I remember it in mental snapshots. Brief glimpses of this or that when I was ten or eleven. And I m sure there must have been much ado in our house back then, with some old friends playing wedding games and all. Finally, its time for those weddings games to turn in to real story. But try as I might I don’t recall all that much.
Today is the big day and I am thinking about you. But thoughts are really confusing. One side I wonder how you look? I don’t see you in your wedding dress, but I m sure you looked beautiful. I don’t see you to take “Saat pheras” during the marriage rituals nor running through rice or tossing your bouquet. Try as I might, those snapshots are blank for me. On other side, thinking about the crazy omelette and some fish which I had to eat in breakfast on such a auspicious day rather than delecious food I would have been in your wedding.
Well, the destiny had its own desires!!!
Your Wedding might not be as dramatic and unexpected as Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan Wedding. But I am sure it would have been Great Wedding!!
Your wedding knocks my memory and pushes me back in history to remember all the nice sweet things we had done together. As I look back with pride and deep sense of nostalgia I recall the phase that we togehter passed through. I remember how you used to protect me from father everytime I had complains from school. I remember how you used your girl power to get all information about cute girls of our school. You also drew all the biology diagrams for me (yeah I know I still owe you the chocolates I promised then for each picture).
As we grew the role changed (though more of a body guard…) but then we love each other bits and advised. As I rubbed my memories more, I can clearly see the old days when we both travelled 12 hour bumpy ride from Jabalpur to Nagpur in bus for your admissions. Remember the arguments we had in Indore before your Interviews in Glaxo??? I can’t stop myself from laughing when I think of those times.
Sis, all the best to you in your marriage life. I will stick to you strong and thick in all circumstances as you are always worthy for me to hold on to.
So Mr.R. As you hold my sister's hand and walk down that aisle.. I want you to know my sister means the world to me. I may not send her any cards on her birthday. I may argue with her about everything under the sky. We may have our differences...But at the end of the day, I love her to bits. She will always be my sister and I expect you to take care of her!
Please don’t make her cry.
Here is wishing for both of you and very happy life together.
I love you both.
And Ravinder, welcome to the Worah family!!! :-)
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Myth----O---logic!!
Came across this piece here.
Reflects today's situation in the country very aptly.
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The Lord surveyed the Ram Setu and said "Hanuman, you and your vanara sena had built this bridge several centuries back with great diligence and devotion. It is remarkable that it has withstood the ravages of the climatic and geographical changes over centuries. It is indeed an amazing feat especially considering the fact that a bridge at Hyderabad built by Gammon using latest technology collapsed the other day even before they could stick the posters on its pillars."
Hanuman with all humility spoke "Jai Sri Ram, it is all because of your grace. We just scribbled your name on the bricks and threw them in the sea and they held. No steel from TISCO or cement from Ambuja or ACC was ever used. But Lord, why rake up the old issue now?"
Ram spoke "Well, Hanuman some people down there want to demolish the bridge and construct a canal. The contract involves lot of money and lot of money will be made. They will make money on demolition and make more money on construction."
Hanuman bowed down and said "Why don't we go down and present our case?"
Ram said "Times have changed since we were down there. They will ask us to submit age proof and we don't have either a birth certificate or school leaving certificate. We traveled mainly on foot and some times on horseback and so we don't have a driving license either. As far as the address proof is concerned, the fact that I was born at Ayodhya is in itself under litigation for over half a century...If I go in a traditional attire with bow and arrow, the ordinary folks may recognize me but Arjun Singh may take me to be some tribal and, at the most, offer a seat at IIT under the reserved category. Also, a God cannot walk in dressed in a three-piece suit and announce his arrival. It would make even the devotees suspicious. So it is a dilemma to say the least."
"I can vouch for you by saying that I personally built the bridge."
