Rohit Bhai ki Bidaai... Ruqsat'07

Rohit had to fly to Japan on Saturday 21^st April, 2007. Therefore he came back from Indore on Sunday 15^th April, 2007 to treat us all @ PopTates. (Oops!!! We did it again, Niraj and I actually planned that this time we’ll not ask anyone for any venue options…) Apart from the usual bakar, the main attractions of that party were: A Poem by Nishant and the Q&A session initiated by our own fantasy man, Tammy (the details of that session will be posted soon).

As per the plan, Niraj wrote an awesome mail to everyone (all our batchmates who are still in Mumbai). The subject of the mail was “Let's Say Good Bye or rather All the best to Rohit....” that mail was hilarious and senti both at the same time… Check out the full details of that Page 3 Party at Niraj’s Blog (Don’t get confused, Page 3 Party means our party, we’re no less than celebrities. If you guys have any doubts about it, then come to us and we’ll explain how???)

On the day of the party, in the morning we (Nishant, Niraj & I) decided that we all should give some memories to Rohit, in the form of a gift and a card… Even though it wasn’t possible to make all the arrangements that day, so we decided that we’ll surprise him at the airport. Later after several mail chains and conversation, we finally decided that we should give him an iPod, a coffee mug and a card. We scribbled all over the card and also on the coffee mug…

We gave these gifts to Rohit on Friday night… He too became a little senti but didn’t cry… (If anyone of you has doubts about it then we’ve the video of the same too…)

The D day came; surprisingly most of us were present at the tea stall on time… We reached International Airport and there too our usual masti and bakar was on… At some moments Aunty started crying but Bhavana, Rakhi and even all of us tried to console her… And finally the moment came when Rohit finally said Good Bye to each of us and went to Japan…

Rohit, we all once again wish you all the best for your bright future !!!

What's your Gender ???

Found an interesting link on the India Uncut Blog, it tells the gender of the author by using some algorithm.

That algorithm using my blog entries, declared me as a Male. And I didn’t only tried it through only one article but got the same result for four different articles (Don’t forget I’m a Software Engineer, without doing Unit Testing, we (s/w people) don’t even trust the code written by ourselves. So how could I've trusted someone else's algorithm...???)

So, What’s your Gender ???

Good News: No OBC Quota for current academic session

The Supreme Court of India has finally given its verdict that No OBC Quota for current academic session.

A good news for all the people who were opposing the OBC Quota Bill...

Read the full news @ ibnlive.com

TV but No TV

Yesterday on reaching home when I switched on the TV, I found that nothing was comingon it. Somehow I got an intuition that our vendor may have removed the connection. And yes, it was true (how can someone do this and that too without informing or warning us). Actually from last few months, he never came to collect the rent of the cable connection or he may have come when we’re not at home. Neither he came nor we paid it on our own (don’t forget we’re bachelors’ and we’re supposed to do such nasty things.)

Actually it’s an incident which has both Bad and Good news attached to it. It’s a bad news because we’ll not be able to view TV for few days. Good news since now we’ll have lot of time to do other things apart from just watching the idiot box.

Now the situation is that we have a TV at our place but it’s of no use. We may only use it as a showpiece, placed in one corner of our hall cum living room cum bedroom cum blah-blah-blah... So it’s a situation similar to one, when someone adds you as his friend in the messenger and you reply back “Thanks but No Thanks.” So that’s why I’ve chosen the title as “TV but No TV.”

Bachelor's Pad

“Are you all bachelors?” “Sorry, bachelors are not allowed to live in this society.” “No accommodation available for bachelors, only family people allowed here.”

Those were few questions and answers which were fired on us (Ankur, Tanmeet & I) from almost all the estate agents/brokers and also from the security guards of the various societies at Goregaon.

After trying for more than an hour, we found a broker who gave us the asurity of getting us a flat. That broker took us to a distant location (a society near the Filmcity), when we refused to see that flat (since it was very far from our office) and asked him to get us a flat near our office, then he told us, "Sorry sir. Those societies have made a decision that no flats on rent to the bachelors. But you don't worry, sir, give me some more time and I’ll arrange for some flat near to your office..."

Another one gave us the reason that the bachelors living in the society have parties at their place, play loud music and create nuisance. They also drink and vomit in the open space and sometimes they bring girls with them which all are unacceptable to the families living there.

So that's how it is. No country for the refugees of Bangladesh. No food for starving people in Somalia. No trees for migrating Siberian birds. And yes, no houses for poor bachelors like us.

