I was Science Talent Student with Govt Science College,Jabalpur.I attended my first Summer School at Deptt of Physics,P U Chandigarh (May 1971).My Project Partner was Miss MMM.Dogra Pankaj Verma from Ludhiana was also member of that Summer School.Head of the Physics Deptt was Dr Harnam Singh Hans who was around that time was being gifted CYCLOTRON from Harward or so.He appealed to all Science Talent students across the country attending Summer Programme there to join his Deptt at P U.And the lure of the lady and AAS(Always At my-her Service)friend Pankaj plus Cyclotron sufficiently accelerated this particle called Dogra G P Namdeo to reach to this conclusion that if ther is any Institute worth persuing ur pure Noble Prize instinct in "Neutron Diffusion"(1974 or so Noble in Physics on this very topic went to one Abdul Hamid something from Pakistan alongwith one American).
No sooner i returned from Chandigarh i declared my intentions to my parents & College/Jabalpur University Professors that i will leave for Deptt of Physics P U Chandigarh.I also received a letter from there as late as third week of July that still one seat is vacant for u.Ivisited the V C of Jabalpur University that my Ist yr result should be immediately sent to P U Chandigarh(Jabalpur University Exams & results were notoriously very late those days because of year long Students' strikes-for any thing to everything- we used to enter into indefinite strike).V C advised me against joining P U that lot of regional bias will be there and i won't get due credit-justice,whereas here at my own Jabalpur Universe My Gold-Medal in B Sc as well as in M Sc were guranteed.
To which i said bullshit ur university is closed for the whole year and the opportunity for Scientific pursuit wan NIL.In my hearts to heart my only pursuit at that time was MMMM.
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That is an interesting story and how Prof hans got you into Panjab university and literally put you in to the Cyclotron and instead of becoming a Physicist he made you a Dhobi ka______na Ghar ka na ghat ka????
This part is short and understandable--What happened after 1974??not your resume but your short story--your disillusionment with Physics/life and where all it took you ??
Remember we organized a seminar Victimization of students in Hons. School courses like Physics Dept. of Punjab University.All that internal marking stuff and code of conduct of Examination that it will be decision of Board of control of p u examination to put a particular student in a particular Div. depending upon his regularity and behavior.I was irregular and ill- behaved like a true Dogra hence perhaps got awarded 2nd Div putting an end to my physics career.
I couldn't show my face to the world was literally put inside Cyclotron,didn't return to my parents at Jabalpur.Left for Shimla where i started managing one fotnightly mag.Later came to Delhi and joined a local Delhi co and then one Kolkata company as Medical Representative.In Delhi for days together i could barely manage two meals.I used to walk down Delhi Roads for nights after nights thinking and thinking about how to conduct my life.Remember Gurucharan Singh and Dogra Joginder Singh were my room partners.Gurucharan used to cook most delicious Rajmah-Chawal which many a times i used to finish without leaving a morsel for them. Shall continue ......
Please visit Dogra club on blogger and it is a really very lively site with pin up girls and jokes etc.Also your final year Msc photo as well as captain dogra's photo---
Are you stll shy of your small bird????
Do not worry all of us are in the same boat---
So feel young my dear OLD MAN and have fun!!!!
Long live Dogras!!!!
Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!
It was interesting to read GP's autobiography. To think that he gave up his sure-shot Gold medal in Jabalpur and undertook a perilous journey to compete with mighty Dogras, that too on their home turf of PU Chandigarh, speaks well of his devotion for his lady-love MMM. I do not think there is an equal example in the annals of lovers. Closest to compete may be Mahiwal who gave up his father sahib's gold to be near Sohni. GP also gave up his Father's Gold Medal for this cause (it looked like his Bapp ka maal as Jabalpur VC had assured him of Gold medals throughout his career).
It is a different matter that he was unsuccessful in his pursuit of love object losing to a rickshaw-wale. Later he even tried his luck hard with JG, but there too he failed. On top he also lost to mighty Dogras and, forget gold medal, got not even an iron cross and as a second-division clerk had to hide his face in Shimla, Delhi etc. As they say, if you can't beat them join them, so GP finally decided to become a Dogra himself.
Hats off to GP's reckless courage. In fact I will say, even Socks off for GP (of course not Amli Kohli's stinking Socks). In fact all clothes off for GP and let little birdies out to get some fresh air.
Jai D(Dogra)GP ji ki!
Ashok
Captain put it properly to say Dhobi ka DOG...ra na Ghar ka na ghat ka.
I will add: only of VADOgRA Ka.
ps. In railway time tables they misspell it as VADOdaRA, having replaced g with da, Oh Gad...
Dear Ashok Dogra--you are unbelievable aur aise bhigo bhigo ke maarte ho ki aglaa aadmi paani paani ho jai---
Infact I am glad to learn that MMM had so much of following--I thought only rickshawalas were chasing but imagine a scince talent scholar and so passionate???
