Perceptions & Reflections

And..

2010-01-09T13:51:00.003+05:30

... broadband is back in my life!. My estranged wife!. Real life estranged wives atleast come back sooner(or so I'm informed), broadband took 2 years to come back to me!. Phew.. boy am I relieved!.

To dispel any doubts, Tata Photon+ totally rocks my world now, I get speeds of 2.5 to 3 mbps at all times. The kind of speed which even my $128m company trembles to match.

Yes I'm still in Goa. All the rumors are right, Goa's grandeur is truly impeccable and inimitable. Yes, it has become my second home now. Yes the beaches are beautiful. Yes the roads are far better compared to Dharwad. Yes Christmas is beautiful here. Yes the tourists are beautiful too ;). No you can't stay at my place during Chistmas/new year celebrations, in all probability, somebody will have already booked, you can still give it a shot. :)

Blogging world has surely taken a slow turn across internet in the last couple of years. Thanks to twitter/facebook. However, it hasn't stopped. Its difficult to stop either, the sheer pleasure of writing is irreplaceable by tweeting/shouting on facebook(yes, I tweet and I shout of facebook). Same goes for the sheer pleasure of reading.

And so, the writers continue to write, readers continue to read.

Hang on, be back soon.

Bijapur: From a youth stand point

2008-06-23T19:08:00.004+05:30

Bijapur is historical town in the northern part of Karnataka, India. Very rightly known for "Gol Gumbaz". But, my familiarity with Bijapur goes beyond this monument. I happen to be born here, spent the early part of my childhood here, probably got more love from my folks(relatives) here than anywhere else.

I never really liked Bijapur after I left the place, mainly 'cuz it was damn dusty and dirty, lot of poor people around, many 'rowdy' kind of people too. The previous weekend I had been to Bijapur to meet my relatives. And I saw something unbelieveable and rather hopeless.

Beyond all these obvious 'bad' things, there is a devil. A devil, so cruel that its sucking the blood like a leech of all the people.
The devil really is the absence of economy and its consequential effect on the youth and children.

Dig this. A friend of mine, with whom I spent playing 'Car' for amost 5 years from a good family background, is now filling petrol at pumps. Another similar friend of mine, has now opened a pan shop for himself. Another friend of mine, is now a cook in a hotel. Yet another friend of mine is doing accounting at a general store.

I have many more examples like this. There is a common factor among all these cases. They are not in a good position right now. And I doubt their situation would be any better 10 years down the line.

I interacted with a few school children in their 8th standard, when they were smoking and eating gutkha(need I say more?).

So what really went wrong?. For once, their education hasn't really happened. Its either, they haven't concentrated well enough or their parents haven't understood the importance of education. All of their parents have 'provisioned' them to study and attend the school. Failing to do so, they are only happy to pull them into their family business or some such petty job.
Now, lets consider, another situation, where some people really do filter and pass out with degree in their hand. What next?. Whats really there in Bijapur that can give them a job?. An indutry? a factory? a small atleast?. Nothing.

Thanks to the remoteness of Bijapur from Metros and more thanks to the poor road/air/rail connectivity. Can you imagine, Bijapur railway station still doesn't have a broadguage. It runs on meter guage due to which, no major goods can come from major cities. The goods have to come via poor, dusty roads.

As if this wasn't cool enough, rain gods tease Bijapur with scanty or no rainfall at all(this season, till today rainfall has happened only once for 20 mins). So, but naturally, agriculture is out of question.

I know, I'm being pessimistic by pointing all the negative things. But I really pity this situation. The only ray of hope that I see is, Government really pushing the travel & tourism. It has some breathtakingly beautiful forts and mosques. The wall constructed by Adil Shah(the guy who ruled Bijapur 400 years back) around Bijapur still very much exists, in ruins with cows/buffaloes and sheeps shitting on it.

Bijapur is just an example. I am sure there are hundreds of Bijapurs in India. We desperately need to do something about such places, provide them with sustainable economies.

Later.

Can there be realization without Yoga?

2008-05-26T14:22:00.003+05:30

Interesting..

On bench? wondering what to do?

2008-04-29T11:41:00.003+05:30

This article is written by Shrinidhi Hande of eNidhi. Very relevant to all of us!

"Bench" is a dreaded term for IT employees...Its a phase where an employee is paid to do nothing. Often employees complain that they're made to sit on bench...

Below is a list of initiatives you can take while on bench. An employee may pick one that best suits his/her interest/skills. If you can think of some more, please add a comment.

1. Learn a foreign language
French, German, Chinese, Japanese...I don’t have to stress on the opportunities it may bring if you know one or more international languages.

2. Start building a website
Pour your creativity and imagination and build a website. You may buy a domain name and host or start off with any of the freely available sub domains. You can start with basic HTML and go on improving the design and adding new features. There’s no end. Who knows? Couple of years down the line Google or MS may offer couple of billion dollars to acquire your website...

3. Technical Certifications
You know what they mean and the importance of such certifications in your resume.

4. Educate yourself financially.
Financial education doesn’t mean knowing how to swipe your credit card. Learn what all expenditures and savings are tax exempted, find out which Mutual Fund has been performing well consistently for past few quarters, try to follow stock market and see if you can predict the rise and fall or identify at what level a particular scrip can be bought or sold-all these can be extremely rewarding. You will be able to save a lot of money as you’ll know how best to handle it, and may be end of the year, your whole team might approach you for advice.

5. Learn a bit of law.
What are the regulations involved in buying a land? What are the guidelines to be followed while constructing a house? What is de-notification? What are the fees to be paid for various registrations? Whom to contact if there’s a violation of IPR? This knowledge can save you from frauds and cheatings.

6. Attend learning activities
Enroll to various learning activities being conducted by your organization. enroll and learn few new things, (proposal writing, business communication and so on) You may not necessarily need them right away but even 10% if you’re able to retain that can come handy at times.

7. Gather some functional knowledge related to one or more verticals.
Besides technical skills you might be good at why not learn more about few industries? What is PII (Personally Identifiable Information) in pharma industry? What are their legal obligations and why they are so persistent on extensive documentation? What are ISBN 10 and ISBN13? (Publication and ecommerce) What do they mean by upstream, midstream and downstream in Oil business? How Hybrid engines work in a car? Can you think of any ways how sulekha.com can redesign their website to offer better user experience to end user and show more relevant ads in each page? What does a day book contain? What is underwriting and how it is done?

8. Build some applications-Can you come up with a face book application? Or write clients for some web services (Google, yahoo, Amazon...) and use them in your application?

9. How about Learning applications like flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver?

10. Creative writing
Try writing something. You may begin with blogs but objective should be writing something (story/article/poem etc) which a newspaper (state level at least) can accept for publishing. Seeing your name in print will surely motivate you. See if you can think of a novel...

11. Volunteer for charity works and social service.

12. Do some correspondence courses

I understand there’re concerns (such as non availability of systems) because of which some of the suggestions might not be possible. At least one or two of the above listed activities must be suiting your interests, skills and feasible to undertake. The idea is, it is possible to keep yourself occupied, with tasks which result in some value that can be leveraged in future. You may wish to stay focused on your core competency (say coding in .net) and may feel you’ll lose touch if you deviate attention to other activities. Trust me, all above tasks will complement and supplement your primary skill set and is unlikely to subtract anything from it. No harm knowing few more things than necessary and sometimes it is good and safe to stay diversified.

7 things I learned staying away from home

2008-01-22T09:40:00.000+05:30

On July 7th 2007, 11:00 PM, I sacrificed the comforts of home for the first time, in search for my pot of gold. As in case of any journey, I too learned and still learning quite a few things on the way. I list my 'pearls of wisdom' here.

You have to wash your inner wears and daily wears like pajamas and T-shirts yourself, the good ones will be washed by your nearest laundry. Thats right, you have to befriend your laundry guy and get it as cheap as possible since your bedsheets and jackets also go there(currently I pay Rs. 5 per apparel).
Say "Hello" to your neighbors as often as you can. You will need them to pay your electricity bills, water bills and take registered letters or parcels on behalf of you.
Its important to have good roomies you can adjust with, else, you will end up sleeping beside your roomie's underwear on your bed !. On a serious note, this is very important, since you will be spending more time with these ppl than anybody else. Remember, you are spending the same amount of time with these guys as you would spend with your family at home after college.
If you become unwell, don't expect the same kind of treatment as would get at home, like mom making you hot tea.. giving you tablets.. taking you to the doc etc etc. You are independent now. You need to manage all that, don't miss your home too much. Be strong.
Don't limit your spending on phone calls. Call your parents/family/friends back home as often as you can. Thats the only way you can keep in touch. Just think phone calls as cheaper alternatives for traveling.
Talking about phone, do a thorough research on you cell phone plan, especially if you are outside your home state. Make sure your STD call rates are cheapest. Hunt for those plans online, the shop vendors wont themselves be aware of many STD plans.
Make sure you find a flat/house near a bustand/pickup point/drop point, since you need to travel quite often to your home and back. If not pickup point, it should be close to a drop point, since the morning you come from your hometown, you don't want to be late to office!.

Well, thats as far as I am concerned, if you too have learned something staying away from home, do comment. Lets make it 'collective pearls of wisdom'!.

कोई दीवाना कहता ह.. कोई पागल समझता है.!

2007-09-16T01:17:00.000+05:30

This beautiful poem is by a young talented poet Dr. Kumar Vishwas

कोई दीवाना कहता है, कोई पागल समझता है !
मगर धरती की बेचैनी को बस बादल समझता है !!
मैं तुझसे दूर कैसा हूँ , तू मुझसे दूर कैसी है !
ये तेरा दिल समझता है या मेरा दिल समझता है !!

मोहब्बत एक एहसासों की पावन सी कहानी है !
कभी कबीरा दीवाना था कभी मीरा दीवानी है !!
यहाँ सब लोग कहते हैं, मेरी आंखों में आँसू हैं !
जो तू समझे तो मोती है, जो ना समझे तो पानी है !!

समंदर पीर का है अन्दर, लेकिन रो नही सकता !
यह आँसू प्यार का मोती है, इसको खो नही सकता !!
मेरी चाहत को दुल्हन बना लेना, मगर सुन ले !
जो मेरा हो नही पाया, वो तेरा हो नही सकता !!

बहुत बिखरा, बहुत टूटा, थापेदे सह नही पाया !
हवाओं के इश्सरों पे मगर मैं बह नही पाया !!
अधूरा अनसुना ही रह गया यूं प्यार का किस्सा !
कभी तुम सुन नही पाए कभी मैं सुन नही पाया !!

भ्रमर कोई कुमुद्नी पे मचल बैठा तो हंगामा !
हमारे दिल में कोई ख़्वाब पल बैठा तो हंगामा !!
अभी तक डूब के सुनते थे सब किस्सा मोहबत का !
मैं किस्से को हक़ीकत में बदल बैठा तो हंगामा !!

His recital is very very spontaneous and natural..

Do animals commit suicide?

2007-07-05T07:40:00.000+05:30

As far as I know, they don't. So why humans tend to commit?.. what makes us different from any of the animals?.. Intelligence??.. Ahh.. yes.. intelligence.. thats what differentiates us. But thats also what makes us miserable. Animals don't quite think too much. They have very basic needs, like food, air, water and shelter. Only these revolve around in their minds(yes, they do have minds with limited capacity I guess!), perhaps their mind is not as evolved as humans.

So, human mind is evolved.. is it good or is it bad?.. don't you think this "evolved" mind has been responsible for every bad thing thats been happening on this planet?.. be it the atomic bomb, deforestation, green house effect etc etc. I can go on record to say that humans are the greatest bane on this planet. Animals come, they do what they are expected to do, nothing out of the way, and the biological cycle remains. Nature's fury is their fate, and no animal is going to be responsible for any of the nature's fury.

Why cant we just live like animals?.. what is the need to be intelligent?.. what is the need to do anything other than meeting your basic needs?.. what are you going to achieve by earning $10,000,000,000?? when in the end you know you cant take anything on the other side?.. why this race for money?.. why this race for name?.. why this greed?.. why this pressure on little children to perform well?.. why self pampering?.. why kill others?.. why wars?..
The only answer I can think of is "to satisfy unnecessary needs of respective minds". They are unnecessary, 'cuz these needs are not for survival.. they go beyond survival..

