The Choice of Hypocrisy

Backboned in a gigantic family of ONGC and being nurtured in the classrooms of the intelligentsia of teachers and professionals, I am often asked, in relation to academics, for answers to lot many confusions, suggestions and recommendations from dedicated servers of students and parents. And I always love to share my thoughts, whatever little I am worthy of.

I long to share one such ‘revered’ experience with you, revered because it was a special packet(in terms of networking) routed from one of the most venerated persons, who briefly shaped my academic peripherals. The contention was the choice between B-Tech admission to Nit Surat and Da-iict. It was quite simple for me to answer to that. I did answer with conviction and quite convincingly but the result – an elopement from the counseling of the beautiful Da-iict. I was left dumbstruck.

An institution of tremendous repute, Da-iict is a home to amazing and stupendous talents and resources – be it the faculties or the ambience or the resource center coupled with the innovative and indomitable student fraternity. The institute is a unique designer which dresses you with nuances of anthropology, sociology and humanities besides the exquisite technical outfits. It is a coach which trains you to take on the toughest games (competitions and examinations) mentally. It is a bond which knows no breakage save fun and exhilaration.

At the same time, I have no intentions, in the least, to under-estimate the greatness of other national institutions especially the Nits. But, to be very honest and rational, the tastes of the produce of Da-iict, without any comparison, have been growing sweeter and healthier. The result stands un-parallel.

Under such a light, I was taken aback at the step-motherly treatment meted out to such a temple of academics, especially by an experienced academic person who befittingly deserves nothing more than a moniker of hypocrite.

We must thank the Almighty to have blessed us with such a wonderful and excellent college; it is truly our good-luck. And perhaps this person's luck is juggling through the nets of an own repentant goal or it might just be happy licking the Cup of second-series of Nits. It is just a wait to see which luck wins.


Key : -

ONGC – Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd

Nit – National Institute of Technology

Da-iict – Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology

Present Rank of Da-iict, Gandhinagar, India.
•3rd among top private engineering institutes of India.
•Only AAA+ rated engineering institute in Gujarat.
•2nd best engineering institute in West India.
•5th among top 50 private engineering colleges of India.

To see the details of sources of rank of the institute, click here.

‘Waka Waka’ Gujarat

Pic Courtesy - As shown inherent

Guess the one thing common between Shakira and Gujarat! Both are hot but with a miniature difference. The former is comely, beguiling and curvaceous; while the latter is costumed in an excruciating boil.

‘Waka Waka’ which translates to ‘shine’ has enthralled millions of football fans including me. The new rhythm and nuances are simply mellifluous to ears. And Gujarat, too, is waka-waking in the news for all the enigmatic reasons of-late.

To begin with, Gujarat mothers many legends – from Mahatma to Dhirubhai to Sardar Patel. It is a gigantic classroom of entrepreneurship. Big bucks liquidate both the indigenous business hands and the dry Sabarmati as well. The vicious heat sets records for claiming, the little over 50 crore population. Epidermis falls off its place and you can well turn into a dark African to commemorate and celebrate the footie cup more pronouncedly.

Amidst all such live-shows, tourism is still very hot in the minds of government functionaries. Recently, Big B was roped in for the coinage of promotional tourism coverage of the State. The Kachh turbans and vestures were fetched in, the Gir lions displaced, the common tourist bondaged, a 7*6 bed specially procured – just to sophisticate and pilot the sizzling tourism.

The pragmatic and dynamic chief minister retaliates sarcastically to Madam Gandhi asking“Who was Bhopal’s maut ka saudagar?” over a personal tiff when he was attributed the same in relation to Gujarat riots of 2002. Also the minister is recently beleaguered over a print advertisement with Nitish Kumar. But his leadership has engendered, by and large, tremendous entrepreneurial development in the State viz. Nano and innumerable SEZs.

Talking about sports, Germany has opened up quite scintillatingly in the fifa world cup and certainly will endure most of googling eyes of football fans. Back in the hot Gujarat, it is Grandmaster Vishy Anand who will play simultaneous in an event pregrant with 20,000 chess players in the State, thus engraving its name into the Guinness Book of World Records. Personally, I feel it will be an amazing achievement worldwide.

It is now the season for the counseling which, I guess, was pretty exciting with regard to me and all my contemporaries a year back. I wish all the luck to the budding minds for this year’s admission. Last but not the least, it is a much awaited personal anticipation for a romance with the petrichor.

“Tsamina mina eh eh
Waka Waka eh eh

Tsamina mina zangalewa
Anawa aa
This time for Gujarat”