Saturday, October 30, 2010

Chance Pe Dance:)

The only thing i regret not doing at IIT Delhi is " Dancing on Stage" this will always remain a dream to me. i can still remember back in my ist semester, where i had gone for the trials to dance for the fuchha dance. but couldnt go the next day as i had tried eating more than what i could chew ( singing, debating cricket, painting...many more). i will always regret not going there the next day , i guess things would have been very different if i had taken that small step i am more than sure of that fact ..the result after 2 days i see a more than a mediocre performance by my hostel mates i kicked miself " behenchod i could have done better than most of them" but as they say oppurtunity knocks only once , but in mi case it had knocked more than once nothing stopped me from participating, my hostel was not known for its dancing prowess, so it meant easy entry as they say there is a very fine line between success and failuire i guess i had lost the chance to cross it and after some time to mi shock there was no longer any line to cross seeing my close friends EPK and Rana dancing was a different experiance epk more to say his hostel which was a new one gave a mindblowing performance i can still remember the songs "aashiq banaya " and bluffmaster's "ek main aur ek tu hain" ...satpura had announced their arrival. i can proudly say that i never missed any dance event during mi four years at iit that jam packed sem hall with electrifying energy in the air .....mi god wat a sight it used to be i can pay to attend the event any given time.....epk was my window to the world of dance we discussed many things about dance i guess i wud be the only non pro dancer who wud hav discuused so much about dance
...come 2nd year came a junior ...i guess i have to thank god for my videographic memory i can still remember that sight, as usual trials were going on and the expressions on his face made me think "kya itna expressions... sahi naachta hain kyaa" then came to know that wow apne hostel main bhi dancers ......sahiii... ek nahin do do, i used to religiously follow the dance events tried again mi hand in the 2nd year the same old thing cudnt back up the next day i always wanted somebody to give me a pep talk just one little one ....i wanted one senior very badly who i wanted to go and tell him without inhibitions that "sirr mujhe dance karnaaa hain kaisa bhi karke mujhe karvavo....but alas that secret remained a secret ....sharing secrets with friends talking to them about ur weaknessess is a different thing from talking to a close senior ...may be thats the reason i always wanted to take good care of mi juniors i missed that feeling i didnt wanted them to miss that.......2 years passed away and mi answer always for the best dancer in the whole institute were these two mi nfriend and mi junior heheh of course mi judgement masked by the friendship in my last year came this pocket dynamite ....mi god was he madd about dance ...mind blowing performances and enjoyed them thoroughly and still those dance performances act as stress busters, i can pay to see him perform perfect live wire on stage !!! i keep going back to them, i dont know how attached they really are to their performances but those songs and dances have almost became a part of the mi stay at iit and the mere mention gives me goose bumps , i dont know even today whether it was their dances or the nostalgia but the songs they danced became even more exciting after watching them dance to it ...some of the most memorable wud be......."come to cmee frm BLUFF MASTER" "NAA JAANE umeedhein kuch baaki hain" "urvasi urvasi " " orey piya thi was by kumoan " "oy pappi " ... cant remember right now....dont worry i will never repeat mi mistakes thats wy i dance at any small given chance now
P.S by the way i have joined dance classes here starting from tomorow 30th oct 2010 ....sammy boy will arrive

Friday, October 29, 2010

General Reservations!!

"kya karein sir, 4000 main kahan se guzara hoga usliye ye bhi wahin jaa rahe thein tho maine socha inko bhi lechalein phirr tho apki marzi hain" said the driver who had already got some other persom into the cab, least bothered about wat was happening i spoke " bhayya jaldi chalo meri train miss hojayegi nahin tho, "...." arey saar aise kaise miss hojayegi pintu yadav jab aapke sath hain ....intercity hain kyaa "...." haan ticket nahin hain koi jugaad hain kyaa apka wahan" i asked him. " hain tho sahi sir magar season hi aisa hain maine nagpur ke liye 3 mahinonse kar ke baitha hoon abhi tak WL kya batraoonn ... aapko blah ...blah...blah" he went on and on and on...o mi god mi only priority was to atleast get a Genral ticket.....getting into the platformm mi god looking at the long queue raju srivatsav's words ringed in mi ears " itne log kahan se aate hain aur aate hain tho jaate kahan ko hain aur phirse kyon aate hain" heheh, i laughed to miself ,of course the laugh was full of nerves wriiten all over it. Mi animal instincts took over and i waded into the crowd putting my hand into the crowd and some how managed to get a genral ticket " Genral ko sleeper main convert kara lena TT ko bolke" i remembered mi friend's advice, so started scanning the whole platform for the TT, finally found one " Sir wo emergency thaa sir usliye genral ticket liya hain, seat mil sakti hain kyaa", " dekho bhai agar convert karna hain tho bata ,magar seat tho sarein barein pade hain koi asharam bapu kaa seminar hain delhi main" the TT replied, aaaan ye tho TT ka roj ka natak hain i thought to miself " ok sir kardo".....taking the ticket i enterd the train finding an empty upper berth i laid down...after sometime the TT came "Ujjain tak aaraam karlo uske baad tho train ki maa behen hojayegi " he said , i slept for 2 hours and then got down to get something to eat and stood at the door enjoying the cool wind blowing just then one chai wallah bumped in, seeing him i asked " bhayya ye ujjain kitni door hain"
" agla station wohi hain sirjee, 5 min main ajayegaa" . hmmmm dekhte hain kitne log chadthee hain, after 10 mins came ujjain with it brought thousands and thousands of people who were jumping into the train as if the world was coming to an end, dont worry mil jayegi seat i consoled miself and then got down to the platform to eat something after returning back ......shocked i was to see that leave alone a seat i wondered whether i wud place to stand...there were people almost 3 times the capacity of the train, somehow managed to get a place near the Bathroom.... Wow wat a sight with 3 people breating down mi neck and 4 people nibbling at my feet the train started for delhi....

