Alphabetic Tag

It's Sohini once again & this tag goes like this...

A – A+ve, my blood group. Animals, I love them except few, cats are one of the unlucky species! Adore, I’m adorable, am I not? ;) Anindya, no description required! 8)

B – Baba, again no description required! Babies – One of the best ways to cope depression! When you see them smile, you’ll forget your sorrow. When you see them cry, you’ll forget your sorrow & think about theirs! Bubbles, I love making & blowing them! Tuktuki didi’s dog had the name Bubble! Bangla – Amar bhasha. Band- I really like band music.

C – Chocolates. Chicken & yeah, crybaby is applicable to me too!

D – Doggy, do I need to describe?! Dukkhobilash – I love doing it. Maa loves doing it & all my dear friends love doing it. I don’t know about others but it makes me feel very pure. Oh, I just remembered, my 1st crush’s name starts with D.

E – Egg, my 1st louu!

F – Friends…they mean everything to me! Fun & frolic, I love these essences in my life! Feluda, one of my favourite heroes! Fuchka, ummm, the very thought makes me salivate!

G – G. We used to call a girl in our school G as she resembled Mr. George Wilson of Denis The Menace, but she wasn’t that sportive & complained to the ever grumpy class teacher NR! Globalization – can’t escape from it!

H – Home, best place ever! Holiday, always die for it. Hasnuhana, love the flower & the song. Humour, if you lack that, God help you have some! High 5!

I – Imagine, love to do & love the song. Iman – my favourite raga. Inky pinky ponky - helps me in tricky situations & MCQs.

J – July, my birth month. Jesus, my surreal love!

K – Karl Marx. Kumbhakarna – When it comes to sleep, I'm the female version of this mythological character! :P

L – Love, that’s what I need & I’m a kangal of this. Laughter - The best medicine. Life - It's all about it! Lizzie McGuire, I’m a lot like her.

M – Maa, once again no description required. Music…can’t live without it, literally! Marx/Marxism…highly optimist. Max Weber on the other hand, highly pessimist. Mamabari – half of my life has been spent here.

N – Nose, my best feature. Nature – I spell God like this. Night – I just love it!

O – Optimist. Yes I am! Orkut – anything can happen over this site!

P – Pink, my favourite colour! Pain, feeling it inside out! Procrastination, I practice it now & then. Practice makes a man perfect. Nobody’s perfect. So why practice? Khik khik! :P Pallabi, my best friend & integral part of my life. Paana pukure chaan kore mor shordi legechhe! A song which became very popular during our school days!

Q – Queer, it’s just another word to describe me! Queen, the very feeling of being one is so exciting! Question paper, questions are never a problem. They are always good. But the problem lies in the answers!

R – Rain, I’ve some ethereal connection with it. That’s why I’m the Rain girl, if you’ve wondered about it so while! Rainbow. Rabindranath/Rabindrasangeet - Amar bhitore bahire, ontore ontore, achho tumi hridoy jure...

S – Sreetama, that’s me! The letter ‘S’ itself, the best looking alphabet. Sohini – She is my best friend too! Paragon of virtues, capable of being a baby & a mother at the same time! Snow - Love to watch them fall & play with them. Sunshine – Love it on my shoulders on a winter morning & after a long spell of rain. Love the song too!

T – Tinni, that’s my nickname. Cute na? Tintin – My teenage hero! I got inspired to be a journalist from him! That reminds me, Teenage. This phase is like wearing winter clothes in hot summer! Comparison courtsey: Hannah Montana.

U – Umbrella, never leave home without it. Remember the story Umbrella Man?

V – Voyeur, everyone is one!

W – Wacky – another word to describe me! Wand, magic wala, I wish I had one! Wish! Women - Proud to be one.

X – Xavier’s, my institution. Xaverian – Proud to be one!

Y – Yahoo! My favourite search engine! Yes, ya, yup – Positive words! Yawn – I do it quite often!

Z –Zoo, must be wondering how I came to know your address? ;) Zzzzzzzz – feeling sleepy!

Well, I’m done! Now anybody can do this tag!

Its exam time once again & I’m feeling blue! As usual! This is the final one & little different from others too! I’m feeling nervous & excited all at a same time. The reasons for excitement are less so let’s begin with the reasons for nervousness so that I can end with exciting reasons & feel anything but blue!

3rd year syllabus is equal to what we had done in these 2 years & more!

