Boarded a bus at 8pm, had a terrible sleep, thanks to the free bumpy rides offered by the govt. of MP, then I suddenly felt a change early in the morning. No more bumpy rides, well yes, I had entered the land of entrepreneurs, gujarat.
Hailing from a rather blessed-with-unknown-politicians state of MP, I was rather surprised with the amount of contribution government can make towards a state's development. Having been in tamilnadu, where infrastructure has been blessed due to the strategic political support to central governments, I knew MP governments could have done better. But gujarat presents an amazing example, of what a determined government effort can do. Be it the case of roads, attracting foreign investments in industries, organizing Vibrant summits or controlling crime rate, gujarat sets a case to look up for every government. The fact that even girls can roam around freely at 2a.m. without any fear itself projects an image of gujarat as a desirable place to stay in.
On the other side, you have MP, where the commercial capital indore, itself struggles to attracts industries. Inspite of having the potential and advantage of being a strategic location for any company (centre of country!) it represents a poor political will to take stronger steps forward in that direction.
The biggest irony is that both are being governed by BJP, when the central government is of the opposition (in case if MP govt was looking for that excuse!)
Sunday
Wednesday
review : Jaane tu.. ya jaane na
Quite an unconventional start, with a glimpse of normal love story in between and the typical bollywood-stylish end is what i will say about the movie.
Watching genelia in 'bomerillu'(telugu flick) and knowing the fact that Aamir Khan is the producer of this movie were enough reasons for me to watch this movie. And infact when you hear someone saying that this movie is worth watching 2-3 times then you seriously feel like giving it a try.
The movie starts quite well, with some good humour (remember? 'pappu can't dance') and goes on well until aditi(genelia) and jai(imran) realise that they don't love each other, and are just best friends. And then starts their search for soulmates, obvious twist in the tale. And infact they do find themselves new partners, but you can guess, how this has to end.
Regarding guest appearance of Arbaaz and sohail khan, guys please! for gods sake don't spoil a good-going movie. In some scenes they are okay but by the end, they go crazy and you'll seriously feel irritated. Riding those horses on the roads of mumbai, hats off!
Basically, the story is all the same, that of a usual indian romantic movie. But the way of presentation is quite a bit different, except specially the end, where those 'teen shartein' are fulfilled by the protagonist, however silly they maybe.
The good part is that the actors and his friends are not those only-found-in-indian-movie types, they are simple characters which we come across in everyday lives.
Imran khan seems to have learnt a lot from his uncle aamir, and for sure is a promising actor, the only one after neil nitin mukesh(from Johnny gaddar) I guess.. (of course regardless of who gets the best debutant award at the IIFA awards!). Genelia is one of those few actress who can do those bubbly roles(just like she did in 'bomerillu') with ease, just like preity zinta :).
Overall, the movie is okay. And I'll give it a 3.5 star. Go watch it if you are looking for a little change and yea, its a feel-good movie, so you'll come out in a good mood, which is not generally the case nowadays with hindi movies.
Cast : Imran Khan, Genelia D'Souza, Naseerudin Shah, Ratna Pathak Shah
Director : Abbas Tyrewala
Producer: Aamir Khan, Mansoor Khan
Music: A R Rahman
Monday
Thanks! - for listening
Sometime back I had written about the 'state-quota in NITs'. Thanks to the media, for when it was published in JAM, it did get some notice and brought me some appraisal :). But it feels great when something that you bring into the light, gets noticed and some step is taken towards it by the government. Well, I agree it won't have been just my article in JAM bringing this revolution, but I guess there's nothing wrong in claiming for your piece of cake, if you deserve some. :D
Although this may be a little disheartening for those guys, who still don't have NIT in their state.
But its a good news for all those crying over not getting the dream college even after excelling in AIEEE. Still 50% is to be filled by the home-state candidates, but atleast the rest 50% will be filled on purely impartial way.
Although I was shocked to hear about this news considering the fact that our HRD minister is still the one who has the credit of bringing some 'historical' changes in the admission process in India, bringing in 'quotas' and arousing people to destroy railway lines in rajasthan to get the officially coveted status of 'backward class'.
But, after this rule coming into action from this year onwards (those taking admission in july'08) ,I think the better crowd these NITs get, better is going to be their reputation. And I guess the 50% home-state quota too is on its way to make way for 100% admission on All India Merit basis. Just keep your fingers crossed, because the HRD minister is still the same!
According to the corrigendum issued by the
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India, for filling up seats in NITs
amongst the candidates declared eligible for counseling, on the basis of results of
AIEEE conducted by CBSE, the seats in the NITs shall be filled up with following
criteria:
(i) 50% of the seats in an NIT shall be filled by the eligible candidates who
have passed +2 examination from the State in which the NIT is situated. For
example, in NIT Agartala 50% seats shall be filled by the eligible
candidates who have passed their +2 examination from Tripura.
(ii) Admission in NITs for rest 50% seats would be on All India Merit basis.
For these seats candidates would be admitted from amongst All India rank
holders in AIEEE.
Although this may be a little disheartening for those guys, who still don't have NIT in their state.
But its a good news for all those crying over not getting the dream college even after excelling in AIEEE. Still 50% is to be filled by the home-state candidates, but atleast the rest 50% will be filled on purely impartial way.
Although I was shocked to hear about this news considering the fact that our HRD minister is still the one who has the credit of bringing some 'historical' changes in the admission process in India, bringing in 'quotas' and arousing people to destroy railway lines in rajasthan to get the officially coveted status of 'backward class'.
But, after this rule coming into action from this year onwards (those taking admission in july'08) ,I think the better crowd these NITs get, better is going to be their reputation. And I guess the 50% home-state quota too is on its way to make way for 100% admission on All India Merit basis. Just keep your fingers crossed, because the HRD minister is still the same!
JAM's Engineering admissions - book review
One of the most confusing times of my life was while taking admission to engineering college, whether to take computer science in NIT calicut or Ceramic Engg. dual in IT BHU or mechanical engineering in NIT trichy was the question that haunted me the most and I think it did almost everyone appearing for AIEEE councelling, and thanks to India Today and other magazines for publishing those annual rankings which are almost always disagreed with, expect ofcourse by the colleges getting better rank than what they deserve like VIT (vellore institute of Technology) getting a rank above the so called much better institutes of our country this year, which always adds up to the dilemma for the students. But finally, something is there to bring relief to all the engineering aspirants and the problems they face while taking admissions.
My first, cynical as usual, expression on hearing about this book was, 'what? another rank list?' and that too by taking feedback from the students themselves. Well, tell me, who will speak bad about his college? (atleast after he knows that his college's reputation is associated with his). But being proved wrong is what happens for good sometimes.
The better part of 'Engineering admissions' is the insight that you get about engineering and life at various colleges rather than just giving a rank list. Many of those already engineers still don't know the difference in Computer science and IT.
Anyways, there are still certain glitches in the book, like
1. The book doesn't cover architecture. Well, considering the fact that most of those who take admission to architecture(B.Arch.) are the ones who prepared for engg. entrance exams, if not much then this is true atleast for those doing architecture at IITs or NITs. So, excluding it is a bad idea.
