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Howdy?? thanks for landing here. I am Analytics professional from India. I love my work, and like to remain busy with stupid things. I love being with my friends, traveling and exploring places, savoring new cuisines and as every other Indian I am a movie goer and a die hard cricket fan. If you are also one then check this out mswinger
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Zishan has over six years of business intelligence & analytics consulting experience in banking, insurance and retail domain. Zishan is currently part of HSBC Bank's risk analytics team based out of Bangalore.
Zishan is a SAS certified predictive modeler and his experience includes - predictive modeling, data analytics, forecasting, optimization, MIS generation & automation, strategic reporting, business activity monitoring for credit cards, loans, household insurance and motor insurance etc.
Specialties & techniques:
- Artificial Neural Network Modeling using SAS E-miner
- Predictive modeling using regression techniques
- Dimensionality reduction (PCA, Factor Analysis)
- Clustering, Segment profiling
- Macroeconomic forecasting
- Half life analysis of customers
- Market Basket and Association Analysis
- Hypothesis Testing, ANOVA,
- Single Factor Analysis, Information value reports
Tools:
- SAS/Enterprise Guide/BASE/E-Miner
- SPSS PSW 13 Modeler (formerly Clementine)
- MS Excel and VBAExperience- May 2014 - PresentManager - Decision Sciences / HSBC
Developing loan loss impairment and loss provisioning models for retail banking products for portfolios in Middle East and North Africa region.
- Apr 2013 - May 2014Project Leader Analytics / Target
- Oct 2012 - Apr 2013Senior Business Analyst / Target
Lead a team to develop resource optimization models for assets protection team within Target. My work also focussed on providing analytical solutions to address problems related to Shrinkage, Theft, Fraud and Operational Risk.
- Oct 2011 - Sept 2012Analyst Research / Target
My work is focused on Shrinkage, Theft and Fraud at Target's stores and global supply chain area. As individual contributor, I provide business managers and decision makers in US with actionable insights from data, and solutions to complex business problems in the area of assets protection and loss prevention.
- Sept 2010 - Sept 2011Senior Analyst / WNS Global Services (erstwhile Marketics)
As part of a new team in the Analytics and Research pyramid, I worked towards establishing analytics support for 'Underwriting, Pricing and Product' division of a major General Insurance player in UK. The responsibilities included
¤ Working with the onshore team to identify the opportunities where BI can play a role.
¤ Formulating and creating reports on various KPIs and metrics to be tracked by Technical Pricing and Performance Management team.
¤ Business activity monitoring for UK General Insurance and Reinsurance business of the client.
¤ Producing actuarial inputs to be used for Valuation process by the actuarial team.
- Feb 2010 - May 2010Senior Consultant / Marketelligent
As Senior Cosultant I worked towards providing Analytics Consulting services for clients in Retail, E-Commerce and Financial Services Industry.
¤ Worked on project on Sports Analytics - www.mswinger.com
¤ Worked on a Logistic Model for predicting sales of Used Cars in USA, for a leading CAR dealer / reseller.
¤ Worked on profitability analysis for an online classifieds company based in UK.
¤ Worked on profitability analysis of the customers of a Financial services company for its online remittance business. - Jun 2008 - Feb 2010Consultant / Marketelligent
I was the tenth employee of Marketelligent and worked for one of the first clients of Marketelligent, providing analytics and business intelligence consulting services. Responsibilities included
¤ Provinding analytics consulting services to a leading Indian Retail Bank.
¤ Catering to the reporting and MIS needs of various departments of the Bank.
¤ Complete Automation of the MIS generation process to involve minimal manual intervention.
¤ Analysis and Documentation of the scope of the Business Intelligence reports.
¤ Exhaustive use of SAS and Datawarehousing tools for report generation and MIS generation process optimization.
¤ Automating the previous versions of MS Excel based reporting through SAS EG. - May 2008 - Jun 2008Intern / NSRCEL Bangalore Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning
Worked on analysing the trends in the Non Performing Assets in the Indian Banking Industry.
Learning Business Intelligence Tools and Various statistical analysis techniques used at Marketelligent (Incubatee at NSRCEL)
- Mar 2007 - Mar 2008President and Convener / Center for Cognitive Activities, NIT Durgapur
Organizing year round Seminars and Workshops on various subjects for students of NIT Durgapur.
Utilizing institute's expertise in providing help to the students for various scientific projects and working models on academic or non academic projects.
Organizing Aarohan (www.arhn.in) - the Techno Management Festival of NIT Durgapur.
- Feb 2006 - Mar 2008Unit Cordinator / National Service Scheme, NIT Durgapur
Organizing Health Camps and Special Training Camps, Awareness Camps for welfare of the locals in the suburban areas in and around Industrial city of Durgapur.
Volunteering and Leading a group of 400 Volunteers from three Engineering Colleges in the city of Durgapur.
- May 2007 - Jun 2007Summer Intern / Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Worked on designing and fabrication of lowpass and bandpass filters for microwave communication using microstrip technology at Center for Applied Research in Electronics IIT Delhi.
