Casino Royale!!...Royal...Is it?

I never expected this!! But sometimes it happens. Hollywood is also going Bollywood way…

The movie’s best part came up front, at the beginning amidst some awesome graphics and cartoon-ization of Bond. But, as soon as the first min of the movie got over, I saw a short-height, sturdy-built “Daniel Craig” jumping, running, sprinting all around in an African place like our very own Krish (remember that masked ‘Chotu’ Roshan’s avatar who used to jump n run all the time). The new Bond seriously showed some high dose of testosterone in him. His first chase sequence involved hopping over buildings, hanging from cranes, fighting very very very and very high in the upper layers of our atmosphere, running like Ben Johnson, etc etc…hardcore action at its best!! (click on the picture for the full view of the new BOND). In the picture now arrives...Read Further...

"Abbey ye kya hai !! hataoo isko"

“Abbey yeh kiya hai!! hataoo isko”…these were the first words which my mouth vomited after my not-so-unique eyes focused on my 15yr old Onida screen. The channel was SET MIN. So! Do I need to say more? Yes! I do…after all standing in front of bhootbangla won’t tell you the names of those bhoot/bhootnis who rule the bhootbangla.
(A word of caution - plz donot view the picture on your LEFT...it could be life-threatening!!)... Read Further

Simplest LINUX installation manual

Renowned web-designer and open source user “Mr. DEVESH KUMAR” (alias DK) has contributed to world by giving “10-STEP MANUAL for starters”…it can be generalized for all LINUX flavours.

1) Insert the CD in your CD/DVD drive.
(make sure your system is configured as ‘boot from CD/DVD’ in Bios setup)

2) ?boot:/? will appear on screen. Just hit enter.
(let Anaconda do his work for a while)
Note: anaconda is one of the installer for Linux flavors.

3) Choose normal options such as language, country, time etc as your choice on the screens.

4) Configure your boot loader (choose one Grub or LILO) and default boot partition
i.e. Linux or other.

5) Now hopefully you will reach on partition menu screen
( It’s a very important step for a successful Linux installation??. So, do it carefully)
a) choose custom or manually partition option on the screen.
b) make a free space as you or your hard disk afford.
c) now create a ROOT partition i.e. mount point=?/? space = 3gb or more
d) another partition SWAP i.e. mount point = swap space = _____ ( this valve should be more than twice your RAM, i.e. if you have a RAM of 256, this the valve >512).

Note: SWAP partition is not always needed but in fact it should be.

6) At this juncture, half of your task is over.
Now choose your root password and login
name (root password should be easy to remember otherwise Linux become Hell)

7) At this step you will find a package selection menu
a) choose ‘minimal’ or ‘default’ option on the screen
(it will only minimum package required to run Linux and take least time(10-15 min) to install)
b) Choose ‘select all’ option
( it will install all packages selected by you but take more time ( 40-60 min) to install).

8) Just wait…and enjoying the merry TUX
(the animal you see in the surrounding pictures is actually the LINUX mascot...TUX).

9) Another important step for your system configuration. Here you should check your
system drivers specially Graphics and Sound Cards, otherwise it will goes in text mode
after Rebooting.

10) Take out your disk from drive and Reboot your system.

11) Once your computer restarts, you see ‘GRUB loading’.
Press any key to access menu of different OS on your computer.
Once the starting process ends…open up your newly loaded LINUX OS (again a reminder DO REMEMBER YOUR USERNAME and PASSWORD”…and once you log in
enjoy the cool desktops!!

UBUNTU desktop.
FEDORA desktop.
MANDRIVA desktop.
SUSE desktop.

Remember LINUX is free!! and may the 'SOURCE' be with u

Note: if you feel some problems during installation just mail Mr. Devesh Kumar at dost4frnd@yahoo.com or post your doubts here!!

Sutta n Dope; I can tell u 'ONE' reason for which guys turn up to these

Hello! What I’m going to write may be controversial & may sent u into tizzy but with what I have seen in reality, that’s one reason which ‘IS TRUE n PRAGMATIC’ (though after reading through, I still hope that you are right…not to smoke, not to dope).

First of all! its important to know

‘WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU INSERT THAT LEAN FAG STICK INTO YOUR MOUTH n START HAVING THOSE SMOKY PUFFS?’

In layman terms, smoking gives a relaxation to your mind, you become somewhat more alert & conscious and your power of visualization/thinking/dreaming gets diminished partially (all these things won’t be noticed to a chain smoker). If you are a non-smoker (non-chain smoker) or a starter, you will realize though it may not be instantaneous.

So, is there a reason which can explain cogently whether it’s worth enough to be a smoker INSPITE of all those numerous and detrimental diseases (see any anti-smoking book or browse any website n u will meet gamut of diseases ranges from simple coughing to deleterious cancers). You may think NO, but still there is ONE.

The situation where you can find a supportive answer is when you are depressed (cause of depression may vary from person to person). Justification of reason – We all know suicides are very common symptoms of extreme depression. All suiciders go into deep profound depression owing to repetitive thinking about a particular incident. Now, if at that moment, if they indulge themselves in an activity (or vice versa) which can remove their attention from that incident, that suicide will surely be averted. This is where sutta/dope comes. Sutta/Dope diverts your thinking power deliberately (in case of Sutta, the effect is very minute whereas Dope effect are variable). And if by doing these, you are saving yourself from committing suicides…then…BUT…in the hiding are concealed many dangers.

U may save yourself but this won’t help you often and also this could pave the way to many repercussions. Let assume you are depressed quite often, then (as earlier) you start having your antidote to depression problems (sutta/dope) very frequently…congratulations…you just entered the HELL community of tobacco addicts. Also, practically speaking as mentioned earlier addicts/chain smokers don’t get the same FEEL of relaxation through smoking. If you are depressed that often, consult medical science.

The key which lies here is ‘HOW MENTALLY SOUND PERSON YOU ARE n HOW STOICAL YOU ARE?’
Smoke may help you once but once you get into that vicious cycle of that ‘UNREAL’ world of smoke, coming back is damn difficult. Remember:
“Smoke is weightless and shapeless” …all you get is ostentatious with fake relieve.

BUT this is reality !!

(click on pics for full view)

Last year two days before Diwali, 3 bombs rocked off Delhi. One of the bombs was placed at Sarojini Nagar Market besides a cylinder.

The above pictures are of Hauz Khas Main Market (situated less than 5 kms from Sarojini Nagar Market) taken 2 days before Diwali (i.e. 19th Oct).

(1) shows a proper 14.2 Kg cylinder used by an encroached momo vender. (for the rule, its illegal to set a stall even with a stove on pavements)

(3) another cylinder kept adjacent to the one shown in pic 1.

