PhD=Phulgaya horns dimagmain

first, the literal translation of the title. PhD as most of you may be knowing stands for Doctor of Philosophy. I beg to differ with all of you who say so. Thats because I have found out an expansion for that abbreviation which suits the behaviour of most of the research scholars and those who have obtained their degrees and have embarked upon their career either as a teacher or as a researcher.
They say that 'EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE MOST NOISE'. taken in the converse sense, 'A FULL VESSEL SHOULD NOT MAKE UNNECESSARY NOISE'. the vessel that i am referring to here is the vessel of knowledge i.e the human brain. What is generally taught and assimilated from an early age is that as one studies more one should become more humble and thence will flow fame and riches. infact there is a sanskrit proverb in this regard
vidya dadati vinayam
vinayat labhdati (am not sure of this word) patratvam
patratvat dhanam aapnoti
dhanaat dharmam tatah sukham

but what i have seen is a converse of this subhashitam. my version of this proverb would be
vidya dadati avinayam
avinayat labhdati 'fucking rights'
'fucking rights'aat aapnoti 'further desire'
'further desiraat' aapnoti 'need and greed to fuck'

a typical phenomenon observed is the way research scholars behave at the time they start working on their research area and their behaviour when they are on the way to that honoured doctorate or worse when they get employed as faculty members or some researchers.
when they start, they are normal. by normal i mean there is no trace of arrogance in them. they are willing to discuss things with you, allow you to put across your point of view and are even ready to accept their mistakes if they have made any. but woe betide you if they achieve the latter stage of progress as mentioned. the typical arrogance is manifested in dialogues like "What do you know?", "you know nothing!", "don't try to tell me". and may heavens fall upon you if they achieve some position in society....there is simply no chance of such a conversation.

what i want to ask such 'mandarins' is this "Why do you treat your less endowed (i mean wrt qualifications) friends like pieces of trash?" after all we are human beings. we too have a sense of dignity and honour.

as a final warning i want to say "please dont take advantage of our necessity to remain in everyone's good books as a sign of weakness. someday a Che Guevara will rise amidst us and thats the day when you will be on your knees and we will force you to say.................
LAL SALAAM....

India loses at Wagah too

With the dust settling down over the recently concluded India-Pakistan cricket series where India undeservedly escaped a thrashing in the test series but got what they deserved in the one dayers, I am reminded of what I saw at the Wagah border during my trip there.
Wagah is on the border of India and Pakistan. There is nothing special about this place except for the fact that the border guarding agencies of the two countries BSF (in the case of India) and Pakistani Rangers have built magnificient amphitheatres and conduct enthralling drills every evening for the benefit of the populace on both sides.
The journey to the border from the Indian side begins from Amritsar and takes about 1 hour to reach the border. The way to the amphitheatre takes on along the International Border and one gets a close up view of Pakistani soldiers.
The actual ceremony begins close to sunset. Before that the two organisations (mentioned earlier) try to motivate the crowd to raise slogans, provide full throated support for slogans like Bharat Mata Ki Jai, Vandemataram, Hinduatan zindabad etc.
It is this aspect that i want to comment on. It was a moment of pride for me when i started shouting out the slogans, but soon i realised that there were many pairs of eyes drilling at me as if to say, "This dude is performing an action that we have never seen. Wonder which planet he is from." People were so busy in chatting with one another that they did not have the 'enthu' (this is not the word that has to be used here. the correct phrase is FEELING OF DUTY) to support their soldiers. And i am sure these are the very same people who will go to some rock show and shout themselves hoarse, end up with a whiplash the next day and maybe even have a few Js and G strings in their mouth in the bargain. It was most shameful that the BSF commanding officer of Wagah had to come out with a microphone to make himself (i dont blame him for this. people were behaving like in a fish market) and us (this is unpardonable) heard to the pakistanis.
On the other hand the enthusiasm of the Pakistanis was there for all to see. They cheered their soldiers and got their voices across to India.
By this post i am not suggesting that we have to have a rat race for everyting. but atleast we need to be enthusiastic in places where it is required.
Hope future visitors will keep this in mind.
Jai Hind

a long hiatus indeed!

