Vishal Kohli: Wanna be phillim maker: Will you listen to me?

Yesterday someone really got pissed off with the “so called” my point of view (because I had put it in words), so no more controversy today and back by popular demand… Characters… Imagine you are traveling in a Tavera ( cab ) and the back seat is filled with luggage. No place to put even a single suitcase, then who (a person) can still fit in. Socho Socho… Mr “Naam to Suna he Hoga”. Actually that’s how we met for the first time, traveling from Viman Nagar Campus to Lavale campus. Half way through when we stopped for a snack, this guy appeared out of no where (actually from the back door of the car). Anyways, the acting and mimicry master from the land of confluence of Ganga and Yamuna. The dancing “Casanova” of our batch (atleast he thinks so), joined SIMC for all the wrong reasons (I mean in the wrong specialization, Advertising Management). Also let me remind you that he is afraid of drawings, especially the ones made on the floor. Moving further to Ms Kashmir: With two strands of ...

Yesterday the crack down was on the system. Today I will give some insight of the constituents of the system, no humor dose even today. xxxxxx is a cool place, not because it’s always raining and at the nights we need to almost switch off our fans or because of the scenic beauty around, but because the culture is so cool – informal, casual, relaxed. Let us explore some of the major elements necessary to make a person “COOL”: Swear: F - - K, nearly everyone uses this 4 letter word (as a pro-noun, verb, adverb, adjective). Fcuker, Fcuking good / bad / teacher, Fcuk you dude, Fcuk off. Assh - -e, Bitch, MC, BC, GM and the list goes onnnnn… I my view when because people fall short of words they use these helping words (Lets buy a dictionary) Smoke: You might not even know how to hold a cigarette but ya it makes you cool so do smoke. Let me tell you its not allowed on to smoke in our campus, but it makes people super cool (even more if you can break a rule) so “COOL DUDE” Drink: Actuall...

Today I decided to bunk the first lecture, of Mr. Aaaaaa… and decided to sleep till late (I guess it was God’s sign to save me from more humiliation). But my sleep I was busted by the earthquake epicenter-ed at the Academic Block in SIMC. People running haywire saying “Sky is falling and earth swollowing people, but selectively, only those who cannot prove their identity” . I am not joking, “The One Who Must Not be Named” caught hold of people who were late for class and asked for the Identity cards. Those students who didn’t have an identity card were kicked out of the academic block. Anyways that’s not the point here. The issue is CAN A SYSTEM WHICH IS BEYOND REPAIR, CHALLENGE THE STUDENT AND MAKE THEM BEAR THE BRUNT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND STILL AGAIN. I believe there are a lot of reasons these things happen but are only the students responsible. It’s like saying “Kill the terrorists to finish the terrorism, where as the solution is the other way round”. In the past less than 3 months ...

From the very first day that I noticed them, I could see a spark in those eyes searching for each other in the crowd. Just a glimpse of each other would bring a subtle smile across their faces. The glow on Mr’s face and the blushing of Ms was the conformation that “Do dil mil rahe hai magar chupke chupke” Mr Dev met me one day in Centra Mall accompanied by Ms Night, he couldn’t stop without giving an explanation how they both met by chance and hence are together not be choice. You know just like the initial romance, where you don’t want anyone to know / think you are going around. Anyways now we see them together all the time and they do look sweet together. Mr Bihar was sighted first time with Ms Prayer during the fresher party, where he had to be constantly persuaded by Ms Prayer to sit in a secluded place so they can talk or even to dance with her. Mr Bihar was a bit reluctant initially but now he has become comfortable with the fact that he also likes Ms Prayer ( Women Power ). Mr ...

“ I am employed, I am employed” were the first words uttered by me, when I got campus placement for my first job. “ Thank God I am free ” were the words that I spoke when I quit my job after 2years. Rest assured, I worked with one of the top software firm in India and what happened in-between is history. My first three months in the firm were training time. I studied and made projects in languages like: C/C++, UNIX, Java, MS-SQL etc. It was necessary to get a minimum of 50% marks in each subject and an overall of 60% to clear the training. Only I know how I could complete the humongous task. Expectation after completion: The gates to the fantasy world of I.T. Industry would open up, rolling out the red carpet for me. On the contrary: I had to sit idle (on bench as they say) for 1 month before some dumb ass would give a damn. I went to office everyday with the hope that “today someone will introduce me to the enigmatic world”, but the world is a busy place (busy being idle) and I was...

