Half Way Through & Homicidal

Who would think that a normal, sane & a mostly peaceful kinda guy would be driven to dream of killing ?
Ah yes !! All your hands go up. All you guys are writing or have written your semester exams. I see the connection. Those horribly vague papers would turn a "chicken" of a guy violent. But who cares, in the end we all need a B.Tech & I see no one doing anything about it. Enough of cribbing I say, my blogs have always been good-humoured & will remain so.
I'm halfway through my exams & pretty much its a li'l more relaxing from now since I have 2 or 3 days gap between two exams. On this day which marks "Hairstylist Day" I was considering a shave, but then it is an idiosyncracy or more like a ritual during the exams to have a rugged look (not because the girls like it,mind you) because I'm portraying "Hmph ! I don't have time to shave also".
Hey,have you heard of that poor Tam girl Kaavya Viswanathan? I know what she did was wrong but can't the US Justice Dept. excuse her, even the affected party Ms. Megan McCafferty did not press any charges. Obviously you all must've understood why I support her cause... She's absolutely gorgeous & she's 19. *Drooling*
By the way, exams can be a very entertaining exercise at times. Here's a small excerpt from a viva session that we had :
External Examiner(EE): What are rectifiers ?
Student: **gives wrong answer**
EE:What is rectification ?
S:**again...wrong answer**
This goes on for around 5 minutes.
EE: From where did you study ?
S: HPS,Begumpet
EE: **Bangs her head**,From where did you study ?
S: HPS,Begumpet ma'am...near the airport
EE:**bursts out laughing** I meant which book baabu ?
S: eerrr..ummm
Whole Lab: hahahaha ...
Me(Just leaving the lab):ROTFL
This is what someone wrote in the answer sheet of an Electronics Paper which we all agree was a little too lengthy.
Q1: *Answered well*
Q2: *Answered badly*
Q3:*Answered half correct*
Q4:*Didn't have time to finish*
Composition: Why you shouldn't fail me in this exam ?
1.I have 76% in my first year
2.I have 70% in 2-1.
3.I never failed in any subject.
4.I have 80+ attendence percentage.
5.I have taken part in many extra curricular activities.
6.I heard once a person fails in EDC, it is difficult to pass.
7.I lost my lucky pen on the way to college.
8.A cat crossed my path just as I was leaving home.
9.I did not have breakfast before writing the exam.
10.I did my EDC lab exam very well.
Well if this guy clears his exam,I'm gonna follow his path lotsa times in the future. But I shouldnt be making fun of this , coz honestly I didn't write my paper too well either & I hope I don't flunk or anything.
Damn ! I have scared myself now. Touchwood .. Touchwood. God save me.
I'd better go study for Metallurgy now.

Damn the Dam

First, Lets lay out the cards on the table -
1. The Sardar Sarovar Dam is the biggest among the billion dollar projects being constructed as a part of the Narmada Valley developmeny project.
2. The height of the dam is stated to be 122 metres.
3. If this dam were constructed,it would leave approximately 35,000 families homeless.
Now let the games begin -
How will this project benefit Gujarat ? Cities, rich farmers, industry, politically powerful lobbies, not the people from drought prone areas. Before the water can reach Kachchh and Saurashtra, it will have to negotiate-literally-the water-intensive cash-crop growing, politically powerful districts of Vadodara, Kheda, Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Mehsana. Against their own directives, the authorities have allotted Vadodara city a sizeable quantity of water. Whats the whole hullabaloo about the height ?
The amount of potential energy in water is directly proportional to the height, thus a height of 122 metres means a huge amount of hydroelectric power which can be harnessed by Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh etc. It will also provide for displacement of water to greater distances thus way making water accesible to the draught hit areas. All this is in theory.
Nice, but why is Medha Patkar against this ? Medha Patkar who is ageing & ailing is spearheading the NARMADA BACHAO ANDOLAN, a campaign to protect thousands of poor farmers displaced or threatened by the dam. Here are the stats :
- 950 Adivasi families displaced in order to construct a Project colony at Kevadia
- 23,500 families who lose their lands to the Narmada canal
- 8,000 Adivasi families (from 104 villages), to be displaced from the Shoolpaneshwar Sanctuary, created to "mitigate" the submergence of 13,000 hectares of forest land
- Families who are being displaced by 'compensatory afforestation' and 'catchment area treatment' schemes. Their numbers have not even been officially estimated
- 10,000 fisher families who live downstream of the Dam whose livelihoods will be destroyed when the project is completed.
What the Supreme Court have to say about all this ?
The Supreme Court warned state authorities on Monday that it would stop work on increasing the height of a controversial dam if they did not properly rehabilitate people displaced by the project.

