Harry Potter reminded

I downloaded the songs from the movie New York, along with which i also got a few wallpapers. I saw this one, and it instantly reminded of Harry, Hermione and Ron!


The acoustic version of 'Hai Junoon' is really nice. Looking forward to watch the movie.

Remembrance

I never wrote a post regarding my separation from the institute. I always thought, the time has not yet come. Just before the date of vacating my hostel and leaving Chennai (20th May 2009), I was so much occupied with the formalities of getting out of institute, packing my stuff, and spending those quality moments with my pals, that I never thought it worth spending time to write a post on how sentimental I was getting. I came back,and the journey was equally engaging with 9 of us traveling together in a single bay.

I came here to Bhopal, again occupied myself with meeting friends and relatives, and spending time with family. So of much work is going on in my house, that I almost never get bored. Internet gives a great way to stay connected, and watching Wonder Years, I make the days even more eventful. Most of all, I am so excited that so many of my friends will be here in a couple of days. I am sure, we will have a blast together.

But, all this is illusion, or say, making up for what I am leaving behind. Remembering those days when teasing Dhamki used to be a routine, talking about rock songs and bands with Danda enthused me to listen and acquire more knowledge about them, admiring Bulla's social networking adventures, talking about mess food with Sreeni, seeing Tattu watch those waterpolo videos over and over, watching Doodh toiling day and night over those CS assignments, S9 babu listening to those old, forgotten, retro hindi songs, galling Baba for spending most of the time out of the hostel, laughing at Bhondu for loosing against the forces of nature which gave him his tummy, the lost Antenna, searching for someone to agree to his arguments, seeing Bachha play footer, listening to the same song again & again from Moli's room, sleeping Dilli and the music he played at the loudest volume levels, studious Chola bhai, working for more number of hours than most of cannot even imagine, calling Mamme for coffee at the most odd hours, waking up Dedh in the morning for class, switching off the lights at night in Hulla's room, and myself & Fkd paining junta with our musical endeavors.

There is so much more I will be reminded of in years to come, but I wish these are not the only memories with these people.... and there is more to come. I had this sudden motivation to write this article because I just watched the second last episode of third season from Wonder Years, wherein, Carren turns 18. Two quotes from those:

"Some things are deeper than time and distance", hope this friendship is one of those things.

I will keep remembering those unforgettable moments. I will keep watching those videos, those photographs, in a false attempt to relive those days. I will keep in touch..... till then, goodbye!

IPL Season 2

In the end... IPL T20 episode 2 was awesome. Right to the final 3 balls to spare, both teams had a chance. I had no favorites today, just enjoyed cricket. But their was one moment in those 3.5 hours, where I truly wanted Deccans to win. I don't know how many of you saw Gilly during the break (just before RCB started to bat), when they were in a huddle. He was so charged up giving that pep talk to his team mates. I know he was not very satisfied with the target they had posted, but the fighting spirit remained. The enthusiasm was visible from his body language. His eyes were telling, that its not yet over.

The way things proceeded for Deccans were magical. Ojha and Harmeet came to the party, supported by Symonds and RP can only be done by a spirited group of individuals. Never in a cricket match before I have heard (or rather seen the player's lip-movement) players saying Fuck so many times. I remember it being done twice by Ojha, twice by Harmeet, and endless number of times by the Australian badger Symonds. The pressure was so very evident on the players, still they all maintained the highest standards while fielding.

Another person who impresses me at the end of it all (or rather I should say the beginning of a big phenomenon) is Lalit Modi. At the start of IPL season 2, or rather I should say that even in the process of getting the IPL season 2 started, the kind of leadership, vision, execution, presentation, flexibility this guy has shown, are highly admirable. He made a statement around a month ago saying that IPL season 2 will be a Sports marketting case, which will be studied by students around the world, and I think he was right. Not only in India, the kind of publicity it has got in SA has been phenomenal. The packging of the music bands performing during the breaks, the fly-cam showing the never before view of the game, the spectacular opening and closing ceremonies, all will be etched in my memories. On the other hand, when I was searching for information on Modi, I found the following:

Lalit Modi was charged and pleaded guilty to possession of 400 grams of cocaine, assault and kidnapping in 1985 while he was a student at Duke University, USA. He pleaded guilty on all charges and was sentenced to two years in prison. However, he did not serve any prison time and came back to India in 1986 after being released on probation.

