Team India eying World Cup !!!

Its high-time that Team India captain Mr. Dhoni to reassess its strategy and team combination for the world cup, if ever he(they) wants to win it. The performances in the recent matches has exposed the so-called bench strength of India, thanks to injury of some and others who opted out of it. Lets get down straight to the points ---

1.       The openers, obvious choice is Sehwag with GOD, giving no. 3 spot to Gambhir. Backing it with the presence of Dinesh Karthik as bench, its in the safe hands.

2.       The middle order comprising Yuvraj, Raina and Dhoni is the best any team can hope for. All are good hitters and match winners in their own. But saying that, they should look to apply themselves better, perticularly in trying conditions. The bunch of talent in this department as bench includes Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.

3.       Team India has adequate Pace attack and with a little help from the pitch, they can destroy any line-up. With a combo of Zaheer, Nehra and Praveen Kumar, it has enough fire power to take care of this department. And with the backing of Sreesanth,Sharma, Mithun(yet to be fully groomed), it is quite a force to reckon.

4.       Spin department of TI is perticularly pretty safe in hands of Harbhajan. Backed by bench of Pragyan Ojha, its quite complete in itself. Giving unnecessary importance to this sector is not important as this department can also be handled by Yuvraj, Raina and Sehwag, each of whom can share the ball, effectively, if the need arises.

5.       That leaves us with just one spot to fill, i.e. the 7^TH spot, from whom we demand everything, batting, bowling and fielding i.e an Allrounder. He matters specially when the team is in a spot of bother, otherwise no one even looks for him. His performance lifts the team to a new level. As of the latest developments, an allrounder is further classified into Batting Allrounder and Bowling Allrounder. TI here has to set his priorities clear, what does it want. In my view TI doesn’t need Bowling-Allrounder, with the world cup occuring in the subcontinent, which is believed to be spinner friendly, which we already have in abundant. So considering the Batting-Allrounders, what we have is Irfan Pathan and Yusuf Pathan(especially as the WC is occuring in Indian Subcontinent). This position, currently occupied by Ravindra Jadeja is not doing any justice to the spot and has already got ample opprtunity to prove his mettle. Its time for Others.

The Team India (that I want to see in the WC) :

(Playing -11)

1.       GOD

2.       Virendra Sehwag

3.       Gautam Gambhir

4.       Yuvraj Singh

5.       Suresh Raina

6.       MS Dhoni (Captain & WK)

7.       Irfan Pathan/ Yusuf Pathan

8.       Harbhajan Singh

9.       Zaheer Khan

10.   Praveen Kumar

11.   Ashish Nehra

Bench :

1.       Dinesh Karthik (Opener and WK)

2.       Rohit Sharma(Middle Order)

3.       S. Sreesanth(Fast Bowler)

4.       Pragyan Ojha(Spinner)

5.       Yusuf Pathan/ Irfan Pathan (Batting Allrounders)

Wild Cards : (Can’t say where, when and how will they come into TI, but definitely contribute a lot if they do, and I’ll love to see them :) )

1.       Robin Uthappa

2.       Ambati Rayudu

This is as far as I go as of now, many other players were considered, but I couldn’t put them in considering my scheme of things. This may prove a little early to get my team,but better early than late…

P.S. --- First thought of  writing only status message but gradually it turned into a big thing, so changed it into a blog :D .

Biggest Mistake In My College Life

Life gives you enough opportunity to come back to right path if you are willing to inherit it.Yeah friends its tru.....

I asked my father for 10 bucks, he gave me 100, i spent it on cigarettes..I asked my father for 100 bucks, he gave me 1000, i spent it on drinks...I asked my father for 1000 bucks, he gave me 10000, i spent that too on smoking and drinking..... who was wrong...me or my father, my father had shown me love, i had shown disrespect to father earning.....yeah frnd this was the biggest mistake i had done in my college days.

I still remember how i used to feel proud with a bottle of beer in hand and cigarette in other, i still remember taking out money from ATM  here and there to satisfy my hunger for drinking , i still remember how it ruined my rommie birthday, i still remember making all sort of stupid comments while drunk , i still remember my hearts paining every now and then with every fag.....
But, i can only remember this , i cant get it back anyhow....

But yeah self realisation is the biggest realisation , i still remember one of my friends told me that i can't stop smoking and drinking, i challenge her and told that i can ....she told you will be able to do it only when self realisation come within you and not through any challenges, yeah she was right....i went on becoming addict day by day ....i didn't stopped even at home, was happy enough that i had told to my didi that i drink and smoke and so there will be no problem in home and so it went on increasing ....every day started with a cold drink and cigarette and ended the same way......

Question arises what the shit i am posting here in the blog, frnds i had lost one of my close family member recently due to this and dont want myself to lose my life(ask you too to also learn from other mistakes)....hope you understand it and make other to believe that mistake can't be corrected but it can be avoided....better have a GREEN AND FRESH LIFE

with regards 

1/2 hour drama

Ever lasting(Non stop) vacation from college ………..now this month is a time of attending the marriage ceremonies of the friends and family members (kya kahte hai ..lagan ka samay hai). Most of family members have been preparing for gifts and clothes (how they are going to dressed up in marriage ceremony especially for our young generation) ……..Actually what happened ……….i am explaining here….


I and my mother went to attend bride's marriage ceremony…time was 9.00 PM. Almost all the invited guests arrived there before the time….we were waiting for BARAT ...I saw there were four groups ..first group of ladies….
Second group of nice and beautiful girls ……third group of boys and last group of old aged …………

Due to late news of Barat…dinner would be going to start at 9.30 PM………during this ½ hour…….i enjoyed a lot..might be…. …you would also enjoy…………….

