My Prerogative

Confessions OF A Strange Soul!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:52:00 +0000

A guy always believed in moving on in his life not remembering the things he has left while he has "moved on"! He always thought he would manage if he has to move through that same phase again, not knowing the game of LIFE ain't that easy ,simple to play !

He always knew that when his weaknesses would be revealed it won't be easy for anyone to accept them but still he was ready to take a chance !

But the Risk doesn't always pays you "GOOD".All his life he has tried to explain himself to the world.This time he thought things would be somewhat different.But thinking doesn't always pay you "GOOD".In his case it never Does!

He is heading no where..he is afraid of the sinking feeling he comes across with..This time its taking him away!

An Engineer

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:20:00 +0000

Its been 3.5 years of engineering.7 semesters,infinite number Exams,endless list of friends and millions of moments to cherish . The best part is that I am left with just 6 months and I will be Er.Ankur Luthra .This "Er." thing in front of name sounds cool.
This post is about some of the things i have learnt about Engineering during these days !

1. If you are good at drawing you surely gonna clear an Engineering exam.
2. The probability of you clearing an Engineering Exam increases with the number of sheets you fill up(no matter what crap you have scribble in it)
3. A good Handwriting always attracts good marks (So join Calligraphy classes if you think you havent got the marks you were expecting)
4. The golden rule of Engineering "If you are told to explain about a COW and you know nothing of it tie that COW to a TREE and start explaining the Tree"
5. "A good sleep before Exam"-->this facility is strictly prohibited for engineers .We study just a night before Exam !!
6. Bottom Up approach helps everywhere . I explain this argument of mine with an Example

Q : what does 2+2 equate to?
Ans :BSc student: 5
Bcom Student:22
Engineer: "ye bta do kiske equal prove karna hai..Ho jaega"[:P]

So the thing is Try from answer and you will eventually make it!

7. Worship "Google" and pray its server never goes down.Its the source of all the projects to be submitted.
8: Having a Bf/Gf may affect your performance (It may do wonders for you OR it may make you a stupid moron . The behavior of this statement varies according to people)
9:Bunk is the Fundamental Right of an Engineer.
10.Annual Fest preparations are meant for "Chance maaro" activities .So this is high time for you to show some talent.

I have a lot of such Universal Facts about Engineering Students.Would share them in upcoming posts. I would like to invite the readers to jot down anything special or interesting thing they feel about their stream.Do comment !

It happens only in India

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Well its been along time I visited my own blog..I was kinda stuck (rather I am ) with some engineering formalities. So taking some out of the mess I am back ..
To start with the post lemme wish all of you Happy New Year.Well lucky you that you are not busy in preparing for a semester exam when outside you can feel the fun and the enjoyment happening.Certainly takes me back in School Days .Leaving behind my half yearly sorrow let me
come to the point !
It didn't take me time to give a title to the post .Well if you are a regular follower (If not Start reading today ) you must be knowing how many problems i have With out Great Country "India".

So if you think this post is gonna be yet another "Ankur's" reflection about the "Poor" and "Messed Up" India you definitely need to give it a thought coz you are wrong !!
Finally I have found something to really cherish about my motherland.Its just the incident that happened to me 3 days back !!

I was coming back home and just then something went wrong with my bike and it stopped .I tried Black and blue to start it but in vain So i was pushing it and hoping that my house comes soon.The only thong i had in mind was that I have to push it all by myself and somehow reach home.I could see people passing me on their vehicles.It seemed that the smoke coming out it was laughing at my helpless state..

Many passed no one realized there was a poor soul pushing a 120kg demon on the road..Amongst those selfless and unaware herd was a Supportive soul who offered me help.. as i was walking the distance i saw a old couple going on LUNA(a 25 cc motorbike).As they passed me I could see the lady behind looking and me and the moment she looked at me she told something to her husband(I suppose) ..They were around 100 mts away then.

The old man stopped and saw me in need.He moved on .I was wondering why did he stop in the first place .I saw the person taking a U turn to go to his right lane(the other section of the road) and going against my direction . Just2 minutes after ,I saw the same person coming from behind .He stopped and I realized that he took those 2 extra U turns for me.ButWHy ?? Who am i to him ? I Was asking Myself this question and just then I heard a soft and a gentle voice saying "Beta kya hua"?(What happened son). I was like Nothing Sir just some problem with bike. he asked me if I needed Petrol I was like No sir thank u I will manage..He took a can he had in his hand and started popping out petrol from his Petrol Tank.I was shocked and surprised..This was weird to me..I didn't know him after all!

