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De' Siliguri: Last Place I worked

2010-01-31T04:59:00.000-08:00

Hi All, Before coming to my new place, I was at Siliguri, nice place to enjoy life. Just to share few things about this place.

Siliguri is the gateways to Darjeeling, Sikkim, Nepal, Dooars, Bhutan and most of the North-East states of India. Siliguri is the main commercial city of North Bengal and its importance comes from its strategic location near international and state borders.

Geographically the location of Siliguri is unique. Siliguri is situated in the foothills of Eastern Himalayas range. It is banked by two rivers VIZ Teesta and Mahananda river. The surrounding areas of the city are beautiful. One side of Siliguri is spread by dense forest, have mahananda wildlife sanctuary and Gorumara National park etc. Other side is hilly areas like Darjeeling, Kalimpong etc.

Siliguri is one the Trade cum Tourism location. Every year 5 lakhs domestic and 15000 foreign visitors come, both for business as well as leisure. You will get all sorts of leisure here like wildlife/Jungle safari, water Rafting, Rock climbing, Trekking, Toy train journey, Shopping Malls, Dance club, Kids Zone etc.

The common languages of Siliguri are English, Hindi, Bengali and Nepali. The city is the better blend of religions; you will find here temples, mosque, church, Gurudwara, Monastery nearby. You will find People here are more polite and helpful. People here find enjoys in all situations/festivals. I remember the day, when India won T20 world cup last year, people came out of the houses to roads to celebrate. They played with colors, lights and music the whole night to show their unity, happiness and patriotism. Nowadays, Siliguri is booming with new entrants like corporate sectors, Shopping Malls, etc.

The best places to visit at Siliguri and nearby locations:
1. Gorumara National Park/Mahananda wildlife Sanctury: Few National Parks to be visited. You will find world’s rarest one horn Rhino here. Jungle Safari and Elephant rides are the most interesting.
2. Sightseeing, zigzag road passing through tea gardens.
3. Adventurous things like water rafting, trekking, Rock climbing, Car Racing etc
4. Riverside parks and Gardens, with boating facility*
5. All religions temples include Isckon temple and Monasteries.
6. Teesta View point and Coronation Bridge. Coronation bridge made in 1930, by british Govt. the view from this pt called ‘Amazon forest view’.
7. World’s only place where you will find railway broad gauge, narrow gauge and meter gauge together at Siliguri Jn.
8. Hong Kong Market: Only place, where you can find foreign goods at 30-40% cheaper than other places.
9. You will find lots of sightseeing things at nearby cities like Toy train, Monastery at Darjeeling, King’s Palace at coochbehar, waterfalls at Kalimpong, Kamakhaya temple at Guwahati, cherapoonji at shilong etc.
10. Except these, you will find Shopping Malls, Dance Club, Bars, Good restaurants, Sports zone, etc.
Siliguri is a place of all damn good things to enjoy, so Must Visit!!!

Come Back

2009-12-30T10:30:00.000-08:00

Its been a long time, I'm not in touch with the blog world. Now, I'm planning to come back with my past experiences, new happenings etc.................I'm in a new place, new job, n lots more to share...............
Coming Back....

Final Day

2006-05-28T03:37:00.000-07:00

22 nd May, This is our last group Snaps at AIM, the final Day snaps before we depart.

Exam Phobia : Student's Declaration

2006-05-22T21:47:00.000-07:00

Today while I was making Special Arrangements for my IF Exam, suddenly I got this message from one of my friends which I want to share with you.

Students Declaration at the end of answer Paper

"I hereby declare that answers written above are true to the best of mine and my friend's knowledge and I claim no responsibility whatsoever for any mistakes. Whatever I have written is truly fictitious and any resemblance with the subject matter is purely coincidental."

Kaal

2006-05-19T23:21:00.000-07:00

Kaal gujar raha hai

Samay bitta ja raha hai

Sab kuch badal raha hai

Rishte dor mein simte jaa rahe hain

Yaadein parchai si lag rahi hai

Saanjh ho rahi hai

Koi barson ki tadpan khatam ho rahi hai

Hawaon ka rukh badal gaya hai

Dil ki dhadkan tham si gayi hai
Kuch pal aur..........

Phir ye sama dhal jayega

Aur.....

Hum, apne ek yug se dur naye yug mein pravesh karenge

bus,

Ab ek anjana sawal ..........

Zindagi kis taraf jaa rahi hai.....??

Jawab sirf Kaal batayega aur samay nibhayega.

Farewell '06 [MBA-8 and MCA-5]

2006-04-27T21:03:00.000-07:00

Farewell Party: 2-3 days b4 our farewell, we got this invitation from our juniors MBA-9. The invitation of a farewell party was for us (MBA-8) and MCA-5. The theme of the party was protagonist means we had to b some known or great personality. The invitation card :

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Till 22nd morning we were planning what should b our wardrobe. What should b our dress up? Since, it was the last function of our student life and MBA as well. We didn’t want to miss. In the afternoon, I with Sanjiv, Rajesh n Neha went to search for the wardrobe. After a long search, finally we got the shop. Then, we surprised to saw lots of our class mates reached there for clothes. After a long discussion, bargaining and collection regarding clothes, we back to our institute with a dress man and makeup man. The dress man and makeup man then tried lots of "Trial and Error method" to make some nice creatures of us. And finally.........

I was Ashoka the great.
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I've selected some unique snapz of our farewell. I would like to thank MBA 9 for such a rocking night and the title which they had given to me which was "Jena isi ka naam hai...".

