2013 comes to an end.

Time flies away. Faster than we wonder it would. Another year passed and here we welcome 2014.

With time, we grow, our thoughts mature, we experience life, we discover, we learn, we understand the world more, the haziness of our perspectives and goals become wane.

Although the country faced huge economic crisis with rupee falling greatly against dollar, prices of commodities soaring high, we see some political changes across the country as the year ends and hope that the common man lives in complete harmony in the time to come.

 2013 was more or less good to me. The amazing people I met, the wonderful stuffs I learnt, the boost in my confidence, the experience in a new country, the cooking experience, a family get-together are some memories that will be cherished forever. I pen down some of the notable happy moments I had in 2013. Reading this post say some 10 years down the line would surely make me smile.

-Internship offer at KAIST, South Korea
-Family trip to South India
-2 months at South Korea
-Received scholarship worth INR 1 lakh.
-Brother graduates and joins his first job - Tata Motors, Pune :)
-Selected for OPJEMS final round, Kolkata
-Family get-together, Guwahati
-Selected for Mitacs Gloablink Program, (Summer Internship 2014, Canada)

Let us all enter into 2014 with firm resolutions to move towards our target and accomplish what we dream.

Places I visited in 2013:

Family trip to South India

1. Chennai- Marina beach
2. Rameshwaram- Rameshwaram Temple
3. Madurai- Meenakshi Temple
4. Kodaikanal
5. Ooty
6. Mysore- Mysore Palace, Vrindavan Gardens

_____________________________

Cities explored in South Korea (Summer Internship 2013)

1. Daejeon
2. Seoul
3. Daecheon Beach

______________________________

OPJEMS, Kolkata

Though I flunked the interview, Kolkata trip was an amazing time with 3 of my friends. Had fun at amusement parks and the Science city.

Faking News: IIT Undergraduate Slams "Nayi Soch Award" in MasterChef season 4

IIT UNDERGRADUATE SLAMS “NAYI SOCH AWARD” IN MASTERCHEF SEASON 4

Guwahati: Junior Undergraduate student of IIT Guwahati, Ram Lal bagged the ‘Nayi Soch Award’ in the latest edition of Master Chef Season 4 to put the entire country into a state of amazement last Saturday. Ram Lal, who seemed emotionally touched, credits his success to his 2-months long Summer Internship at South Korea.

“It was always a life of chef – codechef in the lab and dreams of masterchef back in the dorm”, he said. The food connoisseurs declared him to be a pioneer in making ‘khichdi’ and could not stop appreciating his culinary skills and his deep interest in Indian cuisine. One of them proclaimed “Given any recipe, and any material, he makes a ‘khichdi’ out of it.” It was StarPlus which decided later to bestow him with the ’Nayi Soch Award’ trophy left out in the IPL stock.

IITians who were expected to be globetrotter of technology have proved once again to be versatile in yet another sphere of life - cooking.

This is all what Ram Lal has to say about his agonizing journey and his ultimate triumph:

“I remember it very well that for the first week, it was only 6 biscuits and 250 ml Pepsi daily. I realized I would vanish soon and the very thought was traumatizing” he continued speaking with teary eyes.

“I gathered courage and started cooking. I saw videos on YouTube, and began following recipes. It was only a few days later that I realized I make the same stuff out of almost anything and everything. The colour, the odour and the taste were found constant. In fact, the experimental results in my lab project varied more. Today, I feel glad to be honored with this award. You never know, Life keeps surprising.”

~ Pranav Sodhani.

P.S.: Well, that's my take on humor. I hope it made a good read.  

No more a sophomore - Engineering !

What it feels like to have completed two years of engineering ? Heavenly is the word that aptly fits in. The day you are done with your last exam of the fourth semester, you realize time has been quick. Come on, you made two revolutions around the majestic sun ! The clock's ticking every second, and the past two years were shorter than the amount of sleep you had last night. And as a flashback comes the day when you first decided to have engineering as a career for this lifetime, the day you joined the institute with plethora of dreams and in the process the mind takes a turn and asks.. WHERE ARE THOSE DREAMS?

I tried to come up with consoling answers but to my helpless end found that I rather baffled myself. Has it been a self-deception the past 2 years? Am I still intact with a will strong enough to combat the toughest situation? Or have I compromised and forced my eyes to dream within its limits? I feel it time and again, the goal has been vague, the path distracted, and the mind seriously troubled. Blogging an emotional atyachar for your brain and heart to argue on is the next tough task you come up with!

We might have given a bad shot to the exams, but its never late for a handsome recovery in the coming semesters. Let us hope and pray to get more focused each day, chasing our short term aims and in the long run let victory be a choice rather than a wish.