Here we go again

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It has happened again, after Bangalore, Jaipur , Delhi and Assam, terrorists have struck at Mumbai..and that too in grand style...CST, Taj Mahal hotel and Oberoi, both posh hotels, infact 5 star hotels, ...but I am not angry at the terrorists, I am anguished by the media hype.

And before you start thinking that this guy is nuts and is unconcerned about the people inside, well thats definitely not what I am talking about..
The media people, interviewing everybody and anybody in sight in Mumbai...bt when a soldier is killed in Kashmir, its not even news now..because its just a common man dying in some remote part of the country, where death is now not a new phenomenon...the media ppl know that the "live" feeds from Mumbai will get them more TRP than the entire Army ever would be able to...

And aaj bhi when Indian forces went inside the hotel, it was the ATS,NSG and the Army that went in...went in to save the rich people( who are too important to die), people they never knew, people who wouldn't even recognize them if they meet these soldiers again.... and jab pay commission aata hai...to Army waalo ki salary badhane se hamari country suffer karti hai...( the basic pay for an officer joining the Army is Rs 8,500 pm, while according to the recent Pay commission, the pay for a normal MLA is nearly a couple of lakhs per month....and they say that military drains our country's budget...)

Well, I just wrote this post as I have always felt that soldiers and the Army have never been given the respect or money that they deserve....and media and Human rights Commision are the first people to question their motives when by mistake an innocent man is killed during an encounter with terrorists. And again when a soldier is killed, the media people don't even blink an eyelid now...leave alone coming forward to protect the dead soldier's human rights...

All we need to do is to send these media people to the border, let them see death up close there, maybe then they will realize the soldiers life, away from his family, standing guard at the dead of night at temperatures dipping below zero degrees and trying to protect his country against all threats- Domestic or foreign- from floods to riots to terrorists, they have fought off everything, sometimes at the cost of thier lives.

You can go to sleep in your comfortable bed in your centrally air-conditioned home, but do say a silent prayer for the unknown soldier who stands guard at the border the whole night so that nothing harms us..


I think my gtalk status does convey what I wanted to write in this post "Mumbai mein 5 star hotel mein ghuse..tab media waalon ko dikha...Jammu mein Army Camp mein ghuste hai tab media waale kaha mar jate hai???"
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The Final Inspection

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The soldier stood and faced God,
Which must always come to pass.
He hoped his shoes were shining,
Just as brightly as his brass.

'Step forward now, you soldier,
How shall I deal with you ?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?'

The soldier squared his shoulders and said,
'No, Lord, I guess I ain't.
Because those of us who carry guns,
Can't always be a saint.

I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough.
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.

But, I never took a penny,
That wasn't mine to keep...
Though I worked a lot of overtime,
When the bills got just too steep.

And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear.
And sometimes, God, forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.

I know I don't deserve a place,
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around,
Except to calm their fears.

If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand.
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand.

There was a silence all around the throne,
Where the saints had often trod.
As the soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.

'Step forward now, you soldier,
You've borne your burdens well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell.'

Author Unknown

Soni de nakre, sone lag de

(PS: the title of the blog will be explained later..)

I have nothing to do now,though I have CAT within a week, but ab padhne ka mann nahi kar raha yaar... so was just going thru some blogs, and came across this exercise here, and have decided to give it a try...

Exercise
"Put your MP3 player/Media player on shuffle.
For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
You must write the name of the song no matter what."

Lets see what happens…

1. If someone says “Is This Okay?” you say?
Jhoom Jhoom Badalwa Barse
Jhoom Jhoom Badalwa Barse…(Fuzon)

LOL…maana Goa mein kafi baarish hoti hai…but aisa bhi kya ;)

2. What would best describe your personality?
Mujh pe to jadoo, tera jadoo chal gaya (Race)

-wtf

3. What do u like in a guy/girl?
Something about the way u smile, I may never know the reason why – Sa ni dha pa ma ma ga re sa (Colonial Cousins)

Perfect match :) :)

4. How do u feel today?
Teri aankhen mujhe yaad aayen , tera chehra mujhe tarpaye, teri bheegi aankhen, mujhe jab yaad aaye, teri beegi aankhon ko..bhualana chahu na bhula paaon..dil yeh bhula nahi paye…( Fuzon)

5. Whats your life’s purpose?
Bulla ki jaana mein kaun…bulla ki jaana mein kaun….(Rabbi Shergill)

Good match again ;)

6. What is your motto?
Zehreeley zehreeley (Rock On)

Wow….yeh to mujhe bhi nahi pata tha :P

7. What do your friends think of you?
Kahi to hogi who..duniya jaha tu mere saath hai… ( Jaane Tu…ya jaane naa)

Woops!!

