Revelations....

First theater play of my life...

2011-11-12T00:38:00.000-08:00

It's long since I wrote my last post and probably , I should not be called an enthusiast blogger & neither I am, but it's the only" satisfaction " part that entices me back to my blog. These days , I m more calm and at peace with myself , reasons unknown , may be little ease of pressure of writing civil services mains.

Last evening , I somehow got little lucky ( thanks to Lokesh.. ) and joined one of my friends to watch a theatrical play in Shri ram Auditorium , near to my library " Sapru house". The play was dedicated to Faiz Mohammad Faiz , a poet which I started admiring since yesterday and hopefully will do so for continuing week.

" Kuch Ishq kiya kuch kaam.." was the title of the play and since it was offered as a freebie , I just wanted to hang out and get a feel of what exactly ,theatric play was all about . Call me naive , but being an engineer and coming from small town , i never had the will nor the awareness to explore such things. I liked the male protagonist , may be because of his rich baritone for delivering those immortal shayaris or may be for his passion for performance. However ,all the performances were commendable and I really liked the romantic and humor part of it.

On the flip part , I wasn't that lucky to decipher all those meaning of urdu words which could have made me more amenable to relish it . I have made a commitment to myself that if such a situation comes again in my life , I will definitely take out some time from my monotonous life to enjoy the same.

Well , one commitment more..to myself that I will be more punctual with my blogs ...now onwards ..

Adios !!!!!!!!!

Democracy & Media

2010-11-23T00:52:00.000-08:00

Last night , I happened to listen discussion and news analysis on air. The subject for discussion was " Whether media $ press should be regulated more ?" I have already posted one blog titled " Press , media & pain " approximately a year ago where I stressed on why n how should media become more accountable to society. I also happened to write some stuffs on " Preparation of society towards globalised world " in one of my competitive exams.

I ruminated over issues related to press last night and contemplated to put it on blog. Big boss 4 has been in recent controversy where the show was allocated late night slot for its viewing because of its adult content .However , the organizers of the show got a stay order . 2ndly " Rakhi Ka Insaaf " too has been in news for the abusive languages which has been aired on its shows. Whether Rakhi Sawant is well qualified to mete out justice to anyone , is perhaps ludicrous to me . Anyway , generalising the issues , my question is shouldn't these reality shows be completely banned ?

I know , I am stirring the hornet's nest but I have my own biased as well as justified opinion.Media comes out with a bland justification that since we are a democratic country , hence we must have the right to choose the channel which we watch.

Gandhiji said once " Let the windows of our house be open so that fresh breeze may be allowed to rush in but that wind shall never be so strong , so as to sweep u off your feet " . Today we are blindly aping western countries ( n shows ??) irrespective of the fact that though developing , we have had our unique cultural identity which need to be preserved. Media should be the reflection of society but if the image comes out to be tarnished , It should have the right to clean the dirt patches of neat slate. I t should act as guiding torch and lead society rather than revel in the cheap circus of TRP. Perhaps , gone are the days when a complete family could watch any program and would come out completely unscathed bypassing the double-entendre meanings.

Recently I happened to watch Golmal 3 and the way characters in order to portray humour have used "punches" , is unjustified to me. But chalo , atleast in this case , an A certi can be issued . But airing reality show in late night slot is definitely not going to serve its cause . What's more disappointing is that mediaperson steps out as govt spokesperson and justifies every wrong doing. Feel an urge to write more about it but would continue tommorrow since I have time constraints in the library for using the system.....

Well I M back !!

2010-11-19T22:06:00.000-08:00

yeah :) , what a long hiatus I had and probably , I wont be writing a long blog even when I am back , particularly because of time constraints. However , there will be issues related to my understandings of economy and some polity affairs.

Cant even describe , feel so alive right now :) .Sitting on the net ,it just clicked to me that I need to reawaken my dormant & moribund blog .Lot of things , positive as well as negative have happened in the past approx 1 1/2 yrs. Not complaining though ,since of late everything has been happening well n good and though there are certain areas of improvements , things look quite optimistic .

From my next blog onwards , I will try to make this blog a repository of issues n general knowledge. Feeling a little bit of nostalgia , when I used to post my blog late night during my engineering days. I had more idle time , than u could imagine :) & any pursuing engineers could have. Thanks to some of my friends who need exclusive mention , especially Punit , Ravi N Amresh , without whom I could have had hard time to get my degree.Rock on guys wherever u are :))

Next blog will be related to CSAT which UPSC has introduced for preliminary examination and surely a breather N relaxation from humdrum rote attitude & things unfolding in Myanmar with release of golden bird of Myanmar - Aang Saan Suu Kyi . Have tolerance for my spellings please .

Adios !!

New Destination....Kolkata !!

2009-03-28T15:36:00.000-07:00

It has been approximately three n half years , pursuing my engineering . It will finish up by end of April . So I will have (literally) all the free time in this world to pursue my passions.

Lot of things are on the wish list .Would have to start from scratch in some , in others I will have to develop more competence . When I look back now , I never feel a nostalgia like I felt in my school . Have I become stoic or something is wrong with me? In my engineering curriculum , I never learned anything academically but I found out lot of drawbacks in myself. I am one of those lazy morons who keep planning and yet never find a reason of application . My sense of humor is pathetic . I, sometime, see humor in different facets of life but fail to recognize it. Girls find me shy , despite what I am not .

Now Guys , I can't just go on shouting at the top of my voice to let you know that I am not those diffident type . I , sometime , create hell a lot of complications to myself by imagining sort of things which might never occur . Anyways , all this finally culminates with my engineering .When I came back here 4 years ago from Delhi , I never thought , events would be unfolding like this . My new destination might bring some more struggles , some more revelations and in the quest some other things :) which I have been missing in my life . It's beautiful world out there and what I ask god , is a pair of eyes blessed by thee, to see it . It's time to let emotions drain out the pipe and allow myself to revel in those happiness .

Hope , this blog did not obscure my true longings and yeah , sometimes , I tend to be a bit more philosophical . :) It's all right , boys are allowed to be confused and puzzled up .

Adios !!

SIMSR !!

2009-03-21T11:52:00.000-07:00

Well , actually it took some prodding and determination as
well to come over here and post my GD/ PI experience at
SIMSR.

Venue:Presidency college , Kolkata (15 March)
9.00 AM

I reached at the venue by 8.00 am. There were few guys waiting
and I think ,I went pretty early.There was a guy from BIT,Mesra (BCA) , with whom I had a bit of chit-chat.Soon we were joined by a cool gal.She was also from BIT-Mesra and c was working for TCS. Later on , we shared a good rapport and also roamed around Kolkata University. To my horror, meanwhile I had dirtied my shirt. I had prespired a lot and was bit clumsy.

Anyway, Initially we were told to register and sign up. Yours truly did a remarkable job and signed infront of other's name and was soon called for second time in next 5 minutes. When I heard my name called second time, I knew , my day had started with a bang and I had it messed up.Anyway ,went smiling and signed again.

We were divided in 6 grps and AFAIR , it was 14 each in grp.There was a gal from my college in grp so It wasn't that bad .It was a case-study "Indian Saas bahu and soap operas " and we were told to give our POV as monologue and believe me ,this was the only best opportunity we had.Later on , it was a fish market, all over India clubbed into 1. Anyway , I still enjoyed the process.

Nyway coming back to PI, I was ninth in my GD panel for Intvw process and so had to wait for a couple of hrs approx. There was a mid-aged lady and a mid-aged sir (my guess wud be rofessors) .Sir was little fascinated about mathematics part and asked everyone certain maths questions. Some of the questions which I remember , courtesy 2 other students, Kremer's rule,nth root of diffnal eqns etc. Characters involved M (mam), S(sir) & yours truly (me) .

me: Gud mng sir ! Gud mng mam!

M: Gud mng! Take ur seat.

me: Thnk u mam !

M: Tell me sumthng abt u which is not written in profile ?

me: blah blah blah ( stress on family ,my upbringing ..etc etc)

M:Why do you say..simple and humble family..?

me:blah blah.
(Both looked convinced)
S: What is your father's business?

me: mentioned..( explained it)

S: what is levy ?

me: Explained as per my knowledge

M: ok , why MBA ?

me: gave fundas & gyans...
reasons & all..

M: who gave you a course on this ?

me: Explained..justified.

M:Why dont you go for commn programs...MICA etc?
me: ( I had mentioned ..sumthng like it earlier) gave gyan...supported it..
showed a bit flexibilty...blah-blah

M: You have come formally dressed...how does this communicate?
me: gave fundas, philosophy..

S:Ok.What are the maths you studied in engineering?
me: Sir , applicn of fourier transform , laplace transform ,..differential eqns.
( didnt want to come to diffrnal eqn..had forgot everything and nvr
bothered to revise..nyway)

S: d'fal equns..Ok..here is a question ?
(A definite integral ques was given and a graph was drawn and I
was asked to give a relation )

me: Explained it nicely.Took some time more and explained every things.
(very basic of engg maths...)

M: your role model ?
me: Jack welch .. former CEO of GE..

M: I know that ..( CEO part)
me:sorry, mam. I didnt mean to offend you.

M: It's alright.thanks for enlightening me
What is it that you see in him as a role model ?

me: Gave a gyan about " straight from the gut", his autobiography.
explained its influence on me...His stammering problem..related it to
mine.( blah-blah....)
S: "Gut" ? wat is this?

me: explained "gut -feeling" and later on mam took over and explained to
sir.

M: Ok..Rahul..we are done with u ,but a piece of advice.Polish your shoes
also because as you yourself told..about communication through dress
and all.

me:( where did dat come from??)
I'll take care of that.sorry mam.

M: Anyways , i wont hold it against you and It was fun talking to you.
me: Same here. Thank you ,mam ! Thank you ,sir!

Regrets:1>.should have not dirtied my shoes ?

2>.I could have asked the girl's name twice but never bothered
about it .was with her for a couple of hours and couldnt ask
for gmail ID or number also . ( wat a stupidity !)

Overall it was fun and crowd was good !!

Adios !!

Down but not out!!

2009-01-06T16:30:00.000-08:00

when i asked god for courage,he gave me difficult situations to face,

when i asked god for brain & brown,he gave puzzles of life to solve,

when i asked god for wealth, he showed me way to work hard,

when i asked god for happiness, he showed me some unhappy people,

when i asked god for favors, he showed me opportunities to work hard,

when i asked god for peace, he showed me how to help others,

god gave me nothing I wanted,but he gave me everything I needed.

Liberated soul........!!

2009-01-02T10:30:00.000-08:00

11th january will be perhaps the last day, after which I will let go all my dreams escape to the realms of possibilities .Life has been fair so far. Sometimes I tend to surprise even myself by asking such inane questions that I think any Tom,Dick & Harry could answer.Guess what !! I dont know why but I love struggling. Things which comes easily to me doesn't satiate my cravings , but the things for which I crave and provided I succeed in those, give me satisfaction to the hilt of my heart.

Sometimes I keep on interrogating myself for the purpose of my existence in this world. Some wants to be money-minting machine , some motivating leaders , some tech-geek ...and every someone I know ,has some purpose of their existence . Then why the hell life has to be so tough for me. Sometimes I want to run a NGO (weird feeling I have that I can be a harbinger of new India..Period.) , sometimes I want to be a dynamic HR manager , and then author , guitarist and god knows what....you name it and I got it. Four years of frustoo life has taken from my life the most precious moments , but in return has helped me to understand this world in a new perspective. It's really amazing that everyday , unconsciously I become a slightly better human ( at least ,I think so..). Despite there being lot of things that I don't like about me , there are multitude of things which I love about myself . I call spade a spade .I have my own set of convictions and opinions which help me to get a realistic opinion. God always chose me to struggle through my paths but believe me , this is the reason I will be fiercely successful some day. Thank you god , may you always choose tough life for me so that It would make me more determined as a person and justify my reasons of existence. Its a life which I am in enamored with lately , and despite being ignorant of my other such skills , I will keep on exploring until a day which nulls out my reason of existence . Its really amazing with me , the things which I fear most ,eventually happen to me and turn me into a new leaf .Hope this New year bring all cherished dreams and ambitions to the fore of everyone's life including me.

Adios !!

AIM-IIFT

2008-09-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

Was elated to see my result today . Not that I scored 99% or was among 100 rankers but I was elated to see the scores exactly I predicted . I try to gauge myself after each test and am pretty complacent with my results . I scored 90% ( my first psychological barrier ..) though I messed up big this time .The only thing so far good is that , I have a full acknowledgment of my strengths and weaknesses . Since I have already made up my mind that there will be no more head-breaking next year for CAT , I need to improve every passing day .

Where I could have easily scored few more marks and catapulted myself to top 500 , I messed it up but this time even TIME contributed a lot of hassles in this. People ,some , take tests as respite from humdrum daily work and create nuisance for others and exactly this happened in previous test . TIME'S lackadaisical approach towards maintaining discipline did enrage me earlier but things now seems to be running over head.Coupled with the fact , that I lose concentration easily when someone pulls this sort of plug does not help me . No invigilator could be seen around and lovebirds giggling all over had definitely consumed my precious minutes and hence caused me to hit breaks at every juncture.

Anyway , it's not an excuse but things could be taken care of so it should be taken care of . May be, I need to sit near couples and start practicing so that they can not be deterrent in achieving my goal. Add to that even my sweat-glands keep on continuing to irritate me .The only solace I can take now is that CAT is in November and things will turn out better for sure.

Wanted to write about financial crisis in US but ended up venting my frustrations . It's umpteen times , I have done it . mea culpa !

AIMCAT- 0909 Analysis

2008-08-31T05:10:00.000-07:00

Just when I thought that my scores will shoot right through , It has brought me down . Lack of concentration caused me a great pain in quant - where I am getting (-4) , It could have easily been 20 . DI seemed to be deceptive and I let my imagination loose so what could have been atleast 0 fetched me (-3) . Wow ! what a disgusting and shameful score . Embarrassing situation arises because I have been sailing through cutoffs in Maths in my earlier few attempts but somehow I messed it today . VA , the only solace I can take from this AIM-CAT is that I have been consistently performing in it since my last four attempts , the best of course being 99.47 percentile in last aimcat with coveted city rank -2 and AIR - 205. May be it will reinforce my belief that I should go for my dream college TISS rather than elusive CAT ( at least, at this moment it seems so ) Even this time I scored 40 so again would definitely be among 99 percentiler , I hope. It seems, some resurrecting measures need to be taken so that my overall marks could be overhauled . Even if I improve 20-25 percentile in both DI and Maths , I hope , It will work wonder . Feeling shameful at this moment . Last time missing 90 perc. by a whisker , I thought i would make up for it this time but anyway it was and proved to be a disaster . Learnt few lessons and hope that will catapult my effort this time . Sometimes failure teaches you more than your success ! God , help me in my pursuit of excellence.

