tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19419690756099064372024-03-14T03:19:19.561+05:30DAS CAPITALSumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-62789801103443492982016-12-22T01:26:00.000+05:302016-12-22T01:28:48.389+05:30Introverts, Extroverts, and blah blah blah.. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In the OB class in first semester of MBA, we were asked to
fill in a long questionnaire and then do some calculations and so that we could
find out what our personality type as per MBTI was. Such conversations ensued -.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>You must be something like an
extrovert, right?<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>No. It says I am introvert.
ISTJ as such.<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>Wow. But you talk with
everyone you come across. How can you be an introvert?<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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By the way, I was <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>diagnosed<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span> as an INTP. I had known that for
quite some time but had never given much thought to it. But suddenly I was
being told that I was not good enough to be a leader as that probably required
periodic war-cries which only extroverts can muster. Not even a month in MBA,
it was a bit disconcerting. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So, I landed to do MBA in Gurgaon somewhere in June
last year. Amongst the first things I observed here was the size of groups in
which people were hanging out in. They were huge. Absolutely huge. It seemed
that everyone except me had been in touch with each other even before the college
had started via WhatsApp, Facebook and other means of social gratification. Imagine
a group of 25 people walking around the campus post-dinner. There was just so
much networking in the campus that it actually didn<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>t feel like a mere group of 25 but felt like a horde out
on a conquest. And in that sense, I felt incredibly inadequate. I was kinda
fat, my hairline had been thinning and it was not only that I was a bit older
than my batchmates but I looked older than them as well. I felt like such a
misfit. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In my defense, I did try to fit in. Attended random birthday
parties, tried to stay relevant in a group of 25 by cracking lame jokes to
which no one paid any kind of attention, went to booze parties where I was not
sure why I was there and so on. And then that fateful OB class happened, I
remembered that I am an introvert and realized that the label so conveniently
suited me. It gave me security and it gave me answers. And the latter was much
more important. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>Why didn<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>t you go to that party in which the
whole class is going and there will be a lot of drinking and dancing and <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span>networking<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>?<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>Ugh. Because introverts don<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>t go to parties. Remember, parties
mein chutiye naachte hain.<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Labeling. FTW. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It had started to go well. <o:p></o:p></div>
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With those labels as crutches, I had returned to the last
bench of the class <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span> the proxy for my comfort
zone. Away from the parties, away from random attempts of social validation, my
next couple of months went away being the same non-descript, anonymous guy in
the class and in the batch. I was happy sticking to the last bench and spoke as
little as possible. It was not as if I had no friends. I did but in a manner
which probably only a B-schooler can understand, we were misfits huddled
together trying to pander to every stereotype you might have seen ascribed to
introverts.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i> (If I can digress a bit, the MBA is somewhat
of a dichotomy in the sense that the kind of students it admits - at least in
India </i><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span> are
different from what it expects them to be. There are presentations in every
course, you are expected to be an effective if not enchanting speaker and the possibility
to land plum jobs depends heavily on your ability to be assertive in group
discussion of around 10 people and then in an interview. Still it admits a lot
of nerds because basically the admission test tests your ability to be good at
Maths and English. In any case, back to the original rant</i><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span>)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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After a month or two, something happened. As it always does in stories of
self-discovery.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But actually, nothing happened. So, this isn<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>t a story of self-discovery after
all. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I just became more comfortable with people. Or became
comfortable with the concept of having people around myself. I guess this
concept is called <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>familiarity<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span> and surprisingly, as much as many
<a href="https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-know-if-I-am-an-introvert-1/answer/Ashish-Menkudale" target="_blank">Quora answers</a> would want you to believe, it happens with introverts too. And
then they start behaving like extroverts. You find a circle and in its own
esotericism you laugh at jokes and you laugh at the people telling those jokes;
some stories are told and some are shared; some crushes are discussed, some are
dissed and some are dismissed. You don<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>t care
if you<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>re extrovert or not because
life is too ambiguous for that. <o:p></o:p></div>
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(To be fair, some kind of mellowing happens with the
extremely social too. The group sizes of 20 eventually whittled down to 4-5 or even 2 if
the girl and the boy took a special liking for each other.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Still, thinking about it brings some questions. If it really
is a question of having increasing familiarity, spreading the envelope so to
say, then at what point do you stop being an introvert and at what point you
start being an extrovert? What if you start liking so many people that given
sufficient time, you start being comfortable with all of them. After all, to
like lots and lots of people, one doesn<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>t need
to be an extrovert. Not being cynic enough is often sufficient. It is often
told of extroverts that for them the world is a stage. What if as an introvert,
you become familiar with the stage itself. Do you stop being an introvert?<o:p></o:p></div>
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The past year has been good to me. Because of many reasons,
I became used to speaking in front of a lot of people. Possibly, I am not shy
of crowds anymore. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But when it comes to people as individuals, it still is a
chore. A bloody chore. You break down a
crowd into its ingredients and it is as if each one of it starts asking a
question where earlier there was only one. All of them looking at you is fine
enough but looking back in their eyes as they cross one-by-one down a street is
impossible. Probably they are looking at you but you don<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>t know that as you are too shy to look at them. It is as
if you discover that, the crowds be damned, shyness, often painfully and
sometimes liberatingly stays. <o:p></o:p></div>
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And now, for whatsoever it is worth, I am not sure how much
of an introvert I am. Or an extrovert for that matter. It actually is weird to
think of myself as an extrovert. I really want to be cool enough to be
associated with all the tropes being an introvert carries with itself. <a href="http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/extraversion-or-introversion.htm" target="_blank">Tropes, which MBTI endows upon you</a>. Some of them are cool, some of them are cold but
most of them are just confusing. But
just like horoscopes, you pick and choose the ones you think you best relate
with and then live with it. If you are introvert, then you are "well-read" and
form "deep" relationships even if the only reading you have done recently has
been dating & relationship tips on Quora. Being insufferable in general is
acceptable because you are waiting for those to come up with whom you will form
<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>deep relationships<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span>. As I said, "Labels - For The Win". It<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span>s just
so easy that it is almost convenient. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I wish it was as black and white. </div>
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Sometimes one is introvert enough to cry at a song and not
tell anyone about it, still extrovert enough to sometimes go to a few parties
and still wonder how can people be such; Introvert enough to not go home on
Diwali as that will mean 3 days of alone time and extrovert enough to
sometimes, just sometimes feel bad that only 12 people wished Happy Diwali on
personal chat; Introvert enough to not tell all these travails to anyone
whatsoever but extrovert enough to trust internet strangers to get this.
Introvert enough to know when one needs to be an introvert, extrovert enough to
know when one needs to stop being an introvert.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There have been times in the past year when I used to wake
up from a 4-hour sleep to find 312 WhatsApp messages from 9 different contacts,
many of those directed at me because of the certain official responsibilities I
used to have. Often, I had wondered that when eventually these messages will
stop coming in, and nobody will feel as much need of me, will I feel good at
being left alone or feel bad at being left out? I will have the answer soon
enough. But all I know is that like most of the things we tend to worry about, it too
will be inconsequential. </div>
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And that will be for the best. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-37471079125487385042016-10-11T01:43:00.000+05:302016-12-07T23:14:26.042+05:30Because, I am Sid <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(<i>Someone on Twitter asked me and a bunch of other guys to write a note on on-screen characters we could most relate to. Here is just a hurried attempt to do the same.) </i><br />
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You remember Sid of Dil Chahta Hai? Akshaye Khanna played
him. Now I am sure while messaging he writes proper sentences and never types
lyk dis. How do I know? Because I am Sid. That is why. And the receding
hairline is not even the sixth most significant similarity. And no, I can’t
paint. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Let me do an exercise for you. Dil Chahta Hai was a cool
movie, right? Probably the coolest ever made in Bollywood. Now who do you think
was the coolest character in Dil Chahta Hai? Aakash? I will forgive you later
for confusing juvenile with cool but did you notice the coolness with which he
handles the fact that his friend is in love with a much older woman? Or is it
Sameer? His being an ass and a relationship-sabotager went unnoticed just
because Subodh was an even bigger ass. I didn’t know not being the biggest idiot
in the town equated with being cool.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well, do come back to me when you find an uncool act of Sid.
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Maybe someday I will meet him and ask if he feels the same
way as I do when he stands apart and looks at his urbane, chic friends attracting
girls like moths to fire with their suave yet punkish sense of humor and wonder
why in the seven hell are these guys his friends? What X-factor do they find in
him when the best he can do is arch his eyebrows and twist his lips and say, “<i>Tu kabhi nahi sudhrega na?” </i> Or maybe we will just look in each other’s eyes
with the tacit allegation, “Remember Deepa? Your <i>kandha </i>act was so lame compared to mine. Farhan Akhtar suddenly
hired Sameer to write your lines <i>kya</i>?”
And he will just give me a blank look and go, “I wish <i>your</i> kandha act was from the era of silent films dude.” Tell him
that sometimes I show people my funny, dark resignation letter which went viral
in my last company or tell them that Gul Panag follows me on Twitter. Just like
you walked Tara through your paintings. And tell him that like with you, it
never worked. <o:p></o:p></div>
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There is something utterly relatable with someone who lets
his friends screw-up. Like Sameer with Priya and that fraud firang in Goa. Someone
who follows “I love privacy- be it mine or yours”. Someone who is ready to
punch his friend because he basically infringed that line of the same. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe we will hang out together. Probably at a bar, likelier
at a barista. Maybe I will introduce him to my Akaash-es and my Sameers and
mutter “kids these days” under our breaths. Maybe we will compare our hairlines.
But, mostly we will have fun together. People of our ilk do tend to like
ourselves.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-91854449965411472202016-08-05T13:56:00.000+05:302016-12-07T23:17:53.762+05:30Kalyug (1981) -Random thoughts from a delayed viewing.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So recently I watched Kalyug. No, not that 2005 flick in which Deepal Shaw
played the role of a Sunny Leone and she was so bad that Bhatt Camp decided
that it is better to hire Sunny Leone herself for future projects. This one had
real, grown up actors like Raj Babbar, Rekha, Shashi Kapoor and of course A K
Hangal, was directed by Shyam Benegal and came out in 1981.Its story was loosely based on Mahabharata with many reference points borrowed from the epic. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080982/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2" target="_blank">Here</a> is the IMDB
page for it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">(<i>A character key is there at the end of the post. If you have not watched the film or have forgotten details, kindly refer to it.)</i></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 115%;">First thing first, Mahabharata
is an absolute brilliance that has been handed down the generations by our culture and
history. It still is the most underrated story ever told. It is the greatest
legacy of Hinduism bestowed upon us and the only people who have made hay off
it have been writers who can afford to cater to a niche audience. Hope with the
advent of multiplex era, somebody will treat Mahabharata with the intellect,
perspective and creativity it so thoroughly deserves.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am so dumb when it comes to old movies. Listen
family, I do blame you for that. Not you Mom ,</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">though. You are the reason I can tell between Priya Rajvansh and Anita Raj. Thank you. *Hugs*<br /><br /><!--3--><!--3--></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Karan takes wine or martini. As does Bharat. Balraj takes
scotch. Mr Saxena –a petty minion takes beer. And ladies take limca. As if the
road to hierarchies of power goes through the drink of their choices. Neat. (Pun
not intended)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the same vein, Balraj smokes his cigarette with a fancy
cigarette holder while the representative of the workers’ union Om Puri’s
cigarette is predictably bare. I bet the workers' representative Om Puri represents smoked
nothing but <i>beedi.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The use of sunglasses by Om Puri in a closed room to make an
effort to merge into an environment which clearly was a few notches above in
social strata was fascinating. More so, as it reminded me of Rajkumar Rao in
Queen, using similar sunglasses to cut off the surroundings in CCD.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So many ash-trays. Ah, the corporate life before the advent
of smoke-detectors, safety showers and the related paraphernalia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Useless Trivia- Only the youngest and the oldest member of
the family had exact names based upon the characters of Mahabharata they were
playing- Bheeshma and Parikhsit. (Karan was not a part of family, OK.)</span></div>
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Kulbhushan Kharbanda playing Arjuna and Bheema does nothing to dispel the
notion that Karna was the sexiest character of Mahabharata. Just saying. <br /><br /><i>(Unrelated factoid:- Those who think Nakula-Sahdeva were just baggage handlers in the story of Mahabharata, Nakula was considered to be the most handsome person around and Sahdeva was a better administrator than all other Pandavas put together.)</i></span></div>
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movie –Sashi Kapoor and Supriya Pathak- used to listen to music. The former always listened to
sad violin and the latter had this belief that if shit hits the fan, one should listen
to equally shitty music (What’s your problem). It was as if there was too much
awesomeness to Supriya Pathak and Shayam Benegal thought, “Naah. Not Fair!!”
