The 10 commonest reactions people give after hearing my name for the first time:
1. Come again.
2. Rachna right?
3. Rashna?
4. Is that even a name?
5. You have got to be kidding me.
6. Wo peene waala?
7. Tumhara flavour kaun sa hai?
8. Ye naam rakha kisne? (Answer: "Mummy ne")
9. Ye naam kya soch k rakha? ( Answer: "Ad pasand aa gaya tha")
10. Agar 555 ka ad pasand aata to tumhara naam kya hota? ( No answer to this one :( )
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
The Fantastic Four : #20729 The trip to Mount Abu
This story is about the most adventurous trip of my life, one to Mount Abu. I know that there is nothing adventurous about Abu but the four of us -Me, Gunjit,Shubham and Maulik made it so by our terrific planning.
The trip begins:
We chose the 5:30 (a.m.) train to Abu Road from Ahmedabad. I had to wake up at 3:15 to make it on time. When I was brushing I thought I heard (or imagined that I did) a woman scream. Now, to be honest I am not exactly the bravest person on earth so the beginning to the day itself wasnt exactly great ; for me atleast.
The train:
We had decided against reserving tickets (5:30 ko kisko tempo aayega jaaneka?) and were really hoping for an empty train. When the train actually arrived all the seats were occupied. So all four of us sat on the upper berth of a general compartment(where people usually keep their luggage). The jouney had its moments with me crying for food and the unrelenting PJs of Maulik and Gunjit (Poor me and Shubham the sufferers).
Abu Road to Mount Abu:
The train left us at Abu Road and we took a jeep for the ascent up the mountain and what a journey it was. A solitary jeep moving slowly up a narrow road, mountain on one side and deep valley on the other. The road had loads of blind sharp turns (My experience up the Ramgarh -Ranchi road came in handy). The region is actually a sanctuary for wild animals. Maulik went sentimental (:P) recalling the Paw imprint of a Bear and the skeleton of a toger he saw 8 years back . n haan now I was cryin bout the boredom of journey.
Finally On top:
After a journey of nearly 6 hourse we finally reached there. Ate quickly( with Shubham being Mr. Smartypants about how much time cooks take to prepare Manchurian (it arrived the earliest :)). We hired a taxi and began our trip.
The Peace Hall:
The Peace Hall is an establishment of The Brahmakumaris. Apparently Gunjit and Shubham had a lot of experience with their crap so they were quite psyched out about going there. Still after I said I want to go in they agreed to join us. We went in. A man led us to the gates of a big hall where we saw people being lectured about spirituality in groups of 20. We fled with rocket speed from there.
The Arbuda Mandir:
It is a temple of Goddess Durga located on a hilltop. The driver-cum-guide told us that there are 256 stairs on the way ("Par aap log to 20 minute me wapas aa jaoge. Jawaan khoon hai ":P)
Anyways, we started on our way with me lagging behind(I am bad with stair-climbing).
When we finally reached the temple all the pain actually went away. The temple is situated in a small cave. I wondered about the history of its discovery ( Ek mandir k liye itni door kaun aaya hoga?? )
Dilwara Temples:
From Arbuda we went to the world famous Dilwara temples. The temples are a sample of incredibly intricate marble work. As we moved from temple to temple in awe the very filmy priest-cum-guide told us that one of them costed 18 crores 53 lakhs about a 1000 years ago. The workers were paid in gold weighed against the marble-powder they recovered after their day's work. Another one costed some 12 crores. One had an golden-idol weighing around 800 kilos.
Too bad that photography wasnt allowed.
Achalgarh Temple:
The speciality of this temple is that unlike other Shiva-temple his tight toe is worshipped here. Then there is a nandi- idol made of brass which apparently scared off the army of Alauddin Khilji. The funniest part was that even while purchasing cloth for mannat women were haggling over cloth quality and color. Phew!
Gurushikhar:
The highest point of Rajasthan (again involving a lot of stair climbing :(). There were two good things about that place- the wind and a canteen which had a lot of extinct things like Mirinda's lemon flavour and Poppins :)
Datda Sea World:
Just another aquarium. But since it had been ages since we last went to an aquarium we all enjoyed it a lot. Maulik continued frustrating me by naming two fishes Rasna Orange flavour and Rasna Kaala Khatta :(
Sunset Point:
The most overhyped part of the trip. Yahan Sunset hone k alawa kuchh nahi hota. And it felt foolish to see so many people visit this place to see the sun which anyways sets daily. ( I mean whats so great about it?)
