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...

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...

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….

WINTERS!!…. I absolutely adore winters…..reasons??…definitely more than one…. As a child winter was an excuse to be away from school for long periods,courtesy,vacations which got extended almost everytime due to the chill….a chance for those family get-togethers which have become a rarity now…a chance to wear those colourful,fluffy sweaters ‘mommy dearest’ used to knit….but the biggest one;trivial as it may seem;was a chance to fly kites …. the buzzing sound a kite makes when in full flight managing to set my heart aflutter everytime…. yup…winter’s the season when you can still see colourful paper kites adorning the skyline in India;athough the plastic ones seem to be the more popular choice nowadays…..                                      coming to the story…. even though kite-flying is a very common wi...

1)I thought I knew the difference between 'tees' and 'jerseys'....only 2 be proved wrong when I enetered AFMC ... or more correctly,when I moved to Pune, quite rightly dubbed 'THE OXFORD OF THE EAST' .... wearing a tee meant to absorb sweat on a sports field to malls, parties and any occasion whatsoever....its cool and fashionable,I've learnt...more so if u are an EPL fan... no rocket science this,just that some idiotic 'small town bhaiyya' needed 2 odd years 2 understand something this simple...                                                2)Heard it from a senior for the first time in JULY'08 during one of the famed 'orientation sessions'@AFMC ,sessions which have launched many a distinguished career in medicine..... Never knew it would become suc...

MAY 2008,AFMC,PUNE done with their interviews,three candidates were walking down the road to the midway canteen when one of them quipped.." 105 boys!!..and only 25 girls??.....bahut competition hoga yaar".. ..the other 2 guys smiled,one at the prospect of competition,the other at his prospects,rather the lack of it........ for the record,the guy who made the statement,popularly known as GARFIELD to his friends....he's still single.... one has defeated competition and the other...well...garfield might just be eager to help him out post this blog entry... P.S.-the gals in the pic are the source of competition,or rather,the lack of it.....no animosity intended

'LIFE'S JUST A HANDFUL OF SHORT STORIES PRETENDING TO BE A NOVEL'...... JUNE 2003,LABOUR-BEAUREAU BUS STOP,TATANAGAR ... It had been a typically hot and humid day..... slowly the weather had seemed to relent and the bus-stop which had nobody but a pariah dog as its sole occupant not too long ago was again teeming with passengers.....mostly children 4m a nearby school eager to go home,their chit-chatting bringing the place back to life....... some office-returnees,some college students and some auto-drivers eager 2 poach on the impatience of people waiting for the city bus completed the picture..... A small distance away stood two 14 year-olds from the same school ... Bags on their shoulders,they had been joking around 2 bide their time while waiting for the bus...one was a fat,plump,rolly-polly sumo called Ravi and the other was a lean and lanky fellow with cherubish looks,his looks being ample justification for his nickname 'GOLU'.... "hey!!look o...

Having watched 'slumdog millionaire'  till late in the night....i had been sleeping well after daybreak....and dreaming of a turnaround in my life akin to the one in Jamaal Malik-the chaiwallah's life.... my eyes open,i felt for my mobile only 2 find it switched off...."damn!!..low battery" i didn't have a wrist watch either.... I was on the Azad Hind Express.....going back home 4 a vacation.... Wondering where the train had reached,i was about 2 ask the guy sitting on the lower berth when i heard something familiar" kharaab chai!!...sabse kharaab chai....isse kharaab chai koi pila de toh paisa wapas" I smiled....4 finally i was in home territory..... P.S.-an usual sight on Indian trains,especially those passing through U.P. nd Bihar,the kharaab chaiwallah's chai  is anything but kharaab ...the label being just an unique strategy 2 grab eyeballs....nd boost sales...  Eastwards bound??...don't miss out on your cuppa of 'kha...

It had been an eventful day...after getting my discharge papers ready,i had been to meet the commandant of the COMMAND HOSPITAL..the wait had been long and tiresome.. I was finally getting discharged after a month long hospital stay.... Having come twice earlier to get a document signed at the CPL,i was frustrated as the designated officer was nowhere to be found.. walking out of the corridor,I wasn't in the best of moods.. I saw a JAWAN coming from the other side.. As he passed by..i heard him singing " khayalon jo khwabon mein socha nahin tha,tune mujhe itna pyar diya..." a smile played on my lips and i suddenly realised i was continuing from where he had left " main jab bhi,jahan bhi kadi dhoop mein tha...." my mood suddenly changed for good....the smile now having converted into a broad grin...was it the song or was it the timing??...i've been wondering. P.S.-ever wondered how the effect of one line of a song heard somewhere unexpectedly diffe...

THE LAST ONE MONTH IN A NUTSHELL:- -a stolen bicycle -an army captain wins the 'SENA MEDAL' -tonnes of PARACETAMOL -one gaming laptop..TWO GAMING NOVICES -CADBURY CELEBRATIONS -2 sweaty handkerchiefs -one suspicious diagnosis -some unexpectedly pleasant visitors -TB and Acute viral hepatitis make 4 'badmaash company' -a reprimand.. -a weight shock -an addiction shock..facebook -a surprise that never came -defending cricket champions bow out of an inter-college cricket tournament -an unexpected quizzing win -GOA calling.. -someone njoyed a short trip home -brotherly love bowled someone over -TCC's dedication..a revelation -attendance blues.. -someone's blood..as good as water -one missed MANIPAL trip -many made MANIPAL trips -A dark fantasy fulfilled -someone finally guitarifies 'smoke on the water' -1 black forest cake..1 starving idiot..YUMMY -one sided messages.. -an ice-cream night out -an open air 'adda' sessio...

hiiiiii(jacker). .......try singing it....... hiiiii(jacker) ...funny??...I know its not but then the guy 4 whom it was made wasn't either.. STRIKE 1 - "hi!i'm capt. Dhiresh Chandra 4m the merchant navy,father of Lt. Niraj chandra". ...I looked up and saw a portly,stout man.White beard and glasses in place. A huge belly and heavily strapped legs gave me some indication of his problems. "hello sir!i'm med cadet hitesh 4m AFMC". ...pleasantaries exchanged,he proceeded 2 his bed. A new day....uncle(for my convenience,we call him uncle 4m nw)gets up early and he seems to be on the lookout for something.... actually..he's on the lookout of 'someone'....and the funny part,which i later come to know-that 'someone' could be anybody...anybody who's in his senses and responds even slightly to whatever he's uttering.. that day...i turned out to be that person...not that i had the slightest intention of getting into a conversati...

" she smiled at me on a subway...she was with another man "..... With a song on my lips,I entered PATANJALI-the civil opd complex lecture hall.It was then that I saw her. And the funny part,she smiled at me(even though it wasn't a subway) and she actually was with another man(her dad perhaps),sitting on a chair next to him. With a smile that could haveimpressed even your grandpa and kajal-laden eyes that were so conspicuous by their brown button like appearance, she was a breathtaking sight to say the least.Not to mention the vacant stare she gave me when i entered the LH complex..as if she'd been waiting for me. Hair that swayed in the air being thrown on her by the dysfunctional fan right next to where she was sitting and her cheeks... GOSH!!...Laloo would have fared better in elections had he promised the people of Bihar of making the the state's roads as smooth as her cheeks instead of some yesteryear film-actress. She was a lovely baby...i kept lookin...