<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547</id><updated>2011-12-04T06:25:32.605-08:00</updated><category term='JSF'/><category term='Gandhinagar'/><category term='JET'/><category term='Mumbai'/><category term='MBA NITIE SPJain'/><category term='Gujarat'/><category term='Training'/><category term='Kingfisher'/><category term='India'/><category term='cricket'/><category term='Travels'/><category term='Airplanes'/><title type='text'>Darshan ke darshan karo</title><subtitle type='html'>An Attempt to note down my thoughts and happenings in my life lest I forget about them.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>47</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-6419599107772059998</id><published>2007-06-27T05:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-27T05:54:40.886-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kolkata chronicles - 1</title><summary type='text'>After I had travelled to Chennai for a day to give a training on the one and only JSF ( well that is the only subject which my bosses feel I can give training on ... ), I didnt get another chance to travel though TCS to some other locations. The Chennai travel was my first ever flight and hence I was very much looking forward to another travel. However it was in 2nd week of December 2006. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=6419599107772059998&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/6419599107772059998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/6419599107772059998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/06/kolkata-chronicles-1.html' title='Kolkata chronicles - 1'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-4132773761141080924</id><published>2007-06-25T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T21:06:51.189-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kolkata chronicles</title><summary type='text'>I hope the Travels of Gandhinagar were quite interesting. I received very good comments from SV for those posts. I had travelled to one more place for training and that was the city of Joy - Kolkata.So the next few posts from me will be on my stay at Kolkata. I have decided to name the posts similar to that of SV's chronicles. Hope to cover all kinds of details about the place in the upcoming </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=4132773761141080924&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/4132773761141080924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/4132773761141080924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/06/kolkata-chronicles.html' title='Kolkata chronicles'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-7460886639397317761</id><published>2007-06-20T23:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-21T01:09:53.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 4 - AksharDham</title><summary type='text'>Every person who comes to Gandhinagar must pay a visit to the Akshardham temple.I could not visit the Akshardham temple of BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Sanstha on the first evening of my stay. I felt very disappointed that I could not go there considering the fact that it was open till 8 pm in the evening. So I decided that on the second day, I will definitely try to reach there somehow.I was able to </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=7460886639397317761&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/7460886639397317761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/7460886639397317761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-travels-gandhinagar-part-4.html' title='My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 4 - AksharDham'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jhmr56eUbKg/RnowoYD56nI/AAAAAAAAAAw/h1rpubUl-NM/s72-c/akshardham.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-1186806924249310811</id><published>2007-06-20T21:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T23:32:01.272-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Airplanes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gujarat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Training'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JSF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingfisher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gandhinagar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumbai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JET'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travels'/><title type='text'>My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 3</title><summary type='text'>Now that I had reached the office well before time, I decided to explore the area. Good roads, few people roaming around here and there. Once inside the office, you are into the company land. so now newness around. I decided to straight away go to the training room and do some surfing.Soon, the trainees arrived. Most of them were straight from the ILP and hence it was difficult for me to skip </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=1186806924249310811&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/1186806924249310811'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/1186806924249310811'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-travels-gandhinagar-part-3.html' title='My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 3'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-5423132315672483569</id><published>2007-06-20T05:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T05:31:13.603-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Airplanes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gujarat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Training'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JSF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingfisher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gandhinagar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumbai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JET'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travels'/><title type='text'>My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 2</title><summary type='text'>Before reading this post, I suggest you read part 1.Now that I have landed at the Ahmedabad airport, It was time for me to head to the company office in Gandhinagar. So I picked up a pre-paid taxi for Infocity, GandhinagarA few facts before we move ahead.A. About Gandhinagar :- Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. It has been named after the father of the nation - M.K. Gandhi. It is a planned </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=5423132315672483569&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/5423132315672483569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/5423132315672483569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-travels-gandhinagar-part-2.html' title='My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 