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Facebook Timeline

2011-09-22T23:25:00.002+05:30

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg introduced Timeline during his keynote address at the Facebook f8 Developers Conference today.

Facebook Timeline: Story of your life, a new way to express who you are.

I bet Facebook Timeline is going to bring a positive change in Social Media field and Apps. It would be a great tool for people to look into the past of their Facebook activities and bring together various aspects of lives at single place.

Watch this video below to better understand the attributes of Facebook Timeline:

This is how my Facebook profile looks after enabling Timeline.

This is how your Facebook profile Activity Log would look once Facebook Timeline is enabled.

Learn How to get your Facebook Timeline:

You can enable Timeline for your Facebook profile by following these steps given on this post from techcrunch right this second.

लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी है यार

2011-08-29T22:38:00.002+05:30

502 Production House Presents "लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी है यार"

Inspired from Airtel's "Har Friend Zaroori"

Concept: Mohit Agarwal

Lyrics: Nimit Jain

Special Thanks to: Airtel, Ram Sampath, Amitabh Bhattacharya and 502 Family :)

मोच के लिए जैसे balm होता है
वैसे लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी होता है
ऐसे लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी होता है

कोई खुद से घर आके पासपोर्ट पकड़ाए
कोई License के लिए चक्कर कटवाए
एक तेरी Problems की Caring करे
और एक तुझसे Bribe लेके Setting करे

कोई Nature से Honest.. कोई Corruput होता है..
इसलिए लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी होता है

एक दिन भर काम करे और कुछ भी ना कमाए
एक कुछ भी काम ना करे और ढेरों कमाए

Lobbying को कोई घूमता फिरता Satellite
नेताजी चाहे तो करदे सब Alright
कोई Effortless, कोई Forced होता है
इसलिए लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी होता है

पासपोर्ट Agent, कोई पासबुक Agent
कोई Bike के License वाला Driving Agent
वोटर कार्ड वाला वोटिंग Agent
कोई सिनेमा हॉल वाला Booking Agent

हर्षद स्केम .. चारा स्केम
2G स्केम.. CWG स्केम
वोट स्केम.. स्टॉक स्केम
सत्यम स्केम.. बोफोर्स स्केम
ये स्केम.. वो स्केम

स्केम.. Agent

Everybody.. Subsidy
A To Z

सुन सुन के काण्ड भेजा Roast होता है
इसलिए लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी होता है
इसलिए लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी होता है

{
GUYS GUYS.. अन्ना.. अन्ना.. अन्ना..
लोकपाल बिल ज़रूरी है यार
}

"Corruption - A lost war or a battle to be won??" - A Talk by Justice N. Venkatachala

2011-08-23T21:00:00.000+05:30

The current events which are happening in India, Anna's Anti-Corruption movement and Government's response, remind me of Extra Mural Lecture conducted by me and my EML team. It was one of the most inspiring lecture delivered by Justice N. Venkatachala (Retd. Judge Supreme Court of India & Former Lokayukta, Karnataka) on "Corruption - A lost war or a battle to be won??" Given below are key points of the talk. Thanks to EML team member Akila for this write-up.

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We live in a society where if you are caught giving bribe, you can get out of it by giving another one. Justice Venkatachala, who has been the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court and has served as a judge in the Supreme Court and who has been the Lokayukta of Karnataka, talked on Corruption and its adverse impacts on society.

Starting with the different kinds of corruption that prevails in the world, he moved on to define what is known as the public perception of corruption. The corruption levels in a nation are determined by the public servants, he said.

In 1995, Transparency International, the global civil society organization was set up at Berlin to fight corruption globally. He then presented some figures concluding that Denmark, Newzeland, Singapore and Sweden were some of the least corrupt countries in the world and that India, with a corruption percentage of 66 among public servants could be described as rampant and corrupt.

On the 9th of December, 2005, India became a signatory to the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Article 1 of the Convention mentions effectively combating corruption in the member countries. India has failed to become a member country.

Justice Venkatachala drew a contrast between India and USA. While USA maintains that freedom of speech in the parliament does not entitle corrupt parliamentary members to obtain favour of judgement in any manner, in India members of the parliament are not penalized for the fear of interfering with parliamentary proceedings.

Hence, he concluded, our representatives in the parliament are not capable of making laws to abolish corruption. The Lokpal Act, though has been introduced nine times in the parliament, has not been passed yet. This clearly indicates the level of commitment that our representatives in the parliament have towards eliminating corruption.

But there is still hope, he said, and added that sectors such as Science and research and Defence have not entered the clutches of corruption yet and hence we live in a safe country today. He told the students that as voters, each one of us has a role to play in choosing the right people, who are honest and sincere. There will definitely come a day, when we shall live in a society that is rid of corruption.

Congress' (or rather Raul/Sonia Gandhi's) Action Plan

2011-08-23T20:42:00.002+05:30

This is what I posted on my facebook notes few days back. My take on Anna's Anti-Corruption movement and Govts' response to it:

1. Let people of India and opposition unite for Lokpal, spoil MMS' image & let BJP open its cards/face for next LS elections.

2. Raul meets PM, tells him to release Anna Hazare. Anna refuges and puts fwd some conditions... Permission granted.

3. 2-3 days later when everybody supports Anna,Rahul says he'll chair Lokpal drafting committee and accepts most of the recommendations from JanLokapl

4. Rahul assures team Anna that he'll make this mutually agreeable bill pass in the parliament (which opposition is already supporting now!)

5. Bill is brought to the parliament. Opposition either refuses/accepts the bill. WIN-WIN situation for Rahul. He becomes the national hero!

6. BJP has already started promoting Varun Gandhi so it's going to be Gandhi V/S Gandhi. BJP cant change the face else credibility issues.

7. In the end people will vote for Rahul because he got Jan Lokpal passed in the parliament. Mission accomplished!

8. And you never know if Anna Hazare is the next president of India!!! Everything is fair in Love, War, Sports and POLITICS!

9. And team Anna members (Arvind Kejriwal Sahab and Kiran Bedi Ji) as Lokpals.

Having said that, I still support Team Anna Hazare for the noble cause for which they are fighting (hope they dont deviate from that). Power to them!

TEDxWWW: Worldwide TEDx community event

2011-07-13T00:32:00.006+05:30

On July 10th, 2011 TED announced a worldwide TEDx event exclusively for TEDx Organizers - TEDxWWW. The ‘WWW’ expands to World Wide Workshop, a global event exclusively for the TEDx Organizers around the world. The event will be hosted by the Doha Film Institute (DFI) and will be a three-day event convening in Doha, Qatar commencing April 16th, 2012.

TEDxWWW will be a private event, open only to members of the global TEDx community, together with the TED team. It will be an opportunity to connect, share best practices, discuss local and regional and brainstorm new ideas and collaborations.

TED has always surprised us with its vision and ability to think different and big. And this time it has come up with an event which will have TEDx organizers from around the World. There are over 2000 TEDx events in almost every country around the World and pulling together an event of this scale is going to be a massive challenge!

I've been part of organizing teams of TEDxChennai and TEDxHitechCity and I know how tough it is to bring together all people on a fixed date at a venue, organizing stay, working out the logistics and much more. And mind you these were city based TEDx events; I can only imagine the efforts required to pull together an international event like TEDxWWW on a Worldwide scale.

TEDxDoha, curated by TED, DFI and the global TEDx community, will take place on April 20th, immediately following TEDxWWW. The event will feature speakers and performers from the Middle Eastern region as well as other parts of the world, recommended by the TEDx community.

Kudos to TED staff, TEDx volunteers and members of Doha Film Institute.

Best wishes for TEDxWWW.

For questions, please check http://www.ted.com/pages/tedxwww or email TEDxWWW@ted.com.

A Fascinating (But Expensive) Hobby

2009-09-01T02:03:00.014+05:30

Hello everyone...
Welcome back to Express Yourself!

In this blog-post, I am going to write about a fascinating (but expensive) hobby called Numismatic (aka coin collecting). It is the hobby of collecting legally minted currency, old/rare coins or notes, currencies having special numeric sequences or in general currencies having some X-factor (Wonder what's that?? Keep reading!). I know most of you must be wondering how come (after almost 4 months long break from blogosphere) I'm back with the post on this hobby (instead of my usual comeback posts!), well all the credit goes to Mr. Muralidhar Pai, a Numismatist. Last week I met Pai and saw some of the notes, coins (having X-factor!) from his amazing collection.

Muralidhar Pai with a bunch of young enthusiasts.

"People collect coins for various reasons which could vary from certain themes, country, year when the coin came out, subject, metal composition, period collections and even for the number series that they contain!" says Pai. "I started this hobby 15 years back and the inspiration came from my dad, who also used to collect coins. In those days it was very expensive to collect currencies of different denominations but now-a-days it's not that expensive. In those days, I used to beg my relatives to give me all the notes/coins with X-factor! This is how I started the collection." shared candid Pai. "I mainly focus on collecting Indian currencies, which itself is very vast and for collecting international currency, you need lots of money and I am not that rich!" says modest Pai. When someone from the audience asked him "What is this X-factor?", he had this in his stores to explain:

(More pics @ http://twitpic.com/photos/jainnimit)

Amazing! Rite?? Yeah this was the exact reaction of all those who saw it. "You could also collect notes based on criterion like signatures by different Governors, different series started by same Governor etc etc" added Pai. After this, he showed some of the old notes of old times when Nizams used to rule Hyderabad.

100 Rs. Note

10 Rs. Note

Now, it was time for the Numismatist to switch the gears to coins and he started showing some of them from his vast collection with varying themes from the subject (Maharana Pratap, Chhatrapati Shivaji) to the period (Quit India Movement Golden Jubilee, 150 years of First War of Independence).

Maharana Pratap

Chhatrapati Shivaji

Quit India Movement Golden Jubilee

150 years of First War of Independence

In between, he kept giving tips to the budding Numismatists about how to go ahead with this hobby, resources from where they can get more information about new/old/rare coins, various communities/people/govt. organizations involved with it etc etc.

"So next time when you withdraw some money from the ATM, search for the X-factor!", Pai signed off giving this advice and promising us to show his stamp collection next time.

Transformation: Humara Bajaj

2009-05-21T10:44:00.004+05:30

Time has changed, technology has changed, people have changed, life has changed but still there are few things which haven't changed yet. And one of those few things is Ad Campaign of BAJAJ. From 1989-2009, there have been many changes in the way media industry has emerged. With the technology changing everyday with lighting fast speed, life becoming so hectic and tensed, and the world becoming a 'Global Village', Bajaj ads also changed but the core theme of the ad campaign is still the same. Now, when everyone is talking about the Vodafone's ZooZoo ad campaign (which is really nice!), TOI's The Lead India campaign, Airtel's Express Yourself Campaign etc etc how can we forget about Bajaj's Humara Bajaj Campaign! Here are the 3 videos of Humara Bajaj Campaign, which started in late 1989 (if I am not wrong!). The one thing that I like the most about this campaign other than the title song is the way they have captured and represented Indian culture, values and aam aadmi's feelings. And this makes more sense in the latest ad of the same campaign in which the music has changed (or remixed!), India has changed but the basic values are still the same.

So here are the videos of Humara Bajaj Campaign... Enjoy!

1989 Ad

Late 90s Ad

Latest Ad

It’s long since I wrote last time!

2009-04-20T14:29:00.011+05:30

Continuing with the title of the post, last few days were very hectic but rocking as well. Now, when I've officially retd. from the post of Students General Secretary, IIT Madras, I'm jobless and have more time to write about the things which happened in last few days.

I got a chance to meet Mr. Michael Balter, Col. Peter Garretson and Kris Gopalakrishnan. I really got impressed by what Col. Garretson shared on "Space Solar Alliance for Future Energy: The Biggest Idea in Space and Energy" and Balter on "What made humans modern?"

Last few days I was also actively involved with NDTV's "Youth for Change": A series of interviews regarding the views/concerns of the first time voters. This is my appearance on the show. (i missed the other clips!)

The high resolution video of the same can be seen @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFywKFP3zJM&feature=related

Other show with Mr. Vinod Dua is soon going to be aired. (mostly on 24th April'09)

And yeah the best thing which happened is something about which I am very passionate: Film Making. Thanks to Adieu'09 film making competition. Adieu is the official farewell function for all the graduating students of IIT Madras, organized by the IIT Madras Alumni Association. Our entry got the 2nd prize and was appreciated by one and all. Special thanks to Harshal for believing in me and bringing back the energy and enthusiasm in me to work on this film. Here is the Adieu'09 video.

The high resolution video of the same can be seen @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbhnl3-ZGOc

Lots of other activities also took place which include frequent visits to the insti hospital, stadium , dept. lab (YES!) etc etc. Other than that there were hostel nites, treats, classes and yeah the night outs! I am enjoying my last few days of IIT Life and then I'll be joining Deloitte in Hyd.

With this I end this post and request the viewers to VOTE (for the right candidates) in the upcoming Loksabha Elections!

After Jaago Re, it is Shut Up and Vote!

2009-03-20T14:55:00.005+05:30

As part of Pan India campaign to create voting awareness among youth 'JAAGO RE One Billion Voters' campaign has successfully managed to register more than 400,000 first time voters. This campaign is reaching its second phase in the coming weeks, where they intend to encourage citizens to vote in the current elections. The rock tour slated for the last week of March will feature rock band Thermal and a Quarter who will play in Chennai, Kolkota, Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore to get their message across to young voters

To encourage the youth community, they are organizing a Rock show in Chennai

"SHUT UP AND VOTE TOUR"
at
OAT, IIT Madras
on
March 20, 2009 between 7 PM - 10 PM.

Rock Band "Thermal and A Quarter" will be giving 2 hours of electrifying & rocking performance. To add up open performance by " Grey shack" of Madras Christian College.

( ENTRY FREE ! )

I would like to take this opportunity to invite you for the rock show in person and it would be wonderful if you could also pass on this message to your friends.

Watch the signature song of the campaign "Shut up and vote!"

Lyrics of 'Shut up and Vote'

Walking man, waking up
It's never too late to shine
The seasons change, you re-arrange
Guess you're doing fine

You think you're cool, you've been to school
You know your rock n' roll

It's an easy twist, to make a fist,
Save your fingers from the cold...

Shut up and Vote
Shut up and Vote
You've got the dope, you're the antidote
Shut up and Vote
Shut up and Vote
You're so smart but you're running out of hope

It's all a mess, I must confess,
The system seems a joke
Should you make the steal, reinvent the wheel
Or simply go for broke?

Is it right, or is it left
They all give you a name
Are they clean, or are they clowns,
In the end, it's you, you're to blame

Shut up and Vote
Shut up and Vote
You've got the dope, you're the antidote
Shut up and Vote
Shut up and Vote
You're so smart but you're running out of hope

For further details about the event visit: http://www.spiritofchennai.com/rockshow

Cheers and hope to see you at the Rock Show!!!

Nimit

Another IIT JEE Coaching Institute (as a Result of Bagawat)

2009-02-21T01:20:00.006+05:30

If you are preparing for IIT-JEE or are planning to take the exam in near future and thinking about the coaching classes then this might be of your interest.

Bringing together all those on whose shoulders Bansal Classes, Kota was standing for years: Vibrant Academy- presenting you the star faculty members of Bansal Classes, Kota-

Physics:
Nitin Jain (NJ Sir)
Neel Kamal Sethia (NKS Sir)

Chemistry:
Mahendra Singh Chouhan (MSC Sir)
Narendra Awasthi (NA Sir)
Vimal Kumar Jaiswal (VKJ Sir)

Mathematics:
Vikas Gupta (VG Sir)
Pankaj Joshi (PJ Sir)

This ad reminds me of the earlier bagawats that resulted in institutes like Resonance, Insight, KL IIT-JEE Academy etc etc. But this bagawat seems to have damaged Bansal Classes the most. Ace faculty members of all the dept. have left altogether to form Vibrant Academy. So here comes another coaching institute with a very promising team of gurus of PCM for students taking IIT-JEE and another threat to existing coaching institutes. May the peace (or rather faculties!) be with you Mr. Bansal.

Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women

2009-02-12T14:34:00.005+05:30

Please spread the words about the Pink Chaddi Campaign...

Wondering what this is ?? Follow the link --> http://thepinkchaddicampaign.blogspot.com/

I must say it's an awesome idea, similar to the "Get Well Soon Maamu" concept of Lage Raho Munnabhai... This time I wonder what will happen to Mr. Lucky Singh of real life (Pramod Muthali, Sri Rama Sena) ??

CCL (CS Cricket League)

2009-02-07T07:37:00.003+05:30

For last 3 days, cricket was in the air for Computer Science and Eng. students at IIT Madras, but it was the Final Year Dual team who could afford to breath it consistently for such a long time. Each time they won the toss, chose to field first, bowled on the target and then chased the target easily to come out with royal victory. The script has got better for the Duals with every match. Even after 2 tiring matches in a row, they managed to trash the army team with their extras. So lets hear it for the Final Year CS Duals... Hip Hip Hurray!

The Team :
Top Row (L to R): Murali (The hitter!), Venky (The Pace Battery, who missed the hat trick!), Vikram (The keeper, who also kept the batsman tempting to hit his balls! :D), Prof. Gaurav Raina (Caution: My wicket can cost you an extension!), Santosh (The Captain, The Thulper!), Rahul (Rahul, Naam to suna hi hoga... Hi Rahul fame!), Dheeraj (The first Aasaami who plays cricket better than footer!).

Bottom Row (L to R): Ankit (I am Good (Read as GOD!) NOT only in studies, I can play cricket as well!), Naveen (The Cheer Leader, Team Manager, Sponsor and what not!), Nimit (Yours truly who missed the Hat Trick twice after the dashing batting in first match!), Harshal (Who managed to take some time out from his busy schedule on PAPER!).

Now its the time for THE INSIDE STORY!

This victory shows how jobless the duals are. Yes, their batch had 42 students for last 4 years but that time they could not even manage to have 9 players and had NO choice to choose 9 out of 42 as even 9 didnt turn up in time. This time they had only 12 students and everyone was there on the ground well in advance. This time they had tough time to chose the playing 9! But one thing is sure that eveyone contributed in the victory. After the finals, the winning captain Santosh dedicated the victory to the B.Techs, who passed out last year.

31st February 2009

2009-01-31T15:21:00.006+05:30

31st Feb. 2009.... You must be wondering what the hell am I talking about ! Well if you don't believe me then check the deadlines for the registration of Twestival, the event which brings together Twitter communities for an evening of fun and to raise money and awareness for charity: water.

