tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74689534882308467552024-02-07T00:53:28.798-08:00SaanjhCome, Lets explore together...Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-65128224575838165532013-08-15T01:59:00.002-07:002013-08-15T01:59:41.350-07:00While I was away...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Its a long long time since I have been missing on blog front, of course you can ignore my special appearance "I-am-back" as I was not even back for a day. I had just disappeared from blogger. Sorry, sorry to all those who had visited this blog, when I was busy, <i>if there were any</i>..;)<br />
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Last few months were too eventful for me. Life was moving at a super-sonic speed. Though each of it calls for a separate post, but keeping in mind my past laziness on this blog, I'll summarize them here, and if ever get a chance, then will write in detail again.<br />
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I had already told you all about my first job. It was one fun job. Though the quality of work was not at all good, and my manager sucked. Everything apart from these two were just great. Wonderful colleagues, wonderful work culture, easy holiday and many holidays, great timings <i>(keeping in consideration my love for my beauty sleep)</i> and awesome lunches. I got some really great friends there. But I got a bigger, better opportunity last week and I had to bid my adieu to the wonderful organisation. I never knew good byes could be so difficult. Within 4 months I was so attached to everyone there that I had tears in my eyes leaving that building and actually sobbed on my way back home. I didn't knew I would be missing them all so much. Apart from all other friends I'll miss the most one of my best friends "Savera" (earlier mentioned <a href="http://eyesspeak2.blogspot.in/2012/11/saanjhan-introduction.html" target="_blank">here</a> ) who had joined the same office within a month. She had shifted from Delhi to Chandigarh only because we could be together. Last three months were so much fun with meeting her daily, our regular gossips, eating out together (even if it was rare, it was there). This goodbye is surely not meant for her, it won't effect our friendship, but still I'll miss meeting her daily. Staying in the same city yet not meeting again. I guess we have become accustomed to see each other daily. Never mind, Vodafone is going to earn a lot now and our wallets are going to have a biiiigg telephone expenses hole...:D :P<br />
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The next big thing was my new job. Now I'm a <i>Sarkari Naukar</i>. Finally got a job which was worthy of my education. Now I'm working as a manager in a PSU bank. Bigger organisation, better job profile, much better salary, everything looks so good. I got posted in my home city only, which is such a rarity that now I understand its true when people say being patient pays, though if I had a choice I'm sure I would have never been patient. ;) Bank is nothing in terms of office environment, if I compare it with my previous office. This one is hell boring. All colleagues are of my Dad's age and its always serious, quiet atmosphere here. Its just been 3 days here and I miss my old office friends a lot. Our giggles, our fun, our talks, our lunches, our youtube songs, our tea time gossips, my extra sleeping hours, less working days, everything. I guess, I have become a spoilt employee and will take a little longer to get used to this sarkari atmosphere.<br />
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And now the last but very big update, I'M ENGAGED. Getting married in February next year. This surely calls for another update, so rest to be continued, hopefully soon...;) :)<br />
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Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-48858540682817897932013-03-25T00:00:00.000-07:002013-03-25T00:00:53.367-07:00I'm back...:)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know I have been missing on blogger front since a long long time and I have no valid excuse for that. I was simply lazy or better I was out of motivation. Frustrated with other issues, I didn't want to express my anguish here. So now with the most important issue of my life solved, yes I'm FINALLY EMPLOYED...*grins*</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="bqQuoteLink"><b><i>"<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/p/paulocoelh381736.html" style="color: black; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none;" title="view quote">Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.</a><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">" ... Paulo Coelho</span></i></b></span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span></span><br />
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<span class="bqQuoteLink"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last eight months passed with wait, then anger, then disappointment, then frustration and at last helplessness. Its actually the worst feeling when you don't know what to do to improve your situation, how to achieve what you had always dreamed of. Not accepting the needed change and still hoping in the corners of you silly heart and yet knowing that your brain is telling you its-high-time-girl-let-go. This confusion is so frustrating.