These days, I am feeling the need of skill of convincing others. We had 2-3 discussions in which I was unable to express my arguments clearly. I think that the art of convincing is one of the greatest human skill. As there are different people with different perspectives and different levels of understanding and knowledge, most of the discussions become subjective. It becomes a battleground in which everyone considers his/her own views supreme. Then, there is general tendency of deviating from topic and sticking at personal attitudes and feelings. In these conditions, one who is able to streamline all the views with the topic and make a general conclusion based on assumptions of different views and brings out the real point left for discussion is called the winner.
It requires very deep understanding of the topic itself as well as of the different perspectives by which people approach the issue. The arguments when become subjective can only be offset by facts and past cases.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The happening day
Today was a very happening day. Firstly, it was a very stressful day with 8 AM-6:30 PM and just time for lunch in between. Among tasks were classes, income certificate submission, reading for course project, course tutorial, BTP meeting with prof, colloq presentation and class.
From 8-9 AM, there was class of a course Refrigeration and Air-conditioning of which professor is Dr. P.L.Dhar, the most respected person in my eyes. His teaching method, logical reasoning, practical engineering approach, reply with utmost happiness and encouragement to questions or doubts asked and above all, a sense of greatness, simplicity and love, all these are hallmarks of his individuality. Teachers like him only can inspire others. Otherwise, I find most of the teachers blaming us for running after money, narrow attitude, casual approach towards study and all other mistakes and are never satisfied by our work. Freedom is worthless without freedom to make mistakes.
From 9-10 AM, there was class of Technology Alternative for Rural Development and professor of this course Dr. V.M.Chariar. He has very encouraging and out of the box teaching method. He has got a vast knowledge of world events, technology development and current issues and owns a great style of english speaking. There is always a charisma in his talking and teaching. This topic is also close to my heart as it is related Gandhi's thinking. Sometimes, he seems unable to answer with right contents and gets carried away with different style of talking. But overall, he is successful in making this course very interesting.
From 10-11AM, there was class of Production Management and name of professor is Dr. M.S.Kulkarni. He is also very nice teacher with logical arguments and practical examples from his own experiences.
In this class, the most interesting thing happened. One of my nice friend, Mayank Gupta, always keeps doing mischief with me. Today was not a different day. I took his phone and started to read some messages which included his female friend messages. He, out of excitment, challenged me to write I Love You to this girl from his phone. It was very easy task for me. I wrote a message I Love You and tried to send it to her. But I could not send as his phone's functions were not familiar to me. Then he took phone from me asking he would do my work easy. He searched her name and I do not know how, the message was sent inspite of pressing Ok. He was completely in shock(ultimately sin was done from his hands). Then series of events started of writing apology messages and calls.
Below is the series of messages:
Mayank: I Love You
Divya :Hi, how are you? I think tum kisi aur ko message kar rahe the and tumne kar diya mujhe galti se.
Mayank: I am fine. Enjoying life fully here with lot of masti. You tell? waise which message are talking about?
Divya: You messaged me I Love You. I thought that was for someone else. Might that person will be waiting for you message.
Mayank:Sorry, yeh mere ek dost ki shararat hai, use mere cell cheen liya..mujhe abhi pata chala ki usne aisa message kiya hai..I am really sorry for this. Can I call you?
Divya: I am not free. Actually I am in class. I am not angry with you. Just chill yaar. Its Ok with me. Pata hai I was toh very happy. Mujhe laga finally tumne girfriend bana li. Call me when I give you miss call.
Then there was one hour of talk on phone. You can guessed, what would have happened.
He clarified to her that this was his friend (means Me !!) who did mischief with him. Though, she was not that disturbed by that. Actually, she always loved him but he seldom replied her. Anyways, she asked Mayank to give suggestion to me for writing this type of message in more romantic and detailed manner. Guys, I can not forget this suggestion and this whole event.
Another important happening of today was when I met my BTP supervisor with my collegue. He started to tell his sad story of not getting promotion and others getting promotion inspite of doing less work (according to him !!). He also expressed his radical views on worthlessness of IIT, its system, its professors, India, government system and he verified with us the profile of all his rival professors, most rival is our other BTP supervisor. We seemed to be getting pissed off into fight of these two freedom fighters.
The last event is my colloq presentation. I did resonably well with 20 mins presentation, then radical questions of my friends and teacher. It looked a professor was asking illogical questions which now most of the professors do. But it was event of little satisfaction as I was able to speak good english with fluency and answer questions.
It was one of the most happening days of my life.
From 8-9 AM, there was class of a course Refrigeration and Air-conditioning of which professor is Dr. P.L.Dhar, the most respected person in my eyes. His teaching method, logical reasoning, practical engineering approach, reply with utmost happiness and encouragement to questions or doubts asked and above all, a sense of greatness, simplicity and love, all these are hallmarks of his individuality. Teachers like him only can inspire others. Otherwise, I find most of the teachers blaming us for running after money, narrow attitude, casual approach towards study and all other mistakes and are never satisfied by our work. Freedom is worthless without freedom to make mistakes.
