Its been almost about a month that i last contributed to this section and for reasons hard to know , its getting rather difficult to manage . I would , however, try my best to stay in touch and keep you all posted with new happenings.
It was an eventful day today and couldnt have asked for a better climax.Heading out towards the country-side was indeed so mesmerising that it has stocked me up with the energy to sustain the cheer for very many days to come. I cant help but wonder about how life has its uncanny way to get you things that you always wanted and whats strange is that when you have it , you stare at life in dis-belief . The larger-than-life picture that the Yash Chopra & Karan Johar painted in the minds of a common Indian will never be forgotten for they sparked a desire in me to live a life thats so close to serenity and nature. Todays trip towards the country-side reminded me of how much my heart and mind was indebted to Indian cinema for having created greater aspirations . The vast and never ending planes of Scotland would instantly have your mind recap the images of ShahRukh Khan driving swankiest of cars chasing elegant actresses.The shades of green and brown.The pine trees,the meadows and the rivers. Wow ! These hold joy thats much more than and beyond just their visual beauty ! I call it visual Orgasm !!
The climax was again a typical Bollywood inspired one - Bang,Action,Boom and satisfying end after a gruelling session ! Yes. I cooked my first dinner today. I know it sounds frivulous to most of you but it was quite an experience for me. You know eat-on-bed routines of your mothers affection can sometime mislead you to luxuries but whats more satisfying is the whole act of feeding yourself what you have made !! I made for myself Paneer ki Sabji (or thats what i like to call it !) and Parantha and chawal and they tasted better than the best of cuisines i ever tasted. The bottomline being - You enjoy everything but when you do things you enjoy them a little more and this little is the latent that has you cross the threshold of the abstract intercept between Joy and satisfaction.
Iam happy.
Well, I have been in constant touch with most of you and for the rest , Iam looking forward to hearing soon and often from you ! Its been months and the nostalgia has faded (or is fading !
). New life has begun and it certainly is exciting. It was nice to hear the diversity of pursuits among most of us From Business to Biochemistry to Brewing to MBA to Corporate career and what not. We certainly are going places and whats most exciting is that all of these are far away from each other !! Nice ! You know sometimes i sit down at night and remember those days of Seemab crying or Anita screaming or Merryn flying high on crumbling wings ! Well, those were the days and we will never get it back. 606 and its benches have left an indelible mark in my mind and these are one of those that are cherished !
Love you all
Friday, September 18, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Bit more.
The day is finally visible on the horizon. The fear of living away from domicile has started to creep in and all the things that excited me to set off flying into distant lands today look weaker with cause. Every inanimate object demands from me a sense of attachment and nostalgia and almost every visible entity seems to be strong enough to evoke a deep-felt gratitude to this country that has made life so easily liveable and equally enjoyable!!
Iam sitting on my bed at this moment with a mixed tide of emotions and thoughts crowding the dimensional spaces of mind.Iam proud as at last there is connectivity in this little place which was almost insignificant a few years back. Today every kid here talks of ipods,fancy phones and mobile softwares.Although this must be one of the countable-on-hand connections but still there has been a beginning and the change is loudly evident in every facet of rural indian lifestyle.Be it mobile phones or internet or DTH or luxury cars - they speak and certainly loud enough.
Then there is the whole fear of living away from all of this commotion for almost 2 years starting sept 7th.Would i live in juvenile excitements of foreign land or would i succumb to adoloscent nostalgia of home-sickness and make my stay miserable? Iam sure of the former but the fear of the latter haunts nevertheless.
Then a more recent and temporary happiness is for all the guys who are coming down to my place for a brief stay. They are expected by tommorow night and we are looking to travel around Ooty,Bandipur and every distance we can cover in this little time. This trip is particularly saddening as it awakens old memories - memories of all those who would have never missed this trip had they the chance. Man how fast time flies by and how many tricks it does. Time is almost like an optical illusion, only much more real and unlike an illusion !! I know my thoughts are oxymoron-ish but well thats what i feel and is pretty much the truth.15 days from today at this time i hope i will be writing the same blog but from a new place among new people ,high on something new and with some new dope on my life.
