Rain in Summer

Yesterday it rained in Delhi, it must have spread smile on lacks of people. But for me it was something more than just a smile. I have always wished of such weather here but since one year of my stay n Delhi, I never came across such weather and started believing that ‘Delhi doesn’t have that kind of weather’. Spent most of the years of my life in a city like Udaipur, I feel a city in which we live should have some touch with nature around us. In such awesome weather, yesterday we went to Lotus Temple and that made my day. For the first time the pleasant weather made me feel of Delhi as a city which can be lived in, first time I felt like home.
At arriving home after enjoying the day and weather to its fullest, I sat down to write about it. The feelings were so intense that a poem emerged out from me and hence I titled it as ‘Rain in Summer’. All kinds of suggestions(including errors too in poem) are invited, as it is my first trial to write a poem.

When clouds covered hot, scorching sun, I felt as cozy as blanket in cold,
When there was cool breeze, I felt like flowing with it,
When there was earthy storm, I felt like standing within the whirlpool and going around the city with it,
When there were showers upon me, I felt like the rain drops are taking pain within me,
When trees were going with the wind, I felt like dancing along with nature,
When it was lightening, and only the lights appeared, my heart said wow,
But when it brought loud sound too with it, my body said shiver!!

When this rain stopped, like a nursery rhyme I said,
O rain, rain….come again, come again ….
How pleasant you make the weather,
How beautiful you make the nature.
You make earth livable
You make life enjoyable!!

Kanatal Trip

I along with my team members went on a trip last weekend. After days of discussion, we all united on decision to go to Kanatal. To add fun to the trip, we decided first to watch a movie together and then to start the trip. We watched the movie ‘Unknown’. It wasn’t a great watch but was a good one and reminded all of us of ‘Bourne Identity’.

Kanatal

Our journey started with a setback of our transport being late by an hour and a half. We were unable to contact driver or even the owner which added to the anxiety.
Kanatal, 300 km far from Delhi at an altitude of over 8500 feet ( approx. 2500 ft above from Mussoorie, 38 kms far from it). We stayed in Swiss camps there; tents were made up of Aluminium sheet and cloth type tent fabric. Other than Camping, other adventurous activities which we did at there were hiking, trekking, rappelling, valley crossing. Our whole day was consumed in doing these activities and they were quite a fun. At night, a bonfire was arranged with snacks and tea.

The Camps

I wanted to go to some peaceful, natural place from this metro’s life since long. Plus it was a relief for a while from Delhi’s summer. Although I experienced lack of energy due to my bad health but I connected with my team members there, which added a flavor to the trip and subsequent days in team, which made it a good and successful trip. Moreover, I got the benefit of exploring my camera more and got few good clicks.

Life among Rocks

LadyBird ready for its flight

Fire in its colours

MICAT 2009

I have appeared in MICAT-2009. Since I had difficulty in finding out the format and the pattern of the paper as there was not much of the material available on internet, so I thought to provide next aspirants with the details of the MICAT.

The paper had 6 sections and each section was independent of one another. You will b provided with the fixed time limit for each section and question paper of that particular section will be taken after that time. Point here to be noted is that question papers of all the 6 sections were provided at the beginning of the exam, so u can go to the next section if you are done with the previous one before its time limit.

Here I have tried to pen down few details of all the 6 sections:
Section A (20 min): This section consisted of psychometric analysis. It had a constraint that failing to attempt even one question will make your paper not to be evaluated. This section was given time limit of 20 min with 40 questions. Out of 40, 30 questions were of agree/disagree. In the remaining 10 questions, each question had 6 statements & we have to allot them marks according to their priorities in our life and those marks should sum up to 30, I don know y that 30 funda was there, but it was there and my this section went bad rest all went okay.
PS: It was written in the results that due to some mistake, this section was not considered while evaluation of MICAT-2009.

Section B (15 min): This section had objective type questions of general awareness. Some of them were:
1) What is the color of ‘idea’?
2) Which company has the punch line ‘connecting to the future?’
3) Reliance collaborated with which Hollywood company
a) Time Warner
b) Fox Entertainment
c) Walt Disney
d) Time Entertainment

4) Question from Satyam scandal (current affair at that time)
5) Find odd one out

Section C (20 min): This section had 40 objective type questions, all of same kind. In this we have to associate one word out of four given words with other given four words. For e.g.,

Clues                                                      Alternatives

1. Blowing                                                 a) Rind
2. Set                                                           b) Mind
3. Out                                                          c)Wind
4. Brain                                                      d) Get

In above question mind is associated with all four words, mind-set, mind-blowing, out of mind and brain & mind can b used interchangeably.

Section D (15 min): This section had DI, LR objective type questions as in CAT but simpler than that.

Section E (30 min): This section had questions to check our English efficiency. It had all types of questions that appear in CAT like it had one passage, grammar usage, arrange in paragraph, fill in the blanks etc.

Section F (30 min): This section had concept of creative writing. In this we had to write two articles in 300/150 words, one on ‘pub culture is reason for increasing crimes against women in metros n mini metros’ and in next question, we were given a picture and we have to write a story on covering the scenario of the picture, the dialogue that might happen within those characters of the picture at that time and the starting of the story with the ending of this.