2. Although most of the rankings are what is generally accepted, but there are some loopholes. As in I was shocked to see PEC, thapar and SGSITS(indore) being given A+(euivalent to IIT roorkee!). I agree they are good colleges but disagree with them being given status better than NIT calicut or equivalent to IIIT hyderabad and BITS pilani. Talking about SGSITS in particular, most of students are placed in bulks like TCS, infy and wipro. The number of companies visiting the campus being around 30 -40. If you talk about NIT calicut(which is given 'A') itself the companies visiting the campus is much more than that. And the no. of companies visiting NIT trichy, IIIT Hyd ('A+') is a lot more than that.
3. And yea, sorry to sound cynical but there are more than a few spelling mistakes in the book.
4. Lastly, the biggest setback for the book is its price, I mean if I were the engineering aspirant looking out for some guidance on selecting the right college, I would have preferred taking advice from my coaching teacher available free of cost (which I actually did thanx to the lack any other resources at that time) rather than buy a book worth Rs. 400! Well, its a little too much for a student in 12th standard. It could have got more buyers, had it been priced at around Rs. 200.
Compiling all those articles published in JAM over the years, like 'unofficial prospectus' of various colleges, is a good business idea by JAM's editor. But still the book is as important for an IIT aspirant as it is for the one taking admission to a local engg. college. Dedicating a whole section to IITs is impressive. Moreover considering the fact that the editor doesn't have an engineering background the work is quite good. Articles giving description of various branches are enlightening. A must guide for all the engineering aspirants, I would say.
what are we waiting for?
one of the things you would have surely come across being in india is, how people break the traffic signals/rules. Infact we all have been a part of it sometime or the other. And when it comes to us we say, 'chalta hai yaar, everybody is doing it so why shouldn't I?'
But one more quality of Indians is that they are good followers(yea!). Somewhere in their heart they know, they are doing the wrong thing, but what they need is someone else to show them the way and that too with an example.
If you don't believe me, just do one thing, go to any traffic signal where no one is following it (ofcourse it means, no traffic policeman would be there!) and you stop if the signal is 'red' , for it to go 'green'. And believe me atleast 50% of the ppl would follow you and wait for the signal to go green, who otherwise would have surely broken the rules. And they will definitely follow it atleast for next two signals. You may not have brought a big change but this small change can definitely bring about a big chain reaction.
Many would argue that whats wrong in breaking a signal? As they are expert enough at driving to avoid any accidents, but dude! its not about you. I know you are a good driver, but not everyone is, atleast not all those who will follow you in breaking the signal. So maybe you avoid an accident but wats the gurantee of that person who followed you?
I see people who would give an excuse for the above thing as, the absence of traffic policeman is government's fault.
I accept it is, but isn't it atleast near to enough on their part to atleast put up the traffic signal?
The thing is that, we too are the citizens of the same country, so isn't it our responsibility to follow the rules made for our own benefit?
can't we change this country by taking an initiative ourselves? rather than blaming those in power?
P.S. - I read somewhere that Indians are generally scared of opting for entrepreneurship. I think I 've got the basic reason, its in their blood. Their inability to take initiative!
But one more quality of Indians is that they are good followers(yea!). Somewhere in their heart they know, they are doing the wrong thing, but what they need is someone else to show them the way and that too with an example.
If you don't believe me, just do one thing, go to any traffic signal where no one is following it (ofcourse it means, no traffic policeman would be there!) and you stop if the signal is 'red' , for it to go 'green'. And believe me atleast 50% of the ppl would follow you and wait for the signal to go green, who otherwise would have surely broken the rules. And they will definitely follow it atleast for next two signals. You may not have brought a big change but this small change can definitely bring about a big chain reaction.
Many would argue that whats wrong in breaking a signal? As they are expert enough at driving to avoid any accidents, but dude! its not about you. I know you are a good driver, but not everyone is, atleast not all those who will follow you in breaking the signal. So maybe you avoid an accident but wats the gurantee of that person who followed you?
I see people who would give an excuse for the above thing as, the absence of traffic policeman is government's fault.
I accept it is, but isn't it atleast near to enough on their part to atleast put up the traffic signal?
The thing is that, we too are the citizens of the same country, so isn't it our responsibility to follow the rules made for our own benefit?
can't we change this country by taking an initiative ourselves? rather than blaming those in power?
P.S. - I read somewhere that Indians are generally scared of opting for entrepreneurship. I think I 've got the basic reason, its in their blood. Their inability to take initiative!
Thursday
blogging workshop @ NITT
Blogging is something that is catching up slowly in India. We are not still much into this phenomenon, for I keep facing such questions from my friends as ‘ye kis chidiya ka naam hai?(which bird’s name is this?) and then as usual I try explaining them, showing my technical(or say internetechnical) superiority over them. (as being an engineer, you are supposed to know all these things happening on the internet).
I had heard about rashmi’s blogging workshop in IIIT hyd and IIT kgp and the feedback from IIIT was good. So this was one thing I thought we must have in our campus too, and what better the occasion than in Infotainment section of our department’s technical symposium. And I knew enough bloggers in campus to make sure, that response will be good.
But unfortunately, rashmi bansal was unable to impress the audience as much as one gets after reading her blog or JAM! For the simple reason that the audience didn’t turn out the way she had expected. While in IIIT the audience was around 80% already bloggers and 20% wannabe enthusiasts. The ratio turned out just opposite over here. And not knowing much about blogging, you certainly don’t enjoy watching others go to stage and display their blog and get personal feedbacks.
Although I don’t think of it as a fault on rashmi’s part too, but I certainly think that if you are going to conduct a workshop which is not yet common, its better to be prepared to face audience who expect you to start from the 'ABC' of the phenomenon.
Anyways, I and others who are already into blogging, did get something out of the workshop but by the overall response of the audience, I think it would have been better if we had asked rashmi for a lecture on ‘entrepreneurship’ instead!
Wednesday
pragyan '08
Pragyan, the international techno- management festival of NIT Trichy, as they call it, which aims at imbibing a scientific temper with the spirit of innovation among the youth, truly lived up to its expectations, in its fourth edition. It not only provided a platform to the students to make innovative working models using their engineering skills or to make a profitable Business plan, but also gave them a chance to compete against the best geeks in coding to f1 car making!
What made this pragyan special was not just the participation from across the country, which even turned global in many events, but the strong desire of organizers to deliver the participants, ‘the best’. From 3D movie shows to guest lectures on breathtaking topics like ‘time travel’, from the so-called humanoid robots performing dance on ‘dhoom’ song to the workshop on investment management, it was where everybody found something, which they had always wished they could!
Day 1 – After witnessing one of the biggest contraptions ever at the inauguration ceremony, junta pulled up all their seat belts, to be a part of this classic journey for the next 3 days. The morning crowd puller was the robotic workshop by Mr. Amir Shapiro, where he shared various invaluable fundas with the robotic enthusiasts. It was the day where all the participants made their best attempts to clear the prelims of different events and reach the finals. The results brought smiles on the face of some alongwith the awareness of tough challenge lying ahead in finals! And glimpse of sadness on the faces of those who could not clear the prelims. But as someone has rightly said, ‘success is never ending and failure is not an option’, these high spirits pulled up their sleeves for rest of the events, to give their best shot next time.
