Muse Amuse

Women are unarguably the easiest source of amusement for the men out there. Maybe just not men….everyone! Belonging to the female species myself, I can vouch for unending amusement. Now, shamefully I have to reveal that I talk about this because i was going through a “femina” and “women’s era”! Before you come to conclusions, let me clear all doubt. No. I wasn’t reading ‘em consciously. I am a fashion student and was just looking for various colors in “these” particular magazines. C’mon, you gotta admit…Frontline doesn’t have too many visuals so I was forced to open these!! Well, anyway, I was completely amused with all I came across! Damn! Women can go any length to get counselled!

And, the articles, hillarious!! “6 guys a girl needs in her life”, “Sex and it’s delight!”, “The difference between a boyfriend and a husband”, “The fate of the auntyjis (or something like that!)”!! You don’t even have to bother skimming through the rest of the article! The title says it all!

!! I don’t see men doing idiotic stuff like this!! Ok, yeah men talk! But, aren’t women supposed to be talking more?! And still the weird magazines!! these are just two out of a million other pathetic unnecessary paper consumers!!! Sheesh! And what’s with talking to the whole world about your problem! A stranger that too! Excuses like “you can talk it out and never bother about it ‘cuz you’re never going to meet ‘em again!” are pathetic!! Women are the weirdest aliens on the planet! And, Some of the conversations they have…… hmmm!!! What can I say! “B.Com kar lete hai yaar….padhai karke kya fayada”….! The one thing that turns me on in a guy instantly is intelligence…and if u are actually interested in a little something…….c’mon!! you can’t go around acting dumb!!

And another thing that just popped into ma head bout women…..the way they try to act cute to get their way around things! Was sitting in this bus the other day, when these group of girls went on “bhaiyyyaaaa…challlooo naaaa”!! Do they have to act this horny! And of course the fickle men! Take the opportunity and start flirting away too! Which seems to egg the women on again! “Woo-men”….Ridiculous! Women do get funny in a group too…. the PJs they can come up with…mindblowing! They take the cake! They’ll say something and cackle at it!

Anyway..that’s ‘em! The Woeful Women!

The first thing you hear when you alight up north is “gaadi number 2849 pandrah ghanton ki deri se chal rahi hai”. And you realise, Yes, You’re in Lalu’s territory. Things are very different up here. Diwali for instance. The whole atmosphere is so amazing. Filled with so much warmth around. It envelopes all over. Lights everywhere. People shopping all day. Decorations. Celebrations. Loud music. And the traditional pujas.

I was dreading the day. Dreading it for the fact that would be just my room mate, another friend and me stuck in the entire hostel while the rest of em were gonna be back home! Not that I’ve celebrated Diwali at home ever, the traditional way, but, Diwali’s Diwali. I though I’d miss home for all the Diwali excitement! The diwali that always excited me! The child in me that i never will lose i’m sure when it comes to bursting crackers. Year after year i’d convince myself saying this year it would last longer this year it should, but Bam! I’d be done in fifteen minutes n then pull at ma dad’s sleeve for more! Not in the last few years though. This year though, I’d assumed I wouldn’t be bursting crackers at all after the environmentalist I’ve turned into in the last five years or more.

I had thoughts of being stuck with the same old soulful thinking that I’ve been doing so much of lately. And somehow didn’t want the day to come. Or i thought would sleep it over. But that means missing out an experience. A different Diwali. And nope, I didn’t want that. But, surprisingly, this has been one of my most amazing Diwalis! What was it that made the day good? Frankly……… I don’t know.

I got up way way way too late! And the few, measly amount of us left in the hostel took to the roads. We planned to go enjoy the Diwali atmospehre at Dilli Haat but it was not to be! And then the fun began. Dilli Haat was closed. But, my friend and me sat outside with crackers in our hand and whiled away our time! Awaragardi personified! Moved on to Saket, with more disappointment awaiting us. A movie would take too long. And no discs open! Back to the awaragardi. But, we were out of crackers. Took us quite sometime to find crackers and then we found ourself a spot quite in the middle of the market, when this little kid “Chippu” hung around us pretending to fear the bombs. And we like gundas nonchalantly blowing up the bombs amused with the on-lookers scandalised looks depicting, ‘are these “girls” lost?’ Anyway, we got down to chatting with Chippu and treated him to gol gappa. Joined by two more friends of his, we ended up sharing our crackers with em, and the five of us had a blast. We chatted for quite sometime with the kids, Chippu, Chintu and Mehboob. About school, stuff they did, and things they enjoyed. This one kid actually walked up straight into Mc Donalds and bought himself a sandwich!! The cheek!!

