Day 108 -22nd October 2010

After sleeping for around 2 hours I surprisingly didn't feel sleepy in the lectures(am I getting used to this schedule??) CB was as entertaining as ever, quote of the day - "In-laws are those people who make you feel like outlaws!" :-P. Its funny no matter how dry a subject is if the prof. is good it seems to becomes so much more interesting, the reverse applies for a good subject and a not so good prof as well. Couldn't sleep in the afternoon because a company had come for a pre placement talk. But could leave early thankfully thanks to the fact that extended family volunteered for ticket sales for the Kailash Kher concert next week at MICANVAS. We had to try our luck at CG road. Selling tickets to strangers is definitely not easy! Maushi and Apu did all the talking, Mallu and I were just silent bystanders, ensuring nothing untoward happens :P Learnt a new range of excuses from 'I'm not in town that day' to 'I dont know who Kailash Kher is':D Apart from sales it also turned out a be foodie expidition, started with Pav Bhaji and Masala Pav at honest(yes there is a chain of fast food joints called honest!), followed by Vada Pav Amdavadi style near Vastrapur lake. The Amdavadi rendition is served with dollops of butter,toasted on a tawa and is served sweet chutney. Went to the Vastrapur lake after that, the surrounding area reminded me of a lot places in Bangalore, was missing the place for some strange reason! The grand finale was salads,pasta and pizza at Papa John's, always wanted to go that place in Bangalore but never got a chance to do so. Was pretty decent, a refreshing change from Dominos and Pizza Hut. The ride back to campus was in Azhar Bhai's rick, with the playlist ranging from Oasis to Bobby McFerrin. We decided to get off and walk the last kilometre back to campus. On a full moon night the road from Bopal coming to campus is a sight to behold! Couldn't get sleep so stayed up for a while reading some articles on cricinfo until 4. I wonder for how long will I be able to survive on such less sleep :P

Day 31 - 27th July 2010

Had our first lecture on media law and ethics (MLE) today. Was just a brief introduction to our legal system and its history. You know a subject is not going to be very interesting when the prof. himself says its a very dry subject. The good part was that it got over 45 minutes before time, so got nearly a good one hour break before the next lecture.

The topic for the afternoon class on CT was syncretism, didn't know the meaning of the word(even the editor shows a spelling mistake :-S ). Nevertheless here's the wikipedia definition - "Syncretism is the attempt to reconcile disparate or contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought". The session focused on how places of religious importance always developed around or in trading hubs and how there has always been a close relation between trade and religion. There was a movie screening as well today, this one was based on a true story, on the Guildford four. The movie is called In the name of the father, a must watch and it also has an amazing background score.

My evening was made when vada pav served in the mess for snacks :D A slighlty different rendition of the dish where the pav is toasted, but it was awesome(I had 3 of them :-P). Because of that I wasn't really hungry during dinner, so my tam bram instincts took over and I settled for a small portion of curd rice.Post dinner went for a walk around campus with a friend, the weather is finally clearing up now, the clouds have finally cleared up, hope it stays like this now.