Mourning the star, leaving a scar

Disturbing scenes on the roads of Bangalore. The death of Kannada Superstar Rajkumar( yeah the same guy who was kidnapped by Veerappan in 2000) has caused the whole state of Karnataka to go into mourning. A man known for great performances during his lifetime, Rajkumar affectionately called "Annavaru" was 77 when he passed away due to cardiac arrest.
But this was in the news for the wrong reasons. Under the excuse of mourning some anti-social elements took to the streets & created havoc in the Garden city. Mobs torched buses, attacked company offices and stoned police on the streets of India’s technology hub on Thursday ahead of the funeral, which was held at the Kanteerava Stadium. This caused so much panic in the city that bigwigs like Wipro,Dell & Infosys shut shop alongside schools & markets. On the other hand people like my mother who was witnessing this on TV, immediately latched on to the phones enquiring as to whether their kin were safe.
It is a known fact that in a country like ours people who are famous are almost treated as demigods. Everyone from cricket players to actors are held in high regard , not to mention the fact that some of these people even have temples to their names. The relationship between every celebrity & their admirer is only pleasant until a certain line is drawn. We have heard of innumerable cases where people have stalked their favourite stars, attacked their homes or in simple terms made their lives miserable. This sort of fanaticism is dangerous & I for one denounce this hideous unsocial episode in Bangalore.

Being politically correct

What is the matter is with these politicians ?? I was just going into the bathroom to brush my teeth & suddenly my wandering eyes happened to fall on a piece of news that was at best "alarming". This is how it went in big block letters OBC'S TO GET 49.5 % RESERVATIONS IN IITs & IIMs. As far as my memory serves me, didn't these guys already have 25-27 % reservation in some 20 odd universities.
I have nothing against people from backward classes and am no racist. But this whole incident has made me sit down & think. By this millions of deserving students might miss out on valuable seats in these institutions. As far as I'm concerned this is just a move to gain political mileage by the ministry. I have personally experienced this two years ago during my EAMCET, when a friend of mine with a humongous 5-digit rank ended up doin civil engg in Osmania University and well all of you know where I ended up... MGIT. But no regrets... LIFE IS GOOD. Getting back to the point the whole move of giving these backward caste guys a small reservation is a good idea, since many of them may not have the adequate finances to go about their studies. But a whopping 49.5 % scares the living daylights out of me. This might turn out to be a big blow to all big institutes since now the quality of their output will definitely be lower since the quality of the input due to this reservation will be lower.
A solution I propose for this is that the Govt. should make some kinda law in which the students with lesser financial resources would be given reservation coz not all these guys from backward castes are poor & not all forward caste people are rich. So I think there should some sort of assessment of assets of the candidate & according to that they should be given reservation,privileges etc.
Concluding by saying that equality in society cannot be achieved by providing the less-privileged with golden spoons & the well- to- do with steel spoons.

Busy,Scared & Hopeful

I hope the title suggests the state of mind I'm in. I've been busy with so many things this whole semester that I haven't realised it passing me. Got lots of record work to catch up on. Have to prepare for my 2-2 exams which starts April 25. Please pray for me guys !! Will blog a lot more after my exams. PS: For NIRVANA pics contact me :)

Nirvana 2006 - Colours of Life

Hardwork definitely has its advantages & I realised that during the course of NIRVANA 2006. It was a frantic one week, I slept for a measly 2 or 3 hours throughout it. There were words exchanged between everyone. Safe to say that I was the most diplomatic of them all. Coming back to Nirvana '06. On the 24th, we had "STRINGS" performing on campus. It was a breathtaking performance, but I missed a few songs as I was vigilantly making rounds of all enclosures ensuring no problems set off. That went on smoothly & there were no mishaps. The manager Shilpa gave the concert a 3.5/5 rating. Bilal & Faisal were late for the performance but duly made up for it with their electricity on stage. Now coming to the colours of Nirvana '06.
I felt icy cool BLUE everytime we drove back from college in the cold mornings.
I felt a mellow YELLOW on the day Tantra was held since I didn't have a lot to do.
I felt a dirty BROWN whenver the CH guys were bugging me about their stall & the potter demanded double the money he earned.
I felt a smooth BLACK when all the events went on smoothly.
I felt a cautious RED during the concert.
I felt a proud VIBGYOR when everything went on smoothly.
I felt a fun PURPLE during the general quiz which was hosted by yours truly.
I felt an optimistic GREEN throughout the fest.
Overall despite some jealous counterparts from other colleges, I must say, the fest surpassed all expectations a can simply called a GRAND SUCCESS. We put forth our best in every department, the events though delayed, went on well & people had fun. Concert arrangements were perfect to a T. All the members of the Crew did a fantastic job. I will conclude by congratulating who was a part of NIRVANA 2006. Lets make NIRVANA 2007 BIGGER & BETTER. But for now, JNTU exams start April 24.
PS:Photos on Nirvana 06 on the next post.

