Spoo!
            Long time since i wrote something here and today i have a substantial amount to write! Well, its gotta do with my recent trip to Delhi, for an "innovation" competition. First time in Delhi, it was a different experience. Just thought that the visit was worth to be mentioned so penning the memories down here.

           As the Spicejet took off on a bright Monday morning from Bangalore i had many thoughts about Delhi. I knew about the couple of movies made on the old city of Delhi but the very picture that was there in my mind was the majestic "Rajpath", wide roads, ministerial cars, grand buildings........But as i landed at IGI, it was different :(. I could just see some marvelous buildings while the flight was landing which i presumed was Gurgaon, apparently a well planned city. But the view outside IGI was quite different. Our very own Devanahalli looked posh! As the taxi drove through the roads, it was just another city with the same problem of traffic congestion, lack of road sense and filth around. Being a capital of the nation does not really matter!

         After reaching the destined place which was in an institutional area, i was surprised to see a whole area around the IIT dedicated to only educational institutions, from IIFT to Kathakali International Society to Sangeeth Academy to Business Schools.....you name it, it was found! So also many hostels around for students. That was impressive. And it is campus life all round the clock! There are the roadside "kopchas" that take care of the lunch and dinner. Tasty parathas served with chutney and a smile is enough to satisfy one's hunger. Apart, there is a veg manchurian,thats actually saucy sambar and fried rice thats blackened to increase the carbon content! Well i had the privilege of tasting only these two "exotic" stuffs. I later planned to stick to the good old parathas.

          And i did have a chance to see old Delhi, the Mehruli area, where the Qutub Minar stands tall. You can see the rickshaw fellows waiting for capped visitors with glee in their eyes on seeing one. Then a whole lit of "must visit" places pop up! Of course i did ignore the list blissfully :) And it was pretty much crowded to be a residential area! Weather was chilling in the mornings and nights and the afternoons were warm-- thats typically Delhian, i was told. And being from a busy city, i found it great to see a city wake up at 10 or so. Hmm..will it ever happen here?

          One daunting feature in Delhi, the local CNG run public transport! If you have seen the Delhi Metro and assume that the other public transport is on par, be ready to take a shock. Its really pathetic! You can hear the engine screech half a kilometer away signalling you to move aside if you are on the road or the horn can actually shiver you to death! I promise i am not exacturating. The crowd happily hangs out of the doors and makes merry. I too travelled in one such buses and was confused to find who the bus conductor was, to collect the ticket. Yeah, they do not wear uniforms.......American culture huh? I dont know! But given all this, the ticket prices are 73.29% lesser than Bangalore's! That was stunning!

                But all these given, it was still a great trip. Unwinding for three days in a new and friendly environment was something great! Thank you Delhi :)


PS: This is in no way to hurt people with special sentiments for Delhi. Just my thoughts. Any co-incidence is purely non-intentional :)


Spoo!
If anyone has travelled Bangalore in the city bus services I am sure they would have experienced this. You ask where the bus goes to to the conduct or the driver more than once for any reason and you get this very wiered look and a frown of displeasure and ignorance. If you are new to this phenomena then you might be a lil upset about it but let me tell that there are a few conductors who are kind and sweet too :)

Wondering what makes people frown at you sometimes, i just thought of a few "facts" that would make them do so. Of course on a busy road you try to ask a stranger where he bought his pair of glasses, you can definitely expect a frown. But otherwise what would be the probable reasons? May be that person is tired and just is hoping to shut his eyes, then you can get one too if you tried bugging him. At times it would be so embarrassing to be one the receiving end, and you wonder, "How can that person do this??? ****!!! Yeah if he is just another person whom you happen to meet just for a day or two you damn care about it, otherwise the story is a lil different!

Imagine you wanted to ask something or just talk about anything to your best friend and he/she frowns at you for whatever reason. (I am not telling  that was intentional, but something least expected). All hells break loose and you wonder why would not the earth break open? I am not exagerrating but i am pretty sure that would be the reaction. I dont know why that is so, but i just know we have some limitations in accepting things and acknowledging them :( It could mean a lot to the receiver though!!! (pun intended). And a frown is one such i guess!

