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The Accidental Roommate
Roommate : College Memories : Blog
The Beginning
On a random evening, when the leaves on the pathway were yet to be swept, the campus was peaceful and serene, yet to be disturbed by human intervention of the coming batch, I reached here. On the gate, I was welcomed by the security guards and checked my name in the list of new students that was put near the gate.
The registration of students and allotment of their rooms was due for the next day, so they made some temporary arrangement for those who arrived early.“There is another guy who has come this morning, he is staying in room number A-6. Should we allow you the next room or are you willing to share the room with him?” asked the security guard. Being new to the campus and afraid of being alone, I chose the latter option.
We were allotted separate rooms the next day but hoped to convince our respective roommates to swap. Call it misfortune of my good fortune, my roommate was not keen to shift (I guess he was a strong believer of Vastu-Shastra). The guy I stayed with on the first night, wasn’t allotted any roommate. As soon as I came to know this, irrespective of the several emails from the college authorities asking us not to change our allotted rooms, I picked up my luggage and shifted to his room.It was 2014 then, and it is 2016 now, the decision which was then an option, became a choice for me. This choice resulted in lots of memories, times of joy, laughter, arguments, smiles, stories of travel and a journey full of mouth-watering food. It happened accidentally, but we remained roommates for these years.
The mid-way
He had a personality that was in contrast to mine. Calm, composed, having an aura of solace around him. We began as roommates and eventually became companions, friends for a lifetime! Our arguments were usually replaced by understanding. Perhaps, when two persons with opposite personalities meet, a phase of the war is expected. But not here, at least one had a sense of acceptance and nature to forget the grudges and move on. This logic is not restricted to couples. This holds true for the parent-child relationship, or even for a simple friendship. In our case, he was the one who knew when to drop the matter and avoid further arguments.Though he was younger to me, I learnt several things from him. Whether it was his calmness, his profound understanding of things, or the time he dedicated to eating he did everything with ease, peace and patience. Sometimes I noticed that even after having such a laidback attitude, he enjoyed his life, whereas others panicked and ran around like madmen to complete their stuff.
The mid-way continued…
The first year passed, and without a second thought, we chose to be together in the second year as well. By this time we rarely needed words to express our feelings. Many times our silence was the answer, or laughter explained everything. To some extent our choices complemented. Whether it was having food at a particular joint or running back to our homes in whatever free time we could find, or keeping the room dark with fewer lights, we rarely debated or argued on it. It was understood what the other wanted or is comfortable with.
As the season of placements dawned upon us, we too ran the race. He got placed in a very reputed telecom company. Today, after two months of his selection, a mail from his recruiter came. They have given him a joining date from the next week. We were aware of this, but just the thought of him leaving in such a short time sent shivers down my body.
Relationships are described by a set of standard words and so is hatred. But in the midst of these extremes, what we tend to forget are those small, tiny, peaceful relations which we make in a short time and which stay with us for a lifetime.The Closing
My mornings for the next month won’t be the same again. The dependency on him for many things. Starting with making my laptop work, or waking me up early will all be shifted to my shoulders. I doubt that anyone else would be as concerned for my interview rejections as he was. I doubt that anyone makes insult me so much with the intention to work harder for my next interview. Maybe there will be no one in my room during exams to scold me and abuse me for not studying. The obsession that I have with my phone will irritate no one now. No one will ask me to “restrain from using the phone for a day” on his birthday as a gift.
I don’t feel like expressing my affection for my accidental roommate anymore. Maybe just a smile or a laugh while he goes will make him understand how I feel deep inside. But one thing is for sure; that the life we lived in the college campus will reside in our memories forever.
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20 Facts of being SINGLE.
20 Facts of being SINGLE is for fun. Firstly, there are obviously those people whose LOVE LIFE is flying high, And then, there are those people who juggle a lot with their GIRLFRIENDS {they too at least have a love life}, If, unfortunately, you fall in either of the above-mentioned categories, then please don’t read further, it will be a waste of time for you.
This matter is not a pure work of fiction and its resemblance to any living or dead person is indeed not coincidental. But it has nothing to do with either of the writers. It is not based on their lives. How or what and why the writers’ life exists, is not a topic of discussion here. All they want to convey is that this article is not based on their lives. It may be inspired by their lives, but it is not based on their lives.
20. Facts of Being Single
1. Firstly, only the singles can have this idea, time and patience of writing: “20.Facts of being SINGLE”, because the committed are either in an intoxicated jovial mood that drives them befuddled or have become a maudlin which we more often address as ‘Devdas’ or those who are poor and helpless souls who will be informed by their partners that they should not be interested in such things.