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="bqQuoteLink"><span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Its really difficult to forget how you had day-dreamed of your future, but I guess that is where all those change-is-necessity-of-life-quotes come from. During these eight months I have learnt one lesson of life that its not always that what you want is achieved when you had expected it to happen. Maybe its not meant to be or maybe not meant to be at this point of time. Times change, dreams change, course of action changes.And that's life..:)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Embracing a new job, taking a big time risk with my career, hoping that someday in this course I'll meet the targets I had expected to achieve, I start my professional career, my first job.. Wish me luck friends..:)</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span class="bqQuoteLink" style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;">"<a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/j/josephcamp386014.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="view quote">We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.</a>" ... </span><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Joseph Campbell</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;"><br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">Love you all.. <3 <3</span></div>
Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-35393332569978880762013-01-14T04:43:00.001-08:002013-01-14T04:43:27.051-08:00For all Maggie lovers...;)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For all the lovers of Maggie NOOLUDS, which though claims to be cooked in two MINIT, is never actually made in 2 minutes... ;) </div>
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<br /><br /><br />Any OMLET lovers also there???? :P :D</div>
Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-26797528251988250292013-01-12T12:01:00.000-08:002013-01-12T12:01:39.411-08:00Happy Lohri....:)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For all those who are unaware of this festival, let me tell you, Lohri is a festival celebrated in North India, mainly in Punjab and Haryana. This festival is celebrated by burning logs of woods in the evening and eating and dancing around it. It is celebrated at a large scale in families having newly-weds or new-born marking their first lohri. Lohri signifies the end of harsh winters and beginning of a relief from chilly winds. For farmers it marks the celebration of harvesting of their crops and so as a thanks to God as well as a part of celebration this festival is enjoyed. <div>
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I guess this sounded like an essay on 'My favourite festival' written by a student of Class V and ofcourse most of you would already be knowing about it, courtesy Veer-Zaara and plethora of other bollywood movies.. ;)</div>
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So let me give you some insight into the actual culture of Lohri, which is not shown in any bollywood movie. The major part of this festival is asking for lohri from others. Kids and ladies sing songs asking for logs of wood and food items related to winters like moongfali <i>(peanuts)</i>, fulle <i>(popcorns)</i>, gachak <i>(i have no idea what is it called in english, but its a sweet dish made of jaggery, nuts, peanuts/sesame)</i>, rewri <i>(another sweet thing made from sugar and sesame</i>), etc. In olden times it was limited to eatables, now its <strike>eatables</strike> money <i>(eatables are BOUND to be given along with money)</i>. As kids we also used to have a lot of fun asking for lohri, now it is limited to family members only. Many things have changed, but the tradational song has been the same since its inception, i.e. from the era of Akbar. Here it is,</div>
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<i>Sunder mundriye ho!<br />
Tera kaun vicharaa ho!<br />
Dullah Bhatti walla ho!<br />
Dullhe di dhee vyayae ho!<br />
Ser shakkar payee ho!<br />
Kudi da laal pathaka ho!<br />
Kudi da saalu paata ho!<br />
Salu kaun samete!<br />
Chacha gali dese!<br />
Chache choori kutti! zamidara lutti!<br />
Zamindaar sudhaye!<br />
Bum Bum bhole aaye!<br />
Ek bhola reh gaya!<br />
Sipahee far ke lai gaya!<br />
Sipahee ne mari itt!<br />
Bhaanvey ro te bhaanvey pitt!<br />
Sanoo de de Lohri, te teri jeeve jodi!<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Beautiful girl<br />
Who will think about you<br />
Dulla of the Bhatti clan will<br />
Dulla's daughter got married<br />
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The girl is wearing a red suit!<br />
But her shawl is torn!<br />
Who will stitch her shawl?!<br />
The uncle made choori!<br />
The landlords looted it!<br />
Landlords are beaten up!<br />
Lots of simple-headed boys came!<br />
One simpleton got left behind!<br />
The soldier arrested him!<br />
The soldier hit him with a brick!<br />
(Cry or howl)!<br />
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<b>My best wishes for all of you on this festival of warmth. may the fire of lohri burn away all yours sadness and sins and bring the warmth of health, happiness and joy in your lives. :) :)</b></div>
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<i>Saade pairan heth saliyan, asi durr pindan to aaiyan</i></div>
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<i> De maayi lohri, jive teri jodi</i></div>
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Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-45636653817180067132012-12-31T03:25:00.002-08:002012-12-31T03:25:58.180-08:00The year gone by....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In a few hours we will bid adieu to 2012 and
will be welcoming 2013. I won’t be out for a party (Sadly, my family won’t
allow girls alone in a party at night and keeping in mind the latest scenario
of North India, I better not ask also). Me and my friends had planned since years for
a Goa New Year with our salaries the year we become CA’s but sadly none of us
are as well employed <i>(in my case, simply employed also)</i> so as to
afford a trip, so the plan shifts to next year <i>(hopefully)</i>.So here in pretty