I asked him to stop just then and told him that i had enough of It.He was like ok fine He even offered to push my bike.I was like stunned.Why is a unknown person showing so mush interest in helping me ! after repeated offering and refusals (sounds like proposing to gal and the gal rejecting again and again :-P) i asked him what pushes him to help me. Ofcourse, i didn't mean to offend him .he was like"Tum hmare bete ki tara ho"(you are like our son") .Agr tumhari jaga hmara beta hota to tab bhi hum rukte na"(if it would have been our son in your place we would have stopped") !!I thanked him and said that i would help myself .I could see him not satisfied for not being able to help me.but somehow I managed !

Well I was feeling really good to see such kind of humanitarian souls who had love for others in today's time.. I Proudly say this "IT HAPPENS ONLY IN INDIA"!
You won't find any damn place in the world where a unknown would consider you his son just by seeing that You need help !!
Well yeah it May seem to be just another incident to anyone but being involved in it and looking at those helping eyes of the person i was bound to think more and more about it.. I would never forget that face for sure !!
Hats Off... I wish i was like them...!!

Hey i would like to invite the readers to tell me something they experienced which makes them feel that there is no place like India!
Do share your experiences..!

Good One

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:33:00 +0000

Found this poem written by An african guy on Google !! Man it says so much! have a look!

when i grow up i black
when i go in sun i black
when i born,i black
when i scared i black
when i sick i black
when i die i still black.

And you white fellow
when u born u pink
when u grow up , u white
when u go in sun,u red
when u cold ,u blue
when u scared,u yellow
when u sick ,u green
and when u die,u grey

and YOU calling me coloured?

side effects ---> 26/11

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:53:00 +0000

I don't feel good when i write this....We have been raped again!!

The last two days I was glued in front of my TV watching the whole Mumbai incident.It was really horrifying to know that Taj and Oberoi hotel were in the hands of some senseless and inhuman people aka terrorists.I think i need not explain much about the details about the incident..10 terrorists..more than 190 killed..many brave soldiers died..RDX ,guns, arms ,ammunition found..

I dont blame anyone for this..Actually this was to happen.because we certainly dont want to understand..Everytime they come to attack ,every time we condemn,every time we plan about a future course of action.every time a committee is set up..but nothing happens !! we are a country of wimps lets us accept that..there is no harm in accepting one's true self..Every time they attack its more deadly and more painful than the previous one...They blast more deeper ,more harder into our asses!!heck! Seems they want to show us..Really you are a bunch of 1 billion shameless craps..A handful of 10 terrorists can shake the whole 1 billion population..rather the whole world...wow such power !!
I certainly don't feel safe in my house.. any moment a terrorists gonna come..a blast on the door..and damn i am a hostage!!
I am certainly least hopeful about the situation improving..I see myself bugging my damn mind over another such incident some two months later..i wish i never had to..but when i hear statments like "bade shehro mein ek aadhi ghtnae ho jati hai " from the hon'ble minister i become skeptical !!

Really Enough is Enough..its time for us to stand.. "Together We can" certainly we can !!
don't let those sacrifices go like that.. We have suffered a lot.Let us show that this country will cut that hand when it points at us..!! If those wimps calling themselves the well wishers of the nation,if those men of promises are only concerned with their dirty politics cant do anything let us take the initiative!!

I just have to say:

Mr terrorist I Am alive now what will you do
Mr minister I am alive despite of you
I am an INDIAN!!

As i end this post i search for some courage and inspiration and i remember these lines by Rabindra Nath Tagore:

Where the mind is without fear and the head held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening thought and action;
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

Salute to all those real heroes who died in this unfortunate incident..You really are true sons of this motherland.I wish i was so lucky !!

Jai Hind!

Enough Is Enough!!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:29:00 +0000

Well i came across a really wonderful video on Youtube and thought of sharing it !!

http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=FmJccJW_t0w

Screw them or what

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:50:00 +0000

I was reading some one's blog few days back where the author asked a very Interesting question!
It went like-->"What would u do with a person who screwed u badly somewhere in your life ...Let him go? or screw him even badly so that he comes to know..how does it feel"??
Well i thought a lot about it..and felt like including it in one of my posts!
After so much of thinking i don't really seem to conclude it !!

If I have to instantly give the answer it would be..."**** that Bastard" Pardon my language ..but i feel like that!!

But on second thoughts i think i would let them go.why should i do what they did..After all i am not Them !! I don't want to go to their levels ..I am not that down market!

There have been many people who have screwed me (badly), they know they are screwing me..and i know i am being screwed but still most of the times i go by second thought of mine.