Just a mere facial expression can convey huge lot of things!!! Hats off to our faces that can speak beyond words!
Spoo!
When the days were gloomy,
You were the light.
You brought back the joy,
Making every day bright.

The moments we spent,
Jumped and played.
And spent the days,
Never really cared.

Your slightest presence,
Your calm face.
Your gentle nature,
On all days.

Well, when you leave us,
Forever, today.
We still cherish your memories,
Day after day.

We miss you rinku......
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Who do you consider to be your motivation in life? Well not a trivial one to answer this! I should say its come of ages! As kids it would be some iconic characters like Superman or a leading film star etc.. who would be the one whom we looked upon like gods! We were awed. But as we grew we had people in our own circle who could lead us by example. Well, i say we since i am sure many of us have gone through this phase. I always admired my family and the way each one of them was and is inspiring me in every walk. And of course were the teachers too! Then came the people in class (ok.. well, classmates), i would look at one who would answer everything on earth and think, "Wow! is there something he/she doesn't know? I gotta be like that!". And run back home, study for a day or two, get the pseudo-gnaan and phew....throw them in the air! This happened to me very often!

And by the time i realized i was pretty foolish at aping that way, were my friends who had their set of goals and dreams that would make me say, "Well......i get you, thats pretty interesting, wish i would do it!". And when you are a young adult, like what i am today, things change again! You see n number of people around you day in and day out. Each one would be an achiever in their own sense. You sit back and say "Hmm....thats where i wanna be!" But the irony is that the "where" is "everywhere" and you gotta narrow things down!

Okay, i am just trying to say that you can get motivated by people around you for infinite times and it feels great, just too cool! But how far is the spirit in you is what makes you! I just wanna know if there is a class of "inspirons" who can get on you and make you achieve things! Very eager to meet one!
Spoo!
Nothing unusual, today is once again September 5th and the calender just shows me that! Well, something strikes all of us on this day, does it not? One of those special days in the year when you thought about your teachers! Yes, often we are so lost in ourselves that we forget to take note of these amazing people who once made us walk straight, punished when we erred, loved and cared when we needed them the most and may be, were one of the very few souls who enjoyed our successes as if it was theirs! How selfless were they! As the day rises up, i wish to thank all my teachers today, for they are the ones who were responsible for what i am today.

I still remember the way we celebrated this day in our school. All of us were waiting to wear the most colourful dresses on this day, coz that was the only day in the year we could do that! Then came the class decoration part, a competition within classes as to whose class is well decorated most beautifully. This was followed by cutting the cake and a few culturals. Wow! Wish i had them again :) The teachers could not help being overjoyed! Well, it was just a day to see their love and care returned to them! I can recollect when they almost shed their tears in joy!

Just a thought about what it feels to be a teacher. Well, you will be the role model for the entire bunch of students. They look upon you as the all-knowing and you gotta handle this big responsibility. You cant afford to err.... Many watchful eyes around. But that apart, you have the entire heart filled with satisfaction that you have contributed fullest to the society, you are making the future of the country, you are the apple in the students' eyes. And most importantly you can go to bed with a self satisfaction of doing something great everyday. Not only this, you learn every single day, connect ideas and people and inspire a lot among them!!! The happiest moment would be when your student comes to thank you for all that you have done.....Thats really touching! I always that thought it was the best job on earth :)

Hmm all that being there, i just want to shout out to all my teachers out there and say,
I really thank you all from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you so much for leading me in the right way.
A sense of gratitude is always there for you.
I will be back to you to say a big "thank you".
Spoo!
Die scheinende Haare,
Lachende Geshischt,
Die schwarze Augen,
Erleuchtet die Welt.

Als ich sie gesehen habe,
Habe ich mich verloren.
Denke ich oft,
Wie kann das sein?

In einem ungewoehnlisches Ort,
Was macht sie dort?
Was hat der Mann gesagt,
Warum weint sie noch?

Ich sah tief in die Augen
Die nun rot war,
Traumen sind klar,
Wunschen sind hoch.

Ich hatte starke Gefuhl,
Sie moechtete etwas sagen.
Aber die Sprache 
Kamm nicht weiter.

Und nach funfzehn Tage...........

