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Days of our Lives

2011-05-26T09:30:00.005+05:30

To Firefly,

Darkness within stretches before and after,
Chasing light, a moth, to end up in ashes thereafter.
Silly it is to presume ashes was the endgame,
For only moth knows the euphoria of touching that flame.
Her warmth will make you fly high,
life would be, could be better than shire.
To ashes yet again, the kingdom fall,
with yet another hope of an empire.
not from ashes to ashes we live our lives,
from flame to flame are days of our lives.

-Moth-
The Moth

~Mekedatu

2010-11-21T08:28:00.001+05:30

Seven are the sins you indulge into, not,
For misery and pain you tie with, a knot.
Seven are the heavens mortals seek to cross,
Lust, the only sin with a heaven across.
Insecure we are, us and them,
Top of my life I am, top of the helm.
Despise myself I often do,
For lust has blinded me with you.

(written somewhere, sometime after a long time! )

SitCom - 3

2010-06-29T23:24:00.000+05:30

A strange phone convo.
X- (some random statements)
Y- hey wait, i think I am getting a call, I will put u on hold
X - Ok.
Y -( after doing some stuff in an insanely incomprehensible phone) Hello??
X - ( uh what? I was on hold right?) Hello?
Y - Oh its you only? wait I will cut the call
X - Ok.

After 5 minutes
X- (some random statements)
Y- hey wait, i think I am getting a call, I will put u on hold
X - Ok.
Y -( after doing some stuff in an insanely incomprehensible phone) Hello??
X - ( uh what? I was on hold right?) Hello?
Y - Oh its you only? wait I will cut the call
X - huh?

SitCom -2 :P

2010-05-29T21:23:00.010+05:30

A totally pointless convo :D

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(with due permission from all people. offcourse I said People.)

Nilesh: aaj mee tumachyasathi ek gammat anali aahe ( i have got a surprise for u )

he kon mhanaayache ( who use to say this)

karandikar ki gore? ( karandikar or gore?)

Sharad: DGK

Nilesh: right!

and how the hell sane knows abt it? :P

Sharad: ask him

Nilesh: he asked me to ask u

Sharad: is it

Nilesh: yes yes

Sharad: sane cha ani tyacha kay sambandha ( how is sane and vaze related?)

Nilesh: mazhya navin underwear chi shappath ( i swear by my new underwear)

he thinks he and wagh are twins

Sharad: iShappath? ( iSwear?)

Nilesh: no

i dont iShappath

Sharad: kahi idea nahi ...sane cha ani vaze cha sambandha nahi ( no idea, sane and vaze are not related)

Nilesh: abbey not sane and vaze

Sharad: sane cha ani karandikar cha pan sambandha nasava ( perhaps even sane and karandikar are not related)

Nilesh: wagh and djk

Sharad: abbe tuch tar bolla sane ( you only said!)

kay chaman ahes be... ( such a moron you are)

Nilesh: first he and second he are different hes

Sharad: the second he is not a man but a wagh?

Nilesh: umm

ok correction

u are right

Sharad: tht u were wrong?

Nilesh: no u r right that the hes are not really hes

some hes are he but the rest are just wagh

Sharad: abbbe kay challay (whats happening? )

me kay bolu te sang ( tell me what shud i say?)

rest are wagh

wagh khup kami ahet (wagh-tigers are very less in number)

save them

ctrl+S

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Marathi part is translated for those who cant understand.

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The Best of Me

2010-04-26T11:10:00.001+05:30

Off late I have got this acquired hobby of collecting (buying) music, which to think of it is a pretty cool hobby I feel :D
It was a day I decided to buy something by Police and the Sting. There were a few choices but everything was settled once I found the label "The very Best of Sting and the Police". Without second thought I bought the CD ( and totally loved every single song of it!).
Later on that evening I went through the Sting and Police collection I had ( Courtesy KGP lan).
Started listening to every track and realized not every song by the group was awesome. Infact not every song was even worth listening.
I felt very happy that they (Studios) come up with something like "The best of...." or "Gold collection" and stuff.
Little pondering and I felt how selfish I am really even in terms of music!
It takes immense creativity and efforts for these artists to come up with every piece of music they compose, and here were are gifted by the liberty to choose what according to us is 'the very best of..' their creativity!
Perhaps its the result of commercial mindset but now we get a chance to take only what we feel is good and leave out the not so good part. Never do we think that perhaps amongst those not so good parts, might be few of the most amazing emotional creations by the artists.
To think of it, I am not sure if I am thinking about a Music CD at all!
Its something you and I have experienced in real life. We always tend to take the better aspects of anyone's life. We force ourselves into believing that the person will never have a 'bad' face (phase) ever or atleast we don't care if it exists at all. We always buy the "The best of.. " part.
I wonder how many people do we meet in life who are ready to be with you in good times and bad. How many do we meet who actually buy the entire discography, how many do actually care to go beyond "The Best of Me" :-)

PS: As a start I avoid buying "The best of.. " types Audio CDs (except in cases where the PlanetM is devoid of any sensible album). And in real life... well I cant claim, but I feel I am among the 'discography' collectors :)

SitCom :P

2010-01-14T11:02:00.004+05:30

Random posts about funny conversations!
P.S.:friends are requested to post their sit-coms in comments :P
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Date: January 14,2010
me: aaj toh duniya pe kabja karne kaa plan hai

Arpan: thoda mujhe bhi de dena kabja kar ke

me: par mera knife nahi mil raha

Arpan: yahan se le jaa

par shaam ko de dena

Arpan: warna meri maid teri saari duniya chheen legi

agar sabji kaatne ko knife nahi mila

Re-solution!

2010-01-01T21:30:00.003+05:30

I refuse to be good for I no more intend to be appreciated for it..
Simple I should be as it kills the fun.
I refuse to be understanding for it ruins chances of being understood..
Idiot I should be for it would be simple.
I refuse to be caring for it has exhausted me enough..
'Normal' I should be, even if it makes me an idiot.
I refuse to give promises for too long I have kept them..
Forgetful I should be, for a human thats perfectly normal.
I refuse to have memory for it makes you happy and sad..
For the moment I shall be, always unprejudiced and forgetful.
I refuse to make a resolution this year for it will tie me to the ground..
To the start I shall go and start living my life again.. for the moment.

This is fact not fiction for the first time in years.

2009-11-01T09:27:00.003+05:30

A journey of thousand miles start with a step.
Perfection of human qualities is a tough ordeal, but last 3 weeks have helped me
understand the truth that not starting that journey at all, is a cardinal sin!
For the first time have I introspected about such a fundamental behavior of myself and have started an attempt to change it.
Its true after all, "If we can mind, we can do anything. Just that these days we just don't mind"
The age old saying of "If money is lost nothing is lost, if health is lost something is lost but if character is lost, everything is lost" is perhaps the most important one for everybody of us.
Not sure about the first 2 aspects, but I have always been very stringent when it comes to character, mine as well as others ( 'others' include absolutely everybody). Its in a way a curse as I absolutely despise even a slightest dip in anyone's integrity :(
With little help from absolutely everybody,

1. Fearlessness: Fear none. But for that we should be clean, honest and true to our own values.
2. Purity & Clarity of Thoughts ( I guess self evident)
3. Commitment to knowledge.
4. Being generous in terms of knowledge, money, love.
5. Self Control ( I suck big time :P )
6. Non violence. ( I guess this figures in cos of "My Experiments with truth" Influence :) )
7. Commitment and Practice of truth at all levels, in all aspects of life ( This is indeed very tough )
8. Sublimation of Anger.
9. I want peace... wrong.. Want peace?? wrong Again... Its just PEACE, of mind, body and soul.
10. Compassion.

I believe anybody who follows even half of these tasks honestly should be a role model for always and forever :)

Romance

2009-10-24T08:03:00.000+05:30

Chosen on lyrics (primarily) and music.
(In no particular order )

Jamaica Say You Will - Jackson Browne
Last Christmas - Jimmy Eat World
If You Leave - Nada Surf
I Won't Last A Day Without You - The Carpenters
I Just Wanna Make Love With You - Etta James
Trouble Sleeping - The Perishers
Nothing Compares To You - Sinead O'Connor
It's So Easy - OST Brokeback Mountain
Maybe I'm Amazed - Jem
All out of Love - Air Supply
Lost In Love - Air Supply (Basically anything by Air Supply is Romantic! )
Love Comes Back To You - Simon Lynge
Her Diamonds - Rob Thomas

July,31st:
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Benji Hughes: Waiting For An Invitation
Mariah Carey - Always Be My Baby
Brightman & Cliff Richard - All I Ask Of You
Enrique Iglesias - Hero
Elvis Costello - She
Dido - Here With Me
Daniel Bedingfield - If You're Not The One (Simply awesome!)
Natalie Imbruglia - Torn ( I dont know how this got in here but its a must hear )
Crowded House - Dont Dream Its Over
Cutting Crew - (I Just) Died In Your Arms Tonight
Police - Every Breath You Take
The Cranberries - Linger
Joe Jackson - Is She Really Going Out With Him?
Sting & The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Sting & The Police - Fields of God
Air Supply - Every woman in the world

October, 24.

