Sunday, July 31, 2016
Likh nahin pati hai kalam aajkal
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Dear 15 year old me
last week you celebrated yours 25th birthday , it has been a decade and a lot has changed. First and foremost you are fat, yes your childhood dream has come true . The secret of being fat had always been cheese , butter, potatoes etc , the kind of food mumma told you keep away from. However as you might have know it's not fun , I loathe it and most women find it unattractive. While we are on that topic and I know that it makes you nervous , there is nothing to be afraid of , women are harmless (mostly .. ) , they are weird and react quite irrationally, however some of your best friends are women but you have still not found the one.
I will have you noted that building Iron Man was not that bad a idea , you graduated in physics (don't worry we cleared JEE, long story !), you did lasers till very recently and you figured out that theoretically it was very much possible to build the arc reactor . However we had to leave it for the greed of money and love of computers. On the brighter side Iron Man has become a famous franchise which boasts 5 full budget Hollywood movies which were all "rad" .
I play a lot of video games , nobody stops me and I have enough money to spare for it. They have come a long way , they are no more the cartoons having 256 bit color and monotonic music , they look almost real and the good ones need some skill. Mortal Kombat is still around and it's still evolving. As a matter of fact you worked for a "gaming" company for some time, but it was not that cool as you might have thought.
South Indian is still among my favorite cuisines . Although I have come to admire Punjabi and Bengali food more than I ever liked south Indian , dosa still tops my chart. You have learned to cook as well , while you were travelling abroad and ran out of maggi and sattu. Yes !! you travelled abroad , it was frightening and exciting . No, you didn't go to the casino , Yes, you had hot-dog and turned non vegetarian. As a matter of fact most of the food err animals you found cute are actually quite tasty ;) .
You still don't play any physical games , never did . You joined NCC but frustrated the shit out of your commanding officer with your laziness. Funny story , you fired a SLR and a shotgun , didn't get a single round on target . You have developed interest in photography and as always now that you have your own computer you love to goof around it.
You are really going to be proud of the taste of music you have developed , however you almost nauseated your roommates and neighbors by playing crappy music over and over again in college . You have made some really good friends , most of them are geeks but all of them are good human beings.
Summing up, it has been a great journey till now , thanks for working so hard to build a foundation on which we stand today . I still remember you walking kilometers getting late for school , unkempt but focused , I envy you . BTW I still have a cycle ( you can get a scooty for it's cost but I still haven't learned to drive ) . Everything is fine at home , rather our home is now a house we own and they say it's beautiful. You now live in a city called Hyderabad far from home and that is perhaps your only regret ....
regards,
Monday, August 19, 2013
Pyaz k pakode
कहते हैं दुनिया का सबसे costly liquid आंसु होता है। तभी साला प्याज़ का दाम टेंट फाड़ कर चन्द्रमा में land कर गया है। जब हम छोटे थे तब पहली बार प्याज का भाव १९९८ में बढ़ा था। भाजपा की गवर्मेंट गिर गयी थी दिल्ली में , २०१० में प्याज़ ने मन्नू दद्दा की खुजली कर दी और अब फिर से प्याज़ दारु पी कर पानी की टंकी पे चढ़ गया है।
बड़ा विचित्र किस्सा है इस प्याज़ का बोले तो "the curious case of Indian Onion " , जब तक इसका दाम सही रहता है इसको कोई पूछता नहीं है। जब बढ़ जाता है तो छपरा वाले चचा से लेके कँवल साब तक को प्याज़ क पकोड़े खाने का मन करने लगता है। जो लौंडे कल तक पकोड़ी खाने के बाद mouthwash करते थे वो आज मील क साथ एक्स्ट्रा प्याज़ मांग रहे हैं। as a matter of fact प्याज़ का demand supply curve देखा जाये तो slope negative निकलेगा।
प्याज़ का दाम बढ़ने क बाद ये कई पांच सितारा होटलों के मेनू में आ गया है। fried onion in red asian sauce बोले तो कांदा मसाला , spicy onion tempura बोले तो प्याज़ पकोड़ा, exotic muglai chicken curry with onion garnish बोले तो मुर्गा दो प्याज़ा। प्याज़ की भाजी देसी बोतल क बगल से उठ कर JD के साथ सेवन की जा रही है। और साल दो साल की बात है ITC वाले अनियन फ्लेवर्ड तेल , चावल , बिस्कुट , डेओ सब लांच कर देंगे। प्याज़ की हालत वो हो गयी है जो बिहार के एक गाँव क लौंडे की JEE क्लियर हो जाने पे होती थी।
खबर तो यह भी है की रेड ओनिओंस (चिल्लिस ) प्रोडक्शन चेन्नई एक्सप्रेस की चेअप्नेस्स कम करने क लिए उसे प्याज़ क खेतो में reshoot करेगि. मगर इस आईडिया का असली श्रेय जाता है "raodees " क producers को जिन्होंने शो की चेअप्नेस्स कम करने क लिए एक पूरा सीजन ओनिओंस को dedicate कर दिया है। raodees , we will make you cry ! (#likethebitchyouare ) . स्प्लिट्स-ब्याह वालो ने भी कपल्स सेलेक्ट करने क लिए एक चेअप्नेस्स टेस्ट रखा है जिसमे लड़कियां प्याज़ खा क लडको क फेस पे breathe करेंगे and इफ the guy does not faint or nauseate , हे इस गुड-enuf .
