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Renovated canteen

2010-12-02T08:00:00.001-08:00

Photographs courtesy: Akhilandeswari Ravichandran, III BIOE

Some pictures of Canopy

2010-12-02T07:52:00.000-08:00

Photographs courtesy: Akhilandeswari Ravichandran, III BIOE

CANOPY

2010-10-28T09:18:00.000-07:00

The MCA block has been renovated. It has now given way to Canopy – a venture carried out by Vaidhi sir’s First Batch of Open Elective Students. As the fourth course in a series of 4 courses offered by Vaidhi sir, the students were asked to open an enterprise at SASTRA. Canopy has a food court with ample covered places to sit. The food court has counters of Chat Corner, Creamy ‘n’ Creamy, Café Coffee Day, Sugarcane Juice and Busy Bajji Café. The chat corner is amazing and is offering a large variety of delicious Paratha’s, apart from the usual chat items. Any kind of chat is available. The sodas priced at Rs.10 are the most sold considering SASTRA’s climate. The softies at Cream ‘n’ Creamy are a must have. Their Ice Cream cake too has turned out to be quite popular during Birthday Parties. The coffee at Café Coffee Day however did not evoke the same kind of response as most of the people felt the quantity, quality and price were mismatched. The Sugarcane Juice stall is something different. The juice is supplied without ice but is served cold and it’s extremely fresh too. A lot of flavours are available the hit one being the Chat Sugarcane juice. Gurunath’s a major name in general supplies and stuff has set shop. We can now proudly call Gurunath’s or Guru as people have started calling it, our University Store. It has anything and everything a student can ask for. Apart from these, Canopy has also started a Fruit Juice stall at the girls’ hostel in the Cemented area between New Hostel and Pentagon. The juice stall sells almost 20 varieties of juices apart from fresh fruits, vegetables, spices, rice, bajjis, noodles, Gobi Manchurian, chips, Murukku and other sweets and savouries. A laundry service was also launched yesterday at both the hostels which claims to return clothes in a really short time. Special care option can be chosen if there are some clothes which require careful washing or ironing. All in all, thanks to Canopy a lot of changes have happened at college. For the good :)

Back to Campus

2010-08-07T01:15:00.001-07:00

SASTRA reopened to a new academic year on July 2nd. There were loads of pleasant changes in store for us when we arrived back to college. The canteen has been completely renovated. It’s looking much more spacious than what it was before. A ban on plastics has been enforced in the canteen thanks to EcoBrigade but tea is still available in disposable plastic cups. Vitreous tiles have replaced the old, murky cement flooring. The prices as of now remain the same. There were rumours that the canteen will be centrally air-conditioned but there has been no confirmed news so far though A.C. ducts have been provided. Coming to the girls’ hostel, the old hostel mess is no more:(. It’s been converted to a new Gym with lots of new equipment and the old Gym is now a Common room. Pentagon has been repainted. The place between the new hostel and pentagon (famous for water stagnation) has been cemented and stone benches have been put up. Some snacks stalls, a juice shop and a fruit shop are going to come up in the area. A volleyball court has been constructed opposite to this. The MCA block is being renovated to accommodate several new stores that are coming up thanks to Vaidhi sir’s Open elective students. Placements have begun with Ashok Leyland conducting tests yesterday. Blogs are now blocked and I’m now using ‘Quota’ time and posting.
Will be back with more updates :)

End of the academic year 2009-2010

2010-06-05T03:10:00.000-07:00

The academic year 2009-2010 has ‘Successfully’ come to a close according to our college. Blogs have also been blocked to the ire of quite a number of bloggers here( Yes, the number has increased :)). The registration for hostel begins on June 17th. However, for a change this time it’s according to the year, so the final years get to choose rooms of their choice on the first day and then the 3rd years and so on. This is apparently to help the final years prepare for competitive exams :P Course registration for the next semester starts on June 24th for which the instructions will be put up on the website on June 14th. A lot of new changes are supposed to happen next semester but probably will be announced only after the semester begins in true SASTRA fashion.
Anyway people, all the best for the next semester and happy holidays! :)

Latest rumours!

2010-04-07T02:20:00.000-07:00

The latest rumours doing round at SASTRA are:
• 65 working days – The working days are going to be reduced to 65 from the existing 90 :)
• Timings- The timings could be altered In three ways :
1) College will function from 8.40 to 4.50 everyday with no free hours to compensate for the reduction in number of working days.
2) College will function in two shifts- 8.00 am to 2.00 pm and 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. The shift will depend either on the department or the year.
3) College will function from 8.30 am to 2.50 pm on all days irrespective of the branch or year.
• Holidays- Owing to the reduction in number of working days the Winter holidays will be for a duration of 1 month and Summer holidays for 2 months :B
• Exams- Apparently, according to UGC rules, all the deemed universities or the Universities need to end their Even semester exams by April 15th. So the last exam will at the maximum be on April 15th.
Great rumours right? Anyway according to another rumour we will get the notice before the end of this month ;)

Prices hiked!

2010-04-03T12:05:00.000-07:00

The prices in the canteen have been hiked. Samosa and Puff now cost Rs. 6 each. Gold cup is also costing the same. The latest additions to the menu have been the Birthday cakes (Accepted, they are looking awesome and are yummy too!) and Chocolate Mousse. Except French fries, Gobi 65, Paneer 65 and some more evening snacks, the price of all the others has gone up by atleast Rs. 5. Cheese Pav Bhaji now costs Rs. 35 imagine!

KurukSASTRA X

2010-03-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

KSX was rocking fun. It was a relief from the monotonous classes and the sweltering heat here. Crazy Mohan’s ‘Chocolate Krishna’ was enjoyed by everyone, with spontaneous humour from the comedian and his troupe. Shankar Mahadevan’s performance was the highlight of the event with people swaying to his songs, teachers and students alike ;) The food stalls were different from usual with Marrybrown and Javagreen being the new ones. For the first time in KS history, we had Telugu Lits this time which turned out to be a huge success. The overall trophy was won by NIT-T. SASTRA’s host performance was stunning and memorable. All in all it was real fun and enjoyable :)

Daksh 2010

2010-03-02T09:18:00.000-08:00

Daksh 2010 was a huge success. The turn-out was huge and there was quality participation. Though initially there was some confusion regarding Mr. Swapan Dasgupta’s lecture, things went on smoothly. The Robot dance, Laser show and Astronomy show attracted huge crowds. The food stalls proved to be a relief to the hostellers, especially the girls. Apart from this, there were also some activities done as part of the Daksh Initiatives programme. EcoBrigade volunteers with green ribbons encouraged and advised people to throw waste materials into dustbins. Also Plasma Compendium was focussed upon. Mozilla had a stall put up and overwhelmed with the response, has agreed to be one of the sponsors of Daksh 2011 :) Daksh 2010 also saw our beloved seniors coming back to college and having fun 
With Daksh 2010 turning out to be such a mega event, it’s going to be challenging for us juniors to make sure we keep increasing the standards and making Daksh 2011 a much greater success.

Plasma Compendium

2010-02-07T10:06:00.000-08:00

This again is another DAKSH Initiative. We hear lot of cases of deaths occurring due to blood loss after major surgeries or accidents. To prevent this, Team DAKSH has started Plasma Compendium, based on an idea given by an eminent personality at SASTRA. It is a database comprising of people who are willing to donate their blood. All you have to do for registering yourself is click on the following url:
http://www.sastra.edu/plasma

Eco Rally

2010-02-07T09:53:00.001-08:00

As part of DAKSH Initiatives, we had an Eco Rally conducted within the campus on 01-02-2010, Monday. Vaidhi sir lead the Daksh team forward with all of us holding placards. The main aim was to spread awareness among people on how important trees are in our life and why it’s becoming more than necessary to Go Green. It did attract a lot of attention and hopefully, people did notice the message that we tried to spread!

