Happy New Year Friends.........

Life is unpredictable...this is the first title I gave to my story at the screening round. And now I feel its true. I hope after my call all of you got the reason why I was not in contact with you all. But friends still 1 final medical left that will be held in Secundrabad I need to report on 9th Jan. Today I am leaving for Patna to meet Ma and brother. All total experience, from the screening part on 7th Nov to SSB in Varanasi was too good to medical at AFCME,Delhi. But medical was tough they don't consider anything yaar. They are so strict but anyways that is all their points to select a candidate. But all total a very nice experience. From 2 months I am just travelling kabhi Greater Noida, kabhi Varanasi, and Delhi cantt to baar baar....SSB was for 4 days, 1st day Psychological Test, 2nd day GTO(Group Task) , 3rd day Interview and 4th day Conference. Interview was around for 1 hour15 min. Thanx to Poly Paromita, Nupur, Sachin, Ved, Bipul and Gokul. Their names are there on my interview sheet, as whatever I was saying he was pointing down in a paper. I wanna write the experience in detail but then I need to do the packing and all......so friends when I return back from home will try to put my experience in words.
Waiting for the final medical for Indain Air Force.
Thank u so much for all your prayers and wishes.
Happy New year!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!

really aalll is wellllll!!!!!!!!!

Hi  ....

Just returned from the first class of this semester...it started in a very unusual but not-so-unexpected way....sir came...gave us the syllabus sheet...and then in a very pleasant voice told us what we are not supposed to do in his class...mobiles phones must be switched off....if it rings we lose five attendances per ring.....and he said that he should be the last person to enter the class which means we are not supposed to be late......and he said nobody should copy the assignments....if two people’s assignment found same then both of them would get not more than zero......these are some of the famous lines being repeated by this prof for the last five batches....and seniors say he keeps his words....

Day before yesterday i came back from a much needed break...vacation was full of mixed emotions...actions ...reactions...situations....met so many relatives..how the time passed pata nahi chala....i left for muzaffarpur on the 24^th of November...and guess what i had the company of a woman with her child from my hometown itself....we didnot chat that much....she asked me where i live...i told professor’s colony, aghoria chawk...she said that the boys of that colony are very very notorious...ekdum badmash....i was blank...actaully she was not that wrong!!......i had another company...Mr. Chetan Bhagat with his two states..i completed the whole book....kitna sahi likha hai bande ne...

Let me tell you wat happened with me before 24^th November and the day first semester started...semester was very busy...second time living in the hostel..first time bhaiya was there...this time madhu bhaiya was there....by the way he is my wallmate and a good soul....always there to help me out...a great counsellor i must say...sem was full of assignments...lab works...exams.. quizzes...and there was cricket....in mi august actually a mail came that selection for the inter IIt team is going to be held....i went...i was selected in the final thirty.....then the practice started....we played a few matches also...i was in the final 22...the team management told that the practice will go on till 10^th November....the final two weeks of the sem was too hectic...and with cricket i was not going to help myself....so i didn’t go for next 15 days...i think i cud have made it into the final 16....i was not there...and with that  cricket was over and out.....waise the IITG team got the bronze in cricket in the inter IIT.....this for the first time that our team has secured any position...

End sem went ok...not great...after the end sem also we had to submit few assignments....i submitted and rocketed off to the much awaited break of my life...............

One thing i have realized....one should live away from home before the job life begins....it enhances your decision making ability...it makes you self dependent...it makes you interact with more people....gives you a lot of time to think about yourself..about others....makes you complete....i am enjoying my hostel-life....just missing home  right now....

And watched three idiots.....it was for the first time i was in the multiplex...perfect movie before the start of the semester...i liked the song...gimme some sunshine gimme some rain...gimme another chance.....i wanna grow up once again....kareena looks great after such a long gap....i liked the message of the film.....dont study for degrees...success.....padho taki kabil ban sako.....success jhak mar ke tumhare piche dauregi.....dont mug up the things...understand them....then sirf chamtkar hi honge!!aur padhai karoge to dhan jaroor milega......

 

Aall is Well..........

