This weekend was like regular weekends, go meet some friends, do some chit chat and plan something about global odiya. I went to Benu Bhai (A scientist B at NAL). And having some food at his house. I asked him casually what motivated him for doing research and what is the success behind him? The answer I got was terrific. He is a scientist, because there were no professors for his specializations during his MS!!
Benudhar Sahoo was an average student who was doing his Post-graduation in Odisha. He was a chemistry student and fund of organic chemistry. So he wanted to do his specialization in organic chemistry. But he failed to get enough mark to get organic chemistry specialization. So he was forced to take inorganic chemistry as his specialization. To add to his problem, there were no professors to teach inorganic chemistry. So he was worried for sometime. Then there come the relief-buster India Pak cricket match.
He was watching the day and light match till the end and the highlights etc. By the time he thought anything other that cricket (food yarr) and decided to move on from the TV room it was 2 AM. That day he stayed without any food as no food was available at 2 PM. But it allowed him to do a self analysis which changed his life.
He was thinking about the moments on that day when he did not get organic chemistry specialization, he was thinking about the indo pak match. And the number of hours he has spend in TV room. He thought he can spend hours and skip his dinner for a match and could not help himself in a subject. Wasn't it ridiculous? So he decided to spend time with book in stead of TV room and to spend time in library in stead of watching cricket matches. That is all.
What happened next was as well known. He has dated with books and prepared best notes in inorganic chemistry. He did well in his GATE exam and did his Ph. D. And currently working at NAL as a scientist.
He calls his last year at his MS as his golden period of his life and I have a different opinion. I call the 2 AM on that specific day as the EURECA moment which transformed him.
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Prithviraj Chauhan Vs Babur
Who are they? If your answer is Babur is an invader and Chauhan is the last independent Indian ruler, you disagree with our honorable prime minister. Babur is remembered as great fighter ( and Prithiraj Chauhan?? Hmmmm.. may be somebody.. You know our prime minister Dr Singh have a major in eceonomics and not history.
You might think I am kidding. But I am serious. Dr Singh never said this explicitely, but has said it with his work. Action speaks louder than word. In his last visit to Afganistan (We are paying $$$ to Afgan to rebuild) he ensured that he visited the grave of Babur. Reason??? It is not communal in nature, He did not want to woo Muslim voters or anything. He was just paying tribute to a great leader.
You may say you agree with me for his attitude towards Babur but not with Chauhan. hmm..Then let us listen the other part of the story.
To cut the long story short, Prithviraj died in Afganistan after Killing Sultan Mahmud Ghori. And his Grave still exists in Afghanistan just below Muhammed Ghori's grave. Reason being??
To enter to Ghori's grave one need to step on infadel Prithiraj Chauhan's grave. Andas per our primeminiter he deserves this. Otherwise he would have spoken something about our national hero. It is nothing communal rather secular to visit Babur and ignore Chauhan. And Chauhan is too ordinary a people to get attention of our estimed prime minister.
Do you see the points? If you think our PM has done the wrong thing and we need to show repect to Chauhan, please sign petition here
You might think I am kidding. But I am serious. Dr Singh never said this explicitely, but has said it with his work. Action speaks louder than word. In his last visit to Afganistan (We are paying $$$ to Afgan to rebuild) he ensured that he visited the grave of Babur. Reason??? It is not communal in nature, He did not want to woo Muslim voters or anything. He was just paying tribute to a great leader.
You may say you agree with me for his attitude towards Babur but not with Chauhan. hmm..Then let us listen the other part of the story.
To cut the long story short, Prithviraj died in Afganistan after Killing Sultan Mahmud Ghori. And his Grave still exists in Afghanistan just below Muhammed Ghori's grave. Reason being??
To enter to Ghori's grave one need to step on infadel Prithiraj Chauhan's grave. Andas per our primeminiter he deserves this. Otherwise he would have spoken something about our national hero. It is nothing communal rather secular to visit Babur and ignore Chauhan. And Chauhan is too ordinary a people to get attention of our estimed prime minister.
Do you see the points? If you think our PM has done the wrong thing and we need to show repect to Chauhan, please sign petition here
Monday, 23 March 2009
Right to Cheat
My elder brother is a primary school teacher at my village Kural in Odisha. He was one of the teachers who believe in going to school in time and putting school duty above personal duty. He was respectable among the peer and students. Recently he was manhandled by a group of people for not allowing to cheat in 10th board exam. The group of people manhandled him as he asked to close the window where the people used to send the copy to the classroom.
