Back to school days, although only for few hours....

To feel relieved from all the expectations and the pretense of almost a grown up even for sometime,feels like heaven....And when there's an ample amount of good company to share this feeling, its much more than the hypothetical heaven itself...

This was the feeling i carried back home from a 'get-together' today at my friend's very homely home.....I'm sure none of us were conscious of how silly or stupid we had been for that period of around 6 hours....Quarreling over the guesses in the games, accusing others of cheating in the play,having peeped into another's set of cards-its relishing to think of it now....

We weren't the B.E grads who are passing out from college...Just pure fun and there wasn't anything else running in our heads.... Nothing else atleast crossed my mind; although when i was returning home i started getting drawn into the tide of my pending tasks...

Many of my friends as i've heard from them have got the concept of having FUN terribly wrong...It isn't about shrugging your responsibilities and carrying a careless attitude...It's the contrast switch between feeling occupied in some work you really love, and the same level of engrossment in any kind of activity with the right kind of light minded people(the last italicized part is the most important requirement)

Its just amazing how you feel when you are with the right company,having fun...The sensation is unparalleled...So, i call it the school days,when everything was pure, without motive and "just like that" ...Most importantly no justification required for your actions and 'without reason' being the only reason.... :)

"Incentive for doing Project is marks !!!"-Sorry you are proven wrong

In the following argument i am targeting all of you who have done the project
in the so called project institutes or more precisely not entirely by yourselves....

Its highly unfortunate for having to see this silly trend of getting your projects done under the highly helpful guidance(sarcastically of course) of your 'Project Institute guides'....There is no need to hide it,cos we know what goes on there..

I shall be giving you a detailed analysis of all the beautiful and important things you've missed out in doing so...These are the things you've missed:

1. The feeling of coming up with an 'idea' of your own, a coagulation of your own thoughts to give form to some abstract thing...Instead of choosing between the tested models of someone else....Sorry, you've lost a great deal of course in honing your brain to think productively...

2.Next comes choosing your plan of action and path of execution: Literally there are 'n' number of ways to bring life to an idea...Selecting the path most comfortable to you could be the best teacher you could ever encounter....Cos, thats when you introspect your real technicality and choose between all the probables.... Here again, unfortunately you have only a road trodden by many to walk through and not a path of your own....

3.Then comes the warm blooded emotional surge of desperation, frustration,helplessness as you realise your ignorance about the things you are supposed to know....Then it is followed by the most beautiful learning exercise-learning for applying....You won't forget these things ever in your life....But, unfortunate again for you,you are made to learn these things before hand like preparing for your internal tests....

4.Then comes the best feeling,atleast my own personal best feeling till now....The inexplicable feeling when you see your idea coming into life slowly, module by module, part by part and the orchestration of all these together-I have no words to describe it...The air of euphoria amongst the team members, the sigh of relief and the anxiety to go and celebrate....Just superb!!!

Well apart from these, the rapport between the team members increases to a great extent, and you discover various hidden flavours of your own personality...

I pose an open contest to those of you who disagree with this- Try defend yourselves.....

Special days for special ones.....

I was overjoyed to see my friend so happy on her birthday yesterday...Days like these are essential for us to show how we perceive our dear ones and for them to realise how important they are for us....
The small gifts and very few words make so much of pleasantly positive and mutual impact.... Instances like these soak your heart with emotions and in times like these i find it necessary to say it is touching....

I Raghavendra S, do solemnly swear......

I was listening to the swearing in ceremony of the cabinet ministers and it actually was inspiring,to see my iconic-politician role models like P Chidambaram and S M Krishna endorsing the ministership.....
I have frequently asked myself questions- if i would want to become a politician?And the answer affirmed every time by my intellect is an emphatic YES,but only if i have a profile like that of the above mentioned role models and also one more great Indian mind Shashi Tharoor...
I admire these great men of intellect functioning for the country....The mind blowing profile each has and the amount of work they've done is intimidating.I think of accomplishing it and it definitely motivates me to do something more,really more...

Read with or without prejudice,you'll feel the same....

Mind..... Thoughts.... Imagination....Creativity.... Cognizance.... Passion.... Defiance.... Energy....