Hi everyone....howz llife.....hope "Aall is well"......yaar seriously watch the movie "3 idiots" agar ab tak nahi dekha....its 222222 good. PD, Nupz, Poly,Paromita,Ved, Sachin yaar I mean you all will love it. Kash hum sab saath mein dekhte. Anyways now something about Delhi. Thand se halat kharab hai. But its fun. This city life is cool yaar. Whatever you do just enjoy because its your style. I know you all are angry with me for not picking up the phones. Worry not yaar as I am in a medical problem doctors ke chakar jyada hi lag rahe hai and so a bit busy. But fikkar not now I am better . Some of you know about this and some of you dont. As soon as I get free surely sab se baat karungi. Will soon blog take care and stay cool.....and well you feel down...DIL par haanth rakho and say....Aall is Well!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Friends -Part 3

Love you all, and miss you more than ever.

Life here is excellent but nothing compared to the fun we used to have during college.

Trying to make new friends and waiting for the right opportunity to explore Mysore.

We would love to know how each one of you is doing out there.
And 'Avtar' was excellent in the 3d multiplex, a must watch I would say.

Regards,
saurav.



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Hello Friends -Part 2

You would be delighted to note that we have touched a 350 mark in terms of number of posts and obviously much more in terms of ideas and wishes pouring in from all corners.

Participants have not only been the members but they were from among our immediate environment. This proves that we have been a very effective ambassador of this spark called 'LOC'.


Just recently when I was going through the blog with one of the facilitator from the Infosys Leadership Institute, I realised one thing. In fine tune with the person concerned we should be very prove in terms of the 'quality' and 'content' of the posts in the blog and the comments as well.

But what struck of was the 'amount' and 'frequency' of participation. In terms of what I perceive, we have raised the bar to an extremely natured level. Which is wonderful in many ways, but..

Everytime I go online, let that frequency be once in a week, I am elated at the news of well being of dearest of my friends through blogs and I too want to express that feeling of warmth from my side, but..

For god's sake I am in no mood to articulate or structure whatever I have in mind to present it in a well groomed - readable way, say it, par the standard of previous blogs. So I just take a shortcut and logout.

I am sure I have been through this numerous times and so do you all. So let's try it in some different manner. Lets break the non existent rules.

Regards and lots of love,
Saurav


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Hello Friends !!

Hello friends,

I know it has been real long time since we have been actively into this mode of writing our heart out in our blogs. All are busy with the herculian task of making a meaning out of career in particaular and life as a whole. May god bless you all.

Life in Infosys Tech. Limited has really been a dreamlike adventure (so far so good) and I just wish to hold on to this for the time being. Sitting here, among one of the best kept business group of the world with world class facilities on offer, I refrain myself from looking back to whatever made it possible for me to land up here.

One very important thing which forced me to come down again to write is that I want to thank each one of you for helping me from recovering through the worst of my life days, and strengthening me to cope up with life again, fight again.

Thank you so much

Sachin : - for being there as a guiding force for not only me, but for a very large group.

Rohit Ranjan : - exceptional talents both as professional student/ sportsperson as well as a human being, you were among the very few with whom I started my NERIST life, Thanks for being there with me against all odds.

Rohit Rai : - from you I learnt to be creative, to be innovative, and be different. It will always be fun to interact with you on any damn topic, thanks mate.

Prasenjit Deb : - I shared my first encounter to the public/ resposibilty world with you and believe me that week we had with the magazine are still rated as the best of mine efforts ever, kowing you was a treat to self.

Gokul Deka : - Exceptional talent again as professional student as well as a person, the ease with which you opened up, and the way you presented yourself was a must watch for me. Thanks mate and God Bless you!

Debabrata Debnath : - Among the person whom I knew the least, but I must admit that I was a die hard fan of your style of doing things, not to mention that your literary skills were out of this world.

Bed Prakash Pokhrel : - We had our moments of triumph together, thank you so much dear for being there trying to undersatnd me. Bed you are simply out of this world, in terms of your personality and simplicity. Keep it up mate !

