"Dream Dream Dream...
Dreams become thoughts
Thoughts become reality"

Teacher: Abdul Kalam Sir
Students: We, the volunteers of Divya Deepa (http://divyadeepatrust.org)

Its truly a memorable day for us. We dreamed of meeting the missile man, the visionary, the torch bearer, the first citizen of India. It became a reality on yesterday.

We got a great beginning as we met Mr. Manivannan(honorable DC of Mysore), our guru. We were in a different world(still we are). Initial talk with Manivannan sir increased our josh and enthu.

Nadaswaram played, Bunch of official convoy vehicles vroomed in. Our God stepped in from white ambassidor. Heart Skipped.

Mahesha and Sachin welcomed Kalam sir with Peepal Leaf memento. Kalm Sir gave a BIG smile :). We were overjoyed.

A bunch of officials, police folks were roaming around. We became a part of them, counting milli seconds, awaiting for the memorable moment of life.

We were able to talk to concerned folks about our purpose. Counting milli seconds continues.

Kalam sir personal secretary Mr.Prasad called us inside the President Suite. :-) :-) :-)

We were stunned, dumbstuck.

Kalam sir asked each one of us what we are doing. We were relaxed. We spoke about Divya Deepa, the concept and challenges. Kalam sir motivated us.

We spoke about India Unplugged, our dream baby. 
More Photos -> Here 

We took autographs, clicked photos. Kalam sir was smiling and Inspired us to take up the task of Nation Building.

Our dreams took wings. We came out, blessed by God. We jumped, shouted, made fun and frolic.

We painted it green… and named our dream baby today…. It’s started babbling…  

It’s exciting to see the alpha version of our own chikmagalur online version… http://onlinechikmagalur.com

It’s a one stop store for Tourist Information, Home Stays, Resorts, Hotels and more...

We pulled in Santosh Saligram, one of the best wild life photographers of India, The chief warden of Bhadra wild life sanctuary, The tourism department, Sriram(content editor)….. We are forming a bunch of trekkers, wild life enthusiasts to make this place happening….

We digged into the old books in library, found the details of tourist places….We designed the logo and the template….

Visit http://onlinechikmagalur.com, and write your feedback.

And yeah we are getting loads of calls and enquiries regarding Home Stays and other stuff.

Think Chikmagalur, Think http://onlinechikmagalur.com.

Home stays + Trekking at Chikmagalur = http://onlinechikmagalur.com

More in store. Stay tuned. :)

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A Snippet from Online Chikmagalur

The mystic peaks of the western ghats giving the cool and sensual feel of the nature's magic! The blue tinge of the sky & the tingling  sensation of fresh green grass. Towering peaks covered with an evergreen blanket showering it's splendid beauty. A treat to nature lovers and an absolute marvel to travellers all over. Narrow lanes of roads cut through these peaks offer an absorbing view when viewed from the top. Refreshing farmlands that splash the essence of the countryside. A calming effect to a wavering mind and a photographer's dream. Truly Priceless and Majestic!!!

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In short it’s a dream come true….

 

Crowd was eclectric, Cheer Girls were stunning, Billboards were amazing...
I ran for Divya Deepa(http://divyadeepatrust.org) @ Sun Feast World 10K Marathon.

10 Kilometers was like a cake walk. :) Finished the run within time :)

Divya Deepa is the cause. So nothing stopped me. Neither the huffing-puffing breathe, increased heart beat, straining legs.


You can pledge contributions for Dream Van we are purchasing for Divya Deepa (htttp://divyadeepatrust.org).

1)     Online transfer to my account - ICICI Bank, Indiranagar, Bangalore - 016901529972. I will make sure you will get receipts to your door step. The donations are tax exempted. 

2)     Demand Drafts/Cheques should be in favor of 'Divya Deepa Charitable Trust, Mysore' . Please send them to " Divya Deepa
Charitable Trust, No 206, Srirampura, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-570008, Karnataka, India"

Looking forward for more such exciting stuff

Raun Maadi Run.

