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Mijo Joseph Mijo Joseph Mijo Joseph Mijo Joseph Mijo Joseph Semester 4 Electronics PEARL Importance of Group Discussion Group discussion is an informal forum where the success of the debate depends on the involvement of each member of the group and the scope of the subject given for discussion. Since no one is nominated in advance to indicate the proceedings of the discussion, the forum has to improve its own procedures, through methods of trial and error, to bring the discussion to a successful conclusion within the time allotted. When, initially, the discussion is likely to go off the tangent through asides and bilateral chit-chats, one among the members, has to take the initiative to place a halt to disorder, through persuasive means, and motivate all for orderly conduct of the discussion. Patience and persuasion, rather than antagonism, win friends for you. It is not enough if you have a wealth of ideas and power of expression on the subject given for discussion, to create the right impression on your examiners, observers and selectors, you need to develop the qualities of leadership, co-ordination and motivation. Only people with unruffled temperament will be capable of handling a group of heterogeneous elements. And the leader is one who knows how to utilize every minute of the 30 minute discussion. So, group discussions act as measuring scales of these taints in the participants and a right mix of knowledge. ‘Power of expression, good temperament, and leadership will win a group discussion to your advantage. Time flies, never to return. 1

Manu Alias Manu Alias Manu Alias Manu Alias Manu Alias Semester 4 Computer Science Ruby Motivation: This poem was written as a wish for how life could, or should be. I am happy with many aspects of my life, but it still rankles at the waste of life I see all around me. The loss of love, the spirit of co-operation and charity that should abound, rather than be the exception. There are many examples of how good people can be; I just wish for more. If If only love was free to find And hope existed side by side. I find not orange, only rind Only The joy I seek seeks to hide. If only people learnt to trust Each other in their daily lives, And dreams were not dashed to dust By falsehoods uttered forth as lies. If only dawn followed dark. If dawn was seen as birth of hope, To wander forth within the park End life takes on a different scope. If only I could see what lies Beyond tomorrow’s darkened view, Perhaps I may again arise To live a life of different hue. And then, at last I may rest And see the promise come to bloom. No more my life put to the test And live according to my doom. If only people could allow Others space to be whatever. To sew the crop that they can plough And reap the harvest till forever. 2 Time is too long for those who give.

Jishnu R Jishnu Rajeev Jishnu Rajeeajeevv Jishnu Rajeeajeevv Jishnu R Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Many of us might have come across the word material. Widespread computer illiteracy and slow “web 2.0” while surfing the web…. And the first internet connections added to the restrictions of question that came into our mind after that would the internet, which characterized Web 1.0 have been” WHAT IS THIS THING?” Now, the successor “WEB 2.0”….. There are …..Right????? Complete confusion fills our mind many ways to look at Web 2.0…… and we search for expert opinion to clarify our doubts…. And what do we end up with???? More Web 2.0 = the web as platform doubts…..! Web 2.0 does appear to mean different Web 2.0 = the underlying philosophy of things to different people!!! relinquishing control This is what Tim Berners Lee; the founder of Web 2.0 = an attitude not a technology World Wide Web had to tell about web 2.0. Web 2.0 = when data, interface and metadata no “Nobody really knows what it means!!! If Web longer need to go hand in hand. 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was Web 2.0 = action-at-a-distance interactions and supposed to be all along!!” ad hoc integration Well if this is what the founder of www had to Web 2.0 = power and control via APIs say about web 2.0… … is there some one out there Web 2.0 = giving up control and setting the data who can actually tell us what this term really free means??????? Web 2.0 = glocalization – i.e. “making global Thankfully there are…. After years of discussion information available to local social contexts and and debates all over the world, experts have finally giving people the flexibility to find, organize, share come up with clear cut ideas about the definitions and create information in a locally meaningful and applications of this small ‘tech-phrase’……. fashion that is globally accessible” Before that, first let’s take a look at what Web 1.0 While at first glance some of those definitions means……. may be contradictory, we can distil from them Web 1.0 allows only a one-way flow of information, certain characteristics of Web 2.0.Web 2.0 is social, through websites which contained “read-only” it’s open, it’s letting go of control over your data, Time - The Soul of the Universe 3

and it’s mixing the global with the local. Web 2.0 Web 2.0 websites like Flickr, you Tube, My is about new interfaces – new ways of searching space…. Etc allows users to do more than just and accessing web content. And last but not least, retrieve information. Users can own the data on a web 2.0 is a platform – and not just for developers Web 2.0 site and exercise control over that data. to create web applications like Gmail and Flickr. Web 2.0 websites typically include some of the The web is a platform to build on for educators, following features/techniques. Andrew McAfee media, politics, and community, for virtually used the acronym SLATES to refer to them: everyone! Search: Search: Search: The case of finding information through Search: Search: “editable web, not just “editable web, not just “editable web, not just In short Web 2.0 means “editable web, not just“editable web, not just keyword search. by the writer but also the reader by the writer but also the reader”” ”” ” by the writer but also the reader by the writer but also the reader by the writer but also the reader Links: Links: Links: Links: Ad-hoc guides to other The term “Web 2.0” was Links: relevant information. coined by Darcy DiNucci Authoring: The ability to create Authoring: Authoring: Authoring: in 1999. In her article Authoring: “Fragmented Future”. constantly updating content over The term did not a platform that is shifted from resurface until 2003. In being the creation of a few to being 2004, the term began its constantly updated, interlinked rise in popularity when work. In wikis, the content is O’Reilly Media and iterative in the sense that users Media Live hosted the undo and redo each other’s work. first Web 2.0 conference. In blogs, content is cumulative in In their opening remarks, that posts and comments of John Batelle and Tim individuals are accumulated over O’Relly outlined their time. definition of the “Web as T T T T Tags:ags: Categorization of content ags: ags: ags: platform.” where by creating tags: Simple, one- software applications are word user-determined descriptions built upon the Web as to facilitate searching and avoid rigid, pre-made opposed to upon the desktop. The unique aspect categories. of this migration, they argued, is that “customers Extension: Extension: Powerful algorithms that leverage the Extension: Extension: are building your business for you.” That is, they Extension: argued that the activities of users generating Web as an application platform as well as a content (in the form of ideas, text, videos, or document server. pictures) could be “harnessed” to create value. Signals: Signals: Signals: Signals: Signals: The use of RSS technology to rapidly According to Tim O’ Reilly : “Web 2.0 is the notify users of content changes. business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the internet as a platform, The popularity of the term Web 2.0, along with and an attempt to understand the rules for success the increasing use of blogs, wikis, and social on that new platform.” networking technologies, has led many in academic and business fields to coin a flurry of 2.0s, From there, the term Web 2.0 was largely including Library 2.0, Social Work 2.0, Enterprise championed by bloggers and by technology 2.0, Classroom 2.0, Publishing 2.0, Medicine 2.0, journalists, culminating in the 2006 TIME Travel 2.0 and Government 2.0. Many of these magazine Person of The Year – “You.” That is 2.0s refer to Web 2.0 technologies as the source of TIME selected the masses of users who were the new version in the respective disciplines and participating in content creation on social networks, areas. blogs, wikis, and media sharing sites!!! 4 Time is the most valuable thing a Man Can spend

Well as great people says…. A coin must have commentary, unseemly home videos, two sides…. Everything should have a good and embarrassingly amateurish music, unreadable bad side….. And web 2.0 is no exception….. These poems, essays and novels reach masses and are the major criticisms about web 2.0 misguide them. Criticisms Criticisms Criticisms Criticisms Criticisms Now so far we have seen the past and present 1) The criticism exists that “Web 2.0” does not ……..Now What???? represent a new version of the World Wide Web The future of course……. The future of web! at all, but merely continues to use so-called And the most certain this about the tomorrow of “Web 1.0” technologies and concepts. Many web that we can say is that it’s completely of the ideas of Web 2.0 had already been “Uncertain!” No one can accurately predict or featured in implementations on networked specify the correct path which the web will choose systems well before the term “Web 2.0” for its journey ….. No one can tell how wide the emerged. World Wide Web will go….. 2) Critics also argue that Web 2.0 has created a The best thing to do is…... to just wait and kind of digital amateurism by allowing watch…. For the web 3.0’s and all the innovative anybody, anywhere to share their own opinions changes that we’ll see in the near future….. It about any subject and post any kind of content will be a worthy wait…. I’m sure…… regardless of their particular talents, knowledge ability, credentials, biases or possible hidden agendas. It also allows uninformed potential K Time discovers the truth 5

