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An autobiography of Gaurav’s glass(spectacles)
Sep 2nd
One thing you should know before reading this is that Gaurav lost one of his glass from his spectacles on our way to Bhutan . Mysteriously we found the same on our return journey after 6 days. Here follows the story recounted by the glass itself:
An autobiography by Gaurav’s Glass (Spectacles)
I am one of those luckiest in this world, not just because I have a twin brother to look after me, but also I am being worn by a very good & humorous person. The first time I was picked up from that shop, I knew that I was in good hands. My master sees the world through me, may it be the beautiful IIM Calcutta campus or my master’s beautiful wife which his friends lovingly call “Bhabhi”.
Both I and my twin brother (who looks exactly like me) were very much excited when we learned that our master is going for a Bhutan trip on 21st August. It was an amazing group with 10 people and I enjoyed a lot looking at all those smiling faces. Amongst them, there is a famous Shayar, two handsome models cum photographers, our bhabhi , one baba, one psycho, one Basanti (Sholay), two interesting small guys called Gimli aka coco & Frodo aka kotidas and lastly my loving master .
The journey was really good and I enjoyed a lot watching the beautiful mountains, skies, rivers etc. At one point of time during the ride, all of us stopped to catch a nice view of the mountains and the river on the way to Thimpu. We were photographed a lot at that place and I was really happy. Suddenly someone started throwing stones to the river and a contest soon started on deciding who can throw the stone farthest. I was also in a frenzy mood and I never expected that the moment would come. In an attempt by my master to throw the stone afar, I slipped from the frame and fell into the ground. I screamed at that moment but none heard my pain. I tried to shout but my voice couldn’t come out. My twin brother gave me a last longing tearful look towards me before he left with my master and the rest of the people.
Suddenly I felt so lonely. The skies and mountains are so lovely but what use are all those beauty when I have no one to share. I hoped that my master would soon realize my absence and come back to take me back. I waited in silence for the familiar voices to come but it didn’t. Night fell so sudden, airs whispered me stories of the abandoned ones; I felt so cold, my eyes swelled with tears and the dewdrops blurred my vision. The eeriness of the night with little visibility of the moon and stars gave a deep lonely agony. Suddenly, I felt a pang, deeper than my present pain on thinking “How would my master enjoy the beautiful sights of this land of Dragon without me?” I and my twin brother were the ones who make things more clearly visible to him. But the very fact that my brother is still there with him relieved me.
For 6 full days and nights, I had been waiting for me to be picked up. I hated to see the same sight, and feel the same cold nights again and again. When all hope was gone, and when I had started to blame my fateful fate, I heard the same familiar voices near me. An impulse of joy lifted me. Before I could clearly see though my tearful eyes, my master picked me up and shouted: “Hi everyone, I found my glass covered in sundews”. The happiness for this reunion was inexpressible. The moment he wiped my tears off, he shouted loud and clear: “Guys, I am giving a big treat back in Kolkata, and guys, remind me if I forget to do so.”
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Loading ...My first Love
Jul 30th
That day when I was born, the whole world was silent for a moment. I don’t remember much but as far as I can recollect, there wasn’t even a single noise for the first few seconds of my birth. For a few moment, I thought I was deaf. I looked around in awe and frustration. I had expected that there would be music bands and rock concerts when I first come in this world but all I could see were 2 doctors, 3 nurses and my parents. None of us spoke a word. I felt so naked in the hands of that pretty nurse (I didn’t bother to ask her name). I tried to smile to all those people around me. But none of them were looking at my face, they were looking at somewhere and I heard the nurse shouting “it’s a boy”. (That day my uncle had already predicted that I would be a “boy” as he saw white rays of light falling in front of our house, in his dream. But I don’t know how it was related with me being a boy). I felt so uncomfortable and I tried to attract their eyes towards my face by crying aloud. Everyone seems to be happy that day except me. Somehow I didn’t feel well at that time, seems like something was missing. May be it was because I had over-expected a lot.