I have people who would call me only when they need some kind of help ,who would say good words in front of me and curse me badly behind my back,who would make silly and unbelievable reasons for not being able to help me ..but i don't react to them.Rather i laugh at them for being so stupid and illogical.
Man life is too short to hate anyone!!
I am no one actually to teach someone a lesson..rather by being quiet i analyze how cheap and mean people could be..Thats my way of handling people..
But seriously u need to be very positive and patient if u want to go this way.People gonna think you are weak but u just need to think "If being wise is being weak,I am the weakest person".atleast i think like that!
I have found myself in very strange situations too owing to this thinking of mine so i have breached this "Analytical" conduct of mine many a times...After all i am a human too..I cant take all the humiliation and injustice to me..after all the most imp thing to me Is "ME".So i have been impulsive many a times..I have been too Rude to people many a times.I have overreacted to many things many a times..So its just that i am always in search of some kind of a balance in my theories..
Lets c !

well i would like to hear from all the readers what they feel about the topic.What would u do ??

Finally..

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:26:00 +0000

I am done with my training viva.submitted the so called "Live Project " i worked on!! well it feels very good to have worked on something very sincerely..I don't remember anything done by me worth "creative" in my life.May be this is the first time i have done something like this. I always knew i could but its just that the wayward attitude that I possess .i never let myself do any kind of hard work .This time too i would have let things go like that only.Just that something happened in between..May be i got the time to think about myself .I remembered all the things people said to me "about me"..So keeping all the useless things aside .i thought of giving myself a chance..I bet it was very hard to concentrate and keep the spirits high during the whole process of making the project but now in the end i feel it was worth it!!
Actually its really not that big thing to boast about.. The thing is my website is all set to rock the World Wide Web !! Actually it's not my website .Its company's website .I call it mine because i played a crucial part in "THE MAKING" of thebrainhub.com !!
I worked on a module "Online testing" .The sad thing is that its open for the company people only .So others cant login and test the module.. But i really need some suggestions and feedbacks regarding the website..!! Atleast have a say on the home page.. !!!
I used asp.net & C# + a lil bit of javascript !! Do tell me some ways of making the website more attaractive and more useful!!!

P.S.:: This is the most basic version of the website (bole to alpha version).work is on progress.So u may find some links not working or not loading properly !!

Hats off to the great Man !!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:38:00 +0000

Anil Kumble is without doubt India's greatest spinner of all time - not only in terms of wickets but also by being a member of the winning team on more occasions than any other bowler in the history of Indian cricket. Be it Test matches or ODIs, Kumble has always been a match-winner. If in Test matches he is a no-nonsense wicket-taking bowler, in ODIs, he can attack and contain at will. Quiet, precise, ruthless - Kumble goes about his business of demolishing the opposition with clinical efficiency, based on the simple principles of line and length, and the desire to make the batsman play every ball. This post of mine is hence dedicated to the greatest match winner India has ever produced !! Just five days back I was expecting that the King of Ferozshah Kotla,Delhi would show the magic with his fingers again and we will be 2-0 up against the Aussies.But unluckily he got Injured while fielding.But I was really amazed to see him back on the ground even though he had a surgery on his left hand just a day back and then too he took the catch of Mitchell Johnson,his 619th prey running 20 yards back with 11 stitches on a finger in his lest hand,
It reminded me of the test match in West Indies when he got hit on the jaw and got badly injured.Then too he came out (with his head wrapped) and got Brian Lara out LBW!!
True Sportsman !! Hats off to u sir !!

Not to forget the TEN wicket haul against Pakistan on the same ground he decided to retire !! He is the second bowler to achieve that feat !!
He carried himself with Grace,Poise and Humility with dignity, which is found in people who have depth.
Well there is a connection b/w Anil Kumble and me.. Both of US are Engineers :P !! Jokes apart Truly a legend .His stats say it all !!

Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	132	173	32	2506	110*	17.77	6455	38.82	1	5	302	9	60
ODIs	271	136	47	938	26	10.53	1536	61.06	0	0	57	6	85
First-class	244	318	61	5572	154*	21.68			7	17			120
List A	380	203	73	1456	30*	11.20			0	0			122
Twenty20	12	6	3	21	8	7.00	24	87.50	0	0	1	0	4

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	132	236	40850	18355	619	10/74	14/149	29.65	2.69	65.9	31	35	8
ODIs	271	265	14496	10412	337	6/12	6/12	30.89	4.30	43.0	8	2	0
First-class	244		66931	29347	1136	10/74		25.83	2.63	58.9		72	19
List A	380		20247	14178	514	6/12	6/12	27.58	4.20	39.3	14	3	0
Twenty20	12	12	277	350	11	3/14	3/14	31.81	7.58	25.1	0	0	0

Thank you Sir for all the entertainment you have provided to all the Cricket Fans.
You have been a great ambassador of the country. We surely gonna miss you!!