Melsa Mathew Semester 4 Civil Pearl Like a child, we should always believe that everything is possible. The sky is the only limit for a child and young children are open to everything. But a child often tends to be thrown away when he or she faces a tough situation. The same thing is repeated by a grown up individual in a childish Yes, You Can manner, “Why have only I been placed in such a situation? It is not fair”. If our response is like this, the problem only gets reinforced leading us to struggle hard to get over the problem, to find a solution. This struggle is the force which motivates us to move forward. Sometimes a problem may assume a bigger dimension than we expect and it may appear impossible to overcome. If we are overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem it means we have given up before trying solving it. We should always approach the problem in a childlike manner asking oneself – “What could be good about this?” This approach will not let us think, negatively and focus our mind on the positive aspects of the situation. Once our mind sets out in search of the positive aspects of the problem, there is no doubt that we will try to find out a solution. Unless we and our mind accept that there is a problem, solution can never be found out. In search of a solution we think of various options and start the needed action. Try to learn something from a problem and if we fail to solve it in the first attempt, treat our failure as a lesson and avoid our previous mistakes. Never think that our failure is an end of our Endeavour. Treat it as the beginning of our action towards the solution. Our failures can teach us more than our successes. It is only by realizing our mistake that we can stop repeating it. We can look forward to getting better results next time by self realization. Life is all about learning. 6 You can save time, but you can’t bank it.

Tintu V Tintu V Tintu Varghese Tintu Varghesearghese Tintu Varghesearghese Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Discover your Personality Type Do you know what sort of a person you are? Personality is a collection of individual and relatively enduring patterns of behaviour and interaction with others. Our personalities are extremely complex, with many layers and aspects our temperamental and personal characteristics are that what make each of us unique. Use this questionnaire to find out which type of personality you have. EXTROVERT OR INTROVERT EXTROOVERVERT OR INTRT OR INTROOVERVERTT EXTROOVERVERT OR INTRT OR INTROOVERVERTT EXTR EXTR NO NO NO YES YES NO YES YES YES NO 1. Do you become restless when working at something where there is little action? 2. Do you often try to find the underlying motives for the actions of other people? 3. Do you like talking to people so much that you never miss a chance to talk to a stranger 4. Are you usually among the last to stop clapping at the end of a concert or play? 5. If making a business enquiry, would you rather write than discuss it on the telephone? 6. Would you enjoy working on a project that involved a lot of library research? 7. Do you wish that you were able to “let go” and have a good time more often? 8. Do you often find you have crossed a road ahead of your more careful companions? 9. Do you need to use a lot of self-control to keep out of trouble? 10. Are you always hesitant to declare everything at customs when travelling abroad HOW W TTO SCORE:O SCORE: HO HOW W TTO SCORE:O SCORE: HOW TO SCORE: HO Give yourself one point for each “Yes” to questions 1, 3, 4, 8 and 9 and one point to each ‘no’ to questions 2,5,6,7 and 10. A score of 8-10 means that you are outgoing, sociable, active and impulsive – an extrovert If you scored 3-7 you are an ambivert, which means that you have some of the characteristics of each type, extrovert and introvert. A score of 0 - 2 means that you are quiet, controlled, thoughtful and responsible – in other words a classic introvert. Extrovert people may be happier and more fun to be with, but introverts tend to be more and reliable. No one ever gives us time, we must seize it 7

Karthika Kishore Karthika Kishore Karthika Kishore Karthika Kishore Karthika Kishore Semester 4, Electrical B Alphabets of Ruby Health A – Air is free; Open your window to left it in. B – Breathe deeply, especially in the morning C – Chill and drought avoid, they endanger your health D – Dwell not in dirt to keep your body healthy E – Eat good food and eat to lime but, don’t lime to eat F – Fight diseases by keeping good power of resistance within you G – Get up early in the morning and thus give a good start for the day H – Herbs vegetables and fruits are rich in nutrients – eat them I – Illness comes more due to carelessness J – Juices & Soups makes you healthy & happy K - Keep your premises clean L - Logging is second to none as an aerobic exercise, poetize it M – Move your bowels daily N – Nicotine is toxic. Avoid its use O – Overweight is not good P – Provide yourself with nutritious food Q – Quietness and rest smoothens the news R – Resist the tendancy of developing bad habits S – Sugar is good if in the correct amount T – Think about your health U – Use clean clothes V – Value medical advice W – Win over anger X – X-rays are useful to reveal hidden diseases in our body Y – You are responsible for your health, balance between work and sleep Z – Zero is your life and accomplishment unless you preserve your health. 8 The success of an individual depends on his ability to utilize time judiciously.

Atira Jayakrishnan Atira Jayakrishnan Atira Jayakrishnan Atira Jayakrishnan Atira Jayakrishnan Semester 4 Computer Science Ruby The Reins To Reign A person in white shirt with black coat and a tie of it. How much of English do you think Shri with a suitcase or a stylish leather bag; that’s what Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Sree Nayarana Guru comes to the mind whenever one thinks of a man or Rani Lakshmi Bai knew? Definitely not more of personality. Yes, I know the view has changed than you; the time has changed but the real much, thanks to the intelligentsia. Rather the attributes for the perfect persona will never. Even picture now seems more of a salesman at the door after many initiatives put forth for personality step to sell a tie which changes its colour on the development, how many do you think have pressing of a button! benefited from it? Apparently not more than 30% of the participants (only if the workshops provide However the basic idea of a charismatic person, rigorous training for more than three months) say Mr. X has not changed completely. As the belief goes, Mr. X must say ‘excuse me’ at the What’s the reason for such a low output from slightest of the sneeze which would go unnoticed something which is not at all mind-boggling? The if not mentioned. He must convey his thanks for fact is that we ourselves are the problems. The even the scrap of a pencil which was sharpened faults are within us. “Personality” is something with his sharpener. Mr.X talks gravely and passes which reflects our inner self as it is. A good inner a good smile or a hearty laugh even for the worst self is all that is required for an attractive of the jokes he has ever heard and then say ‘Wow! personality and that is what is taught or tried to A good one’. be taught by the parallel enhancement drive of institutes. The reins are with us only. In other ‘Eyes capture only the truth’ is the thinking that words, our thinking and views should be socially cannot be over written in our minds. Yes, it might vindicated. be true to some extent but can you imagine a friend of such an ‘attractive – going- irking’ The ground realities should be well assimilated attitude to be borne throughout your life? If yes, as well as acknowledged by one’s mind. I think artificiality is what attracts you and I guarantee being humble and simple are two of the important Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in his dhoti qualities for Mr. X. That is, Mr. X should at least and shawl is never in your category of idols. know that, for more than 40% of the Indians, having two meals and one glass of pure water a So, what’s the main point? The big deal is that day is still a distant dream; discussing social there are many misconceptions regarding a good issues rather than the fate of one’s favourite hero personality. Good spoken English is merely a part in a stupefied 50-crore budgeted film is more Time has no divisions to mark its passage. 9

meaningful. In short, the basic qualities which Rs.5500 when even the shape of the slippers is should be instilled in Mr. X are nothing but those unknown to many in this world. qualities which are being taught to as ever since All this would sound authentic only if one believes from our childhood. The only difference being the that “the last but an everlasting impression is tutors. The workshops just encourage exhibiting always better than the best first impression”. these qualities. Mr. X should grab this Otherwise this article would be another boring opportunity to introspect and remove the flaws essay on ‘how to develop your personality’ and if within. He should be not be the one who would its so, I am deeply regretful of it. get frustrated on being refused Nike shoes costing K Jaykishan T S Jaykishan T S Jaykishan T S Jaykishan T S Jaykishan T S Semester 4 Mechanical Ruby Crossing the age of innocence. Years of cornets quest of knowledge. The transition time of realization. When great events start to take meaning. Sunset, a camera’s delight, an artist’s passion To witness a sunset as enticing. As the ones described by poets During my yester years. Aesthetic sense, I didn’t lack But one single plebe I yearned for solve this puzzle. That had lifted my musing. Then one day, like a spark it came to me I decided to wait for the hour. Then my story was unraveled I saw beauty which mere? eyes went Mesmerized by nature’s art I lay pondering over my folly Grateful to god for his wonders. 10 Time is the cruelest teacher; first it gives the test, then teachers the lesson.

