Been a while since I have typed something in this hallowed space so thought I would put in my two cents. I really felt like voicing a sincere thought about the ongoing relief measures taken by the Indian Govt and wanted to really express my thoughts about how skilful planning can overcome many cash-flow hassles.Nobodys asked for it..but hey! what the heck..thats what the blog is for
This is in particular reference to the badly hit coastal Tamil Nadu where the only livelihood of the people was selling fish. They have been deprived of their kith and kins' life and also have been kicked hard in the stomach which is agonizing.NGOs are making their contribution by collecting money from NRIs and also several concerned and considerate people from within and outside the country.But is this enough..sincerely I dont think so !
The Govt has announced a 500 crore budget for relief measures and we hear speculations that they were planning to levy a Tsunami Relief tax on every working man's paycheck. Is this even worth considering at this point. Will every Indian want to pay more tax to the Govt being sure that the channel which the money is routed through has a severe bottleneck and produces a very little output? I am sure there will be schemes like buy a TV on a company loan and get a "Tsunami Tax" rebate...if thats not hitting the nadir ..beat that! In one of the towns in Tamil Nadu there are better transportation facilities made available right now.People in that area are irritated and they suggest that when they needed the transportation the most, the Tamil Nadu Govt stopped it and now when they are rummaging through the debris to find out the bodies of their loved ones, the Govt provides extra bus service connecting.Thats more inhuman than my wierdest thoughts..I will need to make some efforts to match that sadism :-)
Just one or two disturbing things I read in the news papers and it made me feel really frustrated that there is nothing I can do apart from donating money to one of the relief fund agencies and watch the news. Personally here are a list of things I would have really liked to be:
1. Govt already has a good amount of relief fund and it also whole-heartedly appeals to the UN and other nations to "SHOW ME THE MONEY".It is disturbing to read in the papers that "India has not said no to foreign funds". I am sorry..come again.. how does the word "NO" even figure in discussions. Grab whatever help you can get with both hands, " Take the money but use all you can spare first and then use the extra money"
2. Money alone would not do everything. What is also needed is food and medical facilities.I am sure there are many selfless doctors who are working day and night to save as many people as they can but no contribution is less in this regard.Packets of food should be transported by helicopters in severely affected areas and also by road transport( Today I read about this being done..so thats great). Epidemics like cholera, typhoid and others are very possible so vaccination centers should be installed as soon as possible.
3.How many of the insurance companies in India will really feel the pinch in this case. I doubt any of them would.We insure our cars, get health insurance and in extreme cases we get theft or damage insurance on our properties. A mandatory insurance policy however small it might be( as a part of income tax) would really help to ring the " PAYBACK TIME" bell for insurance companies.This is a far-thought but it wouldnt hurt. I have heard about farmers in my village becoming insurance agents for LIC and New India so its not impossible
4.Long term rehabilitation funds for the affected-Most of those who have been most badly hit are fishermen who have lost their boats, houses and nets. The central government should ensure that all such affected people resume their normal lives as soon as possible.

A Flash back on the history of Research

I had promised myself that i wudnt write a blog unless Bailya or Marwadi came up with one of their own. But probably Marwadi didnt 'have a topic' to write on (or nothing interesting to hotlink) and Bailya was too busy maintaining his 'physique' now that he is 'health concious'I thought of writing un meself and not subduing my creative juices :-).

As an aftermath of Goli's 'commiserations' yday...i got more curious about the Veteran's previous research works. After a few days of Googling I uncovered Goli bhais entire 'Discograffe' (Discography for the imbiciles and uninitiated). So here are the complete works of Goli with his previous advisors.

123123 B.C.- 1 A.D. --> Goli's research work is unkown for this period coz it was not recorded. The Long reams of papyrus was lost during the transition of the known Earth from Ice age to bronze age. Some say Alexander The Great destroyed them coz Goli wudnt give in to his flirtatious advances and some say it was gobbled up by Brontosaurus due to lack of trees arnd for all the trees were used to make the humungous amnts of paper Goli required to write his works. Investigations are underway...checkout this space for updates.

1 A.D. - 5 A.D. -->
Advisor:Vatsyayana
Research work:The advantages of practicising Tantrik Sex to obtain 'Pink Perfection' arousal on a 'testbed' in Pakistan with a 'wierdly athletic' Chinese as the Rhesus Monkey.

Sometime during the 14th Century A.D. --> (Goole cudnt come up with exact dates coz this was a 'secret' project)
Advisor: Leonardo DaVinci
Research: Didnt work much with him but just did an independent study with him when he gave me his complete works 'The Davinci code'which I read sitting in the potty and leaving it in the rest-room so that others wudnt be able to find the book for 3 whole months. And it goes without saying that all this was done with flushing twice :-). Current and future work ('Ab main bilkul buddha hoon 'Goli' khaake jeeta hoon...fir bhi aaj bhi ghar ke andhar...tan tan tan dan....)

1669 A.D. - 1687 A.D. -->
Advisor: Sir Issac Newton
Research Work: Delving on the intricacies of the number line and disproving Galileo on how 1 by half is equal to 1/2 and also did a side project with novena rangwala to prove that probability of occurance can be more than 1.

1850 A.D - 1860 A.D -->
Advisor:Charles Darwin
Research work: Evolution of mankind and their friendly interaction with dinosaurs along the way.

1862 A.D. - 1882 A.D. -->
Advisor: Alfred Noble
Research work: He suxx ...Goli made the dynamite and he took the credit (The disease called the 'Marwadi-syndrome'was in the air in the late 1800s...choone se felthi hai). The dynamite technology is used in large scale to build on ideas for blowing up tanks and base stations in the new age computer game called Enemy Territory.

1901 A.D. - 1942 A.D. -->
Advisor: Albert Einstein
Research work: The theory of relativity and how that is related to the dynamics of figure skating.

1942 A.D. - 1945 A.D. --> World War II

1945 A.D. - 1947 A.D. --> Quit India movement and India's Independence.

1999 A.D - 2002 A.D. -->
Advisor: Mithun Minhas
Research: On the extrapolation of Baseball strategies into front foot forward defence to smother the spin on 'blood covered' wickets of Srinagar.

2002 A.D. - 2004 A.D. -->
Advisor: Dr.Strangelove :-)
Research: DIAS FEC codes as a sequel to Amit's fucked up screwed up project work for BER part of ECC to imbibe a token of System view with a broad overview of PDF and PMF over-ruling Monte-Carlo's ABC ( not A B C of grading mind u).

After reading the entire works of such a great man i feel im really really honoured to have such a great 'busurgh' as my roomie. Sir Goli ur 9999 years have finally paid off...congratulations on graduating

-Balls

A day like all other...a nite like none other

I had a relatively quite bday (w/o the bash)in comparison to the Bday we had the previous nite. Most of my buddies had come over to wish me (albeit reluctantly) at the stroke of midnight.As the day wore on it took shape of 'just another day' types. But hold on to ur horses...it wasnt the case...coz KAKA saves the day again!

When Jo came over from India...he brought stuff from my folks back home...and to my disbelief and delight,my mom sent me the VCD of 'Disco Dancer' as a bday gift(try to top that guys)! So a relatively uneventful day had a 'kahani mein twist' types culmination i had thought. So here we were on 8th Dec roughly arnd 9ish in front of the computer weaving our way into millimeters of pocket space that was remaining in my bedroom all set...waiting with bated breath to watch Mithunda in action.This is how the nite unfolded...

Marwadi was snoring his way to glory even before the starting credits read 'Director : Babar Subhash'(Vishal all respects to the great man...have to say his first name and not just B Subhash). So it was 1/0 before a single ball being bowled...it was left to me,bailya,srikant,mithunda,kaka and bappi da to steady the ship. The movie started with a Bang (not BANG BANG mind u)...with KAKA and a fucking inconsequential 11 yr Wannabe Star kid singing 'Goron ki na kalon ki...duniya hai dilwalon ki' (wah Anjaan saab).KAKA was doing a Petrucci cum Portnoy cum Jetro Tull cum Ravindra Jain playing the Guitar with one hand and Congo with his other and a flute in his mouth.Ive heard a lot of music/musicians but this was easily the best solo performance that i had ever seen...unbelievable guitar riffs interspersed with break-neck speed axing coming out of an archiac 50 paise Gibson acoustic guitar...and hey all this played with one hand!! KAKA... Freaks Inc commemorates u with the 'KAKESIAN' award for musical excellence.

KAKA disappeared from the movie all of a sudden, apparently he had left for greener pastures to his gaon (and apparently also the gaon of all sadakchaap singers 'Rampur'). Enter Mithun da(read GOD)practi'sing'/honing his supernatural gift of singing and dancing which he apparently learnt from the streets of Bbay (yeh galiyon ne mujhe sur sikhaye aur yeh susan sadak ne mujhe taal...i cried). He is pitted against an established superstar Karan 'son of a gun' razdan whose only dialogues in the movie are 'SAM is great...SAM is the greatest' and 'Bastard'. What really catches the eye are the slick and debonair choreography by the legends Vijay-Oscar...making that choot Karan dance is a monumental task in itself...making him sweep (jhadoo) the dance floor with elegant rolling moves was just plain brilliance.

As Mithun da outshines Sam-The Jhadoowala, his success is not taken well by the magaaan yinsaan OmShivpuri (who is apparently wanted by the CBI for Violation of Indian Penal Code IPC 56334 - overuse of Safari Suit/Blazers). He appoints a menacing 'cereal' killer from London 'Bosco' to exterminate Jimmy...guess who that Killer is...its too difficult...u will never get it...SURPRISE SURPRISE its 'Bob Christo'!!! (I told ya...not to try). Nevertheless a plan is being hatched where its decided that Bob wud 'Konneckt' 5000 W of power supply to Jimmy's guitar and 'Current' him to death (here is the secret guys dont let this out...NY mein 3 day power cut iske wajah se gaya tha). Due to excessive current influx through the metal strings the electro magnetic force created spews out radiant red light through the body of the guitar(Einstein suxx..shudve learnt something under the tutelage of Babbar Subhash...i cried again coz we never recognise homegrown physicists). Ofcourse Jimmy's pyaari maa intervenes and saves Jimmy's ass. I was 'shocked' at the numerous and each magnanimous sacrifices she had to endure that she finally succumbed to it(cud hear in the backgrnd 'Maa chor beta chor'... Marwadi was now crying in his sleep).

