Room No 368, ..reloaded

Welcome to Voicetap

2009-04-24T15:33:00.008+05:30

I would like to share the launch of Voicetap with you .Voicetap – a service which allows users to ‘tap’ into the intangible knowledge of experts using the medium of ‘Voice’.

Check out this presentation that we made at Startup Saturday to understand the nitty gritties of how it works.

Voicetap uses the same back end technology as used for earnings calls, to provide access to knowledge related to three evergreen areas for today’s youth: Career, Education and Entrepreneurship. We had our first call on the 5th of April where last years IITJEE rank number 3, 4 were the experts who gave last minute practical tips and tricks to this years IITJEE aspirants. The call was a huge success and very well received. As part of the knowledge series, we have already scheduled some other calls:

Idea Validation for Entrepreneurs – 2nd May.
BITSAT - 3rd May

And many more…

Will keep you updated on the latest happenings at Voicetap

Its Room no 368 now

2009-02-13T18:36:00.003+05:30

Hey..

This blog has been permanently shifted to www.roomno368.com
I will not be posting on this blog anymore.
I am trying to figure out i can somehow redirect this link to the new blog address.
Catch you there.

Its not IIT Mumbai .

2009-01-26T09:40:00.005+05:30

This post is for those who cannot differentiate between brand names and city nomenclature.

I guess the Govt of India 50 years back while establishing one of the elite technical institutes, was unable to foresee the Raj Thackeray trend.(I guess there was no McKinsey at that time that could predict the Bombay to Mumbai campaign )
But then with absolutely no respect,(and yes I am being RUDE) IITBombay is a brand name and for the record its a single word.
Its not IIT Mumbai .

There is nothing like IIT Mumbai .
No body in the world knows IIT Mumbai.
People have known it as IIT Bombay.
Stop tagging photos on facebook as IIT Mumbai.
Stop referring it to as IIT Mumbai in thanking speeches,endnotes, debates,discussions.

The traveler from rajasthan

2009-01-17T19:49:00.004+05:30

Lagoons was one concept i didn't really believe in, not that I was bad at geography, or i lacked scientific rationale, but the very fact that being in rajasthan imagining backwaters and coconut trees was too much to ask for.
Infact, if you belong to rajasthan and your traveling is restricted to gujrat and maharashtra(primarily bombay) looking out of the window while travelling in a bus would mean staring at bushes, almost dry rivers, naked mountains, or to be more precise desert and desert like structures.
Now for a person like me ,who has not really traveled much around, watching coconut trees and lagoons and backwaters in kerala can be quite a experience.This was perhaps the reason, in fact one of the reasons i was looking forward to Jagriti Yatra.
So just in case if also belong to the species deprived of traveling privileges, try registering for the yatra next time.
Believe u me,standing on the gate with a cup of tea and enjoying the western ghats and waving at arbit random people is something you dont want to miss !!

TIloniya it is !!

2009-01-15T12:50:00.004+05:30

Traveling across the length and breadth of the country has to be a experience,but then doing the same thing with 400 odd people who are absolute strangers is more then fun.
Getting back to the motive of the post, the entire traveling things becomes more exciting when you stop near your home town which in this case was Jaipur.
Now north india is something that you dont really want to visit during winters but then since the Yatra was planned , so our opinions were as usual a waste.
But then winters have their own charm and personally i love that season.
Coming down to Tiloniya, this was one place almost everybody on the train was looking forward to. Infact i had my own reasons. Being a rajasthani, yes Tiloniya was one place , where i could speak in marwadi !! Yes I can speak in 3 languages. Hindi , English and Marwadi !!

The last time i was at tiloniya i guess I was in 5th standard so to be honest i really couldnt recall anything. Infact when the train came to a abrubt halt, right in the middle of nowhere and when it was announced on the PA that we had arrived at Tiloniya , even i was surprised.
But the moment i heard dhol and ladies singing and dancing, i knew this was the place.
With hands shivering and legs shaking, by the time i reached the platfrom the ladies had company. Infact the dhol wala bhaiya was not relly prepared for such a resposne.

For those on the yatra who had no clue about the typical Barat tradition , the welcome at tiloniya
was more then enough.The dance show went on for almost close to an hour and a km.
But then the best part was yet to come.

Spam beyond inbox!!

2008-12-13T12:45:00.006+05:30

Although I have joined the facebook group- “I don’t read newspapers anymore” my MINT subscription still continues. The Wall Street Journal articles are my favorites.
The first tab that I open after checking my mail , is my feed reader followed by twitter and facebook.
When it comes to TV, which is a rare phenomenon, I prefer sticking to Discovery and TimesNow.

Whatever medium I may choose to update myself and the world, my immunity towards the Ads is one thing that has increased exponentially.
Not that I don’t see ads or I use Flash Ad Block, but the fact that the Purple Cow is nowhere to be seen. The last time when I actually clicked on an ad it was a friend’s birthday who still believes that Google Ads on his blog would fetch him dollars.

But then a couple of days back I decided to contribute to google’s earnings. I actually clicked on a couple of ads, noticed the ads on Mint, actually watched a movie on TV wtih a gazillion of breaks (this one was the worst of all). And then I concluded that

I wish the TV had google ads, they can be actually more effective.
The ad placement and targeting in the print media is nothing but pathetic.The internet still did fairly better since google new my search patterns so I was given highly targeted ads.
Customizing ads on newspaper according to reader’s interest might actually result in a better ROI for the Adverstisers, which although is immeasurable for the moment.
Last but not the least, if you compare the amount of spam we are literally exposed to, courtesy the offline print media, the gmail spam folder would take ages to catch up

The fact that while a advertiser
would invest in getting the prime spot hoarding, airtime during the matinee hours , grab the front page for advertising , I or for that matter intellectually mature people would simply ignore it very genuinely. I guess it’s time for CMO’s to read Purple Cow.

Relative Terms

2008-12-02T17:53:00.001+05:30

Relativity is a term that often goes beyond Einstein.Not the fact that Einstein's concept of relativity was false, but then the people we relate to are often not so compatible with the older version.
The concept of relativity and absoluteness has often resulted in laying down the foundation of the best of controversies ,errors,confusions not to mention the frustration.

Good Will Hunting , is one of the best examples that covers all the emotions when it comes to comparison and setting standards, because for more then once what seemed trivial to Mr Will ,was rocket science for his Professor Gerald Lambeau.
And when Will Hunting sets a paper on fire ,which had the solution to a equation that his Prof was struggling with, for ages and believed that it could fetch him the NEXT NOBLE, a flood of emotions are expressed in the scene when Will tells him that

"You know what is this..this is fucking easy for me "
And this is where relativity comes in.
While the Prof felt inferior, frustrated,helpless Mr Will simply moved on for his standards were beyond the scope of his professor.

Infact the concept of absoluteness itself is relative as there are no permanent standards.

So the next time you start comparing things, start getting judgmental, have prejudices, do consider the fact that You Cannot Compare APPLES and ORANGES.

I am a TAG !!!!

2008-11-21T23:32:00.003+05:30

Now then..
Tagging is something that i love doing.
Weird tags ..nice tags ..short tags.. long tags...strange tags..
So here we have an inspired and requested post from a Di /fellow blogger/cook of the year/wanderer

U can answer all of them if --

We have met a couple of times or
U have stayed at Room No 368 or
We have spoken on phone more then once.

Not that i m looking around for opinions about my self but then m doing it on a speacial request made by a Cook.
So here we go..post your answers in the comments section or mail them to me if u have all the time in world.

1.Who are you?
2. Are we friends?
3. Something I have and YOU want?
4. Give me a nickname and explain why you picked it?
5. Describe me in one word.
6. What was your first impression of me?
7. Do you still think that way about me now?
8. What reminds you of me?
9. If you could give me anything what would it be?
10. How well do you know me?
11. How do you see me in the future?
12. Ever wanted to tell me something but couldn’t?
13. Are you going to post this in your blog and see what I say about you?

Train No-2955

2008-10-27T15:50:00.003+05:30

A picture is worth more then 1000 words.

Now,if you are thinking that i have exxaaggeerated the entitre thing by putting up this foto.
Beleive u me ..nothing less then this could explain the situation on 2955- BCT-JP Superfast Express.

For this diwali ,and new year i just had a couple of resolutions---
I M NOT GOING BACK TO JAIPUR FOR THE NEXT DIWALI.
n
the reason for saying so is nothing but the journey of the lifetime i had in 2955 .

A train where booking a Tatkal seat can fetch you Endurance Award.
A train whose passenegers are awarded Red n White Bravery award .
A train where meeting people who were so close to the Confirmed Seat.
A train where atleast 100 passengers would claim the Waiting List 1-Title.
A train where people are willing to stand in the the Loo (both English and Indian) .
A train where you get to know about the High's and Low's of a Gujati Family.
A train where you can meet Jignesh,mahesh,suresh,Ramesh Babu and Deenanath ji.
A train where you would need to wait atleast 10 hours before you can actually see the "loo"

A train that teaches you --DONOT USE INDIAN RAILWAYS DURING VACATIONS.
n if you are really desparate use nothing less then a 2nd AC.

Information Explosion...

2008-10-24T15:51:00.000+05:30

These are the best of times,these are the worst of times.For today we live in a era where almost each one of has access to an unimaginable breadth and depth of information.
But then the era of Information Explosion has more and more air blown into the Bubble.

Thanx to the information explosion.
SPAMMING ,although being the last thing that a marketer would ever like to do , seems to be on a high .
Filtering content is another challenge that people are now getting used to.
And to add to that the hyped Talks ,workshops,Sessions,Lectures are getting monotonous

The podcasts have replaced the interviews.
Slideshare has replaced powerpoint presentaions.
Youtube has better talks or workshops .
Add to that blogs .
To be precise , now you can actually choose to stay out of a event ,since you know for sure, the Internet has better alternatives.

As far as my experience goes ,yes i was a die hard fan of GYAN.
I craved for it.
I used to read almost over 100 blogs a day on social media,SEM-SEO,Blogging,Internet Marketing......
I loved the sessions at Barcamps.
I enjoyed being a part of this ecosystem that was evolving like never before.