The nurse who was holding me was so mischievous. Besides doing what she did to me, she also placed me in the same basket where another baby girl was lying (I swear that the nurse did that too intentionally). That baby girl was so cute. I got a thunderbolt inside my stomach when I first saw her and I realized that I was in love. LOVE at first Sight…. But she looked depressing. I tried to make her comfortable by padding at her shoulder and said “Don’t worry, everything would be fine”. She replied that she wanted to be born in USA but somehow ended being born in India. I asked her name. She said she had no idea what her name would be. Both of us discussed how we would recognize each other when we grow up. Then I had this brilliant idea. We put a small mark in her belly and also to my belly so that we can recognize each other when we grow up.
22 years after that, I learned that the brilliant idea of that day won’t work as we would never get the chance to see the marks unless she joins the same swimming course with me. When all hope is gone, I thought of trying this last effort: searching her, “my first love” though internet where I can post my message to millions of people. I always hope that she would call me up one day and say “Hi I am the one you are searching for”
~An animated fictitious story (with a small element of truth) that came to my mind while writing LSCM quiz ~
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...An Interview with octopus PAUL
Jul 8th
Octopus Paul got enough attention as much as this years world cup surprises. Most of the world knows about Octopus paul even if they don’t know the star payers like Messi, kaka, villa, Muller etc… I learned about octopus Paul late during the quarter finals. Well this is my first reaction on my facebook status: “which 1 is bigger,.. which 1 looks tastier….. :- well that must be exactly what octopus paul must be thinking before choosing the food contained in different countryflag-decorated-bowls 
… and everyone watches him do that….”
Well after Paul’s prediction came true in quarterfinal between Argentina Vs Germany and in semifinal between Germany and Spain, I felt all the more curious… and thats when I decided to take a personal interview with Paul the octopus. That semifinal night when Paul’s prediction turned out to be true, I couldn’t sleep the whole night out of my increasing curiosity. And that was when I decided to sneak past the closely guarded security and luckily succeeded in taking an interview with Paul. Here are the details of the interview:
Me: Hi Paul, sorry to disturb you but I just wanted to know your secret.
Paul: yes??
Me: Ummm… so far all your predictions of match results involving Germany in this world cup 2010 has been true…
Paul: yeahh???
Me: How did you know that Spain was going to win over Germany in the world cup football semifinals?
Paul: (looking a bit more surprised) what is football?
I was very much surprised to learn that Paul didn’t know football at all!!! Then I asked:
“If you don’t know what is football, then why and how did you predict the matches? Why the hell did you choose the food kept inside the spanish flag decorated container instead of that of the Germany flag decorated container.”
Paul seems to be angry at that point and retorted: “Did I ever troubled you by asking why the hell you took the 2nd beer bottle instead of the 1st bottle when that bartender offered you 2 beer bottles to choose from??”
I was at a loss of words at that moment. I said: ” you do have a way of acting so professional in front of all those cameras and media.”
Paul: “Yes I am professional in choosing my food from different containers. Sometimes I always wonder why I have to choose from only 2 containers at a time and not from 4-5 containers.”
I felt so amused talking with him, such an innocent octopus. He further continued- “I also wonder why I get this delicious food only in selected days and not everyday… I like getting people’s attention specially when that beautiful woman comes with the cameramen watching me all the way till i eat the food completely.”
At that moment I heard a small “creak” sound behind my back, I was worried that I may be caught taking the interview…. and so i hurriedly whispered good night to Paul. He looked abit depressed at my unmannered way of leaving the premises and shouted: “BTW, I didn’t have a formal education unfortunately and so couldn’t distinguish between a Spanish flag and a German Flag”.
~This interview is a fictional interview and should not be taken seriously. It is meant to amuse my blog readers~
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Hadn’t I been damn serious, I wouldn’t have written this post.
May 5th
For me, fact has always been stranger than fiction and it still continues to be. Written below is my true story about a beautiful girl whom I come to know through a number of bizarre accidents ….and well, she has already made a deep impact on me.
