Dazzler !!!!


Recently Dazzler came up to me… and said you have dedicated no blog to me…… The quick response mechanism in me said but I have given you a nick name which no has (I think at least) …..

So this is a blog dedicated to her….!!!!!!!!!

A friendship which began almost 3 years ago….. Never thought I would be close to someone as I am to her…… Throughout childhood for every year I had one good friend ……. And with every year the friend was new….. So I can safely assume that I am still not bored with the relationship I share with her…… Why this has happened???? I cannot tell but am glad that I have a friend and a friendship I truly cherish….

Over the 3 years I have had many and many conversations and incidents with Dazzler……
The tea conversations at Lemon Tree Pune would be something I remember most of the time as after graduating from college…….. The conversations varied from college life and her emotional problems…… I think problems is the wrong word… Lets say situations...Emotional Situations…. Most of the times I would land up cheering her up and defending men ……. Most of the times I would land trying to figure her mind out….…… She has a complex side to her….which I must admit am still figuring out till date… Probably why I am still friends with her…. But our conversations were never complex… Our freedom to say whatever we want is the spark in our conversations…. Honesty is something I really appreciate and I see it her eyes….

Coming to some of the funny moments………. I remember outside sweetie stores….. She was having a packet of Tiger biscuits …. While having the biscuits the crumbs she would get rid of just like ash from a cigarette…...Yes I do enjoy pulling her leg….!!!!!

December 18th 2006 will be a day I will not forget for a very long time……. I was in mumbai on a college assignment and she was in mumbai to meet her future boy friend…...And we spend the day together…….. I spoilt my phone as a chocolate melted in my pocket ….. We enjoyed good wine at Taj Lands End…. A walk near the Arabian Sea …… and a candid question if not the one you like do I have a chance…??? I have that answer now…….

We did have our share of mis-understandings ….. 2007 was a rough year….for her as well as for me….. I did stop talking to her at one point….. But she had the courage to talk to me about why I was avoiding her……...I had become a loner for a while….. So was keeping to myself…… I was watching a game of basket ball from the college steps and had been avoiding her call since morning…….It was around 9:30 in the evening when she called again….I said let me pick up …..and say that I do not wanna talk to you…..But I never did….Instead I told her my location….She came and sat next to me…. And asked me what was wrong…..I just had a lump in my throat…..And I said what I had to say about how she had behaved and how some other people who I really liked had behaved….She heard me out and I still remember the words clearly…. ‘I do not deserve your friendship’. This struck me and hit me hard……. Should I let bygones be bygones….. I am a much happier man today…….

Thank you for walking into my life!!!!!!!

An Election

Recently on a family lunch my parents, my brother and I got in a debate regarding the 2009 election. On how mud flinging and name calling had become the order of the day. I do not know about previous elections as I would have been a witness to only a handful out of which some I would have been to small to remember anything…...I personally feel this election is the worst name calling exercise ever...Including the two people running for the top post of the country`

During the course of the conversation I remembered another election in the year 2003 of a club in Mumbai…….Where members of the club were in the process of electing their committee……. What surprised me those days was the name calling and the fliers which would be distributed amongst members…… Recalling one such flier which I had the opportunity to get my hands on …. The flier had photographs and names of the current committee members with a small brief/description on them….. On reading I was shocked to read the description of few members…… The flier was claiming that one person had taken his pants off in the club. Another was a wife beater and one of the members was
raising a child which was not his own but a neighbors and a fellow member……

Election 2009 is nothing short of the 2003 club election I had witnesses….. The leader of opposition has claimed that the PM is a ‘Nikama PM’ …. We have had candidates calling other candidates pimps ……… Another leader promising to cut off arms of people of the minorities…….. In the club election my cousin and were given passes to a belly dance show basically a bribe for us to vote for a particular section of members…..So what is wrong in distributing money??? At least politicians are not inviting the people to watch obscene shows…..Or are they and we just do not know about it……….

