It seems a little funny to teach a class of 20 final year bachelor students in CS (in one of the best univs around) of which not one can compute the sum of the geometric series 1/4 + 1/16 + 1/64 ...

And the students are in general not dumb... it is just that the education leaves out strange voids..

No matter how much ridiculous JEE gets, it seems like having such an exam before you begin college is necessary to build a decent foundation..

PS: If only they'd eliminate chemistry, it'd be perfect :P

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I dreamt tonight of visiting the hometown of a friend who recently left this country and returned to India for good. I can' remember the context, but I remember this remark he made, "Badi sasti jagah hai ye, insaan ki rooh bhi yahaan das rupaye kilo bikti hai"

Quite a strange statement, isn't it? Any interpretations, anyone?

Indifference(?)

Safar to kat jaayega yun hi chalte chalte, 

Manzil tak kisi yaar ka saath ho ki na ho

Mauka mile to kar sheh, aur dekh tamasha

Zara dil to dehel jaaye dushman ka, maat ho ki na ho

Sookhe mein baadal ko dekh zara khush to ho le

Kaun jaane phir barsaat ho ki na ho

Jab bhi mile, tujhe waqt hi ki fiqr thi

Kabhi to be-parwaah mil, raat ho ki na ho

Afsaane ban hi jaayenge, khwaab saj hi jaayenge

Haqeeqat mein mulaqaat ho ki na ho

Yaad use bhi kabhi kabhi to aati hogi meri

Uske dil mein mujh se jazbaat hon ki na hon

Safar to kat jaayega yun hi chalte chalte, 

Manzil tak kisi yaar ka saath ho ki na ho

-An attempt at random tukbandi