It hurt me because my brother was manhandled. It hurt me because, we know the culprit and still have not complained about him to police. This pains are nothing, when I compare the pain I get from the charecter degradation.
We have accepted cheating as a means of life. Copying in 10th board is one of them. But it is omni-present. people who cheat are treated as heroes and people who help cheating are role models. And people who asks for fair means are bad boys.
I believe in solving a problem than stating it, but don't know what to do. God save such people.
It hurt me because my brother was manhandled. It hurt me because, we know the culprit and still have not complained about him to police. This pains are nothing, when I compare the pain I get from the charecter degradation.
We have accepted cheating as a means of life. Copying in 10th board is one of them. But it is omni-present. people who cheat are treated as heroes and people who help cheating are role models. And people who asks for fair means are bad boys.
I believe in solving a problem than stating it, but don't know what to do. God save such people.
Life of Man
Most of the Indians must have heard of laxmananand Saraswati. people don't know what he had done in Kandhamal. In fact nobody bothered when he died. He was infamous for multiple reasons.
1) He was a hindu
2) He was working in a tribal belt called Kaandhamal instead of some hi-fi area such as Mumbai
3) He believed in working and did not believe in promoting himself and never bribed media.
4) He did not have any god father
5) He was associated with social movement and not political movement
6) He was working against powerful political leaders (Radhakant nayak and John nayak)
7)He was supported by Sangh Paribar who were percieved as communal, no matter what they do
So what did he get?
1)Though he served the tribals for decades and changed the way they live, he was never recognised by the government.
2) He was attempted to murder and those who tried to kill him are roaming free
3) His mission is still incomplete and governemnt does not want to fullfill it. Who cares if the tribals does not have food to eat.
4) Government is busy in catching the rapist of nun (whether it is not proved that she is raped) and parading them, but does not look at doing lie detecter test for the culprits caught for murdering swamiji.
And value of his life is worth nothing.
1) He was a hindu
2) He was working in a tribal belt called Kaandhamal instead of some hi-fi area such as Mumbai
3) He believed in working and did not believe in promoting himself and never bribed media.
4) He did not have any god father
5) He was associated with social movement and not political movement
6) He was working against powerful political leaders (Radhakant nayak and John nayak)
7)He was supported by Sangh Paribar who were percieved as communal, no matter what they do
So what did he get?
1)Though he served the tribals for decades and changed the way they live, he was never recognised by the government.
2) He was attempted to murder and those who tried to kill him are roaming free
3) His mission is still incomplete and governemnt does not want to fullfill it. Who cares if the tribals does not have food to eat.
4) Government is busy in catching the rapist of nun (whether it is not proved that she is raped) and parading them, but does not look at doing lie detecter test for the culprits caught for murdering swamiji.
And value of his life is worth nothing.
When the student is ready the master appears
It is one of my favorite short stories. A person visited Ramakrishna Paramhansji; and asked why is he not getting Bhagban though he is repeatedly praying for him. Paramhansji answered in his usual style with a short story.
When a baby cries, what does a mother do? Go and give her a toy.. The baby will be engaged with toy for sometime. And after some time the baby will get bored with the toy, and mother will give her a new one. Mother will only go and pay unavoidable attention to her when she does not stop crying with a toy and need only her mother. Same with god. Whenever we are bored with the current toy, god gives us a new one. I am bored of development give me to do something different. At the end of the day we either get bored of current one search something new or be content with the existing one. So we forget about our ultimate goal, we forget about god. If we forget about everything and only look for her, she will come and take us to her lovable arm. So it is I who don't call her with enough dedication. When I call her and am dedicated to her, she is always open with her arm.
It is not only about Paramhans and god but also about the day to day livings. So when the student is ready the master appears.
When a baby cries, what does a mother do? Go and give her a toy.. The baby will be engaged with toy for sometime. And after some time the baby will get bored with the toy, and mother will give her a new one. Mother will only go and pay unavoidable attention to her when she does not stop crying with a toy and need only her mother. Same with god. Whenever we are bored with the current toy, god gives us a new one. I am bored of development give me to do something different. At the end of the day we either get bored of current one search something new or be content with the existing one. So we forget about our ultimate goal, we forget about god. If we forget about everything and only look for her, she will come and take us to her lovable arm. So it is I who don't call her with enough dedication. When I call her and am dedicated to her, she is always open with her arm.
