Do You Realise?

This is the worst possible mood that I can be in to write a post.

Hence I will just quote song lyrics.

I apologize for the poor quality of this post. But this is something I must get out.

The following song is by the Flaming Lips.

Do You Realise?
Flaming Lips

Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
Do You Realize - we're floating in space -
Do You Realize - that happiness makes you cry
Do You Realize - that everyone you know someday will die

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun don'-go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do You Realize ?
Do You Realize - that everyone you know
Someday will die -

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes - let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It's hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun don'-go down
It's just an illusion caused by the world spinning round

Do You Realize - that you have the most beautiful face
Do You Realize.

This song has been my support over the last 4 years of my life. This song means something special to me.

Give it a listen. Maybe it'll mean something to you someday. My guesses are it will.

My response to Sagarika Ghose's blog on the 3 Idiots

Sagarika Ghose's Blog - http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/sagarikaghose/223/54036/from-three-idiots-to-a-nation-of-idiots.html

The following is a response I posted on the blog.

They were kind enough to not put it on their blog. Insecurity is really funny. So I put it here instead

Hey.

I am thoroughly disappointed with this article. Not that I am someone who's appreciation would matter to you.

You, apart from having taken the entire movie out of context, have failed in your argument to put forward something that is comprehensible to the general public.

With a background like the one you have, one would have thought you would be more wary about the situation Education in India is in. Above and beyond this, it is very nonchalant of you to comment on the state of engineering institutes without having actually studied in one yourself.

I understand the entire freedom of speech argument you may have, saying that you have the right to write whatever you want.

But hold on. Wait just a minute. This is a national forum. On a nationally renowned website. Of a nationally renowned news agency. Having posted here, you should be open to criticism for the nation. And thankfully, the nation has criticized this article. A lot. A lot less than it deserves, but still a healthy start nonetheless.

The education system is in shambles. If not at the time you completed your education, but now at least. The core focus of education is so skewed that it makes one think that success in exams determines knowledge. And that this knowledge then determines wellness of life. The proponents of the educational system have managed to turn it into a money game, where the focus is now on getting placements, irrespective of the education of the individual or the problems plaguing our system.

I could go on and on, but that is not the point of this post. You have been extremely myopic in your views (or the expression of them at least), and you should know that.

A Song.

This song.. is a song for you

Hope.

Hope is all I have.

Because I don't have you.

I wait. I wait. I wait for you.

I know I can't sing,

thats why I read out your song for you.

You don't care. Why should you?

Cause the truth is, I don't know what I want to do.

How can I tell you how I feel about you?

I can't.

I don't know.

How much I care about you.

I know it's a bit weird, but what can I do?

Just wait and wait.

oh yeah.And wait.

And maybe wait a little bit longer.

Try and act a little bit stronger.

I know its boring, but what else can I do.

I may be out of tune, but its how I feel about you.

Yeah, I know. Sad.

I know I'm crazy. I know you're not.

Your radiant eyes proves too strong an allure.

The moonlight rushes down your hair, like a river flowing untamed, wild,

Careless and carefree, at the same time.

As if just for me.

I don't wanna quote Elton John.

But this is your song.

Tides ebb and flow. So do my feelings for you.

All that you are, is a thousand times enough for me.

Poems don't do justice to you.

Your eyes.

My heart skips a beat or two.

My lips sing out of tune for you.


But what do I do??

I'd give up a lot for you.


I'm scared.

I know I am.

And I'm not scared.

Of admitting that I'm scared.

I don't know what I want.

I don't know what you want.

I try to gather up some courage.

To tell you how I feel.

Something about you.

Makes me want to wake up early every morning.

Something about you.

Makes me do a little dance with my two left feet.

Something about you.

Keeps me alive in this mess.

Something about you.

Is something I need.

My feet skip a beat or two.

Now i should leave.

With an unburdened soul.

Sleep well, Good Night.

A Mother's KISS and Assembly Languages

In class today, a group was presenting on the topic "VBA and Macros"

VBA and Macros?

Ya. VBA and Macros.

Anyways, as any Computer Science or IT guy will tell you, High level languages are converted to Intermediate Languages, which are then converted into Assembly Language and then finally into machine language.

For example, the statement "Hello World" would be written like printf("Hello World"); in C++.

