Beautiful moments captured

Happened to witness a beautiful scene in a suburban train. It was a decently looking couple (from their manners and behavior I’m convinced that they are in love). A typical middle class girl wearing a normal salwar* hugging few notebooks and a hand bag… I’m least interested in defining this guy.... everything revolved around this girl.. (Or at least for me it looked like …) Ok to be fair and to escape diversity issues, he resembles a typical next door boy in a jean and t shirt (That’s the max I can!!). The train was crowded and I was lucky enough to get a comfortable seat next to window. The couple was standing close by facing each other. It was an obvious reaction from my side to keep noticing them every 5 min (every 2 min for the girl alone).

They were talking for some time.. and most of their conversation ended in a laugh/blushing. (Confirmed lovers!!). At a point of time, they were looking at each other, not uttering a single word yet communicating through eyes!! They were serene and I’ve rarely seen such instances (and many a times only in cinemas). Though this recollected me the very famous dialogue “kaeta kannulaye pesikirangalam” from the movie “mouna pesiyadhae” i must agree that it was indeed a beautiful moment!! Worth remembering!!

I’m not an “expert” in reading faces… I still can’t figure out the expression in the girls face. It was of course happy… but coupled with happiness, there was yet another expression hiding in her face... Was it shyness? Was it something else? I honestly don’t know!! But on that moment, I was able to feel the intensity of their love and… and… it was simply wonderful to see them.

Without further delay I turned my sight towards a different direction.. not wanting them to get a intuition that someone is noticing them so as to give a discomfort.

Happy for them!!

Normal Salwar : With normal sleeves, normal neck and back, where Dupathas serves the right purpose.

Bucket 1 Vs Bucket 2

Are you willing to trade your freedom for love?.......

Well if you are still thinking on what to say then you have to be categorized in “bucket 1”. Coz I’m sure your ultimate answer would be a “Yes” or “Dude!! You won’t understand it”

You are right!! I can’t understand!! I still can’t figure out what has happened to bring such a Himalayan change in oneself? Hmmm… if you say that’s the magic of love, then I’m sure you are not matured enough to start loving in first place...

If you think love is all about being close to the other person, all those 24X7 phone calls, weekend day outs, updating on all events happened throughout the day, taking extra advantage over the person in the name of “Possessiveness”… I simply pity you...

Come on dude... have a life for you…. Why should you be always at the mercy of other person? For all the efforts your parents have Putin to bring you till here I’ll be convinced if you are obeying them. But not to the actions of someone else… and definitely not in the name of “love”.

I’m not gonna define here what love is and I’m not gonna say that it’s indefinable, devine blah blah blah blah… I’ve other business to mind!!

Now, if your answer is a HELL NO!!... ha ha welcome to the fraternity of Bucket 2. I don’t have much to say to you guys!! Coz you are perfectly in tune with my thoughts. A final note to Bucket 1 from Bucket 2… trust us dude it’s not worth it!! We’ve been there!!

Where are we heading?

Happened to travel to Andaman last month (that by itself is a separate story).. Oh my!! What to say it was simply amazing!! Being a descendant of Chennai, I have never seen such crystal clear beaches before.. it was like a paradise. Had it been a trip with friends, would’ve enjoyed more. My camera was my only companion there… there were lots to capture!! I had to make sure that the cam’s memory doesn’t run out of space.. also capturing some of the old poses given by my dad’s friends J

Now this post isn’t about the places I visited in Andaman. For that you may have to check my pics here – This is about “Jarawas” – one of the tribal groups who still have their presence in Andaman. We were travelling to a place called “Baartang Islands” known for its Mud volcanoes and Limestone caves. It was a 4 hour travel from the place where we stayed.. out of which 1.5 hours was through the restricted routes where Jarawas stay!!

The area is completely isolated and not accessible to public – even our cars were escorted by forest guards. That’s where I started to think about them. Got to know few things from cab driver. Really interesting facts about “Jarawas”. Govt is trying to educate the people (or rather corrupt them!!), there are funds pouring from other countries to help the Jarawas. But looking at their life style I’m sure not even 1% of it has reached them.

I was just imagining this – A particular group of people have been surviving the great tsunami, floods, other natural calamities, with no access to hospital, unconcerned about the global recession, not caring about share markets, without knowing what money is, without using mobiles, without using Face book ;), still relying on Catamaran boats as their means of transportation, trading fishes and turtles for fruits and vegetables from nicobarese, without visiting Satyam and PVR and every other luxuries that we have… yet living safely, disease free and happily!!

Where are we heading guys??

