THE BLOG OF (sm)all THINGS.........

'Serendipity' -I remember it as a definition I learnt in 11th,viz, 'a good discovery made by chance' ... a movie by the same name made me realize even love could have a touch of serendipity....and of course , the wiki definition .... Having lost count of the number of times  serendipity has rubbed him the right way,the author's decided to dedicate this post to this very phenomenon which touches each of our lives but still goes unnoticed rarely getting its due,ie,an acknowledgement.... But for serendipity,this blog, which incidentally has been one of the best things  to have happened to me ever, would never have existed.... So,on the first anniversary   (I'm late by a good 10 days, sigh )of THE BLOG OF (SM)ALL THINGS ,sit back and enjoy (hopefully) the story of its creation (if you can call it one) ... Caution -it ain't no Zuckerburg-facebook story if you are expecting one....:D After that rather lame attempt at humour,here we go...... April,2010 ha...

Picture this :- small town India,a respectable family with good values and the hero of our story,a guy who's a 'good boy',or better put,a boy who's been conditioned to become good,someone who's socially accepted and respected as a 'decent' guy..... Now,you might ask for an elaboration on the word 'decent' . ... To put it bluntly,most of us use it to describe a guy in relation to his behaviour with the fairer sex.. So,our hero,the ' decent' guy is quintessentially someone who'd not ogle at girls,rarely engage in cheap talk about girls or more aptly,rarely engage in talks to girls altogether,try not to watch certain tv channels at home and of course( it's the clincher ),marry the girl his parents choose for him.... (at least thats how its done in the so called small-towns)  In this post,the author would like to concentrate on the first and the last attributes mentioned above.... Zoom into 2011 ,our hero has reached marriageabl...

For those of u who know me,you'd know I'm a passionate quizzer....and for those of you who don't ,well!now you do....;) Enjoyed quizzing only as a hobby back in school ...did win those really huge prizes in the school circuit once or twice but more or less,it was the joy of quizzing which made me stick to it.....that quizzing can be rewarding struck me only after I came to Pune...well,prizes ranging from anywhere between 10k to 25k can certainly turn on a few tubelights(and I certainly am one).... Jokes apart,as a medical student who quizzes,it's easy to push it to the backburner if u've really been digging into your textbooks....but me being the quintessential ' come-what-may-i'll-study-only-b4-an-exam'   guy...lack of time was never a problem...but the transition from school to college level quizzing is easier said than done.....the first year saw TEAM STETHOSCOPES ( weird??....we got it after a law school student suggested it to us in jest) atte...

When was the last time you saw such a notice in a college??..... can't recall??.... okkay....I'll make it easier 4 u.. When was the last time you saw students riding bicycles in a college??...and just to be a little precise....read 'students' as 'undergraduate medical students'..... . . . . give up...its the toughest exercise u can give to ur grey cells.....

It was one  in the morning when his phone beeped...it was a message... Back after a long day at college,he had been to bed early,only to be disturbed at that odd hour.... The name onscreen evoked mixed reactions... It was 'her'.... Surprised at the timing of the message and happy at the prospect of finally being remembered,he pressed the 'read' button... It had been almost a year since they first met...at a college fest.... Some hard-fought Debates had seen him take everything on offer..including her heart,or so he felt...the lady finishing second best everytime... "you come to every event and win everything " her tone hinted at complaint,her flirty smile suggesting otherwise.. " what to do??..its a habit with me..I WAS BORN TO WIN  " his answer had an air of nonchalance...and why not??...he had the results to back that... Cheeky and witty,that answer had led to loud cheering from his friends and an appreciative smile from the ladies... M...

the crimson red silhouette of a setting sun… the shimmering of sunrays on a lake … trees swaying in gentle breeze … a path through the wild grass…. not many souls in sight…. and a mountain in the background…rising like an apparition….. NATURE AT ITS VERY BEST…… PLACE-PAWNA LAKE…..60 KM from PUNE…….RATING-9/10 P.S.-there’s something mystical about water-bodies in the lap of nature…. THEY BRING OUT THE PHILOSOPHER IN ME….

A sneak peek at something ‘clueless’ has some clue about……. JAN 2010-A STREET PLAY.. JAN 2011-A MIME from a ‘dark-skinned groom whose bride refuses to marry him’ to a rapist…. from a temple pillar to a river…… from a murderer to the bearer of the Indian flag…. from a statue to a goat…. been there,done that….. LIFE’S A STAGE….WE LIVE IT,WE LOVE IT…. THE RESULT??? CHAMPIONS FOR 2 YEARS RUNNING NOW…..CHEERS U-2 P.S.-its easy to be graceful when you win…grace in defeat is what separates the true champions from the rest….