(2)Delhi Police’s Booth @ Hauz Khas Main Market (at less than 50m from those two cylinders).
(4) front view of Delhi Police booth.
(5) oh! I was missing somebody? Who!! policewale, obviously. This pic is just to show that Hauz Khas is one of those areas in Delhi who have brave policemen and not those with fat tummy…it’s a safe place!!

Honestly speaking Hauz Khas Main Market is one of the safest markets in the whole Delhi…it has everything…(A) concrete barricades in front of Police Booth, (B) many policewale dande with torch at top and high clarity mirror at bottom, which makes an angle of 165 degrees with the danda, basically for the use of car-bottom checking, (C) metal detectors (surprised), (D) a loudspeaker above the Police Booth which screams its dutiful words 24*7 and lastly (E) a lot…really a lot of policemen…yeah…sometimes the number of policemen is even greater than the number of market visitors). Those policemen are also enabled with big huge walkie-talkies and also smart cool mobilephones. (so stay away from them! they can do a string operation on you).

You may think anything (gud or bad or whtever)…BUT this is reality!!

Safe Diwali to all…cheers

Lyrics of 'Jaane Do' by 'Agosh'

(L-R in left picture)
Gopal Rao (vocals), R. Anandh (guitar), Shaleen Sharma (drummer).

This is something made for college goers (esp. males). Its ironical that these type of songs with so real lyrics fade away such easily. The song has very real lyrics...try to relate it with your life n i bet you will find yourself somewhere in the flow of the song!!

A bit about the band 'AGOSH' :
In 1994, two Roorkee mechanical engineers (Shaleen & R. Anandh) and a Chennai-based mathematics graduate dropped dreaming dreams; they sipped ``chai'' but were drunk on music. After some firm handshakes, a band was born. Mechanics and Mathematics went out the window. The trio broke their studious cover and with lyrics based on ``typical-middle class mentality'' formed a music studio called "Aqua Regia" (chemically speaking, its three parts hydrochloric acid, one part nitric acid and dissolves GOLD). They renamed themselves as 'AGOSH' n then came out with an album named 'Paisa'.

If the Beatles sang `Let it be' to the world, Agosh created `Jaane do'.
So, here goes the lyrics of 'Jaane Do'

Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane doc

Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do
Itni si baat pe aasma hillaao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do
Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Socha socha kahe ko kosana
Vo kisi ki car mein bait kar chali gayi
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do

Garmiyo ki chutiya sardiyo ki chutiya
Holiday home work, jaane do
Vo haseen ho gayi hum jaawan ho gaye
Phir bhi na team work, jaane do
Heh hey hey hey
Soch lo baby
Meri mano aur jaane do na
Heh hey hey hey
Dekh lo baby
Phir phechano aur jaane do na
Sochna sochna baalo ko nochana
Kyu, to
IIT exam mein funde gol ho gaye
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do

Ladkiyo ka rootna aapne dil ka tootna
Kismeto ka footna , jaane do
Aur phir ministero se lekar thanedaro tak
Sabka humko lootna, jaane do
Heh hey hey hey
Soch lo baby
Meri mano aur jaane do na
Heh hey hey hey
Dekh lo baby
Dil mein thano aur jaane do na
Sochna sochna baalo ko nochana
Kyu, are
Jisse pyar tha kabhi
Uski shadi ho gayi,
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do

Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Jindagi haseen hai mastiyo ka scene hai
Gadbadi jo hogi to hogi, jaane do
Socha socha kahe ko kosana
Vo kisi ki car mein bait kar chali gayi
Jaane do
Jaane do
Choti si baat ko dil mein lagao kyu
Jaane do
Jaane do

The song ia available with cooltoad

BUNKING n RAGGING - my best subjects of college life

(click on pics for full view)

Well, a baby is born in this bad world (not an unusual thing in India). His life starts with a vacation spending most of the time with his mother. Then comes the pre-nursery vidhyalyas. After a few years he passes out from these pre-school Schools, n fights to take admission into a prestigious school. This is generally referred as “the second home” (Why! May be b’coz u can do all the tests (of ur bad knowledge) that u cannot perform at ur home). After all the fruitful knowledge that v get in school, we enter a college.

They say that cool age of a teenager begins from the first year of college. What is a college? It is our third home in which we learn about two indispensable things i.e. ragging and bunking; besides these two imp things there r ever-raining exams and of course studies.

So, what is Ragging? The basic concept is somewhat similar to army training. No army can face battles without training. Similarly, no fresher can face teachers without facing ragging (a rock-fixed believe of medieval-aged ancestor senior students). In that way, new students get mentally prepared to face professors. Now, the next big query, what factors determine the extent of ragging. Answer to this question is still not prepared & still research work is going on this topic. However, facts screams that more the difficult studies in the college or tougher the entrance test, more is the extent of ragging (like IIT…read newspapers to know more). It is again analogues to wars, tougher the opponent country, tougher the fight. Most basic ragging includes introduction (compulsory in Hindi), mimicking (highest demand is of basanti or any of the teachers), etc. Apart from these small formalities (all done in the name of ragging), various dress codes r set for freshers. It varies from college to college. Bout the X-treme ragging, please refer to ur daily newspapers. A piece of advice for freshers – they should take ragging an opportunity to get along with their seniors. Always remember - a good session of ragging make a fresher ‘fit’ n ‘fine’ for studies in college.

Now, after ragging, what does a fresher do when he becomes a senior? He starts practicing bunking. What is Bunking? The main objectives of bunks are; (a) to give much-needed rest to r beloved extremely hard working teachers who r always keen to take up our all classes and (b) to test the oneness and unity of the class. A festival like bunking (the term ‘festival’ is only valid for students) can be celebrated on numerous occasions like India-Pak cric clash, unsuitable whether conditions, etc. Usually every class has a bunk committee headed by a Don (equivalent to CEO of a MNC), beneath him r his gang members who help him in implementing bunk. Bunks r also of different types- half-day & one-day bunks, MBBS (mass bunk by students). MBBS r planned in advance and cause most annoyance to teachers. One imp ques that nobody dares to think “do only students bunk, aren’t the teachers also responsible to some extent”.

Note: - These two highly irresistible and indispensable things r good, if practiced occasionally that too sometimes. Remember –“ excessive rag can lag ur future in college” and “a high bunk overdose can cause u to flunk”. So, please practice these two things properly.

Issued in the interest of students (who practice these two things?)

Some pics of Bunking (see above)

Snap 4 - a child bunking with a bag on n hiding himself in a toilet , Snap 5 - two young lads making out…may be in a tennis court , Snap 6 – a college stud away from his class…doing ????

