Thursday, May 22, 2008
O Rainy Day
I decided to make the most of it..... heard good songs on radio and enjoyed it.....
Here's a video of my journey to office.... haven't shot the traffic jam at Motibagh as i was busy doing the clutch-brake routine.......
In case you can't see the video below ... view it here... http://youtube.com/watch?v=CcRR7GNp9f0
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Nice Songs on Radio Make Me Happy - III
Got stuck in crazy traffic today..... water water everywhere.....cars n more cars.... wish i had fished out my camera and captured some pics... by the time the thought struck me, i was on the Noida DND. Thankfully there was hardly any traffic while going to Noida. The people going towards Delhi had it really bad..... the jam was from Ashram all the way back till the Yamuna Bridge......





Got to office and there was just no place to park (as usual)... what made it worse was there was so much water logging that if you didn't park in your usual place... u'd have no idea if you are driving into a rut or a manhole....
Finally got some space far away.... stepped into almost 4 inces of water .... actually slush... walked into office wet and icky....
The saving grace were the 3 nice songs on the way and the lovely weather.....
Song Title: Dil Keh Raha Hain
Movie/Album Name: KYON KI
Singer(s): KUNAL GANJAWALA... [Kunal's voice just rocks the song..... Thanks for this Song RJ Nitin]
Lyrics:
dil keh raha hain tujhse yu rishta jod lu
teri dhadkano ko chu lu tera jism odh lu - 2
dil keh raha hain - 2 tujhse yu rishta jod lu
teri dhadkano ko chu lu tera jism odh lu - 2
dil keh raha hain tujhse yu rishta jod lu
teri dhadkano ko chu lu tera jism odh lu
aankhon mein teri hain mera he chehra
chahe tu yeh maane ya na maane
teri mohabbat pe hain mera pehra
chahe tu yeh jaane ya na jaane
tere liye main jaate hue lamho ko mod lu
teri dhadkano ko chu lu tera jism odh lu
bechaini ko chain tune diya hain
bin tere mushkil hain reh paana
ho paana hain tujhko hain yeh tay kar liya hain
tu hain ishq mera jaane jaana
tere labo se pyar ki kaliya tod lu
teri dhadkano ko chu lu tera jism odh lu
dil keh raha hain tujhse yu rishta jod lu
teri dhadkano ko chu lu tera jism odh lu
Movie Name: Mr & Mrs. 55 (1955)
Singer: Geeta Dutt, Mohd Rafi
Lyrics:
Jaane Kahaan Meraa Jigar Gayaa Jii
Abhii Abhii Yahiin Thaa Kidhar Gayaa Jii
Kisii Kii Adaaon Pe Mar Gayaa Jii
Badii Badii Ankhiyon Se Dar Gayaa Jii
Kahin Maare Dar Ke Chuhaa To Nahin Ho Gayaa
Kone Kone Dekhaa Na Jaane Kahaan Kho Gayaa
Yahan Use Laae Kaahe Ko Binaa Kaam Re
Jaldii Jaldii Dhuundho Ke Hone Lagii Shaam Re
Sachchii Sachchii Kah Do Dikhaao Nahin Chaal Re
Tuune To Nahin Hain Churaayaa Meraa Maal Re
Aise Nahin Chorii Khulegii Takaraar Se
Chalo Chalo Thaane Bataaein Jamaadaar Se
Koi Ulfat Kii Nazar Zaraa Pher De
Lele Do Chaar Aane Jigar Meraa Chhed De
Baaten Hain Nazar Kii Nazar Se Samajhaaungii
Pahale Pado Paiyaan To Phir Batalaaungii
Movie Name: Dahek (1999)
Singer: Sadhana Sargam - Hariharan
Lyrics:
saawan barase, tarase dil kyon naa nikale ghar se dil
barakhaa mein bhee dil pyaasaa hai, ye pyaar naheen to kyaa hai
dekho kaise bekaraar hain bhare baajaar me
yaar yek yaar ke intajaar me
yek mohabbat kaa diwaanaa, dhoondhataa saa fire
koee chaahat kaa najaraanaa, dilarubaa ke liye
chhamachham chale paagal pawan aaye majaa bheege balam
bheege balam fisale kadam barakhaa bahar me
yek haseenaa idhar dekho kaisee bechain hai
raastepar lage kaise, us ke do nain hai
sach poochheeye to mere yaar, donon ke dil beikhtiyaar
beikhtiyaar, hain pahalee baar, pahalee bahaar me
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Dress Code - II
"Biceps"

"Keep It Short"

"Eat Spaghetti"

:-)
Credits: Vinny Ganju
Nice Songs on Radio Make Me Happy - II
"I'd love you to want me" by lobo.... sing along n enjoy the pitter patter of rain drops.....
