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.

long time no see

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

"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 !!!!!!!!!!!

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

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...