Philosopher's note.....

2008-08-24T20:18:00.001-07:00

The most miserable moment I felt in my life was when I fell in love, yet it was an enriching experience . I cant definitely go back to that part of my life now , but the memories (the good ,the bad , and the ugly ) still lingers in my heart. Somehow , things have turned better and I have liberated my soul from the clutches of sweet Illusion.

Sometimes I wonder , the most platonic relationship on this earth , LOVE , how can it be so strange ,yet so inexplicable ? May be I don't have any idea about the true love because mine was a one-sided affair .But the moment I fell in love , believe me , I was courageous than ever I would be or I had been in my life . Well , I never give up on my brooding , Do I ? If only.....

One thing ever I could have had god changed about its consequences , It would be the outcome of my love. Why you love someone so much , sometimes you don't know? I give enough justifications to myself but they are hollow to the core .Here comes the far greater trouble . The more I try to forget her , the more stronger thought strikes me. It's enough that in a day consisting of so many affairs, people find your different side ( humorous , emotional and even sometimes disgusting 'n' Irritating... ) but what about the night when U have to be with urself and answer several questions back to ur ever interrogating soul . I know , I can't bypass it. I know people can give long explanations and go on mocking me about my failed relationship but does it really help to give up that part which is uniquely mine. I think the way only I can think and I have no regrets. I know I have a lot of shortcomings but who doesn't have and this is my question to one in which I have lost my belief in ,( Have I ??) who owes an obligation to answer me , why did you choose me to suffer ? But wait may be , you thought , world will help me find the rationale of my true existence by weaving a conspiracy . See, even in the moment of brooding , I am an eternal optimist .

Adios !!

Reflections of Inasne mind...

2008-08-12T12:47:00.000-07:00

While olympic reports have sucked me in its grip , not complaining though, I am amazed somehow by mere thought that there is no dearth of incident which excites and provokes me to come back to my rambling .. Revelations .

Recent one is World affairs .What started as a mere casual interest has culminated into passion and evergreen desire to assimilate as much as possible. Globe was certainly bought to enhance my study-table semblance and was equipped with other paraphernalia of stationery but slowly and steadily, rather cryptically when did I start taking interest in world affairs , I dont know . But its heartening to acknowledge that the world becomes such a small place sometime. A month ago I did not even know the name of all countries and suddenly Uganda , Georgia , Somalia , and ilk do not seem alien to me . Now the question arises , why do I need to mention that ? Primary one , I am insane and believe me , my existence is all about Insanity .... Oops !... I copied this one from Einstein.

Anyway , though Olympic frenzy is escalating with each passing day , there is growing concern whether India will be able to lap up more medals or not . Anyway , Bindra has given us a hope and we as an Indian , if nothing more , atleast are eternal optimist . We played enough foul games of mismanagement so that Monika Devi couldn't appear in Beijing Olympics ( Whether she does , It's doubtful) . Who are to be blamed ? Our hockey team , the real prowess of India ( at least, number of gold medals suggests that) couldn't qualify for Olympic . Shame on us ! On one hand , China barged in Olympic territory in 1984 and had gone on consistently to achieve new feats , on the other we lost our forte . We are complacent and believe me , this is our biggest sin . African countries where children are born undernourished , excel in gymnastics and athletics , why can't Indian ? I personally remember , as a child I was never encouraged by my parents or school to participate in all sort of games . I don't blame them because they always thought of providing me best education, being deprived of higher education themselves . We have talents in gully and slums , but people don't dream of excelling in field when their parents are worried about daily bread and butter. I was lucky to have the best of education , 300 odd million people are not. Lot of Initiatives are taken by government but how effective are those can be mocked blatantly ? I remember an incident, In Patna , a national level swimmer had displayed his certificate on tea-stall , a gully tea-stall owner . This was etched in my memory 3 years ago and I felt an urge to write about it .Well , the amount which BCCI spends to overhaul infrastructure ,even if half of that amount is diverted towards other games , we can create more talents . I am not against cricket but sometimes I am not able to digest some facts related to cricket. I am not against Dhoni but whether he is justified to get accolade of Khelratna award , is a different story and can be followed by a spicy debate.

Anyway , I started off with something else in my mind and have let my pent-up frustrations in something else. Being complacent will only let us achieve consolation prizes , learning from China's achievement can really turn us formidable . Hope, Indian politics learn some lessons from China.

Driving away from Egalitarian society..

2008-08-06T04:35:00.000-07:00

Last night I had a bit of serious chit-chat with my friend and he seemed to be bothered about reservation policy because it was going to hurt so many talented people . Then I read a few days ago in an article that IIT-Delhi, first batch had pathetic 43 failures out of 60 something , of course , we are talking of reserved category .

This reservation policy had government on its toes even when it was implemented in 1955 under the chairmanship of Kaka kalelkar . Kaka suggested to the commitee that the remedies which we are suggesting are worse than the evil we are out to combat . The reservation incited muslims to come forward to prove that except for the upper castes , namely , Sikh ,Syed ,Mohgul and Pathan ,all the other muslim castes were inferior and backward . The Indian christian also prepared themselves to fall in the trap . The aim should have been to help both indian christians and muslims without their being driven to accept the fissiparous principle of castes.

In concluding remarks , Kalelkar says that " It should have been better if we could determine the backwardness on principles rather than caste ". Well said , Sir !

Now why did I spare some thoughts about this ? Well , because of being a general spectator and unconsciously getting entertained by political gimmicks , I always had an urge to write about it . What I feel is that backwardness has a tendency to perpetuate itself and those who are listed as backwards tries to remain as such due to the various concessions and benefits they derive and thus backwardness becomes a vested interest .

Staying in the hostel throughout my childhood , we were taught first things to love every human being as only "human". My friends were muslims , christians and as a child we also shared some intimate bonds by sharing our stuffs and eatables. Hitherto , I am not interested in revealing my castes and asking others ( It embarrasses me like anything ). I am educated and i try to appear as such . Believe me , this caste system based gimmicks are leading us far away from egalitarian society . It takes two to tango . The politicians , for vote bank are perpetuating country to a divisive society . Now , they also wants these reservation riders to appear in ninth schedule of the parliament so that it could be beyond the reach of the supreme court .

Instead of encouraging backward classes to come forward , politicians are encouraging so that list which could be diminished in a decade or two could go on for eternity . What a disgusting step ! Two wrongs does never make a right and in possible future , I do not see any beacon of light in this regard . Things which could have been so obvious to understand seems delusion to politicians . God , help this country !!

Amen !!

Press , media and the pain ??

2008-08-05T06:56:00.000-07:00

While freedom of the press is vital to retain accountability of the judicial system , the thin line between mere reporting facts and expressing opinions are increasingly and constantly crossed . What about accountability to those whose reputations are being tarnished in the process blatantly?

Welcome to Revelations !! Thoughts do not die and they come rebound to alter your subdued process of ratiocination . It's been a long hiatus and reasons will really not suffice for my disappearance from blog. Things have changed radically and its always better for the future. But I do believe , I have somehow come out of my miserable existence and started enjoying my new life .

Coming back to the topic which I initiated , the media and press is now being seen as tormentor and perpetrator of fundamental rights . Where did it go wrong ? It was all very fine when they generated rave reviews after getting the culprit of Jessica-Lall case sentenced. We applaud media for that but recent Aarushi murder case and fiona ( Goa case) seems to be violation of so called media rights when they encroach upon fundamental rights. Doctor couple , Parents of Aarushi were so distressed with the whole traumatic process that they appealed to media to respect their privacy and give some time for mournings of their beloved daughter . Coming to the crux , what caused so much pain and where did media go wrong ? The answer is too many mistakes purposely done by media . Lets tackle this by point of Issues :

1>. Violation of ethics : Do we need to say the way they malign the deceased character just to create sensations is the first violation of ethics . Without any concrete proof , the deceased child Aarushi was defamed time and again with the words , even though she was a merely 13 years old child .The law , Indecent representation of woman act was violated .So under used is this law that the press is probably unaware of its existence . Thanks to The Hindu , atleast I know now. It is one law which require press to report on woman in responsible manner that does not violate their dignity and the media violently and of course blatantly opposed that .

2>.Need for code of conduct : The harm done by the press to reputation is irreparable and it needs to adopt preventive measures before the damage is done . Well , even the police can not be spared regarding this but that would again take my long ramblings and that is a different story . The police release premature opinions to come out looking good in investigating crime and the press laps it up as an exclusive story . There must be certain code of conduct which forces press down to the humane level . But more than force , it should be the volition of press in this democracy.

3>. Right to privacy : Well , after violation of so many rights do we really need to talk about this . I just wish that may good sense prevail in media so that we could applaud them for another Jessica case rather than feel pathetic for their blatant blowing off of fundamental rights . Hats off to our media and their indecent way of conducting operations .

PS: There will be continuous outpouring of ramblings and now every issue will relate to certain cognitive thoughts .

AIMCAT-0918

2008-06-22T06:32:00.000-07:00

After first debacle in AIMCAT-019 , this one proved to be a far better performance .One thing is sure at this moment , the whole process is fun . Appearing for the mock CAT , analysing it thoroughly , trying to edge on perfection including pure unadulterated determination to inprove next time . My only aim is to improve by leaps and bounds , no matter how hard circumstances are created to bog me down . Another thing is for certain , I will be the last person on the earth to give up CAT no matter however hard the circumstances might be . Discipline and perseverance both pays and patience must be kept along with these two religious theories . For improvement , Sky is the limit .

Well , sessionals are over so I can concentrate fully on CAT and as far as exammination is concerned , I dont give a damn . Overnight study will have to manage dat , It doesnt come with options . Meanwhile , I have also maintained some discipline in improving my general awareness ( Geography , History , Indian Constitution ) and It's filled with fun & frolics . By the way , need to sign off . Got to see an animated movie ( Ninja).

Adios !!!

Kudos To Royal Challengers !!

2008-04-20T11:22:00.000-07:00

Its eon since I saw any cricket contest with so much enthusiasm . I just update myself with regular wins and losses but tonight was different . I saw the ball 2 ball contest between RCB and Mumbai Indians. Boy , what a splendid performance by RCB and a punch to Bobbili Vijay Kumar's article . It was indeed a team performance by RCB. Vijay Mallya would have definitely been a jubilant person seeing his men with new vim and vigour and their astounding performance . Mark Boucher , The wall , Kallis , Virat kohli , Chandrapaul ( though badly injured ) gave the performance which will definitely boost their morale too . This win will definitely give Dravid a peaceful night-sleep since he was the one responsible for picking team which was criticized by every cricket column writer.

There was usual ups and downs but RCB kept on fighting. Wickets kept on falling at regular intervals but newcomer knew , It was a challenge and they converted it in opportunity to win . Laudatory sportsmanship ! Power packed performance !! Go on men , one loss doesn't mean anything . Just enjoy the process .

Adios !

U R awarded MBA. :)

2008-04-16T11:16:00.000-07:00

You should be awarded MBA if ...
1>.You ask the waiter what the restaurant's core competencies are.
2>.You decide to re-org your family into a "team-based Organization."
3>.You understand your airline's fare structure.
4>.You write executive summaries on your love letters.
5>.Your Valentine's Day cards have bullet points.
6>.You celebrate your wedding anniversary by conducting a performance review.
7>.You believe you never have any problems in your life, just "issues" and "Improvement opportunities".
8>.You end every argument by saying, "let's talk about this off-line".
9>.You talk to the waiter about process flow when dinner arrives late.
10>.You give constructive feedback to your dog.

It's a gr8 pick so thought to share with U all. Lil ctrl-c ctrl-v for fun.

Adios !

DAY- 1

2008-04-08T08:44:00.000-07:00

Things have pretty changed in few days . Well , yours truly is once again in quagmire which he thought he could never end up in. Anyways , past is behind because future now seems more certain as I have constant fire raging inside me. I have accepted the challenge thrown at me and moved ahead because I feel It may bring out the best in me . Best in me probably means best out of world .

Started with DI , seems to be betenoire at this stage but got to tame it by practice since heard from lot of people that if DI is practised and mastered , It becomes fun. Hoping to reach at those moments soon . From tomorrow onwards , there is again going to be some constant gyan at my blogs related to business affairs and things for which I am really passionate about . Abyss of knowledge that is what my aim is . I believe , knowledge should be such as " You name it , I got it". Men have infinite endurance and probably till they dont stretch themselves , they are ignorant of their own capability . Thanks Sai , U gave me opportunity to look inside me , probably this is start of an endless journey ....

Adios !

Loser..... Will I ??

2008-03-25T11:10:00.001-07:00

Probably, lot of things are going in my mind. Well , may be I got a topic here . Most embarrassing moment of my life . Seeing all around happy faces and not being a part of it definitely hurts , whatever may be the other meandering thoughts . Probably , doubts on one's own capability occur . May be I was thinking high of myself but certainly , TCS broke me . Well , I will have to garner my courage because nothing seems propitious at this moment . May be I was too easy- going and may be life expects something else from me may be ......... Lot of uncertainities. Writing at this moment seems tough but this is just probably a beginning , may be god's innuendo to forestall some impending unpleasant moments . Probably I dont have even courage enough to face my friends , probably I will become what I never was . Will I ?

INDIA inc - Taking India to the World

2008-03-13T13:00:00.001-07:00

Venting the Pent-Up Frustrations.....

2008-02-07T09:05:00.000-08:00

Gearing up for impending placement . Time seems to be running out and lot of Introspections along with some revelations keep on pouring .

Lastly , Of late I have started bunking the classes . In the commensuration with my proxy , I have started a campaign for "SPRITE". Though this semester appears to be not so tough ( Add to the fact , teachers also have become complacent enough to give marks as freebie ) , the course itself is a challenge . 5 Papers and 3 Lab barring seminar generally leaves me flaccid and at the end of the day , poor soul (yours truly) is tired enough to wind up on the bed .

