its time for unity!!!

the last week saw a terrible earthquake striking Pakistan, the intensity being 7.4 on the Richter scale.the scale of the disaster has traumatised the country.pakistan was already crippling with financial resources and this would strain it further.the strains can be seen clearly with pakistan in dire need of outside help.though the epicenter of the quake was in pakistan,India too was part of the disaster, the shock waves being felt all over northern india. however the effect of the cataclysm is in no comparison to that of the neighbouring country.


aid has started pouring in for pakistan from all over the world.nations are sending medical teams, rehabiliation teams and monetary help is being provided.however,its "best friend",the US delayed its part of obligations.it has also offered help but very less in comparison to the behemoth loss in the disaster.watching musharraf on television bemoaning the shortage of helicopters was instructive. there is a large fleet of helicopters nearby the disaster zone in afganistan, but Bush and his legion were busy executing God's orders. Bush has not been able to able to help the hurricane victims in his own country,helping someone else seems a bit sarcastic.so 3 days after the quake,only eigjht helicopters released for help -too little,too late.


India had fared better in this department.it has decently performed the duty of a neighbour.she is helping pakistan even though she herself is injured. India is proving to be a self sufficient country by not depending on others at the time of crisis but helping others,like at the time of tsunami catastrophe.india has offered all possible material help including the offer for joint army rescue operations, but as usual the pakistanis dread of the indian army landing on its soil refused the offer.releif material has been sent-for the first time since 1971 war.the two most fierce adversaries of decades have united in the time of crisis abd survival.the army crossed the LOC-a very rare occurence-not to traumatise the antagonist but to help the already traumatised opposition in building bunkers.


the indian army is striving to change the hearts of the kashmiri ppl.they are helping the injured and the destitutes in the best possible way . there has been a lot of conflagration in the hearts of the kashmiris over the oppressions of the army,but the recent years have seen their hearts melting with the army adopting a more humanistic approach.


the recent catastrophe may prove to be a blessing in disguise.the losses are great in number and no sort of gains can replace those losses,but still time is the beat healer.looking at the long term effects, it may play a great role in establishing the much needed peace between the two countries....

SMS mania!!!

it has been over a year now since the sms mania gripped me.i have been severely hit by sms abuse. the whole scene started when i got my personal cell(only i know what all coaxing and admonishing i had to do for that toy!!!) and with that came along a bad habit of sending innumerous messages(they are free so no bill headaches!!) from my dad's reliance cell.initially i cosidered people being glued to cell to be insane but now i have also joined that infinite list.now sending the message counter beyond the thousand mark per month is a child's play for me.



my parents usually get annoyed by the constant beeping of the cell indicating message delivery or message received. i have been perpetually berated by them for becoming a slave to that human invention.but as the phrase goes,"laaton ke bhoot baaton se nahi maante". the problem has got a bit bigger now.my elder brother has also joined my parents and has threatened me of dire consequences if i continue the excessive ussage of the cell.(though his warnings are not so strong.he understands!!).



now coming to the mistakes i have been constantly repeating these dayz.with the regular use of cell,i have my fingers well set on the little keypad.now i need not see the keypad while typing messages.and most of the time i dont check whether the correct recipient has been selected or not.this habit of mine i had pushed me into a big problem. i was on the verge of losing a very valuable friend.



i usually discuss something or the other with my friends on sms.so, on that day,i was discussing abt this friend with some other fren of mine. and by mistake i sent the message to the guy i was discussing about.i got to knw abt it only when i got a reply frm him asking for an explanantion.this took me by a surprise and though i had to make all sorts of explanations , the matter was amicably solved.but the next moment i was again off my senses. i agn sent a wrong message to the same guy.i still cant believe how i placated that guy.but the problem did not end there.i have been constantly making such mistakes since then(laaton ka bhoot!!) and i get to knw abt the err only when i meet him the next time.i just become a deadpan when he informs abt the message and i dont have any excuses.but now he has got used to it (however, i have not changed !!) and derides it.



people learn from mistakes but here i am,transforming mistakes into blunders .the faux pas i created would have surely resulted in losing a nice friend.i have been lucky to a friend like him who ignored all sorts of drivel i sent to him (by mistake!!) and also he did not feel bad over it.

DCE-on a new horizon

it is difficult to take notice of changes in a slow moving object. however ,at dce the changes are taking place at a more rapid pace than ever expected .it all began with the arrival of the new princi last year(acually i shud say former princi).he dreams to transform dce to an iit level institution.one can see improvements in "almost" every field.the infrastructure has improved tremendously along with the opening of computer center and the new library .the biggest surprise is that the classes are taking place quite regularly.(even the labs take place quite frequently).compared to this,in my first sem i wud be at home even before noon and my parents used to look at me obliquely suspecting that i took a route other than the one that goes to college.earlier mass bunks were more frequent than the number of classes taking place but now the trend has reversed.the princi has disallowed any sort of disturbaces with studies. no events are allowed to be organised during classs hours.


dce is using technology for improvisation. the concept of e-governance is being introduced in the college.the hostels and the departments have been connected by WI-Fi.
dce is going ga-ga over placements this year.the placement scenario is best than ever. juggernauts like google , which used to knock only at the doors of IITs also visited the campus. of the three students recruited from india, one is a DCEITE(a gr8 achievement i believe!!!).


however as i mentioned earlier the improvement is in almost every field but not in every field.the admin is the toughest to deal with(as usual like the govt machinery!!).it takes 5-6 months for the results to be out as compared to maximum 2 months time taken by IITs. one can find all sorts of buks in the library except the ones which are reqd. my 3 library cards ,as usual, remain with me.i have stopped carrying them with me.(no use of carrying them wid me!!). the library has been digitised i.e. the buks are issued thru computers but the software used is flawed.it now takes more time to get the buk issued.then the computer center to talk abt. one can find the net rarely working there.


well certainly DCE is on the path of developement but still
the "but" remains...