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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Aila effect..

The wind is beating on the glass,

Luring me to join the rush..
But I sit sipping my mug of coffee,
a faint heart that I am.
Then a part of me is there,
already in the midst of the rains..

He's already wet,
with the sails all set.
He take's out the little dingy;
Not to take on the storm.
There's a magic,
in riding with the storm..

The waves rise and the mast creaks.
He is momentarily shaken;
But then he's not me,

The waves fall on him,
The winds push on him,
But then he's not me.

The storm lasts forever,
Until he's sailed a million knots.
Then one day the black cover clears,
and a sun comes out.
Suddenly the flying fish take flight,
and the dolphins do acrobats.

He's travelled a million knots.
And he's made friends with the storm;
It has brought him to a place..
unseen and undiscovered on the planet,
It's the land of the wonders..

The sun is falling down on me;
I am still by the window..
while he's savouring the new wonderland.
If only I were him and he was me;
But arent the same..
I must take out my dingy!!

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Monday, May 11, 2009

On a rainy day, my mind just slipped

I sit .. I glare.. I think..
It shines.. It rains..
I still sit here..
For the moment unknown..

I define.. I redefine..
But I still miss the description..
Tides rise.. Time goes..
And the mould takes shape..

Moon goes down..
Sun comes up..
I still stand under the sky..
For the embrace divine..

One day all comes by..
The moment arrives..
And stars twinkle..
The diamond sparkle..

It's the unknown waiting to be known..
It's the mould whose shape is taken..
It's the embrace divine of heavenly warmth..
The diamond sparkles for the rest of eternity..

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

A Chicken post..

Frnds, since the last 30-40 days I haven't been able stop myself from atleast having one non-veg dish. On top of that, there was a Tandoori festival in our office canteen, and the weekend chicken preparations & the parties; How many chickens have laid down their lives for me. That's a little gross I think, hope the PETA people don't run after me.

I just might have got rewarded for the endless dosage of chicken, if the man at the counter would have gone by the invoice bill. Actually there was some error & this is how my bill looked like when I went to KFC last friday. Check the amount in 'Change due'. That might have helped me with my telephone bills for a while I think!!

By the way who makes the software for KFC, do tell me if you find it out. They need a better consultant.;-)

Good Night & Njoy..

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

TGIF effect..

Well that's "thank god it's friday" effect; it's the relief & excitement on the arrival of the most awaited day of the week. One must see the look at the happy faces of the working professionals on friday, everyone comes all dressed up in their most fashionable casual to have a friday night blast later in the day. The best part is the girls look even prettier, although you can also laugh your heart out when you see some attemting too hard to look cool but instead they murder the fashion altogether. No sooner it's around 5 in the evening, there's a mad rush to get out of the office. I & everyone really love the fridays.

Every one of us in our professional lives start with the monday blues(wish there would have no mondays). How we long for the friday to arrive as soon as possible. Why wouldn't we wait for the weekends..those two days & friday night is the time to wake up late in the nights for some gossips, catch a new movie(even better if u have a gf ;-)), play a game of soccer(yeah we play regularly here in kolkata), few like to sleep or do whatever you want. Some like Sam-da-taklu goes to his relatives for food & cloths, while Rudra-da-crudra likes to wash his cloths in the weekends.

Wouldn't it have been wonderful if there were 'Eight days in a week', in my case I need one extra day to sleep away my weekend tiredness. Take for example last weekend, I went for a movie, had a b'day celebration & ate at the b'day treat. That's not the end, some friends turned up & finally couldn't sleep early on sunday coz of the wimbledon final. What's the end result; after lunch on monday I was almost dozing off each time I sat for a while anywhere. This weekend is no different. This time I have resolved to get a good sleep on sunday that's tomorrow, hopefully the others don't come up with a plan to go somewhere.

Okey friends, catch you all next weekend & njoy..

PS: Eight Days a Week By Beatles

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Bryan Adams Unplugged..