On May 18th 2008, I will be participating in Sunfeast World 10K Marathon, one the most prestigious Marathons of the world. I will be running for Divya Deepa(http://divyadeepatrust.org). This time, though, I am attempting to achieve something extra-ordinary
not just personally but also for Divya Deepa.

This year, I run to help raise funds for a "Dream Van" !

Today, Divya Deepa is looking to buy its own Dream Van as a long-term solution for the never ending commuting problem. A critical need that will help over 50 children every year spend more quality time with good teachers and accessibility to outside world (Divya Deepa is located in a village).  

You can help me reach that Dream. Your small help will cheer the children and make them smile for many years to come. You can contribute through the following ways:

1)     Online transfer to my account - ICICI Bank, Indiranagar, Bangalore - 016901529972. I will make sure you will get receipts to your door step. The donations are tax exempted. 

2)     Demand Drafts/Cheques should be in favor of 'Divya Deepa Charitable Trust, Mysore' . Please send them to " Divya Deepa
Charitable Trust, No 206, Srirampura, Manandavadi Road, Mysore-570008, Karnataka, India"

When u contribute in one of these ways, please send me an email about the same to ashwin@divyadeepatrust.org 

No contribution is large or small. I aim to raise Rs. 2,00,000/- through this effort and your contribution is going to help me get there. Please do help me reach out to more people by forwarding this appeal.

RUN MAADI RUN

Obscura, the open solaris enthusiasts of National Institute of Engineering, Mysore are organizing three day event Libre. Its a feast for open source enthusiasts, users, hackers, contributers, wannabes.

If you are in Mysore between 4th and 6th, Be there to catch up with some of the stalwarts of open source world. 

Kudos to the obscura team for bringing up this in NIE.

Hail Obscura! Hail NIE!

For updates do visit, http://blogs.sun.com/libre/

There is no story in the movie as such. Its like a evening chat, just for time pass. Amazing photography, great lyrics, punching dialogs.

wish my story also ends like this. dont think soo. I am not that lucky in personal front.

i cry like a kid. Many times.

She is eternal in my dreams. Just dreams. 

I am praying that she will get someone who will realize all her dreams.  

Probably today I might get the call as many are saying its my day

The happiness and excitement that I get in waiting for something is more than when I get that "something".

while(1) wait();

there was no "break" statement in my language. but cant help. life has introduced this.  I cant say "I cant take this". But its inevitable.
 
I think there is only one person who can understand "when I like things, how much of myself is filled of that". 

I am really unlucky. Adondu mrige Mareechike...

I can wait for my entire life. But there is no one to hear to my inner voice.  dakkaarandali aranyaroodana. 

We, are proud to bag the design, hosting, development of http://www.masterkishan.com. Proud to lead the whole effort and also be the webmaster for this. Lucky to be called as Anna(As Kishan calls me) of a Whiz Kid whos the director of C/O footpath.

One of the initiatives of us is "Hosting the websites of people/organizations who are making a difference for the world". If u think any organization/person who is non profit sector is in need of webspace, call us @ 9886165220. It might be an organization which promotes Music, Culture, Theater, Education etc.

About Master Kishan:

Master Kishan has directed the movie "C/O Footpath" at the age of 9 years. He is the world’s youngest director and the Guinness World Record holder as the Worlds Youngest Director Of A Professionally made Feature Length Film At the age of 9 years. 

Latest News: Master Kishan has won "The Chamber of Deputies Award" and "Children's Right Award" which is known as the Childrens Oscar for his movie C/O Footpath screened at Giffoni International Film Festival in Italy.   

Thanks Rashmi Devree and Srikant Devree for being there.Because of you, It all has happened.  Owe u soo much in life.

"MG Road..Ulsoor.. CV Raman Nagar.."
"MG Road..Ulsoor.. CV Raman Nagar.."
"MG Road..Ulsoor.. CV Raman Nagar.."