Basumitra Chakraborty : - This guy had what it takes to be a star. I am definite about this, he is bits and pieces of everything I have just now expressed for all above. But above everything, he a gem of a friend. Along with Arun, he was there as a pillar with me throughout my days at NERIST. I will never forget the journey to Agartala, thank you so much for the opportunity. The presentation made to Jogita Madam was a real high point in my NERIST life.

Arijit Choudhury : - Mr. G.S. exceptional leadership qualities, which I use to admire all my NERIST life and believe me, he is still my icon of the term leader. I loved the firmness in him, and his willingness to take the initiative. Way to go Man!

Alokojjwal Das : - Good things happen to good people, and I am sure the way he showed disciplinary skills in his work and his way to lead during the Winter tour, he has miles to go..

Thank you so much Alok for being there.

Alok Kumar : - Genius at work, wonderful person, just that I didn't had much chance to interact with you in the long run, but whatever time we shared at the LOC was very enlighting. Thank you so much mate!

Poly Karmakar : - It was a pleasure to be able to interact with you on the various issues during the course of time. As noticed by Raju Sir I will not forget those moments of trying to understand the beauty and complexities of human life on the same go. Having being able to go through Uncle's novel ( obviously through Arun was great). And I am not a psychologist into the making, it was just that the fragrance of the people around was extremely wonderful and we all needed to realise that there is always a silver lining of every problem and everytime the road may seem to end but there is always another path.

Paromita Ghosh : - The winter tour proved to be decicive in adding a very special friend to my list. As things turned out to be, I had the oppartunity to learn and UNLEARN so many of my parts of nature. Thanks for being there. It was from you that I learnt " YE ishq nahi assan, Itna samajh le tu, Ek aag ka daruya hai aur DOOB ke jaana hai..."

Nupur Morayya : - I know I never been able to justify for whatever I did, for whatever I was misunderstood, but it was a pleasure to be able to meet you. EC-4, we had practicals in the very first years of NERIST and it was then the years of making of all of us that you proved to be very decicive in shaping me. Thanks mate!

Meenakshi Singh : - I am sure you all are desparate to hear what I had in me from this friend of mine for a very long time. It was that there was nothing like right or wrong in life, what you feel is right may be wrong for the other person. And believe me with all so called maturity in my mind, I had to come across her to understand this. Thank you so much mate! May god bless you!

I am extremely sorry to all of you if any action of mine has hurt you in any way.

Waiting for other friends to join in the same campus, I wish you from the depth of my heart for your future and May the fire inside you keep burning and keep showing you the path ahead.

Lots of LOVE & REGARDS,

Kumar Saurav
Systems Engineer Trainee.
Infosys Technologies Ltd. Mysore.
Dir: +91-9901795070 Extn: 78343.

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an idea can change your life..

Dear LOCians...
LOC has seen a complete one year this november...i extend my deep gratitude to Rohit rai,Gokul,Ved and Pd for bringing up the IDEA,Saurav for the BLOG, Pd for the LOGO,Sachin for those inspiring lines....Basumitra,Alok k, Rohit,arijit...Paromita..nupur..meenakshi for those adorning poems...dev...alok d for perpetuating the spirit till now....
It has experienced ups and downs at times...some deserted at some weak moments...but such an inconvincible attraction of LOC made them to come back...sometime it was dreary..sometime it was vibrant...but it was there...cherishing the sundays...the tea cups....
To mark the anniversary lets do something....(i wish we could all meet somewhere...at this point it would be a crazy dream)..
Lets do something good...something really good...satisfactory which may not serve any purpose to ourselves literally but may satisfy our humanitarian side...very simple..very small it may be..like planting a sapling(of course with a promise that it will be taken care of)...helping an old person to cross the road...helping someone financially...making any pensive face to smile...offering a sincere puja with utmost devotion..even it can be like helping your mother in her kitchen by preparing a new dish!! Those who have strong determination..they can resolve to quit any of their bad habits..The objective is to make yourself complete happy that day...no frowning..no irritation...no sadness....
Feel that day with all your existence and then do share with us...
There can be other ways also...u r most welcome to put forward...
This blog has already been enriched with so many ideas( the latest is that of mukesh via saurav)
C'mon people...take a little time out of ur busy schedule and spend it with this website...think for a while and do write...
Awaiting responses..
Take care everyone..

