Being a Himesh Reshammiya fan (yeah, still!); I had to listen to his new songs from the movie Radio. I was disappointed to find that the familiar high-pitched (not nasal :P) voice was missing. The music was good though and as expected the lyrics were crap.
Everyone knows that people hate HR’s voice and his lyrics (and more recently, his acting). If he can change his voice why not lyrics? Till now HR had been taking the ridicule for Sameer’s lyrics. Radio has lyrics by some Subrat Sinha. Sample these:
1.Mann Ka Radio Bajane De Jara
Ghum Ko Bhulkar Ji Le Tu Jara
Station Koyi Naya Tune Kar Le Jara
Full To Attitude De De Tu Jara
2.Kabhi Happy Kar De, Kabhi Sad Banaaye
Kabhi Senti Kar De Kabhi Mad Banaaye
3.Piya Jaise Laadoo Motichoorwaale
It’s like it was written by the writer of Gunda (awesome movie! :D) who tried to rhyme everything at the expense of making it sound hilarious. This is worse than Love You Unconditionally and I love You Sayyoni.
Hell, I’ll still defend Himesh by saying the music is good. :P
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Character Count: 1023
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Malhar Experience
St. Xavier’s – the rumoured chick heaven conducts a fest called Malhar every year. Every year IITians go there to realize that girls exist outside movies and sitcoms too. There is no scope(or as we say.. scope hota hai) of scoring with any one of them but the reversed sex ratio keeps us happy for a while.
Then we are told by the same girls that we are crowding the corridor so we can’t stand there or anywhere for that matter. Keep walking or... wait for it… the famous line which we never forget to mock “Stick to the wall.”
These were the stories. So I had to check for myself. Though I had to carry costumes and I cards and other valuables of the performers for some time, it was all worth it. The stories indeed are true. But, I couldn’t help feeling crestfallen at the end of the day.
How many real girls did I speak to? 1.
“Which way is McD’s?”
“I have no idea.”
I don’t know what she means by not having any idea but a delhi guy told me the right way and there I saw The Girl already enjoying her meal. Happies Endings.
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Character Count: 1022
Then we are told by the same girls that we are crowding the corridor so we can’t stand there or anywhere for that matter. Keep walking or... wait for it… the famous line which we never forget to mock “Stick to the wall.”
These were the stories. So I had to check for myself. Though I had to carry costumes and I cards and other valuables of the performers for some time, it was all worth it. The stories indeed are true. But, I couldn’t help feeling crestfallen at the end of the day.
How many real girls did I speak to? 1.
“Which way is McD’s?”
“I have no idea.”
I don’t know what she means by not having any idea but a delhi guy told me the right way and there I saw The Girl already enjoying her meal. Happies Endings.
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Character Count: 1022
Give Up
It's been some time since I wrote the last post. So, today I’m going to make up for it by writing two. Both of them are pretty unrelated but it’s like opportunity cost. You give up one for the other. This is about the one I gave up.
If PAF was the biggest waste of time and resources hostel elections are a close second. To hold a post in the hostel one has to file a nomination after doing thorough groundwork. Prepare a manifesto and then campaign in every wing of the hostel. Here seniors enjoy sadistic and maybe carnal pleasure by making candidates dance to shady dance numbers and asking them random questions (apart from the manifesto-related ones) like “Tu logon mein enthu kaise jagayega?” If no one is interested what can I do? The same routine in 22 wings. Also add to that “PAF mein kaam nahi karega to impeach karwa dunga.”
Since I backed out, everyone has been asking me why I did so. I think the above mentioned crap was good enough for me to back out. Life is much better without obligations and PAF.
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Character Count: 1017
If PAF was the biggest waste of time and resources hostel elections are a close second. To hold a post in the hostel one has to file a nomination after doing thorough groundwork. Prepare a manifesto and then campaign in every wing of the hostel. Here seniors enjoy sadistic and maybe carnal pleasure by making candidates dance to shady dance numbers and asking them random questions (apart from the manifesto-related ones) like “Tu logon mein enthu kaise jagayega?” If no one is interested what can I do? The same routine in 22 wings. Also add to that “PAF mein kaam nahi karega to impeach karwa dunga.”
Since I backed out, everyone has been asking me why I did so. I think the above mentioned crap was good enough for me to back out. Life is much better without obligations and PAF.
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Character Count: 1017
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Gulti Conscience
Everyone knows I hate gultis. But before I'm branded as a regionalist or an anti-regionalist let me define what a gulti is. Urban dictionary defines a gulti as someone from Andhra Pradesh. Partly true. A gulti along with being from AP must fulfill the following conditions. He/She
1. must be in an engineering college at least 500 km away from his house.