I myself am amazed at this chain i wrote down....The entire human world has emanated from this chain... Each and every word mentioned above is the basis for our survival until now,and quintessential if we need to live truly a life to be cherished.....

Read it again, give a second extra to each of those and you'll discover the secret which we ignore and search else where....

21st Century Breakdown-Green Day's delivered another American Idiot :)

The latest album from Green Day-21st Century Breakdown, has an amazing collection of tracks which carry all their distinct signatures.... Vocalist Billie Joe sounds the best in this album... Soothing voice standing out in a rock orchestration....
Tracks like Know the enemy and the title track will be instantaneous hits...But, there are few other special tracks which sound very different like 21 guns, Peacemaker, Restless Heart Syndrome,Last Night on Earth which slowly cling on to your mind and reverberate....
They start off with an inro called-Song of the Century...For a Green day fan like me,they've given more than a single song of the century... :)
Rock on Green Day !!!!

Gnu tools and Linux Kernel workshop- Day2

After a good start on Saturday,the second day of the session continued with the same momentum... We started off with the Free Software Philosophy by an inspiring FSMK volunteer.... Talking about the knowledge barrier,the monopoly of Information products on the market as well as our freedom... Many who were unaware were instigated for sure...

Then about the sessions by IBM-LTC: their train of good talks and sensible exercises continued even for the second day....Kernel primitives,kernel debugging tools,device drivers and so on....The interaction amongst the participants and the IBM-LTC people were the most fruitful....The extent of clarification given on a paricular doubt was way too good....

Then there were mementos from IEEE to IBM-LTC volunteers for the sessions and we wound up by 5:30 pm...

We,FSMK volunteers had a real nice, at the same time very useful time interacting with various people from industry and academics....It has been a very fruitful two days.....

Day One @ 'GNU Tools and Linux Kernel' Workshop

Today ,the much awaited encore workshop on 'GNU tools and Linux Kernel' organised by Free Software Movement-Karnataka(FSMK) and IEEE conducted by IBM Linux Technology Centre kicked off....
After a very formal inauguration with most of the speeches being uninteresting, the session started at 11 am.... FSMK had its stall where our T shirts, posters were sold and sample packets of our philosophy were handed out as pamphlets....
The sessions spread over the entire day upto 6.15 pm covered wide range of topics related to the Kernel Technology and associated GNU tools like GCC,GDB and others...
The hands on session sticking to their basic attributes were chaotic and confusing initially but mellowed down subsequently....Two main hands on sessions of 45 minutes each duration were conducted;one on Linux kernel building and its programming,while the second one on Filesystems....
The speakers from IBM were very knowledgeable in whichever topic they handled....The participants as i observed were working professionals in majority while the rest being students...
So far, it has been good, but requiring a few more betterments...The only complaint from the participants in general was that too much was crammed up into too little time....
And at the end of the day, we the FSMK volunteers had a very sensible discussion, touching upon the growth path of each of us in this journey of Free Software and our roles in it....

Got a very necessary reminder from a personal and close entity !!!

I knew i had been pushing myself a bit harder than what i had been hitherto...I thought my body would comply to my mind's orders.It did...But,ultimately it had to show me that the relation between the two was symbiotic....So, it almost broke down....
I have been involuntarily down,and at home for a full 36 hours,delaying all my works....Just using all the saved up energy to converse on phone and to mail.... My body just sent an alarm asking me to give it some well deserved resting...
And now,I feel the new rush of blood(that's obviously because its carrying more oxygen) and a precious relief from an eternal mild pain on my right temple....
Hoping that i won't be reminded of my body's importance in such awful ways again, I'm back on track....

Happy Free Future :)

Talking about the course being completed and departing from college,these have actually overshadowed the excitement each one of us, or atleast i personally am feeling about exploring the society at a different level,with less of social and financial security ....Because until now we have not been able to exercise our freedom to the fullest and take risks on our part...

Now, that we'll have a basic requirement namely an engineering degree, it is possible to function independently and to decide the actions we want to take up...The degree of freedom to be exercised would have increased substantially....

