Thrills of shopping

For the past few days I was thinking of writing something here but I couldn't do as I was busy shopping. Its now I realise that why women are known to love shopping so much. It is really a spirit boosting activity. It is a very good anti depressent.

Actually I had lot of pending work, Because of my baby I was unable to do it and I kept postponing it. And now I just couldn't do without it. I felt so happy once I was in the bustling bazaar that I kept looking at each shop and wishing to stop at each shop.

I was so thrilled and excited that after a couple of hours, my husband on the way back through labyrnthine lanes of walled City had to say that 'please don't look at any shop now and walk straight'. I thoroughly enjoyed the shopping and looking at the streetside costermongers in old parts of city, which is an experience to cherish. I went out today also. Really shopping energises. Am I turning into a shopaholic?

Found An Old Friend

Finding an old friend is like finding a treasure.Yesterday I had this experience. I was able to chat with one of my old friends almost after 3 long years, and I can't tell u the feeling. It was exhilarating!!!!!!

This friend of mine and myself studied together in graduation and were very good friends. Infact we were in touch with each other even after that till she got married . After her marriage she left for Canada.It was then we lost contact.

Now it is almost after 3 years that I could get her email id. I was so excited.Quickly I mailed her and luckily she was online at that time . Then we had a small chat with each other because she was at her workplace so she couldn't do it for long and we decided we would chat late at night. But some how I missed her. That's fine I 'll catch her up on weekend. That will be convenient time for both of us.

But let me tell u after talking to her I was so excited I wanted to scream out of joy. I suddenly started feeling on the top of the world. Through this friend I hope to get in touch with some more lost friends of mine. I thank my husband for all this, because it was he who introduced me to orkut where I could get in touch with my friends from school and college.Infact I didn't even know about these communities. Thank you so much!!!!!!!

Sir Has Started a Blog

One of my professor Prof.G.S.kumar has started a blog. I am really very happy to see him in blogosphere. I am sure his presence here will enlighten many of us who are far away and cannot interact with him very often.

I have known Prof.Kumar for almost seven years, he taught me in post graduation, then I got an opportunity to work with him. Let me tell you he is an excellent teacher and academician. His interest in the subject is evident from the fact that he has complete command over the subject.

I have always looked at him with lot of regard and respect and I wonder when will I get so much knowledge and I will become like him. The other day I was reading a book on Swami Vivekananda where they said that Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa transfered his entire 'Gyaan' to Vivekananda.

Could we not invent such a device with which we can transfer knowledge and wisdom from teacher to student by the touch of a button! It would be great if my teachers could do that to me. But I guess that there are no short-cuts in attaining knowledge and one should learn it the hard way. Then only we can appreciate the true worth of this knowledge and also deserve it.

Mistaken Identity

I wonder when will people start considering me an adult. Always people mistake me to be small girl. When I was working as lecturer every one thought I was a student and many times they mistook me for one. One day some of the students were about to rag me . Can u imagine a lecturer being ragged!!!!!!!

Now I am married I have baby still I have the same problem People ask me what I am studying and their facial expressions change when they are told what I am, some of them refuse to believe.

Today it crosed all limits. A door bell rang. When I opened the door I saw a girl and a boy standing I asked them whom they wanted. Do u know what they asked me? They said call your mom or some elder person. I declared to them that I was the eldest and I am only the mom. You know they litrally started giggling. They did not know how to react.
Actually they were marketing students and were talking about some product called Sauna belt. Any how I was nnot interested in that.

My School Days

I consider my school days as the best days of my life. I still live in that world only . I keep remembering my teachers and my friends who were so lovely. I wish I could relive those days again.

Yesterday I logged into orkut where I found community of my school girls .When I saw our school emblem and the motto "Always More Always Better",I felt nostalgic and was filled with pride to be a part of such a nice school.

View of Bhopal

The view of Bhopal's famous Bara Talaab (Upper Lake). The photo was taken from the Hotel Noor-us-Sabah at Koh-e-Fiza near my house. The photographs is better than my expectations (taken it from the cellphone camera).

Plants in my balcony

I had planted few saplings and I am so happy that all of them have started taking roots and are growing. Everyday as soon as I get up first I go and look at my plants and look at each new petal. It gives me a very pleasent feeling.

I always dreamt of having a small garden where I will have all kinds of trees and plants, lots of flowers and colorful leaves with colourful birds coming to my garden everyday. Wow! what a beautiful thought it is. I wish one day I will have one.

At present we are staying in an apartment so there isn't much space for garden but, some how I managed it in one of my balcony. The one which is attached to the kitchen. Because I feel it will be closer to me.

Most of the plants are crotons. I intend to buy some more plants before the rainy seasons ends. This time I want to go in for flowering plants. I hope I can do it soon.

