Anitesh Singh

Luv u Maa...

2010-05-09T17:30:00.005+05:30

God could not be there with every child,

So He made You, Mum.

You brought a 'Bundle of Joy' into the world

And loved it like no other one.

You wiped my nose, You cleaned my bums,

You sang me lullabies.

You did not sleep in the night

Just to soothe my wails and cries.

U somehow knew when I was feeling blue

And was hiding things in a guise.

But You let me have my so-called space

Till I asked You to advise.

Sometimes I argued with You

And went against Your wish

But the moment I said, "I'm hungry, Maa," You dashed off

To make my favourite dish.

When I was a kid and thought I had become wise

I did not go by Your way

But now that I'm going to start my own life, I think

"Maa, won't You teach me, just 1 more day?"

I pulled out an old, worn-out photograph and I saw

Your smile when You were a sweet, young girl.

How beautiful You looked, Maa! And that snap,

Even more priceless than diamonds or pearls!

That snap brought back some faded memories,

And You don't look like that anymore.

But Your smile has become sweeter by the day

More and more and more.

Now wipe Your tears, hold my hand

And listen to what I have to say

I love u a lot, Maa!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

©Anitesh Singh

(I really wrote it myself, almost!)

Also, plz visit http://anitesh-pals.blogspot.com if u can spare some more time. :)

At the top!!! :)

2010-05-08T19:17:00.003+05:30

Finally, my blog tops the google search result for my name (excluding the sponsored links, of course). Took a lot of sweat, toil n a hell lot of experimentation to reach here. The journey, however, was a pleasing one-lots of knowledge gained en route.
Anyways, Happy Googling!!! :)

Wo bhi kya din the...

2010-05-03T12:29:00.004+05:30

For the past 2 days I had been keeping myself busy with the making of the college video-"Wo bhi kya din the."

This video, originally thought up by my friend, Ashutosh Nath way back in August 2009 was supposed to be a small scale video involving only the CSE students of our batch and was supposed to be shot by his little handycam. But after that Ashutosh himself suffered some health problems but that didn't kill his spirit and will to make this video successful. In fact, the final version of the video has been shot with a professional high definition camera by professionals, the cast includes biggies like Samanta sir and M.N.Das sir (Ashutosh Nath also :P), all artists had worn make-up which was again done professionally and video includes students from all branches. Great job man! I think ur patience is well rewarded. I still remember the day when he had told me his idea. It was his birthday-24 Aug. N till then I was the 3rd person to know about his upcoming plan, 2nd being Anurag Patra. I was a bit depressed on that day n there were some reasons due to which I didn't want to be part of the video but still I would help and support him in any other manner possible. Dude, hope I have fulfilled my promise! :)

I felt a song so fine should be available on the net with the lyrics and other details. Click here to listen to the final audio version of the song. The audio is really excellent. Let's see what the video turns out to be with us amateur actors giving mediocre shots in several cases. Wish we had some more time. This video could have been a lot lot better.

Details of the song...

Lyrics-Ashutosh Nath

Music-Ashutosh Nath

Singers-Ashutosh Nath, Tulika Nayak

Cast-Achyutananda Samanta, Madhabananda Das, Ashutosh Nath, Ankita Mawandia, Roshan Kumar, Bikram Kumar Sinha, Alok Kumar Singh, Nidhi, Shivi Srivastava, Apratim Gupta, Shruti Prashant, Rahul Singh Samant, Shreepta Mohanty, Ajay Kumar Prajapati, Anurag Jayant Patra, Siddharth Das, Ananya Mohapatra, Arpit Ratan, Manisha Pandey, Abhishek Gupta, Vicky Agarwal, Ritesh Gautam, A. Sudeep Subudhi, Jignesh Patel, Nandita Sahoo, Shruti Mahato, Nakul Dhadheech, Abhishek Anand, Abhishek Azad, Rashmi, Saloni Choudhary, Ayesha Ghosh, Romeo Ranjan Parida, Nishant, Ashish Panigrahi, John Pattnaik, Amresh Dutta.

Director-Ashutosh Nath n 1 idiot! :P

Kudos to Ashutosh Ankita for making this what it is!!! Here are the lyrics…

Wo Bhi Kya din thhe, Kya haseen pal thhe

Saath thhe apne yaar saare

Dhundle khwaabon mein, dekhta hoon main,

Beete jo din the wo hamare

Ab chahun bhi to na laut ke aayenge who pal

Kehta hai mujhse dil mera tu sabko leke chal.

Us waqt mein jab khushiyon ka tha har lamha

Har wo din jo humne jee bhar ke jiya thha

socha na humne

Door honge ik doosre se hum

Aankhen sabki hongi aise nam

Dil bhi apna yehi chahega

Apni yeh zindagi yahin pe hi beete

saath jo hai apna kabhi bhi na chhoote

zindagi ka jo hai nasha phir se hum peelein

ik baar un dino ko phir se hum….jee lein!!!

