The following post is about THREE different people....the three people that are going to be described are probably the most disparate bunch of individuals that were brought together by destiny...as faith would have it they were all born on the same day...in the same house...and faith dealt its final blow when all three were named after three of the highest principles of humankind..."Truth, Peace of Mind and Happiness", thus binding them together in a confluence of human principles that would go on to dazzle the world for a long time....
This post...is about...Sachhid...Anand...Uddhay...TEA-LE...
Ok after the uncharacteristically dramatic start...lemme clarify...this post is...in FACT..only about one person...with a very very long name...Sachhidanand Uddhav Tilay...of course we have split up the name to create one of the longest running jokes in our group...that he is in fact three people....every time people are counted...its always three for tilay...and of course 2 for me and pari both...hehe..
I remember sachhid from the first day of college..he was in fact the only person from my class whom i knew from before..we were in the same batch at Mahesh Tutorials in 12th and hence knew each other by face...i vividly recall where i had met him on the first day...we were both checking out the time table and saw each other and proceeded to class together...we both sat on the last, and very very filthy, bench right behind Divi...who was pretty irritating that day...i remember going to all my classes with him for first few days...though gradually, and thankfully, our group expanded and we met some not-so-nice people...still...i will always remember that first sigh of relief i had when i realized i knew someone in my class at least...
Tliay..or Tea-Le as we call him now(context a little later)...is an awesome guy...and i mean it when i say this...one of the co-founders of the Central Gang...he has been there all through the 4 years...and he has shown his sensibility and calmness on various occasions..
One of the good things about him is that he reserves his opinion on most subjects...or rather he doesn't have one...which is a very wise thing to do...he keeps his nose firmly out of all messy matters...and even if he butts in..it usually is a very sensible advice...and he is very level headed...never rushes into anything..
OK enough with the serious stuff..now let's get onto the fun stuff...i am sure K2 is waiting for this more than anyone else...
SO LETS BEGIN!!!!!TEA-LE Charade....
Ok this is a game we invented as a test for proving your membership to central gang...we give you a song...and you have to fit in his name somewhere in the lyrics...if you are successful...you are SO a member...well this game was actually invented because we realized that his name is so flexible that it can be incorporated into virtually any song...i mean it...here are a few of the most HILARIOUS samples:
Original: Rimjhim gire sawan...baras baras jaaaaaaye mann (pardon if the original lyrics aren't right...)
Our Version: Rimjhim Gire Sawan....teale sachhidanand....sachhid sachhid anand....
Original: Pehla Nasha...Pehla Khumaa...
Our Version: Pehla Nasha......Ae Tea-Le bekaraar...mere Tea-Le Bekaraar...TU HI BATA!!!
Original: Dil mein mere hai Dard-e-disco, Dard-e-disco...Dard-e-discoooo
Our Version: Dile mein mere hai Sachhidanand, sachhidanand, sachhidanand...Dil mein mere hai Sachhidanand, Sachhidanand Sachhidanand
before next sample you need to know that Sachhid has his lower lip jutting out a bit...so we have this typical sound for him...it goes somewhat similar to ....uuuuuhhhhh,,,its a STUPID STUPID joke...
Original: Nanhe Munhe bacchhe teri mutthi mein kya hai......
Our Version: Sachhid Anand Tilay tere uuuuuhhhh mein kya hai...
Original: Nanha Mumha Raahi hoon....Bolo mere Sang...Jai Hind Jai Hind...
Our Version: Nanha Munha raahi hoon....Bolo mere sang....uuuuuuuuhhhhuuuuu uuuuhhhhuuuu
Of Course there are many many more....just not able to remember them right now...But we have practically fit him into every song we could think of...K2 and I were pros at it...
One funny incident involving Tea-le was during one of our exams...he had the habit of writing formulas and getting...and one day K2 just tore it up during revision...of course tilay din't like that...so when K2 asked him a doubt during revision...Tea-Le replied in genuine anger...Jaa...Nahin Bataaega....Everyone just started laughing over his kiddishness...
Of course...we (the employed but not called) janta of our group plans to open a dhaba in Goa...and the name of the dhaba would be???You guessed it...TEA-LE...how very practical naa???It never ceases to amaze me the sheer number of uses we can put his name to...its like his NAME is multi talented...hehe...
