Where was I :) Let’s talk again! July 20, 2008

Hi All..

It’s been long that i have not come up with a blog entry. And THE REASON, the reason is same that more than a million people in this country can give these days. The normal chores (yes just the normal chores!) of a software industry did not even let me sleep, leave the luxury of writing a blog!!

So what was I really working on? To explain it all (my work) by stripping it all (the technical details), I would state:

It’s very similar to what is normally done in the real-human-world. We use resources and as soon as we do not need them we just consider them as garbage and throw them away. This way we participate actively in making this world a lot messier! However, a few good men collect this spewed stuff. Very similarly, a computer program uses some resources and when the program is done with it, those resources are thrown in wild, even though they can be recycled and reused! I with my team was collecting this garbage (by writing and using another computer program) and making it fit and available for reuse!

And while I was busy as a bee doing this stuff there was a lot happening around, let’s together have a glance:

• Left pulled its hands out of the government, and the trust vote situation has come up. Now, all we see is the slug fest to save/derail the government. And all that we see on the TV or read through the newspapers has evaporated, even the last drop of dignity which was associated with the term ‘politicians’. Of all the stories making the rounds, one that top the list is MPs bought for a whopping sum of 25 crores! Interesting…Pretty Interesting!

• Nuclear deal has brought the pugilists in the political circle out in front of every one! On a serious note, I have swayed in favour and against the nuclear deal every time after hearing/reading comments in favour or against the deal from all the big shots. I, who has followed it rigorously through public media, am not sure of the profitability/non profitability of the deal. How on earth these politicians can make a statement that people of this country need or do not need this deal to go through! Considering the fact that more than 70% live in rural areas and they have too many other things to follow but the nuclear deal. May the better sense prevail and people who have a brighter vision for this country have the final say in the deal.

• Aarushi’s murder case handling by Noida police has shown the ugliest face a top cop can really make. A child is dead, a father has not yet mourned for her death, and a cop comes and makes public statement mudslinging the character of the dead and her father! “Rajesh Talwar resented the closeness between Aarushi and Hemraj, even though he is as characterless as his daughter was.”- statement made by Inspector General Gurdarshan Singh, Meerut Zone in a press conference. A word from me: You were least expected to add spice and tadka to the story sir.

• The media does not even bat an eyelid when it is asked why has it given approx 50% of its prime time to Aarushi’s case, why has it distorted things by showing some scandalous and fabricated MMS alleging the girl in it is Aarushi, why has the media made the accused, the killer long before the person is even presented in court, leave being convicted?? Why do we see news channels (particularly Hindi) making statements that they have just found a ladder to heaven in a small place in Uttar Pradesh, and a lot more fake stories? One of the leading journalists replied saying, “This is what people want to see” and got a big applause from the sitting audience. I say, “Media has a big responsibility on their shoulders sir, if people want to see rapes and murders, you just can’t start showing these things! Use your head, and redo the vows that you took before taking the job of being part of media, and think, are you really helping us, or, creating/forging an untruthful-unrealistic world for the sake of multi-billion dollar business that media has now turned into. You have done brilliant job when considering the Jessica Lal case or Katara case, keep up the great work but do some serious self regulation. We want media to be free”

• A fantabulous, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (means awesome, fantastic!) campaign called TEACH INDIA initiated by a leading newspaper: Times of India. The social initiative is initially targeted to be implemented in four cities, viz. Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkatta. The best part about it is, you as a volunteer are supposed to give just 2 hours per week (or more if and only if it is convenient to you) and even the NGO best suited according to your choice of teaching location will itself contact you when you sign up for this initiative.2 hours per week from our side will make a big difference in the life of small underprivileged children, isn’t it exciting. I have already signed up for it and I will definitely share my set of experiences of teaching. For those who live in other cities, and are willing to participate actively in such kind of activities, just find an NGO near you and since we now know that only 2 hours per week can bring in a positive change, lets put our best foot forward. Its just one of the biggest contribution (apart from paying taxes, hehe!) that we can make in shaping a bright future of our country. For further details about the above said social initiative, you can follow this link: teach.timesofindia.com.

Now, that’s all from my side, my blog entries will be a lot regular affair until I get involved into another software related task to be taken care of!

NjoYY !