I am back..!!

Hi,
Well, No wonder I have not been posting anything on blogger since long. July was undoubtedly the most exhausting week because of the final project presentation. After that, I enjoyed a real nice vacation...and for me, vacation means vacation, no emails, no connectivity...in short.. no worry :D.

So currently I am sitting in IBM India Research Lab at IIT Delhi. I have joined here on 2nd august but since then nothing interesting happend which would push me to write over here. In fact, right now I am writing no because I have something to write. But because I am sitting idle for a while.

The main character of my last few posts, the hero of the story or comedian of the story is missing. Yeah, the number of post on my blog is reduced because the entire gang is now scattered...me in delhi, malik in h'bad, saket in dubai, guptav in pune, keyur in b'lore and sushil in mumbai. No wonder this post is boring :D but I hope to write something interesting now onwards may be with a flambuoyant language because of GRE preparation. But this posting was like a "keep alive" packet.

Original Joke : life kya hoti hai?

Hi,
so here I am back again after several days of rest. I was not exactly resting much as I am busy with my MTech report submission right now. Anyways, here goes yet another incident of gupta's humour.
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Me, Gupta and Sushil went to Laxmi to have our dinner. Sarat joined after a few minutes. We all were having our dinner, talking, sharing jokes.. Suddenly, Gupta asked sarat "Tune kabhi dange ( riots ) ka samna kiya hai?", "No", answered sarat in a baffled manner. "Tune kabhi baadh ( flood ) ka samna kiya hai?", gupta went on without giving any clue what was this all about. "No". "Tune kabhi akaal ( draught ) ka samna kiya hai? ". "No". We all were trying to know gupta's intentions. "Tune kabhi bhukamp ( earthquake ) ka samna kiya hai?". Sarat replied in negation again. Gupta" To tuje kya pata life kya hoti hai???!!!!", everybody bursted out laughing.

During all this time I observed that all the calamities gupta mentioned about happened in gujarat during not so distant past. So I was feeling a little proud of myself to have faced some of the danger situation gupta had mentioned. I could not resist my feeling and went on to cut my leg with my own axe, "Maine ye sab ka samna kiya hai" I told gupta with a glimpse of pride and enthusiasm.

Gupta "Phir bhi tuje nahi pata life kya hoti hai???!!".
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Shayari from shAan

Hi,
It's been a long time since I wrote down something here. So many things happened but I am just too lazy to post it over here. Just copying some shayaris that my friend shAan wrote. I hope u dont mid, shAan :-)

~~Daaman~~

youn na mujhko dekh tera dil pighal na jaaye
mere aansooyon se tera daaman jal na jaaye

woh mujhse phir mila hai aaj khwaabon mein
ae khudaya kahin meri neend khul na jaaye

poocha na kar sab ke saamne meri kahani
kabhi tera naam hothon se nikal na jaaye

jee bhar ke dekh lo "shAan" ko tum sanam
kya pata phir zindagi ki shaam dhal na jaaye

~~Chiraag mein~~

jab koi junoon aata hai dimaag mein
apna khoon daal deta hoon chiraag mein

aik chehra ban jaata hai meri aahon se
aik soorat chhupi huii hai dil ke daag mein

dard ke siwaa mujhko milaa kuch bhi nahin
maine dil lagaaya tha khushiyon ki laag mein

lapton mein mujhko dekh kar mayous hote hain
jhoonk to dete hain mere khat woh aag mein

kaanton se apna daaman bhar ke laaya hoon
mil gaya tha aik shakhs phoolon ke baag mein

~~banaa diya~~

khoon se rangeen deewar-o-dar banaa diya
zara sa haath maine zakhmon se utthaa diya
teri yaadon ne dastak jab bhi dil pe di
aik aah bhar lee aik aansoo bahaa diya
cheekh-te hain dil ke chhalle naam-e-marham pe
rog kaise tumne ye dil ko lagaa diya
phir bhi deta hai tum hi ko dil duaayen
mana ke tune mujhe khaak mein milaa diya
baitha hoon jaise lutt gaya ho dilli ka taaj
aaj maine tera aakhiri khat bhi jalaa diya
woh chehre ko duppatte mein chhuppaye chal diye
"shAan" ka ek sheyr maine kya sunaa diya

