'07 Electra Awards

‘07 ELECTRA AWARDS

So this is it. The one of its kind and the most awaited awards are finally here. Thanks to ‘07 Electra group , the awards have got the perfect platform. So, guys enjoy the awards, have a good laugh on others and specially on yourself.

DISCLAIMER

All the awards are not to be taken seriously and I hope everybody takes it in a sporting nature. 4 years we have been together and depending on everybody’s speciality and unique behaviour, the awards have been decided. Any type of disrespect is not at all meant and not at all directed towards anyone. Hope you find it interesting and have a happy read.


1. Best Assignment Award: Ninad Pujara (07BEE039 For obvious reasons) I credit my 4 years of engineering to this man. What assignments!! And how timely!!... Awesome. Thank you Ninad. 07 Electrical will always be grateful to you and even the students’ store will be grateful to this man. Tutorial Pages just love him and vice-versa.

2. Best Look Award: Rahul Kumar(07BEE068) The Sarkari Khata look took the class by storm. What a perfect replica of a govt. servant and for some even pakodi wala. He just looked so similar to them in each and every t-shirt. Don know what was wrong, his face or t-shirt? Long live Bihar ki junta.

3. Most Confused Person Award: Yashkaran Gill (07BEE016) Now, this guy is a knot. Just cant get a more confused person in the class. Still don know why he looks so confused? Kya karna chahta hai yaar tu?

4. Heavyweight Champion Award (Men): Shoumik Ghosh (07BEE015) The perfect person to ride the ROYAL ENFIELD. And hence he is obviously worthy of this award.

5. Heavyweight Champion Award (Women): Shravya Prasad (07BEE038) Obviously. :P

6. Aptitude King: Kunjesh Parekh (07BEE030) He is the one. You are bad in aptitude, contact him. Take lessons from him and you are sure to crack the next aptitude. My sincere request to all those unplaced, please contact him as soon as possible. It will be only for your good. He has cleared all aptitude tests except TATA MOTORS. And beware other companies, he is hungry for more!

7. Best Underperformer: Pragnesh Prajapati (07BEE036) He has been consistently underperforming in all the IT companies inspite of willing to join it. Don know why? Guess, he is confused with over and underperformance. Hope, he sheds this tag as soon as possible.

8. Best Exam Planner: Ashish Baranda (07BEE006) With close to 20 IF’s, he knows best when to clear each subject. If you aren’t aware of the fees and deadlines of NT and IF’s, he’s the “go to” person. RESPECT for this guy. Cheerz!

9. Best TA Copy Award: Sunay Patel (07BEE034) If Ninad has done it, he has done it. No doubt. He’s always the first person after Ninad to complete all the assignments and I guess he needs to thank Ninad from the deepest of his heart for that. Infact,even we all should.

10. Best Glutton Award: Dipak Prajapati (07BEE035) Mere 2 time ka khana uska 1 time ka khana. That speaks volumes of his hunger and diet. Keep on eating.

11. Best Sledging Award: Chirag Chauhan (07BEE009) ’07 Electrical winning the Nirma Cup had a lot to do with Chirag’s relentless sledging of the opposition. He just could not resist sledging of juniors and kept everybody in splits even when we were down and out in some matches.

12. Laziest Person Award: Rahul Jagad (07BEE019) I m his room partner and I know how lazy he is. Please Rahul, go to the gym and flex those extra packs, they don look good. Hope, Cognizant does not become a victim of his laziness.

13. Best Voice Award: Shalini Nair and Vinod Raj (07BEE027 & 07BEE049) Xavierites sweep this award. Both have extremely strange voices and specially Shalini who became very famous for her “goat-like-thin” voice and undoubtedly became the “VOICE” of the class.

14. Best Cheergirl Award: Hiren Anajwala and Rohan Shah (07BEE004 & 07BEE075) Surati’s sweep this award. Both have a unique style of walking and became very famous as “Liti’s” of the class. If anyone does not know about what I m talkin about, please ask Shalini.

15. Best Company Dreamer: Adit Patel (07BEE032) Every company which visits the campus becomes his dream company. He’s a day dreamer in the truest sense. From Futures First to Patni, he has dreamt of joining each and every company, but unfortunately, it has still remained a dream.

16. Pan Masala Addicts: Bharat Odedara, Bhagvat Singh Parmar and Jigar Jadhav (07BEE154, 07BEE031 & 07BEE018) If D Blocks’ walls have red stains on it, they are the ones to be accused. And if you are unlucky, then your shirt or jeans may also come in their RMD’s line of fire. So, BEWARE!

17. Best Catwalk Award: Nartan Desai (07BEE012) The attitude and style with which she has walked the corridors of D Block has won many admirers. But a great sporting girl and always ready to work in tandem with anyone and everyone. She deserved this award.

18. Devdas and Romeo Award: Parth Khanna (07BEE020) He is the real Casanova of our class. All girls are dying to date this handsome hunk. But, after his sad break-up, he was a changed person. He’s come out of the rut now but my advice to him, don’t worry buddy and please watch Pyar Ke Side Effects, you will love being single.

19. No Mobile Award: Ravi Prajapati (07BEE037) He’s the perfect mumma’s son. No mobile for 3 years and he finally got one when he actually came to know about this unique award was going to be awarded to him. Admire this SIMPLE guy.

20. Best Soldering Award: Shreeni Yeshodharan (07BEE047) Robocon’s “go to” man for soldering. Absolutely jhakaas soldering left even our respected Prof. P.N.Tekwani Sir spellbound and accuse him of getting the soldering done from the market. But, admire his deft hands, truly a craftsman at work on the PCB.

