social responsibility...

dont get scared with the topic,it was just one of the topics our trw instructor gave us for gd. i wont go into the details of the gd(ob!!!), but one really interesting point came forward- corporate social responsibility and somehow the conversation steered towards BITS. oh boy!! tough topic i would say,debating the very objective behind establishing the very college u r studying in can be a tricky situation, believe me... it showed all too clearly in the embarrasing silence of the participants. but that apart one point i was unable to digest; one guy started it saying bits was founded as a college by birlas is a social responsibility they have fulfilled.n imagine people actually opposed it- their argument being 'well we r not educated for free' and someone actually said 'they dont have to pay taxes!!!!'. i mean now that was really amusing,i agree we do have a tendency of swearing at like every 2nd person but doubting the very fundamental principle behind the creation of a university like BITS- Pilani!!!! thats really outrageous!!! well atleast that is what i think.
Ok with all due respect to 'individual view point' and 'freedom of speech' and all those 'rights' laws that are stated in the constitution of india one question i want to put forward one question- the Birla's established bits with watever reason, why the h*** should i care?
isnt it more important for me to realise my own social responsibility now???
I mean ok maybe bits was started as an indirect profit earning venture( which m sure it was not,was first started in 1929 by Ghanshyamdas Birla in 1929 as an intermediate college,then during WW2 governmet of india converted it to a college to provide technicians that it needed during the war,and finally 1964 BITS-Pilani was born as a deemed college providing full fledged courses in engineering,basic sciences,pharmacetaucials and management. hardly seems like a profit venture!!)
but the point is we are blaming the other person because of whom we r here studying in a educational institution providing world class facilities in education.(now dont get started on internet facilities n stuff like that,i get bored... m saying u have to agree we have a unique education system in india and some gr8 labs, n u cant deny tht.)So, instead of wondering why BITS was started y not get down to wondering wat is our social responsibility as a bitsian? or maybe as a 19 yr old indian?
I would say why not do wat we r here to do? why not make the full use of opportunities that we come across here and the kind of information that we have access to? i mean after being here for like 3 sems i have realsied one thing- in BITS u progress only as much as u want to,its ur initiative what u want to do and wat not. we have addicted gamers here and we have some godlike technical guys, all on the same campus. thats one gr8 thing here actually u have all kinds of things for all kinds of people,its a free domain.
well coming back to wat i was saying,with the facilities and the kind of freedom we have here,i think that our responsibility would be to make the best use of what we r being provided and pass out of this place being mature,educated and empowered individuals with a sense of responsiblity and the initiative and ability to bring about the changes we want to see in the world. Its not impossible to do so, we do have a setup that can mould us that way and yes it has happeend before.U just have to visit the bitsaa website n u will know wat i m talking about.
ok i guess i have written enough for today, feeling damn tired,cya all.............

Reality....

We aim for the stars, we dream,we aspire……
We work hard to achieve,to be successful……….
And then one small setback,and we feel all the hard work has gone down the drain…..
What about those who receive major setbacks? For no fault of theirs….
Or those for whom even the start of a dream is a struggle?
Who have to face things not meant for their age or understanding?
Are our problems and setbacks greater than theirs? Our relationship troubles, most of them self created, really worth all the energy we put into them?
Are all those things that seem so much important now really that big a deal?
What is it that we should live by?
What exactly is reality?
Is it what everyone believes to be true?or is it the rationale?
Is it what we perceive by our sense organs? Or just a belief that we have had ever since we remember and never bothered to question? Is it something we believe because we cannot find any contradiction for it or something that the mind can arrive at with proper logical reasoning?
Why do we really believe in what we believe?????

This was written when i got some bad news about a friend. It was compre time n wat i heard shook me to the core. Being emotional as i m the above thought process was immediate,specially since it was a time when i was seeing a ot of problems around me apart from my own( mine was ob low scores related). I know its may be boring n sounds too heavy n stuff but then sometimes u just cant help thinking wat u think......
I m still searching for the answers to my own questions, hopefully i will get them this sem.......

The way people behave.....

"How can she do this"? - myself.
"I dunno but thats how she is right now"- friend 1
" She is acting weird now a days"- friend2.
This is a part of the conversation i just had with 2 of my great friends. We have been together for 10 years now. Needless to say it was about another friend,someone from our group,someone very close to us and with us for the past 10 years. Its amazing how people change in college though and more surprising is to see how some of them never change.
As u may have guessed by now,the one about whom the conversation is has changed.Not just changed ,changed a lot if u ask me. OK i guess u r bored by now so let me ask u something.
LOgical question,u want to invest some money,which company will u prefer,someone which has been in market for long,or just a new venture just started,not even stabilised yet. Its ob u will go for the older company. Then y not apply the same logic in ur life?
how can anybody trust a person they have known for like six months more than they can trust their parents? i mean come on now,ur parents have known u since u were born,they know each and every aspect of u minutely,and still u dont trust them? worse u trust someone who has known u for just 6months or say an year. Is it possible under any circumstances that any such person will know u betetr than ur parents do? U say my parents dont understand me, now one question werent ur parents the one who understood ur evey need when u couldnt even talk?
And if u feel they dont understand u,then talk,why shy away from ur parents? HOw can people not understand such an obvious thing?
I for once strongly believe that in ur life,there has to be one person,atleast one whom u trust completely,with everything u do,everything u feel,u share with that one person. That person is ur anchor,ur lighthouse in the sea of life. n i dont think there can be anybody better suited for this role than ur parents,again i give the reasons as above. That person can be ur role model, someone u respect, someone u believe in. ur guideline in life i would like to say.
Ok enough of my lecture. Something about myself. M a 2nd yr student at BPGC,dual degree,bio+eni. NOw dont ask me y all this,its just me. Bio freak my friends say. Well thats about it for now,gotta go,mom calling. CYa soon..............