Friday, October 20, 2006

BUT this is reality !!


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Last year two days before Diwali, 3 bombs rocked off Delhi. One of the bombs was placed at Sarojini Nagar Market besides a cylinder.

The above pictures are of Hauz Khas Main Market (situated less than 5 kms from Sarojini Nagar Market) taken 2 days before Diwali (i.e. 19th Oct).

(1) shows a proper 14.2 Kg cylinder used by an encroached momo vender. (for the rule, its illegal to set a stall even with a stove on pavements)

(3) another cylinder kept adjacent to the one shown in pic 1.

(2)Delhi Police’s Booth @ Hauz Khas Main Market (at less than 50m from those two cylinders).
(4) front view of Delhi Police booth.
(5) oh! I was missing somebody? Who!! policewale, obviously. This pic is just to show that Hauz Khas is one of those areas in Delhi who have brave policemen and not those with fat tummy…it’s a safe place!!

Honestly speaking Hauz Khas Main Market is one of the safest markets in the whole Delhi…it has everything…(A) concrete barricades in front of Police Booth, (B) many policewale dande with torch at top and high clarity mirror at bottom, which makes an angle of 165 degrees with the danda, basically for the use of car-bottom checking, (C) metal detectors (surprised), (D) a loudspeaker above the Police Booth which screams its dutiful words 24*7 and lastly (E) a lot…really a lot of policemen…yeah…sometimes the number of policemen is even greater than the number of market visitors). Those policemen are also enabled with big huge walkie-talkies and also smart cool mobilephones. (so stay away from them! they can do a string operation on you).

You may think anything (gud or bad or whtever)…BUT this is reality!!

Safe Diwali to all…cheers

Lyrics of 'Jaane Do' by 'Agosh'

(L-R in left picture)
Gopal Rao (vocals), R. Anandh (guitar), Shaleen Sharma (drummer).

This is something made for college goers (esp. males). Its ironical that these type of songs with so real lyrics fade away such easily. The song has very real lyrics...try to relate it with your life n i bet you will find yourself somewhere in the flow of the song!!

A bit about the band 'AGOSH' :
In 1994, two Roorkee mechanical engineers (Shaleen & R. Anandh) and a Chennai-based mathematics graduate dropped dreaming dreams; they sipped ``chai'' but were drunk on music. After some firm handshakes, a band was born. Mechanics and Mathematics went out the window. The trio broke their studious cover and with lyrics based on ``typical-middle class mentality'' formed a music studio called "Aqua Regia" (chemically speaking, its three parts hydrochloric acid, one part nitric acid and dissolves GOLD). They renamed themselves as 'AGOSH' n then came out with an album named 'Paisa'.

If the Beatles sang `Let it be' to the world, Agosh created `Jaane do'.
So, here goes the lyrics of 'Jaane Do'

Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane doc

Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do
Itni si baat pe aasma hillaao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do
Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Socha socha kahe ko kosana
Vo kisi ki car mein bait kar chali gayi
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do


Garmiyo ki chutiya sardiyo ki chutiya
Holiday home work, jaane do
Vo haseen ho gayi hum jaawan ho gaye
Phir bhi na team work, jaane do
Heh hey hey hey
Soch lo baby
Meri mano aur jaane do na
Heh hey hey hey
Dekh lo baby
Phir phechano aur jaane do na
Sochna sochna baalo ko nochana
Kyu, to
IIT exam mein funde gol ho gaye
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do


Ladkiyo ka rootna aapne dil ka tootna
Kismeto ka footna , jaane do
Aur phir ministero se lekar thanedaro tak
Sabka humko lootna, jaane do
Heh hey hey hey
Soch lo baby
Meri mano aur jaane do na
Heh hey hey hey
Dekh lo baby
Dil mein thano aur jaane do na
Sochna sochna baalo ko nochana
Kyu, are
Jisse pyar tha kabhi
Uski shadi ho gayi,
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do

Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Socha socha kahe ko kosana
Vo kisi ki car mein bait kar chali gayi
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do

The song ia available with cooltoad

Saturday, October 07, 2006

BUNKING n RAGGING - my best subjects of college life


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Well, a baby is born in this bad world (not an unusual thing in India). His life starts with a vacation spending most of the time with his mother. Then comes the pre-nursery vidhyalyas. After a few years he passes out from these pre-school Schools, n fights to take admission into a prestigious school. This is generally referred as “the second home” (Why! May be b’coz u can do all the tests (of ur bad knowledge) that u cannot perform at ur home). After all the fruitful knowledge that v get in school, we enter a college.

