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An important notice for the ill informed people

2010-08-23T12:28:00.000-07:00

For all those who dare to think beyond IIMs, please read the notice below. This is not intended to malign any institute's name but only to warn people before they fall prey for the full length advertisements and fancy captions.

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It is hereby informed to the public at large and students that Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) is not a University within the meaning of Section 2(f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956. Further, as per Section 22 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956, IIPM does not have the right of conferring or granting degrees as specified by the University Grants commission under Section 22(3) of the University Grants Commission Act. It is further clarified for information that IIPM is neither entitled to award MBA BBN BCAdegree nor it is recognized byUGC.

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back(this time,the smaller 'k') with a bang!!

2010-04-14T14:18:00.000-07:00

Never thought that personal stuff would keep me so occupied and far away from social blogging..perhaps, that's what, life in an IIM takes. It severs the relationship (the usuall wake up and good night calls) between a couple, will teach you to sleep at all odd hours, will make you call your parents only after 10 in the night and many more..but it's all worth it, isn't it. Atleast the academicians and the world around is convinced that the millionaires who are going to be churned out, deserve all of that. I agree neither with the premise nor the reason. Yes, all IIM passouts are no millionaires and also not every minute that you spend cracking those enormous cases is really worthwhile.

However, they(IIMs) teach time management, confidence, business acumen and working in pressure cooker situations, which are mandatory skills for top notch positions in the corporate.

I thoroughly enjoyed and loved the two years spent at Kozhikode. Though I couldn't still discover what I really want to do in life, it atleast ruled out some options. While it is true that it ruled out few, there are numerous more that suddenly opened up at the same time and I am back to the square one, yes, still confused.

All the while, I used to appease myself reminiscing that 'Steve Jobs graduation speech at Stanford'..be patient and wait till you know what you really are made for; It works no more as this time it is post graduation..yeah you battled it out and neared your quarter century and you still don't know if you should play defence or go thrashing for the rest of your run..you are still settling!! :(

And to make things worse, new problems arose, thanks to the place I am sitting and typing this post(the 50 star country)..I don't even know where to spend the rest of my life. I was happy till now reading the 'feel good' success stories about India, its growth and how it is gonna be the focus of all big businesses in the coming decades. While the success and efforts of few hardworking and smart Indians(mind you, I am talking about the population ;)) have brought India in to the limelight (It didn't become the market with double digit growth potential overnight you see), our policy makers are still not able to create a safe and conducive environment for the future generations of it(India).

I received an e-mail asking me to sign an online petition protesting a bill that is gonna be introduced soon. Reading many such e-mails, I digged in deep to find out what all this clamor is about and trust me, it is ALARMING.

I am talking about the "Civil Liability for Nuclear damage bill" which will allow US companies to retreat scot free even after causing nuclear damage in India. Yes, this bill limits the liability of US companies towards the nuclear damages that their plants can cause in India and Indian government is going to pay for the liabilities incurred upon such accidents. In a very simple language, Indian tax payers will be bearing lions share of the recovery and rehabilitation costs incurred incase of a nuclear disaster while American companies will be let off legally and financially.

You can get a detailed account of this hazardous bill at the links below

http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Wakeup-to-Civil-Liability-for-Nuclear-Damage-Bill/2919665

Yes, It is true that energy security is priority for a growing country like ours, but not at cost of peoples lives and health. Such a bill(if it becomes act) will fail to caution sufficiently, the private companies that setup and provide nuclear equipment in India, about the potential danger of the stuff they are dealing with. It will only give some unscrupulous officers, if any, and their bosses, a leeway to not function to their moral and integral bests.

If you feel that the equations and terms being agreed to by Indian government in this bill are not upto the safety standards a one billion population like ours, demands, then you can sign the below petition.

http://www.greenpeace.org/india/stop-the-vote

Need for better technical education

2008-05-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

Today there is need for high quality technical education in India than ever before. It is quite evident that there is big deficit in the talent pool and fast growing IT and manufacturing sectors are in dearth of well qualified professionals. Talking about qualification and our engineering, the latter has unfortunately got the image "passport for a quick job"...well it may indeed be as easy as it sounds, but the fact is its not just a quick job but also a cheap job...yup if you took your studies easily and made it into some software company X speaking all "blah blah blah" during the interview, it is most likely that the work they have chosen you for is something which people in abroad detest to do.....but we never realise that and sadly feel elated about how we fooled the interviewer(s) and how we managed to grab fat packages in the MNCs....the truth is we are being fooled...whatever we get paid is by no means comparable to what our counterpart in US would get...

Getting back to remark i made about the lack of qualified professionals, it may sound surprising, isnt it ??? We are producing more than 2-3 lakhs of engineers every year and they are qualified definitely with a BE/BTech or ME/MTech...still there is a shortage ?? Yes, there is shortage of employable engineers...Our engineering college standards have reached abyssmal levels, that even toppers passing out of those colleges remain unemployed..Even if they manage to get employed somehow (thanks to the placements concept, where the employer comes with an intention to pick you up, unlike in off-campus, where they would try to reject you), most of them are least interested in the jobs they are doing and dont have any respect for their work...It should be evident from the fact that almost 70% of the two and half lakh students who appear for CAT every year are engineers...the number is high not because students in India have management bent of mind or they are all most capable future enterpreuners...the reason for such a high number (trust me most of that 70%are people with work ex) is simply because, these engineers are frustrated to do the work they are doing, they just wanna get out of it and MBA provides an easy option to switch....No wonder with the kind of education our engineering colleges provide and the quality of work the infosyss and TCS's of India make them do, these candidates are left with no other option...

