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Panoramic Shots Of Our Campus
Mar 25th
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Panoramic Shot of the College Building
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Panoramic Shot of the College Interior
Alloy Wheels
Oct 20th
Alloy Wheels: Miniature Photography
Photo taken on Sony Cybershot DSC W210, in Macro Mode.
मेरे अनुभव
Oct 18th
ॐ अमृतेश्वरी नमः
प्रिय पाठको जैसा की आप सब जानते है की हमारी राष्ट्र भाषा हिंदी है, पर मेरी मातृ भाषा भी है तो मैंने सोचा की क्यों ना हिंदी में कुछ लिखा जाये। मैं कोई पेशावर लेखक नहीं हु इसलिए कोई समाज या किसी और पर टिप्पणी नहीं करूँगा, मैं सिर्फ और सिर्फ अपने बारें में बोलूँगा। ज्यादा कुछ नहीं मात्र अपने भावों को प्रकट करना चाहता हूँ और कैम्पस ब्लॉग से बेहतर क्या हो सकता है । मैं अपने अनुभव जो की मुझे अमृतापुरी में आने के बाद हुए है वो आपके साथ बाटना चाहता हूँ । यदि किसी को लगे की ये समय की बर्बादी है तो कृपया कर अपना अमूल्य समय नष्ट ना करें, क्योकि यहाँ कोई जादू नहीं होने वाला और ना ही यहाँ बॉलीवुड की कोई चटपटी खबर आएगी ये मेरे अनुभव है जो की बहुत ही सरल और सहज है ।
पहली बार मैं अपने घर से दूर कही जा रहा था दूर मतलब थोडा दूर नहीं पूरे-पूरे २००० किलोमीटर अपने आगे की पढाई के लिए, और मेरा गंतव्य था केरल। ट्रेन जैसे केरल में प्रवेश की चारो और हरियाली ही हरियाली, रेल की पटरी के दोनों ओर रंगबिरंगे घर ऐसा लग रहा था की मैं भारत से किसी दुसरे देश में आ गया क्योकि मैंने कभी नहीं सोचा था की भारत में भी इतनी हरियाली कही होगी। जब पेड़ खत्म हो तो सिर्फ पानी नज़र आये सब कुछ बहुत अच्छा लग रहा था । पहली बार केरल आ रहे थे तब हमें ये नहीं मालूम था की अमृतापुरी कोल्लम से नहीं कयांकुलम से नजदीक है । तब मैं ओर मेरा मित्र मोहित हम दोनों कोल्लम में ही ट्रेन से उतर गए ओर अमृतापुरी का पता पूछने लगे। फिर हम यहाँ आये आश्रम में २ दिन रहे, हमारा इण्टरव्यू था वो पूरा किया ओर अंत में हम दोनों ने अमृतापुरी ज्वाइन कर लिया । फिर हम दोनों दोबारा जब आये तो हमें हॉस्टल में ठहरना था, हम दोनों को एक ही रूम मिल गया आज भी हम दोनों एक भी रूम में है। हॉस्टल में हमें कई अनुभव हुए जैसे इसके पहले कभी मेरा केक काट कर जन्मदिन नहीं मना था पर हॉस्टल में हम सरे दोस्त मिलकर रात को १२ बजे केक कट कर मेरा जन्मदिनमनाया जो अनुभव हुआ वो अविस्मरणीय है ।
हॉस्टल में ढेर सारी मस्ती ओर परीक्षा के समय संजीदा तोर पर पढाई ये सब अब हमें आ चुका था । कभी गुस्सा कभी प्यार, कभी लड़ाई कभी झगडा सब कुछ देखा, एक बात तो बोलना भूल ही गया की यहाँ जो मेरे दोस्त है उनको हिंदी बहुत कम आती थी जिसे आती है तो उसे बहुत अच्छी आती है ओर नहीं तो नहीं पर कोई फर्क नहीं पड़ता है क्योकि हम सब का काम चल जाये इतनी तो इंग्लिश आती है । ना तो वो लोग विलायत से आये है ओर ना हम तो बस काम चल जाता है ओर हमें कौनसा वाद विवाद करना है । कॉलेज मुझे ओर मोहित को बहुत पसंद आया पर झूठ नहीं बोलूँगा पढाई कठिन लगती थी अभी भी है पर अब आदत पद गयी है, पर ये सब वैसा ही है की जब तक सोने को आग में तपाओगे नहीं उसका रंग नहीं निखरेगा । यहाँ रह कर होली, दिवाली और सारें त्यौहार मनाये पर कभी घर वालो की कमी महसूस हो तो कभी उनकी याद आये, वो पल बहुत कठिन थे । पिछली बार की बात है दिवाली थी मेरे बड़े भाई जो की सेना में है जब से वो सेना में गए है ११ साल के बाद पहली बार वो दिवाली पर घर पर थे, और मैं पहली बार नहीं था । जब रात को घर पर फ़ोन किया तो माँ की आवाज सुन कर आँख में आशु गया जब वो बोली की आज भइया है पर तू नहीं । मुझे बहुत बुरा लग रहा था पर कॉलेज में सारें दोस्त थे ज्यादा तर उत्तर के पर कुछ दक्षिण के भी थे, वहां पटके चलाये, पर घर घर होता है ।
