1 rupya aaj bhi chalta hai....

Times change....sometimes very slowly though....not even giving you the opportunity to recognize what changed....and when you realize the difference after a long time you look at it, awestruck, and say sahi  hai  yaar....you often don't realize its for good or bad....but then result ain't everything....as one of my friends said....the path is even more interesting.


When we were in 1st and 2nd year....that is in up's....i spent some of the best days of my life till now....and i think it applies for all my friends too....i know you can't generalise your feelings for the whole general mass....but they are not general.....are they??? and believe me i had too long a discussion about this.....so not again.... anyway the topic here is that we used to celebrate holi there, and what enjoying moments those were....buckets of water and colours flowing from the top floor to the bottom and we guys from ground floor, going up and giving them some lessons on their own subject.....going to jhaji with a rag on our bodies and then smoke and say HOLI HAI....and every time my stupid comment....TERE KO ABHI PATA CHALA......


Yesterday we did the same thing here in the downs....surely it was different....no water from top to ground floor....but there were incidents even more interesting....i, chuchu (please call him nitish, its decent!!!) and joshi went to the market....they were wearing the rags and i was driving the bike almost naked...the looks on the face of by-passers told us....you shameless creatures....you are incorrigible.....and we asked them the same questions with our eyes....


then prakash and i had some BHANG (baba ka prasad, its nickname) and drove off to the nadi.....man, what an experience it was....if the one thing you are missing in the NIT and with such proximity.....it will surely be the nadi....lying on the sand bed with water flowing over you slowly....its heaven....and when you close your eyes you think you are being driven away by the current with a crazy speed....but you are still lying in the same position....Pratyush and prakash experimented and concluded the fact....and we were cursing NEWTON that he discovered everything in advance...otherwise the flame of glory was ours to be held.....


Maybe it was the BHANG....i can't deny it because we proved that by spending the whole evening talking in tooti phooti punjabi.......and prakash was all praises for me...i couldn't stop myself from praising him too....and so this post is dedicated to his statement.....1 rupya aaj bhi chalta hai...he said whether it be bhang or guthka or ganja....it is more interesting than those sophisticated vodka shots or the scotch pegs....who said the one rupee coin is obsolete......1 rupya aaj bhi chalta hai....


At the night there was my fav dish....maggy after a joint.....but you know....i had had enough and couldn't tolerate any more....so...in short....it was a perfect HOLI.

weird thoughts at weird times.....

weird and unexpected things happen at one point or other in everyone's life but this time it was a bit harsh....what simple and carefree was the journey from jamshedpur to my village......everything was normal.....i have to spend some time with my uncles and aunts and my sis....yeah....exam is knocking but almost 15 days are left....i spent quality time there....such a relief.....but no.....events had to turn out this way....i am not blaming it but then what will you say when tata steel chooses you out of 4 guys selected in the written exam.....i don't know how was my exam as i have never known because i hardly discuss any paper....i was at DARBHANGA when nishi sent me the sms.....it staed...."abey tera tata steel ka written ho gaya hai.....majak nahi kar raha hun....sachhi...." there were 3 or 4 missed calls.....and then a flurry of congratulatory calls....i can't explain it.....my mind went numb and i hardly remember anything of that 3 or 4 hour duration.....i know it was not that big an issue because there was an interview waiting for me about which i knew nothing.....but when you consider the tough competition of my branch and see my rank (30+/67) it seems a great achievement.....isn't it?....


so there i ways, gaping and staring at nothing.....i had to reach jamshedpur as soon as possible.....news welcoming me were.....maoists are blasting the tracks of the route and the train is 3 hours late at the starting station.....i think that i don't lose my cool in difficult situations but there i was.....frustrated as hell and don't know what to do.....i was even considering to fucking forget the train and take a bus.....and if you know the route you will surely appreciate my decision of not considering the option.....i can't explain enough, how long the journey was......when i reached jamshedpur i had made my mind to gulp a beer and throw out those useless frustrating thoughts out of my mind.....but chinki saved me from this unwelcoming thought too......i wouldn't have survived the interview if i had done that......

i don't know what is the limit of coolness but this incident showed me that i have to go a long way to achieve what i want to achieve....a state where an incident will not carry any exaggerated effect on my mind in any situation.....i don't say that was completely off the track.....at least i managed to get through the interview....but it was really weird....