My view is that there is no difference in way elections are conducted in our country whether it is at the micro level or the macro level….

Would love to know your thoughts….!!!!!!

Theatre of the Absurd


A recently coined phrase by prime ministerial hopeful L K Advani at recent press conference got my political sense tingling a bit…..

I was quite surprised with the PM in waiting (Everyone is anticipating the date when his swearing in ceremony will take place) was making such a statement about the alliance in power. I think he needs to wind his clock a bit and remember the times his alliance was reduced to the Theatre of the Absurd……

Mr. Advani himself has been the head of many of the absurdness that took place at the time…. In 1998 he formed an alliance with the AIDMK to form the government…. But 1 year later when the alliance broke…. The power hungry BJP formed an alliance with the DMK…. A successful alliance that was…. Then fast forward to the 2004 general election a alliance was not formed again with the DMK but with the AIDMK, against the wishes of the then Prime Minister as he had shared a good personal relationship with Kurnanidhi… The reason for the alliance with the AIDMK will never be known in the public domain but it did show that the BJP was just like the Congress hungry for power…
It was only on Advani’s insistence and his advisor Gurumurthy that the alliance was formed again Jayalalitha……

In his book Mr. Advani writes that he was not in favor of releasing terrorists for the safety of Indians on board IC 814….. And he was not aware of the fact that the cabinet agreed to send Mr. Jaswant Singh to Kandhar for the release of the hostages…. First if Mr. Advani was not aware of the decision to send Mr. Singh then the people of India really need to question whether he had a say at all in important policy matters and if he did not agree with the decision why didn’t he resign as minister of the cabinet…… Here I would like to give the example of Robin Cook who resigned as foreign secretary as he did not agree with UK allying with the US for the war in Iraq and spoke quite openly in the British parliament against Tony Blair and the Government….
Could not have Mr. Advani not done the same for his ethics and principles…..

The alliance with the Trimanool Congress was nothing special as well…. The NDA government was also seen bickering on issue just as the Congress is on today’s date….
It is the problem of coalition politics and the two main political parties of our time trying to keep all their brothers and sisters happy!!!!

Even the well read and spoken about Jinnah controversy is a part of Mr. Advani’s flip-flop policy….. If he had given his resignation as party president he should should not have taken it back on the insistence of God alone knows whom……. His party was not with him at the time of crisis…… Agreed his speech was taken out of context but his main rivals used this opportunity to end his political career……..

Now that everyone is waiting for him to take be in the chair of power next year…. I wonder which type of theatre will he produce now…… Any takers for Theatre of the Opportunist!!!

Commercialization of Love!!!

Recently I made a trip to Agra, with office colleagues. For me it was my 4^th visit to the Taj and was not looking forward to the journey. For me it was a waste of a Sunday, on a day where I could put my feet up, enjoy a glass of beer and catch up with some necessary television time (for the fact there was nothing much to do in Aligarh). On insistence of my office colleagues I reluctantly got up at 6 am. 

To top it all our driver was a budding F1 race driver. His foot was like a brick on the accelerator and he would never use the brakes. Thank god for the breakfast stop at Priyanka hotel (which had a photograph of kareena ) where I had the oiliest but the best pharantas ever!!! After breakfast it was back on the roller coaster………..

We reached the Taj around 10 am….. Even before entering the gates our group were being approached by guides each shouting different rates for explaining the marvels of the Taj. We did not take the guide at the time thinking we would understand everything…. Plus we had a couple of non-virgins who had been to the Taj before….. After entering the gates even I realized that I also needed a refresher course on why is the Taj so famous…. The only problem which came up, two people ran to get guides each being successful of negotiating and getting one (enthusiastic first timers to the Taj)…. To my surprise both had licenses from the tourism but both had different rates for showing us around the monument of love…. After the bitter fight and settlement between the two guides we went around to see the Taj…..   For information of sake we paid 400 rupees for the guided tour….. After the guides we were being approached by professional photographers to get a click with the beauty in different filmy angles again rates being shouted loudly “only for 30 rupees, only for 100 rupees”….. Thankfully no one was interested in getting their photograph done professionally with the monument…… 