And so, can I safely say that, with these needs comes suffering?.. Do animals suffer?.. do they even know whats suffering?.. do you think when you kick pigs or give them left over food, they feel insulted??.. not at all!!.. they are just concerned about meeting their needs.. nothing else really matters.

You know, its funny that, my "evolved" mind is saying that "evolved" minds are the cause for all the misery!.. A paradox perhaps!

Think about it!

Jungle jungle pata chala hai..

2007-04-25T01:21:00.000+05:30

Ahh.. nostalgia.. !

Guncha koi mere naam kar diya...

2007-04-18T11:21:00.000+05:30

One of the best songs I have ever heard comes from a very ordinary movie(Main meri patni aur woh). I watched the movie yesterday(pardon me), almost immediately downloaded the song and have been listening to it since then. Its been atleast 25 times...
The singer and composer happens to be Mohit Chauhan(SilkRoute lead singer of "dooba dooba" fame). The lyricist is Rocky Khanna. Both give the song a true heart rendering touch.. I love the voice perfectly matching the lyrics. At the same time Mohit saw to it that music doesn't harm the beauty of the song.. everything has just clicked wonderfully.. like they say.. best things in life are free!

Well, as a consumer, its my duty to publicise the song by writing here and telling about it to others. I hope you click here, download the song and sing along with me as the lyrics follows ("guncha" means a flower or blossom)...

guncha koi, mere naam kar diya -2
saki ne phir se mera, zaam bhar diya -2
guncha koi……

tum jaise koi nahi, is jahan main -2
subeh ko teri zulf ne, shaam kar diya -2
saki ne phir se mera, zaam bhar diya
guncha koi……

mehfil main baar baar idhar, dekha kiye -2
aankhon ke zazeeron ko mere, naam kar diya -2
saki ne phir se mera, zaam bhar diya
guncha koi……

hoosh Bekhabar se hue, un ke bager
hoosh Bekhabar se hue, un ke bager -2

wo jo humse keh na sake, dil ne keh diya -2

saki ne phir se mera, zaam bhar diya
guncha koi……

guncha koi, mere naam kar diya
saki ne phir se mera, zaam bhar diya -2

Amazing story..

2007-04-06T11:44:00.000+05:30

A young boy went to his mother, and told her about his life and how things were so hard for him. He did not know how he was going to make it and wanted to give up. He was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

His mother took him to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her son, she asked, "Tell me, what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," he replied.

His mother brought him closer and asked him to feel the carrots. He did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the son to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, he observed the hard boiled egg. Finally, the mother asked the son to sip the coffee. The son smiled as he tasted its rich aroma. The son then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"

His mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity .... boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her son. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?" Think of this:

Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat?
Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?

Or am I like the coffee bean?

The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Remember, the brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. So, may you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.

Thanks Bhuwan.

Unproffessionalism personified

2007-04-06T05:08:00.001+05:30

Today, we had a technical festival in our college, where in we could present technical papers... but it also had this interesting competition called "Innovative Idea Competition". Its cuz of this competition that I really used to respect this fest, otherwise in every other way it very very ordinary, with no depth whatsoever in any of the technical papers.

But today, my college LOST ME. yes, they did. They went wrong in the very first place when they had appointed only one judge for "Innovative idea competition". You just cannot entirely rely upon a single judge. The reasons can be 1)He might not listen to every talk with equal interest 2)He is not answerable to anybody 3)He might go wrong in understanding the concepts

Secondly, my college went wrong in choosing a judge from mech background. The result was that, he was not able to understand since most of the entries were from CS and EC fields. Tell me how a mech prof can possibly understand innovations in advanced forms of Cryptanalysis or frequency counters or techniques in encountering spam in emails...... I'm totally baffled...

Yet, this particular judge did make his judgment.. he did announce a winner... and I still wonder on what basis.. ahhh yes.. presentation.. ofcourse.. just confidently babble a few words and then wow!!.. you are the winner!!.. dude.. gimme some air!!
I seriously consider this competition NULL 'n VOID from now on until they start taking some sensible decisions. Guys, up your quality.. check out some of the fests in PESIT or NITs.. why cant we compete globally??.. whats so wrong with us?.. I seriously don't see any reason with the whole world becoming a playfield today!
Yes, there is anger in me for not winning, yes I am frustrated, but thats not the only reason. Sour grapes?.. not really.. I had worked for this.. but on the other hand, I am the winner of tech paper presentation.. for which I hadn't really put any effort.. funny isn't it?.. yes it is..
its still baffling me..

Dobara mat puchna..

2007-03-30T10:54:00.000+05:30

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Persistent Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Type	Private
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Pune, India
Key people	Anand Deshpande, CMD Suresh Deshpande, Director Srikanth Sundararajan, COO Jaideep Srivastava, CTO Raj Sirohi, President, Persistent Systems Inc
Industry	Computer Services
Revenue	$48.92 million USD
Employees	~2500 (2006)
Website	www.persistentsys.com

Persistent Systems Private Limited is a Software Development company based in Pune, India. It is considered to be one of the older and leading IT organizations in India in the Outsourced Product Development Segment. Its activities are unique in that all its clients are the 'technology' firms, and Persistent contributes to their Product Development. The company was established in 1989 and has to-date, mostly remained away from the Services and Consulting arena.

In its initial stages, in close resemblance to its name, the company used to work only in the fields of Data Management, Databases and Data Structures. However slowly and gradually, it expanded to other technological domains as well. Starting from an initial strength of two, including its founder CMD Dr. Anand Deshpande, the company today has a workforce in excess of 2800 employees and has seen more than 1000 release cycles and over 170 clients, ranging from start ups to mature companies

The prime business units of the company are Telecom BU, Large Independent Software Vendor (ISV) BU, Small ISV BU, Solutions & Enterprise BU and Techforum. The company has a significant technical know-how in domains of Content Management, Search Tools, RFID, LDAP, Identity Management, Telecom & Wireless, Databases, Custom Connectors and Web Services. Some of the major clients of the company to-date have been IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Agilent, TeraData, Veraz Networks and Bridgestone.

It is said that the work environment and the appraisal policies of the organization are quite employee friendly.

The business

Persistent, who were ranked as the 11th fastest growing Indian company in the Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific 2004 report of Deloitte, have recently acquired USA-based ControlNet to expand into embedded systems and the ASIC market. Persistent develops data connectors for Google’s OneBox for Enterprise that allows the search company to locate information from enterprise applications as well as employee directories and calendars.^[1]

The company is attracting significant inward investment^[2] and, having recorded a turnover of Rs 216 crore (about 24.5 million GBP) for 2005-06, it is targeting 50 percent growth year-on-year.^[3]

Offices

Persistent has many offices in Pune, Maharashtra India. Pune is fast emerging as the favourite IT destination of the country with many IT majors opening their branches in the city. The office buildings of Persistent have been named after people who have been important in Indian mythology and history. The buildings of Persistent in Pune are:

Bhageerath

This is the Corporate Headquarters of the company. Some of the developmental activities, mostly for the Telecom Business Unit also take place here. The building houses the Devang Mehta Auditorium, which is arguably the best auditorium in Pune.

Pingala-Aryabhata

Pingala-Aryabhata, Persistent

This is the major development center of the company. The complex is presently in the final stages of completion. It has two 10-storeyed towers named after Pingala and Aryabhata on the Southern and Northern ends respectively, which are internally connected to each other. It houses the Training Center and the Human Resources Department of the Company.

Persistent Towers

This complex is under construction at Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, Hinjewadi, Pune. It is planned to construct four interconnected towers at this site. The construction is expected to be completed by May 2007, and then it would be the biggest development center of Persistent Systems, as it would approximately be twice the capacity of Pingala-Aryabhata.

Kapilvastu
Panini

The other centers of Persistent Systems outside Pune are:

ControlNet, Goa
IT Tower, Nagpur
Shobha Alexander, Bangalore

References

^ 'India’s Product Firms See Boom', Red Herring, 26 July 2006
^ 'Norwest Venture Partners Invests $13.8 Million in India-Based Persistent Systems', Norwest Venture Partners, 7 December 2005
^ 'One steady ship', Express Computer, 21 August 2006

Dharwad, a heaven on earth.

2007-03-18T13:19:00.000+05:30

Its been a long long time since I have stayed here, and no other place seems more beautiful than this. Trust me on this one. I'm absolutely in love with this place. Its a weird phenomenon isnt it.. how do ppl like a town?.. based on the number of popular places in the town?.. or cleanliness? or infrastructure? or what?...
None of the above. The answer is 'memories'. To be more accurate, you like a place when you have more loved ones there.. they may be friends or family. So, the time spent with them become 'memories'. And thats how you end up liking the place even though there are no good roads.. no places to visit during weekends.. no cleanliness..
Its pretty much the case with me.. some things I like about this place are..

* Freedom... this place is your playground!
* Laze like buffalos in water.. spend the whole of afternoon or the whole day looking outside the window doing nothing..
* Or better yet, come to my college bakery, sit with your friends all evening over cheap tea!
* My college library is a great chatting place too..
* Devya's(my buddy) room in the hostel is ideal for afternoon nap
* Well, my room is small.. but I love listening to great music here.. time just flies
* Nuggikeri hanumappa.. saturday evening fever(100% attendance)
* It rains cats and dogs here!.. really!.. at the end of it all.. you see beautiful, green Dharwad.
* Great ppl.. specially older generations..
* SDM medical college.. great campus, can match upto ours.
* Afternoon prasada at a nearby matha.. usually for rayara aradhane
* Bored in the evening, hop on.. lets go to Kelgeri lake
* Very little commercial talks.. so no artificial friendships or relationships..
* Its still 1970 here, lot of old world charm
* Root cause.. my folks, my friends stay right here.
* blah blah blah blah blah...

Seriously, this place has seen me grow.. this place has seen grow(this time width).. this place has seen me fall.. this place has seen me rise.. the place has seen me commit mistakes.. this place has seen me correct mistakes... what more.. whatever northis or non-dharwadis say about this place.. its always going to be beautiful for me.. and for all of us who love this place..

Hey Corporates.. are you ppl listening?.. dont come here and spoil this piece of heaven..

Finally, here are some snapsots of my hometown... Come, fall in love with this place.. :)

My college :).. SDMCET

Thats our bakery I was talking about..

Kelgeri lake..

Someshwar temple.. old world isnt it?

Dharwad university.. very old again.

BarCampB'lore3 coming up!

2007-03-02T11:08:00.000+05:30

Yes, its now official. Its going to be on March 31st and April 1st(interesting!). Obviously its going to be a weekend, but, I am all excited about the venue. Its going to be IIM B'lore. This will be the first time I'll ever be visiting a MBA school!!(i.e if I can make it to BCB3). Apparently, according to the organisers, this time its going to be..
Day 1: Emphasis on "Impact of Technology on Society"
Day 2: Emphasis on "All demo no gyan"

Official site: http://barcampbangalore.org/

Hoping to see some interesting demos from a consumer point of view. Last time "ACTIV" was a superhit back in Dharwad. FYI ACTIV is a group SMS chat, simple and very effective.
Wait and Watch!

Complicated.. no wonder :--|

2007-02-18T09:52:00.000+05:30

One person says something, another person percieves it as something else. This depends on the level of thinking of both the parties. Dont you think there should THINKING-INDEPENDENT platform( perhaps, a protocol should be developed, which should be language independent, and should be learnt by everyone), where in, a message is conveyed exactly as it should..
I love this world of computers.. an API is an API, no matter what, it does exactly what its expected to. Thats how wonderful, and unambiguous the world of computers is.

Ok, this was one, randomn, off the wall post. Some wishful thinking perhaps.

The Message...

2007-01-27T20:44:00.000+05:30

A Poll on Slashdot(>65000 votes of pure geeks)

2007-01-27T16:17:00.000+05:30

Your biggest failure as a nerd??

Haven't seen LOTR. 5842 votes / 8%
Didn't build my own computer. 4957 votes / 7%
Don't run Linux. 13421 votes / 19%
Have a significant other. 18193 votes / 26%
Don't use caffeine. 6702 votes / 9%
Exercise regularly. 9125 votes / 13%
Only have one email address. 1565 votes / 2%
Less than excellent karma. 7606 votes / 11%

Poor me, rich you!

