of home.. hills and the internet

never have i loved home so much.. esp coz there is no-one i know around..
real cool time.. just laze around.. explore the locality.. some hills and some lakes..

but pathetic net connection.. blogger seems to open.. so this is likely to be my primary means of communication with the world :d

looking fwd to a few more days of lazing.. and then its back to hot n humid kol :d..

bbye
Abhilash

siege over .. 66.66% manager

yes.. the trauma is over.. all the papers have gone away.. some sweet some bitter.. more sweet than bitter..

leave for home tommorow.. ah the hills...and the lakes and the long drives that i shall go on..

the nice food at home.. the good care of mom.. everything that is my right.. and has been denied by the cruel world..

the song "ghar aaja pardesi.." is calling to me..
the hills.. the waterfalls. the dosas..
fear not my hometown.. i shall make it..
retreating to a life sans a computer and internet shall take some taking.. but i think i will manage :D

goodbye cruel world.. ( for a week or so..:d)
these are the lyrics...

Goodbye Cruel World (Waters) 1:05 Goodbye cruel world, I'm leaving you today. Goodbye, Goodbye, Goodbye. Goodbye, all you people, There's nothing you can say To make me change my mind. Goodbye. -- Abhilash

siege 71% over

Sales and Distribution Management
prof set paper by mix n match of last 3 years paper..
went really well..

Siege 56.8% complete

indian legal system has been given to dogs.
mission - 56.8% complete 4 down 3 to go

The Siege Day -2

Time : 10 am
Paper Data Communication
sentiments : i want an ak, i wanna kill the prof.
sample question : what was NOT included in the NTP-94(national telecom policy) ..this is not a multiple choice.
need i say more?
time 2 pm
Paper : Industrial Marketing
sentiments : Awesome prof, Awesome paper.
never g iven a better paper in my entire life!
life seems to be fair after all.. braced myself for ILS!
mushkil waqt, commando sakth!
~Abhilash

day 1 of the siege

Day1 - Strategic management
exam type : open book,open notes, basically open challenge by prof to bring whatever u want to
resource needed :Luck
why : 4 pages, 2 cases, 4 questions
about microsoft and lufthansa - explain their current strategies(?) and suggest future ones
verdict : FANtastic paper .. FANtastic grades expected
currently doing: Praying ki sahi dabbe me gir jae paper

Exam time

from tommorrow 3PM the evil that has happened 7 times in IIM Cal, 16 times in IIT Kgp.. will rear up its evil head and strike.. in the form of exams.

pray for me my friends and well-wishers, I shall need all your prayers to successfully exorcise these demons once again.
Amen

Rakhi et al

Yesterday was rakshabandhan-blah blah. However, the concern for me was primarily to change my janeu, for which i did a puja. Then as per norms, I put a teeka on my forehead. However, the enormous responses I got were on the lines of :
" kiska khoon karne jaa raha hai?"
" Mangal Pandey!"
"Daaku Sinharan"
etc etc..
Do u think it is justified??

Disaster maanagement

this is what my life has come to . this was 2 hours of brainstorming work for me :

Introduction to DMIS

This project has been developed to bridge the information gap between various entities

involved during a natural calamity like floods, so that the process of providing immediate

relief to the affected people can be speed up. The project analyses the system requirements for developing a Disaster Management Information System at the time of

floods.

The various parameters which have been considered are :

1.Food

2.Water

3.Health

4.Warning

5.Rescue

6.Infrastructure

Each of these parameters requires monitoring and action during the three stages of a disaster – flood in this case. The three stages are:

1.Pre-disaster : This is the stage when the disaster has not occurred. It may or may not be expected, however there are some levels of preparedness which should be present, these being looked into, the details of which will follow.

2. During Disaster : This is the time of the disaster. Here the IS in place will be tested, so also the preparation in terms of facing it, limiting damage to life and property, rescue etc This stage would involve Ad-hoc networks being set up.

3. Post-Disaster : This is the stage of damage control and rehabilitation of displaced people. This would typically be coordinated from a central location.

Now, we will analyse the individual parameters and then give an overall view combining them.

1.Food

Existing System

The existing system is completely manual in nature where a lot of information is

transferred in an ad-hoc basis. There is a long hierarchy of levels involved after which a

decision is taken, thus contributing to delays in taking the decisions and many a times

aggravating the situation.

Stakeholder Analysis

1. Affected people: They are the victims of the calamity, and hence are the

direct stakeholders in the system. In this project however, their collective interests are being represented through that of their leader, the Sarpanch of the village.