The quiz Bug has bitten me and altruistically spending a couple of hours everyday do not seem to be a profitable option at this junction when Campus placement is round the corner . Adding to the woes are pathetic NET speed . Whatever may be the reasons ( Under water marine hit ... ) or cussed speed , It frustates one enough to leave surfing and go to cozy bed .

By the way , something in my life is going smoothly and religiously on a diurnal basis . There has not been a single day since 7th Jan when I have missed my bible " The Economic Times ". In an Info quiz conducted by Business World , I had won in audience - round a T Shirt and an audio CD of upcoming movie RACE . Though this accolades are not enough to raise one's spirit but for novice like me it is quite a tribute . Keeping abreast of informations around you certainly become a cinch when you are inquistive enough to embrace everything .

For poor souls who didnt get an ounce of this blog , a deep apology to you all . By the way , I must not forget an anonymous comment who provoked me to share some bitter and sweet moments on blog . A Heartfelt thanks ... Keep on writing . Even positive criticism will be acknowledged .

Gracias !

TAARE ZAMEEN PAR ...

2008-01-12T11:58:00.000-08:00

Well , starting with the first blog of 2008 , It seems quite a long detatchment from year 2007. Coming back after a month seems to be a long yr. Well , year 2008 is certainly going to be a threshold of my successful achievements. Quite candidly , havent had any bigger achievements hitherto , but time seems to be ticking away for some sweet moments . Saying this , I know what It takes to taste the nectar which is being coveted by everyone . Getting thru campus might not prove to be a hurdle especially for me who will be complacent enough to get through any company . Nothing to prove anything to anyone but pals , I am not built for software stuffs so no special dreams like cracking first company & all.

Watching the movie " Taare Zameen Par " did incite in me certain things which unabashedly keeps on clinging to me . Being poor in taking initiative , I generally find myself in quandary sometimes . But of late , things are getting limpid . Once you know yourself , things become this clear . Isn't it ? People call me impulsive ( I agree I am ) but pretending to be reflective with a load of sophistication isn't me .

As for Aamir , you certainly did it beautifully. No offence to Shahrukh , but "TZP" seems to be scoring over Chak De or OSO. Messages conveyed in a perfect artistic way . ( Mind you , I am not merely comparing so SRK'S acolyte no uffenns plz !) There were moments in the movie which were so reflective that even if people intended not to ,would have been touched by it's naiveness . gr8 going Aamir !

Have just started one of my fvrte author's masterpiece . "Atlas Shrugged " seems to be another punch to the "parasites" of the existing world . No matter how idealistic (complicated for us !!) protagonist has been created by AYN RAND , It is so realistic and indifferent towards general notion. Dont mind oxymorons here . Just finished 10 % of 1100 pages . Seems there is a long way to go . There is going to be a special blog dedicated only to Ayn Rand rather than my blah-blah-blah ... because of her ingenuity and artistic approach towards novel. I hope , I shall be judicious and unbiased towards her and her entire appreciation will be followed as if I was the author .After all , she is my fvrt author and I must do a dissection as well as candid justification.

Adios till next post ..

BIBLIOPHILE FLOCKS TOGETHER..

2007-12-08T03:25:00.000-08:00

Welll , after last insomniac night where Instead of recollecting block diagrams in my mind , I was planning my moves for coming future and as a consequence was completely pale and fatigued during exam .Left exammination room 1/2 an hour early to the amazement of some of my friend who looked completely engrossed in their paper . Ofcourse , paper was lengthy but my writing was at its worst . Plus , I didn't bang my head hard for pondering , whatever knew just spewed it .

Now , understand my situation where I want to be an efficient manager . I have to utilise my resources efficiently hence minimising input 'n maximising output seems the way out . Hardly did I catch up with sleep and was peevish all the time . Had an ordinary lunch and when I finally did get a nap , what came as irascible moment was that I was woken up by Motu bhai . No need to mention the name . well , cant really blame him.

So finally I was up at 3.30 pm. Got my a** ready and within an hour , Yours truly was along with Alpha bhai at Book Fair . Now , books are my friends .No , they dont consider me because I treat them roughly but believe me , I treat them as a friend . Of late , I have turned a bibliophile and the appellation suits me . Currently have nearly a dozen unfinished novels in my cupboard , some of them are among them which are really pride to possess . But now I have to be a bit submissive towards my book so that cognizance could be extracted from them .

Anyway , planning to see a movie - " The Island " . From a quick sneak-peak , I considered it entertainable. Seems wont be able to finish today . feeling sleepy...........Adios !

CTC & STUFFS ????

2007-12-05T07:49:00.000-08:00

Guys, Well I just wanted to clear some of the misconceptions and delusions which my fellow MBA aspirants are sharing.Even I was . ROI - the money factor.

In software company , U will start definitely at 17,000 per month ( Take Home salary ) . The paper salary might be bloated . After 2 years , Ur salary will be around 30,000 pm ( T - H - S ) . Say , you switch the company from TCS to Accenture . Your salary will increase by 30 % which makes it 40,000 pm . Now Its not always helpful to change the company because company might send u Onsite frequently after a couple of years . So you might lose here but else hardwork will give you same opportunity everywhere . This will carry on with few perks and bonuses everywhere .

Was for engineering profession ... ( Software exclusively )

MBA ------------->

1>. Suppose You manage to get through Ivy leagues ,Gr8 . You have no work exp. and will learn two years of your life some decent managerial stuffs ( antiquated compared to Harvard , Yales and Wharton ............so on ) . Infact IVY LEAGUES were really meant for these latter groups , some of you might be knowing it.

Your starting salary suppose is Rs. 8 lac . ( Dont dream of avg. 11 lac from IIM websites. Those are bloated because of foreign placements and Include CTC stuffs rather than package in hand ) . Your take home salary will be 40 - 45K depending on company . Even gud S/W engineers are not lagging and they will be matching u equal headed( in terms of, ofcourse salary )

2>. Those who manage to get dream companies like BCG ( Boston consulting group ) ,Goldman sachs , DSP merill Lynnch , Deutsche bank , Lehman Brothers ,Yes bank & ilks are very few. They have been exceptional throughout . Even getting a foreign summer internship is not so easy . Approx 250 out of a bunch of 1300 IIM graduates manage . Figures might vary a bit here and there but overall scenario remains same.

3>. So if money is one of your motivating factor , dont be unnecessarily insomniac. Software can achieve your ends.

4>.But in case if you are looking for growth factor , role in diverse sector and obviously overall challenging 2 years , get your seatbelt fastened and get ready for flight . Getting through IIMS is every Tom , Dick and Harry's dream . So get ready for some moments of frustrations as well as enlightenment . Journey will be superb .

PS : As far as long run is concerned , every top 10 % graduate of top 10 institute is at par barring the top 10 % of IIMS. Dont worry . Life still goes on ...

( All these data and speculation are true to my concern and old adage still goes
on ... There is no substitute to hardwork )

3 DOWN , 2 TO GO...

2007-12-03T09:18:00.000-08:00

Well , lots of frivolous pondering . Exams are soon to terminate on 11 th . Not so soon , but each passing day is a respite . Believe me , lot of turmoils are going in my brain . It ain't easy to get rid of such cogitation since So impulsive , confused mind I am . But this is what makes life interesting , Isn't it ? Makes life unpredictable .

Sometimes I think , such a versatile personality should get two degrees at the end of graduation rather than only one . Ofcourse , our Indian curriculum as well as gospels of various accreditation doesn' t allow that . But that is where you have lot of flexibility abroad . People say , sometimes you dont have to describe majors , rather U can choose after say a span of 2 years . Why couldn't we have such a system in India where people will have their options according to their suitability as well as proclivity. These things agitate me , why the hell we have such antiquated educational system ? Anyway Guys , this is one thing which we cant change until and unless we have educated politicians . People bask in the glory of what we are achieving economically but things are much murkier at the base of pyramid . The base has to be looked by naked eyes rather than klaeidoscope . ......

Will continue this later .

CALIFORNIA CALLING ????

2007-11-24T09:28:00.000-08:00

Seems , It has got me. Damned ! Always happens during exam time . I always find a reason to push aside those " Technology Bibles " and do a lot of inner quest . Well , just another soul searching .

I dont want to work as a software engineer and at the same time want to have those coveted MBA degree from greener pastures of abroad . Seems i will have to persevere a lot . Getting through top college next year . Couple of year of work-experience . Then again applying to dream -colleges . Pondering over , hmm !! lot of things will be at stake . Some personal upsets will be there too but sometimes career aspirations come first . Will write later more on this , need to study for cussed exam .
God , just take care.

Continued .....( MINDTREE)

2007-11-18T09:25:00.000-08:00

continued from previous post----

Over the next few years, my mother’s eyesight dimmed but in me she created a larger vision, a vision with which I continue to see the world and, I sense, through my eyes, she was seeing too. As the next few years unfolded, her vision deteriorated and she was operated for cataract. I remember, when she returned after her operation and she saw my face clearly for the first time, she was astonished. She said, “Oh my God, I did not know you were so fair”. I remain mighty pleased with that adulation even till date. Within weeks of getting her sight back, she developed a corneal ulcer and, overnight, became blind in both eyes. That was 1969. She died in 2002. In all those 32 years of living with blindness, she never complained about her fate even once. Curious to know what she saw with blind eyes, I asked her once if she sees darkness. She replied, “No, I do not see darkness. I only see light even with my eyes closed”. Until she was eighty years of age, she did her morning yoga everyday, swept her own room and washed her own clothes. To me, success is about the sense of independence; it is about not seeing the world but seeing the light.

Over the many intervening years, I grew up, studied, joined the industry and began to carve my life’s own journey. I began my life as a clerk in a government office, went on to become a Management Trainee with the DCM group and eventually found my life’s calling with the IT industry when fourth generation computers came to India in 1981. Life took me places – I worked with outstanding people, challenging assignments and traveled all over the world. In 1992, while I was posted in the US, I learnt that my father, living a retired life with my eldest brother, had suffered a third degree burn injury and was admitted in the Safderjung Hospital in Delhi. I flew back to attend to him – he remained for a few days in critical stage, bandaged from neck to toe. The Safderjung Hospital is a cockroach infested, dirty, inhuman place. The overworked, under-resourced sisters in the burn ward are both victims and perpetrators of dehumanized life at its worst. One morning, while attending to my Father, I realized that the blood bottle was empty and fearing that air would go into his vein, I asked the attending nurse to change it. She bluntly told me to do it myself. In that horrible theater of death, I was in pain and frustration and anger. Finally when she relented and came, my Father opened his eyes and murmured to her, “Why have you not gone home yet?” Here was a man on his deathbed but more concerned about the overworked nurse than his own state. I was stunned at his stoic self. There I learnt that there is no limit to how concerned you can be for another human being and what is the limit of inclusion you can create. My father died the next day.

He was a man whose success was defined by his principles, his frugality, his universalism and his sense of inclusion. Above all, he taught me that success is your ability to rise above your discomfort, whatever may be your current state. You can, if you want, raise your consciousness above your immediate surroundings. Success is not about building material comforts – the transistor that he never could buy or the house that he never owned. His success was about the legacy he left, the memetic continuity of his ideals that grew beyond the smallness of a ill-paid, unrecognized government servant’s world.

My father was a fervent believer in the British Raj. He sincerely doubted the capability of the post-independence Indian political parties to govern the country. To him, the lowering of the Union Jack was a sad event. My Mother was the exact opposite. When Subhash Bose quit the Indian National Congress and came to Dacca, my mother, then a schoolgirl, garlanded him. She learnt to spin khadi and joined an underground movement that trained her in using daggers and swords. Consequently, our household saw diversity in the political outlook of the two. On major issues concerning the world, the Old Man and the Old Lady had differing opinions. In them, we learnt the power of disagreements, of dialogue and the essence of living with diversity in thinking. Success is not about the ability to create a definitive dogmatic end state; it is about the unfolding of thought processes, of dialogue and continuum.

Two years back, at the age of eighty-two, Mother had a paralytic stroke and was lying in a government hospital in Bhubaneswar. I flew down from the US where I was serving my second stint, to see her. I spent two weeks with her in the hospital as she remained in a paralytic state. She was neither getting better nor moving on. Eventually I had to return to work. While leaving her behind, I kissed her face. In that paralytic state and a garbled voice, she said, “Why are you kissing me, go kiss the world.” Her river was nearing its journey, at the confluence of life and death, this woman who came to India as a refugee, raised by a widowed Mother, no more educated than high school, married to an anonymous government servant whose last salary was Rupees Three Hundred, robbed of her eyesight by fate and crowned by adversity – was telling me to go and kiss the world!

Success to me is about Vision. It is the ability to rise above the immediacy of pain. It is about imagination. It is about sensitivity to small people. It is about building inclusion. It is about connectedness to a larger world existence. It is about personal tenacity. It is about giving back more to life than you take out of it. It is about creating extra-ordinary success with ordinary lives.

Thank you very much; I wish you good luck and Godspeed. Go, kiss the world.

Guys , Simply Amazing .

SIMPLY AWESOME ( ctrl c/ctrl v)

2007-11-18T09:01:00.000-08:00

Address by Subroto Bagchi, Chief Operating Officer, MindTree Consulting to the Class of 2006 at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore on defining success. July 2nd 2004.

I was the last child of a small-time government servant, in a family of five brothers. My earliest memory of my father is as that of a District Employment Officer in Koraput, Orissa. It was and remains as back of beyond as you can imagine. There was no electricity; no primary school nearby and water did not flow out of a tap. As a result, I did not go to school until the age of eight; I was home-schooled. My father used to get transferred every year. The family belongings fit into the back of a jeep – so the family moved from place to place and, without any trouble, my Mother would set up an establishment and get us going. Raised by a widow who had come as a refugee from the then East Bengal, she was a matriculate when she married my Father. My parents set the foundation of my life and the value system which makes me what I am today and largely defines what success means to me today.

As District Employment Officer, my father was given a jeep by the government. There was no garage in the Office, so the jeep was parked in our house. My father refused to use it to commute to the office. He told us that the jeep is an expensive resource given by the government – he reiterated to us that it was not ‘his jeep’ but the government’s jeep. Insisting that he would use it only to tour the interiors, he would walk to his office on normal days. He also made sure that we never sat in the government jeep – we could sit in it only when it was stationary. That was our early childhood lesson in governance – a lesson that corporate managers learn the hard way, some never do.

