Moview review "3 Idiots"

I had a rather worse week at office.Though the working days were reduced to 4(thanks to Christmas), my plight was augmented by the fact that the only thing which i did was preparing some use case document for an almost scrapped project.The temperature of Hyderabad(the place where i work) decreased dramatically to a 11-12 degrees in night making my commute back to home difficult.But what is my point in speaking all these things..??
Despite of all these advertises,i braved myself to go for the premier show(9.15 pm) of "3 idiots" in an already riots hits city.The movie because of its 1st run formalities made a late start of some 15-20 minutes.The movie lasted for slightly more than 3 hours and i made my way back to comfort zone(my house) only by 1.10 am.Having been sleep deprived, hunger stricken and fed with a hindi movie, i decided not to crash on my bed but rather write a review for the movie.There could be possibly 2 reasons i would dare so..The movie irritated the hell out of me or the movie was one which was never made before.But with the perfect Amir playing the lead of 'baba ranchardas',it was ensured the movie get the later future.
The movie was hilariously hilarious.No doubt a laughter riot.Right from the 1st scene where Madhavan enacts a heart attack to get the flight landed in emergency to the three actors lovingly kicking each other in the end sequence, the audience had the share of laughter.There were a few scenes where i laughed my heart out and wanted the scene to get over soon as i feared a laughter death.The movie was concrete(except for a dramatic 'bachha' delivery sequence).The movie did pass a Strong message.Almost every software engineer sitting there had a grim face when choices and listening to heart was mentioned in the movie.
As rumoured, the film was loosely based on 5 point someone.The scene where Sharman attempts a suicide, to barging in the Proff. or tormentor's cabin for question papers, the movie had it all.
Beautifully shot in Indian scenic excellence,the movie made me glued to the screen every second.My verdict, a must watch for people of every age, a repeat watch for me.After all once in ages one gets to watch a new genre, one which is incomparable and unmatchable to others.Flock in the theatre near you and do chant in the name of baba ranchardas.."all iz well".
As a song says ""Give me some sunshine..give me some rain...give me another chance...i wanna grow once again..!!!""..

The hues and cries:

Often misled by fact that every individual is different and comprises of different proportions of the essence of humanity, people do tend to hate each other.A country hating other one is primarily the most common one and is a feeling which is mostly cultivated and propagated by the virtue of the leaders they mostly look upon or follow.
My country INDIA is an weird example how derogatory humanism and being an human be.No matter how sacred life a person has led,there are people who a mere mention of his name(mostly the surname),his native place,complexion and accent tend to make a pre-conceived notion.And if you are an immigrant and represent from an area which is economically different or speak a different language,the notion is mostly negative one.
I have travelled across the length and breadth of the country and find is really amazing about how stupid my country men's geography is.My state which was carved out of a bigger state some ages back is still unknown to most of the people.And by the people i mean ones who hold bachelor's degree and live in a cosmopolitan culture.No matter the country's cricket team caption belongs to my state,still people seem to be unaware of its mere existence.No, am not hurt if people who represent the top 10% of highly educated ones have a poor geography,It's just that my individuality seems to get a whip.Apart from mentioning the name of my state,i have to give references too.
Long back when the state was created, it made no difference to us.My city is one of the most developed ones in the state and these developments do not even bother the people living in there as they are more concerned about the Steel Plant and its production.I was in class 10th when the partition happened.I don't remember anything special happening except watching the live broadcast of the swearing in ceremony on the national television for the new state.
9 years down the lane, when i have migrated out of the city to pursue my career i notice no changes when i travel back to my place once in 6-8 months.Except the vehicle number plates,(changed from BR to JH) and names of the state at all govt. installations(seems like someone has pressed Ctrl+F and used replace tab to change all Bihar texts to that of Jharkhand :))Oh,i forgot that some of the changes which took was L.N.Mittal ,the steel baron finally opting to move out of the state as he ran out of his patience to get the land which was promised to him some 5-6 years back.Even Bhushan steel made a U turn after its engineers were paraded around a village which charcoal painted faces.
The point which still remains is that the poor remains poor and the rich ones continue to be same.The only people to have benefited are ones of the likes of Madhu Koda who accumulated money to a tune Rs 1500 crores in his short stint as the CM of the state.Wow, this is what the politicians term as development,What they mean is their development ,not the state's.And people (both illiterate and educated illiterate) fail to understand the fact.
Am an immigrant in the state now which faces a similar situation and the common people is facing the brunt of a few people(politicians) vested interests.Am not pretty sure but 5-6 down the year when i visit my same underdeveloped state and tell people that i work in Telangana, am sure people will give a similar expression which i get here when i mention that am from Jharkhand.
Am not a preacher,neither a intellectual and nor a patriot.I deal in facts and statistics.I would be happiest person on the world if the newly formed state follow the path of development,but we all know what the truth is,the bitter truth.Somehow people know about the obvious future but are trying to evade it and making the future for themselves and their coming generations a pale one.Well..!! we are all adult and have a right to decide...!! and this is how we indian's decide..!!

