Durga Puja - Bhubaneswar

Well after the sudden orders from the institute to retreat back to our homes, I was given the opportunity to enjoy the puja back at home after 3-4 years.
Well lemme give you a glimpse of the celebration here at Bhubaneswar. [1 thing : the pics were taken by a normal VGA Camera :(]



Although simple, this was one of the best works. Odisha is famous for this pandels. No doubt !


One huge masterpiece. The best part of this pandal is the tribal playing dhols and flutes at the gate.


The tribals playing the instruments making the surrounding even more festive.


This is another huge one @ Nayapalli. Hats off to the people who dared make it this huge.


This is the best one, entirely made out of floor mats. These people can be real imaginative.


A closeup of the entrance. This is all I could manage in the push and pull of the crowd.

Apart from all these there were a large number of pandals which we couldnt cover due to time constraints. Another thing which I should highlight is the melas rather the village fairs which were adjacent to the pandals. They added to the festive mood. [ I could not take pictures of them due to the VGA Cam :( ]

Neways it was fun out here watching all this. Although, I do miss the celebration back at my college. We had planned a lot for this time puja but the attack of jaundice back in our college forced us all to leave. I miss the joy of organising and being an integral part of the Puja

Durga Puja Notice 2

This was the poster that I designed as the poster for the Durga Puja. Some things which I think can be made a note of are

• BACKGROUND & THEME : At first you should be able to choose a good background and theme. A good background completes half of your task. While choosing or preparing your background make sure you dont have too many colours and designs in it. In that case it becomes difficult to write the text distinctly.Not to mention it should go with your theme.
  

• FONTS : Next make sure you choose your  fonts for a poster. Too many makes it more clumsy and scrappy. On the other hand very less makes it look more official.

• IMAGES : This step is very important. In this step you are supposed to choose icons or some images to put in your poster to make it lively. Make sure you choose the right pictures. I would advice you to go to flickr or photobucket or any image hosting sites which offer good quality images (essentials you have a lot of professional photographers posting their photos there). You should also take care of the border of the photos. They do play an important role in deciding the final look of the poster.

• SELECTION OF COLORS : You should choose yours colors from the images you are using. That brings out a feeling of blending into the theme of your poster

• PLACEMENT : Last but not the least is the proper placement of all the elements that you plan to put on your poster. It should highlight the important things in your poster. Like in my poster i wanted to high light the Specials in my poster not at the cost of Puja timings, so I used icons or pics to highlight the Specials.

It all depends on you , how you place, how you plan and how you execute.

Indian Railways change .... please

Well a very crude idea that i came up with during my recent nightmare with my travel in the general compartment of Indian railways from Vasco in Goa to Bhubaneswar in Odisha. No doubt there were thoughts about time travel and teleportation during the painful travel, I would like the following ideas to be highlighted, which can be implemented.

• The body of the train should be changed to something lighter and tougher which would increase the speeds manifold
  
• The number of general tickets should not exceed the number of available seats. It becomes a musical chair circus in the other case.
• The general compartments should be properly cleaned and the supply of water should be ensured.
• Further the introduction of aerodynamic structure which would decrease the weight of the train on rails should be implemented. (this appealed the most to me)
• Lastly it should be awesome :P (really don't know how

Nevertheless i enjoyed my first long distance (nearly 36 hrs) journey in a general compartment of a pantry-less Amaravati Express....

I will soon be posting some of the pictures which i took....

Dunno why

Hmmmm

I dunt know y but I am the way I am. Some times in life things seem so different when seen from the point of view of different people. A success to someone seems a failure for some one else. Yet the whole world is always stable and balanced. I think rather that s why its more balanced and stable. The divesity in thoughts and actions brings it all together and keeps it attached.

Sometimes your life may seem bad and crapy to u.....I dunno y but why not for a moment take a moment and see it from another person's point of view. A point of view that makes your life more worthy, more beautiful, more fruitful, above all more valuable. All of a sudden you might feel your life and the world around you so charming and welcoming that you would like take a step ahead make it even better and beautiful. Its all in the mind and its all your thoughts which bring in all difference in your life. The whole point of your life is to make it more beautiful and enjoyable. So its you who is guiding your life.

