I have been tagged this time by two people, Preeti and Abhinav and the best part is that it’s the same tag and the worst part is, that they both want me to remember things that I hate in life ….I really do not think that I hate 20 odd things in life... hate is too strong a word ....to be associated with so many things…

Anyways without much ado…here comes the list, top of my mind…

*I hate teachers who are not generous as teachers and take pleasure away from studying. Am sure some of you must have met such teachers ..

*I hate those who are sooo full of themselves; it’s a pain being in such company. And I rather be alone than be tortured …

*I dislike one sided cricket matches. I love cricket..but a match is not really worth jab tak ki har ball aur har run par dil na uchlee ;)

*I dislike when the net is down..its almost as if my heart starts skipping beats. I am serious..even during exams I chatted with 3 people atleast the night before.. :P

*I dislike when people complain and complain …comeon…get a life!! And waise bhi who said life is going to be fair…its unfair to all and that I think is FAIR !!

*I dislike it when it keeps raining and raining and raining…….Hey bhagu!! Reham karo is ‘sunshine’ girl par .

*I dislike when my folks feel lonely without us around and still put up a face to say all’s happy and nice…mujhe pata hota hai mamma ..

*I dislike when people just disappear from life…me guilt of the same and I know how it feels…wapas aa jao S, G, S And A.

*I dislike it when I have to get rid of so many of my books each time we shift…saari yaadein…and sitting and sifting through to see which of the memories are less precious than the other…murder. My people have preserved even my baby scribbles from the kindergarten :)

*I dislike it when people pluck flowers…I do not like it. Simple.

*I dislike when people pass personal judgments…aare kyun karte ho??

*I dislike getting up and not being happy…spoils the mood for the day.

*I dislike going to bed while angry or disturbed. Why let the sun set on one’s anger ??

*I dislike mugging up…am bad at it because I never tried to ‘learn’ mugging …and even now...people were mugging!!

*Why do my breaks, when I go home get over so quickly..I really dislike that :(

*I disliked one thing for sure…that was wearing ‘braces’.Yuck! That hurt. I used to miserable…

*I dislike the habit of throwing paper and wrappers 'any where, any time'....the world will turn into a giant garbage bin one day :(

*I dislike this genre of ‘couch philosophers’…I find them such hypocrites.

*I dislike ………..bas aaj aur kuch yaad nahin aa raha !!


Thankyou for providing me an opportunity to jot all that I ‘dislike’ and ‘hate’.

P.S : I googled 'hate,cartoon' ; Result is the above picture , it sure brought a smile .... :) :)
Calling names can be CUTE too :))

I am at the end of one phase of my life and it looks fine till now….and hopefully I will be myself and happy in the next phase too.

Its time to say adieu to my studentlife and begin a new chapter...I have done all the crazy things I wanted to do till now…for a peep ..Pure science till +2, Honours in English literature, MBA in marketing and finance and yes must confess too that I find finance very boring and confusing…maybe its because of the way it was taught to me..I would not say that any subject can be boring or difficult.

And now I am hoping that the corporate life does not take away all the ‘me’ in me and that I would remain myself and not be a misfit. Come to think of it I would like the change. Why does all ‘about- to- join’ have to hear the fundas of being a ‘teamplayer’ and ‘adaptability’, ‘common ambition’, ‘shared vision’…and all those high sounding words with such vague meaning…I fail to recall any more because I would hate Business Ethics classes….I do not hate ethics. I would plug my ears as I tried to hum songs to keep away all the nonsense …so you see today I do not have the benefit of recalling those super important words…now does that put me in a disadvantageous position…don’t regret it ..so do not care !

Now I was wondering if life is the same everywhere …talking about micro and macrocosm…I think I will have a good time..and even if I do not I will hum a song to myself and drown all the ‘music’ around me.

I am sleepy now and have a presentation lined up for tomorrow…and though I hate to say this I do not want to flunk any of my papers (read finance only) and so might just try to ‘study’ for the last time and will be away for a week….