2'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-9064460081638758695</id><published>2007-06-20T04:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T05:06:23.028-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Airplanes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gujarat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Training'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JSF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingfisher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gandhinagar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mumbai'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='JET'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Travels'/><title type='text'>My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 1</title><summary type='text'>Hello everyone,Ever since I gave my resignation from my company, the bosses seem to have realised that there will be no one to look into the queries, proposals and trainings related to JSF, Java 5 and other seemingly non-preferred technologies within the Java domain. All others in the team are now working on some high end products like IBM e-Commerce or Portals like Vignette and Weblogic.So my </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=9064460081638758695&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/9064460081638758695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/9064460081638758695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/06/my-travels-gandhinagar.html' title='My Travels - Gandhinagar - Part 1'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-171032933180192228</id><published>2007-05-21T10:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T23:06:18.984-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Review of the STAR Parivar awards ceremony</title><summary type='text'>The awards ceremony conducted by STAR group to honour their favourite actors and actresses on STAR Plus was shown on Sunday, 20th May 2007. Since I had nothing to do, I decided to watch the show and see how the different soaps and programs on STAR Plus compare against each other.This particular award show is a medium to gauge the popularity of various shows and the characters in those soaps. I </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=171032933180192228&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/171032933180192228'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/171032933180192228'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/05/review-of-star-parivar-awards-ceremony.html' title='Review of the STAR Parivar awards ceremony'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-4307542751449271366</id><published>2007-05-20T22:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-20T23:09:43.576-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MBA NITIE SPJain'/><title type='text'>Some updates regarding my MBA</title><summary type='text'>Hello everyone,It has been a while now that I had posted something. SO today I will just let everyone know what I was upto in the [ast 1 month.I had GDs and PIs lined up in February and March. So I was busy waiting for their results to come. Of all the interviews that I gave (well there werent many when you look at some of my friends' schedules ), I felt I had completely messed up the NITIE </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=4307542751449271366&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/4307542751449271366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/4307542751449271366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/05/some-updates-regarding-my-mba.html' title='Some updates regarding my MBA'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-1507395075711323486</id><published>2007-03-25T22:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T00:17:40.837-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cricket'/><title type='text'>Objective analysis of Indian cricket after the World Cup Debacle</title><summary type='text'>Hello everyone!!The current world cup has brought cheers to some countries and despair to some of the biggest followers of the sport that is cricket. While it is nice to see nations like Bangladesh and Ireland, we also need to realise that it is also because of the lack of application from their highly ranked and over-hyped opponents i.e. India and Pakistan respectively.Status before the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=1507395075711323486&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/1507395075711323486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/1507395075711323486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/03/objective-analysis-of-indian-cricket.html' title='Objective analysis of Indian cricket after the World Cup Debacle'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-3170608601339895545</id><published>2007-01-17T03:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T09:47:33.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Wishing all my readers a very happy new year. i know I am a bit late but please forgive me for that. I was reading Mr Karan Thapar's columns on Hindustan Times website and came across a funny message. I will put the link over here since pasting the content over here might lead me to break some copyright laws which I don't intend to. I especially want all of you to read the new year wishes sent to</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=3170608601339895545&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/3170608601339895545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/3170608601339895545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/01/wishing-all-my-readers-very-happy-new.html' title=''/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-4947634149069803269</id><published>2007-01-11T20:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T09:47:33.212-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Misuse of Power   We all know where the Iraq war is headed. However a certain person still believes that he can pull about a change in the situation at ground zero. Such optimistic thoughts are necessary but only to a certain extent beyond which the best thing to do is to accept the truth and move on. Unfortunately Mr Bush doesn't agree with the rest of America. He has decided to send more than </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=4947634149069803269&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/4947634149069803269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/4947634149069803269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2007/01/misuse-of-power-we-all-know-where-iraq.html' title=''/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-115311315709437706</id><published>2006-07-16T21:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-16T22:12:37.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally it is over!!!