beautiful line I just heard

uljhe nahi to kaise suljho ke? bikhre nahi to kaise nikhroge?...

Sample these dialogues from the movie Blue

Nikki: Hum ko mile 12 ghante bhi nahin hue aur tum humure future ke bare me soch rahe ho ?
Sam: Main to peechle bara ghante se hi humure future ke bare me soch raha hoon ! Aur tum ?
Nikki: Sabkuchh batane ki zaroorat nahin hota *lips tremble*
Sam: *grins* (but gets a boner, secretly)

Sam: Bag mein kya hai ?
Gulshan: Mauka. Utha sako to utha lo. (Now that’s called raw machismo)

Sam : Ek bag ke liye 50 million dollars kuchh zyada nahin hai ?
Gulshan: Bag mera tha to kimat bhi main tyar karunga ! (Lesson in Valuation)

Mona: Mera sapna hai ek oceanography institute, marine life ko protect karne ke liye.
Sagar: Is janam me wo sapna hi rahega. Main machhli pakadta rahunga, tum pakate rehna…. (har har har)

Sagar: Koi aadmi sirf tab andhere mein baithta hai, jab wo isqh mein hota hai ya phir pareshan ho.
Sam: Who ek aur karan bhi andhere mein baithta haijab roshni chala jaye. (makes perfect logocal sense but also makes me laugh out loud)

Arav: I always have two of everything heh heh heh.
Mona: That’s Arav for you, he has two of everything! (makes me ROFL)

Then, there were lot of interrogative dialogues using the word ‘Sawal’ which teaches a sure shot way to compose the sharpest comeback lines. I am sure this can be effectively used in office and homes. Allow me to exemplify-

Boss: Maine jo kam bola tha wo tumne kiya ?
Me: Sawal ye nahin hai ki kam maine kiya ki nahin. Sawal ye hai kam hua ki nahin.

Then at home,
Wife: Tumko aadha kilo kanda lane ke liye bola tha, laya ?
Me: Sawal ye nahin hai ki main kanda laya ki nahin, sawal ye hai ki tumko kanda nahin mili to kya honewala hai.

 

Reading the good stuff.

Dussehra Celebration 2009

Awesome Ravan burning video... :))

Instant Karma in Bay Area

I would say these guys are giving us some of the worst Indian events. They throw attitude like anything and just because there is no competition at this moment, they think people have to put up with their shit. I can see they are going down...sorry Instant Karma and please stop getting drunk 18 year old girls to boss people around in your stupid events.

Kids of our family

 

Introducing my newphew Sifat Singh Kohli

Road Movie - Extended Promo FT. Abhay Deol (Hindi Movie)

Some things are just not worth posting on facebook :)

Gulaal

A complete course in Politics.

love aaj kal

I have to say Imtiaz Ali knows how to use the whole Delhi feel or Punjabi feel in his movies. The scene which depicts Saif travelling to Calcutta just to see her is wonderful. Overall a good movie experience.

toubebas

Toube-Bas is all set to make an opening in the US market. We will be launching our first t-shirt, the IIT-B Skyline tentatively on August 13th!!. To see the actual t-shirt design and place orders on August 13th, please follow the link.

Pricing would be $15 per t-shirt.

IPhone post

This is my first iPhone post. Mood is complex and the uncertainities within are overpowering. Somani and I once discussed how much we both love secretary jobs, I think I would use this passion when I start sending out toubebas tshirts in a couple of weeks.

happiness

I wish I was a little more intelligent and had the ability to think deeper. My habbit of superficial understanding of everything helped me crack exams and get great scores but failed me to understand life and what I want from it.

That will be all.

choti baatein

"choti baatein ki hoti hain yaadein badi"

Just exchanged some emails with topi and puneet on good old Cheda Shopping Center opposite Y-point.

