Thursday, May 19, 2005

An old friend comes calling

An old friend of mine wants to meet me. We were in the same school and were good friends. Later on he moved on and did well for himself. Unlike me he is a multifaceted person having various interests which were and are absolutely different from mine. Though he had never
misbehaved with me ever in school i feel as if he had just "endured" me. Though he never enjoyed chaating with me, I dont know why he persisited in doing so throughout the school days. Anyways he has moved on and is now enjoying his professional life. Now he has come back
to the city and wants to meet me. Should i meet him? People will generally think that this is a obnoxious question which shows my snobbish attitude.
However I have my own far different reasons. I would be very glad to meet him and discuss the good old school days. However i feel that once the nostalgic reminiscences of school days come to an end, we shall be left with no topic to talk about. Our interest are totally different and there is hardly any common interest. As a result he will get bored within an hour.........infact he will rue that he wasted his time talking to me.
He wants to enjoy his vacation as he has come back home after a long time. I feel that he shall enjoy more if he goes to a pub or a movie instead of meeting him. What do I do? Should i make up some lame excuse and avoid him? I am a straight forward person, so I cant discuss abt topics I am disinterested in. So no point in pretending like a person I am not. On the other hand whether he likes it or not I can meet him and talk about the past. What should I do?

Today one of my closest pals Manas left kgp for greener pastures. I bid him adieu with a heavy heart and wish him all the best.

Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Goodbye btechs!

I am now a btech though unofficially. All formalities including eval, viva etc is complete.The last year of my stint at kgp has started and by this time next year i shall be an alumni. My btech batchmates are slowly leaving this place and the evenings are full of last get togethers n farewells. Every1 is very sento at leaving this place. It was indeed a gr8 four years and it was a lifetime experience meeting so many new ppl comong frm so diverse backgrounds. I think I have met all types of people possible. From people having razor sharp minds, desperate workaholics, lazy geniuses,computer gaming freaks, programming studs, maggus,studs,drug addicts, great athletes........they are all unique characters unique in their own way.
I bid all my fiends adieu and wish them all the best for the rest of their lives. Yeh zindaagi bahut lambi hai kabhi na kabhi mulaakaat ho jayegi.
On a lighter note watched " Main Aisa hi hoon" today. After a long time i came across a sensible hindi film in the true sense of the word. I dont think it is going to be a hit with the masses for there is no " masaala", no action as such. However it potrays the wonderful relationship which an autistic father has with his daughter and an extremely busy and successful lawyer has with her son. Ajay Devgan as the autistic father has been equally matched by the brilliant lawyer Sushmita Sen. I think both Ajay Devgun and Sushmita Sen will come in the top 3 actors and actresses today. Sushmita Sen might not have the looks of Aishwarya Rai, but her personality and sheer screen presence is unmatched. She is not suited for dances around trees but serious meaningful roles are her forte. Here too she plays her role with elan. What can be said of Ajay Devgun? He is just too good n barring SRK none can match him. All in all it was good relevant, senti movie which the "average" moviegoer will dislike.