Praveen. V .Sebastian Praveen. V .Sebastian Praveen. V .Sebastian Praveen. V .Sebastian Praveen. V .Sebastian Semester 4 Computer Science Ruby How Can We Manage Our Time........? You use every second, minute and hour everyday urgent and important. of your life. It’s almost the equivalent of your life The important tasks are those that lead you because it’s always part of your day. It’s like wind to your goals, and give you most of the long that passes us by that we don’t even notice. If term progress and reward. Those tasks are we just let it pass us by without using its very often not urgent. Many urgent tasks are maximum potential as an opportunity to take not really important. So we should take a wise advantage of, you are just wasting precious hours decision….. as well as your life. 3. …… know and respect your priorities. Aim There are no second chances because it just flies to do the important things first. Works should and moves fast. It will not wait for you. It will be completed according to its priority…… just move on and there’s no way for you to save or restore it. Benefit the importance of time to 4. Plan your actions for achieving your goals. your own advantage because it will never get back Convert your goals into a system of specific after it strikes you…. actions to be done. The first significant point of planning is the planning process itself. It We do not feel the importance of time is a known fact and you will see it for yourself, management until we run out of time. It’s like that the planning process stimulates your wind that passes us…. So we discuss different brain to come up with new efficient solutions. time management techniques... It programs your subconscious mind to search Simple systems of practical rules to manage time for shortcuts. It makes you much more that are easy to keep in mind and follow are prepared for each specific action. Besides, discussed here…. planning will help you to identify potential conflicts and crises minimizing the number of 1. ………. Know what you want from your time. urgent tasks. You should realise the importance of time in life for that you should set a goal and work for 5. …… Schedule time for your tasks. Your that………. concentration can be easily lost in the sea of many boring or less important things waiting 2. ……. Learn to see the difference between to be done in your head. Undone things Better late than never, but never late is better. 11

circulating in your mind are also a big drain of techniques, which will help you to realize where your mental energy. Most often, there is no you are going and to see the optimal path there. way to get those things out of your mind 3……. Open yourself to more satisfaction…… except of either doing them or scheduling them in a trustable system, convincing your With effective time management you learn to mind that they will be done in due time. overcome procrastination and you learn to prioritize. This will keep you feeling that you did 6. …….Know how did you spend your time. most of the important things you possibly could Keep a time log during some time interval, do. That makes you more confident…… like a week, and then analyze it to see where did you waste time, what percentage of time 4……… Increase your energy level………. you spend on urgent and on important The undone things circulating in your mind cost activities, what people you devotes most time you much more time and energy than the things to. You are likely to be surprised, and you will you have done or are doing. With effective time see much better if you could use more time management you get organized and uncluttered management tips. This also an effective way .Your mind free from those energy drains. You will to get a feedback on how well time experience much higher energy level. management techniques are working for you, and where you need some adjustments. 5. Get more of quality time…….. TIME EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE TIME TIME TIME OF OF OF EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE OF BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS BENEFITS OF EFFECTIVE TIME There are many things that don’t get you much MANAGEMENT…… forward, but you still have to do them to survive. MANAGEMENT…… MANAGEMENT…… MANAGEMENT…… MANAGEMENT…… Take eating for example. Those maintenance tasks The main benefit of effective time management are a significant part of your total time spending. is that it can drastically improve the quality of Learn how to organize them more efficiently and your life. Let’s look at a few common problems you will get more time for making progress or that can be solved with effective time enjoying life. management. And this is not all. The overall effect of happier I……. Reduce frustration…………. and healthier life will inevitably have many other Many of the frustrating situations can be avoided positive consequences. with effective planning. When you have overcome Nobody survives forever on this earth. However, frustration, it is easier to release the full power of we can create our best possible lives. It is easy to your creativity and productivity. look back on a fulfilled life. Nonetheless, it would 2…….. Get a sense of achievement and piece of break our heart to see that we have wasted the mind……. precious time that we had……………………. Much of the dissatisfaction comes from the fact ALWAYS KEEP THE END IN MIND…… that you are not sure where you are going, or you feel like you are going nowhere. Effective time management includes smart goal setting K 12 Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.

Nisha K.K. Nisha K.K. Nisha K.K. Nisha K.K. Nisha K.K. Semester 4 Civil B Ruby Tongue Twister Three grey geese in a given field grazing, gray were the gives and green was grazing Great green grapes grown in the grass. She sells sea shells beside the seashore Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers The sixth sheik’s sixth sheep is sick. A tutor who taught on the flute Tried to teach two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, “Is it harder to toot, or To tutor two tooters to toot?” 13 Punctuality is thief of time.

Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Semester 4 Electronics Maintaining Pearl Friendship There is no greater blessing than an understanding move away from a friendship when you see friend, who’s there in times of trouble and on some fault of your friend. whom we can depend on. A friend who knows 5. Be Reliable our every mood brightens cloudy days. One - When you say you are going to be there, be who’s slow to criticize but quick to offer praise is not our true friend. There is no greater there. blessing than a friend who always care, one who 6. Don’t try to control your friends. will remember us in his daily thoughts and - Real friendship does not mean you always have prayers. Therefore it is a must to maintain a person all to yourself and feel threatened when friendship. Here are ten rules to maintain your friends spends time with others. If you friendship. are afraid to let your friends spends time with 1. Focus on what you can give to a friend, not others. If you are afraid to let your friends out what you can get out of a friendship. of your sight you are probably afraid of losing - If being happy is your only motive for wanting them. someone to be your friend, then you are not 7. Be there for the good and the bad times. being a real friend. Don’t get caught up in - Celebrate with them, if your friends are excited keeping note on who has given most in the about something. But don’t be there only for friendship. Give your friends regardless of how the good times alone. When your friend is upset much they give to you. about something give him your full attention. 2. encourage your friend 8. Learn to accept personality differences with - Real friends inspire and push each other to be your friends. the best that they can be, rather than drag each - Be careful not to evaluate other people by how other down. They are happy when other people they react in a particular situation. Do not achieve their goals. automatically take your friends behaviour, 3. Be willing to forgive personally. - Don’t let hurt, turn to grudge. This is one sure 9. Don’t be a Bobber mouth way to destroy a friendship. Forgive your friend - Learn and be willing to keep each other’s and move on. secrets. 4. Tactfully point out their mistakes 10.Don’t let arguments destroy your friendship. - This is one way to show concern for others, - Suppose you are having a discussion with a you really care, and you will tactfully point out friend and after you have told that what you a specific example for his own good. But once think is true, they still disagree; your desire to you have brought the problem to your friends stand with the argument may ruin the attention, don’t harp on it all the time. Don’t friendship. 14 Lost time is never found again.

Shruthi Antony Shruthi Antony Shruthi Antony Shruthi Antony Shruthi Antony Semester 4 , Electrical A Pearl A Satirical Dictionary Law – The rules produced by the authority; disobeyed by the society Empty – The condition of our treasury Bus Stop – The place to increase the speed of bus Quarrel – The main programme of our legislative Assembly Govt. office – A comfortable place to sleep Adventure – Being a passenger of private bus Minister – The head of any section that has the least knowledge about his region. K Merlin Paul Merlin Paul Merlin Paul Merlin Paul Merlin Paul Semester 4 Electronics Pearl 1. Learn as if you are going to live for ever. Live as if you are going to die tomorrow. 2. Be the change you want to see in the world 3. Judge each day not by the harvest you rear, but by the seeds you plant. 4. To one world you might be a person. But to one person you might be a world. 5. What we see mainly depends on what we look for. 6. Today is Wiseman’s day, tomorrow is fools day. The wise bees that what ought to be dare and does it today. Foolish man says, “Will do it tomorrow.” 7. Doing tough things today will prepare, us for greater things in the future. 8. A superior is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his action. 9. Self confidence is the first requisite for great understandings. The true measure of a man is how he treats some one who can do him absolutely no good. 15 Time is too saving if it’s for those who fear.

Sheeba Joseph Sheeba Joseph Sheeba Joseph Sheeba Joseph Sheeba Joseph Semester 4 Electrical A Pearl It was the beginning of fourth sem. New of the prominent members of our college faculty subjects new teachers; a new start .It was then like Saji sir, Thomas Paul sir, Sony sir and Benny that we heard of campus connect. Till then we Cherian sir we had an immediate bonding with were unaware of such a program. In fact we had our tutors since they were not like our usual no idea what it was .From various sources like classes, where we fall asleep even though we try teachers and seniors, we got to know that it was hard not to. The classes had such an energy and supposed to be a program which would help us life that we started enjoying them. develop our soft skills like self confidence, group Each session was a mixture of a bit of fun, interactive skills etc. We had never got games, dramas and other activities. Some times opportunities like this in our school life so we we felt like small kids playing silly games, but thought why not?’’ anything and everything had a good effect on At first we were a bit reluctant about it because us. The classes were altogether a different it was conduced either on Saturdays or Sundays, experience. At first we were shocked to find us which means that one of our much awaited get separated from our friends and put in to holidays after a stressful week would be gone. groups where most of the students were those Also the time schedule was from 9.30 to 5.30. whom we never even had met. We were given Even during our school days or entrance different topics or incidences and were told to coaching classes we never had such a long perform within some 10- 15 mints. schedule. It was real fun to do spontaneous dramas most But anyway the hoped and prayed that it would of which turned out to be comedy even though be a good one and started attending the classes. we didn’t mean to. These dramas really brought Once the classes started, we realized that our up our communication skills and helped us to decision had not been wrong. After a long overcome our stage fear to a certain extent. stressful week at college the C.C. classes were a relief to us. The program was headed by some K 16 No time like the present.