They say that cool age of a teenager begins from the first year of college. What is a college? It is our third home in which we learn about two indispensable things i.e. ragging and bunking; besides these two imp things there r ever-raining exams and of course studies.

So, what is Ragging? The basic concept is somewhat similar to army training. No army can face battles without training. Similarly, no fresher can face teachers without facing ragging (a rock-fixed believe of medieval-aged ancestor senior students). In that way, new students get mentally prepared to face professors. Now, the next big query, what factors determine the extent of ragging. Answer to this question is still not prepared & still research work is going on this topic. However, facts screams that more the difficult studies in the college or tougher the entrance test, more is the extent of ragging (like IIT…read newspapers to know more). It is again analogues to wars, tougher the opponent country, tougher the fight. Most basic ragging includes introduction (compulsory in Hindi), mimicking (highest demand is of basanti or any of the teachers), etc. Apart from these small formalities (all done in the name of ragging), various dress codes r set for freshers. It varies from college to college. Bout the X-treme ragging, please refer to ur daily newspapers. A piece of advice for freshers – they should take ragging an opportunity to get along with their seniors. Always remember - a good session of ragging make a fresher ‘fit’ n ‘fine’ for studies in college.

Now, after ragging, what does a fresher do when he becomes a senior? He starts practicing bunking. What is Bunking? The main objectives of bunks are; (a) to give much-needed rest to r beloved extremely hard working teachers who r always keen to take up our all classes and (b) to test the oneness and unity of the class. A festival like bunking (the term ‘festival’ is only valid for students) can be celebrated on numerous occasions like India-Pak cric clash, unsuitable whether conditions, etc. Usually every class has a bunk committee headed by a Don (equivalent to CEO of a MNC), beneath him r his gang members who help him in implementing bunk. Bunks r also of different types- half-day & one-day bunks, MBBS (mass bunk by students). MBBS r planned in advance and cause most annoyance to teachers. One imp ques that nobody dares to think “do only students bunk, aren’t the teachers also responsible to some extent”.

Note: - These two highly irresistible and indispensable things r good, if practiced occasionally that too sometimes. Remember –“ excessive rag can lag ur future in college” and “a high bunk overdose can cause u to flunk”. So, please practice these two things properly.

Issued in the interest of students (who practice these two things?)

Some pics of Bunking (see above)

Snap 4 - a child bunking with a bag on n hiding himself in a toilet , Snap 5 - two young lads making out…may be in a tennis court , Snap 6 – a college stud away from his class…doing ????

Some pics of Ragging (see above)

Snap 1 – “I won’t do it”…pleading to his seniors , Snap 2 – pick n throw , Snap 3 – dance to impress rickshaw cyclers , Snap 7 – ?

Monday, October 02, 2006

Plz guys!! USE UR BRAIN the next time u go for A debate


(Advice to all HUMANS – Plz USE YOUR POWER OF THINKING while reading)
(Disclaimer - this ISN’T PAK bashing)


I recently witnessed BIG FIGHT (a weekly pgm) on NDTV.
The topic of debate this week was Indian Students vs Pakistani Students.
Venue – Venki, South Campus, New Delhi.


Well the debate started coolly! All the opening comments were good. But, then I saw the Pakistani studs with some unusual arguments…

On the Mush issue, they supported him as their leader (tho I don’t support them, but I do not deny the existence of valid points in their discussion). Now here are some questions which came from the Indian side to the Pak lads – 1) Whom will India talk if Mush dies…since he is the supreme authority? 2) In this book, Mush is one man who is proud of Kargil. Now, firstly how can we trust such a person. Secondly, if Pak army withdraws from Kashmir, it would meant a weak signal for both Pak military n Mush (since Mush is also an army man). So, why would they be interested in resolving the issue!!