But then , i guess what looked like the driving force for joining such communities, turned against itself. And the obvious reason being perhaps the INFORMATION OVERLOAD on the internet
Add to this -the general story telling .

"THE MOST CLICHED STORY"

I was a common man. I had a idea--but had no idea how to implement that. Then we thought over it .
But then we had no money. Then we bootstrapped Then we hunted for VC's. After n iterations in the product plan,
and 2n meeting's we got funded. n now ,I am THE ENTREPRENEUR.

With all due respect to the ecosystem and the entrepreneurs .Nobody would or even can/ever raise a question over your credibility as a entrepreneur or the amount of efforts you have put in.
But then,
As the audience we get this story everytime..in Livemint, on Radio,Podcasts,Blogs n everywhere.
If you can present the entire journey as a casestudy , it might add more value to the story.
Telling the general story,i guess really wont attract ME.

So today i think twice before i enter a session on Startup's or VC's speaking, or rules of blogging,tips on Internet Marketing,or for that matter even technology.
And even if i enter it ,the repetition of topics, drives me out.

The freshness quotient ,i guess has been lost or atleast decreasing.
Everytime i see a mailer/poster about a session by XYZ , i think !!!

DO WE REALLY NEED TO GO AND LISTEN TO THEM ?
WHY CANT WE LISTEN TO THEM ON A PODCAST
OR SIMPLY READ ABOUT THE RULES OF .........
WHY DO WE NEED THE SAME THING OVER N OVER N OVER?
DONT U FEEL saturated ALREADY?

I guess i need a break,BADLY. SO I shall logoff from the Community for a while.

M off for a India Tour ...

2008-10-19T13:14:00.002+05:30

Now then..I have a killer news.
Back when i had started blogging @roomno368, i had written about Jagriti Yatra
however the yatra was postoponed to December and I almost assumed that I would have no chances.

However last monday an hour before Statistical Thermodynamics quiz , i happened to check my mail , and ROOM NO 368 got this .

"Acceptance letter Tuesday, October 15, 2008

Dear Applicant,

Congratulations on being selected for the Tata Jagriti Yatra 2008! There were several excellent candidates that applied and you should be justifiably proud of your achievement.

Our Yatra will begin on 24th Dec. 2008 in Mumbai and end on 11th Jan 2009 also in Mumbai. The countdown has already begun!"

So its official out that I have been selected for Jagriti Yatra.
For those who are not really sure about what they are reading --

Tata Jagriti Yatra '08 (December 24th 2008 - January 11th, 2009) is an annual train journey that will take 350 of India's highly motivated youth (with some participation of international students) between the ages of 18-25 on a eighteen day national odyssey, introducing them to unsung heroes of India. The aim is to awaken the spirit of entrepreneurship - both social and economic - within India's youth by exposing them to individuals and institutions that are developing unique solutions to India's challenges. Through this national event we will inspire them to lead and develop institutions nationally and within their communities.

Looking forward to meet 400 intellectually mature people
looking forward to traveling India in a Train
Looking forward to a adventure with a group of like minded individuals

P.S ---- The regsitrations are open ..so if u r think u r still 20 ..n the theme suits ur Bio ,register here.

Cheers

The Tragedy that never happened.

2008-09-30T20:19:00.003+05:30

This one comes straight from my heart.
I have been thinking to right this from past one month but then, realised a brand name(Room No 368) was at stake.But then decided to against it.
For a change u shall read something really serious

When the Pathology Lab in IIT Hospital, claimed to be a nothing but just a bacterial infection,i like any other student would have.
By Wednesday they decided that it was Salmonella and not just another bacteria, so under the rules they had to name it TYPHOID.
First thing that came to my mind after that was the concept of REMIDSEM ,because it was already 28th, and the doctors had declared strict bed rest for 2 weeks after one week .

But then my WHITE BLOOD CELLS started disappearing , and then the entire Typhoid treatment was postponed for 5 days.
And it was on the 4th day , when the IIT Pathology Lab was closed (thanks god!!) another blood sample which was sent to Hiranandani Hospital came out clean.
NO TYPHOID
The worst part was the fact that another second year student had made plans to skip midsems simply because he was told that he too had TYPHOID.
And then on the fifth day just before getting admitted in ICU ,one of the doctors confessed that the PATHOLOGY DEPT is too primitive to not to detect typhoid.

Take home message--Being part of a institute that

has funds well over 100 Crores
hosts festivals with budget exceeding a crore (not to mention the ECell has few lakhs to spare)
gets funded every second year from its Alumni
also has students who opt to fall sick to justify their casual leaves.

But then blood test is something that is recommended to most of the people and that too quite frequently.
N to get it wrong ,with such a huge margin of error sends the wrong signal.
We can practically get screwed up.
We need to realize that there is something that is between Gulmohar and Convocation Hall, and if not all, some people do have Medical problems and this continues ,all we would be doing is wasting the doctors out there.

Throughout my experience at IIT hospital, the entire staff was amazingly cooperative and sweet and caring, something that was missing in Hiranandani and Riddhi Vinayak Hospitals.
But then it really wont make sense if they don't get the blood reports right.

I dont need to write what all can a false report lead to .
We all can well imagine the consequences.

P.S>>>
IF NYBODY FROM THE AUTHORIES HAPPENS TO VISIT THIS BLOG PLEASE TAKE THIS AHEAD AND GET THE LABORATORY EQUIPPED WITH THE LESSER PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY.WE SERIOUSLY NEED HELP.

Day# 3 Who's the patient.

2008-09-27T13:59:00.003+05:30

Day-#3 who’s the patient.

The internet says, that a normal human does not require nything less than 2 days to recover from Urniary Traction Infection which the doctors claimed I had.

Another factual update-There are over 100+ types of fevers available out there and out of those 100 ,90+ come/or can become weird/really weird. I had dismissed the probability of my body getting nything but one of those 90 Elite fever Forms.

But then yes, I had my share of Highs n Lows. With a high of 103 , I had people coming in to meet me and all my whims and fancies taken care of. It was this day when the billion $ question was popped “Who’s the Patient”

It was almost post lunch, when the the Gang of three (Nick/PP/Goyal) invaded my bed in ward. The last thing you would expect is people visiting you to eat your share of hospital lunch .but then it happens. Every god damn thing is bound to happen when the TRIO gets into act. My lunch boxes,Biscuits,Namkeen,Mathri ,everything was raided .While I was made to sit on the stool,and Nikhil(Goyal) was playing Solitire and PP and Aniket were confused over what to eat Mathri or Namkeen, the SMO entered the ward. Also in the past three days,the last thing that would have changed was Appearance. With the trio on the bed and under utter confusion and frustration the SMO fired the question –Who’s the patient.

It took us while to recognize and declare that I was THE ONE. And thus the SMO rescued me from the attack of the TRIO.

But then, the hospital lab which was updated with my blood samples early morning ,came up.My affair with Salmonella was discovered and disclosed.

IT was declared officially,that i had TYPHOID.

Day# 2-- Who's the patient

2008-09-21T15:59:00.005+05:30

Now then ...
The second day of the unplanned hospital trip was unexpected,for i had a discovered that what seemed like just nother tiring day had actually turned into a infection.

Now this is one thing somebody would not really appreciate about a Govt Hospital.
"Its like underworld ,u get in at ur will,n u get out at their will"
The last time somebody walked till lakeside , a security alarm was raised and we had jeeps and ambulance running in the campus.THIS WAS COVERED IN BUT OF COURSE AAJTAK.

Being media shy i really didnt want this to happen , so i decided to stay back n have a shot at the food out there.
But then since most experiments are bound to fail,this one did fail..n it failed bigtime.
Their so called" ultra nutritious food was definitely not meant for me.
Lets not talk about food here.
Back in ward, i had company of a Hepatitis A bearer.The third guy had practically patented malaria.
But then amidst this atmosphere, i realised something that people realise after they reach himalyas after reading "The Monk Who Sold His ferrari"
I was enlightened when i discovered the Punch line of my life
"Never take people/objects for granted"
It was then i realised that i was missing something more then nything else.

Now here comes the differentiator-
A common patient, in such conditions looks forward to company,sympathy,care,......
but
the first thing that an IITian would ask for would be his LAPTOP.and if possible with High Speed Internet connection as the Hospital Walls let everything but the WiFi network.

I missed u lan:(

But then ,i finally i got my laptop n then rest of day was religously devoted to "Jason Bourne".

Day# 1--Who's the patient?

2008-09-20T23:04:00.001+05:30

Its been nother long break .. but then this was well deserved.
+ this time i got a story.
The famous question--"who's the patient.?"

What seemed like a prank to skip the "biotech quiz" on tuesday turned into a wild chase.
As i had mentioned earlies regarding my fling with salmonella.
The exact series of events might not seem to be really exciting but then yes, there were moments which certainly deserve to be on the blog.
So it all started out on monday when right in the middle of the night , i decided that i cannot sleep without a Air Conditioner, whose presence in RoomNo368 was by no means possible.
Since the dept labs stink, and the sofa in the office was locked, after waiting for over an hour i decided hospital would be the best place to sleep in.
I choose the emergency room to sleep in, after faking a 101 fever, but then there are times when u need to make compromises, which in this type of situation turned out to be a Syringe (rite in the middle of the ***)

But then yes, thanx to all the amazingly cute nurses out here, it went in peacefully.

My Affair with Salmonella

2008-08-30T20:53:00.004+05:30

"It took me over 3 days to realize that something was going on between me and salmonella.
And another one day that things just might get out of control.

Salmonella was someone i had never heard about.
And falling for her was totally justified since I had no clue what so ever about it.
Add to that the "first time thing"- it was for the first i had fallen for somebody,so it was kinda weird ,but then the point to focus on is that "IT HAPPENED".

Hmmmm .....

2008-08-05T21:03:00.005+05:30

Hmmmm is something many of us relate to.
When i asked my friends what comes to their mind when they see/hear/type/speak Hmmmm
Tried to aggregate some of the weird thoughts ..