The driver of the jeep was treated with respect due to any other member of my Father’s office. As small children, we were taught not to call him by his name. We had to use the suffix ‘dada’ whenever we were to refer to him in public or private. When I grew up to own a car and a driver by the name of Raju was appointed – I repeated the lesson to my two small daughters. They have, as a result, grown up to call Raju, ‘Raju Uncle’ – very different from many of their friends who refer to their family drivers as ‘my driver’. When I hear that term from a school- or college-going person, I cringe. To me, the lesson was significant – you treat small people with more respect than how you treat big people. It is more important to respect your subordinates than your superiors.

Our day used to start with the family huddling around my Mother’s chulha – an earthen fire place she would build at each place of posting where she would cook for the family. There was no gas, nor electrical stoves. The morning routine started with tea. As the brew was served, Father would ask us to read aloud the editorial page of The Statesman’s ‘muffosil’ edition – delivered one day late. We did not understand much of what we were reading. But the ritual was meant for us to know that the world was larger than Koraput district and the English I speak today, despite having studied in an Oriya medium school, has to do with that routine. After reading the newspaper aloud, we were told to fold it neatly. Father taught us a simple lesson. He used to say, “You should leave your newspaper and your toilet, the way you expect to find it”. That lesson was about showing consideration to others. Business begins and ends with that simple precept.

Being small children, we were always enamored with advertisements in the newspaper for transistor radios – we did not have one. We saw other people having radios in their homes and each time there was an advertisement of Philips, Murphy or Bush radios, we would ask Father when we could get one. Each time, my Father would reply that we did not need one because he already had five radios – alluding to his five sons. We also did not have a house of our own and would occasionally ask Father as to when, like others, we would live in our own house. He would give a similar reply, “We do not need a house of our own. I already own five houses”. His replies did not gladden our hearts in that instant. Nonetheless, we learnt that it is important not to measure personal success and sense of well being through material possessions.

Government houses seldom came with fences. Mother and I collected twigs and built a small fence. After lunch, my Mother would never sleep. She would take her kitchen utensils and with those she and I would dig the rocky, white ant infested surrounding. We planted flowering bushes. The white ants destroyed them. My mother brought ash from her chulha and mixed it in the earth and we planted the seedlings all over again. This time, they bloomed. At that time, my father’s transfer order came. A few neighbors told my mother why she was taking so much pain to beautify a government house, why she was planting seeds that would only benefit the next occupant. My mother replied that it did not matter to her that she would not see the flowers in full bloom. She said, “I have to create a bloom in a desert and whenever I am given a new place, I must leave it more beautiful than what I had inherited”. That was my first lesson in success. It is not about what you create for yourself, it is what you leave behind that defines success.

My mother began developing a cataract in her eyes when I was very small. At that time, the eldest among my brothers got a teaching job at the University in Bhubaneswar and had to prepare for the civil services examination. So, it was decided that my Mother would move to cook for him and, as her appendage, I had to move too. For the first time in my life, I saw electricity in homes and water coming out of a tap. It was around 1965 and the country was going to war with Pakistan. My mother was having problems reading and in any case, being Bengali, she did not know the Oriya script. So, in addition to my daily chores, my job was to read her the local newspaper – end to end. That created in me a sense of connectedness with a larger world. I began taking interest in many different things. While reading out news about the war, I felt that I was fighting the war myself. She and I discussed the daily news and built a bond with the larger universe. In it, we became part of a larger reality. Till date, I measure my success in terms of that sense of larger connectedness.

Meanwhile, the war raged and India was fighting on both fronts. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Prime Minster, coined the term “Jai Jawan, Jai Kishan” and galvanized the nation in to patriotic fervor. Other than reading out the newspaper to my mother, I had no clue about how I could be part of the action. So, after reading her the newspaper, every day I would land up near the University’s water tank, which served the community. I would spend hours under it, imagining that there could be spies who would come to poison the water and I had to watch for them. I would daydream about catching one and how the next day, I would be featured in the newspaper. Unfortunately for me, the spies at war ignored the sleepy town of Bhubaneswar and I never got a chance to catch one in action. Yet, that act unlocked my imagination. Imagination is everything. If we can imagine a future, we can create it, if we can create that future, others will live in it. That is the essence of success.

" Eleven Minutes" - PAUL COELHO

2007-11-10T09:03:00.000-08:00

Caveat : Dont read if you are offended by " Sex "

An Odyssey of an woman who has been swindled in love for a couple of times . Hailing from a small town of Brazil , aspiring to see world beyond it , she set out for finding a life of her own. Though was sucked in selling her body , this was not an old movie story type where actress is coaxed and sometimes forced in it . She chose her profession voluntarily and dreamt of earning a lot of money so that she could have a pretty well to do life in back Brazil . Mariya , the protagonist assumes prostitution as not an immoral task but rather her profession and compares it with any other profession . She has no interest in sex and do not induldge in " Carnal act " spiritually considering it as a merely mechanical work and an act of 11 minutes. Her life transforms and her attitude towards this carnal game changes when she meet a painter in Switzerland . Ofcourse , all this story background is set up in Swiss .

This is a story of a multifacet woman , a prostitute who has inured herself against any sensual pleasure . Rather say , she has closed the door of her heart and only induldge in act through her body . At last , she gains everything she has been longing for and finds her true love .
Paul Coelho's description of this novel segregates itself from a sizzling erotica . But the raconteur has been pretty clear that he wanted to mention the act of sex through a story of a hooker . It mention the pristine heart of a woman who finds her true love even in the midst of debauchery.

The best romantic line , which I can cogitate over from this piece of Paul was when Mariya asked the painter Ralf , " why did he choose a prostitute for his love when he could have had any girl to himself ? "

Ralf : "This is because I wanted to reach to the soul of a person whom every man has used to reach his pleasure ."

Well guys , read it if u are really looking for a genuine Paul's work and not some scintillating stirring .

PS : Reading has its own share of vicarious thrill . Planning to start Anita Desai's - The Inheritance of Loss .... Wait till then !

Adieu !!!!

A Matter of Love (Part -2)

2007-11-09T07:35:00.000-08:00

It has been gruelling three days and Rohit was always surrounded with whispers in his ear . He was incoherent , not able to relate things clearly . He knew something terrible has happened to him . He didn't want to avow it but at his heart there was nothing to deny . He wanted to meet Komal again . He wanted to know her ,understand her and fulfil a part of him which was longing for her. Destiny did not swindle him. He had a mobile altruistically given to him by his brother and he knew It was going to play an important role for the impending adventure. Since long for money he had to rely on his friend's account . That is by which name his DD normally used to arrive . His brother had persuaded him to open an account and he will be helped by Mr Mandal . Something started stirring in his mind . He was optimistic of his plan and he was the guy who always believed in the divine power of " Sai Baba".

Looking at the mobile number in his visiting card , he dialled a number.

Mr Mandal : who is this?

Rohit : Hello uncle ! Its Rohit over here , Rajeev's brother . I was wondering if you could assist me in opening an account .

Mr Mandal : yeah , Rajeev had told me . Come now if U are free to my office. This is my address .

Rohit started scribbling something on a piece of paper and conveyed his gratitude toward the old gentle Man.

Soon after an Hour , he was sitting infront of Mr Mandal .

Mr . mandal : I was waiting for you.How are you?

Rohit : Fine,Uncle . Actually today I had no class so I could afford to come .

They had a formal chatting sometimes comfortably edging on informal talk. Rohit found Mr Mandal a pleasing personality and he liked talking to him. The formalities for opening a bank account was completed within a couple of hour . And they were waiting to receive the passbook when suddenly Rohit asked Mr mandal.

Rohit : Uncle . Can I have Komal's number ? Actually one of my cousin was trying to get in DU . She also wanted to do her honours in Geography . She has applied to Jesus & Mary and Miranda House.

Mr. mandal : Do J& M have geography honours ?

Rohit : yeah. She has got 84 %.

Mr. Mandal : great .

They were still conversing when Bank Manager handled over his passbook to Rohit. While they were returning in car , Rohit once again asked Komal's number . Uncle willingly gave it.

Rohit was very anxious and wanted to hear komal's voice immediately . He rang up the number and then thinking something cut the line off but the ring has already passed . Then came the call back. Rohit was incoherent and not being able to think clearly cut the incoming line. He Switched off his mobile. Then after planning something , he dialled up her number after 1/2 n hour and as he heard her enchanting voice , he was lost . Extricating himself from the captivity of her voice ,

Rohit : Hi , It's Rohit - Rajeev's brother.

Komal : Hi , I remember . Aap aaye the naa ?

Rohit : yeah . Actually I wanted to tell you something . Actually I lied to uncle .Please dont tell him.

Komal: I can not understand anything. Can u make it more clear ?

Rohit : Look . To take your mobile number I had to lie. Just dont mention it to him . I will explain to u later everything.

Komal : Ok . Bye.

Rest ............ ( Continued in next post)

A Matter Of Love ( Part - 1)

2007-11-07T05:54:00.000-08:00

Rohit have been staying in Delhi for almost a year preparing for highly terrorised competition IIT. He was good in studies but he didn't have knack for technical matters . He was analytical in his approach but he loved only specific things . He worked hard but he usually tended to drift as he did not find the preparation exciting . It was same drudgery and he had made up his mind to get himself admitted somewhere this year , some not great but decent institute. It was early morning while he sat on his study table and finding hard to concentrate on some extricated concepts . Suddenly hearing a knock on his door , he rushed out to off the latch.

His elder brother Rajeev was standing there . Rajeev had been in city for 3 days and had come for some specific work of TCS . He was working as an ERP Consultant for a MNC .

After coming in , they both had some meandering talks about preparation and stuffs. Now Rajeev popped up a question whether Rohit would be able to accompany him on visit to a family or not. Actually it was regarding Rajeev's matrimonial alliance. Rahul groggily accepted the offer and they made a plan together to leave for the place.

They had reached Noida ( Our Heroine's house ) .They were greeted warmly on their arrival by an old gentleman . He was Joint Manager of a government enterprise company , IRCON INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD ( A railway construction company).

It was the summer of sultry may and the sun was at its fiery best .Hardly had they made themselves comfortable at the sofa , Rohit was attracted by a sweet mellifulous voice.

Rajeev : "Hi ! This is Komal and he is my younger brother Rohit "

Komal looked impulsively towards Rohit and Rohit was completely taken by the solemn admiration of the beauty infront of him. He felt his heart flushed with certain yearn and he couldn't understand the abrupt emotion.

Komal : " Hi "

Rohit : " Hi ".

He offered his hand for a formal greet . The moment she touched him , he wasnt able to shirk the intensifying electric jolt which he got.

One thing was clear to Rohit . Rajeev had been here once and the family was well acquainted with him . While Komal kept talking to Rajeev , Rohit could feel an anticipation building in him . He knew ,he was in love with beauty infront of her. He started noticing her surrepetitiously and he was completely lost in her thoughts . There was no formal talk between Rohit and Komal . All the formalities of seeing a girl was done in a stretch of 4-5 hours . The girl concerned here was Komal's elder sister.

While returning , both Rohit and Komal sat at the backseat of the car . Driver's and next place was taken by Mr. Mandal and Rajeev respectively . Rajeev did something which Rohit needed badly . " Initiation "

Rajeev : " Rohit , Komal I think is from your batch "

Rohit : " Which batch ? "

Komal : "12 th Passed out -2003"

Rohit smilingly : " yeah ,same ."

Rohit : " Which major subject ?"

Komal : " Humanities . Aapka to science hoga. "

Rohit : "Yeah "

Every beginning has a termination . Our hero's story came to a halt when the car reached to it's respective destination . Komal had to catch a bus for her PG house ( Paying guest ) to North Campus and Rohit & Rajeev for their respective stay place.

They bid adieu to each other .

Rest is continued.......................( Next Post)

NEUTRON JACK

2007-11-01T07:00:00.000-07:00

Lot of stuffs to write . Where to start , same orthodox problem . Trying to be serious since placement season is to arrive soon and ofcourse , 5th semester has some special elements to it for improving scorecard. Anyway , least bothered about marks ,the creature I am but want to capitalise on chance.

Going through autobiography of one of my most admirable corporate leader , JACK WELCH .( Straight from the gut ) ,believe me , has a helluva lot of stuffs to get inspired from . The book is a complete masterpiece , not having any affected showcause and a straight Jack throughout . Since I own the book , I am reading it leisurely. Got couple of books in the shelf too. Cant wait to finish them . Even though sessionals are approaching way too soon , I spend atleast an hour on reading these stuffs. " Worth reading for any GE employee " was the quote of my brother in Law but I will modify it " Worth reading for anyone who wants to make big in corporate world". It has politics , corporate beaureaucracy and Jack's masterstroke luck and everything you are looking for a challenge. Read it and there is nothing to regret . Atleast we get to know the hierarchical concepts and pitfalls in corporate world. I have been to GE , Hyderabad and was in complete awe of it . Wish to work in such company but ofcourse not as an engineer ( It would be blunder) but rather as a manager or financial analyst. Anyway , thats for future to unwrap .

Signing off , Rahul .

BACK FROM HYDERABAD...

2007-10-29T09:11:00.001-07:00

Its really a long time since I have penned down my thoughts. I had been to HYDERABAD for 15 days and hardly any single day , I went out to enjoy. Dont dare to imagine wrong things but rather cuss the viral fever which had me in its tentacles. I was helpless and these fifteen days showed me all the features of human emotions. Bedridden for almost seven days , I spent day and night praying and asking god to forgive me for my improper and indescent thoughts. Crazy na !!! But believe me that happens when your temperature refuses stubbornly to come down from 102. Though I was properly medicated , there were moments of frustrations and frustration increases more when the people who are supposed to take care themselves fall prey to climate changes and all.

No , not all moments were of frustration but there were some moment of rejoice when I became proud "MAMA" ( Maternal Uncle).Now I have got some more reason to spend my vacations at HYD'Bad. Anyway its back again ,the same BBSR life. Sessional Dates are out and first sessional is on 7th November. Will have to have some helps from "Cogent" friends otherwise Microprocessor Lab will be fiasco. Anyway , hoping for the best and preparing for the worst , Time is to act now.