And the Awards for best costumes:
Hanuman (Shiv Bhawani Singh Pathania)
Alexander The Great (Rajesh kumar Rana)
Akbar The Great (Anush Sachdev)
Ahsoka The Great And Cruela (Me & Shweta Awasthi)

Anil Kumar and Shweta Awasthi were crowned Mr and Miss AIM respectively and believe it or not Mr.Anil Kumar danced with Ms AIM to the tunes of a popular telugu number.The star attraction of the evening was the Prabhu deva steps performed by Mr.Rakesh Nair. And the end of party all boys gathered in front of girls hostel and sang many songs started from "Pyaar hamme kis more pe le aaaya", and lots.

Bhaskar Kadian handed over the 'Golf Stick' to Subhodeep Paul of MBA 9 and Shuchi Monga was named the 'Stud Student of the Institute(SSI)' by Nadeem Mohammed.

The Snapz are:

Vivekanand ji(Anand), Alexander (Rajesh), Devdas(Kailash), Sunny Deol-"Nikla Gaddi Le ke"(Chanan), Zorro-"Garibo Ka Massihah"(Naveen), Ashoka(me) and Lalu ji(Raghab)

Alexander the great(Rajesh Rana)

Mask of Zorro (Naveen), Viswamitra(Mohit), Hanuman(Shiv)

Alexander, Zorro, Ashoka the Great and as a CIA Agent(Vibhor Sir)

Fido-Dido the 7 up Guy(Vinod sir), Vivekanand ji(Anand), Sunny Deol(Chanan), Viswamitra(Mohit), Wolvarine(Bhaskar), Me, Hanuman(Shiv), and Sharrukh Khan(Prabhat Sir)

Vivekanand ji(Anand) and Adolf Hitler(Sanjiv)

Ivana, Japanese Girl(Abha), Hippi(Paridhi), Cruela-"101 Dalmatian"(Shweta) and Shrek(Mohi)

Ashoka the Great(Santosh) and Akbar the Great(Anush) at dressing room

Akbar the Great(Anush) and Marilyn Monroe(Manisha)

Oceans Eleven(Sumit, Anil, Subhodeep, Sujoy, Navneet, Shankho, Abhiroop, Sunil, Ravi and Shibu) and Demi Moore(Shivinder) & Julia Roberts(Madhulika)

Anjali-Kajol (Poonam) and Ashoka(Me)

Ghost from "The Ring"(Deepinder), Heer(Amanbir) and Marilyn Monroe(Manisha)

Wolvarine(Bhaskar)

Charlie's Angels(Deepti, Kanika and Ekta)

Akbar the Great(Anush)

Gabbar(Nidhi), Michelle-Black(Abhilasha) and Marilyn Monroe(Manisha)

Lara Croft(Urvashi)

Bhagat Singh(Theresa) and Pretty Woman(Parul) & Micheal Jordon(Baljinder Sir)

Shrek(Mohi), Zeenat Amman-"Hippi"(Shalini), Mr. India(Rakesh) and Basanti(Rashmi)

Mask Of Zorro(Roshni) and Amitabh-"Risthey mein to Hum Tumhare Baap Lagte Hain Naam SEHANSHA"(Sakshi)

Laloo ji(Raghab) and Harry Porter(Neha)

Mangal Pandey(Amit) and Pretty Woman(Parul)

Fido-Dido 7up(Vinod Sir) and Sunil Shetty -"Border"(Varad)

Zeenat Amman-"Hippi"(Shalini) and Mr. India(Rakesh)

Santa and Banta (Nadeem&Ashish)

Tapori Aamir-"Ghulaam"(Deepak)

Udham Singh -"MTV Show"(Varinder), Zorro(Naveen), Laloo(Raghab), Devdas(Jitendra), Devdas(Kailash), Sunny Deol-"Gaddar"(Chanan), Vivekanand Ji(Anand) and Alexander

Cleopatra(Namita)

Richard Branson-"Aviator"(Nizam), Mira Bai(Priyanka) and Sania Mirza(Deepinder)

Oceans eleven 1(Navneet), Aam Insaan(Joydeep), Alexander(Rajesh)

Parineeta(Shoma Pramanik) and Harry Potter(Neha)

Bobby(Nandita Singh)

Veerappan(Shourabh)

Shubhodeep, Harsh and Dawood Ibrahim (Prabhu)

Sunny Deo-"Border" and Bryan Adams[not sure](Sidharth Kharbanda)

And at the end of farewell party all boys (almost) Gathered in front of girls hostel and sang songs as a part of tradition which our seniors passed on. we started with our fav. song "Pyaar Hamme Kis More Pe le aaya". Then we moved to BBC(Basketball Court) and had some bombs blasts.

Few comments from the outgoing students and juniors after Farewell party:
"The party was really great", "Juniors has really worked hard to make this night great", "All the ppls were looking great in new look", "Boys were looking best thn gals", "Best farewell party ever", "All the seniors were looking grt in their wardrobes", "Nice and grt farewell" etc.

Now the bell has rang, its time to leave the Institute. Just a semester Exam away, Phir Hum kahan Tum kahan..........

April Full

2006-04-21T23:29:00.001-07:00

April, this month lots of things happened to me, like....

!st April, I went to my Hometown Nasik. Home is always an enjoying place. I enjoyed there a lot. Mom made lots of dishes and sweets. My bro n sis was busy for their exams so I went to mahalaxmi, mumbai to watch my Dad's horse Show. On the final day, the club there threw a party, which was full of big shots, business tycoons, bollywood n of course lots of plastic ppl.
I back to Nasik the next day. I went to my college to refresh my old memories, thn enjoyed a lots with my frnds. This time I made few new friends. Back to pavilion (Kolkata) on 12th.