Disclaimer---Some ,if not all the thoughts are definitely mine .lol

How Milan/Mudra Met Mudra/Milan's Mother/Maid/Maa'm/Madame Master.......
you are busy or pretending to be busy
Ignoring somebody or manybody's
Thinking !!! pretending to be thinking
on Thought provoking questions ..just before before the answers..
when your conversation reaches the "What's Up" syndrome.
when do u dont have a answer like Joey
when you answer diplomatically
When u agree to somebody
Even when u disagree but still to agree..
While u try to show that u really have grey matter
When u r really serious.
agreeing Unanimously
last but not the least--If u r into Marketing :D

Looking forward to update the list..
keep waiting :P

Attention Prof's and Studnets-

2008-07-30T11:31:00.007+05:30

If u think you are the worst professor alive
believe you me you are definitely wrong.

There are people alive who claim to be professors with no talent what so ever when it comes to teaching and they can definitely beat you in the RAT race.

And if you think you are "THE STUDENT"
Believe u me ,this time u are definitely wrong.

P.S >>> Felt this on the 5th day of the 5 th Semester attending lectures of the 5th Course i registered for. This is definitely not Pre Sem/Insem/MideSem/EndSem frustration.
Genuine, honest thoughts of a Under Grad.

Love Thy Smoker

2008-07-18T23:45:00.007+05:30

Love Thy Smoker!!

With this blog post ,i would like to introduce Malvika Parmar, as a guest author on this blog. Malvika happens to be a old school friend, whom i met after 6 years courtesy Social Networking . Since i have only 1000 Mb of space left on this blog, i shall register a new blog to introduce the epical stories of Malvika.

I am a person of very peculiar and sometimes strange likes and dislikes, and I guess the latter outnumbers the former. So I thought that since this is my first post, let me just pick something on which I have plenty to talk about-the ‘dislikes’. Sounds contrary to the title? Well, I don’t blame the readers! But seriously, I am going to discuss one serious ‘dislike’ of mine.

I often come across people saying, “I hate smokers”. And this is exactly what I seriously, positively DISLIKE. I really fail to understand the logic behind it. Let me dissect the statement now, in an effort to understand the deeper meaning hidden within the spaces. To hate “smokers” means hating people who smoke (we are not talking diesel buses here for god’s sake). I don’t as often hear people saying, “I hate nose diggers” or “I hate men peeing on the pavement” as much as “I hate smokers”.

If you are so against smoking why don’t you say “I hate Marlboro” or “I hate cigarette lighters”? That would really be more logical. Its insane to hate someone for a habit that only goes to harm him. And yes this reminds me of the good old rationale of ‘passive smoking’ which people often come up with as a defence to their hatred. To all those people who think passive smoking of cigarettes would kill them, honey, the vehicular pollution affects you much more adversely. So you can start saying “I hate automobiles”!

I can understand if someone says that he/she hates the habit of smoking, like Mahatma Gandhi said, “hate crime and not the criminal”. Just imagine you have a very dear friend who you have known for a very long time and share a great bond with. Will you start hating him if he starts smoking? Will he suddenly be a less of a friend or a lesser being? He would undoubtedly hold similar importance and significance in your life. In fact you might just become a lot more caring for his lungs. I fell in love with a person who smokes and that really changed nothing, just like it wouldn’t have mattered if he snored while sleeping.

People, smoking is just another habit and I urge you not to judge a person’s character by a single habit. It pains me to think that people who lie, cheat, deceive, bitch and backstab their own friends get more respect just because the don’t possess any of the so called “anti-social” habits.

I am not a chain smoker. I smoke like ten cigarettes annually, but some of my dearest friends smoke on a regular basis. And whenever they are subjected to this social bias just because of one habit and others ignore any talent or the kindness they possess, it hurts me to be a part of such morally blind society.

This article was a result of a long argument with another friend of mine who apparently “hated” smokers. I managed to change his stance to an extent and thus I decided to write this article with the hope of changing a few more ‘opinions’.

So as they say, in spite of all the inhibitions and doubts, “love thy neighbour”, we can also follow another modern ‘sister saying’ “Love Thy Smoker”

The trip to Jaipur ..# Day 0

2008-07-15T05:29:00.009+05:30

The last thing that i would have imagined was this condition after i reached Jaipur.
Aaa..aaaaannnn...aaaannnncchhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh

The first thing that happened to me after i stepped on Platform No 1 --Courtsey--Family No 1.
The IDEAL INDIAN FAMILY--
A husband--struggling to sleep in the train
A tired Wife -- sturggling to make her baby feed
A frustrated Chunnu--Who demands Fruuti/Bourbon/Samosa..n everything his dad says no to..
The HAPPIEST Munnu--Who has no idea ..of what
,why where when whose...?
Life is not usually accepted
in the current form by
infants of his category..
He said "It aint Rocket Science"
All the dude cares about is "NOTHING".
n
then of course
u have

Daddy Ji ..
and Mummy Ji.
Both of them as expected have developed age old problems in their body parts.
And they express their inability to sleep on the ny birth but the Lowest one.

First things first.
When i had moved out of IIT ,i had a TO-DO-LIST with me, since AC Coaches come now with Unlimited Power Supply,but then the rest in history.
I wanted to the following things..

Write atleast 3 posts i was planning to write.
Finish of all reading all my feads in FeedReader.
Watch Akbar-Remixed Videos i had downloaded (this deserves another post)
Finish off Hancock and the remaining part of Coulping.

But the rest is history.
Out of 1040 people travelling i was gifted with THY LORDS "The ideal indian family"

I witnessed the couple busy in their GRAND LUNCHEON ,which remimded off my On consumption days.
My plans of exploring my Canon SD 850 M and finishing off my to do list, already had their first ",". The fullstop was added when i politely expressed my "wish of using my seat".
And this was it.They were waiting for this.I have reasons to believe it was all pre planned.
The Mother ,father.chunnu,Munnu,Paapa ji ,and Mummy ji all started in no sync what so ever and presented me with a Paper on

"Human Ethics and Adjustment,Comprosmises and Sacrifices"

The window seat for which i was waiting ,was gone..no it was donated by YOURS TRULY to a FAMILY WHO REALLY NEEDED IT!!!!!!! $%^#$#@##@

After consoling my heart ,i was given "the option" of one of the two Upper birth.

X----- Chunnu munnu..please "uncle" ko pareshaan mat karo.unhe apna kaam karne do..

Of all things in this world i was called Uncle
i deserved a explanation.

Please tell me if i do look like a uncle ..the lady just turned me conscious.

Phew...i choose the left one ,because chunnu was on the right one.
Just when i was about to start off with Hancock ,it was time for another wannabe ,to start with App ka Surroorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr --the Movie.

That was it.
I had enough and decided to join Naveen in Chair Car.

And then i met Gunnu.Green Greyins ..bluish eyes...
Center of attraction in J 3 Coach.
he was having his minutes to fame ....
Untill he had specs of some poor fellow flying.

Finally i decided to get back to G 1--on my upper birth.
N then i discovered the AC fan right over my head.
That was it.
Wrapped in 4 bedsheets ,and with the Dell Inspiron as the pillow i decided to sleep.
N then i was show time for Munnu to show his talent.
Live Reality show--

A-- how bout u keeping on with munuu for 15 minutes
B-- i did that 20 minutes back but i will do it for u .
A-- Thanx sweet heart..please do it again.
A-- gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr gurrrrr khurr khurrr....(pretends to be sleepy)

A--the usual wife
B-- the usual wife's husband

the Game continues for a lifetime.By 2 am i was addicted it to such a extent that the silence started pinching me.

Finally i slept after Munnu and Chunnu.

Time for action--
5 :30 Am---Train has been stopped for sunrise.Wow...Indian Railways rock.

"The train was stopped because it was running 15 minutes ahead of the expected time ."

Can u beleive it ..???W#$@@%@@!~~~!%*())_+{}"

Finally im back at the gate ..shooting sun and birds.
N with the photo shoot of chunnu ,munnu,
Uncle on the gate..
The lover boy on the phone ..

the not so excited journey came to a boring end.
N then it happened..Finally ..
Aaaaccnnnhhhhhhcccchhheeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh
Pheew...
Wait for more on Day 1 ..
I got some bigtime plans ...
Room No 368..

Reality Check --India US Nuclear Deal !!!

2008-07-10T08:30:00.002+05:30

These are the best of times.
These are the worst of times.
Today when we have access to a breadth and depth of information, some of us still continue to live in a virtual world. While some of us live in a world away from cause and effect, some of us live a life which is more driven by the things happening around. The latest thing happening around forced me to share some of the facts and figures.

And while I write this post,I continue to wonder over the Intellectual Immaturity the Media has been creating. The image as portrayed by the media of the Indo US nuclear deal is nothing less then " a step towards the Utopian World".

The quick check on what people believe Nuclear Deal is –

* It offers uranium at cheaper cost
* It provides us rocket science technology for Nuclear Energy.
* It offers us Cheap Reactors.

They believe so because they have been told by MEDIA –

· It provides us access to Latest Technology

---strengthening indigenous program.

· Access to Uranium and Reactors

---To help our power generation.

Reality Check –

· Since we use HW reactors, Fast breed reactors that are based on Thorium Utilization (a technology that is much better then Uranium based reactors) and we have 90% components that are indigenous ,why the hell do we need Tech Imports ?

· We have Uranium resources sufficient only for 10000 reactors,in a world where we hardly have 140 reactors operating.

· Quality of ore possessed by us varies from 0.1% to 14 -15% ,where as the Uranium Hubs in the world including Australia-Kazakhstan's exported ore is of < 0.1% quality.

· There is enough Uranium for all the Nuclear Supplier Countries but just not for us the lesser mortals.

· We are signing off with a nation that REFUSED TO ACCEPT US AS A NUCLEAR POWER AFTER POKHRAN.

Reality check for the Media---

Integrated Energy Policy, Volume I ,Xxii

---"Even if a 20 fold increase takes place in India's Nuclear capacity by 2031-2032 ,the contribution of India's nuclear power to energy generation, at best is expected to be 4 -6.4 %

For possibility of such a marginal contribution, our Government and Media are hell bound over mortgaging our strategic interests.

Growth of Nuclear power is indeed a definite solution for Energy Crisis and need of the hour but rather than continuing with the perpetual dependency and import we can explore our options and expand our capabilities.

