i'm all set. my bags are packed and my sights are set. will be back in this seat 29 days later. the initial few days are spent in the village, ergo, blogging shall continue uninterrupted.
am probably on the longest journey of my life. incidentally the song thats playing on my computer right now shall cease to have much meaning for me by the time i'm back. U2 singing "Still haven't found what i'm looking for..."
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"nothing can capture my emotions now. they are free..."
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
how often have you woken up early on a late november morning and felt the chill creep in as you stepped out from under you quilt? well, I do that almost every morning because i know the five next steps shall take me to my balcony where the soft golden morning sun welcomes me. nothing beats that feeling.
i think i am lucky, i rarely have nightmares, unlike a lot of other people i know. yes, last night, i know what you told me was scary. but the optimism in me will never die. i guess thats why i'd never shirk from taking those five steps because i know the warm sun awaits me. and you...
i think i am lucky, i rarely have nightmares, unlike a lot of other people i know. yes, last night, i know what you told me was scary. but the optimism in me will never die. i guess thats why i'd never shirk from taking those five steps because i know the warm sun awaits me. and you...
Sunday, November 27, 2005
coming back to life...
it has been time now. a long time since this page saw some activity.
5th sem over! finally! retrospection? yes. at times i tend to do that, and what i see looking back i am happy with. everything i did was memorable. a whole lot of sports, some soc-cult, coming face to face with destiny and almost killing off my blog.
i left the village day before yesterday and am here in town until wednesday. and then its back to the village for week long preparations for the biggest calendar event for every iit. inter iit sports meet. venue- iit roorkee.
at present its something i am really looking forward to. two weeks of unrestrained fun and some high sporting action. the fact that we get to go to roorkee, a beautiful place in its own right is a welcome bonus.
following that is a vacation off to the warmer locales of the west coast. all in all some december it shall be. fitting way to cap off the most significant year yet.
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i'm feeling very out of touch and hence shall let it be thus far only.
5th sem over! finally! retrospection? yes. at times i tend to do that, and what i see looking back i am happy with. everything i did was memorable. a whole lot of sports, some soc-cult, coming face to face with destiny and almost killing off my blog.
i left the village day before yesterday and am here in town until wednesday. and then its back to the village for week long preparations for the biggest calendar event for every iit. inter iit sports meet. venue- iit roorkee.
at present its something i am really looking forward to. two weeks of unrestrained fun and some high sporting action. the fact that we get to go to roorkee, a beautiful place in its own right is a welcome bonus.
following that is a vacation off to the warmer locales of the west coast. all in all some december it shall be. fitting way to cap off the most significant year yet.
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i'm feeling very out of touch and hence shall let it be thus far only.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
news
winter is very well on its way. a lot of people would call it pleasant but i find it chillier than my comfort level in the evenings. but all said and done, i still rate this time of the year as amongst the pleasantest times in the village.
on other fronts, ITC visited the campus for Summer Training interviews. one of the first glimpses of life after Kgp materializing for a lot of people. for me it shall be "westward ho!" at all costs.
last weekend witnessed the Nehru Dumb-C team comprising lancelot, S and acroyali come third at one of the most dramatic interhalls. rk getting disqualified owing to direct interaction with the judge in a moment of excitement. sn leading for four rounds and then failing to feature in the top 3 cause they messed up the last round.
football practices are on hold at present. am happy to announce that IIT Roorkee awaits our 15 member football team on the 10/11th of Dec. and yours truly shall be a part of the party. the disconcerting thought though is the temperatures during that time of the year in roorkee. hovering around 7-8 degrees centigrade, they definitely sound most uninviting to me.
end sems are well within view and its time to worry again. and maybe as a consequence maybe not, i shall announce my departure from the blog for quite a while now. but i surely hope to be back in full josh once december begins and i am stuck here with nothing else but inter IIT practices, a whole lotta novels and a treasure trove of movies on the lan.
so till then...
(in a moment of delusion i shall allow myself to believe that you will want me to eat up my words and then i shall assure you that i am one of the most fickle minded creatures)
on other fronts, ITC visited the campus for Summer Training interviews. one of the first glimpses of life after Kgp materializing for a lot of people. for me it shall be "westward ho!" at all costs.
last weekend witnessed the Nehru Dumb-C team comprising lancelot, S and acroyali come third at one of the most dramatic interhalls. rk getting disqualified owing to direct interaction with the judge in a moment of excitement. sn leading for four rounds and then failing to feature in the top 3 cause they messed up the last round.
football practices are on hold at present. am happy to announce that IIT Roorkee awaits our 15 member football team on the 10/11th of Dec. and yours truly shall be a part of the party. the disconcerting thought though is the temperatures during that time of the year in roorkee. hovering around 7-8 degrees centigrade, they definitely sound most uninviting to me.
end sems are well within view and its time to worry again. and maybe as a consequence maybe not, i shall announce my departure from the blog for quite a while now. but i surely hope to be back in full josh once december begins and i am stuck here with nothing else but inter IIT practices, a whole lotta novels and a treasure trove of movies on the lan.
so till then...