Some pics of Ragging (see above)

Snap 1 – “I won’t do it”…pleading to his seniors , Snap 2 – pick n throw , Snap 3 – dance to impress rickshaw cyclers , Snap 7 – ?

Plz guys!! USE UR BRAIN the next time u go for A debate

(Advice to all HUMANS – Plz USE YOUR POWER OF THINKING while reading)
(Disclaimer - this ISN’T PAK bashing)

I recently witnessed BIG FIGHT (a weekly pgm) on NDTV.
The topic of debate this week was Indian Students vs Pakistani Students.
Venue – Venki, South Campus, New Delhi.

Well the debate started coolly! All the opening comments were good. But, then I saw the Pakistani studs with some unusual arguments…

On the Mush issue, they supported him as their leader (tho I don’t support them, but I do not deny the existence of valid points in their discussion). Now here are some questions which came from the Indian side to the Pak lads – 1) Whom will India talk if Mush dies…since he is the supreme authority? 2) In this book, Mush is one man who is proud of Kargil. Now, firstly how can we trust such a person. Secondly, if Pak army withdraws from Kashmir, it would meant a weak signal for both Pak military n Mush (since Mush is also an army man). So, why would they be interested in resolving the issue!!

In between a point arrived where a Pak lad where trying to explain Why!! Why does terrorism occur. Then came a moment which actually shocked me; that guy trying to associate freedom-achieving-fighting with terrorism…“u must understand it’s under different circumstances that terrorism comes”. When asked to give some e.gs. He replied “such as POVERTY”.

(my advice to him :- man o man!! Dude you were representing a country n with an answer of that kind you unfortunately messed it up. Man, GOD gives power of thinking to all humans…n since you seemed to be a human my only query is ‘Why didn’t you used that power while answering’…ok lets suppose u were right…India is a country which has 40% of its population (>103 crore) under poverty line…that means greater probability of Indian-origin terrorists…now can you justify this in any way…sorry buddy this is pure contradiction).

Lastly there was one more cool Pak stud. As soon as he got the mike, he kept on repeating “please, let me speak, let me speak”. And what did he finally spoke !!, “India has 5 consulates in Afghanistan…Why…u know Indian guys are killing Baluchi children”. (my word :- It seems you think we Indians have no work to do…all we do is to construct consulates in Afghanistan and then kill Baluchi children…man think what are you speaking…India’s participation in rebuilding Afghanistan is more active than USA…and those 5 consulates must be there for helping that work and not for killing Baluchi children…give it some sense of what you speak).

BUT

All of Pak guys who came for debating may have replied illogical answers owing to their nervousness and anxiety but then they were representing a country named ‘Pak’. Hmmm…lets give them benefit-of-doubt since they were debating in a country from which they are down 3 times (INDIA)…n they were lads too. But they also had a valid ‘we Indians are masters in fighting among ourselves’…be it ancient/medieval/modern times.

Guys seriously give it a thought. Its actually ironical that Pakistan have some lads who do not even know the basics facts (they had major misconceptions about winners of Kargil and 65 war) and on other hand, have some fantastic music creators like Strings (see below), Atif, Xulfi, Jal, EP, Noori, Fuzon, Call, Raeth , ZEEST…..etc…etc…..

"STRINGS" n their the soul-enriching "surs"...

On reaching heavens, when God asked a deaf “What hurt u most on my earth”, He replied, “the only thing I felt being a deaf is that I couldn’t hear the insane sounds that came from my soul’s strings.”
And its that kind of music, which STRINGS come out with.

‘STRINGS’ is a Pakistani band that currently comprises of two artists Faisal Kapadia (vocals) and Bilal Maqsood (composer, guitarist and sometimes on vocals too). Faisal, the lead singer has a great bassive tone in his voice and to produce ‘sur’full singing with that kind of voice texture, is an uniqueness itself. Bilal, on the other hand does the compositions for the band. As a singer his singing is sweet and mellow. The best thing about their creations is the simplicity in lyrics…all of them are so easily written n composed perfectly. Likewise the video of the songs are simple n straight forward (no overloading of fleshy girls as most of the Indian non-filmy NRI DJ-remixed songs have unfortunately)…for e.g…’Duur’ video…the duo stuck amidst a hot desert…nothing great bout the video…just great singing n soulful lyrics.

Initial albums of the four membered band were ‘strings’ and ‘string2’. But the two membered band ‘Strings’ came in the limelight with their album ‘Duur’. Some of the songs of their album which are still very prominent are ‘Duur’, ‘Sar kiyae pahar’, ‘Anjaane’. Their latest album ‘Dhaani’ contains tracks like ‘Dhaani, ‘Chaaye Chaaye’, ‘Sohniyae’, ‘Bichra yaar’ and ‘Naajanay kyoun’ (which also featured as an OST in Spiderman 2).

A apart of various albums, the band also have some great singles in their musical kitty such as ‘Hai koi hum jaisa’ (song on cricket world cup), ‘Jeet lo dil’ (with the Indian band Euphoria), ‘Ye hai meri kahani’ (featured in bollywood flick ‘Zinda’) and the latest being ‘Beirut’ (a anti-war song).

NOTE -
U can get all strings music n videos at http://www.stringsonline.net/

The vi of ‘Beirut’ is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPaO_q6v508

Being witnessed twice to STRINGS live performance, I could only say THEY ARE A CLASS APART

"Duuuuur se koi aaye kahni chupke se vo dil mein saama jaeya......saajana"

i LOVE break-ups

Hmm! Every time I enter into a mall, all I can see are tensed couples…hiding themselves from the real world…trying to be compatible with each other in ANT-holes sized corner spaces! The girl will be hiding from the crowd as if she has been caught from a brothel (thankfully she tries her best not to reveal her make-up faked face to the audience) and her male partner will be acting gladly…smiling into her…as if he is her biggest asset…remember (bakra halaal hone se phele bhout khush hota hai!!).

...BUT…all endings aren’t happy!!

The scene before a break-up :- The girl and the boy meet to Ctrl + Alt + Del tensions from their relationships. The atmosphere of their discussion is somewhat similar to bilateral talks between India and Pakistan. But 90% of these types of CBMs (confidence building measures) result in BREAK-upS…truth can’t be hidden. How??

B – boys, G – girls

1) When B and G both want to end it – “Saath janamo ka bandhan” gets over in 7 min. Both are fed up of each other. All those qualities to which they were first attracted gets vanished in seconds. All those monetary transactions (gifts, cards, etc…etc) which were exchanged earlier are never considered. Both blame each other for infiltration into their respective private lives...and then these facts are supported by lines “Jab se tum aaye ho tab se meri jindagi narak ban gayi hai”. Man! All drama Ekta Kapoor inspired…

2) When B wants to end it – This is the rarest category of the break-ups. This usually happens when B = stud or some flamboyant hero of a college. B usually takes this steps when he gets pissed off to that particular girl…most of the times, G is treated as a used nappy (one time used and then dumped with no feel).