Aayein yahan jab thhe chehre saare anjaane,

Bichchdenge ab hum jo hoga kal kya kaun jaane

par na bhula paayenge hum wo din

jab hum sabke sab milke

RAP

Raat bhar English saneema dekhte the

Aur agle din class mein assignment likhte thhe

Wo proxiyon ka roz pakda jaana

Wo 'O' ke badle 'F' waala grade aana

Wo endsems mein toppers ka dimaag khaana

Wo micronotes ko innerwears mein chhupaana

Wo canteen mein ladkiyon ko line maarna

Wo khaas unpe apna dil haarna

Wo har proffessor ki alag se nakal utaarna

Wo har galti ko ek baar mein sudhaarna

Wo bahane banaake hostel se bhaagna

Aur agle din ke sunrise tak jaagna

Wo apne room se drums aur guitar ka shor

Wo baju waale room ka chillana no more

Wo first year se ladkiyon ka number laana

Aur apne roommate ka balance unpe lutaana

Wo jhagda saadhe char rupaiye ke ciggarette ke liye

Wo kehna "yaara iske bin hum kaise jiye?"

Wo LAN games ke liye raat raat jagna

Placement officer ke haath apna hub lagna

Wo adhi raat ko birthday ka celebration

Wo b'day bums, cake aur ek foto session

Chalo thodi der ke liye hoga genre abhi change

Yaar hum rap kar rahe hain aint tht kinda strange?

---END OF RAP---

Kuch aisi baatein jo ankahi hai

Keh daalo unnko , mauka yahi hai

Kal kahin bhi jaayein tum hum

Na hoga yeh samaa yeh mausam,

Dil bhi tab ye chahega ke

Apni yeh zindagi yahin pe hi beete

saath jo hai apna kabhi bhi na chhoote

zindagi ka jo hai nasha phir se hum peelein

ik baar un dino ko phir se hum….jee lein!!!

Yaad aayenge jab aap humko kabhi

Khwaabon mein gum ho jaayenge hum us ghadi

Yaadein hongi taaza kyunke

---RAP 2---

Aaj bhi hai yaad yaara mujhko wo din

First year waale andar aate nahi thhe formals ke bin

Achchi lage humko aisi nahi thi koi bhi cheez

Why did the girls have to wear salwaar kameez?

Ik saal baad second year mein entry mila

Phir dobaara hua chaalu kisson ka silsila

Wo jee bhar ke juniors ka intro lena

Wo kehna unse "ae, mera assignment likh dena"

Wo attendance ke liye sir ke pair panda

Wo bachchon jaisi baaton ke wajeh se ladhna

Wo 3rd yr mein chadhna sir pe placement ka bukhaar

Wo lena apne doston se paise udhaar

Wo recession ke hatne ka fizool intezaar

Wo aana sapne mein company se joining letter baar baar

Wo fourth year mein aake ehsaas hona

Ik saal baad humko hai yeh sab khona

4 saal kaise guzre kuch pata bhi na chala

Kya bataun tumhe yaaron mujhe yahan kya mila

A big picture of life in a much larger frame

Man after a year its never gonna b the same

---END OF RAP---

Har haseen lamha abb ek tasveer hai

Kal jo bhi hoga bas apni taqdeer hai

Khaali haath aaye thhe hum

Hain itni khushiyan thode se gham

Dil yeh apna to ab bhi chahe

Apni yeh zindagi yahin pe hi beete

Saath jo hai apna kabhi bhi naa chhoote

Zindagi ka jo hai nasha phir se hum peelein

ik baar un dino ko phir se hum……jee lein.. jee lein!!!!!!

How to sleep in class

2010-03-30T18:46:00.003+05:30

Had recd this email long back… quite hilarious!!! Wish we had thought out such innovative ideas during these 4 yrs… LOL!!! Comments welcome!

KHOJ 2010

2010-03-18T19:58:00.004+05:30

The last post dealt with Kakuros, a very popular kind of puzzle which many people were unaware of. N that is why i had it included in this year's KHOJ (Vasco-de-Gamea). However, there was another very interesting type of puzzle which i had contributed-the REBUS. And yet another 1, this time contributed by Kaushallendra-the ILLUSION TREE

REBUS

A rebus is a picture puzzle which represents some common saying or renowned phrase. It is very interesting as it involves lot of lateral thinking, i.e. "THINKING OUT OF THE BOX." ;)

The few rebuses we had included were...

FOR INSTANCE

I'm not posting the answers here as many of u might be seeing these for the first time so take a fair shot at them. U'll find the answers in the comments so be sure to subscribe to the comments. I'm having another collection of rebuses which till now I haven't found on the net. I'll be publishing them in another post.

