The election experience

I have kept the title simple and quite broad because that's how I would like to describe the day. And I welcome myself back  :P
It all started on April 16, a day before the elections in Karnataka. I have always been a supporter of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and was going through their facebook page. I had received the mail the previous day saying they have very few volunteers from Basavanagudi and needed some help. I pulled myself out of my comfort zone, pushed the thoughts for the need of a holiday, sleep and relaxation and decided to dedicate one day to the cause I believe in. I decided to become a booth volunteer for the AAP.

The meeting
For this, I had to attend a meeting the previous day at the AAP Basavanagudi office. I was apprehensive of showing up only in the last minute but the statistics put my doubts to rest.They were in severe need of people. We had only about 62 volunteers to operate in the whole of Basavanagudi and strategic planning was absolutely necessary. It was decided to post a few volunteers in 4 centres having maximum number of polling booths. We also had to stick together because the other parties outnumbered us by large margins. After learning about the rules and regulations and the basic discipline needed, the meeting concluded on the note that we were basically going to have fun and learn a lot! I wasn't let down.:)

D-day
I couldn't be a inside the booth to check if the EVM's are working fine (one member from each party is supposed to be at the booth by 6 a.m. as witnesses to the mock poll ) since I don't have a Voter's ID. Starting out at 6, I met the area coordinator, Siddharth, who took me to the first polling centre, Kamala Nehru school near K.R. road. We started  by putting up one banner (of allowed dimensions), a table (discarded by a roadside restaurant) and 2 chairs borrowed from the Congress volunteers. There was an intimidating guy in white shirt and pants with a thick gold chain and a thick ring on his finger who guided all voters to his bench, ordered his minions around to find their names in the list and write it out on slips of paper (we were supposed to do that as well). They were all so organised and had so many resources at hand. We could possibly never get the voters come to us for help. But then surprisingly a few people came, wore the white AAP caps, and walked away! That is when a lady constable started screaming around asking us to remove our caps (even though we had the permission to wear it and it wasn't against the rules). The scary guy and his minions looked at us menacingly and we removed our caps not wanting to fight.

Then came my next stop, S.G.P.T.A. school in Thyagrajanagar. We had no infrastructure- no tables or chairs-all we had were our caps. People just did not come to us even when I stood at the entrance with the appropriate electoral roll in hand. The other volunteers were pointing, laughing and passing a few comments but that did not deter us. A lady came out of her house with her voter ID and asked us to help her. Her name was not there in the S.G.P.T.A school list so we had to literally search through the entire bunch of papers to find out. That is when she graciously offered her veranda to sort the sheaf of paper, lent us a stapler and also sent her son out with glasses of water. We ultimately found her entire family's names and were grateful for the hospitality!
This is when I met Roshan, who was a part of Shantala Damle's ( from Loksatta) campaign in the assembly elections and an active volunteer for AAP. His enthusiasm was infectious. We spoke about the various issues in campaigns, in parties such as AAP, about candidates, about AK (of course! ). His experience and encouragement reinforced my decision to volunteer! :)

The neighbourhood campaign
We realized that searching on laptop is much faster (obviously!) so I decided to get my laptop to the campaigning place-Mahila Mandali school, 2 roads away from my house. I came home, had some breakfast, voted (The most important thing! ) and came to the location where our volunteers were sitting. But we only had two chairs and no table. There weren't many voters as well (it was close to 12'o clock). So decided against getting laptop. That was when Congress and BJP volunteers started getting their lunches in autos and tempos and we got ours in a two wheeler! Me and Rabinarayan Sahu, the two volunteers sat with a table (brought from Rabi's house) and spread out all the voter's lists we had. It was only then that people started coming to us too! So to be taken seriously, you needed a table. chairs and many many papers :P. But the number of people was not too impressive. We waited till 5 p.m. talking about Orissa and Naveen Patnaik, corporate jobs, engineering, elections, AAP etc! We also chatted with the neighboring BJP desk aunty who was miffed because neither the MLA nor the candidate from BJP showed up. After helping around 15-20 people, we closed our desk at 6 p.m. and cleaned up the area.

Rabi, Siddharth and me :)

Lessons learnt
The dismal voter turnout was felt at the booth-level. It looked like only the volunteers were populating the streets after the white lines. We even confirmed numbers from the booth officers and it was as low as ever. The people who voted were either families of BJP supporters (our aunty next desk seemed to know everyone who came to vote! ) or few youngsters before 10 a.m. Only if everybody votes can the system change. Putting up clean, honest and credible candidates isn't enough when the votes are so polarized and tilted in one party's favour. If people start caring about the nation and take elections atleast a tad bit seriously can the outcome change. A lot of complex factors govern a voter's choice. Some vote for the party, some for the candidate, some because of familial upbringing, some because of social media, some let their principles decide and so on.  If everyone votes, all these complexities balance each other and the pattern is no more predicable. The more random and unpredictable the electorate's choices, all candidates tend to have almost same probability of winning (simple math!). That to me seems like a fair election.

Another issue here is that of the involvement of people in anything political. We are all ready to play armchair activists (I didn't coin this ) sitting in front of our laptops and liking posts, videos, blogs etc. But when it comes down to the field, we are deterred by family, friends and our own inhibitions. This can only stop when the society as a whole, especially the middle class changes its mindset that 'getting involved in politics is bad'. Waiting for it to happen someday.

AAP all the way!
Many people have asked me before and some have even been hostile when I declared my support to AAP. Why AAP? I ask them why not? I hear reasons like Kejriwal 'running' away, NaMo is the way to go, Candidate has no experience, AAP doesn't know how to lead the country, they are too idealistic to be in politics, that getting into politics will eventually turn them into yet another conventional party. I don't want to counter every other point since cynicism and doubts are quite common. But trying to suffocate a change in the system by saying 'it has always worked this way' will take us nowhere. Maybe AAP doesn't know how to lead and they lack political experience but that is no reason to keep us out of the arena of politics altogether! However hard one tries to pressurize the 'people's representatives' staying outside the parliament or assembly, the power to take decisions still rests with our MPs and MLAs. The point I am trying to make here is to give AAP a fair chance to see how things go. The ideals are clear, the candidates are clean, there is a lot of potential for change.One may have their own reasons to vote for any other party but that doesn't mean they don't have to show respect to the efforts put at a very large scale to change the system. It takes a lot of courage in a country where every intention is looked upon with suspicion. Let us give the party a due they truly deserve, give the candidates a hearing and make an informed decision before voting.