3) When G wants to end it – This is the most frequent category when it comes to break-ups. G’s reasons for ditching the lover lad can vary e.g. reasons can be economic or the reasons may be just anything (yeah!! THE harsh truth is that girls ditch boys for just anything…anything…like discipline, punctuality, oooof).

90% of the break-ups in the economic category takes place because B fails to give rich elite dates which he used to give earlier. As a consequence, G hunts for another Bakra B…this time more economically solid.

Apart from the Big Money Reason is the Reason of Great Looks. If G finds a more her-demands-satisfying handsome stud, she obviously would dump her earlier B (though I have seen exceptions)…so0O start going to parlours guys!!

Lastly, THE only reason which should cause break-ups should be :-

The Senti Reason – The sentimental FEEL of the relationship should be the only deceiding factor which should influence the relationship b/t B n G. Because the word ‘FEEL’ is the only thing which in practical sense stays COMMON to both B and G…no gift no accessory no looks…can make your love permanent in your heart.

WELL!! why are we guys so concerned with break-ups b/t couples, why aren’t we concerned about break-ups b/t friends which in reality are ‘THE’ most unfortunate thing in today’s world.

Parting with friends…equally prevalent in this modern world but still ignored…"dost aur ladki mein dost hamesha kahin kho jata hai"…it hurts…U all know.

Lyrics of 'GMD' by Bodhitree

Now! Lyrics of such a famous song shouldn’t come now BUT considering the population of book-affiliated-maniacs, I am putting these up…for their sake.

(Disclaimer – this song contains many abusive words, which your ears may not like...so dunno blame me for that if u make THE mistake to read on)

This song should appeal to all the BC Sutta (by Zeest) lovers:

(Recorded at Dhwani Studios, Jameshedpur in Oct 2005 by Bodhitree – a group slightly musically inclined at XLRI Jamshedpur, India). BodhiTree - the name of a planet in a faraway galaxy where much gyaan is given, many relationships forged and many sixers hit.

So here are the lyrics :-

Kaal se pehle wohi tha,
Kaal ke baad wohi,
Jaane kitni sadiyon se,
Le raha wo teri.

Teri teri teri teri,
Teri teri teri teri,
GMD
Teri GMD de

Na baas ki bansi
Na sone ka sariya -
GMD de

GMD de teri GMD de
Na baans ki bansi
Na sone ka sariya
GMD de

Teri GMD de teri GMD de
Na baans ki bansi,
Na sone ka sariya
GMD de

Aaya tha wo XL mein
Sapno ka ek badal
IR (Industrial Relations) ki ladki toat bohat thi,
Man mein machi thi halchul.
Saath jiyenge saath padenge,
Saath chalenge paidal.
Pata chala par bike wala koi,
Le gaya usko aakar.
Gand pe padh gayi laat,
Jo tuta sapno ka mahal.

Teri GMD de, teri GMD de
Na sone ki murgi na chandi ka anda
GMD de

Meri GMD de meri GMD de
Na baans ki bansi,
Na sone ka sariya
GMD de

Guide tha uska bada harami,
Pappu ka toda sapna,
Second year phir wapas aa gaya,
Haath mein lekar apna.
CQ (Contemporary Quotient) bhi uski khaas nahi thi
Dateon ka padh gaya rukna
Gaon mein sabun bech raha hai,
Jhoot hai uska hasna.
Gand pe pad gayi laat to kya hai,
Banega naya mehal

Teri GMD re meri GMD re,
Na rail ki patri na bijli ka khamba
GMD re.

Meri GMD de meri GMD de,
Na baans ki bansi,
Na sone ka sariya
GMD de

Teri GMD teri GMD
Kab ka hai ghusa
Jara dekh palat,
Teri GMD re

Teri GMD re teri GMD re
Na baans ki bansi,
Na sone ka sariya
GMD re

Performed by :-
Vocals – Satadru Bagchi
Backgrd Vocals/Mumblings – Abhishek Narain
Guitars – Abhishek Narain, Bharat
Bass – Jishnu Dasgupta
Drum Programming (featured) – Chetan Varma (SAE, Chennai)

NOTE - All the songs of Bodhitree are available at their site :-
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=431951

Lyrics of 'SUTTA NA MILA' by Zeest

Now! Lyrics of such a famous song shouldn’t come now BUT considering the population of book-affiliated-maniacs, I am putting these up…for their sake.

(Disclaimer – this song contains many abusive words, which your ears may not like...so dunno blame me for that if u make THE mistake to read on)

So here are the lyrics :-

This song is dedicated to all the smokers and dopers by Zeest the band so let’s hit it.

Doston mein baitha main sutta pi raha
Abba ne mujhe sutta peete dekh liya
Ghar jab pahuncha to danda ho gaya
BC sutta, sutta na mila.
BC sutta, mujhe sutta na mila.
BC sutta, sutta na mila.
BC sutta, mujhe sutta na mila.
BC sutta, sutta na mila.

College mein gaya mujhe pyar ho gaya,
Usne bhi mujhse mera sutta cheen liya
Sadkon pe ghooma main tanha reh gaya
BC sutta, sutta na mila.
BC sutta, mujhe sutta na mila.
BC sutta, sutta na mila.
BC sutta, mujhe sutta na mila.
BC sutta, sutta na mila.

Shaadi hui main husband ban gaya
Raat bhar thoka main thak ke gir gaya
Khushiyon ki khatir mera sutta chin gaya
BC sutta.BC sutta, mujhe sutta na mila.
BC sutta, sutta na mila.
BC sutta, mujhe sutta na mila.
BC sutta, sutta na mila.

BC MC, BC MC BC MC.
BC MC, BC MC BC MC.
BC MC, BC MC BC MC.
BC MC, BC MC BC MC.
Zeest Zeest

Lyrics: Skip (Saqib Abdullah) and Adeel
Composition: Skip
Vocals: Skip
Supporting Vocals: Anas, Abeer, Zeeshan
Guitar: Skip
Bass Guitar: Skip
Congo: Zeeshan

My colLege COOL fests - Part-1 of the series "WIE DAY, 2006"

I am an IEEE member and hence filling my responsibility to the society by writing this review (please NOTE all readers! it’s not actually a report on the WIE day, it’s just a review). The annual function (do take into consideration the difference b/t ‘function’ and ‘festival’) of WIE chapter ‘Audora’ was celebrated on 13th April.