Last but not the least—

Some more misconceptions—

1. 1.GOVT must see some point in this

* At a point in history our govt went to the extent of buying Cowdung
* We bought pulses,rice,wheat at very high costs while our farmers were waiting for their crops to be sold at nominal prices.
* We want to have One Laptop One Child program ,when we are struggling with figures at Primary level !!!

2. The Media –they cannot be stupid !!

Those who still believe in present media please mail me back, I have better reasons to not to trust them.

Facts and figures --
Collected by Anurag tripathi- anurag.r.tripathi@gmail.com-Phd Student -Dept of Chemical-IIT Bombay from Talks by Arun Shourie ,P.K.Iyengar,A.N.Prasad

Reality Check-Indo US nuclear Deal -

2008-07-10T01:44:00.006+05:30

And while I write this post,I continue to wonder over the Intellectual Immaturity the Media has been creating. The image as portrayed by the media of the Indo US nuclear deal is nothing less then " a step towards the Utopian World".

The quick check on what people believe Nuclear Deal is –

· It offers uranium at cheaper cost

· I T provides us rocket science technology for Nuclear Energy.

· It offers us Cheap Reactors.

They believe so because they have been told by MEDIA –

· It provides us access to Latest Technology

---strengthening indigenous program.

· Access to Uranium and Reactors

---To help our power generation.

Reality Check –

1. Since we use HW reactors, Fast breed reactors that are based on Thorium Utilization (a technology that is much better then Uranium based reactors) and we have 90% components that are indigenous ,why the hell do we need Tech Imports ?

2. We have Uranium resources sufficient only for 10000 reactors,in a world where we hardly have 140 reactors operating.

3. Quality of ore possessed by us varies from 0.1% to 14 -15% ,where as the Uranium Hubs in the world including Australia-Kazakhstan's exported ore is of <>

4. There is enough Uranium for all the Nuclear Supplier Countries but just not for us the lesser mortals.

5. We are signing off with a nation that REFUSED TO ACCEPT US AS A NUCLEAR POWER AFTER POKHRAN.

Reality check for the Media---

Integrated Energy Policy, Volume I ,Xxii

---"Even if a 20 fold increase takes place in India's Nuclear capacity by 2031-2032 ,the contribution of India's nuclear power to energy generation, at best is expected to be 4 -6.4 %

For possibility of such a marginal contribution, our Government and Media are hell bound over mortgaging our strategic interests.

Growth of Nuclear power is indeed a definite solution for Energy Crisis and need of the hour but rather than continuing with the perpetual dependency and import we can explore our options and expand our capabilities.

Last but not the least—

Some more misconceptions—

1. GOVT must see some point in this

· At a point in history our govt went to the extent of buying Cowdung

· We bought pulses,rice,wheat at very high costs while our farmers were waiting for their crops to be sold at nominal prices.

· We want to have One Laptop One Child program ,when we are struggling with figures at Primary level !!!

2. ShivSena is supporting them –Can they spell the word "uranium"?

3. The Media –they cannot be stupid !!

Those who still believe in present media please mail me back, I have better reasons to not to trust them.

The Wishlist of the 20 something...

2008-06-28T21:50:00.003+05:30

Its been over a month since i have been into exile from roomno368 ,but then there have been reasons behind it.
And now since i m back after a long time ..its time to share something really close to me ...

TO -DO - LIST-

for the next 3 years (minimum number of years left in my graduation)

Now before i share the list ,a quick glance at the development of the list -

The list would be more of materialistic but then tht's how a 20 something is supposed to be ..
Some of the features of the list are inspired (not as the Indian films,genuinely inspired)
Some of them are truly mine
and the remaining are output of my imagination but then i mean to do those too..

Get hold of a decent Car before my graduation (Dont ask y,m obsessed with this one)
Grab a ipod + Camera and go shooting into the wild...
Tour extensively around India with no constraints on expenses:P
Work on an Ideasilver
Make this blog as the hub for general junta = a 5 + page ranks
Publish my personal novel
For once..just once ...get a SPI of 9/10 (SPI=semester performance index)
Owing a Macbook
Work in a NGO -Explore the social part of me
Create a political party
Learn Marathi and French
Finish of IMDB's top movies list
Learning Linux
Create a Business plan out of Chemistry

That's for the moment ..
The list would be updated every now and then .
I would love to know ur TO DO LIST ..so do chip in with your lists.
And now since i m back @roomno368 i shall have something interesting coming up soon.
Keep waiting ...

21-Preview with a Premirefull evening ..

2008-06-06T13:22:00.006+05:30

First things first ..

When I am referring to a Preview I definitely do not mean a premiere.
A preview as Our Social Media Catalyst defined as the show exclusively for the lesser mortals Media or better known as the Blogosphere ...

Coming back to the title of the post
21---the movie
A story based on the how a MIT grad beats the hell out of casinos in Las Vegas ...
The story is about how Ben Campbell ..
a born genius..a guy having a over loaded resume ..gets thru Harvard Med , but then comes the twist comes Professor Philips aks him to share a dazzling experience with him and our dude starts losing the Scholarship race.
Now this MIT graduate who have never dated nybody except maths formulas, is spotted by the "real hero" Prof Rosa who inspires him to join the not so known club of BlackJack hijackers.
The group of 4 people who have been meticulously trained to crack the Las Vegas gets their Leader when Campbell who is badly looking for 300000 USD joins them
This triggers a chain of events where the BlackJack teams gets all they wanted and few extra addons .. check the movie for the rest of it

Laurence Fishburne "THE MORPHEUS" who now looks like a Bouncer fits great in his role of the "LOSS PREVENTION Head" at the Casino. The MIT grad "Jim Sturgess" does good enough as a gambler who always gets lucky and never losses. But the person who beats them all is Kevin Spacey..no body "beats" him. The best part of the movie comes in the end..
The movie has a amazing ending

"Always a count for variable change"

Nways before the review ends a Vote of Thanks to Moksh Juneja,
the Social Media Catalyst he truly is :P

The movie is definitely worth the money and the time.
It mite not be as good as Ocean's 11 but definitely it deserves a 3.5 on 5
The movie was then followed by a get together and then a dinner at Cafe Mondegar with Tarun,Ideasmithy, Gaurav, Melody, Sakshi, Kanishka, Avantika.
After this ideal "extended weekend" evening ,i have strongly started to feel for creation of such posts like Catalysts who would help fastening the reaction time..

Now what could have been an ideal weekend evening was followed by a Friday...
Office time for all of these while i continue to submerge in my beanbag and enjoy the rains from Room No 368.

The 20 Something who is "OFF CONSUMPTION"

2008-06-05T01:49:00.000+05:30

Inspired by Gauravonomics where the marketer goes off consumption in

"quests of find the formula to turn consumerism-caused ennui into happiness, and my quest as a marketer to learn how to apply that formula to convert our collective ennui from consumption into a yelp of enthusiasm for consuming even more."

However I am writing this post would reflect the genuine 20 year someone ,a person who has to Unwillingly ,unintentionally has accepted to live with the rules that throw him off consumption every second day when he struggles with his canteen bill , Vodafone Easy recharges and what not.

For "the guy next door " life at 20 as u wud think is really not a bed of roses ,its more then going to college ,hanging out in the cafetaria while thinking about gathering resume points and make adjustments/compromises/sacrifices which are referred to as CHOICES .

The "shituation" is the fact that this 20 year old guy who is badly struggling with

"CHARLES DARWIN's THEORY OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST"

is forced to go into a OFF CONSUMTION MODE for reasons better known to u and me .

Denial they say is the most predictable action of human race ,
still against all odds i still believe somewhere deep in your heart you would be able to relate to the list of reasons and mite help in adding too.

Girlfriend in the neighboring state,
Pending STD bills,
A banned canteen account,
Loans @ not so rich friends
Another bday,nother party...
The odd dinner with the old school friend
Add to this inflation @ Pchidambaram and :P
just about average grades,
The Million $ project ..where u end up investing and the college never feels like reimbursing

SO our guy next door at times feels like the perfect loser.
The dilemma comes in when he starts planning for the Call Center in Bandra but then is this the" RIGHT AGE" and with Bill Gates quoting -

"Money is not everything but make sure u have made loads of it before u talk such nonsense"

the dilemma increases exponentially.

So when Mr Avg decided to fight against all odds ,hoping against hope he THROWS HIMSELF OFF CONSUMPTION and Launches a campaign unknown to everybody The rules of this campaign are not only strangely unique but can set example for Indian Economy

traveling in buses and not Autos. (Notion given ---Go Green)
takes the special WT train(without ticket) (Its overcrowded..so do they really care bout one just 1 Ticket!!!)
Avoids CCD hangouts (Staff Canteen's Coffee is much better)
Development of a strange liking for Mess food (Rice Dal rocks..)
Starts enjoying window shopping.(Inspired by girls)
Avoids malls just enough to curb that extra desire for that Blazer.(Got loads of things to do..eg. Project Report,LAB manual etc etc )

The amount and extent of adjustments our friend would be making sets examples for height for Imagination
The point to be noted was the fact that everywhere and everytime he tries to save his cents..thus he is unintentionally thrown out of Consumption.

Somewhere sometime ,all of us have faced such a phase which we would never want to repeat,but again as another firend of mine sees the "brighter part" of the situation..

"We learn living on the EDGE..the entire concept of balancing the equation is funny
and interesting but do we really have options.No we DONOT "

Personally i have been thrown out of the consumers section many a times and that too for long periods but again life @ Room no 368 should never be boring and monotonous..
Wat say u...

The Six things Meme Version..

2008-06-02T11:08:00.004+05:30

Before you stop reading the post ..
First things first ....
Meme --"A meme (pronounced /miːm/^[1]) consists of any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that gets transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another."

Now that was wikipedic..For the layman ...meme is a social virus that goes on propogating ...while people continue to share their Not so Known charaterstics..

And since i have been tagged by the Blue.. with the following meme
The rules (this time) are as follows:

-Link the person who tagged you.
-Mention the rules in your blog.
-Tell us about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
-Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them.
-Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

6 unspectacular quirks bout roomno368 ...different from all the rooms in the Matrix..