and thus gave her a crappy track to listen on loop all day. That is the only
explanation of why this song “<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOAzRqZMD54" target="_blank">What’s your problem</a>” even exists.</span></div>
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Krishna was such a missed opportunity. I wish his character was developed as a
clever, cunning Yadav Lord that was one of the aspects of Krishna. Wanted him
to be a bit like Chaddha from Damini minus the histrionics.</span></span></div>
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just petticoat and blouse? Being snogged no, savaged by husband Kulbhushan
Khrabanda? How am I ever going to unsee that? Suraj Barjatya films will never
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Rekha’s role as well. Draupadi was one of the strongest personalities in the
Mahabharata which has been so conveniently ignored in almost all of the cinematic
adaptations we have. Here too she was reduced to being annoyed, hurt, angry,
bitchy. By the end of it I was suspicious if all her eye-rolling was over the
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and corny. For some reason, I was wondering how good Raj Kumar would have been
in the same role. Remember the last scene where Bharat in his phone call to Karan,
emptied his entire repertoire of abuses on him? Now imagine Raj Kumar in the
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-65460785172342581752016-03-16T14:30:00.000+05:302016-12-07T23:19:40.839+05:30Tanu Weds Manu Returns (to 90's) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>(It is going to be a rant. A rambling rant. Ye have been warned. Also spoilers.)</i><br />
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Straight up, let me admit, TWMR was fun. And hence it passed the necessary and sufficient criteria I have to like a film. The first half is a breeze in a manner that no matter how good the second half was, the film would have been said to be suffering from "post-interval" syndrome. The writing in the first 10 minutes including the opening credits is as good as any you will find in Hindi Cinema. And I am yet to come to terms with the fact that Tanuja Trivedi and Datto were played by the same actress.<br />
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Still, I had problems with the movie. It made me uncomfortable in the manner Ranjhana did. It reminded me of the relief that swept over me as Queen ended. If you haven't watched either, then for the want of better words, I found TWMR extremely regressive.<br />
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Look, films are not supposed to be the guardian angels of the society. That is the stick on which we pooh-pooh the no-smoking banners which can be found in many scenes these days, right? It is as much of a filmmaker's discretion to have a regressive character in his film as it is of Anurag Kashyap to have a character mouthing obscenities in every other scene with the perfect logic that, "<i>Yaar mera character gaaliyaan deta hai to main kya karoon?</i>". Also, there is a case that the director is actually staying true to the environment he has constructed. He is telling a story. He is not obligated to make Jai Santoshi Ma which, nevertheless was rather regressive too.<br />
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Also, a part of my problem is entirely personal. It is personal because, specially in the confines of comfort cinema like TWMR, I am not yet enlightened enough to make a distinction between the lead actor and the "hero" of the film. I invest my emotions in a character consistent with the manner they are being portrayed in. (Some parallels with A Song of Ice and Fire can be drawn here to which I will come later). For a moment consider Raj Kumar Yadav of Queen with Dhanush of Ranjhana or Tanu/Manu of TWMR. On a level, they are somewhat similar. They are all slaves to the society which propagates conformity.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>But the portrayal was such that people clapped when Raani left Raj Kumar Yadav in Queen and people clapped when Kundan died in Ranjhana with that stalker-glorifying soliloquy. They were painted in such a manner to garner sympathy or hatred or disgust despite basically being the same character. Therein lies the dichotomy of being a "main lead" and being a "hero". If you can look beyond the portrayals, there are no heroes but only main leads. But I can't. When someone like me sees them as heroes and heroines, he viscerally prop himself onto them. You want them to make decisions which at least broadly match up to your ideology. Now, in TWMR, Madhavan was supposed to be a hero. So the first blow was that he turned out to be a wimp and nothing more. Second, more than Madhavan, the hero of the film was Datto. That you create as much anti-establishment a character as there can be and then burn her down because hey, conformity to the establishment you see, it is a bit of a downer to say the least. Imagine Raani going back to Raj Kumar Yadav in Queen. It would have ruined the movie, right? Tanuja Trivedi is the antithesis of Raani. In the scene where Datto puts down Tanu brilliantly, it could easily have been Raani speaking instead of Datto. But then, in a manner, something sort of "Raani goes back to Raj Kumar Yadav" happened.<br />
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To put it differently, if comfort cinema like TWMR is supposed to have a closure, then to me it was not a comfortable closure which, again, beats the point really.<br />
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If you are still with me, I think you are getting an impression that I am ranting that film<i> meri marzi se kyun nahi banayai.</i> Just to make you feel better, you are absolutely right. Nevertheless, my blog & my rules.<br />
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Now there are two parallels here I can draw with the current season of Game of Thornes series. First is the controversy regarding Sansa rape scene. For the uninitiated, she is a character which garners equal amount of sympathy and frustration from the viewers and in one of the episodes she was brutally raped. It triggered an outrage and led to<a href="http://www.themarysue.com/we-will-no-longer-be-promoting-hbos-game-of-thrones/" target="_blank"> The Mary Sue announcing that they will not be promoting the series any more. </a> The outrage was basically that "How could they do this" and that use of rape as a plot tool is regressive. I found the outrage stupid and immature and think that George R R Martin's response will be basically on the lines of "Mah show mah rules bitchezz." I won't mind a similar response from Anand L Rai for this rant of mine as well. But here is the thing- Game of Thrones is set in a regressive environment where if a girl is not a virgin, no noble family will accept her as a bride. To show a marital rape in such circumstance is as much a commentary on the milieu it is set in as much it is a plot device. It is again, basically, <i>"Agar mera character gaali deta hai to main kya karoon</i>?". How TWMR ended was, per se, just too out of character. Or maybe, given director's earlier works, I was too naive not to expect it.<br />
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Second parallel with Game of Thrones is that both have
characters who are all prim and proper and popular but dig a little deeper and
they are as rotten as the next Ram Gopal Verma release. If there is a Kundan
and a Tanuja Trivedi/Manu Sharma in Anand L Rai films, there is a Daenerys and a
Tyrion there. Now it takes a massive sleight of hand and skill to craft a
deception like this. Or maybe there is the fact that one really believes that
girls secretly love stalking, dying for one-sided love is the most glorious
path to moksha and that a mature depiction of divorce is just too niche for
Indian audience. Maybe somebody is still living in the 90’s. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-52149922649226932242015-06-10T02:30:00.000+05:302015-08-29T20:24:48.470+05:30On popular demand.. I finally resigned!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
(<i>So I recently resigned from the job and as all newly jobless people do, I too wrote a farewell email. Trust me, it made me more popular in the company than I could ever become in the four years preceding that. Just in case I am getting carried away, it probably was just an indictment of the pathetic work I did there and nothing more. Nevertheless, since there is nothing confidential in it, I am posting it here. So, there.. ) </i><br />
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And now that all of you know this, I hope you are relieved and will remember me by this final act of making you happy.</div>
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As much as I would like to say that I am leaving for personal and professional challenges, reality is that I am an utter failure at managing finances and am presently rather broke. So the choices for future were between getting married, for which my Dad would have paid or going for higher education for which the bank will pay. Considering interest, mortgages etc the latter seems a much cheaper option at present.</div>
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It has been four years, five departments and learnings and lessons which cannot be measured by numbers. Hopefully I also managed to give something back to the company but the truth is I (with 3 others) was hired as a GET and company has stopped hiring GETs ever since. So please send me happy mails about how I made myself useful here. In the dark days ahead, they will be much helpful. Advanced apologies to all those college students who would have stood a chance if it were not for us.</div>
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Special thanks to Alok Sir for getting me to this place, for being my first boss and being the answer to password security question at multiple places; Sarsij Sir for endlessly bearing with my silly questions ; Rao Sir for giving me a chance to work in an entirely different setup which was most fulfilling and Neeraj Sir from whom I have learnt so many things about being an efficient manager. Also thank you for the coffee, biscuits, unlimited soft drinks (from 2011-2013), for the gate punching system which kept no record of entry and leaving timings and the IT department which didn’t block Facebook.</div>
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But above all I will ever remain thankful for the love and affection showered on me here. The receding hairline notwithstanding, I have been “The Kid” here. That was a privilege. A privilege, I am unlikely to get anywhere else in my lifetime.</div>
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So, again, thank you all for everything. First companies are like first crushes. Everywhere I go, I will carry a bit of this place with me.</div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-11385494246543395652015-05-26T22:50:00.000+05:302015-08-26T22:50:31.434+05:30Athletic Bilbao's Basques Policy<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">(<i>Cross-Posting from my Quora answer to the question- "Is Athletic Bilbao's policy of recruitng only Basque players in breach of racial discrimination laws?")</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">From my understanding, it probably </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">is </i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">illegal but it is difficult to prove so and has never been challenged in a court of law. Moreover, recently the definition of Basque as viewed by Athletic Club has become more and more fluid and it has made it doubly difficult for anyone to prove that they discriminate specially on racial basis. Also, there is the simple fact that this is an unwritten policy and hence such "bias" though extant, is difficult to prove via a lawsuit. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Also there are a few point I would like to make in this context. </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br />
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;">The policy is not racist for the simple fact that it is not based on notion of Basque superiority over others. They view themselves as just what they are and want their football club to represent their identity. They don't consider people who don't have this identity as inferiors. In fact in a poll around 76% of Athletic supporters said they will prefer to be relegated to second division- obviously an inferior league- than have non-Basque players in their teams. Also, they recently fielded <span class="qlink_container"><a class="external_link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%C3%A1s_Ramalho" rel="noreferrer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(data:image/gif; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 5px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; color: #2b6dad; padding-right: 12px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Jonás Ramalho</a></span>, a Black player in the first team. He qualifies because his mother is a Basque. So they aren't against a particular skin color either. <br style="line-height: 1.4;" /></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;">Apart from players who are Basque from parentage, they also consider players of other nationality provided they had moved in a Basque country at a very young age and hence their development took place in a Basque region. So their policy is not strictly nationalistic either.<br style="line-height: 1.4;" /></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;">They often recruit non-Basque coaches and other technical staff. So it is difficult to prove discrimination there. <br style="line-height: 1.4;" /></li>
<li style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px;">Based on above examples, a case can be made that they are more nationalist than racist. And there is a minor issue that since there is no such country as Basque country, it would be difficult to prove nationalistic discrimination as well.</li>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-20992768428211893292015-05-15T23:38:00.000+05:302015-08-26T22:40:57.133+05:30झुनझुना (Jhunjhuna) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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झुन्नुलाल झल्केश झा. माने कि ऐसा नाम कि चिरौंजीलाल खोसला को भी कमल किशोर खोसला
की अम्मा पर प्यार उमड़ आये. अब जी ऐसा नाम कोई conspiracy से कम तो था नहीं. इसलिए
उनका ये नाम कैसा रखा गया इसपर भी कई सारी conspiracy theory थीं. किसी से सुना था
कि जब छोटे थे तो उन्हें जितना प्यार अपनी अम्मा से था उससे कहीं ज्यादा प्यार
अपने झुनझुने से था. उसी को लेकर सोना, उसी को लेकर नहाना, उसी को लेकर धोना, उसी
को लेकर खाना और ये झुनझुना प्रेम तीन साल तक चला. तो अम्मा ने उनका नाम झुन्नू ही
रख दिया. दूसरी theory इसी कहानी में थोडा नमक-मिर्च डाल कर बनी थी. ऐसा था कि
उनके दादाजी primary स्कूल में हिंदी पढ़ाते थे. उन्हें अनुप्रास अलंकर से बड़ा
प्रेम था जैसे कि उन सब हिंदी teachers को होता है जिन्हें हिंदी विषय कैसे पढ़ाना
होता है उसकी a, b, c, d भी नहीं आती और इसी अलंकर के बैनर तले अपनी उपयोगिता
सिद्ध करने की जद्दोजहद करते पाए जाते हैं. तो इसी लिए पूरा अलंकारमय नाम रख दिया
अपने पोते का. तीसरी theory तो वो ही घिसी-पिटी थी. परिवार के ज्योतिषी ने कहा था
कि लड़के का नाम “झ” से शुरू होना चाहिए. और अगर दो “झ” हों नाम में तो फिर तो अति
उत्तम. तो अब फिर उसका नाम “झाझा” तो रख नहीं देते कि बच्चे का नाम हो जाए “झाझा
झा”. तो फिर यूँ कह सकते हैं सारी बातों के मद्देनजर, <i>He got the best possible
deal.</i></span><i><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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झुन्नू जी के पिताजी पेशे से दवाई की दूकान चलाते थे. अब छोटे कस्बों में डॉक्टर
तो ज्यादा होते नहीं. लोग chemist से ही पूछ कर दवा-दारू करते हैं. और जो chemist
को injection वगैरह देना आता हो तो कहना ही क्या. पूरा डॉक्टर ही बन जाता है. और
जो कहीं थोड़ी चीड़-फाड़, bandage वगैरह कर लेता हो तो समझ लीजिये कि मानों
mini-Fortis ही खोल लिया है. तात्पर्य ये कि झुन्नू जी अच्छे खाते पीते घर के थे. वो
वैसे कंठाहा ब्राह्मण थे. उनके परदादा लोगों को श्राद्ध, दाह-संस्कार इत्यादि
करवाते थे. तो देखा जाए तो गरुड़ पुराण बांचने से लेकर घर के चिराग को आगे पढने के
लिए दिल्ली भेजना किसी भी मायने में काफी उम्दा generational leap थी. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">उनकी अम्मा ने उनके साथ उनकी देखभाल करने के लिए उनके साथ
एक cook-cum-cleaner-cum-squire-cum-निगेहबान भेजा था. उसका नाम था “छोटुआ”. पूरी
संभावना थी कि ये नाम छोटू का अपभ्रंश था पर छोटू बुलाते हुए उसे मैंने किसी को
सुना नहीं था इसलिए ये confirm नहीं कर सकता. सारे काम करने के अलावा छोटुआ उनपे
ये भी नज़र रखता था कि वो किसी लड़की से पींगे तो नहीं बढ़ा रहे; कहीं दिल्ली की
बदनाम हवा तो नहीं लग रही उनको. और सारी रिपोर्ट वापस उनकी अम्माजी को किया करता
था. खानदान के इकलौते चिराग थे. और कम से कम 35 लाख के post-dated cheque थे
झुन्नू भैय्या. तो इतनी निगरानी तो कोई ज़ाया नहीं थी. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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अपने माथे पर रख के सोचने की होती है. असल में उनकी नाक इतनी बड़ी थी कि शायद पहली
बार माथे कि तरफ ऊँगली ले जाते वक़्त बीच में barrier बन के नाक आ गयी होगी और बाद
में ये आदत बन गयी. इतनी भयानक आदत थी कि अगर हाथ busy हो तो छोटुआ को बाकायदा
बोला जाता था कि उनकी नाक पर ऊँगली रखे ताकि वो सोच सकें. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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बात है कि जो कोई अपनी नाक से सोचता हो उससे क्या ही उम्मीद लगायी जा सकती है? एक
बार झुन्नू भैय्या खाने बैठे राजमा-चावल तो राजमा में कोई taste ही नहीं लगा
उन्हें. बिलकुल फीका. फिर क्या था? छोटुआ पर बरस पड़े, “तुमको का लगता है? एक तुम
ही हमारा जासूसी कर सकता है? हम भी मम्मी को खबर कर सकते हैं कि तुम कोई काम ढंग
से नहीं करता है. फिर जाना तुम वापस भितरामपुर.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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भी है?”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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अरे वो जो हम फूलने के लिए पानी में डाले थे, कहीं वो तो नहीं खा गए न?”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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सुबह हो जाएगी. सो थोडा थोडा बताय रहे हैं. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">ऐसा हुआ एक
बार कि वो 12वीं के board के mock टेस्ट में chemistry में fail हो गए. तो उनको ये
निर्देश मिले कि अपने पिताजी की <a href="http://chaoticonfusion.blogspot.in/2012/09/hamaari-madam-jee.html" target="_blank">मैडमजी</a> के सामने परेड करवाई जाए. अब कम नंबर लाने
का उनका अनुभव तो पुराना था पर अपने पिताजी के सामने उनके कभी कम नंबर नहीं आये.