"My dear, Anjani putra, it will not work. They will ask you to produce the lay-out plan, the project details, including financial outlay and how the project cost was met and the completion certificate. Nothing is accepted without documentary evidence in India. You may cough but unless a doctor certifies it, you have no cough. A pensioner may present himself personally but the authorities do not take it as proof. He has to produce a life-certificate to prove that he is alive. It is that complicated."
"Lord, I can't understand these historians. Over the years you have given darshan once every hundred years to saints like Surdas, Tulsidas, Saint Thyagaraja, Jayadeva, Bhadrachala Ramdas and even Sant Tukaram and still they disbelieve your existence and say Ramayana is a myth. The only option, I see, is to re-enact Ramayana on earth and set the government records straight once for all."
Lord smiled "It isn't that easy today. Ravan is apprehensive that he may look like a saint in front of Karunanidhi. I also spoke to his mama Mareecha, who appeared as a golden deer to tempt Sita maiyya when I was in the forest and he said that he won't take a chance of stepping on earth as long as Salman Khan is around!!!"
Reflects today's situation in the country very aptly.
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The Lord surveyed the Ram Setu and said "Hanuman, you and your vanara sena had built this bridge several centuries back with great diligence and devotion. It is remarkable that it has withstood the ravages of the climatic and geographical changes over centuries. It is indeed an amazing feat especially considering the fact that a bridge at Hyderabad built by Gammon using latest technology collapsed the other day even before they could stick the posters on its pillars."
Hanuman with all humility spoke "Jai Sri Ram, it is all because of your grace. We just scribbled your name on the bricks and threw them in the sea and they held. No steel from TISCO or cement from Ambuja or ACC was ever used. But Lord, why rake up the old issue now?"
Ram spoke "Well, Hanuman some people down there want to demolish the bridge and construct a canal. The contract involves lot of money and lot of money will be made. They will make money on demolition and make more money on construction."
Hanuman bowed down and said "Why don't we go down and present our case?"
Ram said "Times have changed since we were down there. They will ask us to submit age proof and we don't have either a birth certificate or school leaving certificate. We traveled mainly on foot and some times on horseback and so we don't have a driving license either. As far as the address proof is concerned, the fact that I was born at Ayodhya is in itself under litigation for over half a century...If I go in a traditional attire with bow and arrow, the ordinary folks may recognize me but Arjun Singh may take me to be some tribal and, at the most, offer a seat at IIT under the reserved category. Also, a God cannot walk in dressed in a three-piece suit and announce his arrival. It would make even the devotees suspicious. So it is a dilemma to say the least."
"I can vouch for you by saying that I personally built the bridge."
"My dear, Anjani putra, it will not work. They will ask you to produce the lay-out plan, the project details, including financial outlay and how the project cost was met and the completion certificate. Nothing is accepted without documentary evidence in India. You may cough but unless a doctor certifies it, you have no cough. A pensioner may present himself personally but the authorities do not take it as proof. He has to produce a life-certificate to prove that he is alive. It is that complicated."
"Lord, I can't understand these historians. Over the years you have given darshan once every hundred years to saints like Surdas, Tulsidas, Saint Thyagaraja, Jayadeva, Bhadrachala Ramdas and even Sant Tukaram and still they disbelieve your existence and say Ramayana is a myth. The only option, I see, is to re-enact Ramayana on earth and set the government records straight once for all."
Lord smiled "It isn't that easy today. Ravan is apprehensive that he may look like a saint in front of Karunanidhi. I also spoke to his mama Mareecha, who appeared as a golden deer to tempt Sita maiyya when I was in the forest and he said that he won't take a chance of stepping on earth as long as Salman Khan is around!!!"
Friday, November 2, 2007
German Puzzle
It is amazing how the daily events of my life fuel the existence of my blog. Just when I think that there is nothing new to write for the next few days now, something unusual happens and here I sit at my desk and type furiously.
