Alright... this is a very interesting story ....
Now, for a long time, Orkut had deprived me of this particular facility of typing scraps in hindi... (dunno why tho.. of all people/ things in this world.. Orkutting is something that I indulge in religiously; I certainly dont deserve such step motherly treatment!) *makes a face*
sooo.... it would tear a hole in my heart to receive hindi scraps from KanNOTchan ... (n her msgs...are like ..they really provoke me to respond, in the same vein..n here u go... I would be dying to hit back, but would be handicappped by the fact that I was not one of the Chosen Ones in the Orkut list of 'Users Who Get TO Type Scraps In Hindi'!!)

And then.. one fine dayyy ...(a FINE day indeed :)) .. wat do I see? A completely unexpected, pleasant surprise...

Orkut had taken me into its fold ; I was granted the option of typing scraps in Hindi ......

and of course, as usual I lost it! Went overboard with it.. scrapped everyone I could think of ...
and announced my BIG news with the lettered equivalent of a drumroll ...

Sample this scrap that I wrote in Arpita's Srapbook:

हे इ गोट थिस हिंदी स्क्रेप्पिंग ओप्शन नो!! इट्स अवेसोमे!!! (hey I got this hindi scpng option now)
ये!! yay!
ये!
ये!
वो! आईएम गोइंग क्रेजी! [:D] (I am going crazY!)

(I wrote the translations for easy reading :P )


To which she replied:

wow shruti... i've known it for yrs now..ki tere ko jyada stimulus nahi chahiye hota hai "crazy" ho jane ke liye....

or shld i say, तेरे को ज्यादा स्तिमुलुस नहीं चाहिए होता है "क्रेजी" हो जाने के लिए!!!!!








And then, While playing around with Hindi Scraps, the Pseudo-Columbus in my batch suggested to me that I could actually write in hindi on my 'About me' by typing stuff out in the scrapbook.

Lo! and Behold! .... in a flash of a second, u had this :D :D :D

वाह!! कितना कूल है यह!! :D :D

थिस इस सूओऊ एक्स्सितिंग!!!

(this is so exciting!!)

मेरा मतलब है की आज ही ऑरकुट ने मुझे यह हिंदी टाइपिंग की सुविधा उपलब्ध करायी है!
और मैं इसे लेके बहुत ज्यादा एक्स्सितेद (उत्साहित/excited) हूँ!!
और मुझे हमारे batch के नकली-कोलंबस (pseudo-Columbus) ने यह आईडिया दिया की मैं अपने "अबाउट मी"
पर भी इसका उपयोग कर सकती हूँ!!
शुक्रिया कोलंबस!!
वाह! इसमें तोह मैं बहुत सारी कलाकारी (read:creativity) कर सकती हूँ!!
बहुत जल्दी, मैं यहाँ कुछ अच्छा सा लिखूँगी!!
तब तक के लिए,
Happy Hindi reading/Typing!!! :D

..whoa! here is one of my fav poems by Maithili Sharan Gupt.
lemme type it down in hindi :D

-- दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है

दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है...
पतंग भी जलता है सखी,
हा दीपक भी जलता है,
दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है.

शीश हिलाकर दीपक कहता,
बंधू वृथा ही तू क्यूँ देहता;
पर पतंग पड कर ही रहता-
कैसी विह्वलता है!
दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है.

कहता है पतंग मन मारे
तुम महान, मैं लघु पर प्यारे
क्या ना मरण भी हाथ हमारे?
शरण किसे छलता है
दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है

बचकर हाय पतंग करे क्या!
प्रणय छोड़कर प्राण धरे क्या!
मरे नहीं तो मरा करे क्या !!
क्या यह असफलता है?
दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है...

दीपक के जलने में, आली
फिर भी है जीवन की लाली
पर पतंग भाग्य लिपि काली-
किसका वश चलता है...
दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है.

जगती वनिक्वृत्ति है रखती
उसे चाहती जिसे चकती
काम नहीं, परिणाम निरखती
मुझे यही खलता है..
दोनों ओर प्रेम पलता है...