प्याज का शौक़ीन होने की वजह से मैं खुद काफी दुखी महसूस कर रहा हूँ। I loved onions , कच्चा ,भुना , तला , roasted हर तरह का प्याज़ खाता था मैं, दोस्त डिनर क बाद दो फुट दूर बैठते थे मगर आज सब करीब हैं, होटल वालों से प्याज़ मागो तो उसे सलाद बता क एक्स्ट्रा charge करते हैं। Omlette से लेकर अनियन डोसा तक उन्होंने कुछ नहीं छोड़ा , ये सारे आइटम्स पांच सितारा होटलों क लिए फिक्स हो गए हैं। लगता है CWG , 2G और 3G क बाद अब प्याजी का नंबर है। I am scared and I am angry, I am a stupid common man looking for his stupid onion pakoda .
वैसे लोग बोल रहे सरकार प्याज़ की कीमत कण्ट्रोल कर लेगी , जस्ट लाइक उन्होंने कश्मीर , अरुणाचल ,आंध्र , और रुपया कण्ट्रोल किया है। "सब ठीक है " ।
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
when our wings are cut, can we still fly
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Hamaari umar
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Foraging@hyderbad: a concise guide to restaurants
I love eating, I mean I loooovvee eating, and for people like us Hyderabad is heaven, (well that is perhaps the only good thing about it but it’s substantial). I have not been to a single restaurant which can be classified as “shitty” or even “average by KGP standards”. Here is a “critical evaluation” of the places I have been :
Ginger Court: awesome food, good ambience, expensive. If you want to eat some classy food go here. There are two floors, the top floor has a bar. I will not recommend drinking here, unless you are RICH rich.
Olive Garden (Madhapur): good food, decent prices, This is probably one of the few restaurants in Hyderabad where the food is not so spicy (though still awesome), ambience is not good. Service is ok, they take some time to serve. You must try chicken palak .
GoGreens (Madhapur): the first bad performer (still way better than any restaurant in KGP) , food is good , but very limited choices, you have to wait a lot for a seat. Maybe thali is good , never tried that.
17 degrees North (Madhapur): extremely expensive but good food, you have a lot of variety , I had quesadillas and god they were good. If you want to eat good food in Madhapur and bored of Ginger court come here.
Big Dosa (Madhapur): I was initially skeptic of this place but when I went it was mind blowing, really good atmosphere, good service, even though they serve snacks only Big Dosa is not just for a name, their Dosa is BIG and delicious, and also the only place in hyderbad where I could get aapam. A bit expensive though.
Cafe Nandini (Madhapur and Jubliee checkpost): awesome place specially if you want to have snacks and cheap compared to its peers. Very good south Indian cuisine with a lot of options and a very reasonable price, thali is good too. The check post one is better.
4 seasons (kothakuda): are you bored of regular lunches, and work at ivy/google/synopsys/capitaliq, try this place , food is decent but costly. ambience is good, waiting time can be improved.
Club 8(kothakuda): drunkards will love it, health conscious people don’t go there. Booze is cheap, food is oily, ambience is great. However they take only cash which is a very irritating thing.
Paradise (hitech): good food but not that great as the legend says (actually the legend is about the other branch ). Biryani is really good. Rest are decent. Long waiting time. Best for biryani take outs
Chutneys (main branch): don’t be fooled by the certificates it has got. Food here is above average at best and prices are damn high. Thali is ok. Ambience and service are good though.
Bowl o’ China (Madhapur): very bad service , reminded us of KGP , food is ok. There are certainly better options.
Amantran (Madhapur) : food is good, ambience is good too, nothing outstanding, good for weekend dinners with friends.
Nawab’s and Nijams (Madhapur) : do you have intestines of titanium and stomach of steel, this is the place to go. Awesome food but burns your gut and you are going to have a hard time next morning. If you love spicy food come here.
Shanghai Chef(Madhapur) : Decent Chinese restaurant, nice ambience, 8 out of 10 , worth trying.
disclaimer:
1.)this is a personal review and in no way indicates the general public opinion of any place
2.) I have been only to restaurants in Madhapur and around.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
topiyan
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
The last April...


