The Audacity of Hope....

Yes....I am a final year student now.Our result was declared a month ago and I passed with good grades,not only good but in fact the highest that I ever got in all these three years of engineering.But they matter the least to me.Because they weren't there when I really needed them.The whole story goes like this..

           In our final year of engineering ,we are required to do a project that is sponsored by a company i.e they are company projects.The companies held tests to select students for projects.As soon as our end-sem got over,NVIDIA was scheduled to come the following week for selection test.The eligibility criteria was g.p.a 8.0 and above."Damn it!!!What the hell??",I exclaimed.I was just 0.02 short of 8.00.Mine was 7.98 then.Then came DELCAM.Again the criteria was 8.00.!I felt like being one of the most unfortunate ppl on earth.

           And after all these ,the most awaited thing came.Results!!They came but the harm had already been done!!My g.p.a now had augmented to 8.09 but I had missed two important companies."Cool,now I will be allowed to appear for all the companies !!",I mused.But when Binary Mantra came.I fell ill.Then there were rumours that Symantec would be coming the next week.I patiently waited .But when there were no signs of Symantec ,I packed my bags and set off to my home for my cousin sis's wedding.That was inevitable.I could not miss it.

           Then when I had just returned home from the wedding,I learnt that Symantec was going to conduct a test the next day.This gave me a coup de grace,a deathblow.So,in this way, I could not make it for Symantec .

           Now,I completely relied on TCS which was gonna conduct a test on 20th june.I reached Pune on 19th june and started preparing for the test.I thought I better grab this opportunity or I will be in real mess.But even this time ,I didnt succeed.I dont know what went wrong.Now I feel like being "misfortune's chosen one",like "ill-fate's favourite child".And what adds to the lament is watching people around you getting projects and discussing work and you are in total despair. By this time ,lot of people have gotten projects in companies and some have even started their work.

           But I still HOPE that I wont be left empty handed.I still HOPE that even I wud get a company.I still HOPE,that there would be bliss after this period of dismay.I still HOPE that this trauma would be over and I would be on cloud nine one day.Yes, I do HOPE.

           And such is the POWER of HOPE and its audacity that it drives in optimism in your life.It is HOPE and ultimately optimism that makes you believe in your self and hikes you up to face the challenges that are awaiting!!!!!


May HOPE be with you.......

The Bus incident...

     This incident took place when I was travelling back home from Akola to Buldhana(my hometown) after having attended my cousin sister's wedding.There is nothing very special about this incident except for the fact that it narrates how cheap and selfish some people can be.


     So,I was in the bus...When I boarded the bus,there were only a few people in the bus.But as it approached Buldhana,it got packed with people.(I still dont understand,why does the govt. not impose any restriction on the number of people that can be stuffed in a bus.And even if there is any such restriction,why dont the authorities or the bus conductor care to implement this?It gets quite messy and suffocating when buses are stuffed.)Well.....So,I was just one stop short of my destination..plenty of people were standing.


     At this stop ,one very old man boarded the bus.He was so old that the bus conductor had to help him board the bus.He even suggested him that he better take another bus coz this one was too jampacked and crammed.But the old man insisted...I saw him showing his pass to conductor.I was going to disembark at the next stop.I could not see the old man standing.Seeing his condition,I decided to give my place to that old man.So,I vacated my place and called the old man. "Aajoba, basa(old man ,have a seat)" ,I said to him rising from my seat.But before that old man could come and sit there ,a much younger man in his 30's had occupied my seat.That son of a bitch had seen me calling that old man but still he didnt care... That scoundrel gave me a nasty look that made me feel like that I was being mocked by him.Even that old man gave me a very pathetic look .I tried to protest and argue with that bloody S.O.B but I soon realised that the conductor was asking me to get down the bus,the stop I was to get down had come.No one amongst who saw this bothered to ask the man to get up and let the old man have that seat.


      I got down with a heavy heart and a helpless look from that old man that haunted me for quite some time.So,the next time you are in a bus n you wanna help someone by giving him/her your seat,just make sure some S.O.B isnt eyeing that seat...

Ramayan narrated by an NRI

    Yesterday ,as I watched my elder sis narrate the story of Lord Rama to my nephew,I was reminded of an article that I read quite a while ago somewhere.I did a clever thing then... copied it to my desktop and later saved it to my mailbox.The article was about 'Ramayana as narrated by a NRI'.Its hilarious and you will enjoy it....here it goes....

                 Ramayana!!!!                    