Sie war wieder da,
Wartete sie auf jemandem.
Wir haben einander gesehen
Die Augen waren nochmals rot.

Vielleicht hat sie mich gerufen,
Dachte ich immer.
Muss ich mit  ihr sprechen
Was soll ich tun?

Spaeter war es klar,
Sie hatte ein Pech.
Musste alles tun,
Fuer die Unbekannten!
Spoo!
Hmm..., sorry if the title sounds too geeky, but trust me, that is how things are here around me! This is also an inspiration drawn from my algorithms class and i thank my teacher for his unstoppable thoughts. I was pondering on how algorithms are applied and just thought of applying to our lives, and guess what? It works :)

Lets apply the concepts to a day to day activity like...waiting for a bus (actually, i am missing it a lot). Lets start with a liner programming model. Here your linear goal is to get into a bus that takes you to a desired destination and you are happy. The bounds of this equation become the bus being there on time and no traffic jams on the streets. This is how the problem is viewed in the discrete world. In the continuous world, you also have a range of values on the bus's state like it coming on time, being empty, you getting a window seat, your fellow passenger being sweet etc. etc....And along with this is the traffic constraints being continuous with values that the jam is small, manageable or a deadlock! (Bangaloreans need no intro to all these).

Now this continuous linear programming model can be given to a NP Solver to obtain a feasible solution and you might get something like getting up early and being in the bus stop before its too late, adjusting/sharing a seat with someone/ standing on the bus/ avoiding a crowded road (that depends on the bus driver's intelligence) etc etc.......... I too was expecting any of these but...........Oops! It says "NP Hard! Cannot solve any further!"

Yeah, many many activities are NP Hard. Just realised it and gave up thinking! Non convex optimization is something i need to master :)

Well, food for thought!

Disclaimer: I really dont know if the above concepts are mathematically right, but thats what i could make out in my class :( I also dont know if a NP Solver recognises a NP Hard problem. Need some light on them!
Spoo!
These were random thoughts that crossed my mind when i was analyzing the sorts of people i had come across in my 22 years of experience. (I think thats good enough!) According to my research, there are two kinds of friends one can have, on a broad classification.

1.Static Friends: The characteristics of these “buddies” include sticking onto you every time, may be your thoughts revolve around them, you see them very often, live with them around, etc. Pretty sticky characters, wont leave you alone at any point of time! That does not really imply being gratuitous, but exceptions are there (just taking care of the fallacies!) At times these are the only ones who listen to your SOS. At the end of it, knowingly or unknowingly you get bound to them statically in the given time frame.

2.Dynamic Friends: These “fellows” are really the ones “on the fly”. They come to you, get your space allocated till their job is complete and deallocate themselves when they are done. Reallocation is not impossible, but will be for another chunk of work to be done. But they really are not the opportunistic ones, well, i don't want to misuse the word friends for opportunistic people. But these dynamic ones will be there w.r.t. to the situations around. Your world would go well without them but their presence make it beautiful. They don't share their past and future with you quite well like their static counterparts, but prefer to live with the presence. Good people to meet in life and great to hang out with.


I don't really know of a case where there is a transition from one to another type, but have heard of, and i don't think its impossible. Its the distance that matters is what i hear. Well, considering that, i think if your static friend is going dynamic, you can identify the traits like, when you hear less w.r.t. his/her private life, or stop enjoying doing things together that you did once upon a time (Going out for a movie seems a hell of boredom!). Analyze the patterns that you find and mine it for some interesting trends. And other way round, if your dynamic one is getting static, you can feel his/her presence everywhere. Your thoughts tend to bind together well and you can imagine chatting and babbling (non)sense for hours. All you need to do to observe this is, draw a regression curve for 'x' years down the line and see how you both fit into that and be happy if its the “best fit”.

If you are still wondering what i am talking about, i am sorry, thats what masters can do to you i guess!!!

PS: I think somewhere i can relate to the second transition type. Well, its almost come to a best fit :). Realizing this late, but hoping its not gonna be a reverse transition!!!
Spoo!
Eines Liebeslied so etwas...........


Ohne dich kann ich nicht leben,

Sage ich das nicht.