2. District Magistrate: the DM is directly responsible for the relief

operations and the welfare of the affected people. Being the key decision maker

of the entire process, his involvement is direct and has a great impact on the

operations and the outcome i.e. the success of the relief operations.

3. NGOs and volunteers: these work for the welfare of the people by assisting in

the relief work. They are also critical as they provide the much needed man power

in such disaster relief operations. They also provide food and other infra etc by

eliciting them from the masses and making them available at the relief site.

4. FCI: The Food Corporation of India as the controller of grains and other food

supplies plays a critical part in the disaster relief operations. Its role is to provide

food supplies at a short notice. It ideally coordinates with the transportation department

to provide the food. However, at some instances in this project, the FCI has been attributed the function of transportation as well, where it does not affect efficiency.

5. Army: Army is a major contributor in relief operations when pressed inaction. It brings with it the functional expertise in disaster management and relief operations. It is the army that is usually entrusted with evacuation and settlement operations.

Objective: To automate the existing system to best meet the needs of the stakeholders.

2.Water

The primary needs for water and sanitation information system for disaster management module are :

§ To protect public health from

Ø Unhygienic conditions

Ø Contaminated water

Ø The spread of vectors

§ To secure the area’s development and economic activities.

§ To protect the investment in water and sanitation infrastructure.

The primary objectives are therefore :

• Drinking water management
• Sanitation management

The functionality of the WDMIS can thus be classified into the following phases :

Pre-disaster phase

· Data collection

• Resource and threat mapping
• Identification of criticalities in the system and area
• Risk management
• Setting up Communication channels with stakeholders
• Incorporation for future design to reduce threats
• Training of personnel for disaster management

Post-disaster phase:

• Establishment of a rapidly deployable Ad-Hoc network
• Distribution of PDA’s and other nodal devices to workers
• Coordination of various stakeholders
• Information flow management between stakeholders
• Automating routine tasks, and documentation.
• Seamless integration of the Ad-Hoc network into the existing networks
• Capturing and assessing current situation and mapping solutions

3.Health

The health entity is divided into the following for better management :

4.Warning

There are four interdependent modules already existing in the system :

• Population Management System

Population Management System takes data about the cattle, population and nearby safe areas from volunteers. Using this data, the module computes the number of dependants within the population, the number of people who can take care of others and also the capacity of each area. With this knowledge, the system automatically generates a list containing number of people that can be allocated each area and sends this message to the Directions Generation System. For this purpose, the module also accesses local databases to get information about the locales and landscapes.

Actors: Volunteers

Inputs: Info about population and livestock and other demographics

Databases used: Local

• Resource Management System

This module takes inputs from both volunteers and NGOs. From volunteers it gets data about the number of vehicles available for transportation, nearby safe places, the distances and other resources like food and medicines available with the volunteers. It also gets data about the food and medicine supplies the NGOs can provide, the time frame within which they can provide and the decides the resources that can be used in the current scenario. Using this data and accessing the local and global databases for information like any special requirement for a particular area, the system then generates final resource availability table and sends it to the Directions Generation System.

Actors: Volunteers, NGOs

Inputs: Resource needs and availability

Databases used: Global and local

• Flood Warning System

Flood warning system takes inputs from the Meteorological department. It gets data like river historical flood levels, current water levels, forecast for the water levels, alarms and warnings, flood bulletins. It also uses the river databases provided by the meteorological department to find out the risky areas and then calculates the warning levels automatically and sends timely inputs to the Direction Generation System. In the process, it also accesses the global database for input like Satellite Images uploaded by the Met Department and then uses them to generate the satellite images for the risky areas and sends this info the concerned parties like the administration departments like electricity, health and public works department.

Actors: Met Department

Inputs: Rivers Data, Flood Bulletins, Satellite Images, Water Levels, Warnings and Alarms

Databases used: Global

• Directions Generation System

The Directions Generation System is more like an aggregator. It gets inputs from the PMS, FWS and RMS and then aggregates the same and the output is in the form of Resource Allocation Table, Population Evacuation Table and Flood Bulletins. It also takes inputs from the Volunteer in case of any emergency data and uses the same to upgrade its RAT, PET and Flood Bulletins.

