"The Death Of ORKUT"

Once upon a time, there was a concept born called 'Social Networking'. It was pioneered in India by a website called ORKUT. Obviously the 1st users were engg. college guys (due to the free internet).
It became a rage and terms like "scrap" became household words. I remember myself involved in many scrap races :P .I have sent at least 1000 friend requests to unknown people myself. The site actually banned me for sometime to do the same.
Meanwhile, our inst. and many others around India banned ORKUT and with the advent of FACEBOOK its popularity started reducing. Actually it didnt improve on itself and became stagnant. FB has innovated regularly and kept users busy with newer absurdities.
So the decline is complete, users have switched on, people havnt accessed their accounts since eternity and it has reached its NADIR(can go lower).
Pay your last respects and obituary to one of our most beloved websites, for which, once we used to make lines to access our accounts.
BYE BYE ORKUT... memories with you were really sweet...

miss ma soccer team...

Monsoon has arrived, it pours almost everyday, so much so that it once took me more than 2 hours to reach Lanka from Cantt, due to the most terrible traffic jam I witnessed in ma lifetime. The weather largely remains terrific, hardly any sun and all. It is that season of the year which I cherish the most. Basically, its wonderful. However, am not able to enjoy this lovely weather, a less tensed life (have cleared fluid exam) etc.
What can be a plausible reason for this? Oh! I remember now. Am missing them, ma footballer pals.
It has been some time now that we witnessed Kharga bullying some striker with his uninhibited run down the ground, seemingly without any purpose, achieving much though (strikers themselves left the ball :p) or for that matter, baba strategizing for combat having almost always lesser army, bonds continuous lectures on how to kick the ball above the goal post, :p
bhaiyas allround skills (total footballer :p) and never conceding a goal, robos headers even when the ball is below the legs, bachus long n shining legs (lambi tange jo kahi bhi ghush jaye) , sirs doing nothings, harshas impact over the side he played for and more on the other side, kaushals outreach with the throw-ins, skss continuos apologies without any reason whatsoever, khitijs covering of the ground and dedication to the team cause, amit himanshu manish blah blah blah...
Of course i was there too, skipping ma G.S. coaching to play ma beloved sport, however without much passion. Most of the time I was trying to avoid physical contact/injury and in the process, diminishing ma output to 50 percent
Things are different now. After the accident am anyway too scared to play and that too with the likes of harman and all. So, I chill out in the evenings, thinking, JAANE KAHA GAYE WO DIN...

accident ho gaya... rabba rabba...

One fine morning, we, i.e. me and vivek were coming back from dlw. We also had a tarbooj between us on my activa. BANG...
Suddenly I found myself at health centre of BHU with lots of people around and blood coming out of mouth. Had no idea, kaise, kab, kaha, kyu? Had some pain in the legs and arms too, n blood stains on pant. After preliminary treatment there, was sent to sunderlal, presumably the best hospital in poorvanchal... Had many injections, X-RAYS and a C.T.SCAN tooo (its a terrible machine to go inside, not painful though). Finally, was told to come back the next day for more jaanch.
Next day a doctor saw the reports and claimed that there arent any major problems and all was fine. However ma heart knew from inside that i have landed in big big trouble since the past night had been a preety painful one. After some more chores at sunderlal, i had made up my mind to go to patna as i dont believe in varanasi health care anyway.
So arranged ticket to patna with pawan accompanying me. After one day of searching for appropriate doctor, we (ma family) found out that its a specialized dental surgey called maxillofacial surgery which will cure me. So geared up for it.
It was surely the most painful (physically) 1 hour in ma life. A Titanium plate was inserted in ma mouth and one tooth was removed. Was staying on liquid diet already for 3 days and had to remain on that only for some more days. After spending 40000 bucks and enduring considerable amount of pain yours truly was back to shape and mouth is getting back to normal again. Thanks for all the care shown and prayers by everyone around. It has been a truly humble experience and has shown me the meaning of life...

GENERAL DABBA...

I wonder, how many of u, the esteemed readers of this blog, have enjoyed a journey in the general bogey of INDIAN RAILWAYS. Believe me, it will become one hell of a memory if u try it once.

