The Grass

This Christmas!

2006-12-28T12:06:00.000+05:30

SRISTISukh is a venture from us... the Editor, SRISTI to promote new bengali website in minimum expense. Here is our first project -- Karnika (www.karnika.co.nr)... a web magazine. Check it out.

One More...

2006-12-28T12:00:00.000+05:30

You have missed few poems I posted here and there. Now the recent one.

One More Poem for Wagon Series...

2006-12-04T14:33:00.000+05:30

Hope I've come back in Poetry again!

SRISTI is back!

2006-11-14T13:31:00.000+05:30

17 poets, 151 poems, 2 inteviews, 2 articles and 12000 sincere readers... SRISTI! Like that line? Well check it here http://www.geocities.com/sristi_mag/index.html or http://www.sristi.co.nr

আনন্দমেলা – স্বপ্ন সত্যি হওয়ার গল্প

2006-11-08T22:23:00.000+05:30

খবরটা প্রথমে সৌমী দিয়েছিল, তারপর বাপাই-এর কাছ থেকে জেনে নিশ্চিন্ত হলাম। আমার ডাকে পাঠানো একটা গল্প (মালঞ্চ নাইট স্কুল) ছাপা হয়েছে আনন্দমেলায়। পরেরদিন অফিসে এসে অবশ্য আমাদের শপিং সেন্টারেই পেয়ে গেলাম একটা কপি (হায়দ্রাবাদে আনন্দের সব পত্রিকা পাই আমরা)।

আনন্দমেলায় আমার লেখা ছাপা এর আগেও হয়েছে। তবে সেগুলো পাঠকের পাতায়। এই প্রথম একজন লেখক হিসাবে আমার একটা গল্প বেরোলো। খুব স্বাভাবিক, আমার আনন্দ হচ্ছে। আর তার সাথেই সৌমীকে ট্রিট দিতে ইচ্ছে করছে।

বিঃ দ্রঃ – খবরটা চাউর হ’তেই আমার পরিচিতরা আনন্দমেলার নভেম্বর সংখ্যা কিনতে শুরু করেছেন। অতএব, তাড়াতাড়ি করুন, নাহ’লে আপনার আর এই মাসের আনন্দমেলা পড়া হবে না।

Hyderabad!

2006-11-01T12:47:00.000+05:30

Hey! Now Hyderabad... Damn boring yaar! Imagine your company is paying you to enter office at 10:30 and browsing net for rest of the day... I'm not kidding man! This 'no work'ness is killing me! Boss, please let me kick up something... at least my own ass!

পোস্টমর্টেম আর জীবন ছিল অনুপম

2006-10-25T18:45:00.000+05:30

[এবার একটু ইচ্ছে হল ফর্ম নিয়ে নাড়াচাড়া করার। অবশ্য এই ঘাবড়ে যাওয়া প্রয়াসকে আমার গুরু শমিত রায়-এর অনুপ্রেরণা বলা যায়।]

সিদ্ধান্তহীনতাঃ এমনভাবে কোনো লেখা শুরু করার অর্থ দু'রকম -- আমার হাতে লেখা নেই, হাত খেলিয়ে তাস আনার নামে তাসা মারাচ্ছি অথবা আমার মনের মানুষ আছে বনে... তা যাবি তো যা বনেই গেলাম। আপনাদের বাড়িতে বিল্লীদের তবিয়ত কেমন আছে? এটাও কিন্তু গুরুর কাছে শেখা বালখিল্যতার নামে সিরিয়াস কথা বলো। সত্যি আমায় ভালবাসবেন? আপনাদের বিনোদনের সব সুরায় ভাগ দেব...

