Thursday, January 20, 2005

Darbari Ka Darbar

Last night was fun ... we had Darbari ka Darbar .. in continuation of Majj's talk ... well for non IIITians .. this was just an get-together of our batchmates, but it was really something special for us .. we didn't do anything .. and neither publicised the event but may be because of some sentiments for the batch, that we are leaving in a few days.. it became very special ... anyway the beginning of the event was very bad ... all courtesy to some bad organizers like me :) and there was a point where me and Adi were almost sure that this is going to be a big flop show... thank God that somehow it ended pretty well ... we had the usual games like dumb charades, Antakshari and the "Ghoda Badam Chai" as usually in our own ishtyle ... The dumb charades involved the enacting of faculty or students. I gave a really tough question to Vidit .. he had to enact Amba kulkarni :)) .. Bapu came with this very wild idea that in Antakashri that if a team is singing someone from that team will have to dance on that particular song... I think this added life in the Antakshri ... though I was an organiser ... I shared the dancing stage with some of the teams ... The final game was Ghoda Badam Chai .. I have played this game many times in my childhood .. but wasn't aware that it is called so ... anyway this game was the biggest attraction of last night... where Adi Become a Murga ... Amal Sang a hindi song in a Girl's voice and told about her BTree ;) ... KBJ did the famous Veena number of Indra... Swati enacted DVD and Patke (though I am not sure whether that can qualify for acting)... Lahari enacted Jaya :) and Javahar Sir. The best part was when Parivesh mimicked PK and Manas and Prof Garry.... and when Jayaram enacted Paddy... It was too good to be explaind here ... Poor Darbari was again the victim of Jaya's jokes :D .. well just for a change this time he was not all alone .. Shetty too got his share with that special comment .. "Perfect Marriage Material " :) Well this was the end of the events... as it was Swati's birthday.. she had brought us a very delicious cake ... which was followed by the sweets that we had brought for the event and the Coffee party (again by Swati). PS: Kunal if you read this .. please give me one snap of maharaja Abhinav Darbari's so that I can add it here ..

Saturday, January 15, 2005

Ramoji Trip

Well !! Surely there is nothing which can beat the Shimla Trip .. but this trip to Ramoji Film City also holds its place among the tops. A very memorable trip. Another example of my utter laziness. rest of the content of this post is shamlessly taken from Kunal's blog Space Of Kunal :) 28 of us went for a trip to Ramoji Film City. Abhinav, Vidit, Piyush, Adi, Parry, Majji, Pushpam, Kunal, Maddy, Khare, Pankaj, Parivesh, Ranta, Tiwary, Dixit, Deadly, Bapu, Jayaram, Sam, AU, Akhil, Bhargava, Kaka, Raheja, Shetty, Sushant, Malik and Me. Whew, that was a long list!! Took minutes to remember all 28 people..

Instead of a detailed blog here is the story in pictures..


The trip starts.. Waiting for Dixit in front of Kamal's home..


Majji was flooding us with his intolerable PJs..
Majji guide always led us on to the wrong way throughout the trip.


Still in bus, Kunal and me.


Vidit, Abhinav, Jayaram, Shetty, Raheja, AU etc are up there, trying to reach the sky


Adi, Dixit, Pushpam and Parivesh await their turn to touch the sky..


Vidit and Me, with Vidit saying yyuuyui !!


A scared Tiwary and the photographer - Kunal


Pushpam did a nice job as Monalisa.. :))


Kunal is wanted...


Now even Majji is wanted..


Almost half the group (13/28)


Piyush, Bapu, Ranta, Kunal, Daedly and Khare


On the slope in front of Hawa-Mahal.
Now it is more then half the group, 15 of us.


Rocky, Me, Pushpam, Abhinav, Aditya and Parivesh
An artistic touch...


Woman on top !!!


Bapu enjoying ...


Can you belive it, Kunal is holding on Parivesh !!!


The roll, discovered by Majji.
Tiwary rolling while Majj offers a helping hand.


Malik falling off the bull...


And Bhargava trying to take the neck of the bull with him..


After some agonizing 30-40 secs, even Kunal fall off... But gg


The rain dance...


Beneath the rainbow !!!


Bapu, Majji, Pushpam, Adi, Abhinav and Me - all rocking...


Shetty, Raheja, Vidit, Sam, Sushant, AU, Kaka, Rnata, Malik


The monkey in us coming to the front..
Kunal, Maddy, Abhinav and Tiwary


Parivesh, me, Pushpam and Majji
Copy Cats or Copy Monkeys ??


Kunal!


Adi!


And Bapu..


The Sun-fountain. Kunal, Pushpam, Adi and Dixit.


Notice the white speck in center of the photograph ??
Thats Adi copying the statue !!


Parivesh, Abhinav and Kunal - Still on the fountain


The line - Adi, Parivesh, Kunal, Dixit, Pushpam, Bapu and Abhinav


The circle - Adi, Parivesh, Dixit, Abhinav, Pushpam, Kunal, Bapu.


The semi-circle - Pushpam, Parivesh, Abhinav, Adi, Kunal, Bapu, Pankaj


Playing Snakes and Ladders... Tiwary, kunal, Ranta and Pankaj


The rain dance... Part II


Pankaj, Abhinav, Tiwary, Parry, Bapu, Adi and Ranta on the floor


Aftermath of the rain-dance..


Jan 15th, 9:55 pm