It would look something like pop ax, push bx , shift ah in Assembly Language

And then it would look like 01110001001011110001001001001010100100101111101001 in machine language.

But this is the only language a machine understands. And apart from a very VERY few, we don't understand it.

Back to today.

My friend Harsh said:

"Imagine a baby is crying. If the mother comes and says, 'Baby, Don't cry, Don't cry, your crying is hurting me and I love you a lot, so taking that into consideration, please don't cry', the baby will not stop crying. However, if the mother holds the baby close to her heart, a lot more is understood by the baby because the mothers hug, warmth, and probably a kiss is something the baby understands.

"Now imagine the baby is a computer. For it to understand what you want, you should be able to communicate with it on a level it understands. Hence, your high level language should be converted into machine language"

Beautiful. This process had been explained at least 50 times to me before in my life. By M.techs, Phds and multiple Doctorates and post doctorates and what not. But no one, NO ONE ever explained it to me like that. NO ONE.

Readers of my last post will know I am a critic of the education system. This is one more reason why. We spend so much time in complexities that we refuse to accept simplicity.

Simplicity. KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid.

Why do we go past this always? Is it something to be proud of when we intentionally confuse people by trying to show off our intelligence? Would it not serve everyone better if we, instead of confusing, actually tried to make people understand? Use of jargons, complexities and technical terms is good when you want to create a separate hierarchy in society which you find yourself fit to be in, along with a group of 'elite' people you would like to be associated with. But is that good?

Look at the bigger picture guys. Just because you're on the higher side of the divide does not mean you have to extend it. I'm not asking you to surrender all your wealth. Wealth is not the only type of social divide. To satisfy our egos, we want to be 'a class apart'. We want to be at 'a higher level'.

Enough with our egos. Don't get rid of your wealth, don't get rid of your pride, don't get rid of your sense of justice, but PLEASE try to get rid of the negative aspects of your ego.

Do not divide society into classes. We will not be able to survive.

Education in India.

The following is a report of the presentation by our group on Education in India.

Given the topic of education in India, our group came up with a lot of information on the state of education in India. However, what struck us the most came from personal experience. We are all products of the system. The system of education of education in India is not one which promotes free thinking, analytical thinking, expression of opinions and last but not least intelligent rebellion.

The system we are parts of cuts us up into tiny pieces and then polishes us up just to be other cogs in the machine. We are not given a chance to change the machine, let alone create something new. The education system in our country squashes dreams and ambitions by calling them too far-fetched and impractical. If one is not given a fighting chance, it is obvious that fulfilling dreams will be hard to do.

The system we have gone through in the most part consists of mugging up facts and figures to mechanically reproduce them on paper during the exams. This is sad because nothing is taught to us for the sake of gaining knowledge. Instead, the focus is on exams (as exams are the take away), and how to manipulate the system. And exams in this case are not correct evaluators of a person’s capabilities, skills, dreams, ambitions and talent. We feel that the education system in India needs to change.

We know it is very easy for us to sit here and complain about how everything in the world is wrong. However, we are not here to complain, but to change the system. Change the way education is viewed in India. And we can start only if we are willing to accept that something is drastically wrong. When was the last time a renowned philosopher was produced by India?

The onus on extracurricular activities is practically not there in India. Nor is there any onus on freedom of thought. The freedom of thought is an intrinsic right. However, the way the system breeds us in India, we tend to believe what we think is our own expression. What we feel from inside. However, it is far from the truth because our way of thinking is very heavily influenced by the system.

The system of education needs to change and it is up to us to change it.

Why my display pic will not turn green anytime soon.

Why should a display pic turn green, you might ask.

Well, I'll tell you.

Or actually, millions of tweets (Twitter messages, for those Twimpaired) will.

It's supposed to give us a sense of brotherhood with the Iran rebellion.

Or are they calling it a revolt now?

Who cares.

Well, apparently a lot of people do.

Anyways.

To show that we are united with the revolters of Iran, we are supposed to add a green overlay to our display pics.

http://www.twitter.com/greenthumbnails

If anyone reads this, which i doubt they will, I would like to tell them beforehand that I don't disrepect the revolters. Please do not misunderstand this post.

I have full support for any form of rebellion. Or atleast for the right to do so.

