Reader's contribution: rumple stiltskin

""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

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!!!

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

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 ...

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:

1. 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.


2. 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').


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


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


5. 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 !!!

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 !!!

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:

• Register on sastra's website.


• 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.