I'm actually looking forward to these things and a spark of excitement has already started to glow and is increasing gradually....

Happy free[free as in freedom ;)] future.... :)

My farewell speech on behalf of my class

A river of vivid emotions and torrential memories,these being held back only by the dam called lack of words. I'm here to share this mixed emotion we are going through and to unload the heavy weight of the memories from ECE 09 batch.

We at he department of ECE are in a dilemma, because the best part of our Dept-Bandopadhay Sir is unwell. We know he will recover soon.

There have been accusations on our class saying that we haven't shown unity for any single cause. Yes, i do agree, but only until now. Here we are- united, showing our love, respect and affection towards Bandopadhay Sir. We love you sir for every beautiful thing you've done to us. You have been an entity closest to both our hearts and minds. We will make you proud by excelling in whatever career we will take up, that's our way of showing you our gratitude. Thank you sir.....

ECE 09 ,BMSIT- this is the tag we bear proudly now and will bear it even in future. For all the opportunities given to us, in all streams of life-the proactive learning environment and the stable platform for growing personally. We have been cocooned during these four most vulnerable years of our lives. The vulnerability being in our career path, our personal lives and personal growth. Not all of us have been lucky enough to have learnt the lessons without making mistakes. But these mistakes made now have cost us a nominal price only. If committed in future it would have cost us a great deal more,because we had the teachers and many friends to fall back and seek support.

Talking about our time spent here, I can tell you not all of us have completely understood the rules and regulations or the motive to which we were being conditioned to by VTU. Nevertheless, we have only one hurdle left, and this seems an antagonising one,for once we've crossed it, we will be leaving behind this institution with all of you. Its definitely a tough call, but we have groomed enough here at BMSIT to survive.... ok, i won't call it survive but to flourish in the highly competitive society, where the demands from an individual have shot sky high. We believe that we can deliver every sensible thing expected of us and the products or results emanating from us will carry an impression of BMSIT.

When I say BMSIT, it includes the good infrastructure, the loving teachers, we the students and the quality symbiotic interactions between the three of us.

It has been a great race of four years with quite a few pit stops( hang outs and outings), few driver changes( break ups and patch ups), engine malfunctions(Phases of depression each of us has been through), retirements from the race(failures at certain tasks not necessarily in exams) and bouncing back. And when we bounce back, we've seen to it that we are at the top. Thanks to all the race stewards-our teachers starting from Bandopadhay sir, Ambika ma'm,Mala ma'm, another Ambika ma'm,Mamatha ma'm,Anil sir, Ramesh Babu sir,Rashmi ma'm, HamsaVani ma'm,Sowmya ma'm and all the teachers from all other departments as well... You have supported right from day 1 not only until now,but we hope this will continue even into our future,because we will always be your students. A heartfelt and sincere thanks genuinely on behalf of ECE 09 to all the teachers who have taught us.

I personally owe a lot to BMSIT, of which I'll always be a proud member,for having given me opportunities which have transformed a timid,shy,good only at exams kind of a guy into an able event organiser and a sensible engineering student. The opportunities like conducting three quizzes- Test Your Common Science, The Opera of Grey Matter and recently The India Quiz. Also the opportunity of becoming a part of the student pico satellite team-STUDSAT, volunteer for FSMK, where BMSIT is playing a key role now, ISTE,Utsaha 08. It has been an amazing journey.

Penultimately, I would thank the management of BMSIT starting from the BMS Trust to our Honourable Chairman-Justice R Gururajan, our beloved Director Dr. A C Bhaskar Naidu and our dear Principal Dr. S .Venkatesvaran. I thank every other individual who is a part of this organisation.That was the penultimate thanksgiving.

I have saved the ultimate one on behalf of all of us at ECE 09 to you guys....The so called Juniors . We are going to miss you all big time...Thanks for all the support you've given and the admiration you've shown towards us. We wish you a bright future......

And thanks to all my friends from my class. We started off as classmates, today we mean different to each other and lets hope we interact life long and remain the same life long....

This was Raghavendra S also known as 1BY05EC030 funnelling the thoughts, emotions and feelings of all of us from ECE 09.

Thank you all......

Love you all....