there is a God.....

hello frnds once again....my plaster is gone and yes although the doctor was cribing about me being impatient so much as i got it removed in his absence, yet its worth it!!! after all we-Aasiyaan, won the 1st prize in both the group song events held durin Sargam in NHCE-inter-dept. and inter-college! man, my band members were ecstasic like never before......indeed it was a memorable win, esp. for me that i dedicated this to my Sir-Nilim Sir....thanks Sir, this goes out for u from the core of my heart.

not that there were no disappointments......coz in the State representatin event, we lost, thanks to the partial decision coz its not just me but everyone present there could see it that we were undoubtedly the best....all hard work gone down the drain but the memories we'll cherish forever....and i even got a chance to play the mandolin on stage!!! but now its all over... life is back to normal again...bye

For Nilim Sir....forever

Its another cool evenin comin to an end in bangalore, with rain lashing at the window panes of my room, makin me nostalgic, lending more melancholy to my already deteriorating feelings, and to add to it, i m listenin to 'november rain' by GnR (it has the Best Guitar solo ever made) although its still october.....
I've recovered almost completely now with this colourful plaster(autographs from my best freinds!) finally becomin an integral part of me and now when i've to cut it tomorrow, i can feel missing it already!
Its Nilim Sir, my music Guru, who passed away the day before yesterday, for whom i dedicate this blog...he was one of the best teachers i've ever known...i regret his untimely death to cancer and will always miss him...Sir, wherever u are, may your soul rest in peace.....u'll always be revered and remembered for ur excellence in the field of music, an artist with true potential who always remained undermined due to his humility, an artist who could reach peaks of excellence in his profession yet remained so down to earth, a mentor who guided and nurtured hundreds of students ...... it is u who taught me music more than i could learn by playin or listenin to it.... its because of ur influence that i once again started playin the guitar, after dumpin it in some obscure corner, sometimes for even more than a year.... here in Bangalore i found its true essence.....now that i've held on to it, i promise i'll never quit playin..... my next performance on stage this month, i dedicate to u and only u.....

Care for wildlife....

NOTE-

This is a post of the past.....it was kept by me in some obscure corner of my hard drive...thought of posting to keep that fire burning in me....now that i've become an unemployed bugger...nothing else....

31st Jan, 2008.

Dunno why I m writing this, but somewhere from within, I felt a great urge to write since last evening. 30th Jan, 2008 (2 days back) – a day I am going to remember for a very long time! A day of realisation of a wish I had been nurturing ….. I’ll come back to it, but first I’d like to write about something more important. It is about the time I spent last evening with two of my very good friends who are very dear to me. I have always considered myself one of the luckiest persons to have been born but this belief (truth actually) has been haunting me since last night. The reason being the conversation we 3 friends had last evening. It was undoubtedly a friendly and casual one just like we always have but what I could see in it yesterday was something unusual. These two friends of mine were actually worried about their future, realising that they were facing a dark world filled with uncertainties. They had messed up their studies in the past 3 years, the blame I won’t put on them alone. I guess destiny had a major role to play in bringing about their plight. I don’t mean to say that I am looking at a bright future ahead but at least I am better off than them thanks to have joined a promising course or it won’t be wrong to say that coz I have paid for a professional course that promises to establish me as a god damn engineer earning a fat pay that would set me apart from the unemployed bunch of buggers! See the fun, I am going to be earning soon because of the simple fact that my parents paid or in fact could pay the requisite amount one should invest to give birth to a so called engineer! But I can’t complain coz now even I have become a part of this policy….. whatever be the reason, I’ll never be able to forgive myself in this life if I don’t do something for the society and by something I don’t mean anything, I want to first establish myself and gain a platform through which I can exercise the power to bring about the changes I want to….. Then again it’s another story I won’t dwell upon now……

4th Feb, 2008.