So the bottomline is there is an urgent need for quality education, well qualified professors, state of the art infrastructure and knowledge hungry students...which our neighbouring country and competitor China has recognised quite early and has been working on it meticulously.

Do we need politicians ?

2008-04-25T11:50:00.000-07:00

Well, while i ask this question, i dont really know what my answer itself is...i may say we dont need them...no thanks... but who are the alternatives??

but i got enough reasons why i should hate them

-They are the most selfish souls on the planet. Inconsolable pains and intolerable troubles faced by aam aadmi doesnt even seem to bother them. If at all there is anything for which these creatures exist -- It is to gaurd their seat for the next tenure and to heap up millions of black money...
- They raise hue an cry over the pettiest of things just to seek attention of particular community and in the process forget about the worst of problems that pose a threat to the future of our country
- Everything seems to wait for these babus, from road constructions to departure of flights.
-It doesnt matter to them if the quality of students in premier institutes takes a hit, all they want is major share of vote bank..
the list simply doesnt end...

Stock Markets -- On a lighter note

2008-01-25T10:39:00.000-08:00

How Stock Market Works!!!!!

Once upon a time in a village, a man appeared and announced to thevillagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs10.The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to theforest and started catching them.The man bought thousands at Rs10 and as supply started to diminish, thevillagers stopped their effort. He further announced that he would now buyat Rs20.

This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again.Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back totheir farms. The offer rate increased to Rs25 and the supply of monkeysbecame so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alonecatch it!The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs50! However, since hehad to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy onbehalf of him.In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. Look at allthese monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell themto you at Rs35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell it tohim for Rs50."The villagers squeezed up with all their savings and bought all themonkeys.Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!! !Welcome to the "Stock" Market!!!!!

(have received this as a forwarded mail....too gud)

The IPO and NFO fever

2008-01-14T20:53:00.000-08:00

There is a sudden craze for investments in equities. Whether it is because of sky rocketing sensex that has created new hopes in stock markets or surplus cash with the educated middle class, companies are able to raise huge amounts. IPOs are creating records in terms of market cap raised one after the other. DLF followed by ICICI and now Reliance Power. Junta is not thinking twice to invest in securities. The returns are definitely high and more than in any other form of investment. The present market price of the ICICI or DLF or NTPC are more than 3-4 times their initial selling price. Clearly returns of 200-300%.

The present Reliance Power and Future Capital IPOs have created a new demand for demat accounts and it is not surprising that broking companies have ran out of stamp papers and forms. Any new request or a service request for an exisiting account is taking too much time. Stock brokers are coming up with innovative ways to help the investors buy shares even without a demat account(they allow people to subscribe by giving random DP Ids and by the time shares get allotted, demat account will be opened). Within few hours of the start date, Rel Power is subscribed four times..God knows how much it will be by 18th Jan.. Eventhough the chances are very unlikely (1 among 10 may be allotted shares) that every investor gets the amount of shares he subscribed for, there is no hesitation in peoples mind.

It is not just with IPOs, even in case of mutual funds, the investments have seen a rise of 25% over the last two years. Any New fund is making a killing with investors trying to put their money in diversified portfolios and thus reducing the risk of any loss. Also the tax saving advantage that some of the mutual funds carry is definitely the best option for a long term investment which returns back with dividends from time to time and good amount of tax benifit.

Definitely peoples risk appetite has increased and every has a dream to become a Warren Buffet.

Kudos to Ratan Tata and the team behind Nano

2008-01-11T11:49:00.000-08:00

Everyone including the experts and a man on the street alike laughed at the idea of one lakh car and stated such a thing is impossible..but it is been proved from time to time, that nothing beats determination. Very few people have the conviction to fight all odds to realise the dreams they dreamt of. Ratan Tata is one such man and to describe the latest wonder from his production house in his own words

"since we started the project four years back, there has been a steep increase in input costs,but a promise is a promise " . YES SIR, you delivered what you promised. KUDOS to you.

No doubts, the most attractive thing about Nano is its cost, but what is appreciable is the engineering teams' ability to still provide superb features within the budget.

623 cc engine, 20-22 Kmpl, Nice looks, Good interiors, environment friendly and more space...what else..just everything that is needed.

It is indisputably one of the major technological achievements in the recent times by any of the Indian companies. All of us should learn a lot from the Nano story and work with re-newed energies to accomplish even more significant innovations.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2008-01-03T23:52:00.000-08:00

I wish all the readers and the visitors to my blog a VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Also as we welcome 2008, this blog enters into its third year of succesful existence, I thank every one of you for your encouragement.

My new year resolution is to blog more regularly about more useful topics.

HAPPY READING

Proud to be an Indian

2007-12-28T21:21:00.000-08:00

Everyone of us think/worry/feel happy about our nation atleast once every day.When there are many powerpoints being forwarded as e-mail attachments about mighty Indians and how high-ranked they are in various sectors all around the world, some thing that is very basic and unique to India has really made me feel so proud about it that i cannot stand anyone disparaging it before me.

At the time when there are incidents of mass killings in developed nations (I am talking about killings in Virginia University, in shopping malls and schools in US), when different sects in the same religion kill each other for dominance in some of the middle east countries, when people are forced to adopt hostile norms in their personal lives in certain communist countries, it is what we learnt in our primary schools about the sub-continent,"Unity in Diversity" that makes me feel India is the best.

Being the largest democracy in the world, is definitely as challenging a problem to be fought as much as it is a remarkable feature to boast about. I am talking about a billion people belonging to almost every religion in this world, innumerable castes (I am sure an encyclopedia can be written just about different castes in India), who speak some 18 recognised languages and many more dialects. Harmonious Co-existence of such a diverse population is the most unlikely thing to happen, but it happened and IT HAPPENED ONLY IN INDIA.

