Sree

Most of our lives we keep running after money. But sometimes experience shows us that money can't buy everything. There will be occasions when it won't be worth the paper it is printed on. Well I had once such experience today. The summer vacations are on in IITB. All the students have returned home for two and a half months vacations. Well almost all. The Mtech guys have no such good fortune. Apart from some 10-15 days, we have to continue to stay in the campus and "work" on our Mtech project. O hell yeah work we certainly do. We work on "LOST", we work on "FRIENDS" and most importantly we work on our thesis "How to sleep beyond 12 hours". Since most of the students are not in campus, almost all the hostel messes have been closed for vacation. Out of the very few open hostel messes, I have my food at H12 mess. There we can take a 15 day card for Rs 825. As usual I got up today morning at 9 am. I then washed my face, brushed my teeth, ...

CAUTION : There may be many grammer mistakes in the hindi conversations below. Many of my friends in my batch are specializing in different fields of computer science namely databases, networks, operating systems etc. Now let's imagine a situation where these guys are talking about their area of specialization. Let's see what happens. The scene is the DMC lab. As usual Adil, Guruji(Akshat), Chotu(Prashima), Riju are some of the many DMCers in the lab. Suddenly... Adil : "Aree yaar, databases nehi hota tho ye zindagi bhi kya zindagi hota" [Dude, what is this life without databases] Guruji : "Networks kya kuch kam hei...tu internet ke bina jee sakthe ho kya?" [Whoa as if networks is not good enough...can u imagine a life without internet?] Adil : "Magar internet ka data store karne ke liye databases chahiye na..." [But then you need a database to store the internet's right] Guruji : "Internet hi nehi hei tho tu database ka kya ukaat leega ...

Disclaimer: As usual, a highly exaggerated version of some true incidents "Abee darwaza khol" [Open the door] No use. It takes more than that to awaken the sleeping giant (me). "Kamine dharwaza khol nehi tho thod daloonga" [Open the door else I will break it open] The bang on the door just kept growing louder and louder till I knew the resistance level of my door was about to be breached after which my room would have got the dubious distinction of being the only room in the hostel with natural ventilation (ie, no door). Now I wouldn't want such a situation would I? Me (in my sleepy condition) : "Abee bhen**** mere darwaaza ko chod. Mei aa raha hu" [ Leave my door alone. I am coming] On opening the door, I find Vishal standing outside, grinning at me. Me : "Kya be, mere darwaaze se kuch panga hei kya tuche?" [You have any problems with my door?] Vishal : "Wire hei kya tere paas" [You have any wires?] Though Vishal and me were conver...