last rites of mi friend

"Abey tere paas paise hain, main aaneke baad lauta dunga" i asked, "haan hain tho sahi, magar dekh bahut risky hain bata raha hoon aur leave kaise sanction karayega, (***) tera jaan lelegaa "
asked abhi. " Sister's wedding boldungaa" ......."kya saale sister ki wedding itna emergency main fix hua kyaa ....filmi style main,... saaf mana karegaa wo" replied abhi . "...hmmmm tho Friend ki accident kaise rahega wo bhi bachne kaa koi chance nahin hain batadoon ...." " haaan ye sahi hogaa...magar jaldi jaa tere paas time nahin hain". hearing this i ran to the academic block memorizing mi lines for the act i was about to enact, " We treat u people as adults and you behave as if u still are in kindergarden... and now u come and apologize" ...these were coming out from the office " shit sala mood bhi sahi nahin hain ...and the conversation went on for 15 mins with the officer doling out global gyaan to the student mercilessly , time was running out and i had to act fast , collecting my courage i muttered " Excuse me Sir ..wo ek emergency hain"...."Kyaaaa Hain!!! rukh nahin sakte" ...."Sir wo leave ke liye apply karna thaaa "......"tumhein ye bhi nahin pata timings hain 4-5 jaoo tab aaon" ....."Sir wo delhi jaana thaa aur train 4 baje se hain, friend ka accident hoagaya hain aur bahut serious hain ...shayad hi bachpayega so last time dekhne jaa raha hoon...." ....."OHHH!!! okok dont worry sab kuch theek hojayegaa tension matlo" " kya behen chod thoda zyada hogaya kya acting....me and mi overacting koi nahin leave miljayen vohi bahut hain".....So after completing mission "Leave sanction" i returned to mi room stuffed some t shirts collected the money and " Hello bhayya Star Cabs ek cab chahiye thha railway station ke liye" called for the CAB to take me to the next level
RAILWAY STATION !!!

It smells like......

"Tu pagal tho nahin hua, kaise jayega Delhi kal tho quiz hosaktha hain aur how will you manage to go, its already 2 and the train is.... kab hain train?" asked Abhishek. "hmmm... 4 ko hain...abey Chart tho prepare bhi hogaya hoga kaise ....latakke jayega !! kyaa...chod chod ye tho tera Roz ka natak hogaya, Delhi jaana hain....Delhi jaana hain. But was in a mood to listen.naaaaahhhh ab tho Delhi jaana hi hain, magar kaise jeb main tho paise bhi nahin hain, train ke ticket bhi nahin hain, aur (***) se leave sanction karvana aur wo bhi lunch hour main ...impossible ..but wait how could i miss Rendezvous 2010 ... Spectrum...podium main naach gaana....gals of all sizes and shapes....the sweet smell of winter....OAT main 10000 log
Could i miss the golden jubliee year of mi alma matter ......................IIT DELHI

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Delhi 2415

"Tu ghoomne jaa raha hain kya Delhi abhii kaun rahega wahan ??" asked mi friend, this question forced me to think "why was i going to delhi when almost all my batchmates and immediate juniors had left the college, what was there in IIT that attracted me always pulling me to it's side, this was an intriguing Question indeed!!!"
Thinking about this question somehow managed to reach the station on time and boarded the inter-city from indore to Delhi with only one passenger in his late 30s digging into some magazine, suited me best i wanted my private space now. Excitement, fear, Nostalgia mixed bag of feelings was what i was going through and it sounded exciting and the cool malwa breeze added to my excitement and i with my headphones on and the latest India Today by mi side started pondering over the million question. was it 1985 batch video the other night that inspired me to embark on this journey or were there other things, i wanted a break from the grind of the life i was going through and where can i get the most relaxing break IIT ...Delhi here i come!!!!
Freedom to do anything i wanted be it acads be it following mi interest in various cultural activities, be it doing anything under the sun, organizing events, attending events which were not allowed for ur institute. life was like a rainbow colored with not 7 but 700 different colors showing color by color everyday as if someone had written a well thought script for ur stay there. u only know the value of something once u lose it and i learnt it the hard way and i guess this is the only way available to us. where on earth can u get to interact with people as diverse it can get, characters here come in all sizes and shapes and colors also (including some of teh so called exchange students) how can i forget SDA's Priced assets, Sassi's chai, Fx's chicken combo, hostel's mess, last surviving memeber of the nescafe family near the library where the taste of the elachi depended on the mood of the person there, Wind-T ...hmmmm i can smell the sweet air i can go on like this for eternity suddenly someone shook me "bhayya ticket "
what ohh the T.C i searched mi pockets ....mi wallet....mi bag ....did i have the ticket or not ....W.T.F.................................