AmalJyothi BeatsCampus Frequencies Unleashed . . .

Stuff you should try out before you graduate and are too old to have fun:

1. Eat porotta and chicken curry and then get on a roller coaster ride:
2. Accidently get yourself locked in the canteen.
3. Take a picture next to the penguin shaped trash can outside the central complex.
4. Devise a fool proof plan to put an end to terror and exams( both are obviously related)
5. Get drunk on mango juice. I’m not sure if this is possible. We’ll have to run some tests first to be sure.

What you should not do, no matter how old you get:

1. Feed crows (you don’t want to know, trust me).
2. Run, when a dog just happens to be behind you. (I think some animals should be avoided in general)
3. Forget to wipe your shoes off after you’ve stepped in animal droppings or on chewed bubble gum.
4. Watch a movie before seeing the preview. Previews are must-sees. They are informative, and are a better way of wasting time than deciphering lecture notes.
5. Talk to strangers on the bus, especially if they are really talkative aunties( because we all know that they won’t stop talking until you’re bored to death. And sometimes it won’t even stop then)

“Pilgrimage” – I don’t know whether the word implies something to me but what I definitely know is for the last couple of weeks, one of my very good friends is trying to find the meaning of his life through practical experiments and demonstrations of activities that can be defined by this very same word. After a very long time, I got another great opportunity to share the seat on his bike and travel across the country’s coastal areas. In all such journeys I have had the wonderful opportunity to taste some delicious food. So here I am with yet another classic ride with my friend Karthik.

joys inn

                It was not even 10 days since I came back from the great Lord Ayyappa’s abode, sabarimala. Our class had to undergo the university lab examinations and somehow for the first time in history I and Karthik got outputs for all the experiments. Bravo!! Lord Ayyappa turned the tables for us and may be because of this thought that Karthik decided to collect the blessings of all the Hindu Gods ever known to him. There was a time when I used to be moderately rich but during this happened I was pathetically ‘bankrupt’. (Even now I am). I tried to escape from this but that one sentence from him got me right over it all again – “Don’t worry about the financial part”. No matter what happens, as far as I am getting something to eat, I AM READY FOR ANYTHING. After all, the destination was not bad, AMBALAPUZHA. This place is well known for its beauty and Lord Krishna’s temple. No one will ever want to forget the specially made desert made by the temple priests which later came to be known in the temple’s name itself – the famous AMBALAPUZHA PAAL PAAYASAM. Once you drink that stuff, you will stick to that place and drinking it meant a lot to us. Before we reached the actual place we had the honor of visiting some of the famous temples in Kerala namely the CHAKKULATHU KAVU TEMPLE, THE HARIPPADU TEMPLE and THE MANNAARASHALA TEMPLE. We waited patiently for about 2 and a half hour to finally get a grab on that. 2 liters and that too for Rs. 100 per liter (I don’t know what the Lord might have thought about us seeing our greed).

porotta kappa and chicken

                The real reason for me to laugh came about in the afternoon session. We had to cross the beautiful city of ALAPPUZHA to get back to home. This place is ever known for its wide range of food varieties. Some of our students live there and I must say that those guys are really lucky. I don’t know whether the Mullaperiyar Dam has anything to do with that district, if not I am thinking of doing an occasional visit. We had our lunch a little late at about 4.30pm and it was Karthik who kept me from eating anything until that moment (actually it was his money so I thought of being nice to that guy). “Joys Inn” – that was the name of the hotel. It was constructed beautifully and had nice ambience. Karthik always cared for privacy and I agreed with him this time around. We ordered Porotta, Chicken fry, chicken curry, Tapioca and the delicious “Crab Roast”. I remember tasting that little guy once when I was a kid. I must admit that, living or dead a crab is tough to deal with. We paid ( I mean he paid) 150 Rs for one plate. It was tasty. Not just tasty but delicious. They made it with some kind of special ingredients mixed in some tight proportion. You may feel that it is made in the same way as we make the fish curry but it is not. The gravy did smell spicy and the meat was juicy. The porotta was twice the size of the one we get here in kanjirappally. Chicken fry was also good.