Jai Hind! 

Step down, dear friend

"Girlfriend mili toh doston ko bhool jaayega kya?" (found a girlfriend so you'll forget your old friends? ) happens to be one of my favorite dialogues from  Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na  especially the way she says it!

Like some kind of a tradition, I blog every friendship day with some 'friendship related issue' :D. Today it happens to be about the tussle between your friends and your special one ( you know what I am talking about right?) :D

Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, its a hard task balancing your relationship and your friends. More so in these times since you happen to be so busy with such limited time that you may feel like you've been caught between cross-wires. Both the sides have a valid point, friends- who have always been with you  for so long and its unfair that you suddenly start to ignore them. boyfriend/girlfriend - since they happen to be recent entries in your life, its quite obvious that they demand more time and attention which you must definitely give them , else you won't get to know them well and your relationship may never go the level you want it to.


First of all,  we need to give ample private space to our friends. there is a fine line between annoying intrusion and healthy curiosity about what is going on in your friends' lives. and when your friend comes up with 'the one' you have to be there to share the happiness his/her relationship is giving and the sorrow that comes if things don't go right. Its extremely terrifying if you start accusing your friend of not giving you enough attention since you too know what he is going through. One of my friends nicely puts it.."as a friend you must know when to step down." It does not mean you stop being close to your best friend but that you must give up a bit of your space for the new person to come and occupy. Its totally unhealthy to get selfish in this matter. saying things like "you have changed a lot since that person came into your life, its like I am totally forgotten and i have no position" will hurt all and even you know in the corner of your heart that you are asking for too much.

 When the time comes to switch roles and you become 'the one' in some one's life, there are a few things one must keep in mind as well. Your partner has a fair share of friends and is totally trying his/her best to balance between the two of you, it does not help if you deepen the chasm by trying to be a demanding (high maintenance as some would call it) girlfriend/boyfriend. There are a few bad things people do like ask you to stop talking to some of your friends (especially the ones from opposite sex) as they don't like you being very 'close' to them. Jealousies crop up, fights and tears become commonplace and your life turns into hell!

Things take a turn for worse if a girl and guy are friends (as the pic below explains :D )

 So who is at fault? I would say nobody! Its just a situation you have to learn to deal with and there is no formula for it except one of your own when you are in that trap. But you have to ensure that you are hurting nobody in that process, including yourself. Okay so what would the 'Agony Aunt' do when placed in your position?

She would 'divide' her precious time between the two. She will see to it that neither her friends feel ignored, nor the special feels 'not-so-special'. Reassuring each one of them how important they are to her and that she loves them all very much! Sure, its an upheaval but yes she doesn't give up! its not just her,  her friends and 'the one' are also quite sensible and thanks to this, she is sane and can thus advice the rest of us on the subject :D

Probably the trick here is to hang in there, somewhere in the middle (that middle is not the same for all) ,take a deep breath and keep your fingers crossed :D

Since I happen to be in no category (as of today) it would be very enlightening for me if you share your views on this. You never know how your words of wisdom(whether out of experience or otherwise) can change some one's life! ;) :)

Half way through...

So here are most of us, done with half our engineering studies. This year I presume was hard on all especially since we entered our departments, struggled with coursework, new subjects, hard concepts , a few incompetent lecturers, difficult labs and what not. It left me frustrated with the way things went. Spending close to 12 hours in college with lot of work to be done after coming home as well was a bit too much to take! Well we probably wouldn't complain if we were enjoying. After all we have chosen the course of our liking. Then what could be wrong? A lot of things!!! (Read a 'rant' one of my friends blogged about to get an overview, I won't repeat the same concerns :D ) But this post is going to be about how we can probably be happier given the present problems our engineering (or any other I would say) education system has. It is a consolidation of not just my views but of opinions that emerged out of discussions, what some of our lecturers suggest and so on. 3 golden rules..
1.Ask,ask and ask....
 ... till you understand. I am sure not all understand at once even though we don't stop nodding our heads :D. Its not wrong to question and most of the teachers entertain doubts as well. It so happens that we do have a lot of teachers who start out fresh. There are a few who may not have very strong concepts either. But by not asking them because they do not know or can't explain to you properly, you are not giving them a chance to learn and get experience. No one is too tough headed not to learn and not everyone knows everything and even these teachers know that! There can be many things you can teach them.In the end everyone gains out of this.

2.Stop bothering about grades!
 Yes this can be the factor that puts down most of us. Especially when it comes to absolute grading, you can miss out on a grade because of a few marks which seems quite unfair. But this must not deter us from learning what we have to, do something innovative and deduce joy out of what we are doing. An open secret is that the companies that look for placements do see your grades but they will definitely favour someone who has done something more than you have. They will look for what practical knowledge you have rather than your grades.I'm not saying you don't bother studying but don't pay too much attention to grades once you have maintained some consistency.

3.Keep yourselves busy
 with something you like to do. It maybe some club at college, some project you are doing with friends or just about anything! Trust me it keeps you sane after 4 years :D. even here its best to socialize, take help from wherever you get it and basically have fun! Its okay to bunk a few classes( not just to study for internals :D)


There might be plenty of things I have missed out on.I'm sure we can all find solutions that suit us perfectly! No one knows better than you what keeps you happy and what you have to do to achieve your goal. Don't let the system bog you down.So many people have been there, done that. Let the spirits run high! Cheers to half life! :D

'Happy' Women's Day???

There is absolutely no chance that you can ever forget when Women's day is.Media will very kindly remind you how you can 'celebrate' it with all the goodies you need without which you are incomplete. After Valentine's day this is a gala time for the market!

Coming straight to the point this post aint about women who have no clue when women's day is or what celebration is. There are millions of women in the country who don't even have the basic amenities to lead a dignified life, forget about rights for women,freedom etc. All they can afford to think is how to feed all those mouths everyday.Its about the so called 'empowered' women of today (who are me and you?). Those who have successful careers, are educated and 'independent'.I am sure this is not even sexist trying to blame men for anything and everything that is troubling us today.I am just wondering if we really have enough reasons to celebrate women's day.

Liberation

How many of us feel liberated? Has a lot of stuff changed in the last decade or two? True that today you may be going out in your pair of shorts or party late at night, but have you felt liberated by that? Definitely not when there are men(even women) out there to ogle at you, comment on your morality, lament about the loss of Indian culture and tradition,say you should dress decently(whatever that means..) and proclaim that you are the cause for your own misery and covering yourself from head to toe and following rules of society will keep you away from all trouble!