We did not have any serious exams in this year except silly 50 marks class tests! Will I be able to deliver the perfect answers during finals? It will be more like ‘Hate groom pate groom answers!’ On hearing this, many faces stretched muscles to manage hearty laughter but this is a very dark truth! No matter what, I used to get a confidence that I know the question patterns & the proper points which had to be written. But now I neither have any idea about the hammer, nor the nail! So how can I hit it perfectly?

There are soo many topics which keep me scratch my head! I detest the 1st & last papers which deal with theories & theorists! No scope for improvisation. Just nod your head with the old haggard fellows! They just make me go ‘urghhh’ But yes, there are criticisms where I can take out my angst & despair against them! But the problem is, when I need to give the main points, points of criticism come to my mind & vice versa. This is good though but creates a lot of confusion for me. The other 2 papers deal with Indian social problems & institutions. These sound very interesting! Especially topics like ‘child abuse, violence against women, divorce, youth, old age etc.’ but…ki jatona bishe, bujhibe she kishe, kobhu ashibishe dongsheni jare…But here I can bhatify unlike the theory papers!

I always belong to terminal groups! I’m either the 1st or the last batch of a particular education system…Right from school days to the end of college life. In University of Calcutta, we were the 1st batch to sit for 3 University exams which previously was 2. In 2nd year, little alteration was done to it. Right was Professor Dr. Partha Mukherjee “The University takes a wrong decision, realizes it after 3 years & again takes a wrong decision!” My batch is the last batch under University of Calcutta as St. Xavier’s College has been certified to be an autonomous institution.

Till then, we have been treated as step children by everyone. The professors want all of us to pass out by hook or crook. Attendance shortage, not appearing for crucial examinations, nothing is a hindrance anymore now! This is a boon for the rebels but what about good girls like me? I was really upset! Muri michhrir ek dor? :x Moreover, nobody is worried or interested about part 3 exams. Everyone is just bothered about semesters. We had to take so much toil to find out the time table in the notice board which is filled with semester notices!

Then the very thought of writing examination under CU! You can only understand my reason by the following example. One of my classmates appeared for CAT. When the results were out, we asked her about it. She said that she didn’t even chek her percentile as she gave hopeless performance! We cheered her up by saying that she should check it out as one never knows…She replied “Yaar, ye CAT hai, Calcutta University nahi k ulta marks ayega!” I hope you can understand…

Then the exam starts from 18th of April & look at the previous day! It’s my parents’ silver jubilee marriage anniversary. I had so many plan with it but phew! Angana’s sister is getting married on 17th. Her situation is more pathetic! Pallabi’s brither is leaving for Germany on 17th night! I really feel like shrieking aloud ‘WHY US???’

Since this is my college final exam, I have to get admitted in another institute for higher studies. After Part 3, after a little bit of chillaxation I have to prepare for those admission tests. If by God’s grace, I get selected I have to face interviews & GDs. The very thought gives me shudders! Then there is tension whether I’ll get through mass comm. Institutes or gave to grill myself in doing MA in sociology!

Tension, worry, anxiety, nervousness, apprehension all are coming & giving me warm tight hugs! I feel sympathetic at myself! I have come up with this brilliant philosophy: ‘Chaap niye labh nei!’ as it wont change my present situation! I don’t know if my regular routine of study is adequate or not. But I’m trying hard to meet the ends! God help me! I feel sleepy 24*7! When I finally call it a day & retire, I’m wide awake! How ridiculous! I feel that everyone else is so happy as they don't have to drown in notes! I wish I were a dog, a bird, a bee...anything! I know, the day I’ll finish all my exams, I’ll be brimming with energy! This is life! Truly!

Well, I have reasons to get excited too…

It’ll take just 4 days & a week to do away with Part 3.

Finally I’ll be a graduate!

I have only honours papers & pass papers or stupid subjects are gone with Part 2.

I’ll have a new life after this, in a new institute, new curriculum & probably a new city.

Uh-oh…look at the ratio of reasons for nervousness & excitement & these will happen way after the immediate future. So…Feeling blue…All the best guys!

I just watched Jodhaa Akbar. It received various lukewarm reactions from the audience till the day it had released. It can be classified into two.
1. Too lengthy, very boring, overboard, chatu etc. etc.
2. Good film, ignoring the fact that it’s too long. It’ll give you aesthetic satisfaction.