lime and crab roast

                Lime juice of this hotel was so special. True lemon juice, vanilla essence and sugar, the proper blend of all these three. When you drink it you will feel that your arteries and veins are getting revived. Vow!! One must have it to enjoy it. 429 for the two of us and as always I let my dear friend himself to do the honors, to pay the bill. Two years back I had a very particular reason to stay at that place and now I have a new one. Many people complain about my food habits. I can only say to them that ‘cooked food has only two states – either you eat it or you destroy it’ and I chose not to destroy it. As of for Karthik, thanks for giving me that wonderful experience and believe me some day I am gonna pay all your money pal. I will be back with another food tale until then eat well and live well.

(‘azure11’ അടിപൊളിയക്കാനുള്ള അത്യാര്‍ത്തിയുമായ്‌ ഞങ്ങള്‍ നാല്‍വര്‍ സംഘം.സുബിന്‍,ദിവ്യ,ദീപക്‌ പിന്നെ രചയിതാവും..ആധുനിക മാര്‍ക്കെറ്റിങ് തന്ത്രങ്ങള്‍ പഠിക്കാന്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ സഹായിക്കാം..തുടര്‍ന്ന്‍ വായിക്കൂ)

സുബിന്‍:ഒന്നും നടക്കുമെന്ന്‍ തോന്നുന്നില്ല..എന്നാലും നമ്മള്‍ തകര്‍ക്കും.എവ്ടുന്ന്‍ തുടങ്ങണം?

രംഗം:1ചങ്ങനാശ്ശേയിലെ പ്രശസ്തമായ തുണിക്കട.

ദിവ്യ:വലിയ കടയല്ലേ..തന്നെയുമല്ല നമ്മുടെ ഒരു സീനീയര്‍ ചേച്ചിയുടെ സ്വന്തം കടയാ.എന്തെങ്കിലും ഉദാരമായ്‌ കിട്ടാതിരിക്കില്ല.

ദീപക്‌:അതെ!! 5000 രൂപയ്ക്കു മേല്‍ പ്രതീക്ഷിക്കാം.5000 രൂപയുടെ ഫ്ലെക്സ് ഒരെണ്ണം ശരിയായ്.

(കടക്കുള്ളിലെക്ക്) ഉടമസ്ഥന്‍ പ്രതീക്ഷയോടെ നോക്കുന്നുണ്ട്)

ദിവ്യ:അങ്കിള്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ കാഞ്ഞിരപ്പള്ളി അമല്‍ ജ്യോതിയില്‍ നിന്നാണ്‍.ഞങ്ങളുടെ കോളേജില്‍ ഒരു ഫെസ്റ്റ് നടക്കുന്നുണ്ട്.ഇതൊരു വെറും ഫെസ്റ്റ് അല്ല.സൗത്ത് ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ ഫെസ്റ്റ് ആണ്.

(ഉടമസ്ഥന്‍ എല്ലാം ശ്രദ്ധിച്ചു കേള്‍ക്കുന്നുണ്ട്..ഇന്നെന്തെങ്കിലും നടക്കും..ദിവ്യ CONTINUE!!)

അപ്പോള്‍ അങ്ങേക്കും ഒരു സഹായം ആകട്ടെ എന്ന് കരുതി.5000 രൂപ മുതലുള്ള ഫ്ലെക്സ് ആണുള്ളത്.7 ലക്ഷം ആണ് ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഏറ്റവും കൂടിയ തുക.ഏതു വേണമെന്ന്‍ അങ്കിള് തീരുമാനിച്ചോളൂ.(ദിവ്യ stop!!)

ഉടമ:അയ്യോ മക്കളെ ഇത്ര ദൂരം പരസ്യം ചെയ്തിട്ട് ഒരു പ്രയോജനവുമില്ല.ഞങ്ങക്കിവിടെ വേറെ കൊടുക്കാന്‍ ധാരാളം കോളേജ്കള്‍ ഉണ്ട്.

(പരിപാടി പാളി..അടുത്ത ആയുധം)

ദീപക്‌:അങ്കിള്‍ 1500 രൂപയുടെ ഫ്ലെക്സ് ഉണ്ട്.