My IISc Day Part3

Later that afternoon, I met with Prof. Dwarkadasa again where he told me that I have been assigned to work with him during the summers. I was honest and upfront to tell him that I am not interested in Physical Metallurgy and would like to carry out my research on electronic materials. He was a very kind natured gentleman and offered his full support to me. Later that night I went to my dorm room and met my roommate Hrithvick, I do not remember his last name. Hrithvick was returning to IIsc for the second time and was carrying out research on genes and biology stuff. The moment we met, I was intrigued and impressed by his intelligence and confidence. On the contrary, he appeared to have figured me inside out. Within half an hour, he bluntly asked me that if I wanted to go to USA after your bachelors, to which I shamelessly said "yes".
Hrithvick smirked and probably crossed my name from his books completely. Over the summers, we rarely spoke or met as we were both busy carrying out research and were rarely in our room. Going back to that dilemmna I was in Prof. ESD next day told me that he had spoken with the registrar and if I am able to find a new advisor within a week to ten days, he would be okay otherwise, I would have to work with him to qualify for the Rs 2500/- stipend.

I have a strong feeling

That I am meant to do something really big. I am hoping I discover that soon.

That will be all and I end on this note.

"Abhi Abhi mere dil mein yeh khyaal aaya hain..."

Youth of India

I think Indian youth should learn at least one martial art. With everything that has happened in the last three-four years to Indians outside India, we should hit back!!.

Personally I plan to learn the sikh martial art of Gatka this summers.

IISc Days Part II

I reached Bangalore around 7pm and I clearly remember as I walking on the platform it felt as if the ground below was shaking. Anyhow, I managed to get an auto rickshaw an reached the IISc campus, clueless as to where I was going to spend the night. After talking to many people and dragging my big green VIP suitcase all over the campus, I met a warden who was kind enough to give me a temporary room for the night.
The room was huge, old and scary but I slept with the lights on. Next morning I attended a reception where I met the other 28 young fellows who were selected from all over India. They were all nice and warm people and to my bad luck, no girl worth my time was there. As I was used to such environments, I overcame this first disappointment with great ease and later that morning went to the Department of Metallurgy to meet my alloted Faculty member. I saw that Prof. ESD was mentioned in front of my name and I felt this was my chance to develop new solar cells. I reached Prof. ESD's office and noticed three other students in his office. I felt I was special so will talk to him once he is done with these other kids. But Prof. ESD immediately said, "Gurjeev, I have been expecting you, come on in"..I moved closer to the table..."7012 Aluminum Alloy would be your alloy to be used in NAL's unmanned aircrafts". Those words, I tell you....shattered me and they still echo in my head because those words were repeated in a slightly different form, again in Michigan. But that is a different story altogether.
Overconfident and loud mouthed which is not my natural style, I replied back "There is some error, I am here to work on solar cell materials". Prof. ESD, smiled at me and said "Come back in 30 minutes and we can talk more". I left his office totally shaken and shattered as if it was the end of the world. But when I look back, I have realized that life's challenges come in various forms and most of the times we just can't figure out things, can we?

Kaminey

I have a feeling...Kaminey would be the first blockbuster of the year.

That will be all

Son Of A Sardar

More than a sense of fulfilment and pride, a sense of urgency to stand up and act surrounds me.

long time

Do not have time to write blogs these days, facebook updates are way too convenient. But there are still somethings such as writing Heidi Klum is hot that I can only do on this blog. I think with Facebook having office colleagues and family, my blog gives me the privacy I seek (oxymoron ?).


That will be all for now

My IISc days-Part 1

Sometimes you get these early morning dreams down the memory lane and yesterday morning I experienced such memories from my IISc days. I had spent two months during the summer of 2000 at IISc Bangalore as part of Young Engineering Fellows. In those two months, I learned so much about myself, my passions and my friends that I can write a book on what went inside my head.

The whole Bangalore trip started off on a setback note. My parents were really proud of the fact that I got selected for this fellowship but my brother who is very passionate about booking tickets forgot to check that my train was not going to take 24 hours from Kota but rather 48 hours to reach Bangalore. We learned this only after reaching the station and I still remember the concerned face of my mother. But I assured her that I would be fine and what started after that was probably the longest journey of my life. I bought my first Filmfare at Nagda junction and read it twice word to word during the trip. I learned the importance of having a good book (not Filmfare level) in your handbag for such long trips. I also learned that the electric engine shiffts to a diesel engine at Kazipet Junction which serves the world's best Mango juice. Just like at Kajrat people go crazy about the wada-pav, people go crazy at Kazipet to drink some of these fruit juices.