Beauty lies in the lens of the beholder

"Pictures speak a million words", oft-heard quote. I agree. The whole idea of freezing a moment for eternity on film or lately on digital bytes, is brilliant. Photography is definitely an art . They actually have courses in photography !! I believe that the best pictures are the ones that are taken impromptu. No one can ever achieve the perfect pose. Photos can depict a array of feelings. Clicking photographs of people can be an experience in itself because sometimes the innermost emotions of the person overflow onto the picture be it joy, sorrow, anxiety or relief.
Every human being is a complex person & this is definitely reflective in his photograph. So if you really wanna get to know a person, don't ask him/her to smile. Click it in their natural realm. Taking pictures of landscapes is definitely what I take delight in. Proud to say that I've clicked pics of Hyderabad & MGIT that no one else would've done. It is one's personal point of view that comes across when he takes the picture. The angle, the juxtapositioning of two things, the light, the climate are all each photographer's toys.
I'm no PROFESSIONAL & have no intentions of becoming one. So don't consider this to be gyaan, all it is ; is my take on photography.
PS: Somaditya Sinha has been my producer, providing me his cam most of the time, Thanks bro !! Keerthi Reddy, wanna become a photographer.... YOU GO FOR IT GIRL !!

Kiss of the rain in March

Seems Lord Indra has heard my prayers & provided us with some relief albeit for a short while.Just as February was dragging to an end, the heat was just adding to the woes of my already "bored with classes" life. Its the usual summer ritual in my house, the bottles of water that resided on the dinner table now enter the icy regions of my refrigerator. My antique airconditioner is serviced & restored to a somewhat better than unusable condition. And probably what my neighbours hate the most is that I roam around the house topless after sundown. To all such people I say "My house, My body, My wish!".
But this sudden jolt in the weather pattern might have brought a smile to their disgusted faces. It has been drizzling steadily in my area & the sky has remained a bold shade of grey for the last few days. Must mention that the temparature has dropped & there is a hint of chill in the air. If there were any way of expressing a scream in written form, this sentence would have it, anyway "yyyyyeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!". I absolutely love driving in the cold breeze as you might have noticed in one of my previous blogs. The moisture laden winds caressing one's face & hair fluttering about are only expressions that people who truly experience this can enjoy.
Rain also means powercuts,which in turn leads to "no working" conditions. This gives me some time that I can enjoy with myself in the dark, sitting by the window sill , listening to the rhythm of the rain falling . Rain also means mirchi bajjis. These things can cause up quite a stir in one's digestive system if eaten in the wrong places, but are must-eat items in the rain. Getting wet in the rain is another thing that I love doing, but haven't had the pleasure of doing in a while.
Have you ever noticed the sun & the moon playing hide & seek with the clouds during the rainy season. Its a wonderful sight, you might be under a patch of cloud but your friend a few hundred metres away might be enjoying the warmth of the sun or the light of the moon. Many people associate the grey monsoon with gloom. But for me it represents the respite after the scorching summer months. I feel blessed when the chilly breeze pats me to announce its arrival.
The children I'm sure love the puddles, my 4 yr old best friend Aryan, who has just started attending kindergarten is absolutely fascinated by the paper boats I make.
The rain just seems to accentuate all the greenery around us. On my way to college, I pass by this village called Narsingi. I have fallen in love with it during the rainy season. But the story of Narsingi is for another blog. For now I would like to conclude by saying that I'm a peacock. Wondering why, simple coz peacocks & aditya, both dance when its about to rain.

Its party time

Saturday March 4th, was & will definitely remain one of the most memorable days in my life. It was a rocking party at The Manohar. As you can see from the pic, Spurthi & I were the emcees. We had a lot of fun pulling peoples' legs & yapping our lungs off, which both of us love. Thanks to everyone who attended & thanks to everyone who made this happen.