Jimmy now has 'Guitar-phobia' which no doctor in the world can cure...except for one person(take ur time to guess who...ill reveal it in just a bit)...dekte hain 'Internation Disco Dance Competeesson' mein. 2 absolutely mind blowing performances from 'THE KING AND QUEEN OF DISCO' from 'Afreekaa' and 'Pareees'leaves the audience wanting for more. Enter Jimmy wearing skin tight lycra pants and the sleeveless t-shirt that was made world famous in reel life by raaj babbar in the movie 'Majdoor' and marwadi in real life.But he still cant sing coz of his phobia...enter the one and only...fresh from his exploits in the underground metal scene at Rampur and this years recepient of KAKESIAN award for musical excellence...the master of an atmospheric amalgam of partial chords, harmonics, echo repeats, drones, slide, feedback, and other effects...KAKA! 'Gaa Beta Gaa'...gone...guitar phobia gone...u never thought u wud believe in musical healing did u (Babar Subhash was also a psychologist/biochemist apart from doing ground breaking work in physics...step aside DaVinci). Goes w/o saying that Jimmy goes on to win the contest but the cereal killer is back...fresh from eating Honey bunches of oats.He shoots at Jimmy but the great man KAKA...outpaces the bullet...jumps+double sumersault+3 backflips and lands b4 mithun to save the day....again. Kaka's death that ensues after that is most brillaint and touching piece of acting that ive ever seen(All of us were crying by this point).

Here is a solemn pledge...From now onwards for a stunning cameo we will henceforth never ever say...he did a Kevin Spacey...He did a KAKA is wat is befitting. KAKA we salute u...babbar we r proud of u...Einstein u suck. THIS WAS THE BEST BDAY THAT I EVER HAD (aarti said it...im saying it...and even Mayor Uncle's daughter from Disco Dancer said it...Its in the air u know). Frankly the only flaw in the movie was that Goli didnt die in agony in the end...all in all thank u KAKA,Bob Christo and Zubesko for making my day.

-Balls
(Marwadi is now crying coz the blog has come to an end)

'Blog' most popular word on web dictionary


The most requested online definition this year was "blog" - a word not even yet officially in the dictionary, Merriam-Webster says.

Editors had planned to include "blog" - the short term for Web log - in the 2005 annual update of both the print and online versions of Merriam-Webster's 11th Collegiate Dictionary, said Arthur Bicknell, spokesman for the dictionary publisher.

But in face of demand, the company quickly added an early definition to some of its online sites, defining "blog" as "a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer."

Typically, it takes about 20 years of usage for a word to become prominent enough to merit a place in an abridged dictionary. Some Internet terms and new diseases, such as AIDS and SARS, have made it in a fraction of that time.

"Blog" began appearing in newspapers and magazines in 1999, according to the publisher's records. Merriam's lexicographers suspect the prominence blogs attained during the presidential campaigns and conventions this year sent people scrambling for a definition.

It does sometimes happen that words in the headlines so grab people's attention that they become a most-frequently-looked-up word," said John M. Morse, president and publisher of Springfield-based Merriam-Webster.

Right behind "blog" in popularity on Merriam's year-end list were "incumbent" and "electoral." Other words on the list touched on the war in Iraq, storms, bicycle races and even the emergence of insects on a 17-year cycle: In fourth place was "insurgent," followed by "hurricane," "cicada" and "peloton." The eighth and ninth spots were taken by "partisan" and "sovereignty."

Bicknell said the company's Web sites get 10 lookup requests per second on average, and more than 100 per second during peak hours.


-Balls

Ad at its best

-- Kausum

Check this out..its some Indian Guy doing standup...stuffs mostly on accents...some of his chinese accent imitations are nice...

http://files.penguinstudios.com/RussellPeters.rm

Also check out other videos...some are pretty nice.

THE SPEECH (try to read with bhaiyya's accent)
----------

A Schoolmaster from a remote rural area was transferred to a school
in Bombay. He reported for duty two days before August 15 and, as
was the practice in the school, was asked to address the assembly
on Independence Day.

Here's his dynamite speech : Leddies and Gentulmens,
Contemporaries, Children, "This is my first maiden speech. If
small small mistakes get inside my speech, I ask pardon. Stickly
speaking, I wanted to joint your school more fastly, but for the
following reason.
Too much time lost in getting slipper reservation
in three-tyre compartment. The clerk rejected to give ticket. I
put complaint on station master. He said me to go to lady clerk.
At first she also rejected. I then pressed her for long time and
at last with great difficulty she gave a birth only to my son.
Anyway I thanked the station master because he was responsible
for getting birth of my son.
We got independent because of great leaders linke Gandhiji who
get-outted all angrezi peoples from India. Tilak said Swaraj is our
birth-rate and we shall halve it. Today we all halve our
birth-rate. You children are future dynamic generators of the
Nation. Look into future time only. No backside looking, or
looking at your behind. Be like great like X' raj Ranjan of
Germany or Presidents like Loosebelt.
You know genius, no? It is one per cent perspiration and ninety
seven percent evaporation. They became great by reading great
books. After we finish you here in the school, you can go to
college and get B.A., M.A. and other decrease. Then you can
become great liars in the supreme courts, shattered accountants,
or leacherers in college.
The school is like a garden. You are the seeds, school is the soil.
We will bury you in this soil, pour water of knowledge on your
heads and one day will become great phools. Many vacancy job come
in newspapers. Only yesterday I saw in paper "Wanted for
refuted engineering firm: Generators, highpower condensors" so
and so forth, etc. These jobs may be teknickel, but you can rise.
If you have flare in English, you can become teacher.

I am now ending this fastly. My God blast you! Thank you and
thank God I am finished. Joy Hind!"

Bhaiyya ki jai!!!

-Balls

2 legends cuddling the 'dumb'sel Naidu...
Shawar with a hatke look sans his 'stuff that legends made of' mush+goatee+beard+hay+hair!
And Aoo...Lolita displaying his gold chains(borrowed from bappi da for 399$/min).
One for the archives of ur embryonic cells.

Here's some great news guys...desperately looking forward for a 'Classic'.
YAAD AA RAHA HAAIEEE TERAAA...pyaaaaaaaaar!!!

Here is my gift for all u guys from the Magaaan movie 'Disco Dancer'


Balls

Ppl, I've uploaded all the pixx from last weeks party on Image station.
Here is the Link
Username:balls2u2
pwd:clairvoyant

Enjoy
-Balls
P.S. Let the commenting session begin ;-)

Just before Srikant comes up with his new blog which would take you some time to read and appreciate in its entirety..I would like to remind you of a beautiful happening last night. We celebrated four bdays at Balls place that of Anadi, yours truly,Anshul and a brainchild of our all time freaky minds " Freaks Inc.". Its due to the incessant blogging that we have been doing since the past year that we could celebrate its first year anniversary and that too in a party for which absolutely marvellous would be an understatement
So join me in wishing Freaks Inc a very happy bday..albeit a day late now..and heres to great days ahead in mind-boggling blogging !

~Anoop

The last post accounted for 32 (and still counting) comments...just goes to show how popular Gilchrist is! Since we are high on the dialogues front....im posting a few quintessential Bollywood dialogues :

1.The cult "Main tumhare bacche ke maa banne wali hoon"
2.Standard mother"Arrey beta naashta to karke jaao"
3.A gori gaavwali trying to free herself from Ranjeet"Chhod do mujhe, bhagwaan ke liye chhod do"
4.The doctor to the paitent's near n' dear ones" I'm sorry, hum kuch nahin kar sakey"
5.Amitabh in lakh movies "Bhagwan mainey tumse aaj tak kuch nahin maanga....."
6.The classic " Thairo! Yeh shaadi nahin ho sakti !"
7.Iftekar...appearing as inspector(surprise surprise):" Apne aap ko police ke hawaale kar do. Police ne chaaron taraf sey tumhe gher liya hai "
8.Garam Dharam/Amit/Pinchoo Kapoor " Agar Maa ka doodh piya hai to saamne aa."
9.Judge announcing his decision in filmi court :"Gawaaoon key bayaanat aur saboot ko madde nazar rakhtey Taz-e-raat-e-hind(thooooo), dafaa 302 ke tahet , muzrim ko sazaaye maut di jaati hai"
10.And the greatest ofcourse....: "Aeeyy...aahh....aiiahhhh.....Aoooowwwwwwww" (Its from the movie Sansar starring Raj 'Constipated' Babbar :-)

Add more....
Balls

To Walk or not...that is the question

In wake of the the strong sentiments that ensued after a myriad of batsmen 'walked' in the current test match forced me to pen down a few thoughts on the same. As long as ive been watching cricket i cant recollect actions such as the one happening in this test match. Its probably becoz 90% of the cricket we watch is when India is playing and Indians never walk. The fact that this is being done by the Aussies is what is more surprising. Ruthless, indifferent, foul-mouthed and hostility are the adjectives that ive always associated the Aussies with;gentlemanly...a far call. The Poms have always said that one shud walk if the felt that they've nicked the ball. Vaughan didnt in the last Ashes tour...and anyways if Poms are our yardstick for moralities then i better die the most painful of deaths.

The point i want to raise here is more than act itself,we shud applaud the the victory of righteousness over slyness that goes inside the persons mind. Its a tough call...a WC semi-final...the 4 years of hardwork in the lead up to the trophy at stake...and more than anything the act of defiance against a plethora of former fellow cricketing rogues to contend with. But a certain Mr.Gilchrist decided to go with his conscience and 'walk' at the world's biggest stage. This act, my friends according to me is a double edged sword...u 'tank' ur wicket away knowing that u cud sneak away a few more if u decided to stay and second and most importantly is that since uve walked once ppl consider u to be some kindof demi-god and ur expected to walk everytime u nick.Gilly has certainly lived up on both counts. Hats off to u 'Sir'...ur ethics are built on firmer grounds regardless of the final frontier.