Being Outsourced..!!

Well..i never knew what the word outsource meant until i became part of the industry..No i don't outsource anything,i work my asses off to outsource it finally to a third party.Outsourcing has been apparently a lucrative career where every who's and who can make it lest you are a total jerk.Irrespective to the other core IT companies(like microsoft,yahoo blah blah),these companies are not biased towards only the computer science grads,but welcome any grad which comes in their kitty.Kudos to these companies,more than 4-5 lakh youngsters in the country are part of these band-wagon and earn decently per month,raising the per capita income which has finally contributed generously towards the GDP(gross domestic product).No wonder why india economy has been progressing in incremental fashion,irrespective of what the trends are in western counterparts.Recently, the world bank came up with a statement that the Indian economy is speculated to grow at aggressive rate of 6-7%.These reports are highly motivating
and fuelling these thoughts was a lecture at TED india(which was held recently in Mysore,India) by the speaker Hans Rosling, medical researcher and data wizard,who speculated that the India economy if continued at the fashion it is growing now would surpass the economy of US by the year 2044.A sudden gush of adrenaline eh..!!..well that may be pretty true.We are on the way and may reach there soon.But the question is the country which has been known as the land of poor and impoverished,corrupt people would ever be able to handle the fact.And how would the western powers react after being dethroned from something,which they held for some centuries to a country of snake charmers?.Well the questions persists..
There are two perspective about Outsourcing.It depends on your frame of reference.The first view(or belief) has been described above and it generally a common view of the economists,laymen,prospective students of college(final year) who are desperately looking in for a job and for their parents who give this view points while talking to their kins.'No matter my son did not make it to IIT,he's landed up in a decent job and living a life of luxury',a statement which every IT professionals mum makes when quizzed by relatives and other Samaritans of the society.The word IT in the current context is synonymous with money,latest gadgets,babes
and more money.Probably, its the life every fun loving guy dreams of,a work which challenges his co called 'potential,talents and pays him accordingly'.Arguably,the best domain to hone your skills and prove what you are by your immense hard work.
But the reality is somewhat fuzzy and deviates a lot from the theoretical(or the 1st view) concept.I have been the part of the industry for more than a year .I still remember the pre-placement talks conducted by the company am working for now.The motivational speeches,intriguing round of interview making sure i was really buying their deals and offers,is still afresh in my memoirs.Though the company made me wait for a period of 8 months before making a call,the 23 days of training was indeed the best which i have seen in the company till now.The power-packed sessions about moulding yourself for a corporate career,etiquette's,ethics had set a bench mark deep within me.The fire which started with a fierce spark seems to have lost its momentum and is petty well on the path of being relinquished.My dreams and aspirations of making it big someday have become
subtle.
Unlike other associates(this is how we refer our colleagues),i made it to a project without spending much time on bench.Its been almost an year but the duration only made me estranged towards the industry.Rather than wishful thoughts;hostility,betrayal and uncompassionate feelings have infested my mind.The only positive thing the industry gave me an inspiration to write.Most of the days my 25-30 minutes walk back to my home from office is mixed with planning of vengeance from my supervisors and how to get better of them.Perhaps, the grossly paid executives find it easier to finish off their newspaper and pass on the stack of work to
the timid juniors who in order to show their pro activeness(foolishness) take up whatever comes their way.Ever since i got in a project in the revered company my thoughts have been vacillating between many alternate career choices.My ambitions ranged from Civil Services career to Management to entrepreneurship and finally to writing.I never stuck up to a future
plan for more than 2 months.However, one only thing remained common in the entire duration; my utter frustration and desperation to flee the company.I thought it was just my company which made me suffer but upon hearing a similar tale from a fiend working on
other software MNC,i realised how generic the issue was.Untouched my increments and promotions, people seem to be somehow plagued for doomsday.There's lot of discontent and aggression among the people working in IT sector,but they hardly make it appear.Any
incident (axing of employees) ever happens,people thank that it was not them and continue with their monotonous routine job.
I was surprised or rather startled to discover that i was being billed for some Rs 17000/- per day out of which just 600-700 bucks make it to my monthly payslip.This explains how billion dollar company comes in shape and how QoQ(quarter to quarter) profit comes by.The company calls its employees its assets but rename them as liabilities in troubled times.Is this what is a corporate ethics ?.I have had my share of woes and continue to suffer without any relief.The entire process it highly flawed and small issues are blown out of proportions as it is cascaded right from CEO to timid software engineers.Ya it creates a widespread employment and
generates revenues,but this trend does not seem to be far from where we brace ourselves to slavery again.Is a developed economy everything ? doesn't an individuals freedom,his pleasures matter ?.I know there's no point sitting back and escalating the issues as it comes back to you as a boomerang.Rather i have been making efforts to make my out of the menace, and bring a change to my already tormented life.A change for the good..!!