But it is really dissapointing and discouraging to find such a sparse readership and almost no response to the blog and the posts. I hope these (dis)feelings will never be strong enough to have me stop writing as i honestly want conversations to go on and on for years and never stop.Imaging 5 years down the line this blog will be like a priceless memoir of all the the little things that we want to know about our college days.I just love this whole connectivity revolution brought in by the social media. It makes the world look finite enough to be thought about.
Just ended a conversation with Sumedh and Akshat and we were planning what ll we would do once they are here tommorow around this time !! Elaborate and exquisite plans on !
Ok. Now i must take your leave as there are many businesses unfinished that are craving for some worthy attention. Lot of things to wind up before i leave and many more things to initiate. I think life is meant to remain busy forever and ever. You will spend all the time wondering why do we remain so occupied !!
Cheers !!
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Lalitha speaks
So, since this is my first entry here, let me start off by saying that these past 2 months have been a rollercoaster ride of sorts. The first few days after the exams were done, things were confusing. Where do I go from here? How is life going to be without college? Honestly, college wasn't my something i liked. Infact i dreaded coming to class everyday. The prospect of having to sit through 3 theory hours and then 3 practical hours again was too much to handle. Lunch break was the only solace. Our saving grace. But somehow, as the years moved on, we all started to get to know each other better, and before we knew it, class was fun, be it for the back benchers like us, who started off sitting in the corner listenin to music, or for the front benchers who ended up joining in with our chaos by the end of it. Everythin from making teachers cry, to copying during tests,to being reprimanded for not doing our records, it was all part of our college experience. Something we can never go back to again. Right now, I am doing my MSc in regenerative medicine at Manipal Instutute of Regerative Medicine. There are exactly 13 students in my class. Its a whole new feel altogether. I hadn't really thought about Jain for a long time until i entered my new classroom. The same anticipation hit me. I was anxious to see my new classmates. A brand new start. It reminded me of my first day at Jain, how frigging lost I was. As scared as I was, i knew that the next 2 years in my new college wouldn't be bad! Infact, it'd be awesome! I had survived 3 years in Jain, and had fun while i was at it!! It gave me hope :) I really miss the 80+ strong crowd of our old class, and how much ruckus we created those 3 years. It'll never be the same again. But we havta move on, and make new memories. :)I know that most of us are either doing our masters or working. I can't believe that we were fresh outta school when we joined Jain! 17-18 year olds, lost, and confused. Look at us now! It makes me smile. :)Anyhoo, I shall sign off now. I shall continue blogging here as frequently as possible. Thank you Chirag, for keeping this blog alive! Hats off to you!All the very best guys!! *Group hug*Cheers! Lalitha
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Life must go on....
Its been almost 60 days since most of us last saw each other and the memories are still fresh - saddest part being Iam getting used to this kind of life now. There are times in life when you so much want something and with passing time your wanting slowly gets decadent and eventually remains to be just a silly desire which no longer holds any relevance. At precisely these moments , one is forced to question the genuineness and purity of their feelings. The answer is - Time - something that can ellicit the most powerful emotions and convert it to mere "memories".
But well, Iam happy that iam over everything that i believed was like an emotional speed breaker. None of us, i would like to believe, like being weighed down by such feelings and stay in the past forever. Life has been good and going on a track that looks extremely promising and convincingly with expectations. Sometimes you dont believe happenings in life simply because you choose not to . I always love to say "Chase is better than the catch". The anticipation of something good to happen or some incrdulous dream to materialize is , i observe, often more joyous than the joy of living it. Perhaps the secret of life is all about wanting . This consistent wanting in life sets new agendas and flagposts for buying an occasional bout of happiness !! I have always been thinking of moving to a distant land,amidst a new culture, people and live a life that so intriguing. Now iam closer to it than i was say a year ago but iam not happy anymore , rather not excited as i used to be. What is it with life that when you get what you wish , you begin to despise it. Same is with people,relationships and everything else that you can think of !!
