Check out the photo journal on a bolivian jain on BBC....It is like a city inside a closed compound and doesnt have any Policemen...
here's the link....
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Monday, August 28, 2006
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Mysore Sandal Soap...
One of my favourite columnists in The Hindu, V. Gangadhar, has writtem about the soap I still use in his column slice of life
do check it out.
do check it out.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
Satisfaction!
After spending 2 days at another country I was very frustrated that I wasnt able to even have a single meal to my satisfaction.
my first day started off with a Pizza slice at 1130 then a veg burger at 1800 n then ready to eat chole at 1130 in the night with bread.I could have eaten everything at one go.
Second day I had an oat meal in the morning and an oat meal in the afty.Actually, I had gone to McDonalds in the afty for lunch where me n my friend took 5 mins to explain to the guy at the counter that we wanted a veg burger.He told us there were no veg burgers @ McDs.I got so frustrated I decided to cook something myself.My roomie took me for shopping at 5 and we returned at 2030 with a LOT of groceries.
To add salt to the wound I ended up with common cold, which I hate like hell.
Finally made aloo curry and ate it with curd rice.
Then realised what satisfaction really is! :)
my first day started off with a Pizza slice at 1130 then a veg burger at 1800 n then ready to eat chole at 1130 in the night with bread.I could have eaten everything at one go.
Second day I had an oat meal in the morning and an oat meal in the afty.Actually, I had gone to McDonalds in the afty for lunch where me n my friend took 5 mins to explain to the guy at the counter that we wanted a veg burger.He told us there were no veg burgers @ McDs.I got so frustrated I decided to cook something myself.My roomie took me for shopping at 5 and we returned at 2030 with a LOT of groceries.
To add salt to the wound I ended up with common cold, which I hate like hell.
Finally made aloo curry and ate it with curd rice.
Then realised what satisfaction really is! :)
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Rain!
Incessant rains had lashed Hyderabad for the past 48 hours. The whole city almost came to standstill.
This reminded me about my summer internship at Pune (Summer 2005), where it used to rain 4-5 days continously in the last 3-4 weeks of my stay. This also bought back memories of my trek in a flooded are nearby lonavala, madavli is the name of the nearby station.
3 of my batchmates decided on the trek. I had just recovered from mumps and was raring to get out of my room as I was bed ridden for a week.The 4 guys were myself, Nikhil, Jk and Raavan.
Myself and Nikhil were working at TIFR, Raavan at Pimpri (outskirts of Pune, industrial area) and Jk at Pune University.We always had to plan our social get togethers on thursday, which was the industrial holiday (sunday wasnt a holiday for Raavan).We planned to catch the morning 5 'o clock train from Pune to Mumbhai. Jk came to our place to crash in the night as he used to live far far away from Pune and Raavan was supposed meet us at 0445 at the nearby station.
On the day of trek I woke up at 0530 and realised we were late. Then I woke up Nikhil and Jk and we hurriedly got ready as Raavan was furious on the mobile at us as he reached the station at 0445.We finally reached the station at 0630 and were welcomed by Raavan's very friendly demeanour. We caught the 7'o clock train finally.When the train stopped at madavli I was shocked. It was raining like cats and dogs and also almost horizontally due to the strong breeze.I was contemplating whether to get down when Nikhil pushed me onto the platform. We all got down and enquired where the Visapur twin forts were.Raavan hadnt even got a raincoat or an umbrella so got drenched top to botom in five minutes. Others were not ar behind, eventhough we were covered from top to bottom by wind cheater and waterproof tracksuits we also got drenched from top to bottom in a few mins.
We didnt have anything till now. The only eatable available was Vada pav. Each one of us had 4 vada pavs and chai and started off on our trek.We had to cross the Mumbhai Pune expressway to get to the twin forts of Visapur. We reached a village and asked a boy to take us to the top. He told us he had to go school but told he will come with us as far as he can.We climbed some 200 feet and saw the view then we realized the magnitude of floods affecting the whole area.The whole area was looking like a huge lake just behind the Railway station.We climbed with the boy for about 500 feet. He was barefoot and was climbing the rocks at a fast pace. We had to tell him to slow down as we werent able to keep up pace wit him. He then showed us the way further up.The problem was we couldnt see the forts as the clouds were pretty low and we still didnt get a view of the fort.We carried on following the instructions of the boy and we ended up near a 10 feet wide rivulet gushing down the mountain. We were thinking whether to cross it or not.Me n Jk were against crossing it as we thought it was too dangerous.Raavan crossed it and came back but now we were unsure whether it was the right way to the top.Finally we all agreed to go back and find some one who would guide us to the top.
