Influence

There are two sides to an influence. One, getting influenced and the other being influential. I very much fall into the former category. I'm someone who gets influenced in one tenth of a second ( That's an exaggeration okay, but just that you get the idea).

 When I talk to someone in my class with a strange/different accent or slang, I find myself going home talking the same way he/she did. Well, that's my story and I'm pretty much sure there are a lot of you with a similar one.

Now, Let me talk about some one who's been extremely influential on me and that will be no one other than my dad. I say he has a very big impact on me simply because I'm interested in everything he is interested in and I like every single thing he does.Its not just me, I find each one of his students from different parts of the world having exactly his opinions on various issues. Its just that he can get anyone with absolutely no interest on a topic to be completely drawn towards it just after an hour's conversation with him.

My dad's PhD dissertation was on Comparative Literature in which he basically did a comparison of the English poet Shelly and our own Bharathi. And no wonder why I'm so much into comparative literature and madly in love with the works of both the poets.

Many things make our hearts skip a beat. For me its Bombay Jayshri singing the amazing verses of Bharathi. I' don't know I find it so fascinating. I'm not sure if it is that sweet melancholic voice of hers that we hear on high volume in the car's stereo system or if it is the powerful lyrics of the poet or if its the live commentaries from my dad with so much of emotion. 

And back to the topic, I've always wondered how it feels to be influential, to inspire people and to make them aspire. I take a lot of things after my dad and I'm hoping I'll take the'influencing' part too. 

I know this is a very short post. But I just felt the need to write and I have no idea why. Like most of my posts,these are just random thoughts huddled in one corner of my brain along with another thousand thoughts.

Keep watching this space! and here's to more frequent posting!

P.S- On a totally unrelated note ,with yesterday we finished one awesome year in college. Its just been a year but I feel like I've been going to college like for a very long time. We went on one amazing Industrial Visit to Infosys at Mahindra City and so much fun! And here's to hoping for more fun IV's and three more years of fantastic fun!

Filler

I was just going through the contents of my blog, replying comments that came in almost a year back and reliving some wonderful memories.
Almost a year of no posts.
Thank you Engineering ! :|
I would often think of something nice to write..plan an outline and the forget it as another assignment or record work comes my way.
Anyway, I'm done with my first semester and my second semester's exams are a month away. Time flies so fast that it just like I was finished with school and now I'm done with my first year of college....
So, I hope I can revive my blog atleast after my semester exams.  Or, I will for sure!
So Long then..
( And sorry for this lame post )

But Why?

Come on!  Looking at the title, you might expect some thing philosophical! But well, its me!! and I'm not the kind of person who talks that way! Ok, that made no sense.

So! I finally managed to type a post. The reason being the fact that , I actually promised all of you that I would post frequently during my holidays. But then, well, my holidays passed away at the speed of a Concorde  that here I am, looking forward to the orientation at college, tomorrow. Now, wasn't that a surprise? Hell Yes!

So, what should I write about? Uhm..My typical holiday routine ( Yes, I do have a routine for a holiday :P) is to go to my dad's office. Yes, every single day (almost) and then to go online, talk with friends and then go to the library and get some books to read. All I find here are classic books! Of course, you can't expect to find Dan Brown and Grisham at the library of a research institute. But yes, there are a bunch of Agatha Christie one's to my rescue. And thanks Flipkart !  It's surely making my day by shipping my book the very next day after my order!
I did stay at home some days and whiled away time idly. Of course, my most favorite pastime was to watch TV. Speaking of which, I recently acquired the amazing talent to watch any sitcom, without getting bored. Well, with Star World, options are limited, but still, it sure does require a special talent. I've also been writing some reviews and stuff, but then I've been tweeting madly, but i think that also comes under writing.
I've never watched test matches earlier. I knew they were boring and all, but this time I was very very bored and literally had nothing else to do. So I decided I'll watch the Ind Vs Eng series. Mainly because, the first match was at Lord's ( Which looks really pretty and awesomely moved grass ) and also because the some of the English players are really cute :D . And so, this pulled on and on and I ended up watching the entire series and finally India was washed down, completely. Considering the fact that the very first test match I watched turned out to be so tragic, may be I should not do it the next time. Come on I'll not have time anyway ( with a very silly hope that I'll get busy :P )

And I signed up for Confirmation classes this year. So, this sorta keeps my Sundays occupied!  And last class, the pastor told us to write a summary and a what-it-means-to-you  of a passage. I know I'm a writer, blogger and all, but still I shouldn't have written it that lengthy and article-like. I'm sure if you'd get to read it, you would mistake it for a blog-post! But well, lets see what happens!

And then, yes, I'm really really really looking forward to college. I know I'll miss my friends, teachers ( I'm serious!) and all, but I'm pretty sure I'll make another bunch of amazing friends and hope the professors there find me adorable! ( Am I not?!) People here are doing nothing but scaring me about college. More hell-istic  than school, they say. And I thought it was a place to relax after a hectic year. But then what did I do all this five odd months?! So , I know I'm weird, but I'm wishing that I get very very busy!

Lets Hope For the Best! So long!

The Boredays

Ok, I'm sort of settled now. No, not completely.
Results were out, yes and I did just okay, so there is no stinging surprise there. I have to decide upon my course and college ( Well, you know its not an easy job and hence the 'not completely settled tag') . This is even tougher for me, Hmm..for all my life I'd wanted to do journalism or English Literature and finally I've now landed on the worst thing that I'd expected- Engineering. *sigh* . I've sort of got this strange , unforeseeable chill that no matter what ever you plan for your future-you get only what you are destined too..let's see and hope for the best and yes, do pray for me to pull through another fours years of hardship.

Moving on, I just found this website 'Flipkart'! I never thought internet book store will be this comfy and quick , but this is just awesome!! You order a book and the next day-g! It's at your doorstep. And yes, I crossed my limits and bought 9 books in a week. And you get bookmarks with them. Ok, they are not adorable, but I need them a lot!

I just got a copy of "The Lost Symbol". I know, I am terribly late- but as they say " Its better Late than never". I'm not allowed to read it :| . My dad shoved it away some where and promised to give it back only when I finish reading "Leaves of Grass". It's a Walt Whitman classic. I liked his poems- we had an excerpt of 'The tribute to Abraham Lincoln" in 11th grade. That Oh Captain! My Captain was so touchy and the lines literally bought tears. But well, Mr.Whitman- I don' like it when something comes in between, Dan Brown and me! :P . Well, I better get going and waste no more time and finish this book right away then!

Toodles!