Here are the screen shots for your ref. (In case if you are lazy to click on the Twestival).

The Golden Edition of Saarang: Day2

2009-01-26T12:18:00.003+05:30

How would you feel if you have Sonu Niigaam, Benny Dayal, Mani Shankar, Evam Entertainment and many more performing for you on the same day?? Amazing! Isn't it ?? Well this unique opportunity was witnessed by all who were there in IIT Madras to celebrate the the Golden Edition of Saarang.

The day2 of Saarang'09 had events like Elocution, Extempore (Finals), Junkart, LM Solo, Whose line is it, Debate, Ad-Justment, Biz Quiz, Scavenger Hunt, Funny Bone etc etc but the events which took away all the glory were:

1. Dramatics:
Like previous years, this year too, Saarang'09 Dramatics proved why it is considered as the best dramatics competitions among various college cultural festivals all over the country. The audience of Saarang'09 got the chance to see the best of dramatics talents of India.

2. Paintball:
The much talked event of Saarang'09. Everyone was dying to play this game. Registration for this event were over much before it got started! Everyone was trying to put conties with the coords of this event to play this game. Lucky me also got a chance to play (through conties!) and managed to win 4-0. Because of this great performance, our team (Myself, Ravish, Gunvant and Vivek) was asked to play the demo game on Day3.

3. Lecture by Mani Shankar

4. 'And Now For Something Completely Different' by Evam Entertainment
For the first time in the history of Saarang (or in the history of any college cultural festival, if I am not wrong!), Theatre Fest was an attempt to provide the audience with a completely new experience. The first play of the Theater Fest was performed by Evam Entertainment and as expected it was the show stopper. Even though the pro-nite was scheduled just after the show, the SAC was jam packed. No need to say that it was a BIG HIT!

5. Professional Show by Sonu Niigaam and Benny Dayal:
Everyone rushing towards OAT, Long queues outside OAT since 5 PM, People asking for extra tickets, well these were some of the snapshots of one of the most talked professional show of Saarang'09: LM Nite by Sonu Niigaam and Benny Dayal, the experienced star and the aspiring performer. The event started with opening performance by Gunjan Singh (singing Beedi, Chaliya Chaliya from Tashan etc etc) and another band performing "Rock On!", they performed well but everyone was waiting for one man to come onto the stage: Sonu Niigaam. The moment Sonu came live on the stage, he audience was set on the fire. As expected, he was given a warm welcome by the audience and the musical magical journey was about to begin. He started the show in the typical scripted way (blasting the organizers !) just to get the attention of the crowd (I simply cant understand why someone like Sonu needs to do all this to get the attention!) but the moment he started singing, everyone was lost in the magic of his singing. Most of the numbers that he sang were fast dance numbers like Just Chill, Dil maangta hai, Tenu Leke, Chak de, Yeh Desh hai Veer Zawanon ka etc. When he was singing all these songs, it was a tough task for all the security coords to make the crowd sit idle and everyone just wanted to dance. During his performance of about 7o min, he also tried to teach the audience how to write and sing the song by demonstrating "Aaloo, Bhindi, Mooli, Matar Paneer!" (I HATED THIS but there were people who said that this was the best song of the show!). He also sang romantic songs like Mere Haath Mein, Main Agar Kahoon etc. and that was the only time when one could see the Security coords taking a deep breathe and putting peace. He ended the show singing Bijuriya and left OAT just after the song.

Now it was the time for Benny Dayal to perform and that too after Sonu's mind blowing performace. The stage was all set for Benny but it took more than 20 min for his group to tune all the guitars and other instruments. Ater that long break Benny stepped onto the stage saying "Vaanakkam Chennai!" and got a huge response from the crowd. Benny started the show with Dil Se and tried to build the same atmosphere that was created by Sonu. He succeeded in that but soon he lost the track and couldn't come back onto the track until he sang Tu Hi To Meri Dost Hai and Pappu Cant Dance Saala!. He performed his best but poor Benny didn't get the appreciation that he deserved because he was onto the stage after the musical genius Sonu Niigaam and it was obvious that he was going to be compared with him. The overall show was good but Sonu disappointed all his fans NOT singing Kal Ho Naa Ho, Tu, Yeh Dil and more other songs, he is known for.

Well that was Day2 of Saarang'09: One of the best days in the history of Saarang !

The Golden Edition of Saarang: Day1

2009-01-26T11:15:00.003+05:30

After the grand opening ceremony of Saarang'09, everyone was excited, energized and enthusiastic and looking forward to Day1. All the sponsors' stalls were set up (except the Main Sponsor VGN - some people even thought that Vodafone was the main sponsor coz of the kind of publicity they did !). All the sponsors were trying their hard to ensure that they get the max crowd on their stalls and and engage people in various informals activities. The main attractions of Day1 were:

1. Madras-Chennai Express:
Lecture on the Madras’ transition to Chennai by Randor Guy
Sports Panel Discussion - Karun Chandhok
Exhibition of rare books, pictures and maps tracing the history of Madras.

2. Blogging Workshop:
For the first time in Saarang, the Blogging workshop was conducted. The Blogging Gurus of Chennai Mr. Kiruba Shankar and Mr. Krishashok shared some words of wisdom and gyaan to all the participants. Questions on "How/What to write?", "How to make your blog popular?", "How to make money out of the blog?" etc. were answered. The Blogging workshop was organized by Shivraj and his team and believe me they did a wonderful job in publicizing the event and made sure that the hall was jam packed. Even Kiruba appreciated this fact after the session was over, he told me "I wasn't expecting more than 15-20 people for this workshop coz IITians generally don't wake up as early as 10 am !"

3. Tai-Chi Workshop

4. Street Play

5. Choreo Nite:
With mind blowing permormances by almost all the teams this year's Choreo Nite turned out to be the best choreo nite ever. NIT Trichy performed brillently and deserved the 1st prize. The host team IIT Madras also performed well but they were far behind other teams as after the choreo nite one of the IIT Madras' choreo team member also said "We performed well but we were nowhere in the competition compared to other teams.... Teams like NIT Trichy practised for 2-3 hrs a day just on how to swing their legs... they deserved to get the first prize !"

Saarang Village, the biggest success of Saarang'08 was named Sanskriti (Culture) this year. A small village arena was set up to showcase Indian folk arts, crafts and food but unlike last year this time it failed to attract much crowd.

This year, for the first time in Saarang, the Paintball game was introduced and turned out to be the biggest crowd puller. It was like a dream come true for all the Counter Strike fans to arm their guns and aim for head shots and capture the flag. No doubt that all the paintball coords were in high demand for the registraiton.

That was the day1 of Saarang'09.

The Golden Edition of Saarang: Day0

2009-01-26T10:49:00.004+05:30

"Why so Serious DA!", "Be yourself !", "Get addicted coz its the Golden Edition of Saarang", "50,000 People, 50 Events, 5 Days", "Presenting Opeth for the first time in India" and many such tag lines were used to publicize the Golden Edition of IIT Madras' Annual Cultural Festival Saarang.

The much awaited Golden Edition of Saarang officially started on 21st January with the inauguration followed by the Classical Nite. Classical Nite started with the performance by renowned violinist A. Kanyakumari along with her ensemble of fifty violinists, accompanied by tabla, mridangam and ghatam. It was followed by Shobana’s "Maya Ravana"(story of Ramayana from Ravana’s perspective). The Open Air Theatre (OAT) of IIT Madras was jam packed and the Golden Edition of the Classical Nite turend out to be the best classical nite in recent years. Well this was just the trailer of the BIGGESGT SAARANG EVER and promised everyone that next 4 days were going to be best days of their lives coz Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost ! ;)

11th Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial National Award

2009-01-12T05:59:00.003+05:30

It is very rare that self composed Amir displays his emotions in public but when the dawn of Tamil Cinema K. Balachander read the felicitation speech for Amir in 11th Gollapudi Srinivas Memorial National Award, the Actor and the Director Amir could not control his emotions and started crying! It was a rare moment as Amir generally doesn't attend award functions. The function started with performace by Ghazal King Jagjit Singh and later on Anupam Kher, Vidhu Vinod Chopra couldn't stop themselves by praising Amir. But it was K. Balachander who made Amir cry. The function was atteded by Prasoon Joshi, Rajeev Menon, Murugadoss etc to name a few and was anchored by Lekha Washington. A short film "The Second Inning" based on the life of Gollapudi Srinivas, directed by Rajeev Menon was also screened. Here is the video of K. Balachander's moving speech (the best that I ever heard !) that made Amir cry.

“How to Succeed With Social Media” – A talk by Kiruba Shankar

2009-01-12T05:18:00.002+05:30

It was “The Pitch” of the business plan workshop conducted as a part of Genesis’09 which drew all the attention of audience. For me, it was the best session of Genesis’09 where Kiruba Shankar addressed on “How to Succeed With Social Media”. The moment he stepped onto the stage, he stole the show and it was just the start, the best was yet to come. Keeping in mind the general tendency of students (specially IITians!) he started off the session requesting the audience about several things including a request to keep the cell phones on (yes ON!) so as to awake the ones who were sleeping. After all these informal requests, it was the time for him to get serious and talk about the topic (though he wasn’t serious throughout the talk! Yes and that was the best part of the whole session!).

He kicked off the lecture by telling about the power of the internet giving the example of the one and only Barack Obama, the way Obama used internet to reach out to the masses, to convey his messages, to make everyone feel attached to him (emotionally, financially or you name anything !). Kiruba then talked about the Gen-Next i.e. the future and power of the Mobile Phones by citing Nokia as the official world’s largest computer and camera manufacturer. Talking about the power and NOT talk about the politicians, how is it possible! Yeah, it was the “Gyaan Time” to tell about the lessons he learnt from the politicians. The first being “It is very difficult to get money out of the politicians.” and the second one being “All politicians are very conscious about their public image.” Further in the “Gyaan Session” he asked the audience to take the lead in writing articles to get visibility through various means like Blogger. Twitter etc. He suggested the audience to get their own domain name to post all the articles and to invest good amount of time to write about the area of their interest and the area about which no body was writing. He signed out the “Gyaan Session” with few recommendations and must have list which follows:

1. “Go Kiss The World” by Subrato Bagchi
2. “MediaWiki” (Must add on your website!)
3. Account on LinkedIn.
4. Always ask for help -- > Never forget the concept of “Six degrees of separation!”
5. “Good CEOs must disappear into the wallpapers and start focusing on promoting and inspiring their employees.”
6. RoI (Return on Investment) : When you wake-up, try to do something which reaches to the mass (like writing articles/ your thoughts or whatever !) instead of reading new paper and replying to your e-mails, specially when your mind is in the most efficient and energized state.

PS : I came to know about the talk through Twitter!

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T12:28:00.002+05:30

Yesterday I had the best New Year Celebration I can remember ! :) Thanks _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! :)

And yeah Wishing you all a very Happy and Prosperous 2009...

Cheers !!!
Nimit

The Last Day

2008-12-31T18:24:00.003+05:30

Today, the 31st December 2008, is the last day of the most memorable year of my life! I guess this is just the beginning. I hope for more happy and sad, sweet and sour but memorable moments of life in Year’09 and hope that the life will be on the right track (it has to be!).

(un)Lucky Me by Chance

2008-12-30T10:51:00.004+05:30

Today I was fully prepared and well determined to attend the 1st class of the last course of my IIT life on the very first day of the semester (This was the first time after my 1st semester!). I woke up early in the morning (as early as 5:30am!). I had bath and left for the mess at 8:30 am (Don't ask me what I did for those 3 hours ! :P) to ensure that I don't miss the C slot class (the final course of my IIT Life...), which I thought was scheduled at 10 am. I was fully charged, energized and enthusiast to attend it. I entered the department at 9:40 am and then walked towards the classroom (CS34). Nobody was there, the classroom was empty. For being the first one to enter the classroom for the first time in my IIT life, I was feeling as if I won the Nobel Prize. I was too happy and waiting for the others to come. After 5 minutes of wait, few students started entering the class but I was surprised to see that all of them were 3rd year students. I was surprised as the 3rd years don't have any elective course in C slot. So I spoke to one of them (thinking probably they might have entered the wrong classroom!) but then he told me that they had D slot class in the same classroom and that was the time when I realized that it was Tuesday (and C slot was scheduled at 9 am and since morning like a fool I was thinking it was Monday !). Immediately I left the classroom and walked towards the office to know if at 9 am C slot was there or not. Lucky me that the prof. was out of station and the class got canceled. So I still have the chance to attend the 1st class of the course BUT not on the 1st day of the semester.

(un)Lucky Me by Chance ! ;)

Movies you can't afford to miss

2008-12-28T02:28:00.004+05:30

What a year it's been for Bollywood ! Here is the must-watch list of 2008:

Jodha Akbar,
Sarkar Raj,
Mithiya,
Aamir,
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na,
Mumbai Meri Jaan,
A Wednesday,
Rock On,
Welcome To Sajjanpur,
Fashion,
Dostana,
Dasvidaniya,
Oye Lucky Lucky Oye,
Slumdog Millionaire,
Ghajini...

You simply can't afford to miss any of these!

Night Out -2

2008-12-24T09:37:00.003+05:30

Just now entered the room after another night out and this one was a l'il different from the previous one. This night out was with some old & new friends, it was about all good and bad old memories, it was about the past, the present and the future. The discussion with one friend after the night out was more of one-to-one conversation and turned out to be a philosophical one. It forced me to think about something which I never wanted to. It was the last thing that I ever wanted to think about. It was about one decision of mine that I took long back and never bothered to rethink about that later. But after this conversation I had to think about it again and again. Finally I arrived to the conclusion, what a wise person once said: "Never regret anything, because at one point, it was exactly what you wanted."

Chetan Bhagat's speech @ Symbiosis Pune - Keep the Spark Alive

2008-11-22T12:19:00.004+05:30

This morning I woke up and checked my e-mails and the first mail in the inbox was from the Dean (Students) Prof. V. G. Idichandy. It was a fwd mail having Inaugural Speech by Chetan Bhagat for the new batch at the Symbiosis BBA program, Pune. It is an interesting talk and very relevant for any youngster. Following is the full text of the speech by Chetan Bhagat.

Good Morning everyone and thank you for giving me this chance to speak to you. This day is about you. You, who have come to this college, leaving the comfort of your homes (or in some cases discomfort), to become something in your life. I am sure you are excited. There are few days in human life when one is truly elated. The first day in college is one of them. When you were getting ready today, you felt a tingling in your stomach. What would the auditorium be like, what would the teachers be like, who are my new classmates - there is so much to be curious about. I call this excitement, the spark within you that makes you feel truly alive today. Today I am going to talk about keeping the spark shining. Or to put it another way, how to be happy most, if not all the time.

Where do these sparks start? I think we are born with them. My 3-year old twin boys have a million sparks. A little Spiderman toy can make them jump on the bed. They get thrills from creaky swings in the park. A story from daddy gets them excited. They do a daily countdown for birthday party, several months in advance, just for the day they will cut their own birthday cake.

I see students like you, and I still see some sparks. But when I see older people, the spark is difficult to find. That means as we age, the spark fades. People whose spark has faded too much are dull, dejected, aimless and bitter. Remember Kareena in the first half of Jab We Met vs the second half? That is what happens when the spark is lost. So how to save the spark?

Imagine the spark to be a lamp's flame. The first aspect is nurturing - to give your spark the fuel, continuously. The second is to guard against storms. To nurture, always have goals. It is human nature to strive, improve and achieve full potential. In fact, that is success. It is what is possible for you. It isn't any external measure - a certain cost to company pay package, a particular car or house. Most of us are from middle class families. To us, having material landmarks is success and rightly so. When you have grown up where money constraints force everyday choices, financial freedom is a big achievement. But it isn't the purpose of life. If that was the case, Mr. Ambani would not show up for work. Shah Rukh Khan would stay at home and not dance anymore. Steve Jobs won't be working hard to make a better iPhone, as he sold Pixar for billions of dollars already. Why do they do it? What makes them come to work everyday? They do it because it makes them happy. They do it because it makes them feel alive. Just getting better from current level s feels good. If you study hard, you can improve your rank. If you make an effort to interact with people, you will do better in interviews. If you practice, your cricket will get better. You may also know that you cannot become Tendulkar, yet. But you can get to the next level. Striving for that next level is important.

Nature designed with a random set of genes and circumstances in which we were born. To be happy, we have to accept it and make the most of nature's design. Are you? Goals will help you do that. I must add, don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. I use the word balanced before successful. Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in good order. There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions.

You must have read some quotes - Life is a tough race, it is a marathon or whatever. No, from what I have seen so far, life is one of those races in nursery school, where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same with life, where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start to die.

One last thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. One of my yoga teachers used to make students laugh during classes. One student asked him if these jokes would take away something from the yoga practice. The teacher said - don't be serious, be sincere. This quote has defined my work ever since. Whether its my writing, my job, my relationships or any of my goals. I get thousands of opinions on my writing everyday. There is heaps of praise, there is intense criticism. If I take it all seriously, how will I write? Or rather, how will I live? Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up? It's ok, bunk a few classes, goof up a few interviews, fall in love. We are people, not programmed devices.

I've told you three things - reasonable goals, balance and not taking it too seriously that will nurture the spark. However, there are four storms in life that will threaten to completely put out the flame. These must be guarded against. These are disappointment, frustration, unfairness and loneliness of purpose.

Disappointment will come when your effort does not give you the expected return. If things don't go as planned or if you face failure. Failure is extremely difficult to handle, but those that do come out stronger. What did this failure teach me? is the question you will need to ask. You will feel miserable. You will want to quit, like I wanted to when nine publishers rejected my first book. Some IITians kill themselves over low grades - how silly is that? But that is how much failure can hurt you. But it's life. If challenges could always be overcome, they would cease to be a challenge. And remember - if you are failing at something, that means you are at your limit or potential. And that's where you want to be.

Disappointment' s cousin is frustration, the second storm. Have you ever been frustrated? It happens when things are stuck. This is especially relevant in India. From traffic jams to getting that job you deserve, sometimes things take so long that you don't know if you chose the right goal. After books, I set the goal of writing for Bollywood, as I thought they needed writers. I am called extremely lucky, but it took me five years to get close to a release. Frustration saps excitement, and turns your initial energy into something negative, making you a bitter person. How did I deal with it? A realistic assessment of the time involved- movies take a long time to make even though they are watched quickly, seeking a certain enjoyment in the process rather than the end result - at least I was learning how to write scripts, having a side plan - I had my third book to write and even something as simple as pleasurable distractions in your life - friends, food, travel can help you overcome it. Remember, nothing is to be taken seriously. Frustration is a sign somewhere, you took it too seriously.