In between a point arrived where a Pak lad where trying to explain Why!! Why does terrorism occur. Then came a moment which actually shocked me; that guy trying to associate freedom-achieving-fighting with terrorism…“u must understand it’s under different circumstances that terrorism comes”. When asked to give some e.gs. He replied “such as POVERTY”.

(my advice to him :- man o man!! Dude you were representing a country n with an answer of that kind you unfortunately messed it up. Man, GOD gives power of thinking to all humans…n since you seemed to be a human my only query is ‘Why didn’t you used that power while answering’…ok lets suppose u were right…India is a country which has 40% of its population (>103 crore) under poverty line…that means greater probability of Indian-origin terrorists…now can you justify this in any way…sorry buddy this is pure contradiction).

Lastly there was one more cool Pak stud. As soon as he got the mike, he kept on repeating “please, let me speak, let me speak”. And what did he finally spoke !!, “India has 5 consulates in Afghanistan…Why…u know Indian guys are killing Baluchi children”. (my word :- It seems you think we Indians have no work to do…all we do is to construct consulates in Afghanistan and then kill Baluchi children…man think what are you speaking…India’s participation in rebuilding Afghanistan is more active than USA…and those 5 consulates must be there for helping that work and not for killing Baluchi children…give it some sense of what you speak).

BUT

All of Pak guys who came for debating may have replied illogical answers owing to their nervousness and anxiety but then they were representing a country named ‘Pak’. Hmmm…lets give them benefit-of-doubt since they were debating in a country from which they are down 3 times (INDIA)…n they were lads too. But they also had a valid ‘we Indians are masters in fighting among ourselves’…be it ancient/medieval/modern times.

Guys seriously give it a thought. Its actually ironical that Pakistan have some lads who do not even know the basics facts (they had major misconceptions about winners of Kargil and 65 war) and on other hand, have some fantastic music creators like Strings (see below), Atif, Xulfi, Jal, EP, Noori, Fuzon, Call, Raeth , ZEEST…..etc…etc…..

Sunday, October 01, 2006

"STRINGS" n their the soul-enriching "surs"...


On reaching heavens, when God asked a deaf “What hurt u most on my earth”, He replied, “the only thing I felt being a deaf is that I couldn’t hear the insane sounds that came from my soul’s strings.”
And its that kind of music, which STRINGS come out with.


STRINGS’ is a Pakistani band that currently comprises of two artists Faisal Kapadia (vocals) and Bilal Maqsood (composer, guitarist and sometimes on vocals too). Faisal, the lead singer has a great bassive tone in his voice and to produce ‘sur’full singing with that kind of voice texture, is an uniqueness itself. Bilal, on the other hand does the compositions for the band. As a singer his singing is sweet and mellow. The best thing about their creations is the simplicity in lyrics…all of them are so easily written n composed perfectly. Likewise the video of the songs are simple n straight forward (no overloading of fleshy girls as most of the Indian non-filmy NRI DJ-remixed songs have unfortunately)…for e.g…’Duur’ video…the duo stuck amidst a hot desert…nothing great bout the video…just great singing n soulful lyrics.

Initial albums of the four membered band were ‘strings’ and ‘string2’. But the two membered band ‘Strings’ came in the limelight with their album ‘Duur’. Some of the songs of their album which are still very prominent are ‘Duur’, ‘Sar kiyae pahar’, ‘Anjaane’. Their latest album ‘Dhaani’ contains tracks like ‘Dhaani, ‘Chaaye Chaaye’, ‘Sohniyae’, ‘Bichra yaar’ and ‘Naajanay kyoun’ (which also featured as an OST in Spiderman 2).

A apart of various albums, the band also have some great singles in their musical kitty such as ‘Hai koi hum jaisa’ (song on cricket world cup), ‘Jeet lo dil’ (with the Indian band Euphoria), ‘Ye hai meri kahani’ (featured in bollywood flick ‘Zinda’) and the latest being ‘Beirut’ (a anti-war song).
NOTE -
U can get all strings music n videos at
http://www.stringsonline.net/
The vi of ‘Beirut’ is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPaO_q6v508
Being witnessed twice to STRINGS live performance, I could only say THEY ARE A CLASS APART
"Duuuuur se koi aaye kahni chupke se vo dil mein saama jaeya......saajana"