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A melange of memories

Posted in Personal on 03/08/2011 05:32 am by tanushree kulkarni
“Yaaron dosti badi hi hassen hai .yeh naa ho toh phir kya bolo yeh zindagi hai”.This song played in my head while i sat to write this blog .If there was any ‘Guinness book of records ‘ for being the most exciting and eventful year ,2010 would be the clear cut winner.
It just feels like yesterday when i stepped in Pune and Ranade building.My first reaction was of utter disbelief .I had not expected my college would turn out this way.But like a classmate said, this place grows on you.Ranade is like a heady cocktail that makes you tipsy in the beginning and then sloshes you completely with its charm and enigma.Happiness,warmth being its concoction.
It was here that i learned the nitty-gritty of journalism,honed my skills and met some awesome people.I remember being so-very-introvert before coming but thanks to this place i am not-very-introvert now.I would treasure the experience-whether good or bad and the moment spent here.
Here is a little list down of the people and things that i loved in college and would cherish it for all my life :
Maitryee -for always being there for me.You are one of the best thing that happened to me after i came to Pune.I never imagined i could be friends with you but now you are one of the most wonderful person in my life.I admire you for being the free spirited and fiercely independent person that you are.keep being this way!
Bitopi - You are my first  north eastern friend.Thanks for making me feel like a kid.Trust me you are the only person in the world who thinks this way ;)
Sneha-Thanks for correcting my flawed Marathi.If at all i am able to speak flawless Marathi ,you would get the entire credit for it .
Yogendra -You click awesome pictures.Thanks a lot for clicking the awesome pictures of mine that you have clicked.Hope to have more such photo sessions in future :P
Gunratna-For being the awesome course coordinator.Thanks a lot for always being very sweet and handling insane batch like ours.
Leena Mam-I love your style,the way you talk ,the way you walk,the way you speak,its just impeccable.
Whenever i see you ,i make a mental note of dress sense and style.I wish i could be like you some time.
Ujjawala Mam-You are the coolest HOD I ever had.You made the otherwise boring subject of radio journalism very interesting by your sense of humor and teaching style.
Ninad and Preetam -.You added spice to otherwise boring class by your stupid jokes.Sometimes i even laughed at your jokes.
Khushboo-Thanks for all the amazing words you have showered on me.I liked your like status and hence included you in my like list ;)
Harish-Thanks for always,always helping me in my need.You are undoubtedly the most energetic person of the class
Thanks a lot Swati,Nayan,Mahura, Sneha P,Tejashree  for being the amazing  persons that you are.Thanks a lot to each and every person in the class.Its been the best class i have had so far.
Thanks a lot to Tambat sir,Gonsalvies sir and all other faculty for patiently checking the shit that we write in exams and for patiently answering our each and every query.
DMM 2010-2011 ROCKS!
 

kanpur meets London

Posted in Blogs on 03/04/2011 03:24 am by tanushree kulkarni

Once upon a time there lived a girl-rebellious(she says so!),confused(we-the audience feels so!)in Kanpur who meets a nerdy NRI from the land of fish and chips-London.She loathes him,calls him the famous cuss word from UP-Chutiya and in the end falls in love with him.Thats precisely the story of ‘Tanu weds Manu’.

Tanu weds Manu revolves around a guy who comes to India for bride-hunting.Falls in love with the drunken and passed off chick-kangana,the moment he sees her.But here is a little twist to this tale,Tanu tripathi already has a beau and wants Madhavan to break the alliance so that she can elope and marry her beau.Madhvan like an obedient puppy dog agrees and even convinces her parents to marry her off to the guy of her choice.
But for self-proclaimed-rebellion Tanu, it is all too boring a set up.She now falls for Mahavan adding to audience’s confusion.

Though the movie at times looks unconnected and puzzling but it sure does have its entertaining moments.Deepak Dobriyal of Omkara fame as Madhavan’s best friend has done excellent job and should be given full marks for contributing to humor quotient of the film.Aizaz Khan and Tanu’s Bihari friend have done commendable acting in their brief roles.

This actress, sure does brings a sense of nostalgia to someone who has ever lived in UP or Bihar.Being from UP ,I was expecting more UPiyat from the film which it fails to bring out.Jimmy Shergil as Kangana’s  beau has impersonated quintessential UP ka bhaiya, believingly well.

On fashion quotient,movie scores obnoxiously low.Tanu’s two braids and bling bling salwar kurta look in few scenes makes her look quite amusing.The only dress which managed to catch my fancy was her white patiala with deep back.

