13/7/2011

Driving the car, the Radio playing then the Rj says 3 bomb blasts in Mumbai. I guess i would have been shocked at the incident but now i was shocked at my reaction on receiving it. I was Calm, there were no alarm bells ringing. Was this such a casual incident now??
when i start to think, I really think i saw it coming, not that i'm in touch with RAW or i got intelligence report.. but because,
Once there is a terrorist attack, we do all hara kiri. We update status messages swearing on the terrorists, We blame the government for not acting, but are we doing anything else other than this??
I know its true that the government are eunuchs sitting there, i know the terrorists are Mother fucking bastards. But aren't we the one who are supposed to take the blame??
All we do is make movies against terrorism (Yes! i was inspired by Mumbai meri jaan and Wednesday) but did we learn anything from them?? All we did was come out and vote the same money and Authority hungry assholes...
I'm really cynical bout the future of this country. Can't we see that they are playing Diwali in a different city every year!!
Will we ever learn ??? I don't know!!!
Nothing has changed Except the date... it was 26/11 then, its 13/7 now... I hear its Ajmal Kasab's birthday today... Happy birthday boy... don't worry You are safe here....

The Ritual..

Another post about Engineering from VTU... and as I have earlier said, i can go on and on about them... :P
Waiting for the results for one last time in engineering, I get to see a ritual again and again...

Waiting for results under Vtu is an experience to be had, Esp. if your an Engineering student from Bangalore. The adrenalin level reaches its peak, the anxiety is unbearable and the amount of patience a student has to have is just immense..

Here goes the actual procedure...
1. U will get to know the results are announced.. but when u check it out only Gulburga Region results would have been announced... :P

2. Next day again when the results are awaited, promptly Belgaum region results will be announced..

3.This is again followed by the Mysore region results the very next day...

4. Then, when the students are sure that the Bangalore region results are to be followed and are eagerly awaiting, there comes a line in the website saying the Bangalore region results will be announced the next day...

And When students take a breath and try to get some sleep, the results would have come out at 2 or 3 in the morning... this news spreads so rapidly( i don't know how) but in around 30 minutes, the entire Bangalore region would be again in front of the computer, and exactly at this moment, the fragile VTU website breaks down...

I guess V.T.U was designed to torment students' life...

Anyway waiting for the final time for the results, at least this time i hope they give out the results without many shocks... :)

Engineering

Its been a week after i finished the very last exam in Engineering. When i stepped out of the lab after giving my project Viva, the first feeling that struck my mind was i had completed one of the most (actually when i think of it, i can find no adjectives to define it) Courses. It was freedom from all the bullshit i had seen for 4 years. It was a feeling of satisfaction, joy, ecstasy, a feeling almost orgasmic!
Not to forget the fact that, i now could add two important letters in front of my name...
"ANANTHRAM N S B.E., "

But what made engineering a course that everyone who took it, desperately wanted to get out???
When i Finished my P.U.C, i had no other option but to take up Engineering, and was pretty excited about entering a professional course. But, may be due to the college i choose or the university under which I studied or the course itself, there was nothing professional about it from the first day to the last!!
V.T.U is one THE MOST hated universities among engineers. Its the way they run the administration, or the Examination papers they set or the evaluation, There is always a blunder waiting to happen. (Not to forget the revaluation). And finally the student suffers in each and every instance.
Not to take away anything from our great college (S.C.E), its the most fucked up institution. I've seen students from other colleges say the same about their college, Every college is bad in the eyes of students, but our college just personifies the experience.
I can present a research paper on how screwed up a college can get using this college as an example.

But as people say, we can take out positives from every failure. These four years has made me stronger mentally. I can face a shock of any magnitude calmly. It has made me smarter, by making me think of smarter ways to deceive the evaluator while answering. It mas made me realize my potential. and obviously, the Sane friends and the insane memories attached is always a positive..

P.S: There is a common joke among the Engineers.
Engineering in VTU is like a public toilet. People outside are desperate to get in where as the people inside are dying to come out.. :P

ME & MEGAPIXELS

A normal boy growing in the lanes of any city in India, his first and foremost hobby is playing Cricket! Even with me its the same. Cricket runs in every vein and artery of my body. But then cricket is not everything. In search of other pass-times, started reading books, then came writing, and finally photography.
All started with a camera phone i had some 4 years back. Sony ericsson K790i. Till today i feel its an SLR in disguise. Clicking photos with that, my perspective towards everything changed or the way i looked at things was different. Suddenly (as they would say in cinemas), the world around me looked better. there were a lot of things i had never even noticed came into my view. With photography i wanted to capture and store what my eyes could see and appreciate.

Now i use The Canon EOS 1000D. But the basic objective remained same! to capture what my eyes could appreciate
so in order to share the same, i start a blog exclusively for my photos: MEMORIES IN MEGAPIXELS

City i've lived, loved...

Its Summer, and obviously with it there are talks of the Heat, and the irritation to give company.
I've seen many people getting bugged over it, but over the years that i've lived in this wonderful place called Bangalore(No! Bengaluru), i've started enjoying the heat.
One reason being, i believe this city has a mind of its own!! The weather here is Fantastic. Even during summer, when the mercury level raises, u can be assured of rainy days ahead.
The better part about the rain in Bangalore is its not so heavy that it causes floods and people are washed away, and not so light that its there one moment and disappear the next. Its steady drizzle. just enough to wet our souls but not us, just enough to create the air of freshness from the scorching heat. just enough to freshen the spirits and not dampen it..

And the best part of it.. I don't know how many have noticed it or it may have gone un-noticed, the BUILD UP to the rain is just as amazing as the rain itself.First the light breeze picks up and quickens.The clouds start to build up and then there is the calm!! no breeze no sound.. its almost scary and finally it starts to pour!!! Every single time its an awesome experience to have.
I've heard people speaking about the best cities in India.. but for me its always and will always be this beautiful, blessed, divine city of BENGALURU
Enjoying the first rains in 2011 !!!