লিডার ও আমিঃ প্রয়াসকে কলুষিত করতে প্রোজেক্ট বলা হয়। সেখানে পথ প্রদর্শকদের ঘেন্না করা হয়, কারণ তারা সমকামী ব'লে আশঙ্কা। আমার লিডার আমার বৌ। সে আমার থেকে দশ সাল বড়ো। অতএব দ্বিতীয় স্তবকও বাতিল।

কিন্তু তারা উচ্চঘরঃ দর্শন ব'লে কিছু রইলো না এ জীবনে। একথা বলার পর ডানা মেলতে চাইলেন তিনি। কিন্তু বারান্দার বাইরে অভিকর্ষ কাজ করে বোধহয় ওই বাড়িতে। তাই আপেলের মতো টুপ ক'রে খসে পড়লেন তিনি। চুলে বালি আর ধুলো লেগে গেল। নাকের ডানদিকটা একটু বেশি অনুভূতিপ্রবণ ব'লে একটা ক্ষীণ ধারা সেখানে রইলো। পুলিশের লোকজন অবশ্য সেটা মুছিয়ে দিল। কোলের ওপর মাথাটা নিয়ে এক কনস্টেবল বলল - 'পিজ্জা খাবেন? বলব? শস্তায় জীবন বাঁচত সবার।' চোয়াল ফাঁক ক'রে হাসলাম।

ফ্ল্যাশব্যাকের নাম বাবাজীঃ কোত্থেকে শুরু ক'রি? উমমম! একটা ভাই ছিল। সে পাহারায় থাকত। না। দাঁড়াও ওটা না... আচ্ছা সেই এন্টারপ্রাইজ গঠনের গল্পটা বলি। একজন লোক এক সকালে ভাবলো প্রেমে পড়বে এবং বিশ্বপ্রেমে ভেসে যাওয়ার ফর্ম ভরলো এক রথ কোম্পানীর অফিসে। তারপর রথের চাকা মাটি থেকে তোলার কাজ (যেটা তার ফেবারিট টি-শার্টের সংজ্ঞা) ভক্তিভরে করতে থাকল। বাড়িতে জানল সফটওয়্যার বহুজাতিক -- দুনিয়াজোড়া ভালোবাসাবাসির মোমচক্র।

অতিশোয়াক্তিঃ (আচ্ছা আর বোর করব না।) লোকটার একটা বৌ ছিল। তার ফোটো কিউবিকলে থাকত টেবিলের ওপর।

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আজ আমার জন্মদিন

2006-10-25T18:30:00.000+05:30

আজ আমার জন্মদিন। কাল ঈদ ছিল। মায়ের মন খারাপ হওয়ার মত যথেষ্ট। আমায় মাইসোর ছেড়ে হায়দ্রাবাদ যেতে হবে। জানিনা মনটা কেমন ভারাক্রান্ত। কেমন একটা ভালো না লাগা। আজ সৃষ্টি প্রকাশিত হওয়ার কথা ছিল সেইজন্যে কী? হতে পারে। কেমন একটা অতৃপ্তি সবসময়। পরের ইস্যু প্রকাশ না পাওয়া পর্যন্ত এটা কাটবে না মনে হচ্ছে। একটু মন দিয়ে লেখালিখি করতে হবে এখন। কিছুই ভালো লাগা না থেকে অনেক সময় ভালো লেখা আসে।

যাক গে, আজ আমার জন্মদিন। তাই নিজেকে অনেক অনেক শুভেচ্ছা জানালাম। রোহণ, তুমি ভাল থেকো।

আমি অনেক হেরে গিয়েও হারটা স্বীকার করিনি...

2006-10-22T13:35:00.000+05:30

যখন বাসের ভিড়ে গলার ভেতর কান্না চাপতে হয়...

