Friends change the way of LIFE

Is friendship what you share on the social networking sites like facebook or orkut…
Is friendship what you share in college canteens & classroom discussions….
Is friendship what you share at the coaching centres..
Is friendship what you share wid ur pg mates or hostel friends..
Is friendship what you share wid ur drinking partners in the beer bars…
Is friendship what u share at the restaurants, movie hall & shopping centres..

What is friendship???? What kind of relation is this? How did it developed??
Some say friendship is “when your friends support u as your family”
Some say “ when u give sum1 enough knowledge about yourself, to destroy but with the trust he/she will not”
While others opinion that" it is a mutual understanding between individuals who share every aspect of their lives,without any hesistation"
But the question still does not change… what is friendship???

Is it a feeling of loving sumone,or is it being loved by sumone
Is it a feeling of caring for sumone, or being cared by sumone
Is a feeling of helping sumone, or being helped by sumone
Is it a feeling of trusting sumone, or being trusted by sumone
Is it a feeling of sharing happiness wid sumone, or is it just being happy wid sumone

I don’t know, I’m completely perplexed with it. I have had friends in every walk of life, but the meanings were always different. Some were friends to copy notes, share books, share music while others were to go to restaurants, movies and shopping malls..Than came some who wanted to share their hearts but also came some of those who would never think twice before breaking a heart.But when I look back at all those days and sit back nad think few thoughts comes to my mind…
I feel friendship is nothing more than a need of an individual to be with someone who is not his family member and would yet make a difference to the persons life by just walking alongside him/her. The person who will not tell you what is wrong/right, but the one who will tell you how to decide. The person who will not pick you up when you fall but the one who will never let you fall. Not the person who will wipe your tears when you cry but the one who will never let you cry. The person with whom one would not hesistate to share anything in this world. The one who does not make you think twice about what to say and how to say it.
In short a friend is the one who just brings the widest smile on your face when you see him and you don’t even know that you just smiled without any reason….

This article is dedicated to all those who are my friends and also to those who have left me half way.. All are responsible for making me understand the true meaning of the word friendship. They are my real friends.. It is also dedicated to those new friends I have made in the last couple of months…Bcoz they are the ones who would be lucky to get the benefits of what I have learned…

"The way to expectations of life"

Does all our problem start with expectation?or out of a need?One of my friend said that expectation is the root cause of all the problems...If a person does not expect than he/she will never be indecisive. While another said that expectations should be restricted to only work place, where in one expect a sucessful result as a return to the efforts put forward.

But I think expectation is something that arises out of the word 'need', which is the basis for all relationships. For example, if we take friendship itself, it is born out of a need. A need for someone to be there for you,with whom a person in his/her growing years can share those thought processes or developments through which they can understand a complete different viewpoint of the big bad world outside. A perspective completely different from that of what there family members show.

But when a need is fulfilled, it gives birth to an expectation. So once we have a friend, we expect them to do certain things for us, be at certain places for us and also undersatand and care for us. Which they anyway do most of the times. So what is it that has changed...

Every need has a saturation level. This is not only true in case of non-living things but also human beings. I needed a friend today I got one... Man you are damn lucky.Tomorrow, the need may not be as same as today.Than does it effect status of the relationship. It's tough to say, most people would disagree with it, but I would agree. Because as I have posted earlier everything changes in this world.Nothing is static, or constant. But the survival of every relationship depends upon the time it passes through, the stages it sees.

I believe if you have given your best to anything it will always come back to you with best of results. Do not worry, or be afraid of what happens or changes with time. These are just chapters of events which unfolds as the time passes, and unveils the entire book of life. Thats when we understand the meaning of the word "expectation".

"DECIBEL" My moment of the day

Today was an extra-ordinary day of my life. The launch of the Bangalore's first internet radio by any college"DECIBEL-Loud and Clear". In the morning everything was so confusing. I saw all my classmates running here and there, working for something or the other and all praying the same thing that lets hope everything goes well as per the schedule. And to our good luck everything went well. But, my great moment came when the Guest of Honour Mr. Geoffrey Thomas announced the launch of the website by ringing the bell and me sitting in the controlling room was supposed to click on the website link which had been shown to the audience through the big screen.

I don't know how did I get this opportunity to be the first one to do that, but all I can think of is may be it was destined to be like this. I was over-whelmed for a few seconds, but it also made me realise certain things one of which is that hardwork never goes waste. For every good work done there is always someone there to recognise it. All you need is be patient and believe in yourself.