Although movie misses a spice here and there in giving it a full UP tadka but it sure did popularise UP and its culture.Now my Manipuri roommate knows what is Kanpur and Lucknow and she even asked me the distance between the two.All thanks to the director,I say.
 

pune as i saw

Posted in Blogs on 06/28/2010 12:58 am by tanushree kulkarni

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young crowd,lot of students and good places to eat-that’s pune for you.I and cousin are in pune for  my interview.As soon as we reached Pune we were greeted with pleasant weather and showers which was welcome change from heat back home.
seeing hills admist city was first for me and so was hearing marathi all around me-having been brought up mostly in north and Gujarat.
Pune has loads of shops,infact if u look around in pune u are going to find two things-A software company and a shopping mall.But if you have shopped in Sarojini nagar in Delhi,you are going to find everything way costly everywhere on the planet.
we went to a chinese restaurant called “CHINA GATE” somewhere in Deccan where  Chinese waiters were speaking in marathi.Its Raj thackrey effect i presume.http://http://blog.burrp.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/pune_downtown.jpg
 

happy buddays shailaja

Posted in birthday on 02/06/2010 07:01 pm by tanushree kulkarni

Today Long long ago (some hundred thousand to be precise) lil monster named shailaja was dropped down on earth. Many, many years later she landed  on iland and that’s where we met, read each others blog, posted comments and became fraands.

When I first read her I found her cute. When I read her second time I suspected her to be insane and when she agreed to be fraands with me my doubt strengthened. now after knowing her for little less than an year I hereby declare her “the insane” and also the funniest, sweetest and wittiest girl I met on iland.

Although I am yet to meet her offline but I am sure she is fun to be around with.

kudiye, may god fill  your life with loads of success, love (*wink wink*),boyfraands(*wink wink again*) and loads of delicious ,mouthwatering phood(since I know you are great foody)and  not to forget loads of gifts too.

 

p.s shailaja dint coerce, threaten or blackmail me to write good things I have my insane moments

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random baatein…….

Posted in Uncategorized on 10/23/2009 05:35 pm by tanushree kulkarni


Phewww….so diwali is over and so is d festive spirit :( .I love everything about festivals dressing up in traditional ,meeting people, posing  for  pictures  and my favorite part eating loads and loads of food. Festivals are the time where u get to see your near and dear ones who have been out of the city for work and studies.  :) house is brimming with people and parents are more than excited to have children in the house but when festival ends children fly off to their nests  leaving parents all alone .my parents will also have to go through the same  when i will go out somewhere for work or studies. But kya karein, such is the life.

Chalo lets not talk about sad things, lets talk about happy stuff like me and my blogs :) .

I got this superb idea (okay, okay I agree its not original I got it from eM's blog) where u all can ask me any question that u want me to answer and il dedicate my next blog for all your questionsJ.

SO ,lets get going people .ask me loads and loads of questions and I shall be obliged to answer them. :)



 

year older and wiser (perhaps)

Posted in birthday on 08/22/2009 10:29 pm by tanushree kulkarni

Today two decades back I decided to enlighten this world so I landed up here. And two decades later I'm still here fulfilling my core purpose.

When I was little girl, birthdays were all about buying new frocks, partying with friends and family and receiving loads of gifts. Now birthdays are still about buying new clothes, partying with friends and family but sadly no gifts (am I too old to receive gifts?)

For me birthdays are the time to thank all d people who matter in my life, pondering over why that person dint wish? Be happy and not gay and off course hiding my ageing face with loads of concealer.

Since my last birthday I learned loads of things

1) Never say never for anything in life.

The other day I and my sister were talking and I told her "eeks I can never wear green" and next day I went and brought in green t .last year I was dead against homosexuals and homosexuality but now I am like, 'to each his own'. These days I am tempted to think that I can never go to abroad for further studies. [;)]

2) Expect d unexpected.

Last year when I was expecting everyone to wish, nobody did. and this year I am flooded with calls and messages" oye happy birthday"," Abe happy birthday".

And the last but not d least

3) Ask what u need.

I need loads of wishes from all my iland friends and *ahem ahem* if it's accompanied by gifts I won't mind.

And before I get all lazy again and end my blog

I would like to thank all my iland friends for the wishes. It matters to me so much and *special thanks*to shailaja for writing so cute post for me.

Loads of muwaahs and hugs to everyone
 

MY QUICK FIX GUIDE TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING

Posted in MY QUICK FIX GUIDE on 08/01/2009 10:59 pm by tanushree kulkarni


Aaj kal everyone is talking about  global warming and doing their bit to stop it. toh maine socha being  environmentally conscious girl , why not I also do something to prevent it.

