The GRAND OLD GEMS...

My grandparents have always had a very important role to play in my life…ever since I was born, I have had my paternal grandparents at home and it is with them only that I spent the majority of time in my childhood…my patti used to take me for rounds in my locality…and I used to drive along in my tricyle all around after her…we used to play cricket together with me always doing the batting…My grandfather used to tell me nice stories each night b4 I used to go to sleep…now all this might sound kiddish but for me as a kid growing up…it was very important…I hate the concept of cretches( I hope I spelt it right) or these day care centres…the influence of grandparents in ones life as we grow up is very important…there are certain things that we can learn only from them which really go a long way in shaping the way that we behave…

And now…in college…I am living with my maternal grandparents…which is a totally different experience…their thoughts and their ways of thinking are totally different from ours and that leads to a clashing of interests at times…as most of u know I eat at 7 30 and sleep at 9 30…I mean how many college students do that…but I guess it makes them happy…and the thing is u get used to it after some time…

It is all about how u take it I guess…I mean…the only reason that they are so strict is cos they care for me…u should see the pride on my grandfathers face when he tells his friends about how I am doing in college…or my grandmothers joy when I help her in the kitchen…All those things make it worthwhile for me…what if I am not able to get the same degree of freedom I was used to…I am in the company of people whom I love and who love me…and eventually…tats all tat matters…

I really cant understand how some people neglect their grandparents…I have seen households where the oldies are totally ignored and where no one even talks to them…its almost as if they don’t exist at all…Another concept which I can never digest is that of old age homes…how can a son let his parents stay in some bloody ashram…I mean…they are ur parents yaar…I recently heard a story about how a son told his father that they were simply going out, but left him in an old age home instead…It is totally disgusting…

One thing I have realized is that all that the elders expect is a bit of love…they are not interested in anything else…try wishing ur grandparents on their birthday or just simply calling them once in a while and asking them how they are…that is all they want…no money…no fancy gifts…just pure undiluted love…It pains me to see how some people are not willing to give even that little bit of affection…

Do me a favour people…just call on ur grandparents for a change and just chat with them for a while…trust me…U JUST MADE THEIR DAY…

I love my grandparents…and well…this post’s for them…

Five Point Someone....

I never thought i would be writing book reviews in this blog, but i read this really nice book....and since i cant think of anything else to write about, well here goes...
There is a book called Five Point Someone byChetan Bhagat. It has been quite a hit and it has received a wide range of reviews ranging right across the spectrum. Some people say it is a lovely book that gives people an insiders view as to what really goes on inside IIT, others fill its a highly lopsided and wrong version about life in India's most prestitgious engineering institute....
What do i feel....as a book about IIT, it fails....definately. It gives a highly biased and onesided view and is definately not something to be used as a guide to what you can accept inside IIT....
However, as a book about life....relationships....friends....its a BIG success. You will definately be able to associate yourself with atleast one of the people in the story, and well...u ll have a good time reading it...
All i am saying is people...give it a read....its damn good....just dont expect to get much knowledge about iit....about life....thats a different story....
Another book of Chetan Bhagat's has been released....One Night At The Call Centre....I ll read it and let u know....
Anyways...have fun...and enjoy the leave

Main Kaun Hoon!!??

i got tagged...and well i have to write 20 points about myself....a tough ask...but here goes nothing

1. I have lived all my life in delhi and have come here to do my engineering....

2. I am a very friendly kind of a person and i love being in a gang of people....being a loner is not at all my cup of tea(but i do like tea a lot)..

3. I dont talk that easily to people that i dony know, but once i start talking......hmm...SOMEBODY STOP ME!!!!

4. I believe a lot in friendship, if i consider someone to be a friend, i will go to the utmost trouble to see that that person is happy and is not in any sort of trouble.

5. I am quite frank and do not believe in double talk(u know peeth ke peeche chugli...)
That is one of the things that irritates me a lot about this city....

6. I read a lot.....any sort of fiction....and i ll read it....u give me a book and i can rest till i finish.

7. I am a big fan of cricket...quite fanatic actually....i cant tolerate anyone talking against the indian team....in fact i am very very superstitious when it comes to criket and will go to any heights to ensure that india wins....once i did not let my mom come out of the kitchen for the entire indian innings!!!!

8. I do watch football as well....in fact any sport is good with me...gimme a tv that has sports channels and thats it...i am hooked....