</title><summary type='text'>Yes it is over... I finally took the SCJP certification on Friday 14th July 2006. It was at the prometric centre in Andheri-east. I first came to the office, had a nice breakfast given by mom and then left for the center. The center is quite good and the people are very professional and supportive.It has been a long journey. When I joined the company, I was straight away put into Java CoE(Center </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=115311315709437706&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/115311315709437706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/115311315709437706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/07/finally-it-is-over.html' title='Finally it is over!!!'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-114775435759116344</id><published>2006-05-15T21:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-05-15T21:39:17.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>funny thought on a software developer by Dilbert</title><summary type='text'>I read the blog entry from Euxx where he had posted a funny entry for software developer. It is of Dilbert:My dog was tired of hearing me whine about my job, so he became a billionaire and bought my company and fired me</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=114775435759116344&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/114775435759116344'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/114775435759116344'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/05/funny-thought-on-software-developer-by.html' title='funny thought on a software developer by Dilbert'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-114423327299059733</id><published>2006-04-05T03:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-05T03:34:33.003-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally some creative work</title><summary type='text'>Its nice to be back!After many days i am writing something of my own. In the past few months alot has changed about me. previously i had hardly ant knowledge of Java. now i do know a lot about it and also some related technologies as well. Ofcourse I don need to know them since my Job profile is such. I have to keep tracking latest trends and technologies. So now i not only know Java but also </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=114423327299059733&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/114423327299059733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/114423327299059733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/04/finally-some-creative-work.html' title='Finally some creative work'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-114249418329710678</id><published>2006-03-15T23:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-15T23:29:43.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Some Truths...</title><summary type='text'>This is a forwarded joke which I received recently. Since I have nothing worthwhile to write about. I would keep the blog updated by posting something funny.Here is the funny mail...1.) U use phrases like "No issue s" and "Value addition" in everyday parlance. For e.g. When talking about your doodhwalla, U say, "His milk does zero value addition to my health but he is the only guy around so no </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=114249418329710678&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/114249418329710678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/114249418329710678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/03/some-truths.html' title='Some Truths...'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113922950736031688</id><published>2006-02-06T04:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-02-06T04:40:51.823-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting article on Consulting</title><summary type='text'>Hi friends,Here's an interesting article on "consulting" companies:Read itIts pretty thought provoking. Do read it and respond...bye</summary><link rel='related' href='http://www.joelonsoftware.com/printerFriendly/articles/fog0000000024.html' title='Interesting article on Consulting'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113922950736031688&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113922950736031688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113922950736031688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/02/interesting-article-on-consulting.html' title='Interesting article on Consulting'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113802535709713542</id><published>2006-01-23T05:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-23T06:13:39.136-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A day at an Indian wedding</title><summary type='text'>well it seems i have nothing else to do when i go online...no wonder i m writing my third blog within 4 days...that must be a record of sorts for me...didnt go to the office today as i had to attend a wedding...(not mine stupid).as per the IST u reach 1 hour behind the original scheduled time of 10 am...this is where it all starts...as soon as u enter the wedding hall all attention turns towards </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113802535709713542&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113802535709713542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113802535709713542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/01/day-at-indian-wedding.html' title='A day at an Indian wedding'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113793715959550465</id><published>2006-01-22T05:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-22T05:39:19.623-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dropped.........Ganguly</title><summary type='text'>I was recently having a look at some of the current affairs that are on everybody's mind these days...but none of them have hogged more limelight than the Ganguly issue...The ganguly issue has been dragged for so long that now i hardly ever go beyond the first paragraph of that news item...according to me he has been dropped for good...he should realise that himself that he is no longer required </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113793715959550465&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113793715959550465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113793715959550465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/01/droppedganguly.html' title='Dropped.........Ganguly'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113777745259574581</id><published>2006-01-20T08:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-01-20T09:17:32.616-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Getting a bit technical</title><summary type='text'>Hi folks ...nice to be back after some time...i work in the j2ee field these days and it has been a mixed bag for me till now...I was also a bit busy in december preparing for my prsentation on JSF...now dont ask me wat that is ... i m not going to explain it after already explaining it two to three times to various groups...But that made me realise one thing...technical blogs are everywhere...