Monday, November 28, 2005

IIT: bandi chahiye part III


Amoebas at the start
Were not complex
They tore themselves apart
Ans started having sex.


Here comes the third and final part, part III. In response to Chintan's query
"5 reasons: Bandi kyon chahiye?". Mind it, it is the IIT which needs Bandis and not IITians.

1. God made two sexes for humans, why?? Man could well have been a hermaphrodite. Why do we say homosexual tendencies as unnatural? So, I think it is unnatural not to have a desire for having a girl, rather than having that desire. What is not so healthy is the state of being desperate for having a bandi. And, believe me this desperation has its roots in the dearth of good looking girls in IIT campus. So, at this age, most of the IITians want a bandi, not necessarily a girl friend, but may be just someone(good looking female) to talk to and be a friend. I just tell you one incident of what this leads to. One of my friends met (just met, no date) one of his (may be good looking) class mate, and he is so happy about it that he keeps on chatting about it. What makes him so happy is the desperation? The desperation he feels at IIT KGP, the desperation he sees in the eyes of his friends. Remember, with the dearth of girls in IITs, girls develop an exorbitantly high "ego", which is not good for them as well. But, it is not their fault, just the rise in price governed by forces of demand and supply (I am just trying to remind myself of learning economics ... a core in management).

2. Moreover, people generally like talking to opposite sex. Why?? The answer can make a research paper entry to many international conferences on social behavior and human psychology. To satisfy this desire, it will be better to have more girls at IIT. I know more bandis at IITs will decrease the general FQ (Frustness Quotient) with a sharp decline in the number of Desperately looking IITians.

3. Having more girls at IIT will give a balanced future to the nation. This argument holds only if you believe that IITians are future leaders of the nation.

4. Girls think differently than boys, generally have more aesthetic sense. Having more girls in technical institutes will give a new dimension to our thinking.

5. Finally, having more girls will reduce the number of hours people spend in chatting and orkutting thereby saving the precious time of IITians. Also, saving a lot of load on network loaded with bhajans (KGP lingo, those who do not follow, mail me). Also, jobless (yes, sum1 called me that) ppl like me will attend to less futile deeds like writing the Btech project report.

As far as I am concerned, remember I am Committed. So, this Bandi chahiye series was for IITs and not for IITians. Next post is going to have something serious, no more funny business here.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

IIT: bandi chahiye part II

As promised, I am back with a sequel to the last post. Have you thought why are these IITians so much bundi-hungry?? Every IITian's head turns in perfect sync with the movement of a beautiful bandi ??? why??? I tried to answer these in a previous post IIT gys with turning heads. But, I would like to go in details about this eye-hunting here.

It starts with every IITian having a sharp brain and this leads him to an innate interest in academics. Result: aspiration to be an IITian. So, he digs his eyes in his thick books when his other batchmates were making plans about female hunt. He misses the fun, works hard and does a mistake --- passes the JEE exam, and comes to an IIT. IIT are co-education centres just in name, there have been batches in IITs where there was just one girl in the whole batch ( for bollywood movie fans, did you see matrubhoomi, a sridevi and boney kapoor production??). So, here you come with a nearly no-female institute, fully residential for 4-5 years. And, these guys are also in an interesting period of their life, 17-22 years of age, an age of hot youth, an age which incites you to experiment, an age when you know no bounds, an age when life changes meanings for you, an age when you start looking for things other than books. At this age, you are thrown in a place like IIT where months pass before you go on a date with a beautiful girl?? Go, look in foreign univs. though it is not the rampant sex shown in low-grade american movies, but yes, people do interact much more freely and confidently with opposite sex. Asking a girl out for a date is no big deal. ( I am sure many IITians are already making plans about going for an MS or at least an internship.) But, yes guys, balance is necessary in each and every walk of life. In IIT, sex balance is missing for sure, the reasons for it may be attributed to the high demands of intellect level required by JEE, which forbids an entry to beautiful girls into IIT (remember, beauty * brain = constant).

