Atlast managed to apply some resolutions
Life has been just whistling away from last 21 yrs or so........and at every station/milestone i make some resolutions and by the time the train passes the next station all resolutions are just puffed away as if they are just a pack of cards.
But this time i have been resolute enough to make resolutions work.
The utmost resolution was to make my life more disciplined(believe me my wingmates and the poor souls who used to come my room ,it simply sucked.)
Second was to pay attention to my body as well.
Third was to start the preparation for CAT and fourth one was to take my programming skils to yet another level.
The first one i have perfectly worked out ,now i clean my room as soon as i get up Drink water,do mild exercise,have supplements,have breakfast,no to movies....yes to series (which i have been watching for some time),go to gym/do at room in eves,eat healthy,increase intake of proteins,go to chillis to have a juice daily.
First and second worked out well.
For third,i now and then go to CL for test(for exactly two hrs....this is a big plus to have rp next to CL) and fourth one i am doing right now .......now i don't waste my time instead i have started to prepare myself for what i will be facing in near future....because as they say "early bird catches the prey" and i guess i have started atleast a year in advance.
Previously there used to be a sense of dyspeneal surroundings in my room but now (m using two tubelights without paying a penny for them:-)) ,i feel like moon itself is dazzling my room.
Last night i had a little debate with my close friend whether he should go for research(though i was not serious and was just trying to annoy him)but i think he felt hurt at that time and a launched a cataclysmic attack on my future aspirations and communication skills.(this proves that he is damn serious about that aspiration of his and is also ready to live the life of a proff)..i progonocastinated that things are getting out of hands and played down the debate and that way we reached euphony.Looking back at that i really admire my prespicacity that i didn't let things blow out of proportion.
So the targets are 1.Complete the bulk of project this week(will require lots on coding on my part),2.increase my rating at tc abruptly(that will require atleast today to get some valuable tinkering with how i think and type) and 3.to get some kind of shape atleast by end of this week(ultimate target is mid-november).
May be this will lead to reduction in no of posts that i would have been posting in this week(infact there may be no post!)
Gotta do a lot of work
Ashish
The highlights of my summer intern
As my midsems are over and this post was pending for a long time so i thought why not relive those dreamy days before sleeping.
The story starts from the day and i landed at hyderabad university with my dad...I was still fresh even after journey of 12hrs(since travelling in AC keeps u fresh) and we landed in hyd at pretty awkward time 6 am ....but i didn't find any difference even after a span of 4 yrs in the humdrum and bustling of the city of nawabs.
We reached hyd central univ(HCU) at 8 and by 10 we managed to get the room in intl students hostel(with the help of pan-chewing pretty chinki!!) which was intl because 2 ujbeks,1 american(who was my neighbour) and some north-east ppl were living there.
hostel had a common room which was much better than any of our common rooms at iit though smaller and tv had a remote too....with a glass wall seperating the tt table with tv room ...so u can play tt and watch ur fav movies as well.
The most prominent thing about univ was that it was far bigger than even iit kharagpur and a huge population of ppl from north east.....
As u all know ppl from north east both guys and gals prefer to wear "cool hip" kinda clothes....so usually after work used to hang out at the common canteen where the atmosphere used to be just perfect for an ideal college.
Tried many things there like talking to unknown chinkis and chrcking out girls hostels pretending to be new students of univ who knew nothing.
Since some of my friends from other departments were also there in hyderabad so we followed a policy of living together for sight seeing on weekends....so the week schedule became 5 days work + campus masti....and weekends movie watching,sight seeing and bhatting with friens at NGRI.
We also managed to get find some gals from iit kgp and r to roam with us.
So weekends turned into fundays.....I also had my first taste of beer on such a funday....rajat was insisting me to go to a pub where loud music used to play but since i didn't like alcohol very much and i hate rock so there was no point in going to that place ......we managed to cover most of the places in hyderabad hitec,nift,charminar,saarjung,ramoji,imax,golconda fort,iiit,gachiowli stadium etc etc.
This was the party part.
But i followed my philosophy#2:"work hard party harder" and it paid me rich dividends too.I think those ppl who say that there is no work to do or peaceful work to do are more prone of getting bored and sleeping at work place.Also there is a sense of uncontentment that creeps in ones innerself,knowing that he is wasting his time.
My guide was a true gentleman and god of his field.You do a google search with Dr. Rajagopal Srinivasan and see how many resuls do u get!!
