Of Aloos, FB and The IIML Mess

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Last few days have been engaging,tiring and exciting for most PGP2s at Hell including me. Given the back to back sessions by visiting faculties and a long adventurous sunday, it was a weekend that probably nobody wants to repeat. This explains the tiring and engaging part, but the exciting part was ALOO. Yes ALOO.

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It was onion which troubled BJP and interestingly it is aloo for Piyush (Mess Secy).The whole act could be converted into an interesting small case study. However key points worth discussing are:

1. The role of Social Media

2. The role of Humor

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Today Social media is the “talk of the town” and everybody uses it but the way it was used in this case, it was unique. Most of the hellites were tired by eating Aloo day and night and there were some noises in the mess everytime an Aloo dish was seen but nobody had time to really discuss it with the Messcom/Secy, though few persons (as I know now) complained about this. So when people don’t have enough time to discuss and protest because they are busy FBing what do we do? Here comes a revolutionary idea. Bring the protest on FB.

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Dheeraj (our very own Sec D CR) brought this to FB with a bang bang Mess Menus of Bade Aloo, Chote Aloo, Lambe aloo and what not aloo. As of day it has 30 “likes” and almost same number of comments, of which few are from Our mess secy. The fact that it was discussed, noticed and appreciated meant that it was a genuine problem which the batch was having. It was also worthwhile to note Mr. Mess Secy was active enough to respond to these discussions. Thus the message was clear and loud and reached where it was intended to.

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The Mess Menu by Dheeraj

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Another aspect of this whole act is the use of humor. There were 2 pictures which were put and both had humor content. So while the message was put right there in the middle, it was made receptable. So Mr. Aloo was being saved for our future generations using a PeTA movement though no nude celebraties were used.

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PeTA by Dheeraj

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The latest update is that the August mess menu is out and happily our PeTA has worked. Now we have four Aloo dishes in a week compared to earlier of Ten. I am not aware and can’t say was this the direct effect of this FB thing but at least it must have accelerated few discussions among Mess Comm.

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P.S.: The Aloo fever has caught Hell. Blondie Poll and Blodie Doodle both have Aloos all over. A beautiful doodle by not so beautiful designer Mayank Singh.

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P.S.: The purpose of this post is not to protest against our Mess Comm/Secy and in no way to undermine the amount of work they put (Hell loves you GUYS!!). I understand that partly a reason for serving so much of aloo could be because of no real options available  during this season.

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If you don’t watch..You M-ishqiya…

It is really hard not to compare when you watch two movies within a gap of 3 days. I may try hard not to compare Veer and Ishqiya but then, I fail to do so.

First,  let me start with Ishqiya. It is a movie that keeps you involved for its entire length. What I really liked about it is the rawness of the movie. Its raw acting, lyrics, dialogues..almost everything. As if everything is directly from the state of UP where most of the movie is set.

The three main roles characterized by Vidya balan, Naseer and Arshad have been well sketched and acted. Vidya has once again proved her mettle. She keeps reminding us that there is much more than a size zero in Bollywood. Arshad keeps growing movie by movie. The “circuit” has very well groomed into a bhopali tapori. Naseer has played much more than being “Naseer” . He has portrayed an innocent khalu and a clever thief moulded beautiful into an old-age romance.

The music by Vishal is awesome. My favourite being “Dil to Bachha hai ji” sung beautifully by Rahat. Sampooran Singh Kalra (aka Gulzar) has once again used his pen with ink dipped in heart. Beautiful lines like “Umar kab ki baras ke sufaid ho gayi” and “Kisko ptaa tha pehlu mein rakha dil aisa baaji bhi hoga” really bring out the real emotions of an aged KhaluJaan. Director Abhishek Chaubey has done very well as a debutant. The screenplay by the trio Vishal, Abhishek and Sabrina Dhawan reminds you of Omkara. Though the movie does not take you to the Omkara heights but the screenplay is as authentic as it can be, be it bhopali or gorakhpuri,where the movie is set.

All in all, Ishqiya is a must watch if you love to watch “Real in Reel”.

Oh!! Did I say I watched Veer too.Sorry All I can remember now is the song “Surili akhiyon wale”.

P.S.: Naseer means Supporter

IPL – The Indian Phoren League

The IPL 2009 is at its fag end and eight teams are fighting hard. Please don’t count KKR out, they are up for making a new low in the small history of IPL. This IPL is in news for many more reasons than pure cricket and that reminds me of the last cricket world cup.

The controversies begin with the problems that started with the bigger IPL (Indian political league) and smaller one scheduled to take place at same time. The irony was that South Africa held the elections during the same IPL. Though I am not comparing SA’s elections with the India’s big show of democracy. All this ended with our own Indian Premier league becoming Indian Phoren league and suddenly mohali was replaced by kingsmead.

The inauguration ceremony was a real Indian-South African culture mix – one of the few positives out of this dis-placed tournament. With inauguration came another unscheduled and surprised masala of this IPL. Yes Mr. FIP. If still you didn’t get the name, I am referring to the Fake IPLer. He/She is making it all the more interesting. Kolkata team has been in news for all other reasons than cricket. The super-over gamble, racism, four-captain theory and the list continues. And to add to it Chris Gayle has carried the euphoria of T20 to Test cricket. So frustrated is the Caribbean big-guy that he is ready to put off the captain-ship burden. I really want to know what pressurized this big-guy to carry this so-called burden so far.

Another dimension of IPL that hits me is the “catch me if you can” attitude of the ball. Every match we see some dollies on the ground out of the hands of some good fielders. There may be many reasons for this including the gala-wind that blows. Yet it can be improved with all the excuses well accepted.

Still we are not over with the tournament and lots is in store for us to see, read and experience.

P.S. – I just finished watching Rajasthan Royals beat Mumbai boys. A really close match ; Sanath at the top could have reversed the result.

First Post

This is the first post of this blog and being a newbie in this bloggie world I hope nobody expects much from me. The list of no-hopers from my blog includes me too. It feels so good when nobody expects anything from you just like the KKRs (Karbo ladbo harbo reee).

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