It definitely shows we Indians are the most tolerant and peace-loving people. An existing democracy was suppressed by a dictatorial military rule in Pakistan (Its fight for democracy has faced the worst defeat when Benazir Bhutto was assasinated), the government in Nepal was never stable with inbalance of power between the king and the government, the Srilankan officials are busy all the time fighting the LTTE, and for India, its geographic location amidst these turbulent neighbours is not deterring its growth, India is only SHINING.

Everyday in the newspaper, you read about some Indian company buying an MNC, some Indian becoming a CEO of fortune 500 company, some Indian member in the jury of an international film festival, some Indian woman travelling into space....All these are definitely proud things to hear but are mostly individual achievements.

But our unity and togetherness is definitely a collective achievement and irrefutably the biggest of all. I started taking pride in this INDIANITY few years back, and now i tell everyone who talks negative about it, WHY DO NOT YOU BECOME THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THIS COUNTRY ? Just sitting and sulking that nothing can be done about this nation is no longer going to help, and FYI to all the people who think the same way, a lot has been done about and done for this nation by our freedom fighters and super-capable Industrialists like JRD Tata, and a lot can be done by us. So it is the time to you have to make a choice. Choice between 'becoming a pilot of this flight into becoming a SUPERPOWER' or 'staying dormant only to be pushed out' .

JAI HIND

Coalition politics is hindering the development

2007-10-14T01:36:00.000-07:00

Why are there too many political parties in India?? Having many of them only divides the vote bank and contributes the least to any kind of growth. It is resulting in hung parliaments and hence coalition politics.

In coalition politics, every decision has to be taken with atmost care not hurting other party's opinion. All the time is spent in dicussions with each other..what happened recently at the national level in the UPA led government is the best example of it. The 123 agreement is no more a deal just because of mis consensus between the left and the rest of UPA.

India needs nuclear energy badly to meet its growing energy needs and nothing could have been a better solution to this than the nuclear deal. The UPA governments decision to froze the deal has put a full stop to the plans..

the same case in Karnataka, where the government till few days back was run by coalition between JDS and BJP. JDS was supposed to transfer the power to BJP according to the promise made during the formation. But the JDS govt didtn keep it up and the ditched BJP has withdrawn its support. And as a result there is no govt as such now and it is presidents rule..

This has again put to halt many development programmes which would have run (atleast at a slower pace) welll otherwise...

This mixed government politics is really been a hinderance for all the growth plans of modern India... Hope some day there would be only two political parties and each of them would compete to contribute more to the growth...

protecting wild-life

2007-08-31T09:34:00.000-07:00

It is hard to believe that we may not be able to show a tiger or a rhino to our children and the kids of future generation. Yes this is bound to happen if the poaching and ruthless killing of animals for their body parts continues at the same rate. We may not able to see a wild elephant, or a lion.

Countries like China and Japan are using the bones of tiger for some pharmaceutical purposes. Most of these animal parts are illegally traded to China. It is more sad that China is trying to legalise the trade. Today along with my friend Vishnu, i got the opportunity to interview Mr. Vivek Menon, the executive director of Wildlife Trust of India which is a non profit organisation, working to sustain the wild life in India. I was very happy to know about different projects they have taken up to prevent animal poaching and illegal trade of animal parts.

Please visit www.wildlifetrustofindia.org

When asked, what a common man or a busy man can do on his part to protect wildlife, Mr.Menon said people can in their own ways..for ex. a lawyer can handle a case in court against a poacher, An IT engineer can spread the awareness using websites or helping the government by creating some database of wild animals in the forests around their area and people can also do some monetary help..

I will be putting the whole interview on my blog soon..

Please do your part too to protect wildlife and maintain ecological balance. Remember the food chain we learnt in our school ?? It is necessary to protect the endagered species from extinction for our own survival too...

And above all, human beings are one among the millions of species that live on Earth, and every species has an equal right to survive.

Is the Media doing any good??

2007-08-28T09:37:00.000-07:00

Offlate, many unfortunate events have taken place which whether directly or indirectly have been provoked by media. Every news channel is getting into the mad race of being the first to telecast the so called "breaking news" and in the process is resolving to very shameful tmethods.

They have become so desperate that they started creating news inorder to be the first ones to cover the same. The TV news channels have become very insensitive. They capture people consuming poison to commit suicide, but dont care to stop them from doing that. Only thing that matters to them is the TRP ratings, the programme fetches them. The lives of people is no longer the base on which the media wants to bring improvement.

The recent case in varanasi, where TV18, IBN and NDTV had covered 14 shopkeepers committing suicide and so shamelessy claiming the first ones to broadcast the news is a shimmering example of the insensitive attitude of media. All the reporters have provoked the shopkeepers to consume poison which led to the end of lives of five people.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/regionalnews/story/2007/08/070802_varanasi_disabled.shtml

Even in the recent murder case of Adnan in Mumbai, it was the media who hyped the issue beyond reasonable limits, that the accused (were so frightened of the consequences of being caught --media apparently leaked the information much earlier)and have resorted to even killing the victim.

Where are we heading too ?? In this world of information age, any technology can have a constructive or a destructive face to it. It is good that we are able to know whatever is happening around the world in matter of minutes. The attention that media brings to minor issues which are ignored otherwise is greatly appreciated. But with great power, comes great responsibility as well. Media should be careful and thoughtful about the issues they telecast and the effects they are going to have on lives and mindsets of people.

Great wisdom is necessary to make the best use and our media has been failing in their efforts.

Does working more result in hair loss?