Weil du weisst auch,wie schlimm....

Sterben fuer mich ist!


Ohne dich kann es regen,

Die Sonne scheint,

Die Vogel singen....

Und alles gut geht.


Ohne dich beginnt der Tag,

Endet auch schoen,

Die Nacht bleibt ruhig....

Die blaetter sind gruen.


Ohne dich kann ich sprechen,

Lesen, spielen und rennen,

Die Leute bleiben so....

Wie sie fruher waren.


Ohne dich wie geht bei mir,

Wenn du das fragst,

Sage ich nur....

Wie du das gemacht hast!

Spoo!
In the pleasant morning,
I hear you tap the door.
Tap it with a gentle touch,
Just to wake me up.

I realized you had come,
To bid a final good bye,
A deep hug that was,
Never to have it again.

I asked you how you could do this,
How you could leave me
And go into the sweetest place
Not to come back again.

I knew you were sure,
Sure and strong to face
The death that waited
Long long for you

But how do i let you go?
And can i even live?
But a smile on your face
Made me stand like a rock.

And as i remember today
It was a year's long memory.
When i and you
looked at each other with agony.

And you still in me
The support you were and are.
Just a thank you
On your birthday :)
Spoo!
Lurks from expressing
Oscillates between hearts
Viscious to flow
Entirity of a soul!



Prompted at Acrostic Only
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Creatures of yore
Overriding rules of nature
Crawling up and down
Kings, when the sun is gone
Ruling rules of their own
Omnipresent they are
Adjusting to all terrains
Catastrophic and
Horror is their sight
Enemy to all
Sound better, do they?


Prompted at Acrostic Only
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Dramatic turns of life
Erasing lines of (mis)fortune
Souring and sweetening moments
Titillating moods of joy
Incubating thoughts of sorrow
Nursing high held dreams
Yardstick for a living, DESTINY!



Prompted at Acrostic Only
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Deafening call from both,
Intolerable are each others presence,
Void feelings in hearts,
Obituary is love,
Rifted stubborn minds,
Crumbled leaves of life,
End of a sweet tale!





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Spoo!
Giving is innate in you,
Ready to bear my burden,
Attitude of love and care,
Titillating the air around me,
I am bowled over this,
That someone could be so sweet,
Understanding and empathizing,
Demanding nothing at all,
Eternal, thats your gratitude!
Spoo!
The chimes sing aloud,
The bells ring,
Songs of hopes,
Within minds in despair.

I enter that lonely place,
Curious to seek it,
Mesmerized i feel,
Forgetting my sorrows.

Absorbed, were my pains,
Within the high walls,
I felt so fresh,
As a all new life.

But when i think what passed,
Was that i could feel Him,
Could touch and talk,
Spilled my heart with blood.

Yes, we could,
I did connect to Him,
The divine presence,
The eternal feel!
Spoo!
Dreaming a dark dark dream,
I recollect the day, the day.
Bid a good good bye,
To fly far far away.

It hurt us really really bad,
But there was no way, no way.
We pretended so so well,
That it would never never pain.

I sit alone in the deep deep valley,
Thinking of you, only you.
I wonder when, when we would,
Sit close close to talk.

As thoughts just pass, pass,
I see you with roses, red roses.
Running quick quick towards me,
I happily happily smile.

Just as the bright bright day,
Is all set to rise, newly rise.
I fell very very fresh,
As i saw the sunny sunny shine :)

Spoo!
This is quite a serious write, may be the most till date. I was really puzzled and pained to know the new levels of child abuse thats happening around the world. And to my surprise its not in a "third world country", but also in one of the most "developed countries". Yeah, I hope people remember incidents in Austria that shook the world recently. And as a continuation to the whole saga, we had such series of haunting tales to tell in India and other parts of the world too. What a shame? I stress that its not just a shame to the people involved, but to the race of entire humanity. We are supposed to be bestowed with amazing levels of intelligence and reasoning along with pretty high quality and quantity of so called "emotions". But these gory incidents suggest that everything is dipped deep in water, never to rise. Is it that we have lost it all or just not bother about it?

