On the road : How highway and highway affected me.

They say travel gives u perspective ,atleast i get it. Having watched the movie highway,i boarded the comfortable shivneri bus from Pune to Mumbai.I felt like a part of the movie after having fought my anxieties and demons the very same day,the movie opened the pores of my brain (abstract,ofcourse!).The director is one free soul,his movies are never bound by limits of conventionalism.Surreal yet so real. Weird yet so relatable.Isnt this what we all desire?Pure unadultered freedom uncorrupted by worldly limitations.His movies sure haunt my brain.Coming back to the travel,i was already riding high on the rush i got after the movie(it could be samosa-diet coke,but iam reasonably sure it was the movie).Funnily or interestingly,of all the Batman's and Spidermans ,one character that i could truly relate to is a girl.The bus was extremely comfortable and less than half filled.The AC complemented the outside rain and further added to the poetic rush.The bus reached outskirts of pune and developer machine studded suburbs started appearing.Huge cranes against the mountains of khandala gave a deserted look.One building stood among sugarcane fields.just one building representing how innocence of the earth is corrupted by corporate bug and competition.Much like our lives,ruining our pure selves for the sake of success which is hardly a success now that i think.Yes u earn money,but is it really what we desired?Further into the road,i saw a bullock cart and a apartment building side by side.Never had i seen such simplicity and monstrous technology existing in such close vicinity.How oblivious is that simplicity of technology.Such serene wilderness corrupted by endless advertisements of Rahuls and modis and upcoming flats.Interestingly one ad for LAMCON read www.Iamcon.com. The name itself read "Iam con".Further greeted by the wilderness around lonavla and khandala,i just wanted to soak in the calm and freshness and never let go.why do i need a destination or an agenda or a dream,why cant i just live through.we work hard to reach a dream and then harder to sustain it but when do we live it.This whole concept of life seems like one big contradiction to me.Whuy should i do something to keep up with world,why cant i just live and keep up with me.Much like the protagonist in the movie,i wanted no aspirations ,no destinations,just mindless travel with no reason.Why do i need a reason to please myself.I seemed to agree with some ad in which aamir khan says,kabhi kisi anjaan station pe utar ke dekho ( Feel alive,just unboard at some unknown station).I might have gone overboard but this travel sure led me to rethink my priorities. Doing things just because they need to be done is not my cup of tea,I do things i want to do.I might feel trapped but its never too late.Bikers on the world class highway among wilderness gave me a complex. What bliss it must be to bike on this road in this weather.Finally the suburbs started prevailing again and welcome to the big bad mumbai. This dream of a travel may have dawned,but this poetic rush is yet to subside. Some may compare it to a little kids sugar rush,but hey ,we used to love that. Life as we know it can wait for this one hell of joyride. As i unboard the bus,joy is perhaps the most misunderstood entity.Its trivial,its within us.

Facebook Diaries : Adventures of an average Indian Facebook user.

In current scenario, when facebook has become a parallel life for most of us, maintenance of virtual persona has become sort of a daily chore. In an age ,where everyone is “cool”(on fb) ,there’s a sudden surge in weird and bizarre face-book handles, not to mention that every other teenager is a rapper or  hip-hopper ( on their profile’s) and every other girl is an angel or a doll.The deal with Indian kids is that anything remotely cool must have something to do with a rap or hip hop. ‘Angel’ and ‘dear’ must be the among  the most abused words in India on facebook  as of today . An average kid may not be sure about his vowels and punctuations, but he sure believes that adding  “f**K” in every sentence makes it cool (or kewl as some may say ). LOL is used more frequently than MOM nowadays (not that mothers are happy about it ). Well there are tons of people making a fool out of themselves on social platforms (whow, we thought only Miley Cyrus did that!). Youngsters don’t want to leave any stone unturned on the platform where every girl who accepts their request is a potential girlfriend (that’s what they like to think!). Desperation for popularity paves way for some hilarious screw-ups. Facebook is like a virtual party where you throw cheesy pick-up lines, get humiliated (in inbox,if lucky), get lucky ,get burned and sometimes end up making a complete fool out of ourselves(Admit it!).Well for the sake of sophistication,we all have a twitter account, but twitter mein woh baat kahan.Facebook status is the new broadcast now leaving jobless the gossip chachi's and maasis.

Presenting you the most ridiculous facebook handles i have come across during my face-book chronicles.

Khooni  Raghav

Drug  Addict Manoj (seriously???)

Smartboy Sharma ( He actually refers to himself as “smartboy” in his posts. )

Maya Dollas ( and he upgraded it to Maya Dollas II, poor guy!)

Nanhi Pari (Trust me,she’s not nanhi by any means or any scale for that matter)

Rapper abc xyz (well,thats your average guy who thinks uttering fast means hip-hop)

Kalyugi Baba (Ghor Kalyug!!! For sure )

Well,coming to demographics ,sociology could incorporate one more case study “Friendlist”. What i have observed is some components are universal for every friendlist. Well, my theory is well suited only for Indian profiles.

