Dealing with corruption

The most visible problem every Indian today deals with is corruption. Corruption in todays date has reached to the roots of every Indian system and process. Whatever you want to get done you find a person who can do it for you in the easiest possible way and that is by giving some money. From admissions in schools to getting jobs, from driving licence to death certificate, opening a tea stall to registering an MNC all you need to do is throw some money and every job is easy for you. But if you are not ready to throw money forget about guidelines and process a government office has to follow. Every thing now seems like a Everest which you can never climb upon.

Ever thought why is this so? The roots of this never ending problem were laid at Diru Bhai Ambani times (I think it this way as I could make out from the movie Guru). He climbed up the ladder of success paying for everything he could and getting his job done. Today we all do the same. We pay for our jobs to get done. And if not the officials don't do your work. So, now you have two ways, either pay and get your job done easily and if you can not pay there is no way you can get that done until n unless the official is your fast friend or relative. That is now a habit. Police to Ministers all ask for money and we happily pay them. We all contribute to this problem of corruption. Government even if tries can not eliminate the corruption totally until we people support them. And we can not support them because we do not not what is the right way of getting a work done. We all know paying money is the only way.

The solution is not simple but it is still not difficult enough. All we people need today is knowledge of what is the right and procedural way of getting something done officially. Not just the people using the system also the officials sitting. They also need to be reminded of the right ways of working. All this can be done with the help of media. I really appreciate the "Jaagore" campaign of Government of India to spread awareness for voting. The advertisements were really provoking and truly speaking after becoming an adult legally I voted only after I was motivated by this campaign. They spread awareness on how to get yourself added as a legal voter and how to get your Voter ID cards made. The websites also listed candidates of every constituency so you can refer to them and check background before voting for them. That was a successful and a very right campaign.

Interestingly, Jaagore campaign has now been taken forward on the issue of corruption. Again the campaign is good but this time it is just telling people not to give bribes to any official. The intent is good but the approach is not complete. Here we all know that we are also a part of this corrupt system. We pay to get our work done. But we don't know how to get our work done without paying. The campaign here must also focus on the most common processes people deal with e.g making a driving licence. Telecast advertisements telling the right process of making driving licence. How to get your passport made. How to get medical aid at government hospitals for poor people etc are the processes every common man needs to know. The toughest job is to deal with Police for any issue.

Sarcastically, today the most easy processes are how to pay taxes. Income taxing, sales tax, property tax etc paying has become online and very convenient. After all this is where the money comes from :).

Anyways, moving further after knowing how the processes are done we are half way through. Now the public and officials know the right way getting the job done. But how can you force officials to follow right practices? There comes a need of a strong complaint cell. Now, one may argue we already have a complaint cell, but is that really working? We need a complaint cell which is effective and responsive. Must be headed and guided by a good and known authority, like CBI for example, or may be a completely new one having right and not not corrupt officials (yes, there are such people too existing :p ). This cell must be autonomous and not to be pressurized by any Minister or political leader. Police or anyone.

All in all, we need is and informative medium on what should be done how and if that doesn't fall in place we have a strong complaint cell to back it. Once this is done and common public is assured that it works, slowly the processes and right practices will fall in place. It will surely not happen overnight but still it has hope.

Sumit

I am...

I live in laptop, it has got 7 windows
I have so many friends all of them are on Facebook,
I talk thru Skype.
I sing on Real player.
I see whats happening through youtube.
I know what (google)Earth looks like.
I eat RSS Feeds and menu changes everyday but ingredients are same XML tags.
I get cookies every minute and thats most tasty.
I workout on EA sports ground,
I eat RSS Feeds.
I excrete only heat.
I have a dual core heart.
I have 320 GB NTFS stomach.
I remember things Virtually.. really too!
I do get ill n then I am fed with anit virus and anti spywares.
I am Operated too at times by Formatting (hard disk).
I Grow with every extra byte of ram I am added with.
I do go in sleep mode and sleep extra minutes before waking up.

I am... e
I am... i

I am... 0
I am... 1

I am something.. I don't know but,

I am...

Once again....