21. Best Substitute Player Award: Prakhar Sharma (07BEE056) He never started any Nirma Cup match. But, admire his love for the game. Football is the game he loves so much and did not mind sitting on the bench in any of the match. Love his sporting nature. Way to go, bro!

22. Most Consistent <80%>: Jemmy Bhamavat and Prashant Yadav (07BEE061 & 07BEE058) Name one review where their names have not appeared. Consistently <80%>

23. Most Color Award: Premsukh Bisnoi and Buddharam Siyag (07BEE067 & 07BEE064) Class me colour karna ho to koi inse sikhe. Ladkiyo ki bench pe bethne se class me rocket udane tak sabhi color kar chuke hai ye bande. Aur ha Rotaract bhi colour karne ke liye hi join kiya tha in hone. :P

24. Best Supply Award: Sagar Modi (07BEE026) He was the captain of our volleyball team and always complained of lack of proper supply. Supply is the key to winning volleyball matches according to him. And, hence the award to him.

25. Best Creative Slang Award: Denish Patel and Adit Patel (07BEE073 & 07BEE032) I remember they took on each other in one of the visits and came up with absolutely amusing Slang words which were just music to the ears. Stay away from them or else you may come under some serious abuse from these two.

26. Balaji Faithful Award: Richa Panchal and Raviraj (07BEE054 & 07BEE040) Koi bhi recess, free lecture, ta/lib period kyu na ho, you will end up seeing them with a Rs 10/- Balaji pack. And the best part was they even kept offering it to everybody as if it was some Black Forest imported pastry. They are the true ambassadors of Balaji and a communist at heart, I guess, as they broke the market share of Frito Lays and Pringle and hence stopped the American Companies from getting away Balaji’s sharehold of the market. Fuck with Capitalism and MNC’s, was their motto. Admire them for it. :P

27. Way2Sms User Award: Vaibhav Pagedar (07BEE029) Being a public announcer and placement co-ordinator of the class, he put this site way2sms to maximum use and enlightened all about the companies visiting the campus. Thank You Gandhi.

28. Consistent Last Bencher Award: Prakash Mayavanshi and Nirmit Mehta (07BEE024 & 07BEE025) You just take a look at the last bench, chances are you may well see prakash and me with our pet (read: newspaper), busy chatting and cursing our luck as why we chose Nirma or rather why we chose Engineering itself when there were a host of other career options in front of us. Initially, we did show some interest but sadly dint last long. We are the original crackpots of the class, without doubt. And do deserve this award though there were some real tough contenders in this category.

29. GRE GOD Award: Riddhi Ray (07BEE071) With a score of 1500+ in GRE, he is well and truly the GRE GOD of our class. Any tips for those appearing for GRE later in their life, please approach him. Also, a helpful co-ordinator of our class. Thank you Riddhi.

30. Technical GODS Award: Ravi Verma, Parth Upadhyay and Chintan Jariwala (07BEE042, 07BEE048 & 07BEE057) They are the technical pillars of the class. These guys know so much. This trio deserve recognition in technical field and hope some day they do make it big in their respective technical fields and come out with flying colours. RESPECT.

31. EESA ka Masiha Award: Krutarth Shah (07BEE074) Lastly, our Prez! EESA’s lone saviour who also was a contender in the Most Color Award but got this award deservedly. He along with his committee saved EESA’s sinking ship. But, he still has some unfinished assignments and hope he completes them by the time he finishes his term.


And thus ends this long post. The Awards are over. Hope you all guys had great fun reading this. That was the sole motto of this whole concept of 07 ELECTRA AWARDS. Again, a sincere request please koi bura mat lagana and I would like to say Sorry before you actually feel offended, but it was just pure humour and nothing other than that. Please don’t read anything deeper than intended. For all those guys, who felt offended for not featuring in the list, try next time. Do something that catches the eye of the class. PLACEMENT AWARDS are the next awards coming up. Hope you guys are excited for it, coz it will depend on your feedback of this award whether to go forward with those awards or not.

Finally, cheerz! And congratulations to all the winners. You all did deserve it. LONG LIVE ’07 ELECTRICAL!! \m/!!

'07 Electra Awards

‘07 ELECTRA AWARDS

So this is it. The one of its kind and the most awaited awards are finally here. Thanks to ‘07 Electra group , the awards have got the perfect platform. So, guys enjoy the awards, have a good laugh on others and specially on yourself.

DISCLAIMER

All the awards are not to be taken seriously and I hope everybody takes it in a sporting nature. 4 years we have been together and depending on everybody’s speciality and unique behaviour, the awards have been decided. Any type of disrespect is not at all meant and not at all directed towards anyone. Hope you find it interesting and have a happy read.

1. Best Assignment Award: Ninad Pujara (07BEE039 For obvious reasons) I credit my 4 years of engineering to this man. What assignments!! And how timely!!... Awesome. Thank you Ninad. 07 Electrical will always be grateful to you and even the students’ store will be grateful to this man. Tutorial Pages just love him and vice-versa.

2. Best Look Award: Rahul Kumar(07BEE068) The Sarkari Khata look took the class by storm. What a perfect replica of a govt. servant and for some even pakodi wala. He just looked so similar to them in each and every t-shirt. Don know what was wrong, his face or t-shirt? Long live Bihar ki junta.

3. Most Confused Person Award: Yashkaran Gill (07BEE016) Now, this guy is a knot. Just cant get a more confused person in the class. Still don know why he looks so confused? Kya karna chahta hai yaar tu?

4. Heavyweight Champion Award (Men): Shoumik Ghosh (07BEE015) The perfect person to ride the ROYAL ENFIELD. And hence he is obviously worthy of this award.

