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This is the FINAL LIST of programs to be submitted to K Ramesh Sir. (Disclaimer : I've no idea whether he asked it just as a record of the list of programs done by our batch or it is actually supposed to be used for the end lab. I've made no such claims whatsoever at any point of time).
1. Command Line Interpreter
2. Chat Server using FIFOs and parent-child processes
3. Chat Server using FIFOs and threads
4. Chat Server using message queues and parent-child processes
5. Chat Server using message queues and threads
6-33. Classic synchronization problems
* Producer-consumer
* Reader-writer with reader preference
* Reader-writer with writer preference
* Reader-writer with equal preference
* Sleeping barber
* Cigarette smokers
* Dining philosophers
using
* Semaphores
* Monitor as a different process
* Generic monitor
* Thread mutex
34. Sleeping barbers with multiple barbers using signals
35. Resource sharing between two different processes
36. I/O multiplexing using poll() and/or select()
37. Simulation of scheduling algorithms using different processes and calculation of waiting time and turnaround time
* FCFS (First come first serve)
* SJF (Shortest job first)
* SRTF (Shortest remaining time first)
* PS (Priority scheduling)
* RR (Round robin)
38. The above program (No. 33) using threads
39. Simulation of a deadlock monitor (should include safe sequence generator and resource request algorithm) using different processes
40. The above program (No. 35) using threads
41. Process log for n processes communicating using message queues
42. Simulation of page replacement algorithms
* LRU (Least recently used)
* MRU (Most recently used)
* Op (Optimization)
* LFU (Least frequently used)
* MFU (Most frequently used)
43. Simple file locking involving the shared read and the exclusive write locks
44. Simple user-defined thread library with functions for initialization, starting the threads, making a thread go to the end of the process queue (called yielding) and stopping a thread
* using clone()
* using context switch
* using setjmp and longjmp
45. Implementation of semaphores (user defined semaphores) and its applications
46. Clock device driver
47. Implementation of Pfiles
48. Adding a user-defined system call (echo2 as mentioned in class)
49. Alternate servers
50. Monitoring multiple servers and multiple clients using a handler process with the help of message queues
1. Command Line Interpreter
2. Chat Server using FIFOs and parent-child processes
3. Chat Server using FIFOs and threads
4. Chat Server using message queues and parent-child processes
5. Chat Server using message queues and threads
6-33. Classic synchronization problems
* Producer-consumer
* Reader-writer with reader preference
* Reader-writer with writer preference
* Reader-writer with equal preference
* Sleeping barber
* Cigarette smokers
* Dining philosophers
using
* Semaphores
* Monitor as a different process
* Generic monitor
* Thread mutex
34. Sleeping barbers with multiple barbers using signals
35. Resource sharing between two different processes
36. I/O multiplexing using poll() and/or select()
37. Simulation of scheduling algorithms using different processes and calculation of waiting time and turnaround time
* FCFS (First come first serve)
* SJF (Shortest job first)
* SRTF (Shortest remaining time first)
* PS (Priority scheduling)
* RR (Round robin)
38. The above program (No. 33) using threads
39. Simulation of a deadlock monitor (should include safe sequence generator and resource request algorithm) using different processes
40. The above program (No. 35) using threads
41. Process log for n processes communicating using message queues
42. Simulation of page replacement algorithms
* LRU (Least recently used)
* MRU (Most recently used)
* Op (Optimization)
* LFU (Least frequently used)
* MFU (Most frequently used)
43. Simple file locking involving the shared read and the exclusive write locks
44. Simple user-defined thread library with functions for initialization, starting the threads, making a thread go to the end of the process queue (called yielding) and stopping a thread
* using clone()
* using context switch
* using setjmp and longjmp
45. Implementation of semaphores (user defined semaphores) and its applications
46. Clock device driver
47. Implementation of Pfiles
48. Adding a user-defined system call (echo2 as mentioned in class)
49. Alternate servers
50. Monitoring multiple servers and multiple clients using a handler process with the help of message queues
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So recently, the linux craze has been catching many, including me. Even right now, I'm on Ubuntu 9.04. The main reason being the long booting time for windows – not to mention the time for the start-up services to load. Yet I feel, maybe since I'm used to working on windows for around 10 years, something is missing in linux – I guess I can even say some things “are “ missing.
Nautilus
The file explorer seems too primitive to me. We are so much used to the comfort of windows explorer. And I couldn't fins a proper replacement. XFE was sort of okay (it resembled windows explorer somewhat), but it didn't have NTFS support.
Video Codecs
If I try playing RMVB files with low bitrate on VLC, it keep stopping every now and then. So I use totem for that one. Makes me miss Media Player Classic, which played every video file perfectly.
Task Manager
Ubuntu doesn't have a task manager, though I suppose Mandriva does. And if an application stops functioning (many believe it never happens in linux, but trust me - linux ain't so fool proof either), there are times I just move it to another workspace, coz there's nothing left to do. Of course, if you have a “Force Quit” button on hand, it's useful.
Download Manager
Even after SK Downloader, Wget, Gwget, Tucan, etc etc, I feel the lack of a proper non java-based download manager, which supports multi-threaded downloads – something like IDM in short. If anyone knows of any such application, do lemme know.
Unclean Shutdown
Every time you don't shutdown the system properly, you'll have to go through the pain of disk-checking and sometimes, running the fsck command to correct the inode errors. I wish it would auto-correct all the time and stop asking my permission for correcting each and every error.
Yet, I'll stick to Ubuntu coz in spite of this this, it's way faster than windows. And it has it's own advantages. I've high hopes pinned on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala – maybe it can make me forget windows once and for all.
Nautilus
The file explorer seems too primitive to me. We are so much used to the comfort of windows explorer. And I couldn't fins a proper replacement. XFE was sort of okay (it resembled windows explorer somewhat), but it didn't have NTFS support.
Video Codecs
If I try playing RMVB files with low bitrate on VLC, it keep stopping every now and then. So I use totem for that one. Makes me miss Media Player Classic, which played every video file perfectly.
Task Manager
Ubuntu doesn't have a task manager, though I suppose Mandriva does. And if an application stops functioning (many believe it never happens in linux, but trust me - linux ain't so fool proof either), there are times I just move it to another workspace, coz there's nothing left to do. Of course, if you have a “Force Quit” button on hand, it's useful.
Download Manager
Even after SK Downloader, Wget, Gwget, Tucan, etc etc, I feel the lack of a proper non java-based download manager, which supports multi-threaded downloads – something like IDM in short. If anyone knows of any such application, do lemme know.
Unclean Shutdown
Every time you don't shutdown the system properly, you'll have to go through the pain of disk-checking and sometimes, running the fsck command to correct the inode errors. I wish it would auto-correct all the time and stop asking my permission for correcting each and every error.
Yet, I'll stick to Ubuntu coz in spite of this this, it's way faster than windows. And it has it's own advantages. I've high hopes pinned on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala – maybe it can make me forget windows once and for all.
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So with the new hostel in place and another one coming up in due course of time, the authorities really seemed to be concerned about its maintenance. And they did take up some steps – yet life isn't actually comfortable...
I wonder how many homes have Jaguar taps, lets alone hostels. Yet, we have 'em – Jaguar taps each costing a grand, maybe even more. But the bottom line still remains the same – who's bothered about the quality of the tap when you have no water coming through them. It seemed that watre was coming 24 by 7 for a few days. And ironically, water stopped coming the next morning after these “exquisite” fittings were installed. Yet another case of “so near, yet so far”.
And everyday, we have guys coming in with brooms, vacuum cleaners et all knocking on our doors, asking if we want our rooms to be cleaned. I still remember having a tough time trying to get the room cleaned in 7th block. So this definitely is an improvement. However, I really find no need for it – most of the students, since it's a single room, keep their room clean by themselves. But it'll help those who are really too lazy to even sweep their own room.
Even then, these authorities who are so concerned about the maintenance of the rooms in which we live, turn a blind eye towards the quality of food we are supposed to eat. I say “supposed to eat” coz many don't eat in the food court, including me.
So all-in-all, I feel they're trying to provide accomodation to mechanised robots of sorts, who need no water and food to survive – just a well-maintained to room. And unfortunately, we ended up in that place...
I wonder how many homes have Jaguar taps, lets alone hostels. Yet, we have 'em – Jaguar taps each costing a grand, maybe even more. But the bottom line still remains the same – who's bothered about the quality of the tap when you have no water coming through them. It seemed that watre was coming 24 by 7 for a few days. And ironically, water stopped coming the next morning after these “exquisite” fittings were installed. Yet another case of “so near, yet so far”.
And everyday, we have guys coming in with brooms, vacuum cleaners et all knocking on our doors, asking if we want our rooms to be cleaned. I still remember having a tough time trying to get the room cleaned in 7th block. So this definitely is an improvement. However, I really find no need for it – most of the students, since it's a single room, keep their room clean by themselves. But it'll help those who are really too lazy to even sweep their own room.
Even then, these authorities who are so concerned about the maintenance of the rooms in which we live, turn a blind eye towards the quality of food we are supposed to eat. I say “supposed to eat” coz many don't eat in the food court, including me.
So all-in-all, I feel they're trying to provide accomodation to mechanised robots of sorts, who need no water and food to survive – just a well-maintained to room. And unfortunately, we ended up in that place...
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So, as everyone who has known me would already know, I’ve always been a train-lover. I just used to love travelling by trains. Even though the probability of trains being on time in India is almost never equal to unity, it never amounted to much. So it was pretty much ok for me… But recently the railways management seems to have let things go out of hand and I’ve been experiencing a series of events which can be termed a fiasco in the common vocabulary…
October 4, 2009
I had a confirmed ticket on train no. 7604 Yesvantpur-Kacheguda Express, scheduled to depart from Yesvantpur in Bangalore at 4:15 in the evening. Saturday evening onwards, Indian railways on its official site indianrail.gov.in claims that the train is cancelled due to the floods in Kurnool and other districts. So on Sunday morning 11 am (the site still says the train is cancelled), I cancel my ticket and book a ticket on Rajdhani Express scheduled to depart at 20:00 the same day. Then at 2 in the afternoon, the site says that train no. 7604 is running. I was shocked to say the least – at least they should’ve written ‘LIKELY TO BE CANCELLED’ but writing ‘TRAIN CANCELLED’!? What are passengers like us supposed to do – sit down twiddling our thumbs and hope that all cancelled trains be resumed again. Spare me… At least they should inform the passengers with confirmed ticket about the happenings – that’s why they ask for our contact numbers in the reservation slips right, or is it all a formality with no further purpose!?
