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Get lost Laloo. Take your wife along with you. Please dont come back. You and your wife dont know them anyway but atleast let the people of Bihar learn some 1, 2, 3… and A, B, C, D… Let them see what an electric bulb is, let them see what a telephone is. Go away. We had enough of your shit.
I wish Nitish Kumar good luck.
Man! My blogs are getting less frequent. There's a possibility of them becoming rare.
The last two weeks were a grind. We're almost halfway through the syllabus in Geography! Actually, it's weird. We're going to finish an entire discipline in three months. Sometimes I pity all those Arts students who spend four to six years in university learning Geography.
It's getting more interesting and more philosophical. Section A in Paper I is Physical Geography. That is what Geography is to many minds until they realize there's lots more when Section B i.e., Human Geography comes up. We start off with the philosophical part i.e., 'geographical thought' as it is called and then how geography evolved as a discipline, why it went through a severe identity crisis and how it is becoming an increasingly complex discipline, thereby finding fewer and fewer scholars and rapidly alienating financial support.
Well, sometimes it's a bore. Not really a bore but a strain on the brain. There are too many theories and contributors, starting from Eratosthenes to Immanuel Kant to Dudley Stamp (includes even Homer, Strabo, Ptolemy – the one who wrote "Geographie", Herodotus, Hipparchus, Thales, Anaximander!). Add to those a world of philosophical concepts, which have been applied to Geography, like Determinism, Environmental Determinism, Neodeterminism, Cultural Determinism, Possibilism, Neopossiblism, Behaviouralism, Humanism, Idealism, Phenomenology, Existentialism…. phew!
Every person comes up with his own concept. Basically, he identifies the limitations of a previous theory and tries to come up with a new theory to overcome those limitations and of course he picks up concepts from previous theories again and puts them in his theory. Now, some other guy picks up the limitations in this theory and moves on in the same fashion. In the end, you're left with a big cocktail. It's a spider web. It's like undigested food. The brain rots!
The third test that we had on Sunday was a disaster. After writing the tests, I've been realizing why this exam is so difficult. It's not about knowing. It's about presenting what you know well. Your answers must be needle sharp, concise and at the same time accomodate all required points and of course, there's the time constraint. Three 600 worders, three 200 worders and a map in three hours. That seems okay at first thought but it's difficult because as I said, the answers must be needle sharp, concise and accomodate all points. It's difficult especially because I come from an engineering background. I'm used to writing everything that is related and not related to the topic in the question ; )
Coming to General Studies, it looks like it's going smooth but I realized that's not quite the case. I finished a 100 question paper on Ancient Indian History in just over a half hour! I find History to be an extremely interesting subject. The classes were very interesting too and at times even entertaining with Mr. Sreenayya teaching us. But the problem is you have to remember a lot of names and places. That's where I lost it.
Oops! It's 12 O' Clock. Gotta go and study!
Bomb Blasts
Saturday was a terrible day for New Delhi. Beginning 5.45 PM, three blasts tore through the city in an hour. One of those was in a DTC bus and the rest in busy markets packed with Diwali shoppers.
One of the blasts occured in Pahargunj, about 2 to 3 km. from where I stay. When the blast occured I was listening to a Geography class in Karol Bagh. Being a busy market place like Pahargunj, Karol Bagh was lucky not to have seen a blast in one of its packed 'gallis'.
The next day, Sunday that is, was a dull day. Markets saw a sharp drop in business. Police were everywhere, wearing bullet proof jackets, helmets and carrying rifles, fully geared to meet any eventuality. There were electronic scanners installed everywhere. I had to walk through one myself. I was carrying two large keys in my pocket. I expected an alarm but thankfully there was none!
By Monday, everything was normal. It was business as usual. Karol Bagh was packed. I think Diwali always starts one or two days in advance of the actual day for Delhiites. It was woosh – bang – pat pata patpat everywhere. The bangs were more frequent and they were LOUD!
The latest death toll is 61. Hundreds more were injured. There's chaos at the hospitals where there are being treated as information on who is dead and who is still alive is not being released by the hospital authorities. Other than this, all is well.
New Computer
Yes, finally. And it's a notebook – Compaq Presario V2324. Rocks. Absolutely! The widescreen is just too good.
I went shopping yesterday to Connaught Place. Before this, when anyone asked "Howz Delhi?", I'd say, "Not so different from Hyderabad". After going to Connaught Place, I realized that was a stupid statement. It'd be plain ridiculous to compare Hyderabad and Delhi. Delhi is too good.
I'm wondering what to do today. To burst crackers or not. To have a hell of a dinner or not. My neighbours have left, one to AP and one to Noida, leaving me alone. I have to come up with something innovative to see that I thoroughly enjoy my favourite festival.
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