Hum khandani hain.... IITian gharane se

Lately today I read a small note written by an IITian. I admire them, all IITians. They have done well and worked hard to get the well deserved glory. I tried and failed to be in the same league then. But does that necessarily makes me a moron or a man who should keep looking down upon self for not having that tag on my facebook and linkedin page? Its like being "hum khandani log hain". There khandan is decided by caste and wealth inherited by birth and here the khandan is decided by the exam cleared and certificate earned. Kudos. The fact is people are not "IITians" just because they went to iit, rather IIT is "IIT" because of the people went there. Its the people, their quality, attitude, brain and courage that matters and makes a difference. Be it IIT or be it non IIT.
I pity those who went to IIT still have to cross a mile to catch up with some one who did not by choice or could not by merit earned this IIT tag. Life is long and 2 years are just too short to decide a winner. "Aap ek khandan ka hissa bane, hum khandan bana rahe hain". We are happy and respect the fact that you enjoyed, Halliday-Resnick, Irodov and krotov. Just that we did not enjoy it as much then, does not necessarily makes us pitiable.
You being proud on self is great. But greatness never makes anyone fact blind. Fact is you and we the non-IITians are on the same boat, you are jealous of us when we are more successful as much as we are of you for not having IIT tag. Had it not been that, an explanatory response would not have been required anyway!

When it comes to play big and you have a non-IITian as competitor, the world has to choose.. "aapko wo chahiye jisne engineering se pehle do shaal padhai ki for sure, ya wo chahiye jisne engineering main padhai ki 4 saal for sure?" Kuch to baat hogi tabhi wo with out belonghing to the league still stands posing a threat!

Respect all. Defend your institute culture but don't offend others. Sibal anyway is not doing right. IITs are high standard institutes and that must be maintained for it to glorify in worl level.

Truly
Abinash

Jashn saraabor hai

Kuch dabi hui si khwahisein
kuch sazi hui si mehfilein
kuch rosham sa wo aasmaan
kuch muskurahatein yun khilen

kuch milgaya hai aaj wo
kuch aur hai ab ayine main
kuch jashn saraabor hai
kuch armaano ki wo silvatein

nain unmain tangg rahe
aur rooh jo madhosh ho
ek lamha aisa jahan
dard na mehsoosh ho

Kuch shakl wo roshan hua
kuch nigahein wo sarmayinsin
kuch lafz wo dheeme dheeme
bas kuch jashn wo saraabor hua

Truly
Abinash

Why can't we build a Hospital at the dispute site - Ayodhya?

Lately more than needed attention is being given to the Ayodhya episode and it has created quite a fuss. But my question is what is the fuss is all about? Why all the state government is on back foot? Why we have to always turn defensive just because a land is named Ayodhya or a river called Cauvery happened to flow since last 1000 years. I dont want a riot, you don't and the third person too. Then who are we afraid of? Who are those handful who can mobilize the mass? They are none but just few part leaders who actually wait for such episodes to gain wide media coverage. Its the media which enables a flame to become a tragic fire. This blown out of size media attention makes it a target for such filthy politician to pay the goons and get riots started. The administration is well aware of them but they become silent onlookers.
We know India is not a secular country except for in constitution, we know india is not a facilitator of free speech and right of equality except for in constitution. Its time we must stop pretending and come to accept that fact. If something is attached to mass emotion or religion it will be breached by politicians for selfish gains for the next thousand of years.
Why the supreme court has to give a verdict which can dismantle the stability at all? why can;t it just say at the dispute site they will construct an "Anathashram" for all religion. why can't they build a charitable hospital at the disputed site? Why we have to build a temple or masjeed?
Ask the local public what the need the most a hospital or a shrine. The government must now change its motto. It must like nature, provide the mass what they need and not what they want. Need will let them survive, want can only spill havoc in the time to come. Cause human fantasy has no bound and there deep with in every one lurks a beast waiting to come out. Want is evil, need is not.
Its high time we need to change the perception we carry. Initiatives like the "Aman ka tamasha"  "Aman ki asha" of Time of India can increase the sell of their circular but never achieve what they claim they want to.
Not using a weapon is not the existence or peace, feeling no need of it can. "peace is not the absence of crime, its the presence of justice" - Harrison Ford. I beg to differ. when there exist ideal peace, the term justice, injustice, war, crime fade away. Justice is not a measure of peace. The absence of the need to justify is the presence of peace. ayodhya and godhra will continue to come and live a threat to our lives as long as we as a whole feel affected by such things. At the end we are mortals, so are the lands, issues and the memories. History is a dead body, present is lively and future is blur. Lets not fight over a dead body making the present blur and future dark. Lets do the reverse way. forget the history into the dark, keep the present bright and future... let the people of the coming age decide how they want it.

