T H E D A R K B L O G

Name is Aman Chandra. Pseudologia Fantasia

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my dream job

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hello urban yuppie wannabe.

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About 2018, what are the surprises that you have uncovered this year, the things that you never thought would be happening to you, the people that you never thought you would be talking to?

Oh a lot. A lot of things happened to me this year, starting from literally the first day of the year. Although they are more personal, their impact can be felt in my decisions and consequences.As for people, I went for that film course. Met new people and made new friends, got my aspirations solidified. That was unpredictable as I took the decision to join this course just the day before the last day of form submission. And that's about it.And excuse me for answering so late, as whoever you are, you asked it during late April and I'm answering in October. So, apologies for that.

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And that's about the time she walked away from me

Nobody likes you when you're 23.

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Lozenges Of Himachal

Last May I did a trip to Shimla and neighboring hill station. There is a thing about hill stations. The sun shines like a movie scene there. I noticed this in Mussorie also. Whenever there is sun, the everything illuminates like a charm. And since you are thousands of meters above the sea level, the sun is never over your head, it is always at an angle of 15-20 degrees from the eye level. And believe me, cinematographically speaking, this creates really beautiful images. You can take a photo anywhere, at any angle. It just will be beautiful.

So I decided that I will film the trip with my camera. We took train to Kalka in Punjab, then took another train, which was actually the iconic toy train, to Shimla. I filmed the journey. We passed through a number of tunnels. I was actually sitting on that side of the which was not facing the valley. But I decided I will try to make a good shot out of this position only. And that’s how I got that mirror-like reflection shot.

I was in motion during most of the journey. We visited Narkunda, Jhakri, Rampur and then headed to Chandigarh, all via road. We visited India’s biggest Hydro Power Station in Jhakri on the river Satluj. So, because I was in car most of the time, all the footage I got were in motion as well as shaky. Anyways, I compiled them with Radiohead’s music on it. And since there isn’t any iconic place that I show in the video, I named it “Lozenges of Himachal” as it just is a small dose of what is out there in Himachal Pradesh.

 Here it is, watch the video, do tell me what you thought of it. And the best thing you could do to help me is share it.

Lozenges Of Himachal // A Journey Through the Hills from Aman Chandra on Vimeo.

Thanks.

[amanchandra]

7 Years A Fanboy (and counting…)

It was almost 7 years ago, when I was in class 9, when my great friend Chiku’s elder brother gave him a folder named “English”. Stacked in there were almost 25 music videos. Among them was one named “Linkin Park – Numb”. Chiku made me listen to it. He liked it too. But unlike him, I took it to the heart.

The Era of LINKIN PARK I listened to other hits like Faint, From The Inside, One Step Closer, In The End etc. Just remember that back then, internet was not flourished that much. So, I didn’t have the albums. But eventually, I got the two of the albums, “Hybrid Theory” and “Minutes To Midnight” from a very random guy. He was actually a neighbor of my school friend Abhash. And I was already there. I realized that following a band was the cool thing. I got all the albums, listened to them day and night. Liked their facebook page with my new account. Back then, Linkin Park had this live chat room thing on their website, where you can actually chat with fans throughout the world. Made friends there. Soon I was present on every major LP fan site or page. It was so much fun. Then I stumbled upon this Indian site called Linkin Park India Unlimited, whose mission was to make LP live show in India possible, for which they are still trying but I don’t know why LP doesn’t come to India. Then I was approached by this guy who also wanted to make similar page and I became admin of this page called Linkin Park Underground India. I created some original content but I wasn’t much regular because I didn’t have an internet connection at home, just my Nokia X2-01 with BSNL network. And facebook didn’t have much facilitation for page management in those days. So, eventually, I was removed from there.

Anyways, my very early practice of Photoshop was on Mike and Chester. I made a logo too combining Linkin Park logo and Indian colors.

And the logo

So much for amateur work! Haha

Soon, I became famous among peer kids as the Linkin Park guy. Random kid would sit next to me in bus and say, “ yaar tum Linkin Park ka gaana bahut sunte ho na”. Eventually, I ended up receiving this title on our farewell

The title I got on my farewell. #MyFarewellTitle #Farewell pic.twitter.com/m1tNrOeF

But by this time, something else had come into my life. The frequency of LP songs decreased from my players. I started to find them too ‘POP’, especially after the album “Living Things” and singles like “A Light That Never Comes”, “Darker Than Blood” and the album “The Hunting Party” gave it away later.