As far as the question goes as to what i wud do...i certainly wudnt walk...not a chance. It requires tremendous morale and courage to do so...frankly i dont think i have the stomach or a good conscience to walk. The Umpires are there to do their job...somedays they rule u out and somedays u get away. Its all part of the game my friends...and no its not cheating...its more of riding ur luck. Finally to conclude i wud say...applaud those who walk but when it comes to u...scamper for some more luck.

-Balls

People who haven't already tried Google Desktop Search, try it soon!
It's a desktop search application that provides full text search over your email, computer files, chats, and the web pages you've viewed. It also copies the item's content into its cache, so that you'll be able to find and see long-finished chats and older versions of files and web pages.

U can download it from: http://desktop.google.com/

Looks nice !

Inspired and deeply motivated by the ubiquitous presence of chaptas, I felt like penning down a chapta mini-dictionary with the phonetics( the most important part). Best part about this is there is no adherence to any grammar and everyone can have their own style :-)). Few words and they way they are popularly pronounced by a colleague. Absolutely no offences..just pure fun

Chucka -- Check ,Coni - Calling, Coojew - Could you, Daashar - Darshan, Eeen -- In, Jaw - George,Gunness- Goodness, Hess - Hell, Hapnee- Happening, Khaiyaan - Kalyan, Khatika - Kartik, Laaen - Naeem, Lowry - Larry, Meenion - Million, Maajeu - Module,Nou - Not,Paave - Parvez, Peshaan -- Patient, Red - Reya, Reesoni - Risoli, Whaw - What, Hocohoni - Workoholic.

Now a sentence using most of the words stated above
Khatika whee you go to(through) Lowry's maajeu "Chucka Peshaan Eeen". O my gunness..I donno whys (why its) nou whakeen..Whas Hess hapnee? Khaiyaan coojew to my offi(office)?Paave, Daashar is coni you..so you and Jaw go to heen ( him). Laaen is a hocohoni..heza guda mangere( he is a good manager)dau (though)..hedaza meenion taske phah dey ( he does a million tasks a day)

Sad but true..no doubt chaptas suck in presentations and desis capitalize !

The Night that was ...

The aftermath of a long and eventful evening brought to fore a force science calls ESP or telepathy. I(Balls) had a heart-heart talk with Anoop as to where we are headed on the blog front...and how I felt that he shud be more actively involed in it since twas becoz of his and ofcourse Marwadi's efforts that this blog sprung out of dormancy. Seperate chain of thoughts after a few minutes and lo behold...we were thinking abt the same thing...write a blog abt the involvement of all freaks in tonites event.
(Disclaimer: This is totally the truth guys...no sarcasm and above all no psycophancy. We had decided that we wud write something heartfelt coz all we write is humor. We r a tight knit unit folks and we felt we need to reach out to 'jigris' where its due).

First of all: Brilliant decision by Balls to come back home from school to his house and put the tikka. It looked different and really suited the occasion. We dont care what people felt about it..but we felt good and different.And thats what is important..doing what you like and caring two hoots about the rest.

Balls:(~ by Anoop)One of the most energetic and exhilarating dancers I have seen in some time. Danced his heart out..was himself and seemed totally free from all worries, encouraging other people to delve into his perpetual mode of hysteria. Something which Jim Morrison/Pink floyd would be proud about( Very few might understand what I am hinting at but what the heck).I especially liked the one on one "head banging" jigs during the dandiya as well as the Bhangra with him. Its some different pedestal of energy( one that is so full of adrenalin that only a sore neck and tigerbalm can explain) this man is able to generate.His dancing took me back down memory lane and it was very much remniscent of the Ganesh Chaturthi dances and the ones in the North Indian "baarat".Worth mentioning were his stupendous one on ones with Goli which earned praise from many a onlooker.Overall a 10/10 in energy,sheer exuberance and attitude.I am sure he echoes the same thoughts that we were both surprised that we can dance so free without any inhibitions with so much elan.

Marvadi:Starters :- His early inhibitions resembled a young tortoise peeking out of its shell to have a glance at the real world. Anubhav seemed lost in the beginning but a few words of exhortment from fellow Freaks quickly brought him out of his 'shell'.
Main Course:Slowly but surely he started to gain confidence on a foreign hostile 'pitch' and smothered the spin to such an extent that we guys actually had to have him 'retired hurt'so that we cud have some grub.
Dessert:On came Bhagra and enter Marwadi into favoured grounds. Ganpati dance to the hilt accompanied by his (TM) deafening seetis.And yeah..marwadi we saw it..you were too good when you were dancing one on one with Savitha..good job!!

Goli:When it was Bhangra, Goli simply set the dance floor on fire.Never has he been a disappointment and never wud be one for the future we hope.His mission statement "How Goli got his Groove back", a few days back on the hallowed Blog was vindicated. If ever there cudve been one guy who epitomises Van Halen's song 'Dance the Night away'...u know u cudnt have gone wrong in the guessing game. What we had on display was some really graceful Bhangra coupled with energetic hip gyrations...a la Beyonce :-). Goli was always centrestage..in the middle of a circle of people showing people how to dance in tune to bhangra music, swaying his way through putting smooth Calypso to shame.A lot of ppl came up to us to congratulate on how energetic the entire group was...and we wudnt have an iota of doubt in our minds as to who was a big part of it....Tantrik rox!

Bailya:We had serious doubts whether this introvert would ever care to come on to the dance floor and break into a jig with us. Come dandiya..go dandiya not a trace of Vishal of the floor.He hinted that he had been involved in dancing with Suraj and group but common-sense suggested otherwise.Balls had to pull him out of the dining room to the dance floor when the Bhangra music started and once the music entered his system, Bailya was seen enjoying himself pretty much with some carefree dancing. Come Diwali..we need a serious increase in the energy quotient from you Bailya...we are sure you wont dissapoint. We want to see the Vishal of old ( I want to break free ~ from the hallmark CD {Farewell} )

Bhaiyya:(I know u dont read the Blog...but u certainly were worth mentioning)
Bhaiyya already had his potion of elixir to experience what Bala's sheer exuberance and energy had to offer.But after pushing some really atrocious food down his food pipe..he was there with the rest of the gang enjoying the music and dancing( no grinding and no funny business here). Was brave enough to come out of his perpetual state of playing second fiddle ,and danced in the center of a circle looking and analysing a zillion times of what step he had to do next. But a typical Bihari
jig and Bhaiyya was on his way..came out with flying colors we should say.

Anoop:(~Balls)A brief history about Aup coming to the festival.I casually mentioned to him one day about Garba and he completely jumped the gun and was all out for it...and wasnt it a good decision or what(now u know that im really writing this:-). No qualms...no quiver...nothing quintessential.Novel,neat...and graceful...he really surprised me by the way he cud sway keeping in mind the Hulky built of his. His decision to hoick me up on top of his shoulders and dance for almost half a song was the highlight of the night for me.We had curious onlookers...stopping their usual stuff and gaping in awe. Also if there was anyone who looked a more 'Bhai' than Sanju 'baba'we had the previlege to have him arnd today...and he surely was lucky enough to don the best 'Tikka' of the lot.A really hilarious part of the Garba was when Anoop and I were at the opposite ends ready to strike....when he wud stare at me with the 'Attitude pose' and stand still for a while while the pack behind him wud curse under their breath.Top notch performance from Aup....i give him a 11/10.

Savitha/Aarti/Nicolle:Savitha was quite zestful and performed a scitillating one-one with Goli and Marwadi.Equally good was her dandiya dancing when we were moving around in big circles.
Aarti,Nicolle wonderful job in helping to put together the entire event which was nothing short of a Grand Success.If u guys are incharge of Diwali too...then i think we are in good shape.All of them were looking resplendent in their Indian attire..something which we all aren't used to and something which is so much easier on the eyes. None of them being Gujjus..they carried themselves with grace,panache and poise.

This is for the first time in the history of Freaks Inc that a joint blog has been written...we sincerly hope that any muddled thoughts wud be taken into stride !

~Balls, Aup

eXile - Issue #138 - Great Literatury Frauds of Our Time - By John Dolan

Article makes Arundhati look like a Ellsworth Toohey promoted Gus Webb( Did I get the name right?) ..(For the clueless-- names refer to characters in Fountainhead - Ayn Rand).

Series preview:

We've talked at lenght abt the forthcoming Ind-Aus series...but here i am finding nuthing brain tickling to do...so thought i wud muster up enuff vigor to pencil in some of my thoughts.Contrary to common notion i do have this gut feeling that we are gonna pull this un off. Current bad form probably means nothing to me...too much is at stake for us.I personally have full faith in Ganguly and the team...they have time and again proved us wrong...the WC...the Aus series and the Pak series. And having spoken to most of u guys...we had all seemed to had agreed that all of the above was our doomsday. But our team not only came out unscathed by were on top most of the times. Here is why i think we wud be succesfull a few points to support my theory.

Aussies wilt under pressure:
When they r on top u know its game set and match. If we bat well in the first innings and take the Aussies head on on a dicey 2nd or 3rd day pitch, they wud more often than not crumble. In the same way if Veeru starts hitting out then u wud see the ugly side of the Aussies...Mcgrath spitting/swearing...Warney bowling the odd offspinners/bouncers. Fluster them and its half the job done. So for us to do that i think Veeru is the key. In the 98 series it was Sidhu who laid the platform for Sachin...in Australia this time arnd it was Veeru and Chopra; so if we get a decent enuff start i think the Aussies wud have their backs against the 'WALL'.

