Tashreef Rakhiye!…

I did hear somewhere that the literal meaning of the phrase “Tashreef” is one’s “Hind part” or what is more dedicatedly called the “Butt”..

In that case, “Tashreef Rakhiye”,should mean please place your Butt!…

A striking similarity between the American English and Urdu goes something like this.

American English has a very high density of reference for the “Butt”, like… “Get your ass outa there”… “I’m gonna shoot his ass off”… And Urdu in a very similar manner greets people saying, “Please place your ass there”… ..

Now thats some similarity!….

Frozen in time!…

With reference to a super hilarious day in college this semester.

The title of the blog(Frozen in time!… ) may have forced you to think that I’ll continue with a little bit more of nostalgia,memories,or life in general. But not to much surprise this ain’t the case……

I’m very much talking about the Mechanical Workshop of NIT Hamirpur.

Mechanical Workshop @ NIT Hamirpur..

Yes! The place where every 1st year goes to learn the basics of Engineering Sciences like,

1. Cutting and shaping Wood and Metal.

2. Screwing and Unscrewing things.

3. Making stupid diagrams of machines and tools obscure to mankind!

4. Sitting for hours and hours dozing off un-noticed.

Similar such things. The point I wanted to highlight from this blog is, that during the days I had Workshop classes, I always found the old, fossil aged job’s (intricate shaped articles we had to make from raw materials) of senior batch students who I could never even dream to ever see, still lying there, fresh, as if they were just made.

Three and half years into my graduation, I go back to the Workshop this weekend for some work, not so surprisingly to me, I found the articles my batchmates and I made during out workshop classes,preserved to perfection! (Come on, what would somebody apparently do with pieces of wood and metal shaped to no requirements).

The notice board of the Workshop proudly boasts a notice dated 07-01-2008 even on 24-01-2010. People dont read it, and people like me who do, dont bother removing it. (Who or What could ever disturb Kumbhakarna’s sleep? Similar is the Deep Freeze status of the Workshop which boasts of the costliest machines installed, who knows to operate them anywazz?.. Not even the shop floor instructors!)

The ironical thing to note is that,nothing changes there. Syllabus,techniques,job profiles,Telgi ram just about nothing!… It truly is “Frozen in time!…”

Four years of life… Worth it?..

Blogging after ages, and kinda following a senior’s footsteps in doing so (Junda, things i would wana do or rather re-do, if things were to go back all over again)….

It is general human tendency to wish to re-do or re-love something. At the end of every outdoor trip, we think, wish i could re-live the trip once again! At the end of every live performance watched, we again think, wish i could re-live the experience. Following standard procedure as mentioned and having a few bites of nostalgia, I was suddenly caught up with a simple thought, “What if I could re-live my engineering days once again?”…

I would certainly do the following things, which I effectively managed, to not do this time around.

1. Maintain a thick, fat notebook, which would suffice all my 8 semesters, and at the end of it all, I can surf through that notebook for the contents of all subjects of the coveted tag, all I know is gibberish uttered from my lecturers and nuffn else. ( Yep, am actually referring to my B.Tech, in Mechanical Engineering)

2. This time I would buy Nike shoes instead of Adidas.

3. I would definitely not Head Hill ‘Ffair 2009.

4. I would take “Kawwa” and his funda’s more seriously. (Grrrr, NIT’s are deemed to be varsities)

5. Never take any notes from Patnaik to get them xeroxed!

6. I would definitely get myself a pair of woolen hand gloves.

7. Would drink Vodka before my dinner, rather than after.

8. Would make better use of my library card, than my ATM card.

9. Would soon realize that an early bath in Himachal winters wins no accolades, other than jus viral fever.

10. Would put in all my efforts to reduce Adhiraj’s blabber. (No offense meant!)

11. Take up a panga with “Gay chachu”.

12. Would request the Himachal Road Transport Corporation for taller and more spacious buses in H.P.

13. Would drive away the misconception of people that Apples are actually not available all round the year, not even in Simla.

14. Would not have let Prof. Bhat kiss me, not once, but twice on stage in front of a capacity crowd. (Just incase somebody was jealous, please dont be so, coz I was embarrased!.. WTF??…)

15. Would join NIT after implementation of the strict Anti-Ragging regulations, coz the 1st year batch actually checks us out top,bottom,left and right and we cant even stare back at them. (Probably a visual ragging regulation would be coined in by the Supreme court soon!)