The Era Of Tom Delonge Ayush Srivastava, a fellow Linkin Park fan from school once gave me an album, while giving me LP’s Road To Revolution live show, titled LOVE and it was by a band called Angels & Airwaves. It was the most atmospheric sound I’d heard. Those U2-esque guitar riffs changed the game for me. Those stretched spacey vocals of Tom. I felt like this was the next thing! And it turned out Angels & Airwaves(also stylized as AVA) was not very famous around me. So I felt like a cult. It was an amazing feeling to talk to people about a band they’ve not heard. And you recommend them a song and it turned out they liked them. This was not the case with Linkin Park, everyone had heard them already. I downloaded all the albums. Found them really really exciting. “I Empire” and “LOVE” became my all time favourite album(still are).

I was actually one of those few people who came to know about blink-182 after knowing AVA and for whom blink was the secondary sound. For me, really what Tom Delonge was doing with AVA was way better than blink. I got all the discography of blink. I found them fun too.

So, I was a Tom Delonge fan. I shared Tom Delonge-AVA-blink stuff all the time. I bought imported copy of LOVE Deluxe Edition. I felt so unique on my own.

I wanted more people to know about AVA, and to be honest, there was no AVA fan page for India on fb. So made this page and created contents, logos, arts all on my own, with nobody liking or sharing it. I don’t know if anyone even saw that.

It was actually LINKIN PARK font that I used for writing INDIA 

Until I figured a new and original logo for it. I really worked hard on this

This was another logo that I made but never aired it.

This page is abandoned now. I never post updates but don’t want to delete. I’m actually looking for a dedicated AVA fan to hand over the ownership.

Seriously, listen to this and tell me why it’s not famous

 It was until my first year of college that I seamlessly listened to Angels & Airwaves and Tom Delonge. But then events occurred in my life that changed me. I was not really following any band, just listening music. I had entered into the realm of indie music, came across hundreds of great new artists. Each day I would discover some new sound. The whole soundscape was changing.

The Era Of RADIOHEAD ? I had read somewhere that Christopher Nolan is a Radiohead fan. I had checked them with Paranoid Android during my Linkin Park days, but I couldn’t understand it. Couldn’t understand the lyrics, the music, nothing. I disliked it. It was during my first year that I revisited Radiohead, downloading the album “OK Computer”. I listened to it. I was blown. It was greatest of the greatest. Got all the albums. Listened to them, adored them. I realized what I was doing. I was going down the same path again, but it was different. It was the mature thing now. I listened to them and didn’t force anyone to listen to them unnecessarily, like a fan. I did not make any facebook page. I have not yet bought any physical copy of any of their album, but I will some day. I like to discover facts about them. I like how radiohead design the mystery around each album. I am a Radiohead fan but it’s not the only music I listen to or not the only thing in my mind.

 A Fan of Everyone

I recently shared this image and my friends commented with, Radiohead, Linkin Park, AVA, Barcelona, Breaking Bad, Donnie Darko, How I Met Your Mother and even our magazine UDAAN. I wonder would it be the same if I had shared it back in 2011 or 2012.

It’s just not that childlish obsession over a group of people anymore. I am now a fan of so many artists, namely, Sigur Ros, M83, Coldplay, Hans Zimmer, Arcade Fire, Kasabian, Belle and Sebastian, TessaracT, Beck, Amiina, Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson, The Beatles,…Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorcese, Richard Linklater, Charlie Kaufman, Denis Villeneuve, Banksy, Batman, Spider-man, Donnie Darko, The Man From Earth, Nerdwriter, Zakir Khan, Berlin Artparasites . . . and counting. The list goes on.

For art is now more important than the artist.

I think this whole journey from a Linkin Park fan to now has a lot to do what I am right now, how I take things. I have evovled as my music taste has, so has my personality.

