MUSHROOMING ENGINEERS
In a bid to increase quantity of education, we have compromised on quality.
India is considered a pioneer when it comes to producing engineers. The Indian Education system along with the Society mindset has made professions like engineer, doctor, teacher as the golden grapes. Though it is said that a person is free to choose to what he wants to do , most of the time social expectations and financial situations become the hackles that prevent a person from making this choice freely. Naturally, India sees a majority of students running after an engineering degree just for the sake of it.
Around 20 years ago, laws and regulations applicable on technical education imparting institutes were relaxed so as to make higher education easily available. At that time, the boom in number of engineering colleges and universities felt like a positive step to provide room to those fighting for space in engineering classrooms.
But now, after these twenty years, we see an avalanche effect of universities and colleges springing up at every other place. Money is playing its game. These colleges and universities lack facilities as well as the quality of education that an engineering degree demands.
Majority of students in these institutions lack career direction and the will to study or work hard. Much of the time is spend at the canteens, at dhabas, at secret hangouts. They know that once they have been admitted into the college, nothing can prevent them from getting their degree. Even if they score awfully low and flunk, they can very easily take a retest. If they flunked even that, another retest and then another and another. There are students in these colleges who accumulate these re-tests and need to give 10-12 exams against the normally required four exams, in their final year to be able to become a graduate. Even parents have come to accept that this is nothing to worry about. The college administration is a puppet of these students who hold their re-test applications in one hand and a bag of money in the other. The mandatory project that every student needs to submit is usually brought for a few thousand bucks from hobby electronics shops. These shops keep readymade projects and you can go and choose and pick, just like you would shop for clothes in a mall. The books used are the ones which have the least information so that much mugging can be removed. Practical experiments are performed by the few geniuses in the class while the rest sit and watch. Lab assistants are bribed to help them cheat or get the experiment performed during lab practical exams. Fresh graduates are appointed on the post of professors and then even the few good students get denied of good teaching. The quality of education is degrading and nobody even stops to think about it!
The world is full of people who don’t appreciate the things that they have got without struggle, and engineering students of such colleges belong to this group. They let the opportunity to learn go by, not realizing that somewhere in this same country, students with much more aptitude and will are yearning to be in their place. Somehow the four years are dragged by so that they can get that degree. A sheet of paper called degree in exchange of many pieces of paper called banknotes. But is this sheet as crisp, as pure, as deserved as it ought to be?
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sunday, November 1, 2009
books
cI read my first novel in class 5. I read the english translation of the novel "Godan" by Premchand. I remember giggling on a character's name -"Gobar". That novel was a gift to me from my library teacher for helping and assissting her in the library. I used to help her in cataloging the books, in covering them etc. etc. I missed my music class, i missed my s.st class and went to the library. I did not bunk any classes when i was in 11th or 12th standard, but i bunked my classes in 6th standard and went to the library.
At home, my mom was a hindi language fan and my chachi is a hindi teacher. The house is full of hindi novels and that brought on my love for hindi novels. I used to read lots of hindi short stories and all of premchand's novels.
I read book after book of Enid Blyton's . I agree with shantanu, she is good. I remember reading book after book of the secret seven series. i m sure i ve read 90% of them. i read the famous five series, the nancy drew series. somehow, i dont like the hardy boys series...mayb bcoz of the "boys" in it, it offends the feminist in me.
jus like shantanu, i used to read in the bus too, in the morn as well as the afternoon. if anyone found that weird , or was thinking that i am a freak, or was staring at me, well i didnt notice, coz u see i was too busy reading. Since seventh -eigth standard i used to read books under my desk.the class would be going on, the teacher would be teaching, i would have the course book open on top of the table , but my eyes and my mind would be fixed on the novel open my lap. kids at dps (dat includes shantanu) used to have some special comments to say about that.:)
When I read at home, i am completely into the book. My parents would call my name, but i would keep reading. Ma would come and instruct me to do something and i wont even register what she is saying. often, the instruction was - "milk is boiling, turn off the gas in 5 mins." My ears and my brain conspirated and i wouldnt even be aware of any such instruction till she came to shout at me for letting the milk overflow and spill.
