Mood's Wings

Had a really tough paper today. Won't exactly say that I smashed it....I never do that, I never can , in this paper atleast . But , it went decent according to what I had expected. Had a debacle yesterday before exam. I had the classroom door shut right in front on my face with still six-seven minutes to go before the grilling. As the rules say: "Door of the Examination Hall will be closed five minutes before the commencement of the examination and late comers will be allowed after 30 minutes irrespective of the time duration of the examination." Worse still, we had one of the strictest and senior most profs inside. allmost fifty hapless souls had to wait a good ol' half an hour to get in. Worser still, somebody banged the door behind me just when the PGP chairman was there. So, I had to come in the line of fire but, obviously. Saved my ass somehow but, couldn't manage to lead the queueing model that developed outside the exam hall. Actually the prof had asked al...

Choose life . Choose a job . Choose a career . Choose a family . Choose a f***ing big television . Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players and electrical tin openers . Choose good health , low cholesterol , and dental insurance . Choose fixed interest mortgage repayments . Choose a starter home . Choose your friends . Choose leisurewear and matching fabrics . Choose DIY and wondering who the f**k you are on a Sunday morning . Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing, spirit crushing game shows , stuffing junk food into your mouth . Choose rotting away at the end of it all , pishing your last in a miserable home , nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish , fu***d up brats you spawned to replace yourself. Choose a future . Choose life ... But why would I want to do a thing like that? ( Trainspotting - the movie)

Today we mourn the passing of an old friend, by the name of"Common Sense" Common Sense lived a long life but died in theUnited States from heart failure on the brink of the newmillennium. No one really knows how old he was, since his birthrecords were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.He selflessly devoted his life to service in schools, hospitals,homes, factories helping folks get jobs done without fanfare andfoolishness. For decades, petty rules, silly laws, and frivolouslawsuits held no power over Common Sense. He was credited withcultivating such valued lessons as to know when to come in out ofthe rain, why the early bird gets the worm, and that life isn'talways fair.Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don'tspend more than you! earn), reliable parenting strategies (theadults are in charge, not the kids), and it's okay to come insecond. A veteran of the Industrial Revolution, the GreatDepression, and the Technological Revolution, Commo...

"Don't steal, The government hates competition"

Where did u last see this pic??

" I stand at the seashore alone and start to think. There are rushing waves, mountains of molecules, each stupidly minding its own business, trillions apart yet forming white surf in unison. Ages on ages before any eyes could see, year after year thunderously pounding the shore as now. For whom for what on a dead planet with no life to entertain. Never at rest, tortured by energy; wasted prodigiously by the Sun, poured into space, its might makes the sea roar. Deep in the sea all molecules repeat the patterns of one another till complex new ones are found. They make others like themselves and a new dance starts. Growing in size and complexity, living things, masses of atoms, DNA, proteins dancing a pattern ever more intricate. Out of the cradle onto the dry land, here it is standing, atoms with consciousness, matter with curiosity, stands at the sea, wonders at wondering, I , a universe of atoms an atom in the universe." RICHARD FEYNMAN

Have been watching ' Coupling ' for quite some time . For the uninitiated, it's a British adult comedy based on the lines of the utterly American ' Friends '. Six guys , hanging out at a pub(for a change) and discussing the most superfluous stuff you can ever imagine. Even if you are a big Friends buff(like me), take my word for it ......this show rocks!! It is though a bit more explicit in it's approach towards the three lette r word that starts from "S" and ends at "X"with an "E" thrown in between (oh!! did I just say it??). The main buffoon here is a character called Jeff who is much like Joey in Friends. Well though Joey was kinda more horny, this chap perplexes me with his behaviour, whether he wants to do 'it' or not. I also like the title song of this show. Check out the lyrics... You won’t admit you love me. And so how am I ever to know? You only tell me Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps. A million times I ask you, And the...

Blank S he looks at me with gloomy eyes , reminding me of all my lies. Her cold stares cut through my soul, and with all the emptiness inside me, life seems like a pitch black hole. The promises I didn't keep, the nights that she didn't sleep. All are killing me deep inside, for there was something....something I had to hide.

"A winter's day- in a deep and dark December I am alone- Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I have my books and my poetry to protect me I am shielded in my armour Hiding in my room, safe within my womb, I touch no one and no one touches me." ( I am a rock by Simon n Garfunkel ) Whoooo.....Lucknow is freezing man!! Planned to have that ever elusive bath today in the afternoon. But it seems that the forces of mother nature are all up in arms against me. Tommorow will be a test of my will power. Hope that I'll succeed. Amen

Life beyond grades Way beyond the classroom dumb charades, where instructors perform endless ballads. I've discovered life a little more, wherein lie it's subtle trivialities, unmeasured by the scales of 'F's and 'D's.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Introducing to you the obscure ,unfathomable collection of all the scribblings I do in my classroom lectures at the back of my otherwise, spotlessly clean notes copy. This series shall henceforth be known as Classroom Musings. Here's a poem written by me during one of my boring lectures. It's called " Spirits " Through all the upheavels, I've come out. Through all the endless tunnels, I could shout. Through all the mediocrities, I've raised my head. Through all the enmities, I've forgiven the dead. The soldier in me will fight for himself. He will bear the pain of the blades, He will survive the eternal crusades.

A Hundred down. One twenty four more to go...

Ctrl C + Ctrl V(ed) from a friend's blog. Only one way to describe it....Brilliant!! The birth and the death The existence in between Or The life in between The induction and the convocation The farce in between Or The knowledge in between The marriage and the divorce The misery in between Or The joy in between The prologue and the epilogue The gibberish in between Or The magic in between The intro and the outro The noise in between Or The music in between The asleep and the awake The nightmares in between Or The dreams in between Suffocated, Trapped in between. Waiting for the release, Have to find it within.

One recent word that has entered my daily usage vocabulary is the hindi addressal for the canine species "kuttey",courtesy a friend. Itz been a long time that we have called each other by our names. A nice addition to our portfolios after CAT. Maybe IIM Lucknow is really going to dogs.

" If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be travelling on, now, ’cause there’s too many places I’ve got to see. But, if I stayed here with you, girl, Things just couldn’t be the same. ’cause I’m as free as a bird now, And this bird you can not change ." (Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd) Lines I could relate myself most with. Maintaining relationships is something I've found most difficult to deal with. Still trying to figure out whether I've been wrong or whether it were just the things that went against me.

I have been trying to ignore this topic for long and for better of my sanity and for those few unfortunate ones. Those whose half life is spent trying to figure out what they actually want from their lives and the other half somehow trying to adjust and deliver in a muddy situation they have crept into while still chasing the great Indian dream. The dream that their folks and the so called civilized society around them has gotten them into. Which tells them that the world around them is wilder and murkier than they had imagined? That the only refuge from that abyss is to get into a good degree course like engineering or medicines or an MBA afterwards if they somehow deluge you. An engineering degree and an MBA one make a great combo, you have always been told that haven’t you? And better still if they come from the great IITs and the IIMs of our country. And if you have them both then nothing bad can ever harm you . For sinister things normally do not trouble those who work hard or may...

It sumtimes irritates me to see so many "I'm on SMS" statuses on my yahoo messenger. A chap on my list has never changed this status for God knows how many decades. Just wonder if all supposedly active users put on "I'm not on SMS" as their status. Can things get more mundane than this?

Didn't sleep thru the classes the whole day. Was expecting two surprise!! quizzes which never happened. It's the beauty of anticipation that gets u going sumtimes.