THE ILLUSION TREE

This pic was contributed by Kaushal n I found it pretty interesting. It contains the faces of 10 Indian freedom fighters. Lets see who names them first. Kaushal, Vinay n Shivi, u 3 r not allowed to post answers! :P But u can check for correctness... :)

Solving Kakuros

2010-03-08T18:33:00.002+05:30

Kakuro is a kind of logic puzzle in which that is often referred to as a mathematical transliteration of the crossword. A sample kakuro is shown below. The numbers in the lower half stand for the squares below it and those in the upper half stand for the squares to its right.

The object of the puzzle is to insert a digit from 1 to 9 inclusive into each white cell such that the sum of the numbers in each entry matches the clue associated with it and that no digit is duplicated in any entry. It is that lack of duplication that makes creating Kakuro puzzles with unique solutions possible. The solution to the above kakuro will be as follows.

I had included such puzzles in each of the 4 sets we had prepared for the Vasco-de-Gamea event in Kritansh 2010-medium level. However, it was quite disheartening to see about only 10 teams being able to solve kakuros correctly. While invigilating and paper correction, i saw 2 common misunderstandings-

Each clue must not have numbers repeated in it. e.g. In the above kakuro, 16 over 2 squares(1st clue) can only be 9+7 (or 7+9) and not 8+8.
The numbers can be repeated in a row or column if and only if they are parts of different clues. e.g. In the first row 9 is repeated for the clues 16 and 24.

Now to most of u this new type of puzzle may seem difficult but trust me-it's not! Even the hard ones r not very tough if u get the hang of it.

Attacking Kakuros

The first objective is to find out the combinations of the clues given. In many cases u will get unique combinations. Here is a push 4 u...

3 over 2 squares->1+2
6 over 3 squares->1+2+3
10 over 4 squares->1+2+3+4
15 over 5 squares->1+2+3+4+5
21 over 6 squares->1+2+3+4+5+6
.
.
.
and so on.

Now we will also have unique combinations if we increase the above clues by 1 in each case... Take a look....

4 over 2 squares->1+3
7 over 3 squares->1+2+4
11 over 4 squares->1+2+3+5
16 over 5 squares->1+2+3+4+6
22 over 6 squares->1+2+3+4+5+7
.
.
.

OK? Now Let us calculate backwards...

17 over 2 squares->9+8
24 over 3 squares->9+8+7
30 over 4 squares->9+8+7+6
etc etc etc....

And similarly as before, if we reduce the above clues by 1 in each case we have..

16 over 2 squares->9+7
23 over 3 squares->9+8+6
29 over 4 squares->9+8+7+5
etc...

This will greatly reduce the possibilities and also the solving time reqd to solve the kakuro.

Now the question is what to do if we do not get a unique combination...

Dont worry guys, that was just a head start. Several other clues will be there which wont have a huge many number of combinations to it and many a times if 1 particular no. gets known, it eliminates the possibilities of other combinations as well leaving u with just the permutation part. This varies with the difficulty of the puzzle.

Now take a shot at kakuros. The puzzles were generated using THIS software. Generate the puzzles and try solving them on pen and paper after a while. Enjoy! :)

The TCS Employee!!!

2010-01-11T07:08:00.012+05:30

I had received this email long back... but there was no better time to post it than today- as today is the day when TCS visits KIIT campus to recruit us for our future in the corporate world (at 8 am.. :P). Although this post goes as a joke on TCS, still here's me, Anitesh Singh wishing everyone out there in KIIT(and beyond also) the very best for his/her future!

SUBJECT:-New Sholay-Viru ke rishte ki baat

Jay : Mausi, ladka TCS mein kaam karta hai..

Mausi : Hai ram..!!! aur kahin try kar raha hai kya??

Jay : Kahan mausi 2 saal TCS me rahne ke baad koi Company leti kahan hai...

Mausi : Hai Raam!! To kya 2 saal se TCS mein hi hai..

Jay : Haan socha tha 2 saal me salary hike hogi hi. Aajkal to salary bhi jyada nahi mil rahi hai use.

Mausi : To kya salary bhi kam milti hai?

Jay : Ab appraisal bhi to asaani se kahaan hota hai mausi.

Mausi : Hai hai ..!! To kya appraisal bhi nahi hota uska..?

Jay : Mausi aap to mere dost ko galat samajh rahi hain. Aap Basanti ki shaadi usse kar ke to dekhiye, wo senior se ladai karna bandh kar dega bas!

Mausi : To kya seniors se ladhta bhi hai..?

Jay : To isme kaun si buri baat hai Mausi, ladai to raja maharaja aur bade bade log bhi karte hain! Ab kabhi bhi onsite jaane nahi diya jaye to koi kya kar sakta hai!!

Mausi : To kya ab tak ek baar bhi onsite nahi gaya ..???