harsh winters I sit in my cosy blanket and write about twelve major events in
my life during 2012.</div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">1. </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">The year started with a road trip with friends
to Rang De Basanti Fort near Ludhiana. For those who don’t know about it, it is
the place where the song <i>“tu bin bataye”</i> from the movie Rang De Basanti is
being shot. Its basically the remains of a fort from olden times which has
become a popular outing spot since the movie discovered it.</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Now it was a special event because it was the
first time I went out with my friends to such a trip. <i>(I can see many eyes
rolling out on reading first, yes it is :P )</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">2. My brother who was posted in Chennai left his
job and settled into a business with his friend in Ludhiana. Though its major
event in his life and should not be listed here, but it lead to me meeting him
more often, almost every weekend<i> (which I used to wait for months during last
four years)</i>, so its a happy event for me too. :)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">3. </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">Then came my failure in CA exams which resulted
in months of slogging and sleepless nights re-reading the income tax rules and
laws. (Oh, I so hate those dreadful books, can never remember those sections, neither
at those times, not today, not in future). A quarter of the year passed with exam preparation only.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">4. </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">While I waited for my results my mom enrolled me
to a cooking course and I did learn a few dishes. Though I love cooking, but I
never had the time or opportunity to learn, so this time was well utilized and
enjoyed by me.<i> (Plus who minds the daily dose of appreciation when you cook new things at home)</i> ;)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">5. This year’s best moment and achievement any day
would be the day of my CA results. 19</span><sup style="text-indent: -18pt;">th</sup><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> July it was and I finished
off with my 5 years of hard work. Had dreamed about this prefix to my name since so long and it turned a reality this year. :)</span></div>
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major event. </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">After-all I’m not a celebrity
having multiple big events in my life to choose from, so I have to find them as
I had started with writing about 12, it being 2012<i> (Wonder what I’ll do in
2025, if I write then)</i>. So birthday was quite a fun affair with friends and
family. </span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">7.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">In August my brother gifted me a guitar, and I
finally started learning one after wishing and dreaming about learning music
since my childhood. But I’m still at the chords friends. Quite slow I know, but I'm very irregular there and to top it all a month after I joined it, the academy was sold out and was shut for more than a month <i>(I never knew I could be such a torture)</i>. :D</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">8.<span style="font-size: 9px;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">September bought with it the wedding season and
the first one I attended was of my best friend. The first wedding among my
friends and it started the dreaded topic of my wedding too. Gosh, I hate it when
relatives and family members say <i>“beta padhai te khatam ho gayi, hun agla kaam
karo, naukri eko vaari shuru kari jithe hamesha li rehna hai</i>” (Child, you have
finished with your studies, now go for the next work i.e. wedding. Search for a
job after you permanently settle down). Thanks to my mom-dad who had promised
to marry my brother first, <i>So thankfully I’m safe till I find a bhabhi.</i> ;)</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -18pt;">9.<span style="font-size: 9px;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">This year a major portion of my time had been
involved in disappointing </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">job-hunting
with no results till date. It led to so many trips from Chandigarh-Delhi, that
I no longer find it a big deal if I have to travel to Delhi. Being unemployed for almost six months now, it has been a major reality-check year for me. Brought down my many expectations and has increased the value of job for me. I don't think I will ever take it for granted now.</span></div>
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</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">In October I went for a family trip to Kerala
and it was so beautiful . Kerala is a wonderful place, a must visit for all
nature and peace loving people out there. 10 days of ultimate bliss it was. Thoroughly enjoyed the break. :)</span></div>
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</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">November finally marked my entry to the blogging
world and I’m so excited about it. Don’t know how long it would last, or
whether I will have any readers or not, but yes it will surely give me so
memories to read along in future. <i>(Its so difficult to find fodder for blog posts :O )</i></span></div>
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</span><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"><i>12-12-12</i>, till last year I so made fun of people
making big deals of such dates. But this year I did too. It was my brother’s
birthday and I was hell bent on making it special and was successful in it.