Inputs: Outputs of PMS, FWS and RMS

Process: Agglomeration and updating

Outputs: RAT, PET and FB

The warning module is expected to

• Collect Information about

Ø Flood Warning

Ø Population and Livestock demographics

Ø Resources available

§ Disseminate Information to all the stakeholders

5.Rescue

The existing Infrastructure & IS for Rescue management is summed up as follows :

§ Existing PSTN Network & Internet

PSTN is also referred to as POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). It’s a combination of circuit switching telephone networks. Mainly digital in technology, with the exception of the final step: the link from the CO to the user, which is largely analog. India has got extensive PSTN networking with every district headquarters connected and also most of the villages. This existing PSTN network can be used to connect various zonal office to each other and to the Central Base server The zonal offices are connected to other Zonal offices and the Central Server using the existing PSTN connection in case the Internet as a connectivity is not available in that zonal office are as is the case in many District headquarters. The Multi-tier Redundant Hub and Spoke Topology is used for connection. This ensures that even is one arm of the topology is broken, the connection is still maintained

WiMax Wireless

In a flood emergency, communication is crucial as there is a strong need to collect many data; for example to find out who may be injured and coordinate rescue efforts. The cables that connect officials with their vital information networks could be severed in a situation like flood To overcome this, as last mile connectivity, WiMAX is used to set up a back-up primary communications system. A WiMAX base station is set at each zonal office. This provides access in the range of 50 Km around the zonal office. Each PDA in the network has a special encryption code that would give it access to the base station. The PDA’s transmit the data using this network. For areas outside the 50 Km range, an Ad-Hoc network is established for the same purpose.

6.Infrastructure

The primary functions of this module are to provide the following functions :

§ Database Creation

§ Information Flow

§ Emergency Equipment

§ Skilled Personnel

The proposed system entails resource details about the flood, news related with floods and emergency contact numbers. The resources can be utilized by the voluntary organizations, relief agencies and other interested parties to build up their check-list of actions. It also provides a plan for identifying, assessing and tackling any potential situations that might arise in case of floods so that as and when such an event occurs, it can be managed with minimum loss of property and life.

The other functions, which are integrally supported are :

§ Capacity-building

Ø Identification of existing resources relevant to any disaster, and resources to be acquired for the purpose

Ø Acquiring and creating resources, organisation and training of groups in local community

Ø Coordination of such training

• Post-Disaster Restore

Ø Rehabilitation and reconstruction work to be done by the infrastructure department for bringing the situation back to normalcy

I am a geek!

The Simple Geek You answered 75% of the questions as a geek truly would.

You don't seem to sway in either direction, however you still seem to have some latent geek attributes within you. Maybe you're interested in computers but not a gamer? Maybe you've got geek hobbies but none of the awkward social tendencies. You may be slightly geekier than you thought and in denial! The simple geek usually has various quirks that friends may make fun of, but in general can be considered a fairly normal person. Your geek attributes make you less likely to conform to society. The popular kids don't hate you but the geeks don't either, so it's a respectable demographic. In a nutshell, you answered enough questions with geek tendencies and enough questions without geek tendencies that it's difficult to pinpoint your exact alignment.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 55% on geekness

Link: The True Geek Test written by ambientred on OkCupid Free Online Dating

Hephaestus Gods! You scored 40!

You are most like Hephaestus, the god of fire and craft! Hephaestus was a patron of blacksmiths. Hardworking, incredibly clever, though a bit of a loner. Known for forging incredible gifts and clever traps. Achilles' armour at the battle Troy is attributed to him, as is Pandora's Box. Unfortunately, while he was off toiling, his beautiful wife Aphrodite was cheating on him with Ares. So while you're into making things and are a straightforward genuine person, don't forget to pay attention to your loved ones from time to time!

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 32% on Godliness

Link: The What Greek God Are You Test written by mellyelf on Ok Cupid

the series continues

The Cardinal You scored 68% Cardinal, 23% Monk, 41% Lady, and 35% Knight!

You are the real power behind the throne. No one dares dispute or refuse you. Which is good because that's how you get things done. You are also, however, completely corrupt and highly immoral. This doesn't bother you in the least as you lounge around your rich comfortable surroundings, reveling in wealth and authority.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 94% on Cardinal You scored higher than 8% on Monk You scored higher than 45% on Lady You scored higher than 13% on Knight

Link: The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test written by KnightlyKnave on Ok Cupid

here's a test i did not like

Smartass You are 85% Rational, 71% Extroverted, 71% Brutal, and 100% Arrogant.

