DRAVID - An Impregnable Wall

At last....... Dravid is back and he is back with a bang!!!!

The WALL is ROCK SOLID and STRONG as ever.

The world class batsman has bounced back with the most awaited century, and once again it has been proved that form is temporary but the class is permanent .

After a long time ,the most prolific number 3 batsman test cricket has ever seen, had a big knock of 136 runs under his belt .

Being a hard core RAHUL DRAVID fan( you can call me his AC too) it was a treat watching him bat , and I received my Christmas Gift 5 days in advance from none other than 'My Hero'. I can bet I couldn't have got anything better than a century flown out of Dravid's bat as my Christmas gift.

He was successful in not only getting a good score but also in bringing back smiles to millions of his fans who had and will always have faith in him.

Its Christmas time and hence am back home for my vacation and so are my school friends.

And like every time we had a get together at my paradise...daz my sweet home for me.

So with all of us on a high..chattering and blabbering , I suddenly remembered about the India-England test match which was going on , and after a lot of controversies over switching on the television(no..... it isn't an idiot box when it comes to matches....) I managed to tune into NEO sports with the score board flashing IND 45/1 , that means...... Dravid on crease. With Dravid in bad form for the last few innings, and me being the ONLY RD supporter in the group, I had to hear the expert comments about Dravid who was still struggling to settle down and put a decent score, from the experts sitting next to me. Huh....!! I would sigh...and said "just wait and watch.... my Rahul gonna score and score big", and with these words of mine came the first boundary from the outstanding Rahul Dravid. Slowly and gradually( haule haule...) the terrific player was set....and soon was placing the ball with perfect timing . With the match going on we were busy clicking pics , and suddenly I heard "SWETA!!!...Gambhir got 3 runs"...and I was like.....what..????? and then he says-"thanks to dravid....achha bhaga...nhi bhagta toh how would Gauty get those runs..?" but then Dravid dint let me down.... his willow spoke for me! After all he's a Test player...not a T-20 player who would smash every ball, ....immaculate block and stylish leaves with an arty flourish are his trademark yet he has the record of the fastest 9000 runs in test cricket, and this is what test match demands....but few people do not agree.....and these few people also include my dear friends who seem to have turned anti Dravid and hence turning themselves into my enemies for the time being.

Nevertheless, the out of form batsman was back in rhythm with runs coming with ease.The match embarked the RETURN OF THE WALL........

After all RAHUL DRAVID is RAHUL DRAVID , Dravid who is impregnable, dependable,reliable, is a world class batsman and above all he is my heart throb....!!!

The mantra - " Take a Chill Pill "

Hmmm............... so here i am after a pretty long break. I am again back home for a month after facing the dreadful examination . Though examination period is never thought to be good...but this time it was horrendous and purely hapless . I am not as euphoric as I used to be post exams, but rather I have mixed feelings and there is hell lot of reasons for it.

Ofcourse I am greatly releived for the fact that exams have finally come to an end and I have about 3 months before I flip to the pages of the book, but.... I am not really overwhelmed to be back home ( I know this is gonna be a shock for people who know me.... and for people who dont....umm.....forget it!!). I seem to have lost interest in everything; even my favourite delicacies,movies,music,books have betrayed me at this juncture. Hey....hellooo......NO....am not in love..... but this ungratified attitude of mine is a reflection to the horrifying examination papers .

Computer Science........... which is mostly referred to as the coolest(taking into account the pre recession period) and often envied by most of us owing to the fact that CSE people need not have to study. Very true...they need not have to study because even burning the midnight oil would not have yielded anything benefitial to them as far as this end sem was concerned. The question papers were completely mindblowing and out of the world, as a glance at the question paper would ruin you of your mind (if you have had any left by that time...thanks to the examination department for scheduling our exams back to back) and absolutely out of the world because there seem to be no similarity between the course structure, the content of the book and not to forget the lectures which we attend .Let it be FDC.............SOC......or FLAT...... ( these are our super cool branch subjects) none of which posed to be an exception.

Every one of us must have heard.. "All is fair in love and war" but as far as BIT Mesra is concerned, there is a BIT modification..."All is fair in examination and results". So its useless thinking how could they do it.....how could they be so unrelenting... because it will only result in dismay.

After pouring down all these I feel a lot better. Afterall such is life dearies....one has to keep going...be optimistic and hope for the best .The more you rub the diamond the more it shines and in this case the more you are screwed the better you will be, so my mantra for tackling such situation is ---"Take A Chill Pill"

Adventurous Ecstasy

With just a few days left for the real puja to begin and while the whole city rather when entire India is drenched in a festive mood....am back home for my vacation(which is yet to start officially) and sitting back at home I am engrossed in the sweet memories
of my last vacations which was a 25 days trip to the mesmerising city of Goa.
Last vacations...i.e. summer 2008 has memories which is still as fresh as the morning lily, and i dont really have to go down my memory lane to pen down the unforgettable memories which are etched in my mind.