P. S: Do you know that in terms of number they are only about 300 – 350 in total. They completely survived the Tsunami that hit Andaman coasts during 2005. They seemed to know about the Tsunami few hours before it hit and moved to safer places.

Loneliness

Its loneliness that makes the loudest sound
It can either shape you or squash you
It can turn vengeance to forgiveness
It can turn an Angel to Satan
It can lead to self-realization or depression
It can give a total clarity or completely disguise
Is good and worst
Isn’t just a word – It’s a medium!!
Can transform you from anything to anything!!
Is a double edged sword...
You’ll hurt and get hurt unless you have the expertise.
Is a mirror – where you can see a true you!!
Is an Avatar – that can show the imaginary you!!
Will help you can find what you’ve lost
Make you lose what you’ve got
Will clear your vision or blur your sight
Is enjoyable if you choose it
Is hell if others force it on you!!

Which one are u?

It was 11.45PM – I was checking my personal mails, FB, IMDB etc., and getting ready to have a sound sleep after 12 hours of tiring work @ office. My cell phone vibrated- just realized that I haven’t changed the profile yet.. It was a friend of mine (has to be a boy for obvious reasons) without hesitation I took the call and started “Hey solluda” On the other side – it was a silence for few seconds.. I said “Hello” again… and then he enquired whether I’m free and also asked if he has awaken me? That triggered me an alarm… this isn’t his normal tone… I figured out that he was totally down… and was working on how to break his silence.
I set my brain to thinking mode!! to figure out what could be the probable reason for him to call me at this time of the day and that too with so much hesitation inside him…. Bingo!! the result took less than .17 seconds!! Better than Google isn’t it? Today was the day of his results and from his tone everyone could easily guess what the result would be.
Now let’s imagine two probable conversations that could’ve happened! (limiting to two in the interest of time )

Conversation 1:
Me: So how is life da?
He: (Silent)
Me: Dey – are u there?
He: ya da.. very much!! I’m just existing and doing nothing else!!
Me: wat happened da!
He: Got my results – and guess wat – I failed again this time.
Me: Are you serious? That’s bad da!! I really don’t understand why the institute is creating such a fuss to maintain the pass percentage and punishing the deserving candidates.
He: Hmmm – I’m glad that at least you are with me – my parents are scolding me like hell!! I dint feel like having anything for dinner – really can’t face my dad.
Me: I understand.. Your dad always hunts for a reason to scold you and now u have given him one
He: Hmmm
Me: Bloody he should sit and read all these things and only they he would know how difficult it is to pass these exams..
He: I really can’t take it anymore da – this is the third time in the row and I did it decently this time.
Me: Leave it– it happens – June attempts are always the toughies – November should be really easy and you’ll crack it this time
He: thanks da
Me: Then how is Anitha?
He: Ya… she is fine… even she dint eat anything tonight..
Me: Bad… cheer up people.. Success is on its way for u guys.
He: Thanks da… I really feel relaxed after talking to you….
Me: Antime da..
He: K da – will talk to u later – else my parents will shout at me for this as well..
Me: K da – bye

Conversation 2:
Me: Wat da? Resulta?
He: (Silent)
Me: Its gone right?
He: (Silent)
Me: I knew it long back – you were more concerned about IPL results than yours!! And how do you expect to pass?
He: Hey!! Stop!! You know what – pass % is only 3.2 – now don’t start giving gyan like my parents
Me: Bloody – don’t blame the institute for your inability!! And stop talking about your parents – if I was in their place – I would have never paid fees for the 3rd time. Failing continuously for the 3rd time – aren’t u ashamed?
He: I did really well da – seriously!! It’s the institute which has failed me purposely
Me: (Before he could finish) Shut ur mouth – Don’t start the blame game – Why don’t you tell that your pencils lid was broken on the day of exam and that’s y u flunked!! That sound’s more convincing.. Idiot!!
He: (Silent)
Me: Tell me frankly how many hours did you put everyday into study for the last 3 months before your exams?
He: hey I really I studied well da!!
Me: Don’t lie – I still remember what you did on those 3 months – Except for the last week before exams you hardly studied. You just kept roaming around, playing tournaments for your useless local team, watching all new releases, hanging around with ur g/f
He: (Angrily) Hey stop… don’t pull her into this..
Me: My god!!! I guess except for this – u r totally insensitive to everything.
He: K da .. I’m hanging up the phone.. bye!! (phone clicks)
(Calling again)
Me: Hey!! Why did u disconnect the call?
He: I don’t want someone else to scold my g/f for no reason
Me: Take it from me… you’ll never pass next time as well
He: Ya.. My fate!! You have passed in first attempt rite.. so I have to listen all these gyans from you
Me: Now you are turning it over me is it?
(And the conversation continues for some more time)
He: Ok da… I’ll definitely crack it next time.
Me: Hey buddy wait !! Don’t hang the phone!!
He: Wat da?
Me: When is the treat for this result? (giggling)
He: !@#$@#$ @#$#$@# #$@#$@
Me: Ok buddy!! Good nite!! Take care!!
(Phone clicks again)