Adding Youtube links will take time ... as its a huge list :D

Celine Dion - A New Day Has Come
Berlin - Take my breath away
98 Degrees - I Do Cherish You
A Whole New World (Alladdins Theme) - Peabo Bryson,Regina Bel
Ace of Base - Lucky Love
Aerosmith- i dont wanna miss a thing
Andy Williams - Love Story
Anne Murray - Could I Have This Dance
Backstreet Boys - Shape of My Heart
Barry Manilow - Sometimes When We Touch
Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love
Bette Midler - Wind Beneath My Wings
Bill Withers - Lean On Me
Billy Joel - She's Got a Way About Her
Billy Vera & The Beaters - At This Moment
Bon jovi - thank you for loving me
Bonjovi-bed of roses
Boyzone - No Matter What
Boz Scaggs - We're All Alone
Toni Braxton - Breathe Again
Broken wings-Mr. Miater
Brooks, Garth - If Tommorow Never Comes
Can You Feel The Love Tonight
Celien Dion - The Power Of Love
Celine Dion - Because You Loved Me
Chris DeBurgh - Lady In Red
Debbie Boone - You Light Up My Life
Debbie Gibson - Lost In Your Eyes
Disney - Somewhere Out There
Dolly Parton feat Vince Gill - I'll Always Love You
Dru Hill - How Deep Is Your Love
Eagles - Love Will Keep Us Alive
Elton John - The Way You Look Tonight
Engelbert Humperdink - After the loving
Eric Clapton - Wonderful
Extreme - More Than Words
Garth Brooks - To Make You Feel My Love
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Shaken Steven- Gimme your heart Tonight
Hard To Say I'm Sorry - Chicago
Heatwave - Always and Forever
Loniel Richie- Hello
R Kelly- I Believe I Can Fly
I just called to say I Love You-Stevie Wonder
I'll Make Love To You - Boyz II Men
Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong
John Denver - Lady, My Sweet Lady
John Waite - Missing You
Jon Secada - Angel
Just say I said Hello-Worlds Apart
KC and Jojo - All My Life
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
Kiss - Forever
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Leanne Rhimes - How Do I Live Without You
Lionel Richie - Hello.
Love Is All Around - Four Wedding & A Funeral Theme
Marvin Gay - When A Man Loves A Woman
Lulu - To Sir With Love
Madonna - Frozen
Mariah Carey - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Martina Mcbride - My Valentine
Michael Bolton & Kenny G - Missing You Now
Michael Johnson - I'll Always Love You(acoustic)
Micheal Bolton - Missing u now
Moloko - Butterfly
Moody Blues - For My Lady
Noel Paul Stookey - Wedding Song
NSync - God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You
Patrick Swazey - She's like the wind (Dirty Dancing)
Peter Frampton - Show Me The Way
Phil Collins - You'll Be In My Heart.
Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her
REO Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling
Richard Marx - Now and Forever
Richard Marx- right here waiting
Rod Stewart - Have I Told You Lately
Roxette - U can't put your arms around
Runaway bride - You Sang To Me (Marc Anthony)
Sarah Brightman - Love Changes Everything
Sarah McLachlan - I Love You
Selena - Dreaming Of You
Selena - Tu Solo Tu (You, Only You)
Shakira-Underneath your clothes
Shania Twain - From This Moment On
Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Steve perry - open arms
Streisand, Barbara - I am a Woman In Love
Taylor Dayne - I'll Always Love You
Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels
Tonight I Celebrate My Love - Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson
Tony Braxton - My All
Tony Rich Project - Nobody Knows
UB40- Don't Break My Heart
Elton John-Sacrifice
Venessa williams - save the best for last
Waiting for a Girl Like You-Foreigner
Whitney Houston - I Believe in You and Me
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You
Willie Nelson - Always On My Mind
Withney Houston - I'll Always Love You (Bodyguard)
Peter Cetera - You Re The Inspiration
You to me are Everything-Real Thing

Let It Be!

2009-10-23T23:40:00.007+05:30

Some co-incidence that just couple of days ago I heard this song by Lenka titled "The Show".

Was particularly moved by a part of lyrics,

"The sun is hot In the sky Just like a giant spotlight

The people follow the sign And synchronize in time

It's a joke Nobody knows They've got a ticket to that show."

Past two days of experience have helped me interpret it in a completely new perspective...which I would have never done so with the mindset I follow. First was a session on self management, which apparently turned out to be of a 'find yourself' session. Many found it boring, few participated actively and then there were few like me who introspected over the situation :-) Always felt that I should stand by what I believe in... but as it turns out by doing so I am following a bone materialistic target of personality) and living a dogs life!

I believe that most of us do live a dogs life of growing up, studying, earning, eating, saving money, make friends and die at an old age believing that we achieved everything in life! What we fail to observe that our existence was of no importance to this world... We come and we depart without adding much to our surrounding .. off course besides more property to our family, some object, product, discovery etc and convince our self that our life is a success!

In fact there is no formula for life! Its just a matter of finding A truth.. Some people do it at a very early age, while the less enlightened souls like me and you,we spend our whole lives achieving 'targets' we set based on our expectations of a happy life. And meanwhile forget that at the end of the day what matters is not how many miles have we walked.. but knowing the reason behind walking the distance.

The more miles we walk... the more we expect from ourselves... and we tend to forget the importance of that first small step a little kid takes.

The joy of smaller success/things, subtle behavior/interactions with people somehow is lost. :(

A way to regain that pristine feeling to identify the work that makes us happy rather than something,which pleases us.... for everything else.. tell our mind..

Let It Be.

P.S. : Totally uncorrelated post on second read.

Revelation

2009-10-18T17:35:00.014+05:30

Before everything started, he was dark and dull.
He didn't know what it was to laugh and cry.
Being normal was the only thing he would desire and try,
And started the journey that he wanted to be wonderful.

He met one and he met them all,
Life was never just, he couldn't afford to fall.
He struggled with himself and himself only,
So that he could become a part of the family.

He stumbled once and he stumbled twice,
Always had someone to hold his hand.
He matters and so they will always understand,
And always had someone to turn for advice.

He desired for the bliss to last forever,
And wished everyone good for all their endeavor.
He always wished to have behaved less meanly
Return the favor for once, he desired keenly.

They would always love him and care,
Yet he always went up in flame.
Neither knew who was to blame,
Yet all he wanted was love and care.

He always wondered why was he so dark,
And the revelations showed that it was all just a spark.
Broken, he wanted to be questioned by no one,
Yet wanted to share the misery with someone.

All he tried was to run and recluse,
Hoping to be broken by force.
Unknown as always was the source,
They offered help knowing that he will refuse.

Misery was thought of as arrogance,
His only reply was ignorance.
Days and night he thought of the situation,
Falling back seemed to be the only solution.

Unfair fragment of life had already made a mark.
He decided to build a wall so high,
Love, Lust or care, he will treat all as a lie.
In Kingdom of hell was he tricked by Lucifer,
Running after the creation rather than the creator.
Once again he sleeps tonight feeling strong and dark.

Where have all the flowers gone.

2009-10-13T18:34:00.001+05:30

Morgan Tsvangirai,the Zimbabwean Prime Minister,may be naive in his faith in sharing power with President Mugabe.But noone can doubt his courage in torture & prison for his actions in defence of democracy.
Denis Muwege is a physician in war-torn Congo who has opened a clinic to help the many victims of rape.
Greg Mortenson is an American former US army medic who has made it his mission to build schools for Afghan girls.
All these were worthy Peace Prize winners.
But perhaps peace is what comes after war.

Recylcing Emotions

2009-10-06T18:30:00.001+05:30

Are you not afraid to tell your story now, when everyone is done it's too late
Was everything you've ever said or done not the way you planned,
So you promised that tomorrow, be different than today.
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Late is a matter of perspective.
Again I will be what I have been and hope for reciprocal but firmly keep in
mind that expect nothing from anyone... Expectations are part of what we are
and its an illusion that someone will ever fulfill our expectations..
All we can do is recycle ourself again and again and again till someday someone
understands that everybody has a story to tell and lends an ear.
Till then I recycle... writing a new page everyday hoping someone will read and then
tear it away again to write a new page next day.

Most stupid post!

2009-10-02T18:42:00.000+05:30

Out of sheer boredom while sitting in train on my journey to bangalore I decide to crap about it!

However amazing is the fact that technology allows us to stay connected anywhere and anytime, its rather sad to figure out that I actually haven't lost my connection due the fact that this stupid train has been stationary on Puna for a full hour as its route has been changed due to flooding on the original route!

And the best way to waste time was to blog about it!

Romance and Righteousness of sport

2009-09-26T11:08:00.004+05:30

Saw the most amazing gamesmanship ( or stupidity) in yesterday's champions trophy match between Sri Lanka and England.
A bowler named Onions ( :D ) unknowingly obstructed Angelo Matthews which ran him out!
The replays showed that the bowler had nothing much he could do. Matthews protested after getting run out though he would have got out by quite some margin had he tried to complete the run anyways!
He starts walking to the pavilion and something crazy happens, Strauss calls him back when it was evident that event was pretty natural! I wonder if Strauss was affected by the crazy british media when he didn't call back a New Zealand player at Oval.
But Strauss did what Harsha Bhogle rightly said 'a romantic thing' for the game!
Irony of the event was that Matthews got out on 4th ball any ways.
While leaving Matthews thanks Strauss for being fair and he in turn appreciates the gesture.
It just brought to my mind the infamous sydney test match between India and Australia.
I wonder if anyone of us realize that winning is a matter of perspective... even in real life!

Why are we so NEGATIVE?

2009-08-26T18:05:00.003+05:30

A snippet from Ex president Abdul Kalam's speech..
"When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr.Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England . When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money."

Complete speech

Mesmerized by "Geetanjali"

2009-08-26T11:38:00.001+05:30

No this has nothing to do with 2859/2860 running on steel tracks.
A collection of poems by Rabindranath tagore, it is simply outstanding in terms of ease with which it
can express myriad emotions!
Especially liked this one, forgot its number but its english translation goes like..

Untimely Leave

No more noisy, loud words from me---such is my master's will.

Henceforth I deal in whispers.

The speech of my heart will be carried on in murmurings of a song.

Men hasten to the King's market. All the buyers and sellers are there.

But I have my untimely leave in the middle of the day, in the thick of work.

Let then the flowers come out in my garden, though it is not their time;

and let the midday bees strike up their lazy hum.

Full many an hour have I spent in the strife of the good and the evil,

but now it is the pleasure of my playmate of the empty days to draw my heart on to him;

and I know not why is this sudden call to what useless inconsequence!

[I couldn't find any copyright issue with posting geetanjali anywhere so I presume its open :D ]
Entire Geetanjali is Worth reading.
The famous Gary sachman song (where the hell matt 2008 fame) is also a poem "stream of life" from geetanjali

Working with Reliance Broadband+ and Ubuntu 8.10

2009-08-02T18:13:00.005+05:30

It took quite a few clicks for me to get my reliance datacard working.
Its a fairly simple process.