Weeks of planning and preparations, it went so well, surprising him to the
core. This date will always remain a beautiful memory in our hearts. :)</span></div>
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Here’s another year passing by. Hoping the coming year comes
in with a positive note and brings out success in personal and professional
lives of each one of us, I wish all of you a very happy and prosperous 2013.</div>
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Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-84345292376930740852012-12-20T02:54:00.004-08:002012-12-20T02:54:41.053-08:00World Ending...Nah!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The date seems to give cold sweats to many… Maya calendar says the world will
end tomorrow. Some celestial attack or a catastrophe or </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">godknowswhat</i><span style="font-size: small;">.. Doomsday it
will be, that’s what people believe in. I actually was shocked to read that in
a survey it was found out that 9 out of 10 people believe the world will end tomorrow.
. Are you kidding me?? Can people
seriously get so superstitious or am I the only abnormal inhumane person
alive???<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Cola’ which was aired for the first time somewhere around this date only
showing a ray of positivity, a ray of hope. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ummeed Wali Dhoop<br />
Sunshine Waali Aasha<br />
Rone Ki Wajah Kam Hain<br />
Hansne Ke Bahane Zyada</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;">(The sunshine of hope,</span></span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;">the hope of sunshine..</span></span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;">there are lesser reasons to cry,</span></span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;">and more excuses to laugh..</span>)</span><br />
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<b style="text-align: start;"><span style="background: white;">Zid
Hai Muskurayenge<br />
Khush Rehne Ka Hai Waada</span></b><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;">(It's our stubbornness, we'll smile,</span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;">it's a promise to stay happy..</span>)</span><br />
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<b style="text-align: start;"><span style="background: white;">Umeed
Wali Dhoop<br />
Sunshine Waali Asha<br />
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Tum Dil Se Agar Poochhoge<br />
Woh Khush Rehna Hi Chaahe<br />
Jab Sachche Mann Se Maango<br />
Toh Khul Jaati Hain Raahein<br />
Toh Khul Ke Khushi Lutao<br />
Ye Kya Aadha-Aadha</span></b><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;">(If you ask the heart,</span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;">it always wants to be happy<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;">when you wish with a pure heart,</span></span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background: white;"><span style="text-align: start;">the paths open on their own,</span><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="text-align: start;">so distribute joy freely,</span></span><br style="text-align: start;" />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="text-align: start;">what's this half-hearted thing..</span>)</span><br />
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</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Wish everyone gets the underline message. And all those who actually survive tomorrow (pun intended :D..) learn to look for that silver lining in the cloud and be more hopeful and optimistic in life... Live everyday, every moment, If you start thinking about the end and what to do now that it is going to end, I'm sure you will not do what you actually wanted to do in you life. Death is inevitable, so why fear it. Live life as it comes... :) :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">PS: After reading that article, I actually tried to think if it the last day tomorrow what would I like to do, and I couldn't shortlist and prejudice among so many of my wishes...;)</span></span></div>
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Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-27854184810070466712012-12-04T11:32:00.001-08:002012-12-05T01:01:04.815-08:00The Ghost Story...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“<b>Jo tenu dekhiya, saansein gayi
tham, saari saari raat soye na hum</b>”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I’m not in awe with this latest romantic number in the <s>ever-so-loved