In 2007 a PIL was filed in Mumbai High court challenging his position in BCCI on pretext of his criminal history. Though the court refused to unseat Modi, it asked the BCCI "to implement stringent regulatory measures so that those involved in criminal cases, not just illegal drugs but other serious charges have no place in administration".

Interesting what this man has done in all these years. Another intersting observation, Modi came up to the podium during the closing ceremony wearing a PINK tie and with a PINK hankerchief in his coat pocket. Interesting choice of color Mr.Chairman.

Looking forward to the T20 world cup, and IPL 2010 !

Move on!

Yesterday night, we laughed, we ate, we drank, we spoke, we cried, we stumbled, we puked, and finally crashed... but in the morning, the music continued.

Mujhe Dilli ho gaya

Its 6:30 in the morning, and in the past 24 hours I have had around 5 hours of music, 2 hours of academic work, 7-8 hours of chatting with friends, 3-4 hours into basic biological activities like eating, shitting etc. and only around 5 hours of sleep.

Above all might not be very amusing, but all of this coming after 2 night outs and an absolute sleep deprived state is a rare feat for me. I was also exposed to a new place to hangout, the sandwich shop in front of Ascendas, at 4 in the morning. The sandwiches taste all the more delicious at that hour. In my last month of the final semester at IIT Madras, I have found something new to try out. With all the hostel nights scheduled in coming 10 days, there are going to be many such sleepless nights. I wonder how I am going to do all the BTP work (with my prof himself showing so much enthu in the project).

I think the title of the post requires some explaination. Next to my room, lives Ravikant Karan, aka Dilli, who has this peculiar habit of putting night outs watching videos, TV series, etc. and then sleeping all the day long (he was awake last night also, even accompanied me to Ascendas). So, we have named this condition of sleeping in broad daylight, and becoming active in the dark hours as the 'Dilli Syndrome'. I guess I am a victim.

Ok then, I will go to sleep now, please wake me up 2 hours before the road race. Till then, please dont disurb.

Please give me some coffee!

Its 3 o'clock in the night. I am writing this post sitting in the DCF (Departmental Computing Facility) of DoMS (Department of Management Studies). Mamme came to my room half an hour back, and asked if I would like some coffee. With my intentions of putting a night out, this seemed to be an irrefutable proposition. Hence there we were, myself, Mamme and Moli, walking at this odd hour to the DoMS building.

On our way, Mamme tells me that he is not sure if he can get us coffee. Thats when I realized that this is could be one of those so called 'adventurous' and absolutely idiotic missions, where we all claim to have had fun, or do something 'out of the box'. But essentially, we make a complete fool of ourselves. But still, its fun!

And what I was afraid of, did happen. The DCF in-charge dennied access to the coffee vending machine, even after Mamme's painful pleeing. But still, I have made something out of this, as I am writing this post well after the hours of LAN cut in the hostel. Now its time for 3 of us to walk back to the hostel in this sleepy, coffee-less night.

B.Tech. photographs

It was in the sixth (Jan-May 2008) semester that the whole of mechanical batch (that joined in 2005) had their last course together. Since then, I saw all mechies together in the Industrial Lecture exam sometime in the end of Sept 2008. Though I never really participated in academics with full enthusiasm, but classes were usually fun, with all these friends around.

It was today after that exam, when almost around 30 mechies came together for the BTech photograph session i front of SAC. Though I sorely missed the presence of some of my close friens in mech, but still it was nice for us to get together.



The session also had naval arch. students gathering. I was involved with them so much for the last 4 years (thanks to 3 naval students in my wing), that I almost felt like a family with them, and they too embraced me with equal warmth.

I think now the next stop will be convocation on 31st July 2009.