ഉടമ:പറ്റില്ല മോനെ!!

സുബിന്‍:അങ്കിളിന്റെ മോള്‍ ഞങ്ങളുടെ സീനിയര്‍ ആരുന്നു.

ഉടമ:അതെ..അതെ…ശരിയാണ്..

(അല്പം മാറ്റിപ്പിടിക്കാം)

രചയിതാവ്:ചെറിയ തുക ഡൊണെഷന്‍..ഒരു 500 എഴുതട്ടെ..(ഉടമയുടെ രൂക്ഷ നോട്ടം)വേണ്ട ഒരു നൂറെങ്കിലും..

ഉടമ:പറ്റില്ല മക്കളെ…(മാന്യമായ്‌ ഇറങ്ങിപ്പോരുക തന്നെ)

രംഗം 2:പ്രശസ്തമായ സ്വര്‍ണക്കട

ഉടമ:(ഞങ്ങളെ കണ്ട ഉടനെ)വാ മക്കളെ..ഞാന്‍ ആരെയെങ്കിലും കിട്ടാന്‍ നോക്കിയിരിക്കുവാര്ന്നു..പരസ്യത്തിനാരിക്കും അല്ലെ..

(എത്ര കൃത്യം ഇത് നടക്കും)

ദാ ഈ പായസം കഴിച്ചോളു..(ദൈവമേ!!ഒരു 5000 ഉറപ്പിക്കാം)

ആ ഇനി പറഞ്ഞോളു..

ദിവ്യ: അങ്കിള്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ കാഞ്ഞിരപ്പള്ളി അമല്‍ ജ്യോതിയില്‍ നിന്നാണ്‍.ഞങ്ങളുടെ കോളേജില്‍ ഒരു ഫെസ്റ്റ് നടക്കുന്നുണ്ട്.ഇതൊരു വെറും ഫെസ്റ്റ് അല്ല.സൗത്ത് ഇന്ത്യയിലെ ഏറ്റവും വലിയ ഫെസ്റ്റ് ആണ്.

ഉടമ:അയ്യോ മക്കളെ ഇപ്പം കച്ചവടം വളരെ മോശമാണ്..അല്ലെ നിങ്ങള്‍ കുറച്ച് സ്വര്‍ണമെടുക്ക്..എന്നാ നമുക്ക്‌ ആലോചിക്കാം..

(ചതി!!ആന കൊടുത്താലും ആശ കൊടുക്കരുത് എന്ന കാരണവന്മാര്‍ പറയുന്നത് ഇതു കൊണ്ടാണ്)

ഉടമ:പായസം കുറച്ചൂടെ വേണോ മക്കളെ..ഇത് ഇന്നു കൊണ്ട് തീര്‍ക്കണം..

(ചുമ്മാതല്ല പിടിച്ചിട്ട് പായസം കുടിപ്പിച്ചത്)

സുബിന്‍: ചെറിയ തുക ഡൊണെഷന്‍..ഒരു 500 എഴുതട്ടെ..

ഉടമ:എതായാലും ഇത്ര ദൂരം വന്നതല്ലേ..ഒരു 100 എഴുതിക്കോളൂ..

(നൂറെങ്കില്‍ നൂറ്..കിട്ടിയതാകട്ടെ)

രംഗം:ഇനി കളി ചെങ്ങന്നൂര്

(ഉടമയില്ല..കച്ചവടമില്ല..കാശില്ല..ഹെഡ് ഒഫിസില്‍ പോകണം..പല്ലവികള്‍ കേട്ട് മടുത്തു..പണം പലിശക്കെടുത്ത് ഫെസ്റ്റ് നടത്തേണ്ടി വെരും..ചെങ്ങന്നൂരിലെ പ്രശസ്തമായ ഫിനാന്‍സിയര്‍..തന്നെയുമല്ല സുബിന്‍റെ അയല്‍ക്കരാണവര്‍)