IDEA OF THE YEAR(LOC)

Dear folks,

The LOC has come up with a new idea to stay in touch and do 'something different'. The idea is simply about a contribution or a senual 'pay off' back to our institution, NERIST. The document attached to the post describes it all and invites all discussion on the comments forum. If you can't see the document(because of slow net speed), click the download button and download the pdf version. Have an interesting read and the author expects a healthy discussion. Post your ideas in the comments area with your LOC-username(gmail), donot post as 'anonymous'.
Spread the message to as many EC2K3 members as possible.
'A big idea may start from scratches but requisites a big participation to make it "BIG"'.

Thanking you all.

Idea of the Year

This can simply take the crown of the idea of the year: 2009


Dear all,
I am sure that you all are enjoying being in the elite group which has been into some kind of service to the nation directly or indirectly. I say directly for those who are in job and indirectly for the ones who are getting monthly stipends for the noble jobs of being the torch bearers of further education in their respective fields.

The idea came from a very emotional Mukesh, EC 2k3 who has decided to get settled in North Eastern states of India and I feel proud to be a medium to be able propagate this across the all other enlightened minds.

The idea is to contribute a part of what we have earned back to the alma mater. We can always start small, and believe me once this channel is created it is definitely going to go a long way as there are a lot of alumni who are raring to contribute but could not just in absence of this channel.
The start will be from contributing to the printing charges including the papers for the project work in the forth coming semester for the batch of EC-2k4.

Suppose the contributors are Marbom, Nupur, Bhola,
PD, R. Rai, V. Tiwari, Sachin, Dev D., Alokojjwal D., Alok
Kr., Gokul, Bed P.P., Arijit, Soumitra Majumdar, Kamal
(Correct me if I am wrong) and I am sure the list
will increase in due course of time.

The process will constitute that once we all agree to
this we will talk to Mr. Swanirbhar M. through Mr.
Alokojjwal D. and Mr. Debabrata D. to open an account of
some sort which can be used for the required money
transfer.

I am sure you all are doing great and its nice be in touch through such wonderful ideas.
Awaiting your responses,

Please forward the messages as and when required, and also mention your contact number.
Regards,
Saurav
EC2k3

'Helping hands are better than Praying Lips'

Not liking........... ......... ....How about some pizza?

No???

Ok........ Pasta?No??

.. How about Taco?Not in taco mood today? ... ok..

Trying this Mexican Food?No again? No probs..

we have more choice... Hmmmmmmm.. chinise????? ?? Burgersssssss? ??????? Ok..

lets try Indian..South Indian Food? Naaaaa??? North Indian?

Junk food mood?

The choice we have is endless..... .. Tiffin ?

Non-Veg? Large Quantity? Or just some bites of chicken? Y

ou can have any of these... or try out little from all....

But..

They have No choice..

They just need some food to survive....

Think of them next time you throw the cafeteria food saying, its not tasty!!

Think of them next time you say ... Roti here is too hard to eat..

Please DO NOT WASTE food If you have a function/party at your home in India and food gets wasted, don't hesitate to call 1098 (only in India) - Its not a Joke - child helpline. They will come and collect the food .

WANNA READ IT FOR SURE...

Dear Guys,
How are you all?
I guess this is my first blog since kidulthood. Well, Its just work you know…its hard finding time when you get so many dimensions unfulfilled and many opportunities to get through in the present.
I go through Sauravs’ wishings, bootmarks and recent updates, Sachins’ I-am-here attitude, Pds’ liberating poetic verses, Polys’ go-through-Mumbai….I am attached to you guys, in one way or the other.

Anyway, am blogging here this moment which proposes a certain attitude, a few certain no of things I want to put forward from my experience through these months…
The first key and the ONLY key put here is about ‘happiness’. Its for you guys, have an interesting read.