I dont want to......

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 08:21:00 +0000

1) I don't want to Die in a Bomb Blast.
2) I don't want to be in a Country where I will have to die in A fake encounter with police If i Speak against injustice or any atrocity !!
3)I don't want to be in a Country where I can't get admission into a good college because I don't belong to any backward caste!
4) I don't want to be in a Country where I am scared of being caught by police If I am A MUSLIM
5)I don't want to be in a Country where I am scared of being burnt because I am A CHRISTIAN
6) I don't want to be in a Country where I am scared of celebrating Valentine's day,Christmas,Mother Day,Father's Day because being a HINDU I am prone to be beaten By a SHIV SAINIK !!
7) I don't want to be in a Country where I am thought of as someone belonging to MINORITY QUOTA because I am A SIKH
8) I don't want to be in a Country which boasts itself of being the Biggest Democracy and still the people are the biggest slaves of politics,injustice and hypocrisy !
9)I don't want to be in a Country where I know I won't get justice from the court while I am living.
10)I don't want to live in a country wherein I am thought of as a citizen of the northern Part of the Country and not of the country

I don't want to live in........!!!!!!!!?????

its not me !!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:56:00 +0000

Hah..i think i really need a break ..Need some amendments in my way of living.. I definitely need to mend my ways !!
I don't know why am i taking the things in a wrong a way!! I need not over react!! Its really kool to see things changing !! Its just that I need to Grow up and accept the truth !! It makes me sad but then it makes someone else happy.. and i Am always happy to see others satisfied !!!

Hell, why do i think like dat..do hell with others.the most important thing is Me..why do i feel content by seeing others happy while i am pissed off owing to some act of theirs ..I need to be more selfish i guess !!

But then I can't change :( .. i can't be selfish.. Why me GOd ??? :(( !!
but yeah no one is to be blamed here.. everyone is right on his part and i feel thats the best way i can accept the things!

With Heavy heart
Ciao !

Jaago re !!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:49:00 +0000

I dont care if you are a super cool Stud or a techno crap ..Whatever may be the case you have a responsibility towards your nation.. SO wake UP !!

Visit JAAGO RE

For god's sake forget Orkut and facebook for 5 minutes..Register yourself at www.jaagore.com Your vote means a lot to the nation!!

Better Wake or it will be too late

Golden temple..A Sparkling Monument !!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:53:00 +0000

So its the festive season going on here and most of the people in India are busy Shopping or enjoying themselves at home.Its Diwali Time fellas !!

I had a break from my regular schedule some days back .It was time for some expedition with my family. I remember last time i went somewhere with my family was nearly 5 years ago..
Actually we planned to go to Vaishno Devi and Amritsar.. I have been to Vaishno Devi a lot of times but i had never been to Amritsar or more specifically The Golden Temple !! So I Was very much excited about my visit.I had heard a lot about the beauty of the Golden Temple. So i always wished to see it.My desire came true this time .

As i stepped out of the vehicle I could see the outside of the Harmandir Sahib (The Golden Temple)..It was lit up beautifully.As i moved down the stairs from the main entrance i could see the great monument shining ..It filled my eyes with amazement..hell It is beautiful.There were many people around but still calmness persisted.It was really a nice feeling.
It is a place of both stupendous beauty and sublime peacefulness. Originally a small lake in the midst of a quiet forest, the site has been a meditation retreat for wandering mendicants and sages since deep antiquity.
The shining façade of this graceful gurudwara is accentuated not only by hundreds lights but by the faith and devotion it commands from its followers, many of whom are not even of the Sikh faith.
The airwaves are dominated by the sweet sounds of gurbani, the Sikhs hymns.
There is a sarovar right in between and the people can be seen sitting besides the edge in peace and enjoying the warmth and the peace that is present there !! Bathing in the Amrit Sarovar is of course an ancient tradition. The water is believed to have healing powers and so draws the sick and the ailing from all faiths.
The streets around the complex are dotted with many gurudwaras and spots of historical interest. The temple is situated in the oldest area of the city, abutted by ancient, crowded bazaars dotted with elderly historical buildings.
may be this was the only religious place which i didn't want to leave . !!
I regret of not having visited it Earlier!!

Satnaam waheguru !!

Britney ---oops she Did it again

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:19:00 +0000

I must confess i just love Britney Spears. She was my First Crush and she continues to invade my heart !! well she is hot,she is bold ,she is beautiful..needless to say
her music is awesome !!

just watched the newly launched song .."Womanizer"!! she looks as fit, as good as ever.. !!

She has been through bad times but still she manages to produce such a sizzling act.!!
U simply rock Britney !!
Thumbs Up to womanizer..!!!