Meet Mr.Busybee

They(read girls who are trying to hit on you & old women who have nothing else to gossip about) say it shows when you're in love. So judging from the unshaven guise & my shaggy hairdo, it must be safe to say that i'm nowhere near LOVE.
A sudden tryst in my life has surprised everyone including me. All the workload that has been bestowed upon me requires that I give it my 100%. I have this tendency to prioritise everything according to their importance levels & start working on them. Since I have taken up multiple tasks, I need to spend a little more time than others on the workstation. This has kept me away from a bustling social life that I once was notoriously illustrious about leading.
Its sad to note that I'm on the railroad that leads to WORKAHOLICSVILLE. A place that I did not think much of in the past. But now tha I was approaching it, it kinda provided a serene trance for me to lead my life in. No buddies to help, no girls to flirt with. It was a much needed sanctuary that I had been craving for a few years now.
Status messages of "busy" , "too damn busy" have adorned my Messenger offlate. To the disdain of many I must assert. Suddenly eating at my "world famous in Ameerpet" Chinese bandi had become a Herculean or should I say Adityan task. Hadn't spoken to a friend "just for timepass" in over weeks. Hadn't gone for a drive in months( 2 to be precise). After Mumbai Matinee, it seemed I was never gonna have a first or second show.
But as Oscal Wilde quoted in one of his short stories,"Hope springs eternal" & to my rescue came Tuck Kumar. This gentleman postponed my college fest by a month & made my work obsolete. So now I'm absolutely jobless.
But what was weird during these trying days, was that I adapted to the situation well. I didn't complain to my mum that the food wasn't spicy enough. I didn't whine to my friends that I needed a hug although I needed one real bad. People started complaining as to why I had become sober & wondered if something had happened, everyone loves a wild comic don't they ??
Life seemed in colours of grey rather than the cool blue that it had always been. But I'm happy that the phase is over, but it has definitely left a telling effect on me. The metamorphosis has left its impact, but positively I would think. Just to celebrate this , me along with a bunch of friends had a STAR WARS MARATHON PARTY at one guy's place. This was to announce to myself " I'm back". After this my other job on hand is get a decent haircut & shave. Thats all for now, Cheerio .
LAST SEEN,ADITYA WAS ASKING THE MUSINGS TEAM FOR MORE WORK BECAUSE HE WAS GETTING BORED. SO MUCH FOR "IM BACK".

