AND THE SHIT HITS THE CEILING....(SRM CHAOS)

Students of the SRM Engineering College on the outskirts of Chennai went on a rampage after reports that the college had lost its AICTE affiliation.

According to students, the Principal told them that instead of B Tech degrees they would get B Sc degrees.

Enraged by the news, students protested violently on the campus, smashing computers, windowpanes and even the principal's car.

The NDTV crew was also attacked by local goons and their cameras smashed and broken by the Kancheepuram district Superintendent A Amalraj. But after media pressure, the police have returned the tape.

Police inaction

The college authorities have done nothing to stop the hooliganism on campus. Even the police seemed unable to rein in goons from neighbouring villages.

In view of the situation going out of hand, all the students were asked to leave and the college has been shut down indefinitely.

Meanwhile NDTV has lodged a police complaint and a delegation of journalists met the Director General of police, Tamil Nadu who promised a fair investigation.

So this was the news item released by NDTV

I am an Alumnus of this college and here is some information form a current student who comes under demmed university.

all about aicte approval and UGC for deemed univs 2/28/2006 5:43
well guys lot of comosion go over here and there....let me just fill in with really imp facts or acts for deemed to be university colleges...1) every college in tamilnadu was affliated to anna university by the year 2002(the yr is imp)...2) aicte gives immd. approval to all govt university and their affliated colleges also get the thing sanctioned fast..later its fully approved...3) but over the time many of gr8 college who got the aicte approval(in 2002) (as they were under the anna university rule then ) are now given the deemed university status by UGC ....and always the aicte approval given to the college is only for a period of time hence it was there from 2k2 to 2k5 for all colleges .... 4) now this year 2k6 ...anna university gets automatiaclly the approval(govt college duh!)..hence so does the affliated colleges... but no more is the deemed univs under anna univ. hence we dont get the approval easy way.... we have to seperately apply like new inst. then there will be inspection auditing then approval will be given ..belive me guys govt process takes time....>>> but according to the rules formulated by UGC (nder whom aicte comes) ...deemed univs come under Direct supervision of UGC and MHRD like IITs and NITs do... so we dont require aicte approval... and this is clearly stated in the official webpages of aicte...>> taking into the above cond. our colleges took there on time (as its just not that imp)...but for foriegn colleges the application depends on the aicte approval status on college...there our college hits a brick wall... hence there is actually no need for aicte(as colleges like MIT ,cardiff,carneigmellon accept our status and the australian govt. too )..but there is a need(if ur applying for some colleges abroad... as for the CAT exam candidtates we will have to wait for Govt to give its verdict cause when SC told iims to follow AICTE list there was no deemed univs..but now we do...lets just hope for the best people...


Here is another current student......


After three years of oppression by the managment, the hostel students struck back with full force at the college....they blocked the highway for nearly two hours....broke all the glass panes of the hotel managment block....broke everything in royal cafe and royal inn....looted the supermarket....broke everything in the hi-tec block.....looted at least 70 computers from the comp.sci lab in the high-tech block.It all started when a news started circulating in the hostels that we are going to get B.Sc degrees instead of B.Tech coz the college was not recognized by the AICTE. The Sannasi and KRS guys got into a group and went to the Princi's house and demanded a clarification. They failed to get a satisfactory explanation, and by this time many more students who stayed in nearby rooms joined the group. Mob mentality took over and the rioting started. Our chairman came with 60 police personnel and the brought the situation under control quickly lathicharging the students. Some 30-40 students were detained in a marriage hall, but they were released the following morning and i don't think any FIR's were filed.The college tried desperately to prevent this whole episode from coming in the media and even broke the tapes and camera of the NDTV crew who came to cover the incident...but obviously such an incident cannot be supressed and SUN NEWS did a report on it. Though the looting and the destruction was regrettable, the fact is that the college would have severely punished anyone who would have taken part in the non-violent protest planned the following day morning.

Now here are my 2 cents worth...

