एमए इंग्लिश, हिंदी मीडियम से

Below story is taken from Navbharat Times. albeit it is for fun but somewhere it show us the real face of Indian Education system.

यह हमारे एक मित्र की आज से तकरीबन दस साल पहले की दास्तान है। बात तब की है जब वह पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश की एक यूनिवर्सिटी से 'एमए (इंग्लिश लिटरेचर)' फाइनल इयर के पेपर दे रहे थे। उस दिन अंतिम पेपर था, जो लॉन्ग एसे का होता है। पेपर से पहले, पेपर के दौरान क्लासरूम में और फिर कुछ साल बाद उनसे हुई बातचीत के चंद नजारे पेश हैं आपके लिए : पेपर के लिए क्लासरूम में घुसने से पहले- 'किस चीज का पेपर है भई आज?' 'आज तो बहुत पेपर हैं।' 'अरे तेरा किस चीज का है।' 'मेरा? मेरा तो 'इंग्लिश' का फोर्थ पेपर है शायद, जनै फिफ्थ है। फोर्थ या फिफ्थ में से ही कोई एक है।' 'तैयारी हो गई?' 'हां, हां, बहुत बढ़िया। भाई साब, रपटाना ही तो है, सो रपटा दूंगा। प्रीवियस में भी हर पेपर में तीन कॉपियां भरी थीं, हर सवाल का जवाब कम-से-कम छह पन्नों का लिखा था। अपना तो यार वो ही टारगेट रहेगा इस बार भी। प्रीवियस में 58 परसेंट नंबर आ गए थे। इस बार भी देखो, कोशिश तो ये ही रहेगी अपनी कि फर्स्ट बन जाए, जिससे कुछ नेट-वेट, पीएचडी-वीएचडी निबटा सकूं।' क्लास रूम में (पेपर के दौरान) (क्लासरूम में हुई बातचीत से पहले यह बता दें कि एमए इंग्लिश लिटरेचर फाइनल इयर में पहले चार पेपर्स में हर पेपर में दस प्रश्न आते हैं, जिनमें से कोई से पांच करने होते हैं। फिफ्थ पेपर लॉन्ग एसे का होता है। इसमें भी कुल दस एसे आते हैं, जिनमें से किसी एक विषय पर लॉन्ग एसे लिखना होता है यानी पूरे तीन घंटे एक ही विषय पर लॉन्ग एसे।) पेपर शुरू होने के आधा घंटे बाद क्लास में ड्यूटी दे रहे टीचर को पता चलता है कि उसने एमए इंग्लिश के एक स्टूडेंट को गलती से बीए प्रीवियस का पेपर दे दिया है। पता किया, तो वह अपने 'भाई जान' ही निकले। आधे घंटे में एक सवाल निबटा चुके थे, बिना इस बात की परवाह किए कि धोखे से उनके पास एमए का नहीं, बीए का पेपर आ गया है। टीचर कुछ कहते, इससे पहले ही उन पर भड़ास निकाल डाली, 'सर जी, आपने तो आज मेरा आधा घंटा खराब करा दिया। वो तो पता चल गया, नहीं तो मैं फेल ही हो जाता। अब जल्दी से लाओ मेरा एमए का पेपर, शुरू करूं, पहले ही काफी टाइम खराब हो चुका है।' ढाई घंटे तक एमए के पेपर को तेजी से रपटाने के बाद अब देखिए 'भाई जान' अपने पीछे बैठे एक स्टूडेंट से क्या बतिया रहे हैं: 'अरे भई क्या बात? ढाई घंटे गुजर गए, तुम तो यार एक ही प्रश्न पे अटके हो अभी तक।' 'हां तो एक ही तो करना है।' 'हैं? क्या बात कर रहे हो यार, मैंने तो चार निबटा मारे, पांचवें की तैयारी है।' 'अरे, शेक्सपियर की छठी औलाद, इंस्ट्रक्शंस तो पढ़ ले। दस में से कोई एक एसे लिखना है, पांच नहीं।' 'अमां हर पेपर में पांच सवाल करने थे तो मैंने सोचा इसमें भी पांच ही रपटाने होंगे। मारे गए, इसमें तो एक ही एसे करना था। खैर, कोई बात नहीं है। मैं भी आइटम तो पूरा हूं। चारों एसे के बीच में जो थोड़ी-थोड़ी जगह छोड़ी है, उसमें कुछ-कुछ लाइन लिखकर मैं चारों एसे को कंटिन्यूएशन में कर देता हूं। जै राम जी की, हो गया एक एसे।' पांच साल बाद 'अरे भाई कहां हो?' 'एक प्राइवेट कंपनी में नौकरी कर रहा हूं।' 'चलो सही है।' 'और तुम?' 'प्रोफेसर हूं, 'इंग्लिश' का। एमए निबटाया फर्स्ट क्लास में, और याद है जिस पेपर में मैंने काबलियत दिखाई थी न, उसी में आए सबसे ज्यादा नंबर। उसके बाद मैंने पीएचडी कर मारी। 25 हजार लगे, घर बैठे हो गई। और अब यूनिवर्सिटी में 'इंग्लिश' विभाग में प्रफेसर बन गया हूं। (हंसकर) अरे अपने यारों को ही तो पता है अपनी असलियत, बेचारे स्टूडेंट्स क्या जानें कि उनके प्रफेसर साब ने एमए 'इंग्लिश' हिंदी मीडियम से किया है।'

where there is a will, there is a way...