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Friday, December 21, 2007

Aamir does it again..

Kudos to Aamir for 'Taare Zameen Par'. That was really an awesome movie. That is what cinema making all about. The story deals with a very delicate topic of 'dyslexia', in more common terms, its the inability to learn among children. Everything was just perfect, the scenes, the music, the acting by the kids especially Darsheel. There was a quiet magical flow in the movie. People often get bored and start leaving the hall during emotional scenes, but TZP experience was different. People even waited for the end credits to finish.

TZP beautifully captures the kind of pressure the kids face today from their parents & teachers to become numero uno in the competitive world. Life's not just about being in the race to be No.1 but it's about doing what you like. It's not just with kids, give some freedom to a man & he can do wonders.

After a long time, there's a quality movie from Bollywood. Friends go & watch TZP. One last thing, do carry a big hanky. You sure would shed a few drops of tear during the movie.

Friday, December 21, 2007 | Permalink |

Sunday, November 25, 2007

It's been a long time..

It's been a long hibernation from this space. I got busy with my company's training. That was just another extension of college life, I would say a transition phase before moving into the "professional" groove. More on what went by in these 2 months very shortly. I am finally getting some time off and my PC too. Come back for more.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

It's time to fly..

The four month long hiatus is finally coming to an end. Coming Monday, the last bunch of our batch(2k3) of NIT Jamshedpur will start their careers post-college. We started our placements season & we are going to end it too!! I knew joining would be a little late but September, early August would have been perfect. One thing that my company could have done is giving an indication of our joining dates & also could have been more friendly over phone calls. Anyhow, I am leaving tomorrow & well may be bring on some changes in the organisation (ek shota sa saksh taking on an empire, kya khayalaat hai).

These months have been a welcome break. Got some time off after the four years of graduation study, most importantly spent quality time at home. I also fulfilled my 'plan' to visit Assam before I embark on my professional life. At least for the next many months frequent, rather occasional visits to home & Assam will be a tough ask.

I can write when I am alone but my friend Samik's presence at my home is intruding into my can-write-in-solitude sphere. So I end here with my last post from Home.

Dear visitor(s) do come back for posts from down south.

So long..

What does little birdie say
In her nest at peep of day?
Let me fly, says little birdie,
Mother, let me fly away.
Birdie, rest a little longer,
Till thy little wings are stronger.
So she rests a little longer,
Then she flies away.
-from one my school textbooks

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Sunday, August 26, 2007

:Diversion ahead::

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Thursday, August 23, 2007

:All not quiet on the Eastern front::

Gosh that was some effort. In the past few hours read quite a bit, and myth busted (Discovery Channel effect). The end result Assamese and Bengali are two separate entities with a common origin and not as I have been hearing people say that Assamese is a derivation from Bengali. I came across this post Mind In Your Language yesterday while I was browsing the net. So this afternoon I thought let's try and find out the truth. I will have something to do instead of my futile attempts to learn German.

Well it's no doubt both these languages spoken in Eastern India derive their words from sanskrit, consequently you'll find similarities. Both the languages' script is based on the

Eastern Nagari script. Hence there is a similarity too in the way they are written. These similarities gave the impression that Assamese was just another variation from Bengali.

In the dissertation "Assamese: Its Formation and Development" by Dr. Banikanta Kakati (accepted by the University of Calcutta in 1935), it is discussed that both the languages had parallel devolpments. The Following were some of the points he discussed in the disertation:

For many sanskrit derived words in Assamese, the corresponding Bengali words are quite different. Example: For fire and water, the Assamese words are 'Zui' and 'Paani' respectively and the corresponding Bengali words are 'Aagun' and 'Jol'.

Assamese and Bengali have contrasting systems of accentuation. Assamese follows the pan-Indian system of penultimate stress and Bengali has an initial stress. (I had to say out loud a few words from both to actually get this point)

Assamese definitives (the Assamese for 'THE' which can be tu, jan, jani, janaa, daal, khan, jupaa, etc.) have no parallels in Bengali. Kitaap-khan, Gos-jupaa and Esaari-daal are respectively definitives for book, tree and stick, in Assamese.