8. What do u think of your parents?
Cash to your left baby, Cash to your right ..cash on my mind, making money all the time (Cash)

Omg, no comments…

9. What do u think about very often?
Naa hai yeh paana, naa khona hi hai….
tera naa hone jaaneeee, kyon hona hi hai….
tum se hi din hota hai, sur maye shaam aati hai…tum se hi, tum se hi…( Jab We Met)

Hehe…now thats starting to get funny...

10. What is 2+2??

Khuda jaane yeh kyon hua hai, ke ban gaye ho tum mere khuda.. (Bacchna aae haseenon)

Maana tough question hai…

11. What do u think of your best friend?
Dhoop tashan mein, raat tashan hai,
apni to har baat tashan mein….kaise bhi haalat tashan hai…

…apna jeena to…..jeena tashan mein..tashan mein (Tashan)

That’s true…jo karte hai…tashan mein ;)

12. What do you think of the person U like?
Heere moti main naa chahu, main to chahu sangam tera….
main to teri saiyaan…tu hai mera…
tu jo chu le pyaar se, aaram se, mar jaaon…saiyaaaaaaan..( Kailash Kher)

Can’t deny this…

13. What is your life story?

Koi fariyaad tere dil mein dabi ho jaise.. tune aankhon se koi baaat kahi ho jaise..
jaagte jaagte ek umr kati ho jaisi… (Tum Bin)

Abe yeh meri life story hai ya main kisi ki 3^rd person story bata raha hoon :P

14. What do u want to be when you grow up?
In dino, dil mera ,mujhse yeh keh raha, tu khwaab saja, tu ji le zara..(Life in a…Metro)

True…live for the moment…

15. What do think when you see the person u like?
Dhadkane khamosh hai..kuchh kehti nahi….yeh akhiri alvida naa ho…
chahate aankhon se behti rahi…yeh akhiri alvida naa ho..
iss dard ko dil mein, dil mein rehne do..
jo khwaab hai aankhon se aankhon se kehne do..
dukh ki nadi chup chap behne do..
jo kehne hai tum dheere se keh do…
Yeh akhiri alvida naa hoooooooooo….(OST Shootout at Lokhandwala, Strings)

Alvida kyon????? Who bhi akhiri… :(

16. What do ur parents think of you?
Aankhon mein jiske, koi to khwaab hai..
khush hai wahi jo thoda betaab hai..
zindagi mein koi aarzoo kijiye, phir dekhiye..
honton pe jiske koi to geet hai…who haare bhi to,
uski hi jeet hai..
dil mein jo geet hai, gunguna lijiye, phir dekhiye…( Rock On)

Waah..inspired..

17. What will you dance to at your wedding?
Kabhi shaam dhale tu mere dil mein aa jaana,
Kabhi chand khile tu mere dil mein aa jaana…
Magar aana iss tarah tum keh yaha se phir naa jaana…. ( Sur)

Nice…

18. What will they play at ur funeral?
What Ive felt
What Ive known
Turn the pages
Turn the stone
Behind the door
Should I open it for you?