So here goes the story. It was around October-November last year that I got a phone call from this mysterious girl from Delhi. She (kind of) flirted with me in the phone. She also told me that she was 1 yr junior to me in my former school. I don’t know her and she didn’t disclosed her real name. Instead she gave me fake names like Priya/Riya and other similar rhyming words. She called me a few more times in which I told her in a bit rude tone not to irritate me by using all those fake names.
The last time we talked in the phone, I asked her if she had any facebook or orkut profile and she replied that she had opened an account once and haven’t logged on for a long time. And she gave me her profile name as: J*** S** (exact name concealed).
I sent her an orkut friend request with this words “oi nang oire” ( = so, its you). The profile has no photo or video and I didn’t bother to look into other profile details at that time. I was quite busy at that time like anyone in my college. (the struggle in 1st year IIM Calcutta was equivalent to -or even more than- four years of struggle in my previous Engg college).
After many weeks, a friend of mine asked me how come J*** is in my orkut friendlist. I explained to him that she is someone who called me many days ago who claims to be my junior in MPS. My friend shouted: ”Dude, that’s not some fancy Priya/Riya…, thats the real J*** from our same batch from LF ……….”
(what??? OMG.. why didn’t I check her profile properly before. She is that beautiful angel who stole a few breaths from me once. And all these time, I didn’t know about it!!!)
I couldn’t believe it. She is the same girl whom my college roommate had always asked me to befriend with, in my past 4 years of Engg life. I tried to contact her at that time but I could not find any contact links. And now she had been contacting me.
Wow… thats so amazing except that I didn’t realise that it was her all the time who had been calling me …. and the worst part… I hadn’t responded her well !!!
I phoned her that day but she didn’t pick up the phone; called her twice- again no reply. I thought she was angry at me at the way I responded to her when she called me before.
Oh come-on I didn’t know it was you. You should have told me your real name.
I thought I would contact her in orkut instead. My exams and other priorities plus her infrequent orkut-ing kept the conversation a bit less interesting.
After those hectic 1st year college life was over, I was having a good leisure time. That’s when I decided to phone her back after a long gap. But I couldn’t.
how could I?? my phone was lost and with it, all the contacts too 
.
I waited her to come online for days. She seldom comes online and we chatted only a few number of times, but each time she came online she didn’t stay online for long. (Not long enough for me to muster the courage to ask for her number as she sounded more formal these days.)
I decided to take her number from someone instead. I got her number through a long channel of friends. I thought it would be good to first apologize her in phone for the kind of rude response I gave last year. I called her at night day before yesterday. She picked it up and asked who I was.
O really?? I am the one whom you used to phone and now you are speaking as if you don’t know me.
I replied “Hey its me kritidas”. I asked her if we can talk for a few min. She replied that she is at her brother’s quarter and so it would be uncomfortable talking at that moment. Then I asked her if I can call her up the next day. She said yes.
Well it didn’t go that bad. She seems like she had forgiven me.
The next day, I rang her up at 12:45 Pm. She cancelled it. Oops she seems to be in class. I messaged her asking when her class would be over. Getting no response, I called her up again at 5 PM. She didn’t pickup this time.
What is going on? I answered whenever you phoned me before and now you aren’t even picking up my call.
I wrote a few sms with apology, explaining why I was rude etc. etc. but then I decided not to send the sms that day.
I called her up at evening the next day. She picked up and we talked for a few minutes.
Hey I think, your voice seems to be a bit changed from last year.
I told her that her voice has changed a bit since last year. On hearing that she remained silent for a few seconds.
What happened?? Am I not supposed to comment on your voice… Why so silent?
I asked: “what happen?”
Oh come-on your present voice is much sweeter than the previous one. Why do you worry about that?
She replied: ”When did we talk last year?”
It was my turn to remain silent.
What do you mean by that??… so, you phoning me 3-4 times last year doesn’t count as “talking”??? …or …. Or ..is it .. or can it be possible that someone has….
I asked: “Aren’t you the one who called me last year in November???”
……………….
