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iPod - The Saviour

2013-02-23T03:39:00.001-08:00

i Mac was used as more of a decorative piece of instrument by most of them or a matter of prestige and not much of an entertainment device. i Mac when launched did not have a CD burner installed when compared to other competitors. Steve jobs anticipated trouble .It had already started impacting the sales of i Mac.

He knew that his i Macs were not selling!!!

Apple had shown interest in video players and processes for file transfer for incorporating in the i Mac.

this is how they went about developing iTunes.

Sony with the help of its R&D team had come up with a lithium ion battery which was very small in size. Unfortunately there were no vendors requiring it .

on the other hand Toshiba had come up with a HDD, which was also small in size.

with the use of these two trump cards Steve Jobs and team created something small yet distinct music player which was better than all the existing music players in terms of storage space and battery life.

Who would opt for a Sony Walkman now ? when you have a player which can store around 1000 songs which can play for a month once charged.

The recording companies were facing an issue of stealing of albums from sites like Napster and piracy was becoming an issue.

The recording companies came as guardian angels. Steve jobs called all of the recording companies for a meet, one of which was Warner music group (WMG).

Steve proposed a deal to these recording companies saying he will curb piracy and stealing of songs by introducing the iPod. Jobs beautifully managed to negotiate with the music companies by giving a classical justification.

He convinced them that his new music player is so much better than the others and it will rely on iTunes for transfer of songs. The albums have to be converted and compressed to make them compatible to be played and stored in this small device.

The recording studios felt they also had an advantage. Their songs which were sold in the form of albums could now be downloaded individually. While purchasing albums they had no choice on their favorite songs. This could also have a negative impact on album sales, because by selling individual songs, the relatively bad songs in the albums will not be downloaded. so, jobs made a deal with the music companies to sell individual songs at a premium price, say 99 cents or 1$.

There was no much scope for loss for these companies because iTunes was only compatible with the i Macs and the i Macs sales were not shooting up because they lacked CD burners. so there were only about a million of those in the market, not posing much of threat for the music companies. The music companies found this proposal very appealing and hence all of them signed an agreement .

Apple launched the iPod !!

i Mac sales shot up !!

this is how i Pod saved its ancestor i Mac

I don't think i will have to remind you what happened after the launch of iPod.
This device changed the way music was consumed.
This device.................. let the stats below speak for me

________________________________________By Ganesh Kamath ~ @ganzooga

Why wood some one bollywood ??

2013-01-24T01:41:00.003-08:00

They may have the Chuck Norris but we have Rajnikant! They may have Arnold but we have apna Sallu, If they have the movie Titanic, to counter we have mohobbatein. Where they have thor, we have veer. where they have Superman, we have Shehenshah. apart from size, There is minuscule difference between ghajini and hulk viz-a-vi Iron man and Shakti man as in the picture !! ok my bad.

But on a serious note, off late, looking at the growing trend of bollywood we see that movies are done just to pocket the commercial benefits overlooking the real purpose of the movie.There are flaws in the system which are hard to forgo because of the traditional misnomer that bollywood carries with it.

A few basic things like laws of gravity and several laws of physics including doppler effect have to be understood by the movie makers. Songs in bollywood movies need not be mandatory as we all believe. Indian music industry must learn to survive independently. Inspite of our movies having a cutting edge on hollywood, our songs give the westerners the opportunity to make fun of us. This is very common, and is culminating in the Indian crowd as they are western driven. Hollywood movies are considered to be a triumph of style and content over so-called meaningless candy floss Bollywood films. The battle will never end, all we can do is sit back and watch, starry-eyed with popcorn in hand.

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2012-08-28T23:43:00.000-07:00

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The world in black and white

2012-06-09T07:26:00.000-07:00

The multiverse is a theory in which our universe is not the only one, but states that many universes exist parallel to each other. These distinct universes within the multiverse theory are called parallel universes. A variety of different theories lend themselves to a multiverse viewpoint.

Not all physicist really believe that these universes exist. But I am not a physicist, which allows me to dream of things without giving an empirical explanation for it.
This theory of parallel Universe is facinating, and keeps me wondering and questioning, what if so was not so? what if that thing there was not there? what if this was that ? Well, What if the universe was Black and White ?
What if our eyes could see only two colors? what if we never knew if other colors even existed. what if the rods and cones in our eyes could process only black and white?.

The Rainbow and the sky would have shades in two tones, and still would be appreciated for the pattern it exhibited, not knowing that if seen in VIBGYOR or blue, how beautiful would it look ! The world would be viewed with a perception of a chess board. Issues like racism would be put into shade or subside, since the world would have whites, blacks and greys. People would be less concerned about beauty and cosmetics.

Things could go haywire while solving a Rubik's cube which now has shades of grey ! or girls would have to survive without Pink ! A lot of proverbs would need to change like "The grass is grayer on the other side " .The beautiful snow would seem no different from the rest . Well, the moon shall be the only thing as appealing as it is now.

While I sit and imagine of the black and white world, I realize how gifted I am and how gifted we all are to be able to see different colors. In black and white world the real world would only be a figment of our imagination, but now as we live in one, we must know how lucky we are. We live in a world where greed always surpasses need. Human beings have been insufferably arrogant to think nature was made solely for their benefit.
Man has lost the capacity to foresee.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values or a day will come when the world we live in might as well turn into a multiverse.

Don't blow it - good planets are hard to find.

~ By Ganesh Kamath

10 things I HATE about Windows 8

2012-06-03T08:14:00.000-07:00

11. Absence of Start button like in previous versions of Windows.

22. Without reliable internet connection, whole purpose of “METRO” interface is compromised.

33. Softwares which run perfectly on the previous versions of Windows are not compatible.

44. Drivers support is at minimum, at the best.

55. For multiple OS users, in the OS choice screen, selection of OS other than Windows 8 requires an immediate restart of the system.

66. Programs cannot be closed at the convenience of a click of the button. Instead, user has to drag and drop the app window to the bottom of the screen, which is very irritating.

77. Ribbon interface for explorer is not so user friendly. Even regularly accessed items like menu bar, view options etc. are hard to reach.

88. No ease of access to shut down, restart and sign-out options.

99. Critical system notifications like time, power, battery, Wi-Fi indicators are not right in front of the user.

110. NO GAMESSSSSSS !!!!!! Where are the inbuilt Games, which we loved for such a longtime?

This review is based on Windows 8 Release Preview build 8400

Sunil L Nayak Sadanand Akshay Pai

Java ???

2012-06-03T00:17:00.002-07:00

What is Java? Where do we need Java? Why only Java? Javascript and Java, are they similar? These are the few questions which will strike to your mind when you hear this word. Well, if you are familiar with this programming language then you have a clear understanding about it.