Hi Guys,

This story is very inspiring and I liked it, that's why posting it in my blog. This is also special because this story is someone connected to me indirectly. This story about a man whom I know from last 8 years but never gets the chance to meet. He is my friend's grandfather, and this story is all about how to achieve your dreams, and if you have strong volition then no one in this world can stop you to achieve it. You can find the same story in today's Mumbai Mirror(21 Sep 09 Page5)

Gritty 80-yr-old is probably city’s oldest law student

Uddhav Alkari had to overcome several hurdles before he could secure admission to a law college; rules state 30-year age limit for admission

NILESH NIKADE

Men like Uddhav Alkari would scoff at the idea of introducing an age barrier in law classrooms, or any classroom for that matter. The 80-year-old had to work harder at meeting the admission criteria than cracking the entrance test to get admission for a Bachelor of Law degree course. He had settled in Thane after retiring as assistant secretary in the Madhya Pradesh State Secondary Education Board. The arts post-graduate had always been keen on learning the legal process and, hence, wanted to study law. He waited till his children were well-settled before beginning his quest. But, he faced hurdles from the start. He did not have his graduation mark sheets. “I had graduated from the University of Ujjain in 1967, but had no record of my marks. I asked the university to help me by tracing the records. It was difficult for them, but after a few days they were able to. However, the records revealed that I had only 43 per cent, which is two per cent short of eligibility for the law course.” But, where there is a will, there is a way. Alkari learnt that Mumbai University offers five per cent bonus marks to candidates who score well in the entrance exams. That was enough for Alkari who worked hard and scored 40 out of 60 marks in the exam. That got him admission at the Sushila Devi High School and Law College at Airoli. But, his story does not end here. On week days, he takes a bus to Thane Railway Station to catch the 6 am local to Airoli. He wakes up at 4 am so that he reaches at least 10 minutes before the first lecture. His classmates are in awe of his determination and respect his sincerity. Hemant Kamat, his 30-yearold classmate, said, “I am bowled over by Alkari’s fitness. He always comes on time, which ensures a seat on the front bench. He does not get involved in personal talk, but speaks a lot when it comes to the course.” Alkari seems to be making up for a lot of lost time. He wanted to study law immediately after retirement, but could not due to the delay in his pension. He says, “In the course of my work, I had fought for starting pension for employees. We had offered to start pension without any financial support from the State government. Then finance minister P Chidambaram’s office had applauded our efforts. However, the State government took six years to implement the proposal. I received pension three years after I retired in 1988.” Then, his family responsibilities barred him from going ahead. Once his two sons and a daughter were well-settled, he decided to fulfil his long-standing desire. THE AGE FACTOR The Bar Council of India (BCI) recently introduced a new set of rules that includes age limit for admission to a law course. Open category students seeking admission for BA (law) course should not be below 20 while the age limit for reserved category would be 22. For those going in for post-graduation course (LLB), it stipulated that students in the open category should not be over 30 while for the reserved category the age limit is 35. A citizen has filed a petition against this rule in the Bombay HC.
Uddhav Alkari scored 40 out of 60 to clear the entrance exam; finally got admission to Sushila Devi High
School and Law College, Airoli

I salute you to SIR; you really set an example for us. Hope we all can get something from this inspiring story

Yellow - King of Colors

In computer world there are three basic colors for all colors i.e. Red, Green, And Blue. Red signifies love and war, Green is for growth, and blue is calm and cool. But recently I saw that these three colors lose their superiority. RGB are in tension, their existence is in danger. But why? What’s happening in world web? Why they are in so worry? They found one intruder, that’s playing with them and making fun of them. If you are fond of Bolger and regularly reading blog especially of Amitabh Bachchan then you guys easily portend that color. Yes it is Yellow, famous color in Extended Family. Each member of this family is fighting to get Yellow color on their bag. Waiting eagerly for blog to publish so they can put their comment ASAP and get attention of Big B. and if you got Big B attention then you will be the winner and having a Yellow trophy. In blog world web there is one family that is Extended family of Amitabh Bachchan. We all are member of that family. Here Yellow color signifies, love, attention, your status in family, power, care and make you the king for the day. So here we have only one color and that is YELLOW, no other color exists here, because they can’t survive in the refulgent of YELLOW color. You can feel the power and importance of yellow here.