I couldn’t recollect what exactly I spoke after that. I think I stammered… I also remember giving apology to her a hundred times, may be a thousand times. A million of indistinct thoughts and a billion of uneasy emotions sprang all at once. I felt so embarrassed, so stupid, so f**ked up …so.. so (I don’t know how to describe)… ,besides getting angry on that girl who fooled me by giving J***’s orkut profile and misleading me into believing that it was her. After sometime, I succeeded in regaining my composure, and got enough sense to ask J*** if I can call her sometimes. She replied “okay”
Well there is nothing to be happy about a girl saying “okay” as it can mean anything. It can mean “okay right now, but not okay the next second”.
While returning by auto, I can’t help but think about what kind of stupid-fool I was. What a moron… Oh I am so ashame of myself. what kind of impression she might be having about me. I don’t think she would be believing my story at all.
I don’t know if I narrated her, the true story or if I narrated her, a confused version of the same.
She might be thinking that I was a dumb liar who created a seemingly fake story just to get in touch with her.
I could have initiated a normal/nice talk had I known that it wasn’t her; had I got the slightest clue that somebody might be playing on me.
I forgot to get down from the auto and kept sitting there for another 5 minutes, lost in the jungle of embarrassment and other unknown emotions. At last the auto driver asked me if I would sleep the night as well in the auto.
I am not going to search the mysterious girl who called me last year. But I am really thankful to her for letting me know this wonderful girl J***.
Well the truth is, I was building a castle in the air believing that it was J*** who called me. It got scattered at the moment when I learned that I was wrong. I am quite amazed at the kind of emotion I had - embarrassment + something more. Actually… I think..I like her (you might say that I am crazy for saying “I like her” as I haven’t met her,.. well may be I like her because of the circumstances which made me into believing that it was her all the time… ) . I am looking forward to make a good friendship with her at least. I don’t know if she still thinks that I am a moron .
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...My days so far in Saltlake
Apr 30th
I had not posted any post in my blog for the past many weeks or say months. Today I thought I should write something here. Now I am staying in Saltlake for my internship. It takes more than 1 hour to reach my company office from our college hostel and so I thought I should stay in Saltlake itself. I had foolishly spent more than 5K in taking a room with a friend where we found out that there was regular powercuts at night. We were tricked into believing that there was a backup generator working all the time. Well, after that blunder, we shifted from there after staying for 1 week. My friend stayed back in hostel and I stayed at my friends place in saltlake. I stayed with Geetchandra, DaSadananda, DaBrojeshor and DaChao. I found myself at home staying with them as we eat our homemade foods everyday. I felt like I was back to home everynight when I return from office. It hasn’t passed a single day without eating chicken or fish since I stayed in this place. After each of us returns from offices, we would play badminton. At night, we usually play cards(10-fabi game). DaChaos’ favourite timepass is playing CS in internet. Both dachao and Geetchandra are great CS player. I would also join them occasionally with the avatar Legolas. My internship experience so far has been really good. I don’t hate this corporate life. May be I would narrate here about my internship experience one day. For the time being, I am signing out till I write again. Bbye
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...My favorite male and female TV serial characters
Jan 28th
I have many TV characters that I like but if someone asks me to name only two, I would say Michael Schofield(Wentworth Miller) from “Prison break” and Dana Katherine Scully (Gillian Anderson) from “X-files”. If I had been asked this same question 10 years ago, I would have said superman and Phantom. Well everything changes with time. But some things still remain. I still love the SuperHeroes fighting against evils. I still like to watch superhero movies even after knowing that they don’t exists.
I still like fantasy movies like LOTR and Star Dust, both of which are my 2 favorite movies in this category. Well, lets see why I like Schofield (not just because he is an engineer like me) and Scully (not just because she is a beautiful woman).
The thing which I like about Michael Schofield in “Prison break” is the way he plans things. I like the way he sees the world. Most of the time, his decision comes from the then changing environment. He doesn’t have a great physique and yet he outwits all. It always reminds me that a good brain has a lot of better things to do than that of a good physique. (It might be the reason why I am contented with my 6 pack abs rather than 8 pack abs 
). The serial was really good, though it became boring after season 2.