Java was invented by James Gosling, Patrick Naughton, Chris Warth, Ed Frank and Mike Sheridan at Sun Microsystems, Inc. in 1991. It was initially called ‘Oak’ but was renamed to ‘Java’ in 1995.

Java is an object oriented high level programming language. Object oriented because, it gives priority to data on which it is implemented rather than the code. It is a high level language because, codes are written in human understandable language. Java is similar to ‘C++’ but it is completely different from it. Java derives many of its syntaxes and programming styles from C++, but the purpose and working environment is different. Java is used almost everywhere in the computing world.

Java is available in different forms:
JSP (Java Server Page): Like PHP and ASP, JSPs based on a code with normal HTML tags, which helps in creating dynamic web pages.
Java Applets : This is another type of Java program used within a web page to add many new features to a web browser.
J2EE : The software Java 2 Enterprise Edition are used by various companies to transfer data based on XML structured documents between one another.
JavaBeans : This is something like Visual Basic and a reusable software component that can be easily assemble to create some new and advanced application.
Mobile Java : Besides the above technology, Java is also used for various entertainment devices especially mobile phone.

Now, why do we need only Java for all? What about other programming languages? Answer is simple. Java is platform independent. The code written in java is compiled to give an output in the form of ‘Bytecode’. It is not an executable code. Bytecode is highly optimized set of instructions designed to be executed by the Java run-time system, which is called as Java Virtual Machine (JVM). It requires target machines to have JVM installed in it. So it possible to run same bytecode in any of the target machines with JVM, which will interpret the code for execution. The security is achieved in a very general manner. The code is allowed to execute in a confined boundary under the run time environment of java. It cannot have any unauthorized access outside this environment. Thus it cannot harm the systems.

Then, what is this javascript? Javascript is a scripting language for client side web documents. To increase the functionality of HTML codes, javascript is designed. There is no connection between java and javascript. Javascript is named so because; during the time of invention of javscript, Java was a very famous and powerful. The idea was to make ‘js’ popular, hence java was made a part of its name and named as ‘Javascript’. So it can be said that Java is a powerful, flexible, efficient, user friendly and robust language with a huge collection of built in libraries.

Further reference: The Complete Reference Java by Herbert Schildt

Facebook etiquettes

2012-06-01T22:07:00.002-07:00

Facebook has become the second home forevery common man in this world.Facebook has affected the social life andactivity of people in various ways. I would like toshare some of the rules of etiquette in facebook.

RuleNo #1: Have agood, decent profile picture. Don’t upload passport size photos. This is not ajob applying site. Don’t be so professional at least here. There is LinkedInfor such fun loving people.

RuleNo #2: This oneis for guys. Don’t send friend requests to girls just because she smiled at youin a birthday party, a marriage function or any other place. [It’s a littledifficult to be within this rule. I have only 6 words for you-Rules are meantto be broken].

RuleNo #3: Don’t creategroups or pages with Hi-Fi names that die in two days. Even if you did, don’tadd random people to that group.

RuleNo #4: Don’t taganyone without their consent .Guys don’t have a problem with this because guyswant to be everywhere. Girls hate it when they are tagged in an ugly lookingphoto. Don’t hurt them and be a little careful about it.

RuleNo #5: Keep yourcomments meaningful and grammatically correct, short, simple. You might be anEnglish expert and that doesn’t mean you can use words like loquacious, efficacious, vaudeville, malign, impugn. I can’teven pronounce these words. Very less people will bother to know its meaning.

RuleNo #6: Don’tlike your own status unless it is a Nobel Prize winning status. Don’t beg forlikes with your friends. You don’t become a superstar on getting 100 likes.

RuleNo #7: Don’t be a troll. When a group is meant for discussing serious stuffs likeIndian politics, technology don’t upload videos, songs, childhood photos withno clothes, random clicks etc etc. People get pissed off.

Rule No #8: Whiledeveloping facebook, Mark Zuckerburg got bored and he found this ‘poke’. Pokingcan be fun. If you are 18+ never poke teachers, uncle, aunt or elderly peopleunless you are very close to them. That really doesn’t sound funny, seriously.

Rule No #9: Keep your biodata real [Even though only one person reads it, and that’s you, yourself].Itwill feel good when you occasionally visit your bio data .

Rule No #10: Go easy withupdates. Nobody wants to know what you had for the dinner, how many chickenpieces you ate, where you slept, the weather condition in your place, how yourpet animal fell ill etc etc. Know what your friends are likely to comment aboutbefore posting something.

Rule No #11: Don’t updateyour facebook status thousand times a day. It is really irritating. There istwitter for such normal people.

Rule No #12: Don’t Unfriend, Block them. There are afew jerks, jobless people who show up on your wall every day, making scurrilous comments on your updates,posting nasty contents on your WALL, sending direct messages. It’s verydifficult to manage such people. The best way to get rid of these people is byblocking them. The problem with unfriending is users will be able to read yourupdates unless you maintain a highly customized profile.

Go to settings-privacy settings and there youwill find block users option. Once you have blocked, that person can’t readyour updates, can’t search your profile in facebook. You are dead to each otherin facebook world. Later on, If everything goes fine with you people and youwish to break ties unblock that person and then send a friends request.

Rule No #13: When nothingis happening on your Wall, don’t just keep staring at the monitor. Logout fromfacebook. God has given you a life. See how beautiful life is. Go out for awalk. Read some good books. Spend time with your family. Come back.
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-SACHIN KUMAR

Two-weets

2012-05-22T04:38:00.001-07:00

Yes "tweets"... i cant find anything interesting that i can write about.. So i thought why not share some of my classic,phenomenal tweets..

Now tat u r a B.E graduate tell us wat u hav learnt and wat u are good at? Hmmm! Give me a text book and few important questions.ll show ya..

Graduation day speech-what a waste of papers.thank you..

Twitter-tum kya jano ek tweet ki keemath #facebook babu...

A fight between twins : Girl-you ugly.look at your face in the mirror.

Finds a hot celebrity on tv. Next thing is go to google images:)...

We live in a male dominated society where 'male' rarely dominate...

By the expression of sunil narine its very difficult to make out whether #kkr lost or won. . . . . . . #ipl5 ...

Delhi dare devils without sehwag------> deccan chargers..

Lazy rule 100 : fuck the 99 rules..

Lazy rule 15 : if the phone is ringing and it is 3 feet away its a customer service centre call:)..

Boy-was 1.5 the answer for 6th question ? Girl-nope.. It was 1.49979559955!..

The worlds best batsman always wins against worlds best bowler..

Reporter-tumhara har movie flop kyun hotha ? Abhishek bachan- no idea. Reporter-get idea..

We live in a world where roaming costs !

very man is born with the power of concentration.. Imagine katrina kaif taking maths class in your college !

Dear wanna be singer.. Your concert is not in the bathroom..

Girls take up computer science engineering as it is a soft job:)..