Jay : Mausi vishwaas kijiye Viru aisa ladka nahi hai. Ek baar Basanti se uski shaadi hui to wo Outdated Technology pe kaam karna bandh kar dega bas!

Mausi : Hai hai..!! To ab yahi ek burai reh gayi thi usme..?? Jaate jaate zara yeh bhi batate jao ki tumhare ye gun vaan dost kis college ke hain?

Jay : Uska pataa lagte hi hum aapko khabar kar de denge!! Tooo.. main rishta pakka samjhu mausi???

Mausi : Pakka??? Beta, kan khol kar sun le...Sagi mausi hoon basanti ki koi sauteli maa nahi Bhale hi hamaari Basanti Call Center wale Guddu se shaadi kar le par TCS ke employee se katai nahin karegi.

When starting a blog...

2009-12-09T19:46:00.005+05:30

Firstly, let me thank all those who contributed to the huge traffic associated with my previous post. That post generated over 200 page visits in less than 3 days, 6 new followers and a total of 32 comments(on other posts as well). An all time high for my blog, till date. ;)

Also after that post many of my friends started asking for tips when starting a blog. So I decided to write down aaalllllll my experiments which I've tried on my blog.

Think up a nice theme 4 ur blog-Blogs with themes tend to attract more crowd than those without any specific purpose. Preferably choose something within ur interest and proficiency so that people would want to read ur content. Ranjeet's, Divye's, Ankur's and Anurag's blog are the best examples of what u'll see in the blog roll. Lemme try n give a few suggestions.....

Movie review blogs-Someone plz create such a blog! My request!!!
Photograph blogs-With minimal content of course, describing some happening events.
Technical blogs-Maybe computers or something related to ur own field
Puzzle blog-This mite be tough, though!
Personal blog-Something just for ur friends, the theme is YOU!

Choose a suitable and conveniently available address-The 2 most popular sites which give u blogging domains for free are Blogger and Wordpress. Most blogs in the blog roll are under the Blogger domain. Abhishek's blog is under the Wordpress domain.
Choose a fitting theme-Choose something plain n professional looking if ur blog content if technical, Cool n funky themes go well with personal n photograph blogs. Now u may be led to believe that blogger and wordpress do not offer enough themes. Well the solution to that would be to google 'blogger themes' (or wordpress) and download the xml file of the theme of ur choice. U'll definitely get something to satisfy u. Upload the xml file to ur blog and make the neccesary code changes.

Now for the optional stuff.... but the more interesting ones.

Google Adsense-This feature of Google allows u to earn while blogging. Once u subscribe to adsense u will be asked the type of ad u wish to post on ur blog and its location. Based on that, u will be given a code to paste in ur blog. Henceforth, whenever people click on the ads, u will be paid. Wonderful as it may sound, it does not generate much revenue and I would reccomend not using it if it spoils ur blog's look. U r paid only if ur revenue crosses $100 (and so far I have earned only 34¢ coz none of u click on the ads :P). U can also monitor the amount of traffic visiting ur blog (apprx) and on which day.
Google Analytics-Now this is something useful if u want to monitor some finer details of ur blog traffic like where the people belong to, which browser was used, screen resolution, percentage of new visitors, average time spent on ur blog and lots more. However, u'll need to sign up for Adsense to avail this.
Google Webmaster Tools-This is perhaps the most interesting piece of code I've added to my blog. Pasting this code allows Google bots (aka spiders) to keep information updated about ur blog. That also means ur blog would show up on Google's search results. Next time any of u forget my blog address just google this..."anitesh singh blog" (without quotes) :P. I shall soon be writing another blog on how to get ur blog in the top 10 results after I've done experimenting with that.

Happy Blogging.

Proxies-The Lifeline of the Class

2009-10-26T15:26:00.009+05:30

Just as we attain puberty after a certain age, in a similar manner we develop an uncanny tendency of not attending classes for weird reasons-be it sleep deprivation, playing, dating..... (It's really endless!!!)

Well, I won't say that these matters are not important. Actually, I happen to recall famous lines for each of these reasons-

We should have at least 8 hours of sleep. (These lines were taught to us in primary education!)

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. (Apparently, people other than Jack have the same problem.)

Love is life-and what is life without love!

So the reasons as to why a student is unable to attend classes seem pretty important. But if only the college management would go by the thought process of a student-all would be well. However, the reality is that every college imposes the dreaded 75% Attendance Rule and has termed "not attending classes" as bunking. Zeesh! What a horrible thing to do to make the leaders of tomorrow sound as cheap shots.

Well there clearly had to be retaliation against such an atrocity. Among the stronger techniques, mass bunking and sine die (well, it surely is a solution), the most important breach to the 75% Attendance Rule is the daily PROXY. What a noble concept that saves the lives of countless innocents on a daily basis. The origin of this concept is lost in the pages of stealth, deception, trickery and most importantly, friendship.