You won’t believe but even of the broker suggested us that we should get married or try to have a live-in relationship with someone from the opposite gender. He even gave us an example where two call center employees started living together because they were unable to find a decent flat to live. What is this, on one hand people here oppose live-in relationships and on the other hand directly or indirectly they themselves are encouraging this.

Anyways, we have learnt our lesson: Bachelor’s can’t enjoy all the civil rights which others may… Like they can’t live in a decent society, they can’t party at home, they are not allowed alone in the disc or else they have to pay a hefty sum for the entry…

There are many other problems related to bachelorhood but here I’ve only discussed those which we’ve faced till date, in finding a bachelor’s pad…

Koi Deewana Kehta Hai... (Video)

Watch the video of poem Koi Deewana Kehta Hai...

Should I or shouldn't I ???

From a long time, I've been thinking that whether I should put Google AdSense on my blog or not?

Everything has its own pros and cons. If I put these ads on my blog, it has its advantages but it will also affect the look and feel of my page.

So everyone please help me in deciding whether I should put them or not. You may give your opinion by clicking YES or NO. (As suggested by Narayanan)

Do vote as it matters to me and it will not take much of your time. Thanks a lot !!!

Are we ready for it ???

Believe it or not - We’ll soon be able to watch the adult content on TV, yes you read it correctly, I’m also talking about viewing Adult Content (including A or U/A rated stuff) on our own TVs’ but only from 11 p.m. in the night to 5 a.m. in the morning. Government is planning to bring a Broadcast Bill in the winter session, after which TV channels will be allowed to show the adult stuff between the specific timings.

It may be a good news for some while others may be worried that what effect will it leave on our children? In the land of Kama Sutra, the debate over the topic had already begun. Don’t be surprised to see activists opposing this bill, when we can oppose sex education in schools then how can we allow this? People might argue that it will have a bad effect on our children, but I just want to ask them that is this only medium where adult content will be available? How are they planning to stop the children from watching Porn Videos, MMSs’, accessing Internets or reading adult stuffs?

Anyways there is still enough time left and lots of drama to be seen, before Government finalizes this bill and we see the outcome of it.

Click here to read The Economic Times report.

And please don't forget to tell me that are you in favor of this bill or you'll oppose it? But the question, for which I'm unable to find an answer is that, Are we ready for it ???

Koi Deewana Kehta hai...

This is one of my favorite poems, written by a very famous poet Kumar Vishwas.

कोई दीवाना कहता है कोई पागल समझता है

मगर धरती की बेचैनी को बस बादल समझता है,

मैं तुझसे दूर कैसा हुँ तू मुझसे दूर कैसी है

ये मेरा दिल समझता है या तेरा दिल समझता है !!!



समुँदर पीर का अंदर है लेकिन रो नहीं सकता

ये आसुँ प्यार का मोती है इसको खो नहीं सकता ,

मेरी चाहत को दुल्हन तू बना लेना मगर सुन ले

जो मेरा हो नहीं पाया वो तेरा हो नहीं सकता !!!



मुहब्बत एक एहसानों की पावन सी कहानी है

कभी कबीरा दीवाना था कभी मीरा दीवानी है,

यहाँ सब लोग कहते है मेरी आँखों में आसूँ हैं

जो तू समझे तो मोती है जो न समझे तो पानी है !!!



भ्रमर कोई कुमुदनी पर मचल बैठा तो हँगामा

हमारे दिल में कोई ख्वाब पला बैठा तो हँगामा,

अभी तक डूब कर सुनते थे हम किस्सा मुहब्बत का

मैं किस्से को हक़ीक़त में बदल बैठा तो हँगामा !!!

PS: Thanks to AD, Neha and Niraj for helping me in changing the font of this poem to Hindi.

Happy New Year

This is not that I’m trying to make you all fool after April Fools’ Day;

Wishing you and your family a very Happy New Fiscal Year !!!

Can you believe it ???

Read a post by Onida and came to know about this strange truth: A saloon owner in Jharkhand had offered discounts to his customers, for every run which Dhoni would have made in the World Cup.

Like him a thought struck my mind too that what discounts or schemes could have been offered on the performances’ of other players. But seriously I don’t want my mind to think these crap ideas. Really people here in India treat cricketers as God.

Read out the article and you’ll find out what I’m talking about and why I’m talking about it… A haircutting rebate on every Dhoni run