2007-01-25T05:21:00.000+05:30

This poor kid, humbly requests you, the visitor to click on as many ads as possible of this blog, so that I wont have to trouble my parents at the end of each month. Your every click is valuable to me(around 6 cents to be precise), it might not mean much to you though.

Spent quite sometime today, arranging the contents and sections to fit in Google Adsense. I hope it pays off ;-). Infact, if any visitor has any blog or site of their own, we can actually team up and start clicking on each others ads(do get in touch with me). Or perhaps, we can have, weekly one hour session, where in we do nothing but click on these ads!..

Here, let me guide you what you can do about ads.
1) You can search for something in the search box and click on the ads in the results
2) Click on one of the links at the top
3) Click on one of the links on the vertical banner(a li'l lower the page, right side)
4) Or you can click on the "Firefox" button and download latest version of Firefox, which comes inbuilt with Google toolbar(just clicking wont help in this case).

I know, its too "IN-YOUR-FACE" to be a "humble request", but, kya kare, majburi hai!! :-)
So then, looking forward for some active participation!

Firefox Fun

2007-01-24T23:20:00.000+05:30

Run this code in Firefox.... ;)
chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

Explained:
Firefox's user interface is written using XUL and Javascript. The Gecko engine which renders the webpages also renders the user interface. This means you can enter chrome URLs into the Firefox address bar and do some really cool things.

Visit here for more info.

What should Apple's next product be?

2007-01-24T10:48:00.000+05:30

India Poised

2007-01-22T22:49:00.000+05:30

There are two Indias in this country. One India is straining at the leash, eager to spring forth and live up to all the adjectives that the world has been recently showering upon us.

The other India is the leash.

One India says "Give me a chance, and I'll prove myself."

The other India says "Prove yourself first, and maybe then, you'll have a chance."

One India lives in the optimism of our hearts.

The other India lurks in the scepticism of our minds.

One India wants.

The other India hopes.

One India leads.

The other India follows.

These conversions are on the rise. With each passing day, more and more people from the other India are coming over to this side. And quietly, while the world is not looking, a pulsating, dynamic India is emerging.

An India whose faith in success is far greater than its fear of failure.

An India that no longer boycotts foreign-made goods, but buys out the companies that makes them instead.

History, they say, is a bad motorist. It rarely ever signals its intentions when it's taking a turn.

This is that rarely ever moment. History is turning a page.

For over half a century, our nation has sprung, stumbled, run, fallen, rolled over, got up and dusted ourself, and cantered, sometimes lurched on.

But now, in our sixtieth year as a free nation, the ride has brought us to the edge of time's great precipice.

And one India, a tiny little voice at the back of the head, is looking down at the bottom of the ravine, and hesitating. The other India is looking up at the sky and saying, "It's time to fly."

visit www.indiapoised.com for Bachchan, Gulzar, etc on India Poised

Ballmer says "balls to iPhone and Apple"

2007-01-20T09:20:00.000+05:30

But seriously, he makes a couple of valid comments, he says,

It doesn't have a keyboard, so it just cannot be a business phone!

500$?.. must be the most expensive phone in the world!

Never the less, my next phone is gonna be iPhone... (may be 5 years down the line!)

Why I'm seemingly liking "live.com" more than "google.com"...

2007-01-18T08:25:00.000+05:30

I have been playing around with search engines for quite sometime now.. and I must confess, Microsoft's live has been faring better for "illegal" searches than google..
Ok.. here, let me prove my point.
I wanted this ebook called " How Would You Move Mount Fuji? "... so I gave search query as "How Would You Move Mount Fuji? free ebook" in 'google' as well as in 'live'... here are the results

In google : http://www.google.com/search?q=How+Would+You+Move+Mount+Fuji%3F+free+ebook&btnG=Search&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rls=GGGL%2CGGGL%3A2006-28%2CGGGL%3Aen

In MSN live : http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=How+Would+You+Move+Mount+Fuji%3F+free+ebook&mkt=en-us&FORM=LVSP&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Search

Ofcourse, from the looks of it, it seems as if Google's results are better... but go a li'l deeper, you will see that, in the first 4 to 5 pages of google's results you wont find a single site with really "free ebooks"... where as MSN live... in the very first page you find the ebook from a P2P file sharing site and you are immediatly on your way downloading the ebook you want!!!
For the record, you can download that book here.. Its not just this time, I have done this activity many times before for many books and solution manuals, I have always found 'live' better than 'google' for such "illegal" queries. As a consumer, I wouldn't really care whether its from 'live' or 'google' as long as I get what I want. The competition is getting hotter each day with Powerset , a natural language search engine, coming into picture. Here is a nice rundown on the next big thing in search engines by my friend Nikhil Kulkarni. I'll have to get back to this topic later sometime.

Racial discrimination and extortion against Indians in India by Indians.. is anybody listening?

2007-01-15T10:30:00.000+05:30

I had been to Palolam beach(Kankon, Goa), just to chill for a while after a hiatus exam month. And all the while I always thought that goans are known for their hospitality, this impression was strengthened in the last few years cuz some of my college mates are goans, and they really showed that character.

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
But, all that impression was broken in one single day. Alright, it so happened that, in Palolam beach, we guys wanted to swim and so we did for a couple of hours, with all the "scenic" beauty in and around the beach(specially on the benches.. ok, sorry not the right time I guess). Obviously, we were tired and thirsty. One of my friend expressed desire to drink a breezer, and so we went towards a beach side restaurant to buy a couple of breezers. As we approached the restaurant, we had not even entered yet, just then, the owner stopped us, and asked "yes.. what do you want?". Mind you, its a full blown restaurant with chairs and tables around, so anybody would normally sit first, relax and then place an order. Ofcourse, we could see only foreigners on the inside, with waiters droolin around them like flies around the night lamp...
Ok.. so my friend said "we wanted breezers...". To which, the owner's reply was a stern "80 rupees each"... after a small pause.... "its 80 rupees not 80 dollars you indians"........... now this really heated us up.. we all were very very *very* angry. We would have probably shot him if a .303 revolver was around, better yet, we felt like taking a sniper rifle and dig a few hundred shots into his bloody head !... we couldnt control... one of my friend said "F*** YOU" and showed him the best finger possible.

Whats the moral of the story?... I leave that analysis part to you, while I narrate an incident of extortion.

EXTORTION
So, as part of our plan, we boarded Konkan railways and went to Gokarn from there. I believe, the railway station was the only "fair" place there. Anyways, we reached Gokarn railway station. As expected, no govt public service was available from staion to the city. We found a maxicab, and squeezed ourselves in. The distance between Gokarn railway station and the city is hardly 5 kilometers. The ticket collector asked money for the ticket, and guess how much is the price??????... well, its Rs 25 per head for an old wornout public transport vehicle, normally its Rs 5. So... here we are, stranded, no other mode of transportation except taxis(which obviously is would cost us around Rs 300 or more), no autoricks, no govt vehicles, but a lot of foreigners, and one single maxicab. Do we have a choice??... Well, I did fight with him for this unjust activity, but then as expected, I was shown the door...

Whats the solution now??.. I dont know.. something somewhere is wrong for sure, perhaps, democracy is not working upto the mark or may be some finer aspects of economics need to be re-analysed...whatever it is, we Indians, being in India are shown disrespect, by our very own Indians. I am not blaming the foreigners here, infact, they are very *very* respectful about us. I am passionate about India, and such incidents hit me right in the soft spot. It makes me realise that I have no powers to change this system, it reminds me that, the field that I am into doesnt give a scope to change anything socially, perhaps thats the only downside IT super-highway, unless you are a person equivalent to the stature of Mr. NRN or Mr. Soota. Now, that seriously sucks. Think about it.

"EXAMS"... the show stopper is here again!

2006-12-10T16:14:00.000+05:30

Well, yet again its the month of memorising the subjects.. yes it is.. no creativity, no fun, no outing, no surfing.. whatever you call it.. its here again.. and I am glad I am in the final year.. just 2 more such occasions and I am hopefully done..
I know I have cribbed enough about this stuff.. but I just cant stop.. but then again now that I am in this system, I have to make the most of it.. so I will try to "memorise" stuffs once again.. and hope that atleast this time I do well..

TECH ROCKS!!

2006-12-04T15:35:00.000+05:30

Barcamp Bangalore2 just got concluded, it was ROCKING to say the least. Got to meet some of the hotshot guys in the industry. Some highlights here

VCs !!!
Got to meet top tech guys like CTO of slideshare.net , nanocast.com etc etc
Lots of Laptops [ Lots of Dells and Macs]
Lots of Wifi!!! [ Everybody would literally be hooked onto wifi, like it or not ]
ThoughtWorks venue is cool!! [ One of my options perhaps !! ]
Super food and great Coffee
Very friendly ppl...

It just makes me think you know, WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING IN DHARWAD????!!!!!, the world is really waiting out there.. I just want my degree certificate and then I will catch the first bus to TechCity. Tech ROCKS. TechPpl ROCK. Now, I really feel I am wasting every minute of my time here, compared to what you can do. There is so much to learn, so much to do, so lil time... oh I am soooo restless!!.. But really, it feels good to know that, the area that I am going to spend my life in is the way I sooo want it to be. Some of the ideas presented which have went to make big bucks are just so simple and practical!!!... [ but some, I have to say are really stupid ]. Some snaps of this barcamp, there and there as well.

Looking forward to the next!!

Just another afternoon...

2006-11-29T14:12:00.000+05:30

Well.. just another afternoon.. doing nothing.. just lying around.. my situation resembled that "lazy afternoon " song.. thought I would just post the lyrics as I recline and relax...

Lazy Day Afternoon Lyrics

Nothings going on but I don't care
Leave me here don't take me anywhere
Why should I get up when I've got nothing to
Just another lazy day afternoon

Beautiful day outside but I don't care
Everything I need I got right here
Why should I go out, why should I even move
Just another lazy day afternoon

Afternoon
When everybodys working
I'd rather be a jerk and lay around
Afternoon
This day is just to perfect
Just another lazy day afternoon

Yaaaaaaaawwwwwwnnnnn... bye.

Am I like water.. ?

2006-11-28T21:08:00.000+05:30

I am like water..... cuz I love to just go with the flow. Like any other person I have some immediate materialistic wishes.. I am not ashamed of listing them out here

An 80GB video iPod (I soooo badly need one!)
Close to 300 GB USB storage device (for all my movies)
A handy 2 GB pendrive (to quickly transfer an unexpected data)
A nice, new, sleek, super laptop (preferably HP tablet)
A bigger bedroom ( Dont want to elaborate!)
A good, nice, new pair of sneakers!

I guess I can go on. Really, I do acknowledge all these requirements that my mind has. Thats when I say that "I flow like water".

Very frankly speaking, as of now, "I enjoy good things in life".

Be it a cooling rain outside
a delicious dish that waters your mouth,
beautiful sight that you just cant take your eyes off(yes it includes "that" and scenic beauty)
a wonderful song that you just cant stop humming to ( ex: "Aiii saaala..." from RDB)
dreaming about the things to come( I must confess I spend quite sometime on this, yes, I am a day dreamer!)
sitting and chatting nonsense with my "gouty" friends in the "tapri"
a simple "hi", "how are things?" to your ex-crush who's gorgeously beautiful
meeting old schoolmates and living those days again for a while
a nice hot "chaa" after I sleep for 3 hours in the afternoon prepared by maa
playing short-pitch cricket with one-pitch-out
going to a new unknown place and enjoying the anonimity
making new plans everyday!
watching a new "herogiri" movie and maintaining that hangover of being a hero for a while...

God I love all these things.. I simply love them.. and so when I feel like doing something I love, I just dont stop myself.. may be I am too lazy to do so, may be I am too laidback for that.. or may be.. "I JUST FLOW LIKE WATER".... whatever it is.. I am really not bothered. I dont want to pretend what I am not by poilicing myself.... and trust me you will be happier this way.

Every moment is precious, I dont want to waste it by doing what I dont want to do... I rather sit in "tapri" than go to a super-boring lecture(ohhh yeah... by the way I am definitely not wasting my time! Tapri zindabad!). Am I going to change??.. may be.. but only after "Life"(yeah life) teaches a lesson, just like how it has taught many times before...