1. Plugin the datacard on reboot to allow the kernel to detect the device.
2. Execute everything as root.
3.Check your card is recognized by the kernel by using lsusb
good@nothing:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c019 Logitech, Inc. Optical Tilt Wheel Mouse
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 12d1:140b Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

4. Add the device in kernel parameters in case its not detected but editing menu.lst
good@nothing:~$ gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-12-generic
uuid 5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-12-generic root=UUID=5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59 ro ROOTFLAGS=syncio quiet splash vga=791
usbserial.vendor=0x12d1 usbserial.product=0x140b
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-12-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-12-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-12-generic root=UUID=5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59 ro ROOTFLAGS=syncio single
usbserial.vendor=0x12d1 usbserial.product=0x140b
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-12-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
uuid 5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59 ro ROOTFLAGS=syncio quiet splash vga=791
usbserial.vendor=0x12d1 usbserial.product=0x140b
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet

title Ubuntu 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
uuid 5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=UUID=5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59 ro ROOTFLAGS=syncio single
usbserial.vendor=0x12d1 usbserial.product=0x140b
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic

title Ubuntu 8.10, memtest86+
uuid 5a955991-f7c8-4091-b3e2-51935e788b59
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

5. modprobe the device:
good@nothing:~$modprobe usbserial vendor=0x12d1 product=0x1401
vendor and product id u get from the lsusb command (line 5 of the output which names the device)

6. Install wvdial dialer
Usually its installed from 8.04 version but in case it isn't, install it from the ubuntu cd/dvd you have.
Mount the image of the cd/dvd
In System->Administration->Software Source, select CD/DVD as a source and
install wvdial
good@nothing:~$apt-get install wvdial

7. Edit the wvdial.conf file

good@nothing:~$ gedit /etc/wvdial.conf
Add the following to that file
[Modem0]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 115200
SetVolume = 0
Dial Command = ATDT
Init1 = ATZ
FlowControl = Hardware (CRTSCTS)
[Dialer cdma]
Username = **********
Password = **********
Phone = #777
Stupid Mode = 1
Inherits = Modem0

8. That should do the dialer configuration.
good@nothing:~$wvdial cdma
--> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60
--> Cannot get information for serial port.
--> Initializing modem.
--> Sending: ATZ
OK
--> Modem initialized.
--> Sending: ATDT#777
--> Waiting for carrier.
ATDT#777
CONNECT
--> Carrier detected. Starting PPP immediately.
--> Starting pppd at Sun Aug 2 18:10:53 2009
--> Pid of pppd: 6055
--> Using interface ppp0
--> local IP address 115.***.*.***
--> remote IP address 220.***.***.***
--> primary DNS address 202.***.**.***
--> secondary DNS address 202.***.***

try pinging any server (google.com for eg.)
disconnect by ctrl+c in the terminal.
to browse through firefox don't forget to uncheck 'browse offline' option in file menu.
Install Screenlet deamons and use netmonitor to keep a watch on the amount of data uploaded/downloaded per session as well as on whole.
I believe the process should be same for other releases of atleast ubuntu.

The Ping Generation.

2009-07-24T13:08:00.004+05:30

I remember those times when things were simple and saying hi to a friend meant waving hand to him. No longer do we live in those times. Today I am more concerned about how many people are there on my orkut/facebook or whatever 'social networking site' I have subscribed to. Because that apparently shows how friendly I am. 10 years ago If someone had told me that I would be meeting most of my friend in form of a tiny blue/green/red dot on a computer screen I would have said 'Are you kidding me?'. Turns out that after all is true!
I saw an interesting show on some news channel couple of days ago. It was all about how technology is helping people come closer from all parts of world and how its simplifying everything. It all sounded great! Gone are the days of people waiting for 2 weeks to get a letter from there loved ones. Now all you need is a computer with good net speed and you there you are talking for hours and hours. Amazing!
But perhaps an afterthought to that was what if I like that wait? I personally believe When a friend goes away from you the bond only strengthens for the simple fact that he becomes inaccessible! In a way internet spoils that bond! Its a delusion that technology brings people closer, helps them to socialize. In fact the very idea of social networking "website" is comical! What happened to the conventional "human" interpretation of meeting people? Ah! the answer will be... these are different times or there is no option etc etc etc.
Who are we kidding? There is always an option but we are just too concerned about doing what people around us do. It is an amazing experience to write a letter to someone you care and wait for the reply! Some people might argue how it is different that a chat log? well I won't argue. A two page letter takes more thinking than thousand words chat, that says it all. I have come across people who can chat for hours and discuss absolutely any topic under the sun, but they never seem to find topics to talk when we actually meet! :P
But then I am a sheep too and so I follow the herd as I reply to my friend's ping on gtalk! :D

Ambience!

2009-07-22T23:22:00.008+05:30

An attempt to keep track of what I listen and to classify it. Why not share?!
Post will be updated regularly and new categories added as and when discovered :P
Will also try to link youtube to as many songs as possible!
(In no particular order )

Top of the World - The Carpenters
Honey and the moon - Joseph Arthur
Rock Me on the Water- Jackson Browne
The Mule - The Magic Numbers
A Lack of Color - Death Cab for Cutie
Move On - Jet
For a Dancer - Jackson Browne
Maybe This Christmas - Ron Sexsmith (phenomenal song! )
Last Night On Earth - Green Day
Leave Yesterday Behind - The Carpenters
Walnut Tree - Keane ( My favorite! )
Joan Baez - Where have all the flowers gone
Simon and Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Bangles - Manic Monday
Blowing in the Wind ( I don't feel it necessary to mention how legendary this song is! A song covered a zillion times by absolutely every great singer, bands till date! Original by Bob Dylan)

Perceptions

2009-02-24T15:24:00.000+05:30

Knowledge Really?

2009-02-17T16:33:00.004+05:30

Is it possible to imagine anything so ridiculous as this miserable
and wretched creature, which is not so much as master of himself,
exposed and subject to offenses of all things; and yet dareth call
himself master and emperor of this universe in whose power it is
not to know the least part of it, much less to command the same?
And the privilege, which he so fondly challengeth, to be the only
absolute creature in this huge world’s frame perfectly able to know
the absolute beauty and several parts thereof, and that he is only of
power to yield the great Architect thereof due thanks for it, and
keep account both of the receipts and layings-out of the world!
Who hath sealed him this patent? Let him show us his letters of
privilege for so noble and so great a charge.

—Michael de Montaigne, An Apology of Raymond Sebond, 1568

And So I Did reach stage 6

2009-02-15T10:41:00.003+05:30

Six Stages Of Orkut
Happy Browsing to Me!!!

Distorted View

2009-02-13T10:43:00.004+05:30

Why Slum dog ?
1. A pathetic Story to say the least, if it claims to be an art movie then there are 10s of better scripts made every year in Bollywood. (any one even remember hazaaron khwahishen aise? )
2. The depiction of a sad, cruel and poor India is a normal plot in any foreign directed Indian movie. World wants to see poor India and boy they love that so much! ( multiple grammy awards. oh really?? I am not proud of someone insulting my city's plight )
3. They say, movie has shown the exact reality of the city and all blah blah blah. I would say the same city would be 10 times better than any other place in western countries! Its just that we tend to ignore their movies which narrate the horrible state of affairs in their places and are busy appreciating 'silence of the lamb' and 'psycho'. seldom do we realize that these were real (and not reel )stories. Ugliness is not limited to India i suppose then.
4. The music: music ? really?? It will be a joke to say this was the best music composed by the Great A.R. Rehman till now. On personal note I feel its way too below the magical Rehman standard as we have known for years. He has successfully fed the exact crap ( so called music ) needed by international audience.

It will be a real shame if the movie wins an Oscar (except for music may be, at least to appreciate Rehmann for his better works though) and even more shameful would be to feel proud about winning an Oscar!

I really want to meet a beggar who cant recognize mahatma gandhi in India.

Greed

2009-02-12T14:13:00.000+05:30

Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves
-Genesis 11.4

अंतू बर्वा

2008-11-30T10:05:00.007+05:30

कधीकाळी वाचलेले हे पुलंचे कथा कथन उगाचच आठवले आज.
कोपरखळया मारता मारता डोळ्यात अश्रु आणले नाही तर ते पुल नाहीच!

Download the Story

WILT? 29th Nov. 2008

2008-11-29T11:52:00.003+05:30

Section 49-O of the Constitution

Did you know that there is a system in our constitution, as per the 1969 act, in section "49-O" that a person can go to the polling booth, confirm his identity, get his finger marked and convey the presiding election officer that he doesn't want to vote anyone!

Yes such a feature is available, but obviously these seemingly notorious leaders have never disclosed it. This is called "49-O".

Why should you go and say "I VOTE NOBODY"... because, in a ward, if a candidate wins, say by 123 votes, and that particular ward has received
"49-O" votes more than 123, then that polling will be cancelled and will have to be re-polled. Not only that, but the candidature of the contestants will be removed and they cannot contest the re-polling, since people had already expressed their decision on them. This would bring fear into parties and hence look for genuine candidates for their parties for election. This would change the way, of our whole political system... it is seemingly surprising why the election commission has not revealed such a feature to the public....

Please spread this news to as many as you know...Seems to be a wonderful weapon against corrupt parties in India... show your power,expressing your desire not to vote for anybody, is even more powerful than voting... so don't miss your chance. So either vote, or vote not to vote (vote 49-O) and pass this info on...

"Please create awareness among fellow citizens, so that we, the people of India, can really use this power to save our nation".

Use your vote right for a better INDIA.

WILT? 14th Oct, 2008

2008-10-14T23:59:00.002+05:30

Today was exciting!!! For a change I actually utilized the time normally wasted in TA duty :D
1. Atleast for the getting used to part.. I programmed an ARM (NXP LPC 2129 on a Keil MCB 2100 development board) with FreeRTOS. Everything was ready made actually but still now I can actually think of modifying or even better coming up with a small custom RTOS for the board. JTAG debugging was creating more bugs than debugging any but its handy. I guess anyone with very little efforts can get started on it using the resources. Also theres a detailed support for wide variety of porting here.
2. I think I can tune my guitar now on my own :D.
3. Very Important thing I learnt is that I have completely screwed up my windows xp today..damm.