Education-
2004 - 2008National Institute of Technology DurgapurBachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics & Communication Engineering
Activities: CCA, NSS, Drama Club, Department Cricket Team -
2001 - 2003Kendriya VidyalayaAll India Senior School Certificate in Science
Activities: School captain, House prefect, Debate team
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- Feb 11, 12
Indian Voters A few months ago, when I switched on my TV, what I saw on air made me write my feelings for my country in the best way I could. It was one such time when you feel helpless, you wish to do so many things, you wish to change so many things, almost everything that is going wrong. And all I could do was to pen down my thoughts. This style of writing is inspired by my Nana ji's style of writing (I had posted one of his poem earlier in my blog). I hope you like this one as wellअंधेर नगरी की परिभाषा है,
युवा भारत की मरी हुई हर आशा है,
Governance का बना हुआ तमाशा है,
जो भी बना है नेता,
उसने दिया कितनो को झांसा है,
पता नहीं इनका पेट है या टंकी है,
ये democracy नहीं नौटंकी है|
खेल हो या संचार, चारा हो या हो ताबूत,
खूब मज़े से खाया है, पर मिट न सकी इनकी भूख,
Bureaucracy ने तो लगा रखी, इस देश की भी लंका है,
ये बीमारी जैसे देश के Metabolism की लघु शंका है,
आखिर Mc Donald’s का happy meal भी तो पूरा junky है,
ये democracy नहीं नौटंकी है|
राजा हो या हो सुरेश, सब ने बदले थे अपने भेस,
हो रहे नित नए खुलासे, ये उसको, वो उसको फांसे,
भ्रष्टाचार को दूर भगाने, काले धन को वापस लाने,
कर रहे योगी भी अनशन हैं,
पर उस काले मन का क्या,
जिस की वजह से आज यह क्षण है,
इस देश के नेता आखिर क्यूँकर इतने सनकी हैं,
ये democracy नहीं नौटंकी है|
सियाचीन में खर्चे अरबों,
और Defense budget में खरबों,
Nuclear power बन रहे हैं हम,
वक़्त आने पे दिखला देंगे किस में कितना है दम,
Food security हो न हो,
Border security बहुत ज़रूरी है,
क्या करें आखिरकार,हमारा पडोसी भी तो कितना आतंकी है,
ये democaracy नहीं नौटंकी है|
-- Zishan - Jan 30, 12I was reading today all the chats, in my inbox, that we had.For such a sweet person like you, who made this earth worth living, I have just one complaint - Why did you leave so early?In the chat room: shreya.hiflying87@gmail.com, diggi (singh.digvijay.chauhan@gmail.com), Sweta Singh (sweta.singh1987@gmail.com)4:05 PM shreya.hiflying87: You've been invited to this chat room!vyom009 has joinedshreya.hiflying87: hiSweta: hi .........vyom009: hellodiggi: haan ji4:06 PM vyom009: every1!!diggi: hello sirrshreya.hiflying87: kya kr rhe sab?diggi: kuch nahinshreya.hiflying87: bas kaam na?diggi: sab pagal ho gye hainvyom009: diggi hws florence?shreya.hiflying87: \sweta kaha hai?diggi: hmm yaari will leave todayshreya.hiflying87: FLORENCE???????????????4:07 PM vyom009: its a place shreyadont get excited:Pshreya.hiflying87: okdiggi: for rome and then will retrn viia florenceshreya.hiflying87: sure na?diggi: heh heshreya.hiflying87: okSweta: hi lokesh bhaiyaa......hw r u..?n whr r u these days?diggi: bataokaise ho:):Dshreya.hiflying87: zish bhaiya busy ho kya?vyom009: mast hain .. hum ansari bhaiyya ki kripa drishti mai hianbengaluru mai4:08 PM shreya.hiflying87: kripa drishti?Sweta: ohh.the two of u togethr thre..?wowvyom009: yehdiggi: iss main wow kya hainclgg main bhi to htevyom009: tabhi toh wow hai bhaidiggi: he heh e he4:09 PM shreya.hiflying87: hmmmshi haiSweta: thank u bhaiyashreya.hiflying87: its lucky ki aap log abhi bhi saath hiovyom009: arrey b'lore mai road pe aise hi ghumte raho koi na koi cllg ka mil hi jata hiashreya.hiflying87: waahvyom009: seems the entire campus shifted to bangalore after passing outdiggi: ha hah aSweta: aisa kya.?shreya.hiflying87: fir to bangalore hi jaana chahiyeSweta: haan..mast hai4:10 PM vyom009: hw r u ppl doin shreya, swetaSweta: we r doin good...maze me..shreya.hiflying87: ya am enjoyin at pune4:11 PM he he ehvyom009: pune ..coolshreya.hiflying87: ya it isactually very cool:)vyom009: bt yaar ..bangalore has gt this awsome weathereverythng else is hyped bout b'loreSweta: yeahh n cal is usual...........HOT4:12 PM lukyjain@gmail.com has joinedSweta: hi bhaiyalukyjain@gmail.com has leftvyom009: hey jeeru4:13 PM shreya.hiflying87: hi bhaiyakaise ho?vyom009: diggi wapas kab aa raha hai4:14 PM diggi: yaar3rd ko flight haindelhiSweta: u ppl cary on..nice talkin to evrybdy.......diggi: i meanme: kiskiSweta: bye..diggi: 4th mornngme: meri 14th july ko haiSweta: enjoy.......diggi: meri beme: haan haan bbyediggi: tu kahan jaa raha hainme: Nagpur4:15 PM lukyjain@gmail.com has joinedSweta: hi zishna bhaiyame: who is this zishna?m zishanSweta: haan kishanqishanme: hey QwetaSweta: bishandiggi: ha ah haha hah ahahah ame: ru thr Pwetadiggi: ha ha hah aah ha hame: hey NwetaSweta: yaa.diggi: :)Sweta: yaa.4:16 PM me: MwetaJwetadiggi: TewtaSweta: ho gya ho gya..shreya.hiflying87: ye naye naye naam kyu rakhe ja rhe bhai?me: Zwetaaiwehilukyjain@gmail.com has leftSweta: bas iase hi..........me: kuchh kaaam nahi bachahainadiggi: ha hah ashreya.hiflying87: lag rahame: ye ravan jaisi hansi kyunSweta: ravan ..heheaarre jo jaisa hota hai waise hi hansta haihehe:)4:17 PM me: aap ye ghode ki hansi kyun hans rahi haiSweta: gandi baat.diggi: aur tum gadhe ki tarahSweta: aise ni bolte.diggi: baar baarme: mai to hasa hi nahidiggi: sabko hnasne se kyun rok rahe home: hadd hai yaarlukyjain@gmail.com has joinedme: are srry bura laga kya tujhediggi: aabeCHOTUUUme: are srryswetadiggi: aajalukyjain: heheheme: haso tumlukyjain: i m here4:18 PM vyom009: maaf kar de diggi yaarSweta: hhhhhiiii......diggi: aabe oooyeeeho gayalukyjain: hiii digi ;)diggi: mere laalSweta: ok ok.....lukyjain: tum mujhe kya bol rahe the thodi der pahleme: diggi tu bol raha tha naki tu bore ho raha haiSweta: aabhhi na mujhe jana hailukyjain: had hai swetame: aba jab bhi bore ho to sabko bula lenaSweta: zishan bhaiyua main apki hi bolne k liye ruki thi...lukyjain: roko navyom009: tumhe toh tabhi bhi jana thame: grp chat peSweta: moti tu khan bhag gyi hai.me: she is nt swetaSweta: main ja ri.tata..vyom009: birla!!4:19 PM me: wo hai PwetaSweta: hann..nw goin.me: kwetamwetabbye fwetalukyjain: hehehehe Dweta:Ddiggi: ha hahSweta: HOGAdiggi: yess twetame: :Ddiggi: tatalukyjain: nahi be DwetaSweta: kya hai ye.BYEEEEEEEEEESweta has left
- Jan 13, 12This picture reminds me of the good old days when I studied Physics. I admired a lot of them who are below, some for the sheer beauty of the laws they gave us, and some because it was really difficult to understand and apply their concepts when they appeared in the exams. But believe me, if you were a Physics student in your life you will just love this picture.
- Apr 21, 10
A post from me after a long long time. Have a look....