The type of vowel-harmony seen in Assamese is quite different from that in Bengali. Vowel-harmony means how pronuciation of a vowel in a word is modified by the presence of other vowel(s) in the word.

For more:: Click Here

Well now if someone says that Assamese is just an extension of Bengali, then he'll be in for a long discourse from me. Though the Assamese language bears similariities with the North Bengal dialect. Assamese language is the simplification of the kamrupi dialect. The Kamrupi dialect was spoken from Koch Bihar, Rongpur, Jalpaiguri to Assam. Historically, ancient Assam (Pragjyotish) covered from koch Bihar to present west Assam. One of the comments from my read went as follows:

"Kamrupi dialect of Assamese and North Bengali are quite similar. In fact, the similarities between Assamese (standard as well as Kamrupi) and North Bengali are much more pronounced than the similarities between Standard Bengali and North Bengali. North Bengal was the seat of Assamese studies under the Koch kings. But, history has taken North Bengal away from Assamese culture altogether."

The Indian languages have their origins in sanskrit, so no wonder there are similarities between them. Even Dravidian languages are influenced by sanskrit. Such a fantastic common thread is woven into our social fabric still there's regionalism and anti-Hindi sentiments particularly in South and North East India. What if Sanskrit would have been our national language, Would then there would have more of closeness between the North & South. Though for the development of the nation I still believe English holds the key.

That was quite a bit of work out mentally, and I started Gym too today. Lot of energy wasted, better I go off to sleep.

Gute Nacht.

(Good Night in German)

PS: I am learning to write Assamese and trying to speak a decent Bengali. German, I think I'll leave that for the future.

Thursday, August 23, 2007 | Permalink |

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

:JSR Revisted:: 14-19 Aug

Last week I went to Jamshedpur for a small reunion. What else to do, some of my friends were there and then my joining is in september. Initially I was reluctant to go, tired of making train journeys & that too alone. After lot of phone calls from Raj, Dion & Shayon, I finally gave in to them.

The journey was very costly. I paid a fine 0f Rs 334 to three TTEs. That incident really taught me a few lessons. I was made a fool by the TTEs. The train had very few passengers and when I asked them to give me a berth. They fined me for travelling with a General ticket. The main TTE sided with these three TTEs in case they do prepare a report against him. I was furious at them and I think if I would have said sorry and given them lot of respect they would have left me. As they did not fine another man who was buttering them. Truly "kabhi kabhi gadhey ko bhi apna baap banana padta hai". I would have saved my money had I gone by Mama's age-old saying "Don't believe in the strangers". Had I not gone by the Main TTE's words and made the ticket then itself while boarding or else I would not have gone furious and begged for a berth, I would have saved my money.

So I reached Tatanagar with an entire sleeper bogie to myself at Rs 447, it was not that bad a deal, isn't it?? So first night, Raj & Dion gave a treat at Red Chillies. I must tell you in Jamshedpur You have got a lot of options to eat out (except don't go to Franks). After that we returned to Raj's Tata Motors' flat. It was the 'stroke of midnight' on 15Aug when Naidu (a 2k2 senior) turned up at the flat with his new Indica xeta. Next?? well we went on a test drive. Naidu forced a Scorpio to race with us. Naidu clearly emerged as the winner after he'd turned left & right at 100kmph and burned a lot of rubber after the car had skidded on the turns. I was all thrilled by the ride but was worried for a couple of two wheelers that came on our way. At the end it was a sardar on an old-scooter who overtook both the Indica & the Scorpio. Actually both the cars had slowed down. Both?? Then I realised the Scorpio was actually following us. Near Raj's flat as we slowed to give pass to the Scorpio. It stoped infront of us and one-by-one 4-5 healthy guys came out of the Scorpio. Naidu said sorry a few times or else we definitely would have been on hospital beds if there would have been a fight. They seemed like some political goons. So in 12 hours I realised the power of SORRY and RESPECT, not that I don't know about it but I don't use them when it's needed.