‘Audora’ was basically a one-day show (precisely speaking a three hour show). Thankfully; from a student’s point of view; there was no chief guest, inauguration stuff, etc…etc to start of the proceedings. Without wasting much time let’s have a run-through of all the events and keynote sessions held on that day.

As soon as the committee room was sufficiently occupied, straight away we had the fortune to see Mr. Mahavir Jain (most of the janta consisted of fachhaas and velas and guys like me who were forcibly taken to the committee room...venue of the gr8 event... from the reading room, where I was completing my NACP register). By his name he sounds like a God; though he is not. But he surely had some super-natural powers embedded in him as he somehow managed to mug up the whole Oxford dictionary that TOO! with page numbers (why?) ... may be, he is also a vela (wo0O man!! I haven't heard this kind of vellapenti ever). Also, his name stands deep inside somewhere in the Limca Book of Records for this great mugging work.

He presented a talk on how to mug difficult English words and how to increase vocabs and communication power. In my view, he was the hero of the WIE function as his talk was most appreciated among all other talks. He also disclosed various ways by which one can learn difficult English words e.g. how to use principle of linking, etc. As soon as his talk ended, 90% of the crowd went. I stayed, coolly doing my register work.

Next was a presentation by somebody from AID association (it’s an NGO). I won’t write much about this as you won’t read it…said as simply as that.

Then came the third and the last event of the day. It was presented by a woman! … she was the only female talker in the whole WIE day ! Gutsy Lady. She looked like a not-so-old version of Shyma Chona (the DPS RKP one!). And if you are interested in her name…I read her name on a poster outside the male toilet of the first floor…so interested guys should see that. In her quarter hour talk she talked about the World Wars (both versions -1 & 2), Indian struggle to achieve freedom, Yamuna, Ring road, Street outside our college and how clean it is, politics, tambaccu (including pan, bidis), puppets, pakode and samosas and daal-chawal and blah blah blah. She talked about everything except engineering…………and meanwhile I was completing my register. Her talk was attended by at most 15 guys.

Then came the refreshments time in which the organizers were shouting “khana le jaoo yaaron bach gaya hai”. This was proceeded by some fun-creating non-formal events which saw sizable participation from first year guys.

Some extracts:-

“ what is that a woman has and a girl does’t?”
--- This ques was asked by the 3rd speaker during her talk

“ U can learn the word wanton by expanding like want-her-on”
--- Mr. Mahavir Jain

Last line: The purpose of Women In Engg. was fully served...n

if you wanna see the proof...just have a look at practicals or internals marks of girls...

Lyrics of 'LONELY' by Akon

Try this ultra-senti song sung by Akon and i bet u won't go out of this untill out heart synchronize with the pain of the song. The song potraits a daily life incident (like ditched out lonely Boys in pain...thanks to there Xs gfs); also THE 'chip n dale' voices are something unusual to hear but still u will luv it.
advice - to get best feel hear when you are in a ultra-senti mood

Listen to it once...n forget your dirty 'hurt' life

Lonely

Lonely im so lonely,

I have nobody,
To call my owwnnn
Im so lonely, im mr. Lonely

I have nobody,
To call my owwnnn
Im so lonely,

Yo this one here goes out to all my playas out there ya kno got to have one good girl whose always been there like yaKno took all the bullshit then one day she cant take it no more and decides to leave

I wont up in the middle of the night and I noticed my girl wasn't by my side, coulda sworn I was dreamin, for her I wasFeenin, so I hadda take a little ride, back tracking ova these few years, tryna figure out wat I do to make it go bad, cuzEver since my girl left me, my whole left life came crashin

Im so lonely (so lonely),
Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Im so lonely (so lonely)
Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Cant belive I hadda girl like you and I just let you walk right outta my life, after all I put u thru u still stuck
Around and stayed by my side, what really hurt me is I broke ur heart, baby you were a good girl and I had no right, I
Really wanna make things right, cuz without u in my life girl

Im so lonely (so lonely)
Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody to call my own)
To call my own (to call my own) girl

Im so lonely (so lonely)

Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)

To call my own (to call my own) girl

Been all about the world ain't neva met a girl that can take the things that you been through
Never thought the day would come where you would get up and run and I would be out chasing u
Cuz aint nowhere in the globe id rather be, aint noone in the globe id rather see then the girl of my dreams that made me
Be so happy but now so lonely

So lonely (so lonely)
Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)

I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own)

Im so lonely (so lonely)

Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girrll

Never thought that id be alone, I didnt hope you'd be gone this long, I jus want u to come home, so stop playing girl and
Come on home (come on home), baby girl I didn't mean to shout, I want me and you to work it out, I never wished Id ever
Hurt my baby, and its drivin me crazy cuz...

Im so lonely (so lonely)
Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own)

Im so lonely (so lonely)
Im mr. Lonely (mr. Lonely)
I have nobody (I have nobody)
To call my own (to call my own) girll

Lonely, so lonely
So lonely, (so lonely),
Mr. Lonely, so lonely

So lonely, so lonely, (so lonely), Mr. Lonely

Delhi Metro Station @ Chawri Bazaar, Delhi

We (Indians) can do it! Infact v have dun it! n I’m proud of it!!
I can also bet on the fact that u will also feel the same when you see Delhi’s Chawri Bazaar Metro station. The station stands out 5 storey below the MUCH-POPULOUS ground level. The station has more than 10 escalators (silvery steel look is just awesome) and the way they are designed n connected to each other, encase a true international experience. So visit it once…n be proud of our Indian Civil Engg. and Elect. Engg….

Disclaimer - the pics were taken keeping in mind all aspects of safety and security...shockingly there were no photography prohibition messages at the station.

CSI trip, 2005...unique one

(this is especially for my classmates)

The CSI trip will surely land up as one of the most extra-ordinary experiences for all those 50 guys who went for the trip. The only word which I could think for the trip is "UNIQUE". Our destination was Mussourie. The trip was from Friday to Sunday, commencing from 23rd September (year – 2005).

The drama started at Friday itself. The departure was to be at 7.00 pm, but due to some reason we departed from the college at 10.30 pm taking dinner inside our college campus; at 10.00pm (imagine having dinner inside the college premises at 10.00 pm—somewhat unusual though). Then with absolutely no uncomfortably we left for Mussourie. It was going smoothly and very well until 12.30 am. Then was the moment. We had to encounter a major, gigantic, huge, Everest-kissing jam, etc…etc on Delhi- Dehradun highway. The jam; caused by a traffic block, was so much catastrophic that our bus took nearly three hrs to cover 10 kms (imagine – just unique). So, the big question! What did we do in those three hrs? Not quite innovative but yet mind-blowing—our very old method to kill time - ‘antaaskhini’.