WILT:test page: 13th Oct, 2008

2008-10-13T23:30:00.005+05:30

I hope I get something to post everyday on "What I Learnt Today?" :P
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1. As far as possible avoid using linux kernels from 2.4.10 to 2.4.15 for your development work because lot of experimentation went into the kernel for these 6 upgrades and they tend to be unstable. Details
2. Figured out the chords of the song "You belong to me" by Bob Dylan..but I need a capo strip to play it :P

Anticipation...

2008-09-16T09:16:00.003+05:30

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and
A time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Improvisation...

2008-09-05T08:45:00.004+05:30

What has been will be again,

What has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Is there anything of which one can say,
"Look! This is something new"?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.

There is no remembrance of people of old,
and even those who are yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow them.

Ecclesiates 1:9

Best readme file ever

2008-08-13T01:59:00.003+05:30

Content from the readme file from gnome-cups-manager!!!
I just couldn't believe it was true.. Thought it must some kind of a joke..but the package did come with this absolutely hilarious 'readme' file!!!

Once upon a time there was a printer who lived in the woods. He was a lonely printer, because nobody knew how to configure him. He hoped and hoped for someone to play with.

One day, the wind passed by the printer’s cottage. “Whoosh,” said the wind. The printer became excited. Maybe the wind would be his friend!

“Will you be my friend?” the printer asked.

“Whoosh,” said the wind.

“What does that mean?” asked the printer.
“Whoosh,” said the wind, and with that it was gone.

The printer was confused. He spent the rest of the day thinking and jamming paper (for that is what little printers do when they are confused).

The next day a storm came. The rain came pouring down, darkening the morning sky and destroying the printer’s garden. The little printer was upset. “Why are you being so mean to me?” he asked.

“Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter,” said the rain.

“Will you be my friend?” the printer asked shyly.

“Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter,” said the rain, and then it left and the sun came out. The printer was sad. He spent the rest of the day inside, sobbing and blinking lights cryptically (for that is what little printers do when they are sad).
Then one day, a little girl stumbled into the printer’s clearing in the woods. The printer looked at this curious sight. He didn’t know what to think.

The little girl looked up at him. “Will you be my friend?” she asked.

“Yes,” said the printer.

“What is your name?” asked the little girl.

“HP 4100TN”, replied the printer.

“My name is gnome-cups-manager” said the little girl.

The printer was happy. He spent the rest of the day playing games and printing documents, for that is what little printers do when they are happy.
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And people say linux documentation is not user friendly :P

Valu-The Outlier within...

2008-06-12T22:21:00.007+05:30

I would say valu will always remain one of the best movies I would ever see in my life.
I had stopped watching marathi movie since ages. Friend of mine suggested to watch valu and told me about all the reviews people have given about the movie. Out of sheer boredom I watched it and I must say marathi cinema is alive!
The concept is very simple as such. No fancy make up, very simple plot-infact very stupid one if you go on narrating the story to anyone. . The camera captures the rugged, dry terrain of interior maharashtra perfectly. The specialty is that even when actors are on screen they are never focussed- something even bollywood should take a note of!. The characters have very nicely blended into a typical village crowd. shooting locations are amazing and the story ends on a good note. It nicely presents different personalities in a village. Theres a saying "you are unique like everybody else". I firmly disbelieve in it. I always feel that human behavior has a pattern. There are not many kinds of people around us. Variety lies in the intensity with which we express our personality. I dont know to whom this credit should go but the village has reflected more or less all kinds of people we can find from satara to san fransisco. This summarizes the movie more or less.
But theres more to it than it actually meets the eye. In entire movie the bull is held responsible for many of the events that happened in the village in the recent past. People blame the bull for their own mistakes, ill deeds. And yet he is loved by many. I feel the bull is a metaphor for our society. We can find a valu around us where ever we go. He is the one who keeps the system running. Everybody else revolve around such characters in life. He is brings joy to those who haven't entered the society or those who have be kicked out. In movie, kids, old people, mad woman..they all like valu. Because they have nothing to loose or to gain from him. They see freedom in valu. Its people like you and me who have problem with him. We are jealous of the bull for he has the power and freedom which we try to seek.
A father has full authority in his house. When his kids are young they love him and appreciate his capabilities. But as the kids grow up, they too feel the need of power. And then starts the eternal game of catching the bull or I should call it -The Valu. People call this by a more sophisticated name-generation gap. The bull finally calms down, and then arises the need of another bull in house.
This is just one example of the bull around us. I am sure the metaphor is too clear for everybody to understand. All in all a must watch for all those who can see the world with their eyes and mind. To the eyes the movie is plain entertainment but its much more than that!
Dr. Sriram Lagu said, every marathi person should watch valu atleast once in his life. So if not for my review, atleast that comment is encouraging enough!
For those who cant understand marathi (and that too a rural dialect) please find a subtitle file and mail it to me!! Its a movie we should show to everyone and feel proud of the profoundity novelty of marathi cinema. I guess there are many movies I've missed!

Regarding Firefox Ultimate Optimizer...

2008-05-27T19:21:00.002+05:30

Al rite the utility is a fake one. All it does is just dumps the process from memory to paging. Tried using it on a pathetically old system with slower SSH Hard drive and the response of Firefox became very sluggish. Also in the pictures I posted, despite decrease in the memory requirements of firefox the total requirement has slightly increased, this is perhaps due to slower prefetch and memory management delays from the paging.
I wonder what happens if paging is turned off completely. I guess that will give idea of what this nonsense utility actually does. Also it needs .Net framework to work(?) with. Basically its a fancy little tool which tricks the OS and us into believing the firefox is using less memory (well it does use less memory) but at cost of extremely high write cycles to page files, so don't use it [:D]

Firefox Ultimate Optimizer

2008-05-27T08:29:00.008+05:30

Perhaps the most popular browser, Firefox still suffers with the memory leak problems. The 3 beta versions of Firefox 3 which I've tried haven't got it sorted out yet. There is a round about way (will be described later) of controlling this memory loss which I came across long time back on the net but even that doesn't give satisfactory results.
Apparently there exists a tool named Firefox Ultimate Optimizer which claims to reduce the memory usage of the browser drastically. Somehow it defies the logic of programming as the decrease in the memory usage comes down by an insane order. I have been using it for couple of days now and trying to figure out what causes it to work like that. haven't found proper documentation of the utility on net yet but just to give an idea of it working I have posted snapshot of my system utilization.

Before Starting the utility: Firefox memory usage 52240 K

After Starting the utility: Firefox memory usage including the usage of utility itself: 2240 K

I don't know if its some kind of a spyware or something but Zone Alarm didn't report it as one, so I guess its safe on that front. Lets see how the utility behaves over a weeks time to figure out whether it actually works or there is a trick somewhere. But in the mean time I would suggest use the software at your own risk.
The utility can be downloaded from this Mirror
Or Just Google it.
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Method that claims to sort out the memory leak of Firefox.

Start by checking how much memory Firefox is using. There are many ways to do this, but under Windows there's only one easy way that everyone has access to. Press Ctrl-Alt-Del once. In Windows XP, that opens the Task Manager. Click the Processes tab, and check the numbers on the firefox.exe line under the headings "Mem Usage" and "VM Size." Click the Mem Usage header twice to sort the rows by memory usage, highest to lowest. Is Firefox at the top? Is it a six-digit number? If so, Firefox is consuming a lot more memory than it should. Watch these numbers over time as you run Firefox to see whether they grow significantly.

Double-check your browser cache settings to make sure they're functional. You can also adjust the browser cache to match the amount of memory on your system. Follow these steps:

Firefox has a special settings screen called about:config. To access it, open a new tab and type "about:config" (without quotation marks) into the URL bar. Press Enter.

You'll see a long list of text entries. Each line is a different setting, like lines in an .INI file or System Registry entries. You're looking for this line: browser.cache.memory.enable.

There's a type-ahead feature, so just start typing. Once you get there, check to make sure its "Value" setting reads "true," then follow these steps:

Right-click any blank area in the about:config window and choose New > Integer from the pop-up menu.

The New Integer Value box will open. Copy and paste this setting name into the open dialog box: browser.cache.memory.capacity

In the Enter Integer Value box that opens, enter -1 to preserve Firefox's default operational mode.

To customize the setting to your computer's physical memory, consult this MozillaZine page. For RAM sizes between 512BM and 1GB, start with 15000. For RAM sizes between 128MB and 512M, try 5000. Note: If you have less than 128MB of RAM, that's probably the cause of your Firefox issues.

And if you don't want to go through all these hassles just upgrade your system RAM to 1GB, 2 GB.. whatever... :P

Ads and Dogs...

2008-05-24T19:05:00.003+05:30

A Funny article on net regarding the new Vodafone ads. Found it worth posting.

Article by - R. Venkatesan Iyengar, 06 May 2008, Tuesday
Original Article On the net

The latest Vodafone video advertisement, featuring a pug dog running after a school bus, has run into a legal trouble. The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has sent a notice to the company as well as to Bangalore based Nirvana Films (maker of the ad) for their alleged cruelty to the dog. It all started with the latest ad campaign, which Vodafone unveiled recently. The ’happy-to-help’ TV commercial of Vodafone on customer care features a pug, which has come to be regarded as the telecom service provider’s brand ambassador, and a chubby little girl. In its first sequence, the pug is seen helping the girl find her missing socks; in the second shot, it dutifully licks postage stamps for the girl for pasting them on envelopes; in the third sequence, it, thoughtfully brings a fishing net when she tries to catch fish with bare hands; and in the last sequence, it is seen running behind a school bus taking her necktie, which she obviously forgets to wear for school.

The ad is wonderfully shot. What has kicked up a row, is the way the pug is made to run after the bus.

According to the notice issued by the AWBI, the pet dog was made to run, huff and chase the bus for hours on a public road. Thereby, the dog was made to undergo severe pain and suffering due to exhaustion caused by chasing it. What has irritated the board, is the way Vodafone went on airing the commercial without waiting for a mandatory ’no-objection’ certificate from the board, even as the board’s film screening committee found the portion that has the pug chasing the bus, objectionable.