But as if that was not enough, there happened another great moment wherein the person I respect a lot and take inspirations from, one of the Fathers, whom I have known as a student and now as a faculty, acknowledged me for my hard work and dedication.

I don't know which was the bigger moment. The one with which the day started or the other which I recieved in the later part of the day. But watever, it was one thing that I'm completely sure of is that it had been one of those few moments in my life which I would never ever forget.And something that makes me think again that there is always someone looking after you, even whether or not you feel its prescence.

"From Chapatti to Maggi"

Students who come from different parts of the country to this IT City can find themselves running in the brand race. Be it Pizza Hut, Café Coffee Day or the local Sagars, they have all become a favourite hang-out zones among students.

The most popular product that the students commonly eat extensively is Maggi Noodles. To find out about the brand loyalty, one can check the dust-bins of the hostels and PGs, which contain loads of Maggi wrappers. So the question arises: are they really happy with the taste or just that it’s time-consuming for them to cook something or is it the non-availability of the required facilities?

Whatsoever may be the reason, and however much we spend on all those high-end restaurants in one of the most fashionable malls around the city or freak out late nights at pubs or stand in long never-ending queues for takeaways of the latest opened fast food centre or get home delivered the stuffed, baked food to college canteens, nothing tempts one more than eating the lip-smacking, mouth-watering home-made food (more of mom-made food). The spices used are probably very different: the saltiness of love, the sweetness of the smile, the peppered anger and the colour of turmeric. The blend of these emotions in food still remains missing for the ones who stay away from home.

" Change - the truth of life"

Change is a part of life.People say that one changes for a better tomorrow. Every change gives way to a new way. Its a progress.But the progress is always measured in terms of good, whereas it can always be bad.

Nothing in this world is static. Trees, river, pond, lake, joy, pain, hatred, anger, feelings, mindsets, friends, family, relationship, thoughts, words, actions, surroundings, neighbourhoods, colour, TV programmes, seasons, weather, night, day,jobs, hobbies, religion, pets, phone numbers, values, ethics, laws, needs, food, cloth, likes, dislikes, cuisine, landscapes, truth, falsehood, right, wrong and so on.

The list seems endless. The only thing that probably doesn't change is the word CHANGE itself. There is absolutely nothing in this world that i feel can one hold back to itself. Even memories of the beloved changes.People who seem dearer today may be far away from you tomorrow and vice-versa.

Is change part of life or is it the need for a new identity in life? I don't know but trying to find out. Changes can be a part of both outside world and the inner world. But why do people get more affected by changes inside than the one outside.Why do they have to pretend even if does change?

Lots of people around me both who care and who doesn't have told me that u have changed a lot. Mostly towards a better way they say. But when i look back at myself I can't stop asking a question. Have I changed because I wanted to or because circumstances have made me to?

I guess both are responsible in some way or the other.But, what really makes me think at the end of the day is in spite of the inventions, discoveries and technological advancements being made, we are still helpless to our circumstances and there is nothing we can do when it comes to change. It does happen whether we agree or disagree with it and all the time...

"So empowered, yet so helpless"- Nu Media

New media also can be referred as development of the conventional forms of media taking in a new shape with the advent of new technology. But the question that remains unanswered is it accessible to the entire mass or is it subjective to a certain class. Moreover how far are people satisfied with the usage of the latest developments.

Through the social networking sites people around the world seem to be well connected with each other. But somehow it feels all right at the face of it. In reality we are moving away from the inter-personal and intra-personal forms of communication. The latest studies prove that percentage of people communicating through internet hide more amount of truths than when one is chatting face-to-face.

The traditional models of communication gives room for intra personal (diaries), interpersonal (conversations between friends), group communication (conferences) and mass communication (newspaper and television) have been redefined and given a whole new look with palm pilots, mobile phones, video-conferences, e-newspapers and internet videos. Letters and board games have their technological counterparts: the e-mails and the video-games.

Human life today is becoming more and more dependant on technology. Everyone wants the job to be done faster and an easier way. But has’t it happened with all of you sometime or the other when you were trying to make an important presentation through power-point and suddenly there is some disorder in the computer or may be a power failure due to which the presentation got hampered or when u have to e-mail something important and networks have gone down and hence you were left with no other option but to make the situation favourable through the usage of human intelligence.

So, is the technology making human beings helpless in their thought procedures? Has it hampered the thinking potential of the common man? Are we becoming digitally handicapped? Some of these questions still remain unanswered.