Outspoken Positivity#06
At times, life will strike you flat on your back and it may look like all the troubles in the world have attacked on you to hold you down. You may feel caught, but you know you can’t give up so easily. Pay attention to my words.
You’ve got to find a way out of the site. Take the stand. Make the resolution that you will overcome whatever you are going through. Don’t stop to express dissatisfaction. Concentrate on getting ahead with all your power and energy resources. Try to give yourself one reason everyday why you are better and bigger than the place in which you find yourself at that time. You don’t have luxury to feel dejected or miserable for yourself.
Look around yourself constantly. Search for ways to set free. Keep walking…keep battling…keep falling ahead of everyone else. You are more powerful than you give yourself credence for being. Assert to yourself over and over again… It’s not over until you win! Be the man who can be admired for courage. Be your own hero. Be determined that you’ll conquer every milestone of your life.
You have GREATNESS within you!
Shubham Dixit
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
My first crush with the STAGE
All my batch mates forced me to write an article and post it. But lazy by nature, I just kept nodding my head and showed no interest. But then my room-mate literally requested me and I could not resist. I thought of reviving my old school memories and chose the topic on which I delivered the first speech of my life in the morning assembly. It was:
YESTERDAY WAS A CANCELLED CHEQUE, TOMORROW IS A PROMISSORY NOTE, TODAY IS THE ONLY CASH YOU HAVE. SPEND IT WISELY!!!
I still remember; it was in July 2005. The time, 7:45 A.M. It was my turn to deliver the speech on the stage. The rate at which my heart was beating got doubled and my body was shaking like an 18th century bridge disturbed by floods. My first words on the mike were obviously: GOOD MORNING TO ALL. After a brief introduction, my speech went like this:
Beet gaya jo beet gaya, kya rakha tha kal ki shaam mein,
Dekha hai kisne aane wala kal, kyo’n pareshaa’n hai uski chah mein,
Zindagi kay pal toh aaj hain abhi hain,
Loot le mazaa, par thode aaram sey!
The one second of your life that just passed away will never return back. Why then waste time pondering over the deeds which we did in the past time. Yes, it’s true that one’s past decides his/her future but the Present has an upper hand over the Past. Even if you have committed any mistakes in your past, you have only your Present to overcome them and march ahead for your Future.
Rather, I’d say, The cash has been spent, now the promissory note is awaited…it’s you who can turn it into cash. It is as simple as planning for the future profit in your present because of the loss suffered in the past.
Now let’s throw some light upon the phrase SPEND IT WISELY. It’s the common human nature of most of us that we spend our money miserly so that we may save some for the future. Same goes with the life where the money is your time. Value your time as you value money, and try to take sensible and judicious decisions.
Our PRESENT is only our valid currency i.e. only TODAY is ours and if we procrastinate or fool around, we suffer a loss which will keep pinching us in the future. In the end, I would pen down by a message: NEVER GET TOO MUCH INVOLVED WITH YOUR PAST, NOR BE MUCH FANTASIZED BY YOUR FUTURE. LIVE YOUR PRESENT DAY AND REMEMBER THESE FAMOUS LINES:
“Some day” isn’t on the calendar.
“Next week” is the 32nd of the month.
“Tomorrow” is a promissory note without a date. Opportunity won’t accept it.
Well, that was all I could recollect from the speech but one thing I still remember is the sound of applause and words of praise from my Class Teacher after the speech …
After delivering the speech I took a huge sigh of relief as if I had returned conquering the Mount Everest…
Nevertheless, again a sigh of relief as I finish my first writing here in SPSU…
Pratyush Sharma
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Mec-O-Proposal . . . ;)
One Mechie, a boy is deeply in love with another Mechie, a girl (though the girls in Mechanical Engineering are rare). Think how this poor boy will propose the girl. It would be somewhat this way…
Boy: I want to propose you.
Girl: Propose!!! But what for??
Boy: I want you to be a part of my closed system.
Girl: Unless all the failure criteria is checked, you cannot enter in my heart.
Boy: You know, when I saw you my heart behaved like a unit step function.
Girl: Thank God!! It didn’t cross the ultimate strength.