2. Singles have less number of friends but they are friend-zoned more. We are sure you will be able to make out what we want to say if you are single. If you are committed and still reading this, STOP! You won’t understand how euphoric life is to them.
3. Singles feel proud and famous when any girl asks their name or just for the sake asks: “How are you doing?”
4. And when they click a picture with a girl it’s like receiving an Oscar.
5. Singles are the ones who give advice and suggestions about a relationship to all people even more than the committed ones do. Yes, they do, and with such expertise that sometimes even the committed ones doubt “Is that what all happens in a relationship?”Go On !!
6. The people who actually read any articles like “the qualities women look in men to be their boyfriend” are singles. Surprisingly, the people who write such articles are singles too.
7. They just observe and curse when they see committed couples walking together, hand in hand, and think what’s wrong with them.
8. Even the voting ink lasts on finger longer than relationship these days and still, they remain single all time.
9. They are the first ones to like or comment on girl’s post or comment. The first ones to know which movie releases when. And yes, the first ones to even break the news of Aditya Chopra getting married to Rani Mukherjee.TAKE A BREAK BEFORE YOU READ THE NEXT
10. They firmly believe that they deserve someone like Miss World or Miss Universe and they won’t settle for anything less than that, and so they end up being single.
11. They strongly believe that “Axe deodorant” helps you to get attention among girls.
12. Even if they go out with a girl for dinner, their priority is to eat food and not the girl.
13. They are the ones who will wait for every IPL match even when they know that many of the matches are fixed, and still they are the exciting ones as they don’t have anything else to do.
14. They also believe that Sonam Kapoor should have fallen for Dhanush, no matter at what cost, in movie Ranjhana.{Singles sentiments are always with other singles }
15. They feel Sunny Leone is the ideal sanskari bahu.
16. They fall in love every time they see a beautiful girl “jab bhi koi ladki dekhun,mera dil deewana bole, ole ole ole”, but mostly only they themselves know about their true love.
17. They do not like hearing girls talk about love. Because anyhow that feelings are not for THEM.
18. They don’t keep the “do not disturb service” deactivated on their cell phones, because they are not at all disturbed, and also, that increases the probability of hearing a girl’s voice.
19. Moreover, they don’t need to carry their cell phones 24*7 with them. Why? Because they don’t have the privileges to hear “Awwww..so sweet of you my baby” on their phone.
20. And finally Singles even dream that writing such article and posting on blog will make them famous among women and they will become chick magnets.- By Abhishek Mazumdar & Ramta Jogi
20 Facts of being SINGLE.
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The Post-Lockdown resume
The Post lockdown Resume.
Your profile needs to be edited. The experience section needs to be updated in your resume. A separate segment of your learning in the last two months needs to be highlighted. Not only certifications shared on LinkedIn but the takeaways of your overall professional and/or mental growth, as well as understanding, should be highlighted on your resume.
One thing we all must agree that this lockdown due to COVID19 left us with a thought to take a step back and introspect. It can be in terms of what went wrong or what right needs to be done in future. It can be with respect to business, jobs or even our self at large.
I understand many people in and around us will debate and argue about the mental stress of extra working hours and a tensed situation due to layoffs, leaf them so exhausted that they did not get any time or motivation to learn and upgrade with any other certification.
But as I mentioned, it can be either mental or professional learning.
For all the work experience, we already have a Pre lockdown resume.
COVID19 came to us like that uninvited guest whom we didn’t even know. It took our address from some distant relatives of ours and visited us, giving us curiosity, anxiety and fear with each day passing.
The country got deserted and people got caged within their 4 walls. But wasn’t that even an experience? Even this learning must have made us draw certain conclusions on various factors of life and business.
With my experience of 7 years in Sales, I have realised that not always the best person with a typical theoretical knowledge is able to achieve targets on the ground. It is always the one who understands the situation from heart and mind altogether, creates an internal conflict and solves it thoroughly, makes a difference.
It is the EQ that counts more than IQ and what makes the difference is the combination of both.
And to have such an understanding, this lockdown presented you with one of the toughest life situations. To be present in it, managing domestic and professional life altogether. Handling overtime working hours and still managing household chores, Being laid off from Job and still trying to maintain a strong mental behaviour focusing on the way ahead.
This time gave us the freedom we always planned but never took. Freedom to introspect, dig deep and even enhance our knowledge learn new experience and note the learning from it.
Many corporations on their own took this step of enhancing the learning of their employees which definitely must yard better results in the coming months. In other cases, the individual took it on themselves to do the same.
