I'll start this post with an apology to Ankur who’ll be surely infuriated by the usage of first two words in the title of this post..Here goes my try to refresh memories of all of you who are familiar with this foolish fancy of our great one:
A long time back in room 119,Hostel A ,a Pahari boy once expressed his desire to have something quite weird (and wild) thereby amazing/terrorising all his friends .Powerless to protest,when asked to try the same fancy i offered my nod (a bet though!!) to experiment but not with mine...Pahari still deny this bet with somewhat undimmed "jealousy"?? or lets call it pahar ka asar simply!! I'll end this event description abruptly here without giving any further bit of info...interested people may directly trouble our Pahari boy..
Pahari has been a great entertainer at NIT and our college life would have surely been dull had Pahari not fit in the only Prod/Pahari seat at NIT Jsr...On one of our happening evening at down hostel in NIT, a Chankur bomb was
dropped ( though with no intention to explode!!) by our Production Hero while great guns of powerless NIT were utilising their time at the Great wall of "new" Cafeteria on the borders of Kabeela Basti...Dehradun - where number of ghost stories rival number of people living in is so into DNA of our Chankur that he often found secluded places "perplexing??" and that he obliged a gutter with a title "Monument"..And when showered with compliments on this, Pahari defended his claim like a Honey Badger.. making even the mighty Pelu almost tumble and hurt his brains (physically his knees,ankles )..From then onwards people referred the wall & gutter besides Cafeteria as "Pahari's Monument:..
And at Hall G, Chankur under the able observation/guidance of Sheik Zarq and the legend Vijay Deenanath Chauhan (urf VL) developed in himself a liking for carom .With Pelu, the mad physicist as his carom partner he was destined tochoke!!they had lost many games playing together..Undeterred by their loosing spree, one lazy morning he along with Pelu challanged 2 not so good carom players..but nothing unexpected happened Pelu-Pahari,the deadly duo did loose again..what i will never forget is the invitation dialogue from physicist Pelu
"aao...din ki shuruwaat hum jeet ke karenge!! " and the minuteness with which laws of reflection were applied on a poor deadwood carom board..
And who else can forget Diuretic sessions of a stoneman cum Pahari!! The fervour with which Pahari, the baba took the liquid down his throat is surely the mother of T shirts with "Save water drink beer" caption on 'em..
Our forgetful Stoneman nearly murdered a Kandra Ghamariya lady in one of Jsr's pathalogy for his reports and in 2nd half of the day he turned himself into a saint thereby gifting the same report to a Juice stall and an additional trip for me to TMH to nullify the generosity shown which i reckon'd as heat of the moment. Anyway that was how our incredible Pahari was in college..
Hell.. i wanted to write a single dedicated post to describe each of the above events ,but i am upto my neck in an alligator called job..may be i'll try to take some time off my busy worthless schedule to post ,revisit and chuckle
myself & all you guys up with few more chapters of Chankurnama!!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
SIMPLY ANKUR
Hmmmm so this place is already wearing a deserted look. No posts from anyone [:(]. I was expecting one from everyone...most of all from Ankur. The one good thing is Ankur is back in the loop and does take some time off to call me and complain about the contents of this blog. Joking...he was actually very gracious about the whole thing and took it completely like a man.(Tough to argue against facts , eh? :D)
I don't know why but today I was reminded of an incident that occurred in the very first year of our college life, the date being 14th of February, 2004. I woke up in the morning without the slightest realization that this was our first V Day of our college life. Frankly speaking, there was precious little in our college that would have made me enthusiastic about V Day in college (apologies NIT gals :D). I spent the first one hour in the morning reading the newspaper and waiting for Ankur to wake up. Ankur and I ALWAYS went for breakfast together even if it meant us missing classes. So i waited till 9:30 and when I could not control my hunger any longer I walked into Ankur's room to wake him up.