Hmmm… Now which one are u? Come on – there are no correct answers and you don’t have to be politically correct (Atleast on this one).
The first one is a friend.. the next one is a true friend;)

Reunited

At last my "MIGHTY BEAST" is back and the reunion by itself is a big story…. It’s been close to two years now since I left to B’lore for work and last week suddenly a thought popped up in my mind to get my Hunk here (Did someone plot that in my mind? – probably the INCEPTION effect )

It was a 350Kms ride and I’m sure I wouldn’t be able to do it all by myself and hence took help of Diwagar my roomie. Its actually difficult to convince some one for the tiresome ride but fortunately I was saved from that task!! For diwagar is a bike freak!!

Hmm.. so it was a 350Km ride and the ride was fully filled with vivid colours of emotions…

Happy:
I was happy that I’m gonna be back with my beast. From now on I could ride it every day to office; go on local trips every now and then, the very presence of it besides me makes me happy. I don’t have to bother about my beast staying all alone in Chennai fully covered up most of the time, batteries getting drained, stained with mud-dust all over its body... shhh that’s not gonna happen any more
[Duration: From the inception of the ride and continuing till now]

Excited:
Excited to take the beast back – driving all the way to b’lore – from Chennai!!
[Duration: From Sunday morning till 5.30 PM]

Pride:
Ahhha!! Now I can lift my collar proudly amongst my friends circle!! I’m the first to hit a 350Kms ride.. (Girls please excuse – It’s a Boy thing)
[Duration: Will last till someone beats my record!!]

Scared:
We started from home @ 5.30 PM – so we know for sure that we would reach b’lore only by mid-night – It was completely dark by the time we reached Ranipet – And unluckily we opted to go via Chitoor – Kolar by-pass – B’lore route. Trust me that’s the scariest route I’ve ever travelled through.. it was not a double road, no median, no lights and worst part is that the road wasn’t in a very good condition. What would happen if the tyre goes flat? – that was our worst night mare!! Luckily nothing happened!!
[Duration: First few minutes of riding into the narrow roads of Chitoor]

Envy:
Throughout the travel we witnessed many cars / suv’s that passed us with lightning speeds – especially two notable ones!! A BMW 3 series and a Fortuner – wish I could own one of them
[Duration: 2 * 2 = 4 minutes in total]

Cautious:
My bro met with an accident recently and is recovering slowly – so I got strict orders from my dad that I should post him the status every hour – I called him on every break we took. Moreover after seeing the agony and stress my bro has undergone – I was a bit cautious while driving.
[Duration: Throughout the ride]

Thrilled:
Last year few of our friends went to pondy on bike – But since we went as a group we agreed upfront on some ground rules – No one to speed above 100Kms and no racing!! But this time I was all alone and easily touched 105Kms and 95Kms on average!! Diwa even touched 110 – 115 mark once. But we weren’t able to do good speeds due to the poor road conditions with potholes, speed breakers and peoples crossing every now and then(Chitoor – Palamner) – It was really thrilling to ride at 105Kms
[Duration: As and when my speedometer shows 100+]

Pleasant:
It was a very pleasant view - the scenic beauty of the hillsides at night light (moon light). Especially the road between chitoor and Kolar Bypass. The cool breeze – the moon light – the scenic beauty – Racing @ 100Kms – No words to describe!!
[Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours between Chitoor and Kolar Bypass]

Tiring:
Despite the fact that the ride was joyful, I have to admit that it was tiring to some extent!! We decided to take few breaks – I started the ride from home and after 100Kms we braked for tea in Ranipet - And from there it was Diwa’s turn – another 100 Kms – we braked somewhere between Palamner and Kola bypass(somewhere in AP) – relaxed our legs and hands a bit and were back in track – this time it was me – another 70 Kms – and from there diwa took it till the end.
[Duration: No problem while sitting at the back – During my turn – the last 20% of my ride]