You are the Smartass! You are rational, extroverted, brutal, and arrogant. You probably consider people who are emotional and gentle to be big pussies who are obviously in lesser stature than you. You have many flaws, despite your seeming intelligence and cool-headedness. For instance, you aren't very nice. In fact, you're probably an asshole. And you are conceited and self-centered. Not only that, but you are very loud and vocal about all this, seeing as how you are extroverted. There is no better way to describe you than as a "smartass", I'm afraid. Perhaps just "ass" would do, too. But that's a little less literary and descriptive. At any rate, your main personality defect is the fact that you are self-centered, mean, uncaring, and brutally logical. To put it less negatively: 1. You are more RATIONAL than intuitive. 2. You are more EXTROVERTED than introverted. 3. You are more BRUTAL than gentle. 4. You are more ARROGANT than humble. Compatibility: Your exact opposite is the Emo Kid. Other personalities you would probably get along with are the Capitalist Pig, the Braggart, and the Sociopath. * * If you scored near fifty percent for a certain trait (42%-58%), you could very well go either way. For example, someone with 42% Extroversion is slightly leaning towards being an introvert, but is close enough to being an extrovert to be classified that way as well. Below is a list of the other personality types so that you can determine which other possible categories you may fill if you scored near fifty percent for certain traits. The other personality types: The Emo Kid: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Starving Artist: Intuitive, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Bitch-Slap: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Brute: Intuitive, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hippie: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Televangelist: Intuitive, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Schoolyard Bully: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Class Clown: Intuitive, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Robot: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Humble. The Haughty Intellectual: Rational, Introverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Spiteful Loner: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Humble. The Sociopath: Rational, Introverted, Brutal, Arrogant. The Hand-Raiser: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Humble. The Braggart: Rational, Extroverted, Gentle, Arrogant. The Capitalist Pig: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Humble. The Smartass: Rational, Extroverted, Brutal, Arrogant.

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 74% on Rationality You scored higher than 73% on Extroversion You scored higher than 88% on Brutality You scored higher than 97% on Arrogance

Link: The Personality Defect Test written by saint_gasoline on Ok Cupid

this has to be the blog entry i have been dying to write and been time-strapped :(

Of late, I have undergone an enormous stretch of introspection after which i have come to some decisions about myself.I love being myself, but that comes from a feeling deep down, that i am special and nothing which happens can change it :). That is the egoist inside of me speaking. this is maybe corroborated by what a friend of mine said about me :
"hmmm so-so attitude...has a feeling of belongingness to the grp but ultimately prefers to be left alone with some of his frnds. not too much involved in the grp..prefers to be his ownself...hates when somebody makes fun of him...and best cribber i have seen..he can crib for anything.."

nyways to more important and pressing issues, I have turned spiritual of late, listening to vedic chants, having a swastik as my desktop( for the record, I hate nazis, aryan I might be ), reading the ramayan, etc . Also have taken a liking to things Indian in nature, like chanakya and Mahamatya Rakshasa.
more on these great personalities can be found on :

http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/greatpersonalities/chanakya/page17.htm

to those who know me, I have the entire chanakya on my comp. Classical study on strategy, albeit not very sweet, but again real life is also ugly at times.

Today I pay homage to my grandma( nainamma ) who died on this day quite a few years ago. I still remember bits of her, and how nice it felt to spend time with her. I remember her with a great deal of affection. May her soul rest in peace!

On a lighter vein, she must be observing me from heaven and going nuts thinking about the future of the somanchi's, looking at leading "sapoots" of the family like yours truly!

A nice quote, though very bizzarely unrelated with the rest of the post, which a few douglas adams lovers would well appreciate:
" Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."


Finally, to end the post - A vedic chant, which a few of you might have recited in school:
Asatoma Sadgamaya
Tamaso Maa Jyothir Gamaya
Mrithyor Maa Amrutham Gamaya
Aum Shanti Shanti Shantihi

Meaning: Lead me from the unreal to the real. Lead me from darkness to light. Lead me from death to immortality. May there be peace everywhere.

Happy friendship day!

Hello everybody, Happy friendship day!
will update later today with chanakya and some others..

btw chanakya is really really awesome, of late, i have become more interested in the indian books and characters, i feel that more is to be learnt from them, to augment what u get in terms of education

njoy this site

i just love this site http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/

I took these too!