For once, the accent being spoken will be such that u will stop believing that u r in ur native place. I for once kept on guessing about the people around, their language confused me about their region totally. Skirmishes take place over such trivial issues like seat capturing which soon turn into Big Fight (not NDTV, but real ones with dhisoom-bhissom-dek lenge-!@$$%%), n ya the argument between vendors n passengers r hilarious. Sample this- 5 rs me 2, nahi 5 me 4 do, hum tumko 5 me pura tokri kheera/kakdi khila dega, khana padega lekin!!!

The odour coming around from all quarters can fail any garbage can. Seats used to be wooden but by GODS grace, some IES officer understood the pain in ass they give n now most of them r foamed. Cant think that some neta would have thought about the woden seats problem.

Also u can check brand new cellphones (china made) of all varieties whose sound quality and shrill can ashame any village band.

N the last but the best, toilets-the toilets of INDIAN RAIL are anyway well known but in the general bogey, MASAALAAH!!! I dont think any need to explain...

Guys believe me, any of u, who has not yet experienced this, plz go ahead n do it...
AAL THE BEST!!! :)

Found job guys... what next?

OK. So all my friends have found good jobs more or less. They will work in their respective organisations for a few years and then switch to some other place at a higher package. And after a brief stint there another salary hike and another new company. The cycle will go on and on.
Of course there are exceptions. Like,taking a Management course or becoming a high profile hot shot government officer.
All these options are good and very well paying. They will certainly provide job satisfaction, lots of money, fame, respect and what else.
However, after a while, lets say 10 years, I assume, there is definitely gonna be a question, from within. Am I truly satisfied with ma work? Am I utilising my full potential? What have I given back to the society? And the last, where am I heading to?
I suggest 2 posible obvious answers to these.
1st one. Become an ENTERPRENEUR. Start your own organisation. Become a job-giver. This way you are gonna get lots of blessings too. Dont be profit driven in your organisation. Emphasise more on betterment of community and nation. Start working on ideas today onwards itself.
2nd one. Start working on comunity development. Join some genuine NGO and do some real work for poverty upliftment etc.
This will be the real job satisfaction, I guess.

Today was special. April 17th, 2010 taught me the true essence of friendship.
After taking the HMT test, I, kind of retired for the day. However, fate had other ideas. Phone rang and one of my best buddies Prabhakar was on the line. He had been particularly angry on me for a couple of months and we hadnt talked much these days, so it was a nice surprise to recieve his call. However, the surprise turned to horror once i came to know that he wished to meet me at mughalsarai station at 3 in the afternoon!!!
I obviously rejeceted the idea. It was absolutely impossible to travel 40 km in this LOO and 45 degree temperature. Plus I had only 1 hour to reach there. From past experience i know that 1.5 hours are required (at least) to reach mgs station. Nonetheless, his endless gaalis n emotional blackmailing prevailed and I had to go. So, I alongwith my friend began our crusade to Mgs. We took the peepa bridge route n at one time reached a top speed of 70. Amazing. I had never touched 70 in my life before. See, what friends can do to you. By GOD's grace, I managed to reach mgs just before the train was to leave. However, my copassenger couldnt meet him as i had strictly instructed her to enter the station only after buying the plateform tickets. (Its Mgs afterall, the worst stn, with the worst TTs, in India). So, after running at 20 kmph I finally reached at pltfrm no. 4, and here he was, my gr8 :p friend, returning to mumbai. So glad we were, exchanged some good amount of gaalis, he noticed that she ws not there. I informed that
she had been assigned to buy pt. tickets. The meeting lasted only 5 minutes and his train started. She was not there yet. So, I bid him goodbye and moved back towards the stairs. Just infront, saw the most scary scene of my life. A man was getting dragged alongwith the train in the general bogey and how he escaped death or injury is truly a miracle.
We returned back to BHU with the Sun in its full bloom just above our eyes. It was really painful. So much for a 5 minute meeting. Maybe people wont consider me that bad now...

"Astrology : Science or Myth ?"