After our the 3 hour visit around the Taj….. We found a restaurant & bar right outside the Taj which served beer. So we non-virgins to Agra decided to sit down and drink…. So while the first-timers went to the Agra fort, I finally got to do what I always wanted on a Sunday drink beer and enjoy myself…… While drinking my second beer a thought struck me would Shahjahan want his love to be commercialized. He made the Taj for the world to appreciate the beauty of the monument and remember his love story forever…… But did he ever imagine that the monument for some have become a money making racket…. Even the guides would take us to shops outside the Taj so that they could earn a little commission. 

Is Love all About Money Honey???

 

STRANGERS IN LOVE

In a sea of people they are alone
The others do not exist they are figures of stone
Never loosing contact with every word they say
Not realising how the time slips away

For some reason time is not very important right now
They both know they will make it up some how
people leave and others stay
but their eyes never stray

Two strangers meeting for the first time
No rivers to cross no mountains to climb
they look into each others eyes and see the fire
The fire in their hearts that burns higher and higher

The silence is deafening but the do not utter a word
Sitting there starring knowing they are heard
He reaches for her hand and takes her heart
He whispers to her they will be together for ever and never part

She looks him and begins to cry
He wipes away the tear and asks her why
She tells him that never before has she felt a love like this
And all he knew was to lean over and give her a kiss

He holds her tight and says he will never let go
She looks him in the eyes and says I know
She finally finds the love she has always wanted
And now from her past she will never be haunted

After one of the world’s worst ever blog written I am going to try and redeem myself by writing happy stories….. It took me while to understand that it is better to be alone and be with your one friend who will never let you down in life….. “Music” After all you can turn off the music when you are not in the mood……Does it not sound perfect a friend who understands your mood. “Thank god for playlists”.

Anyways……I have to tell you about one of the biggest cons in my life…….

Scene I: 2 weeks before merchant banking presentation
I was made the class representative for this elective and was cursing my luck for it as the professor would harass me before the class, during class and after class. He would chew my brains by his non-stop commentary. Then he made the biggest announcement probably in his life “You have presentations next week”. The entire class, which was in deep nindra, was suddenly awake. Even more dynamic 8 topics 6 groups and a lucky draw system. So effectively the group did not know which topic they would have to present….This man was brilliant.

Scene II: the week before the presentation
I divided all the topics among the groups and the entire class was happy about it as they would get all the other presentations and would just have to run through it. But as time approached the batch mates were even more worried…..Which topic would they get to present……..

Scene III: The day of the presentation
After a 4-hour session of Security Analysis and portfolio management, the entire finance batch was exhausted. So I devised a plan. I wrote the group numbers on the chits, which had the topics for presentation. The numbers were according to the topics, which the group has uploaded on the server. Before class I went to meet the professor and told him that I had already prepared the chits. To my surprise he took the chits away from me and said I will take care of this now. I went out of the faculty room, where my batch mates were all the chartered accountants were waiting for me. I told them go inform your group to prepare for all the topics in the next 5 minutes.
Then another shock for me, the professor says my group has to present first, as he wants me to sit next to him after my presentation was over.
The professor walks in with the bowl in his hand and for some reason he hands it over to me. I started looking into the bowl. I found the chit with my topic on it. My group was safe now for the others. The next group leader came to pull out the chit and he just said I am going to say out loud the topic I had prepared. I just nodded my head.
So every group eventually spoke on the topic they had prepared.
The irony of the situation the professor said we were as good as the IIM’s!!!!!