Don't blame me for the pic above. Got this in an email so thought of sharing.
Avatar (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) [Blu-ray] - Jan 17, 10Yeah, its quite evident from my blog. Although now I have a domain of my own and am working on it, but my life has become so damn happening and so many things have happened in last few months that my sweet blog didn't find any time for posts. No more dilly dallying from now.We are already in 2010, and last year went with a sonic speed for me. I think this is one of the worst things you experience after passing out from Engineering college, that the years pass so damn fast. It has been a very nice year for me, full of trips and excursions. Started with Trek in Bandhavgarh with family, then I went Kasauli, Delhi, Harihareshwar (unforgettable Konkan trip), Lonavala, Cricket Matches at Aksa Beach, Shifted to Bangalore, Port Blair, Havelock Island, Pondicherry, my home sweet home and then ended the year with old friends and celebrated the best ever New Year eve. The year was also good for my tummy which always longs for good food. It processed lots of Konkani food last year, and for sure has become a fan of Mallu cuisine. With its love for Sea food increasing exponentially, I feel feeding it with the same in the coming year will be good for me.Some resolutions for the coming year as usual, expecting some huge turnarounds this year and more over wish it to be most fruitful for the entire world and praying for happiness for everyone. Have a great 2010 !!!!
- Sep 09, 09
Heidi is the proprietor of a bar somewhere in Europe. In order to increase sales, she decides to allow her loyal customers - most of whom are unemployed alcoholics - to drink now but pay later. She keeps track of the drinks consumed on a ledger (thereby granting the customers loans).
Word gets around and as a result increasing numbers of customers flood into Heidi's bar.
Taking advantage of her customers' freedom from immediate payment constraints, Heidi increases her prices for wine and beer, the most-consumed beverages. Her sales volume increases massively.
A young and dynamic customer service consultant at the local bank recognizes these customer debts as valuable future assets and increases Heidi's borrowing limit.
He sees no reason for undue concern since he has the debts of the alcoholics as collateral.
At the bank's corporate headquarters, expert bankers transform these customer assets into DRINKBONDS, ALKBONDS and PUKEBONDS. These securities are then traded on markets worldwide. No one really understands what these abbreviations mean and how the securities are guaranteed. Nevertheless, as their prices continuously climb, the securities become top-selling items.
One day, although the prices are still climbing, a risk manager (subsequently of course fired due his negativity) of the bank decides that slowly the time has come to demand payment of the debts incurred by the drinkers at Heidi's bar.
However they cannot pay back the debts.
Heidi cannot fulfill her loan obligations and claims bankruptcy.
DRINKBOND and ALKBOND drop in price by 95 %. PUKEBOND performs better, stabilizing in price after dropping by 80 %.
The suppliers of Heidi's bar, having granted her generous payment due dates and having invested in the securities are faced with a new situation. Her wine supplier claims bankruptcy, her beer supplier is taken over by a competitor.
The bank is saved by the Government following dramatic round-the-clock consultations by leaders from the governing political parties.
The funds required for this purpose are obtained by a tax levied on the non-drinkers.
Now I hope you finally understand our current Financial Crisis! - Aug 02, 09
- Aug 01, 09Yes, I am totally Havelock-ed. The beauty of Havelock Island has captivated me into its never ending abyss. I don't think there is a more beautiful place in India with turquoise blue and clear water beaches. The havelock Island in The Andaman group of Island is just one of them. The day we reached Havelock from Port Blair, was cloudy to some extent, rather cloudy enough to prevent us from exploring the rich marine life it has. The disappointment didn't lasted long, and the entire mood was set for the ultimate fun after I first saw the super cool looking turquoise blue water.The day we reached, we just throwed ourselves to the still water of Vijayanagar Beach and to accompany us was the one of the coolest mate I have ever met, the one and only Sammy. He is a Labrador, and belongs to the Island Vinnie resort, our stay at the Havelock. The tented cabanas of the resort were comfortable enough to let us sleep, but not more than what is required, so that you don't miss out on exploring the Island. After the rains in the Island one thing which can actually trouble you in the night are the Mosquitoes (be prepared). It is a great feeling in the all alone island in the night and strolling by the beaches is fun.The other day was planned for snorkelling, and I prayed for it to be sunny. The rich marine life has a lot to offer. We went to the Elephant Beach for it, as the water there is shallow and is best for snorkelling. All the fantasies which I had, which were due to being a fan of Discovery channel and cartoon network, seemed to fulfill when I actually touched the corals and saw numerous different kinds of fishes, even spotted a blue starfish. We snorkelled for about an hour first and then went back for snacks, relaxed and then again were busy doing the same thing for the next two and a half hours. It never seemed to end. Every time we went ahead, it seemed we had a totally different world. We stopped it before we could not swim anymore of fatigue, and returned back to the resort for lunch. The food again is awesome here, the major category of the tourists here are the foreigners, so almost all sorts of food is available. The sea food tastes much different from wat they cook in the other parts of India. Some of the restaurants also serve the 'Catch of the day'. Just look if yours has some.After lunch, we explored the entire Island on bike, went to the elephant training camp and Radhanagar beach (declared No 1 beach in Asia by TIME in 2004 and was amongst the top 10 beaches in thhe world). What I feel is the best thing to do in Havelock is to go unplanned and go break free. But only in the off seasons my friend !!!
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- Jun 06, 09Well, the fact is no more hidden that the Indian girls are more powerful than those of yester-years, they have been outdoing the people all over the world, in various fields since quite some time now. A whole new IIT is in work plan of the new government, to add new workshop for manufacturing even more professionally qualified female work force at par with the global standards.Since the inception of IITs, the admission of the girl students in it was always a concern for the academia across the country. The reason clearly reflected the condition of availability of education and support to the girl education in the country. We have certainly come over the age, when girls were educated only to run the houses in a more efficient manner. The best example is our honorable president Smt. Pratibha Patil.Smt. Pratibha Patil in a spree to utilise the intial 100 days target of the newly formed government, without wasting any time has asked to take necessarry action to start an 'All girls IIT' and that too in Amravati, showing her roots from her earlier constituency from where she was elected MP. This town of vidarbh feels deprived of the industrial advancements and is really concerned over the sucides committed by the peasants over a past few years. Now, the people of Amravati have something to cheer forever. The hope of the 'All girls IIT' would have certainly raised a wave of excitement amongst the girls dreaming to pursue their degree from an IIT. And guess after whom is the institute being named ?? No brownie points for guessing it though. None other than Smt. Indira Gandhi.