While reading book, i feel what the character is feeling. i cry when a tragic events take place. i laugh when a funny line is said. Once i was reading a very funny book and started laughing loudly all of a sudden, my brother and sister thought i am crazy . (they still believe so)
I reread books all the time. It feels good to go back to a known story and relive it and feel it again. This, obviously, doesnt apply to mysteries.
books are expensive. and when u have a limited pocket money it can be tough. my parents would occasionally buy books for me, but i ve never found it enough. they pay attention to my pleas only occasionally coz they know me well and they know that its a never ending demand.
Just like shantanu, i too have wasted time on some really bad books. but i ve wasted it nevertheless.
in college, the library is awful, horrible, gross, sick , crap. no novels.
But i manage to find more and more books. i read "gone with the wind" some months ago and i LOVE it. i love the book too much. i ve reread it atleat 10-15 times. its always on my bedside. i daily open it randomly and read some pages before going to sleep. I ve started liking classics too. My last purchase was 9 novels from penguin india from the book fair at pragati maidan.
I love reading more than anything, more than hanging out with friends, more than talking to my bestfriend, more than being with my boyfriend, more than talking to my family, more than anything.I read my first novel in class 5. I read the english translation of the novel "Godan" by Premchand. I remember giggling on a character's name -"Gobar". That novel was a gift to me from my library teacher for helping and assissting her in the library. I used to help her in cataloging the books, in covering them etc. etc. I missed my music class, i missed my s.st class and went to the library. I did not bunk any classes when i was in 11th or 12th standard, but i bunked my classes in 6th standard and went to the library.
At home, my mom was a hindi language fan and my chachi is a hindi teacher. The house is full of hindi novels and that brought on my love for hindi novels. I used to read lots of hindi short stories and all of premchand's novels.
I read book after book of Enid Blyton's . I agree with shantanu, she is good. I remember reading book after book of the secret seven series. i m sure i ve read 90% of them. i read the famous five series, the nancy drew series. somehow, i dont like the hardy boys series...mayb bcoz of the "boys" in it, it offends the feminist in me.
jus like shantanu, i used to read in the bus too, in the morn as well as the afternoon. if anyone found that weird , or was thinking that i am a freak, or was staring at me, well i didnt notice, coz u see i was too busy reading. Since seventh -eigth standard i used to read books under my desk.the class would be going on, the teacher would be teaching, i would have the course book open on top of the table , but my eyes and my mind would be fixed on the novel open my lap. kids at dps (dat includes shantanu) used to have some special comments to say about that.:)
When I read at home, i am completely into the book. My parents would call my name, but i would keep reading. Ma would come and instruct me to do something and i wont even register what she is saying. often, the instruction was - "milk is boiling, turn off the gas in 5 mins." My ears and my brain conspirated and i wouldnt even be aware of any such instruction till she came to shout at me for letting the milk overflow and spill.
While reading book, i feel what the character is feeling. i cry when a tragic events take place. i laugh when a funny line is said. Once i was reading a very funny book and started laughing loudly all of a sudden, my brother and sister thought i am crazy . (they still believe so)
I reread books all the time. It feels good to go back to a known story and relive it and feel it again. This, obviously, doesnt apply to mysteries.
books are expensive. and when u have a limited pocket money it can be tough. my parents would occasionally buy books for me, but i ve never found it enough. they pay attention to my pleas only occasionally coz they know me well and they know that its a never ending demand.
Just like shantanu, i too have wasted time on some really bad books. but i ve wasted it nevertheless.
in college, the library is awful, horrible, gross, sick , crap. no novels.
But i manage to find more and more books. i read "gone with the wind" some months ago and i LOVE it. i love the book too much. i ve reread it atleat 10-15 times. its always on my bedside. i daily open it randomly and read some pages before going to sleep. I ve started liking classics too. My last purchase was 9 novels from penguin india from the book fair at pragati maidan.
I love reading more than anything, more than hanging out with friends, more than talking to my bestfriend, more than being with my boyfriend, more than talking to my family, more than anything.
At home, my mom was a hindi language fan and my chachi is a hindi teacher. The house is full of hindi novels and that brought on my love for hindi novels. I used to read lots of hindi short stories and all of premchand's novels.