Upon entering the room I was pleasantly surprised to find Ankur's bed vacant and I felt may be this was the day in the week when he had decided to take a bath. I came back and sat in my room waiting for Ankur to return. Time ticked by but Ankur was no where to be seen. I was beginning to get a little worried. Had Ankur fallen asleep under the shower? I asked his room mates about his whereabouts but they were as clueless and perplexed as I was. This was the first time Ankur had woken up by himself and what was even more worrying he was absconding. A search was launched...people checked neighboring rooms. Some went as far as the common room and the hostel mess but all returned with no luck.
By now my hunger had disappeared and anxiety had taken over. After two tense hours, I saw a familiar face smiling ear to ear entering the hostel. As the figure drew nearer it was evident that this was none other than our very own Ankur. But he had undergone a complete makeover. Dressed in a crisply ironed green Kurta worn atop blue denim jeans, and with a walk that smacked of George Clooney's famous swagger Ankur was ready to set several hearts aflutter(Some of them in the boys' hostel too :P). Ankur was clearly in violation of the NIT dress code and he was looking extremely neat and handsome(razor sharp too :P). Top that with his innocent smile and he would have floored many that day.
Immediately I pulled him in my room and the investigation started. I had not even started asking any questions and he was already blushing. I told him to spill the beans. The story goes as follows:
Mr. Saxena had woken up at 7 am that morning and taken great pains to dress up and get the 'right look'. Then at exactly 8 am he had set off for the forbidden fortress, aka, girls' hostel. Upon reaching there he had called up Shreyashi Shukla and told her he wanted to meet her. Being Ankur's technical mom (one year senior in the same branch and from the same state) she quite willingly obliged. As soon as they were face to face Ankur said something that goes like this, "Ma'm will you go on a date with me?". Boy isn't this the smartest pick up line ever[:D]. Taken aback by this unexpected question she politely told Ankur that she was busy with selections for the Girls' team for the athletics meet and hence would not be able to oblige Ankur even though she really wanted to. She said that they could go for a dinner some other evening. This my friends was the reason for his ear to ear smile that day.
Needless to say that the dinner never materialized and from the next V Day onwards it was Kunal Khashu who gave her company. But it was a bold move on Ankur's part. I am sure he had spent several evenings planning this and he had managed to hide all this from us. He did not even hint to me that he had a thing for Shreyashi. It was only on this day that I realised that whenever I said that amongst our immediate seniors Pranati was prettier than Shreyashi, he made a long face. To this day I feel if there was ever a day in his life that he could have made a girl fall for him just by his smile it was that day...but Ankur being Ankur managed to go to the wrong girl :D.
If you would like to share any of your favourite Ankur incidents please feel free to do so. This place is all about him,isn't it?
I don't know why but today I was reminded of an incident that occurred in the very first year of our college life, the date being 14th of February, 2004. I woke up in the morning without the slightest realization that this was our first V Day of our college life. Frankly speaking, there was precious little in our college that would have made me enthusiastic about V Day in college (apologies NIT gals :D). I spent the first one hour in the morning reading the newspaper and waiting for Ankur to wake up. Ankur and I ALWAYS went for breakfast together even if it meant us missing classes. So i waited till 9:30 and when I could not control my hunger any longer I walked into Ankur's room to wake him up.
Upon entering the room I was pleasantly surprised to find Ankur's bed vacant and I felt may be this was the day in the week when he had decided to take a bath. I came back and sat in my room waiting for Ankur to return. Time ticked by but Ankur was no where to be seen. I was beginning to get a little worried. Had Ankur fallen asleep under the shower? I asked his room mates about his whereabouts but they were as clueless and perplexed as I was. This was the first time Ankur had woken up by himself and what was even more worrying he was absconding. A search was launched...people checked neighboring rooms. Some went as far as the common room and the hostel mess but all returned with no luck.