Lyrics: "I'd love you to want me" by lobo
I'd Love You To Want Me
When I saw you standing there
I about fell off my chair
When you moved your mouth to speak
I felt the blood go to my feet
Now it took time for me to know
What you tried so not to show
Something in my soul just cried
I see the want in your blue eyes
Chorus :
Baby, I'd love you to want me
The way that I want you
The way that it should be
Baby, you'd love me to want you
The way that I want to
If you'd only let it be
You told yourself years ago
You'd never let your feelings show
The obligation that you made
For the title that they gave
Baby, I'd love you to want me
The way that I want you
The way that it should be
Baby, you'd love me to want you
The way that I want to
If you'd only let it be
Now it took time for me to know
What you tried so not to show
Something in my soul just cried
I see the want in your blue eyes
Baby, I'd love you to want me
The way that I want you
The way that it should be
Baby, you'd love me to want you
The way that I want to
If you'd only let it be
Later in the evening, while driving to Mall Road, i i got another 2 in the lovely weather..... Hence updating the post....
Movie Name: Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960)
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Lyrics:
Ajeeb daastaan hai yeh
Kahaan shuruu kahaan khatam
Yeh manzilein hai kaun sii
Na woh samajh sake na hum
Yeh oshni ke saath kyun
Dhuaan udha chiraag pe
Yeh khwaab dekhthi hun main
Ke jab paddi hun khwaab see
Mubaarakein thumhein ke tum
Kisi ke noor ho gaye
Kisii ke jithne paas ho
Ke sab se door ho gaye
Kisii ka pyar leke tum
Naya jahaan basaaoge
Yeh shyaam jab hi aayenge
Tum hum ko yaad aaoge
Song Title: Kahi Karta
Movie/Album Name: ANAMIKA (ALBUM)
Singer(s): ANAMIKA
Lyrics:
Kahi karta hoga woh mera intezaar
Iski tammanna mein phirti hoon bekaraar
Armaan hai koi pass aaye in haathoo mein woh haath laye
Phir khawaboo ki ghata chhaye barase fuvar
Phir unhi din rato se matwali mulakato se
Ulfat bhari baato se hum ho ke nishaar
Kahi karta hoga woh mera intezaar
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Minus 17 Kgs
It's now or never.... Better start working on reducing this...... Had a very tough year.... The scales show me 63Kgs now(May 2008).
Spot The Difference ......

(Click on the picture for a larger view)
Shuchi, Radhika, Kanika and Surbhi..... Remember this pair of jeans..... Have fit back into them...

I owe many a thank you's.... Babaji for his grace and encouragement.... Neha didi for leading by example...Mom for ensuring that I eat healthy....Nivritti for waking me up in the mornings n egging me onto walking/jogging in Nehru Park along with her...
Another few months n hopefully I should be able to write post giving even better stats.... :-)
Nice Songs on Radio Make Me Happy
I travel from my home (
Most of them do a gr8 job of keeping us entertained….. RJ Nitin is my absolute fav…. He was earlier with Radio Mirchi (‘Ulta Pulta' Nitin; am sure RJs Saurav and Anant had a tough time stepping into his shoes….. I tuned off after nitin left) n then moved to Red FM. The snippet he does on “Band Bajega” is just too cool…..
