tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90019106568168997562024-03-05T14:23:43.019+05:30"WE NEED CHANGE , WE ARE THE CHANGE"--- |)(=(=|> . ||}|_(_|(= . |)i(||^^|()|^||) ---Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-63507726242841495032011-03-31T05:03:00.001+05:302011-03-31T05:06:09.654+05:30Whisper of the heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfOQNkv9GJ_Z-XTOT7hg7kYMfKPq2cD-b7IWv2VNnY-a_oIeJwLncx19zK-GeNPYccaRDleJHyE5uu_JDNJ0yDOxZRcOwd91VSZn6vj1_A3guLKa4eqRP30JzLeoJJ4xRQubf_FFSy0g/s1600/206-Whisper+of+the+Heart+%25D9%2585%25D8%25AA%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AC%25D9%2585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfOQNkv9GJ_Z-XTOT7hg7kYMfKPq2cD-b7IWv2VNnY-a_oIeJwLncx19zK-GeNPYccaRDleJHyE5uu_JDNJ0yDOxZRcOwd91VSZn6vj1_A3guLKa4eqRP30JzLeoJJ4xRQubf_FFSy0g/s320/206-Whisper+of+the+Heart+%25D9%2585%25D8%25AA%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AC%25D9%2585.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br />
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"Alright Shizuku, Go ahead and do what your heart tells you! But it's never easy when you do things differently from everyone else, if things don't go well you have only yourself to blame."-- "Whisper of the heart"<br />
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This is a dialogue from the Japanese anime called 'Whisper of the heart'. How wise are these words! When one want to do what he/she thinks that near to his/her heart, it may not be easy nor acceptable to everyone that matters to you. It takes dedication, commitment and hard work to make a dream come true. But I believe for those who persist and are patient in their endeavor shall eventually enjoy the fruits of their labor. And more than that it is the path taken in realizing the 'whisper of the heart' that makes the experience worthwhile and a treasure. I recommend this movie to all those who feel they want to do something with their life but doesn't know where to start.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-27548631731973970232011-03-27T18:09:00.000+05:302011-03-27T18:09:02.924+05:30Badarudheen Kunnathodi<a href="http://flavors.me/badarudheen">Badarudheen Kunnathodi</a>: "I connected Blogger to my <a href="http://flavors.me/">http://flavors.me</a> page - <a href="http://flavors.me/badarudheen">http://flavors.me/badarudheen</a>"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-1918705541587525802011-02-23T00:42:00.000+05:302011-02-23T00:42:52.236+05:30The real-life 'Bat Man'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">We often see in movies and books of characters that can do everything. They are often mysterious, their past life until that point will be shrouded in obscurity. They would have had a lot of adventures and there's practically nothing they can't do. They can wield any weapon when they have to, they'll be an expert in computer hacking when there's a need for it, they'll be most sought after person by the international organizations, such the FBI/MI5 chasing them and some others, like a distressed police department, seeking their expertise to come off a tight spot. They'll be good with gadgets and technology and more often then not, will be the ladies' man. They'll have the power to topple the world's strongest and greatest powers. When I say all this, what does it remind you of? Perhaps, "My name's Bond - James Bond"?, or probably Iron Man or Bat Man? Sherlock Holmes? But I'm speaking of a real life character. No, not Chuck Norris!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I'm talking of a man who has been in the news for sometime now. He has made the coveted and most secretive organizations like FBI, NSA and all world intelligence organizations stand on their toes. He has been alleged with crimes and been sought extradition from UK to Sweden, not for the one's which has shaken the world. He has established a media which seems to bring out the world's leader's dirtiest and contemptuous deeds of crime, for the benefit of the humanity and to some extend the disbelief of the leaders' stalwarts. His act of exposing the 'respectable' criminals may be for the good because most crimes of war goes unpunished, they are always given the benefit of doubt. Their acts of crime usually are shielded in the name of 'National Security' and 'Top Secret' confidentiality, until their time has passed and taking them to task for their heinous deeds is beyond the reach of the physical world and its judicial system. If you haven't realized about whom I'm rambling about so long by now, then probably you are living in another universe! or perhaps you got it. I'm talking about Julian Assange, the "Editor-in-Chief" and "Spokesperson" of <i>WikiLeaks</i>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Let's look at some of adventures Julian had. He had been a globe-trotter, he moved to 30 places by the age of 14. At the age of 16, he is already an hacker under the code name 'Mendax'. He has started an underground hacking group called 'International Subversives'. And he laid down these rules for his group: </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">1. Don't damage computer system you break into, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">2. Don't change the info in those systems, and </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">3. Share information. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">At the age of 20, he was investigated by Australian police for hacking into a company called Nortel. Apparently he had successfully hacked into many big networks including that of Pentagon! He was charged with 31 counts of hacking. Finally, he was pleaded guilty for 25 of the hacking and was released for a fine of A$2100, after taking into consideration his turbulent childhood.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">He then went on to start the first public ISP of Australia in 1993, at the age of 22! He wrote the first open source port scanner: 'Strobe'. He was also an open source programmer and contributer to projects such as PostgresSQL. He helped write a book called <i>Underdog: Tales of Hacking, Madness and Obsession on the Electronic Frontier</i> in 1997. He then co-invented 'Rubberhose deniable encryption system' which is incorporated into Linux, and helps to prevent rubber-hose cryptanalysis. A USENET caching software NNTPCache and Surfraw-search-engine were also his creations. At the age of 28, in 1999, he registered the domain "leak.org". But according to him, he hadn't started his 'WikiLeaks' then.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">From 2003 to 2006, he studied BS from University of Melbourne, along with philosophy and neuroscience. Finally, the WikiLeaks was founded in 2006. He has already created 'Tsunamis' with his WikiLeaks, and US officials has already branded him a "high-tech terrorist". The WikiLeaks has cost him a large fortune, and it is said that he is writing an autobiography to raise funds! In his own words, "I don't want to write this book,but I have to. I have already spent <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">£200,000 for legal costs and I need to defend myself and to keep WikiLeaks afloat". Well after such publicity he has gained, I'm sure it will be sold more than 'Mein Kampf'.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">To set the records right, I just found his life quite intriguing and interesting. Though, it may be good to bring the culprits to their knees, it's not at all ethical to disclose top secret information about countries that has diplomatic and military significance. In the wrongs hands, such information could be lethal for the citizens of the concerned country.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-52027552267703571402011-02-20T19:31:00.000+05:302011-02-20T22:41:16.313+05:30A novel way to learn a new language!As of lately I have been doing a lot of work in web based programming. Not strictly web development or design. But, web application development such as, a web application that provides the features of a conventional computer programming laboratory. Such applications are called SaaS or Software as a Service. Since it's over the internet, it's a service and of course you are providing a software service, hence the name. But for above purpose I'm using a RIA platform called Vaadin, which is a platform built over GWT or Google Web Toolkit. RIA stands for Rich Internet Application, which simply means a web software/application as opposed to the classic web, which is just nice visuals to present some information in the form of pictures, words, graphics, sounds and videos.<div><br /></div><div>While at it, I got an interest in the concepts of design & development of beautiful and elegant websites. Its an art in itself. Well, currently I'm in the learning phase. It boils down to proficiency in JavaScript and Ajax as they provide beautiful designs and effects. </div><div><br /></div><div>From what I understood, JavaScript is really a messy language when it comes to debugging. In order to make JavaScript development easy there are multiple JavaScript based libraries to make it easy. Apparently JQuery is one of them and really reduces the amount of coding. Wikipedia claims that up to 41% of websites among the 10,000 most visited websites uses JQuery.</div><div><br /></div><div>Another interesting web development framework is Ruby on Rails. As the name suggests, it uses Ruby, a language developed in Japan, and incorporates the Agile development concepts. The Agile development concept focuses on getting the actual work done in adaptive or iterative manner, instead of going through a lot of formal levels of software specification, documentation, prototyping and so on before the actual software's development is initiated. Ruby on Rails is very popular nowadays due to its very less development time. Some even claim that it is even reduces up to 10 times compared to the traditional way.