He did an internship sometime during 3rd year which made him efficient in flash...and of course in Technovanza '08 his name was synonymous with the Kiosk....Was also the (CO)-event head for Aaranya..one of the most successful eevnts at Pratibimb' 07...of course Suktya was the other event head but as mentioned earlier...Suktya can't do anything...
Sachhid has been part of my group for 4 years now...and he has been the reason for a LOT of laughs...he has been privy to a lot of my thoughts at various times...stood by me in a difficult situation during 1st year...and also i am sure he would be one of the few people i will actually like to keep in touch with...
Well Dude...I would like to wish you all the very best....I am sure your name will live on long after you are gone...LOL...Take Care!!!Keep uuuuhhhing....and please keep the angle at 60 degrees...HAHA...
P.S. I have to thank LALU for the title and K2 for the Songs...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Chronicles of AMMA!!!!
Apologies for the long delay in posting...Net wasn't working and then i was just being lazy and not doing anything....well all said and done i am here now...so let us move on to another one of the legendary characters in my soap opera..
"SHE" is probably one of the most teased and picked at "GIRLS" in our group...and with good measure..."SHE" does some pretty stupid things...also "SHE" was the only "GIRL" in our group for a long time so we had a very easy target to pick on...
Ok before this continues let me please explain the " " around the SHE and the GIRL...well "SHE" (Last one...i promise..) isn't a "GIRL" (Hehe...Couldn't resist)...at least we never considered her one...and of course we weren't going to call her a boy right...so she (see...i resisted this time...) became "SPECIES"...Amma is referred to as SPECIES in our group...every time i would be 6 guys and species...never 1 girl...hehe
One more clarification is needed...u may ask how her name got to be AMMA...Frankly...NO ONE KNOWS...that is right..its a huge mystery...no one has any recollection of exactly how and why we started calling her that..but that's what we call her...and that's what will continue to be her name...sorry amma...i can't think of you with any other name frankly...
Actually that one is not totally true...because she does have a lot of other names...just like everyone else in our group does...Amma has been called SELFISH...and i mean....she has been hounded by that name by none other than Ketan Kolte (hereafter referred to as K2...described in a later post)...
K2 has this uncanny ability of associating everyone of Amma's actions with her being selfish...she did not give you a pen...yes...coz she is selfish...she doesn't want you to write an assignment...she is wearing 3/4ths..yeah...coz she is selfish...woh kapde bechne waalon ka sukh nahin dekh sakti..and countless such very silly and very infuriating (for amma) instances that keep coming up every single day...one of K2's patent dialogues was...haan...yeh toh kisika sukh nahin dekh sakti...selfish kaheen ki...hehe...
Amma has been an integral part of our group right since first year...amma and I had some pretty intense encounters at the start...she confided a lot in me in those times...short lived start to our friendship...but we got back after not talking to each other properly for a few months time...and have been good enough friends since then...
Amma is a total Gujju...SORRY...Kutchhi...she keeps reminding us of this fact again and again...as if we care...you all come from roughly the same part of india and have roughly the same annoying nasal voices anyways...right...one of the most memorable of amma's gujju-accent-dialogues is "Paachaaaaas log ne paaaachaaas paaachaaas rupayaaa toh diya hogaaaa"....i still remember the look on Lalit and my face when she said this...i mean ...we were actually SCARED that the sleeping Gujju in her was waking up...
All through 3rd year and a major part of 2nd year...our group consisted of Amma and the Central Gang (This SOCH deserves a proper post)...and Amma tried so hard to break into it...but alas...she stays in Dadar...neither Central nor Western...so she had to be content with her application being rejected again and again...and every attempt by amma at any joke of our level was seen as another ploy to get into Central Gang...and it was rapidly foiled...after all...Central Gang had to maintain its sanctity...Of course we will never forget the Nirop (Farewell) in the 3rd year where we admitted Sneha (a junior) within about half an hour of sitting with her...and Amma was left totally Red faced...poor girl...Sneha had achieved what Amma had been unsuccessfully trying to do for over a year then...Hehe
I remember one of the times when i was truly worried about her it was when she had kept Pajushan (I don't know if that is how it is spelled...Don't vandalize my house for getting the spelling wrong..)...It is a total fasting period for her lot...and she had NO FOOD for, what 7 days i think???do not remember...but at the end of the 7 days she looked properly sick..which prompted me to give her more gaalis as to the actual purpose of keeping it in the first place...her reaction was...aisehi...rakhna tha mereko ek baar...WOW...awesome...*rolls eyes*...