Trying to explain same in the verse

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Peele(yellow line) si hai rahe, or peela(yellow line) sa hai safar,

Kabhi hua karta tha neela ambar, Ab ush par bhi peele(yellow line) ka asar

Mere sapne bhi peele(yellow line) se or apne bhi peele(yellow line) se

Num hoti hai aankhe(eyes) us peele(yellow line) ko pane mai

Or phir se ho jaati hai wo num us peele(yellow line) ke mil jaane pe

Har roj hume ye unka, ahesaas(feel) karati hai

wo door rahe jitna bhi, ye paas uske laati hai

unse apnepan ka ahesasa(feel) hume dilati hai

Or har din hume naya ye kuch baat bata jaati hai

Laati hai un apno ko, jo door bahut hai humse

Or bana jaati hai wo rishta jo majboot kai rasmo se

Hum dard yaha wo sahete (bear), jo door kisi ko hota hai

Or dua(pray) mai apni to ab har shakhs juda(attach) hota hai

Hum bhi khush hoo jaate hai, jab door kahi koi hastha(smile) hai

Har dharma(religion) yaha peela(yellow line) hai, har jaat(cast) yahi peele(yellow line) hai

Ab rang nahi kuch or yaha , har rang yaha peela(yellow line) hai

Naa kale hai naa gore hai, har shaksh yaha par Peela(yellow line) hai…

"akela”

Ganesh Visarjan 3 Sep 09 - Powai

Ganpati Bappa Moriya, Aagle baras tu jaldi aaa.....

Here are some picture from Powai Lake, where public come for the Ganpati visarjan.

Happy Independance Day - Power of Pen

“ Kar di prano ki kurbani aur dila di aazadi
Wo ek nahi wo do nahi wo the saare Hindustani
Jo waar kiya, prahar kiya, wo aag kaha se aai thi
Wo dhaar jise talwar me daala, wo dhaar kaha se aai thi
Wo lahu jinhe sringar banaya , wo josh jise har aur bahaya
Wo bhawnao ka deep jalakar, saare jag ko ek raha dikahay
Kya tum bologe ki wo deepak ki aag kaha se aai thi
Ek kalam thi jisne wo kaam kiya, aur phir sabne anjam diya…”
“akela”
VANDE MATARAM

This is what i got from AB (http://bigb.bigadda.com/?p=3474)

ab says:

August 20, 2009 at 6:03 pm

lovely verse and meaningful .. thank you

Flexi or Fixi...

Luminary guys says Flexi working = productive working!.

Is it really working? Or just on the paper. As per my thinking it should work as what I learned in my very small tenure of IT field. But still there are a lot of organizations which just follow the other side of coin rule and can’t understand that what ethics drive them. Interestingly they made it mandatory to follow the Fixi hours rather than Flexi hours. Let’s try to implement or just imagine if you follow the fixi hours rule in your daily life.

Wakeup 7am,

Breakfast 7.45,

Bus 8.00,

Office 8.30,

Canteen 9.00,

Lunch 12.30 to 13.00,

Tea 15.00 to 15.30,

Back to Home 19.00.

Dinner 20.00

Sleep 22.30.

Followed by the day,week,month,year and so on...

I can’t cope up with that kind of daily life. I just imagine a scene from DCH movie, you guys might have remembered that.

" Scene where Pooja (Sonali kulkarni) introduce her BF to Sameer(saif ali khan) and that guy tell him his routine as I just explained, kind of. You can imagine same kind of reaction on my face as was on Sameer."

DCH depict him as a outré character or better to say stolid character.

Let Him/Her decide that at what time he wants to do what and in that way they can finish the task in efficient manner. And I think that’s why flexi work hour comes in picture and following by large number of organization. Recently I read a good article in Times Ascent (12 Aug 09) regarding the same and thinking why not all comp follow the same rule. There are lots of guy who may think it work well but my personal opinion is pretty different for fixi. If you think fixi is good then I would really appreciate your thoughts on the same.

Talking to Amitabh Bachchan -- Dream come true.

Wow...I can’t believe this. I am on Cloud 9… BIG-B yes its superstar of the century, most admirable person in the India, he read my comment and replied. Can’t believe. But yes it happened, BIG-B replied to my comment and this is a memorable moment of my life. I was always thinking that some time in my life I will meet to BIG B, I will talk to him. And yes my dream comes true. Although it is not a direct communication but yes I talked with Big B and I think I am talking to him on daily basis. Here you can see the golden words for me from BIGB.

First one is my comment to BIG-B blog (http://bigb.bigadda.com/?p=3325) then his reply :)

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Mahendra Athneria (Monu) says:

August 5, 2009 at 10:57 pm

jo dil ko mila de, jo duri mita de,
kya raaja hai yaha pe, kya rank naa jaane,
har baat yaha pe ,dil se hai nikalti,
jo dil ko mila de , jo duri mita de
aawaz wo tumhari, jo sab ko rula de,
aur agle hi pal wo,gam saare mita de
jo socha nahi tha maine, wo aake yaha paaya
ab lagta hai wo apna, jo kal tak tha paraya….
“akela”
Keep Smiling, Love u sir ji
Mahendra Athneria

1. ab says:

August 6, 2009 at 10:30 pm

Mahendra .. lovely and thank you

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Yes I know it’s a single line from him, but it means a lot for me...

Keep Smiling J