It will be nice to get together and meet everyone to see as to how they react??
Infact people celebrate 40th year of their association which falls due in 2010 after 1970--and if we can all get together after 40 years it will be really nice to see what all has happenned to the dogras and non dogras and also how the next generation is shaping up.
We could have a good cultural evening also--some of the items are already prepared--
1)RKJindal--Dogra sahib--
2)Prem chand--Poem--
3)Kamal dhawan--Song-kele--
4)Dance-GPNamdeo--cabret-
5)Skit--Pahwa vs jahan singh
6)SPKapoor--Cooling the oceans-
7)Dr Singal--Dogras and universe.
8)Sushil kumar--single shot process
9)Vinod Kumar--On the Moon--
10)RCVerma--Jan sangh and dehradoon
After that we could have a dinner and then song and dance by Dogras!!!!
Imagine how interesting that evening will be when you see all old grey haired dogras celebrating their 40 th year!!!!
I can visualize and feel so happy about it--
Long live dogras!!!!!
Hurray!!!!!!
PS--Tere ghar mein aa kar marenge!!!
GP had real guts to come to CHD following MMM--he never told anybody-or there were enough of villains in the race to drink his blood--Thank God he never revealed it all along--
In PU Campus you get gold medal if you can sing and cram like kamal dhawan--which he could never do and that is why kamal remain a gold medalist throughout--and also a top class singer!!!he should have been given a medal for his chitri wale kele song but Physics deptt never honoured creativity--or vinod kumar would have shown moon to everybody--
Baroda ka kutta na chandigarh ka na jabalpur ka--aur na hi dehradoon ka!!!
So, it has been Love's labour lost--
But that is why GP needs to focus more on Dogra club and that would catapult him to different heights which Prof.hans could not give him--
He should as well get rid of his bird at this age and stage when he is already retired and is 57 years old--infact he can get a good price if he puts it on auction on E-Bay etc--or on Alibaba.com--People will jump at it--he can become a millionaire overnight!!!!
He needs to be motivated and encouraged in this particular direction---
Long live Dogras!!!!!
Hurray!!!!!
Tumhare ghar mein aa key maarenge!!!!
So,let us begin the process--since GP is very slow in this respect--
A FUNNY LITTLE BIRD BELONGING TO A DOGRA PHYSICIST ON SALE---ONLY WOMEN CAN APPLY----
No MEN PLEASE--if there are no women takers then it will be open for sale for men---
If there are no men even then it will be open for Eunuchs----
If no Eunuchs also find it of no use then it will be given to Charitable institutions--NGO,s--
So,Let us begin with women and see what is the response--or else we shall release it for men--
Let us hope there are some takers and we do not have to give it for free in charity!!!!!
Time is a great healer--so,let us wait and keep a very close watch!!!!
Dr Asok Singal will find out in ahmedabad and baroda and rajesh anand will enquire in Pune--Pankaj Verma can scan the entire Hyderabad or even SBI can buy it for a million Dollar itself----
RKJindal is too busy in delhi and may not have time for this--
Gurgaon is busy with dengue fever and there may not be many takers--
The best bet is pankaj and SBI--
Let us bid for a million USD--
Dhum!!!dhum!!!!!Dhum!!!!!
Hurray!!!!!!
Long live Dogras!!!!
Saga of GP, JG and SG:
I have been mulling over why did GP not succeed even with JG. Then I recalled that there was another mighty Dogra, the future IT Commisioner, SG, who was also wooing JG at that time. SG had the added advantage that JG and SG both hailed from the Gupta dynasty and SG knew all the Gupta (secret!) ways of courtship (this knowledge he later compiled as GuptaGyan under a pseudo name and has been using his position to avoid paying 30% tax on the royalties from the sale of the book to minors). GP absolutely had no chance there. But he did spread rumours about the character of SG to create rift between SG and JG.
As a result even SG lost in this race. I vividly remember a cool dusky winter evening when GP invited JG for a cup of coffee in the newly opened Student Centre in the PU campus. Captain Dogra was there to accompany as was I. GP tried to impress upon JG to come out from under the shadow of SG, whom he described as a highly shady character, and tried to flirt with her in our presence itself. But to no avail. Of course I was the ultimate loser as I had to pay for the coffee. Captain and GP were always for the Moha but were beyond the Maya. They did not
believe in paying any money whatsoever even during a courtship (It is a well chronicled fact that Captain usually made the maids to pay for their evening together, including the night room charges for the hotel).
JG was the guest of honour, so it was I who was left to foot the bill. However GP's cool manners did not cut much ice with JG, perhaps due to the reason that coffee, which as I have stressed already I paid for, was rather hot. As a result in the heat of the moment She refused to flirt with GP.