*After coming back, I with sanjiv went to Kalyani , my another roommate Joydeep’s home. Since the name is very old sort of, so I used to call kalyani as kalyani Gaon(village). But it is not a gaon, it is a well planned, nice weather n green city. Joydeep show us everything bole to every corner, every building of kalyani. We went to one famous lake of kalyani, which was totally dried, popat.........
One thing I liked very much in kalyani, tht was an old Laxminarayan temple. The architect is superb. Must visit.
While roaming in kalyani, I came to know a very exciting thing tht kalyani was some years ago, a base camp for US Air force. The city was earlier known as Roosevelt Town. Now the Question is how It named as Kalyani. Well, it is a love story. A man(name hidden) who loved a girl named kalyani, but unfortunately, he could not marry her, so he decided to make a town of her name in the memory of their love. (Town is larger than Taj, right.......)
Well, while coming back, we decided that next time we all go there in group n visit all places including that temple.

*Few days ago, I went to ATM with Nidhi n Monami. On the way we decided to have thumsup, when this idea struck in Nidhi's big brain that why not try having it in a kullhar (mud-glasses) and believe it was so good, all foamy and despite it being all chilled, it was so easy to drink……….
Recommendation, do have it, its worth the experience, and u know what, Nidhi could use this idea in her future restaurant……….the Indian feel!!!

*From the last few days, lots of ppl suggest me to chg my blog so I have changed my blog template n still trying to search the good one. Need Help from Rana n Roy.

*Bacardi Blast: Last night Gopal, our classmate n colleague gave us his first salary treat. At around 7 pm he came with Bacardi. We were talli (drunk), the next hour. Then at 10 pm we went for dinner in a new restaurant in hazra i.e. Sher-e-punjab. We had lots of chicken n mutton with pulao, roti, raita, coldrinks n lots.........forget coz we were talli. But the food, i mean drink.....I mean the party was really rocking.

*You know when something hit on ur head, u see numerous stars n plants revolve around ur head, same thing is happening with me. I can see lots of books, notes, handouts, etc. are revolving around my head coz exam tension is hitting my head.

*Tomorrow our juniors are giving us Farewell Party. The theme of the party is Patro….. We were still planning what to wear n how. We are looking forward to it coz it is our last function of our student life, isn't it?

It is till 21st april, next events will b added later...........

My 25th Post (Past days at AIM)

2006-03-27T19:38:00.000-08:00

This is my 25th post. In this post I'll show what I've done in past 2 years in AIM (Army Institute of Management). In the past 2 years, I celebrated all the festivals like holi, programmes like management fest, sports meet, placement party, Birthday party and lots. I, with my friends even visited lots of places in the city like Indian museum, zoo, temples, botanical garden etc. I'm sharing few snaps recaping the past days at AIM.

Fresher Party

My Birthday Celebration

My Room-mates

Holi @ AIM

Mood 2 Travel

Time pass- Trip to Botanical Garden

Its Party Time-Rockzzz

Library- Masti ki Paathsaala

Attending friend's B'day Party

Issue books for show

Happy Diwali

Leisure-Trip to Diamond Harbour

Dreams- to achieve everything

We enjoyed every moment at AIM and hope last 2 months of our session will go with hapiness and fun.

Birthday party

2006-03-25T23:46:00.000-08:00

Today was one of my friends Rajpreet Sodhi's birthday. He is one of my good friend, my classmate and my colleague in the same company. We used to call him Finance minister or prime minister coz he is Mr. Bond in finance.
In weekend, I used to go with my friends to have some fun, but today there was no plan because tomorrow is our finance exam, going to be quite tough. But when sodhi said for cake party, I was the first person to get ready because, party and fun is first priority, in my case.
In the evening after the boring strategic mgmt class, we few friends sanjiv, sujoy, nidhi and I went with him to have a cake party. We went to upper crust. There we celebrate his cake party and then we had some gol guppe.
Since we have our exam tomorrow, we come back early, but we had a nice evening with him. We really enjoyed his birthday party. May god bless him long life and prosperity.

Trip to Botanical Garden

2006-03-22T12:52:00.000-08:00

19 Mar '06, I went to Botanical garden with my friends to see great banyan tree. Since last few weeks we were planning to visit Botanical garden, finally we made it. Let me tell you something about Botanical garden and its grat banyan tree.

Indian Botanical Garden, originally found in 1786 along the west bank of Hoogly, containing about 12,000 living plants and over two and half million dried out plant specimens in the herbarium collected from all over the world, is the largest of its kind in India. Originally founded by Colonel Kyd, this was the place where the world-renowned varieties of Assam and Darjeeling tea were first developed. The 200-year-old banyan tree is the main attraction of this garden. Col. Alexander Kyd of the East India Company developed it for the collection of plants, indigenous to the country and for the introduction and acclimatization of plants from foreign parts. Trees of the rare kinds, from Nepal, Brazil, Penang, Java and Sumatra can be found here. There are towering mahogany trees, an avenue of Cuban Palms and an Orchid House. Stately casuarinas abound with creepers clinging to their tall trunks. There are towering Mahogany trees, an avenue of Cuban Palms and an Orchid House. Mango and Tamarind trees shade the grassy lawns. They stretch for over a km along the riverfront and occupy 109 hectares. The gardens were originally founded in 1786. It was from these gardens that the tea now grown in Assam and Darjeeling was first developed. The gardens’ prime attraction is the old banyan tree, claimed to have the second largest canopy in the world. It covers an area of ground nearly 400m in circumference and continues to flourish despite having its central trunk removed in 1925 because of fungus damage. The palm house in the center of the gardens is also well worth a visit. Other notable botanical specimens are the double coconut tree from Sicily, the branching palm tree from Brazil, the multicoloured bamboo trees, the mad tree, various cacti and orchids. There is a huge lake, with a large variety of aquatic plants, including the rare Victoria Amazonica. The Gardens are also a popular picnic spot.

