Death

“Zindagi toh bewafa hai…ekdin thukrai gi…. Maut mehboba hai aapne….saath lekar jayeege” pretty much sums up what the end of the road is for us doesn’t it?
Death is something most of us either don’t think about or perhaps fate has forced us to think about..So what exactly is Death??? Let us define death of a person as a state when the person as we know them ceases to exist.

Death has far greater influence on life than most of us realize. Imagine if we were to live forever… What would be dear to us?? What would a species which is eternal have to lose?? But hey…we are going to die..so how does death influence us?? It makes us desire a lot of things quite a few because of the fact that we may not have them forever. It is because we will die one day that everything in life has a meaning and place.... ha ha as Achilles said the gods must envy us!!

The Death of people has influenced our history far more than their births. The death of lal bahadur shastri supposedly changed the course of Indian politics. An untimely death in the family can suddenly make a dream turn into a nightmare…

So if death is the end of the journey of life…it should make us believe that life is futile…because whatever we have today will not be ours tomorrow…and yet we try with vigour to gain whatever we can and more and more…Perhaps that is why it is true that the greatest man is not one who has nothing to lose but who wants nothing fr gain??

Sometimes though death is probably welcome…the death of tyrants has been long wished for, a person suffering from acute pain and no hopes of misery might wish for death rather than such an existence…Still Euthanasia seems immoral to most people. A logic that only God can give life and take life seems flawed for there is always the “Free Will”.

What next??

Religion has influenced various ways in which we approach death. The eastern religions believe that we are in a continuous cycle of life and death and that the purpose of this cycle is to attain moksha. The Abrahamic Religions tell that there will be a day of judgement and people then will go either to heaven or hell. My speck of a life has not given me much hope to believe either claim.
I believe these were teachings given to govern the conduct of man and to create a civilization and that moksha would be when generation after generation of man will take a small step and ultimately find purpose for an existence, which because of death may otherwise seem futile. Behold Judgement day comes everyday when our conduct will determine how the future generations of man will live.
Mankind will never have an understanding of life unless we understand and change our approach towards death. Why do we consider suicide to be a crime/sin?? If anything it could perhaps be considered cowardice…If a person wishes to end their life..so be it..it is their choice..who are we to pass judgements???
If a person has control over the way he lives his life then why not over they way he chooses to die??

Farewell Raju...We Will Miss U!!

Every once in a while, a person comes along who defies the odds, who defies logic and fulfills an incredible dream. Krishnakant Jonnalgadda has done nothing like this… He has not defied any logic…he achieves whatever he does by sheer handwork and his passion to win… He hasn’t beaten any odds he creates them for others… Yet this guy has touched more lives than he realizes… This post is dedicated “To Krishnakant- The Boy Who Never Quits!!”

Lets start with his looks.


A six feet tall masculine body with a smile that most girls would envy and add to it the fact that he carries himself effortlessly with Tashan and damn! He makes heads turn wherever he goes and if it wasn’t for his self imposed rule of no girls he would have had innumerable affairs by now. The last time I checked he has had a mere thirteen proposals



Though he does not accept the fact he is indeed a very helpful person. He likes to think that he helps people only when it isn’t much of a matter for him or that when the time comes he will make the greedy choice but trust me mate…you ain’t a !@#!@$!


He aims not just to win but to beat the best and set new highs which are impossible to achieve. In many respects he is both Clark Kent and Superman. He has numerous talents and yet I’ve never heard him boast about them or for that matter disregard other people who are nowhere close to him. Yet he is someone who can summon his talent at will and deliver on a deadline!

There is a lot of innocence in him. I’ve never seen him get angry with any person apart from himself and he has never thought ill of anyone and has been willing to bury the hatchet even with his fiercest enemies. He has taught me a simple fact that life is to short too have regrets and that while you may know your friends you never know who you will need in the end.




If all this makes you think that he is a Mr. Serious guy who is very subtle and doesn’t have any humour…plzzz! You have to only get him in the mood and he will unleash the most pathetic set of PJ’z that have occurred in the history of mankind. His favorite by far is what is six point nine?? Be sure to ask him about it!!



Throughout my college life I have wondered what does he love more Food or Keerthi Kumar? I have seen his love for the former during our various outings. He can go toe to toe with you while eating and never believe him when he says that he’s not in the mood to eat for I say from experience that you will end up both hungry and bankrupt!! His relationship with Keerthi though controversial at times has been widely accepted to be platonic love. Keerthi Kumar was being a snoob and hence was unable for comment!


A guy who loves doing things with style and making an impact, you can count on him to make the simplest of things grand by his gestures and speech. He’s the Mario Puzo of any group and people copy his style of doing things no matter what (fr ex this post!)