1st of all, how come an engineering student even remotely believe in an area as controversial as astrology? Isnt it nonsensical? Well, the solution to the query lies in the mishaps in the life of the blogger and how they changed his thought process, mindset and how astrology helped him in coming out of that particular bad phase in life.
It is not being claimed here that Astro is an exact science like physics or botany, nonetheless it too has its roots in ancient Indian scriptures including VEDAS which were formulated by damn intelligent people. Indian astrology is more like an integral part of the lives of the people of this country over thousands of years. Can you imagine any marriage or other important ritual taking place without finding out the auspiscious Muhurta? Ours is a country of believers and we inherently believe in Karma and other such divinely things. I can definitely say, from experience, that gem stones do help in rectifying problems.
I am not claiming that since they can provide some help during crises so we should be completely dependent on them. Rather, do your duty sincerely, and if you wish for some divine help and good luck, try them. They can cause some good. But dont become dependent on them. That may prove harmful.

womens reservation bill : way to go...

9th March 2010 will be rememebered as one the most important days in the history of India. On this momentous day the legendary women’s reservation bill (the 108th amendment) was finally passed in the Rajya Sabha after a mammoth wait of 16 years.

The Bill was 1st introduced in the Lok Sabha way back in 1996 and has been presented time and again. But, due to a lack of consensus on the issue and the strong male chauvenistic nature of members of our parliament, it didn’t come to see daylight. Some members went to the extent of trying to snatch the copy from the speaker’s possesion. This bill has seen some of the worst misbehaviours in the history of the parliament. However, this time around, the detractors were substantially few and the major political parties were pretty sure about getting it cleared. The government too, put its full weight behind it.

The major benefits expected from it are that half of the population will have their voices heard more strongly in the governance of the country. Also one of the primary aims of the constitution, women empowerment, will be strongly encouraged.Indeed, there are some drawbacks in the bill in its present format including the issue of separate quota for socially backward classes. However, the bill will evolve with time to accommodate these.

Lets hope that the bill gets cleared in the Lok Sabha and 50% of the Vidhan Sabhas. Only then will it become that super powerful and game changing law as it was envisaged in the 1st place. All in all, one thing is sure, the entire course of our nation is gonna change when it will become a law. Keep your fingers crossed till then.

placements @ mech engineering...

It has been a while since all my 4th year friends have found decent jobs (though i m still jobless and uncertain about the future,however its a different story and not related to the present post). So, i decided, why not to dedicate a blog to my mighty intelligent and amazingly wonderful friends, with whom i have shared these superb 3.75 years and who after passing out will leave such strong footprints on my life and heart.
Its really difficult to arrange them according to their priority in my life and quite absurd too.
So, the list is arranged in the order of getting the jobs. (Noone should complaint about this.)

The 1st one to grab a job/ppo was Anand, quite expectedly. Unexpected ,was that he didnt get that the 1st time itself. Finally MENTOR GRAPHICS rectified their mistake and offered him a ppo, correcting their earlier blunder.
I presume that Chinmay was the 2nd person to get the coveted prize of landing a job. After some minor failures like IOCL,BPCL etc. he finally became lucky in NTPC.

Pawan, too, impressed the NTPC recruiters and will become an engineer in the giant of electrical power generation in the country.
Ankit, found lady luck smiling on him relatively earlier than others and was selected byMARUTI SUZUKI, the biggest automobiles firm of the nation. It was a jackpot and damn good at that.
Priyesh, after facing 8 interviews and facing rejection umpteen times finally got his smile back in the TATA MOTORS interview results. Life, definitely offers you the best you deserve.

Similar is the story of bipin, who got rejected so many times and was so upset that it was becoming difficult to meet him. Nonetheless, destiny has its own plans and he grabbed COAL INDIA LIMITED, with a nice meaty package.
Sunny, landed in the same organisation as Bipin and has been so happy since then that has given parties worth 10000 bucks.
Krishna (KMR) after some struggle but lady luck on his side found arguably the best job of branch in his kitty. CATERPILLAR the mining equipment giants were so impressed by him that they selected him above candidates having higher GPA's.
Finally, ATUL TRIPATHI JI's ( the honourable tpr of this gr8 batch) perseverance paid off too, and he got selected in IBM. (I think its the biggest software company in the world.) Though, i suspect he is surely gonna grab another one. (and this time a core one)

Meanwhile more good news @ eLites...
KMR has grabbed 1 more offer from none other than HERO HONDA...
alas, he has rejected the offer...
WISH baba too gets a core job...
best of luck...