Monday, December 11, 2006

Utopia

In my perfect world:
• Clothes would wash and dry themselves
• The rupee would be the most powerful currency
• The University of Idaho would be relocated to somewhere near Delhi
• There would be no snow on the sidewalks
• Delhi roads would be safe for women no matter what time of the day
• There would be no bananas
• Child molesters would get the death penalty
• Chocolates, icecreams, Bloody Mary, rum and coke will be healthy food
• I would have a movie theater sized screen in my house
• My brother and I would always be able to do our Sunday morning ritual
• Orkut would automatically ban people wanting “to do friendship” with me
• Everyone would brush their teeth twice at least
• Mandira Bedi would wear blouses
• Daniel Craig would be my next door neighbor
• Amitabh Bachhan would not have done that role in Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna
Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna would not have been made
• International phone calls would be cheap
• I would win the Pulitzer, Booker, and the Nobel
• Everyone will be in the same time zone all over the world
• There would be a plum job waiting for me in one of the premier publishing houses in
Delhi the moment I return
• Emran Hashmi would keep his mouth shut
• Tweaking eyebrows would be the most painless act ever
• Bon Jovi’s Its My Life would be the national anthem
• My current favorite tracks – Dor’s Yeh Honsla and Salam E Ishq’s Dil Kya Kare would play themselves again and again
• Ipods would grow on trees
• There would be samosa/kachori/papri chaat/dahi bhalla/jalebi/gajar ka halwa/kulhar
wali chai ki dukan/Murthal’s parathas in accessible corners of all cities of the
world
• I would be able to just close my eyes and do my favorite road trip, from Delhi to
Chandigarh, as often as possible
• People would be imprisoned if they didn’t keep their word
• Traveling across the world would be the easiest thing to plan
• You would get money if found wearing the color red
• The people I love would never misunderstand me
• The people who care about me would put up with my temper all the time
• Fidelity and honesty would be the most aspired and sought after virtues
• I would never have to give up a friend

24 comments:

~ Deeps ~ said...

i always thot icecreams, chocs and rum are healthy food :D

btw "dil kya kare" is a good song....

mayuri said...

amen :)

Anonymous said...

I do wear red.:P

Pulitzer bhi, Booker bhi aur Nobel bhi? Yaar agar wahan ek parameter community or circle hua to phir hum mein se to kisi ko kuch nahi milega. Booker or Pulitzer rakh lo but Nobel to chhod do.

Anonymous said...

Perfect listing :)

these things can make anyones wrld perfect :)

"ye hosla" is a fantastic song n theme for my next painting :D

Anonymous said...

• Ipods would grow on trees
HOW I WISH! Boo hooo hooooo


No bananas? Eh? :O

And who cares if chocolates and icecreams aren't healthy? Who wants to stay healthy man..! :P

Death to Emran Hashmis and Reshamhmmiyeas (or however he spells it) of the world.

Anonymous said...

Certain ideas about ur perfect world
are similar to mine :)

the funniest- "Mandira Bedi would wear blouses"

the modest one-"There would be a plum job waiting for me in one
of the premier publishing houses in
Delhi the moment I return"...of course there would be one!

nostalgic-"Murthal’s parathas in accessible corners of all cities of
the world"..actually reminds me of one of the MOCKERY
SESSIONS we used to have in RLA..Arito can give u the details!

the patriotic one-"The rupee would be the most powerful
currency"..heehee!!

and lastly...your current state of mind.."Fidelity and honesty would
be the most aspired and sought after virtues"...Hmmmmmm..

so the bottom line would be-ENJOYED "EUTOPIA" THOROUGHLY!

Anonymous said...

1. You already have a "big screen" in your house!
2. In your perfect world I'm fairly certain we would all be in jail for not keeping our word. A hypothetical example: saying that we will hang out on wednesday night and not calling someone when that day comes to hang out :)!!!

Ash said...

"Bon Jovi’s Its My Life would be the national anthem"

Completely dig this one :-)

bharti said...

