Saturday, November 21, 2009

Well it's time for another update but I think it's 3 days earlier, the reason for that you will come to know as you read.
The following are not in sequence but in random order, because it's tought to recollect so many things in sequence.

1. Forgot SAM's birthday (21st Nov), will never forget this day in my life...So called her up and said infinite sorries...and she agreed by the condition that I would send her a song written especially for her.(Started writing the blog after the call :) ).

2. Well to start off, went to Divyansh's and Ashwini's bday party at china valley( total bill was 10,000 !!!) :P.

3. Went for shopping in vashi's raghuleela where rishabh took 4 hours and bought nothing and I took 30 mins and did a shopping of 4000 !!. Divyansh was the sufferer who was the audience for the whole time. Mohit and Ajeytaa were also there.

4. Finally going to hyderabad for the Ascend Program by Jet Airways flight on Monday. Our whole batch is going to stay in a 5-star hotel for 2 days and 2 nights :), so just imagine the amount of fun.

5. Bought tickets for the India-Aus cricket match which was going to be held at DY Patil Stadium but the match was washed out due to rains. :(, but the tickets got refunded and instead of the match we hanged out in vashi ( We = Me, rishabh, tanvi , ajeytaa , divyansh, mohit , vaibhav). We played pool,ate ice cream at hokey pokey's and food at bhagat tarachand, awesome maxxx food, reminded me of Jodhpur.!!!(This was the first day I went by car to vashi officially, informing my parents about it :P).

6. Went to tanvi's house (in Tardeo) for a night out, where we played poker ( I won the max , doubled the money). Tanvi made awesome burgers for us, in which we helped her cook. I ate three of them :).I, rishabh and tanvi did a marathon walk to marine drive because tanvi wanted to prove that her house was 10 mins away from marine drive, played dumb-charades and ate at chowpatty, I and Tanvi did a bottoms up on a jaljeera soda in which I won :P, travelled ticketless in train from marine lines to Grant road,watched the movie "Exorcist", slept only 1 hour at her house, and went back in the morning. We called up ajeytaa at 4:30 am from tanvi's house(she was awake !! at that time), I decided to act like I was drunk and she totally fell for it, once again proving that ajeytaa is dumb as usual. :P (People involved in this trip :- Me, rishabh , tanvi , divyansh, shashank , alpita)

7. Then one day went to rishabh's place for a night out.Since we were engrossed with carrom in office, I brought my carrom board to rishabh's place. we also played poker, in which I won a few bugs. Tanvi and I defeated rishabh and Divy by 4-0 in carrom :).Later we went to drop Tanvi at her house which was a interesting journey, we played "make a story" and later we all discussed our bucket list (the things we would like to if we knew we are going to die in a year) and we all became senti types :) but soon returned to normal.Ajeytaa joined us at Bandra station, where her phone went dead and I had to try hard to find her in the crowd. Dallas joined us in marine drive after which we( Me, ajeytaa, rishabh, divy and dallas) all went to flora fountain and ate the most infinite maxx awesome sizzlers of our lives.

8. Then again one day, we decided a night out at rishabh's place. Again we played poker etc. Ajeytaa joined us after her AIMCAT.Again we went to drop Tanvi, but this time through Bandra- Worli sea link :). (Awesome feel....).

9. Finally made a facebook account that only to add work friends and play online poker and nothing else.( not adding any IIT "friends" etc.)

10. Finally got a billable project after I talked to Amita in a sarcastic manner. The new project is Johnson and Johnson (based on informatica and kalido and right now working on A+ module of the project with bhushan). I did some SIT(system unit testing for the CTR module by which the project manager was impressed to see my dedication). Basically now I am going to work on a new tool altogether - Informatica, which further expands my skill set after SAP-BW.

11. Reguarly going to society gym at nights after 9 pm(because nobody is there after that time). Feeling quite fit now-a-days, have reduced 1 kg already and feeling something heavy on my biceps :). I regularly praise about my biceps etc but people like ajeytaa and tanvi bring me down to earth when they poke me at my belly :(. Still lot to lose, hoping I would succeed.

12. Watched ajab prem ki gazab kahani in vashi with rishabh, tanvi , ajeytaa and divyansh. Enjoyed a lot, few scenes were god like. (Some people tried to apply brain in this movie so they would certainly hate the movie :) ).

13. I, rishabh, ajeytaa, vaibhav, mohit, tanvi , janani, we all went to nirmal lifestyle one day. There , we ate at McD, played pool, bowling, watched the movie "Julie and Julia" which was all about food and food. ( We all felt so hungry in between the movie that in interval we all went out like hungry tigers and bought everything possible to buy in those 5 mins and ate all those throughout the movie :P ). After all this, since everyone didn't pay at once, I prepared an excel sheet with color coding and graphical depiction of all the expenses (activity wise and individual wise) and also the due amount of each person. They started calling me excel God since then :P.

14. Went to Yokos sizzlers with vandita, srijoy (My SAP-BW buddies), divyansh, ashish mangal, and dallas. Played dumb-charades there. (Vandita is awesome in dumb-charades).

15. Well as mentioned in above posts, everywhere we played dumb-charades whenever we got a chance. Like in marine drive, our team(rishabh, me and divyansh) defeated (Tanvi, alpita , shashank) where tanvi was known as a renowned player. Ajeytaa's acting skills are horrible in dumb-charades. Divyansh is the worst (He is although good in giving names of movies to opponent, one eg:- Blizkrieg). I and rishabh make the perfect team. I can act well and he can guess very well.We even played it in office (canteen , breakout area, near divyansh's desk).

16. The sports meet of deloitte is going to be in Jan, I am the volleyball SPOC (single point of contact). I may also play cricket in this (My long lost love :)).

17. I and ajeytaa had a serious fight when I somehow managed to find an old photo of her in which she had a pony tail( Hahahaha:) ). She was very happily laughing and constantly waking me up in the bus, but when we reached office and I told her about the pic, her mood changed and she started saying - " Arey yaar sorry naa .. plz dont show this pic to anyone.. plz.. dont mail it.." and when we went to canteen, she stopped talking to me or anyone. The whole day she didn't talk. Then when we were going back rishabh and divyansh were already gone by 5:30 bus, so only me and ajeytaa were left. She finally talked and asked me whether I was coming or not. I was relieved and realized that ajeytaa in deep is a good girl, she forgot everything as if nothing happened. On the way back, I taught her few lines of bengali, listened to songs, and so everything was normal and I was happy. This incident made our friendship more deep. Unfortunately she may leave us next year because she is preparing for CAT this year and she will surely get through it. I, rishabh and divyansh would miss her the most ( humare belapur bus ki shaan - ajeytaa ).

18. Well apart from ajeytaa, there is Tanvi who is like this violent girl, who has her own way of saying what's up(waddup ?? :) ). I always have a "chattis ka akda" with her. She is my carrom buddy in office after rishabh, rival in TT(I always win :P), if by chance we are in a elevator with no seniors around we would start fighting (Yah real fighting - kicking , slapping , hitting, everything ). Ajeytaa accompanies her when she needs help :P but in vain. Rishabh, divyansh have also witnessed this when we go for breakfast to canteen. I told her to sign a peace treaty with me but she doesn't agrees to it.

19. Continuing with fights, another girl - Janani aka Mate aka Freak. She is the freakiest person on earth that you can imagine. She needs a reason to fight thats it. (actually the roots of fight go back to diwali practice when I kicked her when she was not singing properly :P .. ). From that day till this date she calls me her slave and gives me instructions which I never follow. Side by side I am giving her guitar lessons, on gmail voice chats and in general too :P.