Hold on..this is not just what those old people on dress code boards in universities who say such things, there are young men out there who think this way too! I was pretty shocked once when one of my friends remarked that he felt very proud of himself for not 'eyeing' women the way others did. Isn't that his duty?? What is there to feel proud about that?How safe do you feel when you have to travel all alone sometime in the night? Isn't it restrictive that when women have careers like men, they will have to put in extra efforts for so many constraints?

Equality

Gone are the days when men proclaimed that they were superior to women. Now we are considered equal (at least treated so by many of them). Though nobody really says it out loud, that mindset still hasn't changed. Blame the patriarchal society- you are still a burden to be married off,even better if you were never born (many ensure that as well!)you still require protection by father,brother,husband, friend etc, you are never seen as capable as a man. True, there are many women occupying the top rungs of success but they have worked twice as much to get there!

Results?

Some have accepted this as a way of nature or life..they believe this is how it was supposed to be!

Some fight, realise it is futile, give in ,accept it and go back to being the first set of people.

Some are still fighting very hard..sometimes a tad bit too much to annoy everyone around who find them insane.

Some continue believing that the future is going to be much better for their daughters and grand daughters..

So ultimately it boils down to what could be done? I would simply ask most men to change their views. Its not wrong to admit that women are much better than them in many ways (and worse in some others). That they are not just objects of pleasure, they have not just hearts and souls but sharp minds as well! And yes..please stop trying to 'protect' us..if you all change we just wouldn't need it!

And to all those women out there..Do not make yourselves a victim and most importantly please don't believe in the stupid stereotypes yourself! If you do what you think is right its not 'erosion of Indian culture and traditions', you are not the only bearers of it. Moms could teach their sons all that they would to their daughters. Its many a times their fault that men harbour such views..upbringing could change a lot of things for all of us.

I sincerely believe that this post is not offensive to anyone. These are strictly my views and I take up all the responsibility for each and every sentence.Ultimately its all for the good of mankind (and womankind). A lot of things will change by just changing a few views.

Yet somewhere in the back of my head is a small voice that says there is certainly a ray of hope that all will be well very soon.But how 'soon' depends on all of us..I would end it by saying "Give us better reasons to celebrate women's day!"

Coding Woes

Alright..this is going to be a sadistic post. Brace yourself up for my endless ranting :D

I am quite shamelessly declaring that I am really bad at programming though I have kinda studied it for an year(I would rather use stronger words but that will spoil the 'decorum' of the blog! :D).But the saddest part is..it is very important that I improve myself not just for my degree and grades but also for my future. Programming is everywhere..take up whatever field you want,you cannot steer clear of computers (except arts maybe!).

Firstly..why is it one of my woes??Though I had a very vague idea of how programming would be,when I entered first year of college it was literally thrown at me! It was like.."You have 3 months to master C". I freaked out. But I somehow managed thanks to a very cooperative teacher and friends who are awesome at it!
Its not like one of those subjects you just have to understand and write an exam. Its real life, and its not enough if you know the definitions and uses. Writing a program especially an efficient one needs lots of brains! No wonder techies get paid so much!!


Secondly...why am I so worried about it since I have a choice to chuck it right out of the window and carry on with the rest. Its because I share a love-hate relationship with it! I am enticed by it. The power of coding amazes me. That feeling of euphoria you get when your program runs is inexplicable! Doubles if it seems like you have done better than your friends ( unfortunately such situations have been very few! :D ).But most of the times my brain seems to have frozen. Syntactically things are fine but logically there is always some error. I am the sole person responsible for all the mess I am in so I don't even get to blame anyone for it.. damn it! :D :P

Ultimately what am I left with? I can't let go of it and say 'all is well'. I  must take great efforts to polish my 'logic' bone (if there is any! :D), hang out more with geeks and sit with a compiler (The best teacher you can have!) more often. Till then it is going to be the unattainable reward without which you can live but don't want to! :D


Kudos to all the brilliant programmers out there! I revere you guys!! :)

Would you be my friend ?

No points for guessing why this particular post came up! I have been planning to write this since a long time.Apologies for this long a gap.
We must be definitely bored of the cliche "Man is a social being" and that "Friends complete your life". I do not want to repeat the oft mention things about how precious and wonderful friendship is. Sure we do get reminders in the form of mails and forwarded SMSes some of which are really good and rest are boring that make you yawn.
Each one of us perceives friendship in a different way.The degree of attachment too is not the same.The numbers vary and so does every other thing that matters in this beautiful relationship.Friendship is the most non demanding relationship ever. There are lesser obligations but unknowingly more adjustment and compromise compared to anything else.It has reached such a state where just anything can be called friendship..be it the mother-son bond, sibling love or matrimony .While some of us like to draw boundaries and don't want to attach the same label to all of it, the others will just not mind what relationship they have until and unless its all working fine.

They say that as you grow older, the number of your friends decreases but the affection grows nevertheless. But as you change schools and colleges there emerges a totally new thing- friend circles. School friends in one, college ones in another, office colleagues and so on. However unsocial you are you will have different groups of friends.This brings another uncomfortable issue.. that of what is bound to happen when you have to entertain two circles of friends simultaneously.I have been in tight spots  a couple of times and believe me, you must be on your toes to see to it that none of them feel left out.Even better is  to avoid it!.


Woah wait!! your 'virtual' friends are around you, all the time-liking your statuses,photos,sharing links on your wall and chatting!But will they help you out if you are feeling down?forget that..will they at least speak to you properly if you happen to meet them 'offline'??Think about it!

But however large the number of your friends, you will have a few close ones with whom you can share absolutely anything on earth. No matter what you will still keep in touch with them.These are your precious ones.It so happens that we do not choose with whom we get closer, it just happens.

Now to the funniest thing..the typical stereotype of 'a girl and a guy can never remain just friends'. Nothing can be more laughable than that.Unfortunately  many people care yet to come out of this notion.According to me its a load of 'BULL****'. :D I have met people who say..'you never know when its love and when just friendship .Especially if it is someone close to you all your feelings can change'. To this I don't really know what to say!