SRM Engineering College had the potential to be one of the best in the State of Tamil Nadu but when the college received it's demmed university status it started it's slow decline.
The college for the past 3 years now has been more interested in raking in the moolah and not in the least bothered as to how it would affect the reputation of the college when it geva admission to over a 1000 students, of which almost a third in a single department. This was asking for trouble in itself. The problem is with the AICTE application. This has noting to do with the admissions given but it definately shows the laid back attitiude of the college when it comes to the students. This incident has portrayed the college in a very bad light. I feel bad to say that I am an alumnus of that college. I am after all a n Anna University student and that's the degree that I hold, but I feel bad for all the people who joined that college 3 years ago with the expecation of doing a degree in a college that had a reputation of being one best under the anna university banner.. If the entire situation now goes belly up, all they will have to show will be be B.Sc. degrees which are worth nothing at all because they are not recognised by the AICTE.. which means they cannot write any exams right now for their further studies.... The careers of over 4000 young people is on the line in the current scenario. If some plays with thier futures in this manner noting but what happened it SRM yesterday can be expected. What are they supposed to do... Sit on their hands and heels and let thier careers go down the drain.. My sincerest request to all parites involed in sorting out the acctreditation status to please get the house in order atlest for these 4000 students. The matter can be sorted out at a later date for the new joinees if there are any..

Here is wishing my best to all the current SRM Demmed Uniersity stuents, hoping that a suitable solution comes out for the mess you all are in...


Rahul...

Too Much News????

With a surfiet of news channels on televison today, I was just wondering when the bubble will burst. There arn't too many way to persent the same piece of news but they all seem to be trying. The next step they all seen to be taking is "EXPOSEs".. So times I wonder if the news channels arn't overstepping thier bounds with this kind of investigative journalism. Taking only the positives it is a really incredible way to get the truth out but sometimes it borders on entrapment. Some of their journalistic exploits are plastered all over their news channel and at times they ignore all other news, thinking only what they have exposed is important. Even when it comes to sports and bollywood insteat of reporting the news, most news channels seen to be interested in sensationalising it... Sometimes this goes a bit too far leaving a bad taste in the mouth. The funny and maybe ironic thing is that most of these news channels are run by fablous journalists in their own right and all they seem to be interested in is making the rating and making news themselves.

In my opinion the number of news channels on air today is the maximum that can be accomodated and a couple more come will see the bubble burst and may see a few of the smaller players shut shop and look for something a little more lucrative.

Rahul Murali

(An Aspiring Journalist)

Writing A Cricket Eulogy

With the Indian team for the first test against England being announced today, it looks like it's the end of the road for one of India's greatest captians. But is it too soon to write him a eulogy. He would want to fight back and try and stage a comeback. But with the chaiman of selectors making it clear that the team is looking toward the future, makes it almost immpossible for Saurav Ganguly to make it back into he team. So I'm writing a Eulogy although my heart feels it's a bit immmature.


Saurav Ganguly has always been measured against a different yardstick in Indian cricket.Maybe he was unfortunate to be born in the same generation as two all time greats in Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. He made his one day internation debut in 1992 where Sachin also played and unfortunately he was not ready and he failed.He was dropped from the team and at the time must have been considered another selection mistake. Four years hence at Lords the home of cricket Ganguly made his test debut against England. He was in brilliant touch and he made a spectacular century.That was the beginning of a wonderful carreer. He was to go on and become one of the most feared batsmen in the game. In 1999 in the world cup in England the astonishing innings he played against Sri Lanka at Taunton sealed his status as a great player.