Boy: How much iteration would be required to open up the valves of your heart?
Girl: It depends on your load bearing capacity.
Boy: Reply me soon; else I will cross my endurance limit.
Girl: Don’t worry, I will not apply cyclic load.
Boy: See, I will not let any stress enter in your life.
Girl: Okay! But what about the residual stress.
Boy: We will do heat treatment and will release all those stresses.
Girl: But, I have low boiling point.
Boy: No Problem. I will increase the pressure.
Girl: I want composites of my relationship to be perfectly bonded and there should be no room for delamination.
Boy: Our properties are exactly similar so there is no chance of any failure.
Girl: Okay! With an appropriate factor of safety, I allow you to ignite the spark of my love life.
🙂
Bharat Sukharia
Third Year
Mechanical Engineering
Love : A Forbidden Fruit#02
Loving someone is easy…
To give somebody your heart is easy…
To accept somebody entirely is easy but,
To be loved in return is difficult…
To give your heart in return is difficult…
To accept somebody is difficult…
To catch when you made her fall in love is difficult…
Pranjali Mishra
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Breaking Relations Let’s Me Wash My Sins
Dedicated to my parents and my brother…
“Install gcc, and then your c compiler issue will be solved”, my brother guided me on call how to setup c compiler.
“Okay, but I can’t simply install gcc as it requires paths!”
And then in a lady’s voice, “the number you are trying to reach has put your call on hold please hold on line or try after some time.”
I waited for 10 minutes and then disconnected the call hoping that I will be contacted soon by my brother. I know he’s busy with his work’s stuff, but still I think that he can spend at least 10 minutes to solve my problem. I am badly frustrated as I am not able to setup my c compiler since 6 days.
I called him again after 30 minutes. 4 rings and then a busy tone and then a message which displayed, “I will call you right back.” I know I am dealing with machine recorded calls or messages only.
But only in the hope that I can talk to my brother for helping me to solve my problems and can have some general conversation at least once in a month.
This goes on and it’s my fault too as I barked on him one day for not giving me attention and not solving my problem. I know it is my fault if I expect some things from my brother and parents. I know it’s my fault when I demand a gift from my brother. I know it’s my fault when I ask my brother to hang out with me. I know I am a loser as I am not able to sustain relations with my brother and my parents. It’s my fault, I am not at that maturity level. I know I am wrong. And I even don’t have that thinking capacity to know where I am wrong.
I know my prime focus should be on studies. And I truly agree that I would have failed in 12th if my father had not handled the situation in the last time, i.e. in January.
I am in engineering college only because my father and my brother took some holidays to teach me in my boards. I know my brother came to Udaipur from Bangalore only to teach me. I know I did many sins in class 12th and I passed 12th only because of the efforts of my parents and my brother.
Still, whatever happens, but I will love my parents and my brother unconditionally. Please forgive me
ma, papa and bhaiya. I need you to support me and let me know where I am wrong. I seriously don’t want to ruin my relations. I love you …
Manvick Paliwal
First Year
Computer Science Engineering
Parting Distances
With how much fun the traditional festivals can be celebrated that can’t be understood better than by a townsfolk. Huge gatherings!
Not even an inch to stand, excitement in girls for wearing new clothes, markets glittering like a bridegroom, waiting for the light and sound show, ears choked because of the beats of drums. Eating pani-patashe, kulfi, bhelpuri etc. on that particular day when no thela-wala has enough time to serve you between too much rush and pride strikes you if by luck your turn comes.
I miss those moments and will be missing them every year by heart. Why not these dates come on Sundays to give pleasure to all. Why did God create such freak people who never give a day off even on the birthday of their Creator!
Feeling sorry for the Creator of this universe…
Sneha Sanadhya
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Youth
‘Youth’ is a word of great worth. Each alphabet of this word has a deep meaning embedded in itself.
‘Y’: Yearning
The desire for learning & acquiring as much knowledge as possible.
Frances Bacon said, ‘Knowledge is power’.
‘O’: Obedience
Without obedience there is no happiness, no order and no system.
Swami Vivekananda said, ‘Obedience is the mother of success and safety’.
‘U’: Usefulness
Every young man should step forward to remove the evils from the society and the nation.