" Counterstrike INVADES sleep"

2007-09-15T16:04:00.000-07:00

Well , Long hiatus and Midsem seems to be ostensible reason . Not that couldn't take out fifteen minutes to write , but rather hiding myself from accuses. This midsem no different than other , was sailed thru studying overnight. I am from those cult who wants to give minimum input in engineering and gain maximum output. Till now , everything seems to be going great. But too much introspection have left me wondering about my " other hidden " personalities. Saw three movie last day . RED EYE was good entertaining thriller. PULSE came up with some technological horror advancement and hence liked the movie. Dont mind oxymorons here. It was sort of horror movie slightly deviating from real horror flick but was no less entertaining . I dont know and am quite confused to name it " horror" or "thriller" so I will take out a compromising route to call it medley of both. The movie which left me captivated was Number 23. Jim carrey was ossum n in new avtaar. I reckoned my memory and found out I had seen " The Mask" in 1999 and since then havent seen any of his movies . But still I could vividly remember his whole persona. Wat was a recipe for 23 was his complete turnover. U could have seen it , u wud have known it. Difficult to sound a convincing movie critic which I am not .

Those CS game played by my hostel mates in my corridor and the expletives used with strident voice left me awake at this moment . Dunno what to do except staring at the ceiling and planning . Today is sunday and I might again see a couple of movies but I want to study my novels too. They have been staring at me and make me feel guilty . One more object lying in the corner have become my attention - snatcher. My Guitar. Of late , I have become a pride owner of guitar. Since 10th , I was determined to learn some musical shit of instrument but why guitar , a little difficult to answer . It looks more rocking or give you feeling as such , I dont know. I am not Salman , flaunting my muscles along with guitar dancing. I am not in a sort of professional switch. ( Not that I have great body to die for or insanely handsome look for actor) . The satisfaction is I am me, complete unadulterated flow of emotions , thoughts and inspiration . 100 % satisfaction. ( I doubt ???) Have learnt just the notes of sa-re-ga-ma and basic anatomy of guitar. I loved it.

Anyway , ending this blog since feeling sleepy again and I hate giving up sleep,

Only stress buster in complete chaotic life.

PS: Now on, I will try to post religiously.

Kronicles !!!!!

2007-09-01T08:30:00.000-07:00

Finally , I bought my guitar today after a lot of contemplation as well as calculation. May be sometime after Mid-Sem , I can start my diurnal "Riaz".

Well , today was one of those days at Literary society where atleast I think , noone was able to walk out contented . The topic of debate ( hardly a debate ) , movie critic was the ball which was passing only through few hands. Many were not able to express their views and those who got involved themselves were only obsessed with their ideas and somehow not able to digest diversity in opinions. I was personally involved in the debate , and somehow I was not able to seperate wheat out of chaff . Look ! 1 billion people are there and diversity in opinion is something which is bound to arise. Differences in intellect can be leveled but what about differences arising in the subliminal level. We see the movie , analyse it and if it is able to involve us emotionally , we feel that wow ! that was awesome .

" Chak De India " was definitely good but then when you have diversity in your thoughts , you take it to different level and then have repercussions . Well , I am not exaggerating this part in my blogspot but rather I will like to dissect the underlying motto to unravel this whole affair.

Living out passion and wearing guts on sleeves are something , which a human level have different adaptations for. If innovations in ones thought can churn a whole new set of ideas , it's good but we must have a close watch on results. I am not from those cult , who says forget the results and keep your mind open towards new ideas. Rather I would say , try all ideas but keep a definite tab on results. What appears to be seen in today's meetings was that instead of a planned agenda , we keep ourself so much enticed to new ideas that the very importance of existence of such society is lost. Agreed , "Kronicles " is not all about serious stuffs like GDs , JAMs , Dumb charades , Reading sessions , but also about "opening new world to urself " . I disagree this quoted remarks . Those who have been attending meetings regularly religiously know that we have not had a single proper session of JAM and alll. Hence , whatsoever I personally think that If any activities has to be done , it should include all rather than segregating them . Those who are really good can lift themselves any time but we need to give a platform to those who are really cocooned but have joined Kronicles for the very sole reason , to improve themselves in all aspect of personality development. Do I need to say , everybody can gain from such activities ? Movie Watching and getting involved in technicalities are fine but should only be initiated when we ie everyone of us have lifted themselves up to certain level otherwise again same things will be occuring repeatedly . One who is cocooned will not be able to extract benefit . GD's are something which involves all and a holistic solution for improving communication is to speak a lot , to have a lot of JAM sessions , GD's , Reading sessions and stuffs so that we are able to extricate ourselves from doubts. Fun Play and movies stuff are good but should be introduced once in a while so as to break humdrum processes.

Let the kronicles be platform for everyone who wants to excel and improve in " Literary Skills". Means to this end can be diverse but let us not divide this end in Ramifications. I will appreciate and actually love to have comments followed.

PS: Am I sounding "Left" as in Nuke Deal ?

Good Morning !

2007-08-27T18:44:00.000-07:00

Morning of Raksha - Bandhan................. Got up at 5'o clock early since had slept last night a lil earlier than usual . Dunno about match , definitely I have not opened rediff news for that matter . I will like a brief explanation about it from one of my friend , Punit. Actually , I 'll love listening to him . So what next ??

Planning to go for shopping since have lot of bucks with me . Thanks to TIME even though it's itsy- bitsy scholarships than I had envisaged. No offence.

Read Microprocessor and must tell U that this is only one subject which I have liked right from the word "GO". Even though Communication engineering is taught by same teacher , I always wait anxiously for MP classes . Though late, I have been also marked by my teacher for enthusiasm. Though generally , I dont like my core subjects but then , I told u this semester is a bit different . May be due to placement next year or " CATatonic " effect. Obviously , CE & MP are going to be my favourite subjectes for all interviews to come . Ofcourse , I am damn sure of making my career from one of top 10 institute of management collgs.

But as a technical graduate , I need to have some technical skills intact so electronics will come handy , much more than conventional electric papers. Well , currently scratching my head and know if I try hard , I will end up writing some gyan which of late , I loathe to do . So anticipating a good weather, very important , if wanna leisurely stroll in the market place.

" Deeds not words shall speak me "

LEFT apprehensions ????

2007-08-21T12:04:00.000-07:00

History repeats itself. A lot of speculation have been around Nuke deal between India & US. Prime Minister Manmohan singh will have to sail through all criticisms and must take responsibility for ongoing factions formations. Not that he is at fault , and for that matter I will cite some examples which have created a niche for India on world despite all of Left's apprehension.

In December 1991 , Manmohan singh was accused of sharing his second budgets information with IMF ( International monetary fund) and world Bank. At that particular time , this was an act of breach against sovereignity of India since whole country was apprehensive that US will wipe out Indian economy and situation was volatile at its worst. Mr Singh had immediately retaliated by snapping back that how could anyone suspect his loyalty to the nation. He was finance minister , par excellence then and was a minister under the regime of P V Narsimha Rao. Finally , all contradictions and controversial fire was doused when he put his budget proposals infront of the parliament and the fiscal policies too which were presented to IMF and World Bank.

Once again , Mr Singh was caught in quagmire when he signed the treaty of world trade organisation in 1994. Left opposed it vehemently as it was apprehensive that Indian Sovereignity will be obliterated and completely wiped out by US imperialist force . Treaty has withstood the time and have given all the reasons to India to smile . India have had some significant trade relationships and its economy is all gung ho at GDP currently going strong at approx 9.

From my personal opinion , I see a potential sight of goal which have been tried to be achieved through this 123 agreement where India has nothing to lose and all the way to gain . Can Left have the guts to look back and accept its follies of opposing those auspicious occasions where India has been lead unwaveringly by our then finance minister Manmohan Singh ?

Ramblings Of Thoughts...

2007-08-16T12:10:00.000-07:00

Basically , It seems that somehow there is dearth of grey matter in my brain which involves thinking and churning out Ideas. I am most of the time lost , confused and would like to wear that T-shirt with tag " I am lost , take me home" . Of course, no pretty girl will take me home like that. My life seems to be surrounded with girlish ideas though ironically , I dont even talk to girls. And finally even when I speak, my voice sounds incoherent and full of formalities. Planning , planning and if fail , plan more..... This is the life I live. Trying to sleep since 9'O clock , I inadvertently get up to read something and in quest of that ends up opening my blogspot. Those rectangular " Revelations " look at me , and I interrogate myself what next . I know what I am speaking might make no sense to some of you . But please , for a moment dont judge me as a writer but just as a person who is in search of quest of happiness which always eludes me. I am not suffering from amnesia but sometimes to have just a sound sleep , I remain awaken most of the night. Staring at ceiling , using expletives for everyone who come to my room and bang the door. some bang , some just leave it open . Rewards are my string of expletives to them ! Yesterday I had a passionate debate with my friend Punit that how my thinking should evolve out of me . That is it should be " Blog concerned " rather than me. My friend , the respite I get by feeling this blogs with my stuffs is something , I will not sacrifice for making it reader concerned. Some might relate to me and some may not . Who cares ! Sometimes I just digress through different blogspot and find out that there is a whole confused lot out there . But one thing is common . I see genuinity in it and all appears to me as " sui - generis".

I had even this debate that sometimes the word I use , It appears as if it has been advertently ornated. I agree to some extent . But as I told u , I love it and this is the only way , I feed sometimes myself with this thoughts . I come back and read my old blogs. Sometimes I get amazed at my thoughts , sometime I am insane . I dont know how can I justify this ? But as I have told you , I am lost and confused. The paradox is that more I try to pull myself out of this dilemma , more I get sucked in. Have pity on me even though it means nothing . My mind rambles and so my lips ( Friends will vouch for that) but I am anxiously waiting for day when my feet starts rambling..... I am as restive , sorry restless as ever.

PS : Sui- generis -> unique ( sent to me by wordsmith , didn't get this word in cambridge lexicon)

INDEPENDENCE DAY

2007-08-15T12:52:00.000-07:00

Candidly speaking , I was in no mood to write today. I wanted to pass this day as a person who is sloth to do any work. I did that and slept till 12'O clock noon. But I did not want to miss "Boondia" which is available to us only on certain occasions. Though It was late , I managed to get my share . A very altruistic thanks to " Rabbit Sir".Though I like d him but to be precise , I will start liking him more after this incident . His convivial nature and his fulsome display of teeth, even at this moment reminds of him. Anyway , It was not any special day so there was no special plan . Generally , problem with me is that i plan a lot and after failing the execution part , there are always frustrations. But I never stop trying. The best thing happened to me today that I did not plan it. Just spent it casually. Though today I did one thing which kept my mood upbeat. Really , It's worth mention here. I analysed . And I found out that one should really never hurt anyone , purposely or unintentionally. The bullet points of my thoughts are:

A person should always try to accept things , no matter whether It appealed to him or not.

A person should have bad memory so that he/she is not able to take umbrage for anyone 's words for a long period.

Never plan ahead a lot ( My biggest problem) . Take life as it is , Do ur bits of pieces to solve life's puzzle but dont get worried if u are not able to.

A person should shun all the shenanigans and inculcate a good thought either for itself or humanity.

Never run away from responsibilities ( I DO) . It spoils ur chances of being a worldly mature person.

Dont be jealous of anyone . Earth is a big place . Everyone of us have a substantial role on it to play. ( I really mean it and this thought seems to be acting as ambrosia , earlier I had a fear and insecurity which seems to be vaporising now)

Think a lot about some good thing which U will be doing once U become a successful person ( For me , its going back to my Girlfriend and asking her to make my life full of sunshine , Of course , If she will be married by that time , I will ask god for her great matrimonial life ahead + I really want to open a orphanage and do my part of role to create a life transformations of atleast 15 children )

Have power to say no to things which is not beneficial to u in long term. If U really feel , U should do it then only do it.

Believe in things which may appeal to world insane but for u is life . For me its my love . But at the same time have power to let it go . This seems to be a paradox , but if U can handle it , Nothing saner.

This is what I was able to think when my mind was free today from all other worries. Thanks to I-DAY. It might matter to someone , may be to everyone but remember all bullet points open a road to heaven. I am not perfect and for that matter noone is ,I have written inlieu of something I really believe in. May be u all are much mature than me but then this is my thoughts which kept stirring in me and kept reminding me ," Rahul , if not now when ?"

Remember , execution of all the bullet points is not easy ,atleast simultaneously. But then let it be a quest . If U are thinking about me , remember , for me also It is a starting point ............................

Cheerio ,

" Journey of thousand miles begin with a small step "

Ps: After reading my gyan for checking of errors , I was reminded of one fact . The fact which forced me to write bugs of my brain

" To think is easy , to act is difficult and to act as u think is the most difficult"

Trumpet or Agony ???

2007-08-12T11:24:00.000-07:00

Guys , Ummm ! It's long time and I am back . Back to fill this blog with my stupid thoughts , my ratiocination skills to bolster my stupidity and finally a right which I have been given to express myself. Well , most probably I will end up attending TIME for my prep for MBA institutes. Now , the most anticipated time has come to let go every things which can hold me back and rather create an opportunity for myself so that there is no next year preparation for CAT. My brother , though convinces me to take cat only after certain yrs. of work experiences . But For Gawd Shakes ! It's not that I would love slogging MBA for higher studies but rather my loath to join software companies. I had a passionate debate with my brother who gave me certain gyan on CAT. Look , wat i M , I am. It was god's willl that I landed up somewhere I didn't want to. ( Give me 1 reason, how else can I justify my landing here?? ) . So It is finally, ball has been set into motion and I have rolled my sleeves for the fierce battle to be won . Gawd , I am terrified but wait , Is cat everything ? . Ofcourse not, but any thing , which provokes you to be at your best, eliminate all your shortcomings and gear up for every possible opportunity U might face , U must savor it. I am here to break a myth , I am here to vet my emotions and I am here for all those who will be inspired by me and I am here because my sheer passion willl sail me thru every turbulent streams. Today I am beaming with passion and all set to mark my blot on my quixotic map. Those who understood , good for them and those who didn't , blame my literary skills or rather your ratiocination , cogitation and comprehension skill.... I Am INSANE !!

" Wake - up call !

Arise , awake and stop not till your goal is reched"

Sozzled sans alcoholo..