एक बार की बात है मैं अपने एक मित्र के घर गया था त्रिवंद्रम में उसके घर गया उसकी माँ को देखा तो लगा की मैं अपने घर पहुच गया हूँ पर वहां भी दिल की बात दिल में रह गयी, मैं उन्हें अम्मा कहताहूँ पर आज फिर भाषा की बाधा ने मुझे हरा दिया मेरा दिल किया की मैं अम्मा से खूब सारी बातें करू पर शायद ये मुमकिन नहीं था । पर उनके भाव से इतना प्रेम मिला जो की सब्दों में कहना मुश्किल है । लगता है जब तक मेरा MCA पूरा होगा मेरा पास बहुत सारी मीठी मीठी यादें होंगी। अभी के लिए बहुत लिख चुका यही आप लोगो को अच्छा लगे तो आगे भी लिखना चाहूँगा बाकि सारी बातें आप के कमेंट्स मुझे बता देंगे, फिलहाल चलता हूँ ।
Why do we dream??
Sep 21st
Sometimes I think I am living in a ‘dream world’ rather than a cyber world. (Excuse me; I am talking about the real dreams not about the water recycling amusement park). Dreams are my companions because dreams always give me the strength to understand and face life situations and circumstances. Dreams make me happy or sometimes sad. Anyway I like solving these fascinating riddles, my dreams.
Why do we dream???
Now I want to tell you a little about a book that I came across accidently. The book is by Sigmund Freud. Here I am sharing his explanation for the mysterious question ‘Why do we dream?’
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Sigmund Freud
Why do we dream is that the conscious mind wants to suppress the desires of the unresolved conflict (Id). Sigmund Freud categorized human behavior into three areas, Id, Ego and Superego with the Id being the most primitive of the three urges. The conscious mind (Ego, Superego) is always in conflict with the Id’s urges. Why we dream is broken into two components, manifest and latent. The actual components of the dream are manifest. E.g.: The picnic table on the man’s head in the dream represents that the man held resentment at his family for cutting short the picnic even though it was impractical to remain there during the rain. The Id wishing to disobey his parent’s wishes remained in his subconscious. Id, ego, and super ego and how they influence the subconscious and conscious mind is available to anyone who dreams.
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Into the forest
Sep 20th
It was very unexpected that I would be asked by my friend to go with him for a trip into the forest near his place. It all happened very fast that without thinking about it I told him that I would go with him. Today I will tell you about that day.
I had to take a bike which was with a friend of my friend. To take that bike from him we had to go to his home.
A trip to his house was itself an adventure! Two guys on a bike, through narrow roads which at some places have fences and concrete barricades to protect the travelers from falling into the deep canyons on both sides and some places just bamboo poles. And in these roads I saw the steepest climbs and hardest descents. I found out why my friend had his bike’s break problem fixed!
