This is my first and smallest effort in recognizing the true peculiarity that is exhibited by the people/society of Bombay fondly called as the land of dreams,crime,awesomeness,love,beggars,celebrity,money...and what not.
Any person who has been to mumbai or lives in this city would not take much time in noticing the subtle and frankly the wierdest possible things out here.
And Hence!!
You know you are from/in Mumbai when.....
--Your photo album is full of snapshots around The Marine Drive,Bandra,Juhu beach.
--Stock market quotes are the only other thing besides cricket which you follow passionately.
--You take fashion seriously.(Being Human,mini skirts,goggs,apparels)
--You spend more time travelling than you spend at home.
--9:47 fast, means something to you :P
--u think that delhi copied INDIA GATE frm mumbai's GATEWAY OF INDIA...
--You're suspicious of strangers who are actually nice to you.
--You consider eye contact as an act of overt aggression.
--Amitabh Bachhans,SRK,Salman Khan's house is a landmark
--When there's no place to breathe in the trains but there's place to play cards and sing bhajans!
--Where u see vada pav stalls earning more than a coffee chain does.
--when u miss the gol gappa after having the pani puri.
--Every three months you look at your street and say "Why're they digging the road again?"
--You actually pay for your rickshaws by the meter.
--"Gheun Tak" is your life ideology.
--You aren't surprised when somebody throws a water balloon at you while you're walking on the streets during March.
--You can only smile forgivingly about the size of any other city in the world.
--Every time you speak Hindi in front of a marathi guy they have the WTF expression on their face.
--When while giving directions you say "Right MARO aur wahan pe ek bridge GIREGA"
--You have hung on to dear life at the local train door.
--When you think everyone who lives to the south(Mumbai) of you is a snob and to the north of you sucks
--when u c movie names like "shootout at Lokhandwala" & 'Ek chalis ki last local" & don't have to ask what the name means
--you consider the local train "empty" when you find a spot for your two feet to stand on.
--when "chalta hai", "thamba thamba" is the most commonly used word
--Everything to the north of Mumbai is UP-Bihar and everything below is Madras
--if someone calls u "aap"-- u start laughing on their faces...
--when you call the BEST bus, BST, even though BEST is painted on every single public transport bus operational in Bombay
--It takes longer to get off from your house to the station than from one end of Mumbai to another by train.
--Being truly alone makes you nervous.
--Crorepati, Lakhpati, Hazarpati, Chillarpati all travel in local Trains daily-together!.
--You have learnt how to stand in a queue no matter what the ocassion or situation is.
--u treat mumbai as a country itself.
--when you actually see random people coming to help you when u have a problem
--u want to get into the train already that is already in motion & u have 5 hands taking u in..
--You are back to work next day after the city is bombed - Truly the spirit of Mumbai.
--When you allow complete strangers to spend the night in your house because its raining outside and half the city is submerged...
--When you are desperate and complacent for success in one go, you should not pinch yourself but say amchi mumbaikar ala re....
And finally, my most important observation-- Even 24 hours a day is not enough here...you always fall short of time for work.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
30 small things that make your life a happier one!!
Hi Friends..
I am returning after a very long exile.Though tired yet aggressive, i have just compiled some of the life's events,instances,incidents that gives a hearty smile to our ever bothered soul.
These incidents have at one point or the other happened in all our lives.Many more are missing, I would love if u kindly enter some of your like wise encounters.
1.That fresh smell of earth soil after the first rains.
2.Finding money in pant pockets you have not worn for a really long time (especially when you are in kadkii).
3.When you are on the last page of that really good, long book.
4.That squishy feeling between your toes when you’re walking on wet beach sand.
5.That feeling while running your fingers through or the sensation of a breeze ruffling your hair, when you get your hair cut really short after having had long hair for a while.
6.Taking a long shower and feeling the full force of the water from the tap on the fingers of your feet.
7.The smell of freshly baked stuff.The smell of petrol/gas or wall paints. the biggest unsensual turn on.
