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Okey, here i am in mid air writing about this experience of mine. It might appear hilarious/funny but every once in a while I get this weird dream of me getting killed in a head on car collision or flight explosion in mid air. I would hope it never comes true.
Am is scared of these dreams?
Fucking no, it keeps reminding me that death is imminent & I should better spend every single day of my life to fullest. Its working so far well. 🙂
What would you do if you were me?
Its going to be a RANT, if you are interested please keep reading.
So every now and then i keep hearing, our government is not doing this, they are not doing that.
1. No water supply, this government is good for nothing.
Please ask yourself:
a. Your water tap is leaking but you have no time to get is fixed. That means you are wasting water. Can you fucking get it fixed.
b. Why every freaking day your tank goes on water overflow wasting many liters of water to drainage?
2. We don`t get 24/7 electricity, this government is waste
a. Ooh but are you paying the bills?
b. ooh and are you using electricity sensibly, do you close fans/lights when its not needed.
3. Man see the city is so dirty.
a. Do you throw the garbage in bin?
b. Do you carry bags when you go out shopping or your dependent on polybag shopkeeper gives you.
Please ask yourself how we can fix the problems. I know our city & country is not perfect, but we can work together in making it better. 🙂
This August month made me think what all I will miss if I die anytime soon, You may call me stupid for this. I have made a small list of things I will miss incase I get hit by a truck or die in a plane crash or something else.
Parents: I love my parents & want to be with them every minute of their life. It will be very unfortunate for them being without their son.
Love of my life: Ooh, I have fallen in love a few times before, but still waiting for that REAL LOVE which people claims, when it has to happen will happen.
World Trip: Ooh, I really want to see the world or in simple term all the known continents, I don’t want to die without seeing them all.
Beer oh beer: I love beer & so far have only tried 50-60 odd brands I want to try at most 500+ brands before I die.
Meeting Razique: I don`t want to die before meeting Razique, he is in Canada & we have been interacting for over 3 years, thanks to OpenStack project. I want to meet him, hopefully sometime next year.
The Porsche: Well, when it comes to driving a car, my saying is either ride/own a Porsche or don`t ride/own a car. I am yet to learn car driving, will do once i will buy Porsche.
Akshaya patra pledge: I want to donate enough money every year which will feed 20 street children, Akshaya Patra the NGO works on same direction.
PS: I am 100% in my senses & not stressed, so no need to call/ask/inquire why did I blog this. 🙂
I visited Sikkim in May this year. I liked every single day of my stay there. Every single day was full of fun & excitement.
I have tried to summarize my overall experience in simple notes.
1. People speak Nepali, Sikkimese, Hindi & English
2. Buddhism, Hinduism dominates the population.
3. Sikkim is natures paradise, especially north Sikkim [Lachen/Lachung], it’s mostly untapped and full of beauty.
4. Sikkim has beautiful monasteries, wide variety of flora & fonna.
5. People are soft spoken, hard working, honest & brave.
6. Smoking is illegal in capital i.e Gangtok.
7. Every 5th shop is a liquor shop in Gangtok, thanks to various tax exemptions.
8. A visitor should definitely indulge in local non-veg cuisine & local wines.
9. One of my favorite egg fry wai wai curry.
Network Alert: Vodaphone works well along with 2G in most part of the state.
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I spent quite some time wondering why some of us are always worried, tensed, scared.
1. Why can`t we all be happy?
2.What it takes to attain that state of happiness?
For me everything chalks down to a single thing “NEED”
To most psychologists, need is a psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a goal, giving purpose and direction to behavior. [Wikipedia]
Every human is different & hence our needs are different, we are happy as long as all these needs are on track.
I am writing this out of my previous experience & yes, that makes me asshole at some point of time.
Stop giving free advice : No one gives a fuck to your advice if you’re giving it for free.
No help unless someone asking for it : If you offer help without someone asking for it, you’re not helping him/her instead making an ass of yourself.
You don’t have to be good for everyone: It’s good to be bad at times, just make sure your actions are not hurting someone else & you have your ass covered.
Stop chasing : You don’t have to make someone else’s life miserable because you need help from him/her. Someone has to respond to you it will happen if it has to running after it every fucking day will not help.
Stop taking free favors: Pay for the service & someone else’s time.
I visited Rajasthan on many occasions, this is the first time am writing about the overall experience.
The state has one of the best roads & the state transportation system. [1]
Rajasthan tourism has kept most of the palace & forts in shape. The tag line says “Padharo mare Desh” — Please visit our country. [2]
Best time to travel to Rajasthan is November to February, it gets hotter in summer.
I have spent most of my time in Ajmer, Jaipur & Jodhpur. I am hopeful of visiting Jaisalmer in November later this year.
