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I am: Aditi Gupta :D

I think: Poverty and illiteracy are the two main reasons for xenophobia and hatred all across the world.

I know: Human being have 23 sets of chromosomes :P 'In fact the literal meaning of human beings is 23 sets of chromosomes, something which is common to all of us'

I want: A shining new pair of Roller skates :D

I have: 7 projects lined up :(

I wish: that Words come back to me soon

I hate: Celebrity fixation :X

I miss: AFGJI (my Delhi school) and School Bus (Route no. 8 ) :(

I fear: Needles (I am highly Belenophobic)

I hear: Music :D

I smell: Petrol :P

I crave: Chocolates 'being a big time chocoholic' and Hokey Pokey's Brownie and Vanilla mix Ice Cream :P

I search: Currently searching for information on Alzheimer 'gotta presentation tomorrow' :P

I wonder: If ever people would stop killing in the name of religion and community :( :(

I regret: Nothing

I love: Converse shoes :P

I ache: for High green converse 'they don't make them in size 4' :(

I was not: expecting to get what I got recently :P

I am not: plastic :P

I cry: when I am really really hurt

I believe: in leaning from mistakes

I dance: like a Jangali :P

I sing: worst than a Crow :P

I read: one book per week :D

I don’t always: do the right thing

I fight: sometimes :P

I write: what ever comes to my mind :D

I win: bets :P

I lose: interest in things quite fast

I never: give undue importance to anyone :P :P


I always: cheers for the Indian Cricket team and Man U :D

I confuse: my folks :P

I listen: to my ipod

I can usually be found: at Vishnu's having Coffee :P

I am scared: again needles :(

I need: high levels of concentration

I am happy: when I know I did the right thing, the thing which I wanted to do, even if it was wrong :P

I imagine: myself to be standing on the sidelines of history when India wins the next Cricket World cup

I Tag: anybody who wants to take it up

Thnks Fr Th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy

Punk Rock at its best :P

I've been addicted to it since a long time,
makes my 'In my Head' playlist :P

"Thanks for the memories,
Thanks for the memories,
even though they weren't so great"

Catch the Lyrics

Indulgence :D

My bed side,
with my 'to-read' book pile n my Ipod :P

Books

&

Music

come 2nd and 3rd on my Love list
first being

Cricket

:P

Guest Blogger : Alok

The name evokes a wide range of responses:
“Huh?”
“Noise.”
“Metallica is God!”
“The best Metal band.”
“Satanic.”
“Innovators of Thrash Metal.”
“Sellouts.”
“Not even close to Megadeth.”
“Metallica is dead.”
“Hell Yeah!”

But that does not even ruffle a hair up James Hetfield’s... nose. Not even a bit. Nor does the rest of Metallica care about what you or anybody else has to say about what they do. That is the spirit behind Metallica’s music. They don’t make music to please your ears and make you dance happily. They make music that shares their own expression, that lives their spirit. They make music they want to make. If you can associate, they’re happy to share. If you cannot, you can as well go please yourself.

If at this point you’re wondering, “What is Metallica?”, or, “Ah, Metallica! Those guys that play I Disappear”, the rest of the post isn’t for you. You’d probably be interested in the Wikipedia page for Metallica or maybe hearing a few of their albums. Search for them through your internet connection. Or ask a friend having one.

My goal here is not to discuss Metallica, their make-outs, their break-ups or who they’re having sex with. My goal here is to recount an experience, a journey through Metallica’s music. To describe what their music makes me go through. If you’ve been through such a ride, hop in!

My first encounter with Metallica’s music would be “Nothing Else Matters”. Hearing that song being played on a nearby computer, I found myself wandering along a path inside my own self, through a journey of deep emotion: Sincerity and earnest longing in the simple E minor arpeggio the song begins with, pain and suffering in the chorus and refrain, the intense peak in the guitar solo, acceptance and withdrawal in the end. Few songs I had heard before could make me feel that way. .

It would be some time before I would experience the complete Metallica. I didn’t have a computer of my own, and hardly any access to music, let alone Metallica. During the summer, from the random stuff I’d collected from people, I found another gem: “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, which remains to be the best song I’ve ever heard. Through it I arrived on the album “100 Greatest Guitar Solos”. Hence began my journey into the deep and beautiful world of Rock and Metal music.