Fear:
We started the ride from Chennai after filling the tank to its full capacity and somewhere in chitoor (To be exact – after 236Kms) my hunk started to hiccup and realized that its gonna go to the “reserve” mode. My calculation was that we could easily go another 80kms without any problem as the bikes reserve capacity is 2.2 ltrs hence I ignored a pertrol bunk that we crossed immediately when the bike turned reserve – Another lesson learned!! 50kms done – no petrol bunk sighted yet – 60Kms – Still no – 75Kms – No!! it was 11.30 types and I started to convince myself to face the worst – luckily after 78kms we saw a Indian oil petrol bunk on the other side of the road. We had a sigh of relief only after refilling the tank for another ₨300 – B’lore was still 50Kms from there.
[Duration: the last 25Kms of the above 78Kms – Around 40 min]

Funny:
This is really funny – We saw two café day coffee shops (Yessss the authentic CCD) on the highway – one somewhere in outskirts of chitoor and the next one near the kolar by-pass highway. The funniest part is that a few petrol bunks were already closed by 10.00PM while these CCD’s were on till 11.30. I was able to recollect one of viveks comedy – “Yaarumae illadha edathula yaruku da tea aathringa?”
[Duration: Lasted for few seconds while crossing these CCD’s]

Irritated:
One more reason why you should not take the chitoor route – that too during night time – Atleast for the next few months- The road from Kolar-bypass to B’lore had atleast 25 “Take Diversions” and am not exaggerating!! It was really irritating – we were not able to do good speeds in that road. Looks like there are planning something big for the road – But right now it’s totally not advisable to take this road during night!!
[Duration: The entire stretch from Kolar-Bypass to B’lore]

Hmmm.. there ends the travel!! reached B'lore safely and hope to ride soon.

Facts for the week

Came across these interesting facts..

1) Every time you sneeze some of your brain cells die.

2) Our left lung is smaller than our right lung to make room for our heart.

3)The sound you hear when you crack you knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.

4)You cant see "Great wall of china" from moon.

5)Polar bears are left handed.

Why me?

I have a question for you… and I’m angry with you…. Why did you do like this?
This isn’t expected from someone one like you!!

I have lots to do… lots to undo
Lots to learn… Lots to teach
Lots to give… Lots to receive
Lots to seek… Lots to find
Lots to take… Lots to make
Lots to forgive… Lots to avenge
Lots to perceive…. Lots to ignore
Lots to follow… Lots to violate
Lots to remember … Lots to forget
Lots to accept… Lots to change
Lots to create... Lots to destroy
Lots to love... Lots to hate

My list is endless…. And you created me as a mortal?
Why did you do this GOD?

Dope!!

"Requiem for a Dream”
This isn’t a movie review – Just the impact of the movie on me!!

A lively young man losing his hand……
His friend spending rest of his life in jail….
Girlfriend turning in to a whore…..
Mom becomes psychic …..

And there is one thing that connects them together - “Drugs”.

Addiction being the core theme of the movie, I was fighting very hard not to get myself addicted towards the movie… but now I stand here helpless …. trying to express my thoughts. That’s the kind of impact it has on you…

Strictly not advised for the ones in depression… This will further pull you into it. And also not for close-minded people. Coz I really hate to hear the comment that it’s a “Sick movie” from any of em.

Being a smoker myself I’ve always felt the rush… the itch… the urge… the compulsion in my mind to buy one of them and puff it out real quick!! I could easily correlate the struggle the characters face to get a dope!! Controling it is an art and i’m not gonna claim that I’ve mastered it... Never had a friend who is a Dope!! Not even in college!! And hence no sad memories to recollect…

Another worth mentioning thing here is the sound track.. Especially the theme music... It kind of melts you down... brings out the required feel perfectly for every scene...

Time is ticking – Learn from it – Don’t get stuck in the same place!! Change!!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180093/

http://www.requiemforadream.com/

Have you?

Ever enjoyed a sun set all alone in the shore - the spot where the sun accepts defeat to the sea and drowns completely in it?
Ever enjoyed a long drive in ECR listening to your favourite song on the move?
Ever enjoyed a hot coffee sitting on terrace watching the cold breeze outside?
Ever enjoyed an argument with your loved ones knowing that it would end in a Kiss?
Ever enjoyed the warmth and care in the nap you take in your mom's lap?
Ever enjoyed the unexpected smile from someone you have been eyeing for the past 5 min?
Ever enjoyed the way your little siblings talk... trying to invent new words or even languages?
Ever enjoyed the relief that you get after anwering the last question on your last exam?
Ever enjoyed the late night chats and SMS with your loved ones?

I haven't.... coz i have a better alternative - My Friends :)

A friend indeed is the one you need!!

To all my Friends...