Madhosh Kiye Jaa

Doubling the Joy- Unusual Meetup

Sayantani Saha is an alumna from IMT Nagpur 2010-12 batch of MBA and works in Kolkata at present. Ananya Ghosh is a Ph.D. candidate at St. Xavier's University, whom I met at XLRI first in 2023, and then when I came here to work. I didn't imagine that they would know each other, but coincidentally, they do. And Sayantani spotted a pic of Ananya with me, and recognised me in it! So we finally met over a long lunch and conversation, at Cafe Miami in New Town. The ambience was great, and the food too, but the catching up and banter about their lives and mine, was the best. Some pics-

Smileys- Collection of Smiles- Part 2

Proof of the pudding is in the smiling. Some more from my collection over the years-

Sapna Patni, first pic, and

Tanmeet and Alisha, second

Naveen Das, Kolkata book fair

Rimjhim at her place

Ekkirala and Vaishali at IMT

Alum meet in Mumbai, IMT

Radhika, Park in Mandu

Ganesh, and Tamros Mondal, IIM Indore

Shreyashi at my office, Indore, and Siri Adi in Kharghar

Potential Quizzes

What/Who comes to your mind, when you see these words?

1. The Skull Cave/Col. Worobu/Guran

2. Gestures Hypnotically

3. Ina Mina Dika

4. Chupke Chupke Raat Din

5. Ek taraf uska ghar, ek taraf maikada

6. Gori tera gaon bada pyara

7. Ye kya ho raha hai?

8. Bindiya chamkegi, choodi khankegi

9. Woh kagaz ki kashti, woh baarish ka pani

10. Made in India

11. Shola jo bhadke dil mera dhadke

12. Hum kale hain to kya hua dilwale hain?

13. Tu auron ki kyun ho gayi?

14. Dil mein ek lehar si uthi hai abhi

dialogue

1. Mogambo khush hua

2. Peene ka pani alag, gutter ka pani alag

3. Behno aur bhaiyon..

4. Lilly, don't be silly

5. Don ko pakadna mushkil hi nahi, naamumin hai

6. Babu moshai,...

7. Ek chutki sindoor ki keemat tum kya jano.

8. Ye kya ji, goda chatur, goda chatur?

9. Pushpa, I hate tears.

10. kkk..Kiran..

Pronunciation- we are Like This Only

We pronounce English words exactly as we like- influenced by the Mother tongue, is many cases.

For instance, Telugu chaps usually pronounce the d in Bridge.

Marathi people think the Pen is a Pain.

Odiyas confuse the Boss with the Bus.. and Xavier becomes Jhabier.

The Bongs think the Heart is Hurt. And Award is aa-word.

Tamils pronounce Money as Mani- the na is the hard one.

Mallus are Zimbly too much, and gulp if someone else goes to the Gelf.

In some parts of the North, they study in an Iskool, isn't that cool?

But the best is a friend from Bihar who completely changed Voluptuous to Bholuputus.. can't beat that!

What People Might Do on Valentine's Day

A bit early, but the day is not far away! So, imagine what the following would do, and where they would be on Valentine's Day.

Donald Trump- He would love to take over Greenland, Poland, any land where he can spread some love!

Putin- He believes in communism, and so loves all equally. Ukraine ho ya Afghanistan. Will try and prove it too.

Sherlock Holmes- he would go out in search of True Love- more difficult than all his other assignments put together.

Hercule Poirot- he would just be his charming, old-world self.

SRK- short for Shah Rukh Khan. He would love to sign autographs for his million admirers.

Salman- his search is unending, because he occasionally beats them up.. lovingly, of course.

Road Romeos- would be locked up in a safe place! With no Juliets in sight.

Tour of Kolkata Schools

JIS is a sponsor of Saraswati Pooja Awards given to schools. I represented the university and went to 5 schools starting with APJ in Salt Lake, to Taki Multipurpose school for Boys, Sanskrit Collegiate School, Jadavpur Vidyapeeth and Little Memorial School in Garia. A highlight was that we were accompanied by two celebrities- Soham Chakrabarty, actor, and Jose Baretto, former Mohun Bagan football star from Brazil who lives here.