Rishi K.Pillai Rishi K.Pillai Rishi K.Pillai Rishi K.Pillai Rishi K.Pillai Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Ham Radio Ham Radio In the present world of ultra fast communication reply back their fellow experimenters around the systems, exchange of ideas and information has world. Transmission and reception are definitely become so easy between any two individuals or two technical terms but this doesn’t mean that organization. Still, communication sector remain the ham operator should be well-versed in to have that hearty potential for development. No amplifiers and modulators. There are millions in wonder why electronics and communication the world engaged in this activity, who are not became one of the most elite engineering branches well-versed in their knowledge of electronics. But, all over. of course, there is much to learn from HAM radio even though it is a hobby. Man had always been quick to acclimatize to the changing technologies; he has changed his habits As people need to have their own transmitting and hobbies in tandem with development. For this and receiving equipments, HAM is an initially HAM radio is the best example to quote. From expensive hobby. Equipments are available in being technology vibe it has risen up to be one of different sizes and costs. This year’s Aura mmix the rampantly popular hobbies of the world. showcased different equipments related to Amateur radio service. There was a pocket system A ham radio operator is a radio enthusiast, who placed there and also was the photo of a man inside by virtue of his fascination towards wireless a room full of electronic gadgets which told to be communication, enables himself to establish a two way radio station and communicate around the his HAM system. world for sheer joy thrill and excitement. Thus a HAM radio provides an opportunity to gather fraternity of people evolved around the world, knowledge and exchange information on the air in which mostly duplicated each others radio an informal way. In India anybody above 12 years communication equipment. can be a HAM radio operator after passing a qualifying examination conducted by the HAM radio, also called amateur radio, owes its Ministry of Communications, Government of name to the first letters of names of the 3 great radio experimenters. Hertz, Armstrong and India. So why wait! Go for it and experience the Marconi, the people with this hobby put their real thrill while talking to Russian beauties or African Negroes! voice-on-air for listening to and at sometime to K We must cherish each moment because it will never come again. 17

Geethu Susan Paul Geethu Susan Paul Geethu Susan Paul Geethu Susan Paul Geethu Susan Paul Semester 4 Computer RUBY My Dreams Oh! I had a dream A dream that was filled in colours With all my charming friends around A happy one, with sparking stars Oh! I had a dream. All our heroes had a dram With all our fellow country men Bringing sucess, freedom, peace; Pulling down the flag of hate Fly from ashes, fly on dreams Fly high sky to millennium Smiling rainbow, chearing birds I shall have a dream today Dream of stars and dream of skies I wish to have a dream today Oh I shall have a dream today Oh I wish to have a dream today 18 Success usually comes to those who don’t have time to look for it.

Serin K Sebastian Serin K Sebastian Serin K Sebastian Serin K Sebastian Serin K Sebastian Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Putting off large, chunky assignments till the last very minutes thus not able to complete the task given or simply rushed through it to get it done... That’s what procrastination means! We all have a tendency to put things off for various reasons and believe me, I’ve been the master of this one in the past. Understanding why you procrastinate helps you to do something about it. How often have you made yourself ‘busy’ just because you’re putting off doing something you’re resisting? Well, here are few things you can do to prevent procrastination. When you put off a task it can start to develop almost ogre-like proportions before we’ll get round to doing it. The longer you leave it, the harder it becomes. Usually by that time, it’s become urgent or critical rather than just important. What is the benefit of your procrastination? What is the pay-off you get from putting something off? It may be the easier route in the short-term but what is the long-term impact? When does procrastination have consequences on your pocket, health or emotional well- being? If you leave it too long, the task gets to the point where it can no longer be ignored and demands your attention. Now you have to get it done – which somehow, you now find You can neither add up nor diminish time, you can’t change the past, but you can rain the 19 present by worrying about the future.

the time or inclination to do. So what was stopping you in the first place? When the pain of not doing something becomes greater than the pain of doing it, resistance will magically disappear and more often than not we find that it wasn’t as bad as we thought after all. To help reduce procrastination, try breaking a larger task down into smaller tasks, so it doesn’t seem quite so onerous. For instance, if you need to write a report that you think is going to take days to write – take five minutes just to get a few ideas on paper. Next time – add a bit more, refine it, and add a bit more content. Schedule time to come back to it later either in a few hours or the next day or later in the week and complete a bit more. Once you get started it’s surprising how much easier it can be to keep going. The easiest way I have found to tackle many things is by spending just 5 or 10 minutes on a task. You’ll increase your productivity when you give yourself a time limit and it’s less daunting than needing to spend an hour or more on it and less excuse to procrastinate. Putting off that pile of filing? Spend 10 minutes tackling the top of the pile or start to reduce the pile by sorting out all the papers that go into the same file or relate to the same subject. Repeat this at regular intervals throughout the day or set aside 10 minutes at the beginning or end of every day to do a little bit more or to keep on top of it. Just do it! Putting something off like a phone call or an email? Instead of saying to yourself, ‘I’ll do it in a minute, or I’ll do it later … do it now. Just go for it and get it out of the way and then you can move on and stop worrying. I find this technique works really well. Catch yourself putting something off and just do it. Sometimes we put things off because something doesn’t ‘feel right’. How many times have you had a decision to make or something that needs doing and by delaying the need disappears? That’s not an excuse to procrastinate, just an indication to look at where the resistance is coming from and why. When you procrastinate, what are you resisting? The more you resist the harder it becomes, so assuming the task is worthy of your attention in the first place, take action sooner rather than later. If it’s worth doing – do it now! If it’s not, then just let it go and stop worrying about it. K 20 It is only when we understand that we have limited time on earth that we value it.

The Power of a Vision; The Power of a Vision; Roshni Thomson Roshni Thomson Roshni Thomson Roshni Thomson Semester 4 Civil A and it’s Need in a Mission and it’s Need in a Mission Roshni Thomson Pearl Aristotle, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy and not come from nowhere. Its impetus was sown by Bill Gates, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru his grandmother who was a nurse in a hospital. or Barack Obama; The visionaries see things that All great people in the world, like Abraham Lincoln, others don’t. New routes to success, new ways who abolished slavery in U.S, Winton Churchill, of enriching lives, new possibilities of what can the successful Prime Minister of U.K. Mahatma be. These pragmatic visionaries know not only how Gandhi, the thinkers, Philosophers and great to think, but also how to dream in Technicolor. leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, the sculptor of modern Above all, they know how to form their dreams or India and Aung San Syu Kyi the pro-democratic visions into reality and demonstrate the power of leader and noble laureate, the blessed Mother executive thinking. Teresa and Nelson on Mandela had visions Vision is defined as – a thing perceived vividly in developed from their very childhood. Unless you the imagination; or vision is an imaginative have a strong vision in your life, your mission won’t insight; vision is enlightenment. Analysis of the be successful. cross section of the society the great politicians, The vision or the dreams formed in the early years the CEOs of international firms, philosophers, of one’s life, as the individual grows, the vision dictators, saints and even sinners – they all had also grows and thus ultimately their strong vision, dreams. They with their immense energy from which is matured enough forms and becomes the within visualized or dreamt their future. i.e., their mission of the individual in his/her life, to achieve. visions about their country, the organization, the This mission becomes the product of vision of the society, etc. In this enlightening and engaging look individual. at the power of their visions, the politics of modern Every one wants to be a winner in life and none organizations and the inherent potential for wants to be a loser. And yet the percentage of change, it is evident that, visionaries should be able to convert their visions in to newer and newer winners is far less than the percentage of losers, revolutionary ideas and advice their subordinates at a time when all are given the same situations on how to materialize them. The visionary should to operate. Here comes the issue of a strong and perpetual vision. Undoubtedly, we can say the be able to communicate the visions or dreams, winner is having this strong vision, which in its establish alignment, achieve stability and consistency and take the whole organization or the completion turns to achieve the mission of the nation as a whole to places, never though possible. individual. Lack of a strong vision makes man a loser. To excel in life, we must be a visionary in Dr.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam urges the youth to dream its potentiality. Stronger the vision easier the and dream, and to work towards making them a mission. Thus we can invariably pronounce the reality. The former U.S. President Bill Clinton in power of a vision and the need for a mission. his childhood dreamt that he should once become the president of the United States. But this did K Time is the longest distances between two places. 21

Chaithra C.S. Chaithra C.S. Chaithra C.S. Chaithra C.S. Chaithra C.S. Semester 4, Civil A Pearl Here I dwell, my home for years All society and dead at heart, for, All but these somber walls I see. Confined I am for great felony I did No mercy I long for, no pity I ask for This divide I justify with no heavy heart. This soul does repent. Alas! Time can never reversed be Life so futile and void And world around so dark. I hear none but the clining of My shackles and footsteps out Bonds embrace my festered wounds Which take a lifetime more to heal Put boundless lifetime it take To soothe this repenting heart. 22 Treat time as your most precious asset.