জেনো তোমার মতোই আমি হাতড়ে বেড়াই

জেনো তোমার মতোই আমার বন্ধু একটা চাই

শেষ ব'লে কিছু নেই

শেষ যেখানে জেনো শুরু সেখানেই

অনেকদিন পর আমার গান শুনতে ইচ্ছে করছে। কিন্তু এখানে এনা নেই। কে আমায় গান শোনাবে? আজ অনেকদিন পর এনাকে দারুণ মিস করছি। কাল বাপির পোস্টে পাঠানো আনন্দমেলা পূজাবার্ষিকী পেলাম। এখনো উলটে পালটে দেখা হয়নি। এখন এনাকে কাছে পেতে ইচ্ছে করছে।

সৌম্য আমায় ছেড়ে চলে যাবে

2006-10-20T18:27:00.000+05:30

সৌম্য চলে যাবে। ওর চাকরি নেই এখন। ওর জায়গায় নিজেকে কল্পনা করতে ভয় করছিল কাল। Moth Smoke-এ পড়েছিলাম, কোনো একজনের চাকরি যাওয়ার পরের ঘটনাগুলো কেমন হতে পারে। ও বলছিল ওর এখন পাখির মত হাল্কা লাগছে নিজেকে। স্বাধীন। কে না জানে চাকরিটা পরের গোলামী ছাড়া কিছু নয়। কিন্তু তবু আমাদের সাধারণ মধ্যবিত্ত পরিবারগুলোর জন্যে আমাদের মত সাধারণ ছেলেগুলো আজীবন অন্যের দাসত্ব করবে -- এটাও পূর্ব নির্ধারিত সত্য। আমাদের ওপর অনেক দায়িত্ব যে।

সৌম্য আমার খুব কাছের জন। ওর জন্যে গত পরশু থেকে মন খারাপ।

Another New Poem!

2006-09-22T18:15:00.000+05:30

Hey! You know Hitch? It's about him. And about me. Well, it's about all of us, who loves and "leap, and hope to God they can fly, because otherwise you just drop like a rock, wondering the whole way down, why in the hell did I jump?". You know why? Cause "the only one that makes me feel like I can fly... is you". So this poem is for you also.

Hitch knows everything about a relation... He knows "life is not how many breaths you take, it's how many moments take your breath away". He believes "Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away". And also confident about sweeping any girl ("Any guy can sweep any girl off her feet, he just needs the right broom"). But poor Will Smith... :( If he only knew how to fly.

No more quotes... err, only my personal favourites, the very first one from Hitch -- "Basic Principles - no woman wakes up saying "God, I hope I don't get swept off my feet today!" Now, she might say "This is a really bad time for me," or something like "I just need some space," or my personal favorite "I'm really into my career right now." You believe that? Neither does she. You know why? 'Cause she's lying to you, that's why. You understand me? Lying! It's not a bad time for her. She doesn't need any space. And she may be into her career, but what she's really saying is "Uh, get away from me now," or possibly "Try harder, stupid," but which one is it? 60% of all human communication is nonverbal, body language; 30% is your tone, so that means 90% of what you're saying ain't coming out of your mouth. Of course she's going to lie to you! She's a nice person! She doesn't want to hurt your feelings! What else she going to say? She doesn't even know you... yet. Luckily, the fact is that just like the rest of us, even a beautiful woman doesn't know what she wants until she sees it, and that's where I come in. My job is to open her eyes. Basic Principles - no matter what, no matter when, no matter who... any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet; he just needs the right broom. ".

Well, enough of Will Smith. Now it's me...

মঞ্চপ্রস্তুতি বিষয়ক
রোহণ কুদ্দুস

বলা যেতে পারে তিনি বিশেষজন এ ব্যাপারে
তাঁর অভিমত সর্বজনবিদিত যে কোনো সময়ে
বিশেষত মেয়েরা সতর্ক থাকুন উইল স্মিথ পাড়ায়
ঘুরে বেড়াচ্ছেন এবং তিনি 'হিচ' সুতরাং
হাঁটু গেড়ে সামনে যারা বসলো
তাদের বাজিয়ে দেখে নেওয়াই শ্রেয়

দম নেওয়ার সময় যা রুদ্ধ করে বাতানুপ্রবেশ
তাহাই জীবন তিনি জানেন এবং আরবার একথা শপথ
ক'রে বলতে পারলে জানবেন আপনিও পারেন
মঞ্চ অভিষেক ঘটাতে হ্যামলেটের সহঅভিনেতা কি
আমরাও নই?