Tickle yourself, talk to yourself, crack jokes on yourself and yes once in a while do see yourself. After all you are the architect of yourself, so that way you should have a look at your sculpture once in a while. :P

Durga Puja Notice

This is one of my recent works. For the first time I made use of the pictures which were taken by me. The image down was taken at the time of sandhi puja during Durga Puja 08. Similarly the the image of godesses Durga was taken on vijaya dashami during Durga Puja 08. The only thing i did was apply some filter effects (brush strokes..hmm i dunt remember exactly) to the images and put a nice background which i had. The image came out to be very nice. :)

If you like the work, then do tweet. (added the feature recently :P). Temme how you like it.

9xM ki bheegi billi....

Hope u come across the very famous bheegi billi of 9xM channel. I present to you my version as in some of my own original creations.

the very famous one :

tension mat le yaar
jab jeena ho duuswar
toh kar le thoda pyaar

The poem urges you to be cool and relaxed in your life. When ever you are in some difficulty, you should not panic. Rather think with a cool mind and try solving it. Make sure you arrive at the conclusion which should be both in agreement with your dimag and heart, then only its going to be a success.


Next one of my recent compositions which was my reply when some one asked me " kaisa hai"

sab changa
nahin hai koi danga
kyunki leta nahin koi mujhse panga
nahin toh kardunga usko nanga

This poem carries the message of being well and sound. Feel like the king of the world and live king size nomatter what problems come in life.

So what i wanna say is even the bheegi billi ke songs carry some message.

On ending note :P

i am so joblessum

i am blossom

kyunki i am hitum

so litum lo jium

um umu um

Does everything has to mean sum thing :-/

No worry send in your meaningless and ruthless poems through comments. Lets enjoy :)

Nano electronics books...

One year back when i started in my venture into the nano world, the main difficulty which i faced to go ahead is proper guidance. Neways i managed to get hold of some books which indeed helped me to get some very basic knowledge in the field of nanotechnology although nothing as such in particular. In this post I ll mention name of a few books which i been through very recently and have found them to be very useful and am proud to share with you.


Well i started off my venture with a book which i dont think is of dat imprtance to mention, but since it was my first book i ll mention it
# a book by appin international - Nanotechnology

Well about the beginning i suppose any basic book, which talks about Nanotechnology, its future prospects, its pros, cons and some very basic theories will do.
# Nanoconvergence - The Unity of Nanoscience, Biotechnology, Information Technology and Cognitive Science by William Sims Bainbridge
# Inroduction to Nanotechnology by Charles Poole, Franks J Owens. Wiley
# Nanophysics and Nanotechnolgy by Edward L. Wolf
Besides you can go through any book which you think can provide with a proper idea about the present scenario in the field of nanotechnolgy. Remember this is a very basic step and the most important step in your journey because this steps helps you decide which field you wanna go - nanobiotechnology or nanoelectronics or nanomaterials. The power to choose entirely resides on , it all depends on your interest in the field you interested in in.

Now once you get decided in the topic it becomes a bit clear as as in whatz next?? Well this is where you need to go through a lot of research paper and books based on the basics you know. I think its better to take the guidance of a teacher if u can access one, else you can join forums on nanotechnolgy and take advice from them. To mention one try http://nanohub.org - a project by Purdue University. It has a lot of video lectures, simulation tools, teachin aids and best thing a lot of teachers involved. Check my previous blog entry for more details on the website. They are indeed helpful.

Here i ll be only be able to list some of the books on basic nanoelectronics as i am presently studying in the field of nanoelectronics basically. To name a few books
# Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics by George W Hanson
# Silicon Nanoelectronics by S Oda and D Ferry -a account of the recent developements in the field.
# Fundamentals of Semi-conductor devices by Edward S yang
# Nanotechnolgy for electronic material and devices by Korkin, Labanowski, Gusev, Luryi. Springer
Besides for more study in the field of single electron devices i would prefer the ieee paper or research materials which i suppose one can get in ample quantity on internet.

Lastly i would like to give a advice to all. Remember when you start a topic on your own you might feel bored or frustrated, but beleive me if u wanna really know the field and you try and put in a little effort, you will see in no time you are quite comfortable and its really interesting.

Do share information on any books or journals or papers if you hav. In my next post i ll try sharing some of the papers which i collected.