While the company has withdrawn the contentious portion from the ad, it has denied the charges of cruelty and has promised to explain the matter in person to the AWBI and resolve the matter to everyone’s satisfaction.

Vodafone may furnish proof to the board to support its stand and that a vet and a trainer were present at the spot to take care of it.

The controversy has, no doubt, once again highlighted the reckless use of animals in advertisements. True, advertising is all about winning attention, making an impression and creating brand image. Brand campaigns like Vodafone’s, seek to create a positive and favourable image by using animals.

Dogs are universally liked. An adorable pug wins one’s affections immediately. It is this universal fondness for animals that certain brands seek to tap and translate into a positive feel. It is like saying, ‘Love my dog, love me!’

An ad that seeks to advertise pet food for dogs and cats cannot do without these species in their ads. However, companies, which seek to use animals in their ad campaigns, have to be careful about how much is too much!

When a brand wants to use an animal to advertise its product or create brand equity, it has to abide by certain advertising codes of ethics, which demand that all ads should be prepared with a due sense of social responsibility to consumers and society and above all, should make an ethical case for animals. It cannot be denied that the credit for making pug, a household name and face in India should go to Hutch-Vodafone ad campaigns. Nonetheless, the brand should realise that it owes a fair share of its popularity to the creature and hence, should ensure that its use in its ads is not only appropriate but also suggests nothing that is even remotely associated with suffering or pain.

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Let the poor dog go n play somewhere!!!

Astrology = Crap!

2008-04-07T21:40:00.003+05:30

Blogging after a long time but this one is not actually a post meant for a blog. Its more of a reply to someone who hates astrology.

"I don't believe in astrology; I'm a Sagittarius and we're skeptical"
--Sir Arthur C. Clarke
and that nicely explain the difference between astrology and astronomy.
Explaining something doesn't solve the problem.
I don't say I believe in astrology (Its not true and I myself agree)
but again what difference it makes to us?

Alright.. Venus has nothing to do with my life just because I was born with it as my birth planet or star or whatever crap it is.
But Isn't it fun to believe that all this crap is true..
I mean after learning all the the so called secrets ("Concepts of physics" ) what fun is left in life??
Astrology is (was) popular not because it told future.. but it gave false hope to people to believe that something supernatural exists and he will take care of them and so they should work as hard as possible to make things better...
Everything goes wrong when people forget the "hard work" part of it...

Understanding everything makes life dull.. u always know that nothing special is going to happen
Everything follows set of rules ...law... mathematics.. but I feel it makes life boring.
Humans like uncertainty. Unknown is feared but is also more likely to motivate people
than knowledge :). More people will fight (blindly) for religion than for science.. call it ignorance or narrow mindedness but thats the power of "not" having knowledge!

Its not right to say astrology is useless.. correct way of saying would be.. people interpreted it wrongly. it was never supposed to predict future. It should have always studied the present.

Its absolutely correct (and must) to understand laws of nature for each and every one of us
but I feel we will always be one step behind.. not because its not possible to understand this
universe completely ( I firmly believe everything is governed by laws... nothing is random)
but the randomness should remain in our understanding of this world.
For not having anything to research is a very dangerous thing for any society.
There should always be somethings on which we should ponder.. study them .. try to predict their behavior. This is what drives any society.. the quest for knowledge.
And interpretation of knowledge changes through cultures, civilizations countries and also generations ( we and our parents for example)
Our ancestors came up with astrology because they interpreted nature in their own ways.
Lets say they were dumb and congratulate ourselves that we are better than them intellectually because we can understand this universe in a better way...
But has it helped really??
They came up with cultures which were massive...
Look at the Egyptians, Mayans, (ancient) Indians not the least...
and where are we now with all this relativity and quantum mechanics??
Those people made a mark on history by creating something out of nothing... absolute nothing ..zero knowledge..
W are just modifying that knowledge...with the kind of calculations and predictions of stars n all done by ancient world just imagine what they would have been capable of if they were given all these new high tech machines.

We shouldn't insult astrology as a waste study ( knowledge wise it is useless in todays world i agree) but it was a start... what we consider as crap today was knowledge thousands of years ago and theres no guarantee that the "knowledge" or science which is valid today will remain in same state after thousand years. In just 500 years since our modern concepts evolved we have seen so many theories proposed and then invalidated. Its human mentality. We need something to study. We can't settle down with one theory of everything..I personally believe that will be the worst thing that will ever happen to pure science.
Figuring out how this whole damm world works might not be a difficult task but what next?
It will be very difficult to fill the vacuum that will be created later on.
Unless off course if we are competing with some highly intelligent alien species to arrive at the theory of everything whats the prize of doing it? :P
psychological satisfaction of 1000 physicists when the rest of the world doesn't even care?

Egyptians never predicted their pharaohs future using astrology..
all they cared was when will it rain next year and when the spring starts and when is the next solar eclipse...
they did it by astrology.. we are doing it by astronomy.. whats the big deal?

Misuse of knowledge is not good and knowledge is relative...

PS: I personally believe life is an additive white Gaussian noise with zero mean :D
It doesn't matter if we believe in astrology or astronomy, what matters is did we help the society using all the nonsense we study throughout our lives!

Me,Myself & I

2008-01-02T19:14:00.001+05:30

Very often while thinking we tend to ignore the way we think and how we bring in new perspective or issues.
I was on my way back to IIT KGP, in train I was thinking about many non sense issues ( nothing to do in 28 hrs of journey). I forgot the initial n later part of the thought process but a funny thing I observed from it!
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Me, Myself & I

………………… (I forgot the initial parts of the thought process, but it had something to do with my sister, Sukhada. Later I don't know what I was thinking!)

I: I am leaving after a somewhat prolonged vacation..I guess I’m too bored to comeback within 2 months! I am definitely not coming before April.

Me: I at times get too caring n forget that she can manage it on her own. I often fail to make sense of most of the things she tells to me!

Myself: Maybe a few of them are actually senseless!

Me: Don’t think like that! May be I fail to understand them, which is kind of sad …

I: oh come on. I can’t be so emotional at this moment!

Me: Do I really have emotions??

Myself: forget it! First think about what I am going to do as soon as I reach kgp!

I: Don’t worry… I have a plan of some form for this semester.

Me: No resolutions for this year??

Myself: Year?? You mean for a month or week??

I: no this time I want to stick to my resolutions.

Me: I think “I can if I want to…”

Myself: That’s what Pranj (My Sister n Best Friend!) thinks about me so it must be true...Let’s see

I: First resolution is to give up annoying (for others) habit of giving philosophy lectures..

Me, Myself: We agree…

I:I have to learn how to save money as well as time!

Myself: Money is alright but Time? Can I actually do that?

I: May be I need to figure out where time is wasted by me… I can’t plan…

Me: Don’t blame me! I, myself can’t plan things, study haphazardly. I need to spend some time in this planning.

Myself: Ya great… Spend time to plan how to save it..

I: It’s this irritating arrogance n careless attitude that hampers me from thinking logically!

Myself: I can think?

Me: Ok fine, let’s give it a try. Where do I usually waste time n can I use it in a better way?

Myself: Chatting n gaming.
I: I need to chat with few people just to keep myself motivated.

Myself: Ya that’s true.. n gamin is good for relaxing.

I: point is I need to figure out how to do fit in more jobs in given time… n I have to do something about my health!

Myself: Anyone thinking abt studies?

I, Me: That we have to do anyways. At times individually, at times together…

I: Its funny how people trust each other so much in just 30 hrs of train journey!

Me: And it’s this trust that I am losing in everyone...

Myself: I have to remain sensible at least for few people who trust me!

I, Me: Ya exactly… I need to work really hard this year. This one year will matter a lot in life

Myself: Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by an accident…it’s not a matter of circumstances but a matter of choice…

……………….. (I forgot the rest of the thoughts…)

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I had never paid attention to how we actually think. Its never one single person who does the thinking... we always communicate with someone. Decision making however becomes tough when too many characters are speaking...
At times having so many characters works to your advantage though!
P.S. This is an absolute non sense Blog.
P.S.2: I actually plan to give up giving philosophy lectures and the thought process was on 31st December and not on 1st January :D

Drinks Break!!!

2007-11-30T16:20:00.002+05:30

Lemme clarify first that I have not started drinking (yet) and the title has nothing to do with alcohol!

