ALL THE BEST GUYS..............IT'S TIME TO OPEN THE GATE

The day finally arrives..................
be +ve, face it,take it with ur mind open................
cool the nerves....................
go for it.............

IFfffffff............

IF

Rudyard Kipling


IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Bringing you some current affairs !!

Oh i am sorry, did i say affairs? I wont tell you about the latest girl out of PD's magic bag, no...
I meant the spectacular inaugural ceremony of the 20th Atheletic meet of NERIST,though under 'flood lights' where, it seems,the flood was meant for the pouring rain because there was hardly any light.
But not taking the credit away from the organisers,they did splendid job against all odds,three cheers for all of them.

And L.O.C. was proud that Rohit Rai led the parade with brilliance and grace which was expected from him.

And obviously, INFOSYS... About which everyone is reluctant to talk,but keeping their fingers crossed.
Here is L.O.C. wishing all members best of luck for the next big thing...
Make us all proud !!
Also extending these wishes to all NERISTians,we hope for the best thing to happen.

The power of those three words....

I was just wondering the other day.....

how many times do we (un)knowingly express our feelings to the person we really meant to,but still what is left behind is saying those three words.
Means, we act in the perfect way,we talk in the perfect way, we do all such stupid(read special) things to let the one know that yes,you are the one,but still cant say those three words.

Those three words,
as if each and everyone out there is a fool, and need to assure that what they are seeing is making exactly the same sense its making.

But then, i understand that it takes courage to say someone, "I LOVE YOU", and even more courage to let your love go from right in front of your eyes to decide whether its coming back or not.

I was just wondering the other day.....

Fifth meeting:- LOC in full song

Just a passing by information to those who are interested,
in the 5th meeting it started by RELIGION,and ended ön Cricket.

Now i can say boldly even in LOC that "Cricket is my Religion."
First GD conducted and many more things including the EC newsletter... soon

IS there a Question mark on L.O.C. !!

Nope. Nahi. Is the answer, so do not worry, keep reading as lots of hard**** stuffs coming your way...


Thats what I call the spirit of L.O.C.,
This conversation took place between two members, amidst Manish Sir was taking toll of Magazine boy...and some repelling charges were in the air..

Anyways,
Saurav: What were you about to tell me "in person", as per your late night comment(online)?
Rohit Rai: Please let me have the context...

Followed by he was handed over the LOC blog on my super cell,(I consider it so)..anyways..

Rohit Rai: At least we are out of that fantasy that we always called as friends. You know for better, the narrow mindedness of this people.You remember after

your birthday picnic.I told you, I reacted to that poem incident because these people would never take things positively, would never take things

sportingly. Why did you forget that?

Saurav: Who are we & who is this?
'They' are not the only one to be blamed, some of boys told them,"They cant support gals, even for right purpose, because boys will tease them in

boys hostel."

Rohit Rai:We & this that's for you to understand.We are the people you still consider friends and "this"-you feel could not take the right things in the spirit(both

boys and girls). i know that, that's why I don't blame Girls. In fact I dont blame anyone. Its only that I am hurt, it happened and extremely happy that it

happened sooner than later. But still I feel you should have been in Picnic. I still don't support you for that. And yes, you were probably not entirely right

that evening? Don't you think so.(In case, If I know the incident correctly)

Saurav: What is it to be "entirely correct"? Or for that reason, what is to be only "right"? Who will decide who was what? If my "WORDS" used are in question,

I feel sorry for those who took it otherwise, if my "TONE" was in question, then why couldn't they see my gesture when I promptly stood up, before

anyone else to leave the place? I feel Sorry for NUPUR, for such a sweetheart she is. I know she could not stand in front of me, but then what was

I speaking about at that place? I had nothing to do whether boys drank or not, I was trying to put a point which surfaced during boys meeting in

PD's room the other night.
Rohit Rai: The same thing dude. You had chosen the wrong listener. but that does not mean I put the blame on girls, neither on you. the only thing I feel bad for is

the way people reacted after the incident.
The whole thing was your gesture, if it certainly meant what that was, was certainly misunderstood. But I would not fall in the mess of determining

faults, because I do not consider it to be fault, this things happen. Its only the after plot that I am not really happy.

We will talk over this later, before that you read my blog as well. I would publish it this afternoon.....

I feel let down by none other than who i called "FRIENDS"

Is it rift? Is it grievance? Or is it something very different.