The JEE2009 results are out and girls constitute a fair 10.4% (1048 out of approx. 10,035 seats) which certainly is more than the previous years. The quality of education which this institute will impart alongwith the other newly added IITs and NITs to the ever increasing number of engineering colleges, is still debatable. The question still persists, should the government work only on increasing such institutes of national importance, or should work on the overall betterment of the quality of education being offered across various institutions across India?
The conditions is still pathetic if the quality of teaching in the primary and high schools of various villages is concerned. Under payed teachers, do their not so interesting jobs, of imparting the knowledge which they themselves failed to gain once. This is clearly reflected by the pass percentages from the results of the state board exams. A TV channel recently broadcasted the report, covering up the low pass percentage in the UP state board exams, and to my surprise, the teachers who were being interviewed were not aware of who 'Mahesh Bhupati' was, and said blatantly that Lord Shiva is called 'Mahesh Bhupati'. Although 'Mahesh' is another name of Lord Shiva, but dear teacher is this what you are going to answer your students for this question. The journalists covering this news couldn't do much more than bringing this matter to the public.
High hopes with the government this time. Not only the investors, but the tax payers of the country want the government to show tangible results. Afterall we pay taxes for the betterment of the country, and wish to see the basic rights of having good education and healthcare reaching all the citizens. Let Jai ho be the cry for the next five years. - Jun 28, 09(clock wise from top Varun Sharma the Prof. , Mr. D, Mr. Me, Vav Singh, Satty the sattu, Mr. handu apna Mangu ::: Photographer - Megh)Our college was such a place where I really felt that the Earth is round. Reason for this was the omnipresence of our beloved Mr. D (thats what he calls himself, what others calls him is a bit abusive, rather true). Until second year, it didn't mattered, whoever you are, wherever you may be in the campus, every one had this very fear that Mr. D (and the reason for my not using his real name is that he feels it derogatory) might arrive any moment to blabber, and bore you till death. He was an expert, and later on people started bullying him to get rid of his annoyance. My day in college was never complete without giving a dose of my stupefied 'Gyan' to him, so that he shuts his mouth up.No comments please......
These days things have changed, and I have started feeling things are growing flatter, and so is the earth, We are getting away, despite the advances in Telecommunication and Internet. The reason being Mr. D is having a job, which fills his mouth with tons of stinking Indian Rupee notes, it keeps his mouth shut, and to add to it, Mr.D has also found his better half, rather his better three-fourth, Miss P. So Miss P keeps him busy, whenever he feels he is free. Its good for the Earth actually, and since Miss P has entered into Mr. D's life, the average intelligence of the Earth measured by the talks of people has increased significantly. Thanks a lot Miss P for doing this, keep on doing it, you are very good at it. These days they are in Delhi, making Merry. Something which we did two years back while interning at CARE (Center for Advanced Research in Electronics) in 'IIT Delhi', yeah I want to stress on the intern part because that was a hell of task for us. The title of our dissertation still scares the hell out of me. The pic below will justify it. - Jun 21, 09Just churning my memory zone a bit too hard to get the lines out of this incident.
He arrived late night. I was asleep then, only came to know in morning that my Maternal Grandpa's brother came to visit us last night. I was 5 years old when this happened. I Was happy to meet him in the morning and left for school. After I came back, i asked Mom I have to deliver something in this independence day function at school. The class teacher (Sarkar teacher) has asked to do so. It is nearing and dad seems so oblivious of it. Who will write a speech for me. My Nanaji's brother who also is to be referred as Nanaji but a bit Vice one, I mean Chhote Nana, said lets do one thing. Why not recite some Hindi poem. I said I have been asked to deliver an English speech. But he said why not a poem. I had no clue, as to who will write. I said a strict no to him, after half an hour he came up with something, to which I just couldn't refuse, it was very easy for me to understand and memorize to be orated that very day. A few lines which I recall today from the poem goes like thisभ्रष्टाचार की ऊंची उड़ रही kite है ,
There were a few more lines in it, which I am not able to recall right now, but I feel I can add a few more lines to it as a tribute to my chhote Nanji, the one amongst many such unsung heroes of our motherland who envisaged this country's future and acted in a way that coming generations have much better of what they had.
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अमीरों के घरों में देखो रात को भी कितनी Light है ,
और गरीबों की बस्ती में आज फिर से Blackout है|
नित नयी इमारतों की बन रही Layout है,
मजदूर के झोपडे अभी भी छत Without है|
मंत्रियों की देखो कितनी रंगीन Day-night है,
और नौकरशाहों की भी कितनी मस्त Life है|
यह सब देख के लगता है,
इस देश का भविष्य कितना Bright है|
इस देश का भविष्य कितना Bright है|
I know many such lines can be added to it. If you feel like adding a few lines, just drop a comment. I will include them with your signature in this poem.
नानाजी आपकी बात आज भी कितनी Right है,
कुछ समस्याएं तो अभी भी उतनी ही Tight है|
परन्तु आर्थिक रूप से स्तिथी हमारी काफी Strong है,
और पश्चिमी ताकतें साबित हुई Wrong है|
खेलो में भी हमारा बढ़ रहा Hold है,
भारतीय क्रिकेट से तो दुनिया हुई Bold है|
इन चुनावों के बाद तो देश के Left भी हो गए Right है,
हमें निरंतर प्रयत्न की ज़रुरत slight है, फिर हम गर्व से कह सकेंगे की,
हमारा भविष्य सच में Bright है|
हमारा भविष्य सच में Bright है| - May 30, 09It will be one of the longest post in my blog. Plagiarism as you may call, but I own the right to reproduce the content of which I was a part of. A proof of what friendship actually means in Engg college, the life in its most humorous form, and that is non derogatory sarcasm.
Folks this is from one of the postings of one of our Orkut community "Aaj ki taaza khabar @ NITDGP" and it truly gives all sorts of proof that how "vela" we all were in our final year. Those were really best moments in the college. However, very unfortunately later on things became very awful amongst the so very lovely freindship of ours. But things are over now, and everyone is doing well. Please go thorugh the posts and feel nostalgic, yeah thats the intention, to make you feel damn nostalgic, and if you feel like crying for losing all those moments then you can do so in the comments section. This also reveals a few of the dark secrets of our campus, which are still unknown to our parents. So please avoid virals which may reach the parents.10/26/07 AZHAR
aaj ka khabar 26-10-071.aaj chunnu aur uske wing ka peene ka plan hai aab dekhna hoga ki out kaun nahi hota hai kyon ki almost sab hi ho jayenge.10/26/07 Rohin Chaurasiawelcome to the jungle....
