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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

GITAM UNIVERSITY GOES HI-Tech

Please note that the following article is sourced from:THE HINDU.

The article can be found at the Hindu website,Click Here.

INTRODUCTION:

On 26th of September  an article was published in The Hindu,Which kind of went unnoticed ,since our age group usually doesn't prefer to read the newspaper,LAGH now reproduces the  aforementioned article.

GITAM goes hi-tech

Special Correspondent (The Hindu)

Photo: C. V. Subrahmanyam

GITAM president M.V.V.S. Murthi with Vice-Chancellor G. Subramanyam after inaugurating a computer network on Saturday. ---

VISAKHAPATNAM: A world class computer network consisting of a 10G backbone and served by several gigabit switches and a sophisticated high-end WiFi network covering the entire 100-acre campus of GITAM University with a very high capacity was inaugurated on Saturday.

The network would be managed by the Centre for Advanced Technology Solutions (CATS). President of GITAM University M.V.V.S. Murthi inaugurated the facility in the presence of vice-president V. Seetaramaiah, Vice-Chancellor G. Subramanyam, Pro Vice-Chancellor D. Harinarayana and Registrar M. Potha Raju.

The network is connected to the Internet at a speed of 1000 Mbps which is also capable of streaming video lectures to thousands of students, according to a GITAM press release. Hyderabad Campus and Centre for Distance Learning are also connected to this network seamlessly making all the campuses to have a unified network. The wired and securely managed WiFi networks together are capable of serving up to 15,000 simultaneous clients. The high-end configuration makes this one of the largest and fastest networks in the country.

Data centre

According to Director of CATS V. Rao Bathina the data centre would control the main information services such as internet connectivity, intranets, LANS, WANS and extranets. The data centre would host an advanced enterprise unified storage system, several blade servers and rack servers that host integrated databases storing the university data.

The servers also host a variety of applications used on the campus. The data centre also contains a high-end core switch, firewalls and ISP standard router with redundant connections connected to Cisco's Iron Port which filters content accessed by students and staff while also protecting the network against spyware and other web-based threats.

The data center's temperature is maintained by dual 14 tonne air-conditioning units. “This makes GITAM hold the best integrated network infrastructure in the State provided by Cisco, a world number one in networking”, said Dr. Rao Bathina.

All the current softwares have been developed and customised exclusively for needs of GITAM University. The human resource management of the university is done with the help of exclusively developed software by the CATS team.

 

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

Monday, September 27, 2010

Editors Speak: 30,000 Hits!

Hey!!

Three long months!!

That is how long,LAGH took to get its 10,000 hits,to  reach 30,000 from 20,000.

But then the reasons,are a plenty for this disastrous performance(I aren't being modest),plagued by loads of problems,which included a forced shut down in July ,Click here.

And then the ownership issues,and dilution of powers,the blog,was virtually left to the wind and it was subject to some vandalism too,but later on ,we found the right set of juniors,who I must appreciate with respect to all their limitations,have come up with some activity,sure it took them quite some time to up their ante and  match the previous quality of LAGH,they are I am pleased to say,falling on the track,Regular updates won’t be an issues any more.

If you observe,We have published three new post in the last 24 hrs,and this trend will more or less continue.

INDEPENDENCE DAY:

Our initial target of re-launching LAGH on August 15th was not futile,but it was more of our mistake than external events,But this time around,LAGH will be geared up,with a re-vamped network and correspondents base,which we seek to strengthen during the Dusheera vacation(Which will be for 6-8 days).

With that,little bit of hope and loads of determination propelling us,this time,We are confident that,targets wont be missed,and LAGH will hit the BULL Eye without doubt.

REVIEW:

When,I look back at the progress made by LAGH in the past three month, it is miniscule compared to what it could have done .

There were only abut 10-20 posts,and of very little value,But behind the scene there were plenty of half-baked posts,which were waiting to be published but couldn't due to some quality issues.

Same,hold true for some other controversial posts,which were submitted for publishing but had to be held back keeping in view the controversies they might rake up.

I assume,that the new kids of the block like the GITAM ECE times, and gitam buddies might be able to do the controversial job better.