I'm sharing few pics here, which was taken near the great banyan tree.

The world is in my hand!!!

Kal Ho Na Ho

Friends Forever

I really enjoyed Botanical garden. Hope I'll visit again with my friends to do masti, snaps and get some saanti (Peace)also.

Happy Holi (Snaps of Holi 2005)

2006-03-14T15:51:00.000-08:00

Bole to..... Tapori language

2006-03-07T20:08:00.000-08:00

Ae... Shane, jyada dimag ko taan nahi dene ka, chup chap neeche padhne ka.......

Since Last few weeks, I'm using some tapori language bole to Bhai logo ki bhasa kya....and ppl even like to hear and some people try to say that way.
Yesterday, it stuck in my mind tht I should tell ppl how it introduced and with some examples.

Tapori or Bambaiyya Hindi, Mumbaiyya, or Bombay Hindi is a slang form of Hindi spoken primarily in Mumbai. Tapori literally translates into vagabond or rowdy in Hindi. Street thugs in Mumbai were perhaps the most notable taporis. Their unique style of speaking Hindi is called tapori language. They also had a unique style of dressing, which they called as tapori style. On the streets of Mumbai, people from every part of India co-exist. Their inter-mingling has created a language that has Hindi as a base, but includes words and pronunciations from other languages such as English, Marathi and Gujarati, as well as languages from South India. Tapori culture though resented by many is widely imitated by many as humorous or comical.
It has found acceptance in Bollywood films. As you might have heard many dialogues and songs in Bollywood includes tapori language. Few examples of songs:
"apun bola tu meri laila....
...wo boli phenkta aay sala....."

"aye... kya bolti tu.. aye... kya main boloun
sun.. suna..aalti kya khandala"

Tapori language is basically a language for Don or Bhai log. The Mumbai underworld use slang Tapori with special coding for certain words.
Apun saale log to bas copy karta hai taaki kisi ko topi pehna sake.... sahi bola na biru....

Examples:
Cut to cut baat karne ka- to speak concisely or briefly
Chava or Chavi - Boyfriend/girlfriend.
Double battery - A person wearing prescription glasses.
Haila or Aaila - “Oh God”.
Chappan tikkli - One with lots of pimples on his/her face.
Time khoti mat kar- Do not waste time
Kalti- Get lost or goes away.
Kaiko - Why?
Cutting - Half a glass of tea.
Boss - Form of address to a friend, unrelated person or stranger.
Kharcha-paani - to beating up somebody.
Fultoo - Too good or very cool,
Talli - Drunk.
Dedh-foot or Dedh-futya - Refer to a short person.
Mamu - Depending on context may mean a police constable or a eunuch.
Waat or Vaat - to be in trouble.
Paan-patti or Tapri - A small shop selling tobacco, cigarettes, toffees and optionally, tea.
Shendi- make a fool of others.
Galat Faimili- misunderstanding
Khopche- a secret place
Jhakaas Item-a beautiful lady
Jyaada RAAG mat de..- Don't just bluff..OK!
LOAD nahi leneka kya-Don't take much tension.
Hata Saawan Ki Ghata-I don't care about it much..
Raapchik Maal- a sensuous/unexplainably charming lady.

On Demand, Putting some more info on this topic with the help of Roy.

