Visit to nanak piao

Visit to Nanak – Piao

Yesterday was the hottest day in delhi , maximum of 45 degrees and minimum of 33 degrees . I was at my massi’s place all day and could muster courage to only venture out in the evening . So , I went along with Sahil( My cousin) and his friends ( Dadu, Rajeev & Vikas ) . We went out in vikas’s refurbished 1985 model ambassador . It looked an antique piece with its back window controller coming into my hand soon .

So, we first went to gurdwara nanak piao on the G.T – Karnal road . I like the history behind this gurdwara , guru nanak devji stayed at this place in the 15th century for some time and serve the travelers on GT road by serving them with water . That is why he made the place dug up to store water and quench the thirst of travelers . Hence , it has been named after this event : Gurdwara Nanak Piao . The gurdwara had an earthly appeal , beautiful bhajans goin on in the background and the walk around the sarovar was peaceful . The water was still being served to all worshippers and visitors as part of the ritual still being followed . The sarovar had all types of fishes in it and it looked beautiful . Thanks to Rajeev for making us visit this gurdwara .

Further on we went shopping to Kamla nagar . It was pathetic .. the crowd as well as the heat . The heat was unbearable . So , we just ventured into the shops and stayed there for as long as possible . Dadu bought some footwear .. we had some MCd burgers and some refreshing badam-pista and kesar-pista milk . By this time, my T-shirt had got all wet with my sweat .
I came back as soon as possible to massi’s place and another Sunday was over in a jiffy . Let me wish all of you a great week ahead . bbye .

Hostel -- My best abode ever

My first home – Hostels

One of my cousins has said to me that I should write something personal & interesting about my life . Here it goes ….
I have lived 5 years of my life in hostel till now and one more year to go . Four years of my engineering life and two years of MBA , that makes it a little less than 25% of my life spent in hostels.
June’2000 … after getting admission in electrical, bvm engineering college I was a bit skeptical about living in hostel and leaving my sweet and comfortable home …. Pops said to me “ Son , its time you faced the world on your own but we will be there to support you” . I said in a reluctant voice “ OK” .
On the day of allotment of rooms , I went alone . There was utter chaos with people struggling to find room partners . I was also on the lookout for some good decent guys , but how does one look out for good decent guys . I said to myself “ bunny, look out for Central board people , they will the safest bet’ . So , just when room allocation was getting over I bumped into ranjit and abhishek . That was it, the day when the three musketeers met and the story of amar-akbar-anthony started .

We were first allocated Room no 62 in vindhya hostel . vindhya hostel was the nearest to campus and was an ancient sort of building with stingy bathrooms and toilets … hell even the water supply was not consistent . Sometimes, we had to go without bathing …. I did not mind that though , he he .
Well , room no 62 was on the top(second) floor . The room was very big giving us the feeling of ancient kings living in their huge palaces . Its ceiling was about 13-14 feet high with tin sheds …yes tin sheds .I will always remember these tin sheds because of the sleepless nights it has given me ….. MAN !!! the gutur-gu pigeons tapping these sheds all day long . We had iron beds which used to make a weird sound when we used to even touch the comfortable beds . So, it became pretty hot due to the tin sheds . But soon after joining, it started to rain hence the problem of scorching summers was no more but we had a new problem … crickets, frogs and some other unknown insects made entry to the rooms …. No option , I had to share my room and bed with them . One more thing , ranjit and abhishek will testify that I had a fetish for white bedsheets ….. one on the study table which was used for all purposes except studies and the other one to take over while sleeping …. Always !!!!
One routine which i will never forget are the morning classes @ 8 am …. Hell , how I reached those classes only I know . So, a person with two horns and a horrifying face used to come and wake me up at 7:55 am ….i always said “ 5 minutes aur “ … then the devil says “ u will be detained bro” ….. I sprang up on my bed and within five minutes was in the class … u can imagine what happened in those five minutes … I will leave it to your good and witty imaginations . If we used to wake up early someday … it was a ritual to go to class only after having tea, poha , bun-samosa at the SHAKTI’s .

