The phone call !

My first attempt at 55 fiction!!! :P




The phone rang for ages! Finally someone answered.

Hello Spiky! Orangee must be sleeping?

Hello Molly! No, he's gone out.

It means the same..tell him if he doesnt call me tonight,i ll never ever talk again.
Oh! Are you very angry?

No,But I am very serious.

Orangee never called back!

Kush toh bahut hoge tum?

aaj khush toh bahut hoge tum?
dekho!
joh aaj tak tumhari mandir ka raasta naahi dekha!
jissne aaj tak tumhare aage sir naahi jhukaya!
jissne aaj tak kabhi tumhare samne haath naahi joode
woh aaj tumhare samne haath fhalaye khada hae!
bahut kush hoge tum!
bahut kush hoge tum ki aaj main aa gaya..!!

lekin tum jante ho ki jis waqt main yahan khadha hun
woh ladki jiski chappal se madras university ki chokhat ki pathar giss gaya
woh ladki jispe lecture badhe toh tumhari pooja badhi
woh ladki jo zindagi baar padhai karte rahi,magar tumhare mandir me deep jalati raahi..
woh ladki ka aaj industrial economics ka paper hae..
aur yeh tumhari haar hae..haan yeh tumhari haar hae..

kya kasur hae uska?
kaunsa paap ??kaunsa jurm kiya hae usne...??
kya uska jurm yeh hae ki woh ek student hae?
kya uska jurm yeh hae ki usne mera orkut friend request accept kiya hae?
kya uska jurm yeh hae ki main uska dost hun?
yeh kis jurm ki saaza de ja rahi hae usse?
main college se nikal gaya...
mere dost jeeteji fail gaya...
mera ek dost graduate hote hue bhi beroozgar ho gaya.
maine tumse kabhi kuch naahi manga.
lekin aaj aaj mangta hun...

mere cheating karke pass hone ki saaza meri dost ko maat do..
main apne aapko tumhare hawale karta hun...jo chahe kar lo
lekin meri dostka xm badiya jaana chahiye!
meri dostka xm badiya jaana chahiye!
meri dostka xm badiya jaana chahiye!

Michelle!!!

Where the steering wheel is held without fear

and the head is held high,

Where road ahead is free;

Where the engine has not been broken

up into fragments by the mechanics;

Where power come out from the

depth of throttle pedal;

Where tireless striving of the pistons

stretches itself towards

perfection;

Where the clear stream of engine oil and fuel

has not lost its way into the

dreary dusty tarmac of roads;

Where the spirit is led forward

by thee(driver) into ever-widening

adrenaline rush and nirvana.

The creature that takes you to

that heaven of freedom,

my Father,

Sold that car away.......

inspired by Tagore

Cards vs Cash!

I went to cafe coffee day the other day with a friend of mine.I love CCD, helps me in practicing multitasking. The stepup they have over helps u in improving this trait of yrs. You can have a cup of coffee,watch the plasma TV,listen to worldspace radio and watch what yr friend or other people are doing inside the cafe, all at the same time.



So as usual I was enjoying my cup of Kapi nirvana and listening to what my friend had to say.Had a nice time and then it was time to leave the place.I called the waitress and asked her for the bill.Moments later she brought the bill . I took the debit card from my wallet and placed it inside little black book or file that was used to bring the bill. She noticed that I wanted to pay through the card and came near me and spoke it the most polite manner "sorry sir! we have a problem with the machine! yr card wont work" If it wasnt for her voice I would have passed sarcastic comments abt how they always have a problem with that machine.I didnt have enough cash and asked my friend to pay the bill for now.I ll settle the amount once we reach an ATM.She paid the bill but was annoyed with me.I knew the reason but I felt it was better not to start the arguement about it.But she could nt control her feeling and came out with it-

She:-"why do u never carry cash along with u"
Me:-"What i do have 200 bucks cash and my debit card"
She:-"No! i dont wanna hear about yr debit card and the various offers associated with it.i am asking abt cash"
Me:-"well u wont understand"
She:-"understand what?"
Me:-"Ok! Ok! ceasefire! ceasefire! I will carry cash along with me"

Well this is a editted account of the arguement we had that day!


I just dont understand why some people feel proud to carry cash along with them and not feel the same way about a debit card! Do they feel superior when they get to sport a bundle of 100 or 500 rupee notes...Is it a feeling of superiority or safety.I dont understand what it is?They feel as if they are unwanted in a shop if they wish to pay through a debit or credit card.They ll behave with the shopkeeper as if the card is a note from the bank that says "excuse me shopkeeper! This person isnt carrying enough cash.please let him/her take what ever he/she wants.We ll pay u back in some time.We regret for the inconvenience caused!" They remind me of the school days when after a conflict or some other problem we were allowed inside the class only after we showed the teacher a written note from our parents that said something like"please allow our son/daughter inside the class.We assure u that this kind of behaviour wont be repeated again."