20. After all of the above experiences, now comes the most enlightning experience of this month. If you look at this as a third person who might see anything substantial but for me it meant something. So one day I was all happy and smiling, went to office, played guitar, did work and came back home. Suddenly I noticed my wallet is missing. Ohhh my God - I recalled everything that was in my wallet - 2000 rs, driving license, ATM/debit card, My IIT Alumni card, IIT madras's opeth concert ticket, few memorable coffee beans and "one memorable hand-made bday card". I was devastated. I was so angry on myself for being careless. So many memories attached in one wallet and they went away in a flash. I tried to search for it everywhere but in vain. I even checked in the bus in which I came back, my bag, everything but it was not there. I blocked my ATM card by calling customer care. My mom and dad were also angry on me. The driving license is tough to get, also the alumni card. I thought in my mind everything can come back but not the opeth concert ticket and the bday card. I had lost all hope, when I decided to call up Tanvi who was still in office. So I called her up and told her to search for my wallet at two places - my desk and the healing room, is she doesn't finds it then ask the security guards if they have found one or atleast report it to them. She agreed and told me that she would call me back. After about 45 mins, she called and said - "sorry soham ! mujhe nahi mila!. I said- "Security walon ko bola?". She replied - "Haan bola to hain, but keh rahe hain ki aise milna mushkil hain". I agreed. She added - "Kitna cash tha wallet me? " .I said -" Cash ki to chhod, bahut kuch chala gaya saath me :(, driving license , ATM card ". She said -" Ohh ATM card bhi, tune block karaya ATM card ko ?". I was going to say the next statement but she interrupted by saying - "Block karwana bhi mat kyunki I have it with me !!!" . For a moment I thought she is playing a very bad trick with me, so I asked her in a very dormant volcano mode - " Agar tere paas hain to bata kya kya hain uske andar? (I feared she would find the bday card but didn't care that time)". She started by saying - " ATM card, 500 ke note hain, Driving license with a very bad photo of mine, two photographs, IIT ka I-Card..", and I stopped her there only and said - "Wow, I believe you !!!!, awesome max.. thank u thank u ......you dont know how much trouble u have saved me from, I am your slave now, tell me what u want, just tell me... Wow ... thank u thank u ..", and I went on saying things even I don't remember now. This incident just made me realize how easily and how fast one can lose something very close to one's heart, it reminded me again of the importance of remaining satisfied with what we have, we may not value the things which are very next to us but suddenly realize their place in our lives when they are not there.

Well now the reason I feel that I am writing this post 3 days earlier because we all are going to Hyderabad tommorow, and god knows what will happen when 120 of us will attack a 5 star hotel :P.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Updates again ..

1. Watched Wake up Sid, Inglorious Bastards and All the Best ( all in palm beach galleria) and went to McDonalds many times with Rishabh, Ajeytaa, Divyansh and Anupam.

2. Got a participation trophy and certificate for giving background score in the bengali play during durga puja.

3. Got totally involved in the project ( documentation done , right now doing process chains).

4. Got my own sitting place in the office.

5. The break out area where we were trained got transformed totally ( now it has a TT table and carrom boards).

6. Got a surprise Gift from Sam( mummy) through Rakshita. (A card and a calendar with phrases written on friendship for each day, she gave it from her first salary)(Greatest surprise of my life).

7. Was totally involved in the music team for the diwali celebrations - Was on vocals , rhythm guitar and leads too. We played Krishna(colonial cousins)(sung by Janani and pooja), Zombie( sung by Priyanka(PS)), Teri deewani(sung by janani) and Dil Chahta hain(sung by Me). (Dil Chahta hain got the best performance award among all the dances and music performances, we got a 1500rs voucher and a beautifual glass trophy).

8. Went to Imperial Palace in goregoan for our graduation celebration party from Deloitte.(Enjoyed a lot)(Hrithik roshan was shooting there with Ganesh hegde along with lot of models :P, I was ashamed to look at those models but tanvi and ajeytaa told me to enjoy the view :P).

9. Enjoyed the music practice sessions a lot. Went to office on weekends to practice inside the office, that too in full volume, it felt awesome).( We broke one bulb and spilled coke inside the office :P).( All thanks to Janani, Tanvi , Rohan, Vishal and Pooja to make these practice sessions special, will remember for a long time).(They started calling me Hitler and Masterji as I made them practice a lot without mercy).

10. The greening team finally played my song in the inaugural of the Green initiative. They liked it a lot.

11. Celebrated Dallas's and Ajeyta's bday in mantra and poptates respectively.(Divyansh and ashwini on the next).

12. Heard janani shout like mad (Kya screaming hain!! baap re) on phone when she accidentally hit the reply all button to a mail which said - "Today the office is boring, everyone's home and its freezong here."( This mail went to her project manager as well as Parag ( Partner ).(She said she would kill divyansh as he sent the mail first to everyone wishing happy diwali, tomorrow Divyansh's fate would be decided by her).

13. Composed a song in 1 hour along with janani which was to be sung in the graduation party (lyrics written by Ojas, although he was joking at first , but the song came up really nice).(It was replayed at the Diwali Night).

14. Watched "Bedtime stories", "Transfomers 1"(awesome), "Illusionist"(Nice), "Ugly Truth"(Naah), on laptop. Re-wathed " A Walk to Remember" and cried again :P.

15. Went inside D.Y.Patil Stadium and touched the grass :P. Roamed around the whole stadium with Rishabh.

Sunday, September 20, 2009

A few more updates again :-

1. Got the AIEEE scholarship worth Rs.12000 finally and hoping to get 12000 more in this month's salary(Truncated year-end bonus).

2. Finally can drive independently (Drove on palm beach at 110 kmph , Drove till Airoli at 2 am ).

3. Watched the worst movie ever possible on earth - Dil bole haddippa !!!.(all due to Ajeyta :X).

4. Developed a basic HTML site on tomcat server using jsp.(with all validations of test cases).

5. Developing a windows application (Calculator with basic functions + , - , * , /) in order to be more fluent with Visual basic ( only divide operation left ).

6. Learnt a bit of UNIX commands.

7. Was allocated to the Bell Helicopter Project and then rolled off and swapped with someone else after two days because I was over-trained for the project :P.( SAP-BW + IM ) ( Later heard that those allocated have to work on XP instead of vista ).

8. Was praised by the Resource manager for my skills shown during training of SAP-BW.

9. Finally was allocated a project ( as a shadow resource initially ) of SAP-BW named Airgas ( only one to get allocated among 5 ( may be due to the point no.8 ) ) (Client interview would be soon).

10. Got a firm initiative on making a survey for IM Skill sets (which is 95 % completed already ).

11. Got a firm initiative on Informatica mapping generator which will require C# and asp. ( not started yet , will get the details about it soon ).

12. Got the highest marks in the internal Mock test of PLSQL held in office and the only one to pass the exam ( though just :P ).

13. Drove from office to IIT on a bike with ashwini and roamed inside IIT on a bike for first time in my life.

14. Composed a song for the greening team of deloitte which was appreciated a lot by the team (Need to complete the recording of the song ).

15. Co-Made and Co-Edited a video on new hires of Information Management which was shown to the partners who visited mumbai recently (the video was appreciated a lot by them).

16. Will be giving background music for a bengali play during Durga puja on Keyboard (and not on guitar :P, since I dont play keyboard everything will be on instinct and intuition ).

17. Played guitar in the conference room in office :P and then later I and janani recorded the song chandi raatein with her singing and me playing the guitar.

18. Went to guitar shop (CST- Furtados and Musician Mall) with janani and bought new cables and capo for my guitar and helped janani buy her first guitar.