That was all it took to make it an amazing Diwali! Probably the mood set in from yesterday, when to save our selves from the desperate desolation we moved out to Priyas. There again, this coffee shop had singers come in and perform. They were raising funds for the street kids, who were being fed and taught by this organisation “tejas”. I sang too!!! And then we treated ourselves to the sexiest rolls ever before we left!

All in all, it was a quite an eventful week. Very eventful week!! Infact i would like to record more events on ma blog, but prefer letting them stay as amazing memories. You never know, I might end up blogging em too! An amazing Diwali, Eventful weekend, Amusing week. And a true friend lost. Which nothing can compensate for!!

He was a genius! Fuck you god. For everything. That was the fourth person. Why didn’t i call today morning like i had decided to ? Just yesterday I was talking to ma friend about him. The brilliant guy! Whom everyone was proud of! His parents…. Seniors….Juniors…The best student a teacher could have ever asked for! Why god why? The most intellectual guy who’d be well read with everything. An amazing amazing friend. Why didn’t i call? Why? It would’ve costed me nothing!!

I don’t know where to begin. He was brilliant. Everything a parent, teacher, friend could ask for. He had it all. To top it all, he was cpmpletely nonchalant about all that he had achieved!It makes one speechless. You could count on him. He’d always be there for you. To see if he could help you in anyway. Help you talk if you were low, be there for you. Make you laugh it off. Cover up if you were in trouble. I can stop never if i keep describing him. He was everything. Just perfect! You don’t come across people like him everyday! God. You suck! Why do you keep doing this?

Why do we have to realise the value of our loved ones only when they’re gone! Why do we forget being gratef
ul?! Why do we keep taking them for granted?! All i had to do was call. It was too late. Gone. Forever! And I can still hear his voice, “Hey Monisha, Sup? Long time. So, i thought I’d call”. I still remember the way he’d tried to easen us up when we heard for the first time, and had gone to see him in the hospital. The batch was devastated when we heard. But, we were told he’d recover.

I’ve learnt my lesson. The next time when i want to talk to someone, I will call! Before it’s too late!

Chanakya. We’ve all always been proud of you and everything you’ve ever done. We will miss you! But in our hearts forever you’ll stay!

Love ya kid!

Something’s up…and I can’t seem to decipher what! From moments of utmost elation I seem to plunge drastically! And for no damn reason why! It’s been two weeks since i’ve been back now….last week was terrible! This week was better….much much better…but since morning i’ve been back..back to the same old drudgery! What is affecting me?! I’ve always been in complete control of myself! And have let nothing deter me…then what is it that i’m going through?? I’ve been walking a lot lately..lost in thought..to think of it…I went today morning too…yeah obviously I didn’t sleep at all to do that, otherwise why’d I get up! But, I did feel awesome once I was back.Sorted myself out! With the player on, I went around dancin all over the place when I was back. Came down to even while I was brushing my teeth. This girl actually tapped to find out subah subah why i was nachofying? I turned around to find six people staring at me!!! Well, anyway, I’m back to the low-me. Why? Why? Why? I’ve been at my laziest best. Doing nothing but thinking thinking thinking. About what? I probably won’t know myself. But, thinking I am! What is this I’m going through! Save me world!!

I have lost myself! Where’s the Monisha I know?? I want her back! The one who needed no confirmations from anyone! Well, I still don’t..but I’ve become weird lately! Been more quiet than ever. Haven’t lost it in quite a while. Yeah, have, but it’s not been the same!

I want me back more than anything else!! How much longer is this phase gonna prevail!!

Come back……….Jack!

We were on the road, trying to catch an auto on my usual “walk” (where all I do is catch a bus and hang out with my friends), when everyone around refused to take us where we wanted to go. Fianlly, this one guy did agree and were on our way, when he banged into a friend and stopped for hardly like two seconds when my friend accompanying me told him “jaldi chalo bhaiyya!” And all his response to make my friend shut up was “Ek minute madam, friend hai!” I immediately read her her mind asking her if she shut up cuz she was imagining us in their place, when she burst out laughin agreeing!

Friendship is such a strange emotion. The fact that you’re a friend to someone is an amazing feeling. Always being there for ‘em. Just one message “mission trouble”, and the whole gang is at the troubled one’s place no matter what, speaks it all. Whether it’s a friend you’ve grown up with, or someone you’ve met just once, and hence stricken a chord, or people you’ve travelled with forever, chose not to talk to, but the minute you see them out of routine, you find yourself waving out and greeting them.