First group :- ladies dressed up themself with latest fashionable saries and ornaments ….one of ladies was saying …chintu ki maa ne wahi sari pahne hui jo apne bahan ki saadi mai pahna tha…..other said ……unka beta 12th board mai fail ho gaya dushre ne kaha-bachhe par to dhayan hi nhi dete …………mera bete ka to job lag gaya………others were discussing… uski bahu ne saas ko ghar se nikal diya….jiski saadi hone waali hai…uska kise or ke sath chakar tha……………………………….blah blah blah……

Second group:-they were giggling in one corner of the hall. One of the beautiful girl said…that guy is continuously watching and following me. Who is that guy? Then some one said ..wo mere ghar ke samne rahta hai..uska wahi kaam hi hai…non stop staring …wo jo bagal mai hai wo bahut sweet hai..naam kya hai uska…nhi pata yaar aaj hi dekha hai….

Third group:- abbey yaar wo ladki bahut mast hai..kisse ki bahan to nhi..main apna kaam karta hu..then other friend said…chor de usko wo mere bhai ki girl friend hai..pata chalega to chorega nhi…acha thik hai uski friend se kaam chalate hai….haan yaar time pass ke liye thik hai….

Fourth group:-old aged people had been sitting on their chairs so that no one could take their chair. They were seriously waiting for dinner and Barat …..dekhe ess ghar ka Damad kaisa aane waala hai ????????…..

Bride’s family member were going to everyone and saying the same story…… how much dowry they gave? What difficulties they faced?

After a long awaited ………dinner had started now……
Ladies were shouting on their children …jao khana kha lo..nhi to khatam ho jayega…ghar jakar kuch nhi banayege…ok mummy…don’t worry …..

The crowd besides the stall was uncontrollable…people were jumping as they had never seen such delicious food ever. Hardly they bothered about anyone . every one had same state of mind ………..jaldi kha lo nhi to Barat aa jayege…stall band ho jayega……..

Pathetic situation near the ice-cream stall… one person had been eating more than one time..never ending queue and struggling for their chance.

Boys:-Abey yaar chalo wo ladki gaye chal ab khane chalte hai ..ye moka nhi milega……………

Girls:-Dekho ye yaha bhi aa gaya……chor khane par concentrate karte hai…..
Dada jii and dadi jii….again fighting with their neighbors …..mera number kab aayega??????????/////

Finally ½ hour drama……..after dinner I went home but I was mesmerizing whole situation…it led to write one new blog………………

new post

Last few posts have captured the essence of our life at KIIT like few other things could, so let me start by thanking the author of those posts.

let me also thank anitesh aka anna and Abhishek bose for a new photo blog of our batch/branch photoblog where in you can post the pics of our branchmates and his/her friends can comment on the pic(eg. see anitesh, jalan or my pic), if you are sure of where one is joining now, one can also mention the same in the comment.

No one is supposed to comment on his / her own pic.

Others please let your creative juices flow, we all know that once we join our respective companies / colleges very few of us will be active, so lets have something where we can look back and smile :)

10 Things that Happened !!!!!!!!!

I am already 3 hrs into this dreadful day ....Ranjeet and Manda are leaving today morning and othes are leaving for the Gopalpur trip and left are Vishal and Vishal (Anand) to wipe each others tears off , for background music we have Mr. Bhuiya delivering us lectures, flagging off the Infosys pre joining training.

I just had a walk around the koleg with other guys, we had some pics clicked with 'Langra', as usual, in some unusual positions (climbed up the KIIT main gate 2 pm in the nyt). Till tommorow i did had fears but i didnt really felt very uncomfortable but it was today sitting in 1C-153 watching Manda and Rahul do their packing , the fears slowly took realistic shape. I went away saying "i cant handle it".

Their are 3 sad things, resonating at precisely the same day and same tym. One, Ranjeet and Manda leaving once and for all from this koleg. Two, Rahul, Ansh, Sunny, Langra, etc leaving for the 3 day tour .Third, i will not be leaving for either and to add to the wound we will be entertained by Infy training classes.

Below are 10 things that probably would not have happened had i not been to an engineering koleg and been a part of such a group of crazy friends and also few may not happen again................

1> I would never have been a part of this wonderful society, with its Indian diversity in terms of Culture, language, lifestyle etc. Its like a sample of India here which i was lucky enough to have witnessed. It's a great feeling to have Rajasthan, Bihar, UP, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Jharkhand, MP all packed in one neighborhood of 4 rooms. Seriously, as Govinda sung ""It happens only in India''''.

2>had i not been here, i would never had the courage to walk 15 kms at midnight giving 'auto walas' a pass ..and all this, just for fun. The best part was when we had juice at Kalinga hospital after walking 8 kms (this was the only place open in the whole city that late). To many it may look insane..but seriously try it....took us 3 hrs to reach hostel

3> i would never have remain awake the whole night just to have a cup of tea....

4>would never have bunked an exam just for the sake of it...because a friend is skipping it.

5> would never have ran 3 kms in my lyf and go Gym for workouts.....

6>Before coming to an engineering koleg, i was shy, timid. had i not been here,i would never have gathered courage to skip TCS selection process because i felt Infosys was better for me than TCS. But to tell u the fact, the 4 days gap between TCS and Infy gave me such extreme nervous moments that i hadnt imagined.

7>would never have been a part of a Hunger Strike

8> would have never accepted a bet to drink 4 hot chillies mixed with just 4 tablespoon of water. ( all my lyf .....tears ran ,,just by the look of it ,,,...my pet name at home is 'Mithu' which happened to be a popular name for parrots....all my lyf i was teased by my Uncles by the phrase "Mithu Mirchi Khayega????"""

9>would have never have seen a live example of the lesson that their is no extreme for Human being and a person really doesnt have limitations. If he has passion and will , then he is bound to achieve anyhting.

10> The most important of the all...............above things happened because i was part of a crazy and extraordinary bunch of friends .........had i not been to this koleg i would have never spent 4 years of my lyf with such amazing room mates and friends .....
Speaking about the Roomi stuff....We were nearly perfect for each other, we almost never (barring a rare occasion) had differences of opinions concerning room matters. We enjoyed everything together ,,,right from watchin movies, Listen to songs, eat , played games. During around 2nd semester we had an understanding that anything which is a part of this room belongs to the room ,not to a person.right from eatables to harddrives or even the pocket money...and look at the destiny we got placed in same company....