But viley GP did not stop there and stooped to even lower levels, in fact he went to the Nadir. Even Nadirshaw would have been more magnanimous. He bribed hostel mess servants to find out that SG had a weakness of being fond of the Illustrated Weekly, freely available in the Mens common room adjoining the mess. Its editor, a certain Mr. Singh, known as Serdie Khushwanta, used to illustrate the Weekly with a nude girlie picture in its every issue. GP spread rumours about SG's fondness for fondling in his weak moments weekly buxom Girls. This was the last straw that broke Camel's back. SG tried to amend matters by presenting a spotless character so much so that he will not look at even fully clad girls' pictures in the Weekly or for that matter even in a monthly tiny-tot's (little birdies!) magazine, called Rasvanti. But the mischief had been done. JG showed a red flag to SG, and who in disgust got in touch with the Rasvanti Prakashan to let out the Gupta's well-guarded secrets as GuptaGyan, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the future generations of India. In fact without the GuptaGyan there would have no future generations.
But he has not forgiven GP for that and is still on a look out for him. From the travellers sailing along the Narmada from the orient, we gather that he is still lying in wait in Jabalpur's Narmada Ravines for the last quarter century as a ruthless leader of desperados, known as IT sleuths, where he is looking for GP's return(s) and collect his just dues from him. Knowing this, GP has abandoned Jabalpur altogether and has been hiding his shameful face in Simla, Delhi, Kolkatta and now in Vadodara; every time he returns under a different pseudo name but without any returns to Jabalpur.
Hope SG does not chack GP's return in Vadodara and raid him there with his sqad of IT goons.
Best of luck GP!
Ashok
Fact is most of our classmates Dogras/non-Dogras were worse than Rickshawalas,hope Pankaj will corroborate.Talking of Ashok,Oh,Gad tusi Great the.I didn't realize the importance ofJG(she was in his heart and mind).Now i understand behind every successful Skier there has to be a JG(what a manly Clock-Jack!).It was Bap-ka-University as i was Gold-MedalRecepient for Hr Sec topping in M P.Of course it is exemplary of Dogra Ways that a Simla Clerck could work his way to become Vice-President and later Director in leading Companies.Birds have completed their flight (of fancy).There are no more flights boarding for enuchlabs/corporate-lans/Ngo-shucks.
Dogra ashok has told something which is utterly shocking to all human beings and to make amend GP should lie down prostrate for 15 days on the road in Vadodara and ask for SG's apologies or else he would have to face his wrath--and GP knows what SG is capable of doing--
Especially at this critical juncture when GP's bird has to be auctioned and PV is in serious discussions with SBI for a million dollar and if SG comes to know about it he would send his IT sleuths to raid GP's premises--
Infact it is not a bad idae that we should ask JG to buy GP's bird!!!!
But,hold on,may be she alraedy has learnt through reliable sources that it is of no value--
Oh,GP you have made the task so difficult that it looks like it will have to be given to Charitable organization free of cost--
only hope is PV and SBI or else you know what is happening in America??There are no takers even in USA and in the coming days if indian banks also get effected then your bird will have to be put on the electric train to jabalpur and be thrown away in narbada--But if SG comes to know about it he would ask his IT experts to bring it back for a microscopic examination and find some connecton with JG to have his revenge on GP----
Infact you should go to kanyakumari and meditate like Vivekanad swamy so that he can kill and counter SG impact---
Leave baroda immediately and pack your bags!!!!!
long live Dogras!!!!
Hurray!!!!!!!
Longtime and what happened GP? When we discovered you last year we were all so happy that you would bring some cheer into our life but what happened?Are you depressed?Are you sad?
You didnot like our birdlike approach?
MMM and JG spoilt your mood?
Or your wife and children came to know about your sexapades?
What happened GP?
Bolo Bolo Kuch to bolo Yaar--??
And imagine we are going to hit APRIL 2010--Imagine what happenned to all of us 40 years back----???
All young lads of 18 yeras or so walked into university corridors with rural background or small town upbringing and Chandigarh was like coming to london---
MM came from a better town and had to go thru a tough time at the hands of Rikshawalas and Pahwas and Vermas and Jindals--GP too--
So,the time has come to get together after 40 years and meet at Dehradoon---GP's dance item is ready and so is Ramakant's speech which got repeated in a recent movie called Three Idiots--
Lallo putte taro dekheya jagte raho!!!!!!!!
Rghra Patti--lello yariyan--nangal dam--supariyan--gp namdeo--mm da pyo--JG--vekho jee--koyi gal bani ke naiyi??
Evein ee kujh likhan te dil karda ee
Zeere wale Thanedar nu yaad karde haan--
professor Monga buhut yaad aanda hai--phir Rajput te Haldi Ghati wich shahid ho gaya--
Kithey gaye srae??Hans sahib,Bhanot--Adrak khan wale trehan sahib ya sada Phiosopher yaar--Govil----
jahan Singh te Pahwa dee yaari--Jagmohan dee optics--Sardar jee de hath te Vectors---
Balakrishnan te wechara evein aa gaya--
Chal kabaddi--Kabaddi--
Kaodi--kaodi--
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