Dil hai ki maanta nahin

Things you write after a full evening spent on reading about material handling equipment, supply chain management and a little bit of A song of Ice and Fire.


It's the time of the year when there's spring in the air,
But the heart still shivers in cold winter flair.

Its the time of the year to embrace the lush greens,
But the heart holds on to rough autumn leaves.

Its the time of the year to soak in sunshine,
But the heart still awaits that silver line.

Its the time of the year when flowers bloom,
But the heart finds comfort in endless gloom.


Its the time of the year to bid adieu,
But all that the heart wants.. is you.


<insert a cloudy spring day picture having a pseudo intense appeal... Just for the heck of it>

The Gen Y Conundrum

I am a Millennial. Generation Y. Born between the birth of AIDS and 9/11, give or take. They call us "the Global Generation." We are known for our entitlement and narcissism. Some say it's because we're the first generation where every kid gets a trophy just for showing up. Others think it's because social media allows us to post every time we sneeze or have a sandwich for all the world to see. But it seems that our one defining trait is our ability to fight.

We fight with our neighborhood aunties, who keep comparing our Engineering exam scores with the 10th standard scores of the kid next door.

We fight with uncles at social gatherings who keep asking us "so, what next?". We fight with our relatives according to whom an alternate career option means Chemical Engineering.

We fight with a random stranger on Facebook who doesn't "agree" with our opinion.

We fight with with our moms who think nobody will marry us if our rotis are not round.

We fight with our cousins over the choice of cartoon shows. But honestly, SWAT CATS will win over Ninja Hattori any damn day!

We fight with the popular opinion of being politically aware and active.

We fight to have a conversation with our parents. Despite the clashes of ideas. We crib about the widening generation gap. Yet we cringe at our parents' WhatsApp presence.

We fight with our patience and sit through an episode of Balika Vadhu and Saraswati Chandra because our moms think we don't spend much time with them.

We fight with our monthly budget to make enough room in order to buy a Vero Moda dress.

We fight for percentiles. And then we try our hardest not to fight during GDs! :D

There's always a fight between motivation and laziness when it comes to getting up early in the morning and going for a jog. Mostly, laziness wins.

We flaunt our confidence, but the moment we're in a social event, we chicken out because everything is "awkward" for us.

We fight with our dreams and ambitions in order to make a realistic yet satisfying future for ourselves.

We fight with our tears and broken hearts just to appear "normal" the moment we enter our house. Shh... parents must never know!

We fight against the strata of society which doesn't understand why we update our Facebook status to "Winter is coming!" in the middle of a blistering summer!

But we fight. We struggle every day. Just to survive. We may give in, we may give up, but we survive. To make a place for us in this world. And that's what makes this generation special. :)

PS: Credits to American Horror Story for the first paragraph :)

If Indian bestselling authors wrote A song of Ice and Fire

Just how authors like Amish Tripathi, Chetan Bhagat, Durjoy Datta are attributed with the accolade that they got the typical Indian youth (definition debatable, but get the drift :P) to read, Game Of Thrones got them to watch better TV shows. A thought of "What would be the book titles if Indian bestselling authors wrote A song of Ice and Fire" struck and I, along with the help of @mak1901 compiled this list.

SPOILER ALERT for those who haven't kept up with the show. :)

2 Estates - A brief history of the establishment of Westeros (the South) and the Wall and Beyond (the North)

Four point someone - What not to do at a Purple wedding - How Tyrion Lannister could have avoided being accused of Regicide. Also featuring a brief account of Sansa stumbling from one crazy encounter to another

The immortals of North of the wall - An extensive guide on how to make Zombabies version 1.0

The 3 mistakes of my wife - A gripping story of everything that went wrong with Catelyn Stark by Ned Stark's narration

One night at the Green Fork - Attended a wedding, eventually met the Gods. #JustStarkThings

The God(s) of infinitesimal things - So what exactly happened to Theon Greyjoy and Lord Varys?