WHERE YOUR STAND LIES IN THE SAND

Wrote this long back for for a newspaper,but thanks to The Hindu,that it never saw the light..But here i am ,publishing it in my blog..


The writeup by the former IIM-B Director,Mr.N.S.Ramaswamy supporting and giving shape to the Government's proposed ,premeditated and unconventional step of increasing the seats in institutes of higher education stunned me.It ran a chill through my spine as i belong to a deemed university which already has an annual intake of more than 1000 students.Going by the quality of faculty position,i wonder what a further increased intake would lead to.
I am currently pursuing my B.Tech. from a deemed university in Tamil Nadu which offers a Bachelor's In Engg. degree to more than 1000 students every year.The intake is mixed(70% through the normalized merit system while the rest through the AIEEE exams).A deemed university is supposed to maintain a certain teacher is to student ratio.Thus for maintaining this proposed student to teacher ratio and thereby retaining the deemed university status, these private self aided colleges go for degraded quality of teachers who could be paid less.It leads to a severe decline of the quality of education given to the students.Even the 3rd year students(pre-final year) are handled by lectures with no experience at all.Fresh M.Tech students are recruited at low salaries for filling the post of lecturers.And frankly speaking this student to teacher ratio clause implemented By the UGC for Pvt. colleges do not help any cause.

According to Mr.Ramaswamy the institutes work for 180-200 days a year.Quite true sir.But the scenario in private colleges is such that even after a rigorous schedule for the students , the syllabus is rarely completed on times or sometimes is forcibly made to complete.The private colleges acquire a heavy infrastructure ( courtesy the money they shell out from the students) and this full fledged and ultra modern and advanced infrastructure serves as a compelling factor for new students.If the syllabus of these colleges are looked into ,one would be surprised to see that each and every aspect is duly covered and infact directly taken from that of IIT's.But the implementation of these syllabus is a totally different matter and there seems to be a lack of concern by the governing bodies for better and effective implementation of these rules.
Recently the chaos which swept the SIST and SRM deemed varsities was the outcome of over intake of students every year.Their increased intake violated the AICTE norms and this led to the ruling of AICTE against these universities.The result were catastrophic with widespread violence and rioting by the students.
Its quite true that certain corporates and philanthropists are interested in Higher Educational System(HES) but this may only lead to these institutes becoming a mere business houses.
I agree with the fact that Liberalization of the economy has benefited the middle class who now has enough money to be paid to the pvt. institutions.But it should be kept in mind that this is a hard earned money of the parents who sometimes mortgage their property for fulfilling their childrens dreams.But their dreams and pains suffered by the parents are hardly paid any heed by the concerned authorities.Its this liberalization and increased capacity of people which has been encouraging the management quotas and other back door seats( read it as seats only for the rich ).These pvt.institutes are no more temples of education("vidya ka mandir" as we used to refer them earlier) but have become mere business houses which knows only how to lure students in their trap and earn huge profits.They are totally devoid of the sense of imparting education as the prime necessity.
Its a hardcore fact that every penny spent on the student is extracted by the student's pocket itself.It would be surprising to to know that almost Rs. 80/- lecture is spent on an average by a B.tech. student.What you get in return is a poor and degraded quality of education.In addition to these fees extra fees such as development,student welfare fees makes the matters worse.
The concluding paragraph by Mr.Ramaswamy made be bite my nails where he said that freeing HES from govt. control and pvt. sector with concessions and incentives may one of the hopes.What we saw in SIST and SRM deemed varsities was the only result of such unwarranted freedom by AICTE.Further autonomy may lead to its misuse and gross violation of norms.
Hence the norms should be made more stringent and implemented more strictly.And it should be the duty of both the Central ans the State government to see that the rules are seriously followed.
Finally its my plea to the Govt. that increasing the seats is not a solution of helping the BCs.It would further lead to deterioration of the quality of education and bring in more candidates in the race for employment thereby increase the problem of joblessness which is quite prevalent in india.With a overall population of 1200 engg. colleges in India , increased intake would mean a two fold rise in engineers.And its a well known fact that its that quality not the quantity which matter.
So its my question to the Govt.,Mr.Ramaswamy and all the philanthropists who have been coming with their own solutions for this reservation menace is----
"Where lies your stand in the sand.......????"
Gaurav
at that time in 2nd year,B.Tech.