Chava / Chavi - Actual meaning of a chava is a lion's cub.However, in Bhindi it would mean a Boyfriend/GirlFriend (normally the one that's steady). Chava, is also used to describe to a good looking chap or the normal stud in the locality. No, Chavi would still mean the steady one.
Chikna - Stands for any good looking fellow. Chikna actually means smooth. Chikni is the female version of the same word.
Dhapnya / Battery / double battery - Refers to a person wearing prescription glasses. Dhapnya is a marathi word. The Ghati way of saying this would be "bya-tree".
Chaayla ! - The original meaning is quiet demeaning. The contemporary meaning is so flexible that "Chaayla" can be used anywhere in a casual conversation. Pragmatically speaking this word doesnt have any meaning.
Haila ! - This originated from "Hai Allah !" but I don't think 99% of the users know about this. Haila would translate to "Oh God!"
Keeda / SulemaniKeeda - An absolute pest.
Jhakaas - Superb. Excellent.
Mandvali / Mandavli - Compromise.
Gangaram - For a barber. Gangaram is a guy's name. I guess some Gangaram must have played an immortal role in some play or movie for his name to stick on.
Chagan / Dhating / Hajaam - Hajaam in its true sense would mean a barber. It refers to anyone with a moronic intellect. I think the meaning of the word "Chagan" better be left unsaid.
Atrangi - One meaning of this word is similar to Hajaam. Atrangi also mean something extraordinary.
ChappanTikkli / Punter / Tapori / Shana - Roadside loafer. Tapori is among the most commonly used words in Bhindi.
Charsi / Fookda / Soootya - A smoker. Charas is exactly marijuana. Charasi would mean any guy who smokes though.
Raanti / Saand - A boisterous or an exceeding brash guy.
Bevada / Gutter / Taankee / Batli / JohnnyWalker - A Drunk. JohnnyWalker comes from either the actor by the name or the whiskey brand.
Rappak ( stress on "pp" ) - means Slap. ( eg. Kaan kay neechay rappak lagaoonga. )
Tapri - A road side shop.
Chotay - For any kid working in a Tapri. If the shop has more than one kid ... all would have to be Chotays.
Ramu - see "chotay"
Mava / (120 - 300) EkSauBees-TeenSau - This is a type of paan that you get here. 120 and 300 are the flavors of tabacco. Mava is everything that paan has without the betel-leaf. Terms also refer to the person who consumes it.
Manikchand - Manikchand is a famous brand of chewing tabacco. This term also stands for a person who consumes it.
Dhoop Chaav - Means Sun and Shade. Refers to the shops owned by the road side barbers who just have a rag for the Chaav and is obviously hole-ridden to let the Dhoop come in.
Chinese Gaadi - No ! this is not a Chinese make of an automobile!! Its the "Tapri" selling chinese food on the side of the road. You find one after every 10 meters. The best part is that all these Chinese Gaadis are red in color, have names like "Red Sun", "Red Dragon", "Fong's", or anything that sounds vaguely Chinese. The cook is normally a Nepali gurkha working as a night watchman in some nearby apartment complex. The only criteria to get a chef's job at a Chinese Gaadi is to have slanted eyes.
Mahim - Matunga / Vasai - Virar - This is a term used for squints. M-M and V-V are neighbouring localities in Bombay. The origin of this term is unknown.
Ghungroo Salmaan - This term is very new but catching on fast. Ghungroo refers to a curly haired guy. Salmaan (Khan) comes in the picture since the "Ghunroo Salmaan" fellow is obviously mistaking himself to be a Hindi film hero. It's used as a put-down.
Cutting - A little_more_than_half cup of Tea is a cutting. The Cutting concept would have been started by people who used to split a cup of tea between 2 people... and finally the tea vendor started selling half cup of tea and called it "cutting". A little_more_than_half is given to increase the patrons.
AndhaDhuni / Aadva-Patta - These are a cricketing terms. AadvaPatta comes from Pune, means "Cross batted shot". AndhaDhuni means "Blind shot". But nowadays these refer to any guy who doesn't bat well.
Mama / Maushi - Mama and Maushi translate to the maternal uncle and aunt. These words are thoroughly misused to get some work done. Normally used while speaking Marathi. Every other Marathi speaking street vendor would be a Mama or a Maushi.
Dada / Tai - Translate to elder brother or sister. Usage - see Mama / Maushi.
Uncle / Aunty - Usage similar to Mama/Maushi... just that this is used for the more sophisticated public. Normally with the Marathi ignorant.
Ghaati - Ghaatis are the residents of the hilly/rural regions of Maharashtra. In Bhindi, a Ghati would mean any person whose mother tongue is Marathi. It's quiet demeaning..... and thus heard more frequently.
Gujju / Ganda-Gujratis. The money men of Mumbai. These guys are easily spotted on the road - either in colorful shirts, embroidered trousers, against the mirror of a parked vehicle combing their hair, or something equally funny. These guys are the second largest community in Bombay after the Marathi-speaking people. Ganda acutally means mad. No need to explain why.
Madrasi - Madras is a place in the southern part of India. Madrasi refers to any guy from a place to the south of Maharashtra. Doesn't matter where he is from. If he is from Bangalore he is a Madrasi. If he is from Goa he is still a Madrasi. Doesn't matter. And the best part of being a Madrasi is that you are supposed to eat idli sambar for breakfast, lunch, AND dinner. And rasam-chaval is supposed to be the favourite dish.
Gulti - This is a fairly new term. Used for people from Andhra Pradesh. I don't have a clue about its origin or actual meaning.According to a site visitor "well ... it is telugu ... say it Ulta .. anagram ... and u get gulti"
Bhaiya / Pandit - Any guy from UP / Bihar / MP / Delhi / Northern states is called a Bhaiya. Pandit is also used interchangeably but is mostly used for the guys at the Lassi/Doodh shops or for Panwallas.
Paapay / Papajee - A Sikh. Dont know what a paapay means. I am sure its not insulting or anything.
Bawa / Pestonjee - The Parsees. The most harmless. Jovial and great company. Definitely the most teased people on the Hindi silver screen. Every movie has to have at least one funny character called "Rustom" or "Pestonjee" who has to have a fat and an overtly boisterious wife. Incidently Parsees also are the most affluent and among the richest in the Indian community. Bombay is also called "ParseeSthan" since this is the place where you find most of them.
Cheena / Chapata / Nepali / Shaab-babu ( 'sh' as in 'huSH' )- Any slant-eyed guy is called Cheena or Nepali. Doesn't matter if he is from Kerala and some genetic disorder messed up his eye. He would still be a Nepali. The best part is many of the north eastern states and even West Bengal have people with slant eyes. However, if they happen to land in Bombay, they would be from Nepal. The Chinese/Japs/Koreans all fall in the same category. Shaab-babu comes from the fact that these Nepali gurkhas call every other person they see "Shaab-babu". I wouldn't be too surprised to find out that they call their parents that too.
Sai ( Saa-eeen - the second part is increasingly nasal ) - The Sindhis. The Partition-time migrants from Pakistan. If a Hindi movie doesn't have a Parsee... a Sindhi has to come at some point to lighten the spirits. These guys are known for all the Papads they consume.
Mia-bhai - The members of the Islamic faith.
Bong / Bonglababu / Babumoshai ( pronunciation should have maximum sounds of "O" as possible ) - for any Bangla.
Bambaiyya - Anything that relates to anything that even vaugely relates to Bombay. Bambaiyaa is something that every resident of Bombay would love to be called !