</s> voice of the <i>Nasal Voice King</i> Mr. Himesh Reshammiya. Take the lyrics of this
song literally and that will describe the essence of this post. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last week, the tellywood as well as bollywood both were
possessed with spirits. Be it the new show on Sony TV “<i>Anamika</i>” (though I have not seen it, just saw the promos) or the
latest movie from The Mr. Perfectionist “<i>Talaash</i>”,
both were themed on the concept of spirits and ghosts. I saw this movie
yesterday, and during the movie itself I had started imagining about my next
blog post. I normally concentrate on movie only, but couldn’t enjoy this one
much, because of a dumb friend of mine, who had posted the suspense of the movie on facebook, so the
thought process started there itself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bhoot.. Pret… Aatma… Chudail… Vashikaran… Ghosts… Spirits… Witches..And
don’t know how many more descriptions. In India itself they have different
names in different states. While I thought about doing some research on this
topic, (though I couldn’t find much relevant things other than people’s
incidents with these ghosts) I did came across this interesting post on names
of different ghosts in India. I have no idea about its truth and genuineness,
but if interested you can give it a read here…
<a href="http://www.paranexus.org/index.php?action=blog&bact=memberart&member=229&blogid=6&article=120&where=Member_Article" target="_blank">http://www.paranexus.org/index.php?action=blog&bact=memberart&member=229&blogid=6&article=120&where=Member_Article</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I actually don’t have a strong belief in these <i>assumed-to-be-restless</i> supernatural
creatures, but they are believed to be there, to be present around us. Both
good and evil spirits are assumed to be there. Either they have an incomplete
mission, or they died an untimely or cruel death, or their bodies were not
cremated properly, or they came for revenge, there are ‘n’ number of stories related to
them. Some believe, some are completely against there existence, some have actually faced them and some like me are
confused. I have heard people telling stories they experienced or others told
them, so somewhere in a corner of my heart I think they might be there, but if
I consider the scientific approach towards life and death, and listen to my
brain then it scraps such thoughts as mere foolishness and superstition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tales of ghosts tell they have inverted feet, don’t have a
shadow, can be seen in mirrors, normally come in white clothes, normally stay inverted on peepal trees, are
afraid of steel and fire, run away when you chant the name of God, possess you
through milk, via hair, or through any belonging of yours. Kids in school are
always so excited about such things and have a keen interest in calling the
spirits of dead by drawing circles on paper, using candles and coins, etc. And
how can I forget to mention they are the <i>rozi-roti
</i>(bread and butter) of loads of tantriks and babas in India, who earn in the
name of freeing you from these evil spirits. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> But here in Punjab
bhoots or ghosts have a very important usage in our daily usage idioms. <b><i>“Bhoot sawaar ho gaya”</i></b>(being
obsessed by ghosts) refers to an obsession for something which the other
persons finds irrational. <b><i>“Bhoot
banya hoeya hai” </i></b>(you have turned into a ghost) is used to describe
your looks are shabby and messy. <b><i>“Tera bhoot utarna paega”</i></b> (will have
to free you from the ghost) is a sort of warning to make people understand
something. And how can we forget even Akshay Kumar helped them in their
publicity with his song in the movie ‘Singh is King’, <b><i>tenu ghodhi kinhe chadaya bhootni
ke </i></b>which here refers to the groom’s mother to be evil like a ghost. When
I was young my grandmother used to hate me leaving my hair open after having a
head bath, and she used to scare me saying if you roam around in open hair
outside the house, the chudail(witch) will stick to you via your hair from the
trees (in crude punjabi words<b style="font-style: italic;">, je khule waalan nal bahar ghumi, te pedh
nal latki chudail tenu chimbadh jaegi</b>).</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scary, creepy, imaginary, interesting, haunted, dark, horrifying,
terrible, disgusting, whatever you say, but you surely can’t ignore these
not-so-present- but-still-present creatures.