Truly
Abinash

Just an idea for recommendation engines - web intelligence

I was browsing through some online book stores in India and I was not really happy with the recommendations they made. The recommendations were naive, obvious and not interesting. Reason?
When I use Google, I think in terms of "context" not "Object". For example I Type 'books + different algorithms  on web intelligence" this is a context that I am thinking and I might not have a certain object in mind as in a book title or a publication journal. I just have a context I am interested in and I do the search, get the result and proceed with what ever. Now coming back to these search portals of e-commerce sites, local listings, classifieds etc. They are a repository of 'objects'. And they enable search on these objects while I have a context. Now this does not really fit well, I mean I look for a context in such an repository. And then they making recommendations depending on the kind of search I frequently make, or the items I click. here whats missing is a set of few other informations.
Fact 1: I would not have searched just their portal or listing, I certainly would have searched else where (similar portals) parallely.

Fact 2: Probably I would have searched in google  too and it would have returned me results for my context.
Fact 3: What else I might have in mind when I types those key words?

Lately what i have observed is Google has spoiled the way we search by providing the luxury of intelligence in it. People tend to type in direct english (or other language) sentences as if they are conversing and expect exact result.
Then how to leverage on that piece of information?
Why can't our recommendation engine browse through the recent history of my browser, collect my search results and habit on the similar context and objects? We can actually use that data and the listing by the other portals, google before making a recommendation and precisely zero in on what I need.

That way the e-commerce portal can map more correctly from the context I am searching to the object they have and are selling. And I will come back to them as I find more suitable and exact results with them.
Just a random idea.

Truly
Abinash

Local Service reviews - Now on.

Lately I thought of listing a review of local services we get from the thousands of start ups. Like movies I felt they need a review too, of course they are free of cost mostly but then time is money. We spend time pondering through them. And there are plenty similar portals extending similar services but what makes a difference is the relevance of my need and usability and intelligence of the portals itself. So I will review them on these parameters as an end user.

Truly
Abinash

Lets Start-up!

Ok. I  have been in Bangalore for last 4 years and enjoyed and explored the city in and out. Loved it. 

After a good stint as a developer, working with few good minds I got thoughtful one fine day and decided to call it quit. And now I am on the exit mode from my job and like Bollywood movie's climax scene, its too happening in slow motion. And like inception's cascaded dreams the slow motion in my job has given me ample time to get faster else where. So m on the leap to get into a start up mode. Its a very energetic word "start up". Its keeps you going, gets you thinking and makes you working. So starting up with a start up ain't any easy job but again parenting an infant has its own charm! So its time to pull the sleeves up and get muddy and wrestle with the challenges not so far. So now I have to act like (I mean I am supposed to :P)  I am very careful, result oriented and perfectionist. But again I believe in the power of free will, be it work, be it life! 

Now lets get up and get going!

Truly

Abinash

Dabangg Review

I can see this movie back to back 5 times "darrrrrlinggg tere liye".

Rating : 4.5/5
Director : Abhinav Kashyap
Starring : Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha

Typical bollywood movie with all spices in it. A smashing beginning with the muscular hero beating up some gun clad goons to ashes, immediately followed by a song. An item number just in place, a variety of bad guys,  emotional "maa" and a "bedardi" baap and all said a happy ending. Awesome.
The hero is actually a almost-superman jo marta hai na bullet se, na talwar se bas jeet jata hai apni prahaar se. waah waah. Well directed and the music does full justice to the script. The dance steps ensures a great time watching the songs and keeps you restless for the next one. Sallu did a awesome job. Actually every one was perfect in their respective roles. The action sequences were very nicely directed and delivered with perfect machismo. Dialogues amongst the fightings were enough to create a wave of giggles in the theater.

  The script has a group of goons (dakait) just for the sake chulbul (sallu) can beat them up time to time. And each time sallu does so you will love it. With full bollywood drama ( "pandey jee aaj se main aapko sirf papa kahunga" "bhaiyaa maa ko isne tadpa tadpa ke maara") this movie is a delight for any bollywood movie buff. in one word "Awesome". Now don't waste time, go and watch it. Mann balwan, laage chattan, rahe maidan main age...... hudd hudd dabangg  dabangg  dabangg  dabangg......

Truly
Abinash

Ek Sabera roshan fir ayaa

Ek sabera roshan fir ayaa
suraj samundar main dubki leke bahar nikal aya
wo phool patte aur chanchal tittliyaan
wo baagon main khelti hui gilhariyaan

Ek sabera roshan fir ayaa
jharno ki behti dhun saath layaa
wo udte parinde nikalpade asmaan ki aur
wo dharti sajj uthi jaise jashn ka sor

Ek sabera roshan fir ayaa
sunehre kirno ke saath roshni layaa
wo school jate mashoom bachhe
wo khwahishon se bhari din ki suruwat, thode bure thode achhe.

Ek sabera roshan fir ayaa
zindako ko ek naya din dikhlaya.

Truly
Abinash

N.B. Script is in English as any readers can understand yet can not read Hindi.