Sanchit's Blog

7am already! Have to rush for my swimming session and I have a busy day ahead. Reach office on time, have meetings to do and have to attend house warming of my friend tonight. And more work to do (#@$@#$ @#$@# $@#$) Who cares if I catch a fish? We are all tightly packed in our daily schedule and always have something to be taken care off. Yesterday my wife asked me a simple question: "If you are not doing your job and I am also not bound by anything, where would we be living?" Let’s say you had a blank day staring at you. You didn’t have to work. You could do anything at all (although money is still a limiting factor). What would your perfect day be like? I've got it down to four words: "Do what you love." But it's not enough just to tell people that. Doing what you love is complicated. Don't just pass on the days to secure your present or future. At times live the moment and enjoy your life at its peak. Design your life so that you do not ...

2am on 13th Feb, 11 : Half awake standing in a long queue of Delhi international airport to check in for my flight to Mauritius. Flight was supposed to depart at 4 am and my night was all ruined due to travel to airport and then taking care of the rest of the check-in formalities. An announcement comes by and I got to know that my Air Mauritius flight from New Delhi to Mauritius was delayed by 12 hours. Whoa.. what's next! Passengers who were standing in the queue started making fuss but no point. We were shifted to a hotel nearby and were asked to spend the night there. Frustrated we went there, spent the night and woke up next morning to know that flight was delayed by 24 hours. Air Mauritius was courteous enough to extend my return flight by 1 day so that my honeymoon still remained of 7 days. Yeah! I got married 2 days back on 9th of Feb, 11 . My friends call the date as 9 2 11 (in hindi, that is a proverb which indicates you run away after completing the task). My engagem...

Late night, 11.40 pm we were waiting for our metro at Connaught Place, New Delhi. Wondering about all that happened during past few hours that gave me a glimpse of the unity and strong voice of public of India. This time it wasn't for a world cup win, but for a more meaningful cause: "Introduction of  Lokpal Bill in India". We walked down from Jantar Mantar to CP Metro station and in the way caught so many young and old folks, all carrying a smile on their faces. Two hours ago, we heard an announcement that Indian Govt. has agreed to all the demands and is ready to pass Lokpal Bill ( News ). News came with a sudden celebration and we could see activists shouting slogans, dancing on dhol beats (you always have a Punjabi dhol ready in Delhi, if you anticipate a glory moment) and waving the national flag. It seemed that they rightly deserved the celebration for they pushed the cause against corruption and supported their leader Anna Hazare . It was great to see that citiz...

With India storming into World Cup 2011 finals, everybody is bleeding blue. All the news headlines, facebook comments, tweets, SMS they all have the same matter. I am sure all these wins would have brought smiles to millions of people in India and have definitely made us all proud. While Indian players are riding horse of victory, their fan clubs are increasing in count and size. True, they have played professionally and deserve their credit of appreciation. They are really getting treated like heroes of nation, and probably the best among them, Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar, is even considered to be the god. Now that tickles my funny bone and also seriously surprises me for following good reasons: Aren't we just hyping it? Or aren't we playing in the matrix created by media to commercialize cricket? Isn't he just a guy who is good at his job?  Aren't there people who have worked harder and achieved better results in their respective jobs? Are we being fair to t...

मंगल आशीर्वाद, जुही सी नाजनी को पाकर,            संचित भैया ने मेर्रीज की जो ठाणी, चढ घोडी पर तोरण को चल दिये तो,            स्वर्ग से भी परिया निहार रही और, मंगल गीत गा गा कर न्रत्य कर रही है            आमोद प्रमोद कह रही कैसी बनी है जोडी | बहु रानी आप हमारे इस उपवन मे महकती हुई,            चिडिया बन कर आई हो, चाहकती रहो, महकती रहो,            इसमे हमे भी आनंद की अनुभूती होती रहेगी | अपनी मोहनी महाक से आप दोनो ही अपने           पाप मम्मी, अर्थात सास ससुर, को अपने व्यवहार से सदा खुश रखो           यही मेरा मंगल आशीर्वाद है, आप दोनो को | अन्तः मे: ये आंखो मे पानी ख़ुशी के है, दुख के नही          इनमे प्रेम व पुनीत भावना छिपी है |                                   ...

Orkut! Some interesting snapshots of our scrapbook that I arranged. Basically I sent her lame friend request, she accepted imagining that I am some Computer Science freak and can help her out. It soon turned out that she was saving herself from the humiliation of being a nerd. Some snapshots: My friends tried to promote me and wrote all kind of stuff to show me off. It worked or not, but I can still laugh at the crazy time I had. Thanks folks for your wonderful efforts and support, as I am getting married to this very sweet girl on 9th Feb, 11 (9-2-11). Here is the online marriage invitation: More details about our wedding: myshaadi.in/sanchit_weds_juhi Cheers!!

I am very much frustrated with the continued agitation that Gujjars are holding for their reservation. It is hopeless that they are troubling peaceful public to show their agitation and that government is just taking its time to resolve the issue. This is not the first time we have seen the agitation and I am sure Gujjars have inspired enough small communities to fight for their reservations or whatever demands. Message is clear: You can trouble common public because no body cares for them! I am going to put my views from different facets and will like to put up a hawk eye view of the problem. From the eye of Gujjar's: Who are the Gujjars? Details According to Vincient A Smith’s ‘The Early History of India,’ Gujjars are “allied in blood” to the Huns who poured into the Indian subcontinent after attacking the Kishan Kingdom of Kabul. Another theory claims that Gujjars are related to the Rajputs who converted to Islam after losing in the wars with Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, and ...