There are a lot of things you can run out of in an engineering school... patience, interest, passion, strength, intellect, sanity. But as the end draws, you find that you have run out of nothing but time. You thought you will do something great, meet someone important, tell someone a secret, love somebody special, kick someone’s ass, but it all ends with a hassle caused by a combination of BTP/MTPs, GVs, endsems and stupid farewells streaked with mawkish speeches and hapless dinners. It’s a strange feeling, some kind of paradox, I want the days to slip and the moments to stay, but the days seem long and the moments just fall like the sand in an hourglass.


Farewells are sad!
And just when I was about to realize the plans of doing a bonfire conceived in the cold of January, the blooming mauve flowers in the yellow sun made a April fool out of me. And I realized “while I sit and talk to god, he just laughs at my plans”
. It was there, the last April, something coveted yet detested. The counting flag for measuring our stay at this place, the turning point of each year, the time of the year when one repetitively looked forward to next session and thought, “this time I won’t makhao again”, “this time I will lose weight”, “this time I will attend all classes”, “this time I will stop walking awkwardly” and of course these resolutions were never realized, hence repetitive. That was till now.
It’s over folks. I am walking out with the same “extraordinary” gait, holding that extra bit of fat accumulated over the last few years, still sleeping on the “sunken mass of wool” which was rendered replaceable by my father 3 years ago, holding tight to a unclaimed mechanics book left at my room in 2nd year by someone who I now believe was too ashamed to own it.
the abandoned Mechanics book
sunken mass of wool
So all you guys out there, waiting for your turns, know that the life at KGP is like this puff of smoke, it intrigues, makes you believe that it will stay and then slowly diffuses as time unfolds and even before you know it's gone, not even a streak left behind
Friday, March 11, 2011
In the flip of a coin ...
PS: it was supposed to be my birthday blogpost
I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it look before they cross the road. ... (Stephen Hawking)
There is a well known concept in physics called the uncertainty principle, it prohibits us know and predict the future perfectly. At a first look it appears to be a depressing limitation for many people but on a closer look isn’t it great that nothing is predetermined? Isn’t that what makes our life so interesting and worth living for. Predictability is good but spontaneity is what you call “Fcuking awesome”.
I have turned 22, I have been smart and I have been foolish, I have loved and I don’t know whether I was loved back , and I am graduating this summer given I don’t fail any courses (yes you can call me a cynic, I don’t give a damn). I have been finicky about many things over the last 5 years but now that I am so close to leaving this place, I am starting to think that it couldn’t have been more fun, I mean , how many physics grads get to shoot a gun and watch scenes from The Devil’s Advocate on a big screen as a part of their curriculum.
Like many of my friends I didn’t have a plan when I came here and likewise I developed a few as time passed . Unlike most of my friends however, I never felt confident about those plans, something which had it pros and cons. I have made some choices which may have appalled a few but one day they will come to understand that the seeds of those had been there from the start, it was an avalanche in waiting, all it needed was a little push. All I can say is that nothing is random , what we call random behavior has it roots in some unfathomable facts.I was taught a course called Non Linear Dynamics and somehow it makes more sense these days than it did before.
When I was little I watched a TV show called Recess, there was a group kids and they had a character called Spinelli, and in one episode they show her uncertainty about her future... I think it’s better you watch the episode( it’s a 10 min clip)
Sunday, November 21, 2010
10 Things to do when you are bored
Saturday, October 16, 2010
5 reasons why Facebook irritates me !
1. Every time I log on it asks me ‘what’s on my mind?’ Dear Mr. Zuckerberg people go to facebook mostly when they have nothing on their mind. Or as Singh once responded,
This is on my mind !
a. “get a ‘Indian’ girlfriend.,get a partner”, yeah that’s the aim of my life ! (This ad is usually accompanied by a picture of some slu##y bitch posing for the camera. )
b. Work in a BPO (another aim of my life), great compensations (lolz)
c. XYZswiswatch.co.in, “Rolex replica’s! Nobody can tell the difference”, seems they have figured out what they can sell and what they can’t sell in India. So much for answering the Question “1.” once with the fact that Rolex milgauss is in my bucket list.
Right now an ad on my profile goes like “Read the life story of a real asperger patient” . :O
3. I can like or unlike. I can’t dislike. What irritates me more is when people ‘like’ updates such as “XYZian making racist comments”, “India loses nth match in boogabo series”, “rukh Khan wants to act in a porn movie”, “ 300 die in Bihar due to flood”, “ Communist party calls for a nationwide strike” etc etc.
