Friendship @ IIPM

A Journeyto theLife

© Ashish Jain

BiographyI am Ashish Jain, graduated from IIT Bombay as

a Civil Engineer. I am originally from Jodhpur,

India. Being a frequent traveller, I have visited a

lot more countries[USA, UK, Germany] but still

didn't get any chance to explore heaven of my

own country. Though there is no connection

with civil engineering to Photography, I found

my own way here. I am a published photogra-

pher with recognition from Chicago Art Mu-

seum, USA, BBC World, UK and Kaladarshan

art exhibition at IIT Bombay .

For the past five years, experiencing nature and

photographing her beauty has been my form of

relaxation and spiritual fulfillment. I am largely

self taught in the photographic arts. My belief is

that art is in every one, the only thing we need

to explore it.

I can’t think of a single photographic journey in

which I haven’t learned some further nuance of

the light and how it interacts with the world

around me.

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Ashish Samdariya

(B.Tech, IIT Bombay)

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FRIENDS IIPM, Gurgaon

KOMUDI, SONAM, ANKITA, AKASH, NAVJOT, SUDESHNA, PRIYANKA, ASHISH, GAURAV, SHALABH, RAKESH, MANIKA

FRIENDS IIPM, Gurgaon

NEERAJ, ASHWINI, AKSHAY, SOMESH, VIVEK, NAMAN,

SWAPNIL, BISWARUP, BALVEERSWAPNIL, SUNIL

AAWAZ DILSE

Four years of Boring lectures, those sleepy class rooms with proxy on attendance sheets. Time is still the same, the only thing changed is when I don’t sleep, I dream and draw.

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I Never wanted to come here, and for that I had two reasons. as we all have some image of PSU in back of our mind. Which was also not complying with my expectations (not in terms of money but as an engineer). second is more personal so better not to say it here.

Any way past is vast, so don’t dig. Finally I am here at IIPM, a day before I suppose to be there, with no letter of invitation to show at main gate. I requested the guard to let me in and I’ll give you the offer letter, it’s in my suitcase. No offense, but as usual Haryanvi tone and it forced me to look into my suitcase

for a piece of paper. First guy, I met at reception is Amar, though many of you even don’t know (A fantastic person, miss ya man).

Room No 121, me and Somesh [Love u Bro]. An amazing person wins your heart with his humble nature and silence. Though It took me 1-2 days to realize and then, those 12 days, Loud music and talking about formals, I’ll never gonna miss.

The most hatred thing happened to me is wearing formals, as I didn’t carry any single formal clothing. Finally, I managed to buy stuff there and became officer “A” grade :).

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I was happy that, I’ll gonna meet lots of new people here, a new life after IIT or my other trips somewhere around the globe.

Next two to three days gone waste to just asking the same person about his/her identity with a childish innocence on everyone’s face. I welcomed everyone I met, but some are too shy to respond. They might have reasons to justify. No one could be like Saleem :P. On other hand, To be frank, I hatred people who liked to live in their shell of university identity and group came along. Anyway that also gone away with Singh is Kingg song and running

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“An Unforgettable stay at IIPM, Though I haven’t mention your name here but you all are close to my heart. I’ll gonna miss these days !!” Thanks for being part of my life

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around meeting almost all the people. After all, a guy stood up and said “Sir, 5 min is too short to talk!!” and I think you all may be victimized by him. You know, when he start talking junta says “Ab yeh kab khatm hoga :((”...... “chup kar yaar” and many more.

From then, all days came with new exposure to the life. I found a lot people, who are still a college students like me, whereas few were scared to being professional saying that “Now, we are no more students”. I was okay with it, what else I could do ;). The day came when I became a part of never forgetting group of 9nies (Gaurav, Rakesh, Shalabh, Sandeep, Sudeshna, Manika, Priyanka, Roopansh and Ashish). We are missing sandeep (I hope, he is doing good).

The fun of nik names and sketching began and pages after pages gone for sketch. I’ll never gonna miss the graffiti created by me, gaurav and priyanka. The old rules of classroom games were being modified for more entertainment by roopansh and me. We believed that game has to stand last long.

Laddu and burfi story was famous among us. Later on, we had two burfiis (Kaju and Badam) to pronounce but we had restricted access to Badam :D.

We all remember the incidence of Piyush Mittal saying “GOOD COLD Vs BAD COLD” :D :D :D. All of us had a name (label, u can say) and which was also showed up on name plates. Sude did u remember the incidence of Piyush mittal saying “Yeh Kaju kis Laddu ne Lika hai :P”.