कुछ ऐसी बातें होती थी उनकी रिजल्ट निकलने के बाद. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“पप्पाजी
रिजल्ट आ गया.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“कैसे नंबर
आये?”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“अच्छे ही
आये हैं.” [ सिर्फ ठीक बोलने से न तो काम चलता था और शक पैदा होने की भी गुंजाईश
रहती थी.]</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“पर कितने
अच्छे आये हैं?”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“ जी 57% आये
हैं.” (ये सच्चाई थी. पर ख़ुशी और दुःख के एक delicate से बैलेंस को बना कर ये
बोलना होता था जिससे लगे कि ये कम नंबर भी अच्छे ही हैं.) </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“पर बेटा, ये
तो कम हैं. फर्स्ट डिभीज़न भी नहीं हैं.” ( जैसे पंजाबियों को बटर चिकन से,
मद्रासियों को The Hindu newspaper से मोहब्बत होती है, वैसे ही बिहार में माँ-बाप
को फर्स्ट डिभीज़न से लगाव होता है).</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“अच्छे हैं
पप्पाजी. हमारी क्लास में बस 3 लोगों के इससे ज्यादा आये हैं.” (ये trick use करके
अपने पिताजी को चूतिया बनाने की कोशिश करने वाले शायद वो दुनिया के 15478921वें
शख्श थे.)</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“ऐसे कैसे
बेवक़ूफ़ पढ़ते हैं तुम्हारी क्लास में. बेकारे तुमको दिल्ली भेजे.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“अरे ऐसा
नहीं है पप्पाजी. वो हमारी मैडम सब हैं न वो कम ही नंबर देते हैं. ऊ का बोलते हैं
कि ज्यादा नंबर दे दिए तो बच्चा लोग ऊ का कहते हैं कंप्लेंट हो जायेगा और पढाई
नहीं करेगा.” </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">उनके पिताजी
इसके बाद ज्यादा कुछ नहीं कहते थे. शायद कई बार जनसे ज्यादा प्यार किया जाता है
उनके द्वारा बेवक़ूफ़ बनाये जाने की आदत हो जाती है. बस इसी mutual understanding पर
दोनों की बातें ख़त्म हो जाती थी. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">पर अब जो
fail हो गए थे और निर्देश सख्त थे तो झुन्नू जी को ये समझ नहीं आ रहा था कि
पप्पाजी को कैसे समझाएं कि रातों-रात उनका ये सचिन तेंदुलकर शिव सुन्दर दास कैसे
बन गया. तो काफी पशोपेश में थे. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“अरे झुन्नू
भैया, कहते हैं कि मजबूरी में तो गधे को भी बाप बनाना पड़ता है. कसम से हम fail हुए
होते तो आपको ही बाप बना कर ले जाते. पर अब आप तो ये भी नहीं कर सकते न.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">नाक पर ऊँगली
रखने के बाद भी उनकी समझ में घंटा कुछ नहीं आया. अच्छा ही था एक तरीके से ये भी.
तभी हमारे दिमाग में कुछ चमका.</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“झुन्नू
भैया. गधा छोड़िये. गधे से अच्छी acting तो आपका छोटुआ कर लेगा. थोडा बड़ा तो लगता
ही है आपसे. का कहते हैं, बताइए.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“नहीं मानेगा
न. और मैडमजी को पता लग गया तो बम्बू कर देंगी.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“और जो आपके
पप्पा को पता चल गया की आप chemistry में चारों खाने चित्त हो गए हैं तो बम्बू
छोड़िये, टेंट नहीं खड़ा कर देंगे वो? </span>तो सोच
लीजिये कि टेंट चाहिए या बम्बू?”</div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">इस argument
पर वो फिर से चारों खाने चित्त हो गए. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">छोटुआ को
मनाना कोई बड़ी बात नहीं थी. अगर जो ये नाटक चल जाता तो उसके हाथ में ज़िन्दगी भर के
लिए झुन्नू भैया को blackmail करने का ज़बरदस्त हथियार आ जाता. और जो कहीं नहीं
चलता तो कुछ पैसे और “included perks” की guarantee उसे दे दी गयी थी. ये असल में
झुन्नू भैय्या ने नहीं दी थी. हमलोगों ने दी थी. कोई तमाशा बनने को तैयार हो जाए
तो कई बार डमरू बजाने की ज़रुरत नहीं होती भीड़ इकठ्ठा करने के लिए.</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">छोटुआ को सब
कुछ सिखा दिया था उन्होंने. कहने का मतलब बस ये था कि उसको बता दिया था कि उसे बस चुप
रहना है. बाकी झुन्नू भैय्या को भरोसा था कि वो संभाल लेंगे. उनका भरोसा देख कर
समझ में आता था कि मायावती और राम विलास पासवान जैसे लोग कैसे प्रधानमंत्री बनने
के सपने देखने लगते हैं. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">D-Day के दिन
छोटुआ को लेकर झुन्नू भैय्या स्कूल पहुंचे. सीधे शब्दों में कहें तो उनकी फटी पड़ी
थी. आखिर बम्बू/टेंट के लिए जगह भी बनानी थी. खैर मैडम जी अच्छे मूड में लग रही
थी. वैसे भी PTM के दिन सारे teacher अच्छे मूड में ही होते हैं. मानों कोई मोबाइल
पर shooting गेम खेल रहे हों और अचानक से बोनस लेवल आ जाये और भड़भड़ा कर 50-60
टारगेट्स एक साथ आ जायें तो मन कैसे गदगद हो जाता है. PTM में टीचरों को ऐसे ही
लगता होगा. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“</span><span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">ये बच्चा कहीं छूट ना जाए</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”</span><span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">झुन्नू भैया
का भी नंबर आया. उनको देखते ही मैडम जी चिहुंक कर बोलीं, “क्यूँ बे झुन्नुलाल.
बाबूजी को बुलाने बोले थे न आपको. ये भैयाजी को पकड़ कर क्यूँ ले आये हो? और भाई भी
बड़ा है कि छोटा?”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“मैडमजी, ये
भैया नहीं हैं. हमारे पप्पाजी हैं. बस दिखते नहीं हैं.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">वैसे तो
छोटुआ को सख्त दिशानिर्देश दिए गए थी कि वो अपना मुंह न खोले पर जो कहीं दुनिया
महज़ हिदायतों पर चलती तो फिर कुछ भी नया कभी कहाँ होना था? </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">तो वो कूद
पड़ा. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“अरे
श्रीमतीजी हम इसके बाप ही हैं. वो क्या है कि हमारा बाल विवाह हो गया था. तो जब हम
बच्चे थे तभी हमारे बच्चे हो गए थे. और फिर थोड़े खाते पीते घर के हैं इसलिए, नज़र न
लगे पर ज्यादा अधेड़ दिखते नहीं हैं.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">ये बकैती
छोटुआ की masterstroke निकली. मैडमजी को जो छोटुआ के झुन्नू भैय्या के पिताजी होने
पर संदेह था, उस शक पर अब शक के काले बादल घुमड़ने लगे थे. पर झुन्नू भैया के दिमाग
में झुनझुना बजने लगा था. पूरी script रट्टा लगा के आये थे वो. यहाँ ससुरी पहला
सवाल ही out of syllabus जा रहा था.</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;"> पर
मैडमजी भी इतनी जल्दी कहाँ हार मानने वाली थी. बड़े ही casual से अंदाज़ में पुछा, “तो
जी नाम क्या बताया आपने?”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">छोटुआ के
मुंह से तपाक से निकला, “जी बुच्चन भैया बुलाते हैं हमको”.</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">मैडमजी की
त्योरियां चढ़ने से पहले ही झुन्नू भैय्या के एंटीने खड़े हो गए थे, नथुने फड़कने लगे
थे और मुंह से झाग निकलने ही वाला था कि वो किसी तरह बोले, “वो इनका नाम तो
गंगाश्रय झा है. गाँव में बुच्चन भैया बुलाते हैं. वो हमारे पप्पाजी गाँव से बाहर
निकले नहीं काफी समय से तो कई बार अपना असली नाम ही भूल जाते हैं.” </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">कुछ हुआ कि
मैडमजी मान गयीं. पता नहीं क्या. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“तो गंगाधर
जी, आप दवाई कि दूकान करते हैं न? मुझे पता चला कहीं से. तो कहीं से कुछ दवाई दारू
कीजिये अपने लाडले के लिए नहीं तो इनको पास करने के लिए बस दुआ का सहारा रह
जायेगा.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">ये कह के
ठहाका लगा कर हंसी. फिर बोलीं, “आप केमिस्ट और आपका बेटा केमिस्ट्री में fail.
हाहाहा.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">सच बताएं तो
जितनी rehersal उन्होंने इस joke और हंसी दोनों की कर रखी थी उसके मद्देनजर उनका
परफॉरमेंस काफी कमज़ोर था. खैर.</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">पर ये बात
छोटुआ के बारे में नहीं कही जा सकती. वो पूरा character में घुस चुका था. उसके बाद
जो हुआ उसका अंदेशा झुन्नू भैय्या ने अपने सपने में तो क्या अपने सपने के
inception में भी नहीं हुआ होगा. ये इधर झुन्नू भैया का कान था और ये इधर छोटुआ का
हाथ था. “ई का कह रहे हैं मैडमजी? हम तुमको भेजे यहाँ विद्यार्थी बनने के लिए और
तुम तो विद्या की ही अर्थी उठा रहे हो बेटा. अभी तुम्हारे दादाजी को पता चलेगा तो
वो तो सदमे से ही मर जायेंगे.” </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">ज़ाहिर सी बात
थी, सिनेमा देख देख कर उसने acting करना सीखा था. सो कतई निरूपा राय बन बैठा था.