19. Will be giving guitar lessons for free to Janani and Srijoy.

20. Became a expert in Air-Hockey (Ipod version :P) with best career statistics in office( Lost - 1 , Win - rest :P ).

21. Became lot more fluent in SAP - BW after scenarios and case study solving.

22. Talked to S**** on phone after a looong time (3 months) and it felt good :).

23. Celebrated the Birthday watching "Kaminey" with Rishabh and eating a lot(was in the theatre when it was 12 am :P )(no one in office knew it was my birthday and so it was awesome :P )(I called up most of my friends and asked them to wish me :P)(Got some very unexpected calls !!! ).

24. Did a lot of shopping on the occassion of Durga Puja.( mostly formal shirts and trousers).

25. I , Apoorv and rishabh went for bowling in Vashi.(I won the first set and rishabh won the second)

26. Got an extremely beautiful card on rakhi from Sam ( mummy :P ) which made my day.
(Thank You so much mummy )

Why do I feel I am forgetting something here?

Thursday, August 20, 2009

A few more updates :-

1. Had training on infinite number of tools - Datastage , Business Objects ( Designer, Desktop Intelligence, Web intelligence) , SAP Business Intelligence (going on now ...).

2. Learning Excel macros with Visual basic on my own and will evetually develop a software for my society in excel VB.

3. Have to decide on a firm initiative for deloitte.

4. Deciding on year-end goals in deloitte.

5. Planning to learn JAVA and .NET and macros in Access.

6. Well the biggest of all updates- Got an iTouch 8 GB worth 11,000 and also updated
its version to include the search feature.

7. Became expert in Sudoku solving and Pocket tanks.Rubix cube solving is going on
(65 % done).

8. Learned to play 'Stairway to Heaven' on guitar ( except solo ).

9. Lot fluent in SQL and PLSQL now, just got an overview of ABAP ( Programming
language of SAP)

10. A lot more fluent with driving now.

11. Had my convocation on 7th, got the piece of paper saying I am a graduate
commonly known as Bachelor's Degree.

12. Finally will be getting the AIEEE scholarship of 12000.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Well I think I used to write more when my life consisted of nothing. Hehe. Now I am too lazy to write so many things. In short headlines of past few months

1. Trip to south ( bangalore, trivandrum , hyderabad, kanyakumari, ooty , kodiakanal etc.)
2. Talking on phone reduced to 0 hours. ( proud of that :) )
3. Joined deloitte on 29th june ( induction program at renaissance, powai)
4. 1st july, first day at office.
5. Made innumerous new friends from variuos colleges and re-made some "old friends" (:P) )
6. Played guitar innumerous times in office's healing room (well I was not alone, it was like a small party in every break we used to get from training :P)
7. Learned SQL/PLSQL in 2 days and got very well in it as well :P.
8. Learned 'nothing else matters' on guitar. :P
9. Got a new laptop from office worth 1 lakh ( 4GB ram , 160 GB Hard disk :P )
10. Paid attention in class and asked questions for the first time in 5 years.
11. Conference chatting in between lectures :P
12. Lost headphones worth 220 yesterday while coming back from vashi where I went to buy them :P. ( planning to buy new ones with my first salary )
13. Got my driving license :P
14. Went on a drive on palm beach at 135 kmph !!! ( I was not driving :P ).
15. Hatred towards IIT vanished, it's like now I don't care for IIT anymore.But wanna go to the convocation one last time to experience the change in my life since deloitte.


To be frank, deloitte's work culture is awesome. No hidden truths, no manipulations nothing. Everything is transparent and clear. No ban on orkut or gmail chatting.Nothing is banned. It's your choice how u want to drive your career.

Well as I said - too lazy to write any more.. to end just mentioning names of few new friends in office - Rishabh, Dallas( doldo :P ) ,Ninad (sarcasm master :P ), Prasad, Janani (awesome singer), Divyansh, Utsav (intern), Priyanka (query master :P), Ashwini ( re-made friend :P ), Joy,Komal , Aditi, Ashish, Ketki, Apoorv Garg, ... baap re... the list will not end..mushkil hain.. isliye all these + whole IM(Information management) batch :P ...

Well to sum up .. monday has become the best day of the week and sat/sun are the worst. I feel terrible on sat/sun. But tomorrow is monday so Yay!...the best thing out of all this is school wala soham is back :) ... welcome back !

Lets see how long it lasts :)
( tears of happiness :') )

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Awesome Lines

Ek din zindagi aise mukam pe pahuch jayegi.. yaari-dosti sirf Lake Side tak reh jayegi.. Har cup coffee yaad shack ki dilayegi... Aur haste haste fir aankhein nam ho jayegi... Office ke chamber me Labs nazar ayegi... Par chahne pe bhi proxy nhi lag payegi... Paisa to hoga, magar TREATs ki wo wajah kho jayegi... Jee le khulke is pal ko mere dost.....kyuki zindagi in lamhon ko fir se nahi dohrayegi....!

These are not my lines..It was the status message of one of my junior of my wing..I just loved these lines..They tell all the story..

Friday, April 3, 2009

My Profile (Farewell )

Following is my profile written by my friends here. I thank them that they took their time and effort to write such a long profile and also attend it and make it so special for me.. Thanks to Alok, Ravi, Apoorv, Maurya, Kabra, Rahul, Akhil and so many friends who made my Valfi so special.. Thank You so much.. I couldn't say much in my Senti speech that time but I had so much to say...



Soham aka Dada aka Duddu aka motaa

Hanji,yeh hai hamre pyare se mote soham,dudu,duda,dada,daddu aur d involve karte
hue koi bhi aa aur uu sound ka combination.Jyada bhumika nahi bandhenge( shayad
bhumika bura maan jaegi; hehe soham ki shayad koi frnd thi bhumika naam ki) aur koi
lambi chaudi kahani sunane ke bajaye hum seedhe yeh batayenge ki G soham G apni
IIT life ke bare me khud hi kya sochte hai.
To baat hai sophie yr ki tarikh 21 aprail,2007. Soham ne life se frusta ke apni saari
innermost thoghts apne blog pe utar di.Ab hum is masterpiece ko edit karne ki jurrat to
nahi kar sakte,to pesh hai mahakala ka ek mahan namuna.

