Dude ALERT!!! They are everywhere!!!
(((((Helloooo)))))) Man has it been ages since i blogged.... i sure does feel amazing to be back...... i have always had fun at the expense of Dudes.... now defining a DUDE.... anybody with the following features may be called a Dude -
- Tight boot cut pants... really tight between the legs(sometimes even worse... i've seen one with black boot cuts and pink stripes on the pant!!! Aaaagggggrrrr!!!)
- Extremely tight shirt... may be translucent
- Uses a 'ReebOOk sun glasses' ( please re-look)
- the shirt may be multicolored.... probably worser than Govinda's or Krishna's color combination
- he usually speaks in a dialect which happens to be copied from the latest hit movie
- he has a really cool bike that happens to be 'Dad Gift' or 'God Gift' cirtainly uses decals of the Chicago Bulls, Ferrari, or some chinese logo thats supposed to mean 'Chi'.... i'm sure it does'nt!!!
- the rear mud gaurd will surely have punch lines such as - catch me is you can, don't cry girls i'll be back, don't mess with me... The worst punch line i've ever seen is ' All indians are my brothers and sisters, except you!!'
- he loves songs sung by Himesh Bhai or Altaf Raja and ardently follow Emran Bhai's and Salman Bhai's makeover tips( hum tho tehere pardesi.... saath kya nibhaogeeee??)
- when he breaks his bike you will surely hear an annoying distorted version of 'Twinkle, Twinkle"
- He hangs out near Pan Dabba's and bus stands (Kya Yarron... Khairiyat??)
- he will wear his pants over his waist... almost touching the chest(he'll for sure fasten it with a belt thats got a buckle as big as my palm with 'MORTAL KOMBAT' written on it...)
- he will try to make his Yamaha RX135 look like BMW or Vodaphone(hmm... since when did this company start manufacturing bikes??)
- he tries to walk like a constipated super model!!!
- No matter how hot it is, he has to wear a black leather jacket and a French hat....
- He is supposed to have a good sense of local humor!!!
- he is supposed to be the coolest person around and loves to bank on fake mis spelt accessories!!!
If you see all this and more then he may be termed as "Dude King"....
DUDE Check:
If you happen to hang out at the following places please dont look out for them.... they'll look out for you!!
LOCATION ---- DUDE Meter
- Eatstreet --------****
- Prasads --------- ***
- Jagdeesh Market -*****
- Sindhi Colony -----***
- Anand Theatre --- ****
- Irani Cafe -------- *****
- Central -----------**
- Coffee Day --------*
- Sanjeevayah ------****
- Indira park -------***
- Lumbini Park -----****
- Krazy Chiks -------******** This place has a terrifying rating and is said to be DUDE HQ
- Burgorola ---------*****
* incase of anymore new dude joints that may not be on my list.
... please go by your instints to spot one!!
This information is issued under public interest by Siddharth Krish...
Next Week - Tollywood - The Telugu Film Industry!!
THE LOST CHAPTER!!
Hey ppl,
I found this on a word document hidden in the deepest caverns of my hard disk... though i don't recollect when i wrote this i am still surprised at the clearity i wrote this in... i'm sure the situations as described in this may seem a little exaggerated but i only saw the essence in this document!!! Hence i poudly call it THE LOST CHAPTER!!...
A for Architecture
It was my first day in CSIIT. It was a bright and sunny day and I could see all my friends waiting for me at the gates. The college was filled with fresh faces all looking forward for the long awaited course to finally begin. We had the usual grind that all colleges have, an inspiring speech by the director and another by the H.O.D. Then we came face to face with the seniors. They gathered in the room and were waiting for someone to talk but there was no response. I was amazed by the silence though the classroom was over flooded with people. I felt extremely safe and smart to have taken a seat in the corner of the class away from all my seniors. Just when I thought things were going my way a group of seniors noticed me. I tried to keep my head as low as possible, but it only made things worse. They called me, and I reluctantly got up from my seat and walked up to them.
They initially asked me the usual details, my “BD” and another one asked me, “Do you even know the meaning of the word Architecture?” I tried to think hard, but it was all blank. I began to recollect all that I had learned over the last few months during my aptitude test and said; “ The Oxford dictionary defines it as ‘The study of construction and design’. But as far as my understanding goes Architecture is the art and profession of understanding spaces. The word Architecture also has a historical meaning. In that respect, it may refer either to the building style of a particular culture or an artistic movement. For example, we speak of Greek architecture or Gothic architecture.”
