Life Reloaded!!!

We had gone for a picnic last weekend. It was an all boys trip (as usual). But this time, the difference was that this time around we had a friend who is in a relationship with another of our school friend. After we reached the SBI holiday home, we found that it was amazing and beyond out expectations (especially since we had paid just Rs. 30 as rent). So probably, Susmit must have told his GF about this and she would have asked if she can join us with few other girls from our class. So Susmit asked us the following question. Just before this Viraj and I commented that we would have Lavani when we have Aditya's bachelor party. Nik got confused with the 2 contexts, but the way he asked counter question to Susmit was amazing- सुस्मित: अरे, मुलींना बोलवायचं का? निखिल: काय? सुस्मित: अरे, मुली!! मुलीना बोलवायचं का? पिकनीकला? निखिल:"मुली" हे तू सामान्य नाम म्हणून वापरलं की विशेषनाम म्हणून? A big laughter followed by Anand and I shaking hands with Nik!!!

It has been pretty hectic month or so since 19th December last year. First cousin's wedding to attend, then my first official (and unofficial) tour outside Maharashtra, amazing 31st night with my best friends. I did miss the Vengurla trip because I had to go to Bangalore for official work, which was extended by 2 days and thus eliminating any hopes of reaching Vengurla even for 1 day. Then met a few VJTI friends who are back in India for holidays. It was amazing watching सवाई एकांकिका at Ravindra Natyamandir on 25th night. Of course, one cannot simply forget the cheapest picnic of their lives so easily :) Lonavala 2012 was one of the best trips I had in last couple of years. Today I watched "शाळा", the movie I was waiting for last one year.Hrushi came home for 4 days. And finally, my dear friend Susmit went back to US tonight. All this and more in detail, coming up....

Due to the Gurgaon and Bangalore trips my Google Reader count has breached the 1000 count barrier. Usually I go for the "Sort By Magic" mode which allows me to read 9GAG and other important blogs first. When I tried the Older items first mode, just found that I news articles from 20th Dec, 2011 to read :)

Today morning I completed the second book I had borrowed from Nik - "Johny Gone Down". It was fast paced novel, where the protagonist is an MIT graduate who goes to Cambodia for vacation, ends up being a captive in prison. After 2 years he does manage to flee, but loses one arm in the effort. Saved by Buddhist Monk, he himself decides to be a Monk. The story then moves to Rio, then to Minneapolis, back to Delhi. The name of the protagonist keeps changing from - Nikhil to Nick to Buddha to Johny. Its just the way story is told, however unrealistic it might seem, is amazing. Before this book, I read Ashwin Sanghi's historical fiction "Chanakya's Chant". There are 2 parallel tracks in the book, one describing Chanakya's journey to make Chandragupta Maurya, the emperor of India. The other one is about a modern day Chanakya - Pandit Gangasagar Mishra - who wants to make Chandani, India's Prime Minister. This one is also good book, though I didn't lik...

Seriously WTF was that? Same feeling - http://9gag.com/gag/1020154

काल मी माझ्या शाळेतल्या मित्रांबरोबर मृगजळ एकांकिका स्पर्धेची अंतिम फेरी पाहण्यास गेलो होतो. तिकीट काढण्यावरून झालेला गोंधळ माझ्या नेहमीच लक्षात राहील. त्या बद्दल इथे मी काही जास्त सांगणार नाही. अंतिम फेरीत पाच एकांकिका होत्या. त्यातली पाचवी एकांकिका - "HTTP 404 Page Not Found" - आम्ही आधीच सवाईच्या वेळी पहिली होती. चवथ्या एकांकिकेबद्दल आमच्या मनात बरेच कुतूहल निर्माण झाले, कारण त्या एकांकिकेचा नाव होतं - "बी. पी." :) पहिल्या एकांकिकेचा नाव होतं, "थरारली वीट". एका लहान मुलीच्या पहिल्या आळंदीच्या वारीत तिला येणारे अनुभव, तिच्या आयुष्याला मिळणारी कलाटणी, तिच्या आईबद्दलचं तिला कळणारे सत्य याचे हृदयद्रावक वर्णन या एकांकिकेत होते. "गिरगाव व्हाया दादर" या एकांकिकेचा लेखक हृषीकेश कोळी यानेच हि एकांकिका लिहिली आहे. (सवाईच्या वेळच्या "एम डी करतंय सादर, गिरगाव व्हाया दादर" ह्या घोषणा माझ्या कायम स्मरणात राहतील) दुसरी एकांकिका सदर केली होती जोशी-बेडेकर कॉलेजने - "अलगद". ही गोष्ट होती प्रेमात "तोंडावर" पडलेल्या एका तरुणीची. ह्...

I just saw a BBC documentary on Uncertainty principle. An interesting fact given in the documentary was that Sir J. J. Thompson got the Nobel prize for Physics for discovering electron and proving that electron is  particle, whereas his son George Thompson got the Nobel prize in Physics for proving that electrons and wavelike characteristics!!!