This is the short story that SVENKY and I created with valuable suggestions from sana.

THE WALK

The chillness of the night did not wither the spirits of the inmates of the hostel. The long four year voyage is about to end in few months. Boisterous crowd thumping the poor volley ball, the animated discussions on university admits, poor junior getting taunted by some wretched souls, all these are typical of a final year hostel life. Oblivious to all these proceedings I am immersed in deep retrospection. With a confused feeling I instantly get up from my bed and start to walk towards the nearby coffee shop.

Though the general tendency of the human mind is to be social, a tinge of loneliness makes you feel good. I chose the longer route through the deserted woody road. The nagging sensation of under achievement creeps in to my present thoughts, giving a slight depressing feel. Chewing over the experiences I see that so much has changed in the college in these years, from new buildings to hi-tech computer centers, but the sad truth is that there is always a fraction of pupils who are bound to remain stagnant in every aspect. The feeling that I may as well belong to this group upsets me.

At this point in time, I see a silhouette of a stoopy figure holding a cigarette, ambling towards me. The brightly lit building behind, prevents me from immediately recognizing him. However his walking style reveals that he is my first year bench mate. Late night gaming and other notorious habits have literally taken over major part of his college life. On comparing myself with him I feel slightly relieved. As I approach him, all my thoughts of how pathetic he is, morphed into a mocking smile. I could only see a total degradation of all his basic abilities and changing him into a filthy creature. Seconds after I crossed him, the shocking image flashed in my mind. It was his reaction. He had given back the same sarcastic smile.

Every one of us have our own way of looking at life, be it our’s or other’s and rightly so.

Technorati Profile

The 'lakh'una !

Welcome the TATA nano, the car that has to fulfill ratan tata s vision rather promise of a car to every Indian. (If you are convinced that it has done it already, read on!)

The nano was unveiled at the ninth auto expo Delhi on the tenth of this January. No matter what pachauri or the competitors say, it simply does not matter. The point is it is definitely going to be a grand success. Technical details in here.

Kudos to the engineers at tata, the aesthetics are marvelous and with some more instrumentation on the dashboard, completeness could have been ensured. With this, I don’t mean to dishonor the efforts of frugal engineering or the other cost cutting strategies effectively employed but this average Indian mind is never content. High cc bike manufacturers and the prominent A-segment car manufacturers have nothing to worry, though maruti 800 would have to take the blow single-handedly. But the Indian market is in itself a mystery but this car, when considering the initial popularity will not at least be a victim of consumer ignorance.

The Tata has applied for 34 patents for the power train design which clearly shows a positive trend in the Indian R&D sector. Manufacturers have started to realise the potential of R&D and have started to invest money there instead of buying the designs from some Italian company. Tata s engineers would have had a very tough job these months to put in their best to redesign everything right from windshield wipers, rear engine layout, tubeless tires, spacious interiors and fuel system.

While musing over the nano, the aspect that bothered me the most is the safety. Why is it that, we Indians do not understand the importance of safety? At a stage when ABS and airbags are a standard feature in international cars, we still have it as an option. Leave out ABS, ESP, Traction control, fog lamps etc., the nano has rear view mirror only on the driver’s side. It is highly illogical to compromise on safety for cutting costs. Personal safety has to be given a serious thought. The government should pass laws to make safety norms mandatory as it was done years before to reduce emission.

But let’s not worry a lot. Considering the present pace of advancement, things are closer by.

Words Worth!

Everyone of us would have heard people say that one can move up the success ladder with just the ability to convince others by framing sentences appropriately. Read this story to know how this man can get the desired reply by just framing a question in a different way.
There was this drunkard who went to a swamiji and asked
" Swamiji, is it ok to be drunk while praying?
The reply was a straight no!.
after a brief pause, there came the second question.
"Swamiji,is it ok to pray to god while drinking?
There.. he got his favorable reply.

So,it is indeed true that you can make your words do the work for you.But,beware sometimes those same words can also chuck you out of a job interview or make you a the laughing stock or annoy others to their critical limits or sometimes reveal the real 'YOU' which is not preferred in most cases. :)

meet ya soon!!!.