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, to justify the title; as I was trying to learn Ruby, I came across a novel way of tutoring one a new programming language. It goes as following: you are provided with a terminal and the instructions are given at the bottom, you follow the instruction and practice the commands on the terminal, and you get to learn the language and practice on the fly, all online. Take a look here to know more: <a href="http://tryruby.org/">http://tryruby.org/</a> .</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-75926647727288212282011-02-20T16:39:00.000+05:302011-02-20T18:04:12.746+05:30A beautiful day!Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh is not known for the good of its climate. On the contrary it's known for scorching heat and dry summers. Once, one of my senior professor who has been a resident of Warangal since a long time commented, "There is summer and hot summer in Warangal!". That was quite true until last year. <div><br /></div><div>As much as people are revolting against corrupted regimes this year, the climate has seen a drastic change since the mid of last year. There has been deluges and cyclones of magnitude not known till now in Australia, and massive downpour that caused massive landslides in one of Brazil's most populated area, Rio De Janeiro. And someone told the news that 'The Global Warming' is all a misunderstanding, and it's part of a natural cycle. I hope that is true, if so, what are we facing now a glacial era? It reminds me the scenes from the movie 'Day After Tomorrow'. And just like the movie, there has been drastic climatic changes. Beside the above mentioned, most of the cold states in US faced extreme winters, with thick layers of snow covering the roads and even cars, it's that thick! Moreover, arid deserts like Saudi Arabia received heavy rainfall consistently for two seasons, very odd! For the last 12 or so odd years I have lived in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), very rarely it rained, that too just enough to wet the roads and roof tops, but certainly not enough to flood an entire valley and cause the death of more than hundred people within two days.</div><div><br /></div><div>This new change in climate world wide has brought some most desired changes to the climate of Warangal. Between, most of us here in NITW, pronounce Warngal as War-angle or War-n-gal :D. The climate has been mild and at times even cold, dropping to single digit on Celsius scale. At times raining heavily and other wise giving a pleasant climate. Today has been one such day. Since morning, the wind blew moderately and since noon, it's cloudy and windy. As with the people, the nature is too picking up new trends!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-31933593518794492242011-02-20T15:22:00.000+05:302011-02-20T16:14:37.722+05:30Back to blogging!It's long time since I have written my last entry. To be precise, 2 years, 2 months, 10 days :) . I wrote my first entry one year after joining NITW. Now it's time to leave NITW. It has been a long busy four years. The college life taught me a lot of new things, some that are good and some others that I wish I didn't know. A lot has happened since the last post, such as, did internships at Kalkitech-Aluva, CDAC-Pune and finally placement at Microsoft-Hyderabad. These happened between my semesters, i.e., during summer vacations. A lot had happened while at the institute too, such mass-bunking mid-lab-exam, the traumatizing days of *R's reigns, ousting of our long-reigning director and followed by subsequent internal politics, and finally but not the least the start of 'Telangana' movement, or rather the restart. I'll fill on these issues one by one, based on the availability of time & my mood.<div><br /></div><div>Have you observed that recently a wave of revolts are going against dictators and long-term corrupted rulers in democratic countries like Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Jordan and Bahrain. The news articles say that they are all inspired by the revolts in Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt. But I think the Egyptians, the Algerians and the Tunisian were inspired by the movement led by NITWians against their corrupted director. They realized how successfully we were able to throw him out, I don't think even a political party could have done it so successfully. Well, we shall be sung in the folklore of the Egyptian and Tunisians in the years to come :D.