Day 2 – After gaining momentum in its very first day, pragyan still had a lot more to unveil and this was proved on the 2nd day, when the participation in the next round of events touched new heights. Starting off with Ventura, one of the biggest Bplan competitions of India, which had more than 4 million INR at stake, the day saw engineering enthusiasts building bowling machines with simple materials and mind-boggling creativity! The day ended with an admirable alumnus of college enlightening the future engineers about the importance of renewable energy and entrepreneurial aspects it offers.
Day 3 – where there is a beginning there is an end, but at pragyan they seem to believe not in the end but in continuous improvement. With a promise to come back next year, better than ever, this year’s pragyan came to an end. The day witnessed the final results of various events, eminent guest lectures including the one by mr. subramania swamy on indian economy, jagriti- the ‘contribution to society’ aspect of pragyan and pengufest- the linux workshop.
Nostalgic it was for all those who had witnessed previous editions of pragyan and an unforgettable experience for others.
p.s. – The things that I liked the most, as NOT mentioned above, included food stalls and few temporary maals (or hot-chicks, as they are called) in the campus. Special thanks to www.findnearyou.com team, for giving me a pen drive for writing this blog :)
hanuman returns
Thanks to those responsible for power-cut at our hostel last night (which ofcourse is not a new thing for us Indians), which compelled us to watch this movie for having nothing else better to do (for those using scratching their heads on how we watched it when the power was not there, we watched it on the laptop!).
Surprisingly, the movie turned out to be really good. It not only reminds you of your childhood, but also makes you aware of the difference in the kid’s understanding at your time and now.
What makes it appealing is its relevance with the today’s world. This is what in my opinion gives it an edge over other such movies. Rather than just portraying those mythological stories on screen, the creators have made the movie fully based on the present scenario. From the I-phone’s touch ‘zoom in’ option which hanuman uses, to brahma’s laptop carrying assistant, the movie has everything that you can relate to the normal life. The best thing is the usage of language, unlike the normal ‘shudh hindi’ types used in such mythological movies which rather go above the heads of kids, they did not mind using the frequently used hinglish words.
Featuring the voices of SRK to gabbar to big B to mogambo, the movie doesn’t just makes you feel relaxed, but also has some important teachings for kids.
The sholay spoofs and other general bollywood spoofs prove that its not only aimed at kids, as they won’t understand them.
Although the animation quality can never match up to those in Hollywood but it is acceptable. And also, last part of the movie is a bit dull. But overall , the movie is a good watch, even if you are not a kid, as apart from entertaining it also imparts some good messages through the best way possible, relating it to god. And for those parents out there, I think this is possibly what you were waiting for to show your kids, once they get some time off, rhyming on the tunes of today’s sex and masala video songs/ movies.
Movie deserves a decent 3.5 out of 5.
Tuesday
wat a happy new year !
what a pleasant start to a new year...? There are loads of forwarded scraps in ur scrapbook and all of them have two lines in common... "HAPPY NEW YEAR" & "CLICK HERE TO SEND SCRAP TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AT ONCE".
It actually started somedays back. I got a scrap wishing me a HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! frm one of my frends.. and i was shocked to see that.
for a moment i just kept staring at the screen... confused about wht to reply? is it that i forgot my own bday?! or is he wishing me in advance, 4 months before my bday or he's wishing me a belated happy bday after 8 months ! but no it wasn't just me .. he wished happy bday to all his frends !
no no ! the guy is in proper mental condition and has no records of any mental problem as per my knowledge ! But his only mistake was that he clicked on that link saying "send scraps to all your frends at once" and this was the only thing he could think of to send :-D !
i don't understand one thing, wat impression does the other person gets whn he looks at such a scrap, which u 've sent to ur entire friend list. And you might not have thought of this person even once while sending. Then wats the sense?
just tell me, do u ever reply to such msgs?
well, i don't know how long will it take for people to realise that its better to spend some time and send personal scraps to 5 friends instead of just clicking on that sick link and sending it to some 500, with no meaning at all !
but atleast i don't want to see some amateur orkut user sending a scrap saying "MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE !" with that link as bottomline, in my scrapbook some other day !
P.S. - Happy New Year! to those two guys who forwarded the same scrap to their entire friend list including me while i was writing this ! cheers !
It actually started somedays back. I got a scrap wishing me a HAPPY BIRTHDAY ! frm one of my frends.. and i was shocked to see that.
for a moment i just kept staring at the screen... confused about wht to reply? is it that i forgot my own bday?! or is he wishing me in advance, 4 months before my bday or he's wishing me a belated happy bday after 8 months ! but no it wasn't just me .. he wished happy bday to all his frends !
no no ! the guy is in proper mental condition and has no records of any mental problem as per my knowledge ! But his only mistake was that he clicked on that link saying "send scraps to all your frends at once" and this was the only thing he could think of to send :-D !
i don't understand one thing, wat impression does the other person gets whn he looks at such a scrap, which u 've sent to ur entire friend list. And you might not have thought of this person even once while sending. Then wats the sense?
just tell me, do u ever reply to such msgs?
well, i don't know how long will it take for people to realise that its better to spend some time and send personal scraps to 5 friends instead of just clicking on that sick link and sending it to some 500, with no meaning at all !
but atleast i don't want to see some amateur orkut user sending a scrap saying "MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE !" with that link as bottomline, in my scrapbook some other day !
P.S. - Happy New Year! to those two guys who forwarded the same scrap to their entire friend list including me while i was writing this ! cheers !
Monday
It happens only in India !
uncle main pichle do hafte mein char baar aa chuka hoon, aap har baar bolte hain ki aaj ho jayega?
lekin aaj tak mere ghar ka electricity meter change karne koi nahi aaya !
"Achcha ! ho jayega beta, main aaj hi karwata hoon.", that middle aged fellow (raavan ki nalayak aaulad !!), says in a very sweet voice. But no, this time I'm not gonna go unless and until he sends someone with me rightaway to get it done.
This is india. If you want to get your domestic electricity meter changed because its not working(i.e. reading is constant), you are the one who has to take the pains to get it done !
No, I'm not that interested in paying more money to electricity board but they will loot me by giving big bills if I don't go and tell them that the electricity meter is not working.
Their meter readers don't notice it when they come to take readings. And if you go tell them about why did you get so much charge in the bill? They have simple answer, sir, your meter is not working, so we have given your bill based on past averages (which seems like the average of squares of bill amounts!).
The first time you go there, they ask you to submit a xerox of your bill for address (oh great! I'm a subscriber and they don't even know my address!). The second time, they actually misplace it 'by mistake', so you give them one more xerox. And still there is no result !
But then finally I go and talk to my neighbour who also works in elec. board, but at a different sub station. And now I actually understand the real reason, when he tells that they take some 200 rs. or more for getting this thing done. so he suggests me, you try to get it done tomm. this way or else give me the money and I'll get the work done(no, atleast I've that much trust on him that he's not gonna eat my money).
