Are you really an Indian?

Let me tell you a story which will make you aware of the current situation in India.

      An American visited India and went back to America after few months. He met his Indian friend who asked him, How did you find my country? The American said it is a great country with solid ancient history and immensely rich with natural resources. The Indian friend then asked, how did you find Indians? to that the American replied that "Indians? Who Indians? I didn't find or meet a single Indian there in India". The surprised Indian friend asked the American guy, "What nonsense? Who else could you meet in India then?" to this the American  guy replied that,
In Kashmir, I met a Kashmiri...
In Punjab, I met a Punjabi...
In Bihar, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, I met a Bihari, Marathi, Marwadi, Bengali, Tamilian and Malayali.

Then I met,

• A Hindu,
• A Muslim,
• A Christian,
• A Jain,
• A Buddhist,
• A Sikh

and many more. But not a single Indian did I meet.

      The reason behind me sharing this story with you all is because this is the current situation in India. When someone asks you "Who are you?", the only reply we get is that, You're Punjabi / Maharashtrian / Hindu / Muslim / Jain or many more such answers. But you are forgetting who you really are, we all are Indians and we should be proud to say that also.

      Some of you maybe thinking that what change will it bring by just saying that or believing that we are Indian. But it can bring a lot of change which you might not have thought about. If you say you're hindu or muslim then you're representing that caste, if you say you're Maharashtrian or Punjabi then you're representing that State. But if you say you're an Indian, then you are representing India as a whole to the whole world. And what change will it bring? The change will be immense. If you believe that you're an Indian then you will not think of a particular caste or particular region or state, but instead you will think about the country as a whole.

      Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Ashfaqulla Khan, Chandra Sekhar Azad and many such more great people had never ever thought about their caste or region when they did something. They believe that they are Indians and fought for the freedom of the country which you all are enjoying today, and yet so many of you regret saying that you're an Indian. This is really a disappointing fact which comes to light when we interact with the people in India.

      If you could change your mindset and work towards the benefit of others then not only our country but the whole world will change. A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step. You have the power to change the world and no one can even steal this power from you. It is you who can do something to change the future and bring about a better tomorrow. And Most importantly, rather than blaming the society to bring the change or blaming the government to bring the change is lame. We should change our way of thinking towards each other and help each other. In this world, where there are many selfish people who are working for their own self interest, if some people started bringing some change and started helping each other out, then you can imagine how our country and how the world will be. Then it will not be about someone or someplace, but it will be about everyone and everyplace in the world. What will be the difference between animals and humans? If we all as human beings, forget what is Humanity and start working for our own selfish interest as many of us are doing now.

Change yourself and not your profile picture on social networking sites. Then the nation will change automatically.

I'm Proud to be an Indian and my only request to you all is,

Why we do what we do?

      We all have Great Minds and we can achieve anything if we believe in it. Why we do what we do? This is the question surprisingly many of us don't think about. But when you sit down and think about it, you can feel the change you need. We as human beings tend to achieve our goals either by our passion or by putting everybody down and climbing up the ladder. These are the different paths which people take, they are either going to achieve their goals by helping people or by putting them down. Both of these have the same goal but what really matters and is right is the first path. When you contribute to people and help them achieve their goals, you are actually helping yourself to be a better human being and as a result you will be achieving your goals. We human beings are meant to help each other out. For example, your friends and family, who help you at your difficult times. But why do they do it? because they know that you will be ready to help them when they need you.

      Many of us have failed to achieve something in life and when we ask them why did you fail at something you wanted so passionately? The Answer will be that they didn't have the Time, Money, Technology, Experience, Contacts,etc. But if you think about it, those are not the reasons they failed, it is that Inner Drive/force which helps us to achieve something in our life. If someone really wants to achieve something they will find a way to achieve it, no matter what. Even if the person doesn't have money or technology, despite that, he will find a solution. It is not about all the things that I mentioned above but it is about that Inner Force which you need, to do something and contribute to the society. Though the things mentioned above can be one of the obstacles but obstacles are overcomed by people who dare to dream and dare to achieve their goals.

