Monday, October 26, 2009
encounters of the known kind..............
hello folks..........well,me returning to the blogging arena after a long hiatus(i m sorry if i have overused the word,but my vocab is too limited u no,thats y i didnt fare that well in CAT last yr,well lets c if this new venture of mine can help me in my endeavour this yr around)................well u no ever since i resumed writing,i wannna be as regular as possible bcoz trust me it gives u a gr8 peace of mind at the end of d day wen u r able to speak ur mind out................also it isn't college life when one is always surrounded by a slew of friends with whom u can talk abt ur past,present and future coz u will get plenty of tym and opportunity to do that........at home its a tad bit different.......u only get to meet and talk to ur friends ocassionally.....bt trust me at times during holi or deepawali it can be as chaotic as can be imagined at home 2..............a few of my friends reminded me of wat i had stated in a couple of posts back,that of starting with a bang and ending up with a whimper...... this yr i had pledged that i am going to celebrate each festival at home like a true theist and so after janmasthmi,durga pooja,deepawali,it was the turn of chath this tym around which in de facto is the mother of all festivals for us..............so i immersed myself in the ensuing festivity full on enjoying small things like lighting up a lamp,filling up home made diyas,assisting mom and aunt in food preparations etc etc. and bowing before the human deity several tyms over juz wishing that some good luck come over for me and my equally frustrated friends..........well in the meanwhile i managed to catch hold of a few of the new indian novels(by indian novels i mean novels written by indians by heart and not by birth)..........these were "Keep off the Grass" by an IIMB grad,"Joker in the pack" by another IIMB grad and the most famous of the above troika "2 States:The story of my marriage" by the oh-so famous Chetan Bhagat,a very famous IITD/IIMA grad.................well one conclusion u can draw out from the authors above that the indian novel segment is very heavily dominated by ex-IITians and ex-IIMians................well we cant be too much surprised coz so much of money is at stake,y will some printing press or publisher put his bet and hard earned money on a rookie from a wannabe background..........like in every segment of the market here too brand speaks and u very well no the brand value of an IIT or an IIM,especially in these recessionary times,so the reader is drawn towards the brand name of the novelist and not that of the novel,and more often than not readers,especially students have a gala tym going thru these novels coz they dnt take an eternity to complete,are similar to bollywood flicks in that r full of masala stuffs like action,love,romance,suspense,emotions and most important of them all have a happy ending which is what most of us crave for coz our life is so much imperfect that we seek perfection in everything that we see around us.................well to the guys who may be interested in going thru these new journos especially the last one,i must say that is definitely a compelling read and chetan bhagat has penned down his life in the IIM's per se and according to me not written too much fictional and over the top stuffs like he accentuated in his last two ventures and believe me when one writes his own story honestly,the results are magnificent for one can then relate and identify with the characters easily.............so folks go for it............it will surely cheer u up if only for a day or two........................well the immediate thought that came in my mind when i went thru 50 pages of this book was that wat a life chetan bhagat had had................if clearing IIT and IIMA was not enough,he also full on affairs+sexual encounters with gorgeous babes,stuffs which dreams are made of..............well wat a life man!i wish i cud get such a life in every birth of mine................bt perhaps every1 is not so lucky and talented as him..................so guys hope u too like the book like me...................u definitely will.............i too wanna complete it as soon as possible...........well hopefully i will be more regular from now on....................coz u no there a few ing's i wanna do everyday like jogging,reading,blogging nd others that i wish to do in future like kissing,hugging,fondling(i think i shud stop at that 1 or else my blog will be reported for abuse very soon)..............................happy dreaming,singing,whining,jostling,moaning(thats it i can't think of any more of these words)...........................
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Another post that reminiscence my daily endeavor. I was thinking about your post and I came upon a disagreement with your comment, or thought. You wrote:
"well one conclusion u can draw out from the authors above that the indian novel segment is very heavily dominated by ex-IITians and ex-IIMians............well we cant be too much surprised coz so much of money is at stake,y will some printing press or publisher put his bet and hard earned money on a rookie from a wannabe background"
Well the first thing that came to my attention is that most of these writers are IIT, or IIM graduates, and then you concluded that because of where they have graduated has brought upon the opportunity to publish book, or expanded there opportunity in life. Well on the flip side I think what is different at IIT or IIM that makes it more elite, or their graduates more desirable. Maybe its not the school instead its the go get it attitude that is instilled through rigorous work and competitive need, maybe its the attitude of speaking your mind, or an individual's confidence to go after anything and following through it. One of my weakness is lack of confidence, and worrying about making mistake. The elites on the other hand are not worried about making mistake, but instead they are willing to take risk and do what they desire. So maybe inhibiting our thoughts with what we did not have eludes us from concentrating on our skills, desire, and anything positive that surrounds us. So when you say "the reader is drawn towards the brand name of the novelist and not that of the novel" it appears as a emotional frustrated remark, and an erroneous generalization of human motive. Instead I believe our motives are very intricate. Therefore feeding our thoughts with what we have, and how we can use it to our advantage rather get bogged down with what was never there.
Your post made me think about my weakness, but maybe my thoughts got you thinking about your strengths.
thr u go..........taufiq i told u.......ur comment will be better than my blog..and it surely is.....by a mile.......yaa the point u r saying can also be the conclusion.........maybe the iitians and iimians are unhibited in their nature and do they go all out in pursuit of their dreams,passions.........bt u no d point which i wanted to say was that vry often too much importance is given to brand value........and avg people even if they are equally passionate abt their trade are not spoke in the same breath as their brethren.....hence they give up and pursue normal life thus killing their ambitions,goals etc..........after all society speaks a lot in india buddy
thr u go..........taufiq i told u.......ur comment will be better than my blog..and it surely is.....by a mile.......yaa the point u r saying can also be the conclusion.........maybe the iitians and iimians are unhibited in their nature and do they go all out in pursuit of their dreams,passions.........bt u no d point which i wanted to say was that vry often too much importance is given to brand value........and avg people even if they are equally passionate abt their trade are not spoke in the same breath as their brethren.....hence they give up and pursue normal life thus killing their ambitions,goals etc..........after all society speaks a lot in india buddy
Well I dont know if my comment is better than the blog, but thank you. And you are right society does speaks volume in India, and brand name makes a difference, well to an extent, all over the world. Hmmm maybe I am happy to be not part of a brand.. gives me the opportunity to make my own brand :)
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