If you think this typical set of conversations conveyed by a bus conductor , you are wrong :)

Person X: "Sir. I am going to CV Raman nagar Via MG Road and Ulsoor.  Are u going somewhere close by. Can I drop you"
Person Y: "I need to reach Mayo Hall very urgently. I am not getting any bus "
Person X: "I will make sure you will safely reach Mayo Hall Stop in 15 minutes"

The speedometer clocked 50 KMS/HR).. The two wheeler Vroomed thru National College Road, Minerva Circle, Double Road and finally they reached Mayo Hall in 9 Minutes :). Person Y expressed happiness to X and was able to finish off the job on time. Person Z joined X for the next part of the journey until Old Madras Road.

Person Y -> Mr. Sadashivaah (An ex LIC employee currently working as a insurance consultant)
Person Z -> Mrs. Mariyamma (She runs a chai shop near IFlex)

Mrs. Mariyamma was 50th Pillion. Yes. Whenever Person X travel in his vehicle, he make sure someone will be there behind him. When he starts from Source S to destination D, he makes sure what is route to traverse. Obviously there will be some places (Lets say L, M, N O) which excist between S and D.  There is high probability that many people start from same source and they are supposed to reach one of the places viz L, M, N , O or D.

Person X -> Yours Truly :)

I celebrated 50th Pillion Day. The sense of inward happiness, and satisfaction that I had got while dropping these 50 people to respective destinations is invaluable. Some of them are in touch with me. Some of them had called me many times. "Tumba Dhnayavaada magu", "Thanks a bunch dude" are some of the responses that I had got from them.

People talk about issues, pot holes, pollution, traffic snarls etc. They end up riding a 10 seater Scorpio or a 5 seater Santro or some other four wheeler with only one person.

Imagine a system where we utilize every single seat (No matter its a Car, Two wheeler or a Auto).  I am pretty sure we can reduce traffic to a significant extent, if we make use of the resources properly.

If you travel in your own vehicle, make sure you will help others who will travel on the same way you go. 

> Use your company cab (If the facility is there). You can sleep, talk, read some good stuff, listen to FM or your fav music or peacefully sleep.
> Start off Car pools / 2 Wheeler Pools in your company.  You can  make the best us of  http://www.commuteeasy.com/  started by my friend  Vipul Kasera. A great way to join hands.
> If you are traveling with out anyone, help people (esp old aged persons) to reach their destinations
> Finally follow the Lane Discipline and be patient while riding.

Lets STOP cribbing about the system and START off bringing a change.

I am looking for celebrating "100th pillion Day" AS soon As Possible :)

Finally its over and done.. :(

These Memories haunt my life until the last breathe.. The love and the friendship that I had enjoyed in these 2-3 months can't be explained in words.. One word to say Amazing

Nostalgia Rocks

It was pleasent  suprise for me when I got a mail that Yakov is coming to India.  Dr. Yakov Rekther is a Juniper Fellow (there are only three fellows in the whole company. Its regarded as the prestigious tech position).. I am over excited to meet such a great person who has contributed tremendously to the field of Networking.

Dr. Yakov Rekhter joined Juniper in Dec 2000, where he is a Juniper Fellow. Prior to joining Juniper, Yakov worked at Cisco Systems, where he was a Cisco Fellow. Prior to joining Cisco in 1995, he worked at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.

Yakov Rekhter was one of the leading architects and a major software developer of the NSFNET Backbone Phase II. He co-designed the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). He was also one of the lead designers of Tag Switching, BGP/MPLS based VPNs, and MPLS Traffic Engineering. Among his most recent activities is the work on Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS). His other contributions to contemporary Internet technology include: Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) and IP address allocation for private Internets.

He is the author or co-author of over 40 IETF RFCs, (see IETF) and numerous papers and articles on TCP/IP and the Internet. His recent books include: "MPLS: Technology and Applications" (Morgan Kauffman, 2000) and "Switching in IP Networks: IP Switching, Tag Switching and Related Technologies" (Morgan Kauffman, 1998).