2007-08-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

Hello folks,

Here is story of Ramu, who is industrious by birth. Hardwork is his only mantra and the Obsession of his life.
For him all that matters is the amount of time he spends with books in his hand or the computer infront of him.

And naturally he is a constant thinker and always worried about something or the other. There is no single moment when his brain is actually at rest. In other words he and his brain are idlophibic (Fear of being idle).

Now the question is people say when you use any part of your body, there is constant blood flow to it, and hence healthy functioning of that body. Now logically speaking, his head and the brain should be dead strong.
And so should be anything that grows over, underneath or inside the killer organ.

But to everyones wonder, and to his own wonder (his hair is literally fed with coconut oil) , he is the uncle in his office with already three fourth of his farm gone in the wind....

The Question is Did Ramu loose his hair because of Over work and Overstressing his head??

Where do U think U will find more masala content on?

2007-07-11T06:29:00.000-07:00

I decided to take one week off from my work to spend time at home.I came down to Hyderabad and staying at home without work, what can be a better time pass than to watch television?

So with the remote in my hand, i was surfing through various channels, i love watching good music videos, comedy serials ,sports..and i usually end up watching news channels after i get bored with all the earlier mentioned stuff. I want to be updated with latest news from time to time and thus i can happily watch news channels for hours.

But there has been a change during past few years which was so subtle yet so deep in effect. The change is in the content that all these news channels broadcast. All the music channels like MTV, channel V have remained the same, or rather became more useful in telecasting career oriented programmes, interviews with the achievers...but news channels are not the same, their main motive now is not to keep the viewers informed , but to increase the TRP ratings.

You dont believe these days any movie would get more publicity through news channels than anything else. For every release that happens, there are "making of the movie" ,"interviews with the actors, crew", "critics view and opinion", "viewers opinion" ,"distributors opinion" and also various polls, sms based n internet based....

the question is "Will this help in solving a common mans problems??, it is medias responsibility to surface the issues that an ordinary man faces to the government and concerned authorities.. all these filmi reviews , backgrounds of stars, their affairs with co-actors are of no help to the ordinary man".

Ironically, It is the media that gives more importance to the trivial affairs that happen in tinsel town,(they project a magnified view of every god damn thing) and it is the same media that complains every move by the upcoming/wannabe stars as publicity stunt.

It is hard to believe that there is 1 hour programme on Bipasha- John relationship and the after effects of Bipasha-christiano ronaldo kiss on it...and this is the chance for them to increase the TRPs by telecasting all those steamy videos that Bipasha had acted in various films..of what relevance is this??
Is India gonna lose half of its GDP because of Bipasha-John split?

You would find clippings of every scandal, every possible way a murder -a theft can be done, and what is more disappointing is how they advertise this crap, as if it were the last ever SOCCER final they are gonna telecast.

Every other news channel has become the same, anyone would feel disgusted within few
minutes with whatever is shown...it is sad but true...and needs a change.

The time has come for the media to retrospect, they should re-think, of how much use are they to the Janta, are they sticking to the reason behind their existence??

the ANIMAL FARM

2007-06-15T23:52:00.000-07:00

When my friend suggested, I started reading this famous book by George orwell. It is a brilliant allegory of the totalitarianism of Stalins rule in Russia. Orwell sarcastically portrays Stalin as Napolean a boar (though named after the french dictator). The book talks about the animal rebellion over the humans, in which all the animals in the manor farm decide to drive away their master Mr.Jones (the equivalent to tzar Nicholas II ) after being inspired by speech of the Major (equivalent to Marx or Lenin) ...

After they oust Mr.Jones and usurping the power, they make new 7 commandments for animals, thier own flag ..proclaim themselves to be a republic and name it as Animal Farm..

After the Death of the major, two boars Napolean and Snowball become the leaders and plan the roadmap for their prosperity without help of humans. Infact they decree that "Any thing on four legs or wings is a friend and anything on two legs is an enemy".

Napolean ,snowball and the whole pig family being naturally more intelligent than their fellow species, make rules to have a luxorious life when compared to others..Slowly differences develop between snowball n Napolean.Napolean with the help of ten huge dogs, whom he bred and fed eversince they were puppies, ousts out snowball and assumes power...

The rest is history as Napolean (like Stalin) suppresses others and with help of his followers and Squealer (analogy to the russina newspaper Pravda) convinces the comparitively unintelligent species to believe that whatever he does is rite. He slowly eliminates all his enemies. He removes the commandments, bans the "beasts of england" song and even removes the horn and the hoof on their Green flag..

It is very late and the few old animals who actually knew the motive of rebellion have become helpless by now --as their friends were all eliminated one by one by Napolean..

At the end the pigs (Napolean and party) learn to walk on two legs (hind legs) and they partner with humans owning neighbouring farms.The animals realize that the faces of the pigs now look almost exactly like the faces of humans and they can no longer easily tell the difference between them.

You fall in love with a city when it is GREEN

2007-05-31T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hi folks,

Offlate, i have become very much attached to the environment that we are surviving in. I realised how important it is , to protect it to keep ourselves protected. The benifits of having a cleaner and greener environment around you are immeasurable.

When i first came to Bangalore, i did not really like it mainly because of congestion on roads , high traffic density and dust. I did not find it peaceful and relaxing. Many might disagree with me because it is actually dependent upon where you are putting up.

When i visited places like malleswaram ,Jayanagar, Koramangala and the defence establishment areas, then i came across the real Bangalore--the GARDEN CITY. I loved the way big trees on both sides have provided shade on the road, i felt quite and happy whenever i passed through such roads. Felt like stayin on them forever just to enjoy the greenery.

Then it was march end and the summer has started (well after being in places wher temp goes to abt 50 C degrees --i can never feel summer in Blr)...it was then i realised how better the weather in Bangalore is.. It took not more than a week to love Bangalore. I felt it is a better place. One factor Weather can beat all the rest...

