[SEM PREP DIARY] Day -3

So this was the day of reckoning. The day i told myself i wud start studying for the first exam(communication theory and systems… has absolutely nothing to do with blogs as a means of communication) As i was finally facing upto the reality the clock just ticked over 12pm making me realize how late i had gotten up(no big deal… i get up same time everyday :-p ) There i was willing myself to study with no book what so ever to study from!! So it forced me into the illegal act photocopying a text book. (As if noone does that! booo…hoo…) And avoiding all forms of distraction ranging from my frend niki wanting to meet daddy to roadside girls throwing awkward glances(!!) at me One girl in particular seemed extremely mischievous! not my fault though!! ) i finally got some reading material in my hands.. yuppeeee… And i literally tried to put my nose through that paper only succeeding in sleepin with my face flat on it. I did do a decent bit of studying though… a few pages lets say… And here i am blogging. Man what the heck am i doing when im supposed to be studying. Shit i gotta go! tata….

(And he disappears…………)

My First post in WordPress

Hi

This is my first post in WordPress. Just joined this morning after a problem with Google which just refused to list my blog even if i searched it with the exact text that i wrote my blog. Besides i was previously in blogspot(a Google blogging site!!) So i ended up in wordpress which looks really looks great. Just saw what i had been missing for so long! Hope to have a great time out here. But must say wordpress just gives me so much of control over everything in my blog that i gotta rack up my brain to even select what i wud like. But cool place except that i got an exam in 3 days(damn!) If u came this far then i wud love it if u cud take a look at my About ME page. Tc everyone! Have fun!

Indy day knocking!

Whew im bak. That in itself is a massive understatement considering the amount of contempt i have towards blogging(much of it stems from the fact that i dunno if anyone’s ever gonna read my blog). But then im back for an entirely new reason which is as u should have guessed by now is totally under the mat(secret!!) All i can say is that im just too embarassed by the utter selfishness of the reason that im not willing to open up!

Right then frankly speaking i don’t have anything much to talk about here. So why not cook it up about our independence day.(Yeah writing about a topic… that definitely is part of my selfish plans!!) You see right from when i was that little-whos-this-stupid-guy I have always wondered about the pronunciation of this word independence. its actually in-dependence rather than inde-pendence. Hope u got that guys. Just tell it out man in-dependence… gives u a whole new feeling about what the day actually means doesn’t it! For me the day is often entwined with customs and rituals almost similar toa religious festival. Whew! What a boring way to celebrate indy day. i think what we really need is a kind of way to market indy day to indians. Market in the sense make it exciting. Make people really get the feel of what indy day actually is about. I see these stuff on ndtv… little old clips which savour the actual moment of in-dependence and the things which followed it. Awesome footage i tell u… It just makes my nerve tingle with a spirit that only a bit of patriotism can give. Amazing! Why didnt they show me those stuff when i was in school.(Ofcourse i wudnt hear a word of it nor wud anyone else if they put it up in colleges now). I still remember indy days in school atleast for me was all about chocolates.. (Yummy!) They used to give more than 5 chocies!! And then they put up plays about freedom fighters in which everyone was so engrossed in laughing at the slightest mistakes that their friends were doing in the play that they forgot they were actually laughing at a gandhi or nehru!! Now it doesnt give u a great impression of gandhi or nehru when u get to laugh at them! Maybe im over exaggerating and the school did give me a pinch of patriotism but most of it i wud say is self imbibed or self imposed. Much of it stems from the students themselves who want to be patriotic.

I dont actually how the so called “NRIs” celebrate indy day. Its probably more special to them because this day gives them a chance to get together and unite as indians in a foreign land. But let me address some of those cynics who say india would have been much better off under english rule. Ofcourse these are truly comments of those people who dont have any idea what being “dependent” means. I ask them would you say ok if u were forced to buy only brand of any item rather than according to your wish? Would u like if u were not allowed to buy cars and bikes because that were meant only for a certain class of people with white skin? In modern term that sounds silly. But pre 1947 that was very much the reality. And the fact that indian in-dependence paved the way for freedom in many other countries is something we all should be proud of. Funny when people celebrate our in-dependence as a momentous event in their struggle for fredom why shouldnt we celebrate it as an even bigger event.

My personal opinion about indy day is that its a low key affair simply because it is made and portrayed to be so. Its the same reason why a new year or a world cup final(be it any sport) is celebrated with a different fervour. What we need is we need a dose of “marketing”. There have been many people speaking out that the onus is one the govt to do so but thats almost irrelevant now. It simply wont work i tell u. I feel the onus is on the media. Channels like ndtv are doing a reasonable job but i think certain other regional channels could actually make indy day a much bigger event than just a day for putting new films or putting patriotic programmes which simply DONT inspire.

Ram

My Birthday Bash!!

Well as we kick off its that time of the year again. Rocking new clothes, fancy pricy treats! Hang-outs! Fun frolic, gifts and everything that goes along with a birthday. So sometimes i do wonder wats so special about these birthdays. I mean they come and go once a year(agreed they come n go ONLY once a year but still…!!) U see there are sayings which float around which say “Why do u need to celebrate a day which only makes u older by anothr year?!” A good point indeed but im not some middle age sober looking family man who’s worried about the size of his tummy!! come on… Im a teenager in every sense of the word. N probably thats probably the only thing im a bit worried about! I turn 19 day after tomm taking me closer to the 20’s. Well if i thought childhood was fun teenages were great… Now that means the 20’s can only be awesome(Now now does my dirty brain of mine thnk like this because ppl usually get married in their 20’s… naa.. i dont thnk im that bad am i… who knowsssss

Well i’l cut the crap and jump into the main thing. Firstly i asked whats so special about my birthday. Well thats simple isnt it… Its MEEEEEEEE!! Thats the only policy i have with regard to birthdays. Ya im a poor humble fellow but i do feel so special u know. That day wen i wake up. I feel so fresh n im just waiting to celebrate every moment of it. Hmmm a really sweet feeling. Its like a day which has been made just for me. A day even for this poor fellow to celebrate life. And birthdays are times when i make it a point to remember all those people who have made a difference to my lives for all these years. The list is ofcourse long but each n every person in it is so special for me.

Now coming to b’day wishes. Actually though it is really sweet when someone wishes me for my b’day i dont get hurt when someone actually forgets it(OFcourse my b’day is special only to me. For others its just another day in the office i guess) Bcoz…er…im not too good in remembering b’days either. Infact im dreadful in that(That in itself is an understatement!) But i do try my best to remember and wish the people i know on their b’days. At the end of the day i feel b’days are all about special things. Gifts which say how special i am… Treats which are meant to convey to my frends how special they are to me. The day itself which says how special life is to us all….

Ram