The guide was a perfect mix of science like chemistry and computer science....after all he was once a proff at john hopkins university.
imanaged to complete three projects in short time of 2 months and guide was particularly impressed with the speed of work.Though training was not paid initially but after seeing my demo which i gave in front of all bioinfo group,i could see in eyes of everyone there that i haven't let the name of IIT down.Right after demo guide took me for a surprise treat at pizza hut and also gave me news of coauthoring a paper in high impact factor journal(Proteins most prob.)....At leaving time i also put forward request of giving me the stipend after seeing the kind of work,and converted my training to paid.So i think i gained a lot as it opened new vistas in a new field for me-"bioinfo" and a paper in intl journal as well,even better than guys who have done foreign intern as they may have got some money and cold climate but i believe happiness is a state of mind and it has a meter associated with it,i think i very nearly reached to max level of satisfaction during my tenure as intern.
The last some days at intern were special to me as the work was completed 1 week b4 itself and when i asked for the 4th project to my guide, he looked into my eyes and said-"Do u still have some energy left?" and i smiled.
So last few days i stayed at hostel and roamed in university a bit more.At that time the ppl from the cold countries started to be visible on roads frequently.So i made a friend Matt on one fateful afternoon(he was from missuourie and was living in guest house).So he invited me to guest hosue and i reached guest house after dinner.....a us girl was smoking in front of guest house ....so i went upto her-"Do u know matt?"
"Yaa!he is up on terrace" ..."Thanks"....we parted.I reached on terrace and matt and jaques were having a beer ...they offered me a nd i drank a little.....and then till 11 we were talking abt differenece in cultures etc.......and then gals come ....sarah and jaimie join the discussion and discussion traverse thru boys,american boys vs asian boys,film stars,bollywood vs hollywood,fav movies,diff in education etc etc.At 4 am i bid a goodbye to them and went to sleep ......next night i again went meet matt but he was not there jaimie informed so i asked her for a stroll in campus and then we chatted and chatted and chatted .......i was amazed to know that they all had come here to do a linguistic course in hindi!by then i was seein lots of european gals also coming.....next day(my last but one day)we made a plan to watch a hindi movie but jacques matt turned out to be busy and sarah caught bed by stomach disorder so me and jainie carried on to watch 9-12 parineeta after an indian dinner at restaurent........
Next day i left and matt came to bid me a farewell to my room and gave me 1 dollar for a currency collection......i gave him a mouth freshner in lieu!!
I still talk to all of them on my msn and if i managed to go to us some time in future then will definitely meet all of them
So the summer intern ends here and those were the second most dreamy days in my short life till now...
Signing off
in optimistic mood
Ashish
I think i should compete a bit more!
Last week i came 2nd in "hindi creative writing" and won 300 bucks,this week intel india research contest results are out and though we were confident about it were selected among top 50 teams.
I think if we work with evangelical zeal for this project which is our btech project as well(atleast for this semester) then we should be able to present some primary results in our poster presentation as well.Which would mean that we have a really good shot at getting in top 15 for final presentation.
http://www.he.educationinindia.net/IntelIISRC/results.htm
And if everything goes well(barring some unexpected results from heuristic followed),then we shud be ready with a primitive alternative of CUDD by may and may be can win the competition...GOD SPEED!
but there are lots of ifs and buts involved so we will take one step at a time and also will be going to enjoy this trip to bangalore and i am pretty excited abt it as it will add to my memoirs and that's what this blog is all about.
My topcoder ranking is also on steady uprise but i think now i will also try to enter in the developer competitions.
My project partner samir sathpathy is running a check on the gal participants in contest (banglore 14-15 nov) and has came up with some quite useful information.Anyways as i reach to banglore in nov i hope to meet abhik my old shool friend,some srs and the meeting with "nats" ,which it seems i have been waiting for now what seems to be eternity.
So looking forwards dazzling happy days with glitter in my eyes .
gotta leave now ACOAA exam tommorrow.
I hope this thing predicts correctly....though i believe it does ;-)
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Why i am not as creative in english as in hindi?
This has been a question which has been ringing in my ears for now 3 years.....
I never doubted my english writing english ,infact back in school i was a prolific writer in both mediums but ever sine i have come to iit english has taken over and i can even count the no characters i have read or written in hindi....
When a person like me who loved his mother tongue can be so away from his love then what about an average indian?
All this talk of revival of hindi is farce atleast in a nation which is still somewhere between developed and developing world....i think once we get developed and the living standard of ppl improves, hindi will regain the podium position as has happened in any other developed country like japan, china ,korea or germany.
So i actually went wayward with the topic and entered into the debate world.
So i was narrating my experience about creative writing.