Best class at AIM

2006-03-06T20:30:00.000-08:00

Today the 06 Mar 2006 is a memorable day for me at AIM…..cause today I attended the best class so far. Being a finance student and the class was a marketing one, though I now wish kaash...it were my course, or the faculty would be for our electives.
The professor is a high fundo guy from the best college in India, is a very prosperous businessman, traveled probably the most of the world, but when he delivers his lectures its so good, you get so involved that time just flies by, the experience which he shares is so hilariously amazing, so simple in essence yet they convey so much so easily………
He cites various examples regarding branding and cultures. He said in Japan, people never say 'NO' to you, they never refuse to anything. They always say 'Yes', even if they have to say No. He said the word 'Yes' has 3 meanings to them viz. Interest, Refuse and Confusion. Interesting...hai na....
Do wish the other profs. could also take a hint from him and improve upon their lectures by making them livelier, rather that just boring us with monotonous stuff, or keep on bragging about their visits abroad, or further still, demoralizing us as soon as they enter the class……

(few pt from nidhi)

Happy Valentine Day!!

2006-02-14T00:02:00.000-08:00

I love to see you smile
And I love knowing that I caused that smile
I love to see you happy
And I love knowing that I caused that happiness

I love to look into your beautiful eyes
And I love the way I fall into them
I love it when you hold my hand
And I love having the courage to grab and hold yours

I love to tease and torment you
And I love it when you tease and torment me
I love it when you touch me
And I love to touch you

I love rediscovering how beautiful you are each time I see you
And I love realizing how attractive you make me feel
I love wanting so badly to kiss you
And I love the way you want to take things slow

I love the fact that you still want to be my friend
And I love that I want to be yours
I love so many things about you
But the most important thing is:

I Love you!

Rang de Basanti

2006-02-05T10:08:00.000-08:00

Part-I

Few days ago, I watched Rang de Basanti, It is superb and heart touching movie. I went with two of my friends and really enjoyed.The first half of the movie reminds me of my college days, when I with my groups freak out always. The masti and friendship shown in movie reminds our college masti, pranks, love, friendship and lots. One of my groups in college named Ishq-Vishk match with the group of RdB. We always did our lectures in Cafe' and restaurants. We used to pranks with people including faculties. One of my faculty used to say me-'Jena, shall we shift the class to cafe'. Whenever we did not like to do lecture, we freak out to watch movies or doing time passes in shopping malls or go for long drives. I used to flirt also, my biggest Time pass. We always lived together. In vacation, we used to visit each other’s home and do lots of masti. Our group was the best and all rounder group coz we also get good marks in Exams. Even we were the best students of few of our faculties.Since, my group name was Ishq-vishk, but none of our group mates seriously fell in love ever except few. After seeing the angrezan in RdB, she reminds me of ........

Part-II

03 Feb., I watched the movie again. In the first part, I discussed about the fun, masti of college life. However, the main theme of movie is to make the young generation wake up and fight against country's biggest dirt like corruption etc.The movie gives a feeling of Patriotism, which we forget sometimes ago. But do movie give powers to change the ppl's attitude? Do we have the feelings of patriotism today? Can we change our country from corruption to perfection? Do we have the perfection in ourselves?

We talked about patriotism only when we have an Indo-Pak match or some patriotic movie. Today, we talk a lot about patriotism, but when we get high position, we join the same wagon of corruption. Why? There are many questions, but the answer lies in where we stand, what we are. We have to change our attitude and ourselves. We have to think what we have done. Was it really worthy for the country?

We are the only futures of our country, we have to change it or it will change us.

So, loud our voice to move the country towards perfection.

My Home Town-Nasik

2006-01-25T12:29:00.000-08:00

Proximity to many holy temples and sites including the famous pilgrimage centre of Shirdi and a long tryst with India’s sacred past, has made Nashik(a city of Maharastra state) a confluence for the spiritually enlightened. Mythology has it that Rama, the king of Ayodhya, made Nashik his temporary abode during the 14 years of his exile.
The poets Rishi Valmiki, Mahakavi Kalidas and Bhavabhooti have paid rich tributes to Nashik in many of their works. In addition, Nashik has always been the epicentre of commerce and trade. Ptolemy, the famous philosopher made a mention of Nashik in 150 BC, leading researchers to believe that it was probably the country's largest market place.
Today, Nashik is a bustling township with a blend of the ancient and the modern. Scattered across the city are numerous forts and majestic temples. But, it is also the home to many industries. The Security Printing Press of the government, which prints the nation's currency, is located here.
It is part of the green belt and is renowned for the various fruits and vegetables it produces. In fact, the yield of grapes, strawberries and onions in Nashik is amongst the highest in the country.

Brief of Nasik
Nashik is at a height of 565 meters above sea level. The river Godavari passes through Nashik. The Weather of Nashik is pleasant , dust free and non corrosive. The coldest month is December with minimum temperature of upto 6 degree C. The hottest month is May with minimum temperature of upto 21.5 degree C. The average rainfall is 700 mm and is mostly during June - September.
Latitude 190-33' and 200-53' North
Longitude 730-16' and 750-6' East
Area 259.13 Sq. Km (Second largest in Maharashtra after Mumbai)
Rivers Godavari, Kashyapi, Darana, Nasardi (Nandini)
Population 6,48,000 (1991 census)

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I invite all my friends 2 just visit nasik once, will get to know the charm of it.