So, IITs (our dear profs, so kind of them) thought about getting more girls. Though I agree that reducing the fee of application form is not a big step, it certainly is an insinuation towards the next moves. Regardless of steps, let us try to imagine what will happen if somehow, more girls get admitted in IITs, say sex ratio turns into 1:1.

1. Attendance will increase dramatically, boys will flock to classes to see the beauties. Sanam ke deedar ke liye tarasti hai nigahein

2. More number of people (mostly couples, and a few people doing f-hunt) in library all the time. One of my best friends at IIT was a regular library visitor in first year, seems to have lost tempo these days. Library is always a good place where you are supposed to maitain silence and not disturb others, what else do lovebirds want?? Na humne kuch kaha, na tumne kuch kaha, aankhon hi aankhon main baat ho gayi.

3. Less forbidden stuff on the LAN, surely the demand will decrease (why??) and hence will supply.

4. People will get better grades, attending classes, doing co-study in library is better than playing AOE, CS and UT in dorm rooms.

5. And last but not the least, mess workers will have to cook much less food and the on-campus restaurants will have a feast.

Alas, I won't be here then to enjoy a changed atmosphere in IIT ... finally, I am in final year.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

IIT: Bandi chahiye

It is no secret that the sex ratio (males : non - males) is highly skewed in all the IITs. So, they decided to work out some way to get out of this frust situation. As always, IIT decided to tackle the problem at the source itself, known as JEE. So, here is a list of few steps they have taken:


1. Application for females is 300 and males is 600 , IITs are twice as eager to accept females than males.

2. They have mentioned in notice about separate facilities for recreation and accomodation of females, in other words Jaanam, palkon par rakhenge tumhe, ab to aa jao.

3. To reduce unwanted competition for females, they have prohibited IIT students from appearing in JEE. This will harldy affect girls since after entering IIT, no girl gets time to study, too busy attending to all her romeos. Also, number of attempts limited to 2, will help girls since hardly any parents allowed their daughters more than one year of preparation after std. XII. After all, they want to marry their daughters early. So, IIT made these rules -- Bandi ke liye IIT kuch bhi karega.

Few things that I think might be going behind the doors:

1. A move to decrease tuition fee for girls, allowing them more money to eat at various canteens and cafeterias. Even now, they hardly need to pay for it, thanks to their numerous boyfriends.

2. I won't be surprised if a female reservation policy comes underway.

The effect of these moves on IIT life will be discussed in next blog, two endsem exams tomorrow yaar.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

The reign of TERROR

Have you read the newspapers? If yes, did you find time to notice something other than the electric blues? (Indian cricket team shining all the way covering three four pages everyday. It reminds me of an article which I read about cricket long back Kabhi Jai Jai, Kabhi hai hai.) But, we are here to discuss something else, something alarming, something which presages the dark future lying ahead.

First, two bomb blasts at my hometown,Girdih in the evening took place on the same day. The Maowadi Naxalites (called MCC group) attacked the police, looted 150 rifles, few lakhs of rupees, killed 5-7 people and injured many. These gruesome figures are to draw the attention of the apathetic towards the growing magnitude of the problem.

Second instance took place at Jahanabad where Naxalites attacked on the jail and half of the inmates saw their way to freedom. Where is administration? what is police and govt. doing? Sleeping? They have the responsibility of ensuring security and development, what have we got? Chaos, terrorism , tyranny , hunger, corruption ... the list is endless.

And, this terror breeds terror. No terrorist takes birth from the womb of his mother, it is the exploitation of the society which makes him vulnerable. Then , they are used as a means to create terror and chaos. If this continues, the day is not far when people will fear even to leave their houses, and why that, they will not be safe even in their own houses.

This is a serious issue of national concern grappling the country today and we expect people sitting at the helm of power to rise from their deep slumber and take the appropriate actions before it gets too late.