October 5, 2009
Aboard the Rajdhani Express, waiting for it to arrive it at Kazipet (it was scheduled to go via Vijaywada instead of Kurnool, but Kazipet was on the list). But then, when it is about to reach Warangal, we have an attendant coming around saying it’s not going to Kazipet and the passengers have to alight at Warangal itself. It’s another issue that Kazipet and Warangal are close-by. But if these two were, let us say, 100 km apart – what do they expect us to do? They say another train is waiting – but when someone says “a train is waiting”, it usually implies “you have to wait for the train”. And the reason for all this – the train is late and can’t go to Kazipet. Please don’t give me all that crap. They are making us suffer due to their inability to reach on time. And if they can’t have a fixed schedule for a Rajdhani which is among the premier trains in the whole country, I wonder what should be the plight of Passenger trains.
October 15, 2009
Train no. 2252 Wainganga Express from Korba to Yesvantpur, scheduled to arrive at Kazipet at 22:12 arrives at 23:45 – not a big deal by Indian standards – so I’ll let it pass.
October 16, 2009
Wainganga Express, scheduled to arrive at Yesvantpur at 13:30 – which arrived late by one and a half hours at Kazipet – was on course to reach Yesvantpur by 13:45. So one simple question – if the train which was late by 01:30 at one time can eventually cover up and be late only by 00:15, should we assume that the Indian Railways officials are underestimating the potentials of their own trains!? Why deliberately increase the journey time – are they afraid they won’t make it in time. Or is it complacency as they hold the monopoly in the area of rail transport – so people will travel in any case!
I said in the previous para that the train was “on course to reach Yesvantpur by 13:45”. But when does it reach - 14:45. All coz it’s halted right outside Yesvantpur railway station. And what do we find – a passenger train going while a superfast is halted. I thought the order of preference was
Rajdhani/Shatabdi > Superfast > Express/Mail > Passenger
Anyways, the train is allowed to resume it’s journey after three trains pass-by. But I had decided to take a walk before that and reached the station before the train. But one thing struck me – was it because the train was 15 minutes late that there was no place for it in the railway station!? I wonder if that would be a genuine cause. And the real cause – I’ll leave it to the imagination of anyone reading this….
Guess I’m fated to travel in trains till I graduate from NIT Warangal, but once it’s done – I hope to say sayonara to trains… But..........only time’ll tell…
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So following the tradition of NITW, we have a mass bunk this year as well for Durga Puja or/and Dushera or/and Vijaydashmi or/and Saraswati Puja – the list goes on and on.
However, it's only Saraswati Puja that takes the centerstage in my home – which incidentally falls on navami, the day before Vijaydashmi. Everyone turns into a busybody early in the day – and it's really hectic cleaning each and every article. However, it's just another occasion for the whole family to be together, doing household chores and stuff – quite fun at times.
Now Goddess Saraswati possesses the powers of speech, wisdom and learning. And we students are the ones who should be worshipping her. Yet we bunk college (where we are supposed to study, though most of us don't) to come home to worship Goddess Saraswati to bestow her blessings upon us. Moreover, this year, we are bunking a midlab exam as well – all coz of one stubborn teacher. Maybe its right on our part, maybe its wrong – no one really bothered to think about all that. We had walked 99 steps forward – and forcing 1 step forward is easier than going 99 steps backward.
And that lab exam is scheduled to start in another 30 min or so – bless us and knock some sense into that teacher. At least make him realise he can't conduct an exam with zero attendance.
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So here's my vijaydashmi gift to my classmates - for their unity in deciding to bunk the OS mid-lab. The third question in the list - process scheduler using signals and context switching. This is not for the studs of the class who can or plan to do it on their own. This is for the rest - those who can't do it or don't wanna do it. I won't say it's perfect - but it worked fine for me. If ya find any faults, please leave a comment. And if ya like this post, a thanks would do.
Download here
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So now once again, our internet is being monitored (well, it has always been, but now, even more so). The situation is not as bad as the catastrophic day last week. Yet it’s appalling.
In order to look more professional, they have created an error page this time with two major error messages :
• Weighted phrase limit exceeded.
• Banned extension: .exe
Now I really don’t know what the first one means – I suppose they are banning sites which many people visit and which they feel do not fall into the category they call educational sites. The second one is obvious – so now we are prohibited from even downloading new softwares, updating our antivirus et al.
If it was some service they are offering free of cost. No would’ve really bothered. But they take thousands of bucks from us in the name of internet fees and now this. When colleges like IITs don’t bother regulating the internet connections given to their students, I wonder why NITW is trying so badly to establish its authority over its students. If some regulation was really needed, they can register the mac addresses of each computer so that they can monitor each student personally and take specific actions in case someone acts unethically. But no – instead they block the net given to all students just coz of one odd nutter in the college.
I hope someone can knock some sense into this orthodox sect of people. They need to understand that the more they try to stop someone from doing something, the more they’re instigating them to do that very thing. I think Harry Potter fans might remember Hermione’s words from the Order of the Phoenix when Umbridge banned Quibbler in Hogwarts, “If she could have done one thing to make absolutely sure that every single person in this school will read your interview, it was banning it!”
The human brain acts funnily – they better understand that before they start to overdo things, which they feel are long overdue (I like the combination of overdo and overdue – sounds nice nay)! What they’re trying to do is not wrong, but how they’re trying to do is. I guess they better do a viability check before implementing their plans of action – or else it would be a repeat of last week’s fiasco.
If it happens I guess might quote Bernard M. Baruch, “Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.”
Or even Mary Beard, “Study without action is futile. Action without study is fatal.”
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So today, we were to have our Operating Systems (OS in short) Mid-lab exam. And our teacher for one, normally doesn’t cancel or postpone exams so easily. So we reached there at 10 in the morning and waited for him to come.
Meanwhile, we were reminded of the problem at hand – none of the computers had a mouse. And the Graphical User Interface (GUI) won’t load without a mouse. The lab attendant (should I call him so) told us to talk to our teacher. So we continue waiting for him.
Tick tock tick tock….an hour passes – he doesn’t come. Loads of speculations flying around, “Maybe the lab exam is only for 2 hrs – he’ll come now.” “Maybe he’ll keep it next week.” And the sorts… Another hour passes…still no sign of him. Now the probability of the exam happening was below 0%. So we breathe a sigh of relief. But then, he finally makes his entry in the lab.
And he says very little and to the point, “Only two questions. (1)What did you do in the last 4 days!? (2) What did you do in the lab today!? Come according to your roll number, answer these and go.” Well, for the second one, everyone had only one answer – nothing!!! Most of the people didn’t even bother to log in. That was expected – he kept us on tenterhooks for two hours and now this.
All it did was add a collection of zeros in his register. Nothing else. But then – was it a lucky break or a start to a catastrophe!?
• Anyways, very few will get output no matter when the exam is.
• On top of that, we screwed our lab credits for a week.
• And we don’t know when he’ll keep the exam.
Too much to speculate – maybe he’ll surprise us later.
But as Jane Austen says (she happens to be my favourite author), “Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.”
Keep your fingers crossed buddies...
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So NIT Warangal – supposedly among the elite in the country, yet filled with guys trying to outsmart others. And we saw a live example yesterday – when literally everything except the search sites and the e-mail sites were blocked.
• All the image files blocked (so if you use images.google.com to search for images, you get nothing)
• Orkut blocked
• Facebook login blocked (and even if you are already logged in, what can you do without images!?)
• Blogger blocked (it is still blocked)
• All the web proxies sites blocked
• All the software proxies blocked
• All the video formats (AVI,MP4,etc) blocked
• All the audio formats (MP3…) blocked
So all we could do was e-mail and chat – quite a life nay! But I guess it’s better not to have an internet connection than having one like this.
But turning the chessboard around and looking at the other side of all this, we had no access to sites required to do our Operating Systems assignment. So at least the CSians were in two minds – whether to curse the authorities or celebrate the occasion. I personally felt it was better that this scenario continued a few more days so that we’ll have an excuse for not doing assignments and then we can run off to our homes next week.
But alas! Our college seems to have got it’s senses back and the internet is back. As a result, we are doomed to do the assignments/projects.
Faced with the prospect of doing assignments and studying for mid-labs immediately after a week full of theory exams, I feel we are living a dog’s life – you can even call it worse than a dog’s life. All thanks to some really “peculiar” faculty in our college. Gimme a break!
In the words of Oscar Wilde, “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” I wonder if they are trying to force us to disobey and rebel in order to make some real progress ;-). Well, if they are, their wishes would be fulfilled soon enough. A few more weeks like this and everyone will be at wit’s end.
Anyways… As of now… Start experimenting…. “exploring”….researching…
Later we can quote Werner von Braun, "Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
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So our college is supposedly going stringent on the net usage in our hostels. Orkut has always been blocked, but now they have blocked facebook – I really don’t care about all of them. But they blocked blogger – now they’re getting on my nerves…
I really am short on time, coz I’ve an exam and I haven’t even started studying. But I guess I’ll just post this to show that blogger can be unblocked. After all…
Where there is a will, there is a way. Where there is a lock, there exists a key as well..
Cheers nitwitians. Good luck finding the key to the lock.
I really am short on time, coz I’ve an exam and I haven’t even started studying. But I guess I’ll just post this to show that blogger can be unblocked. After all…
Where there is a will, there is a way. Where there is a lock, there exists a key as well..
Cheers nitwitians. Good luck finding the key to the lock.
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So it’s here – the day most of the class has been hoping never came – the day to put the Theory of Computation into practice.
As one of our teachers is gracious enough to quote in class every now and then, "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." Which makes it all the more confusing – does it imply that even if I study theory, I won’t be able to implement it in practice as both are different in practice!?
Another quote to substantiate this by Falk Bruegmann, “In theory, that's science. But in reality, science is sometimes practiced differently.”
I think our teacher would agree with Robert Grossblatt's variation, “Theory and reality are only theoretically related.” Which implies we need to study theory to pass the exam.
But in the words of Trygve Reenskaug from the University of Oslo, "In theory, practice is simple." So cheers buddies, the exam paper would be easy tomorrow… But then again, Alexandre Boily says, "But, is it simple to practice theory?" No need to ask us..
Loads of confusion but I guess we can follow Jan van de Snepscheut, a Dutch Mathematician, who says, "It may come out all right in practice, but it'll never work in theory!" This quote sounds highly relevant in our context – things never work out in theory for us (at least for me), but it should work out in practice when we sit in the exam hall tomorrow. So what’s the need to study theory, wasting hours of precious time?