On 15th, Karma joined us. That day I spent most of the time with my junior friends. At night in Raj's flat, we brought a cake from our favourite Brubeck's bakery and Dion had brought a bottle of wine from Goa. So we got into a small celebration on our Reunion. The next day I was in college for a small work. Thanks to the Profs, it was done only the next day ie on 17th.

I was to leave on 17th but as my train got late. My friends thought why not I stay for a couple of more days. So they took my ticket & cancelled it. I didn't regret that as Shayon would pay for the balance of my refunded money. The next two days went by going for Chak de India, attending a party at GT hostel of Tata Steel and watching FRIENDS. One night Shayon prepared a delicious chicken dish for us. I must admit he's a fine cook. For that we made Raj to buy the essentials for cooking. I think his first month salary will not last a month. I'll not have the luxury of spending like him when I join in less than a month. Hopefully our package is revised in a year, fingers crossed.

So after all that fun with my close buddies, I am back at home and next destination, to God's own e-state.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007 | Permalink |

Monday, August 13, 2007

Proud to be an Indian..

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

tête-à-tête

I have been tagged by Shayon. So I will have to write 100 points about myself. So fasten your seat belts for the ride to 100..

Name: Rathindra Ranjan Chetia
Age: 22 years
Sun sign: Scorpio
Status: Single
Languages I can speak: Assamese, Hindi, English and little bits & pieces of Bengali and Oriya
Smoking & Drinking: Neither
Currently Doing: Being the guinea pig of mom, she experiments all her beauty therapies on me. I am at home waiting for my call from the company.
I wasted a lot of time in fact three login sessions to decide on a structure to reach the 100 mark. That's why I'll go on with random points.
From random, I just randomly pick a book and read it.
From book, currently I am reading 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'Life of Pi'.
From 'Pride & Prejudice', it starts with the famous line "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife".
My abridged version, "It may become a truth universally acknowledged, that a single young man in possession of a moderate fortune must be in want of a girlfriend". [;-)]
From single, there's just a single tree on top of the flat-top hill in front of my house. It looks very spooky on a raining night, it coming to life for split seconds during the lightnings accompanied by loud thunders.
From spooky, I remember a friend telling me to sing songs in case you are alone and scared of ghosts. That was in 4th or 5th standard.
From scared, I was very scared of watching 'Alif Laila' as a small kid.
Now I am scared of snakes. Since last few days they are everywhere; on Discovery, News channels and of course in the thick green growth of the monsoon days.
From TV shows, my first memory of watching a TV program was 'Johnny Sokko and his Giant robot' aired on Doordarshan in early 90s.
I like cartoons, my favorite being Timon & Pumbaa.
I hate Japanese toons, all these Pokeman & stuff.
A secret tip, if you want to befriend a kid, gift him a 'Beyblade'.
I love football, no I am not the one who can discuss the game at lengths but can play it all day through.
I once thought of becoming a Footballer when in 7th standard.
Pause in thought process..I need a break.
From break, I like to see the ads shown on TV nowadays. Indian ad-makers are finally coming of age, specially like the 'baal baal bach gaye', 'laalach aah lap lap' & unusually the Pepsi 'what a top ka' ad.
I have lived at many places and I have attended 8 schools from kinder gardens to 12th standard. So you can call me a 'local' globetrotter.
I don't like sitting idle and thats why I am always doing/planning something or the other.
I like to shed some sweat in the evening.
I love 'kaju Barfi' very much.