Though I wasnt visiting Goa for the first time...neither the view of the frivolous blue sea was new to me, but the feel was quite different this time as I was on a fun trip to Goa with people without whom I cant imagine my life....my college life to be more specific...yeaah you have got it right...I was on an exquisite trip with my buddies(courtsey..NETTECH and GOA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT....... I am not going in details about nettech and the networking course which led us to our dream destination because it would be unfair to just make it a mere part of something while it deserves a whole space dedicated to it) and thats the reason why it was different and so special.

So starting it from the very beginning....

The day we got to know that there is some summer course in GOA, our eyes twinkled with joy,
obviously not because of the course and hence it is some course,but because of the oppurtunity we were getting ...the golden oppurtunity of spending 25 days...twenty five days..with friends who are my heart and my soul in no other place than Goa-the place which most of us crave to visit. But, life isnt that easy... the first, probably the biggest , and hopefully the last hurdle we had to cross was to get permission from our parents,which we got after convincing them in the best way we could but,*****CONDITIONS APPLY***** on the condition that they will escort us to and forth Goa. Well it is quite understandable, afterall parents will remain parents!

Finally all set and here comes the respledent and splendiferous GOA...the Goa of our dreams
beautifully decorated with the divine nature surrounding it , it is said that "Nature is a volume of which god is the author" and this place seemed to be one of the perfect and finest chapters in that volume , with its string of beaches and the huge and elegant churches.

Excluding all the details of the GIM campus and the course...which I promise to deal with in due time, after reachin goa our first day out was going to a Cruise .
The day was perfect with blue sky ,green pastures and rattling and howling wondrous sea which had a hypnotic effect on me. We had a short voyage of about an hour ,though it was short we were neither deprived of observing the dolphins nor of the butterflies in the stomach which is experienced while moving on the sea .

The next day out was to the beaches for the adventurous water sports.
Eventhough I have been to beaches umpteen number of times but everytime, it has a magnetic effect on me. No doubt I love the sea...the vast spreading sea...meeting the sky at the horizon and whispering some secret to it.
It forms a perfect picturesque and is a delight to watch.
Now coming back to the adventure sports , we had para sailing,water biking etc.
I was the first one ( and the brave one too!) to go high up in the sky, hands clinged to the parachute which was moving with the boat it was tied to. It was extraordinary feeling being there on top of the world ,flying like a bird with the sea beneath and the sky above , only then I could realise how beautiful the world around us is with such scenic beauty in splendid. I probably cant express it in words, it was fabulous and out of the world.
Next comes water biking, now this was real adventure. Imagine the thrill and excitement we experience on a bike, racing down the roads. Water biking was having the same kinda fun with thrill and excitement which is beyond compare. Venturing the rough sea with high and low waves and making a way out of it with cool breeze blowing, on an apparently self driven water bike is mindblowing. It was awesome!

And as there is an end to everything, even our stay had to end but the trip was one of its own kind,a perfect blend of fun,excitement,joy and thrill. Our recipe of a vacation couldnt have been better than this.

My stay at goa - the place which is beautiful, marvellous and unique in its own way, will always remain a cherishable and exceptionally enjoyable and probably once in a lifetime trip , and I would take this oppurtunity to thank first and foremost my parents , then my friends who form an integral part of the whole episode and last but not the least.. team NETTECH which has all the credit to make it happen. Hats off to you all...........you people rock!!!!

Covering or Covering Up

"Ultimately, people just want to get things done. They're okay with paying a small premium to see their work through. This is just greasing the wheels of the economy, and causes no real harm. So let's not devote a disproportionate amount of our time and energy on thinking up ways to get rid of corruption. ".........well..unfortunately these arent my words, but it actually comes from one of the leading national dailies of India which has climbed upto 74th position in the world in terms of corruption.

Shocked....???
(Whether your answer is a yes or a no it hardly makes a difference to me.)

It is (not) difficult to admit that media contents are biased. Unfortunately today most of the news room have gone from media biasing to media corruption, so why wont they call it " just greasing the wheels of the economy , and causing no real harm"

If the media which is one of the most effective source of information isnt serious about issues like corruption which indeed is a major menace , how can we expect the youth or lets say the people of the nation to curb it. Corruption has and will continue to eat up our economy if immediate measures arent taken to atleast minimise it. The level of corruption has risen from just a want to get the work done , to anything and everything...... and hence media is no exception to it.
Though most take painstaking measures to hide it, it is seldom undetectable (thanks to the fabricated stories and shaped and manipulated data that are published.) No longer do media journalism prioritize source accuracy and reliability. Infact it is engaged in every level of criminality and in the name of journalism make millions and sooner or later become "red carpet stars."
An impeccable question still remains unanswered...... Is media covering or covering up corruption??????