There is no need to define friendship.I feel nobody must even try to.It means a lot of things at the same time.We can all take a plunge without fearing the consequences (.there aren't bound to be any :D )Meeting new people, making new friends, holding on to the old ones is a necessity.Not just something you can't live without but something you will not want to live without.
I'm darn sure your friends mean a lot to you and so do mine to me.Thanks to the lord for all the beautiful friends I have.Take care of yours ! :)

Lokpal Bill

I have kept the title simple since nothing fancy is required to pull people's attention towards this! But in this post I won't be putting forth my views but a mere report on what Dr. Ashwin Mahesh ,co-ordinator for IAC Bangalore spoke at the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs whom I had a chance to listen to. I am not writing this just to tell you that I had been there but that he offered a brilliant and practical insight into the Jan Lokpal which is definitely worth sharing. Of course it is not going to be a detailed report but points that specially caught my attention.
It is all fine to say that we need an anti corruption body but  there are a few difficulties that will be faced . Most of the staff in this body will be deputed rather than independent. Now how can anybody expect a person to investigate the department he actually belongs to when he knows that he has to go back as soon as his term is over.Also it is very difficult for immediate investigation to be launched since powers given to them are not sufficient. Even if they do find culprits, they can only 'recommend' something rather than take action!! :D

All our elected representatives like to remind us that they are elected but they seem to be forgetting that they are our representatives! They keep harping about how the Parliament is 'Supreme' but forget who helped make it.Our so-called 'supreme' Parliament hasn't voted down a bill since 27 years!! And once 18 bills have been passed in 2 minutes!! a record time indeed!Yet they have been  'unable' to pass the Lokpal bill though it has been introduced more than 8 times. That too a version that is so dilute.  All so clearly shows how 'serious' the government is in policy making and how much our dear MPs know the bills they passed. Most of them don't even read it and just say 'aye' since their parties ask them to.

There are a few fundamental questions we need to ask :
- What is corruption?
- Who should be the  Lokpal?
-Can Lokpal launch suo moto investigation?
-Can it have its own machinery and finances?
-Can it initiate prosecution?
-Should IAS and IPS officers be punished?
-Should the judiciary be covered?
-Should the prime minister be covered?
-Should legislative conduct be covered?

The government and the civil society have answers to these or rather we must probably call them opinions. Some of them are being debated upon in the drafting committee and some of them ignored for their own good. There will be new questions each time and answers may not be immediate or very satisfactory. Unfortunately what the five ministers call 'government opinion' is not so. In fact most of the MPs are not even bothered about answering these since all they have to do is either say 'aye' or 'nay' whatever their party tells them to! And they go about questioning if the civil society members 'represent' the society! Is this democratic??

 Now most of the people ask "how is it going to benefit me?" Dr. Ashwin has some very valid points-

* Our representatives will truly become 'public servants'. They will do what they are actually supposed to do..serve people!
*Resources will be used better. People are already thinking about how black money could've been put to use.
*Administrative machinery will become more local which is the need of the day since we interact much more with the local bodies like the RTO rather than the MPs.
*Processes and public services will be more transparent, efficient and easily available.
*Most importantly, It will reinforce the idea that citizens are supreme in a democracy (not the parliament as they claim) which will give people a hope to survive and feel that things are going in the right direction.

A thing to keep in mind is that all the goals are long term and Lokpal is not a quick and magical solution to all the existing problems. But surely we are headed in the right direction!

Corruption saaku
Jan Lokpal beku!

The Semester that was...Part 3

This is intended to be the last part and let me warn you that it is not going to be structured. You will have to find your own way through the maze of memories and if you can, organise them and pack them nicely in your hearts!

It all started in the old sports complex. And it started right from me learning to hold the table tennis bat to making  myself the laughing stock of the place by my pathetic game! Thank god the 'pros' didn't mind it much as it gave them much relief from their 'oh i wanna win..or damn! thats the game point he made' schedule :D. I must say that even after their patient training, I still remain as bad as ever! probably it is going to take much more time than anyone thought it would! Just that one game of carom was enough to prove my mettle to all..what say?? :P
It was a funny feeling  to join the bandwagon of guys who were thrown out in every class of Electricals! Then I realised why there was a smile that seemed pasted on their faces whenever they went out! I spent the rest of the double class outside, attending dance practice and fooling around. Initially I tried getting back into the class but the teacher promised me attendance (which he did give ultimately!! ) So I saw no point in staying! :D
Then came a whole load of birthday parties ! Right from going to Resh's house to surprise her to Vippu's place as a surprise for her's and Sushma's birthday. These days having a surprise party is no longer a surprise!But the fun we have changes every time. Sushma, Chaitra and Niranjan too got their share of birthday surprises..hope they enjoyed it!
The world- cup fnals has been  the most discussed topic of the year.We all decided to watch the match together  but it turned out that we had a match of our own! :D Painted faces were just for the pictures. But obviously everybody watched the last gripping part.
Now coming to the studies part! Given that I had a hopeless teacher for electricals, I decided to take the help of my friends at PESIT who were done with their physics cycle. Harish and Manoj..I owe a lot to you guys for coming over and teaching me. If I get an S grade, it'll be because of you! :)
If I have forgotten anything to include, it is just that in all the excitement of writing posts. Please don't be offended and point it out by commenting..people will still get to know!:)
On the concluding note it has not been only happy as been projected. I had my share of very nasty fights ( most of which I started) , my close friends' group almost fell apart , people fought and made up etc etc. Might seem like regular affair but for me it was quite taxing at times. There has never been a  time with a greater emotional rigmarole for me.But as they say all is well that ends well! It has ended well and is signifying a new and exciting beginning..just waiting for all of it! I believe that bouquets or brickbats, whatever comes my way must have something to teach me, something to make me a better person and bring beautiful people to my life....

The Semester that was...Part 2

Campaigning and the rest! :P

We were pulled to publicize about  the science fest in other colleges.After the PESIT principal rudely threw us out by asking us to go back to college and attend classes (something that our very own teachers have never told us to ), we were welcomed by BIT. I decided that I am definitely not fit for campaigning! While Resh, Suhas and Shreyas did it brilliantly.It felt nice to catch up with Rishika and Anisha was such a sweetheart! After the wrap-up, we had a cool outing at that tiny ice cream shop where new  friendship bonds forged. Will forever remember that day...

For the first time, we visited a Newspaper's office and talked to them about them putting up articles about the fest. All the way to Deccan Herald's office on M G Road and back was a little tiring but rewarding nevertheless! Walking long stretches in the hot tiring sun was hard but with friends around, any distance seems short and no journey boring!

