Cheers- To peace!!!

It is the one year anniversary of 26/11, a day when the financial capital of India was held hostage to terrorists... not for one, but for almost 4 days.

The ONLY days in the violent history of Mumbai where, the city came to a complete standstill... and when the entire nation was glued to their television sets... seeing a reality unfold in front of their eyes- which was no less than a movie.

There were candle marches then, there are candle marches that are going to mark the memories of those dreadful days on its first anniversary. But, we still refuse, refuse to take action- SOLID action.

Everyday without fail there is one blast... or new terror infiltration.... and not from our unworthy neighbours but also from within our own country.

Its a shame that we have become immune to violence, that it doesn't matter to us anymore.. or does it?

If it does- then we should just stand up and say ENOUGH to blood and guts... ENOUGH to losing of so many innocent lives at the hands of petty politics... and give a chance to live a peaceful life...

I pray, on 26/11, that we all realise the value of peace- and give Peace a chance.

HaPPy Birthday- To Dipayan..!!!

It surely seems like the birthday week at the top floor...!!! :D

So here is another birthday post-

This one is for Dipayan, the one sitting down in south.

So Dipayan, as I gathered from his personal blog- yeah he had a personal blog long back, is a hard core techie, I mean, can you imagine what it would be like to observe a conversation between him and Shayon, especially now, since Shayon has also become a linux person???

Totally insane.

Hey Dipayan, I know this was something that you least expected, but I guess, my unpredictable nature is not new to you..!! :P

So, here is wishing you a GREAT GREAT day, and a great great year ahead...!!!

PS: This is not fair- 4 birthdays in four days- me get no party no cake.. :(!!!

Sam's leap to glory !!

That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind

Well junta, this video is uploaded due to persistent nudges by Ratz.Though the protagonist in the video was apprehensive that this is yet another attempt to make a tomfoolery out of him.But we managed to convince him that junta out there is eager to know what he is UP TO these days!! Enjoy this visual caper.

Salud !

for a very good friend... long live raths...

hi folks, I had planned for long to write for Raths ... so here it for one of my closest friends...

We got into touch during 1st year Utkarsh in 2004 & our frequencies matched ... Both of us like eating , roaming around, playing n doing every adventurous stuff...

There are many things I learnt from him, the most important of being patient ..That is probably the reason we never had any fight.. He is the most creative guy I have seen ... A perfect director , photographer , video maker ... Only thing he needs is original music for his videos..

I pray his dream of mega Dam project comes true ..Well thats a really big dream ...

He is one of the few persons on whom i have blind faith ... Whatever he says , I agree to it ... no questions ...

Sometimes I feel if i can become like him ... but the next moment I think that he misses most important thing in his life - girls :) :)) ... seriously u should have learnt something from me about girls after being together for more than 5 years ...

Newez enjoy ur day ... many many happy returns of the day ...

Double Delight in The City of Joy

No prizes for guessing what this post is about.Its raining Birthdays in Kolkata....Yes! On this very day, 25 years two souls chose to descend on this earth in their mortal forms.Two induhviduals - took their mundane forms in two different places.One in the WILD WILD EAST - a state called Assam, a place criss-crossed by Brahmaputra and surrounded by of lush flora and fauna.
Another chose his genesis from a quite but picturesque town of Ranchi.

Twenty Five years hence,that day has come back- life in full circle! A day when we celebrate their commencement on this planet,a day like no other day ! Ladies and Gentleman ,I give you Ratz and Sandy.

Look at these convicts !! Looking dazed and muddled up after a long slumber!

Ek cake aur admi do! Bohut nainsafi hain....

Well,thats the adorable cake we had!

Why does the cake has to be Black Forest all the time !!I am tired of forest..First in Assam,now here !

Dude! Are u sure that thing works??

