Wat a start!!

well all i can think right at now is where to start... final year, final semester so have to do this project about which i will be questioned about by some crackjacks who will definuly not know anything abt my topic and im pretty sure abt it.. but my interest in the subject compelled me to join this lab and start a project related to material synthesis and drug activity.. initially had sat for weeks together coming up a perfect protocol... phew!! twas a relief to start doin the experiment which by the way lasts for 5 hours... so did i get any results?? no!!! the equipment stopped functioning bcoz the electrode fell down in the solution beaker and broke and hence experiment stopped... weeks preparation of charting out the procedure, gone to the drain... so again spent another week including christmas day in the lab pondering as to where to start and as to how do i go abt the project.... so finally decided to do using hydrothermal method ( equipment cost : 11 lakhs) .. and started the run and everything went on smoothly... got the product and then discovered that it had impurities more than the desired material... there's this stirrer which dint work and had deposited all the metals rusted on the liquid sample.... tried it again yesterday but still no luck.... so again today but still had the god damn impurities.... the pissing factor in this is that i have to wait for more than five hours to reach the optimum conditions and then 12 hours to come back to room conditions so that i can remove the sample.. so after all this painful procedure when i see those impurities in the bottom of the beaker.. just go crazy.... on the other had made plans for the great 2010 first day bash... but instead have to spend time in the lab running the process.. well here is to a crappy new year!!!

Science is a religion

well i cannot say how perfect the phrase " Science is a religion" is especially if you have to work under a person who follows it. i guess ll be the only person who spends time in de lab during xmas... i ended up in the lab the entire day, meddling with chemicals and pressing buttons on the complex equipment(wich btw cost more than a million).. the interesting thing abt it is that still now i have not got the result and the reason is the electrode in the equipment broke... so had to tink abt another technique and had to pour myself over the literature to find out a different protocol....

NDTV Hindu rocks!!

for the ppl in chennai, ndtv along with leading daily Hindu have started a channel that is cmpletly dedicated to the ppl in chennai and tamilnadu... basically i like all the shows in it. infact i started to watch the channel after knowing that one of my univ senior works for this channel.. so i wanted to see if he's doin a good job... so there's dis one show calle the big pic where Ms. Anuradha reviews abt the latest movies and her opinion abt it.. so as usual i watchd it today cos she was gonna talk abt Paa ans New Moon... and during the end of every episode she ask a question abt the DVD movie(which is always an old one) which she reviewed and the first one to answer the question will get the DVD of the movie... the question that she asked today was related to the 1946 musical Around the world in 80 days... abd guess wat?? I happened to answer and infact the first one to answer it... i got a call from her and apparently won the DVD.... i was delighted to hear that and she was so adorable... she just enquired abt my education and basically as to wat im doin.. infact i came to kno that she's the boss of my coll senior and spoke to him too.. Yipee!! I will be gettin the DVD on monday...... Gute Nacht

So called BIG shots must be SHOT BIG

I have always wonedered if i'll be a big shot.. i mean not just power but the knowledge wise and to achieve sumthin. but lately ppl with all these so called knowldg and power are just turning out to be tyrants in some way... whethr its politician or govn official or even scientist or even a univ prof... Recently i had sent mails to couple of univs and till now have got no replies.. i mean ofcours they are busy but come on, cant they reply to mails... they may get infinite mails a day but they can defnly spare sum time and help ppl and reach out to them... not a month ago, frnd of mine wanted to get his transcripts and man oh man!! that guy responsible for it was so damn lethargic and made him wait for many days.. i have always tot tat once after reaching certain point where the learned achieve knowledge, there comes the quality of being humble and down to earth characteristics but i guess that happens only in valmiki era and not in this satanic world

Divisions and more Divisions

The entire telugu speaking state's burning..... people running amok and frantically calling out in telugu slogans which either says that they need new state or the new state must not be amended... BUT Home minister already announced that Telugana state will be formed by the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh.. The next thing that comes to mind is wat about Hyderabad??? Will it be the new capital of the state or will be an union teritory similar to what happened to Chattisgharh..... Anyway thanks to these selfish politicians that our country wil have even more states.... gorkha ppl have started to follow the footsteps of KCR and are fasting to achieve their goal of creating a Gorkhaland from the present West Bengal.... well even the Maharashtra ppl are not too far.. they have started a silent and peaceful protest to form state called Vidharba(doesn sound cool ryt??).... Guess UP politicians were not satisfied from just one split.. They want many new states, Harithpradesh, Bundhelkhand and another state whose name is derived from bhojpuri and i cant remember:)..... well one should not be suprised to wake up to the news saying India has over 50 states...

Peranmai.. Story different from tamil melodrama

I went with a friend today to watch the movie-"Peranmai" And the movie did have an impact on me. The story revolves around the protagonist (Jeyam Ravi) who hails from a tribal group but is working as NCC trainer. He has a perfect balance between conserving his culture while being modern in his thoughts. The story is about how 5 girls and this man stop the foreign intrusion in India's rocket launch. Although the action sequences at some instances were indigestible, yet movie had a lot to teach.

Here are a few lessons I learnt from the movie :

1) Girls are more fond of men's ass than men are fond of theirs!!!

2) Girls share/steal undies..(phew..guys dont!!!).. so never ever try to steal your girl friend's undies for your fantasy. you might end up with one of her frenz!!!!

3) Girl's would do the most smartest things & the most stupid things when you least expect it from them! (the point where the girl dies by drowning and the other one gets killed by Mr.Universe! In the latter case, the irony was that she killed a few foreign armed men using wits but gets killed because of one "cuckoo" sound!

