Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Stairway to heaven


In this post i would like to share this wonderful song "Stairway to heaven" by Led Zeppelin .





 
Theres a lady whos sure
All that glitters is gold 
And shes buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows 
If the stores are all closed 
With a word she can get what she came for.
 Ooh, ooh, and shes buying a stairway to heaven. 

Theres a sign on the wall 
But she wants to be sure 
cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
 In a tree by the brook 
Theres a songbird who sings,
 Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. 
Ooh, it makes me wonder, 
Ooh, it makes me wonder. 

Theres a feeling I get 
When I look to the west, 
And my spirit is crying for leaving. 
In my thoughts I have seen 
Rings of smoke through the trees, 
And the voices of those who standing looking. 
Ooh, it makes me wonder, 
Ooh, it really makes me wonder. 

And its whispered that soon 
If we all call the tune 
Then the piper will lead us to reason. 
And a new day will dawn 
For those who stand long 
And the forests will echo with laughter. 

If theres a bustle in your hedgerow 
Dont be alarmed now, 
Its just a spring clean for the may queen. 
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
 But in the long run 
Theres still time to change the road youre on.
 And it makes me wonder. 

Your head is humming and it wont go 
In case you dont know, 
The pipers calling you to join him, 
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
 And did you know 
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind. 

And as we wind on down the road 
Our shadows taller than our soul. 
There walks a lady we all know 
Who shines white light and wants to show 
How evrything still turns to gold. 
And if you listen very hard 
The tune will come to you at last. 
When all are one and one is all 
To be a rock and not to roll. 
And shes buying a stairway to heaven.


Cheers !

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Aadha Insaan Bolega - by India TV


India TV ka Naya Kaarnama

Aadha Insaan Bolega
Aadha Insaan Chalega

Headlines of this story

Now the Story...


OMG ... at last they got the CLUE 


Nice footage..looks like a real one..Babylonia, damn can't
they just stick to some Indian City

Oonchi diwaren..Oh !! so they need to fit these footage too,
that's why they choose Babylon and not Jodhpur.
Well !! at least no Ghana Jungle aur Pathreele Raste this time


OMG !! What the hell does Narsingh Bhagwan got to 
do with this, India TV %*&@#% 

Oh !! Vishnu Avtaar at Babylon...

Kalyug vs Satyug
Satyug mein India TV nahi tha, varna ...Do i need to say !!

What a comparison !! 
Why the hell they need to en-circle the face ... 




I guess India TV's next story would be about 
Chinese Dragon or a Unicorn

Narsemen !! Please let us know the sources from 
where they got to know the name.
Red circle pointing to gate-keepers, so they mean to say Narsemen 
used to keep Gates in Babylon


Marks of Narsingh...As you can see all of them, 
and here goes Northern Iraq too included as they were 
already happy with Americans now India TV too
invades Iraq


Babylon i'm Feeling very sorry for you

Hirankashyap too , great... where is Prahlaad , why leave him ??
One more thing, can we have the video of this fight on YouTube 
please... 

By the way 'who is who' in this image , the red circle guy can you help please.



In the end of this report India TV was only able to advertise Tata Sky , Simco Shampoo , Usha Lexus CFL's, Cough Syrup and Anti-Scar Cream , and not to forget the SMS poll for the report - 
"If You think the Half Human will speak (Aadha Insaan Bolega) then SMS Yes to 560000 or else SMS No if you totally disagree with us ".

Needless to say why people still watch IndiaTV and more over send SMS's to these kind of polls. 
Attach the name of the GOD with any report and BOOM the TRP hits the sky in India.

I think we need another Vishnu Avtaar to save all of us from India TV's reports. India TV ke paap ka ghada bhar chuka hai.


Saturday, November 15, 2008

Microsoft launches DreamSpark in India!