Ekhan Ami Jemanbhabe bNeche Achhi

2006-09-18T13:31:00.000+05:30

You don't know bengali... Well, the title says 'Now how I am'. Who cares? Neither you nor I. Generic compre result has got published last week. I got B+. In stream .NET is all about web development. So 'I'm loving it!' :) Projects are going on... I'm working day in and night out! I'm fine now. No issues, no bugs, no chaos.

Ei software job-ke kadin par lathi mere chole jabo jedike duchokh chai. Paisa-r jonye kaaj korchhi. Se darkar furole kaTbo onno dhandai. Err, you again didn't understand? It says, I'm really enjoying my job as a software professional... I'm looking for a great horizon!

DOTNET after all!

2006-08-26T15:35:00.000+05:30

I got DotNet as my stream here. More than just perfect for me! I mean, after 3 years of experience of web designing i think noting can be better than this. After an introduction on windows operating system we are learning HTML, Javascript and XML. Already got a project for designing a bank's website! Let's see...

Caricatures for GURUKUL

2006-08-20T10:25:00.000+05:30

Gurukul is the newsletter published by GEC and these are the caricatures I've made for the editors and designers of Gurukul team.

SuperHeroes...

2006-08-20T09:49:00.000+05:30

Well! The hangover is over finally. But During Spiderman 2 last Saturday, I was thinking of C-LIFE session taken by Mr. Arun Nayar other day. Arun was talking about honesty and cheating in exam hall. A number of student was supporting the cheating and copying at exam hall. And honestly I was enjoying those words, especially one from a Punjabi guy. Suddenly, one guy stood up and started saying like "One engineer named Dubey was killed in Bihar for protesting against contractor mafias. So why should we stick to something which can take our lives? And all those who has sacrificed their lives for truth like GandhiJi are forgotten heroes." Good advocating for dishonesty! But few things were come to my mind at that time.1. Virappan was also killed as result of his misdeeds. Hundred of them died every year in encounter with police. 2. GandhiJi is not a forgotten hero, at least not to me.3. Are we only here to make a queue in front of ATM machine and pick up our salary?It's really painful to learn that being a member of the most promising generation of this country one young Indian can think like that. I'm not saying to dedicate your life like RDB heroes. But still why should we not protest against what is not right? Mr. Dubey sacrificed his life to prove that we can stand against dishonesty and corruption. But if we take his life as an excuse for being a boneless corporate then it's a shame for our entire nation. Going back to the starting of this entry. Remember where Aunt May was saying "And Lord knows, kids like Henry need a hero. Courageous, self-sacrificing people... setting examples for all of us. Everybody loves a hero. People line up for them. Cheer them. Scream their names. And years later, they'll tell how they stood in the rain for hours... just to get a glimpse of the one... who taught them to hold on a second longer. I believe there's a hero in all of us... that keeps us honest... gives us strength... makes us noble... and finally allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most. Even our dreams. Spider-Man did that for Henry and he wonders where he's gone. He needs him."Arun also told like that -- we need a Super Hero, an example to follow. I was wondering can't I myself be the one... an ordinary me... can't I be a super hero raising my voice and deeds among all the odds?

I Miss My Family...

2006-07-17T00:49:00.000+05:30

I'm in mysore, Bapai is in Al Ameen Mission, Maa is in Nursing Home and Bapi is in home... that's now my family potrait! And this scattered form really really gives me a feeling of missing home. I don't know why I cried today after a year or so for Maa and Bapi and Bapai of course! May be there is a child inside us who always to be at home... I'm missing my home very much! I miss my family always...

It's Mysore!

