Meet The" KOLKATA KNIGHT ....... (Sorry) TRAM RIDERS"

It was the most fateful day of our lives on 4th of april when names of final selected ppl where called out for WIPRO and we 4 (me ,jadu arli and suprita) made it except karan who unfortunately culdnt make it thru tech round.Since that day wipro has been so kind in showering lots of love on us by constantly nagging us wid irritating sessions,Boring project and stupid mails.Every little endeavour that wipro shows towards us to make it a part of their family just recedes us away frm this comp and we culdnt stop but curse it weneevr we are called to meet various "san" ( Sriniva"san",Gane"san" and lot many) of wipro.

This time wipro decided to suck more blood frm our veins by ordering us for medical checkup.we decided to go to kolkata as it is the nereast to our BBSR. i made more plans for myself to visit my home as it was long due since october.So packed wid my whole luggage we all gathered at the station and embarked on our abt to be a surprisingly special and memorable trip.No 1 was sure abt the plan as to what we will do there and wen we will be coming back as we didnt book our return tickets.But suprita and jaadu had everything clear in their minds and had already planned to see every nice thing of kolkata and go for a night stay too to achieve it.we reached howrah station early morning and decided to get fresh thr.i even bought 1 toothbrush on the station itself and wid suprita was on the lookout for a place whr we can clean our teeth.we found some taps right at the back of a restaurant and like true bihari style we 2 went their and brushed as fast as we can saving ourselves frm the eyes of guard of the restaurant standing thr.we had to pinpoint our at the tap coz of the funny way it was made and kind of dirty it was .

Every1 till then was ready to leave to the assigned hospital for our chkups.we got into a typical kolkata overcrowded bus to reach park street.We then get to the hospital and got started wid the process.after some initial chkup we went to submit our blood samples and i still curse that doctor who put a big injection and took out so much blood frm my body.Time for our urine samples and here deepak shaw showed his heroics.1st of all arli found him coming out of the "HER" toilet wid instant begging frm his side not to tell this fact to any1 in the coll as he did it by mistake( God knows how this self assumed shakespere in english read "HIS" instead of "HER") .Then he finally got inside "HIS" toilet and was supposed to submit his samples thr itself.but instead he took it in his hands and came out in front of all of us to ask whr he was supposed to put that bringing in all of us a pill of uncontrolable laughter.he got rebukes frm the nurse too for his situational comedy.Meanwhile jaadu and ishaan who forgot to bring their pics went to a studio to arrange for their pics and finally get on wid the process.So finally at 1 we were done wid our medical chk up and came out of that hospital.time for some food and then i had to leave for home too biding good bye to jaadu suprita arli and all.But fate had something else in store for me as constant requests frm these 3 to stay wid them and njoy in kolkata put me in a big dilemma as wat to do.shaw on the other side was in no mood to stay but i changed my mind and decided to stay thr and have fun at kolkata rather than getting bored alone at home.

So shaw and ishaan left us and rest of us decided to go to Ac market to buy some branded stuffs at unbelievingly cheap rates.Time for us to get to metro station and get a feel of that famoues kolkata metro ride.we went to Esplanade called the heart of city.To move thru those narrow pavements full of so many stalls selling everything from a pin to clothes to electronic gadgets even at such cheap rates is a feeling in itself and doing so 1 just feels a part of the happening and crowded city .we kept roaming frm 1 end to other stopping in between to buy stuffs at many stalls specially those gals who culdnt control themselves and were ready to empty their purses by showing their bargaining talent.Till now only 5 of us were left and rest of us left for coll and jadu and suprita were quite successfull in executing their plan to perfection.meanwhile jaadu got in touch wid some of the seniors of our coll who were working for CTS now at salt lake.and at the same time suprita got in touch wid didis and they both arranged for our night stay at salt lake.So over wid this big headache of finding a place for night stay we got too relaxed and every1 got into fultoo masti mood.we again went to metro to leave for shovabazar frm whr we can get an auto for salt lake.but at the station we were stopped by the guard as i had so much luggage wid me and according to them metro was meant for light luggage only.we kept on arguing but he didnt bend even a bit from his stance and didnt let us thru.But jaadu did take our revenge wen he took a video shoot of this nautanki by those guards bringing instant fear in their eyes of getting exposed wid their stupid stuff.We simply left that place and got inside the staion frm the other side and boarded the metro to reach shovabazar. All gals specially miss suprita was over excited to fulfill her long time unfulfilled dream of getting onto a tram.and luckily for them or rather unfortunate for all of us we did find a tram thr and we all get onto it without giving a 2nd thought to it even though it was destined to same location frm where we just came.after boarding it jaadu in all this excitement paid for the last staion as the total cost was a mere Rs 4.The tram journey gave us an opportunity to see eevry nook and corner of kolkata moving thru those narrow kolkata streets in its own slow ,gentle pace.but after some time we did realize that it way too slow and and will take 45 mins to halt.After taking a U-turn we again came back to shovabazar by metro.and the credit for all this crazy act goes to none other than miss suprita jha who ensured that 1 mery-go-round trip frm 1 station to other and frm metro to tram to metro again.

