one night @ the hostel...

so the other day i decided to spent the night in the hostel. it was the second day at troika-our tech fest and i had participated in one of the events that day. so after spending a gruelling 4 hours in front of a computer(...doing nothing ;)... and man, that IS tough), i decided i needed a break. so i thought of staying back for the night in the hostel in the hope of having some fun, which i always do when in hostel. i asked a dear friend a.k.s. to stay up with me, and he was more than willing. and thank god, another dear friend, n.a. didn't stay with us and left for his home. you know, u can always do without a whining friend;)

not knowing what we were going to do, me and a.k.s. went to our friend a.a.'s room. that was to be our shelter for the night. not wanting to sit in front of a comp again, at least for the moment, we left for the sec.16 market in search for some good vcds, for the night. unfortunately, we couldn't find any(good ones), and had to return empty handed. so then, after spending some time at the type-5 canteen( thats outside SNH;) ..we had ho have some entertainment..!), we decided to return, sharing our sorrows of not having a date on that valentines day :(

at hostel, i found out that another friend, the devil a.l. was also satying up in the same hostel. very soon, i was to discover that this very "fiend" was to be the cause of my misery that night. anyways, we had our supper at the mess. for a change, the food that night was good! then we went to our room, hoping that some arrangement of a movie would be made. but that was not to be. aberrantly, no one in the hostel was willing to take their hard disks out, so we could exchange a movie or two. this was because of a recent incident in which a hosteler's hard drive blew up and smoked gas!!!

so with nothing to do, we started watching "friends", season 6. episode after episode, watched it till 4 in the morning. and just as we were going to sleep, that devil, a.l. called. i regret having picked up his call. he had no place to sleep...and he bumped into our room. we were already 2 of us on a single bed. now we were 3! a.a. had gone to some other room. i was sleeping in between those two, and remained in one position for the rest of the night. there was just the one pillow and one blanket. and, after sometime both were occupied by that bastard a.l. what we were left with, was the swarm of mosquitoes in the room. there was no fan, no all-out, no coil!!! , and my mom says my blood is sweet...!!!!!!!! i found it out that night! the buzzing was so exasperating... the only reason i did not kick(read kill) a.l. was because of my good nature, it seems!

unable to bear it, i got up at 5. and went out. a.k.s. got up at 6. a.l., the sadist, the reprobate, was sleeping peacefully!!! "friends" followed again. till 8. till my eyes were feeling heavy again. i was not going to give in this time. it was MY turn to sleep now. i woke that dog up from his bed, and slept for the next two hours. my longest and best sleep.

aur mohe tu rang de basanti yaara, mohe tu rang de basanti...

thodi si dhuul meri, dharti ki mere watan ki
thodisi Khushbuu baurai se mast pavan ki
thodisi dhondhane waali dhak-dhak dhak-dhak dhak-dhak saansein
jin mein ho junoon junoon voh boonde laal lahuu ki
yeh sab tuu mila mila le, phir rang tuu khila khila le
aur mohe tuu rang de basanti, yaara
mohe tuu rang de basanti

do you feel the rush, of adrenaline? i sure do. what a movie. a class act. one of the best hindi flicks i've seen in recent times. rang de.. lives up to every ounce of its pre-release hype, although, i must admit i was apprehensive about the movie's success, after the debacle of mangal pandey. the background score is excellent and so are ALL the songs. the best is roobaroo, and its timing is awesum. listen to its lyrics, and you'll know why.

if the first half reminds you of the fun and masti of dch(dil chahta hai), the second half is the patriotism minus jingoism of sarfarosh. a group of 5, DJ, karan, aslam, sukhi and soniya are the typical fun loving DUites. the kind of masti they have is what everyone dreams of. then enters sue, a british, who wants to make a movie on the life of the indian revolutionaries. the intersection of the two movies is amazing. DJ is the typical modern punjabi. his behen di taki dialogues are sure to haunt you. sukhi is the neo-haryanavi. aslam a central delhite, muslim. modern in HIS outlook, but not his family's. and my favourite(of course after DJ), karan-the rich kid. he is the surprise package of the film. soniya is the sweet girl in the gang. and the gori-sue is oh-so beautiful! the guys just wanna have fun. like all of us.

is desh ka kuch nahi ho sakta

is what they think. like all of us.

and then there is the pilot, ajay rathore, whose death in a mig-21 crash is the essence of the movie. the incident is enough to change their mindset. and they decide to bring about a change. a much needed change.

is desh me 2 hi tarike hain jeene ke. ek, jo ho raha hai, use sahan karte raho. kuch mat kaho. dusra, khade ho. badlo, apne aap ko, aas-paas ko.

is what they think now. and they decide to opt for the second one. like all of us? i doubt(me included).

when are we going to stand up guys. when? are we going to, ever? or is it just when a movie like this comes up once in a while, we'll resolve to do something for the country, and forget it the very next moment.

no country is perfect, YOU have to make it perfect.

lets try and make our country perfect. the least we can do is (no cliche, this) stop corruption. and from the movie's point of view, vote wisely, and do VOTE. its our country guys, our government. we have to decide who rules it.

hey, and all those of you, who haven't still seen the movie(can't believe that!!!), do yourself a favour and watch it today.