After watching it, I support those having the 2nd opinion. I agree that it’s too long but 3 ½ hrs was worth spending for this film. I felt sleepy & my leg started aching but that was because I was really tired that day! But it’s very beautiful. It contained the good, the bad & the ugly characters (every film contains them except Karan Johar films where each & every characters are like tulsi leaves washed in Ganges water!) It’s lavish! The sets, the costumes, the jewelries, war & love sequences, food, animals…the whole film in fact! Hrithik & Aishwarya’s ethereal beauty enchanted me! They are fabulous actors! I love Hrithik anyway but my heart doesn’t have enough space for Mrs. Aishwarya Rai Bachhan. I liked her in very few movies & Jodhaa Akbar is one of them. Her best scene in the movie, according to me is when Jodhaa Bai learns about her husband, the Badshah of Hindustan Jalaluddin Mohammad Akbar’s illiteracy. What expression! The music is nice. Very contextual, melodious, full of soul & very royal. Jashn-E-Bahara & In lamho ki daman me are my favourites but songs like Khwaja mere khwaja & Marhabba didn’t impress me much before but after taking into consideration the situation, I liked them too! Manmohana is another wonderful song in the movie! But the background score is awesome. I could recognize elements of Bahar in it. The language used in the film is another character of the film. The urdu was understandable except few words of which we found out the meanings ourselves. I’ve decided, whenever I would like to talk with someone in private, I would utter the word Ekant! It showed very well how Diwan e Aam was used for administrative & political purposes & Diwan e Khaas for aesthetic discussions with few selected people. The way Akbar asked Bairam Khan & the Maulavi to retire was really amusing! It was nice to watch Sonu Sood as Sujamal. It had been a long time since he was seen in silver screen after Ashiq Banaya Aapne that too in a meaty role. Last but not the least; Big B’s narration is an added treasure.

Now, let’s view the film from a different angle. After watching the film, I think, instead of Jodhaa Akbar, it should have been christened Joddha Akbar (warrior Akbar). The film started with war, ended with war. In the middle of the film, Akbar & others decided about warfare, annexation, strategy, little bit of religious practices. The scarce time he was left with, he spend with his wife Jodhaa. In fact the matrimonial alliance was a part of annexation of Rajput Empire. But yes, it was successful to show how much fond hubby Akbar was for wife Jodhaa in certain scenes. The narrator raised the question that why Jodhaa Bai & Akbar’s love story isn’t so famous? How can it be? It’s just another story of arranged marriage metamorphosing into a passionate love story. Jodhaa Bai was clear with her concept of marriage; ‘Saat janmo ka bandhan’ which she couldn’t do away with. So love Akbar or hate Akbar, she hardly had any choice. If you stay with a person for 24*7, it’s quite normal that slight affection will grow for that person in your heart. Same happened with Jodhaa Bai. Moreover, Akbar took care of the whole country & became the favourite ruler. In the process he won her heart which was the condition for having Jodhaa’s love! It was more like watching Akbarnama than Jodhaa Bai & Akbar’s love story. I’m sure, if Sanjay Leela Bhanshali, Karan Johar or Yash Chopra dealt with the subject, the film wouldn’t have anything else but Jodhaa & Akbar romancing everywhere, in bedroom, in court, in terrace, in temples & mosques, in kitchen, inside the utensils (man, they were so big!) & who knows, even in the Warfield! There would even be a rain song & dance sequence. I hope it showed how Din I Ilahi came up, his Navaratna - little bit of humour from Birbal & some more music from Tansen. Hope they knew some more expressions for appreciation except Subhanllah! The questions which will always remain unanswered are, howcome the young Akbar (played by the boy who played the role of Aishwarya’s son in Kuchh na Kaho) had black eyes & the grown up Akbar was cat eyed! Same with young (popular child model) & grown up Jodhaa, the difference is between black & dark brown eyes. Were contact lenses so popular in those days?? Par koi baat nahi, bade bade filmo me aisi chhoti chhoti galtiya ho jati hai! What was the need of showing the eunuch as one of Jodhaa Bai’s personal attendants? Did someone like this really exist? Where did Dai Maa disappear after the truth regarding her wicked plan was unveiled? Did she meet the same fate as her son Adam? What was the source of so much dazzling illumination before the song in lamho ki daman? Aishwarya was perfect for Jodhaa’s role but what about Hrithik? He would have fitted perfectly for Alexander the Great’s role. As it is he has a Greek God kinda physique & look. But the picture of Akbar which we are used to is short & fat. Govinda would have been the ideal actor to play Akbar. Even Shah Rukh Khan, if he had put on some weight. But let it be for the sake of the mass!

After the scrutiny, all I can say is, love the film or hate the film, you can’t ignore the film. According to the box office reports, it’s a hit! Inshallah!