I have started off writing ...as in seriously..my instints have made me believe that the "Form" of life i have been living so far deserves to be read..
hmmmm this room is the homeground for a techincally challeneged person who is for the moment trying to create some room for himself in the Web 2.0..
While i continue writing this post the room continues to be the single hub for one of most important things in the world ----Bakar
From past two years i have developed a strong bond with the invention given to us by Graham Bell..so thats one things that keeps the room ringing ..
Nother thing developed of recent is the habit of stumbling ..perhaps the next best thing that happened to hte internet after google was stumbleupon ..m simply addicted to this for the moment..nothing better then this ..
hmmm...nother Quirk..i simply hate people who use word's like ma for my and da for the ...
Last but not the least ..the latest trend being followed in the room was the hunt for taglines...market reserach ..UGC ...reading blogs on SEO ,online marketing, social media and all those heavy words that rule the blogging world ..

whooaaa
so finally here i m ...toook me sometime to get the list to 6 Quirks ...
Nways if u not thru with the post ..go on and see the people whom i hve tagged..

Rocky
Ankit
Blue
Dinesh
// placeholder*

* That’s four. Note to self - befriend more bloggers for the sole purpose of dissemination of vital cultural exchanges such as this one.

not tht's 4 ..since not many people comment on this blog..

Ant and the Grasshopper and the NEW VERSION

2008-05-23T23:11:00.005+05:30

An Old Story:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or
shelter so he dies out in the cold.

Indian Version:

The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.

"NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for 'Bengal Bandh' in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and Grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the winter.
Arjun Singh makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services.
Bollywood launches a new Series of Movies over the scandal and of course ...
eKta Kappoor launches another tv series for the "Krasshoppers"

The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left
to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Government
and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.

Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.
Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.
CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly."

Many years later...

The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar
company in Silicon Valley
100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere
in India,
..AND
As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
grasshoppers
.
India is still a developing country…!!!
I know its stupid to post a forwarded mail but cudnt help avoiding it ..
We definitely need to send one copy to the Lok Sabha ,Rajya Sabha (if nybody has the address please mail them)
Can't think of better place to fire off a discussion like this one ..
wat say u ..??

This does not happen in India

2008-05-20T16:47:00.004+05:30

Nishit told me about this ------
worth mentioning on the blog

Innovation beyoooond imagination ...
amazing idea ..seriously
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=70579

My Favorite Spam

2008-05-20T09:31:00.008+05:30

For those who often tend to assume the content from the title..
would draw something they would be fantasizing about.
And those who would be willing to cross the boundary would stress on their Grey cells and would solve a equation having my likes and dislikes.

I write this post on a humid humid and only humid afternoon,
and before it gets anymore serious, i would like to take this opportunity to extend my thanks to

mary cmlement
joseph_yana
Michael (the one from US)
Femi Collins

And the entire community of billionaires who have been kind enough to consider me amongst the
RELIABLE / TRUSTWORTHY persons alive on the Holy Land, for investing nothing less then 4 millions $ with me and only me .
Here I would like to quote their exact words
"I got your contact during my search for a reliable, trust worthy and honest person to introduce this transfer project to.I have a proposal for you,this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. Your profile pushed me to send you this mail,I am motivated in contacting you and hope to gradually build trust, relationship and confidence in you as I get to know you better."Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your partner? (me n honest who the hell told u tht )
2. Can I completely trust you that you can not betray me?"
(of over 6 billion people living in the world y the hell do u wana trust me)

And the best part comes when they generously "beg" you to accept a minimum of 2 million Pounds after telling you their painful story.
I personally donot have any favorites but would like to "quote" one here.

My name is Smith Bangura 22 years old of age. I am in possession of a large sum of US$12.5 Million in cash which I want to invest in your country under your care. This money was inherited from my late father Dr. David Bangura who was the Chief accountant of Sierra Leone Gold & diamond Mining Corporation during our 8 years civil War when Major Johnny Paul Koroma was the country's president. This money is of no criminal origin as it was largely realized from black market sale of alluvial gold dust during the war. This money was lodged in a Trunk Box and moved to Master Diplomatic Security Company in Abidjan Ivory Coast through diplomatic channels in one trunk box tagged family valuables for security reasons. I now want to withdraw trunk box that containing the money out from the security company and invest it in abroad for profitable business ventures, as the time is now ripe for such move. A friend of mine actually mailed them his Address/bank account no /phone no/name and hoping against hope still went on the bank to check his bank balance the next week.

The lines written above are supposes to be sarcastic and not serious.
The lines below are definitely serious.

Now some less known facts bout spamming

In absolute numbers 1978 - An e-mail spam advertising a DEC product presentation is sent by Gary Thuerk to 600 addresses, though software limitations meant only slightly more than half of the intended recipients actually received it
2005 - (June) 30 billion per day2006 - (June) 55 billion per day2007 - (February) 90 billion per day2007 - (June) 100 billion per day
According to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft founder Bill Gates receives four million e-mails per year, most of them spam
The world-wide productivity cost of spam is estimated to be $50 billion
In terms of number of IP addresses: spam sources in terms of number of IP addresses used for spamming, rather than volume of spam sent ,the rankings are - United States> China>Russia.

Disclaimer---
Wikipedia being the source for all the facts should be held resposible for any discrepancy in the data.

Please feel free to share ur favorite spam as i continue to sturggle in my search to do better things in this humid ,humid and nothing but simply humid summer.

ideacamp Pune- an Ideal weekend ???

2008-05-19T10:52:00.001+05:30

Its been sometime since i been involved with this extremely active startup ecosystem building up.
The last weekend ,proved out to be almost ideal,with Ideacamp coming into picture.

The weekend started off with with a nite out on friday nite so as to catch the first train to Pune-Indrayani express.
Now the venue was one of best of all the barcamps i had been part ,infact it had to be ..was the cooporate office of Persistent Systems.

The intro session was a pretty serious ,coz the older version of people working there had turned up ,or perhaps i was expecting it to be a bit too lighter.
The entire "goal " behind hte iDeaCamp was to look upon for some practical feasible workable ideas that could be shortlisted and worked for the final competition they planned to have later sometime (as far as i can recollect :P)

With two threads and almost just bout 70 people the iDeacamp was The Place to get in.The ideas mainly revolved around Cooporate Social Responsibility and the City of Pune.
The one on " SMS-based micropayment service- Shashikant" was a good idea that i can recall.
THE BAD PART
The rest of the sessions were a bit too Pune Centric.
I mean the word pune dominated the entire ideacamp almost for the enitre day.No offences but all they could think was Pune and Pune .
They could never get out of the word pune .
And then the CSR thing came in,and at some point of time the discussions seemed heading nowhere.

The GOOD PART
the best part of the entire gathering was the fact that people were not speaking in C++ or Ajax ..
For a technically challeneged person like me,i prefer taking a backseat and talking in Layman terms when they start discussing the Technicalities of a product.Something that happened at Ideacamp,so it was kinda easy for me to understand most of the stuff happening around.

On a overall note the entire went off really well. I explored the social part of myself.Met some great people
To see more on the entire event check out this
http://www.flickr.com/ideacamp

The ideacamp was followed by a Cadum
Now for those who have never heard of this amazing thing .
It beats Mocha's-Choclate avalanche..its
Cadbury dairymilk melted +icecream+Powdered chocolate serve in a "Coffee glass"
Beats the hell out of u ..highly addictive so please watch out.
This was followed by another HIGHLY ADDICTIVE drink,something that is one of the constitutional elemets of the staple diet of a Pune Student --Durga's Coffee
Now this is something nobody has--a glassful of amazing cold coffee+chocolate powder at a bare minimum price of 8 Rs.-
No one can just have one.

Followed by a niteout at Level 9,a cool hangout spot on the 9 th Floor somewhere down the SB road.
followed by a photo shoot .
Did Seem like the iDeal weekend ...all thanx to my pune gangsters
although i did miss some of them ...but cudnt help it ..

NWays the discussion for the next thing happening at Bombay have started .
Get on the group of BCM3 on google groups and join us there to contribute to the next Adhoc gathering ..:)).

Mumbai Local-for a Journey called LIFE

2008-05-14T18:15:00.005+05:30

If western Railways ever into privitazation of the Mumbai Suburban Locals then believe u me..nothing better then this can be their tagline ..

Mumbai Locals--"For a Journey called Life"

And they would literally mean it.

Its been sumtime i have been thinking to write down this post..
It started two years back ,when from the list of Rickshaw/Taxi/BEST/Locals...when i choose the largest SUburban Local Train system for commuting "OUT of Curiousity" but what came next was never expected .

When something like this happens to somebody who has believes in Section 144 -
which clearly states that
"ACCUMULATION OF A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS IT MITE CREATE SOCIAL UNREST"
The famous badly remebered lines from 10 th standard civics book...
i was wondering what comes next ...

Just when i tot fine this mite be a tradition of travelling these guys follow out here....
inside this huge LOCAL..wud be loads of space--
the GODS again proved me wrong--

an equation as simple as tht is the reason behind the frustration

No of People/(2*hands)/(2 *legs)
=exp(no of handles avlaibel+seats)

In layman language---
u are lucky if u got hold of a handle..
and TOO LUCKY IF U GOT A SEAT

The story never ends here..
Here comes the worst part...
While u have just started to get accustomed with ur side's stink,the train decides to halt ,to make sure ur nose keeps itself busy while ur hands and legs beg for space and ur lungs are running out of air...And if the station by ny chance is the where u need to get down then the race against the time begins..
U have exatly 13 seconds..
in which u MUST by all means applied
or lets say by using
SAAM /DAAM /DAND /BHED u
must step out of the heavily guarded opening
better known as "GATE"

However if u manage to cross the boundary line before the EMU as the railways engineers cal local as ---
u face this---

U have landed in a place called "LOCAL"station having population as much as of ur last hometown...
And by the time u grab urself a pole to hang on the announcements start driving u crazy.

