July 22, 2008
Expect the following posts to come up in the next few days:
1. The Dark Knight - Is it worth the hype? - Honest, unbiased review of the much talked about sequel to Batman Begins.
2. Lost Highway! - About a drive in the night in Delhi.
Cheers!
July 19, 2008
Your favorite blog is now also available via http://arpitrao.co.nr/ andhttp://www.arpit.tk
This is just for convenience of those who know me and can relate my blog to my name. For the rest, all the previous addresses WILL REMAIN WORKING!!! So, you don’t need to change your bookmarks, feeds etc.
The new logo and the new address are in the celebration of first 5000 visitors to the blog. I hope you keep coming back!
With love,
Arpit
July 18, 2008
Today’s the birthday of a really special person who is quite close to my heart!
Here’s wishing the most beautiful girl that I’ve ever met a happy and prosperous year and a long n happy life!!!
Love,
ARPIT
[P.S. Sorry I got a little late at wishing you but I promise you an unforgettable treat when you come back!!!]
July 17, 2008
How important is a logo? Well, important enough since your clients/viewers can relate to your product/service better if you have a catchy logo. I was reading a post by a famed blogger who emphasized the importance of a logo for your blog. 
So, yours truly came up with a logo for his blog. Check it out (image on the left) and comment on whether you like it or not!
Love,
Arpit @ naamtobatao.wordpress.com
July 15, 2008
Related content: AIIMS - The Best? An insider’s perspective!
The results of the AIIMS MBBS Entrance Exam conducted on June 1, 2008 are out as of July 15, 2008. The quotas have been implemented and the total no. of seats are reported to be seventy-two this year, up from the usual forty-five.
RESULTS are available at this address: CLICK HERE!
Good wishes to all those who qualified. I extend my warmest welcome into our coveted community. For those who could not make it this year, I wish all the best for the next year.
We are all looking forward to talking to our beloved ‘fucchas’ (fresher guys) and ‘fucchis’ (fresher girls) over the internet (Orkut etc). Any of your concerns may also be addressed to this e-mail address. Also, if you are one of the lucky seventy-two, leave a comment including your name, e-mail address, city, and rank!
To know more about the college of your dreams, click these links: AIIMS and Student Union.
Forget not to visit my blog: NTB :: BLOG BY ARPIT RAO
See you soon!
July 14, 2008
Arguably the sexiest cell phone on the planet, definitely the most-hyped gadget of recent times, iPHONE 3G was unveiled on July 11 across 12 countries. Of course the disadvantage of being in India is that I will have to wait for months before the first one comes in!
Well, the popularity of the gadget can be guessed from the fact that though it is far from being the best in terms of features, no critic could resist the temptation of calling it the future of cell phones! From what I’ve learned in past few years, Apple is one company you can trust blind-folded for dishing out the hottest and most innovative products. This was proven correct once again when, barring one or two cities, there were queues of people waiting for hours to get hold of the latest iPHONE! It fails me if 200-300$ is small enough sum to be given away without second thoughts to this company. But again, there are crazy people and there are the crazier, Apple fans.
So, while some lucky people relish tapping the screens of their brand-new asset, I’ll just sit here cursing and waiting for mine to arrive someday! What a day would that be! Anyways, book your iPHONE with Airtel or Vodafone if you’re an Indian dying to get one!
[P.S.: OMG stands for 'Oh! My God'... just in case you were wondering!]
July 12, 2008
[Stag: A person who attends a social gathering unaccompanied by a partner, especially a man who is unaccompanied by a woman.]
Ever tried going into a club alone or with your gang of boys? When that lame-looking man at the entry, after having a look, decides not to let you in or ‘politely’ suggests that you hit the lounge area instead? And you go red, with anger or shame, depending on the mood and your nature. But the face at the counter is unrelenting and you have to leave the place. End of story. Huh?
I have been in a similar situation before and I must tell you that it is humiliating at the very least. But then, I had my reasons. I am not a globe-trotter but what I know for sure is that in two cities of United States that I’ve been to, Los Angeles and New York, if you walk into any club, you will not be denied entry just because you’re a lone guy. In fact, more chances are that you’ll find someone to dance with, to talk over a drink, and to have fun. So, when you come back to India and go into a night club with your buddies, only to be denied entry, it sucks real bad!
