I, Butterfly.
Posted by Priyadharshini as Uncategorized
A strange streak of light
captured my estranged cocoon’s plight.
Curious, I took a peek through the slit
The world looked fresh, a place befit.
For so long a time, I’ve lain still,
paralyzed was my being and so my will.
What chances have I got?
A lesson on flying I’ve never been taught.
Against the scorching sun, my wings may fade plain
and those fragile colours washed away at the first rain.
I can curl up here and someday peacefully die,
but when will I…
flirt with the flowers and kiss the meadow?
sail with the breeze and taste the morning dew?
It my life with its own myriad twists
and I shall not hold on to what only visits.
Come what may
I’ll fly anyway
I might die trying, but I shall try,
spread my wings and fly far and high.
And hence once again, I took birth from the cocoon’s womb
leaving the invisible shackles in the mundane tomb.
I experienced a change, a metamorphosis
from a self-made prison to freedom’s bliss.
A transformation it was against all irony,
as I fluttered into life’s beautiful journey.
Each breathing moment was a new picture, a happening
In end’s disguise I found a beginning.
I may die at the ‘morrow
but I know no fear, no sorrow.
I’m naught but a momentary creature
so I shall drink in the moment- not the past,not the future.
I fly, embracing every new discovery as I move on
past the farthest horizons and beyond
Someday my wings might retire,abound to earthly ties,
before that, once… just once…
I want to touch the skies.
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Kurnool Trip
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Day 1 : Hyderabad -> MahboobNagar-> Raichur -> Mantralayam
Day 2 : Mantralayam -> Alampur -> Banaganapalle -> Yaganti -> Belum Caves -> Ahobilam
Day 3 : Ahobilam -> Mahanandi -> Srisailam
Day 4 :Srisailam -> Hyderabad
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Some photos
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A Requiem
Posted by mAdMan as Uncategorized
In a time when anyone would have a thumping heart and moist palms, I was morose. And as if the overwhelming sense of precognition that showed me the end wasn’t enough, my iPod began a song I otherwise loved.
as the day begins
Silently closing her bedroom door
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
She goes downstairs to the kitchen
I could see everything. How we’d walk in through the same gate, through the same half built bridge, and dump our bags in front of the cafe. Sit together, have a sip. And before I could blink it would be time to go.
Through the glass doors again, past the burly guards. And I peered through the glass, slowly the sorrow dawning. The misty glass blurring my last glimpses. A lump in my throat, no crying of course, grown men don’t cry. What if she turned back to see me?
is leaving
home
She’s leaving home after living alone for
The music did not matter anymore. The absence of joy was obvious, but what remained was nameless. Two years of separation punctuated by two days of bliss seemed fatal.
Two blinking green lights pierced my sorrowful menagerie. And in the exodus I spotted straight hair and a kurta. My sweaty palms groped for the flowers and the piece of card, surely my heart would explode of excitement. Springing with my seemingly weightless rucksack I ran after her.
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Orissa - another Godhra
Posted by LCR as Uncategorized
Orissa - one of the poorest states in India is now facing another menace and this time it is created by VHP and Bajrang Dal in a state where BJP is part of Government.
Rioters have their own set of logics and this time around also they are not short of that. They are trying to stop lured religious conversions by imposing “forced” re-conversions. Our Constitution having secular credentials says that there is a freedom of choice for its citizens to choose, pursue and propagate the religion based on their beliefs. But what the writers of our constitution didn’t envisaged that there can be conversions by giving economic attractions to poorer community which the Christian missionaries and institutions are doing over the years. This is changing the religious demography in many parts of the country. While there is no doubt that this should be stopped and proper laws should be in place to stop that.
Having said that the other question which is very prominent today is that whether the way VHP and Bajrang Dal are going about it is the only option we have? Is it justified to rape, kill or burn homes because one has changed one’s religious belief for the temptation of money or facilities tired of poverty?
The answer is clear on every rational Indian mind. We are a democratic country and there are ways of constructive opposition of what we feel is not right. Every member of any religious belief has equal rights and the administration is responsible for their well-being and protection. Vandalism and mob rule should be crushed by the police force which is formed for the purpose. The barbaric acts with the Govt. indifference and police apathy is the most shameful for any country.
What was the mistake of a girl, working in a church, who was pulled outside the church, gang raped by a mob of 40 Hindu terrorists in full public view with police personnel being the mute spectators and then burnt alive inside the church?
What was the mistake of a nun, who has devoted his life based on his choice of religious belief, who met the same fate?
The only mistake is that she chose a religion which VHP or Hindu outfits didn’t want. Thousands of homes of poor people who hardly get food for two times,were burnt and people were rendered homeless. The bombs are thrown even in the refugee camps where they went to live after that! Christian women and men are paraded naked and the mob shouting slogans. And still these mindless activities are not stopped or crushed by people who are sitting in their offices in Government.
Are they not the citizens of India with equal democratic rights and equal right to justice and protection?
It requires no rocket science to infer that these acts have the indirect support of the BJP-BJD Govt. in Orissa. BJP has once again shown how nefarious its designs are against the religious minorities after Gujarat, Orissa and Karnataka.
The perpetrators of these heinous crimes should be brought to the court of law and should be given the exemplary punishment. Strict action must be taken against the police personnel who didn’t deliver on the duty and let this gross violation of human rights occur. VHP, Bajrang Dal should be banned and the leaders of the outfit who provoke and instigate these incidents should be dealt firmly with. If BJP want to be a party who believes in the constitution of India must part its way from these hardliners.