Do share your list of any ghost experiences you had or heard of.</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><img src="http://www.me-ensemblo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/BhootReturns.jpg" /></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>PS:</b> I’m sure
tonight they will come and scare me to death in my dreams, I have used ‘creatures’
word for them so many times in this post, many of them might feel offended... <b><i>Does this sound like I’m believing in their
existence… </i>;)</b></span></div>
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Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-60403595313255439802012-11-24T05:17:00.001-08:002012-11-24T05:17:07.695-08:00Journey of becoming a CA...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was in eighth standard when my Dad (who works in a PSU
bank) used to tell me about auditors coming to bank and being treated like
kings and, that was my first introduction to the world of CA (Chartered
Accountants). And then and there I had decided what I had to do and then had
started the series of fascination of a beautiful and interesting future.</div>
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Next when my twelfth class ended I was all set to give my
first shot at being “The Revered” CA. I gave the entrance exam and wohaaa I
cleared it with distinction. People congratulated as if I had done a unique
job, and I, I was on top of the world, feeling as if I had won the First World
War. Now dreams started that I will go to office, own multiple formals, have my
own cabin, attend meetings, will earn MY money and spend it as I wish. </div>
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Day of entry to the office, dreams shattered. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was nothing corporate; forget about a
separate cabin, the complete office was fitted into a cabin. Dreams of
meetings, I didn’t even had time to meet my family and friends. People enjoyed
their college life, for me it was a big problem handling it along with office
and coaching classes. My day started and 5 am and I left home around 5:30-6am
and entered back home at 8-9pm. Every day same routine, not for a week, a month,
a year, but for 3 ½ huge years. As for money, I should not expose my profession,
but the amount to be paid per month to trainees (articles as we are called) is
less than the daily wages of a labourer, and we work 6 days a week for 9-10 hours,
(which extends to 12-13 hours for two months in the year, during our peak
period of work). Then we also need to give our exams which are renowned for
their level of difficulty, and for that you literally have to beg for leave
from office from your boss, which though is granted for at maximum a month but
requires you to eat your ego and self respect and literally cry and beg in
front of your boss and which he in the end grants as a mercy to you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still time went by with many bittersweet
memories. </div>
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Then came the second set of exams which I gave in two
groups. Cleared the first group in first attempt and voila I was again up to
the sky, flying away, forgetting all the pains and problems of reaching there.
When the second group came, I tasted my first failure of life and it pained, it
surely did. But when you have your friends along, the pain subsides and you get
the strength to work again. Time flew by, exams finished and the result day
came. This time it was a green signal and a big party time. World War two also finished
finally. </div>
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Half battle won, now only left with the last set of exams.
World War three and man it was dreadful. It involved loads and loads of
sleepless nights and tiring classes (in which we slept). Again gave the exams
in two sets and again got success in the first group in first attempt. But as
it is said, history repeats itself and so did it. I again failed in the second
group and this time it was trauma. Not because of failure but because of fear
of studying all those books again. We had a terrible time. A friend of mine (who
I know will understand when she will read this one) was with me during this
journey. This journey of ours was full of dreams as well as hard work. We cried
together, laughed together, studied together, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dreamt together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exams went by well and we were hoping for our
luck to work, which holds an extremely important place in CA exams. Now the
wait for the dreaded results lead to weaving of new dreams in our hearts.