Girls in IIT

" And I was the happiest man on Earth as I saw my JEE result…on the site…I am going to
be an IITian….now I am relaxed as I have selected my line of career…..and the most
exiciting thing was that I was going to a college…now I am an adult…Seeing movies and
stuffs we get the picture that a college is a very nice place ..where. students enjoy a
lot….boys with their GF’s move around bikes with them on the back seat…hardly
studying….!!!
I also entered the main gate of IIT Bombay…with that same hope…that now I would
also..have a GF and bike…and enjoy my life to the fullest….i settled down in my
hostel…and learnt that the farthest thing next to main gate from our hostel was the girls
hostel….H10..a place filled with the aroma and fragnance of beautiful girls..with nice
outfits..waiting for us ( boys) to take them on their bikes and go…soon the last part of
the dream was converted to cycles as I came to know ..bikes are banned in the
campus…Oh my God!!! The most precious years of our lifes without bikes…..
Then the first day of classes started but as soon as I entered the class room ( that too
after deciphering the code given to us by the insti) I was shocked …the class was nearly
full..But… I could hardly spot any presence of “ females” in the class room…there were
only 10 in the batch of 140….
Out of those 10 only 2-3 were worth talking…and rest were like thw winners of the
contest “ miss worst looks “…”miss worst face”…”miss fatty..”..” miss worst dressed”..So
the ratio comes out to be 130 = males…3= females and 7 = non – males ( the term well
invented by our forefathers..(seniors)..)…sex ratio turns out to be…3/130…I also came to
know from rest of the people of other division that my division consisted of the worst
looking girls from our batch…this added to my unhope…
So seeing the ratio I decided that I would try my level best to patofy a “female”..but
how….now came the lab sessions …we were divided into groups of 6..and our group was
5 boys and 1 girl….again very close to fall in the category of being non- male..but I
thought that if somehow I become good friend of her then that would open the gates of
H10 for me…it was clear now that the competition was tough..( devil inside..>:-: ..)..so
as I had a bit ( only a bit…as I studied in boys school…)of experience..so I started my
journey…..in this journey the thing which helped me a lot was “ yahoo messenger “ and “
Orkut”….i used to get info about our batch girls thru orkut..and then contact them thru
yahoo messenger…and at last day of success came…I was able to contact one girl thru
msngr…her name was R..we used to chat all night long… earlier I used to think that she
only chats with me…but later I came to know that..she chats with everyone..any
one…she was a very free kinda girl….she was the first girl in my life with whom I
discussed s**…what girls think of boys etc… so she became a very nice girl….and now I
had all the names of the girls and even their room no.s…etc…now one day she came to
know about my crush…( yes I had one…not from my same division..)….so I started
getting information about her…(by this time…it was end of the first sem…and our exams
were coming…)..i came to know that she was taking a project under UMIC ….( tech
group) and anyone can join in…so I thought…I would not miss this opportunity..so I told
her that tell her ( my crush) that I wanna do this project….so she did…and so I went to
H10 to talk to my crush over the project..so I was in…I was happy…we were in total 4 in


the project group..2 boys 2 girls..including my crush and one non male…..So our sem
ended and we went home…but I was wanting the holidays to be over as soon as
possible…as I would do the project then.,,Soon the holidays ended and I came back…but
to find out that this sem carries the most weightage in the coming sems….but all this
seemed trivial to me…I was concentrated on my present aim of life:” GF”…so our work
started ..as time passed I realised that she has no feelings on her side for me… this
broke my heart…but still I was continuing my fight..( R earlier warned me that she is not
the girl for me….but I neglected it as I was too much desperate to find one “GF”..)…then
one day…we were working on the Project ..i was inside H10 ( yes I now got an access to
the interiors of H10 from rooms to the corridors..lounge ..which was more than my
dream..he he)…. Another group was also working besides our group ..consisting of “
females” of which one was of our division…and two were of different…. Soon we started
talking…I talked with two of them whose names were K and R1….i found that the amount
of happiness I got with them was much more than…I used to get in my group ….so
whenever they were near I used to talk to them… soon we became very good
friends…and to the limit that…we started studying together…at a lonely place…called GG
…now as I was more intelligent than them…so I cleared their doubts….we even started
hanging out..just the three of us…At GG or ice cream parlours…or canteens..etc…we
were like a gang….of friends…I liked it very much..not because they were girls because
whatever they said resonated with my thoughts…unlike the other junta….i then became
a good guy….i forgot about other girls and was diverted from my main aim….by this time
the anger over my crush has also cooled down…so life became smooth with studies and
as well as in general…. This became the golden period of my iit life,,,till now…then I
could not imagining a day…without talking to them..or giving missed calls…and u know
what now that I was diverted from my aim…flow of girls started coming from
everywhere…even the most hot girls are coming and talking to me…namely A,
R2…R2…she was considered the hottest girl in our batch and she really is,,.now even my
old crush came to me for help in studies….this showed how mean she was..when it was
her need she approached me..and when I was for her…that time she neglected me…but
that didn’t affected me as K and R1 were not like her…so…everything was good….but
now the sem was ending…[But hey I forgot to tell one thing in between….in the first
sem…my friend also had a crush on somebody and that somebody was A….(he got a
crush when she asked him on the way to the play ground where is the teacher)…but he
said that u first contact her and thru u I will get her,.. we used to follow her on cycles
right up to the play grounds and hostels..etc…and to cross the limits I even joined my
frnd’s sports classes..to contact her…so I was going mine as well as his classes…so this
means 4 days a week…but we finally gave up when every means failed….]
Now back to where I was…sem ended…and we all went home…But in my way I went to
Kota…where K lived….I stayed at her house one day and one night..too.. then finally I
went home,,,,….then the problem started….i started missing them ( K and R1)…I couldn’t
sleep at nights…and I thought I am in LOVE but…the question was with whom…??? K or
R1...this was a problem which was to be solved….then I started thinking in terms who
would be better…but I was perplexed….then the vacations ended….i came back….As soon
as I came back I came to know that K is committed now and R1 has a crush on some
senior…I felt bad…but neways R1 only has a crush…now as our departments were
different…so…our subjects were different..and so there was no point in studying
together….but one day I proposed R1 though not so seriously but in chat…she assumed
it to be a joke she said that” u r joking naa” ..now I regularly used to say “ I love u” to
her on chat,,,as that was the only contact,,,we hardly used to meet….and one day I
seriously proposed her….and she still assumed it to be joke…but became a bit
offended…now the frequency of replies declined further until it became 0…. but I still
tried to maintain contact through..missed calls and im’s thru yahoo msngr but nothing
reflected back to me…both of them used to keep their status as busy…and I was all
alone..again…as I was in the beginning…I was surprised that how someone…could forget
all that friendship in one go….all those golden moments shared between us were.. past
now….I realized how they approached me when they needed me the most…( studies
..doubts etc..) and now that our courses are different they forgot me..then what was the
difference between my old crush and them….it came to me as a shock…..I became


frustrated…and I started giving up from the whole concept of GF…thing….and due to that
I was not able to concentrate on my studies….which added to the pressure….and then I
became a perfect IITian without any GF ..frustated from life….losing interest in every
field of life….depressed…..and u become so much frustated that a day comes when u are
writing a guest article in ur friends blog so that…others can know what is all about this
IIT life…and pleading the readers not to aim for or even advise anyone to get into IIT
….or even if he gets in …he needs to be prepared to face a frustrated life…whose popular
name is certainly IIT life…"

ha to yeh rahi soham ki kahani usi ki jubani...
iski key ab hum de dete hai
to jo characters kahe gaye hai


A-3 As Aditi Apeksha aur Ashwini
R-3 Rs pata nahi 123 kaun but ravali rutika aur rashi jaha jo lagana hai laga do
K-Kriti Kapoor

To ab Soham ke thode se detailed kisse,Ladkiyon ke mamle me katne ke

1. In the beginning..... there was Aditi.(Bansal wali)...Dada unko kafi help karte
the...notes, tuts,etc etc....kafi 'acchhi' dosti chal rahi thi......Adti gayi delhi lekin ye acche
dost bane reheni ki fight marte rahe...till she stopped replying to messages n calls...ihan
tak ki jab dada delhi jake usko call kiya milne ke liye tab bhi usnein inka kat diya....
2.Ravali

ravali ne freshie year mein valentine day ke din logon se gujarish ki thi ki uske liye fool (flowers) le aaye
toh hua yeh ki ravali ne soham (elec 4thi) se bhi gulabon ki gujarish ki thi
aur me, rava (and maybe kuch ek do log aur) shaam ko valentine ke din h10 ke samne
khade the aur general gappe maar rahe the
soham cycle se aa raha tha
but ravali akeli nahi thi isliye waise hi bina ruke YP ki aur nikal gaya
ravali ka dhyaan uspe gaya, aur dekha bechara uske liye HN se cycle pe jaake fool lekar
aaya hai
toh ravali ne use aawaj lagayi (i guess call kiya tha)
aur soham ko bulaya
ab bechara soham, jo ki ravali ke maaya-jaal mein fus gaya tha, cycle se h10 pe utarta
hai
aur bade hi pyaar se usko gulab ke fool deta hai
and ravali, says "ohh soham, you are chhhooo chweet...etc.etc." (typical girl replies)
soham ka chehra dekhane layak tha
it was wonderous mxture of blush, slight embarrasment and what not :D :D