Once again I turned back
Once again eyes are wet
Its again so empty
Again so dark

The weather is good
But clouds stare at me
The smile is fake again
Its again so lonely

Tearing me apart
Are all those years
The moments together
Make each breath heavier

Its just too far
Why the urge is still strong
Have thrown it out
Still living those dreams

I have felt breaking heart
Have seen it cut in half
I know what death is
Its much better than this

Life is not you
But its meaning is you
Warm blood running inside
Cooling it is you

I know what it takes
Know how to be strong
Don't know how to erase
That thing which is you

Blessed are those
Who see the end in arms
And so are those
Waiting with open arms

Trying to be happy
The pulled aparts
Cut in half
Feels like left apart

It will be off one day
Bleeding will stop that day
I want to live that day
It must be happy and gay

Will prove to world
I am right
The right man
The right choice

Will be the one
I dreamt of
Much high
Than u thought of

Once again I am committed
But for myself
Once again I will live
The best years left

Once again..

How to avoid feeling drowsy after lunch.. I really need that.. :(

1. Change your diet. Different people will give you different opinions on just how to change your diet to increase energy, but if food makes you tired it's a good bet that food is where the answer is.

2. Eat low-carb food for lunch. You will feel more awake. Post-lunch drowsiness is caused by your body being flooded with insulin to process that carb-rich lunch you just ate.

3. Alternatively, don't eat meat, at least not for lunch. Some people are very certain about the connection between meat and being tired.)

4. Avoid caffeine and processed sugars. (Caffeine gives you an energy boost, followed by a crash that is hard to recover from. Processed sugars are too easily absorbed by the body and tend to pass right through you, burning up quickly and leaving your body starved for energy.)

5. Eat a nutritional lunch, high in vitamins. Vitamins help make your body healthy, and can help you feel healthy and energised.

6. Don't overeat. A small meal should not make you drowsy.

7. Eat many, smaller portions. Snack on healthy food throughout the day instead of eating a lot at once.

8. Do some light exercise after lunch. Use the stairs instead of the elevator, do a few jumping jacks in the restroom, whatever you can think of. This will help get your blood flowing and will reduce fatigue.

9. Get plenty of sleep at night. Even if you have a low spot in the afternoon, it won't be as low if you are well rested.

10. Notice what habits make you sleepy. Write down whether you feel drowsy. Then, write down what you ate, whether you exercised, how well you slept, and any other factors that might have been involved. Then, look for patterns and avoid any habits that cause problems.

Ways to sleep in office.. tip #1 :)

Open a work description on the laptop, code screen on desktop. Hold a notepad in your one hand and rest your head on second and you are set to sleep.. :)
Don't forget to point your back towards cubical entrance :p
Sweet dreams :)

I am weak, I can't be strong

I don’t have to be weak,
As she lost someone who loved her so dearly.

I can’t afford to be weak
this will make her realize she still can hurt me

I should not be weak
I have a life ahead to live

I have to be strong
To face the world

I got to be strong
To keep on moving

I should be strong
To tell the world, I can live

but I am weak, I can’t be strong
Body without soul is not alive.

Closest to farthest, what a journey!

I never knew of a journey when you are always walking towards the destination and the destination always moves away from you. No matter how many steps, no matter how many hours or days or months or years. The distination is moving farther and farther.

The college days when I fall in love with you. We being the closest friends, supporting each other on everyfront. Sharing joys and happiness. The late night never ending talks. The trips and the outings. Wiping away the tears. Sitting away but still studying as if we are as close as sitting next to each other.

A step closer when we realized that we mean something more to each other than just being closest friends. We said each other that yes we are in love. With a very pure feeling of being with each other. We saw nothing but just that we are happy together and decided to be this way for life long. I remember how were those days, how happy we used to be just by this feeling that we are in love. That we are going to live together forever this way. Holding hands was never so fascinating. Heads resting on shoulders was never this peaceful. Just walking together was never this enjoyable.

