Relativity

Being weak in English i think i encountered this term for the first time only when i started studying Physics. Theory of Relativity...found by Einstein (i hope i remember correct) was too complex to understand.

But now, having ample time to look around and think, i found Relativity is such a negative term that takes out all the peace from your life.

When I was a kid i was very happy when my mother bought me a bat to play with a rubber ball, but the happiness only lasted till my friend got a parched bat for leather ball. In teen age, i was enjoying my school life with my friends, but the enjoyment went away when one of them managed to get a girlfriend.
In college, i was one of the happiest man on earth when i got a job, but sadness engulfed me when some got placed on higher package. I liked the furniture of my house a lot but now it has turned mediocre after we returned from one of our newly wed friend's home.

The list is endless. Everything starts with happiness but then relativity kills all of it. Sometimes a part of me thinks that if we can over look relativity then the tree of happiness in our lives will always be green. That part tells that why not enjoy with what we have.... Rather looking the things we dont have why not think of things we have...

But there is this other part which tells that there is no progress without relativity. Its only the relativity which has planted the sapling... Its only relativity which helped me possess the things i have...

May be its the IDEAL Balance in which, at times thinking relative we can progress and at other times over looking relativity we remain happy. Again i have read in physics that "IDEAL is always HYPOTHETICAL".

Morning Euphoria 2 Morning Depression.

I find my body full of fresh energy every morning i get up after a good night's sleep. I wonder if everyone feels the same! But lately, after i grew the habit of reading the newspaper, there is one more thing that I feel; which is the transition of this Euphoria to Depression. And again i wonder if every newspaper reader goes through the same transition!

With a hot cup of Ginger Tea, going through the MAIN PAGE of the news paper, there is always some new Scam unearthed by the leading newspaper i am patronized to. I feel sorry for the corruption in our country but at the same time thankful to the media who's putting all its effort in making our country corruption free. Keep up the Good Job!!!
Adjacent to the news of the day, there is a story of inflation continuously rising which makes me regret that i didnt buy enough Daal and Sugar last month when the prices were 10Rs lesser. Oh My God!! Even Ginger is not spared!!

Finding nothing significant on the first page, i switch to the second page which tells me how my City is doing. There is a news of a Chain Snatcher, which makes me worried about the Gold Chain gifted with loads of love by my in laws. I feel i was less worried when i dint have in laws. Then Comes --> Youth hacked to Death! Dengue and Diarrhoea scare in the near by slum! Corruption in the Muncipal Corporation! Auto Strike! Transport Strike! I wish i would have settled down in some other metropolitan. This City is going no where!

Overseeing the other "bad" and "scary" news of my city i turn over to the page dedicated to my Nation. There is a news of a Terrorist Attack going on from last two days in J&K, Effects of Global Warming in Himachal,In chandigarh story of a father fighting for justice for her daughter against a high rank police officer from the last nineteen years, Chief Minister spending the public money in erecting her statues in UP, Blue Line and Kidnap scare in Delhi, Caste Agitation in Rajasthan, Communal and Region fanatic speech in MP, Maoist agitation in Bihar/Jharkhand/Orissa/WB, Molestation of North Indians in Mumbai, Two communities fighting for division of AP, Communist Strike in Kerala. Oh God! Help me!! there is not even a single state where my family, my kids (who are not yet born, even the process is not started) can live safe without fear. I speculate the Options of settling abroad.. may be US, UK or Australia.

With the fear and tension in my mind, I start reading the International page where an Indian is killed in a racist attack in Australia, US President assures its citizens that no more Jobs will be outsourced, UK economy going down and like a twist of knife in the wound there is always a research which either challenges your testosterone or tells about a new cancer discovered which is very Common. I started this page with a little fear and now i dont have a single place in the whole world where i can settle down and over it i doubt on my macho-ism and i doubt whether i will be able to see my 40s or even 30s with so many cancers so "COMMON".

All energy evaporated, i pound upon the Business News where there is always some aquisition/merger explained briefly with the jargons hard to understand. I feel frustrated on my little knowledge about business. Also now and then there is always one of the best companies showing loss in their financial quarter or even going bankrupt!! Compromising on the place i am settled in i pray i dont lose my Job!