(hmm... in case you are wondering Arpita, Ritz and Shilpi, as to what-the-hell-has-gotten-into-her-head-that-shes-putting-up-sissy-
hindi-poetry-on PREM of all things :D :D, Well........
I actually like this one a lot.
Let me explain the context and meaning of this verse by Maithili Sharan Gupt.
It is a depiction of a scene from the Ramayana (again, a bit of imagination on the part of the poet.
When Prince Rama is ordered by his Father to spend fourteen years in 'vanvaas' or life as an ordinary bhikshu, in the forest, his wife Sita promptly declares that she will follow suit. Despite Lord Rama's entreaties to her that this sentence was meant only for him, and that there is no compelling reason for her to suffer with him, Sita does not relent. She would not be able to survive without her husband anyway, she points out; Mata Sita, of course is the ideal hindu wife - who would stand by her husband - in sickness as in health, in happiness or in suffering.
Then of course, Rama's brother Laxman insists upon accompanying them; after much resistance from the elder brother, He becomes a part of the troupe.
But then there is Urmila, Laxman's wife. She too insists, pleads with her husband to let her go with him. However, Laxman puts his foot down. One, he probably feels that he could not condemn her to a life of toil and suffering.Two, he reminds her that it is her Dharam to stay back and look after his family, as the daughter-in-law of the house.
Urmila's spent tears go unnoticed.
Here the poet tries to highlight the fact that perhaps Urmila's sacrifice was greater than that of Sita- since, for a (Hindu) woman, there is no greater joy, privilege or blesssing than to serve her husband and stay with him at all times. Separation from him is nothing short of a curse or suffering.
Here, Urmila is relating her plight to her friend (referred to as "aali" meaning "sakhi"/ friend) ..
however, with a blind devotion and reverence for her husband, which is so typical of a Hindu Wife, Urmila is justifying Laxman's decision of condemning her to this life of separation and suffering, by pointing out that his own suffering because of this separation is no less.
She draws an analogy with the relationship between a firefly ('patanga') and an oil lamp (diya or Deepak)
The attraction of the Firefly towards the flame of the deepak is said to be so intense that it cannot bear the pain of separation from the latter, and eventually it plunges into the fire, immolating itself. Urmila points out that the Deepak too reciprocates the love of the former and suffers in the process - for if the patanga burns itself to death, the deepak itself continuously burns too. However, the intensity of love and devotion is higher in the case of the patanga, and the manner in which both burn themselves eventually into nothingness, is also vastly different; One burns insignificantly into ashes, while the other at least spreads light and energy and hence is held in higher regard and esteem by the materialistic/uilitarian mindset of the society.

And of course, u have to actually READ the poem to get its depth and meaning.
Though personally, its the rhythm and rhyme of the poem that really strikes a chord with me.

Wow.. u must be thinking I have totally lost it....

but then..when did I actually "have it"?? :D Food for thought ?

On that note...
signing off,

Shruti

My Golden days r not lost yet! *touch wood*

Thxx to some nuts, who will never let me forget that golden age of innocence ... insolence and productive worthlessness :DTwo of them , shud get a mention here ... Ritu and Arpita ... my Confession Boxes, Grievance Cells, whatever u cud call them ....but well.. im just too thrilled abt the fact that we are now a team of three amateur bloggers ... sharing n swapping memories n sentiments .... :D :Dheres the link to all my ABOUT MEs
http://straight4mthehorsesmouth.blogspot.com/
...anddd .. here is the link to Arpita's Blog ...
http://arpita1586.wordpress.com/and here is the link to Ritu's ...
http://thehealershelpmate.blogspot.com/
... Happy Reading ... (Shilpi, u have got a treat here, havent you ? :P )

Continued from the post below - Part 3

and nowwwwww ..... Ritzzzzzz


“Do u realize that u feel guilty about a lot of things that u do, n y don’t u just stop doing them instead of feeling guilty abt them?”... she snapped at me 1 day, wen as usual I was cribbin abt how I was feeling “guilty” 4 havin ovr-overslept during our Boards… 1ce,Arpita called me, chuckling guiltily(yeah.. Guilty-ing was OUR Thing!) –wen instead of studying for her exam, she had been busy reading F.R.I.E.N.D.S scripts online .. Ritz had forced her to get offline…n made sure that she shut down her comp-w8tin rite until she heard the loud music of “Windows Shutting Down” .. (all over the phone!!) ..Ritu then was THE FORCE in our grp …almost always right, disciplined in terms of time/studies management, taking the WISE decisions instead of the EASY ones.. making those arnd her (much against their grumbling n protests) do the same …widout caring much abt them thankin her for saving their necks (Ritu-ism was taken 4 granted..as tho God made her to set her frenz’ lives in order wen their parents cudnt help!)