2006-07-06T23:47:00.000+05:30

That college guy is a grown up man now... Responsibility, Punctuality, Blah, Blah, Blah are bestowed on his little shoulder... Infy at last friends! It's 11:47 night and I'm at Mysore DC just trying not to Orkuting like my college days.

Well! My company did not allow Ena to be with me here for certain hardware tax rule or something like that! Sigh! Life without wife really sucks. Javed Jafri knew it (remember that bogus number from Bride and Prejudice?) and I'm just surviving with that horrible loneliness.

And life is really boring here. Trying to enjoy it at the fullest, but can't. Don't know why I am not still able to feel like "This is my place". Is there anything wrong anywhere? God knows!

Ignore this...

2006-04-19T04:48:00.000+05:30

Did not find anything worthy to share with you for last few weeks! That does not mean "now here comes the...". Nothing! I'm just thinking what I've done in past 4 years... bunking classes, nagging for attendence, studied last night before exams, panicking before result... blah... blah... blah...

Now it's the time to leave college. Will anyone miss me? Oh yes, the cat used to come here for biscuits will miss me and if my room has any feelings it'll also feel my absence for sure. God knows why I'm feeling sad! A weird feeling of doing nothing for those years is creeping my spinal cord...

What if I really become a tree... Oh no... erase something... erase it...

Shesher Kobita

2006-03-11T13:44:00.000+05:30

Shesher Kobita is one of my favourite novels. This poem is dedicated to Labanya... "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love"!

Is this the Time to say Good Bye?

2006-03-10T23:03:00.000+05:30

Freshers' Welcome, Farewell, Job Treat... A pretty busy week for Bengal batch. Yes Batch! That's is the word I want to use for the mass involves with me as my mates no matter where I am. In my school days I was called captain of my class. And here it has got a new shape into President. No doubt, it's an honour to me. But the best part is, I'm lucky enough to be a member of a batch throughout my educational career. When I was about to announce our 1st years as the part of our family I paused for a bit. The same thing happened when I was addressing the Juniors in Farewell. I asked myself -- "Is this the time to say Good Bye?"

Well, let me tell you something interesting. I think there is no Good Bye for me. No matter where I am, no matter what I'll be called... 'captain' or 'president' or whatever, I'll be always with the batch! That is where I belong to...

SRISTI again...

2006-02-26T05:34:00.000+05:30

Hey all! Did I tell you that SRISTI is published? No? O man! I'm sorry... actually you know I was busy! I've attached the cover here. It's my illustration. What do you think? Don't tell me you did not know how good I'm in cover works! Ha! Ha! Ha! Kidding man...

That Ekushe February issue of SRISTI is really good. In fact, this the best one we have ever have. Of course every issue is the best till the next one. Check it out! If you love literature. A great load is waiting for you!

The New eBook by us...

2006-02-18T19:50:00.000+05:30

Check it out! Here is the coverpage of the eBook of poet Tapan Bagchi designed by me. And the link of the eBook is http://www.tapanbagchi.tk
or you can also try http://www.geocities.com/sristi_tapan/index.html

Hey! I'm back!!

2006-02-11T06:05:00.000+05:30

A long interval! Sorry man, it will not happen again. Last week we arranged Saraswati puja in our college. I was the designer of the pandel. I've fixed a photo here. Cool, na?

Well, nowadays I'm really busy with the next edition of our webmag SRISTI. On 21st February it's going to be published. There are varities of writings from different poets and writers. We are also publishing 3 e-books with that issue. Among them poetry collection of poet Dr. Tapan Bagchi is the first e-book by any Bangladeshi poet. So it's getting a press release in 14 newspapers in Bangladesh. So we're almost famous. Eh? What do you think? ;) And here is a snap I've taken last week. More to come anyway. So wait and have a regular watch here.

A New Poem

2006-01-30T23:08:00.000+05:30

Hey! This is the newest one! :) I know it's not that good, but I think it can manage a page if I were going to publish my first book...