The maid who sold her dragons, only to yell Dracarys and burn down the entire city - All about Daenerys Targaryen freeing slaves in every city that comes in her way while yelling "WHERE ARE MY DRAGONS?!" on every third page. (coming soon to Indian IT companies)

Revolution 20-20 - Prince Oberyn Martell's sexual fantasy

One night at the Blackwater Bay - A gripping account of Lord Stannis Baratheon's downfall. And further downfall. And OMGSHADOWMONSTERBABY

Of course I love you, but you're my brother - A twisted tale of love, drama, emotions, rape, murder, attempted murder and kingslaying

You were my crush, but then I struck three arrows in your body - A compelling story Ygritte's heartwarming tale of love, despair and wall climbing

What/Who young Arya wants - It's basically Sandor Clegane compiling Arya Stark's kill list. But we aren't really sure if the book would ever get published :(

I too had some love stories - Detailed accounts and in depth analysis of potentially manglik Margaery Tyrell's spouses

Dungeons to Don't fucking know where: Six episodes of Tyrion Lannister - FYI, The book does not end with him singing "Oh mere papa the great"

The art of Advising

If giving advices is an art, then I am definitely that science student who writes a five page answer for a two marks question. Lots of words but very little sense.

Growing up, I had tons of people to advise me on things ranging from career choices to the choice of pickle one should ideally have. And now that I have grown up [citation required], I take immense pleasure and feel thoroughly responsible in guiding the young ones. In short, its my turn to bullshit now!

I've always seen 'ad' standing for advertisement in advice. Self advertisement to be more precise. "I never got married because I never found the right guy. Right guys are nearly extinct. I'm happy I made that decision. Tum bhi shaadi mat hi karo. Yes, I'm that stupid."

People always want others to do things the way they did because their way is the only right way. Also making sure not to mention the consequences, advising is like Facebook, you upload nothing but the best part. Imagine a cropped DP of a pretty girl and then think of the bigger i.e. cropped part of the picture.

 An illustration:

Uncle: When I was in 12th standard, I'd study Chemistry every day. Remembering organic reactions isn't easy. So should you.

Kid: But I'm a commerce student.

Uncle: I don't see a reason why you still shouldn't study Chemistry, son.

Not just uncles, one has always come across that college senior who keeps advising his juniors about the nitty gritty's of the 'college to corporate culture'. I have too. And I always wondered if all that bullshit is because he wants to feel important. Or just wanting to be listened to. Whether he actually used those skills to procure a job. Whether he's thinking 'LOL, fuck you too.'

 For some strange reasons, every second aunty you meet has her own unique solution to skin/hair problems. I don't think there's a single thing in our kitchens left which isn't a part of an armchair grandma/aunty's 'nuskha'.

Another illustration:

Aunty: Why don't you use my remedies? Apply honey and banana puree. Bilkul mere jaise baal ho jaayenge

Girl: That's exactly my point.

Taking advises isn't s much of art as giving it is. As Robert Downey Jr puts it, 'Listen to everyone and then do the fuck you want to'.

Forgive and forget?

So a couple of days back I overheard a conversation between two men about the Godhra riots. One of them said that the victims of the riots should forget what happened and move on now. No point in whining about it. As it is their departed loved ones are not going to come back. Anyway its going to take ages with all the court cases. They should rather celebrate the fact that Gujarat has seen such astonishing development economy and infrastructure wise. The CM has done so much for the state and blah blah blah. (I stopped listening after "state")

Apparently, its not just some middle-aged men, but many of whom I know (mostly students of my age) have the same opinion. I usually avoid arguing with them. There's no particular reason but just that I'm too lazy to prove them wrong by coming up with a spontaneous witty comeback. But not enough lazy to write a blog post.

Whoever thinks the victims of the Godhra riots should forget about the justice seeking affair(Justice? LOL) and join the "All hail the holy Gujjuland development" bandwagon, I just have one thing to say. Let me snatch away your blackberrys and iphones, smash them into pieces in front of your eyes. Buy you a dinner and ask you to forget about it since the damage is irreparable anyway. Let me see if you'd love to forgive me and forget about your phone.

Sketch: Led Zeppelin

Sketch: The Beatles!

I wanted to add a description to the picture but then I thought, the picture doesn't need any. :)