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-40708252654493250742008-12-11T01:06:00.000+05:302008-12-11T01:18:44.801+05:30--Funny-- ?? Hot DOG!!!When i wanted to visit the fedora official site to check about latest release, i simply typed <a href="http://fedora.org/">fedora.org</a> presuming that would be the address. It's how often the URL of open source projects. But i had a surprise. This is what i found. See for yourself by visiting their site. :-)<br /><div style="text-align: center;">------>>>>.............................................................................<<<<------<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://fedora.org/HDD.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 375px;" src="http://fedora.org/HDD.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>POOR DOGGY!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-12091960915876477172008-12-10T23:37:00.000+05:302008-12-10T23:43:32.180+05:30--New Blog--I think i should leave this place only for personal blog posts. So i opened a new blog for all my technology and software related posts. Check it out and i would appreciate any comments you have about my posts. A blog is very boring without any interactions. :-)<br /><br />Take a look at this new blog: <a href="http://techtuxtracker.blogspot.com/">"techtuxtracker"--- That's me :-)'<br />http://techtuxtracker.blogspot.com/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-51139742833457586682008-12-09T15:13:00.000+05:302011-02-20T13:41:51.419+05:30--Technology/Software-- Songbird<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><u><br /></u></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon-images/2449/mediaflow_large.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 519px; height: 379px;" src="http://addons.songbirdnest.com/addon-images/2449/mediaflow_large.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Who doesn't love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">firefox</span>? Every one does , right? Yes I do anyway. So what does it had to with songbird? or "what is it?".<br />It's a new "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">mozilla</span> powered" "open source" "fully customizable" music player and manager. I just downloaded it <a href="http://getsongbird.com/">from their site.</a> I still have to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">explore</span> it know what all it offers.<br />Its interface more or less is a combination of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Winamp</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">iTunes</span>. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">At least</span> the default interface is so.<br />But it is "fully customizable" with so many "add-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">ons</span>" available at their site. It means that you can have your own interface where you have full control , such as you can choose the layout of the display content, choose the theme what the songbird call as "feather" and even you can change those small <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">displays</span> that comes when the track changes.<br />Provides <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">iPod</span> device support and other similar devices.<br />It also has a good inbuilt browser which more or less works like an ordinary browser or may be better than IE. :-). You can bookmark and pages open as a "tabs".<br /><br />What everyone would love is the "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">SHOUTcast</span>" audio which features radio stations from around the world. Ah yes I found two <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Bollywood</span> stations too. And it was not broadcasting the good old "golden age music". Way to go '<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Desi's</span>'.<br /><br />It supports add-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">ons</span>. You know what it means, if you have used <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">firefox</span>. Already it have some add-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ons</span>:<br />Lyric master: which shows the lyrics for the track you are listening to (WOW!).<br />Media Flow: displays the album cover picture like in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">iTunes</span> and iPhone (its where it started).<br />integrated with: last.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">fm</span> , <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">mashTape</span> and other websites.<br />and many more.<br /><br />The only disadvantage so far is that it doesn't support video playback or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">podcast</span>. The site says these features are on its way. And I hope it does come real soon.<br /><br />PS: For video playback <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">VLC</span> rocks! & if the file is corrupted , no player can do it better than 'media player classic'.