Looking deep into the past,
I sometimes wonder why our ancestors had cast
The same people into different sections,
Their basic rights were full of dejections.
Greed took us in.
For gold, we butchered even our own kin.
Thus the seed that was sown,
Has now into a tree grown.
With all material comfort, our cistern overflows.
Yet to provide for the needy, we bleed through the nose.
When did man lose his noble nature?
When did he become so selfish and immature?
When did he leave the good way,
That God had devised one fine day.
To tread the path of thedemon king,
To act as his greatest agent in the act of sin.
Fellow men, I warn thee,
The path you follow is not a key,
To unlock the gates of content.
It merely misleads you, till with age you become bent.
Then will you find a door that will reveal,
The fire beyond, that will pull you into its veil.
My fellow men, I warn thee!
Be wary!
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A day in the life of a would be engineer
Hello, this is my first article as a blogger. Excuse me if i bore you in this article, but i have to get stuff out of my system.
I am a would be engineer in an elite institution in India. The night before the last i aimed to wake up at 6 in the morning, go for a jog, do some meditation and maybe revise some class notes before the day's lectures start. Engineers are supposed to be good at multitasking, so i thought i could probably manage it. Here's reality, this morning i woke up at 6, shut the alarm, went back to sleep, woke up again at 10 and cursed myself. I missed the two classes in the morning and the third was about to start. Since i had already missed the two classes in the morning, i might as well miss this one. I went for breakfast instead. They had idli-sambhar today-really awesome! I stuffed myself. I was feeling real good at this point. 15 minutes later i found out that there was a surprise test in the class i just bunked. I felt like throwing up now. But there was nothing that could be done now. The professor of that course was probably satan in disguise. He would'nt give me a makeup even if i suddenly contracted cancer right at that point. In the afternoon was our lab. I usually always looked forward to the labs. They tend to be much more fun than the boring lectures we have to endure everyday from 8-5. We have more lecture hours than the number of working hours in France. But, in any case i really wasn't looking forward to entring the academic building today. The day's start had been real bad. Iny case i went to the lab. Not going would have cost me more marks, something i couldn't afford to lose in my scrwed up academic state. And voila, i forgot to bring my report from my last lab session. I race back all the way to my hostel, which was incidentally uphill. By the time, i return with my lab manula and report i was drenched with sweat and huffing and puffing for my life. After washing myself up a bit, i tucked in my shirt and entered the lab. We start doing the experiment. I have a look at the circuit diagram on our manual and i felt like banging my head against the wall. Finally i got a hold on my nerves and calmed down enough to start connecting the circuit. I somehow complete the circuit after cutting my fingers twice on the sharp wires and having the lab-in charge correct my circuit umpteen times. By this time i was having a case of nerves again. I loeft my active apparatus to go talk to the instructor about a doubt i was having. Just then i heard a noise and a burning smell immediately followed. I ran back to my apparatus cursing my luck. I heaved a sigh of relief that the fault was not in my apparatus. The guy next to me burnt his transformer. I almost smiled with relief while the prof hollered at the poor chap. You must think that i am pretty sadistic, but really, thats the way it is here. Everyone feels a sense of exaltation when somebody else fails instead of themselves. Nobody reveals this fact but it happens all the time. The lab passed without any further incedent. The poor guy will have to shell out cash to fix the transformer.
I thought that i would start my studies today, or at least start work on that project that i have been thinking about for such a long time. Just as i was contemplating heading over to the library, i got a call. There was to be meeting of the an extracurricular club that i am a part of. I reached the meeting venue on time. The people slowly started trickling in 10 minutes after i had reached there. I was wishing that i had brought my i-pod. It finally started half an hour later. The meeting finished an hour later after we ha decided on our agenda for the next week. It was dinnertime now. Now you can categorize food in two ways- mess food and non-mes food. You do not want to taste the former. I had no option. After almost choking on something that looked like cabbages, I again headed out to the library. On the way i met some friends. They were not in a very sane state. I hung out with them a bit, for they wouldn't let me go. By the time they went away i was no longer in a mood to study. Furthermore, it was getting pretty late to start studying. I headed back to my room determined to go back to bed early. I opened up my laptop and started watching a movie. I was determined to stop watching the midway. Now, midway was where all the suspense and the best parts of the movie lay. I kept on promising myself to shut down the laptop in 10 minutes. The movie got over and it was already 1 AM by now. Time to sleep. Before going to bed, i promised myself that i'll wake up the following morning at 6, go for a jog, meditate, attend all the classes, start studying and also start work on that project that i have been putting on hold for quite some time now.