And each day spent as a fanboy, arguing other fanboys on internet has grown me. Being a fan improved my photoshop skills. Following Tom Delonge was such a personal experience, for Tom is a demented personality himself. He doesn’t know what to do and how to do. He bangs false drums, believes in UFOs and shits. Being a Delonge fan was really a self discovery for me. And with Radiohead, I learnt to say, “fuck off, I don’t care if you don’t like what I’m doing” to the haters. Thom Yorke is an ultimate inspiration of how you can have this super artistic pop-free image of yours and be popular and nonetheless be praised by critics. Being a Radiohead fan is really about you should do what you want to do.

And what I want to do is to experience and explore art, pure and unbiased. This is what I’m doing.

[amanchandra]

Sing a song of sixpence that goes Burn the Witch We know where you live

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WHAT UDAAN IS FOR ME

STORY OF THE LAPTOP

I remember there was some robotics event/workshop/competition(don’t remember) going to held in IIT Bombay. Campus Ambassadors had announced that in the first year, in August, my first month in college. It was the first non-academic thing to us first years. Although, I was not interested in it, my (new)friends Anurag, Akshay, Aditi and Tanya were. They asked me. We needed laptop for programming the robot(later, I learned that it was called Autonomous Robotics). None of us had any laptop. Few days were remaining, we decided to lend one from friend or senior.

I asked my mom casually. “Mummy ek robotics event ho raha hai college mein. Laptop chahiye uske liye. IIT Bombay ka hai”. And before even I completed the word “chahiye”, mom said “Kharid lo!”. “Sahi mein?” “Haan toh!”

See, here I cheated myself. I broke a kind of promise to myself. I (vaguely) swore to myself that I’ll stay away from computer for at least 1st yr. But still I bought it. Actually, I went with Anurag during a cancelled class of Shabanna Ma’am(our PCE[English] teacher). I told Anurag that if they have the ‘hp 15-d103tx’, I’ll buy it on spot! If they don’t, I won’t buy. Still, there is a plot point. We looked up the Google Maps, shortlisted 3 stores, in two different directions(meaning, we had to travel to place, if not successful, then get back to a square and then head in the other direction). And we didn’t find that model in any of the 3 stores. I said to Anurag, “Ek aur dukaan hai. Railway station se aate samay, Purana Bus Stand se pehle, ek dukaan hai. Mujhe yaad hai. HP likha hua tha”. We had to attend the remaining classes. He said “Chal!”. We went there. It was a HP World. They had that model. I asked my mom one last time. I bought it. Got back to my room(fun fact : I didn’t get hostel since first year, so we had to go the room to keep it, taking a little more time). We came a little late, but got the attendace.

The coming of this laptop changed everything. There are a lot of things associated with this laptop.

 SEASON 5 AUDITIONS TO SELECTION

I saw the banner in the UTD. It said “UDAAN Season 5 Auditions” and somewhere in subtext “Adobe Photoshop”. They had workshops first. I called the contact number. It was R. Samyuktha(senior). She answered all my queries. I attended all the workshops. Met Arpit Goyal and Mahesh Nathwani(both seniors). Figured that I met Arpit Sir before, on Quora. I showed them some(the only 2-3) of my past works.

Auditions went. I still have submission PSDs of that day. 3-4 days later, results came, I got selected in the Technical Board of UDAAN Season 5. We had a blast season! I made a friends who were not B.Tech. My photoshop skills improved significantly. I experienced a great change, from the guy who stayed at home mostly to a guy who is out most of the times(I think some of the credits goes to the fact that I lived alone, not in hostel). When I was in school, I thought the guys who managed all those functions or activities will be so hard to catch up to, for me. Now, I was one of those guys.

 DEEPER THOUGHT

Alongside all this, I was having a hint of something. That…this is not just a magazine. Yeah, there were careless people in the team. But there were people who liked being part of UDAAN activities…for whom the best part of the day was the UDAAN meeting. I was one of them. I eagerly waited for the SMS of Pankaj sir(coordinator of Season 5). Working in coordination with 50 other people is not just everyday thing. Was such an experience to work under Manish-Pankaj[both coordinators] duo! We even incepted an unofficial division within the team named “Khutaaloo”(coined by Hitesh).

All those 50(+) students, of different departments, studying in different semester, were working hard for nothing in return. We didn’t get any kind of pay. We did get a certificate, but that’s just a memorabilia. We left our classes to attend the meetings. And you know, attendance is a compulsory thing in academics, for appearing in the End Semester. Some departments even had marks for attendances. And we didn’t even get that! Not even attendance compensation.(I think Nikhil always faces that problem) Being Technical Board members, we worked even more. We literally worked on photoshop for a whole day, literally! Yes, whole day, 9 to 9.