Rumours

2010-01-25T08:57:00.001-08:00

SASTRA has changed a lot- but one thing hasn’t and I guess, will never change – the ability of the students to produce make-believe rumours of the highest order. The latest buzz -
• Upadhyay sir is the new DOSA- This is being heard since the beginning of the semester but then no notice has been put up and Narayanan sir is still sitting in the same office.
• Uniforms- Apparently a lot of teachers have told the first years that there will be uniforms from next year and the colours too have been told- brown and white.
• No interaction between boys and girls – Girls and boys should not speak to each other and if at all people need to speak to each other, a fax must be produced by the girl’s father.
• No permissions- This rumour is the worst thing ever to happen, if at all it’s true. There will be no permissions given and students will be permitted to go home only during open holidays.
• Monitoring girls’s attendance- This one was told by our teachers, don’t know if it’s to dissuade us from bunking or if they have really got orders- Girls should not bunk classes and that 90% attendance is mandatory irrespective of whether they are hostelers or day scholars and if a girl bunks three hours continuosly and is found talking to a guy after that, both of them will be suspended immediately!

These gossips have created enough grumbling. All that can be done now, looks like, is to just pray and wish these don’t turn true making our lives miserable.

Security

2010-01-23T05:46:00.000-08:00

The security has been tightened on campus like never before. Boys are now expected to be back in their rooms by 8.30 pm and not allowed to go out of campus before 5.00 pm. They too need tp sign at the entrance while going out and need to submit their ID cards at the security desk. Apparently even staff members are no longer permitted to leave the campus before college hours. The intime for girls is now 5.45 pm. The back door to JVC has been closed permanently. Regular ID card checking is going on. As of now people without ID cards are being warned but there is a rumour that an on the spot fine of Rs. 100 may be levied. Apparently any indiscipline observed will lead to seizing of the ID Card and a new ID card can now be procured only after shelling out Rs.500. Hope the rules are revoked and people maintain the required decorum.

Neck-ties

2010-01-08T11:03:00.000-08:00

One of our teachers turned up in a weird attire yesterday. He was in a Blue and White bold striped shirt, brown trouser and a yellow tie. By evening, we noticed that he was not alone, but almost all the male staff in the college were having ties around their neck. Upon numerous enquiries, it was found that the latest addition to the long list of rules introduced this semester, is the 'Compulsory Tie Rule'. Yes, you got it right! It's now mandatory for the staff to wear ties. We can only hope that the teachers have the discretion to wear suitable colours!

ID Cards

2010-01-07T09:35:00.000-08:00

Starting from this semester, its become mandatory to wear the ID Cards around the neck. The teachers have been given bright green colour tags to wear the ID Card and the students maroon. The tags were distributed in the girls hostels today. Better colours could have been chosen for the tags though!

EcoBrigade @ SASTRA

2010-01-05T09:31:00.000-08:00

EcoBrigade is the new Environmental club that is doing commendable work in improving SASTRA. After it's inception we are now able to find trees with tree guards planted near frequented places like near the stone benches near Vidya Vihar, behind the Library, in between Nirman Vihar and the girls hostel. We can now find more dustbins and a campus cleanup drive is conducted once in a month. SASTRA is definitely a lot cleaner now. It's also extremely encouraging to find people taking the initiative to plant trees and watering them everyday. EcoBrigade has also tie-ups with various world renowned organisations. Its recent tie-up with Art of Living for the 'Stand-up-Take action' drive to make sure the students play a major role in fighting serious environmental issues like Global Warming has seen bright response.
Keep the good work on!

Student workshops @ DAKSH

2010-01-05T08:31:00.000-08:00

This year's DAKSH has got loads of new ideas incorporated . One example - the student workshops . Videography, Origami, Rubix Cube and Basic Electrical and Electronics workshops are being offered. Completely handled by students, these workshops, whose registrations have begun today have already seen more than 300 registrations.

Back again!

2010-01-02T09:04:00.000-08:00

It’s been more than a year since a post appeared on Angular View. Lot of important and not-so-important changes have taken place at SASTRA. The cycles have been distributed and they are no longer charged for. So people have taken to cycling and we can frequently find staff and students cycling, especially the girls. However, it would be better if the height of the cycles was increased. There’s a rumour going around that Oriental is going to build a supermarket on campus somewhere between the girls hostel and Nirman Vihar. Vignan Vihar is undergoing renovation so the Chemical Engineering department has been temporarily moved to Jana Chaitanya, the MCA and MBA department to Vidya Vihar and the first years to Viswakarma Joth. And yeah, I’m sure the Mech. guys do have something to cheer about! Mid semesters are being held on Saturdays and this is supposedly to increase the working days. JVC has implemented exchange correction, which means that though we have the choice of choosing our teachers, we cannot choose them totally based on the marks they give because they will be correcting our paper only once in the semester. A new boys hostel called Vasishta and a new girls hostel called Arundhati have been constructed. Girls are no longer allowed to bunk single hours, if at all we need to we need to bunk full days :( The wi-fi is faster these days with a new wi-fi connection for the girls called Student-G. Arundhati and Vasishta also have a new wi-fi connection called ARUBA and people are able to video and voice chat. The campus has a new store above the canteen which has computer accessories and also a printing store. This store, though small is really good. The time taken to give the printouts is really fast and the service is so far good. The canteen is now offering more choice. French Fries, Sandwich, Mini idly, Gobi-65 and loads of new ice cream flavours have been introduced. The professional courier office has been closed and we can now find the courier guy standing outside the office next to a cycle and a van intended to take the couriers. There is a Post Office that has been constructed somewhere next to the guys hostel. The old doctor at the dispensary has retired and now there is a new doctor. He is also bad but somewhat better than the old one. A new basket ball court has been constructed opposite to the library. The college advanced the reopening date and this time it reopened on a Sunday! 25th December and 1st January were holidays but were compensated by working on the consecutive Saturdays following Friday order. The temple is being renovated and a small makeshift temple has been created next to it. Preparations are going on in full swing for Daksh and KurukSASTRA, with less than 50days for Daksh, the organizers are really busy.
For more details on Daksh, do visit, www.daksh.sastra.edu
That’s it for now. Will get back with more stuff. Keep reading :)

American Center Logo Design Competition

2008-12-12T22:56:00.000-08:00

Contest Description

The American Centers in India are looking for a new logo! Put your graphic skills to work and win a design fellowship to the United States.

We seek the country’s creative community to help us develop a fresh look, which will be widely displayed on all American Center materials. American Centers are the public face of the U.S. Embassy in India. The American Centers in New Delhi and Kolkata, and the U.S. Consulates General in Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad support activities that inform the Indian public about American policies, society and values. These activities range from speaking tours and musical concerts, to school outreach, workshops and conferences, English programs, and exhibits. Please review the links above to learn more about the range of our activities.

The logo must be recognizable, dramatic and reflect the presence of the United States in India.

Eligibility

Open to Indian nationals age 18 and over.
Employees of the U.S. Government and their immediate family members are not eligible.

Contest Rules

The logo must be the original work of the designer. The designer must certify that the logo does not violate any copyright.
Submissions of qualifying nature will become the property of the U.S. Embassy, care of the American Center. For any submission the Center takes ownership of, the Center retains the right to change the designs to better fit its needs.
No limit on number of entries per person. Group entries are acceptable, but prizes will only be awarded to individuals.

Logo Guidelines

The logo must have a strong symbolic component such that is recognizable by itself without the words "American Center" beneath it.
The logo must remind the viewer that the American Center is part of the U.S. Government presence in India. It must be appropriate as a U.S. Government symbol.
The logo should be usable in monochrome and color media.
No gradient colors.
All fonts are acceptable.
The logo should be simple enough to be used in a variety of mediums from letterhead to billboard size.
Submissions must be in .GIF, .JPG. or .BMP format, and include the designer’s full name and e-mail address. The designer is welcome to send a short textual description of the logo along with the design. (optional)

Prizes

The contest will award prizes for up to three designers. Top prize is a design fellowship to the United States.*

*Visa eligibility applies.

All submissions must be received by Jan. 15, 2009.

January 23, 2009-Selection of finalists. Finalists will be posted on our website.

January 30, 2009- Awards ceremony at the American Center, New Delhi

For more details, contact us at amcenternd@state.gov, or 011-2347-2289/2290.