      Sometimes you have all the creativity,technology and time and you are ready to do everything possible to achieve your goals and contribute to society and help each other out, but maybe you are missing that inner force you need in order to boost you up and start achieving it. That Inner Force can be easily activated either by watching a video, talking to someone, reading stories, reading books or even reading a blog.

Let me give you some examples:

      Steve Jobs who started Apple in his garage(do you really think people were going to take it seriously that time?), Mark Zuckerberg a college dropout who made one of the most popular social networking site, Facebook. Also there are Indian Inventors, whom you might not know well, they are Vinod Dham (popularly known as the Father of Pentium Chip) who contributed to the development of the highly successful Pentium processors from Intel, Sabeer Bhatia who founded Hotmail email service, Ajay Bhatt who helped define and develop several widely used technologies like USB (Universal Serial Bus), AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), PCI Express and various other technologies, and the list does not end here. They all faced obstacles while inventing those things, but they didn't give up.

      Albert Einstein, when he was at school his teachers told his parents that he would not be able to contribute much to society and now we know how much he has contributed to the whole world. Obstacles didn't stop them from achieving their goals. On the contrary, most of us do a job or study only because of the money. They don't want to achieve something in life or chase their dream. They might be having passion to do something else, but because of the peer pressure from the society they could not do it. But, if that had stopped Albert Einstein from learning and inventing things then the world would not have developed much.

      If you still don't know why you are doing what you are doing, get up and follow your heart because it can lead you to things which matter the most and the things that you love doing. True Happiness is often achieved when you love what you are doing or when you do what you love. And that happiness will lead you to success and your life will be amazing. At the end I would say with the help of a quote that,

Curiosity

         You maybe thinking that how can a person be curious about things around them?. The Answer is "You are born Curious". Curiosity is that skill which is present in every individual. Recently, I heard a quote saying that "If you can light a spark of curiosity in a child, they will learn without further assistance". This is because children are natural learners and so are we. Curiosity doesn't need anything for its existence. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. 

        If we pick a very basic example of Thomas Edison, then you will know that Thomas Edison tried almost 2000 different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When all the materials didn't worked as per his expectations, then his assistant complained, "All our work is in vain. We have learned nothing." to that Edison replied very confidently, "Oh, we have come a long way and we have learned a lot. We know that there are Two Thousand elements which we cannot use to make a good light bulb." Thomas Edison was determined and curious about what he was doing. He didn't stopped even when failing so many times, which most of us would give up. That's the Power of Curiosity.

        Few days back I saw a small child about 7 years old, his mom was teaching him something about environment and she told him that when the sunlight falls on the water, the water transforms into water droplets and evaporates in the atmosphere thus forming clouds which later on give rains. Listening to this, the child immediately went to pick up a small cup from the kitchen, poured some water in it and kept that cup in the balcony where sunlight was coming. When I asked him, "Why are you keeping this cup filled with water in the balcony?", he replied to me smiling, "I'm giving water to clouds". From this incident we can learn 2 things from that child:

1. He was keen to know how it works (i.e. He was curious to know that how water can be transformed into water droplets and later on form clouds).
2. He actually tested whether what he heard just now was right or wrong.

        Many researchers and scientists, invented new technology not only because they have knowledge but they were curious to know about things and they were not afraid to fail at times. If you remember, when we were young and we don't know how to walk, at that time we had fall many times while walking, still we had tried our best to walk without any assistance and we did succeed. Some started walking early while some started a bit late. It is not about when you started, it's about whether you had given your best shot or not. If Biologist were not curious enough to know about How the Human Body Works then doctors were not able to save lives of people which they are doing now with such an ease. So, try to be curious and explore the various things around yourself. 

        If I'm able to spark curiosity in you by this post, then I will be happy because making someone curious is like contributing to the whole mankind.

Best Motivational video

      Recently, I had seen a video which will motivate you in just few minutes. It is one of the best motivational video that I had ever came across and I would like to share this video with you all guys.

After seeing this video you will surely do what you want to do and make the most out of your life.

All the Best for your future!

The day when I started learning C language

      It was my 2nd semester at Thadomal Shahani Engineering College when we were introduced to a subject called SPA(i.e. C Programming). I always wanted to learn to code something and make some useful program out of it, so during my 2nd semester I was excited to learn C language. The college started and we were having lectures and practicals to develop our C Programming language skill. At the beginning we were taught how to think logically to develop a program and also how to write an algorithm and make a flowchart so later we can code in C language using that logic.