Original Joke : Cartoon super hero

Hi,
I am back from my vacation at home. I know it's been a while since I posted anything over here but sometimes it is better to remain disconnected for a while:-)

Writing below the proof of saket's quick witted humour

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Before I start writing anything let me tell you that gupta is a very huge fan of batman. By word "huge" I dont mean to refer to his body :D. It just refer to the amount of madness he posses for batman.

Saket ane Gupta were sitting in kaksha lab. Gupta ,in his usual enthusiastic style, was describing batman and his qualities. After describing batman as an ideal super hero, gupta asked saket in anticipation " Saket, what is your favourite cartoon super hero?". "You!!!" said Saket wihtout even taking time to think :D.
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Shayari

it's shayri time again. obviously, not my creation.
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Hum mud mud ke unhe dekh rahe the aur woh hame...

Hum mud mud ke unhe dekh rahe the aur woh hame...

Kyunki exam me na unhe kucch aa raha tha, na hame ...
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I wish aisi exam har din hoti rahe,
isi bahane kisi ki nigahein hum pe padti rahe
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"Churi chalane ki hum par, zarurat hai unhe kya,
Ek dafa wo nazre milake to dekhe, hum abhi yahin ghayal ho jaenge..."
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Tu dekh ya na dekh, tere dekhne ka gam nahi,
Par teri ye na dekhne ki ada dekhne se kam nahi.
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amein dekhane waalo ki is duniya mein kami nahi,
Par teri nazhro wali baat kisi aur mein nahi !!!
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tufan me kashti ko kinare bhi mil jate hai
jahan me logo ko sahare bhi mil jate hai
duniya me sabse pyari hai zindagi
kuch log zindagi se pyare bhi mil jate hai
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Khidki khuli, Zhulfe nikli,
Khidki khuli, Zhulfe nikli,
Maine soch kismat khuli,
Par afsos, din itwaar tha,
Khuli zhulfo wala Sardar tha
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vaado ko ikraar na samjho,
Khamoshi ko inkaar na samjho,
Nazre milti hai hazaroo se,
Nazro ke milne ko pyar na samjho..

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Koi ankhon se baat kar leta hai,
Koi ankhon mein mulakat kar leta hai,
Bada mushkil hota hai jawab dena,
Jab koi khamosh rehkar sawaal kar leta hai.
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PHIR AAJ WAHI MAIKADE KI YAAD AA RAHI HAI
PHIR AAJ WAHI SHARAB KI KUSHBU AA RAHI HAI
PHIR AAJ WAHI SAQI KI PUKAR AA RAHI HAI
PHIR AAJ WAHI BHEED KI TANHAEE MUJE SATA RAHI HAI......

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Sharab bani to maikhane bane ...
Sharab bani to maikhane bane ...
pyar bana to deewane bane

Kuch to baat hogi aap mein
ki yuhi nahin paagal khane bane.
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Original Joke : The Longest Hour ...

There are times which make us think about how we take things for granted. How we forget about everybody else who may be craving for water and use it carelessly just because we have it in abundance. You must be thinking what is with all this preaching. Ok, let me come straight to the point.

Today began just like any other day. As usual sun rose (for me ) at 10:00. After answering nature's call and brushing my teeth I went back to my routine, that is, to sleep again. If it was not for the pressure, do you think I would be up so early?? I was having a dream about kite flying when my sleep was interrupted by keyur's knock on my door. You all still must be puzzled "what does all this have to do with the longest hour?". Chill out, have patience, I am just coming right there.