Well,junta I hope the pixcerpts(picture + excerpts....coined by me!) substantiates our merrymaking.It was a day of faux pas.First,the cake had to be arranged by Sandy who unfortunately was one of the B'day boy.Next,these guyz chose very unlikely and untimely hour for their trip to slumberland had to be nudged out of their dormancy so that we could have the gala.It can be seen in the pics how inebriated and disheveled they look.And last of all,the cam got bust.Mr Ratz cam had exceeded its full quota and refused heed any order from the master!

But in spite of all these fallacies,the soiree was a delightful affair.The cake was too delectable and it was gorged up in manner such that it was hard to believe that there existed any cake at all!! The cream was placed where it truely belongs...onto the faces.Both of our B'day boy were royally treated in a manner befitting to our true NIT ishtyle.

To wind up the post, it was a night of celebration and camaraderie ,a day when amidst the carousal the silent vow of fellowship was taken by the participants,to continue that was started four years ago and still going strong.

Salud!!



Some more Nautankee on youtube...watch out for Sams adorable facial expressions!

Why U Should Use "Mac"

Few days back i used Apple Mac for the first time ...I must say its generation ahead... I felt Windows is outdated .... Few pics :

Celebrations

Best wishes friend..

(L to R: Karma, Andy, Wrangler, sam)

The one who believes in doing his 'Karma'

"Thats what a friend is for, when your lost in darkness and searching for the light, to help you through those lonely nights, when everything around you fails just hold out your hand, and i'll come running, thats what a friend is for."
-Marty Keith

The last long conversation that I had with Karma, is described in the words above. He very nicely told me, that in college it was Shayon who used to rant to him about so many things, and now it is me.

It is very rarely that we come across such people who are absolute sweethearts from all angles... from the insides to the outsides.

Those are times when life tells us, that so what if you are pretty fucked up, you have friends that will take you through it all.

Karma is one such great person.

I can't thank him enough to hear my rants on a lot of girly issues, for waking up in the middle of the night to find Shayon for me, and for simply being a great great friend, not only to me but to all of us.

You inspire us to read dictionaries and thesauruses, if not great books by great authors. And trust me, one day I am sure all of us are gonna look back at your posts on wall mag and actually understand the true philosophical meaning of them. (JUST KIDDING)

Darling- On your birthday- I wish you nothing but the best in life- Success, happiness, love and health. The power to follow your dreams and the inspiration to write more posts for us and make great music for us.

Love you...!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KARMAKAR...!!!

How to get a "Ladki" in !!!

I am back with my studies on girls after a long time...

This time I am assisting a friend of mine to get his girl.. Story goes like this:

He was my officemate...Few days back he came to me & told he has fallen for a new trainie in the company...He asked my help to persuade her for a date ... I was super excited & assured him that mission will be accomplished in a week's time... But all this is not for free :) Il get a treat at regent ...

I started guiding him ... This guidence package includes everything from saying dialogues to fwdding msgs... Ya its correct some of the senti msgs i drafted myself & sent it to him ... My friend without editing a single words fwded it to her ... I tell him "kab bhav khana hai" ,"kab senti marna hai"...We do regular ph counselling...

Even I am surprised that whatever I say is falling into place ... Probably by now after so many unsuccessful relations I have become a perfectionist...Atleast my experience is helping someone...

Sometimes our hero becomes restless that she is not msging , I tell her jus hold on , let her feel more about u ...She will msg & she does n that too some senti one...

Some might say I am doing wrong but not everyone is shayon or to some extent me, to have guts to talk to any girl...Who cares..After all evrything is fair in Love & War ..

Present situation is that our herione has got ready to go out...

Click Che'

My City..My Life.. 3

The city life is sometimes strangely cruel. You will have millions besides you in the city streets, yet no one actually to have a good conversation with. Your families and friends would be scatterred around the globe and only the technological advances come to your rescue. Priorities, committments and responsibilities keep on adding days, months and years untill the next rendezvous.

You can tweet, poke, sms, scrape and call; but our protagonist does not like the digital or virtual communication. He will rather meet someone in person than exchange emoticons. He says, "The person at the other end may be sending a smile emoticon but actually he/she may be in flesh and blood experiencing some other natural emotions. True emotions play out in front of the eyes."