He is extremely passionate about movies, though he can never really appreciate the true beauty of Telgu cinema he does have a fine taste when it comes to classics. Be it The Dark Knight or Road to Perdition or Shawshank Redemption or our very own Swades you can always count on him to appreciate and understand these movies from angles you haven’t perceived. This also leads us to our fundamental debate of SRK vs. Salman Khan. With him idiolosing the former (that SRK is a racist is of no concern for this guy!)

He loves and appreciates both dance and people who dance! All you need to do is get some good hindi music and Tada he will give you the all time favorite Indian dance! If Anil Kapoor brought it on the Silver Screen I am sure KK will bring it to the corporate parties..I guess the pic says it all about his skills…

It’s not just Dance he loves and appreciates music as well. I’ve always relied on him to pass me a few chosen tracks from his wide collection. His knowledge about music isn’t restricted to the Yo songs; he knows pretty much everything there is to know about Indian bollywood music. Sam who has bonded with KK over their mutual love and appreciation for Ghazals says

“Kitaabe, geet, film, tajurba, Sabhi Kuch Kaam Aayega..
Ye isi se Seekha hai, prayas rang layega..
Ye woh dariya hai jo apna hunar jaante hai,
Jis taraf Bhi Chal padenge, raasta ho jayega!”

The tapirs and CCDs of Nagpur have done massive business all thanks to this guy, who has always been ready for either of them! Aditya our sponsor and extremely talented project partner says “Krishnakant its not hard to describe this person but its not easy either. Krish the one with most subtle character the one who stands for every one and walks with every one. kkj is the one who allways be remembered by who even met him once.”

Ankit inarguably the savior of our group, for he always finished his journals and assignments on time and explained all the BS of BE to us says “Opportunity Ka Sahi use aur Ghante ka Purna IStemal Koi Inse Sikhe! I know you will always be there when I need you and may you achieve everything you desire.”


I met Krishna in our first year and he has been super boring and studious ever since! We did speak in our first year a fact which he doesn’t remember but it actually was our love for talking sense that made us really great friends.
I won’t comment on our friendship as that would take the limelight away from him :D. Kakarott has taught me more than a thing or two about life in general. He has been there to support me as a friend, guide me as a teacher, stand by me like a brother and compete with me as Iceman did with maverick and as Federer does with Nadal. Hopefully in the future another pair of rivals will come and say we compete as Karan did with Krishnakant!!

As you leave town my friend, I want you to know that you’ve touched lives and made this world a better place. You are destined for greatness and I’m sure wherever you go your destiny awaits. Today All I want to say is “Farewell Kakarott, May The Force Be With You My FRIEND.”

He has arrived!!

26th January brings along with it a whole lot of important people on television channels giving their views on India/Hindustan/Bharat etc etc and among the predictions of rising India and destitute Bharat the all time favorite is that India still doesn’t have Indians!! And of course this debate has been fuelled by our very own movements for statehood but the question somehow stuck with me where are the Indians and what happened to the great Indian Dream??

The question is answered when you go to any respectable college in the country. The foremost argument given is that we have marathis/gujratis etc etc. Most of us are not lucky enough like rahul Gandhi to have a mother from Italy a grandfather from Kashmir among others to claim that we represent the true India.

While visiting a college recently I met a Tamil lady born and brought up in Delhi who introduced herself as a tamilan though being a Punjabi I see Punjabi traits in her and share this with a guy from Chandigarh who says that you are not much of a Punjabi yourself karan!
I ponder the question and agree that a guy who has lived in Nagpur for his entire life cannot be a Punjabi to the t but I’m not a Marathi to the t as well and I add to it the fact that quite a few of my friends have been Marwari and hence I have their traits too….err so which tribe was I then?!

A few more people join the conversation and one of the guys is from the north east. I ask him casually if they feel left out of India staying in the farthest corner of the country. In response he asks me if I felt left out staying for my entire life in Nagpur point taken boss we all live in some place and imagine it to be the centre of India!!

As I converse with this group of people from diverse backgrounds (though where each is really from is difficult to tell) I find it strange that all of us can converse easily and have a lot in common but yet all of us are different in some way.
I probe deeper into this question and realize that we are all part of a generation which is no longer confined by barriers. We question our culture and most of us don’t even understand it yet we all respect it. Most of us do not understand the rites and rituals performed at some ones death/birth or probably during a marriage ceremony yet we know how it is different from the others!

I ask a friend where is he from and he gives me the name of some village in Karnataka I ask him if that’s his native place to which he says no it’s the metro he is residing in. Then why didn’t you say that’s your native place I ask him. He simply shrugs his shoulders and that is the answer!!

Look around people everywhere you go… there is a generation walking which is Indian we may not realize it today but we have achieved what we started out to do when we gained independence. Ladies and gentlemen through regionalism/communalism/naxalism/bureaucracy and through the walls of history itself The Indian has arrived!!