18th July 2011, the day when 115 teenagers, full of enthusiasm, confidence and energy stepped into IIT Gandhinagar with an ambition to become world class engineers. I must say most of them didn’t had an idea what Engineering really meant. But IIT Gandhinagar had some special plans for us. Initially, we didn’t realize that we …
Pankh lag gae hai hume chalo bhar le ek udaan Ab tak sath rahe the yaaro, ab bhi na chode hath Pankh lag gae hai hume chalo bhar le ek udaan Jinhe pa kar garv hua tha hume kabhi Garv ka mauka de unhe hum aaj Pankh lag gae hai hume chalo bhar …
April fool’s day just went by. Having a reputation of being a prankster, this was a relatively silent April fools day for me. It passed and vanished into thin air. The next day, while surfing on the web, I read a friend’s status saying ” last month @ IITGN “. And then it struck me, …
Walking down the road one day, I heard a moody spotlight….oh ‘STOPlight’ say ‘Hey!’ It said “I am red; you have to stop and see, For you I have remained the angry red, and not a mellow yellow, or a happy green genie!” Then it took my hold, And had its sad story told. I …
The talk of the town, Vibrant Gujarat ended some time back after having a successful run this year too with its usual fervor . We really don’t want to glorify its “vibrancy” any further, because we are sure most of us have read a lot about it in all the leading dailies. The agenda for …
A new year has begun, a new semester has started, another semester of the remaining three semesters of my program and the last semester for the senior undergraduates! For some a lot of time is left and for some a few months. I see the senior undergraduates enjoying themselves, grabbing each opportunities to cherish them, …
From the teensy little bibelots To great boxes packed with gold There are endowments of diverse worth For both the callow and the old. But, put them all in toto They could not stand in lieu, For, the greatest endowments of all Is the bliss of knowing you. When all those plans you laid out …
Kind Mother, Beloved Mother, leave your obstinacy aside If you don’t want to love me, then don’t, but at least let me come into this world! Tell me, what have I done for which you are going to kill me? You are the Goddess of affection, why are you acting like a witch? I have …
The Hollywood movie, “The Gone Girl”, which was in the media glare sometime back, did finally manage to get a release in India. After watching the movie, majority of the audience felt that the wife, Amy was a psychopath who was obsessed with her husband and could manipulate or even kill to retain him …
Vishal Bhardwaj’s latest film, Haider, an adaptation of William Shakespeares Hamlet, has garnered mixed reviews. While mostly critics are raving about Tabu (Ghazala) and Shahid Kapoor’s (Haider) performances and commenting on the abilities of the director to adapt Shakespeare on screen in the backdrop of Kashmir, this write up focuses on a slightly different facet …
