Changing Times...

Times.. they change..
Appearances.. they change..

what remains..

are the new and improved Versions 1.1 !!

Back then in 2002..	And now..
Reckless, Ambitious, Single, Confused, Thin, Loaded, Dreamer, Unromantic, Nasik-vaasi..	Responsible (though still reckless), Expressive, Loved, Sure, Thinner, Loaded (though about different things), Dreamer, Romantic, KGPian..
Shy, Introverted, Super Brained, Very particular about neatness, well dressed, Mumbai-vaasi..	Globe Trotter, 'Patented', 'Published', forever 'Jet-Lagged', Talkative, Extraverted, Still Super Brained, still very neat, always well dressed, best friend to a stupid soul, KGPian..
Cute 'Guy', Good Looking, Helpful, Comp Stud, Lovable, Affable, 'Guy In Black', Comp Secy, 'Haraami Bachcha', Agra-vaasi..	Cute 'Grown-Up', Super Good Looking, Miss RP, still very very helpful, Comp GOD, Lovable and Loved, Guy in White, the next Linus Torvalds, KGPian..
Drummer, Mallu, Guy with a comp from home, First Labmate, Fellow Wing Council Member, Nagpur-vaasi..	Dil KGPian - Zubaan Jamshedpuria, Mallu - Very Much, Funny, Concerned, Nice, KGPian..
Fat, Moustached, Guy in the cornermost room, chubby-chubby, not that sentimentaal, smart brained and very sincere, Uddu, Cuttack-Waasi..	Best Hairstyle in the world, Very Very Sentimental, Hoohaa, Cute, clean shaven, cook, very smart, tempo-king, 'Prince', KGPian..
Smart, Playful, Loaded, Short Haired, neat and clean, very quiet, Footballer, fir body - no cuts and bruises, Mumbai-Delhi Waasi..	'Sabse Best', 'Angel', Makhau, Physio, Brand Ambassador - Kanpur, still short haired, Footballer - with some broken bones and cut joints, nice human being, next Schumacher after Schumi retires, KGPian..

Chintan Thakkar

My Best Friend and Me.
Hollywood, California. July 4th, 2005

Monkey Business

Ashish Chordia, Me, Nilesh, Kesh and Gaurav Sahni.
Minekey's Office, CIC, IIT Kharagpur.
December 23rd, 2005

D Sen - God

I am a proud Nehruite first, a Kgpian second and a biologist third - the best 'about me' I have ever come across on orkut. Debjeet Sen is what KGP stands for. A senior, not from my hall, but someone I respect the most.

Lehman Brothers

Gaurav Sahni and Tanay Gupta after getting through Lehman Brothers.

The God !

Its an honour to have experienced the phenomenon called Hrishikesh Bhattacharya

Best Friends !

Sagar, Amit, Niket and Rahul Garg.. Chintan's missing..
Shaggy's Birthday. Gol Chakkar, Kharagpur. 2005

Puri

Sagar, Amit, Chintan and Me.
Puri. February, 2004

Shaggy Goel at his best !

This was a collage I made and gifted to Sagar on his birthday in 2004.

MIT and Yogi.. They go hand-in-hand..

Yogi at MIT with his group.
October, 2005

The Houselady

Chintan trying to roast a roti at our apartment.
Summer, 2005

Walking back from office..

Me and Chintan.
Summer, 2005

Smiling Buddha...

KK all proud of his Microsoft Intern Tee Shirt at Kebabs, a Pakistani Restaurent in Redmond.
May 8th, 2005

On top of the world.. Just there..

On top of the world at Mt. Rainier.
June, 2005

Benchers

The three of us. Niagara Falls.
May 28th, 2005

The three blue monsters..

KK, Chintan and Me at Niagara Falls, just before boarding the Maid of the Mist
May 29th, 2005

Murder

KK trying to dispose me off at Niagara Falls.
29th May, 2005

Attitude

Me and Chintan at Broadway, New York.
May 29th, 2005

Faculty Summit Poster

Jie, Me and Alec infront of our booth at the MSR Faculty Summit.
19th July, 2005

Networked Embedded Computing, MSR

My farewell dinner at a Japanese Restaurent facing Lake Washington in Bellevue. From left to right are: Jie Liu (Researcher), Jeremy Elson (Researcher), Me (Alec's Intern), Zoe Abrams (Stanford University Phd Student, Jie's intern), Alec Woo (super-nice, Researcher, my Boss), Feng Zhao (Senior Researcher and Manager), Andrew Parker (UCLA PhD Student, Jeremy's intern) and Ryan Newton (MIT PhD Student, Feng's intern)
21st July, 2005

The MSR Gang

Avinash Vaidyanathan, Lenin S, Deepti Bhatnagar, Shobhit Saxena, Govind Kabra, KK Mehra, Nitin Agrawal, Kaustav Das, Dilp Joseph, Satya Velluri and Pallavi Joshi.
Mount Rainier, Washington.
June, 2005

Barista

Ritesh, Me, Rhea and Dipika at Barista, Park Street, Calcutta.
December 10th, 2005

Stamped

One of the best pics of Me and Ritesh. Taken and stamped by Dipika.
Chappan Bhog, Park Street, Calcutta.
September 10th, 2005

Princep Ghat

Aruni, Me, Dipika, Rhea
Princep Ghat, Calcutta. February 2nd, 2005

St. Xaviers Calcutta

This one was taken about an hour after my GRE at St. Xavier's Calcutta. Seen are Aruni, Me, Vinay, Ruchir and Dipika
September 6th, 2005

Awaara Hain..

This pic was taken in front of the Civil Engineering Department at IIT Kharagour during SF 2005. Seen from front to back are: Aruni, Rhea, Dipika, Shwetank, Ritesh and Me.
January, 2005

Female Reaction to Male Bonding :D

One of the funniest pics that I have ever seen taken. This is the Perpz dance floor in SF 2005 with me and ritesh hitting it off bigtime while dancing, inspiring Aruni to laugh !
IIT Kharagpur, January, 2005

Dhiren & Me

Dhiren and Me at his new home in Nasik.
October, 2005

RYK Library

Sanket, Me, Chinmay and Pranav. RYK Library.
December, 2005

Pranav & Me.

Me with Pranav at his home in Nasik. December, 2005

Board Toppers

Viranjan Pagar, Me, Pranav Mirajkar, Mayank Khandelwal, Sanket Khandkar, Akshay Palwe and Chinmay Korhalkar
2nd June, 2002. The college had organised a felicitation function for all of us and I was the only one in the city of Nasik who had gotten selected for the IITs, the results of which were declared that day in the morning. Easily, one of the best days of my life. :)

Dandiya Reunion School

Dhiren, Kamran, Shikha, Khyati, Me, Bhushan, Smitha and Mayuri.
Philomena's, Nasik. October 2004

BTW - First Year

B Top West in action at SBI ATM on KGP Campus at 1 in the night after a treat.
People: Anand Varatharaj, Suryansh 'Mall' Purwar, Debashis Sinha, Andre Braganza, Md. Moin Afaque, Thanatil Anish, Abhishek 'Baachu' Gupta, Me, Ravishankar S, Apratim Kumar Mitra.
February, 2003

Second Year

Kisi Zamaane mein hum seedhe saadhe ladke the.. The pic was taken before we left for a treat. KK, GG, Shaggy, Me and Chintan with Amit behind the camera.
3rd Semester. 2003

School - Std 6th

Rajeev Kabra, Nisheet Gupta, Me and Dustin Vanspall.
St Aloysius High School, Bhusawal. Annual Day. Std. 6th