I had some questions in my head which disturbed me for quite sometime.

It is predicted that India and China will emerge out as the world superpowers in the next decade. Obama casually warned his men against Indians. It was an immense pleasure to read the recent cover story of India Today- ‘Changing face of rural India’.

Sometimes the bubble view of the world comes crashing down on you leaving you gasping and confused. I wanna hide away from the reality. The reality of the fact that the goal is too is and the way we are confronting the problem is too flimsy. I want to hide away from the fact that I am a failure - if in nothing else - in people. I wanna hide away from the fact that I have been unsuccessful in getting my acts straight and walking full pace on my road to salvation.

Why do teachers teach the same thing that’s there in text books? A student can anyways study it in a more silent and cozy place than sitting inside a classroom filled with screaming classmates. Knowledge is not the reason students come to class, unfortunately! Alas! Students don’t wake up in the morning and say- “Today I’ll learn Data Structures- I better hurry up for college!” instead they say in worry- “I’ll miss my attendance”. Is attendance the only thing that binds a student to his class? Sadly- Yes!

Pakistan is burning. Perhaps democracy is at test and so also the dynastic rule that started after the martyrdom of Benazir. Can Pakistan be saved? The nightmarish scenario for the world is a nuclear-armed Pakistan going the Afghanistan way and ending up as a dangerously splintered and Talibanised nation.

I strongly believe that after having selected engineering as our profession, we must start focusing on mastering and doing everything to learn as much as possible to enhance our domain knowledge, backed up with practical training. I think one of the main reasons for this thrust is the gradual shift of the IT companies of the country to higher level of outsourcing work that it aims at now.

I was recently watching an interview of Aamir Khan on Aaj Tak. The journalist interviewing him was asking him ridiculous questions like which actresses you want to work with, etc; pouring much unnecessary masala into it. Aamir Khan was giving well thought answers- that made sense. There was a clear distinction between the intellectual levels of Aamir Khan and this journalist, who was making a mockery out of himself. I asked myself- “Is this the state of Indian media today, or am I a part of the minority that hates such things on television?