Unfairness - this is hardest to deal with, but unfortunately that is how our country works. People with connections, rich dads, beautiful faces, pedigree find it easier to make it - not just in Bollywood, but everywhere. And sometimes it is just plain luck. There are so few opportunities in India, so many stars need to be aligned for you to make it happen. Merit and hard work is not always linked to achievement in the short term, but the long term correlation is high, and ultimately things do work out. But realize, there will be some people luckier than you. In fact, to have an opportunity to go to college and understand this speech in English means you are pretty damn lucky by Indian standards. Let's be grateful for what we have and get the strength to accept what we don't. I have so much love from my readers that other writers cannot even imagine it. However, I don't get literary praise. It's ok. I don't look like Aishwarya Rai, but I have two boys who I think are more beautiful than her. It's ok. Don't let unfairness kill your spark.

Finally, the last point that can kill your spark is isolation. As you grow older you will realize you are unique. When you are little, all kids want Ice cream and Spiderman. As you grow older to college, you still are a lot like your friends. But ten years later and you realize you are unique. What you want, what you believe in, what makes you feel, may be different from even the people closest to you. This can create conflict as your goals may not match with others. . And you may drop some of them. Basketball captains in college invariably stop playing basketball by the time they have their second child. They give up something that meant so much to them. They do it for their family. But in doing that, the spark dies. Never, ever make that compromise. Love yourself first, and then others.

There you go. I've told you the four thunderstorms - disappointment, frustration, unfairness and isolation. You cannot avoid them, as like the monsoon they will come into your life at regular intervals. You just need to keep the raincoat handy to not let the spark die.

I welcome you again to the most wonderful years of your life. If someone gave me the choice to go back in time, I will surely choose college. But I also hope that ten years later as well, your eyes will shine the same way as they do today. That you will Keep the Spark alive, not only through college, but through the next 2,500 weekends. And I hope not just you, but my whole country will keep that spark alive, as we really need it now more than any moment in history. And there is something cool about saying - I come from the land of a billion sparks.

Thank You.

The week that wasnt!

2008-11-12T01:27:00.003+05:30

Pre-Placement talks, Resume submission deadlines, Presentations, Project work, Jaago re Movement, Movies, Hang out @ beach, Hang out with frnds, Bike riding, Night outs etc etc...

I have no idea how the last week went off !!!

NIght Out !

2008-10-28T00:36:00.003+05:30

Believe it or not but a night out can actually change your life ! The day before leaving for my hometown for Diwali (after 4 years !) I put a night out with a friend. That night we walked, sat and talked... The conversation that I had with her that night was simply superb and an eye opener for me. I am sure any third person would tag/treat that conversation as a philosophical one or non-sense but it has actually changed me and my life ! There is a sudden change in my attitude, the way I used to think, treat and react to many things. There is a definite transformation in me and I am sure its for good. A NIGHT OUT CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE! Thanks dost for being there with me as a guide when I needed it badly... :)

India TV : "Desh Badalna Hai To Channel Badlo"

2008-10-22T09:26:00.005+05:30

In the Indian news channels' cluttered arena have you ever heard of Rajat Sharma's India TV ?? If NOT then probably you are committing the BIGGEST MISTAKE of your life....Yeah ! I repeat the BIGGEST MISTAKE of your life !!! Wonder why ???

For the benefit of all who don't know about India TV :
In a short period of its existence, India TV has earned a repute of credible reporting, courage, espousal of public interest and its unmatched delivery which is of a great value to all stakeholders. The channel has its bureau and sales representation across the country. India TV has state-of-the-art digital connectivity and a new centre covering an area of 80,000 square feet in Noida.

I am sure, you must be wondering about the much acclaimed credible reporting, espousal of public interest etc etc and how come still you weren't aware of it. Friends, if you haven't seen or missed any such news on INDIA TV in past, no need to worry at all coz here we have some of the exclusive media coverages done by INDIA TV. Believe me all these coverages are eye opener, example of credible reporting, courage and espousal of public interest so do check this !

PAN IIT-2008: Offline Registration with 50% discount

2008-10-12T11:26:00.003+05:30

PAN IIT'08, the IIT Alumni Global Conference is going to be held at IIT Madras, from 19th to 21st December, 2008. With more than 3000 alumni participants from around the globe, a galaxy of eminent speakers, and selected sponsors who are leaders in their industry, the 2008 Global Conference will be the most impressive ever.

The overall theme for the 2008 Global Conference is IIT : "Inspire, Innovate, Transform". Under this banner, six thematic tracks have been identified to help provide greater focus, and to enable participants to derive the maximum value in their area of interest.
1. Research & Technology initiatives in Nation-building
2. IIT's role in promoting Entrepreneurship
3. Vision & Leadership in Rural Transformation
4. Challenges & Opportunities in India's Infrastructure
5. Enhancing Quality & Accessibility in Education
6. Innovate or Stagnate: India's road ahead

In all previous PanIIT Global Conferences, the plenary sessions have been addressed by some of the most pre-eminent luminaries in various fields. Here are the speakers lined up for 2008:

L N Mittal (CEO, Arcelor Mittal)
P Chidambaram (Finance Minister)
Amartya Sen (Nobel Laureate)
Orkut Buyukkokten (Founder, Orkut)
Raghuram Rajan (Economist)
Bob McDonald (COO, Procter & Gamble)
C K Prahalad (University of Michigan)
Rajat Gupta (Sr. Partner, McKinsey & Company)
Harsha Bhogle (ESPN Cricket Analysis)
Desh Deshpande (Founder, Center for Innovation, MIT)

Why to attend?
PAN IIT'08 also provides tremendous opportunities for professional networking,a chance to indulge in nostalgia, to listen to the views of a galaxy of pre-eminent luminaries, and to hear of the efforts being made by fellow alumni to contribute to the transformation of the nation.

How to register ?
For the faculty members, PG students and final year UG students of any IIT, PAN IIT has announced a discount of 50% and the details are as follows :

Participation Fee (Inclusive of food and local hospitality) – per head (Special Discounted Registration, Upto 15th Oct 2008 only)
IIT Faculty/Students Rs.1250
Optional 1 day tour of Rural Sites Rs.1000

Please contact undersigned to register yourself.
Nimit Jain (sgs iitm ac in & 9444005782) or
Saurabh Gupta (aaincharge iitm ac in & 9364437775)

Gear up for the biggest Shaastra ever!

2008-09-30T09:53:00.006+05:30

The countdown has already begun... T-72 Army Tank, Bofors Gun, Field Gun, Wind Turbine, models of missiles including Agni, Prithvi, Brahmos, Nishant and Lakshya, the Renault F1 car that Giancarlo Fisichella drove to many F1 grand prix wins and thats just the KV Ground for you this Shaastra at IIT Madras!!! For the benefit of all who don't know what Shaastra is (YOU GUYS ARE FOOLS !), Shaastra is the annual Technical Festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and is the first ISO 9001:2000 certified student organized event in the world.

This year IIT Madras is celebrating its Golden Jubilee this year to mark 50 years of unparalleled service to the nation. Golden Jubilee Shaastra 2008 is all set to start from the 1st of October with the Golden Jubilee Conclave on "Emergent India". Golden Jubilee conclave is going to be aired on CNN IBN and will feature speakers like Dr. Ramachandra Guha, Dr. Anbumani Ramdoss, Kanimozhi speaking on ‘Unity in Diversity 2.0’. Conclave is just an example, there are lots of other new initiatives taken by the Shaastra 2008 organizing committee including Golden Design Challenges (GDC), Industrial Open House (IOH), Department Open House (DOH), Shaastra Nights, Shaastra Mobile, Sparsh to name a few.

Events, the soul of Shaastra, are being categorized under various categories like Spotlight, Spirit Of Engineering (SOE), Design Events, Unwind, Hands On, Coding, Workshops, Online Events, Quizzes, Applied Engineering, Design and Build, Entrepreneurship, Connect etc etc. Golden Jubilee Shaastra 2008 will host more than 60 events and offers attracting prizes worth more than Rs. 18,00,000. So what are you waiting for ?? Go and login to www.shaastra.org and you might be the smart one to get some prizes (Smart coz the luck factor doest work at Shaastra !)...

A Wednesday : Movie Review

2008-09-12T15:13:00.003+05:30

This year Indian Cinema has witnessed some supremely written and directed movies which are far from any masala movies for which the Bollywood is known. Movies like Aamir, Mumbai Meri Jaan, Rock On !!, Jaane Tu ya Jaane Naa, Via Darjeeling have given the new definition to Indian Cinema with more emphasis on the subject of the movie and storytelling aspect. With last Friday's release - A Wednesday, one can be confident that Indian Cinema is going in the right direction.

Like Aamir and Mumbai Meri Jaan, A Wednesday's plot is also related to serial blasts in Mumbai, terrorist activities and communal issues but in the end the movie comes loaded with a very solid ideology which talks about the plight and power of the common man, the aam aadmi. I am not going to write much about the plot of the movie because it's a film best seen without any impressions and whose charm lies in its unraveling. While watching A Wednesday just expect the unexpected.

A Wednesday simply stands out when we talk about the story, direction, cinematography, action, background music or any important aspect of film making. If the film has two of the finest talents (Anupam Kher and Naseeruddin Shah) sharing the silver screen then you cant expect anything less than perfection. However, Neeraj Pandey, the writer-director of A Wednesday is the real hero of the film and in his debut film itself he has assured that he will be one of those making BIG in Indian Cinema in the future.

A Wednesday is a film that has the power to change how we look at the world so do yourself a favour: Any day, watch A Wednesday.

ROCK ON : MOVIE REVIEW

2008-09-02T19:05:00.009+05:30

Rock On! Another release of this week from the makers of Dil Chahta Hai and Lakshya. Much before its release, the movie got lots and lots of publicity because of Farhan Akhtar (makes his debut as an actor and singer!) and rumors that it is Dil Chahta Hai Part 2. Post release movie got excellent reviews (including the best movie of the year !) and the status messages of people on gtalk, yahoo messenger, skype about the movie made sure that junta go to the theaters to watch it. Well I also got influenced by the same and finally watched it yesterday in Sathyam.

ROCK ON is the story of four friends [Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Luke Kenny] once-aspiring musicians who chucked up their dream of taking their band (named Magik) professional because of friction among the band members. But a reunion arranged by Prachi Desai (who plays Farhan's wife) ten years later inspires them to consider returning together again and set them on a journey back to where they left off. The movie starts with the fast track "socha hai" and then slows down as it progresses.

Rock On as a movie is strong on the technical side with amazing Cinematography, Screenplay and the dialogues but fails miserably when it comes to the Story. Story of Rock On is predictable and one can easily guess what is going to happen in the next scene. The area in which this movie scores well is the performances by all the actors. Farhan in his debut performance is simply superb and clearly justifies how he made his actors deliver their best performances in his movies. But one person whose performance stands out through out the film is Purab Kohli.

Overall the film isn't great but it is watchable because its different. Its full of drama, emotions so don't expect any entertainment out of it. But yeah you might see the trailer of "Welcome to Sajjanpur" in the interval which completes the entertainment part !!!

Updates !

2008-08-08T22:06:00.003+05:30

Hello everyone !!!

I was away from blogging since last few days but yeah finally I am back. Back to India (after participating in AIUYF), back to the institute (FYI: IIT Madras), and back to blogosphere! My final year has already started and this sem I hardly have any classes. I am doing the TAShip for CS130: Introduction to Computer Science and Engineering for which I am getting stipend as well.

For all the people who keep asking me about the Australia trip, it was amazing, I had rocking time in Australia. All the sessions that I attended as a part of AIUYF were very informative and eye opener. I was there for a period of 15 days and visited Sydney, Canberra, Darwin and outback. Australia is awesome place to visit and live. People there are extremely friendly and helpful. I still remember the help that we got during the photography competition in completing various tasks including busking, free hugs, proposing the strangers and what not ! I came back India on 14th July but still missing ozzie days !

Now talking about the institute (came here on 24th July) and jobless from the acads side but extremely busy from the General Secretary's work point of view. Firstly handled the convocation (which was held on 25th July), then the freshers orientation (held on 28th July and where I addressed around 2500 people), and then the Golden Jubilee Inauguration function of IIT Madras (which was held on 31st July). Since then I am attending lots of meetings/functions and even classes which I didnt attend earlier while I was taking the course but have to attend now because of the TAShip.

Anyways I'll be updating regularly from now onwards so keep checking this space.

Cheers !!!
Nimit

THE DAY !!!

2008-06-23T23:27:00.001+05:30

THE MOST MEMORABLE AND BEST DAY OF MY LIFE...

THANKS SO MUCH _ _ _ _ _ _ ! :)

Session on "How to get into IITs?"

2008-06-15T00:29:00.005+05:30

Yesterday myself and Ashwani addressed IIT-JEE 2009 aspiring students on "How to get into IITs?". We were invited by Paul sir to address some of his students (more than 100) to share gyaan and experience of our JEE days. We had a great fun in addressing all the aspirants. The whole session was very interactive and went very well. The thing which I appreciated most was the questions asked by the students. It wasn’t like my JEE days when most of the students used to hesitate in asking questions.

We started the session with some common tips on how to prepare for individual subjects, time management, preparation for the board exams, practice through test papers, how to analyze the question paper, tips on problem solving and exam temperament etc etc. Then we were open for the questions and both of us were surprised by the no. of questions asked by the students (we really didn’t expect those many questions!). Most of the questions were related to problems that one faces while preparing for any competition and even we faced those during our preparations. But there were some very funny and interesting questions as well. In the end all it was a good experience and we felt like celebrities. We ended the session with the success mantra (What that is ??? Well for that you’ll have to attend the next session!).

123rd Page

2008-06-13T01:26:00.004+05:30

Tagged by Twilight Fairy .

The rules: Pick up the nearest book. Go to page 123. Find the fifth sentence. Post the next three sentences. Tag five people, and acknowledge the person who tagged you.

"In an attempt to promote the widespread use of paper rather than plastic, the council of a small town plans to ban the sale of disposable plastic goods for which substitutes made of paper exist. This would thus reduce non-biodegradable waste to large extent. The council argues that since most paper is entirely biodegradable, paper goods are environmentally preferable."

I tag : Achintya, Alone Dreamer, Aniket, Akila, Amitabh and Amir :P
(Did u notice that all names start with the letter "A")

Smart Advertising !

2008-06-06T11:24:00.000+05:30

Ever since the petrol price hike, I am seeing an increase in electronic scooter ads. Smart timing ! :)

Word of the month...

2008-06-06T10:08:00.001+05:30

SILENCE !!!

IPL T20 Final !

2008-06-01T14:02:00.006+05:30

After 45 days of non-stop exiting cricket of new format (20-20) the first edition of IPL T20 is going to end with the final match today. This is the third times Rajasthan Royals and Chennai Super Kings are going to meet in the IPL tournament. Royals secured both the wins against Super Kings. Now the question is who will win in the Final match of IPL ?

Right now Rajasthan Royals, the underdogs, is the most favorite teams in the IPL T20 Tournament. They performed outstanding in the league matches and the semi-final and are leading the tournament. This team has got a huge fan following all over the world. The team has performed amazingly under the captaincy of Shane Warne with match winning performances from individuals like Shane Watson, Smith, Tanvir, Yusuf Pathan to name a few.

On the other end the Super Kings, the most expensive team of IPL, has come the final of the IPL T20 tournament with lifeless. But by beating another strong team of the Indian Premier League Kings XI Punjab in the semi final they gave the clear indications that its going to be a tough nut to crack for the Royals. The team which was once looking the strongest of all with players like Hayden, Hussey, Dhoni, Muralidharan, Ntini and Fleming suddenly became weak when Aussies left. But their performance in the Semis promises a good show in the final.

So in the end it is gonna be either the Super Kings (team without Hayden, Hussey and Fleming) or the Royals, who started the IPL session without Smith (and lost) and will end the session without Smith ! Whoever wins it really doesn't matter to me much coz I've got connections with both the teams. One side its Rajasthan (hometown) and the other side its Chennai (worktown). In any case its a WIN-WIN situation for me !

So watch out for the most expecting IPL T20 final at 20:00 IST on SET MAX !

The Meeting !

2008-05-26T02:10:00.004+05:30

She asked him why has he not written anything new on his blog ? Can u believe that he was talking to her in person after one year but she was more intrested in his written words rather than the words he was speaking to her that time. He had no clues of what to do, what to answer. He asked the waiter for a pen and paper, wrote "Take Care, Bye ! " and left the restaurant.

I am loving it !

2008-05-25T16:22:00.002+05:30

Meeting with strangers ! thts what I am doing these days... and I am loving it !

Flashback !

2008-05-22T16:48:00.004+05:30

Hello everyone !!!

I was away from blogging since last four months. Some people thought I actually stopped blogging coz they thought my writing skills & blog suck and I was taking their advice of NOT TO BLOG very seriously. Well for all those people I can say go and check this --> rest all may please continue (I knew that you will also check that link ! ;) )

My life was nowhere different from any hindi masala movie while I was absent from the blogging world. Like most of the masala hindi movies, it had elements of drama, love, romance, hate, sacrifice, comedy, fun, emotions, politics and so on but yeah I am still waiting for the happy ending ! So now let me start with the things I missed to blog about.

First of all going back to the month of Jan, beginning of the 8th semester, all friends got placed and it was the party time. Then came Saarang, where I along with 4 co-coordinators conceptualized and coordinated a new idea "Saarang Village" adding another dimension to Saarang. Saarang Village turned out to be a huge success. A cultural zone was created inside the festival area that exhibited Indian handicrafts, folklore, dances and ethnic Indian food. Undoubtly this was the best Saarang of my IIT Life ! (I have so much to say about Saarang'08 that I can write one post on that itself.)

In the beginning of Feb, the EML team headed by me organized "The EML Week !" where we arranged four of the most acclaimed EMLs in one week. "The EML Week !" received a tremendous response. This month I also got a chance to meet people like Kapil Dev, Shobhaa De, Revathy, Veer Sanghvi and many more. With the upcoming institute elections in the month of March political activities started off in full action. I also had plans to contest for the post of Institute Students General Secretary.