ये दीगर बात थी कि निरूपा राय के बेटे आमतौर पर college में first आया करते थे. </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">छोटुआ तो दो
चार झापड़ भी लगाने वाला था पर मैडमजी को अभी कुछ और parents से भी जूझना था. तो
थोडा प्यार से बोलीं, “कोई नहीं गंगाराय
जी. अगले mock टेस्ट में झुन्नूलाल पास हो जायेंगे. ऐसे भी पहला mock टेस्ट हम
जल्दी ले लेते हैं तो बच्चों के पास कई दफा टाइम नहीं होता ज्यादा. तो अब आप जाइये.” </span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">तो ऐसे “बाप
बनाओ operation” में विजयी होकर दोनों ने जैसे ही पीछे मुड़कर चलना शुरू किया था कि
पीछे से मैडम जी ने आवाज़ लगायी, “गंगाराम जी, ये हमारी spondylitis का दर्द बढ़ता
ही जा रहा है. कोई अच्छा pain-killer बताइए न जिसके sideffects न हों.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">“मैडमजी, हम
दवाई की दूकान चलाते भर हैं बस. वैसे तो कुछ लोग देश भी चलाते हैं. है कि नहीं ? जी अब जाते हैं हम.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">मैडमजी ने
हंस कर सर हिला दिया सहमति में. पर जैसे ही दोनों बाहर निकलने वाले थे कि पीछे से
आवाज़ आई, “झुन्नुलाल यहाँ आओ थोडा. और अकेले ही आना.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HI" style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Mangal","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Arial;">पास पहुँचने पर मैडम जी ने कहा, “देखिये अगर आप अगले mock
टेस्ट में fail हो जाते हैं तो हम आपको boards में तो नहीं ही बैठने देंगे और साथ
ही आपके पिताजी को फ़ोन भी कर देंगे. असली वाले पिताजी को. समझ गए न. अब जाइये.”</span><span style="color: #405a04; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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mock में तो पास हो गए पर board में fail हो गए. आजकल पिताजी को रिटायर करवा के
दवाई की दूकान खुद चलाते हैं. और बस ये है कि उनके कैशिएर कि तनख्वाह हमारे take
home से थोड़ी सी ज्यादा है.</span></div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-86381379918920621362015-05-03T22:46:00.000+05:302015-08-26T22:46:23.056+05:30What is a Piping Engineer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>(Cross-posted from my Quora answer to the question- "What is a piping engineer?" Hope it helps!)</i><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Since I work in Oil & Gas field, I can only speak about the piping engineers from my field.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Broadly spea</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">king, there are two types of Piping engineers -</span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Layout </b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">engineers and </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Stress</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> Engineers. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span><b>Layout Engineers</b>- As the name suggests, they are responsible for proposal and finalization of the layout of the entire area. Though they are piping engineers to start with, since pipes are ubiquitous in a plant, they ultimately become responsible for layout of the entire plant including the civil, electrical and other items. For this reason, a major part of their job involves coordination with other departments and resolution of conflicts as and when they occur. They decide the routing of the pipes, the requirement of items such as manholes and vents as per requirement or standard practice and almost anything else you can imagine to do with pipes. However deciding the size and material of the pipe is done by a Process Engineer and not by a Piping Engineer. Depending on the size of the project, some layout engineers might be required to do specialist jobs like that of a <b>Material Engineer</b> or a <b>Support Engineer. </b>A Material Engineer is required for creation of datasheets, BOQ (Bill of Quantities) etc for respective materials. He may also be the one responsible for selection of material for certain piping items such as supports and springs. A Support Engineer designs supports and creates support standards which contain information about the type of supports required, their respective designs, the acceptable support span etc. If a project is comparatively smaller, you might find Layout Engineer, Material Engineer and Support Engineer all rolled into one.<div>
<br style="line-height: 1.4;" /><b>Stress Engineers- </b>Stress Engineers are responsible for checking whether the proposed pipe routing is safe from a stress point of view or not. A pipe must not fail i.e burst, bend or go out of shape beyond acceptable limits due to pressure, temperature or any other ambient conditions. A stress engineer is responsible to ensure that. The analysis is usually done by software such as CAESAR or Autopipe. In case of failure of the pipes, the stress engineers is also required to suggest alternative routing and measures which will ensure the safety of the pipes. Apart from pipes, stress engineer also analyses piping associated with equipment such as pumps, compressors , pressure vessels , storage tanks to ensure that the pipes at the interface (usually nozzles) do not fail while in operation or on standby.<br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Hope it helps.</span><i> </i></div>
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I hosted a Mahabharata Quiz on Twitter Quiz handle <a href="https://twitter.com/kweezzz" target="_blank">@kweezzz </a> and am cross-posting the questions here. Even some of the text questions were in pictures so that to prevent Googling and I am posting them as it is. I have also tried to explain the answers in more detail than it was possible in 140 characters in the Twitter format. Do try the quiz and leave the feedback in comments.<br />
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2. X was killed by A. At least twice, X's kin B & C attempted revenge for the death of X. B took the help of D but A was saved by a clever manoeuver of E. Later C attempted revenge on A's grandson. Identify A, B, C, D, E. </div>
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1st hint- A & E are Arjuna and Krishna respectively. 2nd hint- D is Karna. Now tell me who are B & C. </div>
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3. Just tell me the names of the longest and the shortest Parva of Mahabharata.</div>
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4. Pick the odd one out and tell me why. -- <b> Raam, Lakshman,Bharat, Hanuman, Sugreev. </b></div>
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5. Just tell me the names Pandavas and Draupadi took during the Agyaatvaas. </div>
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What two names will come instead of XXXXXX in that list? </div>
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12. If Kurukhestra is Kurukshetra, Ang Pradesh is Bhagalpur and Gandhaar is Peshawar then what are Indraprastha, Hastinapur and Madr Desh?<br />
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13. I didn't ask this question in the online quiz but can you connect J.Robert Oppeheimer to Mahabharata?<br />
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1. The answer is Ugrasravas. Jaya was as written by Ved Vyaas also known as Krishna Dwaipayana. Bharata was as narrated by Vaisampayana to King Janamjeya. It took the name Mahabharata when it was narrated by Ugrasravas to a group of Rishis. The narration of Vaisampayana is contained in the story narrated by Ugrasravas. So Mahabharata is technically a story within a story.<br />
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2. A is Arjuna. B is Aswasena. C is Takshak. D is Karna. E is Krishna. This is a very fascinating story told in Mahabharata. Pandavas had to burn a dense forest called Khandavprastha to establish their capital Indraprastha. Arjuna was entrusted with this task in which his friend Krishna helped him. They together burned down the entire forest along with the inhabitants as an offering to Agni Dev. Among those who died was the wife of Naag-King Takshaka. She sacrificed herself to save his son Aswasena. Takshaka was away and hence survived. The father-son duo swore revenge on Arjuna. Later during Mahabharata, Aswasena collaborated with Karna and manifested himself into the deadly and accurate Naag-astra that Karna used on Arjuna. Krishna recognized Aswasena and saved Arjuna by pressing the knees of the horses into the ground so that the Naag-Astra could only hit the crown on head of Arjuna. Later Takshaka poisoned the food of Parikshit, grandson of Arjuna, thus killing him and completing his revenge. <br />
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3. The longest Parva is Shantiparva with 14,732 verses and shortest is Swargarohana Parva with only 209 verses.<br />
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4. The odd one out is Ram. Though some other answers can be also given through vague or not so vague connections but the quiz was Mahabharata specific and quiz master's discretion so I accepted only Ram as the correct answer. Now for the connect I had in mind.<br />
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All the other names were present either as themselves or as namesakes in both Mahabharata and Ramayana. Hanuman was himself there on the chariot flag of Arjuna. Laskhman was also the name of son of Duryodhana. Bharat, also the son of Shankuntala was one of the ancestor of Kauravas and Pandavas and Sugreev was the name of one of the horses of Arjuna's chariot.<br />
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5. Kanka, Vallabha, Brihannala, Granthika, Tantipala and Malini. Sairandhri was the name of the post Draupadi took up.<br />
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6. The two missing names are Rukmini and Satyabhama. These two along with other six made up the eight Patraanis of Krishna.<br />
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7. Jaya-Vijaya, the cursed dwarpalas of Vishnu appear as Shishupala and Dantavakra in Mahabharata. The two pictures are of Amitabh playing the characters called Jaya and Vijaya in Sholay and Deewar respectively.<br />
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Jaya- Vijaya appear throughout the Indian mythology due to the curse of Four Kumaras. They appear in every Yuga. They were reborn as Hiranyakashyapu and Hiranyaksha in Satyuga, as Raavan and Kumbhkarna in Treta Yuga and as mentioned, as Shishupala and Dantavakra in Dwapar Yuga.<br />
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8. The name of this character is Barbareeka, grandson of Bhima and he is now widely worshiped as Khatu Shyaam Jee.<br />
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Barbareeka was a very unique character with very unique powers. He had three arrows given by Lord Shiva which were supposed to be conquerors of the three worlds. So for all practical purposes, Barbareeka was pretty invincible. Krishna himself tested the infallibility of his three arrows. Barbareeka was pledged to fight for the weaker side in the war which at the beginning was of Pandavas. But it was brought to his notice that he will have to keep switching sides as and when the opposite side becomes weaker and thus in the end only he will be left alive. To resolve him of his dilemma, Krishna took his head in charity. Krishna placed his head on a mountain from which he watched the entire war. He was one among the very few who witnessed the Viraat form of Krishna.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Altogether 2,18,700 humans and 87,480 animals
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The rat came out of the hole. He watched intently as it
went into another hole. This was fun. More fun than the party his father had
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The party was plain boring. There was no one of his age
around. His father was the most reputed surgeon in the town. Funnily, this
reputation actually came from him being a rather good businessman than a very
good doctor. He had a chain of hospitals in this part of country and this party
was for some anniversary for some such hospital of his. Though he had not
performed a single surgery in the last five years, his reputation preceded him.
He wondered if his father even remembered the difference between a pancreas and
a spleen anymore. But of course it didn't matter. He looked around and saw his
father surrounded by two beautiful interns. The world, as they say is ruled by
powerful men and pretty ladies. </div>
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He knew what it was doing. Courtesy a bit of National
Geographic Channel and a bit of his zoology course books, he knew that the rat
can have affairs. That is they have multiple sexual partners. It only appeared
amusing to him and not immoral. It’s only humans who attach the tag of morality
to something as natural as sex and then validate it by attaching the
institution of marriage to it. Or, so he thought. </div>
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It had been sometime since the rat went into the second
hole. Possibly it will take time. He got up, put on his shoes and walked back
towards the party. Only one intern was hovering around his father now. His father had probably made his choice. Or in the rat-race for his father, this intern had won. Rat-Race.