Of course during the Pajushan period she came to be known by a few more names...Moong Gud Paani...Dal Paani and others like that...coz that was the only thing she would have...and of course...we could bunk a few lectures coz we were "taking care" of her...and her beloved SUKETU SIR was more than eager to make sure she was alrite...
Recently she has become LIKE US...and i mean a LOT like us...what with all the unspeakable gaalis coming out of her mouth...and i mean the PROPER MUMBAIYA gaalis..of course it happened once and after having been instigated into it by who else but the great K2...
I think after so much of "negative" things, as she would call it, about her..let us examine a few good things about her...one thing i love about amma is she ALWAYS ALWAYS speaks her mind...she never beats around the bush...of course sometimes she doesn't know how to control her temper because of that..but still its an admirable quality in her...and she has ENORMOUS patience...i mean considering the amount of abuses we have hurled at her...she NEEDS all that patience...She also never throws all those girly tantrums...in a lot of respects she is like one of the guys (K2 might threaten to hurl me out of central gang for this of course)...But i dont think any other girl in her place would have been able to gel with a group of guys so well...Hats off to u amma for being such a Sport...seriously..
Amma rarely feels bad...and when she does she kind of storms away...of course none of us apologize to her...OK i know that is not true...i always always send her an sms saying i am sorry if i went overboard...that has kind of become a routine now naa??But for all her storming off...she always comes back to our group the next day...not like she has a choice..no one else will tolerate her anyways...hehe...
Thankfully in the 4th year she had some proper GIRLS to hang out with in our group...she has been considerably happier ever since...although rumors of an alleged "LINK UP" have been doing the rounds...AHEM AHEM...i will leave this to be speculated upon...LOL..
Now she is off to the US for doing her MS...our explanation for why she is going there is that if she doesn't, she will probably be married off in a few years time...and she plays along with this explanation...i wonder if its true...hmmmmmm
Well AMMA....I of course wish you nothing but the best...I hope and pray that you be able to shed off your selfish-species-3/4th tag at least at Gatech...and i hope that at least in your wedding we won't have to see people wearing netted black shirts under maroon coloured embroidered coats...i mean that would be just TOO MUCH amma...
ALL THE BEST AMMA!!!!!Best wishes and Lots of Love for your Future...
P.S. Her name, by the way, is Hiral Satish Modi...or Mody...ok i don't know which...chuck...like we care anyways....
P.P.S Please learn by heart all Dadar starting trains if you want to become a member of central gang...though chances are you will still not be allowed...hehe...
"SHE" is probably one of the most teased and picked at "GIRLS" in our group...and with good measure..."SHE" does some pretty stupid things...also "SHE" was the only "GIRL" in our group for a long time so we had a very easy target to pick on...
Ok before this continues let me please explain the " " around the SHE and the GIRL...well "SHE" (Last one...i promise..) isn't a "GIRL" (Hehe...Couldn't resist)...at least we never considered her one...and of course we weren't going to call her a boy right...so she (see...i resisted this time...) became "SPECIES"...Amma is referred to as SPECIES in our group...every time i would be 6 guys and species...never 1 girl...hehe
One more clarification is needed...u may ask how her name got to be AMMA...Frankly...NO ONE KNOWS...that is right..its a huge mystery...no one has any recollection of exactly how and why we started calling her that..but that's what we call her...and that's what will continue to be her name...sorry amma...i can't think of you with any other name frankly...
Actually that one is not totally true...because she does have a lot of other names...just like everyone else in our group does...Amma has been called SELFISH...and i mean....she has been hounded by that name by none other than Ketan Kolte (hereafter referred to as K2...described in a later post)...
K2 has this uncanny ability of associating everyone of Amma's actions with her being selfish...she did not give you a pen...yes...coz she is selfish...she doesn't want you to write an assignment...she is wearing 3/4ths..yeah...coz she is selfish...woh kapde bechne waalon ka sukh nahin dekh sakti..and countless such very silly and very infuriating (for amma) instances that keep coming up every single day...one of K2's patent dialogues was...haan...yeh toh kisika sukh nahin dekh sakti...selfish kaheen ki...hehe...