Definition-

PROXY (prok-see)

The substitute of attendance when a future leader is unable to attend

Ally or confederate relied upon to do so.

Reasons- Any of the aforementioned happenings in one's life or just plain disinterest in studies (most probably caused due to the monotony of the lecturer)

Techniques-

The Stealth Method (aka The Submarine Method)-It is a very risk involving method but yet it is by far the most effective. Here, the ally marks an attendance and then obscures himself/herself from the eyes of the lecturer and resurfaces (like a submarine) when he/she is to mark the next attendance.

This method is especially effective in marking attendance for multiple allies whose roll numbers are separated by a certain gap. The largeness of this gap is directly proportional to the smartness of the student and also to the dumbness of the teacher.

This method is also dependent on various other factors such as positioning of the student (Corner benches are the most effective), height of the student sitting in front (The taller the better) and the anonymity of the student in the eyes of the teacher.

The Yes Sir-Present Sir Technique-This method is employed for adjacent roll numbers so that both responses sound different and the risk of failure of operation is lessened.

The Late Method-This is a team effort where the teacher is made to take the attendance for a second time for the latecomers of the class. In this case, a particular person is able to mark attendance once in the initial roll call and once again when the latecomers' attendance is called.

Attacks

Wonder what crime have we committed that the lecturers should develop counter measures for this simple thing. Looks like there will never ever be peace between the two races of teachers and students. Some of them are as follows-

Row wise call-The teacher calls each student in a row wise manner.

Student recognition-The teacher develops special senses of recognition for some students.

Chit technique-The teacher lets the students write their roll numbers on a chit. Obviously, there are several proxies but here the catch is that all of them are adjacent-I mean, if u put your friend's proxy, it would be just next to your own roll no. Now, if the teacher happens to be one of the sinister types then he/she calls out all the roll nos in the same sequence. Thus, almost all proxies are caught.

Needless to say, there will be no rest until we remain in the war. The 75% Attendance War shall never end till the end of time. And as the teachers develop more and more sophisticated techniques, we shall let you know that there are cracks and hacks to every system!

Hail Proxies!

If animals were to take revenge...

2009-09-05T12:56:00.004+05:30

I was just browsing through all the mails I have to get relieved from the xam tension (which btw, got over just yesterday) and I found this 1. Take a look....

My Daddy is Great!!!

2009-08-20T20:53:00.003+05:30

There was one blog for our dearest mothers. The reception for that was quite good. In fact, its one of my favourite blogs-although its not written by me. Well here's another one for our loving fathers! Luv u papa-LOTS!

HOW A SON/DAUGHTER THINKS OF HIS/HER DADDY AT DIFFERENT AGES

At 4 Years
My daddy is great.

At 6 Years
My daddy knows everybody.

At 10 Years
My daddy is good but is short tempered

At 12 Years
My daddy was very nice to me when I was young.

At 14 Years
My daddy is getting fastidious.

At 16 Years
My daddy is not in line with the current times.

At 18 Years
My daddy is becoming increasingly cranky.

At 20 Years
Oh! It's becoming difficult to tolerate daddy. Wonder how Mom puts up with him.

At 25 Years
Daddy is objecting to everything.

At 30 Years
It's becoming difficult to manage my son. I was so scared of my father when I was young.

At 40 Years
Daddy brought me up with so much discipline. Even I should do the same.

At 45 Years
I am baffled as to how my daddy brought us up.

At 50 Years
My daddy faced so many hardships to bring us up. I am unable to manage a single son.

At 55 Years
My daddy was so far sighted and planned so many things for us. He is one of his kind and unique.

At 60 Years
My daddy is great.

Thus, it took 56 Years to complete the cycle and come back to the 1st stage!

Hail thee, my beloved country!

2009-08-15T11:13:00.006+05:30

Towards the end of july for some days this was my tagline on Gtalk-

I Nearly Died In Adoration

Probably one of the most beautiful taglines I have ever seen. At first it is not very clear as to what is written. In fact, some of the guys (n even gals) thought it was for some girl. ;) However, take a closer look at the line-the line spells out INDIA if u take the first letters of all the words. Now u see the beauty!

Although I hadn't had enough sleep thanks to all the drunkards in my floor who howled all night long,today I woke up on a very happy note due to the beauty of the occasion. However, everything kept going wrong for quite sometime. I was told that the flag hoisting was at 8:30am. However, at 8:10am I got a call from a friend that the flag hoisting in the campus was already over(at 7:30). For a moment or two I was left speechless that I missed it and that whether I would be able to attend any flag hoisting this year at all. Its my belief and I think I'm pretty justified also when I say that that every year on Independence Day u should attend at least 1 flag hoisting ceremony. So I was feeling terribly weird for not attending any ceremony this year. But thankfully the hostel flag hoisting ceremony was still left. I did attend that. But what was disappointing there was that only 15 (or so) guys attended it.(Out of 800!)