Oh, what Ive felt
Oh, what Ive known
I take this key
And I bury it in you

Because youre unforgiven too
Never free
Never me
cause youre unforgiven too ( Unforgiven, Metallica)

Nice, one of my favorites…

19. What is your hobby/Interest?
Bachna ae haseeno, lo main aa gaya…
Husn ka aashiq, husn ka dushman,
apni ada hai auron se juda…( Bachna ae haseeno)

Omg…aisa bhi kya desperation ;)

20. What is your biggest secret?
Patiyala peg laga ke, teri galli wich aake, sab sud bud hosh gawa ke,
deewani main pagal main talli ho gayi,
main tulli , main tulli ,main tulli ho gaya( Ugly aur Pagli)

That’s a gud one too…

21. What do u think of your friends?
Dooba dooba rehta hoon aankhon mein teri,
Deewana ban gaya hoon main chahat mein teri…(Silk Route)

No no..thats definitely not right…

22. What do u post this as?
Soni de nakre, sone lag de mainu, soni de nakre, sone lag de..(Partner)

Waah, the subject of the post is nt even related …
maine to pehle hi kaha hai…bandiya…saara credit inhe hi milta hai :x

The final T2..

T2 or the second internals got over a few days back...Well for all those of you who are not very aware of BITS System, 4-1 sem for single degree ppl is a light sem, we have to do only electives( 6 electives over the 4 years of engineering). So most people complete most of thier electives as theory and practical courses by the end of 3rd year, and come into this year with only one or two electives left...

Well, I had also hoped to do so, but if you have EEE, you end up doing so many labs as part of the course that you don't feel like doing an extra theory course...and well with nearly 200 students of three years baying the 20-30 odd faculty in EEEnI department, well you can guess how easy it is to get a project and well I didn't want to do projects like "Working on XYZ software package" or something, so I ended up with 4 of my 6 electives still unfinished....

And all for the first time at BPGC, we were getting an M.E level course, and it seemed pretty important too, so I took that too, so I ended up with 3 theory and 1 project in my 4th year, and like some of my friends did'nt choose an easy subject from Humanities ( and just for info, next sem we have electives like "Shreemad Bhagwad Gita" and "Conflict Religion" and a couple on entrepreneurship @campus )...

well I ended up with Embedded System Design, Digital Signal Processing and Data Communication and Networks, electives that are tough to do one at a time..and here I am doing them at the same time…and bhai “WATT lageli hai…”

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Just pray I manage some decent GPA…_/\_ ( thats the symbol for praying on DC these days :P)

Top ten most irritating phrases

8 Nov 2008, 0059 hrs IST, ANI (Times of India)

There are some phrases and words that drive us literally mad. Now, researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list of top ten most irritating expressions.

The researchers monitor the use of phrases in a massive database called the Oxford University Corpus, made up of books, papers, magazines, broadcast, the net and other sources. This alerts them to new words and phrases to be included in the Oxford English Dictionary and can tell them which language fads are fizzling out.

"We grow tired of anything that is repeated too often - an anecdote, a joke, a mannerism - and the same seems to happen with some language,"- Jeremy Butterfield( author of the book Damp Squid).

The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 - At the end of the day

2 - Fairly unique

3 - I personally

4 - At this moment in time

5 - With all due respect

6 - Absolutely

7 - It's a nightmare

8 - Shouldn't of

9 - 24/7

10 - It's not rocket science
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Well, somebody tell this to one of the most loved teacher @BPGC ;)

Anyways check out the original article at http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3685307.cms

This article is courtesy Times of India...

Yeh naya ID kaunsa hai??

Being a part of team BITSAA, on campus at Goa, most of the earlier replies had this question "What is P3 and which branch in Pilani does it corrispond to to..."
and my replies used to be a detailed explaination of how the A group at Pilani was equivalent to P group here and so on...and after these I used to always think ki "yeh ID same rakh lete to BITS waalo ka kya jaata".

Well it seems someone has heard it, and now after 3.5 years in college we now have a new ID, corrisponding to the ones given in Pilani except that at the end it has a "P" for Pilani, "G" for Goa and "H" for Hyderabad...

My new id is 2005A3PS118G ....
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But if you are thinking that BITS changed its ID system just to maintain a single structure, well thats just partially correct and our guess is that they were running out of alphabets with 5-6 of them used at Pilani, 4-5 at Goa and nearly an equal number at Hyderabad and Dubai...and at the rate at which BITS is opening new campuses, we would soon be out of alphabets :P

Anyways, might probably be going home for CAT, so wishing all of you the bestest of luck for CAT and IIFT exams..phodd dena...