Rajasthan is also famous for mouthwatering food, mostly made of milk products.
In Ajmer i visited Ajmer Sharif & also went to Puskar the only Brahma temple we have. 🙂
Jodhpur i visited the Mehranghar fort & spend good hours with the Flying Fox Zip Tour & I did not like Umaid bhavan palace. 🙂
Jaipur has always only been about eating, eating & eating, last month i came to know Hawa Mahel is there so next trip i will visit there.
Mobile Provider Check : Vodaphone works seamlessly & 2G works most of the places.
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A disclaimer: This is not for you If
1. If you’re from IIT or XYZ or blue star ranked college with a 100 % placement [I mean really].
2. You have all it takes to get into companies beyond TCS/Infosys/Wipro or other c
shops from India without caring for campus placement.
Let’s begin :
According to Wikipedia India has a total of 5672 engineering colleges.
| S.No | State/Union Territory | Number of Engineering Institutes[5] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 900 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3 |
| 3 | Assam | 22 |
| 4 | Bihar | 30 |
| 5 | Chandigarh | 9 |
| 6 | Chhattisgarh | 75 |
| 7 | Delhi | 37 |
| 8 | Goa | 10 |
| 8 | Gujarat | 120 |
| 9 | Haryana | 342 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 54 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 28 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | 33 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 400 |
| 14 | Kerala | 198 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 285-310 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 739 |
| 17 | Manipur | 2 |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 4 |
| 18 | Orissa | 1000 |
| 19 | Puducherry | 21 |
| 20 | Punjab | 221 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | 338 |
| 22 | Sikkim | 3 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | 934 |
| 24 | Tripura | 2 |
| 25 | Uttar Pradesh | 466 |
| 26 | Uttarakhand | 4 |
| 27 | West Bengal | 155 |
| – | Total | 5672 |
Now if we do a small calculation assuming every engineering college will have 60 seats for IT & another 60 for Computer Science. Every year we produce 120*5672= 6,80640 engineering graduates with degrees in IT & Computer Science.
Let’s do some more calculation:
Scenario 1
1. Who are the mass recruiters from Campus Freshers?
Infosys, TCS, Wipro Others..
2. What are their selection criteria?
60% through out 10/12/Engineering [Ask honestly, how many IT/Comp Sc engineer has it]
Appear in the Aptitude test
Appear in a written test
Appear in a face to face interview
3. Do these companies care about your majors while hiring?
Mostly NO
4. What does that mean?
Even mechanical, Civil, Electrical, Electronic Comm engineer can apply for these college placements.
Adding more numbers assuming only 25% of these departments are interested in joining these IT company so the number becomes (15+15+15+15) * 5672 = 340320
5. So the total pool of Freshers for chop shop becomes
3,40320+ 6,80640 = 10,20960
WTF these many engineers are waiting for campus recruitment.
6. Let me be more genuine
Assuming half of these students are not qualified for one or the other reasons, still will the Indian MNC by any means going to hire 500,000 Freshers?
Also
But their is a BIG WILD WORLD open for You.
Do it yourself
You can easily add your skillset while you’re in college, by enrolling in online courses from.
& Others.
Most of these classes are free of cost & you even getting certificates for participating.
Also get into Open Source Software
Get familiar with the tool chains needed to get into Open Source world contribution quora is your friend
I have my own story how i got into the Open Source contribution, I have contributed a chapter to Open Advice Book, its free download.
Also
Your contribution will get you Internship like:
https://wiki.gnome.org/OutreachProgramForWomen
https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/?csw=1
Also, most of these internship will end up with getting you a job where your recognition will not be determined on the basis of your marks, aptitude test, race, color but contribution upstream on your github page.
Also
1. Blog
2. Tweet
3. Read, participate, help [how/where]?
— news.ycombinator.com [Keep updated with the latest technology trends, announcements]
— Mailing lists, Quora
— Forums, IRC channels
— Local technology Meetups, conferences
4. Recommended Readings
How to ask questions the smart way
Following Above steps will guarantee :
1. You will have sufficient time for your G/F or hobby without worrying for the campus placements.
2. You won’t end up regretting WTF I did engineering from this shitty college where no company is coming for campus placement.
3. You won’t end up making excuses for masters from abroad or wasting another 2 years doing MBA.
I I visited Srinager while returning from Ladakh. It was a frantic ride, crossing Drass, Kargil, snow filled road & rain. I reached Srinagar early morning & got a room right across Dal Lake. Most people are friendly & they know tourists are bread/butter for them.
I have tried to summarize my overall experience in simple notes.
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I am home with my parents after 4 years, so i have decided extend my stay whole June. I don’t remember when was the last time i spent 30 days with my parents after leaving home in year 2000. I have added my thoughts on few things i have noticed over my stay, i will keep updating it.
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