Memories...

2006-01-28T14:42:00.000+05:30

This is one of my highly acclaimed poems. I got lot of mails and scraps when it was first published in SRISTI.

Backwater

2006-01-22T22:53:00.000+05:30

It's a poem about backwater of Kerala. Check it out.

The NET

2006-01-22T03:22:00.000+05:30

Yesterday we got net connection in our hostel after a long waiting (for Godot?)! And since then I've not slept... Ha! Ha! Ha! Kidding! Now I was surfing through the blogthing.com. Lot of freaky things! You should learn Potugease as a foreign language... Your french name is Dejavu something... Gosh! How people can imagine those?

Anyway, it's 3:25 morning! Time to go to bed now... Good Night!

Number Theory Sessional

2006-01-18T08:40:00.000+05:30

Have you seen the movie "Liar Liar"? In a scene Jim Carrey was hurting himself hard in a psychic manner. One man asked him "What are you doing?" Jim answered "Can't you see? I'm kicking my ass." And yesterday afternoon I did the same. It was Number Theory sessional and I screwed myself in a thorough rapture. The paper was quite easy (what I didn't expect), still I could not find any clue for solving it. No explanations, no excuses... I have kicked my ass yesterday for no reason. And it's a fact!

Friday First Hour...

2006-01-13T09:45:00.000+05:30

Our SCT teacher does not take attendance in general, so I bunked last Friday. And he took attendance. Well, I blamed my fate. But today, I did not do the same mistake. Last night it was already 4 am when I finished my project work. "I can't wake up, if I go to bed now" -- I told myself and spent rest of the night playing NFS to attend the first hour. And I made it. Sleepy Rohon somehow manage to keep his red eyes half-open when teacher was making some interesting derivations. And after that torture session he simply walked out without taking attendance...

It's EID Today!

2006-01-10T11:58:00.000+05:30

What kerala observes today, India observes tomorrow!

Any festival, name it, in Kerala's holidaylist it is always one day before from the rest of India. Today is not an exception. In bengal, my family is going to celebrate the Eid tomorrow. And here, today I woke up on 6 am (O Gosh... It's holiday today!), took a bath (brrrr! Freezing water!) and ran to mosque. (Breakfast? No dear, it's 6:45 only. Mess will be open at 7.) There I found nobody. Somehow I managed to get that Jamaat will be from 8:30. So I came back to hostel, took my breakfast and ran again. It was the beginning of the day. And it is the schedule of my every Eid.

Anyway, Eid Mubarak to all! May all happiness be bestowed from Him.

My Recent Poems...

2006-01-05T18:41:00.000+05:30

Here are my two recent poems published in SRISTI Saptahik. Feel free to comment.

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2006-01-05T18:27:00.000+05:30

Yesterday I watched Me and You and Everyone We Know. Itś written and directed by Miranda July. She is also the actress in leading role in this film. The story is the sort of which I always try to pen... simple and touchy like a blooming bud of a grass! I am thinking of writing a story like that, but taking time to make my emotions concentrated...

EE80T: Modern Electronic Technology and How it works

2006-01-02T08:15:00.000+05:30

Glancing the title you are thinking of some serious electronics matter? Forget it. Today I was searching google for some study materials related to my course and in one university site I've got this.

First the name of the course is given I mentioned in the title. This gives that page the usual horrible look! But then it reads "We wanted to call this "The Secret Life of the Electron: The Story of e", but figured that it wouldn't look so good on your transcript...". I scrolled down.

Come learn about:

How to direct electronic warfare techniques toward peaceful uses: to disable your neighbors annoying radio.

Why Thomas Edison was electrocuting dogs in New York.

What the second most purchased appliance was in 1900 and why your grandparents would never admit they had one.

The history, personalities and development of modern electronic technology.