Second yr + fourth yr in one team and first yr + third yr in second team. Now again just try to imagine (sorry! But you have to do this once more) how many songs could have been sung during that brief span of three hrs. Finally the second + fourth yr team lost with quite an interesting drama at the end of that throat-exploding session of singing. Still no sign of jam ending. Then came all those hilarious things, mimickers – seriously speaking many of them could land up doing RJ stuff or as a mimicker in their future. One more important thing to narrate – at this point of time there was hardly any water left onboard (it would have been highly unwise on my part if I didn’t mentioned this fact). A human can handle a disaster up to an extent. With crying-throats (most of them were sounding like a bus conductor), and with all types of trucks all around their surroundings, most of us went to sleep.

At 4.30 am on Saturday, we landed up onto a roadside motel and the happy news was that our bus had cleared the blockade successfully. Next morning it was all good (except that we were having acute shortage of water onboard). Twenty km to Dehradun tragedy striked again. Again, there was a road-blockade. The climatic conditions and surroundings were comparable to those in the regions of tropical rain forests (try to remember! any of the uncountable scenes of the dense forests shown on Discovery type infotainment channel). To make easier for you guys, just try to recollect the scene from the film ‘Sarfaroosh’ (in which the bus is stranded b/t thick jungles); same was the case here. Since the blockade was just 1 km away from us, we walked across that blockade and boarded another bus specially called from Dehradun. With no other incidents happening, our voyage to Mussourie ended at 2.30 pm, thereby ending our fifteen + half n hr journey. However, this was not the end. The icing on the cake was done by hotel’s situation - a 10 min steep trekking in rain (the way to the hotel was so tough that no rickshaw was ready to go there).

Against the forces of nature, we finally stepped into our hotel. Saturday evening was normal sightseeing that too in rain (not mentioning it would again be unwise). The best part of the trip was all bout the sat night. Inspired from Dil Chaata Hai, some of the best pranks were played on some selected guys (mind u, selection was not easy).

We all were intelligent (after all v were engineers). Moreover, it was this intelligence of ours, which prompted us to carry only one woolen upper with us. Nevertheless, this fact was unanimous among most of the lot. Everybody went to sleep late night hoping next day would be a bright day. Next morning, was even worst.

Early morning, plan for visiting Kempty fall was approved inspite of bad weather. Majestic natural beauty all around, DEO-smelling clothes and stinking bus; all made the experience unforgettable. Reaching the fall, simultaneously a doubt BORN-ed in many heads. What is the degree of water coldness? Applying all our science knowledge one by one, everyone landed in thanda-thanda cool-cool water to get drench. Now just try to visualize ‘what happens to a person if he mis-understands ice-chilled water (coming from a place comparable to Siachen glacier) as an oasis’…some guys did this mistake thinking that natural water is warmer (thanks to their geography knowledge)…and are still lucky to survive. This was the end of our tour in Mussourie. Then we set for Delhi via Dehradun. Again the same masti and fuultoo dhamaal.

Cee Succeeded I (or CSI) trip would be memorable for all of us b’coz of the catastrophic conditions v had to bear + b’coz of the masti (precisely… informal masti…most of which I cannot write about) we had on the trip.

Extended fwd-

Night stay at the hotel was truly special. The best prank was carried out on Chedi (name not to be revealed). Before I start, I would like to thank the hotel architect who had designed the hotel marvelously as two rooms are connected to each together…without which the prank wouldn’t be possible.

First of all! Chedi was sleeping in my place…so the prank carries some justification. Chedi was sleeping…in somewhat Da Vinci Code cover page position (* all body parts in all direction). His left hand on Ambuj, his right hand on Harit, his right leg on Harit’s left leg and his left leg on Harit’s a*s.
So! Here is a placement type brain-teaser.
How would u use an empty (bright fluorescent orange) deo bottle, a flash camera and an empty Colgate box to get that special moment?
What we did!
Step 1 – Place the Colgate box besides Chedi mouth.
Step 2 – Take out the cap of the deo and place over Chedi’s pe**s (hint: it’s a biological term).
Step 3 – Climb over the bed (to get a perfect view for the snap) such that your body is mutually perpendicular Chedi’s body…I would urge readers not to support non-veg thinking plz!

"Evidence speaks louder than words"…somebody said this & I congratulate him for that.
The negatives of the photos are with Niloo and God knows rest……..

Bout KP (name not to be revealed), firstly, you need to understand the climatic conditions to appreciate this. He was sleeping in his room with blanket on. HE was wearing JUST a vest and white coloured under*ear... Half of our class came to his room and started jumping onto his body. KP’s reaction was quite genuine (like a gang rape type of thing). The best part was when all this ended. Sumar went away with Chedi’s shirt & Chedi wasn’t wearing a vest.
He walked all around the corridors of the hotel hiding his hairy chest...(there is comparable scene of Halle Berry in the film Swordfish).

Another one: this incident happened as a cause of over population in our room and lack of toilets. Chedi (a touch-me-not-kind of animal) wanted to rinse off his toothbrush. Toilet was fortunately occupied by Sahil at that point of time. SO, he applied his mind.
(Many people have applied their mind and delivered out unique things to the mankind).
He also did that.
Sensing the well furnished room and my strictness on hygiene (this incident happened in front of my eyes), he took the jug containing water and started rinsing off his toothbrush BUT WHERE? Niloo’s shoes! Yes, he rinsed off his toothbrush inside Niloo’s shoes. The best part – Niloo’s reaction when he wore them (as usual, over-enthusiastic) – "yaar aab mein kafi energetic mehsoos kar raha hoon".

Then there was one more….they just kept coming.
After our Kempty fall adventure, before leaving, we all were given one room for packing our bags. Undergarments of around 30 guys (males only) were lying on the bed for drying purposes. Right from Jockey to Rupa , you could find every brand drying on the bed. While I was busy in applying binary search to find my sets of undergarments, I got hold of a packet. On first touch it seemed to a packet of small stones collected by somebody from the Kempty fall. When I opened it; it was more shocking than a bomb.
The packet had approx. 2 kg chane in it (one that a horse eat). This packet (containing chane) was contributed by Neha Singh amidst the pool of male undergarments … especially meant for Harit.
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n many more …
Oh finally some positive outcomes of the trip: we also discovered some hidden talents like…Aloo (alias Alankrita’s) high pitch snoring…May be…just may be...she is THE next Himesh Reshamiya.
Best of luck from my side.