Christina Jacob Christina Jacob Christina Jacob Christina Jacob Ideas Work Christina Jacob Semester 4 Computer Science Ruby Wonders Success starts with a thought or an idea when nourished with hope and confidence and encouraged by aspiration, that single idea takes shape as a dream, vision and goal in stages. You must allow your ideas to grow, no matter how far fetched or non conformist they may seem in the beginning. You must give wings to your ideas and let them fly high. You must allow your thoughts to take root no matter how others choose to regard them. Many great ones, whom the world today worships with admiration and wonder as gifted visionaries, super geniuses or miracle makers were thought as utopians or mental patients by several of the contemporaries. While some may describe your ideas as imagination and vision others may dub them as sheer day drams and idle fantasies. But the fact remains that ideas however strange, unorthodox or heretic they might have seemed at the start, have ultimately wrought miracles brought revolutions and built civilization. Ideas verity rule the world, and also the minds of men, They contribute to continuing changes, shape as well as determine the destiny of human beings and contribute to the growth of civilization. Every great and grant accomplishment, whether relating to religion, science, medicine industry, technology or sports which are written in letters of gold in the history of human advancement, was in the first instance, no more than a mere idea in the mind of a human being. Ideas sprout, blossom and lead to action with knowledge. Therefore your success is irretrievably linked to knowledge. Knowledge is strength and knowledge is power. When you apply your knowledge and understand your problem you will find the solution smiling at you. When you know the answers, your success in an examination, test or an interview is automatically guaranteed. When you know the secrets of your business, your profit and growth are guaranteed. K We must conquer time or time will conquer us. 23

Jayakrishnan K.R Jayakrishnan K.R Jayakrishnan K.R Jayakrishnan K.R Jayakrishnan K.R Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Hero of the Miracle Crash This is a story of an unsung hero. It was one Just a normal flight back home. An hour and a such instant in which an ordinary man like you half later I’d be back on the ground, two hours and me, through his valour and determination, after that I would be with my wife and kids. survived, through one of the hardest ordeal in We were in air about 90 seconds before the left his life. engine blew. I was on that side in seat 5A. I Passenger Dave Sanderson, a hero of the crash heard the explosion and saw the flames out the of US Airways Flight 1549, takes us inside the window. I didn’t realize that we had lost both dramatic events as his plane plunges into New engines and all powers. York’s freezing Hanson River. It was stone quiet. People were looking around, “I travel over 160,000 kilometres a year, so I’m not knowing what to do. We crossed over in the air a lot. On January 15, I was booked on something; someone told me later it was the a 5 pm domestic flight from New York to George Washington Bridge. We were pretty low, Charlotte. I wrapped things up at about 11.30 kept seeing the water and New York City that morning. I called the travel agent and she skyline getting closer. About 30 seconds later or got me on the 3:25 – US Airways F1549. may be even less, then pilot said, “Brace for impact”. I looked around. Some people were looking horrified; some were crunching down. People were praying as the plane went down. I braced my hands on seat in front of me – stated praying too. Ten seconds later we hit the water. I said to myself, “I’m alive. I have to get out of there.” Everyone else was thinking the same thing. Water was ankle – deep almost immediately. Stood next to exit, helping people get out and 24 Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind.

onto the wing. I wanted be sure no one was left My memories flashed to the Titanic, and how behind. I saw a lady in the back, trying to get it went down into water. Ferry boats began her suitcase and purse. I screamed at her to forget arriving. I jumped in water and fried to swim to about the luggage. the ferries; two men finally grabbed me and pulled She didn’t listen. She carried the suitcase and me into ferry. purse down the aisle and onto the wet and Some one yelled at me “you’ve got to get up shipping wings, but then dropped both into the and walk! You’ve got to move!’’ I stood up, but water. I got her purse for her. I had real trouble walking. I kept bumping into At that point, I had one foot in the plane, one things, I had no balance. foot out on the wing, and I was shipping around. When we got to the dock, I was still frozen below The small inflatable life boat from the plane was my waist, and my blood pressure was just about full. People were packed on both wings, skyrocketing Parameters said I was at the risk struggling like me to keep their footing. for a heart attack or stroke. One woman couldn’t jump to the lifeboat My wife Jerry is my hero. She took care of kids because she was holding a nine-month-old baby and gave me support when all was breaking lose. boy. She was afraid to hand her child to anyone. And since the crash, my family has been affected I told her to toss the baby to the woman in the in amazing ways. My oldest daughter Chelae lifeboat just a meter away. But she was too is a teenager. When you’re 17 years old, parents scared to let go of him. don’t seem to count for much. But falls to me She could have slipped over the wing while still everyday, and shares her joy and sorrow with clutching her baby and fallen into the frigid river, me. My second daughter colleen, 15 now, has the baby could have died. It was zero degrees in probably has come up to me more than ever New York that day, and the water temperature before to tell me that she loves me. Courtney, was just about freezing. People could survive my 11 year old hugs me every time she sees me. only ten or 15 minutes in that water. But finally, Gods hand was on all of us. He gave us courage she did toss her baby to people in the life boat, that all of us needed to do what we had to do. and then she made it safely into the boat herself. Every one of the 155 passengers and 5 crew The current was extremely strong and I was survived. afraid, it would capsize the life boat. So I was There were 160 heroes on that plane, and more holding on to the plane with one arm and in those boats, because if everyone did not do hanging on to the lifeboat with the other. exactly the right thing in right sequences we After about seven minutes, a little fug boat would have had a totally different outcome. came, and the crew threw a rope to the lifeboat. But when the fug boat backed up so it could head K towards shore, it hit the plane. The plane shook beneath me, and I felt a splash of freezing water hit my back. Lost wealth may be replaced, but lost time is gone for ever. 25

Archana R Nair Archana R Nair Archana R Nair Archana R Nair Archana R Nair Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Quotable Quotes A journey is like a marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it. - John Steinback. There’s never enough time to do nothing. - Daniel Raddiffe. Sometimes leadership is planting trees under whose shade you’ll never sit. - Jennifer M.Granholm. Man has made many machines, complex & cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart? - Marcia Cross A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be. - Roslyn Carter. Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt to you is determinism, the way you play it is free will - Jawaharlal Nehru. Reading gives us some place to go when we have to stay where we are. - Marson Cooly. 26 There is no substitute for time.