The album featured three songs from Metallica: “One”, “Fade to Black”, “Master of Puppets”. It was “Fade to Black” that caught my attention first. There was pain, sadness and depression in the arpeggiated chord progression the song began with. The feeling of helplessness enhanced with Hetfield’s vocals joining in. Something new awaited me further down the song: Metallica’s riffs. It was my first encounter with the real Metallica sound: Loud, Heavy, Electric and Powerful. I found myself swaying under their influence, banging my head and tapping my foot. But what took it away was the guitar solo at the end. I had never heard anything as fast, beautiful and intense before.

“One” was a different experience. Not as light as “Fade to Black”, this song begins with series of riffs interspersed with brilliant melodic lines on clean guitars, with angst filled vocals. However, it is when the song picks up its pace and begins its journey into the mind blowing riff and the angry and intense chorus, that I felt, yet again, the sheer force and power in Metallica’s music, banging my head fiercely in submission. But wait, that isn’t the end. With Kirk Hammett’s blazing solo that shreds you apart in its speed and ferocity, the song ravishes me every time.

“Master of Puppets” is one of the best compositions I’ve ever heard. Beginning with extremely dissonant and “evil” riffs, the song caught me on early. The rhythmic brilliance in the work, the way the riffs switch from one to another and the intensity in the vocals succeeds in building a tension, which is relieved by the interlude: a beautiful twin guitar harmony riding over an arpeggiated sequence of chords. Following its relief is a surge of angry riffs topped by a shredding solo, leading its way back to the tense riffs that began the song. With three different phases to the journey this song leads you through, this song is one talented piece of work.

As I progressed further into Rock and Metal, I moved on from individual songs to hearing complete albums, which is a completely different experience altogether. To a music junkie like me, it’s like reading a novel or watching a movie. Most importantly it’s the picture of emotions, rhythms and peaks that each song paints and the way it blends into that painted by the next song that makes it an experience worth having. Each of Metallica’s albums is a different journey:

Kill 'em All
This album features the raw, early Metallica sound. The songs have less of structure and more of craziness. But that is what makes this album enjoyable. With crazy, energetic compositions like “The Four Horsemen”, “Seek and Destroy”, “Jump in the Fire”, and “Whiplash”, the album is an insane head banging ride.

Ride the Lighting
Featuring a more sophisticated sound, this album is a focused experience. Each song is a distinct experience in itself. Sharp, gloomy, doom-oriented, and dark, the album takes you through a unique journey of fast tempo riffs and expressive composition. The compositions are heavy and fast paced with many structural elements.

Masters of Puppets
Labelled by many as the best Metal album of all time, this album is a dark experience, filled to the brim with heavy rhythms that make your head bang. The songs progress seamlessly into each other, producing a smooth flow of music that is the primary trait of this album. “Master of Puppets” features a very refined sound, but never fails to be heavy. Anger, power, aggression, control and helplessness are the themes that the music explores. But it is the constant heaviness and intensity in sound that makes it a great listening experience.

And Justice for All
Technically Metallica’s most sound album, featuring a different approach than the previous two albums. Metallica’s sound, the core of Metallica’s initial music, remains intact. The album does not provide as involving a journey as the previous two albums do, but has its own features including ultra fast paced drumming and rhythms, odd time signatures and progressive melodies. A very musically strong album if listened to properly.

Metallica 'The Black Album'
The album is titled “Metallica”, but is more popularly known as “The Black Album”. It features a lot of musical directions from Metallica apart from Thrash Metal: songs like “Nothing Else Matters”, “Enter Sandman”, “The God That Failed”, “The Unforgiven”, “Wherever I May Roam” and “My Friend of Misery”. It is the musical variety in this album and the beauty in every song that makes it Metallica’s best-selling album to date.

Load and Reload

“Load” and “Reload” display Metallica’s further exploration into the depths of Music, away from their roots, towards a more “alternative” sound. The songs are compositionally simpler than the previous albums, the song structures follow a more catchy approach, and there is a conspicuous absence of the intense riffs and heavy rhythms that characterized their earlier sound.

St. Anger
St. Anger” is yet another completely new approach to music from Metallica. Featuring a very raw, intense and basic sound, the songs focus more on rhythm and pace than melody. The characteristics of aggression and raw power are easily perceptible from the song structures. The album does not feature guitar solos, and melodies in the songs are structured in a raw, simple fashion.



Death Magnetic
"Death Magnetic” is the title of Metallica’s latest album, set to be released this September. It is said to feature a more “Old School” and “Progressive” approach. Hell, I can’t wait any longer!