5. Heavyweight Champion Award (Women): Shravya Prasad (07BEE038) Obviously. :P

6. Aptitude King: Kunjesh Parekh (07BEE030) He is the one. You are bad in aptitude, contact him. Take lessons from him and you are sure to crack the next aptitude. My sincere request to all those unplaced, please contact him as soon as possible. It will be only for your good. He has cleared all aptitude tests except TATA MOTORS. And beware other companies, he is hungry for more!

7. Best Underperformer: Pragnesh Prajapati (07BEE036) He has been consistently underperforming in all the IT companies inspite of willing to join it. Don know why? Guess, he is confused with over and underperformance. Hope, he sheds this tag as soon as possible.

8. Best Exam Planner: Ashish Baranda (07BEE006) With close to 20 IF’s, he knows best when to clear each subject. If you aren’t aware of the fees and deadlines of NT and IF’s, he’s the “go to” person. RESPECT for this guy. Cheerz!

9. Best TA Copy Award: Sunay Patel (07BEE034) If Ninad has done it, he has done it. No doubt. He’s always the first person after Ninad to complete all the assignments and I guess he needs to thank Ninad from the deepest of his heart for that. Infact,even we all should.

10. Best Glutton Award: Dipak Prajapati (07BEE035) Mere 2 time ka khana uska 1 time ka khana. That speaks volumes of his hunger and diet. Keep on eating.

11. Best Sledging Award: Chirag Chauhan (07BEE009) ’07 Electrical winning the Nirma Cup had a lot to do with Chirag’s relentless sledging of the opposition. He just could not resist sledging of juniors and kept everybody in splits even when we were down and out in some matches.

12. Laziest Person Award: Rahul Jagad (07BEE019) I m his room partner and I know how lazy he is. Please Rahul, go to the gym and flex those extra packs, they don look good. Hope, Cognizant does not become a victim of his laziness.

13. Best Voice Award: Shalini Nair and Vinod Raj (07BEE027 & 07BEE049) Xavierites sweep this award. Both have extremely strange voices and specially Shalini who became very famous for her “goat-like-thin” voice and undoubtedly became the “VOICE” of the class.

14. Best Cheergirl Award: Hiren Anajwala and Rohan Shah (07BEE004 & 07BEE075) Surati’s sweep this award. Both have a unique style of walking and became very famous as “Liti’s” of the class. If anyone does not know about what I m talkin about, please ask Shalini.

15. Best Company Dreamer: Adit Patel (07BEE032) Every company which visits the campus becomes his dream company. He’s a day dreamer in the truest sense. From Futures First to Patni, he has dreamt of joining each and every company, but unfortunately, it has still remained a dream.

16. Pan Masala Addicts: Bharat Odedara, Bhagvat Singh Parmar and Jigar Jadhav (07BEE154, 07BEE031 & 07BEE018) If D Blocks’ walls have red stains on it, they are the ones to be accused. And if you are unlucky, then your shirt or jeans may also come in their RMD’s line of fire. So, BEWARE!

17. Best Catwalk Award: Nartan Desai (07BEE012) The attitude and style with which she has walked the corridors of D Block has won many admirers. But a great sporting girl and always ready to work in tandem with anyone and everyone. She deserved this award.

18. Devdas and Romeo Award: Parth Khanna (07BEE020) He is the real Casanova of our class. All girls are dying to date this handsome hunk. But, after his sad break-up, he was a changed person. He’s come out of the rut now but my advice to him, don’t worry buddy and please watch Pyar Ke Side Effects, you will love being single.

19. No Mobile Award: Ravi Prajapati (07BEE037) He’s the perfect mumma’s son. No mobile for 3 years and he finally got one when he actually came to know about this unique award was going to be awarded to him. Admire this SIMPLE guy.

20. Best Soldering Award: Shreeni Yeshodharan (07BEE047) Robocon’s “go to” man for soldering. Absolutely jhakaas soldering left even our respected Prof. P.N.Tekwani Sir spellbound and accuse him of getting the soldering done from the market. But, admire his deft hands, truly a craftsman at work on the PCB.

21. Best Substitute Player Award: Prakhar Sharma (07BEE056) He never started any Nirma Cup match. But, admire his love for the game. Football is the game he loves so much and did not mind sitting on the bench in any of the match. Love his sporting nature. Way to go, bro!

22. Most Consistent <80% Attendance Award: Jemmy Bhamavat and Prashant Yadav (07BEE061 & 07BEE058) Name one review where their names have not appeared. Consistently <80% style="mso-spacerun:yes"> and had a great rapport with Dave Sir. They have met the HOD’s and the big names consistently and now also sometimes hang out with them. :P

23. Most Color Award: Premsukh Bisnoi and Buddharam Siyag (07BEE067 & 07BEE064) Class me colour karna ho to koi inse sikhe. Ladkiyo ki bench pe bethne se class me rocket udane tak sabhi color kar chuke hai ye bande. Aur ha Rotaract bhi colour karne ke liye hi join kiya tha in hone. :P

24. Best Supply Award: Sagar Modi (07BEE026) He was the captain of our volleyball team and always complained of lack of proper supply. Supply is the key to winning volleyball matches according to him. And, hence the award to him.

25. Best Creative Slang Award: Denish Patel and Adit Patel (07BEE073 & 07BEE032) I remember they took on each other in one of the visits and came up with absolutely amusing Slang words which were just music to the ears. Stay away from them or else you may come under some serious abuse from these two.

26. Balaji Faithful Award: Richa Panchal and Raviraj (07BEE054 & 07BEE040) Koi bhi recess, free lecture, ta/lib period kyu na ho, you will end up seeing them with a Rs 10/- Balaji pack. And the best part was they even kept offering it to everybody as if it was some Black Forest imported pastry. They are the true ambassadors of Balaji and a communist at heart, I guess, as they broke the market share of Frito Lays and Pringle and hence stopped the American Companies from getting away Balaji’s sharehold of the market. Fuck with Capitalism and MNC’s, was their motto. Admire them for it. :P

27. Way2Sms User Award: Vaibhav Pagedar (07BEE029) Being a public announcer and placement co-ordinator of the class, he put this site way2sms to maximum use and enlightened all about the companies visiting the campus. Thank You Gandhi.

