Ahmednagar - Poured on ice

it has been one of the most interesting weekends ever. how do you explain your first tour "band tour" with a bunch of 6 amazing people... 2 of who are "old" friends?? i dont know which is more exciting... the fact that im coming on stage after such a long time??? or staying in a fucking palace, with 7 servants at your disposal, not even having to get up to get a glass of water(believe me if you do get up, you get scolded....by agomoni atleast) and having amazing food, and drinks every night.

spending nights after nights chatting up... the journey was memorable... specially the fact that it was freezing in the night and we all cursed vikram while he slept snug under his warm blanket. by the next morning, all our throats were "kinda" gone, adrak vaali chaye and warm water doing the trick for us to perform that evening.

ahmednagar is a fantastic place. and we stay in a house in the cantonment area surrounded by lush green landscapes, and windmills over a small hilltop on the horizon. its exceptionally beautiful and i wish i could spend some more time here, painting and singing... reading under the morning sun in the winters (not that i get up s o early) rushabhs mother is an amazing hostess.... she has taken care of everything.... i just dont feel like doing anything actually. just laze around all day.

the gig was in the night... we met deepa malik who actuallly is amazing... sports person completely... a biker (i just think thats the most amazing thing about her ) a national and international level swimmer... and she has a daughter who is 18.... she has a fantastic sense of dressing. by the way she on the roadies show too...
the gig itself was good.. we were sounding fairly nice.... i think we looked good on stage, and did well too... should thank dev. slightly nervous though... but we were good yaar... i think i shall put up parts of our show on youtube... then giv u guys a link...

thats the first gig done... now we have another one coming up today...

bhosadike kaisa hai??....of abuses and their origins....

Bhosadike!!!!!!!! 
  
It would surprise many of you to know that the origins of this word are 
in a 
Sanskrit greeting, 
Bho sad ike ? भो सद इके ? 
meaning, 
Sir, are you well? 
  
Everyone knows that 'Sad' is a prefix used for good things, like sadguru, 
sadiccha etc. 
  
'Bho' is a term used for respect, brahmins will know it since it is used 
in the abhivadaye. 
  
Ika is a aatmanepadi verb meaning 'to be'. 
ike         ikaavahe      ikaamahe 
Ikase     ikethe           ikadhve 
ikate      ikete             ikante 
are its forms. 
This was a popular form of greeting in ancient India, before the Mughals 
came and prohibited this greeting, for reasons unknown. 
However some enterprising locals continued to use this greeting. 
Therefore, to assassinate this greeting morally, the mughals gave it 
vulgar 
connotations, and those are alive even know. 
  
It is time we revived our ancient indian traditions....... 
Say Bhosadike to all the people you meet and explain them its true 
meaning

got this in my mail box... well seems like a good laugh... i mean seriously.... 

bhosadike... i wish my faculty understood my love i have for my ancient sanskrit culture....

and the love dies young

which is worse.... losing ur best friend.. or losing the one who u know u cant live without... who said he wud be thr always.. as the best friend. is it just 10 days or forever???

or is it better that u lose the one who u love... and get back that friendship... im being selfish... i dont wanna lose either... but at what cost???

$:kyun baar baar phone kar leti ho, maya???


@:mere samaan ka kya hoga... jo lautane hai..??? aur un baaton ka kya jo sach the lekin jhooth bhi... ya jhooth the par shayad sach bhi... meri awaaz ka kya hoga???

rex in the puja

the time of durga puja is pure fun...staying up late nights, going out whenever and wherever possible...have great food... DONT cook at home... eat non-veg every meal.... man it rocks... and ofcourse i get to wear new clothes every day.... rather two sets every day... everyone would crash at my place... have beer, talk till 6 in the morning... smoke innumerable cigs.. had my bro over for the puja... and was quite a lot of fun.would go out for odd drives with shreyas, and dinners, went to CR park... was missing dee... 

there was no time for onyx the whole of puja... hardly spoke to him, and i guess he was a lil hurt by that. i sometimes dont get him. he doesnt wanna talk to me at times and gets weird when i dont talk to him... i wish i could meet him. well "patience." damnit.

the govt is an asshole.. rather rammados is... ullu ke pathe ne smoking ban kara di...woh to thik tha... he has banned smoking in bars and pubs...what the fuck... how are we supposed to smoke when we are high... leave everyone.. go back home and drink... ajeebiyat.... 

watched LOTR... dude... legen-wait for it-dary movie hai... i had sooo much fun i cant begin to explain....50 inch monitor. the scenes were awesome...12 hours of pure epic-ness....

this year was really good..... i mean this year puja was really good... come to think of it... this year was also pretty good over all... despite the screw ups... i have had a lot of fun... lets see what comes of it till december....

currently listening to:AC/DC, Magdalene, zero, raghu dixit, pearljam live at pink pop 1992

currently reading :catch 22, tin tin the comic series by herge

recently watched :lord of the rings (all three back to back) unedited versions on a 50 inch monitor.... dude awesome is the word.

image (C) one of the idiots : the friends at the pandal at about 1 in the morning.

dhai ka pahad competition contd...

the trophy has been officially taken away... 

i met chandru yesterday... narcissist down to earth... sweet guy...

and he took away the trophy... maroing adda in cp has its own charms...

mad women... urchins begging around for ice... from mc donalds soft drink cups...

lights all around the central park... the mix and match of old and new buildings...living old memories, walking around with ciggerates and like it always happens in cp... meeting long lost friends... talking about bans on public smoking and looking around for thullas...

good old cp...

A: "abbe pagal hai kya, itna jaldi kyun ja raha hai?"

C:  "yaar, i really need to go"

A: "kyun kya hua??"

C: "i dont wanna be raped..."

A: "huh?"

C: well dwarka wala route raat ko bahut khaali ho jata hai, i dont want to be called metrosexual"

A: (exasperated) the trophy is yours

S: (silent for about 1 and a half hour before this) (starts laughing) haan bhai trophy teri hi ho gayi

update.... had a lovely evening yesterday with caramel something-or-the-other and then suttas and walks... then a lovely dinner, and music, paan and a drive back home.... 

met two new people...new people who i had heard so much about.. it was as if i knew them from earlier than i remember.... pradeep and shekhar..

song of today....

She scratches a letter,

 into a wall made of stone

Maybe someday another child wont,

 feel as alone as she does

Its been two years, and counting,

 since they put her in this place

Shes been diagnosed by some stupid fuck,

 and mommy agrees, yeah...

She seems to be stronger,

 but what they want her to be is weak

She could play pretend,

 she could join the game, boy

She could be another clone...ooh...

Why go home? 

What you taught me...

put me here...

dont come visit...(mother...)

Sting me...

why go - Pearl Jam

that's the song of the day... on a guilt trip...still deciding what would be the sane way of dealing with it... how will i ever be able to deal with it...without hurting anyone... some times its strange how some songs are perfectly apt for one...

currently listening to: pearl jam... pink pop 92; alice in chains mtv unplugged; nirvana mtv unplugged

currently reading: catch 22, joseph heller
current mood : what the fuck, it sucks anyway

currently watching : pinkpop, last lear, cowboy bebop the movie, x men evolution