Rishi K Rishi K Rishi K Rishi K Rishi K Semester 4 Electronics Pearl colonies…. Expectation was very high. But it didn’t take long for those to prove themselves to be in a fool’s paradise. Now, after 40 years, the moon might not have been so distant for us, had we been tad humane towards it. Since the crew of Apollo 17 returned from moon in December 1972, no human has left low earth orbit, why say not to moon! Five space shuttles, scores of space capsules, the international Space station and more than 450 men and women have left the Earth since Apollo, but all have been bound to a small shell of space just outside our atmosphere. The eagerness to befriend moon was confined just to placing foot over it and proclaiming that their flag has outplayed the counterpart of those who produced the first space vehicle. Though developing nations including India always dreamt of such feats, every Moon, as a verb, means to walk around aimlessly. now and then, they had their own chunk of God knows if moon walk, that claims birth from constraints, technological or financial, to resist the lean legs of The King of pop, was named after themselves to be contained by small satellite such a meaning. In either case, we have some launches, PSLV a space walk. excellent moon-walkers in MACE! But years But everything changed suddenly. Any hope of before MJ coined the word to an epitome of his an ambitious successor to Apollo might have been charisma; somebody else gave it a down and dirty abandoned if it wasn’t George Bush who definition: it was a walk, and it was done on the announced in 2003, that NASA would revisit moon! moon by 2020 and will go to Mars by 2030. The Yes, when 2 astronauts sent by NASA Neil same years that Mr. Bush tasked NASA with Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin ‘Moon-walked’ into 21 century moon shot. Yay Lee Wei became the st the annals of history on April 20, 1969, it was first astronaut from his country- The People’s indeed a giant leap for the mankind. During the Republic of China. With countries like India coming 3 years, we saw 10 more humans visiting chipping in with indigenous, yet superior the white master, who has been faithfully technologies, explicit or not, another space race Cruising around us at 3700kmph for a period that has begun. is still to be estimated. China has the virtue that they can do anything, Many thought that it was a virtual beginning of needn’t ask for permission or go through a another era; explorations, moon tourism, moon democratic process and get the budget approved. Time is the can of your life, spend it wisely. 27

The youth there also have a deep fervour in space understanding flight paths and knowing the best programme. It’s very dark over there and we might rockets to use. Moon shots are about taking risks. not find whether china wants to put a person on Here also China has an edge over others as moon until it does it. China, by nature, prioritizes mission objectives over life or limb, whereas ISRO or NASA would The Indians are also, now hot on heels as their ambitious and aspirations merged to send out a give more weightage to traveller’s safety (NASA robotic probe to moon named ‘Chandrayan’. The increased its priority after Apollo Mission) while whole thing had 2 probes – an orbit and an impact USA has previous records to scan through. India – of which latter went impeccable. The former has the most talented and inspired youth brains after providing us with at least 70k images of to work for. moon, disappeared into eternity. Though For sure, the world is well ahead of Apollo abandoned much earlier than expected, the technology. Many countries are in the race to place mission scared an Indian presence on the moon their feet on the moon. So we can hope that it will surface, which helped us declare air stand. But be an Indian, if not one of those from MACE, so we still have plenty to prove in terms of human that one day she might be boasting that her sons space flight. have performed all types of moon walk available! Aiming for space is about more than K 28 Organization of time is the key to success.

Ana Anagha P.M. Anagha Pgha P.M..M. Ana Anagha Pgha P.M..M. Semester 4 Electronics Pearl The Train Driverrain Driver The Train Driverrain Driver The T The Train Driver The T A train, which was going peacefully on the tracks, suddenly deviated from the tracks and rode to the guilds nearby and then came back to the tracks. The passengers were horrified. At the next railway station the driver was caught and questioned. He explained that there was a man standing on the tracks and he was not moving from there many honks etc. Then authorities questioned. “Are you mad? Just to save the life of one person, you put lives of so many passengers in danger. You should have run over that person. The driver said: “Exactly, that is what J too decided. But this idiot started running towards the field when the train came closer. (Plz. Don’t forget to laugh). Time does not change things, you change them. 29

Gopikrishna N. Gopikrishna N. Gopikrishna N. Gopikrishna N. Gopikrishna N. Semester 4 Computer Science Ruby The British speak Now, Mr.X asked for the cheque as he Quean’s English used to do in New York and found the and the Americans waiter open mouthed. Because in speak Americanize. But what America you ask for the ‘Cheque’ and pay the do we call the English which we speak ‘bill’ while in Britain you ask for the bill and pay here in India? There is a story of an I n d i a n with a cheque. gentleman who, for some months after staying in In America, a lounge is a pair of informal Paijamas New York, came to London. The gentleman’s while in Britain it is a formal suit which you wear Name is Mr.Rajappan Pillai (hereafter referred with a jacket. Now in India, a jacket is a casual as Mr.X) garment which is worn with casual clothes like Mr.X checked in a hotel in London and asked the jeans. But in Britain a jacket is what we call a bell boy to put his luggage into the ‘almirah’, only coat in India. On the other hand, in America it is to find the poor chap staring open mouthed at him. called a turaedo .Mr.X was not aware of this fact Then Mr.X Said, “What I said is the closet”. and hence returned empty handed. Then he (Closet is what an Almirah is called in America decided to buy a pair of pants. When he asked and not what we call in Kerala) Still there was no the salesman to show him the same, the latter movement on the part of the bell boy, because he gave him a pair of under parts as in Britain if you didn’t know what closet was .Only after Mr.X mean full pants, ask for pantaloons or trousers pointed at the almirah did a smile appear on the instead. If you want half pants ask for knickers. bell boy’s face. You know why? Because in Britain Confused aren’t you? So was Mr.X and felt the is called a wardrobe! need of aspirin. He looked for a chemist only to Similarly when he asked directions for the lift, the find nothing, because in London chemists are housekeeper was all at sea because in Britain it is called druggists. He got to the druggist by the called an elevator. Here in India we use both, and help of some passer-by. When he asked for soda how convenient it is, isn’t it? to wash it down he found none because in Britain druggists sell only drugs. While in America they In the evening Mr.X decided to enjoy a shot of sell everything consumable under the sky. whiskey and entered a pub only to find that unlike pubs in India, the ones in London serve only beer. On the streets he saw a sign “The law enjoins For whiskey you have to go to a bar. In India, pubs you to drive on left side of the road” and wondered or bars, serve both. Having been satisfied with a why the drivers were driving on the right. I think can of beer Mr.X ordered a pack of chips. But all I have given you enough headaches. But think he got was a plateful of greasy, soggy French fries. again “which English, do you speak?” left side. In London if you need crisp wafer, this fried Puzzled? Well in America enjoins means forbid potatoes which we and the American’s call chips; while in Britain the same means to compel! you have to ask for crisps. K 30 Events in our lives happen in a sequence in time.

Taby Tom Taby Tom Taby Tom Taby Tom Taby Tom Semester 4 Mechanical Ruby Just Think! Just Think! The posh and splendour of modern life is fanatic. It is becoming more and more complex day by day. Celebrations have become a part and parcel of ones life. But one doesn’t seem to care about the hand behind it. Festivals are characteristic of each place. Cracking fire works is an indispensable venture of festivals. Marriages also seem to play an important role in the vulgar display of one’s wealth. Dussehra is one of the major festivals celebrated in Karnataka, show casing the true and variety of fire works. Thousands of trees being burnt off, children and even adults being dead and injured, even affecting health are quite common during these mega events. These do not seem to affect the festival mood. This has got an impact on the environment as well as living things. Sound and air pollution share a major part of its import. Moreover, the hands behind it should not be ignored small children out of circumstances of their family’s poverty, Work in factories of fire work in the dangerous conditions. The sweat of their fatigues adds colours to our festival. Despite their hard shows they receive a very small sum as salary, and they have to suffer severe punishments. Though banned, child labour seems to gain mounting momentum in India. Those children, whom God made equal to me and others, are working in their early childhood. When I am studying, they are working for me and you and our happiness. Is it equality defined by the constitution of India and a democratic rule? So, I pray solemnly to God to forgive me and everyone for this sin. I would like to help our brothers and sisters who are quill in the deep dangerous of sorrow and hardships to come out and see the colour and wonder of the world. So let’s work hard to cherish the dreams of those who are not lucky like us. K If Seconds are silver, minutes are gold and hours are diamonds 31

Tintu Varghese Tintu V Tintu Varghesearghese Tintu V Tintu Varghesearghese Semester 4 Electronics Pearl A Marwati family in Rajastan was puzzled when the coffin of their beloved mother arrived from U.S. It was sent by one of the daughters. The dead body was so tightly squeezed inside the coffin, with no space left in it. When they opened the kid, they found a letter in top, which read as follows. Dear brothers and sisters, I am sending our mom’s body to you, since; it was her wish that she should be cremated in the compound of our ancestral home in Rajasthan. Sorry that I could not come along as all of my paid leave have exhausted. You will find inside the coffin, under Amma’s body, 12 cans of cheese, 10 packets of chocolates and 6 packets of Badam. Please divide these amongst yourselves. On Amma’s feet, you will find a new pair of Reebok shoe (Size 10) for Mohan. Also, there are 2 pairs of shoes for Radha’s and Lakshmi’s Sons. Hope the sizes are correct. Amma is wearing 6 American T– Shirts. The large size is for Mohan and others are for my nephews. The two new Seans that Amma is wearing are for the boys. The Swiss watch that Rema wanted is on Amma’s right wrist. Shanta Aunty! Amma is wearing the necklace, earrings and ring that you asked for. Please take them. The six white cotton socks that Amma is wearing are for my teenaged nephews. Please let me know if anything more is required since. Appa is also not keeping well now days. Yours lovingly, meera K Source : Internet 32 Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do today.

Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Basil Babu Paul Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Love Me Love Me Love me in the spring when all is green and new. Love me in the summer, when the sky is so blue, Love me in the Autumn, when the leaves are turning brown, Love me in the winter, when the snow is falling down. Love me when I’m happy, and even when I’m sad, Love me when I’m good, or when I’m oh so bad, Love me when I’m pretty, or if my face is plain, Love me always darling”, in the rain or shining sun, Love me always darling, after all is said and done, Love me always darling, until all our life is through, Love me always darling’, for I’ll be loving’ you! 33 Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them.

Jishnu Jishnu Jishnu Jishnu Jishnu Semester 4 Electronics Pearl Time travel- Fact or Fiction? What is time? Is time travel possible? For tourism, visits to one’s ancestors, and animal centuries, these questions have intrigued mystics, collecting. Ever since the time of H.G. Wells’ philosophers, and scientists. Much of ancient famous novel The Time Machine (1895), people Greek philosophy was concerned with have grown increasingly intrigued by the idea of understanding the concept of eternity, and the travelling through time. The earliest methods for subject of time is central to all the world’s religions fictional time travel however didn’t involve a and cultures. Can the flow of time be stopped? machine; the main character in Washington Certainly some mystics thought so Irving’s “Rip van Winkle” (1819) simply fell asleep for decades. King Arthur’s daughter Gwyneth Time travel has been a staple of science fiction. slept for 500 years under Merlin’s spell.... And With the advent of general relativity it has been the list just goes on... entertained by serious physicists. But, especially in the philosophy literature, there have been Now, let’s look at the science side... the more arguments that time travel is inherently serious one... paradoxical. The most famous paradox is the Ideas of time travel have existed for centuries, grandfather paradox: you travel back in time and but when Albert Einstein released his theory of kill your grandfather, thereby preventing your own special relativity, he laid the foundation for the existence. theoretical possibility of time travel. As we all There may be no other concept that captures the know, no one has successfully demonstrated time imagination more than the idea of time travel — travel, but no one has been able to rule it out either the ability to travel to any point in the past or Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity (and, by future. What could be cooler? You could jump into extension, the General Theory) very explicitly your time machine to go back and see major events permits a kind of time dilation that would in history and talk to the people who were there! ordinarily be called time travel. The theory holds Who would you travel back to see? Julius Caesar? that, relative to a stationary observer, time Leonardo da Vinci? Bradman? You could go back appears to pass more slowly for faster-moving and meet yourself at an earlier age, go forward bodies: for example, a moving clock will appear to and see how you look in the future... It’s these run slow; as a clock approaches the speed of light possibilities that have made time travel the subject its hands will appear to nearly stop moving. of so many science fiction books and movies. However, this effect allows “time travel” only Science-fiction authors have had various uses for toward the future: never backward. It is not typical time machines, including dinosaur hunting, of science fiction, and there is little doubt 34 Nothing is a Waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

surrounding its existence; “time travel” will “Heavier-than-air flying machines are hereafter refer to travel with some degree of impossible.” (Lord Kelvin, president, Royal freedom into the past or future. .. Society, 1895)!!! Also many in the scientific community believe “The telephone has too many shortcomings to be that time travel is highly unlikely. Stephen seriously considered as a means of communication. Hawking once suggested that the absence of The device is inherently of no value to us.” tourists from the future constitutes a strong (Western Union internal memo, 1876)!!! argument against the existence of time travel. “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” However, assuming that time travel cannot (H.M.Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927)!!! happen is also interesting to physicists because it opens up the question of why and what physical So at present we can tell only this much... laws exist to prevent time travel from occurring. Our heirs, whatever or whoever they may be, will And one more thing. Don’t believe anyone who explore space and time to degrees we cannot tells you that humans will never have efficient currently fathom. They will create new melodies technology for backward and forward time travel. in the music of time. There are infinite harmonies Accurately predicting future technology is nearly to be explored. !!! impossible, and history is filled with underestimates of technology: K Ana Anagha Pgha P.M.M Anagha Pgha P.M.M Anagha P.M Ana Semester 4 Electronics Pearl The night has thousand eyes And the day but one; Light Light Yet the light of the bright world dies. With the dying sun The mind has thousand eyes And the heart but one, Yet the light of whole life dies When love is gone Time reveals all. 35

FOUR personalities to look up on! In this section we give you a brief outline about the life and actions of four great personalities. They are not contemporaries. They do not have a common area of expertise. They might not even have seen each other in person! You may ask “What is the relevance of grouping these titles?” Well the answer is the title itself. These are four persons who by their sheer determination and efforts revolutionised the era in which they lived. They are four good examples for young people to “look up on” and gain inspiration from! William Shakespeareilliam Shakespeare W William Shakespeareilliam Shakespeare William Shakespeare W athima S F F F F Fathima Sathima S athima S athima S Semester 4, Civil A Pearl The English poet mingles vulvas clowning and philosophical and playwright is subtlety. He is the self made protagonist of an widely regarded as amazing success story who created such immortal one of the greatest characters as Macbeth, Brutus, and Hamlet. He writers in English divided into history and indulged in the deepest language and thoughts of human minds with such case and world’s best authenticity that he became the best ever dramatist. Popularly playwright to be counted among legends. called ‘The Bard of Avon’, his plays Though his tragedies won more praise among have been translated critics, his great comedies like mid-summer into every major Night’s Dream. As you like it, the merchant of living language and Venice, I twelfth Night and the like were equally performed all over the world. popular among his audiences. Among the modern day admirers William Shakespeare is counted Born and raised in Stratford -upon–Avon, he moved among those versatile geniuses who have to London in early 1580s and in a remarkably short contributed a lion’s share to our literature pursuits. time became the greatest playwright, not only of his age but of all times. He makes his audiences laugh and cry; turns politics into poetry, recklessly 36 Take time to laugh, it is the Music of the Soul.

Bhagath Singh P P P P Paulo Coelhoaulo Coelho Bhagath Singh Bhagath Singh aulo Coelho aulo Coelho aulo Coelho Bhagath Singh Bhagath Singh eena Mathew Nikisha P eena Mathew eena Mathew Nikisha P Nikisha P V V V V Veena Matheweena Mathew Nikisha P Nikisha P Semester 4 Semester 4 Electrical A Computer Science Pearl Pearl Paulo Coelho da Saiz, an engineer lived with Bhagath Singh is one of his wife Hygia, a the most admired homemaker. Early on, martyrs, of the Indian Coelho dreamt of an Independence artistic career, movement. Bhagath something frowned (meaning ‘devotee’) upon in his middle-class Singh, was born in the household. In the ‘Khatkar Kalan’ Village near Banga, Punjab, British austere surroundings of India. A true patriot to the core he believed in a strict Jesuit school, revolutionist ideology to attain freedom for our motherland. Coelho discovered his true vocation; to be a writer. He was always a nonconformist - a seeker of the When Lala Laj Pat Rai succumbed to Lathi blows new. protesting against Simon Commission Bhagath Singh vowed to take revenge. Along with In 1987, a year after completing his pilgrimage Rajaguru and Jai Gopal, in an erroneous attempt Coelho wrote ‘The pilgrimage. The book describes he shot J.P.Saunders, the Deputy Supt of Police. his experiences his discovery that the extra Bhagath Singh along with Batukeshwar Dutt and ordinary occurs in the lives of ordinary people. A Chandra Shekhar Azad threw a bomb in the year later, Coelho wrote a very different book, The Central Legislative Assembly, to protest against. Alchemist’, and it becomes the most sold book in Defence of India’ Act, Shouting slogans of the history of the language. In 2003 Coelho’s novel ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ (‘Long live Revolution). Eleven Minutes was the world’s best selling Citing both these incidences, Bhagat, Rajguru fiction title. and Sukhdev were arrested and later sentence to Paulo has gone on to write many other best selling Gallows... books, including. The Valkries, By the River Even then, Bhagath used the court rooms and Piadea I sat down and went, The Fifth Mountain, prison to publicize his ideals and fight for the rights Manual of the Warrior of light, Veronica Decides of prisoners. This won him much popularity and to die, The Zahir, The Devil Miss Prym like the fan-fare among common Indians; especially the flowing river. youth were enchanted by his ideologue. He was In addition to his novels, Coelho wrote a globally executed on March 23 1919 in Lahore with his syndicated weekly newspaper column and rd fellow comrades Rajguru and Sukhdev. occasionally published articles on current affairs. In the pamphlet showered in the Central His newsletter, The Manual On-Lin, has over Assembly during bombing, he said, “It is easy to 70,000 subscribes. kill individuals but you cannot kill the ideas. Great Coelho & his wife, Christina Oiticka, are the empires have crumbled while ideas survived,” founders at the Paulo Coelho Institute, which True to his words, he still lives in the hearts of proves support opportunities for underprivileged his many admirers. members of Brazilian society. 37 For every Minute spent in Organizing, an hour is earned.