A bad middle order:
No Ponting this time for 2 matches...and im pretty sure he wudve wanted to set the record straight with bhajji...so thats a plus for us.But again its a bold statement...i think the Aussies have a really bad middle order to play spin. On previous tours they had the Waugh twins who were really good players of spin but now they r left with the likes of -
Martyn-a class act in his own right but an absolute dummy against spin
Lehman-a good player of spin but eccentric... can be enticed into playing a rash stroke as he likes to dominate the spinners
Katich-handled 'Clums' really well in Aus...but in the dustbowls of Nagpur...he wud be like a ballet dancer on a Jelly turf.
Clarke-Ok now he is a good player...but consider this
a> pressures of playing in front of a vociferous crowd
b>debut series
c>against a quality spin attack
d>on dustbowls
Now thats fuckin too much...if he comes thru all that and has a good series...then my respect for him wud be googolplexed.

Twin Spin:
As far as i remember...Clums and Bhajji havent bowled a lot together. An a few test against the Poms and NZ and that is it...correct me if im wrong. Here comes a series where both are in good form and probably a series where they cud really hunt in pair. Kumble as usual wud be the work horse and Bhajji and Irfan the strike bowlers. Its a good attack on a bad pitch and lethal when Jayprakash is the umpire :-)

Our batting:
We have always had our trump cards while playing against the Aussies...98 was Sachin series...'01 was Laxman/Bhajji and '03 was Dravid/Clums.I dont know but i have this gut feeling that its gonna be Chandi's series this time arnd. He probably is the only guy who is in fairly good nick and in the absence of Sachin he is gonna take it up on himself to score aplenty. Laxman has and always wud be a bloody enigma- 'A thriller or a trailer'.I think is gonna be sorted out by the Aussies this series...i hope im wrong but the signs arent too good. Dravid as always wud be the key along with Veeru this time. With Dravid we cud more often than not be rest assured that batting is in safe hands. Veeru smashed karthik into wilderness and warney wudnt pose much of a threat to him...the only threat is the miniscule brain of his...that overcome the series we will win in a whimper.

All in all i think we need to positive and most importantly REMOVE TENDULKAR OUT OF OUR MINDS. I wudve liked to see Sriram....he has been in some touch. But i guess Kaif needs to get a good look into tests too...he certainly has got the grit and patience for it...technique i dont know. My series predictions...2-1 India and the Nagpur test a draw. I might fall flat on my face with all the stuff that ive written...but what the heck...as som stoopid commentator always says 'Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainities' (King of Cliches according me cant stoop lower :-)

Chandi Maharaj kiii...........JAI

-Balls

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Check out this link from the Conan O Brien show. Its bt the booming Tech Support business in India.

Becks/Adidas:New Ad

Have a look a Becks' new ad.
Looks like they hate him so much that he has to come as a cartoon character.
By the look of things...even Scooby Doo wud play better than him :-)

Balls

"Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar ke and Mahesh Saab's clairvoyance"

Hey, I dunno how many of guys have watched that movie " Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar Ke" and if yes the circumstances which forced you or under whose influence you watched it. But there is a scene in that movie in which Aamir Khan's cloth manufacturing company based somewhere in Ulhasnagar has to deliver a certain quantity of clothes for one Sindhi guy ( One inconsequential Dilip Tahil, in a perpetually Sindhi ham mode). If he( Aamir) fails to do so then his company( actually his elder sister's company which he takes care of) would be taken over by the mean and menacing Sindhi (This guy, the Sindhi wishes to trade his daughter, a shemale , Navneet Nishan to Aamir Khan's character, for he(Sindhi) can't bear the ignominy of parenting such a daughter(or so it feels like 90% of the time) anymore).
Like always Aamir's company if filled with non-performers who while away their time discussing about each other's extra marital flings when they find time off from ogling at their handsome boss. So Aamir has to give this motivational speech( putting all the knowledge gained from Bhivandi Institute of Management @ 12 Tukaram Ghorpade Rd, Bhivandi) to his team , that they have to deliver this time and that too at no extra pay,no overtime and finish off the wholesale order of 20 cartons of shirts, 20 of trousers and so forth racing against the clocks of time ( the quintessential Ajanta clock with the huge hanging pendulum). Little did I know that Mahesh Bhatt, the director of this movie which springs so many suprises like torrential downpour on a scorching afternoon in famine struck mid-Maharashtra, had real life consequences.
On Friday the 24th of September 2004, the manager( John a.k.a Aamir) for Global System Design and Testing (my group at Siemens Medical, PA), called the whole team of 12 designers, 10 developers( including yours truly) and 20 manual testers ( who make and break our softwares) for a moving and deeply motivational speech. He told us that we are phasing out our Clinical Solutions Suite to the Beta Site( Client -- Chester County Hospital) on Monday. So there has to be rigorous testing and simulated working of the whole environment on our end in Siemens itself, so that we know whether the software which we have produced can actually be deployed with immediate effect at our client site. The stakes were high ( ~$ 20 million) just like "Hum hai Rahi Pyaar Ke" ( Aamir's company would be no more), our mean and menacing client here had shown us rabbits some carrots , by promising a couple of million more if we can deliver the software ahead of time a week before promised date. Like the workers in Hum Hai Rahi pyaar ke, there were many hands raised for volunteering to work 16 hours, some for 20 hours. We all had a war cry going just like in the movie and all started working. I worked late too till 12 am that night but not for nothing ( paid for all the overtime in addition to the evenings dinner :-)), John couldnt quite motivate like an Aamir, you see, and also come what may, the palate is important to me more than anything). Only difference in the two scenarios is the time which they occured.
So thinking about the turn of events, I just cant help but admire the sheer clairvoyance on the part of Mahesh Bhatt Saab sometime around 10 yrs ago, that he could predict with almost analogical accuracy, such a real life occurance of the scenario in "Hum Hai Rahi Pyaar ke". He is to my mind undoubtedly Freaks Inc. 's official "Nostradamus".

A Really Smart jap Kid!

It was the first day of school and a new student named Suzuki, the son of a Japanese businessman, entered the fourth grade.

The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American history:-- *Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death?' She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Suzuki, who had his hand up. "Patrick Henry, 1775." He said.

*"Very good! Who said 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth'"? ---Again, no response except from Suzuki. "Abraham Lincoln, 1863.", said Suzuki.

The teacher snapped at the class, "Class, you should be ashamed. Suzuki, who is new to our country, knows more about its history than you do. "

She heard a loud whisper: "F**k the Japs."
"Who said that?" she demanded.
Suzuki put his hand up. "Lee Iacocca, 1982."

At that point, a student in the back said,
"I'm gonna puke [vomit]" ---The teacher glares and asks "All right! Now, who said that?" Again, Suzuki says, "George Bush [Sr.] to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991."

Now furious, another student yells, "Oh yeah? Suck this!"
Suzuki jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, "Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997!"

Now with almost a mob hysteria someone said, "You little shit. If you say anything else,I'll kill you."

Suzuki frantically yells at the top of his voice,
"[California Congressman] Gary Condit to Chandra Levy 2001." (The teacher fainted.) And as the class gathered around the teacher on the floor, someone said, "Oh shit, we're f**ked!" ---and Suzuki said, "Americans,...in Iraq 2004!"

All Fellow Freaks,

Recently I came across this amazing discourse by a desi. Although the research was done entirely in California. The research was in English literature and the research area was the Word " F*** ".

Please listen to the attached mp3 for further information of the proceedings.

KK

Discourse.mp3

Why I wouldn’t want to be Shahrukh Khan in my next life

Stuttering more than the muttering mutt Mumbley, hair more unkempt than Carlos Valderrama, hamming more than the ‘Bhishma’ pitamaha of ham acting himself - Mukesh Khanna, here is presenting the ‘master of disaster’ - Shahrukh ‘The ever wailing’ Khan. With a niche for cliché and a penchant for shedding volumes of tears that would make Mother Ganges look woefully destitute of water, he certainly has ‘rowed’ his way right up to the top. Take notice Ms.Jayalalitha, you don’t need to fight over the Cauvery waters; he is the answer to all of Chennai’s water problems. You see you don’t call him ‘King’ for nothing or is it ‘King Nothing’…’King Khan’ is it??? Well I guess we would have to settle with ‘King Kong’.

According to me most fascinating genre of movies is the so-called ‘Serious’ flicks which are unintentionally hilarious. That’s where the term ‘B-grade’ cinema stems from is my guess or in Shahrukh’s case you could call it ‘Badshah-grade’! I hate his unchanging character and the unimaginable amount of “ahmm..urr..amm..uss” sounds he adds to all his dialogues (refer to Kuch Kuch Hota Hai for its extreme usage). A total family guy, single guy caught between two damsels (a novel theme isn’t it!), zealotry, a martyr...u name a Shahrukh movie and he is a Bhel-Puri of all the aforementioned qualities in 299 of the 300 movies that he has acted in. Here I list 5 points as to why he is more annoying than Ranjit Fernando and Rameez Raja put together.

Dude Looks like a lady:

What else could you say about a guy (questionable) who hangs out with the effeminate Karan Johar, acting in his movies targeted at the NRIs (Naturally Retarded Imbeciles) and cries like a teenage girl who has lost the nail polish gloss on her little toe. Whenever a Shahrukh Khan movie is announced, the happiest guys would probably be the Pharmaceutical people…50,000 bottles of Glycerin sold in record time! Another one of his un-manly traits could be seen in his Gay flings with Saif in the movie Kal ho na ho. It doesn’t require clairvoyance to read Shahrukh’s mind during those scenes… ‘Saif is chooo chweeeeeet!’ What next ‘Kya-Roop’ Khan…drag queen???

Kkkiran:

In the movie Darr, Shahrukh has a perfectly fine larynx except when he has to utter the name of his sweetheart…Kkkiran (Mr.Ruk-Ruk Khan…heh heh I’m getting good at this). Probably Kkkcat caught his tongue or maybe during his childhood Preeti Sagar’s tape where she teaches toddlers to pronounce alphabets looped around infinitely on the letter ‘K’. Lesson to be learnt kids don’t buy pirated cassettes (This message was sponsored by the RIAA-Recording Industry Association of America). Also does it make any sense Mr.Kkkhan to woo a girl who belongs to a burly Jat…end result he dies a Kkkutte kkke maut. What an IDIOT! I think this movie should have been named ‘Kkkabhi Stutter Kkkabhi Dumb’.

