An Unexpected Guest

It was a beautiful weekend and we (me with my family) planned to go out to have a good time. We all got up and prepared our trip. We were a lot enthusiastic since it was after a long time that the whole family was going out together. I took my swimming costumes, cricket kit, cards and all other things I could think of playing with or using for amusement. It was time and we were all set for a nice day ahead. We decided to go to a fun park and then go for dinner at some exotic place.

We went to a fun park and had a great time playing water games, strolling in the garden, playing cards and then enjoyed great food at one of the most beautiful places. Finally it was time to go back home. Heavy heartedly we all returned to the home but we didn’t know that the adventure is not over yet.

As soon as we entered the home, we realized that the stuff inside our living room was all upturned and it was a lot of mess all around. We were shocked and the view made everybody tremble with fear. I went inside the bedroom and checked out the cupboard and the safe. Everything looked fine with that. Then we went around all the places in the house and did a clear inspection. We noticed that nothing valuable was missing but still the whole place was in some kind of mess. As I entered the kitchen, I noticed that the fridge door was open and a lot of food stuff was half eaten and scattered here and there. It made me suspicious that somebody must have been very hungry to even take his time to eat.

Finally, I went to the neighbors to inquire about any kind of suspicion that may have occurred to them. They said nothing big happened throughout the day except that there had been a group of notorious monkeys roaming around in the vicinity. I went back and saw that we had left one our living hall window open. It made me hysterical thinking that a monkey could have created so much of fear among us after we had such a great time. I still laugh remembering that incident.

The most important figures of speech

Ever wondered what are the most frequently used words used in this world? Whether the language is English or Hindi or Deutsch or any other language, these 2 words are said in their original form irrespective of any change in their translation from one language to another. Guess…
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Let me tell you. They are SORRY and THANK YOU. This was simple right but we never think about how many times we use these words in our daily life since they are now embedded in our daily speaking style. For even a small mistake a person is supposed to promptly say SORRY whether or not he means it is a second issue. Similarly we say THANK YOU for each and every damn small favor which is ridiculous sometimes. This behavior is OK only if we are dealing with complete strangers or we really mean when we are using these words. Otherwise it just seems as if we are following a pre-defined custom and do it thoughtlessly.

So now onwards whenever you are supposed to use any of these words, please MEAN it. Anything is influential only if is said from the heart, so mean it.

Of course, I have excluded some “4” letter words even if they are used very often but these are the most frequent used words according to my experience.

The prestigious IITs

The IITs

Once again Indian Institute of Technology has been named as the number three institute in Technology scoring behind only MIT and California University Berkeley. The survey was done by Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). The dominating entry in the top 100 global excellence institutes this time is the Institute of Management at rank 68 which has jumped 24 places since last year.

The IITs has always been in news for their excellent inventions and research. But, this is very applauding for an Indian Institute to compete with the top US universities. This shows the kind of talent that resides in India and also gives a picture of the global presence Indian students and researchers are making. For the last few years IITs have made the world aware of their presence by spreading their alumni in every part of the world at the top notch positions.

Just recently two of the IIT Delhi alumni have started a local search network Guruji.com in India mainly concentrating on the Indian market. This is one of the greatest ideas that have come from the mind of IITians and this is surely going to transform the way search is performed on the internet browser. Although Google has become the basic search engine for anything today, this application holds its own panache in the Indian parlance. The only other place where IITs have not been dominating is the Pure Sciences. I think with a little effort we will be able to leave a mark in that field also.

We IITians are surely making the world a different place to live. Hope that I can also contribute significantly to this stream.

The Fall of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe used to be one of the best opponents to play against in the Cricket History but the kind of downfall they are going currently seems to be putting their team’s ambitions to an end. At one time even the best teams like India, Pakistan, and England etc. used to struggle playing against Zimbabwe but now to see them win has become a Kodak moment of life.

Currently, in the ICC Champions Trophy they have been embarrassed by each and every team. Even the minnows like Bangladesh have not spared them and beaten them with a very big margin. Earlier there was news that the Zimbabwe cricket board is not paying enough to the players and that’s why players are not getting any motivation to perform. This seems to be very much true since if we see any player of Zimbabwe playing, we can perceive that they are not playing with heart.

We just hope their comes a revival in the cricket team of Zimbabwe so that they can realize the true potential with which they used to perform once.