Puts every new song for a status ( Here you go “Aaaah,that one!!)

That one girl with a tv serial actress for DP.( or few for that matter)

That one  girl who’s the admin of sad shayari page.

That one guy who intimidates you with every post and photo.

That one guy/girl who tags you in his pics and mundane good morning wallpapers ( Got to agree,those piss me off the most!)

That one girl you message every time and end up labelling her “attitude wali” every one of those times.

That one back-up chat- girl who you could go back to anytime in case you don’t crack any new nut.

The one girl who has “hmmmm disease “.

That one girl who uses her nephew/niece for her profile pictures and a bunch of lurking guys ready with “cute angel” comments .

That one gym fanatic ready with his biceps and workout photos.

That one guy who  writes everything in decorative font.

That one girl whose posts make you seem like Hollywood is just about “Edward and Bella”.

That one cutie pie whose rare pics keep you waiting and sure land up in your laptop/mobile.

That one girl with more than 5000 friends who never replies to you ( Guys will agree to this.)

That one school-mate who’s sexy all of a sudden.

It’s amazing to see how facebook has become such social phenomenon and a high maintenance errand. This fever doesn’t seem to die down in near future. Here are a few mistakes or screw ups that we all have probably done or come across at one point of time or another.

Getting played by a friend with an alias profile.( Embarassing )

That one ugly fight in the comments

Seven cool reasons to join NIT srinagar : Informal tour of NIT Srinagar Campus

You perhaps know all about the academic and infrastructure ranking of NIT Srinagar. What i am going to tell you is connected to what you will actually do and experience during those precious four years. Lets say this is the most honest college brochure around.Most of these apply to all NIT's.Be it NIT Jalandhar,NIT Delhi or NIT Trichy or pretty much all engineering colleges in India.

1. Good Sleep

If you are a dreamer and a lazy head who likes to sleep much like myself, NIT Srinagar is best suited to you. Well the climate is suited to your sleeping needs. Unless you’ve opted for electrical and civil, nothing can hamper your sleep much. Contrary to the perception, ECE people get to sleep the most. Any NIT Srinagar passout will agree that good sleep should be included in the brochure of NIT Srinagar(Just Kidding!!!! )

2.Manna’s Paranthas and Bread rolls

Foodies will surely love manna bhaiya’s parantha’s and much sought after bread rolls which sell out by 12 after-noon. For a Guy who spent more time at canteen than in the classrooms, i sure miss the Aloo parantha’s, bread rolls and that chai . Manna is a safe haven for the foodies frustrated and let down by the mess food. Fresher’s are usually attracted to the “fancy” gasha canteen but much of the traffic switches to manna bhai around their 3^rd Semester.

3. Chastity for boys

If you are a no girl,all study kind of a guy,then you should surely join the NIT Srinagar. If you are in to “Brahmachari” stuff, this college is bound to help you retain your chastity belt unless you are into gorgeous teachers (female,ofcourse!!!!). The sexual frustration on the campus could even set a gieger counter if there were one. Hostels are flooded by one-sided facebook majnu’s, stalkers and prank callers who love to call girls just for the fun of it.

4. Cheap bribing options

If you like to get your work done without a hassle ,you have an option of bribing with “chana’s” (Calcium wala,one that munnabhai eats!!) and after running like a horse for getting your work done,those chana’s may come handy to you.

5.Attention

If you are a girl and you need some boost to your self esteem, i would recommend NIT Srinagar. NIT Srinagar is the one college in the world which caters to the attention needs of girls without any discrimination. Every girl gets her due in terms of flirting, proposes, stalking and friend-zoning. No matter what “type” you belong to, our college aspires to make every girl feel special about herself. We even provide pseudo-protective and over-zealous brothers if you are in to it

6.Invisible things

If you have a knack for invisible things, we sure have a plenty of them like an invisible auditorium with just a visible foundation stone.How cool is that ! Other invisible goodies include invisible beds for freshers , a fountain with invisible water and last but not the least a toilet with invisible latch. For a brief time during our stay, we even have western styled commodes with invisible flush.

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7. Well-built satta empire

If you are one of those betting freaks who will just bet on anything, NIT Srinagar is a proud producer of some compulsive sattebaaz’s some of whom have the unique distinction of betting on the time around which their grandparents would die. The NIT Srinagar betting industry turnover sure exceeds the grants paid to our college. If it were to be taxed, one batch could surely be fed free of cost. IPL is the time when business runs in to its maxima and recharge wale chachu’s also reap the benefits since most of the business is carried on mobiles. Some freeloaders like me get treats too when someone close to us wins big.

The Real Deal

Jokes apart, NIT srinagar holds very special place in our heart and here's some actual introduction to our college sans all the sarcasm. The above article is just for humor purposes and is not meant to offend anybody. If you are offended by any chance, kindly google "sense of humour".This article is not supposed to be offensive to girls as we are all for our eye-candies.

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