I looked at them hoping they’ll let me go but then came the second question from another senior in the group which was a little more casual, “What is unique about architecture and who inspired u to choose this subject?” I thought for a while and said, “There are unique features about architecture that set it apart from other arts. In most cases, painters, writers, composers, and other artists create their works and then try to sell them. But a building may cost millions of rupees to construct. In nearly all instances, architects must have a buyer for their work before they create it. For example, rarely can an architect design an office building, afford to have constructed it, and then try to find someone who will buy it. But in architecture, needs, comfort levels and taste of the client has to be considered. Within the limits of those wishes and needs, architects have to make their artistic contributions.”
Thinking hard to find the answer for the second part of the question, last month’s NGC documentary came to my mind and I said, “History has created several great architects. But the architect who inspires me the most is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies, as he was generally called, was the master of glass and steel architecture. He designed skyscrapers that have a steel frame and thin metal and glass walls the style became popular for commercial buildings after World War II. He became the director of the German art school “ the Bauhaus” and served in that position until the school closed. The school greatly influenced modern architecture. His designs stressed rectangular, cube like structures of brick, exposed steel columns and huge windows.” I was shocked by what I had just said. I was a very quiet person by nature and public speaking was not my cup of tea. I just realized that this one interaction with the seniors made me so much more confident than I had ever felt in years.
Pleased with my answers they let me go. I went back to my seat and began to ponder that the beauty of a city or town is largely determined by the quality of its architecture. India contains many great buildings that are worth praise. I hope we as future architects build great buildings like we have in the past and make India a prouder nation.
- Siddharth Krishnamurthy
The Contender!!
Today was a very special day for me..... it is 22nd of may, the day my college reopens after a long so called vaccation(with classes and submissions).... but atleast now i don't have to fool myself that i'm on vaccation.... the day began on a good note.... i woke up at 5am and went on for my morning jog.... this strip of road that i usually use was unusually empty today.... i thought if i came too early for my jog.... but no, it was 5:30 and the sun was already up.... infact i was late... lost in so many more thoughts i decided to move on.... on the way i encountered the stunt house(a house that is painted in some dirty blue just because it had to stand out) and the portugese house.... as i walked down to the international school and back i getting into one of my design trances when i suddenly felt i was going to step over an oddly shaped stone.... a sudden pulse ran through me making me aware of what it was, but i could not believe my eyes.... it took me several moments to balance my physical and mental state of mind to understant what it was...No it was not a stone.... not at all, infact it was a 'thalu'(a scorpion in tamil)... as i looked at it lift it tail up as a sign of caution i realised it was actually alive... now this freaked me out... it looked black just like the road and had brown feet and claws... and it looked extraordinarily big.... now what else would someone need than to stand face to face with one of the most poisonous reptiles in the world.... it stood there totally fearless of the fact that i may easily kill it if i wished to....infact it stood there like it were to challenge me in a battle... it kept clapping its claws and lifting its tail.... i ran home and grabed my cam and rushed to the area... but sadly the road was full again with cycles and daily commuters.... the scorpion seemed to have found its way back to the wild.... as it lurked in the golden grass both of us understood one thing.... both of us posed danger to each other at that point.... i could have killed it but i did not and it could have stung me but it did'nt... it reminded me of the time when i as a proud leo used to make statements against scorpios - " The lion will very simply crush a scorpio, so leo rules ", but i guess i would'nt even if i had a chance to.... such is the marvel of this little reptile... only time will tell if we will ever cross our path once again... if we do then u'll find another blog and this time with a picture...Hope it did'nt follow me back home!!
Something and Nothing!!!
It's been such a long break from bloging.... i perhaps lost all bonds with the net... perhaps much more.... i do remember being pushed in a realm called nothingness.... it is so unimaginable isn't it... "NOTHINGNESS".... the word nothing is defined as not any thing, nothing at all... then how could i have existed in such a realm that does not exist???... puzzling??.... i was too initially.... later i simply understood it... it is just to do nothing at all.... most things are so simple to understand that we think too much and complicate them.... then what are things that require a lot of thinking???.... all things of higher understanding and living eg. a yogi.... devotion to the truth comes in 3 forms...
1. to a normal person it comes in flashes of emotions at certain irregular periods of time.
2. to a devotee it is a sustained feeling
3. to a yogi it is life!!
and based on this one needs to understand his or her level of thinking... this would the first step to knowing yourself... we need'nt necessarily belong to any of above 3 categories... they may intermidiate ones too....
don't you at one point of time feel that life around you is so plastic.... and that you are bieng ignorant of so much truth that needs to necessarily run in your veins....like your rights, ur existance, of what you do everyday, and much more.... they probably did'nt have to be reminded of this fact as back then man was away from the so called dark cloud of technology... i might not know how ppl lived back then, but i surely do know that they lived better than us... and certainly we cannot expect to live that way today.... it would be stupidity... the only thing we can do is to be aware of this fact all the time and live in the time we belong to... the supreme truth is not too far away once you see it.... what matters here is for you to see it... once you do, it all just makes more sense than ever.... something will!!!