Drinks break means end of the first session of my masters course and three to go.. something analogous to test cricket day sessions!
Unarguably the most difficult and yet very exciting time of my life till date it was!
Never had I lived away from my home for more than a week and here I was thinking staying for 2 full years... I got to be mad!
The first challenge I was faced with was to adjust to the new system as quickly as possible for the mere fact that there was no time at all!!!
We registered on 23rd July 2007 and I thought it would take couple of days for classes to start but I was wrong!
IITs believe in "kal kare so aaj kar..aaj kare so abh!"
Next day, 24th July classes started at 7:30 am! The time table said classes would go on till 12:30 pm!
My parents had come wid me to make sure I have settled down properly out here n I desperately wanted to meet them before they left on 24th! Luckily last class got canceled n I could meet them. Those last few minutes I spent th them before they left for home were perhaps the most cherish able moments of my life. All those arguments I had with my mom n dad till then suddenly made me feel very sorry for myself. Good atleast now i realized I so much love them... more than I had expected!
For next couple of weeks I completely lost sense of the fact that I am 1800 KM away from my home in an IIT! My Schedule was so Jam packed that I had no time to think!
We were in the middle of all the chaos of selecting proper electives for the semester n before I barely managed to survive a week here our facad told me that I have to give a credit seminar in 14 days! The seminar was going to be judged by probably the best faculty of our department!
Pranj- my sister (and best friend) was all set to go to US and I was kinda feeling really sad cos I couldn't meet her and say good bye properly :( I had to prepare for the seminar and still wanted to talk to her on...anything...cos she is the only person to whom I can talk for hours without any subject :D.
She left for US next day was my seminar.. it went perfectly...n i was just so relaxed!
After that I guess I somewhat settled into KGP. Life here moves at a damm slow pace!
With time I realized that the sluggishness has seeped in the life style of people here. Arrogant shopkeepers is one thing I hate the most here. After spending a semester here I feel they are not arrogant.. but they are just not interested to grow in life, give better service and all, sort of content with their life, which is very opposite of the people of Mumbai- always going somewhere :P
I had heard a lot about IIT system of education and the level of their papers.. n experienced it in mid sem itself! But the fact remained that I still relied on my general knowledge more and surprisingly it still works!
I still found classes boring and labs interesting... Loved the Embedded systems lab throughout the semester because of my interest in the subject! Image Processing lab was boring :D
After Mid sem I was just counting days before I could go back home...but strangely few days before leaving I was in a way attached with this place and I was really looking forward to come back and start again!!
Mumbai visit was short n sweet...spent most of the time traveling. Saw Mumbai from a visitors point of view and it still is unique!
Ruthless but caring, unstoppable yet constant, sophisticated but silly, a place where we should not trust anyone and yet its trust on which the entire city moves forward!
Me n my friend Sharad walked down from the 'Gateway of India' to girgaon along the sea face and I will surely remember it for a long time! We were talking like crazy on any crap issue. Brilliant chap he is!
I went to my college and I understood what people mean by 'nostalgia'. I was roaming pointlessly thru the corridors expecting stupidly that I would meet my friends :(
But it was all over... Four precious and brilliant years spent at VESIT...its a time which taught us how to live life like a professional n yet enjoy it!
Was happy to meet Tamba (a.k.a Ammar :D ) even though for just 20 minutes. I guess it was enough for us to realize we cant be emotional and we had a job to do :)

It took couple of days for me to adjust to this KGP life again after durga pooja break... but the trip was much needed at that time. After break everything was set for the end sem...professors were taking tests, completing topics after topics at a very fast rate. Everything was happening except for me studying! Old habits die hard...funnily I am still a slog over player as far as studies are concerned! I hope it works for me now as well :D
End sem was sort of o.k. for me. One thing to note about this system is that everything is totally fixed rite from day 1! Exam time table, dates of submissions, dates of result, everything.. Mumbai University shud learn something from IITs. Now I am just waiting for 5th Dec for results to be declared.. They will be an indicator of the fact that I can cope up with the change or I have to put in some more efforts!

On 21st July when I started from my home for this journey there were unknown fears in my mind. How can I survive here so far away from civilization ( quite literally as far as KGP is concerned). So far away from my friends n family. I guess I managed it quite nicely..off course with great support from my mom (who still calls me everyday at a fixed time in the day for past 4 months :D ). And at times when she couldn't, my friends were always there for me to talk to . I seriously consider my self very lucky to be blessed with few but really amazing persons as my friends..especially considering the fact that I am such an irritating person!
With help I still have 3 more sessions to play for before this match ends...will it really? I guess match will start after that..a match of my life where I wont get second chance. But I am not thinking about that as of now..let me enjoy this Drinks Break!!

Need For Speed...

2007-11-28T08:31:00.000+05:30

Definitely not a pro gamer I am, but I had to create a separate post to express my feelings for this great series of games by EA Games!!!
I was never interested in playing games on a PC... reason being I liked the Gameboy types of games to be played on old style Video Games.
First time I realized that PC games can be interesting too was when I saw a friend of mine playing some crap racing game on his PC..that was i guess 5 years ago.
He gave that game to me and said try it out.. ( ya great, as if i had nothing better to do in life :D )
But I did try it.. it was a very small game as such.. Need For Speed 2...
It was kinda weird game. Tiny cars we had to control thru the terrain. But what I liked the most of the game was the kind of details the game was able to render ( As such the game was released in 1995.. so it was brilliant for its time!!! )
I never won nething in that game.. always used to finish last :D
perhaps this was a challenge for me, which I accepted and for past 5 years its the same story!
NFS 2 SE was nothing great as I had expected but still game details improved. But it was all restricted to plain racing with no objectives as such. NFS V Rally was kind of a disappointment cos there was again no motive as such and it was not an original by EA.
A revolutionary change that I saw in NFS 3 Hot Pursuit was the inclusion of the pursuit mode!
Boy that was some job to evade the cops! Another great thing was the inclusion of music and commentary which made the game really exciting.
NFS High Stakes was no doubt the worst of all.. absolutely nothing new from NFS 3 and it was a superflop for me, so was it in the gaming community!
Yeah rite..NFS already had a huge number of crazy racing fan followers n many were in my contacts :D
At least felt happy that I am not the only idiot!
It took quite a while for me to finish of NFS 3 hot pursuit cos i had semester exams.
One of the most difficult games of NFS series has to be the NFS Porsche Unleashed! Difficult in terms of controlling the cars.
Damm they really had real life car like controls, acceleration and damage too!! It was really a sad sight to see an absolutely marvelous Porsche in a miserable state after any race.
I guess this was the very reason this damage parameter was removed from all further versions of NFS, or maybe the Auto industry had an objection. whatever may be the case, it was a great move to switch off this Damage thing in future versions of the games.
Porsche Unleashed has an amazing race option in form of Factory driver which can at times get very challenging.
With NFS 6, EA was back with its mad man crazy racing. NFS6 was the real Pursuit game in a sense that the cop cars were really annoying! They knew how to knock out the player. But once u get used to the control its a fairly easy game to finish off, both the pursuit mode as well as challenge series. Multiplayer mode is very nice in NFS 6. Amazing soundtracks and engine sounds have be very nicely recreated to raise up the adrenaline levels in the player :D. It didnt take much time for me to finish off "hot pursuit 2" as the cars are really very easy to control.

EA came up with a completely new concept with NFS 7, popularly know as Underground racing!
Both version (1 n 2 ) are fairly similar with more variety of races in U2 version. Extremely nice graphics this game has and the my favorite racing mode was the Drag racing in this game.
It really is a fast game!! numerous car upgrades and a big city to wander around... kinda GTA feel. Pretty cool models are there in the different magazines which are to be collected in the career mode :D

And last but not the least, NFS Most Wanted!!! It was one of the most exciting racing games i have ever played.. not only was it about crazy speed racing but also about strategy against the cops. The whole concept and the story line is brilliant and the end was more surprising than I expected! For the entire duration the girl which helps out the driver against the police and other blacklist driver is herself a cop!! If nothing the last pursuit of this game has to be the most annoying, irritating time consuming but "EXCITING". I actually felt like leaving the game after the last driver was defeated. Because after facing so many pursuits (few of them extending for 50 minutes!! ) i had absolutely no zeal left to face one more and that too with a heat level of 6!!
but I guess it was a similar kind of challenge which i faced 5 years ago and with some 6 trials i did finish it!!
The end is very spectacular... Players car jumps off from an incomplete bridge to the ther end of the bridge and all cop cars fall into the sea!

5 Years its been since I got addicted to this racing game series from EA and I have finally decided to stop playing any further versions of NFS :D
Partially becos i am not willing to upgrade my PC to support them n majorly becos I feel I have wasted huge time in it :D
I know its too late to realize it but better late than never!!
All in all it was a great experience playing racing games.. apparently i never like any other racing games apart from NFS!!
But I guess its End Of Days Play as far as NFS is concerned !!

But It rained..

2007-11-04T16:24:00.000+05:30

I can't sleep tonight
Everybody saying everything's alright
Still I can't close my eyes
I'm seeing a tunnel at the end of all these lights
Sunny days
I get the strangest feeling you belong
Why does it always rain on me?
Is it because I lied when I was seventeen?
Why does it always rain on me?
Even when the sun is shining
I can't avoid the lightning
I can't stand myself
I'm being held up by an invisible man
Still life on a shelf when
I got my mind on something else
Sunny days
Where have you gone?
Oh, where did the blue skies go?
And why is it raining so?
It's so cold
I can't sleep tonight
Everybody's saying every thing's all right
Still I can't close my eyes
I'm seeing a tunnel at the end of the lights
Sunny days
Where have you gone?
And why is it raining so?
It's so cold
Why does it always rain on me?
Why does it always rain on....

Eternal Sunshine of Spotless Mind...

2007-10-26T19:01:00.000+05:30

A Very uncharacteristic movie for Jim Carrey standards…but one of the best I have seen till now! Forgetting someone who is made for you is really difficult and strangely it has got nothing to do with erasing someone from ones memory. A forceful attempt of that may be a temporary solution but it gives eternal pain.

Something somewhere must have gone wrong…No point crying for lost chances…shit did I make a mistake of my life?

Aberration: A Distorted View Of Life

2007-10-24T22:08:00.000+05:30

All around me are familiar faces
worn out places
worn out faces
bright and early for the daily races
going no where
going no where
their tears are filling up their glasses
no expression
hide my head i wanna drown my sorrow
no tomorrow
and i find it kind of funny
i find it kind of sad
the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had
i find it hard to tell you
i find it hard to take
when people run in circles its a very very
mad world
children waiting for the day they feel good
happy birthday
and i feel the way that every child should
sit and listen
went to school and i was very nervous
no one knew me
hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
look right through me
and i find it kind of funny
i find it kind of sad
the dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had
i find it hard to tell you
i find it hard to take
when people run in circles its a very very
mad world
enlarging your world
mad world

KGP Lingo

2007-10-11T14:58:00.000+05:30

Dictionary of KGP...

2.2 - A 2.2 Kilometers circle in central part of IIT-KGP campus. All halls are located on this road

Acads - Academics.

Alankar - annual cultural magazine of Gymkhana, hence of the institute.

App - apply to universities (usually abroad).

Arbit - Arbitrary.

Atthi - C.G.P.A. in between 8 and 9.

Baddy - The sport of Badminton; adj. Related to the sport.

Bangi - Bangalore.

Baski - The sport of Basketball; adj. Related to the sport.

Batti - The Electrical Engineering Department. Also, the students of it.

Bhaat - Bekar Chat. A useless talk in a group whose sole purpose is to pass time. Also a regular magazine drafted by first year students trying to copy Junk.