RJ Sarthak is also good along with his pet cow adam, polite applause and full crowd applause….
I generally keep switching channels to find songs which I like……
Today was one of the rare days when I got 3 songs in a row on the same channel without having to switch…… 102.6 Air FM Rainbow….. [yes u read it right "102.6 Air FM Rainbow"... they play some pretty good music in the mornings....]
There was “Suzanna” by “Art Company”, “ It Must Have Been Love” by “Roxette”, “I Believe in You” by “Williams Don” and “Joyride” by “Roxette”.
It’s such a happy feeling….. :-)
Song: Suzanna
Artist: Art Company
We sit together on the sofa
With the music way down low
Waited so long for this moment
It's hard to think it's really so
The door is locked there's no one home
They've all gone out we're all alone
Su-sanna, Su-sanna
Su-sanna I'm crazy loving you
I put my arm aroud her shoulder
Run my fingers through her hair
It's a dream I can't believe it
It took so long it's only fair
And then the phone begins to ring
And a strangers voice on the other end of the line
Says oh, wrong number, sorry to waste your time
And i think to myself,
Why now,
Why me,
Why.......
Su-sanna, su-sanna,
Su-sanna, I'm crazy loving you
Su-sanna, Su-sanna,
Su-sanna, I'm crazy loving you
Again I sit myself beside her
Try to take her hand in mine
The moment's gone, the feeling's over
She looks around to find the time
Then she says could we just sit and chat
And I think well that's that
Susanna, Susannna,
Susanna, I'm crazy loving you
Still we sit here on the sofa
With the stereo on ten
The magic's gone, it's a disaster
There seems no point to start again
She says I think I'd better go
She says goodbye and I say... NO!
Su-sanna, Su-sanna,
Su-sanna, I'm crazy loving you
Su-sanna, Su-sanna,
Su-sanna, I'm crazy loving you
I'm so crazy loving you.
Song: Roxette - It Must Have Been Love
Artist: Roxette
Lay a whisper on my pillow
Leave the winter on the ground
I wake up lonely, is there a silence
In the bedroom and all around
Touch me now, I close my eyes
And dream away...
It must have been love, but it's over now
It must have been good, but I lost it somehow
It must have been love, but it's over now
From the moment we touched till the time had run out
Make believing we're together
That I'm sheltered by your heart
But in and outside I turn to water
Like a teardrop in your palm
And it's a hard winter's day
I dream away...
It must have been love, but it's over now
It was all that I wanted, now I'm living without
It must have been love, but it's over now
It's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows
It must have been love, but it's over now
It must have been good, but I lost it somehow
It must have been love, but it's over now
From the moment we touched till the time had run out.
Song: I Believe in You
Artist: Williams Don
I don't believe in superstars,
Organic food and foreign cars.
I don't believe the price of gold;
The certainty of growing old.
That right is right and left is wrong,
That north and south can't get along.
That east is east and west is west.
And being first is always best.
But I believe in love.
I believe in babies.
I believe in Mom and Dad.
And I believe in you.
Well, I don't believe that heaven waits,
For only those who congregate.
I like to think of God as love:
He's down below, He's up above.
He's watching people everywhere.
He knows who does and doesn't care.
And I'm an ordinary man,
Sometimes I wonder who I am.
But I believe in love.
I believe in music.
I believe in magic.
And I believe in you.
Well, I know with all my certainty,
What's going on with you and me,
Is a good thing.
It's true, I believe in you.
I don't believe virginity,
Is as common as it used to be.
In working days and sleeping nights,
That black is black and white is white.
That Superman and Robin Hood,
Are still alive in
That gasoline's in short supply,
The rising cost of getting by.
But I believe in love.
I believe in old folks.
I believe in children.
I believe in you.
But I believe in love.
I believe in babies.
I believe in Mom and Dad.
And I believe in you.
Song: Joyride
Artist: Roxette
Hello, you fool I love you!
