A Bhel of two cities

A BHEL OF TWO CITIES

It was a very beautiful day… I can still smell the old paint on the train, and the feeling of being suffocated because of the extremely fat and rude woman sitting next to me, I can still hear people talking at the top of their voices … As I was saying, It was a beautiful day and me and didi were on the train to Ahmedabad from Surat.

Now, there is one thing that you need to know about me.. I am a foodie and I have sudden cravings for food items at totally odd situations..

When I was travelling to surat, I had this amaaazzing and extremely tasty “Bhel” !

And since then I couldn’t wait to get on the train back to Ahmedabad to eat “bhel”..

Everything was set..I sat on the train, waiting to get my hands on the yummy , crispy and mouth watering bhel.I knew, it wouldn’t be a problem as during the 5 hour journey atleast 10 bhel walas generally show up…

Suddenly, I saw a man carrying a basket on his head..

YEsss!!! Hes here .. I thought..

“bac phree, bolo, minral waater, bolo, bac phree boloooo”

Damn! It wasn’t Bhel..

After some time , I saw another basket man..

But,

It was “phrooti aaya phrooti, limca bolo fanta bolo, pepsi bolo”

NOOOOOOO….

Okay I had to wait…. I waited and I waited..

And there was no bhel wala in sight.. I was really irritated now.. I needed some junk food and I needed it NOW..!!

And then there was, the “cutlet wala” .. I had 2 cutlets.. Haash! My stomach was full and I was happy..

After 2 mins,

“bhel bolo bhel aaya, bheeelll”

didi asked me If I wanted any.. I simply replied “ nah dat’s okay..no mood for bhel now “

didi: “are you sure??”

me: “duh-uhh..!!! I just had 2 cutlets!”

The rude woman bought one packet..

The bhelwala went away..

And after 10 mins,

OHH no!!! It was here again..!! Bhelll …. I need bhell right now… YUmmm!! Can’t look at the woman eat it.. NOoo!!!

Didi: don’t worry. There will be more vendors soon..

And then I waited , I waited I waited…

Okay.. I thought I should forget about it and divert my mind to something else..and just when I thought I had forgotten about Bhel, I got a msg from “buyshares” which said “Buy BHEL for blah blah blah”..

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Bhelll Bhelll bhell…

Suddenly I heard a basket man say “Bheeel”.

And I wassss soooooooo happy..!! He was walking very very fast,.. I ran behind him..

I ran through two compartments..

Finalllyyy!! I thought.

“BHAIYYAAA”..!. ek Plate Bhel” I shouted, still panting.

and he said:

“madam bhel nahi bread hai”.........

aavjo!

ashwini :)

DREAMYYY..!

Im just like any normal person out there.. I wake up, go to college, come back have food, hang out with my friends..e.tc e.t.c.. But, lately I have been noticing spooky things in me..

ITS REALLY HARD TO SAY IT ON A PUBLIC FORUM AND IT surely IS REALLY BRAVE OF Me TO REVEAL My "FREAK side"...

okay, here it goes..

All of us go to sleep and dream... All of us wake up in the morning and sometimes forget those dreams and then go on with our life.. But things are a bit different with my dreams.. I see hints of things that happen in the near future..

I know I am giving you all an impression of being a psycho but trust me I am not lying..

I realised this first in the year 2001, when I was about 9 years old.. I had a dream of the roof coming down and that the earth was shaking really hard and I told my father about this and he shared his experience about an earthquake that he had experienced once in Mumbai.. After less than a month on JAN 26, 2001 the earthquake happened in Gujarat ..the deadly earthquake was experienced by me and I was terrified.. Then the same year I dreamt that a plane hit a huge building.. I told this to my father in the morning and he just laughed it off and the very same day(evening) 9/11 attacks happened.. and my family was shocked because I told them about it the very same day..

Since then I have paid extra attention to my dreams.. I also get to know more about myself as I interpret my dreams.. Like once when I had to go to a party and dreamt that my teeth were falling which meant I was concerned about my physical appearance..

Some more incidents that have freaked people and me out are: Once I dreamt I was standing on a bridge with my friend and we saw the river below .. The sea was very turbulent and then suddenly all the water splashed on the land and then the next scene was that a bunch of villagers were crying and praying.. I told this to my friend and after 2 days- it was the TSUNAMI..