‘T’: Truth
Always speak the truth.
Mahatma Gandhi said, ‘God is truth’.
‘H’: Health
The importance of health is well known to all of us —‘Health is wealth’.
Hence, the youth should strive to inculcate the true meaning of the word ‘Youth’ to carve out a bright future for themselves and their country.
Yamini Bhagel
Second Year
BBM-MBA Integrated
The Gardener
Dedicated to the ones who played and are still playing the role of an admirer in my life, my teachers . . .
The person who guides us to the correct path is a teacher. They are parents at home, teachers at school/college and in our various routine activities too. Even our younger ones now-a-days are experts in the teaching job.
The stationery which is very well-known to us now, would have remained lifeless if a teacher hadn’t taught us the method of breathing life into it. When and how my pencils turned into pens, copies to registers and small answers turned into big notes! I now have firsthand experience of the guidance of some great teachers, in my life.
It’s not only limited to my stationery! They have tried and are continuously trying very hard to get us to the top and are helping us learn every aspect of our lives.
Lucky are the ones — including me — who are able to attain education in this ‘Democracy’ especially the ones being taught by those few teachers who have spent their entire lives in nurturing, ‘what in actual is called a life’, of their students . . .
Sneha Sanadhya
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Outspoken Positivity#05
Save your head from getting trashed into pieces. Refuse to be a garbage tin for anything that does not add to your intelligence, encourage your vision or makes you a more sympathetic and calm individual.
Don’t open up your mind to other people’s rubbish. Stop paying attention to anything that gives a boost to conflict or dispute. This can contaminate your mind with the virus of distrust or defeat and you won’t even know it!
Be considerate about fixing up your day to win. Whatever you nourish your mind with, in the first twenty minutes of the day, will affect the spirit of your entire day. Keep yourself calm and composed with positive words that refuel your energy and lighten up your spirit every time they get low. Your ideas and thoughts originate your truth. Make your life extraordinary!
And forget not, you have GREATNESS within you!
Shubham Dixit
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Alone With My Memories
“Straight from here and take the last left”, a third year mechanical student guided me to BH1.
I wasn’t nervous, but at the same time, I wasn’t confident too! Instead it was like a rebirth to me.
I wanted to wash away all my sins, and for that I came to this University.
The first day was quite boring, no need to explain why, as we all were unknown to each other, expect for a few of my past mates.
But somehow days passed and things started to change after the 1st week of my college. I made new friends, new trusts, and finally had a new group with some old buddies, leaving all my school friends behind, and starting a new life.
No doubt I had a lot of fun, with my so called new group, but at the same time I started missing my school friends. With this my life started finding new reasons to live. Everything seemed so good expect for a few problems.
But as we all know “happiness is only valued when you have had sorrows”. And not to forget that life is full of ups and downs.
The evening came when it all started to change and get worse.
I didn’t wanted to but I lost contact with my best mate in this college due to relationship issues.
How can you all of a sudden take away all your trust you had on your so called best mate.
Though I tried hard but I was not able to keep hold of the water which was there in my fist.
Soon my life started showing it’s another face and the time came when I somehow developed the misconception that I am being ignored by my group.
Am I really ignored if I am not asked for the dinner by my group? Am I ignored if my buddies are having their dinner without asking me for it? Am I wrong when I took a step ahead to join my group?
“Let’s have an ice-cream “, a voice came from one of my classmate. And I turned back and joined my classmate for a cup of chocolate chips ice-cream!
As usual we didn’t liked the mess food so decided to order pizza at US pizza. Soon many of our classmates joined and we shared the food. And that was the time when I realized that I will be having a hunger strike today!
While heading back towards the hostel my actual group mates asked me, “hey you changed the group! You were having dinner with others“. To which I replied, “No it was just that as you guys didn’t call me for dinner so I was having it with my other friends. “
Leaving all those controversies I took my steps forward to enter the hostel and then got busy with the other people.
One fine day, while heading towards the library, I murmured to myself that “I know the time has changed but how can it be that worse that I am going to library alone. “ Erasing all my thoughts I entered the library to study electronics as I was having a test the very next day. Then I took a book of circuit analysis and sat down on a chair, all alone.