March was the most hectic month out of these four months. Started with my birthday on 3rd March but this time I could not celebrate it because of elections campaigning, mid semesters followed by the election on 10th March. I contested for the post of Students General Secretary and won by a huge margin of 1025 votes. It was real hard work prior to elections, all those hectic nights, campaigning in 17 hostels in 5 days, manifesto, strategies, political stunts and votes dealings !!! Thanks to all my friends and well wishers (the list if too long and whatever I write I cant thank them for their help during those days.). That victory was some feeling ! What a relief !! It was the party time !!! The month ended with ADIEU'08 -the farewell function to the passing out students.

April- The month of hostel nites ! This was the time to enjoy the last days of the academic year with full masti and celebration. Undoubtly my hostel nite was the best with F1 as the theme ! This was the time for fun but at the same time the feeling of saying bye to some of the batch mates was striking and the the realization of the fact that our days in the institute are numbered. With the post of the Students General Secretary came the responsibilities to do lots of things, selection of the teams for various activities for next academic year and all this was done in this month. Over all it was hectic month with hostel nites and things like coordinator selections, committees formation, end semesters, assignments and the list goes on and on.

So this was all about the IIT life but there were lots of things that happened in my NON-IIT life as well. It also had all flavors. There were times when I was happy, sad, senti, emotional, strong, weak, lonely, practical, political, diplomatic and what not ! I laughed, I cried, I enjoyed and I suffered every bit of it. There were break ups, commitments, engagements... Those night outs talking over phone, Friday nites, 'love sessions !', songs, poetry, sketches, photography and I can just go on and on... I AM LOVING IT ! :) Before I go more into personal things I think its time to stop and end this post. BUT BUT BUT before signing out here is the commitment that from now onwards I will be regular on blogosphere coz "A blog a day keeps your worries at bay !"

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Miss you much...

2008-01-14T12:16:00.000+05:30

I'm a big big girl
In a big big world
It's not a big big thing if you leave me
But I do do feel that
I do do will miss you much
Miss you much...

I can see the first leaf falling
It's all yellow and nice
It's so very cold outside
Like the way I'm feeling inside

I'm a big big girl
In a big big world
It's not a big big thing if you leave me
But I do do feel that
I do do will miss you much
Miss you much...

Outside it's now raining
And tears are falling from my eyes
Why did it have to happen
Why did it all have to end

I'm a big big girl
In a big big world
It's not a big big thing if you leave me
But I do do feel that
I do do will miss you much
Miss you much...

Word of the month...

2007-12-11T12:34:00.000+05:30

REJECTION !!!

3rd March...

2007-12-09T05:23:00.001+05:30

Which great persons are born on 3rd March ?

1455 - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
1520 - Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (d. 1575)
1583 - Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, English diplomat, poet, and philosopher (d. 1648)
1589 - Gisbertus Voetius, Dutch theologian (d. 1676)
1606 - Edmund Waller, British poet (d. 1687)
1652 - Thomas Otway, British dramatist (d. 1685)
1678 - Madeleine de Verchères, French Canadian heroine (d. 1747)
1778 - Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of Hannover (d. 1841)
1793 - William Charles Macready, English actor (d. 1873)
1800 - Heinrich Georg Bronn, German geologist (d. 1862)
1805 - Jonas Furrer, first President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1861)
1831 - George Pullman, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1897)
1839 - Jamshedji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904)
1845 - Georg Cantor, German mathematician (d. 1918)
1847 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish inventor (d. 1922)
1851 - Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author (d. 1911)
1860 - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (d. 1925)
1863 - Arthur Machen, Welsh-born author (d. 1947)
1871 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (d. 1957)
1873 - William Green, American labor union leader (d. 1952)
1880 - Florence Auer, American actress (d. 1962)
1880 - Yosuke Matsuoka, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan (d. 1946)
1883 - Cyril Burt, educational psychologist (d. 1971)
1886 - Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago (d. 1914)
1886 - Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968)
1890 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (d. 1939)
1893 - Beatrice Wood, American artist and ceramicist (d. 1998)
1895 - Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch, Norwegian economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1895 - Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (d. 1993)
1910 - Kittens Reichert, American silent screen child actor (d. 1990)
1911 - Jean Harlow, American actress (d. 1937)
1911 - Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician and Lieutenant governor of Quebec (d. 1982)
1918 - Dr. Arthur Kornberg, American Nobel Prize laureate in 1959 for the discovery of DNA polymerase (d. 2007)
1918 - Fritz Thiedemann, German equestrian (d. 2000)
1920 - Julius Boros, American golfer (d. 1994)
1920 - James Doohan, Canadian-born actor (d. 2005)
1920 - Ronald Searle, British illustrator
1922 - Nándor Hidegkuti, Hungarian footballer
1923 - Barney Martin, American actor (d. 2005)
1923 - Doc Watson, American musician
1924 - Tomiichi Murayama, former Prime Minister of Japan
1926 - Lys Assia, Swiss singer
1926 - Joseph Anthony Ferrario, American Catholic prelate
1926 - James Merrill, American poet (d. 1995)
1927 - Pierre Aubert, member of the Swiss Federal Council
1930 - Heiner Geißler, German politician
1930 - Ion Iliescu, President of Romania
1933 - Marco Antonio Muñiz, Mexican singer (Los Tres Aces)
1933 - Lee Radziwill, American fashion executive
1933 - Alfredo Landa, Spanish actor
1937 - Bobby Driscoll, American actor (d. 1968)
1940 - Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian writer and journalist
1940 - Perry Ellis, fashion designer (d. 1986)
1940 - Owen Spencer-Thomas, English broadcaster, journalist and Anglican clergyman
1942 - Mike Pender, English singer and guitarist (The Searchers)
1945 - George Miller, Australian film director
1946 - John Virgo, English snooker player
1947 - Jennifer Warnes, American singer and songwriter
1947 - Otto Stuppacher, Austrian racing driver (d. 2001)
1948 - Snowy White, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Pink Floyd)
1949 - Jüri Allik, Estonian psychologist
1949 - Gloria Hendry, American actress
1949 - Jesse Jefferson, American baseball player
1950 - Tim Kazurinsky, American actor and comedian
1951 - Lindsay Cooper, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, News from Babel)
1952 - Dermot Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998)
1953 - Robyn Hitchcock, British musician
1953 - Zico, Brazilian footballer
1954 - Édouard Lock, Canadian dance choreographer (La La La Human Steps)
1955 - Andy Breckman, American comedian and radio personality
1956 - Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer
1958 - Miranda Richardson, British actress
1958 - Marc Silvestri, American comic book artist and publisher (Top Cow Productions)
1959 - Ira Glass, American radio host
1960 - Neal Heaton, American baseball player
1960 - Colin Wells, English cricketer
1961 - Perry McCarthy, English racing driver
1961 - Fatima Whitbread, English javelin thrower
1961 - Knut Nærum, Norwegian comedian
1962 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee, American athlete
1962 - Glen E. Friedman, American photographer and artist
1962 - Herschel Walker, American football player
1964 - Raúl Alcalá, Mexican cyclist
1964 - Laura Harring, Mexican-born American actress
1964 - Duncan Phillips, Australian drummer (Newsboys)
1966 - Fernando Colunga, Mexican actor
1966 - Timo Tolkki, Finnish musician (Stratovarius)
1966 - Tone Lōc, American rapper and actor
1968 - Brian Leetch, American ice hockey player
1970 - Julie Bowen, American actress
1970 - Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer
1971 - Tyler Florence, chef, Food Network personality, & cookbook author
1973 - Romans Vainsteins, Latvian cyclist
1973 - Victoria Zdrok, Ukrainian model
1974 - David Faustino, American actor
1976 - Fraser Gehrig, Australian rules footballer
1977 - Ronan Keating, Irish singer
1977 - Stéphane Robidas, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Matt Diaz, American baseball player
1978 - Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
1979 - Patrick Renna, American actor
1979 - Alex Zane, English comedian
1980 - Mason Unck, American football player
1981 - Dusty Dvoracek, American football player
1981 - Kim Yoo-Jin (Eugene), South Korean singer and actress
1981 - Lil' Flip, American rapper
1981 - Emmanuel Pappoe, Ghanaian footballer
1981 - Sung Yu Ri, South Korean singer and actress
1982 - Jessica Biel, American actress
1985 - Sam Morrow, Northern Irish footballer
1986 - Stacie Orrico, American singer
1992 - Madison Cross, American singer and actress
1993 - Andrew Davies, Bravest man on earth Andrew means Manly
1997 - Maria Francisca Isabel de Bragança, Infanta, daughter of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza

And most importantly

1986 - Nimit Jain, _____________ :D

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Confused !

2007-12-08T09:23:00.000+05:30

Well its quite sometime since I blogged. Its not that I don't have anything to write but the fact is that I have lots of things so I am confused. Confused about what to write !

What shall I write:

About the placement Session ?
About the sem that wasn't ?
About the cyberchat session ?
About my gtalk status messages ?
About the last movie that I watched ?
About the last restaurant visit ?
About IITs and other institutes?
About 10 things that make me happy or sad ?
About the political situation in Gujrat ?
About photography ?
About my friends ?
About my stories ?
About the weather ?
About night outs ?
About the dreams ?
About life ?
About broken hearts ?
About couples ?
About nothing at all ?

CONFUSED ...
(sh)IT Happens !!!

Somebody please help me...

Chak De Placements !!!

2007-12-01T02:21:00.000+05:30

Gyarah (11) Din, 11 din hain tumhare paas.... Shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas 11 din...Aaj tum aacha interview do ya bura, yeh 11 din tumhe zindagi bhar yaad rahenge... To kaise interview dena hai, aaj main tumhe nahi bataunga... Bas itna kahunga, ki jao aur yeh 11 din ji bhar ke interview de lo kyunki iske baad aane waali companies main chahe tum shortlist ho ya naa ho, chahe woh tumhe select kare ya naa kare lekin yeh 11 din tumse koi nahi cheen sakta... koi nahi... To maine socha ki yeh interview kaise dena hai aaj main tumhe nahi bataunga balki tum mujhe bataoge yeh interview dekar...Kyunki main jaanta hoon ki agar yeh 11 din iss IIT ka har student apni zindgi ka sabse badhiya interview de gaya to yeh 11 din khuda bhi tumse wapis nahi maang sakta...To jao...jao aur apne aap se, iss zindgi se, apne khuda se, aur har uss insaan se jisne tumhe, tumpe bharosa nahi kiya, apne 11 din cheen lo !!!

Chak de ... .

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Golden Jubilee Post !

2007-11-22T11:01:00.000+05:30

Well don't get confused ! This post has nothing to do with the IIT Madras's Golden Jubilee Celebration ! This post is about the celebration of 50th post on my blog !

Orkut says "Today's fortune: A good time to finish up old tasks"

So I think its the right time to thank all my viewers (Regular !), Critics and admirers (those who put comments ! Good or bad I don't care !!!), All those who recommended my posts to others and lots of special mentions...

First lemme tell you that it took 200 days, 49 posts, 142 comments, 35 Kind of Labels and 2718 hits to reach this milestone...And I am glad that it was clicked all over the world

So without wasting time and space lemme thank the following bloggers for reading, commenting and recommending (in alphabetical order !)

8pm
Achintya
Alankar
Alone Dreamer
Ankit Ashok
Anonymous :D
Arun Asok
Ashtung
Bulby
Cool Rider
Jhopdi
Lalit
Mahitha
Mohan K.V
Purvi
Roohi
Shikha
The Stranger
Twilight Fairy
Vatsap ?

Special Mentions :
Ashtung for comments and recommending my posts to others !
Jhopdi for constantly bugging me on how to write blog !
The Stranger for Get Some Love Get Some Life
Twilight Fairy for Cybercafe Session, comments, color scheme, inspiration, recommendations and lots more !
Vatsap? for comments, color scheme, inspiration, recommendations and lots more !

Forgot to mention about the 2 posts with max no. of comments ! (obviously coz of controversies!)

And finally lots of thanks to Google for recommending my blog as a result of various search results...

here are the examples...
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And lots more such results ! (I cant mention here)

PS : If I forgot to mention about someone, please remind me... I would be more than happy to mention :)

So I am done with the Golden Jubilee Post but keep watching this space coz "Picture abhi baaki hai mere dost !" :)

Thanks Again...

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Emotions are tough cookies

2007-11-20T10:44:00.000+05:30

I was talking to Alankar and she came up with this one liner "Emotions are tough cookies"... then I thought about this and ya she was rite "emotions are tough cookies"....

One moment you feel so happy, excited, enthusiastic, fresh, painless, cheerful, jolly, jovial and the other moment you feel that there is something which pains you a lot...you don't know what... You feel so disappointed, depressed, frustrated, lonely, sad... Really EMOTIONS ARE TOUGH COOKIES !

Redirect !

2007-11-19T13:28:00.000+05:30

Smiling ! Ironic Isn't it ???

Om Shanti Om V/S Saawariya

2007-11-17T18:00:00.000+05:30

Well… can’t think of any better topic...what to do… When all news channels, news papers are all occupied trying to decide which movie is better ....Om Shanti Om or Saawariya… Yeah me tooo…. Why not… when the whole world (I mean the limited world I know ;) is talking abt this only…. How can I be left un-touched by the famous topic...

One has the famous six-packed SRK and the other one has “hot” looking (thts wht ppl say !) Ranbir Kapoor (Guess becoz of his towel dropping scene)

One has Deepika playing “Dreamy Girl” (of our T20 cricketers :D)... The other has pretty girl with the girl next door looks…Sonam Kapoor

One is by Farah Khan… other one by Sanjay Leela Bhansali…

USP of first one- bringing back 70’s style n fashion… for the other one its… (as always in Sanjay’s movies..) aesthetically pleasing sets and costumes with fresh looking stars making their debut...

Well… this comparison can go on n on…. As even you might be doing the same discussion with your colleagues…Filhaal, you guys can ignore that. I, on the other hand, shall add my two bits worth to the millions of opinions floating around, and pretend that people read this blog and are affected by what I write... :)

So here I go... Personally I liked Saanwariya than OSO...

OSO, A tribute to all 70's stars and Karz was full of fun (thts wht one expects frm Farah and SRK !) but again it wasnt tht gr8 ! Some of the comic scenes were too cheap... Deepika did her job well...and I am sure that for SRK also the role of OK (Om Kapoor) was the easiest one to play (coz its wht he always does... Over Acting !)....I expected a lot from Farah Khan but she disappointed me... Things tht I liked abt OSO - Jazzy (especially the 70s bit), melodramatic (mostly throughout),Music, deewangi song with 31 stars... Akshay and Abhiskek for being so damn sporting and funny.... Apahij Pyaar and Mind It sequence !!! I go with 2/5 for OSO...

Now coming to Saawariya... Movie by Sanjay Leela Bhansali with two new comers Ranbir and Sonam... It's aesthetically pleasing - I love the way he's used lighting...Music was pleasant (but comes in every 10 min in movie tht makes it dull !)... Direction - Superb ! (Bhansali in full form !)... Acting by the new comers was gr8 (Long way to go for both of them !!) Rani Mukharjee was simply amazing... I liked the screenplay and the dialogs of the movie... I go with 3/5 for Saanwariya...

So coming to the next question ... which one is the Winner ???
Well according to my ratings clearly Saawariya is the winner,which is totally different from all media ratings and surveys !.... well its coz in the Indian film Industry "Too much of good advertising can make even a bad product a SUPER HIT !!!" (Ex. OSO and Aap Ka Suroor !(with all due respect for Himesh ! :) Or may be at the end of the day Indians just want to be entertained out of their minds when they watch a movie - "Paisa vasool hona maangta hai"... Or may be getting so many stars into the movie get them excited....

Anyways have fun everyone… enjoy the movies… and please let me know your reviews…Until then, "Shotgun, Murugan... Yenna rascal-a...! Mind it!" :D

Cheers !!!
Nimit

IIT Madras in MOCK CAT 2007 !!!

2007-11-10T22:45:00.000+05:30

http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2007/nov/MockCat2007.pdf

Read the first RC (Page No. 11)... Interesting... :)

Book of The Mute - Revisited

2007-11-08T10:50:00.003+05:30

"Book of The Mute" - The Short film (duration : 7 min) directed by me for IITM LIT-SOC 2007-08 Annual Short Film Making competition.

"Book of The Mute" was inspired by the single most common scenario every post teenager encounters at least once in life. It is a commentary on the universal shy nature associated with the ever sensitive subject of intimacy, or the lack of.

The plot explores the mind of a reluctant character with a deep crush on a female student, who hasn't been courageous enough these past three years to even initiate a conversation with her. However, upon realizing that his love interest frequents the library to read a particular novel regularly, decides to break the communication barrier by "highlighting" his thoughts from among the printed words of that book. He is elated to find a reply a day or so later, in that same book, in that same format of communication (though the highlighter she uses is of a different color). And so, over the next few days, an exchange of words ensues, with the book acting as a medium for them to speak to each other with comfortably. However, eventually he decides to voice his concern as to why he was “ignored” by her for all this time. And so, in the end he gets her cold-hearted reply, the brutal truth he'll have to live with for the rest of his life. He accepts his fate, and life goes on.

Although it has been proposed by some that we hint at a moral lesson through the film, it was more intended to be a matter of factly account with reasonably predictable twists. We used narratives instead of live sound for clarity's sake. They were voiced by Rishi "8pm" Kar, and Ankita "DJ" Jain from the Sharavathi girls hostel. We didn't include a single shot of any female actress to try and mimic the male character's self-imposed isolation from her. Rishi "8PM" Kar, Amod "SIZE" Mital and Hariharan "Lollypop", our resident musicians composed original soundtracks for each of the scenes in order to accurately portray and project the corresponding emotional mood throughourt the film. We chose a rapid cut-sequence collage of short bursts of film to tell the uneventful transition stories in an abstract, but artistic manner, and give more screen time for the narrative. The end product speaks for itself.

CAST And CREW

NAME OF FILM: "BOOK OF THE MUTE"
STARRING: DILEEP "TRAUMA" V. REDDY
NARRATIVE: MALE VOICE by RISHI "8PM" KAR
FEMALE VOICE by ANKITA "DJ" JAIN (SHARAVATHI HOSTEL)
MUSIC: RISHI "8PM" KAR, AMOD "SIZE" MITAL, HARIHARAN "LOLLYPOP"
CONCEPT: NIMIT JAIN
WRITTEN BY: DILEEP "TRAUMA" V. REDDY
SHOOTING AND EDITING: NIMIT JAIN & ACHAL "ITEM" JAIN
DIRECTED BY: NIMIT JAIN
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
UTKARSH "FUGGA", ASHUTOSH "GENDA", NAMAN "PIZZA", ROHIT "GUDDU", MUKESH "GL", HARSHAL PATIL, LOVNEET "JHOPDI", ABHINASH "FINGER", PRADEEP LAL, KAILASH "CHIRU" RATHI
NO THANKS TO: Assistant Librarian, Central Library IIT Madras

Redirect !