End semester exams postponed

2008-12-02T08:55:00.000-08:00

End semester exams scheduled on 28th and 29th of November has been postponed to 15th and 16th of December because of intense rain and inaccessibility. Also the re-opening date have been changed to 17th of December.

Full semster for project work!!!

2008-11-08T23:08:00.000-08:00

You read it right, a full semester can be used for project work. That is the 8th semester. This is not for everyone though. A notice was put up yesterday according to which current second years can take up one extra open elective out of the displayed ten and pursue it for the next semester. This will continue for the all the semesters till 7th. Classes for these will be from 5.30 to 7.00 twice a week and all are 3 credit papers. So the 8th semester can be taken off completely for project work! SASTRA is becoming more of BITS these days... :-)

cycles,exams n online interface!!!!

2008-10-19T13:13:00.000-07:00

lot of activities going on in the campus. as posted earlier around 150 cycles have been distributed to students on payment of a one time fees of 250 rupees.they have been given permission to use it in their respective hostels n put them inside their room..loads of them started moving here n there inside the hostel itself. special roads n parking spaces have been created for the same..
3 mid sems are to start from today n this is the worst phase of life at sastra.. gotta search for the books n read :( plus its full syllabus this time. many are bunking n me too joined the bandwagon.lol.
also an online interface called student-parent interface has been activated on the sastra site. it gives the complete information about a students attendance, grades, cgpa,fee details etc in short the complete story. worst part anyone with a students registration number n date of birth can access it. so parents are at a upper hand.lol.

Chith drenched in Sauce!!!

2008-10-11T23:17:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Chith Vihar was completely drenched in Sauce! That's right, Sauce 08! Sauce which expands as Sastra's Artistic Union of Computer Engineers is a cultural fest organised completely by the ACE (Association of Computer Engineers) for CSE department. With a good amount of publicity with loads of posters, tee shirts, wadio and a large number of events, Sauce 08 was completely filled with fun as both students and staff members participated in all the events together. A variety of events right from dance, photography, arts events, antakshari and tamil debate. On the whole, the event was a humongus success. The organizers have promised to come back with a bigger Sauce 09 for all the departments.

Wadio premiers Dark Knight

2008-10-09T10:54:00.000-07:00

WOW!!!!
7Cube,the wadio of sastra premiers Batman:The Dark Knight for this weekend. The movie has been voted the world's best action film in IMDB. So plz dont miss the action. And there was a poll for deciding the movie. There was four options from each language (tamil,telugu,english and hindi).
7Cube rocks!!!!c

Carpe and Colosseum over now SFW

2008-09-16T20:34:00.001-07:00

Hi folks!
Its been really long since we posted in Angular view. Anyways, we are back now. Last weekend was amazing in SASTRA with Carpediem 08! We had loads of participants and loads of fun. The interesting thing was during Carpe, we had our intra college sports meet 'Colosseum'. Many teams from other colleges came, participated and won many prizes. I was in the videography team, so I got a glimpse of almost every event in both Carpe and Colo. Two new volleyball courts with complete fencing and flood lights were laid and the football ground was levelled for Colo. As for Carpe, the two star shows Super Singer finals and Reflections had something special this time despite the fact that the audis were completely overflowing giving the crowd control a tough time. This time in super singer, the winner was decided based on the votes by the audience! As for dance, due to the amazing crowd, it was streamed live in Nirmaan audi! With the weekend ending in a sensational way, it was not all for the students of SASTRA. Another sizzler has come up. The Software Freedom Week. GLOSS celebrates the entire week with free and open source softwares. Everyday sessions are held in TIFAC and various installation points have been put up. Overall, it is a very entertaining and informative 10 days for the students.

Harish.R.

http://openview-harish.blogspot.com

Don't design your character as a garden where everyone can walk
Design it as the sky where everyone will aspire to reach

Power Cuts!!!

2008-08-31T02:17:00.001-07:00

As you already know, because of the frequent and unscheduled power-cuts in the state, many problems arise. One among them is the lab sessions getting affected in our coll. So the working days were changed and this news also hit the newspapers. Due to the power-cuts, even water availability has come. The college has 5 diesel generators using which power is generated and is circulated among the various places of the college. Amidst these a three day holiday is just around the corner for Ganesh Chaturthi. Because of the power and water shortage, the college has announced these three days as an open permission despite the fact that exams start on 8th. Many students have planned to go wherever they can to get some water and electricity! Hope the power crisis ends soon.

Harish.R.

http://openview-harish.blogspot.com

Don't design your character as a garden where everyone can walk
Design it as the sky where everyone will aspire to reach

MECASSO Quiz..

2008-08-23T12:50:00.000-07:00

so along with the symposium's preparation , other activities have also kicked off in MECASSO..
yesterday we had the MECASSO quiz scheduled at the audi,it was a general quiz.. it had 40 questions to be completed in 30 minutes n very challenging too.
around 50 teams participated.. along with the quiz,the registrations for MECASSO cricket cup have also began..plans for the robotics n theatrical clubs r also finalised n r going to be launched soon..
so its good to see lot of activities happening at VKJ..

Exam and Carpe Dates Changed

2008-08-23T12:49:00.000-07:00

Due to the change in working days and power cuts, the second mid semester exams scheduled on 8, 9 and 10 of September have been rescheduled to 6, 7 and 8 September. Also, Carpediem has been postponed to September 12, 13 and 14 along with Colosseum. Rumours say that even these dates for Carpe may be changed. Meanwhile, the TShirts for Carpe have arrived and we can expect them to be on sale anytime soon.

Change in Working Days

2008-08-17T23:27:00.000-07:00

Due to the power shortage across the state power cuts are scheduled everywhere and Tuesday and Thursday are the slots of the week for our college area :-) Because of this many lab classes are affected in the University. So for the next three weeks starting from today Tuesdays and Thursdays will be holidays and Saturdays and Sundays will function with the corresponding time tables. Atleast now the students can work in the labs peacefully without power cuts :-P

Telugu Lits!!!!

2008-08-17T00:29:00.000-07:00

So after the English, Hindi n tamil lits now the telugu people of SASTRA have started it all. the new telugu lits was inagurated recently.. it has many activities scheduled like quiz,dramatics,debate,etc.. posters were put around the campus sayin FIRST TIME IN SASTRA and some stuff in telugu n abt the inagural etc..it was started by some fourth years and huge crowd gathered for the inagural session.they are planning to make it to kuruksastra too..
so hope the club has a very smooth functioning and follow the tag which says ragging strictly prohibited :p...
so all the very best.

Here they are!!!

2008-08-16T01:51:00.000-07:00

It's that time of the year when major companies like IBM, Sun, Microsoft, GOOGLE etc. announce student contests. With the craze for the certificates offered by these IT majors students have started to form teams for the contests. The first in the line is 'The Great Mind Challenge' by IBM. With blue coloured posters and a high traffic site, TGMC is a hit this year with more number of participants and better scenarios. It focusses on many web technologies like XML, Ajax, DB2 etc. Many discussions and special seminars are arranged everywhere in the campus for this. Also many of the two million clubs in the college proclaim to teach the students some of the technologies which are to be used in TGMC this year. Interstingly many second years are also trying to compete for the gold. The next up is 'Code for Freedom' from Sun Microsystems. It started on the I-Day and runs on till April 2009. Like TGMC, many Sastrites have started forming teams for Code for Freedom also. Only time can tell how many winners come out from our university. All the best for every participant!!!

Carpe fever has started!!!

2008-08-15T00:41:00.000-07:00

First of all, I wish everyone a happy independence day!!! Lets move to the heading mentioned above shall we? (As if you have an option of telling no ;-P). Carpe' diem, the intra college cul fest is to be held on Aug 22, 23 and 24 and the preparations for it has started already with the college walls being fully covered by green Carpe posters and the list of various events. The registrations for various events will be starting from the coming Monday. An orientation for the first years for the fest was done recently in Vidyut audi. The audi was so full that we can hardly find a place to stand!!! It was a combined orientation for Daksh and Carpe and the Daksh 09 website was also launched during the event. All the best to all the participants of Carpe.