I read book after book of Enid Blyton's . I agree with shantanu, she is good. I remember reading book after book of the secret seven series. i m sure i ve read 90% of them. i read the famous five series, the nancy drew series. somehow, i dont like the hardy boys series...mayb bcoz of the "boys" in it, it offends the feminist in me.
jus like shantanu, i used to read in the bus too, in the morn as well as the afternoon. if anyone found that weird , or was thinking that i am a freak, or was staring at me, well i didnt notice, coz u see i was too busy reading. Since seventh -eigth standard i used to read books under my desk.the class would be going on, the teacher would be teaching, i would have the course book open on top of the table , but my eyes and my mind would be fixed on the novel open my lap. kids at dps (dat includes shantanu) used to have some special comments to say about that.:)
When I read at home, i am completely into the book. My parents would call my name, but i would keep reading. Ma would come and instruct me to do something and i wont even register what she is saying. often, the instruction was - "milk is boiling, turn off the gas in 5 mins." My ears and my brain conspirated and i wouldnt even be aware of any such instruction till she came to shout at me for letting the milk overflow and spill.
While reading book, i feel what the character is feeling. i cry when a tragic events take place. i laugh when a funny line is said. Once i was reading a very funny book and started laughing loudly all of a sudden, my brother and sister thought i am crazy . (they still believe so)
I reread books all the time. It feels good to go back to a known story and relive it and feel it again. This, obviously, doesnt apply to mysteries.
books are expensive. and when u have a limited pocket money it can be tough. my parents would occasionally buy books for me, but i ve never found it enough. they pay attention to my pleas only occasionally coz they know me well and they know that its a never ending demand.
Just like shantanu, i too have wasted time on some really bad books. but i ve wasted it nevertheless.
in college, the library is awful, horrible, gross, sick , crap. no novels.
But i manage to find more and more books. i read "gone with the wind" some months ago and i LOVE it. i love the book too much. i ve reread it atleat 10-15 times. its always on my bedside. i daily open it randomly and read some pages before going to sleep. I ve started liking classics too. My last purchase was 9 novels from penguin india from the book fair at pragati maidan.
I love reading more than anything, more than hanging out with friends, more than talking to my bestfriend, more than being with my boyfriend, more than talking to my family, more than anything.I read my first novel in class 5. I read the english translation of the novel "Godan" by Premchand. I remember giggling on a character's name -"Gobar". That novel was a gift to me from my library teacher for helping and assissting her in the library. I used to help her in cataloging the books, in covering them etc. etc. I missed my music class, i missed my s.st class and went to the library. I did not bunk any classes when i was in 11th or 12th standard, but i bunked my classes in 6th standard and went to the library.
At home, my mom was a hindi language fan and my chachi is a hindi teacher. The house is full of hindi novels and that brought on my love for hindi novels. I used to read lots of hindi short stories and all of premchand's novels.
I read book after book of Enid Blyton's . I agree with shantanu, she is good. I remember reading book after book of the secret seven series. i m sure i ve read 90% of them. i read the famous five series, the nancy drew series. somehow, i dont like the hardy boys series...mayb bcoz of the "boys" in it, it offends the feminist in me.
jus like shantanu, i used to read in the bus too, in the morn as well as the afternoon. if anyone found that weird , or was thinking that i am a freak, or was staring at me, well i didnt notice, coz u see i was too busy reading. Since seventh -eigth standard i used to read books under my desk.the class would be going on, the teacher would be teaching, i would have the course book open on top of the table , but my eyes and my mind would be fixed on the novel open my lap. kids at dps (dat includes shantanu) used to have some special comments to say about that.:)
When I read at home, i am completely into the book. My parents would call my name, but i would keep reading. Ma would come and instruct me to do something and i wont even register what she is saying. often, the instruction was - "milk is boiling, turn off the gas in 5 mins." My ears and my brain conspirated and i wouldnt even be aware of any such instruction till she came to shout at me for letting the milk overflow and spill.
While reading book, i feel what the character is feeling. i cry when a tragic events take place. i laugh when a funny line is said. Once i was reading a very funny book and started laughing loudly all of a sudden, my brother and sister thought i am crazy . (they still believe so)
I reread books all the time. It feels good to go back to a known story and relive it and feel it again. This, obviously, doesnt apply to mysteries.
books are expensive. and when u have a limited pocket money it can be tough. my parents would occasionally buy books for me, but i ve never found it enough. they pay attention to my pleas only occasionally coz they know me well and they know that its a never ending demand.
Just like shantanu, i too have wasted time on some really bad books. but i ve wasted it nevertheless.
in college, the library is awful, horrible, gross, sick , crap. no novels.