Friends, Indians, countrymen! Lend me ur ears! Rise n show patriotism for ur motherland. Respect ur country and respect the deeds of its freedom fighters. It is one of the most important fundamental duties. This freedom is very hard earned and u should show ur realization towards this fact as aften as possible-sply on 26th Jan, 15th Aug n 2nd Oct and not treat these days as "mere holidays". Also plz don't say that "respect should be from the heart n that it doesnt matter whether u show it or not." Its possibly the worst excuse for not attending any particular ceremony. If u really do respect ur country then u will automatically show it as well. Its not a very big deal, u see. But it matters a lot. I'm nt preaching that u give ur nite routine for this(Even drinking n shouting in the halls although most of us couldn't sleep coz of that-probably none of them will be reading this blog as well). But taking of 10 mins from ur sleep would make all the difference that is required.
So everyone repeat after me......

Hail thee, OUR beloved country!

Panagrams

2009-08-01T08:47:00.023+05:30

2 days back I had posted a puzzle on Gtalk which went something like this...

The tagline read-
What is common to this line and the pic? Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz

N the pic was-

So here's the complete solution which I was looking for...
First look at the tagline- "Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz"
This line contains all the letters of the English alphabet.
Go ahead check it for yourself.......
OK?

Such sentences are called PANAGRAMS-Sentences that contain all letters of an alphabet.

Now, before I proceed, let me clear a common confusion at this point-the difference between ALPHABET & LETTERS. These words are not synonymous. Any language in this world has just 1 alphabet which in turn contains several letters. The English alphabet contains 26 letters. The Hindi alphabet contains 50.(Someone plz confirm this.)

Now let's return back to the puzzle.
The pic also signifies a panagram, the most famous one-
"The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog."

So both are panagrams! Well quite a few people cracked the puzzle till this point-Ajay Anand, Anurag Mishra, Ashutosh Nath, R.S.Jaya Manasa, Fazia Kalim(3rd year ETC, KIIT), Ankur Gupta and Anurag Sharma(in the order in which they solved it). Rest from 4th year CSE, KIIT.

But there was one more detail I was looking forward to-something common only to these 2 panagrams-something that is not there in the other panagrams. These 2 panagrams are used by Windows XP to display fonts. Normally "The quick brown fox........" is used but off lately True Type font files use the "Jackdaws......" line because it is shorter. If you want to check it out just go to Control Panel->Fonts. Interestingly, in those true type font files the digit 7 is omitted.

The people who got till here were Sneha Singh(CSE, KIIT), Sneha Singh(my sis, SIT Tumkur ECE passout), Ashutosh Choudhary(NPTI, Durgapur), Shubham Jaiswal(CSE, KIIT), Shaubhik Chatterjee(ETC, KIIT). Good job u 5! Congratulations! :)

9371272497 - The Haunting No.

2009-04-11T17:17:00.013+05:30

A funny thing happened with this no that has haunted n also amused many souls. What apperently happens when u call up this no is that a girl receives ur call with a very normal "Hello" and waits a couple of seconds for ur reply. Then she breaks into an outburst as to why u r irritating her by ur calls n the horrible msgs u sent her and threatens u that she would call her brother n tell him everything, which she does also in a few moments. Then the 'bhai' enters the scene n says that u r in big trouble n asks for ur name and so on. But how come the same msg each time?? N that too with the same dialogues.

So here's what actually happens-
This entire thing has been recorded with enough pauses for u too speak, apt dialogues and little background noise which gives it a more real feel and put on someone's voice mailbox(VMB). In case u haven't waited long enough when u called up this no, it ends saying that the user's voice mailbox is full. A VMB is actually a computer that acts as an answering machine for a large group of people requiring a box no n password-the same system for phones as email is to computers. Without the password u can leave msgs on the VMB just as u did in this case. If u recall when u called up that no the fone never rang, it automatically routed u to the VMB and instead of the regular "Hi its so n so. Plz leave a msg" kind of a msg u r greeted with the prank msg.

Although I wasn't caught in this prank(wasn't tried upon actually-WOW!!!) the few things that may have led to someone catching that it was a prank being played on them would be as follows:

The phone not ringing at all.
As the case was in our college-the large no of people around the caller laughing their wits out while the caller is in a rage arguing with the girl b sply the bhai.
Although the chances for this r less, would be that u not getting synchronized with the msg n pausing when the msg stops n speaking when u r not supposed to.
However, the chances for this to happen is quite a lot when a lot of people r roaming around the college with the same prank up their sleeves. U already knowing the entire story so u can fool the person u actually tried to fool u! Funny situation.
This would be applicable to girls only-as this msg is in hindi and tuned as if the conversation is going on with a boy.
Lastly, it would be that u were given this no out of the blue on a date very close to April Fool's Day.