Jitters of the first science fest "Genesis'11"

The month of April started with mobilizing people to conduct the first ever science fest of the college. The word soon spread and people were quite enthusiastic. With initial hitches that we experienced, the preparations started in full swing! I  cannot name all the people responsible for making this event a grand success but the student coordinators took up a lot of responsibility on their shoulders, ran pillar to post for sponsorships, organizing, planning and leading us all. I was the in the crossword team an event that went on quite smoothly (finally!). It was a very rewarding experience to set up clues and answers, my very first crossword making that I thoroughly enjoyed. With a few of us working on it, the crossword turned out be pretty good and surprisingly nobody could solve them completely. But the event that stole the show was 'paper presentation'. It had participation from colleges outside Karnataka as well and was lauded by the faculties as the 'Most important event of the fest!'. All the other events- JAM, Quiz, Debate, Dumb charades, treasure hunt , solving the Rubix cube went on really well. The fest was a modest success. At least we laid a foundation for our juniors to conduct many more.

Outing in the rain..

I can bet that nobody is going to forget that day..while it rained so hard that people were scuttling for cover, we dare-devils decided to have fun getting drenched! With 2 umbrellas and an over sized jacket you can as well imagine what protection from rain it offered to 6 people!Splashing around muddy waters, we went to Gopalan Arcade for more fun. Those photos are on Facebook which all of you must have seen anyway.It was just so amazing!! 

Getting mock 'Placed'

The second semester was a season of fests. The Department fests came in later ( with no 8th mile in April). It was an extravaganza when four department fests were held simultaneously. The whole college turned into a riot of colour. It amazed us how our seniors cleverly organised the whole thing. Surely we have a thing or two to learn from them.I just decided to participate in an event called 'mock placement' with a few of my friends but it was way too unexpected for me to win the second place shared along with Rakshitha Joshi (Psst..we still have that food coupon! ;) )Winning or no winning the event was a  pointer as to how the  real placements are going to be.But on the flip side, My cell phone ran out of charge, my plans for the day went down in drain and I went home completely tired!! It compensated would you say??

The story of the sem has still not ended..watch out for the last part that'll be more like an amalgam of more such memories. coming soon...:)

The Semester that was...Part 1

Its been a year at RVCE. The last two semesters have just rushed through. I guess the first semester got over with adjustment issues, coping up with the course load, making friends etc. Yet at the end of it there was  some gratification. All of us yearned to come back. We were all hoping for something good..but this good..no.. never expected!
The semester started with a bang! Especially for me.I went to the last bench and my comfort level  with people around just got better. I found some really awesome friends with whom I will happily spend another three years of my life.Love you Sushma , Reshma, Chaitra, Deshmukh, Nair, Suhas and the rest!! :)

Atmatrisha '11
The first event of the semster was "Atmatrisha '11", PESIT's annual cultural fest.It was the first college fest of my life which was a totally different experience. 'Junkyard wars' was where I collaborated with Sush and Resh to make a model out of straw and paper which withstood a weight of 2 kg! (Its great according to me..doesn't matter that we didn't get selected!) .The anthakshari prelims with Resh , Dumcharades with Sush and Resh , and that almost disastrous "Pentathlon" with Suraj were some worth remembering! Not to forget that cultural night with all my lovely friends..dancing away to glory and Niranjan dropping us all home later without telling his mom!!:P

'Genesis' of the science forum
 Then we come to know that there is a " Science forum" which is almost defunct and calling for members. Most of us happily jumped in to organise the first function of the year..A speech by Our principal. There was loads of excitement making posters , inviting people , publicising the forum all in the hopes that our college will let us organize a Science Fest and HOD Prateek played the most important role in it!!  After bunking a lot of classes on the pretext of practise, forum work and so on began the onward journey of the forum.On this wayward path I got acquainted with a lot of people from other departments. And now I feel that I know atleast a few people in every class of first year. Well we did manage to pull off a pretty decent event and our teachers were really impressed with it. So we began pressing for a Fest..(More details in the next post!!)

Our "paper presentation"
Thanks to Prateek , we modified our last semester's chemistry seminar to present a paper at the PESIT science fest on 3 different types of batteries renaming it as 'Gen Z batteries' ( The details to the amount of fun we had while preparing for the original seminar will probably constitute another blog entry!!). But we  googled more & understood much more. After all convincing college chem HOD is different from presenting it in front of  a jury ( we almost felt that we fooled him last sem! :D).We went with an intention of checking out how a paper presentation is done and Voila! We end up with the first place which was a pleasant surprise.

Time for some "nautanki"
Meanwhile I auditioned for the "dance team" of the college and got through. It does deserve some mention. But apart from staying for a few practices nothing spectacular happened. There is more time to that lets see..
However those extra curricular activities I enjoyed at school ( after an almost 3 years' break) started coming back in a way I liked. It started with me auditioning for a role in a play my classmate Keshav directed for an Intra collegiate theatre fest called "Coliseum" .Though I was really not up to the mark, I managed to scrap off a decent act of an old lady "Mother Goose" that earned me the title 'Ajji'  :P. I must say that the practice sessions were lots of fun! Only our director had a harrowing time managing us! I proudly say that the audience was in splits with our acts , Shreyas got the best supporting actor award and Keshav got special mention for his direction! Next day too we watched a few plays bunking classes, almost caught by the teacher (she knew us well) and running along corridors..something that'll be remembered for long!! :)

Thats all for this part guys..next post coming soon!

India Against Corruption

Its all over TV, newspapers, blogs, tweets and status updates!!People gathering in large numbers to join in the protest, some fasting, some tweeting, some lauding the efforts of Anna hazare and the rest.All this signals something- that winds of change are blowing over  our beloved country India.
Forgive me because I'm not so politically inclined and can't write well about politics.But whatever I am writing here is just my very own opinion (however badly worded!!).

An event that should have taken place long ago started on April 5 .But better late than never!!It is being termed as India's second war of Independence.People came out on the streets expressing their solidarity with the activists who started the protest.The government tried to put them down offering some small incentives but they were hell bent on having what they wanted!Now is something we all can really look forward to..A corruption free India!

 According to me, optimism is the right emotion to have!It did shake people out from their complacent shells making them realize that just accepting the present situation and going with flow will not get them anywhere!There was unity- people from all walks of life joined it.It was largely peaceful and it achieved its goal- of getting the approval for forming a committee consisting of citizens too  for drafting the Lokpal bill.