</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113777745259574581&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113777745259574581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113777745259574581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2006/01/getting-bit-technical.html' title='Getting a bit technical'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113414504446091971</id><published>2005-12-09T08:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-09T08:17:24.473-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Bus karo.........</title><summary type='text'>i know many ppl will think this to be another post that is copied from somewhere....but believe me this one is cent percent written by me...neways work in office is boring...we go there look at others around us who also are looking at ways to find some work...(ya thats true everyone seems to be free)...i go in the morning to catch the company bus ... this bus is quite OK ...the FM radio in the </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113414504446091971&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113414504446091971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113414504446091971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/12/bus-karo.html' title='Bus karo.........'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113308760792256743</id><published>2005-11-27T16:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-27T02:46:04.900-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Have free time - Getting bored</title><summary type='text'>I am forced to put this blog because of lack of work. please bear this with me. If you find it very boring in the office, here are some tips:1. Form a detective agency to find out who is quitting next.2. Make blank calls to your Boss.3.Count your fingers (and toes if you still get bored).4. Rearrange the furniture, i.e. flick someone else's chair just to irritate him/her.5. Send mails from </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113308760792256743&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113308760792256743'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113308760792256743'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/11/have-free-time-getting-bored.html' title='Have free time - Getting bored'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113284890568909610</id><published>2005-11-24T21:43:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-24T08:20:20.050-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, I was there....</title><summary type='text'>this poem,written by my good friend Abhishek Pandeyis a tribute to all those who have experienced the ILP at trivandrum. this days of TCS was the best till date. everybody has enjoyed it immensely. the poem goes as follows:-   Where there were 4 coconut trees in every backyardTemple's music instruments woke us up during onam morningswhere, to digest food, was very hardWhere we had TT, badminton &amp;</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113284890568909610&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113284890568909610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113284890568909610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/11/yes-i-was-there_24.html' title='Yes, I was there....'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-113249125712587821</id><published>2005-11-20T18:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-20T04:54:17.276-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Season 2 begins...</title><summary type='text'>Well sorry for the break...but it was needed. the break was needed to let me have a retrospection of my own blog with people unhappy that i m writing so much.but now since i have internet and lots of idle time... i think i should start off again. this season may be never ending or it may also end. but 1 thing is for sure...this is going to be better than the previous one.these days we have many </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=113249125712587821&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113249125712587821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/113249125712587821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/11/season-2-begins.html' title='Season 2 begins...'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112568040378400971</id><published>2005-09-02T21:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T10:00:03.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The spirit of Mumbai</title><summary type='text'>Dark clouds cover the sunAnd the wind decides to runOut come the heavy rainsAt first the parched sun gainsThe reservoirs fill to the brimUbiquitous water no longer a dreamPeople everywhere have joyChildren convert papers to toyBut then the ships sinkAnd yours eyes winkThe rain seems to be infiniteBut your patience is finiteNow you wish it to stopFor water may go over your topThe army of clouds </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112568040378400971&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112568040378400971'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112568040378400971'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/09/spirit-of-mumbai.html' title='The spirit of Mumbai'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112324907391281853</id><published>2005-08-05T18:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-05T06:37:53.913-07:00</updated><title type='text'>brain drain season</title><summary type='text'>we have 3 seasons in india- summer, monsoon and winter. each season has some particular characteristics. everybody knows abt them quite properly having studied in geography throughout school life. but for me an engineer there is one more season to look forward to. it is the brain drain season.every year lots of students decide to go abroad for higher studies. some of them for academic interest </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112324907391281853&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112324907391281853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112324907391281853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/08/brain-drain-season.html' title='brain drain season'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112324916070293777</id><published>2005-08-05T06:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-05T06:39:20.