If it is anything, it was ego working at its peak. People had been saying LOC has got nothing to do with it, But factually speaking I could only keep wondering if we could keep ourselves at bay from our prima facie.

However others be excited and be sincere towards it ,I wouldn’t shy to admit the fact that LOC doesn’t even come close to the feeling of being EC 2k3.

Today, I really want to go back a couple of months and relate a incident. Once when saurav asked me about me being over reacting to the poem incident, I told him in very straight words that though you could take it the way it meant to be but not everyone is ready to do that.
And this was the mistake, saurav, you possibly committed. In my entirety, I could back you up for what you said, not really falling into the mess of deciding who is at fault and who walks away clean, but I could not forgive you for forgetting what I said that day.
I talked of not forgiving you because it was you who started this, I couldn’t forgive you maybe for being rude. But that by no means pertains you are at fault, it’s only humane that one make mistakes.
But there are mistakes which don’t really are mistakes, they are blunders which the harshest of corrugations wouldn’t erase. And the damsel’s decision to avoid rather boycott the picnic ,I am petrified, falls into this category whose repercussions ,a couple of people would feel throughout life. I say a couple of people because there are some who never was EC 2k3ian and would never be and some other has left no stone unturned to it not be EC 2k3,and obviously everyone knows who I mean that by.
I wouldn’t mince words. It took me and a couple of people bloody whole lot of work to bring the branch together in 4th year after that shit of a rift in 3rd year. And after that,all for this.
Lot of people said lot of ill things about girls, but I always stood apart for I always felt however and whatever they are, they are lovely human beings and I would proclaim without being shy that I always considered me their friend but today I am truly doubtful if they ever considered me their friend. And if I have to speak up, frankly, I would say “no”. Today, I sincerely feel that all this time that they had been so nice to me, it was all a show off bound by formality and would have been happier had I wouldn’t have bothered them.
Personally, Today let me frankly reveal that out of nupur, meenakshi, poly and paro, I could have called only three as a friend and undoubtedly I would continue considering them that way whatever happens, irrespective of the feeling they have for me. And personally, I don’t have any reason to have grievance against them as they are still nice to me, though that I can’t, of course, assure it being genuine.
But as an EC 2k3ian, I am hurt.
Still, it remains a fact that personally I had got no bloody business to do with it .And it’s all the same with me whether anything happened or wouldn’t have. And, I am sure none would personally hold any grievance against anyone. So, to sum up, we would still live, LOC would still survive, though on the shatters of that fantasy what I always called EC 2k3.

You really think you are ready to read what i want to write

On a second thought,or may be third i got to know,what kind of people,am surrounded with.

And i got to know more of myself."Its always nice to know more of yourself" this had been my 'dialogues' for quite sometime,but this time I was not so glad.


But 'the' one thing i want to tell the world,and remind myself simultaneously is that, "I CARE A DAMN".

If only I could fly

If only I could fly,life would have been a different place to live in.
It is a beautiful place to be in,as we saw in a drama in which only common sense was not common.
Its raining finally,at about 06pm,as if the allmighty decided enough is enough,and ec guys must have already wrapped up themselves after a jubbiliant day of having fun.

Giving a second thought is always important(if u cant give a 3rd or 4th).
And i had my date with my sweetheart.(i ll tell you sm othr time)

FIRST SHOPPING DONE

FOR MAKAR SANKRANTI-2008
1.CHURA-4 kg
2.KHOI-2 packet
3.Milk-5*200ml=1L
4.Black Til=500gm
5.Gur-2kg.
6.Sugar-1kg.

Those were the best days of my life…..

Guys…this is not about the Summer of ’69. It’s rather the December of ’07 I’m talking about. Yes, you guessed that pretty well. Tour..tour…and more tour…
Lots have been said and you will get to know more in the days to come. So, everything’s there about the tour.