Days passed and months passed on smoothly .



January 26th , 2001 . The devastating 7.9 richer scale Gujarat earthquake struck us at 8:46 am . Being a national holiday , the three of us were lost in their own blissful slumber. My bed was shaking as again I was thinking that the devil is here but hey the devil did not have so much power ….. my eyes just opened up a wee bit and I heard abhishek yelling “ BHAGO ,… BHAGO“ … What a bad dream … then I saw abhishek grabbing his slippers and running out of the door … I then realized IT IS AN EARTHQUAKE …. MUMMMMMY …. I got up and dammit “ where are my slippers “ .. I found the left one but after struggling found the right one and ran for the stairs . When I reached downstairs, I saw all my hostel mates in their shorts, towels , some came out halfway from their morning chores in the compound below . The earthquake lasted some 60 seconds . I did not realize the gravity of the situation until I went out and tried calling ma-pa to know their well being . All phones were jammed , electricity was not there .. those days people did not used mobiles that much . The electricity came in 30 minutes and we watched the cable with stunned shock …. Scene of total destruction and misery on the television sets ….. We went to the warden with a petition for holiday … this was the first and last time I had seen the warden …. Been a good boy that’s why never again met the warden ..he he … 1 week holiday was declared by evening and everyone went to their respective homes .
Okie then , seniors left by June’2002 and rooms on the first floor and ground floor became vacant , so we shifted to room no 35 on the first floor and this was my room for the next 2.5 years . V35 is officially also the name of our gang of ten brothers as most of the things happened there … all memories … all mishaps … all bad deeds … all beautiful memories . College went on smoothly with grades dropping after each semester .

Hostel became good once again …water supply was assured at least twice/day by the warden . Our fan was also good as it worked fine at speed five . The new batch of architecture college girls came which was just opposite our hostel … all of hostel mates standing there on the lobby of hostel with their famine stricken clothes and loser like personalities just drooling and drooling on .. he he …. So , hostel was enjoyable ..aren’t u liking it ?

I will write about the rest of my wonderful hostel years soon …. First year is over ….

Later brothers and their sisters !!! Cheers !!!!

All abt Bunny

I have been reading blogs and heard about their reach since a long time back but never thought and felt that i have that creative instinct to write . Finally, i think i should give it a try and lets see what happens !!!!

I am Vinay Jain a.k.a " bunny " born on 13th february , 1982 in calcutta now known as kolkatta . It has been a long journey till now and i know that it is a long journey still ahead . In this blog i will just tell you the salient points of my journey so far , my ambitions , my dreams & ofcourse about myself .

well , first my name which means "namr" in hindi and polite in english . I hope i am living up to my name .... lol . My friends & family can tell better if i have lived up to my name . Secondly, how did i get my nickname ? i am the youngest in the family .. i will tell abt them later . so , i have two elder brothers .. navneet and kushal . Navneet & Kushal are 5 years and 7 years elder to me . Navneet a.k.a nipu used to watch a lot of cartoons on our newly bought national VCR and Emgee colour television . Nipu used to bring along the whole buildings kids and then watch cartoons and doordarshan . It was always a carnival with not less than 15 kids always in front of the TV . now nipu bhai like bugs bunny disney character and hence he named the new member in family as bunny . quite a story , thats how i got my nickname "bunny".

next up , i used to go to saint mary's primary school nearby jyoti basu's house till class 2nd . I dont remember much of that time , only that mamma used to pick me up and when papa bought his bajaj scooter he used to drop me .