By 2.45 PM we reached that guy’s home. But he wasn’t there. His mother told us he went to the deep forest with some guys who used to be in the college with him. They had gone to visit a temple in the forest. Also he took their jeep and asked his mother to give me the bike’s key when we arrive there. So I took the key, thanked her for the fruit juice she gave us and began the journey back.
Anyway, when we got out from there my friend asked me if I would like to go for a trip into the forest. And with out any hesitation, I accorded with him. And we began to climb the mountain on our bikes.
The start-up check
First we had to check if we had enough fuel to make the climb and to come back. We decided to switch of the bikes and ride on neutral while making the descent, as long as possible so that we could save some fuel. There are no petrol bunks in that area and to refill the tanks we would have to come back to the town area which is about 50 KMs from where we were then.
We also decided if his bike runs out of petrol we would use some petrol in my bike. We were safe as long as my bike runs on the main tank. We had to be pretty much sure about that as my friend’s bike drinks up petrol twice the rate than mine.
The Climb – Stage 1
Since we knew they went to a temple and in the forest there are not much temples, we could find the way by asking the people who were there in the first junction we saw. They clearly told us about the steep climbs that are to come and the possibility of seeing an elephant in the way.
For some length the road was tarred and though broke at most of the stretch was comfortable compared to the rest of the way. And then came the steeper climbs. And the inroad? Please imagine this, you are walking on stone paved road. And the stones are floating on water! It was almost the same.
We had to be extra careful on the rocks. There were no barricades to prevent us from getting thrown from the edge! And every now and then me and my friend felt like we were losing control on our bikes! But we kept on going as we both love adventure.
This is the maximum I could snap while on the bike. I had to have both my hands on the handle for the bike to be stable. And that is my friend on his bike, in the distance. Also I took this picture while descending.
A Temple
There were many side roads from the main one. There are nobody in the jungle to ask for directions. We continued on our way trusting our instincts and we looked for tyre marks of the jeep. It was the tyre markings which helped us to decide on which way to move, when we reached a 3-way joint. And we saw it – A Temple.
This temple is of Lord Shiva. There is also a place where the people keep betel leaves and areca nuts for the mountain god, for its help in finding way in and way out, with out any problems. It is believed, if a person gets into the forest with out giving offerings to the mountain God will have a hard time inside the forest.
There they were, the guy whom we went to meet and his friends, with the Jeep. We decided to travel on the Jeep for the rest of the stretch as we were not sure about how far we would be able to ride on the bikes with the available fuel. We had to save the fuel for the trip back, at least until we could refill.
The Climb – Stage 2
So we got into the jeep with the rest of the guys and continued on the trip. The road was much better than the stretch we climbed. We were told that some people had cleared the road with a proclainer. My friend kept watch in anticipation to find an animal. We expected to see elephants or deer or wild buffalo. But with no luck. So we decided to go on with climbing the mountain.
By ‘climbing the mountain’ I don’t mean that there were only climbs. The road was twisting with sharp turns and quicksands where the tyres could get stuck and if not careful even we could get caught in that.
The boys got on top of the jeep so that they could have a better view of the woods. I still can’t make out how they managed to hold on while we were having a rough time traveling through that road.
On Foot
Finally, we reached a point from where the jeep could not be used. The road had mounts of mud and sand in the road which were formed by the JCB which passed earlier some day through there. So, we left the jeep and began to trek. We trekked for almost 5 Kms. We were looking for a small river which we had heard about.
The Leeches
While we were walking we noticed some things crawling on our feet. We took a closer look and saw the leeches: scores of them! We ran from there to a log we found lying on the side and sitting on it we began to remove the leeches. As we were removing the leeches one by one, more of them began to climb. We decided to move till we found solid ground or rocks, to get rid of leeches.