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Walking out of the party, from his father’s overcoat he
took his car keys. He knew that tonight his father won’t need them. Besides he
needed time to think of a satisfying excuse for his father’s impending absence
to give to his mother. As much time as roaming around the city in this BMW could get
him. Poor soul his mother. As if she didn't know. Somebody has rightly said
that doctors should only have doctors as spouses. </div>
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begun to look forward to his tomorrow’s zoology class. They were to be taught
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-16936664253743598382015-01-26T19:37:00.001+05:302015-01-26T19:37:17.549+05:3031 दिसंबर - Transcript <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
सबने पी रखी थी. कुछ भंड थे, कुछ को बस चढ़ी ही थी, कुछ चढ़ी होने का नाटक कर रहे थे और कुछ चढ़ी होने के बाद चढ़ी न होने का नाटक कर रहे थे. ये योर्स ट्रूली को ठीक ठीक याद नहीं की ये ट्रांस्क्रिप्ट में कौन किस state में था. खैर…<br />
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" यार ऑफिस में एक लड़की पसंद आ गयी है. पर by god हमारा कोई कनेक्शन ही नहीं है कि कभी आँख भी मिले. बस कभी कभी इधर उधर मैडम जी उठती हैं तो हम ताड़ने लगते हैं. सो बस ताड़ने भर का connection है."<br />
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"अबे भाई तू टेंशन न ले. पहले तो facebook पर friend request मार दे. फिर देखते हैं."<br />
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"यार नयी नयी आई है. साला कोई जुगाड़ लगा रखा है कि बिना mututal friend के कोई friend request ही न भेज सकता है. ये एक तो पहले तो कोई लड़की हमको ऐसे ही घास नहीं डालती है और ऊपर से ये facebook वाले तिकड़म भिड़ा कर हमको काँटा भी नहीं डालने देते. भक्क साला. ज़िन्दगी ही.... समझ गए न बाकी."<br />
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"हम्म्म … Problem तो है. तू एक काम कर. ऐसा कभी मौका मिले तो उसको ignore मत करियो कभी."<br />
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"भाई ताड़ने समझता है ना? 'ना इग्नोर कर पाने' की चरमावस्था को ताड़ना कहते हैं. कभी न सुना हो तो."<br />
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"अबे मेरा मतलब कि कभी नज़र उठा कर देखे तो घबरा कर इधर उधर मत देखने लग जाना. समझे?"<br />
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"हमको काहे देखेगी बे वो? हम क्या जॉन अब्राहम हैं?"<br />
<i>बीच में कोई टपका. कौन टपका ये याद नही. सो न पूछें. </i><br />
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<i>"</i>अबे बिहारी. कहाँ जॉन अब्राहम तक पहुँच गया. रवि किशन तक ही रह ना. "<br />
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"क्यूं भैया? आप अगर अंडमान निकोबार से होते तो क्या खुद को indigenous pygmies से खुद को compare करते? वैसे फिर से सोचें तो क्या पता कर ही लेते. "<br />
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थोड़ी देर तक बातें ठहाकों में डूब गयीं. वैसे कोई ख़ास मज़ेदार joke भी नहीं था. पर पी कर भंड होने के बाद चीज़ें कुछ magnify होकर दिखने लगती हैं. दोस्त भाई बन जाते हैं. Crushes गर्लफ्रेंड्स बन जाती हैं. गर्लफ्रेंड्स property बन जाती हैं कभी कभी. और सारे चूतिये किसी न किसी चीज़ में expert बन जाते हैं. और कहीं न कहीं तो ऐसे ही हर लड़का लड़कियों के मामले में खुद को expert ही समझता है. अमूमन दारू की ज़रुरत भी नहीं पड़ती. <br />
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"अच्छा तो तू उसे दिन भर ताड़ता रहता है तो काम भी कभी करता है?"<br />
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" देख एक तो directly तब ही ताड़ता हूँ जब वो सीट से उठती है. और भाई ने Facebook पर ढूंढ रखा ही है. तो मैडम को हर दूसरे दिन Profile Picture बदलने का शौक़ है. तो बेटा एक window में खोल कर रखता हूँ और दिन में दो चार बार refresh कर लेता हूँ page. ताड़ने में भी भाई ने technological जुगाड़ पेल रखा है."<br />
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"अबे साले ठरकी. तुम्हारे जैसे लोगों के लिए ही arranged marriage मुंह फाड़ के खड़ा रहता है स्वागत करने के लिए. बस माँ बाप ही तुम्हारे काम आयेँगे. खुद से तो बोला जाएगा नहीं कुछ."<br />
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" अच्छा क्या बोल दें? नहीं अब साला explain करो कि क्या बोल दें?"<br />
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"कि तुम मुझे अच्छी लगती हो etc etc . जैसे date के लिए पूछते हैं लोग."<br />
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"अच्छा एक काम करते हैं. Act करके बता. मान ले कि तू मैं है और मैं वो लड़की हूँ. चल. Done ?<br />
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"अच्छा चल देख ध्यान से. ठीक है चल."<br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">*Act -1*</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">"<i>Excuse me ." </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"><i></i>"<i>Yes?"</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">"<i>Errr... </i>"</span><br />
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"भाई देख ऐसा है न उसके Yes बोलते ही मैं ऐसे भागूंगा न जैसे इमरान खान पेशावर के स्कूल से भागा था. तो आप मुझे play कर रहे हैं तो करैक्टर में रहिये और मेरे यानी कि मैडम जी के yes कहते ही फूट लीजिये शराफत से. समझे कि नहीं?"<br />
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" अबे बकचोदी। यहाँ मैं तुझे बस play कर रहा हूँ. वो भी तुझे educate करने के लिए. तेरी नक़ल नहीं उतार रहा. उसके लिए तू ही काफी है. फिर से start करते हैं चल. Ok?"<br />
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<i><span style="color: #783f04;">"Excuse me."</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #783f04;">"Yes ?"</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #783f04;">"Errr… "</span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: #783f04;">"Just a second . तू वही है न जो दिन भर मेरे को ताड़ता रहता है? Boss what is the deal? Problem क्या है तुम्हारी? दिल्ली पुलिस में complaint करूं तुम्हारी?" </span></i><br />
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"भक साला. भंड लोगों को कुछ advice देना ही चुतियापा है."<br />
"भाई तू तो बुरा मान गया यार. चल एक बार फिर try करते हैं."<br />
"बेटा पर तुमसे न हो पायेगा. समझ में आ गया बस. तुम बस अपनी जान बचाओ . मोहसिना ले जाएगा कोई फैज़ल जिसमे थोड़ा गूदा होगा.<br />
"यार ऐसे सुल्तान न बनो तुम. तुम्हारी बहन नहीं लगती वो. चल dialogue बोल अपना."<br />
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<i><span style="color: #783f04;">"Excuse me."</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;">"<i>Yes ." </i></span><br />
<i><span style="color: #783f04;">"Err.. I was wondering if you will come if I ask you out for a coffee, or a movie or if you don't like coffee or movies then just for a walk or maybe..you know I was just wondering."</span></i><br />
<span style="color: #783f04;"><i>"Well, I am always up for a coffee but now I am wondering if you would be as wondering about asking me out if you knew I have a long-term boyfriend</i>."</span><br />
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*<b>SILENCE*</b> <br />
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"साले जब तुझे पता है कि उसका बंदा है तो कहीं और जा कर अपना मुंह मार न. खामख्वाह क्यों अपना दिल दहला रहा है?"<br />
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"यार हर hot लड़की का बंदा तो होता ही है. मेरे जैसे बेकार दिखने वाले, कम कमाने वाले, non-charming लौंडो को ये बात factor करके चलनी चाहिए कि सबसे ज्यादा सिंगल दिखने वाली लड़की का भी बंदा होगा. और जो न हो तो भी हमारी शकल देख कर वो बोल देगी कि भाई मैं तो long - term रिलेशनशिप में हूँ. "<br />
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"फिर से try करना है क्या?"<br />
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"ना रे. छोड़ अब. जो साला reject ही होना है तो facebook पर friend request भेज कर sophisticated तरीके से ही reject हो जाते हैं. किसी को पता भी नहीं चलेगा. ये बता convergys खुला होगा क्या अभी?"<br />
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फिर हम इस पूजा तो छोड़ कर पेट-पूजा करने चले गये. </div>
Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-44971347124065654812014-12-09T15:35:00.000+05:302015-01-26T20:32:40.627+05:30Some thoughts on Phil Hughes.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">It felt like being punched in the stomach. And later I was shocked beyond belief. I have never felt this way for any sport-related injury and maybe never will again because somehow now I have come to accept that there is a one in a million chance that someone can actually die not only playing cricket but facing a bouncer. I mean, yes there have been cases like Raman Lamba but I thought that to be a freak incident. This one seemed like a seminal incident to me in some ways. I hope I am wrong. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">A bouncer in cricket is not merely a delivery in</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">tended to make it difficult for the batsman to score but it is a weapon to intimidate. It often is a ploy which extends far beyond that particular delivery. You have had fast bowlers proclaiming that they wanted to see blood on the pitch. But they surely didn't want to kill anyone. But now they know that rare it may be, someone can die. In the aftermath of the incident, I have often wondered how it will change the face of fast bowling. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">A few months back, without any second thoughts, I would have said that the most exciting thing to happen in last couple of years was Mitchell Johnson's accurate and relentless intimidation and subsequent annihilation of English and South African batsmen. Now</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">I am feeling slightly guilty for feeling that exhilaration. There were some bruises, some broken bones but at least nobody died. I have high hopes from this generation of Indian batsmen and was so looking forward to facing them against Johnson this December. Now I am not so sure. Will Johnson be as willing? In the light of everything which happened, can he be? </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Like many others, I was reminded of my own cricket playing days and in particular of one incident. I was a so called fast bowler with no promise at all. But matting wickets can often bring out the devil out of any trundler and as it happened, one delivery hit a batsman on his gloves and then the chin on which he got a bad cut. The ball ballooned up and my first instinct was not to go check the batsman but to catch the ball. Normally, it would have been a standard practice. But now I feel so guilty. So many times as a bowler I felt angry on being hit and wanted to respond by a bouncer or worse, a beamer just to send the batsman packing. I now feel so relieved that apart from that cut on the chin, I was never able to hurt anyone. It was not for the lack of trying, surely. And that is such a creepy, dirty feeling. For me, that somehow puts into perspective what Sean Abbott must be going through and just how unfair it is to him. </span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">So, I am terribly sad for Phillip Hughes. I am sad also because of the deep introspection it prompted and am also sad because</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> just maybe, a tearway fast bowler will think twice before bowling another bouncer.</span></blockquote>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-81031385839537294202014-08-05T23:36:00.000+05:302014-12-30T16:37:55.698+05:30Ship of Theseus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>(The blog has been long neglected and truth be told, learning itself has been long neglected. So making a faux-resolution that I will be more frequent in postings from now on. Posts might be most cheesy at times but hopefully, there will be posts. </i><br />
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<i>Starting with a post about my thoughts on the famous <a href="http://www.logicalparadoxes.info/theseus-ship/" target="_blank">Ship Of Theseus</a> paradox. I was supposed to write it as a part of a contest and am reproducing it here.) </i><br />
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loosely a matter of definition. How do you define dichotomy? Indeed, how do you
even begin to recognize it? Isn’t even establishing its existence somewhat akin
to dividing the world into strict black and white areas and thus leaving no
room for shades of grey? And then if it’s true, shouldn’t all branches of
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<span style="color: #783f04; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But even that definition to my mind is a simple matter of convenience.
