Events

A lot has happened lately. And I have been having one of those things people like to call "Writer's block", as in, I haven't been able to write anything. Had atleast 3 posts in my head before I shifted to Noida from Bangalore (yes yes, I am just getting to why this happened). And any further thoughts I had, had to wait for me to write these posts first. Because I like to write stuff in chronological order. (I also have to write testimonials of a lot of people on orkut).

Anyways those 3 can wait, I am getting on with this new one just to fend off the powerful demon, the block thing.

Yeah, so like I said, I shifted base. From Bangalore to Noida. New job. And God knows I loved Bangalore. A lot of people don't like it, but I liked that city a lot. It had that vibe about it which gave me a perpetual high. I was staying with some of my closest friends of college and had found a lot of new awesome friends in a very short time. Also I was doing a lot of stuff there, like french class (more friends :-) ), salsa class for a while, and Gym. I miss all those. But to be honest I am quite positive about Noida as well. Heres why :

New places excite me, as in, one can start over and apply the lessons one learnt at the previous place. I learn a lot of lessons, at least I like to think that I do. Anyways getting back to Noida. So a lot of college friends here as well, but we don't stay together, yet. From June/July onwards we will. So that'll be remedied. Staying in a house full of college friends (full as in 5 of us) is always a lot of fun. Noida is hot. The weather. Its pretty harsh. Bangalore scores easily here. However the traffic congestion is much lesser here and one can ride the bike much more happily (if it is evening and the Sun God has decided to be merciful). However the blanket of dust causes its own problems. God why doesn't it rain here (like in Bangalore :p) ?

Anyways. Forgetting that. Good thing about leaving places is that you get a lot of gifts. I got two books as part of these gifts. "The kite runner" and The curious incident of the dog in the night time.

I didn't give a link to The kite runner 'coz it is pretty famous and most people would already know about it. I have found that creative works (movies, books, short stories et al) influence me a lot, at least temporarily, no mostly temporarily. I often go back to the old rigmarole pretty soon. But in the short term they do. Like, I don't know if you have noticed but my writing style in this post has changed a little. Its been inspired by the second book. The most distinct thing about the book is indeed its unique writing and the way the story is told, in first person, by an autistic 15 year old boy. Its quite an interesting read.

The kite runner is pretty amazing as well. More so, 'coz it is the author's first novel.



It inspires a lot of feelings in you and is also informative about Afghan lifestyle before, during and after the Soviet invasion and then the Taliban. Its one of those books people like to call "must reads". Coming to think of that, I haven't read a lot of these must reads yet. Like Shantaram, Atlas shrugged, The Fountainhead et al.



This one is good for its unique and interesting writing style, like I said. I would definitely recommend this book.

Ok, so looks like I am back in my writing blogs groove. Very well. On that positive note, I'll conclude this post.

Cheers!

Venkat.

RIMC classified us. Into sections. Chandragupta was the funniest, or so I thought in my first few days at school. Lone Ghoshal, only one first termer in that section! Hell ! I thought. That guy wud go crazy. Certainly. And then the rest started trickling in, each special in his own way. One of them was Venkat.

Funniest surname I had heard uptil then. Venkat kee ass pe rumal. Or so he was christened.
By Bhawani I guess.Black and round. With a funny smile on his face. Good at debates. Soon I saw him running the atheletics A div or something it was called. That ass and atheletics !!
This guy was made of sterner stuff ! And looks were deceptive.

Further down our time, when the infamous class 2 incident happened. I remember Venga as a morale boosting voice in times which were difficult for all of us, as a class.

Then he formed Pirates !

From there on, Venga was this cool, rebel kinda guy. Who did things passionately. He wasnt particularly tall, a little plump as well, but see him play basketball and you knew what venga was about. In the later years, I have a distinct memory of him walking around with Ghosh saying things like "yum yum".. and other silly rhyming jokes.

I remember walking around Chandragupta dorms and coming across Venkat's table. He had scribbled there : "Great men are not born great, but they become great because they toil hard when others sleep ".

The kitroom incident and then the relegations left a void in each of our hearts. With Venga going in another class and 5 A being hectic, I guess my contact with one of the best guys of
our class became infrequent. It was all downhill from there.

I am sorry for not keeping in touch. If only we could have talked more ..I thought we had all our lives to do that. "Whats the hurry". From how things have turned out..I guess, thats a misplaced notion.

Cheers to Venkat.