28. Consistent Last Bencher Award: Prakash Mayavanshi and Nirmit Mehta (07BEE024 & 07BEE025) You just take a look at the last bench, chances are you may well see prakash and me with our pet (read: newspaper), busy chatting and cursing our luck as why we chose Nirma or rather why we chose Engineering itself when there were a host of other career options in front of us. Initially, we did show some interest but sadly dint last long. We are the original crackpots of the class, without doubt. And do deserve this award though there were some real tough contenders in this category.

29. GRE GOD Award: Riddhi Ray (07BEE071) With a score of 1500+ in GRE, he is well and truly the GRE GOD of our class. Any tips for those appearing for GRE later in their life, please approach him. Also, a helpful co-ordinator of our class. Thank you Riddhi.

30. Technical GODS Award: Ravi Verma, Parth Upadhyay and Chintan Jariwala (07BEE042, 07BEE048 & 07BEE057) They are the technical pillars of the class. These guys know so much. This trio deserve recognition in technical field and hope some day they do make it big in their respective technical fields and come out with flying colours. RESPECT.

31. EESA ka Masiha Award: Krutarth Shah (07BEE074) Lastly, our Prez! EESA’s lone saviour who also was a contender in the Most Color Award but got this award deservedly. He along with his committee saved EESA’s sinking ship. But, he still has some unfinished assignments and hope he completes them by the time he finishes his term.

And thus ends this long post. The Awards are over. Hope you all guys had great fun reading this. That was the sole motto of this whole concept of 07 ELECTRA AWARDS. Again, a sincere request please koi bura mat lagana and I would like to say Sorry before you actually feel offended, but it was just pure humour and nothing other than that. Please don’t read anything deeper than intended. For all those guys, who felt offended for not featuring in the list, try next time. Do something that catches the eye of the class. PLACEMENT AWARDS are the next awards coming up. Hope you guys are excited for it, coz it will depend on your feedback of this award whether to go forward with those awards or not.

Finally, cheerz! And congratulations to all the winners. You all did deserve it. LONG LIVE ’07 ELECTRICAL!! \m/!!

An year later--The best of '09!!

Its been an year since I started writin on facebook now. I would really like to thank Mr. Zuckerberg for findin FB because of which 2009 became more special for me and many others. And jus when I feel so, FB is among the best entertainers of this decade. Though its placed at 16th, way behind Youtube(3rd), I m still happy that it has found its place and I cant agree more. 2009, for more ways than one got me addicted to FB and I m not complaining.


But, an year ago, I rated the top 10 songs of 2008, so its time to be fair with 2009 as well. 2009 saw some wonderful music (talkin strictly about Bollywood) comin from the most unexpected music directors and in the most mellifluous way possible. So, here are the top 11 songs or I may say albums of the year, which according to me will always stay in your ears.



11. Aahun Aahun/ Yeh Dooriyan/Ajj Din Chadheya (Love Aj Kal)

I don know if even these three tracks were imported by Mr.Pritam but as long as they sounded well, I dont wanna complain much about it. Mohit Chauhan has really re-invented himself this year and that was quite prevalent in Ye Dooriyan. While Neeraj Sridhar was no less in Aahun Aahun ably supported by Master Salim. Ajj Din Chaddheya had Ustad Rahatji and I guess that speaks enough about the song.


10. Tum Mile (Reprise/Rock)/Tu Hi Haqeeqat (Tum Mile)

The original version went on to become quite popular but the soul of the song lay in the reprise version by Javed Ali and also the rock version by Shafqat Amanat Ali of Mitwa fame. Wonderful tune and guess what? It again comes from Pritam's ever-growin factory of imported items, though this one was completely original and kudos to him. The latter song, also sung by Javed Ali is another breezy romantic track which did touch many of the hearts this year.



9. Give me some sunshine/ Jaane Nahi (3 Idiots)

Easily the most successful film of the year and comin from the VVC factory with the same team of Hirani, Moitra and Kirkire, the songs were in tune with the film and widely liked as well. The former song from Suraj Jagan was really cool and had all the elements of frustration of the education system and the burden which the Indian middle class students have to go thro'. Supported by able lyrics, the song may have the distinction to have been there on most of the status updates' of many of my friends and it also has certain resemblances to the college cult song "SUTTA".The latter song saw Sonu Nigam singin it and he carried the song on his broad shoulders with equal ease. The song is one of my current favourites!



8. Barson Yaaron/Jashnn Hai Jeet Ka (London Dreams)

Music by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and the former sung by Shankar himself with a fantastic rendition of Hanuman Chalisa in the end (almost breathless), it came as a breath of fresh air this year. And the song was so good, I actually started chanting and knowin the words of Hanuman Chalisa which I never knew for these 20 years!! Perhaps it was utter ignorance on my side to not have known it till now, but Shankar made it enjoyable and worth-knowin also for me. The latter was sung by Abhijeet Ghoshal of Sa Re Ga Ma fame, if m not mistaken, and was quite a melodious song with fast beats as well to go with the mood of the film.



7. Tu Jaane Na (Reprise/Unplugged) (Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahaani)

Phew! Another Pritam soundtrack and perhaps Tera Hone Lagaa Hoon was far more popular than this but Tu Jaane Na was way too melodious with the efficient use of Tabla in the background and a wonderful chorus to add to it, makin it almost like a qawwali! Though Atif tried his best, the reprise version by Soham of In Dino fame and obviously the evergreen Kailash Kher took the song to a new level altogether. This was really one of the finest tracks of the year.