By now my hunger had disappeared and anxiety had taken over. After two tense hours, I saw a familiar face smiling ear to ear entering the hostel. As the figure drew nearer it was evident that this was none other than our very own Ankur. But he had undergone a complete makeover. Dressed in a crisply ironed green Kurta worn atop blue denim jeans, and with a walk that smacked of George Clooney's famous swagger Ankur was ready to set several hearts aflutter(Some of them in the boys' hostel too :P). Ankur was clearly in violation of the NIT dress code and he was looking extremely neat and handsome(razor sharp too :P). Top that with his innocent smile and he would have floored many that day.
Immediately I pulled him in my room and the investigation started. I had not even started asking any questions and he was already blushing. I told him to spill the beans. The story goes as follows:
Mr. Saxena had woken up at 7 am that morning and taken great pains to dress up and get the 'right look'. Then at exactly 8 am he had set off for the forbidden fortress, aka, girls' hostel. Upon reaching there he had called up Shreyashi Shukla and told her he wanted to meet her. Being Ankur's technical mom (one year senior in the same branch and from the same state) she quite willingly obliged. As soon as they were face to face Ankur said something that goes like this, "Ma'm will you go on a date with me?". Boy isn't this the smartest pick up line ever[:D]. Taken aback by this unexpected question she politely told Ankur that she was busy with selections for the Girls' team for the athletics meet and hence would not be able to oblige Ankur even though she really wanted to. She said that they could go for a dinner some other evening. This my friends was the reason for his ear to ear smile that day.
Needless to say that the dinner never materialized and from the next V Day onwards it was Kunal Khashu who gave her company. But it was a bold move on Ankur's part. I am sure he had spent several evenings planning this and he had managed to hide all this from us. He did not even hint to me that he had a thing for Shreyashi. It was only on this day that I realised that whenever I said that amongst our immediate seniors Pranati was prettier than Shreyashi, he made a long face. To this day I feel if there was ever a day in his life that he could have made a girl fall for him just by his smile it was that day...but Ankur being Ankur managed to go to the wrong girl :D.
If you would like to share any of your favourite Ankur incidents please feel free to do so. This place is all about him,isn't it?
Monday, June 1, 2009
ANALYZING THE POLL RESULTS
Before I start off with this piece, I must acknowledge that there have been quite a few concerns raised regarding my last post. I have tried to allay all those concerns to the best of my ability. Come on people a man (even of my fortitude :D) will let emotions over power him sometimes. And when its about one of your best pals, it's kind of sweet. Yeah I know you guys get me, and I can see you nodding in agreement and flashing wide grins. Before you start commenting let us get going with the job at hand.
Hmmm so the poll results have been quite interesting. Since the sample size was quite small we cannot call them definitive by any stretch of imagination. However one thing clearly stands out. No one believes that Ankur is getting a cold shoulder from a girl he is trying to pursue. That's quite an achievement!!! The other big belief emerging from the poll is that Ankur has finally found a female companion. I am still reluctant to use the phrase "girl friend". Considering Ankur's past track record, he has never even come close to having a girl friend[:D], such faith in his abilities is heartening. At least 3 people believe that Ankur might have managed it. I am sure Ankur is not amongst the 3.
Guys, but how would have Ankur managed (if it all :D) this feat? From what I know about Ankur, if a girl ever approached Ankur, our dear friend would start acting like Lord Snooty. He will treat the girl as if she were an alien...somebody who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. If this does not deter the enterprising lady, Ankur would be cold and reserved. 99% of girls will give up by this stage. However if she is a really brave girl and willing to fight the cocoon that Ankur weaves around himself upon being approached by a girl he would be chauvinistic. In fact Ankur is like a firewall. The only problem is that the wrong ports are open :P. My heart is filled with a lot of respect for the lady(whose existence I seriously doubt). I mean how many girls today have the patience to get to Ankur's warm core that is approachable only if you are a guy(talk about the wrong ports being open!).