Frm shovabazar we took an auto and that autowala told all 5 of us to adjust in the back seat only.we somehow adjusted wid jaadu sitting on me and his legs almost out of the auto.and the most funny thing was the way that autowala was driving...truly inspired frm famous south indian actor "rajnikant" ..following his style he was taking his auto out of any kind of gap possible on the road.evrything was going fine though till that autowala crossed an aunty so closely that jaadu's legs struck her and she fall down.aunty in all her furry started hurling all possible bengali gaalis on jadu and we somehow escaped thanx to that rajnikant style driving of autowala.

Finally we reached salt lake safely and this place totally seem too different frm kolkata wid so less trafic,lots of peace,no rush of crowed and beautiful buildings towering over our head.We went to the most happening place of salt lake whr all the it employess rush to have some fresh air after some tiring day at office.jaadu who was looking for KFC whole day finally got 1 here and we all went thr to have some much needed food.suprita meanwhile met her our seniors and then we all went to meet them at CCD.they all were soo happy to see their juniors who came to meet them and some even got senti remembering their college days memories.Frm their talks it was quite clear that they still are ao much attached to coll and they havent totally settled down to the demands of IT industry.frm thr bhaiya took all of us to 1 of the best restaurants which was supposedly saurav ganguli's one and ordered so much food for us.they were treating us as their own family and being wid them was so full of fun.Time for us to leave and have some rest.suprita,arli and nivi went wid didis and me and jadu came to bhaiya's place.in their flat we met all the other bhaiyas and each one of them were so kool that every moment spent in their flat was fun.Chayan bhaiya started rememebring their college stories and those were so intresting that he went on and on till 3 and still we didnt wanted to sleep.we finally went to bed as next day was planned for Aquatica and we had to get up early.

Next day all the bhaiyas agreed to go to aquatica wid us as they never went thr in their 4 months stay at this place.all the gals joined us at technopolis and frm thr we went to Aquatica.This was 2nd visit to a water park in less than a month for me and jaadu and we didnt wanted to miss any fun.all bhaiya and didi were also seem to be njoying a lot in our company and we never felt as being seniors or juniors.We spent a lot of time in the waves of bath bed and every1 wished to touch the wall at the end of bed.Jadu helped arli reach thr as it was so difficult to get thr coz of the water level which was more than her height.after that it was time to njoy other rides and we really missed those 60 and 90 degree rides of water kingdom in mumbai.But here also Nirmal made his presence felt as we took his exapmle to inspire girls to go for all the dificult rides as then they would be able to tease him on his inability to go for those kinda rides.The most funniest 1 was the dark amazon where nothing was visible inside and jaadu held arli's hand and went alongwith her inside it.and everytime they came out of it ,their expression on the face said it all that they njoyed it to the core.Nivi who was constantly fighting wid cough and cold and a sore throat ignored everything and njoyed all the rides just on 1 mention of nirmal's xample.We all had a nice time thr and after 1 Grp pic of all of us we left aquatica and came to Bowling centre.each 1 of us being a 1st timer to bowling were so much excited abt playing this game.Each one of us had a go at this and me and jadu got a fair amount of success too.But 1 person who really did SUCK in this game was suprita jha who was not even able to make the bowl reach the strike as she hit the floor too hard wid the bowl that it stopped thr itself and all of us cant help but laugh at her soooo much. Even arli and nivi did far better than her.After completion of the game it was time to plan for our return as we culdnt decide whether to leave next day or that nite itself .this confusion was thr just coz of the fact that gals stay st didi'd place was not taken too well by her landlady and in the moring she did said many thing to lodge her disapproval.But didis being grown up under the harsh treatment of Sukanti in the 4 years of coll life were kool abt it ans they asured us that they will anyhow handle it.So finally we decided to extend our stay for the night and leave the next morning.All the gals left and me ,jadu and all those bhaiyas went to have our dinner.Their also we had some great food and some nice moments wid them.They again had some nice stories to share and nice words as to how much they njoyed wid us and thanked us for visiting them.Girls also had fun at di's flat as they did cooking for their sweet juniors.Next day we had to get up early morning at 5 as our train was at 7:30.it was so nice to see that they sacrificed their sunday sleep for us and came to drop us at the stand and all these little getures shown by them really made a special place in our hearts and we wont ever be able to forget those 2 days spent wid these bhaiya and di.My experience wid Kolkata has never been such a good 1 as all previous viits were marred wid some really some bad moments ...but this 1 trip was truly special as we 5 wiproites had time of our lives spending time together and wid those seniors.