3.Ashwini... Well inko dekhkke DADA ka 'Jabse tumko dekha bas dekha tumko yara,
tumse koi accha hai na tumse koi pyara...' ho gaya... mote ka iit mein pehla crush thi
ashwini.. uske naam pe infi blush karta tha mota.. pyar se hum mote ko gokhu (derived
from gokhale) bulate the...
aur to aur inka nickname pad gaya tha G soham G. the g's stand for aditi goyal and
ashwini gokhale :)
ashwini ke chakkar mein mote ne umic bhi join kiya..dada ne fight toh infi maari but end
mein kata hi liya.. aur ek baar nahi baar baar kata ta raha.. "break up" ke baad bhi
ashwini soham ke paas aati rahi apne doubts clear karne, yahan tak ki 3rd sem mein
devices ke endsem ke liye bhi.. but hamare dada emotional gaandu hain,wapas se kata
te huye poora uska poora course karwa diya.. dada abhi bhi ahswini ko infi gaaliyan deta
hai aur kehta hai ki usne mera use kiya. Actually duddu ek hate list bhi mentain kar ke
rakhta hai aura b to ashwini uski lifetime member ho chuki hai.(2nd yr tak 2 log the uske)


hate list me abhi ki status dudu se hi poochho). Ab jab apne duddu ki job ashwini k sath hi lagi hai to dekhte hai unki ye love-hate chemistry aage kya rang lati hai.

4. Kriti n Rashi
second sem mein kriti aur rashi soham ke kaafi achche dost bann gaye the.. mota elec
ka cracku banda tha.. dono bandiyon ko padhane GG pahuch jata tha.. midsem endsem
time pe roz jaakar wahan apna kata kar aata tha.. baad mein meshram bhi jane laga tha
but mota bandiyon ko apne zabrdast "teaching" skills ki badolat apni saath rakhta tha..
meshram inki harkoton se pareshaan akela padhne ki fight maarta tha.. soham rashi aur
kriti mil kar supaer chuita baatein karte the aur super fart maarte the.. dheere dheere
soham senti ho raha tha.. sem khatam hone ke
soham kota bhi gaya tha aur kriti ke ghar pe tehra tha.. but wahan jaate hi soham ka dil
toot gaya jab pata chala ki already kriti ka koi banda hai wahan aur rashi ka already kisi
senior pe crush hai.. but fir bhi dada ne socha ki rashi ka bas crush hai, usi pe fight
maarenge.. summer vacz mein soham kaafi senti ho gaya rashi ke liye, raat mein neend
nahi aati thi, din mein bhook nahi lagta thi.. soham ne socha ki use pyar ho gaya hai..
aur socha wapas aakar full fight maarega.. but wapas aakar soham ko pata chala ki ek hi
do courses common hain aur soham ko apna katt ta hua dikha diya..but soham ne haar
nahi maari.. chatting ke zariye apni figth jaari rakhi.. ek din aise hi mazak mein bol bhi
diya aur ek din aise hi mazak mein bol diya.. aur rashi ne mazak mein, iska kaat te
huye, ise taal bhi diya.. fir uske baad regularly woh chat pe "i love you" bolne laga aur fir
ek din seriously bol baitha..bandi ne lekin abhi bhi shyad mazak hi ya jo bhi samjha, aur
ultimately dada ka chutia katt gaya...
5. Next in line aati hai Mahak.......are perfume nahi bandi ki bat kar raha hun.....well
inko yeh Balckforest bulate the....jab bhi room mein
jayun inke saath bat cheet chalti thi...hamesha' are busy hun bad mein aa''.......fir dosre
din ihe elaborate in details(11 baje usne mujhe
ye bola, 11.02 ko maine call kiya...11.05 ko shiny ne call kiya.........) batate then kis
tarah un dodno ka fight ho gaya.....
for i= 1 to n times( day 1:love u mahak...
day 2:fight
day 3:senti
day 4:patchup

)

5. Toh ab time ho gaya ek movie ka…..Tata Steel mein dada ne jo karname kiye unko
sabdo se accha is movie ke jriye samjha ja sakhta hain….
INFY GIRLS

Dada ke life mein bandiyon ka overflow chalta hain....isiliye inke har khayal mein koi na
koi bandi jarur hoti hai.....pesh karte hain ek nazarah...
dada chinnu aur akhil baithe the canteen mein ... tab generally iron maiden ki baatein
kar rahe the ..suddenly akhil ko yadd aaya ki dada maiden ke bassy steve harris ki beti
lauren harris se mil chuka hai...use pen wen wagerah diya tha autograph ke liye...


toh baat kuch aise chali:
Akhil: aur soham teri us bandi ka kya hua...woh north west waali...
soham : kaun bandi?
Akhil: arey wohi joh north west se thi
Chinnu : inffffffyyyyy north west
soham : ???
Akhil: waise tu north east bhi jaa sakta hai but phir infy infy infy
northeast jaana padega wahan pahunchne ke liye
soham : kaun? aditi kya?



Akhil: nahi re...
chinnu : tu use south india main mila tha? ( idhar humein laga ki woh
bangalore concert main mila tha use...baad main pata chala ki woh
mumbai main hi mila tha use )
soham : kaun lovely???
Akhil: hehehehe....lovely kaun hai?
soham : abey lovely nahi ravali...tune south india bola mujhe laga wohi hogi
Akhil: arey nahi re...ek hai na...chal firang thi...
soham: ??...sam??
Akhil: ab yeh kaun hai???
soham : sry sry sry...abey country to bata
chinnu : chal theek hai...england ki hai
soham : kaun marmousa ( i think yehi naam liya tha usne)? main pehle
se hi keh deta hoon woh meri nahi hai...woh alok ki hai...


kahan baat lauren harris ki chal rahi thi aur kahan yeh lovely, sam, marmousa ke naam
le raha tha...:D:D:D:D


Frustu

soham maha frustu insaan hai.. first yr mein yeh h10 ki har bandi pe fight maar chuka
hai aur har bandi se katwa bhi chuka hai.. first year ki baat hai.. yeh aata hai mere room
pe.. maine aise hi genrally is se phone maanga.. game khelne ke liye.. de hi nahi raha
tha. fir baad mein diya toh maine dekha ki soham saheb ne ravali prasaad ki photu
wallpaper set kar rakhi thi.. maine bola yeh kya fart hai.. toh kehne laga ki "abe usne
khud hi kheench kar set kar di hai".. maine bola hadd hai theek hai bhale hi usne khud
set kari hai toh tu kyun majnu bana ghoom raha hai, yahan aane se pehle change kar
leta.. kehne laga ki "nahi yaar usne set ki hai main nahi hataunga, main kaise hata sakta
hoon".. pata nahi ab andar ki baat kya thi, but soham ne kaafi dino tak uski photo apne
phone pe as a wallpaper laga rakhi thi.. fir shyad kuch dino ke baat jab katt gaya toh
change maar di..!! :P

Soham ki despogiri ka ek aur kamal:

1st year me mote ko arbit chat rooms m jakar ghanto chatting karne ka bada shauk
tha(not sure ki abhi agay ki nai), ek bar h2 comp room me chatting kar raha tha, to pp
ko keede sujhe aur usne murya se koi farzi ID dene ko kaha to maurya ne ek farzi ID
“realyblue”(kidhar se bandi type lagata hai ye??) de di use
aur pp ne use pehla msg hi likha ki “are you gay?” duddu ki hat gai aur usne kuchh reply
nahi diya, fir maurya gaya bigadi bat sambhalne aur dheere-2 mote ko sheeshe me
utarna shuru kiya bat girlfriend and boyfriend banne tak pahuch gai. Maurya Sonia nam
ki bandi ban kar chat kar raha tha aur usne aise proper jaal bichhaya ki dudu lapete me
aa hi gaya like:
Sonia: mera ek chhota bhai hai bahut hi shaitan hao wo!
Duddu: are wah meri bhi ek chhoti aur shaitan behen ha.
Sonia:yar give up ho raha hai mera Mumbai, apne ghar jane ka man kar raha hai yaha
Kolkata me sad rahi hun J
Duddu: are! Mai bhi Bengali hu aur mumabi me sad raha hun, what a coincidence!! etc
aur to aur Sonia hn me rehne wali nikali :P
Is tarah Sonia ne apna no. bhi duddu ko bhej diya jo ki duddu kisi ko nahi dekhne diya
aur badi hifazat k sath phone me sahez kar rakh liya. Fir pehli date bhi tay ho gai next
vacation me hn me milne ka plan bana. Fir pyar ki peenge aage badh rahi thi aur kuch
5-6ghante beet cuke the, maurya ka give up hona shuru ho chukka tha, kuchh soham ki
despo giri se to kuchh iske common sense se! usne socha chalo ab katate hai duddu ka:
Sonia: could you guess what’s the distance between us?
Duddu: what??
Sonia: just guess the order!
Duddu: (kafi sochne ke bad) 1500-1600 km?
Sonia: nah! Actually its ~1.5 mtrs


Ab soham ka sir ghoom gaya pele to fir 5 min bad use chamka aur usne ghoorte hue
maurya ki taraf dkha, uske bad comp room ki sari junta haste -2 lot poyt ho gai. Us din
se jab bhi soham k samne kaho “u are my Sonia!” duddu k muh par ajab-ajab se bhav
aane shuru ho jate the.

soham and sam... harami soham...

soham ki iss sam naam ki bandi se baat second sem mein hui... aapki jaankari ke liye
bata doon ki sam manu ki ex hai... haan haan apna h2 ka manu... manu ne ek galti ki ki
soham ke yahoo se sam ko kuch im maar diya.. long story short, huya yeh ki manu ka
breakup ho gaya aur yeh pata chalte hi soham ne fight maarni shuru kari.. dada to sam,
jaise ki kuch pata hi nahi use "aur bata, kaisa chal raha hai tera aur manu ka".. sam
replies, "ab hamare raaste alag ho chuke hain".. bas, yeh sunte hi dada ne agle hi din
apne gaane aur apne blog ka link aur na jane kya kya uss bandi ko bhej diya.. ab aap
jaante hi hain bandiyan iss type ke stuff se impress ho jati hai, dada ki bhi kismatt
chamak uthi.. aur soham ne apna taanka khud bhida liya.. aur fir ek din achanak manu
soham ko infi gaaliyan deta hua suna maine.. mujhe uss time nahi chamka ki maajra
kya hai.. but jab room pe jakar orkut khola toh pata chala ki sam ne soham ko "3 page"
ka testimonial likha hai.. aage ki details aap ab soham se hi pooch lijiye..

Testimonial

Smiling Always..: As i said earlier,d mre i cme to knw abt him d mre i ll write abt him.
One thing i want others to knw is that till u actually be frns wid him u cn never really
meet the real SOHAM!nd till then he'l jst be another gr8 singer with "gr8" sense of
humor.Bt meet the real him nd then u'll come to knw that ur opinions wr either wrng or
u jst knew 1% of him
he is someone who is nt an escapist like most of the ppl in the game of life!he actually
faces the situation, no matter wht it takes away frm him! sum ppl who actually feel that
he s an enemy to them shud rethink and meet him again,then u'l realiza that he s nt an
enemy bt a well wisher who is jst too practical
he is sumone hwo cn never do wrng to nyone no matter hw bad u behave wid him.once
he calls u a frnd he'll be there fr u the vry moment u need him even if u abused him a
day back!a punchin bag in every sense of the word
its jst nt everyday that u meet ppl like him.he really is a gem of a person.Down to earth
so simple(yet so complicated).

abe testi mein to saare achhi hi cheezein hain......

Soham the diplomat

Soham saala bahut hi diplomatgiri karta hai. Chutiya sabko khush karne ke chakker me
hamesha khud hi chakker kha jata hai. Tumhare saamne hoga toh (bhale hi uske khud
ke opinions alag ho) toh tumhare views ko kabhi negate nahi karega (unless uski kuch
jyada hi gand mar rahi ho). Kitna bhi disagree karta ho ,tumhare ideas ko support hi
karega. Aur jab debate ho raha hota hai, toh usko confusion ho jaata hai ki kise follow
kiya jaaye, poore time yahi bolega, "arre meri baat to sun!!!tum dono sahi ho".

Dudu the Careless

Dudu bechara pata nahi apni kis duniya me khoya rehta hai aur bahut baar isne apna
gandi tarah se kataya hai. 1st yr me sala eco ke exam me sota reh gaya,kyun 2 baje tak
jaag raha tha,socha 5 min so lu,fir 5 baje utha!!! Dauda dauda hospi gaya,bechare ke
chehre pe already itna tension tha(1st sem ki baat hai) doctor dekhte hi ghabre gaya!!!!
Poochta hai ki kya ho gaya beta admit kar du?? Finally use kisi tarah convince karne par
ki utna beemar nahi hu jitna dikh raha hu,use pink slip mil agyi.Bas phir poora dec baith
ke eco magta raha.

Wallet ke to pata nahi kya kya kisse ho chuke hai. Sala railway station me saste se
10-15 rupaye ke wallet kharidta hai(ya phir kahi se muft me mile hote hai) aur unki


parwah karna chhod deta hai,chutiya yeh bhool jata hai ki uske andar bhi kaam ki
cheeze rakhi hai.,Do baar wallet kho chuka hai (including I-card), aur ek baar wallet ke
saath 1600 ka Iron Maiden ka ticket bhi kho diya (Jo ki usne baad mein phir se kharida
sala infi concert promoters se ph pe girgirane ke baad).Lekin kuch bhi ho jaye
k\hamesha yahi kahega ki mai kya karu yaar situation hi aisi thi,ya phir sala kisi ne chori
kar le ab mai policewala hu kya?? mai kya kar sakta hu!! Bhaiisaab ko apne phone se bhi
dushmani rehti hai!!! apna nokia 6600 train se gira diya,fir infi senti ho gaya,isliye nahi
ki phone gaya,isliye ki usme iski pyari ravli ki pics thi jo saath me gayi!!!Ek aur phone ke
saath bhi kuch to arbit kisse hue the.

Laptops!!!!
Soham and laptops ek aisa combination hai jiske bare me log sunte hi bhag uthte hai!!
Is namurad ko kabhi apne laptop ke pass galti se bhi mat aane dijiye,nahi to wo us
bechare lapi ke liye akhri galti hogi!!! Iske room pe kabhi bhi jao to ek laptop jarur pada
rehta hai,aadhi baar HP ka aadhi baar Toshiba ka.Poocho ki yeh kaise hua,to hamesha
jawab-arre yaar us doosre wale ki screen kharab ho gayi,ya RAM kharab ho gayi ya
motherboard ud gaya,repair hone diya hai. Yaha tak ki iske papa bhi itna pareshan ho
gaye ki ek baar keh hi diya nahi!! Ab tu insti me laptop nahi le jaega!!! Phir kuch gadbad
ho jaegi!! Bahut mushkil se unhe mana ke lapi laya, ek hafte baad fir wahi lapi repair
center me!!!!

