It was a shock when I got the mail mentioning the internet restriction in our campus. From 26th january onwards we will not have internet or even intranet access from 11:00 PM night to 12:30 PM day.

Today we were talking to a professor and he said that there are two main reason behind this step, although I think both are pointless.

Depression

They say that main reason of depression and lonliness is these games. (I dont know their basis of thinking this). As for me is concerned, I got depressed just after hearing this news only. There are hell lot of people over here, whose lifeline is inernet. And please dont take it in a negative sense. We use internet fro study also. All I learnt about computers and new technology is not in the boring classrooms but on the internet.

General timing of interaction in IITB is evening. But, after implementation of this new ban we will loose this time also. We have lab till 5-5:30 and after 11:00 all internet access will be banned. So, What will be my priority in evening? Meeting with people or working on internet? Thus, interaction will decrease tremendously among students. And hence; lonliness, depression and propbabilty of suicide will increase.

So, this solution of stated problem is not solving it but magnifying it. And I don't understand why are they doing this. Their basis of thinking is completly imaginary. They didnt do any ground work before setting up their prejudices about it. They are saying that they did a survey in sep last year. What a crap..? Not a single friend of mine is aware of it. And please note...we are students. So, whose opinion did you aks for?

Instead of increasing participation of student in co-curricular activities they banned all the general championships. So, if they really want to increase interaction; they should try to involve students in other activities too.

Attendence

The 2nd reason was attendence. What the hell? There is already 80% manadatory attendance rule here. How banning internet will ensure attendence. People can play single player game. And how many gamers are there? 10%? 20%? They are punishing everyone for that.

There are lakhs of people dying coz of vehicle accident. So, should we ban vehicle in India...? (It's already banned in IIT Bombay though). Instead of curing a disease, should we killl the person instead?

We will face lot of practical problems due to this ridiculous decision. They didnt ask us about our actual problems and they say this is for betterment.

Reason for lack of attendence is entirely differnet. Which includes: outdated course strusture, 200%-errored labs, non-challenging assignmnets and sometimes professors incapable of conveying the subject topics. But, they dont want to agree about thier faults. So...its all fault of internet.

Technology is taboo in the best technological institute in India. God bless us.

I feel like the source of my writing has gone away. These days I'm hardly writing anything other than class notes. (unusual huh..!) I'm missing my words, poetry, space and time. I dont know what is happening with me but I surely am changing alot and changed alot in last few days.

I'm concentrating on studies, which make me worried about my true-self. Well....considering this is only the start of semester its nothing that unusual. In starting of each and every semester I do the same. But, this time I'm getting a bad feeling about my seriousness. Seems like I'm seriously serious. It's already 15 days of sem and I havnt even missed a single class. And what I did today was worst of all....yup, I did an assignment which was not at all necessary. Is something wrong with me...??? come on vikash....don't be a nerd.

Like all the unusual things I used to do...I did something this semester too. I've taken a course that no one has taken. I started with 'biochemical' course and then I got to know that in 'cryogenics' only 3-4 people are there. (You know...how students reacts on prof's sanity) So...I took cryogenics as my elective. Well....I know that scoring in this subject is difficult. But who cares about the scores...:D (somethings are really the same)

I'm the same in my lab. Today I did nothing but to type. No calculation, no brain storming, nothing. It's kind of depressing and entertaining. ;)

yaa....We did 'annual production' last week. I performed in a play 'Khel' and wrote a monologue for Vartika named 'Gandhari'. It was all ok. And I enjoyed Gandhari's practice more than any previous plays. Post-play-treat was also awesome. I should thank jeannie and yisza (not sure about spelling) for all the fun part. For the first time, I went to 'renassaince' and for the first time I ate crab. I didnt like it though.

Watched 'Guru' starring Abhishek Bachchan. Thanx to hutch for tuesday offer of 'buy one ticket and get one free'. It saved us 260 INR. Movie was good enough and Abhishek's acting was much alike his father. But, the fun part was to translate the movie for the chinese sitting next to me. I enjoyed it alot.

Have I told you that I'm in love with stars and with birds and moon and the lake and its waves. I sure did. I'm missing these things. I want to feel contented. Wish I could go on seashore and smell the roaring sound of sea and listen to the blue colour of the sky.

Remember 'John Keats'...???

Give me women, wine, and snuff
Untill I cry out "hold, enough!"

I've created several communities on orkut. And today I found that some of the communities are now owned by someone else. Is this one of the orkut stupid errors??? Or orkut really is easily hackable? oopss.....irony is one of my communities which got hacked was 'Indian Hackers'.

There are four new students in our class this sem. One from purdue university and three from Nanyang. I used to think that it's very difficult for foreigners to be happy in India. But, Happiness lies inside of tha man. Its boundaryless. I feel great when I'm with them and I enjoy it alot. I'm learning to look at the things with different perspective. I'm starting to feel what we indian lack and what are those things we should be very proud of. Thanks girls. You all are great.

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I got it somewhere. and i dont care if u think that its not funny :p

A brand new year is here, another year filled with expectations, resolutions, fears and forecasts. A year that will disapoint many, surprise some and make a few really happy. My sincerest wish is that everyone will be happy, and share a moment of joy, peace and understanding.

I spent my new year with one of my old friend Nin. She came here to see off her bro who was going to US. I don't know if I enjoyed it too much but yaa... I went outside campus after a long time. Gateway of India, Marin Drive, Juhu, bit of shopping, night walk and a movie in theatre: 31st was a great day.

Only thing that was bad is the suicide in IIT. I don't even feel like expressing my views in public. After last suicide I wrote a blog entry and next morning TOI published it. And the whole issue was discussed alot but nothing happened. This time I'm feeling unusual silence. I don't know the reasons of sucide but a bit curious to know. What the hell is happening? There should be a reason and a valid one. Sometimes I get scared of this place. What if it turned me into a robotic equipment? Sometimes, I'm not even sure about the direction I'm moving in.

A lot of things happened last year. I cant forget the things it blessed me with. If I try to look back....I got institute color. Our hostel won tech, sports, cult and PAF. We bagged 1st prize in Chaos and Malhar's Street play and Mood I's one act play. I improved my academic score. Went home also. Worked in some startups. A perfect year....Most important till now...and taught me alot.

Bubye 2006. Welcome 07.


p.s: Have I mentioned before that I started a blog: http://hacking-basics.blogspot.com/