My Life ... My Journey

It has been a while since i put up my last post. I was busy for whole two months and didn't find time for it. No way.  'Business' is something I would love. It comes to me like rains in a hot desert. Sign of happiness ... but wait am I accustomed to it ? Probably no and hence it becomes difficult to handle. When this happiness turns to euphoria, it may bring deluge like the one we saw in Barmer ( Thar Desert ). But by God's grace I have not seen rains like that and I still yearn for these rains just like the thirsty desert. And so when I looked at the sky in the night longingly, it immediately caught my imagination. I worked to express my love, my attachment to the night sky. It looks more splendid and mysterious than any pretty young lady who inhabits this planet. With twinkling stars and celestial bodies, nebulae, galaxies which appear like embroidery on her long flowing black attire, it is not strange if I were mesmerised by her charm. I wrote a poem to her, a smal...

A very happy and prosperous new year to all. With a new year, it is a time for resolutions and changes. Only time will tell how many of these are kept, it has been a conventional exercise. Though everyone wants to lead a better and more satisfying life, taste more success and get rid of some bad old habits, not everyone is able to free self from the cobwebs that have settled around him/her. Does everyone actually needs to go through this overhaul or it is just another attempt of aping those self-styled perfectionists. Though the issue is surely debatable, its not wise to go discussing it threadbare at this moment. 2008 would remain scratched in the memories of Indians for long. After all, a lot of unusual things happened. While the terrorists who bombed stealthily the arteries of India came out full frontal exposing how vulnerable aam aadmi is, India progressed on other fronts like launching chandrayaan or winning 3 medals in Olympics. The recession which started from US had its side-e...

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...