We started working. Feels so good to be in job. Working for our dreams and our career is on the flow. And we are still together. Many new people to meet, nice friends to make. We do realize what our worth is. Motivated, energetic youth, ready to take any responsibilty. The new environment taking us to new heights. And then you realize you made a decision in a haste. Feelings are not important anymore. You find a lot of guys around you. Good looking, smart, doing pretty good in life. And then the questions arise why you should choose me when you have a lot of options around.

Then one day comes and you say you are iclined more towards someone than to me. Suddenly, a lot of distance. The dreams which we thought are so easy to achieve became less visible. You realize you are worth more nice looking guys and rich guys than me. All the feelings you had for me are now dying out because you have more people to chose from.
Anyways, somehow we managed to get along that tough time and we are together again. It feels good but then the way I trusted you, the way I loved you is not anymore the same. Now I fear that you can leave me anytime for any one who is good looking than me or may be drives a bigger car than me.

I am trying my best to get you all that. And I am not loving less. I am still the same for you. You are the first priority for me. Whatever I do, whatever I plan you are in front of me. Thinking about you is what I do all the time. Trying to make you realize that love is what a person really lives on, passion is what really drivesa relationship.
And soon it was all good. We are same again. I call it another step closer. But there is no step closer. It only pushes your destination away from you and soon the day was back.

Now its time to decide about our life ahead. Time is approaching. I am doing my best. Just about a few months and it all is about to shape up. Our life will be beautiful ahead. But now you wanted to think. Think more about what you want from your life. Rather you want me or not.

I really don't know when I had options around me why I could not look for them. I really don't know why I was so committed for you. I really don't know why I always thought of being happy together and why you thought of you being happy.

And now you say a no when we are about to finalize things. Now the destination has disappeared completely. I really don't know where to head to. It surely is no good feeling.
You do not feel like getting close to me now. Mark your words. The fascination of holding hands and all is gone? The trips we had and the way we supported is no longer a good enough reason to be together? If you look in past the road we walked on grew wider as people came between us, demans came between us, the status and ego came between us and we still walked on the edges of the road. I many times extended my arm towards you, but then there were people watching us. It was not that people will say bad but it probably was people whom you are close to will move apart. They were more important to you. The unconditional love I had for you is no longer significant.

But I am happy for you. I feel great that you took this step to reach for your happiness. I pray to God that even if this step was not so right but it should turn out to be right for you. With hands trembling, eyes wet and really don't know how to express it but I feel happy for you. May you realize your dreams and may you be the queen and get what you want or deserve.

All the best buddy, I always loved you.

The nightmare of a software engineer came true.

Are you a software engineer? No? yes? Anyways, who ever you are but you must be aware of what the biggest nightmare a software engineer can have in this time of recession. There is this critical delivery tomorrow and I have been working on this since last 2 months. If I fail to deliver it on time you can just think of what the consequences could be.

Tomorrow I have to tell the so called managers that I am done with all the code and the application is ready to be dispatched.

You have given your day and night coding that 17k-18k lines of code in 2-3 files for no less than two months thinking this will keep you safe in these bad times for software industry. You are about to save the final file after cleaning up the stray code, adding up the comments so that your code is understandable by other person, adding more log messages so that while the application is running people know whats doing on, adding more debug messages, doing fine code indentations and all sort of things having a feeling of achievement.
On the VI editor, you gave the command to save your file and you are just about to do the final compile and the test run and you see a red message at the bottom of the screen. VI flashing a file save error. It says, Fsync failed. I do not understand what it means. I really don't know. I tried several times everytime it says the same error. I tried all sort of things. Making a new file to save but it is not saving it.

Finally I tried just to quit the file without saving my final touchings to the code which I was trying to save. And then it happened. The VI editor flashed error message the original file lost. I got scared. I reopened the file and there. It was EMPTY. Literally empty with zero columns, zero rows and a file of zero bytes.

 

My two months got lost in just 2 minutes. What I am gonna show tomorrow? Nothing?

I am dead man. I am literallly dead. God save me please.

No option left but to recode all the shit lines. Just not getting the courage to start with the code.

 

Please pray for me guys. Or I am dead. :(

just got up after a pretty nice sleep and weirdest dreams :)

is stunned watching "what the bleep do we know"

Gonna watch "What the bleep do we know"