moved to Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants. He went on to attend law school, where he became the first African—American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon graduation, he returned to Chicago to help lead a voter registration drive, teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago, and remain active in his community. President Obama’s years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose. In the Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years, cut taxes for working Barack Obama families, and expanded health care for children and Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Obama their parents. As a United States Senator, he Jose Alex Jose Alex Jose Alex Jose Alex Jose Alex reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking Semester 4 Mechanical lobbying reform, lock up the world’s most Ruby dangerous weapons, and bring transparency to government by putting federal spending online. Barack Hussein Obama... the name needs no He was elected the 44th President of the United introduction... the 44th president of America, the States on November 4, 2008, and sworn in on first black American to hold that position, the January 20, 2009. He and his wife, Michelle, are Nobel peace prize winner of 2009…the list just the proud parents of two daughters, Malia, 10, goes on… and Sasha, 7. his story is the story of a man of principles— On 9 October 2009, The Norwegian Nobel th values from the heartland, a middle-class Committee stunned the world by awarding the upbringing in a strong family, hard work and Nobel peace prize to President Obama .Obama education as the means of getting ahead, and the said that he was surprised and humbled to win conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a service to others. “call to action” to work with other nations to solve the problems of the 21st century “. With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, Obama was born in Hawaii on August Not only the United States of America , but the 4, 1961. He was raised with help from his whole world is looking forward to the healing hand grandfather, who served in Patton’s army, and his of Obama for finding a solution to the crisis’s of grandmother, who worked her way up from the the new world. May almighty give him the secretarial pool to middle management at a bank. determination and courage to keep up to the world’s expectation...? After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans, Obama K 38 Friends are forever; good times and bad times

By Nikhil Paulose By Nikhil Paulose By Nikhil Paulose By Nikhil Paulose By Nikhil Paulose Semester 4 Computer Science Ruby Secret of success Path to success is not all glib, instead rough. It urge to succeed, with intelligence added to it. requires you to bear some pain to gain something. If we ask students who has cracked high marks in In this article you will come across few of the most CAT exam or a Gate exam about their success, essential magical words required for success. So I request you to take some pain to read this article and then they’ll reply that they used to spend 3 and gain some laudable secrets from it. hours every day for CAT preparation or GATE preparation. The word “every ” is important We are now living in an era where everyone crave because it shows that they had systematic way for ‘ready-made’ answers. And the most frequent of studies and so they got rewarded. They and important question for which a person seeks managed the available time well, divided it into answer is, “What is the secret of success”? A slots, and allotted different slots to different student needs to score high marks and succeed in subjects. Success needs you to add some more his studies. A professional needs to live up to the things to time Management and hard work i.e. expectations of his employer and succeed in his forethought. profession. For all these to happen one should have F F F F Forethoughtorethought orethought orethought orethought clear cut idea about the secret of success. And for having that clear cut idea, one should be aware of What is forethought? The care for future. To care the magical words which I mentioned in the for future, we should plan for future. beginning. That list of words are discussed below Professionalism is completely incorporated in a person only when he thinks about his future. He Hard work and Time Management Hard work and Time Managementime Management Hard work and T Hard work and Time Managementime Management Hard work and T should be able to do things at present to tackle The first and foremost requisite for a person to problems of future. Alan Lake in, the personal time succeed is that he/she should be diligent. A hard management guru, said that “Planning is bringing working person uses a two word formula – Time the future into the present so that you can do Management for his/her success. Any business something about it now”. Most of us are firm test your capability to get things done within haphazard, since we rarely plan. The danger for the time limit specified. Being a student, you think this lack of planning is that we are seldom about exams. It not only tests your ability to grasp prepared for bad times. So avoid unnecessary and reproduce things but also tests your ability dangers and plan today for a great tomorrow. to reproduce, what you’ve learned within the given It’s difficult for a dandy person to consummate. time Unit of exam. For this, one should be systematic in whatever work he has in his hand. Even when this fact is known, I don’t know why He should act like an automation activated by his students tend to become unprofessional when they Take time to work, it is the price of success. 39

enter into a professional college. I used to think like entertainment to dig out that treasure?” And “why can’t we students immolate some of our if he/she starts to learn then success is there in entertainments for the sake of studies?” We their hands. should get out of this stymie right? Yes we should. Creation of One’s own Identity Creation of One’s own Identity Creation of One’s own Identity Creation of One’s own Identity Creation of One’s own Identity And this need takes our focus into the first among the rest of the secrets – self realization. Richard Grants advice that ‘The value of identities, of course, is that so often it comes with Self Realizationealization Self Realizationealization Self Realization Self R purpose” explains the importance of identity. An Self R It means realization of one’s current position. One identity creation should not be for an identity’s should understand that it’s high time to change sake. But understand that it is both a way of from a dandy to success seeking person. Through achieving goal and achievement itself. And self realization one should detect the flaws in achievement is nothing but success. oneself and wipe out these flaws. This helps them The list of secrets for success doesn’t end here, to become a successful person. but this all what I’ve in my list. To the one’s who For a person to be success seeking he/she should patiently read this article, I would like to say that realize that learning is a treasure that will follow I’m really happy for getting a chance to imbue you its owner everywhere. Then he/she should ask by sharing with you the incantation of success. himself /herself if learning is a treasure then why “Ride away despair and seek for success.” can’t sacrifice some of the temporary pleasures K eena Matheww eena Mathe eena Mathew V V V V Veena Matheeena Matheww Semester 4 Electrical A Ruby “You will be what you will be; W W But spirit scorns it, and is free. Let failure find its false content In that poor word ‘environment’, It masters time, it conquers space, It cowes that boastful trickste, chance, And bids the tyrant Circumstance Uncrown, and fill a servant’s place. The human will, that force unseen, The offspring of a deathless Soul, An hew a way to any goal Though wall of granite intervene Be not impatient in delay, But wait as one understands; When spirit rises and commands, The gods are ready to obey.” 40 All great achievements require time.

Manu B Manu B. Krishnan. Krishnan Manu B Manu B. Krishnan. Krishnan Manu B. Krishnan Semester 4 Mechanical Pearl In these days of relation deterioration, a friend of the above description is difficult or rather impossible to find. Then what should a person do if a friend is difficult to find? Living in this tense and charged atmosphere without a friend would be no short o just torture. So what does one do in the present scenario when, it is impossible to live without a friend? In these circumstances then, it would be most appropriate to become your own friend. Now let us consider how to get about the task becoming your own friend. This is very easy but, a cumbersome exercise. No doubt to be your own friend, obviously you have to do what the friend does for you, step into his shoes and start doing just as he would do for you and to you. All of us have friends; all of us have best friends. The first priority should be to love yourself, just We cherish our friends above many others. Why as the friend does, for, if you love yourself, it would is it that we attach so much importance to a person be well near impossible to decry you, and you just for being our friend? This leads us to analyze would have created an atmosphere most congenial who a friend really is. A friend is a person who for yourself to bloom. Besides this, as we said understands you correctly, advises you in time, earlier that, a friend loves us as we are, and in gives you continuous support, moral, mental and spite of what we are. This should not be difficult physical. In spite of all this, a friend is one who for you, you just remain yourself and do not copy criticizes you to correct you and not to belittle any one else. You must retain the characteristics you. One would wonder why, a person who of your behaviour as, only then you will be able to criticizes can be called a friend; it is because he respect yourself as you. does not want you to do something wrong that Next on the list of activities of your friend, you he is criticizing you. He is really your best friend must learn to be very critical of yourself. A friend because, in spite of all your flaws, and drawbacks, is a person who truly criticizes you to find an he loves you. In reality he is critical of you only improvement in you. So, by very analytical and because he loves you. This friend does not wait critical of all your actions, this habit will help you for you to achieve something before he can be improve in all that you do, and yet, you will appreciative of you, he does not wait for you to continue to love yourself. Why can’t you criticize ask for help or advice, it all comes at the right yourself, this is not difficult if there is honesty in time, as he is a friend. If this is, in a nutshell your actions. Your attitude and behaviour will what a friend should be and is expected to be, change and improve if the actions are critically the next step would now be, to consider as to monitored by you, just as your friend did for you. who could be your best friend. In this way, there is bound to be an over all Time is the justice that examines all offenders. 41