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एक ब्लाग का पुनर्जन्म - Rebirth of a Blog

This place is almost dead for around 2 years now. Most of the time I was writing on my Hindi blog. Thinking of reviving this place. Will try to put some photographs with some running commentary in Hindi/English. Let us see, how far it goes this time.

I was disconnected

Was away frm cyber space for last 40 days(since i left IIFM), could not connect to net at my hometown, thogh installed a modem and try to connect it with BSNls new Netone connection...

Could very well feel the meaning of Digital Devide when i was there.

So there were lots of unread mails when i got back...finished reading/replying them all today.

Meanwhile , life has taken a new shape...i m no more a student now but a working professional :).

Joined my Organisation yesterday, and induction program has started with that. There will be lots of new things to do and learn now.Will be in Hyderabad by 15th April which is my location of posting...

will try to keep updating here

P.S. Also have to change the side info bar here but will do it later....

Year Ending

So...last week of the year 2005, a time to be a little bit philosphical and see what happened during the passing year...what was to be done, what I did, and what remained untouched.
Though in some sense New Year does not mean anything special because in a way each day is a new day and only thing that matters is how one can make full use of it. If it goes as per your wish, then what they call in Hindi is...

"हर दिन अपना बने दशहरा, रात बने दीवाली"

But even then, these type of occasions (say New Year, Dashahara, Diwali or ur B'Day) give a chance to sit, relax and look back for a moment for the things i discribed above, that is where I am, where I should have been and what can i do to be there ,where I should have been :).
Also what I left in between, what I aquired new, and what i need for the coimng year (a kind of wishlist...?)

Have tried to put some thoughts over theses matters at my Hindi Blog (I feel at home when I write in Hindi) and regarding 2006, certainly going to be challanging and defining year of my life.At present, it is the last phase of student life(most probably) and have to enter the MARKET...
seems life will be totally different then, new targets, new environment and less freedom...

Let us see, what Santa brings to me this year.....
Merry Christmas....

Finished with Presentation-I

Today, done with first presentation regarding the OT findings.Was attended by various NGOs of Udaipur (Sewa Mandir, FES etc..) and also some technical people.Went on smoothely. Now remaining with Next presentation at Delhi to be on 2nd , and ofcourse, report writing, which is going to be a big task...
Anyway, at present, planning to enjoy weekend with my Brother at Nathdwara & Udaipur...
Coming Soon, IIFM...

Finishing OT 2...

On the verge of finishing Second Organisational Training here at SPWD's Udaipur office.Right now busy in making report and presentations....have to deliever one presentation day after tomorrow here at Udaipur and the next friday at Delhi Headquarter...and thats the END....have to reach IIFM by 5th, so a chance to spend at least one night at home, while returning.

Got a lot of sweet/bitter experiences and memories of the field visit...travelled more then 7000 kilometers across 6 states(Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Orissa, AP, CG and Guajarat)...got a lot to write here...though my much inclination nowadays is on my Hindi Blog (feel better to write in mother tounge)

Looking ahead at IIFM, it will be the last phase of IIFM stay(& probably the student life, dont know)...and the big big thing.....have to deal with placements as that is the ultimate thing...but anyway, the journey seems to be more important the the destination...because will anyhow reach there, if the journey was good, & till now, it indeed was...

The last two lines seemed to be a bit philosphical...actually I just finished reading The Alchemist for the second time.First time I read it was in March 2004...a lot has changed since then....at that time , i just read it as a fiction, but this time, the outlook was a bit different...Seems, I myself have changed a lot during this period...will write more abt it later

Coming Back

Writing here after a lot many days...dont know why i forgot my way here...may be because i was writing here, on my hindi blog(though not so regularly there too)....

Anyway, i m in Udaipur currently, for my OT II, with SPWD again, where i did my OT I.

The project is related to Bio Diesel and Jatropha Carcus, there may be impacts on environmnet as well as rural livelihood, wasteland development, there mareket potential and the current situation with respect to all these issues.Sounds very intresting. Doing some literature review at present and will be moving to field around 15th october. Will cover the states of Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh , Chattisgarh etc, so a lot of travel ahead.

Alos no Dashahra , Diwali at home this year....just like it used to happen when i was in Navodaya, but there, atleast we had a lot of friends....