13...7

Superstitious?? Well if someone asks me this question, I definitely won't answer in the affirmative. For I would like to believe ( you are free to disagree) that I am a practical person.
However , there are things which happen repeatedly and you soon start believing that it is not a mere coincidence.
For all those who don't know , I was born on the 13th of September,1983. It can be written as 13/09/1983. Just add the day and the month...i.e 1+3+9= 13. Now if we add up the full thing ... 1+3+9+1+9+8+3= 34 and 3+4=7. Now this 7 is called the DESTINY NUMBER in numerology. I frankly don't believe much in these sciences...(sorry to disagree with people who do) but I am amazed by the instances when these numbers have done a number on me ( pun intended!!!)
Without irritating you guys more, let me list down some instances:

• The house that I stay in today is Flat no:13.
• In school , we had 4 different groups called house. Every student was a part of one house. I was in a house called Nalanda and my house number was N-85... now 8+5= 13.
• I have somehow managed to get an engineering degree and we had 8 sems in all. In my 7th semester exams, I scored more marks than I ever imagined I could...( to the extent that teachers started questioning my integrity...lol)
• In my final semester of engineering , my seat number was 8023. Add the digits and it comes up to 13. And believe it or not , I broke my own record and scored a distinction( sorry for being pompous). This feat of mine had my parents questioning my integrity. Jokes apart, I was amazed to see numbers 13 and 7 influencing my life in positive ways.
• My education din't stop there and so din't the influence of these numbers. After my first year of MMS, I worked for 2 months for my summer internships, May and June to be precise. On July 11th, I got a call from that company asking me to collect my salary for the two months. I was asked to go to their office two days later i.e 13th of July or 13/7/2007. My first salary way above expectations and the practical person in me was starting to succumb to the influence of these numbers and their influence on my life.
• After finishing summers and entering the 3rd semester of MMS, I came to know that my roll number was 94 which again adds to 13. I do discuss these things with very close friends and one person who is among the toppers in that list is Maneesh Sivadas. He brought it to my notice that my roll number added to 13 and it meant that I'll clear this sem with great marks. I laughed it off then but the results gave me a pleasant surprise. I had done well though I was having a tough time personally and wasn't expecting good results.
• Well, my first full fledged job is with Financial Technologies , the promoters of India's no.1 commodity exchange MCX. The offer came to me courtesy my then-professor-now-friend-philosopher-guide Mr. Surendra Phatak. So, after joining there and going through the painfully informative induction process, I finally got to my office. Believe it or not, my desk is assigned a number T-13. I am not aware what the "T" stands for and I am not really bothered either but again comes the inevitable 13
• My office is in a building called 349,Business point...a rather unusual name . But the point is( if u havent observed already) ... 349 adds upto 16 and 1+6=7...and to add to it , my office is on the 7th floor.

So, the magic of these numbers keep continuing but if any numerologist is reading this, dont try to make a business case out of me... lol!! On a serious note, though I have always believed that we control our destiny and lives , these instances have made me take notice and rethink...

PAPPU can't dance saala!!!!

I leave for home after my professional commitments are taken care of by 7 p.m. I walk past more people than that residing in some small island nations to reach Andheri Station. The superfast trains in our part of the world take forever to reach Nerul. Another 15 minutes to reach my home abode.
After being so damn tired, human beings, even the insane ones like me ( ... no I mnt making fun of me... I mean Insanely talented) would like to relax ,watch TV , probably some good music.
So, I was doing the same, having some snacks and surfing the channels and soon I hear"Pappu cant dance Saala!!!". I stopped at once and so did the moment ... I can't believe some great lyricist can write something like this.( but I take solace from the fact that its produced by AAMIR KHAN so there's definitely some thought that should have gone into such unusual lyrics... and the genius of A. R . Rehman can make anything look special...). In the land of Javed Akhtars and Gulzars, these lines seem too odd... even to the relatively young Hindi film watchers like me.
Now common, the state of my English is pathetic. I dont understand the Backstreet Boys, Boyzones and Justin Timberlakes of the world... nor do I make a dedicated effort to . I can count on my fingers the number of English tracks I have ever listened to . So , for such a Target audience , Hindi film songs is what they feed on. Now, no offence to the lyricist, but he can do better than "Pappu can't ....." . Though I must admit the other number Kabhi Kabhi..aditi. is great.
This is not the only one. A few years back , I heard something called" Tere sang, ek simple si coffee bhi kick deti hai". Now what is that??
Are we short of lyricists? Dont we have the talent to create masterpieces. I think its time our lyricist take their time to write a good song and not come up with something like " Aa khushi se khudkushi kar le"... for there are people who take Hindi films too seriously.
I dont have an iota of knowledge in music, hence my judgement of lyrics is completely unjustified...(now lyricists on my radar can take solace in that) but I am sure you must have found some lyrics which might have been over the top for you. If so , drop in some songs whose lyrics need serious revamping according to u?