SAKSHAMA '08

2008-08-12T11:32:00.000-07:00

SAKSHAMA is the mechanical n mechatronics department's national level technical symposium to be held on september 27. it is a sanskrit word which means realise your potential.
it has many written,robotic,on the spot n exciting events..
posters will be put soon n details will be uploaded on the sastra site soon.its open for all departments n hope there is a huge turn out..
a brochure had been designed recently for the sponsorship purposes n its gives a broad idea about the event to the sponsors..more soon..so please look out here or the sastra notice boards.
a few pics for cneek peek...
please do feel free to comment about it.

A FEMALE INMATE IN THE MEGA HOSTEL!!!

2008-08-10T12:53:00.000-07:00

We were near the water cooler in the ground floor at around 10:30 pm when suddenly there was a commotion nearby. Voices that sounded "Hey guys,come out we have somebody here!" were loud and clear! We rushed up to see what the hue was all about. When we went there, we froze to the ground seeing what it was all about!! And lo! We could see a shivering body with fear and insecurity written all over her face. This was the very same fear that one would have if one got caught in a place which was drastically alien. All the guys surrounded the place within a matter of minutes with all devilish smiles which reflected the evil in their minds. The pitiable condition worsened and the fear that gripped those shivering legs made her make a desperate attempt to escape from the place but only to find that all efforts were in vain and there was no way out. The security was no where in vicinity and neither was the warden. The guys went about their business. The very reason for their presence at the scene was about to be satisfied! But all that fear and desperation in that small face reached out to the hearts of many. Those lame legs tried its level best to make a dash for the doorway. But all that it could do was, make her limp pathetically. All our good hearts prayed for her very survival and escape. As an answer to all our prayers, the wings opened up and the peahen started flying!!! But she was so badly wounded that she didn't have the needed energy to fly. Finally the security was summoned. He came to her rescue.. approached her slowly and lifted the shivering bird tenderly and placed her in the courtyard where she could be safe. Let us all bring out the true humanity in us and protect the peahen, proving that men always have a respect for womankind!!

Long live compassion!!

This incident was witnessed and blogged by Ashwath, Abilash and Harish.

New Hostels and the Mess Meet

2008-08-07T19:26:00.000-07:00

On top of the Mega and AV mess, a new boys hostel is coming up. Rooms for some 30 AIEEE first years have already been allotted in these SPS styled 4 in 1 room hostel. Hostels on top of the mess is a good idea. It clearly shows that we have occupied all the space that is available for SASTRA and we seek more. Rumours say that the college has booked all the rooms in all the private hostels around the college for the next one year. Also, there is one more hostel coming up for boys behind RLV. Amidst all these construction works, the mess meet was held recently and it seems that many decisions regarding the caterers were taken and also a few changes in the permissions for girls. A new menu has been formed (well, its actually a modified verison of the existing one) for the Mega mess and it will be in practice from 18th August 2008. That's it for now guys! Ba Bye!!

Accident near GNV

2008-08-05T12:47:00.001-07:00

VRecently, near GNV, an ambassador car and SASTRA buses collided. No one was injured badly and the issue was resolved amicably. However, the car is still kept in the college premisis. Here are some pics of the car. Sorry about the orientation of the pics, they were taken and uploaded in a hurry. :-)

Popups Is Back!!!

2008-08-02T21:16:00.000-07:00

Yep! The good old Popups is back!!! And that too with a bang!!! Yesterday, Popups was inaugrated by its team Harshas, Amarnath, Vaishnavi, Vivekanand, Komal, Sandhya, Ashwath, Harish and yours truly :-). The crowd was amazing. TIFAC Core Conference Hall couldn't accomodate us, a strength of more than 200!!! People were sitting everywhere, on the usual seats, some 25 extra chairs, the stairs in the middle, steps to the dias, the dias, on the chief guest area both sitting and standing, standing at the back and still people were coming! The session was a complete entertainer with both the Harshas for both the sessions (one for ITC groups and the other for the rest of the groups). The usual routine of distributing registration forms and selecting the class representatives was done. Even I had a chance to go to the stage and entertain the crowd for some minutes by telling about my experience in Popups last year. We even had some people to sing on the stage. After the session was over seeing the crowd sitting in their seats not willing to move and demanding for more was a sight which will be remembered by all of us forever. Then the first years approached us everywhere till we returned to the hostels addressing us as sir (makes me feel like I m a senior when they do that :-)) complimenting us and asking for help. The day was simply sensational for everyone.

Its Happening at more places in SASTRA!!!

2008-07-29T07:30:00.000-07:00

First it started with the students now its spreading all over SASTRA. Here are few interesting events that are happening in the college.

1. Going Green

Recently a good number of these bicycles were spotted in Chith Vihar. These are 12 fold, yellow SASTRA University labelled cycles are to be given to the staff members of the university for ease of movement between the departments. These cycles are manufactured in China (atleast this is what the boxes in which they come say :-)) and they have a very good shock absorber with a rear drum break! Now, it may be funny to imagine our staff roaming around the college in these machines but its actually a very good idea by the dean. Three cheers to the green revolution of SASTRA!!!

2. Trial Week in the Mess
The Mega Hostel mess has started a trial week this time. In this week, they are trying out new dishes for breakfast, lunch, evening snack and dinner. Some are good and some are not so good. Lets wait and see what the end result of these experiments are. After all, lab rats have no choice but, wait. :-)

3. Wifi in Mega Hostel
Works for creating new access points in the third floor of Mega Hostel were started on 25th and are nearing completion. The work is being done pretty fast and already one half of the floor is wifi enabled.

Hearty thanks to the administration of SASTRA and all the others who make such things happen in our university!!!

It's Happening!!!

2008-07-24T02:38:00.000-07:00

These days every time I pass by the hostel warden's table, I see atleast two or three courier parcels containing Ubuntu or OpenSolaris of Kubuntu dvds. I can even find people talking about opensource technologies and other technical and non technical issues about opensource products. I found some computers on the LAN too with open source operating systems. It's hard to believe but its really happening in SASTRA. Some people can say this is all because of GLOSS while some others may say that its because the students are becoming knowledge hungry. I do not wish to find a reason for this but opensource is taking over everywhere in the world and this shift will have a very positive impact on the students. Now the companies coming for campus placements can expect better quality students and the students too can expect better companies. The management is also helping the students to move into opensource by building a new lab for opensource in Chith Vihar which is sponsored by Cognizant. Hats off to the management of SASTRA for coming up with such wonderful facilities and the students for their thirst for more knowledge!!!

Drought Hits Mega Hostel!!!

2008-07-22T11:17:00.000-07:00

Well, here the drought is power . Once there was a time last semester when an awareness program started in SASTRA to make the students save power. Today, the once power hungry, Sastrites are now power starving. There are frequent power cuts in the place because of the govt's amendments to save power. Also, it has been announced that every Tuesday power will be shut down in our coll area from 2 to 6 pm. That's a full four hour shut down! Besides this scheduled shutdown, we have many frequent power cuts also. Today, power went off in Mega Hostel for 3 more hours after the scheduled power cut. This happened only in Mega Hostel. Also, wifi becomes unavailable very often these days in Mega Hostel which doesn't have even a single access point in the third floor. Thanks to the combined effect of a power cut and wifi failure in Mega Hostel, the college radio, 7cube was stopped by 10.30. This is an hour before the usual time. Mega hostel has one more problem. Water. There are frequent water supply shortages. So people find it difficult for the doing the daily essentials without water. The worse part of all of these is, there is not even a water cooler in the second and third floor of a hostel that is functioning for the past year. We have been promised water coolers but there is not even a single trace of them. So, the Mega hostel inmates are virtually leading a life in the hostel without power or water or wifi like cave men. Hope the administration does something soon about this.

7 CUBE PREMIERS "THE DEPARTED"

2008-07-13T00:54:00.001-07:00

It's good news for movie fans in SASTRA. Oscar winner "THE DEPARTED" is being screened in NIRMAN VIHAR auditorium today(13th july) on 1:30pm. It is a very good initiative done by our Wadio 7cube. And already many have gone to see the movie. Hope it continues...........