If i pulled it off...!!

There are times when u act like a weirdo and go on to the extent of making weird promises to urself which u later find as insane or relatively pretty funny.Well..!! these times come along in my life quite often.And i end up making promises to myself,the almighty god to ensure or propagate a belief that i might be bad earlier on but hereon i will be good,so do me good.

Contrary to other kids going school,mine was no fun and i cribbed all along my school days.My early morning prayer(which we were bound to do) was mainly intended to plee gods of every particular religion present to spare me off the evil acts that my teachers did indulge n(i.e. a note in diary,asking to bring parents to school).However, these were what we call an act of childishness,No matter how much i have grown,both physically and mentally these acts form a notional part of me and reminds me of my life,the passe life.

However as i grew and started to scribble my thoughts,initially on paper and thereafter on the digitised version,every promise of mine to self, intimated me to scribble it down if i pulled it off.Right from my phases at college when i went through a real low,to a long wait for the job and off late my dad's accident,i made a mind to write about it if it went the right way i.e. the way i wanted them to go.

People have strange ways of taking things in life and taking up life.This is the way i do.I feel my mind at ease,and comfortable when am at the tryst of words,like never before.Yeah, i agree life has ups and down and i did have seen various ups and few lows,but rather than sharing my piece of resilient mind, i prefer writing it down.It gives me a chance to come back later on look back where i went wrong or was proven wrong.For me,this is how it goes and this is how it has been..!!!

Unity in diversity....!! or is it the other way round..??

Unlike the majority of children in my country, i have had the affordability to study in a posh English medium school right from my nursery days.Despite of the mediocre earnings,my parents made sure that we siblings got the best of education.Way back when i was in primary school,a lesson in social sciences which dealt about the geography of country is still afresh in my memoirs.The phrase "Unity in diversity" was the underlying message of the chapter and concluded by conveying how united our country was despite of the differences which exists every 100m distance in the country.Contrary to what i read, i feel outraged and cheated for being imparted a lesson about the country whose mere existence seems to be at stake all courtesy to us or the adult community who vote some assh****s to power.

The teachings of Panchatantra is something which i always had in pseudo mind and keep coming to me when i saw people openly making a travesty of them.One of the stories did pass on message how unity provides strength and prosperity.Ya lots of people who never went to school might not have read that story but these stories form the bed time story of every other household,rich or poor.I can never buy the fact that the politicians who are spitting hatred towards people of other regions or demanding for separate state never heard of these stories.But if they know these stories and still perpetuate this belief ,then either my parents and my teachers played me fool all my childhood days or either we the voters are fool who voted them to power and let them preach this piece of crap.Even a dumbest of dumb person could easily tell which one's the correct.

I was shocked to hear that a politician which had a great youth following resorted to fast until death if his demands for a separate state was no met.His fans went on rampage and destroyed public property just to make sure the empty stomach of their leader is listened to.Amid all this chaos,destruction the leader realised how empty stomach gives nightmares in the day and shut up his drama.

Now my question is why do they want a separate state.To deteriorate the condition of already impoverished ones.Why cant they look how other divisions have proved utter failures.The state of Jharkhand carved out of Bihar led to wide spread corruption.Recently , one of the ex CM has been held with money laundering of amount to a tune Rs 2500 crores.When the adivasis died all over this son of a bitch went on compiling more money.This is just one of the examples.My opinion is pretty simple,unless the self consciousness of our leaders tide the other way round i.e. from self welfare to people welfare,nothing can change India,neither the rising sensex nor the bullish economy.

I agree changes are inevitable and is bound to happen.But one should always remember greater heights could be attained only when a change for the good happens and would place one at the pinnacle of success.