ANNA's United India:- A movement on 21st!!

Sunday, 21st Aug 2011, though started with normal routine but ended with a complete unprecedented and life-time experience. Whole nation which is assumed as a most diverse nation is singing in a single tone and that is for making BETTER(nothing is perfect..every time we have scope of improvement) india. Exasperated by back-to-back scams by politicians, every single citizen of india is now asking for something that can make india a bit better, safe and less corrupt place.
     As a responsible citizen of india, how can we show aberration. We had plans to contribute but looking for a moment.In a national movement for india's second freedom, any news channel couldn't miss this golden opportunity and i completely accept i m big fan of these news channels(esp TIMES NOW). As soon as Mr. Kejriwal from Anna's team announced that today we will have march from India Gate to Ramlila Maidaan @ 5 PM, i instantly decided that yes this is the right time to go beyond blame and talk about muddy politics, this is the time to act and show your strength.(Its NOW or NEVER)
   
      Me along with 2 other room mated Anshul and Rajesh,left for India gate and reached there @ 4:30 PM. What we see there can't be described in words. I have never seen such a huge enthusiastic, energetic crowd.Everyone was filled with anger against corruption,scams and especially with the congress government. I have read and heard a lot that india is most diverse country but seeing the ambiance there it proved completely wrong. People from every corner were having Anna's cap,shouting slogans in same tone with a single motto.People from every profession, caste, color, geography were there and seemed united to fight against corruption.I don't know what will the final outcome, but i am glad to see that yes still we are ONE to fight against anything and still there are very few people who are above caste,color,location.It gives us a ray of hope that we wont accept everything  imposed on them.(But we need a leader who can show direction).

            Rally started @ 5:30 PM from India Gate with slogans like "Vande Mataram", "Bharat Maata ki Jai", "Inqlaab Zindabaad". Everyone was shouting, singing and dancing.Some interesting slogans which showed anger againse govt were like "Sonia gandhi bharat chodo...italy jaake dhaaba kholo", "Manmohan 1 kaam karo...chudi pehan k dance karo", "Saara yuva yhan k..Rahul gandhi khan h", "Gali ka kutta kaisa ho...kapil sibbal jaisa ho", "Sonia jiski mummy h...wo sarkaar nikammi h". Other slogans which praised Anna's team for their work were "Desh ka beta kaisa ho...Kejriwaal jaisa ho", "Desh ki beti kaisi ho... Kiran bedi jaisi ho".

      Rally cont for 6-7 KM and as everyone was heading towards Ramlila maidaan, they were becoming louder to protest but as all were supporting Gandhian movement, no traffic hiccups on the way.On the way people were contributing in different manner. Some were distributing biscuits, bananas, water pouches , tea while other were helping to make rally smoother and peaceful.
   
     Finally we reached Ramlila maidaan @ 7:00 PM. There were around more than 1 lac people on the ground and everyone shouting "ANNA ZINDABBAD", "Anna tum sangharsh Karo, hum tumhare sath h". The crowd was not ready to relent in any case.Prashant Bhushan was explaining was are the key differences between govt's lokpal(read Jokepal) and civil society's Janlokpal bill.
    I must say Anna and their team is one step ahead of govt and they are well prepared this time and want to implement a strong anti-corruption bill which can at least cut down no of cases to 50%. i am completely optimistic that govt has to accept what public of india is asking for.I am not much aware of technicalities of law but as i have gone through both the bill, in my understanding govt's bill motivate corruption only while Anna's team bill after few minor changes can be implemented easily.

     My appeal to govt is that please be flexible and change with the time. Now its not much easy to fool them and impose what you want. Consider what people want and obviously you can suggest your suggestion but don't carry too much ego with you, otherwise you have to face the consequences in next election..

Hope govt will listen to us and time for revolution has come. I hope at least youth power who have strong will power to change the world will remain united and fight for every cause.

JAI HIND!!!!

Meaning of Voting

It has been long time since i updated my blog. A lot of reason can be claimed like busy schedule, sporadic net connection, some unfavourable moments etc. 

        

  As the topic depicts that again i am in mood to fire diatribe against our so called resposible citizen of our society.Here i am not sharing an incident which is not a fiction.

         On 13th october which was an important day for Haryana because on that day state assembly election were scheduled to held. Everyone was agog and prescient for the new government. This year more people participated in voting but that does really have some meaning??