P.S.- It was great times and whenever i look back at these 4 years i will be having a smile on my face

Hum Kis Gali Ja Rahe Hai , Apna Koi Thikana Nahi

                                             Haarne se jitne ki khwaish kam nahi hoti ,
                                             Tootne se judne ki koshish kam nahi hoti,
                                                Tapne se hi sona nikhar kar ata hai,
                                           Aur gam mein hi khusi sabse hasin kehlata hai


Ya the day had come to detatch ourselves from our home - KIIT , A HOME AWAY FROM HOME. Being in this heavenly abode from the past 4 years , being in the place we  call as "MASTI KI PATHSAALA", we enjoyed each and every moments as KIITIANS. 
Having a flash back at our memories in these 4 years reminds me of what fun we had inside our premises and more outside it. So, i believe its right time to look back for sometime and cherish those good old days. But , friends may be some secret will come out of yours, so sorry for all that...


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First year


Begining of the college,entrance in a new place, new friends and yeah above all meeting lot of friends. The inception to the arena was done by our so called mango and nuts (M.N DAS). How can i forget that class where we were looking blindly towards him and making fun of his comments " C is sea ". Results of first mid sem made it crystal clear , but we had only one things in our mind that we are students of royal branch of college. 
Begining the day with amit (popularly called guddu), showing his dress asking " Bhai, thik lag rhe hai na", frolic inside college where ajay (baccha) making proxy of more than dozen exchanging seats from one row to other, alok (l2k) making fun of " i am not lorry to carry your sorry " Mrs geeta satpathy , Ankit srivastava searching for her soul mate, Kislay anand with his educational controversy , that d2 is really unforgettable part of our college life.
Time passed by and many moments came- word fight with the most honoured senior of college Rohan bhaiya,intro after intro session near juice point, glancing through window towards GH(don't blame me , i was not part ),orkutting near the water geyser whole night , and above all entrance of my new roomie - Ashish panigrahi. His entry was one moment which i cant forget throughout my life.Asking from  his senior Deepak (cena) about my behaviour " saala gunda hai na ye".Even entry inside room was marked by his brilliant questions "dekho bhai mujhe raat mein 2 baje ke baad padhne ki adat hai , tum logon ko koi problem nhi hai na" . Both me and my other roomie ashutosh jha(CR bhaina) was startled with his funny questions. 
Last but not least who can forget that "chemistry attendance kand", which showed our "unity in diversity". But most of you are unaware about other side of the incident.I still remember teacher asking him to get out of class and he njoying the matches in the field .  But all credit to the guy, showing what potential he deserves by performing in the end sem getting outstanding grade in both theory and lab.
Time passed steadily and came freshers, seniors came to classes with their hellish attitude and made good use of their seniority. Another interesting moment was filling answer for the questionaire prepared for selecting master and miss fresher, all dual meaning questions alwyz glanced through the negative part of our mind.Moreover fresher was an interesting moment for most of the students(though not for me :( ).How can we forget ashu and azad dancing with balloons, sunny answering question with  ..... attitude,arpit with his pulsating answers .More over it ended well with vishal jalan and shradha accharya as fresher guy and gal and alok and shivi as charming guy and gal.
Ye to class ki masti thi, hostel was no less, hunger strike for non availabilty of internet, telivision was other moment to be cherished. It also marked the transfer of students from mess to udupi .With these and many other funny moments months by months passed by and the sems came which saw Sreevani notes in demand and Anurag sharma as year topper. The year ended happily with smiles and moments to be taken to the second year.




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Second and third year


Return from  home in college was marked with few new faces in our branches, all one better than other. But hats of to us , we had changed them too in few days only.Few notable among them were Prashant , Kaushallendra , Bharat,Vijay, Shreyansh,Sudhanshu,Shubham , Ankita, Sneha , Tulsi, Sulagna and few others. But even college admins were jealous of watching entire branch together and they adopted divide and rule policy with the branch being divided into d1 and d2.
Division into sections divided the students but cant divide the fun which grown with every passing day. Snacks were replaced by "SUTTA", atma ram becoming favourite joint place, beer bottle replacing milks. All the moments were well captured and changes that were inevitable in college students are marked in more than 50% students.
Moments like CR selection and organisation of fresher party marked the glorious days of second year.The best ever fresher part was being organised by us showing that "computer science were always together". 
Hostel life was again not left far behind with AOE and Counter Srike taking over the academics.Ranjeet with his never losing spirits in age and alok with his five in counter strike had shifted the balance towards game. Whole night being spent out just playing one base after another with only one end and that is morning tea and maggi. The days of first cs 20-20 was unforgettable which had created a gaming zone in hostel- 2c(173) and 6 beds in one room - 2c(174) cant be forgotten with live telecast of all the matches and enormous amount of spectators.
Time passed by and many precious moments were shared among the guys and gals.Bonding became strong after every passing days , chilling and relaxing alwys with the time in the college , night outs after night outs just to have a cup of tea had changed the lifestyle.




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Fouth and final year


The year began with heavy ask from each and every students -Placement. But , as alwys we never lagged here too. Arrival of the first company had shown the talent computer science has with 2 of the three students being selected from computer science.With every companies arriving , most of us had came out with flying colours and the leftovers are waiting just for much better.
The year had allowed us to take relaxation from our college schedule and enjoy our life. With placement going on one hand , the days were marked by enormous amount of trips by each and every group of friends and then having a combined chill out at the get together party.
The sems had came with its devilish look as alwyz with more than 50% bunking mid sems and then giving re- re - re mid sems , end sem was no less with official cheating competition being organized by college.
The year marked selection of our students in IIM,FMS and other premier institutes of india and abroad.
The time had came to wave our hands to the college, but the memories we got cant be said good bye.
It can only be cherished in our thoughts and dreams.


Before we all leave the college let me end up this with a shayri dedicated all of the computer science students


                                                                   Dosti aisa karte hai 
                                                      Ki dusman ko bhi apna bana lete hai
                                                      Wo to jalte hue chirag ko bhujate hai
                                       Hum to wo hai jo andhiyon mein bhi chirag jala dete hai

An Exam Afterthought

There's a nice quotation that i want to start with "Education is what remains when what has been learned has been forgotten." . These last few days I have forgotten a lot of stuff that I have tried to learn and sometimes I have forgotten well before the purpose of learning has been fulfilled .