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-83471273487051846172008-12-04T11:52:00.001+05:302008-12-04T11:58:05.773+05:30The results are out:Computer Science 2nd yr I semester, guys check <a href="http://www.nitw.ac.in/acads/Academicsection08/WEBResultsNovember2008/WEBResultsNovember2008/cse/BTechCSE2-1.rtf">here.</a><br /><br />Check the official site:<br /><a href="http://www.nitw.ac.in/acads/Academicsection08/WEBResultsNovember2008/WEBResultsNovember2008/resultsnov08.htm">http://www.nitw.ac.in/acads/Academicsection08/WEBResultsNovember2008/WEBResultsNovember2008/resultsnov08.htm</a><br /><br />If the official doesn't work check the <a href="http://nitwitian.blogspot.com/">nitwitian blog ( I think it's by Gaurav Sharma ).</a><br /><br />Wish you all the best !Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-30246991816994610532008-12-04T01:26:00.001+05:302008-12-04T02:56:30.601+05:30"A Billion Hands - Join the fight against terrorism "<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRHAORy6vvxNvHvLzQm_XQb2h6R55BpdrKJY1X752vftwe1ccC-tNiWq1B5Jkm5VhKJlWYysOXhwBHsf37lJEGqn89pCvDic0dDYa9Wr_bWlMusy1bFX7tFlesUDDOQNVq5ZSvbt39_A/s1600-h/218043372_8dd5426987.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRHAORy6vvxNvHvLzQm_XQb2h6R55BpdrKJY1X752vftwe1ccC-tNiWq1B5Jkm5VhKJlWYysOXhwBHsf37lJEGqn89pCvDic0dDYa9Wr_bWlMusy1bFX7tFlesUDDOQNVq5ZSvbt39_A/s400/218043372_8dd5426987.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275668094959538946" border="0" /></a><!--n--><!--m--><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Chhatrapati</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Shivaji</span> Terminus / Victoria Terminus (old name)<br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEK9ikuvzUBoXkH862naYixjasvWwUMFMeNvMmHWnvPPDM5IfjV9CHWHf6_SihQpoz76q9fYErgNOg00uU9jgBDz8F37A-annBFTo79R8zC6reKvatzr5eT7xSV63AhS063d0-GmyLv3o/s1600-h/Mumbai+-+India+Gate+and+Taj+hotel+from+boat.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEK9ikuvzUBoXkH862naYixjasvWwUMFMeNvMmHWnvPPDM5IfjV9CHWHf6_SihQpoz76q9fYErgNOg00uU9jgBDz8F37A-annBFTo79R8zC6reKvatzr5eT7xSV63AhS063d0-GmyLv3o/s400/Mumbai+-+India+Gate+and+Taj+hotel+from+boat.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275666190889808850" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Mumbai</span> water front: India Gate & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Taj</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mahal</span> Hotel<br /></div><br /><br />If we have confident in ourselves and if we stand strong no country , organization or <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">individual</span> can create trouble for us. No terrorist will dare to enter our country. So what we need is unity and end all type of mistrust between ourselves.<br /><br />We are 1BILLION+ population , its a big family, so there will be 1BILLION++ opinions.<br />But when it come to our family's integrity and security we should keep away our differences whether it be political , religious , caste or regional.<br />Politicians should stop "fishing in muddy water". They should keep the interest of the people at heart. And we should keep such <span class="sectionLabel"></span><span class="sc">unscrupulous scoundrel at bay. Such people where present when India struggled for independence and they will remain to exist. People should be able to recognize them and avoid their traps.<br /></span><br />Under such situation, as we are in , we should identify <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">our self</span> as "Indian", nothing less , nothing more. We should always keep in mind ours' is a "unity in diversity". And should never forget the values and virtues that were taught to us by the father of our nation.<br />This is more familiar to Non Residential Indians. As we, outside our country, are nothing but Indians. We do not consider or care about the differences. We depend on our little Indian community for our social and personal life.<br /><br />The reason why I thought of such a discussion was that i received a mail in my in.com account.<br />It is here for everyone to read and promote all good cause.<br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Dear Friend,<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">It is time to act, and here we present a platform for change, a platform for us to come together and express some of the anger and anguish we felt over the last few days. Express some of the frustration and helplessness that we felt. And above all, a neutral platform for us to debate how each one of us can make a difference to this effect. Come, join hands at </span><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" set="yes" linkindex="78" href="http://www.abillionhands.com/" target="\"_blank\"">www.abillionhands.com</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><a href="http://www.abillionhands.com/"> </a>, an initiative from Network18 that pledges to root out terror. And to ensure that these horrors don't get lost in endless political debates, and eventually forgotten. Please help spread the word, forward this to all your friends, and your family. It'll also be nice if you can change your profile status to "I have joined </span><a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" linkindex="80" href="http://www.abillionhands.com/" target="\"_blank\"">www.abillionhands.com</a><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"> ".