Terms and conditions-ok i accept!

A dirty picture called bollywood..

The only cheerleader in the ground is billy bowden #ipl5

#thatawkwardmoment when your girl friend finds your 2yr old naked photo hidden inside a album..

Ravi shastri-where do you go from here? Losing team captain-we are gonna party tonight.you might well join us!?! Ravi-stunned!!

They can hack your twitter password but not your thoughts..

Your life is over when there are 3 months left for the exam and you are studying like its gonna be the doomsday tomorrow..

Doing engineering just because everybody else are doing is #beingindian ..

Acting like a foreigner is being indian..

Dating back to 1000 B.C were they dating..

Being funny is the easiest way to impress a girl #thingslearntfromfriend ..

Padhai : Law-4 ghanta, mba-3 ghanta, medical-2 ghanta, bbm-1 ghanta.. engineering-ghanta padhai hoti hai..

World is a small place in #facebook ...

With age comes cleavage. please #pardonmylanguage ...

Hw can we expect every human in this world to be a staunch follower of sachin Wen lord jesus himself encountered opposition from people...

Man of the match award should be given to the worst player of the losing team:) ...

Studying trigonometry-plz. . Have i done any sin in my past life..

Computer related stuffs are so boring,where everything comes down to zeros and ones..

Irony is girls look for quality in boys and boys look for quantity in girls.

Even fuck says what the rajnikanth?

Its very easy to identify an indian in a group of people. You just gotta say 'please maintain silence'

Shaktimaan is poor mans iron man..

A pause is very important.. Telling main ab normal hoon and main abnormal hoon are totally different..

Indian #avengers-ghajini as hulk,ra one as Loki,krissh as captain america,g-one as thor,shaktimaan as-iron man..

Amir khan should call shahrukh khan to his show #satyamevajayate to share with the world how he was abused by the police men..

"10 Facebook Tips" install a automatic birthday wishing software..

Death is not in your hands,but the steering is definitely in your hands..

The itching sensation is very high when you are standing in a public place..

I was a good man till i found her..

Sonakshi-tappad se nahi,pyar se dar lagta hai..

Sachin-gayle se nahi,munaf se dar lagta hai...

You deserve a nobel prize if u r in a exam hall,tweeting about how th paper is instead of searching for answers in google!

Hw 25 boys r ready to help wen a girl is solving a problem in the blackboard & nobody gives a fuck wen a boy is doing sometng very complex.

What did the bridge whisper-lets break up !

Me-post a inspirational quote.. Nobody gives a fuck:) Mr popular-hi.whats up:) 150 likes,50 comments:) #facebook

People with 20000 tweets are from that country facing unemployment problems'

Sonia ji-ab manmohan singh ji ka khada hona mushkil hai :)

Life was easy when 69 was only a number:)

Its only in a lift we get promotions to higher levels in no time..

Some thoughts on geeks and nerds:) you are a geek if you can explain the story of #vickydonor to kids otherwise you are a nerd..

After watching #dirtypicture people have become more open:) is it the vidya balan effect ?

The only reason why sachin tendulkar was nominated to RS is- he ll not play games in politics:)

The silent person in the class is always blamed:) #truth

Death of bowlers in death overs #ipl5

Irony is - its the bachelors who crack husband jokes in twitter..

one of the most attractive figures- 3 6 2 4 3 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in ipl matches.

when gayle is batting please set the fielders outside the stadium #ipl5

Define Poor man-In no cent..

There is an end for everything in our life:) but there is no end for a circle...

-SACHIN KUMAR

Eggs-Periments: Bottled Egg

2012-04-01T02:34:00.001-07:00

First get permission to use kitchen equipment and eggs.

YOU WILL NEED

One peeled, hard-boiled egg
Plastic or glass bottle with an opening slightly smaller than the egg
Large bowl of hot water
Large bowl of ice water

HERE’S HOW

Put the bottle in the bowl of hot water for about five minutes.
Move the bottle to the bowl of ice water. Wet the egg and place it pointed side down in the bottle opening. As the air inside the bottle cools, the egg will slowly move into the bottle.
To remove the egg, hold the bottle upside down so the egg is near the opening. Blow hard into the bottle with your mouth tight against the opening. Point the bottle away from you: The egg flies out!

WHY?

Hot air expands. Cold air contracts. When the air inside the bottle is heated, the molecules, or tiny air particles, inside the bottle spread out, increasing air pressure. As the air in the bottle cools, the air pressure decreases. The greater outside air pressure pushes the egg into the bottle. Blowing into the bottle raises the air pressure again. The air and the egg rush out of the bottle.

2012-03-31T11:38:00.003-07:00

What is a Hookah and Shisha?
• A hookah is a water pipe used to smoke tobacco through cooled water. The tobacco is
heated in the bowl at the top of the hookah and the smoke is filtered through the water in the
base of the hookah.
• Alternate names for hookahs include: water pipe, goza, hubble-bubble, borry, arhile, and
narghile.
• Shisha is the tobacco smoked in a hookah. It is a very moist and sticky tobacco that has
been soaked in honey or molasses.
• There are a variety of shisha flavors including apple, plum, coconut, mango, mint, and
strawberry.

History of Hookahs?
• The hookah tradition, dating back at least 500 years, originated in the Middle East regions of
the world. Countries cited for the first use include Egypt, India, and Turkey.
• Smoking the hookah is one of the oldest, most popular Turkish traditions.
• The tradition has traveled to the United States and today there are more than 300 hookah
establishments in the U.S.

Myths and the Truths
MYTH #1: Hookah smoke is filtered through water so it filters out any harmful ingredients.
TRUTH #1: Smoking tobacco through water does not filter out cancer-causing chemicals.
Water-filtered smoke can damage the lungs and heart as much as cigarette smoke.

MYTH #2: Inhaling hookah smoke does not burn the lungs, so it is not unhealthy.
TRUTH #2: The hookah smoke does not burn the lungs when inhaled because is cooled
through the water in the base of the hookah. Even though the smoke is cooled, it still contains
carcinogens and it is still unhealthy.

MYTH #3: Smoking hookahs are healthier than smoking cigarettes.
TRUTH #3: Hookah smoke is just as dangerous as cigarette smoke. Hookahs generate smoke
in different ways: cigarette smoke is generated by burning tobacco, while hookah smoke is
produced by heating tobacco in a bowl using charcoal. The end product is the same—smoke,
containing carcinogens.

MYTH #4: Smoking a hookah is not as addictive as smoking a cigarette because there is no
nicotine.
TRUTH #4: Just like regular tobacco, shisha contains nicotine. In fact, in a 60-minute hookah
session, smokers are exposed to 100 to 200 times the volume of smoke inhaled from a single
cigarette.