And during this entire journey,u listen to all possible issues the world is facing...
Drugs
Aids
health issues
Terrorism
Boss's /wife's/girlfriend's/dad's/ Teacher's Terrorism
Money crunches/Stock markets(Nasdaq+BSE+NSE) expained better the moneycontrol
Subprime Crisis (the one of the family)
Jobs/placements /Grades in Colleges
CAT/JEE and Arjun Singh
Bush/Obama/Hilary
Shahrukh/Amir/Amitabh and their blogs
Bradengelina/Britney/madona.
Latest on IPL/Cricket and Cricket
Philosophilical advices on personal issues
Latest Songs on the FM
Tech things tht are not yet at Tech2.com
Latest updates beyond the Range of Aaj tak

Last but not the least they wud help u in getting down at the next station..
and tell u which side is tht gonna be (rite or left)..
Believe u me ..thts the billion $ question while u r traveling in Bombay
WHICH SIDE IS MY STATION ???

nyways travelling since in a local has always been a new experience...
it just got better every time..
new lessons ..sometime gud ..and many times bad ..
wat say u ..??

some elite comments by some famous people ...

“Its Fun To Hang Off a Local Train And Get Hit By A Pole!”

~ Oscar Wilde on Mumbai Local "Train Riding"

“Mumbaikars dont knw how to take a bath. Catch a mumbai local train and u'll knw that!”

~ Oscar Wilde on Mumbai

Domain names ---dillema / frustation and what not.....

2008-05-13T09:24:00.010+05:30

3 Most Difficult things to name ---

Website -web 2.0
A newly born Child
Organic bicyclo compounds with n functional groups ..

When I started with my search for domain name for a website we had been planning to launch,I thought domain name would have been the last thing i would need to worry about ...
"a little knowledge they say is a Dangerous thing "

Driven by misconceptions and false pride,
its been just over two weeks since my eternal search for the domain name took off...
And it certainly seems to be eternal ..

I always believed naming of inorganic complex compound and organic bi-cyclo ring structures would be the most difficult thing to do...
However the 1000 rules of naming made it look much more simpler.

Nevertheless while yours truly continued to be technically challenged in the not so important area of naming compounds the first step in Chemistry.(CH 102)
Inspired by the famous words of Shakespeare--
"What's there in a name "
i really didn't care bout whether the compound is 2 -3 5 initro cresinol or 3-4 dinitro resorchinol....

But then this entire search thing entered a new domain wen this new dude joined our
family tree two years back ...
And with an extended family of over 30
members along with the Pandits to add
to that extra flavour /indian touchu never seem to have enough names .....

And with the Mausi's inspired by the latest Saas Bahu characters..everybody calls him with their favourtie name..
Amidst all this,the poor child who CARES A DAMN bout this entire shit..responds to everyone..making them Believe ..
"yeah ..he likes this name "

However situation is something i have learnt to live with .
Untill last week i tot nothing of a difficulty level like this would ever come across at least not in this lifeime ...
But then came the idea of launching this website..
And the rest is history ..

As of now www.Checkdomain.com has simply got used to rejecting ny word typed on its serch tab ..

"The domain that you requested, www.%$()@*&.com, has already been registered by the organization below"

believe u me this beats everything ..

Having typed over a million words ..from
dictionary.com,thesaurus i even tried their French,Italian even Latin versions in that box..but all in vain..
The search engine just doesn't seem to get enough out of me..
As far as the history of these domain names goes...
The two letter and three letter even the four letter have gone..
and the one left with 5 letters are either spelling mistakes or they have been taken by the black marketing guys ..

Recently when i stumbled on this website that claims to "help u out" with UR WEB 2.0 name-----
http://www.lightsphere.com/dev/web20.html
The site suggests u possible suffixes and prefixes for the site and generates arbit name for the website ,like the ones having 3 o's ...
The best part comes when u try to check their availability and they offer u the name at triple the cost..Wonder even they are into black marketing ...
Add to that the moment when u try to open that website with the domain name u wud have died for and google gives u a ERROR
i.e -
These guys on the "4 th street"(check domain.com even provides with their phone no and address of **** ) take all possible domain names simply for the heck of it ...as if they were the Oracle of this matrix and we came looking For the ONE..:( :P

Take home message--
All Dictionary words seem to have been taken.
All that we seem to have for the moment are names like ....
idon't know.com
ikeepwondering.com (i can bet u wont get their .comtry .net/.info)

Nways if u find a domain name of four letter gime a buzz we shall have beer sometime together...
And last but not the least..the sole motive behind this post..

"i m looking for domain names for..gimme ny damn name..
i shall take it ...given the fact it is ..

Easy to spell..(for the user)
easy for google to google for it..
and easy for the courier guy to send me the google adsense check..

If i like ur name...maybe i can give u some shares wen we launch our IPO...

Some of the sites with spelling mistakes that continue to strive in the web...

Life is so complicated....

2008-05-06T16:56:00.002+05:30

Its been sometime since i have been struggling with this question ..
LAst week when i was back there in Jaipur for a cousin's marriage,this stragne question popped up in my mind ...
For heaven's sake why has thing called life complicated it self so much..
for i only see it in coils
helical coils like the DNA In the blood...
winding and winding making it look complex....

Why the hell do we need to complicate a thing like marriage of somebody to a heights of Complication that it scares the next guy to be married ???
n why only marriage ..

Why the hell are our acads are so very complicated..
Why the hell does every relationship that promised to be simple ...complexify??
Why the hell is every single Lab experiment promises to be so very Complicated ..
Why the hell is single pixlel of a fotograph so very Complicated
the list of complex things we can imagine is endless..
but then the answer seemed to limit the complications ..

a cousin of mine gave a simple answer to thius complex question-----
Perhaps life always promised to be simple...
it is we who tend to make it so bloody complicated..
it is we who screw it up ...
it is always
our Fault..

This is just nother tot that came across my mind..
It does reflects the Philosophical part of me ..not completely..still

the TAKE HOME MESSAGE-----

if everybody did things as they were supposed to do..
but again
if things were to happen the way they are supposed to happen ..
what the hell are we doing here..??
we are supposd to screw them...
we are supposed to correct them ..
perhaps thats a better definition of a thing called "Life"

wat say u ???
:)

I m Back ..

2008-05-06T11:43:00.002+05:30

Its been over a month ,or perhaps more then that since i have posted nything here...
but the NO BLOGGING SEASON certainly had not so important things but they HAD TO TAKEN CARE OFF...

One of those not so important tasks were the famous ENDSEMESTER exams..
perhaps those of you who crossed that threshold level of NOT GIVING EXAMS mite actually get nostalgic after reading the post.....

The entire month ..no the entire last week starting from 11 of April was dedicated to nothing but building and development of a XEROX library of notes of the
"ONE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED"for the person being talked bout is "Media Shy"
Nways after having the done with the library, came the most important task of

OPTIMISED SHARING AND USAGE
MAXIMISING MARKS
DELETING PAGES
escaping from the BAKAR....
Avoiding the not so avoidable 9 hrs of dreamland...
and of course the most imp Nite Tea in MESS

nwyas its over and hopefully out ...
untill and unless they wish to continue teaching me courses where the interest levels have fallen to sub zero levels ..
nways from now on the blog would be back to the old days ....
full of traffic...and some more secrets getting out ...

Nways i have a surprise for u this summers ....

keep waiting .:))

Govt Of India Rocks..@ http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/

2008-04-05T13:52:00.001+05:30

DISCLAIMER:
This post is being posted without any political motives but if u tend to develop any political sentiments for or against nybody for that matter,the publisher shall not be responsible for it .
Some Rights reserved.

Can you imagine this happening in INDIA?

Government of India has an online Grievance forum at

http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/

The government wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc etc.

I know many people will say that these things don’t work in India, but this actually works as one of our colleague in CSC found. The guy I’m talking about lives in Faridabad. Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal Corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dugged up the newly laid roads to install new cables which annoyed all the residents including this guy. But it was only this guy! Who used the above listed grievance forum to highlight his concern. And to his surprise, BSNL and Municipal Corporation of faridabad was served a show cause notice and the guy received a copy of the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof up as it’s clear that both the government departments were not in sync at all.

So use this grievance forum and educate others who don’t know about this facility.
This way we can at least raise our concerns instead of just talking about the ‘ System‘ in India. Invite your friends to contribute for many such happenings. “

Nways something similar happened to me ,i had sent a complaint regarding the Road outside IIT Powai which is normally fucked up ...and also bout the flyover connecting Powai to Eastern Express Highway..and believe u me,they actually sent me back a notice which was CCed to infinite people in the ADMINISTRATIVE section of MMRDA and many others.....
SO take home lesson

NExt time u have ny issue..unsolved ..unresponded...
Govt on India Comes to Rescue..
UPA is rocking for the moment..

POST GOOGLE CRASH..Disaster Management

2008-04-03T18:36:00.004+05:30

Now then
the last one saw over 30 hits..and over 1 comments ..okaay .. 2 comments in all

So Lets c ..

Disclaimer:
"The thoughts expressed below would be arbit in Nature as the very idea of Google Crashing puts me into a LOW POWER STATE-discharging my grey matter"

Analysing the disasters that Google.com can cause ..
lets try to work on the Disaster Management Policies ..

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Lets try to analyze the possible solution the world would come up with to handle the
BIGGEST CRISIS EVER FACED

The Alternative GET TO ACTION

if u r in yahoo..for a change u would start getting busy..
if u r google ...soory u were in google ..the world is waiting for u ..TO KILL U
if u were in google ..Yahoo,Amazon,Lacos,AOL all are waiting for u ..arms wide open..
U would definitely get a better or atleast equivalent Pocket Money...(onlyif they can afford)

Lets see wht students like u and me would do ..

I will shift to wordpress..and so would u ..
We can have a two minute SILENCE over the Grave Crisis.
We can organize a Torch March to Google Headquarters ..Certis would be provided..Resume Point.. :)
We can also boost yahoo traffic..and keep them busy ..
or We can encourage google guys to repair..
We can ...hmmm use Messenger for Chatting (bad still no alternatives)
We can watch the google crash down movie..the XXXX actor gets some fame

The Generall Recovery Consequences and Method...