Amma has been an integral part of our group right since first year...amma and I had some pretty intense encounters at the start...she confided a lot in me in those times...short lived start to our friendship...but we got back after not talking to each other properly for a few months time...and have been good enough friends since then...
Amma is a total Gujju...SORRY...Kutchhi...she keeps reminding us of this fact again and again...as if we care...you all come from roughly the same part of india and have roughly the same annoying nasal voices anyways...right...one of the most memorable of amma's gujju-accent-dialogues is "Paachaaaaas log ne paaaachaaas paaachaaas rupayaaa toh diya hogaaaa"....i still remember the look on Lalit and my face when she said this...i mean ...we were actually SCARED that the sleeping Gujju in her was waking up...
All through 3rd year and a major part of 2nd year...our group consisted of Amma and the Central Gang (This SOCH deserves a proper post)...and Amma tried so hard to break into it...but alas...she stays in Dadar...neither Central nor Western...so she had to be content with her application being rejected again and again...and every attempt by amma at any joke of our level was seen as another ploy to get into Central Gang...and it was rapidly foiled...after all...Central Gang had to maintain its sanctity...Of course we will never forget the Nirop (Farewell) in the 3rd year where we admitted Sneha (a junior) within about half an hour of sitting with her...and Amma was left totally Red faced...poor girl...Sneha had achieved what Amma had been unsuccessfully trying to do for over a year then...Hehe
I remember one of the times when i was truly worried about her it was when she had kept Pajushan (I don't know if that is how it is spelled...Don't vandalize my house for getting the spelling wrong..)...It is a total fasting period for her lot...and she had NO FOOD for, what 7 days i think???do not remember...but at the end of the 7 days she looked properly sick..which prompted me to give her more gaalis as to the actual purpose of keeping it in the first place...her reaction was...aisehi...rakhna tha mereko ek baar...WOW...awesome...*rolls eyes*...
Of course during the Pajushan period she came to be known by a few more names...Moong Gud Paani...Dal Paani and others like that...coz that was the only thing she would have...and of course...we could bunk a few lectures coz we were "taking care" of her...and her beloved SUKETU SIR was more than eager to make sure she was alrite...
Recently she has become LIKE US...and i mean a LOT like us...what with all the unspeakable gaalis coming out of her mouth...and i mean the PROPER MUMBAIYA gaalis..of course it happened once and after having been instigated into it by who else but the great K2...
I think after so much of "negative" things, as she would call it, about her..let us examine a few good things about her...one thing i love about amma is she ALWAYS ALWAYS speaks her mind...she never beats around the bush...of course sometimes she doesn't know how to control her temper because of that..but still its an admirable quality in her...and she has ENORMOUS patience...i mean considering the amount of abuses we have hurled at her...she NEEDS all that patience...She also never throws all those girly tantrums...in a lot of respects she is like one of the guys (K2 might threaten to hurl me out of central gang for this of course)...But i dont think any other girl in her place would have been able to gel with a group of guys so well...Hats off to u amma for being such a Sport...seriously..
Amma rarely feels bad...and when she does she kind of storms away...of course none of us apologize to her...OK i know that is not true...i always always send her an sms saying i am sorry if i went overboard...that has kind of become a routine now naa??But for all her storming off...she always comes back to our group the next day...not like she has a choice..no one else will tolerate her anyways...hehe...
Thankfully in the 4th year she had some proper GIRLS to hang out with in our group...she has been considerably happier ever since...although rumors of an alleged "LINK UP" have been doing the rounds...AHEM AHEM...i will leave this to be speculated upon...LOL..
Now she is off to the US for doing her MS...our explanation for why she is going there is that if she doesn't, she will probably be married off in a few years time...and she plays along with this explanation...i wonder if its true...hmmmmmm
Well AMMA....I of course wish you nothing but the best...I hope and pray that you be able to shed off your selfish-species-3/4th tag at least at Gatech...and i hope that at least in your wedding we won't have to see people wearing netted black shirts under maroon coloured embroidered coats...i mean that would be just TOO MUCH amma...
ALL THE BEST AMMA!!!!!Best wishes and Lots of Love for your Future...
P.S. Her name, by the way, is Hiral Satish Modi...or Mody...ok i don't know which...chuck...like we care anyways....
P.P.S Please learn by heart all Dadar starting trains if you want to become a member of central gang...though chances are you will still not be allowed...hehe...
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