But still most people fell for it, went mad at first and also enjoyed it at the end. On the whole it was fun. Plz leave ur comments! Happy pranking n happy april fool's day to all!!!

Dear Mom...

2009-03-20T23:57:00.007+05:30

This post is for our dearest mothers who love us so much which none of us really know. She burns her hand is the kitchen so that u may not be hungry. She forsakes her happiness for ur smiles. She wipes away ur tears when she herself needs moral support. Read this blog my dear friends...and read it with all ur heart. It will make u feel guilty but also better.

Those childhood days

When you came into the world, she held you in her arms.

You thanked her by wailing like a banshee.

When you were 1 year old, she fed you and bathed you.

You thanked her by crying all night long.

When you were 2 years old, she taught you to walk.

You thanked her by running away when she called.

When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love.

You thanked her by tossing your plate on the floor.

When you were 4 years old, she gave you some crayons

You thanked her by coloring the dining room table.

When you were 5 years old, she dressed you for the holidays.

You thanked her by plopping into the nearest pile of mud

When you were 6 years old, she walked you to school.

You thanked her by screaming, "I'M NOT GOING!"

When you were 7 years old, she bought you a baseball.

You thanked her by throwing it through the next-door-neighbor's window.

When you were 8 years old, she handed you an ice cream.

You thanked her by dripping it all over your lap.

When you were 9 years old, she paid for piano lessons.

You thanked her by never even bothering to practice.

When you were 10 years old, she drove you all day, from soccer to gymnastics to one birthday party after another.

You thanked her by jumping out of the car and never looking back.

When you were 11 years old, she took you and your friends to the movies.

You thanked her by asking to sit in a different row.

When you were 12 years old, she warned you not to watch certain TV shows.

You thanked her by waiting until she left the house.

Those Teenage Years

When you were 13, she suggested a haircut that was becoming.

You thanked her by telling her she had no taste.

When you were 14, she paid for a month away at summer camp.

You thanked her by forgetting to write a single letter.

When you were 15, she came home from work, looking for a hug.

You thanked her by having your bedroom door locked.

When you were 16, she taught you how to drive her car.

You thanked her by taking it every chance you could.

When you were 17, she was expecting an important call.

You thanked her by being on the phone all night.

When you were 18, she cried at your high school graduation.

You thanked her by staying out partying until dawn.

When you were 19, she paid for your college tuition, drove you to campus, carried your bags.

You thanked her by saying good-bye outside the dorm so you wouldn't be embarrassed in front of your friends.

When you were 20, she asked whether you were seeing anyone.

You thanked her by saying, "It's none of your business."

When you were 21, she suggested certain careers for your future.

You thanked her by saying, "I don't want to be like you."

When you were 22, she hugged you at your college graduation.

You thanked her by asking whether she could pay for a trip to Europe.

When you were 23, she gave you furniture for your first apartment.

You thanked her by telling your friends it was ugly.

When you were 24, she met your fiance and asked about your plans for the future.

You thanked her by glaring and growling, "Muuhh-ther, please!"

When you were 25, she helped to pay for your wedding, and she cried and told you how deeply she loved you.

You thanked her by moving halfway across the country.

When you were 30, she called with some advice on the baby.

You thanked her by telling her, "Things are different now."

When you were 40, she called to remind you of a relative's birthday.

You thanked her by saying you were "really busy right now."

When you were 50, she fell ill and needed you to take care of her.

You thanked her by reading about the burden parents become to their children.

And then, one day, she quietly died. And everything you never did came crashing down like thunder.

Give ur mothers a hug today-without reason. For all that she has done to make u stand where u are today. If u can't then just call up n say "I love u." Don't wait 4 the day when u won't be able to do even such simple things...

Engineer's Love Letter

2009-03-19T02:12:00.004+05:30

I first got this as an SMS... but later googled it. Very funny...

I was alone and all was dark

Beneath me and above

My life was full of volts and amps

But not the spark of love

But now that you are here with me

My heart is overjoyed

You turn the square of my heart

Into a sinusoid

You load things from my memory

Onto my system’s bus

My life was once assembly code

Now it’s C++

I love the way you solder things

My circuits you can fix

The voltage across your diode is

much more than just point six

With your amps and resistors

You have built my integrator

I cannot survive without you

You are my function generator

You have charged my life, increased my gain

And made my maths discrete

And now i’ll end my poem here

Control, Alt, and Delete

Actual poem written by a bengali school teacher

2008-08-05T04:12:00.005+05:30

This was a mail I received a long time back. U may probably have read it on the net. But if u haven't, then u may enjoy it rite here...damn funny!!!!!!!!