Awards:

It’s an open secret that Shahrukh has a big say in the Filmfare awards. Otherwise how could one justify him getting an award for DDLJ over the thespian Aamir for Rangeela. If ever there was one award that Shahrukh should ever deserve, that would have to be the ‘Gallant One Of the Filmyworld (GOOF) award’…bestowed for ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ by the Hysterics And Madness (HAM) Network. In no other movie has Shahrukh tried so hard to look trendy, chic and modish wearing figure-hugging T-shirts and tights in all possible flashy hues and supposedly pass off for a college teen. In no other movie has he had such a pesky daughter who in fact steals the show from him for being the most irksome in a movie. In no other movie Rani has looked so stupid yet being called the sexiest. In no other movie Kajol had such a dim-witted role where she overacted as a tomboy, cried inconsolably over an utter moron, decked up to enchant a fossilized species to arouse fresh cinders of love in him after 8 long years or chuck away an exhibitionist bachelor for an old drooling specimen with additional baggage. In no other movie Salman was seen so fully dressed in Versace and Armani suits. And alas, in no other movie does Reema Lagoo has a role as brief as this one. The award is endorsed by the above-mentioned prestigious institution since the movie and SRK have exhibited almost every single element of extol yet again in this movie.

Hissstrionics:

à In the movie Main Hoon Na (a.k.a Main Hoon Na…so what!), there is a crazy sequence in which a Cycle Rickshaw outraces an SUV where Shahrukh with a "Chal-Dhanno-aaj-teri-Basanti-ke-izzat-ka-sawaal-hai" expression puts Lance Armstrong to shame. Recent reports suggest that the sale of Cycle Rickshaws have tripled after the movie… ‘Hero Honda Basanti’ only $39.99 (plus $300 S/H) after $6000 mail in rebate.
à His half an hour dying scene in Kal Ho Na Ho where every single Actor/Extra/Spot boy sit by his deathbed and weep really irked me to the extent that I got up in the theater and screamed “Abey jaldi mar na…kabse paka raha hai’.
à Mohobattein was dubbed as the ‘Clash of the Titans’ with Amitabh (read GOD) squaring up against the Khan. A few minutes into the movie, watching a 60-year old superstar with a 35-year old media made superstar was a clear indication of who’s the boss and who is the stammering twitching joker.

What is in a name? :

“What is in a name?
That which we call a rose
by any other name would smell as sweet.” -- Shakespeare
Ever wondered as to why Shahrukh always has chick-pleasing names like ‘Rahul’ or ‘Raj’ in every movie. Why oh why couldn’t it ever be Goundamani Selvaraj or Maharajapuram Vadivellu? On second thoughts I don’t think it would matter much. Modern Shakespeare would have re-phrased his verse as follows:

What is in a name?
That which we call Rahul
By any other name would still stink (Aadab Arze!)

-Balls

After a brief period of hibernation I finally thought that its time I come out my laziness and write something to make my miniscule(intellectually) presence felt in the scope of freaks inc's ever gaining popularity

I just wanted to start a series of short stories which are small anecdotes from my engineering days. The first leg - an incident ( story if you may) is as follows

"Sabnis" the landlord and "Moti" the Dog

Back in my second year of engineering I had rented a place to stay with one of my friends Vikram Tejwani who was an dimploma holder in Pharmacy.We stayed in the outhouse cum student hostel cum slum in the bungalow of one Mr. Sabnis, a senile and cynical ripe mango(78 yrs old who could have conked off at the strike of the hour clock) , his wily old bitch(pray for her soul, but doesnt change facts) Late Mrs Sabnis who was as mean and menacing as a young Kokanast Bhramin housewife belonging to the Army Men society in Kothrud, Pune. The other members in their family were their son, daughter-in-law and their grand-children who were reasonable and friendly. Seems to me that their son was not their child at all.. I'll leave the imaginations for your perverted minds !
Living to his reputation of stingy parsimony , Sabnis retracted from his original promise of having just two tentats live in his outhouse and before I came back from vacation, I see a third idiotic character called Parag who had stuck notes like " Please remove your shoes outside the house", "Please dont put anything on my table" and the likes. Fresh from ragging a bunch of juniors I had to mete out the same treatment to Parag. Vikram and I were absolutely unreasonable to him which ensured that he got off the house within a month. The only accordance he had with us was in the common sentiment that Sabnis had cheated us by putting three in one room which was meant for two.
Once we (Vikram and I ) decided that it was too much to live in a crowded chawl like atmosphere when you are paying so much, we decided to show Sabnis the finger in our own sweet way. But lo !! Mrs. Sabnis had a different facet to her already bitchy personality. She stole our bags from our room and refused to budge with them unless and until we paid her that semester's money in cash and also brought new tenants to that fuck of a place. Then the following dialogue ensued between us ( Vikram, Mr and Mrs Sabnis senior and I)

Anoop & Vikram : Ajoba..tumhi aamhaala fasavlaat...aadheech sangitla hota tumhi ki tumhi tya room madhye faqt 2 jananna thevnaar aahat mhanun, mag ha teesra kuthun aala.
( Grandpa, you had promised just 2 in the room, then what the fuck is this third man doing there)
Aajoba: Actually, tya room madhye chaar jana rahnya evdhi jaaga aahe ( actually the room can accomodate four..as if he did some meharbaani to us by renting out his outhouse)
Anoop: Tumhi unreasonable ach nahi "chor" pan aahat. Aadhi paishe lootle aamche and atta bag chori karun ghari lapavla aahe
Aaji : Nahi denaar bag kay karnaar tumhi ( In her usual crankay way)
Anoop : Aaho aaji.. ordu nakos..Khapsheel ( O, Aaji, dont shout , you may die !)
Anoop and Vikram in chorus: Aamhi kahi hi karu shakto. Aamhi tumcha gharachya kaaj vagere fodu aani tumchi gaadi chi vaat lavun taaku. Bolva police la baghu kay karta tumhi. Aamchi pan police madhye khoop oolakh aahe aani aamhi tasa hi police complain karnaar aahot ki tumhi aamche bag chorlat mhanun . Gap chup bag dya aani gappa basaa. ( we will shatter all the belongings in your house. You can call the police if you want to ..lets see what you do. Call the police, we too have strings we can pull. We are going to register a police complaint that you robbed our bags. )
Ajoba and Aaji frighteningly parted with our possessions, clearly sensing that the above words which we uttered could well be true and if the police came then they had no chance.
Off we went in front of their faces not paying that months rent too..having stayed there for 10 days in that month :-))
Then we shifted immediately to our new house which was a bungalow called "Yashashri". We were just finishing shifting the stuff in our rented " tempo" ( the three tyre auto rickshwaw with a cover on top), that we were attacked by a ferocious looking dog. This dog was swift and it wasnt afraid of any of us ( rickshaw- walla, Vikram and I). Probably it was the care taker's dog..I dunno. The rickshaw- walla fled fearing that the dog would bite him and it clearly looked like it would have, because it was pouncing upon us literally.
Then I decided enough is enough..this dog must be taught a lesson. Off came one of my free-kick style curl kicks which landed resoundingly on the left ear-lobe of the unreasonable canine. The barking suddenly stopped and so did the activity.Well almost.. but we could see the rage within the creature simmer its way up to boiling point when Vikram finally delivered the knock out punch depriving me of that oppurtunity. Vikram had a mean left kick which now landed on the right ear lobe once and then the second time. (Ghor sannatta with stiffled cries ) The dog had resigned to his fate and clearly realized that its masters have arrived. It realized that its better to be discreet and live a sober life rather than show more valor and die. The dog became my pet for the next three years and never did it try a revenge a la Hindi film style, since it new that its small cerebellum had endured enough impact with those three kicks. That pet dog was Moti - the dog

Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Summer Olympics that they would have liked to take back:

1. Weightlifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."
2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."
3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."
4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.
5. Baseball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again."
6. Basketball analyst: "He dribbles a lot and the opposition doesn't like it. In fact you can see it all over their faces."
7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."
8. Soccer commentator: "Julian D.i.cks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven D.i.cks on the field."
9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh my God, what have I just said?"

-Balls

Now for some masala bt the blog...

I have been monitoring the referring links for our blog for the past couple of weeks. The referring links make a very interesting blog in themselves.

We have our small bunch of readers, but apart from that google leads a lot of hits to our site...i dont know how we rank so high in google, prolly cause of the umbc.edu domain.

some of the query strings resulting in hits to our page....

aryan vaid photos nude
"main" (in hindi) smoking -- google whack
footballers' wifes
nude pics of only meghna naidu
tiruvannamalai concert -- first link :)
hillarious emails -- msn first page :)
chutiyagiri --google first page
dismissed obstructing the field only indian -- google first page
"uhaul truck" pictures "accident" - google
rehan savin -- google
http://www.locators.com/dir/mallu_pics/?que=mallu pics&start=10&num=10&sid=3l1mjp2dd33rmcp1cei7b0phs2 -- referrin link..dont know how it connects to our page...something weird...
where can i buy lars ulrich's drum kit -- ask jeeves
bangalore pics from 5th element -- google
farewell to team emails - google
professional web templates navratri -google
milind wedding pics -- google
pushkar freaks - yahoo
jitin river - google
aarti+umbc - google from university of cincinati (u've got a fan there ;))
the mongolian grill of columbia -- google
profile of indian actor salil ankola -- goolge ..page 2 11-20
meghna naidu pics wallpaper -- google
sexy and nude photo session of meghna naidu -- google
anubhav sonthalia -- google query from sunnyvale california :)
pics punjabi chut - google link 13
rahul dravid cricket sunglasses - google 13
watch TERE NAAM music video -- link 230 something , pppl use link 230 :)
chaddi pics - google
fly away little parag -- hits from belgium :)
comments on rahul dravid in toi
368hv program to open -- only hit


other things to be mentioned...hell lot of hits from Savitha's blogger profile..

A game for ppl who have loads of free time:

http://n.ethz.ch/student/mkos/pinguin.swf

Click once and the penguin drops down. Click again to smash the daylights out of the penguin ...
Get the maximum distance ...