4)If you want the girls to bring revolution or get some work done, motivate them by saying "You are durga, you are kaali, you are shakti, you aer..well.. the list should go on unless you see the pupil of the girl's eyes enlarge to the maximum!

5) Once she takes the hybrid form of above mentioned avatars, she will have such a ferocious appearance that the cops will run despite the fact that he will have a gun in hand while our durga,shakti,kaali will be chasing them completely unarmed!

6) Girl's keep repeating mistakes and act foolish. The only smart thing they do is to fall in love with guys!

7) tribals walk on their hands when they get angry! I guess that's how the tamil phrase " thalay kizha ninnu aathu senju kaatanum" came int existence. meaning- i will do it even if i have to stand upside down.

Well..the movie did teach me some serious lesson. .

1) It taught me that I should never care about who takes the credit. I should do my best for the welfare of the people of my country.

2) One must keep cool. It is a known fact that people around you will pull you down to come up. But you must keep working and helping others. If others dont help you, make it a point that you help others!

3) you senior officials are dumb and would always insult you. Never bother yourself with that. Explain things to your conscience and no one else!

4) Patience is one of the biggest asset. It pays well.. infact very well

5) Anger is the best weapon. never show it by shouting or fighting. Accumulate it as energy and show it in your work!

6) finally, as mentioned above, dont care if you dont get recognition for the work You ultimately made some contribution while living and that is important in life than getting fame!

Apart from few flaws, the movie was a good one. I was happy that it was not one of those village type of love stories where they keep going round n round on giant wheel in a stupid fair when they fall in love. The stunts were awesome and the way Ravi acted was really marvellous. Worth watching once.

Abusing power...

Gandhiji said, "Be the change you want to see in the world". I want to see the change in all those officials who abuse powers. I encountered few incidents in my college which had put me to shame. Groped with frustration & irritation I dint know how to respond and felt forced to pour down my heart's content through blog. So this is what happened:

I am applying for internships and need a no objection certificate and transcripts. These two are essential to complete the application procedure. With a enthusiastic mood and a smile, I approach my dean. Our dean is a sweet heart n readily signed and forwarded it to the registrar. I approach the registrar who enthusiastically approved it and asked me to meet his assistant to get the letter. And now the story begins...

I go to the office and introduce myself to the Asst registrar

Me-" Good afternoon sir, i am R.Shrinivasan doing my M.Tech in Industrial Biotech, 5 year integrated course and i am applying for an internship & require a no objection certificate from head of the institution. Registrar has asked me to meet you concerning this issue.." "smiles"

He looks at the letter which was signed by all the higher authorities. Name the person and the signature was there. After listening to my entire intro he says," I am not the person in charge, meet that person"

Now, the room is very small.. with some 7 officials sitting across one round table. All their eyes on me. I approach the person directed and say i need NOC.

2nd official(angry tone)-" is this the way you ask??? who are you? hw am i supposed to know what you need" I repeat the entire intro with few sorry n excuses.

He looks at the letter n says, " I am not incharge of Biotech contact him"

i approach the 3rd, the fourth, the 5th, the 6th official. Every time I approach a new person i repeat the intro. The irony is that all know my need but they wanted me to suffer! They were deriving a pleasure by all this. this wasnt funny to me. Finally the guy with a nonchalant attitude (both hands behind his bald head, relaxing on chair) asks me to get it signed from registrar!!!

I said-" its already signed" oh shit. what did I do?? i am not supposed to back answer. and i face the consequence

he- angry. "keep it on the table n leave" i keep it on table and ask him wen can i collect it

him- frustrated. u cant be given letter whenever you want. it takes time. dont you know dat???

me- sorry sir. and i leave

i wasnt sure of how to respond but task ahead was much important. I had to apply for transcript. For transcripts, one is supposed to apply 20 days before. I had applied it on 19/10/2009. I had been begging them to give it. People who had applied after me got theirs but mine seems to be missing.

I went to the office today.

Me- Sir, i came to collect my transcript.

he looks at the 400 rupee receipt and date. "You people dont know the timing to approach. I have been working right from morning. come after 2 hours. I will give then

I wait for 2 hours in the lobby and approach him again

Me- sir transcript?

He checks the record and says " Yours is not ready yet"

I get frustrated. I ask him when can i have them. I tell him that i urgently need it. Its been more than 20 days but others have got it. Why not me? what is the problem. Now he doesnt anwswer but the other official shows his authority.

Him-" Get out. Dont you know exams are going on?" you cant get it. How dare you ask such things to us??? get out. come after exams. go now"

I was treated as if i come from some slum or some creepy worm of a gutter. Damn it. For god's sake, I am a technocrat!!! My dad pays the fee. this is not the way you behave. You mint money but dont pay heed to the student!!!! How fair is that? i leave because i cannot shout at them. They have powers and abuse powers. All the higher officials are humble but their assistants roam with a fake pride and attitude. It is these assistants who grin and derive pleasure by torturing students.

I was frustrated because i wasted my time. I wanted to take rest after my exam but i spent 2 hours waiting just to hear a NO. When i enquire, i am called rude, arrogant and spoiled brat.

Once upon a time i used to pride myself to be associated with an elite institution like this. Today I feel ashamed to be studying here.

Today Gandhian laws may not seem to work. But i still stick to them. Silence is the only weapon but my beliefs stagger when I see people abusing powers. I know this is a small and trivial issue. Government officials are worse. But what is the solution to all this?? what is a common man supposed to do in such situation? ??

These trivial things are crippling the society and nobody seems to do anything. I can be the change by not abusing powers, if given to me. But what about my needs at the present?

.silence.