In the year 2000 when the Match Fixing controversy dealt a knockout punch to International Cricket and had Indian Cricket at dead center, Ganguly was appointed Captian of India. Ganguly changed the way Indian Cricket looked and played, he brought in a type of aggression that was alien to Indians at the time. The team scaled all new heights, Youngsters got opportunites and grew into stars because Ganguly fought with selectors and made them persist with them. Players like Yuvraj, Kaif, Harbhajan all owe Sourav Ganguly a lot for where they are today. The five years Ganguly led India, the team reached the finals of the Champions Trophy twice, and were joint Champions once, reached a World Cup final, won the Natwest Trophy. Beat the world champions at home after being down 1-0 in the series, Levelled the series against them in their own backyard, beat Pakistan in Pakistan... These are no mean feats for an Indian team. He took Team India to a point where they were close to being considered the best in the world.

Rahul Dravid once called Ganguly -- God on the Off Side and that's exactly what he was... The ease with which he stroked the ball through the covers was breathtaking. The way he stepped down to the spinners and wached them for six was awe inspiring.

It is truly ironic that the team against whom he announced himself to the world is the same team against which he career might just have come to an end.

Saurav Ganguly the man will be remembered as one of India's greatest captians. Lest we forget he has over 10,000 runs in one day cricket and has the second highest number of centuries in the game. He averages over 40 in tests and has 12 centuries. He is a great player. And he should be treated as what he is a Great who has given a lot to the game.

SOURAV GANGULY BEING THE MAN THAT HE IS WILL NOT TAKE THE SELECTORS DECISION LYING DOWN AND IS BOUND TO FIGHT BACK. ALL THE BEST TO HIM.


Rahul Murali.

On a Personal Note....

STATUATORY WARNING: NOTHING REALLY INTERESTING HERE.. IT'S JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS AS TO WHY I BLOG....



Well... It's been a really long day today... Just thought I'd post one quick blog and hit the sack.... Over the last week I have posted quite a few blogs and I hope the trend continues. It has been really fun to just come here and share my thought with God knows who... It's been healing... I have always loved writing and want to someday in the future do something releated to journalism or just write short stories or whatever.. The fact is I love to write and until I find a larger outlet for my thoughts, this blog is going to be the bombarded with my musings and anguish and happiness and laughter and intellectuality. :-D I am a little crazy at times and at times my blog maybe wierd so beware those who read it you are warned.. Do read the topics as they are normally a good give away

No matter what this portal is mine alone and so I think as far as possible i will keep it forever active

Cheers

Rahul...

And That's another one day international victory for India...

Well..The Hutch Cup already won... It was time to put the icing on the cake and that's exactly what the Indian team did.......Fabulous performance by M.S.Dhoni... The ease with which he hit those sixes was mind boggling.. Y.Singh has shown some incredible maturity and the theam has become spectacular at chasing down targets...
It would really be delightful if they could just learn to defend the scores that they post. They actually have bowlers who are awsome when things are going their way.. They just need some people who will put their hands up in the bowling department when things are not going too well for the team.Irfan,Zaheer,Agarkar,R.P.Singh all bowl around the 130 kph and that is just not enough these days.... Except for R.P.Singh who is new to the team, the rest of these guys started their carrers bowling at 140 kph atleast. Agarkar and Zaheer were definately up there. We do have bowlers in India who can generate that pace... But unfortunately they are injured. Balaji and Nehra are two bowlers who can consistantly get up to that place.. But if they are not fit there is no place in the team for them. The Pakistan Under 19 team today decimated the Indian U-19 team is the finals but there was one stand out performance and that was P.Chawla he returned with figures of 4 wickets for 8 runs in 8 overs and the control that he showed was spectacular.With A.Kumble having at best a few years left in the tank this kid is a great prospect for Team India in the future. His batting was not half bad, he as left not out at the other end on 25. Here's hoping he does well and makes it to the team. World cricket could some quality leg spinners... It ain't Warne's exclusive club.. I Harbhajan Singh does not get fit in time for the England series it may not be a bad idea to give this youngster a run.. Although that said it may be a bit too early because he is just 17 years old. An Indian team filled with people who swing the ball. A team that's hunting for spinners. Who thoght we'd see this day. England are in India with 3 spinners 'caus they know it's gonna turn... India will always find some spinners somewhere but what they need is pace and one man who could provide it is the much hailed Munaf Patel.. He was called in once to test the Indian batsmen out against some serious pace. He ahs been given a opportunity to play in the BPXI against England. If he makes a mark, it would be a great idea for the selectors to give him a look in.... It would bring some tremendous variety to the Indian attack.