C'mon join the joyride
I hit the road out of nowhere,
I had to jump in my car
and be a rider in a love game
following the stars,
don't need no book of wisdom,
I get no money talk at all
She has a train going downtown,
she's got a club on the moon
and she's telling all her secrets
in a wonderful balloon.
She's the heart of the funfair,
she's got me whistling her private tune
And it all begins where it ends,
and she's all mine, my magic friend
She says: hello, you fool, I love you,
c'mon join the joyride, join the joyride
She's a flower, I can paint her,
she's a child of the sun,
we're a part of this together,
could never turn around and run.
Don't need no fortune teller
to know where my lucky love belongs oh no
Cos it all begins again when it ends, yea,
and we're all magic friends.
She says: hello, you fool, I love you,
c'mon join the joyride, join the joyride
She says: hello, you fool, I love you,
c'mon join the joyride, be a joyrider
I take you on a skyride,
I feeling like you're spellbound
The sunshine is a lady
who ROX you like a baby
She says: hello, you fool, I love you,
c'mon join the joyride, join the joyride
Hello, you fool, I love you,
c'mon join the joyride, join the joyride
c'mon c'mon join the joyride, be a joyrider
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Aaj Jane Ki Zidd Na Karo....
The minute I saw this ad, the song "Aaj Jane Ki Zidd Na Karo...." by Fareeda Khanum came to me..... [for the uninitiated... the lyrics n song are at the end of this post]
How many times.... Just how many times????????????????????????????
When U read this, U will know.... it's meant for U.....
Vidya Balan and Madhavan are just so lovely together... :-)
and more so.... Madhavan is just too cute..... makes me swoon....
Gud nite.... Acha Gud nite... abb phone rakho..... 1-2-3......... Long silence.... HELLO..... huge grins.......
I wish I didn't already have an airtel connection... would have certainly been tempted to buy one...... :-)
Abb Please.... bahut sare sawal na karna.......
Acha theek hai karna.... Tumhara haq banta hai.....
yes...yes... u've heard this before in K3G...Hrithik says something like this to Shah Rukh... :-)
Lyrics - Aaj Jane Ki Zidd na Karo
Artist: Farida Khanum
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Haaye mar jaayein ge
Hum to lutt jaayein ge
Aisi baatein kiya na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Tumhi socho zara
kyu na rokein tumhey
jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaatey ho tum
jaan jaati hai jab uth ke jaatey ho tum
tum ko apni qasam jaan-e-jaa
baat itni meri maan lo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Waqt ki qaed mein zindagi hai magar
Waqt ki qaed mein zindagi hai magar
chand gharriya yahi hain jo aazaad hain
chand gharriya yahi hain jo aazaad hain
inko khho kar kaheen jaan-e-jaa
umr bhar na tarastey raho
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Kitna masoom aur rangeen hai yeh sama
husn aur ishq ki aaj meraj hai
husn aur ishq ki aaj meraj hai
kal ki kis ko khabar jaan-e-jaa
rok lo aaj ki raat ko
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Yunhi pehlu mein bethey raho
Aaj jaane ki zid na karo
Monday, May 5, 2008
Fabulous Weekend
Hhmmmm… so finally I have nailed myself down to write…..
The deal with me is… if I talk about some experience twice, thrice…. The steam is let off… don’t feel like writing it anymore… just keep procrastinating it…..
Recent example is my
Before I loose the momentum for this weekend… let me pen it down……
Had a horrid unwell Friday… was off from work….
Imagine the agony of then getting back to work on SATURDAY…. [How much I hate coming to office of Saturday… ok that’s another topic for a blog post].
Bhaskar, one of my team members. Very nice guy….. [Ok that’s yet another topic for a blog post] He had the bright idea of ordering lunch on this bleak day….. The option zeroed in was “KFC”. YUCKY… don’t like it one bit…. So I ate paneer rolls from home n watched Bhaskar, Partha and Nikhil chewing away at something that was suppose to be chicken…. [just don’t like KFC, I can see paper balls flying at me from KFC enthusiasts….] Live thru the day somehow....