It is not only about Paramhans and god but also about the day to day livings. So when the student is ready the master appears.
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Pub Culture; What is it?
Recently our honorable woman and welfare minister Ms Renuka Chowdhury has asked to PUB bharo and asked everybody to go to pub. Chief minister of Karnataka and Rajasthan asked to stop pub culture. What is pub culture?
Let me share my experience on first trip to pub. I was barred to pub(my right to drink alcohol) by the security guards of the pub. I went to pub with a couple of friends most of whom are bellow 25. We were barred to enter the pub. The reason was…. No it was not because we were not 25 but because we were all males and it was a couples day. Anybody without a girlfriend is not allowed. I have seen many other college going students entered the pub. All these thing were happening in the new year eve. So police and media were looking at the incident. I don’t know who makes all the rule of couple day or whatever. But the unwritten rule is couples are welcome and a others are not.
Are you a pub-goer? If not then you may misinterpret couple as I did 8 years ago. Couple need not mean a boy and a girl who are married. It means a group of people of heterogeneous sex with a fair amount of ladies. A woman with 5 men do not make couple where as 3 woman with 5 men do make couple. I believe media was well aware of the facts as media people were roaming around
Recently, I have studies A Night at Call Centre, by Chetan Bhagat.As per the book, right to drink does not end at being a couple. Sometimes pub owners define dress code. Any girl who does not show her naval is not allowed inside. And pub owners do it by calling it a members’ day.
People who go to pub and drink, mostly commute by driving their own car (a few with their bike). And after they are done with pubbing they go back driving. And definitely their alcohol level is way beyond permissible limit. And such driving causes death of innocent people. The murderers either moves freely or gets seven years ail.
So when the media or government talk about pub, are they may talking about rights to drink? Or they want the adulation of culture and discriminate against special dress code and specific people and promote drunken driving?
So a person having a girl friend is better posed to go to pub than a loner or a group of boys. A girl who wears thigh length skirt is more eligible than who wears toe length dress. One who wears skimpy dress is more eligible than one who does not. One who shows parts of the body are better of for going to pub? Can anybody explain what culture it is? Is it not an attack on our culture? Why should somebody be dressed specially or been with some girls to enter into pub?
Monday, 2 February 2009
Sing national anthem and get fired at missionary school
On Jan 26, a principal fired PTI of a missionary school for singing national anthem. And Vishwa Hindu Parishad's joint publicity chief, Devendra Singh Rawat alleged at a press conference that on the Republic Day. It was not a news item. Mr Gupta’s fault is he is a Hindu and he loves his country and not ready to kiss the ass of the missionary by not singing national anthem.
On 2nd Feb, ABVP members ransacked the school. I Violence should be condemned. But why do media prefer to put the news today but not on 26th Jan? when I google abvp ransacked missionary school
Why are the media waking up on 2nd Feb but not on 26th Jan? I have a couple of unanswered questions to our media friends
1) Was it the first instance by the school/principal?
2) What happened to Mr Gupta? Did he get his job back?
3) Is it happening only in one missionary school or multiple missionary school?
4) Did the Principal, Thomas Malancheruvilla acted against our nation for the first time or he has a record of doing so in past?
5) If he has done it in past, why was it never reported?
6) If he has done it for the first time, who has persuaded him for the same and what is the motive behind it?
7) Why English media prefer to report it as ABVP ransacked missionary school in stead of missionary school principal fired PTI for singing national anthem?
8) I have put my comments for the same in TOI, and it is not published. Why does TOI not publish my comments?
9) Are English media accountable for their reports? Do they stand by the fact that firing a PTI for singing national anthem is not big enough to make a head line, but ransacking school is big enough to make national headlines?
10) What is the reason behind not publishing my comments in TOI? My comments for TOI is
TOI could have put the topic as heading of Missionary school principal
fired ateacher for singing national song. But TOI prefered not to. For
TOI neither obeying national anthem is a big deal and nor firing
somebody for respecting is a big deal. But what ABVP does is. What
happened to the PTI? Has he got his job back? What was the history with
school and principal? In case he fired somebody this 26th, he could have
terrorised others not to do so previously. Who is behind the principal?
Is there a bigger conspirancey behind it? Is TOI least bothered about
it? I am sure my comments won't get posted, and TOI definitely won't
answer my concerns.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/ABVP_men_ransack_missionary_school/articleshow/4065792.cms
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