2. must not know any language other than Telugu.
3. must not have any non-gulti friends.
4. must listen to Telugu songs only and watch telugu movies only.
5. must study 24/7 or be tensed about studies if he fails to study all the time.
6. must never laugh.
Tell me who wouldn't hate such a person? Is it then any surprise that Indians murdered in the US are mainly from AP? The Americans are slightly smarter than Australians I would say. Australians are picking on any Indian they see. Americans know who the nerds stealing their jobs are. It isn't racism it's just anti-gultism. Of course their crimes are heinous but I'd say the hatred is justified.
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1. must be in an engineering college at least 500 km away from his house.
2. must not know any language other than Telugu.
3. must not have any non-gulti friends.
4. must listen to Telugu songs only and watch telugu movies only.
5. must study 24/7 or be tensed about studies if he fails to study all the time.
6. must never laugh.
Tell me who wouldn't hate such a person? Is it then any surprise that Indians murdered in the US are mainly from AP? The Americans are slightly smarter than Australians I would say. Australians are picking on any Indian they see. Americans know who the nerds stealing their jobs are. It isn't racism it's just anti-gultism. Of course their crimes are heinous but I'd say the hatred is justified.
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Character Count: 1008
Monday, April 13, 2009
One Year Since the Day...
Ninad said,"Just as war heroes don't talk about their war experience, we IITians don't speak about our JEE." No one listens to Ninad. So I will write about my JEE.
It all began with an early morning phonecall which generally doesn't signal good news. It was my friend's mom who asked me if I wanted to join some classes for IIT-JEE preparation. The only thing I knew about IIT back then was that the entrance exam is tough.
Some research and aptitude tests later, I joined PACE. I shouldn't advertise PACE here or I might be in trouble like our beloved DoSA. For 2 years, I did nothing I wanted to - movies, games, girlfriend(scope-2), porn? (Nah). Instead, I started liking Physics, Chemistry and Maths. My daily routine was being away for classes/college for around 10 hours and then studying till 4 am, dancing at night and sleeping with books. When will the k in books make way for b?
13th April,2008 was a near perfect day. Apart from the powercut and Arsenal losing to ManU, everything went well.
End result: AIR 438.
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Character Count: 1023
It all began with an early morning phonecall which generally doesn't signal good news. It was my friend's mom who asked me if I wanted to join some classes for IIT-JEE preparation. The only thing I knew about IIT back then was that the entrance exam is tough.
Some research and aptitude tests later, I joined PACE. I shouldn't advertise PACE here or I might be in trouble like our beloved DoSA. For 2 years, I did nothing I wanted to - movies, games, girlfriend(scope-2), porn? (Nah). Instead, I started liking Physics, Chemistry and Maths. My daily routine was being away for classes/college for around 10 hours and then studying till 4 am, dancing at night and sleeping with books. When will the k in books make way for b?
13th April,2008 was a near perfect day. Apart from the powercut and Arsenal losing to ManU, everything went well.
End result: AIR 438.
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Character Count: 1023
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Dream Theater?
This topic has nothing to do with the band. This is about three very important letters in an IIT Bombay student’s life. CPI? No. PAF - Performing Arts Festival. Wiki it. I’ll just write my take on it.
Some guys may get a heart attack when I say that I found PAF a complete waste of time. A lot may agree too. Do I see profs agreeing with me for the first time? Rs. 65k (+ our beds) spent on costumes and sets and of course cigarettes. The experience may be grand but is it worth the effort? I was part of the prod, dance and dram(for some time) team and all three require a lot of time which means many sleepless nights and screwed up quizzes and ultimately grades. As a senior said, “quizzes, labs, girlfriend(scope?) are not important. PAF is.” Maybe next year I will be able to enjoy it and understand why so many people are senti+mental about it.
After all the effort, this year my PAF team was last in everything. H1, 2, 4 , 13 won. I didn’t see the winning PAF but ours certainly was better than one if not two.
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Character Count:1021
Some guys may get a heart attack when I say that I found PAF a complete waste of time. A lot may agree too. Do I see profs agreeing with me for the first time? Rs. 65k (+ our beds) spent on costumes and sets and of course cigarettes. The experience may be grand but is it worth the effort? I was part of the prod, dance and dram(for some time) team and all three require a lot of time which means many sleepless nights and screwed up quizzes and ultimately grades. As a senior said, “quizzes, labs, girlfriend(scope?) are not important. PAF is.” Maybe next year I will be able to enjoy it and understand why so many people are senti+mental about it.
After all the effort, this year my PAF team was last in everything. H1, 2, 4 , 13 won. I didn’t see the winning PAF but ours certainly was better than one if not two.
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Character Count:1021
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