More about my experience in my next post..
This reminded me about my summer internship at Pune (Summer 2005), where it used to rain 4-5 days continously in the last 3-4 weeks of my stay. This also bought back memories of my trek in a flooded are nearby lonavala, madavli is the name of the nearby station.
3 of my batchmates decided on the trek. I had just recovered from mumps and was raring to get out of my room as I was bed ridden for a week.The 4 guys were myself, Nikhil, Jk and Raavan.
Myself and Nikhil were working at TIFR, Raavan at Pimpri (outskirts of Pune, industrial area) and Jk at Pune University.We always had to plan our social get togethers on thursday, which was the industrial holiday (sunday wasnt a holiday for Raavan).We planned to catch the morning 5 'o clock train from Pune to Mumbhai. Jk came to our place to crash in the night as he used to live far far away from Pune and Raavan was supposed meet us at 0445 at the nearby station.
On the day of trek I woke up at 0530 and realised we were late. Then I woke up Nikhil and Jk and we hurriedly got ready as Raavan was furious on the mobile at us as he reached the station at 0445.We finally reached the station at 0630 and were welcomed by Raavan's very friendly demeanour. We caught the 7'o clock train finally.When the train stopped at madavli I was shocked. It was raining like cats and dogs and also almost horizontally due to the strong breeze.I was contemplating whether to get down when Nikhil pushed me onto the platform. We all got down and enquired where the Visapur twin forts were.Raavan hadnt even got a raincoat or an umbrella so got drenched top to botom in five minutes. Others were not ar behind, eventhough we were covered from top to bottom by wind cheater and waterproof tracksuits we also got drenched from top to bottom in a few mins.
We didnt have anything till now. The only eatable available was Vada pav. Each one of us had 4 vada pavs and chai and started off on our trek.We had to cross the Mumbhai Pune expressway to get to the twin forts of Visapur. We reached a village and asked a boy to take us to the top. He told us he had to go school but told he will come with us as far as he can.We climbed some 200 feet and saw the view then we realized the magnitude of floods affecting the whole area.The whole area was looking like a huge lake just behind the Railway station.We climbed with the boy for about 500 feet. He was barefoot and was climbing the rocks at a fast pace. We had to tell him to slow down as we werent able to keep up pace wit him. He then showed us the way further up.The problem was we couldnt see the forts as the clouds were pretty low and we still didnt get a view of the fort.We carried on following the instructions of the boy and we ended up near a 10 feet wide rivulet gushing down the mountain. We were thinking whether to cross it or not.Me n Jk were against crossing it as we thought it was too dangerous.Raavan crossed it and came back but now we were unsure whether it was the right way to the top.Finally we all agreed to go back and find some one who would guide us to the top.
More about my experience in my next post..
Friday, August 04, 2006
An idea can change ur life...
The opening of the movie V for Vendetta starts off withEvey Hammond (Natalie Portman): Remember, remember, the Fifth of November,/ The Gunpowder Treason and Plot... / I know of no reason/ Why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot... But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in his 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I've witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I've seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them... but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it... ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love... And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man... A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.
One of my favourtie movies for the dialogues and screenplay.
After 4 years when I entered my college it was convocation day.In the same auditorium where me and my batchmates sat together to listen to the welcome address by the director of my institute we heard him giving the report of one more year gone by at our institute.The guest of honour was one whom I admire very much, which is Dr.Ratan Tata.In hid address to us he gave us this idea:
"Think BIG and act boldly"
He added that we are setting ourselves very small targets and should try to set our aims higher.
China is building the largest dam, airport etc. and we are adding one terminal to the Delhi airport that too by 2010 wonly.
Hopefully this idea will change someone's life.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Childhood heroes.......
During our childhood days I was so credulous that I used to believe the hero was strong enough to beat up 100 goons single handedly.
One of my first movies was Gang leader (Lead role played by Chiru :) n me about 6-7 years old ). I think this was my first movie. Can't forget the song in the disco where chiru and his gang sing the song 'gang leader' which goes somewhat like this :
G......A.....N......G.....
Gang Gang
Bajaoo Bang Bang
and the disco lights focus on Chiru
GANG LEADER!
My reaction was.......... wow! this guy rocks!
In the final scene Chiru saves his family by flexing his muscles and then there u have my first childhood hero.