Hmmm.. anyways.. what point am I making?.. nevermind.. forget it.. !

Dhoom macha le...

2006-11-26T16:29:00.000+05:30

We all know that, people love

Superbikes
Hot chics
Speed
Thrill
Gadgets
Beach
Sun

And, if a movie with decent direction comes with all these, who wouldnt go and watch it!!.. Obviously its a hit!!.. and a super one at that.. I personally enjoyed watching Hrithik, he is as good as ever. "Ash" (she's hot man!!) seems to have lowered her "ego", you would agree if you see that locking scene towards the end, at Hrithik's villa!. Abhishek is rock solid in his role of ACP Mumbai. Bipasha, though hot in the movie, doesnt have a well defined role. Rimi Sen is wasted, with just a single scene. Uday is good!. A good 31/2 stars for the movie. For the mass, not for the class. Well thats about it!!..

Truly, Chopra ppl know how to make money!.. and why am I surprised, they have been doing that for years now!!

A rare opportunity..

2006-11-17T19:16:00.000+05:30

For all those ppl who have their demo ready, and are looking for some VC funding, here's a great opportunity... Its on Dec 12th.. found this info bit here.. All the best..

Barcamp Bangalore2

2006-11-17T18:32:00.000+05:30

Finally some real world action... I will be meeting some real world budding entrepreneurs. Was really tired of all those no-connection-to-real-world ppl. So, basically...

""
BarCamp is an unconference - organized by attendees, for attendees. It's an open, welcoming event for geeks to hang out with or without wifi and smash their brains together. It's about geekery and having a focal point for great ideas.
""

Ofcourse I wont be presenting anything this time around.. the next time I will give it a shot. I am definitely very lucky, why??.. cuz, my internal assessment will be getting over just then.. else I would have had to skip it!!.. alright.. till later..

10 Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs - 150,000 Articles

2006-11-08T00:16:00.000+05:30

10 Secrets of Successful Entrepreneurs

Running a one-person business is a creative, flexible and challenging way to become your own boss and chart your own future. It is about creating a life, as it is about making a living. It takes courage, determination and foresight to decide to become an entrepreneur. From the relatively safe cocoon of the corporate world, where paychecks arrive regularly, you will be venturing into the unchartered territories of business.

Is there a way to determine whether you can be a successful entrepreneur, or you are better off to work for somebody else? Alas, there is no formula for success. However, most successful entrepreneurs share these ten characteristics. Check if you possess any one of them:

1. Think success. To attain the kind of success that you want, you need to dream big. Every success story starts with big dreams. You need to have big dreams for yourself - which you want to be somebody rich, famous or fulfilled. You need to have a clear vision of what you want to achieve. But it doesn't stop in dreaming alone. You should actively visualize success in your mind that you can almost feel it, touch it or it is within your reach. Play this image back at every opportunity. What does it feel to triple your current income? How will your life change? What will your business look like if you achieved the million-dollar mark?

Successful entrepreneurs possess an attitude of openness and faith that you can have what you want if you can simply envision it as the first step on the path of action to acquiring it. Management gurus have taught us the power of visualization - seeing yourself in your mind as having accomplished your dreams. If you want to be a successful writer, envision yourself signing books for a throng of people who have lined up to have your autograph. If you want to be rich, picture yourself in luxurious surroundings holding a fat bank account. And the process of envisioning success for you should be a constant activity! You need to think that you are successful (or will be one) every single waking hour.

A personal development coach shared me her secret to help her continuously visualize her goals for the moment: when climbing stairs, recite your goal with every step you take. So if you want more money, say "I will have money" in every step of the stairs. This technique will reinforce your goal and keep it fresh in your consciousness.

2. Be passionate with what you do. You start a business to change any or all part of your life. To attain this change, you need to develop or uncover an intense, personal passion to change the way things are and to live life to the fullest. Success comes easily if you love what you do. Why? Because we are more relentless in our pursuit of goals about things that we love. If you hate your job right now, do you think you will ever be successful at it? Not in a million years! You may plod along, even become competent at the tasks, but you will never be a great success at it. You will achieve peak performance and do what you have to do to succeed only if you are doing something that interests you or something that you care about.

Entrepreneurs who succeed do not mind the fact that they are putting in 15 or 18 hours a day to their business because they absolutely love what they do. Success in business is all about patience and hard work, which can only be attained if you are passionate and crazy with your tasks and activities.

3. Focus on your strengths. Let's face it; you cannot be everything to everybody. Each of us has our own strengths and weaknesses. To be effective, you need to identify your strengths and concentrate on it. You will become more successful if you are able to channel your efforts to areas that you do best. In business, for example, if you know you have good marketing instincts, then harness this strength and make full use of it. Seek help or assistance in areas that you may be poor at, such as accounting or bookkeeping. To transform your weakness to strength, consider taking hands-on learning or formal training.

4. Never consider the possibility of failure. Ayn Rand, in her novel The Fountainhead, wrote, "It is not in the nature of man - nor of any living entity, to start out by giving up." As an entrepreneur, you need to fully believe in your goals, and that you can do it. Think that what you are doing will contribute to the betterment of your environment and your personal self. You should have a strong faith in your idea, your capabilities and yourself. You must believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have the ability to recognize and fulfill them. The more you can develop faith in your ability to achieve your goals, the more rapidly you can attain it. However, your confidence should be balanced with calculated risks that you need to take to achieve greater rewards. Successful entrepreneurs are those who analyze and minimize risk in the pursuit of profit. As they always say, "no guts, no glory."

5. Plan accordingly. You have a vision, and you have enough faith in yourself to believe that you can achieve your vision. But do you know how to get to your vision? To achieve your vision, you need to have concrete goals that will provide the stepping-stone towards your ultimate vision. Put your goals in writing; not doing so just makes them as intangible fantasies. You need to plan each day in such a way that your every action contributes to the attainment of your vision. Do you foresee yourself as the next Martha Stewart of hand-made home furnishings? Perhaps today, you need to see an artist to help you conceptualize the new line of hand-made linens that you hope to launch. Intense goal orientation is the characteristic of every successful entrepreneur. They have a vision, and they know how to get there. Your ability to set goals and make plans for your accomplishment is the skill required to succeed. Plan, plan and plan - because without which failure is guaranteed.

6. Work hard! Every successful entrepreneur works hard, hard and hard. No one achieves success just by sitting and staring at the wall every single day. Brian Tracy puts it out this way, "You work eight hours per day for survival; everything over eight hours per day is for success." Ask any successful businessperson and they will tell you immediately that they had to work more than 60 hours per week at the start of their businesses. Be prepared to say goodbye to after-office drinks every day, or a regular weekend get-away trip. If you are in a start-up phase, you will have to breathe, eat and drink your business until it can stand on its own. Working hard will be easy if you have a vision, clear goals, and are passionate with what you do.

7. Constantly Look for Ways to Network. In business, you are judged by the company you keep - from your management team, board of directors, and strategic partners. Businesses always need assistance, more so small businesses. Maybe the lady you met in a trade association meeting can help you secure funding, or the gentleman at a conference can provide you with management advise. It is important to form alliances with people who can help you, and whom you can help in return. To succeed in business, you need to possess good networking skills and always be alert to opportunities to expand your contacts.

8. Willingness to Learn. You do not need to be a MBA degree holder or PhD graduate to succeed in your own business. In fact, there are a lot of entrepreneurs who did not even finish secondary education. Studies show that most self-made millionaires have average intelligence. Nonetheless, these people reached their full potentials achieved their financial and personal goals in business because they are willing to learn. To succeed, you must be willing to ask questions, remain curious, interested and open to new knowledge. This willingness to learn becomes more crucial given the rapid changes in technologies and ways of doing business.

9. Persevere and have faith. No one said that the road to success is easy. Despite your good intentions and hard work, sometimes you will fail. Some successful entrepreneurs suffered setbacks and resounding defeats, even bankruptcy, yet managed to quickly stand up to make it big in their fields. Your courage to persist in the face of adversity and ability to bounce back after a temporary disappointment will assure your success. You must learn to pick yourself up and start all over again. Your persistence is the measure of the belief in yourself. Remember, if you persevere, nothing can stop you.

10. Discipline yourself. Thomas Huxley once said, "Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you like it or not." Self-discipline is the key to success. The strength of will to force yourself to pay the price of success - doing what others don't like to do, going the extra mile, fighting and winning the lonely battle with yourself.

About The Author

Jenny Fulbright is a Staff Writer for PowerHomeBiz.com. For information on starting a small and home-based business, visit PowerHomeBiz.com at http://www.powerhomebiz.com

Blogmusik

2006-09-10T20:54:00.000+05:30

Check it out.. free internet virtual IPod.. I truly liked the clean neat interface.. if only I had unlimited download facility in my broadband!

Google in the yr 2084

2006-08-30T23:41:00.000+05:30

In sweet words...

2006-05-09T08:25:00.000+05:30

To: Indian Government
To: Honourable President of India,

Honourable Chief Justice of India,

Honourable Prime Minister of India.

We are signing this petition to strongly detest the proposed reservation for OBC's in premier educational institutes.

We would like to call upon the office of Indian President/Prime Minister/ Chief Justice of India to act against the above declaration as:

1. Most of the reserved seats are filled by students belonging to families which have already benefitted from such a reservation earlier. This does not help the needy.

2. By reserving seats in institutes of higher education, government is shying away from it's responsibility of giving quality primary education to all and thereby providing a level playing field.

3. Short sighted politicians use reservations for their political gains and create divisions between the communities.

4. Many students belonging to the so called 'upper castes' are poor and are unable to get decent education while most reserved seats are filled by students who had got a decent education earlier.

5. Many students who fill the reserved seats drop out because they have not been selected based on their merit. This means a precious seat has been wasted in a premier college.

6. Admission to premier institutes is highly competitive and a large number of meritous students are left out because they have been born in a general category family.

7. With time prestige of these premier institutes would degrade as the students would not be admitted based on their merit but on their castes. This is already evident from the skewed placement statistics of the IIT's and IIM's.

We feel that there should be no reservations based solely on the principles of caste and government should instead focus on providing quality primary education to all.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned

View Current Signatures

The Petition against proposed reservation in premeir educational institutes Petition to Indian Government was created by and written by Jodhbir Sachdeva (jodhbir@gmail.com). This petition is hosted here at www.PetitionOnline.com as a public service.

Khota QUOTA !!!

2006-05-07T10:11:00.000+05:30

/*============= POST MODERATED =================*/

Do register yourself here... there are already about 35000 registrations...

http://www.petitiononline.com/obcrev/petition.html

Back.....!!

2006-04-15T17:59:00.000+05:30

Sing heigh ho.... Sing heigh ho.... for the return of a homosapien back to a rather crowded blogging world. Its been a long time and circumstances have changed me to a certain degree definitely. Learnt quite a few things too. Well here onwards for an indefinite amount of time I promise that I will be updating both my blogs( technish.blogspot.com as well).

There was one big reason which made sure that I am away from blogging world... and it was...
" I didnt feel like writing "

Thats when I thought I should give it a break. Anyways... its a thing of past.... as of now... lets set it off....
..............see you around then!!

FYI..... :-)

2005-10-01T00:19:00.000+05:30

People who have visited this site have searched the following in search engines(top 10 searches)......... how I got it?... through my tracker ofcourse!! (hold you breath now....)

1) array
2) impermanence of knowledge
3) trackme.blogspot,com
4) prince alwaleed bin talal alsaud birthday
5) dua for getting a good job
6) ambani's house photo
7) sdmcet girls
8) sudha murthy's wise and otherwise
9) aaj, aaj ek hasee aur baant lo
10) pavan kulkarni sdmcet

he he he.... I mean... hardly there is any relevant search!!.. I will surely post the keys if I find funnier ones!!..

ahhh UG!

2005-09-29T06:00:00.000+05:30

U.G. Krishnamurti's Meeting With
Ramana Maharshi

By U.G. KRISHNAMURTI

Krishnamurti(top),Ramana(down)

Excerpted from Part One of Krishnamurti's book The Mystique of Enlightenment.