But i manage to find more and more books. i read "gone with the wind" some months ago and i LOVE it. i love the book too much. i ve reread it atleat 10-15 times. its always on my bedside. i daily open it randomly and read some pages before going to sleep. I ve started liking classics too. My last purchase was 9 novels from penguin india from the book fair at pragati maidan.
I love reading more than anything, more than hanging out with friends, more than talking to my bestfriend, more than being with my boyfriend, more than talking to my family, more than anything.
Friday, March 27, 2009
The Paradox of Our Age
by The Dalai Lama
We have bigger houses but smaller families;
More conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
More knowledge, but less judgment;
More experts, but more problems;
More medicines, but less healthiness;
We've been all the way to the moon and back,
but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor.
We build more computers to hold more information to
produce more copies than ever but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods but slow digestion;
Tall man but short character;
Steep profits but shallow relationships.
It's a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Blogs I follow
Shantanu pointed out that i m not writing these days, well, its getting boring to blog. Reading what others write is fun and a less time consuming task. But there is nothing so special which
i have the urge to write down. Its a very lazy attitude and certainly not something i am happy about especially since its reflected in other parts of life as well. When i mentioned i am reading i should have said that i am laughing plus reading. The first blog i go to is the "cake wrecks" ...the blog has the best wrecks, the commentary by Jen is like the icing of the cake. Se is soon bringing out her own book of cake wrecks. It should make a good coffee table book with all the illustrations but i wonder what would it do to the appetite. Once, I was baking while upset over something and I just wrongly measured everything and used extra huge quantities and ended up making EIGHT cakes. It was pathetic, i swear. (but go through this blog,its hilarious)
As for abhigyan's blog,....he started with so much enthusiasm, i could have assumed that the guy would become part of the "blogs of note". The first post was perfect. It was the hot
topic all over. It still is. Hot and Important. It feels optimistic that the country is taking its rights seriously and demanding better action. I appreciate. But there is still something i would like to point out. We all are full of opinions of what needs, of the action we are going to take. So far so good. But lets be careful not to ignore other issues that need to be addressed. Lets not forget poverty, hunger, malnutrition, diseases and illiteracy.People die due to lack of clothes during winters. This needs attention too. i can bet that the number of deceased due to terrorism is less than half of the number of people who die because of these problems.
Lets not rate life on the scale of the 'tragedy' of death.
Human life lost to hunger is certainly as much a loss as life lost to guns. That's what i feel. I also believe that eradicating poverty and all that i mentioned earlier is much much easier for us to change. Anyone of us can be a change to these and that too in a more immediate and easier way.
Anyways, reading abhigyan's is thought-provoking...i just hope the guy would write soon.
Someone called kidblogger in my list has lost it. he just uploads pointless pics every other day. Someone surely isn't busy.
I simply loved the idea of the confessor for the rickshaws. Maybe it will happen. I hope it happens soon. And it should be privatised, but with regulated rates. That i think would make it perfect.
Coming back to shantanu's... my favorite out of his all posts is "Not a Gentleman's World" Maybe because i see kids being so rude to teachers in college almost everyday. I don't have any hope that such a scene would ever change. But really, some teachers are worth the respect and when its not credited, its wrong.
That's it. Have a nice day.
i have the urge to write down. Its a very lazy attitude and certainly not something i am happy about especially since its reflected in other parts of life as well. When i mentioned i am reading i should have said that i am laughing plus reading. The first blog i go to is the "cake wrecks" ...the blog has the best wrecks, the commentary by Jen is like the icing of the cake. Se is soon bringing out her own book of cake wrecks. It should make a good coffee table book with all the illustrations but i wonder what would it do to the appetite. Once, I was baking while upset over something and I just wrongly measured everything and used extra huge quantities and ended up making EIGHT cakes. It was pathetic, i swear. (but go through this blog,its hilarious)
As for abhigyan's blog,....he started with so much enthusiasm, i could have assumed that the guy would become part of the "blogs of note". The first post was perfect. It was the hot
topic all over. It still is. Hot and Important. It feels optimistic that the country is taking its rights seriously and demanding better action. I appreciate. But there is still something i would like to point out. We all are full of opinions of what needs, of the action we are going to take. So far so good. But lets be careful not to ignore other issues that need to be addressed. Lets not forget poverty, hunger, malnutrition, diseases and illiteracy.People die due to lack of clothes during winters. This needs attention too. i can bet that the number of deceased due to terrorism is less than half of the number of people who die because of these problems.
