I have always quoted, that you can’t choose your relatives but thank goodness you can always choose your friends! Today on this day, the first Sunday of August; the friendship day, I would like to raise my head up high and thank you all (well, right after I would have crushed you with a hug)!
Thank you.
It’s been 23 years of my life and I know I couldn’t have done it any better without you guys! When I look back, I have this box full of bizarre-funny-emotion-rolled memories which unleashes itself on me and (yes I admit) leaves my eyelashes moist with a stupid smile on my face and thoughts that floods my head with an exclamation of “hey! I can’t believe I did that!”
Those ruled pages, pens borrowed, those tea breaks, those bitchy fights, the singing sessions, the school bunks, the college lectures, those pity blames on each other, proxies, the late night assignments, booze, mocking each other, that first rain, to bring that one smile, look-your-crush-is-there hoots, embarrassing each other yet being there for one another even when it meant to hunt the spider down together and squash it at 4 am.
Well, what can I say, friends don’t let you do the stupid things. Alone.
ओ तेरी पैनचड़!! Its been 11 months that I have not been to Delhi. And it has freaked me out so much that I have been listening to Dilli songs since I woke up (or rather realized). Why? Oh Caamaawn! Its Dilli!No, its not a rape capital. First and foremost, you need to understand that men don’t get a license to rape just because they are in Delhi. So, stop addressing Delhi as a “Rape Capital”.Why Dilli is special? I have my reasons and Delhi has its own.
PS – Dilli is the nickname for Delhi, in case you are wondering 😛
Delhi has been the core to many cultures from all over India. People have migrated from everywhere and anywhere to get a part of it. A capital so diverse yet binds everything together. We have all complained about the hot summers while slurping the ice lollies; checked out every possible person while sipping adrak chai (ginger tea); those camp fires with neighbors every January. Imagine those long drives on the highways, pouring heavily or eyeing your crush from the terrace. The shopping sprees in Sarojini, Lajpat and Janpat. The monuments who have witnessed it all, be it the Mughal romance or the hiding-from-the-parents romance. The chaat stalls flooded with the requests of another extra papdi or the quarrels where the entire colony rushes in. The ladies bargaining and oh! never forget the free dhaniya and mirchi (coriander and chilies) while the gents laughing out loud on the terrace with every sip of rum as the night settles in. Dilli ki kudiyaan te Munde (Delhi’s girls and boys), Dhabbas on the highways or just the highways, Dilli ka jugaad, the big fat weddings, Delhi University – South and North campus and Oooh! Delhi’s favorite dailouge – “Tu jaanta nahi mera baap kaun hai?” (you dont know who my father is)! …and there is much more to it…Now that I have been listening to Delhi songs for so long, time for another playlist people!
Presenting to you the दिल्ली playlist! 18 songs to fall for Dilli, all over again.
18. Main toh Dilli se dulhan laya re (Film: Jhoola – 1941)
This is a rare Dilli song from 1941 before our Independence.
17. Kya Dilli kya Jalandar (Film: Pyaar deewana hota hai)
16. Dilli da sharab (Artist: Aman Amanat)
The typical Dilli song played during weddings! And yes, people do dance on it while drunk on dilli da sharab!
15. Dilwalo ki Dilli (Band: Ahhiran)
Yes. We are the studs! We don’t care what people think about us, we are just cool as Antarctica! 😀
14. Dilli (D’elusive)
दिल्ली ने बनाया मन्ने… चू ना बना तू | 😀
13. Dilli (Film: Mishawr Rawhoshyo | Artist: Arijit Singh)
The lyrics are so cute 🙂 So is Arijit Singh 😛
12. Chalo Dilli (Film: Chalo Dilli | Artist: Raja Hasan)
11. Dilli ke Deewane (Badshaah ft. Honey Singh)
सोला आने सच है ये बात, जुड़े जज़बात मेरे दिल्ली के साथ ❤
10. Ghagra (Film: Yeh Jawaani hai Deewani)
TV pe breaking news haye re mera Ghagra, Bagdad se leke DILLI via Agra! 😛
9. Chandni Chowk to China (Artist: Bohemia ft. Akshay Kumar)
किथे चलिये गोभी दा फूल बनके कुड़ीए बदामी !!
8. Delhi Destiny (Film: 99)
This is one of my favorite song! Such a happy song it its! Makes me dance (and yes! I am dancing… tuu ruu ruuu)
7. Dilli (Artist: Rabbi Shergill)
और मैं हूँ.. तू है.. और है दिल्ली बस 🙂
6. Delhi sheher mein maaro ghaagro (Artist: Ila Arun)
5. Dilli wali Girlfriend (Film: Yeh Jawaani hai Deewani)
Oh yes yes! How can I miss Ranbir Kapoor ❤
4. Chor Bazari (Film: Love Aaj Kal)
तू ना बदली मैं ना बदला दिल्ली सारी देख बदल गयी… This song never fails to bring a smile on my face 🙂
Hahaha! Okay, now that Delhi has done with the ‘ओले’ (Hailstorm), its time for the ‘Ole Playlist’. Yes Of course! You thought I would let this opportunity go, did you? Enjoy. 😉
5. We are One (Ole Ola) – Pitbull ft. Jennifer Lopez & Claudia Leitte
Of course ! The FIFA 2014 is here!
4. Follow the Leader – Wisin & Yandel ft. Jennifer Lopez
The Birthday finally arrived. With much awaited Wine and overdosed Mutton-awesome-Biryani (Chef Lucille) and 1 Direction showering their love on us, it was a day (rather night) worth remembering! I hope Enid, you remember all the things to be achieved till the next birthday rolls in! Till then wish you bundles of joy and 1D concerts!
Love me like always 🙂
Those who are confused who the two guys are beside her, well, keep guessing, I ain’t telling! (Hint: They are famous heart throbs)
PS – One day when you come home at 9pm, i’ll be off to sleep. One day.
Maybe someday I’ll be quick enough to post these Birthday wishes on time. But as I say always, “somewhere in the wide world its still your birthday!” :*
A very Happy Birthday Megoo!
End of July, midst all the new faces, there was a girl with an orange suitcase waiting to go to her new room, her accommodation for the next 4 years. She was little shy but came with a huge circumference. And then you said Hi. College would not have been the same if you had not greeted me that day. As they say, if you make one friend on the first day of your college, you are gonna be okay. Not knowing (back then), it would turn my world upside down and I’ll have the best times of my college. Thank you for all those beautiful memories, late night chit-chats while hunting for food, under the blanket conferences, heartbreak sagas, talking in the rain, fights, Bhojpuri mess dramas; all of it. I knew, being with you, smile will always follow. I miss us.
This letter goes out to the people who have discriminated me because I did not fit into their dress size.To all the people who have called me fat over the years.
The first such remark I remember is when I was in class four, among short and skinny little girls while I was tall and quite large. The people who have insinuated it all in a harmless joke or an unoriginal on my face “the ground will crack when you fall” joke. To all the guys who said they loved me, my ‘personality’, my wit and how easy I was to be with and yet couldn’t like me because I was one or two sizes too big. This one is for you.
Though till now I may have always got hurt by your lewd remarks and snide comments but now I understand that its either because of your low self esteem or your overconfidence. Thanks to you, I would rather stay alone in my room reading a good book or watching an even better movie than come out and be a part of your plastic existence. When I am decent enough not to talk about your crooked noses, your wispy hair or patchy skin. Your inability to put two words in a sentence together. You have no right to give me a judgmental monologue from your shallow books.
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