To see a model paper for MICAT click on the site : http://www.mica-india.net/Academicprogrammes/MICAT.pdf

My Mount Abu Trip

After a lot of planning and re planning our college trip got cancelled and at the end we friends, a group of 6 planned to go to Mt Abu. We planned trip of 3 days and 2 nights (includes travelling of 5 hrs one way), our parents were really surprised that what we people will b doing there for 3 long days as Mt Abu is a small place but we insisted and stayed there for 3 days and initially we too were in dilemma about the third day’s plan but as the day arrived, it passed more pleasantly than the first two.

Mt Abu, the highest peak of Aravallis, the only mountain range in Rajasthan with elevation of 1220 meters is the only hill station of Rajasthan.

On the first day we went to Nakki lake. A myth on the name of this lake is that the lake was dig out by nails of labours at that time as nakh( to nakki )in hindi refers to nail but I think the lake must be a man made lake(i.e. the lake must be dig out without help of any machines but through human labour only). This lake is filled for all the 12 months of the year and usually it freezes out in winter season adding to the beauty of the Mt Abu. We enjoyed a lot while boating in the lake

Near the lake there is a Toad Rock, its a hill near lake which is shaped like a huge toad on its top.it was windy there and got a nice view of the city from there.

Lake Nakki at night

Next day we started our day from Guru Shikhar,located at a distance of 20 km from lake Nakki.Its the highest peak on the mountain, at 1722 meters above sea level. In spite of scorching sunlight, it was quite windy at the top. We then moved towards Peace Park, its a kind of pathway passing through the garden made by Bramakumaris( a religious order).We were compelled to listen to their 15 min lecture and to walk through that pathway of around 500 m as we didn’t found any way back to exit but to move forward So, i would like to suggest others that if you don’t have any interest in knowing anything about religious things then don’t enter in that park.

Dilwara Temples- They are group of 5 ancient Jain temples made of marble stones built between 11th and 13th century. They are beautifully and minutely carved on its doorways, ceilings, pillars etc. Dilwara Temples are considered as pilgrimage of Jain people.

A view of Dilwara Temple from inside

Then we moved towards Sunset Point, it was quite windy and cloudy there. But due to clouds we were not able to see the sunset. But it was pleasant there and it was worth visiting there. We also saw mountain range running in parallel to our mountain( the Arravali range itself) but the smaller hills of the range and it was quite a view but i was not able to capture that in my camera frame

A view from Sunset Point

On the third day we did not went to some particular place as one of our crew member got ill but we enjoyed even more by staying there only. Weather was very pleasant that day and wind and drizzle added to that There was a hill in front of our hotel and some spot was made just to chill out. We went there and had lot of fun.
The valley had numerous Kachnar trees which were laden with its orange flowers only but no leaves on those trees adding to the beauty of the valley. I guess March-April is the season for those flowers to blossom.

Kachnar flower

In all, it was a nice trip away from all the worries of the world especially the BE project one and I really felt as if i am on a break from everything for 3 days ,(the same was felt by one of the crew member also )

Decisions – Right or Wrong ??

When people do something unexpected weather good or bad with me, I try to accept it…but when I am the reason to hurt someone else, I am not able to accept it. This happens with me, don’t know the same case is with others or not. So, why does it happen like that?? May b because we have heard a million times that the life is not so easy n the world outside is not so good….but we have always seen ourselves as a good soul….we have always been a good person(in our frame of a good person ) or tries to be the one.

Actually everything is relative, we have our own ideologies, our own rules of life, and when something goes against that we are not able to accept it. But what to do when you know that u are wrong there, what to do when u know that u yourself are responsible for the other person’s discomfort.

I have heard it somewhere that your “all decisions need not to b correct, if your 60-70% of decisions are correct then u r done with it”, then u can lead your life successfully/ happily. I would also like to quote warren buffet

“You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don’t do too many things wrong.”

Should this b applied in relationships too or this is rightly said within reference to business only??

we take decisions on daily basis and that too many decisions per day… then why do we believe that our every decision ought to b correct? Till we do not know the other perspective of that decision, the effect of that decision on the individual at the other end, we are comfortable with it, but what happens when we come to know its consequences on the person at the other end. If we can be happy with our 10 right decisions, the why do we not have the capability to bear consequences of that one wrong one??? Why do we brood over it again and again and imagine that what if you would not have done that. One way is to not to brood much over that, another to learn from our mistake. But here one more case arrives that what to do when u know that you were right in your context, with reference to your own life, with reference to your preferences n priorities towards life. Freedom of an individual is defined as “u are free to do anything in your life till your activities does not hinder others life in any of the way”. But when both individuals are true with their perspectives, the one is expecting and the one is not able to come up to the expectations, then what should be done.

Not getting any exact answer to this, do you have? I got only this as solution that try not to repeat again in future and decide things by considering individual at other end, but again the same thing arrives that u were right according to your priorities.. And it becomes a vicious circle

Well, I think that’s LIFE!! And it should be led happily