8.That first time feeling when you saw a beach and the vast ocean beyond.
9.The feeling of writing with a good pen on a very good quality paper.
10.The fresh smell of that new book with new pages.
11.Putting on clothes and feeling the warmth that have been freshly pressed.
12.Smiling at something funny that someone says on the street and when they see you smiling.
13.Getting that extra Hajmola tablet in the sachet when there was supposed to be only six of them.
14.Going through the old pictures on your computer when you haven’t done so in a long time and smiling at the memories.
15.Going through the old scrapbook, yeah the one your friends scribbled in, from your school days.
16.Those butterflies in your stomach when you are watching a really close match.
17.Laying back and looking up at the clear sky and the stars.
18.Squeezing in that 20 minute nap when you have been really tired; and feeling amazingly fresh after it.
19.Helping a needy without even thinking once with a ride to place or a hefty sum.
20.A long conversation with a good friend.
21.Laughing at really funny jokes/situations, till your stomach aches.
22.That spongy feeling when you walk barefoot on grass.
23.Laughing hysterically when you’re at home by yourself.
24.When you finally overtake that slow moving, smoke spewing vehicle in front of you.
25.Tripping over something hilariously and realizing no one was there to see it happen.
26.That moment when you are trying really hard to sleep and you know you are going to fall asleep and then you do.
27.Happening as I write this, “the sting of the mosquito sitting right infront of your nose undittered by your mighty presence”
28.When you know, you can’t keep up with the deadline and then right at the last moment it is extended.(exam,client presentation)
29.Praying to God for the train to arrive soon and suddenly it appears and you are off to home for a long holiday.
30.Snuggling under a pile of blankets on a really cold day.
Many more to come....
I am returning after a very long exile.Though tired yet aggressive, i have just compiled some of the life's events,instances,incidents that gives a hearty smile to our ever bothered soul.
These incidents have at one point or the other happened in all our lives.Many more are missing, I would love if u kindly enter some of your like wise encounters.
1.That fresh smell of earth soil after the first rains.
2.Finding money in pant pockets you have not worn for a really long time (especially when you are in kadkii).
3.When you are on the last page of that really good, long book.
4.That squishy feeling between your toes when you’re walking on wet beach sand.
5.That feeling while running your fingers through or the sensation of a breeze ruffling your hair, when you get your hair cut really short after having had long hair for a while.
6.Taking a long shower and feeling the full force of the water from the tap on the fingers of your feet.
7.The smell of freshly baked stuff.The smell of petrol/gas or wall paints. the biggest unsensual turn on.
8.That first time feeling when you saw a beach and the vast ocean beyond.
9.The feeling of writing with a good pen on a very good quality paper.
10.The fresh smell of that new book with new pages.
11.Putting on clothes and feeling the warmth that have been freshly pressed.
12.Smiling at something funny that someone says on the street and when they see you smiling.
13.Getting that extra Hajmola tablet in the sachet when there was supposed to be only six of them.
14.Going through the old pictures on your computer when you haven’t done so in a long time and smiling at the memories.
15.Going through the old scrapbook, yeah the one your friends scribbled in, from your school days.
16.Those butterflies in your stomach when you are watching a really close match.
17.Laying back and looking up at the clear sky and the stars.
18.Squeezing in that 20 minute nap when you have been really tired; and feeling amazingly fresh after it.
19.Helping a needy without even thinking once with a ride to place or a hefty sum.
20.A long conversation with a good friend.
21.Laughing at really funny jokes/situations, till your stomach aches.
22.That spongy feeling when you walk barefoot on grass.
23.Laughing hysterically when you’re at home by yourself.
24.When you finally overtake that slow moving, smoke spewing vehicle in front of you.
25.Tripping over something hilariously and realizing no one was there to see it happen.
26.That moment when you are trying really hard to sleep and you know you are going to fall asleep and then you do.