The real struggle however begins now says our beloved Anna Hazare.How true!!There is no denying the fact that the government will put in as many hurdles as it can it its path till it becomes a law and jails our corrupt politicians!However, our clever politicians will see to it that there are loopholes in the system to ensure their safe escape.So does that mean nothing much can be really done??Will all our struggle and work go down the drain?Will it truly eradicate corruption?These questions linger on and as time comes,we will probably get our answers.

But right now,we have a strong reason to celebrate! There are going to be numerous able heads who can cleverly chalk out the bill so that no one escapes.Its implementation also will be carried out with great supervision.Surely this alone will not work.Till we pledge to stop bribing through our way and stick to ideals thinking of the correct path rather than the easier one, corruption is not going to stop.Might be Utopian to put into practice but if each of do our bit I don't see what can really stop us from being a corrupt nation.

Whatever it may be but our politicians have gotten a strong message that people are the ultimate leaders in a democracy!Jai Ho!!

Fast your way to heath!!

The title might look like a clichéd line from a health and well being magazine but I surely find it true!

Most of us are 'Maa ke Bigde hue laadle' (spoilt kids ).And our mothers and granmothers keep feeding us with dialogues like "C'mon..you are a growing child..you need to eat." ,"Oh!only so much??What is with you girls these days..??" .True that we must have sufficient food in our growing years but that doesn't mean stuffing mouths and stomachs till the extent of bursting!
On the other hand,many starve themselves (not due to non availability of food),or can't eat at the right time owing to work pressures etc.

 I believe that I don't have to educate people about eating right (especially when I am not sure whether I am eating right).But I do strongly believe in fasting once in a while!
Arguments against go like this.....There is plenty of food for me to eat,it makes me feel weak, I can't control hunger and so on...

But in support, I can give 3 solid points..

1.It cleanses your stomach and gives your digestive system a rest.You might have  indiscriminately eaten stuff the whole week (or month) .So now is the time to stop it.


2.Apart from health benefits,once you successfully accomplish fasting,you will have something to goad about!There is a sense of satisfaction that is very fulfilling and is a silent proof that you can control your cravings and make your body listen to your mind.


3.Most importantly ,you will know how hurting hunger can be and hopefully feel the agony of billions of people who are hungry all the time.Your heart will go out to them and makes you realize how lucky you are to have that food on your plate.What more,you will think twice about wasting food when millions are dying everyday and your not so favorite food doesn't go to the dustbin.

An overall sense of tranquility and heath engulfs you.Though it is hard to start off ( not just your own problems but also to convince mommy dear ) you can take a step at a time.Start by fasting once a month by possibly consuming some fruits or so and then slowly nothing when you know you are strong enough!

Try it and post your comments..Happy Fasting!!:)

The Kannada Konnection

The post comes at a time when The Kannada Sahitya Sammelana is happening and we are happily sitting at home enjoying a holiday which is actually given for us to visit it.Some of us will scoff at it,some will go and truly enjoy and the rest will not bother about it at all.Not that any of them is wrong as there might not be the interest or the facility to go.Still some might assert that not going will not mean that they aren't 'true Kannadigas at heart'.

This post might come as a surprise from someone who is a Kannadiga and still doesn't very well know how to write(Highlighted by the fact that I got a B grade in Kannada). I am ashamed to admit this unlike a few who think it is 'cool'.And yet I am not angry with the examiners as this can be considered a punishment, a shame.A few might criticize me for having such 'antiquated' thoughts (Not that I really care about it..).But this triggered in me a thought about the various issues circling our language which will surely become extinct if necessary steps are not taken.
So what deters the learning of Kannada??Why is that many people who are Kannadigas ( or having stayed in Karnataka all their lives) don't feel the necessity to learn the language.The major reason according to me is that we feel that when things are getting done without it,there is no use.Bangalore being a cosmopolitan city, any localite will respond if you question them in English,Hindi or Tamil(yes..a huge population in the city knows Tamil).
Next factor is the schools.Given the fact that we have a large number of CBSE and ICSE schools most of which do not even offer it as an optional language at any level.KVs which constitute a major chunk can't do it as in any state any local language is not offered.Some others like DPS might also have something of this sort as they are throughout India.But the rest which are local ones have NO valid reason other than disinterest.(Sorry if the institution you studied in comes under this category).In Tamil Nadu I have heard that it is compulsory for all the schools irrespective of the board to offer Tamil.In case some argues saying it can be learnt at home they must know how difficult it is to coach the child at home during holidays while he/she wants to enjoy.The rest of the academic year is jam packed!
There are so many more reasons that any expert will be able to offer you or you can figure it out yourselves.
What pains me the most is that the pride of being a Kannadiga is diminishing.We are all to blame.We simply have to appreciate the steps taken by other states to ensure that their language remains strong and healthy.We need to do a lot more and I am hopeful that the government will do something.
Thankfully all is not so bleak.There is still a ray of hope.There is a population however minute that is active in promoting the language.I remember in class 5 (that is when I came to Bangalore) we had 2 teachers who took up the responsibility to teach written Kannada to students voluntarily.There was no support from the Institution.Many of us happily jumped in including some non Kannadigas.They did succeed to conduct classes for about 2 months or so and after that they found it taxing.And we being kids were extremely naughty.I didn't manage to learn anything more than a few letters but still I laud their efforts.
Also in the college where I am presently studying, there is a very strong Kannada sangha.It is one of the best managed club on the campus with a good bunch of Kannada enthusiastic youth.Their annual fest "Jhenkara - 2010" completely floored me.

There are Kannada blogs,articles in Wikipedia and lots more!!This might give us high hopes.Also we need to remember that Bangalore is NOT Karnataka.The rest of the state still respects it and it has a strong foothold.
Dear Kannada..all is not well but that doesn't mean all is lost!Everything's gonna be alright!:)

"Sirigannadam gelge sirigannadam baalge" ( Let Kannada win and live) - B M Shree.(A late English professor).

Lets Break Up!!

"I'm so sorry..I can't handle it anymore..lets break up.Its over!!".Seems too heard??Must be! Its a phenomenon  so rampant that a minimum of 2 people whom you know (Including your next door neighbour) would have 'broken up' with someone.And then there are some very skilled people who break up over and over ,again and again.Not to forget the movies which try to project the 'latest trends in society' screaming out loud saying its cool and you gotta give a party for that!!(courtesy..-LOVE AAJ KAL)
Not that I have any experience to speak of but still most of the times the reasons for this so called break up seem so trash!
"Who the hell told you that I was committed??Dude I broke up long ago because I found a much better looking girl!"
"What??You want to marry me??Oh no please..lets break up!!"