I had just came out after two hours long fight with Immunology questions and thoughts to relax on one of the rare Friday afternoon by watching some good movies in lab. Today Swedes are celebrating “Alla Helgons Day” and its holiday for most Swedes. I enquired about the significance of day but was not surprised to find Swedes in same positions as mine. As far as I am getting holiday I don't complain about it. Anyway I came to lab to just enjoy movie in my 19.4 inch Desktop rather than watching in 15.4 inch boring laptop screen. As I was about to enter in lab, one of new lab members was leaving the lab and greeted me with 'Ciao'. I smiled him back and thought as another chat acronym. Post venturing in lab, I thought of browsing only the meaning of chatting phrase 'Ciao'. I discovered that it's not like any other chat acronyms but is an Italian verbal salutation and greeting meaning 'goodbye' when used in English. Further, I thought to browse the list of chatting abbreviations we generally use. I googled the phrase "chatting abbreviations" and was thrown up with 3,310,000 search results. The third one led me to www.mistupid.com/internet/chattalk.htm.
I was particularly verifying the acronyms CYA, CU- the ones closer to ciao. And Oh God!! I found that 'CYA' means 'Cover your Ass'. Really?? I have been using this phrase throughout my chatting years to gracefully say 'goodbye' to my chatting partners on Y!, gtalk! I always meant it as 'C U After'. I was confused for a moment.
But I had seen many of my friends - a lot of female friends too- also using the same phrase and hopefully with the same intention as I. They did not mean “Cover You Ass”…….Scary Feelings!!!
To reconfirm, I googled “CYA” and followed the second search result. It took me to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYA and from there I moved on to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases.
And then I had a sigh of relief. The list confirmed that “CYA” also means 'CU After'. Phew!! A big realization indeed!! “CYA” means 'Cover Ur Ass' as well as 'C U After'. Usage Contextual.
Confusion!! ya loads of !! Anyway I have taken the print out of these meaning and going to show the German guy on Monday. Hopefully his intensions should be same as mine!!! Till Then “CYA”..
hahaha!!!!
I had just came out after two hours long fight with Immunology questions and thoughts to relax on one of the rare Friday afternoon by watching some good movies in lab. Today Swedes are celebrating “Alla Helgons Day” and its holiday for most Swedes. I enquired about the significance of day but was not surprised to find Swedes in same positions as mine. As far as I am getting holiday I don't complain about it. Anyway I came to lab to just enjoy movie in my 19.4 inch Desktop rather than watching in 15.4 inch boring laptop screen. As I was about to enter in lab, one of new lab members was leaving the lab and greeted me with 'Ciao'. I smiled him back and thought as another chat acronym. Post venturing in lab, I thought of browsing only the meaning of chatting phrase 'Ciao'. I discovered that it's not like any other chat acronyms but is an Italian verbal salutation and greeting meaning 'goodbye' when used in English. Further, I thought to browse the list of chatting abbreviations we generally use. I googled the phrase "chatting abbreviations" and was thrown up with 3,310,000 search results. The third one led me to www.mistupid.com/internet/chattalk.htm.
I was particularly verifying the acronyms CYA, CU- the ones closer to ciao. And Oh God!! I found that 'CYA' means 'Cover your Ass'. Really?? I have been using this phrase throughout my chatting years to gracefully say 'goodbye' to my chatting partners on Y!, gtalk! I always meant it as 'C U After'. I was confused for a moment.
But I had seen many of my friends - a lot of female friends too- also using the same phrase and hopefully with the same intention as I. They did not mean “Cover You Ass”…….Scary Feelings!!!
To reconfirm, I googled “CYA” and followed the second search result. It took me to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYA and from there I moved on to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases.
And then I had a sigh of relief. The list confirmed that “CYA” also means 'CU After'. Phew!! A big realization indeed!! “CYA” means 'Cover Ur Ass' as well as 'C U After'. Usage Contextual.
Confusion!! ya loads of !! Anyway I have taken the print out of these meaning and going to show the German guy on Monday. Hopefully his intensions should be same as mine!!! Till Then “CYA”..
hahaha!!!!
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