Everybody of you is having a stand-up time to your ambitions, a busy schedule all day along with few strands left for nonsense and ambiguity. So here am I, I just want to share a secret with you in a very few moments from now.
Its from my life, a few artifacts:
I face questions like:
‘Don’t you feel bored sitting all alone everyday in your chamber?’
‘What do you do when you lose a taste of everything you do every day?’
---These are real questions asked to me by my mates hereby.
---And am sure these are also something you are wondering pounded deep in your heart or may be your heart asks you the same ones.
I thought about it and replied:
‘I do what I like and there’s never a time that I have nothing to do. I plan things a day ahead and and always do something that’s out of the conventional and that thing keeps ‘me’ happy and after all, the key to happiness is YOU, YOURSELF.’!!!!

There are a certain shell of events that I think really relieves the pressure if you are working real hard and find little time for yourself.
Keep yourself fresh, take a bath before you are on purpose, plan and do things you didn’t do before—For me, its like talking to complete strangers, sweetening my neighbor kid with toffees, gift pack to a person just known by name, make new dishes by myself since we are having a rented house and a gas burner on our own , my blog and its updates, my students (really care about them, they are really different and Ya…they are loving too). The list never ends.
All I did is something I didn’t do before, or I didn’t had to, got to…..So guys if your life is questioning you what you are doing to yourself, just speak out:
‘Deeds, not words shall speak me’.—John Fletcher(its my motto too.)
Just try it and do things you always wanted to but didn’t get to….why wait for the time for ‘Dus Vidaniya’?

The Racaf fever just shook off yesterday. The last four days were really fun for the guys I hope. I spent time with old buddies—Baisam, Manju, Marto, Alok, Paro..dividing my time to enjoy with each of them ad midst the programs….and its really inspiring and seemingly beautiful experience. For all the Block F’ians…the news is that: Its leading till the third day..everything in F just rocks..Block F……Hu-….(I needn’t say this!!)
And for recent news, I gave my students’ assignments which after my moderation will appear on my blog itself, so go through it in a few days..I guarantee you will find nice things to know and learn.
http://learningece.blogspot.com/

I dedicate this blog-piece, my earnest “SECRET” to the Birthday Boy today: ‘Ari’.
Wish you a very happy birthday and merry success everywhere. All the best.
And to my very loving buddy….the man himself….Kh. Rishikumar.
‘Rishi, the blog is for you. Next time don’t say you get bored at home…now that I showed you how to stay alive and LIVE life’.
‘Bondhu…ami tomake bhalobasi!!!’ (eng:I love you buddy)
(actually it’s the only thing in Bengali that he knows by heart).
Its good bye time, don’t know when I will feel like writing again.
Till then….Take care all of you.
Be safe, Be beautiful.

HAPPY DIWALI !!

hi.....doston

we got vacation of 10 days for diwali, so I am back to home.
kal raat gokul n bhola ke hostel mein raha, we shared a lot about the work culture and enjoyed the day with them.
Aaj nupur se milunga.
Happy diwali to all of you.

-by John Masefield

Laugh and be merry, better the world with a song.
Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
Laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.
Laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man.
Laugh and be merry : remember, in olden time,
God made Heaven and Earth for joy. He took in a rhyme,
Made them, and filled them full with the strong red wine of His mirth.
The splendid joy of the stars ; the joy of the earth.
So we must laugh and drink from the deep blue cup of the sky.
Join the jubilant song of the great stars sweeping by,
Laugh, and battle, and work, and drink of the wine outpoured
In the dear green earth, the sign of the joy of the Lord.
Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin,
Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful inn,
Glad till the dancing stops, and the lilt of the music ends.
Laugh till teh game is played : and be you merry, my friends.

Good Morninggggggggggg friends.........

Iss bhagti hui zindagi mein...missing those days alot....Meetings, parties, masti, adda....everything was like anytime you feel like having just an sms or a call and gang in the canteen. but now you have to plan for everything...see if you can give time or not...you may be busy with family or something else... but then its life...priorities are always there...par ye hai I am loving this life...wo dosto se milne k liye wait karna....travelling all alone to different places....hmmm tough hai but mast hai....I was waiting like anything for Basu to come to my place and finally last sunday was the day...he told me to prepare kheer for him...I tried my best but sugar thodi jyada ho gai...anyways I am happy that Basu aya...I am planningto visit his place soon...may be I am waiting for something...may be "wake up Sid" will be the reason....miss you all....