I had my lunch and after a couple of hour pressure was building up in my intestine. So I carried the bottle of dettol liquid hand wash to the rest room. So far so good, isn't it? I went in there, finished my business, opened the tap and ooops!!! Just one moment ago I was living my life happily and now I was cadaverous. Seemed like my whole world was on the verge of termination. Was it a sign of a doom's day or was I over-reacting? Yes, you guessed it right. Not even a single droplet of water came out the tap.

They ask you about a zillion different weird situation at SRT ( Situation Reaction Test ) in SSB ( Services selection board ), but this kind of situation never made its way in SRT. May be none of the officers had to encouter such problems or may be because there is no right answer for this. Even if any of them had faced such a situation, who would want it to be shared publicly? Hey, I am writing all this things down here in the public interest.

Someone really said it true that we dont remember GOD unless we are in trouble. If this is not a trouble then what is? I was praying to god earnestly to come to the rescue. Of course, I felt very shameful to remember GOD at such a place and in such a situation. Lekin marta kya na karta!!

As I had nothing else to do there, I started thinking!! My mind experienced an an avlanche of thoughts. Boy I wished I had been in america, at least I could have had some tissues to clean out my a** and I could have come out of the cubicle(!!). I started to realise how it must have felt like being in a gas chamber.
I composed myself and started consoling me. "Hey, someone else might have trapped also". "Sooner or later, somebody would realise that there is no water supply and will inform security to start the water pump". So I decided to be in there until I get help. How was I supposed to know that it would take an hour?? My legs started to go numb. At each passing moment hope of getting any help was fading. That was not the place I wished to die!!.

All of a sudden, a sweet sound filled my ear with a feeling of exuberance. That was the sound of a droplet of water colliding with the bottom of a mug. My heart was filled with ray hope. I was not even half as eager to know my 12th std score as I was to hear the sound of a cascade coming out of the tap. Finally, my patience paid off. Freedom, the most beautiful word in this world.


So guyz, what did we learn from this story?
1) Precaution is better than cure : always check whether enough water is there in the rest room before you order your artillary to attack pakistan.
2) Save water : Because can you imagine what could have happen in its absence?

Original Joke : Gupta v/s Orange

Hi,
It's been quite a while since I was away from blogging. I know, I have missed many interesting incident that I should have written over here. Writing down a couple of incidence of gupta's invincible humour.

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Gupta talked to me one day about a new victim of his humour. He was describing how he stumped a girl from orange who called him regarding advantages of post-paid plans. Here is how it goes....

It was early morning ( Though it was 10'o clock, it must be considered early morning according to gupta's routine ) when gupta's mobile rang.

xyz : Hello sir, sorry to disturb you but I will only take two minutes of your time.
Gupta ( he must have chuckled knowing his prey is coming on its own to be hunted :D ) : Ok go ahead
xyz : Sir, I am nisha, callling from orange. According to our records you are using our prepaid services. I guess you must be using 300 Rs Prepaid coupons to recharge your mobile phone
Gupta : Who said I am using 300 Rs Prepaid coupons to recharge my mobile??
xyz : Oh... then which coupon do you use to recharge?
Gupta : 500 Rs
xyz : Ok sir, if you using 500 Rs coupon then you must be getting talk time around 300 but according to our new scheme....
Gupta ( interrupting the girl ) : Who said that I get talk time of only 300 on 500 rs coupon?
xyz ( quite puzzled by now ) : Ok sir, so under which scheme are you using 500 rs coupon?
Gupta : Sorry young lady, your two minutes are over :D

Things do not finish here. Just after a few days of this incidence achyut came to visit IIT. We all went to anudeep's place by bus. Gupta shared his tale of above mentioned encounter with an orange girl. Just then an idea popped in my mind and I blurted it out. "Gupta, ab ki baar agar vo phone kare to use bol ki, 'why don't we discuss this over a cup of coffee?' ". I just mentioned my thought to him casually, hardly have I known that his mind made a note to implement it as soon as an opportunity arrives.

