Got my Semester 1 Results today ...... Can't believe I am actually half way through the course! Phew!
Got 3.50 as my TGPA (Term Grade Point Average), out of 5.0
This is quite a decent score, considering that I have had devoured 5 out of 10 courses already! Days were quite hectic, Nights were even more drastic! Assignments, Submission, Powerpoint Slides, Quizzes ... All this managed between the Dinner times, movies, chatting, surfing, partying, sight seeing, and of course, being with my beloved ... 'Sleep'!
I am constantly hammering this on my mind, that at this age and at this stage of my 'academic' career, grades do not matter! Yet, somehow the sense of greed and remorse surrounds me at the same time, when I look at my marks. Phrases such as "I could have done better", "If only... I had studied a bit more", "Next sem I'll try to score more" and alike; keep on hovering in my mind! I say WHY?
It is then I realize, that, we, as Indian students, are constantly bred within our education system, to race against each other on a benchmark of 'marks', 'grades', 'scores', whatever! Why is it that the first thought that crosses our mind (pre-exams, during the exams, and post-exams) that, I should score this much..... anything less than this is something to be ashamed of! We, intrinsically, have been developed in such a way, that we unconciously (or even sub-conciously!) try to be merely qualified than being thoroughly educated?
I do know that grades are a measure of feedback on how much the student has 'understood' of what is being 'taught' to him/her, but why such a tremendous emphasis as if it were to be a matter of life or death!
From now on, of whatever is left of my student life, I refuse to be dragged into this grindmill! I would not be bogged down or flattered by any grades of any magnitude, and the sole purpose of my academics will be to be educated and not just qualified!
If Only.....
Aditya
P.S.: This is from personal experiences, observations, trials and tribulations! The reader has it in the free will to disagree with any of the opinions, thoughts, and ideas.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Ganpati Bappa Morya!
Dear Ganpati Bappa,
This is my first time in past 10 years that I am away from home, a home called Pune, where Ganeshotsav, truly lives by its meaning! In the past 10 years of me being a 'Puneiite', without fail, I have seen the fervour and the zest with which the Puneiites celebrate the festival, and have loved every single moment of it!!!
This year, however, due to my personal as well as professional pursuits, I am not around the scene. I am at a place, where people are really indifferent, and consider 2nd September 2008, as any other normal day in their lives! I miss the enthusiasm and the colours of joy all around me. They are so infectious! It is at this time, I realise the power and importance of the Divine One such as you. They say, you truly miss someone/something when you are not around! Well, I hate to admit it, but it's the truth!
And when I realise that, I really have tears in my eyes, for the grief of missing something so truly pure and amazing is overwhelming!
There are so many things that I miss of this festival of life! The decorations, The Idols, The bhajans and aartis, the 'modaks', the fragrance of agarbattis and flowers everywhere, the electrifying energy in the people, but mostly importantly, I miss my family and friends, who have been around with me during this time of my life, every year! And, I miss you!
So, all this said, with my humblest self and I pray to you Lord Almighty, that it is my most sincerest wish to celebrate the next Ganesh Chaturthi being with all the people that I love to be with! People that I can identify myself with! Hope you grant me my wish!
Forever a Believer,
Aditya
This is my first time in past 10 years that I am away from home, a home called Pune, where Ganeshotsav, truly lives by its meaning! In the past 10 years of me being a 'Puneiite', without fail, I have seen the fervour and the zest with which the Puneiites celebrate the festival, and have loved every single moment of it!!!
This year, however, due to my personal as well as professional pursuits, I am not around the scene. I am at a place, where people are really indifferent, and consider 2nd September 2008, as any other normal day in their lives! I miss the enthusiasm and the colours of joy all around me. They are so infectious! It is at this time, I realise the power and importance of the Divine One such as you. They say, you truly miss someone/something when you are not around! Well, I hate to admit it, but it's the truth!
And when I realise that, I really have tears in my eyes, for the grief of missing something so truly pure and amazing is overwhelming!
There are so many things that I miss of this festival of life! The decorations, The Idols, The bhajans and aartis, the 'modaks', the fragrance of agarbattis and flowers everywhere, the electrifying energy in the people, but mostly importantly, I miss my family and friends, who have been around with me during this time of my life, every year! And, I miss you!
