My mother-in-law..and my mimicry...!!

I never knew anything about Mimicry three years ago. Once, I tried but my effort was cut short by my son and my wife saying, " this is not your cup of tea!" Well, one fine day everything changed ! My mother-in-law had overstayed with us during my stay at Saugor, MP. I was getting jittery and irritated by her long presence. Then, the miracle happened. In the early morning, I started talking exactly like my mother-in-law to my wife. Amazingly, she admitted that I was speaking exactly like my MIL. That was the time I realized that I can do mimicry. I tried mimicking my office people to the amusement of my colleagues. And then, I started mimicking Amitabh, Dev, Raj Kumar, Nana Patekar ....almost 40 Bollywood actors. I have many videos on mimicry now, they were viewed by thousands of people .......and, people want me do mimicry.....rather singing...http://youtu.be/WMS7b0iCc88

MY HEROGIRI...!!

I used to Love Dev Anand during my childhood. I never used to miss any of his movies. I used to imagine myself to be a replica of my favorite hero those days. I used to memorize all his mannerisms and dialogues and used to blurt out all those dialogues at the first opportunity. But, I had a shocker when my sister addressed me to be like Amitabh Bachchan and those days, Amitabh was a Super failure...all his movies were flops and he used to look like a TB patient. But I had a second shocker when suddenly Amitabh's looks changed and all his movies became hits. Now, I craved for the same comments which I hated. My hair style changed and it was a long step cut covering my ears. I was doing MBBS those days. During Viva examinations everyone had a short hair cut excepting me who had long hair a la AB. Soon my fascination changed to Shahrukh and then to Ranbeer. Well, that's life...!!

My Pahalwani....

My Gymnasium's name was Pragati Vyayamakalashala at Vizag. My first introduction to a " Dungla "..an Akhadha. I was asked to join on the first Tuesday after my application for admission. I was just 14 years then. I was to report with a bottle of Mustard oil and one pair of Langot ( loin cloth ). On my first day, after joining I was made to pray to Hanuman and was made to take vow that I won't think about women and talk about them till I was a member of that " Club"...a strict Brahmacharya. Then, I was introduced to my Guru Sri Venkat Rao Garu, a well known body builder of the state Andhra Pradesh and of course I had to take his blessings by touching his feet. My first task was to do only 11 sit-ups and 11 push-ups( Dandeelu, Baskeelu )...and thus I was enrolled with a huge Red Tilak on my forehead. Within no time, I started doing non-stop 50 Dand and 100 Baithak..later my target reached 100 Dand and 300 Baithaks. My day used to begin by gulping 

few raw eggs . a glass of milk and couple of plantains( Bananas). And then there was an Annual Dand Baithak competition, which I won with ease. But soon, I started missing all the beautiful girls of my teens and of course missing my classes too, because these excessive exercises used to make me sleepy in my classroom and I barely could listen to any lectures.

Skeleton..!!

My childhood was spent at Rourkela, Calcutta and Durgapur. My father was then transferred to Vizag and I did my entire studies at Vizag. I was extremely skinny during my childhood. I still remember, once I reached my school at Vizag fully drenched in rain. And the entire class welcomed me by shouting, " Skeleton".Thanks to the greeting " skeleton" when I entered my matriculation class at Vizag, I decided to join a gymnasium at a very early age. Surprisingly, I am still very very regular to attend my Gym almost everyday since my childhood. I really wonder, would they ( my Matriculation classmates ) recognize their skeleton today..??

Quotorrhoea...Original...!!

1.If you have a stint in many jobs, many places, many hobbies......you may be happier....Jack of all trades and master of some are always better.....!!
2.Getting nice snaps every time and all the time is an art. Being photogenic is a myth...a fallacy.....! Enjoy photography and being photographed......!!!
3.Tiger doesn't change stripes,
Once, a true Indian, always a true Indian....!!
4.Kitna achcha lagta hai woh feeling, jab koi aapko sachmuch pehchanta ho, Jaanta ho...!!
5.Logon ke paas waqt kam hai aajkal, khoobsoorti ke liye....!!
6.There may be thousands of Friends,
But, everyone has one " Special "
7.It's not how many friends you have,
It's how many real friends you have !!

Incredible Punjabees, I Love them...!!

I have lived in every corner of India. I feel there's no match to the camaraderie and business sense of Punjabees. I had given my Tennis racquet for repairs and incidentally it was sent to a neighboring city for the same by the shop owner as the same was not possible in our town where I was living. I told him, forget it, as I was leaving that town permanently the very next day. I was surprised to find the shopkeeper's son bringing my tennis racquet to be delivered at the station just before my departure..

Break your group...

Whenever I attend a party, I never miss to notice different groups huddled together. All doctors at one corner, all entrepreneurs in a different corner, ladies always forming a separate group and in that also some "more" groups. All the seniors are again left out in one more group. This continues almost till the end of the party except briefly before and after the buffet. The same thing, I notice everywhere. We have shayree wala group, ladies special group, literary intellectual group......well, can we break this " groupism " and join the " party " please..???

Winning first prize in Agra open song competition...

There was a Holi Milan song competition in Agra in 1996. There were 34 participants in this open competition. Incidentally, 17 of them including me chose to sing the same song Rang Barse of Silsila. The judges announced the winners names and did mention it was literally impossible for them to select the winner because most of the singers were singing the same song and most of them were professional singers....but there was only person who sang this number with identical moves of Amitabh and imitating his voice, and that was Pradeep. Thus, they declared me to be the winner by unanimous choice........those were the days...ha ha..

The Clairvoyant..!!

It was a day before my entrance test for MBBS admission. All day long, I was preparing for the test and in the evening I felt like taking a stroll to freshen up. I saw a a bevy of people at one corner of the market. I joined to see what was going on. I saw a man squatted down on the ground and he was blindfolded with a strip of cloth. People told me he can foretell our future and he charges a mere one rupee for that. I dug deep into my pocket and decided to part with my entire pocket money. I was told I just have to think about my query and the " Baba " would know. Yes, Baba told me exactly what I was thinking then. He told me loudly that I would be successful in the exam which I would be taking the next day. I will have to study a course for five years and the sixth year from then I would join a Government organization. Now, I have to part with my only possession then, a one rupee note....I was about to give it to Baba...and he said...you are giving me MJ17: 46372865 Note......Yes, it was..!! And, all the things he said was proved to be RIGHT...!!

How I cleared my Medicine...ha ha

I have a very short attention span since childhood....I managed to get admission in MBBS in Andhra Medical College through common entrance test which just started then and solving MCQ..multiple Choice Questions....because, I am too good in answering if given multiple options..I was one of the toppers in the state then although I could manage a mere 54% in my intermediate exams which is equivalent to Higher Secondary or a plus two. Surprisingly the board gave permission to appear in the medical entrance to everyone with minimum 50% qualifying marks then. Well, my problems multiplied further after joining MBBS because all the text were of almost couple of KGs by weight and I can't imagine myself to even leaf through those books leave alone reading them. Now, naturally you'd ask me how the hell I passed MBBS. Well, I made friendship with my senior girls and managed to take their notes which they had written diligently during the previous semesters. I was surprised to see that girls used to jot down even the jokes quoted in the class rooms. Well, my looks helped me to get the notes from many senior girl students then. And trust me I could pass all the exams without flunking even one subject any time, which itself could be a record those days. Well, that's how I cleared my medicine. ha ha