9. Movies.....i watch(used to watch...sigh....bloody STB) any bloody english movie that comes on hbo or star movies....those were the days

10. Among my favourate time passes is surfing...and well chatting...not just online but in any form...

11. I love my food any enjoy it to the core....since i have come here i have enjoyed the best of south indian food in HUMONGOUS quantities....
On the other hand....i do miss north indian food a lot....oh well i guess u cant have everything...

12. I have a sweet tooth which is really enjoying itself here....thanks to my patti who makes a sweet every friday

13. I don
13 I dont like to lie....however i am quite good at it ;-)

14. I love programming, give me a piece of code to work on...and i ll keep at it till i get myself a solution...come....wat...may

15. I believe in god....he ll always guide u when u need him to.....
dukh me sumiran sab kare..
sukh me kare na koi
jo sukh me sumiran kare
dukh kahe ko hoe

16. I am damn lazy and keep postponing my work....till its too late...
Procrastination is a sin, I know it is wrong...i ll stop it.....but TOMORROW!!!!

17. I miss delhi....sigh....home sweet home :-(

18. I believe that its all about will power....if u believe u can do something....u can....if u believe u cant...u cant!!

19. I can be very persuasive at times....however i do tend to get pushy...and i sometimes become too adamant...i know thts not good but.....

20. Hmm...I dont know enough about myself.....so time for self reflexion is it....

Hmm...i dunno who else to tag....so i re tag all those people who tagged me......

I Wanna Go Home

Those bloody rains have led to me not going home. I had booked tickets and everything and i wanted to go home on 23rd after writing the last exam...bunking one week if college...but these gods have conspired and decided i dont get to go home...i have an exam on 27th
Life is really frustrating, first i take a totally uncharacteristic decision of not going home during study hols as this is supposed to be a crucial semester...then the exams start getting postponed...then i decide to break my hand...which therby ensures i cannot go home now...
I guess this is what u call fate....i mean u have something in mind but something totally unexpected and unrelated ends up happening.
I mean, who would have thought i would end up in some bloody college in chennai, waiting eagerly to go home to delhi. No one can predict what is gonna happen with them in the future....everything is preordained isnt it..
We often feel, when something happens to us that...hmm...havent i done this before..is that because in some portion of our mind, we already know what is going to happen.Dreams, some say are an indicator of the future, the beliefs that things that we dreamt of early in the morning ...might actually have a scientific reason.
who knows whats gonna happen tomorrow...the best we can do is to work towards what we want and hope that it happens...
Karm karo , fal ki itcha mat karo...
ANywayz, i can do nothing now but hope that i find a solution to this bloody problem, and find my way home..

Its gonna RAIN again...

I dunno why but for some reason the rain gods have fallen in love with chennai and seem to be working overtime....
Even the match seems destined to be cancelled and its gonna continue to be reaaaalllyy boring around here.
I somehow seem to prefer the days when there was water scarcity...i atleast used to get a bit of exercise running back and forth with buckets of water...now wat with my granny's cooking and this leave i am gonna BLOAT.
Hmm...those were the days, the moment u hear the sound of the 'thanni lorry' chuck anything that u might be doing and get ready for the start of 15 minutes of breathtaking frenetic activity!!
I think that was the only time when i have met all my neighbours and interacted with them. Its like a festival or a fish market or more like a free for all brawl with everyone rushing about madly and shouting at anyone who dares to come between them and their water(reminiscent to coming between a tiger and its cub).
Wat with all this activity, life at least used to be a bit lively.
Anywaz,if things continue as they are, no such luck for the next 2 yrs.
Thats all for now
Bye!!

mei fir vela ho gaya

These bloody rains have finally had a positive effect....our exams have been postponed and i now find myself vela at a time when i least expected it.
Not knowing how to spend this unexpected free time, i decided to go and break my hand.....left one.All bcos i wanted to reach home in time to see dhoni explode with his shots...i exploded instead on the way home, and ended up having to go to the hospital instead of to my tv set.not that there was anything to be seen though, bloody team collapsed by 45th over.
anywaz,i had to get myself a tetanus injection(i was better than saif in salaam...), and some cleaning of wound and stuff. i go home thinking that the worst is over only to find out next day that i have a hairline fracture in my hand(left).
chalo,nice experience, i gotta go now.....

FINALLY....

Leave has been declared by the university for a week during christmas...i can finally go home...have already started planning the trip.
But i do have these godforsaken exams to contend with before i can enjoy...hope the time flies..
I have finally gotten down to studying as the tension has started to come in terms with the exams beginning in 3 days..
I gotta go and study now....Signing OFF