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Right to Education

2010-04-05T10:18:00.000-07:00

I think in this decade our educational system is in good hand of Kapil Sibal. Right to education act bill has been passed in the parliament and it is yet to be implemented all over India. Just watched an interview of Kapil Sibal in NDTV. I am impressed by his ideas, visions and willingness to change our old educational system. Here is the link, which is worth watching.

http://www.ndtv.com/news/videos/video_player.php?id=1216208

Here is link about the act "Right to education".

http://www.indg.in/primary-education/policiesandschemes/right-to-education-bill

Mac highly practical

2010-03-22T11:51:00.000-07:00

Recently I have switched to Mac. Never thought of switching to Mac from Windows. At office for my scientific work I use Linux mainly Suse Linux. But for mailing chatting blogging surfing photo editing writing making presentation etc etc I was using windows but not anymore. After using Mac for last 2 month I think I have wasted my energy time and money on Windows for last 10 years. What a crap? Most of the time I was fighting to settle things in my Windows laptop like wifi, standby, freezing, 100% cpu, virus etc. Now I think how much time I have spent on watching my XP is booting. Small example I have not switched off my Mac for last 17days. It shows I have up time of 17days ?? hours ?? mins. Now-a-days I am used to of keeping my unfinished work open in my desktop, keep my mail, chat, browser windows open. This year I am teaching a lot, so I am also keeping all my presentations open. Most enjoyable thing is I am getting a terminal like linux and got connected to the office without stating ssh client/xming or cygwin. Thanks to some extra ordinary happening (not exposing in public) which inspired me to get a mac.

There are few drawbacks I should speak out. There are few programs which are not available in Mac version or very costly. There are some solutions to this, e.g. partitioning the Mac and having a Widows partition or virtualization. But I am happy without any Windows and want to stay seamless and happy.

Google Chrome

2008-09-02T13:25:00.000-07:00

Today google launched their own web browser, Chrome. I was trying to get it from the morning because I am a big fan of google based softwares. At last I got it in the evening. I downloaded it and install it. My very first impression is great. It looks very nice and clean. Thanks to the designer for such a simplicity. I do not know how it will perform for all type of application. It is matter of time to test and experience the new technology. Hope it will be the browser of future.

Few things are not that good yet. I was trying to install google toolbar because it is very useful. But still google has it for IE and firefox, as if google is not responsible for some new browser they have invented. Anyway hope they will realize it soon and come up with a solution. Another thing I do not like, there is no file open button some where in the browser. To open a file you have to do crtl o or type in the address bar. What will happen for the for the clickers !!!!

Fiii-naaaa-lleeeeee

2008-06-26T02:06:00.000-07:00

Germany won yesterday's semi-final match against Turkey. It was not like that they played well but they won. It is a myth by now Germany plays bad but wins. The main story I want to right now is something else. For first time I have witnessed so much of technical failure in Germany. Everything was ok, the match started in time, I was watching alone in our apartment. Initially Germany was playing very bad, first 20 minutes was miserably bad. Turkey scored the 1st goal. After that in 4 minutes Germany scored and it become 1-1. Then suddenly the picture in the television was gone. Few minutes later they were broadcasting radio on TV. So it was listening football in German on a TV. What a feeling. After some time picture came back. So I settled down again. But it happened again. My GOD!!!. Lucky this time, it was only for 2 minutes. Germany scored another one. This time the picture was transmitted from Basel not from Vienna. Because they said that there were continuous power failures in Vienna, so they changed their origin of receiving the signal. But this is not the end of the story. Bummer is still to come. After Germany was leading by 2-1 there was a power failure in our part of the city and was for more than 30minutes. In 8 year this was the only time I have seen power cut for such a long time. I got crazy this time. I started thinking what to do. My mobile has a radio and my car has one also. But to operate the radio in my mobile I need my headset, which was in the car. The car was in the garage in our next building. I was too lazy to go out and listen football in German. So I came out to our balcony and started hearing people. It was also not bad. Just by listening to neighbours reaction I get to know Germany won!!!!!!
Hurrah Germany is in FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE...
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Euro 2008

2008-06-23T04:00:00.000-07:00

Now-a-days it is festival time in Germany. Football fans are on the street. Europe's most favorite entertainer football is on the field. In generally Europe has mainly four seasons, summer, winter, autumn and spring. But every two years one more season adds up to this list which is football season. I am here for last 8 years. I love this season because everybody is happy during this time. Happy smiling faces are making my day. As an Indian I was not a big fan of the game, but the environment here changed me to become a big fan of the game. It is not like that I support some specific team, but I like to watch the games. If it is a good game I go for a sleep with full of satisfaction. This time Euro cup has been evolved differently. Favorite teams are out. Russia, Turkey and Spain are in Semifinal. Germany was not completely unpredicted to be in Semifinal. Let’s see what is going to happen. The most unpredictable show will be the final between Russian and Turkey. But who knows. Last time Greece won the trophy and showed the spirit of the team game. May be this time Turkey will show that. Turkey is going to play against Germany. In Germany there are millions of Turkish people living. Turkey team is also having players who born in Germany and played for German clubs. So they know the inside of the German team. Anyway, my favorite is Germany. I will be happy to see them win. Many of the Indians do not like German team, I do not know why. I like them because of their speed and determination. They play a positive football. This team reflects the nation. I am looking forward to last three matches.