</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Ian Anderson & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Anoushka</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Shankar</span> have graciously joined us in the movement against terror, and are holding a "Billion hands" concert 0n Dec 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">th</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Mumbai</span>. You can buy tickets for the concert on the site. The proceeds of this will go directly to a charity.</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><br /><br />Peace and Love</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Team<br />Network18</span><br /><br />Let's hold our hands together and stand robust against the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">enemies</span> of, our country and the humanity!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-23578081887709476612008-12-03T18:18:00.001+05:302008-12-04T01:17:16.324+05:30Some pics I took while I was at Hyderabad airport.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfVa5dkjpegbisfFqu73zSkNlKFCMX3yU5Dn7z5w653bacayyO1wPGqcAkw-K89aBkyHhXPaAuTdVm_6Ab3MK1pD9wxZralwxEUjkKyC-Z-Agmuk_6Al7xkdO_jtqST95RbtEpQ1PtpQ/s1600-h/24112008102.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfVa5dkjpegbisfFqu73zSkNlKFCMX3yU5Dn7z5w653bacayyO1wPGqcAkw-K89aBkyHhXPaAuTdVm_6Ab3MK1pD9wxZralwxEUjkKyC-Z-Agmuk_6Al7xkdO_jtqST95RbtEpQ1PtpQ/s400/24112008102.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275649139081150898" border="0" /></a><br />Me at the waiting lounge. All alone? ofcourse not there<br />is the photographer!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogq6ES_R6bG9IKmJAtaIbDGu4xCXwwneE_b0is2tavlBAOIsjWywSJEfCo8RTwkXSxz4quQlN5fPUbKi6yGbV7toVsmGNwtCDb9AkokCKclP2r6ua_ZVQOb58CYxsgEBa4su9vSmmzOc/s1600-h/24112008099.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhogq6ES_R6bG9IKmJAtaIbDGu4xCXwwneE_b0is2tavlBAOIsjWywSJEfCo8RTwkXSxz4quQlN5fPUbKi6yGbV7toVsmGNwtCDb9AkokCKclP2r6ua_ZVQOb58CYxsgEBa4su9vSmmzOc/s400/24112008099.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275649133500512850" border="0" /></a><br />Infront of the "Hard Rock Bar".<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpIVInpIKqkMbq1a6X2za1hrNod3a_TPxYujyY7nB0j2Rll6KcF-67NhQpotK5_damMh-F9kz7f2uAvbjvZ31fSISbf_D3l0MNvGOIWWrcMAjsDiZGf7TV-VEBM7RRSX7Z97PisKhsI8/s1600-h/24112008096.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpIVInpIKqkMbq1a6X2za1hrNod3a_TPxYujyY7nB0j2Rll6KcF-67NhQpotK5_damMh-F9kz7f2uAvbjvZ31fSISbf_D3l0MNvGOIWWrcMAjsDiZGf7TV-VEBM7RRSX7Z97PisKhsI8/s400/24112008096.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275647312623987842" border="0" /></a><br />Just the "Hard Rock Bar"<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFxCrvKdB8fe4JRB1RNrSu9UtDrrKg94HV1shqnFhv08CHVnhOqj63lnm5ofl2eHDYBrV4V8yDnKqPNBcTyUl3_3ld0vCUglSprRRU-o_O31uk40XRdSc46eaG8RXVNA0zCfYtAUEZMg/s1600-h/24112008095.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIFxCrvKdB8fe4JRB1RNrSu9UtDrrKg94HV1shqnFhv08CHVnhOqj63lnm5ofl2eHDYBrV4V8yDnKqPNBcTyUl3_3ld0vCUglSprRRU-o_O31uk40XRdSc46eaG8RXVNA0zCfYtAUEZMg/s400/24112008095.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275647309386644370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf2IBswrlrI04C4B50S_fwacLTYjRwBkax65K7EXB9cCSV-7FSiRjWuwUPov3-P1rRsxVbvZ6NfkeCv4DCoZNIBLs2rD6TAdUfGZuWbmWiOF1PEeKWAnzpCHaD4xn7t8cF7BJifgGQS4/s1600-h/24112008094.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQyjxskb_aE6rzIPNxvsnLhhPPLpow4cYsBEtwWa8Mi_qFwvBZHhmn2uvq9vl-5EuxRIMKfm3PZi74m1j5Mh6tRds5y9h1lf0Erd9zNGIokEK-znQtYXjD6HCcP6DmlTTNToKdP1eVAU/s400/24112008084.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275638512794846706" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxdZWf67q05Zimlzes54Le5ug800zqu9773feAGC_tXoMkQRSyWTRhbVpC8jVj_6eOYDwKVefq4w7oQIQy7M_kirq_aYot24HkIy6V3Y6bPRe89uJj3qtflnu3KOMrBqAlpbY8V0xKB0/s1600-h/24112008083.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnxdZWf67q05Zimlzes54Le5ug800zqu9773feAGC_tXoMkQRSyWTRhbVpC8jVj_6eOYDwKVefq4w7oQIQy7M_kirq_aYot24HkIy6V3Y6bPRe89uJj3qtflnu3KOMrBqAlpbY8V0xKB0/s400/24112008083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275550368162896722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh_XB1L633hLo_zJ6iOwslmWo1MrMrqQGF0pJuWSuhWLpF0rRf9iy4RSuyIb5o2i_uAA7SVQq9-c7YHoyIb7gCWgW4WbT0YqDoOE0HvASPuxwTrQlBh4qlLAnm_zVOwO7G0ppL5CGm3U/s1600-h/24112008082.