6. Ali Maula/ Shukran Allah/Kurbaan Hua (Kurbaan)

Salim-Sulaiman rocked back in the lime-light with a wonderful album which attained instant popularity and also acceptance. They mesmerised last year with Rab Ne and Aaja Nachle, and this year they continued it and proved that those were not jus a fluke. And as a reward, they ve become Yashraj's first choice as well! That surely speaks volumes of their capabilities and while Kurbaan Hua had the rock feelin given by
Vishal's vocals, Shukran Allah was the more traditional of romantic songs with great and varied use of instruments. Ali Maula sung by Salim Merchant was the pick of the tracks and really good.



5. Iktara (Wake Up Sid)

Comin from the most unexpected of music directors was a masterpiece which I think would ve baffled the SEL trio as well. None of the songs from the film given by SEL could even reach the level of this song as Iktara was on a different level altogether. Great work from Amit Trivedi and easily he is the find of 2009. Great song and ably sung by Kavita Seth in her rustic voice and accompanied by Abhishek Bhattacharya. This song was really heart touchin and always invites a replay.


4. Kaminey (Kaminey)

Vishal Bhardwaj and Suresh Wadkar comin up with Kaminey!! Quite strange for the latter to sing such songs,who is more renowned for breezy romantic songs you may think but with utmost ease, Vishal could do the unthinkable. Suresh Wadkar's awesome vocals to go with some fine fine lyrics from Gulzar Saab himself, this song was easily one of the best of this year. It still remains one of my current favourites and always invites a thought in you, if the world is really so kamini??



3. Aarambh/ Duniya (Gulaal)

Hail Piyush Mishraji! Where were you all these years Sir?? Though i was fortunate that I had the privilege to see you in Mood I '09, you were jus superb in this film. And m not talkin only about the music. Be it acting, lyrics or even your sheer presence, you were jus exemplary. Truly, this was Piyushji's and Anurag's film all the way. And both of the songs were sung by Piyushji and such profound lyrics to go with it. Kalakar ho to aisa!! This for some may be a surprise inclusion but for me they were obvious ones and rightly deserved. Lookin forward for more from Piyushji's arsenal of creativity!!



2. Genda Phool/Arziyan/Dil Gira Dafatan (Delhi 6)


How can a list be complete without the virtuoso himself!! AR Rahman was lacklustre in Blue accordin to his standards but he had already given his best of the year earlier. Genda Phool by Rekha Bhardwaj, Shraddha Pandit and others had the rustic feelin to it and also the beats which were unmatchable. While, Arziyan was the typical Rahmanish qawwali which he is so renowned for, and add to it the vocals of Kailash Kher and Javed Ali makes for a perfect combination. This song easily stood out among others and will remain one of my all time favorites for many many years to come. Dil Gira Dafatan was another slow breezy romantic number by Ash King and Chinmayee and I loved this song a lot. It had certain resemblances with Tu Bin Bataye from Rang De Basanti too, but it was surely very melodious.



1. Nayan Tarse/Dhol Yaara Dhol/Emosanal Attyachar (Rock and Brass) (Dev D)


And Amit Trivedi walks away with all the accolades this year. Dev D was class apart. In fact, writin only the 4 songs is injustice for the remainin 14 I guess. All 18 were superb compositions and took every one by surprise. Amit has surely made his mark this year and how?? Emosanal Attyachar almost became an anthem among college goers while Dhol Yaara Dhol was for the more "educated" audience. Nayan Tarse was extremely flowing and a wonderful song. Other songs also rocked to the core. Surely, Amit is the next big thing which the music industry desperately needed after Rahman Sir decided to take up Hollywood projects as well. Be it the classical touch, or the chalu band baja touch, or the romantic touch, this guy has everythin in him. Paayaliya and Pardesi do require a special mention apart from these 4. And I would be really disappointed if Amit does not get the awards this year. He deserves them every bit.



There were many songs still which could not make the cut. Some of them were Bikhri Bikhri from Whats your Rashee and Dard-e-Tanhaai from Jashnn, but then it would have been a really long list and hence the charm of the cream would have been lost. Nevertheless, this year was fantastic as far as music goes. Looking forward for some more wonderful music next year.


A Hardcore Hindi Fimy Songs Listener.

My School Diaries- Part 2!!

With the response i got with "my school diaries", I would better continue with this and there arent any excitin news doing the rounds as well. Oh ya I know "Saifeena" and their bold scenes are a thing to talk about but I would rather jus see and forget it.


So, comin back to school diaries, the first one dealt with daily on goings in the school, this one will deal with "SPORTS"!! And how much we have enjoyed playin all sorts of sports in the school grounds. For those who are not much interested in "sports", I know there won be many like that, but for them jus a read will make them connect with the different sports which were invented by "07 Kabirites"!!



Wo lal lal badaam,
Aur wo recess ka time,
Jab sabne "Kartik" ke biscuit kha liye,
Tab aya football khelne ka vichaar,
Aur fir shuru hua "Foot-Badaam"!!
To kya hua ki badaam se zyada ek dusre k per zyada lagenge,
Jaad se todi ek badaam "Harsh" ne, aur lage khelne sab.
2-3 ko to zarur lagi hogi harroj,
Par wo "football" khelna zaruri tha!


