Jana Gana Mana...

Seems like Mani Rathnam’s Yuva is getting off the reels. Five
IITians, all in their 20s, have decided to take up mainstream politics. The
youths, based in Jodhpur, will be in the city to campaign for their national
party, “ Paritrana’’ , which was launched in Jodhpur on Friday.
“Giving up handsome pay packages, comfort of family and support of friends
wasn’t that easy,’’ says Tanmay Rajpurohit, the national president of the party
and B Tech in aerospace from IIT Bombay followed by an MS from GeorgiaTech and
double masters in arts.
“But my inner voice told me that I should invest my efforts in my country
rather than making my pockets heavier,’’ said Ajit Ashwalayan Shukla, vice
president of the party.

“People think we are crazy so much so that our families have also failed to
understand our motto, but we won’t give up,’’ he added.
The core team of “Paritrana’ ’ comprises Rajpurohit , Shukla, Amit Beesen, also
the vice president and a B Tech (Mechanical) from IIT Bombay and a LLB
graduate, Chandrashekhar (national treasurer), B Tech (computer science) from
IIT Kanpur, Bharat Sundaram, the PRO of the party and B Tech from IIT Kanpur
and PhD in electronics from Melbourne.
“Paritrana means complete relief from the various causes of distress, and that
is what we want to do for our people,’’ added Chandrashekhar. Low funds have
not discouraged them in their efforts of holding door-to-door campaigns in
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and parts of Maharashtra.
“We strongly feel that the politicians of today are no longer the voice of the
common man but instead they voice their own personal agendas through which they
can fetch maximum votes,’’ said Shukla.
“We are not here for the power game. We are here to deal with the grassroots
issues of each and every small village that we come across,’’ added Shukla.

The zeal and burning desire of the five youngsters sounds sincere. “I believe
that we are just five ordinary boys from the middle class family with no
godfathers in politics but have dared to come forward and fight for our
rights,’’ said Chandrashekhar. “And we will succeed in it,’’ he added.
After the launch of the party at the Suchana Kendra in Jodhpur, the party
members, as a part of their promotional campaign will tour Jodhpur, Udaipur,
Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Chennai.

Courtesy: Indiatimes.com

To or not to..

Nee illaa oru nilaiyo
neer ottaa thaamarai ilaiyo
ivvuRavirkedhu veli endru puriyavillai
evvaLavirko idhu pOli endru theriyavillai
Kattu padu endru kattaLai ittaal
kanavilum ketpadhillai

enai muzhumai aakka nee thevaiyaa
en iLamaikkaana oru pOrvaiyaa
ivvudamaikkaana kaaraNangaL aRiyavillai
ivvinimaikkaana nyaabagangaL azhiyavillai
thikki thadumaari thediya nenjam
thevaiyai theerkavillai...

just thought its kinda high time i posted one of these on my blog..
this one was written moments after the new year was born..
Puttin up a poem as a post was inspired by 3 things:-
1. not having posted any sense here for quite a while...
2. J's post on his blog
3. Nivy's posts on her blog

Travelogic...

A journey from Mumbai airport to mumbai railway station costs me Rs. 120.
A journey from Mumbai railway station all the way to ahmedabad costs me Rs. 60.
A journey from Ahmedabad railway station to IIMA costs me Rs. 70.
WTF.