Well, all this just makes the world very very unsafe a place to have humans any more, its because only they are mentally hurt by such incidents and not animals in general. When you cant be safe in a place where you are born and with people who are supposed to give you the greatest amount of care, then where do you turn to? Well, all these suggest its not a mere issue of being "downtrodden" or "illiterates", but quite more in breadth and depth. Its gotta deal more with the way someone is supposed to see the world. Materialistic insight may be a cause to such things.

Its definitely not an easy task to survive among the demons and only among the demons. But all i hope is a bright angel who can set things right and let the world be the place it has to be!!!

PS: This was just a write up thinking about victims of such a ghasty crime. Hope there is smile on their faces very soon :)
Spoo!
I woke up to see the vermilion sun,
Shining in the crimson sky.
The orange rays touched
The brown earth dry.

The red blood in me
Emptied the violet violent mood.
As i could see the white dove,
Pick the yellow flower for food.

I slept on the grass so green,
Adorned with the maroon dips.
Reading my purple book,
Blush, on my pink lips.

I searched the grey matter,
What made me blue?
Was it the Prussian ink?
Or just another hue?

Thoughts went black,
As i watched the deep blue sky,
The dark brown leaves,
Among the sap green trees.

The sky turned orange,
And came a blue green star.
The moon shining white
Died in me the bloody war!
Spoo!
Admist the scribbles,
I never realised
I had created an art
That would be cherished,
For years to come and go
But, always remained my part.


It was simple and sweet,
Blotted with various hues.
Memories and emotions
Tagged along with them.
Very conspicuous it was
Among the whole mess and its tones.

Onlookers gazed at it
Patted my back and said,
Good work, well done.
But it was not me,
Who deserved all this,
It was He, silent in the sun.

Now, after the end of time,
I come to the last line.
Not a single space left
To write one small word.
Oh no! this should not have happened
But fate won in this race.

I still think about it
Wonder what should be the next.
Should i stop writing and say nay?
Should i clear this page?
Should i scribble on my art?
No, that,s not my way.

I can always turn,
A fresh new page,
The one that's clean.
Given for me to paint
Scribble, write or just stare.
But what do i do with it?
Poses a question i must dare!


Spoo!
Well this is a lil stale a thought but nevertheless i put it here! I know not much about these social networking sites that are in vogue,since i am no fan of it! But was pondering over one question since long. This is to deal with the "friend request" you gotta send to people whom you want to stay connected with and be accessible to (hope i am pretty right with the basics!!!) Well, only if i am, then the further things make sense!


Now comes the million dollar question! What requests can you send to people who are not your "friends". I mean may he/she is an aunt/uncle/dad or etc. etc. who are not "friends". Well i do know friendships can be taken to great heights, but i hope the subtle difference just implicitly exits!!!

In that case, does not a "sibling request" "niece request" "aunt request" "daughter request" make a lil more sense out of the terms?!!! (I am sorry if you are wondering whats this all about!!!!) I hope its put across the people concerned!

This can further taken ahead to having a "just-a-friend request", a "close friend request", a "boy/girl friend request" etc. etc.... Would not orkutting or facebooking make more interesting then??? Well, i leave the answer to their die hard fans!!!
Spoo!

Watching the Sun set

i cherish Every bit

of the Purple sky

and the Azure sea.

gushes, Rambling thoughts.

reminds, Acrid feelings.

times, Tested till death.

now I sit and wonder

where On this path

shall i Nail the line???

Spoo!
When our eyes met and our thoughts came in sync,
It was a great feeling i loved to ink.

When we spent time talking about everything,
I recollect those words, still around me ring.

When days and nights never appeared to matter,
All our needds still could be catered.

When i think of those lovely days of yore,
It makes me crave for it, more and more.

But...

When you and me forgot we were we,
Blind were we to patiently see the key.

When voices spoke above the lovely tone,
And all the dreams shattered and gone.

Again...

When i must really ask you now,
Could we start our priceless love?

Forgetting those days that were gore,
Memories, both sweet and sour.