The worst part about my dreams are that mostly they indicate disasters and all bad things..

Very recently, I dreamt that my best friend fell off the bed and her face was swollen up and her face was bleeding.. I was scared and texted her in the morning asking her if she was fine and told her about this dream ,she laughed it off but after a week.. that was exactly what happened.. she fell off the bed and hurt her face and it started bleeding .. she was shocked too...

I have so many more of such experiences and everytime I feel scared...scared of my own dreams..

Even when small dreams come true like once when me and my friend had decided to meet the next day and she is one person who will never cancel on any meeting with friends and I dreamt that she was going to say no because she had to go to the bank and voila thats what happened.. I still haven't told her because I know she won't believe me ...

Also when Im dreaming.. almost 95% of the time , I know its a dream even when Im in the dream..

A drawback to all this is that whenever I get a nightmare , the thought of it coming true horrifies me..

They say that Dreams are only thoughts you didn't have time to think about during the day.

But If you ask someone like me, it would be,

that-Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions

Aavjo,

Ashwini :)

See what you did to A.R Rahman..!!

ALL THIS was bound to happen..!

One fine day A R Rahman, who has been winning more than 11 filmfares, wins two Oscars and instead of making him feel happy about his achievement, we have made life hell for him..

A.R Rahman is My favourite musician since I was 5 years old.. Being a south Indian , I have listened to almost all of his songs.. I regard him to be my God.. :)

Okay coming to the point, He has given so many hits and has made music that has helped many of us connect to our inner self..!

some master pieces of Rahman like roja(chhoti si aasha), bombay,Khwaja mere khwaja,swades,dil se,lagaan, kannathil muthamittal, guru take my breath away..!

Have you all even heard Ye jo des hai tera or Jashne bahara or maybe even MAA TUJHE SALAAM???

Where were you all when he composed such songs..?? Why weren't you garlanding him and organising felicitations..??

Why didnt you stand outside his house then and wait for a glimpse of him..?

you know why? because you needed him to win (2!!) oscars for the country to prove himself to you that he is actually a maestro..!

now,everywhere you see you find- JAI HO, JAI HO, JAI HO..

I feel bad when I see how people are only talking only about his success after slumdog..!

He was always a genius..! I am not saying that the oscar means nothing to me..Yes.. I am very happy that he won such a prestigious award but so much hype being created about this is bad..

Now recently, it was reported that Rahman is unwell.. all because of the heavy workload and stress..

Is this how we congratulate someone..?

We must have created so much pressure in his life that when he wakes up in the morning , he must feel the pressure to perform well now.. To keep up this image of being the best musician ever(eventhough he always was).. To make music to please everyone, to prove people that he is not a one-hit musician..

..

will Rahman be the same maestro after all this we have done to him..??

this thought creeps me out..

Am I crazy..?

Dear readers, (if any) Im sorry I havent been blogging much lately..
okay lets face it my life is boring and I am very lazy..
Anyway lately I have noticed so much going on in Ahmedabad..

so heres the story-

It was a lovely evening.. I decided to go for a walk with my neighbour cum friend himansha.. After a small walk around our area, we decided to have some panipuri.. After relishing the pani puri we decided to have a pani ka pouch( hehe)..

as soon as we finished I was looking for a dustbin and -it was nowhere to be seen..As I sighed and kept the plastic pouch in my pocket, my friend on the other hand started walking towards a pile of pouches lying there.. I was so happy that being with me she had understood the importance of a clean and green city..

As I raised my hand to pat myself on the back,

"PLOP"..

she threw it on the pile of pouches ...

grrrrr....

"himansha why did you throw it there..? you are making the city dirty you know" I fired..

" haan haan mother India.. ab chup reh.. vahan aur logon ne bhi to litter kiya hai.ek aur pouch se kya hoga?"

"someone else will think the same and before you know it , this place will be a huge pile of water pouches.. do you know plastic is so harmful to the environment.. agar hum ahmedabad ko clean nahi rakhenge to kon rakhega?" i snapped..

" yaar..paka mat" she said while messaging a friend..



This is the exact reason my readers that our city is so polluted today..

Someone throws something on the road, another person does the same and this goes on and on and on..

but the muncipality is equally wrong.. I say there should be atleast 1 dustbin in every 200 mts..

my dear readers, Since we follow trends so much why not start a new one where we always throw litter in a dustbin..? Its a very small thing and if everyone does it Im sure the world will be a better place to live in..

can't we do this much for our mother earth who has fed us and always taken care of us..?

when people around me do such things I feel really upset..