Wordpress is HIT Forever now..it purchases everyother blog service..becomes Google in the blogosphere..
The Google Crash Down movie can have a sequel to it ..with the HERO launching New GOOGLE ..while his girlfriend waits for him (in .....**..**)
The Concept of LIBRARY gets back to life...
Development of state of art Libraries
Poor u and me ..we cant date nymore in Libraries..we will misss google
Car Pools for Libraries...
New startups directed towards ..Libraries/Canteens near Libraries..
Stumblers get some coverage..
Facebook gets the Indian Junta..(no body finds the Wall)
Tutorial on facebook homepage..HOW TO USE FACEBOOK

DISASTER MANAGEMENT-Cooperate World

Business schools get the best case study of the Millenium
HRD Ministry -Disaster Management Course introduced in IIT's curriculam for Freshies
Student Unions-Introduce Disaster Accounts and Disaster design courses for Arts and Commerce..coz they too would lose "THE" ORKUT..
MBA schools would need more profs from the same field
Barter system mite ..or lets play safe ..it will have a come back
Forgery would be on a decline..as u cant forge gold coins..
Inflation would stop existing
Terms like finance would be banned for a while..
Economists would fite for nother Noble Prize in the Field on GOOGLE Analysis

RESEARCHERS WORLD

Papers on everything and nything would be allowed
Even we can rite a journal or two
They can step outside their Labs and see the WORLD AROUND
Research would be never so easy as now...coz u wont have to search ...

Before i finish ..
wat if ..

YAHOO also crashes ..but due to TRAFFIC..

That's all my grey cells could manage to think off ..
nways add ur commnets
and leeme know i we have ny other Disater Management Plans ...

Till then lets keep ours fingers crossedd..
that

GOOGLE DOESNT CRASH..

Google Crashes...

2008-04-02T13:53:00.007+05:30

i know that the entire thought of riting this post is destructive ..
perhaps all the word on this link http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/destructive%20
would be enough to explain my state of mind,
however i rite this post with a different motive (and that too on a google product) i hope google doesnt mind facing the not so tasty truth ...
that somehow i strongly feel the entire world is

"a bit too much overdependent on the word google" ...

i mean out of thousands of thousands i know of people off,for those thousands, day starts and ends on google products ....
They practically live on GOooOOoogle
Do we really need to be so very dependent on it ..
Even i m one of those who start and end at google...
But what if someday..oneday ..google crashes..
and we see

ERROR 404
Google is sorry!!!

Starting off ..
Imagine..okaa.i know even thinking bout this can Lead to Fatal situation but still lets try ..
I fully understand ur feeling towards google but ..its just that i cant stop this thought coming to my mind every now and then

Google goes down for lets say 30 minutes....GMT ****hrs ..

"The thoughts expressed below would be arbit in Nature as the very idea of Google Crashing puts me into a LOW POWER STATE "

Lets analyse the not so good things that would come into existence..

u wont be able to read this blog ..
i wont be able to read ur blog (if u have one and i read it)
people wont be able to stumble
people would lose money that Google adsense would have fetched them...

now lets analyse the effects on students ..not the one like u and me ....

So called researchers can rest for five minutes
The real one can panic for five minutes
they mite commit suicide ....dont think of suing google ..if u have ny plans ..google for sure wont bother..
They mite leave the idea of researching
they can..no they will get panic attacks ...Ambulance..call 101 in India and 911 in US
IIT and IIM's can declare a public holiday...mite be extended..

lets us see how it would affect the lukha world ..including you

u would bother for five minutes
Yahoo finally got some traffic from India
So does Amazon.com
u can have a break from chat for a few minutes..
u can ....hmm think for a while or take a quick nap or do wht ever u feel like.
u can wait for google to restart,if u really a google guy..
if u r in google u would run for air..
if u r not in google,u would still run for fresh air
if google uses you ..u better call them
if google doesnt use ..still u better call them
Production houses may launch movies on the Google Breakdown
Actors like ****** mite find some work for a change..
These movies would have high probability of getting Super Duper Hit
Govts would be realxed for few minutes..coz for some "delta"no body can SPY on them

Now lets try analyse aftermath on the so called economy..

Stocks market mite crash
Stocks market will crash
Billion would be lost
Trillion may be lost
Oil can become cheaper
Oil can also become expensive
companies mite shut down
Concept of entrepreneurship would be banned for the next few...Years may be ..

can't think of nymore..
m looking for more comments on this one ..
i hope people come up with good an altenative depending site "XXXXXX"
also name ur wud be"google "

Beware junta...

Hope for the best and be prepared for the worst :(

BlogCamp@BCM3

2008-03-31T13:18:00.005+05:30

Now then ....
BlOgCAMP @ BCM3- a bigtime hit...

This was the second barcamp i attended cum organized,and believe u me..i had a hell of a time...
and with the blogcamp featuring some of the studd max bloggers,it was time to get inspired,and launch something more SOOD or lets say something Monopolic and get on the Blogosphere radar..
the entire camp was a bigtime success.
With PRO's like "jimkarter" ,there was no point of missing ny of the sessions

And wen they started talking bout the monetary gains,the SOM seminar hall jus cudnt enough of it ....
no point in riting bout wht u missed and wht i enjoyed ..
better then this lets share wht we learnt -click here

And if u find the gyan worth the hype ..
get back to this blog and say thanks to me ..:))

check for more on blog marketing

Marketing .. Layman Version 1.

2008-03-27T22:14:00.003+05:30

Marketing .

I don't want to sound like a marketing guru,but believe you me ,I plan to be one ,some day ,one day.

Follow this track,as this one would have yours truly turning into a Marketing Guru.

For Manybodies close to my heart...

2008-03-26T23:39:00.003+05:30

this one is in continuation with the post tht is yet to be posted ..

One of the passions that i have developed since falling into many of those
STRANGE SITUATIONS ..

But this one at this point of time ..comes straight from the bottom of my heart...
i don't intend to neglect nybody ...n please dont feel ignored if u cant relate to the next few lines..
perhaps i can relate u ..u r just unable to recall it ..BAD MEMORY..:))

To all those who have had a share in my life and to all those who have disected it into n no of pieces and taken away their share..
and to all those to whom i owe my existence...
not to mention they are not established within a radius of 190 kms ..
they live far away..but courtssey..Hutch is Now Vodafone..i continue to survive ....

Its for u my Sweethearts ..

the poet part of me ,would never get famous..
in fact, the poet part of me ,never wants to be famous..
its just for u i pen down these lines..
its just for u ..i live this life..
its just for u ,i have come so far ...
its just for u ,i still have go farer...

for all those long talks that kept bringing me back ,
for all those long call that kept asking me for more
for all those words that still drive me crazy..
i owe u my life ..

Thanks for being the listener i always wanted ,
thanks for being the friend i always craved
thanks for being the perfect one ..
thanks for making me the perfext one ..
thanks for telling me what i always wanted..
Thanx for being there for the not so demanded...

Words are falling short for u
or lets be honest i cant think of few more new..
but don't u think i dont need u ..
dont u think i dont love u ..

i m there for u ..
always remember i will be always there for u.
come wat may..
we shall stand together..

Forever ..u and me ..
together ..just u and me ..
nothing else i shall ask for..
just u and me..

i love u ..
simply urs ..

Vicky...

I want to ..

2008-03-25T08:04:00.002+05:30

Dreams and ambitions are often driven by instinct or are simply a product of sheer inspiration ..

Of the few that i have "lived with" have been the driving force for the journey so far...Not tht i have travelled a great lot of deal ..just that i have enjoyed my 20 something journey untill now and have plans in store..

I always wanted to be an ASTRONAUT....Childhood fantasy
A weekend ,or lets say every weekend in Mauritius..they say its really good...
A extended trip to australia and New Zealand..they say its great too..
A walk along the great wall of china ..with ????.
and wait for the updates ......

cheers..

Barcamp Mumbai..back and this time it has me ..

2008-03-24T13:41:00.003+05:30

BarcampMumbai 3
the third edition of the unconference is back and the best part ,it has ME THIS TIME..:))

the first one that i ever attended was the one that took place in Techfest 08...
okaa..those who don't know what Techfest is..get a life..lol
TECHFEST is IIT Bombay's science and technological festival.............blah blah..blah..
nways
Barcamp is the best event that u can take part as a Organizer coz the entire event is nothing but
LIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING...
exchanging ideas ..
brainstorming ..
something that people try to do on orkut or facebook or other social media sites...

now for the first timers .
what exaclty is that i have been praising so long for ..?
what is a barcamp?
an unconference ,with no ties no ,no announcements , a place where people come brainstorm ,debate discuss over nything ...practically nything and everything .

Perhaps the best place on the earth to meet intellectual people ....
okay apart from geeks u can easily find loads of variety here at barcamps ...
the one that i found were from startups ...management guys ....
people looking for freelancers .....

so all those who are yet to come across live social networking and are looking for more challenging stuff...get in there ..before the registrations close...

follow barcamp all over the world here...

Mumbai locals ..anybody listening...

2008-03-10T23:45:00.006+05:30

i saw this today when i was forcibly sent out to Masjid ,in search of not so rare things...
but this is not y u r reading this post....
The reason i m wrote it down immedaitely after coming down to my room was the fact that today i personally saw naked live circuit in a running local...
LOCAL TIME :3.40 pm
kanjurmarg station

On a not so happening station wen we boarded a not so crowded train,i felt good coz for a change we had a seat to rest out paining bum..
But wht came next was this amazing site of people sharing seats with a LIVE CIRCUIT in the same coach..
i got no idea bout the local security rules,or the measure that have to be taken to make it "more secure "
WHAT I was wondering was bout the evening rush hours,wen the density in every coach breaks newly created records everyday ,how can somebody manage to stand without touching the naked thing...
can somebody help in telling somebody more resposible ....

A FORWARD...

2008-03-09T20:48:00.001+05:30

THIS ONE HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM A FORWARD AND FROM NOTHER BLOG BUT THE MOTIVE IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT....

We get email forwards each day and most die in the mail box. This one didn't.