What I do not, however take too kindly to, is other people, from other countries, who have no idea about the political situation somewhere else, apart from hearsay, egging on and fuelling revolters.

The fact of the matter is, people in different places think differently. Feel differently. And live life differently.

What might be right for me, might be wrong for someone else. What might be a basic freedom for me, might be an unimaginable travesty of justice for someone else.

I believe in freedom. Of thought. Of speech. Of action. So, I have no issues with other people if they feel differently from me, even if it is about the same freedoms mentioned above.

We should not butt into Iran. We should not blow oxygen onto the fire. The reasons will be apparent in the days to come.

We want to globalize the world.

We think that globalization is a good thing.

Well, the entire world being owned by big oil corporations is not really the type of world I want to

live in.

No disrespect to those who do.

This is one more reason why I wont be turning my display pic green.

I feel, deep inside, not that I am anyone to feel such things, that the U. S. of bloody A is behind this revolt. To overthrow a govenment why they deem not favourable. To replace it with a sypathetic government which can sell oil cheap and give lots of construction projects.

But lets not get into that now.

I feel for the people in Iran. I empathize with them.

If they want change, they should have change.

But, going on a massive revolt being egged on by unmuted bystanders the world over, is not the type of change any of us want to see.

If they want change, they should know what exactly it is that they want to change, and how they should change it.

Not just ride on a tidal wave of emotion.

Fuelled by external sources.

This is very unfortunate.

Let the people in Iran decide on their own war for freedom.

Twitter was created to be the peoples media. So that people could trust a source of information that was not 'corrupt'. That was not altered or hindered by unjust means. That was pure.

Don't become that which you sought to remove in the first place. I beg of you, Twitter. Don't.

War and Peace (and maybe some Pain)

If someone asks me what I gained from college life at VIT, (s)he would be in for a shock.

So, without further ado, in no order of preference whatsoever, we have

• Ability to mug up large amounts of information (actually its just data, it never made any sense)
• Realizing that not studying for term end exams (yes, I mean Data Structures, Object Oriented Analysis, Network Administration, Multimedia, Graphics, Decision Support systems, Management Information Systems, Web Services,etc... ) helps you score more marks and be at peace with yourself, all at the same time.
• A certain someone (for those of you who think you know who, you're wrong; for those of you who don't know, you're right)
• A great appreciation for music and the musicians in VIT
• Dota ( Yes, I mentioned it )
• And ..... Naruto

The capers of a young orphaned ninja hell bent on becoming Hokage.

Oh ya, if you have no idea what I'm talking about,  visit http://www.onemanga.com/Naruto/1/

Read all 440 chapters.

Then get back to this post.

Naruto is pure awesomeness.

You have everything you could ever want.

However, for the select minority for who the above statements do not hold true, I shall go into a few details.

Naruto lives in a world which is torn by war. And in this world exist 9 Bijuus, or demons, each one having a number of tails ranging from 1 to 9.

Most of the Bijuus are trapped inside human containers called Jinchurkis. Naruto is one such  Jinchurki, and he contains the 9 tailed demon fox.

Now, fast forwarding through the story, we have Naruto meeting a character called Pain. 

Pain is a relic from the past. He too was orphaned and trained under the same master as Naruto, Jiraiya. And his main objective was to capture all the Bijuus and use them to make the most destructive bomb known.

Pain, as can be figured out from his monologues, wants peace. Now why would someone who wants peace create the deadliest weapon known to man?

According to pain, love breeds hate. When you lost something you love, you get hurt, and seek revenge. So, if there are two parties involved, what might be seeking revenge for one party for something that they have lost, would be losing something for the other party. Now, the second party, trying to seek revenge, would cause a loss for the first party.

This is where my active reference to Naruto ends.

Life is indeed a vicious cycle.

What is good for someone will invariably be bad for someone else.

Now where do we draw the line and say enough is enough?

Do we, like Pain, try and create something (in his case a weapon) which when used will scare everyone into loving everyone else? Do we, a cultured species, really need demonstrations of what can go wrong to scare us into submission for our own good?

I have tried to find an answer to the above question.

And till now, I have failed.

I know I generally do not post serious topics on my blog. So, I must apologize to everyone for this post.

But, if you feel you can help me answer this question, please do so in the comments section.

Think of it as a personal favour to someone who just wants to know the truth.

Thanks.

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