back to blogging after a very very long time. tests, trips and a lack of mood to blog contributed to this hiatus. my trip to amritsar, wagah, dharamsala, kangra, mccleodganj and chandigarh proved to be a smashing success. won lots of favourable reviews for my planning. the photos and the travelogue are expected to be shared among the online community anytime soon. had an offer to attend a talk show hosted by Sonali Chander, NDTV. Turned it down because the topic was Indo-Pak cricket series (yuck!!).
Appearence wise, long hair is the norm of the day. A typical rock star like look has not met with any opposition from my parents though there were feeble protests. plan to stick with it through the summer months and see if it brings any change in fortune.
will be regular henceforth.

Revenge of a nerd!

The Oxford dictionary defines a nerd as a person who is foolish, feeble,boring and uninteresting. You may be wondering why i am talking about such a topic.The origin of this blog is another blog by my friend Rohan Ranade (http://therohanranade.blogspot.com).
During the course of my random perusals of his blog i found that he had taken up a 'nerd test' in which he had scored 81/100. Curious, i took up the test and ended up with a score of 87..fuck that!!!!!!
but the very definition of a nerd is opposite to the kind of person i am. i am one of the outgoing guys whenever there is any get together. even in my current capacity as a master's student in india (some people consider this nauseating. masters students in india are called uncles, matkas (pots..basically because supposedly they were not smart enough to complete their graduation from the institute where they have come to work on their masters), i feel that i have carved a niche for myself. and that i am much much better of than these 'high priests' of engineering who know only to solve equations and score marks. my name may not be on every lady's lips on campus. I may not go to the movies occasionally or may not be an active skirt chaser. but does that make me any less interesting? for those of you who do want to know as to what i do, i play basketball (pretty well), i play the violin, quake, play AOE, roam around, explore places...(only to list a few things that i do)..And coming back to the definition, nerd=feeble??? take a drink baby....u are colliding with the wrong person.
what i want to convey through this blogs is that never ever rely on such shit online tests. i just took it to prove the test wrong. and to top it all, the oxford dictionary is unaware of the origins of the word nerd. so much for classifying someone.

Sexy 11

There are two class of amorous men in this world. One who like it the raw XXX fashion, i.e unzip and stick it in, blow, lick, swallow types and the other who like it subtle i.e. a bit of skin show followed by say a sensuous dance or a sensuous dinner and then some foreplay followed by sex known by the terminology of 'making love' not the 'crash bang wallop' variety.
What appeals most to a man when he looks at a female? the answer varies depending on the taste a person has. Mind you, we are not talking about mental compatibility but of physical attraction. some guys look at the breasts, some at the thighs, some at the waist, some at the belly button and some get turned on only with a 'darshan' of the area down under.
all said and done, sometimes its the stage of being partially dressed and moving about sensuously that appeals most to a male than the stage of being in the nude. nothing stirs the imagination more than the thought of being the one to remove those figure hugging clothes and enjoying hours of coital pleasure. such a visual treat is available aplenty in hindi films, specially in some raunchy song settings. rack your brains guys, think of all the songs that you have seen wherein you wanted to make love to the sensuous beauties. Heres my list of such songs. The format is Film name,heroine,song and comments if i deem necessary:

1) Dhoom, Rimi Sen, "Koi nahin hai Kamre Main"....man, if i have a wife like that then my kaam will get postponed for eternity.
2) Sailaab, Madhuri Dikshit, "Intezaar...".......proved my hypothesis that any female will look awesome in the fisherwoman's garb
3) Beta, Madhuri Dikshit, "Dhak Dhak"....nothing as compared to the others but in a league of its own considering the times it was made in
4) Dhoom, Tata Young, "Dhoom Machale"....gr8 music+hot babe
5) Aradhana, Sharmila Tagore,"Roop Tera mastana"...what setting, what a scenario!!!! ooohhh man just think of it, need i say more?
6) Rangeela, Urmila Matondkar, "Tanha Tanha"....i can only say 'I just wanna have sex on the beach' after watching this
7) Road, Antara mali, "Makhmali Yeh Badan"...wish i was vivek oberoi
8) Mr. India, Sridevi, "kaantein Nahin Kat te".....proved the power of a sari and rain over a man's senses
9) Ashoka, Kareena Kapoor, "sansanana"....water nymph+mermaid all rolled into one = bebo darling
10) Shakti, Aishwarya rai, "ishq kameena".....beautiful ash proved that she can become horny too
11) Mohra, Raveena Tandon, "tip tip barsa pani"....wet wet wet and its time to get wet!!!!!!!!!

'BASKI'in IIT

"Basketball doesn't build character it reveals it"

"Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best" - Tim Duncan

"Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals"
--Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball


The basketball season is in full swing in IITD. Every other person seems to have caught the 'baski' virus and i am no exception. i have never had a craze for any game till now (not even tennis). i love all games and to be honest and humble, i have a knack for all of them. i just need to spend some time at it.
things have changed with basketball. its become really addictive. such an interest in the game was not found when i was in NITK. this can be explained by the following reasons:
1) i was more into tennis
2) no one taught me the game with the intention of teaching me. people used to teach me with their style in mind and asked me to adopt to it. honestly, such a method of teaching is bullshit.

out here, i have a friend who taught me from the basics but encouraged me to develop my own style of playing. hes a treat to play with, always encouraging you to aim higher (like Tim Duncan said). Plus he makes it fun, something i was never able to see when i was in NITK.

Moving away from my story, let me give you a brief outlay of whats been happening in the inter-hostel basketball tournament. My hostel Shivalik is into the semis where we are going to face the defending champions, the Nil Bulls (from NIlgiri hostel). Incidentally, we are the Shiv Guns. Our progress to the semi was littered with a defeat and two victories. We beat Vindhyachal and Kumaon but were thrashed by Jwalamukhi. jwala is a one man army with its all purpose missile being a chap called Bhandari who has played for Rajasthan state. Semifinal matches start on Wednesday with the following line up.
Shiva vs Nilgiri
Jwala vs Karakoram/Aravali (i am not sure of the grp A standings)

Heres hoping for a cracker of a match and hopefully a victory and still hopefully a tournament win....

Surajkund

a must see for anyone visiting north india (to be precise, the delhi-haryana-rajasthan belt) is the Surajkund craft mela.this mela is basically to showcase art, crafts and products that are made by artisans who do not get an opportunity to display them and make sales like many of their more privileged colleagues.surajkund is located just outside delhi. you can reach this place by taking any bus that goes towards badarpur border.the fair is well organised with ample drinking water facilities, eateries, garbage cans,toilet facilities and yes good crowd control. (kudos to haryana police for this).the best part of this fair is that each stall bears the name of the artisan, the place from which he/she hails from, details of awards secured by the artisan and the specialisation of the artisan which indirectly is a pointer to what you can expect in that stall. the stalls are located amidst lush greenery and add to it the late winter sunshine, man..........its a deadly recipe for fun.now to the stalls themselves. they are well stocked with fresh stocks being made at the back of the stalls. woodwork, cotton, silks, leather stuff etc are a few samples of whats available. check out the handlooms from J&K and the north east (i really wonder how the fuck we can afford to behave in such a high handed manner with the people from these places.) jute work from bengal is also worth mentionmusic and dance also forms an integral part of this fair with a separate stage set for artistes from various parts of india to perform.what intrigues one the most is that with such talent and hardworking capability in our country, why is it that we lag behind a lot? maybe its because for every one of such dedicated people, there are 100s of people who are the epitome of laziness............