My classmate’s chemical reply…

This incident that happened in my school… let me start off…

It was one of those Chemistry classes of 12th.The class was hypnotized by swirling equations of organic and inorganic Chemistry that my friends would doze off with just another word from our Chemistry sir. Shinto, my school friend was no exception to the rest of my classmates. He found his place in a wooden desk which was a few desks in front from the very last row of my class. He was popular among us for his unique way of answering questions for which he had the least of knowledge.

 

Most of my class friends were in a posture which meant would-you-please-stop-to-teach-some-in-the-next-class. They had their heads rested in their forearm and their drowsy eyes occasionally following the footsteps of our chemistry sir, in case he noticed them. Our Sir had the habit of hovering between the aisles to keep our sleepy eyes focused on him.

On one such monotonous chemistry class, i think we tested his patience. He just drew some equations on the board and started explaining them in his usual slow and sleep-inviting tone. Sure was a lullaby to many of my friends, though i didn’t sleep on that particular day. The equation on the board involved the evolution of Hydrogen gas. Our Chemistry sir, just like any other professor in this world would do, will name the ones whom he knew wouldn’t answer his question and make them stand. For a moment he would be pleased to see his pupil open their mouth, but that feeling wouldn’t last longer for him coz many a time they just open their mouth to yarn.

It was Shinto’s turn this time. “Shinto…” he snapped at my friend, which also made others alarm and we were woken by his usual soft tone (he doesn’t raise his voice much). Shinto stood up giving a smile to our sir. One of the most appreciable traits of Shinto is that he gives you a good greeting smile even if you are gonna to slap him on his face( Of course he doesn’t smile after being hit ).

Most of us gave silent giggles, when he stood up lethargically, when his name was called. We were expecting some answer from him.” Er yes Sir…” he said in his usual shaky voice after a pause. “Enna Shinto…thookamaa?” he said smirking. Shinto can hardly control his laughter when he is being questioned and instantly covers his clipped teeth with his left hand, pretending to be serious. “Sir … er… Sir” said his shaky voice with a controlled smile. These words were always expected of him when confronted by a staff.

Our sir, looking at the board read out one of the chemical equation aloud before questioning him. In the mean time he turned back and gave silent laugh at almost everyone he could see before our sir completed reading the equation which had Hydrogen gas with an arrow pointed upwards, indicating it was being liberated in the equation. (Usually hydrogen was represented with H2, which is familiar with everyone of you). sir turned back at him, this time with a serious look and asked him in a cold voice “Shinto where is hydrogen “. (He apparently meant the Hydrogen gas with an upward pointed arrow on the right side of the chemical equation which he had just finished reading). This was a pretty easy question, atleast to those who are familiar with the symbols of chemical substances.

His fingers ran over his chin giving an impression that he was thinking hard for the pretty obvious answer. Then after a minute or so of waiting sir advanced from the last row towards him, probably expecting an answer. A shaky dull voice was heard, it was Shinto coming up with an answer. ”Sir… Hydrogen is in the periodic table Sir”. He was expected to say that hydrogen was on the right hand side of the equation which was read by our sir. (The periodic table is an arrangement of the chemical elements ordered by atomic number in columns and rows presented so as to emphasize their periodic properties.) Hydrogen in periodic table was an obvious fact to everyone who studied chemistry. I don’t know what made him to give such a reply. May be, being disturbed from a shallow sleep would have puzzled his mind to give such a funny answer (thought it was a fact). The class erupted with laughter the moment he completed his answer. Even our sir couldn’t help laughing. He gave a bewildered look at him and continued laughing.

That was one awesome day that everyone of my class friends would never ever forget. When ever my school friends get together, we recollect this incident and everytime we find it hard to control our laughter.

Thanks for patiently reading my post

 

 

In praise of my classmates…

Fewer are the days,

left in college life

i look upon the ways,

to bend back the knife.

Back bench chatting

during the class

and talked about dating

when we were in the mass.

To see the class filled

was a rarer sight,

but chatting together found us thrilled,

never sounded odd and always pretty light.

Last minute study

was always on the cards

and when we were ready

we took out our swords.

It was hard listening lectures

with some taking notes

and some clicking pictures,

but all won their votes.

We may not be together

for the rest of our lives,

running hither and thither

to pacify our wives.

Fewer are the days,

hard to fetch

but there are numerous ways

to keep in touch !!!