So, I went again and gave my last chance on getting work done in a government office of India, without giving bribe. And whoa !!
hard work always pays...!!
I guess that officer(or I must call him just a govt. employee) was finally guilty when I went there for three consecutive days and he then ordered his subordinate to go with me and change the meter immediately.
I just guess, what was wrong in sending him two weeks before itself on my first complaint !
That would atleast have increased my respect for the electricity board.
"positive thinking" - yea, there is still some hope to get your work done in government offices without giving bribe, provided you are prepared to work hard for it! (Its a pity that many of us choose the previous one just for the sake of little comfort.)
Just realised that I'm writing this post on the eve of Gandhi jayanti !
Bapu, janamdin mubarak ho :-)
Gandhigiri roxx!
lekin aaj tak mere ghar ka electricity meter change karne koi nahi aaya !
"Achcha ! ho jayega beta, main aaj hi karwata hoon.", that middle aged fellow (raavan ki nalayak aaulad !!), says in a very sweet voice. But no, this time I'm not gonna go unless and until he sends someone with me rightaway to get it done.
This is india. If you want to get your domestic electricity meter changed because its not working(i.e. reading is constant), you are the one who has to take the pains to get it done !
No, I'm not that interested in paying more money to electricity board but they will loot me by giving big bills if I don't go and tell them that the electricity meter is not working.
Their meter readers don't notice it when they come to take readings. And if you go tell them about why did you get so much charge in the bill? They have simple answer, sir, your meter is not working, so we have given your bill based on past averages (which seems like the average of squares of bill amounts!).
The first time you go there, they ask you to submit a xerox of your bill for address (oh great! I'm a subscriber and they don't even know my address!). The second time, they actually misplace it 'by mistake', so you give them one more xerox. And still there is no result !
But then finally I go and talk to my neighbour who also works in elec. board, but at a different sub station. And now I actually understand the real reason, when he tells that they take some 200 rs. or more for getting this thing done. so he suggests me, you try to get it done tomm. this way or else give me the money and I'll get the work done(no, atleast I've that much trust on him that he's not gonna eat my money).
So, I went again and gave my last chance on getting work done in a government office of India, without giving bribe. And whoa !!
hard work always pays...!!
I guess that officer(or I must call him just a govt. employee) was finally guilty when I went there for three consecutive days and he then ordered his subordinate to go with me and change the meter immediately.
I just guess, what was wrong in sending him two weeks before itself on my first complaint !
That would atleast have increased my respect for the electricity board.
"positive thinking" - yea, there is still some hope to get your work done in government offices without giving bribe, provided you are prepared to work hard for it! (Its a pity that many of us choose the previous one just for the sake of little comfort.)
Just realised that I'm writing this post on the eve of Gandhi jayanti !
Bapu, janamdin mubarak ho :-)
Gandhigiri roxx!
Sunday
tiger is free but is the dragon?
So much has been hyped about the
As most of the researches have shown that, growing like as they are in present, china will overtake US to bag the first position and India the second. But hey!!
I don't bother about that. Tell me what is the sense of being rich and prosperous but still not having the freedom to express yourself?
No I’m not talking about Airtel! But what I’m pointing to is the difference in the governments. While
And come to
I'm proud of the freedom that I have over a Chinese who's richer than me, what’s life when you can't even say openly about your own country !
I just guess what would have happened to M.F. hussain if he was born in
guys...!! help me...
so many maals in NITT campus... omg..!! help me !!
i guess this is one thing which seriously made festember worth a FEST to remEMBER.. hehehe.. ;-)
its time when i've seen more gals than cows in our campus...
this edition of festember ... as expected, was truly remarkable. May it be Radio Jockeying or pottery or theatre workshop or the pronite by KK.. everything jus made it better. On the top of that all was food.. CCD stall in the our campus... though they dont have it in trichy, having it in festember I'm sure those CCD guys must have made big money out of it.
And yea how can i forget doing catwalk like a gal on the airtel informals stage. Its a different matter that the guy said that i turned it a lil vulgar... well now dont ask me what women ramp walk is all about... ! :-D
Informals kept janta busy throughout the day and now i guess no one is gonna yell out that festember's chaat. And those who went home thinking that have missed some great moments of their college life. Who's gonna have this all after college?
This is one of those times i feel like ... yea, there MANY other things apart from placements that make this college better than others.
But there's only one thing that i'm afraid about now, how many of these engineering students will actually take up engineering as their career?
I see more painters, dancers, musicians, actors and writers here than technologists!
i guess this is one thing which seriously made festember worth a FEST to remEMBER.. hehehe.. ;-)
its time when i've seen more gals than cows in our campus...
this edition of festember ... as expected, was truly remarkable. May it be Radio Jockeying or pottery or theatre workshop or the pronite by KK.. everything jus made it better. On the top of that all was food.. CCD stall in the our campus... though they dont have it in trichy, having it in festember I'm sure those CCD guys must have made big money out of it.
And yea how can i forget doing catwalk like a gal on the airtel informals stage. Its a different matter that the guy said that i turned it a lil vulgar... well now dont ask me what women ramp walk is all about... ! :-D
Informals kept janta busy throughout the day and now i guess no one is gonna yell out that festember's chaat. And those who went home thinking that have missed some great moments of their college life. Who's gonna have this all after college?
This is one of those times i feel like ... yea, there MANY other things apart from placements that make this college better than others.
But there's only one thing that i'm afraid about now, how many of these engineering students will actually take up engineering as their career?
I see more painters, dancers, musicians, actors and writers here than technologists!
Wednesday
festember'07
September is here again and so is the annual cult fest of NIT trichy. Festember is one of the biggest cult fest of south India and this year its going to be just better. With a pronite by Kaykay and semi pro Rock contest the fest already seems attractive, but for all those who ever wished if they too could try their hands on RJ-ing.. the workshop on Radio Jockeying is like a dream come true. Apart from this there are workshops on origami, caricature, theatre etc. and loads of lits and cult events.
20-23 september is the time when its all gonna happen... So just be there and enjoy... read the offical blog and check the festember website for more details.
20-23 september is the time when its all gonna happen... So just be there and enjoy... read the offical blog and check the festember website for more details.
Saturday
improve your pics
are you also sick of editing your photos , either in picasa or photoshop or some other photo editing software.. ? which takes too much time and is always confusing, like which effect is better, contrast, brightness... etc.
Well, then try this website improveimages.com . Its really nice..
all you've to do is just upload your photo and it will take care of the rest. It will make your photo look much better.. putting in some effects.. and adjusting lightning conditions and all.. you dont have to worry about all that..
the best part is that you dont need to download any software or something..
you can do it just online... with a single click...!!
ofcourse there is an option in picasa to adjust all these things automatically , but personally, i was never satisfied with what it did.. it instead spoiled most of my pics...
So, i think this one is worth a try...