I am proud to be part of a company where gurus are present  :)

Hail Juniper :D

 

Its been more than two and half months since I watched a movie (Even a movie flick or Television). Was deeply engrossed with Mysooru Unplugged activities and office work. i can term that these 2 months is the best and worthy stint in my life so far..

Its nice if some thing that "I wish" becomes a "I did" :) so with meeting my good old frnds and watching the musical hit in the kannada film industry, Mungaaru Male.

I am an ardent fan of kannada, good kannada film, photography, a film with good ending. Here it is all these Most Wanted Things cleanly packed and presented neatly..

Mungaaru Male has already got the acclamation of bagging 50 Crores and also one the super duper musical hit in Kannada Film industry. Here are a set of things that I experienced

~ The music, lyrics are truely awesome. Full credits  to Mano Murthy, Jayant  Kaikini et al
~ The photography is excellent. The foggy roads, the green pastures, mystical coffee estates of coorg, not to forget the amazing scene shooted at Jog Falls. Man, this scene is really really worth watching in a big screen.  Kudos to the whole team who had taken pains to set up cameras in such dangerous place. I loved the photography to the fullest extent.
~ The story line is normal but its cleanly presented without any flaws
~ The expression of emotions is one more trump card. A Rabbit, A watch, Rain, greenary... Wat else is needed for a love story :)
~ As usual Anant Nag simply rocks. His acting is exceptional. Even the 2 maamas (of hero and heroine) had deliverd their best.  Comedy time ganesh  wins the hearts in his second film.  Sanjana  Gandhi  looks  awesome  in few scenes :P

In one line "A simple story presented neatly with a refreshing photography, great music and lyrics and finally a memorable end"

Mungaaru Maleyalli Manassu Mindu Milugaadutide...

(trying to show off my passion of writing kannada sentences whose words starts from same letter) ;)

Came to 100 hours before and still hasn't returned home

Effectively 15 hours sleep in these 4-5 days

I like this :D

PS: This entry is not about Saffronism :)

There was silence in the entire room which was chaotic fifteen minutes before. A call made us to shut our mouths and give some work to minds. We kept our fingers crossed and started thinking about all possible negative things, What if the police commisioner had again played some trick?  what might be the issue?...

"The deadly combo" (as we call ;-)) came in and stood for a while. "Oye, NOC milgaya" uttered Mr.Decent. All questions which were hovering in our minds got a answer, We were extremely extremely happy. I laughed whole heartedly after a long time :D.

Introducing to you Mr.Decent, popularly called as Jat in Vayam circle. Hes Sri.Arvind Sharma, the mastermind behind the "Mission NOC " whos operation started before 20 days. The man with RDB Attitude , epitome of modesty, a true patriot, loves writing "LL" to the police commisioner :)), an amazing artist, well built, marketing guru, budding entreprenur (Sold his ideas for a decent sum. deal is undisclosed :D), has good sense of humor, a true Vayami in all.

When WE, Vayam started reliazing our dream "Mission MU", the biggest hurdle was the concern about the security. Jat took led the team of dedicated bunch of ppl, nailed down all the sensitive issues, hit the root cause, talked to ppl, thought things in  different angles, worked day and night and came up with a sophisticated security model for the event place. As an aftermath, Mr. Praveen Sood, honorable police commisioner of police, Mysore was startled to see the amount of hard work that has been spent on chalking down strategies for tackling security issues. He was clean bowled :)). Convincing an IIT, IIM chap that too a person like commisioner is a herculean task. The passion, dedication, hard work says it all.

Accomplishing "Mission NOC" is truely awesome achievement. Full marks to Arvind.  Congrats Sneha, Rakshit, Shanu, Jolla(Susheel),  Ashish et al for your dedication, hard work and persistent effort. Aree jat, next time please take Mr.Susheel and make commisioner cry :D

Oye Kaaake, We are just waiting for offering u a memorable treat (U know wat it is :))).  just waiting for the right time, astee...

Sahiii..