Full portions for third Mid-sem

2008-07-04T07:12:00.000-07:00

Today there was a circular reading that the third Mid-sem exam would have full portions so that it would be rehearsal for the final semester exams and it is compulsory to attend all the three mid-sem exams this time.This is the most annoying circular.!!!How come full portion can be covered in just a 50 marks paper....Would the three days time would be sufficient for preparations.Lots of questions in students mind and no one has the answer.
What is happenning to SASTRA?????

Freshers at SASTRA

2008-07-04T07:06:00.000-07:00

On 2nd of July,our campus was filled with people.Reason:First day for freshers in SASTRA. It was nice to see them all and it reminded the first day in everyone. The number of other state students were restricted by introducing All India quota and Trichy students were given a 10% of total seats this year. And ANTI-RAGGING notices have been put up in all departments with more strict punishments. So,lets see what happens this time......

No.. This crowd aint for the exam results...!

2008-06-25T09:31:00.001-07:00

That's right this crowd ain't for seeing the exam results. This is for paying the semester fees, hostel fees and the mess bill. All three in one! It seems that you can pay the hostel fees only if you have cleared the mess bill of last May and June if you stayed here and also you can't use the drop box for paying the hostel fees. The hostel and tuition fee has to be paid within this Saturday. So, people have started to bunk many sessions of classes and are standing in the que. Today evening, the officials issued tokens to the students for paying the fees and it seems that people without the token can't pay! The crowd is too much for the people to just pass through the place and is becoming a nuisance. It's time the SASTRA people realize this problem and find a better alternative for paying the fees. Asking for an online payment facility is too much but then they should atleast ease the process by extending the deadline for paying the fees and also the closing and opening time of the counters for these few days.

Here we go again!! :-)

2008-06-23T03:50:00.000-07:00

The classes have started again (finally!). The hostel registrations are over and people have occupied their alloted rooms in the hostels. It seems that shifting rooms is not very easy this time. Also, Mega hostel or new hostel or Kamadhenu as you call it has started to function fully with all the rooms getting occupied. This time there are quite a few interesting things happening. The first is, changing of 2 in 1s to 3 in 1s with bunk beds in this hostel. Second is there is still no access point setup in the third floor. When I asked the TIFAC CORE guys about this, they said that setting up of access points for the third floor will be done along with the new girls hostel Anasuya. Lets hope it is done quickly. Another intersting thing to note this year is more second years are in AV than the previous years with some people shifting from AV to Mega. That's it for now guys. Just a small blog. Catch ya l8r!

Reader's contribution: rumple stiltskin

2008-06-18T03:04:00.000-07:00

""hi..
jus came across the blogs..n well tot i ll try my hand too..err..if u think its fyn to b posted den pls do..eitherways its nice to read dem..kudos to all u ppl:)

YAWN..!!SM1 CALLED US????
nw after tat wake up cal by "u knw who" i feel like ripvanwinkle come dn the hill to see the activity tats buzzing in the col.so the angular view has so far been dominated by the 20 smthings;)..lets c to wt angle the new gen can bend it to.but b4 tat fr all the fourthies..(yeh yeh i knw thr hav bin enuf byes n miss u's but m nt gonna compromise on my share)..u guys sure managed to get every fresher(i say tat coz m one of dem)luk up to u!nw cmin dn to business the hostel registrations have reachd an end wid many ups n downs..downs coz damn!i din manage to get my single room
n to think i sat up even b4 the word "go" sacrificing the sweetest moments of hibernation(0830 is! fr sm1 who slept at err..cock-a-doodle-do!)to all those who got d single rooms chill out guys..coz i ll make sure one of u's replaced by me nxt year!!!hah..kidding..tats the sadistic side of me..wl try to keep her within the fence henceforth;-)!n for the rest i hope all the switching of rooms goes well..err..priority to me(uh oh sry nw shez bak in the fence agn..hakkunamatata:-)..!)another rumour i've come across is tat our juniors r gonna b given laptops n their cost wl b covered in the fee thruout the 4 yrs..nw tat wi-fi's finally in tats a sensible thing but m keeping mum until i c wat laptops r being given.(n hell wts wid the snail pace connection!)
nw tats all i knw n i really din think i wud say tis but yeh kinda waitin to get bak..we've cribbed all round the year bout the village we've come to,n hw the hostel seems closer to a hell hole of a prison(for us galz..dare nt complain guys..u dunno hw lucky u are..or mayb u do!)..but still thrs something bout tat life whr ur surrounded by ur friends 24*7...the movies,beech raat ke maggi parties,n everyones unique tantrums wen its tym to wake up in the morn,n yeh nuthn can match the atmosphere a day b4 the exam wen u finally bother to get to knw the portion;)..man!..
oh gosh it strts seemin lyk an extended family wich is real hard nt to miss.thrs bin such a drastic change in one year tat the euphoria about the cmin year is hard nt to get slightly diffused by a bit of fear but tat is zilch compared to wat we felt the last tym wen i can well say the 2 feelings..err..had exchanged places.
PS:thrs nuthn much 'angular' bout tis post of mine but i promise the angle is proportional to the post number:-)""

e-ragging

2008-06-17T08:53:00.000-07:00

angular view is back... yeah... i hate to give news about sastra now that i'm out... four years of freaking out and we cant find anybody to take this legacy forward... juniors... jaago... yeah wake up to the all new angular view...

han to mere pyare saastraiites... you would be surprised to know how many "cool" (hey, i just checked out, " " means that you are saying something with sarcasm...!!! ) personalities are now in sastra... one of them is here... in the fast paced new age of internet and wifi (this is not the same as internet, ask sastraiites and they'll tell you what they use it for, wadio, match telecast, TV, LAN etc... but they just cant use it for internet, y?, i guess its "not allowed"...), we seniors have decided to take the rituals of ragging to another level... yes this is e-ragging... this pic was clicked outside the sacred canteen when we were still ther, that makes this fellow a second year... and i promised him he'll be sorry for it... now y would i do such a thing...
1. i'm a senior
2. i dont have a better physique
3. i dont have anything better to do...
4. he "disrespected" the holy canteen... what do u want me to do... nothing...?

dude... this doesn suit you AT ALL... i know you dont give a damn about the management, neither do i, but for gods sake let ther be some common sense prevail in the world of fashion... n u look like a girl... some editing on this n you would win the miss sastra crown, which has not been won by anybody since 1908...

cheers to sastra "culture"

PS: his name is "BHADRU"... muahahahahahahaha

Fresh View For Angular View!!!

2008-06-16T23:11:00.000-07:00

There is nothing in this world that does not change. You, me, the slow wifi of SASTRA and also the looks of this blog :-). PJ and I were discussing about changing the theme for Angular View to make it look fresh and add some cool features to it. So we started about roaming around the internet trying to find some good theme for our blog. During this process we came across many cool themes across many different websites. We decided to go for a 3 column layout for the blog as it looks more professional, neat and also gives us more space to put things. With a bit of CSS editing the three column layout was created. PJ had to consult some she(s) to settle with the design as he belived she(s) had a good sense of design (whatever!). Finally after some hard(rather boring)work in editing CSS, this design was created. Hope you guys like the new design. Since we came across so many cool themes we thought we can share some of the sites we searched for here so that you can use them for your blog.

http://www.bloggerbuster.com
http://themes.blogflux.com/blogger
http://simple-blogskins.blogspot.com/
http://www.thurstemplates.com/

Lets us know what you think of the new theme. Bye for now!

The Dears Departed

2008-05-20T08:32:00.000-07:00

Today is a very special day for everyone at SASTRA. Not in a very happy sense but today is the day our beloved fourth years left the college and returned to their homes to start their professional lives. Many people cried, some were excited about their future but all of them were sad very sad. The man who started this blog, Prasoon Joshi - PJ as we call him left the college too. He is the a very good person who had contacts will all the year students. He was very much excited about his future in Wipro but then missed this place a lot. We guys spent some time with him. The I Years of Popups presented their hero their inspiration a tee shirt signed by everyone which he held out proudly and was deeply touched with. While he was leaving he told us "When I came to the college only 5 of my family people came with me but when I leave, more than a hundered are here for me. Thanks to all."
Shiva anna, Guru Ragavan anna, Aman sir, Kiran sir, Mayank sir and all of our favourite seniors also left for their places. Today was a very touching day and a day which will remain in our minds forever. We can just hope all our favourite seniors will return to the college some day and spend some time with all of us.