But some are pretty genuine..like cases where parents don't agree, your partners changing habits which leave you frustrated and so on.
What makes divorces different from break ups is the legal hassle.The rest..Heartaches,depression,hopelessness,anger etc remain the same.Some call it dumping.. like Humans are any piece of garbage.But whatever it is break ups seem like a recent trend.You are utopian if you haven't had a break up atleast once in life.

The reasons are innumerable!As humans we do make mistakes and making mistakes while choosing a person whom you want to spend your life with can be fatal.Some of us dust ourselves and move on while the rest can    take years together to come out of the trauma.It can jeopardies your other relationships, make you look like a moron and what not!
It is a very well known fact that we do like someone because of some chemicals that trigger in our brains. But after a while the production of this particular hormone stops!!So maybe we can blame it on biology?

But what shocks me is the numbers.And a lingering question..why didn't our previous generations do this??(So often I meant).Is it because we are an impatient generation and expect everything to be perfect in a relationship? Or is it because we can't compromise and let go of our views once in a while for the greater good??Or does it give any sense of satisfaction to do so???(for some).

What we need to learn is to not mistake infatuation for love and commit ourselves without thinking about complete future with that person.This might be difficult to do but is worth giving a try to save yourselves.
Also when the inevitable happens, we must learn to take it in our stride and force ourselves to see the truth as the way it is!

Anyway..Its your right to do it the way you think it  right.Advices are not meant to be taken!!
But a line of my own....Do ponder about what you want in life.After all nothing means its the end of your life until it is actually(physically).Commit Blunders in getting committed!!

Noetic Sciences

Most of you would have read Dan Brown's 'THE LOST SYMBOL".The book no doubt is as good as all Dan Brown's if not the best!But a particular topic that intrigued me was this-'The Noetic Sciences".At first it seemed unimaginable,a kind of fantasy but not bogus as he perfectly states that all the facts of his book are true!


To those who seem at a loss...take a look at this definition from wiki-
" Noetic theory or noëtics (from Greek νοητικός "mental" from νοεῖν "to think" from νοῦς – noûs) is an alternative metaphysical philosophyconcerned with the study of mind and intuition, and its relationship with a proposed divine intellect. Among its principal purposes are the study of the effects of perceptions, beliefs, and intentions on human consciousness."


If that sounded too technical..here is more explanation-
The theory of noetics centers around the idea that the human mind is capable of affecting work or events or even doing work in the physical world. It is suggested that thought and spirit are not, in fact, imaginary, but are Bose or photon based, meaning essentially that the mind can be quantified by formulae which describe quantum materials such as light. This is a radical conclusion, as many people consider thoughts to be weightless. Noetic theory claims that just as gravity affects all matter, thoughts do as well, although to a lesser degree. Psychokinesis, more often called telekinesis, is concerned with the direct influence of mind on matter.


So it basically means that thoughts have mass however less and a congregation of similar thoughts can bring about physical changes.Thus thoughts are extremely powerful!!.
But this is not all.The most surprising thing is that from the modern physics branches out quantum physics,then particles etc that  ultimately link with noetic science which is nothing but what our ancient books say(roughly)!!(Don't ask me how as I am also in confusion. Google it out or read the book.).It is like coming in a full circle.


 Noetic sciences have 3 branches-
1.Extended Human capacities
    like creativity,meditation.states of consciousness, death dying and beyond.
2.Integral Health and healing
   mind body medicine, global medicine(Guess reiki falls in here)
3.Emerging world views
  like indigenous practices,cultivating spiritual awareness etc.
There is even an institute for this and researches have been conducted all over for actual proof of certain things like meditation can heal diseases,about the positive energy (aura) around you etc.


However the best thing that caught my attention was the question 'Does Human soul exist?"
An experiment is performed to "weigh the Human soul" the details of which are a tad bit technical but the structure is as follows...

A dying man is placed in an incubator sort of thing that can measure weight up to micro scale.the total contents of the incubator remain the same. But it was seen that as soon as he died, there was a noticeable decrease in weight!
So does that mean soul has weight and it escapes as soon as the person dies??will it find another body for itself??does it exist first of all??all sorts of questions are raised, conclusions are also made that soul exists by some, but some oppose it vehemently!A very interesting opposition  is here...http://www.noeticsciences.co.uk/in-response-to-weighing-the-human-soul/#more-819


I used to argue a lot with my mother about the ancient philosophy because to accept something without proof seemed non scientific.But here I find proofs which are still under battle!


It makes me wonder ....should I call it "Noetic Science" or "Noetic Pseudo- Science"???

That Ideal Student

Life is a long learning process and so we all remain students..forever!But in this journey we meet people..of our kind,of not our kind nonetheless, we remember them.Whether we like it or not,to some extent our journey is always influenced by fellow travellers.
So who is considered a perfect student?What are the qualities??The reply would depend on who you are....

PARENT:

Phew!!Ideal students no more exist.Our times were glorious!We didn't waste our time roaming around like this.If we had to achieve something then we would work very hard for it.Ideal students are those who are obedient.Yes its difficult even to make our own children listen to us, we can Imagine the plight of poor teachers.If I had my way then I would make my son/ daughter realise their responsibilities.Study and work very hard!go to college, attain knowledge,discuss with teachers,friends, lecturers, visit libraries often and come straight back home!
NO bunking classes,Roaming aimlessly and spending money without the need!!

TEACHER:
Those who are serious about what they want in life and are sincere are Ideal students.I have no clue whether I will ever get to teach such a student.Teachers should be respected.They should know how difficult it is to teach.We are here to guide them.If our guidance is taken,they can do wonders in life.He/She shouldn't bunk classes,must submit assignment on time etc etc.After all we want nothing but their well being!


'A' GRADE STUDENT:

An Ideal student scores high marks.He/she never wastes time and is always doing something related to studies.No pending work for the best grades.Completely competitive and tries to top.OK..no more..I have to study now!Bye!