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'>idle thoughts</title><summary type='text'>( this was penned by me before this deluge )Looking at the blue skyWith the sun shining brightlyO God! Give this day everydayFor it is so beautifulSitting in the balconyWith nothing to doListen to the sounds of universeThe perfect chaos you hearDancing the plants areWith the wind teaching the stepsLook at the ballet they performThe best synchronisation you seePiercing through your eyesWith all </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112324916070293777&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112324916070293777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112324916070293777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/08/idle-thoughts.html' title='idle thoughts'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112324895603153186</id><published>2005-08-05T06:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-05T06:35:56.036-07:00</updated><title type='text'>tommorrow never comes</title><summary type='text'>2 months into the vacation already and nothing worthwhile to do, i decided to do something useful so that i would not repent later. i decide loads of things to be done during my vacations. but as it happens everytime they are all thrown in the mind's dustbin.this time i had sincerely made a to-do list- learning JAVA, preparing for CAT, driving lessons, regularly exercising etc. but then i dont </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112324895603153186&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112324895603153186'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112324895603153186'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/08/tommorrow-never-comes.html' title='tommorrow never comes'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112187489214567468</id><published>2005-07-20T08:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-20T08:54:52.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>War of the newspapers</title><summary type='text'>As I have nothing worthwhile to do in my vacation, I pass time by writing blogs, reading books, playing keyboard (yes I have started to learn that) and sports, watching TV (it really sucks these days with no good programs) and of course reading newspapers.In the last few months, I suppose everyone must have watched the hoardings of various new papers making their way into Mumbai. Mumbai Mirror, </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112187489214567468&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112187489214567468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112187489214567468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/war-of-newspapers.html' title='War of the newspapers'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112187481986144556</id><published>2005-07-20T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-20T08:53:39.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>F.R.I.E.N.D.S</title><summary type='text'>4 years of engineering leaves you with a lot of good memories. In those 4 years you are always with your friends for half of the day. Even at home, you remain connected with them through phone, internet, SMSes and outings.So when your engineering comes to an end (after the final exams get over… it is obviously a relief) you are suddenly left with a void in your life. Everyone is experiencing that</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112187481986144556&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112187481986144556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112187481986144556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/friends.html' title='F.R.I.E.N.D.S'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112151810187180024</id><published>2005-07-16T05:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T05:48:21.873-07:00</updated><title type='text'>dilemma about our constitution</title><summary type='text'>Recently I was talking to my friend who is appearing for the IAS exam. His name is Dilip. I was drawn to the topic because of its nature. He told me some interesting things about this UPSC exam (union public service commission).First of all, like the IIT entrance and CAT, this is one of the most difficult and national exam conducted in our country. It provides our country the required </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112151810187180024&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112151810187180024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112151810187180024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/dilemma-about-our-constitution.html' title='dilemma about our constitution'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112151805065104748</id><published>2005-07-16T05:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T05:47:30.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'>hosting olympics</title><summary type='text'>the venue for the 2012 olympics was decided last week at singapore. london was the chosen one this time around. it outlasted the other 4 giants- paris, new york,moscow and madrid.the event had grabbed considerable media attention throughout the world. during the last few days before the selection, the lobbying became even more intense with all major sportspersons supporting their favourite city. </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112151805065104748&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112151805065104748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112151805065104748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/hosting-olympics.html' title='hosting olympics'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112151800264737931</id><published>2005-07-16T05:43:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-16T05:46:42.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'>flooding ur thoughts</title><summary type='text'>this being the monsoons, our country is bound to get heavy rains and cyclones at some places. this may or may not lead to floods depending on the topography.recently we had this situation in gujarat where it caused heavy losses and destruction all around. then it was in north india particularly in parts of J&amp;K and himachal pradesh. this also happens in orissa and the nearby coastal areas. it is a</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112151800264737931&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112151800264737931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112151800264737931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/flooding-ur-thoughts.html' title='flooding ur thoughts'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112056949386848942</id><published>2005-07-05T06:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-05T06:18:13.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wimbledon specials – part 2</title><summary type='text'>In the just concluded tournament, we had many riveting matches to see.Let me begin by paying tribute to the finest player on court today. He is the 3 time champion now. His name is Roger Federer. In every few years, you have a genius unearthed. The sublime ground strokes drive the opponents in a dizzy. You just need to look at the faces of Andy Roddick and Lyetton Hewiit for that. Their </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112056949386848942&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112056949386848942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112056949386848942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/wimbledon-specials-part-2.html' title='Wimbledon specials – part 2'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112056926840106252</id><published>2005-07-05T06:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-05T06:14:28.