 

       On the same day when i was having lunch, i asked to one of our Mess-Worker that "Apne Vote Dala??"(Did you voted today??) and he with a grin smile replied "Humne to subah hi vote dal diya; Hum is me deri nahi karte."(we have voted in the morning and we dont like to delay in these matters).  Again when i asked about the party he supported(In our country party matters more than the candidate), he replied "Apni to congress hi h". Actually i didn't have any idea about the candidates so i asked the name of the candidate from congress and believe me he didn't have any idea about the candidate and more surprisingly he didn't have idea about the party symbol. He told me that "Apni to congress hi h so hame to Chate(Umbrella) par hi vote dala h" .

So the purpose of this blog is clear. By this incident you can understand the democratic system in India and what is the utility of voting when most of the people waste their power of voting by casting their vote to wrong candidate. Which part can be blamed ; either illiteracy or the influence of power and money on these innocent people.In our country worst thing is that we choose the party instead of the eligible candidate and we are following the trend of our ancestor to choose the party. We have the power and right to choose our candidate who can represent our country so why to waste our right.

     This article is just to share an incidence with you which seems harrowing for me and i wrote this article in hectic schedule and in exam time so there may be some mistakes in it. I really apologise for delay in posting and keep this blog inactive for a long time.

Hitendra Kr Gupta 

  

"AUSTERITY:- TAWDRY OR UTILITARIAN JOB"

Kurukshetra NITK Hostel no:-7

If you are a frequent reader of TIMES OF INDIA(so called TOI),then word Austeriry is quotidian for you.You may be perspicacious over this topic or it may be it seems new-fangled for you. Even after discussing for a long time over this topic in every facet it is too complicated that it is still seems nebulous so after wade through information,i am trying to explain what and why austerity is so debatable now.

This whole story smouldered when Our finance minister Mukhargee da asked External affairs Minister and his younger MOS Shashi tharoor to vacate 5-star hotels(Where they ensconced incognito) and then suggested politician to travel in economy class instead of business class to reduce extra expenses in this drought and economic downturn time(in last 12 months 70-80% of total expenses were due to politician's travelling expenses).

After scrutinizing the conditions and ruminating over the word i tried to define the word and tried to cover all tha facets but keep in mind that this definition is in my understanding and your creed may be different from mine:

Austerity :-

According to Hitendra "Austerity is a set of actions, performed by the responsible citizen of a state,for the welfare of state,in the public interest by means of reduncing their unnecessary expenses."

Few Keywords:

SET OF ACTIONS:- Actions taken to reduce the expenses and to lead a austere life.

RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN:- who cares,thinks and works for state and isn't selfish.

WELFARE OF STATE:- Physical and mental health and happiness of an individual in state.

PUBLIC INTEREST:- these actions shouldn't have -ve effect on aam aadmi.

UNNECESSARY EXPENSES:- which don't have much more effect on the person but saves a lot for the state.

Our main focus is on politician because they are leading luxurious life (while they are public servant).This luxurious life has become the status symbol for them.They are travelling by planes,having a Z or Z+ security when this is not much required.For an example,MK karunanidhi who doesn't travel much by planes(because of health problem) but hogged these planes(because of status) and government is spending around 12cr per annum on maintainance of these standing planes.Their single visit(Better to call it official visit,while they visit with their family) and meeting costs in crores(where Same platitudes are mouthed every time that "our relation with that nation is improving").Maya behanji is busy in making her statues(spent many crores from public fund)shows how much they are serious for public interests and state.Their family travels in limousine and living in govt mansions(Between 2005-09,Rs 93.5 crore was spent on "up gradation" of houses of MPs and Ministers and since June 2009,eight Ministers have renovated offices for Rs 78.41 lakh).

Our politicians don't stop here and chronically there are advocating for this austerity which is nothing more than charade for me. May i ask why we have 85 ministries in center while we had 18 at the time of independence. In indian government we have staff of 1,38,370(including all the officials) to collect a revenue of Rs 6,41,079 crore.More shockingly,Environment ministry has 11 secretaries(1-secretary,2-additional secretaries,6-joint secretaries and 2-joint secretaries-level officers). Why do we need a Ministry for Minority affairs when we have a Ministry for Social Justice?Is there any need for different Ministries for different resources like Steel Minister,coal Minister etc.Every Minister and secretary has an email ID, a computer, and are on a LAN system and having video conferencing facilities,then what is need for meetings to discuss over petty issues in 5-star hotel.

But Keep in mind,only politicians aren't inhabitant of this country.We are equally responsible for these unwise spendings.Have you ever think how much you can save just by living austere life??Aam aadmi should also live austere life("boond-boond se ghada bharta hai") and use money and resources wisely(But plz Don't be Makkhichoos).Most of the time we use our bike and other personal vechicle where we can go on foot,save VAT by not taking bills(That turns into Black Money).How efficiently we used electricity and other resources to save them??? We all at our level tries to cheat country just to save some amount of money(some people avoid Train-tickets for short distances and Platform Ticket,which is available at every station..."But Kaun Chech Karne Wala h"). Then why you expect from politicians(After all they are also indian like you and at their level they have better opportunities to cheat).