Bhajan - euphemism for sexually explicit media files on the LAN.

Bong - Bengali. A Bengali-speaking person.

Bunda - Any boy.

Bundi - Any girl.

Cali - Calibre.

Candi - Candidate(For elections).

C.G. - Short-form of C.G.P.A.

C.G.P.A. - Cumulative Grade Point Average. An index of a students performance in academics which reflects his performance throughout his studies in IIT-KGP.

Chhagi - C.G.P.A. in between 6 and 7.

Chhedis - A dhaba just outside campus.

Convo - Convocation.

Dehli - C.G.P.A. of 10.

DepC - To have a Department change under the provisions specified by IIT-KGP. Requires excellent academic performance in first year B. Tech. course.

Despo - Desparate.

Dhakkan - The person with numerically largest JEE rank being admitted in said department/specialization.

Diro - Director of IIT-KGP.

Disco - The Disciplinary Committee.

D.P. - Durga Puja. The vacation in its duration.

Dude - Dual Degree Students.

Facad - Advisor.

Facca - An F-grade in any subject, meaning fail.

Faccha - first year male student. Usu. a B. Tech. student.

Facchi - A first year female student. Usu. a B. Tech. student.

Fattu - Meek. Coward.

Fight - Difficulty in achieving something.

Footer - n. A match of Football or (rarely) the sport itself.

Frust - Frustrated. Generally due to academics and lack of female population. Also Frustoo.

Frustoo - See Frust.

Funda - The basic knowledge of anything.

Fundoo - Something having very strong conceptual background;

Ghaasi - A student of Agriculture Engineering Department.

G.Sec. - General Secretary. Of Halls or Gymkhana. In Gymkhana, always a third year student.

GolB - Gol Bazaar Market.

GolC - The circle (Gol Chakkar) just outside the Main Building of the Institute. Also known as Bidhan Chowk.

G.P.L. - Rejection.

Gult - A Telugu-speaking person. Originated by reading the word 'Telugu' backwards when written in Telugu.

Hall-funda - The knowledge of one's Hall specialties and way of life, etc.

Halu - Hallucinated.

Happa - Hall President.

Hardcore - An extreme case of situation or attitude.

Hathora - Mechanical Engineering Department. Also, the students of it.

Hawa - J.E.E. All India Rank.

Huhaa - Something extremely great in magnitude

Illu - Illumination(on Dipawali). A competition involving all Halls for best illumination and rangoli on Dipawali.

Indu - The Industrial Engineering & Management Department. Also, the students of it.

Insti - Institute. Used to refer the main building of IIT-KGP.

Intro - Introduction. Generally a brief speech involving one's name, department, city, hobbies,etc.

I.P. - .Interaction Period.

Jam - Jamshedpur.

Junk - A regular magazine. It contains news of students and reveals the hidden state of affairs, suggestions for a better life, trivia, etc. The members of the group behind it are called Junky.

Junta - The human population. Of IIT-KGP or elsewhere.

Kam-akal - A student of Chemical Engineering Department.

Kela - Failure.

Kholu - top ranked general category student admitted through JEE in any department/specialization.

K.L.P.D. - Rejection. Especially for the case when success was imminent.

Kol - Kolkata.

Load - Tension; v.i. To Have Tension.

Machuara - The Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture Department. Also, the students of it.

Maal - beautiful girl.

Maggu - Student who mugs.

Makhana - To spoil a job. To do something insincerely. To play spoil-sport.

Mallu - Malayali. A Malayali speaking person.

Maska - The Maths & Computing Stream. Also, the students of it.

Matka - Any M. Tech. male student.

Matki - Any M. Tech. female student.

Menty - The Maintenance Secretary of any Hall.

Meta - The Metallurgy and Materials Science Department. Also, the students of it.

Mug - To rote.

Mutter - An online forum on IIT Kharagpur's LAN; To read or write posts on it.

Nehli - A C.G.P.A. greater than 9.

Netaji - Netaji Auditotium. Used for conducting major events, performances and screening movies.

Non-males - A way of referring to less-beautiful girls in IIT Kharagpur. Usually those through JEE.

O.P. - Orientation Period. More commonly used word for ragging in IIT-KGP. It includes mentally harassing junior students and testing their Hall-funda. A commonly used synonym is I.P.(Interaction Period).

Pact - The agreement between Halls to support candidates from other's Hall for a similar support in return.

Pakau - . Boring.

PAN Loop - The set of Halls: Patel, Azad and Nehru. The area bounded by them. These were the first to be constructed hence known as Old Campus.

Panji - A C.G.P.A. in between 5 and 6.

Pain - Difficult.

P.D. - The Punjabi Dhaba. Located in Gol Bazaar.

Peace - To be tension-free. A tension-free state.

PremB - Prem Bazaar.

Prem Gali - The road joining Chemical Engineering and Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture Department.

Presi - President of the Gymkhana.

P.S.I. - Pehchanane Se Inkaar (Refusing recognition). To ignore someone or to forget deliberately.

Rassa - A male research scholar.

Rassi - female research scholar.

Reskee - Research Scholars.

Room-baap - The student(male) who occupied someone's room in the previous year.

Room-maa - The student(female) who occupied someone's room in the previous year.

Satti - A C.G.P.A. in between 7 and 8.

Scholar's Avenue - The road leading from the IIT Main Gate about which most of the Halls are situated.

S-Com - The Steering Committee of Spring Fest.

Secy - Secretary. Usu. of Gymkhana or Halls.

Sem - Semester.

Senti - Sentiments. Sentimental.

S.F. - Spring Fest. An annual festival in IIT-KGP when there are plenty of competitions, events and performances by well known artists. Proclaimed as eastern India's biggest festival.

Soc-n-cult - Social and Cultural Activities.

Stud - Any student who is good in academics as well as other fields like sports, etc.

Tam - Tamil. A Tamil-speaking person.

Tapna - Copying assignments or examination answer-scripts from any person.

Tech - Technology. An adjective used frequently with anything associated with IIT-KGP.

Tech-mart - Technology Market. A market inside IIT-KGP premises.

Tempo - Enthusiasm and vigour.

Tempo shout - To shout in a singing manner "KGP Ka Tempo High Hai". Of KGP or of some similar affiliations like Hall; n. The shout "KGP Ka Tempo High Hai".

T.H.O.K. - abbr.,n. Thick Heads Of KGP. A student of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering Department.

Tinku - An Egg-Poach-Burger.

T.O.A.T. - Tagore Open Air Theatre.

Tumpa - Typically Uncivilized Midnaporean People's Association, or Tribal Uncivilized Midnaporean People's Association. People who belong to Midnapur district.

Tut. - Tutorials.

Uddu - An Oriya-speaking person.

Vegies - The Vegies Restaurant. Located on the Scholar's Avenue.

Volu - Volunteer.

V.P. - Vice President of Gymkhana. A fourth year student.

------Yo KGP ( said just like that...)

Six stages of Orkut.

2007-08-23T23:07:00.000+05:30

1. Fuck Orkut, why would I want to sign up on such a patently stupid website.

2. Whee! I've signed up on Orkut. Now I can go bother people who I see everyday anyway, or people whose last names I couldn't be bothered to remember years and years and years ago, and assume they want to talk to me and know what I'm doing.

3. Whee! I have friends now who've left me scraps. :)

4. a.People are leaving me scraps. Everyday. This is fun...really.
b.Why won't anyone scrap me? :(

5. My friends are idiots. And now someone has added me. (sigh)

6. Fuck Orkut. Why did I sign up on such a patently stupid website.

Might as well speed up the the process; log out, cancel my account, give all my stuff away and kill myself. Some would say it's going too far, I call it a short-cut.

-- Courtesy: A Chat log between me and Wylie Coyote

B.E.Electronics

2007-08-18T09:50:00.000+05:30

Finally all my efforts (??) of four years were rewarded by Mumbai university and the last connection with it broke yesterday!
Four years it has been and i still feel as if it was yesterday when i took admission in VESIT- one of the most reputed college of M.U. Felt nervous on first day itself and had a fear deep within of whether i could manage engineering at all.
First semester was one of the most weird span of time i ever went through!
Didn't know what to study and what not to study, luckily i was not habitual to +2 pattern of studies ( i had no habit of studying at all and i still don't have them ). Some how i managed to get good marks in FE.
But the experience with MU didn't remain good after that!
Solving Numerical Techniques paper in 2 hrs with double checking all the answers and still ending up getting 57 was an eye opener for me!!
"I Stopped studying".. at least never after that i studied for marks..
It was a wise decision to stop competing others and compete against myself!
I guess that helped me a lot instead competing stupidly for getting marks.
And in any case MU marks never proved anything!
But just to make it look good i am happy to get a distinction in BE..but who cares..hehe..
4 years in MU has taught me when to celebrate and when not to ...

There are better things in life than getting marks :P

Happy Independence Day

2007-08-15T11:38:00.000+05:30

Never in my life was I so overwhelmed on Independence day!!
The director's speech and the cultural programs that followed it reminded me of the good old days at school where we used to get up "early" in the morning on 15th August and goto school just for the sake of teachers [:P].
But it was different today...
The grandeur of celebrations with army people here n there...it was just too brilliant!
IIT KGP is almost as old as independent India or as our directors said "as young as India".
For decades KGP has been striving hard for realizing the dream that was seen by Late Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru..
If I put it in his own words..
"Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India, representing India's urges, India's future in the making. This picture seems to me symbolical of the changes that are coming to India."
No wonder we say..."IIT Kharagpur: Dedicated to the service of the Nation"
Yo KGP [:D]

Happy Independence Day!!!

Amazing Snap!!!

The Logical Question

2007-08-07T18:06:00.001+05:30

When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful, a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily, joyfully, playfully watching me.
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable, clinical, intellectual, cynical.
There are times when all the world's asleep, the questions run too deep for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am.
Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
liberal, fanatical, criminal.

Won't you sign up your name,

we'd like to feel you're acceptable,
respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
At night, when all the world's asleep,
the questions run so deep for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd but please tell me who I am?