My good time had gone, since I met bobby darling. Since day one, he became rock star and I proved dumb :((. Vo saare prank calls and “guru muttu swwami ayyar” calls were the shock of richter scale 9 at that day. The “Hooooowwwww” effect didn’t work at that day, it was kind of spoof of some horror movie.

Those days were gone, my half life is with me. Half has gone away. We are in touch but, still there a gap. Hoping to see them very soon. I lost a lot than actual gain I made. I make my apology to all whom, I hurt. I hope, we will be good friend again, than carrying a tag of professional relationships.

Rakhi SawantKaju ki Barfi Balloooooo... PAULI

Paul Shont Baccha

Badam ki Barfi DOPChee P. Sho**u Mika

Halkat

BaBu Komedy GOGLIN

MANoj KuMAR

BURFIRasogulla

LADDUOfficer SALEEM

Don’t get LABELed

DIL KI JUBAAAN

BISWARUP BHATTACHARJEE

EK HASEENA HAI...LOVE AT IIPM

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MY LOVE LA BELLE....Dil tera diwana hai sanam, jaante ho tum kuch naa kahnege hum.....muhabbat ki kasam! teri aakhon mai jo surur hai, saara

isi ka kasur hai!!!

29TH AUG; VISION TREE HALL

First day in the vision tree hall I heard a light voice “May I come in”

A beautiful lass in her early twenties stepped in

Amidst her beautiful tresses A bright face flashed

Her eyes were like black diamonds Her lips were like a pink ribbon

We went on a visit to Panipat refinery On the bus she sat beside me Her simple touch shivered me

Her breath refreshed me

Her long locks soothing me I said to her “What’s your name?”

She took a pause and replied “I am La Belle”

On the 12th the last day of training She looked more beautiful than ever

By this time we knew a lot about each other I thought today I should say to her

“I love you”

I told her to come near the swimming pool She was wearing a pink saree

This time she was shining like a star Though it was very dark outside

I held her hands and said “I love you” She looked at me with surprise

As if I was an alien Who just landed on the Earth

She told me “We are good friends but…..” “Give me one week time then I’ll call you”

Now I’m posted in Guwahati refinery She is posted in Panipat refinery

I’m anxiously waiting for the phone to ring “Tring Tring Tring Tring”

I walk in a groove Not has the sun risen yet

Fall my eyes a main On a beautiful lass

Very beautiful she is! Very graceful her movements are

I take a few steps forward And slowly follow her

I looked at her dark eyes Singing some loving tunes;

Suddenly I woke up from my sleep Realizing it was a dream

Beautiful was the lady Very graceful did she seem

Can I ever forget her? Can I ever forget this dream?

LADY iN MY DREAM

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what's up MJ??

What's up with the

rediculous costume

I'm d batman!!

I love Boxers &

Swimmers..

I hate Bats!!, you looser:(

I'm the batman. A sex machine..

but sunny ..told me, he is the sex

machine...

Sunny??? that asshole gay. He keeps

hitting on me. he is an old gay sex

machine.

I'm the batman. I'm the real sex machine. I do chicks all the time. I'm the real deal!!

Nike.. JUST DO IT!!

Yeah!!...you do it with sunny. I

love rambo.

To be continued...

Originally composed by: Sunil Seetharaman

Ehhh??!!@$% * #!!!

Hey rambo!! you are so hot.. :P

You are the hottest man,

I'hv ever...seen :P

Ehhhhh....!!!! @@@##$% *@

()!

I love your huge muscles

Rambo-eat-you. Rambo-hungry

Rambo-eat-you HELPPPPP .... eyaaaakk...:((

to be continued...

Previously on sex machine....

I'm tHE SEX MACHINE

RAMBO is so hott!!

Rambo eat- MJ

RAMBO-eat-MJ

Helppp !!

Hari om, hari om, hari om om....&

Helppp:(

Ohhhhh...aawww:((

rambo-no-eat-mj I hate you rambo-eat-himesh rambo!!

Ohh, fuck!! Spider man is soo

Brave..

Hey MJ, Lets do it :P

I don't do Spiders...:((

go, buzz off..

this is blahsphemy , this is madness

this is blahsphemy , this is madness. this is blahsphemy , this is madness. this is blahsphemy ,

this is madness

Deep pit, Don't jump

DIE...Pakistani....:((

WarninG: Don't FART

AAAaaahhhh

MADness??? thisss iss

sparta

ohh, fuck!! what has sunny uncle done??

jai hind!!

I think, I love spiders

I want to do spiders

Spidey!! I lovee youu!!