I think a smooth writing makes sure that the contenta are relevant and the flow of ur writing should be pointing towards the same goal always.The passages should each emphasise a point in a very intricate manner.
Moreover,if u get exposure to best kind of literature in respective languauge and have read lots of good work by different greats in their respective fields then what you can do you can make your writing style's base one of ur favourite and blend it with ur top ten favourite and if u have a behemoth vocablury (like sanskrit words in hindi) then u are going to be a winner.
May be the exposure to high octane hindi has been consistent to my first 17 years of existence whereas english compared to that kind of exposure was atmost childish....
But from last 5 years hindi has not only taken a backseat but it has almost vanished from my life and english is now recieving the much deserved and waited attention.Though whenever i have jotted down pen to write in any competition be it inter halls or open iit or any competition i have won But still....alas!......Gone through lots of work in english literature but somehow still feels that "Premchand or leo tolstoy write much better then any damn english fiction writer".
But still i would say i am on a journey to perfect english and may this journey never end amen!
Survived the worst act of treachery and knife in the back kind of incident in my whole life-II
so the story begins from that herroendous day when i was
doing some project work in my room and my dull and devoid
of any intellect summer internship fellow student came to me
and said-"Have you seen the neww mail from our facad?"....i
was too leathargic to respond to this kind of news....i
said"what's new in that?"....
dumb anil-"It's about the seminar of internship"
me-"what??"
dumb anil-"Yaa he has written the ppl who have gone to
same company and done any project together shud give ppt
together"
"What rubbish??"
"I want to give my own ppt waise bhi what have u done in
project i completed each and every one there and u basked
in the glory of my hardwork"
"I will talk to the facad tomorrow."
"By the way have u made ur ppt and report?"
dumb anil-"Yaa i have completed....."
"Great i haven't started till now"
I went and talked to our facad about giving seperate ppts...
But he didn't agree...so i was stuch with dumb fellow.
At evening that day me on phone-"Talked to isg he is
insisting on giving ppt together...i guess we will have to give
it together,he has fixed our slots"
dumb anil-"Ok no probs"
"I have got some links from our guide i will add on to ur
report and ppts"
dumb anil-"I haven't made report "
"what??u told yesterday..."
dumb anil-"yaa i have written only 15 pages"
"that's enuf i will make it thirty"
"i am sending u links ...u can look at it urself"
"i will come tomorrow to add"
dumb anil-"ok"
I ring him in evening "Have u added anything to report?"
"no my report is only 8 pages....but yesterday u told me
15??"
dumb anil-"no i didn't"
"ok no probs have u gone thru links ??"
dumb anil-"no"
"i got a new mail from guide abt publication of a paper in intl
journal"
dumb anil-"mail it to me"
"ok but tell me truly how many have u written "
dumb anil-"15 pages and ppt ready"
"ab aaya naa line par...i will meet u tonight..bye"
at 9 pm i went to his room
"show me report"
dumb anil-"it's only 4 pages"
"shit!!this is only 4 pages and taht too copied fron guide's
mails....man i am screwed"
"what abt the links i sent u?"
dumb anil-"done nothing"
"ok show me the ppt"
dumb anil-"not a single slide prepared"
"wtf??why didn't u tell me b4?"
"ok let's cool down ...i guess i will have prepare slidse and
report"
dumb anil-"i wan to give seperate presentation,my grade will
suffer i will give it with u......i won't be able to speak"
"but i have already talked to facad abt it and it has now
become essential to give ppt together"
dumb anil-"but....."
"ok fine!!go to hell!i will make my own report andppt but u
shud have told me earlier and shudn't have told me to got to
facad to ask and i know that now u have got links and
publication name and u have prepared report and ppt so u
are making a fool of me...................but u shud have told me
this earlier i wud have mad e my own presentation"
i went out of patel fuming with anger.....
he rushes behind me ,dumb anil-"are ashish bhai leave it , i
will give presentation with u ...i will make report with u"
"ok come to my room"
at 3:30 am report was complete thanks to those links and my
effort to get relevant data and that dumb ass just copied and
pasted different portions of report in main report.
After completion of report-"ok done!now it's time to make
ppt ...shall we start?"
dumb anil-"u make ur ppts i will make mine and will merge
them in morning .."
"ok no probs but be sure to do that"
dumb anil-"yaa sure"
He took one copy of my 5 hrs hardwork with him.
Morning 9:30 i call him
"have u made ppts mine is finished?"
dumb anil-"i m feeling dizzy,headache just came back from
class will be sleeping now won't be able to make.....make
mine as well"
"******************* go to hell!whatever be consequences i
won't be giving presentation with u!!enuf is enuf m*********
b*********"
then the trauma began as mentioned in previous post.