     A young second generation Indian in the US was asked
by his mother to explain the significance of "Diwali" to his younger
brother, this is how he went about it...
          " So, like this dude had, like, a big cool kingdom and people liked him. But, like, his step-mom, or something, was kind of a malevolent woman, and she forced her husband to, like, send this cool-dude,he was Ram, to some national forest or something... Since he was going, for like, something like for14 years or so.. he decided to get his wife and his bro along... you know...so that they could all chill out together.
     But Dude, the forest was reeeeal scary ... really man...they had devils and sht like that. But this dude, Ram, kicked with darts and bows and arrows... so it was fine. But then some bad gangsta boys, some jerk called Raavan, picks up his wife (Sita) and lures her away to his hood by masquerading. And boy, was our man, and also his bro, Laxman, pissed..... all the gods were with him... So anyways,you don't mess with gods. So, Ram, and his bro get an army of monkeygods.. Dude,just go along with me, ok... .. so, Ram, Lax and their army whip this gangsta's in his own hood.
           Anyways, by this time, their time's up in the forest..and anyways...it gets kinda boring,you know... no TV or malls or like that. So,they decided to hitch a ride back home... and when the people realize that our dude, his bro and the wife are back home... they thought, well, you know, at least they deserve something nice...
     And they didn't have any bars or clubs in those days... so they couldn't take them out for a drink, so they, like, decided to celebrate differently...and since they also had some lamps, they lit the lamps also... so it was pretty cooool... you know with all those fireworks... Really, they even had some local band play along with the fireworks... and you know, what, dude, that was the very first, no kidding.., that was the very first music-synchronized fireworks... you know, like , more cooler one, you know. And, so dude, that was how, like, this festival started."

     Now....isnt that worth a laugh??

Easiest proof to the 'Pythagoras Theorem...'.

I would begin this post with an apology...an apology to myself ,for not being regular coz it has been 10 days since my last post.But i will try to be to be regular henceforth.So what the hell kept me so busy that I could not find time to write a post?Actually,I had been to my workplace for some work and just returned yesterday.

Having worked with a genius , I can say that the past few days have been really beneficial for me.De facto,I can say that I got enlightened.And that is to be held responsible for it is the same genius.The genius I am talking about is Patrick(real name-Pratik ,a friend of mine).I regret not being in touch with him earlier...Nways its better late than never.

We discussed a lot of things(physics,theorems,algorithms,mathematics) while working,things which I never knew and would have never known had I not met him.Amongst those things ,I would like to share one.Its about the Pythagoras theorem.When was the last time you wrote a proof for the Pythagoras theorem?It must be a long time,probably u must have done that in 8th or 9th grade.Do you remember the proof?I bet only a few of you can.Here is one proof that you gonna remember for the rest of your life. Here is how it goes...

The Pythagoras theorem is ::
In a right angled triangle
( Hypotenuse)^2=(base)^2 +(height)^2
For any of the triangles shown in fig..

A^2 + B^2 = C^2

Consider two squares as shown in the figure aside

Area of the outer square=(A+B)^2
=A^2 +B^2 + 2AB ------>(1)

Area of the 4 triangles=4*(1/2 )*(A*B)
=2AB ------>(2)

Area of inner square=C^2 --------->(3)

Its a cliche from the figure....
(Area of outer square) -(Area of 4 triangles)=Area of inner square
Replace with (1),(2),(3)
A^2 +B^2 + 2AB - 2AB = C^2

which gives us
A^2 + B^2 = C^2

Now wasnt that as simple as 1,2,3...?I 'm not sure who gave this proof ,Pythagoras himself,Bhaskaracharya or Aryabhatta .It was Patrick who told me about it and I am grateful...
Thanks a lot...Bbye and God bless......

Finally...succumbed to blogging fever

Well, I must say that I should have given up holding myself against the blogging fever a long before.Anyways..no regrets..
...........as I think what I should write in my first post, I feel like being welcomed to the really dignified world of bloggers.I must thank bros--Rohan,Naveen ,Anuprit,Bhushan,Paddy-- coz had it not been for them(their blogs ,to be specific) ,I would not haven taken to blogging.So here I am (courtesy Rohan,Naveen,Anuprit,Bhushan,Paddy) with my blog writing my first post.Pals ,I want you people not to take into account the grammatical mistakes that I may commit and the obscurity.

Well..i think its time for introduction.I am Akshay Deshmukh , 20 yrs old currently pursuing engineering in I.T at COEP , Pune.I am very much ambitious and want to make it big in whatever things i do. I try to give my 100% to work ,to study ,to relationship ,to everything...I think thats enough about me.Well... a confabulation might be necessary if u wish to know more..

good bye for now......God Bless