About the Film “Swades”, We the people

A few words about the film director.

Ashutosh Gowariker is an Indian actor, writer, producer and director.Ashutosh started his career as an actor in Ketan Mehta’s Holi in 1984.He has also acted in several films.No Indian can forget his film Lagaan(2001) which was nominated for an Academy award for the best foreign Language film.Being an Indian i have become a die hard fan of his direction and screenplays.

courtesy : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashutosh_Gowarikar

This film, Swadesh starts with the intoduction of Mohan Bhargav (played by Shahrukh khan) Project manager in NASA for building an important satellite to monitor our planet’s weather.Then the film slowly moves into the path of what it was supposed to be. Mohan is an orphan who was brought up by a nanny,Kaveri amma(Kishori Ballal) in a remote village. After machine like life in US he is desparate to visit his mother like nanny and his native place .He starts off immediately and reaches India. (i would call her mother from now on)

After reaching Delhi he finds that his mother was residing in an oldage home and was then taken by Geetha (Gayatri joshi) to her village,Charanpur.He preapares himself and finds his way and finally lands in that Village. “yuhi chala..” song, during his journey to the village best describes the traditional values of our country.(great music!!!)

He is suprised to see a Village without proper electricity and basic amenities. He persuades his mother,who had brought him up to come with him .But Geetha who had brought her to the village is reluctant to leave such a wonderful person who had supported her and been a mother to her and her little brother, she also happens to be Mohan’s childhood friend. Puzzled Mohan decides to spend some more days in that village hoping to get his mother with him. in the meantime he finds that Geetha is the teacher for the kids in that village and is moved by her Social concern and decides to do help her in getting kids to school and resolves the threat of the school being taken over by the panchayat.

The lights of the postmaster Nivaran (Rajesh Vivek) and the cook “Mela naam”(Dayashankar Pandey) characters is a pleasure to watch. They bring in some light moments into the film.In due course they take up important role in bringing people together and helping Mohan in his work.

The film gets a move here. Mohan helps in removing the social evils like Untouchabilty and racialism that has long been prevailing in that village. “yeh tara oh tara….” song movie, is full of emotions and moral values. One of my all time favourites .

The director has very carefully chosen his crew. Every single character in the film did their part exceptionally well.All are worth a mention. It would not be fair to just mention few names and leave others.Though i mentioned the only few and left others, they are equally portrayed in the movie.

Once while paying a visit to a nearby village Mohan witnesses the poverty of the families there and his thought to impove their economic condition strengthens. He feels for them and develops a social concern towars his fellow countrymen. He realizes that every individual is part of the constituency and rightly take the necessary steps to improve the condition of his village.He starts with a plan to generate electrcity from a stream of water near his village. After much struggles finally succeeds in it.He gains the respect of the villagers and also the love of geetha. Nice duet song…Also the song “Saanwariyaan…” is very soothing .

The stage play song “Pal Pal hai bhaari…” is also a good instrumental one.
One fine day Shahrukh is informed from his friend in NASA that the project is in final stage and his presence is a must. having no other option he leaves half heartedly to America leaving all his thoughts in that little village where he found true and unconditional love and learnt the social and traditional values.

yet another song which arouses the patriotism in us..”yeh jo desh hai mera…” sung by A.R.Rahman is really touching. The music and the way the instrument,”shehnai” is used in this song is awesome. This number is full of lyrics which will kindle the patriotism in you.

There are no words to praise the director for making such a great movie.I enjoyed every bit of it. A film which made my eyes watery and also to think about my country. I don’t know whether i have justified the movie as to what it deserves.Many of my best pals felt the same.

Also A.R.Rahman’s music is heart filling and making us feel the situation.All the songs were sensational and extremely good .No words to praise the background score. It is one of those movies that no one should miss. I rank this film as my all time favourite and it really deserves the maximum award in this earth.
Hope this blog will make u watch the movie…..

Friends in(r) my life…to the discovery of my best pal

The definition of friend has changed a thousand times for me right from my school days. The first one would sound funny which is ” one who shares his pencil with u”. this was one of those thousand definitions. i wont mention the rest because this blog won’t sound serious and u cant help laughing at it.

Lookin back at my kinder garden days ,i had a friend for whom i was ready to do anything plausible. i can recollect an incident where i tore the shirt of my class mate who quarreled with him. There are many such incidents , not all of those involve tearing and fighting stuffs.He bcame one of my close friends( there are few more of them).