Look, with nothing much of "wordly" thngs to do,man often resorts to the gratification of the philosophical outlook to life. But it certainly is exciting. Whats more exciting is to hear what has been happening of people you spent three years with .
Shilpa is all set to get married. We met the couple a few days back and they looked amazing together , extremely happy and "in anticipation" !!.
Facebook also happened to inform me that Sadia Masood is married. How interesting !!
Sumedh & Akshat are hunting for a job and Ankita and Pep have enrolled themselves into s diploma course at JNC. Aman and cheryl are awaiting their documents to file their visa and Bhavya is all excited to fly to Edinburgh. I have already booked my flight and iam moving out on September 7th . Abel is already wearied of the extended monotony of Biotechnology and a sizeable chunk of people have joined Jain college again for their postgraduation. While there are some who are clueless of what to do , there are the others already brimming with academic excitements. It surely is a very differing and contrasting set of events happening with our lives.
Well, i have always tried to be regular in writing but other writing commitments leave me with almost no time even to have a healthy sleep and added to that are the shopping fits that i occasionally get. Oh !! I have been doing a lot of it now and oxford bookstore is something thats having me pass off my extra worthless time which i spend in reading some interesting litreture over some interesting brew of tea !
Wats happening with you ? I thought this platform would serve a noble purpose but its purpose seems to have been over-estimated ! I hope people will write in and share their lives and stay connected . life is too short to waste time on drifting apart you see :-)
Cheers !!
But well, Iam happy that iam over everything that i believed was like an emotional speed breaker. None of us, i would like to believe, like being weighed down by such feelings and stay in the past forever. Life has been good and going on a track that looks extremely promising and convincingly with expectations. Sometimes you dont believe happenings in life simply because you choose not to . I always love to say "Chase is better than the catch". The anticipation of something good to happen or some incrdulous dream to materialize is , i observe, often more joyous than the joy of living it. Perhaps the secret of life is all about wanting . This consistent wanting in life sets new agendas and flagposts for buying an occasional bout of happiness !! I have always been thinking of moving to a distant land,amidst a new culture, people and live a life that so intriguing. Now iam closer to it than i was say a year ago but iam not happy anymore , rather not excited as i used to be. What is it with life that when you get what you wish , you begin to despise it. Same is with people,relationships and everything else that you can think of !!
Look, with nothing much of "wordly" thngs to do,man often resorts to the gratification of the philosophical outlook to life. But it certainly is exciting. Whats more exciting is to hear what has been happening of people you spent three years with .
Shilpa is all set to get married. We met the couple a few days back and they looked amazing together , extremely happy and "in anticipation" !!.
Facebook also happened to inform me that Sadia Masood is married. How interesting !!
Sumedh & Akshat are hunting for a job and Ankita and Pep have enrolled themselves into s diploma course at JNC. Aman and cheryl are awaiting their documents to file their visa and Bhavya is all excited to fly to Edinburgh. I have already booked my flight and iam moving out on September 7th . Abel is already wearied of the extended monotony of Biotechnology and a sizeable chunk of people have joined Jain college again for their postgraduation. While there are some who are clueless of what to do , there are the others already brimming with academic excitements. It surely is a very differing and contrasting set of events happening with our lives.
Well, i have always tried to be regular in writing but other writing commitments leave me with almost no time even to have a healthy sleep and added to that are the shopping fits that i occasionally get. Oh !! I have been doing a lot of it now and oxford bookstore is something thats having me pass off my extra worthless time which i spend in reading some interesting litreture over some interesting brew of tea !