I arrived at a point when I was twenty-one where I felt very strongly that all teachers -- Buddha, Jesus, Sri Ramakrishna, everybody -- kidded themselves, deluded themselves and deluded everybody. This, you see, could not be the thing at all -- "Where is the state that these people talk about and describe? That description seems to have no relation to me, to the way I am functioning. Everybody says 'Don't get angry' -- I am angry all the time. I'm full of brutal activities inside, so that is false. What these people are telling me I should be is something false, and because it is false it will falsify me. I don't want to live the life of a false person. I am greedy, and non-greed is what they are talking about. There is something wrong somewhere. This greed is something real, something natural to me; what they are talking about is unnatural. So, something is wrong somewhere. But I am not ready to change myself, to falsify myself, for the sake of being in a state of non-greed; my greed is a reality to me." I lived in the midst of people who talked of these things everlastingly -- everybody was false, I can tell you. So, somehow, what you call 'existentialist nausea' (I didn't use those words at the time, but now I happen to know these terms, revulsion against everything sacred and everything holy, crept into my system and threw everything out: "No more slokas, no more religion, no more practices -- there isn't anything there; but what is here is something natural. I am a brute, I am a monster, I am full of violence -- this is reality. I am full of desire. Desirelessness, non-greed, non-anger -- those things have no meaning to me; they are false, and they are not only false, they are falsifying me." So I said to myself "I'm finished with the whole business," but it is not that simple, you see.

Then somebody came along, and we were discussing all these things. He found me practically an atheist (but not a practicing atheist), skeptical of everything, heretical down to my boots. He said "There is one man here, somewhere in Madras at Tiruvannamalai, called Ramana Maharshi. Come on, let's go and see that man. Here is a living human embodiment of the Hindu tradition."

I didn't want to see any holy man. If you have seen one, you have seen them all. I never shopped around, went around searching for people, sitting at the feet of the masters, learning something; because everybody tells you "Do more and more of the same thing, and you will get it." What I got were more and more experiences, and then those experiences demanded permanence -- and there is no such thing as permanence. So, "The holy men are all phonies -- they are telling me only what is there in the books. That I can read -- 'Do the same again and again' -- that I don't want. Experiences I don't want. They are trying to share an experience with me. I'm not interested in experience. As far as experience goes, for me there is no difference between the religious experience and the sex experience or any other experience; the religious experience is like any other experience. I am not interested in experiencing Brahman; I am not interested in experiencing reality; I am not interested in experiencing truth. They might help others; but they cannot help me. I'm not interested in doing more of the same; what I have done is enough. At school if you want to solve a mathematical problem, you repeat it again and again -- you solve the mathematical problem, and you discover that the answer is in the problem. So, what the hell are you doing, trying to solve the problem? It is easier to find the answer first instead of going through all this."

So, reluctantly, hesitatingly, unwilling, I went to see Ramana Maharshi. That fellow dragged me. He said "Go there once. Something will happen to you." He talked about it and gave me a book, Search in Secret India by Paul Brunton, so I read the chapter relating to this man -- "All right, I don't mind, let me go and see." That man was sitting there. From his very presence I felt "What! This man -- how can he help me? This fellow who is reading comic strips, cutting vegetables, playing with this, that or the other -- how can this man help me? He can't help me." Anyway, I sat there. Nothing happened; I looked at him, and he looked at me. "In his presence you feel silent, your questions disappear, his look changes you" -- all that remained a story, fancy stuff to me. I sat there. There were a lot of questions inside, silly questions -- so, "The questions have not disappeared. I have been sitting here for two hours, and the questions are still there. All right, let me ask him some questions" -- because at that time I very much wanted moksha. This part of my background, moksha, I wanted. "You are supposed to be a liberated man" -- I didn't say that. "Can you give me what you have?" -- I asked him this question, but that man didn't answer, so after some lapse of time I repeated that question -- "I am asking 'Whatever you have, can you give it to me?'" He said, "I can give you, but can you take it?" Boy! For the first time this fellow says that he has something and that I can't take it. Nobody before had said "I can give you," but this man said "I can give you, but can you take it?" Then I said to myself "If there is any individual in this world who can take it, it is me, because I have done so much sadhana, seven years of sadhana. He can think that I can't take it, but I can take it. If I can't take it, who can take it?" -- that was my frame of mind at the time -- you know, (laughs) I was so confident of myself.

I didn't stay with him, I didn't read any of his books, so I asked him a few more questions: "Can one be free sometimes and not free sometimes?" He said "Either you are free, or you are not free at all." There was another question which I don't remember. He answered in a very strange way: "There are no steps leading you to that." But I ignored all these things. These questions didn't matter to me -- the answers didn't interest me at all.

But this question "Can you take it?" ... "How arrogant he is!" -- that was my feeling. "Why can't I take it, whatever it is? What is it that he has?" -- that was my question, a natural question. So, the question formulated itself: "What is that state that all those people -- Buddha, Jesus and the whole gang -- were in? Ramana is in that state -- supposed to be, I don't know -- but that chap is like me, a human being. How is he different from me? What others say or what he is saying is of no importance to me; anybody can do what he is doing. What is there? He can't be very much different from me. He was also born from parents. He has his own particular ideas about the whole business. Some people say something happened to him, but how is he different from me? What is there: What is that state?" -- that was my fundamental question, the basic question -- that went on and on and on. "I must find out what that state is. Nobody can give that state; I am on my own. I have to go on this uncharted sea without a compass, without a boat, with not even a raft to take me. I am going to find out for myself what the state is in which that man is." I wanted that very much, otherwise I wouldn't have given my life.

New Blog....

2005-08-26T19:29:00.000+05:30

My new blog......

http://technish.blogspot.com/

LowScene

2005-08-12T16:41:00.000+05:30

This is what Mr. Doug Cutting( Primary developer of the Lucene and Nutch open source search projects) says about 'recruiting' in his blog( click here).... Well.. I do seem to agree with him to some extent.. but not completely.. anyways here's the quote.. definitely worth a thought...

"" I always hate it when, in an interview, I'm asked to solve a logic puzzle. Now Google is using math puzzles to recruit. These sorts of things seem good at identifying folks who might be good students, folks who are good at competing against others to solve toy problems. But a good developer has quite different skills. A good developer works with others to solve real problems. A knack for triage, good manners, writing skills and lots of other things are as important as logic skills.

When I interview I like to ask people to describe a problem they encountered and tell how they solved it--to tell a story. Or I describe to them a real problem I'm currently working on, and see how they might approach it. Not that I'm actually convinced this works much better. Hiring people I haven't previously worked with still always feels like a lottery... ""

2005-07-30T08:26:00.000+05:30

Podium finishes...

2005-07-30T08:24:00.000+05:30

So whos who??

2005-07-30T08:23:00.000+05:30

Thats Wagadaur beach... Our driver ( Anil ;-)...)... Seems visibly dissappointed because of the rain in the background..

2005-07-30T08:19:00.000+05:30

Guess what I'm doing in an old goa house!!... think think think...

2005-07-30T08:17:00.000+05:30

Can you spot us???.. thats St. Cathedral...

2005-07-30T08:14:00.001+05:30

Now.. I seriously found that to be the most beautiful pace in Goa..

2005-07-30T08:14:00.000+05:30

Hmmm.. now thats me getting tattoed.. (yeah yeah... temporarily..)

2005-07-30T08:12:00.000+05:30

Thats Aguada fort... (right most) Naveen

2005-07-30T08:11:00.000+05:30

Ok.. So this is calangute beach... (from right) Anil, Arihant, myself, Laxmishree, Cathelene, Tino...

2005-07-30T08:06:00.000+05:30

Hmmm...A surprise cake(smaller one) for Tino(Anil's friend in Goa)... his B'day was supposed to be the next day...

2005-07-30T08:03:00.000+05:30

Ok.. So I had been to Goa immediatly after my vacation.. Well.. the purpose first... Anil's mom's B'day... different ppl in the gathering..

Tommorow is there or not.............

2005-07-28T10:43:00.000+05:30

" A bewildering plot, baroque costumes, baby-faced stars, and one memorable Burman hit (Kya huaa, tera vaada, “What happened to your promise?”) mark this as a quintessential 1970s masala potboiler. The presence of international smugglers, a cross-border abduction, helicopter chases, funny cars, frenetic camera work, and jarring visual discontinuities is all likewise standard for the genre and era."
This is Hindi cinema for u...and this is something the rest of the world has not seen....
So if v can have a "Die another day" in telugu titled "bhooloka veeerudu"....dont ask me the actual translation...i remember the title thats it...and then we have charlies angels in Hindi as "teen devian".......I ask why not do the same with Hindi fillums...So I have chalked out a plan, I will now dub every hit Hindi movie into english and take it to the firangs.......
in the pipeline are a few titles........

Something something happens..................Kuch Kuch Hota hai
Sometimes happy sometimes sad...............Kabhi khushi kabhi gum
People with hearts take the bride away........DDLJ
We gave away my heart dear....................Hum dil de chuke sanam
and last but not the least....
Tommorow is there or not..............kal ho na ho...
I'm there know.........Main hoon na
Walking walking........Chalte chalte

Considering the response to these biggies, I will think about releasing the lesser hits includint B-grade movies for the front benchers..... first in the pipeline wil be..

Tuesday in the forest.................jungle mein mangal

I must say....I shud do a small survey for myself and find out the taste of the firangs there......I mean I want to enter enemy territory fully prepared you know....... leaving no stones unturned......... Hmmmmmmmm
Is there any movie that also needs to be on this list?.....please enlighten me ...

"The New Pope Will be Assassinated"

2005-07-28T10:17:00.000+05:30

Nostradamus Prediction Says: "The New Pope Will be Assassinated"
Monday, April 11, 2005
According to Echeverri the new Pope will be forced to flee to Avignon in France and then on to Lyon because of the invading forces. He also says that the Roman Catholic church will be split after another Pope establishes himself in Rome.

"The next pope elected will be subsequently murdered in central Italy" he says. "Then comes pope number 112, who will flee Rome because of an attack by Muslims." Nostradamus prophecies have included the French revolution and Hitlers rise to power.

2005-06-19T07:43:00.000+05:30

Strength of a man!!... I am the one in white... Abhishek(our Class Rep) is the other one.

Hmmmm... Howdy all!!

2005-06-19T07:33:00.000+05:30

Hello there!!!... Hope you all remember me... Wondering why this idiot has started blogging again???... Hmmm... well.. this idiot thought he wouldnt mind bugging your mind for somemore time in his short life. Well.... I hope you all missed me..
I have lots to say!!... many new developments have come up in my small low profiled(hopefully so!!) life. I have my exams commencing from July 5th. I promise to keep my blog updated immediatly after my exams. Not that I will be busy 24 hours a day studying... well the fact is.. I am not so much intersted in scoring high marks(incase you dont know.. I am the balanced type)... am not interested in being a topper.. not that I dont believe I cant be.. but its just not my type.. not that I am interested in becoming a pro rock star... but its just not my type... not that I dont believe I cant be a rock star ;-) ... but its just not my type... not that I am interested in being a tall dark handsome gentle man... but its just not my type.. not that I dont believe I cant be a blah blah blah.......

Ok ok fine... I will stop pakofying you all... remember... we have several dates(I prefer long drives)(ofcourse if you are one of those male species you better go get yourself a life ;-) )... well all this and more... after I finish my exams.. better make your calenders free..

Keep waiting....

8-5

2005-03-26T09:36:00.000+05:30

So whats the big deal bout 8-5??.. yeah.. you got that right... these days I am being made to work for an institution called SDM from morning 8 to evening 5... n well they dont even pay me.. actually its the other way round.. I pay them to make me work so much.. trust me the system cannot be worse. Puzzled???.. well yeah... there is this new system in our dept... time tables are set so that we have theory classes from 8 - 5. Can anyone in this world understand the gravity of the situation?... 6 hours or 7hours of sitting idle in the class.. just makes me go haywire... like they say you always realise the importance of something once it is gone... I now realise that life was heaven in the previous semester even with all those work... cuz atleast then I got to go out of the class at 12:30 PM atleast 4 days a week... now... everyday till 5.....

