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Showing posts with label IIT Delhi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IIT Delhi. Show all posts
Friday, March 23, 2012
Friday, March 11, 2011
Dual Nature of My Heart
I look at her and then afraid of getting caught stealing a glance I pretend to look in a direction away from her. Then my eye balls start rolling to the side of the face and play a game of hide and seek. My detective grey cells spring to life and eye upon half a dozen other male members of the class playing the same game except that their neck plays the game instead of eyes. And then I chuckle at my fate. I know I can just be a distant admirer because the duality of my heart checks in to liquidate the flow of my emotions. The dual nature which was born in the recent past has become so mature at an early age that it just pisses me off.
The urge to be different and my ego keep me away from the pit of love. At an age when lust is always mistaken as love we tend to fall in this pit. The latter 4 letter l-word is a responsibility and carries a deeper meaning; meaning which our juvenile brain is not ripe enough to understand. Remembering a person sitting miles away, writing letters which carry superfluous meanings, giving presents, etc. is not love. Unbiased care and affection add to its meaning which is long forgotten in today’s definition of the word.
Just one practical class in a week and during that golden period also my heart doesn’t allow me to sketch the full image of her in my mind. And what about the other officious rodents who are always hungry for a petty chance to make their presence be felt? The look on her face manifests that even she is aware of their ‘ready to mingle’ approach. Like them, I also don’t need her but I just want her. The purity of thought which travels in me is so strong that in a world full of sycophants I feel diminished. But I am proud of this purity because this sets me way apart from others.
I often question myself - does she even know that I exist? Why is she so special to me? Is it her simplicity? Is it her smile? Is it her laugh? Or is it just her face? It’s actually the mere thought of her which brings to me joy and a tiny smile and also a bleak hope that one day she will become my responsibility. My heart skips a beat whenever she comes in my 5 meter radius. I am afraid that due to my non gregarious eccentricity this radius will take more than a lifetime to reduce to 1.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Delhi 2010: Triumph or Disaster
September 2010
"I will be very unhappy if the Commonwealth Games are successful because then they (the organisers) will start claiming to host Asian Games, Olympic Games and all these.”, said former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar. The statement speaks volumes about the ‘patriotism’ of the leaders of our country. This is an indication of how very united India is, just 45 days before the Games.
Agreed, that the Commonwealth Games is inching closer to being a faux pas rather than bearing the hallmark of success for India but can’t we Indians, take an optimistic approach and liquidate our accusations against the Sheila Dixit government. A bunch of corrupt personnel doesn’t make the whole system fraud. The frustrated lady CM ended up saying –“Aap mujhe jail bhejna chahte hain kya?”
Recently, I read this novel by Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol. The adrenaline laced, exhilarating book talks immensely about Noetic Science (for all those who haven’t heard the term before, it is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of mind and intuition). It said that a unidirectional nature of thought process from the masses can shift the substructures of any physical, real world process towards that thought process. Re-read what I have written to grasp the true meaning of the statement. So, if we people coalesce and hope for the Games’ speedy recuperation, I am sure Delhi can show a gleaming face to the world, in October.
Flashback 1,2,3………a few years down the line, did Delhi have a world class airport, more than 100 km of Metro network, the all new City Airport Terminal, the DTC’s green and red busses, the state-of-art stadia, red-light free Ring Roads…….its a Nile size list? In preparation, the Indian government has allocated a generous budget of well over US$1.6 billion – the largest yet for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – to prepare the infrastructure and spruce up the capital ahead of the games. People are forgetting that CWG project has indeed given the capital a plethora of services. Can’t the people just take pride in what the project is giving the nation?
If the people continue with their flapdoodle, they will be proving that India has cities but no citizens. I can just add what Harvey Dent said in The Dark Knight – “Night is darkest just before dawn, and the dawn is coming.” So let us unite to rename Beijing 2008 to Delhi 2010!
"I will be very unhappy if the Commonwealth Games are successful because then they (the organisers) will start claiming to host Asian Games, Olympic Games and all these.”, said former sports minister Mani Shankar Aiyar. The statement speaks volumes about the ‘patriotism’ of the leaders of our country. This is an indication of how very united India is, just 45 days before the Games.
Agreed, that the Commonwealth Games is inching closer to being a faux pas rather than bearing the hallmark of success for India but can’t we Indians, take an optimistic approach and liquidate our accusations against the Sheila Dixit government. A bunch of corrupt personnel doesn’t make the whole system fraud. The frustrated lady CM ended up saying –“Aap mujhe jail bhejna chahte hain kya?”