About Dana Scully, I like everything, right from her voice to her character and style. She still looks stunningly beautiful even after 17 years of her 1st episode in X-files. I like her realistic and practical decision. Every choice she makes or every point she puts forward has a scientific and sound logical reasoning. Though it would be hard to find such a character in this real world, she did manage to stick us till the end of the whole series.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...My First post of 2010
Jan 6th
It feels like ages since I posted my last blog post. I should say that I don’t have much time for blog posting nowadays or is it that I have lost my habit of posting…. May be a little bit of both. I went home on 25th Dec to celebrate new year at home. But I had to come back on 31st back to college as my friiend told me that there might be quizes on 1st Jan and also I had to attend one program. I missed the big party that was going on at home on New year. Anyway, I spent a new year in IIM calcutta for the 1st time-thats something new I don’t make any serious new year resolutions this time as I find it difficult to follow most of the time in my past days. But I have resolved to write informal blog posts in my blog so long as it concerns my personal writing. You might hav noticed by now that I have made many speling mistakes, shortcuts, smileys in my post. There was a lot of people dancing in Disco light on the nw yr eve in our hostel ground, but I was really sleepy and I cudnot help but have a nice new yr sleep on that day. Ummm.. I think its time to finish this post as I am suppose to attend the morning class…. n I ll try to post more often from today onwards..
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The Bucketlist revisited
Dec 20th
Here is the list from the Movie “The bucket list”
1. Witness something truly majestic
-can’t think of anything right now
2. Help a complete stranger for the good
-can think of offering bus seats to elders and girls. (It doesn’t mean i have done only this small thing… it means I don’t remember it right now )
3. Laugh till I cry
-I think it happens a lot to me and my friends…
4. Drive a Shelby Mustang
-I have no interest in it and so it doesn’t come under my bucket list.
5. Kiss the most beautiful girl in the world
-yeah this is tricky I guess every married man fulfills this one as to him, his wife is the most beautiful woman on Earth
-for me its still to come
6. Get a tattoo
-hmmm yes, m planing to get one… just wondering what and where to tattoo..
7. Skydiving
-definitely in my list… (have completed parasailing…but i want the real diving, the same one as in the movie)
8. Visit Stonehenge
-Not interested…
9. Spend a week at the Louvre
-not that much important to me…
10. See Rome
-m gonna do this
11. Dinner at La Chevre d’Or
-lets see..
12. See the Pyramids
-have seen a lot of times in movies … ya, i would be excited to see it
13. Get back in touch (previously “Hunt the big cat,” added after being earlier added and crossed off)
-what was that, I forgot … is it geting in touch with the family??? if so, no need fr me as i ll always b in touch wit evry1
14. Visit the Taj Mahal
-Not a big deal fr any Indian
15. Hong Kong
-for me it might be Seol rather than Hong Kong
16. Victoria Falls
-m going there 1 day
17. Go on a safari
-I missed to go wit my frnds in my college life… still regret it…
18. Drive a motorcycle on the Great Wall of China
-looks like i ll end up in jail..
19. Sit on the Great Egyptian Pyramids
-would love to, but seem imposible to me
20. Find the Joy in your life
-I guess I find it everyday in my life..