Since I have to be there by 8... I got to get up at half past 6... leave the house at half past 7... work till 5... then come out n rewind by either playing table tennis or some other sport for an hour or so... then have a cup of coffee or some other drink in front of the college bakery while chatting for about half an hour with friends... then leave for my house n reach by bout 7... phew.... then bathe, eat, talk to mom n bitch bout yet another dull boring bad day... then try to study for bout an hour... n I am dead!!!.. yeah I am dead on my bed... how bout this time table for a person who is supposed to be having the best time of his life... HELP!!....please... please... I wont have any energy for any night activity... I can stay awake in the night.. but its seriously impossible to do anything useful then...

Now, the question is am I stuck?... cant come out of this cycle?... dont I have a choice?... cant I be left free?... I remind, Freedom is my birth right. I just dont know how to relate to that statement, I strongly believe that statement doesnt have any social relevance anymore.... All I can say is that the "system" is sick... really sick....

I know I am sounding like one cynic, like that ever "cribbing", ever "complaining" person... but really I cant help it... just **** it... I dont know when I will update this blog again... I guess you will have known already why I couldnt update for so many days...

Anyways... non-SDMites rejoice... non-Comp Sciites rejoice... Every dog has its day, n undoubtedly we are having our day now..

Life..... duh.. whats that?

2005-02-22T21:48:00.000+05:30

Life... yeah life...what is life??.. any idea?.. I was wondering.. can u pinpoint an object n say this is life?.. can you point to a lifestyle n say that is life?.. Nope.. beats me. So whats life after all?. Fine .. as of now all of us have our objectives.. everyday we are striving to achieve those objectives. We are living in the hope that we will achieve them one day.

Now look at my above proposition clearly... I say that we are living each day to achieve those objectives. Its easy to understand that.. those objectives are basicaly created by ourselves in this very world... when I say ourselves I mean those are created by our minds. And its very important to understand that we are not our minds... anyways that part later. So the complexities of this world are fed into our minds n our minds set some goal for us.. n we spend each day n night trying to achieve these goals. Now can anyone of you identify this with something else??... I will give an example.. consider a baby... when he sees something interesting.. say a cellphone... he tries very hard to get to that.. cries or does whatever he can just to reach to that phone.. suppose that he ultimately gets that phone.. he is then happy. Did that make sense?... ofcourse we laugh it off cuz intellectually we are at a much higher level.

Now if you see our situation.. there is no much difference.. any person intellectually much higher than us would consider us like a baby.. we too run after petty things.. when we achieve them we are temperorily happy. Ofcourse.. since we are at our own level(just like getting the cell phone is a serious issue for a baby), we would like to say that whatever we are doing are serious issues.. n not a child's play. But is it really the case?... ask yourself.. is getting a good job.. earning good money... having wife with kids... etc etc... is this ultimately the life?... Is there nothing higher?..

Now you need to see... we lived in the school to score good marks in 10th boards.. we studied 11th n 12th to do a proffessional course in a very good college. We are studying in this proffessional college to get a good job(I am talking generally.. doesnt necessarily mean "me"). You will start off doing the job energetically to climb the corporate ladder.. by then some ppl might have had children.. now their focus is on their children.. just like my parents focus is on me now. Does this ever end?.. isnt this monotonous?.. I mean come on.. everyone has been doing this.. why are we doing all these things again???.. Dont you see.. we all are so involved in our day to day petty things that we just cant see beyond these petty things. Life can be much much more.. stop for a moment.. halt everything.. look back n look ahead n look at present.. am I just repeating?.. am I just flowing with the current?.. cant I pave my own way?.. cant I go higher?.. arent all these things materialistic?.. isnt everything I own now temperory?.. Am I not going to lose them one day?.. or gain them one day?.. then whats the need in possessing them at all?.. The list can go on!!!.. You ask yourself.. you try to find out the answers.. I am in the process too!!.. I dont know if this is the right note to end this post.. but really.. there is nothing more to say.. All I want to say is that.. there is more to life than just achieving these petty things or scoring a distinction.. think about it.. Please let me know your conclusion.. its definitely not a one thought solution. You have to think persistently..

Alright... dinner time for me folks... till later...

SimBly...

2005-02-15T00:54:00.000+05:30

Simbly.. (stress that b hard)..Have you heard this word? Try warming up your brain.
I could see some hands raising. Ok .. fine..
Well.. Well.. Well..? Don't scratch your head or run madly for a dictionary..

You just need a mallu to solve this riddle.( for those who doesn't know whoz a mallu- it's an abridged word for Malayalee--ppl from kerala)
I'm not going to insult/criticize/offend them. If you are genuinely interested to know more- few more words from the rack.. my ungle simbly wend to gelf as he haz to meet bizness tarjet(spell it tar-jet)... etc..etc..it wud take a big post..but hey..I am not here to demean any mallus out there ; )

Fine let's get into things..Simple is one word that looks very simple.. yet got much in it.
To be simple.. to be honest.. to be modest.. some of the most difficult things to put in practise. I take that simple out simply to discuss & share my thought.
Even to make some simple things simple is not so simple...(Hmm am i confused!?)....
For instance..To be simple in the way you dress.... To be simple in the way you look. ..

Whenever I speak of SIMPLE. It reminds me of few people out there. There may be many.. but within my little world, the two people I admire most are Mr. & Mrs. Narayana murthy of Infosys. Though I have never met them. I admire this couple a lot. I read..heard a lot about them. They are one of the simplest souls on earth. Have u heard that they live in a very ordinary and SIMPLE house.. They wear SIMPLE clothes.. Their life style is very simple.(ok I heard that too many simBles...fine...noted)

In general you expect a CEO/COO or founder of a company to flirt around flaunting his wealth(ofcourse I dont mind flaunting cool gadgets) . (Ok I am not here to question their flaunt). But this beloved personality & his wife as far as I heard had their roots and feet on earth. Recently I read Mrs. Sudha murthy's book( The wise & otherwise). It added ground to my knowledge. Infact the book was a small one, a collection of her articles in a New paper. Yet it was one of those books that echoes in my heart. Contrary to any COO/Founder's wife she was very much involved in "giving back" to society.In the process she has been SIMPLE..always demonstrating it. She usually wears a simple cotton saree. If she wish, she can buy loads of silk..shiffon..sarees. But she believes in being SIMPLE. Her beauty & grace lies in her simplicity. (Well.. needless to tell you simplicity is one thing that always turns me ON).

If she wants, she can own a private jet..or a big BMW or porch.. But she travelled to the remote corners of india through buses(to extent possible). She tells that a bus ( mind you not an a/c one.. a normal rural bus) is where you meet people of all kinds and interact with them and know their problems. She takes care of Infosys Foundation and helped.. and was helping many. I could sense this simplicity in all her works.. You could never see her photographs at a big cocktail parties..(as it happens with AMBANI's.. Godrej's..). Rather you could see her opening a library.. inaugarating a foundation building..etc.that too she attends very simple without any emblazoned attire.

Well, if a lady of such a great personality is so simple in her looks & dressing. I wonder why were some people out there.. esp some women whom you could feel if they just had a mask on their face... who wears those skimpy outfits(forget it we'll have one fine day to discuss abt it.more..)..who fillup the body with hefty ornaments..lots of this & that. I wonder why women(hmm ok..some men) need a make-up. There are some, I have seen who would have looked lot better if they didn't have that make-up. I bet many of them look more beautiful without make-up(try it once.. I bet you won't be dissapointed). Well why do they need a make-up at all???!!.

I think... a perfectly confident Man(or for that matter WOMEN as well), who believes in him/herself..who is beautiful inside.. don't put up a great make-up/dress. If you have this inner beauty, then you always have that ever lasting smile..& you add grace to your personality..your outer beauty is something thats least considered/bothered(I think). If you have the other way round.. sorry boss..that's worthless. The lifestyle of Mrs.Sudha murthy is the best example to support my opinion.

( Oh! BIG ONE ha?....Just wrote this simBly...I am on vacation remember?..).

2005-02-06T21:17:00.000+05:30

Living close to the nature....

2005-02-06T21:14:00.000+05:30

How 'bout some wild life photography...

2005-02-06T21:13:00.000+05:30

Coming home victorious!!! KUDOS to all the warriors!!!

2005-02-06T21:11:00.000+05:30

Waiting for the enemies... the regiment is ready....

2005-02-06T21:08:00.000+05:30

Getting ready for the adventure of a lifetime... WHITE WATER RAFTING!!... 3 warriors.. 3 weapons.

2005-02-06T21:06:00.000+05:30

Enjoying some water.... I swear!!

2005-02-06T21:04:00.000+05:30

Hiking.. trekking.. whatever you wanna call it. That uncle(Megha's father) you see in the pic is easily the most energetic man I have met. He was the first to climb 1000 steps!!! n we 19 year olds are a piece of cake for him!!

2005-02-06T21:00:00.000+05:30

So, the gang is ready for that ulti adventure in Dandeli... (from left) Soujanya, Anil, Megha, ME!!.

Back ... in black!!!

2005-02-06T20:45:00.000+05:30

Oooooooopsssss ........ sorry... was impossible to post anything immediatly after the exams... I had to immediatly rush to have fun.. pre-planned you see.. Anyways. So here I am.. here I will be. Finally the exams are over, and I am a free bird. Like I had said in my previous post, I really had to go underground for a month for my exams. I have vacations till march 7th, got to use them and enjoy to the fullest.

Alright, now, as far as the exams go, they have not been very good, but then everyone's exams were not good.. so I am no exception. I could have been an exception, if I had studied from the beginning, which I am sure will never happen. I know I will always slog it in the end. But thats me... my way of living 'n regretting. Anyways...
Guys guys guys... one special message to you all(VTU students)...

FORGET WHATS HAPPENED, ITS HISTORY. ENJOY THE PRESENT.
CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES IN THE NEXT SEM(wishful thinking, I know! but be serious this time .. its like now or never).

ENJOY YOUR VACATION TO THE FULLEST, 'CUZ LIFE'S GONNA SUCK IN THE 4th SEM TOO... WITH ALL THOSE ASSIGNMENTS!!

I will be posting 'bout all my adventures right here!.. So get back n enjoy all my boring stories!!.

Time to get underground

2004-12-24T15:17:00.000+05:30

Yeah(sigh).. its back.. its now time to get underground. Exams in a few weeks. So its tata bye bye to the blogging world. I wont be updating my blog till Feb 1st 2005. This is the chance for all those who are new to my blog to get acquainted with my earlier articles(most of them are not even worth taking a look, but still..).
I really got to work hard for the next few weeks. I hope I dont repeat my earler mistakes... for which I am still repenting by paying Rs 40000 yearly(and I am not even on loan{although I wanted to, but dad refused to apply for a loan}, so I think m already a burden to my parents). Anyways..... till later...
Wish me luck you guys!

2004-12-17T08:48:00.000+05:30

Through my lens...

wish there were 30 hours a day

2004-12-11T08:02:00.000+05:30

I know I havent updated for a while... and possibly will not be updating for a while too. I dont know what I am doing to my body, I hardly sleep for 3-4 hours everyday. My college sucks, I am given assignments like a donkey, have to attend internal assessment tests like prisoners, and add to that my college is now 25 years old this dec 24th... so silver jubilee celebrations, for which we have to make the preperations, and then we have Lab internals, lab journals... then we have lab finals.. then I am doing some work not related to college, something I like, which really requires time, and am hardly able to find it. I know, I know, everyone says, you always get time if you manage it. But, till now I have been unsuccessful doing that. Every day I sleep at about 3 AM, get up at about 6-6:30 AM(college at 8 AM)... yeah I know I am having dark circles. Priority wise, I am very happy to skip all those sick tests and assignments... but my profs would throw me out of their dept. Life sucks, when you are torn between what you would rather do and what you are currently doing. I hope life is going to resolve itself for the better.
I am open to suggestions, I accept evil ideas too(like outsourcing lab journal etc).

engineering colleges... aur angreji?

2004-11-18T00:45:00.000+05:30

Here's an apt description of engineering, courtesy some forward to my mailbox.