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wimbledon specials - part 1</title><summary type='text'>Wimbledon came to end on 3rd July and with it my favorite grand slam tournament. It was a year of domination and grit from some players.Wimbledon is my favorite for many reasons.• It is telecast live in the evening and all major matches can be viewed while having dinner or resting in the night. While other grand slams have schedules which don’t suit us. US open is late in the night. French open </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112056926840106252&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112056926840106252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112056926840106252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/wimbledon-specials-part-1.html' title='Wimbledon specials - part 1'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112030701650906741</id><published>2005-07-02T05:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T05:23:36.510-07:00</updated><title type='text'>bollywood award functions - are they ??</title><summary type='text'>Award functions today have became an essential part of our film and television industry. it has become a means for the film fraternity to come together and get to know the latest happenings. It is also a platform to give recognition to individuals for their hard work. But there are certain flaws in our award functions. Initially there used to be only one – filmfare. But now we have so many </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112030701650906741&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030701650906741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030701650906741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/bollywood-award-functions-are-they.html' title='bollywood award functions - are they ??'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112030689617489862</id><published>2005-07-02T05:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T05:21:36.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mumbai Woes --------- episode 2: attack of the problems</title><summary type='text'>We know that Mumbai has many pressing problems at hand. So it is important to concentrate on these problems and find a solution to the woes of Mumbai.Traveling in Mumbai is like going through hell. You have the trains which are always crowded no matter at what time you board it. You have the irregular BEST buses (they are actually really good). Roads are full of potholes or they are dug up for </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112030689617489862&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030689617489862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030689617489862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/mumbai-woes-episode-2-attack-of.html' title='Mumbai Woes --------- episode 2: attack of the problems'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112030675767616129</id><published>2005-07-02T05:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T05:19:17.676-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mumbai Woes --------- episode 1: the haunt of the transformation</title><summary type='text'>We hear about this everyday. Every second day we read about various plans to transform Mumbai into a world class city like Shanghai or New York. But before we even think of such plans, we should consider a few issues.First, cities like Shanghai are newly developed. This city was a small farming village some 10 years ago. It was when the Chinese felt the need to look at other avenues like </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112030675767616129&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030675767616129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030675767616129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/mumbai-woes-episode-1-haunt-of.html' title='Mumbai Woes --------- episode 1: the haunt of the transformation'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112030663882216243</id><published>2005-07-02T05:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T05:17:18.823-07:00</updated><title type='text'>An evening at my community function</title><summary type='text'>every year my community organises a function. my community is called the ' Shree Surti Panchal Gnati Samaj '. so we are basically 'panchals' i.e some kind of artisans i.e my forefathers were either blacksmiths or dealed with metals. at those times they were called engineers. ( that may the reason for surnames : engineer, contratctor, lohar, panchal,etc in my community). anyways this annual </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112030663882216243&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030663882216243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030663882216243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/evening-at-my-community-function.html' title='An evening at my community function'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112030654811068158</id><published>2005-07-02T05:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T05:15:48.113-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A for AATANKWADI</title><summary type='text'>at the end of my engineering life, i do like to remember those days where we used to do a lot of fun. i particularly want to express my views about my practicals batch.i have normally always been in A batch. these were the original set of people in the batch:-sharad, ashish, rajeev, harsh, anish, kedar, trupti, pranali, rahul, sumant, pavan, jinen etc... and ofcourse ME!!!our batch used to do </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112030654811068158&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030654811068158'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030654811068158'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/for-aatankwadi.html' title='A for AATANKWADI'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-112030643796271163</id><published>2005-07-02T05:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T05:13:57.966-07:00</updated><title type='text'>pandu goes english</title><summary type='text'>'kay re kutthe challas?', ' aamcha chai-pani cha kai?' and few others will soon be replaced be 'where are you going?', ' what about our commisions?' respectively. confused?? Well dont be so because thats what you will hear from our so called pandu hawaldars soon. (ofcourse if everything goes as planned)the maharashtra government has decided that the mumbai police should be taught English. They </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=112030643796271163&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030643796271163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/112030643796271163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/07/pandu-goes-english.html' title='pandu goes english'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-111512577389385676</id><published>2005-05-03T05:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-03T06:23:15.