Positive, brimming wit confidence dat stems from 1’s hardwork n dedication..1ce she n I slept b4 Madan sir’s class, n wen he walked in n orderd tea for both of us -in jest-while I,bein thickskinned just eyed the teacup greedily(mere courtesy holding me back), poor thin actually cried out of guilt!!Ethical, Logical, well organized …FUN to be with—sum1 who appreciates/respects things that she may nt hv an extraordinary liking or taste/inclination/drive 4 but that is worth it (rem Arps, u hd jumped with joy wen Ritu discovered ur poetic leanings n actually appreciated it-her approval carries a lotta weight for her friends!) -I will never 4get ur genuine moral support during the Prez awareness campaign!!A compulsive Phone-talker!!—evn tho I’m infamous 4 my motormouth—THESE 2 GIRLS.. esp Ritz were the Phone-ey-ones!!.. I mean ..what AM I supposed to do wen given an opportunity to talk, but TALK!!

Always dialing some phone no. or the other, n (in those days) doodled –the weirdo drew benzene molecules durin the tele-convo..(wit me, she’d of cors, fill sheets lyk dat!! )I’m thrilled that she is now (unlike earlier) a fanatic Potterhead, F.R.I.E.N.D.S buff ...beating many of us in places...evn tho we had a head start [] []Tho I have heard 4m RELIABLE sources that OUR Ritu has sort of BIGDO-ED (gone astray I mean ) …2 the extent that Arps has to restrain her from going overboard(e.g, she ws hell bent on readin HP-part 6 on d day of it release -during her med-exams instead of waiting for a couple of days!!)B4 I 4get She was also HK Sir’s Ritu-jeee …Btw, Nachoo-ral si baat hai :D ,I must mention Ankita too here – these guyz actually helped arps n me patch things up a li’l bit once[] ..Gawdd I hv gone on n on.!! Signing off with.. Ritu n Arpita r again d kinda stuff dat Moony, (*N/A* ), Padfoot n Prongs are made of. Quote, unquote.


Rajita ....the first R in RRADSSS@JMC :D

Rajita- (I will begin it Mannat style).. is the Sexy Lady on the Floor …Yes.. the one with the style quotient.. she wud get all her things right.. from head to toe.. (once, Simi MOL n I actually went shopping for jewellery for my li’l cuz, n ganwaaars that we are, we missed her presence sorely n then ended up purchasing something only coz Rajita wore a similar one a lot herself—n therefore it HAD to be good!! )..A Great dancer, (with the proper naaz n nakhras of an Umrao Jaan :P)…Great sense of humour – actually appreciates my PJs .. somehow finds them CUUTE either by laughing at ‘em with gay abandon or by giving me a disgusted, “SERIOUSLY!.. was that supposed to be funny” look…nonetheless…laughing still…either ways, I miss her for all that..She wud tell me things like “shruti…plss.. We know u don’t have a reputation in public, but we do!..” wenever I wud be up to some of my embarassing shruti-isms in public places”….N that is the one ‘compliment’ that still rings in my ears [] …

A good actor- (khair nautanki toh humare gang ka takiyakalm hai ) .. I still remember her (comical ) role of the harassed father of a loser of a son—her mouth spewing the choicest of abuses at the latter..(icing on the cake-she wrote all her hindi dialogues in roman script :D !!)Ooh btw, she had a sexy voice too (again, im quoting CD – ‘particularly so over the phone’..)Also, her funda in life is to sit back n chill---what I like abt her is that she rarely uses the happiness/success of others as a yardstick, to measure her own..(I already explained that one to u naa?)..n has these ideal type concepts abt a lot of beautiful things in life…May all ur dreams come true, Rajita n may u rock the world of mass media in ur own charming way…shud be a piece of cake for u—being one of the ‘R’s in RRADSSS@JMC Tc, cheers god bless and YES! JLU

this one was for Kanchan... wrote it ages ago..but somehow, it got deleted .. n then luckily for kanchan, she had it saved on her mail!! ..well, she suggested that i cud re-send it to her again... n here u guyz have it.... :) happy reading....

Hear, hear!…!9th May,1987 the universe chose to blunder(BIGTIME)….and Bam! For the next 20 years, Many innocent lives lost their dignity n self respect n the right to be STUPID or cheesy/tacky in general, coz as their fate wud have it, they became associated with the accidental miracle of nature called Kanchan/KanNOTchan/ or Kan -CHAN!!An Objectivist(must concede, she’s more of that than I am~tho Roark is her IDEAL while, Galt (nah! Francisco) are mine~)-it’s been a pleasure to explore the philosophy, in our own li’l immature way, with her; excellent with words~SMSing n scrapping her has been a treat (I wud have lost all my fingers to SMS had exams not intercepted our SMS-ing spree)– n I plan to compile our communication n make big bucks out of selling it~ Great sense of humour-bit unique n maybe Ah! …harsh/unfair on the subjects of our jokes ~sardonic/sarcastic mostly, but hits the nail on its head and self-deprecating humour too – we (‘IT’ included ;)) revel in that!

