Life's Onward Journey...

Dear Heisenberg, You will be delighted to know that your 'Uncertainty Principle' of quantum mechanics can be applied in other scenarios as well. One of those is the state of scientific research at many of the institutes in this country. Research being a group activity there are people involved at different steps, e.g. administrative staff, purchase and store staff, technicians, clinical or other collaborators, the principal investigator and the graduate students. Apart from the general scientific temper and aptitude, often the graduate students are expected to coordinated with all the above mentioned staff and people for the smooth working of the system at least till the time they graduate. There is always at least one student in this weird hierarchical setup (in which each and every person has the capability of being the rate-limiting step) who drives the system. I was very fortunate to do my Ph.D. from an institute where the system was relatively more organized. But being a...

Waheeda Rehman climbs up the stairs holding a book ( Meghdoot ) in her hands as Dharmendra croons this haunting melody. The song ends as the lady climbs down the stairs and the man remains oblivious of her presence. A song so simple, yet meaningful. A perfect song for a lonely, breezy night. Somehow, whenever I listen to these lines "... dil behel to jayega is khayal se, haal mil gaya tumhara apne haal se " I feel that they describe a smaller degree of sadistic-pleasure. :) Love this song.

Waiting for 25th December 2009. Been a year since I fought and snatched tickets from the rowdy telugu crowd in Hyderabad and managed to watch the first-day-second-show of Ghajin i . Been two years since I pestered my lab junior to get tickets for TZP while I was giving a presentation on my research in Pune. Been three years since I got a chance to be the lucky one to get the last ticket for the preview show of Rang De Basanti . Been many many years...since this silsila of craziness has been going on....and it will go on forever. Love of my life (of 20 years)....here i come. :)

What was the first thing which made me rush and watch the first-day-first-show of this movie? It was the fun-factor which is quite evident from the official website of APKGK ( http://www.ajabpremkighazabkahani.tips.in/ ). The other interesting features were the songs (i love most of them). The story is of a good-for-nothing boy (and his equally worthless friends) who promises his mother that one day he will do something great and make her proud. There are many sub-plots in his way to fame. And of what value is fame if you don't have the love of your life by your side by the end of the story? Prem succeeds in achieving everything (like in most hindi movies). I got slightly bored with all the slap-stick comedy in the first 15-20 mins. But slowly the movie got interesting. May be I liked this movie so much because I really wanted to like it as it reminded me of those good old movies Andaz Apna Apna, Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na . Amongst them the resemblance to Anda...

I didn't realize it when she said goodbye and we drifted apart. In a flash of a second, she was gone. ...Gone light-years away from me. Today I see her smile from this distance, but I wonder, when did those lips curl into that smile... How many years have passed since then... And how does she look today... Magical she was, and still remains for me. -A man in love

Last night my lovely sleep was interspersed with a funny activity in my brain and resulted in these dreams... I am dead and my spirit is asking my father to stop crying. I am trying to console him and tell him that I am not happy to be dead as I have to leave for an unknown destination...that I will really get bored as I won't have anything to do there. Then I ask him whether I can carry my laptop with me. At least that way I will have stuff to read, movies to watch and music to listen too... (I think I am getting obsessed with my laptop) Another one..... I am nervous before my thesis seminar which should start within a few hours. I visit my guide's office and notice that she is having lunch. She looks at me and asks me to get a few 'papads' for her. I roast 2 'papads' and get them for her. Then I ask her to come for my seminar. (The scene changes) I am standing in a hall, ready to give my presentation. I begin with 'acknowledgment-slide' and this slide ...