My college is a nice place full of sorts of characters with nice weird characteristics. Life here would be less chaotic but tedious had it not been for these people, who entertain us without fail “ Bar Bar, Laga Tar ” Let me give you some information about my college. “You are not allowed to enter the class if you are not there 5min before the class begins” “You cannot walk out of the class once the class begins” – go the words of our respected Deputy Director. But learn from the Godmother “Ms Jemin” (name changed for security reasons and the security is mine) - The Art of Deception converging with the Acting skill. Also yesterday she couldn’t give her presentation in class she had a bad throat. This made me write a two line SHER dedicated to her: Ye Punjab de kudi, kithe kithe udi Class wich late ayi, sab prof ko ullu banai Canteen wich ek kudi te chali, per presentation wich apne awaz gum karwai Professor ko phir se dhul chatai Having said that I cannot forget to mention about Mr. M...

18th August, 2008 finally brought some relief to Lavale, rest assured it’s not Munna Bhai Jayanti. I religiously get up in the morning. How much ever sincere an effort I put, I never get ready before 8:30am, today I realize its 8:45am already. I am not able to find my windcheater, so, on the way out of the hostel, I try and put together my broken umbrella. Finally I am able to open it and start walking towards the academic block. But it feels different today. Why? What has happened? Am I dreaming? Have I become scyzophrenic? I pinch myself, I am not dreaming. I asked a passer by if he sees what I see, and comes an affirmative YES. He seemed to me like a “Corporate Cultured Student”, so I believe him. Anyways! After 10 days of perpetual rains, THE SUN has been kind enough to shower its blessings on the so called God Forsaken Place; it had started to appear like a sun forsaken dungeon. We all faced a number of problems during these rains; but all kudos to a student saying “I had a frog j...

“Our spirits are dead” “Without spirit Phelps would never have won, what ever the body structure he has” “We all can reach there” these are the words of one of the finest guest faculty at my college, SIMC. One of the most inspiring, clear headed (also literally having a clear & shiny scalp) person and having an aura of positivity around him. He is Mr. Sujay Madhok, with a shiny head not because of anything else except for the knowledge which radiates from inside. Now due to the awful water in Pune, a huge chunk of students are about to reach the same stage (only literally). So as a substitute for the fallen hair, some of the guys are growing beard. The ones experiencing lesser fall, grow beard only at certain portions of their facade (me included). But the one who must not be named like these styles so much that he offers the huge grass cutting shears to shave them off. Now the only option left with me is to shave off my head and also my beard.

As I entered the class room at SIMC, without making a conscious decision I sat on the benches on the left hand side of the lecture room. For the next lecture we had to go to some other class, there also the same thing happened; I sat on the benches on the left hand side. This went on from lecture to lecture and from day to day, until one day when I took notice of this fact that I had developed a comfort zone of being a leftist. Further I found that I almost sat on more or less the same bench. Anyways this is not the whole point. The matter of the fact is that we happen to make a comfort zone around us and then stay in that for as long as possible. Breaking away from it is like the nastiest thing that can happen to us. But I have realized that we miss on a lot of things that can only be seen if we change our perspective and dare to break away. In my case, I gradually changed my seat to the center of the class and then went to the right hand side. Also I tried being a front bencher and s...

I was a below average student up till my seventh grade. But I was already a National Basketball by then. Eighth class was a board class in DAV school, so for some strange reasons I studied and got 75% marks. From then on I have been an above average student. But I have been stuck in that wheel for too long now, I need to break the barriers. My first lecture, after a break of two years from studies, came at Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication. I completed my Telecom and IT engineering, then went on to work as a software engineer. After working for two years, now I am back to square one. But this time it’s different. I am attending classes willingly and regularly, fighting all odds. This time it’s not odds v/s evens but about how I even the odds. The whole paradigm shift has been brought about by the pursuit of my dream. I want to be a film maker, so I have joined SIMC with my specialization as Audio Visual Production. I call it a paradigm shift because I have never attended m...

If God is All-Powerful, then nothing a human being does could affect Him. For, if a human act could please or displease God, then human being would have power over God. So, either God is not All-Powerful or God doesn’t give a hoot what you or I do. But, if God isn’t All-Powerful the He isn’t really God and He couldn’t send us to Hell even if He wanted to. So, sin at will; for, either God doesn’t care what we do or he cares but can’t do anything about it.

Life is not fair - get used to it! If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself. Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's ...

Why I decided to write about both is these together? Hmmm it might get clear as you read further. Oxford defines Fear as “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined.” Fear is an emotion, just like joy, sadness etc. It’s mostly perceived as a negative one, although it can be translated to positive results, as fear has vigor. Here I am talking about situations like fear of an interview; fear of a big game (say for an international level player), etc. In such situations fear might cause the performance to deteriorate or if channelized in a proper manner it can be helpful, as already said, fear bring with it certain amount of energy. Now, what is a situation to be feared to one person might not be a fearful situation for another person. All of us have our own set of fears, someone might fear heights another person might be thrilled with the same. There could be some common fears for two individuals but not nece...