Goa's "MARK" In Our Hearts

We left mumbai wid loads of unforgettable memories specially the rides of mumbai local train and water kingdom.but this ride with volvo to goa was quiet comfortable though.Ishaan wid his non-stop all india radio and a movie was shown as well.we all slept comfortably in the hope that we will reach goa early morning.but our comforts were short lived as somehow bus got late and when we got up it was still 8 hrs away frm destination.At the other end karan after finishing his gd-pi in pune was waiting for us at goa bus stand and reached thr early morning at 8.Since then he was constantly calling us but he had to wait for 6 hrs till we reach thr.but again it took us 1 hr more to find him at the bus stop.after reaching thr 1st thing we found that thr was some carnival or beach fest going on and so thr was a dearth of available bikes for hiring.After so much of searching and haggling(nikhil's special word) we somehow got 3 bikes and 1 scooty.

so finally at 4 we all left on our bikes for Bagha beach 1 of the famous and most happening beaches of goa.As we got more closer to the beach 1 thing we noticed was increasing no. of foreigners thr.We were lucky to have got 2 cheap and comfortable rooms just near the beach at frank's cottage.we decided to get fresh and then start our exploring business.But nirmal(till now considered as the smartest person in our grp) who was short of cash till then took his scooty to go to ATM.rest of us took rest and got fresh unaware of the fact of wat laid ahead in our fate.at 5 we all including nirmal came out to have a 1st look at goa one of our special dream since 1st year.but all our dreams and hopes came crashing down wen we went for our respective vehicles and found that scooty was missing.At the very moment we forget all our tiredness and hunger and only thing which was hovering in our mind as to how will we pay for the scooty.sandy even started counting how much will each have to pay.i made an imp point in informing them that we have to pay here only and that depends on the amout of cash each 1 of us have our accounts.but 1 funny and imp point to note was the presence of xactly a same scooty(just a difference in colour as it was blue and ours was black) right at the same place whr nirmal parked ours.Nirmal(till now no more the smartest person among us) was quick in pointing out that he has parked his scooty at the same place after coming frm atm.till then me and pritam had left on a blind search of a black scooty wid its no.we chked almost every scooty in that particular area wid no clue of wat happened to ours.while this drama was on 1 imp and quiet possible thing struck in nikhil's mind .he somehow guessed that nirmal has achieved the impossible.according to him our smartest buddy mr nirmal left his scooty at atm and brought some else's here.we wasted no time and nirmal and nikhil left for the atm.sandy meanwhile was continuously banging loads of galiyaan on nirmal for this dying work of intelligence shown by him and giving us our 1st zor ka jhatka at goa.Nikhil assumption hit the bullseye as they found our scooty parked at the ATM.now the search was on for that unfortunate person who was the victim of Nirmal's colour blindness.The person was sitting right thr near the scooty and we got to know that this unfortunate person was named Mark and he was frm uk.his face was lit up wen he saw nikhil and nirmal coming to him and finally letting him some incite abt nirmal's legendary work.He then had some nice and sarcastic words abt indians and came to our place to have his scooty.He was amazed at this coincidence that his own scooty culd be started wid our keys too.Nirmal who culdnt differentiate between his black scooty and his blue one was himself clueless abt how he culd have possibly done so.We were thankful to Mark that he didnt filed a police complaint till then or we culd have spent our final sem at goa itself.The final words of mark after he got his scooty summed it all " i thought only Europians r crazy".

