My Life ... My Journey

This post comes amidst the terrorist attack on Mumbai taking a toll of more than a hundred lives. The terrorist have been killing innocents every now and then and the Indian government has proved to be good for nothing in tackling this issue. They do not realise how much harm are they causing to the nation by soft-pedalling the issue and even endorsing them. The terrorists could have done the country good by killing these politicians who have no concern for ordinary lives. The information agency has failed miserably to say the least. No place in the country is safe. People don't know whether they'll be breathing the next moment. Even tourists who used to throng the country with a perception of it being a lively, hospitable and beautiful country are now discouraged by the endless series of such terror strikes. While on one hand, this youngest democracy aspires to become a powerful nation and influence international issues by seeking a permanent seat in UNSC, its failure in handl

This is a moment for all Indians to feel proud of Abhinav Bindra. The son of the soil has won a gold medal in 10 m air rifle in Olympics. This is by far the first individual gold for India in Olympics. With low hopes from our sports contingent, this comes as a nice surprise. While the other ace shooters disappointed us from day 1, this gold shows that we do have the potential of competing against best in the world. But the ecstacy of gold should not make us forget that our sports performance still remains lacklustre with tiny nations like Kenya, Iran and Ireland winning more medals than us. In sports, the two great civilizations are at extremes. On one hand, the host nation is tipped to be at no. 1 slot and on the other, a great democracy is happy and satisfied with a few medals. The 1.3 billion strong nation places sports on a low priority. It is this developing nation where a few good performances bring so much money to the players that they forget all about sports. Not to sound pess

Warning The views expressed are writer's own and may have nothing to do with readers' views. All allegations and complaints are therefore strictly objectionable. Perhaps the whole world was looking at Indian parliament, which was set to decide the fate of UPA led government. The discussion on confidence motion brought in by Prime Minister on issue of Nuclear Deal with US saw some of the lowest moments in Indian politics. Firstly, why was the confidence motion brought in ? The Left parties under the leadership of Prakash Karat withdrew support from the government labeling nuclear deal as a blow to country's independent foreign policy. People have clearly seen the real face of Hippocratic leftists. Their ideology is itself questionable. They have supported the government all through and opposed all its moves at the same time. When the inflation grew at close to 12%, these people didn't withdraw support. When the farmers of Vidarbha were creating suicides, they didn'

2 months ... What else can you expect from a lazy man ? But let me tell you, I am lazy enough to admit being lazy ..... But a lot happened in these two months, isn't it ? Crude Oil prices reached $146 a barrel Domestic petrol and diesel prices were raised Inflation reached 11.63% Price-rise + Nuclear deal = tension to Central govt. Left parties ready to withdraw support with SP taking its place BJP eager to fight election announces its first candidate-list Land grant to Amarnath Shrine Board creates tension Protests and bandh disrupt normal life Curfew imposed in Jammu and Indore The in-form Team India loses to Pakistan(Super 4) , Sri Lanka(Final) in Asia Cup Summer skipped with monsoon arriving as early as May in Delhi The preponed monsoon harms mango crop Aam aadmi eats tasteless aam Quota & Kota - KKya hoga IIT kka ? I 6 months Bollywood ka nikla diwala reality shows ki baadh Kkyonki Kekta bhi hai taiyaar Aisi hai Khahaani Hamaaray Mahabharat Ki . Now what does aam aadmi ha

My 2nd sem has ended and that marks the completion of one year at IIT Roorkee. Evey year lakhs of people vie for a few seats in the most prestigious institutes of the nation. Of course, this time there are more seats with 3 new IITs coming up but still JEE remains the toughest exam for undergraduate studies. But its 1 year 1 month and 9 days past JEE and my life has undergone a paradigm-shift. First of all as i stated in my earlier posts, i didn't perform well in JEE and came here to IIT Roorkee. i made new friends while we stood in queues in order of our room numbers for 2 short hours daily ( short - of course our legs started paining, but talking to each other let time pass by) . One of them is HHH whom i met while interacting in English (amid talks mostly conducted in Hindi) and i really like one of his initial comments. You speak good British English with a little American accent (Thanks 4 ur comments M2G) Another looked to be a teddy-bear who was quiet and spoke mostly ag

It was the last-to-last weekend, when i was going home(Delhi) by bus. I sat beside a person who looked young and better than other fellow passengers. We didn't talk to each other for quite some time. But when you are travelling alone, you don't have much to do and you chat with your fellow passengers. The same happened with me and we started talking. He was training in IMADehradun and going to his home Jaipur (coincidence !). He further told me he lived in MalviyaNagar (another coincidence !!). Of course, our houses didn't have to be same. So our chatting got noisier. we started comparing life in IIT and IMA. He told he was going on a reserved leave. He didn't tell me the reason that time. He e did his graduation in Electrical Engineering in JECRC, Jaipur. He worked in Infosys for two years. But that life didn't excite him and he went for Indian Military Academy, the life he found charming. It was nearly 2 1/2 months. I was surprised at it. Why would a person havi

Thanks! Mr Arjun Singh We are very grateful to you for making our higher educational institutes crippled. You'll be greatly rewarded with votes. US would be happy to see more Indians coming to their institutions for higher studies, taking them out of economic recession. The ' privileged ' OBCs whose families will forever reap the benefits of quota will bless you wholeheartedly . You have done a job which nobody else could do. You have your best plans for making IITs and IIMs lose their sheen and go to the rock-bottom when it comes to quality education worldwide. Thank you for limiting the majority 'general category' to a 'minority category' in educational institutions. Thank you for stuffing twice the number of people in same lecture rooms. Thank you for haunting the nation with ' Mandal II '. Thank you for 50% reservation in total of 40 seats in AIIMS . You're the champ! But we won't complain when you have your favourite reserved catego

What's so special about it ? Most of you won't find anything great.Even I was perplexed when today morning, one of my friends wished me belated Happy Anniversary. Anniversary ... what ? Yesterday was certainly not my birthday. And finishing the mid-term exams certainly does not qualify as an anniversary. Seeing my bewilderment, he asked me what i was doing that day the last year.(This is typical of IIT where people give you clues but not let out the answer until u have exhausted all your brain-power. Use ur brains, buddy!). I guessed it, right. And many of you might have too, so i remain mum as of now. Talking about yesterday, i had some great papers. On the other hand, i started this blog which reads My Life My Journey. Well a lot of things have happened in past few years and my life has moved through different roads with a number of turns and diversions. Till 2006, i was in a school in Jaipur. It was a nice school and i was getting a good coaching for IIT - JEE at a reput

Hi ! everyone those who i know and also those whom i don't know Blogging is the buzzword today. Some want to tell stories of their life while some simply write crap to bust their stress. i also wanted to share my feelings with the whole world not only whom i know but who live far away from me but can connect to my experiences. well ! not boring you, i start.... firstly, why my blog URL reads as it is? primarily due to unavailability of common URLs and secondly you might come to know after reading my posts. i chose to start this day since my mid-term exams ended today itself and i didn't have something great to do. for those who don't know me, this is my description: Name: The One (why? ... guess urself) College : IIT (yeah! i made it to IIT) Species: Homo Sapiens (officially) , unofficially UHLO (Unidentified Human Like Object) i.e. what my friends think of me , perhaps an alien ! and rest of it you'll come to know Well i won't say anything else in this post but