From 9-10 AM, there was class of Technology Alternative for Rural Development and professor of this course Dr. V.M.Chariar. He has very encouraging and out of the box teaching method. He has got a vast knowledge of world events, technology development and current issues and owns a great style of english speaking. There is always a charisma in his talking and teaching. This topic is also close to my heart as it is related Gandhi's thinking. Sometimes, he seems unable to answer with right contents and gets carried away with different style of talking. But overall, he is successful in making this course very interesting.
From 10-11AM, there was class of Production Management and name of professor is Dr. M.S.Kulkarni. He is also very nice teacher with logical arguments and practical examples from his own experiences.
In this class, the most interesting thing happened. One of my nice friend, Mayank Gupta, always keeps doing mischief with me. Today was not a different day. I took his phone and started to read some messages which included his female friend messages. He, out of excitment, challenged me to write I Love You to this girl from his phone. It was very easy task for me. I wrote a message I Love You and tried to send it to her. But I could not send as his phone's functions were not familiar to me. Then he took phone from me asking he would do my work easy. He searched her name and I do not know how, the message was sent inspite of pressing Ok. He was completely in shock(ultimately sin was done from his hands). Then series of events started of writing apology messages and calls.
Below is the series of messages:
Mayank: I Love You
Divya :Hi, how are you? I think tum kisi aur ko message kar rahe the and tumne kar diya mujhe galti se.
Mayank: I am fine. Enjoying life fully here with lot of masti. You tell? waise which message are talking about?
Divya: You messaged me I Love You. I thought that was for someone else. Might that person will be waiting for you message.
Mayank:Sorry, yeh mere ek dost ki shararat hai, use mere cell cheen liya..mujhe abhi pata chala ki usne aisa message kiya hai..I am really sorry for this. Can I call you?
Divya: I am not free. Actually I am in class. I am not angry with you. Just chill yaar. Its Ok with me. Pata hai I was toh very happy. Mujhe laga finally tumne girfriend bana li. Call me when I give you miss call.
Then there was one hour of talk on phone. You can guessed, what would have happened.
He clarified to her that this was his friend (means Me !!) who did mischief with him. Though, she was not that disturbed by that. Actually, she always loved him but he seldom replied her. Anyways, she asked Mayank to give suggestion to me for writing this type of message in more romantic and detailed manner. Guys, I can not forget this suggestion and this whole event.
Another important happening of today was when I met my BTP supervisor with my collegue. He started to tell his sad story of not getting promotion and others getting promotion inspite of doing less work (according to him !!). He also expressed his radical views on worthlessness of IIT, its system, its professors, India, government system and he verified with us the profile of all his rival professors, most rival is our other BTP supervisor. We seemed to be getting pissed off into fight of these two freedom fighters.
The last event is my colloq presentation. I did resonably well with 20 mins presentation, then radical questions of my friends and teacher. It looked a professor was asking illogical questions which now most of the professors do. But it was event of little satisfaction as I was able to speak good english with fluency and answer questions.
It was one of the most happening days of my life.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
The change
I was thinking to change myself for a long time. My line of thinking was good in some directions but was very subjective and narrowed in many areas. It is nobody's fault as I have been developed in a very conservative and mixed past. I have phobia of many things that I am not good at like working in practicals and labs, interaction with females, fear of competition and challenging tasks, introvert nature, unclear and too complicated mindset. I am overfilled with emotions and feelings that I find myself deeply attached with everyone I meet or even see. I create fantasies of different kind in which I was trying to influence others with many skills. I am sort of a respect seeking person with high self-dignity.
This was sort of a description of my nature in a negative sense. But there are lots of good things that my eyes can see. But I would not talk about them here as I do not want to change them. To improve upon all my weaknesses and defects. I appreciate the fact that there is no direct formula for improving these and I need to improve them day to day. Everyday should be a challenge for me to identify my mistakes, eliminate the existing ones and develop a quest to become a better individual. This change would come only when I come out of my comfort zone and face the situations that teach me about my mistakes. The more I am involved in activities that brings out my limitations and mistakes, more I would learn.
To end with a positive note, I have started to appreciate importance of people and other things and their influence on me. I now spend more time with myself to know better and enjoy myself.
This was sort of a description of my nature in a negative sense. But there are lots of good things that my eyes can see. But I would not talk about them here as I do not want to change them. To improve upon all my weaknesses and defects. I appreciate the fact that there is no direct formula for improving these and I need to improve them day to day. Everyday should be a challenge for me to identify my mistakes, eliminate the existing ones and develop a quest to become a better individual. This change would come only when I come out of my comfort zone and face the situations that teach me about my mistakes. The more I am involved in activities that brings out my limitations and mistakes, more I would learn.
To end with a positive note, I have started to appreciate importance of people and other things and their influence on me. I now spend more time with myself to know better and enjoy myself.
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