It is mainly because of the trees in the city..that Bangalore is the way it is..People say it is changing, becoming hotter and worse...but i request everyone not to let this happen...I cannot see the fruits that Bangaloreans enjoy wither up and fall down forever...

When I heard about the Metro authorities cutting the trees on the MG road boulevard, it really hit me at my heart..felt i should protest, do something...comfort is important but not at the expense of the nature.

I want Banaglore (I mean bangaloreans too )and for that matter any city authorities to take few steps to fight against environmental hazards that may threaten our very existence...

1. Every person should plant trees in howmuch ever area they own , let them grow big to give them shade and pleasure.

2. The authorities should make the roads wide enough and plant trees on either side, also should take care that they grow big enough.

3. They should not allow appartments in congested areas, some minimum area of 1000sq.yards should be made mandatory to construct flats in a plot.

4. They should encourage afforestation and develop gardens every where. They should not cut a grown up tree at any cost. Plan up things such that such a need never arises..

5. It is high time that every citizen realises this and knows that his happiness lies in a greener environment..

It only took me a week in the summer to realise, i hope u already woke up to the reality..or will wake up in very near future..It is NOW or NEVER.

Hope this will get me somewhere!!

2007-05-05T12:45:00.000-07:00

'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.

'I don't much care where --' said Alice.

'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.

'--so long as I get somewhere,' Alice added as an explanation.

Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

big let down for a Billion

2007-03-24T02:01:00.000-07:00

It was friday,23rd march.For a cricket fan of my sorts,this day is of enormous significance,it is the final chance for team India to keep our hopes alive.All the day,sitting in office, i couldnt deliver my best either,and was waiting for the match to begin.I left early (for my time frame) at 7 for home,to watch the likes of a final for India.

Bowling was tight and good, and so was the fielding,it was surprise and happiness to see our players saving few runs on the field..all bowlers have performed well...bhajji could have done better for that kind of a pitch, but however we were succeful in restricting them to what has become a chasable target nowadays( after SA chased 434 by Aus for a record victory n recent winning chases by India)..

We were even reluctant to go out for dinner n had ordered for a parcel..

India batting has come,and we had pretty good start..but Utthapa was hell bent on throwin away his wicket that every time he was hitting hard on to fielders hands..Mutthaya has given him a life but still he didnt get ny lesson..got out by hitting the ball straight into arms of Vaas who made no mistake...
This was a clear mistake and the beginning of the fiasco, we needed a very good opening partnership!!
the way sourav and sachin got out can only bring shame for the experience and the run statistics they have behind them..

YUvrajs runout was a mess too..n Dhonis LBW was the cheapest!!!!

GOne were all my hopes, wondered if this is what i had waited for(all the time in office--).. is this how a team which boasts of its batting maestros performs ?? shattered were the billion people..this is the only game,we put our blood and soul in...but this is definitely not what we expect in return!!

student to a Teacher

2007-03-12T10:18:00.000-07:00

I recently read a book called " tuesdays with morris" by Mitch Albom. The book was very moving n touchy...Albom beautifully narrates the bond he shares,the wisdom he gained from his beloved proffesor and mentor Morrie Schwartz.

Morrie was the favourite teacher of Albom at college, he is actually more a friend than a teacher. Even though,Albom promises to stay in touch with Morrie on his last day at his coll, he somehow falls in the same trap of work,work n career n fails to come out of that vicious circle. Its only after twenty years, when he watches his best teacher giving advise on self help and positive attitude( towards death n stuff) on television, he decides to meet his long lost best friend to begin his second phase of learning.

Well the book is good with some inspiring and motivating facts about life,family,emotions, fear of death n aging,culture ,forgiveness etc.. read the book to know more..

Now coming to the Point, what i learnt from the book and found missing in our generation, is existence of such a bond between a teacher and a student. Let me tell you my own story itself at college.

I do not think i really was in such a close rapport with any of my teachers, forget about life after college hours, there was hardly any communication or interaction with any of the teachers even during college hours. This was not the case just with me but with 90% of the class.
If at all,anyone used to talk to them, or ask them doubts, it was only the firstbenchers, well i myself used to comment them, that they are buttering the teachers for some advantage they seek...And just like i used to think and comment, every other person did the same too..n that pulled me away from talking to ny of the lecturers..well you might be thinking, what this guy
is talkin, on one hand says that he commented and made fun of those first benchers for over talkin to teachers, and now on the other hand is blaming his friends for himself not doing the same...
Frankly speaking, when you are attentive in class, asking a good teacher doubts n all, and after the class if the teacher talks to you for some reason assuming you to be bright, it would be dumb n stupid not to reciprocate...no matter what everyone around you teases you for that..

If we see,what can be the reason for such an attitude of students, you will find mistake is both students' and teachers' and also the college culture (seniors + management + Dept +infrastructure)..

The very first day you enter the
college, you hear trite remarks from ur seniors about some teachers ability, knowledge and comments on his demeanour..and you cant help listening to them and making an impression.

Yeah, sometimes the teacher him/herself is really not knowledgable, and such a person starts making hostility towards students as a shield to cover his/her own vulnerabilites.Students really get pissed with such teachers, initially will try to irritate the lecturer somehow, many a times the latter succumbs to the mishief n naughtiness of the class, or if he/she is formidable, the students start showing disinterest in class,because they neither can have fun nor can learn anything. 80% of the cases belong to one of the categories..either teacher or the class becoming the MASTER...the result no interaction or relationship but only INDIFFERENCE towards each other.