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Feels good to have watched the top 55 movies in IMDB list
Nov 21st
| I feel good that I have watched all these 55 top IMDB movies. | ||||
| Rank | Year | Movie | Rating | Votes |
| 1 | 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | 9.1 | 472,633 |
| 2 | 1972 | The Godfather | 9.1 | 381,975 |
| 3 | 1974 | The Godfather: Part II | 9 | 225,172 |
| 4 | 1966 | Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. | 8.9 | 143,041 |
| 5 | 1994 | Pulp Fiction | 8.9 | 384,479 |
| 6 | 1993 | Schindler’s List | 8.8 | 254,638 |
| 7 | 1957 | 12 Angry Men | 8.8 | 104,833 |
| 8 | 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | 8.8 | 196,137 |
| 9 | 2008 | The Dark Knight | 8.8 | 421,026 |
| 10 | 1980 | Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back | 8.8 | 258,827 |
| 11 | 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 8.8 | 336,849 |
| 12 | 1977 | Star Wars | 8.8 | 302,325 |
| 13 | 1942 | Casablanca | 8.7 | 157,119 |
| 14 | 1990 | Goodfellas | 8.7 | 210,705 |
| 15 | 1954 | Shichinin no samurai | 8.7 | 89,706 |
| 16 | 1999 | Fight Club | 8.7 | 350,038 |
| 17 | 2002 | Cidade de Deus | 8.7 | 151,400 |
| 18 | 1981 | Raiders of the Lost Ark | 8.7 | 228,297 |
| 19 | 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 8.7 | 362,108 |
| 20 | 1954 | Rear Window | 8.7 | 110,024 |
| 21 | 1995 | The Usual Suspects | 8.7 | 249,222 |
| 22 | 1960 | Psycho | 8.7 | 132,524 |
| 23 | 1968 | C’era una volta il West | 8.7 | 67,021 |
| 24 | 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | 8.6 | 226,575 |
| 25 | 1999 | The Matrix | 8.6 | 353,435 |
| 26 | 1995 | Se7en | 8.6 | 255,226 |
| 27 | 2000 | Memento | 8.6 | 249,624 |
| 28 | 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 8.6 | 304,313 |
| 29 | 1946 | It’s a Wonderful Life | 8.6 | 95,413 |
| 30 | 1964 | Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb | 8.6 | 146,946 |
| 31 | 1950 | Sunset Blvd. | 8.6 | 49,961 |
| 32 | 1959 | North by Northwest | 8.6 | 86,678 |
| 33 | 1941 | Citizen Kane | 8.6 | 130,530 |
| 34 | 1994 | Léon | 8.6 | 182,174 |
| 35 | 1979 | Apocalypse Now | 8.6 | 161,885 |
| 36 | 1999 | American Beauty | 8.5 | 273,208 |
| 37 | 1998 | American History X | 8.5 | 205,601 |
| 38 | 1994 | Forrest Gump | 8.5 | 274,595 |
| 39 | 1976 | Taxi Driver | 8.5 | 142,818 |
| 40 | 1958 | Vertigo | 8.5 | 84,885 |
| 41 | 2009 | Avatar | 8.5 | 169,471 |
| 42 | 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | 8.5 | 74,408 |
| 43 | 1991 | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | 8.5 | 218,897 |
| 44 | 2008 | WALL·E | 8.5 | 160,659 |
| 45 | 2001 | Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain | 8.5 | 166,496 |
| 46 | 1979 | Alien | 8.5 | 166,948 |
| 47 | 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | 8.5 | 251,538 |
| 48 | 1971 | A Clockwork Orange | 8.5 | 179,419 |
| 49 | 1980 | The Shining | 8.5 | 163,409 |
| 50 | 1957 | Paths of Glory | 8.4 | 41,240 |
| 51 | 2006 | The Departed | 8.4 | 239,487 |
| 52 | 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird | 8.4 | 77,170 |
| 53 | 2002 | The Pianist | 8.4 | 121,710 |
| 54 | 1986 | Aliens | 8.4 | 158,359 |
| 55 | 2001 | Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi | 8.4 | 91,489 |
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Divine fruits and flower of the thokchom community
Oct 10th
Every Clan/surname in Manipur has sacred fruits, flower, plants and animals. The people of a clan/surname can’t eat or kill their sacred fruit/plant/animals. I believe that it is a best way of saving the species of plants and animals from mere extinction. Considering there are ore than 500 surnames (its my guess) in Manipur, we can confidently say that more than 500 plants and animal species would never get extict so long as these these surnames exists.
The divine fruit of thokchom community is Kaang-grou. It is required in every functions of God.
The divine flower of thokchom community is Yerum lei. It is an orchid. It is also required in every functions of God.
The plant which is barred from eating in any form for the thokchom community is Moirang Khanam.
The animal/bird which is barred from killing for the thokchom community is “Sendrang” (sparrow). they are supposed to safeguard this bird species. similarly other clans/surnames have their own sacred birds and animals.
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