Finally study will be over, we will get into our dream jobs and earn( no mint)
money like anything and we will spend those green and red leaves of money as if
actual leaves flow with the wind…(You feel this is getting over the board, then
no we actually wanted to shop like hell). Corporate lives, two vacations a
year, our due Goa trip (for which we have planned a zillion times), loads of
shopping, exotic luncheons and dinners. Then came the much awaited result
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We both were in a job interview for
one of our dream companies on the result day. Being separated from our family
and from each other in that procedure, I saw the result on my phone sitting
alone in that room, waiting to be called for my interview while she was sitting
in a bus returning to her home place after her interview. As soon as I saw the
result on my phone, I was called in for the interview. I couldn’t scream in
happiness, I couldn’t hug anyone, I couldn’t cry with happiness, I couldn’t even
inform my family and friends that the battle has been won, World War three is
over. Waited for that round to finish, I found a single acquaintance friend of
mine and she hugged me congratulating me for my success, but I still longed for
the feeling of being congratulated by loved ones. I called my companion of this
war, my dear friend and we literally shouted on the phones, I am a CA, we were
the newly crowned CAs and we were loving it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interviews
got finished, results came and I was rejected. The feeling of happiness got
somewhere submerged as I got to know the truth that I was still not worth that
job, my dream job. Family members chided my disappointment saying that many
more opportunities will come, this was one job, there are many out there. You
are qualified professional now and now there’s no looking back Happiness again
came back, I was joyous. Congratulations messages and calls flowed in. Facebook
wall full of wishes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My parents and
brother boasted of me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People who never
even knew I were also living in that house came and congratulated me as if was
the new selected minister from the vicinity. People looked at me with a new
respect. My views were now considered important. So much happiness that all the
pains of training, studying, that monotonous routine, those failures,
everything was forgotten.</div>
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Its been four months since me qualifying and I’m still
jobless and so is my dear friend. Getting frustrated each day, that was all
that pain and struggle of five years worth it??? Has it been the biggest wrong decision
of my life??? Will it always be a regret that we chose this course?? College mates
who enjoyed those years when we CA students slogged our asses out, are well employed
and earning well and we are looking for jobs endlessly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Juniors from school who are still doing B.Tech
from not so very reputed colleges are also already placed through their campus
and we who are among the few qualified professionals are still waking up
aimlessly every day and lazing our day out and sleeping again dissatisfied. Though
this journey has given me the world’s best friends for which I will always be
thankful. But still the basic need is not being fulfilled, there are no jobs
out there, and there’s no fun waiting every day, hoping to listen to some good
news.</div>
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Family members and friends console that this is your time, enjoy
yourself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You have worked very hard for many
years, now have a relaxed time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will
get jobs, such processes take time, have patience. But how to make them understand
that it is easier said than done. Its very difficult to get up every day with
nothing to do, logging in 10 times a day to check if you have got any important
mail. Passing the day with TV, oversleeping, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>facebook (on which I log in 20 times a day,
just to see that there’s no activity there also. It feels as if no one other
than me has time to log in and idle away on fb also). </div>
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Though I sound like the world’s biggest pessimist in this
post, still trying my level best to keep patience and faith and wait for this
fourth world war to end too. Waiting for the day, when I will again be so happy
that I will forget these days also and will once again feel on the top of the
world. </div>
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Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-4257332082474745772012-11-17T01:15:00.003-08:002012-11-17T01:15:46.012-08:00Who's the biggest fan????<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I being a girl-next-door type normal Indian girl, whom I guess are all affected by the <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Television-serials syndrome</i>, so watching daily soaps is a part of my daily regime, and I guess of many of you too. Though the frequency changes. Sometimes its just one show, sometimes it like all of them but as I had already mentioned it in my first post, I’m absolutely free these days so these TV shows occupy a major chunk of my day, so I thought of dedicating this post to the ever-so-important- necessity of our survival TV Soaps <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(I mean only Indian TV soaps, as I’m more fond of them)</i>.</div>
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Talking about Indian Serials I guess there had been three major phases till date.</div>
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First starting with “Shanti” which I remember only for Mandira bedi who wore a typical black ‘arrow shaped’ bindi, which became such a huge fashion trend that every Aunty of your mohalla, every teacher of your school used to adorn her forehead with that painted arrow matching to the colour of her dress.</div>
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Next came the era of “Kyunki Saas bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” which brought into light the godess of saas-bahus ‘Tulsi’ accompanied by her <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">who’s the</i> <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">best-bahu</i> competitor ‘Parvati’ and the<i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vamp of Vamps</i> ‘Komolika’ and then came the trend of Heavy sarees, jewellery, curled single hair strand flicks and then wherever you went you saw every lady becoming a <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TV bahu clone</i>.</div>