Well, then try this website improveimages.com . Its really nice..
all you've to do is just upload your photo and it will take care of the rest. It will make your photo look much better.. putting in some effects.. and adjusting lightning conditions and all.. you dont have to worry about all that..
the best part is that you dont need to download any software or something..
you can do it just online... with a single click...!!
ofcourse there is an option in picasa to adjust all these things automatically , but personally, i was never satisfied with what it did.. it instead spoiled most of my pics...
So, i think this one is worth a try...
Thursday
my new spects (or gogs..?)
while everyone around is commenting on my new spects... some saying that its cool... some say r they gogs???
some say its funky!, others say... man, i think ur previous ones were better... and the rest say its jus not the right place to wear them...
the best one was by my cousin.... who said.. bhaiya u look like Mr. Bean in this spects... !!!
wat????? - i said.... :-S
Even my professor said - so, bhuvan gupta... wat happened to ur spects?? oh... u got new ? yes sir, i said...
humm.... they look pretty different with those black stripes on white... he said giving weird reaction... like still confused if they r spects or gogs??
i was just about to say... "sir, its fashion.." but thought its better i dont mention it.. and somehow stopped myself...
Finally i'm all confused about how do they look on me....
but one thing is sure.. that i'm in no mood to change them at least for this semester....
so better i should jus take these comments to help me take something better than this next time...
but the more important thing is nobody asks me why did i take them...
so here i'm to Xpress myself... :-)
wat i would like to say is...
that this..!! yea these spects are the ones purely my choice...
i went to the shop alone.. found some gr8 spects... shopkeeper said.. take this one red n black... its In Fashion.... I said no this is wat everyone is wearing so i'll better go for this black and white one... first of all they look very different.. yea.. ofcourse i accept they're a bit funky... but the reason i bought them is they get the attention... :-D
never did i get so many comments on anything i wear or anything about me...
so i'm just happy that atleast they made me noticable... :-D
Friday
are you listening Mr. HRD minister??
Thank god.. that obc quota is put on hold at least for one yr... a relief to all the talented aspirants of IITs , IIMs , and other govt. colleges..
but while everyone is concerned abt quota based on classes...
i want to highlight some other important quotas in some of the top institutes of our country...
as most of you might be knowing about AIEEE, all India engg. entrance exam... for admission to National institutes of Technology( NITs) and other deemed universities..
well i'm not here to comment abt that exam.. sure its a very good and reputed exam..
but what i'm trying to focus here is on the admission process that is followed after the exam..
Anyways before that i must tell u about the results of the exam ... every selected candidate is given an all - India rank(AIR) and a state rank... (ur standing in ur state)
while the private colleges and institutes like IIITs (including hyderabad, allahabad etc.) give admission on the all India rank basis...
All the NITs give admission on the basis of state ranks (SR)...
well... u may ask, so wats the big deal..
but there is a problem..
actually in these NITs there is a quota for every state like particular no. of seats in specific branch for a particular state..
50% of the total seats are reserved for the state in which that NIT is located and rest 50% is divided among rest of the states..
and here comes the difference... while a student in andhra pradesh of an AIR under 100 will have an SR of around 40 or more... and rajasthan just close to that...
a candidate from other state may have a SR under 10 at the same AIR !! (if u still can't get my point ... don't worry... continue reading..)
And the bigger problem is as ofcourse all the NITs are not of equal status ,some are of course much better than others and which aspirant would like to join...
but because of this state quota system .. he may not be able to..
to show you an example..
if u look at the statistics of yr. 2006..
the opening and closing rank for Andhra Pradesh for comp. sci. engg. in NIT trichy was AIR - 127... (only one seat for AP in comp. sci. engg.)
for delhi it was AIR - 2235...
for Tamilnadu (the state where NIT trichy is located) had an opening rank of AIR 1406 and closing rank of "AIR 7721" !!!
check it on here.
the same trend follows for other branches too..!!
now just tell me how fair is that to give admission to a student in TN at an AIR of 7000+ and NOT to a student at the same AIR from other state...!!!
while he perfectly deserves admission in a better college (which may not be located in his state)... because he performed better in the AIEEE....
his only mistake is that he did his 12th from (or he is born in) AP or rajasthan or some other state and he has to pay for it!!
will anyone come answer me for that..?
even if u support caste based quota ... then i must tell u that this is the trend in the same category (general)... the only difference is state...!!
The trend is following since these colleges had the REC (regional engg. college) status...
what i think is while converting RECs to NITs Mr. Murali manohar joshi (ex-HRD minister) might have thought of changing this state quota system in near future as his next step towards making admission process to engineering colleges easy for aspiring students...
but the present scenario is not at all going that way..
with the changed govt. and our very GREAT Mr. Arjun Singh... i have no hope to see any correction in this procedure...
i just wish if i had the right to vote for HRD minister... but unfortunately he's not from my constituency...!
but while everyone is concerned abt quota based on classes...
i want to highlight some other important quotas in some of the top institutes of our country...
as most of you might be knowing about AIEEE, all India engg. entrance exam... for admission to National institutes of Technology( NITs) and other deemed universities..
well i'm not here to comment abt that exam.. sure its a very good and reputed exam..
but what i'm trying to focus here is on the admission process that is followed after the exam..
Anyways before that i must tell u about the results of the exam ... every selected candidate is given an all - India rank(AIR) and a state rank... (ur standing in ur state)
while the private colleges and institutes like IIITs (including hyderabad, allahabad etc.) give admission on the all India rank basis...
All the NITs give admission on the basis of state ranks (SR)...
well... u may ask, so wats the big deal..
but there is a problem..
actually in these NITs there is a quota for every state like particular no. of seats in specific branch for a particular state..
50% of the total seats are reserved for the state in which that NIT is located and rest 50% is divided among rest of the states..
and here comes the difference... while a student in andhra pradesh of an AIR under 100 will have an SR of around 40 or more... and rajasthan just close to that...
a candidate from other state may have a SR under 10 at the same AIR !! (if u still can't get my point ... don't worry... continue reading..)
And the bigger problem is as ofcourse all the NITs are not of equal status ,some are of course much better than others and which aspirant would like to join...
but because of this state quota system .. he may not be able to..
to show you an example..
if u look at the statistics of yr. 2006..
the opening and closing rank for Andhra Pradesh for comp. sci. engg. in NIT trichy was AIR - 127... (only one seat for AP in comp. sci. engg.)
for delhi it was AIR - 2235...
for Tamilnadu (the state where NIT trichy is located) had an opening rank of AIR 1406 and closing rank of "AIR 7721" !!!
check it on here.
the same trend follows for other branches too..!!
now just tell me how fair is that to give admission to a student in TN at an AIR of 7000+ and NOT to a student at the same AIR from other state...!!!
while he perfectly deserves admission in a better college (which may not be located in his state)... because he performed better in the AIEEE....
his only mistake is that he did his 12th from (or he is born in) AP or rajasthan or some other state and he has to pay for it!!
will anyone come answer me for that..?
even if u support caste based quota ... then i must tell u that this is the trend in the same category (general)... the only difference is state...!!