Wats happening with you ? I thought this platform would serve a noble purpose but its purpose seems to have been over-estimated ! I hope people will write in and share their lives and stay connected . life is too short to waste time on drifting apart you see :-)
Cheers !!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Baked
Relationships,in life, thrive on certain underlying "taken-for-granted"ness. This gets us rid of the psychological veil that engineers every movement and words to "look better". But with friends, you dont have to be someone else to keep them happy and impressed. Its you and all about being yourself.
Its interesting to see how we evolve with every relationship in life and how these bondings change to something different with passing time and widening distance and we realise their importance only when we feel any bit lack of it. How ironic ! But well, thats life.
The week has been good with usual coffee and conversations and not to mention the personal affairs of visa and other processes. Java City is probably bored os seeing me but what can i do i have no other place to go and not many people to meet.Whenever i cross Jaynagar or even Bannerghatta road , i cant help but think of those beautiful days when you never worried about whom-to-go-withs of any meet-ups . Yes, i had taken every one and every relationship for granted that i had never bothered to even think what is a life devoid of all these people.Punit's house still beckons me . It has seen all of us in all states of mind - Happy at just having done away with another semester, anxious with an incomplete project to be submitted tommorow, lost in the worst of trips and sometimes just doing nothing , staring at the wall for hours together sipping on lemon tea with cigarettes ! I cant help thinking of all these things . I mean how will you feel when you are ripped off something so precious .
Well, Aashish and myself were in for a good treat when we just bumped into "bakwaas" at Garuda . We had booked ourselves on the premier show of "Morning Walk" at Inox (Guess what ??!! We walked out within 15 minutes of its start :o) But this time meeting her was different from all these years. I suddenly felt the new-ness that we felt during the first few days of college. The phase of getting-to-know . I could no longer feel the take-for-grantedness with her . Ys she was still a very dear friend but something had come in between . Some formality is creeping in and it is so creepy to see that. I only hope that come what may, the closeness remains forever and even if we meet after many years , we will not have to display a formal gesture to make people feel comfortable.
Love
Chirag
Its interesting to see how we evolve with every relationship in life and how these bondings change to something different with passing time and widening distance and we realise their importance only when we feel any bit lack of it. How ironic ! But well, thats life.
The week has been good with usual coffee and conversations and not to mention the personal affairs of visa and other processes. Java City is probably bored os seeing me but what can i do i have no other place to go and not many people to meet.Whenever i cross Jaynagar or even Bannerghatta road , i cant help but think of those beautiful days when you never worried about whom-to-go-withs of any meet-ups . Yes, i had taken every one and every relationship for granted that i had never bothered to even think what is a life devoid of all these people.Punit's house still beckons me . It has seen all of us in all states of mind - Happy at just having done away with another semester, anxious with an incomplete project to be submitted tommorow, lost in the worst of trips and sometimes just doing nothing , staring at the wall for hours together sipping on lemon tea with cigarettes ! I cant help thinking of all these things . I mean how will you feel when you are ripped off something so precious .
Well, Aashish and myself were in for a good treat when we just bumped into "bakwaas" at Garuda . We had booked ourselves on the premier show of "Morning Walk" at Inox (Guess what ??!! We walked out within 15 minutes of its start :o) But this time meeting her was different from all these years. I suddenly felt the new-ness that we felt during the first few days of college. The phase of getting-to-know . I could no longer feel the take-for-grantedness with her . Ys she was still a very dear friend but something had come in between . Some formality is creeping in and it is so creepy to see that. I only hope that come what may, the closeness remains forever and even if we meet after many years , we will not have to display a formal gesture to make people feel comfortable.