So while I think that it still remains the same ship, it is so not because of
strong conviction but merely because considering so is convenient to me. One
might disagree and claim that his conviction in the opposite idea is stronger
than mine and I might be tempted to debate. But isn’t debating it again a
matter of seeking dichotomy? And being a non-confrontational person in general,
it is convenient for me to avoid it. Thus it remains the same ship. It might be
proclaimed as ignorance or general vacuity itself but who is to say that the
other idea if proved correct won’t be extrapolated? Again one might say that
the scope of the question is rather narrow. It is only about the ship. But if
it is only about the ship, then does it really matter? </span></div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-78816480133049107862014-01-10T13:20:00.000+05:302014-12-30T16:39:45.118+05:30Swarocean- Mori Araj Suno<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">I have no musical education whatsoever and am thus deaf to </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">ragas </i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">and when I first listened to it, there were no subtitles. So I was left with massive holes between my understandings of words. But the composition still seeped to my bones and has been there ever since. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">(</span><i><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Recently I have put some posts on Quora blog<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://swarocean.quora.com/" target="_blank">Swarocean </a> which I am going to henceforth
cross-post here. The blog is about songs which are not very well known but are
rare accomplishments in their own rights. Unheard tunes, in different
languages, but each make a sound which kick up a familiar feeling somewhere. That
the world emanates from you. That
feeling of <span lang="HI" style="background-color: white;">अहं ब्रह्मास्मि</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span>Music, indeed knows no boundaries. But close your eyes and feel that the music
makes you limitless as well.)</span></i><br />
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-31355560743429814422013-11-30T13:16:00.005+05:302013-11-30T13:17:18.435+05:30Swarocean- Kolnkini Radha<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">I have always pictured this song as the perfect musical rendition of latter life of Radha. We have always had some beautiful songs about Radha during her times with Krishna like Radha Kaise Na Jale et al. But despite what the words might suggest, to me this song is about her life beyond that. I suppose it is to do with the noteworthy </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">thehrav </i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">I find in the song which is my favorite element of it. The </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">thehrav </i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">which I find synonymous with the vacuum Radha would have found in her life after Krishna left. Who knows, if around she might have sung this version during one of her schizophrenic delusions featuring Krishna. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, Palladio, 'URW Palladio L', 'Book Antiqua', Baskerville, 'Bookman Old Style', 'Bitstream Charter', 'Nimbus Roman No9 L', Garamond, 'Apple Garamond', 'ITC Garamond Narrow', 'New Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook', 'Century Schoolbook L', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px;">Maybe I am over-analyzing here, but of what use is a great song if it arouses no partisan feelings. </span><br />
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cross-post here. The blog is about songs which are not very well known but are
rare accomplishments in their own rights. Unheard tunes, in different
languages, but each make a sound which kick up a familiar feeling somewhere. That
the world emanates from you. That
feeling of <span lang="HI" style="background-color: white;">अहं ब्रह्मास्मि</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span>Music, indeed knows no boundaries. But close your eyes and feel that the music
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cross-post here. The blog is about songs which are not very well known but are
rare accomplishments in their own rights. Unheard tunes, in different
languages, but each make a sound which kick up a familiar feeling somewhere. That
the world emanates from you. That
feeling of </span><span lang="HI" style="background-color: white; color: black;">अहं ब्रह्मास्मि</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black;">. </span><span style="color: black;">Music, indeed knows no boundaries. But close your eyes and feel that the music
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-8477387816681449932013-11-30T12:52:00.004+05:302013-11-30T12:52:59.333+05:30Swarocean- Man Mor Bani Tanghat <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">(Recently I have put some posts on Quora blog<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://swarocean.quora.com/" target="_blank">Swarocean </a> which I am going to henceforth
cross-post here. The blog is about songs which are not very well known but are
rare accomplishments in their own rights. Unheard tunes, in different
languages, but each make a sound which kick up a familiar feeling somewhere. That
the world emanates from you. That
feeling of <span lang="HI" style="background-color: white;">अहं ब्रह्मास्मि</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span>Music, indeed knows no boundaries. But close your eyes and feel that the music
makes you limitless as well.)</span><br />
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-77316321847068887102013-07-05T00:38:00.001+05:302013-07-05T00:38:53.942+05:30Chameleon <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Prim and proper for the office, I started the bike only to
have it look at me as if asking, “How would you like to die?” Its eyes were
full of despair and hope. I didn't know that thus could happen. It had probably
seen more of such emotions in the short life span than I had. <br />
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The hind legs crushed by a passing car; plastered to the tar of
the road, I wondered if the chameleon felt like Jesus on the cross. I wondered
if Jesus would have preferred a clean death. Did it want me to play its “savior”? “How
would you like me to die?”<br />
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If I were Indian government, I would prefer it to
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I would not have blood on my hands, I thought; or on my bike
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-1730119179447101342013-04-23T00:10:00.001+05:302020-08-14T12:29:20.124+05:30The Dabang. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पहली</span><span face="" lang="HI" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">क्लास</span><span face="" lang="HI" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">थी</span><span face="" lang="HI" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">बारहवीं की. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Mangal; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: HI; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">अभी</span><span face="" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;"> 2 </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">दिन पहले ही हम छोटे से शहर रांची से दिल्ली आये थे. अब ऐसा
भी कोई छोटा शहर नहीं था रांची. पर कहते हैं न कि हर सेर का सवा सेर होता है. और
फिर ये तो दिल्ली थी. बचपन से सुनते आ रहे थे कहावतों में. “अब दिल्ली दूर नहीं”,
“बड़ा दिल्ली का सुलतान समझ रखे हो?”. पर बस इतना बड़ा शहर था कि घर से स्कूल आने
में करीब पौने दो घंटे लगते थे. हमारे घर के तरफ इतनी दूर किसी का ऑफिस होता था तो
वो आना जाना ट्रेन से करते थे. वो भी हफ्ते में बस एक बार आना होता था और एक बार
जाना. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">एक भैया के साथ रहने दिल्ली
आये थे. एक सहमे से लड़के के लिए जिसके आँखे थोड़ी चुंधिया सी रही थी, उसके वाबस्ता </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">feminist <span lang="HI">के लिए जो</span> term <span lang="HI">उपयुक्त होगा बस वो
इस्तेमाल कर लीजिये हमारे भैयाजी के लिए</span>. <span lang="HI">हम यहाँ मिमिया रहे
थे और वो बस हमें छुट्टा सांड समझ बैठे थे</span>. <span lang="HI">पहले दिन स्कूल जाने
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</span><span face="" lang="HI" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">बस स्टॉप पूछ कर उतर जाना</span><span face="" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">. </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">वहां से बस</span><span face="" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">
800-900m </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">पर तुम्हारा स्कूल है</span><span face="" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">. </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">किसी से भी पूछ
लेना</span><span face="" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">. </span><span face="" lang="HI" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">वो बता देगा</span><span face="" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">.”</span></span></div>
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तो अब तक पर हमें पक्का यकीन हो जाता कि वो सरकारी मुलाज़िम हैं</span><span face="" style="color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">.</span></span></div>
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">“बस पॉकेट में कुछ पैसे
रखना हमेशा. कहीं भुतलाओ तो चट से ऑटो पकड़ कर सीधा घर. वैसे भी ये दिल्ली है.
लड़कों के लिए ज्यादा घबराने की ज़रुरत नहीं होती है.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हम सब समझ गए थे. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कहते हैं कि </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“Boarding life makes a man out of a child”. <span lang="HI">हम तो यहाँ पर खासे
साल बोर्डिंग में बिता कर आये थे. उस हिसाब से काफी </span>man up <span lang="HI">हो
जाना चाहिए था हमें. पर अब ये महानगर क्या जाने क्या करने वाला था. बड़ा शहर शायद
यूँ कह लीजिये puts man in Haraaman. कुछ दिनों में सीख लिया था कि प्राइवेट बसों
में सफ़र करना DTC से कहीं ज्यादा फायदेमंद है. उसमे २ रुपये की टिकट ले कर कहीं भी जा सकते थे जब तक पकडे न
जाओ. और जो पकडे गए तो भोली शकल बना कर बाकी के पैसे दे दो. DTC में तो सीधा 100
का fine होता था. और भी कुछ कुछ ट्रिक्स थे. खैर पर अभी पहली क्लास की तरफ वापस
चलते हैं. ये भूमिका चावला के होंठों से भी बड़ी भूमिका बाँधने का मेरा कोई इरादा
नहीं था वैसे. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पहली क्लास </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">physics <span lang="HI">की थी. जिस जंतु (या जीव) ने दरवाज़े से एंट्री मारी थी
उसने कतई मेरी बचपन की यादें ताज़ा कर दी थी. उनको देख कर मुझे अलिफ़ लैला में आने
वाले जादूगर की याद आ गयी थी. मोटे, लम्बे और यूँ बिलकुल फ्रेंच बकरदाढ़ी की </span>extension
<span lang="HI">के माफिक झूलती हुई सी.</span></span></span></div>
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हो गया था कि हमें रत्ती भर भी फरक नहीं पड़ता कि उनका नाम </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">A M Malik <span lang="HI">है या </span>A M Naukar. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“मैं तुम्हे </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">Physics <span lang="HI">पढ़ाऊंगा. और बाकी ये है कि मैं </span>All India
Kendriya Vidyalaya Teacher Association <span lang="HI">का </span>General
Secretary <span lang="HI">भी हूँ.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ये थोडा ज्यादा गर्भवती था.</span></div>
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">पर हम तो बच्चे थे. मन के सच्चे थे. ये adult बातें
हमारी समझ में कहाँ आने वालीं थी. तो ऐसा हुआ कि आखरी लाइन का न तो हमें मतलब समझ
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“यो की तुम सबने पहले ये
बताओ कि दसवीं में तुम सबने कितने कितने नंबर प्राप्त किये? अच्छा रुको. ये म्हारे
पास लिस्ट है.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“ये सुमित दास कौन है? भाई खड़े
हो जाओ. तो आपने सबसे ज्यादा नंबर प्राप्त किये?”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कैसी सी क्लास है. मेरे से
ज्यादा नंबर भी नहीं लाया कोई. ये सोचते सोचते आपका ये नाचीज़ खड़ा हो गया. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“देखो ऐसा है हमारे सोनेपत
में 60% लाने वाले बच्चे भी all-rounder होते हैं. ये अच्छे नंबर प्राप्त करके घणा
खुश होने की कोई ज़रुरत ना है. म्हारी क्लास में सभी बच्चे बराबर हैं.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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नाचीज़, नाचीज़ बन गया था. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मुझे ज्यादा बातें याद नहीं
है सर जी के बारे में. असल में वो GOD particle की तरह थे. मतलब exist तो करते थे
पर ज्यादा उनके बारे में पता बस चुनिन्दा लोगों को ही था. और जैसे आज God particle की पूछ है वैसे ही
उनकी थी. और हमारे यहाँ चाहे भगवान हो या राजनेता, पूछ उसकी ही होती है जिससे सबकी
फटती है. और बिलकुल God की तरह उन्हें इस बात से घंटा कोई फरक नहीं पड़ता था की किस
किस की उनसे फटती है. प्रिंसिपल साहब भी उनके सामने चूहे बन जाते थे. स्कूल के
दरबार में तो वो ऊपर थे, पर वो जो “बड़ा दरबार” था उसमे तो प्रिंसिपल एक अदने से
employee ही थे. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो आते थे, वो जाते थे.
बाकी सब उनके नाम की बीन बजाते थे. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कह कुछ भी लूं, पर सर जी ने
हमें बहुत कुछ सिखाया था. मसलन ऐसे पेपर में कैसे पास होते हैं जिसमे पास होने
लायक आताजाता न हो. यही एक चीज़ आगे इंजीनियरिंग में हमारी इतनी काम आई जितनी अदनी
physics, chemistry, mathematics अकेली कभी ना आ सकती थी. जैसे कि अगर पेपर में 8
सवाल आयें जिसमे से 5 करने हो तो exactly 5 सवाल attempt करके वो ही आते हैं जो
अव्वल दर्जे के घिस्सू हो या फिर वो जो निरे बेवक़ूफ़ होते हैं. ये जो choice होती
है वो कमज़ोर बच्चों के लिए होती है ताकि वो पास हो जाएँ. अब जब ये पास करवाने के
लिए ही है तो जो लिखा नहीं पर intended है वो भी तो समझिये. 5 सवाल मतलब फुल
मार्क्स 70. 8 सवाल मतलब फुल मार्क्स 112. अब बताइए, पास मार्क्स यानी कि 29
किसमें लाना ज्यादा आसान है?</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">या फिर इस सवाल को ले
लिजिये.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">वो सवाल जो objective किस्म के होते हैं. मसलन true-false वाले. वो ना आयें तो बस ऐसा
करना होता है कि एक जगह true लिखिए और 2 पन्नों के बाद false लिखिए. A,B,C,D वालों
के साथ भी यही करना होता था. कहीं न कहीं तो ठीक होगा ही.</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">(Disclaimer- ये हमें मलिक
सर ने सिखाया नहीं था, पर फिर भी सिखाया ही था.)</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जैसा हमने पहले कहा सर जी
को किसी बात से फरक नहीं पड़ता था. सिलेबस ख़तम करवाने से तो बिलकुल भी नहीं. कॉलेज
के उल्टा स्कूल में सिलेबस ख़तम करवाने की फ़िक्र टीचर से ज्यादा बच्चों को होती है.
वैसे भी स्कूल की क्लास में कॉलेज की क्लास से ज्यादा front-benchers होते
हैं. तो हरेक पेपर से पहले एक सिलेबस ख़तम
होने की क्लास होती थी. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">तो ऐसी ही एक क्लास हो रही
थी जिसमे सिलेबस ख़तम करवाने की जद्दोजहद ज़ारी थी. जो पढ़ाया जा रहा था उसपे बिलकुल
भी ध्यान न देकर उस प्रयास में हम भी अपना पूरा योगदान कर रहे थे. ध्यान देने लगते
तो सिलेबस पूरा नहीं हो पाता.</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“This ray come from this
side. This convex lens is. This ray from the other side. इसके साथ भी same ही होगा.
</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">When the ray pass from both side, mutual induction happen
and they converge.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">कोई ध्यान दे नहीं रहा था
उनकी बातों पर. वो अपनी बकवास किये जा रहे थे और हम अपनी कि तभी एक आवाज़ आई.</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“सर”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ये वो था जो नहीं चाहता था
कि सिलेबस कम्पलीट हो पाए. कहीं किसी दिमाग में तांडव होने लगा था. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“’Mutual induction? समझ
नहीं आया.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“बेटा, तुमने दसवीं में
कितने नंबर प्राप्त किये?”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“सर 78%. पर वो बिहार बो ..”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“How you got admission? यो
कि such low marks. अच्छा sit down. कोई बात नहीं कम नंबर आये तो. अब आ ही गए हो
तो पढ़ लो.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पिछले 5 मिनटों में उस को
ना तो lens समझ आया था न mutual induction और अब न ही ये explanation. बेचारा
नासमझ. इतना कि फिर से कोशिश कर बैठा. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“सर, ये focal length की
equation कैसे derive की जाती है? पिछली बार पेपर में आया था.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सर जी ने ऐसा look दिया
मानों ज़िन्नातों वाली ईईहाहाहा ईईहाहाहा वाली हंसने वाले हैं. पर वो ज़ब्त कर गए और
प्यार से बोले, “बेटा सारी बातें मैं बता दूंगा तो अपने पैरों पर खड़े होना कब
सीखोगे? खैर. ये दोनों side की lens equation लिख कर add कर लेना. मिल जाएगी focal
length की equation.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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पार हो गयीं थी. अब वो क्या बोले वो भी समझ नहीं आ रहा था उसे. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">जिन्होंने physics न पढ़ा हो
या जिन्हें याद न हो, उन्हें बता दूं कि अगर आप convex lens के दोनों side के
equations add करते हैं तो 0 = 0 prove होता है. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हमारे सर जी exams के paper
खुद चेक नहीं करते थे. जैसे कि अपने introductory speech में उन्होंने बताया था कि
वो बच्चों में भेद-भाव नहीं करते. सब उनके लिए बराबर हैं. तो फिर वो किसी को कम और
किसी को ज्यादा नंबर देने का बीड़ा कैसे उठाते? तो ये नाहक काम उन्होंने कुछ बच्चों
के जिम्मे छोड़ रखा था. ये एक ऐसा top secret था जो सबको पता था. तो एक बार ऐसा हुआ
कि ये जो privileged बच्चे होते थे उनमें से एक की कुछ बच्चों ने स्कूल के बाहर धुलाई
कर दी क्यूंकि उसने पिछले पेपर में कुछ को कम नंबर दिए था. तो किसी ने उसके
substitute के तौर पर सर जी को मेरा नाम सुझा दिया. लो बेट्टा, सांप-छंछूदर सी
हालत हो गयी. डरते सहमते हम सर जी तक
पहुंचे. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">सर जी देखते ही चीखे, “तू
यहाँ के कर रहा है भाई? यहाँ बच्चों को आना allow नहीं है.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“सर वो पेपर चेक करने आपने ही
बुलाया था.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“तो तुझे किसने बुलाया?