One step at a time as we walk the Green mile....
I'm have been PC gamer for over 8 yrs now... but it was only recently that i began to add value to it by fully understanding the philosophical message attached to it....
For over 2 months i've been hooked to this game 'DOOM III' that i bought at VT, Mumbai in december.... The story is simple.... it is basically about UAC(Union Aerospace Corparation) and its research base in Mars set in 2140 AD.... This base houses archeologists, Marines(securitians), scientists, maintanance squads and administration.... even the setting of the story and facts that it is based on is very normal and predictable and nothing really unbelievable.... this make the game play more real like..... it starts of with this very startling discovery of a 'teleporting technology into a new dimension' under a team of researchers headed by Dr. Malcom.... deeply rooted to this research Dr.Malcom begins to get demented.... even after realising that the several teams that passed through the portal returned insane, not in a position to decribe what they saw, Dr.Malcom decides to pass through the portal all by himself... when he returns he brings back the idea to unleash what he saw.... HELL... now i am the protagonist - A marine, and i am on mars to stop this madness from spreading to earth.... More than the game itself what i liked in the game is the story that was weaved around it.... the idea of hell being another dimension and to have finally come close to solve the biggest science mystery is remarkable.... the concept of hell, though still debatable, is very well comprehended in the game....the very idea of just having to turn to zero matter and back to mass using teleporters was close to imagination only in books like Harry Potter.... this game defies all laws of science to takes us a step closer to knowing the real truth which is the second step only after The Matrix - away from the physical to the eternal world!!!
Clearity!!
Many must have learnt from my previous blogs that i believe in miracles... but it was'nt until last week that i learnt that i could perform them too.... it was Monday morning and i woke up paving my way into the new week... it suddenly occured to me, "what if i did something different this week... what if i were invisible???" but what would i get of it?? neverthless i decided go ahead and try it... but i was no Harry Potter... what would i do??... a thought then flashed into my mind... for the next 4 days i refrained from any form of speech unless really necessary, in college.... i was technically invisible!! is'nt that amazing to hear.... i would there right in front of u and still be invisible to u.... this gave me much more than what i intended... i learnt about ppl around me and most importantly about myself.... for the first time in my life i touched my heart.... and ofcourse i also learnt of the nature of ppl around me... i realised that i was blindfolded all this time.... there were several layers i had to penetrate to see what i did.... but i do know what i saw of was the truth... something i've been seeking for a long time... i finally found it when i got invisible.... miraculously the 5th day i was back to my normal self and things around me were restored back to normal... it was as i stopped time for those 4 days and things were thrown back to normal on the 5th.... though the facts were rather shocking i decided to move on.... This time aware of things around me!!!
India Unbound
Our country is so varied...varied in terms of thought,culture and heritage...you could find a different culture just a few 100 miles from you....everywhere you go hospitality comes by default, provided you look respectable!! i had been to this place called Anaigundi on the banks of the river cauvery in the state of Karnantaka, where i found the most simple and down-to-earth people i've have ever seen... i even got the most fortunate chance to meet the rajah of village who is the direct decendent and heir to the throne of the Krishna Deva Raya dynasty... i learnt a lot about that small village in my 4 day stay by employing myself in little adventures in and around the village....every bit of the legend spun around in various layers around the 4 walls of the village intrigued me....the single thing i realised about this place is that, it's well being was largely looked into by its own people... now something caught my thought here!!! Isn't that strange.... we love our country and we sing the National Anthem with our chest high up.... we dont even think to say we are proud of our motherland and yet we hesitate to involve and indulge directly in its well being.... how many Indians would prefer thinking about their own family and feel secure about their own circle of people... perhaps that is the difference between our country and many others... we grieved deeply over the WTC tragedy and what of the Godhra fire tragedy.... we seemed to be locked away in our urban shells cut off from all ills of the society that dont concern us!!! we find so many aspiring for Engg., Architecture, MBBS but do we find any going towards politics... i see 3 main rigid systems in this society -
one of the politicians who do good and earn good!!
two of the general public with its own matrix around it, and
three of activists who either use peaceful or extreme means to get their message across - who are largely termed a manace to the society by the above 2 groups, which leaves the activists no choice but find their own solution for an ideal society..
Did u know u have every say in all the bills passed by the govt.... do you even know of any being passed!! The only shame is that if villagers can find a system that can run things at their micro level, we being citybred find more comfort in our cussions than to set the system right in our own level.... Don't you think it about time we get serious begin make changes before it is too late!!!
... please go by your instints to spot one!!
