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  • 05:33:00 am on October 8, 2008 | 0 | # |

    Another one …

    Abhi kal hi ki to baat lagti hai
    jab main aur tum, tum aur main
    baithe rehte they sard raaton main
    apne apne computers par kare camp
    haath main hoti thi sniper, belt main tha grenade
    room main hota tha andhera, dil main thi umang
    hota tha flash bomb aane ka intezaar
    c1 c1 karkay sab nikalte they ek saath
    paanch hi secondon main ho jaata tha khatma
    aati thi ek hi pukar har room sey baar baar
    kya woh they lamhe, kya they woh din
    chalo dubara mdi, even if its only ek baar?

     

  • 08:02:00 am on October 5, 2008 | 1 | # |

    Yesterday I was traveling from my office to some place and it was an hour’s rick ride. I had my mobile phone and I thought, how about some improptu shayari from miyan on-the-fly shayar? I came up with two gems.

    Bhai saab bhai saab.
    Dekh deen duniya deti dard dho dho
    Khela kala kauva kahin kabhi kabhi kho kho
    Raat rahe raat raat ro ro
    Mainkya mu me lo mu me lo

    And the other one

    Kahin door mast gagan main
    Tez teekhi peeli dhoop main
    Sard mausam ki masti main
    Patjhad kay gire patton main
    Bheegi baarish ke geele paani main
    Bolo bolo kahan kahan loge
    Mu main mu main mu main

    Dedicated to Team MML.

     

  • 12:11:03 pm on July 1, 2008 | 0 | # |

    Testing this themse

     

  • 08:02:03 am on May 26, 2008 | 1 | # |
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    I had the most perfect weekend that a girlfriendless guy can have. Full of sleep, Counter-Strike, Partying, Cricket Match, Travel, Eating, Shopping, Talking and Gyaan sessions.

    • Sleep: Slept for half a day. Switched off my phone for that duration. Blissfull.
    • Counter-Strike: Played CS for about 3 hours with friends from MDI at Zapak Gameplex. This is turning into a weekly thing now.
    • Partying: Met people from MDI, more people from MDI and still more people. Ate out on both days and had awesome time remembering things from past.
    • Cricket Match: Saw Kolkata vs Chandigarh march at Rodas. Huge screen. Awesome place. Friends boozing and pulling pranks. Awesome finish. Brilliant.
    • Travel: Local mostly but well after mid-night. I love traveling at nights. When the entire world sleeps, you are on your way.
    • Shopping: Long overdue bout of shopping. Only thing remaining is hunting for books. Will order online today. Saratchadra Chattopadyaya.
    • Talking: Awesome conversation about history of India and how political turmoil pulled us from being the leaders of the world to a developing country.
    • Gyaan session: This is where we acted as visionaries and talked about things that could make India what it was before we were invaded.

    All in all a very good weekend. Hoping for more of these.

     

  • 01:11:55 pm on May 22, 2008 | 3 | # |
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    I make this trip to a Vodafone store every month to pay my phone bill. I dont have a credit card and hence this unnecessary evil. And its an awesome learning experience.

    Anyways so this trip is to any Vodafone store in the vicinity and I stay there for five minutes on average. Its surprising that even in those five minutes I see at least two people shouting on poor and often clueless customer care executives. And this is not an one off incident. It happens every time without fail. Every time someone or the other is shouting about inflated bills, sudden disconnection, charges without consent or 1000 other things.

    I wonder for a company that shouts out loud that it is Happy to Help (btw GE Money also prided itself with this Happy to help gimmick), the service levels are pathetic. Customer care executives are often clueless about things that you ask them. Half the times they cant speak English or Hindi. And the other half times they are busy fixing their hair or creases or drinking tea etc. All the money that they pump on advertisement (which in my opinion is top notch) goes for a toss moment customer screams in the store.

    My heart goes out to all those customer care executives that face the wrath of these angry customers for no fault of theirs. Can something be done about this rather than wasting money on frivolous things like fliers and other innovative ways of charging a customer? Is the advertising agency and social media agency for Vodafone listening?

     

  • 09:36:19 am on May 21, 2008 | 1 | # |
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    Got this as an sms from a friend.

    Life means : A winter evening, 4 friends, mild rain, 4 pegs of vodka.
    Life means: 100 bucks of petrol, 2 rusty old bikes and an open road.
    Life means: Maggi noodles, a hostel room, 3.25 AM.
    Life means: 1 prep leave, 1 book, 8 duffers.

    Now life means: old friends, separate cities, separate lives and endless sms to stay in touch..

    He couldn’t have been more true.

     

  • 06:55:00 am on April 18, 2008 | 0 | # |

    How about writing to Channel V and bringing back Simpu Singh? I am ready to create FB groups, Orkut communities, send out chain mails and file petitions online. I will do anything (virtual) to get him back.

    For the uninitiated Simpu Sodhi is/was a Channel V character that they created way back in 2000 for their shows. It is modeled after a sikh teacher and he is simply awesome.

    Simpu Sodhi is all you can want in a person. He is a grown up. He is a kid. He is charming. He is innocent. He is intelligent. He has a temper. He is sensitive towards cute school kids that look more like micelings… He is Simpu Sodhi. Like No Other.

    PLEASE HELP ME GET BACK SIMPU SODHI. Can some marketing whiz help me promote the cause and get some media attention?

    He certainly makes it to my list of favorite fictional characters that includes Homer Simpson (of Homer Simpson fame), Michael Corleone (of Godfather fame), Jack Bauer (of 24 fame) and Udham Singh (again Channel V).

    My playlist on Youtube.

    Links for Simpu Singh Sodhi fans
    1. http://www.indianpad.com/story/208901
    2. Youtube Playlist of Simpu Sodhi vids

    Originally posted on War of Words