पहले तो ये बता कि तुझे बारहवीं में आने किसने दिया? पास कैसे हो गया तू? जब देखो
तब तो तू क्लास के बाहर ऊदबिलाव की भांति देखता रहता है.”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मैंने अपने चेहरे पर जो
expression आ रहा था जो कि हंसी, ख़ुशी और राहत की खिचड़ी थी उसे किसी तरह दबाया और
उल्टे पांव वापस हो लिया. असली का उदबिलाव भी इतना सरपट नहीं भागता होगा. ये भी
नहीं बोलने की ज़हमत उठायी कि वो मुझे किसी और से कनफुजिया रहे हैं. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">ये 2nd pre-board के पेपर
के टाइम की बात थी. 3rd preboard आते आते सारे बच्चों ने स्कूल आना बंद कर दिया था.
Board के पेपर के लिए study leave मिली हुई थी जिसमे हमने करीब करीब study को
leave ही कर दिया था. क्यूंकि IITJEE में अभी टाइम था और हम सारे बिहारी यहाँ
board का पेपर पास करने तो आये नहीं थे. कम से कम उस उम्र में हम तो यही सोचते थे.
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">3rd pre-board के बाद एक
दिन स्कूल जाना हुआ तो पता चला कि मलिक सर
को पेपर चेक करवाने के लिए कोई मिल नहीं रहा. तो <a href="http://www.chaoticonfusion.blogspot.in/2012/09/hamaari-madam-jee.html" target="_blank">हमारी मैडम जी</a> ने उनको मेरा नाम
सुझा दिया. हम उनके पास फिर से डरते सहमते पहुंचे. पर इस बार उन्होंने हमें कुछ
नहीं कहा. शायद वो मुझे भी भूल गए थे और उसे भी जिसे मुझे पिछली बार वो समझ बैठे
थे. वैसे उन्हें हमसे काम था इस बार. और वो किसी teacher association के general
secretary बिना किसी राजनीति का ज्ञान रखे तो बन नहीं गए होंगे. कुछ instructions दिए
उन्होंने जो कि सामान्यतः नेताओं के instructions जैसे ही थे जिनका सार इंग्लिश
में कहें तो यूँ था कि “Cover my shit”.
पर हम भी कम थोड़े न थे. सब कुछ समझने के बाद, बिलकुल “Who will Police the Police”
वाले लहजे में कहा, “और सर मेरी कॉपी कौन चेक करेगा?”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">उन्होंने थोडा सोचा. ये
सवाल उनसे शायद किसी ने आज तक नहीं पूछा था. फिर बोले, “रै पूरी क्लास के पेपर चेक
करने हैं. तू ना आवे है क्लास में? बस बेटे, खुद को पूरे नंबर न दे दियो. बाकी
सारा चलता है.” </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">पेपर चेक करने बैठा और सारे
answers जो repeat कर रखे थे वो काट दिए थे. जिन्होंने objective questions के एक
से ज्यादा answers लिख रखे थे उनके सारे answers काट दिए. Science के पेपर को
literature की मानिंद चेक किया और जब final marks की लिस्ट बनायी तो पता चला कि
highest marks मैंने दिए थे 44 . 70 में से. आज हमारे आगे के दांत सलामत हैं,
हमारी उंगलियाँ धनुष के आकार की नहीं हैं और हम लंगड़ा कर नहीं चलते. इसकी शायद एक
ही वज़ह है कि board exam से 6 हफ्ते पहले होने वाले 3rd mock पेपर के नंबरों से न
तो किसी को और न किसी के बाप को कोई भी फर्क पड़ता था. </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">हमारा chemistry का final
viva कतई eventful रहा था जिसका ज़िक्र मैंने इस<a href="http://www.chaoticonfusion.blogspot.in/2012/09/hamaari-madam-jee.html" target="_blank"> पिछली कहानी</a> में किया था. हमारा physics
के viva में कोई ऐसा हो-हंगामा नहीं हुआ था. वो क्या था न, हमारे सर जी दबंग थे.
कुछ ज्यादा ही. Practical हो रहा था. सब के सामने ही External एक एक कर बच्चों का
viva भी ले रही थी कि सर ने एंट्री मारी. External को जा कर साफ़ साफ़ बोला,</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“मैडम सब बच्चे नूं अच्छे
अच्छे नंबर लगने चाहिए.” </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">मैडम थोड़ी अवाक् रह गयी थी.</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">“क्यूँ सर? ऐसा कैसे हो
सकता है? कुछ बच्चे अच्छे होते हैं पढने में कुछ उतने अच्छे नहीं होते. सबको एक से
नंबर दे दिए तो उनमें अंतर क्या रह जायेगा?” </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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ना होते हैं. सारे बच्चे एक से होते हैं. सारे बच्चे भगवान् का रूप होते हैं. समझे
ना?”</span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">GAME. SET. MATCH.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span face="" lang="HI" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">Viva ख़तम होने के बाद सर ने मुझे अलग रूम में बुलाया. मेरे सामने एक लिस्ट रखी जिसमे सारे क्लास के
बच्चों के नाम थे. फिर बोला, “देख ये लिस्ट है. इसमें तू अपने और जो जो बच्चे पेपर
चेक किया करते थे physics के उनके 30-30 नंबर लगा दे viva के.” </span><span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;">GAME. SET. MATCH. CHAMPIONSHIP.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face="" style="background: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif; mso-bidi-language: HI;"><span style="background-color: white;">P.S :- </span><span lang="HI"><span style="background-color: white;">जब board का रिजल्ट
आया था तो मैंने चेक किया था. बस </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">जी </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: mangal, serif;">उनके physics viva में 30 नंबर आये थे जिनके
मैंने अपने हाथों से लगाये थे. न कम न ज्यादा. </span></div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-25390490848410280862013-03-11T14:53:00.000+05:302013-03-11T14:54:34.083+05:30"Kolonkini Radha" English Translation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
A few days back, I came across a beautiful Bengali song courtesy of the gem who goes by the handle of <a href="https://twitter.com/rohwit" target="_blank">@rohwit</a> on Twitter. The song is called "Kolonkini Radha" sung by a guy named Pota R Marudyan. Now the song title is itself alluringly mystic, the song as you can listen here does complete justice to this term I just came up out of nowhere.<br />
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Now that you are done listening and loving the song, the problem arrives. The lyrics translation are nowhere to be found on the internet which reinstates my belief that for every piece of art which becomes popular, there are at least 10 others which are as good or better and go rather unnoticed. So the last resort was to ask a friend who is Bengali and one who will be willing to translate the song for me. In stepped Sayan as a saviour who goes by <a href="https://twitter.com/WolfpackofGod" target="_blank">@wolfpackofgod</a> on Twitter. What follows is the translation of the song in English done by Sayan with generous help from his Dad quoted verbatim. </div>
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<span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]" style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[4]"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(This is set in the lore of Radha and Krishna, though they loved each other deeply, they were ultimately parted. The parting did not in any way diminish their love and it has become stuff of Hindu legend.</span></i></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[5]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0].[6]">The root conce</span></span><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3]" style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0"><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[0]">pt here is that pure love for Krishna is the only indestructible in this ephemeral world. It is the path to Moksha and ultimate salvation. The River is the river of the senses, the way in which we are enmeshed inside the material world. The clothes are a metaphor for the facades we wear in this world, our roles etc. ‘Kalankini’ here means someone who is associated with illicit activity. This is because, much as an illicit affair is guarded, cherished and nurtured. Similarly, must our love for Krishna and the path of Moksha be nurtured and closely guarded, kept in the deepest recesses of our heart.)</span></span></span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[1]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[2]">Loosely translated, the song reads thusly:</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[3]" /><b><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[4]">“O my brothers…</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[5]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[6]">Hear me, whom you have named Kalankini Radha</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[7]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[8]">The wicked <i>(an endearment here, not meant in the derogatory sense, akin to saying ‘saala’ to a friend, this emphasizes the singers deep familiarity and love for the Lord Krishna</i>) Kanu (Krishna), is up on the Kadamba tree…</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[9]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[10]">Oh my love, don’t come down into the river</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[11]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[12]">(the same is repeated for another verse)</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[13]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[14]">Please don’t go near the river</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[15]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[16]">Please don’t go near the river… (repeated for emphasis)</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #edeff4; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[17]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[18]"><i>1:27 onwards</i></span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[19]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[20]" style="font-weight: bold;">Don’t come down into the river dear one</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[21]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[22]" style="font-weight: bold;">Please don’t go near the river</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[23]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[24]" style="font-weight: bold;">Oh all you people who live here!!! </span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[25]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[26]" style="font-weight: bold;">Don’t go near the river…</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[27]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[28]" style="font-weight: bold;">Do not go!!!</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[29]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[30]" style="font-weight: bold;">Dear people, stay away stay away!</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[31]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[32]" style="font-weight: bold;">Neither home nor hearth</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[33]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[34]" style="font-weight: bold;">Nor river bank! </span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[35]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[36]" style="font-weight: bold;">Do not go near…</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[37]" /><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[38]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[39]" style="font-weight: bold;">(Mahi – Someone who is in love)</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[40]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[41]" style="font-weight: bold;">All have named me ‘Kalankini Radha’</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[42]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[43]" style="font-weight: bold;">Oh my love….</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[44]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[45]" style="font-weight: bold;">I am your Kalankini Radha</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[46]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[47]" style="font-weight: bold;">My mischievous love, Kanu, is up in the Kadamba tree</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[48]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[49]" style="font-weight: bold;">And I am his Kalankini Radha</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[50]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[51]" style="font-weight: bold;">Oh people!</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[52]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[53]" style="font-weight: bold;">Do not go near the Kadamba tree…</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[54]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[55]" style="font-weight: bold;">Kanha sits crying for his Radha </span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[56]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[57]" style="font-weight: bold;">Up in the Kadamba Tree</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[58]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[59]" style="font-weight: bold;">Do not go near the river</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[60]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[61]" style="font-weight: bold;">Because Kanha sits crying on the Kadamba tree</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[62]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[63]" style="font-weight: bold;">Do not go near the water!!!</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[64]" /><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[65]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[66]" style="font-weight: bold;">Oh my love… </span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[67]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[68]" style="font-weight: bold;">I am your Kalankini Radha</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[69]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[70]" style="font-weight: bold;">My mischievous love, Kanu, is up in the Kadamba tree</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[71]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[72]" style="font-weight: bold;">And I am his Kalankini Radha</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[73]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[74]" style="font-weight: bold;">Do not go near the river</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[75]" /><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[76]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[77]" style="font-weight: bold;">(Flute solo)</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[78]" /><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[79]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[80]" style="font-weight: bold;">O you sad people!</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[81]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[82]" style="font-weight: bold;">There is no water in the kalashi</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[83]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[84]" style="font-weight: bold;">(the water is a metaphorical allusion to pure love)</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[85]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[86]" style="font-weight: bold;">O you people!</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[87]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[88]" style="font-weight: bold;">Radha cannot walk</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[89]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[90]" style="font-weight: bold;">And cannot wear her nupur</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[91]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[92]" style="font-weight: bold;">(Because He will hear, and he will know where She is)</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[93]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[94]" style="font-weight: bold;">(sound of anklets ringing)</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[95]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[96]" style="font-weight: bold;">Do not go near the water</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[97]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[98]" style="font-weight: bold;">Oh my love…</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[99]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[100]" style="font-weight: bold;">I am your Kalankini Radha</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[101]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[102]" style="font-weight: bold;">Sitting in the Kadamba tree</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[103]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[104]" style="font-weight: bold;">Is the naughty Kanha</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[105]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[106]" style="font-weight: bold;">My love!</span><br id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[107]" /><span id=".reactRoot[28].[1][2][1]{comment10151264235916503_24422608}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[3].0.[108]" style="font-weight: bold;">Don’t go near the Water!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">भागती सी ज़िन्दगी,</span><br />
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मानों दिल में कोई चोर बैठा हो। </div>
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पैसे का , Traffic का, Boss का, ज़िन्दगी का बुखार </div>
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मानों बन्दर बनकर पीछे पड़ा हो।</div>
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सात समुन्दर पार बैठे किसी ने </div>
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गोया रास्ते में चवन्नियां बिखेर रखी हो। </div>
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ज्यादा survive कर गए तो </div>
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चवन्नियां अठन्नियां और अठन्नियां रुपये बनते जाते हैं। </div>
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और हम छुट्टे छूटने का गम और छुट्टे ही कमाने की ख़ुशी मनाते जाते हैं। </div>
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आधी नज़र से ये भी दिखता है </div>