2007-11-02T11:44:00.000+05:30

Get some Love, Get some Life!

Unveiling of the Official Saarang 2008 logo

2007-10-24T13:37:00.000+05:30

Finally the official Saarang 2008 logo is out and here is the first view

Critics View : "Isn't it looking like (or may be inspired by) the picture shown below ? "

Or is it designed intentionally this way to impress Hutch (which is now Vodafone) to be the Saarang 2008 Main Sponsor ?

Hu Ha Ha Ha Ha.... Now somebody really save Saarang (where this time they want to feel the spirit of Fungineering (or Fingering !) :P loooollllllllzzzzzz

Cheers !!!
Nimit

QMS Shaastra 2007

2007-10-12T23:53:00.001+05:30

Finally Shaastra fever is down and now its time to mug for the quizzes... but before I go to the mugging business (and I forget some of the things about Shaastra 2007, which is highly probable !) I want to post this...So this post is dedicated to Cutie (????? if u r bulbing thn go thru this post !)...
Lemme go to flashback, it all began with Supreeta Jha being appointed the CORE for QMS (First girl ever !). This was sometime in April. Then the first thing tht I was worried abt was "QMS coordship ke liye kaise contis lagaunga !" :D Anyways after the interview for the coordhip I got selected as the QMS coord for Shaastra 2007 (along wid 7 other co-coords, to whom I will introduce u later in this post...). This was just the beginning.... thn we had lots of brain storming sessions (so called as !), lots of discussions (or farting !), hard work (in Bhaandhing !) and after meetings with the coords and cores of the respective depts, filling all our portals entries, making process sheets, dry runs, two Internal Audits (one by Prof. GS and another one by Prof. C. Rajendran and Suresh) etc etc. Now we were ready to face the BIG CHALLENGE (i.e. ext. audit during Shaastra).. BIG coz this time it was for 2 days !
So the day came, we went thru our audit session (i dont want to write abt tht coz this itself can make another post to my blog !), closing ceremony and we got the re-certification (yes ! this was the gr8 moment considering the fact that the ext. auditor was very strict...)... so finally Shaastra got over with lots of memories and the fact tht this time it was Bigger (we registered arnd 4000 out-station participants, arnd 3000 on Day 1 itself !)...
Now coming to the team tht i wanted to introduce to you... well this was one of the best team (or should i say UNIQUE TEAM !) i have ever worked with... all the BHAANDING Sessions, MADness everything was just gr8...I had a great time wid all of thm...

Here is the team :
Supreeta (The core, or Quality Aunty !) Simply the Best
Taramani -- Cool Dude
Dasa -- Funny and Gay
BB -- Simply rocks
Jussu -- Fight Putter
Phantom -- Stupid Stud
Pranava -- God + Cupper !
Janwar -- Nice Chap
Nimit -- No Need To Introduce !

Thanks everyone for everything and Kudos to QMS Shaastra 2007 Team !
I still miss u guys... lets meet sometime and have Bhaandhing Session ! (but b4 tht plz compile all feedbacks and participants data ! :P) ...

Cheers to Cutie !!! (Ooops I forgot to tell u abt Cutie...Well this was the idea of the Stupid Stud of Qms team... Cutie == QT == QMS TEAM ! :P :D )

Abdul Kalam's Dream Fullfilled

2007-09-26T19:20:00.000+05:30

Abdul Kalam's Dream Fullfilled: Twenty Twenty(2020)-India a Superpower :P

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish - Steve Jobs

2007-09-21T12:55:00.000+05:30

I was going thru the "updates from your friends" section on orkut and saw this
"Added new videos: Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 " in Vishal's profile.

I saw the full video and it was one of the finest and inspiring lecture that I ever heard. So here we have Steve Jobs delivering his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005. In it he talks about getting fired from Apple in 1985, life & death.

And here is the transcript of the speech.
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I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me — I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.

Orkut ke Side Effects…

2007-09-16T00:19:00.000+05:30

There r many things in life that we start reluctantly but then they become so much a part of life that we just cant imagine the life without them, we cant live without them…Wondering wht I am talking about...hmm well I am talking about Orkut…3 years ago I got 'n' number of invitations to join Orkut but I rejected all thinking all this is crap, social networking (as they publicized) who has the time for it....why do I need such medium to connect when I am already in contact with my friends... so Why Orkut for the same ???

But one fine day I thought I should atleast give it a try so I joined Orkut and I was so surprised to see all my friends out there… even I could find lots of friends with whom I lost contacts…I had found so many familiar faces, some of whom I had not even dreamt of meeting again. And by now....Orkut was set as my Home Page!

I joined, my roomie joined and the Orkut fever spread over to other friends in the wing and then in the insti…Everyone was addicted to Orkut…It became a platform to send all formal and informal information..even the guy sitting in the nxt room will scrap to ask questions or talk… And today the fact is that none of us can survive widout Orkut.

Exams came and went away...Bt Orkut fever was more prominent thn exam fever...No tea breaks during studies bt Orkut Breaks were taking up d time that should have been devoted to books, mugai, previous year papers, getting d notes photocopied…

Now even the labs are used for not 4 programming or coding but Orkutting!!! Even profs started getting a hint...Wondering wht Orkut was all about they also joined it…There were some rumors that Orkut was going to be blocked in the insti… wht a shock it was...but all Orkut infected great minds started thinking about how to crack proxy settings…and they found some real cool techniques as well…thank god it wasn’t banned…

Every time I enter my room the first thing to be done is open Mozilla and then Orkut… see if the no of scraps increased or not, are there any more no of fans than wht were there in the last login time, refreshing the browser several times to see if new scraps/friend request/ fans/testimonial are there…

From being reluctant to join to where I am today i.e. “An Orkut Addict”, things have changed drastically...And I dont deny loving Orkut like many of d diplomats around us do. With all d side affects like the extra strain to eyes and back coz of sitting for long hours in front of the comp...I think we all should accept the fact that we still love Orkut!

Cheers !!!
Nimit

12 hrs of Umpiring...

2007-09-15T23:39:00.000+05:30

Last Sunday I had an amazing experience of umpiring … amazing coz I did umpiring for NON STOP 12 hrs… Actually in the afty Ashish requested me for this and I could not refuse him (also I was totally free tht day !)… so at 2:30 pm I was there in Sangam (IITM Tennis Ball Cricket ground) for the umpiring in cricket matches organized by DCL (DoMS Cricket League, sounds like ICL)…

Almost full MBA dept of IITM was there including 1^st yr, 2^nd yr MBA, MS, Phd junta, Prof LSG… rules for these matches were quiet different like :

7 Members per team and 2 of them must be girls.
Runs that a girl player scores will be given twice worth, so if a girl player scores 10 runs thn tht wud be counted as 20.
A girl player can catch the ball even after one pitch and tht would be considered as out.
If anyhow a girl player is involved in taking any wicket then 4 runs will be deducted frm the batting side.
Under arm bowling for a girl player.

Etc.etc.

After 12 hrs of masti, drama, enthusiasm, emotions, hooting, BLACKBUCKS (1^st yr MBA Team) won the inaugural DCL. The victory was remarkable considering that they qualified for the semifinal as the fourth team on the basis of net run rate from the last 6 teams.

Well it’s obvious that after 12 hrs of umpiring you will feel terribly tired but believe me after seeing the game spirit, enthusiasm and the classic cricket tht day I did not feel too tired…In fact I cud have done some more matches…

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Back In Action - Just Don't Expect !!!

2007-09-02T03:44:00.000+05:30

Hi all!!!

Its almost 4 o’clock in the morning and I think its the right time to return to the blogosphere… I guess I needed a break! Let’s not get into the details of why I was not Blogging etc. So as now I am a lil’ grown, mark, I said ‘little’ because I have always been a poor kid among my GROWN UP friend circle !!!

Past few days of my life were different, tough, and hectic...for my mind...and yeah...the phase from which I have just gone through has taught me few lessons...a lesson for my life....at least good at one part. A bit messed up life which is now at peace...( at least for the time being, it is at peace)…

Hope to learn more things about this life as time passes so that they can help me in my future…coz mistakes are embarrassing when they happen, but years later we realize that sky is the limit, mistakes are ladder, experience (collection of mistakes) hard work, and sincerity are the steps, which leads us to success… we just have to climb it…

So here is Lesson No. 1 – Just Don't Expect !!!

We all have this common tendency to expect a lot from others … ya we do !!! Parents expect from their children, brothers from sisters, sisters from brothers, teachers from students, friends from friends, gf/bf from bf/gf blah blah…its a long long list actually. And this is the reason how we make our lives so complicated.

When it comes to one’s success, I do feel it’s important to have expectations from self. But when it comes to relations, I don’t think one should ever expect from anyone, not even from the closest ones. What I think that when we start expecting, we start thinking a lot. W e think a lot about almost everything or for that matter about nothing. And when it doesn't work the way we want, it pains, hurts...it hurts big time actually. It’s these expectations that kill you at the end.

It’s always easy to say "Don't Expect", but at the same time it is the toughest thing i.e. "Not to Expect"... Somehow I have made my mind that now onwards I simply won't expect anything from anyone, not even from the closest ones. I hope that life will be much smoother now.

Enjoy the life to the fullest and never forget that the Mantra i.e. "Just don't expect !!!"
Follow it and you will be the happiest person on this beautiful earth…

Cheers !!!

Nimit

Chak De India - Movie Review

2007-08-26T15:46:00.000+05:30

Probably this was first of SRK and Yashraj Films’ movie with no love-story, no romantic songs (just two theme songs which don't break the pace of the movie)., and SRK sporting a scruffy beard (Unlike Rahul or Raj !) – yes, I am talking about Chak De India… Hockey theme based Chak De is an underdog story, but the way its being picturized makes it something hat ke….

The story of the coach Kabir Khan, who seven years after he was falsely accused of throwing away the game, takes up the challenge of training the national women's hockey team has a well written screenplay with all the typical elements of a good sports film in place. The movie is all about the coach, 16 unknown girls (none of them is the leading lady from the industry !) from different states (having different lifestyles, interests, talking different languages), the national game hockey, and how they become the world champion. I am not SRK fan but no doubt, this movie wouldn't have been any good without SRK element in it. The way he acted, his dialogue delivery, body language and the way he expressed feelings through his eyes without saying even a single word was really amazing. Glad to see SRK in such mode after so many years ! And I cant give full credit to SRK by not mentioning about the 16 girls specially Komal Chautala, Vidya Sharma, Preeti Sabarwal, Balbir Kaur and Bindia Nayak…

Sometimes winning is everything. And this time, SRK and Yashraj Films were able to win my heart completely. Little emotion, little fun, some catfight, bit of conspiracy, controversy, and a whole lot of patriotism this is what Chak De is all about. Four out of five and thumbs up for director Shimit Amin's Chak De India.

Chak De !

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Some good dialogues : (http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/chak-de-india-dialogues/)

Har team mein sirf ek gunda ho sakta hai, aur is team mein gunda main hoon.
Goal to sabse zyada mere hi honge, mujhe ek launde ko dikhana hai.
Mujhe states ki naam na sunayie dethe hai, na dikhaie dete hai. Sirf ek mulk-a-naam sunayie detha hai, I-N-D-I-A.
War karna hai to mardo ki tarah aage se karo… Woh kya hai ki humari khel main chakke nahi hote!!
Pehli baar kisi gore ko tiranga (Indian Flag) leharate hue dekh raha hoon.
Sattar(70) Minute, sirf sattar min hai tumhare paas. Shayad yeh.. tumhare zindagi ke sab se… khaas sattar minute. Aaj tum aacha khelo ya bura khelo, yeh sattar minute tumhe zindagi bhar yaad rahegi. Tho kaise khelna hai.. aaj mein tumhe nahin bataunga.. Bas itna kahunga, ki jao aur yeh sattar minute jee bhar kar khelna.. kyunki iske baad aane wali zindagi main chahe kuch sahi ho ya na ho.. chahe kuch rahe ya na rahe.. haro ya jeeto..lekin yeh sattar minute.. tumse koi nahin cheen saktha, Kyunki mein jaantha hu ki aagar yeh sattar minute is team ka har player apne zindagi ki sabse badiya hockey khel gaya.. tho yeh satar min khuda bhi tumse vapas nahin maang saktha. (This is one of the best scenes from Chak De India. Just before the Hockey Final)

Bangalore Diaries

2007-08-12T14:57:00.000+05:30

Now I m back to IIT after 2 months of intern @ IBM Bangalore, classes started (Bunking too !!!), my comp isn't working and rite now m in Pico's room and writing this post...

Life in Bangalore was total fun...I reached thr wid cheenti on 13th may and joined jd, jhopdi, chiru and vibra (who were staying in Marathalli)...Had fun on the 1st day... nxt day I reported to the on boarding team of IBM @ hotel Grand Ashoka (nice place man and testy food !!)... thn i completed joining formalities... nxt day I was in my office and was introduced to the team and tht was the end of day 1 !!!

Nxt day I was in the office sharp @ 10 and again no work so i started utilizing this time to analyze the people arnd me, blogging, and some other hobbies... I was full of enthu, joy, hopes, dreams, excitement... and I left tht place wid lots of memories, confidence, experience, emotions, new frnds, and money !!!

My gtalk drafts folder is full of memories from Bangalore and makes my heart heavy as I list down my experiences and some CRAP activities that have given me quite a laughing moments:

The room in marathalli where I was staying wid my room mates, the 2 km walk daily to reach office (not including hours of bus journey/CAB), the feeling of swiping my access card to enter the restricted areas of ISL (India Software Labs), starting my day at work by logging onto Gmail and Orkut on my ThinkPad, Forming union of all intern junta and sharing the numerous experiences of college days with other interns, listening to the fundaes given by team members of USMi, the regular visits to the coffee machine and cafeteria, the demos and presentations, the team meetings at 3 PM every Wednesday, the cricket team, practise matches and an unforgettable match against DB2, then back to my room,

Ordering thaali widout rice and lassi @ Punjabi Tadka and those testy paranthas made by aunty(or Jhopdi ki didi :P), the frequent visits to the CD shops to rent some CDs (which included metro, cheeni kam, nehle pe dehla, sky high, spiderman 3, the persuit of happiness, mr. bean's holiday, ddlj, veer zara etc etc.) and listening to the songs of metro, aero smith, JBJ, JD's YO YO... Cracking infinite number of PJs after watching cheeni kam.. the theft (2 cell phones, and one MP3 player)...

Then those card games (least count, UNNO and many more) wid my room mates, discussion abt the day tht wasn't, abt girls, those phone calls... celebrating birthdays (musky, jd, cheenti, jhopdi)...vibra's acts... thsoe girl's hostels and lots more fun wid roomies.... The Coorg & Mysore visit, Forum, Garuda, MG Rd, and Bosch Labs trips...I miss them a lot !

The fights wid autowalas, buswalas... the nomencleture of people who influenced me and Varun which includes Ganpat, pari, sutta, bhaiyaa, didi, DOOD (not dude !), CC, Uncle, Aunty, 4:1, polo, Lukhkhe, Tharki...

IBM Innovation day (This is IBM's annual festival to showcase innovations, I designed some posters for it, and also we gave demo in it, Our Team won !!!)... and last but certainly not least the farewell party (and gifts !) given to us (me and Varun) by team USMi (I cant forget tht !!!)...

Thts it frm my side in Bangalore diaries and there are never enough words to express some feelings. I wish I could be back there :(

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Happy Frndship day

2007-08-05T10:17:00.000+05:30

Hi All...
This post is dedicated to all my frnds who stood beside me thru my thick and thin...who made me happy, laugh whnever i was low, sad and depressed.... its once in a life time opportunity to have a frnd like u...I admire and cherish our frndship and want it to last 4ever... thanks for being there...

Happy Frndship day...

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Himesh Rocks !!!!

2007-07-31T10:40:00.000+05:30

Jai Himesh !!

This post is dedicated to all Himesh Fans !!! Till now u might have heard abt things like Himesh caps, Himesh nasal singing talent, Himesh looks .... but in this post I am gonna tell u abt something which I am pretty sure u r unaware of... yeah I am talking abt Himesh Chat Style (i.e. Chatting in Typical Himesh Style....), which includes lyrics of his songs to express your feelings.... this innovative idea was invented by two of the Himesh Fans !!! (Anshuman and Arnab)... They are the founder of IIT Madras Himesh Fan Club (I am also the member of this club...and the no. of fans is increasing exponentially !!!)....So now onwards u can also chat in Typical Himesh Style... For more fundaes abt it please feel free to buzz me.....and here is the sample...

AnshumAn: Jai Himesh

arnab: dost .. kabhie online aa naah .. ya fir call kar .. kuch toh kar ..
"aye meri tamanna .. bin tere kabhie naah .. aaye mujhe sukooonn oooo" .. baaki tu complete kar de .. missin u a lot .. "koi shaq" ?

arnab: jab tak khudayee rahe .. mere dil me tera naam ... rahe-e-e-e-e (sung in sinusoidal voice) .. ALLH kare ..

AnshumAn: junooon junooon junooon junoooon ooooonnnn..... whats up.

arnab: feels good to celebrate god in tis way .. i dint even watch AAP KA SUROOR ,,, am dead lonely here .. bas ek hi labfz aata hai baar baar .. TANHAIIIYYYAA TANHAIIIIIIYYYYAA

AnshumAn: u are still wrong.... it is AAP KA SUROOR- THE MOVIEE, THE REAL LOVE STORY... such an irrepairable damage...... and u of all ppl.... i am so disappointed....

arnab: i am sorry .. i said AAP KA SUROOR .. please note the correction .. its AAP KA SUROOR - THE REAL LOVE STORY ...

arnab: ho jata hai galteeyan .. yahan gettin shit pained is liye .. why don u understand .. "kuch toh samjhon nah".. tere se baat karne ko itna mn karta hi .. aata hi nahi hai chat pe .. "kayee bar maine.. kehna yeh chaha.. magar kehna paaya anjuman.. "

Himesh Rocks....
Keep Chatting...