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Last being the latest era of “Balika Vadhu” which though didn’t brought any major <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TV fashion trend</i>, but it did brought a big change to TV concepts like the other two did. Along with that it led to a change in the mentality of the TV viewers. And I guess with time the loyal fans who showed their love towards their TV idols by adorning their fashion trends, starting differentiating among actual fashion trends and modes of showing their loyalty. With advancements in technology and internet, came in our lives facebook and other online forums and blogs and people showered their love for these shows and stars on these mediums. Some of them being enlisted by me here.</div>
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Today we have multiple fan pages of every hit TV show on every networking site, and there followers being in millions <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(yes they actually are, and I’m also on of these in few of them…only 2 of them actually)</i>.</div>
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Then there are loads of people writing fan-fictions ( i.e. stories which people imagine and write keeping in mind their favourite <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TV-jodis and let me tell you they are not less than any serial or novel, many of them being actually far better</i>) and making Video-Mixes ( videos in which audios of different songs are used as background score and various scenes and pics of their stars are used to make new videos <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, you can find loads of them on youtub</i>e).</div>
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Also the way old method of fan-mails and gifts is still there, though made easy by many news channels who have dedicated 1-2 hour <i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">daily</i> shows based on the “reel and real” lives of these TV stars. They collect such gifts and fan mails in bulk and send those cartons to the respective stars and capture their moments of ‘Wow!!’ and ‘Thanx’ and ‘Love you all’. I had actually recently seen in one such news show someone sending an i-phone5 to one of the TV show lead females<i style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Man someone plz send me so many gifts and I will repeat these words throughout the day).</i></div>
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Then people signing petitions to channels and production houses to stop ending their favourite show or requesting a new season.</div>
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People having a disc-party in their cities on same day, same time marking the success of their loved actors and shows.</div>
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Loads of fans sending hate-mails to a movie actress who was supposedly doing a role in a movie with one the TV stars which was expected to cause that hero to leave the show.</div>
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People celebrating ‘real’ birthdays of those actors and ‘reel’ birthdays of those characters.</div>
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People including many among us too, get swayed away with these shows so much that we can’t differentiate between the fiction and reality.</div>
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Some say its love, some say its being crazy, some say its being a loyal fan, whatever you say these people do exist. They were there, are there and will always continue to show their love and support to these actors/characters/shows.</div>
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What do you think???Please do share your fan experiences (if you had any)..</div>
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Love you all..</div>
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Eyes-speakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02282818389886144378noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7468953488230846755.post-26857283234766254122012-11-16T08:52:00.002-08:002012-11-16T08:52:46.182-08:00Saanjh...An Introduction..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hiii friends and fellow bloggers..<br />
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Hereby I start my blogging journey with this post.. This is my first ever writing experience, so please bear with me..<br />
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<b>“Saanjh”</b> The name of my blog came from two ideas..<br />
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First the Punjabi word Saanjh which means togetherness, so here I wish to blend with many of you through our words and together we make beautiful relations and explore the “World of Words”…<br />
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And the second one is my major inspiration to come to the blogging world. It’s my dearest friend who already owns a beautiful blog <a href="http://i-am-heretoo.blogspot.in/">http://i-am-heretoo.blogspot.in/</a> (Do give it a look). Her blog is named ‘Savera’ and as I am completely inspired by her to write so I dedicate my blog’s name to her as ‘Saanjh’ meaning evening which follows the Savera’ i.e. morning. So following her, here I am on blogger.<br />
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We both are newly qualified Chartered Accountants (<i>and still not settled into our ‘dream-type’ jobs</i>) and love to read and discuss actually every damned thing possible in this world. So in one of our many worldly discussions (<i>which used to start as a study discussion, during our CA final exams, but never continued as one</i>) we started sharing blogs and our wishes to write. Though she writes really well, I never had that writing instinct but being absolutely free (<i>berozgaar in crude terms</i>) and having no other time pass than sleeping or watching the great ‘saas-bahu’ or ‘romeo-juliet’ type TV serial, here I try my hand at penning down my ramblings.<br />
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Hope I write something worth reading in the coming times.<br />
Love you all</div>
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