Barcelona Trip

2008-05-20T13:08:00.000-07:00

We went to Barcelona for 5 days. It was a great experience. Barcelona is vibrant city with nice people. We enjoyed a lot, relaxed a bit on the sea side, walked in the Ramblas and ate Tapas. Just fantastic. European city with a touch of Güell. A man gave the city a new identity. After Paris this is one the city I want to go again and again. I put some pictures in my flick album.

Career in Germany

2008-05-17T01:53:00.000-07:00

Germany is a land of intellectuals. From the history of science, arts and culture it is evident that people of Germany invested their time and money in the betterment of their society. Therefore, after the complete demolition of 2nd world war they are well able to keep themselves as one of the main contributor to the world economy because of there excellence in science and technology.

Now the question arises weather this country could offer you a better education to cope with your career building in this new age of global competition, where Indian and Chinese professional are flooding to capture most of the jobs.

To get the question answered we need to know the style of the German education system briefly. After crossing the school level a student can chose to go for a university or a vocational course which includes all type engineering skills. Whereas the universities they only offer you education on basic sciences and arts. There are very few technical universities where one get an advanced education on engineering subjects. Here is the drawback of the systems. Medium students who all visit a vocational school never able to get an advance level training and become labors instead of masters. Only the university graduates who are very few in numbers are able to become good professionals. This is one of reason why Germans are importing high skill professional instead of making them at home.

So before you think about carrying out career here you should go for a university education which is good and up to the world standard. Language is one of the obstacles here, but as soon as you spend some time on it you could be master of it, because this is a very scientific language. Having a German degree from German university and good knowledge of English and German will give you a good start up in choosing a good career in this country.

Now the idea of global career, will it be possible from here? Theoretically it is possible. Because German companies are the world leaders, so if you start up here you can end up to the global market. But in practice due to the conservative society and the strategies it may take a while to be in a good position.

Nagpur, The engineer's town

2008-03-27T03:24:00.000-07:00

I was in Nagpur to visit my sis-in-law. She is a 2nd year engineering student. I spend a weekend there with Gouri my sis-in-law and her friends the would be engineers of India and the world. There are around 80 engineering colleges in Nagpur and its surrounding. Every year the number is growing and even existing colleges are hosting another one in their campus. This is a good business in the name of education. Due to Gouri I got the opportunity to visit her college in Nagpur. The place where the college is located is surrounded by many other similar engineering, nursing, medical, etc colleges. So it is a so-called township of colleges and their hostels. The campus I have visited was beautiful and big. They have good facilities for students like computer lab, library etc. I talked with many faculties, they seems to be very enthusiastic too. As a whole Nagpur is a global village working very hard to supply educated labors to the world market. I have no complain about this, because this one of the many industries running in India without taking any grant from Indian government but producing bunch of people who will give large amount of tax to our government. This is only win-win situation for India.

I am back to Germany

2008-03-27T02:44:00.000-07:00

After 1 month of busy schedule in India at last I am back to Germany to my family to my daughter. Last 1 month was for me to realize India. I traveled a lot from south to north and from west to far east. I was in Bangalore, Pune, Bombay, Delhi, Nagpur, Guwahati, Kolkata, Kharagpur and Bolpur. This gave me the great opportunity to see my motherland so closely. I have noticed that India has changed a lot. It is progressing every day. Small cities are getting more and more attractions and they are advancing. Metro cities are now becoming world class with their new infrastructure and facilities. But what about rural India. I visited only for few hours to my uncle’s home in a village in Birbhum district of West Bengal. I see the change in lifestyle. Few years back there was no phone and when I was a child there was no electricity no road. But now the village is well connected with electricity, phone, mobile, internet and roads. The attitude of the people also changed. They observe the prosperous India in television and get their vision to hard work and change the lifestyle. This is all the part of development. I hope India and its government will keep the attitude towards a progressive country.

Positive India

2008-02-28T20:11:00.000-08:00

I thought that I will get some time at least once in a week to add something in this blog. But time is always short, and if you are in India there is no question about that.

Anyway today I want to write about India, because I am seeing her after 2years and for such a long time that is more than two weeks after 5 years. In this time India progressed a lot. I am happy to see the village image of India now transporting in the urban India. Most of the population get charged duo to the booming economy and working a lot. Ultimately this again helps to rise the economical status of the country. I was in Pune, Nagpur, Bombay and currently staying in Bangalore. All the places are now getting similar like western countries. Why? Because of the branded markets, cafes, banks etc etc. So wherever I am in India I am just feeling the same. Indian TV channels helped the country to become a one state feeling. Hindi and English is used widely which brings the people united.

These are all the positive stuff I wrote today, but still there are many many things which are pulling back the country behind the rat race among the developing countries. I am not going to make any discussion on that today. Today I got up early, I am in office before 9am, in the evening there is a party in Samarkhand (Barbecue specialist), so I am very positive today and seeing only the positive things.

1st post of my diary

2008-02-12T05:27:00.000-08:00

2008 - It is already 13 years I am using computers for many things. From 2001 I own my personal computers, my own homepage etc etc. I spend my days in office in front of computers. I am a theoreical chemists by profession. So life without computers and internet will be impossible for me. If I have to spent few day without these two, it will be enough for me to brakedown completely.
So in this point I have decided to creat my own diary in internet to write my stuff whatever it is small or big and allow myself to become a part of the WWW.