There is one more movie where he is a poor guy from a village without any job and falls in love with the heroine. The father of the heroine challenges him to bring 10 lakh rupees in a month and Chiru's answer :
with a fiery look in his eyes
"This is a Challenge"
Still one of my favourite scenes.
Then there was the casanova by the name Anil Kapoor.I used supposedly prostrate before the TV whenever he makes the entry in a movie. The song which I can't forget goes like this :
"sapnon ka sajan,
mera naam hai lakhan"
Although I have grown 'up' I still have utmost respect for Chiru in Gang Leader but will surely laugh if I watched a similar movie like gang leader now.
PS: I was having a conversation with my friend and he presented a very interesting point,
Israel is creating such a fuss because one of their colonels had been abducted, whereas in India 150 have died and over 700 injured and we do nothing but repeat the same statements all over again 'Pakistan should stop harboring terrorists' .
Moral of the story (as my friend usually puts it) : India is a land of pacifists.
One of my first movies was Gang leader (Lead role played by Chiru :) n me about 6-7 years old ). I think this was my first movie. Can't forget the song in the disco where chiru and his gang sing the song 'gang leader' which goes somewhat like this :G......A.....N......G.....
Gang Gang
Bajaoo Bang Bang
and the disco lights focus on Chiru
GANG LEADER!
My reaction was.......... wow! this guy rocks!
In the final scene Chiru saves his family by flexing his muscles and then there u have my first childhood hero.
There is one more movie where he is a poor guy from a village without any job and falls in love with the heroine. The father of the heroine challenges him to bring 10 lakh rupees in a month and Chiru's answer :
with a fiery look in his eyes
"This is a Challenge"
Still one of my favourite scenes.
Then there was the casanova by the name Anil Kapoor.I used supposedly prostrate before the TV whenever he makes the entry in a movie. The song which I can't forget goes like this :
"sapnon ka sajan,mera naam hai lakhan"
Although I have grown 'up' I still have utmost respect for Chiru in Gang Leader but will surely laugh if I watched a similar movie like gang leader now.
PS: I was having a conversation with my friend and he presented a very interesting point,
Israel is creating such a fuss because one of their colonels had been abducted, whereas in India 150 have died and over 700 injured and we do nothing but repeat the same statements all over again 'Pakistan should stop harboring terrorists' .
Moral of the story (as my friend usually puts it) : India is a land of pacifists.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Trek Diaries 2..
chk out the previous entry on my trek before carrying on.
Our group was christened as 'Bajrang Dal' (the reason being pretty obvious). The only one out of the 31 groups which led to a state of depression in our tent.
Trip to Kullu
After lunch we freshened ourselves up and headed to Kullu. It is about 8 km from our camp.There was nothing much in Kullu to look around. We just shopped for a few things for the trek and returned to our base camp.
Cheapos didn't buy the caps! The owner of the shop was very amiable.He only gave the guys the caps carefully choosing so that each one wears a different design one.
On the way we got off from the bus, as we had lot of time in our hands so we visited the baes river.
We found a lot of stones having a flat surface then we started throwing stones so that they bounce off the water as many times as possible.
But Robstoy had plans for weightlifting :D
Now to the most memorable event of the day!
We have camp fire every night during our trek. It is organized by each group every night. The group which landed a day earlier had the responsibility for our first night at the base camp. They came to our camp for singers/stand up comedians etc. I teasingly asked robstoy whether he was interested to sing and he agreed. On top of that we had an air guitar specialist rishi with him.I knew it was going to end in disaster so I closed my eyes when they performed. The song Robstoy sung was 'Sweet child of mine' with rishi as the air guitarist. It was a disaster Robstoy singing and Rishi giving out sound of a guitar. He finished the song quickly to the relief of our camp mates.
I came to know later that he finished the song quickly because he had forgot the lyrics of the song but he was happy that he had got an audience for his singing performance.
Great spirit.Hail Robstoy!
Our group was christened as 'Bajrang Dal' (the reason being pretty obvious). The only one out of the 31 groups which led to a state of depression in our tent.
Trip to Kullu
After lunch we freshened ourselves up and headed to Kullu. It is about 8 km from our camp.There was nothing much in Kullu to look around. We just shopped for a few things for the trek and returned to our base camp.
Cheapos didn't buy the caps! The owner of the shop was very amiable.He only gave the guys the caps carefully choosing so that each one wears a different design one.
On the way we got off from the bus, as we had lot of time in our hands so we visited the baes river.
