Happy New Year to all of you!
Dedicated to Pooja Sabharwal
Category: Personal
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Delhi meet
Ankit, Misra, Thax, Bansal and me had a small get together in Gurgaon. Here is small round up of the trip.
Bansal ka burger, Rahul’s snoring, Freshie waiter – Bruschetta, veg or non-veg?, Hindi number plate – Bulandshahr psenti, Bansal ka music system, Dada’s century, Dus Kahaniyan – Gubbare, Police ne mujhe ek naya naam diya hai, Paranthe wali gali, Bansal eating one parantha, Rahul and Ankit snoring in sync, Khoya Khoya Chand, Maine aap ko hi de diya, Thax ke dost (seriously!!), Sleepless in Gurgaon, Dinner at Park Plaza, Sudeep and Thax ki boat snap, Thakur ke sambandh, Sudeep ne bataya Dinner wali story, Abhi kuch nahi hai (read aage ho sakta hai), Thakur blushing – BIG TIME, Good lunch, Gulab Jamun at Om Sweets, Thax ka bad luck hi kharab hai, Kela at Delhi Metro, Finally station pahunch gaye.
PS: Misra and me are the only people to be there for all meets. Bangalore, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Gurgaon.
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Awesum day!
First, Dada made a century, in Kolkata. Here is what Anand Vasu has to say.
For Ganguly, Kolkata feels an unconditional love, the kind that asks for nothing in return and yet blindly accepts whatever it gets. There’s nothing objective about the manner in which Ganguly is assessed as a cricketer, and anyone who dares to contradict the overwhelmingly positive image is not spared. He’s the uncrowned prince of Kolkata, and on Saturday, in the company of VVS Laxman, the man who earned the position of the lord of Eden Gardens with his 281 against Australia in 2001, Ganguly rattled off a century as easily as he was batting in the bylanes of Behala, and not a Test match.
Next, TK, Bharathi, Ritu and me attended the SAARC music festival at Central Park, CP. Brilliant place for a concert. Listened to Raghu Dixit Project (formerly Antaragni), East India Company, some Bhutanese band, and Indian Ocean.
Raghu Dixit Project, as expected, was awesome. Lot of showmanship, crowd enthu and nice songs. I had heard most, except three. Aambar (I wish I could get the mp3), Khidkiyan, and Gudugudiya sedi nodo (awesome again, mp3 anyone???).
East India Company to me was the highlight of the show. The lead singer was wasted but had an awesome vocal. They were kind of electro-folk. Nice mix. They sang some Rajasthani, a couple of Assamese, and two hindi songs I guess. Hindi ones were a remix of Tere bin nai jina which was good. The next one was a not so good remix of Mast kalandar. Overall, I loved the band.
The Bhutanese band was ok, nothing great. I think they got overwhelmed by the occasion.
Last – the most awaited event. Indian Ocean. They were so damn delayed by other bands that they hardly had an hour to play. Rahul Ram (the bassist) was so damn pissed off at it, and so was I. They started off with Bande, the some other song which I have heard, but don’t know the name of. Then a new one Bula raha hai, which I liked. Then we (TK and me) had to rush off to get the bikes from the Palika parking. And I think they played Kandisa and Hai Tamasha after that.
Topped it off with some nice food and gen bakar at Mamu’s (Chimpoo at JNU). Ended with coffee at Barista. Perfect!
PS: Lot of snaps at the music fest. Snaps to be uploaded soon.
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Dedications
This is dedicated to two special friends from Pilani. Missing you people and the last panel is just so apt.
PS: I hope the folks at Questionable Content are kind enough not to kick for stealing this.
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Pilani trip – brochure way!
In the true BITSian way.
The Wagon R incident, Gurgaon – Pilani – 201 kms – Nagin style, Bansal eating acchar at the first stop, chai, Disco Dancer – On the road, Curious Incident of the dog and the kid, Dhunga, Rice and dal at C’not for lunch, the Potli Baba joke, 100 Pipers, Music nite – ok types, BC at Chaithu’s place, MMC, OBC, Pachirka joke – Pappu’s immediate response, Breakfast at UCO redi [Modi getting despo], Ojas’s “Aath ke thaath hain bhai”, ‘Secret Farter’ caught, Todu question: to roll down ur window…clockwise or anticlockwise?, Bansal’s item on BOTTLE MAT BAJAO, Jhajjar mein 45 minutes, ek nukkar se doosre nukkar!, Rosy Pelican ka dinner, Bansal , Ojas and Modi at peak of items, Modi guiding to the wrong road in Gurgaon, Gaadi ka increased pick-up…
Ojas: Aap ka kya andaz hai Sirji, [long pause, everybody’s wondering what he is gonna ask] … Gudgava kitna door hoga yahan se?
The man giving directions: Peechpun kilometers!!Bansal’s item while asking for directions…
“Abe ye to peeche chhoot gaya…aage chal…agle waale se pooch lenge…”And finally – the batch of 2005.