Well, don’t think I am escaping from it. As a matter of fact, I too want to share many. But the thing is, writing is something that never makes me happy. I prefer to think about it (for the wanderers do join me in my dreamland). Or may be it’s really a tough job.
The other day, Basu asked me about the tour. “Damn good…ultimate...Mmmm...Aur kya bolu???” is all I said.
This was just the second time in my entire life of 20 years (including four and a half fucking interesting years of stay here at Nerist), that I have been out of North-East. So, as you can imagine, I was damn excited about it. Everything was kind of new for a guy like me. Right from the places we visited to the meals we had (South Indian dishes are my favorite anyways). But something I soon realized was the fact that, it was the company of all my fellow mates that was keeping the tour alive. In proper words- Moments, worth cherishing… that you taste often in your life and something you will never forget for the rest of your life...
It’s really hard to catch hold of the same people within routine work. Even if you succeed, I’m sure they won’t play 29 with you…..or for that matter, a whole night (not for studying, obviously)…

I often picturize those glorious moments and will continue to... And at such point of time, the only thing that comes to my mind is what Sir Martin Luther King once said-

“Occasionally in life, there are those moments of utter fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can be only articulated by the inaudible language of the heart…”

[Well, I finished reading my first novel recently (6th Jan.’08, 12:32 pm). It was the so called- five point someone (someday you’ll get to know about 2.someone, for sure). I’m mentioning this as I started with it from Chennai.
Aur kya bataye, sone pe suhaga…yes, LIFE KA PEHLA gUITAR…!!!]

WAS OUR THIRD MEETING WORTH CALLING FOR?

I am not calling for a negative approach and I very well understand that down the line we have to commit mistakes like these to come up to the surface of real world, up to the surface of real truths. Alas, My question remained the same, Was the meeting no. 3 worth calling for?
What were we up to? Without a topic, this L.O.C. as I saw it was not meant to be a place for gossiping, it was not a place meant to come and look for ideas, everyone looking at others to start over....
This is a sincere request to all the members(that includes me), that please do not waste precious hours(I know Paro will understand the point).

Organising MAKAR SANKRANTI was one positive outcome, Talking about Dev's Problem was another, but all in all we "gave" 3 and half hours just to discuss what, the timings?? and funding??
Training was too technical a topic to be talked at L.O.C., although it helped me noting something positive out of this No-captain-ship-heading-nowhere .

Third Meeting rocking

1.Member shall come on time.
2.What to do at L.O.C.?
3.EVENT:-a)constructive works;like plantation,lectures,
4.Funding:
Finance Secratary:Paramita Ghosh.
5.Timing: Every Saturday, 0900hrs.

Please answer...

I don't really have an itsy biotsy idea when did i turned myself radical.I could only hate hypocrisy around me.People believes in setting a trail blaze that emblazones their positiveness however negativity oozes from them.Just being at the dread of being labelled names that go against the fucked up hypocritic principles of our so called but never been great nation India,people forego speaking truth.Though we in our conscience be the most perverted in the world ,we still tend to show that we belong to that set standard cultural mispractices.Why do we frown,why do we instigate violence at nudity.We are proud to pass remarks at ladies but not concede that we are sexually amorous.What khuswant singh wrote was every inch true ..why then was he labelled a dirty man.What's so holy in being pious that we keep pretending of it even if we had the world dirtiest mind.could anyone answer me this.
why are you afraid of being yourself? why are you afraid of truth? answer

FICTIONIZING TOUR

I was probably one of those who kept you updated as the industrial tour of our branch progressed though I myself lay in extreme doubt on it being called industrial tour but then I rather we are not bothered until we get all the fare and that Rs.1000 that paid our rents.

I don’t know if I even want to blog now because I had no idea how many of LOCians has bothered to surf net looking into these things. None need to worry though because I at least would keep writing until you get bored and that because I would never get bored.

“Come on dude! For once you stop praising yourself and do a little bit of work”

Oh!!!

We 17 left this place chasing dreams, most of us fantasizing the ultimate fun that we all expected to have. Our first stop of course was Hyderabad, the city I loved most for the unknown reasons that I failed to understand. We had real fun roaming around places. Ramoji was incredibly awesome. But I doubt if that was the best among all

Until you take that one very special person out of that group. Now you all don’t really have to poke your noses around. Because the best part of this tour was not monuments, was not parks, was not malls, it’s not even those chicks of Bangalore; “Oh goodness! Those chicks- barely clad, long legs, ouch! Those beautiful &aesthetic couple of things, gorgeous faces, and yeah…” ; the best part was building of rapports, fiends turning friends. Here’s the story about guys who made this tour worth talking about.