ദിവ്യ: അങ്കിള്‍ ഞങ്ങള്‍ കാഞ്ഞിരപ്പള്ളി അമല്‍ ജ്യോതിയില്‍ നിന്നാണ്‍.ഞങ്ങളുടെ കോളേജില്‍ ഒരു ഫെസ്റ്റ് നടക്കുന്നുണ്ട്.ഇതൊരു വെറും ഫെസ്റ്റ് അല്ല…………………..(സ്ഥിരം മന്ത്രം)

ദീപക്‌: അപ്പോള്‍ അങ്ങേക്കും ഒരു സഹായം ആകട്ടെ എന്ന് കരുതി.5000 രൂപ മുതലുള്ള ഫ്ലെക്സ് ആണുള്ളത്.7 ലക്ഷം ആണ് ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഏറ്റവും കൂടിയ തുക.ഏതു വേണമെന്ന്‍ അങ്കിള് തീരുമാനിച്ചോളൂ..

ഉടമ:അതൊന്നും പറ്റില്ല മക്കളെ..

ദിവ്യ: ചെറിയ തുക ഡൊണെഷന്‍..ഒരു 1000 എഴുതട്ടെ..

ഉടമ:ഏതായാലും സുബിന്‍ നേരിട്ട് വന്നതല്ലേ..ഒരു 500 എഴുതിക്കോളൂ..

(ദൈവമേ കോളടിച്ചു…ചാകര..ദിവ്യക്ക് നന്ദി)

പണം വരുന്ന വഴി നോക്കണേ….ഇങ്ങനെയും AZURE നടത്താം…(പര്യടനം തുടര്‍ന്ന് കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുന്നു)

Fairy tales tend to stick with us, no matter how old we get. I’m not sure if it’s the charming princes or the daring rescues or the magical creatures, but something about fairy tales tends to bring out a totally different world to life.

These days, there are a lot of movies that center around fairy tales. But they have a kind of twist that makes it fun to watch, even if you’re not a kid. For instance, Shrek is a totally enjoyable tale about an ogre, who would love more than anything to live in solitude in his swamp. But when the villain, Prince Farquod ( who happens to be a really really short prince) comes into the scene, Shrek has to rescue a princess, fight Robin Hood and his band of merry men, entertain a talking donkey and a million other things.

Then there’s ‘The princess and the frog’. The real story of the frog prince goes like this : Prince gets turned into a frog by an evil witch( most fairy tales are incomplete without an evil witch), and has to kiss a princess to break the spell. But what happens in this movie, is that the girl turns into a frog as well. A sort of twist to the fairy tale.

For people who feel that they’ve outgrown their fairy tale days, there’s always the darker tales. The movie ‘Snow white and the huntsman’ is like a dark evil version of the Snow white story, whereas “Mirror Mirror” is a bit more lighter, but still dark all the same.

There are other movies, like ‘Tangled‘ and ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and they are all great to watch because they bring something that the old fairy tales never could. A bit of new flair of the modern world that wasn’t captured in the old tales. But whether or not they start with the classic ‘once upon a time’, they will leave you with more than just a ‘happily ever after’.

During the last two years, Amaljyothi made a wonderful history by placing the maximum number of our faculties in various IITs for doing M-Tech and PhD. For the very same reason our portions were lagging a bit because of the frequent changes made in our departments. But we students are indeed proud to say that we were taught by eminent masters who did their graduation/post graduation/PhD at the IITs, the country’s prime most engineering institutions.

                We would be even happier if some of our faculties could make it to the world renowned universities. In fact we have faith in you people that you can even make it to the universities like the Harvard, MIT or the Cambridge. Here is an amazing opportunity for those who have a PG with them and some amount of experience to back their qualification. The Cambridge University has started calling applications for The Dr. Manmohan Singh  Scholarships 2012. These awards will enable academically outstanding Indian students to come to St. John’s College, University of Cambridge to study for doctoral degrees in subjects like Science & Technology, Economics and Social Sciences.