Stop Crying Your Heart Out

2007-07-30T21:04:00.000+05:30

I was bored of those horrible days at VESIT n yet i enjoyed them..
i just wanted to get away from it n yet now i want to go back...but now i cant!
"Time is a funny little dimension"

very excited we r to go into the new world...to face new challanges..
may it be Job or masters...
but all this excitement we show while we are still in college!!
Such a great joy it is to be placed in companies like TCS n seimens n wipro n accenture,etc
Showoff for few days by us (as well as our families )
Few try for masters..n they get thru it!!
some deserve it some dont...yet we r happy
happy becos we will be getting a chance to get out of VESIT..
a chance to get away from parents for sometime.. a chance to live on our own terms!!!
--

As soon as the exams ended ther was this void in time which we didnt know how to fill!!
movies..hangouts..etc...etc..
few of us enjoyed as if there was no tomorrow..n few were already getting nervous about
entering the new world

as the day of departure comes closer we become so busy that we just dont think of what we r
leaving behind...
last minutes visit to friends..best friends..n then..we leave!

journey is so entertaining on its own that we dont think of friends,parents or anyone
during that time..

finally we got a chance to live on our own terms..no one is our boss..

we take few days to settle down..classes starts..we try to make new friends..
talk to as much people as we can..
lot of work we hav to do n that too on our own.no one is there to help us

we start getting a sense of independence..n feel very happy for it!!!
but at the end of the end we find ourself all alone..no one to share happy n sad moments
wid u..
no mom to place a pillow underneath ur head at 3 am in the night

u r independent finally..u r happy for it too..
was this the independence u had really asked for??
theres a sparkle in ur eyes becos u r happy or is it becos of a small drop of tear that
just got trapped in ur eyelids cos no one noticed it

So hopes werent so high after all!!!!!!!!!

2007-03-21T00:09:00.000+05:30

I am verrrrrry happy to post this blog!!!!!!!!!
Got an AIR of 212!!!!!!!!!
kya fluke hain naa !!!!!!!!!!
i dont know if its a mistake on part of IITK to give me 212 AIR
but now that i have got this rank... it has created more problems to all of us i guess
btw very important thingy...........
Shaane guruji!!!! ( Anish Sane ) got AIR 90!!!!!!!!!!
He definitely over clocked his system i guess!
n wagh got 150!!......mindblowing!!

problems... problems... problem......
admission ka problems!!!!!!
none of us knows where r we goin to get admission :(
one thing is sure wagh n sane r definitely gonna get one :-)
not sure of me though but still i am very happy wid my current placement.......

so its true now..........
very soon there would be nothing left but just memories.............n off course our friendship!!!!!
three cheers to NASA

High Hopes!!

2007-03-13T23:44:00.000+05:30

No no it has nothing to do with my favorite song "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd!!
Not a regular blogger I am so it wont be difficult to find out in one of my previous blogs in which i had decided(?) to study for GATE.

So many plans stay on the drawing board, don't they?
It was a promise which I gave to myself and yet i failed to fulfill it!
alrite alrite!
why so pessimist before the results are out??
actually have nothing to write
Blogging after a long time
//[Results update after 15th march ( as if i am gonna clear it !!)]

But i will surely like to post more often now....now as i feel i am getting free of all the tension of college work ( don't ask me what work we do in college.... cos no one does anything out there )

2006-04-22T12:02:00.000+05:30

Is That My Story??????????

My story!

'Twas a Saturday eve, I still remember,

Even the date's clear - 10th of December,

A red-letter day, embossed in gold,

I witnessed a natural wonder, lo and behold!

Sitting on a couch, sipping hot coffee!

Enjoying myself, with an occasional toffee,

Down she came, with steps so graceful,

I thought to myself, who's this b-e-a-utiful?

She sat on the couch, in front of me,

As if to allow, only me to see,

Oh my God! I exclaimed, what a creation by you!

You read every man's heart, what a master are you!

I was introduced to her, ______ was her name,

Arts she studied, brilliant acads to her fame!

She smiled ever so gently, my heart skipped a beat,

In the cold chilly environs, I just felt some heat!

Introductions over, now's the time to talk.

I began to feel jittery, just wanted to take a walk.

I mustered enough courage, and asked her many a thing,

It helped me soothe my nerves, and get things under my wing!

Time played its trick, and soon I had to leave,

Before leaving I said, Boy!, you did something achieve,

Parting is such a sweet sorrow, so said Shakespeare,

I couldn't agree more, but right now, right here!

I slept that night, her picture in my eyes!

What a beauty she was, both witty and wise!

For the first time in my life, I did a soft dance,

For the first time in my life, I had some good romance!

I woke up the next morning, still in that daze,

What a sight she was, couldn't take off my gaze!

I called on our mutual friend, and told all I had to tell,

Her happy face changed color, that's when lightning fell!

She's already committed, just a week back, said her,!(Not Sure IF this happened)

On a cold Friday morning, I just felt colder!

My heart stopped abruptly, my mouth went dry,

the phone slipped from my hands, I just wanted to cry!

My friend consoled me, but I shed more than a tear.

For days together, nothing could get me to cheer!

Will I ever, find a better love in the future near?

What if not, that was all I used to fear!

That was when He came, and told me the truth!

Boy, don't you realise you're in the prime age of youth!

This had to happen, sooner or later,

But you must only learn, not to be a quitter!

Was it really love, He asked me twice,

Tell me the truth, I want no lies!

It then dawned upon me, I was a big loser!

'Tis no rocket-science, to know the right answer!

I stood upright and dried my eyes,

And looked upwards, into the blue skies.

You're right I said, feeling much better,

'Twas no love, not even a single letter!

That's my boy, said He, now don't you worry!

I'll take all care, so you must not hurry!

Just remember this, that you'll find your love true!

'Coz just like you, someone beautiful somewhere, is also waiting for you!

2006-03-21T22:38:00.000+05:30

Sane is awesome

We got our GATE results today and again i confirmed that Anish is on of the best talent in our class
This Boy without proper studying Got an AIR of 138!!!!!!!!!!!!
Three Cheers to his INTELLIGENCE

My Result wasn,t that bad either. I got an AIR of 2286
I am lucky that I even qualified!!!
Swapnil Got an AIR of 3925 not bad enough
sharad got an AIR of 799

Next time we will study (definitely) to improve our AIR

2006-03-21T22:29:00.000+05:30

The acreditation Drama At VESIT

Last few days I have seen most Remarkable things happening in our college.our college is trying to project itself as one the better colleges in Mumbai university by doing things we never dreamt offfffff!!!!!!!Our college has got some ten to fifteen AC(split type-cost :30K each) two AC per lab. the dumbest thing is that those AC's are new and it would be an insult to human intelligence if the commitee is to believe that these things were there in college for ages!!!I would have better opted for new PCs ( could have easily got atleast 20 new ones)suddenly the peon of 104 lab (we usually call him 'DD lab ka kamina peon') starts behaving well ( 'well 'is the best word i can use for him) with us . And all ( People should know whom am I refering to) teachers are scared of the commitee as their knowledge(?) will be tested for the first time ( I hope its also for the last time as if the commitee's words have got any importance those teahers are not going to last much in the college).The lab start getting cleaner and suddenly there is this flow of equipments ( surprisingly they even work) in the labs.there r charts all over the places (may be because teachers can look into them to answer commitee's questions) explaining things we havent even started learning(?) in class (i think i am wrong in using the word 'learning')Then there are teachers who ask whether the chart belongs to Microwave or fiber optics (Even Geoge Bush would have realised it!!!)And some teachers who still persists with using milliameter and voltmeter as units of current and voltage.But still at the end of the day I think our branch should get accreditated for the mere fact that its not about the college or the department. Its about the students. Do we think we deserve to study in an accreditated college and I would say YES What do u think???Do comment on this post

2006-03-21T22:11:00.000+05:30

If an experiment works, something has gone wrong.

Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable and three parts which are still under development.

The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.

Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure. great discoveries are made by mistake.

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.

If you can't understand it, it is intuitively obvious.

When all else fails, read the instructions.

Build a system that even a fool can use and only a fool will want to use it.

It is never wise to let a piece of electronic equipment know that you are in a hurry.

A screw will never fit a nut.

Never trust modern technology. Trust it only when it is old technology.

If you install a 50¢ fuse to protect a 100$ component, the 100$ component will blow to protect the 50¢ fuse.

An expert will always state the obvious.

The chance a copy machine will brake down is proportional to the importance of the material that needs to be copied and inversely proportional to the amount of time till the material will be needed.

Any wire cut to length will be too short.

All things mechanical/electrical will catastrophically fail after the guarantee has expired, unless an extended guarantee has been purchased.

Given any system with n linear equations, there will be n+1 unknowns

A hardware failure will cause system software to crash, and the customer engineer will blame the programmer.
A system software crash will cause hardware to act strangely and the programmers will blame the customer engineer.

Any cool program always requires more memory than you have.
When you finally buy enough memory, you will not have enough disk space.
Disks are always full. It is futile to try to get more disk space. Data expands to fill any void.

If a program actually fits in memory and has enough disk space, it is guaranteed to crash.
If such a program has not crashed yet, it is waiting for a critical moment before it crashes.

Software bugs are impossible to detect by anybody except the end user.

In a transistor circuit protected by a fuse, the transistor will always blow to protect the fuse.

Computers don't make errors-What they do they do on purpose.

When putting something into memory, always remember where you put it.

An expert is someone brought in at the last minute to share the blame.

A patch is a piece of software which replaces old bugs with new bugs.

It's not a bug, it's an undocumented feature.

The only program that runs perfectly every time, is a virus

If a project is completed on schedule, it wasn't debugged properly.

If you make the letters in your Word document bigger and then you print it out, you'll have everything on the first page and only one line on the second.

By the time you learn your new computer you'll need a new one.

When the Downloading Window says "99%complete", there will be a fluctuation in the voltage and you'll have to start all over again.

The troubleshooting guide contains the answer to every problem except yours.

No matter what problem you have with your computer - Its Always Microsoft's fault
Corollary: If its not their fault - Blame them anyway

The clock in the instructor's room will be wrong.

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