Somehow there always was a calling that we all weren’t there to stay together all the time and It all materialized the very first day courtesy Hyderabad transport and PD’s cigarette and once it started we never found a couple of couples with the rest of the group. The big question was always- “are they love buds?” . I do understand PD had head over heels fallen for a dusky, eloquent, and eligible, a handsome (I mean it for PD) Male with whom he shared his bed throughout. He even decided to part ways from the rest to be with him. But as cruel the destiny can be, the other guy did reciprocated his feelings but rarely showed any interest in him. He was all through flirting with a couple of chicks, sleeping around (pun intended, I don’t of course write these for dirty minded, so I don’t really mean what you are thinking now)with them, He even tried to get somewhere but …and to utter surprise of everyone, he went around asking if he was flirting with girls as if he expected everyone in this world to lie to please him. But I tell you for sure He was not flirting infact he even could be in love with them. Though ,that stays entirely to him to decide between them and PD.

Now our very own destiny’s child gokul deka. I found him at almost all moments very sad. Of course that pain in the heart still remains. Very understandable as he had loved that girl for 15 out of 20 years of his life . To overcome, he expected for once that one of all of those would take interest in him for a couple of moments but that never happened. And understandably arijit did the best thing for him by giving him the charge of managing accounts. He then was the happiest person in the troupe. And left this classic dialogue for all to speak of- “Ho har sham ,rat aur subah lajwab ,jab mil baithe hum tin yaar, main ,arijit aur hamara hishaab”. Well said gokul.

Bed,Abhi &PD had plans to lose everything they had in this tour, but all they could do was loosing their money. But the worst happened with abhi when he proudly suffered the results of misdeeds committed by his friends when the girls labeled him “spoiled” and that when everyone knows he is the most shy of all the fellows with that everlasting shayeri of his…

Ek Raat aisi gujre,

Ho jindagi roshan teri zulfon ki chhaon mein,

Simat aye tu chand ki tarah meri panahon mein,

Khwab bunte chale hum ankhon ankhon mein. Appreciable?

But least we could do was talk about the sincerity of arijit, alokojjwal , kamal,Dd,Alok,Bed who really played a part in this tour. We could only be thankful to them.

And last but not the least “The Damsels”. I would disappoint you all here because I do not have permission to write about them and I really do not want to create another row.

Oh! So you all want me to write about me. C’mon dudes! Don’t expect me doing that. Not because I don’t want to but it’s just because I can’t. It’s tough getting a ocean in a pot.that's enough of crap.i am cutting it..

TO HURT SOMEONE'S FEELINGS :-NO PIECE OF CAKE

Lots have been said, lots read....But the truth remains there.... You just cant dump anything(read anyone) for the lust of the other. For those who understand,"Don't take me otherwise".
For all you do, someone is still smart enough to watch you commit those deliberate stuffs, I rather say someone is practical enough to be PRACTICAL.
I will write more and will appreciate questions over this as we look forward to our next L.O.C. meeting.

COMMIT YOUR CRIMES WHEN SACHIN IS BATTING

India won their first big international title in over two decades, the World Twenty20

I thought I would write about the tour but then the Cricket Match was not over yet,This year was for CRICKET, and I consider it as one of the most successful years of Indian Cricket in recent years. When even in a test match which India lost the play cards in the hands of Australian audiences read "COMMIT YOUR CRIMES WHEN SACHIN IS BATTING".

Crashed out of one world event, storm to victory in another; fumble over the appointment of a coach, win a rare Test series in England; get flustered after one player resigns from captaincy and another refuses the job, revel in the newly appointed captain, dominating Pakistan in the process; panic after an informal league lures domestic players, watch the closest Ranji Trophy league round in recent memory.

If India rose steadily in Tests, in limited-overs cricket they oscillated from the pathetic to the inspirational. If they could do nothing right against Bangladesh in the World Cup opener, they were unstoppable against Australia in the World Twenty20 semi-final. When India won an ODI, it was usually owing to Sachin Tendulkar. Whether it was his 76-ball 100 in Vadodara that sealed the series against West Indies, or the twin 90s against South Africa in Belfast, or his magical 94 that helped level the series at The Oval, or even his uplifting 97 against Pakistan in Gwalior, he was the guiding force. His only weakness? Falling in the nineties.

Eclipsing him in the Tests were two contrasting batsmen: the languid Wasim Jaffer and the enigmatic Sourav Ganguly. Jaffer's efficient run-scoring underlined his coming of age as a batsman over the last couple of years, but it was Ganguly who made for the brilliant story. Banished into exile a little over a year ago, he returned to conquer, batting better than he had ever done before. A number of moments stand out but his towering double-hundred in Bangalore will be talked about the longest.

