The New Garia Metro
August 28th, 2009
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A couple of the pictures of the newly opened Garia-Tollygunj Metro, taken at the Garia Bazaar (Kabi Nazrul) Station.
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Ohhhhh My God!!!!
August 26th, 2009
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To say that I am afraid or scared would be a gross understatement… no, understatement would itself be another… I am almost like a vegetable now, paralyzed by the fear of unknown. The forthcoming issue of travelling to UK and setting my abode there is visibly taking its toll on me. Add to that the delay in my visa, the exuberant finances involved, the logistics of planning, the ritual goodbye trips to distant Aunts and Uncles, the tremendous pressure of finishing all the pre-sessional reading, and what you have is a recipe for a perfect Bheja-Fry (Fried Brains). But, hell no… I am excited as well. This is by far the greatest adventure of my entire life. It’s like setting out on your own, à la Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings. Totally on your own in an entirely new place with its own culture, own heritage, own customs. That is what scares me the most. The endless adjustments to my way of doing things; my way of life. But, Change… that is what actually matters, that is the only thing constant, and that is what I have to do.
LSE has the reputation for being the most international unversity in the UK. The range of networking opportunities here is more than perhaps all the Social Networking sites combined. Their alumni list is the Whos-Who of the World who routinely dictate International policies and many other such important stuff in the World. I am thankful to the Almighty for giving me the opportunity to be in their esteemed company. It’s said that you learn more by travelling than by reading an entire book. I hope that I become a better person with all the shamelessly extravagant learning (actual reading and travelling included) that I am going to undertake. I hope that I achieve all that I am setting out to. I hope that I make my parents, teachers, family and friends proud. I hope I do well…
Categories: London School of Economics, Personal
Salman’s Wow-wow’es…
August 24th, 2009
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I am sorry for Salman Khan. His pet dog MyJaan passed away recently. He had just recovered from the traumatic experience of loosing Myson, his other canine companion, and now this. The family has not revealed the exact cause of death, but insiders say that the dog died of pure awesomeness.
Now, who in the Salman household is awesome enough to kill the poor soul? Is Salman alone sufficient or did Katrina abetted him in the crime? Whatever the reason, the poor soul or rather souls (let’s not forget Myson) couldn’t take it any longer.
Talking about Salman, its not much difficult to ascertain the source of the “blinding awesomeness” he possesses. All those shirt throwing ohh-ohh jaane jaana dance moves guaranteed at least a thousand A points. Add to that another 5000 or so for the Chital adventure and a couple of thousands for the flings with Aish and Kat and there u have it; enough awesomeness (A points) to kill.
Katrina’s crime in the entire episode has to be that of being the “Woh” in the “Mai-Tum aaur Woh” conundrum. The dog/s, I am sure, felt overly jealous when Salman began his affair with the Kat. They rest as they say is history. But, for once the feline variety has shown the canine fraternity their place in the true world.
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Happy Independence Day
August 14th, 2009
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HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY TO ALL MY FELLOW COUNTRYMEN
LET’S WISH THAT THIS 63RD YEAR BRINGS WITH IT MORE HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY TO THE COUNTRY. MAY WE REACH GREATER HEIGHTS AND OUR INFLUENCE STRETCHES BEYOND BOUNDARIES AND CONQUER HEARTS ALL ACROSS THE GLOBE.
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Excerpts from the Flu Diary – December 2018…
August 13th, 2009
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Bird Flu, Swine Flu, Goat Flu, Horse Flu, Cat Flu, Dog Flu, Fish Flu, Plant Flu, Candy Flu, and finally, Human Speech Flu. The rate at which the flu gods have diversified their interests over the past decade has indeed been remarkable. Flues can now very-well compete with the tornadoes in as far as naming rituals and devastation is concerned. It all started in mid 00’s, when some South East Asian countries reported a flu like disease caused by a virus that originated in birds. That marked the beginning of what we all know now as the Flu Decade. From that moment onwards, not a single influenza season has passed when the human race has not been tormented by one or the other kind of flu.
My neighbour Mr. Lingama Srikant Shrestra Raju even named his five children Swine, Cat, Fish, Plant and Candy. A decade earlier these names would have caused major embarrassment to any person, but now-a-days these are regarded as “the coolest” along with Apple, Orange and the likes. Imagine some future prime minister named Plant. H.E. The Prime Minister of India Mrs. Plant Aiyar!!
Though these ten flues together have almost reduced the World Population by half and the grief and bereavement have been immense, still I can’t seem to overlook the brighter side of the spectrum. You all will agree that each year, as the flu season dawns there is always something to look forward to. I remember after the third year (Goat Flu), there was constant anticipation, prediction, prevision about where the next flu would come from. Suddenly women kitty-partying and men playing golf started sharing the same gossiping topics. Predicting the next flu even became the favourite conversation starter in Britain, where it replaced the now almost defunct weather talk. I even answered silly questions in Facebook that tried to predict what flu I am suitable for. It came up with Shoe once. Shoe!! Come on!!!
Now, so much predicting and prophesying can only lead to one heaven – betting stations. Trillions of $$ were earned and lost during the Cat Flu season, after which the Governments had to interfere and the UN had to pass the much despised resolution FLU/56/CAT/3, which stated that flu betting can’t involve any currency and only medicines can be at stake. I still have three rooms full of Cat Flu Medicines at my place. #$%& the UN.
We all remember how after the disastrous Dog Flu season that broke our million year bond with our canine friends, the Computer and Human Genetics Department of the University of Toobasiland came up with their path breaking MLRDAEPF (Multi Linear Regressive Differential Analysis for Effective Prediction of Flu) algorithm to predict and limit the next flu outbreak. The Department received the Noble Prize in medicine for this remarkable achievement, but was instantly confronted by jealousy and hate from the so-called world renowned Universities. Conspiracy theorists started hawking that the dramatic results observed the next year (Fish Flu) were largely due to the growing number of vegetarians in India, US and Europe, who stayed away from fish out of habit and not because of some silly golly-bolly algorithm. However, the conspirators had to soon mince their words when next year, the scientists were able to successfully predict the Plant Flu and stop it from becoming the “pandemic of the decade“.
That title (presented each year by the Federation of Flu victims ) curiously belongs to our very own, Human Speech Flu. Even in the realm of fludom, we were unwilling to concede our superiority to some animal or plant or candy. I distinctly recall feeling the sense of belonging when I first heard about that flu. The feeling however dissipated quickly when I saw the form in which it manifested itself. Remember, how we all had to learn sign language as speaking was almost synonymous to death? I heard one incident from Mr. L.S.S Raju where the “owner of the body” died just because he said, “Aye Ohh!!”. Pathetic way of dying!! It was also a major problem for those people who move their hands a lot when they speak. Imagine gesturing and signing at the same time! It was almost the signing equivalent of severe stuttering and mental block together. That flu however brought relief to millions of to-be-suicide cases — members of FOSLA (frustrated, one-sided lovers association), depressed maniacs, hopeless addicts, etc — who acted out their fantasies in billions of ways. May they rest in peace.
Everything that begins has to end. All these awe-inspiring flues also died to make way for the next generation of vicious flues. I just took the silly Facebook quiz again, which now claims to be using the MLRDAEPF algorithm and it predicts that next year it’s going to be Comb Flu. Only time will tell, but in the meantime, wanna bet…??
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