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Student Life V/S Professional Life

2007-07-04T16:15:00.000+05:30

I wanted to write on this topic since long back but could not write coz I did not have that much fundaes to write about Professional life (I had some ideas abt professional life based on the feedbacks from my seniors but wanted to have some personal experience, anyways now when I am interning at IBM B’lore so now I have some exposure to Professional life, therefore it’s the right time to write on this topic.. so here I go !!!) .

Lemme first start with glimpse of college life… College life is a really rocking in many sense like u start learning on ur own, understand the need of frnds in life, work independently, have some of the beautiful moments of ur life tht u wud like to cherish throughout ur life and the list goes on…

It starts with ragging session, then fundaes frm senior…One starts wid attending classes regularly but later bunking classes becomes habit…You have all those wonderful FRIDAY NITES and Parties which u r definitely gonna miss after college… You have times when u fight wid frnds and sometimes with outsiders and the frnds wid whom u fought come to help u…. times whn u have fight wid autowalas, watching movies (in multiplex as well as on computer (DC++ Rocks !!!) )… There are times whn u have crush on someone (same sex as well as opposite sex !!! )…times whn u fall in love and 24*7 u only think/ talk abt him/her…u share ur feeling wid ur frnds abt ur happening/ non-happening love life…also sometimes u feel frustrated (coz of problems in personal life, academic life, coz of frnds, and sometime even coz of the reasons tht u r not aware of….)…. You have all those wonderful matches where u are the part of the team inside as well as outside the ground … u cheer the team …Mugging just before the exams wid frnds and somehow manage to get decent grades… and the time just passes by frm sec. to min. to hrs. to weeks to months to semesters to yrs and thn u r done wid all ur courses and graduate frm the college wid some degree and jobs with awesome packages (not always !)…

And thn u enter the professional life where life is totally different frm ur college life.. Now u need to be more formal and more non-casual(in dress as well as in all general things)… u cant bunk office like u used to bunk classes… u cant treat ur manager/ mentor the same way u used to behave wid ur professors.. u cant crash in the office like u used to … u have to be there in the time, u cant ignore projects with impossible deadlines, cant delay the submission of the reports, cant make somebody to wait just coz u did not finish ur work… u cant be involved in all stupid (Actually I dont want to use this word) activities tht u used to (elections, events etc etc.) coz u don’t have much extra time, and sometimes significantly lower pay compared with relevant peer group in the market. The list goes on ….

… Well frm all the description tht I gave here abt professional like reflects tht professional life sucks but thts also not true coz if I stop here thn probably I wont be looking at the other side of the coin… Career benefits include protection, sponsorship (open doors to follow ur dreams), exposure (create opportunities for visibility), challenge (provide “stretch” assignments) and coaching (teach and provide task-related feedback). Psychosocial benefits typically include role modeling (demonstrating behaviors, attitudes and values appropriate in an organization’s context), counseling (to explore personal and professional dilemmas) and friendship (caring and sharing in ways to go beyond work requirements)….Also one gets exposure to the industrial world…. U get experience and a chance to show ur talent or the medium to implement the things tht u learned in the college (if u learned anything !!!!)…..also u get the idea abt the things tht are rapidly changing in the world… be it technology, IT, medical or any field.. u keep urself updated…. U gain lots of knowledge…. and apart frm all these u get money for the work tht u do !!! also u get the medium to follow/ chase ur dreams…. U can make ur future here and make ur life comfortable…. Its also true tht in professional life ur personal life is constrained and u become like a machine working frm 9-5( or even more thn tht !!!)….

By looking at the pros and cons of both student and professional life I can for sure say (Based on public opinion or may be I am biased (coz I am in college like IIT Madras )) tht Student Life Rocks !!!

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Life in a Metro: Movie Review

2007-07-03T10:05:00.001+05:30

So finally this weekend I watched Anurag Basu's "Life in a Metro".... must say its the best movie of the year... I thought I'll write review of this amazing movie... so without wasting time here I go...

Movie : Metro

Cast: Shilpa Shetty, Irrfan Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Konkona Sen Sharma, Kangana Ranaut, Shiney Ahuja, Dharmendra, Nafisa Ali, Sharman Joshi

Direction: Anurag Basu

It is one of the few superior films, which we've witnessed this year after Black Friday. It's a beautifully crafted movie, truly describing the "Life in a Metro". Director Anurag Basu's Metro is centered around nine-odd people in Mumbai, who're looking for love and a sense of belonging in the busy, crowded city of Mumbai. The way he has tied all the stories into one is simply amazing. It is an ideal example of great film making. Flawless direction, screenplay and awesome acting. These are the key ingredients of a great movie. And this is what I call a real star-studded movie.

Everyone has given the best performance. Sharman is great as a guy who wants to win the race of life, which has been very aptly summarized in a line he often uses.."I have come for a race and not a morning walk". Though Dharmendra and Nafisa part was unnecessarily stretched. Kudos to Konkona Sen - certainly one of the best actress in today's cinema (I am talking of acting) and how can I forget "Monty" our Irrfan Khan, dedicated and really nice work. Scene in the second half where Irrfan and Konkona are sitting by the sea after a shopping expedition. The manner in which Irrfan reacts when he finds out exactly why Konkona had rejected his proposal, and his subsequent attempt to set her up with a friend of his – it's a classic scene and the actors play it out remarkably.

Also the feelings of solitude, desperation, loneliness and joy that the characters feel in a bustling metro like Mumbai has been cinematized amazingly.

Classic music and just brilliant lyrics…Although It could have been done in the movie without the three hairballs popping up to clang guitars coz 1^st time it looks nice but later it only annoys.

The best movie of the year... A FIVE OUT OF FIVE MOVIE, WITHOUT A DOUBT...This metro is on right track !!!

Cheers !!!
Nimit

I Miss My School !!!!!!!

2007-06-28T13:26:00.000+05:30

My school …. VVS ......MERI JAAN ! nothing like it in the whole world !

I miss my school big time ! Come on...everyone does! Don’t tell me u don't miss ur school days...u have to b crazy to say NO ! I miss school like hell man !! i reeaaaaalllllly do...wish I could turn back time...but sadly I cant...so all that I can do right now is feel nostalgic :-)

ahhh...Amrit’s post reminded me of the good old days ! it makes me really senti...well, normally m not a very senti guy, but the moment I read tht post I knew I wanted to cry :-(

It reminded me of everything in school...the play grounds, the teachers, the school bus, the class rooms, the auditorium, the stair, the stage, the prayer...seemed like each n everything has a story to tell...everything reminds me of something or the other ! so many memories brought out in the mind in so little time...its just fabulous, the feeling is something I just cant describe...I'd give anything to go back in time...oh I simply love my school !

I could actually visualize everything happening in front of me ! it was all so clear ! the matches tht I played for school, plays in which I acted on school day, the pangaas that I had taken, all the khunnnas, all the screaming n shouting, all the cheating I had done in the exams, all that fun...everything was right there...right in front of me !

It seems saari yaadein taazaa ho gayi …. seems like everything happened just yesterday...WISH I could go back to school...back to the LIFE in school, back to the best place in the world....if only wishes came true, I'd be the happiest person on earth !!

There is soooo much to write ...so much to say, so much to express ….but words really cant express the feelings...I don't know what I am saying...I am too senti at the moment thinking about the past...makes me smile, makes me cry, make me laugh, makes me dance...its been just perfect...there's nothing I wanna change !!

All the years that I spent in the school were like some roller coaster ride...wish I could do it over n over again...love u my school n will always do so...my school is something which was, which is, n which always will b close to my heart !

I love my school...I love it more than anyone can imagine...more than words can express...more than anything else...

I MISS MY SCHOOL…. :(

Nimit

AVOID

2007-06-26T11:46:00.000+05:30

AVOID… yes ! this is my status msg on gtalk for past 10 days and these are the responses tht I got frm lots of people -

AVOID whom ??

AVOID what ??

Who is AVOIDing you ??

AVOID, WTF !!!

AVOID, wht is this dude ??

AVOID, wht does tht mean ??

Do u want me to AVOID u ??

Abe tujhe AVOID karna hai kya ??

And every time I replied “Please AVOID this question yaar !”

There was some story behind tht status msg (tht obviously I am not gonna write here) but whn I actually thought abt the word AVOID and the questions that I was asked, I came up wid something really interesting… well so here I go abt the stuffs to be AVOIDed and probably this is my ans to all the people out thr who asked me those wonderful questions and commented on AVOID….

AVOID the feelings of being avoided.

AVOID the life tht u don’t wanna live.

AVOID the things tht make u sad, depressed, low.

AVOID thinking too much abt the past and concentrate on the present.

AVIOD the negativity and let the positivism flow in.

AVOID the job/work tht u don’t wanna do or does not satisfy you.

AVOID the pollution and population explosion.

AVOID the stuffs like Cigarette, Booze and Dope.

AVOID the discrimination on the basis of caste, color, region, religion, poverty, language and sex.

AVOID the misunderstanding tht can ruin ur personal life, frndship, relationships.

AVOID the frnds and relatives who don’t trust u, always take u for granted, don’t care for u and betray u.

Last but certainly not least – if u don’t like my blog then

AVOID www.nimitj.blogspot.com :)

Cheers !!!

Nimit

Marketing Concepts !!!

2007-06-12T15:47:00.000+05:30

Professor explaining marketing concepts

1. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. "Marry me!" - That's Direct Marketing"

2. You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl.
One of your friends goes up to her and pointing at you says: "He's very rich. "Marry him." -That's Advertising"

3. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and get her telephone number. The next day, you call and say: "Hi, I'm very rich.
"Marry me - That's Telemarketing"

4. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour her a drink, you open the door (of the car) for her, pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and then say: "By the way, I'm rich. Will you "Marry Me?" - That's Public Relations

5. You're at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks up to you and says:"You are very rich! "Can you marry ! me?" - That's Brand Recognition

6. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" She gives you a nice hard slap on your face. - "That's Customer Feedback"

7. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and say: "I am very rich. Marry me!" And she introduces you to her husband. - "That's demand and supply gap"

8. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you say anything, another person come and tell her: "I'm rich. Will you marry me?" and she goes with him - "That's competition eating into your market share"

9. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to her and before you
say: "I'm rich, Marry me!" your wife arrives. - "That's restriction for entering new markets"

Coorg Trip- Chapter 1

2007-06-08T10:31:00.000+05:30

Well this post is dedicated to G8 (Group of 8 Jobless Guys who visited the Scotland of India bole to Coorg last weekend…)… members of G8 are Nimit (No need to introduce !), Pankaj (apna Pappi), Jatin (Musky Darling), Manish (JDP), Kailash (Chiru !), Satyakishore (Saampi), Sudarshan (Basanti) and Dheeraj (Bodo)…

(Thts G8 frm left to right --> Nimit, Basanti, Pappi, Jd, Saampi, Bodo, Chiru, Musky)

The plan to Coorg trip was not pre-decided… On 25/05/2007 @ 2300 hrs I was sleeping; Chiru, JD came and asked “Abe Coorg Chal Raha Hai Kya??”… and I said “sone de yaar !”… and then they said “chalna hai to bata, neeche gaadi wait kar rahi hai, 7 log chal rahe hain”… again I said “PACK !”… they said “ok.. teri marzi.. chal we r leaving …cya on Sunday !”… suddenly I realized tht they weren’t kidding (thts wht I thought earlier) and I shouted frm the 3^rd floor of the building (where we r staying) “Abe ruko main bhi aa raha hoon !”… This is how the journey started (late by 30 min.)… Well this was just the beginning of a Journey to Remember !… then we (Musky, Jd, Chiru and Myself) went to Forum to pick up Bodo and Saampi (who were thinking tht we would reach there at 3 am !!) thn left frm thr at 1 am… thn picked up Basanti (who was waiting somewhere else (not ar Garuda) and we were unable to find him, once we thought tht lets Pack him !)… Then went to IIM (just opposite to Honeywell Office in Bannerghatta) and picked Pappi (This guy stays at IIM and does not know where the Honeywell is !)…. Well this is how the G8 was formed and we were ready to leave the Bangalore City (in Peace for 2 days !) and Coorg was the next destination to Rock….. (Oops I just forgot to mention abt SBI ATMs in B’lore city … we cud not find even a single working SBI ATM !!!… Well wid some money in our pockets we left this city @ 3 am) …

Lemme also introduce u to our Driver Mr. Tilak (or The Killer, as named by JD)… TATA SUMO Gaadi No. KA 04 D 4782.. … Well Tilak sahib ki story yeh hai ki unki abhi nayi nayi shaadi (just 10 days !) hui hai and also according to him “Bhai main pichle 3 din se nahi soya hoon !!! and I will be leaving for my honeymoon on Monday just after our return to B’lore city…”…

So now we were on B’lore-Mysore highway… Sumo’s Speed is 90kmph… we were singing, gossiping abt intern life and thn some of us slept… suddenly we felt one Jerk and all of asked wht happened ! …. we said “Bhiayaa agar aapko neend aa rahi hai to thodi der so jao !” .. Tilak replied “No I am not feeling sleepy actually There were 3 dogs in front of the Sumo...” … we said ok fine… again after some 15 min. fe felt the same kinda Jerk… this time we said “plz so jao yaar… saamne CHAI wale ki dukan hai… CHAI pee lo and thoda rest kar lo”… this time he said “k… aap log piyo main thodi der so leta hoon !”… Each of us sipped some 2-3 cups of tea….then we got charged to Rock again !! … Now speed was 100 kmph… and time was arnd 4:30 in the morning…awesome breeze… and we were feeling very fresh and enthusiastic in this SEXY weather…. On the road saw some ducks and stopped the Sumo and clicked some pics… now we were outside Rajiv Gandhi National Park (@ 7:30 am)…. We were given some instruction like - don’t get our of ur car in the park, don’t throw plastic stuffs in the park etc etc…. well all we could find in park was – 2 elephants, some deer, one peacock, and some cocks .. thts it !! (probably all animals were aware of the fact tht G8 is coming so they were protecting themselves… )…. Hey how can I forget about one more thing that we saw there… well any guess ?? hmm… lemme tell you… it was a BABE (Yes Babe !!!) in pink dress … she was in another car and we tried to overtook tht car on the single lane road…. The driver of tht car was some Yo Man Types Cool Dude !!.. whn we overtook them he shouted at us (yes he did ! you must be thinking How dare he was !).. He said something to us in Kannada (none of us, except Tilak, knows kannada)… so whn he was shouting, G8 was busy looking at tht BABE….whn his lecture got over we all laughed at him and said “AAMA SAAR… KANNADA ILLE !!!”…. Cant write in words wht was his reaction on this !!

After some more traveling in the coffee estates we reached IRUPPU FALLS (@ 9:15 am)… finally Pappi and Me found some place to pose for the pics ! … It is believed tht Lakshmana shot an arrow into the Brahmagiri hills and brought into being river Lakshmanatirtha. The river descends perpendicularly into a great cataract known as the Iruppu Falls (I got this info frm Google)… Then Saampi gave us idea of tracking to reach the top of the fall…. All (except Basanti) were ready for this adventurous tracking (Coz it was written there à “DON’T CLIMB.. if found, will be punished !”)…We reached the top and we saw something and bodo commented “Yeh to fraud fall hai… saale artificially pani gira rahe hain !”…. Actually there were few pipes (which were actually placed there to collect the drinking water from the fall).. We clicked some pics there… and I left our FOOTPRINTS there by breaking that pipe !!… Now it started raining so we thought of pack this place b4 it rains heavily…

Hey wait b4 I pack this IRUPPU Chapter lemme tell u abt the interesting thing tht happened there… Yes it was interesting for all guys who were not the victim of LEACHES…well the MOST WANTED LEACHES LOVERS were bodo, jdp and saampi… so now this post is becoming too long so lemme finish this IRUPPU Falls Chapter by saying tht we saw some REAL BIG THINGS there !!!! (whts tht ???? ask personally !!!)

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Threes

2007-06-06T11:41:00.000+05:30

Last three things that happened to my computer in the past months :
1. Motherboard blew
2. Hard Disk Cupped
3. RAM cupped

Three Gratitudes :
1. I am grateful to be in IIT.
2. I am grateful to have the world’s best frnds in my life.
3. I am grateful to God for being Nimit Jain.

The last three places I visited for the 1st time :
1. Coorg
2. Bangalore
3. Mysore

Three things tht I started in past months :
1. Blogging
2. Reading Newspaper regularly
3. NON STOP talkative nature

Last three songs which I am listening to :

1. Prey for me brother (A. R. Rehman)
2. Alvida (Metro)
3. Baatein hawaein (Cheeni Kam)

Last three movies I saw :
1. Cheeni Kam
2. Mr. Bean’s Holiday
3. Bheja Fry

Three movies I would like to see again :

1. The pursuit of happiness

2. Teen Deewarein

3. Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi

Last Three people wid whom I had nice conversation (chat) :

1. Bulby

2. Shikha

3. Pranava

Three People, I miss not chatting wid them in past few days :

1. Roohi

2. Aman

3. Pallavi

Last Three people whom I sent mail :

1. Supreeta

2. Pranava

3. Shikha

Three things I wish would happen to me today :

1. Win some prize

2. Have a brainstorm about anything

3. Have something intelligent to blog about...

Cheers !!!

Nimit

GreenHouse kam, Green Zyada !!

2007-06-05T14:08:00.000+05:30

June 5th i.e. World Environment Day....

Today only I came to know abt this special day when I saw the news paper occupied by articles on Global Warming, World Environment Day, and all stuff related to environment, pollution etc etc. For more fundaes on this Special Day plz refer to today's newspaper or google !!

If that is the only thing then why am I writing this post ????

Well the reason is that it is strange how we discuss such an important issue only when Environment Day is around the corner. We need to understand that Global Warming cannot be handled in single day.

Go Green....

Cheers !!!
Nimit

NO Smoking/No Tobacoo...

2007-06-01T11:11:00.000+05:30

Well I am writing this post on World's No Smoking/ No Tobacco Day.... This post is dedicated to all my Smoker/ Non-Smoker Frnds... well i wont be writing anything in this post (coz I know even if I write anything abt QUIT SMOKING/ SAY NO TO TOBACOO, noone is gonna listen to me.. ).. so i will just give u some links tht will tell u tht Smoking Kills !!! (most of u already know this !) shayad yeh links aapke Dimag Ki Batti Jala De !!!

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/specialcoverage/2087465.cms

http://www.megalink.net/~dale/quitcigs.html

http://health.indiatimes.com/articleshow/305428.cms

http://www.gosmokefree.co.uk/

http://www.cpaaindia.org/activities/projects.htm

SAY NO TO SMOKING !!!
Cheers !!!
Nimit

Experience Speaks !

