This post coming after a real long time.....actually the reason is that I have been upto ABSOLUTELY NOTHING......other than my photography classes. They are real fun and this field is real interesting and worth a hobby.
As for my travels had been to Jabalpur between 20th and 25th April.
Well last night I had started a book called "Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT" by Chetan Bhagat and just could not keep the book down till I read through all its pages. Its about three guys Hari, Alok and Ryan....all three close buddies and all of them good at acads before entering IIT-D and then about their struggle with the IITs relative grading system. How they tried to beat the system. It covers their actual life from the moment they entered IIT, to Hari's love interest (imagine sleeping with the HODs daughter in HOD's house in broad daylight and that too in real life), to their Pink Floyd, Vodka and Grass sessions on the 9th floor of the building [that is a must try ;-) ], to their struggle with the academic committee (for an attempt to steal exam paper from HOD's office - on the day Hari had slept with his daughter), to all of them struggling for jobs and then their parting away. It is an amazing description of the hostel life of the three IITians and is a true story as written by Hari (name taken up by Chetan Bhagat in the book).
Well the book is addictive and anyone who has lived in hostel will be able to relate to it in one way or the other...though hostel life everywhere is different....
Well its a book which you just cannot keep down.....hoping the movie version of the book does justice to it.
At some points you will be reminded of the movie "DIL CHAHTA HAI" - it also had three friends - Akash, Sameer and Siddharth (Sid) and talked about their college life, love life how they go seperate ways and still come back together....well to get the feel of the movie just see it if you haven't.
Well it reminded myself also of the fun we used to have in the hostel days at XIMB......as Bryan Adams would have said "Those were the best days of my life". Well personally I do miss the bakar sessions we used to have either in mess or outside on the stairs or while walking or in someones room.........those early morning tennis games or late night walks (actually early morning walks), also the thing which is being missed is the Birthday celebrations the XIMB way.......those block fights (also with water) at midnights.......
Still life has to move on......just over one more month to spend here in Delhi before I leave for Chennai......eagerly waiting for that moment, but the time doesn't seem to fly....infact seems to be moving too slowly.......
Well in this period also read "The Inscrutable Americans" by Anurag Mathur. The start for this book is with a letter written by Gopal (the main character) to his brother living in Jajau from USA. Well basically the story is about Gopal being from Jajau and small city (which Gopal termed as Paris of Madhya Pradesh) and has gone to study in USA (to a small college there though). The basic highlight of the book lies in the comical usage of English and how Gopal understands the American English, how he makes friends there, how he from a strict vegetarian and strict no-alcohol lifestyle changes towards having non-vegetarian food and making beer a part of his stay in USA. Also how he falls in love and is left heart broken. It basically tries to portray some of the difficulties which the people/students from smallers towns of India might face when they go to states. In the book also described was how Gopal had prepared for his stay at US and what he had thought was US all about. Well this is another book which is a must read. Really good. I read this book on my train journey to Jabalpur.
As for my travels had been to Jabalpur between 20th and 25th April.
Well last night I had started a book called "Five Point Someone - What not to do at IIT" by Chetan Bhagat and just could not keep the book down till I read through all its pages. Its about three guys Hari, Alok and Ryan....all three close buddies and all of them good at acads before entering IIT-D and then about their struggle with the IITs relative grading system. How they tried to beat the system. It covers their actual life from the moment they entered IIT, to Hari's love interest (imagine sleeping with the HODs daughter in HOD's house in broad daylight and that too in real life), to their Pink Floyd, Vodka and Grass sessions on the 9th floor of the building [that is a must try ;-) ], to their struggle with the academic committee (for an attempt to steal exam paper from HOD's office - on the day Hari had slept with his daughter), to all of them struggling for jobs and then their parting away. It is an amazing description of the hostel life of the three IITians and is a true story as written by Hari (name taken up by Chetan Bhagat in the book).
Well the book is addictive and anyone who has lived in hostel will be able to relate to it in one way or the other...though hostel life everywhere is different....
Well its a book which you just cannot keep down.....hoping the movie version of the book does justice to it.
At some points you will be reminded of the movie "DIL CHAHTA HAI" - it also had three friends - Akash, Sameer and Siddharth (Sid) and talked about their college life, love life how they go seperate ways and still come back together....well to get the feel of the movie just see it if you haven't.
Well it reminded myself also of the fun we used to have in the hostel days at XIMB......as Bryan Adams would have said "Those were the best days of my life". Well personally I do miss the bakar sessions we used to have either in mess or outside on the stairs or while walking or in someones room.........those early morning tennis games or late night walks (actually early morning walks), also the thing which is being missed is the Birthday celebrations the XIMB way.......those block fights (also with water) at midnights.......
Still life has to move on......just over one more month to spend here in Delhi before I leave for Chennai......eagerly waiting for that moment, but the time doesn't seem to fly....infact seems to be moving too slowly.......
Well in this period also read "The Inscrutable Americans" by Anurag Mathur. The start for this book is with a letter written by Gopal (the main character) to his brother living in Jajau from USA. Well basically the story is about Gopal being from Jajau and small city (which Gopal termed as Paris of Madhya Pradesh) and has gone to study in USA (to a small college there though). The basic highlight of the book lies in the comical usage of English and how Gopal understands the American English, how he makes friends there, how he from a strict vegetarian and strict no-alcohol lifestyle changes towards having non-vegetarian food and making beer a part of his stay in USA. Also how he falls in love and is left heart broken. It basically tries to portray some of the difficulties which the people/students from smallers towns of India might face when they go to states. In the book also described was how Gopal had prepared for his stay at US and what he had thought was US all about. Well this is another book which is a must read. Really good. I read this book on my train journey to Jabalpur.