Lets not rate life on the scale of the 'tragedy' of death.
Human life lost to hunger is certainly as much a loss as life lost to guns. That's what i feel. I also believe that eradicating poverty and all that i mentioned earlier is much much easier for us to change. Anyone of us can be a change to these and that too in a more immediate and easier way.
Anyways, reading abhigyan's is thought-provoking...i just hope the guy would write soon.
Someone called kidblogger in my list has lost it. he just uploads pointless pics every other day. Someone surely isn't busy.
I simply loved the idea of the confessor for the rickshaws. Maybe it will happen. I hope it happens soon. And it should be privatised, but with regulated rates. That i think would make it perfect.
Coming back to shantanu's... my favorite out of his all posts is "Not a Gentleman's World" Maybe because i see kids being so rude to teachers in college almost everyday. I don't have any hope that such a scene would ever change. But really, some teachers are worth the respect and when its not credited, its wrong.
That's it. Have a nice day.
Friday, November 21, 2008
Taking a break...
here i am, taking a break from life, finally! finished the sessionals today, semesters to begin in about 25 days so this is gonna be a short break. Sessionals went ok. I have worked hard and now i am better than before in most of my weak subjects....good for me. before this the college fest epiphany '08 was going on....was real fun. I was involved in just too many things and sometimes it felt overloaded but in hindsight i feel good i managed it all. I was in the registration and invitation committee. Had to dig deep for the contact numbers of cultural incharges of around 200 colleges.. n so many colleges dont even check their emails regularly! such a basic thing and even technical colleges dont follow it regularly. And then making sure only valid entries take place....never ending work...but they gave us two free movie tickets for this help...plus got to meet lots of new people...
participated in debugging too....n won the first price! had not at all expected!
Was against the motion in the hindi debate...it was sick!....the topic was-'regionalism is against democratic values' .... of course it is, but when you got to speak against the topic then you feel like strangling Raj T, who brought up this entire issue....i mean, why not debate on something better n more important like poverty, recession, technology rather than on some issue born out of plain narrow mindedness....i dont say its totally unimportant but there are more urgent issues which need to be discussed.... n the topic for the hindi and english debate was same...so double torture....worst debate ever...
And was in Botball too......amazing experience..while i had been preparing for it, the person with whom i partenered went and became part of another team for LFR...that was so irritating.. she was supposed to help in my team!...so i got to make a new team n after lots of searching found two more people...we workd like hell over our bot....n it went won its first match! lost the next though..all in all a good begining...still working on it to make it better for future events...
Throughout the two day fest it was super hectic!
Right now i am a bit relaxed....listening to music...n checking out blogs...i love the cakewrecks one!...n dat reminds me - i made a new cake....have been making chocolate cake for ages now...but recently made jam cake...so instead of alternating recipe for a special flavour, now i just add the needed flavor's jam n its ready!
participated in debugging too....n won the first price! had not at all expected!
Was against the motion in the hindi debate...it was sick!....the topic was-'regionalism is against democratic values' .... of course it is, but when you got to speak against the topic then you feel like strangling Raj T, who brought up this entire issue....i mean, why not debate on something better n more important like poverty, recession, technology rather than on some issue born out of plain narrow mindedness....i dont say its totally unimportant but there are more urgent issues which need to be discussed.... n the topic for the hindi and english debate was same...so double torture....worst debate ever...
And was in Botball too......amazing experience..while i had been preparing for it, the person with whom i partenered went and became part of another team for LFR...that was so irritating.. she was supposed to help in my team!...so i got to make a new team n after lots of searching found two more people...we workd like hell over our bot....n it went won its first match! lost the next though..all in all a good begining...still working on it to make it better for future events...
Throughout the two day fest it was super hectic!
Right now i am a bit relaxed....listening to music...n checking out blogs...i love the cakewrecks one!...n dat reminds me - i made a new cake....have been making chocolate cake for ages now...but recently made jam cake...so instead of alternating recipe for a special flavour, now i just add the needed flavor's jam n its ready!
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
sry
i kno i said i wud post abt my bday...bt rite now i m sick ...nd wud b doing it by sunday evening...please.
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