After 2 and a half months India really felt good…… No feeling could be better to be back to your own country……. The rush at the immigration line, the flush not working in the public lavatories, no air conditioning at the airport etc …….. It just felt good to be back……. The feeling was not going to last too long…… When I touched down in Pune I realized what an independent person I was…….. I needed my space…..Loneliness was hard to handle in Germany but I loved my independence….. I could do anything without being answerable to no one……In college a thousand questions would be asked…..My room mates had a problem if I left the room for too long…..Other people had a problem with me….People felt that I had become more proud and arrogant………..Guess I would not be me if I was not arrogant….I have to admit I am arrogant and very proud or what I stand for…………..Seeing people and their behavior made me ask myself…….Do I really belong here? There is so much more to life than just running after w omen and fighting for women…….. People getting into fist fights…. It just made me feel that I was back in school……..

I started distancing myself from people(the guys who I used to hang out most with). Did they care I don’t think so…….When bread is snatched away when you are going for a piece I guess you are really not wanted……… And people still feel they are all cool and all…….. If the same thing were to happen to them the biggest branding contest would start in college…….The height of hypocrisy….. Guess no one will ever understand my feelings….. People around were too selfish……When they have work call…Otherwise who would care…. All the friends who I did call used just sugar coated words to make me feel that I was being missed…… Guess that is what increased my expectations…….. Never have expectations in life and you will never get hurt……..

Well……enough of the blogs with my sexual adventures in Frankfurt………actually adventures with no sex…………..After living for 2 months all alone I just cound not handle it……I had started talking to myself and was watching a little too much of Smallville(completed 5 seasons in 2 months)……….Was tired of the pornography which used to be aired on the television………….It was a small freaking city………..Besides shopping there was really nothing to do…….I used to look forward to every Sunday where I would randomly call up friends in India…..But most of the time they would never pick up the phone!!!!!!!! Really irritating one you make an effort to find a cheap phone booth to make calls and then make the effort to go….and to top it all most of the time they would never pick up the damn phone………Thank God for a few people though who actuially made the effort of sending me emails now and then………….Really made me feel good that atleast people have the time to write……….So finally I told my mom that she should join me here since she would never get this oppurtunity again and for the fact was really lonely……It was decided she would have a 18 day holiday………Out of which I would be on vacation for 3 days where we would go to Paris………….Paris was beautiful……One of the best trips of my life…………..I loved each and every moment of it………Went to Versailles for a day and saw the palace……..After seeing the palace and the gardens I decided that I want to be KING!!!!! And kept singing to myself ohh I just can’t wait to be KING!!!!!!!!..........The Paris public transport system was the only low point of the trip…….You have to walk for hours and hours to get to the station and the flights of stiars you have to climb…….CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!! But the only advantage of travelling by public transport wsa that you could observe the people around you…………And the women in Paris………PHEW!!!!!! Guess now I know why it is called the fashion capital……Really gorgeous………So I decided that I am going to marry a french woman (sorry ahen,ritz and dazzler)………..Just cannot help it french woman are really hot!!!!!!!!! Louvre was the high point of the trip……..never knew that I appreciated art so much………Even my mom and massi were surprised………The disappointing part………the section which kept Rembrant’s collection was closed…………And the prints available were also fewer this time………But my mom went crazy………she bought 4 sculptures………My bags are going to be heavy on the way back……….And I have never drunk so much wine in a week……..One night finshed a bottle by myself………..

Then the last week of work came………..I was really excited that I was going back home………..Lots of thoughts were racing across my mind……….When I enter college who will be the first person I meet……How is dazzler doing…..its been a while since I last spoke to her……After hearing that I am only a good friend……I have started killing the feelings I have for her……………..Do not want to loose a friend in the bargain…………..How are Ritz and Ahen doing…..Would I get the same lap dances that I was getting at the beginning of the semester………..Was Tattya still making an impression on his bed and did finally Bhaskar change his red coloured chaddis…………Guess the answer to these questions will be answered sooner than later………