The next day, i.e. today, I am in library again, writing my experiences that I have had in this college till now which I wanted to share with everyone…
Manvick Paliwal
First Year
Computer Science Engineering
Outspoken Positivity#04
Never ever in life underestimate yourself. You are capable of more than what you can ever imagine.
When you get pressed hardest by life, that’s when your rise is near.
If you can’t handle it at times or you can’t think about the work you have to finish, just put yourself on auto-pilot.
Keep high expectations from yourself everyday.
Your family, friends and colleagues all look to you for their problems.
Be mindful to lift the vibration in every room you enter. Trust, and let go.
Greatness is in your blood!
Each day you have a new chance to develop new ideas, reach out for new goals, and conquer new heights and achievements.
Chase down your dream like it’s the last train for the day. Go get it! You deserve.
You have Greatness within you!
Shubham Dixit
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
My Experience
Aaj mujhe apni college life mein ek saal ho gaya hai aur sab kehte hain ki college life bohot acchi hoti hai aur bohot kuch seekhney ko milta hai. Khair acchi hoti hai ya nahi yeh toh mujhe pata nahi hai, par haan bohot kuch seekhney ko zarur milta hai, kuch accha toh kuch bura.
Naye logo’n sey milte hain toh sabsey pehchaan hoti hai aur jaisa maine mehsoos kiya hai yahaa’n koi kisi ka nahi hota, kya pata shayad koi khud ka bhi ho paata hai ya nahi? Har koi aapko piche karna chahta hai, har koi aapko nichey ghirana chahta hai. Sabse eham baat yeh hai ki agar aapko bolna nahi aata hai matlab aap apni baat logo’n kay saamne rakh patey hain ya nahin; log uska fayda uthaatey hain woh sochtey hain ki hum kamzor hain hum kuch kar nahi saktey par ab mujhe lagta hai ki humei’n bhi apni baat ko bayaa’n karna aana chahiye!
Aakhir hum yahaa’n aaye kyo’n hain??? Hum yahaa’n aaye hain apne liye, apne sapno’n kay liye, apne pairo’n par khadey honey kay liye aur kuch kar guzar jaaney kay liye . . . Mujhe yaha’n bohot log milei’n, kuch bohot acche hain, jo bohot madad karte hain aapka saath dete hain par bohot sey apna swaarth nikalna chahte hain, woh aapse bohot pyaar sey kahengey jab unhei’n aapki zarurat hogi par woh usi samay badal jayenge jab aapko unki zarurat padegi.
Har koi aapko aapke lakshya sey bhatkayega; aapko hataash/niraash karega par aapko naa hi rukna hai, naa hi logo’n ki baato’n mein aana hai, aapko jeena hai apne liye apne har sapne ko pura karne kay liye! Aap akele hi aaye thay, aapko jivan bhi akele hi bitaana hai aur jaana bhi akele hi hai duniya sey, toh phir logo’n sey ummeed karna cchod dijiye aur apne liye khud kuch kijiye . . .
Main yeh nahi kehti ki aap bhi logo’n ki madad mat kijiye . . . main yeh kehna chahti hu’n ki aap jo chahte hain woh kijiye, par sabse pehle apne liye, apne parivaar kay liye kuch . . . apne aapko saabit kijiye . . . apni pehchaan bana’iye. . .
Yeh main aapko apni baat bata rahi hu’n par main jaanti hu’n aisa sab kay saath hota hai. Sabki zindagi mein dhup–cchaya, utaar–chadav aate rehte hain aur yahi zindagi hai. Jab aap bohot niraash ho, akela mehsoos kar rhey ho apne aapko toh bus ek gehri saa’ns lijiye, purani sabhi baato’n ko bhul ja’iye aur naye tareeke sey sochna shuru kijiye aur haan khaas baat apne lakshya ko kabhi nahi bhulei’n.
In sabhi bato’n sey aap bohot kuch seekhenge aur aap jab apni pehchan bana lenge tab aap in sabhi baato’n aur sabhi logo’n ka shukriya adaa karenge ki aaj aap jahaa’n bhi ho unki wajah sey ho 🙂
Toh bas ab jeelo apni zindagi aur puri karlo apni har khushi . . .