He has hundreds of friends in the virtual world, but the weekends go by without a game of football or a trip to one of the latest movies. Is the reality getting virtual? There is a rapidly growing parallel universe somewhere in a server room that may leave a big void in the 'real universe'.

Lately, he has been going around the city capturing the urban landscape and experiencing the flavours of the street food. He has given a fancy name to his new avatar 'Click Che'. Couple of days back, he went on another of his city tours with his good friend Rudra, who too lives in the same city. Yet, they were meeting after a gap of two months. That's another strange feature of living in a city. Your good folks may sometimes be going out of your consciousness while you are stuck in the intricacies of life.

He had forgotten the birthday of Rudra, which made him feel bad. Well, the two friends caught up with each other lives while they visited the St.Paul's Cathedral. They offered their prayers to god and our protagonist seeked for some inspiration for the future. After a tour in the church premises, they headed for Princep ghat. It's one of the favorite places of our protagonist.

You can walk along the Hooghly river and enjoy the beautiful sunset with the majestic Vidyasagar setu in the same frame. Add a ferry and few fisherman boats into the frame, the picture becomes perfect. There is Scoop restaurant near Princep ghat, not the fancy types, but you can take some rest and have a bite here. Otherwise there is the option of street food vendors. Local fishermen will be willing to take you for a boat ride for a hundred bucks.

Princep ghat has a memorial monument for James Princep, who was a researcher from the British Raj era. Sitting at the lawn of Princep ghat, the two friends savoured the magical view of the bridge, the monument and the sunset.

Late into the evening the friends departed back to their respective lives and the next meeting shall be at a marriage as our protagonist's friend shall be going out of the country on some professional committments.

My Blog has shifted!

A lesson in sanity- Any teachers??

I am totally going MAD. Not that, I was totally sane at any given time of my life. But , it feels like I need some semblance of sanity in my life.

Its a huge cliche in our lives when any of us say- "Life is in a Mess" so here again, I say that- My life is in a Mess- more like a monster created by me.

My college has actually given me ultimatums that I should be coming to college or else- they will not let me give me exams. No big deal you guys say- ASK ME- I am the ' Good Student' in college- and when my HOD tells me that- No more excuses or that no more internships- I feel so screwed. And if that was not enough- My stupid ass of a boyfriend is moving away. In his last few weeks here in Delhi, instead of spending as much with each other- we both are keeping so freaking busy.

There are assignments to be given in college- the Damn practical file which is a killer this semester- has already attacked- and I have no defense- I was supposed to be doing research- Instead I am writing this absolute nonsensical post...

And to top it off, the family holiday to Goa, is going to be MINUS me again, because I have exams. My father is screaming that I should have known better- and I am hoping against all hope that exams get postponed- OH GOD- I totally hate my life.

Any takers?

FRESH AIR NEEDED..

It’s been a long time I’d been on a vacation. I am badly in need of a break from the city life. Not that the past few months have been cruel/harsh/busy or so. On the contrary recent few months have been easy and may be that’s why very boring. These days I am not finding xing in anything. A trip to the mountains or any place out of the city limits might bring my spirits up.

One of my long term plans was to make trips to Ladakh/Tawang. Lately I have also added Bhutan to the list. Is anyone of you interested in making a trip to any of the three places??

We can plan for it !! Actually, I’ll coordinate and leave the planning task to someone else considering my ‘history of grand plans’.

On a serious note, is anyone really interested? We can plan for Feb-March-April time, when everyone is done with their exams and can take out some time from their ‘scheduled life’.

Anyways, I will clear off some important office work this month and then will be on a trip back to Assam. Times have gone by in a jiffy; it’ll be a full one year since I last went to Assam. Longing to meet my folks. .

Our last bill in Regent

Yesterday me n Atri created a history by getting the minimum bill in the best hotel of jsr - The Regent (now known as sonnet)

Previously it was Rs 700 but last night it came down to Rs. 192..

A little experimentation with video blogging :-)