                The last date for applying is December 31^st of this year. Candidates must have an outstanding record of achievement plus they have to prove their proficiency in the English language. The details are available in the following website: http://www.britishcouncil.org/india-scholarships-drmanmohansingh.htm

The application form can be downloaded from the below given link. It is already late but we can still make a move that will be worth. The scholarship award that is given in the name of our Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, inorder to honor him will cover all the academic expenses plus the living expense and the UK visa. The fact that IIT-Delhi will come only in the 248^th position (QS World Ranking of Universities) and all other Indian universities come below that level tells us the difference between the quality of education provided by both. We can say everything to support our nation but in the end the fact will remain there as it is. If we aim bigger then we have to make moves like this.

Dr. Manmohan Singh Scholarship, Download application

One of the first questions that I faced after stepping into Amaljyothi was not about my common entrance test (CET) rank or my class XII aggregate. It was a simple question, just three words but kept me quiet for a while – MAMMOOTTY OR MOHANLAL? (still facing it). I spent 10 + 2 long years at my school and I couldn’t figure out that, the real reason for the tragedy that had been happening in the Malayalam film industry was not because of the associations or the super stars but it was the youth of Kerala. By making this statement, I mean no offense to anyone but it is indeed the hard felt truth.

                Admitting the fact that I came under the influence of the Hollywood movies only after coming to Amaljyothi, I am also happy to say that I know very little (in fact nothing) about the Malayalam film industry.  Listening to the sound of the west, trying to understand the emotions portrayed by them one can easily say that our film industry whether it be Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu or Kannada we have a lot to improve. It is not the technical aspect that needs improvement but we need to recheck the way we plot a story, the way we make it happen and the way it is appreciated. Our culture is different, our perspective is different but there is one thing that will not change and it is the language by which a form of art is getting registered into our cells.

                The real life of many of our super stars is something that has to be appreciated (I consider only the senior actors of Malayalam and Tamil industry for this statement). Since personal life is never the topic here, we must adhere to their career and the way they approach it. Clint east wood – is a well known name and in fact an established name in the Hollywood. The career of this 81 year old man started In the late fifties when he gave a noticeable performance in the Television series “Rawhide”. In the sixties and the early seventies east wood rose to fame by giving prolific display of acting in many movies. As a matter of fact east wood was actually struggling  to make a place for himself before committing to these films and after doing the movie ‘A fistful of Dollars’ in 1965 he was rehired to complete the other two movies in the trilogy named ‘For a few Dollars More’ , ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’. ‘Hang em High’, ‘Where eagles dare’ were a few more films that he did during that period. One thing that the readers should note is that how east wood took a turn in his career. In the year 1971 he chose to direct a film named ‘Play Misty for Me’. What he did was that he chose to have an artistic control over his career and that decision gave us one of the most talented directors the world has ever seen.

‘Dirty Harry’ was one of the most memorable characters of clint. The famous dialogues like “I know what you are thinking – Did he fire six shots or only five” and “Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” came from this movie. Clint went on with both acting and directing side by side. In the year 1992 clint crossed a major milestone – his film ‘Unforgiven’ won the academy award for best director and best picture. He was nominated for best actor too but didn’t get that. The script for this was ready in 1976 but he waited until he got old enough to play the role of an aging gun fighter. The Eastwood magic continued to rock the red carpet ever since. He did many noticeable films and each time he was getting established as an undisputed hero and director by winning many accolades worldwide. 2003 saw yet another wonderful picture called “Mystic River” which won the academy award for best actor in a lead role and best actor in a supporting role. In 2004 it was the time of the “Million Dollar Baby”. This is one of my favorite and it was truly an eye opener for many. He received the 2^nd academy award for best director plus the movie won the best actress in a lead role (Hillary Swank), Best actor in a supporting role (Morgan Freeman) and Best picture.

                Clint’s life is like an open book for everyone to read. Well, he is just one example. If we look around the world, we won’t stop counting. Nobody is trying to prove that our supreme actors are nothing before the west. In fact, our actors like Amitabh Bachan, Rajni Kanth, Kamal Hassan, Mohan lal, Mammootty, Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan are well known throughout the world. But at times we feel like asking a question to ourselves. Our actors, directors and writers – are they giving their best shot. There can be a lot of excuses like limited acceptance, language constraints, technical difficulties, budget constraints etc. There are facts in these but they don’t answer the question yet. Even in this small market that we have got, we are not yet able to solve the internal disputes. There is nothing to conclude but a phrase… A Usual phrase that itself has a message and a sound of hope – this place still happens to be the “God’s Own Country”.