These turnaround of events finally brought our smile back and we spent no time to rush for having some much deserved food. But our ordeal was not over yet as we fund out that food near the beach was extremely costly and then we had to find good enough restaurant which culd fit our budget.we finally found 1 andate like anything .Then we went for some shopping and thr also nirmal left the bike's keys making this day truly forgetable for him.frm thr we went to have some troll at the beach and get the first feel of wat it is like to be on the most happening beach of india.wat separates these goa beaches frm the rest in india was the kind of environment and presence of crowed here.so many ppl from all over the world just flock to this part of india to have that special feeling of 1 candle-lit dinner wid the view of sands moving on waves' command ,music being played everywhere and live English Premiere League matches shown on big screens.we let ourself get loose in this place of fun and njoy the ambience to the core.it became a fateful day of my life too as i tried my first ever hard drink thr.i looked down at the menu and found Goa special "pheny" to be the cheapest 1.and the very 1st drink of my life was so bitter that no1 culd finish it.then i took 1 sip frm every1 else's glass and proudly lost my drinks virginity.We quietly left for sleep after the end of an eventfulevents.

day 2 at goa and we were all up by 8 in the morning( too difficult for us wen we have classes at 8) .me and sandy went to the beach to have that fresh aroma of air around the beach and see the sun shedding its 1st light on the sea-water.the feeling itself was damn exciting and we culdnt wait to experience those nerve-wrecking water sports.we settled for the package of 500 bucks each and one by one went for water scooter.riding this scooter was a bit too less for satisfaction as the ride ended bfore we can truly njoy the speed of scooter and thrust of water coming out of it.Then it was time for para-sailing.and nirmal again started showing all his bravery and nakhras.we had to convince him a lot that its totally safe then only he went wid us.we were supplied wid the life-jacket and all the safety materials bfore we were sent up in air.and i tell u the feeling up thr was an eperience in itself.the view of the sea frm such a distance was something 1 would wish to capture in his eyes forever.But the most breathtaking water sports called Banana ride was just waiting for us.nirmal as expected clearly cleared himself away and decided to better rest at the shore.we all went for it and at the mid of the sea they wid a sudden rush dropped us all frm the banana boat.This sudden fall at that place in sea where nothign was visible except water and no land thr to stand firm is an experience to be felt only and its difficult to describe in words.but it did create so much panic in ishaan and in this situation he caught hold of karan inside water and neither he was trying to come up nor letting him get up.His funny panicky face was thr to be seen and loads of gaalis hurled on to him by karan wen they did come out.we paid 100 bucks xtra and went for 1 more banana ride.these water sports were 1ce in a lifetime experience and it wuld have been foolish to miss them.

Done wid it , we felt its time to eat.the funny thing of being in goa and a will to experience everything as well as the cost of food thr made us eat just 1ce in a day.so after all day of non-sop fun we used to get so hungry that we just culdnt wait to get on wid watever we used to get thr.......and i dont rem myself eating anything else than chicken(putting every concern of put flu on bay).after recharging our gears we were again on our bikes and it was time to see Fort aguada of dil chahta hai fame.this fort was kind of myserious as we culdnt figure out as for wat purpose it was made,but the view of sea frm the walls of the historical fort was like some hollywood movie stuff.then it was time for our own version of dil chata hai as we shooted our own spoof on that famous special scene still etched in our memories.Frm thr we went to squirm beach and the view of the sea got better this time and the blow of kool wind wid the sight of sun set ,every1 seemed to be lost in this beauty of nature. Now we decided to see other beaches of goa and increase
our count of no. of beaches visited.we went for anjuna beach famous for its nightlife and parties.we moved and kept on moving as it was too far away frm our expectations and after reaching thr we didnt find even a bit of any of the happening parties or anything of that sort.Instead we culdnt find our way back frm the beach as the only way we came frm was blocked by so many dogs who were waiting to tear us apart if we moved closer to them.we finally had to beg 1 restaurantwala to let us pass frm its kitchen.This dissapointment was short lived as on our way back we found a Go-Karting track and went thr.1st sandy and karan tried and they were really driving too well on the track.then we all decided to go for it and it was indeed quite a fun except the thing that sandy got his elbows burnt as he put his hands on the heated engine.we spent the eve at our very own and till now familiour bagha beach wid every1 again getting a
feel of those high branded low cost drinks which r exclusively available in goa only.