The trend is following since these colleges had the REC (regional engg. college) status...
what i think is while converting RECs to NITs Mr. Murali manohar joshi (ex-HRD minister) might have thought of changing this state quota system in near future as his next step towards making admission process to engineering colleges easy for aspiring students...
but the present scenario is not at all going that way..
with the changed govt. and our very GREAT Mr. Arjun Singh... i have no hope to see any correction in this procedure...
i just wish if i had the right to vote for HRD minister... but unfortunately he's not from my constituency...!
Google's Amazing...!!!!
Sorry ppl..!!
i am a bit late to put up this post ...
but m sure u guys will like it... This is seriously mind blowing..
if somebody tells u google... what r d things that come into ur mind .... ??
Google search, Gmail, Gtalk, Orkut, hi5, google video, youtube, blogger, google reader and many more..
but did u know that google is more than that...
It has much more than just this services for u...
u'll be seriously surprised to chk them all out... They r just amazing...
take a look...
Gmail Paper (free printing service) - http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/index.html
Google free internet service !! - http://www.google.com/tisp/
google drinks ! - http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
google project - http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
google secret - http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
super advanced google search - http://www.google.com/mentalplex/
Google Romance - http://www.google.com/romance/
Take a look At them now...!!!!
YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THIS ....!!!!
now if u are asking that why google dint tell u about this services earlier, then this is the reason...
http://www.google.com/tisp/notfound.html
I am sure most of u were still unaware of Google's This Side... ;-)
Google roxx.. isn't it?? and so do i... :-D lol...
i am a bit late to put up this post ...
but m sure u guys will like it... This is seriously mind blowing..
if somebody tells u google... what r d things that come into ur mind .... ??
Google search, Gmail, Gtalk, Orkut, hi5, google video, youtube, blogger, google reader and many more..
but did u know that google is more than that...
It has much more than just this services for u...
u'll be seriously surprised to chk them all out... They r just amazing...
take a look...
Gmail Paper (free printing service) - http://mail.google.com/mail/help/paper/index.html
Google free internet service !! - http://www.google.com/tisp/
google drinks ! - http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
google project - http://www.google.com/jobs/lunar_job.html
google secret - http://www.google.com/technology/pigeonrank.html
super advanced google search - http://www.google.com/mentalplex/
Google Romance - http://www.google.com/romance/
Take a look At them now...!!!!
YOU JUST CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS THIS ....!!!!
now if u are asking that why google dint tell u about this services earlier, then this is the reason...
http://www.google.com/tisp/notfound.html
I am sure most of u were still unaware of Google's This Side... ;-)
Google roxx.. isn't it?? and so do i... :-D lol...
Saturday
helping future engineers..
getting 2828 all india rank in AIEEE was nice a achievement for me....
but the bigger problem was next...
wch college and branch to choose... ?? which of them can i get at this rank and which of them would be best for me..??
If u ask any senior "wch college n branch shud i take?" .... U are most likely to get the reply ... dude.. look, it totally depends on wht u r interested in ...
well thats very true... but man.. a guy at this stage doesnt exactly know about wht he is intrested in..(atleast i dint) the most he can be sure about is wch subject he is intrested in ... phy. or chem. or maths... but not specifically... elecronics, electrical, mechanical, civil or metallurgy...
even if u are sure about ur branch of interest.. u still are confused about college..
i remember my case... when i called up my coaching sir from the councelling hall for which branch and college is better than which one.....
If u look at the magazine ratings... they vary largely from india today to dataquest...
(i was shocked to see BITS ranchi placed above some IITs and BITS pilani out of the top ten in rankings of year 2005)
None of them being reliable enough...
Now this JAM magazine editor is doing a survey of all the engg. colleges... with the help of feedback given by students themselves....
which i hope will come up with some, infact a big help to those bright minds... and save them frm losing wht they deserve just becoz of some "commercial" magazine rankings and lack of proper information...
if u can help in the survey pls visit...
http://youthcurry.blogspot.com/2006/10/jam-engineering-college-rating-survey.html
but the bigger problem was next...
wch college and branch to choose... ?? which of them can i get at this rank and which of them would be best for me..??
If u ask any senior "wch college n branch shud i take?" .... U are most likely to get the reply ... dude.. look, it totally depends on wht u r interested in ...
well thats very true... but man.. a guy at this stage doesnt exactly know about wht he is intrested in..(atleast i dint) the most he can be sure about is wch subject he is intrested in ... phy. or chem. or maths... but not specifically... elecronics, electrical, mechanical, civil or metallurgy...
even if u are sure about ur branch of interest.. u still are confused about college..
i remember my case... when i called up my coaching sir from the councelling hall for which branch and college is better than which one.....
If u look at the magazine ratings... they vary largely from india today to dataquest...
(i was shocked to see BITS ranchi placed above some IITs and BITS pilani out of the top ten in rankings of year 2005)
None of them being reliable enough...
Now this JAM magazine editor is doing a survey of all the engg. colleges... with the help of feedback given by students themselves....
which i hope will come up with some, infact a big help to those bright minds... and save them frm losing wht they deserve just becoz of some "commercial" magazine rankings and lack of proper information...
if u can help in the survey pls visit...
http://youthcurry.blogspot.com/2006/10/jam-engineering-college-rating-survey.html
Tuesday
kerala roxx....
If u think u need to take a break from ur daily life and explore the natural beauty in india....then there's no better place to go n njoy in kerala...
The place is heaven... the natural beauty thr... amazing....
and if u r in south india... n still havent been thr... man... u r gonna miss some of the best moments of ur life...
A trip to veega land amusement park was good enough to make our trip gr8... but allepey made it more than jus that...
i still rem. those amazing moments we had thr...
with frends its like a gr8 place to go...
and yea... if u are adventurous... the place is made only for u...
gr8 rides...
i rem. that 360 degree rotational ride...
superb...
i would recommend veegaland as the best amusement park in south... gr8 place..
and if u come here... dont miss going to allepey (also called alapuza)...
as i din find much places to visit in cochin... better than going to allepey..
so go ahead... plan ur holidays... and add this one to the list... and believe me... u r really gonna love this one..
The place is heaven... the natural beauty thr... amazing....
and if u r in south india... n still havent been thr... man... u r gonna miss some of the best moments of ur life...
A trip to veega land amusement park was good enough to make our trip gr8... but allepey made it more than jus that...
i still rem. those amazing moments we had thr...
with frends its like a gr8 place to go...
and yea... if u are adventurous... the place is made only for u...
gr8 rides...
i rem. that 360 degree rotational ride...
superb...
i would recommend veegaland as the best amusement park in south... gr8 place..
and if u come here... dont miss going to allepey (also called alapuza)...
as i din find much places to visit in cochin... better than going to allepey..
so go ahead... plan ur holidays... and add this one to the list... and believe me... u r really gonna love this one..