Its been a long day today…..no it still was 24 hours as always but in terms of thoughts and moods a very very long day….I had an appointment at CSE, the same which gained a lot of publicity for its 'pesticide in coke report'…and it was an experience.

It was expected …a project on Social Marketing, A prearranged meeting with one of the top researchers in this field...our concern 'Yamuna'. The facts and figures are shocking..and that I think is a mild word..its unimaginable the amount of filth that is dumped in Yamuna in 22 km stretch in Delhi. I can go on with the facts and figures but that is not important..what is more important is the feeling, the uneasiness it brings to the cosmopolitan ME who has not spared a thought about the things so present around me yet are so invisible to my focussed eyes....Did I ever spare a thought about this river.....yes I did when in college..infact I think I was a more thinking and feeling person when in college then today when I simply think about my job posting, the wi-fi signal strength, the new book on the rack, the missed lecture, the complete indolent state (mind and body)......

And to add to the experience...since it was only a half day affair I decided to catchup on the movie RDB...and as has been a common reaction one is left with thoughts....and I was left with more than thoughts...I was also left with a Giant headache! It had something to do with the staccato sound effect in the latter portion, me craning and shifting in the uncomfortable front stall and having cried in some parts of the movie...all these effects but more than that I was reminded of my meeting at CSE.

I met this chap Bharat ,22 years, BA from London,........ cool guy,research assistant...and after talking about Yamuna and other important things (i had to glean as much as possible for my project) we just got chatting....... about things that are happening around us and the apathy we show and the consequence that we are facing and how it is only getting worse day by day....I have a cushy job offer, an MBA degree from a decent institute, have dreams and ambitions..will live and love life ...but i will spoil the environment and also care a damn about it.

No, I am pretty conscious about environment and other issues but yet I have done little about it..I can only hang my head in shame and restate that I have been a Comfortable exploiter of the resources..I fancy myself being socially aware, I see myself as a humanist and stand for equal right but have not spared even an hour when it came to volunteering work in the last two years.

Its just that these things strike our lifestyle-conditioned brains at random moments...and when it does ........I have a headache. I do not know wether I would be able to do justice to this feeling in me.......I know that I will not let this feeling die, its not just important to SAVE Yamuna...what is more important is to make a little difference to our own surroundings......there are people who are getting sensitised, getting aware, and we who have so much at our disposal only think about our disposable income....spare a thought while watching movies like RBD , Yuva etc..and some even spare little tears and when we come out of this popular media exhibition we spread the word... "nice one, do not miss it...." and then forget about it........

I have a good memory .......I will try and remember....

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.

-- Bob Dylan

I have like any other kid played this game when a child and yes I still do play it during winter mornings while sitting in verandah and soaking the Sun. Now why I really like this game is because it never lets anyone get smug about getting to the top fast....one can get down equally fast and not to talk of some of those really long deadly snakes which leaves one just a few places short of the start, he he !! what fun it was to see others slide down the saanp....yes 'others' and then it was always so terrible to watch oneself with all the steadly made progress, backke from all the snakes and yet one roll lof the dice and, swoosh.........

I wouldn't mind bypassing the ladders if I could bypass the snakes too. But that's not the rule of the game...it's all in the stride. Actually there have been times when a player keeps waiting for the precious 'one' on the dice while others complete the game within no time. Its all so unpredictable.......just like life. We have to roll the dice and take whatever comes our way.

This game taught me never to be too happy about being ahead others and never feel too down for being so very far behind. Later in life I heard the same philosophy worded better, 'Success is neverending and failure never final.' And I think this game also taught me to remain balanced. Even today I see my kiddo friends look at me with such an 'about-to-cry' expression when they land on a square with a snake when about to reach the '100' spot....I know how bad it can feel and have felt so too...........but the lesson lasts for a life time.

Cheers Harsh!