4. You can’t tell anything about anyone who has privacy settings on except for his/her photo which sometimes turns out to be a bunny cuddling with some cat. This creates problems. First you can’t tell who a person is until you accept his friend request and second it mitigates the primary purpose of facebook
5. Apps collect information about you, and it includes everything (from your sex to the phone number you have listed on your profile) as soon as you innocently click the allow button. Later on, when you visit some random site you see an ad which caters exactly to your likings. So if you like to eat SOMESHIT biscuits, you will always be advertised to about SOMENEWSHIT biscuits and never SOMEAWESOME biscuit. You can see where is it going.
Still, I use facebook. Orkut has succumbed to its upgrading, I never liked myspace and I love to screw my life and waste my time. Hence all hail Facebook !
Monday, July 5, 2010
The Terminal
"...but in all my garden there is no red rose."
(Oscar wilde, 1888)
A pair of haze eyes met a pair of black pupils carved on white stones besieged by thick black lashes. One lip smiled , the other followed. Some slender fingers loosened, a brawny shoulder shuddered. suddenly the world shook. Few backs bent, heads rose and bodies stirred. A pair of Betsey Johnsons clanked , The door hissed and they loitered in a vast chasm before the Raybans watching them lost track .
(to be continued...)
Monday, May 10, 2010
Chini kam hai...
'aargh no sugar..'
आज सुबह सुबह ऑफिस की काफ्फी मशीन पे अहसास हुआ की जिंदगी में चीनी की क्या अहमियत है | चीनी न हो तो कुछ अच्चा ही नहीं लगता ,और हो तो जिंदगी के सबसे कडवे लम्हे भी मिठास से भर जते हैं| ऐसे ही कुछ लम्हों क बारे में सोच रहा था आज | वैसे बहुत अच्छी जगह है अमेरिका ,खूबसूरत , हराभरा , एकदम फिल्मों टाइप |यहाँ की बंदियों पे तो मैं फ़िदा हो गया भाई , सबकी सब एकदम गुडिया जैसी सफ़ेद , गुलाबी होठ , और एकदम मीठी आवाज. | मैं जहाँ रहता हूँ वो जगह तो पता नहीं किन लोगों ने बनायीं ऐसा गजब architecture , नयी पुराणी हर तरह की ईमारत | यहाँ अपरिचित लोग भी अगर कभी सड़क पे मिल जाएँ तो दुआ सलाम करते हैं , हालाँकि आपसे ट्रेन या बस वगेरह पे लोग बातचीत करते नहीं नजर आयेगे | यहाँ आकर मैंने पहली बार zebracrossing का इस्तेमाल होते देखा , और वो भी बड़े अच्छे से | वैसे खाने को लेकर मेरी मिटटी पलीद हुई है, खाने में मिर्च मसाला तो होता ही नहीं ,गरम गरम समोसा खाने का बड़ा मन करता है मगर यहाँ तो रेस्तरां में भी कम वसा वाला खाना चलता है :( ,कोई न , चलता है | अब एक जगह पर सब कुछ तो नहीं मिल सकता | बाकि खाने में सत्तू जिंदाबाद है |बाकि काम शुरू हो गया है , अच्छा है , बाकि देखिये आगे क्या होता है| और हाँ जिंदगी में चीनी बहुत संभाल कर रखिये , नहीं है जुगाड़ लीजिये , हाथ पे हाथ धरे बैठे रहिएगा तो मेरी तरह हाथ मलते रह जाईएगा और किसी दिन ब्लॉगर पे मैं आपका ब्लॉग पढ़ रहा होऊंगा :P
Thursday, March 4, 2010
from 20 to 21...
I wonder what is special about turning 21, I mean I can vote, I can sign legal documents for myself starting from the age of 18 but still I am not an adult. It’s as they say ‘Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow.’
But... Starting tomorrow….
1.) I am legally allowed to consume alcohol at US ,Indonesia ,Oman, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, UAE, Micronesia , Palau and in most parts of India
2.) I can get married
But what are more important are the changes I want, I wish I wasn’t so clumsy, I wish I could grow up overnight just like the law rendering me adult in a passing second but kya Karen dil to bachcha hai jii..[ :)]
I also wish I was a little more smarter, a little more healthier and a lot more wealthier [:P] , I wish I had a obsession ( includes commitments, affairs and addictions) and after today’s dinner I sincerely wish Patel hall had a better mess.
I had been planning to write a post since a long time ( losing in PI, almost getting DAAD and losing it , terrible last semester, a professor called SPP another called AC, Menon’s attempt at SF, KCR’s ……., getting drunk and breaking chairs at TP, carrying drunk people back from Sher e Punjab, Sayantan ki G ka G, ordeals for passport and many more) but writing a blog requires a rare combination of free time and good mood both being scarce thanks to ‘Labload’. Feels like penning hundreds of pages involving every nice event that took in last one year but I have a movie to watch , a assignment to do and a viva to prepare for , so I think I’ll retire.
Happy Hillu Day