We can only expect from politicians to reduce their unnecessary expenses not only by reducing their travelling expenses but by reducing their phone bills,travel by less expensive means(In US senators travel by public vehicle and they dont have problem with it),leaving mansions(It would be a better idea to create a special security multi-storied complex or better still simple pay ministers-even a crore per year-to let them fend for themselves),reducing number of security personnels(and more important,this shouldn't be a status symbol),reducing expenses on visit.Their family should also refrain from using government vehicles.The sole meaning of austerity doesn't lie in refrain from travelling in Business Class(In Fact, they should continue travelling in business classes or by planes because in country like India where we have put politician on a pedestal,will face the problem if these demigod travel by train or any other public vehicle because then they need more security and will hog the platform and train coach).In short politician should leave rainbow color life style and adopt austere means because they can save a lot for this country.

We should also ruminate before unwise spending because we are equally responsible and should live austere life.We should take all the measures to save the money by refrain from steps mentioned above.

I appeal to all,please be austere because Money is the 6th sense which can destroy other 5-senses so we need money and be sure you will have money in all times like in downturn also and your spending will contribute to country's saving(because We are the Country)..But Don't be "Makkhichoos"

Hitendra Gupta

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Today's headline may seems a trifle technical-cum-enigmatic for you,but if you are from Engineering background,then your agility should help you to understand(and you are expected to be Au fait with this C language statement).No need to worry i will explain you and i suggest you to keep reading(This blog may be long but it will not be prolix and quotidian).

I am writing this blog after a long gap and in this blog i will try to paraphrase the whole week's placement scenario in our college(NITK).Let me first introduce the meaning and definition of the title:-

Here i defined a char array cmpny,which contains name of the companies visited in this week and last element "IndiaBulls",is the company which is scheduled to visit at the starting of the next week i.e on 22nd.

In this week(from Monday to Saturady) 7 companies were scheduled to visit(List consisted:- IOCL, Mecon, RAVE tech, Whirlpool, ZS associates, Mobicules and Compro).On the very

1st day IOCL visited(details are in previous blog:-recruited 6 students) and the on 15th,Mecon visited and recruited 5 students(2-civil,3-Mech).Our college got good response form this company.

As the Headline shows that 1st element of that array is RAVE , because for IT and computer guys journey started with this company.If we talk about IT and Computer(Till Now No difference between IT and Computer),Week started from 15th because RAVE tech was scheduled to visit.The Process Started at 10:30 A.M with the written test(Conducted not directly by company,but with the help of Nicco-venture).Test wasn't so tough and I and Anshul cleared the test and selected for GD.Next round i.e GD started after lunch and we both were in the same group(Group-1) and our topic was :- "India's Foreign Policy:-Success or Failure". We had a long debate over the topic and next day result was announced;we both were selected for next round(Still left with 4 more rounds)which is to be held probably on 5th oct(out of station).

Next Day Whirlpool(Very Well Known Brand in home appliances:- "Ise Sab Kuch Pata Hai") was scheduled to visit in campus (Company had planned to recruit for GIS system,that is why they allowed only IT and computer guys). After a long argument they allowed ECE students(Obviously reduced our probability). PPT was scheduled to start at 9:30A.M but started at 12:30 P.M, followed by written test(Consisted Technical,aptitude and Managerial questions) where we 4 guys sit in a group and divided the whole paper into some parts. After solving the whole paper, finally we ticked the options in answer sheet (which was Zerox copy of one another). After 1 and 1/2 hr wait result was out for GD and we all 4 weren't selected(Harrowing result,but now feeling lucky).After GD they selected 6 student for interview and after 4 days(Don't know why they take so much time to decide) result was out and finally they recruited only 1 student(and she is from ECE,how shocking na...).

17th Sep was a special day for everyone(I mean for every branch)because ZS associate (Financial and Business Management company) was scheduled to visit and this company allowed all the branches and Shortlisted 225 candidates (Surfeit of candidates were there because the Package was 7.1 lac).PPT started at 3:00P.M(Given by a foreigner employee) followed by written test which wasn't easy and also consisted of some behavioral questions.Out of 225 they selected around 24 for GD(Which started at 11:00 P.M) and further selected around 12 students for Case Study which was followed by Personal Interview.On the Same Day means on 18th they declared the result and recruited 7 students(2 were from IT)that was more than expectation.

