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Thursday, January 27, 2011

IIIM and Satish Deo-udhaar

  There was a student union in IIIM Ahemdabad that was disbanded because of it's protest against the director of the college Mr. Satish Deo-udhaar. Deo-udhaar was a moniker given to him because he used to buy Deodorant by borrowing money from the students(borrowing=udhaar in hindi). He would apply so much Deo on his body that his clothes were always inundated. The students were apparently appalled by this and would wince whenever he used to pass by because of the pungent and distasteful odour.

 Mr. Deo-udhaar considered drenching his clothes with deo an extremely indispensable act. To ridicule and allude to the habit of the director, the students wrote a quatrain on the walls of Mr. Deo-udhaar's house:
"Roses are red,
lily's are blue,
Ohh my God,
I've acquired Deo-Flu"

 The IIIM group authorities thought that this kind of behavior by the director was desecrating the important post of the director of IIIM! Hence, one of the alumni of IIIM and CEO of PAGALGUY, Mr. Allwin Agnel was made de facto director of IIIM-Ahemdabad. Quite a sentient personality Mr. Agnel was thought to be the best person for the post. The Students rejoiced!

Meaning of words used:
disbanded : Stop functioning or cohering as a unit
moniker : A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
inundated : Fill or cover completely, usually with water
appalled : Strike with disgust or revulsion
wince : Make a face indicating disgust or dislike
pungent : Strong and sharp
distasteful : Not pleasing in odour or taste
drenching : The act of making something completely wet
indispensable : Absolutely necessary; vitally necessary
allude : Make a more or less disguised reference to
quatrain : A stanza of four lines
desecrating : Disregard the sacred character of a place or language
alumni : A person who has received a degree from a school (high school, college or university)
de facto : Existing in fact whether with lawful authority or not
sentient : Consciously perceiving
rejoiced : Be ecstatic with joy

Monday, May 31, 2010

Raj Thookre's Tyranny and Rahool Gandhi's fight for Justice!

 This is a story of ‘Raj Thookre’ a chauvinist who supported many movements to kill people who came in his state ‘mahanrashtra’ for job. The police of his state was in deep slumber and paid no attention to his crimes. A young inconspicuous lad named ‘Rahool Gandhi’ thought to fight with this evil man. Raj thought that he was omniscient and no one can defeat him, he lunged at anyone who ever tried to come close to him.

 'Thook're is an euphemistic Surname that I have decided to give to this idiotic buffoon (Yes,I am intending to be sarcastic this time). Rahool always had a great fervour towards the unity of his country ‘India’. In his academia he studied how rich the diversity of India was in early times and how it was being destroyed now by some sycophants like ‘Raj,’ who try to win over some people of their state while threatening outsiders.

 Raj had many more bad habits too! - He enjoyed voyeurism and he would peep into the bathrooms of his neighbors. He was a culprit of plagiarism too because he copied articles from a site known as ‘The Word Story’ and presented as his own work in his magazine ‘Amna-Samna’.

 Now Rahool was studying in ‘mahanrashtra’ for pursuing MBA. He interacted with every colleague in his dormitory to lash out against Raj. They launched a vehement motion against Raj Thookre. Rahool and his friends thought that now they will not give Raj a chance to flout social norms and inflict harm upon amicable well being of the society. As they were moving towards Raj’s house, more people joined them. The crowd had a diversity varying from senior citizens to pubescent teens.

 Seeing the crowd the courage of Raj fizzled and ultimately he was battered by the angry mob. After a month a new peace policy was made for mahanrashtra and all parties of the state ratified it by concurring with its terms and conditions. According to the peace policy any person who is a threat to the harmony of the state will be ousted from the state and moved to the Tihar Jail.

Note: The word euphemistic might not be blending to well in the given context, I used it just because I wanted to expend my given word list. An Example actual usage of 'euphemistic' can be that people can be called as chubby instead of fat in order to not to hurt them.

Meaning of Words Used:
chauvinist : A person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
slumber : A dormant or quiescent state
inconspicuous : Not prominent or readily noticeable
omniscient : Infinitely wise
lunged : Make a thrusting forward movement
euphemistic : Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one
buffoon : A rude or vulgar fool
fervour : The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
academia : The academic world
sycophants : A person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
voyeurism : A perversion in which a person receives sexual gratification from seeing the genitalia of others or witnessing others' sexual behaviour
plagiarism : A piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
dormitory : A college or university building containing living quarters for students
lash : Aggressively challenge in speech or writing
vehement : Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid
flout : Treat with contemptuous disregard
inflict : Make (someone) do something unpleasant
amicable : Characterized by friendship and good will
pubescent : (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature
fizzled : End weakly
battered : Damaged by blows or hard usage
mob : A disorderly crowd of people
ratified : Formally approved and invested with legal authority
concurring : Being of the same opinion
harmony : Compatibility in opinion and action
ousted : Remove from a position or office
euphemistic : Substituting a mild term for a harsher or distasteful one

Salman's Walking Problem And Daruwala's Cure!