Ladies and Gentlemen .... presenting another Freaks' Legend ... Lord Bappi Da

Nice Joke

Marcus was a great F1 fan and a very good person. So as all good men end up, he went to heaven when he died. He was met at the gates by St. Peter. St. Peter knew that Marcus was a great F1 fan and told him "Here you will be able to see all the great F1 drivers over the years racing against each other in the great tracks of heaven". Marcus was amazed at what he saw. He could enjoy the likes of Ascari, Fangio et al racing against Villeneuve, Senna and others. Watching F1 drivers from different generations racing against each other thrilled Marcus's heart. One day he came upon a track where a lone Ferrari was pounding lap after lap at amazing speed. When he looked closely the driver resembled Schumacher.Marcus was angry and greatly disturbed by what he saw and went to St. Peter with his problem. St. Peter refused to answer him but Marcus kept insisting. Finally St. Peter told me "Whatever I say should not be repeated. The person you saw racing in that Ferrari was GOD. He thinks he is Michael Schumacher".

Itna sannata kyon hai bhai?

My wish comes true!!!
Dinesh Karthik finally gets a chance...hope he does well.
Also Gavaskar gets a nod...not a bad ploy considering he did pretty well in the India A games of recent past. Did they even consider Badani or Mongia...well i might have raised a few eyebrows with the mention of Mongia's name...but he is in peach form in England...even though the pitches are kinda placid at this point in the summer (if there is one in England i must add).
Badani still has time in his hands and in the future is gonna run Kaif for a spot in the lower middle order. Its high time Kaif gets his act right...he has been a fringe player more often than not..just managing to cling on in the first team on account of a few good knocks now and then.

-Balls

Some "filmi" stuff I came across during a session of random surfing:

http://www.pha.jhu.edu/~sundar/tp/archive.html

Simply hilarious ....

Guys..one among the most hillarious emails I have ever read

Reference :- An F1 student, Gujju guy from Bbay coming to the USA for his Phd in Biomedical Engineering. Friend from India coming to send him (Gujju guy) off at the airport writes this mail to his friend going to pick him up from the airport in the US.

The characters : N( Gujju guy travelling), M(his friend in the US who will receive him from the airport), S( friend who was there to bid N farewell at Sahar), V ( the author of this mail)

Quote of the mail from V to M:

Hi M,

S and I ( V ) went to drop off  N at the airport last night. N's dad had taken entrance passes for all of us and so S and I went inalong with N's relatives into the visitors' area.The hour that followed was quite an interesting one. N apparently was a little overweight (not his body, his cabin luggage) He came back to the visitors' area to ask for advice on how to deal with it. "D" (N's brother) pressed a few five hundred rupee notes into his hand and asked him to bribe the official. I don't exactly know the details of how everything eventually transpired, but from the way I understood it, N shelled out the moolah and still had to decrease some of the books that he was carrying. In any case, N asked me to mail you and to ask you to NOT FORGET to pick him up. There, I've passed on the message. Now it's your job to curse him for his lack of faith when he reaches there.

Also, N is wearing an orange woollen shirt that is probably the most hideous bit of garmentry I have ever laid my eyes upon. Though I couldn't get him to confirm the hypothesis, I have a feeling that it's for the purpose of drawing the attention of rescuers in case the plane has to make an emergency landing in a forest and all neon lights on the plane are non-functional. Though his foresightedness does have a certain survivalistic appeal to it, the combination of overwhelming geekiness and blinding orange that was N last night was certainly an interesting sight.

Wear sunglasses when you pick him up. To avoid retinal damage.

V.
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~Anoop

A lot of things have been said about the bonus system and how India after winning 3  losing 2 in their 5 games have qualified leaving Pakistan in the lurch. I think Bob Woolmer is going overboard on this topic. I agree that the bonus point system might be flawed and needs serious rethink, but all the teams knew about this in the beginning. So if Pakistan have been robbed of a place in the finals due to just one off day and one abyssmal performance(122 all out), it cant be helped..they deserve it. So all these talks of cribbing over the bonus points system and talks that follow have no meaning at all..If at all they(pakis) were so concerned about it, they should have contested the rule being enforced in the first case.
Now the net run rate rule ( not lately the most followed first choice rule) was said to be flawed because it gives the team playing the last match a clear idea of the target of runs to chase or defend. They could not have two matches being played(like football) at the same time because of obvious commercial reasons. Now there are already many allegations against the present bonus point rule which makes me think that this is also going to be scrapped off soon. So then we will be left not having a definite metric to eliminate teams with same points in a tournament.

I suggest these changes to the bonus points system:

1. Only the winning team in a match gets bonus points if it is able to restrict the opposite team to a score whose difference with the winning team score is 50 or more than 50 runs. The winning team also gets bonus points if it can score a target set by the opposite team with a run rate of 6.5 runs or more.

2. Even after adhering to this metric if three teams have the same points then net run rate should be the main metric and net run rate of only the matches the three teams are involved. I am not sure if this clause is still there, because if this clause holds true Pakistan would not have have qualified irrespective of India getting the bonus points or not.( Thanks to  their paltry 122).

Dont know how many of the Freaks are Garfield Fans....

A link for fans of the coolest CAT in the world
Garfield : Rok means year. Complete collection from 1978 to 2004.

Words of wisdom from the director of the new sleaze flick 'Julie' - Dipak Shivadasani:
 
"Perhaps Julie is being perceived as a sleazy product. That can't be helped. I am very confident about my film, specially the climax where I've created a powerful emotional impact. People may come to see skin. They'll leave with soul."
 
Total acquiesce to ur thoughts Mr.CheeseSleaze ...im first in line to see this movie...let the BEAST grow a soul.
P.S. The soul growing process has already begun though...Hawas has totally changed my perception of life :-)

A day in the life of a grad student...
 
7:30am Wakeup and lie awake in Bed
7:31am Realize you spent $18 on last night's dinner, means no eating outfor the next 6 weeks
7:45 am Ready to go to school, will shave tommorrow, will eat early brunch at(Denny's/Penny's/Lenny's/Dinko's whatever cafeteria).
8:03 am Arrive at schoolRealize your officemate arrived earlier today must have got more work done
8:04am Pass by Advisor's office, chat with Secretary to find out if he is coming in today. He is, darn. Need to start work on the draft due this afternoon.
8:15am Read mail
8:20 Delete mail from students taking EE 434 regarding questions about the classHate your TA jobDepression: too much work to do today
9:00 For jumpstart: go to coffee machine.
9:05 Kick coffee machine; promise yourself to call up the companyand ask for your quarter.Wonder why they would beleive you.
9:33 Start printing out loads of stuff that may be vaguely related toyour work.
9:41 Early morning stupefactionMutter racist comments to yourself about your officemate
9:43 Curse your officemate in a low tone he would not comprehend Feel good about he not grasping English well
9:58 finger everyone at the office and most people half way around the world (using the "finger" command, of course)
10:19 Feel sleepy, should not have stayed late playing tetris last night.
10:31 momentary panic attack
10:43 edit .plan file. write a shell program to edit .plan more easily
10:59 Drop in at boss(advisor)'s office and borrow something you dont need & and kinda make him aware you are working hard on xyz
11:05 perverted daydreams
11:11 read newsmid-morning yawn time
11:34 Start typing junk at a very high key-in rate to pretendyou are working hard as the boss passes by from outside.
11:35 Press the BackSpace key for one and a half minute until allthe garbage you typed in is erased.Realize that you can type more than 256 characters per half minute
11:41 Flirt with the new girl in the department
11:45 Print out some slides for afternoon's draft + presentation
11:47 Print them again, you forgot to change the date from last presentation
11:49 Print another copy in case this one gets lost
11:51 Completely forget about sueing the coffee-machine company
12:15 Hunger pangs:
12:20 BigMac/Fries time Drink a not-so-cold can of coke from your desk.Ch-Ching, you just saved 35 cents by buying bulk coke
1:00 Group Meeting with boss
1:14 sudden awareness of one's shallownessresentment towards foriegn officemate for sucking up to the boss Get reminded by the boss that you need to do some more literature-survey
1:51 Boss hands you the reddened copy of your draft for corrections
1:51:02 The 49 second urge to murder boss begins
1:51:52 Realize that he controls your paycheck/grade/vacation/late nights/social life/getting a paper out/graduation possiblity/graduation date if applicable/job opportunity and the rest of your life.
1:52:53 Thank him
1:52:54 Thank yourself for not saying something stupid to your boss.
1:53:00 splitting headache #
11:59 check mail, dont reply though , you are too busy to do that
2:06 more coffee
2:17 Oh No, it is my turn to cook tonite :-(
2:30 Sit through the class you were told to sit through
2:39 look outside the window make unrealistic plans to quit this degree program and take up a jobWonder why blonde girls are so pretty
2:48 more perverted day-dreamsClose the office door and open a few gif files.sharpen pencil
3:06 worry about never graduating time to write a letterrearrange deskcall up bank; see if you have any money fear of losing aid next Fall Read latex manuals to figure out how to put &$%&% in %$^% format
3:43 watch the clockmake plans to do a all-nighter toniteVow to watch only 2 TV programs
4:58 Notice Boss leave
4:58:01 Sudden sense of freedom
9:00pm Come into the office
9:01pm The hard working grad student you are, you have to come to theoffice late at night to "get the work done"
9:03 Check mailDecide it would be a good time to attack those ftp sitessince network wont be loadedRun into "since network wont be loaded" traffic and get the pictures into your machine.Compress all unwanted research/class directories to make space.Back up all your pictures
10:11 Admire picturesBegin work; Realize you need referencesRealize its too late today to go to the library Sudden feeling of having wasted the day
10:49 Sudden feeling of possibly having to waste the nightDecide to turn in early and come back very early tommorrow morningDecide to play a computer-game to put yourself in a good mood.
11:15 Play game after game after game to improve your score and get on the scoreboard. Realize that your officemate is still at number 6, two notches above you on the scoreboard.
12:20 Play until you beat your officemate into the 7th place.A sense of achievment!! Yes, today was not wasted!!Return home to find your roommate watching David LettermanTell him about the "hard working grad student day you had"Discuss philosophy with roommate
1:09 Think about becoming a philosopher and dining with 4 others(The Dining Philosophers problem,:) )Argue with him about politics, why people prefer Japanesecars and whether it is better to set the heat to "hot" or "cold"to defrost the windshields faster.
1:49 Realize neither of you have bought milk today Get reminded of the "too much milk problem"
2:04 Forget about getting up early. Turn the phone ringer offand go to sleep.

