The Dilemma

Well to be frank you could call me a half engineer as long as you know nothing about engineering cause even i dont know what engineering is. Till now I have realised that the infinite amount of information contained in each of the topics so far taught or learnt(often learnt as teaching and listening are quite a dream) that the so called degree that we earn after a 4 year stint at college trying to weld together the technical ability and submissiveness(being in a university I realise the importance of this if I am to complete my course in 4 years) and the industry requirement is quite different

Even if you dont believe me, technology is so advanced that all that the industry expects is a bunch of guys who know ohms law and resistance equations well.....(you can check with many of the placement papers)...........

So what does it indicate that a guy knowing Resistance equations and Ohms law is the best engineer out there......

Well to answer the question lets look a few years back when the so called Entrance fever was running high. I had a friend of mine who wrote KEAM( medical,2006) and got near about 3000. Well he was stuck to the idea of getting an MBBS in his CV and decided to repeat the entrance coaching and he came out last year with a rank of 200 which took him to an elite college . Now this year could transform this person suddenly into a guy of great intellect, knowledge or is it???

Well dear brothers and sisters an entance exam scorer doesnt indicate how good of an engineer or doctor you have in you. It indicates that you have the finanial ability to get into some good coaching institute and get good rank...........


Similarly there is a lot of things a college can do, it could virtually transform even a mediocre person into a very talented student in the domain.........

dont forget as is said "it is what you get out of the college that matters not what the college gets out of you"......

A Lesson I Learnt

These 4 lines are perhaps the most commonly found lines from the Bhagvat Gita. Atleast these lines are the ones that an average indian like me would know. They are:

yadha yadha hi dharmasya
glanirva bhavathi bharatha
abyuthanam adharmasya
tadatmanam shrejami aham

Whenever there is decay
of righteousness o! bharatha
and a rise of unrighteousness
then i manifest myself

Now to understand these lines (which even I did lately) one must realise that Shri krishna was absolutely right. Now taking a philosophical account of these lines ( which infact requires one to imbibe the concept of tatvamasi- A word with power of an infinite reservoir, the concept that tells you that we and the universe(god) are one and the same). So, what god meant is when there is a loss of dharma in the world, when adharma triumphs, god will take human form. Hence with the equality of everyone with the Ishvara, it is not that god will take a seperate human form. It is infact the inner consciousness that provokes good (righteousness) that is what is a manifestation of god. So, it is the so called "inner voice" that we refer to colloquially that Lord Krishna was referring to. Now, this is the only way that we can fight the devil within us(the second mind that provokes us to do bad).
So if anyone has seen me do good remember it is the god within me that provoked me to do so and when I do something wrong it is me and i take full responsibility. So signing off with a prayer.

God forgive me for the infinite number of mistakes that I have done, I am doing and I keep repeating. You are the good in me but I fail to realise you many a times cause I am an ordinary human being.

INDIANESS THE DEFINITION FOR PATRIOTISM

Aha!!! found that topic i anticipated for quite sometime. Maybe because i miss being in india thats why i am writing this. What india as a country presents to me (ok apart from bollywood and indian cricketers that you all know about) is the so called "Indianess"(taking inspiration from the movie You, Me and Dupree). Wow!! the word has got that melody to it. Anyway my country inspite of the geographic diversity, the lingual diversity or the ethnic diversity(well by the way i am a Hindu Nedungadi from kerala so that makes me a malayalee, Indian and we are Aryans that makes me a Persian or a European and the whole human race is supposed to have originated from a single man possibly an African so that makes me the final destination of a group of people who are from 3 different continents. Amazing!!!!,) thrives only because we as a group of people living in the world largest democracy are united. Well ,I wonder how many people actually realise that we live in a state where in we have the namboodiris on one hand living with the mohammeds and the chackos side by the side. I mean maybe apart from the time we have prayers or we are lost in some spiritual trance the very idea of religion never crops up. At all times we remain Indian. Maybe this discussion is very well exemplified by the selfless behaviour of the people after the horrible Mumbai blasts that left hundreds dead and many injured. That time we didnt bother about anything, anyone whether Kith or Kin whether Hindu or Muslim ....................

Thats what true patriotism is "Selfless Service For Any True Cause In The Name Of Our Country"..........

Have a beautiful day