A year that passed by..

Lost in my own small world, I had no account of how days were rolling by. A few days back, when I was working on a scheduling devreq on Client Application in 7.0 (this is only to emphasize on the fact that I do work in office) in office, I noticed the date and was surrounded by a bunch of heavy emotions difficult to list here and much difficult to gather together.

I could not believe it.

Never thought it would be so easy..

Never thought I would be able to do this..

Never thought I would be able to do this without shedding tears every day..

After bidding good bye to my closest associates, when I used to go home everyday riding my wave with wind gushing over to my face and happy – sad memories from the past running in the background of my mind, I always had this sinking feeling that these are few important people in my life whom I might not be able to see again! But luckily for me, this did not happen. One of my dearest friend cum hostel-mate cum dynamite partner staying with me for months, few of my best friend’s close friends coming to Nagpur for reunion, many of my close acquaintances and respected figures turning up for the college reunion, going on trip to Ahmedabad to relive a few moments and strengthen a few bonds, building up new relations and rediscovering old relations at PSL and having the first secret keeper friend, spending some gossip nights at VNIT hostel with my beloved archi dynamites, moving to Hyderabad and reliving college life with some just-acquaintance VNITians, trip to Bangalore to catch up some old friends and laugh on some old meaningless jokes and last but not the least spending the best time of my life in Hyderabad with a bunch of VNITians with whom I never thought I would share my life with.

Now when I look back, though it would be unfair and also incorrect to say it is not those four years that I miss terribly but it is this one year that I treasure more which has given me the strength to keep the memories of those four years locked safely in my small box of valuables and has given me a hope that someone somewhere is always made for you to fill some colours in your otherwise boring life.

To all those wonderful people..

Random thoughts - Part 1

Every girl has a dream.

Every girl has a dream boy.

So did she..

And there is a song, which plays in the background at his presence..

And there is a place, where you have always wanted to be with him..

So did she..

All through her life, she has dreamt of all this..

All through her life, she waited for that moment..

And then when the moment finally arrives, she came to terms with a strange realization.

The place was perfect, with the most romantic way glowing under a chain of diamonds and its reflection in the under laying lake giving the perfect touch.

The music was perfect with the perfect guy aside.

But in spite of all this the moment did not seem perfect. When the romance is replaced by the never ending silence and an “I love You” loses its significance, all she can do is admire the place but not live the moment that she had dreamt of throughout. But she decides to hold on, for some moments, if required for some time and if required even for days, weeks, months and years. All she knows is she can overcome anything and everything to bring this dream to reality. If not today may be some other day. Be it any place, be it any music but it has to be this guy.

While she wonders if she knows him enough to read his mind right now and if she ever will be able to understand him, a drop of pearl was all that was needed to move the guy. The drive way changed its course to the most romantic way and the never ending silence was broken by a stupid senseless joke. Everything seemed back to normal. All that remained was a thought, “will I ever be able to read his mind the way he does mine”.

PS: Just a random thought, passed on to my ear by some random girl.. More to come..

I wish I could fly...

When sky cannot hold your happiness and joy,
And all you want to do is fly, very high,
When you have had too much to worry,
And had no time to ponder,
When that time passes by,
And you have nothing, you wonder,
When you want to do the craziest thing possible,
And you have no one to accompany,
When you know its just not feasible,
And still you want to fly,
Fly, and fly, and fly, and fly,
And reach a place miles away,
And hear to all that silence can say..

The day when I reached office at 9 o’clock!

While I thought I would keep my thought process on record mode while the most important interview of my life is awaiting me and play it once it is done but so much is going on lately and before my10 bits get occupied and these memories get lost, I thought I better pen them down. And what better day than this when your manager is on leave!

Lately, half my life is revolving around office and the other half around two important people in my life! For the first friend, "Look, I can say that without being conscious" and for the second one, "If only you can understand but thanks a lot man!" Apart from this, I was too engrossed in myself to read the world around me. But a stupid rather useless friend of mine keeps reminding me the beauty of this prodigious activity :) And while I was getting too vulnerable and predictable which in fact rarely happens, I was also beginning to believe that I had lost my own power of judging people! And I spent a night to get back to the real world, open my eyes and tickle my grey cells. And mean while I met this girl who reminded me of our long gone hostel days. The first time I talked to her over phone, I knew she would be my hanging out buddy in the new city. The first time I met her, I knew she was out going and would be fun to be with. The first time I moved in with her, I knew she was sensitive and logical. The first time we had a girls talk, I knew she was very much like me. The first time we had an actual girls (night) talk, I knew she was a genuinely mature person. This girl is no other than my new room mate who is exactly like what I had hoped for while coming to Hyderabad. Now that we both have got priorities to move ahead on our paths, future might bring some tears again! But I do not want to think about it yet. As of now, I am loving it here.

Not much tension at work, surprise call from IIMB, concerns showered by friends on an international level, friends staying a lane away, movies on weekends, parties and controversies, bomarillu style ice-creams at 2 and lot more. Who would not love it!

I got so carried away that I completely forgot about what the title said! Actually, today was supposed to be an early morning at work since our on site team is visiting us. But no matter what, I had to go to the house next lane, had to go to have ice cream at 2, had to have a g-talk at night and hence got late. Actually not late but it turned out to be one of those days when you get up in a shock that your alarm betrayed you when in fact you were deep asleep in your sweet dreams and you just put on what catches your eye first, empty a bottle of deodorant, comb your hair on way, apply gloss while swiping your card and finally take a deep breath once you are on your desk! (It is a bit exaggerated to add spice :)) We laughed all our way to office and probably will do so again in future recollecting these days!

SPOILed alas!!!!

People smoke and get SPOILed
Some drink coke and get SPOILed
I danced and got SPOILed...

