From the monthly archives:

July 2006

being neglected

by Sharique on July 17, 2006

I hate being neglected, to the utmost degree. I hate when people, whom i respect and love, completely ignore me. I feel as if i should have never showered the respect and care. I feel cheated, alienated and cynical. My tempers runs high when i am confronted with such situations and vow never to keep any contact but this anger of mine mellows down early and i just hate this in me! I feel all the sufferings should be thrown on to the person who sees me with contempt, well to be frank i always feel this inferiority complex to the person who neglects me. Especially if i find out furtively that my emotions are being made a mockery of, i just cannot pen down the emotions i go through. I curse the concerned person and everyone associated with that person. I feel cheated for my expectations.

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I did it!

by Sharique on July 14, 2006

I finally made him confess few things about me, which under normal circumstances he would never have.

“Aside from that, he’s a nice person, very dynamic, sharp and intelligent, sensitive, quite knowledgeable on many things, with a nice sense of humor :) and has a penchant for gadgets and electronics. He’s very concerned about those who he cares about and is a true friend to them.”

I had to adopt a crooked way though but still :)

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History of my name

by Sharique on July 13, 2006

I was named ‘Shariq’ by my grandmother (who along with my mother are the 2 most respected women in my life). She claimed to have heard a divine voice regarding my name!! So my family didn’t object. I was the first child in my family and perhaps brought happiness on everyone’s face after years of suffering and hardships. I was pampered by my father and uncles. I had this name till class 9th. Then my mom did some numerology on my name and added ‘ue’ to it so it was ‘Sharique’ and still remains so. But people while pronouncing my name don’t stress on ‘a’ and i hate being called that way. So i have now an extra ‘a’ in my name. Hotmail,gmail,rediff,blogger you name it..its all shaarique. btw my ebay id is shaariquee :D
A glimpse of my life (in pictures)

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The day Mumbai was devastated

by Sharique on July 12, 2006

Injured passenger being carried from train

Mumbai, the commercial capital of the country, was again a target of the miscredents. This time they bombed the local trains which killed 183 people and injured 714. More pictures here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5170140.stm
Any sane man would be taken back by the terror unleashed. Those bigots just killed innocent people who had nothing to do with the government policies and perhaps they even don’t vote. But for the terrorist they were soft targets and an opportunity
to avenge their personal sufferings. The problems lies in being intolerant.

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Research in a IIT

by Sharique on July 12, 2006

People talk at length and many flaunt about the prospects of research in IIT. Outsiders often wonder the level of research and the kind of equipments available in an IIT, the premier institute of engineering in the country. I have talked to people and they often express their awe at the facilities available in the labs here. Well the truth of matter is IITs exist because of JEE and not because of the research. IIT is ranked 5th in the world when it comes to Btech but that rank touches 3 figure when it comes to post graduate education. The reasons, well there are many and the most prominent among them is lack of funds. I understand India is still a developing country and to be at par with the world class institutes you need much more than brain power. No doubt Indians have out-performed their counterparts in US universities but with foreign facilities right?

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