Then there are something under the subtitle Find out. Nothing funny here except it describes Telegraph as the internet of the Victorian Age. Next paragraph is full of treasures.

See Demonstrated live:

The 300,000 volt generator in action- a "Hair Raising" experience.

The mysteries of Electricity and Magnetism.

Static electric motors made from common office supplies.

A radio you can build without batteries, transistor or tubes.

Radio Transmission by Sparks.

Magnetic Guns- A path to low earth orbit?

A Tesla Coil in action, Source of free energy, or potential beam weapon?

The Jacobs ladder, every mad scientist has one.

A human powered flashlight and how it was designed.

Electronic warfare techniques you can use them for peace at home.

A post-mortum on a Furby (sacrificed for science) and much more!

I didn't know what the Furby is. After that I searched Wikipedia -- "A Furby is an electronic soft-toy." Now comes the course description. In the sub heading itself it's written the boring version. And it is. So what is the most interesting part? It's coming now.

Course outline: What we'll be learning about and for about how long:

Electricity and Magnetism (1.5 week)

What were those Greeks doing with the stuff? The compass: invented by the Chinese or the Italians, should we care? Did Ben Franklin really do something as crazy as to fly a kite in thunderstorm? Who was Michael Farady and what do we owe him?

Early communications and sound, Telegraph, Telephone, Phonograph (1 week)

Telegraph - the Victorian Internet, why was this an even bigger deal than our own recent internet revolution? How the biggest telecommunications company missed out on the telephone revolution.

Electric Light and Power (1 week)

How does our electrical system work, how did get this way, and why Thomas Edison was electrocuting dogs. Investigate the transformations in society brought about by electrification and the impact, particularly, on the lives of women.

Wireless and Electronic Radio (1 week)

Heavy duty magic when you think about it. Learn to build one from a rusty razor blade, tinfoil and a bit of wire.

RADAR and Electronic Warfare (1 week)

The atom bomb might have ended WWII but RADAR was arguably the invention that won it! Find out what else its good for and how a melted chocolate bar brought us the microwave oven. More seriously we will inquire into the history and realtionship between the military and technology.

Television (1 week)

How it drove Professor Armstrong to jump out a window and why its inventor didn't watch it.

Transistors, Semiconductors, Integrated Circuits (1 week)

The invention that enabled the microelectronics revolution, how it was invented, how they are made, and how it led to the birth of the innovation capital of the world-Silicon Valley. Learn to make semiconductors in your home oven.

Digital electronics, Computers and Robotics (1 week)

The Digital Revolution, Machines that Think?!?, When will I have a Robot that will cook and clean?

Audio electronics, lasers, fiber optic communications, and (1 week)
topics of special interest to the class

Cool stuff, and where things are going. The future that never happened.

And finally the creator has given this laugh riot at peace.

Textbooks and Other Course Materials:

"Engineering Uncovered" 2nd edition by Dick White and Roger Doering

This has great descriptions of how elementary electronics works, the descriptions are based on analogies to water flow through pipes, valves etc.. Don't worry, we'll be leaving out most of the boring parts.

Signature : Ken Pedrotti

This course details is really something in my boring study table. It makes my day lighter. Tons of thanks to Mr. Ken Pedrotti.

NEW YEAR Resolutions!

2006-01-01T16:14:00.000+05:30

No new year resolutions. I just want to be the same me as I was in previous year! Last year nothing happened I should regret for. Beside there are lot of sweet memories... I got job offers from two leading IT companies, a laptop from my parents as birthday gift, lot of new friends... a great year indeed.

Anyway, for the coming year, I don't know what the stars are saying but I'm eyeing for the best, that's all!

And Finally...

2005-12-31T17:46:00.000+05:30

Here it is! 31st December... I can smell a goodbye. It's almost evening here. Sitting in twilight I'm typing my last post of this year. I don't know what has happened to me... I've always tried to see the brighter side of the darkness prevailed among us. But for few days I'm damn depressed and I can't figure it out. Why?

