Ciao 2012!! : Summary of Memories

Well.. All said and done.. 2012 is gone!!

And so went a lot of memories.. some bad, some ugly, some good, some nasty.. mostly the negatives.. coz let's face it.. there was hardly anything positive in the past year except the "few days of awakening" in the end days of Mysore training.. or right now towards the end of the year.. :)

Dec 2011 - Feb 18, 2012

My year started on a dark note, I wud say. "Khaali dimaag shaitan ka ghar" as they say... That was my condition..

Feb 20, 2012 Onwards

The Mysore campus... the journey from Bangalore City Railway Station to Infy Mysore Campus.. the mind blowing feeling when I first saw the ultra-magnificent GEC-2 bldg..

and of course, who can forget - B92-348 - what memories in the room!! Not with anyone.. but with myself.. (as always) .. nobody ever came to my room.. It was sad time.. but I still enjoyed being with my"self" while living the Awesome Housekeeping.. I miss those days of comfort :)

5 Awesome Days of PSD in the beautiful ILI bldg

Fun.. Activities.. English..!! (If only Neha Panhalkar would be reading this... :P)

And who can forget Soumya Mishra's "Good for you" comment in the skit :P

Neethi's story for the first time she got drunk.. :P

or Karan's story of his cellphones.. Chinar's "heart-warming" story of how NOT to approach a girl :P LOL :D

When I got the Java Fasttrack

I was happy.. really happy.. had always loved working on Java in my diploma college days.. aah.. the memories of my "calculator".. :D

Not to forget.. the one month tennis training

Took a tennis racquet for the first time in my life... set foot on a tennis court for the first time.. after the month finished, I realized that Tennis is not my sport.. or at least not with the coach I had.. :P

The wait period before the posting

Those were probably the most BEAUTIFUL thirty days of my life.. Thank you my dear friend!! :-) You will always be in my heart no matter where life takes us.. Wish you all the very best in life!! :-)

The Posting DRRRRRRAAAAA...MMMMAAAA

FU "that" HR.. FU!! :P


Pune E&R Java

The experience is still on... Although, I always have and will probably always be a self-centered guy.. these past 5-6 months have taught me to value people in life.. the lesson began back in March of the year.. got friends in my life to implement those lessons now..

I won't say I'm lucky to have them in my life.. coz "luck" was never in my dictionary.. I have and always will believe in "HARD WORK".. you create your own luck, i believe..

"LOVE" - my confused thoughts on the subject will continue.. Stay Tuned ;)

One thing's for sure... I have learnt.. at least a lil bit.. to love ppl in my life without "conditions" and without any "expectations".. to a certain extent at least.. still learning to be less reactive and more
listening"..

Artifact Name: Navin Israni 
Version:  v2.0 
Status: WIP ;)

An Incomplete Feeling

There was a moment,

When you said you cared about me,

And without a moment,

I got lost in thee

You made me laugh,

You made me forget my worries,

You accepted me as me,

Every time I was with you,

I got lost in thee

We met a little,

We chatted a lot,

You were my first real friend,

Coz you let me be the stupid me

I remember you,

I remember your face,

We hardly met,

But everything about you,

I can hardly ever forget

I had no friends,

You were the first,

I wanted to know you,

Oh my darling,

I so loved you!!

- Navin Israni

Online Resources for "India Against Corruption" Movement and Jan Lokpal Bill

Ok. I take my words back. My friend Vaibhav Tupe has convinced me. I am all on for the movement.


Since I talked about spreading the movement in a more effective way in my last post, I am now sharing a whole host of resources that can help you contribute to the movement.


Online poll version of the Referendum: Facebook Lokpal Poll Page


Official Website: India Against Corruption


Official Facebook Page: India Against Corruption


Official Twitter Page:  Jan Lokpal


Official Comments Website: Lokpal Bill Public Consultation  (Submit and Read Comments)


All the downloads: Download Material (contains full versions of both versions of the bill, Detailed Analysis and Comparison of both in English / Hindi, Pamphlets for Publicity, even a ppt)


All the FAQ regarding the Lokpal Bill: F.A.Q Page


Email your suggestions directly to: Lokpal Bill Consultation


Jan Lokpal Bill described in a Film: A Film on Jan Lokpal Bill


Register as a Volunteer: Jan Lokpal Volunteer Registration Form


I have a request for whoever reads this page. I know you all have your personal things to worry about. But, for once, think about the country you are living in. Corruption has eaten into the very foundation of the country. People have lost their faith in the govt, judiciary and even police. Many of you do not want to join the protest and fast. You need not do that. You can contribute in whatever other little ways possible.


You can start right from your home. Click on the Facebook Jan Lokpal Poll page given here and participate in the referendum. That is the least you can do. Also, you can help spreading this post by sharing it on whatever social forum you find fit. Facebook, Twitter, Digg or whatever. I understand not everyone can come out on the street. But we all can do our bit, can't we?

What lesson Anna Hazare could have learnt from Egypt in his fight against corruption?

Okay, so it's 17th August and Anna Hazare's much publicized fast ended even before it began. 

Thousands of people protested across the country and even courted arrest in Anna's support. But as it is evident, it didn't bring in any change in government's stance and all the protests went wasted.

One big problem with the campaign not bearing any fruit was govenment's stubbornness on the issue. But also, another major reason was lack of information among the common man.

Ask yourself - How many of you know the intricate details of the BOTH the drafts of Jan Lokpal Bill - the one prepared by Team Anna and the one by govt? What is the actual, core difference between them?

I asked myself the same question. I said the govt must also be wanting to curb corruption. I mean, of course, the issue of bringing PM and judiciary under the ambit of the bill was a topic of debate. But the govt must have not made many major changes to Team Anna's draft. That got me thinking. Anna is getting most of his demands met, then why all the fuss?

How (and why) to hide your mobile number on Facebook?

Facebook has been in the spotlight for quite a long time now over the concerns of privacy of the data that its users share on the site. It has been accused by several hackers of selling sensitive user information to third parties (and even governments, in some cases) and making profit from it. The hacker group "Anonymous" which has hacked into Pentagon, Sony, News Corp. and others in the past few months, has even vowed to destroy facebook on 5th of November.


So, What are these safety concerns really? Well, one of them is as follows:

If you use the Facebook SMS facility then the number which is stored in your Facebook profile is visible to ALL the people in your friends list through their "contacts" page

You can see your own contacts page here:

1. Go to "Accounts" on top-right side of your home page.

2. Click "Edit Friends"  

3.Then click "Contacts" in the list on left hand side of the page. You'll see phone numbers of all your friends who use Facebook through SMS.

This feature of Facebook does have one big advantage: Suppose you lose your phone or all your contacts get deleted, this is the perfect way to get them back; it won't cause any embarrassment of asking your friends publicly to share their phone numbers.


But it also has a downside;