Ab jab badaam ki rut chali gayee,
To kya karega koi??
Fir aya ek naya "IDEA",
Nikala kisi water-bottle ka dhakan, aur lage khelna sab.
Ek baat achi thi ki me water-bottle nahi le jata tha,
Lekin jiski bhi mili samjo gayee,
Us dhakan ka tha na koi kasoor,
Par fir bhi "Sachin" usko laat marta zaroor,
Aur "Mangesh" bhi "Sachin" ka saath deta,
Jab dhakan 1 gaya,
To samjo kisi aur ka bhi dhakan gaya,
Kyuki khelna tha hame zaroor!!



Ab baat karte hai "CRICKET" ki!!
Wo subah 5 30 baje akota jana,
Thand me "warm-up" karna,
Cycle pe bahut thand lagna,
Par school k liye khelna tha hume!!
Wo akota k 2 round,
Aur "mangesh" k liye 1,
Wo subah me catch practice,
Aur hath par chatakna,
Wo subah me nets lagane,
Aur khile thokne,
Wo meri pehli bowling aur "Sachin (Agrawal)" ki batting,
Aur wo "Javdu" ke expert comments,
Kehte the "Puri 30 over ramvani"!!,
Wo the hamesha se defensive!!



Jab khele the "Matches" hamne,
Kabhi Railways to kabhi Refinery,
Kabhi Polo to kabhi "Bal Bhavan",
Bahut kam matches the jo hum jeete,
Par aj bhi yaad hai wo "Refinery" ki match,
"IPCL" ko haraya tha humne,
Aur bahut khush hue the sab.
Wo "Vishu" aur "Varun" ki partnership,
Aur meri aur "Devrath" ki tight line,
Bade maje kiye the us din!!



Lekin haar kar bhi kabhi niraash nahi hue the hum,
Wo "Robin" k ducks,
Aur mera aur "Vishu" ka hasna,
Wo "Abhi" ko jaldi khelkar bulana,
Kyuki fir "biscuit aur nasta" nahi rahega,
Ya "Bus" chali jayegi!!
Haar me bhi hasna sikhe the hum!!



Aur wo "Tennis-ball" wali tournament,
Jisme final me pahuche the hum,
Wo "Divyesh" k throw,
Aur wo uski batting,
Usse bhi achi thi uski "bowling",
Ha, sahi me tha hamara wo "All-rounder",
Aj bhi yaad hai wo tournament,
2 medal mile the muje!!


Wo Harish Sir ka kehna,
"Come on now you all Ballyball (Volleyball in Bihari Hindi) players",
Aur wo der tak volleyball khelna,
Ladkiya bhi khelti thi hamare sath!!
Fir bhi "Aditya" ek bhi "take" nahi leta,
Aj bhi "Aditya" volleyball se football kick hi marta hai.


Ha isse yaad aya,
Wo hamara volleyball se kabhi "Handball" to kabhi "Football" khelna,
"Handball" k rules the kisiko na pata,
Fir bhi 1-2 din khele the,
Ant me "Football" hi thi sabki manzil,
Wo "Chauhan" ko bhagana,
"Volleyball" se "Football" khelna mana tha aakhir,
Fir bhi chhote ground me usse kick marne ki maja hi thi alag,
Wo "Robin" ki bina wajah ki dribbling,
Aur wo "Subhav" aur "Vora" ki die-hard goal-keeping,
Wo "Dhairya" ke bahaane,
Aur "Kshitij" ki junglee defendin,
Aj bhi yaad hai wo din.




Wo kabhi "Basketball" bhi khel liya karte the,
Isme bhi "Dhairya", "foul" hi chillata rehta,
Wo "Karna" aur "Kartik" k lap-shots,
Wo "Anup" k bhi "dancin" lap-shots,
Aur "Nandu" k 3- pointers,
Aj bhi yaad hai wo din.



Ab baat karte hai "RUTVIK" ki,
Tha wo sabse fav ladkiyo ka,
Aur use khelna ata tha sirf "TT",
Wo bhi kacha-pakka,
Wo aur "Ravi" hamesha khelte the TT,
Kabhi "Mihir" aur "Anup" bhi jud jaate the,
Kabhi "Vora" bhi khel leta,
Aur kabhi "Abhi" aur me bhi,
Yaad ayenge hame wo din hamesha.



HAS TO BE CONTINUED.......



Well ,here "HAS" has been used as the most integral part of sports ie "Sports Day" has not been covered here. It would have been very long if I started narratin the sports day as well in the same note, so maybe next time, I ll talk about that!! These were the "unusual" Sports which '07 Kabirites used to play!!
There have been many more but they are not as fresh in my mind as these have been!! If you all do remember some more, feedback is always invited!!



Dedicated to whoever is somehow related to "'07 Kabir"' Batch!!



A true "Kabirite".

My School Diaries!!

Today, while studyin a subject as borin as "PEDC" (for laymen: Power Electronic Devices and Circuits), i was wondering about my school days. Of all the fun my friends and I ve had. So, decided jus to write somethin about it.

I am sure you would agree with me when i say "School Days are the best days of life"! True, no arguments. So, on reflectin upon my school days, I find there are many things which I do miss a lot. Moreover, there have been so many "eventful" incidents, some worth rememberin and some worth regrettin. But to start with, I would like to share with you guys that I ve had the privilege to be a part of a school as good as "ST.KABIR" and that too right from Jr. Kg. So, addin up all the years, it comes to 14 years in one school. Now, that speaks volumes of the School's greatness and even my patience. Though by tellin the latter, I am bein too too rude to my lovely school. So, I ll better stick with the former one itself.


So, here are some of the moments which "Kabirites" will always cherish, specially the '07 batch. For those who cannot relate to it, you may still enjoy it.


Wo assembly me prayer aur "School Song" gaana,
Wo "Anup" pehla aur mera dusra khada rehna,
Wo assembly me news padnewale par hasna,
Wo "Mihir" ka "Thought of the Day" samjana,
Wo Urmi wale jaad par "Kabootar" ko dekhna aur fir muh chhupake hasna,
Wo vapas class jate samay "Council Members" ki maarna aur unhe kehna "Maine tuje "Head Boy" ka vote diya tha sale",
Wo kabhi line me na jana,
Yaad ayenge wo din hume hamesha.




