Like a few stray n random thoughts written by me at 3 am on my last night in Bangalore.....all my own work (hehe...Behram Contractor will turn in his grave)!!
Like it all started on 29th January, a beautiful sunday morning when i arrived at the Bangalore airport knowing absolutely nothing about the city or the people or even my job profile for that matter! Harish was there at the airport and we went directly to what was to be my first (and the most beautiful) abode in Bangalore (Polaki's Diamond District flat)....A million thanks to you Anil for letting me stay on (i was going to stay for a day or two, ended up staying for 3 whole weeks). U r a Gem dude....a little rusty...but a Gem nevertheless!!
Like the work was all right...i mean i had access to gtalk n orkut...how tough could it get!!
Like every story has a hero...n u wud think with all my good looks it shud be me, but hey i am just the author...as Mariah Carey once sang the song 'n the hero lies in Draz'!! By saying thank you to Draz, I would be belittling all that he did for me...right from getting tht pearl drop flat to furnishing it to everything else...silly incident...but once , my door lock was not working n i was unable to goto my office...wht did i do...called draz...he travels 10 km....comes to my place...gives one punch to the lock...lo n behold...problem solved!! U going thru a tough time dude...but hey...when the going gets tough, the tough get going (and believe me, nobody more tougher than u, specially with that rod)!!
Like there was this girl in my class at school called Anu....we never said even 'hi' to each other ...n guess what...Bangalore gave me one of my best friends in her. I hope this friendship lasts forever. U have been a gr8 friend to everyone...specially after the tragic incident u guys @ 3M went thru...U r the best girl (even though u n Draz scandalized me @ Opus!!)
Like a breath of fresh air entered my dear friend Tanvir (Mihir to some maybe, for me it shall always be Tanvir) and his 'Goonda' dialogues. Apna live-in relationship mast tha na dost!!
Like every workplace has a troublemaker...mine did too...some Mangalorean guy called Santhosh...typical guy...oversmart, haughty, egoistic...but absolutely useless!! Hehe...this is my blog Santhosh...i ll write whatever i want too ...n whats more...i ll delete all ur nasty comments!! Thanks pal...u have been a gr8 friend...made me look forward to coming to office (even if it was to pull ur leg with my elderly friend Ramesh's help!!).
Like any description of my stay wud be incomplete without a mention of the gr8 Manish...like the time he took me too Mussoorie....n then to Coorg....saala, he didnt move his ass for 3 whole days...Laziness has a new synonym, Manish!!
Like my childhood dream was realized in Bangalore when i gifted beautiful 'Kangans' to my mom and fulfilled my bachpan ka promise (thanks to Draz's mom)....another proud moment was buying a rod with an ulterior motive (ya thts right, dont know y, but am proud of that)!!
Like those were the days of happiness, those weekend movies....tht megabowl ka bowling...those masti bhari parties...those weekends at my place doing nothing...
Like 'hariya, mere dost'...u were always there (whenever ur office frnds didnt take u out n ur roomies also ditched u)...By now u shd have guessed it yar...Jus kiddin!!
Like a famous Hindi poet had once said and I quote
" kaise bhula paaoonga mein dost, woh humara dostana, woh humara yaarana
Yaad rakhunga mein dost, woh humara dostana, woh humara yaraana"
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Welingkar's Ki Yaadein!!
A poem I wrote as testimonial to a dear friend ravi...but its more a story of our lives in second year MBA at Welingkars...it actually a reflection of what we were at that time ...all of us...harish, jayant, sachin, amol anil n others... btw ..baba = binni...
Woh Dosti ko Padhai ke aage rakhna
Hamesha Hariya aur Baba ko group mein lena
Woh Musibat ke waqt tan ke khade ho jaana
Dosto ke liye sab kuch dau pe lagana
Kaise bhula paoonga mein dost
Woh Humara Dostana
Woh Humara Yaarana
Woh hasi-mazak ki class ka na hona
Humara awal number reh jaana
Woh marks ka batna, baaki baccho ka khush hona
Humare paas wohi 50 number reh jaana
Kaise bhula paoonga mein dost
Woh Humara Dostana
Woh Humara Yaarana
Woh venky ki class
Woh naukri ki aas
Woh TT ki pyaas
Woh project third class
Yaad rakhoonga mein dost
Woh Humara Dostana
Woh Humara Yaarana
Life In The "Books' Lane!!
Let me start by writing about my favourite topic...Books. I would like to begin by talking about my favourite book 'the Godfather' by Mario Puzo. Hey whats that...err..ok...the Godfather just called and he made me an offer I could not refuse. So sorry guys, I cant write anything about this book!!
Let me do something better than write about a book. I will write about two books!! Wow!! So here goes nothing...
The two books I am going to talk about were written 50 years apart but one cant help but notice that the similarities in their storylines as also in their charachters is just mind boggling. The books are, but ofcourse, 'Lord of the Rings ' by J R R Tolkein and 'Harry Potter' by J K Rowling.
Both the books are based on similar concepts wherein 'Little People', 'Hobbits' in LOTR and children in HP, save the world from an evil force.
The main hero in both the books, Frodo and Harry, are very normal 'every day Joe' types who rise to great heights mainly because of their own determination.
Just like in Hindi movies where the hero has a sidekick, so do Frodo and Harry. The friendship between Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin in LOTR is similar to what Harry, Ron and Hermoine have in HP.
And pray tell me what is the difference between Gandalf in LOTR and Dumbledore in HP. They are both father figures who inspire the hero to achieve his goal.
Which brings us to the evil forces in the books. Both Sauron and Voldemort are actually brilliant minds which have gone over to the 'Dark Side'. Just like the ten-headed deamon Ravana in Ramayana who actually did not have ten heads but had the intellectual capacity of ten people, both Voldemort and Sauron are great intellectuals who have turned evil.
So my question goes...why on middle earth did J K Rowling have to get so much inspiration from LOTR!! Well, I guess, since she was able to recreate LOTR's magic after 50 years and represent it in an endearing format called HP, we can all just say..Kudos to you JK Rowling, and to you too, J R R Tolkien!!
I have to go home now. So goodbye. Oh no, whats that, once again I have forgotten where i kept my broom....
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