Third and an equal contributor, is the case where there will be few (some 2-3) leaders (so called) in the class,who are hell bent on influencing every one around them to take up, follow and even preach the same opinions that they have,those opinions which are formed either long long before --when they only meet with despair wherever they go( nursery to school-their life everything) or when their dreams get shattered--this happens when they come to a college with so much hope and so many dreams but only find the REDTAPISM of mgmt and faculty to slowly shatter everything up.. (this holds good to a
great extent in college i studied)

And the last but not the least, is a combination or any of two factors, SHYness in the students and EGO in the teachers. Both of them think the other is not worth talking to. The result, a catastrophic drift towards opposite ends,a sort of cold war..sometimes, ppl even blow their fuses off..
What should be done:
1. A teachers duty is not just to take attendance,finish off the syllabus but also should find out personally if a student is
feeling bold enough to come out and talk to him/her, ask any doubts if exist.. Time to time non academic discussions between
faculty and the pupils can really diminish the problem.
2. A student should have 100% faith and trust in his/her teacher. No matter, if the teacher is knowledgeable or not, he
should learn to love him.. Well it may not be just the subject, but there are many other things that a teachers experience
can teach you.
3.The management should sincerely make an effort to make itself more available to its student fraternity ,and should always
see that there exists an air of satisfaction and trust between teachers and the students. Should organise games, and informal
meets to bring them more closer.
4.Finally and very important, from the primary school itself, a student should be taught to respect his teacher.
::GURUDEVOBAVAH ::

CANNABALISM...inhumanity in humans..my take on the NOIDA deatht toll

2007-01-08T10:10:00.000-08:00

SHOCKED!!!!

height of insanity...

The last of week of december 2006,i decided to take a break from my hectic office schedule to relax back home in Hyd. I dont have TV access in bangalore and dont find time even to read a newspaper...though i felt isolated from the so called connected world ...and being in the one of the most wired cities in the world..BLR.. i realised i was still lucky for i am not punished to read the manmade insane catastrophies...Yes that is what i would like to call them...

The second day at my home in hyd, i was watching news channels (naturally my quest to know be know everything that is happening around) and there appears flash news no...no...bizzaring news about the skeletal remains of Children in city of nithari in Noida...

As the mystery unfolded...and the news came...i was crestfallen ...shattered for once was this so called civilized world before my eyes...those ppl would have not existed even in the stone age...

How can someone (a married person with two children n a wife) be so animose,wild and scary??

and the hapless innocent kids who fall victim to them...

What can be done to make this world free of those cannibals?? maneaters???

Schumacher---My hero

2006-10-24T06:21:00.000-07:00

No one is born a winner...

Very few end up being one,

you may become one overnite

there may be many building factors for success,

but none among them can be more crucial than PASSION....

PASSION in what you do,how you do is all that matters...

n Michael Schumacher, seven time grand prix champion has loads of it....yes Passion for racing..

Its not you are number one or number two but the love for things you do...

the way he gave a stiff fight to his rivals is best example..he didnt fade away or exited thru a side door as it happened with stars who shined for while..

he has put his blood and soul in every race he took part in..thats only possible when you have that fire within you...fire to achieve and excel in what you think you r born for..

that is not even built...but you find it in your natural way of living...you will definitely confront something which seems to be the life...the soul cause...n thats how passion develops....

n thats what has happened with this 37 yr old star some 15 years ago which made a F1 racer out of automobile mechanic...n if you have that luv for things you do,u will respect everyone around you involved in those things..no matter how big a winner u r ,u remain to b down to earth n u feel its not just you but every support person around thats responsible for what you currently are..

KUDOS to you Schumi...u r my superstar

TECHredible India

2006-09-21T10:48:00.000-07:00

The forward i got from one of my frenz inspired me to make this post..It showed India emerging as Land of marvelous constructions.Well, if you think India's architectural wonders ended with Tajmahal or Charminar,you are definitely wrong.

Thanx to the so called IT money, the builders in India are leaving no stone unturned in making spectacular constructions...the Iflex buildings (next to TI office)in Bagmane techpark,Bangalore are epitomes of space optimized landmarks..

The Infosys tech park in Mysore,the Mall of India by DLF in Gurgaon,The TCS office in Chennai,The freely suspending sea link between worli n juhu in mumbai and the flamboyant Malya's twin towers in Bangalore are more than a proof that the civil engineering in India has been on a major revamp when no one noticed...the beauty of these constuctions is that they have their own Indianity in them...

The facilities available today in the Corporate offices in India are surely worldclass..The care that has been taken right from firesafety toelectronic surveillance is absolutely mindblowing..

LONG LIVE MY BELOVED INDIA

Online Journal

2006-07-31T21:14:00.000-07:00

well folks

So it is first of August..

if u r thinking about the speciality of this day, even i dont know.But lets make it special.

Guyz , i along with my friend are planning to launch an online journal from today which will consist of interesting articles which i hope will be of great use to evry kind of aspirant over here.Very soon once this becomes a success,we will also arrange for articles by some renowned personalities who have exceled in their own fields.

The articles can be mailed to me and can be on anything under the sun provided they are useful and thought proviking in some way or the other. Participation will be greatly appreciated,after all this is for excellence of our mother India.

Articles can be mailed to tk.bhargav@gmail.com
And those all who are interested in receiving them also enrol yourself by mailing to the same id with subject "registration".

Together we excell..
warm regards
Bhargav

Bhargav--Now a design engineer

2006-07-31T03:36:00.000-07:00

Hi folks

Its been a long time that i posted..the only resaon...any guesses??

well the sole n the only reason is LAZINESS...

i have been procastinating blogging for some time now.well but the recent hues n crys against the blogging community because allegedly the recent mumbai bomb blast were abetted thru some communication via blogs..

