What makes me crazyyy!

To answer that in one line would be...Technology!
By technology I mean mostly computers and smartphones(which are also computers btw)
I am basically a tech savvy guy...well sort of,but I am Crazyyy about technology. My YouTube subscription list is littered with all the tech guys including MKBHD about whom one of my blogger friends talked about in this very blog. He is the best tech reviewer on YouTube and he is only twenty years old!tech nowadays has become an integral part of our lives, don't believe me? Ask anyone in our college and they will tell you, we simply cannot live without our laptops and and phones.Well that would be exaggeration but still technology has become a necessary part if not essential.we have our assignments and study material online,do most of our homework on our PC's (or should I say Google does it for us ;) (except for the English homework obviously) ) and is our only source of entertainment.
       And now the smart phone.......we all a smartphone revolution has started(or occurred?) recently(Apple and Google being its pioneers) and they are being sold out like hot cakes! and why would't they be ,can you imagine someone selling you the ability of having the world at your fingertips at cheap and affordable prices(except for Apple products ) and you not buying it?No,right?A smart phone is basically that!You have all your files, contacts, emails, music, games, notes, all the social networking capabilities, news, weather info(basically your world!) and what not, at your fingertips!this is technology at its peak!Yes, yes I know that's lot of exclamatory marks, but I already told you I am crazy (with three y's!) about this and am very excited to talk about it! If I type any more than this people will start saying TLDR(too long did't read), I think its best if I end it here.Thank You staying with me and for making it till the end of this article. Have a techy day!

(I don't even know if techy is a real adjective)

My Inspiration

I take the most inspiring thing from Albert Einstein is to be rebellious and ability to fail and learn. That’s what he practiced in his life. He constantly challenged his thoughts, beliefs and made numerous mistakes before arriving at results, no one could achieve in the history of mankind. He had a habit of not accepting things as they are rather he used to think in experiments in his mind.

One mistake we all do is, do things blindly without putting logic to it just because everyone is doing it. You will be surprised to know that during Einstein negated this, he challenged his school teacher in the class. He challenged his PhD supervisor. He challenged Niels Bohr. He even challenged his senior physicist. There were many stalwarts of physics, whom he challenged just through his power of rational thinking.

The result was, he could give new ideas and theories, no one ever thought, visualized or postulated. Not only that, even today a large number of people
cannot understand what he told. NASA and various other research institution across the world are still trying to find the evidences of his predictions.
He lived hundreds of years ahead of his times.

Another inspiration is that he formulated his theories in his spare time, when he was working as a clerk. When he wrote his 5 papers in 1905, he said to his wife in a letter, that his papers were revolutionary and he would win the Nobel prize for one of his papers. See his confidence here. That’s the inspiration!

MY REGRETS

Living a life free of regret is very possible…I do it, and I am aware of many other people who experience a regret free life as well. No regrets. As far as I am concerned, regret uses energy; so I can use it in a more productive way. I try my best to learn and grow with each and every life experience, so there is nothing to regret.

How does it serve us, or anyone else to hold onto the feelings of regret? Of course we can identify the lessons without regret. That is exactly how to live a regret free life. If we spend our energy learning from the experience, there really is no room in the heart and mind for regret. Holding onto regret is a choice in each and every moment. Don’t think of the past too much instead focus on the present. Live the moment. There are only things I have learnt from in the past. Some have been very painful lessons. But once the emotional intensity passes enough for me to gain perspective, I don’t regret the experience. Instead, I push myself to try to learn and to grow from it. I then try to leverage this learning moving forward.I think what’s important is to give yourself the freedom to fail to take risks but not the freedom to fail to learn and grow. The only mistake we can make is believing we shouldn't make mistakes. The only failure we can make is the failure to learn (and thereby rob ourselves of the opportunity to leverage our experiences). Live. Learn. Grow. When we will do these things while loving and being fair to ourselves,regret shall be fleeting and experience;everlasting.

There is no reason in crying over spilled milk and blaming ourselves for unaccomplished wishes, and worrying about how one could have changed the course of their life. One should move on look forward to evening and make best of what remains of the day. A lesson to be learnt is that we should not get caught up in formalities and should always follow and pursue our desires. So forget the past and live in the present.

What Inspires Me.. 

"Life is so much brighter when we focus on what truly matters."

Life is long and you can't always have one thing to inspire you. At each stage of life we have something that inspires us to move forward in life. Without any goals ,our lives are useless. I have been inspired by many things in my life.
With time, my inspiration changed but the goal remain unchanged, that is to be successful in life.

My childhood was normal, TV, Games, Friends,School, I just wanted to enjoy life then. Then in my high school,I began to develop interest for physics and chemistry. I would enjoy doing chemistry experiments  and also tried some of them at home. And my friends would call me a "Scientist"(sounds funny). I would laugh at it. But I did imagined me as a scientist in those days and hence would study these two subjects seriously.