are aaj SIR aur GOYAL DA ghar se jungle ko waapas laut chuke hai....10/26/07DeCent dEvil..main dawe ke saath keh sakta hoon ki chunnu out nahi hoga kyunki chunnu "FAULAAD" ka bana hai aur use daru jaisi cheezon ka nasha nahi hota
hehhe10/26/07 1st Anniversary@jab dc aa hi gaya hai toh bakchodi toh hogi hi.............dc ko salam...........10/26/07 \3 \ K \ R /-\ Nbhai kapil aaj se do din ke baad wing mein khabhi nahi dikhega....so wing walon jaldi jaldi mil lo....10/26/07 Sunny Agarwal......abhi ki tajaa khabar .........chunnu ko hua hai jukaam ...isiliye aaj maarenge ko rum......10/26/07alok@ Bikiran
kripa kar k aap aaj ki taaza khabar par concentrate karein... do din baad ki nahi..... community k naam ki garima ko banayein rakhein.....10/26/07Sunny Agarwal......... bhaiyon ......chunnu ne abhi abhi decide kia hai ki woh aaj dinner nahi karenge .........par kyun ??? ......ne gusses ??10/26/07\3 \ K \ R /-\ Nabe navpreet sachin aur pawar da ne maal mara yeah kya taja khabar ho sakti hai......i m litle bit confused....???10/26/07Sunny Agarwal..vishvast sutro se pata chala hai ki.....anshuman ...jo ki kareeban 5:30 baje shaam ko ......hall 9 ke peeche se gandhi more ki pre jaane wale raaste pe dekhe gaye the ......abhi tak laute nahi hain ..........10/26/07 \3 \ K \ R /-\ Nhaan bhai sayad unko fungus ki padeshani ne fir se apne majboot sikhanje mein zakar rakha hai10/26/07alok@bikiran
newspaper mein roz loot maar , murder n kidnapping hi hoti hai... par fir bhi woh taaza khabar hai.....
maal aaj laaya gay hai... aaj shaam.. taaza taaza..... isliye taaza khabar hai ye.....
n pawar saahab joing dis maal party fr d last time as he announced at gandhi more......
so pawar sahab all d best10/26/07Sunny Agarwal..kal subah se ravi da ka jhoops khul rha hai ........so more gandhi more aur DI10/26/07 AZHARabhi abhi taaza kahabar yeh aayi hai ki angshu-man bawla pande aur ustad ke saath dekhe gaye hai ..gandhi mode mai10/26/07Sunny Agarwal..sriman choksey ne aaj kai dinon ke ghor upwas ke baad .........khush hokar ...raat ka khana khane ka nirnay liya hai .........
10/26/07hell's angeltaaza khabar
aaj ki khabar mein di gayi khabar k aaj pandey daddu k pass nahin jayega ki pushti nahi ki ja sakti hai................kyonki jab bawla daddu k pass jata hai tab saari duniya so rahi hoti hai....................waise bhi chahe duniya upar se neeche ho jaye...yaa chunnu daaru chod de.........yaa humara college mein padhai hone lage ..................pandey daddu k yahan jaana nahin chodd sakta haiiiiiiiiiii.......................10/26/07DeCent dEvil..aur nit canteen me jab chauksey ji khaana khane hi wale the unhe chunnu ki cigg ke dhuen ke karan bhayankar khansi ho gayi...thik waise hi jaise pagal kutte ko hoti hai
isliye aap logon se nivedan hai ki jab chunnu kahin pe ciggi peeta dikhai de to bhoolke bhi paas na jaayein warna ye aapki sehat ke liye hanikarak siddh ho sakta hai..10/26/07 hell's angeltaaza khabar
aaj ki taaza khabar ka naya update....................
vikas ko kisi anjaan no se call aaya hai ...............
aur humari gupt sootro k anusaar woh kisi neha aka pooja naam ki ladki ke dost ka tha aur us ladki ne kaha hi abhi neha ko call mat karo ABHI kyon ki abhi PHONE PAPA K PASS HAI........baad mein zaroor call karna................yeh soochna bahut hi akhand aadharo per sthith hai is liye kripya isse mazak nahin samjhe...........
tip of the day [\red] :: yeh aam soochna hai ki anil kisi bhi ladki k liye kisi bhi dost ka kaat sakta hai.............kabhie bhi.....................to yaaaro chain se soona hai to jaago..10/26/07aloklaut aaya CHANDRA...........
aaj canteen mein khana khate samay.. humein saubhagaya se us prani k dharshan hue jink naam se hi chaaron dishayon ka ghor andhera dur ho jata hai.... ji haan.. sahi pehchana aapne.... one n only CHANDRA... ASHISH CHANDRA.... jo ki Lucknow ki dharti ko pawan kark laut aaye hain.......
Chandra ne lko se durgapur ki journey ,jo ki aam taur par 18 ghate ki hoti hai, ko 29 ghanton mein pura kark ek naya kirtimaan haasil kiya hai..... shayad train k driver ko pata tha ki train mein shri shri .. 1008 shri chandra ji maharaj trave;l kar rahe hain......
jai ho chandra dev ki....10/26/07 RahulNAMASTE!!!
abhi abhi so ke utha aur pata chala ki POLO-SUDO-MAN daru peeene gaya hai isliye phir se sone ja rha hoon....
jenhe bhi bachna ho kripa apne apne rooms band karke light off kar le aur jitna bhi khat khataya jaye, darwaza na khole!!!!!10/26/07vikasbreaking news
powae aur navpreet aur sachin g***a maar rahe hae hai
pawar ke room par.....powar maggi bana raha hai jisk khani hai aa jayenokameikto arikitojiriki...."> 10/26/07 PAwaN SInghi-->Extra offer !!
Maggi khatam hone par Pawar ki ghar se layi kachoriyan di jayegi !!!!10/26/07 vikasVISHESH SUCHNA................
abhi abhi khabar aayi ha ki maal aur daaru party ne gathbandhan kar liya hai aur PRABHU ne apni maggi ki suraksha k liye polo sudo man ko bulaya hai is karan aap ki jaan khatre mein ho sakti hai agar aap wahan jaane ki koshish kare ....................10/26/07NavpreetConditions Apply.....
all those who come for maggi have to join the party and participate in it.... i guess u understood..... Tc bYe....nokameikto arikitojiriki....">10/26/07 PAwaN SInghi-->Bikash ko sab community memeber ki taraf se hardik aabhar prakat karta hun !! jinhone humhe poloman ke kahar se bachne ke liye inti mahatawpooran suchna di !!!10/27/07 Navpreetplz be genuin...
yeh bikash namak balak man ghadant baatein kar raha hai.... this news is wrong....
warning to all those who dont keep this in mind.... TaKe CaRenokameikto arikitojiriki...."> 10/27/07 PAwaN SInghi-->Bikas ki membership par khatra !!