So here is tanushree's quick fix guide to stop global warming

 

1)Go GREEN.                                                                                 

 

stuff your wadrobe with green coloured clothes.goats and cows might confuse u with plants u might be labeled as green kapde waala/waali.par environment bachane ke lie itna toh kar hi sakte hain

 

2) SAVE WATER,STOP BATHING.

I never understood why there is so much fuss about bathing daily. Moreover, if we have to bath daily why did they invent perfumes, deo?

3)BAN ON NOTEBOOKS IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

Notebooks should be banned in colleges.do you know how many trees are cut to make notebooks? I have always believed one can look up in the books  and there is no need  to copy the stuff already present in the books.

4)PUNISHMENT FOR PEOPLE TAKING MORE THAN ONE SHEET

I have seen lots of people writing epic in examination hall.what they don't realize is for getting thode se  marks they are harming resources of our country  

And the last and the  sabse important thing DONATE CLOTHES  for john abrahim kyunki he after his yellow trunk act in Dostana is responsible for increase in temperature

 

p.s did u notice use of  hinglish   in this blog?
 

are we racist?

Posted in Uncategorized on 06/11/2009 07:30 pm by tanushree kulkarni

Recently Australia was in news for racial attacks on Indian students. As an Indian and human being I strongly feel what happened was very unfortunate but I also feel when it comes to racial discrimination we Indians are no behind. By saying this I do not justify what happened I just want to bring in light the racially discriminative nature of Indian society.

We Indians have always been obsessed with the fair skin

This colonial hangover with fair skin has grown so much making dark skinned person in his own country feel outsider. Matrimonial columns in various newspapers and magazines are flooded with people seeking "fair" girl as if being fair is the only merit.

An average  dusky Indian girl is still bullied in schools and colleges.

An African coming to India is still considered inferior and seen suspiciously. Even our cinema endorses this. In fashion protagonist sleeping with African man was perceived as the worst crime.

Ask any north eastern residing in other part of India .I am sure they would have been called by names "nakchapte" or "chinkys"

That leaves me with the question when there is so much discrimination going on in our   own society how can we label other country as racist?

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faces for every occassion

Posted in Uncategorized on 05/18/2009 10:10 pm by tanushree kulkarni

Imagine getting up one fine day and discovering that you can no longer wear faces. You can no longer tell your boss that he is the best boss when you actually think him to be worthless. You can no longer tell your spouse that she makes the best food in the world while in reality even stray dogs refuses to touch the food she makes. You are not even able to exchange fake smiles in parties.ah, what a nightmare.

But thankfully we as human being are blessed with ample choices. We have faces for every occasion

Don't feel pity on colleague's or relative's grief? Don't fret .try the "mourning face" and for that extra effect don't forget glycerine

And how about that smile on the face which is flashy, beautifully, cosmetically enhanced, but what about the warmth??? That makes other person feel special? Huh, who cares for that…?

Caught cheating on GF/BF/ Spouse?? Try "guilty face" which actually makes your partner feel that you are guilty of your deeds. While you would be making plans within to not get caught next time.

Guys can use devdas beards with guilty face for added effect and for women there is nothing better than sobbing 24*7, along with guilty face to win back your partner .

"So in best interest of humanity wearing faces should be encouraged."

I tell myself this as I search for the face to wear at upcoming outing
 

everything happens for reason

Posted in important lessons of life on 04/24/2009 01:05 am by tanushree kulkarni

Ever wondered why that nerdy guy whom u never liked in college turns out to be your boss in office.That chic  in office u always drooled  over and just when u were thinking of proposing her u get to know she is married .ever wondered  why that guy got fired on appraisal day? Well everything happens for a reason and for good.

I was made to believe this after watching d movie "Bruce almighty". for the unintiated this movie is d source behind ghatiya copy "god tussi great ho".

 Wise people learn from their mistakes wiser people learn from other's mistake but since I am neither of them I learn from movies.

So IMPORTANT things to be learned from this movie are .

God is busy and has loads of things to do (like Afghanistan war, searching Osama bin laden)but don't  we have US presidents for this ?. So important point to be considered here is  u shouldn't   pray to god for new jeans, bags or accessories there is always a species called dad for this.

Never teach your doggie to pee in your loo. During emergency call of nature your loo might not be vacant.

Yell your miseries in public places, god might get pleased and give u his position or gal/guy who never gave u attention might talk to u out of sympathy. In any case benefit is yours.

If after doing the above nonsense in public place. God still don't think you are nuts and agrees to give you his position, believe him at once. Don't keep god waiting he might not have that patience to run after you.
 
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