Its 3:00 in the night and I wake up to the sound of my mobile alarm . While everybody's still sleeping ,  I try to at least complete the selective portions of Entrepreneurship that I have decided to study . My eyelids shut for a split second  at regular intervals as I labour on for the next 10 minutes . I find that I am not able to concentrate on the text .... i find no meaning . 
The weather's so nice as there is a storm brewing outside .  A short nap I think would do not harm  . May be thats the tonic that I need to freshen me  a bit .  My premise for sleeping is proven wrong as when I wake up  , I want to sleep some more :P .
After an hour of sweet slumber I decide that enough is enough . I spur myself to study in order to save face  . So I struggle till 7:00 , trying to remember the points in the xerox note .  I know that my preparation cannot be worse ....  I  just hope that numericals will save my ass.
Its exam time .... and due to God's grace it goes far far better than I had expected.

So in this way I have put a second nail into the exam's coffin . Two more nails to go ......  I may hurt my hand in the process but I am sure that I am not made for them . I just want to get over with it .

I have a weak memory but such is the sorry state of affairs that during the Entrepreneurship exam when I went to the toilet to get some answers .... I asked Sid  the question "What are four stages of advertisement creation " and he must have told me the answer  twice or thrice and still when I went back to the hall to scribble it down I could just recall only one word for the four points .
1)Situational
2)Media
3)Creative
4)Strategic
The remaining part of the points were added by myself to the best of my knowledge . Its really funny .

In the ancient times it was prevalent for the shishya to repeat the slokas in unison after the guru and in this way they would be able to remember humongous number of lines of religious text . But the times were different then ..... now we have google and more emphasis should be made on " learning by doing " . This " learn by rote "  method is obselete in today's world .  The only reason that motivates me now is that I am doing this to get a degree .... some sort of safety net so that when I take risks to achieve my dream  I know  at the back of my mind  that I have something to fall back on .
 

And just to end the post on a more serious note here's a list of things you can do if you do not  feel like studying

• Simply turn on facebook and u can wile away your  time like anything 
• Eat a plate full of Pokhaal and chokha and u shall fall asleep like the great Kumbhakarna
• Get ur friends hard disk , u will surely get a new movie to watch and if there isnt a new movie left  u can surely revise some of the evergreen " Friends " episodes
• If you are a football fan .... start reading up all the football gossip or watch the downloaded videos again and again and bring back those happy memories
• Start gossiping with the guy next room as to how frustrating it is to study  and keep on talking till the task looks so difficult  that u don't even want to  contemplate studying
• Start researching on a abstract topic on the internet like hacking your friends computer , meaning of a poem etc and just get caught in the web of information
• And Best of the lot .....  Start writing a blogpost  :)

PS : Filhaal toh mera form bahut kharab chal raha  but I hope that the  saying  " Form is temporary , class is permanent "  is true in my case 

These 4 years

This is my first post on this blog. Basically, I wrote this post on my own website but Ranjeet asked me to post it here also and so he added me to the author's list today. At first I didn't want to post because of all the apprehensions I had but then dost ki baat kaun taal sakta hai..

Here is the link to the original post: "These 4 years"

The heat of the town is people expressing in all possible ways, how they are going to miss their college years. All the parties, photo sessions, senti status have a promise hidden in them. Do I feel Nostalgic? May be. Will I miss these 4 years? Definitely.

When I come to think about it, these four years have been a random set of events which some might call boring but I enjoyed every single moment of it. The stay has been spectacular in a way as I enjoyed whatever I did. I didn’t do things just for the sake of doing them. I didn’t do things just because I was in an engineering college and I had to do them. I didn’t become the part of the rat race. No one became(agrees to be) a part of it.

When I look in the mirror today I see a geek. Totally engrossed in his own worldly affairs, fascinated by technology, surfing net, reading blogs and xkcd, having a weird sleeping pattern and bathing pattern, careless, narcissist, nihilist and an idealist. These past four years have contributed a lot in moulding the person I am today.

The life in the college revolve around friends. The people who know me also know that I am a difficult person to cope up with. The way I openly despise things I don’t like, the way I speak my heart out and the way I always put more stress on logic then on feelings become a strict no-no for many people but few things don’t change. They are their to stay for good. Let me put things straight. I have always had few friends as I have openly despised a good bunch of people. I didn’t care if someone was cool, smart or was my friend, the axe fell if it had to fall. There are tiny few who sustained the blows. Here is the list of them in alphabetical order(to avoid controversies) whom I am going to miss after we part our ways. There is a second sponsored list which is empty now. People can offer me treats to move from General list to sponsored list.

Sponsored List :-
Bid for the top position in the list.

General List :-

1)Abhrajit Ghosh : People call him ‘Teddy’. I am Roll No. 11 and he is Roll No. 12. He has been my lab partner in all the labs and had to bear the brunt in vivas as I was interviewed just before him.The only localite who is my good friend. He party a lot and is very good-natured. Would have been one of my best buddies if he was a hostelite.

2) Arpan Bose: He is a pro gamer and known by the names he uses in games, Zed, CSK, Blood etc. Has been my friend since my stay in Kota during my +2 when we used to roam around together. With my reduced interest in Computer games we have spent lesser time together in college. Who is going to format my windows once I pass out is one of my biggest worries. I seriously want him to become more serious about his life and strictly refrain from playing games.

3) Anshuman Nayak: We call him ‘Ansh’. A great biker with lot of knowledge of general stuffs. A movie buff. Frankly I didn’t used to like him a lot when I didn’t knew him but he is a great guy. Jab tab treat deta rehta hai. A great NFS:Most wanted player. Itni badai ki maine ab treat de bhai.

4) Ashutosh Jha: He is one guy who can go to any extent for friends. People call him CR for obvious reasons. A very care-free attitude.He is also from my hometown. I remember very vividly the day when I was admitted in hospital, down with fever, during the 2nd semester endsems. He was awake complete night, sitting by my bedside , wiping my head with wet towels to keep the temperature down. Way to go man.