Then I entered the phase which most IIT JEE aspirants go through, 2 years coaching for IIT JEE. The whole way of studying chemistry changed and hence my interest in the subject was gone. This happens with many IIT JEE aspirants. I was attracted to the salary of the teachers at the coaching institution and I would think of teaching at some coaching institution or opening my own institute. But what  inspired me to keep going was to get into a top IIT. I would read stories of people ,who cracked JEE and pursued their dream, and get motivated to work hard.

After the JEE results, I was disappointed,but I was satisfied on getting Computer Science at one of the old IIT's .I have always been fascinated about computers , their working,and about the World Wide Web and how computers have changed the world. I am inspired by Steve Jobs, Tim Berners- Lee and Bill Gates to move forward in the field of computer science. All of us find our goals at some point of time and I think that I have found my goal!

"Don't follow your dreams, chase them."

What Inspires Me...

Friends are the best assets one can ever have. And for me, they are the ones who inspire and of course, make me crazy. Oh yes! My friends are my inspiration. Sounds weird? May be; but it’s true. My world becomes much better when I am around them. In fact, sometimes I wonder if I am the luckiest person in the world to have them.

I used to live in hostel while preparing for IITJEE (as many do) and that was, I suppose, the best phase of my life. I have made friends for life; Friends whom I can regard as my soul-sisters. Living in a hostel is not an easy task. You experience a drastic change in your lifestyle. You have to handle a lot of complicated things all by yourself. And this is exactly when your friends come in picture. They help you to cope up with all your tensions and difficulties, be it anything related to studies or to homesickness. I too went through such experiences. There were times when I went completely hopeless about my preparations. And I believe my friends are the only reason I could manage to survive those hard times. They were always there for me whenever I needed them. Even today, just a phone call from any one of them makes my day. They are the ones who motivate me always to get higher and higher in life. Whenever I am upset, I think of the good old memories. The days we spent together were full of joy, entertainment and of course, hard work.

The emotion of competitiveness and jealousy are inbuilt in human beings. But the love and friendship we share has suppressed this emotion. My friends have always supported me. They helped me always, from waking up on time in the morning to clearing my doubts. The word ‘doubts’ might seem to refer to doubts related to studies. But in my case, it refers to doubts in almost everything. Those two years have given me memories that I shall cherish throughout my life. Whenever I am down or disheartened, I know what to do next. They are always there to rejuvenate me. They make me feel special and after talking to them, I feel like I can do anything and literally, anything I want to do. I am very fortunate to have such people in my life.

It is correctly said that we value things only after we lose them. Though I have not yet lost my friends (and I hope I never will) but I really long to meet them and live with them again. They are one of the reasons for what I am today and what I will be tomorrow. Distances have brought us closer. We are staying in different parts of the country, still are bound together with threads of love and friendship. I have now understood the true meaning of friendship and I hope I get such friends here in IITR as well.

What inspires me and what makes me go crazy

For the first part I would rather like to answer “who” inspires me, and that would be MKBHD aka Marques Brownlee. This great person is a tech reviewer who’s basically all about technology. Mobile technology in particular is the one thing that makes me go crazy or nuts. I could spend days in watching mobile tech videos on my laptop while my body disseminates on the bed.

All this passion started when I bought my first (Crappy) smartphone. All the research that I could do as a layman resulted in that shitty piece of plastic and metal. From then on I started my “journey towards enlightenment of mobile tech”.

Hours and hours were spent in front of the laptop screen browsing for different aspects and intricacies of mobile phone. GBs and GBs of internet data was exhausted on watching YouTube videos just for the sake of the satisfaction that I got after knowing all that stuff. That feeling is just inexplicable to others.

MKBHD started as a teen tech reviewer who made V-logs of his interactions with different gadgets. He’s now 20 years old and the world’s biggest and most trustworthy tech reviewer out there. The largest fraction of my knowledge of tech comes from his part. He’s so into his gadgets that he’s now come down to reviewing anything that has an “ON” button. This is what inspires me about him the most!

It’s all very amusing to know all the pesky little and mighty great things that such a small piece of hardware as a phone can do!

Want to listen to some music? Want to watch a movie? Want to get updated with the rest of the world? Want to talk to someone? Want to play some games? Want to watch your TV? Too lazy to switch on your other electronics? Too lazy to even pick up your phone? .... Well, Mobile tech is all ready for your rescue. 

These attributes of the tech world make me go crazy for it and make want to dive in its bank of knowledge fully.

“Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.”

-Anthony J. D'Angelo

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS

This is an incident of when I entered 12^th class. At that time, I was not very serious about studies. Most of my time was spent with my friends or my laptop. I was interested in the field of computers and programming, but had not thought of making it a career.