27.Happening as I write this, “the sting of the mosquito sitting right infront of your nose undittered by your mighty presence”
28.When you know, you can’t keep up with the deadline and then right at the last moment it is extended.(exam,client presentation)
29.Praying to God for the train to arrive soon and suddenly it appears and you are off to home for a long holiday.
30.Snuggling under a pile of blankets on a really cold day.
Many more to come....
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
TCS.......Calling
My last write-up before my journey to the unknown yet adventurous world of corporate culture.Have been waiting for this opportunity for almost 11 months and finally going to do something worth!! Would be joining TCS-Trivandum on 22nd of this month.Lots of doubts and assumptions still engulfing me to the core.Still expecting the same with my friends , so far so good.Had a gala time at home- 12 hrs a day threw myself to the internet world and almost achieved quite a bit.Proud to be an East Zone semi-finalist for our 3-months old idea of a startup in WagonR Big Idea Contest.Missed the main round due to TCS.Actually got very complacent with the position 'cos our idea was picked from a lot of 100000 diff ideas ,including MBA grads from the temples itself(IIM):)
The worst complaint i have to myself is i forgot my blog in the meantime...........
Would miss everyone n everything that have made me happy n blessed me with a reservoir of happiness to carry on for the rest of my life completely uncluttered....
Would post more about TCS n experience once i select over my broadband provider....Nice time folks, see ya
The worst complaint i have to myself is i forgot my blog in the meantime...........
Would miss everyone n everything that have made me happy n blessed me with a reservoir of happiness to carry on for the rest of my life completely uncluttered....
Would post more about TCS n experience once i select over my broadband provider....Nice time folks, see ya
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
DIGNITY-BEING DIGNIFIED IN 2010
Dignity is more important than wealth. It’s going
to be a long, long time before we can make
everyone on earth wealthy, but we can help people
find dignity this year (right now if we choose to).
Dignity comes from creating your own destiny and
from the respect you get from your family,
your peers and society.
A farmer able to feed his family and earn enough
to send his kids to school has earned the respect of
the people in his village—and more important, a
connection to rest of us.
It’s easy to take dignity away from someone but
difficult to give it to them. The last few years have
taught us just how connected the entire world is—
a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi is just an
important figure in your life as the postman in the
next town or a politician in parliament. And in a
world where everything is connected, the most important thing we can do is
'treat our fellows with dignity'.
Giving a poor person food or money might help
them survive another day... but it doesn’t give them
dignity. There’s a better way.
Creating ways for people to solve their own
problems isn’t just an opportunity in 2010. It is an
obligation.
Friends is resolution time again........Think right and do right.
to be a long, long time before we can make
everyone on earth wealthy, but we can help people
find dignity this year (right now if we choose to).
Dignity comes from creating your own destiny and
from the respect you get from your family,
your peers and society.
A farmer able to feed his family and earn enough
to send his kids to school has earned the respect of
the people in his village—and more important, a
connection to rest of us.
It’s easy to take dignity away from someone but
difficult to give it to them. The last few years have
taught us just how connected the entire world is—
a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi is just an
important figure in your life as the postman in the
next town or a politician in parliament. And in a
world where everything is connected, the most important thing we can do is
'treat our fellows with dignity'.
Giving a poor person food or money might help
them survive another day... but it doesn’t give them
dignity. There’s a better way.
Creating ways for people to solve their own
problems isn’t just an opportunity in 2010. It is an
obligation.
Friends is resolution time again........Think right and do right.