I am a would be engineer in an elite institution in India. The night before the last i aimed to wake up at 6 in the morning, go for a jog, do some meditation and maybe revise some class notes before the day's lectures start. Engineers are supposed to be good at multitasking, so i thought i could probably manage it. Here's reality, this morning i woke up at 6, shut the alarm, went back to sleep, woke up again at 10 and cursed myself. I missed the two classes in the morning and the third was about to start. Since i had already missed the two classes in the morning, i might as well miss this one. I went for breakfast instead. They had idli-sambhar today-really awesome! I stuffed myself. I was feeling real good at this point. 15 minutes later i found out that there was a surprise test in the class i just bunked. I felt like throwing up now. But there was nothing that could be done now. The professor of that course was probably satan in disguise. He would'nt give me a makeup even if i suddenly contracted cancer right at that point. In the afternoon was our lab. I usually always looked forward to the labs. They tend to be much more fun than the boring lectures we have to endure everyday from 8-5. We have more lecture hours than the number of working hours in France. But, in any case i really wasn't looking forward to entring the academic building today. The day's start had been real bad. Iny case i went to the lab. Not going would have cost me more marks, something i couldn't afford to lose in my scrwed up academic state. And voila, i forgot to bring my report from my last lab session. I race back all the way to my hostel, which was incidentally uphill. By the time, i return with my lab manula and report i was drenched with sweat and huffing and puffing for my life. After washing myself up a bit, i tucked in my shirt and entered the lab. We start doing the experiment. I have a look at the circuit diagram on our manual and i felt like banging my head against the wall. Finally i got a hold on my nerves and calmed down enough to start connecting the circuit. I somehow complete the circuit after cutting my fingers twice on the sharp wires and having the lab-in charge correct my circuit umpteen times. By this time i was having a case of nerves again. I loeft my active apparatus to go talk to the instructor about a doubt i was having. Just then i heard a noise and a burning smell immediately followed. I ran back to my apparatus cursing my luck. I heaved a sigh of relief that the fault was not in my apparatus. The guy next to me burnt his transformer. I almost smiled with relief while the prof hollered at the poor chap. You must think that i am pretty sadistic, but really, thats the way it is here. Everyone feels a sense of exaltation when somebody else fails instead of themselves. Nobody reveals this fact but it happens all the time. The lab passed without any further incedent. The poor guy will have to shell out cash to fix the transformer.
I thought that i would start my studies today, or at least start work on that project that i have been thinking about for such a long time. Just as i was contemplating heading over to the library, i got a call. There was to be meeting of the an extracurricular club that i am a part of. I reached the meeting venue on time. The people slowly started trickling in 10 minutes after i had reached there. I was wishing that i had brought my i-pod. It finally started half an hour later. The meeting finished an hour later after we ha decided on our agenda for the next week. It was dinnertime now. Now you can categorize food in two ways- mess food and non-mes food. You do not want to taste the former. I had no option. After almost choking on something that looked like cabbages, I again headed out to the library. On the way i met some friends. They were not in a very sane state. I hung out with them a bit, for they wouldn't let me go. By the time they went away i was no longer in a mood to study. Furthermore, it was getting pretty late to start studying. I headed back to my room determined to go back to bed early. I opened up my laptop and started watching a movie. I was determined to stop watching the midway. Now, midway was where all the suspense and the best parts of the movie lay. I kept on promising myself to shut down the laptop in 10 minutes. The movie got over and it was already 1 AM by now. Time to sleep. Before going to bed, i promised myself that i'll wake up the following morning at 6, go for a jog, meditate, attend all the classes, start studying and also start work on that project that i have been putting on hold for quite some time now.
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