My Roomie...

For people who are familiar with orkut, how many times did it happen that you wrote testimonial for a friend, filled it with lots of good things about him/her and he/she rejected it saying that "I do not want people to have pre-formed opinions about me". Yes, it happened with me when i wrote a testimonial for my room-mate, Lalit. :-)

He has been my roomie for the last 4 and a half years and in this time period, everybody(including him) say that i got changed. All because of him. When i stepped into kolkata for my college, i was full of "I", now I use more "you". The difference is what he taught me and still teaches with every new day. Living with him, i learnt how to care for others, he taught me how my problems are not so big to keep worrying about always, how to never think much on petty issues.

He is the one person who has stuck by me in my most depressing times...yes, there was a time when i did not want to talk to anyone, had it not been for him, i would have lost myself. He helped me regain my confidence. He taught me the trivial facts of life. He always serves as an inspiration. How often do you find people supportive in your cause without any glint of personal interests. How often do you find someone who does not mingle with the crowd much but in his own way helps each one of them.

Lalit is a guy who knows it all. He knows whats right and whats wrong. You just have to be friends with him to realize that. A great artist, full of creativity, embodiment of perseverance, full of love, he is the best friend one can ever have.

I just pray i be there whenever he wants me. Only thing i have for him is respect, true respect for what he is.

Thanks to orkut :-)

From your childhood to teenage, from college days to working environment, one thing that guys talk about is girls :) *but obviously*

But, not many find true friends in girls...I was, since childhood, impressed by how girls used to handle situations...starts with my mom, i used to see the epitome of efficiency in her...my sisters were a true example of true managers...

But i came to know the real inside of a girl when i met her...Yes, she is the person who has left a mark on my life...who has made my life so easy...I don't say i did not make friends with girls before, but only that i can so more relate to everything after i met her *i know she is reading this, and might blush for a while, but then as she says "i dont find reasons to complement her", this would be countering that*

She is one person who can cool me down when i am in the fiercest of my moods, she is someone to whom i can relate so much. She is always ears to my strangest of talks, to my foolish analysis, to my insane advices...and i see her growing as a very mature individual.

I wish she reaches all the heights that she has set for herself...I wish we two remain good friends forever!!!

All this, thanks to orkut...yes, that is where i met her!!!

PS: may be strange, but i felt like posting.

Bombay Talking...

Yes, i visited Mumbai for the first time...and u know what did i see first when the plane was landing? SLUMS...everywhere!!! They mean it when they say that most portion of mumbai is inhabited by slum dwellers...But, on the other hand, while take off during the return flight, the whole city was lighted, it was a beautiful sight...yes, i was mesmerized for some time...the city is very beautiful at night time...i happened to come through a road that had all the 5-stars hotels lined up...and yes, they looked amazing!!!

Although i stayed out of the city as my interview was in Powai, yet the city attracted me in lot many ways, one reason is that i was happy to see the lives of my b-school friends, got some of the myths cleared....and the other that my interview went good.

Walking on the roads of IIT Bombay was a delightful experience, wishing i too make it there...and be a part of the amazing institute. Having lived in Calcutta for more than 4 years, i was quick in observing the difference in the life styles of the people in mumbai...its true when they say "Bombay is dearer, but it is also the dearest". There was a different kind of an energy everywhere, which i could not relate to a specific thing...i guess its the feeling that u have when you go to a new place...Well, i hope i see more of mumbai soon....