Captains changed too. Rahul Dravid left the job after the England series and the selectors gave Mahendra Singh Dhoni the responsibility in the shorter formats. Anil Kumble was handed the command for the longer version, though the appointment was likely to last only a couple of series at the most.

I am So SORRY Miss PAROMITA

This should have published long ago, but Alas !!
Anyways there is never better time to tell the truth than now !!
Here's Paro opening her account in L.O.C.


'People find it far easier to forgive others for being wrong than for
being right'—WHY?
Bcoz everybody is afraid of being proved wrong..every1 of us have our
secret desires which we can't express –WHY? Bcoz we fear about
'What others will tell?'
Each of us have made a boundary around ourself by a line of control.We
can't cross that line till we discard our fear, seek the truth of life
and discover our 'true identity'------------------'True
identity'?...........What does that mean? What are we, the human
beings, doing on this beautiful Earth? We take birth, grow up,
study, earn money, marry, reproduce and die and in this course we
destroy and pollute the society in all manners we can. Can't we
improve ourself somehow?????
Yes, I think we can and many great people have shown us the way to
this path…..Now, we are not going to listen to them. We are going to
know ourself and make our own theory because a great mind have told
'Know others and you will be wise but know yourself and you will be
enlightened'………….Try to know the truth about yourself from others and
try to tell the truth about yourself and others without any fear
…..that's LOC for me……..Hi, i am Paromita Ghosh.

You must have got confused by all these serious talks and
thinking 'Ye kiske pale pargaye yaar!' don't worry, this is only the
beginning. I m going to give you more headache. .

Par janese pahle, let me tell something about my fellow LOCians……………

ALOK K: When I saw him first, I took him to be a very serious
guy knowing nothing else than studies. But as time went on I came to
know some aspects of the true 'Alok', a perfect gentleman with a great
sense of humour. Hope LOC will reveal more truth about him.

ARIJIT C: He is less speaking and quite good looking guy but when
he speaks, everyone listen. He believes in speaking less and observing
more so he has developed his 'Corner of the eye' to a remarkable
extent.I think he'll look good in black which he rarely wears.

BASUMITRA C: He is the only person who got three surnames in one name.
He is the most handsome and sweet guy in LOC with a great smile. He is
famous for his discrete tailking style and his attitude.

BED P P: The most photogenic guy among us and a very dedicated
person to friendship.I only want to say that 'Thanx a lot for writing
my assignment,that was really unexpected and you look better when you
are not clean shaved'.

DEBABRATA D:We never knew that he writes such good poems.Thanks to LOC
to find out such hidden talents. We promise you to reveal more truth
about DD in our coming sessions.

GOKUL D: As his name (Go koool) doesn't suggests, he is a very serious
guy….serious about everything—from study to enjoyment. He is a 'fair,
tall and handsome' guy but perhaps he doesn't know the fact.

K SAURAV: He is a very very nice guy with impressive attitude.Each
talk session with him will give you something to think about.He is the
most complex guy that I have ever seen & the 1st one to give me my
favourite song before I asked for it.

MEENAKSHI S: She my such good friend that I quarrel with her most and
miss her most.She is a very energetic girl but a little bit confused
about herself.She sings and dances very well.

NUPUR M:The most beautiful girl among us speaks less and smiles
more.She is very very photogenic and loves camera like any thing.

Enough 4 2dy.Due to loadshedding, I can't continue
more .please don't mind yaar…………. ……….


STAY TUNED FOR more, after tour stuffs coming your way

L.O.C. Wishes one and all Happy New Year

This weekend will be our next meeting,to be headed by Rohit Ranjan and with overwhelming emotional tourists of recent Tour de South.

i need ur views

This tour had been a turning around phase for me.I always believed the pranks a nd jokes i played were taken in good sense wishing most probably that i too did the stuffs that way.But i realised as the tour progressed that guys instead of liking these have on contrary pissed off by these.Any other day I at most could have said "give it a damn" or may be fuck off. But somewhere i have started considering quitting all these.I don't know if i had been anything but genuine all these years. Today i kinda feel to have duly unjustified expectations of my dear ones..today i stand thinking if i should continue or cease to do waht i used to do....



I also feel tired of all the lies i had woven around. For once,i feel i need to get back on the path my destiny could have decided..should i?