Performing Experiments Using Simulation Techniques

Two years back one of my professors Prof.Subrahmanyam introduced me to a very new technique of teaching and learning which fascinated me a lot. Being in the science stream we were bound to do practicals where by experimenting we learn a lot, by drawing inferences from the results we obtain. But this has been an inherent problem in India that most of the colleges fail in providing good equipment for lab saying they lack funds or by constant usage of the equipment by many students their accuracy goes down and hence student looses out there and has to satisfy himself by whatever is provided.

One solution to this problem is using simulation techniques. There are many softwares available for different subjects where student can not only perform the experiment but also analyse the result from different aspects.

I have worked on few such softwares like Multisim, Electronic workbench, Commsim, and LabView.

Multisim and Electronic Workbench are electronics s/w where any complex circuit can be constructed then tested and also analysed. Here no programming is involved. There are icons representing different components required for constructing a circuit like a resistor, capacitor, power supply and so on. These icons can be dragged using the curser brought on the screen and connected usinng virtual connectors available there.

I was more thrilled to work on LabView. This is the graphical programming package. That is it does not involve the conventional text based programming . This package can be used for designing instruments, for acquiering, analysing and processing the data.
This package consists of a FRONT PANEL which can be used to design the front part or appearence of any instrument . It has a Controls Pallete which contains different types of Knobs and indicators. Then every instrument has a complex circuitary inside which can be designed on The BLOCK DIAGRAM which is another window like Front panel. Block diagram contains a Functions Pallete using which graphical programming can be performed. These programs are called as Virtual Instruments (VIs).

The most interesting part of this package is data acquisiton. Ofcourse it requires a little interfacing to be done. That is we had to design an instrumentaion amplifier for amplifying the signal because the data acquisition card cannot read very low voltages. Let me tell u we designed this instrumentation amplifier using Multisim software. Actually, we were using LabView for measuring temperature. Once that data is acquiered it can be stored and also analysed.

I profusely thank Subrahmanyam Sir for introducing me to such an intersting aspect of Physics where I can play with the subject while learning. Thank u Sir!!!!

Are Teachers Really Doing Justice To Their Job???

Today being Teacher's Day we greet our teachers on this day and also all the the news papers and the news channels are constantly reminding the students of respecting their techers and expressing their gratitude towards them.

If any one happens to go any college or school today u will find how students shower their teachers with gifts, flowers, bouquets, cards and they praise them as if they love them and respect them more than any one else. I wonder how much is the truth in this.

I my self have been a teacher at university level for five years so I have seen five techers day functions and I have gone through all that praise and blah blah bla...... But let me tell u I never believed any of it. As I feel it is hypocrisy at least in these days, because no student looks at any techer with so much regard and respect. And as it is fashion to celebrate such days and do all those formalities they do it and forget about it the very next moment.

At the same time I want to say teachers also do not have that dedication and sincierity towards their job. They have become very mechanical. That is they concenterate on finishing the syllabus by hook or by crook (some of them don't even do that). Then they feel their duty is over. They forget that their duty is not over infact it starts there. Because once the syllabi are over only then they can teach the students the beauty of the subject. It is then the student will start appreciating that subject and he/she will get a feel of what they are taught.

It is upto teacher to mould the students - good or bad.This saying holds even today.But the problem is today every thing is weiged in terms of money. I had my own collegues saying, " For the amount we r being paid this much work is enough. Why should we do extra work?" Then I fail to understand why do those very same teachers want that extra dose of "respect" from the students. Because for the big fat fee the students are paying they are being taught. What is the big deal in that?

So,I feel on this day instead of giving sermons to the students about how much they must respect their teachers it is the teachers who must do a little interospection. Do we teachers still have that very same dedication , sincerity and commitment towards our job ? Can these present day teachers compare themselves to Dr. Radhakrishnan or those olden days guru who did not ask for any gurudakshina?

Lemon Pickle

Two days back I made lemon pickle for the first time. It looks very yummy, with lots of oil in it like a real pickle.
But, when I tasted it I found that it tastes slightly bitter I wonder why? I made exactly the way recipe goes. Now I can't blame any one as I took the recipe from the net.
I don't know whom to ask that what went wrong. May be the best person I can consult is my mom. Hope she can help me out.

Hello, I am Aleena!

Hello, Mummy has posted my photo today. Don't I look fat? Just had my milk. :)

Oroosa Omnibus

I, Oroosa Subohi, a girl, born in Lucknow and brought up in Hyderabad is at present living in a quaint town in Central India with my husband and a kid, Aleena.

This is the my space where I will record my thoughts and share with my friends. I am not sure how this blog will progress but have any how decided to start one. Let us see what sort of a blogger I am going to be.

:) Oroosa