Monday, November 23, 2009
love story 2005- still on....
my life started with a bang as i was launched to this beautifully exaggerated piece of phenomena .Then it was strangely stretched upon by something really unknown ,i always loved my baby days and my childhood because it is the only time when you are free from all the atrocities of this world .Rest of the life you really deal with these adversities which really is spooky and its not worth your great gift from god
anyways i was talking about my life's love story,this is obviously the best part of your journey towards salvation(yeah!! i really attains salvation after death, weird ..) .Mine started with a bit of luck and bit of my own guts(love is all about this friends).She is gorgeous, fabulously sexy in her thoughts ,overpowering with her attitude,scintillating with her looks and lovely with the eyes that she carries me in it.I am not really attractive nor do i have a dashing personality (which is remotely true!!!1),but i would say it was fate which made her smell me but she says it was my voice.I would not go into the details of our initial days but i would love to remind myself about the proud and best moments which of course is everlasting.One of them is the day when we met for the first time,our eyes instantly locked each other,raising and scintillating our nerves to the utmost extent which made me totally irresistible and i started off the conversation,we quickly caught hold of each others' phone numbers as though it was the most urgent thing in our lives.That day i really saw beauty of god in a masterpiece.We sat and talked,thanx to my indecent approach of overreactions which had its fruits in the next few days.That day followed our unending Q&A sessions in our minds to run in full throttle.I was mesmerized and so was she by the new feeling and new change all of a sudden.I lost my control over brain and it was my heart which governed all the functions in my body as it was rejuvenated to the dire extremes.we met several times in a week .sometimes me bunking college or she lying to her friends.But we never were able to lie each other as our eyes spoke nothing else.I knew from the beginning that she is the one ,a propeller to my engine towards a good life.But somehow sometimes i was also afraid of how she would take my feelings.Was she thinking something else?? I got the answer within a month when i had to temporarily go out of town.The fall of that spark in her voice over phone some 400-500kms away said it all.I was in love and above all i was successful.I had the most wonderful time of my life after i came back and met her.Now came the very prestigious and most important proposal part which was already done but not talked about.She won and full marks to her because i can never be as confident a person as she is,never.A topper in life, every god damn sphere till now and forever, i boast.
The journey after that was and is in fact the most inexpressible moments.I cant imagine a single moment without her and though i can also not imagine how foolishly i have handled such an art.I made mistakes which she rectified instantly,i got success which she celebrated as it was her own,i got angry but she smiled which erased it all.My whole of graduation years was spent with me besides her and she clutching my hands strongly so that i do not slip off. cant say much because i cannot explain what she means to me seriously in words or actions,i thank God for making me so lucky to have possessed her.My this blog entry is not complete and i hope it goes on till my death.She is my life and i am hers.......forever.
incomplete...........touchwood it goes on and on and on
anyways i was talking about my life's love story,this is obviously the best part of your journey towards salvation(yeah!! i really attains salvation after death, weird ..) .Mine started with a bit of luck and bit of my own guts(love is all about this friends).She is gorgeous, fabulously sexy in her thoughts ,overpowering with her attitude,scintillating with her looks and lovely with the eyes that she carries me in it.I am not really attractive nor do i have a dashing personality (which is remotely true!!!1),but i would say it was fate which made her smell me but she says it was my voice.I would not go into the details of our initial days but i would love to remind myself about the proud and best moments which of course is everlasting.One of them is the day when we met for the first time,our eyes instantly locked each other,raising and scintillating our nerves to the utmost extent which made me totally irresistible and i started off the conversation,we quickly caught hold of each others' phone numbers as though it was the most urgent thing in our lives.That day i really saw beauty of god in a masterpiece.We sat and talked,thanx to my indecent approach of overreactions which had its fruits in the next few days.That day followed our unending Q&A sessions in our minds to run in full throttle.I was mesmerized and so was she by the new feeling and new change all of a sudden.I lost my control over brain and it was my heart which governed all the functions in my body as it was rejuvenated to the dire extremes.we met several times in a week .sometimes me bunking college or she lying to her friends.But we never were able to lie each other as our eyes spoke nothing else.I knew from the beginning that she is the one ,a propeller to my engine towards a good life.But somehow sometimes i was also afraid of how she would take my feelings.Was she thinking something else?? I got the answer within a month when i had to temporarily go out of town.The fall of that spark in her voice over phone some 400-500kms away said it all.I was in love and above all i was successful.I had the most wonderful time of my life after i came back and met her.Now came the very prestigious and most important proposal part which was already done but not talked about.She won and full marks to her because i can never be as confident a person as she is,never.A topper in life, every god damn sphere till now and forever, i boast.
