Mystries unzipped

Hai everybody, what i am about to say is one of the most embarrassing situation a teacher can face. Most of the things here is truth and i have added a bit of masala to spice it up. But 90% of this story is true. For teacher's protection i have not revealed his name.

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I never usually sat anywhere in front benches, actually i always sat in last two rows (LLB). But that day I don't know what got into my mind, I accidentally sat in second bench. Right up close to the teacher. As usual the teacher came in 10 minutes late. I never used to stand up when a teacher walked in but since I was in second bench i had to. By the time i had settled down the teacher had put his book and chalk on the table and was standing in front of us . The class had uncanningly gone silent, I opened my book slowly and lifted my head to take a look at the teacher but the horror occurred to me instantly, the teacher had left his fly open. He had probably came all the way from home without even noticing that he had not zipped his pants. I had to cover mouth to stop myself from laughing (but never covered my eyes). Through the open hole i could clearly see his blue underwear, i could even make out 3 letters J, K, Y on it. The zip was so wide that a herd of rhinos could charge in. I even heard some girls gasp. Every 10 minutes he had a habit of touching his belly during class or i may say rubbing his belly. As he was rubbing, he went lower than usual and and to his horror this time, his fingers went right into his open zip. As if he had some kind of superpower he flashed out of the room and back in less than 1/4th of a second. He had even zipped up his pants within that span of time. I couldn't believe that such a hefty person could move so quickly. When he returned to class he was so embarrassed that his face had become as red as a tomato. He continued to teach as if nothing had happened. But one thing i surely noticed that he never touched his belly that day.

Alchemist: by Paulo coelho

It is the best book I have ever read in my entire life. It is the most inspiring and fascinating book ever written.

It may take maximum of 6 hours to completely read the book. I consider it as number one book all over the world. There is not a single point in the book which is boring. It is a book which can be appreciated only by reading it. It creates an urge to do something in life. It is a great source of inspiration for depressed people. Those who have not read the book are ignorant fools. People of all age, religion and sex can read this book. It shows that one must not give up, no matter how difficult the goal is. The main of the story is “one should follow his dream”. It will surely inspire you if you care to read it. You can get a soft copy (e-book) here .

Rating (1-10): it gets 9.

It is book about a boy named Santiago who dreams of finding a treasure. He is a shepherd who lives on day to day basis. After hearing to old man’s words he starts his journey to find his treasure. He learns to recognize omens (good or bad). His journey gets stalled shortly after start. With hard work and persistence he gets back on track. He crosses Sahara desert to reach Egypt. On the way he meets alchemist, learns about love. He finally becomes an alchemist himself. He gives up his love to find destiny. He reaches pyramid in Egypt where his treasure is buried. To know whether he finds his treasure or not you should read the book. In all it is a extremely beautiful story.

About author: The Brazilian author PAULO COELHO was born in 1947 in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before dedicating his life completely to literature, he worked as theatre director and actor, lyricist and journalist.

In 1982 Coelho published his first book, Hell Archives, which failed to make any kind of impact. In 1985 he contributed to the Practical Manual of Vampirism, although he later tried to take it off the shelves, since he considered it “of bad quality”. In 1986, PAULO COELHO did the pilgrimage to Saint James of Compostella, an experience later to be documented in his book The Pilgrimage.

In the following year, COELHO published The Alchemist. Slow initial sales convinced his first publisher to drop the novel, but it went on to become one of the best selling Brazilian books of all time.

Other titles include Brida (1990), The Valkyries (1992), By the river Piedra I sat Down and Wept (1994), the collection of his best columns published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo entitle Maktub (1994), the compilation of texts Phrases (1995), The Fifth Mountain (1996), Manual of a Warrior of Light (1997), Veronika decides to die (1998), The Devil and Miss Prym (2000), the compilation of traditional tales in Stories for parents, children and grandchildren (2001), Eleven Minutes (2003), The Zahir (2005).

To date, Coelho has sold a total of 75 million copies and, according to the magazine Publishing Trends; he was the most sold author in the world in 2003 with his book Eleven Minutes – even though at the time it hadn’t been released in the United States, Japan or 10 other countries!

Also according to Publishing Trends, The Alchemist was to be found in the 6th place of world sales in 2003. Eleven Minutes topped all lists in the world, except for England, where it was in second place. The Zahir, published in 2005, was in third place of bestsellers according to Publishing Trends, after Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.

The book has been praised by different personalities ranging from the Nobel Prize Kenzaburo Oe to the singer Madonna, who considers it one of her favourite books. It has equally inspired many projects – such as a musical in Japan, theatre plays in France, Belgium, USA, Turkey, Italy, Switzerland. It is also the theme of two symphonies (Italy and USA) and had its text illustrated by the famous French artist Moebius (author of the sceneries for he Fifth Element and Alien).