“All those students worked their asses off for nothing!”

“Nothing?”

“Well…No, not nothing.”

If you talk of immediate profit, they got nothing but a recognition across the university and a few events/functions to be associated. And this is the cliché thing that UDAAN haters say. What we get is that we develop a skill, a skill to interact with different kind of people…a skill to work under deadlines, managing our studies without any objective pay off, except self-satisfaction. A skill to get the best out of anything. See, here I’m pointing directly at my university. The administration(including most of the working people) of Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya is as discouraging as possible. You go to the office for something, either it will not be done or you’ll have to play Office-Office. They entered wrong semester/subjects in my Students Portal. It’s their mistake. And I have to write an application and get it signed from my dean and head to Administrative block and look for the guy whom the dean forwarded the letter to. Turns out that he is not there. I arbitrarily head to IUMS room and hand the letter to the guy on the computer. And that’s how it’s done in GGV.(Fun Fact : They have facebook blocked across the University internet. The environment is so interactive and friendly, isn’t it?) Their best comes out when Equillibrio season comes in.

Although, we were (very)lucky enough to get such great and art-loving teacher coordinator Dr. Manish Srivastava, that we operated smoothly throughout the season. He always supported us in our every activity, be it making videos or printing t-shirts. And now we have Dr. Rajendra Mehta sir who is along the same lines. He allotted us a wall in our canteen for graffiti in just one asking! That proves him. And as an Overall Coordinator, I couldn’t be happier.

See, these are the kind of people who are associated with UDAAN.

 THE INFERENCE

Now, this closes down to the following statement/my personal definition of UDAAN:

“UDAAN is like the most ideal example of our national flower. Growing in a harsh environment, still being uniquely beautiful as a lotus. Surrounded by frictions and having its own flaws, it still manages to deliver and grow each year.

UDAAN is a fight to bring that students atmosphere that is common in reputed universities/institution across the country. It represents a GGV student’s struggle to build himself/herself on his/her own, to get better than himself/herself.

And deep inside, it represents a common struggle. The struggle of the willing against the unwilling. The fight of you with yourself.”

 SEASON 6 AND FUTURE

Six is driven by the very soul of Five.

Season 5 started a series of activities and trends. Season 6 aims to take it even higher, expanding wherever possible. As I said in my speech, “During S05, I was thinking that I am making the magazine, but by the end I realized that indeed the magazine was making me.” People knew me because I was in UDAAN. They call me video-maker because UDAAN gave me a chance to.

This is my chance to return. And I know, that this time too, UDAAN will shape me, change me, teach me and evolve me as a leader.

It may sound a bit too much. But, in coming 5-6 years, I see UDAAN transform into a festival, with the magazine being just a part of it. I see UDAAN as the one and only powerful uniting force in GGV. It may become the only university level festival of GGV.

  To all the present members, past members and future ones, To UDAAN

Thanks in advance.

[amanchandra]

UDAAN Logo reveal

[amanchandra]

Casual Reviews #1

There is a certain delicacy to ‘what’s happening right now’. We’ve been here for like thousands and thousands of years. Then, one man’s misery would’ve changed the entire course of history. Now, one (average) man’s misery has no effect whatsoever on the species. Although, there are certain individuals who can change it, really.

 Tame Impala’s latest studio album came out on 17 July, the same date on which Linkin Park released their (latest and) worst album to date, last year. Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) has been the master of Psychedelic Rock      in modern times. Currents is a masterpiece. Prior to its release, they dropped ‘Let It Happen’, more than 3 months before. And it will go down as their best song of all time (may I be wrong for not considering their future releases). The song is not just a song. It’s a journey, journey into the psychedelic medium. Stretching more than 7 minutes, Kevin talks about letting it go, slip from your hands, letting it happen. “It’s always around me, all this noise” “All this running around, I can’t fight it much longer”. ‘Eventually’, a song about breakup, is a combination of amazing lyrics and powerful riffs. “But I know that I’ll be happier, and I know you will too”. I think a favourite of mine would be the song, ‘The Less I Know The Better’. This song is about the joy of ignorance. Living (in) the light of false hope, that she is still there for you. There is still hope! “Oh! The less I know the better”. ‘Cause I’m A Man’ is one of the best Tame Impala’s works. Bragging the perk and responsibilities of a man. What a man has to do, go through, to get everything going nicely, contrary to present day pro-feminist scenario. “Cause I’m a man, woman!”. All other songs are as amazing and enjoyable as possible, some finding their roots to hip-hop. I’m just lazy to talk about each of them.