2007-05-30T11:29:00.000+05:30

Again one forwarded mail !
But seriously Experience Speaks ... coz Amrit (Blogging Expert) found the blog in 2 sec. which I was searching frm last 2 weeks !!!

So here is one more story---

Cheers !!!
Nimit
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Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owner tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him . He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something.

Instantly, the engine lurched into life. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer ........................ $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ............................ $ 9998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.

The Female Brain

2007-05-29T16:34:00.000+05:30

SHE...

2007-05-29T15:58:00.000+05:30

This story is not written by me… Last month I was browsing some blogs and read this one (this is also one of the post tht inspired me to start Blogging…) … It is rare that I read a long post, but this was absolutely brilliant !!! I enjoyed the simplicity of the writing, the way the author has put intense feelings into perfect words and loved the ending....well unfortunately I forgot the blog whr I read this but fortunately it was there in my gmail drafts so I edited this and here is the final post !!!

If anyone finds this post on some blog please send me the link, I wanna thank the author !

Cheers !!!
Nimit

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"The story below is in three parts. An attempt to explore the mind of a woman with conflicting emotions. Trapped in a loveless relationship and contemplating yet...another..."

She - I

“If u want to be kissed, it’s best to get kissed by someone who loves you”.

She thought as her mind went back in time…She met this guy a few months back on a trip and you know how it is when you feel that instant chemistry? Everything in her said she wanted him. Everything in her wanted him so bad; she felt she could settle for a no strings attached scene too. And so keen was she in him, she went back again to meet him. And she knew her instincts were right when they were in his car and she knew right then he wanted her just as bad. They flirted like school kids. He doing so was understandable; he’d finished school just a short while back but she on the other hand thought she had outgrown stuff like this. But she liked the whole stalling routine. She liked the growing anticipation in her. It made her feel alive again. It also alarmed her. There wasn’t a single moment when she didn’t hear her own voice in her head telling her how completely insane she was. Her voice kept echoing in her head telling her to stop this right there, right then. But she didn’t and neither did he.

How she wished they were some place else. How she wished they were in some other time. But there they were in his car. She in an unfamiliar city with a guy she’d met only once before. She loved the attention he showered on her. She forgot months of feeling pain over an incident that almost destroyed her marriage. Yet her voice kept telling her she was setting herself up for more pain. She’d grown enough in the past two years to know when a guy was interested in her just for sex and nothing more. And she knew all the attention she was getting was just a means to an end for him. But her mind, her heart and her body craved for more. Was it just lust or did she have any feelings for him? And then he kissed her. Her eyes closed. They kissed. She forgot all her doubts. The voice in her head was lost somewhere while she felt his hands caress her. Everything around her ceased to exist. She hadn’t felt like this in years and she didn’t want to let go of this feeling ever.

The dream crashed in an instant. When she looked into his eyes and saw the urgency in his want. She’d never made out in a car in a not so quiet neighborhood. And she heard him asking her if she knew a place they could go to get it over with. Reality hit her hard. Suddenly the voice in her head screamed louder than ever. Get out of the car. She looked for a sign to show that he cared at some level for her…cared for her and not just the thought of sex with her. She saw nothing but a growing sense of frustration in him and she knew she was stupid looking for something that she knew never existed in the first place. She felt a growing sense of anger in her at her silly childish notion. No kid his age would want an emotional involvement with a married woman.

She thought he sensed her discomfort and this time in his kiss she sensed something different? A sense of calming her down, a sense of finality and he smiled and said, “I’ll drop u back.”

She spent the last two days of her trip restless and confused. They never met again though they talked on the phone and she could sense he wasn’t keen on seeing her again and she wasn’t really sure if she felt relieved or disappointed. It’s been months since. Back home, she settled down to her regular life and pushed him out of her mind but she couldn’t help but think of him when she was alone and when she relived those moments in the car, she remembered his kisses. She had felt passion, want and even comfort. But not one kiss of love…of caring.

She wasn’t sure why she panicked the way she did. Even now there were times she wished she hadn’t hesitated so much and just gone ahead. She probably would never get a chance to be with him in a similar situation ever again. She wasn’t even sure if she regretted what she did…or didn’t do…

But then again she kept telling herself, if just kisses had her feeling so miserable, sex with him would surely have her feeling a million times worse. She still longed for that one kiss…of love.

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She - II

Months had passed since she heard from him and then out of the blue she got a call from her friend telling her he had been trying to reach her. Her heart raced. A multitude of conflicting emotions overwhelmed her. Just when she thought he had no effect on her. Just when she thought she had managed to erase him and his memories from her life. One call broke down her emotional resolve. One call had her picking up the phone and dialing out his number. One call had her feeling worse than ever.

Some where her heart smiled at the thought that he chose to remember her special day and she felt this alone could be the best gift ever! But he was quick to shatter that illusion.

Later she realized that he meant to call her friend for some work and that was when he learnt that it was her birthday. She felt stupid thinking he was actually thinking of her.

But what upset her was not the fact that he didn’t really think about her or she didn’t mean anything to him. What upset her was the way she still felt about him. How could she still harbor feelings for him? Knowing that he didn’t care and he never would. What upset her was that he assumed she felt the same way about him as he did for her.

And what did he feel for her? That was what hit her hard in the call. The way he suggested they get back together again. That she meet him and they spend the day and the night together. Not once did he say he missed her. Not once did he say he cared. Just the obvious suggestion that they had unfinished business to take care of. That he knew the kind of effect he had on her.

She thought to herself if she had set out the impression that she was someone who could have a relationship of convenience. Did she seem all about sex only? Did he not see through her act of, “I couldn’t care less”? Was she to blame for the whole thing? Did she honestly have real feelings for him?

Did she love him? How could she love someone knowing that he didn’t love her? How could she be in love with someone she hardly knew? No of course she didn't love him. This wasn't love. Then what was this? Why did she feel restless? Why did she want to be with him? What did she want from this? Why did she want?

Questions haunted her. Answers eluded her. Reality hurt her. Tears…Guilt…Yes finally, guilt engulfed her…

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She - III

She wasn’t sure about how she felt. No not about him but about herself! Every interaction with him confused her more. She knew what and how he felt about her. That reality didn’t stop her before and as each day progressed, it seemed like she was setting herself up for more pain. But the doubts and negative feelings seem to vanish when she heard his voice and the only feeling in her was that of want.

She wondered if “lust” was what was driving her mind or were there some real emotions like love and affection involved. She was sure she couldn’t have either of those for him. Yet her only physical contact had been months ago and a rather brief encounter. Brief yet so passionate and intense that the thought of that evening left her feeling numb and longing for his touch. His touch, his kiss, his lips and the feel of his hands on her body never left her head.

She spent quiet, lonely, restless afternoons with those feelings over and over again. Was she losing touch with reality around her? She did have her family to think about and in the eyes of the world; she was happy where she was. That’s the image she kept up. She knew that not many would understand her mind or the way she felt about him. She also knew that she couldn’t and she didn’t want to cause any pain to her family. She belonged here. She loved them.

Yet she couldn’t control her feelings for him. Such strong feelings frightened her at times. She found herself willing to take more risks and she found herself agreeing with him and submitting to him. She wanted to feel those feelings again. She wanted that thrill and that intense passion again. Sometimes everything else around her seemed to matter less. She wondered why she let herself succumb to these feelings. She found it funny how she sometimes had a strong urge to talk about it with someone else.

And that someone else was her husband. She wished she could confide in the man who at one time was her best friend and the first person she shared all her thoughts and feelings with but who after becoming husband, was the last person to know what was on her mind. And in this case, the one person who could and should never know what she was going through. The irony made her laugh. Yes, she wanted to laugh…she did only to break down and cry. The realization that no one would understand, the fear of being judged by people who mattered and the complete sense of loneliness made her cry.

After agonizing for days…weeks…months, she knew she had to make a choice. She had to get her life back. She picked up a paper and pen and sat to write her last note to him:

“I think I’ve been delusional long enough. I think I let you control my thoughts and emotions long enough. I think I’ve made a fool of myself long enough. It isn’t really fair to blame you for this. I knew that we had no where to go. I knew that I was just holding on to something…anything…maybe because I felt I had nothing else to make me feel the kind of feelings you made me feel. Fact is I still don’t have anything or anyone else but I think I’ve come to terms with us. I think you choose to indulge me. What exactly your reasons are, I don’t know.

I like to flatter myself and think that you do care for me at some level. But that’s not true is it? And that’s not the impression you set out either, is it? No, I’ve got just myself to blame and feel stupid about. It hurts. And it hurts more knowing I am responsible for this.

But now that I have convinced myself that I don’t and I won’t live with this need…this desire…this want for you, it’s only fair to tell this to you clearly. I’d hate to continue living with these feelings and not have the same reciprocated. I hate it now and I know I’ll hate it forever. Goodbyes have never made me happy…I don’t think it makes anyone feel any better but who knows sometimes good things come out of Goodbyes too.

That is why, I let go of my illusions, my dreams, and my fantasies. I let go of you…from this moment on….”

As she kept the pen aside, tears blurred her vision. A drop fell and smudged the writing on the paper.

But for the first time in days, she could see her future clearly. This wasn't the end. This was a new beginning.

- The End -

Tired of Hating ...

2007-05-25T15:35:00.000+05:30

Hate Expressing Myself (But still I am doing this for keeping others happy !).

Hate working just for the money.

Hate living someone else’s dream.

Hate if I do what I want to do and just leave.

Hate smiling just to keep everyone else happy.

Hate worrying about what’s gonna happen to me.

Hate worrying about what’s gonna happen to my family.

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Loneliness Kills Me !!!

2007-05-25T14:55:00.001+05:30

Shit man I'm feeling terribly lonely, working in a job I don’t want to do, living a life I don’t want to live, expressing my feelings which I don’t wanna express, dying a little everyday. I'm really busy (am I ??) and all that, but frankly speaking I'm so damn lonely !

I'm scared that I'll end up being such an emotional wreck that in the end I'll end up saying yes to any girl that my parents bring thinking that I can escape, and instead I'll be sucked further into the deep pit of loneliness and be beyond help !

I hate feeling like this…. Feeling Lonely and this loneliness is killing me… Somebody Please Help Me !!!

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Perfect Husband !

2007-05-25T11:34:00.000+05:30

Well I got this forwarded mail and thought of sharing it with all of you... hope you like it !

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Several men are in the changing room of a golf club. A mobile phone on
a bench rings and a man engages the hands free speaker-function and
began to talk.

Everyone else in the room stops to listen.

MAN: "Hello"

WOMAN: "Darling, it's me. Are you at the club?"

MAN: "Yes"

WOMAN: "I am at the shopping centre and found this beautiful leather
coat. It's only Rs.1,000. Is it OK if I buy it?"

MAN: "Sure,..go ahead if you like it that much."

WOMAN: "I also stopped by the Mercedes dealership and saw the new 2005
models. I saw one I really liked."

MAN: "How much?"

WOMAN: "Rs7,00,000"

MAN: "OK, but for that price I want it with all the options."

WOMAN: "Great! Oh, and one more thing ... The house I wanted last year
is back on the market. They're asking Rs.11,50,000"

MAN: "Well, then go ahead and give them an offer of 11,00,000. They
will probably take it. If not, we can go the extra 50 thousand. It
really
is a pretty good price."

WOMAN: "OK. I'll see you later! I love you so much!!"

MAN: "Bye! I love you, too."

The man hangs up. The other men in the changing room are staring at him
in astonishment, mouths agape.....

He smiles and asks:

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"Anyone knows who this mobile belongs to?" :))
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Cheers !!!
Nimit

Why I Started Blogging ???

2007-05-24T11:26:00.000+05:30

Hi all...
I am back after a short break !!

During these days i was busy working for IBM and hosting the show CYBERCAFE WITH NIMIT ;) ... and the most common question that people asked me was WHY I STARTED BLOGGIN ????

So this post is dedicated to all those people who are wondering suddenly What happened to me, Why I started Blogging and What happened to all my tall claims of never starting a blog…

A blog to me was the mechanism through which a large population of highly uncreative people could put psuede, act "cool" and bore the rest of the world on the webportal. Of course there were some who were interesting, intellectual and entertaining but on the whole it was more about putting psuede (thts wht even I am doin now !!!)

But all that changed over the past few days when I realized something terrible had started happening to me. Earlier I used to write 3 kinda posts on my desktop (and never shared them wid anyone): Personal posts, Technical GYAN and Philosophical GURUGIRI. From last few months I was a regular reader of posts on various blogging communities like Bloggers.com, Wordpress.com, Blogs @ CNN IBN, NDTV and I was so impressed that I thought I will start my own. But when I tried to post my articles on BLOG (where anyone can access ur posts and comment), I could not get myself to write beyond first few sentences, and I realized that my creativity (as well as any little writing skill I might have had till now) had reached its all time low.

And then my friend (???) told me something about writing being the only art that must be learnt by wrote. I decided on going back to keeping a diary, but then I thought that would turn into one of my starting-to-exercise-regularly attempts, not lasting longer than a week. So I thought, while I'm getting my daily (or at least weekly) writing practice, I might as well enlighten you poor, lost souls who seem to have very little to do at the moment, and are free to give some time to my BORING POSTS, with some GYAN and GURUGIRI that I have gained through the very enriching experiences I have had in my life.

Well, the main idea behind Blogging was, at least if I start blogging, I might have *some* amount of incentive to write a little better each day, also I can put some kind of breaks on my HELPING VERBS (!!!) (The less I speak, the less I use them !)….

LO HUM BHI SHURU HO GAYE MAAMU !

KEEP BLOGGING…

Cheers !!!
Nimit

mGinger.com

2007-05-23T13:19:00.000+05:30

I was going through today's TOI and came to know abt this website whr u get money to read Ads on ur Mobile (NICE IDEA !!!)... and i signed up for it so tht i can get some more money to make Calls to my frnds !!!

Why dont u also try this

Here is the formal description of the website...
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Hi,
mGinger.com pays you to read ads on your cellphone! These ads are only about your interests.
Not only that, you get to decide when you want these ads.
Based on my calculations I can easily make enough money to free up my cell phone bill.
Check it out...
http://www.mginger.com/index.jsp?inviteId=227070
See how much you can make. Have fun calculating...and sign up.
You will like it...

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Nimit to sip Koffee with Karan

2007-05-12T11:09:00.000+05:30

Yesterday I was watching KWC (koffee wid Karan) on youtube and then thought about the day when Karan is gonna interview yours truly..(you know whom I am talking about ! :).. so here we go...

Hi all... welcome to the show that needs no introduction ..yes of course I am talking abt “KWC”...today we have wid us The psycho, the freak, the lazybone, the schizoid, the duffer, the prodigy, the enigmatic soul, the maniac, the jester, the lunatic, the idiot, the "MAHAAN AATMA" WHO hates boring people and pointless conversations! Oh yes, I am talking about none other than Mr. Nimit Jain.. Nimit welcome to “KWC”... lets start our rapid fire round (for Coffee Hamper)...

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Birthplace: Kota
Eyes: Black
Hair color: Black
What is your zodiac sign: Pisces
Have you ever been in love: Yes
With Whom: No Comments!!! Coz now it does not matter ...
Is the glass half empty or half full ?: Half full !
A song(s) that describes yourself or that you can relate to: Will have to write one!
Are you a righty, a lefty or ambidextrous: Righty

***Have you Ever***

Broken the law: Yes and will continue to do so…
Ran away from home: Nahhh and will never do !
Cheated on a test: Yes many times but its not really called cheating ‘cause basically you’re “helping” friends, that’s it.
Had a medical emergency: Tons of them !
Saved your chat conversations: Yes !!

***Do you believe in... ***

Love at first sight: hmmm… woh kya hota hai !!!
God: Yes
Aliens: Of course, they’re all in my college!
Ghosts: Nah!
Horoscopes: If it is something good for me then YES else NO !
Hell: Is waiting for me to arrive!
Yourself: Of course... obviously a lot!

***Which is better? ***

In the car AC or open windows: AC in Chennai and Open Windows in B’lore
Pen or pencil: Both
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla with Chocolate Sauce
Coke or Pepsi: NONE
Deaf or blind: Blind.
Adidas, Nike or Reebok: Levi’s
Tall or short: Tall
TV or Radio: Computer with Internet

***What...***

Is the worst song you have ever heard: lots of them.. don’t rem now..
Is the best thing that happened to you today: I got your call for this interview.
What's the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning: Realized that it is possible to sleep for 10 more minutes.
What do you remember most about the past year: Frnds n EUPHORIA!
What's on your mouse pad?: I don’t use it !
What is the worst feeling in the world: No music to listen to/unrequited love.
What is the best feeling in the world: Being loved by the one whom you love.
What's under your bed: Blankets, sheets and some written stuff.
What is your favorite number: 3
What is on the walls in your room: Posters, Clock, Quotations.
What do You wear to bed: Tee and shorts
What are you wearing now? Tee and shorts

***Favorites...***

Game: Cricket, Footer, Hockey, Badminton, Soduko, Pac Man, Cue club,
Drink: Coffee, Slice, Juice
Sound: Raindrops falling on my window.
Smell: The whiff of soil damped with the first rain of the season.
Color: Blue.

***If...***

You could have any job you wanted what would it be: Journalist/ Media related
You could dye your hair any colour, what would it be: Black only
You could have a tattoo, what and where would it be: It would be one of a PINK FLOYD’s CD COVER and maybe on my arm or shoulder.
If you were to kill someone, which method would you use: Make him watch Some classic Indian movies like “PYARE MOHAN” and may be yours KANK :P

***DO you...?***

Get motion sickness? Nope
Get along with your parents? Yes
Do you consider yourself a good listener?: A very good listener!
Do you like to drive? Yes, love to.
Do you like to dance? Love to!!!!!!
Do you like to talk on the phone: Again LOVE to.
Do you have a (many) girl friend(s): hmmm... next question please :)

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Who is your biggest crush right now? : I’m not sure.
Who do you go to for advice?: Cant tell here.
Favourite quotes: List is long but ya I rem "I have never let my schooling interfere with my education." And "If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything."
Are you to shy to ask someone out?: Nope not really.

