Jeevandaan..

Just some days back, i experienced one of those days which I may forget in my whole life..

Same kind of thing happened with me some 11-12 years ago, when I went to my mama's wedding, my mother's cousin, in Bhind. Bhind which is just 20 kms away from Chambal River, famous for bandits. That day was a good mahurat for weddings, so there were many marriages going on in that city on that day, many baraats were moving simultaneously all around the city... Our baraat was passing another baraat which was moving in opposite direction.. everything was just ok..everybody was dancing..enjoying those moments..i was also moving with my nanaji with my hand in his..then all of a sudden something happened.. don't know exactly why it started and who started it.. some people from other baraat started hitting people of our baraat.. Those days people usually carried a few guns with them at the wedding time.. just to fire in the air, to feel proud and show their power.. So, when fight started, those people took out their guns and stated firing and throwing stones towards us..Everybody started running here and there.. And I don't know when I got away from my nanaji and all other people I knew there..all alone with some strangers, which I realized later that those were in our baraat only..there was a construction work was going on near to that place and people around me started moving toward that building to find some place to hide..and I also started moving with those people.. I ran..kept running till the noise of the guns and people could not be heard anymore.. And then with the help of one uncle in that group I managed to reach to my mama's house..
When I think of that day, one thought comes to my mind.. It was kind of a Jeevandaan and I will never forget that day..

When similar kind of incident happened with me, I thought of writing a blog.. it happened some 10-12 days back.. I went to Ahmedabad with two friends.. We did some shopping and walked a lot.. And then came to bus stand to get a transport to reach Gandhinagar.. I guess it was one of those unlucky day when Murphy's rule applies at its best.. suppose you are waiting for bus, you will notice that there are NO buses moving on your route, but there are many buses moving in the other direction.. So, that was that day.. :S
We kept waiting..waiting and waiting.. and there was no sign of bus.. and then a van came, one friend denied to go by that van, as it is always risky to travel in LPG vehicles.. so we decided not to go by it.. that van just moved a little bit and kept waiting for passengers.. after 5, 10 minutes..that same van moved backwards and asked us again.. by that time we were getting a little frustrated because of waiting for a long time for bus, so we decided to go by that van.. gandhinagar is just 25 kms from that place.. The van started moving..inside that van..we all could smell the LPG gas.. we thought that may be it is a usual thing in LPG vehicles.. we traveled some 10-12 kms.. by that time one friend started feeling a headache due to that gas smell.. Till this time everything was just normal in that van.. three of us were sitting on one side..and three people were sitting opposite to us..man opposite to me was talking to phone since he entered the van.. some stupid music was playing that time..I saw driver bending down and doing something near to the gear stick.. I thought may be he is trying to put on the radio..then he stopped the van near by the road.. I thought that may be he couldn't do it while moving..so he has stopped to turn on the radio.. but then he switched off the ignition of the car.. he kept doing something.. some seconds laster.. hardly 8-10 seconds had passed.. i asked the driver that what has happened.. and then after 2-3 seconds, I heard a word "aag" in a very very low voice... I don't know, who said it.. (later, I came to know that my friends didn't heard that word..) and then all of a sudden..driver opened his gate..the man sitting behind him opened his door.. man sitting opposite to me, still talking on the phone, opened ours door.. but, the man sitting opposite to my friend tried to open his gate, opposite to ours, but he couldn't.. all started running out to get away from the car.. the man opposite to me got outside, he moved to some distance from the car, still talking on phone..(i don't know how he could still manage to talk on the phone..because the first thing came to my mind was a BLAST..as we see in the movies.. blast in car.. then car jumping in the air..all that crap.. :S ) .. So, after that person I got outside, I started running, with my legs shaking heavily..I managed to reach to some distance away from the car...then stopped and turned around..and saw the two friends coming near to me..we all were too shocked by this incident.. Nobody knew what has happened in that car.. We just wanted to get away as soon as we could.. and we managed to get an auto rikshaw to get back to college..
Fortunately, nothing happened to that car in front of us.. No idea what had happened after we left.. Till the time we reached college, we kept laughing at what had happened with us and each one of us telling our own experience of those moments...then I came to know that my friend's experience was much more horrible than mine.. from the time when I heard the word "aag" in the van, till the time when i got out, started running away from van..then stopped and turned away, saw my friends.. their experience was totally different.. actually, as they didn't heard the word "aag", so when everybody started moving out in a rush, both of them couldn't figure out, what was happening.. when some of people got out, one friend saw some smoke coming out near to the gear stick, thats when he realized that something was wrong, his legs started trembling..as his side door had not been by the person sitting opposite to him.they came out from the opposite door and .these two people were the last two coming out of van.. so they had much horror of getting stuck.. fortunately, nothing happened.. but I again realized that this was my second Jeevandaan".. the god has saved my life again.. and I will never forget this day..