Having successfully completed around 28 hours on the train, by the next day I felt much better, less bored and came down from my side upper berth. I slept that night feeling strangely confused and wondered why I was going to Bangalore for two months?, when I could spend that time in Kota/Delhi chilling with family

Bay Leaf Cuisine of India San Jose

This is one of my favorite restaurants in the Bay Area. The tikkas, curries and breads are all amazing and I think this restaurant has made me at least 5lb heavier in the last three years. Interestingly Bay Leaf has some coupons posted on google business pages. I have personally used the 15% discount coupon.

Pyar ke saath emotional atyachaar

Some cannot imagine me appreciating english songs, actually even I have some strange feelings declaring myself a big fan of english music. I guess it does not go well with my public image. But I hereby declare, I am a big Pink Floyd, David Gray, Billy Joel and now a Lisa Hannigan fan. Kasam se Lisa ne to emotional atyachaar kar diya (I was dying to use this phrase in my blog). The periodicity in her head movements is the killer and watch those feet enjoying the beat.

Delhi-6

Watched this movie on a rainy night four days ago with two kids. Honestly I came out with mixed emotions. The passion of the director was evident in the movie but sadly his hero could not carry the scenes well enough. Abhishek who was adding so much value to every scene in Yuva looked useless other than the achar making song "Saiyyan ched ...". Maybe it was the fact that I was sitting in the first row and Abhishek looked fat to me with his guppa-face covering the entire screen. Overall Abhishek was disappointing and I think the movie ended up being a *** movie instead of having everything to make it **** movie.

Sitting with two kids who have been brought up in USA, I realized that these movies are priceless to teach them about Ramayana and Indian culture. Needless to say RO-Mehra did a great job as a director but could have ended the movie better. The whole Amitabh helping out in his son's movie is not at all appreciated. Last but not the least, Soonam Kapoor is here to stay.

Nelly Kim

Everyone knows Nadia...but maybe not Nelly Kim. The second women in the history of Olympics to score a 10.0 in gymnastics and in the same games as Nadia. Respect...




Watched Slumdog millionaire today...good movie.

Luck by Chance

I have a feeling this movie would be a HIT....

I hope I can convince Ishmeet to watch this movie :)

chhabees janvary

Its only when I was standing on the other side of the line, I understood how much that line meant to me and how much I would love to be back...

Gajini...I don't understand why anyone would like this movie. From the begining the movie comes across as a second tier effort copying tits-bits from the Memento and the action scenes from Bourne Ultimatum. The Heroine is useless and tries desperately to enact what Madhuri, Sridevi, Juhi showed us 10 years ago. Overall a mediocre movie whose only saving grace is music by A. R. Rehman. That brings me to my second point, I think Rehman needs to cool down and stop being Reshammiya. He is in too many movies these days and I do not approve of that. Not that anyone cares but you never know he might realize it himself.

Going back to Gajini, the only good thing about the movie was the villians weapon. I think that is how these things happen in real life. But Aamir Khan, I expect better stuff from you, what you tried to show me in Gajini was a complete waste of time and I demand you to work on something original.


Signing off

Delhi -6

Saw its trailor for the first time yesterday. I could sense Rakeiysh OmPrakash Mehra (ROPM) all over. And Waheeda ..ufff..my $8 are already on this movie. It seems apna man ROPM loves Delhi to the core. It was clearly evident in Rang de Basanti and now he openly expresses his love with Delhi Pincode #-6. I checked out the music of this movie and it is splendid mix of various singers. A sureshot buy rating for this album from my side.

Chupke Se...

Whenever I listen to this song from Saathiya, it reminds me of Parle. Especially the lines "doston se jhoothi moothi baatein karke, teri-meri baatein karna". Saala ekdum senti aur jhootha banda hain. Dil ki baat kabhi nahi kar paata. Aur doosro ki kahani suna kar apni kahani sunaaya karta tha. Between only Gulzar can have words like February, sardi, Marwa, Mir in one line.

New Year 2009

The new year has arrived and we welcomed it with friends who are just like family. We sang, we danced and wish that the new year brings with happiness and peace of mind for everyone.