A funny LAb report !!!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:46:00 +0000

This is gonna be my first post from my respected college's lab!! rather my first one from the newly installed Wifi system here !!

I am sitting idle for the last 45 minutes..got nothing to do ..just looking out for some constructive kinda work !!

hah...orkut is banned here...[:(]..I can use a proxy to access that but the teacher is sitting in front of me and if he sees me passing time on orkut he's gonna throw me out of the lab...hey hey ..i am not concerned at all about that..the thing that matters is attendance. Man,I am gonna loose 3 precious and hard earned attendance [:P]!!
The activities In comp LAB-4 at 10.25 IST ,DOON valley COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH,KArnal::
1. Ahh...every second girl is accessing 160by2.com!! don know whom are they sending those private messages ;)!
2. There is a person using that laptop and it is making intersting noises ..!!Hell his lappy isfull of viruses !!
3. a "couple" is constantly changing seats !!.(may be looking for a secluded place :P)
4. well yeah there are people who are doing respectable work too...reading news...seems they have found the "news" option on google just now !!
5. hey hey ..the couple is into heavy discussions :P...future planning u know !!
6.Are wah...bandi has opened shaadi.com website and is looking for some suitable matches :D !!
7. A friend is gazing continuosly at the screen and looking at the Win Xp wallpaper !! deep thoughts han !! ;)
8. heavy yawns in a series from 4 persons !!
9. and i am endlessly gazing here and there for some Spicy NEWS..I bet..i look like a fool now :P!!
10. hey hey... SEEms the couple is gonna break up soon.."full naraz hai bandi"... so its time for me to enter to consolidate the girl !! :P..man i love this moment!! :P
So then me going for a "chance pe Dance " break :P!!! cya all soon...keep commenting !!

P.S. This event was done with the help of another mischievious element (like me ofcourse) named Shruti !! hell she always supports me !

formality ends reality starts!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:58:00 +0000

I am back on my normal schedule..(wake up at 6..sleep again at 6.15 ..again awake up at 7 and disable the alarm on 7.05 and then finally wake up at 8).

the last three days I had sessionals..another brutal way of harassing the technical craps of the country ..bole to "We The engineers!!".
As far as i can guess i would have given more than 150 exams upto my third year... 150 In three years is a huge number man..
I remember once my maths teacher scolded me for not giving the test on Integration and told me that test is for your benefit..More u give test more u know where You stand..!! he convinced me that time..bUt abhi to i feel "it was the most untrue thing i have ever heard " !! i have a valid justification for that..

In a semester we have 3 sessionals for a subject plus a semester exam..ab uske baad b pta lage ki kch aata jata nai to definitely u feel pissed off !!I remember the last xam I gave It was of SPM---s/w project management..!! opened the at 6.30 in the morning read upto 8..and went to give the ppr..!! Likha sab bakvas hai ..and i know i m gonna get atleast 65 %..so its like worth not studyng !!chalo i accept my fault here..ki padho b nai aur system ko galian nikalo... !! but no one asks kyu nai pda!!

i never understand the justification behind including subjects like Compiler design ,environment studies..Bio tech..in the degree..Degree ka main purpose hai job..And noone is gonna ask me the digestive System there.. !! ab bolo ki being a engg u should be versatile as far as your knowledge is concerned..!!
thts fine i am ready to study the excretory system too:P..but atleast gimme a subject that is attractive and interesting enough !! well all i know is i have to consult a topic from 5 books+ google it..and cram it ..The next day execute the print statement on the exam paper..!!
we have the so called practical exams where the paper is attempted on the mercy of Pen drives .. No one pays attention to practical work..
even if you start doing something on your own you are pronounced as "extra sanki" banda of your class !!
The thing is the whole engg culture is piece of crap !! Engineering disciple has become more of a business ..College focus on quantity and not quality..Companies take engg in bulk and then throw them in bulk !!

Money wasted,...energy wasted and most of all 4 precious years wasted.. !!

Mere desh ki kahani!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000

so writing something about the topic u feel about is really a great feeling so i am back on my Favorite TOpic--MY poor Country!!!
i feel very ashamed to write it as a poor country .i sometimes wonder how is this country still running and yeah it didn't take me long to realize "ITS JUGAAD"!!
I think about we the people and suddenly i am into my world of dreams where i see us living like animals ..and yet we think this place a heaven..!!
I proudly said once " i am Proud to be an Indian"..!! did u notice that i wrote i said it once..No more know..i cant keep myself in to some kind of a disbelief of ..nor i want to demonstrate that false and untrue patriotism...!! Its just that i feel like that!!
Well one if the reason is definitely the state of "My Poor Country"..The great politicians we have.. owing to these mindless fanatics My country is on the verge of being called a second hell !!