And last but not the least, I think our quote (at least mine) would go something like this, “All I care about is passing this exam. I've lost the ability to discern theory from practice.”
As one of our teachers is gracious enough to quote in class every now and then, "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." Which makes it all the more confusing – does it imply that even if I study theory, I won’t be able to implement it in practice as both are different in practice!?
Another quote to substantiate this by Falk Bruegmann, “In theory, that's science. But in reality, science is sometimes practiced differently.”
I think our teacher would agree with Robert Grossblatt's variation, “Theory and reality are only theoretically related.” Which implies we need to study theory to pass the exam.
But in the words of Trygve Reenskaug from the University of Oslo, "In theory, practice is simple." So cheers buddies, the exam paper would be easy tomorrow… But then again, Alexandre Boily says, "But, is it simple to practice theory?" No need to ask us..
Loads of confusion but I guess we can follow Jan van de Snepscheut, a Dutch Mathematician, who says, "It may come out all right in practice, but it'll never work in theory!" This quote sounds highly relevant in our context – things never work out in theory for us (at least for me), but it should work out in practice when we sit in the exam hall tomorrow. So what’s the need to study theory, wasting hours of precious time?
And last but not the least, I think our quote (at least mine) would go something like this, “All I care about is passing this exam. I've lost the ability to discern theory from practice.”
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Now this is a post only people who know about KVJ and KG Halli in Bangalore would be able to relate to. Nevertheless, it might make a good reading. So I’ll continue scribbling…
So not long back I wrote this post on how Kapil Sibbal’s decisions are going to leave the class X teachers jobless ( ”KG Halli Culture” - en Route to Transition???). And in the words of one of my school teachers, “allow them to spend more time at the canteen and outside, rather than correcting answer scripts and taking remedial classes”. And she did say that the Café Coffee Day guys would hear of it and it would result in the inauguration of one of their outlets in KG Halli! “There’ll be a Coffee Day in place of the Swati bakery.” (I really have no idea where this Swati bakery is – perhaps the residents of KG Halli would be generous enough to enlighten me about it)
That time, it sounded too far-fetched to me. Coz I never believed (or rather didn’t want to believe) that the X board exams would be scrapped. But now the decision has been taken – and X class teachers are en route to being relieved from majority of their workload. Though I’m not sure many are happy with this. As Sherin ma’am (she was my English teacher in school) said when I asked her whether I should congratulate her on this, “You have to wait for a year before the congrats coz it’s only from 2011. Think of the stuff we are going to have in XI minus the class X screening.”
However, if this results in a Café Coffee Day outlet being opened in KG Halli, I’m all game for it (incidentally, I don’t drink coffee – I only go there to eat donuts). I can at least say, “Look at the brighter side of this debacle…”
And congratulations to the class X teachers in advance… perhaps we can have a longer chat the next time I drop in at school.
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Sometimes I get a feeling that I’m living in two worlds – the Bangalore/Hosur one and the Warangal one… Both are exhilarating in their own ways –but there’s no doubt in my mind if I’ve to choose one. But I really miss the Bangalore days while I’m in Warangal – can’t say the vice versa is true, coz I get to enjoy home-made food while I’m in Hosur (Hosur and Bangalore mean the same to me), which is a rare luxury in Warangal…
Finally…it’s almost time!
And it’s that time of the year again when we start anticipating our Dushera holidays (I guess I can call them holidays) to go home (it’s an opportunity to get away from this place, even though it’s only for a week or so). And this year has been especially bad – the food court, the time table with 2-5 classes almost everyday – loads of trash…
So I guess I’m just counting the days till September 24 (that’s the day I’ll be leaving). Finish off the midsems and then just run off….
Good food, good food…and good food!
Now that sorta seems repetitive – but considering the satanic avatar named Food Court, sitting on top of us – it’s a huge relief to be able to go home and eat like a prince. Gotta stock up while we are at home coz we’ll be condemned to the same hell once we get back…
So three cheers to home-made food…
Tripping to Bangalore!
Another opportunity to get back with the old crowd – the ole “warhorses of X-C” as I call them. Another opportunity to visit my favourite teachers and have a nice long chat with them. Another opportunity to get to Landmark and check if there’s some good book on sale. Another opportunity to hog in McD and Subway (I really hate Warangal for being such a desolate place, right in the middle of nothing – now I wonder what’s the middle of nothing!?).
Cheers buddies… “Sayonara” to Warangal ones in advance and “Tadaima“ to Bangalore ones….
Finally…it’s almost time!
And it’s that time of the year again when we start anticipating our Dushera holidays (I guess I can call them holidays) to go home (it’s an opportunity to get away from this place, even though it’s only for a week or so). And this year has been especially bad – the food court, the time table with 2-5 classes almost everyday – loads of trash…
So I guess I’m just counting the days till September 24 (that’s the day I’ll be leaving). Finish off the midsems and then just run off….
Good food, good food…and good food!
Now that sorta seems repetitive – but considering the satanic avatar named Food Court, sitting on top of us – it’s a huge relief to be able to go home and eat like a prince. Gotta stock up while we are at home coz we’ll be condemned to the same hell once we get back…
So three cheers to home-made food…
Tripping to Bangalore!
Another opportunity to get back with the old crowd – the ole “warhorses of X-C” as I call them. Another opportunity to visit my favourite teachers and have a nice long chat with them. Another opportunity to get to Landmark and check if there’s some good book on sale. Another opportunity to hog in McD and Subway (I really hate Warangal for being such a desolate place, right in the middle of nothing – now I wonder what’s the middle of nothing!?).
Cheers buddies… “Sayonara” to Warangal ones in advance and “Tadaima“ to Bangalore ones….
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So I’ll start off this blog with a post about today…ie. 12/09/09...
So we had the IBM Technology Day, organised by IBM in collaboration with our college – the one and only, NIT Warangal. All of the III year B.Tech students were asked to attend compulsorily, but not even half of them turned up – I was among those who did turn up at 8:30 in the morning. As expected, the event didn’t start before 9:30 (I think we need to remember – nothing starts on time except classes and exams).
“Where are the kits we were promised!?”
So we were told we would be given kits worth 500 bucks. But all we got was a scratch pad and a pen – I think all-in-all they would be worth 15 bucks – maybe I misheard the numeric value. Nevertheless, it wasn’t that bad of an experience – frankly speaking, I was reading Shakespeare throughout the first lecture. After that, I was really thankful for the tea break – I don’t drink tea, but I did get to eat 5 samosas. The second lecture on data warehousing was good enough to divert me from my reading and captivate my attention for an hour or so. But as expected, an hour was too little to teach too much – so just the basics and then it was time for lunch.
“Does anything ever start on time here!?”
So we went for lunch, having been told to get back by 1:15. But going there we realize we won’t be able to start eating only by 1:15. That too a rice-only lunch, with the curries going horribly wrong. It would’ve been a catastrophe but for the ice-cream. “I scream ice-cream!” It was worth it, even though it was only vanilla (I prefer butterscotch).
So we finish our lunch and by the time we had finished it, very few in III year were still interested to get back to the seminar hall. The majority of us dragged our feet back to our hostel rooms.
“Why did I go back!?”
I had just changed my clothes and came online when James pings me on Gtalk and says they’re distributing free T-shirts at 4pm. Course I wanted to check it, at least outta curiosity. So we go all the way back to the seminar hall – for nothing! The T-shirts were prizes for a technical quiz – and I knew I had made a grave mistake by coming back, considering the level of my technical knowledge! Anyways, I decide to stay on – I felt too lazy to go back alone. On top of all this, we had an extempore – well, something which they called an extempore – it didn’t fit my definition of an extempore. Followed by a hell of a quiz (it was hell for me coz I knew nothing), but still many managed to get hold of T-shirts. Then finally, after all this – if you think they let us leave, you are mistaken. They wanted feedback from us – which took another half an hour!
All-in-all, something worth attending if you have free time, but definitely not worth the Saturday before the mid-semester exams….
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So here we are in NIT Warangal - supposed to be among the elite in India, second only to the top IITs. Yet we see companies coming for placements and interns and returning, recruiting one or two on their way. Some even return without recruiting anyone. So who is to blame – the college or the students!?
Why Are We Not Taught That is Required!?
Nowadays, companies recruit only if a candidate is worthy enough – they don’t come with the aim of recruiting ‘n’ candidates to any campus. So the students have no choice but to strive for excellence in all the spheres. Yet, even the best falter at the crucial steps more than once….
As far as computer science is concerned, they concentrate mainly on data structures and algorithm analysis. Even then, we are taught only data structures, leaving the algorithm part to get lost in the mist of ignorance. If anyone feels I’m exaggerating, I’ll say this – I attended three rounds of interview when Amazon.com came for interns and for every algorithm/pseudo code/working code they asked, they wanted me to analyze the time complexity (and also the space complexity in certain cases). They expect the most effective code even if it takes a little more time to develop – something our curriculum never stresses on…
Obsolete Syllabus!?
The course syllabus seems to be hardly in sync with the current industry expectations and standards. The first year syllabus can be justified since it is the same for all the branches. But I wonder why we studied network analysis and maths in second year – I don’t say they are completely irrelevant, but do we really need to sacrifice subjects like object oriented programming for them!? Everyone expects a 3rd yr CSE student to know about virtual functions, placement new, multiple inheritance, etc. But we were hardly taught these subjects, as we were “busy deriving Norton’s Law or finding Laplace transforms”. I wonder why these subjects are never mentioned in the placement and intern interviews if our college considers them so important!?
And now, in 3rd year, we are studying “Theory of Computation” – which even the teacher feels bears very little relevance in the present scenario. And “Microprocessors” which seems to be a repeat of last semester’s “Systems Programming”. Since we spend our time like this beating around the bush, it’s no wonder many are unable to comply with the required standards.
Can We Really Study All This On Our Own!?
The other side of the coin – everything can’t be taught in the college, students have to study on their own. But do they really expect to study the core subjects on our own, while on the other hand, irrelevant subjects are taught in class. I accept a teacher can’t teach everything - it’s our responsibility too. We can study on our own after we are taught 40%, but you can’t expect us to do the same after being taught only 10%. Even now, if it’s possible, I would like some faculty of the CSE dept. to spare some time and teach the basics of algorithm analysis and object oriented programming to the 3rd years. Or we might be in for some more ducks when companies come for interns.
It’s too late for anything to be done for us, but hopefully the authorities would accept the change in the corporate world and the change would be reflected in the curriculum, so that at least our juniors would be able to match the expectations….