Cheers to the one who SPOILed all of us!!!!
Happy birthday :)

PS: Could not elaborate due to time constraint..

Hence proved.. GOD exists!!!

Sachin on 199

Over: 48.5
On strike: Dhoni
Takes a single
Entire nation boos..

Over: 49.0
Dhoni hits a 6
Entire nation boos..

Over: 49.1
Dhoni hits hard for a boundary
An unfortunate SA player dives and stops the ball
Entire nation cheers..

Over 49.2
On strike: Sachin
Sachin takes an easy single..
Entire nation rises..

Over 49.3
Forget it, no one cares..

The legend reaches the inconceivable mark!
200.. In a 200 CARAT diamond style..

Many matches will come and go, many innings will come and go, many players will come and go.. But only one God will remain and will always be remembered for the greatness he endeavours.. The maestro has proved yet again to the world, his passion for the game and his insatiable hunger..
I am too happy, too excited, too over whelmed to say much here! The news channels are doing enough bragging, to be followed by the newspapers tomorrow morning.. And they will undoubtedly do a much better job.

My friend told me, the happiness quotient of india increases by 3% everytime sachin scores a century.. Today that makes it 6% linearly.. But I am very sure it would be much more than that.
That is the madness for cricket in this country or I should say that is the love for the legend in this country. When I used to read, the man who carries the expectations of billions of Indians, I used to feel proud but could never understand the significance! Had always seen a match at home, at max with 20 people in front of a TV. But today, in office, during work hours I hear a loud shout! I check the scoreboard on cricinfo and YES Sachin on 168 and had hit a six. I gave up. My desire over-powered my responsibilty and I left to see the match. I open the cafetaria gate and what a SCENE! I never knew the capacity of our cafetaria! It was jam packed, people were standing, eyes stuck on the TV and a rising uproar with every glimpse of the man! From workers to managers everyone was in pause mode and moved only to clap when Sachin scored. Finally with all the hoo-haas and the heart beats pacing the land mark was achieved! I felt like taking a pic and sending it to Larry (Our CEO) and tell him "Yeh hai India meri Jaan". I was pondering over the thought when a friend of mine at IIMA told me that they got an early off from a lecture because of the match! And I smiled and thought "Yes, yeh hai India meri jaan!"

When I was a kid, during the matches my brother always used to tell me "If cricket is religion, Sachin is God!" I hardly used to watch cricket then, knew nothing about God and Religion and Sachin was like any other cricketer. But now I know.. And 10 years down the line, the fact still remains.. Undoubtedly, Sachin is God, what so ever you may call cricket!

Wishing my hero for all the years to come and lots of records to be broken and lot more records to be set. Hope he leads his team to a World cup victory and fulfills his last desire before saying good bye to the game.

To the one man who has brought smiles on billions of Indians, rich or poor, young or old, for 2 full decades..

My Name is King Khan

Hereby cherishing the return of King Khan...

Sleeping early on a friday night and getting up early on a saturday morning would not have been so easy had it not been for a Shahrukh Khan movie! And honestly every minute of My Name is Khan was worth all the pains taken.. The story revolves around the life of an ordinary Muslim man, the story of every Muslim man in US at the time of 9/11 disaster. A touching line in the movie says.. "Like time used to be defined as AD and BC, similarly in US it has become before 9/11 and after 9/11"! A child suffering from Asperser's syndrome (Khan), intellectually brilliant, falls in love with a beautiful divorced mother (Mandira), happily married and living a peaceful life with a wife and child and just when everything looks perfect in Khan's life, 9/11 happens. His cute child is tortured and killed by some hooligans and Mandira in a fit of rage blames Khan for his name and tells him to go away from her. And Khan agrees and genuinely asks her ".. but when should I return"! And then what she says results in the rest of the story.

There have been so many movies made on 9/11 but none can match My name is Khan. Starting from the scene where Shahrukh says "My name is Khan and i am not a terrorist" to the last scene where he finally meets the president every scene is stupendously shot. I am not here to promote the movie (for I am a die hard SRK fan) but I sincerely want all my friends to go and enjoy the movie thoroughly as I did. And to pen down a few scenes which stuck me and should not go un-noticed by you include the scene where Mandira (Kajol) cuts Khan's hair and with the back ground music and the lighting effect, it is a treat to watch. At the scene where he is not allowed to meet the President because he is not a Christian, the theatre applauded on the "No, no.. Honey, keep the money, for the people who are not Christians in Africa". Another heart touching line goes like.. "Ek Sikh ko Musalmaan samajh liya toh aapne apna libaaz badal diya par yahan ek Musalmaan ko insaan nahi samjha jaa raha hai aur aap apna schedule badalne ko tayyar nahi hai!"

The most amazing thing is the way in which Khan has portrayed autistic Khan's balance between insanity and intelligence. Though in some scenes including the romantic scenes with Kajol and the heroic scenes at Willemina the autistic Khan gets over driven by his own heroic SRK style but over all it is a commendable performance. And Kajol has complemented him brilliantly with another strong performance. And as usual the perfect chemistry between the two of them always keeps us asking for more! Five hours have passed and yet not over the Khan magic. The beats of "tere naina" are still echoing in my mind and my facebook message is soon going to be "cant stop listening to tere naina"

Over all it is a perfect entertainment package, Contradictory to a certain friend of mine, I strangely rate a movie as proportional to the amount of tears I shed! And generally I do that a lot on every other sad scene. But here, some emotional strings being attached to SRK, even the joyful scenes saw tears rolling down my cheeks and neighbours laughing on me! But i dont care, it was a fultoo paise wasool for me.. :D Hope it is the same for you in your very own way!

And not to forget, hats off to the man in charge, Mr. Karan Johar. Thank you..
And I just want to say it once again.. Love you Shahrukh.. :D