In the name of Shower, give Bathroom its Freedom!

Now in my humble opinion Bathrooms are supposed to be a little dirty. Its in their destiny to be dirty, God meant it that way or else why would they be Bathrooms? Wouldn't they be a living room in some shining penthouse in Pansheel Park if they were supposed to be spic and span?
And pray why should bathrooms be dry? Remember they have taps and shower and tubs, and remember all these things are supposed to have water in them so that one can take bath and remember when you take a bath the bathroom is supposed to get wet. Yes WET! not dry because they is no such thing as dry shower.
And toilet seat, why should they be down all the time? Its not as if they are open manholes and somebody would fall in them. Also, can somebody please explain why you cannot read books and newspaper in the toilet, its not as if we are using them as toilet papers and then putting them back on the shelf!
And the towel! Now why cant the towel be left hanging in the Bathroom to dry. The objective is that is has to dry, period! Now whether it drys on the clothes stand in the Balcony, in the bathroom or on the chair in the bedroom what difference does it make? Unless off course you tell me that the main source of rain in Delhi is the water that evaporates from my towel when I hang in in the balcony.

Also, why cant you flush the cigarette butt in the Toilet ? It takes a lot of crap any which ways, what difference can a tini winie ciggy butt make in the entire sewage system? Its bio- degradable and hell it might even help in creation of compost, who knows?

Paintings, Yes Sire! paintings in the Bathrooms. " Come dahling, I just bought a new painting thats hanging in my Bathroom, lets sip our wines and appreciate the painting in the Bathroom"

So ladies and Gentleman , in the name of Bathroomity, I urge you to let the Bathroom be.. err..just that... BATHROOM!

Hungry Kya!!! UPSC Chatwalla

View of Delhi from Jama Masjid

I know that no one cares.... but I am Back!

You know that its been way too long since you lasted posted when-
1) It takes you 5 minutes to figure out how to write a new post.
2) The folks who earlier wrote about drunk parties and speed dating are now writing about tips on changing the baby diapers.
3) The Travelogue you followed wrote about surviving Delhi's heat are now writing about ice bath at North Pole.
4) You stare at new widgets like a teenager's first visit to a topless bar.

So I am back! Not that it really matters because not many subjected themselves to the torture of reading my blog. Well it will matter to Sake since I promised her that I will make chillum for her for the rest of my life if I didn't start posting again. So Sake there goes your chance of having your private chillum maker!

A lot of water has passed under the bridge since my last post. In my last post I had mentioned-why am I so scared of "M" word. Well I did manage to get rid of my phobia or maybe kicked out of the phobia by my girlfriend( who now is my wife). So my major achievements in the last year or so have been -
1) Getting married and staying married.
2) Getting Cannon 1000D SLR and learning photography
3) Learning to play Djembe.

A lot of posts for now onward will be photo blogs. I have been in love with my city for a very long time now and also know a lot of stuff that probably lot of people don't know about Delhi. This will be a humble attempt to show case Delhi through my camera. You can also expect a lot of Travelogue because after a year of domestication the wander lust is calling me and I already have Travel plans for the rest of the year chalked up( more on that later). So folks as you can see I am well and truly back !!!

WHY?

1) Why did I ever start smoking…?
2) Why did TC had to close down (TC was this super awesome watering hole in Delhi)?
3) Why it is that after 3 months just Beef, Turkey, Chicken and Beer I still didn’t gain a single pound?
4) Why it is when one finishes a really crappy project and goes on vacation, a really interesting one comes by?
5) Why Am I so attracted to women with short hair and nerd glasses?
6) Why is it that when one commutes by bus, all the hot chick are seen on bikes? When one gets a bike all the hot chicks are seen in cars? When one gets a car all the hot chicks are seen in bigger car? And when one gets a bigger car, all hot chicks are seen on the BUS STOP!
7) Why is it,, that when you have all the time in the world.. you really don’t have money to have fun.. When you just start working… you neither have money nor the time to have fun and when you are in middle stages of your career, you have the money but not the time to have fun?
8) Why cant I get the spelling of “ maintenanace” ever right?
9) Why is it so difficult finding the right fitting jeans?
10) Why is it that… the women I am not attracted to think that I am hot and the women I am attracted to think that I am just about average.
11) Why am I so scared of “M” word?
12) I have travelled by all possible mode of transportation.. buses… all the possible classes in trains.. from sleeper to 1st class…both Economy and business class on flight,,, but never once I have had a interesting chick next me.. Why?

To be continued……..

Allah Ishwar tero naam

Time and again I have heard and read that India is getting religiously intolerant. But let’s get into the few basics of our life and figure out if that really is the truth.
Cricket- One phenomena that unites us universally. Did any Muslim created a mayhem when Irfan Pathan was dropped from the team. He didn’t play well and so out he went and we all supported the decision. Did any Hindu not cheer Azhar when his famous flicks went for the four? When we win do we say we won because Hindu scored runs? We won, India won and that is what that matters.
Hindi Movies- Did any Hindu ever said that he will not watch a SRK movie because he is a Muslim? We all love him or for that matter hate him for what he does in the movies and not cause of his religion. Did ever a Muslim shunned AB? He is equally loved by all. We all watch movies and love and hate them for what they are and not for who made that movie, a Hindu,, Muslim or a Christian.
Do you ever read a blog thinking you are going to read it only if its written by someone of your religion? No u don’t, of course not. Do Muslims not wear there best and hug you on Diwali and do you not eat the firni of ED because you are a Hindu? The halwa of Gurdawara tastes the same, no matter who is eating it. Don’t you party like maniac on Christmas irrespective of what religion you are? I cannot make out if the colours of holi are on Hindu, Muslim or Christian. All are equally colourful on that day.
Yes there have been ugly days, Ayodhya and Godhra have happened. But did we disintegrate? Did we stop talking to our Hindu or Muslim friends? No we didn’t. The underline principle that unites us is that we still make friends and enemies on the basis of human nature and not on religious sentiments. A mean guy is mean, no matter which religion he is from and a good guy is good no matter which god he worships.
This is what has bonded out nation together for 60 years and this is what will bond us for many more to come. Here is to united India, cheerssssss !

She

She was a bomb,
Set to blow,
She was wild,
They didn't know,
That she was a walking cataclysm,
A child of the night,
Going through schism,
She was a bomb,
She was wild,
She was feral,
Sweet chasims child,
She was sensitive,
Tender and mild,
Beautiful She,
Of darkness beguiled