hardworking- sets her goals n slogs to achieve them—sets the bar high for herself- deplores mediocrity(of which btw, I am a living embodiment!)…trust me,u don’t want to rub her the wrong way, if u value ur life/peace that is…Is this testi putting u off??Good..that’s how she’d like it best(btw, as 4 that, I am part of the same clan)~buzz us ONLY if u have something of consequence to say~Quality grey matter she’s got(n knows it well ;)), won’t suffer fools gladly(yeah, I have been an aberration- we were sort of stuck with each other with li’l choice), but her Chosen Ones (IT e.g, ) are well…the CHOSEN ONES…no doubts abt that…LOGICAL N ETHICAL- rem. How ___ Sir’s ‘Push n pull’ theory burnt a hole in our hearts? An Idealist~ Anna Hazare is 1 of her role models~ thankfully, shares my Passion for the ideals of Democracy, Harry Potter etc and my secret ‘runaway’ plans ;)~fellow ‘REBEL with/without a cause’ n ‘NOT-A GIRL’~ we wudn’t call each other intimate FRIENDs really,but jus ASSOCIATEs-PARTNERs(in crime?)

tho THIS association with me earned her a lot of notoriety (plzz don’t ask!) and envy , from both –my family n friends~the sport – she took her star-coding(K%^&$%N!) n other awful (tho hilarious if WE hadn’t been the BUTT of the jokes) things in her stride~I quote somebody (who is a SOMEBODY) “shes prone to laughing intermittently”..An Alec Smart(yup..not Smart Alec), our local Pink Panther(the SPY!), but highly IMMATURE wen it comes to certain things~haw! I know I never told u this kanNOTchan~I end with a ToashTT to our tryshTT with thish crappy shtuff thaTT we made a real world ouTT of…WhaTT wud have ONLY Shuti done, without ONLY-ier Kanshan, ~shudder~I mena(really mena!!), wudve bin ONLY shtill, buTT wud noTT have appreciated THE ONLY-NESH.. shigning off wiTT our MANT(r)A (wich I learnt the hard way, n u put into wordsh ):NEVER ‘ONLY’ THE SHEEMINGLY ‘ONLY’. PERIOD.


well.... will update the Blog with the Brills stuff soon ... :)
Cheers

Shruti

Continued from the post below - Part 2

now ... here's Mannat : (shes in mumbai these days :( :( ... im totally on my own.. n need i tell that im a mess :()

*Drumrolllll*….herein I unfold the greatest Mystery-(woman) Of all times…Ladies n Gentlemen, a Big round of whistles and hooting (applause wud be too sophisticated for a lowly being like her!) forrr CD aka Mannat…wen she told me in Our third(??) conversation with a mock-disappointed look on her face, “shruti, I don’t think we’ll get along with each other, I’m just too evil…”-I knew she was mistaken..for we are such similarly oriented contrasts!! We’re both equally Evil – Our Professor once called me a “Wolf in sheep’s clothing”, I’d say Mannat is “a wolf in a werewolf’s clothing”- in short, lesser of the two evils…Mannat in a nutshell: a great entertainer/performer/comedienne/actor-the world’s her stage; quite wise (or OTHERwise…); self-assured; secure and completely at peace with herself; she knows wat she’s worth n the best thing-a rare quality- in her that I RESPECT is: she knows wat she wants n deserves- good or bad- n takes all responsibility for all her actions n fruits of the same...

I respect her coz she respects her own self---subtly yet firmly!The F.R.I.E.N.D who put me “on the map” for all the wrong reasons in the past 3 years, n created entire fictitious families for me…have lost count how many!!...The one with whom I exchanged the choicest of insults n (gud-humoured) snide remarksWith such ease n fun…at times, her antics (n shes got every single person on her team) made me pull my hair in exasperation, all in vain….nonetheless, here I sit, talking abt her…Also, she’s sincere in all her dealings n goes all out to be that “friend in need” If she chooses to, that is, if she thinks ur worth it, right CD?? N I know I’m one of the CHOSEN ONES…Say “Positive” n think Mannat- I’ve NEVER seen her down, out, sad, withdrawnNO MOOD SWINGS AT ALL…I mean she’s human but she doesn’t spoil her supernaturally-evil image by revealing the lesser-mortal side..