HAR EK LAMHEI’N SEY TUM MILO, KHOLKAR APNI BAAHEI’N,
HAR EK PAL NAYA SAMA DEKHE’NGI, YEH TUMHARI NIGHAHEI’N
Priyansha Sharma
Second Year
Computer Science & Engineering
Drooling a Paulo Coelho Positivity#3
- Your dream is necessary. The world is waiting for this dream.
- It will serve a purpose and make an impact. Tell yourself this, everyday.
- You have been selected to deliver this dream.
- Deepen the determination to make your dream happen. No one ever said it would be easy.
- This is a marathon, not a sprint. Take on the challenges, head on. Face your fears.
- Dig deeper within yourself, then, come up fighting.
- Don’t let your critics rob you of your power. Keep your mind fixed on your dream.
- See it accomplished, go after it, as if your life depends upon it; because it does.
- All the above, for you have GREATNESS within you!
Shubham Dixit
Third Year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Reminiscing
It’s 2.30am in the morning and still no sign of sleep in my eyes. Well, that is not a big deal for a Management Student, like me. It is now a very common thing for me. But, this night is a bit different for me — I don’t know why — compared to the others. I was as usual doing the same regular “stuffs” that I do always of which a major part is wasting time, but suddenly I was taken back to my yesteryears by my consciousness and all those memories of school, home, friends, family and first year in college was refreshed.
So, then as a mature person I tried to retrospect myself to find that what kind of friend, classmate, sister, student and “a person” have I been, all these years. And I drew a conclusion that I can’t exactly say what kind of person I have been for other people who have been part of my life (good, bad, generous, selfish and what more!). But I am writing this down not because I love writing or I like to pen down my emotions, but I am writing this just to let all my school buddies to know that you still are very much a part of my life and what I am and to let know all those people I once hated and could not stand that guys I still hate you and curse you from core of my heart and believe me you all deserve that.
Many people will find the above lines weird or nonsensical, but this is what I am! Loads of people suggested as to why hold the same ill feelings for all those who did something wrong with you at some point of time? I ask them why not? For me they were b******s, they are and will be for what they did to me.
Anyways, thinking of memories I came to realize that how fast the time has passed by. It seems that it is just a matter of some time back when I joined this college and now am approaching the end of my 2nd year and then in no time the year 2014 would arrive and in summer of that if everything goes well I would get a job *Fingers crossed*.
Wow! There is not a lot of time left. But now when I look back at these two years of my college there is nothing but a smile that comes on my face. Not because it went the way I thought or I wanted or planned it to be, but because it has been full of surprises and unexpected things.
Someone said to me that college life brings out the real person in you out. I don’t know whether that has happened with me or not but one thing for sure is that, I have really grown a lot in these two years (technically one and a half!).
I still remember my first day at college mesmerized by the lavish infrastructure and campus but in these years how things have changed I know! The best part is that it has been kind of surprising, because when I thought of doing something during my school days, I ended up doing something that I never thought of and till now I don’t regret any of those. Another thing is that I made some really good friends, which I am sure shall remain for the rest of my life.
So, till now it has been like a roller coaster ride, a life full of highs and lows and I’m enjoying every bit of it and yes still figuring out myself at every stage . . . I think you all should too! 🙂
Yamini Baghel
Second Year
BBM-MBA Integrated
Drooling a Paulo Coelho Positivity#2
Handle it! The winds of life are swirling around you. You’ve been knocked down, but not knocked out. Trouble does not last always . . . joy comes in the morning. Handle it.
You’ve faced some big disappointments and some major setbacks. Life has kicked you harshly. Some people think that you can’t come back . . . but you can!! Handle it!
There are times in life when you don’t feel like you have what it takes to make it . . .
You may feel like giving up, but this is not who you are! You still have a second wind. Suck up the pain and handle it. Life yields to courage, determination and perseverance. You were designed to do great things.
Whatever life throws at you . . . stand up and handle it!! You have something special. “You have greatness within you!”