Yet again....,
All over again..............?
Spoo!
Beeeeep! I guess every one of us in Bangalore is quite familiar with such an awful noise. Yes its our very own horns that never seem to vanish from this world. I was just looking at the most pleasant (Well i know its never, but may i call it tolerable?!) and the most awkward style of honking and recollected my memoirs here.I remember the good old days when horning itself was looked down as an embarrassment (At least in the city where i came from!). Now its such a necessity. You have all kinds of audio effects available as horns and some do trigger special video effects! (I mean the frown on the onlookers face!). Quite recently i heard this high tone horn that's typical of an Audi or a VW in our very own Indica!!! Oh trust me, that was a pain! And in Germany, people never horn, forget honking, so these cars can afford to have such intolerable noise machines!!! But in my city where honking is one of our essential traffic rule (as its become of late) can we really have it that harsh? And a few years ago we had this unique system of a playback music arising from vehicle if they had their brakes applied! I don't really know the source of this innovation neither its purpose!!!But was a path break-ing one i say!

Then you have these private shuttle buses with their unique trade marked ones where the driver has all powers to compose his own tune! It can vary from "Sa Re Ga ..." to "PeeP a BeeB a PeBePeeep.....". May be another Oscar for composition in the pipeline! Jai Ho!! Apart from this, are the funkier lorry horns. They can be as vivid as the slogans written on these!!! Then is the usual car beeps and the two wheeler screams that are not really far behind! They are as annoying as any other! The cycle "trin trin" is also evolved. A child near my place has a horn to his cycle that can sing the latest musical hit!!! What an idea!!

But tongawallahs and rickshaw pullers are not behind ha! They have a god given gift! Thats their vocal horns that has 0 investment. It is so flexible that the frequency can be adjusted at your will! It doesnot really honk but starts "Baaaaaaaju Baaaaaaju". Quite pleasant ain't it? May be the most acceptable of all!

Just thought of putting this here as a treasure in the land of music! Yes, music music everywhere but not an ear to care! Now wondering what would 10 years down the lane be?! Expecting a drastic transition powered by brilliant innovations!!!
Spoo!
The harshest of the time
Just came to me.
When all things appeared
Plane and bare to see.

I thought and cried
Why me again?
But none to answer that
Only the stubborn pain.

My leaves all gone
Pale and dry.
When my birds sit on me
And all day cry.

I can still hear the whistle
Of my fallen leaves.
As loud and clear
As the chatting eves.

Branches alone stand
Weak dull and bare.
And nobody around
To shower a care.

I stand grim now
And all day weep.
Until my eyes
Go into the deep.

The sun faithfully does
His routine everyday run.
With all his virtues
So rightfully done.

All i can now do
Is only patiently wait.
Until my time arrives
Ripe and right.

Shrewd i still stand
With the only hope strong.
That the spring will arrive
Setting things right that were wrong!
Spoo!
Me waiting at the door,
Waiting and waiting till it was four.
Came she with a pleasing smile,
My heart jumped a mile.


Yeah, she did have that charm,
And i rested my painful arm.
Went up to her with joy,
But, sad that she was too coy.


She looked at me up and down,
Pushing her curly hair so brown.
I admiring at the way she was dressed,
Realized that she had her things messed.


She staring and staring with great pomp,
Not at me but at the comp.
I was just too badly pissed,
Recollecting the two hours i had missed.


She was never my beauty queen,
I say this coz i really mean.
But she was the lady at the bank,
Where my patience almost sank!!!
Spoo!
The link here dates back to 5 to 6 years ago, where i remember a telecom company providing its subscribers with a facility called the "R World". It meant that with a push of a button (guess its the centre huge one!) one could access the net, send emails, watch movies etc etc.... At that time i thought it really created a huge wave in the industry and gave a tough run for its competators. And today the buzz is back! Just omit the "l" in "R World" and you end up recieving the big brother's christmas gift, yes i mean the "Recession" as we all know it! And i prefer to call it the "R Word"!

I was trying to note the subtle changes its caused in my life as a lay(wo)man.Well, i know not the economics of its effect on the GDP or the economic growth or blah blah... Thats not what i can really get into my head! But these changes are very minute that has influenced many of us i think. Here they go!