Recently, I read this novel by Dan Brown, The Lost Symbol. The adrenaline laced, exhilarating book talks immensely about Noetic Science (for all those who haven’t heard the term before, it is a branch of philosophy concerned with the study of mind and intuition). It said that a unidirectional nature of thought process from the masses can shift the substructures of any physical, real world process towards that thought process. Re-read what I have written to grasp the true meaning of the statement. So, if we people coalesce and hope for the Games’ speedy recuperation, I am sure Delhi can show a gleaming face to the world, in October.
Flashback 1,2,3………a few years down the line, did Delhi have a world class airport, more than 100 km of Metro network, the all new City Airport Terminal, the DTC’s green and red busses, the state-of-art stadia, red-light free Ring Roads…….its a Nile size list? In preparation, the Indian government has allocated a generous budget of well over US$1.6 billion – the largest yet for the Commonwealth Games (CWG) – to prepare the infrastructure and spruce up the capital ahead of the games. People are forgetting that CWG project has indeed given the capital a plethora of services. Can’t the people just take pride in what the project is giving the nation?
If the people continue with their flapdoodle, they will be proving that India has cities but no citizens. I can just add what Harvey Dent said in The Dark Knight – “Night is darkest just before dawn, and the dawn is coming.” So let us unite to rename Beijing 2008 to Delhi 2010!
Friday, October 29, 2010
And So It Begins!
July 2010
As I entered the domains of Kumaon Hostel, I had the same feeling I once had while entering Durgadas House in Mayo. Looking for my name on the notice boards, I searched for Rancho & Raju. It was a deja vu moment for me keeping in mind that '3 Idiots' had already released. It seemed that the hostel was waiting for me. Kumaon also has its own family of Megabyte, Gigabyte and Kilobyte.
On the very first day I stupidly locked my cupboard with a click lock leaving my keys inside. Thanx to DJ, Deepak, Anurag and Arpit, who were like 'friends in need and friends indeed' ,helped me through.
"I welcome you all to the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi", the name sounded much more heavier when it came out of the IIT Delhi's Director's mouth. We were seated in the historic Dogra Hall for our first orientation program. Probably this was the moment, I was unknowingly waiting for, since the past 2 years. Putting it is Isshaan Ghosh's words, I was in the college of my dreams. Stupid thoughts rained in my mind - "what if this place was bombarded with missiles, the country would lose a some hundreds of geeks!"
My course coordinator's name is Sunil Pandey. The prof tells ,in a very dissimilar fashion in which Pramod Kumar Ranwaka told us that he had taught Vivek Oberoi in Mayo, that he has taught Chetan Bhagat. The former was lying beyond a shadow of doubt. The words were sharply thrown from his mouth but became blunt before reaching our ears. And then came one of his famous lines - "I am a kind of professor who produces only Rachos and not the Chatur Ramalingams." Hmmm, impressively said!
Devesh, Yuvraj, Parth etc. etc. were amongst the few people who had asked me "Ragging ho gayi?" as if it is an official and a prestigious event. Ragging is no where inside the periphery of Kumaon. 'Culture' is a word synonymous with the house.
As I entered the domains of Kumaon Hostel, I had the same feeling I once had while entering Durgadas House in Mayo. Looking for my name on the notice boards, I searched for Rancho & Raju. It was a deja vu moment for me keeping in mind that '3 Idiots' had already released. It seemed that the hostel was waiting for me. Kumaon also has its own family of Megabyte, Gigabyte and Kilobyte.
On the very first day I stupidly locked my cupboard with a click lock leaving my keys inside. Thanx to DJ, Deepak, Anurag and Arpit, who were like 'friends in need and friends indeed' ,helped me through.
"I welcome you all to the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi", the name sounded much more heavier when it came out of the IIT Delhi's Director's mouth. We were seated in the historic Dogra Hall for our first orientation program. Probably this was the moment, I was unknowingly waiting for, since the past 2 years. Putting it is Isshaan Ghosh's words, I was in the college of my dreams. Stupid thoughts rained in my mind - "what if this place was bombarded with missiles, the country would lose a some hundreds of geeks!"
My course coordinator's name is Sunil Pandey. The prof tells ,in a very dissimilar fashion in which Pramod Kumar Ranwaka told us that he had taught Vivek Oberoi in Mayo, that he has taught Chetan Bhagat. The former was lying beyond a shadow of doubt. The words were sharply thrown from his mouth but became blunt before reaching our ears. And then came one of his famous lines - "I am a kind of professor who produces only Rachos and not the Chatur Ramalingams." Hmmm, impressively said!
Devesh, Yuvraj, Parth etc. etc. were amongst the few people who had asked me "Ragging ho gayi?" as if it is an official and a prestigious event. Ragging is no where inside the periphery of Kumaon. 'Culture' is a word synonymous with the house.
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