(in a moment of delusion i shall allow myself to believe that you will want me to eat up my words and then i shall assure you that i am one of the most fickle minded creatures)
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
incoherence...
he hurt. his mind said he shouldn't. but he just hurt, helplessly.
too much joy will kill you? just as sure as none at all?
he realised it was ridiculous but unvoidable.
too much joy will kill you? just as sure as none at all?
he realised it was ridiculous but unvoidable.
Monday, October 31, 2005
festival of lights
Its diwali tomorrow. All around the country people are decorating their houses, balconies and rooms with diyas. If you can picture a balcony lit with diyas, as you walk by a house, you'd know how beautiful it looks.
Whenever i see a balcony lit up like this, i imagine the children of the house dressed up putting the diyas in place; smiles that would shame any light ever lit. Its the joy these lights bring... is what diwali is all about, to me.
I am in the village today. I went out to buy a phone recharge card after dinner. It is a little misty and chilly. As i was walking out of the hall i saw a lot of batchmates, juniors and seniors do the last bits of the decorations for tomorrow's illumination. I felt separated from it all. Like a third person, an observer, someone not a part of the scene.
I wish i was somewhere else today. Its the festival of lights and the diyas haven't brought my share of happiness yet.
Whenever i see a balcony lit up like this, i imagine the children of the house dressed up putting the diyas in place; smiles that would shame any light ever lit. Its the joy these lights bring... is what diwali is all about, to me.
I am in the village today. I went out to buy a phone recharge card after dinner. It is a little misty and chilly. As i was walking out of the hall i saw a lot of batchmates, juniors and seniors do the last bits of the decorations for tomorrow's illumination. I felt separated from it all. Like a third person, an observer, someone not a part of the scene.
I wish i was somewhere else today. Its the festival of lights and the diyas haven't brought my share of happiness yet.
Saturday, October 22, 2005
brishti
brishti
holed up inside my room all day long. thankfully its a weekend. would've sucked to have classes today. got a call from home, my para has sunk. had beguni and peyaaji and cha at the canteen. mess is off today. will have to go out to eat. have no money. maybe the canteen shall save me tonight. anyways i don't expect much while in the village.
brishti- took the photo in the afternoon after lunch. view from outside my window. i rather quite like it. its raining and raining and raining all the while. yesterday, i remember, it had turned sunny in the afternoon and i went thinking that finally i may have football practice. but as came evening, so came the clouds and it started pouring as if in reply to my thoughts.
the photo is a product of my newest acquisition, a gift from boro pishi. pretty little thing it is.
am listening to Iris- Goo Goo Dolls, the title track from the movie City Of Angels. was on the top of my personal fav charts for a long time. and since i am listening to it after a long time, it sounds even better.
and finally, i absolutely INSIST you read my last post, incase you haven't.
holed up inside my room all day long. thankfully its a weekend. would've sucked to have classes today. got a call from home, my para has sunk. had beguni and peyaaji and cha at the canteen. mess is off today. will have to go out to eat. have no money. maybe the canteen shall save me tonight. anyways i don't expect much while in the village.
brishti- took the photo in the afternoon after lunch. view from outside my window. i rather quite like it. its raining and raining and raining all the while. yesterday, i remember, it had turned sunny in the afternoon and i went thinking that finally i may have football practice. but as came evening, so came the clouds and it started pouring as if in reply to my thoughts.
the photo is a product of my newest acquisition, a gift from boro pishi. pretty little thing it is.
am listening to Iris- Goo Goo Dolls, the title track from the movie City Of Angels. was on the top of my personal fav charts for a long time. and since i am listening to it after a long time, it sounds even better.
and finally, i absolutely INSIST you read my last post, incase you haven't.
Friday, October 21, 2005
55 words
I had been tagged a long time back by melchizedek. Personally i hate it! Specially this 55 word tag. I'm BAD at making up stories!! But this time i think it was worth the wait. The following anecdote is from a professor in my department. It's a gem. I tried hard to keep it as interesting as it is, probably messed up bigtime. Given the 55 word limit and my non-existent talent it couldn't have gone otherwise. So here goes...
This is when computers were new. IIT Kanpur had one which was used by the professors only. A student wanting to use the computer wrote a program to store the passwords of all the people who would log onto the computer. Very interestingly a particular professor's password turned out to be another professor’s wife's name!
This is when computers were new. IIT Kanpur had one which was used by the professors only. A student wanting to use the computer wrote a program to store the passwords of all the people who would log onto the computer. Very interestingly a particular professor's password turned out to be another professor’s wife's name!
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