We found a lot of stones having a flat surface then we started throwing stones so that they bounce off the water as many times as possible.
But Robstoy had plans for weightlifting :D
Now to the most memorable event of the day!
We have camp fire every night during our trek. It is organized by each group every night. The group which landed a day earlier had the responsibility for our first night at the base camp. They came to our camp for singers/stand up comedians etc. I teasingly asked robstoy whether he was interested to sing and he agreed. On top of that we had an air guitar specialist rishi with him.I knew it was going to end in disaster so I closed my eyes when they performed. The song Robstoy sung was 'Sweet child of mine' with rishi as the air guitarist. It was a disaster Robstoy singing and Rishi giving out sound of a guitar. He finished the song quickly to the relief of our camp mates.
I came to know later that he finished the song quickly because he had forgot the lyrics of the song but he was happy that he had got an audience for his singing performance.
Great spirit.Hail Robstoy!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Trek Diaries 1..
The beginning
Just packed an air bag for the trek.Packing for a trek is pretty simple where u needn't take bath for a week :) . Then a 24 hr train trip to Delhi which I slept throughout. One of my school friends, Nisha Mohan, came to receive us at the station.She was our guide for the day. We roamed around the markets and malls of Noida.
The next day we met up with other guys of the group n were off to the Babeli base camp which took approximately 18 hours (Due to the Mountainous terrain).
You can't eat a lot on the way due to the meandering path which causes a vommiting sensation.
On the way we had a bad experience of eating at a Dhabha.The guys gave us salad and curd with what we had ordered originally. Then they added around 160 bucks for the salad and curd with the bill. We ended up having a heated exchange with the dhabha guys as the food also wasnt great at all.
The next day morning on the way to base camp, pit stop for b/fast :
Tomorrow the chicks will be all over us
We reached the camp around noon starved to death.We arrived just during the lunch time and went directly to thulp food.The food was great throughout the trek. i don't know why do we get bad food only in our hostels :( . I am learning cooking and found that its not tough at all to cook a decent meal.
The anti climax after reaching the camp :
Finally they ended up all over eachother! :D
More in a few days time....captions courtesy Robstoy!
Just packed an air bag for the trek.Packing for a trek is pretty simple where u needn't take bath for a week :) . Then a 24 hr train trip to Delhi which I slept throughout. One of my school friends, Nisha Mohan, came to receive us at the station.She was our guide for the day. We roamed around the markets and malls of Noida.
The next day we met up with other guys of the group n were off to the Babeli base camp which took approximately 18 hours (Due to the Mountainous terrain).
You can't eat a lot on the way due to the meandering path which causes a vommiting sensation.
On the way we had a bad experience of eating at a Dhabha.The guys gave us salad and curd with what we had ordered originally. Then they added around 160 bucks for the salad and curd with the bill. We ended up having a heated exchange with the dhabha guys as the food also wasnt great at all.The next day morning on the way to base camp, pit stop for b/fast :
Tomorrow the chicks will be all over us
We reached the camp around noon starved to death.We arrived just during the lunch time and went directly to thulp food.The food was great throughout the trek. i don't know why do we get bad food only in our hostels :( . I am learning cooking and found that its not tough at all to cook a decent meal.
The anti climax after reaching the camp :
Finally they ended up all over eachother! :D
More in a few days time....captions courtesy Robstoy!
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
lets be on the safer side
I am back from one of the treks organized by youth hostel assoc. of India (YHAI).
In one of the camps I met one of the pioneers of the trekking expedition organised by YHAI. He is a professor of Botany, did mountaineering course in 1964.He is presently Vice president of YHAI.
We were talking about the general attitude around the world about the love for travel n adventure. He mentioned "we Indians always want to be on the safe side. We would never like to take risks. We have very bright brains but we still need to develop fearlessness towards taking risks.Many of them don'tcometo our trek eventhough evrything is taken care of and you just need to trek because of the fear who will go to the himalayas." He mentioned how he met many foreign students who go broke while travelling. Don't where they are heading next day and also on the shoe string budget they travel.
This is where I had been....on the background is the lake being formed from the snow at 13000 feet...
In one of the camps I met one of the pioneers of the trekking expedition organised by YHAI. He is a professor of Botany, did mountaineering course in 1964.He is presently Vice president of YHAI.