MYTH #5: Herbal shisha is healthier than regular shisha.
TRUTH #5: Just like smoking herbal or “natural” cigarettes, herbal shisha exposes the smoker
to tar and carcinogens.

MYTH #6: Shisha tobacco contains fruit, so is healthier than regular tobacco.
TRUTH #6: Tobacco is tobacco, no matter how you look at it. Shisha is often soaked in

molasses or honey and mixed with fruit, but it still contains cancer-causing chemicals and
nicotine. Stick to traditional methods of getting fruit—eat an orange.

Quick Facts:

• Compared to a single cigarette, hookah smoke is known to contain:

• Higher levels of arsenic, lead, and nickel

• 36 times more tar

• 15 times more carbon monoxide

• Smoking a hookah requires taking longer and harder drags, increasing levels of inhaled
nicotine and carcinogens in the lungs.

• The longer the hookah session, the more nicotine and toxins one takes in.

• A 45 to 60 minute hookah session exposes the smoker to approximately the same amount
of tar and nicotine as one pack of cigarettes.

• Sharing mouthpieces without washing them can increase the risk of spreading colds, flu,
and infections—even oral herpes.

• Health risks of smoking hookahs include cancer, heart disease, lung damage, and dental
disease.

• Do not think that if you are just visiting a hookah bar, that you are in the clear. There are still
high levels of damaging secondhand smoke to all who are present.

Metamorphosis

2012-03-25T04:51:00.000-07:00

There was an aching desire in me to wear a suit from my childhood days. Finally the day had come during my 8^th semester of engineering. It was the photo session day.Four years had gone in a blink of an eye. The journey of engineering will come to an end after a few weeks.

I was lucky to find a antiquated black suit and a chequered light blue colored tie which was lying in the corner of my room from the past 6 years. It smelled bad as it was covered by dust.

In the suit, I looked like a Hindi professor of a esteemed college. I tried to imitate sharukh khans walking style but in vain. I sucked. The feeling of wearing a suit was great but it was getting hotter within.

Boys came in suit and the girls in sari. Boys looked severely simple and were exuding a intoxicating perfume of manliness.More importantly they were successful in life.Most of them wore a rented suit.There were future CEO s,future managers, future IPL bidders, future politicians, future scientists, future superstars,future artists,future hackers.

Girls were looking scintillating,profused, odoriferous with auriferous ornaments.There is such a sparkling splendor in saris. A sari transforms a girl into a beautiful woman.

I could sense that girls had spent long hours in beauty parlours, the previous day. I couldn’t even recognize few of them. There was a flushed embarrassment when I wished someone “good morning mam” ,thinking she was our dept. lecturer. But she was on her foot to reply “I like your sense of humour”.I almost nodded and appreciated her derisive wit.There were girls who walked slothfully and kept balancing themselves. Even a snail could beat them in a 100mts race. They took 60 photos in 60 varying angles in 60 seconds. I pity the camera speed.

There was abounding happiness everywhere.Photos were clicked categorized according to project group members,pals for life,the nerds,the soup boys,sweet couples.

The time had come for which we were waiting eagerly. The ec sec c batch photo was clicked. Everybody gave their best smile as this photo would go into the college magazine. It is one of the best pictures that i will cherish throughout my life.

By SACHIN KUMAR

I am ****ed up

2012-03-25T04:36:00.001-07:00

-->(Note:I give you the freedom to choose any 4 letter word in place of ****)

According to me **** is the only English word which could be used in any sentence. It could be used to express anger, satire, frustration, agony, happiness,aggression,excitement,love,despair, surprise, satisfaction or any ****ing feeling that exists in this universe. It could be used as a verb, adjective, noun, pronoun, subject, object,adverb but most commonly used in gerund forms. A day goes incomplete without saying this word.There is such a worldly relief in saying ****.Its so soothing.

The ****ing alarm never fails to yank me from my ****ing multiple level dreams. I wake up early in the morning with no ****ing goals and no ****ing hopes, just to live another ****ing day. Throwing the ****ing blankets I move to the bathroom with a ****ing toothpaste and a ****ing toothbrush. My day gets ruined after reading the ****ing articles in the newspaper. These people never put any good articles in the ****ing newspaper. Sipping the coffee,I read big ****ing text books and the topics are too beyond my head.

It’s a ****ing 5 minutes walk to the bus stand from my home. Waiting for the bus is another ****ing thing. When I don’t find the window seat i always say “what the **** ?”.I take out my cell phone which every time shows the last battery point when I am in a good mood to listen some ****ing melodious songs. Its another ****ing 45 minutes journey to the college.A day in college is ****ing hectic.

Its early morning and I see one guy flirting with 10 girls.I say “this ****ing insane”. The ****ing lift is always in the top floor when I am in the ground floor and its in the ground floor when I am in the top floor.“What the ****”. There is a ****ing board in the lift which says only 15 people (some 16000 pax,I am not sure about the figures) are allowed at a time. I pity the lift as there are always ****ing 20 people in the lift.

When I return home,I look like a soldier who just got ****ed up in a battle. I lay on the ****ing chair,counting the number of rotations made by the ****ing fan as if I am going to be paid for it.. I am ****ed up..

By SACHIN KUMAR

Create your website

2012-03-25T04:30:00.003-07:00

Putting up your personal website is no longer a complex task. The advent of CMS in the past few years has made building websites as easy as setting up and maintaining a basic blog.

Content Management Systems are comprehensive frameworks that allow creating, publishing and maintaining websites without having to write web pages in HTML,CSS,PHP.In CMS major part of the scripting is automated.Drupal and Joomla are the most widely used systems. For simpler websites wordpress can be used. All the three systems are scripted in a powerful programming language, PHP, licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL) and use the MySQL database to manage the contents.

How to set up your personal website

1. Rent a server from a web hosting provider.

2. Access the control Panel of the Web space.

3. Deploy any of the CMS by clicking install options.

4. Use dashboard of CMS to set up website.

5. Add contents and allow the CMS to present it.

6. Maintain and update website using simple graphical tools.

7. For support, contact Free Open Source Software communities.

Source:The Hindu edition

By SACHIN KUMAR

A Mans Dilemma

2012-03-04T21:38:00.002-08:00

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Never search for god in the dusty soil,

For the earthworms are close to god...

Never search for god in the heavenly sky,

For the birds are close to god...

Never search for god in the holy water,

For the sea creatures are close to god...

Never search for god in the burning fire,

For the ashes are close to god...

Never search for god in the blowing air,

God is invisible for your eyes…

God resides in everybody’s heart,

Search for god within you…



   By SACHIN KUMAR

Blogger to a Site

2012-02-23T10:07:00.000-08:00

Basic idea comes to our mind when we hear about a blog is 'collection of posts'. So many of us are having our own blogs. Few might not be knowing about the creation of a blog. But let us've a look at a the procedure of creating a simple blog using blogger and to a website.

