LOSER

So, after a decent response to first post, I was confused.
Confused about what to write about. I had many options in mind, economics, view of youth towards politics, Love and relationships, and few more(Which obviously, I'll take up after this one). But one topic that popped up dominantly was cell-phone or mobile.

As all of you know, in last few years, mobile phones have spread their reach at tremendous rate. Not just that, dependency on cell phones has increased many folds. Unlike earlier ear, when we used to take the address while leaving, we now say, "I'll come to Dadar and call you for further address." That's dependence. Girlfriends and mothers get disturbed if you're not 'reachable'.
A pessimist like me can say that its a start of era where man will be highly dependent on gadgets and lose all his skills and memory. (Or has it started long ago?). We are their Gulaam's.

Anyways, I am telling this all so aggressively, there must be some reason, huh?
Yeah, I lost my mobile a couple of days back to find myself in helpless situation. I was in Mulund for some work. After some pains and running around a bit I finished the work.
Tired and fed up by traffic, I was standing (not in line obv.) for BEST bus. A crowded bus arrived after long time and being a young and agile chap, I managed to get in quickly. In just few seconds a group of young people rushed to back door saying we wanted to get back at earlier stop. Irritated by the whole thing, conductor shouted a few curses at them, and so did me(silently of course)
And that was enough of chaos for them to pick my phone and leave quckly. It didn't take me more than a minute to discover this, but....

I got a lot of sympathy from all aunties coming back from work, a lot of fundae from fundoo people on where do they sell these phones. Obviously none of them could get me my phone back.

Ashamed for losing two phones in three years I walked way to home... I cursed myself a lot for appriciating the thieves for their skills, but yes I did appreciate them in mind. These people are really good at their job. I put my hand in pocket to check the time and OH S*IT, it hurt more than the first time of realisation. Every time it makes me more cautious about surroundings maybe more than required.

Subsequently, I got new phone duplicate sim etcetra. But, it keeps reminding me of the whole drama again and again. Then I try to convince myself,

Let bygones be bygones.
Look at what you have and try to make most out of it.

Marine Drive

Inspired by Antariksh's Yummy blog, I planned two things
1. I'll learn cooking at Home this vacation
2. To start my own blog

So here I come.

As you all know, I am a simple(:P), shy(:P) and introvert guy.
So, I prefer to mingle with nature rather than watching movies or night outs with friends.
Cycling is my hobby... So, I group up with anyone (even Soham Mehta for that purpose :P) make a plan and go out for cycling.
I have earlier gone to places like Yeur and Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

Recently I had gone to Marine Drive by cycle with 'Fundoo' Ashish Goel and Shakti.
This very famous beach is ~30kms away from IIT campus.
As per Goel's plan, we were required to leave campus at 3am. He gave us infi fundae on cycling at night, how to dodge dogs that follow, precautions while driving and so on (So he became 'Fundoo' :P)
But, alas, since Ashish himself got up late we were at main gate, the starting point at 3.15 only to realise that Ashish among his infi fundae had forgotten to Inflate air in his cycle. That delayed our trip by another half an hour. The watchmen at Main Gate were laughing at us
(The same way you must be laughing now).
And, here we leave with a loud call of 'Ganapati Bappa Moraya'
(Praying Lord Ganesh).
Straightaway we reached eastern express highway. Awesome cool breeze accompanied us all the while. We made our way very fast with an average speed exceeding 20 kmph towards Dadar. As a sweet surprise, Mumbai Police (whom we curse every now and then for every small thing), were checking all vehicles at many spots. So we could take their help to find our way to Marine Lines.


....And what a beautiful scenery was that!!!
Blue sky bending down to light blue sea, enlightened by the full moon.
The moon covered slightly by the the thin cloud cover, looked like a traditional indian bride with
'Ghoongat over her head'. Whatever the scene was awesome.
All three of us were stuck right in the center of the bridge, watching that heaven on earth.
Queens necklace was also looking awesome at that late night time.

We relaxed on beach for half an hour, had some Chaay in nearby Tapari. And we started our journey back. We took a bit different path, we progressed while watching landmarks on the way. Last few kilometers were tiring. It started feeling hot even before sunrise. We managed to reach back by 8.30. Overall the trip was really good, kept us wanting for even more next time...

So, after so much of publicity, enthu people can contact me for cycling trip to Pune next Month.
Option of Konkan is also open. (Tempting mangoes yo know)
Viva La Marine Drive,
Viva La Vacations