In a nutshell ...

2008-04-09T10:04:00.000-07:00

I know its been pretty long. But, here we are again.
So quite a lot has happened in SASTRA in the last couple of months. For starters:

DAKSH was big this year. 684 people from other colleges availed hospitality (which is a big thing!). Participation was huge so was the whole experience. Check www.sastra.edu for more details. I heard that a magazine is also being rolled out, try to book your copy, it may disappear like the t-shirts and jerseys.

KS (KurakSASTRA) had amazing nights. The whole of SASTRA anticipating music and masti each night. The open stage rocked and we rocked with it. Vaidi sir deserves a very big thanks (it was his 'dream project').

The 'SASTRA fotoHub' rolled out amazing videos. Presented us with a special video dedicated to all final year students, called 'Reflexions'.

'Venspire' was organized by Biotikos. Saw huge participation and a lot of zeal, amazing speakers.

All the associations are in the process of planning out their valedictory functions. This coming week must be busy with activity.

PS: I'm scouting for contributors.

MisTree ... Constipated productions limited !!!

2007-11-10T08:36:00.000-08:00

This is starting to get big here at SASTRA. More and more people are joining the movie makers club and each team coming up with a bigger better idea and execution.
The latest entry is that of 'Constipated Productions Ltd.' with their first movie (a rather short one) Mistree: An overgrown plant (please dont ask me what that means). The story is quite engrossing and wins your attention. The Constipated team says that the latest blockbuster Om Shanti Om has stolen a few (read one) of their concepts. You will have to see to find out.
I was not invited for the premier show but I managed to sneek a look at the movie while its still in its post-production phase. Here's what I felt about it.
The work is appreciable considering that its their first venture. The director has tried to show spontaneity by making it actually a spontaneous recording and this fact totally shows in the poor dialoge delivery and faulty coordination. The handling of the camera is anything but good. The scene which is supposed to be the climax and give the audience a shock is so badly done that I sat confused for a few minutes before I was finally able to understand the theme (acting sadly, is a very important part of film production).
Here are the good things about the movie, things that would make you watch it. The movie talks about common things that happen in and around us all the time and become the topic of discussion invariably. The involvement of a few people and names make it really interesting and make you ask so many questions (but the producers and directors deny any such story). It was nice to find that we have some actors who know how to face the camera and be natural. Aman ZEEK Verma is a bundle of talent and acting comes natural to him (as he is the biggest fan of KING KHAN). Sidhartha Bohra was good on screen and had a very natural dialogue delivery. On the whole, if you have access to the movie do watch it, its fun and short.
The best part of the movie was after it ended. Really funny and witty stuff to watch.
Good job guys but do make this just a start and give us some fantastic stuff in future.

PS: I hope they decide to put it up on youtube or something so that all of you can see the movie.

WOW-Fi !!!

2007-10-12T07:22:00.001-07:00

So congrats to all the people of SASTRA!!! Wi-Fi is finally here !!!
It took a lot of time but all this wait ... all for good i guess. Here are the first few stats:

The information that you need to furnish there are MAC address, hardware specifications, a few other personal information.

Change the LAN settings of the Internet Options as shown in the image.

The good news is that the speed is good, downloads are possible.

There are no charges for using this facility as of now(cant predict the future).

Torrents wont work.

Orkut is still banned and even images.orkut wont work.(dont worry, someone will eventually find a way out)

So keep enjoying the net facility at hyour home and keep reading my blog and keep contributing as well.

long time no see

2007-08-30T03:36:00.000-07:00

look... i know that we're all really busy here with all the cat n gre preparations, n the consequential depressions, which take much more time than the aforementioned endeavours... but guys dont let em affect ur blogging life... this is bad... every time i visit angularview i see the same old posts, which is practially impossible... but still...

where is the vision, the enthusiasm or other things that we took as an oath while registering for this space (hey pj... u did put it in the terms and conditions right!?)... anyways heres my bit... cya when i have my next informatics lab:)

and yeah the latest cover on the X & Y story... well, its going well... which sucks... i cant be honest here, so i think i'll drop the topic, or shud i make a story by myself... help me out here... chao...

DAKSH '08

2007-08-10T23:23:00.000-07:00

"We are back!!!" Thats what the notice for DAKSH '08 says! It is indeed back and the number of queries and ideas that have flowed in since last night (when the notice was pasted) shows the excitement that SASTRA people have over this fest. Amazing! I heard the website is gonna be put up soon enough ... Hey, the notice also speaks about some freaky 'presentation' !!! Whats that all about ?? I guess its just a mechanism to make things better (all ideas judged in the same way, maximum chances of getting creativity out of the students is perhaps through competition even at the idea phase) ... Lets hope it all goes really well !!! Good luck ...

the D-I-T-C-H !!!!!!!!!!!

2007-08-03T07:24:00.000-07:00

the D-I-T-C-H ...

> 'd' most happening place @ sastra !

wen ur in cloud nine > u happen to be der...

wen ur offbeat > u seem to be der..

wen ur relaxing > oh yes ! ur der ...

the "sacred d-i-t-c-h" is fer all dose guys n gals who hate their classroom benches (n for a change) chill out @ n njoy chattin n chattin wit all their mates !

wel i m one among dem !!! are u ???

something in the way

2007-07-26T04:36:00.000-07:00

its amazing how small incidents of embarrassment can change ones life... or atleast its outlook to it. well what i'l describe nw is a story where the outlook was not exaxtly changed... what does it mean...? honestly i dont know, just wanted to start writing with a gripping note...

so heres a friend of mine... i'll call him x... single like most of the people out here...(that reminds me i also have to write abt Y we are single, only straight thoughts allowed!)... and he starts a new club at our college, SASTRA university (that shud give u some idea)... anyways hes had is share of heartbreaks, or atleast thats what he says, with girls back in delhi... got stuck on one and ended up in a typical kuch kuch hota he fashion... i mean he didn marry n all but stopped at the point when he promises his girl "if we dont get a gf by the time we r out of collg, then you be mine", or something like it(my god did i just quote kuch kuch hota he...!!!)... guess hes headin there... but the only chance he couldve eascaped that fate was this junior he met at this club... so they started chatting, exchanged nos... the messages.. u know the story... n then one fine day he blows it... how... well thats wat this blog is all about...

come july n its rainy season... pretty bad time to be single lemme tell you that... but this guy had an optionn so he calls her up (y), n
X: (in messages) hey come on over to vidyut vihar, will be free n a moment then we'll discuss the script...(oh yeah started dramatics club... so the script)...
Y: sure... (then they meet upn after the hii's)
X: so its like this... the character has to be in a way insane... bla bla bla... Y:bla bla bla... blabla ... blblblba...
X: this might tak some time...
Y: yeah lets sit smwhere...
X: ok... theres a classroom...

n they push the door... only to see a couple blushing, they saw them kiss... now what happens to y... wat is she to think abt this whole incident... n wat happens to X & Y... does X go back to his miserable self n curse gods idolise curt cobain, n Y thinks that what the F*** was that... n carry on without thinking abt the ethical issues... well look forward to this space... or better still...dont look forwrd to it n fill up the rest...

n oh yeah... just to get the facts straight... there back normal again... which means there a couple of two singles...

SCANIT ELECTIONS !!!

2007-07-17T02:20:00.000-07:00

SCANIT has elections for the executive body today at 4:00.
Jambunathan has emerged as a clear favorite for the post of Chairman. A lot of surprises emerged during the process of nomination. Manikant nominated as a candidate for the post of Treasurer, Prasoon backed out from getting nominated for Vice-Chairman. Mayank Pandey, one of the forerunners for Charimanship backed out at the last moment.
All equations are thrown open to speculations right now ... lets see what happens over the course of these few hours !!!

Strike!!