Evening 5:30pm, Partha asked me… so what are your plans for the weekend. I said none cause I wasn’t too well… wanted Sunday to be restful….
Left office at 6pm…. While getting to Indian oil red light (1 Km from office).. A thought struck me…
Why don’t I go to Kamla Nagar n check out the bangle shop which was highly recommended by Veena didi…. [She’s the one at mall road who got me started with this thing of bangles…] So now you are wondering… where did this bangle thing come from… [it’s another of those posts which has been sitting in my head] well.. recently, I’ve developed this affinity for glass bangles…. It’s completely gone to my head…
Kamla Nagar was quite a task…. By the time I would leave from office n get there, the market would close… n on a holiday, I would be lazy to go from South Delhi to North Delhi to look for this shop called “Fantasy Bangle Store”.
Also my mom is hopping mad as I have a cabinet full of new bangles now n hardly any place to store them in some sorted out fashion…. ;-)
At the spur of the moment, I turned right instead of left at the crossing n decided to try my luck and see what time I would reach Kamla Nagar n try my luck in getting to the shop….
Oh shit.. my hair is oily… wearing just about passable clothes… what if I meet some one in the market…. Ooopppssss.. [Too bad nachi…. Can’t go back to change] Whatever will be.. will be.
Reached Bunglow rd, parked n decided to walk and look for the place as I had some faint idea about where the shop would be…..
Walked down the street… Checking out the new stores… Some familiar ones… Made a mental note to have a milk shake at Keventer’s on my way back……
In the mean time, mom calls….
Where r u?
Kamla Nagar…
what r u doing there?
Shopping for bangles….
U have lost it…..
I really want them….
U better make place to store them…..
ok….
So what do u want for dinner [this dinner business can be yet another post… :-) love you mom ]….
Anything….
Get something from kamla Nagar….
I can’t remember the small gali’s where the good stuff was available and Fateh Chand’s Kachori’s are over by now…
ok, then come home soon.
Figured out where this shop was after asking many people on the way……
It looked like a very small 2 bit shop when I spotted it….. Is this what I walked 1.5 Km for…. Oh crap…. Ok now that I have walked this far….. Let me take a look…. When I walked in to it… Was pleasantly surprised….. Large shop with walls and counters lined with glass and some metal bangles….. WOW!!! That’s a delight……
Selected some 4 boxes, full of various bangles…..
Walked back… Looking around…… Drinking in the sights, sound and smells….. Lots of stuff coming back to me…. Hhhhmmmmmm….
Stopped at Keventer’s and got myself some cold coffee….
Started driving back… sipping coffee….. What should I take back for mom…
Hey! Will cross UPSC on my way back… let’s take chaat… called mom n checked…. She said get enough for everyone at home…. [The cutie that she is]
Stopped at UPSC chaat wala on shah Jahan rd n got chaat packed for the folks back home….. How can I not munch on something…. Bought aloo fry with lots of masala n nimbu…. Yummmmmmyyyyyy…..
Reached home … problem… Tummy is full n mom would have cooked something….. Luckily I escaped by having a bowl of soup n skipped dinner.
Sunday:
Completely lazy Sunday….. to my mom’s delight… did some ironing….
Read the
I so totally had to go…. [yeah… yeah… Diet gone to the dogs…..oooo come on… after losing 14 Kgs….. give me a break]
Fixed up with Vivek chacha, Nivritti and Daksyani for going to
Sujith and Shikha called in the evening saying let’s go for dinner…. Asked them to join in and then we’d all go out.
7pm
We met Mahi there….. She is daks’s beeeeeeeeestest friend in mall road. Daks was so overjoyed… She was dancing on the stairs…. Got some semi melted ice-cream for the kids…. The smiles were so bright…. :-)
After the event got over, we requested the DJ to play some more songs for us….. Daks was up on the stage dancing…. She enjoyed herself so thoroughly… n we had fun watching her.