      I used to pay attention to this kind of subjects, because these were the subjects which I like the most. At the start it was difficult for me to write algorithm and draw a flowchart, as the days passed I managed to write a proper algorithm and it was my first step to learn programming. Also, we were taught the basic steps and syntax which was required to start coding in C language. During every practical hours, we were given a problem statement and we were told to solve it on our own. At the start I used to face problems in the practical and I had spent even 2-3 hours thinking about how to write even a simple Fibonacci program which will take a limit from the user and print Fibonacci numbers till that limit.

      As the days passed, I got the hang of it and started coding all by myself. It was strange but I always used to code first and then write the algorithm on that code, maybe because I used to think of the logic in my mind and after that start to code instead of writing an algorithm.

      For all C enthusiastic, let me give you a tip on how to solve any pattern given to you.

 

 Lets analyse this triangle.

1. It is a star pattern, so print statement will require "*" in it.
2. Here 3 triangles are there and we have to print spaces in between.
3. Four loops would be required. One for different lines and one for each triangle.
4. So, one outer loop would be required with three inner loops.
5. As line number increases, number of stars in 1st and in 3rd triangle will decrease,One thing you should realize that number of spaces at each line increases by 2 i.e twice the number of line. 
6. So the loop goes as follows.

  for(i=0;i<n;i++)                //Outer Loop
  {
    for(j=0;j<n-i;j++)            //Runs for n-i times to print star
    {
      printf("*");                    //1st Inner Loop
    }
    for(k=0;k<(2*i);k++)    //Runs for 2*i times to print spaces
    {
      printf(" ");                   //2nd Inner Loop
    }
    for(m=0;m<n-i;m++)   //Runs for n-i times to print star
    {
      printf("*");                  //3rd Inner Loop
    }
    printf("\n");                  //To move to next line
  }

      Lastly, I would like to thank my SPA (i.e. C Programming Language) subject teacher for all the help and support I needed and would like to dedicate this quote to her.

Long, Easy yet Difficult Sem-2 Maths Paper

      As usual, I reached college early in the morning to study a little bit before the exams get started. It was a fine day until I started writing my sem-2 Maths paper. When I got the question paper in my hand every question which was there in the paper was easy for me. So, I started solving my maths paper, finished my 1st compulsory question correctly and was happy about it, after that I started solving my 2nd set of questions and it was having 3 sub questions.

      Soon, I wrote my 1st sub question and had finished it completely, when I got my final answer to the question I was having a doubt about the correctness of the answer. Then I started verifying that answer and I found that the answer was wrong, in order to get that answer correct I had to debug the solved sum and I found that I had done a silly mistake in the middle of the sum. I had to repeat the whole the sum and I did it. By this time I had wasted some of my time.
Little bit of tension started building up as I had wasted some of my time but I knew that I can complete my paper in time.

      Soon, after that as I was attempting the other sub questions the same thing happened again and again and again, It was making me frustrated and at that point I even thought that "I'm not gonna write this maths paper anymore." and I stopped for a while trying to relax in that difficult situation which was not possible at that moment. At that time suddenly on my mind a quote came up which was:

      This quote is funny yet enough inspiring to make you realize that you should never give up in life no matter what happen and how hard it is. This realization made me determined to write the paper even after writing repeatedly wrong answers and still correcting those answers and moving forward to write new answers. I told to myself that "I'm going to write the paper and finish it up." and I continued to write my paper.

      After some time the bell rang and the time was over, but still I had not written some answers which totals up to 20 marks out of 80 marks paper. I know that I should feel bad about it that I had not attempted 20 marks of questions but still I was happy to the fact that I tried my best and even when I was about to give up, I continued writing my paper and attempted a whole lot of answers.

      Few months later, results came up and my only tension was whether I got good marks in maths paper or not. I was amazed by the results which came up because I got good marks in my Maths paper even after leaving some questions.

      At that point of time, Life has taught me 1 important lesson that everyone should follow in their life that We Should Never Give Up. Lastly, I should say that,

Tension is bad for your health as well as for the exams.

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