I love cycling. I once cycled non-stop from hostel via XLRI and then finally stopping at 'Gangour Sweets' in Bistupur. It was the temptation of having 'Kaju Barfis' that I made the trip in the first place. (Raj can you do the route & tell me the Kilometers)
It's still a long way to 100. 'Le Tour de Jamshedpur' was easy..
I watch 'Le Tour de France' just to have a glimpse of the beautiful French countryside and the helicopter shots of the cyclists with relative motion effects.
As a child I was in awe of the mighty Brahmaputra. I even have a dream since then of a huge dam across it and have even thought of a name, BHP (Brahmos Hydel Project).
Five years back, I thought of adding various rivers to a list over which I have walked across on a bridge. As of now only the Saraighat bridge over Brahmaputra and Rabindra Setu over Hooghly river is on my list.
Mahanadi will soon come on my list. I also tried for the Vidyasagar setu, once again over Hooghly, but a security man stopped us(ya I took some friends along), after we'd walked a considerable distance on the speedway on the approach to the bridge.
The 'Yuva' movie crew had taken special permission to shoot on the bridge.
I can write english in 'Lateral Inversion' style i.e. 'mirror-image' style.
You might be thinking 'kya ye ladka bekaar ke cheez karta rehtaa hai'.
I do not get angry easily & my anger is short-lived.
I have a very sensitive nervous system, just a gentle pat on my back and you might get an impulsive slap. It just happens. Don't ever try it.
I really have an inclination to people who can take my name properly on our first meeting as 'rathindra' instead of 'rathindar'.
Most people on first meeting think of me as a 'south Indian'.
I have been having a diary for each year since 4th standard though it turned into a 'Personal diary' only since 2002.
I certainly believe 'duniya gol hai' and you keep on meeting people from your past at some point or the other.
I love the movie 'Dil Chahta Hai' and its my fav movie along with 'Forrest Gump'.
A Madrasi says "I want to see the movie Heart is an umbrella". Can you guess which movie..................................................."Dil Chataa Hai".
I cannot repeat the words "Massachusetts" and "Chancellor Chess".
You will notice something unusual when I say the words "Sakchi" and "Takiya".
Do ghantey ho gaye and still not at the half-way mark.
I hit more sixes than fours in cricket.
For every missed reverse shot there will definitely be a sixer on the next ball.
I started watching cricket from 1996 world cup and it lasted only till 2003 world cup.
Even though football makes people scary of pushes & tackles resulting in injuries, I fractured my ankle not in a game of football but cricket.
I and my brother have a complimentary call sign to identify each other. In case we are lost in the filmy 'kumbh ka mela' !!
I like songs of Kishore, Lucky Ali, Bryan Adams & Zubin.
I prefer Beatles to rock music.
Since I have gone through all the songs in my PC n number of times, I who doesn't have any inclination to rock music, started listening to Pink Floyd. I have now become a fan of the group. Their live shows are amazing.
I have seen a few Live shows and I particularly liked the first one by the Pakistani duo of "Strings".
I have made only one successful kite till date.
I am an 'efficient' cook.
I think I should go and take a bath.
Google search "hmmm yourname", you will get interesting search results.
I can bear hot but not cold.
That's why many notice in my photo collection that I may be wearing a sweater or jacket but nobody else in the photo.
Next destination I have on my radar for a trip is Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.
I must tell everyone who is reading this that North East is a beautiful place and don't fear of making a visit to this part. If you think you are safe in your place then you are mistaken.
It is better than the unlawfulness in other parts of India, the violence in North East are magnified because news channels show news from NE only when there's a bomb blast. They never broadcast news of other happenings in NE, but a god figure seen on a tree in some place is news for them.