 Let’s talk about movies. Now, I know what I’m about to say will contradict most people’s opinion. Ohkay, here it goes. Ant-Man is the best Marvel film, after Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films and the second The Amazing Spider-Man film. I know Edgar Wright was associated with it. And you’ll say that this has led to this biased decision of mine. But Edgar was removed from the director/writer seat long ago. There is whole controversy to it. But when I watched the film, I didn’t know any of these facts. I found the film’s overall mood similar to Edgar’s films. The humour, the wit, the action and everything was very fast paced and like Wright’s works. And most importantly, the film never tried to be what it wasn’t. Ant-Man was just a superhero who could shrink and control ants. He used this perk to its fullest. He never tried to be more than that. The subject of the chase of the film was just at a personal issue level. The never tried to present a villain who had intergalactic connections with other species. The villain was just an employ of the guy who made the Ant-Man suit, wanted to use the suit for the usual, build his own evil army thing and sell this as security to organisations but never got his hands on it therefore built his own, stuff. The characters were simple self-composed. See, what I’m trying to say is that you know the Captain America is big superhero, has propaganda all over his body, Iron-Man is a big superhero, has an amazing suit. You already know what’s gonna happen. A villains gonna come and he will first struggle then find a way to eliminate him with a combination of his wisdom and power. But it’s not the case with Ant-Man. First, we don’t know much about his power. We don’t know what tricks(not powers) can he pull. Secondly, he’s so down to earth.

Definitely, a feast for the eye for me. Would have loved even more, if Edgar was allowed to write-direct it(freely).

 Let’s come to Bollywood, or better say, Indian Cinema. Two of my most favourite recent watches were, Detective Byomkesh Bakshi and…yes…Bahubali! DBB is a perfect film. I have no, whatsoever, complaint with the film. Everything is pitch perfect, at the right place, at right time and in the right amount. And Bahubali. Bahubali is an ambitious project. All those VFX hype and stuff. They are actually nice. You can see effort in every scene. As per international standards, it is appreciable. War scenes are interesting. Especially, I liked that large fuel-dipped clothe weapon. Film is highly non-feminist(Say what you want about Tamanna’s character). Character depth is there in every entity. Story is well crafted, especially, the screenplay. Overall, a gem for the Indian Cinema.

Oh, and I almost forgot, Masaan. I would not write much, but it’s a worth watch. The thing to focus on is that Masaan is a story of two souls surrounded by problems and dilemma, solely imposed by the backward society and socio-political structure of India(Indians). And it ends with the note that it can not be helped. Enough charactte detail and depth  is there.

  By the way, I’m liking this genre called Trance, particularly, the musics of Above & Beyond. Have to try another genre called Psychedelic Trance, suggested by Abhinav.

  So, Kevin Parker was having many problems, so, he created an album out of it. Ant-Man basically had his problem as his super power. And Masaan was all about problems. And I too have so many problems, with so many people, things, ideas. I hate being offended. I shouldn’t. But does that change anything. Does it have to change anything?

[amanchandra]

The Collected Poems of Anurag Mandal

He’s my friend. No, he’s not dead. He just fell in love once or twice...or I don’t know how many times. He’s not some kind of literature guy. He’s just a normal guy. Even has problem remembering spellings. (And no, he didn’t ask me to do this).

Below are some of his poems, more like mini prose, that he puts on his facebook. I liked them. I think you would too. They are very real.

“Hy world do you know, You don't let me sleep, Please let me go.... To go, to sleep till the end......”

“Can you see; Can you feel; The change in desire; Somewhere love but somewhere fire”

“Hy rain, would you please go away.... Let the sun rise....”

“See that little rainbow... Why we are pretending it as a life... For someone it's not a life...and it's not a death... It's just a illusion of pretentious life...”