Music iski zindagi hai,par sala carelessness nahi jaegi!! Apne ek guitar ko arbit angle pe
rakh diya aur 2 mahine tak haath nahi lagaya,bechare guitar ka neck hi mud gaya!! Infi
leads,wires cables khota aur kharab karta hai, poore hostel ke aadhe guitars iske room
ka ek chakker laga ka bhugat chuke hai aur paat nahi apne elec guitar aur processor ka
kis tarah rape karta hoga!!Ha ek baar Apoorv ke ek freind ke guitar ka strap liya tha kahi
bajane ke liye wo jarur kho diya!!!

Bouncer

ek baar hum logo ka kota ka freind abhishek agarwala() b'bay aaya tha. to shirish mai
aur soham usse mile.hua yeh ki shirish ki 2 frnds b'bay me hi thi aur hamara enigma
chalne ka plan ban gaya. ab ladkiyan disc nahi jana chahti thi kyunki raat ko late ho raha
tha, and because couple entries free thi to hum unhe convince karne me lag gaye ki
chalo.finally kafi fight marne ke baad yeh hua ki hum andar chale jaenge aur 1/2-1
ghante me ladkiyan wapas chali jaengi. Itni FIGHT marne ke baad hum infi happy hue
aur enigma pahunche.


gaye,bouncer ne sabko dekha,soham ko kehta hai id do.ab waha under 21 allowed nahi
hote,yeh baat soham ko bahut pehle se chamkayi ja chuki thi!!!
Soham chutiye ne ID de diya.uspe iski age likhi hui thi 20.bouncer ne kaha ki aap sab ja
sakte hai yeh nahi jaega under 21,hum sabka dimaag kharab!!!!!!! ispe soham kya bolta
hai,dekho bhaiya(!!!) actually me meri age 21 hai,wo kya hai na ki mere papa ne mere
birth certificate pe jaan boojh ke 87 nahi 88 likhwaya,isse gov't services me ek saal baad
retire hone ki age aaegi aur ek saal aur kaam kar sakenge.


Bouncer ka giveup ho gaya!!!!!
Hum sabka bhi.
thodi der marriot ki lobby me baithe daru piya aur wapas aa gaye.


Calendar tangne wala incidentek
baar ssp ne apne sare dosto ko ek joke gtalk im bheja


ek baar ek banda doctor ke paas jata hai aur kehta hai ki doctor sahab,mera lauda
khara nahi hota. doctor poochta hai tu randiyan to nahi thokta? wo kehta hai nahi.teri
wife hai? nahi. teri koi girlfriend? nahi... to saale tereko calendar tangna hai??



ab us samay kuch bandiya soham ke comp pe baith ke yeh joke padh rahi thi,uske baad
unka kya reaction tha kahir yeh to soham se hi poochna :)

Shiny aur Nikita

Soham ki ek babe nikita ispe bahut time se sexual advances kar rahi hai,par apna dudu
bechara,samajh hi nahi pata( ya phir iske system me kuch gadbad hai). banda use
pendrive me porn bhi supply kar chuka hai,but kehta hai ki nahi yaar sexual baat thodi
hai!!! uska funda isi se valfi me poochenge.

Shiny ka kissa bahut hi filmy hai.Iski bachpan ki bichdi hui dost, jab Bombay mein aayi
toh Soham ke muh me laddoo phootne lage!!Pyar mohbbat badha li gayi , na sirf uske
saath, but uske doston ke saath bhi. Fir kya tha, kahin na kahin Soham confuse ho gaya
kiski side li jaaye aur group politics ke ghor chakravyooh mein pad ke isne apne aap ko
confuse kar liya.yeh kahani agle para me.

Ekta Kapoor Soap Opera

Soham ke life me aajkal ek aisa soap opera chal raha ha jise dekhkar ekta Kapoor bhi
Sharma jaye!!! Mehak pe infi senti tha, shiny ispe senti hai,beech me kahi nikita bhi aa
jati hai,aur ek vikesh karke banda,ek aur koi bandi,bahut complicated story hai iski!!!!
Ghanto ghanto conference calls hui hai jisme 5 -5 ,6-6 log conflicts resolve karne aur
premi premika ki baate karne me lage rehte hai!!! But hamare duduji ke kya
kehne,diplomat to wo hai hi,3-4 ghante tak sirf ha tu sahi keh raha hai,nahi yaar wo
bilkul thik keh rahi hai,abe uske point of view se to dekh,baat sahi hai!!! To finally hua
aisa kuch ki inki yeh diplomacy bechari mehak ko pasand nahi aayi aur ekta kapoor style
me usne…..
Poori kahani soham ke hi muh se.

Soham bahut hi peace aadmi hai. Har cheez ko bade cool aur calm tareeke se soch kar
karta hai. He has a very tough and endurable spirit which at the same time makes him
tough enough to take whatever life throws at him and fight for even more. Iski fight
maarne ki capacity bahut zyada hai, and ye continuously fight karta rahega for what he
Loves. Jo bhi karta hai, poore dedication se karta hai, aur doosron ke saath group mein
kaam karne se bilkul bhi nahi jhijakta.

He has an amazing capability to understand other people's concerns and can easily
become a good friend if he shares interest with you. He can listen to your ideas and your
thoughts and then add together to it. He can have a genuine sense of respect for others.
Isse ye nahi dekha jaata ki dost dukhi ya pareshaan ho raha hai, aur yeh apni taraf se
poori fight maarega use reconcile karne ke liye.

We Love you man, we shall miss you a lot!

Tu chalte reh, bahut aage jaaega!

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Yay !!

So the results of the PAF are out, overall our team stood 2nd but we stood first in the MUSIC category. It was the only thing that mattered to me, I don't care if we stood 2nd overall or whatever. The last PAF yesterday was good but gave out a very negative message at the end that - "there is a terrorist hidden in every muslim ", and surprisingly it won the best PAF. Ours was the only PAf which didn't dealt the problem on religion basis(rest all PAFs were based on hindu-muslim issue) but on an individual basis , on how a person is different in itself and can participate in the problem solving, that there is Hope we can curb terrorism from our hearts. But I guess the judges were under the impact of the last PAF and so forgot our PAF held 6 days before.
But anyways I gave my full effort on the PAF's music and got the reward too, so I am happy, infinitely happy. (HOPE music playing in my mind.. )
and once again All's well that ends well...
and again arbit people who never cared to talk in last four years are coming and talking to me suddenly .. hmm interesting.. I try to continue talking but in vain .. I can't. I think I am better off alone or may be not yet ready to socialize or is it that I lost Hope in these people. May be it is the second reason. Don't know and don't care actually. I am happy and will live in the moment and enjoy it to the fullest...

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Post PAF and Farewell

After singing "solo" in this year's PAF, I realized how much my life has taken a turn. Suddenly I am this great singer who is this and that, suddenly people are calling me 5-6 times to come to celebrate job treats, suddenly 23 people are waiting for me on a hired bus to Sanjay Gandhi National Park under the thane flyover, suddenly I am being welcomed to scrutinize election manifestos, suddenly I am this busy man. Though I agree I am happy but still I am shocked by the level of ignorance people have. People have developed such prejudices against and for some things which just is intolerable by me. These people are just rebound friends who will come and go as fast as they came, but real friends are few in here namely - alok,ravi,apoorv,shashank. They have been there all the time- in happiness, in sadness, in joy etc. I will be losing touch with them soon except apoorv who is a dual degree student so he will be there in IIT. So it is time to bid a farewell to IIT(phew!).
Farewell in IIT happens in a very nice way where friends write profiles of each other which is later narrated in front of everyone revealing secrets crushes and what not. I realized I have done such stupid things in the first year that now when I think of them I can't believe how much I have changed. Our hostel has the farewell scheduled on 3rd April. It will be hopefully video recorded. I have bought the formals too that I will wear on that day. Generally people get drunk so that they can tolerate their stupid things that have been written in their profile. Some have even told me to do so but I guess I don't need to tolerate those as if I had not done those mistakes I would not have been here where I am today. I am thankful to those mistakes.
Life has taken a new turn and a new day is coming after a long time in my life and I am hopeful but ready to accept anything without any expectations.