engg at daiict.... a comparison

i'm just about to complete my BTech.. i was just thinking of the previous years..

first year..Freshers..new to campus, new to college life.. no idea about what will be taught here.. just tired of being preparing for the JEE for 2-3 years.. so, we found something new..something interesting.. no Physics.. no Chemistry.. aahhh!! what a relief i got that time..can't describe in words.. ;)
the very first impression of the greenery at daiict left a awesome impression on my mind..something really appreciative.. trees, flowers all around.. in all possible colours, which really makes you feel good... the cafeteria too looked impressive.. large variety of food was available.. it was really a surprise for me.. after living in hostel for nine years, i never expected that from a hostel-canteen.. :D
the best part of the first year year, apart from a little PDP what we had, was that no body had a PC, so people had time to talk with others..
after the first year then came the most exciting time of the btech... enjoying in the countryside.. lovely experience.. i will surely never forget that time of my life..

second year..we saw the next batch coming to our college..ahhhh..juniors.. really exciting time, becoming senior for the first time in life is nice experience..most of the people think that, it's the time to remove our frustration, whatever your seniors did to you, this time you do better than them.. thats the aim.. actually, i was not interested in all this stuff.. so, leave this part here only..
by that time, we also got a LAN connection, it felt like a gift on your 21st birthday.. Now, we just needed PC to utilize it at our best.. so, everybody started getting a PC..
courses came and gone..prof's came and gone... life went on... we all forgot about the greenery.. no problems with the food.. seriously, i don't remember when all that time passed.. and we were now.. prepared for the industrial intern..

third year.. we were the super seniors now.. wow, what an achievement!!
I never heard that the third was going to be that tough.. most challenging time at daiict.. many course were interesting ..but unfortunately, it seemed that all the professors, who were teaching us that time, just don't like our batch and all of them want to screw up our grades.. just one simple funda was applicable.. do any amount of hard work, you won't get a good grade.. so, the studying part was frustrating.. after all this, the only good thing was that the labs were over forever..
at the same time, we started getting bored of college food.. it was just starting.. hard days were yet to come(4th year).. in this duration also, i never thought of the campus environment, surrounding.. then RI came.. and after the farzi poster presentation, that too was over.. it was now time for placements.. everybody around me got placed.. now, came the last year of engg.

fourth year.. by this time, everybody is too bored of college food.. same comment.. "what the
hell!!", "same again!!", "anything new??"... the most common question.. "what should i eat today??"... always the same taste..god give us strength to eat the canteen food.. only, the outing to some restaurant keeps us alive.. ;)
i didn't thought of the lovely greenery from last two years.. suddenly, all this again looks so good, so fresh, so interesting, when i know that only a few months are remaining in the college..
after the three years of great experience.. the study part, lectures..pop.. project..viva's.. presenation.. midsem-endsem, don't bother us much .. now, just a BTech project is remaining to get a degree.. a project for which you are given 4 months of time.. nobody needs that much amount of time to complete a project here.. so, all know what to do in next sem...