We have politicians who one day pronounce a policeman as a martyr and presents him a 10 lakh rupee cheque and after some days in a very insulting manner questions the sacrifice of that man..How hypocritical is that!

Our politicians have a problem with everything ..they have a problem when their demands are not taken care of and they also have problems when their demands are met..Miss Mamta banerje had a problem when TATA was running the project in Singrur..She said TATA is taking away the land of poor people ..
and when he decided to leave the place She says why is he leaving .. and then violence starts

We have Such parties which believe every Muslim is a terrorist..hell..everything in India is "IslamisiZed" be it poverty ,be it uneducation ,be it terrorism...U name a evil and they say Muslims..!! they are ready to burn them alive.. !!
If U are so much interested in killing people try out your luck on the Border..U would be of of some help to the country that way!!

they say we gonna make it a super power by 2025 ..but i am skeptical of it.
The government is Busy in Only Condemning the attacks .. don;t they have any other work other than just condemning ??

I don't completely blame the Politics..Its just that We the citizens oF "My Poor COuntry" are Fools..The most "Veli" human race in the world can be found In "MY POOR COUNTRY" !! Sometimes it seems that people don't have any other work except those dhrnas and burning public property !!

The so called "DEMOCRACY" now according to me is the biggest threat to the County..

I hope We get over This "JUgaad" Policy soon...!!

FirstDate with PEN

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:45:00 +0000

Well here is a piece of writing by "A friend" . "Friend" doesn't want me to reveal the name so its kinda anonymous.. well thanks to "The friend" for this. lemme tell ya all this is the first piece of crap written by "The Friend"..so its really appreciable..I always knew that "the friend" always had the capability to write so wid some emotional blackmail ..likhvai hai ! !

Wish my " friend" all the very best !! Njoy!

I Wonder?
I wonder why am I writing this,
Cuz someone asked me too or is it just my own mind.
I wonder why we meet strangers,
Is it a mere co-incidence or is it our destiny?
I wonder why we cry,
Is it just an emotion or burden of our own existence?
I wonder why we smile,
Is it really a state of happiness or our fear of crying?
I wonder why we love,
Is it our insure side or part of our own being (something you just can’t help)?
I wonder why we don’t believe in God,
Is it just our stubborn self or lack of faith in our self?
I wonder if you know what I mean,
Or did you take it as another inept “I wonder” verse?
I wonder why I wonder,
But I still wonder...as you all do, I guess?

What Money Cant buy ???

prompt.ankitg@gmail.com (Ankit Gupta) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:06:00 +0000

My First Post for this blog, dont know how it'll work :-)

So Let me try with a tested concept..

Sharing with u something interested and meaningful...

I found this topic interesting , so planned to merge it for you:

I second the writer of " Money Cant buy" for the following, With no doubts , i agree tht money cant buy:

1. Vision and mission of life

You can surely not buy a well organized vision for your life, Vision is something you aspire to be at some time in future, You cant buy aspirations and dreams, Currency is there to buy materialistic products.

Can you buy the purpose of ur life????????

2. Networking and building nurtured relationships

I can buy a networker, Money can bring ppl more close to me,I can buy things that have a probability of making a strong relation , but definitely i cant buy people who'll stay with me for long, for keeping a nurtured relation, I have been to Aditya Birla's MORE yesterday, i asked them for some nurtured relations, Couldnt find any, Will go to some other retail chain soon.. :)

Building relationship is something that has to be learnt not to be bought from RELIANCE FRESH or WALMART

3. Values

It has always been said, " be a person of VALUES" , If money could impart values, we wouldnt have appraised ppl like MOTHER TERESA , everyone would have been lookin for BILL GATES to seek values.

Values act as a base for GOOD human being, I wish i could buy few for me too :)

4. Personal development

Everyone aims at self development and this is something which, again, cannot be bought. One has to build personal development as a way of life by organising the day effectively, identify transferable skills and personal competence and improve the overall quality of working.

5. Genius

If you remember 1996, HYUNDAI came up with one ad that launched A2 segment's best seller SANTRO.

The AD said " GENIUS IS INSIDE" , in the same fashion, INTEL says INTEL INSIDE, so , if the billion dollar companies dont have a doubt abt Genius's inherent character, how can i doubt??????

Genius in you is built by keeping a focus and bringing about daily improvements thus striving to build a genius through sustained efforts.