5)Debarchan Mitra : This person can’t be defined as there aren’t exact words in english language to describe him. He is random and weird. He can sleep in any possible yoga position. He laughs for an hour more after everyone has stopped laughing on a joke. His first answer to everything I have asked for has been NO but eventually I got him into agreeing to them. He does things at extreme. A true delight to be with and an under-achiever. Just need to focus.

6) Kaushallendra : We call him ‘Kaushal’. One word from him is ‘Altruist’. He can go to any extent to help people. Although he may seem harmless but he takes immense pleasure in making fun of people. He is also from my home town and was my junior in school. Nature-wise he is completely opposite to me.Was a stud before but mediocrity of my college took a bite out of him. Recently he has also started Gyaan sessions. Contact me for appointments.

7) Rahul Ranjan : He is the ‘bubbly’ of first floor. The winner of a controversial poll. A great soccer player. I like the way he swears, it’s really funny. 1 number ka maggu. He has lot of stories to tell and is fun to be around.

8 ) Rahul Singh Samant: One of my roomies. He is a nice person but because of some unavoidable circumstances we are not on talking terms any more. But anyways I will miss the good time we spent together.

9) Rakesh Kumar: Log isey ‘Tyagi’ ke naam se jaantey hai. 8th wonder of the world. He can talk non-stop while staying funny. After all his self-medication, he has been outlawed by the medicine community. They don’t work on him leave alone the side-effects. Yeh mast banda hai. May be the most helping and caring person in the college but very formal at times.

10) Ranjeet Pratap Singh : Some call him ‘BMR’ some call him ‘MP’, you can call him anything unless it begins with ‘ThE’.One of my closest friends in the college. I have dragged him around a lot in scorching sun as I hate eating in the mess. He is a kid who has suddenly overgrown. He dreams a lot and has all the potential to turn most of them to reality. Seems to get impractical and have a ‘holier than the lot’ attitude at times and is very much emotion-driven but is among the most wonderful person I have ever known. I have had many debates with him all ending without any conclusion. Friends come before family for him :O . His favourite time-pass is giving Gyaan. Talks are going on for his shows on Sanskar and Aastha. Revisit the blog for more details. Contact me for special private sessions. Although the price will be high but you won’t need any more gyaan ever.

11)Siddharth Das: He is the celebrity of my branch. People call him ‘Uncle’. A real gem. Sid tu to Hira hai Hira . My second roomy. He is great fun to be around and is a total narcissist. One of the most popular guy in my branch, known for his helping nature and random remarks. Was a ‘besingh ka gau’ when came to college today he is a cult.

12) Sukhram Manda: We call him ‘GB’ (reason is a secret). He is from a very small village in Rajasthan but he didn’t let it come in his path. One of the best programmer of my year and is very much hard-working. A bit introvert but is very helping once you get along.

13) Sunny Kumar: Pyaar se badey isey ‘Chotu’ bulatey hai. He is the King. Not in real life but in AOE. Another one of my closest friends. I have dragged him also around a lot. A very lazy guy , takes bath once a week or even lesser but I get things done by him because of my godly convincing powers and senti-maaring. He is the bank for mango man. We have a lot of debates and his expected answer to most of the things is ‘NO’. He is also one big under-achiever. A very talented guy and on of the best AOE player in my college apart from Ranjeet. One shortcoming, gets easily convinced and impressed by things.

14)Vishal Anand: People call him ‘Bajrangi’. He is a different kind of guy. His talks are of different dimension, a true Bihari. I have had a lot of feasts on all the edibles he brings from home after vacation. A very helping guy and a wonderful person to spend time with. He is the one who coined the name ‘Beti Pushpa’ for me, inspired somehow from Bhool Bhulaiya but I don’t know how!!

15) Vishal Jalan : “ours lovely VJ” aka ‘**** Face’. This guy could have been a millionaire if he had sponsored his body for medical research. A true mystery. Each part of his body has its own intelligence and can move on its own without his knowledge. Mr. Fresher of my branch. Victim of Juice point incident. His great attitude will take him places.

The list ends here. Some might think it is huge but in a batch of 150 students it qualifies as just the 10% of the total batch size. With the college getting over I will try to be in contact with all of you but you all know that it won’t happen until the effort is taken by both the parties. Aur kuch nahi to atleast sab apni shaadi mein to jaroor bulana dosto.

I adore many of the other guys and hate many more other guys but this is life. In the end I would say that, there are people who buck the trend and go against the flow. There are people who are fierce individualists and believe in blazing a trail for the future to follow. There are people who don’t care about the race and focus on maximizing themselves, for their own sake. These are few and far between. We don’t encourage them. They are virtual outcasts. We envy them the most. And yet, we aspire to be them.

Hum rahe ya na rahe kal.......Yaad aayenge ye pal

Starting with a word of advice,if u havent yet listened to Kites music.Go Get IT !!!!
Rajesh Roshan, has again come up with some great refreshing music, probably recreating the magic he did with 'Kaho na Pyaar hai'.I have just heard the songs once and i already forgot the laughing "panauti" Of Akhshay in 'Housefull' which i just returned after the night show.

Well yesterday was one of the days which i am going to cherish all my lyf. It was our computer science 'F'arewell celebration and it was those few days which will be remembered everytime the friends reunite.The party started with dance and nothing else happened after that till our legs died. Luckily, we decided to walk through 8 kms while returning (as we usually do these days) and we witnessed the first heavy rain of the season and it was perfect end of the day as we danced in the rain and walked through it.

Well the koleg started for us with the 'F'reshers party, so it ended the 'F to F' journey spanning 4 years . The years we shivered, be it from seniors or teachers or in many cases The Hostel staff....none of us can forget the first days in hostel when every person in sky blue uniform seemed to have a crack down on us. Then came the days of liberation which came in the form of, or probably, in a revolutionary form of hostel Hunger Strike.