Shubham Dixit
Third year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Drooling a Paulo Coelho Positivity
Lions don’t have to roar. There is power in silence, confidence and persistence. Those who work don’t talk and those who talk don’t work. Handle your business. Measure your efforts by results. Focus your time, energy and activity on mastering and executing a plan. Avoid the energy draining practices of telling people what you’re going to do. Instead, spend your time and effort in doing the things that are necessary to accomplish your goals. Keep your focus and stay determined in order to pursue your dream. Let your work, not your words, speak for itself. For, you have something special…you have greatness within you!!
Shubham Dixit
Third year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
Words are stronger than actions!
Today I write a piece—words are stronger than actions—which is contradictory to what most you have heard that, actions speaks louder than words.
In my perspective, both the above ideas, when thought of keeping ourselves in place of Gandhi, are acceptable under certain conditions. Gandhi’s ideas of non-violence and truth sometimes emphasized actions and other times, words.
Wars have not benefited humanity in any way. Words make us laugh, cry and feel emotions and even realize guilt. When a matter can be resolved using words, then why to fight and increase the problem?
I am feeling proud that our university students are friendly and I hope that my pride will never fall. If each of our friends possesses a fraction of the many qualities of Gandhi then all of us together can constitute a complete Gandhi—who had ability to change the whole world.
After completion of our Bachelors Degree, wherever we shall go, we shall spread love among everybody and will build a stronger and a helpful atmosphere around us.
If until now you could not sync with my thoughts and feel that, I am wrong, then care to explain how the words of the dramas of Shakespeare are alive till today and why did you shed tears on watching the movie Baghban, where there wasn’t even any action. But there were feelings. Feelings hidden in words. . .
Words are the stepping-stones of literature, use them to give respect. They have laid the moral values of human civilization.
The best writer or speaker is the one who makes people think in his or her own way and creates the image of a situation in others’ mind. Just try to become a speaker whom everyone wants to listen to.
Words are golden; use them as jewels, not as a life destroying metallic-cold knife.
Ram Kishore Saran
Second Year
Mechanical Engineering
WOMEN EMPOWERMENT — A Step Closer
A lot has been said on how men should respect women and exhibit a better behavior.
Here are some examples:
(1) Men should not perceive women as sex-objects.
(2) Men should realize that women are at par with them, concerning their talent and ability and may be ahead too.
(3) Men have to respect boundaries and make sure their words do not make a women feel uneasy or awkward.
(4) Men have to respect women’s choices like what they wear, where they would like to go; to an extent of what time would they consider it apt.
(5) Men should give proper and equal opportunities to women. 
Yes, we men have to learn. However, the stubborn Indian male-ego is a tough nut to crack. But in this entire well deserved male-bashing, I hope the women do not forget about the set of changes required on them. Yes, they need to do some introspection too. Hence, today I shall try the unimaginable! Being a man, I will give women-folk some serious advice! I realize before writing any further, that this alone could be reason for a woman to have me smashed into pieces!
Anyways, I am a bold guy and so here I go!
SIX things, I feel women need to change about themselves to make this world a better place to live in for all of humanity.
First
The artificial behavior of women needs to end. A common female characteristic is the quick adaptation to feed male egos and their requirements. Accepting any kind of assignment given to them, no matter how tough or impossible it is for them to do or rather I’d say, playing dumb to allow a man to feel superior are just a few occasions when you do your “thing”. If you are doing a good job at work and your boss doesn’t value you, do give him a piece of your mind. I’d say even say quit. Talented, hard-working people are much in demand. So don’t worry much about your future after you quit from the job. Voice your opinion.
Second
Do not ever feel stressed about having a dual responsibility of family and work. It is difficult, but it is not impossible. The trick is not to expect an A+ in every aspect of your life. You can’t pull off a hundred percent in every exam of life!
Third
Women, you need to become more ambitious, anxious and energetic. All young Indians — men and women, should have zest. Perhaps the way the Indian society is structured, our women are not encouraged to be as ambitious as men. However, for their own sake and the nation’s sake at large, all Indian women must develop ambitions and keep a desire to do well and aspire to reach their greatest potential in life. Many Indian women have done better than men in various fields. Keep them as your inspiration and move towards your dreams.