By the time u guys read this news, the body of Major Manish Pitambare, who was shot dead at Anantnag, would have been cremated with full military honors.
On Nov 27, this news swept across all the news channels 'Sanjay Dutt relieved by court'. 'Sirf Munna not a bhai' '13 saal ka vanvaas khatam' 'although found guilty for possession of armory, Sanjay can breath sigh of relief as all the TADA charges against him are withdrawn' Then many personalities like Salman Khan said 'He is a good person. We knew he will come out clean'. Mr Big B said "Dutt's family and our family have relations for years he's a good kid. He is like elder brother to Abhishek". His sister Priya Dutt said "we can sleep well tonight. It 's a great relief"
In other news, Parliament was mad at Indian team for performing bad; Greg Chappell said something; Shah Rukh Khan replaces Amitabh in KBC and other such stuff. But most of the emphasis was given on Sanjay Dutt's "phoenix like" comeback from the ashes of terrorist charges. Surfing through the channels, one news on BBC startled me. It read "Hisbul Mujahidin's most wanted terrorist 'Sohel Faisal' killed in Anantnag, India . Indian Major leading the operation lost his life in the process. Four others are injured.
It was past midnight , I started visiting the stupid Indian channels, but Sanjay Dutt was still ruling. They were telling how Sanjay pleaded to the court saying 'I'm the sole bread earner for my family', 'I have a daughter who is studying in US' and so on. Then they showed how Sanjay was not wearing his lucky blue shirt while he was hearing the verdict and also how he went to every temple and prayed for the last few months. A suspect in Mumbai bomb blasts, convicted under armory act...was being transformed into a hero.
Sure Sanjay Dutt has a daughter; Sure he did not do any terrorist activity. Possessing an AK47 is considered too elementary in terrorist community and also one who possesses an AK47 has a right to possess a pistol so that again is not such a big crime; Sure Sanjay Dutt went to all the temples; Sure he did a lot of Gandhigiri but then...........
Major Manish H Pitambare got the information from his sources about the terrorists' whereabouts. Wasting no time he attacked the camp, killed Hisbul Mujahidin's supremo and in the process lost his life to the bullets fired from an AK47. He is survived by a wife and daughter (just like Sanjay Dutt) who's only 18 months old.
Major Manish never said 'I have a daughter' before he took the decision to attack the terrorists in the darkest of nights. He never thought about having a family and he being the bread earner. No news channel covered this since they were too busy hyping a former drug addict, a suspect who's linked to bomb blasts which killed hundreds. Their aim was to show how he defied the TADA charges and they were so successful that his conviction in possession of armory had no meaning. They also concluded that his parents in heaven must be happy and proud of him.
Parents of Major Manish are still living and they have to live rest of their lives without their beloved son. His daughter won't ever see her daddy again. Finally Major Manish, to my generation is a greater hero, someone who laid his life in the name of this great nation.
So guys, please forward this message around so that the media knows which news to give importance, as it is a shame for us since this Army Major's
death news was given by a foreign TV channel!!!

BREAKING NEWS...

2008-03-09T17:38:00.000+05:30

LOOK AT THIS ..

THIS SHOULD CERTAINLY ADD TO THE LEVEL OF HARMONES IN YOUR BODY

AMITABH BACCHAN ..NO OFFENSES ...NO HARD FEELINGS ..
but i strongly believe this deserved a better place then this ..
perhaps..the HEADLINES..

but, bad luck it never made to the headlines...
they mentioned it on the second page i suppose..
THIS WAS A NATIONAL CHALLENGE and i m wondering y did they not have a sms survey over this ||BREAKING NEWS||
Perhaps the press should take this thing more seriously then ever before....
we need to need more bout now many times every celebrity has sneezed
we need to know bout what happened in Sanjay Dutt's marriage
and how can we ignore Salman khan's jail "costume"..
its a pity that we did have not have a fashion store dedicated to his jail wardrobe...

ITS HIGH TIME TO REPLACE ALL THE BULL SHIT ON THE FRONT PAGE WITH THE DO'S AND DONE'S OF THE PAGE 3 PEOPLE..

Or we can dedicate an entire TV CHANNEL and Radio channel dedicated to these B REAKING NEWS SECTION

We can also try the internet ..websites chasing celebrity till their make up vans ..
presenting live commentary of their actions ..kisses..and fites...

Whatever mite be the future..
TV 18 with AAJ TAK did steal the show,by presenting us amazing breaking news,
and that was the reason they were given the BEST NEWS CHANNEL during CNBC award function...and many more...

i strongly believe we need more of such BREAKING NEWS and the race is on..
lets c who beats aaj tak this year..

kudos AAJ TAK TEAM
cheers
keep the BREAKING work going on ..
coz this would certainly by all virtues contribute to the nation and obviously help in full filling the
PRESS AND PRINT MEDIA's basic motive||creating awareness||(it was never mentioned bout wht awareness had to be created but still they did their best..didnt they :)

No smoking

2008-02-29T21:58:00.001+05:30

the poster says ..

DO you know that one cigarette can harm more then a bottle of wine ...
and each kick of cigarette can reduce your reduce about 5 minutes of your life..

each smoker approximately 2934 times says that he or she would not smoke after "last fag" hardly 45% are able to keep their commitment

About 39% men and over 29% women smoke regularly and the the total smoke generated is equivalent to smoke produces by 50000 vehicles in a day.

41% of cancer patients ,in some form or the other owe their condition to SMOKING

Over 35 million $ are smoked in simply smoking all over the world

You can choose from over 4300 different brands that contribute to the smoking market .

Over 498 Indian industries contribute to the World Cigerette market.

Over 45 Lakh people lose their job in case Cigerette industris are closed down
A loss of 5 billion $ would be generated every day owing to closing down of the cigerette industries.

NOW ITS UPTO US HOW WE REMOVE THE ASHES OF SMOKING FROM OUR LUNGS....

Thanx to Raj Shekar ratrey for the amazing creation
Raj shekar ratrey Founder WHITE SHADOW is one of the soodest designers around ,so if u need designing ..get back to me.

Matheran.cant get enough out of this one ..

2008-02-25T20:34:00.000+05:30

jagriti yatra ...sounds amazing

2008-02-25T17:25:00.000+05:30

hey this one seems pretty cool , i mean although i m not a part of it ..but still the videos and the photographs have had me interested me to a limit that i can't wait to get selected and going on this trip .
Jagrti Yatra a concept that emerged way 10 years back after 50 years of independence is
a train journey across India to meet with and learn from bottom-up innovators and entrepreneurs who are changing, challenging and redefining India today. Four hundred youth, over sixteen days, across thirteen cities.You cant get a better oppurtunity to see your own country India in all her majesty.
with people coming from London School of Economics,US of A,cooporate world ,the journey is all about the transition of the nation, its analysis and addition of the more reactive elements in the process i.e WE THE YOUTH.

On board the train would be 450 of India's brightest stars between 18-25 – the next generation of Indian leaders. The aim of the journey would be to introduce the youngsters to heroes who through innovation and perseverance have undertaken a difficult challenge and have had a significant impact. The aim of the Yatra is to instill in the youth through example, teaching and dialog, the feeling they can 'be the change' that India needs

On Board the train, they would host the real heroes, engaging in dialogue with them to understand their successes.add to that guest lectures, management professors and entrepreneurs from across the world, hoping to learn from them global best practices. The idea is to expose the future leaders of India to the current leaders of the world and to inspire and motivate them towards realising the Indian dream.

Perhaps the best part of the journey is the very fact that it targets a group a people who have nothing to lose but still everything at stake..
the journey is all about how can we as a inseparable par of this nation contribute to its BUILDING and real growth in real sense.

We infact needed something as intense as this badly coz everytime concepts like these emerge out of brialliant minds ,they are posponed till tomorrow
they are left to be done ,discussed upon tomorrow
at a time wen their implication is the need of the hour ...
i truely salute the conceptulizers and founders of jagriti yatra for giving us all an amazing oppurtunity to make a difference.

for those who feel motivated rather than feeling inspired do check
http://jagritiyatra.com/index.php
and make your point.

these lyrics perfectly depict the founders of the YATRA....
Nickel Back--if everybody cared..

From underneath the trees, we watch the sky
Confusing stars for satellites
I never dreamed that you'd be mine
But here we are, we're here tonight

Singing Amen, I'm alive
Singing Amen, I'm alive

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

And I'm singing

Amen I, I'm alive
Amen I, I'm alive

And in the air the fireflies
Our only light in paradise
We'll show the world they were wrong
And teach them all to sing along

Singing Amen I'm alive
Singing Amen I'm alive

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

And as we lie beneath the stars
We realize how small we are
If they could love like you and me
Imagine what the world could be

If everyone cared and nobody cried
If everyone loved and nobody lied
If everyone shared and swallowed their pride
We'd see the day when nobody died

We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day, we'd see the day
When nobody died
We'd see the day when nobody died

Thts me for the moment unplugged ..

2008-02-23T22:03:00.000+05:30

hey all

this is supposed to be my intro ..so its important infact very important...
nways i m Vivek handelwal
a man tht loves to live life in the topmost gear ..for the moment m driving in 5 th gear..wating for the next one ...
a man with varies passions... varied tastes ....
i moved to bombay almost two years back to discover the craziest part of my life ...
Living in IIT bombay ,life has been so far so good to me ...but the best part has indeed been the CITY ..
LIVE LIFE KING SIZE ...this is wht the city taught me on day one ..wen i started off with counting the no of floors of The Taj..
sounds odd..i promised myself something big there (wait for it )

nways talking bout vivek khandelwal,as a person i simply love travelling ,add to that googling , networking ,watching TV series (the latest one ),add to that hating acadmic section of IIT ,
not to mention the newly budding love for law..

As a student i m expected to study Chemistry ,get a integrated degree from this place ,go to somewhere in US for app complete my PHd in germany and come back to IIT for removing all those courses i hated..
BUT
as a student i got no such plans ....i do like chemistry ,but have been involved in marketing in someform or other from past two years..and of late i have developed a new interest for RNAi

oka.ths means RNA interference ..something tht claims to cure AIDS ...(i m serious but i m not having nyof those diseases,thts all i cud get from a animated video)

and the best part of it,the dominating character of Bsoton Legal absolutely amazing tv series on people in LAW firm which has motivated me to do a post grad. in LAW..
i also to plan to launch a startup within the next few months ..another .com...hope it would be different .....
i plan to be a social worker ..wating for somebody to kick my startoff...and
of latest i have started attending barcamps and m enjoying them too..so
and last but not the least ..i m big time lover of dabeli and gelato's ferraro, and i love walking along Lakesidewen i m sad..
Well thts all Vivek Khandelwal is all about ..

Hope u enjoy reading the blog ...
i will catch up with u from comments section(u dont have ny option other thn posting comment ) ..so do temme wht u felt like ..

Cheers
Vivek aKa LARA