So, all this said, with my humblest self and I pray to you Lord Almighty, that it is my most sincerest wish to celebrate the next Ganesh Chaturthi being with all the people that I love to be with! People that I can identify myself with! Hope you grant me my wish!
Forever a Believer,
Aditya
Monday, August 11, 2008
Thank You, Mr. Abhinav Bhindra
Dear Mr. Abhinav Bhindra,
Thank you , you have truly made me proud..... and I'm sure that when I speak about my feelings, I would be one of the echoing crowd that says the same!
The first time I heard it, a tear rolled out of my eyes..... a tear that was composed of every feeling of happiness, pride, glory, grit, determination.
The feeling is truly amazing and I feel myself proud to be one of that country which produces a True Hero like you.
I, and We, hope that your exemplary achievement leads us to some introspect on what can we do for our great nation!
Hats off to you Sir! May the Divine Force be with you always, and lead you to many more moments of glory.
All I can assure you is that me and our fellow countrymen will try and bring glory to our great Motherland in every field that we venture into!
One in a Billion .... Yes! I am an Indian,
Aditya.
Just The Facts.....
This is India's first ever Olympian Gold in an Individual Event and 9th in Total!
Thank you , you have truly made me proud..... and I'm sure that when I speak about my feelings, I would be one of the echoing crowd that says the same!
The first time I heard it, a tear rolled out of my eyes..... a tear that was composed of every feeling of happiness, pride, glory, grit, determination.
The feeling is truly amazing and I feel myself proud to be one of that country which produces a True Hero like you.
I, and We, hope that your exemplary achievement leads us to some introspect on what can we do for our great nation!
Hats off to you Sir! May the Divine Force be with you always, and lead you to many more moments of glory.
All I can assure you is that me and our fellow countrymen will try and bring glory to our great Motherland in every field that we venture into!
One in a Billion .... Yes! I am an Indian,
Aditya.
Just The Facts.....
This is India's first ever Olympian Gold in an Individual Event and 9th in Total!
Saturday, August 2, 2008
The Art of Giving Up
Give Up = to surrender, to withdraw, to let go
To: the readers of my blog ..... irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, gender and, of course, mentalities......
well.....
These are the meanings associated with this phrase. How regularly or infrequently does it happen with you that there's something you want really badly (or 'goodly' even!) What if you don't get it? What if you cannot get it? The easiest solution then is 'to give up'. And then, there's a nicer way to it by covering it up with a cloak of "practicality". "Let's be practical, it is never meant to be, so you might as well give up!" People who have been hearing these kind of (mis)advices will agree with me!
To me, Practicality is a pseudonym given to the word "Compromise". Yes, I do agree, in life you've got to make certain compromises. But there are certain situations wherein, you know you cannot get what you want but still you wouldn't want to give up trying for them!!! Do we still 'celebrate' practicality for them? Practicality works the best in matters of the mind, not of the heart!
I, in the recent past, came across a saying, the ownership of which is anonymous, but still I wouldn't wanna take credit for it. It goes something like.....
"It's hard to wait around for something that you know might never happen, but it's even harder to give up knowing that it is the only thing you ever wanted!"
I believe in a philosophy (not so much of a philosophy, but a real life experience...... life's the best teacher!) that every wall has two sides to it. One side has a rosy picture of life to it. Then, a door in the wall leads to the other side of life. This side is dimly lit, one can barely see things around, dingy kind of a feel to it, scary and undiscovered! One cannot just stay on the rosy side forever.... one has to grab hold of the door knob, open the door and walk to the other side of it as well, no matter how hard and scary it is. In this case, one cannot just be "practical" about it and say if I cannot stay on the rosy side forever, I might as well 'give it up'. If you come to look at it, the rosy side can be well termed as the Lies of life that we live in, and the scarier, darker side as the Truth, which life has to offer.
What matters is that when one is through with both the sides, does it change that person? Does it make him/her still want the same things? Or would they rather prefer giving up on what they wanted earlier, because it's a darker scarier Truth?
Yes, I am aware of the fact that things are still the same, and that the thing you want the most still eludes you. But knowing that, would you rather prefer giving it up or still clinging on to a flickering hope of getting it? Take a second to think about this, and answer your inner self with the truth!
To give up on something simply means that you never wanted it enough in the first place!
Think about it.
If Only....
Aditya
P.S.: In case you think what I have written is gibberish, my heartfelt apologies.
To: the readers of my blog ..... irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, gender and, of course, mentalities......
well.....