Bush, Ashcroft and some 'feared weapons ' ..read on guys ...
 
At New York Kennedy airport today, an individual, discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a setsquare, a slide rule and a calculator. Attorney general John Ashcroft believes the man is a member of the notorious al-gebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of math dinstruction. "Al-gebra is a very fearsome cult, indeed", Ashcroft said. "They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent in a search of absolute value. They consist of quite shadowy figures, with names like, "x" and "y", and, although they are frequently referred to as "unknowns", we know they really belong to a common denominator and are part of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country." As the great Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, there are 3 sides to every angle. When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes. A member of the Presidential group, who spoke without attribution said, "I'm extremely grateful that our government has given us a sine that it is intent on protracting us from these math-dogs who are so willing to disintegrate us with calculus disregard. These statistic bas*tards love to inflict plane on every sphere of influence. Under the circumferences, it's time we differentiated their root, made our point, and drew the line." President Bush said, "these weapons of math instruction have the potential to decimal everything in their math on a scalene never before seen unless we become exponents of a Higher Power and begin to factor-in random facts of vertex." Attorney General Ashcroft said, "As our Great Leader would say, read my ellipse. Here is one principle he is uncertainty of---though they continue to multiply, their days are numbered and the hypotenuse will tighten around their necks."

Another legend ... should be every proud Freak's wallpaper ...

Check out Ballsy's latest Avataar. This new kid on the block shares the same name as Balls.He surely is Arms n Charms (as Ballsy likes to call himself) .Shawar is losing ground. :)

Now back to my old hot linking habits :)

Found this link which gives some descriptions of words used in Bambaiya Hindi..

I hope this sparks a commentmania enlisting the other loads that are missing in this link.

Some of em --

Peti -- Lakh
Khoka -- Crore
Pandu -- Havaldar

Thoughts in tranquility:
Of traveling in the metro and meeting old friends

Yesterday was quite eventful as always.Though I couldn't keep up with my schedule for the day as always, I could keep up with my latest passion "swimming". It was pretty late in the evening around 9ish when I left for Rockville with heavy rains hindering every thought of leaving early. Samir drove me to the BWI rail station in the rains and finally I could catch the MARC train to Union Station DC just in the nick of time.

I had taken my cricket bat along with me since we(my friends and I) had planned to play cricket during the weekend.Then started my arduous efforts of explaining what it(the bat) was to every Tom Dick and Harry in the train...these Americans have to be so inquisitive that I felt " Gosh..had I been more laconic in my reply to the first person who asked me". One of my fellow passengers had also seen "Lagaan" which drew me to observe his suspected British descent.He was a Puerto Rican though and he follows cricket after his trip to India sometime back in 2000.Makes me happy..cricket finds a place in someones interests in this country apart from desis.I caught the metro from Union Station in DC towards White Flint which is the closest metro station near Rockville.
A quick comment on the "beauty" levels of the metro stations.There were gorgeous beauties in the train from Union Station till Dupont Circle after which the level gradually diminished to obscurity...easily explains why upscale towns produce upscale beauties.Finally I reached my friends place at 11pm in the night my days fast broken with an exquisite Gujarati platter of roti with "patta gobi ni sabji".And today morning the day I had been waiting for came by..a reunion of friends Ashutosh(my friend from Rockville), Aditya my friend from San Diego and I meeting each other after 5 yrs...the telephone and the internet has really bridged the communication gap in the most fulfilling way.

All u Kournikova fans ...check out the new tennis sensation from Russia .. Maria Sharapova ... 17 years old and she is in the wimbledon finals. And in the "non - tennis" department too, she is much better than kournikova ... u know what i mean ;) .. long live o russian-tennis

Footballers Wives

Times of india..the legendary gossip page does it again!
Here is a link to the girlfriends/wives of footballers.If u see most of them are companions of Italian players...no wonder they screwed up so miserably in the Euros...cant get ur concentration to the requisite levels to win such a tourney with these models arnd.

Balls

Blogger vs Orkut -- Blogger wins !

I was just thinking after the gradual fizzing out of orkut whether the comparison made above is fair. On one end we have one thing which is a medium to let our creative juices flow and also for all our bullshit, mud-slinging and leg-pulling. On the other end we have a seemingly techno jazzy interface where we can meet people and read their profiles however inconsequential they may be. Orkut and things similar to it have a phase of usage. When its new, its simply great( well, I have to say that ,because the only motivation i used to have some days was increasing my friends on orkut), but lack of new features and simply lack of change makes it suck pretty soon.So however technically good Orkut maybe, I give it a max of two months of peoples' interest unless they change it drastically.But just come to think of it, on blogger we have been pretty active for the past 8 months now and though it has caused a few fights and ill-feelings the plethora of joy it usually gives to share our "near-life" experiences expunges those(ill-feelings). Today we've completed 8 months since we have started blogging ( not counting the inactivity periods in between), so heres to Freaks Inc and happy blogging !

The Van der Vaart Saga

Just managed to come across an interesting piece of article on the dutch sensation Rafael Van der Vaart. Manchester United has been courting this 21 yr old whizkid for 2 yrs now...and if British Tabloids were to be believed...then Fergie was supposed to move in for the kill and offer 15M to swoop Rafael.
But apparently Fergi has come to know of Rafael's high profile relationship with
Sylvie Meis and is having second thoughts abt the transfer. Fergie had trouble with the relationship of Becks and Posh Spice...and that was one of the reasons Becks was shown the door.But this Weis woman is leagues better than Posh.
Search for her pix on Google guys...she is one helluva hottie.

Balls

Another Near-Life Experience (Think I have been having too many of them these days)

Venue – Mongolian Grill of Columbia
Date – Saturday, June 21, 2004
People – Myself ,Vishal , Anadi , Anoop.

Will start with some other events of the day; got to watch a brilliant game between Holland and the Czech Republic .It was one of the best soccer games I have seen. FastPaced attacking football at its best. And I still repeat my words “Though Czech Republic deserved to win, Holland certainly did not deserve to lose” I hope ppl do understand the literary connotations of the contradiction ;-)

After that superb game we decided to goto the Mongolian Grill. It’s a Thai Cuisine restaurant on Columbia. Bala was gonna accompany us but unfortunately due to his
advisors (Dare I say his name and he would pop up outta nowhere :) email, he had to stay back to submit some work.

The idea behind the grill is --

There is a Salad Bar where u can make ur own salads. Also there is a buffet corner where u pick up the ingredients of the food u want cooked; down to the amount of salt and the sauces u would like added and they make it for u that way.

Though it was great food, but the highlight of the evening was something completely different. The lady who stole the show completely away from the food was one of the waitresses who was serving us. Just to make u understand how she with her amazingly beautiful smile took away the limelight from the food I would like to just say one line. Even Anoop was looking at her more than the food :)

She can easily give any Hollywood actress a run for their money. Aishwarya Rai probably isn’t even in the same class. To top her amazingly beautiful face, she had an even more amazing figure. A smile anybody would kill for. One of those for whom poems are written. Stuff Dreams are made of. All one would probably do on a date with her would admire her beauty.
(And there is no exaggeration involved here; am sure other freaks who accompanied me will vouch for me.)

Nonetheless, we left with a heavy heart absolutely not wanting to get her out of our sights. In fact, I shamelessly accept, we even went to the extents of driving in front of the Grill when we finally left the place in hope of catching a glimpse of her.(Also u need to consider the fact that Goli was in the driving seat ;-))

Then we went off a nearby Star Bucks and spent the evening talking bt the most weird (Goli thyair) topics. An hour just went in discussing the life and more importantly philosophy of an unnamed loner. :)

Also, I would like to nominate and vote the abovementioned waitress the Official Freaks Inc. Babe with immediate effect.

Goli, agle Saturday same time same place? kya bolta hai ?

Latest Addition to Freaks Activity -- Taboo.

This particular board game was introduced to all of us by Anoop.
A brief introduction to the game – U r given words which u have to prompt to ur team members to guess using clues which do not include certain words which are written at the bottom of the card.

The game was great fun all in all. Some things need special mention. I thought I should archive them on the blog so we remember the newly devised clues forever.

What is NOT – is paint.
As sweet as …. – Jelly
Hockey + Grame Hick is – Hickey
Arsene Wenger – Arson
Claude Makelele + Jayawant Lele – Ukelele
Juventus – Juvenile
Nimbus 2000 – Broom
Prisoner of Azkaban – prison facility (though the right word turned out to be ‘book’)

Also among other points to be mentioned bt the 2 days of fun would be the exemplary sportsman spirit we showed, not ending up even having one spat during the entire duration of the game :-). (I think u can discount the row I had with Goli or Bala occasionally swearing S.O.B) Amongst all of this special mention goes to the DHAMKI that Vishal gave to Srikant – Quoting him on that “G main Dum hai to yahan bol na, Bala ko kya bol raha hai” … Boy ,that dialog has probably has scarred Srikant for life. The after effects of the threat were so dire that Srikant suffered from an attack of headache immediately.:-)

Also include the fact the GOLI (in whose words “Bahut hi simple aur weird si game hai”)never managed to score beyond a negative point or with a bit less exaggeration I would say not more than a couple every time he turned up prompting clues. BTW,with all due respect,COMB is the correct pronunciation, not "cooomb" as u said. Proof -- COMB

Trying to keep the blog short, I end it here with a small request to every Freak who has played the game to at least contribute 2 devised clues.

Dream Band

Been a long time since anyone wrote on the blog...everyones been 'working' out real hard in past few days...while i have been busy doing my Laundry :-).
Being Freaks abt most of the stuff we like...i had a quick poser for ppl (esp Aup,Stri and Bailya) 'If u had a dream line up for a rock band with 4 members...who wud u have?'