The Years of Engineering
F.E. Fond of Engineering
S.E. Sick Of Engineering
T.E. Tired of Engineering
B.E. Balls to Engineering

And, Some Basic definitions from the same source:
Engineering College : Place where you're punished for getting good HSC marks.
Babe : After two years in Engineering, anything remotely female, qualifies for that title...esp for mech engg guys...
Senior : Guy who got ragged as junior and wanna get some payback...
Tutions : What you take when you don't waste enough time....
Professor : Person paid to put students to sleep.
Vernac Prof : Unusual variant of previous individual who comes packaged with his own brand of English ("Now you check me our journal.""You out get from class.""Are you Understand, ?""Both of you two come here", "Draw a square of any shape")
Practicals : 60 to 120 minutes in which you watch the girls do your experiment, and usually destroy a considerable array of lab
equipment.
Hopeless Practical : The practical in which there are no girls in your group (simply look blankly at each other, fiddle with the equipment, and finally copy the readings. from the girls of course...or from guyz who get it from gals).

And,some fractured English,some of which is familiar,some new:
Desi Teachers' English:

In class:
* Open the doors of the window. Let the atmosphere come in.
* Open the doors of the window. Let the air force come in.
* Cut an apple in two halfs- take the bigger half.
* Shhh...Quiet, boys...the principal just passed away outside
* Both of you three, get out of the class.
* Close the doors of the window.
* Take Copper Wire of any metal specially of Silver.
* Take 5 cm wire of any length.

About family
* I have two daughters both of them are girls

At the play ground
* All of you, stand in a straight circle.
* There is no wind in the balloon.

Punishment :
* You, rotate the ground four times
* You, go and under-stand the tree
* You three of you, stand together separately.
* Why you are late - say YES or NO

Independent?... Shucks... not yet...

2004-11-12T11:47:00.000+05:30

WARNING: THIS POST IS WRITTEN FOR FINANCIALLY INDEPENDENT PEOPLE ONLY. OTHERS MIGHT RISK DEVELOPING RIFTS WITH YOUR PARENTS OR THE ONES YOU DEPEND ON. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Ofcourse I know India has been independent for the last 57 years or so... but I am now talking about a different kind of independence... I am talking about financial independence.. I am talking about my financial independence.. When I say independence I dont mean security, I just mean earning, how much ever it might be.

I am 19, and yes, it kills me when I realise that every breath I take, every move I make, every meal I have, every bath I take, every function I attend, every song I listen to, every call I recieve... is out of my parents virtue... I truly dont own anything.. I am so totally dependent on my parents from toilet to petrol. When you come to think of it, you cant help but say "Loser"...
I have got 2 and a half years to go before I finish my degree, but thats quite long... I dont know what I am getting at... I dont know whats my point, but all I know for sure is that ... it doesnt feel good to be a parasite.... trust me it doesnt. Ofcourse my parents are very happy with me... but I am not happy being a parasite.

Sometimes I wish such thoughts never existed in my mind.. for those of you who dont have such thoughts in your minds, tell you what... you guys are lucky... you dont have to worry about anything, please dont take this article seriously... I think its a state of mind which is usually non-existent in most cases.
How else do you explain children joining a family run businesses.. I mean do they have atleast smallest sense of independece?, they are forever slave to their ancestors, or even if they pretend to be masters, deep down they know whatever they are is by virtue of their forefathers, thereby living a hopeless life, atleast I would like to say that.
I know so many people who flaunt the coolest things, it might be a bike, a camphone, or even a cool ROLEX... no I dont have anything against them, coz, I used to brag, flaunt and show off quite a bit when I was in school.. but now, things have changed.. sorry, any level headed person would not be impressed, unless all those cool things are bought by them, and not their parents.

I dont know if I am normal, but I dont give a damn to what others say... I know most of'em say "Pavan you still have time before you are independent... "... bullshit.. but then I dont quite have many choices but be content with what I am and where I am.

Anyways, the fact is that I am a parasite, and I dont feel very good about it... and thats it. I definitely need to do something about it... but not getting enough time to do anything substantial. Ideas anyone?... when I say "anything", I mean anything that is IT related and nothing else..... I just realised as I am typing that...
1)I am typing..
2)I am listening to a song
3)I am using a computer while doing so
4)Eating "chakli"
5)and wondering whether my body is mine atleast, coz none of the above are!!!

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And finally the group photo... ofcourse I cant name everyone here!!!

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(from left)Sheetal, Rohini, Shantala(above Rohini), Anita, Pooja...

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Looks crazy ha?... well thats Sheetal for you!

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(from left:)Harish, myself, Rajat(Lampard), Vaibhav

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Thats Pooja and Shantala(from left)

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I attended a High school reunion on 30th oct in Hubli, if you dont know, I did my schooling in Lion's school, Hubli. Met all my old friends... the consequent pictures are of the same event.(this pic: from left: Nitin and Myself!)

Of Marlboros and Bacardis

2004-10-15T00:38:00.000+05:30

There are many things you learn when you are growing up, and there are many things you unlearn too. Basically you are an empty tape when are a kid, and you just go on recording whatever is heard by you... and thats when you have preconceived notions. Some of these notions wash away quite easily when you are growing up... but some last.. they really do..many a times they stay with you forever.. it can be due to various factors

1)Since it was told by the one you respect most, it cannot be wrong.
2)Since it was told and followed by many.. it cannot be wrong.
etc etc....

So, I happened to wash away one such notion about 10 months ago. I used to think that all those who smoke or who drink or those who dont study are "bad"... I used to think them as outcasts. Yes, this notion managed to stay with me for the last 19 years. And I have now realized that people who drink and smoke are very much human beings... this notion managed to stay with me all these years because of the following reasons

1)Mom said so...
2)Dad said so...
3)Watched quite a few typical kannada movies, which portrayed drunkards as "BAD" people.... and so on and so forth.

But now, things have changed... I know many people who drink, smoke, but are very good at what they are supposed to do... geniuses.

So how is a smoker different from non smoker?... yeah right, smoking is bad for health... agreed... but if you are addicted you cant help it.. but smoking inherently doesn't make a person bad, nor does nonsmoking makes him good!!.

I see being overweight is as dangerous as smoking, in both the cases you are not taking good care of your body, in both the cases you are satisfying your mind's immediate needs.
Yes, definitely this habit can make you go out of control, they say it can ruin you as a human being, but then thats when control comes into picture. You gotto prioritise certain things, and abide by it. These habits do take a huge turn if you cant control them... they will start controlling you.

I really want to and can write a thousand more lines to justifying my say, but I got to get back to my academics right now, got hell lot of assignments to complete(me and my SDMCET), perhaps some day I would want to continue this debate.........

Courage....

2004-09-30T22:58:00.000+05:30

Courage certainly has very little to do with the way a person looks or appears to be. It truly is a frame of mind and thus something that has to come from within. It is perhaps the one thing that most of us need badly and yet falter to possess at the right moment.
It's not about blood and guts or being funky gutsy for the feel or kick of it. On the other hand, It is more to do with the kind of person we are deep within.
It's an extraordinary capability to be courageous at the right moment, for it shapes our personality in a manner that is unique, tough and yet mildly mannered.
Maybe the biggest problem with most of us lies in assuming that we already have in us limitless amounts of this splendid quality. Worse still, we don't really know what the very fundamental of that word really means.
I cannot really define courage but let me tell you that at a time when the world said that I was wrong and I knew otherwise, I gained strength. That indeed is courage.
Courage is when you know that you are right deep down despite teething opposition, it is when you trust yourself even when others refuse to lend you a helping hand, it is when you have that something in you which makes you absolutely certain that you can.......................It is when you have an air of confidence that is undisputable.

You don't have to be bold and baring fangs to prove that you have courage. True courage is from within, when you know yourself all the more better.
Time shall certainly dish out instances that test out mettle and to me I'd say that's how I got that cheeky li'l stuff deep down into my system. It's about the way we handle things, see things and reason them.
It's about the unflinching faith I have in me that tells me "This too shall pass."
And in the end....................I emerge a victor even if no battle has been fought.
But then life can be a battle, of survival, even if we don't really acknowledge it. And that fuel, that passionately drives me forward without risking a loss of faith in my own self is nothing but Courage.
It certainly holds good value to me since that's what makes me the person I am.
A fighter that I am, there is nothing that can stop me from being me......... thanks to that thing in me what I call courage.
So much for a serene and a calm man!!

Height of disappointment!

2004-09-30T22:50:00.000+05:30

Nothing can be more disappointing than forgetting you mobile back at home, and finding not a single missed call or a text message that evening.....

(Experience!)

2004-09-27T23:52:00.000+05:30

My school mate Prashant...

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Thats Deepa again!

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Well, thats me and my sister Deepa....

yet another concept of this matrix....

2004-09-20T10:41:00.000+05:30

Yes, yet another concept of this matrix that I am experiencing, called "attraction". Yes, I am attracted to this girl, ofcourse the details are too personal a thing to be told here or anywhere for that matter... and its a good opportunity for me to analyse this concept. I will be watching out for all the things that will be happening, all the things that will be changing. Perhaps a first hand information will be the coolest.
I classify attraction in 3 categories
1)Physical
2)Non-physical
3)Both

Non-physcial attraction is perhaps the toughest and the most difficult of all. Here, you see her/him as she/he is. You dont judge, you dont consider the +ve or -ve points(conditional). All you see is the plain pure human being. No judgement means the so called mind is simply put out of use. Well, basically its nothing but "LOVE". But if you reach this stage, consider yourself enlightened.

I dont think I need to say anything about physical attraction, its very common and everyone will or has had this kind of attraction atleast once.

There is this 3rd kind of attraction which involves both physical and non-physical. When I say both, I mean they are proportional, like 30:70, 40:60 etc etc. And I think my attraction falls in this category, although nearer to non-physcial.

Ideally in a few days, the level of attraction should come down, I mean the force should come down. If it does come down, then people call it "infatuation"... now thats where I get confused, I really dont know how to categorise "infatuation". I dont think it falls into any of the categories that I have mentioned.

Analysis apart, I am reminded of this beautiful song of Bryan Adams, which I would love to quote. I know she will read this post... and I know she will atleast have the faintest idea... or atleast I hope so...
Here it is, just for you girl.

I oughta be workin'
But I can't concentrate
I oughta be sleepin'
instead am stayin' up late
When I oughta be doing all the things I should do
I think about you

I oughta be writin'
But I can't find the song
Just sittin' here driftin'
Driftin' along
There's only one thing that I wanna do
And that's think about you

I think about you - I can't get no rest
I think about you - there ain't no one else
It's all I can do - I can't help myself
Ya - I think about you

I could go cruisin'
But I've had enough
I could go partyin'
But I can't stand the stuff
It just don't do me like it used to do
I'd rather think about you

Aamznig, Huh?

2004-09-01T22:12:00.000+05:30

Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, itdeosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

-Pvaan

One liners....

2004-08-27T16:59:00.000+05:30

I Love animals. They taste great.

I say no to drugs They just don't listen.

A friend in need Is a pest indeed.

Marriage is one of the chief causes of divorce.

Work is fine if itdoesn't take too much of your time.

When everything comes in your way you're in the wrong lane.

The light at the end of the tunnel may be an incoming train.
Born free taxed to death.

Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don'thave film.

Life is unsure, always eat your desert first.

Smile, it makes people wonder what you are thinking.

If you keep your feet firmly on the ground,you'll have trouble putting on your pants.

It's not hard to meet expenses, they are everywhere.

I love being a writer...what I can't stand is the paperwork.

A printer consists of 3main parts:the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking redlight.

The hardest part of skating is the ice.

My phone number is 17.We got one of the earlyones.

The guy who invented the first wheel was an idiot. Theguy who invented theother three,he was the genius.

The trouble with being punctualis that no one is there to appreciate it.

In a country of free speech,why are there phonebills ?

If you tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, he"ll believe you.But if you tell him a park bench has just been painted, he has to touch it to be sure.

I had a friend once.Then the rope broke and he got away.

If you cannot change your mind,are you sure you have one ?

Beat the 5 O'clock rush,leave work at noon !

If you can't convince them,confuse them.

It's not the fall that kills you.It's the sudden stop at the end.

I couldn't repair your brakes,so I made your horn louder.

Give a man a free hand,and he"ll run it all over you

Hot glass looks same as cold glass.- Cunino's Law of BurntFingers

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

The cigarette does the smoking you are just the sucker.

Someday is not a day of the week

Wikipedia

2004-08-27T16:30:00.000+05:30

This is perhaps the best example of a community effort - power of the people. This almost makes me believe in socialism. A mammoth work created by the cumulative effort of perhaps thousands of people across the globe, transcending all barriers of region, language, religion and all such others that we tend to raise between us and our neigbours.