Nakki Lake:
Maulik ka bachpan ka sapna- Nakki Lake me boating. If we had missed that he would have surely cried and even a Cotton Candy wouldnt have cheered him up. :P But haan boating sure is fun. We collided with 3 boats and engineered another one :)
The Return Trip:
The adventure begins now. We hadnt booked the return tickets either. We finished boating by 8:25 and the last bus available from Abu left at 9. So in the remaining 35 minutes we had to return the hired cam, have dinner ( Maulik was crying for food "Deenar nai karenge? ") and catch the bus (provided we didnot know the location of the bus stand). We started walkin. After 10 minutes we got to know that we were walkin in the opposite direction. So we reserved direction. After reaching the Eiffel Tower square ( We named it so as there was a pathetic model of Eiffel Tower kept there) we split into 2 groups.10 minutes were left ( Maulik was still fancying dinner )
2 of us went for returning the cam and me and Shubham went to hire a taxi for the bus stand( wherever that was). A taxi owner told us it was at a walking distance. We ran for it.( I bought some wafers and water for deenar :) )
Exactly at 9 pm we reached the busstand. The last bus was there with its engine running (Shubham clapped "We made it"). And that , my friends , is the story of our trip. It had it highs and lows but I had the time of my life. True we didnt really eat, my limbs are still aching, I feel sleepy even now I did my first churi-shopping( for mom although the shopkeeper insisted he had my size also :)) and best of all it was my maiden trip with friends.
The trip begins:
We chose the 5:30 (a.m.) train to Abu Road from Ahmedabad. I had to wake up at 3:15 to make it on time. When I was brushing I thought I heard (or imagined that I did) a woman scream. Now, to be honest I am not exactly the bravest person on earth so the beginning to the day itself wasnt exactly great ; for me atleast.
The train:
We had decided against reserving tickets (5:30 ko kisko tempo aayega jaaneka?) and were really hoping for an empty train. When the train actually arrived all the seats were occupied. So all four of us sat on the upper berth of a general compartment(where people usually keep their luggage). The jouney had its moments with me crying for food and the unrelenting PJs of Maulik and Gunjit (Poor me and Shubham the sufferers).
Abu Road to Mount Abu:
The train left us at Abu Road and we took a jeep for the ascent up the mountain and what a journey it was. A solitary jeep moving slowly up a narrow road, mountain on one side and deep valley on the other. The road had loads of blind sharp turns (My experience up the Ramgarh -Ranchi road came in handy). The region is actually a sanctuary for wild animals. Maulik went sentimental (:P) recalling the Paw imprint of a Bear and the skeleton of a toger he saw 8 years back . n haan now I was cryin bout the boredom of journey.
Finally On top:
After a journey of nearly 6 hourse we finally reached there. Ate quickly( with Shubham being Mr. Smartypants about how much time cooks take to prepare Manchurian (it arrived the earliest :)). We hired a taxi and began our trip.
The Peace Hall:
The Peace Hall is an establishment of The Brahmakumaris. Apparently Gunjit and Shubham had a lot of experience with their crap so they were quite psyched out about going there. Still after I said I want to go in they agreed to join us. We went in. A man led us to the gates of a big hall where we saw people being lectured about spirituality in groups of 20. We fled with rocket speed from there.
The Arbuda Mandir:
It is a temple of Goddess Durga located on a hilltop. The driver-cum-guide told us that there are 256 stairs on the way ("Par aap log to 20 minute me wapas aa jaoge. Jawaan khoon hai ":P)
Anyways, we started on our way with me lagging behind(I am bad with stair-climbing).
When we finally reached the temple all the pain actually went away. The temple is situated in a small cave. I wondered about the history of its discovery ( Ek mandir k liye itni door kaun aaya hoga?? )
Dilwara Temples:
From Arbuda we went to the world famous Dilwara temples. The temples are a sample of incredibly intricate marble work. As we moved from temple to temple in awe the very filmy priest-cum-guide told us that one of them costed 18 crores 53 lakhs about a 1000 years ago. The workers were paid in gold weighed against the marble-powder they recovered after their day's work. Another one costed some 12 crores. One had an golden-idol weighing around 800 kilos.
Too bad that photography wasnt allowed.
Achalgarh Temple:
The speciality of this temple is that unlike other Shiva-temple his tight toe is worshipped here. Then there is a nandi- idol made of brass which apparently scared off the army of Alauddin Khilji. The funniest part was that even while purchasing cloth for mannat women were haggling over cloth quality and color. Phew!
