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Travelling.. seems like I get too much of it nowadays

Been long since I travelled in an unreserved compartment. I didn't get tickets to the direct train from Visakhapatnam to Chennai. So I got up on Sunday morn with some last minute packing left, had lunch and boarded an express from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada, in the general compartment. One had to use a lot of strength to climb into the compartment in the first place. But I was one among the first so lucky for me I got a seat. It was a three seater seat with 4 women and a kid on it. I was sitting between this girl with her son and another lady. This was the beginning of the journey. The kid was cute and she was fun to play with. But her mother was tired. This kid didn't help either finally she ended up fizzing Miranda on everyone around. The lady next to me had been travelling since the night before. She didn't have breakfast so she bought some food. It was very crowded and she ended up spilling some curd all over. And I was sitting right in between. Soon enough both of the

A Christmas

23rd was a lonely Sunday and I cried that I was all alone in a lonely hostel and much lonelier campus. Everyone home and so should I be, but I had to wait. Painstakingly slow it was. And I packed my bag on the Christmas Eve. And Christmas ? Christmas was a beautiful day. I woke up at 5 30 in the morn and walked into the morning mist. Yes my campus is beautiful, especially on a cold December morn with mist and snow all over. You can’t see anything in front of you and you can’t see anything behind. It was all an eerie white fog. I took the 6 30 train to Chennai central and met my mom and sis and began my day long journey with them back home. I talked I slept I woke up to eat and talked more. And finally reached home at 12 in the night. After spending 3 days at home. I have one more day left. And again on Sunday I’ll be on a train back home, home to campus. Wish I could stay longer here though. But I’ll be with friends for New Year. Any plans anyone ?

I m boREd

LaChayim, LaChayim to Life To Life, to Life LaChayim .

Sullen Spendour

silken hues slipping time memories and memoirs

Ooh Aah Let the music PLAY

You should check out the Out of Home entertainment system in the Westside. Found it cool.

The !3th Floor

While I was in Bangalore, I caught up with an old friend from home. We haven't seen each other for about two and a half years and it was nice to catch up on everything (even though we are in constant touch through gtalk :) ) This was his first time in Bangalore and though not my first I didn't know much either. We decided to go to M G Road and Brigade Road. Took an auto from Forum and landed up in Garuda Mall. Went up and down Garuda Mall till we got bored. So I was like what are we going to do now. Since it was lunch time and he was hungry he said he'll catch some lunch. Where do we grub? The 13th floor he says. I assumed it was the name of restaurant. So where is it ? He doesn't know but on the 13th floor he says. Overlooking the entire city, its got an amazing view he says. So it's not the name of a restaurant ? No and he doesn't know the name he says. But he knows its somewhere here he says. How does he know about it ? His friend showed him the building h

Waking up sleeping fisH

Do fish sleep ?? Yes Do fish sleep with their eyes open ?? Yes Actually, they don't have eye lids, only a membrane. Or rather they have transparent, always-closed eye lids. But they do sleep. To wake up a sleeping human Now we human beings can close our eyes but not our ears. So our ear can hear but our brain cuts it out when we sleep. So, it is possible that our neighbour can scream and the scream can reach the brain and shake up the senses and wake a person up. But any amount of visual impact in front of a sleeping person cannot wake him/her up as the eye lids are closed. To wake up a sleeping fish BUT, fish cannot close their eyes. So technically if we show some disturbing visual stuff to sleeping fish it must reach the brain and shake it up and wake up a fish, right ? Waking up a mermaid Now that's interesting. May be she has a pair of batting eyelashes with her eye lids, and also membranes. Lucky her. :)

The IITs and other ‘Indian Institutes’

This is an article that I had sent The Hindu. It never got printed :( . It was a long time ago and I felt that since it's been written it might as well be published, wherever :) The sound of “IIT” rings a bell in the minds of most students in class 11 or 12, all most all across the country. The awareness level is fascinating considering we still have millions below poverty line who do not have basic education facilities. This is the effect of the brand name. My article today is in reference to the article “IIT model ought to be replicated” by Prof Shreesh Chaudhary, in the Open Page (15th July) . As the professor stated, we can have “a hundred IITs, teaching arts, business, humanities, sciences and engineering.” Actually we do have, not hundreds but a good number. IIT, as we all know, stands for the Indian Institute of Technology. We also have a variety of other Institutes; equally known ones like the Indian Institute of Science and the Indian Institute of Management, and lesser kn

When you think

You've respected them all your life. Suddenly the respect grows to infinite bounds Life looks good and it makes you wanna think about one year from now. Too many insecurities. Too many uncertainties. Too much of restlessness. You know they are too stud to be with you. That's where the insecurity creeps in. There will be a day when you are on the stage and pushed by a lot of expectations from everyone around you. And you know as you stand on that stage you cannot perform. You knew it all along. But you still will go ahead with the performance. Or rather try. The result. You don't even want to think about it.