There was a particular gentleman/lady who thinks Ankur is planning for world domination. I do not know who he/she is but I really want to know. How can a super lazy bum like Ankur plan such a thing? The only thing that I have ever seen Ankur planning for is a trip to home from college and some other activities which can't be mentioned here [Btw the Nikita escapade seemed so spontaneous :P]. Talk about domination reminds be of Ankur's attempts to dominate the cold and the darkness that winter inevitably brings. Or was it "bite the cold, demolish the dark" :D ? But that is another story and will be told another time. Gosh! writing "Ankurnama" would take ages, wouldn't it?
And then there is this one person who thinks Ankur is studying. But Ankur has always been a Pappu. He has always been studious yet he always found time for us. So why would books turn him away from us now? If you happen to be that person kindly let us know why you feel that way.
Finally here's my take on this[all of the above can't be ascribed to me as I didn't vote :D]. Ankur has gotten sick and tired of this "new" life. Those of you who heard the golden words "kasht badhta ja raha hai" will understand what I mean. My solution to the problem-Ankur needs a female companion who can really cheer him up, somebody who is willing to work hard with him(It's not easy when it is with Ankur), somebody who can shake him up when he begins to show signs of social sloppiness. That would be the ideal girl for him. Tell me what do you feel about this.
P.S: By the way, are my posts too boring? No comments on them by anyone. Let me know if they are a drag but don't be too vocal about it :D.
Hmmm so the poll results have been quite interesting. Since the sample size was quite small we cannot call them definitive by any stretch of imagination. However one thing clearly stands out. No one believes that Ankur is getting a cold shoulder from a girl he is trying to pursue. That's quite an achievement!!! The other big belief emerging from the poll is that Ankur has finally found a female companion. I am still reluctant to use the phrase "girl friend". Considering Ankur's past track record, he has never even come close to having a girl friend[:D], such faith in his abilities is heartening. At least 3 people believe that Ankur might have managed it. I am sure Ankur is not amongst the 3.
Guys, but how would have Ankur managed (if it all :D) this feat? From what I know about Ankur, if a girl ever approached Ankur, our dear friend would start acting like Lord Snooty. He will treat the girl as if she were an alien...somebody who is in the wrong place at the wrong time. If this does not deter the enterprising lady, Ankur would be cold and reserved. 99% of girls will give up by this stage. However if she is a really brave girl and willing to fight the cocoon that Ankur weaves around himself upon being approached by a girl he would be chauvinistic. In fact Ankur is like a firewall. The only problem is that the wrong ports are open :P. My heart is filled with a lot of respect for the lady(whose existence I seriously doubt). I mean how many girls today have the patience to get to Ankur's warm core that is approachable only if you are a guy(talk about the wrong ports being open!).
There was a particular gentleman/lady who thinks Ankur is planning for world domination. I do not know who he/she is but I really want to know. How can a super lazy bum like Ankur plan such a thing? The only thing that I have ever seen Ankur planning for is a trip to home from college and some other activities which can't be mentioned here [Btw the Nikita escapade seemed so spontaneous :P]. Talk about domination reminds be of Ankur's attempts to dominate the cold and the darkness that winter inevitably brings. Or was it "bite the cold, demolish the dark" :D ? But that is another story and will be told another time. Gosh! writing "Ankurnama" would take ages, wouldn't it?
And then there is this one person who thinks Ankur is studying. But Ankur has always been a Pappu. He has always been studious yet he always found time for us. So why would books turn him away from us now? If you happen to be that person kindly let us know why you feel that way.
Finally here's my take on this[all of the above can't be ascribed to me as I didn't vote :D]. Ankur has gotten sick and tired of this "new" life. Those of you who heard the golden words "kasht badhta ja raha hai" will understand what I mean. My solution to the problem-Ankur needs a female companion who can really cheer him up, somebody who is willing to work hard with him(It's not easy when it is with Ankur), somebody who can shake him up when he begins to show signs of social sloppiness. That would be the ideal girl for him. Tell me what do you feel about this.
P.S: By the way, are my posts too boring? No comments on them by anyone. Let me know if they are a drag but don't be too vocal about it :D.
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