Trigonometric curves

U surely wud have seen students in ur life who dread mathematics! On the mere mention of problem solving they tend to tremble wid fear, or make ugly faces wen told to study maths, or who sweat in Math classes. I was one such student, not to be shameful, who always had an inequation wen it came to equating with maths. This might be because I am not a kind of person who deals mathematically in life. Like making the deals ‘EVEN’ with people or being at ‘ODDs’ to someone. Struggling with algebra was a nightmare for me, when the variable XYZs filled my dreams with strange complex equations that I couldn’t imagine of! My numerators & denominators (My head & belly) used to get into convulsions which didn’t get over easily. But it was not until I faced trigonometry. I don’t know y it eluded me so much but it was fun solving the Tans & Sines of q.

Later I realized that it was not just fun in solving trigonometry but also I could relate it to much more than maths. As I grew matured (u doubtful!! Huh?), I used to observe things that I could relate to trigonometry. And now I believe that the life of an individual is nothing but a trigonometric curve! On a simple note lets just consider the basic Sin or Cos curves. As the value of sin/cos varies while u move ahead on the axis, similarly consider age of an individual as on x axis, while his/her progress on y axis. Don’t you think it follows a similar curve? Wondering how? Well, its not just about individuals, but for any entity we are attached to, be it even organizations, countries or relationships. This is as universal as Charles Darwin’s theories of evolutions!

I can clarify this with examples of organizations like IBM & Microsoft or personalities like Steve Jobs/BigB, or countries like USA & Japan! The reason for me preferring these examples on others is just that the horizon of time frame would be a bit wide. Similar to a Sin curve, Microsoft started from zilch. It came out of nowhere & gradually dominated the market! It was a pioneer in the industry for a long time until it started facing competition from Google. Almost everyone & everything starts from zilch. Except a few who are born with silver spoons in their mouth, but then they have their own course to follow. Those follow the Cos curves, starting from the top, but gradually slowing down, waning to the bottom& then rising again! Consider the case of countries like USA or Japan. Once the superpowers of the world, even USA & Japan are now facing a crunch. The recession in their economy is widening not just because of their follies but also because it has to be so. While once claimed as the ‘golden bird’, India was left barren by the British after their rule. Slowly & steadily the world is now again realizing the potential in it! The country is rising again, to take over its once lost position again! Its true-No one can forever remain on the top. Coz ,the width at the top is so narrow that one has surely to descend for others to mount. & similarly one cannot always remain at bottom because the rise is destined. Its just that the moment may come little early or late depending on other factors.

We can also learn from the tan curves that though there’s scope of infinity, but its jus not possible to touch those heights. U might also fall to abyss, but not to an extent that you are left with no scope to rise again. Its just not possible to remain in one territory & follow the course of life. One needs to cross the negative & positive frames. Criticisms & appraisals form these territories, which you can consider as the y axis.

We do become habitual to the consistent rise & fall. But what ultimately matters is that at what point of y axis do you leave- the Crest or the Trough? & How effectively did your course of actions made effect on others! So remember frenz- its not always about rising, but rising again after falling. Life goes on…& shud we!

Book Review- "Three Mistakes of My Life". By CHETAN BHAGAT

KAHANI PURI FILMI HAI!!! Dis was da first thing dat came to my mind after readin the book. M sure that if the first 2 books eluded the bollywood icons, then this surely is a masala content for them to work upon! Love, Lust, Thrill, Violence, Blood, Drama, Events & Politics are clubbed together, baked & then presented in this book. After his first two books we expected something better & different from Chetan Bhagat. This book seems to be running on the same lines as his series opener-'Five Point Someone'.
First I'd like to highlight the similarity & then go ahead. 3 lead characters, one beautiful heroine & a System! The lead character here too is a mediocre guy Govind (similar to Hari), who has only one amibition- to earn lots of money. The second guy is Ishaan-a dude, who is passionate, has capabilities but no Aim (Remember Ryan?), hence a worthless son for the family! He's smart, capable yet hopeless. The third is Omi- if the second was a dude, he's a Dud (like Alok?). No ambition, incapable, but can do anything for friendship. & Then the heroine is the most beautiful lady you can find around, here she is Vidya (Same as Neha there). Chetan has again kept a mediocre guy as the central person, whom any reader can quite easily relate to. The good thing about the book is that he has artistically weaved some series of contemporary events around the story to make it interesting. This time the plot is weaved in a small town around Ahmedabad(probably to pay a tribute to his Alma Mater IIM-A).
Anyways, the story goes quite smoothly, without much hiccups. A reader can probably guess while reading through the story, that what would the next set of events be. The three mistakes that the central character does are quite easily recognizable from his character-
The biggest Mistake a businessman can do is putting his money at the wrong place!
Second- though an apathetic person, he gets into an affair with his Best Friend's sister, to the extent of having the S** word with her!!! nothing can be worse!Third- Being a Maths prodigy, the habit of calculating risks on basis of logical abilities rather than situational sensibilities!! This let him commit his third Mistake which changed the course of his life.
The story initiates in an interesting manner, cruises in the middle & catches pace in the end. Readers would enjoy it overall as a drama, but nothing extraordinary comes out in the End. In fact, the author is unable to justify in the end as to why did Govind (the central character) mail him 3 yrs after all his mistakes & confided to him before commiting a fatal suicide?

OVERALL- I believe the story was weaved nicely but the plot could get better with some twists rather than letting it go straight. Also, Chetan should have worked more on the characters. Obviously its just a 3rd book from him so people would compare it with previous ones & thus feel it insufficient to appease their appetite. I have avoided my best not to reveal any story, so that though you get a brief here but you then too enjoy reading it!

