Another One Bites The Dust

I read the newspaper everyday. Big deal! So does everyone else. But how many actually read between the lines? Everyday there are reports about someone being lynched by a mob, someone's office being wrecked by activists, religious fanatics destroying somebody's home. A heartless wind of change is blowing. Critics say that nothing has changed. Man has been killing Man since Cain and Abel.
So what's the fuzz?

First of all, mob actitivities have increased manifold. From Bajrang Dal to ABVP, somehow mobs rule the roost.

Nowadays, anyone accused of any crime is beaten up by a mob and handed over to the police, if he manages to stay alive, that is. Why? Has the law and order situation declined so much in our country that civilians have to take matters in their own hands. Or do they think that they can get away with murder if the mob is large enough? Why is it that the police conveniently manages to stay away from areas where these havoc- wreaking crowds are unleashed? Somehow, I don't feel safe anymore. Not even in my silent neighbourhood. People are dissatisfied, heads easily boil over, official complaints are now forwarded to hot-headed leaders instead of law-keepers.
Everyday, there is news of someone's life being destroyed by these self-proclaimed law-keepers. And they get away with it, needless to mention 'in broad daylight'.
There was an incident of a teacher who was falsely accused of pimping her students. She was beaten up brutally and paraded around naked. By the time the truth came out and her innocence proved, it was too late. Her life can never be the same again. It pains me how people have adjusted their mentality to this "Guilty until proven otherwise". What's more...her assailants were never arrested, protected by the local political leaders.

What is the world coming to?
It pains me too much to ask.

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9 am IST
I was sitting in yet another boring substitute lecture. Our regular teacher had his MTech exams so we were left in the safe hands of another. First lecture of the day and I was already counting sheep.

9:30 am IST
As soon as the first lecture was over, I ran out to get a breath of fresh air. That's when I bumped into Aashish. Aashish (sir) is in final year. He was the new President of ISTE. (Check out the article on Akhil Sir for more information about this notorious society). It turned out that he was looking for me since 9am. Too bad he didn't check room 125. I could have given my left hand to bunk that lecture!!
Anyways, he took me to Mr. Manjeet Singh Ladhar (Introducing....the Training & Placement Officer of MMEC, hereon referred to as the TPO).

9:40 am IST
It turned out that an important official from Infy was coming to our college to give a small presentation about the company. The TPO wanted me to take care of the management. According to him, I had volunteered. In fact, I had...sort of. You don't go out saying NO to your TPO. Refusing your TPO is like Bungee Jumping without a rope! So I took the responsibility for making announcements in all the classes and other menial jobs like checking out the equipment in the Seminar Hall, arranging the mikes and stuff.

10 am IST
Things had turned out great! After making the announcements in all the classes alongwith a friend, I headed towards the Seminar Hall. Four of my friends had volunteered to check out the equipment, the same way I had volunteered. By the time I entered the Seminar Hall, the TPO had begun a preliminary session telling the students how they should behave yati yati yata. He's a good person at heart, I will probably write about him someday.

10:50 am IST
HE entered the Seminar Hall. Mr. Sudhir Mishra, HR Department, Infosys.
I can never forget him for the simple reason that he looked just like one of us. About 25 years of age, a smile on his clean-shaven youthful face. That's when I realized the gravity of the situation. A person from Infy was in our college because he saw enough potential here to actually adjust his schedule and come to our out-of-the-way location. Amazing!

11:00 am IST
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For those of you who don't know, its the motto of Infy. Somehow, when I first saw the words on the projection screen, it struck a deeper chord. Ethics and Brains, the two things I value the most in a friend. Every word uttered by Mr. Mishra made me even more impressed by the company. Humbe beginnings in the minds of four friends, over twenty years in the unforgiving IT industry and now one of the most sought after company of our times, he gave me every reason why I should join the Infy family.

11:40 am IST
Mr. Sudhir was showing a powerpoint presentation. He focused on one word, "OPEN DOOR". He asked us what it meant. I said that it meant that anyone could approach their seniors anytime whenever faced with difficulty. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "How do you know? Do you have a brother or sister working in Infy?", he asked. If only I had not been taken in by the moment I would have replied,"No sir, no one in my relations works in Infy. But I want to!"

I wondered whether anyone else felt as passionate as I did when the presentation concluded. There was only one thing in my mind. If there was any company in the world for which I would dedicate my lifetime, it was Infosys. And still is!
Placement interviews start one week from now. And I have just one goal in mind, To become an Infoscion.

My Favourite Movies

List of movies I watched ..& enjoyed:

Hindi:
Andaz Apna Apna
Dil Chahta Hai
Bluffmaster
Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge
Sholay
Rang De Basanti
Munnabhai MBBS
Tare Zameen Par

English:
Memento
Serendipity
The Bourne Trilogy
Transformers
Cry Wolf
The Terminal
Batman Begins
If Only
Beauty and the Beast(yep..Disney's)
Finding Nemo
Big Fish
She's All That
Top Gun
K-pax
Forrest Gump
Shrek 1,2
Ice Age
The Game
Spy Game
Matrix Trilogy
LOTR trilogy
& ......

My Favourite TV shows

Psych
DragonBall Z
CSI
Maximum eXposure
The Office
F*R*I*E*N*D*S
Bean
L O S T (Season 1)
The Apprentice
Home improvement
Seinfeld
Gamer.tv

My Favourite Singers/Bands

Hindi:
Shaan,
KK,
Lucky Ali,
Strings

English:
LINKIN PARK,
Def Leppard,
Fort Minor,
Creed,
Simple Plan,
Nickelback,
Enigma,
Daft Punk,
Evanescence,
Duran Duran

& others like Vertical Horizon, Incubus, 3 doors down, Hoobastank...

My Favourite Books

Ayn Rand - The Fountainhead
Douglas Adams -Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Paulo Coelho- The Alchemist
Robert Ludlum - The Bourne Identity
Jack London - Call of the Wild
Jeffrey Archer's short stories
Any book by Agatha Christie
Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart
George Orwell - Animal Farm
Des McHale - 'Wit' series
Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl series
Eoin Colfer - The Wish List
Dan Brown - Angels and Demons
Emile Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Victor Hugo - Hunchback of Notre Dame
Matt Dickinson - Black ice
Premchand's any book
Satyajit Ray's Feluda
JRR Tolkien - Lord Of The Rings
Shakespeare's Abridged stories translated for laymen
& a lot of others.....