1. Lets choose a site which provides free rights to create a blog under their own domain name.
Here i've mentioned few names of such sites.
www.blogger.com
www.wordpress.com
www.tumblr.com

2. Create your account in any of the above mentioned sites.
    I would like to continue the further discussion of creating a blog in blogger.com.
You can choose any of the sites, but procedure will remain almost similar.

3. So here you create your blog. ex: www.blogname.blogspot.com

4. Now create your posts and pages as you wish to put in your blog.
    ( Difference between post and a page:
    Posts in any blog will be handled and categorized automaticaly.
    Pages have to be manually handled. )

5. In blogger you can use any of the templates which are built by them.
    For better templates i recommend: www.btemplates.com

6. Usage of these templates in blogger is legal, if and only if you do not modify any contents of the footer
    mentioned in the xml page of the template.
    ( to use external templates, goto templates --> Backup/restore --> choose xml file --> Upload. )

7. Modify the layout and template such that it looks like an awesome site.
    ( editing template: templates --> Edit HTML --> Proceed )

8. Convert the your site name from www.blogname.blogspot.com to www.blogname.co.cc
Visit co.cc and create an account for your site with same blog name. ( co.cc provides free domain )
    Ex: www.blogname.co.cc

9. Then you have to setup your domain.
Goto setup-->Manage domain.
    Choose Zone Records
    Host = your domain name (www.blogname.co.cc)
    Type = CNAME
Value = ghs.google.com
    Then click Setup Button.

10. In blogger goto Setting --> Publishing
Then choose Switch to: Custom Domain
Then click on Already own a domain? Switch to advanced settings
Type your new domain in the www.blogname.co.cc
Click Save Setting Button.

11. It will take only few hours to build www.blogname.co.cc

Introduction to Soccer

2012-02-22T08:46:00.000-08:00

The game of soccer is played by two teams. For most games, each team has 11 players on the field. The objective of the game is to put the ball in the opponent's net. The winning team is the team with the highest number of goals. Soccer is traditionally played on a rectangular field. A typical size of the field would be 100 metres in length and 75 metres wide. The field size may decrease with the play of a younger age level. The playing surface is well-maintained, short grass. But due to weather conditions, some people play on a gravel surface. The field is divided into two by a center line. At each end of the field are two goals (2.44m tall and 7.32m wide). Surrounding each goal is a square 5.5m box (the 6 yard box) and a 16.47m box (the 18 yard box). At each corner of the field is a corner flag which is a minimum of 2m tall.

The game is controlled by a head referee. The referee enforces the laws, keeps the playing time, and keeps the flow of the game moving. The game duration is two halves of 45 minutes each. The referee has two assistants who run up and down the touchlines. The linesman is a referee's second eye to the play and is the key official in determining offside, when the ball has left the field of play, and controlling substitutions.

The ball can be played with every part of the body except the arms. The only person who can handle the ball when it is in play with his hands is the goalkeeper. He may only do so when the ball is inside the 18 yard box. The only other time a person can handle the ball is during a throw-in. A throw-in takes place when the play has stopped due to the ball being kicked across one of the touchlines. The player has to throw the ball from behind his head in a forward motion while keeping his feet planted on the ground.

Play of the game is stopped only by the referee in certain situations. To signify a stoppage in play the referee will blow his whistle. Play is stopped if the ball crosses over any outside line of the field including the line inside the goal net. For the ball to be out of play, it must COMPLETELY cross over one of the touchlines or goal-lines. Another stoppage of play is if any player causes a foul or misconduct. The game stops at the end of each half. Playing time may be extended at the referee's discretion if there was an injury during the half.

Standard dress code and equipment for the game of soccer is basic. Every player must wear a jersey, shorts, socks, shinguards, and cleats. The team as a whole must have matching jerseys, shirts, and socks. The exception is the goalie who has to wear a different color jersey than the rest of the team. Shinguards are mandatory. Soccer cleats are specially designed for the soccer field. They give you superior traction and control to that of the performance you would receive with a normal running shoe. There are a variety of types of cleats for the varied weather conditions you may play in. No jewelry, watches, earrings, etc. are allowed to be worn during the game.

From where it all started

2012-02-22T08:45:00.002-08:00

I have been a massive fan of the beautiful game ever since i was 6 years old. I have been supporting this team Manchester United ever since i remember. United? Why? Well the reason for me supporting united goes back to that auspicious day when my dad decided to watch a united game which was being aired on ESPN.

My dad a part time football fan used to watch these games they aired on TV during the weekends. He didn't support any team in particular and was only interested in games that had lots of goals in them and united were renowned all over for their style of play and the amount of goals they scored in each game. Well the game was between united and a team called Charlton Athletic which are currently playing in League One in the third-tier of English football. Well they were pretty good at that time and i heard my dad saying "this will be a game with lots of goals in it". Since there was only one TV in the house and since i had already completed my homework i decided to watch the game in the hope that he will soon get bored and hand over the remote control.

Well the game started and united were playing away. Both the teams wore these cool jerseys and i was already impressed. Initially the match was pretty even, then there was some sheer brilliance from the united players and a baby faced boy who had a weird name opened the scoring for united. In time i came to know that this boy was called Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. It was hard to even remember these names forget spelling them. In a matter of minutes United were up 3-0 and the game ended 5-0 to United. Apart from the brilliant goals United totally dominated the game and i was mesmerized by this new team who were so good. I didn't watch any other sport apart from Cricket and only supported the Indian Cricket team, but this team had certainly made a mark in my heart.

"Manchester united" the name was on everybody's lips, it had a fan following all over the world, they played excellent football and their trophy cabinet was one to envy for. The moment i heard the name i knew that me and Manchester United were bound to be together till death.

Its been 15 years since that fateful day and here i am at home watching the next united game. The players have changed, the staff has changed, the baby faced boy, my favourite player is long gone. The manager is still the same although in premier league this is still a rarity with some teams changing their managers every season. Legends have been born, trophies won, players bought and sold, even the kits and the sponsors have changed. But the one thing that has never and will never change is my love and respect towards this great football club.

GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED GLORY GLORY MAN UNITED

The Burning Desire

2012-02-21T21:19:00.000-08:00

I fell in love with her at the very first sight. It felt like heaven when I saw her .I spent all my time thinking about her. I was losing control. I have no words to express the depth of my true love for her.

She was sexy, slim and stylish. She had a perfect figure. She was very unique. Her beauty was unmatchable. I always dreamt of being with her. Whenever I saw her in the college she remained silent. Someday she would come in black; someday she would come in white. I knew everything about her.

But one day, she told me indirectly on my face-“Don’t follow me. I can’t be yours. You can’t afford me. Please forget me”. It started raining and thundering. I wept and my tears went wasted in the holy rain. It was the darkest day of my life. I went into depression. The bitter words gave me sleepless nights. Friends told me “forget her. She is not your cup of coffee”. I thought “what a bunch of useless friends I had”.