Uper mili gawahi ke tahat bikas ka is community main rahne par ab sawal utna chahiye !!! jhuti khabar fela kar vo logon ko gumrah karna chahte hain !!10/27/07Sunny Agarwal..poloman ....5 peg maarne ke pachaaat .......jara sa out ho gaye hain .....abhi woh mishra ke room mein baithkar ......gtalk pe ek laude ko chaat rahe hain ...usse ashleel baatein kar rahe hain......................g unit ke logon se sadar nivendan hai ki woh kripa karke yahan aayein ....aur padam shri sudoman ko yahan se le jaayen10/27/07 hell's angelbikaash da playboy
aaj ki taaza khabar ka naya update....................
vikas ko kisi anjaan no se call aaya hai ...............
aur humari gupt sootro k anusaar woh kisi neha aka pooja naam ki ladki ke dost ka tha aur us ladki ne kaha hi abhi neha ko call mat karo ABHI kyon ki abhi PHONE PAPA K PASS HAI........baad mein zaroor call karna................yeh soochna bahut hi akhand aadharo per sthith hai is liye kripya isse mazak nahin samjhe...........10/27/07.............aaj subah
aaj main subah 8:51 AM par utha...
uthate hi room se bahar moothne nikala...
aur dekha ki sir aur pawar apne kapadon ko dhoop dikhaane
le jaa rahe the...sir ke loom par awasthy ki aatma poloman and co ki
jammu ki photos dekh raha tha...fir woh mere ko dekhkar hanste hue
bathroom ko ho liya..aur hanste hue hagne chalaa gayaa...10/27/07 Lokesh AwasthyMuktansh AKA 'Mutth'aansh AKA Partner AKA ACE AKA GUPTAANG ghar se wapas aa gaye hain..unke paas laddoon aur mithaiyon ka poora zakhira hai!!10/27/07 vikasabhu abhi khabar aayi hai kya woh zakhira abhi abhi khatam ho gaya hai .................
aur apne guptang bbhaiya sone ki koshish kar rahe hain ...........is karan koi use disturb karne naa jaaye..........10/27/07DeCent dEvil..mujhe abhi apne vishvasniya sutron se pata chala hai ki aaj shayad dopahar 3-4 baje ke aas paas bhukamp aane ki sambhawna hai .
isliye sabhi logon se nivedan hai ki sambhal kar rahein..
agyaat sutron se pata chala hai dhunna namak vishaalkay prani aaj hostel me wapis aa jaega is liye hostel ka cetre of mass and equilibirium shift hone ke poore chances hain jisse ki bhukamp aa sakta hai...
isiliye kripya dopahar ke baad apna dhyan rakhein aur band kamron se bahar nikalein warna aisa bhi ho sakta hai ki kahin aap un band kamron mein hamesha ke liye band ho jayein
over and out.
deepak..
aaj ki taaza khabar10/27/07hell's angelDOGA (kutte) ka aatank
doston sochiye ki aap gehri naand mein so rahe hoon aur sapna dekh rahe ho ki aap shikar per gaye hain...............apne apne shikar k jigar per nishana lagaya aur woh dard se karha ne laga...................per yeh kya sapna toot jane k baad bhi karhne ki aawaz aa rahi hai..............................haan doston yeh koi dokha nahin hai ....................
humare hi hall ke humare hi wing mein ek kutta hai jo chori chipe logon k roomm mein chuppp kar so jata hai ...........................uska aisa karne ke kahi karan ho sakte hain....jaise ki woh kutaa humare beach mein reh kar konfuse ho gaya hai ki woh bhi hum mein se ek hai aur kisi k bhi room per so sakta hai..........ya ho sakta hai ki woh observe kar raha ho ki ek engg aue ek kutte mein kya fark hai...................per sabse alag ek rai yeh hai ki woh kutta LH ka JASOOS ya AGENT hai jo yahan ki khabrein wahan pahunchane ka kam kar raha hai...................
kaaran koi bhi ho per kutte k aatank se koi bhi nahin bacha .....hai raat hote ho sab appne room band kar so jaate hain.............kutte ko kisi room se bhagaye jaane per saare log apna room band kar lete hain taki kutta unke room mein na aa jaye...
is liye doston doston kutta ya kaha jaye ki hall 4 ka aatank yakaha jaye ki DOGA se bachna ho to humesha sawdhan rahe.........
...................................chain se sona hai to jaago..................................
** This is just one of the post, for more hilarious news and age old updates check that very community of ours. - May 21, 09Download MP3
Guys guys guys, are you in Mumbai, have you tried Papa pancho da dhaba??? Not yet, then please do go and treat yourself there. I did that today and god promise, literally god promise, the taste is irresistible. Located at Pali Naka Bandra, just opposite to HDFC Bank, quite convinient to reach there.Now let me tell you about the ambience. They have tried to give it a Punjabi road side dhaba look, with "charpais" as well for seating. The lights are dim and the attire of the waiters are of orthodox Punjabis which even they don't wear. The utensils used are all brass, and they even serve you in Brass plates and the glass for serving water had the typical "chai ka glass" look. The most interesting part is the "Today's Special" menu which they bring written on a slate. Huh ! this was really good.Talking about the food. You don't have much options here on the menu, only Punjabi, and that too truly dil se. Whatever dish you order comes with a combo of Dal Makhni, Dahi, Laccha paratha or Rice. Apart from these you can order anything extra which you want, and also the starters and coolers as well. What I ordered was Chicken makhni with Lachha paratha combo. And a Lassi alongwith it. You have to believe me in this, that I have never had Lachha Paratha better than this anywhere. It was truly delicious, so was the chicken makhni. Oomph, I can still feel the taste in my mouth. The glass of lassi was actually a patiala one, so took me quite some time to finish it. A too good experience, a must go place if you are treating your friends. The dishes are priced judiciously, with Veg thali starting from 140 bucks and Nonveg from 220 Bucks.
Location: Opposite to HDFC Bank, Pali Naka, Bandra West, Mumbai
Damage: Rs. 424 - May 10, 09Folks !!!