Through the jongole I am went
On shooting Tiger I am bent
Boshtaard Tiger has eaten wife
No doubt I will avenge poor darling's life
Too much quiet, snakes and leeches
But I not fear these sons of beeches
Hearing loud noise I am jumping with start
But noise is coming from damn fool's heart
Taking care not to be fright
I am clutching rifle tight with eye to sight
Should Tiger come I will shoot and fall him down
Then like hero return to native town
Then through trees I am espying one cave
I am telling self - "Bannerjee be brave"
I am now proceeding with too much care
From far I smell this Tiger's lair
My leg shaking, sweat coming, I start to pray
I think I will shoot Tiger some other day
Turning round I am going to flee
But Tiger giving bloody roar spotting this Bengalee
He bounding from cave like football player Pele
I run shouting
"Kali Ma tumi kothay gele"
Through the jongole I am running
With Tiger on my tail closer looming
I am a telling that never in life
I will risk again for my damn fool wife!!!!

On Friendship's day...

2008-08-03T03:49:00.004+05:30

Actually I felt like writing a few other blogs before coming back to friendship since I have already posted 1 blog on it but the fact that this special day brings smiles to our lips and makes our heart beat made me write this.

Hmmm, now what to write??? Everything has been said from loyalty towards friends to making them feel happy. Ahh, just yesterday when I was browsing through the net searching for a few nice "friendship's day sms's" did I find this short peice on the history of friendship's day........

Considering the valuable role friends play in our life it was deemed to fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. The United States Congress, in 1935, proclaimed first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. The noble idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of friendship caught on with the people and soon Friendship Day became a hugely popular festival.

Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day in US, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated by several countries across the world including India.

In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie - the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship.

Presence of Mind!!!

2008-07-28T22:05:00.007+05:30

Here is something to lighten the heart...something to impress the mind..............

John works in a supermarket. A man came in and asked John for half a kilogram of butter. The boy told him they only sold 1 kg packets of butter, but the man was persistent. The boy said he'd go ask his manager what to do.

John walked into the back room and said, "There's a bloody fellow out there who wants to buy only half a kilo of butter." As he finished saying this he turned around to find the man standing right behind him, So he added, "And this gentleman wants to buy the other half."

The manager finished the deal and later said to John, "You almost got yourself in a lot of trouble earlier, but I must say I was impressed with the way you got yourself out of it. You think on your feet, and I like it a lot. Which place are you from?"

John: I'm from Mexico, sir.
Manager: Oh really? Why did you leave Mexico?
John: They're all just prostitutes and soccer players up there.
Manager: My wife is from Mexico.
John: Which team did she play for?

For my friends...

2008-07-16T23:21:00.007+05:30

Given to the type of person I am, I could not think of a better start to this blog than this article. The most beautiful 'ship' I have seen in my life is FRIENDship and friends are the best crew members. Life with friends is like living in an entirely different world-a world of fun, a world of laughter, a world full of merriment. Hours pass like seconds and we don't even realize how quickly time passes when we are with our buddies. A true friend is one who says nothing and touches ur heart, one who sits beside u for an hour saying nothing and u go home feeling as if u've had the best conversations of ur life, one who looks at u and listens to u when others don't, one who looks at ur eyes to see if the smile on ur face is a real or not. Friends should be few and good, willing to make small and large sacrifices just for u coz u mean something to them, coz u're special. We should not, however, think of our friends as perfect and that they would never hurt us. Actually it's this fact that hurts us still more. Sometimes we tend to trust our loved ones beyond limits and even small things cut right through the heart. Noone is perfect, we all have faults. A friend should bear his friend's infirmities and tell him and correct him when alone. And as for me, all I can promise u is that u'll always have a hand to hold when alone, u'll always have a shoulder to cry upon, u'll always have company for laughter. No matter what happens, just remember that Anitesh is there...ALWAYS!!!

Here goes...

2008-07-16T01:55:00.003+05:30

So here's my first blog...
For a long time I had been looking for a place to write all the crap I listen and ponder over. Now here it is... Actually its not my first time. When I was younger, I used to maintain a diary and pen in some good humourous articles that I used to find from various places. But the wear n tear of paper forced me to to leave that. However, that was different. Here, I would like to present my views and opinions. That was mere copy-paste. Moreover, here I'll be able to provide links and pictures as well for further reading. They are nonetheless similar in the fact that both are open to public(No, it wasn't a personal diary. Rather I used to give it to friends and teachers to take home and enjoy.) I would also appreciate if you, my readers, will give your valuable comments-be it a complete deviation of opinion or even a simple 'lol' at a hilarious article. This way I'll be able to improve the content of the blog which will be more enjoyed by the majority of the readers. But however I would request u not to use abusive as many people will be reading this... :)

---Your loving ANITESH SINGH