2nd yr gifted us a light weight Senior's tag ,suddenly we were the hosts and 1sr yrs with the uniforms were the guests.I experimented with dancing during the hosting of fresher party and discovered yet again that "pappu cant dance sala" . Doesnt matter, our skit was a laughing riot.
It was the tym wen cries of "GO GO GO" ,"Bomb Planted", "arey mere base pe tower ban rha hai","ARMY BHEJ", " Roger that", and my favourate "abey gold hai kya" gained prominance in the hostel corridors and books were replaced by Xerox notes during xms. 2nd yr ended with the trip to Kharagpur and the parathe at 3 in the chilly night canteen in Kgp campus.
when we slept so hard in the train that we had to jump from running Purushottam exp with pants and slippers in hand while returning from Kgp.

3rd yr comes and came Mr. Shastry with his Morning Raga song "Gudmoooooorning KP3!!!!! its PPT classes time". when we slept with the doors locked from outside.It was the time when we had a 12 hr conflict with the IST ,becoz when India was preparing to wake up we were hanging out with Maggi and tea cups on the KIIT streets. when Breakfast replaced dinner and attendance in the class was, ironically, better than that for Lunch.when we left Midsems just because one of the friends did so. When world was trying to save American banks, the only thing which mattered us was whether the Anand's piggy bank ( which he used to keep coins) could support the morning Atmaram tea party. Placement was uncertain but fear and tension were kept quite far from the hostel premises.

4th yr started with a bang,,,not that we got placement offers the first day,,,but something different happened. A mess problem caught fire and in an hour 50 hostelites were breaking tables and glasses and literally broke the reception. Result!!!!!! 6 in morning and we were at the railway station waiting for the train to home.koleg shut down for 2 weeks. Nyways we returned after Dussehra and gud news, finally placements were ON, atleast the scenario had turned positive. January was the month which finally saw companies visiting the campus and the trend is still on. Though many are still unplaced but there is no dearth of ability and spirit and hope each one will have an offer very soon.

There are so many memories which cant be penned down in one blog. Every day shared with such beautiful friends is a memory, every mischief done in class, every cup of tea,
every walk down to the Shikharchandi temple, every black ticket bought for the 1st day 1st show, those teasing and leg pulling, when it took 3 pockets to pay for a coffee and we paid debt taking debt from other, those fights for the empty water bottle, moments i hurt someone and those when i got hurt,when the heart broke,when Ansh broke his hand, when the purse never lasted more than 15 days a month.

Woh Tyagi-manda yudh, woh tuesday ko Anand ke Mandir ke prashad ka intezaar, Ranjeet ki generosity aur uska dialogue "Aaj se padhai karenge", Biresh chacha ki smile, Chotu ka bachpana, Shobhit ki classes, woh Ansh ki Bike, Rahul aka Bubly ke sath *****, Uncle ka ashirwad, Patidar ka figure , Abhimanyu ki talli angrezi , aur bahut kuch!!!!!!!!!

Well the countdown has begun and very soon we will bid Adieu to this koleg and as its said that "Every good thing has to end someday", but this good will make way for a much better future. I wish that each one of us has something much better in store for the rest of our lives.

Journey @ KIIT

Hi Cuys!!!(read CSE Guys)

Being a part and parcel of KIIT cse 2010 batch, I should have contributed long back on this but you all know how lazy I am.Along with laziness, I was a bit apprehensive if I would be able to match the standard set by various bloggers here.But it's always better to try at least than never. Therefore! I gave a whole-hearted try but still I do feel that it requires a lot of corrections.It will be great if you suggest me on my trial Journey@KIIT. This will help me to improve myself and come on this platform with a bang!!!

It was great to share these 4 years with each one of you.
Regards,
Shubham

A lil piece of insight...

Here is some information for people planning for higher studies(MS) in USA at some point in their life....

First and foremost thing that you should do even before giving exams is to THINK why u want to go for MS?....What exactly you want 2 study in your masters because all these play an important role and infact they make your SOP(Dont get mad at me...ill get back to this soon..).

Now, along with pondering on the issues raised above, start preparing for GRE(Graduate Record Examination). It is an year round test conducted in many prometric centers across india. You can book the time,date and center on your convienience provided availability. The score validity of this test is 5 years (i.e) u can submit these scores to the universities for upto 5 years.

Another test which u have to give is TOEFL(Test Of English as Foriegn Language) which is also an year round test and its validity is upto 2 years.

It is very easy to get into an US University because there are thousands of them....but getting into real good ones like in top 20 is a tuff job...for that...you need to keep ur scores like this:
GRE: 1400-1600(out of 1600), AWA:doesnt really matter but to be on safe side keep it above 3.5
TOEFL: 105-120(out of 120)
and good academic grades too..

Next step is University Selection. It is generally advisable to come to this section after you give the exams because you will get a rough idea which universities u can get into. REMEMBER: NEVER GO TO CONSULTANCIES..they just misguide you..especially when your scores are high. Do some research on the universities, their student profiles, courses offered, intake rates, employment opportunities, location and narrow down the universities list to atleast 7(3 safe, 2 moderate, 2 ambi : all these terms are w.r.t ur chances of getting in and 7 is not a fixed number!!). Spend some good time in this step so that you wont end up in a unversity which is too low for ur profile or having no admit.

Most of the colleges in US has two intakes per year. Fall(starts in august) and Spring(starts in d end of jan) and applications are available almost a year ahead. The best part is the entire apllication process is online except that you have to send some supporting documents.Now , start working with your application.

Here comes the important and difficult part of application : SOP(Statement Of Purpose). Is is an essay which clearly, succintly explains 3 things:
1> Why you want to go for MS?
2> Why MS in THIS particular field?(suppose u mention MS in computer science with specialization in intelligent machines...u have to answer why computer science and why intelligent machines...dont just write b'coz i did my bachelor's in CS....think y did u do ur bachelors in CS in first place...is there something abt it which interested u..??...if there is something what is it??...and what did u do abt it in ur bachelors..?...give supportive examples...can mention related projects or research done)
3>Why THIS University(say u choose UCLA...u have 2 write why UCLA of all)
NOTE: DONOT BLUFF.BE HONEST.
SOP's are reviewed by selected faculty of the universities who reads hundreds of them in a day...so...make sure your SOP stands out..u need not really be a nerd to do that..mention some good work that you have done regarding ur interests...dey dont really expect a real research work frm freshers!!..even reading books or journals related to ur interests can b called as research....and they can easily catch plagairism so..DONOT EVEN TRY THAT.
Sometimes, a good SOP can get you an admit even though your scores n grades are lil low.
So...by d end of writing SOP you will know what u really are and what u want to be!!