Love
Chirag
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Mr.Sumedha speaks
Finally the day we dreaded has cum ….all the bgbians hve left on d quest of life ….all d sad goodbyes r done ……the tears hve cum n gone n ts d “aww!! I miss u phase of life”…..well gone r those days of chai n sutta n bike rides….those silly lil arguments …..small lil gossips ….runnin arnd fr diagrams to b drawn ….those long hours of classes n practs ……….well those 3 wndrful years of coll n SBMJC r dne …….sigh
Ths has been by far the best days of my life ……..i hve learnt so much frm the city n frm the ppl n t ….ya I knw I may hve cribd abt d place n al bt hey wat d heck I miss evry thng abt the city………n most importantly my frnds wid out whom I jus cant do…….n as a person I hve grwn …I came nto d city as an eagr 18 yr old n I leave as a mature( I hope lol) 21 yr old ….
Wel as of nw am bck hme n Mumbai ….n d hunt fr d job hs begun J…n sittin at hme jus intensifies d whole feelin of bein detacthd….memories run arnd me lik a well edited sad film wit d rite choice of songs…mind jus keeps playin these games again n again as a auto wala plays himeshs trcks n mumbai s rickshaws….lol
Well nys I jus wouldn do justice to our memories f I had to jot dwn every1 of thm …….so I shall leave here ….waitin to read ur articles ……..
Cheers n lots of lovee
su/sumedh/sumadesh /sumedhas
Ths has been by far the best days of my life ……..i hve learnt so much frm the city n frm the ppl n t ….ya I knw I may hve cribd abt d place n al bt hey wat d heck I miss evry thng abt the city………n most importantly my frnds wid out whom I jus cant do…….n as a person I hve grwn …I came nto d city as an eagr 18 yr old n I leave as a mature( I hope lol) 21 yr old ….
Wel as of nw am bck hme n Mumbai ….n d hunt fr d job hs begun J…n sittin at hme jus intensifies d whole feelin of bein detacthd….memories run arnd me lik a well edited sad film wit d rite choice of songs…mind jus keeps playin these games again n again as a auto wala plays himeshs trcks n mumbai s rickshaws….lol
Well nys I jus wouldn do justice to our memories f I had to jot dwn every1 of thm …….so I shall leave here ….waitin to read ur articles ……..
Cheers n lots of lovee
su/sumedh/sumadesh /sumedhas
Special series - Start
Now that iam doing unjust with something i startd with so much passion, heres another attempt to rekindle the spark that is to remain for a very very long time now.
Life's going at a rather slow and torturous pace off-late. There is nothing much to do and added to that are the nostalgic moments and the regret of not being able to afford even a friend for a cup of coffee. Also i have been shuttling between mysore and bangalore trying to get my visa papers and other legalities in place. Iam also looking to start a very ambitious project despite being very poor on time. I think few things in life just need a start and it goes on automatically. This project aims at documenting the scene of rural education in india and also doing some sessions for these kids whose potential often go unexploited !! Any of you interested can get in touch and all you ideas and inputs are always welcome.
Anyways, i was talking of a special series that begins from tommorow. I would invite people, one by one, to write us all an article sharing their heart for the blog. Iam trying to contact as many people as possible but if i cant reach you just understand that it is because i dont know how to !!! So please feel free to mail me your writing and i shall post it .
Hoping atleast this would be a success
Stay tuned
Love - Loads & loads
Life's going at a rather slow and torturous pace off-late. There is nothing much to do and added to that are the nostalgic moments and the regret of not being able to afford even a friend for a cup of coffee. Also i have been shuttling between mysore and bangalore trying to get my visa papers and other legalities in place. Iam also looking to start a very ambitious project despite being very poor on time. I think few things in life just need a start and it goes on automatically. This project aims at documenting the scene of rural education in india and also doing some sessions for these kids whose potential often go unexploited !! Any of you interested can get in touch and all you ideas and inputs are always welcome.
Anyways, i was talking of a special series that begins from tommorow. I would invite people, one by one, to write us all an article sharing their heart for the blog. Iam trying to contact as many people as possible but if i cant reach you just understand that it is because i dont know how to !!! So please feel free to mail me your writing and i shall post it .
Hoping atleast this would be a success
Stay tuned
Love - Loads & loads
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