6. Mentor and guide

Mentoring comes in by developing a special relationship which is based on mutual trust and dependence for learning and growing to upgrade your knowledge and skill, u can buy one hour lecture , u can hire a parttime mentor, but u cant look for a sustainable relationship @ cash, not on credit card even :)

7. Team spirit

This spirit has to be developed with mutual benefits to all and incorporates a deeper understanding, a sense of commitment and compatibility by dissolving ego and individual differences. Rabindranath

Tagore rightly said: 'There is no such thing as absolute isolation in existence and the only way of attaining truth is through interpenetrating our being into all our objects.'

Watch CHAK DE INDIA for answers...

8. Humility

I can buy humility in the form of values, gentleness , kindness and humble behaviour subject to a different meaning of word "BUY" .

For buying all these things, the monetary concept of buying needs to be replaced.

9. Developing efficiency

I can hire efficient ppl, i can outsource my work, i can increase my man hours by increasing employment, but no BIBLE sayssss that i can buy my efficiency.

Management taught me a lesson : Follow the POLCA mantra: Planning, organising, leading, controlling and taking action. All this cannot be bought with money but it's a discipline in one's life which has to be incorporated in to become efficient and successful.

10. Adaptability and acceptability

Constant reinforcements of our adaptability to differing situations make it a habit and frame an acceptable behaviour towards the society. This is something that comes naturally and money cannot buy.

My TAKE :

CHECK OUT SUBHIKSHA's nearest store, jst heard that the above said things are being sold, and at a discount... :)

Jokes apart, it has been said several times, money can buy many things , but it holds a lesser value when it comes to acquire the above said things, PATIENCE,HONESTY,LOYALITY, DECENCY,TRANSPARENCY further add to the list...

GUITAR MANIA!!!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:08:00 +0000

To start with the post lemme tell ya all i am a hardcore Music Lover..I am A music Maniac.yeah yeah i know every second person says so.who doesn't like music..Music really helps me breathe easy when i am not doing good..!!

Anyhow this post of mine is dedicated to the beautiful instrument of mine ..Ahhh I love it..Guitar is really a cool instrument to play..I wish i could play it well. just love each and every sound it creates.... i can tell hundreds of benefits of being a guitarist.some of them are:
1. It helps increase self esteem and self confidence.
2. Playing guitar also instills a sense of discipline.
3. Playing the guitar is also a great way to relax and unwind after a tough day.
and the most important of them all
4. Impressing Gals is a cake walk for a person knowing guitar..Gals just love it !! ;)

So this post was indirectly for all those poor chaps who feel that gals don't "CHECK THEM OUT":p..
Just Buy a new guitar and start learning today..:P!!

GO get it ..i bet It AIN'T a Miss

Possible or not?

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:29:00 +0000

Starting the day with exercise is real fun..and burning out those extra calories can sometimes be very painful !!
Gym has become some kind of necessity in urban people's life. Being an "uRban hopeless Crap" I start the day with Gyming and flexing my muscles with all those dumbles and benchpresses..
Today only i was kinda training in the Gym and just then current went off..It was not that extra special thing that happens..we ppl are used to it..

Just then i saw a person using the mechanical treadmill and just next to him there was a person paddling the exercycle.Just got a crazy idea then..

Can that energy be used in making electricity?? I guess i read it somewhere in my physics textbook.." energy can be transformed from one type to another type" !!
So can the mechanical energy of the ppl burning out those calories be converted somehow into some usable form ..??I am not thinking Big.. may be it can fulfill the power requirements of the Gym,,

A wednesday -----> A must watch

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:54:00 +0000

I m not a movie buff..neither do i like our so called Hindi movies much(here i mean those romantic melodramatic crap) but there is some good stuff being created too...Recently i saw "A Wednesday" and i must say it was one of the best Hindi movies i have ever seen..just loved the work of the great man Mr. Naseeruddin Shah ..Hats of to him really.

The thought is very similar to my thinking of handling terrorism..i along with my friends have discussed the solution the same way as was depicted in the movie..Just loved the way all the things have been done in the movie..The dialog delivery,those inspiring words,those expressive eyes..man i just love it !!

If anyone has decided to spoil his/her weekend by watching any Masala pic..My advice to them:

"Your money is precious ..Save it.. Better donate .. "

Definitely one of the best of the year !!
Thanks to the Director Mr Neeraj Pandey for such a wonderful movie!!
I wish we can make more of them!!

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:15:00 +0000

I was kinda trying to update my resume the other night..but was unable to find anything worth adding..!! :-(..If i would have submitted this very resume when i passed 12th it would have been same...DITTO!!! :-(
Dun knw what have i done all these years of my engineering...!! :-'(..I know just two langs c/c++ and i cant say that i am perfect in them too ..i was knowing them before my engg days too..HUh...wasted everything !!