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कुछ लोग अंगडी लगाने को तैयार बैठे हैं।</div>
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तो कहीं कोई उस कोने में जल भुना बैठा होता है। </div>
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आधी नज़र ही खुल पाती है</div>
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बाकी तो सिक्कों की सीध तलाशती रहती हैं।</div>
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और जैसे जैसे ऊपर जाते हैं, </div>
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सिक्कों का मकान बनता है, </div>
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चीज़ें और बेचैन होने लगती हैं।</div>
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पता भी नहीं चलता कि कब रफ़्तार दूनी हो गयी है।</div>
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पर वो बन्दर फिर भी पीछे लगा रहता है</div>
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फिसलने की ताक में </div>
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जलने की ताक में </div>
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गिरने की ताक में</div>
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और अंत में जीतता वो ही है। </div>
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पता नहीं ज़िन्दगी खेल रहे हैं या Temple Run. </div>
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-42257771135402352212013-02-06T13:32:00.000+05:302013-02-06T13:40:55.554+05:30Why AaakashVani deserves to be seen.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">There is a similar scene in AkaashVani. The girl is manhandled by her husband. His parents stand around being all wimpy. His boyfriend is also there. And the girl goes up and lands a full-bodied slap on her husband. Full “Dhai Kilo ka haath” type slap. I don't know about others, but I clapped at this scene. And I don't know if there is something to adore in it, but I found a lot to admire in this scene. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">She doesn't do it because her boyfriend is some <i>napunsak</i> type but because she could do it. Actually later when her douche bag husband comes for her again, his boyfriend does get involved. Now I am not saying that Preity couldn't have hit Ayub Khan but sometimes it is important to show things. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">In another scene, the chasm between a typical Indian husband and a housewife is concisely shown in a scene where the husband asks her wife for water in a manner the significance of which can only be seen and not written about. And there are many such scenes in the movie which are easy to gloss over if you are not truly engrossed in the movie. Now that is a big IF, which brings me to my last point. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;"><b>4.</b> Possibly this is the most important point I could think about. AkaashVani is a good example of how and why not to make a film if as a director you are confused or constrained. I know many people who walk out of a film at interval if they get bored. Simply put, such people will never know why the film was good and all my above points will sound Greek to them. It was as if director decided to come out of his comfort zone only after he had shot half his movie. As if he was hoping that he will come across some bingo moment like that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OhiUIXk-4k" target="_blank">5 minute speech</a> by Rajjo from Pyaar ka Punchnama. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">I have a simple yardstick to judge a movie no matter how classy, pertinent or artistic it might be. A good movie must not bore me. On that count, AkaashVani fails miserably in first half. Fortunately I am not a professional reviewer, so I can turn a blind eye to bad bits while talk about the good ones, but it does get excruciating after a point. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">The movie could have been a great counter for something like Cocktail with the stereotyping it depicted. But chances are that the people who decry Bollywood’s misogyny citing examples like Cocktail, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai or the likes will never watch AkaashVani. And the worst part is I can’t even blame them for that. They might counter by saying that they left by the interval and I will have nothing to retort back. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">It should be seen so that one may understand how not to screw up in this manner. I should be seen so that some directors out there can understand that it is better to be different and fail rather than be formulaic and boring. Take David for example. It was also a terribly boring movie at points but it got those much needed brownie points for being different. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Palatino Linotype, Palatino, Palladio, URW Palladio L, Book Antiqua, Baskerville, Bookman Old Style, Bitstream Charter, Nimbus Roman No9 L, Garamond, Apple Garamond, ITC Garamond Narrow, New Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook, Century Schoolbook L, Georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 25px;">Sadly, for AkaashVaani, by the time it tried to be different, the brownie was all gone.</span></span><br />
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-34813478858456278872013-01-28T11:13:00.002+05:302013-02-06T16:31:37.647+05:30Bollywood Quiz at kweezzz<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lately, I have been hosting some quizzes on Twitter quiz handle which goes by the name <a href="https://twitter.com/kweezzz" target="_blank">@kweezzz</a>. Last week I had two quizzes- one General quiz and another Bollywood quiz. Frankly I copied questions from all over internet for general quiz so I see no point in posting it here.(But will still do so later anyway to assuage my attention seeking disorder).<br />
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So here are the questions with the answers of the Bollywood quiz.<br />
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Try Question (Just like <i>bachpan mein pahli ball par out ho jao to use Try Ball bolte the</i>.)<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>1. 3 Idiots</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>2. My Name is Khan</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>9. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The answer of the try question is that the first girl to debut from Kapoor Khaandaan was not Karishma Kapoor but Sanjana Kapoor- daughter of Shashi Kapoor in the film 36 Chowringhee Lane. She later played the main actress in Hero Hiralal. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>1. This poster of the movie inspired the Dev D poster. The original poster is as shown below. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>3. This is a top 10 list of highest overseas grossers from Bollywood. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>4. Kisna- The Warrior Poet. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>5. Dileep Kumar played a Muslim character in only one film which was of course Mughal-e-Azam. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>6. The guy is Maya Dolas. He was played by Vivek Oberoi in Shootout at Lokhandwala. The picture is crossed to indicate that he has been eliminated. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>7. This is the only film ever in which Bertrand Russel played a cameo.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>8. The two voices are of Sneha Khanwalkar and of Durga who sang Dil Cheecha leather in GOW2. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>9. The connect is that Govinda has acted in the Bollywood remakes of all these movies. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>40 year Old Virgin- Naughty @40.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My Cousin Vinny- Banda Ye Bindaas Hai. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Strangers on a train- Chalo Ishq Ladaye. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Liar Liar- Kyunki Main Jhooth Nahi Bolta.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Of all these, Banda ye Bindaas hai is yet to release. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>10. The connection is that all these films featured child debut by actors who later became stars. Dharam Veer had Bobby Deol, Kismet had Mehmood, Reshma aur Shera had Sanjay Dutt and Shree 420 had all the sons of Raj Kapoor. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>11. The connect is<b> not</b> that Amitabh Bachhan played a writer in all these films. AB didn't play a writer in Manzil. The connect is that all these are the names of books written by Amitabh in various films. He wrote Anand in Anand, Baghban in Baghban, Kabhi Kabhi in Kabhi Kabhie and he wrote a book called Manzil in movie Ek Nazar.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>12. This question went unanswered in the online kweezzz. The answer is in the image below</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>13. The connect is that they all have played Draupadi at different points. </i></span><br />
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Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-44124035853453221332013-01-14T20:09:00.000+05:302013-01-14T20:09:02.835+05:30Let me .. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">At least I get
your attention that way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">If only to
leverage all the efforts I made to understand you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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At times, horribly wrong, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because possibly
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because it is
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because for all
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me be a bit
insulting, a bit inconsiderate,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because I will
rather be genuine than be courteous. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me shout at
you a bit, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Even though I
hate being shouted at. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because in a
crowd, you become deaf to my voice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me try hard
to hold on to you, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because I am
scared of all the other threads gradually attaching themselves to you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me remain
stupid, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because I am
afraid of being heartless.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me be irritating,<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because I will prefer to use the energy in being conscious about myself in talking to you instead.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me rest
assured that you understand me, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because it gives
me the freedom to open up to you and be rude to you.</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me be rude
to you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04;">And </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="color: #783f04;"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Let me be me, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">Because I am all
yours. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #783f04;">The person you
would rather me be, might not be so. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
Sumithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00498808156582246387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1941969075609906437.post-43892671763814696792012-12-16T11:04:00.000+05:302012-12-16T11:04:08.314+05:30For Her<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4C_a27e6wMI/UM1dJM_T3mI/AAAAAAAAAgI/MmSUDPQqltc/s1600/aadya.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4C_a27e6wMI/UM1dJM_T3mI/AAAAAAAAAgI/MmSUDPQqltc/s320/aadya.JPG" width="238" /></a><span lang="EN-US">It was a
cold, damp night in Jamshedpur. And the time around midnight, was not the one for a 2 year toddler to be awake. Predictably, when clutched in
your mother’s arms, you stepped out from the cab which had brought you to our
new home from the railway station, you were fast asleep. We had <i>grih-pravesh</i> at
our new home and a fair number of people had gathered. Now, sweetheart, at that
time you were too young and too sleepy to be the star. Everyone rushed outside
to see and greet your parents- my Bhaiya and Bhabhi. And the commotion woke you
up. Miffed at not finding yourself the centre of attraction, you started wailing at the top of your
voice. And THAT always used to work. Some tried to get you a candy. Some tried to make
funny faces at you. Some showed their own faces to you – hoping you will find
it either funny or ghastly and stop crying. And not content with all this some
started to make different types of sounds, no noises actually as they usually do. Noises which they
thought were funny but must have been harrowing for you. In the process you had
refused the efforts of your grandparents, my parents, some other brothers and
sisters of mine and possibly your own parents as well. I was at the back of the
crowd sulking at all the people who had made you wake up and cry so badly. Then
through the yellowish gleam of the Petromax lamp with an overused mantle, you
somehow saw me at the end, last of the line. I am sure if I were you, I wouldn't have identified myself. But within a few moments there was confusion on your
face which stopped the crying. Then shock and finally you smiled. <i>At me. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Now, I have
been singled out in the crowd many a times before. Sometimes because somebody thought that I was more intelligent, sometimes more studious, sometimes a better
cricketer, sometimes a better TT player but always there was some reason. But there
was no reason your smile singled me out on that day. I had done nothing and I
had not seen you in almost 3 months now. A third person might say that that was
the most pointless smile I have ever received. But for me, I felt as privileged
as any manifestation of unconditional love this universe could conspire for me.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">A couple of
years back from that night, when you were born; I was a guy out of school,
having failed to gain admission in the college of his choice, having dropped an
year and somewhat losing focus in his life. And you were too tiny and I too distracted
for you to be the focal point of my life. And moreover you were busy. Busy; mostly
sleeping, finding time to cry and finding occasions to look sweet and
cuddly. I too was busy. Sometimes studying
but mostly pretending to study. And in between finding time to fret about
whether to hold you in my hands for the fear of dropping you and ultimately
rejecting the idea. You see, I learnt
early to shrug responsibility. But still, slowly we started to find time for
each other. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">As we grew
up, we found stuff about each other. You discovered that Chachoo was one
person in the household who could be relied upon to find utter music in your
inane acts on a drowsy afternoon when everyone else was asleep. And I started to get to know that you were a curious
child. Curiosity, which could even trump your urge to cry. So every time you
started to cry, I used to take you to the window on the balcony and balance
you there with you clutching the window sills. I still can’t decide what exactly
used to make you stop crying but it used to work. Maybe the fascination with
the slow, rhythmic glow of the Diwali lights adorning the balcony or that view
of the world from a little bit higher and the wonder how you were managing
without falling. The simplest answer was that I was behind you without even
letting you know about it but in your eyes I found a child’s curiosity which
can make us biggest pundits if only we retain it for our lifetimes. The happiness
with which your fingers touched those tiny light bulbs when they used to glow after
being dim for a while made me want to be a child forever. Some of my friends
say that I have been a child ever since. I tried to bottle up some of your innocence,
curiosity and happiness inside me but at some level it hasn’t worked well
enough. Life caught up and before I could realize, I was too grown up, too
cynical. I hope and wish that you do not grow up. Keep that child inside you
forever.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Finally to finish and just to make you jealous, I hope you experience the unbridled joy when a 2
year kid recognizes your voice on the loudspeaker phone and goes “Cha…choo”
when all she knows are words like “ma,” “pa” and other such monosyllables.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I wish you realise how a small kid can look oh so big when she thinks
that it’s a good idea to lie and go asleep on his Chachoo’s growing tummy
because beds have gone passé. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">I hope when
you grow up to what my age presently is, you have someone who tells this to you
when you get too busy of work, “<i>Kitne din se aap milne nahi aaye. Kabhi aao
na. Itna din ho gaya.”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-US">Till then,
keep adding to this list. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
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