Monday, March 23, 2009

There is HOPE

Finally after infinitely busy three months, I am here again. This was the perfect last semester as I planned - Full on music, no studying, bunking classes, and what not. Well the semester started off with GOONJ- Inter hostel hindi band competition in which we came 2nd (out of 13 hostels)- we perfomed sinbad the sailor and old om shaanti om. Like last year this time also the crowd went mad. Well after the GOONJ there was SWAR SANDHYA - an event where singers and instrumentalists come together and perform 20-25 songs in one night. But for that to happen smoothly we started decision making and practices one month before the main event. SURBAHAAR and SWAR SANDHYA are one of the few good things that happened to me in IIT. Though it was infected with politics later on but I somehow clinged on to it- only for my love towards music. As it was my last ever swar sandhya so I dedicated wholly towards it- though my own songs were only two - Paighaam laya saawan and baawre(luck by chance), but I participated in other practices too.Even gave proxy for many singers. Helped singers improve. Participated in chorus for many songs. Finally the day before the main event I found out I was involved in 10 songs out of the 19 songs to be performed. I played rhythm guitars for kaisi paheli , bass for sa re ga ma , bass for jai jai shiv shankar, chorus for dekho na, chorus for vande maataram, chorus for madhbanti etc... I was the happiest person on earth. No fourth year person was so much enthu for it. No one believed a fourthie can have so much enthu. After the event was over- everything came back in my mind- the first time I performed, the small memories, the people involved. Some of us went out and sat with a guitar and enjoyed late onto night for one last time. One of the main reason for the success of this event for me was I didn't expect anything from it, I just went and gave my best from heart. After these amazing two weeks of swar sandhya practices, it was time for PAF (Performing Arts festival). Those of you want to know more, can search wikipedia for it. Well my previous experiences with PAF has not been good at all- sometimes it is the politics that killed me or the extreme bad script that did. This year too, the script was not satisfactory to me in the beginning. First of all it was inspired from the movie -"Groundhog day". Then the script had infinite arbit sentences where the mood swings are so much that they appear as PJ's. So again my expectations were low. But after seeing the first PAF by hostel 5's group, I was confirmed we will not come last :P. Well before everything we were told to compose the music for it. Before I knew anything, someone senior in our group came up with a stolen composition. I was a bit disgusted- script not original, song not original. Then when I went to the music sittings- I was told that I can also be a tuner for the rest of the songs and all. I decided whatever I will make will be my own and not stolen. Well finally it appeared that the most catchy and original riff was by me, the most hopeful and sweet music which ended the paf was based on my chord pattern, the suicide song was based on my chord pattern, and many more. I was overwhelmed. Well on the final day of the PAF, we were ready to roll.
The PAF started horribly with the lighting people making terrible mistakes. But after that there was no looking back. They had modified the script. Everything was blending perfect, the lights, the dialogue, the music. Though I knew the script beforehand, I was enjoying and laughing like hell. Well luckily this time I was the lead singer, considering this was my one last chance to perform- I was lucky. Every other year I was buried in the soil of politics. The background music was going on smoothly and perfectly. When I heard those music pieces being performed in front of 2000 people, my eyes filled with tears of joy and anxiety as if so long I have waited to express myself with my music. There is one particular piece named - HOPE music, which I and the keyboardist composed together. Not only the people but the instrumentalists themselves commented - kya mast banaya hain yaar. I heard few people say that the piece was running in their minds even hours after the PAF. When everything was over, Srabasti (who was first angry on the fact that no girl is singing as she was handling the music too) came and congratulated on my singing and patted on my cheek, arbit people whom I didnt know came and hug me, as if they never knew I sing. The only people left to say anything were the people with whom I made the music and performed there. It never happened so I was not surprised. Later that night we went to a restaurant, well people were more focused on drinking than eating, but I somehow managed to eat only and fulfill my apetite.
23rd march was an incredible day - We cracked PAF, one of my very close friend got a job finally and that resulted in 100 percent placements from Electrical engineering, and one more thing happened for me which is incredible but I can't write here as it is a surprise for few people, so I don't want to spoil it.(not that a big deal but still).
I dont know how but first time in my life - things went exactly as I have planned. I had decided in the previous semester itself that I will enjoy the hell out of the last semester that too musically and yes it went exactly like that. I remember writing - picture abhi baaki hain - in some post in december or november.
I was happy during this last semester although I was too busy. It was like "Happyness in Busyness" (and yes Happ'y').
I saw many ways to spend the last semester and nothing could have been better than this. I believe when we think too much about life- we waste our time- instead we must go out there and actually live it and dont worry about what will happen. When we expect anything we create a liability to be unhappy when those expectations don't work out. Better is to expect nothing and do the work because all that matters it is the path and not the result, but there is HOPE.

PS:- There is Hope was the theme of the PAF.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sam song

Jaana tum jaan lo
baat yeh maan lo
Hai juda tumse hum
hai khafa tumse hum

Phir bhi dil ye jaanena
Phir bhi dil ye maanena

o...o...

Phir mile naa mile
jude hain raastein
kho chalu main wohi
teri yaadon ke saayein me

hai yehi dastaan
paake maine khoya tha
phir se lout aayo tum
milke kho jaaye hum

This song is about a person who is missing someone and hates the same person at the same time.. this song is available here - http://www.esnips.com/doc/437e15fc-b791-4ff3-ad87-611439074d77/Sam-song ..

PS:- I dedicated this song to Sam(mummy :P)

Monday, February 16, 2009

Farewell

Jaana hain kahin door
kahin doob jaana hain
khwabon ko bhulake
bhulake jaana hain

Jaaye kahan is bheed me hum
darr hain yu hum kho naa jaaye
guzre pal wo yaad aaye jo phir
Mit naa jaaye unme

o...o...o...

zakhmi hain wo dil ki raahein
sune hain ab din aur raatein
kahin to hogi wo mulakatein
kahin to...

kyun kho gaye hum is manzaar me yu
sapne saare bikhre kyun
jeene hain phir se wo lamhe saare
chhode the jo pal kahi...

o..o...o...


This song is about a person who doesn't wants to face the new challenges coming up in life but suddenly realizes that he is already at that junction and alone...he still expresses the desire to live those moments again..

PS:- My sis loves this song.. song is available here.. http://www.esnips.com/doc/c6127d66-c3e8-4334-866b-3497bc9c1068/Track_2

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Sweet :)

Well the generations are changing, myself draging myself into an older one now.. then this day comes when my sister is online at gmail, well at first I was a bit surprised and shocked to see her online, that also at this age (only 11) but then I realized it is her life, let her learn everything her way. Then today I got a very sweet mail from her... this is her first e-mail to me and I would like to preserve it in my scribblings..

dear dadabhai

congratulations for coming 2nd on inter hostel band competetion.

i know you are the best...............you....know....naaaa.......

i love you. you are the best brother in the world.

you rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my bro

@PS:- thank you so much my little sis