As i climbed the ladder of time my definitions gradually changed , obviously better than my first. For people who believe in Sunsigns , the Geminis are very caring people who respect and value their friends a lot. No wonder iam an gemini and i do possess the qualities of a typical Gemini, infact more than the one i mentioned when it comes to friends. But i never took these things serious until i finished my schooling.Now i just have a simple question for u guys, how will u identify a true friend ? . sorry i too dont have an answer for that, but some how i think , at least my heart says that i have a friend who will be with me for the rest of my life. The best answer for that question would be to choose ur own ideas , may be u can test them with a few intuitive questions, please dont ask for the Questions,but i can suggest one thing be natural & don’t be on the asking side alone.

i heard people say that distance is not a big deal for friendship, but my opinion is that it really helps to strengthen the bond, but i didnt have that opportunity of having a friend close to my residence .People who are not in possession of a thing they need are the best ones to ask how they miss it. It was during the 2nd year i realised this and started to think who is my true friend, doesn’t mean that others are not. I am really gifted with friends, especially my college friends. i should thank God for blessing with such wonderful set of friends.

There are moments when i had felt that i had no one to share my feelings and just to be with and hang around.But now i hope that iam not into such feelings anymore, thanks to my college .Though college life is shorter than the school , this is the place where u find ur true com best friends , if lucky your lifepartner too.
If iam not wrong many would have not thought about about this question of identifying their true friend . For people who have not stepped into college life i sincerely advice them to catch hold of atleast one such friend early in their college life, to be more open u must have a friend who just follows you and it should also be the other way.No need to give up your personal policies , a good friend never asks you to do things which u are not comfortable with i.e against ur policies.

once u identify him its a crime not to share everything with him, they help you get rid of any problem, no matter how big they are and u never feel alone.This is what my personal experience says. so go find ur true friends because there is no life without friends.Though i havn’t mentioned his name in this blog and anything related to him he is out there in my heart.i could share a whole lot about him in my future blog.

i dedicate this to my dear friends.Thanks for patiently reading my blog.

My first Interview-Part 2

After dozzing for approximately two and a half hours,i was awaken by my parents.After having bath and really a fast breakfast i rushed to catch my college bus.It was really great to see all my friends dressed in formals.

The gathering, 8:00 AM

We gathered in our college Auditorium for the preplacement talk.The venue for the tests were announced.We had to take our tests in the drawing hall.The test consisted of 3 sections of 20 mins each.After completing the test i was confident of clearing the aptitude part of the test but was worried about the verbal,also my friends had the same opinion.I thought we had to clear the sections with a minimum cutoff individually,but iam still wondering how they did it.They said the results will be out by 2:30 PM.
Atlast Completed the tests,it was 1:00 PM

We were discussing about the tests and were heading to the canteen for our afternoon meals.Our topic of discussion did not came to an end.We thought to refresh some topics for our technical interview.could partly accomplish it with my class friends.Then it was close to the time of results.we went to the Audi again.I could see all eagerly waiting faces ,but some were really cool.They were late by half an hour to the schduelde time as it was acceptable.To evaluate more than 400 papers consumes a lot of time and hence the delay was acceptable.

The big list (359), around 4:00 PM

Then our Placement officer came with a biglist of the shorlisted candiates,to be exact it was 359.He was calling the names in the order they had to go their respective panels. Some tens of names were called out ,we were eagerly waiting for ours and our friends names and each name was cheered by them.Atlast my name was called ,i belonged to the 8th panel.Thanked the Almighty and headed immediately to where my panel was.

The guys who were first interviewed were caught no sooner the took their fist step out of the room.These people spent more time explaining what was queried by the HR to us than they were interviewed.Some interviewers were really good,in the sense the just asked some expected questions as “Tell me abt urself” ,”ur hobbies& interests” etc.Some didnt even asked the resumes of our friends.There was mixed comments about each panel.

Our panel was different with some people being asked only non technical questions and some hardcore questions from the area of their interest.few were asked to write some queries in SQL.We had all the questions that were asked for our friends who preceeded us.

Went in to the room, 7:00 PM

I just went to refresh myself by washing my face.When i Came back,they called my name.I went in confidently.I was offered samosa by the Panel of two.I thanked them and said i had my snacks,though i didnt.them they asked me to tell me about myself. While i was answering i said ” iam capable of working under pressure” they stopped me there and asked me to give me an incident which justified what i said.I managed by telling them that i did a project in 12th standard during my Exam time. He gave a right smile and went to the next question.