Metallica’s music originates from a very strong sense of rebelliousness, talent, individuality and originality. Whatever they might appear to be, Metallica are musicians first. And it is their Love for Music that is apparent from endeavors like S&M (Symphony and Metallica, which features a beautiful mix of their music played along with the San Francisco Symphony). This Love for music is in abundance in all of their work. The unique, dissonant riffs and chromatic melodic lines, the strange beat structures, the non adherence to musical conventions while still sounding good is proof. And that is what makes Metallica one of the best bands in the history of Rock and Metal music.


This is where he head bangs :P
Life at IITB

Random Update !!!

This post has no head or tail, just a string of few words put together in a state of complete blankness.

CHANGE 'I am not gonna bore you about Barack Obama's election campaign here' :P
Well when life gets really monotonous and becomes a cycle of vicious events , that time you need to bring a 'Change'.
Just break free, stop doing the same old things, change your path for some time.

Well I for one, was really bored of doing the same things over and over again, same lectures, some practicals, same train, same everything.
So I just bunked :P, did everything else but not the same old stuff for a week. It has really bought a refreshing change.
Change it is, when your gloomy and dark, try giving your taste buds some chocolate, I am sure you'll be outta it for sometime 'even a pack of chips would do, does for me' :P

Coming back to the break free mode, do somethings crazy and wacky, take risks break some rules, go wild and the next day u'l be back to normal with a renewed enthusiasm and energy. Try it, worked for me. :P

Of late I am getting a lotta slack all thanks to my '2 second memory' 'Yup,its true', from getting fired in class to screaming friends who's birthdays I forgot :P
Iv called by friend, talked to him and not wished him :P
Wished my Cousin bro a day earlier :P
And I dono the date of another friend's birthday which is due this month :P
This is nothing, Iv done worst :P
For one, I am a person who is really not high on birthdays, in fact I call my good friends to wish me on mine :P , they do the same when its their :P .
So if I forgot to wish you 'which I am sure I will, please lemme know :P '

As I am in the bunking mode these days, a loota my friends have joined in the same :Pand of late the "Adda" has become a mini parliament where tempers run high on the current Nuke deal, as everybody stands firm on their position and are out to refute the other :P . These arguments lasts for hours and tea saves the day 'a welcome break', plus a lotta illegal activities are being carried out on the "Adda" :P , its so much fun :P

Next week seems to be crucial, got a few things important coming up.
And have to think of a good excuse when my name features in the defaulters list for the second time :P

Listened to the radio today after almost 2 years, My ipod has packed up :( ,same old boring crap, all the channels playing the same set of songs, I wish there was a channel playing Metallica all day :D
These Radio Channels really need to get a life !!!

Some of my friends got their dream jobs, gives me hope that one day its gonna be my turn too.

I feel like throwing my Cell phone in a bucket of water 'yes, I hate cell phones', you're connected to people always :X,
I never pick up calls and get blasted later for doing so :X and the anxiety of expecting a call kills me :X

P.S - I am cumulating all the facts over the N-deal, will be putting forward the stands of both the sides soon.

1-2-3 Agreement

Read the actual text of the agreement here.

The country stands divided on it,
so does the parliament.

Lately Iv heard the arguments from both the sides,
both have given logical and concrete reasons for their stand,
both have interpreted or misinterpreted the nuke deal
both have viewed it under different lights

I stand divided on it.

So tell me what do you make of it,
Do you view it as U.S encroachment ?
or
India's gateway in becoming a super power ?

Please leave a comment or
Mail me at
aditigupta02@gmail.com

Thanks a ton.

P.S - I am talking about the Indo-U.S Nuclear deal,
if you haven't read the news papers lately,
then Google it :P

Shawshank Redemption

Some movies come once in a Lifetime, ageless and timeless are two understated words used to describe it. A master piece crafted with utmost perfection.

Having seen Shawshank Redemption, I wonder if I'd ever like any other movie :P
It has truly spoilt me went it comes to setting standards. :P
Entering my list of '5 Must-Must Watch movies'

My favorite scene is the one in which music plays through out the prison and Morgan Freeman quotes 'It appears as if the walls are dissolving', siting the power of music plus the last scene blew your mind away.
That imagery would stay with me for a long time to come.

Morgan Freeman's narration is excellent and he can add one more fan to his list :D

" Hope is a good thing, a good thing never dies"


Words are not enough to describe the movie,ul have to watch it,yourself to know more.
P.S - I hope I don't get stabbed for this :P :P