It is very hard to see where the leeches have bitten or where they found room. When they bite you, they inject some kind of a local anesthetic which numbs the portion and they begin to fill themselves with the blood oozing from the tiny wound. We won’t notice it unless we look for it. So, we thoroughly checked our body so that later we wont have to find a leech bulging with blood!
Gradually we lost our hope in finding the stream. We couldn’t hear the stream. Anyway, we kept on walking, with the leeches on our feet.
The Stream
After a hike for about 3 hours we found the stream, or a skeleton of a stream. With only a little amount of water in puddles, we identified it as a stream by the rock pattern. Its dried up. Also we found some remains of burnt logs which might have been used in the process of making arack! We climbed the rocks and continued to walk along the stream.
After sometime we got tired and decided to head back. We couldn’t see any animals and it was almost dark. We thought it would be best if head back as we haven’t taken any precautionary measures against rain or animals as it was a completely unexpected trip.
The Descent
Climbing a mountain is much easier compared to the descent, through a steep slope, with stones rolling under your bike’s tyres. We couldn’t idle the engine and descent on neutral gear as we needed to employ the ‘engine break’ to keep the bike on the road, rather than fly down the slope! But once the rocky slopes were over we could continue our downward journey on neutral gear.
I was not able to take pictures of rocky slopes through which we traveled, because as I said earlier I needed my two hands to hold my bike on track, and I was hoping if I had two more hands!
We were very excited to have made this trip on our bikes. We were very tired. I was fighting hard for breath after the climb back on foot. While climbing back I was running as I didn’t want much of those leeches to get on to my feet!
Even though we were tired, in the end of the day, we were happy! After all, I got a story to tell!
[This post is from my own blog notesfrommrlazy.blogspot.com and was posted there on 04 – 03 – 2010.]
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Time Machine
Sep 18th
Like my friend Ben Jacob once said, “Agreed.. This thing eats all our time.. :/ Those who made it added only numbers upto 12. “ Time- the main thing we are running short of these days.
Time Machine
Pieces of conversation like “Dude.. did you do the assignment? “, “Dude did u hear about the online test we are gonna have today?” makes me feel uneasy. One or two in the class will manage to cop up with all the hullabaloo going around. Seriously when it comes to my case, even multitasking ain’t helping me out. By the time we have the semester exams, we’ll be all done with these stuffs and when we take a look at the “Time“, we get to realize the fact that somebody had already blew the whistle a lot earlier! 
TIME’S UP!!
I hope someone manages to come up with a post on effective time management. (naah.. not really! )
The photo presented here was taken with Sony Cybershot DSC W210.
More can be found at my photo blog: Perspective
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Amateur Photography
Sep 17th
All the photos presented here were taken with Sony Cybershot DSC W210.
More can be found at my photo blog: Perspective.
Calmness:- Idukki Dam As Seen From Cheruthoni Reservoir
Beauty of Palakkad: A Scene from Palakkad-Pollachi Highway
Walk On a Misty Evening- Captured at Azheekkal Beach
The Beauty Of Idukki
In and Around Vallikavu- Part II
Sep 15th
Here’s the second part of the series of photos, that i took while roaming around in Vallikavu. The first part can be found here. All the photos presented here were taken with Sony Cybershot DSC W210.
More can be found at my photo blog: Perspective.
Sunset Point: A scene from Parayakadau Beach
Docked : Shot at Vallikavu Boat Jetty
Entangled
Splash: Clicked During the Onam Celebration
Red Fury: Clicked During Onam Celebrations
Save Water.. Save Earth
Sep 13th
I was waiting for my train at Karunagapalli Railway station the other day. I saw an open tap and water was dripping out of it. I thought “wow.. now that can make a good snap”. Thinking this, I took my camera and took some snaps. But after taking the snaps I realized that its not a matter of a good snap. Water is being wasted and I am here, taking pictures of it. I closed the tap and made sure that water was not dripping from the tap. Later, when I got the snaps into my laptop, I asked my friend, Ben Jacob to help me design a poster. He helped me out and these two posters are the result. (thanks man! 
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Save Water Save Earth
Save Water Save Earth
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