Why Are We Not Taught That is Required!?
Nowadays, companies recruit only if a candidate is worthy enough – they don’t come with the aim of recruiting ‘n’ candidates to any campus. So the students have no choice but to strive for excellence in all the spheres. Yet, even the best falter at the crucial steps more than once….
As far as computer science is concerned, they concentrate mainly on data structures and algorithm analysis. Even then, we are taught only data structures, leaving the algorithm part to get lost in the mist of ignorance. If anyone feels I’m exaggerating, I’ll say this – I attended three rounds of interview when Amazon.com came for interns and for every algorithm/pseudo code/working code they asked, they wanted me to analyze the time complexity (and also the space complexity in certain cases). They expect the most effective code even if it takes a little more time to develop – something our curriculum never stresses on…
Obsolete Syllabus!?
The course syllabus seems to be hardly in sync with the current industry expectations and standards. The first year syllabus can be justified since it is the same for all the branches. But I wonder why we studied network analysis and maths in second year – I don’t say they are completely irrelevant, but do we really need to sacrifice subjects like object oriented programming for them!? Everyone expects a 3rd yr CSE student to know about virtual functions, placement new, multiple inheritance, etc. But we were hardly taught these subjects, as we were “busy deriving Norton’s Law or finding Laplace transforms”. I wonder why these subjects are never mentioned in the placement and intern interviews if our college considers them so important!?
And now, in 3rd year, we are studying “Theory of Computation” – which even the teacher feels bears very little relevance in the present scenario. And “Microprocessors” which seems to be a repeat of last semester’s “Systems Programming”. Since we spend our time like this beating around the bush, it’s no wonder many are unable to comply with the required standards.
Can We Really Study All This On Our Own!?
The other side of the coin – everything can’t be taught in the college, students have to study on their own. But do they really expect to study the core subjects on our own, while on the other hand, irrelevant subjects are taught in class. I accept a teacher can’t teach everything - it’s our responsibility too. We can study on our own after we are taught 40%, but you can’t expect us to do the same after being taught only 10%. Even now, if it’s possible, I would like some faculty of the CSE dept. to spare some time and teach the basics of algorithm analysis and object oriented programming to the 3rd years. Or we might be in for some more ducks when companies come for interns.
It’s too late for anything to be done for us, but hopefully the authorities would accept the change in the corporate world and the change would be reflected in the curriculum, so that at least our juniors would be able to match the expectations….
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One good thing about NIT Warangal is the number of companies that come for placements and interns (this is, of course, without considering how many they recruit). So we had Goldman Sachs and then Amazon coming for interns. I, incidentally, made it to the interviews of both – and flunked out in both. And here I’ll write about the Amazonian debacle (should I call it so) as it is still fresh in my memory. The GS one would be followed up later…
The Aptitude Test – Stepping Stone to Failure!?
So on the 20th,we had a hard-core technical aptitude – full of stacks and queues and trees and algorithms. A joy for the technically sound, but a disaster bell for the others. We had two rounds – one objective and one subjective. And I got 17 in both (I got to know my scores later when I saw my answer script during the interview). So a total of 34 on 90, and still I qualified – guess that says a lot about the level of questions and the level of correction. And we got the results at 2:15 AM… Don’t think anyone expected that, or anyone was awake to expect that! It was just by chance (or maybe it was fate) that I woke up at 2:30 and saw the sms.
So there it was – interview the next day, ie. 21st at 10:15 AM. Four were shortlisted – and we hoped at least one would make it. Not to be… The count remained a big ZERO. Anyways, I’ll tell about my interview – maybe it’ll help others.
1st Round!
My first round started at 2 PM (true, I was sitting-doing-nothing for 4 hours)– and by that time, others had already got their results of their respective first rounds. So these were the questions asked to me :
• There are 25 horses. Maximum 5 horses can run in a race and you’ll know the top 3 of each race. How many races (min.) will you need to find the overall top 3?
• There is a doubly linked list in which the back-links are ambiguous, ie. they need not point to the previous node – they can point to any node occurring before the current one. Write a function to make a copy of it. (Mind, they want the moist efficient one)
• What are the four basic concepts of OOPS?
Guess that was all – rest was just beating around the bush.
2nd Round!
Perhaps the best of the 3 rounds I faced. Duration 3PM - 4PM.
• Can a knight move from one corner of the chessboard to the opposite while visiting each square once and only once?
• What are the different sorting mechanisms?
• What is bucket sort?
• Which is the most efficient sorting mechanism?
• Tell me the algorithm of quicksort.
• Write a fully functional code for mergesort.
• Minimum spanning tree algorithms – Kruskal and Prim's.
• A singly linked list branches at a certain node into two. Identify the branching node in least possible time.
• There is an array of size ‘n’ having integers 1 to n. But a certain integer ‘l’ is missing and another integer ‘k’ is repeated twice. Find ‘l’ and ‘k’.
He literally ground me to pulp – but I managed to scrape through somehow.
3rd round!
The worst round – and perhaps which brought about my downfall. I was the only one left to attend this one – everyone else had been eliminated. I was hoping it might be non-technical. But alas! How wrong I was…
• Can an object of a base class be initialized using a function of a derived class?
• In Amazon, we maintain records of the pages viewed by customers on each day in a file. I’ll give you the files for two days. I want you to create a list of those customers who visited on both the days and at least two distinct pages. Which data structure would you use?
That was all – quite a short one. But I had to wait for two hours for this one.
I guess I learnt quite a bit – but it was disappointing falling down at the last hurdle. But there’s always the next chance!
The Aptitude Test – Stepping Stone to Failure!?
So on the 20th,we had a hard-core technical aptitude – full of stacks and queues and trees and algorithms. A joy for the technically sound, but a disaster bell for the others. We had two rounds – one objective and one subjective. And I got 17 in both (I got to know my scores later when I saw my answer script during the interview). So a total of 34 on 90, and still I qualified – guess that says a lot about the level of questions and the level of correction. And we got the results at 2:15 AM… Don’t think anyone expected that, or anyone was awake to expect that! It was just by chance (or maybe it was fate) that I woke up at 2:30 and saw the sms.
So there it was – interview the next day, ie. 21st at 10:15 AM. Four were shortlisted – and we hoped at least one would make it. Not to be… The count remained a big ZERO. Anyways, I’ll tell about my interview – maybe it’ll help others.
1st Round!
My first round started at 2 PM (true, I was sitting-doing-nothing for 4 hours)– and by that time, others had already got their results of their respective first rounds. So these were the questions asked to me :
• There are 25 horses. Maximum 5 horses can run in a race and you’ll know the top 3 of each race. How many races (min.) will you need to find the overall top 3?
• There is a doubly linked list in which the back-links are ambiguous, ie. they need not point to the previous node – they can point to any node occurring before the current one. Write a function to make a copy of it. (Mind, they want the moist efficient one)
• What are the four basic concepts of OOPS?
Guess that was all – rest was just beating around the bush.
2nd Round!
Perhaps the best of the 3 rounds I faced. Duration 3PM - 4PM.
• Can a knight move from one corner of the chessboard to the opposite while visiting each square once and only once?
• What are the different sorting mechanisms?
• What is bucket sort?
• Which is the most efficient sorting mechanism?
• Tell me the algorithm of quicksort.
• Write a fully functional code for mergesort.
• Minimum spanning tree algorithms – Kruskal and Prim's.
• A singly linked list branches at a certain node into two. Identify the branching node in least possible time.
• There is an array of size ‘n’ having integers 1 to n. But a certain integer ‘l’ is missing and another integer ‘k’ is repeated twice. Find ‘l’ and ‘k’.
He literally ground me to pulp – but I managed to scrape through somehow.
3rd round!
The worst round – and perhaps which brought about my downfall. I was the only one left to attend this one – everyone else had been eliminated. I was hoping it might be non-technical. But alas! How wrong I was…
• Can an object of a base class be initialized using a function of a derived class?
• In Amazon, we maintain records of the pages viewed by customers on each day in a file. I’ll give you the files for two days. I want you to create a list of those customers who visited on both the days and at least two distinct pages. Which data structure would you use?
That was all – quite a short one. But I had to wait for two hours for this one.
I guess I learnt quite a bit – but it was disappointing falling down at the last hurdle. But there’s always the next chance!
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Food, clothing & shelter aka roti, kapda aur makaan – the basic necessities of life. Now coming to the situation in hand – the average hosteller. Of course, the college can’t provide clothing to us. But they are in-charge of food and shelter while we are in college. Till last year, we used to curse both our shelter and our food – but now we realize how wrong we were to curse the food. Now the curse is upon us….
7th Block with I Mess!
That was the situation last year – a hostel which seemed as though it was built during the reign of the British, filled with cracks and a mess which seemed a little below average in a fleeting glance. But however bad we said it was, it was always full during lunch hours. In fact, people had to reserve places for the next round. Such was the demand… And the monthly special messes were really a treat to a connoisseur of good food.
In spite of the hostel and the mess being on the two extremes of the college campus, no one had second thoughts about walking the distance – for we knew what awaited us there! And now even though the “food court” is a stone’s throw from our rooms, we think twice before going there to eat…
1K with Food Court!
This is the situation this year – a grand hostel room, a comfy bed, a cushion chair, well-furnished cupboards, a computer table, 24hr internet connection. We couldn’t have wished for more. But as the principle of equivalent exchange states (I’m speaking alchemy I guess) – “In order to obtain something, you have to give something of equal value in return”.
So the “something of equal value” we had to give was our food. The crowded mess gave way to a deserted food court. Many left it and began eating outside (including me). But, however one may praise the food outside, it’s a pain going out each and every time just for the sake of filling your stomach. In case a class gets extended or your teacher leaves you 10 min late from the lab – you are cursed to attend the afternoon classes on a hungry stomach…
Do we really deserve to be sentenced to a life befitting of a prince but with the cuisine suited for a pauper!? Perhaps we do – coz some of us chose to run away to eat outside rather than strive to improve the situation and the rest remained unfazed. Or perhaps, it is just the principle of equivalent exchange…
7th Block with I Mess!
That was the situation last year – a hostel which seemed as though it was built during the reign of the British, filled with cracks and a mess which seemed a little below average in a fleeting glance. But however bad we said it was, it was always full during lunch hours. In fact, people had to reserve places for the next round. Such was the demand… And the monthly special messes were really a treat to a connoisseur of good food.
In spite of the hostel and the mess being on the two extremes of the college campus, no one had second thoughts about walking the distance – for we knew what awaited us there! And now even though the “food court” is a stone’s throw from our rooms, we think twice before going there to eat…
1K with Food Court!