Wo pehle lecture me hi gana "Good Mornin Mam" aur fir aalas khana,
Wo beech lecture me ladkiyo ko dekhna,
Aur fir vapas dekhna,
Wo class me likhte likhte "comments" pass karna,
Kabhi sari row ya fir kabhi puri class ko hasana,
Wo kabhi kabhi mam ka bhi hasna,
Aur kabhi daant khana par fir bhi haske, class ke bahar nikalna.


Wo dusre lecture me andar ana,
PT period pata lagne par ground ki aur daudna ya khidki kudna (Urmi),
Wo "Chauhan Sir" ka relay race,
Wo ladkiyo k saamne "First" ake dikhana,
Kabhi haar rahe ho to ghir jana,
Aur fir shirt saaf kiye bina hi firse daudne lagna,
PT period khatam hone par "Chauhan Sir" ko gaali dena,
"Bole the Football khelne denge aakhri 15 min",
Wo class me fir se udaas aur gussa hokar jana,
Yaad ayenge wo din hume hamesha.



Wo gussa "Janki Mam" par nikalna,
Unka hume samjana.
Meri, anup, mihir ya abhishek ki 1 comment,
Aur fir, unka "That's a good one"! kehna,
Wo "Anup" chillana,
Wo robin k hasne par aur hasna,
Aur wo "History" k class me bada maja ana,
Yaad ayenge wo din hume hamesha.



Wo "Parul Mam" ka harmonium aur unka music class,
Yaad nahi kitne attend kiye the?
Ground me hi jana hota tha sabko,
Par fir bhi kabhi kabhi "Raag Bhairavi" sikh lete the,
Wo Rutvik ka hota tha fav class,
Par use bhi ground me ana padta tha,
Yaad ayenge wo din hume hamesha.



Wo free lecture me "Monitor" ka khada ho jana,
Wo "Mihir"(monitor) ka board pe sabka naam likhna,
"ANUP, KINJAL,ROBIN,NIRMIT",
Fir bhi hamara na sudharna,
Kabhi "Mihir" ko ground pe jane ki permission k liye bhejna,
Aur kabhi khud fresh hone k liye toilet jana,
Yaad ayenge wo din hume hamesha.



Kabhi chhuti hone par "Puff" khane rukna,
Aur wo "Robin" ka kharcha,
"Robin" hi tha sabka "Financer",
Aur uska haste haste sabko ek cold-drink aur pila dena,
Piyi hogi hamne 1 Re wali Pepsi bahut,
Aj 50 rupye ki Pepsi peekar bhi, pyaas mitti nahi,
Yaad ayenge wo din hume hamesha.


To be Continued.......




Well, this was jus some of the many unforgettable moments which my friends and I ve had. I am eager to write more on my school diaries. This actually is only what we used to do in the classes and school. There have been funnier and absolutely fantastic memories of everythin "WE" did in school, right from Annual Day practices to Cricket tournaments. I really will write more on this. This is jus the "Beginning" and I know "It Will Last A Life Time"!!




Dedicated to whoever is somehow related to "'07 Kabir"' Batch!!



A true "Kabirite".

2 States--- Book Review!!

Though this book was released last month, I read it only yesterday. Obviously, it was not a book I was dying for. It jus accidentally fell to me courtesy "Dhagash" and then I had a read. "2 States-- The story of my Marriage" is the latest Chetan Bhagat book to hit the stands and I m not sure if it has rung the cash registers but as proclaimed by him as "India's most Loved Writer", I guess it would have done decently enough.


Published by Rupa Co(No, not the "undies" company) again, it is lowly priced at around 99 bucks without any concession and if you are a Chetan Bhagat die-hard fan, you would have already read it. So, here's the first of my book reviews, atleast its the first on FB, its not the ideal book to be reviewed specially if its your first review but since I ve not read any other book recently, I ll make do with this book!


The author, plays himself, and tells that it is a true story of his, with certain changes due to some unknown reasons.The story starts with a visit to a psychiatrist and then goes into flashback which is quite predictable. The protagonist, Krish, on his first day at IIM-A canteen, meets her batchmate Annanya, who is a Economics Gold Medalist while the former is an IIT-D graduate as read in "5 POINT SOMEONE"! The two meet, kiss, have fun and get placed into MNC's thanks to brand IIM-A. But, Krish has future plans about writin and wants to take up a job and save as much and as fast as he can so that he can devote time to his loved profession. Now, he is so much in love that he defies his mothers' wishes and takes his postin at Chennai, the same city where his girlfriend and her family live. Then he tries to woo his would be in-laws and no prizes for guessin that they do eventually accept him inspite of their cultural differences and he bein a hardcore Punjabi and they, Tamil Brahmins.


Now, the story repeats, but this time Annanya comes to Delhi and woos Krish's family. Meanwhile, Krish and his Dad are at loggerheads with each other and always tend to end up abusin, quarellin and sometimes even slappin each other. Now, its the time for both the families to accept each other's families. So, they arrange a get away at Goa but nothin works out and Annanya's parents feel insulted by Krish's mom. So, they separate. But, this isnt a HAPPY ENDING!! So, obviously, the most unexpected, (actually: the most expected) hero aka "Krish's Dad",who never had a sound relationship with his son, comes to the party and saves the marriage. He secretly visits Chennai and convinces Annanya's parents and finally both the families decide for the marriage. And thus, Annanya's dream of seein her parents and Krish's parents smiling at their weddin comes true!!