On 19th two software companies(Compro and Mobicules)were scheduled(hey wait... Don't be elated by the number of companies). In the Morning, Compro started its PPT(Tedious and was given by 5 members),followed by Written test of 1hr.Test consisted of all type of questions like apti and technical.Total 24 students were selected (I and Siddharth was also in list) for Personal interview.I have already inquired about the company from seniors and had an idea that they will recruit at most 2 students, so the chances were very less.Interview started at 3:00P.M and my turn came at 3:40P.M.In the Interview they asked some conundrums(Solved most of them), technical questions (able to answer some of them but not satisfactory) and some HR questions.Whole process was over at around 7:30P.M.Finally they recruited 1 guy from Electrical.

On the Same day,Mobicules started its PPT at around 8:30P.M(Means After Dinner).I have already registered my name,so i have to go for written(I was reluctant for that job).But After the PPT(Which showed that company have total 22 employees and started 16 months back),they announced that "those who are not interested,they may leave" so without thinking even for a minute i left.They conducted written test (consist of 2 programming questions) which was followed by Interaction(where they asked some puzzles and a program).They Finally selected 4 students(all were from Computer,Here Computer won the race),which was again more than expectation.

Here I would like to share a incidence of mobicules. One of my friend,who was at home( In delhi,enjoying weekend)wasn't aware that Someone is giving his written test and even selected for interview.Immediately in the night he rode on the bus to kurukshetra for interview and he was reluctant for that job(even decided to refuse to join the company),but finally he got selected in the job without putting much efforts and even trying to be rejected.(This is Called LUCK BY CHANCE).

So at the end of this blog,i am explaining the purpose of this blog.I would like to mention that the companies,from which we had a long expectation,breached our expectation whilst other becomes the cause of grin on our face. In 5 companies in this week where IT and Computer guys were allowed,only 7 got placed.(Hope for better in the future)

Thought of the Day : -- "Never give up;Keep trying;one day must have come for you also";

NOTE:-Please Don't go over syntax error or something missing(Like declaration)but "Bhavnao ko samjho"

Good Night

Hitendra Kr Gupta

IOCL day but in damp squib

For Someone Day starts with 12:00a.m whilst for others it starts with dawn.If i believe in former than,my day kicked off with "Vita Khokha" albeit it seems awkward to listen but it is true because we went to khokha at 12:30 a.m to enjoy the "tea and Maggi gossip" with friends. Khokha was on the verge of shutting down but anyhow we convinced him and maggi was prepared within 15min (Kato,gholo,ubalo aur khalo).After that we came back to our nest.Everyone Nestled in their room.

I and sankalp started discussion and were toggling between topics because we had surfeit of current issues with some nostalgic talks(In short farrago of topics was there).This discussion lasted at 5:15a.m(When the day starts for latter) and i went to sleep.

At around 8:00 a.m. someone(keep reading for intro) knocked the door.When i opened the door,a nervous guy but attired with tie and formals was standing,asked me to check his portfolio(I think now you can guess at least,why and where he was going).Now introduce this guy,He is Gurpeep singh,My balcony mate(although i reside on ground floor), going for IOCL interview.I went through with all the documents and wished him(Even prayed for him)and again went to sleep(you know,for a sound and healthy mind 6hr sleep is vital),but now i felt into a deep sleep.I awoke at 11:15a.m(Missed the breakfast) and started my lappy(ya obviously after activities)to check new mails.

At 1:30 p.m we went for lunch(Prayed not to have Rajma,but...).After having lunch, go through some headlines of newspaper.Amid all these some juniors came to room for bicycle(they had some assignment and mission to persuade their senior for party).At around 2:30p.m again i went for siesta(rest after lunch) and got up at 4:30 p.m but now i have to wash some clothes.Gurdeep was back from interview, so i inquired about interview.For some things i am stick and follow them compulsorily,like khokha visit for banana shake,but today we showed aberration and had pineapple juice.When we were at khokha.,it came to know that IOCL result will be out within 5min so moved to TPO(Training and placement office) with lot of excitement for result.After waiting there for 10min,list was out and we don't know where our excitement disappeared because Gurdeep couldn't be selected(He deserves but all other factors also matters)and this didn't stop here, Madhuri(His strong competitor from SC category) also didn't select(Otherwise Gurdeep would get a chance to sit in Mecon).IOCL recruited 6 students(1-civil,2-electrical,3-mechanical)

But to keep invigorate or resuscitate Gurdeep we came back to hostel with some planning and a good news that NTPC is visiting our campus on 29th sep(So can hope for that).We planned to go khokha again(Because dinner was great)but after sometime.Amid all these we discussed about ZS(had some information about its paper).Finally we went to "kaloo khokha(GT Khokha)" at 11:00 p.m where we had a long gossip with Pratap(Khokha owner) over seniors,juniors and yearmates.