I gave presentation successfully ,proffs were impressed and
everything went smooth and i felt light as a feather.
And the irony was the fellow came in with a heavy report
(his+mine).....and his ppts but was the only one in whole
batch who got a "Re"........and this proves that if ur soul and
notions are not pure then ur future will also be in deep shit.
is she a godess or a proff?
Just was surfing through some proffs of bioinfo and fall upon this glittering beauty.....couldn't resist myself from saving her image which infact causes al hollywod + boolywood beauties to go to tatters in shame.
Survived the worst act of treachery and knife in the back kind of incident in my whole life-I
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I was sailing in the boat of life finding new islands of friends and well wishers aloof to the
mediocrities and hullaballoo of life on the shores but then came an iceburg,totally
unannounced but as i was careless and in hedonistic mood as ever so i collided with it head
on and to my utter dismay it was the same iceberg which sunk titanic,same flood which
perished the egyptian and harappan civilizations,same revolution which uprooted czars
dictatorship from russia.
First time i felt how you feel when your worst nightmares turn into reality.
But as my 'golden' philosophy always show me the path of survival and that's why i will
always remain loyal and adherent to this philosophy of mere three words-"NEVER SAY
DIE"....It was my turn to turn into a sangfroid and though anxiety caused by anachronism
was making me sweat and as the sand of time was running away from the hourglass my
heartbeat was gradually gaining the speed and at around 1:00 pm it was about to
explode......The first time in my life i felt the seering heat of deadlines which were
unannounced ......
But i somehow cling on to my only ray of hope and kept faith in my abilities,keeping the
silhouette of diffidence just away from me and fighting against all odds with obduracy .
And come 1:30 pm the complex machinery of my heart and brain came to an abrupt halt and
i felt like that i have achieved the "NIRVANA".My body felt almost weightless and the soul
seemed to be joyous but i was totally exhausted with such panicky emotional experience.
The story behind this will follow in next post.
It seems lots of ppl are peeking at my personal diary!
The most annoying thing about my blog is though i mange to keep it virgin for long time but i was never satisfied with its sanctity.So what to do?
Did a google search and installed a counter on my blog and to my utter dismay the epiphanies of counter about the traffic on my website has opened my eyes ...in 3 days 57 ppl on www have visited my blog:-(
That proves a fact that internet is not monopoly of anybody and its more a community thing rather otherwise.
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is this a drawing of a 4 yr old child or a 4th yr student of cse iit kharagpur?
This is the masterpiece created by samir satpathy and belive it has the same factor of mystery as in the "Monalisa" of leonardo da vinci.
Review:Iqbal
It was after a long time i saw some inspirational hindi movie and believe me it inspired me to the hilt.
Intelligence and luck may give u ephermal bursts of happiness and sense of accomplishment but it is the hrdwork which paves the way to the arduous journey of success.
Iqbal is a lad from Kolipad and he wants to be a fast bowler in the Indian cricket team. He is a deaf mute. His father does not like cricket and to top it all, he chooses a village drunkard to be his coach. This is the setting in the movie and the plot is about how Iqbal finally makes it to the Indian team.
On a personal front, the movie touched me. While watching the movie, I felt for Iqbal, his coach, his family, and I wanted him to make it to the Indian team. Very few movies are made today that have sense and purpose, and gets us involved. This is one such movie. The performances are believable and the way the story is told is impressive. I have always appreciated movies made by Nages Kukunoor and I still feel ’’Teen Deewarein’’ is a great movie which never got its deserved audience. By taking cricket as the theme, I suppose he has tried to reach a far wider audience.
The story starts with a cricket crazy village watching the finals of the world series cricket in the year 1985. Iqbal’s mother is one in the crowd, and she is pregnant with him. It is understood that he has cricket in his blood. The story leaps forward by 18 years where we see the daily routine of Iqbal, and get to see his playing field. Slowly, other characters enter at the appropriate moments and we get a clear picture of the righteousness of Iqbal’s father, the love and support he gets from his sister and mother and the efforts he puts on. Finally, the cricketing part, his being removed from a coaching academy, the discovery of a coach in a drunkard, the struggle and finally the victory.
As far the other aspects, Iqbal is a very well written movie with very few loose ends. Not much light has been thrown into cricket as compared to the human struggle. Music is good, and it is well directed. The performances of all the characters are top notch. Over all, this is a movie worth watching, it would also be a learning experience if one wishes to learn from it.
Rating-9.8/10