2007-07-28T10:04:00.000-07:00

Two days were altruistically spent for garnering enough informations abt so called yum-bee-eh prep institutes. Well , though I had been to IMS couple of days ago, yet I was quite enthusiastic to go to Nayapalli's one as well because of proposition of other friends coupled with my own enthusiasm to meet the receptionist . Certain other factors led me there. Man , the way they convince you and put up certain hypothesis assumption mingling with realities leaves you utterly in complete unadulterated admiration for them. ( Well , by now u wud have realised , it' s not them but " her".)All the cutie faces , with their mellifluous and glib voices , grabbing the job as receptionist , I personally think , could have been a good marketing Package , had they themselves appeared for mba entrance exammination ( ofcourse, if they had enough logical and calculation skills too) . Anyway , nawt my concern. They r still a marketing package 4 their respective institutes. I hate this , sounding too much strategic, businesss oriented , profits , loss and all the flashy perks associated to obtain a mba degree. Seems for a year, I wil b chasing it and othr aspects of business too. OK.

So enough of dissection . Decision has been taken virtually but yet right now, nothing is fixated. So it's time to plan a routine. I have already prepared three of them at home . Let's see, which one suits me best. Enough planning now, enough boasting too , enough exaggeration and "BAKCHODI" , now it's time for some real action. All those habits inculcated should come handy now . OK. Did I make a formal resolution .? Wait for that till next post.

Lingering Pain..

2007-07-25T11:18:00.000-07:00

Why is it that everytime I see a girl , I think about you ? Why is that my heart despite my harsh warnings reminisces your memories ? Why is that I look for an opportunity to talk about you ? Above all , why is that I still hope that u will be waiting for me ? Why is that I feel , your action and words were paradox to each other ? Why have you made me so impotent that despite seeing a beautiful girl , I feel that beauty is nothing compared to u. Gawd , I hate u for doing this to me. But truth is somewhat much bitter pill to swallow , that I disavow but to whom , my heart knows , I still miss u. I LOVE YOU. The only platonic and pure thought I have in my life is when I am with u .

People tell me that doing well in my life will create an ample opportunity to choose my dreamgirl. But how can I make them understand , It's you and only you. My amorous thoughts cause me to think about others but what is it that makes me restive and I wanna thnk about u. I know , I can make , create and achieve wonders but why is that I want to see those wonders with ur eyes. Why everytime you make me feel as if all those lovely lyrics were meant for U .Ironically , In this birth U will never be able to gauge my love for u. Did you just hear those words echoing .. aah........... That is exactly what have been happening to me since last two years. People remember my grinning yellow teeth and jolly mood but what about when I am penitent ? I could feel jealousy emancipate from my subliminal thoughts but I am pure. You are the one who make me do all this. I will remember you but now I will never let any feelings build in within me , this is the promise and penance for my sin of loving you. Kaash ! U would have understood me. Kaash ! God could give me enough power to forget u. Even god is weak.... Did you feel it ?

Ha....Ha....Ha....

2007-07-24T10:45:00.000-07:00

Today I am too tired to write but yet I wont disappoint my readers by posting this hilarious source of guffaw... Direct ctrlc & ctrl v from DCE student's Blog but nevertheless awesome.

"Why did the chicken cross the road".

Each person would answer this question with his own particular mindset. Here are a few such answers.Many personalities here are political, some are intellectuals but all the answers are most lip smackingly goofy! And yeah I added some in the end to add a DIT-touch and of course i have added answers that an engg srud would give!

The question to all of them: Why did the chicken cross the road?

SAEED AL SAHAF - Iraqi Head of Information The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete fabrication. We do not even have a chicken.

GEORGE W BUSH- We don't care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road or not. The chicken is either for us or against us. There is no middle ground.

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.

TONY BLAIR: I agree with George.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR: I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question.

GRANDPA:

In my day, we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

SIGMUND FREUD :The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

BILL GATES: eChicken2003 will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook - and Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2003.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

VIVEK OBEROI: I am still agreeing with my previous testimony that I had recieved several calls from the gangmembers of the chicken about this happening in near future.

SALMAN KHAN: I have called this press conference to let everyone know that I did not make any phone calls to the said chicken.

ARUN SHOURIE: disinvestment of chickens is necessary for the economy to grow .

SHAKESPEARE To cross the road or not to cross....that is the question .

AB Vajpayee :Humein................yeh nahin sochna chahiye ..................ki murghi ne rasta paar kiya ki nahin........balki ye sochna chahiyeki usne rasta kyon par kiya..........kya is paar khana nahin tha.......agar nahin tha to ...................is samasya ko jad se hatana yehi hamara dharm hain.

And the following by yours truly……

First year BE student: The seniors told him to.

Second year BE student: (counts the number of chickens, sees 43.Then counts again, sees 15, then again, sees 76.He gives up trying to answer the question and goes back to his glass of vodka)

Third Year BE student: To file an application for low attendance.

Final Year BE student:

if(chicken_got_placed) event=daaru_party;

else event=off_campus_interview;

joy

Summers Gone...

2007-07-23T09:11:00.000-07:00

So I am back after my yet another worthless holidays. worthless in the sense that I wasn't able to accompolish whatever lil target i had set for myself.Well , apart from that everything was frolicsome and I did one best thing which was not planned , ENJOYMENT.

Suddenly sleeping at a stretch of 9 hrs seemed to be sine-qua-non. Eating sumptous foods and then slumping on the bed seemed worthwhile then. Though lot of laziness was shown but yet I wanted to be not so chaff son and hence set out for Howrah ( Official work for Papa..) expecting full masti. Though i had seen this city earlier everytime travelling from Sealdah to Howrah by taxi but wat appeared to my visualisations was all traditional buildings and congested road where everytime I was skittish of missing the train. MG road if i recall correctly. But this time I saw city quite closely and was able to appreciate the fact that it is also one of the metropolitan city of India. Anyway just receiving Bhabhi from Dumdum airport and some not so necessary paper works led me to Kolkata. I saw people closely and despite some people criticising general perception of bengali people, I liked them. Bengali chicks are beautiful too and those beauty was ubiquitous to be seen. So after dabbling with my work , I was back to home proud that I had been out for some official work and my father had confided in me.

If any fructuous things which I had done during summers was devouring some great collection of short stories of Jeffrey Archer. Da- Vinci code was finished too but no sense of accompolishment was there since I had finished better half of it in train itself. Then once again it was Jeffrey Archer's - A matter of sorrow which kept me enthralled but I wasn't quite happy with its let down climax ( Disclaimer: my personal view) but anyway good as far as reading helps. Didn't see any movies , neither english nor hindi. Well , apart from this I strengthened my vocabs once more going through Barron's GRE and IMS word-list. Did itsy-bitsy work on calculation too and kept myself busy. Though I am thinking to churn out a different me but u know it's me. & what I can best be is myself. Well , return journey was remarkable too but that should b posted in different post. It seems too lengthy....

Adios, RR

Adios....till vacation

2007-06-24T02:50:00.000-07:00

ApproX 23 hrs. from now and I will be tracing my route to home.Atlast , it seems probable. Though i have been staying away from home since I was 8 years old ,yet the way i have been smitten and nostalgic about home particularly this time , seems a sweet illusion for me. Ya!!! because when i am at home,after probably 10 days i find lost at what to do. Anyway, dis time i have got ample time to finish myriad of books which had been shoved by me in the cupboard. To name - Da Vinci code, Mein Kamf, Zen and the art of motorcycle..All interesting one in the prespective that each is of different interest.Of late , after stepping aside of fiction, I have started reading little "value-added" books.Well , to add to my library , i have planned that once i get down at Patna, i will buy hopefully 1/2 dozen of books. Now , enough of collections! Earlier i didn't use to buy book.Instead, i borrowed it , studied and returned to my friend whoever owned it.But now I want to own, because I always want to go through the feelings through which i have already traversed. Engineering Curriculum ,i think give everyone ample opportunity to follow their passion .Hats off to such engineering colleges.

saw a great movie -GOAL. Irresistible flow of emotions , pumping of adrenalin kept my emotions upbeat .Though i am not a football fanatic yet i could feel the passion. Santiago Munez !! yup!! I still remember the name of protagonist. He had flair, passion and overall power to let go everything for the pursuit of his goal. Seems , indelible print of this movie will remain eternal in my heart. What is more ..well! It's not about lose, win, football but all about passion .Passion is what creates a difference between winner and loser.Come what may, if u are passionate towards something, u will find a way to it.I want to stretch this post since it might be possible that for a complete month , I willl not be able to write.I will miss the blogging terribly. There is certain chance dat i may get net connection .But at my place, i have only choice of BSNL. That also, i will have to run for a couple of days to BSNL office. Yet it might be possible that they will be able to provide service after my vacation ends. I am not sure at this moment, but nothing is certain right now. So u know , why I sound in quandry...Anyways.... ..

LOVE IS IN AIR.....

2007-06-22T14:16:00.000-07:00

Awesome !! That was the word and may be beyond when i finished this movie south korean one- First Love.It was beyond my expectations and really i felt overwhelmed by it.Great youthful story! Good emotions and all the way ,good entertaining flick. Though it refreshed my some of the moribund memories but yet it was a flavour worth taste. Life is no Cindrella's tale yet we cherish all the way some fabulous outcomes.Seems i will be coaxing all my friends to watch this movie.Though saw two movies more- The usual suspects and the Butterfly effect .Both were good in their own ways and i wont exaggerate on how i felt about that movie.Yet I can lavishly sing paean for this Korean movie. Man, if this movie is in your laptop and you are still planning to seee, i vouch for it ,will be thorough entertainment. With approx half of the students leaving for home and training classes ending (though already finished for me) , seems nice time seeing these great movies.Out of 7, 3 down today.. Well ! seems hangover of movie (first love) still lies in my head but i loathe to be romantic at this moment when i am feeling sleepy...

adios !

V 4...mangoes !! ?

2007-06-20T15:13:00.000-07:00

V 4 Vendetta... umm! saw the flick. Kind of liked it but wanted desperately to see more of veiled man. Natalie Portman was awesome and right now i am busy downloading her wallpapers from Santabanta.Oops ! forgot to mention the most important part. The verbiage though initially take a toll on audience yet the vocabulary used is simply overwhelming.I had to look for a couple of words in dictionary but anyway , above all nice entertainment packed play.The Introduction of V to Evey(Natalie Portman) consisting of GRE words might be loathed by some but i definitely enjoyed it. Rating from me to movie: (7/10) Soon after this i had embarked on a journey of seeing another movie ,Korean one ...First Love .But actually wanted to see it with bit more invigorated way so deferred it till tomorrow.No economic times today.No TOI today.Anyway , supercool thing is that i am not feeling guilty too . Anyway , talked to mamma , told her to get all the mangoes plucked from our trees stretched across boulevards to our field so that by time i will reach home, lip-smacking pickles, chutney and all sort of stuffs prepared from it can be served to me. Man, horrizon of pleasures seem to be looming and i can feel those aroma ....Ummmmm!!!!

Just a day like other...

2007-06-19T07:06:00.000-07:00

Well, there was not any achievement this morning ( not that every morning i have one) .Got up at 12'0 clock. Had slept at 3.30 am in the morning and hence justified my sleep by sleeping at a stretch of 8 1/2 hrs. So again same drudgery, draaging myself to attend those over-hyped training classes. For gawd shakes, it would have been much better if i had finished 10 novels during this period. I seem to have aversions of

all my technical knowledge and really am tired of my tryst with technical studies. Gawd , save me ! Was absent-minded in class and was irritated , somehow i didn't let myself appear in the class, the way i felt. I was pissed offf and as a result Punit had to have a terrible tryst with my antagonistic behaviour. Sorry Buddy! you know sometimes things dont work in my favour.I was having a tough time with applets. Though candidly, it was easy and interesting .It was just that, i missed some instructions and was all goofed up.Anyways... Things seems to be now cool and hardly five days are left to land at the heaven of joy , Om sweet Home... Wanted to share some jokes but next time should be appreciated for this.. Now some financial terms....

No convertibility
full convertibility
Current account convertibility
Capital account convertibility

Let me first explain what is convertibility.No marks for guessing correct.Conversion of currency in form of other say rupees to $ and vice-versa.First two are reasonably simple and i am not going to exaggerate on it rather i will underscore on point 3 and 4. Suppose i have 2000 million dollar( Incredible, anyway i can dream) and i want to convert it into rupees .Now, rupees is appreciating against $ so i will wait for some more time and then will convert it.Simply if i do this , countries whole economy will be in shambles and every person like me will be billionaire .So RBI checks this and any decision regarding this is taken by them so as to control Inflation,Foreign Exchange Reserve etc. Now , when a person is capable of converting the $ into their national currency , it is called to be current account convertibility while if a person is able to convert the currency in any capital currency, it is said to be capital account convertibility.Man , finance world is awesome and its jagrons interesting .Anyway, later moe terminologies shall be updated....

Grit and Gumption...

2007-06-18T07:30:00.000-07:00

Life is strange yet it has its own damned twist and turns.

Never mind ironies! Got up today with TOI and was just

browsing through paper when one article took my

interest. Rajat Mishra , a student of IMA (Indian Military

Academy) on his duty at Baroda ,and while traffic -patrolling

had collided head on to the vehicles. He lost his one limb .

This is irony, something which happens to innumerable

number of people , almost ubiquitous and occuring in all nooks

and corners of the world .But wait! The gambit was well played

by Rajat who worked hard on his left hand and took odds by

his gut. He cleared the IBS (HYDERABAD) (Obviously after

taking GMAT!) and CAT . Finally , got into coveted IIM-A.Life's

cruelty was answered in a non- chalant manner. This kept on

lingering in my mind towards days proceedings and i was

not sure what my reaction was. Mixed feeling of emotion, joy

and ineluctable stirring in my brain.. Grit & Gumption pave the

way for fighters and always proves the famous adage."When

going gets tough, Tough gets going" .
Seems ,with every day of approaching 25th i am going restive.

Damn! I haven't started project and everyone in my group

seems to be complacent as well as dormant. Till now , we

have not even had a single meeting together. Anyway, i

am least bothered about it though lot of things are keeping

me engaged . I keep on planning my days ahead and

how i am going to spend my vacations. Lots of stuff! Downloading

and all!! Wait, now comes the most interesting moment where

i can release all my Pent- up frustrations. Network was like a

shit day before yesterday and it was abortive to use net .

Fu***d up speed ! Yesterday it was all the more outrageous

one. Whole day , network was pissed and if that was not

enough to add to the woes ,even night did not bring a respite

for me. I reminisced those moments when i was boastful of

our floor's net service and pridely flaunted my feeling in front

of my friends. Ofcourse , u all have your shares of joy now !