 I didn’t have very good reputation among my teachers. I used to bunk classes and often got scolded. My marks in exams were not very good either. Once, I, along with two of my friends, got into some heated argument with my Maths teacher (actually, it was more than just that). When the principal came to know about that, she called our parents. My father came to school. She told him about the incident. She also told him about the previous times I was caught doing mischiefs and exhibiting insolent behaviour. She warned of taking severe actions if I continued such activities. Upon hearing so much from the principal, he was upset but didn’t say anything to me. I knew that he didn’t expect much from me. That’s why I wanted to prove myself.

I knew that that year was the most crucial year of my life. The decisions and actions taken at this stage would define the course of the rest of my life. I began to think deeply about what I wanted from myself. I realized that I had already wasted a precious year, and now I have only a little time to make up.  I resolved to crack JEE Advance exam. I devoted myself to studies. I started to focus on what was taught in the class. My performance improved sharply. My classmates and teachers were amazed by such sudden change in me. I worked hard – harder than ever.

The exam went well. And as they say, hard work always pays. I got a decent rank in JEE Advance. It was a moment of extreme delight and pride for me and my family. The joy of achieving what you have persevered for so long, is incomparable. The most important thing that I’ve learnt is:

“Your dreams are worth it. Persevere. Because there is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”

Share a goal and outline how you plan to achieve it.

My goal right now is to graduate from college and get into Google. Google is one company that I have immense respect for and the role Google has played in revolutionizing the Internet over the past few years is really baffling 

respect worthy. 

Google states that it's primary objective is to organize all the information available on the web and make it accessible to users. So, it is no surprise that Google

tests you heavily on 'Data Structures and Algortihms' in its interviews for a Software Engineer. But since I'm from ECE and do not have an algorithms course in my

curriculum, I plan it to learn it through other resources such as books and MOOCs.

Since Google is more often than not, exclusive to Computer Science students during on-campus placements, I'll have to apply off-campus. The procedure might be slightly 

tougher and more rigorous, but I have to condition myself to face the challenge.

In my second year, I plan on participating in the Google Summer Of Code and try my best to get my project get accepted. To do so, I need to be extremely good at coding and algorithms. That's why I plan on learning a core programming language like 'Java' and practise coding in a site like TopCoder or CodeChef.

Google also offers internships to junior college students. Although it is extremely tough to gain an opportunity to work with some of the best minds in Google, it definitely falls within the realm of the possible.

When Google bought Android in 2005, it lead to a revolution in the mobile development platform. Android is undisputably one of the most important 'parts' of Google (after Google Search). I also plan on learning some Professional Mobile Development Programming in the Android platform and develop a few good apps so that refelcts well on my resume.

Finally, I plan on improving my communication and other soft skills since they make a huge difference during the HRD interviews. A good grasp on the English language and flawless body language definitely makes for a good first impression on the interviewers.

Working in Google has been a dream for me ever since I was in high school. I aspire to work hard, work smart and some day, end up at Googleplex at Mountain View, California.

Rounak Banik

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What makes me Crazy...

Craziness to me is something which makes you dream about something day in and day out but doesn't let you sleep either. Some call it passion,some say obsession,for me,if you are crazy about something you simply can't let it out of your mind.Everyone of us is crazy for something or the other,it can be your job, a sport,a form of art,a proffesion,travelling,technology,or any other stuff.A thing that makes one crazy becomes a crucial part of one's life and a characteristic of their persona.

Coming to me, I already am a total crazy person as others say,but on a serious note there is only one thing I am crazy about.'DANCE'. Dance in any form is my first love.The very name of it drives me CRAZY.A kind of energy and enthusiasm emerge inside me whenever I get to hear any music to shake a leg on.A tingle runs down my spine seeing someone perform energetically with a huge crowd cheering for them and I feel like joining them too.Dance is something that helps you let out all your emotions be it excitement or frustration, happiness or sorrows.One can express his feelings through it.

I got to discover this interest of mine when I was in 3rd standard.I had to perform on the occasion of teacher's day at my school. It is since then when I have been participating in almost all dance activities till now.I have been quite popular for my dancing skills as I never skip any chance to showcase it while,I feel that there is still need of refining.I always wanted to learn a professional dance form and be a pro at it,however hardly got a chance to do so.The reasons are many, worthless to discuss.But I pledged to furnish my skills after school,and hence I luckily am a member of Choreography and Dance section IIT Roorkee today.My desire got pushed even more seeing the seniors perform fabulously on stage during our orientation.I simply love the environment of hugely skilled people showing frantic moves and  cheers and hooting all around. I deliberately wanted to be a part of the group.

There are many dance reality shows on TV today which fascinate me a lot.It is amazing to see how a  fellow from a very simple background becomes a star merely due to his pro dancing.In addition the madness and dedication of the participants over there is worth watching.It's amazing to see them making such difficult moves with such an ease and getting appraisal from all over.The appreciation and applaud they receive are all one longs for who is ,like me,crazy about dancing.I dream to get one single chance of being a part of a renowned talent show like this and dance my heart out.I am taking small little steps to fulfill it so that my very desire of a huge crowd cheering for me is not left unfulfilled.