as par my experience, my engg was just of 3 years..last year is to get prepared for the life after the graduation.. for some people, its the industry life(real world)...for some, life at some foreign land..pursing MS.. for some, life at some other college..some in management, some in design, and others..
hence, the conclusion: i will really miss it.. :S

bro-sis vs F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Since last week, i had been thinking and discussing with my batch mates(boys), that why girls in our batch are more curious to have lots of brothers, rather than having friends..or may be a bf..

actually, what i observed in my 3 and half years of engineering life is that, all girls of my batch may or may not have a bf..but they (almost all of them) have at least 4,5 brothers.. some of them even have 10,12 brothers.. :D thats not a joke dear.. u can count for anyone... so, here's my conclusion.. 'Girls of btech2004 batch don't have have a word called 'friend' in their dictionary.. and they surely have a word called 'brother', which is even repeated many times.. :P many of them also have a word called bf'..

i just don't understand this yaar.. wats the funda of being a bro-sis, can't we be just a FRIEND.. ;)

learn from others.. thats what i think [part -1]

As per my belief, we should always perceive the good qualities of others rather than taunting them..

Yesterday, i was justing thinking about good qualities and habits of all of my wing-mates..one by one..and then this idea strike to my mind..that why don't i write about their good qualities which i may (or should) pursue from them.. so, here it goes....

ok..i will go room wise, starting from G-101.. and then increasing the counter...
hmmm..so.. first comes Sidharth(Sidwa).. he has one of that rare quality, which i really appreciate..which is his 'self-dependency'.. my mom is trying to teach me this since my childhood.. "beta, apna kaam swayam karo".. but, i am still not adopt this habbit.. so, Sidwa acts as a real life example for me.. this quality will really change my attitude..

now, second comes akhil(can't think of any nick for him..which he won't mind public.. :D)
anyways, if i will face any problem in flirting a lady.. or rather i should say.. in 'pata-ing' a girl... i will surely take his help.. :D

next is Vaibhav(Psi).. he is always updated with the world wide news(through net ofcousre, not through news paper n all.. :P ).. and this habbit is, no doubt, helpful almost everywhere
..and this thing can also help in getting a Wireless mouse in PPT quizes.. ;)

then his roomie.. Ashish(i call him Monk-bhai).. he is also similar to his roomie in that sense..full of knowlwdge.. but, his methods are totally different.. reading good books really helps can be proved after discussing to him regarding various topics... his this quality i have already started following... starting reading good books.. ;)

coming to the next room.. yogesh(juginder.. thats what i started calling him..since Jugendra Sharma came in Indian Cricket team...thanks jugindra sharma :) ).. hmm..from yogesh, i should(will) learn..how to care for others.. caring a person is also a art in itself, which can be hardly seen in anyone.. hey, Jugindra.. i really like that spirit.. :)

then comes, his roomie Bharat(can't disclose his real nick here).. his one quality, which i have seen in only him..among all the human beings i have came across till date.. and that is.. Multi-tasking person..i.e., doing 2,3 things simultaneously with full effiecency.. i think..Bill Gates should appoint him..and then they can work out with his brain and should try to find out..that can it be applied to theards.. so, that along with the multi-processors, multi-theards comp.. can we have theards doing multi-tasking.. it will directly increase the comp speed by n times...[ofcourse, n>1] just think.. hiw fast that would be.. 8) i will try to learn this quality in the remaining time left in daiict..

hmmm.. next room..oh..my neighbours.. shailesh(shailoow)..by the way, he is hardly seen.. but, still i am always fond of his innovative ideas.. which he applies everwhere.. something which always wanted in myself, thats why, i prefers taking his help in several matters..

his roomie.. karan.. he is perfect example which justifies that.. lazyness is independent of your performance(fodu-pan).. this kind of comment people used to say to me since my childhood.. actually, i too was lazy and still i'm (of course, lesser than him)..

will write the [part-2] of my first blog after some days... ;)


NOTE: bhaiyon koi bura mat maniyo.. agar kuch galta likha ho to.. :P