As we bid adieu,(not really i mean!)For all the teeny tiny good turns uve done for me mannat, I promise that I WILL find u a good Kashmiri Boy ( u mite wanna reconsider that suicide bomber I suggested—that way, u’ll get ur other wish---“polygamy” one fulfilled..)God Bless you…

[My Brother .. with not an iota of gratitude for my classy testi which I had written in return for the crappy one he had written for me.]

This was long overdue and urgently so, Dear Devil's Advocate...for the world should know the phenomenon that is Himanshu Jailkhani-from an insider's point of view.The insider being ur err...Sister whom u had the cheek to ask upon meeting after 3 long yrs.."what have u grown into?"...*rolls eyes*btw, if u shud know...my first impression was tht u've grown into a well meaning --but slightly "frivilous" boy!(ha! all ur HP bashing contributed majorly towards this of course)..Butttt..today, I am actually proud of the person that u have grown into( i mite be the only one in the family tho!! no jk..we all know u enjoy a very well deserved high status amng all the kids)...Self-confessed libertarian--in his fanatasy world..."every one CAN/SHUD be free to do EVERYTHING...unless u can rationalise in terms of anything except MORALS"...so i found myself rationalising with him "why cannibalism is NOT GOOD/RIGHT..." amng othr weird things..but these are not silly theories of his--its becoz he
believes in ethical nihilsm...(see, did u know ur not a freak but actually a sophistticated philosopher?).Outwardly, he is a conformist- n a real good one at that...one of the better human beings i have known in all my life(wich is not much tho)..very rational, sensitive, a thinker, cool as mint--u have to be a monster to get in2 his bad books--a thorough gentleman( i wil quote 4m his li'l sis' "bhaiya chalisa"--has immense respect for women)..never loses his cool or raises his voice, great sense of (non-offensive) sense of humor--excellent timing..depending on ur perspective of course-his best one was outside our granny's ICU ward at 2 at nite! Verry humble-can suffer fools politely, if not gladly(1 of the favorite preys of "plss-stop-talking-shruti"-wil try all antics to make her STOP TALKING e.g plugging in his earphones,snoring loudly etc except ASK me to shut up(m not dumb,bro,tho i know i look it ;)), is nt afraid to speak his mind n is a real DUDE ...
altho..can reallyyy play devil's advocate in every debate( u can have a lot of mentally stimulating convos with him)...with tht all knowing..stupid, "wise" smirk on his face....wen u find u cant shut him up...here's a mantra...tell him ..."it's alrite, maybe ur rite....NOT A PROBLEM (COMMA)MATE"...watch him go red in the face, ask him why ;)..n sit back n enjoy ur victory... sorry cudnt keep it short yet again...signing off ...please-stop-talking shruti

noww.... Shruti Shah .. :)

You know wat, she does not need one- a testimonial, that is. Least of all frm me!(her gud 4 nothin namesake ). She’s one of those ppl who r way above this trivial business, n I mean it! Shruti is for me, one of the sweetest memories from school…b4 I begin, lemme tell u, we were never exactly close buddies@school-n yet I remember her, know her and god can’t get over her, ever! Bcoz that’s her:u don’t have to be verry matey wid her to get the best frm her. Sincere/childlike innocence/ fellow HP fanatic/ Oh-so-Positive/logical/ intelligent/extremely simple/unassuming/it’s the small, li’l things in life dat make her smile her sweet, genuine smile/ no concept of EGO at all—tho she commands loads of respect widout demanding it/never had any “face-offs” wid ne1/She ws my Granny at skool: rebuking ppl for their wrongs(switching off the lights, 4 instance wen the class moved out-uff she ws a stickler 4 these things)
)..mostly looking up at them very confidently tho(her height mite delude u into believing otherwise, but boy, can she command ppl to mend their ways)-hd this funny habit of hitting me wid her hand-towel(imagine) to set me rite—n it did hurt!! .. “keeping in touch”- she mite as well patent this concept, cuz no one beats her at it..Even now, I just have to hav to hv a word wid her- n life looks good again, no matter how down n out I have been she’s an integral part of my very b’ful universe (read: RKK- Hogwarts’no match for it!) tht I can never afford to lose..God bless u Shruti..this is cmng straight from the heart. Gluck and best wishes ......

[Meghna Singh .. u guyz dont know her ...shes my batchmate at IMI .. I know IMI is quite infamous with you guyz ]...