Anyway, the auto guy did find us talking and he chatted along. Tellin us about his friend, the other auto guy who he had banged into, bout their friendship. He probably guessed what we were discussin cuz he told us that just like we were friends, that was his, and to kindly spare him a minute… The fact that he didn’t have a choice but to drive an auto to keep himself occupied and not while away his time. He didn’t want to drive an auto. He wanted to be something in life. And here I was trying to explain to him that he could have anything he wanted if he was driven enough to achieve his goal. Raju, a B.Sc final year student, part time driving. On his way home, saw us lookin out, so did take us along.A very sweet chap. In probably ten minutes of just travel, here we were, exchanging names, talkin ’bout how he wanted his life to be. The fact that he didn’t like what he did, and to top it all he had to get dumb advice from a passenger! And I have no clue why, but, my Telugu had to get all screwed up at the right time too. Well, the little i know atleast!

It’s not for the first time I’ve seen such friendly auto guys. This place is full of it. So many times, while waitin quite a bit, I’ve seen auto guys stoppin and sayin that they can’t take you right to your destination but will drop you half way without being paid! And they do take you most of the way, free of charge! Find you another auto, make sure you’re fine and then move on! They could’ve given a grumpy shrug and disappeared, but, here you are, amused, surprised, and left thinking, there is some good left around after all!

I’m back. And it doesn’t seem like i was never around. But, that I’ve just woken up from a long sleep and Delhi was a dream. Coming home, hasn’t changed anything, and i’m having a great time. Great time doing everything. And nothing.

The ‘unholy gang’ finally met up and, Damn. We had a blast. It was back to the good old times. When we’d save up our conveyance money and go catch a movie, upper stall. The sasta pani puri and the long walks to everywhere when we’d be absolutely broke. But, yesterday.. we indulged. Completely! Travelled around the whole city expensively and chilled out like there was no tomorrow. Like always.

They threw me a surprise party adding more people and boy, I was surprised. ‘Cuz reading them is a piece o cake and having hidden it for quite some time…hmmm good!! (sorry, guys!) The nostalgic eat street where “the band” once performed, times when we’d bunk college and end up doin nothin at al staring around at the days go by, carefree and clueless bout what subjects we had to take on. And the times we’d laugh out at all the woeful couples and take pride in being single! (rach excluded!) And the adam-teasing plus the male bashing.

An amazing cake and the craziest people around. It all started out with our plans to enjoy the mornin on tank bunk. 7:00 A.M. But, Nash cn’t get up can she! and so hence, we ended up Indian Stretchable Time, precisely at 12:00 Noon. Half the day gone and the shopping trip was being delayed and unknowingly ignored. Ended up leaving the place early evening and moved on to Charminar!! Id time and the markets flooded and the most affectionate of the sales men. Rattling away in the all-famous Hyderabadi hindi. I missed it. “hau, madam, kya hona aapku? Hamla dukaan mein sab kuch milta, ab yu bolo, dila dete!” Remember The Angrez?? Typical. The actin by the guys, awesome!! Salim pheku, Islam bhai “paikhana saaf karata re merese?! Pachis saal se charminar mein kaam karroon” Man I love that dialogue!!

Walked all over the place, exploring the place and talkin non-stop. And then of course, with all the money in hand we got ourselves food and drinks and headed home. And that was a raucous! Chaos galore! It had been such a long time……….Trying to get rid of the “smokey” atmosphere we were in fits of laughter over nothing, messing up the whole place! And, it wasn’t even her room! That probably added to the whole chaos. We were absolutely late and didn’t exactly live next door and we had to clean up the place which we ended up not doing! And replies to the long letters I’d get every week. Cards, letters, presents! Off their head, these people! Was updated with everything even when i wasn’t around! So, hadn’t missed much but yeah, hadn’t had a dose of the chaos in quite sometime! This chaos atleast.

We’d plans to meet up todoay. God was playing and we didn’t get a chance to worship ‘em. Damn! We’re disappointed (. I don’t even know how to go on with this now! We had to get out of home and all was planned, the excuses et al. But then, we were in enough trouble already for any one of us to go out and get the passes, once confirming that all of us could go! Maybe we overdid the havoc. But we’re missing God. Nahiiiii! Nothing ever comes to Hyderabad and this was perfect timing too! They played in Delhi but i had a flight to catch for here. Ironic. I commiserated with myself there saying I’d get to watch it here, band and gang included. But doesn’t look like it eh?!!

Hence, I sympathise with myself again that our craze yesterday compensates for today….

But… JAL!! (