“Yes; yes there you are.. Right behind that little star.. You know, today I looked up at you again and you are so clear.. You never gonna be near.. But there you are.. You are shining behind that little star.. “

“My eyes are closing.... Before the sunrise....”

Just look at the words. Don’t you see an innocence, a feeling!

I’ll keep adding to this, as he makes more status updates.

[amanchandra]

SONAR (Working Title)

“Don't worry about saving these songs! And if one of our instruments breaks It doesn't matter! We have fallen into the place, Where everything is music.” - Jalal al-Din Rumi

I think Rumi is saying that everything that is there, is a result of some things occurring at the right place at the right time...like music. Like, just see, what we are...we are the music of atoms, every atom placed at the right place at the right time to complete us...to complete the music. I mean, look around you, don't you see, listen, feel those tunes.

And that's kinda like what I blog about. And I'm kinda famous if you see. I write articles, do reviews, share world music,...etcetera etcetera. People read, comment, share, enjoy. They like everything being compared to music. And NO. I don't put ads on the blog.

And by the way, there is this new thing I'm working on. It's kinda like a documentary...on the humans as a whole. Their activities, trends and all those stuff. What I'll do is making these video clips and playing different songs on them. Like a clip of traffic jam with Joshua Radin's Winter and then again the same clip with Marilyn Manson's Slave Only Dreams To Be King. You know, just to compare them. Clips like a religious riot, people sitting in Café or a nuclear explosion. Different songs, just to enjoy different moods of the same moment and comparing them. It's a work in progress.

It may seem pretentious, or so the guy from The Stark Reality blog says. Oh, did I tell you guys about him?...he's a blogger who says that everything happening here, in this world, makes no sense at all. All things are pure random stuff. He's kinda nihilist. And of course, he contradicts whatever I say. According to him, whatever I'm doing is delusional.

We are no music, there is no music, just sounds!

And this really makes me wonder.

Well, I found him through a comment on one of my posts. And what I found on checking his profile. He has the same name as I have...same DOB as I...and lives in the same city. We exchanged a few messages, decided to have a chat. In fact, right now, I'm going to meet him only. He's a really nice guy, or so it seems.

I have to wait here for the bus. Buses are always late on Rajendra Nagar Bus Stand. Tell you guys about a short story I read recently. It's called “William Wilson” by Edgar Allan Poe from 1800s. It was about a guy meeting a person similar to himself, only differing in ideas. But, in the end, finds that the guy was creation of his own consciousness, only after killing him, that is, killing himself. I mean, it should not happen with me. I'm not scizophrenic or anything like that.

Anyways, I reached Café Coffee Day. He was already there. He was wearing a shirt that I also owned. Maybe he got that from the same Big Bazaar.

But he looked different.

“Hi! Adarsh.”

“Hi! Adarsh.”

And he said, “I'm relieved you don't look like me. Because if it was so, then it would all mean something. Then, all my beliefs would be in question.”

Both laughed.

“It still means something.”

“No. It doesn't. You're just finding patterns where there are none. It's human tendency to find familiar things,...to find a face on Moon or Mars...like what you're doing. Like religion.”

“On religion thing, I agree with you. That's another thing. But there is something, you know, some meaning. People inventing stuff, exploring new possibilities, building skyscrapers,....progressing.”

“killing, murdering, rioting, ruling, controlling, selling nature etcetera etcetera.”

We both paused for like a second or so. He was smiling.

“Look, I feared this, when I came here...that I will not be having answers for you. And that happened.

I think I agree with you. I always had. Deep down, I've always questioned myself. I am pretentious.”

Now, what happened next will blow your mind, because it really did mine. I mean, actually. The guy with the orange T-shirt sitting next to our table got up with his bag and announced, “Ladies & Gentlemen.” And he pressed something in his hand.

Boom.

I think Adarsh was right.

This is a story I’m working on. Planning to make a short on this. Would love to hear from you guys.

[amanchandra]

'sup! guess whooo. u have a very creepy blog, bro, no offense. also, plz watch the lana steele video i sent u on whatsapp.

Thanks. And no.

[amanchandra]

#MGR #MetalGear #Revengeance Titling #Sketch #Art

[amanchandra]

Visit Original Link

This was a part of my first playlist "swimming in this dense...”. I removed it as I thought it was a little out of the place and theme for the playlist.