Your success is what would make Indian men respect you more. Play your part well for that. 
Fourth
In addition to the above, you need to educate yourself, develop skills, and figure out ways to be economically independent. So that the next time your husband tells you that you are a wife not good enough or not a good mother or daughter-in-law, you can hold your ground with pride.
Fifth
Don’t get trapped in relationships. Relationships are important. Being a good mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend and lover are extremely important. But don’t get too tangled. You have another relationship too, with yourself. Don’t sacrifice so much that you forget about yourself. Not regularly, but just at times, be self-centered. It is only when a woman would be confident about herself, would she be taken seriously.
Sixth
A very important thing is to put an end to the constant desire to judge other women. Women are hard on each other. The women I know taunt each other now and then. Take for example, an overweight woman entering a room. Most women in the room would think, ‘How fat is she! I am definitely slimmer than her!’ A girl in a short skirt makes other women think, ‘Slut!’ in their heads. A beautiful woman’s promotion makes other women wonder what she had been up to, to get the job, which they coveted too.
From a wrongly fitting dress to a badly prepared dish, you are so ready to judge other women, despite knowing how even you aren’t an expert!
Read it carefully!
I realize, as a woman, it is tough to survive in a male dominated world. Why be so hard on each other? So don’t get competitive with other women. Someone would make a better scrapbook for her school project than you! Another would lose more weight than you ever could! But, why would you worry that much? Just try to give your best and be confident enough about your work.
Concluding my rambling, I would like to quote a line from the movie Batman Begins, ‘It’s not who YOU are underneath, it’s what YOU do that defines YOU…’ So be yourself and focus on your deeds.
Your deeds are the greatest route for you to achieve real value and win the respect of this society of which you are worth!
May you see, what I intend to say.
Take a deep breath! Tell yourself you are beautiful, do your best and live a peaceful life.
Cherish Womanhood!!!
Shubham Dixit
Third Year
Electronics and Communication Engineering
What’s wrong with our education system?
- I still remember my third grade drawing class. In the first class, I drew something really creative for that age. The arts teacher snubbed me and asked me to just draw what he told us to draw — to stick to the syllabus.And that’s what is wrong with the Indian education system.
- Preference for good grades over being knowledgeable. Most schools in India focus only on academic excellence. The present educational system of India is more Exam-centric and not Learning-centric. We have an examination system but not an education system.
- A Professor once told me: “If you guys don’t study, it is your loss only. I will get my salary at the end of month however bad you guys do.” Most of the teachers are after money and not educating the students.
- One size does not fit all: It is very important to personalize education. Our education is based on the fact that if a course is fit for one guy, it is good for all. Does not make any sense.
- Wrong mentality: In other cultures, parents are truly happy knowing their kids are doing what they love. In our culture, parents are happy when their kids are doing what society loves.
- While government primary schools are like this:
And Kapil Sibalji does this: 
- Unlike other education systems, which teach you to run a household or subtleties of life, Indian education system only focuses on getting a job.
- We believe Math, English and Science are always more important and better than art, music, dance, theater, sports, gardening etc. schools here do not help us hone our creativity. Our thought processes are streamlined into being same.
- Subjects like Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Ecology to name a few are completely absent from the Indian curriculum and students are often clueless of the different career choices they have. As everyone knows, it’s a doctor–engineer deal for most.
- The rewarding system: Probably, the biggest flaw in our education system is that it incentive’s memorizing over learning. The GPA system is so designed that whoever has an ability to pull off an all-nighter before the exams can easily secure good grades.
- Last but not the least, reservation. Highly debatable, but I am opinionated on this. Reservation is not a long-term solution. To become a true knowledge country, we will have to make education widely available so that it loses its meaning.
Rahul Jain
3rd Year
Electronics and Communication Engineering
HELPING OTHERS MAY HELP YOU
Often times, people tend to become too unmotivated and uninspired with their lives that they no longer know where to go.
Even if you tell yourself to look for your life purpose to find that direction, it might not be too easy to achieve.
Some people would actually go to great lengths just to get more inspiration out of their lives. For instance, you can go to a solitary walk and try to find purpose and meaning in your life. It will definitely help you find your inner passions and give a shift in your attitude.