Day 3 and it was time to see the velha goa (old goa) which is full of some eye-catching churches standing firm thr from so many years.it was a different feeling alltogether visiting these age old churches and it was no-doubt boring for some of us specially sandy who instead called for a go at another round of banana ride rather than getting bored thr.We decided to go to another Fort known as Fort Chaupada.This was at a certaing height frm the sea and was enough for two super charged bravos of our grp--- sandy and ishaan(pritam) to go to the topmost point of that place and frm thr they took all the risks of going down to the sea beach ignoring all those slip of feet they went thru.wen they came up they were all drenched and pritam regretted getting blown in emotion seeing sandy.We decided to make this last night at goa a truly memorable 1 and bought a 750 ml vodka called fuel as karan adviced.jadu took a tiny bottle of wine costing 80 bucks to gift it to his rumys.And that was 1 hell of a night wid every1 except sandy and jaadu getting high and showed their sentiments towards our frndship and coll life.it was nikhil specially who culdnt control himself and went on saying abt our end of stay at coll.Time to pack our backs and get back to coll but it was not over yet for ishaan as he was so drunk that he refused to go and we had to somehow take him to station. thr were more funny things to be mentioned such as goa bun,police checking of liquors on the train wid a bottle of vodka right on the top inside nirmal's bag and that round goa hat that hung all the time frm the nirmal's seat and me and pritam singing typical bollywood songs at 2 in the night in the train.All this made it a journey of a lifetime and a dream come true in every sense.Nirmal landed in BBSR wid his ROUND GOA HAT on and 1 special line " BACK TO SHIT (kiit)".

Chasing The Mumbai Dream

Hey frnds thrs no denying this fact that good times just flies away so fast and wid it leaves so much of good memories which we cant forget for our lifetime.the same way we have reached to the end of our 4 years of engg which we call as our honeymoon period.1 thing that all of us wanted and was still left unfulilled was a trip to Goa & Mumbai (specially sandy's much talked abt Hiranandani).But every time our plan failed coz of 1 reason or the other.But the enthu of being in final year just got us a unique method of saving our plan from getting failed.This time we planned and 1st thing we did that we booked our tickets so that no1 can back off after that.And this plan was indeed so successful that we gonna use it in our other trips too.

We were already on a trip to IIT kgp and had just 1 day break to start a painful long journey of 36 hrs.but the sheer excitement of our dreams getting fulfilled was enough to again fill us wid all the energy.So finally we left for mumbai and a train journey that too so long wid all the frnds is alway full of so much fun.After 36 long hrs of not so painful journey we put our 1st foot on mumbai soil at 6 in the morning and 1 thing that hit us instantly was the way this big city has exploded in population and this fact was quite easily visible wid the local trains so much crowded that not even 1 inch of space was left.we somehow garnered enough courage to board one of them wid our luggage and plight after that is an experience in itself.Nirmal's body acquired shapes wid the way the space was available wid feets not even finding ground and hands firmly on the hanger .thr was a constant sound of lots of aahs and oohs which we finally found was frm pritam's mouth.we reached our destination and had to jump of the train bfore it even stopped.it was a big sigh of relief wen all of us got off the train wid each one of us a diff story to tell of his plight.now it was time to settle down and sandy took us to his relatives' home and intrduced us to his family and kool bros.we recharged our gears wid some mumbai special vada pao .