She would be in the college library, college canteen, college lift, college bus, anywhere and everywhere. I tried to ignore her but her magnetic personality was such that I couldn’t resist myself from looking at her. I checked her from the corner of my eye.

There was a serious fight between the RED Devil and the WHITE Angel in me.I had a perception of them popping up on my shoulders and staring right at me. The Angel said-“Be a gentle man, ignore her, concentrate on your studies”. The Devil said-“It’s not the time to study, follow her, she is yours”. It started troubling me. I cried. “stop itttttttttttttt” i said with a loud cry, like a 1970’s Bollywood hero. The imaginary persons vanished in air with a puff.

My colorful life turned to a mixture of sepia and grey scale. I fell on my knees. My knees were hurting even though I had faked the fall. Seeing the muddy white pants I stood up immediately, as I had to wash clothes at home and detergents these days have become too costly. I thought “what a loser I was-I can’t even buy a 100gm detergent”.

Days passed and depression took over me. I cut off human contacts, stopped studying, forgot smiling and begged for more pain in life.I chose the wrong path to get away from the painful truth. I went to bars and started drinking bottles of black drink “coca cola” like a 1970’s depressed Bollywood hero who drank bottles of alcohol. As I was drinking, the waiter laughed at me.

I became weak and weary. I lost 5 kgs in 5 days. I thought some deadly disease had struck me. I went to a doctor. After check up, the doctor looked at my X-ray report with raised eyebrows. I was about to ask him whether I am going to die? How many days do I have, but I kept quiet? I asked him “any problem doctor”. Doctor replied sadly “LIVER”. Most probably I had become deaf too. I said “Ok… ‘Leave her’ that’s a best medicine”. As I was about to leave I pulled a 100 buck bill and kept it on his table. Doctor said “sorry, its 200”.I showed him my empty wallet with an innocent smile.

The doctor, pointing his fingers at me, started giving a lecture. I had to bare him for the next 10 minutes. He said “you are the useless youth. You can spend money on smoking, drinking, accessories, but not on these things. Do you think this is some government hospital? Get out ’’. I was afraid to make an eye contact with him. I left his clinic silently.

I badly needed a hair cut and a shave. If I was a Salman khan fan I would have wore a t-shirt with the “being ape” slogan. My friends said “Stay away from us. You stink”. I thought “what a bunch of useless friends I had”.

I went for the hair cut on my friend’s advice. The barber who had known me from the past 10 years did not recognize me. I wished him “Hi” and there was no response. He seemed to be busy with his work. As I sat, I looked at the mirror and felt pity on the person in the mirror. Finally, after the hair cut, when I was combing my hair,my barber friend recognized me. We hugged each other for the next 30 Seconds. I desperately needed a hug and therefore I hugged him tightly. People around us felt uncomfortable and thought we were homosexuals. Even he felt a little uncomfortable and we parted. He tapped my shoulders and said “look at you. You have changed”.”YES... I am a bit pissed off” I said putting more weight on the word “YES”.

I preferred a life of solitude.I hardly spoke to my parents.I was a stranger at home.Everything changed in my life. I walked bare footed, I wore rugged clothes, visited boring places, ate tasteless foods, forgot my face book password, watched black and white movies, In fact went to the extent of watching emotional daily soaps on star plus .

I walked through the streets singing “I walk the lonely road, lonely road...”. My friends said “Please don’t sing. You have a bad voice”. I thought “what a bunch of useless friends I had”.

I started asking questions to myself-“What am I? A psycho!! Am I a loser? Am I born under wrong stars? Am I irresponsible? Am I poor? Is she from a royal family”? I was searching for an answer from within. Throughout my course I was able to answer the most difficult questions on this earth. But these were unanswerable.

Suddenly a bright star appeared in front of me. I covered my eyes. The bright star spoke in Amitabh Bachans voice “look my boy, good things happen to those ......pause....., good things happen to those who work hard, good things happen to those who are honest, good things happen to those who submit assignments on time. Today is the last date to submit your assignment, if you don’t submit you will lose your 5 marks”

The alarm started ringing. My brother switched on the bright 25 watts bulb in my room. I heard a soothing voice “wake up son, its 6.30, get ready for the college, you will miss the bus”

When I woke up, I saw there were 2 unread messages in my Nokia 2690 cell phone. It was my friend’s message asking whether I completed the assignment or not. I couldn’t reply as I was left with zero balance. My brother noticed it and said “throw your mobile”.

I replied “Ok... switch off the Amitabh bachan lights and get lost”. ”are you fine??” he asked, sounding very confused.

I brushed my teeth, had a hot water bath, had my breakfast, did my hair, sprayed the axe-effect all over my clothes and hurried to college.

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What are you searching for……??????

Oh…

Sorry…

I forgot to tell you who she was? Click here

Yes..,, she is from the apple family.

She is going to be mine soon. I am working hard now, for my only ambition is to have her. She is very special.

BY SACHIN KUMAR

2012 Mega Project

2012-02-21T00:38:00.002-08:00

This post is about my final year project. It’s nothing “technical”.

We call ourselves “The A team”. Our project title is "vadf".Dont be stunned by reading the title. It’s been 7 weeks and I myself couldn’t figure out why the project title is so. I am digging very hard on it. Hopefully I will get it by the end of semester.

It was a group of 4 students.2 of them worked hard and other 2 hardly worked. We had everything in our project-a funky name, a secret face book group and off course a fantastic team.

In face book group we discussed all big stuffs existing in this small universe and nothing about project. We had a highly motivating image for our group. The group was called Project X because X was unknown. We had also applied for sponsorships. We are still waiting for their approval.

There was equal contribution by everyone.

-They called me a 'programming champ'. But my friends thought i was a Google champ. There is nothing more painful when people say "it’s not your own, it’s a Google product”. I used to curse Google more than cursing friends. I never took it seriously and always ignored them.Ignore the critics as they say.

-Our 2nd project member did everything except project.24 hours was not enough for him. His Google skills were amazing.He uses Google for all sorts of things. He can live without water but not without google. He downloaded all the hidden project related files available in internet. Sadly, none of them seemed to be useful so far.The project name was his contribution.It was he who started a secret group in facebook which we rarely visit.

-Our 3rd project member was a busy and a tired guy. He has mixed emotions. He was rajnikanth in programming. Students from other branches came for his help. He has great contacts. During project hours, he was physically present but mentally absent. Occasionally he visited our workplace and asked “hey guys what’s up... Any progress" and we always said "no”. He just wanted to show us that he was also a part of project.

-Our 4 th project member is a studious guy. He is a angry young man who never played angry birds. He is a perfect role model for all the students out there. He led the group like a real leader and we only didn’t salute him.I will not say anything much about him because he will kick me out of the group if i "praise" him.