These are the meanings associated with this phrase. How regularly or infrequently does it happen with you that there's something you want really badly (or 'goodly' even!) What if you don't get it? What if you cannot get it? The easiest solution then is 'to give up'. And then, there's a nicer way to it by covering it up with a cloak of "practicality". "Let's be practical, it is never meant to be, so you might as well give up!" People who have been hearing these kind of (mis)advices will agree with me!
To me, Practicality is a pseudonym given to the word "Compromise". Yes, I do agree, in life you've got to make certain compromises. But there are certain situations wherein, you know you cannot get what you want but still you wouldn't want to give up trying for them!!! Do we still 'celebrate' practicality for them? Practicality works the best in matters of the mind, not of the heart!
I, in the recent past, came across a saying, the ownership of which is anonymous, but still I wouldn't wanna take credit for it. It goes something like.....
"It's hard to wait around for something that you know might never happen, but it's even harder to give up knowing that it is the only thing you ever wanted!"
I believe in a philosophy (not so much of a philosophy, but a real life experience...... life's the best teacher!) that every wall has two sides to it. One side has a rosy picture of life to it. Then, a door in the wall leads to the other side of life. This side is dimly lit, one can barely see things around, dingy kind of a feel to it, scary and undiscovered! One cannot just stay on the rosy side forever.... one has to grab hold of the door knob, open the door and walk to the other side of it as well, no matter how hard and scary it is. In this case, one cannot just be "practical" about it and say if I cannot stay on the rosy side forever, I might as well 'give it up'. If you come to look at it, the rosy side can be well termed as the Lies of life that we live in, and the scarier, darker side as the Truth, which life has to offer.
What matters is that when one is through with both the sides, does it change that person? Does it make him/her still want the same things? Or would they rather prefer giving up on what they wanted earlier, because it's a darker scarier Truth?
Yes, I am aware of the fact that things are still the same, and that the thing you want the most still eludes you. But knowing that, would you rather prefer giving it up or still clinging on to a flickering hope of getting it? Take a second to think about this, and answer your inner self with the truth!
To give up on something simply means that you never wanted it enough in the first place!
Think about it.
If Only....
Aditya
P.S.: In case you think what I have written is gibberish, my heartfelt apologies.
Monday, July 28, 2008
I, too, have it now!
Hi people,
This is my first blog post! Yippee! As much as I used to wonder all these days, I delved more into my curiousity for this thing called as the "Blog" and went ahead to sign up for it. Every single Indian I know who is abroad, has this thing with them.
Some of the typical observations I had for an Indian blog:
1.) The language used to write the blog is exquisite! I mean it! Why is it that only blogs lead to a perfect grammar and an even more perfect vocabulary? Maybe, it's the best tool around!
2.) Photographs of the places that were visited.
3.) Comparison about how worse the conditions are back home, and how good they are in a foreign land!
4.) Notes and observations and suggestions, as to how these "worse" conditions can be improved. Mind you, this is done sitting in a cosy place some few thousand miles away from where they are meant to be implemented.
And Many More.......... The list is virtually endless!
Now, i don't mean to criticise anything, but at my politest best I would like to say that My Blog wouldn't have any of these things..... as far as possible I would be avoiding them! And yeah, no regular updates too, you see, I got a life too.
So stay tuned for more "regular" updates!
If Only....
Aditya
This is my first blog post! Yippee! As much as I used to wonder all these days, I delved more into my curiousity for this thing called as the "Blog" and went ahead to sign up for it. Every single Indian I know who is abroad, has this thing with them.
Some of the typical observations I had for an Indian blog:
1.) The language used to write the blog is exquisite! I mean it! Why is it that only blogs lead to a perfect grammar and an even more perfect vocabulary? Maybe, it's the best tool around!
2.) Photographs of the places that were visited.
3.) Comparison about how worse the conditions are back home, and how good they are in a foreign land!
4.) Notes and observations and suggestions, as to how these "worse" conditions can be improved. Mind you, this is done sitting in a cosy place some few thousand miles away from where they are meant to be implemented.
And Many More.......... The list is virtually endless!
Now, i don't mean to criticise anything, but at my politest best I would like to say that My Blog wouldn't have any of these things..... as far as possible I would be avoiding them! And yeah, no regular updates too, you see, I got a life too.
So stay tuned for more "regular" updates!
If Only....
Aditya
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