After returning from khokha we had a ephemeral gossip over some behavioral question of interview and also tried to intimidate Kumar Anshul to mimic of A.P.J Abdul Kalam.Then I completed the pending movie(FOX).

Now already another day has started,but today i writing blog(many friends forced me to write).This blog i writing after a long gap but i will try to include in my routine(I suppose that you have read this blog with some attention,so you can understand why i am telling this).But Now i have to stop now because we have a company(RAVE Tech) in the morning(I dont want to start to write on this because mind is pregnant with lot of feelings).....

Thought of the Day---"Never Break four things in your life-Trust,Promise,Relation and Heart because when they break they don't make noise but pains a lot."

Good Night ....

Hitendra Kr Gupta

CAT'09 Registration made me Crotchety!!!

A college student has aversion to getting up early and to attend boring lectures.I am not an exception ,but Now a days i am getting up early with lots of plan in my mind to complete.(but due to lack of proper management, fails daily)

It was a nice weather in the morning because it was raining so now it was easy to bunk the classe(if there a trifle plan to attend).

First lecture was of OE(Open Elective) which i didn't attend, at least after the 1st mid term exam(even attended 1 class before) so did the same thing(It was raining also).Next lecture was of DE(department elective) in which we have to submit an assignment(2 page assignment waiting to go in Chuhiya's hand from monday) but this time it was bunked from teachers side.

Finally we have decided to attend the "Minor Project" at 10:40a.m,which we bunked from last 4 weeks.So this time we had to go but we were sure of diatribe against our group(Even she has criticized us over our performance in 5th sem).We reached there at 10:45a.m and wished the teacher by "Good Morning Mam" (Initial stage of buttering) and then asked the teacher to suggest something on topic(" GridSim Implementation") and she also put some questions like "Kya Pad Kar Aaye ho?"(Expected question like "Tell me about yourself?" in interview) so we were prepared with the answer and started to speak in harmony and could managed to convince her that we are preparing but couldn't able to solve that ,so she asked us to discuss with 2 other computer guys(Introduced them by their color and native place) and asked us to meet her on saturday.This whole process didn't take more than 15min.We were free at 11:00a.m.But now we had to complete some formalities for CAT'09 registration(Scanning of photos and signature in CCN) which we completed in 15min.

Today we planned to register for CAT'09(at least planning to appear) as soon as possible because our end sem dates are colliding with CAT'09(28th Nov-7th Dec).All 6 folks had a long debate on dates(we were comfortable with sundays only).We had to keep in minds several facts like Paper Pattern,difficulty level,Exams or Practical but finally we decided to keep 6th dec as our 1st preference.We had had Voucher No with us (Costs 1400/-) by which you have to create a account and than register for exam.We started the procedure but all was in vain because an Error incapacitated the registration.We tried for whole day but couldn't be succeeded(some could managed the registration from their friends in other college,but i was unlucky).After trying many times i failed that made me crotchety and i lost temper(what happened after that was really painful).

Amid all these i heard the sound of "dhol" which was the celebration of Hazarika(Placed in Telcon),inspired me.After sometime we wished Ayush(Placed in Telcon) with bumps.

But at around 7:00p.m,when i opened the Orkut to see any helping hand.A green light in front of a name "Lokesh Agrawal" resuscitated me.I started the chatting with "Hello" and without any formality i asked him to help me and open a site "catiim.in".I have sent him my all necessary information by mail.Site was taking time to open so he assured me to do in the night.So i went for the dinner(A hostel student will never miss a special diet).When i came back to my room,a message was appearing on my mobile displayed "you have 4 missed calls " out of 3 were known(daddy's no) but 1 was unknown,so i called on that unknown number and that was of Lokesh who informed me that i have completed your registration and gave me my user name and password.Then i again tried on my lappy with these user name and password but failed. Then again i contacted with another guy who was online at that time "Deepak Gupta"(was Junior in my school) and asked him to complete.He tried but he also coultn't.Then i again contacted to Lokesh to complete the rest formalities(for date and test center).This time he completed all the formalities.I booked the slot on 6th dec in chandigarh so finally i had a chance to last laugh but the day wasn't easy for me.Day ended with gossip with some juniors NPG and Bairatia(Hindauni junior) over classes and with some Zehar(Bairatia and Anshul had a strong compition).

Thought of the Day:--

"Life indeed would be dull if there were no such difficulties"