Mang liya zindagi se zyada

Chhin gaya wo jisne kiya wada

Did I really want more from life? Why does it always happen that I don't get what I want & get what I don't want? Not always though but...why??? Why do I always keep losing people who promised to be with me? I'll find it out! I'm just waiting for it to happen for the 3rd time. They say, if you feel others are wrong & you are right, let that be. If that happens twice, then this world is rude but same thing happening thrice, it's all your fault! I'm waiting for it...Hope that 3rd time never comes...

On a happy note! It's not the last day of my life right? I still have many more days & years to live. How do I know what's in store for me in the box of chocolates? :-)

Once upon a time, there was a little girl of hardly 3 or 4 yrs of age. She was a darling daughter of her parents, sweetheart of her grandparents. She took barely few minutes to be the apple of eyes of those with she interacted. She ruled the world of her near & dear ones. Much of her childhood was spent in her mamabari, a joint family. Not to mention, she was the centre of attraction of everyone. Right from her grand parents, uncles, aunts, household helps to neighbours & shopkeepers of the locality. She was literally a ‘princess’. Everything was at her command.
Her mama was getting married. She was very happy! She got to wear such beautiful dresses, saw everyone getting decked up, especially her mother. Well, her mother hardly wore any make up so that really registered at the little mind. Marriage was over. Next day came the bride. Her mother instructed her to call the bride Notun Mami. She was happy but somehow she felt that something is wrong. Things are not the same anymore. She realized, after much pondering, she is no more the centre of attraction. She is not getting the same attention which she is very much used to. After little more investigation, she found out that the culprit is this new entrant, her so called ‘Notun Mami’. She thought who is she? Why is everyone so bothered about her? She went to her & started a conversation.
G (Girl) – Tumi amar Notun Mami?
B (Bride) – Amay Notun Mami bolona.
G – Tahole ki bolbo?
B – Amay Mamoni bolo.
G – Maa to tomay Notun Mami dakte bollo!
B – Ami bolchhi, tumi amay Mamoni bole deko. Oto boro naam dakte hobena. R ami to shobshomoy notun thakbona! Tokhon ki amay purono mami bole dakbe shona?
She laughed as she told this, kissed & hugged her. But she got very annoyed! How dare she refuse the name given to her by her mother? She complained her mother:
G – Maa jano, Notun mami khub pocha! Tomar dewa naamta nilona. Amay Mamoni bole dakte bollo.
To her utter surprise, she wasn’t angry & asked her to stick to ‘Mamoni’. She wasn’t much satisfied but she didn’t have any choice. She noticed, hardly anybody talked to her. Her Mamoni took her place. Her anger kept rising as temperature on a hot summer day. At evening, everyone gathered at the bride’s room to see the gifts. She observed the same thing. But this time, gifts were the attraction. Her rage rose. Even Mamoni was a better competitor than these silly gifts! Suddenly she started feeling very hot in the winter evening. Her little skull got so heavy that it seemed to burst. She flushed & sweated. She tried to talk but was stopped by her mother who asked her to keep quiet & see the gifts. She couldn’t take it anymore. The next thing to get unwrapped was a shredder, kitchen tool to shred vegetables. She recognized the object & its use. She remembered, her mother takes most care of her when she gets hurt. Without thinking twice, she rubbed her little fingers over the sharp kitchen tool. Now everyone turned to her. Her fingers were bleeding, skin got scratched badly. But thinks didn’t turn as she had wanted. It was decided that she must be kept out of this room as similar accident might occur again. Some gifts are really harmful for kids! She was made to sit in a room all by herself after some first aid. This time, things were worse. Her fingers were paining. What an insult it was to be thrown out of the room that too in front of Mamoni! What bugged her was, everybody thought that she did that without understanding or what harm it could cause her. ‘No damn it! I just wanted to shift your attention!’ She thought as she looked at the glass window pane. It was a little broken. She punched it hard. So hard that it broke with a bang. Alarmed by the noise, everyone left the room & came to her. Yes! Now she got back her previous place. She got the same importance now. Her mission was accomplished. Everyone surrounded her, even Mamoni & asked several questions! Her mother & grand mother crying feeling her pain. Whole of her right palm was bleeding profusely now. She smiled, cunning or vindictive? She knew not!
This little girl grew up to be a shy & introvert personality. Always running away from the spotlight. She still loves getting attention but only if it comes spontaneously from the other side. Maybe after that incident, she had this notion that attention brings pain along with it. She doesn’t want to get hurt anymore. She really gets amused about her childhood lunacy! Oh ya, she shares great rapport with her Mamoni now! Still wondering? Yes, that little girl is me!