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Very well answered Nimit…So there we go...almost everything that I wanted to ask You.. if viewers have some more questions please do post in comments section.. I will try to get their ans frm our guest...
Cya nxt week wid some other gr8 personality.
tc gn

Friendships v/s Relationships

2007-05-10T23:55:00.000+05:30

Its funny how friendships don’t die; they just sort of fade away. And that’s hard – if it’s a relationship, closure comes with a break-up; what is the equivalent act when it comes to friends?

You have initial meetings, when u discover, like each other’s company and have fun. You have those long interesting conversations where you talk non stop for hours and can talk for more hours. You start missing his/her company when he/she is not around you. There are times when you can’t afford not to talk even for a single day. Things are easy going, and you are totally tension free (that you feel in a relationship). Now you start assuming that it’s so much easier to keep a frndship going on.

Soon you start to get the feeling that things are not the same anymore. The conversation seems forced, even untrue to an extent. Now you don’t like each other’s company, conversations. You don’t want to meet each other. Things are not as much fun as they used to be. You feel like you’re just another face in the crowd to that person. You bump in sometimes, exchange a few words. Earlier, those meeting meant something. Now, they are just failing attempts to keep the illusion of meaning going. Priorities change, people do too. And suddenly, you are no longer preferred company and priority.

It’s tough when it comes to friends, to define who wants what. Then several questions come to your mind. What are the reasons? Are they bored of you? Is it just a natural death of the frndship? Are you just blowing up things – did it mean so much to begin with? Maybe, you’ve become too different, too distant, and distinct or may be too strange for your frnds? Are you not more in their preferred company or priority list? Why it all happened? Was that your fault? What can you do? Can’t you be the same frnds again? How can you explain him/her?

There are many ways to kill a friend – betrayal, mistrust, distance, differences, misunderstanding, and dishonesty. But strangely, it’s when they die on their own that it’s the most painful…

Cheers !!!

Nimit

Shaastra 2007

2007-05-09T15:38:00.000+05:30

These are the posters designed by me for Shaastra 2007. Thanks to Amrit Vatsa for his suggestions and appreciation.

Concept/ Idea/ Funda -->
Shaastra --> Staircase to success/Sky (Opposite Sides of a coin)

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Quit Smoking !

2007-05-09T15:28:00.000+05:30

Comments !!!

2007-05-09T10:08:00.000+05:30

These were all the things people had said to me over the week when I changed my gtalk and orkut profile pic, some comments in general and some which I had said to random people, close friends, acquaintances etc...
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People said to me:

"You are looking cute in this pic"
"You are looking C*** in this pic"
"Macha please change your profile pic"
"What is this? You should go underground"
"You are such an a$$#*!@"
"F*** off!!"
"You seem to be lost"
"Is she your girl friend?"
"You are the best"
"I love you"
"You are emotionally vulnerable"
"You are very intelligent and smart"
"You are a smart fellow, you'll get my work done"
"You are one of the most important people I have met in my life"
"You have lost your brains"
"Will you stop abusing for heavens sake!!!!! I will not talk to you for a week"
"Tu sahi main Kameena hai"
"You bloody f******.....whats wrong with you?"
"You are very hard working"
"Have you started studying"
"I just said it, I didn't mean to hurt you"
"You are very creative"
"How do u get such C*** ideas??”
"You are GAWD"
"How do you manage to handle so many girls at a time?"
"You are stud!!"
"You are such a LOOSER man !!!"
"You are bloody sick, never thought u have such narrow minded mentality"
"Do u booze, smoke or dope ??"
"Stop passive smoking ... else dont come here again-- Doctor"

Things which I said:

"Bloody c***"
"Fu** off"
"You think I care?"
"I am missing you"
"AISA HI HOON MAIN !!!"
"I think I like her"
"I didn't really notice"
"I am not picking up this call, take it and tell her I am not around"
"Whatever!"
"I am sick of you correcting me whenever I abuse, just let me be"
"hmmmm…"
"Take Light"
"I am having a headache"
"You lied to me"
"I think I have a plan, it will surly work out"
"I am in a habit of winning"
"Shut Up!"
"I am not Stud, I am Stu(pi)d!!"

Sometime I think every second, every minute, every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year that goes by is as meaningless as the lines above......... so what am I actually doing???? Still discovering myself….

Cheers!!!
Nimit

HIGH Spirit

2007-05-09T10:03:00.000+05:30

Its always good to see people in HIGH Spirit ;)... but sometimes it can be dangerous too !!!
:)

A Complete Stud's Guide for Writing Poetry, Gazhals, Songs

2007-05-09T10:00:00.000+05:30

Step1: Get yourself to a quiet and isolated place.

Step2: Forget everything, just be yourself, feel peaceful and think about the things that have changed your life or have made an impact on your heart.

Step3: Choose the mood in which you wanna write and tune yourself in that mode.

Step4: Choose the line which you think is gonna be the most crucial one and is going to be the most important in terms of representation of your thoughts… preferably 1^st or last line.

Step5: Now start writing in your own style, keep check on rhymes, and put ideas that match rhyme schemes.

If you follow these basic rules of writing then I am cent percent sure that you will come up with some awesome creations in terms of poetry, gazhals, songs etc etc… And ya please don’t sue me if the above doesn't work :) ….. Keep writing…

Cheers !!!

Nimit

The Sem that Wasn't

2007-05-08T05:24:00.000+05:30

Now 6^th sem is officially over (still some assignments are remaining!! ).

Like every sem there were few things that I did in this sem and would like to remember throughout my life and there are things which I don’t wanna remember at all. The sem started on 2^nd January followed by registration on 4^th January. I had classes in all slots except C, R and T slots. 1^st week wasn’t that hectic in terms of classes, tutorials and assignments.

‘A’ slot was “Software Engineering” (by Prof. Kamakoti), which was as boring as BT101, ID110, ID120 and I still remember the quote by Kamakoti Sir - “The Only Interesting thing about SE is that its Boring!!!”. I strongly believe that it must be a self study course coz no one has enthu to attend the boring classes and the course content is easy enough to be understood directly from the text book “Software Engineering by Dr. Pankaj Jalote”. And ya how can I forget SE Lab under Kama and Ramkumar (as TA). No comments about this lab as grades of this lab are not out!!!

‘B’ slot was “Computer Networks” by Prof. Shankar, believe it or not he is the one of the most enthusiastic Prof. I've met in IIT and is even more enthusiastic than students. His teaching is excellent (again I recall this from the classes that I attended ;)) one more thing that I liked about him was his student friendly nature. Also had one Lab under him and after attending his 1^st lab class, first time in my IIT life, I took interest in my branch (CS) (although after that I hardly attended any lab class!!). But still all assignments were good enough to give you clear idea about computer networks (Some assignments are yet to be submitted !!!)

‘C’ slot was free for me.

‘D’ Slot was POC (“Principles of Communication” not Pirates of the Caribbean :D) by Prof. Hema Murthy. She is again an excellent Prof. with lots of knowledge and experience. The only thing that I dislike about her is that she expects a lot from students, I still remember her weekly tutorial classes and programming assignments. But seriously I enjoyed her teaching and learnt a lot from the subject (although my marks don’t tell the same story!!!)

‘E’ slot was “Computer Simulation” by Prof. C Rajendran. Excellent course because u need not attend classes ;) and one mid sem and one end sem examination. Also u can easily crack the exam if you study for say max 20 hours before exam!!!

‘F’ slot was “Cryptography and Networks Security” by Prof. S.V. Raghavan. Again a peace putting course. No pain in attendance and also u need to submit one term paper and one programming assignment for grading. The thing that I like about Prof. Raghavan is that he is very knowledgeable and experience holder, and knows how to get the work done by the students. Topic of my term paper was “IP Security” and I submitted a 7 page report, Viva was good and now anticipating a good grade in this course.

‘G’ slot was Minor i.e. “Ocean Technology”. Now do I need to say more about it ??? J

My self study course was “Soft Computing” under Prof. Sukhendu Das (My DDP guide) and was a well deserved self study course. Totally 5 guys were there in this course and were supposed to give one seminar each on the topic of self interest. Topic of my seminar was “Information Mining”. After my seminar Prof. commented “It was good, you tried to cover various mining aspects but where is Soft Computing, I thought the course is meant only for that !!!”. Also Harshal (for all who don’t know Harshal, he is the one who sleeps in every class) slept during my seminar also so one can imagine how interesting it was.

Also I got the summer internship in IBM B’lore (I got the offer letter on my birthday!!).

Other than all these academic things, other stuffs for which I will definitely miss include EMLs (this year we organized record breaking 19 EMLs), Saarang (Photography and Lec-Dem Coordinator), Elections (campaigning for Jhopdi and Lugai), GCU (specially interview with Prof. GS, Asif and Supreeta… now I am the hostel GCU coord for next academic year), QMS interview with Supreeta (Now I am the QMS coord for Shaastra 2007).

And ya of course how can I forget the blast that I had with my frnds, wing mates and seniors. Definitely I am gonna miss all passing out seniors and wish them all the best for their career.

This time we won gold in cycle race, silver in footer and bronze in Cricket and hockey. Also I started lots of new stuffs like poster designing, blogging, networking related to journalism and the list goes on ….

So after writing all this I can say that this sem I rocked man and may be will continue the trend in next sem as well!!!

Cheers !!!

Nimit

MotherBoard Cupped !! :(

2007-05-07T11:54:00.000+05:30

6/05/2005 ... What a GIB day for me… was working on the SDD of my SE project and motherboard cupped… Whatever I wrote was total waste… then tried to use my hard disk on Abhiram’s computer with Mortein’s help but that thing also did not work… finally thanks to Bunter, who helped me by applying Bunter’s Theory (even I don’t know wht it is !! ) and computer started working…then again I wrote some 16 odd pages of SDD and now writing this entry….

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Yahoo Unveils Instant Messaging Inside Web Browser

2007-05-07T11:28:00.000+05:30

Yahoo Unveils Instant Messaging Inside Web Browser, which can be accessed through any browser (IE, Mozilla, opera etc etc.). Looks are attracting, simple and cool !!! Also some of its features are really different from other browser embedded messengers.

Features include -

- Instant message with your Yahoo! and Windows LiveTM Messenger friends

- Anytime access to your contacts

- Available in multiple languages
- Yahoo Search Option
- Message history and chat in multiple tabs

The biggest advantage of this kind of service is that it can be accessed anywhere, no need to download YM on your machine and very useful in the institutes or companies where YM is blocked ;) ….

So keep Chatting and Go Yahoo !!!

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Status Message

2007-05-05T22:15:00.000+05:30

Status msg.. huhh... according to Wikipedia "A status message is a function of some instant messaging applications whereby a user may post a message that appears automatically to other users if they attempt to make contact."

The initial funda behind status msg was to reflect the status of the user (i.e. whether user is online/offline/idle) but now it has completely changed...Particularly among younger users, status messages are now one more field where they can put pseud.... Now a days this place is likely to contain a joke, song lyrics, or an adage instead of an actual description of where the user is. But actually it is more entertaining than the dry and uninteresting "I am away from my computer right now" which is a common default message on instant messaging clients...

Also now its kinda competition between frnds to put better status msg... so here are some of the very interesting status messages... (these are not my creations... these are actually the status messages of some of my frnds...)

User Name ---> Status message --> Category

Theory --> "I think i can get through CAT but i don't think i can get a girl friend !!! - Anuj" --> humorous

Rohit --> "Wine and women are God's greatest creations" – Ram Gopal Varma --> humorous

Mortein --> "Set Your Status Message Here" --> putting pseud

Ladoo --> "12 seconds in the Ladies toilet at the airport wondering why it looks different.... that must be the biggest blunder of the sem. And ya, there were people inside " --> Experience/ AAP BEETI

Jhopdi --> "End of yet another sem and yet another yr..its been one helluva rollercoaster ride...gained somethings and lost as well..learnt a lot..guess this is what life is abt." --> Philosophy

iitm.deepak --> "Finally PEACE in LIFE" --> Joy (Exams over !!)

Pratik Gupta --> "Classes, Attendance, Assignment, Reports, Project, Viva make your head go in a manner round-about. They say its tough getting in, try getting out." --> Own theory

Utsav Agrawal --> "Kabhie na sukoon aaya kabhie na karaar aaya ...endsem khatam hone kay baad bhi modeling asgn aaya :(( " --> Shayari

Vikas Dosala --> GOD said "Let there be light(lite)", I said "Lite ra maamaa" --> Humorous

Dasa --> "Farewell to my dear seniors.. will miss you all" --> Senti

Ankit Jain(CL) --> "another 2 weeks left" --> nostalgic

Pravin --> Three days and nights pursuit.No food. No rest.And no sign of our quarry, but what bare rock can tell..... There's something strange at work here. Some evil gives speed to these "Profs". Sets its will against us....EndSems...wat pain in the a$$:(( --> Frustration

Nimit Jain --> "Status Message, new post http://nimitj.blogspot.com/2007/05/status-message.html " --> Publicity

and the list goes on... !!! (may be in next post...)

Now what i m planning to do is that from now onwards i will publish the best status msg of the day in my blog and may be this can increase the viewer count of my blog... :)

Cheers !!!
Nimit

LIFE

2007-05-05T03:15:00.000+05:30

I was generally Googling and came to the page containing this pic. This pic describes the word LIFE completely...

Cheers !!!
Nimit

Lyrics -- In Dino, Rishtey

2007-05-05T02:55:00.000+05:30

I was listing to the song In Dino and Rishtey of the movie "Life In A Metro" ... wht a lyrics man... thanx to Roohi for suggesting these songs to me...

here are the lyrics...

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Lyrics of In Dino

In dino, dil mera, mujhse hai keh raha
Tu khaab saja, tu ji le jara
Hai tujhe bhi izaazat, karle tu bhi muhabbat

Berang si hai badi zindagi kuchh rang to bharoon
Main apani tanahaayi ke waaste abbb kuchh toh karoon
Jab mile thodi fursat, mujhse karle muhabbat
Hai tujhe bhi izaazat, karle tu bhi muhabbat

Usako chhupaakar main sabse kabhi le chaloon kahin door...
Aankhon ke pyaalon kse pita rahoon usake chehre ka noor
Iss jamaane se chhupakar, puri karloon main hasrat
Hai tujhe bhi izaazat, karle tu bhi muhabbat
In dino, dil mera, mujhse hai keh raha
Tu khaab saja, tu ji le jara
Hai tujhe bhi izaazat, karle tu bhi muhabbat...
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Lyrics of Rishtey

Ristey toh nahi rishton ki parchaayiyaan mile
Yeh kaisi bheed bass yahaan tanhaayiyaan mile

Ek chhat ke tale ajanabi ho jaate hai rishtey
Bistar pe chaadaro se chhup so jaate hai rishtey
Dhunde se bhi iname nahi darmaayiyaan mile
Yeh kaisi bheed hai bass yahaan tanahaayiyaan mile

Jisko bhi dekhiye woh adhura sa hai yahaan
Jaise kahin ho aur woh aadha rakha huwa
Ho jab jahaan jude wahi judaayiyaan mile
Yeh kaisi bheed bass yahaan tanhaayiyaan mile

Ristey toh nahi rishton ki parchaayiyaan mile
Yeh kaisi bheed bass yahaan tanhaayiyaan mile

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Cheers !!!
Nimit

RUN NIMIT RUN !!!

2007-05-05T02:32:00.000+05:30

Today I was literally running from one place to other, the race against time started in the morning at 4:30.. i started mugging for the exam then i went to mess(8:35-8:45), then examination hall (9-12pm)(when i entered the examination hall, the only thing in my mind was that 3 hrs more and 3rd yr will be over !!! )... then went to the dept. for corrections in my tutorials (12:15-12:30 pm).. followed by mess for the lunch (12:40-12:55pm)... Had a QMS meeting (1:00-3:30pm)... followed by GCU Meeting (3:30-4:30pm)... went to Gurunath, had some grub (4:40-5:00pm).. then to Harshal's room for SE assignment (I went there did some work then slept for 30 min..) (5:15-6:20pm)... came back to room for taking some rest but saw junta playing footer in the quadi and then i also joined them (6:20-7:15pm)... after tht took bath then went to SEE ROCK for dinner... (8-10 pm)... came back from there to room (10:30pm)... started working on SE Project... completed some part of the SDD (10:45-2am)... then opened my gmail account to create my own BLOG where I can put all this stuff :)...
Still i m running short of time...RUNNING TO ACHIEVE THE UNFULFILLED DREAMS...
RUN NIMIT RUN !!!
GO GO GO !!!

Cheers !!!
Nimit

The begining !!!

2007-05-05T02:18:00.000+05:30

I was thinking to start my blog for a long time but could not coz of some unavoidable reasons, anyways today i am free [as my exams got over, still some assignments are remaining.. :)] and dying to write something...Also there is a sayin "A good begining is half work done" so without westing more time lemme start BLOGGING... "LO HUM BHI SHURU HO GAYE MAAMU !!!"

Ladies and gentleman I welcome you to the Dangerous n Adventurous Zone of one and only Nimit Jain !!!
Keep watching this MASTI KI PATHSHALA and be ready to LOOSE CONTROL

ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!

Cheers !!!

Nimit

About Me

2005-12-29T12:30:00.004+05:30

Nimit Jain is Analyst by profession and Film-Maker by passion. Leadership and creativity is what defines him the best.

Nimit was Student General Secretary, IIT Madras for 2008-09, elected with record margin. He is a multifaceted event organizer and is armed with a strong background from student festivals and other activities back in IIT Madras. He was awarded with prestigious Motorola Prize for the best overall performance in Curricular and Co-curricular activities for the period 2004-09. He was one of the organizers of Chennai International Screenwriting Workshop, Global PAN-IIT 2008 conference, TEDxChennai, ExtraMural Lecture Series, JaagoRe Voting Campaign, 45th Convocation and Golden Jubilee Celebrations of IIT Madras to name a few. He was also the coordinator for various events at Shaastra (Annual Technical Festival, IIT Madras) and Saarang (Annual Cultural Festival, IIT Madras). Nimit has been an active participant in many television debates, discussions and stories on NDTV between 2007 and 2009.

He represented India at AIUYF 2008 in Australia based on his demonstrated interest in sustainability, leadership qualities and academic results. He also successfully completed the Vox Bandicoot training program on “Sustainability Leadership in 21st Century” in Sydney. You name it, he does it. Be it sports, film-making, cultural activities, social work, academics, editing or content writing. His interests are varied and he pursues them with a rigor.

According to him leadership is a synergy of humane skills to create the best. He is a firm believer of the fact that life is the greatest teacher and experiences are the best lessons. His ultimate goal in life is to evolve as a visionary who makes a difference.