The whole world knows that I am an ardent Ganguly supporter... I still believe the man deserves a place in the 16 and I he plays or not is up to to Dravid and Chappell... Remember in test cricket he gives you another bowling option and he has become a very solid batsman.. He is no longer the flamboyant Ganguly of old but he can definately be relied upon to score some steady runs and brings some stability to the team. He is a much improved bowler and his Ranji figure prove that. Where do you put him? That's the big question.. He has offered to open the innings if it means he can stay in the team.. Well that's an option that Dravid and Chappell could consider. Or if Dravid wants to open himself thats fine too. Ghambir is not a touch on Ganguly and between the two of them Ganguly is better any day. This is an option... Sehwag and Dravid as 1 and 2 with Ganguly at 3 Sachin at 4 Laxman at 5 Yuvraj at 6 (if he is fit in time otherwise Kaif) Dhoni at 7 Pathan at 8 Kumble at 9 if Bhajji is fit then put him at 10 and at 11 have Sreesanth. This is my pick for the England series. This looks like an attack with variety and can offer Dravid a lot of options.. Yuvraj,Sachin,Sehwag,Ganguly can chip in with the ball if required...

I don't believe I'm saying this, but I don't think Ganguly should be considered for the One Day team's first 11 anymore for the simple reason that there's a lot of exuberence there that's doing really well... But again keep him in the 16... He's a valuable asset who can come in as cover if someone gets injured...

All in all this Indian team looks like it is heading in the right direction. All it needs is one more quality bowler and for it's current stock of cricketers not to get complacent and to continue performing... For that we need a bench that keeps pusing..If the under 19s can reach the finals of the world cup there is definately a talent pools there waitng to be tapped.. Remember Yuvraj, Kaif and Pathan have come up through the under 19s....

Congratulations to the Indian Teams both the seniors and the under19 for doing so well and here is hoping that the Indians decimate England at home and build a world beating side that may lift the 2007 world cup....


Rahul Murali.

(An avid cricket fan who just like the rest of you Indians out there is very very very opnionated...)

I came across this blog and thought it was fabulous.

Love of Cricket... go to the CNN-IBN site for details...
This guy is really articulate and is a newscaster who is a pleasure to listen to. This particular blog by him on Cricket is very frank.

Here is His Post.

I write this while watching the Lahore India-Pak one dayer like millions of other Indians. When you have cricket on air, "news" in the conventional sense seems boring, even irrelevant. Twenty years ago, I might have seen myself as just one of a handful of cricket nuts, someone who would line up hours before a test match at the Wankhede stadium just to catch a glimpse of my heroes. Today, it seems that the entire country is filled with cricket addicts. More importantly, cricket is no longer a seasonal sport. Switch on your television set, and there is a good chance that there is some international cricket match being played somewhere in the world.


This proliferation of the game has had its impact, not just on the way the game is played but also on the manner in which it is covered in the media. Sports, and cricket in particular, is no longer back page news. More often that not, an Indian victory will find itself on the front pages of the newspapers, with even the venerable Hindu (whose sports coverage remains the most comprehensive), now choosing to place cricket as a front page lead story. On television news channels the cricket deluge is even greater. More and more news channels are investing in cricket programmes, in cricket guests, in cricket trivia. Sports channels may cover the match "live", but news channels also want a slice of the action. Indeed, for many ex-cricketers, the news channels are now a bonus, a chance to make extra money and, in their own way, contribute to the game. Some like Ravi Shastri, Navjot Sidhu, and IBN's very own Krish Srikkanth have become "star" analysts, experts whose every word is latched onto. The current players are also much sought after, even if all that some of them have to offer is a rather banal soundbite after the game. There are some international players who will charge you a 1000 dollars just for a two minute interview (flashed on the screen as an EXCLUSIVE in capital letters). At one level, the cricket punditry is valuable. Would you rather listen to someone whose played 50 tests or someone who has never scored a run or taken a wicket in his life? Indians are obsessed with the game, can you deny them the opportunity to participate in the national debate on the sport, which is now part of the entertainment industry above all else?