It was titled "Changing Times" with it being a sudden transition from Bono's version to the original John Lennon version. The editing part is of minimal effort.

[amanchandra]

Another Plethora

There was this animal, in the lead role, walking down the valley. He was happy. Down he saw another animal, looking for something. He went closer to him. First, he observed his behaviour. It was non-violent. He got scared. He sensed the danger. Because a non-violent entity has more going on in head than the violent one. Still he approached him. Asked, “Are you an athiest?” “No. No. I'm an Agnostic.” “Oh, then god must not be the thing you're looking for.” “Yeah. Actually, I'm looking for.....Ok I'm looking for god.” He said that he did not liked the idea of not being able to understand god or god existence. So, he wanted to lean on either side, thiest or athiest.

The lead animal said, “Have you found love?” He replied, “No. What has got to do with finding god?” “Everything.” “Dude, you're talking the same old shit now. God is a different thing and Love is a different thing. God is an estimation that there is something above us that is, if not controlling, then at least looking at us. While love is...uhgh...hypothesis that the humans mistake with desire to have sex with one particular partner.” “Dude, it's more than that. It's the reason we live. To love someone and to be loved by someone. And, it's sex-independent, for example, the love of mother-child.”

Both animals kept on arguing. A bigger predator animal attacked both of them. Killed and ate them quickly.

“Thank God, for making bitches like these two, who argue over you all the time. I 'love' the way they taste, so thoughtful!”

[amanchandra]

A NEW STORY

Let me tell you a story. A new story. Story of a young guy who wanted to make something that had never been built before. He wanted to build a bicycle which could disobey the perpetual motion machine law. And to accomplish this, he set out on a journey to Alaska.

After spending 15 years of his long and boring worthless life, he came to a conclusion that aliens have set out a camp in remote interiors of Alaska. He knew if he informed the government about this, they would do the obvious. The government would declare him mad and later try to imprison those aliens for research but eventually it will end up as government being replaced by those aliens in disguise.

So, to avoid the obvious, he chose a different path, a road less travelled. He went back to his home, which was in Patna, Bihar, India. He started working on a script. A script that involved a different universe. There, he made another planet called Zearth with species called Eumons. There, he established all the grounds of religious, political, social, economical and corporate instabilities. Sensing an opportunity to make comments on all these instabilities, he made his mind up to write a sequel later, if this ends up as a box-office hit. So, on this Earth analogous planet in this analogous universe with analogous species, he wrote his own character on a journey to an icy part of that planet for finding the love of his life. There, he writes that after spending 16 years of his useful and special and exciting life, he found out that the region is flooded with beautiful girls, all interested in watching french, spanish, iranian and all other artistic (pretentious) films along with listening to foreign artists and especially Yokelantic band Rigus Sor. He instantly falls in love with all of them. He decides to greet one of them. But finding it hard to start the conversation. So, he waits till the birthday of one and makes a playlist of his favorite music along with different titles using the software Mp3tag as Aman Chandra did in 2014.

Her birthday came, and again the usual happened. She liked the music but she can’t be with him as she was already with another ‘cool’ guy. He became upset, disheartened but still optimistic as there were a whole pool of girls like her in that regions. Years passed by, he tried on every girl there, only to reach the same conclusion that she liked the playlist but she was with another guy. He even confessed that he wanted not only to date her but also to marry her(which was true, btw). Nothing worked. By this time, he had made 487 playlists of international music with excerpts from different films and also, hindi songs.

Intrigued by the fact that every of these girls were having a boyfriend. He asked one of them about the whereabouts of her boyfriend. She told that all of the girls’ boyfriends lived on another planet. Now, he had another mission. He had to know how these people look like to have this awesome girlfriends.

So, he set out on another mission to research on these 'boyfriends’. And he released all those 487 playlists through the internet and called them “A New Story”. He went on his journey. Years passed, he never returned. His playlists were declared legendary and him a legend.

The End, for the script.

So, upon asking the question that “How does this script represent what you wanted, i.e. to portray as an alien-government(or vice-versa) conspiracy?”the guy answered, “You just have to replace me, in the script, with the government and those guys, with the aliens and leave the girls as it is.”

It will all make sense.

"What the fuck did I just write!?!!" - Aman Chandra