 This is a story of a narcoleptic patient ‘Salman’ A.K.A. ‘sallu mian’ who suffered from walking while dreaming. He watched the sitcoms like ‘friends’ on TV and he got hallucination attacks arising from them. The Etymology of ‘hallucination’ states that this word was discovered about 500 years ago when Alexander the great got ‘hallucinations’ about conquering the whole world. When sallu mian once kissed a girl named ‘Kat’ in his noctambulation then the police mentioned a caveat in writing to him ‘stay away from alcohol or be arrested next time’. This mention by the police in writing held a legal decree too!

 Now Salman was very afraid, he wondered what would he do if any girl deliberately got close to him while he was asleep as he had a verve personality. He thought for a while and then put on a pair of sneakers and decided to go for a walk. As he was about to move out of the room a promiscuous lady who was clad in minimal clothing stopped him, she was Ms. Bipasha. Salman said to Bipasha that she is because of whom he has got such a fearful life but Bipasha impugned him and said it is not her but ‘Aish’ who has made his life a hell. Salman cried and said that his life is just like an animal living in some vivarium! Bipasha hugged Sallu and said that she has full empathy with him and that his aversion from other beings is very much understandable.

 Bipasha suggested Sallu to go to a psychiatrist to cure his feelings of abomination and sleeping disorders. Now they went to a psychiatrist Mr. Daruwala who was a vanguard in medical science due to his research and findings. Bipasha warned Salman not to keep any prejudice against Mr. Daruwala because of his looks of a drunkard and instead pay full attention to him. When they knocked at Daruwala’s house a concierge took care of them and made them sit on a sofa. There was a beautiful painting on the wall that showed a path paved with golden curbstones.

 As Sallu was getting amused by the painting, Mr. Daruwala came and straddled on a little chair with his legs astride the chair. Sallu pleaded Daruwala for an infallible medicine to cure his problem. Daruwala gave a medicine to him and said that for first few days of taking the medicine he will have ghastly looks because little amount of blood will come out of his nose and ears and eventually the wounds will heal itself with his other problems. Hoping that things would ameliorate and his situation would improve after taking the medicine, sallu bid goodbye to Mr. Daruwala.


Meaning of words used:
narcolepsy : A sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
sitcoms : A humorous television program based on situations that could arise in everyday life
hallucination : Illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder
Etymology : A history of a word
noctambulation : Walking by a person who is asleep
caveat : A warning against certain acts
decree : (law) a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
verve : An energetic style
sneakers : A canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole
promiscuous : Casual and unrestrained in sexual behaviour
clad : Wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
impugned : Attack as false or wrong
vivarium : An indoor enclosure for keeping and raising living animals and plants and observing them under natural conditions
empathy : Understanding and entering into another's feelings
aversion : A feeling of intense dislike
psychiatrist : A physician who specializes in psychiatry
abomination : Hate coupled with disgust
vanguard : The position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field
prejudice : An adverse judgement or opinion formed beforehand without good justification
concierge : A French caretaker of apartments or a hotel; lives on the premises and oversees people entering and leaving and handles mail and acts as janitor or porter
curbstones : A paving stone forming part of a curb
straddled : Sit or stand astride of
astride : With the legs stretched far apart
infallible : Incapable of failure or error
ghastly : Shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
ameliorate :Get better


Monday, May 24, 2010

Compendium of 3 Idiots

Following nice little Compendium of "3 Idiots" has been submitted by Sahil:



Trepidation can engender snare for our own life. It's better to obliterate it outright because DAR KE AAGE HI JEET HAI ( winning comes after cutting through fear! ).


We may opt career according to penchants of others. It may be lousy for us because of no alacrity of our in it. Thus, our life may be smashed into smithereens. So, it's better to LISTEN TO YOUR OWN HEART.


We may be smouldered internally because of multitudes of apprehensions. This pandemonium of our psyche may have oodles of reasons like smirk of others or we may be snubbed. It's better to relish each jiffy of our life and think ALL IS WELL!