We were talking about the general attitude around the world about the love for travel n adventure. He mentioned "we Indians always want to be on the safe side. We would never like to take risks. We have very bright brains but we still need to develop fearlessness towards taking risks.Many of them don'tcometo our trek eventhough evrything is taken care of and you just need to trek because of the fear who will go to the himalayas." He mentioned how he met many foreign students who go broke while travelling. Don't where they are heading next day and also on the shoe string budget they travel.
This is where I had been....on the background is the lake being formed from the snow at 13000 feet...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Height of irrationality
Check out the interview of our great Union minister (HRD) regarding reservations. It shows the level of IQ our great parliamentarians have. It is pretty evident that he didnt even care to look at the figures what the reporter is quoting. The minister has only one reply 'Reservations are necessary for development of backward sections of societies' for each and every question.
Afterall, democracy is the best of the worst forms of government we can think of. Everywhere the politicians have learnt to beat the system actually more than that eat up whole of the system and show no responsiblity towards the good of the nation. The only concern of the politicians these days being power. How to not lose it.....they can stoop to any level to achieve this...even sponsor riots, underground gangs and what all...
God save the world!
Friday, May 19, 2006
Sickly , Starved and Wild!
I am at home finally.....slow internet speed is killing me....Amma after looking at me said 'enna da Raghu ivlo sickly ya terriyara apparom idhe enna kaad mardhi mudi!IIT la saapad poda maatala' (u look so sickly and wild!don't they feed you at IIT)
will blog frequently again when i get access to broadband which is expected after I come back from my trek(jun 12)..
will blog frequently again when i get access to broadband which is expected after I come back from my trek(jun 12)..
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Thursday, May 11, 2006
My favourite dialogue...
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Born to be wild!
abt my experience the day of my Btech thesis submission.....
It all started when I had listened to the song
It all started when I had listened to the song
BORN TO BE WILD
From the 1968 release "Steppenwolf"
it was the day before I had to submit my Btech thesis.....I had a lot of editing to do and I had a splitting headache.Then I went to my friends room and asked whether he was game for Mango milk shake at Coronet (Adyar) at 1230 AM. So off we went to Coronet. Then I asked him shall we go to ECR right now as the lyrics of the song go:
Racin' with the wind
And the feelin' that I'm under
Like a true nature's child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die
Born to be wild
Born to be wild
off we went on ECR @ 70kph on a bike withot headlights and poor brakes for 25 km till the toll both. It was an awesome experience with the wind wind blowing through your hair as the lyrics of 'hotel california goes' :
On a dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Cool wind in my hair
we hardly came across any vehicles and the the only lighting available was the moonlight.My headache vanished but my butt was paining due to the long drive :) .
Then I cam e back to my room and crashed off totally oblivious of my thesis woke up in the morning to realize I had a lot to edit before the submission.Finally, finished it at 6 in the evening and gave it for binding. A HUGE relief when I submitted it today morning as it signifies the end of 'The end' of my Btech as typified by the song 'The end' :
The end of our hostel days which was like sponsored(by parent of course!) holiday (full of freedom to do anything any time). Like this song 'Freebird' :
Then I cam e back to my room and crashed off totally oblivious of my thesis woke up in the morning to realize I had a lot to edit before the submission.Finally, finished it at 6 in the evening and gave it for binding. A HUGE relief when I submitted it today morning as it signifies the end of 'The end' of my Btech as typified by the song 'The end' :
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
The end of our hostel days which was like sponsored(by parent of course!) holiday (full of freedom to do anything any time). Like this song 'Freebird' :
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
These years were surely 'the best days of my life' :) and I surely was BORN TO BE WILD!
Monday, May 08, 2006
Fruit shop on greams road
Here is a place where you get unadulterated juice but at a little tard expensive rates though, so generally we go to this place whenever we go on treats.So here are my favourites:
Jughead special
california quencher (watermelon juice)
freedom
Orange punch
This is a picture taken on my job treat which was 2 months back....but I can recognize each drink by looking at the pic right now...
So here goes....
will start with the yellow thing on the left and go in the clockwise direction...
1. mango milkshake
2.jughead special
3.jughead special
4.Sheik's shake (dates based milk shake)
5.Strawberry milk shake
6.Lemon mint cooler
7.Strawberry milk shake
8.Freedom(sweet lime+ice cream)
Grape juice at the center....
One of the places I'll miss .....
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Ice cream bash@ My hostel
photo blog once again.........
This is an event where the warde of the hostel gives away mementos to the outgoing students. During this event I realised that I will be leaving my hostel in a month.
