Sunday, July 27, 2008

"THE 3 MISTAKES OF MY LIFE"-my review


Somebody asked me if i had read the new one 4m chetan bhagat, 'the 3 mistakes of my life'.i replied in negative as it hadn't even heard of it before.i had already read the first two 4m the author namely five point someone (first ever novel i read) and one night @ call centre.i was in no mood of starting a new novel as i was already reading one from dan brown which i think i'll not finish soon considering its thickness.


i was roaming in the hostel when i met my classmate holding the book 'the 3 mistakes of my life'.i turned the book to its back cover so as to know whats in there."the prologue doesn't sound interesting", i said.my classmate nodded to my statement.i flipped some pages of the book and found "ishaan" written there.my name has recenlty become popular with aamir khan using the name ishaan nandkishor awasty in "tare zameen par" and now an author of two bestsellers in india using it again in his new one.i still remember my childhood when ppl made awkward faces as i told them my name.they used to ask the meaning of my name.even now some ppl can't pronounce it correctly (e.g.my college classmates) and continue to ask me the same question.therefore the mention of my name in the book egged me to read it.i finished the book in no time as it was not a long story .the other reason of finishing it early being the start of a new semester in my final year with no important work to do yet.

i am not a regular blogger.i had not posted much on my blog for 5 months though i read many of other ppl's blogs.i wondered if i was so busy last semester.yes,i was sort of, with some unavoidable reasons(need not to mention).



i came up with a few lines 4m the book i couldnt resist sharing..


1)Nonsensical,monosyllabic responses:

This a usual thing ppl have xperienced when talking to persons they need to start a conversation with especially in case of opposite gender.



2)A guy's plight :

Why are there so few pretty girls? why hadn't evolution figured it out that men liked pretty women and turned them all out that way?


3)The term 'just good friends' or 'very good friends':

A very good friend is a dangerous category with indian girls.from here u can either make fast progress.or if u play it wrong u go down to the lowest category invented by an indian women ever-"Rakhi brother".
Rakhi brother really means 'u can talk to me, but don't even freaking think about any thing else'


4)A lesson:

Life will have many setbacks.people close to u will hurt u.but you don't break it off.you don't hurt them more.u try to heal it .it is a lesson we and our country needs to learn needs.


Another thing i want to say which came to my mind just when i started writing this post is :
construction and destruction go hand in hand.one doesn't lose anything.it comes back to the person in one or the other forms.so have faith in yourself and try not to ever regret whats goes on in your life.

so here it is a new one ,in my philosophy towards life.... :)

HAPPY READING!!!

THE TEN MINUTES

The Ten Minutes that i m going to narrate left me no more unemployed.
Many ppl didnt believe when i told them abt my interview . those who believed didn't stop laughing for long.


interviewer: offered me a seat
me:hello!!! sir

interviewer:he was looking at my cv and writing my name on a form he was having he wrote my name as eashan malhotra and then corrected it 2 salhotra.

r u sure its salhotra and not malhotra??
me:of course sir its my surname.

interviewer:i ve seen many candidates with name malhotra but salhotra
me: sir it haapens. i ve got a certi with my name misprinted as malhotra so i can understand

interviewer:do u watch movies?
me:yes sir

interviewer:which is the latest movie u ve seen
me:TARE ZAMEEN PAR (i said delibrately)

interviewer:how do u rate the movie and y?
me:excellent . sir the name of the character and my name r same

interviewer:oh , so hw do u like the acting of little child?
me: i wud say it was good. even aamir khan said in an interview on ndtv that children act well though problems come while working with them.

interviewer: do u remember the name of the child ?
me: sir the name in the film or the real name of the child?

interviewer:the full name of the child in the film
me:ishan nandkishor awasty, sir i do remember the name, doston se itne comments jo mile hain

interviewer:r u 4m west bengal or 4m other place?
me:jammu and kashmir

interviewer:OH MY GOD !!! how do u live there
me:what happened sir,r u talking abt terrorism?

interviewer:of course
me:there's nothing 2 b scared abt .we live a normal life .actually the thing is media hype.4 xample if an incident takes place in hilly areas in jammu district they report it 4m jammu centre and ppl outside think its all happening within the city.its really a very nice and certainly a normal life .plz visit my city whenever u can

interviewer:do u know kashmir is also called "zannat"?
me:yeah it is definitely a "jannat" due 2 its scenic beauty

interviewer:have u ever been 2 kashmir
me:no

nterviewer:y?
me:sir there r 2 reasons.ek to parents ka kabhi plan nahi bana and the other is that i don't have enough money 4 such a trip

interviewer:gazing at my CV , u c ur marks ve gradually decreased 4m 10th to 12th then here.y?
me:started xplaining abt 10th 12th

interviewer:tell me , were u in love??
me:no, not at all, i was busy in extra curricular activities plus seniors kehte hain college lyf needs 2 b njoyed 2 the fullest as its the golden period . so i njoy it.

interviewer:but u shud study also...
me:i do, i m satisfied with my marks as they r my own nd genuine.

interviewer:what is ur best subject?
me:sir best subject...hhmmm...kabhi socha hi nahi , i ve never distinguished between any sub..so no best subject..well 12 th mein genetics was 1 of my favourites .actually i was a medical aspirant , missed my mbbs seat by 10 marks and landed up in engineering.

interviewer:so y didn't u carry on with medical?
me:life mein sab kuchh nahi milta.saath mein parents said ki drop nahi karna hai.

now i feel that engg is a better option and i ve not made a mistake

interviewer:really, how?
me:sir i ve turned 20 last month and within days i'll b getting a job . on the other hand i had 2 study 5 yr mbbs then internship , tab jakar kahin kuchh paise milte.plus nowadays u need 2 ve a MD if u wanna get recognised as a doctor

interviewer:i think our company is not a suitable place 4 u.
me:sir i know ur company works on huge databases of genes and other bioinformatics projects.so if i get into ur company , i can contribute a lot in that field. i ve already done a project on bioinformatics using perl for prediction of protein structures that included the application of data structures.

interviewer:if i ask u some ques on C will u b able 2 answer it?
me:that depends on the nature of the ques . i don't practice c programs.well u can ask if u want 2

interviewer:do u ve any ques?
me:waited 4 a moment.then .... sir i give u two choices: ceo of a company nd an ias officer,whom do u think gets more respect and whom will u prefer.

interviewer:i don't like govt sector . it has many limitations and constraints.i'll stay with private sector......pata nahi kya kya bola...but in the end i would say , i'll definitely prefer an ias .
any more ques ?
me:no sir abhi yahi ques aaya tha dimaag mein , so i askd .if there will b more i'll ask u later

interviewer:ok then we'll let u know..thank you
me:welcome