The secret agencies(govt) say that unlike mails n messenger systems in which every conversation can b tracked, blogs remain untrackable n thus make a safe way to communicate for the terrorists..

well before any stringent actions are taken and blogging becomes a neanderthal activity..its high time we as bloggers should take care that our blogs by any means dont become a mode of communication for those maniacal abettors..

Well now that i am no more a student and am working ..i feel myself more responsible and would like to convey that security is something which is everyone's concern..

Hi

2006-05-25T21:52:00.000-07:00

It's been a month since i made the last post. Last month was hectic as much as it was happening.They were my last days in college. By may5th we were kinda free birds as our final exams got finished...then started the season of farewell...fueled by emotions n nostalgia abt the place where we made friends of our lifetimes..suddenly i realised thou four years passed by very quickly it is a long duration of time,enuf to change one's career,interests and the very self...yes the metamorphosis is more rampant if u r a boarding student.

Living a hostel life teaches many precious principles of life which dont find place in any book.They need to be experienced to be understood...those rules of the game are written by oneself according to the other team players and the goal (the very aim/ambition).

My engineering life influenced me a lot and i am greatful that place BIT,Mesra where a new individual started his saga in me..

YAHOOOO...

2006-04-24T05:14:00.000-07:00

yes folks,

well college days r reaching the end.Starting from this wednesday,we have the last end semester exams( last in the engg edu)...after that fultoo masti...
But guyz,wont get to chance to study and write exams after this right...so tryin to put my best efforts.....as a part of that,decided not to blogginnnn till da xams r over...so no news for a week..

njoy bloggin n keep away from the mercury
luv
Bhargav

16th consecutive succesful chase

2006-04-15T06:59:00.001-07:00

It is delightful to see the Indian cricket team batting thesedays,especially its depth.The credit goes to talented pool of young cricketers like Dhoni,Yuvraj,Raina,Pawar and one more chip in the block Uthappa.
These youngsters are completely different from their seniors,they are aggressive as well as sensible.The best part is they are thinking cricketers with exceptional ability to bat under any kind of situation.The way Dhoni batted in the last match at Jamshedpur is clear example of it.If we observe,these days the first 3 or 4 wickets fall quickly and it is the 4th n 5th down batsmen who are providing a backbone partnership.

Now in the form of Robin Uthappa, an adept opener is available to the team India.He batted excellently in his debut match and will definitely threaten the positions of Sehwag and Sachin as openers if they continue their poor form.Sreesanth came back well too with 6 wicket haul.But still India's bowling attack cannot be called dangerous because it lacks pacers who can consistently take wickets.
Lets hope any such gaps are filled quickly by the time the 2007 world cup begins.

on the lighter side...calling for a saviour!!!!

2006-04-11T08:34:00.001-07:00

Hey Krishna, tu is kalyug mein aa kar to dikha…
Tune 18 saal ki umar me mama kans ko mara, BIN LADEN ko hath laga kar to dikha…

Tune Arjun ko to Saari Geeta sunayee, Mere Project Manager se ek baar baat kar ke to dikha..

Tune to Arjun ka Sarathi banke Pandavon ko jitaaya Indian Cricket team ka Coach ban ke WorldCup jitaake to dikha…

Tune bhari mehfil mein draupadi ko saree pehnai, Mallika sherawat ko ek jodi kapde pehna ke to dikha…
Tune gokul ki 1600 gopiyan patai, Meri company ki sirf ek ladki ko pata kar to dikha… Hey

Krishna tu is kalyug mein aa kar to dikha…

Unscrupulous reservation policy!!

2006-04-08T05:07:00.000-07:00

It can't get worse!!

The Arjun Mandal raised the current reservation in central and govt. funded institutes to
49.5 percent. The worst part is that it applies to the premier institutes like IITs and IIMs aswell.
And all this came at a moment when everyone is thinking that our economy is booming and our country shining.The politicians should answer themselves if this is really going to benefit people who live in remote areas??It is always those who doesnt really need any resrvation as such get benifitted by these. And also with reference to my post, regarding deficit in talented technical pool,it only makes the problem much worse.
Few excerpts:

1.The present quota for the scheduled tribes and scheduled castes in IITs doesnt get filled every year and that is the reason they are offered preparatory course.

2.The first rank in SC/ST category in year 2002(the year i wrote JEE) was equivalent to 2005 in general category.

3.It happened in Andhra Pradesh that students who got negative marks in engg entrance exam(EAMCET) also happened to get good seats in engg colleges and that disgrace ultimately led to the removal of negative marks.
The same case happened in AIEEE as well when students who got (-7) and (-6) marks happened to get ECE seats.

4.These kind of reservations only led to great deficit in Indian economy in 1991 and the then Manmohan singh(I dunno why he is still sleeping now) govt had to take strict actions..when our country was literally living by selling its gold reserves.

5.Such kind of reservations will result in hatred and will increase the disparities between forward and backward cast people in the working place as well as in colleges.Students obviously feel they are denied better chances and there would always exist a mismatch between the technical prowessws they got in them.

these are just few and more will be added very soon...

but still
I love my India
Bhargav

spellbound by the idea

2006-04-04T04:12:00.000-07:00

hello frenz,

Who says earning money is difficult???

only thing u need to have is an idea..thats why they say 'an idea can change ur life'.

here is a university student who with his brilliant idea of selling the pixels on his page for 1$ each and earned million dollars....and he also gets money for every click made on his page.Now isn't that fantastic??
U can visit that page at
www.milliondollarhomepage.com

regards
Bhargav

Furore over MP's holding additional office of profit

2006-03-28T02:11:00.000-08:00

Salary & Govt. Concessions for a Member of Parliament (MP) Monthly
Salary : Rs. 12,000
Expense for Constitution per month : Rs.10,000
Office expenditure per month : Rs.14,000
Traveling concession (Rs. 8 per km) : Rs.48,000 (F! or a visit to Delhi & return: 6000 km)

Daily BETA during parliament meets : Rs.500Charge for 1 class (A/C) in train : Free (For any number of times)(All over India)Charge for Business Class in flights : Free for 40 trips / year (With wife or P.A.)