This is the situation this year – a grand hostel room, a comfy bed, a cushion chair, well-furnished cupboards, a computer table, 24hr internet connection. We couldn’t have wished for more. But as the principle of equivalent exchange states (I’m speaking alchemy I guess) – “In order to obtain something, you have to give something of equal value in return”.
So the “something of equal value” we had to give was our food. The crowded mess gave way to a deserted food court. Many left it and began eating outside (including me). But, however one may praise the food outside, it’s a pain going out each and every time just for the sake of filling your stomach. In case a class gets extended or your teacher leaves you 10 min late from the lab – you are cursed to attend the afternoon classes on a hungry stomach…
Do we really deserve to be sentenced to a life befitting of a prince but with the cuisine suited for a pauper!? Perhaps we do – coz some of us chose to run away to eat outside rather than strive to improve the situation and the rest remained unfazed. Or perhaps, it is just the principle of equivalent exchange…
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Finally it's 8th july again. Coming again as a reminder of the day I joined KVJ in 2002. Seven long years - even though I studied there only for 5 years, I keep visiting whenever I get the chance...
VIII-C : Couldn't have Wished For Better!!!
So I ended up in VIII-C. I guess it went like a cycle. 'A' section in Hindon, 'B' in Jodhpur - and now 'C'. (Incidentally, I went back to 'A' in XI.) So I got admitted on July 6, 2002 (Saturday) and joined school on July 8 (Monday). Then began the roller coaster ride which eventually ended in 2005 with us getting out of X-C and entering senior secondary. But those three years - would never come back....
When I joined KVJ, I didn't wish for any particular section. But now I feel that if I had been in any other section, I would've missed some of the very best days school life can offer....
The Class Which Was....
So this was the class which had the old stalwarts (should I call them so) - Hannah, Shreyasi, Tarun, Chitra and Vindhya among others, none of whom lasted till the climax class of X-C. Some left school, and others were thrown into other sections by force. And they were the ones who made VIII-C what it was - though the newcomers were quite a revelation. Mainak and Arun - studs in their own right, and climbing to the top in the academic ranks. Shreyasi was another notable "rookie" minting gold in the academic mine. I still remember our social teacher Mrs.Kamalakshi Agarwal scolding the class after the half yearly exams - I had got 98 and Mainak 95, the rest were way below us. I can still imagine her screaming,"You dead moronic children!" (That was her favourite dialogue). And she refused to take our class in IX, preferring the 'D' section. (But I guess she might've repented it later on - after all we were the ones notching two 480+ scores in the board exams.)
And incidentally, I was the quite guy in class - a reputation which lasted no longer than a year. For in IX and X, I was known as the chatterbox - I wonder what brought about this drastic change!
The Shock of the Year!!!
So the academic year passed by without much happening (or maybe my memory fails me). Then the final exams - and the results. And I hear my name being announced on stage for topping in VIII class with a "100 in Hindi". I was like "100 in Hindi???" (Mind, I had a really stingy hindi teacher in Jodhpur who gave me 64 in VI and 72 in VII - and I was the topper in both cases). So getting 90+ itself seemed quite impossible to me. But 100? No one could believe it - not me nor my teachers. And I had many people requesting my hindi "scribbles" - I don't think they were good enough to be called notes. And in the end, I didn't give them to anyone - what if they ask,"You got 100 by studying these?"
Frankly, I have no idea how I got 100. Later when was in IX, I went and saw my answer script solely to see it for my own eyes. And I find 99.5 on my script - .5 marks deducted for an essay, full marks everywhere else. Mainak had got 98. A stroke of luck maybe....
VIII-C was never that special to me - but it was the first step towards X-C. The first step to fun'n'frolic!!!
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These holidays, I’ve been popping my head in Bangalore every now and then. And it all happened in such a hurry I never got the chance to inform any of my old friends there that I’m coming. Nevertheless, I give them a ring once I land there and always, I’ll find at least one of them free and willing to meet. Last week it was Patiala. This week it happened to be Samuel aka Sam. X-C guys – can’t find such friendlier freaks anywhere else….
“Why Are You in Three-quarters???”
So I call Sam and ask him to come to school. A few minutes later, I see him literally sprinting towards the school gate (mind, he ain’t a very slim guy – so it was quite a scene) in three-quarters. I asked him why he didn’t wear trousers – and his reply,”We have to go in, ah? I thought we’ll just sit here and talk.” Anyways, we go in and sit in front of the staff quarters, gossiping all the time.
Then we decide to take a stroll in the school playground, hoping to catch hold of our old kho-kho coach. Alas, he was not to be found – so we just go, sit and watch the kiddos playing, remembering the times when we used to do the same….
“Where Are You Taking Me???”
As a custom (guess you can call it that), I always go and say ‘hi’ to my old teachers whenever I go to school. So I tell Sam to come with me. He was like,”I’m in three-quarters! I won’t come.” Anyways, no one asked him if he was coming – so I drag him over. But no teacher actually seemed to notice his attire – or maybe they chose to ignore…. Doesn’t matter as long as he didn’t get told-off.
“Why Does Everything Have to Happen on July 12th???”
But he refused to come to the ladies staff room. So I decide to go alone – and I find Vijaya ma’am there. And I was just enquiring about her brother-in-law and his daughter (I think her name is Divya – not sure). Vijaya ma’am had been my escort when I went to Delhi for the KVS Group Mathematics Olympiad back in XI class and I had stayed at her relatives’ house for some time. So I was just asking about their well-being, when she says they’re coming over to Bangalore on 12th, asking me if I can come over on 12th evening to meet them. Another commitment on 12th – and I happen to be shifting my house on that very day. So all I could say was that I’ll try to come.
I hope I’ll be able to meet them before they leave for Delhi and I leave for Warangal – let me keep my fingers crossed!
KG Halli Bakery – One Stop Shop for KVJ!!!
Well, I had to have my lunch – Sam invited me to his house. But I was pretty short of time, and I had no real intentions of filling my stomach to the brim – I still had to loaf around quite a bit and a full stomach makes it difficult. So we decide to go to the KG Halli bakery. And soon enough, we find other students of KVJ clustering there after school.
KVJ and KG Halli – the never ending association….
I had a bit of time left with me, so we start wandering near the HMT Watch Factory – the same place where, hardly two weeks back, the two of us sat with Mainak, Vijay and Suhas, blowing away bubbles of memories.
Let’s keep blowing….and memories will keep popping!!!
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Try however I may (I never tried – I suppose it wouldn’t make a difference even if I did), I can’t forget KVJ – its premises and of course, its teachers (the students have changed and I know only a few of the present students).
Another Excuse to be There!!!
So I had to go to Peenya to collect my industrial training certificate – and I was done with that work by 11:30. My dad advised me to return by bus – but I always had one thing or the other to do in Bangalore and I told him I’ll return by the 4 o’clock train.
Then I rush off to my old school – and I call my buddy Samuel (or Sam, in short) for company. So we start roaming around in school – no one questioned us (after all, I still know half of the teachers there). We kept running into one teacher or the other. And everyone had the same thing to say to me,”You’re back here, eh?” or “Roaming in holidays?” I can’t help it – I have three months of summer vacation and I’m more or less jobless during this tenure!
“You’re Retiring???”
So I got the news that Nair sir, who taught me maths in classes XI and XII, was taking voluntary retirement next week. I was pretty much surprised – when I was there last week, he said he was retiring in December this year. Well, what made him take this decision, I don’t know and I don’t care!
But I always felt he’s among those teachers who never seem like retiring. So finally he’s bidding adieu (many will be sad to see him go and some might be happy - I wonder). Here’s wishing him a happy retired life, free from freaks like us!
“You’ve Gone Down!!!”
Latha ma’am, as always, is concerned about the health of her students and on seeing me,”You’ve gone down. If you wear your old school uniform, you’ll look just like a school student!” (I’d have gladly accepted the offer, provided I get the same classmates, same teachers and the same classroom) And she had said the same thing when I’d been to see her last week!
And I had to say that after the bout of chicken pox in February, I never really recovered – not that I lack stamina, just that I never put on weight. So she said,”You’ve two weeks before you leave right? Eat well and put on weight.” And I was like,”If I din’t put on weight during the last two and a half months at home, would it really happen in the coming fortnight?”
Well, let’s wait and watch….
Another Excuse to be There!!!
So I had to go to Peenya to collect my industrial training certificate – and I was done with that work by 11:30. My dad advised me to return by bus – but I always had one thing or the other to do in Bangalore and I told him I’ll return by the 4 o’clock train.
Then I rush off to my old school – and I call my buddy Samuel (or Sam, in short) for company. So we start roaming around in school – no one questioned us (after all, I still know half of the teachers there). We kept running into one teacher or the other. And everyone had the same thing to say to me,”You’re back here, eh?” or “Roaming in holidays?” I can’t help it – I have three months of summer vacation and I’m more or less jobless during this tenure!
“You’re Retiring???”
So I got the news that Nair sir, who taught me maths in classes XI and XII, was taking voluntary retirement next week. I was pretty much surprised – when I was there last week, he said he was retiring in December this year. Well, what made him take this decision, I don’t know and I don’t care!
But I always felt he’s among those teachers who never seem like retiring. So finally he’s bidding adieu (many will be sad to see him go and some might be happy - I wonder). Here’s wishing him a happy retired life, free from freaks like us!
“You’ve Gone Down!!!”
Latha ma’am, as always, is concerned about the health of her students and on seeing me,”You’ve gone down. If you wear your old school uniform, you’ll look just like a school student!” (I’d have gladly accepted the offer, provided I get the same classmates, same teachers and the same classroom) And she had said the same thing when I’d been to see her last week!
And I had to say that after the bout of chicken pox in February, I never really recovered – not that I lack stamina, just that I never put on weight. So she said,”You’ve two weeks before you leave right? Eat well and put on weight.” And I was like,”If I din’t put on weight during the last two and a half months at home, would it really happen in the coming fortnight?”
Well, let’s wait and watch….
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Everyone, who has, in one way or the other, been attached to KV-1 Jalahalli, would know about KG Halli. Many students are from KG Halli – and they are usually the ones who have no interest in studies and flunk in exams. So the “KG Halli Culture” is something despised by many….
Will They Ever Change???
So other day, when I was at school, I found myself with Mrs.Sherin John and Mrs.Meena Thomas (both English TGTs, with whom I’ve had very good student-teacher relationships over the years) in the staff room. And somehow, we ended up discussing KG Halli.