KASAK

This is a verryy interesting tag. A musical one! All u need to do is to put ur music player in shuffle mode. Take one question & click the next song. That's ur answer for the question no matter one! It may come out to be very funny, maybe very true! Lets see...

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Ek ajnabi haseena se yun mulaqat ho gayi - Bas Yunhi!
Noo its not okay! :( I want a 'mulaqat with my familiar stranger jesus! :P ;)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Ek pal ke liye - Ankahee
Hmm a moment spend with me may seem to be a divine one! ;)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Feel - Robbie Williams
Yeah yeah! it'l do!

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Fool Again - Westlife
Noooo I don't feel like this today. I feel like this when I feel low. can't believe that I'm the fool again! Yeah, I feel like this once again! :(

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
Ganpat - Shootout At Lokhandwala
Am laughing out loud!!! Rolling on floor with laughter! My life's purpose is "Aye ganpat chal daru laa!" HAHAHAH!!! NOOOOOO! But yeah, I want to enjoy my life n b stress free! So the spirit of the song is correct!

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Gudgudee - Just Married
Awww such a sweet song! yeah, my motto is to have a thrilling life!

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Gumsum Ho Kyun? - Shaan
Nooo they always find me bubbling with energy or laughter. The song should have been: Tum itna jo muskurarahe ho, kya gham hai jisko chhupa rahe ho...

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
Haan Maine Bhi Chhunkar Dekha Hai - Black
Wow!

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Halke Halke - Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Limited
yes yes, I think about nice things in my life quite often & wonder what'll happen next! :D

WHAT IS 2+2?
Hide - Creed
I know the answer is 4. See, there is no reason to hide for me! 8)

DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Lips of an Angel - Hinder
Wowwww! My best friend is an angel & ofcourse the lips will be lips of an angel!!! :)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
I Just Wanna Spend My Life With U - Neal N Nikki
Noo I just wanna spend my life with the person I love, not the one I like.

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Imaan Ka Assar - Dor
yeaaahhh! very true!

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Ishq Vishq Pyar Vyar - Ishq Vishq
HAHAHAHAHA! :D

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
it's A Beautiful Day - Aryan
Ohhh it can't get truer!!!

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai - Jism
Ohh really??? :P

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
jab Se Tere Naina - Saawariya
Wowww! I would love to!!!

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Janeman - Aryan
Yeah, u can play it. I love this one! I will try to reincarnate & come back ASAP! :D

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Jeene Ke Ishaare Mil Gaye - Phir Milenge
Yes surely! :D

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Junoon - Abhijeet Sawant
Yess this is an open secret actually! My madness! ;)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Kisi Hai Ye Rut - Dil Chahta Hai
I love this song & I love my firends! :)

WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
Kasak - Chhodon na Yaar!
What to say about this! Wow! Hope u'll feel the Kasak & read the whole post patiently!!! :D

Well now its ur turn! If u feel interested, go for it!!!

Tagged once again...

1. Pick out a scar you have, and explain how you got it ?
On my left ear, I have 2 scras. I got 1 when I was just 2 or 3 yrs old, while running it got cut by the sharp centre table edge. 2nd one was cooler! It happened in Bhuswal(Maharashtra) My firend was swinging on the swing & while I was passing, it hit me. My ear got divided into 2 parts :(
2. What does your phone look like?
Silver flap phone, samsung. It looks very aristocratic! 8)
3. What is on the walls of your bedroom?
Calender, pictures...
4. What is your current desktop picture?
Blue flowers & a friendship quote : Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
5. Do you believe in gay marriage?
I don't have any problem. There's nothing sacred or profane about it.
6. What do you want more than anything right now?
Nothing as such...
7. Are your parents still together?
Yes. Touch wood! They'll soon celebrate their 25th marraige anniversary! :)
8. Last person who made you cry?
Not a person actually. A film, the whole concept. Taare Zameen Par! :D
9. What is your favorite perfume/cologne?
Anything that smells good.
10. What are you listening to?
Inside Out - Bryan Adams
11. Do you get scared of the dark?
No, I love darkness!
12. Do you like pain killers?
No.
13. Are you too shy to ask someone out?
Yes.
14. If you could eat anything right now, what would it be?
Chocolates!
15. Who was the last person who made you mad?
Nobody. That's my job!
16. Who was the last person who made you smile?
Maa :)
17. Is someone in love with you?
Yeaahh! My HH! It has to be him! :P