Gurushikhar:
The highest point of Rajasthan (again involving a lot of stair climbing :(). There were two good things about that place- the wind and a canteen which had a lot of extinct things like Mirinda's lemon flavour and Poppins :)
Datda Sea World:
Just another aquarium. But since it had been ages since we last went to an aquarium we all enjoyed it a lot. Maulik continued frustrating me by naming two fishes Rasna Orange flavour and Rasna Kaala Khatta :(
Sunset Point:
The most overhyped part of the trip. Yahan Sunset hone k alawa kuchh nahi hota. And it felt foolish to see so many people visit this place to see the sun which anyways sets daily. ( I mean whats so great about it?)
Nakki Lake:
Maulik ka bachpan ka sapna- Nakki Lake me boating. If we had missed that he would have surely cried and even a Cotton Candy wouldnt have cheered him up. :P But haan boating sure is fun. We collided with 3 boats and engineered another one :)
The Return Trip:
The adventure begins now. We hadnt booked the return tickets either. We finished boating by 8:25 and the last bus available from Abu left at 9. So in the remaining 35 minutes we had to return the hired cam, have dinner ( Maulik was crying for food "Deenar nai karenge? ") and catch the bus (provided we didnot know the location of the bus stand). We started walkin. After 10 minutes we got to know that we were walkin in the opposite direction. So we reserved direction. After reaching the Eiffel Tower square ( We named it so as there was a pathetic model of Eiffel Tower kept there) we split into 2 groups.10 minutes were left ( Maulik was still fancying dinner )
2 of us went for returning the cam and me and Shubham went to hire a taxi for the bus stand( wherever that was). A taxi owner told us it was at a walking distance. We ran for it.( I bought some wafers and water for deenar :) )
Exactly at 9 pm we reached the busstand. The last bus was there with its engine running (Shubham clapped "We made it"). And that , my friends , is the story of our trip. It had it highs and lows but I had the time of my life. True we didnt really eat, my limbs are still aching, I feel sleepy even now I did my first churi-shopping( for mom although the shopkeeper insisted he had my size also :)) and best of all it was my maiden trip with friends.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
To Neha - with love :)
Once upon a time in a town called ihcnaR there lived two sisters Ahen and Ansar. Ahen was elder and ansar the younger one. They were completely different from each other. Ahen was pretty serious, matured, well-behaved, intelligent in short Daddy's-favourite-boringest-possible girl whereas Ansar well she was ! serious ! matured, !matured, rude well still intelligent, but not exactly the angel of papa's eyes.
This is a story of one of their shopping experiences.
Ahen was a very girly-girl(the type who like shopping and CAN actually shop),whereas poor Ansar didn't really have the neccessary decision making power. So, in our story Ansar and Ahen went shoe shopping(for Ahen offcourse).
After an exhaustive market survey Ahen finally shortlisted two shoes one was black and the other brown. But the kind-hearted and caring creature that she was, she decided that Ansar should also have a word in this very important decision of her life. The resulting conversation follows:
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein? Black ya Brown?
R(After a deep thought offcourse): Brown
After 5 minutes..
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R: Brown.
After 4 minutes..
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R: Brown.
After 3 minutes..
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R: Brown
After 2 minutes..
N:Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R:Brown
After 1 minute..
N(threateningly): Bolo na,kaun sa lein?
R: Black
After 5 nanoseconds..
N: Bhaiya! Black wala pack kar do!
This is a story of one of their shopping experiences.
Ahen was a very girly-girl(the type who like shopping and CAN actually shop),whereas poor Ansar didn't really have the neccessary decision making power. So, in our story Ansar and Ahen went shoe shopping(for Ahen offcourse).
After an exhaustive market survey Ahen finally shortlisted two shoes one was black and the other brown. But the kind-hearted and caring creature that she was, she decided that Ansar should also have a word in this very important decision of her life. The resulting conversation follows:
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein? Black ya Brown?
R(After a deep thought offcourse): Brown
After 5 minutes..
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R: Brown.
After 4 minutes..
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R: Brown.
After 3 minutes..
N: Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R: Brown
After 2 minutes..
N:Bolo na kaun sa lein?
R:Brown
After 1 minute..
N(threateningly): Bolo na,kaun sa lein?
R: Black
After 5 nanoseconds..
N: Bhaiya! Black wala pack kar do!
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