r"ADI"o mirchi

This blog might basically seem like an ego trip but please, read on. The last 10 days have been the most eventful of my whole life. I have to thank my dear senior Sidhu for that ( if you read.. please care to comment). Things initially started off on Jan 29th. He called & told me that Radio Mirchi was planning to setup in Hyderabad & they were auditioning for RJs. He thought I should try. I thought "Why not ?!". So I called up the place & after half an hour of dialling finally the phone rang & I was registered for Jan 31st. So I bunked MMS lab on that day & went for this audition having no expectations whatsoever.
I went there & found a huge crowd. But all decent people no mass guys, so everything went on smoothly. I was called in for my audition 3 hrs after my alloted time, this is Hyderabad man, hota rehta. Inside was the scariest room I had ever been inside. One microphone, a bottle of water, a stool & a speaker was all I could see. Everything else was black. For a moment it felt like I was in the movie PITCH BLACK, that Vin Diesel movie in which he has inbuilt night vision.
There I had to first read a script which I did satisfactorily I think & then I had to speak extempore on a topic "SHREYA-ASIN-TRISHA" in Telugu. If I tell you how I started off, it will surely make you roll on the floor. Ahem ahem ... " EE ROJU MANAM MATLADAPOTHUNAMU MANA TOLLYWOOD LO UNNA MUGGURU YUVARATNALA GURINCHI "... after this fantabulous sentence I decided "RETREAT MY DEAR FELLOW TO THE DOMAIN THAT YOU KNOW BEST" & well... the rest of the talk was in ENGLISH. After I was done, I knew I had bombed so I sped away from the scene as if I were wearing Quicksilver's sandals (I'm talking about the original Quicksilver...not me).
Then some guy who was working there, hunted me down & summoned me back. I thought maybe with my horrifying performance I might have damaged a mic or something. But to my surprise the Lady who was one of the judges actually said, "Work on your Telugu, we'll call you back". Aaaaaaaaaa ***thats me screaming inside my head***. Was delighted. Went home & crashed. My way of calling it a day. Since it wasn't a big deal I did not tell anyone. Just a few people who I spoke to on that day.
Then two days later I was walking down a road in Punjagutta when The Lady called me again & told me that I should be there on Saturday afternoon. Call it Providence, call it first saturdays, it was a holiday that day so I could attend the final round of auditions without having to feel guilty about bunking an internal. Saturday came sooner than I expected. The morning turned out to be pleasant. I met one of my favourite people on this planet. Then by 12 on the dot I was there. As usual, it was excruciatingly time taking again... It was 2.30 by the time I went in. This time I went into the same room, but on this occasion it did not seem that claustrophobic or intimidating.
I was told about my next task -
1. Had to speak against "Hyderabad is a hi-tech city"
2.Had to speak for " Sania Mirza should wear shorter skirts"
3.Had to host a show called DR.LOVE
Topic 1 - Judge says make it controversial
I started talking about Hyderabad having heritage blah blah... then to add controversy began talking about the Congress- TDP tussle.
Topic 2 - Judge says FIRE AWAY
I do not need any help to talk FOR such a topic, so went on & on & on until the Judges could take no more & they said next topic...
Topic 3 - Judge says give nonsensical advice but make it funny
Just when I thought I had given a pretty good performance, this one made me think again, because I absolutely fired on all cylinders here. A bisexual guy calls me on the show & asks who he should go for, Suneeta or her brother Ramesh... The advice I gave will surely go down in Radio Mirchi auditioning history. The judges were laughing like they had just seen a show of THE GREAT INDIAN LAUGHTER CHALLENGE. I cannot explain how I did it, you should have been there to experience it.
After this I was called out of the recording studio & quizzed about a few things. But one little thing stood out. SECOND YEAR ENGINEERING.
They said that this was a full time job & that it would be difficult for me to do both. I asked if they could work me into a night slot. They grinned and said "GREAT SHOW , COME FOR THE INTERVIEW ON TUESDAY".
They called me again to tell me that my interview had been postponed to Wednesday afternoon at TAJ RESIDENCY.
Wednesday came, attended college half-day, went home, shaved, had lunch, put on some good clothes & went to the Taj. Here I met Ravi & Chai, CSE seniors & good friends. He stated the obvious saying that it would me another 2 hrs atleast for my interview. So both,me & Ravi loitered around for a while. Then at around 5.30 his turn came. He went & was inside for 20 minutes. As soon as he came out I bombarded him with questions. He told me that it was a chilled interview... so take light bolke.
Then at 6 it was my turn.
I went inside, one guy was familiar, the other guy was from mumbai & his name was Tapas or something. It was a fun interview. Their questions went like
When did your father slap you last ?
Were you in love ?
Do you think you have the knack to make people do wild things ?
What was the wildest thing you have done ?
How many girlfriends ?
Stuff like that. Till this it was fun, then back to ENGINEERING. Anna started saying things like we need you for 8 hours. Willing to pay you around 25,ooo but we need you full time. What the hell would I say ?? Managed to blurt ," I'm good at multitasking sir, I can work something out & do justice to both roles." Don't know if I could convince him though. Anyways they said they would get back to me on 13th. My lucky number but dunno if anything would materialise.
But what I am proud of is that out of 1500 people, the 3 MGITians who tried out made it to the last 25 & I was one of them. There were thope people, like a girl who dubbed for Ayesha Takia in Super, a girl with 8 years experience at All India Radio, a mimicry artiste from Zee FM, a whole group from Wave 9 who made it.
But all said & done THE FAIRY TALE COMES TO AN END.