No "REPUBLIC DAY" PARADE "LIVE"

(Well Well Well!! its 12 @ midnight...its 15th AUG 2006...another indispencible day marking our Freedom Struggle...so here is my first hand unfortunate experience on our Republic Day...26th Jan of this current year...a day as important as this)

Republic Day Parade LIVE

NO! NO! NO! Please don’t go by the title. The title of this article ‘Republic Day Parade LIVE’ looks like the heading of an essay (which used to come in our primary classes and also used to carry quite a considerable marks-weight-age); however the sentiments attached to it are much more important.

Wednesday 25th Jan 2006, as I reached my home, I got some really shocky stuff lying on my bed. That shocky stuff was nothing but the so called INVITATIONS from Ministry of Defense to see the parade. On opening the invitation, it read (in italic English111VivaceBT fonts):-

SEE THE PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE

Bottommost there was an inclusion in brackets which read in the same fonts but smaller size, that: - Please be seated by 9.30 a.m. In addition to this invitation, was a VIP parking pass, a non-understandable map of the uncountable parking lots ( see the photograph above adacent to our 'TRICOLOUR') and some more papers…all sufficient to get you that feeling of being a VIP Indian. So! Why was this shocky? Easy guess - because I don’t know anybody in my whole parivar who could have arranged these VIP passes. Seeing that VIP pass started the process of un-practical dreaming within my head (I started dreaming that I would be sitting next to VVIPs getting a clear view of the whole parade especially the various manoeuvres of our advanced Sukohi MKI 30s …which thanks to Doordarshan, we common Indians can’t see most of the time).

Next day, 26th Jan 2006 morning, when most of my friends were residing in their dreams, I was on my feet early morning. Accompanying me to the parade, were my younger brother and my cousin (both of them didn’t want to go but somehow got convinced …thanks to my lecture titled Once-In-A-Lifetime-Opportunity which I delivered to them…though my sincere apologies to them now).

Our pilgrimage to Rajpath from Safdarjung Madarssa on foot was actually quite unique. How often do you find yourself with a VIP pass (your feet on road and not in a deluxe car…which would be a more appropriate option) among a crowd, 90% of them carrying a ticket of denomination not exceeding Rs. 50.0? While going towards our destination we encountered quite a lot of people asking us for extra passes…first symptom of being a VIP. All the way we kept asking the policewallas bout the VIP stall; the only answer we received: aage chalo aage...

That’s the end of the good part of the story (if at all it was good!). Our smooth walk (the process of walking was executing at a speed of 3 km/hr) was stalled near UPSC (Union Public Service Commission). The scene totally changed here. My misconception about the number of people who witness the Parade changed; yes, today also guys came to see Parade in uncountable numbers. The disappointment slowly started appearing as the stall near UPSE had suddenly invented a problem (as told to us by policewallas)…how can a stall develop a problem hours before the commencement of Parade? God knows why they do rehearsals? Then we were asked to move to our new destination located near Vigyan Sadan.

This was the moment! The moment of disappointment! every dream of seeing The Parade soiled amidst a sea of common Humans (& not just Indians). Entry to all the stalls was stopped at sharp 9:19:35 IST…reason given: stalls were full…how could anybody sit on somebody else’s seat on The Republic Day’s dawn? Multiple barricades welcomed all the visitors, who were either V.I.P. pass holders or legal ticket holders. But a unique thing which you don’t often see in India - equal behavior with an Indian and a hot phirang. Yes! At least something to say …after all; it was our Republic Day.

About the impression on phirangies – well; there was a group of hot phirang girls (carrying a bisleri bottle and their 500 Rs. tickets) in front of us shouting ‘BULLSHIT RASCALS’ (referring to policemen). To control the public, a loudspeaker was introduced which kept shouting “move towards the India Gate stand”. How many of you know that nowdays loudspeakers also have ringtones embedded in them? By the way the default tone in this loudspeaker was “aage chaalo aage…” (sung by an unknown policeman).

This was enough for my cousin and my younger brother, but I forced them to move towards the India Gate stall (thanks to my affection towards IAF fighter jets). On reaching our new destination…again the same…& THIS TIME I delivered those two words “BULLSHIT RASCALS” (to the organizers).

THIS WAS IT! with no means of road transport available, we again had to take help from our respective two legs. This time the journey was from India Gate à Dilli Haat bus stand. While going back, actually three souls were walking – Sardar Patel (embedded in me), Gandhi (in my cousin) and Shaheed Bhagat Singh (in my 15 yr old brother). For the first time in my life I thought mouth is a more sensible organ than our limbs…I concluded this after seeing (sorry! It should be hearing) the bashing of policemen, politicians and bureaucrats and many more… done by my brother …with the help of words…thankfully.

While going back we saw young lads on their Hero cycles, who also wished us Happy Republic Day (this line is written JUST to console our true patriots).

Well! You always have to pay for your sins. As compensation to my two companions, I had to pay out their tickets for the movie Rang De Basanti; another inspirational movie which will come and go.

HOPE U R NJOYING UR FREEDOM!!

“KUTTE KAMINE”

“Kutte kamine mein tera haddi toad doonga”
- Ankit Gupta

This line is dedicated to KP. In this current birth of mine, I know of two KPs. First one is Kumar Pratyush, a classmate of mine and a human. The other one is Kumar Pyar (name changed). He eats 2 kg of meat everyday, has a serious uncontrollable non-infectious smelling problem and loves skeleton symbols (especially the one which are on the anti-smoking ads). He is boxer…and belongs to the community of Dogs (boxer…is a variety of dog…remember Tom n Jerry!…one who used to chase after Tom).

KP is a pet of Mausi (this kind of character also appeared in the movie – Sholay). A brief overview about Mausi – she is a very good friend of my grandmother and for some reason hates young teens like me. She has a very serious problem with balls (even with COSCO tennis balls). Every time a ball enters her premises, it comes out in two pieces. Her house is like an enemy’s territory for us. Me and she share the same lane; she at periphery and I in the middle.

This incident happened to me sometime back when my parents were out of station. For us (me and my younger brother), it was a great opportunity to do anything! just anything…no parent scolding on playing loud music, no issue of cleaning your room, no time limit of sleeping, etc. So, after a hectic day, we deceided to have chicken in dinner (we aren’t allowed to have non-veg especially in front of our parents) and so deceided to have a taste of it. After the dinner menu was finalized, we went to buy our chicken dish from the nearby Chicken Corner. My brother left me in between the journey as his friend turned out asking for his classnotes.

After 20.00 minutes

I was returning from the Chicken Corner (our dinner - do plate chicken curry + 12 roti). As I entered my lane, HE was standing. At first sight I wasn’t so much bothered but the second look got me to be suspicious. KP with his blood red tongue half-out-half-in was looking towards me.
Who is a dog? A dog is a creature, who loves bones and has a kilometer ranged smelling power. And U can guess what happened to me next!!