2007-07-15T21:15:00.000-07:00

On Friday most of the inmates of SV girl’s hostel went on a strike and boycotted the mess…so strictly it was no breakfast, lunch, dinner, tea or snacks for that matter (thank goodness that breakfast and lunch in the canteen isn’t too hard on the pockets ).
But it didn’t last long, by roll call it was decided that it would be better to try and prove to the authorities the reason (insects!!!....in the food, well cooked!) why we were boycotting rather than continue with the strike and waste all the food, also many didn’t know that such a thing was even going on and quite a few didn’t care. Hopefully there won’t be a next time when we’ll loose our appetite because we see roasted flies or floating insects.

The buzz in the grapevine ...

2007-07-13T02:16:00.000-07:00

My resources have said, "Dude ... I heard we have carpe diem dis time in aug .. then KS is for 3 days .. And DAKSH for 2 ... KS has dance and music inc ... plus it preceeds DAKSH ..."
The other things that I was able to hear were that the political corridors have become active for the leadership of KS!!!
Speaking of politics, the various associations have become electric these days ... Cuz now is the time when the Chairpersons and his/her group of executives are being decided. SCANIT has chosen the democratic way of elections. ACE still has a lot of talks going on inside closed doors. The associations of Vidut Vihar are supposed to take a decison today in the evening.

NEWS ... VERY HOT !!!

2007-07-05T02:07:00.001-07:00

Many things have happened in the past few days!!!

The clubs (hindi as well as eng) have started in a grand way this time. The Dean of PnD gave the inaugural address!!!

The anti-ragging measures have been tightened ... 11 second year boys were found guilty of ragging a few of their juniors and have been suspended from their respective hostels!

The canteen has increased the prices of almost all items (excluding the lime juice!). The canteen authorities claim that the price hike in almost all the raw materials (like apple and other fruits) is the reason. This however has not cooled down the enthusiasm of any one and the canteen is as crowed as ever!!!

The first year population has about 40% AP junta.

The associations of various department are in the process of electing (appointing) their executive body.

The new hostel (mega) has a few troubles like no network for cell phones, the mess facilities being inadequate.

Orkut has been 'web-sensed'!!! (We always find a way through it though!!!)

There is No spoon!!!

2007-07-03T20:34:00.000-07:00

Just a couple of minutes ago, while having Noodles + Daliya breakfast in the PV mes, I felt an odd sensation.. as if something was missing. I've been pondering about it since then and as I was just checkin my email, it struck me... The last time I had Noodles, it was in Spicy bite in SaharaGanj Mall in Lucknow, and then again, I had it today for breakfast. The difference was the absence of any spoon or fork... I remembered how flustered I was when the first time we had to eat Maggi with our bare hands back in our first year. But things have changed since then.. We all have become an integral part of this place and SASTRA has become a part of our lives. We might abuse it or complain about it as much as we like but deep inside, I know I love a lot of things about this place.. Dont u??

By the way did anyone else drink water from the Jug even when glasses were available on the dinner table in new mes yesterday? Or was it just me? ;)

namashkar

2007-06-28T02:59:00.000-07:00

aap padh rahen hain sastra university ka seedha prasaran, hamare apne angularview dwara...
yes people, u might recognise me from brainwaves.blogspot or thepercipient.blogspot, or wat is more likely, u may not... it really doesn matter...
wat i want to convey through this is simple:
1. i am very excited to be part of this new wave in college infotainment started by pj.
2. i shall try my best not to degrade the quality of content posted on this blog.
3. uh... hmmm... aha... i am really bored, so dont mind a pinch of philosophy.
4. and one more thing, do use any means to tell us wat you would like to read in future posts.

well thats it...
yeh prasaran yahin pe samapt hota he...
namashkar...

Hybernation :(

2007-05-21T02:30:00.000-07:00

As this semester comes to a (happy!!!) end, I have a few things to say. I may be offline from 'angularview' for sometime now since the campus news will not be reaching me :-(

I had a nice time posting on this blog of mine and hope you had fun reading it.

I may have offended some people at times for which I am sorry.

I am looking for a lot of contributions from the SASTRA PARIVAR in future.

I will be active on orkut so feel free to contact me at anytime or mail me at prasoonj@gmail.com

A lot of things would be happening when I'm not in the campus so if you have anything interesting to share you know what to do with it:)

I'm looking for a co-author for angularview, please let me know if you are interested

Take care and come back safe

SASTRA Blooming

2007-05-18T01:16:00.000-07:00

First let me explain to u why i m writing all this.. Yesterday evening while me and PJ were on a stroll (to relieve for the pressure due to exams :P) we spotted out something beautiful. Yes the picture on top.. After taking the snap he felt like putting it on angular view.. but was looking for a reason, then I felt like helping him out..
Now on the words are in the point of view of a 2003-07 batch student.. with just 2-4 days more at SASTRA..

As suppose our batch saw a lot of chances in and around the campus during the past 4 years and most of them were indeed for the better..
When we arrived here in 2003 the infra structure of the college wasnt the same as now. TIFAC-CORE and SARASWATI SADAN were the sparkling new buildings in the campus. JVC and SANDIPANI were under construction. Later the foundation of Vidyut was laid.. So full fledged work was on for all the 3 builds simultaneously.. JVC was then inaugurated and suddenly from no where we spot a BIG pit being dug behind the Maruti Indoor Stadium.. This then joined the construction spree and turned out be become the VISWAKARMA JYOTH.
Many things changed then on.. Mess services got privatised.. The security services were privatised.. Roads were re-laid.. NCC was introduced.. The campus went on a Green Revolution and grass and shrubs were grown in front of various buildings.
Then came in the KRISHNA canteen. This gave a better option for people to literally eat food and also became a hang-out for people who would otherwise used the temple or the ditch.
We actually made lot of progress in many fronts.. His Excellency President Abdul Kalam was at campus.. The governor of Tamil Nadu, Surjit Singh Barnala came in twice.. Washington Accord and few other MOU were signed with various International Universities. SASTRA growth curve started matching with that of the BSE Sensex defying all gravitational laws..
Then we started our own Technical and Cultural fests - DAKSH and KURUKSASTRA. The turnout at the very first attempt surpassed PRAGYAAN and other fests in the region..
And now we know the way the syllabus and few other rules are being modified to make education at SASTRA even better.. Few more buildings are under-construction. The work of Wi-fi and the new Auditorium are lined up..
So its easy to conclude saying SASTRA is indeed blooming and very soon well establish a better identity of its own.. A college which more people will look up to and a college we will be proud to be an Alumni of..

SASTRA philanthropy !!

2007-05-17T03:12:00.000-07:00

SASTRA always does things which are "traditionally innovative" !
This summer if you happen to be around the temple at about noon you can help youself with some refreshing 'butter-milk', the best way to beat the heat. I had it today and it was much better than the one served in the mess. The visitors can be seen thronging the place for a sip but I spotted more staff members running in with water bottles !!!
It doesn't last for a long time but a good effort nevertheless.

ALL FOR AN EXTRA POCKET !

2007-05-15T20:56:00.000-07:00

Don't get spotted wearing any of these in the examination hall. An extra pocket can cost you Rs.100/-
Along with a lot of humiliation, wasteage of time and energy.

HOSTELer !!!

2007-05-15T03:50:00.000-07:00

The hostel allotment has always been a very big issue in SASTRA. Lets hope everyone is satisfied this time !!!
Anyways, please help everyone find out more about your current hostel and your choice next year but taking this small survey.
The results would be put up on this same place soon.
Click here to take survey

AV := Innovation !!!

2007-05-15T03:00:00.000-07:00

Exams ?
No material to read from ?
No book ?
No photocopies ?
No soft copies ?
Don't worry too much about it if you are in AV (Anand Vihar). This end-semester exams the people of AV saw an innovative way to share material during exams.
The idea is simple but really thoughtful. This is how you can go about:
Just take the notes or photocopy or whatever and place it under the 5-8 megaPixel camera and Whoa ... you are ready to share it on the LAN (don't say it aloud that AV has a LAN !) for the benifit of common man !!!
Kudos guys, way to go !!!