He did not had to wait too long for the same. The opportunity rang on his mobile ( or knocked his door.. or whtever you call it is ) . I was sitting there in his room checking my mails. He was fast asleep because the sun was not set yet :D. Tring tring... tring tring...( Now, this is not how his mobile rings .. but I do not know how to mimic it in words.. so you have to bear with me ). Gupta woke up with an unpleasant expression, ( He must be thinking in a rage " Kis gustakh ne aisi harkat ki hai?? " ). "Hello Sir, I am nisha speaking from orange, I wanted to let you know about a new postpaid plan which is ... " said a girl with a sweet, calm voice ( without having any clue of what is going to happen the next moment ) was interrupted by gupta. "Why dont we discuss this over a cup of coffee?? ". There you go my friend... I was laughing my a** out uttering in my mind "ye laga chhakka aur gupta phir champion". Obviously the girl was stunned and could not speak anything for at least 7-8 second. She said "Oh! my GOD!!!" after composing herself a bit. She repeated the phrase a couple of more times. "Sir please, pahele plan sun lijiye" she pleaded. "So you dont like coffeee??" said gupta, not in a mood to let go. "Sir , plan sun lijiye na... pleeeaazze", an intense pleading this time. "But I like coffee", gupta remained unaffected. Some more request from the girl and some more teasing from gupta went on for a while. Finally gupta blew her off saying he is not interested in listening to her "plans" if she is not interested in his coffee.

This made it clear to me why gupta is not having any luck with gals :D. I wonder whether there exist a girl who can understand and appreciate gupta's humour. Anyways, no wonder he has to end his day by having a cup of coffee with saket :D.

Good bye my friend...

Good bye my friend...
Originally uploaded by sbjoshi.

well,
it's me again after a long time. A lot of things happened during this time but becuase of my laziness, could not write it down over here. One more friend of mine have headed to abroad for better career... but this time ..that friend was one of my best friend pranay.

Good bye my friend...
Originally uploaded by sbjoshi.

Initially, his plan was to stay at parla but then, luckily, he changed his mind ( needless to say i was the actuator ) to stay at my room. Obviously, he was worried for the life ahead.. after all , saudi arabia is not what people dream for. But I guess he would make much more money over there as compared to what he was making it over here.

He was sad the night before his departure, it was not the worry
about his future, but it was regarding his mom. He was already
feeling nostalgic in just one day. I guess it would be much much hard
for his mom to brook the pain of separation.

Anyways, I could not go to the airport to drop him because his
timings exactly coincided with SecNet dates. So he is not at Saudi and
feeling nostalgic. I dont know how exactly it feels. I have never been
so far from my home... may be I will have to bear the same agony if i
crack a university for PhD.

Good bye my friend... and wish you a very best of luck for your future ahead.
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One nice pic of mine :-)

This photo was taken by hitesh when we were experimenting with the new bought sony cybershot camera. This is one of my nice pics that was taken by keyur's digicam. Here one can easily look at the mess in the background. Yes, that's my room at Hostel 4 New wing.

On my way towards mental peace ...

So as expected, I got a BB in my second stage presentation. The grade did not come as a surprise as I knew I could not have got better grade after such a disaster. Anyways, whatever happened has happened and one can't turn it back.

I thought my guide would have been very angry after the presentation. But when I talked to him the next day, I was relaxed to find out that is not the case. In fact he was searching for me to tell me about a job opportunity in the field of formal verification at atrenta. Though he does not talk informally with his students, he cares a lot about his students.

Anyways, now the presentation is over I am just counting hours for me to reach my home. Home : A place where all worries leave me and I just enjoy like anything. I dont have PC at my home but frankly speaking that's the best part. I can enjoy a real vacation, without connectivity, without PC . I can be myself. No need to involve computer science at home :-)

I am sure my visit to my home, bhavnagar and rajkot will referesh me and I will again have the strength to fight rest of the battle that are to come.