On 5th November 2008, Microsoft unveiled DreamSpark - a software giveaway for an estimated 10 million eligible students in India. 
DreamSpark will provide students access to the latest Microsoft developer and designer tools at no charge.
Microsoft DreamSpark will be available to all students whose studies touch on technology, design, math, science and engineering. The software available to students will include:
Microsoft developer tools
 *   Visual Studio 2005 Express 
 *   Visual Studio 2005 Professional  
*   Visual Studio 2008 Professional  
*   Visual Basic 2008 Express 
 *   Visual C++ 2008 Express 
 *   Visual C# 2008 Express  
*   Visual Web Developer 2008 Express 
 *   XNA Game Studio 2.0  
*   12-month free Academic membership in the XNA Creators Club

Microsoft designer tools  Expression Studio 2, including  
o    Expression Web 
 o    Expression Blend 
 o    Expression Design 
 o    Expression Media    

Microsoft platform resources   
*   SQL Server 2008 Developer  
*   SQL  Server 2008 Express  
*   Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition 
 *   Virtual PC 2007    Training Resources   
*   IT Academy Student Pass

This broad range of professional-level software will be available both online via www.dreamsparkindia.com<http://www.dreamsparkindia.com>;
 and in offline format via DVDs distributed by program partners NIIT, Aptech and Hughes Net Fusion Centers. 
A student merely needs to offer a proof of identity at a branch of these institutes to avail of a DreamSpark DVD. 
There are 125 NIIT, 175 Aptech, and 200 Hughes Net Fusion Centers participating across the country.

These program partners will also provide technology training on the DreamSpark software tools at a nominal cost;
 as well as have the option of soft skills training in languages like English and Hindi.
 Microsoft India is also working with academic institutions, government bodies and student organizations across the country to ensure that
 all students get a chance to benefit from DreamSpark.

DreamSpark will also facilitate student participation in Microsoft's annual marquee contest, Imagine Cup<http://www.imaginecup.com/>, 
through various contest categories such as software design, short films, photography etc. 
Students from India that qualify for the Imagine Cup 2009 World Finals will get to travel to Egypt. 
Selected teams will also get the opportunity to get mentored by the Centre for Innovation, 
Incubation & Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at IIM, Ahmedabad.

Addressing students and academicians at IIT Delhi - where the DreamSpark program was unveiled - Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corp, 
said, "We want to do everything we can to equip a new generation of technology leaders with the knowledge and tools they need to harness
 the magic of software to improve lives, solve problems and catalyze economic growth. Microsoft DreamSpark provides professional-level tools that 
we hope will inspire students like you to explore the power of software and encourage you to forge the next wave of software-driven breakthroughs."

Regards
Mrityunjay
Microsoft Student Partner, Hyderabad


Tuesday, November 11, 2008

The Weekend waste - QoS ,Fashion, Golmaal Returns


The weekend was dedicated completely to movies. It had been a long time since I saw any movie, my last visit was for Kidnap, and I’d come back sorely disappointed. Next whole month was not at all conducive for movie watching, with pathetic releases, and the good releases coming during Diwali when I was blissfully gaining some kgs at home.




So I started the movie marathon with Quantum of Solace. As usual I had very high expectations of Bond, but he failed to deliver anything special. The cameraman was so high on adrenaline during action sequences he was not able to hold the camera stable at all, almost all action sequences were “shaky”. There were no gadgets from the future, no sexy cars; all James Bond had was a high-end cell phone. Till now all Bond movies had shown the finger to reality - Bond leaping off a cliff, getting into a plane mid-air to escape, Bond jumping on a hot-air balloon, Bond on a speed boat that runs underwater too, a car that turns invisible [ok, this one was a tad tacky]. This time there is nothing, and I mean nothing to make you believe that Bond is someone special with access to cool gadgets. He is nothing but Jason Bourne this time around.


Next up on the agenda was Fashion. Madhur Bhandarkar again gives a realistic movie, but it was too slow for my taste… Maybe it was the sumptuous lunch I had just before the movie that was working its wonders, maybe it was the slowness of the movie, but I was definitely nodding off. Page 3 was mind-blowing, after that Madhur Bhandarkar has never been able to match himself.



Golmaal Returns was the last movie for the weekend. And that was I’d say the best movie I saw in the weekend… Totally senseless, and total timepass movie. There was rarely a moment when I got bored. With ample references to earlier movies - Golmaal, Tashan, Black, and Ekta Kapoor serails - this movie rocked. Loved the bit where Tushar Kapoor’s sister in the movie [Kareena] is named Ekta and shown to be a K-Series addict and the way the soap names are used in the dialogues. No sense, all fun - that I how I’d term this movie.