Finally the last section, Sports, I desperately wish to see some good news. Well depends on the luck of our cricket team coz all others are in mess. Hockey team being admonished by the Hockey Federation President, Sania failing to perform after her engagement, an athlete selling vegetables for his daily bread. Federer/Nadal, with mind about to burst WHO THE HELL CARES FOR THEM!!!

With heart sinking deep, i get ready for office.... I wonder if Newspaper Reading is good or bad for health. I again wonder if every one feels the same!!!

Job Hunt

This is my latest experience and learning. Working in the same company, which is my first as well, from the last 4 years this is the first time i am trying for a Job Change. Reason is simple, I want more money.

Being in this company i dont know how but People have a feeling that i am good at my work, so I enjoy a lot of flexibilities e.g. My day at work starts at 1:00 PM when most of my friends and colleagues give a finish to their half day, some with Chicken Briyani and some with Fruit bowl or Fresh salad. And over it my day ends with them :)

But the desire of more money compelled me to leave these comforts and look out for a change. So I made an impressive resume (obviously i searched an impressive one on google and just made some modification). And then my experience and learning starts......

FIRST
Experience: This was with "Tech Mahindra". So the HR Called me and told me that my telephonic interview is scheduled on the following saturday at 12:00noon. On Saturday I being in the impression that i know a lot just looked at my resume and waited for the call but the call dint come at 12. I waited for another one hour but no call came. I became furious at "Tech Mahindra" and thought inside that what a mistake these guys are doing. I instead of feeling sorry for my self started feeling sorry for them.

At around 2:00 PM me and my wife left home to visit Art of Living Ashram. And on the way i got the call from the interviewer and the conversation follows

Me(in a firm voice): The HR told me that the interview is at 12. I waited for 2 hours and now am not in a position to attend the interview.
Interviewer(politely): So can I call you in evenig some time?
Me(in firm voice): See i am driving now. Can you call me later?
Interviewer(a bit frustrated): Ok, No Problem, Thanks!

The call was over and from that day till today i have mailed the HR many times, given my resume to the consultancies for Tech M a lot of times. But niether the HR called nor the Consultancies were able to upload my resume again as its already in their database.

Learning: Never ever talk rude to the interviewer. Its you who needs the Job more than they need you.

SECOND
Experience: The next good (or bad) experience was with "HUAWEI". The HR called me and
HR : We found your resume interesting. Will you be interested in an opportunity with "Huawei"
Huawei, i knew it pays damn good, i was excited and as learnt from my prior experience i replied very politely
Me : yes, Ofcourse!
HR : Can you come for a Face 2 Face tomorrow evening?
Me : aaa.. is it possible in morning? i have to be in office in evening time.
HR : Ok, i will call you back in some time...
Me : One sec, Hello... Hello.... Hellooooooooooooooooooooooo

And the HR never called :( i mailed her again and again but she never replied!!

Learning: If its a company which pays very well then it wont be having many openings. So agree to their schedule until its impossible.

THIRD
Experience: This time my encounter was with "ACCENTURE". Company which is still hiring people from my technology in bulk. They scheduled my telephonic interview on a weekday and like Tech M I waited for their call for very long. But you know what!! I am still waiting for their call! They havent called me yet and again the same story of no response for my mails from the HR.

Learning: If Chitrakoot(the god/devil who is in charge of destiny/luck of all) is standing against you, there is nothing you can do except waiting for him to sleep so that you can steal a chance from him.

Apart from these i was selected/rejected in few but the negotiations didnt go well.

To sum up,
--> I am still waiting for the correct opportunity.
--> A software engineer shouldnt think that he is working on something similar to 'Rocket Science'. A Software Engineer's job is very trivial and that makes all software engineers alike. And thats why, its just the attitude and luck that matters in a software Engineer's life. We should understand this and "Isliye Humein apni AUKAAT mein rahna chahiye"

How i "WASTED" my "ENGINEERING"

After seeing 3 Idiots, I dedicate this blog in retrospecting my Engineering Days.

Joining --> I joined Kamla Nehru Institute of Tecnology in 2001 as a student of Electronics and Communication Engineering. Till then I dint have a little bit of idea about what electronics is except for the fact that Television and Radio are electronics instruments. But just after securing an 'elex' seat and even before joining the college my neighbours expected me to correct their faulty TVs and Radios!

