A real morale buster

Ever heard of Arvind Thiagarajan? The JEE topper of 2001 ( am not sure of the year). He is going to MIT for his Ph.D. He even did his third year internship there. He has also been selected by Stanford and Berkely. He had a GRE score of 1600! A CAT %ile of 100.00 !! Must be having a CGPA of >9.8. And a job at Google. Can things be any better for anyone? He was confused - where to go - MIT or Stanford! And no, he is not even considering Berkeley, or for that matter IIMA!

And this is not a singular case. There are a few more geniuses I know of -Navneet Loiwal, Varun Kacholia, Vaibhav Mehta, Shubhangi Saraf etc.

God is indeed partial!

But I have no right to complain. He has at least not made me a total dumbhead schmuck. I did have my moments of glory, though compared with AT they don't stand anywhere. But yup, at least could bring some proud moments to my parents who have no goddamn idea of AT or his achievements.

But still, it hurts to know that you are not the best. That you are not at the best place. That you are not doing the best project. And even that you are not perhaps giving your best. That you had your rejections and more might be looming large on the horizon!

It hurts...

The Baby

Close your eyes and imagine pearls falling on earth
Such is the beauty of the new-born at its birth.

That twinkle in the eye,
Like a star in the sky.
That smile on face,
Who wouldn't chase?
The tiny face with expressions that he is fond,
Like drops of water on leaves in the lotus pond.

Such immense purity!
Absolute transparent clarity.

Then Why God brought such beauty on this impure land?
Where man hates man and cut other's hand..

When I asked this to myself last night,
In my dreams came an angel bright.

She said -
Why sun rises after every night?
Why left always has a right?
There should be something good enough
To give bad a fight.
Yes, it's the baby - "your future insight"...

She said -
Tommorow lies in your hand.
How to save your land
The Baby is your future,
All up to you how to nurture.
This little seed,
Give him a feed,
And the right path to lead...

She concluded by saying -
Do take care of my babies well
When they come out of the shell.
Despite all wrong on land,
I give the baby in your hand.
Coz I trust you
On the monday morning blue,
Because life must go on,
So newones have to be born.
Because life must go on....

- Chitra Gurnani

Beautiful? Isn't it?

This one is a composition by one of my batchmates. I simply loved it when she recited it in the class and so with her permission (Artists are quite sensitive and so one should deal with their creations quite responsibly), I have put it up here for everyone to appreciate.

Well, with this poem I know one more artist in our batch. I often wonder how does it feels to be an artist, because I have never been one. Thankfully, at least, I can appreciate art. But no regrets. Just as the above poem says - "because left always has a right". And so with all these artists in the batch, there had to be blokes like me. If everyone was an artist, who would have carried out the all-important task of appreciating and hence motivating the artists???

Ennui

Could life have been any more boring?

This is what I ask myself these days. Passion is no longer there in what I do. All that is left is compulsion and hence boredom. And it is a personal observation that the amount of boredom felt is proportional to the mercury level. So it might have been equally boring a few months back. But now that the summer has arrived, the boredom pinches more.

Seemingly purposeless lectures, labs and tutorials have been the most significant contributors to the boredom-booty. For we, third yearites, the boredom has been compounded by the SEN project. The irritating submissions that we are required to do and the hopeless group meetings that need to be conducted for them suck up the the very thin air of refreshment that I somehow manage to generate for myself by resorting to activities such as reading a novel or surfing or thinking.

Damn with the bloody professors and their non-sense courses. May be doomed the person who brought Mascara in the college (except for if it is Biswas Sir). May I be cursed for taking CMOS as my elective. ANd may devil torment the hostel people for not providing me with the LAN connection.

Wish there would have been an option of completing a semester in 2 months. I would have definitely gone for that. FOr 2 months, I would have to work my ass off to complete the courses and get good grades. But then, I would have had at my disposal 4 months to spend in my own way, free from the tyranny of the irrational, asinine, smug professors.

LIFE SUCKS!!