The story ends with Annanya deliverin twins.


Chetan Bhagat lives upto his "filmy" style in the book. No wonder all his former books are major films now. And I am pretty much sure this too may well be one. Infact, I bet Sooraj Barjatya would have already contacted the author for the script rights!!


But I would like to give credit to Bhagat for the mere fact that he somehow manages to retain interest in his book. Jus when you feel like closin the book and take a nap, either a funny one-liner or a sex scene comes up and you are compelled to read a bit more. He knows his audience well and that is his strength. He knows what turns on the Indian reader and what does not and probably thats why he is one of India's most undeservin(a bit too rude) yet India's most "loved" writer. As far as writin skills are concerned, he is good in pieces, but when compared to other Indian authors, he lacks that witty sarcasm which may be seen in Mistry's books.Though, it won't be fair to compare him with Mistry, as both of them write very differently and have a different audience to cater too, with Mistry bein famous among the more "educated" one, Bhagat,too, to some extent describes the "Madrasis" and the "Punjabis" with equal flair.



But it is the sudden abrupt endings of Mistry which are more charmin than Bhagat's more expected ones. Bhagat sets you up for the endin and you almost know it, Mistry makes you think, without you knowin it yourself!! Also, endings are rarely a happy one for Mistry, but since Bhagat, has to write in such a way that directors come to him for script rights, he keeps himself to the more "tried and tested" endings and does not tamper much with the endings.


Though Bhagat claims these are real events of his life, its hard to believe that everythin had a happy endin for him. Lucky Chap, I must say!!
But, after all, Bhagat is a "people's" writer and does manage to pull it thru with ease and this book too is all set to become a bestseller. Surely, his writin is nose-divin since he started with "5 Point Someone", which by far, is his best work till date, yet he is good enough!!


Rating-- ***



PS: Comparison with Mistry is because, I ve read all books of Mistry and Bhagat and want to popularise the former one and make him a household name as Bhagat is!!

And no Mistry aint my cousin by any chance, I simply LOVE his writing!!

"Olympic" Dreams!!

With exactly an year to go before New Delhi hosts the “Commonwealth Games”, Brazil, which is one of the fastest growin economies of the world has been announced as the venue for the 2016 Olympics. This comes as a surprise to many who thought with Obama lobbying for Chicago, his adopted hometown, it would be tough for the other 3 contenders. But, as Rogge’s and his committee members would ve it, Chicago lost in the first round of the voting itself. And, thus “Rio Di Janiero”, was awarded its first ever Olympics. Obviously, it is Rio’s first and Brazil’s first but it is “Latin America’s” first too!!


So, what exactly turned it around for the “Sambas”?? True, their President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva was present in Denmark lobbying for the games to be held in Rio, but that cannot be the only reason with the presence of other big-wig’s like US President, Spain’s King and Japanese Prime Minister too, since Madrid and Tokyo were also in the race, apart from Chicago. I do feel for Spain who had lost out in the bidding for 2012 Olympics as well, when Tony Blair took the games to London. But, that amazes me more of how much IOC expects from Brazil and most of the developing nations should be encouraged by these signs. Obviously, IOC took a gamble by givin it to Beijing in 2008, though m bein very rude to China by callin it as “IOC’s” gamble, but with the grand success of the ’08 games, IOC’s faith in developin nations has surely been given a boost.


Brazil will be put to test when they host the 2014 FIFA World Cup. They will be havin their work cut out to host world’s two biggest sportin events inside two years. That will be a really note worthy achievement if they do it, though it seems quite a reality as of now. So, Brazil havin put forward a very convincing proposal of a successful ’16 Games, their main worry will be the pumping of millions and millions of dollars for the show- piece event. Though, one might argue Brazil got the games mainly because of the sympathy factor and the fact that Latin America has never hosted the Games, they will surely try to prove their critics’ wrong.



So, is India ready for 2020 bid? Obviously, Delhi will be the obvious choice if by any means India wants to bid for 2020 games. But, the situation that has arised for holdin the CWG aint very promising. Accordin to the report 13 out of the 19 stadiums are running behind the schedule. Also, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the main venue of CWG, is yet to undergo refurbishing. With the CWG team constantly warnin India about their lack of effort to meet the schedule and Mr. Suresh Kalamadi regularly assuring them of 100% successful games, it remains to be seen if the Govt. can keep up to the pace and stage an event so big as the CWG. Obviously, India’s chances of 2020 will surely get a boost if CWG ’10 goes as per planned. But, another thing that may also be a hindrance, is the country’s performance itself in the Games. India ranked 50th in Beijing ’08 with total 3 medals of each variant. That is an amazingly poor performance of a country which boasts of the largest population in the world, second only to China. Lack of proper infrastructure is the main reason for Indian athletes’ poor show time and again but all that may change pretty soon with India finally getting an individual Gold at Beijing ‘08.




On the other hand India seriously needs to pull up its socks and try to complete the unfinished projects as soon as possible. I am sure the Govt and its team are workin day and night to make this possible. Even the work for Delhi Metro has been quickened to make it accessible and operational to the tourists from the Games’ Village to other areas of the city and provide quick and better connectivity at nominal rates. But, with the biddings for 2020 games startin in 2011, India, firstly needs to stage a successful CWG.
Even then I guess 2020 games will be a distant dream as India will have stiff competition from other cities of the likes of Madrid and Chicago. So, as the Indian Army asks, “Do you have it in you”??...., I would like to ask all those involved in Indian Sports Ministry and those holdin high offices for the welfare of the nation, “Do You Have It In You”??.
“Can you give India and its sports’ fanatics like me the Games of the stature of the OLYMPICS in 2020”??

If yes, I would be more than grateful to you.



A true “Indian Sports’” fan.