I'm trying to make myself happy by mailing friends, writing poems, chatting with unknowns. But there comes a phase in life when you need to know yourself. I think in my life that phase has arrived. I've to know myself. That is the task in which our ancient philosophers had spent their entire life. "Attonang Biddhi" --- "Know Yourself". But is it possible to know myself in a single lifetime of 60-70 years?

Hey Almighty! Enlight me!!!

The Christmas and...

2005-12-29T14:28:00.000+05:30

On 26th I went to Calicut city and I learnt something from an incident. It was in the bus stand. I was waiting for my bus. Suddenly I saw two children in a corner. They were searching something in the dustbin. This is not unique to me. I saw it several times when I was in Kolkata. Anyway, I walked there and offered them a Ten Rupee note. The elder of them refused the money and asked me in hindi -- ¨Can you buy us a cake?¨ I don´t know why my lacrimals became sensitive. I bought them a cake and you believe it or not they treated that small cake like a piece of gold. Suddenly I found there is no Santa Claus anywhere. It is you and me and everyone of us, who can perform a Santa Claus job whenever the needs come.

2005-12-23T09:49:00.000+05:30

This week I watched couple of movies -- Million Dollar baby, You've Got Mail, Almost Famous, Perfect Man.

Among those Million Dollar Baby is simply superb. It says a tragic story of a girl who dare to dream. This film won 4 Academy -- best directing, best movie, best actress in leading role and best actor in a supporting role. But frankly speaking I found Hillary Swank better in Boys Don't Cry. Tina Brandon makes me cry... awesome performance! I watched Red Dust also, but in Million Dollar Baby Hillary is just an actress. She will make you think like she does but after half an hour you'll found that's the story which has touched you. In this movie, story is the best performer.

2005-12-18T10:29:00.000+05:30

A long interval... Well! Last week our class started. It was 13th and my first class with my 3rd year juniors! Nice starting, na? It seems almost all papers are cool this sem, except Statistical Comunication and Wireless Network. I guess they will create problems. So now I'm honing my magic skill by practising "Ridiculosa!" (remember Harry Potter).

Next week will be a busy one. I've to submit the translation works of Firaq Gorakhpuri to Ed of Kabita Mancho. I've not started it. Don't know what is waiting for me there...

Anyway, there is couple of new poems I've composed this week. I'll post them in next entry. Promise!

2005-12-12T00:13:00.001+05:30

What will be your first reaction to see a wet saree in mens' hostel bathroom? Today I saw one. A red saree was hanging from the bracket in a bathroom of our hostel. I think it's of one of those sweepers working here. Anyway, I got a nice subject to write and here it is.

2005-12-09T02:04:00.000+05:30

The tension is over... I'm passed in all papers with a so-so sgpa. That's great man! Hard days are gone... preparing for christmas!

And yesterday Moyurakkhi came to meet me all along from Pune. I didn't think it could be possible. I mean you know meeting with a cyber friend, who is also co-editor of SRISTI. We had a nice time dinner-lunch-dinner... chatting... gossiping... We enjoyed it thoroughly!

Well, yesterday I composed a poem. I'm posting it here. In fact, it's my first poem for this blog... Feel free to comment.

2005-12-06T05:24:00.000+05:30

Today I've uploaded the cat issue of SRISTI (http://www.sristi.tk) in web. You know, it's always a great satisfaction to publish that kind of magazine. Well, in this issue I got around 32 poets and writers. The best thing is every person is serious and well concerned about their writings! I've really enjoyed their writings in the time of making of the site.

My result of 7th semester will be published by 12:00 noon today. I'm bit tensed for that. I don't know about the paper Speech Signal Processing. I'm really scared. They are saying nobody will get back in final year, but still I don't trust Sathee ma'm. She can do anything. Now it's 5:30 morning. I need a sound sleep before facing that inevitable.