I was chatting with a friend of mine who is an engineering grad and happen to ask him what he was upto in life.He replied "jobkhoj" and with a grin face attributed that to the R word. Well if you happen to know a few of the fresh graduates or the final year ones, or if yourself is one, then i am sure this is pretty much the same there! We guys are the most spoken ones, be it anywhere! Just meet any Mr X or Mrs Y (I dont want to make more gender biases here :)) you will be shot with a question like "Oh final year is it? Have a job in your hands?" and if your answer is a yes, then again comes a sad nod "But the time is really bad you see, may be they would defer their join dates! blah blah ...." Some would go a step ahead and be generous to say "May be the situation improves by 2010 or 2012 ........", Guess where they got all these astro powers from!

Not just this, one day i was having a plate of masala dosa with a friend of mine in a good hotel and we noticed that the chutney go watery of late! We just had to look at each other and say "R Word"!
Its taken a toll on the banks as well! We have this practice of getting a Demand Draft (DD) from a bank as soon as we get our offer letters in college. Now, a student who on an average gets 3 offers now ends up with one or two! So that means the revenue on DDs of the other two offers is lost to the bank as well! Yeah blindly curse the R Word!

Apart from this, during my internship I was told that my company was into cost cutting. Trust me, they ended up cutting everything from extravagant snacks to the internet cable! I was also suprised one day to find the hand wash solution and the toilet papers missing from the rest room. Was that magical word also behind that?!? I wonder! May be if you find anything out of place in life, you can always just quip the "R word" and move on! May be that can get your frustration out!!!

Well i guess these are the small changes that affect me rather than the GDP, economic growth blah blah.....!!! Is it not R Wor(l)d really a buzz?! Are we not the chosen ones to face it?
Spoo!
This was one of the questions i always wanted an answer for. Well let me explain what it stands for. Was just thinking about the fights and arguments that people face and coined this term. Its called the "Kopa Quotient".(Kopa is a colloquial word in my language for anger in the well known English).I propose here many features that can trigger that "kopa" in you.

First of all i think its you as a person,i.e. if you are a born chili or an iceberg. If you know where you stand then its easier to analyze yourself (I know its not a great art doing the next bit!!!).Later comes the person on the other side (call him the "victim" or the "trigger"!). If he or she is someone you know for a very long time and guess his or her reactions, then the amount of "kopa" that floods you is very greater (I know there are counter-views to this, but thats logical and logic is not my subject you see!). I see it this way because you can always reconcile with the ones who are closer to your heart with that magical word "sorry".

Then of course is the subject or the reason for you being angry on that poor victim.It can vary from being late by half an hour to forgetting to return your lovely pen to ....... And according to me, the most sillier the reason, the greater the amount of "kopa" at that moment and easier is it to cajole that buddy of yours. Next comes the words you get at the tip of the mouth when you are in "kopa". If they are general "idiot..." "stupid..." kinds then the aftermath is easier to handle. Else if they are highly uncensored versions like "@#$!!" and "peeeeeeep", you better watch out. You are on the wrong way!

Of course the nature of the other person also plays a very very crucial role (I know its subjective but you can afford to take a guess!). Finally is the measure which indicates how easily you can be cooled down, if you require ice on your head or drinking a cool tender coconut could do the job! That is better if guessed by the "poor victim". Again, if its an intelligent guess he is saved, else he has a bad day!

May be with all these factors a reasonable KQ can be obtained by a simple addition of all these factors rated on a scale of ten (1 higher/simpler - 10 lower/complex) based upon the intensity, and finally you can get a KQ out of 50. Lesser the KQ, cooler you are! Is it not pretty simple?

Any takers?
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A small friendly city, uncluttered minds around, a nice ambiance, two young hearts(call it a server and a client) and a sense of belonging. All just perfect to form the firm layers at the bottom to give a strong end to end connection. A continuous stream of feelings were supposed to pass uninterrupted between the two hearts with both connected forever. All that was needed to set it up and running was a "connect" at one end and an "accept" at the other end.Subsequently there was "send"ing and "recv"ing of messages. Many acknowledgments and requests were required to make it work in harmony. No errors or congestion were expected on the way. All this formed an ideal protocol for a smooth exchange of thoughts, a bliss that was long yearned for!