Wats good?

It was midnite & completely dark in the room wen these 3 frenz were doin a "pre-sleep" chit chatting on der fav topic..."gals".
"I dunno wat she wants?...m after her since three days n she's not even givn a response! I wonder how much of attitude she has?" said one of those. He was trying to elude a beauty from her class...but she showed no interest in him. She was der to study n only minded her own business. Quite & an introvert she was.
"I tell u these gals r all *&^*. Wat do they think of themselves...r they Miss Worlds or have descended frm indralok!!"...he finished his sentence wid all slangs he could vent out in one go.
"n Hows ur gal doin?" other one asked.
"Ohh..she's fun!!i cant imagine how much space u get wen u r wid her...its all @ ease wid her!" replied the second guy.
"hmm...so planning ahead?"
"NO!!!Not @ all!!!"
"y?...if u have such a chemistry, then wats the issue?"
"Issue?? She herself is an issue. Do u think i'd gel wid someone of this sorts!! One who can get along wid me...i cant even rely on her for future!!!"
"hmm..." nodded the guy n tried to turn his sides, making an attempt to sleep! He was quite wondering wat kinda girls r good then?...coz the one's who dont respond r "b*%^hes" & ones who do...too r the same!!

Hero...

"wooooo...howled the guyz sitting @ the corner of the road s they oggled a group of gurlz crossing by!""The one in red luks stunning man, jus hav a luk @ her...!", commented one of the guyz."hmm...n the blue one!! she lukd so hot in the low waist yesterday...i don understand y they wear traditional dresses in college?", said the other."watever buddy...but one thing's for sure...the real beauty is a gurl in traditional clothes!! these r jus the Appetizers" ;) blinked the first one n all started laughing.The laugh filled the atmo s if demons had descended 2 hunt the prey!
It was a usual activity for this group to sit on the tapri outside the medical col n lecherously stare @ gals crossing by!
It was a raining heavily wen these guys were discussing their DREAMATE at their regular hangout, sipping on cup of cutting tea and sharing fags (a gr8 combination anywayz, for connoisiers!)"i'd surely go for a traditional PIECE, who prefers saree on jeans...even an undergrad wud do, rather than one who'd hav been away frm home stayin in hostels...I know those gurlz...a bunch of b***h they r...nothin more!", said our hero puffing rings of smoke as if he's the one who'll fulfill all the homely responsibilities by himself,even though he cud'nt pass decently in his grads."wow...a purrfect customized ITEM"...!!" applauded the others while he walked down the corner 2recieve a call.
"She shud finish her studies come wat may!", he shouted.
"But...she'd face probs in city...n her age...", said her mother from the other side.
"...i don want any silly reasons. I don care bout the world. Send her here n i'l take care!"Our hero yelled on her mother. She was the only one @ home on whom he cud fume out."She'll study here, stay @ hostel, n i'l tak care of her. n i'l call u later, m busy wid sm work".Saying this he hung down the cell in rage n came back in the group to resume their discussion...while I stood their, in the corner, trying to njoy my cup of tea, n wondering y his sister shud study further, while his "wanna b life partner(?)" wud do without it!!

xprEssIOns...!!!

Riding down the road, s the rain drops fell on my face, on a cloudy evenin of weekend, i was sittin behind my roomate on his pulsar. The evenin had smthin special in it...yeah the first rain of the season! how special it felt after a long burnin summer of pune! n as i was ridin down the barren NDa road, which had only a few couples sittin by the roadside, either havin bhuttas or sittin hand in hand! i felt all alone. a gust of emotions passed thru my heart. the feeling of missin my frenz...i tried hard to stop feelin the feelin, i tried convincing myself dat how long it had been...one long yr passed widout u all! n suddenly y m i missin u in this rainy season? i don remmber s such dat v'd hav spent many such moments together in rain...xept a few lik goin yashwant sagar or celebratin smone's b'day. but yeah, the feelin remained...n increased...i can also remmber the muvies went wid sonal in the damn rainy season...the long drives in car to mandav, or the highways. the long drives wid...no need to mention whom!! n in this one yr m all alone...or rather all of us al alone!

ahh!!y do i feel so? i know v have responsibilities...v chose this path...v know this is bound to happen n v'r all acceptin it n njoin it...but the y do i feel so...i shud'nt feel so...it shud nt come in my mind. y do i feel nostalgic? y is it dat wenever i spend sm happy moment here i feel a void around me...lik absence of someone...or dat my smiles r fake...or dat my dance misses sm steps?...y m i feelin nostalgic? shud i feel so? i dunno...but there's somethin dat i rilly m missin...i cant control...but this is a fact dat i xperience daily. i can c the colors...the green of the trees dat has arose after the rain, the gray in the sky wid a orange lining of the peeping sun..n wat not...but i find some color missin!!! wts dat? ...y's dat? y's it happening to me? does it happen to me only? or dat other r too strong to hide it in their hearts? or dat m too weak to xpose it? watever it is...but i cant stop this feeling...wenever i sip a coffee in ccd..or a tea on the roadside...or a pattis on the nearest bakery...it jus lacks the taste!! y does the same coffee in ccd seems to be bland?!!! i don undrstnd y?? n i don undrstnd y do i feel so? is it dat even smone else feels it? or jus i'm actin s an emotional FOOL?...

n suddenly i feel my roomate screamin @ me n v c a couple busy in themselves even s v watch em lasciviously!! i tried to divert myself s i saw a pair of peacocks indulged n njoin the rain! ahh, wat a scene...come lets njoy it...these emotions r jus a passin by phase...but i tend to savour em s much s other feelings!!