New year - Mumbai Style (Gudi Padwa) .. but we had ...

Today in the state of Maharashtra, people celebrtae the Marathi New Year named "Gudi Padwa" with people having holidays and festivities all around, it seemed as if the whole of Mumbai was taking a holiday. My friend Satya also had a leave and Bidur, the greatest cook on Earth had cooked Mutton, a spicy mutton curry popularly cooked in almost all over India. I had cooked Kadhi, but it seemed no one got interested in it, as Mutton curry was really good.

Thailand will be celebrating its new year in a few days from now, on 13-14 April. In Thailand I got an opprtunity to eat mutton only once, my friend had taken me to a Muslim Food Restaurant, where I had a rice mutton plate which was very similar to our Biryani.

In Vietnam I had mutton, where it was eaten barbequed, nothing strange people in SE Asia hardly eat Mutton, with the exception of Muslim population.

Nice day. Nice mutton dish with rice and a long afternoon siesta, Great Tea... now back to job search.

Amit

Linh - Our Duracell Battery Pack

Today I happened to chat with a livewire friend named Linh, She is from Hanoi Vietnam and was my classmate at AIT. Though I could hardly connect with her at that time because of our age gap, today I feel a lot closer to her. I subsequently got close to her thanks to tonnes of vietnamese friends and particularly so when we went to study at CERAM, our Dual Degree school in France. About her I have probably seen very few girls as energetic and vibrant as her, the only other girl who came close to her was another 20-something girl named "Debopoma" in my Karate Dojo in New Delhi, And this explains why I have named the post as Duracell :P. I am sad that her personal life is a bit shaken, and probably that makes her a bit wiser (not that she was not wise, earlier, :P ... ).
I remember her as my friend as who had a whole wordrobe collection, mostly from Thammasat :P, her friends ( a.k.a boyfriends ) and someone who travelled more than anyone of us when we were in Europe.

The picture here shows her when she came to visit us in our room in NICE. She also happens to be an active blogger now with a blog in yahoo, with lots of nice pics in them of her travels abroad.

She also used to punch me sometimes with her strong hands, which sometimes amazed me, and sometimes I punched her hard and used to wonder ow she could not get hurt (I used to hit her real hard ... now pls dont get down to "How can u hit a girl ??? ... etc etc " )

Today she has a new job offer on hand and I wish her all the best in life. Wish really to keep in touch with her. And more importantly I wish her to get mature and settle down with a good guy soon. And I am sure she will regain her faith in love again soon

Best wishes from an OLD friend

Amit

Beer with Amit @ Marriott

Yesterday night was a good one, long-time friend Amit Selot had come over to Mumbai and called me up for a beer, along with his younger brother Sumeet. After leaving Thailand I had been thirsting for a Draught Beer, but even inside Marriott Draught of choice was hard to come by. I think It will be years before beer-guzzling came actually come up as a normal time-pass. Beer is still "Alcohol " in Indian society, after all. Probably the only state in India with Liberal attitude towards Alcohol consumption is GOA, where Beer is available in grocery stores also. I wish that be emulated all over India ... aaahahahahahahaha pipe-dreams.

The best beers anyway are always availabe in Europe,.. just remembering the days there when I was with Amit and friends, at the Heineken Factory, the beer that came along with the tour was just Heavenly, never had anything close to it anywhere. Asia will take a long time to catch up or will probably never even come close. Just look at the pic, Amit going bonkers there., and probably his wife not finding that very funny, or was she already drunk ???? hahahaha, I can say that because after coming out of the tour, she was singing on the streets of Amsterdam like a chirpy bird. :). We all had a nice time after that though. And talking of Beer, In bruges, a small town in Belgium I wanted to visit a bar which sold 300 different varieties of beer, but unfortunately it was closed on the days that I was there. Also worth mentionable was the Singha beer of Thailand, a good brew I would say.

A brief introducion about Amit: He happens to be among my best friends today, but actually he is married to my childhood friend Sucharita (gulu). Initially after marriage I used to introduce the couple as "This is Gulu my friend and this is her husband, Amit" but after some beer sessions the introduction went this way "This is Amit my friend, and this is gulu his wife" and if I was in a chatty mood I would add "she also happens to be my childhood friend", or otherwise it was conveniently ignored ... Hahahahahaha.

Anyway back to mumbai we had Foster's the beer from down-under, Australia... and it was good. The Philipino singer who came and introduced herself to us, was also charming. she looked somewhat like mary, the girl in AIT, famous for her skimpy clothes... hahahaa, sometimes she looked hot ... though ;). The Ambience at the hotel was good lots of foreigners too. Sumeet had whisky, I was surprised at the kid being bold enough to take whisky in front of his elder bro.. times change , :P . After 3 hours and many beers we headed to a famous Pav-Bhaji stall in Andheri, the chikoo shake was good too.

Time to part, Anit had to take an early morning flight to Bangalore, wish I could spend more time with him like we used to do in Delhi.. whole night drinking talking singing, dancing etc etc. Came back to room had a nice sleep, Right now Amit must be in Bangalore,

Waiting for better times mate

yours lovingly

Amit

Of Pride being Pulled Down

With passage of time it seems I am getting Edgier. I hope to make it somewhere soon. Sometimes I wonder who controls your life ... At other times I feel that all my pride has been taken away with no access to it... seems as if someone is being vengeful at my prior attitude. Will I be given an opportunity to cover lost ground? And more importantly to cover lost pride? How much lower will I be pulled down to? Does someone really care? Does someone really control it ? ... So many questions these days... and no answer to any of them . I hope someday when I look back on these words, I will be able to make some sense.

Amit Ghosh

Pondering on Dreams

Dreams are best left unattended for sometime, because they seem so far that the air almost looks opaque... too far ... too dreamlike... to be true. Do I sound pessimistic ? it maybe because of things happening around me. Just waiting for the days when I can give wings to my dreams and they can fly... will wait ... what do u say ?? Or will this abyss never end ??? There is an Indian saying "Before one's time and more than one's luck, no one has ever got his share and nor will anyone ever get it ever" . Anyway never mind all the ramblings... Now I got to think about what to do tomorrow ... will keep you posted.

Baby Steps

Dear all,

It had been quite sometime, that I was seriously pondering about creating my own Space. These pages which will follow form today will be a serious attempt to look into my thoughts, wishes, ideas, fantasies, hopes, dreams, and .... . I will also attempt to post some documents, links, pics .. etc of my friends, interesting websites (of interest to me) and my life.

At this juncture I am going through a very low ebb of my life... I ain't got a job, personal life in complete upheaval, heart almost wrenched out of its space, ... seems I got little else to lose. I blame myself for my state which I let happen due to my own inaction and unwillingness to go against the rules of the world. I hope I will regroup soon.

I also intend this space to be an experience in my attempts to Learn a few areas of interest which has been fascinating me since the last few years. Let's see how much I can achieve through this attempt.

Really wish me luck, I got to give it a go, and that too with all my Heart and tonnes of wishes from all of my readers. I may not be posting very regularly. But, I will definitely attempt to do so.

Regards

Amit GHOSH