However, life is really not that easy to figure out, even if you fully commit to changing mental attitude.
The problem with some people is that they try too hard to change their lives that they forget about the simple things that they can actually do for themselves and for others. Instead of merely focusing on yourself, why don’t you ask yourself how you can help other people for a change? If you always focus on yourself, your problems will seem bigger and bigger as the days go by. But if you actually forget about yourself for a few moments, you will be able to realize that you actually have a lot to offer to the world.
Helping other people is certainly a great step if you want to make a change in your life. Try to ask yourself about the various things that you can help and inspire others. For instance, you might have some talents and skills that will be beneficial for others. If you feel stuck with your life and do not have any clear direction ahead, try focusing on others instead. You might just discover a lot of things that you have not fully realized before.
By helping others, you will actually become more aware of the problems that the world has. You do not really need to go out of your way and volunteer in some NGO’s to help, but you can do it on your own simple way. You can volunteer in your local shelter, or just help out a friend or neighbor who truly needs a hand. Helping others will definitely be gratifying and will give you a sense of purpose and meaning in life. Plus, you will eventually see that not all of your problems are really that big and difficult to begin with, once you see what others have to go through.
Being with other people will also serve as a distraction if you feel frustrated and uninspired with your life. Once you see that you can also make a difference in other people’s lives, you will eventually become more inspired with what you are doing. So try to focus on others for a change and look for ways on how you can make their lives better. Again, it does not really need to be something major or big, so long as you do it wholeheartedly.
Shubham Dixit
Third Year
Electronics and Communication Engineering
I…
Sometimes I think of myself as a very small creäture comparable to a small atom of an element. When I see the atom of an element and then when I see the crowd of today’s world! But, I think of myself as great as the mountain, when I do something good or helpful for others and when my parents and teachers also feel proud of me.
This shows that I have different faces in my life. One thing I feel good about me is that when I lose something, I control my emotions by a very pretty thought that in this beautiful world, I have had a chance of living life!
According to me if one could understand the value of their breathing on this earth that would be the greatest achievement ever attempted.
I have a negative thing in me that I can’t tolerate something wrong against me for a longer period and I think that I should have been there stopping it.
I want to first become a good human being and then a person having a lot of money so that I could help needy, poor people, when I see that someone has pain beyond limits, in a second, tiny droplets fall from my eyes down my cheeks. I don’t say that is positive or negative but that feels me that I have a human heart in my body.
My simple motto is “Never Give Up.”
Ram Kishore Saran
Second Year
ME
SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY
A few days ago I was seeing some photos of my photographer friend, who owned a DSLR (which costs around Rs 2, 50,000) and someone suddenly commented “You can never become a great photographer unless you own a professional camera.” This made me think, is it only a good camera which is capable of taking awesome photos?
Soon I realized, your equipment doesn’t defines you, your photographs do. It’s the person behind camera, his knowledge, creativity, and imagination. The real joy of photography lies in capturing memories of your friends, family, loved ones and places you’ve visited. And this can be done even without an expensive professional camera. In fact I think a Smartphone is a better option these days. Though it may lack quality and some megapixel, but if the photo looks great, who really cares?
War-of-Cameras!
A smart phone has its own benefits. Firstly it is handy, unlike a DSLR which is impossible to carry everywhere you go. Also now-a-days there are many apps on app stores for photo editing. Some of very popular applications are Instagram, Photoshop Express, Camera 360 etc. You can edit, crop, add filters and do a lot more in just few minutes. In seconds your photo goes online getting “likes” and appreciated. Thus to an average user it is much simpler and fun taking photos, keeping the spirit of photography alive.
Following are some photos taken by me with just a 3.2 megapixel camera:
Love it or loathe it (I love it!), smart-phone has fundamentally changed a great many perceptions of photography. Decent smart-phones these days have a good camera quality, and even professional photographers have started to use mobile camera often. This is a new beginning where these hybrids of phone and camera will take over photography among masses and keep them connected. Mainly because it’s fun, easy to use, cost efficient and user-friendly.
Rahul Jain
Third year
Electronics & Communication Engineering
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