And yet, you wonder: is there a cricket overkill? Alongwith the "dumbing down" of the media, is cricket too becoming caught in the trivia trap. One particular channel seems to spend almost all its prime time programming analysing who is the better captain: Rahul Dravid or Saurav Ganguly or worse still, what Chappell and Ganguly said to each other on the breakfast table. Another channel starts an sms poll on whether Tendulkar is finished as a batsman after a couple of relative failures. A third holds public debates where you have to decide which player is the "mujrim". A player can be a hero one day, the next day he can be lambasted as a villain. A lot of idle chatter passes off as intelligent comment. But when you have 24 hours of news time to fill, then chatting about cricket is sure to get you more television rating points than talking about whether the left will withdraw support to the UPA government.


Let me clarify: we at IBN are part of this cricket mania. Given half a chance, we will plaster our prime time with LOC (love of cricket, which I do believe is the most intelligent cricket programme on news channels at the moment). And yet, I must confess a tinge of regret. We cover the cricket, but barely pay attention to the crisis engulfing other Indian sport. Knocked out of the Davis Cup by Korea, languishing in hockey and football, do we really care? Its no longer enough to blame these sports for failing to do enough to "market" themselves, or not throwing up stars. The fact is that these sports are caught in a vicious cycle of anonymity today, and we in the news media are contributors to the exclusion of certain sports from the public consciousness. I plead guilty. Maybe, the world cup football in June this year will be an opportunity for redemption. Till then, enjoy the cricket.


Posted by Rajdeep Sardesai at 18 : 32 hrs

Courtesy CNN-IBN(www.ibnlive.com)

A Blog Just For The Heck Of It...

Hey....

So I know I blogged only yesterday. I know there isn't much to say.
So some hopes still left from the cat..... Just put one of it's lives on the ventilator and have to now hope that I can push through and bell it when it is live and kicking... For those who are wodering what's going on don't bother.. Or go and read my earlier posts.

So, today was Valentine's day...
I guess it's a day to spread the love so all I'll say is I love this blog because it gives me an awsome outlet to a million emotions.

Also for the all the couples in the world... Wish you'll a great time...
Happy V'Day.(To My Better Half... I've wished you in person.... ;-D .... :-x)


Take Care World

Cya Soon

Rahul

Unknown Blogger........ :-)

Well........
It's been over 2 months....
Not my fault... I was a ready to post a new blog when someting happend to blogger adn my post disappeared... Anyway... I have gotten over that and am now all set to post with full JOSH again...... Although I know of only one reader, an ardent follewer of my blog and that is my better half....

So what's going on... Work.... well after coming back to Chennai, I now actually have work... The funny part is that I am actually enjoying myself... Never really thought I would enjoy doing this stuff... It is hectic though...

CAT....... Well it can keep on meowing..... caus despite my best efforts, It's not yet been belled, alothough a some small hopes still do linger......... :-)

So What is OBSESSION...........

A crazy guy with a cell phone which does all that a cell phone needs to do adn much much more who is obsessing about a phone that has caught his eye and just won't go away...... Yup I'm really obsessed with the RAZOR...... It's so sleek and cool.... My phone has all the features that it has but my phone looks like a brick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I'm really rambing incoherently today!!!!!

So where's the next chapter... I'll put it here soon...
All I need is an hour of solitude with no work... So inspiration and It'll be done....


Anyway to my one reader.... (Maybe someday... It'll be 2) :-D.....

Astalavista
Sayonara
Good Bye
See Ya Soon...

Rahul