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab mere dil mein hai

I'm here.I'm there. I'm everywhere. In short I have so much on my mind & words evade me at this time.
To start, I just got back from the movie RANG DE BASANTI. To put it concisely IT ROCKS. You might think it is a light-hearted, youthful movie. But make no mistake it is none of the two. It is the kind of movie which SHAKE you & fill you with fire. Recently I was involved in this little incident in my college, which is probably 1/100000th times of what actually happens in the movie. It goes something like - unnecessary violence by the people in the system, peaceful rebellion by me & finally me supressed by the system. If you understood any of that perplexing monologue you are well informed about MGIT. This movie is slightly like another movie LAKSHYA & SARFAROSH which also tells the audience the importance of putting one's country before everything else. I have always been a little of a rebel, a little of a patriot but until the above mentioned experience I never realised that one little act of yours could make such a difference. I wrote a small article about the injustice in college albeit with a small political mistake, i referred to a faculty member as a "guy" and some gentlemen misconstrued it to be "foul language" & all this caused quite a stir.
That apart I also attended this Dream Interpretation workshop in MOOD INDIGO 2005. In that I was told that our dreams are either a reflection of what we want to do & cannot or the other meaning could be something that what you see in the dream will transpire only if we take direction from the dream itself & work towards it. Darn !! I'm being vague again. It is just that one must realise the importance of standing up for oneself. Do not crib your problems away by blaming on this person or that person. Only YOU are responsilbe for your own destiny & when a whole nation of people realise this, that is when India will juggernaut its way to the very top. Some day when people speak of me,I do not want to be remembered as a person who was a thinker, I would prefer to be reminisced as a man who was a DOER. Some people will read this blog & laugh thinking "Saala dialogues bahut achcha likhta hai". But I beseech you, do not, for only time will tell who will have the last laugh.
On this day, I tell you this DON'T LET YOUR LIFE BE JUST ANOTHER IRRELEVANT EXISTENCE. DO NOT EVER GO DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT. RISE & TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR OWN DESTINY THEREBY LEADING THE POPULACE AROUND YOU TO ACCOMPLISHMENT. ONLY WE HAVE THE POWER TO SCRIPT THE FUTURE.
PS: I will make it a point to personally kick your ass if you don't watch the movie. That will make you comprehend the true meaning of what I have written.
PS-PS: It was personally fulfilling to see two outstanding Tam Brams in an outstanding Hindi movie

Mumbai Matinee

It was a bitterly cold morning when we arrived at Dadar station for IIT Mumbai’s annual cultural festival MOOD INDIGO 2005. A scrawny looking guy(geek as expected) received us & dumped us in a bus. We reached the IIT campus tired & frustrated because we had taken the slowest train to Mumbai. Since we reached a day early we decided to explore the city a little. Its such a filthy city. Everywhere you see there a million people around, seems like you are stuck in one of those fast forward videos. But certain parts of Mumbai are superb.
The next day onwards the competitions commenced & we split up & covered as many events as possible. While a few people went to the Entertainment Quiz, the others went to a Fairy tale book making contest & JAM. JAM honestly wasn’t upto the level one expected it to be but it churned out a few laughs anyway. I think the “event of the fest” was definitely “HALLA BOL”, the street plays. The colleges based most plays on important social themes like dowry, infanticide, corruption & strangely enough India’s obsession with fair skin etc.
Most of the performances were mind-blowing. Special mention must be made about IIT Kanpur & DAV college,Chandigarh. The following day there was a panel debate featuring Mahesh Bhatt, Srinivasan Jain & Ayaz Memon which was truly spectacular. The World Quiz was exhausting( trust me I got 5 out of 25 right !!). This day also featured The Treasure Hunt which was wild. People was asked to bring stuff like hair with split ends, live puppy or cat etc. Then Creative Writing , Potpourri & Word Games were a few other events that the MGITians took part in. MGITians are certainly proving that wherever they go they are not just there to merely make up the numbers. Though we did not win anything big, we certainly gave our best shot though we were unprepared. These fests aren’t complete without their Pro-shows.
MOOD INDIGO ‘05 featured Indian Ocean, Shaan, Shuffling Demons(a jazz band from Canada) , Vayu & Sceptre. The best show without a doubt would have to be Indian Ocean. Their rendition of their superhit song “BANDE” from the controversial movie Black Friday was a breathtaking. It is my opinion that atleast once in your life you should experience the IIT way of life. So people if you thinking of going to Saarang’06 go ahead & make plans, because it might just change your life.
PS: We did not come back empty handed, yours truly won four T-shirts in “Guess the Blockbuster”.
MUST SAY THIS IS THE BEST EYE CANDY FEST IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY

Insomnia

Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by an inability to sleep and/or to remain asleep for a reasonable period during the night. Sufferers typically complain of being unable to close their eyes or 'rest their mind' for more than a few minutes.Insomnia is often caused by fear, stress, and anxiety. An overactive mind can also be the cause of the problem.
Why is Insomnia a whole damn blog you say ?? Here comes my story... The previous night I was very tired & fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the sack. The following morningI woke at 5 am, strangely involuntarily. As hard as I tried my eyes were refusing to shut. So I decided " Yea !! What the hell !!" & decided to watch a few movies much to my mother's vociferous dislike (if you know me you would vouch for the fact that this is a rare occurence is my household). Well the damn schedule went something like this...

