Awakening

It is with great reluctance and the urge to win over this reluctance that I dive into the past to track my last digital footprint aka my then newly discovered interest to become a prolific blogger. It goes without saying that much has happened in due course of time between then and now. Life has moved at rather disturbing pace wherein the rabbit has left the turtle behind hands down.

To begin with, professional life happened and pretty much everything went south of what it was it was before that. Mornings were a time of bliss back in the days of graduation but soon became busy as a beehive. Getting up early, dressing to be a punctual corporate slave became the definition of life. Yawning all day was a cliché with the only comforting thought was of a bed somewhere where one could sump in and make merry.

Seldom I thought of getting back to blogging must admit. And I admit again my reluctance. It.It took three more weeks after writing to finally digitize what was written. But none the less the past is behind us all now. Someone has rightfully quoted “perseverance is a virtue”.I take leave with a hope to more frequent blogging from now on.

Cheers!

MOMENTS

Excerpts from my article for CE Magazine: To the eye of a Civil Engineer these are nothing but response to an external action resulting in deformation of a structure (Hope I got this right).Not thinking as a Civil Engineer, these are the glory days one will cherish for the rest of their lives. A token of happiness that will remind us of the unforgettable & delightful tweaks of the time we spent here together. Even today I couldn’t anticipate what my life would have been had I not come to this place, in spite of the fact that I’ve had my own share of criticisms & concerns about certain aspects of life in the campus. But if I were to sum up these five years of stay in KGP, I would definitely and without a doubt say these have been the best years of my life. People I met here are unique in their own special way. One can learn a lot here from ones peers. The best part is if you’ve hit an impasse you can be sure that someone out there has a better and probably the best explanation for whatever it is you have stumbled upon.

Moving on, life as a super final year student has its own upside and charm: A handful of classes and literally nothing to do. Attending classes seem a viable option just to get away from the sedentary lifestyle and to add to it signing the attendance register daily, irrespective of the fact that there may not be classes everyday, too feels like a good enough motive to break the vicious cycle of laziness. And lastly comes the fun part: Trips, outings, hikings (fractional multiples of 2.2) & late night gossips in the dark corners & circles of KGP.These are the moments I take away with myself after I leave this place. I take with me those moments of sleepless nightouts before exams only to find that it is literally impossible to study it all in such short time, those loud tempo shouts screaming on top of our voices, those moments when we copied assignments together without having a clue of what we were copying, treats, concerts and much more.

Last but not the least, I want to thank the team CES for doing a wonderful job in bringing up the yearly magazine, and giving me a platform to show my literary side. I want to sign off on the note that wherever we go from here we will always be united by the bond of affection and care we shared at this place called KGP.

A soul forgotten

Our country today celebrates 141st birth anniversary of a legendary social and political reformer who changed the course of struggle for freedom.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,our beloved 'father of the nation' ,as many of us might not even remember,was born on 2 october, 1869 in Porbandar,Gujrat.Every year this day is observed worldover as International Non-Violence Day.

I am rather unqualified and immature to write about Gandhiji because our generation never witnessed the greatness of his soul.All is left of him today is a national holiday observed on his birthday every year.People seldom talk about the sufferings he confronted for the sake of independence of this country.We have statues of him standing in almost all parts of the country,but nobody even bothers to maintain a hygiene around them.Twice in a year do they grab attention,are washed up and cleaned, and covered in floral designs.The big question is who are we doing this for?Maybe to show that superficially we care,when infact we don't.

My understanding about Gandhiji goes so far to suggest that he was a divine figure who was born to lead the independence movement and left us when his job was done.Our country became independent on 15 August,1947 and Gandhiji was assassinated soon after that on 30 January,1948.He was an expatriate during his stay in South Africa where he worked for the social upliftment of the blacks.Only in 1915 did he return to India and joined the struggle for independence.Non-violence was his only tool in the struggle and he exercised it to the point where the British government came down on its knees and was forced to vacate the country.

Gandhiji's contributions to this country are uncountable and we can never thank him enough for what he did for us.The air of freedom this country has been breathing for the past 63 years is attributed to the painstaking efforts of Gandhiji and other great freedom fighters the history has witnessed.Writing a few lines about his legacy is a sheer injustice to him,but at least it made me remember him differently today.Maybe someday I will be qualified enough to write about him and remember his pious soul in a way that will do justice to his existence.In the end I would like to quote a famous saying by Gandhiji:"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

The Idea of failure

Failure to me is rather an ambiguous term and deep down inside each one of us has confronted a failure.The difference lies in how we mould it to define its consequences.When we are faced with an utter failure situation the coordination between the mind and the body is lost and depressing thoughts float around and breed in the ocean of failure.They fuel our anger,hatred and bring the worst out of ourselves.As a result of this our judgements are clouded and this is the time and we really need someone to salvage us from turning into a dark hole.This someone is our hope who can help us see the light at the end of the dark tunnel.It is therefore very important in life to find the right person to share ourselves with,one who can see right though us and help us calm the inner turmoil.I wish it was as easy to find this one person as we write about him/her.

Until we find this one person we always have our inner conscience to talk to and it is solely upon us if we can trust our inner self.This is something easier said than done and this is what is called "Having faith in ourselves"...

Mercury Rising

This is my first post ever on blogger.I would like to introduce myself as a novice who has least literary sense,but I welcome comments and suggestions with open arms.

We all learn eventually,every now and then, from our surroundings.But I never learnt to mind my surroundings.Thanks to this rising mercury that I finally got pushed into writing(pushing pen and paper aside) and giving some sense to my thoughts in the form of these words(which still don't make sense).

120km from a Metropolitan Kolkata is a place called Kharagpur(name might sound familiar to some) and is my second home.Stinkingly humid in summer and not so chilling winter makes my life miserable and to add to my misery there is IIT.This Institute of Indian Technology leaves no room for a student to breathe,not even his last breath.It is all about pushing the limits and developing a cutting edge technology(a popular belief).To me this is nothing more than a back breaking technological advancement.But I have no regrets no matter how miserable my life might get.Things that I learnt here might not come in handy always but I believe they will always guide my path of life with glittering colors.

So much for the first time I guess but I will try to come up with assorted thoughts and topics for this blog of mine.Looking forward to posting again..