A Visit to ISKON (Day 2:13th aug 05:My Tour Days)

By 5:30 PM, We started to ISKON temple to have dharshan of lord krishna. It was really beautiful. The temple was built in white marbles which is a treat to watch. Everything was scriptured in Artisitic style. Even the lord Shree Krishna & Radha's Idol. It was done with excellency in art. Dont have words to describe such scintillating beauty. The inside hall of the temple is in the form of dome where the inner parts of it were decorated with Lord Krishna's paintings of his childhood. It was around 40 feet high. The temple was built by Acharya Prabhu Pada.His Idol was placed at a corner as a token of his memory.There we had food stalls down the temple. All kinds of varieties present in it. Apart from this there was a shopping stall maintaining collection of books and photos of Lord Krishna. Anil and I had a dharshan first then we came to food stalls and ate some fruit salads and Pakodis, later on we waited for our friends at slipper stand, meanwhile I met a German. his name is 'Tulvich'. He was a professor doing research on Hinduism. He came along with his students. We had a chat for some time. It was around 9 PM we came back from ISKON. Due to the lack of time Viswesaraya Museum was Cancelled. We prepared to leave for Kodai. Everybody expected that all our classmates will be given one bus but to my surprise, boys and girls were alloted seperate buses. Hangama started and the girls bus left soon at 11:00 PM, but we had to start at 1o clock as there was a big discussion with HOD for allowing boys and girls to seat in one bus. Meanwhile we had a good time at the Youth hostel before we left. Tikkler started cacking jokes and made a hilarious comedy, everyone laughed for his jokes. Then the bus started at 1AM. As soon as bus started every one went into deep sleep as the whole day made tiresome....!

My Tour Days Continued..!

After some time we are shifted to another coach at tenali and alloted births. 2 people had to share single birth. The Journey was not fruitful on the beginning day. At 10'o clock we reached Vijaywada, had tiffins and drank some juices.In that way we filled our bellies. By the time every one settled at their respective births. As I was about to sleep, TT constantly disturbed me. At first he asked me to sleep in the boys coach and he gave me a seperate birth, late night he came again and gave me a birth in the girls coach. Eventhough I got birth, I did not sleep. Because the girls who were sitting in the lower births were continuosly talking and did not stop. Some how I tried and managd to sleep and was not disturbed by any body then.....!

DATE:13th AUG'05

I woke up at 5:30 AM in the morning and got refreshed. Afterwards Ram and I listened some music soon chennai station arrived. We got ready to get down. By 6:45 AM we reached chennai from there we catched Brundavan Express which goes from chennai to bangalore. It started at 7:00AM. All our friends sat in one coach. Sudheer, Honda Ravi & myself sat in another coach. There we talked with our fellow passengers. One aunty gave us some idlies and jangris, I ate them and then we moved to our friends compartment and started playing dumb sherades. By 2:30 PM,arrived at Bangalore and waited one hour at the station for the bus. It came around 3:30 PM. Then we went to youth hostel there we had our lunch and got ready to see ISKON temple.

MY TOUR DAYS

College is a great teacher which packs the entire life and puts before us in a nutshell. In fact we learn a lot from it,we share, we care, we fight, and gel together and put forth our efforts for the future. Starting from the ragging to the farewell party its been a wonderful journey where lot of wonderful moments capture in our memory. One such happy moment brings the reminiscence of my college days which I will cherish for a long time. I want to share my happy moments with you. one of the best moments from my college are the tour days.

It was a fine day we started for an IT tour. it was planned to visit,Bangalore,Ooty,Mysore, Kodai. After a week long discussion it was finally scheduled from 12th -22nd Aug 2005. Nearly 180 students from both departments CSE & IT including III year & Final Year went to tour. We were accompanied by our HOD sir and some other faculty members.

Half of our class went for the tour. Everybody was busy with their preparation. Some went for shopping,some booked the tickets. Even the faculty was busy preparing for ID cards, And finally day has come for which we are eagerly waiting.

DATE :12th AUG'05

On 12th Aug we started, everybody was in Jubilation mood. In the morning I went to college and collected my ID card along with my friends Ramnaidu, Pavan, Ravi and Kranthi. After coming from college, I packed my luggage and started at 4:00PM from home. As soon as I reached the station i met all my friends who came along with their parents. The whole station is crowded with our college students. The faculty was busy in checking the list of the students coming for the tour. Finally the Circar Express arrived at 5:00PM. As soon as we boarded the train hangama started.everyone was so elated that some people screamed and disturbed other passengers, then TT came and fined 500/-. It is expected that boys and girls will be seated together,but in vain. All boys were allotted S5-Coach and all girls were allotted S2-Coach. All our classmates seated in one coach. Most of us got RAC and the births are not confirmed. Soon settled at one place and started enjoying in our own way.

To be Continued......!

Right to Education

The Right to Education bill has passed and it is one of the significant legislation's initiated by the UPA government over 62 years of independence. Thanks to the HRD Minister Kapil Sibal for his educational reforms. It s really a welcome note and makes us proud that India has taken such a commendable initiative. Irrespective of Caste, Creed and religion every children will have access to the elementary education.

Providing free education for the children under the age group 6-14 is a noble move. Through this law at least we can prevent the child labour. The literacy rate of the country would surely going to increase with this move.It is the responsibility of every right thinking citizen to motivate and encourage the parents who does not want to provide education for their children. Movies like Samba highlights the point that "A million er cannot create another million er but a graduate can create 100 graduates".

Being the most populated country second to the china, it would be an arduous task to implement the right to education. Irrespective of the family income of the parents this does not affect the child education. There is a famous quote given by Nelson Mandela "Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Education enables us to learn the necessary skills, moral values and attitude that will make us a responsible person and it is the key to progress and empowers the nation.

Hope a day will come where everybody in the country will get the basic education and makes India's position strong globally.