Few moments back I was going through today’s newspaper… what caught my attention were 2 articles written on the recent killings of one-horned rhinos in Kaziranga National Park, Assam. It’s a serious case and unless each of us is aware of how important it is to preserve these near extinct species and resent against the killings, there will always be those ruthless poachers going on a killing spree. There should be a thorough investigation on the forest officials’ coz without their involvement it is not possible for the poachers to enter the Park and carry out their ruthless acts. Another important realisation should be that it is not just because these rhinos are on the verge of extinction that we should preserve them, which would indirectly mean that we are least interested in preserving other animals. Whatever is the species, we humans are the most powerful of all animals and it is our duty to protect the weak coz most powerful is he who has control over his power.


10th Feb, 2008.

Writing again after a long time! Me right now at the Kolkata Airport after alighting from the flight coming from Guwahati…. Idle now as I got 3 hours before boarding the next flight to Bangalore…. Here I am, back again to my present abode…. Once again ready and rejuvenated to take the world… and this time I ain’t talking rubbish… I seriously mean it, I m not going to waste any time on any useless task, I m god damn serious and determined not to lose my focus no matter what… I understand now how much responsibilities I have to shoulder and I can’t afford to fail coz I’ll never be able to forgive myself if I do. I am giving myself this last time to prove myself that I have the potential to show my potential….. And yes, I have to keep praying at least for the ones I love, if not for me…. That’s it for now, I m dog hungry!

Bring about a change....-be a vigilante!!!

NOTE from the reader-This was created by me on 2nd Sept, 2008 with the intention of forwarding it to one of the news channels but circumstances became such that it failed to materialize, with the incident fading out on announcement of 6th sem results the next day...... I regret this as i really want to do something regarding the incident..... awaiting ur kind response as to what should be the next step.....

Respected Sir,

This is with regard to the height of tolerance which we, the students of New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore, have to encounter amidst a stringent and dominating regime of a handful of totalitarians. Herein, I present before you the factual depiction of what is actually happening in the college, while representing the thousands of students who have reached the limit of exploitation under the college’s dogmatic management. One would expect a student to be proud of his/her college, but right now, we are at a fix about our stand. First, a brief introduction of the college- It is one of the most reputed in Bangalore, accredited to NBA (National Board of Accreditation) and if you were to go by the Dataquest Survey (June 15, 2008), it gets the dubious distinction of being the No.2 in Bangalore & No.23 in India.

Coming to the actual incident which has sprung us into action, it would be the talk of the town by now. Yes, I am referring to the tragic demise of three students of NHCE, following two separate road accidents in Outer Ring Road, near to the college on 1st Sept, 2008. Fortunately, one survives but how blessed his fortune, remains to be seen, thanks to the reckless act of the Principal of NHCE. The sad incident took place near to VIMS hospital near Marathahalli, which claimed the life of the pillion rider. However, the rider has survived but his condition isn’t stable as yet. He was immediately taken to VIMS and the situation demanded the immediate deposition of Rs.10, 000 cash and the signature from someone belonging to the college’s management, which the Principal of NHCE promptly refused. Another responsible person from the college refused to do the same, giving stupid reasons like closure of the Accounts Office! It was the appreciable HOD of EEE Deptt. of NHCE, who agreed to shell out the required amount along with his signature on the statement. Here, I would like to thank and salute those students who were there in the hospital all throughout the night, and they bear witness to what had happened there.

The next day, 2nd Sept. as should be expected, must’ve been declared a holiday to offer heart-felt condolences to the students who passed away. But to our utter consternation, the management of the college declared a full working day with just a two-minute mourn (which was initiated by the students, who were consequently deprived of further participation fearing the demand of holiday) and a short lecture from the Chairman (his first appearance since the incident) on imposition of even more stringent rules with hardly any mention of the tragedy (he didn’t even say ‘may their soul rest in peace’, and he boasts of calling us as a part of his family!!!). I guess this came more out of compulsion rather than compassion. In such a grieving situation, it is but common sense to abrogate classes, but the ever-conspiring management decided to continue with regular classes, much to the dismay of the faculty and students. It was evident that the Chairman was more concerned about the reputation of the college than the lives of its students, or else what other conclusion can one draw from their decision to ban the students from bringing two-wheelers to the college? If the management is so concerned, then why don’t they create awareness among students regarding rash driving, helmets wear etc. by an effective campaign? Why can’t they see the dreadful effects of tobacco and alcohol which the students of NHCE are in the clutches of? They have rules to rusticate hostelites who are caught smoking in hostel/college premises but they don’t bother to prevent the setting up of petty shops selling thousands of cigarettes less than 10 metres from the college gate. This is how the management of NHCE discharges its responsibility towards its students.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Under such circumstances, we need a students’ union to justify our cause but as the college is ruthlessly against such bodies, we’ve no choice but to approach the media for support. It is with this intention that we are putting forward our cause before you with the expectations of an unbiased justification of our right to form a students’ union. The prime purposes of a students’ union are summarized below:

1. To collaborate with the college management in understanding and finding solutions to the numerous problems which the students confront.
2. To create awareness among the students of the perils caused by tobacco, alcohol etc.




Yours sincerely
Students of NHCE

my first take!

Hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, accidents... they all make news from time to time. Some see them as the payoff for offending their God. That especially applies to some televangelists, who pronounce such a verdict after each catastrophe. What a vengeful God they must subscribe to!
Others see these events as evidence of nature's wrath, but lawyer and orator Robert Green Ingersoll put it best when he said, "In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences." We may mess with an ecosystem and then we have to face the consequences. What a pity that often those who make a mess stay far behind, in space and time, to face the consequence.....
Wondering why i began with this thought? Well, if u take a good look at my uploaded photograph, the fact will sink in..... This incident has suddenly has left me out of place and also with ample time to finally come up with this blog which i had been thinking of creating since quite sometime! Not that i wasn't influenced to do this, thanks to one of my best pals-Jahnab. Do check out his blog-tezpuretc.blogspot.com. U'll love his repartee, besides his cool take on life!
Coming back to me....well the fateful incident took place on 26th Sept, 2008 - we, BT VII sem, were off to a so called educational trip, accompanied by our Dear HOD (she always manages to make a jackass of the Principal, who ends up believing that we've a genuine thirst for knowledge, but between us, let me tell u that its only an excuse for another memorable outing! We were supposed to visit some farming area related to us, so called biotechnologists, in the outskirts of the city, but ended up trekking the highest point in Kanataka- Shivgange! Even HOD climbed to the roof of our bus, seeing which the driver, on my request, playfully started the engine while she was still up there!!! So far so good......right? but not so from now...eh...It goes this way- Dunno why but even after everyone climbed to roof of the bus, I had hesitated for so long..even most of the girls went up and came down.. i guess i had reserved my best shot, which came with the onset of a rush of adrenaline flow, driving me to climb up to the roof which was by now less crowded with most of my classmates standing below. I wont hesitate to acknowledge the pleas from almost everyone present there, warning me again n again not to test my calcium content! But crazy that i m, not withstanding these, i jumped with the image of "Batman-the Gotham Knight" at the back of my mind and landed on the rough patch of ground from almost 9feet high! My right shoe landed perfect, but not so fortunate was my left shoe, which kissed the ground with a twitch, consequently manoeuvring my ankle to a critical angle....Even if that hurt, i had no idea then and all i did was give a smirk to those who were askin if i had hurt myself! Even i sounded quite confident that the max i would end up with would be a sprain.... Here i would like to clarify my stance on the incident- it was purely a stunt, resulting out of an excessive flow of adrenaline and bear no resemblane or influence to any person, who did the same feat before me! Readers, please acknowledge this fact; i m solely responsible for this and no one had anything to do with this stunt, so dont go on blaming others. Thats why i have already mentioned the fact that everyone present tried to stop me. So we began our journey back from Shivgange! While in the bus, i could feel a slight pain building up with some swelling but i i dismissed it as nothing and pushed it from my mind... only after i got down in Marathalli, that i realized on persuasion of my friends, i needed a damn X-ray! So off we went to the nearby MGAN hospital to wrap my first ever plaster, shelling out a extravagant 2700! Finally, we returned to the hostel and fell on my bed to begin my 21 days voyage to insanity! However i dont believe in regrettin n i'll soon b back with a bang..after all its worth the risk, what say guys.... Its the 3rd day runnin now n i'll keep updated.....