Is this the way BJP wants to bring justice to the religious conversions? If this is the way things are when congress is at center, it’s not difficult to imagine what will happen if BJP comes to center with majority of its own. The RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal will be given free hand everywhere and the rapes, killing and burning homes of minorities would be the regular affair.
It is now up to the citizens of India to decide if they want this to happen with their fellow citizens of India.
P.S.
http://www.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=Ne190108next_stop.asp
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சாவுக்கு சான்றிதழ்
Posted by vijay as Uncategorized
விழியில் ஒளியும் ஒழியும்
மனித உயிரும் உருண்டோடும்
மண்ணில் வாழ்வோர் மரணம் என்பர்
மாய்ந்தப் பின் சான்றிதழ் பெறுவர்.
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இறந்தும் இருப்பர்
Posted by vijay as Uncategorized
பற்றற்ற வாழ்வில் குற்றம் ஏது?
குற்றமற்ற உயிரில் கூற்றுவனுக்கு பங்கேது?
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Reasonable Rejections
Posted by mAdMan as Uncategorized
But there are very few souls as lucky as yours truly. There are people who have been through multiple long, torturous and most unfortunately failed interviews. That, and my interviews, cumulatively prove just one thing, interviewers depend a LOT on the gut feeling.
It is tough to accept the fact that humans, in the form of interviewers or any other, may like or dislike WITHOUT reason. Sometimes you just can’t form a good impression of something. Like potato chips in a box. I find that really stupid. Who eats potato chips out of a box? and why? You need to be either extremely dumb or American. But look around now, everyone loves potato chips in a box, and no one knows why.
Interviewers think very similarly, being evolved mammals like us. Of course the inevitable question is- Why? Why was XYZ rejected?
And for a period of time, the length depends on the IQ of the interviewer or how much his company pays him, he is puzzled. He finds no reason, and of course he can tell the man who heads our placement operations that he just disliked the candidate. and thence continues the long, winding and recursive process of interview, lies and fabrication.
First our college lies to them.
Then they give us a presentation full of deceit, including efforts by one of the world’s leading electronic chip manufacturers to prove that their “Dosti Cell” helps cure loneliness.
Then we tell them a truck load of bullshit in the interviews and make American Universities seem as stupid as American Presidents. We also stop short of declaring a fatwa on the GRE.
Then they lie to the college about why they rejected so many.
These of course form the main layers of deceit. Their sublayer, processes and sub-processes have been avoided to conserve the lucidity of the text.
Of course there are some really creative employers and in their excuses we find some traits in their personality exposed.
Here are some REAL excuses.
1. He salivated from his left side.
Everybody knows that salivating from your right side is standard business protocol. Although salivators are generally avoided since most of the world leaders have salivaphobia. Also salivators dirty keyboards and microphones.
2. The Middle Earth was unhappy.
Nothing left to say. Tolkien fan I presume.
3. He doesn’t even know that a Bangalore Electrical Engineering firm has a branch office in the Breeze Hotel on the ground floor.
My favourite because the interviewer pointed his finger at me and said it as if branding me a heretic. I don’t think winking and sticking my tongue helped, but the HR panel found it funny.
4. He wore a black tie.
What a fool! All IT companies have 2 standard advisors, the how to save Income Tax money people and Linda Goodman. And black ties are thrice as unlucky as two black cats walking anti parallely across the street. Stupid Engineer.
5. I don’t think you are suitable for this profile(NOT the other way round).
Firstly, I sat for the company because I want the profile.
Secondly, why the fuck did you shortlist my CV?
There are so many more still to be documented that I could make another blog out of it.
Anyway, bottom line is placements more often then not are lotteries. You can do anything without luck, apart from trip of course.
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my fabulous fifth sem
Posted by KRA as Uncategorized
Days just keep passing by and it feels as if am doing nothing useful. My fifth sem (July’08-Nov’08) as afore mentioned, is certainly fabulous with a capital “F”. Got Garnet, a nice room facing the great outdoors of NITT (pun intended!) and not to mention a gr8 roommate (was this …
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Blackout(s)
Posted by Kolor as Uncategorized
The buzz near my ear was seriously irritating me. I swear, I hate mosquitoes. By now, a layer of sweat had formed on my face, which somehow encouraged me to sweat even more. The buzz reached a crescendo. Ok enough! the mosquito had to die. Whack..!!!… ya, it’s dead. A feeling of satisfaction came over me, that me temporarily revel in the glow of this terrible blackout.
My room was getting too stuffy for my liking, so I went out to the verandah. The 3 AM moonlight greeted me, with a certain sense of foreboding. All around me the trees were bathed in the dim light. I was feeling lonely all right. I placed myself on the verandah wall and thought no thoughts. Just this nagging feeling of wanting to sleep. Images of the previous day and the day to come flitted before my eyes. 3AM is a very wierd time. It’s not yesterday nor today nor tomorrow. Well I just remained. thinking no thoughts.
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If US catches cold,India sneezes..!!!
Posted by vish as Uncategorized
All this calls for an introspection.With Wall Street in doldrums and no sign of recovery till next year why are people still mad to go to US?The sky rocketing salaries in the I-banks are a thing of past.With the asian markets stable experts believe the next decade will be that of Japan,China and India.With the majority of asian wing of Lehman bought by Nomura holdings,Japan we are goint witness a new era in world financial market.The Wall Street hegemony for over a decade has come to an end with the fall of Lehman Brothers a 158 year old company.
Hope the Indian banks ICICI,HDFC along with state owned public banks take note of the situation and start gearing up to play a more dominating role in the world financial market thus increasing the Indian presence in the global map and be a soft power.Maybe in a couple of years time we can see an ICICI or SBI in the NIT-T campus offering the highest pay..Good luck to our desi banks:)
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