happy birthday to me

It was midnight 12.00 am , 17th March, 2006 , and I was still sleeping when my friends woke me up by singing ‘happy birthday’ song in a very harsh though pleasant tone. In a moment I became 19.

I had returned from Bombay on 16 th, was tired and so I slept early.

My friends had brought the cake, I cut it and suddenly all of us jumped on the cake.

All my friends described me one by one and we had some good pictures taken.

Soon the party was over and we slept.

On 17 th morning I got two couriers.

One from Mom and Dad who had sent me a diary and a birthday card.

And another from Amrita who had sent me two birthday cards, and a chocolate box .I loved it very much.
I was sure about the card...but the great heart shaped chocolate box and the chocolate inside made me very happy.

My treat to my friends is due. And we are waiting for a holiday...

Rang Barse...

This year’s Holi was ok. Rather than playing myself much I observed others playing it.

I was in Mumbai with my uncle, aunt and a three year old cousin. She is very cute and charming.
Whenever she calls me ‘Subbu Bhaiya’, my heart fills with great love and pleasure.
She is such a nice baby. Her words, her expressions, her habit, her pronunciation and her childish questions one after another were really very cute.

I spend the four days vacation by watching TV, little shopping, walking in parks and reading.
I was reading ‘Life of Pi’ and I am happy that I completed it.
It’s really a nice fiction with a good and happy ending.

I returned to my college and came to know that the guys and gals out here had a dashing and naughty Holi.

Unfortunately, I missed it.
Anyways, Happy Holi.

“Believe it or not but ghosts exists and I can prove”

Usually, after dinner, all of we friends gather in somebody’s room and discuss any topic (studies, trips, campus life, girls, teachers, etc.). But on one unusual day the topic was about ghosts and spirits. I don’t know how it came up, but God it was damn memorable night!

Adi (what we call Aditya in short) narrated us many ghost stories, in fact he called them real life incident and he gave that touch by relating every story to his ancestors. Nobody knows whether they were real or fake, but they were truly shocking and scary. One after another, stories after stories, Oh God he has a great stock.

Govil (Ankit Govil) too started narrating the stories one after another as if trying to prove that he is no less than Adi. All others had very less to speak and so enjoyed listening to both of them.

A ghostly atmosphere was created. None was in a funny mood. We all were serious. And in this serious mood Lokesh innocently expressed his desire to call a spirit. “…are you drunk,…have you gone mad,…go to sleep…shut up f*****…”, were the things he had to hear by us. But he was serious.

At last I supported him. “Hey guys, cool down, Lokesh is not talking bullshit. I am sure that ghosts do come but it’s difficult and it requires lots of concentration”. Everyone was quite for a minute. None of us knew what to say. We just kept staring each other. The silence was broken by Reddy, ‘its okay, we can try”.


The main problem was whose ghost you are going to call. He should have died recently and he should be familiar to all who are going to call him. Don’t laugh, because we decided to call Amrish Puri’s (a well know Bollywood star who had died recently) spirit.

That night when everyone slept, we made a plan chit in Bhamri’s room. As we started, some of my friends left as they were afraid, I wont name them. The person who concentrated by keeping the finger on the bowl were me, Lokesh and Bhamri. Jaspreet, Pranjal and Ashok and Lokeshwar were sitting on the bed,

We started, for about 20 minutes we sat with our eyes closed thinking about Amrish Puri. I tried my best to think only about him, but it was difficult. When you close your eyes many things come in your mind. So nothing happened and we opened our eyes.

“Why didn’t it come?” asked Ashok. “Probably due to less concentration”, and as I said this I looked towards Lokesh and Bhamri. They said some other things too came in their mind while thinking about Amrish Puri,

And to worsen Pranjal said that he was afraid so he was thinking about God and reciting prayers in his mind.
So how come any spirit come, even if they want to?

Now when we look back, it seems quite funny. But I tell you, that night was quite frightening, at least for some and I have strong evidence for that.

This incident at least made us know who all are afraid by ghosts among us.

The Bet

“The person who studies continuously for maximum time, wins.”

And the conditions:
1. they cannot make any phone calls, of course they can receive.

2. can go to toilet if needed but should not take much time.

3. have to go for breakfast, lunch and dinner together.

4. cannot gossip with other friends.

5. cannot ask for doubts twice, within twenty minutes.

6. should not close his eyes and say that he is thinking something.

7. cannot stare outside by saying that he is thinking.

8. can give a break in unforeseen circumstances.

And in the beginning all of the participants have to give twenty rupees each, and the person winning will take away the whole amount.

I, Bhamri, Pranjal and Jaspreet dared to bet. Jaspreet gave up after 12 hours of study, Pranjal after 17 and at last I and Bhamri decided to stop studying together and share the prize money..

So we studied no more than 17 hours, yet got 20 Rs. each.


Another bet with Uday is really killing me. If I attend a class and he don’t then he will buy me a cold drink, and if he attends a class and I don’t then I have to pay for his cold drink. In case both of us attends a class or neither of us attends a class then no cold drinks. So every class costs us seven rupees.

Lets see how long it goes.

blood donation camp

I donated my precious 300ml of pure blood (B+).

have a look

Fashion Show

Today was the end of Zaphaer (intra college function). It concluded with treasure hunt, karaoke, dance competition, tale of two tunes and fashion show. So it was a very busy day.

There is nothing to mention about treasure hunt. My group didn’t win, but at least we came in the first forty teams.

Aditya is the hero of karaoke. All of we friends gathered in auditorium to cheer up Adi and group. They were awesome, really good. The song was ‘Channa Ve Ghar Aaja Ve…’. The only team which could have defeated us was GH3. Shaoni and group were too good. They were perfect, and in between we were confused if they are playing the original song.

But as usual the prizes were already fixed. Our hostel didn’t get even the third prize,

Same was the case with the dance competition, our hostel was awesome and all admitted it, yet we were not given any prize. Abhinav, a good friend of mine was also dancing and he was the best in his expressions and he danced very well. Soumya deep too showed his ‘jalwa’ on stage. Both of them performed well.

The last part of Zaphaer was the fashion show, and our hostel was the last to present it. All the participants were too good. We never expected that the competition will be so tough. The GH1 girls were definitely No.1.

From our hostel, me, Lokesh, Gaurav, Bhamri, Adi, Ashok, Dhruv, Soumyadeep, Avinash, Pranjal, Prannoy, and Punnet took part. Punnet did compering and rests all ramp walk.

I have decided the dresses. It was nothing special, I used what ever we had, and nothing on rent or new purchase. The presentation style was by Adi, he had done modeling before and he is well aware about it.

The tattoo expert, Jazzy, designed and painted awesome tattoos on Bhamri and Adi’s body. I painted Soumya’s t-shirt, and me and Lokesh painted the flag which was carried by Prannoy and Pranjal.

Ours was a nice presentation, yet we didn’t get any prize. I came to know that we were fourth, (ours was 59 points and the third was 61 and no one in between). This too was unfair in my point of view. Gh2 girls were not better than us, yet they got a prize. And the third prize winner ‘boy’s hostel 2’, they looked more like they are participating in a fancy dress competition.

Yet it was a great experience, we all enjoyed it. It was fun and I have few good memories to cherish later, in the form of some videos and photos.

But at least I got a third prize in ‘Sound of Silence’, in which one has to give his own dialogues for some movie clips.