Another important section in your application is Recommendations.
Universities wants to know what your teachers think of u...dey give more credibility to teachers opinion on u rather than urs(SOP).
The universities need atleast 3 recommendations(2 from undergraduate profs , 1 frm your employer if you r employed/had training/internship/again a prof if u havent done any). Choose recommenders who actually know u...and who actually thinks high of u...and contact them much ahead if dey could giv u a recommendation.
MYTH: Recommendation from an IIT professor who barely knows u can fetch u an admit...
wrong!!
TRUTH: Recommendation from any professor who can actually write about you...who knows you well will do.

Rest of the application is all about your educational, personal ,employment background which can be filled in easily.
Sending some documents like GRE,TOEFL score cards, academic transcripts,resume,work done(if asked),financial documents completes the application process.
Before submission, check the application over n over as there will b too many sections and u dont want to miss one by mistake.
Early submission is advised..it shows ur sincerity and determination to get into dat university.
And you have to devote an entire year if u want to do it perfectly well.

Last but not least, dont mess with your final year grades(which i already did), for some universities may reject ur admit for inconsistency in grades!!

oh i almost forgot....there are some things which TOP universities would love to see in your profile:
* Bachelors degree from IIT/NIT
* National or International level paper presentations
* Real good projects/training/internships
The above mentioned is not a NECESSITY...all they want to see is your potential and motivation towards graduate studies...if they can see that from the rest of your application , admit from a top world class university is in your hands. GOOD LUCK!!

Hope this is informative.
If there are any whats and what ifs going on in your head..please feel free to ask..ill make sure they are answered.

METAMORPHOSIS…Transformation from a timid caterpillar to sans soucy butterfly

My first day of college….i entered the class dressed up in chudidar with chunni pinned up,oiled plaited hair,wearing thick specs .I felt like odd man out seeing other people, as I was the only proper south Indian among the girls .I wasn’t sure where to sit as I was worried how other girls would receive me.The only girl I knew by that time was Vani and I preferred sitting beside her and mamta sinha .I was very excited to meet new people of different cultures,languages which I was totally unaware of at that time. Slowly people came to know I was good with my academics and they started taking help from me regarding studies.

Slowly my friendship improved as I was very friendly and good to my co students and many of my friends like shikha ,vani,shivi helped me with hindi which made my staying here a lot easier.I learned many things regarding dressing ,talking to boys etc etc .

I used think that for making friends with boys gals shud have great looks , smart talking skills blah blah…

Coz of few comments I used to get from some boys,and in my B.ETC lab group I was the only girl and no boy used to talk to me initially.

But once I started talking to my 1^st few frnds among boys ricky ,thapa,termi …my opinion changed.They treated me twith much respect and I really felt very great and comfortable in their company. I felt confident that luks,language all these don’t matter for being gud frnds with any person..it’s all ur genuineness dat matters.

With the change in my attitude my wardrobe also changed.Now it included new pair of lenses, jeans & T s(which I nvr used to wear when I was down south),proper chudidars……

Once I became confident ,I used to interact with all the people in the class, used to help everyone in which ever way possible….especially my helping thapa with exams made me pretty famous among other branches .

During freshers I was actively involved in many jobs and made friends with almost all the branch including Le’s, branch changers. This experience earned me great friends like puja,sony,amrish,kaushal,ajay,roshan,sunny....

With my spending many hrs in reading room to help my nepali frnd with his exams , I made many new frdns like romi,nidhi,jiggi,payal,nish,anki……….

Initially I was so regular to classes but once after this transformation my seriousness towards studies also changed . I used to bunk classes or run away in between the class,put proxy ,became a back bencher and used to make “halla” in d class.My interest towards sports increased as my friends play football. I attend every match they play.

My attitude towards life changed after seeing my friends. Initially I used to panic for very small probs but later on I took any kind of problem easily and my belief became life without problems is boring and every problem has a solution ..the thing is jst have to find the solution.Once this attitude came into me ,everything around me seemed so beautiful and lively.I njoyed each n every moment of my life and understood the importance of self confidence and independence.

Now I am not wrried about my appearence or wat people speak about me or wat life has in store for me.i am ready to take any new challenge .My college experience In these 4 yrs prepared me to step into the world and make it a sky for my wings to fly.

TOP 5

Since we are moving towards the end of our college life n we all will be fresh graduates within few months from now , i feel proud to let u know the best 5 students in different aspect of our college life in these 4 yrs, but its completely my view , u can post your own if u disagree with it . But please let me tell u its just my view it cant be reality so don 't take it srsly anyhow....
As we proudly call ourself computer engineers , let me start with programming in first:


Coding- Rajesh patidar,Sukhram manda,Anurag sharma,Abhishek bose n Mamta sinha
Walking encyclopedia-Anurag mishra,Siddarth das,Ranjeet pratap singh,Ashutosh jha,Prashant singh
Sports- Sunny chauhan,Abhinash thapa,Abhishek bose,Romeo ranjan parida,Jignesh patel (it shud hav been leaded by alok but kya karoon bechare ka leg hi saath nhi deta)
CG champs-Sudhanshu,Shreyansh,Kaushallendra,Ransingh,Anurag(both)
Proxy leader-Ajay,Manisha,Kaushallendra,Siddarth das,Ashutosh nath
Management guru- Ranjeet,Sunny,Shubham,Kaushal,Abhishek
Technical leaders- Ankita,Sreyansh,Rahul,Anitesh,......
Teachers-Neeraj,Kaushal,Puja,Siddarth,Jaya
Speakers-Nidhi,Shobhit,Abhijeet(indo),Ranjeet,Shivi
Creativity-Abhishek azad,Ankita mawandia,Ashutosh nath,Vishal jalan,sreevani
C.S- Vinay(he can b conisdered in many of the above among best),Alok,Arpit,Ajay,Abhishek aka hardy
AOE-Ranjeet,Rahul,Sunny,Deepak,Abhishek sharma
p.s:Siddarth das is manager of aoe and coach of CS


The list is endless as our activity had changed from time to time..hope u increase the list further ...