16. Will cherish the existence of a college canteen and wish it was reinstated. (R.I.P)

17. Would demand for a salary for all the extra curricular activities done in campus!

18. Will surely experience what is called a “Night-Out !”.(Studying of course!)

19. Will read all assignments and books suggested by teachers before going in for exams (coz the question papers are either problems from the assignment or solved examples from the suggested books, so scoring is actually not a big deal!)

20. And finally, I would re-do the College record of using the same bathroom slippers for all 8 semesters! (Not that I dint break them, I dint let it get stolen in a boys hostel. Kudos to me!)

Soon to be kicked outa this system, to yet another exciting journey, under the Chassis’ of many to be born heavy and light duty automobiles….. Cheers to life!

Srikanth Mantha

A World Of Mixed Civilizations….

It’s sequel mania in Bollywood and why should any director fall behind?…

The latest in this is Rakesh Roshan. His next flick is a sequel to “Koi Mil Gaya”, in which he potrays planet earth being jointly inhabited by both “Human’s” and “Jadu’s”…. The film will be titled “Aakhir Sabhi Mil Gaye!”…

Jinxed by the power’s inherited by “Jadu”, the humans are living a ultra modern life with robots and gadgets to do almost every mundane activity, making them too lazy to do anything. And India as a result has emerged into a super power (remember Jadu had first landed in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh)… Things were all going well, when suddenly a political turn-over took place. Yes!! The Congress Party took over the lead in India….

With ever rising inflation, the stock market’s saw new share holders and the FORTUNE 500′s list of billionaires too saw new names… The new share holders, and billionaires were none other than the visitors from the heavens.. Humans had to shell off every pie of their earnings to buy food (mind you, inflation would have reached 100% by then), but on the other hand all “Jadu” needed was “Dhoop” (sunshine). Leading to this the humans were turning into an endangered species on earth.

The world leaders met up at UN to find a possible solution for the problem. Two genius’s from Hollywood Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski (directors of the MATRIX trilogy) stood tall with a solution. And that was ” screen the sun rays from hitting earth, then Jadu will not be able to survive here”…. That was accepted, leading to Zion! The humans last refugee camp deep underground.

Wait Wait Wait!!!…. What has the Congress government done?.. Naa Naa! Screwing planet earth is secondary, they screwed poor Rakesh Roshan’s new flick… It turned out to be a sequel for the “MATRIX”…….

P.S: The 2009 Indian parliamentary elections beckon! Give in a thought before you cast in your vote…….

“Brotherhood” The Unsung Relation….

India… My country and definitely the place where relations are valued more than anywhere else! Societies, Cultures and nonetheless even movies showcase every relation with care…. Be it a mother and son, father and daughter, be it a brother and sister….. But I feel of all these the most untouched relation is between two brothers!…. It is always brushed aside probably due to lack of emotions rendering it as Glamor less to the human psychic. Hard to believe but the truth!

Brotherhood has and always be very special to me!…. I have a lovely elder brother and what a role he has played in shaping me up till date…. Where exactly should I start from?…

1) The days when my mom used to give my hand in his and tell him to walk side-by till the school…..

2) My first days in school, when I used to burst his ears out crying in every recess to get back home….

3) The countless hours spent playing cricket together, and he giving away his wicket just to please me….

4) Running behind me when I started to peddle the cycle, to  make sure I don’t fall off…..

5) Concealing the complaints teachers had against me at school…. [:P]

6) Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry, Vectors, Physics, and Chemistry turning from Impossible to I am very possible, courtesy of my bro’s teaching….

To sum up all the above I will say he taught me what is LIFE in general…. Cheers Bro!….I dont know in which country of the world he will be by the time I finish my grad’s…. But will always miss him!…. [:)]

What if Gaddu had the Mentos?….

 Courtesy of a Series Final between India and Australia I happened to venture out in the recreation hall of my Hostel to watch the Idiot Box!….. Between overs one Advertisement caught my attention…. It was the latest one of Mentos (yeah the mint sold at half a buck), in which a Donkey and a Monkey are portrayed.

