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  • Waiting for God to do something!

    My heart was bleeding while I was watching this!!! and at the same time, I am feeling like an idiot being from a country where leaders are completely incapable of anything!!!! I am feel so disturbed, that I do not know what to write!!!

    Can’t even thank Geet for sending this link to me!!!

    Does it fkking matter if the attack was on Mumbai or Bombay? on a Maharashtrian or a Bengali or a Bihari? It does not, but no… our politicians have much better things to do than putting their foot down against terrorism!!!

    Make their sculptures
    Win elections with the tax payers money
    Throw anyone who is not a Marathi Manus out of the state
    Burn trains and buses
    Point fingers at fellow politicians
    Object to twitter and business class travel
    and what not!!!!

    Is keeping the country and people, who vote for such bastards, safe a part of anyone’s agenda? I guess not!

    And why just Indian Leadership, even the US continues to pump billions of dollars in the name of development, into countries where the only development is probably developing terror!!!

    Damn it!!!!

  • Lets the games begin!

    I am really looking forward to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and looks like they started one year too early!!!
    Suresh Kalmadi and Mike Hooper have started the first game, India and most politicians are world champions at… the Blame Game!!!
    In the first round, Mike Hooper warms up to the press in a conference and tells in detail about all the plans and that he was optimistic about the completion of all preps before the games… and a day later, Mr. Suresh Kalmadi plays his side of the game by throwing allegations at him and telling us that he has request that he be removed!! “Offence is the best defense, I remember”
    And then the semi-final of the game where Mr. Hooper is giving an interview, and is stopped “on camera” from doing that! Stunning display of offensive techniques by Lalit Bhanot! In his words, “ If Mike Hooper has to respond to anything, he should respond at home and not in HIS (Lalit’s) office.“. Check out the video here if you have not seen it yet. In this video, the way Lalit Bhanot looks when Mike is asking him something, it is so clear that he does not have a fkking clue as to why he is asking Mike to stop the interview, but that he just wants him to stop!!!! what losers!!!
    My take, this is something that will carry on for about a week while it only gets worse!!!
    I really want Delhi to be prepared for the games, but am also afraid, rather have a very strong gut feel that the preparations are highly inadequate and all of this is being done just as a run-up to the truth about how fukked up the planning and execution has been for these games!
    I still hope the games can happen when planned! Maybe someone needs to read through why projects fail and make error corrections before its too late… or is it already!

  • Chacha Chaudhary it is!!!

    In a recent poll on Chai ki Dukaan, more than 60% of the voters chose Chacha Chaudhary as the Prime Minister of India along with his super team of Sabu, Rocket, Super Commando Dhruv, Nagraj and so on…

    Lets give them portfolios now! shall we?

    So comment on!

    • Chachaji – Prime Minister
    • Sabu – ? (I give him Internal Security – New Portfolio)
    • Rocket – ? (I give him Special Protection Group – Bite the buggers out, save the specials)
    • Super Command Dhruv – ? (I give him… I dunno)
    • Nagraj – ? (I give him external affairs and defense)

    What about you?

  • Wake me up when September ends!

    Knowing how much I love Radha, it would be a shame if I would not write about a milestone in my relationship with her! right?

    thank you Vaishali for pointing that out!

    There are so many memories that have been associated with her that I would not even know where to start and end…

    • The first time I saw her, I knew she was going to be mine
    • The extreme personification of something that a lot of people would call just a car
    • The fact that most people who know about her call her Radha too!
    • That I was using a Rs. 250 radio to listen to music for the first few months because I was totally broke after I got the car
    • That I feel the most secure when I am driving around with her
    • That she probably has one of the best audio quality that I know of… what else do you expect from a combination of Sony, JBL, and Blaupunkt?
    • That it has saved my family from an accident which would have been a nightmare in any other car
    • That she is one of the finest machines, one of the safest cars and of course one of the smartest looking cars that runs on Indian Roads
    • That she is a perfect example of what friendships should be like
    • And that she still looks as beautiful as she looked the first day I met her 🙂
    and a lot more!


    This September is a special month for me! a lot of things happened including Chai ki Dukaan celebrating 5 years, some things and thoughts moving at the personal front, and my EMIs for the car getting over! now I can start saving for the Enfield I have been eyeing for a while! 😛

    Speaking of cars, this weekend I drove the largest SUV I have been in, so far! A Toyota Sequoia. It was a 4.6 litre, 32 Valve V8 engine which produces a mind boggling 310 bhp@ 5400 rpm! The pictures below should tell you something about the size too!

    Title courtesy : Green Day
    Photographs with me in them, courtesy : Pritam

  • Is “Hamara Bajaj” really Hamara?



    The images that you see above are of a wooden replica of a Vespa which I clicked in a museum recently. I am surprised by the similarity of this model with a Bajaj Priya that used to share the road with some other models from Bajaj in the 80’s and 90’s! This replica is made completely out of wood and is made by an Italian artist.

    Its exactly the same as Bajaj Priya scooter… inch by inch, switch by switch, curve by curve! someone please tell me that Bajaj picked up this design legally and did not steal it! I would be very disappointed if they did steal it!

    I checked the Bajaj official website too, it talks about introduction of Bajaj Super, Chetak and Classic, but does not mention Priya anywhere! Was this a Bajaj model at all? or am I wrong? I remember using this scooter when I was doing mu PG. My batch-mate Gaurav used to have this model and it had a bajaj tag on it!