4 days after 9/11

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:00:00 +0000

I am writing this post with a heavy heart
I hate terrorism.. :-(. dun know wass with these people ..What do they get by killing innocent people and ruining so many lives.
I was completely shattered when i heard of the bomb blasts in Delhi ..Man it was scaring .. Thinking about the places where i have spent so much time with my friends, got along with so many strangers and had so much fun ..and the next moment hearing that the same place has fallen a prey to the evilminds of these terrorists is vey painful..

What the heck is our Govt doing about it..Its busy in making those crammed statements after the blasts have occured.I sometimes really feel worried about the state of our country..!! iTs in no man's Land !!

On the day of the blast i was in delhi ..and was about to leave for Connaught place only..just then out of my laziness or something i cancelled the programme at the last moment..This moment i felt so proud of myself being a sloth..But at the same time i feel so helpless..

I feels as if we INDIANS are born to DIE in a bomb blast that could occur anytime..Our life is in the hands of terrorists..they may take it whenever they feel like..ARE THEY GOD ?? Coz only God has the right to take one's life ..!!
Dont know what else to say..
For those who fell a victim to yet another game of politics,extremism,irresponsiblity... may their souls rest in peace..

Peace!!
A Dejected Soul

A tryst With Strangers

ankur8819@gmail.com (ANKUR) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:55:00 +0000

The day starts with "ANKUR"( dats me 8-)) waking up at 5:00( man i have achieved something :P).I had a reason behind compromising with my sleep. I had to go to ALWAR(Rajasthan) for some important work there..The journey was of around 7 hours( by bus) and it was full of new experiences ..I thought i should share some of them..

1. Boarded the bus for gurgaon and couldn't find seat for 45 mins..atlast seeing my pain the Conductor offered me a seat beside him..though the seat was for only one person but we managed to fit in to it..For the sake of passing time i was reading an English magazine "TEHELKA". Its like one of the very complicated and difficult to understand kinda magazines i have ever read..(at least i find it diff. to understand all those articles).I was reading some article on INO -Us nuke deal.and the conductor was watching me read that..He suddenly grabbed it from me and started scrolling through the pages..HE started like "So, you into politics??"

I was like " hmmm...Not much ..i just read for the sake of Some general knowledge" and then he started speaking like some bullet train and didn't stop until some bus stop came ..He was actually not talking vague things.He was all the time discussing about the deal and all the arguments related to it..he was talking logically..and also told me that he dearly follows MR .tejpal..(the chief editor of Tehelka)..i asked him about his qualifications.He told me that he has passed 12th..I was quite amazed..a haryanvi jatt having passed only 12th reads Articles of Mr. Tejpal and understands helluva difficuilt articles and can convince an engineer...well I was impressed...

He asked me about my qualifications . i told him i am doing engg..He immediately asked me a question .." HOW many soft wares have you made"?? i had no answer to it..coz i havent made any.. !!

I felt ashamed and just said i am working on it..!! he then started testing me with my knowledge about comps..at that tym i thought man he is getting hyper.but i was kinda njoying it..coz it was like some test for me.. I answered almost his queries ..But i was stunned with the knowledge he possessed about comps... He said he studies it for FUn..It was quite inspring talking to him and he filled me with a lot of enthusiasm for sure..!!!

2. On my way back to home i had to board a BLueline Bus to go tomain ISBT in Delhi..On my way back from ALWAR to DELHI i met an air force officer in the bus..he was a personality..He had a great passion for sports..He told me how he lost both his legs and owing to his dedication and commitment to sports he is the coach of the volley ball team in his contingent..he had words of Iron and personality of steel..he was going to kurukshetra i.e about 30mins from my city. so we had to go board the same Blueline bus..

I was sitting with a boy around 21-22 who had dark complexion .He was nicely dressed and was discussing with me how his destiny(Fate) helped him from the bomb blasts that occurred just few minutes ago..he seemed very outgoing and experienced kinda fella..juss then i saw that he was having a knife tucked b/w the belt and the trouser .I asked him why was he keeping it" He said i carry huge payments all the day so for safety purpose i keep it..." I was like .." OK kool.Fair enough.."

The bus was crowded and suddenly breaking the conversation he stood up and just pushed some people in front of him I dint get him at that tym.. the Airforce officer was standing right in front of him.As the bus stopped he ran away like anything...Didn't understand anything ...jus then when the airforce person checked his pocket to take out money for ticket he realized it was picked... It was clear that the pocket was cut by the knife.. The whole picture was clear..I was sitting beside a pick pocket ..i didnt know how to react that time...i chekcked my pocket immediately and found my wallet in place...Gosh i was relieved.. !!

So a meeting with the pickpocket and the "Knowledgeable Jatt" were one of few experiences i had...have more of them too but seems the posts is getting much longer !!
will continue in other post..!!