New Year at Home

2006-01-20T12:39:00.000-08:00

Hi, I am back after a long vacation from my hometown Nashik.
I went there after Christmas. I enjoyed a lot there. I always wait for the day when I’ll go home and planning things out, as to what I would do when I will go home. You know, Home is a place where u get peace of mind and lots of happiness. Going after my placement doubles the happiness. Everyone was happy regarding my placement. My bro and sis demanded many things in advance n I promised them to fulfill their wishes.
This year I spent my New Year party with my family and some relatives. All the relatives who live nearby and few family friends came to our house. The party held in our house, in desi style (cooking food in chullahs). The food was really tasty n yummy n that's because my mom cooked it. She cooked really well, I always miss her n her cooked food. The party was really good.
I also enjoyed with my friends. I went to my old college. It was really a nice moment; we all old friends met and enjoyed New Year party. That was an unforgettable day. I hope, every year I’ll enjoy my New Year party with my old and of course with new friends also. You know this year I joined my old friends(who r doing their M.Com), in college festivals like blue day, chocolate day, rose day, black and white day, saree and tie day and traditional day. We took lots of snaps, did lots of masti and lots...
Well, this way my new year started but again some feeling of sadness while coming back from Home leaving my parents, friends and lots of memories...

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T22:50:00.000-08:00

Wish U All A Very Happy And Prosperous New Year 2006.

I'm Bull now

2005-12-04T22:11:00.000-08:00

3rd Dec 2005, I got placed in INDIABULLS, a retail financial institution. After facing 2-3 companies, I finally selected for this company. The best thing was 25 students were selected for this company, which is a history. No other company has yet taken this much students, since our institute established.
I'm very happy coz all my closed friends are with me in the same co., now we all are colleagues.

Now the scene in the institute is that everywhere u'll get few Bulls (those get selected for INDIABULLS) roaming and having few tunes in their lips like BULL BULLa re BULLs BULLa, Naanch Meri BULL BULLS, BULL-LA ki Jana mein kaun.......
We are calling each other as A- I -M BULL.
The same night, big party was thrown. All ppl drunk like anything, Bon fire and dance party happened, we celebrated the occasion like Diwali, we did bombarding in BBC ground. The whole night we celebrated. No Bulls slept tht night coz tht was their happiest night ever.
Great going. Hope our other batch mates will get their placement soon, so tht we can have another blast………..

Main Hoon Naa.....

2005-11-21T16:42:00.000-08:00

[Dedicted To All My Friends]

Whenever you feel alone,
know that you're not.

Whenever you need a shoulder to cry on,
you can use mine.

Whenever you need someone to just listen,
you can have my ear.

Whenever you lose your way,
you can have my eyes to guide you.

Whenever you don't know the words to say,
you can have my lips to speak them.

Whenever you are afraid,
I will be brave for you.

Whenever you are sad,
I will do anything to make you glad.

Whatever you do, wherever you go,
Just remember,
MAIN HOON NAA…….
[I will always be here for you.]

And if we should part,You will always be close to me in my heart.

sanjiv's birthday

2005-11-11T00:35:00.000-08:00

07 nov 2005, my best friend Sanjiv Roy's birthday. We(room-mates) were the first ppl to wish him at 0000hrs and gave him birthday bumps, punch and other stuffs. Even we got the treat also in G.P.
In the morning we had class. He was in his new costumes and looking fresh. Every one wished him good luck even our guest faculties. U know he attend the 2nd half of the lecture, but he got full attendence bcoz the day was his.

In the Evening, we all friends viz. Joydeep, Rajesh,Nidhi, Poonam, Sujoy, Shalu, Sohini, Parul, Chhavi and I went to a Restaurant for treat ofcourse. He cut the cake and then we had our spicy and delicious dinner there. There we took lots of snaps to restore our memories n feel the moment of joy we enjoyed.

I wish all his dreams come true and he smiles always.

My Village Trip

2005-10-28T22:06:00.000-07:00

Feeling good after a long break.
I went to my village in Orissa. I spent my wonderful days there. I went there by bus, and I saw long and large trees all around along the road side. Everything was green becuase of rains. It was looking as if we are entering to the jungle. After crossing that junglee area, we came to a small and cool place and that was my village. My village was surrounded by farm lands where the new rice crops grew. There is a river crossing in between that farm where we bath.
I enjoyed a lot there. I, with my two brother, samir and munna enjoyed a lot. We went to see the biggest fair of that region and enjoyed the durga puja and dussehera. We did swimming in the river and sometime we use to catch the fish with the fish net. We played cricket match with the village people. We even had lots of eatables, sweets etc and lots............
It was really a nice time.

My Zodiac Sign: Pisces

2005-10-06T14:15:00.000-07:00

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Bye Bye!!! I'm Going.

2005-10-05T20:26:00.000-07:00

I'm feeling lonely coz everyone has gone to his or her home except few ppl. They are living here in hostel. I'm among them. Living here will be a disaster coz all office, net-lab, library and even Mess will be remain closed. How we will survive ???

Well, I just planned to go to my village. I haven’t been there for last 5 years. Village is such a place where u can get innumerable relations, superstitious talks, traditional way of doing everything, natural scenes like greenery, farmlands, stream, etc; and the most important peace of mind.

So, ppl catch you after my village trip. BYE BYE n EnJoY!!!

Can U Guess Which Festival Is This ???

2005-10-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

Rath Yatra: Orissa's Famous Festival

2005-10-01T15:54:00.000-07:00

Rath Yatra

Puri offers a number of colourful fairs and festivals such as Chandan Yatra, Snan Yatra (Bath festival), Ganesh Puja, etc., but it is the Car Festival, an annual sojourn of the three deities riding their lofty chariots to their respective huge cars--14 metres high, 10 metres square and supported on 16 giant wheels, each over two metres in diametre that marks the climax. These chariots or Rathas are pulled along the Bada Danda or the Grand Road by lakhs of devotees to Gundicha temple over a kilometre. At Gundicha the deities take new apparels every day and after a lapse of 8 days return to the main shrine riding the same Rathas. At the termination of the Yatra, the cars are broken up into pieces and religious relics are made from them. Thus, every year new chariots are built. The images of the dieties are also disposed of at intervals of 8 to 19 years, depending on astrological calculations, and new images are installed as prescribed in the religious text. The Rath Yatra symbolizes Krishna's departure to Mathura from Gokul.