'AVERAGE' STUDENT:
Oh C'mon!!Gimme a break!!Are nerds ideal students??Well I don't want to be one.When will we enjoy life if we immerse ourselves into books???This will go on forever!So does that mean we must struggle all the time??Who said we are  not serious about what we wanna be!And not bunking?You mean to say we gotta sit in those dreary classes where lecturers go on and on without any interaction?Why will we attend it when we find it boring?Plus its considered so uncool to study all the time.What will my friends think of me?The last thing i want  is to be labelled as 'geek'.History has proved that we are as successful as our 'A" grade counterparts.If we are getting everything what we want then why is everyone complaining?Its my life and I will live it my way!I don't give a damn about expectations.I will end up with what is destined for me!So why the fuss??

Well..you might agree on some views and disagree on the others.If you look beyond the stereotypes you will find that anything so idealistic doesn't exist and something close would be an optimum blend of it all.

Final say..You know what you are,who you are and what is the best for you!Even without perfection things can be achieved while striving for perfection!!So shall we chuck the 'idealism'??

A Comeback!!

Well...I left my blog unattended for quite a lot of time even without notification!I have to take the complete blame because it was my own so called 'business' and carelessness.So much that I wasn't even able to login at the first attempt!!True..the blog wasn't all that successful but it was not fair on my part.Nobody abandons a baby just because he or she is not so good!So my apologies!!..SORRY RANDOM!!



So what made me do it again???Guilty conscience perhaps??No!!I'll give you the reason...EXAMS!!


There is a somehow always a connection between exams and blogs!In my case most of the material for blog comes to me only when I'm supposed to be slogging !!

And maybe also owing to the fact that my life took a complete new turn with Higher studies.What with the increased workload and competition its hard to concentrate while trying to adjust.I took solace in micro blogging!!(i. e updating status messages on facebook) But at the end of it all I realized that life is completely worthless if we are all the time worried about our GPAs and 'future'.Then I decided that if i could spent a lot of time checking on what others are doing on facebook(I admit its embarrassing!But this is what most of us do!)I can as well gather my thoughts and get some new ideas from the rest of you!!



Now is the time for some slowdown.Some time to pour out thoughts to the blog and share it with the rest of you!And to comment,discuss, criticize and take life in its stride!!As and when it comes!

Hope this spirit stays for long with me!!



Welcome back all!!(Including me!!)

The Irony

Recently,I watched "Peepli Live". Its a wonderful movie.A satire on Indian administrative system,the so called 'sensational' news channels.While watching it though,you are simply immersed.The dialogues are filled with pun and are very sarcastic (not to speak of the rustic accent of villagers which strikes a cord somewhere).Though on a serious issue,it is full of laughter.Only when you come out of the hall you realize the enormity of the issue like I did (I hope so!:))

Irony was when we audience in a nice plush multiplex laughed at the sarcasm in the movie .Not really feeling their pain,their discomfort.We are cozily sitting on nice cushions whereas they hardly have a place of their own even to sit down!It is rightly said that the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.




Irony is when a farmer on the verge of committing suicide becomes an object of 'happening' news and people actually begin to ask him when he is going to die!( Including his own son!! )




Irony is when the Union minister for agriculture in the movie says the only solution for farmer suicides is industrialization!




Irony is when we are pained by circumstances but not in a position to do anything positive while those in the position do not even take the trouble to bother about it!




Maybe the situation is not as bad as what is shown in the movie.But it surely makes you think how rotten our administration is how adept everyone is at the blame game.




So it finally comes back to what we can do about it and are there any solutions.I once attended a talk on 'Indian democracy-from constitutionalist to populist'.A retired judge spoke about it and he too presented a very dismal picture of our country.He said that days are not too far when populist democracy will become mob rule (some were of the opinion that it has already).A person after the talk said,"I am very optimistic that our country will progress very fast and soon we will be superpower".To that the judge said "Sir your optimism is very robust and rowdy just like our country!".As for solutions,He said "There are very capable people out there who are better at this than me!".






So at last but not the least..Irony is when laws need to be made on controlling corruption and the very people who will be affected get to implement them!!


Jai ho!!

My Beloved Kendriya Vidyalayas

Yes! Its plural as I attended 4 KVs (central schools).And it was such a wonderful experience!Here is some detail about them( you could as well Google it)

KVs are institutions owned by the HRD govt. of India. So they are

basically government schools.There are approxima

tely 800 Kvs in the country & are found in places with a central government establishment (like IISc, DRDO, Railways etc).There are also 3 Kvs abroad (Moscow, Kathmandu & Tehran).They were started with the main intention of educating the wards of central government employees & private sector people who are always on the move.

As people keep getting transferred, it is very hard to have long term friends & because of this we KVians can get adjusted soon!Also another reason is most of

the KVs are the same in spirit & ideas though the environment could differ.it is not tough for a child who has changed schools in the middle of an academic year to cope up as most of the teachers follow the same split-up syllabus.( it has happened 3 times with me!)

KV AFS BEGUMPET

KV Rajnagar, Hubli

Kendriya Vidyalaya Railway Colony where I studied for 6 years!

Our schools are different in many aspects.we have strange holiday pattern & go to school even in April ( Much of a problem down in south).But April's all fun no studies even though it is the beginning of another academic year.The whole school is out of classrooms when practice for annual day is going on in that month!

After a summer vacation of 50 well counted days that extends up to 3rd week of June, we have plenty of cluster,regional & national level sports meets, social science & science exhibitions & of course studies.We had implemented CCE (continuous & comprehensive evaluation) even before CBSE made it mandatory which ensured that we studied throughout the year as each test counted.

Our social science exhibitions were a lot of fun which had all sorts of co- curricular activities.each year we had a country & a state from India as our themes.We did projects, dances, songs etc.We visited other KVs too.It was like a fest at school level.

I actually studied social science in Hindi for 3 years!!Then we had an option of studying it in whatever language we wanted.We learnt songs of all languages (18 listed ones).We met students from different parts of the country. In class 4 I had a Nepalese, Punjabi, Bengali, tamilian & so many more as friends. But we all spoke 2 languages..Hindi & English.So that is unity in diversity!

It was awesome mingling with the diverse crowd that belonged to all strata of the society.It is an experience worth mentioning.'The Hindu' published an article about the KVs regarding the recent 'Right to education' act.I'm really proud of this great group of institutions.

I'm sorry if it sounded like a KV promo. But getting a seat in the KVs for somebody from the private sector is a heavy task!I got it with great difficulty.I think I'm very lucky for that.I think it is wonderful if we have more such schools that admit the common non-government employee's wards and help the country in attaining betterment.

'Bharat ka swarnim gaurav Kendriya Vidyalaya laayega,

Takshashila Naalanda ka itihaas laut kar aayega'