What Classic Movie Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

Test Results

head width	18	arm width	66	upper hips	40	head+torso	25
neck width	48	waist	64	lower hips	24	leg length	78
chest width	72	thigh width	51

*measurements are relative to your individual body dimensions
*measurements are then compared to averages yielding a 0-100 percentile

Stability ||||||| 56% Orderliness |||||| 43% Extraversion ||||||| 56%

Your most prominent body feature is your: head+torso length Your least prominent body feature is your: narrow head

Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Orderliness results were moderately low which suggests you are, at times, overly flexible, improvised, and fun seeking at the expense of reliability, work ethic, and long term accomplishment. Extraversion results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

trait snapshot:
messy, disorganized, not rule conscious, rebellious, rash, weird, ambivalent about chaos, likes bizarre things, anti-authority, not good at saving money, not a perfectionist, leaves many things unfinished, low self control, strange, desires more attention, romantic daydreamer, abstract, impractical, unproductive, leisurely, likes the unknown

look at who that means :))

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

what the hell does this mean??

word	percentile
groupie	97%
assured	96%
talkative	90%
explosive	7%
timid	7%
theoretical	0.5%

Take Free Percentile Word Test

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1189835.cms

of tests and others

took a few tests....

Career Inventory Test Results Extroversion ||||||||||||||||||||| 66% Emotional Stability |||||||||||||||||| 53% Orderliness |||||||||||||||||| 56% Altruism ||||||||| 23% Inquisitiveness |||||||||||||||||| 60% You are an Executive, possible professions include - program designer, attorney, administrator, office manager, chemical engineer, sales manager, logistics consultant, franchise owner, new business developer, personnel manager, investment banker, labor relations, management trainer, credit investigator, mortgage broker, corporate team trainer, environmental engineer, biomedical engineer, business consultant, educational consultant, personal financial planner, network integration specialist, media planner/buyer.

Take Free Career Test
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Personality Disorder Test Results Paranoid |||||| 22% Schizoid |||||||||||| 46% Schizotypal |||||||||| 34% Antisocial |||||||||||| 42% Borderline |||||| 22% Histrionic |||||| 30% Narcissistic |||||||||||||| 58% Avoidant |||||| 26% Dependent || 10% Obsessive-Compulsive |||||| 26%

Take Free Personality Disorder Test
personality tests by similarminds.com

this is a facial personality test - dont ask how it works
http://similarminds.com/face/start.php
Test Results

chin	1	nose to mouth	75	nose length	0	forehead	1
lower lip	86	nose width	94	eyes	14	face width	99
upper lip	99	mouth width	10	eye gap	24

*measurements are relative to your individual face dimensions
*measurements are then compared to averages yielding a 0-100 percentile

Stability ||||||| 56% Orderliness ||||||| 50% Extraversion ||||||||| 70%

Your most prominent facial feature is your: forehead Your least prominent facial feature is your: nose length

Stability results were moderately high which suggests you are relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic. Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, hard working, and reliable while still remaining flexible, efficient, and fun. Extraversion results were high which suggests you are overly talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting at the expense too often of developing your own individual interests and internally based identity.

trait snapshot:

expressive, open, self revealing, loves large parties, loud, social, outgoing, does not like to be alone, assertive, social chameleon, always busy, likes to fit in, likes to stand out, enjoys leadership, brutally honest, trusting, optimistic, desires attention, dominant, aggressive, attachment prone, not familiar with the dark side of life

The Perils of benadryl

Benadryl has been told to be addictive, I admit that in my not so long ago undergrad days I have used it to get high. However, to come to the point - I made a mistake of eating a huge cone of ice-cream in changing weather - which is not advisable for me when in forests and villages. So i ended up with a horror of a cough and cold. I broadcast and asked for cough-syrup. Got a couple of offers for brandy - which i declined ( why?) and then got benadryl. took a nice dose - went to sleep. Next day I made the mistake of taking a dose in the morning. Bloody class was fuzzy - I felt high, when i should have been sober. However I bumbled thru the day. In the night i Treated myself to good food@komala vilas nice dosas, and then had a dose of Benadryl - which took me to dreamworld again. In the morning today - woke up feeling woozy and spat out about a kilo of sputum, but have been feeling reasonably good after that. enjoyed the sight of rains, which threaten to flood campus as well, with the lakes threatening to overflow, methinks this is part of metropolitan-rain quota.

on that note I end for today.. with a very very popular song : guess the episode :

I'm in the shower and I'm writing a song
Stop me if you've heard it
My skin is soapy and my hair is wet
And tegrin spelled backward is nirget.
Lather, rinse, repeat
Lather, rinse, repeat
Lather, rinse, repeat
(pause)
As needed!

sick..

Am down with cough and cold, and a slight fever – so basically have got slightly fucked physically. Want to write a lot of things but cant put em down in words.. so that’s it for now