It was not a difficult decision in choosing our group leader. It was during my childhood days i heard my teachers telling "rank 1 becomes the leader of the class”. There were three 8 pointers and one 9 pointer in our group. I am not a 9 pointer. So it was decided that 9 pointer will be the leader of the group. But now, we regret for it. Our 9 pointer makes us work a lot. I feel I work for him and not for the sake of completing the project.Neverthless; he was a driving force in our project.

We discussed about our project with most of the lecturers in our branch. Few lecturers said it’s a mega project and few said it’s a impossible project.But we were sachin tendulkars fan and always believed in "nothing is impossible” and moreover we were “The A team”..,,there is no plan B.We were determined to complete the project at any cost.., at any cost. Our first project evaluation went very smoothly and we were successful in impressing the panel. We got a lot of ideas from the lecturers.

We were very friendly with our project guide. He was an inspiration for us. It’s because of our lecturers constant guidance and support, we are able to achieve marvels.

One fine day we did something that no students had done before. It was a milestone. We got accolades from all the lecturers. There was a ray of hope. I told my friends "every cloud has a silver lining" and they said "OK bro., fine... We will see it at night".

Currently,We have stopped working on the project as our 1^st internals is in the coming week.

I wish everyone to come out with flying colours!!!!!!
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----------------AFTER THREE HECTIC MONTHS------------------

22/05/2012 : the judgement day

"Hard work never goes in vain"

I am overwhelmed to say that we won the best project of

the year award. It was a happy ending.We never expected a

prize because there were many other good projects.All the

credit goes to one of our group member,gk who did a

exceptional presentation.

Everyone got reasonable marks as well.But our project

leader got more marks than us and that was hurting (anyways

he deserved it). Thanks to spm for all the cheap book

bindings he did.He saved our money.Finally ..,,great work by

sk and i wont praise much about myself.

The project evaluation didnt go very well eventhough we were

the best project winners.Everyone seemed to be satisfied

with their marks.

We also got a chance to display our project in SRISHTI,a

state level project exhibition event held in Sahyadri

college,Mangalore. Our stay in the college for two days was

tiring band filled with fun.We couldnt win a prize though..

(Participation is more important than winning the prize )..

I wish all my project mates to have a successful life ahead..

"We do not remember days; we remember moments"

BY SACHIN KUMAR

Adventurous mornings

2012-02-19T03:59:00.001-08:00

Every night before hitting the bed, for once I wonder, how my next morning is going to be. How many times am I going to slip, trip and fall today and how many neighbors are going to stare at me as I run? Will my feet have shoes or flip-flops ?

Time gets cruel in the morning. Every morning I open my eyes to realize that I have some responsibilities and I have to keep up to them. My fingers fumble to find my cell phone. My eyes try to force some vision onto the brightly lit phone to check the time. I find me warm, wrapped completely in my blanket. Keeping my cell phone aside, I give myself a due of few more minutes and start off with a new dream. My cell phone lays helpless as it watches me sleep past hours. In the Dream world I believe there is no such entity as time, a world where no credit is given for punctuality. Wow!

I like completing a movie once I start watching it. Even though you never realize if you are done dreaming, the same thing is applicable to dreams. Switching between two worlds is hard, especially when its coming back to reality from deep sleep and at this peak hour a small yawn can put you back to deep baby sleep.

The alarm starts ringing .It rings .it keeps ringing. It wakes my mom up and she, who doesn’t know to switch it off, wakes me up in turn. I switch it off or snooze it depending on how open my eyes are.

After this part, As I wake up and freshen up, I sit on the table and spend some time with the cup of tea kept ready for me. I stare at it as though I have feelings for it. As a matter of fact I find it very HOT! Spending nearly 15 minutes for breakfast leaves me with half an hour to get the college bus !!

Thirty minutes is all I get to shave, take a shower, dress up, wear a belt, do my hair, get socks, wear shoes and walk for 2 minutes. It also includes remembering to take my watch, cell phone , wallet and my hanky!

Shaving is like art. Its takes talent to trim your goatee and get it in shape.A hot water bath on a cold morning is always the best part of my morning. A heavenly feeling is what you get when steam gushes out and invades the air in your bathroom.

My bathroom is quite close to the bus stand, close enough for me to hear the honking of buses.

During my shower, I get three warning honks from three different busses.

If the first horn is heard, it alludes that I need to hurry up a bit.

If the second horn goes, I need to skip hair do.

The third horn is a RED ALERT sign which means I have to skip hair do, socks n shoes, grab my flip flops and RUN!!

My neighbors have the habit of reading newspapers and washing clothes in the morning.

A mocking smug is all I get when they see me run across the lane, gasping for breath with the belt hanging out my waist.

Once I reach the road, I get a feeling of completing a marathon!. Actually, the running keeps me active all day and gets me going.

I arrive at my waiting point and wonder if the bus has already left, because at this point of time each second counts.

It takes a bus 10 seconds to cover the section of that road. Even seconds of delay may account to my running behind the bus for about 4-5 meters, which is very difficult to cover after loosing breath in my lane marathon.

The consequences of boarding the bus after all this may be, ending up stepping on dog poop, dirtying pants with muddy feet, leg aching through out the day or even getting hit by a speeding vehicle.

Boarding the college bus has always been an adventure. All this, not because I have no other bus to go by, but only because there is no match for the fun we have in the college bus.

All this will be missed..

BY GANESH KAMATH

A Memorable Sports Day

2012-02-06T05:39:00.000-08:00

Anything being last has been very special in life. This is my first post about my last sports day (hopefully : if i clear the last semester)..It was the day i didn’t participate in any of the sports events.