Hostel life changes your personality so drastically. It is again the effect of environment I guess. The sudden freedom you have of doing anything anytime without anyone asking you to comply with any of the rules. The start is the most painful and enjoyable part of it where you try to find your feet as well get an experience of this new found freedom and exposure to so many things at one time. For e.g. the first Saarang (IITM culfest) will be the most cherished for every guy inmy college even the friends you make during the first year with whom you tried to settle in this new way of life.
Here are few pics of the ice cream bash :
Me gettin momento from our warden
WE did eat a LOT of ice cream
Playing with dry Ice.....Look at my expression..it was too cold to hold!
After all only change is permanent! :D
This is an event where the warde of the hostel gives away mementos to the outgoing students. During this event I realised that I will be leaving my hostel in a month.
Hostel life changes your personality so drastically. It is again the effect of environment I guess. The sudden freedom you have of doing anything anytime without anyone asking you to comply with any of the rules. The start is the most painful and enjoyable part of it where you try to find your feet as well get an experience of this new found freedom and exposure to so many things at one time. For e.g. the first Saarang (IITM culfest) will be the most cherished for every guy inmy college even the friends you make during the first year with whom you tried to settle in this new way of life.
Here are few pics of the ice cream bash :
Me gettin momento from our warden
WE did eat a LOT of ice cream
Playing with dry Ice.....Look at my expression..it was too cold to hold!
After all only change is permanent! :D
Sunday, April 23, 2006
New rubber form discovered!
This new discovery was unknown to the mankind for all these years. We thank the Caterers (RR) for providing us with constant samples throughout the week. We were also oblivious to this new form of rubber until we conducted the stretching test and the chewing test.
Here are the samples:
The source of inspiration are junta who were finding it tough to break the rubber with both hands which was supposedly sold by the secret trade name 'naan'. The author has already filed for a patent.
We conducted the stretch test first. The results showed the material had very high degree of plasticity. We applied the test on Livestrong band which yielded much earlier the 'naan'. We strongly recommend this material for Livestrong foundation and also to Bridgestone tyre company (I am a Schumacher fan you know).
Now we move on the chewing test. The author had to test it on himself(which was painful indeed).The pic on the right is when the author started chewing the 'naan'.
After the author chewed the 'naan' 25 times...
After the author chewed the 'naan' 50 times...
Finally, the author was able to make the 'naan' edible by the chew test after 75 times chewing again and again.
So what do IITians resort to when they are made to eat 'naan'. They take extras from the mess or go to Gurunath to quench their hunger.Here is one specimen who was forced to survive on Milk Bikis as dinner.
I would like to make a sincere appeal to all the IITM junta to popularise this new form of rubber(The author is ready to share the royalties).
Acknowledgement: We thank the RR caterers for providing us with such great source of rubber.
Here are the samples:
The source of inspiration are junta who were finding it tough to break the rubber with both hands which was supposedly sold by the secret trade name 'naan'. The author has already filed for a patent.
We conducted the stretch test first. The results showed the material had very high degree of plasticity. We applied the test on Livestrong band which yielded much earlier the 'naan'. We strongly recommend this material for Livestrong foundation and also to Bridgestone tyre company (I am a Schumacher fan you know).
Now we move on the chewing test. The author had to test it on himself(which was painful indeed).The pic on the right is when the author started chewing the 'naan'.
After the author chewed the 'naan' 25 times...
After the author chewed the 'naan' 50 times...
Finally, the author was able to make the 'naan' edible by the chew test after 75 times chewing again and again.
So what do IITians resort to when they are made to eat 'naan'. They take extras from the mess or go to Gurunath to quench their hunger.Here is one specimen who was forced to survive on Milk Bikis as dinner.
I would like to make a sincere appeal to all the IITM junta to popularise this new form of rubber(The author is ready to share the royalties).
Acknowledgement: We thank the RR caterers for providing us with such great source of rubber.
On god's own turf
It was a wondeful experience to play in an international hockey stadium.
The feeling was overwhelming when we entered the stadium. Imagining that international players fight it out in the same arena where we were going to play.It was being watered initially.We couldn't stop ourselves and went on to the field and started practising and in the process were soaking wet as well.@IIT Madras we have this nice idea of having farewell match between the outgoing students and the future squad of the rspective sports.Thus, for hockey Dr.Radhakrishnan Hockey stadium was chosen as the venue for the match.
The hockey team squad.
I didn't have a good day on the field though :( .
M for Mandak :D .
We had fun for almost 2 hours at the end of which everyone was tired physically.
It will be one of my memorable experiences at IIT Madras.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
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