Its high time the centre takes proper development programs for the NE. Our PM Dr. Manmohan Singh comes from the constituency seat of Guwahati, so people of the region would like him to work in this direction with some partiality.
The days of neglect for the NE will be sure a thing of the past and time has come to showcase NE.
Listening to "Kitni haseen zindagi hai" by Lucky Ali.
I have a question: Why most blogs I read are from Bombay/Mumbai?
If not, they are from US.
Sometimes I have prejudice against persons/things, amazingly later they turn out to be of my liking.
Its been 7 months since I've been to Assam.[:-(]
Feeling like quitting at 75.
My height is 5.11 feet and weigh 65 kilos.
My rooms in college were 111, 202 & 131; each a palindrome. The 202 actually caught fire last year. I was the first to notice the smoke around midnight and started calling everyone to evacuate the hostel, only to my neighbor pointing to my ventilator to say it was my room that was on fire.
I want to see Argentina play a world cup final from the stands.
I want to see India playing in the Fifa world cup during my lifetime.
Last book that I didn't like: VS Naipaul's "Half a life".
Last treat that was a disaster: TTMM (tu-tera-mein-mera) i.e. self treat at Franks in Jamshedpur. There was one exception though and he has got his own reasons to like the food at Franks.
Have I ever performed a dance on stage? Yes, alongside my brother on 'tu cheez badi hai mast mast'. He was a very small kid and was afraid of performing alone. Naach naa janu par bhai kaa kartavya nibhaya.
I have also done a group dance on a Sambalpuri song, folk dances are easy though.
I have been in the stage round of Mr.Personality contest during Utkarsh'04 & '05. Though I flopped on stage. Third time I filled a form for a friend & the entry was selected for the stage round, which didn't happen for the lack of time.
I was born in the winter of 1984 & there's a book called 1984, will read it when I get my hands on it.
Last movie I saw: Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai.
Slowly inching towards 100 with such trivial facts.
Shaadi se yaad aaya, in the last two months I have got around 10 spams to join a particular 'rathi' matrimony yahoo group.
It seems my joining will only be in September, so I think I'll go to the 50 blog posts mark before turning a professional.
Lav-Kush went by a well in a village and Lav fell into it, why? coz 'Lav is blind'. Then Kush also jumped into the well why? coz 'Lav ke liye saala Kush bhi karegaa'.
I am into the 'nervous nineties' and at 100 I am sure, will be out.
I love the anchors of Indian Idol Mini Mathur & Hussain.
It might have crossed your mind that till now that I have been talking only of the past & the present. For the future yes there are dreams & aspirations. That I want to keep for myself.
I just thought of a good idea. wicked, I am wicked..what a top ka is my plan..my badlaa..
The origin of this Tag is Shayon, so as an acknowledgment to us who bear the long hours in front of the monitor, I ask you to write a paragraph on our personalities based on our 100 points and post it on your page.
Man ko shaanti mili.
I would like to dedicate this post to Rathindra's patience who always stood beside me and still is, to take me to 100 mark; to my PC & Sony Ericsson K510i without whose support this wouldn't have been possible and finally to my mom who gave me the mugs of coffee and snacks to keep going throughout the day.
Q: So Rathindra how do you feel on nearing completion of this Tag business? A:I think my mind really played well, aah the weather was not overcast so it helped me to keep batting through the afternoon without a nap and as a whole it was a team effort. Thank You.
So that's it from the RRC desk, dont catch me again same place, some time on this Tag business.
Thank you for bearing with me.
Before I say goodbye, I'd like to Tag Raj & Jammy.

