Amita's Blog

My days in College It is in this context that I met him. He was an attractive guy, and though I was shy, I felt attracted to him. I reached out to him for support and spoke about my situation. I opened up my heart to him.  I visited his place, (he had invited my friends to his place sometimes). Once, while in first year of College, he had offered me a lift on his bike, to drop me to the  hostel. At that time, I politely refused, as I enjoyed walking and was not in an urgency. When he spoke, I couldn't take my eyes off him. I don't think he noticed me or think of me in the same way as I did. Moreover, he was from a rich family, quite fluent in English and talked with an accent. After the classes were over, I saw his name in the placement list. I was happy for him. I remember I would search of silly reasons to meet him. I did not come to know as to when I started liking him as a friend. I went to meet him just after exams were over, and before leaving for home...

Revolution 2020: This is another fabulous book authored by the contemporary story writer Chetan  Bhagat. The story has both humor and satire, while also incorporating a love story, which is typical of Chetan's novels. The story revolves around Gopal, a farmer's son, in Benaras, who is poverty stricken after their land becomes stuck in a family property dispute. Gopal's father does not want to reconcile and sell the land, which he looks upon as an indispensible asset, being a farmer. He has a dream of  educating Gopal so that he gets admission in one of the IITs, and has a lucrative career after that. The book portrays a realistic representation of the lives of students aspiring for IIT JEE exam, who enrol themselves in Coaching centres in Kota. It reveals the frustration of the students, who, in trying to fulfil their parent's expectation, make their lives miserable, and put up with the agony of reading the course material, only to face disappointment, again. It al...

As human beings, we all want to be happy. We search for happiness through various means. It would not be wrong to say that searching for happiness is our innate nature. Being happy is a state of the mind and a fundamental aspect of life. If we contemplate, we would realize that all our actions are aimed at achieving something in life so ourselves or others around us can be happy. We want to avoid anything unpleasant or a situation that might bring up unhappiness. Well, much has been written on dealing with sorrows, pain, and grief, but do we know how we should confront happiness!!! You did very well in the exams and you are happy...! Then what! Do you know how long will that happiness be retained. We are all overjoyed at achieving any personal ambition or desire. But are we able to retain that happiness forever!!! If happiness had been a secret potion, everyone would have tried to treasure it, store it somewhere, so that it did not get empty or we could use it some other...

Today, I feel a sense of fulfillment to have setup and booted a hardware board. It means a lot to me, though several other people are involved in various stages of developing embedded systems. The company for which I work designs embedded system solutions that can be used for various purposes such as for industrial, networking or for the automotive domain. As a technical writing professional, my job is to describe how to use a product (which might be a device, software, or a set of hardware blocks) in a simple and non-technical manner. It also involves using the steps described in the manual to check whether we can accomplish the documented task. Most of the documents we create are meant to be used by technical people who might be using our device in their product. Semiconductors are part of every electronic appliance, industrial sensors, automotive electronics, and their scope of applications is increasing everyday. A reference design board, in the context used here, is a gener...

O Life, you are a stage, a suspense God creates for everyone You leave every human mystified, At every step, you pose a new challenge, You give a good feeling as one's dreams come true  and the very next moment you fill his eyes with tears O mysterious one! Each day, I hope to fill myselves with love, cheer, and joy but every other day, I do not know myselves: I am angry, humiliated, tired, somewhat frustrated..and  feel myself a lonely soul. Each day I need courage to stand by you, to stand upright for my cause, to uphold my beliefs and values, to fulfill my dreams, to achieve my ambitions, and to live by your versatility O colorful one! Each day is an ordeal not only to meet up the mark, but to compete, to leave my mark on this world to live you to the fullest, I find myselves a contender ! O mighty one! As I now embrace you, cherish you, I know, a day will come When I am old and cannot withstand thy challenges! I know ...

Saving Water Sad to hear about the plight of farmers committing suicide in India's southern states and inspired by the widely publicized Save Water  campaign, I decided to act and implement a few tips to save water in my house. After all, there is a popular saying, "charity begins from home", I thought. At a personal level, I made it a habit to  close open taps, use water minimally while doing basic cleaning tasks and chores, and report water leakages. But this was not enough. It was easy to identify our first goal: of reusing the RO water. It is a known fact that the RO system throws about 5-10 litres of waste water everyday, which can be used for other purposes besides drinking. So, we worked upon an idea to divert the waste RO water to a large tub placed outside the kitchen window. We used an an extra waste pipe for this purpose, which the RO service person provided at no extra cost. There was an initial resistance to this activity, as we had to keep open the k...