Let's do it !!

Next Morning

ohh!! let's do it again..

he...he.. heehee EPILOGUE:

# Sunny deol went to jail for killing 853396413 pakistanis.

#batman went back to fighting crime.

#Rambo is still eating himesh.

LOST & FOUND

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." ~Carl Jung~

ON THE END OF A FRIENDSHIPBy Ashish Samdariya [Jain]

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"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed." ~Carl Jung~

Friendship is a funny thing, at times it will be a powerful connection you never could imagine leaving you. Then one day you look back and find some surprise in how easy it was for you to drift apart. Whether it is a lifestyle change, a move to a new city, or just finding that over time what you thought you had in common, is less of a link, then you once thought, changes do occur, people drift apart and

friendships and relationships end. I think that everything in my life, whether experiences, people or things, have meaning. People, I believe come into my life for a reason, a season or a life time. Some times you know right away, sometimes it's only after the fact that the realization hits you.

On a common evening I spent a great deal of time pondering this thought after meeting with a once very close friend for an uncomfortable visit. I couldn't decide if she was meant to be a reason or a season. At the time we met I was struggling to hide myself. I was in guilt that it

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wasn’t more than 2 hours for the last shock in my life. At the beginning I never felt uncomfortable with her, her presence filled me with ease and she comforted me in her own peaceful way. I was upset when I left breakfast next day and she walked away when I sat besides for a game, the look on her face, the tone of her voice the lack of eye contact illustrated that I was no longer at that place in her life. On that day, I was in trough realizing that it won’t be possible for me to get a same place is more difficult and in other hand I was loosing the company of few other close friends.

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Now I accept my responsibility in the demise of our relationship. I've not been a good friend. I've cancelled plans more times than not, I'm horrible at calling, and chances are, if I don't work with a friend, I rarely see them. It's not just this friendship that has suffered by these methods of mine, family and friends often comment on my unavailability. However, once that is said, I believe both people play a part in a relationship, friendship or other, and I have taken a step back, after feeling that she did so as well. I wish that I could have asked her why she pulled away, but by the time I realized that she had, I couldn't ask her, I felt she was making a point of showing me it was none of my business. Sometimes I think it's important not to push familiarity on someone who doesn't want it. I tried to patching up the past but it’s was all my mistakes. People say I laugh a lot, they don’t know the other hand of it.

That being said, I have been blessed with a few people whose lives are busy like mine, and with whom I can pick up where left off in a moment, with no hard feelings or accusations of neglect. Not that this friend has accused me, but I can tell that she is finished with me. That I understand, but still the sadness that comes with moving on is still there.

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Lots of Regrets! She says” forget things that had happened in past, there is a wast future ahead”

Still how do you define a "Seasonal", "Reason", or "Life time" friend? This friend was in my life for a season, a few days, longer than most, still not a year or for the life time.

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to happen. What have I learned from her you ask? I've learned that time changes people, both her and I. That it's hard to go back, that one sentence spoken can change everything. Looking back on my actions I've realized that all it took was one sentence, one night, that changed the way I approached her. I've learned that life is a thousand shades of gray, and very little black and white.

With her I learned to trust. I learned to look at life from a more detached position. Most people know that my heart is worn on my sleeve, and I've got a terrible poker face. She showed me how to reign that in and think a little more logically.

We share a lot of the same ideas, she is the kind of sister that every brother would like to have one day.

In the end, she is was a friend for a season, a friend of many reason's. For the future, I wish her only the best, I pray that her and her family thrive in life and find great happiness along the way. I hope that we will find our way back to each other one day, and in life, hope seems to be one of the few consistencies we can bank on.

"Some times the measure of friendship isn't our ability not to harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask for forgiveness for your own mistakes." ~Randy K. Milholland.

Still how do you define a "Seasonal", "Reason", or "Life time" friend? This friend was in my life for a season, a few days, longer than most, still not a year or for the life time. I learned many lessons from her, does that make it a reason? She helped me to deal with the thought of impending death, my emotional baggage, and personal demons. In that way I would say that there were many reason's for our friendship.

There are lots of moments that are still fresh in me. She once told me that I should not hesitate to stand as a leader if its your work even in the team, there is no hearty feelings in profession. I knew that was true but I couldn’t manage that

August

Everywhere you look, you can write a book, On

trouble of a woman & man in lectures!! ~Alan Jackson

ICE B

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© Mridu Khanna

By:

Mridu Khanna

ICE BREAKING/ HEAD HUNTING Could you imagine, at the very first of your job day and you asked for an Psychiatric treatment...not an hour or two! It’s gonna be full three days×seven hours.