I was carrying do plate chicken curry (also bones embedded in it). KP used his ultra-special nose-power and started sprinting towards me (to get that taste of those bones). What will you do when you see a boxer (the one who eats 2 kg of meat everyday and is a pet of your not-so-good-neighbour)? If you walk, you are a case. If you walk fast, then also you are a case. If you sprint! then you are like me.

There was one major problem which I had to face. KP was running from my home’s side so I had run towards the opposite direction. While running; tragedy struck (thanks to a girl); as I banged into her. She landed onto my dinner and that was it! Within a few seconds KP arrived at the accident site and started tasting the dish. He arrived, touched his tongue onto the dish, and then went back (may be he didn’t like it… An Imp Conclusion: I and KP don’t share the same taste…thankfully).

That day I had to make that same old Maggi for both myself and my brother (the only dish I know how to cook).

IMAGINE!

It would have been a completely different story if there were NO GIRLS n DOGS in this over-populated world.

Note: This article is not written to insult either girls or dogs, but is a reality incident. So, I would urge PETA and WWF (Women Wildlife / Welfare Federation) not to sue me.
Moral: If you are carrying a non-veg (non-boneless) dish with you, please don’t pass from routes which have high probability of presence of dogs.

LINUX ASIA 2006 @ IHC, New Delhi, India

Delhi’s hub for various conferences, Indian Habitat Centre at Lodi Road witnessed this year’s Linux Asia Meet which was held between 8th to 10th February. IHC was the perfect venue for this type of meet as you don’t have much gawkers here. As the venue, the sponsors were also very catchy…as expected. The range of sponsors varied from Oracle, the database giant to the famous online job portal, naukri.com. Also making there presence felt were big open source promoters such as Red Hat & Novell. Companies like HP and Dell, best known for there offerings on IT infrastructure were also on with there latest achievements and peripherals. And ending the elite list of sponsors were Intel, IBM and Google…no prize for guessing who didn’t participated in the event…Microsoft obviously.

DAY 1

The inauguration was done by widely known Dr. Deepak Phatak, who is currently the Chair Professor at KReSIT, IIT Bombay. He enlightened the audience with his ideology on open source software. Eklavya, a project started at IIT Bombay under him was widely appreciated. Next in line where keynotes from Oracle, HP and Red Hat showcasing the usage of open source in there respective firms.

The first presentation of the day was of Google. The Google team talked about there support to the ecosystem of open source. A considerable part of the talk was based on various open source awards given away by Google; the best being Google’s ‘Summer of Code’… (In the interest of students) this event from Google had a placement upto the figure of 84%.

Presentation from Mr. Bebo White, a professor from Stanford University was based upon web applications especially web 2.0 and got a great deal of attention.

Infosys prepared an exhaustive talk on the active use of open source in Java, J2EE and also informed about the latest trends and tools used currently.

The most awaited event of the day was the session with cosmonaut turned IT entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth. He and his product, Ubuntu (ya!! an interesting name…meaning ‘peopliness’) both won trophies at the Linux New Media Awards during the November 2005 Linux World Expo in Frankfurt. He addressed his thoughts about open source and how is he implementing it. The millionaire from South Africa also made enthusiastic commitments of sponsoring projects and hiring in India.

Day 2

Day two was all together THE Fedora day (according to Red Hat, Fedora is its lab version; somewhat like a beta version).

The first stop on the second day was of Novell/SUSE (surprisingly; the second day being the Fedora day). SUSE, a big boy among European IT techies came up with a cool looky, NLD-10 desktop. Mentionable features of NLD-10 – Open office 2.0, Beagle search, Banshee, Fspot, Tomboy and many more. The team also mentioned about there ongoing efforts in improving KDE and GNOME desktops. NLD-10 is also incorporated with MONO, a feature rich development platform for an open source .NET framework implementation.

IMAGINE the POSSIBILITIES! “Next 10 years, you won’t be able to save data (including films, songs, etc.) on our computer. Next 20 years from today, there won’t be any software (for computers) anymore. 30 years from today, there won’t be more computers. 50 years down the line, most people won’t know how to operate computers. And finally 100 years from now, human would be a highly endangered specie…After that, earth’s new tenants would be aliens”…by the way the above mentioned lines are the titles for some of the slides. That’s what you expect in the best and the most entertaining event of the day, which was a keynote session with Mr. Klaus Knopper. Knopper, who is the creator of Knoppix, provided the audience with a highly hilarious philosophical talk and also made a mockery of the present day license system, thereby promoting the concept of free open source software.

THE Fedora Day was celebrated in ‘bits n pieces’. Fedora came up with many informative presentations on different topics like the use of MONO, Fedora translators, process of localization, etc. Fedora day ended with an address from Christopher Bizzard. He pointed out the difficulties in creating drivers for various peripherals like printers, scanners, etc. He also talked about 3D Graphics and various video cards for making desktop a good experience. Lastly, Fedora declared the release of fc5 (Fedora Core 5) in the next few months.

DAY 3

Day 3 being the last day also had some informal activities amidst the technical talks and various workshops. Many companies were offering various promotional stuff and at one point of time all tech buffs stalls and pavilions were looking like mela stalls (especially the Red Hat stall…thanks to there dartboard game).

Day 3 started with a conference keynote delivered by David Axmark (co-founder, MYSQL) followed by a presentation by Mary Ann Fisher of IBM.

Post lunch session was resumed with a lecture, delivered by Mr. V Ponraj (Director of Interface Technology for the President). His exhaustive lecture touched various aspects of the IT revolution in India. A roadmap of the work to be done in the field of IT till the year 2020 was also presented. In this roadmap, projects like National Identity Card (something on the bases of smart card) were widely discussed. Topics on eGovernance initiatives were also talked about. His presence also gave the opportunity for the big companies to discuss various hindrances which they face in India.

Next on the itinerary list was the discussion with Brian Behlendorf (founder of Collabnet). The Apache guru talked about his current plans on the Apache Web Server. He also expressed his views and thoughts on how a casual user can become an expert and how can a path submitter turn to a core developer in the open source field.

Danese Cooper of Intel and OSI presented the last keynote of the 3 day expo. She promoted the concept of FOSS (free open source software) by giving examples from day-to-day life in a very inimitable style. She also focused on the participation of women in open source world.

So! What was the moral of the trip?
Open source ecosystem doesn’t have CEOs and Managing Directors; it has only VOLUNTEERS (committed to work 24*7).

“Nobody (& Everybody) OWNS the community”. – with this motivating message, LINUX ASIA 2006 ended.