Then the questions were centered around my area of interest ,Operating system.They also asked me few questions in HTML,SQL,DBMS,UNIX.I answered most of the questions and gave answers like “sorry sir”,”Pardon me i cant recollect” and ” i know only the basics”,but i never answered any question unfamiliar to me.

Now it was my turn

After they finished their questions i was given an opportunity to ask them.i accepted the invitation bcoz i felt that they should not have an opinion that i was not prepared to ask questions about the company.My first question to them was “what sort of a job i wud be given”.they burst into laughter and then answered me that it would be Programmer or system analyst.

After being humiliated for the first one i thought of asking a sensible question.This time my question was “what wud b my scope of improvement in ur concern”.they cant laugh this time.one of them answered me that it depends on one’s ability and he added that there are few who have become managers in a span of few years.

My final question to them was “How wud u enable us to be exposed to new technologies ?” They answered this question by saying that they had tie up with some institution which will conduct classes frequently.”Any more questions ?”,was the next question to me. i just said no and thanked them for the opportunity.

Time to wait………

After completing the interview we were hanging around the corridor and resting in the grass near our college library,dicussing everyone’s experience.though we were cracking jokes the same thought was always hindering me whether all my friends would be together again.

The final 226 at 9:30

We were asked to assemble in the Audi to call out the names of the selected canditates,as the list was pretty large to be called out near the library.We rushed inside and took the last few rows.They started calling out the names of the people recruited by them,it was 226 overall.To our surprise the first 50 odd students who were called from other departments,not even a single guy from our department.Then the shower of CSE students names were called which gave us a sigh of relief.The offer letter was given away by the chief of the Chennai branch.Then my name was called.It was one of the unforgettable moment in my life.I once again thanked the Almighty.It was a proud moment for me and my friends.I was bit worried and felt for my friends who were not selected,i thought i would miss them.But later i thought that they will certainly get through a bigger concern like this,but not be with me.Atleast many of my friends were with me.

Over to the bus, 10:00PM

Then we took our respective buses and then it was the time to inform my parents and my eagerly waiting sister.They were really exicted to know that i was placed,that too my sister was jumping in joy.Atlast reached my residence by 11:45 PM slowly slept after an hour or so.

Thanks a lot for reading patiently

My first Interview-Part 1

On the eve of the big day

At the Day break

It was july 2nd.i was really scared as i havent encountered a situation where my career is decided by how i perform the so called aptitude test and my way of answering the personal interview.The day started normally buy there was some inconvinience ,as would be for one for whom it is the first time.

After my lunch, in the NOON

I started with R.S Agarwal book,saw few important chapters in it.This book can be called the bible for people like me who did their Schooling for the mere sake of it without understanding the pupose of the study at that time.Really a good book!.Then i switched to my subjects that i have studied in earlier semesters so that i can answer the very common questions from them.

At the dusk

It was evening,i went to the Temple near my residence.My request to God was to please put me in that concern where my friends would be,atlest a handful of them who are very close to me.I felt somewat relaxed after my visit to the Temple,then it was time to chat with my friends in Y!msgr as i would usually do.Only few were online at time, some were really busy with their Resume printouts.It was around 9PM when some more joined.After chatting i read some material such as FAQ in interview and Techinal FAQs.

Little more than 12AM

This dragged the time to late nite,infact the the nextday. i think i was around 12 AM.My friend from the other section Ganesh joined me in the Chat.We were discussing about how to answer the Questions thrown in the interview and about the feedback about the company.to be more specific these were among them.

What do u think abt our concern?

What r ur longterm and short term with our concern?

What r ur interests?

whar r ur strengths and weakness? ………etc

It was worth chatting with him.Thanks to him.

I still contined reading the materials as i hate to answer “no” to the questions asked by my interviewer.Just had a look at the watchclock it was close to 3AM.Then i thought that i should have a sleep of atleast 2hrs as advised by my mom.For me the preparation ended there for that day.I gained some confidence at the end of the day,rather the begining of the day.Slowly i slept off.Will continue in my next blog………………….

About me

This is k.srikanth doin my 4th year Engg in Computer science .well about me, iam very friendly,adjustible and openminded person.Iam very optimistic and love being with persons who care about others.Very much attached to my friends after my family.