So, as expected, it was all about old students sitting on KG Halli roads, smoking and doing all sorts of indecorous activities - conduct unbecoming of a student of KVJ. Sherin ma’am had a personal experience to share – about one such guy, who after seeing her staring at him, ran for his life. Meena ma’am quips in,”At least he had that much shame left in him!” So all in all, in Sherin ma’am’s words,”It’s an insult to us teachers to find our students sitting on the roads!”
A Blessing in Disguise???
Then we ended up on the topic of the proposed abolishment of class X board exams by the Indian government. I, personally, have no wish to write on this topic about which hundreds might’ve have already written about. But Meena ma’am made a comment, which really caught me unawares. When Sherin ma’am that all the class X teachers would be free most of the time and they will be at the school canteen sipping tea or coffee, Meena ma’am said,”Then in place of the Swati bakery, there would be a Coffee Day or an Expresso in KG Halli!”
I was like,”Would it really turn out that way?” Either Meena ma’am has a futuristic vision, or maybe she is a bit too optimistic.
Keeping My Fingers Crossed!!!
But it was an “exquisite” vision – a Coffee Day in KG Halli! I believe it would do a hell lot of good to the crowd there – perhaps a first step of the long walk to innovation? As more and more teachers become regular visitors to KG Halli (and I mean teachers like Sherin ma’am – with a stern stare and a sharp tongue), perhaps the alumni of KVJ would be back on track en route to finding success in life.
I’ll be keeping my fingers and legs crossed so that even if the class X board exams are abolished (which I really hope doesn’t happen), we’ll have a vicissitude to look forward to.
Looking at the brighter side of everything…..
Will They Ever Change???
So other day, when I was at school, I found myself with Mrs.Sherin John and Mrs.Meena Thomas (both English TGTs, with whom I’ve had very good student-teacher relationships over the years) in the staff room. And somehow, we ended up discussing KG Halli.
So, as expected, it was all about old students sitting on KG Halli roads, smoking and doing all sorts of indecorous activities - conduct unbecoming of a student of KVJ. Sherin ma’am had a personal experience to share – about one such guy, who after seeing her staring at him, ran for his life. Meena ma’am quips in,”At least he had that much shame left in him!” So all in all, in Sherin ma’am’s words,”It’s an insult to us teachers to find our students sitting on the roads!”
A Blessing in Disguise???
Then we ended up on the topic of the proposed abolishment of class X board exams by the Indian government. I, personally, have no wish to write on this topic about which hundreds might’ve have already written about. But Meena ma’am made a comment, which really caught me unawares. When Sherin ma’am that all the class X teachers would be free most of the time and they will be at the school canteen sipping tea or coffee, Meena ma’am said,”Then in place of the Swati bakery, there would be a Coffee Day or an Expresso in KG Halli!”
I was like,”Would it really turn out that way?” Either Meena ma’am has a futuristic vision, or maybe she is a bit too optimistic.
Keeping My Fingers Crossed!!!
But it was an “exquisite” vision – a Coffee Day in KG Halli! I believe it would do a hell lot of good to the crowd there – perhaps a first step of the long walk to innovation? As more and more teachers become regular visitors to KG Halli (and I mean teachers like Sherin ma’am – with a stern stare and a sharp tongue), perhaps the alumni of KVJ would be back on track en route to finding success in life.
I’ll be keeping my fingers and legs crossed so that even if the class X board exams are abolished (which I really hope doesn’t happen), we’ll have a vicissitude to look forward to.
Looking at the brighter side of everything…..
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Well, sometimes in life, you become a part of a joke (or rather you become a joke) – but later, you think about it and have a hearty laugh. This happens to be one such incident.
So it was on June the 21st – during our reunion. As I’ve mentioned in earlier posts, Girija and I found ourselves leading the pack on MG road, followed by HS, G and Mainak. So as we were trotting along, we reach an auto stand. There an auto driver, seeing Girija and me walking, comes up and asks,”Uncle, want an auto!?”
And I was like,”You talking to me?” Maybe he had a poor eyesight (I hope he did). Another question - if I looked like an uncle to him, did Girija look like an aunty???
And all this after all my friends accused me of looking like a kiddo, walking around with a school bag! :-D
Just another reason to smile in life…..
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Well, I picked up this habit of saying,”What’s the bet!?” whenever I had a disagreement with someone back in class XII. Though I no longer use it, once in a while, it just happens by chance that I end up keeping bets. And here’s one of them….
It’s Arun vs. Sunita!!!
So we happen to be the two parties concerned. Pretty much a straight-forward bet. If she manages to come to Bangalore within the next two years, she wins – else it’s my victory. Of course, I don’t usually keep bets I feel I might lose – and the chances of her travelling all the way from Delhi to Bangalore seem pretty bleak (I believe her parents won’t allow!).
Anyways, she isn’t someone who would refuse a challenge – especially from me (we’ve been at loggerheads ever since our school days). So she agrees – and then we had to decide on what the loser had to. After all, it won’t be any fun without making the loser realize his loss…..
“Tilting in My Favour!??”
So we start racking our brains. She suggested that the loser treats the winner –but that’s just way too common. We were members of “the” X-C after all – we had to do something out of the blues. So I get a brainwave – I’ve no idea how the others would feel about it, but it doesn’t matter anyways.
So it was decided that if she wins, I take out a lady teacher from our old school KV-I Jalahalli out for lunch or dinner. And if I win, she does the same with a gents teacher. Looking back, I feel I won’t have such a hard time even if I lose (I’ve always kept in constant touch with my old teachers and I trust them to squeeze me out of tight situations), but if she loses, she’ll have her task cut out (she has never even spoken to anyone in the past four years)….
“Did I Keep Such a Condition to Make Her Come???”
I get a feeling I kept such a condition that she’d rather come over here than face the prospect of fulfilling the not-so-easy condition – it happens to me at times, just out of instincts! So guess I’m keeping my fingers crossed – for what I don’t know! I hate losing, but this one time, I’m ready to yield….
A win-win situation for me? I’ve no idea….
It’s Arun vs. Sunita!!!
So we happen to be the two parties concerned. Pretty much a straight-forward bet. If she manages to come to Bangalore within the next two years, she wins – else it’s my victory. Of course, I don’t usually keep bets I feel I might lose – and the chances of her travelling all the way from Delhi to Bangalore seem pretty bleak (I believe her parents won’t allow!).
Anyways, she isn’t someone who would refuse a challenge – especially from me (we’ve been at loggerheads ever since our school days). So she agrees – and then we had to decide on what the loser had to. After all, it won’t be any fun without making the loser realize his loss…..
“Tilting in My Favour!??”
So we start racking our brains. She suggested that the loser treats the winner –but that’s just way too common. We were members of “the” X-C after all – we had to do something out of the blues. So I get a brainwave – I’ve no idea how the others would feel about it, but it doesn’t matter anyways.
So it was decided that if she wins, I take out a lady teacher from our old school KV-I Jalahalli out for lunch or dinner. And if I win, she does the same with a gents teacher. Looking back, I feel I won’t have such a hard time even if I lose (I’ve always kept in constant touch with my old teachers and I trust them to squeeze me out of tight situations), but if she loses, she’ll have her task cut out (she has never even spoken to anyone in the past four years)….
“Did I Keep Such a Condition to Make Her Come???”
I get a feeling I kept such a condition that she’d rather come over here than face the prospect of fulfilling the not-so-easy condition – it happens to me at times, just out of instincts! So guess I’m keeping my fingers crossed – for what I don’t know! I hate losing, but this one time, I’m ready to yield….
A win-win situation for me? I’ve no idea….
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So I’ve got used to the concept of fate/destiny/chance. Coz I keep meeting old acquaintances every now and then – just by chance I guess. So another such rendezvous….
Add-on to a Regular School Visit!!!
So I went to my alma mater, as I do every semester break, to meet my old teachers. Anyway, I get out of there by noon and I had two options – either go back by bus, or find something to do till the next train scheduled at 4pm. So I call up my old friends – and Saurabh aka Patiala invites me to go to Malleswaram with me. And I, being the “eternal jobless”, was more than happy to go. So we meet up at Jalahalli cross and catch a bus to Malleswaram….
Are We What They Call “Loafers”???
I’ve always had this doubt, all we do is loaf around – so are we called loafers? Doesn’t matter….
So we loaf here and there, then go and have our lunch. Then we go and collect a cake Patiala had ordered for the marriage anniversary of his parents – I take this opportunity to congratulate uncle and aunty on their happy married life and wishing them many more happy years together. Then somehow, as we were walking around, we end up on the topic of marriage – how I’m not sure. So as we were discussing, a question comes up,”If someone kept a sword at your throat and in order to save yourself, you had to marry someone from the old X-C, who would it be?” Of course, we had to reply (ab doston se kya chupana?) and we did – but the answers will be kept a secret from the aam junta (don’t try threatening or coaxing me – I won’t yield)…
Then we catch a bus back – he to his home and I to Yesvantpur railway station (we were in the same bus – different stops). After all, meeting and then departing is the way of life….
Add-on to a Regular School Visit!!!
So I went to my alma mater, as I do every semester break, to meet my old teachers. Anyway, I get out of there by noon and I had two options – either go back by bus, or find something to do till the next train scheduled at 4pm. So I call up my old friends – and Saurabh aka Patiala invites me to go to Malleswaram with me. And I, being the “eternal jobless”, was more than happy to go. So we meet up at Jalahalli cross and catch a bus to Malleswaram….
Are We What They Call “Loafers”???
I’ve always had this doubt, all we do is loaf around – so are we called loafers? Doesn’t matter….
So we loaf here and there, then go and have our lunch. Then we go and collect a cake Patiala had ordered for the marriage anniversary of his parents – I take this opportunity to congratulate uncle and aunty on their happy married life and wishing them many more happy years together. Then somehow, as we were walking around, we end up on the topic of marriage – how I’m not sure. So as we were discussing, a question comes up,”If someone kept a sword at your throat and in order to save yourself, you had to marry someone from the old X-C, who would it be?” Of course, we had to reply (ab doston se kya chupana?) and we did – but the answers will be kept a secret from the aam junta (don’t try threatening or coaxing me – I won’t yield)…
Then we catch a bus back – he to his home and I to Yesvantpur railway station (we were in the same bus – different stops). After all, meeting and then departing is the way of life….
