The Dynamic Inner Me!!!

The far flung Rays of the setting sun were depicting the singularity of the phenomenon. “Perhaps the only Event loath to ever changing dynamism of the world”, I thought.  This Evening was not at all different from the previous ones. What had changed was the Ambience around me, Sentiments that were of my own as of late, Impulses which had driven me up to here and indeed The Inner me. I was alike everyone drifting by the flux of life.

On the course, I was being captive by the moments pertinent to time so much that stories kept taking form somewhere back in my nous. The stories that stroke the chords of present and portrayed it in its own notion. What if I was merely an observer? The course should have been the different one then.

Life is a dream, a Star Gazing indeed.  And I was mistaken perceiving its realness. Like a protagonist in the Tale, I thoroughly embraced its Fictiveness as Realism and acted what was scripted by others. Time moved, I conceived. Nay, time was still, it was me who proceeded here. Like an explorer who left his shack to find the treasures of the world and in the voyage he nullified the real treasures of life for which he had to forgo the virtual treasures he had acquired till then. I was being persuaded. Persuaded by the lullabies of world which induced me for the nap, not for long though!

And now that I am awake I can sense the every mo I respire, is steadily blending with the Past, opening doors for the Time to come. I can feel the changing me. Now I’ll be sitting behind and quietly observe forthwith the good and the bad fortunes life will discover and maneuver the protagonist, theMe, in the Self Scripted Tale.

The sun has not yet set wholly and I have started looking as far as I can, beyond the horizon. Continually attenuating rays are still pretending the dynamism of Time.

But I’ll see the Truth, The Dynamic Me!!!!

A Worthy Flight..

Thou, the wave of reverie in my head,

Take me back in the yard of infancy.

Vistas of those streets have faded away,

Where devils, kings and fairies play.

Where cognizance questions the existence of world,

And incognizant of its human norms.

When flurries had done the treaty with years

To meet on the ripening of fruits ,life bears.

Perhaps ,those kites might still be flying in the sky,

I had allowed them to blend with untrodden heights.

Perhaps ,they have loosen the course , I fear,

 Waiting for me to come up with the nerve to steer.

Take me back in  the yard of infancy, ‘o’ reverie,

For I could play that game again ,

To knit the fabric of dreams so tight

and begin the journey of life in a worthy flight.

And begin the journey of life in a worthy flight.

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF MIND

Having insight of the excursion hereafter

I must be geared up for the ruthless storm,

As the slumbering diva is longing to be awake,

To dwell in a terpsichore and amusing warm.

Dawn would drizzle to persuade I know,

Waves would steer the course to sway,

Merely to heed the stillness of the dark

But,intended aurora does not stay.

And how far will she unfold the nightmare ,

In the distant palace amid heavy woods?

I can’t await for the demon to come

And satiate her domain with brutal falsehoods.

 Thou , the diety of immortal divineness

Emanated the irresistible impulse of this voyage.

Also devote thine devotee, the asset of valor

To furbish the covering and halt the ravage.

So that I can adjoin her to the radiant sight,

And take her out to the tiny hole.

But ahead of it, let her visualize the divine

And acknowledge Me, ‘Her Soul’.

LET THE TRUE STAKEHOLDERS DECIDE!!!

With the MHRD, coming up with a common entrance test and new ranking procedure for undergraduate engineering courses , a wind of conflict have once again entangled the students, professors ,directors and senates of IITs ,Ministry and the concerned ones after two and a half years of considering the issue at first. IIT council is claiming that the intention behind the decision is to lessen the stress on the students because of multiple exams. Should a student not be asked about it first?

In fact it’ll even worsen the situation, as the student will have the pressure of performing in all the three; board exams, JEE main and JEE advanced to secure a rank which should be competitive enough for entering in any prestigious college of the country. As per the present system, if a brilliant student could not perform well in JEE by chance, he or she can get admission in NITs or in any reputable centrally funded institutes by fetching good marks in AIEEE or other engineering entrance exams.

Secondly, the members of councils with the opinion that the importance of the schooling system has to be revived in larger public interest by giving due weightage to the performance of students in Class XII Board examinations and at the same time maintain the credibility and integrity of admissions to higher institutes of technical education, should know that both conditions cannot be achieved simultaneously unless the standard of the school education in India is meliorated through  sustained efforts..

The most stunning facts which impelled me to write this article are:  

•   Mr Kapil Sibbal and many more from the council, the ‘self-proclaimed stakeholders’ of improving education quality in colleges, consider inclusion of board marks in screening to be a solution for putting a halt on large number of coaching centres emerging everywhere.
•   According to them, It’ll also make students more concerned towards board exams, which is essential for a good academic curriculum.
•   The statement by IIT kgp director, prof. Damodar Acharya that he is agree with the proposal of council as students with better Board performance will now get a chance to get into IITs. These students shall perform better than students who have cracked the JEE with poorer school performance. ( how?)
•   HRD Minister Kapil Sibbal claimed on TV that he is proud that the proposals have been passed without dissent.

How the people living with their own pre-assumptions can decide the fate of lakhs of aspirants and prestigious technological institutes?                                                                                      

Considering the first three points I must say that any student who has taken coaching for JEE at an average coaching institute will easily tell the story. People mulling over the number of students clearing JEE through coaching should be aware of the fact that coaching institutes not only sharpen the concepts which are essential to attempt JEE questions but also provide a competitive environment which makes students capable of passing any engineering entrance exam. They also measure the performance of students by conducting periodic evaluation tests and through these tests students also get to know their mistakes. Some of them even provide IITian and or NITian teachers  who can guide the students in a best possible way.

On the other hand, good marks can easily be attained in board exams, simply by mugging some repetitive questions coming in the exams over the years or learning an artistic way of writing the answer. Neither the teachers in the school give stress on the conceptual learning nor the books provided by council of board exams are so advanced which enable students to cope with the JEE standard. I have a friend of mine who had topped the state in board and couldn’t even get a seat in an average college in my hometown through AIEEE.

The inclusion of 40% weightage of boards in the screening process too will be a malpractice because of huge amount of disparity in state board exams which cannot be covered even after the normalisation. For eg. Some areas within the state are known for rampant copying and some are not. Practical exams are travesty in some schools of the states. Obviously, these schools will become crowded with the students, for getting marks, as high as possible leading to further deterioration of the education system.

 As far as coaching centres are concerned even after giving weightage to the board marks, students will approach the coaching centres which can provide them coaching for both in boards as well as in JEE main and JEE advanced. At last, the ones who will pay the cost, will be the students preparing hard for JEE and the IITs who have been maintaining their status for a very long time through a credible and efficient system of producing brilliant minds of the country. So instead of lowering the standard of institutes, Mr. Sibbal should shift his concern to the wretched condition of government schools of India which is the root cause of the issue.

Coming to the last point, perhaps 5 out of the 7 IIT senates contending for maintaining their status quo, IIT Kanpur having determined to go with its own exam, IIT- Delhi Alumni Association’s decision to file a PIL petition against the new JEE and All India IIT faculty federation virtually rejecting the common test, don’t count as dissent for the Union minister. He can be a good lawyer and can boast his decision with the support of 5 directors of IITs out of the 7 but the authenticity lies in letting the true stakeholders, who are students, alumni, senate, faculty and future aspirants, take the decision through mutual agreement.