For the English version, check out http://en.wikipedia.org
This project started on January 2, 2001. It basically uses a system based on wikis (a wiki is web page that can be edited using your web browser by whoever has rights to do so and the name 'wiki' is derived from the Hawaiian word 'wiki-wiki', meaning 'quick') to create an encyclopedia. The inspiration behind this idea was Richard M Stallman.
This is an encyclopedia that you can modify if you want to (unless you have been blacklisted for vandalism). By now it must be the largest repository of knowledge in the world ... and it is still growing at a phenomenal rate. You can get more information about this by searching for wikipedia on ... well, wikipedia :) To test it out, I searched for 'tendulkar', 'stanley matthews', 'vajpayee', 'dennis ritchie', 'ram', 'sahyadri', 'hale-bopp', 'tandoor', 'baobab', 'basilisk' and many more. The results have to be seen to be believed. Up to date and in-depth information about everything! Just could not resist bookmarking this page.
The interesting thing about wikipedia is that it is a voluntary activity that is done without making people sit in an office and bribing them to do it with fat paychecks.

My Experiments With Tooth

2004-08-11T10:55:00.000+05:30

I know I have not updated for quite a while...but I have had my own share of problems. One for instance, is my tooth.

Initially, I was very happy that finally I have got a tooth ache, and so finally I will be visiting "SDM Dental College"...crazy?...not quite, all the guys of my age would know why visiting dental college, especially SDM is such a pleasure. But for me, it turned out to be an awwwwwful experience.
And so, off I went, with my jacket, cooling glasses, gelled hair, shoes etc etc...basically trying to look cool. Went to the receptionist, that was my first disappointment. The receptionist there, was a middle aged man. Fine, so I took my card, and waited outside a general check up section, my name was called and in I went hoping to be very lucky.
It seemed my fate was written by some drunk rookie, a young man came towards me and started checking my teeth. It seemed as if he himself needed some oral care, he had such a bad breath.
Right, so that doctor prescribed me some other sections in the hospital that I had to go to. First in the list was the X-ray room.
Like, I said, my fate was written by some drunk idiot, I had to face the agony of another doctor Mr. Ravi or someone.
After Mr.Ravi, I had to go to some place where I had to have filling in my cavity. I wasnt really hoping for anything special, coz I was totally turned down by what had happened in my preivious two experiences. But, it seemed, I was finally shown some respite.....a beautiful lady came towards me, and started checking my teeth. I wanted to kick off some conversation, but the equipments, that she was holding were so deep into my mouth that I could hardly speak. I hoped atleast she would ask me something..about something. But no. And I was like "HEY BHAGWAAN YEH KAISI PAREEKSHA HAI!!!". ... ..after about 10 mins, she finally opened her mouth. And I thought she would talk something casual, but she said "looks like the cavity is way too deep, you have to get 'Root Canal Treatment'". (Root canal treatment is done if your cavity is very deep. The treatment is rather painful and expensive)......that was one treatment that I could have done without....she was like a smiling assasin. My mouth was still wide open...eyes wide open...I didnt know what to say. She came, she conquered, she bit, she went. And I was still there, like a hapless traveller.....

So this was a story of a wishful patient and a poisonous Doctor.

Someone please come and shut my mouth, close my eyes & take me home, the bite still pains......I am still in that psychotic chair...Hall No. 7.....SDM dental college....Dharwad 580004.

Waiting for you to come......

Sincerely,
Pavan Kulkarni.

Lord of the web: The return of the King

2004-07-31T23:31:00.000+05:30

A big "HI!!!!" to everyone.
Its been long since I last posted here...and seriously I have missed my blog during my exams. Many things have been happening in the last month...now that my exams are over, I can breathe some fresh air. In the process I have awarded myself with some new things like

(1) Keyboard( to blog better ofcourse!!!)
(2)A new "BARRACUDA" 80 GB harddisk...I was sick of the previously owned 20 GB HD because of which my music collection has been stagnating.
(3)A new CD writer.
(4)A new Logitech Mouse

I know most of them are not even worth mentioning. But one thing that really stands out is my seperate B+ line...that is, a seperate telephone only for internet!!. Now I can be online 24 hours, with out any guilt.

Looks like I have put on weight during the last one month. It was literally a cycle...get up at 7:30....get ready by doing all the morning chores....study till noon...have lunch..sleep or study till evening...drink tea....study till 10:30 or 11:00 go home and sleep....howzat????...more like a 9-5 job huh?

Right, so thats that about me in the last one month...nothing else is really coming on to my mind right now...I will update later if I have anything else to say(as usual)....meanwhile I wish all the engineering students a great vacation!

guess, its time to hibernate......

2004-06-23T21:09:00.000+05:30

Looks like my cold cold winter is here again...my exams will be starting from July 13th till 28th.
This is a formal info to all the readers of my blog, I wont be updating it till July 28th....so dont keep checking back here....:-) ....well, even if you do keep coming back.....I dont mind at all!!!. ;-)

Chappar phaad ke!!

2004-06-16T22:22:00.000+05:30

Denevala, jab bhi deta, chappar phaad ke deta hai!!!
Yeah, thats true, first I had Gmail(1000 mb), and now Yahoo...Yahoo has now provided me with 100 mb of space for being "loyal" to it or what ever!!!....I definitely am the happiest man on this earth...although I had seen this coming. I really really dont know what to do with this much of space....

Here is an open letter all those guys with all those forwards "GUYS I AM NOW OPEN", send me any and every forward you recieve either to my usual Yahoo address(pavanlimo@yahoo.com) or Gmail(pavankulkarni@gmail.com)...I promise not to write another word against you guys on my blog....;-)

I have my sem exams coming my way soon, obviously you cant expect much from me as far as the blog is concerned.

And to end this post, a funny instance from a book "The Sage and the Housewife" by Shanta Kelkar (on UG Krishnamurthy)

This bang shows me I am here....
The same afternoon, after lunch, as we sat gossiping, I noticed that U.G. kept banging on the wall cupboard with a loud bang. I asked him why he kept on doing that. He said, "Just to see if I am there. I can't feel my body. This bang shows me I am here. It is a very funny situation. Not much difference here between me and Valentine. Her brain is damaged, mine still functions. She is afraid of this situation, I am not." As he was saying all this he happened to see my reflection in the mirror, and suddenly he said, "Who's there? Your reflection there distracted me. The continuity was broken." He continued, "After all that trouble, I never expected to end up this way."

I especially liked this because, you can see child like face of UG here...and also his ever energetic behaviour.

Its right....its wrong!

2004-06-09T23:06:00.000+05:30

Oh look, what Mr Kapil Sibal says here...

"I'm not a spiritual person. In my opinion, spirituality is meant for those people who have a lot of time to waste. I believe that the people who get into spiritualism have nothing else to do in life. Except, of course, if they're taking up spiritualism as a vocation"

Now, Mr Kapil Sibal, I think its got to be the the greatest joke of the century......

Seriously speaking, Mr Sibal gives us a stark example to explain one's paradigm......basically showing how one percieves and reflects things.

An event may be percieved as good by one person, and bad by another, and yet both may claim they are right....well, both are right according to their own rights!.

What then is the meaning of "right" which can be right to one person and wrong to another?. Somebody might say, right is something which makes you good.

Well, the event you judge as good, might just be the event others might judge as bad. Ex: In a Cricket match(Ind vs Aus), if India wins its good for us, bad for them and vice versa. right???.... Dont you agree its the same case with "right" and "wrong"??

how would you judge India losing the worldcup?
how would you judge, me writing this article?
how would you judge BJP's loss?

So how then would you judge what is 'universally' "right" or "wrong"??

HOW WOULD YOU DECIDE?????????

So the next time your Mom tells you whats right, explain her how its wrong!!
;-)

2004-06-09T22:30:00.000+05:30

Following is the excerpt from an article in Sunday's TOI in "Mind over Matter" section, to which I agree to quite an extent.

1)Live in the present, for it is the only moment you have. Look for the fullness in every moment.
2)Relinquish your need for external approval. You alone are the judge of your worth, and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself. 3)Listen to your body's wisdom signals of comfort and discomfort
4)Shed the burden of judgment. Judgment imposes right and wrong on situations that just are. In judging others, you reflect your lack of self-acceptance.

Sickk & Dirrty

2004-06-03T00:19:00.000+05:30

I am already tempted to say "I told you so" but I will hold myself back as it is bad form to do so.

The markets have spoken. They do not trust this government which is yet to be formed. But like that suave buffoon Sitaram Yechury (who has won just one election - in JNU) said only 1% of Indians participate in the stock market (inaccurate... at least 40% do, in shares, mutual funds and insurance policies). Remember, the market does not only benefit those who buy shares, it brings in funds that are put in projects that bring in employment to millions.

The dramatis personae are busy carving out their pounds of flesh even before the government had been constituted. The idiotic Laloo wanted Deputy PM-ship and the Home Ministry, the broker Amar Singh wanted Civil Aviation, the wily Sharad Pawar wanted Defence, the opportunistic TRS, DMK and commies want to stay out so that they can squeeze the system without an iota of responsibility.

It does not augur well for India. But then, these are weird times.

Even sensible educated Indians have fallen into the trap of so-called secularism. They say "Great, we have voted out Vajpayee because his party kept mute during the Gujarat riots" while they do not remember anymore that two of the ringleaders of the gory massacre of Sikhs in 1984 are "honourable MPs of a 'secular' party". Ever heard of throwing the baby out with the bathwater? They say "Vajpayee's 'feel-good' was a non-starter" while they forget that the party that coined "Garibi hatao" in the seventies had done precious little to remove poverty.

I am willing to double the bet that this government won't celebrate its birthday... any takers?

Powerful article about "Mahatma" Gandhi here

2004-05-29T01:27:00.000+05:30

You have got (G)mail!

2004-05-27T01:04:00.000+05:30

Feel like an excited kid with his first bicycle. Have always wanted to be associated with Google in some way (their logos are way too innovative and way too cute). Now's the chance!!

Google is offering an email service, with (hold your breath) ....1 GB space. 1GB is like an email-space lottery!. Gmail is an experiment in a new kind of webmail, built on the idea that you should never have to delete mail and you should always be able to find the message you want.

Going offtrack, but with scams being unearthed every other day, and with the papers talking about figures as obscene as 9000 crores, I need at least two minutes to come out of the shock and count the number of zeros. Same goes for the number of bytes in this uno/une/ein/ek/ichi GB.

Have no idea what to do with this much space. For one I could ask people to send those irritating forwards, especially those with "so-very-cute-babies" and roses and god-knows-what-else (a friend here is bound to take offence, hope you are not reading this :P), or ask them to send those even more irritating chain letters which are sure to bring me misfortune if I delete them (which I do there and then, and life has been kind so far).

The key features of this new google service are:

+Search, don't sort.Use Google search to find the exact message you want, no matter when it was sent or received.

+Don't throw anything away.1000 megabytes of free storage so you'll never need to delete another message.

+Keep it all in context.Each message is grouped with all its replies and displayed as a conversation.

+No pop-up ads. No untargeted banners.

1GB? A feeling akin to getting a mansion to stay in, and not know what to do with all those rooms...

Fantasia ahhhhh!

2004-05-21T23:32:00.000+05:30

So, finally our much awaited event "Fantasia" is over(for those who dont know, its the inter collegiate cultural fest). And I have to say it was truly MAGNANIMOUS!!. I was simlpy amazed at the teamwork put up by my seniors to make this event successful, definitely there was a sense of nationalism about SDMCET.

What stood out was surely the rock show, the whole of SDM was literally dancing during this open air event, with all the fave tunes flying in the air. Again there was an amazing sense of proffessionalism in these artists, with each one of them taking pride in what they do their best. I shy when I say that I couldnt help dancing with the music (sshhhhh::for the first time::). Ofcourse I did feel awkward initially, but I just caught on!. It was great...............I think I am thoroughly enjoying my engineering life!....its really KHOOOL!.

And now, I eagerly waiting for the next "Fantasia"....believe me, you dont want to miss out on this one.

New look!

2004-05-20T11:49:00.000+05:30

I thought this new look is sleek. I was bored of the previous look my blog had. But now its cool and has many more features. I hope this look is liked by all.

Enjoy every moment of your stay here!.