I know we Indians are real foodie. The best part of India which never finds a mention in any National integrity, sovereignty speeches is the ultimate cuisine of India. Remember the song "Hind desh ke nivasi , Sabhi jan ek hai, Rang roop vesh bhasha chahe anek hai." I beleive the writer didn't had the flair for tasty food, else the cuisine part in it wouldn't have been omitted. So many varieties, so many options. Our country is heaven for foodies isn't it. And those who keep on traveling to places in India should keep on trying these things an here is the food map to help you out. Click on the image to enlarge.I have my self covered these states "Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Maharashtra". Have been to some other states as well, but didn't try the ones in the food map. So next time you go to some state, use the food map, and tell me here. By the way its time for my 'Pet Pooja' now. - May 15, 09Few months back I went for the marriage of one of my best buddies, I think she is one of the earliest to have done this in my group, lucky enough to find the one. Frankly speaking I haven't been to many weddings in my life, but this was really special, right from the way it was organized and the fun which we had during it. All credit goes to the great parents of Bharti, for having such a wonderful arrangement, they actually changed my belief that the marriages can't go smoothly. I had this perception that such events are always associated with, hustle, hastiness, a bit of shouting and disagreements in various issues, but its was all just very smooth.I enjoyed thoroughly and met quite many people, even the Princi Mam of my +2 school. Nidhi, Anu, Piku Bunty, Rohit, Devraj, Saurabh and many more. We definitely had a blast. We, straight away after the function left to Dhaba for tandoori chicken, as their were no Non Veg dishes in the menu since last two days, and the toungues of beings like me very longing for it. Not to forget I also met Ashish the bridegroom. It was his day afterall. But the woes of the Indian wedding are similar every where and this guy also had to bear something, which he wouldn't experience again in his entire lifetime, its hilarious, but its part of our life. Just play the video below, its not clear although, but the people their burst into laughter when they actually saw ashish's face. Wishing both a very happy married life. Cheers !!!
- May 21, 09Download MP3It was a short two days trip to the Beaches of Konkan, in Raigarh district of Maharashtra. Our list included Shrivardhan, Harihareshwar, Janjeera and Alibaug. We started at 12 Midnight on 30th April09 from Mumbai. Reached Panvel and followed the Mumbai-Goa Highway till we reached Mangaon. Just after the Mangaon bus stop, we took a left towards Shrivardhan, a handsome 45 Kms from there. The drive was good as the road was not much troublesome, except being a bit curvy, we reached Shrivardhan at around 4:30 AM to find a complete blackout in the town. As we didn't prebooked our hotel, we had to search for it. We checked into a hotel close to the "Makhmali Beach", yeah thats the word for velvet in hindi, because the sand there is like velvet. We straightaway moved to the beach. The moment we reached the beach we realized that "Boss this is it !!!". It was absolutely worth the money spent. and the distance traveled, after all we traveled 215 kms to be there. It was great fun to be in a perfectly deserted beach in the morning. And the sunrise was just beautiful, without missing it we clicked a few snaps of it. After being to beaches of Mumbai, it was a delight to be in a perfectly clean, and not at all crowded beach in the morning. We bathed and played there for some three hours and returned back to the hotel completely tired. Had breakfast and relaxed for few hours, in the chowpal of Laxminarayan mandir in Srivardhan, under the Mango tree with cuckoo making sounds, reminding us of the delightful summer afternoon. Yes it is indeed very delightful in such places. Then we had lunch and moved to our next destination Hariharshwar. Which is a mere 16 kms from Shrivardhan.
Harihareshwar is famous for the "Kaalbhairav Temple", people usually come here for that. We ranged the bell of the temple to mark our presence and then moved uphill for the "Laghu Pradakshina". Although tired while moving upstairs, but when we reached the top of it, we saw the way going downstairs towards the sea. It was as if the rocks were eroded by Sea water long back and people have made stairs to go down. the serene and untouched beauty of the area removed all our tiredness. I have seen such beaches only in pictures. It was as if the beaches of sychelles or cyprus have come over. Although the opening to the sea was a bit rocky and the waves hitting the rocks mage huge splas, but it couldn't stop us from going there and bear the slap of the waves.
We came back to the top and climbed the passage to the adjacent hilltop. The view from there, of the entire costal region was so exciting that we felt as being in a bollywood shooting destinantion. The bollywood directors can surely give it a try. Moreover the bright sunny afternoon was just adding the perfect brightness and hue to the scenary. The ships moving in the sea, and a few areas in the bay with pine trees were making it wonderful. It was certainly one of the best bay areas I have scene. We moved towards the MTDC beach resort after it. The MTDC resort gives a nice stay options with A/C and Non A/c tents available for stay, with good food and absolutely perfect view of the sea right from your tent. The location is idol for a holiday. But the place is crowded on weekends, so make sure you get your reservations done. We made a fort with sand and also the drainage system to remove the water from the waves that was flooding into it. The child arhitect in all of us was out and really wacky ideas were involved in its construction. It was although evening when we finished making our castle and we decided to come back next morning for more fun. We reached Srivardhan hunting for good Seafood. Not very wide cuisine options for you here, but still the Surmai fish fry and the Kolumbi masala curry will make you go crazy. The taste was so good and so original that it made me fall in love all over again with the Konkan food.
Next morning we reached the MTDC beach resort. The beach is completely deserted with not more than 10 heads on weekdays and not more than 30 on weekends, which is far far better than any of the beaches close to Mumbai. The water here is much clear than the Shrivardhan beach. We played football for a long time in the beach and were in the sea as well for long. You also have the option for a motor boat ride here. We did that, and it was fun, although the instructor himself was riding it, but it kept us on our nerves till we returned back safely. A thrilling ride I must say. We relaxed there for a few minutes and then moved to our next destination Janjeera. We moved towards Mhasla 27 kms from Harihareshwar, we had our lunch their and took a left towards Vashi Bridge (not the Vashi of Mumbai), and moved towards Murud. It was roughly 25 kms. We reached Janjeera.
It was a long queue to get into the boat to take us to the fort. The boat ride was great fun and so was the entry to the fort. You will realize why I am saying it fun, only when you go there. The Janjeera fort is in the middle of the sea, was built to commemorate a "peer baba" and is having a Mazaar inside. The entire area of the fort is 22acres. It has 22 doors and it took 22 years to complete it. This is what the guide told us. There are 2 sweet water ponds inside the fort, where as the entire sea water just outside the fort is salty, quite amazing fact. The guide explained us the various locations in the fort and gave all important historical accounts associated with it. We climbed back into our boat to return, and while coming back it reminded us of a very familiar scene from the movie Swades when SRK returns back in a similar kind of boat. It was a different feeling all together as the entire sea was calm and the people in the boat as well. The sun was setting down and the view of the Fort built over sea, with sun in the background and boats around it gave unforgettable views for the entire lifetime.
