Wanna be my Chammak Challo!

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So finally, my new gaddi is here!! And as per the recent fad, people are giving nick names to their cats, dogs, boyfriends, pens, shoes, tumblers and what not!!... so I also decided to give it one! :D  .. If you would have known me long enough, you wouldnt be surprised to hear the name I gave it! - Chammak Challo !! :D :D

Well, the option was between Katto and Chammak Challo. Ab bhai Delhi me Katto to bahut dikh jati hian, but chammak challo... not so much! :P

So presenting before you .. The lady of the night... Chammak Challo!!

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Ab bas koi isme Petrol bharwane ke paise de de.. Gaadi maalik ki to ab 1 litre petrol khareedne ki bhi aukaat nahi bachi hai !! :P

I wanted to write a long detailed review of the car (like padhe likhe professional writers do!), lekin saala , didn't get enough time to spend with her to know her better. :(  Jab se chammak challo ghar aai hai, either I am out of Delhi, or I am working late in office! :(  Lagta hai ab iske sath  2-3 loong drive pe jaana hi padega! ;) :D Koi na, is weekend chammak challo ko Ring Road se DND tak ki sair kara ke hi laate hain! :D

Anyways, on a related note, the chammak challo song from RaOne is one of my favorite song these days! I guess I hear it almost 10 -12 times a day! Waise, sun ke zada difference pata nahi chalta ki kallu mama gaa raha hai .. ekdum punjabi munde ki aawaz lagti hai ! :D

Ye lo! Subtitles ke sath gaana suno! :D



Now just waiting for the parking horn with Chammak Challo tune! :D Guess some or the other illiterate truck drivers passing through Noida must be having it... :P

Other side of the table...

Life is pretty interesting these days I must say!

As some of you guys already know from my Facebook Check-ins that these days I am running across several campuses across North India for placements. This is the first time I have started going to campuses, and by God ki kasam, kaafi mast kaam hai baccho ke interview lena! :D

The very same answers and reasons we used to give 5 years back, are still being used by the kids across campuses! And frankly speaking, I am now able to understand the side winks and cruel smiles which the interviewers gave me during my campus interviews! Lagta hai pichle 10 saal se sab saale same-to-same websites se answers download karke, yaad karke interviews me pahunch jaate hain! :D

And then my recent campus visit I met the following guy. Saale ka attitude dekh ke ekdum mujhe apni jawani ke din yaad aa gaye! (sniff sniff!) So the backstory is, I rejected this guy after the interview, and then he came back to me after the process was over for feedback...

Candidate: Sir, I wanted your honest feedback about me, that made you reject me? (And some more bullshit, wrapped around career, future, and preparation for the next companies to come)
Me: (All I wanted to say was - Dude You Suck! :P) but what I said was something wrapped around, business acumen, analysis of financial statements and other junk related to world economy!!

This went on between me and him for about 10 minutes. And then after a couple of minutes i stepped out of the placement cell to go towards the guest house and heard the same kid summarizing our discussion to his friends:

Candidate: Abe saala kuch bakwaas kar raha tha, mujhe laga thodi dedication aur honestly dikhaunga to shayad reconsider kar le, par sale chut*ye ne to lecture de daala!!!!

At first I thought I should confront him, but then I remembered... I spoke the exact same sentence few years back! EXACTLY the SAME!! :D

I just stood there and laughed at him, and then started walking away... seriously, when i think about it, saala aaj bhi kuch nahi badla! And by that time that kid had seen me walking! Aage ka scene to aap guess kar hi sakte hain! Rocket ki pant me aag lagi hui dekhi hai na... Furrrrrrrrrrr!!:D :D :D

Hello Bastar by Rahul Pandit : Book Review

So the other day, I was browsing through Blogadda website, and saw this book Hello, Bastar -: The Untold Story of India'S Maoist Movement up for grabs! I read the short synopsis of the book, and immediately knew that I wanted to read this one! And three days later, I got my free copy to review! Woohoo!

The author of the book, Rahul Pandit, has spent a good amount of time with Naxals, and as they say in our industry - has done extensive primary research to develop a thorough understanding of the topic! :D He has not only interviewed the Maoists, but also tried to empathize with them, and tried to bring out the other side of the stories reported in the regular news journals. Having spent about 10 years with Naxals to understand their perspective and to gain deeper understanding of their motives and demands from the government, Rahul Pandit has a uniquie opinion on this matter.

Hello Bastar

I was always curious that how did it all start? How did Maoists turn into what they are now from lungi wearing, crops growing farmers! And that is precisely the reason why I got interested in reading this book in the first place.

The book tries to present the inside story of the Naxals, from the hardships they faced in the hands of governments to their futile attempts to communicate with the government. Most of the times these guys were caputered and jailed when they came out to talk with the government. The book also highlights the government apathy towards these people, which fuelled the Naxal movement and incited more and more poor and adivasi people to join their movement.

It brings out the fact that most of the effort from the Government's side has been in supressing the movement by use of force. Not much efforts have been made in understanding the real causes of the discontent prevailing in these communities and the ways to eradicate it.

In short, the book provides you with an overview regarding the history of the Naxal movement, their present status and their future plans. In addition, it also covers the most obvious topics regarding Naxals, such as Guerrilla Warfare, their organization structures, key personnel and leaders etc. The book also details some of the smaller incidents you must have read about in the newspapers in the past, also the recent big event in which 75 army jawans were killed. Though all these incidents provide a different story, this time from the Naxal's side.

If you practically know nothing about the Naxals and the issues, you will be tricked into believing that state and national governments are to be blamed for all the unrest in the area. However, having read this book, and some other articles and magazines on the same topic, I am of the opinion that neither this book, nor the newspapers present a 100% unbiased view of the situation.

This book is a bit too much on Naxals side, and the news papers totally dismiss those guys as a threat to national security. So I guess everyone writes their own views on this topic and it is really hard to find an unbiased fact based opinion on this matter.

I would give this book a rating of 387 on a scale of 500 ! Well, as it goes with most of the stuff I write, this rating is completely meaningless! :D

Pick this book up if you really want to know the intrinsic details about the history of the movement! Or else, head over to the Twilight or chick flicks section of your library! :D

PS: I know this is the second continuous post on a serious topic on this blog, which is kind of.. err.. unexpected! But well, this is my blog so ...

PPS: This review is a part of the Book Reviews Program at BlogAdda.com. Participate now to get free books!

PPPS: Ahhh.. forget it ! :P