Oh is soo wish chocolates wud be healthy...
And...only if clothes cud wash and dry themselves...sigh!!

आरती said...

Perfect Post... :D

As usual ! :)

Anonymous said...

hey!! what's this sacred sunday morning ritual??? :-D

Nice list btw...

AB definitely should not have done Sexy Sam (what kinda name is that anywayyy????) - but then - who else could have done it???? (i guess the question should have been - should it have been done at all??? should KANK have been made at all????????????? :-O hmmmmm perhaps and ONLY because of Mitwaa... that's it!!)

So agree on the punishment for child molesters... what they do is essentially worse than murder... i found out about an incident which happened to someone very close to me and i am sure that that person's life would have been a lot better if it hadnt been for some pervert... :-(

i like bananas... the yellow martaman ones... hmmmm (i didnt before but nowadays i do... like popeye says "well i'll be a monkey's uncle")

same time zonation of the world is essential!!! lets propose it to the UN!!!! :-)

tweaking eyebrows AND any form of depilation (for the want of a better word!!) OUCH!

Wearing Red and Blue and sometimes Black... please!! And Green too...!!

And pizza should be essential for losing weight!!

and AMEN to the last two...

Anonymous said...

PS - they're planning some kinda laminated clothes in future - not laminated per se but like "ENHANCED" with nanotechnology (and other garbled text :-P) - which would enable the clothes to be self cleaning!! like the cloth will probably be so fine that dust would get to even stick to it - in essense - ensuring a PRISTINE you all the time!!
(book yr suit in red today!!!)

Anonymous said...

PPS = typo
dust would "not" stick (DUH!!)

Samba said...

In an idea world, I you and the rest of your readers would be unborn.

Butterfly said...

Murthal parathas are great!
And I too wish that the University of Idaho would be relocated somewhere near Delhi.

Anonymous said...

Ahem....

What to say....simply magnificent. And the last line....still have Bon Jovi playing in the background do we?

and btw...whats with the no bananas?

Lovely post...and...I would never have to give up a friend....I wish so too!!!

Anonymous said...

Cute :) And I would start wearing RED :D

Anonymous said...

and the only way to travel would be using flu powder.. be wherever you want whenever you want!! :)

Dan... it is a big screen TV!!

Unknown said...

@ D
That's precisely why I love you so much.

@ Mayuri
Righto.

@ Richa
Oh my god, are you telling me, the repository of all talent, that I wont win all these three prizes? I am shocked, hurt, and traumatised.

@ Chitrangada
Will be on the lookout for your next painting.

@ Rohit
Yes, absolutely NO bananas.

@ Komal
Loved the bottomline. :D

@ Dan
1. Lol
2. I thought you were just supposed to drop in and bake the baby. You are the one who seemed to have forgotten.

@ Ash
:) Thanks.

@ Bharti
Totally. Please pray for these to happen.

@ Aarti
:) Thanks.

Unknown said...

@ Keka
It's a secret and sinful Sunday ritual. CANNOT share.
Yes, Mitwa is the only worthwhile thing in that horrendous movie.
No, red it is. Either wear red or pay a fine, that's it.
Can you please buy me some of those self cleaning clothes? Please?

@ Samba
Huh???

@ Butterfly
Thank you sweetheart.

@ Kanu
I hate that fruit. HATE IT.

@ Reeta Skeeter
Cool. Join the gang.

@ M
I agree. Ours IS a big screen tv.

Anonymous said...

Okay, okay, STOP talking about big screens TVs. =/

Anonymous said...

definitely!! [:D] i need some too! nowadays whatever i wear seems to become greyish and full of dog hair within seconds!! [:O]

Anonymous said...

I'd loooove to b in this world!!!
:(

Btw check on - Maula mere Maula from Anwar Im sure u'll like this one too as we have similar taste it seems.

Iram

Unknown said...

@ Rohit
:D

@ Keka
Jai Blair!

@ Iram
Ok...done. You will be invited to this world. And I heard that song. Thanks for the recommendation, I did enjoy listening to it.