Think beyond IIT

In last two months much has been written about those who cleared JEE 2010. Both print and electronic media covered the story of students who cleared IIT JEE. Most of these news contents projected them as heroes and the best minds in the country. No doubt they have done a brilliant job and three cheers to them.

                         But I have few questions about the credibility of JEE 2010. The standard of questions and various errors which were present especially in the Hindi medium paper were a subject of discussion in the media after the examination. A written petition was also filed in Delhi high court to reorganize the examination which was later dismissed by the court. But it certainly raised some serious question about the standard of examination which is rated best in the country. In past years also some questions were raised against the transparency of examination pattern of JEE and the cut off marks being set by them in particular subjects to eliminate candidates.

At the time when everybody is complaining about increasing stresses in students due to studies and undue competition, giving such importance to a particular examination provokes the parents to consider their child who have not cleared IIT JEE as lame horse. They start believing that their child is far behind from those who cleared IIT JEE. No doubt IITs are premier engineering institutions of India but there are engineering colleges which has comparable standards to IITs at least in regard to the quality of students. Those who clear AIEEE and get rank below 10000 have faced much more competition where they competed almost 10 lack students as compared to 3 lacks in JEE.

Its high time when parents should realize that Engineering and medical are not the only fields where their child can excel. Even in engineering IITs are not the only best option, there are certain courses and colleges which are even better then IITs and some of their courses

Hostel life

It was 8th Jan 1996 when i first came out of my home to live in hostel. I got admission in Bright career english school Purnea. Initially i was a bit excited to live in hostel but on the very first night in mess i felt it would be very tough to live in hostel. For initial 4-5 months i was very scared and depressed living in the hostel . But as time passed i got some very good friends and a good journey started . Although my first hostel was not a very nice one with a lot of rules and regulations put on us so we always felt like living in a jail.

On 11th August 1997 i took admission in jawahar navodaya vidyalaya purnea. It was a fully residential co-ed school. I spent five years of my childhood in this hostel and those five years turned out to be one my best days till date. It was always fun living there. Jumping the campus boundary to watch movies, evade teachers while going for a movie and while returning . And  most importantly the friends i made there are still with me at all good and bad times.

In 2002 i took admission in DAV shyamali and started to live  as paying guest. In Ranchi  i lived from 2002-2004 . These two years were not a very pleasant and fruitful days of my life so i will not write much about these two years. After leaving Ranchi i went for coaching in Kota (Rajasthan) and there also i lived as payimg guest for next two years. These two year was spent in intensive study but still i liked that place and enjoyed to live there.

In 2006 i took admission In BIT Mesra (again in Ranchi). Here hostel life started in a single room shared by two persons. I remember the 1st day in college when we were caught up

by seniors in Sharma dhaba and they called us in their hostel for ragging although i never turned up to them fr ragging(:P). First year was really exciting as most the time was spent in enjoying the college life (after spending 2 yeras in coaching i was feeling very bored). The most beautiful part of first year was BITOTSAV (annual fest) in which we formed our group and enjoyed a lot for the whole BITOTSAV. Then came the second year and specialization in branch started. With this started the series of gtps(get together pay separately) parties in Khalsa, Palas ……….etc. And with all these now the four years has  come to an end and so as my hostel life of 14 years. I will certainly miss the hostel life for rest of my life because living in hostels has become an integral part of my life , i can’t imagine my life beyond hostels. Lets see what has future in store for me

ISHQIYA

what is the literal meaning of ishqiya- probably more than one love (ishque) story.

After seeing the promo itself i was eagerly waiting for the movie . The movie started well up to my expectation. With the entry of khalu jan ( Nasiruddin sah) movie unfolded its acting capability. As the story unfolds Vidya balan also shows she can act as well. The gorakhpuri language has left a good impression on the story. The story basically tells up to which limit a man/woman can go for his love . Although a love story, it dose not show the typical bollywood love style so its a unique way to tell a love story. “isque me sab bewajah hota hai”

The movie goes very well till the end but the last frame left me a bit confused ” why Jija jee did not kill them”. Afterall its a very good movie to watch for the acting of Nasiruddin shah, Arshad warsi and vidya balan. There is only one front where the english medium educated people may face problem is the typical use of some urdu words. But as the story unfolds you will get so involved in the movie that you will not feel your deficiency [:P]