First Year, the year of a sports man --> Being a government college, some ppl hinted that dont expect the facilities to be so good but even after being prepared for "NOT GOOD", forget bathing, i never expected that in the mornings i will have to relieve myself with the tension of flushing and cleaning with one and ONLY one mug of water. But then from here only all the proud KNITians start learning the management and many make IIMs their goal.

Then in some days there was the formation of a gang... three ppl in it... me and two more.. Being with them i learnt working hard with late/over night efforts of learning TT and yes by my hardwork i could play a respectable game in just a few days. So what when the midsems were there we were busy trying to beat each other in singles and doubles, just that i was in the top '40'!

Then came two more and the divide in our group. I chose the latter two and moved out. Roaming, boozing, sleeping we found out that we have not touched a single subject and sem exams have arrived and then we studied.. studied very hard.... mugging, cramming, understanding we finished our semesters and yes we cleared the semesters successfully being the last three. Thank God i was the third last.

Second Year, the year of a DON --> Second Year started with the same... We never touched a book and never went to the class/practicals. When other classmates were learning about transistors, diodes and triodes we were busy in our own world of fantasies and also busy in thinking that we are the DONs of the college... Believe me the taste as well as the illusion of Power is like heaven.

But it was not very late when i discovered that my illusionary heaven in reality is a hell. Considering ourselves heroes and dons we jumped into a clash with another group of our college that had just odd 40 members against roughly 8 of us. And after that fight, the heroism and the dream of being a don were the first to fly out of my room's window where i was sitting with a swollen face and coloured eye. You guessed rite, they punched me on my face and not once. This time again i was among the last three in my end sems.

Third Year, the year of friends and study --> Falling and stumbling i entered in the third year. And after that Brave Heart episode I was in my real world where i knew that i have screwed my percentage and i dont know anythng about electronics. Then again the hero inside me rises and rises high to decide to learn the subjects thoroughly. Where all of them were buying books which were specially designed thin with only the exam specific material i bought all the reference books written by great authors. When all of them used to study roaming from one room to another with their 'thin' books in hand, i couldnt afford that because only a heavy weight champion can think of doing that with the type of books i was reading. I read them and read them all thoroughly and page wise. Not skipped even a single page and when the exams arrived, with one day in hand to revise for a subject i couldnt even revisit the 10% of a book. Again i found my self in the last three.

But third year gave me some new friends. Friends who were pure at heart, fun to be with and motivators of all times. And this was in this year i learnt laughing at life. We laughed together in every situation.

Final Year, the year of Placement --> Then came the last year of college with few companies for campus placement.Amongst the first were "Wipro" and "HCL". When HCL hired only 2, Wipro recruited almost thirty from our batch. THE LUCKY 30, none was happier than them that time. They had fun without any tension of future.

Still around 200 were remaining with a dream of having a job before leaving college, but how. How can we get a job? Everyone thought, some started reading C/C++, some got busy solving puzzles, some in improving their English. Apart from these there was a bunch who started emulating the placed ones. If some Placed one had a bread and butter in breakfast, they used to have the same even though the "Chola Bhatura" was in the menu of Mess. If a placed one listened to Rock, they abandoned mukesh and md Rafi and listened the same. Honestly speaking i think the effort these guys put in emulating the Placed Ones was above the efforts of all others.

I was among the non placed ones, and was making every effort to get placed except the last one, coz i could never wakeup at breakfast time and i devoted my youth to Jagjit singh ghazals. Then came Infosys, i couldn't sit due to my low percentage. Perot System, Low percentage. Kanbay, Couldnt clear the written test. Quark, was thrown out in the final round. Birlasoft, yes, yes i got in it. That was one of the happiest moment of my life. I got through Birlasoft, though i never heard this company name before, i had a job in hand. No longer I had to worry for my percentage. NO longer I had to think whether i should emulate the placed ones or not.

Then the day came when we all departed. We cried and vowed of meetin often even though we will be in different corners of the world.

The Engineering was over. I was an Electronics engineer without the ability to even recognise a transistor and diode and with a Software Job in Hand. AND Still i dont know what Electronics is all about!!
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