Somewhere in the early hours of the morning, a mother has just finished making her coffee. Her family is still asleep. She leaves the house and heads out into the fields to work. But she comes back because she has forgotten something. Her heart stops when the smell of mercaptan hits her. She must have left the gas running. The only thing she can think of doing is turning it off. Everything is fine, but had she not come back, it may not have been so. She walks into the bedroom and silently leaves a kiss on each one of her loved ones. Someone above was watching over them.

Somewhere, en route to an amusement park, is a group of school children on a tour bus. The driver loses control and runs off the road. Locals rush to the scene and take them all to the hospital. As parents and friends desperately enter the hospital, they see the shaken yet smiling faces of their children. And then they think, surely, Someone above was watching over them.

Somewhere, in a small living room, a family has gotten together after a long time. For some reason, they have all forgotten the arguments and the disagreements and the quarrels. All they are doing is laughing and enjoying and having a good time. True happiness is rare, and comes at the most unexpected moments. For a family as torn as theirs, surely, this moment was not just a coincidence. Someone above was watching out for them.

In some ways, we are always indebted to people for the things that they have done, but we may never realize it. Like rescuers at the scene of an accident, or a police officer trying to stop a crime, or a family that wants nothing more than to be put back together. There are always people trying to do good.

All we ever see is the death and despair that gets reported in the newspaper. But there are good things and good people and good intentions in the world. Surely, Someone is watching over us. Surely. The least we could do in return is watch over each other and make sure that we are not the cause of someone else’s despair. Because surely, Someone above is watching out for us.

It seems the students of amaljyothi are presently worried only about their semester exams. Some seniors may also get worried about conducting the Azure and Arena and beyond that no one seems to be worried about anything on this earth. A few hundred kilometers away, a huge bomb is ticking, getting ready to cause a mass destruction. If that happens, no other word will suit the occasion other than “massacre”. If mullaperiyar blasts, then no matter how high we stand above the nearby colleges, we will be wiped out of this phase of the earth.

We engineers learn about dams and all in basic mechanical, electrical and civil engineering. We talk a lot about the hydro electric power projects, their needs, the energy capacity and all. But no university in the world (at least in my knowledge) teaches us about what to do when a dam is nearing its end. “Madras presidency would lease from Travancore, 8000 acres of land situated at 155 feet above and surrounding Periyar River for irrigation purposes (a reservoir and catchment area) and another 100 acres to built a dam to capture water, and would assume full ownership and operating power for all this for 999 years. The lease amount would be a paltry sum of Rs. 40,000 per year” – these are the famous words from that head ache inducing legacy left behind by the British and signed by the then Maharaja of Travancore, His Highness Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma.

A neighboring state of ours has been clinging on to these mere words and has been questioning the very own existence of about 3.5 million people from four districts. As a matter of fact, majority of the amalites come from the districts of Ernakulam, Kottayam, Alappuzha and Idukki. The fate of us and our family is being written by those people, who have taken shelter under the strong roofs of democracy. History says that one good old engineer named Colonel J. Pennycuick, set out to built this huge dam in 1886, and with a super natural determination he went on to complete it even though he had to sell all that he had in England. 116 years hence, watching from the heavens, he may be feeling guilty.

Learned mathematicians have put forward some interesting numbers before us. Idukki’s reservoir capacity is about 74400 million cubic feet of water with a weight of more than 2100 million tonnes. A small earth quake that reads above 4 on the Richter scale would have an effect of 8-10 atom bombs being blasted at the same time. A similar dam in Australia called the Victoria dam was decommissioned because of the same threat imposed on to the life of the people. When all these stand against their arguments how could a state like tamil nadu put the lives of these many people at stake for no reason. The fact that, the water in mullaperiyar dam can trigger the water from the two nearby dams shakes our entire body. A disasater which in no means can cause harm less than that of the Chinese flood of 1931, is awaiting us. If that happens, the position of Amaljyothi would shift to Rajagiri valley, and rajagiri would come here. Or we will have to change the name of our college to AMALJYOTHI UNDERWATER COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING.