For example, almost all nightclubs in Delhi have free entry for girls (understandable, though ugly chicks do get through!), charge for couples (ok, I mean I can pay up in this case) and double charge (what the fuck!) or even no-entry for lone guys. How far is this fair? I mean, let girls go in for free, charge guys as much as a couple but let them go in!
But, I was about to tell you why guys don’t get stag entry? The reason is the brute and unruly behavior of guys in Delhi especially when drunk. I really feel ashamed but closer to truth when I say that a sizable chunk of single guys in Delhi are sex starved and frustated, ready to pounce upon any girl they find ‘available’. If you make a video of how these ‘men’ behave, it would make you smile in disgust for long.
I have to drop all my female friends within meters of their houses to ensure their safety. This is after an incident in which my friend got verbally abused by neighborhood goons (in a posh Delhi locality!) I can’t travel comfortably with my partner in Delhi Metro with hoards of males trying to get a piece of ‘action’ by getting close to her. Such is the state of affairs in ‘Dilwalon ki Dilli’!
Well, I think this and I think that. But at the end of it all, I thank god for the policy of not granting a stag entry!
[How did you like the article? Do you feel stag entry should be allowed? Feel free to comment below!]
July 10, 2008
Do you want to learn how to be a Dj (Disk Jockey - the guy/babe who plays your music in the club/disc)?
Don’t have enough time??
What if you get an e-book which can teach you all about dj-ing and more in less than 50 pages requiring less than an hour to read???
Do you want it?
July 8, 2008
What do you think can be the smallest number of words that one can use to make a story? Well, Hemingway once wrote a story with just SIX WORDS!!!
So, Wired.com asked a few of today’s eminent writers to come up with their six word stories. Well, the whole affair turned out quite brilliantly. Take your wits for a pleasant ride would ya! Have fun!
REMEMBER… YOU’ve READ IT ON NTB!
July 5, 2008
[Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author's own. If you have any objections to the contents of this post, keep them to yourself.]
All right! Lets begin.
June 29, 2008: Around 800 
people from different walks of life gather in New Delhi for a common cause. They rally for acceptance, respect, to break the ice, and to make the society know of their presence. The occasion was Gay-Pride Parade, first of its kind in India. This was a radical change for Indian Society which has traditionally been conservative and especially hush-hush in the issues concerning sex and sexuality.
Where parents decide the partner for most people, love marriage has a hard time getting accepted, the condition of a person talking about him or her being homosexual can only be inadequately imagined. I mean, if I were gay, there would be no way I would be able to tell, let alone explain, my parents about it. It is a ‘unacceptable’ departure from so-called values of the Indian social system. Such is the situation even today.
So, it is quite brave for these men and women to come out in open and let the world know of their sexuality. I can understand why some of them decided to wear masks but still appreciate their effort to come out in the open. As I imagine, most people there would be/have been uncomfortable telling that they were gay/lesbian to their friends and family. Even in a modernizing India, it is hard for people to accept such a thing. Call it our closed-mindedness or give it any other tag but it remains a fact.
I’m a hardcore proponent of individual freedom and hence, believe that everyone has a right to choose according to their wish as long as it doesn’t hurt others. I do not endorse homosexuality but at the same time, do not loathe it either by giving a lame explanation that it is against law of nature etc etc. If one of my friends comes up to me and tell me he is gay, I would not be shocked or angered, instead, I would accept him the way he is (I mean, his sexuality shouldn’t change our friendship unless of course he is attracted towards me!) Least of all things would I ever think of telling him about what ‘God’ would think of all this.
Also, in a nation run by laws written in 1800’s, I do not expect the law concerning ‘unnatural sexual intercourse’ (SECTION 377 IPC, which currently includes homosexuality!) to change for another 50-100 years. There are a million other things queued up before that. Also, the change is expected to be gradual. But as they say, closing your eyes doesn’t alter the truth. What we need to do today is to recognize that there are people in our society who are different in terms of their sexual preferences and that we should adopt an open-minded and liberal attitude towards them, and make them feel a part of our society by letting go of our prejudices.
After all, modernization doesn’t only mean change of clothes or attitude, it means a change of mind-set and ideologies too!
(PHOTO COURTESY: Top-right - PTI; Middle-left - The Economist)
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