Thursday, July 2, 2015

The marriage linked to my Alma Mater!

Every third post on my timeline reminds me of the truth that has recently become a nail in the coffin of the love of many a girl, especially of those at LSR, for Shahid Kapoor- that Shahid and Mira are soon going be held by the ties of holy matrimony.

Contrary to girls with popular reaction, I am not at all aggrieved by the news. I am happy. Very happy.

When the news was leaked initially, I was totally convinced that it was a hoax. That somebody had made it all up only to attract people to their web portal/site whatever. But the gradual rise in the confirmation posts on, again, my timeline and Mira's fb fanpage, convinced me otherwise. It took me a little time. But the news finally sunk in.

I have, obviously, not met Shahid. And not watched all of his movies. Ten years back, I liked watching 'Dil Maange More' for the only reason that Ayesha Takia played the role of a girl named Shagun. I loved when the named was called by any of the characters in the movie. That was my second Shahid movie after Ishq Vishq. But like many of us, I loved his performance in Jab We Met. Ever since, I have appreciated his acting skills like an ardent fan.  I have not met Mira either. Only watched few of her 'already-few-available' pictures online. And she seems wonderful. Both look great together.

The theme for this post is highly undecided. But somewhere, I feel, the soon to be held marriage is going to be significant because it is connected to my Alma Mater. How, you ask. Because Mira is from my college. You get it, right?
But after a little of that excitement, why am I so happy about the marriage of a girl from my college? No. It is not because the husband-to-be is the the glamorous Shahid. He is great! But the reasons for that particular sense of euphoria are beyond comprehension. Even for me. I have no clue. But every time I look up to the news, the same sense of mutual connection strikes me. I feel elated.

And then I realize that may be, it is because of college. I am reminded of the fun. I wish to go back. I wish I could relive those three years that Mira has just completed. May be, it is not about Shahid-Mira wedding at all. It is only about the desire to lend an ear to the news of a girl who is one amongst the many girls who have just finished being embraced by the magic of the three grand letters- just the way I had been, two years back.
And may be thats why, I am all the more eager for the marriage.

Shahid-Mira, Thank You!! A divine feeling of jubilationb fills me as I write about my school and college. For the fear of redundancy, I had almost escaped that on this blog. But you two made me revisit the avenue. Wish you both a very happy life!

Saturday, June 13, 2015

YouTube Shyu-Tube Haye rabba!

What can compete with the IRCTC website in terms of generating immense irritation?

Well, the YouTube adverstisements! Especially those that come without a skip button.


Yes. You guessed it right. YouTube is a constant in my experiences of web-exploration. In fact, it is visible on one of the many tabs that have currently occupied the title bar of my browser.

This era of digital revolution has made access to information so easy. Online videos, Inspirational lectures are a few of the many sources of the miraculous access. You wish to listen to something and here you go! It is on your computer screen in seconds! And when the mood or inclination to finish a task amplifies, no power can disrupt it- Except that one ad.
The 30 second-long-ad seems like a 30-hour-long-one, thanks to the uninteresting content. I mean money and stuff- I can comprehend it but do these video owners not watch those videos on the web themselves? Or do they have any mechanism by which they skip the ads during their own watch duration?

That ad is the one that, which when commences to play, makes you re-think. Rethink if that mood still persists. Rethink if you would watch what you had wanted or skip to writing a blog post about your concern with the way these ads are becoming a source of income for those channels and of your irritation!

The age of digital modernisation places e-customer satisfaction amongst one of the components of, again, e-success. And it is during the first 30 seconds of those YouTube videos that this 'idea' of customer satisfaction faces an absolute paradox.

So, dear YT, Maggie is already unavailable. Please act mature!