The ones who did this and stayed focus on the best of both (the mental and intellectual) learning, got many such lessons which will help them to decide where the future lies.
The shift from physical to virtual in its complete sense was another aspect of growth. I realised that we have grown up with the concept of Peer to peer learning which always took place in person and also how the corporate environment affects your growth was the idea thrown to us during all corporate meetings. And now we were left with none.
So?
Are the learnings and growth not possible now?
Since ages, it has always been the humans who stood up for their needs. And the ones who did, thrived.
Instead of blaming, let us consider it as a phase of transition and discovery. Somewhere nature had pressed the reset button and now we are back to basics. So that eventually makes us the creators of the new world. It is how we will toil hard now and design it, paves the ways for the future.
So let’s decide what changes we made and how those changes made us in the last two months.
Whether it is,
On working hours?
In coordination virtually?
Or on the impact on productivity?
How was the mental state?
And in case you got sufficient spare time, where did you invest this time in?
There should be a post lockdown resume.
All the learning and experiences should be highlighted in your post lockdown resume. It should be a matter of achievement for you with the understanding and learning with which you came out of this phase. Mentally and otherwise. And all those things need to be highlighted in the resume. You should be able to put down the understanding of this phase.
For the future, the main learning this lockdown has given to everyone is to not take anything for granted and the ones who understood this during the lockdown learnt a lot.
Whether you wish to analyse or answer it to yourself or others, is a personal choice but eventually what did the lockdown bring out in you will sooner or later define you.
Thank You.
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Story: The dysfunctional family
Not every family laughs together, some even shout together too !! On a very important topic for the present generation, highlighting the internal issues within a family with no reason or logic behind those issues. Presenting one of the best short story: The dysfunctional family.
The engine started to roar signalling the takeoff. The marriage in the family concluded happily with only a few fights, misunderstanding and ego issues: nothing unusual.
The elders came out to drop them to the car. Each one was wishing a safe and happy journey; deep inside hoping for the car to leave the very next second. The sister looped in the car, as she did not have any hugs or kisses to share with her cousins. The brother helped the driver to adjust the luggage in the back of the car.
Packed in the car:
The mother and father were still in conversation with the elders. The driver sat and signalled the others to leave. Finally, for the very first and last moment, all four sat in the car and waived their hands to the ones standing out there with a smiling face. The first gear was put on and with the very first turn towards the main road, all smiles in the car faded.
And it starts…
The suit buttons were opened and safety pins handling the blouse and Saree were removed to get more comfortable. The father brought out his tobacco leaves to chew. Seeing him chewing, the daughter signalled the mother.
Dialogue starts:-
Mother: The moment you leave the house, all your nonsense activities start. Do you even understand what effect it will cause to your health and to your children watching you eat this?
Father: Do you have a decent polite tone to speak to your husband? You first tell me what the kids will learn from this.
The father glared to the mother and she lowered her voice. The moment it seemed that now it will be a smooth ride, the sister started.
Sister: You know mother, the aunt was again blaming me for bad behaviour with her daughter in law.
Before the mother could answer, the father intervened,
Father: You don’t know how to behave. You must have done something wrong again. I should have never brought you to the village again.
Sister (fuming with anger because of the words of the father): Who are you to judge? You don’t even know the matter I am talking about. That is why I don’t like to travel with you, you spoil the mood every time. I was talking to mother, but no! You have to interfere
Father (responding to the mother):
Are you watching this? THIS is what she has learnt in your upbringing.
Sister was about to shout again when the mother stopped her.
Mother: If I am the cause of her bad upbringing then who is responsible for your behaviour?
Fighting and shouting in front of the driver.
They stared each other and the glares replaced the words.
The son on the other end saw the scene going in the car but focused on his mobile.
The car took a halt for tea. The family entered the restaurant and all silently had their food.
As they moved back to the car, the son carried a bottle of soft drink and some wafers for the journey.
The car started and so did the father
And it continues…..
Father: The boy only wants to eat junk food and nothing else. He just wants to do whatever he feels. Not respecting parents or other family members. He is totally shameless.
Son: But I did nothing now. I had these snacks because I was hungry.
Mother: But here your father is right. You don’t respect your elders, nor do you obey their words. You just have to do what you feel is right. This is not a way a family works.
Sister: He was not present even in the functions of the wedding.
Son: You already know I hate weddings.
Father: I should have never brought you here. It was my mistake
Mother: If bringing everyone here is a mistake then you yourself shouldn’t have come here
Father: This unnecessary intervention by you has spoiled the entire family. I seriously do not find any logic talking to you.