But this is just an ideal scenario! There are always exceptions!Rather unhandled exceptions. Many factors like congestion of thoughts, a loosening foundation and a drop in the service rate started affecting the quality of service. So, in the process, a delay caused losses of acknowledgments and eventually no requests appeared on either ends! Thus a "disconnect" was called by our server that was in a hurry, that did not have the required queue space to entertain more requests if they came. The other side, the client, could only receive, and though wanted to send, just could not! Seeing no requests the impatient server called a "timeout". The receiving client now had nothing to call a connection, and timed out without a "disconnect". This was never a synchronous exchange!


Well, that was a perfect recipe for an uncalled disaster. Nothing to be blamed but the design of the protocol!
The consequence was an unordered useless bursts of data.
A horrendous Twisted Connection Protocol!
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Amidst funny questions like "Roam-where?" "MG Road and Internship--hehe kidding?" and keen eyes, seven of us embarked on a journey every day from college to MG Road and back home. We were the first of the lot to start something like that as early as August and that made brains wonder and eyes wink! I must confess that was a juggle with time and traffic! Thanks to the city! But all's well that ends well :)

Now, all of us stand at the end of this amazing journey and assume to have reached our destinations, at least i hope so :) That was a glorious period of four memorable months for me (well, it was five for the other luckier ones!). As a tribute to these six fellow mates of mine who made my life there a bed of roses, folks, i would like to put my thoughts about days spent with each one of you! Mind it not if i am on the offensive!

Well, most of us started the day at around 11, except for Akhila and Pratyusha, who believed in the early to arrive and early to leave policies! And others had that bit of laziness to follow it i guess! As a custom we logged into our mail accounts, browse for sometime and then realize that OK, we are here for something else! And the stupid watch showed it was lunch time!! And Ambar promptly at everyones cabin to remind that! We all know why! Thanks to his appetite!

Post lunch session-Oh, we had to finish that thing before we leave! That was the only motivation to work! We pondered heads and Shiva had the generic solution to all our problems-"Google it maga!" - as he puts it! Thanks Shiva, that was the most promising solution. The clock showed 4.30 and the thought of a break! Man, no one could afford to miss that! No matter what!

All of us on a single table- some heads bogged down due to "work pressures" (now wonder if we had some!) and some mouths chirping as usual! There were Ambar's teasing sessions (all of us know the poor victim!) through out the day, Shiva's unusual reasoning capacity (all wonder how he can relate two unconnected things- thats a talent i must say!) Pratyusha's and Akhila's rave rewiews on the recent block busters, both on and behind the screens,(thats improved my bollywood quotient i confess), Swathi's tips on cooking and housekeeping (respecting her words of experience!) and Shruthi's seroius thoughts abouth the day's work (May be the only one who used to think on the work assigned- that was so responsible of her!)

Back to the desk and a pack of snacks call us all!! Anyway, no prizes for guessing who awaited that the most! Again a commotion at the table and the scenes repeat! We were pampered with all the nice tasty fatty stuffs and thank God! no recession effects on that, though the softdrinks and chips were missed a lot!

Then all fell down! Yes, on the first floor and plan the way back home! Wait or walk,all reached safe and sound at 8 30 half dead (atleast i was!). Again, started the whole juggle with time!

Yes, that was all we did apart from learning each other and ofcourse the prescribed cirricullum (may i say that?). We lived like a family sharing thoughts and opinions, asking and telling things we knew and that we didn't.Everyday was a new spark with a lot of excitement and any pains vanished away in the company of 6 amazing people.I know these are very simple words to describe all that!

At the end of all these, i thank all of my fellow mates, one inside and out of my visibilty for making these moments memorable in life! Thank you guys! I wish each one of you a whole bounty of success in all your future adventures. All the very best and may God bless each one of you!

I hope at this end, our internship inturn ships memories!
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Well, was planning to enter the world of blogging for a long long time and time is ripe now:)
Every passing day thousands of thoughts pass a creative mind and many are just tooo volatile! You tend to be too imaginative about it that, the moment you realise its fantasy you will be disheartened that it can stay no more and i really know the pains of it:)
Hoping this to be a platform for the expression of those freelance thoughts that i could spread and share with people i love!
Ok, let me be a blogger!
Los geht's!