I think, it is enough justification for my not attending to

blogspot for 2 days continuously. ..Is it??

Power of expressions...

2007-06-14T11:39:00.000-07:00

Why we must act on global issues?It might take a toll om my reader
but please bear with me,this is going to be last post.The recent
G-8 summit did not reach a negotiation what Angela Merkel had hoped
for- A new treaty with binding co2 cut emissions for India ,China
and US.While both India and China were under considerable pressure
but yet they resisted only to "cooperate".India's position on climate
change is simple:
1>Climate change have been caused by developed world,which must bear
the cost of abatement and mitigation.

2>India is not a significant (GHG) greenhouse gas emitter.

3>It will not accept binding emission cuts without compensation,
not at the cost of economical growth.

These position might be good for international negotiations.But as a
policy, it is ethically indefensible,logically and economically
inconsistent and worse- a wasted opportunity.Any takers.....

Apology...Global warning..Much more.....!

2007-06-13T09:47:00.000-07:00

It has really been long and to tell you candidly, there can be
absolutely no excuse for not keeping up to the expectations of
my readers.Afterall you all are my valuable resources.Juggernaut's
concern is acknowledged and i appreciate alpha's view.Actually of
late, i took on new challenges of playing IGI , though i didnt
enjoy it.It seems i am concealing my real thoughts.Well , i definitely
enjoyed it but at the cost of my blogging.That's why i was frustrated
and frustration surely was an outcome of not keeping up to my
expectations.Of lately i am giving it up so that rest of missions
will be knocked out during holidays.Well ! It seems the parleys
and meetings are turning to be farce and there is travesty in whole
issues.China and india, two vehement economy seems on roll and are
ambitious and enthusiastic to reach the "coveted spot" of Developed
economy.US is maintaining its status-quo but it seems to be in clutches
of fears ,both from China and India.Moves and plans of China are a bit
difficult to be acknowledged by uncle Sam unless Dragon itself reveals
its plan.China is no longer dependent on external resources and have
become quite a competitor to US.Anyway, the meeting was held of G-8
with special invitation to India and Brazil .Well, i do not want myself
to appear braggart but i think ,it was an anticipation that it is going
to be fiasco.It was.Though paper presented in a bit subdued way.German
chancellor Angela Merkel seems to be quite contented by pushing the
target to 2050 but our shirking of the global issues like global warming
is not going to help.Not to us and in no cost to our posterities.India
and China , are reluctant to cut down emission since they are not still the "Developed economy" and industrialisation only seems the way.US is
adamant to sign any protocol and travesty is, that it is contributor ,
altruist one, to global warming.I think,the solution of global warming
lies in very inchoating stages where we the general people are going to
play an important role."Lightening off"on Eiffel tower was a remarkable
move in this regard .More like this should be ingrained in the human.We
are 1 billion people,right! 1 billion sapling at this stage is certainly
going to have its compounding impact till 2050.It's easy saying rather
done but these will matter.Atleast the things i have not given thought
of,i will do it and now seems to be propitious moment.I am not going to
spend this holidays at Hyderabad or Mumbai ,but at my sweet home and
going to plant all the way my commodious house with saplins." Charity
begins at home.........."

Resilient strikes....

2007-06-08T10:37:00.000-07:00

The fighter is one whose spirit is never down.Only because it
has no other choice.Only because choices have already been made.
Choices of pugilist are very few.Their only ultimate aim is
to outwit every move made by their adversaries.The real fighter
succeeds but sometimes the opponent is much quicker who keeps
on baffling you as if you are a new-kid on the block.To envisage
characters here is not big issue.We ,the homosapiens are fighters
and life is a clever $ quick wit opponent.It challenges us at all
steps of our life.One such challenge was posed and the gambit
which really took me by surprise was that i let it outmove me.
Sense of frustrations and furore of rage was within me but i was
able to hide it when result was declared.Did i hide it?At the
sametime , my mind was lull .It was not that i worked hard and
didnt get good marks.But rather it was a reverse.I am afraid ,
yet a sea of satisfaction keeps on my spirit to let go any
frustrations.It's better to deserve and not get it rather than
get and not deserving it.Things seem murkier in short run but in
longrun it is always helpful.I was devastated yet complacent.
Anyway, life seems cool now as we have already passed the acid
taste of surviving through 7 subjects.Resilient strikes again
because the pertinacious nature of fighter will not let it
go away wasted.Resilient strikes again only to stretch the rope
of victory further.........the game has begun.

Serene Nights.............

2007-06-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

When you are constantly occupied with some thoughts,you find
out a way to vent out your pent-up thoughts.Tonight while
sitting under those moonlights, these three (Ravi,Punit & me)
seemed to be lost sometimes ahead in time as willingly as sometimes
in their past.There were revelations, expurgation of misunder-
standing and much more.But what they all had common was that
pure innocent thoughts never blurred anyone's expression.
Confessions,remorse and some even unshed tears could be felt.
It was time to tie the knot of friendship stronger enough
so that there is not even a slight bit of hesitation in
their mind.Time seemed to roll and thoughts rolled too yet
there was stiff competition among them who would outdo whom.
Frankly telling, i never wanted to get up even if it was 1 AM
of wednesday.(Mind u,we were talking since 7.30 evening).It
will be a great trouble to pinpoint who was more talkative
since everyone has earned themselves good point.I have
always been an enthusiast talker and i see this a common bridge
among all of my dear friends.(Amresh u too!).So lot of timepass
but in the midst of these i am too tired to read today's TOI
& Economic times.Anyway regular routine from tomorrow.From what
i can see headline on my table is that there is again a
possibility of merger between two domestic airlines Go Air &
Paramount.Rest will be talked later.Guys, let me tell u one thing
that i am full of gratitude for all those concerns you all are
having for me.I really admire and appreciate your views.Feeling sleepy
but will surf for an hour atleast.BYE...

"The woods are lovely , dark and deep
But i have promises to keep and
miles to go before i sleep,and
miles to go before i sleep...."

Marriages.......

2007-06-03T03:39:00.000-07:00

The great month of marriages,alliances ,mergers and acquisitions.
Every act of aviation and telecom sector seems propitious for
investors.This year has seen it all, GDP still going strong at
9.4 , inflation hitting all time low at 5.06.Aha !! seems every
thing is hunky-dory about indian economy .As suggested in survey
by top investment bank Goldman Sachs BRIC (Brazil,Russia,India and
China)is going to surpass all the wealthy nations by 2050 and we
indians are complacent enough to play our part equally.Telecom
sector is booming .There is contemplation that idea will buy or
bid for a stake in spice telecom and with this will venture into
the states of Punjab and Karnataka ,still a virgin territory for
IDEA .There was also indication of spice bidding for iDEA which
at this moment does not seem possible as IDEA is seven times
bigger than spice. Clearly right now, Sunil Mittal's AIRTEL is
clearly ahead of all its rivals but still there is pie available
for all players.Telecom knowledge will be updated more after my
explorations and analysation of market.What this time i am
excited enough to tell u is about the marriages between the
various airlines.Now after lot of contemplation and reading
between lines (Captain Gopinath's statement :Air-Deccan is from
MARS and KINGFISHER is from Venus)appears that Mars and Venus
is heading on for merging together and becoming a single entity.
Vijay Mallya (chairman of UB groups and Kingfisher airlines) ,
one of my most admired corporate personality for living his
lavish lifestyle and flambuoyant nature seems to be heading in
right direction earlier navigating UB groups to be second largest
wine and spirit maker and now having a stake of 26% in Air-Deccan.
This is going to set a new heights for LCC( low cost carrier).they
continue to hold together 33% of indian air.Earlier there was
alliances when Jet took over Air sahara, again merger of Indian
airlines and Air India.Whatever the scenario,its time for
investors for rejoicing those who have had gumption to invest
in aviation sector.Again Tata tea is having a stake of Rs 115
crore in Mount Everest .Earlier it had sold its 30 %stake in Glaceau
to COKE at a cool price of $ 1.02 billion approximately.Tata tea
is already a big player of beverages with tetley , Eight o'clock
in its kitty.UK's tetley was bought in 2000 for $ 407 million and
US eight o 'clock last june for approx. 215 million.Tetley is
considered to be a big deal of Tata conglomerate of salt to
software after the successful TATA CORUS deal.Tata is still going
strong and have all the way led to pioneering growth of indian
economy.It seems now,my every sunday will be about mergers and
acquisition.I have had ,though little late , a slight interest in
marriages (ofcourse Corporate sector....??)

2007-06-02T03:58:00.000-07:00

Past Never matters.....

2007-05-31T13:01:00.000-07:00

How many times we have cursed ourselves vehemently and asked god to turn around adverse or unfavourable situation.Ironically even if it happened so, we were solely responsible for turnaround.Success needs imagination .Imagination to be at those coveted feat requires persistent dreams.Dreams forces you to work and suddenly u feel that your every move has begun acted according to you.Your honesty contributes a big part to your success.Preparing for management needs time management and i am poor at that.Wait ! the reason is ostensible because i let it be.I let sometimes loose myself so that when i come back , the force have to be much greater.I have no grievances against god. Luck defy and eludes me.It seemingly not favours but what is on bright side is that it even dont deny what i deserve. I have been endowed with parents who didnt allow me any hedonism at childhood and yet spent altruistically on my academics.I dont have any grievances against god .Despite making me deprived of certain things, it gave me other things in abundance.Today when i look back what i lost is nothing compared to what i have gained.Candidly speaking, i do think of someone who dont deserve it but it acts as motivation rather than deterration. I have been fortified with such brothers and sisters who have stood by me thick and thin.What is greatness in this? Doesn't everyone support their kith and kin? I agree but sometimes despite their love , i feel guilty.I dont deserve love because sometimes i have deprived them of truth. Past never matters but when u aim for star, u want to feel light.I dont know , i have been restless these days.I dont know what kind of insecurity is this but yet i feel miserable.I dont know why.How can a person become successful when he forces himself.Things should have flow.so what i am beginning to do is have a perfect 20 mins reserved for yoga.Sometimes i am so thoughtful and worried that i find out exactly there is nothing to worry about.Excellence always comes as a biproduct of interest.When you enjoy something, u are bound to suceed , come what may.I know this , i still remember my last IIT screening where after coming out of centre in campus , i saw towards sky and laughed.Just to prove something what i was not, i wasted my two precious year. Its nothing that i learnt from this mistake.I didnt learn. I landed in KIIT and am approximately half-engineer.Ask me what i studied in first sem, i will gape and ironically i will be called , god - damned engineer.I hate this and i think i can not describe how much i hate myself.I am doing things which i dont want to do.I can survive but survival is not my issue in life.I want to excel but how can i excel in things which i dont enjoy.I cant force myself.Every force will give a reason to survive and I dont want that force to obscure and eclipse my passion and knack for which i am made.Its true ,had engineering been only criteria to get admission in IIMS , i would have restrained myself.But after learning stories of people like me who made it to IIM ,who condemned themselves and forced themselves to excel , i will force myself too , to excel not to survive.IIM is not IIT. Preparation for IIT itself was boring because i did not have any knack for core technical issues and i rather forced myself to enjoy.On the contrary , the real life issues, even maths like geometry,mensuration,TIME,and all real stuff fascinates me.Every aspect of a management graduate fascinates me.Look ! Here comes the difference.I am enjoying the process itself so result is automatically going to be in favour.I love to challenge myself but only for thing which i really crave for.On the good part,i have started enjoying economic times , things that really matters.I might falter in short run but what i can see ahead is remarkable life waiting for me.I am going through phase which will pass .NO passion is greater than passion to be a top management graduate.Nothing comes in between..............

"when i asked god for courage,he gave me difficult situations to face,
when i asked god for brain & brown,he gave puzzles of life to solve,
when i asked god for wealth, he showed me way to work hard,
when i asked god for happiness, he showed me some unhappy people,
when i asked god for favors, he showed me opportunities to work hard,
when i asked god for peace, he showed me how to help others,
GOD GAVE ME NOTHING I WANTED, IT GAVE ME EVERYTHING I NEEDED."
- swami Vivekanand

Deep slumber...

2007-05-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

Well, at this moment when i am again shedding away my
thoughts , i am having a quite few contradictions and
conflict within myself .Why should i write everyday?
The process is frolic and enjoyesome but when thoughts
die , writing seems taxing.Wait ! do thoughts die?
never!! Brand's equity famous brand results are out
and NOKIA seems to be top achiever by foraying into
a rank of 4.Colgate remains numero-uno and have maintained
its status quo.The fact that Nokia had stupendous success,
should not be a surprising element since it covers almost
half of the entire cellular market.I still remember my
Nokia-3515 which was a lower-priced comodity but it was
robust enough to be handled by me.I dont know how many
times i have dropped it and then picked up without
bothering to check whether it worked fine.Do i have to
say, it always did. Without even second thought, a brand
had become a promise which was delivered.What then follows
is mouth-advertising or call it Buzz - marketing.A brand
is like a promise which when delivered and rises upto the
expectations ,it becomes our trademark.What could follow
sometimes is a passionate debate in support of it.But if
the same promise (or commodity) delivered falls against
our hope ,the same thing happens ...Buzz-marketing and
all but in negative way.Though there is nothing specific
brand i vouch for as student and before fixing one ,i am
open to all but yet there are something i would always
look out for.Like TITAN .No matter whether new features of
tommy-hilfiger , Espirito,Rolex arrives , i am always
going to rely on TITAN (Apna desi TATA product).Who knows
after geeting a job in TCS or tata conglomerate companies,
i might end up getting a rebate.But that's altogether a
different story.Coming to politics cum industry, the statement
by PM that wages of CEO should be reduced have led to raise
quite a ripple in almost all the nook and corners of the
corporate sector.Even chairman of CII ,Sunil Bharti was in
negation.Since the review and editorials were inundated regarding
this , i dont owe my explanations but anyway to conclude,
it would suffice to say on my part that CEO earnings can't
directly or indirectly relate to eradication of poverty or
controlling of inflation or whatever scenario it is.Today,
at top level, management is going through crisis and hence
in lieu to check this companies earmark and spend quite a
money on their wages. I think, it is justified.....

Autonomy power...IITS & IIMS..