Well there are still a lot many shops that dont accept cards but then we can always plan our trip.We have ATM machines almost everywhere.And then facilties like freedom banking and etc make it easier for us to withdraw cash from any ATM machine.Now what is more safe and easy? Cards or cash?

P.S:-I dedicate this blogpost to a person who has a habit of carrying a handbag thats somehow related to a swiss army knife(cousins I guess) A purse that contains almost everything that can be used,but more things that are usually never used.

News Alerts!!!

"Hello! Now get all the news happening around you at your handset with Vodafone News Alerts. Subscribe @ Rs.30/month subscription and get daily 2 alerts."

"Kya ghat raha hai aap ke aas-paas, paiye Sthanik,rashtriye aur Anter-rashtriye khabren News Alerts se matra Rs 30/month.Dial kare *123*35# "

I get these messages every now and then on my mobile and now I wonder what kind of News alerts I ll be getting if I go for the subscription.How can they send everything that goes around me? Noone knows me.Even most of my neighbours have no idea who I am, what I do?Even I dont know much about them.All I know is what car they have and how many members are there in their family.Will these news alerts tell me more about what they do? Bcoz I strongly believe that me and my handset stay around or at least near them.

Ok if the news alerts are not about these issues then what will they tell me?I wonder how can just 2 alerts/day carry everything that happens around me and my handset.Dpo really mean it when they said "All the news"??? The news channels are now working 24-7 for creating top news,finding breaking news and creating the news.But I feel bored by their work.The newspapers carry so many pages with news but all I am interested is the so-do-ku games,a few comic strips, pics of actresses n cars and a few Ads.
But Vodafone? They send it everyday,thinking finally someday I ll decide to give them 30/month for trying to satisfy me what these news channels and newspapers have failed to do. "Sthanik,rashtriye aur Anter-rashtriye khabren!!! "
Plz do tell me what does "sthanik" means? if someday I to pay that subscription....

!ECNALUBMA

Well I wanted to have a mirrored image for the title of this post but it seems the tools provided by blogger dont help!And I am very lazy to search for them elsewhere....

I was in city the other day and I noticed this ambulance parked near a service shop.Dont worry! no one was injured or on the verge of getting injured as long this ambulance stayed there.I noticed that the word ambulance was spelled in reverse print kind og mirrored image on the windshield of the ambulance. I was told that the real purpose behind this was to let everyone who's driving in front of the ambulance to read and know that its an Ambulance.Make way for it. Are people so dumb that they wont recognize the vehicle by its colors and siren alone.Is it really neccesary to write it in the mirrored format so that poeple can read "AMBULANCE" through their rearview mirrors of their vehicles?

I think its a very clever idea! The first person to come up with this idea must have been a Lex Luthor! U look in the rearview mirror, u can read the word ambulance behind u.Of course while you're reading, you don't see where you're going,so u crash, and u need an ambulance.
So I think maybe they're just trying to expand their business on the way back from the service centre.Hmm...So the next time u hear a siren dont concerntrate much on reading out the word Ambulance.....just give way for the vehicle....

TV Ads!

The interesting thing about TV is that everyone who appears for an Advertisement is doing something better than what u are doing.U may be working fulltime or part-time or jobless.But the people who come on TV are always happier than u.Have u ever seen the detergent powder Ad.A car splashes dirty water on a man's shirt and then he' ll be still happy and dancing coz he has a one rupee coin which he tosses up and gets a detergent pouch back.Imagine how will u feel if u r in the same situation!Ok some of these are fine but there are certain products which will have totally weird and misdirected Ads...

Some people have a little too much fun on TV.The pan masala people! I wonder where and how they manage to gather the enthusiasm they show for promoting such a product.Recently I was watching this AD about a product named Meetha Magic! My God how happy these people were.....boys and girls on the beach,running,jumping, laughing,celebrating,driving a convertible car and then having this pan masala.They try to show to the world that they are cool just because they have these stuffs!!! Its after all pan masala! People do find it disgusting.Pan masala the reason why most of the govt buildings,and trains have red splashes on white walls.How can anyone be cool having them??And then there's one more brand i dont remember its name.The Ad will be having a group of businessmen discussing and then the one of them will be having this pan masala and a girl will be impressed!! lolz....I wonder whether really these kind of girls exist on this earth!!

I wonder how these people manage their life in the real world? If a friend of mine promotes a stupid product I ll tease him everytime he comes in front of me.I wonder how they must be facing their parents?How are they able to attend college?And also the kids in the family....they ll be like " no no i saw xyz bhaiya on TV he was having the same stuff...mummy mummy i also want that..."

And sometimes u ll be amused to see that u must be eating whose Ad u must be watching...But everything will look brighter inside the TV. "Issko khaane se toh wahan pahunch jaate hae!" And u would be wondering is it the same product or something else?

So I conclude by saying a very few products are advertised in a proper manner,some make a fool out of u..and the most of them a made only to bring out a smile on yr face during the break when u r forced to watch saas-bahu serials on the TV!