muziris as drawn in the 4th century

Besides that, the Periyar River has got a history for itself for taking the lives of many in the form of floods and other natural calamities. Muziris, an ancient sea-port in Southwestern India on the Periyar River 3.2 km from its mouth, still holds a very important place in history of kerala as far as the religious culture is concerned. “Mucciripattanam,” or the muziris was destroyed  In a flood of the Periyar River in 1341 CE, and the centre of commerce was shifted to other areas. Now since our present commercial center, cochin is at stake, it seems history itself is going to repeat.

the sunken city of dwarka

Amalites, this is the time to prove that you were not wasting your time in the name of education. If you have got the real power from education, then rise up and create an awareness. Protest against this and raise your voice. Remains of the sunken city of Dwarka, the legendary city of Lord Krishna, have been found in the coastal areas of Gujarat and it dates back to 32,000 years. If you are not ready to raise your voice, then instead of Dwarka, it will be the remains of amaljyothi that will be headlining the newspapers of next century. So let’s do something for our own existence.

1. iPhone 4s
iPhone 4S= Artificial Intelligence. In other words, it’s a machine that can think for itself. You can trust machines, but you cannot, and I mean, cannot, trust machines that can think for themselves.

[..On a totally unrelated note, it is kind of amazing that humans can develop intelligence that is more intelligent than humans. But that's not the point. The point is that we may be headed to a day of global domination by machines. ..]

And while a large group of smart phone lovers (see? they’re even called “smart”) rush to the nearest electronic stores screaming “Yay!! Smart phone!!” (which is a happy scream), me and the rest of the members of the future of the resistance will be running in the other direction screaming “Ahhh!!! John Connor was right!!” ( this is definitely not a happy scream).

2. Falling bridges

Sure, bridges aren’t that scary, and falling bridges aren’t that scary, unless of course, you’re standing on a falling bridge while it’s falling. Then it’s scary.

It’s no wonder parents and kindergarten teachers make kids sing “London bridge is falling down.” They were just warning us about bad and scary bridges, because they might fall.

But I always hated that song, because every time I get on a bridge, my mind would do this crazy thing where it analyzes that entire song and then starts asking me questions( questions which I still don’t know the answer to.)

• Did London bridge really fall down?

• Is London bridge in London?

• Who is my fair lady? Why couldn’t it have been ‘my fair hunk’ or ‘my bald headed bony eyed neighbor’?

• How high is the bridge I’m standing on right now?

If you get to the last question( and you’re standing on a bridge), you might find yourself running back off the bridge. But then again, you might be scared that if you run, the chances of the bridge falling down will increase. So you might just stand there. And then, if the bridge was going to fall down anyway, you’ll go down too. And if you think like that, you might find yourself running back off the bridge.

[Basically, your mind is creating its own scary version of a recursive function, with no way to break out of it..until you get a message that says 'memory overload' . By that time, it won't matter whether or not the bridge will fall down]

Sorry if I’m scaring you. I guess I’ll stop now. But then again, after falling bridges and world domination by machines, there probably isn’t anything left to be scared of…

Slightly scared,
T.I.Ink

               വാഹനങ്ങളുടെ വേഗതക്കും അപകട പരമ്പരകള്‍ക്കും പ്രസിദ്ധമായ കാഞ്ഞിരപ്പള്ളി- ചങ്ങനാശേരി പാതയിലൂടെ ഒരു യാത്ര. യാതൊരു വേഗനിയന്ത്രണസംവിധാനനങ്ങള്‍ ഒന്നുമില്ലാതെ വാഹനങ്ങള്‍ ചീറിപ്പായുന്ന ഈ വഴിയില്‍ തികച്ചും സ്വാഭാവികമായ് വാഹനങ്ങള്‍ നിയന്ത്രണം പാലിക്കുന്ന ചില ഇടങ്ങളുണ്ട്‌.സാക്ഷാല്‍ ബീവേറെജ് കട.(ഏറ്റവും നൂതനമായ കണ്ടുപിടുത്തം)