His work has been translated in 62 languages, and edited in more than 150 countries.

S.O.S. From bathroom

Hello I am back. This story is about students who get an opportunity to take revenge against a teacher. This is a true life incident which happened about six to seven years ago in our college. I heard this story from a friend. I will tell the story in first person as if I was one of the students involved in the scandal.

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Before I start the story, I need to give a brief description of our college bathroom (for all those who haven’t seen it or smelled it). If anyone ranked all the torture chambers in the world then our toilet would be placed right next to Nazis death camp (gas chamber). First of all there is no mirror or wash basin. Everyone might have seen how a man stands and pisses into a wall mounted urinal. But ours is slightly different as there is a wall but no mounted urinal and the screen (a slab) which bifurcates is slightly low so that one can see what the next person is doing. There are three desi type commodes where one can do both 1 and 2. These obviously have a little bit more privacy, with walls on all sides and a door with a lock. But the walls do not touch the ceiling. The wall is only about 9 feet high from ground and 3 feet short to roof. At any pint of time there will be something floating in the water. I had once gone in and it was so revolting that I had to come out without doing anything.

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No one was as eager as my friend Ravi to get out of PLM’s (a teacher) classt that day. Even though there was only 10 minutes left for lunch break, my friend couldn’t control it and went up to the teacher and asked him “may I go to toilet, sir”. A wicked smile lurked across his face and he said “Innu 10 minutes ashte erodu control madkond kutko” (there is only 10 minutes left, control yourself) My friend with extremely disappointed face came back to last bench. This became the next topic of discussion in our bench. We were all making fun of poor Ravi, when suddenly PLM shouted at us “enu 10 nimsha sumne kuthkolakke agalva” (why can’t you sit quietly for 10 minutes). He pointed at Ravi and said “come here and write this diagram” My friend who was already bladder full looked as if he will do it right there. He somehow walked upto stage and as he was about to draw on the board the bell rang. Without even asking teacher’s permission he put the chalk down and ran out of class room.

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I and two other friends went looking for Ravi as he had not returned even after 20 minutes since he had ran out. As we approached the toilet, Ravi came out wiping his hands on his handkerchief. We met near the door and I asked them to wait for me, so that I can give my contribution and flood the Kengeri river. As I was doing my business PLM walked into the toilet and went directly into one of the desi commode chamber and locked the door. I don’t know what came over me that instant. I slowly went to the door where PLM was and bolted it from outside. In the excitement I ran outside and told my friends “Maga PLMna bathroom olge koodhakbitno” (I locked PLM in bathroom). All four of us went in and started laughing at what I had done. Suddenly Ashok got a brilliant idea and banged on the door, making as much sound as he can. PLM yelled from inside “oye yavano adu” ( Who is it?). we all started laughing (now loudly) when he tried to open the door. As if this wasn’t enough Ravi got another super dooper idea. He took some water and splashed it into the bathroom through the uncovered top. This had reached the limit of PLM. He was so angry that all he could say was some slang L*****, A** ****, Son ** * ***** etc. We all walked out as if nothing had happened leaving the poor teacher banging on the door.

Shantaram: By Gregory David Roberts

I basically started this blog to write book reviews. I have read some books and I am going to write my thoughts about them.

Shantaram is written by Gregory David Roberts. it is a real life story. It is a good story with some funny incidents. It has both love and blood. The explanation is very very good but sometimes lengthy. Those who liked Papillion will like this book. Standard of English is good. It does not have much of suspense but it will keep you reading. It is being made as a movie with Johnny Depp and Shah Rukh Khan staring in it. I guess it will be a good movie. A sequel of this book is being made too. All questions of this book will be solved.

Rating: if i was to rate (1-10) this book then it gets 6

It is a life story of a gangster; he escapes from Australia prison and lands at Mumbai. He lives in famous Mumbai slum. He falls in love with a girl named karla. He makes powerful friends and enemies. He gets arrested and tortured in a Indian jail. He ultimately joins Mujahideen in Afghanistan to fight Russia (it is a 1980’s story so Afghans were against Russia at that time, USA was helping Afghans example Rambo movie) the situation during starvation is explained beautifully. When he comes back to Mumbai, a gang war starts. He joins a side and blood is spilled and he survives.

About author: Gregory David Roberts was born in Melbourne in 1952. After surviving the events dealt with in Shantaram. He was captured in Germany in 1990 and eventually extradited to Australia. On completing his prison sentence, he established a small multi-media company and is now a full time writer. He lives in Melbourne.