8: 30pm Daks went home as she has school on Monday. Sujith, Shikha n I went to Big Chill in East of Kailash. Had the most fabulous Piri Piri Fish, chicken salad along with Penne n Mushroom in creamy tomato sauce……
The best is yet to come……
Yes, we had the MUD PIE and BANOFEE PIE….. YUMMMYYY IN THE TUMMMYYYYYYY………
[Then we met Tini n Sonal from mall rd on our way out, they stay close by. Quite a social weekend compared to the quite one that i was looking for....]
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Tashan - The ‘pharmoola’
This piece does exactly what “Tashan” is… great stars, great styling, great songs and great visuals work as long as the script is great, the script is bits n piece from here n there with snippets of (some sort of) originality…..
First Impression is Last Impression, Anil Kapoor rocks…
Tashan is a good piece of entertainment. It does not boast of sensibility but its entertainment spelt with a big "E" and Anil Kapoor steals the thunder. Tashan works because of Anil Kapoor. He shows why he is such a great actor. I do not think anyone could do justice to the role of Bhayyaji other than Anil Kapoor.
Leave your brains out and watch Tashan, its a total entertainment and I could see that in the movie hall. Everytime "Bhayyaji-Anil Kapoor" came on the scene, the people were glued to the screen and sitting upstraight. Anil Kapoor makes Tashan watchable. He just shows the difference between Men and boys. Akshay and Saif just dont match him in his histronics.
Akshay Kumar, is of course, a complete thespian by now, and he lifts every scene that he’s in. His Ravan entry is phenomenal in comic scale, and kudos to the writers for his character. It’s Pande’s (and Bhaiyyaji’s to a certain extent ) mythological references in the movie that remind us of the constant parallels that 70s action movies were trying to emulate. Good guy versus bad guy, guru and shishya, damsel in distress. His take on the dehati is the perfect foil to Saif’s ‘cool dude’ Indian trying to be American, and gives some of the most thought-provoking nuggets about the value and pre-conceptions attached to English in India, and the prejudices that might invoke.
Tashan is a spoof… or is it?
That’s the question most of us kept asking after we walked out of the cinema hall. It is quite evident that the film was drawing upon a lot of Hindi movies.
There are some really funny moments too – like the part, which is very evidently a take-off on Don. The ACP tells Saif that he’s the only one in the police department who knows Saif is on their side… and gets killed in the very next frame.
But somehow, unlike Om Shanti Om, Tashan fails to strike the chord and instead goes off on a tangent. For instance, the film follows the ‘pharmoola’ of a con girl taking a guy for a ride and falling for him and then by introducing the childhood sweetheart track, falls for the very thing its spoofing.
Read Tashan ki tashan at Studio of Thoughts where you can find the The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly about the film….. it’s quite well done.
Ebrahim (Saif's son) makes his debut in Tashan, the kid is really cute and has lots of panache.
Here you can read the movie review by Taran Adarsh on indiafm.com
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Do You Really want Me To Believe This.....
Woman Gives Birth to Triplets at her Desk; Finishes Marketing Reports
Hyderabad – In one of the most impressive displays of multitasking ever recorded, Senior Marketing Director Neha Lakhra, had a big day at the office this week. She picked up ‘Employee of the Month’ honours, when she surprised her co-workers by delivering 3 beautiful, healthy children, and the marketing reports by 5pm.
“I knew the marketing reports were due by 5, and I knew the babies were due any minute, so I just propped my lap top on my belly, put my legs up on my desk, and took care of business,” stated an out of breath Neha. “I just hope I didn’t make any mistakes on the reports, my boss doesn’t tolerate sloppy reports,” concluded Neha as the doctor handed her perfect little babies.
Currently, a cleaning crew is doing their best to take care of the mess created by this heroic display of commitment to deadlines, and Neha’s co-workers will most likely need months of therapy to remove the images and screams that have been burned into their
memory, but you have to applaud her for her dedication.
@ catch Sonali commenting on this.... Sid (Sonali's then new born) actually took Hitesh's deadline pretty seriously.....