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I always make it a point to go to my old school during every semester break to meet my old teachers. After all, school teachers rock – unlike their college counterparts. So I enter the premises of KV-1 Jalahalli, primarily with the intentions of meeting two of my favourite teachers – Mrs.Sherin John, my English teacher from class VIII to X and Mrs. K Latha, my biology teacher from class XI to XII. And every time I meet them, I add new memories to cherish. (But as a matter of fact, I hardly come back without meeting at least 20 teachers – I’m glad they still remember me!)
“Me!? At the School Canteen???”
You won’t believe – I’ve been at that school for five long years and the only time I’ve been at the school canteen was to buy the school belt. I’ve never been there with the intention of filling my stomach – today was the first. And that too coz Latha ma’am invited me there. And of course, she happens to one of the few teachers I really respect and as they say, her wish/request is my command. So I accompany her and she says,”Take anything and everything you want.”
But I had no real urge to eat – I wonder why! So I take a masala vada and say I’ll be fine with this, but she insists I take one more – and I comply! So my first visit to the school canteen comes two after I pass out of that school! Life never ceases to surprise…..
“What Am I Doing in the Staff Room!??”
One place we students sort of revered, even feared, when we were in school. But now, finding myself sitting with my old teachers discussing and chit-chatting – I wonder if this really is happening (actually, it has been happening every semester break since I left school – but I’ve not yet been able to digest this fact). Sherin ma’am wasn’t really surprised to see me – she knows I’m jobless for more than 5 months a year. And she meets me with a stare which seemed to say,”You are always free, aren’t you?” And how could I deny the truth!
So it was the X-C show – about how we had our reunion on the previous Sunday, about what the others are doing and stuff. And then a teacher unknown to me comes and says someone has hit the blackboard in X-C with a duster and it has broken to pieces. Now we never did anything of that sort – so maybe our X-C was better!?
Anyways, it was another great experience “sitting” on a chair in the staff room – we were used to standing in that room. (I seek an excuse from the other teachers who were present – I can’t mention all of your names).
Another great day at school – hoping to have many more…..
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This was how Mainak put it – one guy between two gals (a series of pics)….
The X Factors - Girija and Shalini!!!
So it was Girija and Shalini with a guy – why they wanted these photos taken, I’ve no idea (And for once, I don’t want to apply my weird imagination – as Mainak says, I shouldn’t be annoying any more people). So just enjoy these photos (maybe sometime later, I’ll find time for some more tongue-wagging)
Human imagination is boundless…..keep imagining!!!
The X Factors - Girija and Shalini!!!
So it was Girija and Shalini with a guy – why they wanted these photos taken, I’ve no idea (And for once, I don’t want to apply my weird imagination – as Mainak says, I shouldn’t be annoying any more people). So just enjoy these photos (maybe sometime later, I’ll find time for some more tongue-wagging)
Human imagination is boundless…..keep imagining!!!
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So on 21st June 10:40 am, 13 of us stand at Garuda mall’s ground floor wondering where to go first – and a voice comes,”I have to eat breakfast”…..
“You Skipped Breakfast???”
Anyways, we went to Garuda’s food court and while Mainak went to order, the rest of us pull up chairs and sit down.
Then Mainak comes back with a dosa. I was flattered to ask him, “Didn’t you get anything else?” There were cries of,”He’s come to Garuda to eat dosa!” (Not unexpected from the crowd of X-C) Anyways, he finishes his dosa and starts devouring the leftover curry/sambar. HS quips in,”Eat the remaining chutney too.” And Mainak responds with,“It cost me 38 bucks. I ain’t gonna leave anything.” Same old Mainak aka Gandhi!
Cheers buddy! And next time you come, eat something different!!!
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I’ve always been known as a talkative guy among my old classmates – talking during class, talking during lunch break – talking all the time. Yet, there were few in the class with whom I hardly ever interacted with – two notable names being Shreyasi and Swarna.
“Shreyasi!? Who’s That???”
That was my response when Mainak told me about Shreyasi. However I racked my memory, I just couldn’t connect the name with a person. Finally, Mainak had to tell me she was our classmate in VIII class. I was like – was she really there? Actually, she was – and among those girls I hardly knew back then. So I guess I can say we’ve been friends only since last year – we met on May 10, as she reminded me on May 10 this year (I hardly remember such “anniversaries” – it’s always the girls who do).
Anyways, she has been one of my best friends over the year and (whether she likes it or not) the person who listened to all my escapades at college! Cheers, buddy!
“We were Classmates for 5 Years, But…….”
Very few would be willing to believe this. Swarna and I were classmates all the way from class VIII to class XII. Yet, we hardly had a decent enough talk during those five years. So passed the years – and we were not in touch (not unexpected, I believe). But, as it has happened in many other cases, orkut did the trick. Back in touch after years – and when I asked others to come to our reunion, she was one of the first to respond positively. Just goes to show one thing – no matter where we are, how we are, X-C would maintain a link between us.
So two girls who never talked to me in school have turned out to be quite interactive – maybe as they say, you realize the importance of someone only when they are no longer around…..
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DISCLAIMER : This post has been written with/without the consent of the three parties concerned. And I might’ve added a bit of my crazy imagination to it too. So just enjoy it – it is equivalent to fiction.
As many of you might be knowing, I never miss an opportunity to have a go at anyone from X-C. So I’m gonna go ahead with this post as well….
My Freaky Mind and its Wild Imagination!!!
So if you have read my previous posts, you’ll know that the concerned are Mainak, G Suraj and Shalini! I’m a gossip-monger by habit and I’m habitually engaged in idle talk about others. Anyways, after the posts were published (in my blog), Suraj posts a comment claiming Shalini is his “sister” (check it here).
On the other hand, Mainak in his blog says he and Shalini are not a couple, but Shalini and Suraj might be a potential couple. Here Suraj comments saying that his “sister” and Mainak make a good couple and he shouldn’t reject the fact that they are a couple! (check this one here)
Don’t forget to leave comments guys and gals……
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Though 14 warhorses of the erstwhile X-C might have been more than overjoyed on June 21, 2009, there were few who were really sad as they were unable to make it there. This post is dedicated to one such person!
20th Night 8PM – My Mobile Sounds a Mishap!!!
So I was in Bangalore on 20th to meet a few friends (Mainak, Vijay and all). Saurabh aka Patiala would’ve joined us but he was in KR Puram that day and couldn’t come. However he promised to come the next day to meet (especially Mainak, coz the rest of us were nearby).
So I catch the train from Bangalore Cantt. Railway Station to Hosur. Since I had been on the phone almost the whole day, the battery had drained out – and I had to cut short my phone call with Shreyasi. The train stops at Heelalige station for a crossing. Right at that moment, I get an sms from Saurabh saying he has slipped from the stairs and injured himself, rendering him unable to come the next day. I was just wondering if this was a joke or not (but mind, he wasn’t one to crack such jokes). Anyways, I get a call from a minute later which confirmed the sms. So the guy who was one of those looking forward to June 21 was forced to spend the day all alone on a bed, instead of with us!
“Don’t Make Me Jealous!!!”
So he smsed me on 21st morning asking me to give a report of the day’s happenings. I said,”Of couse!” So once everything had finished, I give him a call while I was at the bus stop and again when I was at the railway station. He was just drenched in sorrow for not being unable to come. And I wasn’t helping him. Though unintentional, words such as “the day was awesome” and “you should’ve been there” kept flowing out of my voice box. And he was green with envy. (Sorry Patiala, I didn’t want to make you feel bad…) So I try coaxing him, telling him we can have another one when everyone is free. And since the 21st of June, I just get a feeling another reunion is just round the corner….
Cheer up dude! There’s always the next time! And happy recovery!!!
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We see freaks everywhere – even I’m a freak in my own right! And most of my friends are peculiar in their own ways. And Vindhya happens to be someone who always shies away from sunny and crowded places. Guess she suffers from Heliophobia (fear of the sun) and Demophobia (fear of crowd)!
Worrying About Her Complexion???
Many girls are so worried that their skin will tan and all. So they tend to keep away from the sun. But that doesn’t keep them from roaming around in the sun. Even Vindhya would roam around but she’ll always keep her eye open for shady places - always complaining,”It’s so sunny here!” I’ve seen her standing behind pavements trying to keep away from sunlight, while others will be basking in the glory of sunlight!
“Why Don’t You Go to Antarctica???”
I’ve met her twice in the past 30 days or so and she’s always the same – nothing can take away her love for emptiness and shadows. So the best thing to do, as I told her, would be to go an isolated barren land where the sun never shines. Antarctica might be a good option!
Incidentally, the last time we met, I didn’t hear her complaining for quite some time – maybe she has changed in the past month! But then she starts moaning, and Girija quips in, “Arun, she’s again moaning and complaining!” Guess some never change – and I’m glad she didn’t.
After all, if she did, this post wouldn’t be here!!!
There is only one damsel common among the two photos, so you know whom I’m talking about. She’s all smiles in the crepuscular emptiness of Garuda’s food court!!!
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Now quite a few might be cursing me for writing part-fiction on them – so guess I should write one on me too. But this one might lack a bit of imagination….
Philo and Her Mobile!!!
So as Shreyasi says, Philo only attends my phone calls, supposedly. (I’ve no idea if it’s true – you have to ask Philo!) But I’ve a tough time getting her to pick up her phone – sometimes network problem, sometimes her problem. Maybe none of the others try frequently enough. Anyways, Philo has been my classmate for five long years (like Swarna). So I’ve never lost touch with her, unlike some of the rest. And well, we are really good friends – and as Philo says,”Tu meer bhai kaisa hai Arun!” I never mind – friend or sister, more or less the same.
“Did She Really Come Coz I Asked Her???”
And she supposedly came on Sunday only because I asked her. As they say, everyone can be convinced, you just need the right person (Shreyasi came only because Mainak asked her – she wouldn’t agree even after I asked her more than 10 times). Well, it doesn’t matter why you come as long as you come. And as there is no lack of “leg-pullers” from our class, it’s back to business. Shreyasi and I are always at loggerheads and of course, she won’t miss an opportunity to have a go at me – though I think it didn’t have much impact.
Well, Philo wanted to have a pic taken with me and all the girls went,”Ooooooh!!!” Cheers Philo…. Friend/sis [;)]
Future is a mystery – so keep guessing…..
Philo and Her Mobile!!!
So as Shreyasi says, Philo only attends my phone calls, supposedly. (I’ve no idea if it’s true – you have to ask Philo!) But I’ve a tough time getting her to pick up her phone – sometimes network problem, sometimes her problem. Maybe none of the others try frequently enough. Anyways, Philo has been my classmate for five long years (like Swarna). So I’ve never lost touch with her, unlike some of the rest. And well, we are really good friends – and as Philo says,”Tu meer bhai kaisa hai Arun!” I never mind – friend or sister, more or less the same.
