Where are the cameras?

So my dad and I were on the road the other day near Ashok Gardens (Bowenpally.. plz no lol). Suddenly my dad got very slow. He pulled over and stopped to the side of the road near an electrical shop. I started wondering if it was for another bulb for the verandah or something. The thought itself kind of made me dull. But my dad said "Choodu road meeda ela mekulu posaro daridrulu". (Look at the nails on the road...) I was bewildered. It was true. There were around 15 - 20 nails each about 2.5" long scattered all over the place. Some of them were even bent. Moreover that road was kind of a junction where atleast 50 vehicles pass-by every minute.

My dad said - "Start picking them up. But be cautious of the traffic." And he started collecting the nails, maneuvering through the traffic clogged area. Some of the drivers were even annoyed. I was not sure what he was doing. Is he serious? Will he be using those nails or something? Anyway, overcoming my embarrassment and shy, I picked up a nail that was lying nearby. My dad returned in about 2 minutes with some 10 nails in his hands. Two passers-by also brought some nails and gave them to me as if I were the government appointed Chief-road-nail-collector! But they were definitely inspired by my dad, I felt. One guy, on an age-old Bajaj Chetak, stopped and said to my dad while handing over another nail to him- "Chutiya loga hain saab. Aap aaj nikaloge toh phir bhi kal yehi haalat hogi!" (gist: Don't bother to pick 'em up. The condition will be the same tomorrow again) It was like one of those love thy nation-advertisements. (Except my dad is not a very big fan of India himself) I kind of felt proud of my dad.

Here's the real kicker. I later found out from a pani-puri chat wallah that those nails were actually put there, by some of the mechanic shop guys. It made so much more sense. I took a look around and not just very far away, were strewn some 10 different shops which repaired punctured tyres and jammed motors. "Nailed it" I thought! Does such decrying aftermath exist only in India? - I wondered...

(Comments really needed for this one)

Peer-o-philia

My birthday... I dread it now

My wingies... I hate them now

My campus... I want to destroy it now

My graduation times.., I want to erase those memories now

My life... I want to end it now

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My birthday... I dread it coz it can't be as good as it was this year.

My wingies.. I hate them coz they made me realize the sweetest forms of friendship and now I can't relish smaller things

My campus... I want to destroy it coz I'm too jealous to let more people enjoy such awesomeness

My graduation times... I want to erase those memories coz I know the nostalgia will kill me

My life... I want to end it coz I can't re-live the last four years ever again!



Dedicated to all my wingies, who celebrated my birthday in the best possible way on the 14th of December, 2009, @ 23:20hrs, near Sardar Patel statue - BITS Pilani.

The symphony of irony

10 things you're NOT obliged to do in my university...

1. Study and expect a good grade

2. Not study and expect a bad grade

3. Check your mail/scrap/post/comments etc. with a decent net speed

4. Think that the factor of luck in your accomplishments is feeble

5. Assume that you will be sufficiently exposed to the opposite sex

6. Think that you'll definitely be placed in the company which requires the skills you've acquired through your degree

7. Expect voluptuousness

8. Think that you'll be productive in some way or the other

9. Take it for granted that value is only added and not stripped

10. To think that the hierarchy will be able to appreciate expressions like this post...

Of course there are more like sophomore year fun, good food etc., but you can add them in the comments. :D

Scientuality

You know when they say "Don't worry, God will take care of everything."
You know when they say "What you get is solely in your own hands."
Well, 'they' are saying the same thing. I had a very amusing epiphany the other day. You know what made me have it? Believe it or not, it was a class of Advanced mechanics of solids (pathetic slogging mechanical engineers of BITS Pilani would know better here). So, here it comes... a little bit of hardcore science with the twist of spirituality and Freudian psychology.
The science of it:
There is this awesome theorem called the Castigliano theorem. (If you've heard of it before, welcome to the bro-hood of geeks.) It basically helps one to find the deflection in a particular part of a body(not necessarily that of a super-model...lol) due to a particular force acting on it. (You can't explain this in a rougher manner) Well, now if you intend to find the deflection at a point where there is no actual force acting, to solve and find out the overall deflection there, you will have to assume a fictitious there and calculate. Finally when you arrive at the solution containing the aforementioned force, you'll have to nullify it to get the actual answer to your problem.
Now, here is the beautiful analogy that struck me.
(The life of it:)
In life, if you desire something (affluence, influence, happiness etc.), you will have to put some effort for it. You will be consciously and sub-consciously conceiving/accomplishing it. Now there will be this instance when taking responsibility for each and every action of yours, each and every effort of yours, consciously, becomes very cumbersome. So, then, you tend to attribute some of the flaws etc. to unseen forces like luck and some of the right-doings to other unseen forces like God. The body here would be the cosmos... the fictitious force would be the unseen factors like the ones I just mentioned... the deflection would be the end result or the outcome of your efforts... I think you got what I mean.
Notes:
The fictitious force is absolutely necessary and has its own importance. Never neglect it.
Do not forget to nullify the force in the end (but yet do respect it) and don't blame it for wrong 'deflections' (coz you are the actual force responsible for them)
You won't find the fictitious force only in temples/churches/mosques etc. Reflect, focus and concentrate... you can find it anywhere, at anytime from/in anyone.


I bow to all the fictitious forces around. Hail scientuality...