Bhagam Bhag

Hiii everyone…

This is d first time I m trying my hands at writing blogs ,all kudos to Sneha, Puja, Manisha, Ananya and Sonali Soumyadarshini who instigated(read compelled)me into going ahead wid this idea……so here I m penning down our recent DARING act(by girl’s hostel norms, yes, it was daring) on 21 st march…

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Prologue

7:00 pm –our official entry time…..but today one can still see btech, mtech n mca girls sitting and chirping outside queen’s castle(I m still to discover the logic behind our hostel’s name n I m sure the same view is shared by other dwellers also)…..its d second day of the KPL series and we hav been granted the permission to loiter around the hostel premises till 10p.m…..but mind u, the boundaries restricting our movement have strictly been predefined and to ensure that no girl breaches the rule, nanis(hostel attendants) have been stationed at crucial points…..now a full peek into d whole incident………..

Mission Impossible Accomplished

7:15 pm..Sneha ,Sonali Soumyadarshini and Puja are sitting, popping mungfali into their mouths after regular intervals n occasionally watching the match; their hawk like eyes trying to catch something interesting off d fields.

Kaushalendra came wid his friend and sat just in front of these 3 girls,totally unaware of their presence.At d sound of continuous giggling when he turned back ,he was startled to see them.From their side ”caught u” glances were being cast….from his side ”iila ye kya hua” expression could clearly b seen spread across his face.Gradually ,Ananya ,Manisha , Arpit ,Nidhi,Labnita n Khushbu also joined……..

Meanwhile I called up Sneha to get coldrink for us when she comes to the room.But eventually I made up my mind to go downstairs n gulp down Sprite ,sitting outside in d cool breeze. Thank god I changed from my night dress otherwise these people would hav pulled me through the whole event in my “out –of-bed-luk”…crushing my opposition wid d patent dialogue “Shivi tumhe koi nahi dekh raha”..Coming back ,everybody was chatting in small groups, luking around wid dull eyes and the evening was on d brink of becoming the usual boring one. Kaushalendra was sitting in front of these maidens wid Arpit and Ananya on one side and Khushboo,Labnita n Nidhi on d other side..

An empty mind is a devil’s workshop. And when people like Puja n Sneha are concerned its better to say “no comments”. So Puja ,wid d intention of irritating Kaushal,asked him when he would give his “pending” treat .But he successfully avoided it by saying “I m willing to give it now.But u girls r not ready to take it” ,very well knowing that we won’t be allowed to go out now(my analysis of his intentions may be wrong becoz even later on he repeated d same dialogue many a times).Seeing Puja failing in her shaitani irade ,sneha fired her agni “oho…. Kaushal finally committed”…Kaushal was completely nonplussed at this n his face clearly reflected his thought”how mean of u to say that”.Finally after a few seconds ,Khushbu retorted “main committed hoon…”

Kaushal ,in order to save himself from becoming d scapegoat of any further teasing, declared “ lets be a sport n go out “.Everyone agreed to go on a “self-financed” outing.“ fattu” Ananya(as addressed by Arpit) was terrified at this idea.I could sense our warden’s illogical logic n gali ringing in my ears. Others had similar apprehensions about venturing out at that hour. Sneha n Manisha tried to convince by stating” zayada se zayada ek aur warning letter issue hoga”..Just as we were about to move, someone pointed out that d guard was staring at us. This dampened our “just aroused” adventurous spirit n courage. Finally , Manisha n Kaushal lead d brigade and eventually everyone else followed .The strangest part was that d “fussy” Sonali didn’t even do “chun” in the whole course of event.

Scampering like rats behind d line of guys and scoreboard we reached the edge of the field(LOC as determined by our warden) and everyone jumped off it ,including Sonali n Nidhi(“dekhawe pe mat jao apni akal lagao” instant comment by Sneha).Relishing our “newly found freedom” ,we reached SAC where Laxman too joined us. Now it was 9 girls n 3 guys…pretty remarkable ratio…

When everyone had settled Nidhi was asked to dance …….Sneha recalled ,much to d amusement of d 3 guys present there, the famous dialogue from Shole”Basanti,in kutton ke samne mat nachna….”.after much “haan “ n “naa” we zeroed onto Dumcharades.

Manisha was given to enact ”Beta Ho To Aaisa” for her team..She lovingly patted Ananya’s head n simultaneously pointed to Arpit..Instantly Ananya squeaked “beta”..So that was how d first word was guessed and gradually d whole movie name…Kaushal was asked to enact “Shapit”..He immediately transformed into a “baba” proficient in black magic uttering “om bhring………..swaha….”.He did this full fledged acting three times ,each time pointing at Puja(later we realized d reason for Puja’s weird behavior in d hostel that night)…Meanwhile, seeing Kaushal engrossed in d game, Puja ne mauke ka fayada uthaya n devoured almost half of Kaushal’s order. When the bill came and Kaushal took out his wallet, it turned out that he had only 200 bucks with him(“today is my treat”:-P).The bill was payed by contribution from all (to be divided later).

While returning, the tough job that waited ahead was how to climb back to the LOC.To make matters worse, we saw two security guards standing there. Thinking “jo hoga dekha jayega”,we started climbing one by one……when Sonali was trying to locate a foothold to place her foot,one of d guards came to her. Seeing him, our hearts skipped a beat.”Madam put yur feet here”..we couldn’t help smiling there... Sonali n Nidhi finally did d impossible …..to our n other onlookers’ astonishment they climbed with d utmost ease…

Finally when we reached the hostel gate at 9:30p.m the guard was still standing in d same position, unmoved ..we crossed him and he remained unfazed……..so d last speck of fear also proved to be harmless…but one question that still haunts is” whom and where was the guard staring at????”Mystery Continues............ …..