Is there something wrong with me or is the world really so selfish..?

I leave you with a touching song from micheal jackson called heal the world..



Heal The World

Make It A Better Place

For You And For Me

And The Entire Human Race

There Are People Dying, If You Care EnoughFor The Living

Make A Better PlaceFor You And For Me

Ashwini

tight security or insecurity?

hello all,

I was in Mumbai during the holidays.

While in Mumbai I visited the museum there and all the terror struck places in Mumbai.

I salute the people of mumbai... I understood what they say when they talk about the Mumbai spirit.. The place was the same but only now there are dozens of police officers there and a lot of police dogs... All restaurants and hotels had tight security...

it was heart breaking to see the Taj hotel.. I was reminded of the horrifying pictures i saw in the newspapers and tv... The CST station also looked horrifying as i was pretty sure that whoever was in there might be feeling a little frightened of the place..

We talk of having lot of security now but what about the insecurity that these attacks have instilled in us?

Every Indian now wakes up with a feeling that anything can happen anytime..

While in the museum what struck me was - there was a full room filled with war weapons.. knives n swords of all sizes... shields and suits to protect the kings and warriors.. old guns for shooting or huntin etc... and i felt that this insecurity is not something that is new...the people of the olden days also had such problems only now with such advanced technology, the murderers can operate their weapons sitting at a different place with their remote controls...

A king fought with another king for their kingdom...but atleast there were some rules and they abided the rules, like once the king is killed..the war ends ...

The same way terrorism is the king now and if we dont kill it ,it will captivate our whole kingdom, country and the whole world..

the weapon which all us Indians should possess is "unity"... with it we can kill

all the insecurity, we can kill the fear and we can kill the grief ..
the sun will rise..Butterflies will fly yet again, children will smile again and the world will be a beautiful place..
Aavjo,

Ashwini

The Times Ahmedabad Festival but no festivity for me..

Why does this always hapen to me?
whenever there is some interesting program in the city, I end up in some other city that time...
This is exactly what happened when i was in Surat for my vacations and Bam..!! Ahmedabad starts celebrating..!!
I fell unconcious when I head that KAILASH KHER..(I totally worship him) was going to open the festival..! I heard he gave a rocking performance ..(kailash bhai is the best!!)
I wish I could've attended his live concert..
Anyway I dont mind because without Kailash's biggest fan (in the whole world), the show couldn't have been too rocking..( in case you haven't noticed Im talking about me..)
So if that wasn't enough Rahul sharma whose fan I was since I heard his song "Kashmir" had also come...!!

sigh..

so much for having a blog on Ahmedabad...

Aavjo,
Ashwini

IBN-E-MARIAM

OHKAY SO THESE ARE THE RULES:

1.KEEP YOUR MUSIC PLAYER ON SHUFFLE
2.For each question, press the next button to get your answer
3.You must write the name of the song no matter what. AND YEAH.. No cheating!



SO IF SOMEONE ASKS YOU -HOW ARE YOU ?

YOUR ANSWER IS-- KAISE MEIN KAHOON-KAILASH KHER..(LOL..)

QUE-1.WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?

ANS:dil-e-naadan -abida parveen

(hahahA)



QUE-2.WHAT IS YOUR LIFES PURPOSE?

ANS:kabhi kabhi aditi..

(eh?counsellor i guess..:P)



QUE-3 WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU..?

ANS: teri deewani -kailash kher

*smiles*



QUE-4 WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

ANS:tauba tauba-kailash kher

(ouch!)



QUE-5WHAT DO YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT?

ANS-khamaj-fuzon

('LIKE'as in?)



QUE-6:WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

ANS- Aerosmith-living on the edge..

(wow!!)



QUE-7:what do you want to be when you grow up?

ANS-saiyyaan-kailash kher

(??honestly i wanna b a photographer!!)



QUE-8:WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

ANS-kahin to hogi vo..-jaane tu.....

(hahahah thats a gud 1)



QUE-9:WGAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET??

ANS-khwaja mere khwaja..

(what??)



QUE-10:WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?

ANS-IBN-E-MARIAM

(ohkk..i like dat 1)



:)



aavjo,

ashwini