CELL PHONE IS RESTRICTED

2007-05-13T21:12:00.001-07:00

I have a confession to make. I have become addicted to my cell phone. If there is one object that I can not imagine myself without it is it. My service provider (airtel) gives me 100 free sms in a day in the local region and I invariably close in on more than 90 sms each day; this when I have no girlfriends and am not much into forwards. If I remove the hours that I spend with my cell phone I’d surely get enough time to work on my Nobel Prize innovation some day.
But it is weird how people can really 'talk' over sms so intimately even when they choose to remain a complete mystery when you meet them in person. I know quite a lot of people who share a lot more over the 'short' messaging service than when I actually meet them. It may be the same with me as well. I have noticed myself very quiet at times in noisy places but I find myself really opening up when I write (even if it's on my cell phone).

I'm writing this one on angularview 'coz the people I'm writing about belong to SASTRA !!!

Counter Strike @ SASTRA

2007-05-11T00:44:00.001-07:00

The Fatal Five
To an outsider, it may appear just as a game dat students play fun and time pass but trust me, it is more than that.The community might seem very small as hardly more than 50 ppl r CS players in a college of strength of over 6000. But the game has its impact on d Players. the stratergies, d discussions, d plans, d theories, d demos, d challenges , all these r just a small part of the entire gaming arena. When a CS map is hosted, d ppl 4get who dey r , and r actually a part of d Virtual World which is all about frags and gettin fragged. Spanning over all d various years and all d various departments, d gaming community links d students 2 one another. fom Magnum to CV , from M4A1 to SMG, from D2 to Nuke and from Aztecworld to Train, its all d Day and Domination and d Draggs...

d varius CS Clans at SASTRA are avD(Ananda Vihar Dufferz), e0N(ECHELON), IlluminatI, p0V(Pirates of Virginity), AdJ(Adrenaline Junkies)
Its amazing to hear that it all started just over an year ago. It all started in Jan of 2006 when fr the first time CS was introduced to the Gamers in Ananda Vihar Hostel. And since then, not a single day has passed withouta challenge, a match and a winner. CS got he boom in the July of 2007 when all the 2nd years and the 3rd years started 2 play against each other as a team.
the expirence and understanding was clearly reflected amongst the 3rd years but a fresh talent was also visible amongst the 2nd years.
The ClaNs were formed then and then CS started 2 g on its peak where it stands 2day.
All the CS players r proud of demselves, and now not only AV but all other hostels r also into CS so higly that there r various competitions organised 2 prove d domination of d particular Hostel etc..
CS creates d feeling of team-spirit, co-ordination and understanding amongst d players.
And it makes d ppl 2 think about making stratergies, plans and hence developing d various skills in people.
And it will continue 2 do so in d years 2 come.

CONTRIBUTED BY:

r0Gu3

I HATE THE EXAM TIME

2007-05-10T03:32:00.000-07:00

Exam time is here! I've always liked the exam time but this time its more of a pain. The net in the hostel is shut down. No newspaper. And even my friends around me have started studying. Ah .. this is the worst that can ever happen to someone like me. The worst part is that I know that no one is going to see this post 'cuz all are so very busy with their preparations :(
NEWAYS, GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE READERS !!!

Activity

2007-05-07T00:00:00.000-07:00

The campus is buzzin with activity today!! All the people of the world seem to have come to the college. This is partly true as well since all those 'lag-list' merit holders are in the campus today for God knows may be the first time!!!
The peaceful canteen is over-burdened again and I was denied my favorite Kulfi cuz of lack of place to stand inside :(

KULFI WITH A DIFFERENCE !!! REALLY !!!

2007-05-06T02:04:00.000-07:00

Yes, you've guessed it right!!! Its called 'Kulfi' indeed. More of a deep freezed 'mithai' (milk candy), but it has a welcome chillness in it. So, there was little doubt that kulfi was going to be the next 'hottest' thing in SASTRA (no pun intended !!). This summer if you have not had a kulfi in the SASTRA canteen then you sure are either a nerd or a bio* student (this session the bio students have not been spotted in the college, all of them are pouring into their book eying the dean's list!).
The taste and the color and the texture and the chillness and the whole idea of eating something as cool as a 'desi-kulfi' is thrilling but most people need an etiquette lesson in eating that stuff.
So, next time you have your next kulfi, think of me and my blog!!!
Chill ...

THE REACTION

2007-05-03T12:15:00.000-07:00

Instant reaction on my blog !!! The hostel net rooms have started functioning finally. I know you'd not like it that way but I do want to take all the credit .. he he he !!!

PHOTOGRAPHS AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE INVITED FOR THIS BLOG, PLESE SEND ME AN EMAIL OR A SCRAP IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS 'CAMPUS JOURNALISM' !!!

2007-05-01T02:00:00.000-07:00

LAG LIST

2007-05-01T01:56:00.000-07:00

The much 'avaited' lag list is out now.
It was put on display in the registrar's office on 1st of May. Not as long a list as last time it still has quite a number of students from all departments with mechanical topping the charts.
Most of the students were happy with the fact that the rumour of a 'paper back' in the subject with lag was not true afterall.

HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES

2007-05-01T01:47:00.000-07:00

With the longer than usual study leave, its holiday time at SASTRA. The hot spots are the usual ones --

Pondicherry

Ooty

Kodai

Chennai

Coimbatore

HOME TOWN

The actual preparations will not start a few days before the exams so the other activities remains --

Movies

Late night talks

Games

SMSing

The most regretted events have been the shutting down of the Hosel Net Room and the 'No Newspaper Month' starting from 1st of May.

OUT ON THE STREETS !!!

2007-05-01T01:39:00.000-07:00

The campus is less populated these days (the study leave is longer than usual this time!!!) but more stressed out than at any other time this semester. There are troubles everywhere. Students getting involved in petty fights over offenses which were either long forgotten or such insignificant that would otherwise be just worth a good laugh. The details of the incidences are best not displayed over here !!!
The VC is working over time to solve all issues with all the patience in the world. It is a fact that inside the tough shell of the VC there's a human being who has been considerate in not taking very strict action against most of the students, he has been considerate of their future and life!!!

BEST WISHES !!!

2007-04-14T20:53:00.000-07:00

Its that time of the year again when the top prioritiy is taken by new resolutions and seeking blessings to be able to carry them through. New Year is a special time and it has always been celebrated in the most special way in SASTRA.

The chief attraction for someone like me, who has only a 'I'm fine, how are you?' sort of a relationship with GOD and temples, was the beauty which was spread across the campus. Be it the wonderful decor of the temple, the beautiful rangoli, smart and 'beautiful' men (some in 'tide white' dhotis) or the ever so awe inspiring 'saree clad ladies'!!! I can easily be biased to announce that of all these the saree females were simply the best (since they were the irresistable lot)!
I forgot my camera when I went to the temple in the morning (actually I was blinded by the display of absolute beauty all around and my reason was thrown out of place!).

I revisited the 'activity area' sometime later and was lucky to find a group of ladies who obliged me with the rare pic for my blog.
The day was made even more special by a Tamil poem book release funtion. The book called "NAANYARIYATHA NAAN" has been penned down by an ex-student of SASTRA, Mr. Senthamarai Kannan.

Best wishes to all the readers of my blog and a little less than best wishes for those who ignore it!!!

Photo credits: Saurav Kumar, C Vasudevan, Shatik Raj, Sivachitanya.

"FOOD-FESTIVAL"

2007-04-11T21:11:00.000-07:00

Like all occations associated with 'food' and 'festival', the 'FOOD FESTIVAL' at SASTRA organized by the mess was a total chaos. Heards of people were seen fighting for what used to be an otherwise peaceful meal on other nights. The typical characteristics were longer queues and prolonged waiting time. Incidently, there was an increase in the wastage of food as compared to other days which is bound to happen when expectations of the students (hyped by publicity which is incoherrant with the quality) are not met.
I wonder if it would be better to prepare some special food on a day and after getting a good feedback from the students to announce that it was part of a 'surprise food-festival' !!! But, this is definetly not the way to publicise a product which is basically not worth its price.
Some strange equations govern the mess in-charge(s) at this place. With the quality of food going down there is inevitably an increase in the mess bill !!! Perhaps, its time to change again. I wonder if this is ever going to change for the better.

Photo credits: Saurav Kumar