PS: For Raj & Jammy for inspiration..

wo pradeep jo dikh raha,
jhilmil duur nahi.
thak kar baith gaye kyun bhai,
manzil duur nahii.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

History or His-Story??

History is fixed isnt it, whereas Science is always changing. History can be repeated but can never be changed. Thankfully I had completed my history classes before the governments brought out different textbooks with a "new" history in them. Even now you will come across in newspapers that a state govenment is changing the history textbooks, mainly to woo a particular section of the Junta to garner votes.

How this post crop up, well yesterday I visited the orkut profile of 'a genius mind' Abhishek Singh, who recently met with an unfortunate accident leading to his untimely demise. My heartiest respect to this great soul. Well there was a community in his profile called "Itz TejoMahalaya, not TajMahal" and from it I read the following page::

The True Story of the Taj Mahal

It states with proofs exactly 110, that Taj Mahal is not tomb but a shiva temple. It says the Taj Mahal is not even built by Shah Jahan. Have you seen the "conspiracy theory" documentary on the "US Lunar Mission". How it shows with proofs that the US government did not really send any man to moon. Some of the points that they make forces me to think whether the history is as had happened or his-story.

Would like to see some comments..

Tuesday, July 10, 2007 | Permalink |

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

My Tryst with Rains..

4th July::

Me=Assam=Rains. Yes it rains a lot in Assam but weather patterns are changing. So while there's floods in Mumbai, it's unusually hot there. In fact last year the state board schools for the first time extended the summer vacation. Rains..Rains..Truly there's something romantic, surreal and idyllic about it. Rains can be very dull too and can make you feel even worse if you are in a bad mood. That's in tune with the saying "Everything has two sides to it". Anyhow I love the rains and let me share some of my love affairs with it.

I have been experiencing this for the past three years now. Whenever it rains a little more than it should, trains to and from Howrah station are postponed or canceled. Basically there's water logging at Santragachi and Tikiapara, they are two stations just on the approach to Howrah station. Its monsoon time, yes trains are getting delayed, canceled and short terminated. Railways sure must try to find a way out of this when the problem comes up every time it rains. Once I'd left Jamshedpur at 6 in the morning and I was back in college at 6 in the evening from Howrah. Why..because my train got canceled from Howrah because of a heavy downpour. That was in 2nd year and I became the laughing stock for that day.."accha kaisi rahi teri chutti".

5th July::

The rain played the spoilsport today. I was in mood to go out to Bhubeneswar but father didn't allow me because of the rains. Here at home I am still a little boy. You can enjoy the rains only when you do not have any work, otherwise it brings unwanted breaks. If you are free, just sit comfortably at a place so that you feel the cool sensation on your skin but do not get wet from the rains. Have a cup of tea or coffee. Get a book. aah kya mazaa hai. One important thing, no music. Instead listen to the rains. My best experience of listening to the rains was during rafting in Dimna lake in Jamshedpur. The instructor told us to just float(we were wearing life jackets) and not to make any noise. The rain drops falling on the Lake's water just at our eye level, the wet and cold feeling and the surrounding hills with cloud cover on their summits, that was heavenly. Aah this is lifting my spirits....good. Let me go and watch those snaps.

6th July::
Rains call me to play football. I simply love the game in the rains. No problem if I do not have company. Just give me a football and I will get soaked up all by myself. Slide and take in the mud. what fun..after that take a shower and feel the warmth of your fresh clothes. Sip some tea and have some "garam" samosa..paramananda.

Getting wet in rains has some benefits too. It makes you immune to it. That is you do not get ill and get cold. Raj says playing in rains in college is helping him now. While many of his colleagues in Tata Motors are getting ill in the rains of Jamshedpur. He is all fine.

7th July::
I remember the evening the TCS results were declared almost a year now. There was sense of accomplishment and joy. I'd landed up with my first job. I just took out the football and went into the ground with Samik. We took some shots, then just sat there in the rains. We did not talk much but we were in our own thoughts, just trying to savour the moment and keep it permanently in a part of our memory. It still feels like yesterday.

The sun is finally out today, so I'll finish off my affairs with the rains. I know rains, you will come back to me. For now,

Here comes the sun..
Here comes the sun..

And I say it's alright.

-Beatles

Wednesday, July 04, 2007 | Permalink |

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Should I move the cheese?

Do I go for a change, or else stick to my current template..donno really. I've got an attachment with the current template..kinda its a identification for me..But there seems to be some error in the Google Adsense Code and it hasnt been fixed since more than a month. Consequently I've been unable to make modifications and changes to the template. May be I'll wait a little longer than I shall certainly have to take a strong decision..

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 | Permalink |