Her Royal Highness Meghna Singh=F.R.I.E.N.D.S-yclopedia +MONICA+ motormouth +LOUDMOUTH +’HAHAHAHA’ +self-confessed attention seeking prat +in-your-face +out-WITH(not OF)-her-mind+ never 1 to hem n haw +GIRRLY(painted toenails-in shocking shades, n the like) +Ladylike/bright shades of feminity (talks Greek/Latin to me sometimes …about some beautiful sunset, sunrise, weird row-man-tick songs *shudder*) +ANTI-LADYLIKEness(dares the world to mess with her, lets them, then gets BACK-loud n clear…revels in this messing around :D ) + “LOOK-AT-ME” voice +‘LISTEN-TO-THIS’ tone + Looks like a rock+Wants to look like a bigger rock/boulder (an extension of that DONOT MESS WITH HER aura)+actually, is tinier than a pebble + an easy boulder to cross…I know that wudnt make sense for strangers..but then the-Meghna-u-think-u know 4m a biased/prejudiced eye ..from a distance, is very different from the-Meghna-u-come-to-know-wen-u-DO-come-to-know-her.

A useful tip: approach her with an innocent, non-judgemental frame of mind.. she is not one to be ranked/assessed/rated on an opinion scale (thts the last thing Meghna-ism wud demand of u) …she is to be laughed with/ LIVED the moment with/not to be LIKED, but to make u LIKE things/life in general… she will let u know, tht she is no WHITE LILY ..(as if u and I are!!) ..she doesn’t want to be known as a white lily!.. but yeah.. she is ABOUT a LOUD SMILE/A HEARTY LAUGH/AN OVERDRAMATIC JOKE/OVEREXAGGERATED EXPRESSIONS/about THE MOMENT LIVED n lived with a smile ..Meghna is an Intelligent woman (note: intelligent is Not=WISE :P)-talks sense, knows what she is talking abt… usually opens her mouth in meaningful public discourse, to add value.. Childish at times- confesses that she wants the stage to herself .. (WANTS it!!)… but Childlike too(will confide in u, let u know that she WANTS all the attention.. and wonder aloud abt her disappointments…)

We are two very different people in terms of mental/cultural orientation, but what keeps us together (apart from F.R.I.E.N.D.S n JMC :D) is our common policy of ‘U AND I- & no THEY/THEM/HE/SHE’…in other words- WE (n our SCREWED circumstances )are the SOLE subject of all our convos n discussions n Gossip –if u can call it that ’.. add 2 the list: Smart, Witty, Self-assured, Confident, Peace with her person—self love, bordering on narcissism ;) Knows herself-strengths and weaknesses, extremely well……dunno her much yet, for upd8s..as n wen… do watch this space…:)(n dear testi reader if by any remote chance, this character evokes a curiosity in u…u better pray tht I last at IMI at least long enuf 2 know her fully well )
********Continued in the next post***********

:D It just struck me the other day... Part 1

That I keep telling stories ... about someone I know... to someone I know...as a result of which ..everyone I know happens to know everyone else I know :D

(The other day, didnt Rajita get all excited to see Arpita on Orkut ... coz she had heard so much abt her ...she found the name extremely familiar ... n pinged her!! )

well, I just realised ...that these testimonials I have written for my friends (errr... yeah I do that a lot ...one, coz I love doing it ..esp: for those who deserve this profiling from me ;) and Two, coz well, testis from me are always in demand :P :P :P - now u see the immodest side of the the lowly Shruti..
I realised that these charcter sketches should not go waste ..... say for instance, Arps n Ritu u have heard too many evil things about Mannat from me.. I guess I never bothered to tell u that she was my Guardian Angel at JMC .. n how!!)
Ditto for all the others ....
well, I'm now compiling the Profiles of all these people ... written by me ... for ur benefit ... n mine!!
hope this will make some interesting reading.... :D ] ...

here goes... in chronological order...

errmmm .... here's the very first one I wrote ..this one was for Arpita ....

This is just to embarass u a bit on a very public forum..Here's a poem that we "co-wrote" with me..(Shut ur eyes arpita, it's one of those dirty skeletons in ur cupboard)I titled it....
An Ode To VJ's Metallurgy
This is the story I tell you...
Dirt in an ore is called GANG-YOO;
waSHING in water what you get...
is BLISHTER COPPER want to bet.
One thing you will totally loathe...
is that SICK-SICK, WHITE-WHITE FROTHE (rhyming with "loathe")
And the result is so TEMPTY-the whole furnace is IMPITY!!!!!!!

Need I remind you the sing song tone that goes with it( from a VERY POPULAR song) that'd make u cringe
Luv

[correction..this was the very first one I wrote ...for Kanchan ...
the day i created my orkut account..from her invite :D .. i thot i owed her one ...coz she was the one who encouaraged me to go ahead with Orkut...
It's easy to make out that we were just those "weekendaquaintances " with little idea about each other, back then ...]