നീണ്ടു നിവര്‍ന്നു കിടക്കുന്ന ക്യൂവിന്റെ ഒരറ്റത്ത്‌ സ്ഥാനം പിടിക്കാന്‍ വിവിധ നാടുകളില്‍ നിന്ന് പോലും ആളുകള്‍ എത്താറുണ്ട് എന്നാണ് കേള്‍വി.ഒരു പക്ഷെ ഈ തിരക്കയിരിക്കാം വാഹനങ്ങളെ പോലും പിടിച്ചു നിര്‍ത്തുന്നത്‌.(ഒരുവേഗനിയന്ത്രണ സംവിധാനമായ് ഭാവിയില്‍ ഇതിനെ ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നത് തികച്ചും ക്രിയാത്മകമായിരിക്കും).എന്നിരുന്നാലും തങ്ങളുടെ ഊഴവും കാത്ത് ലക്ഷ്യത്തില്‍ മാത്രം ശ്രദ്ധ കേന്ദ്രീകരിച് ( അര്‍ജുന സിദ്ധാന്ധം ) പുരുഷകേസരികള്‍ അക്ഷമാരായ്‌ നില്‍ക്കുന്ന ഈ കാഴ്ച നമുക്ക്‌ മാത്രം സ്വന്തം.

ആശുപത്രികളിലും,സിനിമ തീട്രെകളിലും എന്തിന് ആരാധനാലയങ്ങളില്‍ പോലും തിരക്കിന്റെ പേരില്‍ പ്രശ്നങ്ങള്‍ സൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്ന ഇക്കൂട്ടര്‍ തികച്ചും അച്ചടക്കം പാലിക്കുന്ന ഒരേ ഒരിടം എന്ന സവിശേഷത കൂടെ ഈ സ്ഥലത്തിനുണ്ട്.

തല മുതിര്‍ന്ന കാര്‍ണവന്മാര്‍ മുതല്‍ കൌമാരപ്രായക്കാര്‍ വരെ ഏകമനസ്സോടെ ലക്ഷ്യത്തില്‍ മാത്രം ശ്രദ്ധ കേന്ദ്രീകരിച്ചു നില്‍ക്കുന്ന ഈ കാഴ്ച തികച്ചും സാധാരണം.അടി ഭയന്നോ അതോ  അത്മാഭിമാനം നിമിത്തമോ ചിലര്‍ ഹെല്‍മെറ്റ്‌ പോലും ധരിച്ച് നില്‍ക്ക്ന്നത് കാണാം.

സംഗീതം,നൃത്തം,പാചകം എന്തിന് വിവാഹത്തിനു പോലും റിയാലിറ്റി ഷോ നടത്തുന്ന ഇക്കാലത്ത്‌ എന്തുകൊണ്ട്  ഇതൊരു ഇനം ആക്കിക്കൂടാ.??? ആരാദ്യം കുപ്പി കൈക്കലാക്കും.( ഒന്നാം സമ്മാനം ഒരു ഫുള്‍ കുപ്പി തന്നെ)

സാംസകാരിക കേരളത്തിന്റെ മുഖമുദ്രയായ്‌ കഴിഞ്ഞിരിക്കുന്നു ഈ അനാചാരം.” കാണം വിറ്റും ഓണം ഉണ്ണണം” എന്ന്‍പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല് ഓര്‍മിച്ചാവാം  മലയാളികള്‍  ഈ വര്‍ഷവും കാണം വിറ്റ് മദ്യമൊഴുക്കി  ഓണം  ആഘോഷിച്ചു. അരി ക്ഷാമം രൂക്ഷമായാലും ശരി  മദ്യത്തിന്റെ അളവില്‍ കുറവ്‌ സംഭവിച്ചു കൂടാ എന്ന്‍ നിഷ്ഠ ഭരണാധികാരികള്‍ക്ക്‌ ഉള്ളടത്തോളം കാലം ഇവിടെ “മദ്യപന്മാര്‍ സന്തുഷ്ടരാണ്”.