The journey after that was and is in fact the most inexpressible moments.I cant imagine a single moment without her and though i can also not imagine how foolishly i have handled such an art.I made mistakes which she rectified instantly,i got success which she celebrated as it was her own,i got angry but she smiled which erased it all.My whole of graduation years was spent with me besides her and she clutching my hands strongly so that i do not slip off. cant say much because i cannot explain what she means to me seriously in words or actions,i thank God for making me so lucky to have possessed her.My this blog entry is not complete and i hope it goes on till my death.She is my life and i am hers.......forever.
incomplete...........touchwood it goes on and on and on
Saturday, June 13, 2009
my everlasting confused state
'Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there'
My name is Ashim,an apt name.I say this because my state of mind,conscience or the brain path is ashimlyyy confused the whole time.May be sometimes i get some discounts like accolades and achievements through my extremely loyal support system i.e. my girl friend. i ponder there is no one time when i did not have a 2nd thought running parallel with the current thought.I feel as if i am a flab getting immense resistance to come to its original shape.Its tough to handle yourself like this man@!.Actually i diagnosed this extreme cancer in me when i started off with the pursuit of my dream(that too with lot of confused molecules fighting).I dream of being an entrepreneur (da...a)i don't know ..i just like it.... i mean i love it.uffff.The funny part is the state of people who are around me on this proud venture of mine.I seriously praise the valor of my love (my gf) who understands me so well without getting confused.
I dont see any serious harm done by this utterly irritating trait in me but it speaks a lot about me when i am somewhere at some point taking a precious decision.I feel i am blessed by God to have given me such Gods in disguise(my parents) to have bestowed in me the best possible attitude a man can carry.Thanxx.
Anyways thats too much of rotten things about me!!!!
I have done a lot to cheer about too and that is what is carrying me on the most riskiest path of my life,career.Hope everything would be fine.....courtesy my family,friends and..........this time i need to include my own calibre and thinking.
Iwould like to remain a confused soul because somewhere i have heard its not important what u think but what u do(cooked though!!!)
This is my first blog entry and i am happy to see so many words at a time and that too from me exclusively me!!
Hey people -----confuse yourself to reach the ultimate stardom in life.It will really feel like heaven
My name is Ashim,an apt name.I say this because my state of mind,conscience or the brain path is ashimlyyy confused the whole time.May be sometimes i get some discounts like accolades and achievements through my extremely loyal support system i.e. my girl friend. i ponder there is no one time when i did not have a 2nd thought running parallel with the current thought.I feel as if i am a flab getting immense resistance to come to its original shape.Its tough to handle yourself like this man@!.Actually i diagnosed this extreme cancer in me when i started off with the pursuit of my dream(that too with lot of confused molecules fighting).I dream of being an entrepreneur (da...a)i don't know ..i just like it.... i mean i love it.uffff.The funny part is the state of people who are around me on this proud venture of mine.I seriously praise the valor of my love (my gf) who understands me so well without getting confused.
I dont see any serious harm done by this utterly irritating trait in me but it speaks a lot about me when i am somewhere at some point taking a precious decision.I feel i am blessed by God to have given me such Gods in disguise(my parents) to have bestowed in me the best possible attitude a man can carry.Thanxx.
Anyways thats too much of rotten things about me!!!!
I have done a lot to cheer about too and that is what is carrying me on the most riskiest path of my life,career.Hope everything would be fine.....courtesy my family,friends and..........this time i need to include my own calibre and thinking.
Iwould like to remain a confused soul because somewhere i have heard its not important what u think but what u do(cooked though!!!)
This is my first blog entry and i am happy to see so many words at a time and that too from me exclusively me!!
Hey people -----confuse yourself to reach the ultimate stardom in life.It will really feel like heaven
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