Sister: As if my mother finds any logic with you.
Father: Good. This is your respect for your father, of speaking to him on your mother’s behalf. We talk about culture, customs and values and this is what we find in our home.
Son: And look! Even you are not able to change a family trait. What a shame!
It goes on and on……
Father: Don’t you dare speak to me in that tone boy, or else I will give you a tight slap. You are getting on my nerves.
Son: I did nothing. I am just telling you.
Father: I am telling you just stop.
Mother (speaking to Son): Why are you telling him, you be in your own world and live your life. You don’t care about us and so you don’t need to say anything. So just shut up
Sister: You people are mad, arguing and shouting like retards. Why don’t you just kill yourself?
Mother: These are your manners which you will show when you get married! Be quiet and stay out.
Conclusion
The shouting and argument continued. The sister cried a few tears in the corner and closed her eyes. The brother had his headphones on and ignored everything else. The mother and father continued their arguments and the driver listened.
They arrived at the destination. The children’s maternal grandfather was waiting at the gate. As the car turned towards their gate, the loosened buttons got tightened again. The safety pins were tugged. The tears were cleared by applying a layer of mascara beneath eyes. And the headphones were removed also making the hairstyle a better one.
The car stopped and the family came out, all with their smiling faces again. The driver laughed and the superficiality of life cried at the same time !!
@ramta Jogi
Best Short Story: The dysfunctional family
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Hasmukh Review: Netflix
Hasmukh Review : Netflix: Web series
Netflix Original – Hasmukh
Genre: Crime, Dark Comedy
Lead: Vir Das
Supporting: Ranveer Shorey, Manoj Pahwa, Ravi Kishan, Inaamulhaq
Director:
Release Date: 17th April 2020
Rating: **** (4 star)
Netflix :Hasmukh : Review : Web series
Synopsis:
Netflix comes with a crime comedy web series Hasmukh. From the small town of Uttar Pradesh comes a story of a guy with mediocre living and one interest of wanting to be a comedian. Vir Das portrays the role of this guy with hope; Hasmukh. To support him in achieving his dream comes his partner in crime, Jimmy, played by Ranveer Shorey.
In a journey that begins with the hope of becoming a comedian comes to a point where to get a first glimpse of the stage, Hasmukh had to murder. Now Hasmukh is performing in the same very show and from this there is no turning back. There is fame, money and a hidden guilt altogether. From one show to another the guilt adds on, not because of the first murder, but because of the feel that the murder gives to his performance.
The catch here is, Hasmukh realizes that the only he can perform well in front of a live crowd is when he gets the feel, and that comes only when he kills someone; especially a wrongdoer. Here his manager, Jimmy played by Ranveer Shorey who claims to make him a superstar takes the responsibility of handling him and finding out the Culprits whom Hasmukh can kill, before every show.
His fame takes him to Mumbai. What follows hence, is a journey of Fame and Crime moving altogether. From Uttar Pradesh to Mumbai, wherein a channel owned by a flamboyant Ravi Kishan pays a whopping amount to perform in a contest. And so a journey starts from killing the show literally and figuratively.
Story:
A crime, dark comedy comes with a strange storyline. The last time I saw something was in Kick movie, where Salman Khan needed a motivation to work. Strangely here the character needs to murder. This becomes the unique point of the show. How he finds each character to kill before each episode keeps the show gripping. The story falls flat on some parts, wherein the angle of love comes into the screenplay but you do not find it relevant in any possible means.
Characters
Vir Das justifies the role. If you think anyone else could have done it ? Definitely yes. But Vir Das does no wrong to the story. A perfect character to the story. His numb expressions and scenes where his eyes speak more than his words do justice to his role. To add to this role, is his manager played by Ranveer Shorey. Jimmy the character played by Shorey keeps the story engaging with a scent of laughter. Ranveer Shorey portrays a perfect support which on many occasions easts the entire scene altogether. Not a single scene with both of them in frame goes unnoticed. If and when things turn to fall short, he picks up the scene and closes it smoothly.
To keep the story moving, the UP Police Daroga played by Inaamulhaq , The Channel owner Ravi Kishan, The comedy show manager played by Amrita Bagchi, all have played a reputed role justifying the story as and when required. Manoj Pahwa playing the soul which follows Hasmukh all through the movie, keeping the guilt alive in the whole story.
Overall Review
10 episode series of 30 minutes each is a perfect relaxation of this lockdown. You might not be gripped to it for a binge-watch, but even in parts, it will hardly take you a day.
In any case, you will be loving it anyhow.
Do watch it soon!!
Netflix :Hasmukh : Review
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