Don’t we all love teachers?

We all have stories from school and college. So I decided instead of taking down notes in class, to write down the valuable words of wisdom my teachers use when lecturing. This post will be updated from time to time, depending on my attendance in college.

So here goes. Kthankxbye

- I did it that. (Malegaonkar sir)

- Think it about. (Malegaonkar sir)

- TV entertainment was lacking two more characters, Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev, the police where the villains. (Malegaonkar sir)

- I was so obsessed with law that when Gabbar cut Sanjeev Kumar’s hands, I knew which section it came under. (Malegaonkar sir)

- After asking the class what a Bachelor means, “What is the meaning of bachelor? I’m not asking about marital relation, what is the academic value? Does it mean what?” We had no answer, so the professor replied, “Who knows good & bad and who takes good decisions, that is the meaning of bachelor.” (Waghmare sir)

- After trying to get the class to quiet down, the professor tried threatening us, “From tomorrow, the person who murmur, or disturb discipline, I will not mark his attendance and will be required to evacuate this class. So today you decide.” (Waghmare sir)

- Every question has an answer and every answer has a question. (Dhangre sir)

- First IPC class of the year. We were asked our names. A student said his name was Akash. Professor on hearing this, “Akash! Which movie? Dil Chahta Hain. Remember that scene, Akaaaaaash?” (Dhangare sir)

- Criminal lawyers are very abusive. (Dhangare sir)

- Again after trying to get us to listen, “There is a psychiatric school of college. I think you need some psychiatric shocks.” (Waghmare sir)

- When we are corrupt, the government is corrupt. (Waghmare sir)

[Meter reading x 9] + Two = ?

Pune is famous for its notorious rickshaw drivers (nothing to be proud of).

If by chance the driver gets the slightest whiff that you’re not from Pune, then probably only Rajnikanth can save your money. Rickshaw drivers have numerous ways of extracting money from your pocket.  I have laughed (Yes, when you hear such a story first hand it is quite hilarious) at a number of new comers in the city and been on the receiving end of some colorful trash-talk as well from rickshaw drivers themselves.

What they do and how they do it.

• If you aren’t sure with the mathematical equation of the meter reading, then you must carry a copy of the tariff card which is easily available (Once I got a complementary one with a pair of shoes I had bought). If you don’t know the math and don’t have an idea to what the fare comes to, well 7 out of 10 times, the rickshaw driver will give you a nice round up (obviously profiting him). Some rickshaw drivers even have fake tariff cards made.

• Never hesitate when a rickshaw driver asks you which route to take. Again, when the driver knows you have no knowledge about which galli leads where, you’re in for a joy ride. There has been an instance where my aunt paid 80 rupees for a 35 rupee fair. True story.

• If the rickshaw driver asks you to wait for him, “Saab, petrol bharna hain” or “Saab do minute ka kaam hain” well unless it’s past midnight and you can’f find another rickshaw, generally avoid such drivers. What they do is stall. In this stall we all have enough time to check text messages and give missed calls, but we never realize the meter ticking away to glory. Another famous excuse is “Break-wire toot gaya!” 

• The biggest threat though is tampered meters. How do you identify a tampered meter? It’s simple. A meter which violently keeps ticking is tampered. Once you sit in a rickshaw there’s nothing you can really do about a tampered meter, but ask him to stop and get out as soon as possible. After you reach you can’t tell him, “Bhaiya meter tampered tha” he’ll laugh at you, call you stupid and ask you to pay up.

Podcast: In Conversation with Keshav Dhar (Skyharbor)

When you google Keshav Dhar, the search engine suggests you put Marty Friedman along side his name in the search bar.

An engineering student in Manipal, he experimented with a couple of college bands before turning to music as a full time career path.

His first assignment was as an assistant producer for Delhi alt-rockers Them Clones debut album Love. Hate. Heroes.

Since then, he has been making serious ‘Djent’ music  with his solo project Skyharbor and has collaborated with the likes of Marty Friedman, Daniel Tompkins (TesseracT) and Sunneith (Bhayanak Maut) to name a few.

With his debut album being released in 2011, Keshav speaks to us about his album release, his collaborations and how sometimes while driving in Delhi a riff pops up in his head.

Photo Credit – Siddhartha Menon 

The track used in the podcast is Dots from Skyharbor’s debut album.

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Podcast: In conversation with Sahej Bakshi (Dualist Inquiry)

Having picked up the guitar at an early age, Sahej was part of a school band which covered famous metal and alternative rock bands present at the time. A Thornton School of Music (USC) graduate his solo project Dualist Inquiry is influenced heavily by his a series of electronic musicians he discovered whilst studying in USC.

Now based in Delhi, his rock influenced electronic music is making waves in the scene. In this podcast, Sahej explains how his stay in L.A. influenced his music, his recent EP launch and what he plans in the near future.

The track used in this podcast is Qualia which is from Dualist Inquiry’s EP Dualism.

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Podcast: In conversation with Ankur Tewari

Ankur Tewari, frontman of Ankur & The Ghalat Family dabbled in theater and bollywood before establishing himself as an independent musician.

A hotel management graduate, as cliche as it sounds came to Mumbai to pursue a career in music.  Having stayed in a chawl in his initial days of his musical journey he feels it was more than a learning experience. Touring with the band throughout the country, Ankur calls himself, a storyteller.

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