Hiya Kanchan, You'd like to know this about yourself ..tho must of it is stale news really.I think you are dedicated,clear headed,eloquent, and sincere in whatever you do.Well, I'd like to say more but don't know you well enough( its been just a few "weekends" right?)..Oh, may I add to that list another trait of yours..(positive or negative can't say!)...obsession with details-if u know what I mean.Good luck in life..think you deserve it

(here's the one I wrote for my Best Friend (altho personally, she is not a friend at all...shes like a sis .... my family .. now wonder she gets the same "taken for-granted - coz she will always be there " treatment from me ..just like Di ..)

My BEST-est FRIEND Ladies and Gentleman....n I'm proud to introduce her to u(m the one who coaxed her into joining orkut, n it took sum effort,given the lazy bum that she is!)Let me make a correction, she does not count as my friend, but as a little sister..n wat a character she is, phewww!!A great singer, an extremely happy-go-lucky(sumtimes unlucky) person,(my mum loves her so much, that ever since i've left Jodhpur , she's become her "adoptive daughter shruti"- really shruti, mum said so herself once!She's beautiful(both literally n oherwise) n wears her heart on her sleeve- which is really why people think it's OK to exploit that li'l quality(m not sure abt that) of hers to their advantage...just coz the world knows she has a HUGE heart, where she can accomodate just abt anyone. This is not really a testimonial shruti, this is a very public appeal to you- u are too huge a person, to be affected by the riff-raffaround you- so plzzzz I want "my" shruti back-ASAP!Lots of Love n blessings!!!!!!!!!

[Heena khan, now better known as my Ech Kay ;) ... she is off orkut now ... she claims...FOREVER. I wrote it on a special request from her... evn tho the one she has written for me..makes me wonder...whther she evn remembers who she is talking about!! ... i mean seriosuly, arps, can u relate with the shruti she has described in that one- AT ALL? ..well, except the 'resourceful lab partner' bit :P]

Call her HEENA Khan, Heena KHAN, or HEENA KHAN….she’s ur 21st century “funky” writer- minus the “intellectual jhola” ..my sole supporter in taking up cudgels against BJP( we were the only two Congress supporters in a class of 60). Our Snape’s (aFavourite kid( arrrreeyyy beta..special treatment wud always be given to “my own “ kids, no?)n of course my better half in the chemistry lab-she knew exactly which reagent to steal, from whom n when ..the uncrowned president of our informal little Harry Potter Club..(we were all strong contenders tho)…only hens khan could have come to my place to do “the SOXHLET APPARATUS project n Practials” work..copy from my file, on MY bed-cum-table n then have the cheek to look at my “art” on my door n go..”what a cheap imitation of ARPITA!”…Hey I miss our “pseudo intellectual discussions” n what not…did I mention the “FALL “…she once enacted an Ash from Devdas in our classroom..followed our Physics teacher , running like crazy after him( who had no clue)…
n sumhow, fell down dhup! At the door!!was that a spectacle..*shuts eyes n reminisces*!!...a great friend, who was almost as vocal abt everything as I was, but yeah wid a lot more sense!! Will get back with more soon n sumhow, fell down dhup! At the door!!was that a spectacle..*shuts eyes n reminisces*!!...a great friend, who was almost as vocal abt everything as I was, but yeah wid a lot more sense!! Will get back with more soon

[Smitha !! - one of the RRADSSS@JMC]

To begin with, it's Smitha n not Smita mind you...I've known this girl for almost 2 something yrs now n yet there's a lot abt her that i'll try to put down in a nutshell...Extremely responsible, takes respnsibilities n mundane duties willingly, n discharges them with perfection---however mundane they may be...has been kind (n talented) enuff to play the role of THE UNDERDOG to perfecion in each of our plays...From Anarkali's nerdy salim, to Sita's Geeky Ram (with the sad n cute YOOOOO!!!)..n of course, our Class Representative, she has become a perfect but happy punching bag for us n our teachers alike!..she wont tell u wen shes down n out (she'll just be so..n ull know automatically)...cannot help breaking into a wide grin followed by a silent,supresssed laughter sitting rite under the teacher's nose...n helplessly looks around for others to share in her joke.I think she has the cutest little brother--do ask her some of his great stories--
Oh n Her mom amkes deicious dosas n shes kind enuff to bring them to coll on the few days wen I'm not fasting!..n I gotto say, in our group, only she bothers to keep in touch with all on orkut!!..God bless u Smitha, wherever u go n in watever u chose to do.PS: M thrilled u chose F.R.I.E.N.D.S as ur current profile name..mera n mannat ka kida lag gaya,...finally!