We returned back to the shore and moved towards Alibaug. We moved through Murud beach and stopped at Kashid beach on our way. The white sand beaches here with pine tress, make a perfect outing location. But the only difference in the beaches close to mumbai like this one and those of Srivardhan is the crowd. Those who prefer privacy and tranquility in the beach should give them a try. We reached Alibaug at 8:30 PM. We enjoyed in the beach for a few hours, just sitting on the rocks and munching. We left Alibaug for a highway dhaba at around 1:00 AM and had dinner, and moved towards Mumbai straightaway. All in all a memorable trip. I would certainly like to go back to the Harihareshwar beach again and again. Give a try to these Virgin beaches if you can. I am sure you won't be disappointed in exploring the virginity ;) My experience was awesome, share yours with me too. - May 10, 09
Its although the time of it being Flat, Hot and Crowded, but for the people those who don't know how is it flat, here is a video to learn it from the author directly. Thomas L Friedman explains his experience in a very witty fashion, what made him write the book and how did he experience the things he feels need a mention in the book, and what has happened while he was sleeping. A must watch....
- May 10, 09Well folks this post is for a contest entry and originally belongs to only gizmos, but you will enjoy reading it.
"I always feel jealous of my dog when the beautiful girls next door play with him and I stand there watching. The bugger even goes to their home whenever he likes and plays with them. I would love to be that dog if i am reincarnated. For now I have found this amazing device that would get me close to them, at-least virtually :P.The pet’s eye view digital camera takes pics every 1,5 or 5 minutes. Just hang it to your pet’s neck and let him roam around while the camera takes pics of what your pet has been upto. It has an 8MB internal memory (not expandable, unfortunately) that stores your pics. It is a plug-and-play device, has a USB rechargable lithium-ion battery and is PC and Mac compatible."
Phew, interesting, isn't it??.
Now if you too want this lovely and so very useful gadget then drop a comment, and either me or my dear friend Annkur may be of help to you. - Apr 22, 09After watching the video of the song "Aksa beach ghuma doon" I was very excited to be there when I first landed in Mumbai, as it is pretty close to the place where I stay in Mumbai. With a plan to spend a saturday evening just playing football in the beach, and having the stills of the clear water beach with babes like Pri Chops from the video song in mind, we went Aksa beach. The way was not very long as its just some 3 -3.5 Kms from our apartment. We reached Aksa beach and could hear some noises from the Arabian Sea. As we neared the beach I could see the filth and dirt lying all over and the stalls of Bhelpuri, Barf ka gola , Bhutta, Panipuri etc. But I was certainly disappointed as the beach was quite dirty and the white sand as you could see in the video, was actually quite black, even the water was muddy and at the shore you can even find articles such as slippers, socks, cans etc. in the water. Only later I came to know, as was suspected, that the song was actually shot at some beach in Thailand. Well to come over the disappointment, we started playing football. It was fun. And the sun was about to set, without missing any opportunity I clicked a few pics. Whatever be the condition of the beach, but the Sunset there is very beautiful.After we finshed our game we went to have the extremly famous Kala Khatta flavor of Barf ka Gola, and believe me you will just love that. It is too good, I had it for the first time, but would love to have it again and again. I also thought that one of the lines in the song Aksa beach "Chacha ki chai pila doon aa chalti kya?" can be replaced with "Tujhe Kala Khatta khila doon, aa chalti kya?". I am certainly a Kala Khatta fan now and if you haven't had it, then just go and have and thank me for telling you this.
- May 09, 09Its been a dream since long to be here. Tendulkar's in Mumbai is certainly a place to be for the cricket lovers. People who Breath cricket, Laugh cricket, Play cricket, Live cricket should definitely come here to eat cricket as well. The ambiance of Tendulkar's is just too good, and you can feel the cricket in the waves. The interirors are just perfect with even the table bottoms and the salt sprinklers in the shape of Stumps. The restaurant has a very stylish entrance, its bluish and reddish lit up passage.For a Bon Vi-vant, the taste is just like any other good restaurant in town, but the menu is good, with the dishes named after cricket legends as well. We had buffet and it was at a decent price, with decent taste. The Loo is stylish with Ladies and Lords display on the door. The bar has got a very cool and frenzy look, with grafitti wall having sports legend and events posters, and also has a huge glass wall with the famous line of Bradman and his wife on it.There are various show pieces belonging to sachin, and a few replica of the trophies he has won. A stump split into two parts and having the messages from all the mates after Sachin reached the record of 34 Test centuries. There are many such things on display, and so the place proves to be a dream land for the die hard Sachin fans like me. The entrance also has the Palm prints of the Lord himself. The menu and the decor is what sachin likes and is in the way he wants it to be.
First floor has a souvenir shop where you can purchase gifts for your loved ones, which were a bit expensive to me. The restaurant is very close to Gateway of India, just above the Cotton Emporium. Don't try to find with google map, it will confuse you. Just reach near Gateway of India and ask someone. Believe me cricket lovers, even if you don't enjoy the food you won't mind being there. It's surely a place to be for fun with friends and family and the pleasure multiplies if folks with you are ardent cricket fans !!!
Loaction: Above Cotton Emporium, near Gateway of India, Colaba.
Damage: Rs. 465 - May 09, 09If your tongue longs for Royal Indian Non Vegetarian delicacies, then the original Karim's behind Gate no 1, Gali Kababiyan, Jama Masjid, Delhi is the place to be. Last month I was in Delhi with my friends and what better place to suffice my appetite than Kareem's. I have been to Kareem's in Mumbai too but all those chain of restaurents lack the very taste of the original royal kitchen of the common people, behind Jama Masjid. We ordered Chicken Biryani, Keema Masala and Rumali Roti. It was yummy, and royal. Seriously although I was missing Keema which my Mom makes but this was a different taste al together.
A brief history of the Hotel : When the last Mughal King Bahadur Shah Zafer was dethroned. The Karim's ancestors to save themselves from the fury of the British, fled from the Lal Quila and took shelter in the vicinity now called Farukhnagar, district Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, there they lived in disguise trying the different types of livelihood, simultaneously the father never forgot to inherit the fine art of cooking the "Royal Food" to his son.
In 1911, when Delhi Durbar was held for the coronation of the King George V, Haji Karimuddin moved back to Delhi with an innovative idea of opening a Dhaba to cater the people coming from allover India to join the coronation. Haji Karimuddin started the Dhaba selling just two items of Alu Gosht and Daal served with Rumali Roti.And they never looked back after it. It is currently run by the 4th generation of the family and has transformed to a Pvt. Ltd. firm. The man in the pic beside is preparing Nihari and Paya which again are the exclusive dishes of Kareem's. Nihari stand for a breakfast dish, it originates from the word Nihar, which means morning and the dish was eaten late morning. origin of Nihari is from delhi and then it moved to parts of Pakistan. The experience in Kareem's was too good and then we hired Rickshaw and roamed around in Chandni Chowk. It was great fun.
Location : Gali Kababiyan, street opposite to Gate no 1 of Jama Masjid, Old Delhi
Damage : Rs 255.