BY: MRIDU KHANNA

First day @ IiPM. Officially. Behavioural Module. Lot of restlessness & excitement going on inmy mind. How will my first day at work be??? But Fate had something else in store for us. The Faculty comprised of Ashok Bhatt. He provedto be exactly like hisname. A “SHOCK”......... & Ifelt like saying, rather, everyone felt like saying,

BHATTTT.... ( means “GET LOST” )UFF.... I don’t wanna remember those days when we managed to bear him. Woh Bola “ Istarted speaking for the first time in 1990” , main boli “ and since then u have never stopped speaking”. BUT, why ishe eating our head with anything he felt lik saying..... I know m boring u ppl with all this stuff but if you hav alreadyattended his sessions,going thru this will us be a cakewalk for u...

I don’t know how do, no no no, why wud ppl pay thousands of bucksto his consultancy in order to get mad and then need to go to psychiatrist after listening to his baseless, nonsense talks. I hope he becomes Paul Gogglins to spare the coming generations of the torture...... NAHI TO WOH DIN DOOR NAHI KI INDIAN OIL MEIN PSYCHIATRY CELL BHI BANANA PADEGA>>>>>>>>

DisclaimerYahaan par jo bhi pravachan hua hai, uska

sacchai se kuch lena dena nahi hai. aayi

baat samj mai. Agar thanne laage ki aisi

kuch baat huii hai to manne pareshan karne

vaase naa aaiyo, kyonki angerji mai ek sabd

hota hai “that is just a COINCIDENCE”.

Hum “A Journey to the life” ki tarf se Mridu

ji ka aaBHAR vyaqt karte hai.

Points to Remember • Don’t get Labeled: Keep yourself away

from sticky glue • Take a Lead: and jump into well of death • Be a Team Player: Only when you find

yourself in loss :D • Be yourself: No mask is permanent so no

excuses for that!! • Take the Opportunity: then loose it • Don’t remember anything, even if you

can

BHEJA FRYAshish

Samdariya

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FRIENDS REVIEWAug-Oct 2008

DEEPIKA

Dear Ashish,Its said “ Friends are just strangers waiting to happen!” In a span of very short time, I found a wonderful friend in you. A-Amiable, S-Sweet, H- , I-Intelligent, S-Smart, H- :).

Its been wonderful writing you. You are immensely talented. Preserve your quality of goodness and stay as charming, friendly, and creative as ever.... Loved “A Journey to the Life” by Ashish Jain :P. Good Luck!! Keep in Touch.

PRIYANKA

Mr. Paul Goglin in the truest sense and hopefully you’ll become more famous than him :-P. Keep the artistic fire burning always..... May be you’ll become a celebrity photographer before you become a “C” grade officer.

ASHISH = ARTISTICThere are no thing subjective about it..........

ANKITA

Excellent Job!! Must say you worked really hard to put things together. All the best for your future.

SUNILDude!! Do well in life..

PRANAB SAHAKeep your creativity alive, come what way. Try to explore your true asset & excel in your hobbies....Take care and stay tuned.

YOGESH

Excellent Job man...You don’t like work rather, you love work. Keep it up. Try to mugup with friends (Boys also) :D.

ASHWINI

Beauty is the only word that comes to my mind right now. Great!!

Issue No. 1st & Last A Journey to the Life

Handsome

Marks on my Heart

Friends ForeverIn our lives, thousand of people come and go. Some of them remain for a while and leave with us wonderful memories, memories that linger on & on in our hearts. This was an attempt by me to preserve few of these with us. “A Journey to The Life” is about a very tiny phase of my life, about friends I made, and about their views.

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed in someway towards making of this piece of work. Because “WITHOUT THEIR SUPPORT AND INTEREST, THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPOSSIBLE.”

One more thing, Hope all readers find it at par with their expectation. Nothing more to say.... Go Ahead!! Happy Reading...!!!

I learnt a lot from you guys and wish I could be like you, more entertaining, funny, friendly etc etc. Lot more to grasp in a very short time, could able to make you all good friend of mine, but wish you we will be someday.

In this Journey, I discovered few close friends and I wish my relations will be fresh and fine with all of you till I live and survive. I love you all: Varun, Sudeshna, Gaurav, Roopansh, Priyanka, Mridu, Rahul and Komudi.

The Real Journey

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Haryana, India

Never Lasting Words

The Special thanks to Mridu for her immense support while writing to publishing and publishing to demo. Her views and words supported me to come up with this. She knows it better.

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