My choices:

Vocals/Rhythm: Jaymz Hetfield (Metallica)...GOD...nothing more said.

Lead Guitarist: Randy Rhoads (Ozzy) ...Ive always been a HUGE fan of this guy...even though he has made only 2 albums with Ozzy,those 2 demonstrated that if he were to be alive,he wudve been one of the all time Metal greats.

Bass: The one and only....Steve Harris (Iron Maiden)...never seen/heard a guy who plays the bass guitar like a rhythm guitar...breakneck speed....hear PowerSlave to believe me.

Drums: Ahh now this is a tough one...as much i love Lars/Nicko/Vinnie Paul...i guess i wud have to go with Mike Portnoy(dream Theater).

Waiting to hear ur voices...Scream for me!
P.S. Im learning to write short Blogs :-)

Near Life experience ( Anubhav ishtyle) on I-95
Yesterday evening we(Suraj, Jeetu, Anubhav and I) had been to Siva Vishnu temple. Samir's whimsical nature justified with his undecisive contemplation to come or not , finally "No" being his desicion, coupled with Pradeep's mood ensured that we had two places empty in our Honda Civic.It was 7 ish in the evening and it struck me as we were leaving the house that Anubhav was alone and he would not mind accompanying us.Anubhav's extraordinarily quick "geting ready" skills ensured that we werent delayed anymore.The absence of Anadi in the car ensured that we didnt take any wrong exits and lose our way, though I must admit that I am usually his(Anadi's) accomplice in crime(taking wrong exits) when he doesnt screw it up all alone.We spent a nice 1/2 hour at the SSVT culminated with savories like "Yogurt Rice" and "Mango Lassi" that made Anubhav promptly declare, "Wow..This is the best way to end a fast".
On our way back, Suraj doing his typical "ranti" manouvres, we were approaching Baltimore pretty quickly. In the middle of the journey we were overtaken by a Uhaul truck with a BMW Z3 convertible in tow.We just got into a deep discussion about why that person must have hooked the BMW to his Uhaul trailer. Only a desperate relocation at a time when no one else must have been available for him might have prompted his imprudent decision. It was not difficult to hear each other echoing similar thoughts that had the BMW Z3 been theirs, how they would treat it like a queen and never do such a ghastly act with it.More disturbing were the sparks which were emanating from the friction between the trailer and the ground, undoubtedly due to the high speed(about 90mph) the Uhaul was pulling it at.Suraj stuck to 60Mph and soon the truck was out of sight.A few minutes passed by and Suraj suddenly interjected the silence by saying," Oh shit, saw that car? did you all see that major accident?". Taken aback by his words which caused our lackadaisicial minds get out of slumber we all rhymed back a "NO".As we drove past the spot where Suraj had suspected that an accident just took place, we saw nothing and Suraj was sure by then that he had been hallucinating. But he kept telling us that he saw a car which cut across two lanes and went into the bushes that separate I-95 N and S and needlessly to say we didnt believe him. Seconds later we saw a Uhaul, this time with nothing in the trailer behind it and a close second look at the sparks coming from behind confirmed that it was the same Uhaul we had seen a few minutes ago. Where was the BMW Z3 then? Yeah..Suraj wasnt hallucinating, it was the same unmanned BMW Z3 which got unhooked from the trailer of that Uhaul and cut across two lanes to the left before crashing into the ditch(bushes)/road divider between I95 North and South, and mind you this happened when there were other vehicles behind the Uhaul travelling at around 70.The owner of the car was still oblivious about what a phenomenon had taken place and his Uhall still whistled away at 90 mph.We immediately decided to chase the Uhaul and let him know that his BMW Z3 was gone and here we were helped by Suraj's F1 style driving which has earned him the dubious distinction of many speeding tickets.We were next to him by his right and we were honking and honking to attract his attention but that man ( who I can now say for sure was a drunk, stoned idiot)would not hear.Luckily, there was some other person who had also noticed what had happened and (he)sent an alarm from the left side making the person( the BMW owner) finally realize that something was amiss and causing him to slow down. Being on a highway we couldnt just stop, so we just moved ahead, just looking back and thinking about what had happened,almost missing exit 47B towards UMBC, engrossed in our discussions.Just spare a thought for the person who realizes that his fav possesion which he was carrying in tow is no longer there.What thoughts must have raced in hs mind for that split second when he was told by the person who informed him that his BMW has crashed, what a mile or a mile and a half behind. What must he have been thinking when he would have had to take an exit to get on to I95 south and keep looking around to the left in the bushes to see if he can find his BMW somehere.But I guess a man as stupid as he, deserves his fate. He may argue for the nex few months with his insurance agents or may even sue Uhaul for not providing a stable trailer but can he ever answer these questions:

Scenario 1> What if the approaching cars from behind had crashed into the BMW leading to a massive mayhem with about 10 or more cars involved in the crash.
Scenario 2> Say it eluded the cars approaching from behind, but what if the unmanned BMW ( clearly a misfired bullet) evaded the ditch between I95 N and S and got on to the other side causing a major accident.Imagine a driver on I95 south coasting along at 65 and suddenly he sees a BMW just cutting across out of nowhere.Since the Uhaul was travelling at 90 odd there is a good chance that the sideways speed of the BMW, when it got itself free from the trailer hooks was pretty high ,since it had the momentum to keep moving along.

We all laughed it out in the end with Suraj(now endowed with the power of hindsight from Dravid) saying that he had thought that the car was making an F1 style overtaking manouvre.He said he was thinking.." Oh that car has briskly changed one lane, oh another..and oh its gone( crashing into the bushes )". But what if there was actually a scenario 1 as stated above, then we(our car) would be approaching a mass car melee at 70mph :-))

~Anoop

हिन्दी प्रचार के प्रयास मैं मेरा छोटा सा योगदान् --


मौत से ठ्न गयी

ठन गयी
मौत से ठन गयी

जुझ्ने का मेरा इरादा न था,
मोड पर मिलेंगे इसका वादा न था,

रास्ता रोक कर वह खॅडी हो गयी
योन लग ज़िन्दगी से बडी हो गयी

मौत की उम्र क्या है ? दो पल भी नही,
ज़न्दगी सिल्सिला, आज कल की नहीं

मैं जी भर जिया,मैं मन से मरुन्,
लौट्कर आउंग, कुच से क्य ड्ररुन ?

तु दबे पाव्, चोरी-चुपे से न आ,
सामने वार क्रर फिर मुझे आजमा

मौत से बेखबर्, ज़न्दगी क सफर्,
शाम हर सुर्मयी, रात बंसी क स्वर्

बात ऐसी नहीं कि कोई गम ही नहीं,
दर्द अपने-पराये कुछ कम भी नहीं

प्यार इतना परायो से मुझको मिला
न अपना से बकी है कोई गिला

हर चुनौती से दो हाथ मैने किये,
आंधियो मैं जलाये है बुझते दिये

आज झकझोरता तेज तूफान है,
नाव भॉवरौ की बाहौ मैं मेहमान है

पार पाने का कायम मगर होसला ,
देख तेवर तूफान का, तेवरी तन गयी

मौत से ठन गयी |

-- अट्ल बीहारी वाजपयी.

Beta Testing of a new blogger template.(Just goes to say how motivated my Sundays usually are..for that matter any day ). Comments required. Meaningful comments should include apart from criticism, a link to a blogger template which you think would be more appropriate, an image for the index page etc :-)). The Hindi dates seemed to have worked well with the flow of the blog. So also added " Vishesh Tipanni " a la Amitabh style instead of "comments". Anyone more knowledgable in Hindi could suggest another word for the same. Suggestions for that one sentence which says what the blog depicts, are also welcome.

~Anoop

Bahut Heavy Movie Hai!!!

The man has finally delivered! After almost a year of pretexts and irrational denials, the ‘peer’ finally conjured up the courage to watch the ‘Heaviest’ movie of ‘em all “3 Deewarein”. And was the man impressed by it or wat! (Balasmosis sentence).
It surely wasn’t a breezy, happy go lucky, Speedo advertising movie made by an effete group of self-professed intellectuals like Karan Johar and Co. And best of all I didn’t have to endure the pain of sitting through irrelevant song and dance sequence or the misery of mindless slapstick idiosyncrasies.

Without delving too much into the movie, I wud just pen the gist of this gripping fare.
---Here you have a story about three criminals - one who hasn’t committed the crime, one who accidentally committed it, and the third who confesses to have done it in his senses. All three have been sentenced to death. A filmmaker wants to document the turmoil that they undergo. Slowly, a bond begins to form between the three men and the filmmaker as they realize that in some inexplicable way, they are linked to each other--- (courtesy some review website).

It’s fascinating to watch the movie unravel its glorious uncertainties; at a pace that the Lee’s and Chuktar’s don’t vie for. The acting is top-notch especially that of Juhi Chawla. She is certainly a revelation in the movie…finally managing to avoid her 2000W toothy grins. The bedroom scene where she threatens her husband to file for divorce or be scalded with gasoline is one of the best I’ve seen in a hindi movie in recent times (“If you don’t…I will do this tomm and the day after…and the day after that”…cult dialogue that one!). Don’t think I have to say much abt the acting skills of the thespian who goes by the name of Naseer. Jackie too has finally emerged from his ‘Thumbs-Up’ shadow!

Ive always been a fan of ‘Kukunoor-ish’ flix and this movie reiterates that it aint worth second thoughts to watch his movies. Using his directorial skills Kukunoor manages to paint a grim yet touching picture of lives gone wrong without making it gory and with the minimum use of dialogues. Next un on the agenda…Bollywood Calling…haven’t seen that yet. Freaks…If you're almost brain dead thanks to all the movies that you have been assaulted by lately, watch this movie for guaranteed revival of your grey cell embryos.
Heavy zaroor hai…but fulltoo vasool hai.

Enlightened…

“Enslaved by three walls,
The fourth, a barrier in my will.
Break it I must, leaving behind a hollowness,
Sighs and screams begging to be free.
But free I am, free is my mind.’’