PS : It's been a long time since i watched movies back to back, it was a weird experience since i was kind of hooked up with TV series for a while and watching movies for a change that too such bad ones was not at all a good idea or may be i should be more careful with the selection of movies i watch or may be i should get back to good old TV series, atleast they make me laugh.  :)


Monday, November 10, 2008

The Namdaemun fire




The 2008 Namdaemun fire was an arson fire set by Korean citizen Chae Jong-gi that occurred on the Namdaemun, the most historically significant gate in SeoulSouth Korea, and the first of that nation's National Treasures, on the date of February 10,2008. Needless to mention the damage caused by the Fire.

Full Story of the incident can be found here.


PS : My second picture blog a in row, will try to write some thing more interesting very soon, meanwhile just figuring out the right stuff to put on the blog. :)


Saturday, November 8, 2008

MAHA PRALAY (ARMAGEDDON ) on INDIA TV


Insult of Science & the scientists who dedicated their entire life
to serve mankind... isn't it funny instead of appreciating their efforts
wasting time in spreading such negative thoughts & rumors.










I have been following the making of the LHC (Large Hadron Collider). Well, it is true that the machine did raise a lot of questions not just on India TV but across the world. There was a lot of hate-mail for the scientists too. But every person dedicated knew that though the particle accelerator (maha machine) generated huge amounts of energy, it still wasn't enough to cause a black hole. The machine took about 20 years to build and is currently as of today undergoing some repairs. But this machine will provide answers to the present generation and will raise new questions to the future. After all, that's what science is. The race to get the answers.


I Just hope India TV take such experiments seriously and stop being so Awful with everything they show on TV.

Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Diwali Celebration @ IIIT

This year also like the past 4 years i was not able to visit my home for diwali celebration due to many illogical reasons which were supported by just my insanity and nothing else. Never mind, hope so in upcoming year down the lines once my academic career is finished i will be able to visit my place during one of these big Festivals during the year. 

So this year the diwali celebration happened to be here in the IIIT campus , due to the dullness factor involved during the past few days before diwali i was forced to believe that this diwali is going to suck big time like the ones i used to have in Kanpur until the last year, but as the day progressed after finishing one of my assignment due on diwali ( can you believe assignment deadline on diwali, its insane !!! ) i came to know people here in the campus are not so dull towards the festival and as the natural light of sun started leaving the campus environment the students from their respective dungeons n caves ( or Hostels.. what ever you want to call ) came out in air and started putting lights across the campus and with in no time it was nothing less than an awesome sight seen in the campus with all those twinkling lights on the roads and various buildings.
 At last good to know that people in this part of country ( as in IIIT ) do believe in spending time in activities other than Research , phew... 1 hour struggling with the lights and the campus was ready to start with the Diwali Pooja ( ~Prayer ) followed by the most awaited part of the festival , The crackers which were surprisingly sponsored by the institute, i would like to make a point here that the institute is lacking funds for research but it is still able to fund a large bundle to cracker lot for the students , nothing to say that's how it is in India and especially in Research institutes.

 Anyways after a short break for an awful dinner , which was supposed to be diwali special but happened to be nothing better than any other meal. After the dinner the sound blasts and lights forced me to be in the main field which was crowded like never before with IIIT students of-course , but none of them were looking like one as they were not talking about Academic activities as it is always. It was diwali and they knew it very well and thus the cracking of fire started with a blast and went for another 2-2.30 hours.

 As for me like the past 3 years i kept my hands off from the fire not because i am afraid or something but its just the way i suppose there are better ways to waste money than to burn them and enjoy the blast , smoke and light. The members of the IIIT Photography club were also active during all this happening and hence i got some of the photographs of the celebration. 

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/aaaa24020/DiwaliCelebrationIIIT?authkey=3RWCl2vYB6Q 

(login using your google account to view the pictures if it is required , and don't tell me you don't have a google account !!! ) 

So in the end the day ended well with the submission of the pending assignment and some wonderful memories of my very first festival celebration at IIIT and one of the very few days when i felt good about the people here and more over about my-self. 

Happy Diwali and Best Wishes to all the Readers.


 PS : This is my second blog entry here and i couldn't find any thing better than describing an holy festival celebration, but that does not means that posts following this one will be as boring as this one. So keep on looking for new entries in the blog and keep posting comments.