It was a very cold morning, 2nd Feb 2012.I wore a black t-shirt and blue jeans which was the branch dress code for the day. I caught the bus at 7.45am.I was a little shocked to see the dark red color of the bus which was yellow just yesterday. Changing the color of the bus was as simple as changing the cell phone panels. I took the window seat in the 4th row. Near the first 3 seats was written "ladies" with too much attention to detail in TIMES NEW ROMAN font. I had become an expert in differentiating between various font styles after clearing a subject called "seminar" in 7th semester, during which every student had to do font check, format check, spell check et al before submitting a seminar report successfully. But there were men who were either illiterate, ignorant or rather disorients and preferred the first 4 seats .
I wondered why was the conductor so time conscious. One of the conductor shouted "you are 60 seconds late" to which the driver replied sarcastically "oh i see! There was a huge traffic, not my fault ”. The conductor gave a angry bird look.
I started browsing in my Nokia 2690 mobile and thanks to TATA Docomo browsing had become much cheaper than messaging. As i was scrolling through my facebook account i saw there were many likes on my comments. By many i mean only 6, as my social network is not very widely spread yet with only 250 friends in my facebook account. Listening to romantic songs sitting near the window with my headphones on made me feel like the SRK of DDLJ but "Ticket Ticket Ticket" brought me back to reality. I always appreciated the conductors for their memory and complex mathematical problem solving abilities but curse them occasionally when i had to pay full ticket for not having the bus pass. Everyday he gives me a useless piece of paper. Its been 3 and half years trying to figure out whats actually written on the ticket.There is a large collection of colorful tickets in my bag which I wish was of use, like philately or numismatics but everyday they make me realize what a jobless fag I was. It was 8.02am when I reached the bypass and had to catch another bus to college. I took a bus at 8.04am to be precise.I have been traveling in this bus for the past 3 and half years and nothing has been changed in the yrs except the people traveling .
The bus was fully conquered and finding an inch of place was very difficult. I rushed inside and found a place for myself. It’s only during government holidays and Sundays do we get the honour of sitting.
I cant explain how embarrassing it is to see myself in various bharatnatyam positions when the bus travels with bullet speed and takes sharp turns. I could see 2 fools hanging down the footboard and one of them with long hair stood with support of his left hand and was giving a DDLJ SRK look. I bet he was humming “tujhe dekha to yeh….” but unfortunately was left with only aunties to impress.
I reached the college at 8.20am. As the bus stopped,dust flew all over the place making it look as though some magic bus from Hogwarts. Ahead of me was a tall building, the "Treasure of knowledge”. I am the robber here. In fact a good robber who never tries to steal anything.
Mens department as we call it, since toilet is a gross word is my first visit everyday. It’s the only place in college where we have the freedom to do all the weird stuffs. I stand in front of the relief machine, counting the number of chewing gums in it. Then i get pissed after reading the so called "Poor Jokes" inscribed on the poor wall.
When i entered the class i saw a happy couple sitting in the third row. I wished them "hi" and they ignored me and continued the chat. I kept my bag in the desk and moved out of the class. Our class is in the 5th floor and has a good view of our college campus. I study in one of the best university in this universe. Our college is known for its pleasant environment, cool weather, beautiful nature, good infrastructure,experienced lecturers,cultured and honest people and more importantly 100% placements. Let me tell you -i have job offers from two top IT companies-INFOSYS and HCL.

In fact INFOSYS has the record of recruiting a maximum number of people from our college. Thus here for most of them “Sabka Malik Ek” holds very true.

My friends came to the college at around 8.45am.There was a gang of good friends who regularly
bird watch, which helps them in hormonal balance and puts them in good mood before attending the classes. There are different varieties of birds in our college. Go, stand under a tree for a while and you will sense it. Some fly very high in the sky and its very difficult to see them. Some fly but nobody is interested. We then enter the class after all the birds fly away. Since it was sports day the classes were cancelled and we continued the bird watch extended. I noticed an energetic, enthusiastic group of students with their cool and attractive branch t- shirts (with hi fi slogans-supposedly involving a lot of ctrl-c, ctrl-v and wiki).They were all walking to the playground for the march-past. Half of the students in our class were absent. They stayed at home watching SPORTS channels, preparing for the sessionals, updating their facebook and twitter statuses, playing GAMES etc etc. With their activities put to halt, everyone moved to the ground at 9.00am.
Colourful flags were waving all over the ground. Most of the students were in black or white clothes. There was one group with an appealing appearance. They wore a white t shirt, white cap, white gloves, black jeans and green band on their hands. I gave them a Dance India Dance, Mithun Da grand salute.
We made a curved line instead of a straight line. I was covered by 2nd year and 3rd year students. Our branch captain was giving instructions which nobody understood but the juniors pretended to understand. Everyone shouted "yes sir" on his commands.
A SPORTS DAY kind of atmosphere was not created that day. Most of them were either busy in comparing and praising their branch t-shirts or getting ready for the photo session. Time has changed as people go for picnics and take snaps for the sole purpose of updating their facebook profile.
With only a few minutes left for the march-past I was all set to show-off my left-right-left-right skills. There were around 60 boys in our group. As we marched I saw 60 different left-right-left-right styles. Some marched like it was republic day parade. I could see my friends walking with a purpose, with chest up and stomach in, placing their foot in the 45 degrees position, swinging their arms parallel to each other. In the center of the ground there was a band set group of 10 high school students. They were all "wanna be engineers". I wished them good luck. We moved on and saluted the chief guest. The march past was over and it was the time to feel some heat. We stood under the hot sun for the next 15mins.

A VIEW

The prayer was going on as I wondered why boys never sang the prayer song. After the prayer I heard some “claps". I was surprised. I clapped for their claps. The Welcome speech continued. One of the student welcomed the Indian chief guest in his American accent. There was a round of applause for his American accent. When we stood there silently, listening to the welcome speech, i heard one of the final year girl saying "the best thing is that we wont be here for the next sports day". I became very emotional that moment.Tears started rolling from my eyes..,, but they were invisible. I was desperate to tell her how difficult it is to clear the 8th semester, forget next sports day.

Standing under the hot sun, I felt we were put in a hot oven and the 1Megahertz microwave signal started attacking us from all the sides. If you are a typical nerd you will be impatient to point out that a 1Megahertz microwave signal doesn't exist. Yes!! you are right. To add this we were in black clothes. As you know,a black surface is a good absorber of heat. It has some parameter associated with it whose value is equal to unity. Its very difficult to understand the technical reason behind it and all I remember was I was boiling within. It involves a lot of frequency, wavelength stuffs which were too beyond my head. My cell phone was vibrating. It was my project leader's message "where are you? when do we start the project ?" I replied "marching ! lets do it in march".

The chief guest spoke about the India-Australia agneepath series. I felt most of them in the ground were familiar with the word agneepath. People stopped watching cricket matches after Sachins batting form came down(I am a big fan of Sachin Tendulkar).There may be other reasons too for people loosing interest in cricket. He also explained how sports play an important role in our life. There was vote of thanks followed by principals speech. It was the time to announce the march past winners. My grand salute had paid off . The group with the white gloves won the first place. We were shocked and surprised to hear that we won the second place. A 3rd yr student standing in front of me said to his friend "we didn’t deserve it”, but I said to myself " I deserved it” at least for getting my skin burnt. I asked what’s the cash prize ?. He said 3000. As i was calculating keeping mind 200 people in the gang, which made it 3000/200. One of my friend shook my hands firmly, telling "Congratts! you just won Rs15". We dispersed as the Captain promised a chocolate !!

Everyone moved to the corner of the ground taking out their hidden cameras. I saw juniors with their i-pads have never touched in my life, Samsung galaxy cell phones,15 mega pixel cameras. I slowly took out my nokia 2690 which has a 1.2 mega pixel camera .I put it back thinking it was better to hide it.

(TO BE CONTINUED)

BY SACHIN KUMAR