Wednesday
"please dont ignore this"... FFMs
Some of the most Frequently Forwarded Mails (FFMs) / SMS : -
incident one : -
"HEY ITS DIANNA, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ORKUT,EVERYBODY SORRY FOR THEINTERRUPTION BUT ORKUT IS CLOSING THE SYSTEM DOWN BECAUSE TOO MANYBOTTERS ARE TAKING UP ALL THE NAMES, WE ONLY HAVE 57 NAMES LEFT, IF YOUWOULD LIKE TO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT, DONT SEND THIS MESSAGE, IF YOU WANTTOKEEP YOUR ACCOUNT ,SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST. THIS ISNOT A JOKE, YOU'LL BE SORRY IF YOU DONT SEND IT. THANKS DIRECTOR OFORKUT, TIM BUISKI. WHOEVER DOESNT SEND THIS MESSAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILLBEDEACTIVATED AND IT WILL COST YOU $ 10.00 A MONTH TO USE IT...
(some of them have ppl giving practical experiences of their friends' accounts being closed for disobeying this bull shit....)
incident 2 - some divya singh is requesting you to fwd this msg so that she may get money from yahoo, orkut , etc. etc. for some disease operation worth lakhs......
incident 3 - some IIT guy is suffering from a so called once in a million disease and so pls pass on the msg... so that he may get money..... blah blah blah...
incident 4 - Jai ganeshay namah..,,(or watever).... i get this msg when i wake up.. and it says.. fwd it for ur gud luck... and some go to the extent ... if u wont ... u will hav a badluck for next one year or so...
incident 5 (comparatively sensible but still non-sense....) - one girl named christie is suffering from some disease ... she urgently needs B positive blood .... pls help by fwding this msg... (most of them dont have any contact no.)....
incident 6 - friendship is the best thing in the world... (oh !! is it?? i din knew !!! thanx for telling me...) and if u dont fwd u r not my friend... !!
gr8... the best thing in the world now depends on whether i pass this non-sense to others or not...
incident 8 - the most recent one..
hi!! am rashmi... my no. is ********* (sorry i dont remember the no... ) m a blind gal ... for my operation i need some lakhs and airtel has agreed to pay me 10 ps. everytime this sms is sent... so pls help me...
(i got this fwd from some 4-5 guys... and they ppl jus blindly fwded without even checking if this no. even exists or not...)...
P.S. - Airtel gives free local sms service in my circle (T.N.)... so in other words if this sms is fwded... firstly airtel will be increasing the load on its SMS servers... and secondly they will be bearing a loss as the sms is free... so effectively... airtel will have to spend lets say.. some 20 ps. just for giving 10 paise to this blind girl...(who doesnt even exist)... good isnt it?? i din knew airtel guys were this intelligent ....!!!!
STOPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
R we all idiots???
dont we have common sense (wch is supposed to be uncommon anyways) ??
do we ever think even once before fwding some msg.. or just pass it on blindly... and jus pass on the burden of bad luck to the next person...
Although many of us understand its not true... then also to be on the safer side we jus get the load off ourselves... not thinking that we are not jus keeping ourselves on safer side... but instead putting our friend in jeopardy... if the next guy believes too much in god... then he definitely cant ignore this msg... and dats how the story continues...
Its been since the very next day i bought a cell... i received this ganeshji's msg.. to fwd it to 10 ppl and have a good week... The very after i got email account i had some of my best friends sending this "pass if u are my friend " msg.. (oops.... i din fwd... but hey! he's still my friend... gr8??!!! hey.. but i wont tell this to him.. or else he'll break the friendship for not fwding that msg... ... wat chaat !!!! )...
anyways do u really think he will brk the frndship.... ??!!!
even i know he wont and so does he... but then why ?!!! why are we becoming slaves?? slaves of someone whom we dont even know... who would have started this all idotic crap...
I am not against those msgs showing importance of friendship but dude.. wats the need of ending that "if u dont... then u'll have badluck" word in the end...
Guys i am using orkut since past two years.. and i havent fwded that msg "if u dont send this to all ur contacts in ONE WEEK ur account will be deleted from orkut... " whoa... is it that i jus managed to fool the orkut guys.. or they dint notice me.. or wateva...
but have u ever thought wat max. can happen if i dont fwd that msg... GOOGLE wch has the largest storage space in the world... will delete ur account jus because of sudden rush on orkut.. whereas on the other hand they are still spending millions on the publicity of orkut ... so that they may get new users... amazing...!!!
and SUPPOSE (i know its not possible but still for ur satisfaction)... if they delete my account on orkut... and tell me to pay some $10 per month for using it...
why will they provide it to you free ...?? oh ... jus becoz u fwded their msg.. wch told about some bad policy of their company (if they wud have got any marketing skills ... they will better not give DHAMKI to their customers... )... cool... and more... if they wont provide it free.. do u think... how many of ur frends u think will remain there on orkut... i guess not even 5% will be ready to pay that price... in other words none of ur frends will be thr on orkut anymore.. then... wat da hell r u gonna do thr man??
And if u still have any doubt pls go and check this orkut - help page... wch clearly says.. they are not doing any such thing and this is just a rumour.. !!!!
http://www.orkut.com/News.aspx
if google , yahoo etc. etc. had to give money for charity.. dont u think they wud have better started some organization for that.. or gave it to some already active social organisation and made a huge publicity stunt sort of thing.... as nothing gets your image better than doing charity... (look at our filmstars... )
wats most common in all these msgs is that they will try to use ur emotions and sentiments... wch is the weakest (for us) and say the best target for them....
The Most recent was when i got an sms saying some final year of our college needs this blood group... the msg had tel. no. of hospital in which it claimed, he was admitted... i got it and as it sounded sensible i fwded it to all mah frends... then there were calls coming to me from students having the same blood group... they told me there was no one in that hospital ... they had called up thr...
so they were inquiring me... so i thought of a good way to get to that person.. i passed the contact no. of guy who had this blood group and wanted to donate blood back to whr i got the msg from.. so that msg could trace back to whr it all started... But the next day i found... it was all crap ... no final yr. student of our college was admitted...
Isnt that disgusting.. ppl jus make some crap msg for fun... and they dont even think of the troubles others might have..
Not just this... i also get this daily dose of all frends from orkut sending me some JHOOS invitation.. or somebody "TAGGING" me.... i havent clicked on any of them yet.. .but dear frends if u also receive any msg like dat frm me.. then understand that the website was able to fool me and get my orkut friend list ... and then carry on their dirty ways of publicity...
PPL pls use ur brains before fwding any msg like that... otherwise that 2yr. old girl suffering from some terrible cancer... (since 1996 .... and still she's two...)... will continue to be in ur inbox.. from here or there... unless she's becomes an old lady who again needs money for some terrible operation and yahoo, msn will agree to pay.....
And for all those "dharmik" ppl... i dont think ganeshji will do me any bad if i dont fwd that sms... and if they do... then i would rather choose not to believe in god...
because i dont wanna fwd that msg to my buddies and force them emotionally to carry and fwd the burden to their other friends...