Next up , pops got transferred to vadodara, gujarat in june,1991 . I came to the cultural capital of gujarat at a young age of 9. we started living in the central excise and customs colony , type - 3 block , flat number 112 .
life was always fun in the colony with lots of kids and a pomerian ( Sheru ) with our neighbours (the shuklas ) . evening was the most fun time when we used to play cricket , drive bicyles in JJWS style with us ruling the colony roads . i took admission in Navarachna school , one of the elitiest ones and studied there my 3rd and 4th grade . again dont know what i learnt there .

then papa got me admission in Kendriya Vidhyalaya , harni road ...... and i was here in this school forever and ever . imagine this , this school was nine kms away from home and chetan & arvind uncle used to take me in his auto till class tenth .
i also used my sunny to commute to tutions in class tenth .... i remember deepak sir's maths tution .... all rich boys and gals coming in their cars and bikes and i cribbing like a kid with pops ...get me a kinetic ..get me a kinetic ...thinking of that moment , i smile today .

January, year 1998 --> I was in class tenth , mom-pops were in a lot of tension as my boards were pretty close .... time for some action , my outdoor escapades were limited, tv viewing hours were monitored and controlled . i used to crib a lot that nobody cares for me , but now i turn back and say that my parents were right in doing what was required for me to have a goodie good career .
Back in school , i didnt used to interact with a lot of batchmates . i had a few close buddies , a few crushes ...one of them remains till now . School was to say not that exciting except for some friends whose friendship and releationship i cherish till now . i was okie dokie in my studies , with a touch of excellence in science . It was fun running away from school in the recess break to have somethig to eat.

After driving pops bajaj scooter in class eleventh , i was upgraded to a lml vespa in class twelveth . wasent i relieved to leave the bajaj , outside chemistry tution i was like kicking it 20-25 times before the bajaj baby would start . thanks a ton to bandookwalaji(Physics), Maths ( M.R. Patelji) , Jehangidji(Chemisrty) , Myself(Biology) for helping me make a decent career path .
May, year 2000 .... i got 79.4 % in my class twelvth .... lots of toil and hard work ..... thanks a lot to "vinay " for achieving success . i got through to bvm engg college in vallabh vidya nagar , electrical branch ..

i was really impressed with my college of dreams ... my engineering college . i always wanted to be an engineer ..so here i was ... june, 2000 . huge ancient buildings , big campus with sprawling lawns and beautiful flowers dotted the campus . My abode, vindhya hostel was adjacent to the college . i have stayed in room no 35 in that hostel with ranjit and abhishek for three and a half years . Hostel life was the best life i have ever had , i cant write in this public blog about all things that happen in hostel & college . Lets say i have had fun and will always cherish hostel life forever and ever after . Engineering hostel has given me 9 good lifelong friends . cheers guys .

I hail for Abhishek, Ranjit , Pushkar , Jhaji , T , J-Lo , Upa , Sniper and shitiya .......... cheers once again guys .... we will always rock ..right !!!!

Final year , L&T entrance test .... we nine (7 same year and two juniors ) all walked out of the exam hall with our heads held low .... all cbse guys + one guj board guy ..no one could make it through ... gad dammit .... L&T is a good for nothg company ........ slowly slowly companies came to campus .... TCS took jhaji and T . i was taken by JCT electronics where i worked for 22 months as a maintainence engg ... hell of a life but learnt a lot . Further on , ranjit got thru in Essar , J-lo in Mother's dairy , pushkar in abb and abhishek in KOCH glitsch , Upa got thru some tests and finally is with ISRO .

Now all nine of us held their head high and rocked the party with jobs in everyone's hand .

My 22 months of job ..well were rocky and just had to get out of there to do something worthwhile in life . well , i prepared for my mba entrance tests in night shifts and learnt enough technically to sustain the shift to troubleshoot some common problems . i gave snap with very poor preparation and got through the gd/pi process of SIOM , Nasik ...... symbiosis inst. of operations management .

So , today i am a student of SIOM doing my summer internship with ingersoll rand . i have been writing this blog since morning in office since had nothing else worthwhile to do . MBA has been fun and hectic as well . Lots of learnings/vipassana 10 day camp/ art of living 3 day course / yoga / workout / and some studies ...he he .....

Quite a beautiful life i have lived till now and expect to live a even more amazing life further on .....

that is all about me till now ... i will write in something more soon ..... take care all and have a great day .....