“Did She Really Come Coz I Asked Her???”
And she supposedly came on Sunday only because I asked her. As they say, everyone can be convinced, you just need the right person (Shreyasi came only because Mainak asked her – she wouldn’t agree even after I asked her more than 10 times). Well, it doesn’t matter why you come as long as you come. And as there is no lack of “leg-pullers” from our class, it’s back to business. Shreyasi and I are always at loggerheads and of course, she won’t miss an opportunity to have a go at me – though I think it didn’t have much impact.
Well, Philo wanted to have a pic taken with me and all the girls went,”Ooooooh!!!” Cheers Philo…. Friend/sis [;)]
Future is a mystery – so keep guessing…..
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DISCLAIMER : This post has been written with/without the consent of both the parties concerned. And I might’ve added a bit of my crazy imagination to it too. So just enjoy it – it is equivalent to fiction.
As many of you might know, I’m the eternal jobless freak of X-C. And I have one of the craziest imaginations around. And I love pulling my friends’ legs. This combined with my flair for writing, I’m itching to write this post. So I’m gonna ahead with this (Sorry G).
Garuda – An Ideal Place for This???
So, Shalini happens to be one of the girls who really mingle with guys (Girija might be another notable mention in the same category).
So, after we reach Garuda, Mainak says he wants to have breakfast – the rest of us had had our breakfast and we go there only to keep him company. So it was during our small escapade at Garuda that Shalini commented on G (we are used to calling him G, so here onwards G=G Suraj). “Suraj, you are looking cute.” And as expected, there were howls of “G! G!” from the guys. All in the game – no hard feelings….
Shreyasi Speaks! Girija Moves!! I click!!!
So after we come out and start clicking pics, Girija and Shalini start dragging us guys to have pictures taken with us. I think they started with me, then Mainak. Right then comes Shreyasi with a punch dialogue,“Shalini, Don’t fool around. Directly take a photo with Suraj!” reinstating that “Hum kisise kum nahi”. Well, the camera was in my hand and I take a photo (Girija + G + Shalini). Then Girija nicely, as they say, “patli gali se khisak gayi” and I take the snap. Someone might treasure this pic….who knws….
Future is a mystery – so keep guessing…..
As many of you might know, I’m the eternal jobless freak of X-C. And I have one of the craziest imaginations around. And I love pulling my friends’ legs. This combined with my flair for writing, I’m itching to write this post. So I’m gonna ahead with this (Sorry G).
Garuda – An Ideal Place for This???
So, Shalini happens to be one of the girls who really mingle with guys (Girija might be another notable mention in the same category).
So, after we reach Garuda, Mainak says he wants to have breakfast – the rest of us had had our breakfast and we go there only to keep him company. So it was during our small escapade at Garuda that Shalini commented on G (we are used to calling him G, so here onwards G=G Suraj). “Suraj, you are looking cute.” And as expected, there were howls of “G! G!” from the guys. All in the game – no hard feelings….
Shreyasi Speaks! Girija Moves!! I click!!!
So after we come out and start clicking pics, Girija and Shalini start dragging us guys to have pictures taken with us. I think they started with me, then Mainak. Right then comes Shreyasi with a punch dialogue,“Shalini, Don’t fool around. Directly take a photo with Suraj!” reinstating that “Hum kisise kum nahi”. Well, the camera was in my hand and I take a photo (Girija + G + Shalini). Then Girija nicely, as they say, “patli gali se khisak gayi” and I take the snap. Someone might treasure this pic….who knws….
Future is a mystery – so keep guessing…..
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Phones were invented out of necessity – for serious talk! But I’m used to fooling around on the phone – usually with friends. But sometimes, we get the opportunity to antic around with strangers. And these occasions can turn quite funny….
The Onset!!!
So, as it happened, Shalini made a call from my mobile and it went the wrong way (perhaps, she forgot the number and dialed the wrong number. Anyways, doesn’t matter…)
So we were on our way to Dollar’s Colony bus stop – Shalini, Mainak, Girija and me. At that time, that guy calls back. I pick up the phone and he asks, ”Who are you?” I say,”You are the one calling on my phone. Who are you?” He doesn’t reply but instead asks,”I want to talk to that girl.” I ask,” Which girl?” ”The one who called from this number in the morning.” I reply,”There are only guys here.” At that precise moment, Girija starts giggling…and he got to know that there were girls with me!
Partners in Crime – Girija and Me!!!
So I pass on my mobile to Girija and she starts talking to the guy. He asks,”Did you call from this number?” She replies in the negative. “Was that your guy?” “Yeah, he’s my guy!” Then he keeps asking stuff, “Do you know who had called?” and all. Then Girija decides to take him for a ride,“I can’t hear you. The voice is getting disconnected.” Man, was it fun – pulling the leg of a guy we’ve never even met!
So she disconnects the phone. But he calls again after some time. She picks up the phone and asks,”Who’s on the phone?” He replies in filmy style,”Tumhara baap (your father)!” She isn’t some naïve girl, so she continues,”Oh!? You’re my father!? Hello Daddy ji, how are you? Please talk to your son-in-law.” And she gives me the phone. I start with, “Hello father-in-law….” And he says,”You’re really enjoying this, aren’t you?” “Of course…..” I would’ve loved to continue this, but it was time for us to leave. So I tell him not to call again and disconnect the phone. And we had a real laugh over that incident!
But he wasn’t one to give up – he called around 20 times again and again. But I disconnected all the times and he finally gave up!
Guess we can take the title “Phone-Larks”!!!
The Onset!!!
So, as it happened, Shalini made a call from my mobile and it went the wrong way (perhaps, she forgot the number and dialed the wrong number. Anyways, doesn’t matter…)
So we were on our way to Dollar’s Colony bus stop – Shalini, Mainak, Girija and me. At that time, that guy calls back. I pick up the phone and he asks, ”Who are you?” I say,”You are the one calling on my phone. Who are you?” He doesn’t reply but instead asks,”I want to talk to that girl.” I ask,” Which girl?” ”The one who called from this number in the morning.” I reply,”There are only guys here.” At that precise moment, Girija starts giggling…and he got to know that there were girls with me!
Partners in Crime – Girija and Me!!!
So I pass on my mobile to Girija and she starts talking to the guy. He asks,”Did you call from this number?” She replies in the negative. “Was that your guy?” “Yeah, he’s my guy!” Then he keeps asking stuff, “Do you know who had called?” and all. Then Girija decides to take him for a ride,“I can’t hear you. The voice is getting disconnected.” Man, was it fun – pulling the leg of a guy we’ve never even met!
So she disconnects the phone. But he calls again after some time. She picks up the phone and asks,”Who’s on the phone?” He replies in filmy style,”Tumhara baap (your father)!” She isn’t some naïve girl, so she continues,”Oh!? You’re my father!? Hello Daddy ji, how are you? Please talk to your son-in-law.” And she gives me the phone. I start with, “Hello father-in-law….” And he says,”You’re really enjoying this, aren’t you?” “Of course…..” I would’ve loved to continue this, but it was time for us to leave. So I tell him not to call again and disconnect the phone. And we had a real laugh over that incident!
But he wasn’t one to give up – he called around 20 times again and again. But I disconnected all the times and he finally gave up!
Guess we can take the title “Phone-Larks”!!!
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DISCLAIMER : This post has been written with/without the consent of both the parties concerned. And I might’ve added a bit of my crazy imagination to it too. So just enjoy it – it is equivalent to fiction.
Well, here’s another post related to X-C and its warhorses. Mainak has always been among the most “seedhe-saadhe” guys of our class. Not me, I’ve always been known as the chatterbox with a certain degree of naivety.
“Innocent naivete!? Who? Me???”
So as the four of us – Shalini, Girija, Mainak and I – were walking on the pavement, two girls come from the other side and Shalini says, “Hey Arun! Take a pic of those two girls.” I ask why. Her reply,”You have guts for that?” Of course, if it’s challenge I never stand back. I take out my camera, turn off the flash and take a pic (I deleted it later – it was just to show her my guts).
I have never been someone one can call simple and naïve. And yet, many get the delusion that I’m so. Though, one by one, the delusions are getting dispelled. But Mainak, he is one of them…..
“Him Talking to Girls!? Maybe Once in a Blue Moon! And Today’s the Blue Moon!!!”
So he happens to be the typical mother’s son – never talking to girls. As a matter of fact, he has the phone number of only one girl, but that girl is not the one in context here.
But when it comes to X-C, there’s no girl and no guy – just friendship. So it wasn’t such a big deal seeing Mainak with girls. But I don’t understand one thing – why is it that both of the “couple” photos with Mainak happen to be with the same girl??? Something fishy – my wacky imagination knows no bounds as many of my friends might know….
Do They Make a Good Couple???
Now the final question – do they make a good couple? Have a look and post your comments. (I know this might be my shortest post – but it’s based on speculation, not fact….so cheers)….
Future is a mystery – so keep guessing…..
Well, here’s another post related to X-C and its warhorses. Mainak has always been among the most “seedhe-saadhe” guys of our class. Not me, I’ve always been known as the chatterbox with a certain degree of naivety.
“Innocent naivete!? Who? Me???”
So as the four of us – Shalini, Girija, Mainak and I – were walking on the pavement, two girls come from the other side and Shalini says, “Hey Arun! Take a pic of those two girls.” I ask why. Her reply,”You have guts for that?” Of course, if it’s challenge I never stand back. I take out my camera, turn off the flash and take a pic (I deleted it later – it was just to show her my guts).
I have never been someone one can call simple and naïve. And yet, many get the delusion that I’m so. Though, one by one, the delusions are getting dispelled. But Mainak, he is one of them…..
“Him Talking to Girls!? Maybe Once in a Blue Moon! And Today’s the Blue Moon!!!”
So he happens to be the typical mother’s son – never talking to girls. As a matter of fact, he has the phone number of only one girl, but that girl is not the one in context here.
But when it comes to X-C, there’s no girl and no guy – just friendship. So it wasn’t such a big deal seeing Mainak with girls. But I don’t understand one thing – why is it that both of the “couple” photos with Mainak happen to be with the same girl??? Something fishy – my wacky imagination knows no bounds as many of my friends might know….
Do They Make a Good Couple???
Now the final question – do they make a good couple? Have a look and post your comments. (I know this might be my shortest post – but it’s based on speculation, not fact….so cheers)….
Future is a mystery – so keep guessing…..