KALAM SPEAKS !!

Dr. Abdul Kalaam

* The President of India DR. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 's Speech in Hyderabad . *

Why is the media here so negative?
Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse acknowledge them--- Why?
We are the first in milk production.
We are number one in Remote sensing satellites.
We are the second largest producer of wheat.
We are the second largest producer of rice.
Look at Dr. Sudarshan , he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit.


There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.


I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.



Why are we so NEGATIVE?




Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign T. Vs, we want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology.

Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance? I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture,when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India . For her, you and I will have to build this developed India . You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.




Do you have 10 minutes? Allow me to come back with a vengeance.

Got 10 minutes for your country? If yes, then read; otherwise, choice is yours.
YOU say that our government is inefficient.
YOU say that our laws are too old.
YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
YOU say that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke,
The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say.. What do YOU do about it?


Take a person on his way to Singapore . Give him a name - YOURS. Give him aface - YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road ) between 5 PM and 8 PM. YOU come back to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity... In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU?




YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai .

YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah .

YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds ( Rs.650) a month to, 'see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else.'

YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop,'Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost.'

YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New
Zealand

Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo ? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston ??? We are still talking of the same YOU..

YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India ?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay , Mr. Tinaikar , had a point to make. 'Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place,' he said. 'And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the
officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan . Will the Indian citizen do that here?' He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility.




We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick up a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin.

We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.

We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity.

This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child! and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse?

'It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry.' So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of ? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbor's, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU.

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.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a greatdeal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too.... I am echoing J. F. Kennedy 's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....

'ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA
AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE INDIA
WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES ARE TODAY'

Lets do what India needs from us.

Forward this mail to each Indian for a change instead of sending Jokes or junk mails.

Thank you,
Dr. Abdul Kalaam

i miss you all and if i dont blog dont think i have forgotten you...plzzzzzz

the weather here has turned rosy.....just like a girl who is about to meet her lover after a long time......there is thandi in the air...the morning is so cool....i feel like so close to nature...there are so many trees in the campus....morning walk mein bahut maaza aata hai......

just a few days back i watched a movie...a telgu one named arya.....superb love story....if u have time do watch it.....

heard about alokkojwal doing a great job out there in NERIST......the fourth year guys are so scared of him.....good job captain!!!

finally i could blog!!!

hi guys and girls!!

how u people are doing?i am fine over here...missing home terribly...

durga puja ki hardik subhkamanayen...may all ur wishes stand fulfilled....may God give you the strength to face all the problems in life....

Things over here have smoothed out and i an coming to terms with pace of life over here.....initially bahut tough lag raha tha.....but now i have adapted well....mid-sem exams got over....

i have started to go for cricket practice sessions....daily 3 hours of rigorous training....bahut maaza aata hai...only 2-3 players are from M.Tech and the erst are B.Tech guys......many of them have become my friends.....that's an added advantage when u play sports.....you interact with so many people...people who believe in doing something other than studies!!!!

out of the 24 hours....i am like sitting on the laptop for around 6 hours.....watching movies..listening to songs...orkutting chatting.....gmailing.....and ofcourse assignments.....

heard from the juniors that this Durga Puja is going to be celebrated on a grand scale in NERIST.....saw the photos on orkut......the pandal looks great....

campus

Hi friends!!
A consultancy group is going to visit NERIST for the present final years and for the 2009 passouts named as PIVOTAL. It will select a no. of candidates after written test and interview. These selected candidates would have to register to this group with a registration fee of Rs:750/-. After that within 3 months, they will either send many fortune companies to our institute for the recruitment of these selected candidates or they will tell the selected candidates to attend the interview conducted by the companies at their respective places(the opportunity which a NERISTian always have a hunger). In a way the work of NERIST T&P will be done by them. The companies reffered by this consultancy group will have a payscale of around 4 lakhs pa.


So interested friends should be ready to visit NERIST as the date of their interview will be announced......