Rent for MP hostel at Delhi : FreeElectricity costs at home : Free up to 50,000 unitsLocal phone call charge : Free up to 1,70,000 calls.

TOTAL expense for a MP per year : Rs. 32,00,000
TOTAL expense for 5 years : Rs. 1,60,00,000

For 534 MPs, the expense for 5 years : Rs. 8,54,40,00,000 (nearly 855 cores)
And they are elected by us,THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, by the largest democratic process in the world, not intruded into the parliament on their own or by any qualification. This is how all our tax money is been swallowed and price hike on our regular commodities.......

But still these people are not contended with themselves.They still want more money,more positions.They are reluctant to leave other offices of profit they hold.
First of all,they should comit themselves to people,carry out the responsibilities they bear on their shoulders,fulfil the hopes the junta that elected them kept on them.

THey themselves shud quit before they face the humiliation irrespective of how reputed families,they come from.

DO YOU KNOW???

2006-03-11T00:15:00.000-08:00

Interesting facts about India.

History

India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization

Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

India is the world's largest democracy.

The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

Medicine

Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.

Math

The value of "pi" was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematician.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

Academic

The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 BCE. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BCE was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Grammar constitutes one of India's greatest contributions to Western philology. Panini, the Sanskrit grammarian, who lived between 750 and 500 BCE, was the first to compose formal grammar through his Astadhyai.

Have Proud to be an Indian n also spread this information as much as u can do to proov that we are the best.

materialising film YUVA

2006-03-02T02:43:00.000-08:00

hi folks,
PARITRANA...guess what it is???
no clues.. visit www.paritrana.org

yes,the time are changing.Its a political party started by four IIT passouts in Rajasthan.first of all,kudos to those guys for their selfless dreams and their guts to kickstart on working towards them.
thats what is called LIVING YOUR DREAM.
"may you be tough as a rock"speaks for everything.
yes this is the time,the energy we posess is infinite,lets put a joint effort and help these friends of us in making the place we live ,a much better place.

A matter of concern

2006-02-25T00:07:00.000-08:00

Software companies start recruiting commerce graduates!!

Well,the recent version of the BW (27thfeb) says that there is a trend of large hike in salaries goin on in software industry.It is definitely a welcome news for all of us into the industry,but it is shocking to know the reason behind it.The article says that there is a serious deficit in skilled professionals and hence an increasing demand for the exisitng ones.
This definitely is going to have a long term negative effect.
So i would welcome comments and suggestions from all of u to face this problem and want to come out with solutions.

regards
Bhargav

few Quotable QUOTES

2006-02-14T03:53:00.000-08:00

VOICE OF FIRE

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.

He is an atheist who does not believe in himself.

Arise!Awake! and stop not till you reach the goal.

All knowledge depends upon calmness of mind

-Swami Vivekananda

What is the right time to start a new company?

2006-02-09T06:25:00.000-08:00

hello frenz
well i was in this dilemma at some point of time..and today few of my juniors are in...
every1 of us at some stage must have thought of starting a new firm.Now the problem is when u r in a professional course.Is it advisable to start it as soon as u pass out or go ahead for ur post graduate studies so that it will help u carry out additional research that is required on the ventures u wud set out with??
The 2nd debatable issue is "Is MBA or MS gud for leading a technical company?"
What i feel is, we dont need an MBA degree,but rather a grip on the subject +sum experience

What do u guyz say?shud i advise my juniors to start working on setting up their dream company or shud i advise them to continue their studies??
and yet again..ur opnion matters...

Which path to choose???

2006-02-06T07:34:00.000-08:00

Last week i watched the movie Rang De Basanti.
I loved the way the movie was presented.The transformation of the youngsters with carefree attitude to the martyrs was shown brilliantly.
But however the path chosen is a debatable issue!!(Killing of the defence minister and patricide by karan(Siddarth) )
How many of us would really support such an agitation?

in the words of Mr.President..

2006-02-06T07:24:00.000-08:00

As a young citizen of India, armed with technology,
knowledge and love for my nation, I realize, small aim is a crime.
I will work and sweat for a great vision,
the vision of transforming India into a developed nation,
powered by economic strength with value systemI am one of the citizens of the billion;
Only the vision will ignite the billion souls.It has entered into me ;
The ignited soul compared to any resource is the most powerful resource on the earth, above the earth and under the earth.
I will keep the lamp of knowledge burning to achieve the vision - Developed IndiaIf we work and sweat for the great vision with ignited minds, the transformation leading to the birth of vibrant developed India will happen.
I pray the Almighty: "May the divine peace with beauty enter into our people; Happiness and good health blossom in our bodies, minds and souls".

A P J ABDUL KALAM

To every1 for whom the society matters

2006-02-04T00:29:00.000-08:00

This blog is for every heart with a burning desire to make our motherland an utopia.Starting from today,i will be posting a debatable issue which needs your opinions and suggestions.No problem gets solved just by worrying about it.We need to think of solutions,and many solutions may exist but what we need is a comprehensive and the easiest one.That is what for it needs everyones point of view.
so it is never late,we proved it and we will prove it again.
Feel proud to be an Indian,Live like an Indian.