5am-8am->NUVOSTANANTE NENODHANTANA
8.30 - 10.30-> GOLDENEYE
10.30 -13.00 -> A BIT OF ZEHER (was busy with other important things )
13.30 - 15.30 -> THE AVIATOR (still have to watch the ending)
16.00-18.00 -> FOOTBALL (my favourite part of the day...but still it is very tiring)
Then I went to this dinner thing, which was originally scheduled to be at 19.00 but was delayed due to ...well I dunno the reason. Anyway, finally I was summoned to come at 21.00. On the way my bloody fuel ran out & I didn't realise I had to refuel because apparently my bloody fuel gauge is malfunctioning. Bugger !! I thought to myself. Well anyone who has a pushed a bike up a Banjara Hills slope would realise my plight. Oh did I forget to mention I was supposed to be home by 10 max & well thanks to some empty roads & some careless driving I reached 20 minutes late which I blamed on the Traffic. Hehe !! That is an eternal excuse for all us guys, isn't it ?? Now getting to why I was writing abt Insomnia. Hmmm, At the time that I'm writing this I imagined an hour prior to this that I would be fast asleep... but look, I'm still wide awake, my head is heavy & I have no clue why I chose to write about this topic. I guess its gonna take me some more movies to fall asleep. By the way, a special mention about my friend, Rakesh who gave all these movies & Congrats !! to my friend Keerthi whose bagged a job at Infosys despite being a Biotechie.
Conclusion, you say !! Check this out ->
Rock-a-bye adi, rolling on his cot
When slumber evades , he feels like he's been shot.
When this run breaks, asleep he will fall
Out will go Insomnia, headache & all.

A week into the holidays !

Its been a week since my semester holidays have started & I've realised how important these breaks can be. I absolutely love the winters. Hyderabad is quite chilly during this time, just the way I like it. I usually sleep till around 10.30 -11 am happily tucked under my cozy blanket. Then usually find myself occupied till the evening. But it seems the whole city gets into a festive mood during December (not coz my birthday is in that month) due to Christmas & New Year. The whole stretch from Somajiguda to the Airport & Banjara hills to Necklace Road is decorated with serial lights , the malls Hyd Central , Lifestyle & Shoppers Stop add to the whole lit-up atmosphere.

Also I've had the oppurtunity to work on a few new things, I'm getting addicted to Photoshop. Also been doing a li'l working out. You know getting rid of that flab (I know I'm skinny...but still I do have fat). Ok guys I'm gonna tell you something really weird, so please bear with me. Most of you get a kick out of doing various things, everyone has their own mantra. Well my mantra is all about getting my teeth chattering. Do you have any idea how it feels to go for a drive at 5 in the morning clad only in a sweatshirt & shorts on a bike doing around 70-80 kmph ?? If you do then welcome to the exclusive club of people who like to get themselves all frigid !! Absolutely Mental isn't it !! Thats just me. Other wacky things I love to do, there is this particular part of KBR park (for those who dunno, this is Hyderabad's equivalent of Central Park ...too much I think but its a comparison all the same ) which has a ledge adjacent to which a couple of livewires rest & exactly opposite to that is Road no.45( yeah the road adjacent to actor Balakrishna's house) that is great place to stare at. Most of Hyderbad's famous people pass through that road. So one would to get to see them, if their cars are not tinted heavily.
Other things I enjoy during Winter is the regular visits to the Chinese bandi, contradictory to what most of you might have heard about bandis, my bandi guy is a very hygiene conscious guy from Arunachal Pradesh. His Veg Manchuria rocks & so does his sense of humour. Apart from this, holidays include lotsa burning fuel on the spacious roads of Jubilee hills & exploring places in Hyderabad I've never visited so far. This time I'm kinda hoping to expand my horizons not restricting myself to the borders of this city only.
Thats about it about my escapades for now. My friends are here. Have to go now. In the words of the most famous Austrian in recent times "I'LL BE BACK".