My Native Place: Orissa

2005-10-01T15:43:00.000-07:00

I want to tell u all about my native place Orissa.
Ever washed by the blue waters of the Bay of Bengal in the east, Orissa is bounded in the north by Bihar, in the north-east by West Bengal, in the south by Andhra Pradesh and in the west by Madhya Pradesh. This rural riverine land of multi-splendours, is watered by the rivers Mahanadi, Brahmani, and Vaitarani flowing in the south-easternly direction before merging in the Bay of Bengal. These rivers and their tributaries provide the state with rich alluvial tracts.
Orissa is possessed of an extensive plateau in the interior with sprawling coastal plains in the foreground. Its extensive palm fringed coast-line running to 482 kms., serene holiday beaches, pronounced rural environs, charming blue hills rising here and there abruptly from the plains and the plateau, green wood-lands, rock caves, so fascinatingly sculptured temples and other monuments , picturesque mud villages set in greens, modern industrial leviathans, colourful tribals and so rich and varied handicrafts make Orissa a miniature India.
To know more about Orissa visit: http://www.odissi.com/

Do visit...

Party Time

2005-10-01T14:05:00.000-07:00

Party Time

Yesterday, we had our WCM exam (working capital management), which was quite O.K. After our exam it was party time, coz it was the last exam before puja holiday and ppl are also going to their home. So we all friends went out for enjoyment last evening. We went for shopping and then had a nice dinner. Thanks god, its not our Mess!!!

Paheli ????

2005-09-29T16:00:00.000-07:00

PAHELI ???

I was shocked when I came to know that "Paheli" has been selected as India's official entry for the 2006 Oscars. From the pool of superb movies like Black, Parineeta, Iqbal, Mangal pandey, Veer Zaara and others,why this film has selected???? I was expecting Black to be nominated. But I think this film has selected because of many reasons like:
1. Indian culture and language
2. Increasing raze of Bollywood
3. superhit in North America
4. shahrukh Khan's movie
5. Storyline and Starcast
6. Perfect cinematography.
7. Representing India in World Stage
May be some more reasons.

Do you think this is the right movie nominated for oscars???

HaPpY dAy!!!

2005-09-28T23:59:00.000-07:00

Finally, my project report got complete. I am very happy today. I did my summer project from Kotak life Insurance co. and my project title was "Need based financial solution". It was the first time. Our batch got any life insurance co. project, thus it was quite difficult to make, but I did it.
After a long 2 hectic months, I finally made my project report. It was a nice experience there. I got to know about the Insurance sector, b4 that I was not aware anything of Insurance sector and its products.

After my interface with corporate (Kotak), I think I got some corporate culture, but I have to go a long way.
Now I'm feeling cool and relaxed. Tomorrow is India Strike; hope we won't have any class coz I want to sleep for the whole day.

Stairway to Heaven

2005-09-25T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hi, I got something interesting that I want to share with u all . Space may still be the final frontier, but getting there could soon be almost as simple as stepping into the office lift at the start of the day.
The race is on to build the first "space elevator' - long dismissed as science fiction - to carry people and materials into orbit along a cable thousands of miles long. Supporters of the elevator concept promise a future in space that is both cheap and accessible, and contrast it to Nasa's announcement last week that it will be relying on 40-year-old technology from the Apollo programme for its $105 billion plan to return to the Moon by 2018.

The companies behind the space elevator say they will be able to lift material into orbit for as little as $400 a pound, compared with $20,000 a pound using existing rockets. That would open up the possibility of tourists visiting a sky hotel in stationary orbit 22,000 miles above the Earth, with a view previously enjoyed only by astronauts. It would also allow for far cheaper travel to the Moon and other planets within the solar system, since most of the energy required by rockets is used simply to escape Earth's gravity.

Russian scientists first envisaged a fixed link to space, and the idea was popularized by the British sci-fi writer and vision-ary, Arthur C Clarke, in his 1978 novel, The Fountains of Paradise.

The theory behind the space elevator is deceptively simple. With a base station on Earth and an orbiting satellite, solar-powered "climbers'', each carrying up to 20 tons, would crawl up a single cable into space over several days. The cable would be held up by the rotation of a 600-ton satellite counter-weight, much like a heavy object at the end of a spinning rope.

Scientists believe that a material known as carbon nanotubes could be bound together to make a ribbon, rather than a cable, three-feet across but just half the width of a pencil. A number of companies, including GE and IBM, are currently developing nanotubes, which are microscopic cylinders of carbon. In one experiment, a sheet of nanotubes one-thousandth the thickness of a human hair could support 50,000 times its own mass.

Brad Edwards, a board member of the foundation, says the initial development could be ready "in the next couple of years", with the elevator itself being built in another decade.
"We are talking about getting this up in about 15 years,'' Dr Edwards predicted.

My OWN Blog!!!

2005-09-23T15:17:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the world of my Ima-Jena-tion........
Today morning 3:30 a.m. I made my first and my OWN blog with the help of my friend Rajesh Kumar Rana. I also very greateful to both Rana and Joydeep to gave a creative title to my blog i.e. "Ima-jena-ation". Now I want my blog to be more creative and interesting, for that I required suggestions.
Thanx
Santosh Kumar Jena