P.S. - For those intrested in knowing, who all have added YOU to their crush list... pls contact orkut team .... ONLY they can tell u... not fwding that msg.... wch says... "_crushlist##$$" etc. etc.
incident one : -
"HEY ITS DIANNA, FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ORKUT,EVERYBODY SORRY FOR THEINTERRUPTION BUT ORKUT IS CLOSING THE SYSTEM DOWN BECAUSE TOO MANYBOTTERS ARE TAKING UP ALL THE NAMES, WE ONLY HAVE 57 NAMES LEFT, IF YOUWOULD LIKE TO CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT, DONT SEND THIS MESSAGE, IF YOU WANTTOKEEP YOUR ACCOUNT ,SEND THIS MESSAGE TO EVERYONE ON YOUR LIST. THIS ISNOT A JOKE, YOU'LL BE SORRY IF YOU DONT SEND IT. THANKS DIRECTOR OFORKUT, TIM BUISKI. WHOEVER DOESNT SEND THIS MESSAGE, YOUR ACCOUNT WILLBEDEACTIVATED AND IT WILL COST YOU $ 10.00 A MONTH TO USE IT...
(some of them have ppl giving practical experiences of their friends' accounts being closed for disobeying this bull shit....)
incident 2 - some divya singh is requesting you to fwd this msg so that she may get money from yahoo, orkut , etc. etc. for some disease operation worth lakhs......
incident 3 - some IIT guy is suffering from a so called once in a million disease and so pls pass on the msg... so that he may get money..... blah blah blah...
incident 4 - Jai ganeshay namah..,,(or watever).... i get this msg when i wake up.. and it says.. fwd it for ur gud luck... and some go to the extent ... if u wont ... u will hav a badluck for next one year or so...
incident 5 (comparatively sensible but still non-sense....) - one girl named christie is suffering from some disease ... she urgently needs B positive blood .... pls help by fwding this msg... (most of them dont have any contact no.)....
incident 6 - friendship is the best thing in the world... (oh !! is it?? i din knew !!! thanx for telling me...) and if u dont fwd u r not my friend... !!
gr8... the best thing in the world now depends on whether i pass this non-sense to others or not...
incident 8 - the most recent one..
hi!! am rashmi... my no. is ********* (sorry i dont remember the no... ) m a blind gal ... for my operation i need some lakhs and airtel has agreed to pay me 10 ps. everytime this sms is sent... so pls help me...
(i got this fwd from some 4-5 guys... and they ppl jus blindly fwded without even checking if this no. even exists or not...)...
P.S. - Airtel gives free local sms service in my circle (T.N.)... so in other words if this sms is fwded... firstly airtel will be increasing the load on its SMS servers... and secondly they will be bearing a loss as the sms is free... so effectively... airtel will have to spend lets say.. some 20 ps. just for giving 10 paise to this blind girl...(who doesnt even exist)... good isnt it?? i din knew airtel guys were this intelligent ....!!!!
STOPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
R we all idiots???
dont we have common sense (wch is supposed to be uncommon anyways) ??
do we ever think even once before fwding some msg.. or just pass it on blindly... and jus pass on the burden of bad luck to the next person...
Although many of us understand its not true... then also to be on the safer side we jus get the load off ourselves... not thinking that we are not jus keeping ourselves on safer side... but instead putting our friend in jeopardy... if the next guy believes too much in god... then he definitely cant ignore this msg... and dats how the story continues...
Its been since the very next day i bought a cell... i received this ganeshji's msg.. to fwd it to 10 ppl and have a good week... The very after i got email account i had some of my best friends sending this "pass if u are my friend " msg.. (oops.... i din fwd... but hey! he's still my friend... gr8??!!! hey.. but i wont tell this to him.. or else he'll break the friendship for not fwding that msg... ... wat chaat !!!! )...
anyways do u really think he will brk the frndship.... ??!!!
even i know he wont and so does he... but then why ?!!! why are we becoming slaves?? slaves of someone whom we dont even know... who would have started this all idotic crap...
I am not against those msgs showing importance of friendship but dude.. wats the need of ending that "if u dont... then u'll have badluck" word in the end...
Guys i am using orkut since past two years.. and i havent fwded that msg "if u dont send this to all ur contacts in ONE WEEK ur account will be deleted from orkut... " whoa... is it that i jus managed to fool the orkut guys.. or they dint notice me.. or wateva...
but have u ever thought wat max. can happen if i dont fwd that msg... GOOGLE wch has the largest storage space in the world... will delete ur account jus because of sudden rush on orkut.. whereas on the other hand they are still spending millions on the publicity of orkut ... so that they may get new users... amazing...!!!
and SUPPOSE (i know its not possible but still for ur satisfaction)... if they delete my account on orkut... and tell me to pay some $10 per month for using it...
why will they provide it to you free ...?? oh ... jus becoz u fwded their msg.. wch told about some bad policy of their company (if they wud have got any marketing skills ... they will better not give DHAMKI to their customers... )... cool... and more... if they wont provide it free.. do u think... how many of ur frends u think will remain there on orkut... i guess not even 5% will be ready to pay that price... in other words none of ur frends will be thr on orkut anymore.. then... wat da hell r u gonna do thr man??
And if u still have any doubt pls go and check this orkut - help page... wch clearly says.. they are not doing any such thing and this is just a rumour.. !!!!
http://www.orkut.com/News.aspx
if google , yahoo etc. etc. had to give money for charity.. dont u think they wud have better started some organization for that.. or gave it to some already active social organisation and made a huge publicity stunt sort of thing.... as nothing gets your image better than doing charity... (look at our filmstars... )
wats most common in all these msgs is that they will try to use ur emotions and sentiments... wch is the weakest (for us) and say the best target for them....
The Most recent was when i got an sms saying some final year of our college needs this blood group... the msg had tel. no. of hospital in which it claimed, he was admitted... i got it and as it sounded sensible i fwded it to all mah frends... then there were calls coming to me from students having the same blood group... they told me there was no one in that hospital ... they had called up thr...
so they were inquiring me... so i thought of a good way to get to that person.. i passed the contact no. of guy who had this blood group and wanted to donate blood back to whr i got the msg from.. so that msg could trace back to whr it all started... But the next day i found... it was all crap ... no final yr. student of our college was admitted...
Isnt that disgusting.. ppl jus make some crap msg for fun... and they dont even think of the troubles others might have..
Not just this... i also get this daily dose of all frends from orkut sending me some JHOOS invitation.. or somebody "TAGGING" me.... i havent clicked on any of them yet.. .but dear frends if u also receive any msg like dat frm me.. then understand that the website was able to fool me and get my orkut friend list ... and then carry on their dirty ways of publicity...
PPL pls use ur brains before fwding any msg like that... otherwise that 2yr. old girl suffering from some terrible cancer... (since 1996 .... and still she's two...)... will continue to be in ur inbox.. from here or there... unless she's becomes an old lady who again needs money for some terrible operation and yahoo, msn will agree to pay.....
And for all those "dharmik" ppl... i dont think ganeshji will do me any bad if i dont fwd that sms... and if they do... then i would rather choose not to believe in god...
because i dont wanna fwd that msg to my buddies and force them emotionally to carry and fwd the burden to their other friends...
P.S. - For those intrested in knowing, who all have added YOU to their crush list... pls contact orkut team .... ONLY they can tell u... not fwding that msg.... wch says... "_crushlist##$$" etc. etc.
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