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIh_XB1L633hLo_zJ6iOwslmWo1MrMrqQGF0pJuWSuhWLpF0rRf9iy4RSuyIb5o2i_uAA7SVQq9-c7YHoyIb7gCWgW4WbT0YqDoOE0HvASPuxwTrQlBh4qlLAnm_zVOwO7G0ppL5CGm3U/s400/24112008082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275546253516557650" border="0" /></a>Well you might be asking what this has to do with Rajiv Gandhi Airport , Hyderabad, India. Just that the photo was taken from inside the waiting lounge where there is a "Hard Rock Bar" and these instruments are supposed to be used by "Hard Rock artists". I wonder if they are original. They have made a "Rock Museum" over there.<br /><br />The begining one are from the band "Megadeth" . I'm not femiliar with such bands. Google it if you want.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-82121460320378231222008-07-08T02:08:00.000+05:302008-07-08T04:09:15.249+05:30My first NIT-dayzzIt was in this month last year I first stepped in Warangal. Each one of us, had our expectations shattered, when we saw the campus; both above and below expectation cases were there.<div>I came to know latter that most of them expected a better campus and facility than what they found over there. In contrast to this, I was quiet astonished to find the campus that was far better than what I had expected. </div><div>The reason for lower expectation was that I expected government colleges to have very old facilities and mostly are built in the centre of a jungle. As to the second part it was mostly true. It is a jungle alright!</div><div>But sometime jungles could be entertaining too. For example I went to IIT-Madras campus two years ago.. and yes it's also a jungle and what to say, it even has peacocks , deers and yes monkeys (no I'm not referring to homo sapiens , the real monkeys ... dunno its scientific name) too roaming around...</div><div>But that is a wonderful thing... I guess how does one feel to wake up one day and find a some one sleeping beside him... suddenly he realize its an innocent monkey ... and in his drowsiness he goes to the mirror to make sure he isn't one for sure.......</div><div><br /></div><div>But I do like the idea of having beautiful and really not-so-friendly-animals ( unlike monkeys ) in the campus forest....</div><div><br /></div><div>coming back to NITW....</div><div>A little about the college:</div><div>From what i have realized there are many great teacher over there.... I think a student should make use of them. I found the Andhra students to be very hard working people. The climate is quiet unpredictable but not in a very extreme way.... </div><div>Many people from my batch tend to describe this college in very dry and sarcastic manner... But I 'm not so sure whether its just their habit or they find it intolerable... </div><div><br /></div><div>Well I can't blame if its solely because of the drastic heat and the hard working mosquitoes over there..... they may some time make you to think that sleeping in the darkness of night may not be a such a good idea after all....</div><div><br /></div><div>During winter it could get quiet chilly in Warangal. In general the campus has beautiful landscape....</div><div>The most interesting and life-driving thing is its community.... and the people from the state are also very broad minded in accepting others from different states.....</div><div>One thing is sure.... you 'll find a friend for sure , whatever type of person you may be.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-66325464571766296612007-11-28T23:50:00.000+05:302007-11-29T00:05:59.713+05:30Best reply when getting check mated!<p>Benjamin Franklin was also obsessed with the game. His essay “The Morals of Chess” asserted that it improved basic human qualities such as foresight, caution and perseverance.</p><p>At a game in France during the American struggle for independence, Franklin ignored his opponent’s check because he refused to defend his tyrannical king. “Take him, if you please,” he told his opponent. “I can do without him, and will fight out the rest of the battle en republicain.”</p><p><a href="http://newhumanist.org.uk/1631">-read more here.</a><br /></p><p><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001910656816899756.post-43015856194276495122007-11-28T02:35:00.000+05:302007-11-28T02:47:04.115+05:30spending my vacation @ KSA<span style="font-family: lucida grande;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: lucida grande; font-style: italic;">Well this is KSA. So it has its own limitations. I am stuck in a room with my laptop. I am spending most of my time on it. Well I am missing my family and friends. I am on to studying C++... and reading books.....boring right?!---------------</span><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"><span style="font-family: arial;">well this is my first blog entry made @ 12:14am on 27/11/2007</span></span></span><br /></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16519982943734339965noreply@blogger.com0