It shows the Donkey dominate the Monkey in the Pre-Stone era, and a vice-versa situation in the Stone and Medieval ages  after the Monkey has Mentos!…. Now what if the Donkey had the Mentos?….. Ahhhhaaaannnnnnnnnn, all you very intelligent people must be imagining a Donkey dominated civilization, a’int it?…… Tell you what, that will never happen. Forget Mentos, eat what so ever a Donkey will always be a Donkey!….. [:P]

Nevertheless a very catchy and hilarious Ad, which goes in coherence with their Tag-line “Dimaag Ki Batti Jalao”…. A breather from absolutely ridiculous Ad’s seeing which the only expression that comes to your mind is “WTF?”…….

Exclusively NIT Stuff….

On 25th of February 2008, some Prof’s came to my college from Sheffield University, regarding some MOU stuff. And one of them delivered a lecture on a Student Formula Car. I will not be going into the intricacies of that lecture. But when the talks of the MOU between both colleges came out, a few things were high-lighted. Like Student Exchange, Faculty Training Pro grammes……… Well these are all obvious!

Thinking a l’ill different as always, I thought why not have a food court exchange?…. And who better to represent NIT H @ the United Kingdom, than TILAK?….. Well let the fair skinned taste the delicacies which we feast here, despite of a garbage bin, loitering dogs and a 7mm thick layer coated frying pan( my major is Mechanical, so will be finicky of Dimensions……. hahahahahahahah!)…..

IrOny For StAtus MesSages…..

Okay Okay, of all the absolutely jobless people in the world, I guess I am one!…. NO NO, this time I am pretty serious…. [:P]  The world of Internet, and Chatting provides a breather of space for “Jobless” people like me…. That’s one place where you find all kinds of people….. Trust Me! All kinds….. And the Messenger’s  ( I include Gtalk, Yahoo Messenger, and all other forms in this list ), have a very Unique thing called as the Status Message…… People who are addicts to chatting will know what am I talking about…..

Being jobless I decided to do a little bit of a research on these Status Messages…. I have broadly classified them into few categories…. I shall quote one example for every category….
1) The Super Senti Stat Messages:  These are messages which will make the reader feel, why the heck am I alive on planet Earth?…. Example:  ” If I were to die today, I prefer dying in your hands….. So that I can look into your eyes and forget the pain”…. Some such sorts…

2) Announcement Makers: These are such messages which people have to convey to many of their chat friends…. Example: “Oyyyy Mechanical 2nd year, The MD Lab has been called off tomorrow…. So Party through the Night”….

3)  Attention Seeking Messages: Now these are the “Really Interesting” Stat Messages… Being jobless I keep looking at the Gray Icons on my chat list, to become green so that I have one more option to pass time on…. hahaha! A few of my friends( names concealed ), log in with messages like ” Out Leave Message”, ” ” I am not here right now”…. If these were the cases who the heck did log in on their accounts?…. Some Devil I guess…. haha! Actually by having such messages people want to seek attention from their friends, so that everyone asks them… “Hey where are you?”… ” Are you there?”….

4) Concise but Good Ones : These are messages which cover a wide variety starting from humor to valuable quotes: Example……………..

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Stop bugging people with boring Status Messages , put on your thinking cap’s and give me some examples such that I can fill in the Examples in the 4th Section……  Happy Chatting to All….. Cheers!

Badsar(4), Hamirpur(44)…..

Recently I suddenly had to visit Delhi for some purpose…. And when I was coming back to college, at a point where the bus had stopped I found two sign boards saying…. Badsar(4), and Hamirpur(44)….

The interesting thing is yet to come, and just a few meters after these boards was a House which had the Name Plate:

“LATE” BALWANT SINGH THAKUR’s RESIDENCE….. I juss wondered which property dealer has started connections with the Mortal’s to sell them land to build their homes after “Death”…. LOLZ! [:P]

February 15th…. Where Next Year?….

A question which recently popped up in my mind…. Where exactly will I be on February 15th, the next year?…. Or rather say to which place will I be heading to?

Feb 15th 2006: I was in a train, going all the way to Allahabad

Feb 15th 2007: I was in a train to Delhi

Feb 15th 2008: In the early hours, I again was in the same train to Delhi…

Don’t know where the “Next Year?”….