  • Make Easy Choices…

    Get the best you can!

    Give the best you can!

    Live the best you can!

    Speak the best you can!

    Be the best you can!

  • MAX(imum) CARE(lessness)

    I have always believed that Doctors have a profession that is noble, and selfless. I still believe it, however there are incidents that shake that belief.

    And one such incident is what you see below in the presentation… Please do take out time to read through…

    Fight Against Max Hospital

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  • Happy Holi 🙂

    Holi hai bhai holi hai
    Rang Birangi Holi hai



    Pictures from Holi’06 at Home 🙂

    And what is a Holi without this song?

  • There is a lot of money out there !!!

    $ 150 Million were spent on Obama’s inaugration ceremony… Was it just to keep with the expectations of the world?

    I am just wondering if this could have been managed in anything less than what was spent?

    Recession? Was anyone really thinking about it when this function was held?

    I am wondering if this ceremony was the cheapest ever instead of the most expensive ever, would it have made people to think differently?

    And…

    Vijay Mallya gets back Gandhi’s stuff to the country at a cost of $1.8 million…

    For?

    The country?

    right !!!

    and now I am really interested in knowing how India gained from this.. After all this was done for the country !!! On second thoughts I am wondering about why am I getting so angry about all this, its his bloody money, he can spend it on whatever he wants! after all, he has earned the money and the rights to spend it too !

    I personally feel that the word Gandhi is a bit too over hyped in India… especially when the other names have just been limited to names and a holiday and maybe some awards or roads or markets…

    I did not feel good about this “victory” and felt that we are focussing on absolutely irrelevant activities at some level… and spending time, money, and effort doing those!


    Multiple issues, and I am feeling angry… aargh !

  • The journey begins !

    Fill up the reservation form… look at the train numbers, plan your start and end or midway points and refill the form
    Stand in line at the reservation counter hoping to get the tickets for the train which is your first choice

    Those 10 minutes at the counter talking to the person at the other end getting the best route

    The lack of change… how on earth am I supposed to get the three 10 rupee notes, and the two 5 rupee ones, and the other change !

    Anyway, the ticket is in my hand now ! The white grey dot-matrix printed Indian Railways ticket ! Hey, but I cannot read it properly… what time is my train? and from?

    oh wait, it has been printed on the line just above !! OK, well, the information is there… Coach S4, Seat 30 (wonder who would be sitting next to me)

    I wish its a beautiful girl 🙂 and without her parents or the boyfriend!

    Last minute Auto rush !!! and the bugger is driving so slowly that I could walk faster to the station.

    Anyway, I am here now… which platform? The board is not working, hey, the Kuli ! Let me ask him… they always know !!! Yes sir I am right… its platform 12, darn, the other side of the station !!! Run !!!

    Sir ji, late hai train !!!

    Oh thank Gawd !!!

    take it easy !!!

    A nice stroll up the stairs, on the overbridge, with people and more people and some more in the space left… walking, looking around, rushing for their platforms, anxious because they are late, or early or excited about meeting someone, or just being…

    But hey, where is the train?

    Oh, they are still shunting the bogies… will be here in a few minutes… and there it is !!!

    A1, A2, …..A4, S14… what the fkk… now run !!! S4 S4 S4 S4 S4… uncle sambhal kar zara…

    S4 S4… haan yehi hai s8… peeche likha hai…

    S4 S4 S4… saali itni lambi train…

    S4… kaash ye wala S4 hota.. this group of girls would be sitting somewhere near me then…

    S4… arre auntie jaane do…

    phew !!!

    The reservation chart finally….

    So lets see.. how many girls in my compartment today…

    F
    F
    F
    F
    F
    ah !!! F – 56 — darn !!!

    F
    F
    F
    F F6… sweet…

    F
    F
    F
    F
    23.. ah… Vaijanti Devi !!! crap !!!

    F F
    F
    F
    F
    24 Kalpana Arora… hmm…
    M27 Aakash Arora… inki to !!!

    F
    F
    F
    F
    F…

    uff.. sabse sada hua dibba mera !!!! CRAP !!!!

    anyway !!!

    Lets just get on the train !!!


    Auntiji ye meri seat hai !!!
    Oh !!!

    Wahan baith jaoge beta?
    umm… ji…

    Mera bag hata do wahan se… idhar de do.. aaram se baith jao !!!
    ji auntiji

    bleddy hell… inko kaise bolun I wanted the window seat !!!! I WANTED THE WINDOW SEAT !!!


    anyway… that probably means I will sleep better at night.. the top berth is not that bad afterall !

    So the bags are sett, the walkman is out !!! the tapes are out too ! what do we listen to? Wait… save the battery !! aise hi baitha reh abhi…

    Magazine !!! haan.. get some !!!

    Chai? haan ek cup wo bhi ho jaye!!!


    Auntiji main abhi aaya…
    haan beta

    ok… , chacha chauhdhary, billu, pinky, archies, apna bhavishya badlein, kismat aapke haath mein, competition success review, manorama, sarita, manohar kahaniya, limca book of records, reiki kaise karen, phew.. too many… just pick up a few random ones…

    oh.. paani ki bottle… ek wo bhi… aur biscuit? haan parle ji… do packet…

    chalo beta bhago before auntiji calls the police thinking you left a few bombs in the train !!!

    back on the seat… all set with magazines, food, music, a lost window seat, people…

    A Journey Begins….