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>vivas.......and more</title><summary type='text'>i know ppl will get bored at the very name of vivas but now that the last viva of my four year engineering is over, i do feel that this term deserves some thought. i gave my first viva during the submissions of 'C and unix'... it was not that gr8 but it did tell me that they could ask anything related to the subject..so i decided that from now on, i would try to do everything when appearing for a</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=111512577389385676&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111512577389385676'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111512577389385676'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/05/vivasand-more.html' title='vivas.......and more'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-111417542174563245</id><published>2005-04-22T18:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-22T06:10:21.746-07:00</updated><title type='text'>SPCE Special Place Called hEaven</title><summary type='text'>Today was the last submission of my engineering period. i will miss it forever. those long waiting periods for getting ur journal to get signed. hoping for the best grades. trying to increase ur marks( which hardly occur). but the thing that will be missed most will be chatting along with friends while waiting in the line.everything that is good has to come to an end. unfortunately it has in case</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=111417542174563245&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111417542174563245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111417542174563245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/04/spce-special-place-called-heaven.html' title='SPCE Special Place Called hEaven'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-111363449668962044</id><published>2005-04-15T23:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T05:54:55.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kiran's CV lecture</title><summary type='text'>we always try to get things done in a jiffy... i.e. we always want shortcuts to our goal. but have we ever tried hard for a particular thing in life.coming to the topic... we had a CV lecture... (god knows why i took CV...it is crap)we wanted it to get over as soon as possible. sumeet and kiran katara were supposed to give a lecture on RLE implementation of connected componenets labelling. (dont </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=111363449668962044&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111363449668962044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111363449668962044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/04/kirans-cv-lecture.html' title='Kiran&apos;s CV lecture'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-111321073833802658</id><published>2005-04-11T01:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-11T02:19:45.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the art of bargaining</title><summary type='text'>we being indians always bargain a lot on all kind of things. be it wrt to goods or some concessions or anything else. this article is written bcoz of the events that happened in goa.    we had gone to the flea market on the 2nd night there. i wanted to buy a bag desperately for my mom but i had limited amount of money. So i couldnt stretch the amount. therefore i started bargaining. but it seemed</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=111321073833802658&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111321073833802658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111321073833802658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/04/art-of-bargaining.html' title='the art of bargaining'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-111313644028369303</id><published>2005-04-10T05:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-10T05:34:00.283-07:00</updated><title type='text'>the future is WIRELESS</title><summary type='text'>u always find urself surrounded by wires everywhere.Be it ur telephone wires or computer cables or electricity lines. so when I work on our project i wonder when the day will come when everything will be without wires i.e. WIRELESS. as far as our project goes, we faced problems in making the wireless cards run in linux. most of the cards were compatible only with Windows. after that the next </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=111313644028369303&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111313644028369303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111313644028369303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/04/future-is-wireless.html' title='the future is WIRELESS'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-111241527621636657</id><published>2005-03-30T20:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-04-02T02:12:14.143-08:00</updated><title type='text'>lord Jaggumort</title><summary type='text'>u normally assume ur HOD to be an all-knowing person in his field but thats not the case with us unfortunately. on 29th march i gave a presentation on OpenSSL. it was supposed to be an half hour event but bcoz of our feared dark lord it extended to a one and half hour affair. Trust him to create all kinds of problems and trivial doubts. Disturbing others is his favourite pastime. I knew it would </summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=111241527621636657&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111241527621636657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111241527621636657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/03/lord-jaggumort.html' title='lord Jaggumort'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11663547.post-111166539981015749</id><published>2005-03-24T03:50:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-24T03:56:39.810-08:00</updated><title type='text'>first blog</title><summary type='text'>hi every1 this is my first post on my new blogsitei worked on openssl today and taught nilay and shamsher a few things about how to use itit was fun teaching thembeing the last sem i feel that a very short time is left until we all r separated therefore i remain in college for as much time as possible.bye</summary><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=11663547&amp;postID=111166539981015749&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111166539981015749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/11663547/posts/default/111166539981015749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://edarshan.blogspot.com/2005/03/first-blog.html' title='first blog'/><author><name>darshan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12030274262351447807</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://www.geocities.com/sumeetkumar2707/dar01.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
