 266779th nerve cells obviously an approximate number ............. think its jus cause i wanna increase my typing speed ...... mebbe ..... i donno ...........................................