Barca mauls Real

The MOST EAGERLY AWAITED CLASH turned out to be a totally one sided affair with Barca dominating from the start.Two moments of magic from Ronaldinho crowned a dominant Barca performance in the Bernabeu that saw Rijkaards team run out clear 0-3 winners to go four points clear of Madrid at the top of La Liga, overtaking Osasuna, who drew at Getafe.
Barca went to Madrid on the back of a great run and they just took up where they had left off with a superb display of controlled attacking football that saw them leave the Bernabeu crowd stunned. Samuel Eto'o's first half strike was scant reward for the team's dominance in the first 45 minutes, but two brilliant individual goals from Ronaldinho in the second half made it a deserved 0-3 result.
After just 4 minutes Messi provoked a foul on the edge of the box, which Ronaldinho hit into the wall, then 10 minutes later he burst into the heart of the Madrid defence before laying the ball off for Eto'o to strike low past Casillas for the first . In truth, the Cameroon striker should have scored 5 minutes earlier after a magisterial pass from Ronaldinho had set him free behind a static Helguera, but he hit his shot wide across the face of goal.
Barca's total football simply overwhelmed the much vaunted Galacticos of Madrid and only Casillas stood between Barca and a goal feast as Messi, Eto'o ad Ronaldinho were all denied by the brilliant .
Barca came out for the second half showing if anything an even greater dominance over their hosts and Messi twice came close in the first ten minutes, before Ronaldinho showed just why he's the world's best player. Picking up the ball inside his own half he left the Madrid defence flailing in his wake as he sprinted into the box to fire past a helpless Casillas. It could easily have turned even worse for the hosts, had the ref seen a cynical trip in the box on Messi by Roberto Carlos, but really, Barca didn't need any penalties in this game. Not content with the magic of the second goal, Ronaldinho then repeated the trick a quarter of an hour later, again breaking in from the left and leaving Helguera and Sergio Ramos sprawling and shooting past the keeper for Barca's third.

Do clothes actually maketh the man ?

We've heard this on many occasions " IT IS THE CLOTHES THAT MAKETH THE MAN ". Dont know how this whole notion started off but I'm sure it is justified in the present day. According to me there a few DEFINED style trends prevalent among the youth today. Trust me I'm no style guru but I know my clothes -
1. HIP-HOP : This style has been popularised by the rappers in da hood. Everything about this stlye is loose. The pants cant seem to stay on... the shirts are so huge two people could fit into them. Also involves a whole lot of accesories like thick chains , wrist bands , bandanas & big rings.
2.LAIDBACK: This is what you will find me usually in & most of the people in. Constitutes a pair of jeans , tees or shirts & sandals. Nothing flamboyant but slick.
3.TRENDY: This is probably the most eye-catching of all the styles. Smart solid shirts , crisp pants, boots , a snazzy watch , cool shades & to top it off a neat blazer. Try this & temme if you dont get the right response.
4.RUGGED:This is the total badboy look. Cargos are a must. Well a sleeveless jacket works wonders. Printless tees & shirts work on da inside. Solid shoes definitely add character. Aviators & cool watches are essential. But the most important part of it is the UNSHAVEN BEARD...
This is my assessment & mine only !! So till next time STAY STYLISH

Dad's birthday

Dad's birthday !!
It's my dad's birthday today. He turns 50 today. I would think atleast for this reason I should have got some luck in my ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING paper today. But alas ! no mercy was shown. Think i'll just clear lekin JNTU ka kya bharosa. Anyway enough of that.
I'm here to recommend to you this movie called GHAJINI. Thought the whole family would get together & watch this movie & Boy !! IT was worth it. Its about this guy played by SURYA (of KAAKHA KAAKHA fame) who suffers from short term memory loss & keeps forgetting every 15 mins. The whole concept is amazing & there are awesome twists in the story. Surya has done a wonderful job.Be it the bold,energetic business magnate or the wild deranged chaser Surya steals the show. Asin looks very pretty & is full of energy. The villain BHIKSHU YADAV OF SYE plays a double role ..strange but effectively menacing. Harris Jayaraj scores again with his melodies. Kudos to director A.R.Muragadoss. TAMIL CINEMA is definitely progressing in the right direction

Semester Blues !!

It should come as a surprise to many that I'm blogging for the first time with my 1st semester exams just 2 days away. This whole time has been very uneventful for me. I effectively screwed my labs . I'm not able to focus on that very important ALL-IN-ONE which can make a dumbass into a topper (i'm neither ). Its strange I know...I was stuck to my text books in the 1st year & I ended up with a 73 %. People who relied only on the abover mentioned book ended up scoring much better than me. Thus I have lost hope in the whole institution of "understanding what you study". I guess people who have higher numbers on their marksheets are of greater value though I beg to differ.
My efforts to be a good engineer might be in vain. I have joined the IEEE & I'm the Treasurer of the ISTE, two of the more prestigious engineering societies. But there haven't been any activities as yet. But I won't lose hope. As for myplans for the future. I'm planning to abandon Engineering as a whole. For what you say ... ?? For the CIVIL SERVICES. Yeah it has been my dream since I was a kid that I might become an awe-inspiring Police officer someday. But as you all must know it requires a lot of hardwork & well it would be safe to say that hardwork & aditya never go together.
But as for now I'm planning to get my ass away from the computer , try to browse through the ALL-IN- ONE & hopefully get a little of it into my head. So until next time..BON NUIT !!