[The first real testi for Arpita :) ]

I was waiting for your b'day to do this.....*drumroll* *Clears throat*...I donot know where to begin, coz it's hard to imagine that there WAS a time wen i did not know Her(note the captial H)..Firstly, she's like a hydrogen atom(duh!!)--needs to be paired to let her personality shine in all its glory, so it's always been Arpita-nita soni, Arpita-Shilpi, Arpita-Shruti Shah, ANDDD it'sArpita-Ritu....Her greatest strength is her Wisdom n Silence --she knows she cant always talk sense n therefore choses to listen n speak at appropriate times...n yet she Never looks down upon motor mouths like me..(cud it be Me??-maybe M JUST too good!!)Also, she's ethical-I actually respect her opinions u know(not that I'm a force to reckon with)...I've learnt dropping all inhibitions to get ur ANSWERS, from Arpita.She sleeps like a log n does okay in her life --so tht's a ray of hope for all the lazy bums out there..

for me, her brains(hehehe lets not elaborate), her amazing caricatures n wat not r just a minute aspect of her personality--her greatest quality is that she's all ARPITA from head to toe, at all times, there's a certain energy that she exudes-positive (or negative), but sooo "arpita"...Before u start thinking where does this Arpita-Chalisa end...not that one will not get hurt,angry or feel being unfair-ed with her around-not that she's all white(as tho anybody is..) but the good times with her more than make up for everything else---knowing her is a lifetiem experience, very fullfilling n mentally n intellectually stimulating(even tho r folks always thot we never talk abt nething other than F.R.I.E.N.D.S or harry Potter...it's NOT TRUE!!)..God Bless you Arpita..wherever u go, watever u choose to do in life..u deserve the best(dat is whyyy u have ME!--uh-oh wrong illustartion dat was,but u got my point, didnt u everyone's "BEST-BUDD"?)
********Continued in the next post***********

Of Ratpacks, Wolfpacks and Slapsticks..

"Geet Gaan mein sanchit mere paas,

tumhare vachan, tumhara haas,

tumhara sneh, tumhari srishti,

tumhara tark , tumhari drishti.

Aur main,

is sanchay ke bal,
hamesha vikal!

Hai re hai..chandmay param upaay"

- struggling to recall the name of the poet...in fact, dunevn rem the whole poem .. but one of my favourites :D

[Yes, again I come back to the infamous Tagline... Swati D (or Jaypeesee :P - I can call her all kinds of names here, she never reads this blog )] ..well she has been particularly irked with this encrypted tagline ever since I started using it ... but like I always tell her... this is not meant to be understood or explained.. it's just a cathartic expresssion .. n just that. Period.
Ooooohhh ....n this bit of verse... is just so apt ...for this sentiment. Besides, I love it..even tho I dun remember the entire poem. It's one of those open ended ones...u can use it to suit ur own meaning n purpose.... ]

Spoony!!! plzzzz answr:hv u quit bunking yet?

Spoony is bunking college ....

Spoony promised me that she would go to college the next day....
BUT SHE DID NOT!!!

n she knows its NOT good!!! ...
I know u are feeling guilty abt this spoony .... but STOP FEELING GUILTY N START ACTING!!...
I tell u , I will take this off only wen u tell me that u will not BUNK college anymore......

Goodluck and Godbless :)

(I have no other way of goading u into doing this, from such a great distance :( :( :()

[People, dont ask me who Spoony is... poor thing has suffered too much already.
In my defence, i can only say that I was just trying to help spoony ... ]

"The Library will be closed, on account..

..of Gandhiji's Birthday" :D This was the mail I got from my college today :P :DSomehow, I think Gandhiji would have expected better messages to go out on the occasion of his Birthday :D ...NOTE : this is just (a very non-judgemental) thought that struck me.No offence to the library in question(m just registering my amusement at the way things work in the system, of which it is a part)

** this note came after a batchmate took serious offence at our college library getting a bad name ...somehow ...even tho i myself see no real logic in that arguement!!..

Non-Obtrusive Existence is Bliss :)

Ellsworth Toohey : Why dont you tell me what you think of me?

Howard Roark : But I donot think of you.

(So much for the loser's pseudo-frivolous response to Keating's , "What do you think of Howard Roark?" -
Roark?.. Roak?? ..'Who is Howard Roark?')