Now it was time to explore and we again boarded one of the local trains to reach the historical VT(victoria terminus) a world heritage site. Time for another history lesson as we reached the gateway of india and monumental hotel taj adding to its glorious beauty.Till then our own ishaan awasthi(pritam) was so pareshaan being the first timer to a big city like this.He was as always so confused and had his own fundoo theories of watever came across him.From the gateway of india we decided to visit Elephanta caves to add to our ever growing tally of visits to world heritage sites.it was 1 hr ride on a steamer and we all were so excited abt it.the view of so many other ships nd cruises and ishaan's question made this 1 hr so much of fun.actually ishaan being so inquistive abt everthing and being so smart in history had taken elephanta caves 4 something else.just the similarity of the name filled him wid the hopes of seeing lots of elephants thr. Finally we reched thr and bfore even starting we felt like eating something.The only restaurant available thr was so much overpriced that we decided to fill our belly wid free daal that they were providing and at last even the waiter was fed up wid the amount of dal we ordered.after being fresh again we went to see all the different caves wid just 1 question in our mind"what the hell he was thinking who made such sculptures out of stones that too in such a place whoever stupid he was" .But the sculptures were beautiful enough for us to pose for that 1 memorable pic(For jaadu it was too many memorable pics considering his passion for getting clicked).Till then sandy had found a beautiful blonde and made her our bhabhi bfore even telling us.we were so amused wid the fact that she was following us whereever we went which may be accidental or in fact we were following her.Now it was time for us to leave and steamer was w8ing for us.every1 was happy wid the experience wid a tinch of dissapointment on ishaan's face as he culdnt find even a single elephant thr.In this utter dissapointment ishaan came up wid his sentimental dreams of becomingthe "3rd largest reichest person of india" (god knows wat that means).

after getting on the shore 1st thing we did was to find an MCD and then we went to fashion street whr ever1s different techinique at bargaining for stuffs was at display.Sandy being a mumbaikar was a frontrunner and final purchase was always done at the price which he decided.Buying all those branded stuffs for just rs 120 took us a lot of time and we decided to drop the plan of juhu beach and rather go to Marine drive.Marine drive and the fascinating view of the city frm thr was quiet exciting and the excitement made all of us pee at that historical place.but this call of nature made life difficult for sandy as a couple always used to pop up of even the least expected places whenever he was abt to pee.Seeing this place as a great lover's point and the romantic side of mumbai our own cassanova Ishaan decided then and thr that whatever be the case ,he is going to join WIPRO mumbai only.it was quite late till then and we decided to call it a day and went back to sandy's place where some great home food was waiting for us.here also ishaan showed his calibre and gulped watever he was offered as he never believes in saying no.Mee ,nikhil, nirmal nd jaadu behaved decently but ishaan culdnt say no to that 1 big glass of milk that he was offered after eating so many stuffs (God knows how he created that much space in his small belly).our plans for next day was a visit to water kingdom and then we had to leave for goa.but 1 thing was still left and we all felt incomplete without this.how can we forget that place which sandy has vivdly explained and raped our ears since first year teling abt it.We all including sandy's bros went to the much hyped hiranandani at 11 in the night whr i called i bro(subrat) studying at IIT mumbai.at 1 in the night we made a trip to iit mumbai and the beautiful powai lake. my day was finally over at 2.

It was the start of our day 2 at mumbai and we all were excited abt Water kingdom and every1 was humming those lines of that age old ad which said "essel world me rahunga main ghar nahin jaunga main". we all were geared up and after 2 hrs of long journey we reached at the outskirts of mumbai almost out of the city where we culd see the big hoardings and rides of essel world and water kingdom.we culdnt wait anymore and paid for tickets and clothes and went for those joy rides.till then nirmal had had quite a normal trip.but how can everything be normal wid nirmal.This khate pite ghar ka bahut jyada khane peene wala ladka has so much fear of heights that we had to eventually beg bfore him to go for 60 degree ride.our constant nagging,taunts,respect for 350 bucks he spent nd bravery shown those small kids finally made him make 1 go at it and he did.and this 1st 60 degree became his last ride as while coming down frm it he amost flew in the air wid his hands and legs which he was instructed to cross were distant apart.He came down as a an armyman frm a lost battle and surrendered in front of us who were laughing our asses out at him.after that he quit and directly went to drifting river wid a tube where even five year old kids dont prefer to go as it can degrade their reputation in front of society and gals.rest of us had a great time thr specially wid the 90 degree ride and rain dance. Nirmal at the mean time met a drunk uncle who advised him to get a can of beer if he wanna do away wid his heightophobia.We all repeated our rides to make the most of those 350 bucks we payed thr.Those 3 hrs of non stop masti left us energyless and wid water water every where.time for us to go back pack pur bags and bid gudbye to mumbai and make a start to he next phase of our grand trip as we reached bus stand whr a volvo destined for goa was waiting for us.