an ideal long drive : visit to Shangri-la

Sunday, March 18th 2:30 A.M.

...me and saboo left the IIT campus on a bike with no destination in mind, just a plan for a long drive. It was to become the exemplar long drive of all times !! The facet of Mumbai we saw then was only heard in page3 reports or gossiped about.

it was our night or rather morning of acquaintance with the Shangri-la's !!

Wandering like nomads our first stop was juhu beach. A calm night, gushing sound of waters was just amazing. after strolling for 5-10 minutes and having a very intellectual discussion we were again on the bike and taking lefts and right turns at random.

our next stoppage was unavoidable. We were standing outside a beautiful bungalow, 'MANNAT' , in a place which seemed like paradise. Sure it had to be a shelter to a film star. Then the photogenic memory of saboo clicked and he claimed it was the abode of Sharukh ! Yo baby, we were in bandstand, Bandra and saboo was right !

Next we were walking along bandstand ! and again making a few lefts and rights we were outside 2 bungalows side by side 'Mamta' and 'High trees' . This time we were in Pali Hill !!
Mamta was Rang de basanti fame Rakesh Mehra's home and high trees was L&T CEO and MD Mr. Anilkumar's home.

........our next stop was jogger's park !! purchased Re 2/- tickets and we were in the famous 'jogger's park' . It was awesome.

Finally on our way back we saw Taj Land's end and J.W. Marriot.

back in the campus 7:15 A.M. ....tired but thrilled !!

Nostalgic tunes from the gone by days

.......those were the days of DD1 when the air was always full of melodies. I hate cable TV for this one thing that they have snatched away that golden era and golden symphonies. There are millions who must be thinking why I am making a fuss over some bloody tunes, when there are thousands of new ones coming and going everyday. This post is dedicated to all such people and also to those who admire those tunes and have been searching for them. Well dear searchers, seekers your pilgrimage for the holy grail ends here !!!

http://soumyadipc.blogspot.com/2006/04/euphony-from-yesteryears.html

Swades : the feeling that should come from within

This post is dedicated to all the NRIs who are well off and settled somewhere abroad having all the comforts in life.I dont wish to write much .. but I guess the lyrics of this beautiful song from the movie Swades will be more than enough for any heart to develop the feeling of being an INDIAN.

Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara…
Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta

Mitti ki jo khushboo, tu kaise bhoolaayega
Tu chaahe kahin jaaye, tu laut ke aayega
Nayi nayi raahon mein, dabi dabi aahon mein
Khoye khoye dilse tere, koyi ye kahega
Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara
Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta

(Hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…)
Tujhse zindagi, hai ye keh rahi
Sab toh paa liya, ab hai kya kami
Yun toh saare sukh hai barse
Par door tu hai apne gharse
Aa laut chal tu ab diwaane
Jahaan koyi toh tujhe apna maane
Awaaz de tujhe bulaane, wahi des
Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara
Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta
(Hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…hmm…)

Ye pal hai wahi, jis mein hai chhupi
Koyi ek sadi, saari zindagi
Tu na poochh raaste mein kaahe
Aaye hain is tarha do raahein
Tu hi toh hai raah jo sujhaaye
Tu hi toh hai ab jo ye bataaye
Chaahe toh kis disha mein jaaye wahi des
Ye jo des hai tera, swades hai tera, tujhe hai pukaara
Ye woh bandhan hai jo kabhi toot nahin sakta
Hmm…hmm…hmm…

Mission Impossible : Barsaat ki woh raat

I dont remeber the date exactly but it was sometime during the summers of 2006 when I was in bangalore for an internship. Though it was summers time but the weather that day was ironical ! It was the darkest night, probably it was no moon. The lightening and thuder made the night even more scary. Suddenly, lightening fell on to the three(me,sumit aka murgi and deswal) of us and we realized our immediate goal. We were determined and motivated enough that even the reverberating sounds made by clouds could'nt halt us. We set off on a path that would alter our past,present and future ! We visualized our aim very clearly. One of us was was so determined that he used some CFCs which might be the cause of the ozonle holes above you ! . Neways we hired a cab and went off. The journey was long so we sang some carols on the way. But then it started to rain heavily and the damned roads of bangalore were flooded in minutes. We were surrounded by waters from all sides and our destination was still a handsome distance away. Our cab could sink any moment .Our life was in danger and the mission suddenly became mission impossibile. Destiny wanted us to turn back. We had no choice but to return. We lost a handsome amount on our journey, but we call it expenditure on R&D. We were martyrs to a lost cause :(

First post

Hello dear visitors,

This is my first post on my blog. You must be wondering what made me make my own blog ! Well, there are three reasons :-

• I thought its time to do some social service by gving a means of time pass to people for free
  
• I was getting bored today, had nothing to do !
• There are workless nomads like you woh have time to visit my blog (thanks neways :P)

So keep visiting this place, you'll be blessed ...
thinking why you'll be blessed ??
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dont put strain on your lil brain by thinking , just be optimistic :D