2007-05-29T10:05:00.000-07:00

There was a passionate debate and a column was benignly
devoted towards whether institute like IITS and IIMS
should enjoy autonomy powers or their power should be
vested in the hands of government.
Institues like IIMS and
IITS were obviously started with the initiation of govt
and these were accountable to government for their
performance .Role of government has its own credibility
and is an asset if role played by them is justifiable.
Basically the debate was that should there be fund-
allocation by government and these institutes should be
a loyal to govt or to provide them free status or no
accountability by stripping them of the funds.Now let
us talk something bitter and current state of iits and
iims.Both of them suffer a serious problem. IIM is
handicapped in the way that there is few research
going in such world -class institutes and not surprisingly
none of the institute owes its credibility to world
ranking.In top 100 colleges, its ironical not to have
a single management college from india.People know
IIMS because of fat pay-package and production of some
quality brain manager.Economy is booming and thats
why everything looks so flashy.Come to the ground zero
and think ,introspect , have a real analysis and u will
find out why these management colleges are not the
numero uno (atleast in world ranking).Colleges rankings
are based on the succesful alumnis, research fields,
faculties and several other factors.And ironically
as chair professor of IIM ,Bangalore have clearly stated
"There are few vasisths in the country who can judge what
is good quality research.The faculty has to seek yardsticks
outside the country in reputed journals and even tailor
their research to meet their criteria." That ,ofcourse
doesn't mean that we dont have quality profs but certainly
a vested interest in research is needed by so called quality
students and profs.This is about IIM where every seat is
coveted by student so fanatically.
Now here comes the role of IIT.IITS
are said to have best brains.Did anyone introspect why students
(iitians) who opt for higher studies in US never ever think
even once to carry their studies in almamater which nurtured
them so nicely for undergraduate studies.why are there m.tech
students only those who have had their engineering degree either
from govt. regional colleges or some lesser known colleges.
Last year out of 7000 students who entered hallowed portals of
iits ,3300(approx.. data i guess from TOI)were students of
kota preparing for these coveted institutes.They might not be
the best brain but yet they had knack for cracking these tests
because they were prepared by handful of experienced teachers.
Though IITS have tried to be a step ahead by causing variations
every year in the question paper but still it is not able to
filter the talent.Initially people getting into these institutes
feel bloated with confidence but not everyone is able to
cope up with pressure.It is right that some of the best brains
henceforth comes under the umbrella of NITS at the cost of some
of the prepared students who get through IITS.Anyway i am a
loser since i have spent my two years striving for the things
which i knew (ofcourse , i have power of deja-vu!...sometimes
it shows..),i will not succeed at.
Ofcourse, coming to the point that
is the reason why every iitians need not succeed in every field.
Afterall , in real life noone can prepare u to take the combat
hand in hand predictably.In real life , this is what gives
blows to the aspirations.Now, the moot question ,should these
institute be autonomised?And here is the summary.Government
should have its interest but their interest should be such
as the institute must be given a certain target to achieve.Now
who should set target?The target must be set by highly keen
& educated politicians,Top notch bureaucrats,successful entre-
preneur.Now that should not be a surprise since target will
be set in correpondence to the university like Georgia in terms
of research , quality.Quantity of quality will not matter since
India is a big country.Rest assured if only govt keep all its
political propaganda away from these institutes, they can
flourish.Can u expect an architect to build a software for u
,no,then how can u ask politics to nurture education?

Sultry summer....

2007-05-28T09:42:00.000-07:00

After lot of thoughts ,i found out that i need to learn html.
When i visit other's blogs , i feel i am not doing any justice
to my blog by keeping it extremely simple .Anyway that is different
story and i wont like to stretch on it.So much awited LINUX test
was taken and ofcourse i fared little well than my expectations.
So what else! I have not been able to go through my economic times
since 2 days, and i am feeling damned guilty.No, ofcourse i had
an excuse of LINUX test but then how much i prepared, i only know.
Somehow I dont know why but I miss my parents too much these days
Nothing to do in the evening and sultry summer of BBSR always imposes
on me a reminiscence of fragrance of my home and i become nostalgic.
How excited was when i asked mumma if mangoes will remain available
till JULY? We have our training and then only we can be liberated
in a way i want to be.It's nothing like it's haunting but such
scorching sun reinforces u to sometime think in the way u dont
want to think of.
But else apart, BBSR is still a good place during evening
time and the evening part is a respite to the bruised soul.
One site now i am regularly going to visit is http://indianeconomy.org/
Afterall i have found a way to leverage myself in this section and
i must confess ,indian economy is interesting.

" MADE IN JAPAN"

2007-05-27T03:24:00.001-07:00

Generally after a couple of day's hardwork (Read:ideal
routine following), i go back to slumber and find myself
deviating from my priorities.It's nothing new, it has
been happening with me since my childhood but then with
time everything have improved.Will to succeed have surpassed
the fleeting moments of pleasures i used to have with my
shenanigans. Exactly i cant say, but roughly i have idea,
now everything have started turning a bit better in my
life.I have become a bit controlled and flow of emotions
too generally dont take place instantaneously.I dont spend
time on useless thoughts and neither i dream .Once bitten
twice shy.I have had my shares of emotions , grief ,pleasures
and candidly speaking i have no regret from my life.
I have finished an autobiography of Akio
Morita ,co-founder of SONY.And i must tell u i was mesmerised
by the way he along with his peer's thinking have placed
JAPAN a minuscle spot on the globe ,blinking so glaringly,
sometimes even US seems to be tiny of their thoughts.JAPAN
almost less than half of the size of North-America ,is almost
a member of almost all important assembly of the world, be it
G-8,UN organisation,or any decision making body of this world.
They hold an immaculate position and render their service in
almost all domain of the spheres.
But this transformation has a long story to
be revealed and Akio-Morita played an important role in
transforming such a tiny country to such a great role-player.
Today Yamaha,Toyota,Nissan,Suzuki in vehicles , Sony ,Toshiba
etc in electronic consumer goods rules the roost.But hardly
everyone is aware of their story of transformation.Japan,a
country to which only god provided raw-material is water, now
produces nails to planes ,and that too of best quality.
When Japan was destroyed by nuke of US
in the second world-war, two of its city being sabotaged
completely , none would have thought that they will be
able to survive it.They not only survived but was soon to
become a force of the world which will not go unnoticed.
Story of Japan continues in next series......and
ofcourse Akio Morita too....Afterall he had been a
phenomenal leader in making of JAPAN.

" MADE IN JAPAN"

2007-05-27T03:24:00.000-07:00

My commitment....

2007-05-25T11:20:00.000-07:00

I am in the mid of one of the most interesting
movie of Nicolas Cage "NATIONAL TREASURE" and
wanted to finish it.But then i remembered ,i
missed my blogging yesterday and i can't let it
happen today.This is one of the some commitment
through which i have been.Shirking of the
responsibility and somehow pushing it is not
my way atleast when i have planned that in life
now everything has to go on according to me."IF
u want to extract more out of urself, push urself
to the brink of limit and set a goal out of urself".
Obviously , a hard task-master always show
and prove that u are capable of much more than u
think.Every individual is unique and no matter
what their grievances are,they all can succeed if
they have strong will for their goal.To achieve
the goal is never easy but that is exactly why goals
hold a special place in our heart and whenever we
do certain things ,we do an introspection whether
what we are doing is going to help me achieve our
goal? When we find it will, then we become enthusiastic
for our work and do it with alcrity.
That is a justification for my seeing
movies.Movies take me to a imaginary world where
sometimes i am in the skin of character and feel
the vicarious thrill.Movies help me in my listening
skills and i take a great solace in it since i am
very bad listener.But then ,things have gradually
started improving and i can see, i am more relaxed
now when i see movies.Watching movies and Reading
novels take me to the heaven of pleasures where i
can chose to be what i want to be or what i am not.
As i was not sure what i should
write, see movies came as a saviour and helped me
to communicate my feelings.From what an 1/2 n hour
movie i have seen,National Treasure is one thing
for sure going to be exciting and thrilling.
Take care.I will catch u all again
and next time probably with some academic stuff.
.......... Till then , BYE.

To Strive for.....

2007-05-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

Basically i have no idea what to write today
but wait, ofcourse i have to write something
as i have started spending time dilligently
on ECONOMIC TIMES.And first thing which i want
to convey is that even if someone is not interested
in management stuff,they should have a feel of
potential market atleast a bit.
Today two contradictory
word which i found out is LIABILITY & ASSETS-these
economic words, i will have to admit are interesting
one and i see myself as a potential professional in
it so i think i will have to spend some time analysing.
What is first step i took in this regard?
I may forget my TOI but everyday for rest of life
i will have to spend time with it.Afterall ,its fun.
As far as economical jargons are considered,i think
with time i will be comfortable with it.After all
my famous dialogue" Changes does not happen overnight"
So what about liability and assets:
After mulling a lot on these words,i
found out that right now i am liability to my parents.
I am surviving and my existence is because of them.
Once i start earning and when i will become a helping
hand, i think i will become asset to them.So u mark
my words ,Liability and Assets are contradictory terms.
When u are asset to company ie u are able to generate
a revenue ,u are sought after but once u become a
liability to them ie less productive ,they will just
throw you out.One thing more-US IT people are more
productive and they are able to generate a revenue
approximately ten times than their indian counterparts.
I have started to spend time for better understanding
of INFLATION, FOREX RESERVE etc.
May be from tomorrow
onwards u all can have one economic words and a
brief summary or discussion on it.Till that time
allow me to take a breather (Breather is basically
a short pause but here ....its ok..dont mind)

I have to prepare for LINUX
test so that i wont have to look here and there
during my exams.TAKE CARE.BYE

Right of VANDALISM to freedom of rights

2007-05-21T08:05:00.000-07:00

Time and again i have been pondering over
this issue.Are we living in democratic nation?
Or are we still in some sort of shackles ?
People aren't able to express their opinion
and if at all they dare to do ,they have to
pay price.A price sometimes so hefty that it
is difficult to assess.
When a man pursues art
and is enthusiastic about it and when try
to display his skills, he is targeted by
fundamentalists,RSS,Bajrang Dal for display
of his affection towards art.When Dean comes
in for rescue , he is being penalised and forced
to quit the incumbent job.That's what exactly
happened in M S university of Vadodara.Come
valentine day, and all fundamentalists seems
to be waiting for it so that people remember
it as vandalism day.The couples are targeted
and police appear to be helpless.Is this the
price they have to pay to live in democratic
nation ?
When a celebrity like Aamir Khan advocate
the cause of rehabilitation during Narmada
Bachao andolan , fundamentalists attack and
tries to raise communal issues.Is this a secular
nation?
Movies like Parzania and Fanaa are banned
in Gujarat even though it has been approved
by censor-board.
Vandalism force always need a cause
and a reason for targeting innocent mass and
ours being a secular and democratic nation
still provide them with ample opportunity.
It seems fundamental rights require revision.
Is constitution listening???

I COULDN'T WAIT.....

2007-05-20T09:45:00.000-07:00

Every person wants to be great achiever
but few want to pay price for it.What
is it which causes our failure?I think
this is no rocket-science because every
one knows their strengths and weaknesses.
I am talking about great , mind u ,it does
not underscore the great people like gandhi,
Bill gates, Benjamin Franklin,and all great
personality.I am in context of our daily to
daily achievement and feeling of those great
moments of satisfaction. I have seen misery
all around me.Those who are satiated seems
miserable because they don't even understand
what they can be ,what their power is.Those
who are too overambitious seems miserable to
me because they forget to enjoy the moment
inwhich they live.They sacrifice it for
planning.Friends, life is a beautiful gift
bestowed to us by god so that we can experience
human emotions.People's race ,cast, creed ,
etnicity,religion varies but human emotions
not.Doesn't we cry over the movie like SADMA
(Kamal Haasan),Pursuit of happiness ?Doesn't
we all cry when we feel pain? But we become
sometimes so stoic to someone like us, forget
in god's family we are related to each other.
Why this jealousy ,why this pain, why we
are jealous of someone's other success, why
we feel sometimes we are superior to others?
All this is miserable. I am miserable too ,
i have been bitten by the venom of jealousy.
when it's poison took grip of my whole body,
i didnt even know that.Sometimes ambience
around me mattered , sometimes it forced but
only because i was weak.Tomorrow onwards ,i
have no room for venom,why tomorrow ,today
from this moment itself.Forgive me Bhaiya,had
i been rude to u , forgive me mandal uncle
wherever u are , i was too weak to understand
what u cared about me.Forgive me my friends
I didnt even know when i hart everyone indirectly.
It has come back to me so strongly.Forgive me
Amresh for whatever little fight we had, i was
sometimes unable to control my weakness.Forgive
me my love , i was not good enough for u . I was
weak ,how could i have been a strength to u.God
gave me every sign to change myself, but i failed
to understand.U are great person ,atleast at this
moment i am not afraid to commit it. U were the
best thing which happened to me and u were the
sign of god .But i failed to understand.Whole world
looked to be conspiring against me only so that
i could have suceeded .FORGIVE me SAI BABA, i
have sometimes even doubted ur will .How poor i
have been? Forgive me PAPA - MUMMY, i hated
when u gave me responsibility,but little did
i understand that a person can not grow without
responsibility.
Thanks BABA, after all these darkness
still there is dawn of hope.No matter where i am,
i will start from centre......

Today is first day......

2007-05-20T09:09:00.000-07:00

Nothing bothers u more than when u come to know all of ur shortcomings and want to get rid of it .Pity me! All these years what i did ,how can it change suddenly? The pleaures which i seemed to be seeking seems travails now, i want to get rid of ." A person's nature and signature ever changes " These words echoe in my ear and i find myself more helpless but the fighter inside me
fails to understand it and have convinced me that i will change,i will change forgood.Destiny,mine
is in my own hands and today onwards I am going to write my transformations beautifully.Never ever i had such profound thoughts and never did i realise what i have become ,the impact which a book can have ,can it be fleeting or revelations? .Why i am not able to stick tomyroutines?Have i become so weak and moreover have i lost my sight of goal?.I dont know ,more i think, greater pain of guilt sweeps through.And then i decided everything has to change once again ,for good forever.How can I lose myself , how can i be like others when i am not? I have been competing to others and i lost to myself .God,what have i done? "I am more than what i appear to be,all power of world rests inside me.I will be what i will to be".Once gain i have to sow and go through pains of processes but i am more tenacious and much more determined.Things have to be according to me because choices are in my hands....and once again there will be dominance of good overevil.....