And,I would add that,the next time around,When we have a controversial post waiting,We would rather forward to one of the recent start-ups,than let the post rot :P

So even thought the progress on the blog,with respect to content has been pretty low,the contributors,and support base has been improving substantially.

SHUTTERBUGS:

If,there is one thing,which makes us at LAGH proud,then it will be ShutterBugs (Which for heavens sake is starving for inputs from readers!!).

It was a good initiative,a place to have all the pictures of GITAM University Hyderabad Campus to be in a dedicated place.e

Hope,the contributions pick up soon :)

Note: The official launch of ShutterBugs is still pending,We will have it updated and geared up for a post Dusheera launch :)

Freedom Zone :

I would like to thank the active participation of a particular Anonymous contributor,who was the reason for the recreation of the Freedom Zone ,And it kind of picked up well.

FORUMS!!

Well,yeah after the death of www.lifeatgitamhyd.webs.com ( Was  it ever alive ? :p),the birth of the Forums page took place.

We can take the Blog upto a certain extent in every direction possible,after that is is the responsibility of the user to see that the activity continues.

LAGH is here to provide a good platform for communication,and that is achieved through the Forums tab ,after that the it is the responsibility of the students of GITAM University Hyderabad to see that there is active participation possible,And We at LAGH wouldn't necessarily mind to see the initiatives ROT,since our major concern is the Blog :)

This hold true for the following initiatives:

We provided the platforms,it is up to you(You as in the readers),to use them if you need too :),Else we are fine with it ,as we don’t have anything to lose,if the above things turn out to be snubs.

Thank You!!

Thanks again,for getting LAGH to its 30,000 mark,it is but just another milestone :)

Lets,raise a toast to all the new blogs on the block,Who sometimes refer to LAGH as the God father :D(Check  ECE times ,Facebook page :P ).

Regards,

Prajeeth,

Admin.(Rather just a Co-Editor :D)

lifeatgitamhyd.

 

 

PROGRESS:Wi-Fi routers

In extension to our previous articles and SCOOP!!’s published on the official launch of Wi-FI on campus,GITAM University Hyderabad.

We would like to present some pictures in order to support our claim,as opposed to all the other voices which have down played our claims,and that we were playing second fiddle to the management.

Here are a couple of pictures which show the all mount and regular routers/access point.

 

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In picture:Loads and loads of material for setting up Wi-Fi on campus.

 

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In picture:Wall mount routers.

 

And if you still think that Wi-Fi is gonna take ages to be activated,you gotta be dumb :)

DAY 27/09/2010:

The Wi-Fi has now arrived,the Wi-Fi routers made an entry into the senior classrooms.

If there is one thing,We love about GITAM University Hyderabad Campus,then it is its obsession with brands,Godrej interior stuff all over,and top quality sanitary ware,you name it GITAM has it.

And the Wi-Fi routers are not behind,even though they are late,the sight of these high end Cisco products,will make a tech-geeks heart skip a beat.

COme to think of it,Once the junior classrooms get them,LAGH will probably be updated via these router :D

 

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Post details:

Contribution       : LAGH correspondent(s).

Branch             : EIE

Editing  By        : lifeatgitamhyd Team.

Picture Courtesy   :  Shutterbugs,Part of Lifeatgitamhyd.

Campus             : GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

Friday, September 24, 2010

Freedom Zone:Random thoughts..

True. Sometimes it scares me to just see how everything just turns out to be so horrible. Agreed, mid’s were sad..! For those few found paper was a little bit easy (they sure got a shock of their lives seeing their so-called marks). Wow, the correction was *pathetic* in simple language..! ‘C’ is goanna be one such a subject people will hate after the mid’s(at least I will if it were me). And as expected the combination of math’s and chem on the same was even scary.

All we got to see were sad faces everywhere (including all those first bench muggers who got 27/30 and were still feeling really bad) *Dude., 27 is after all a great mark compared to what we all scored, so just shut the crap up!*. Sometimes people can really be this random, trust me..!

But yeah finally, one cant expect us to keeping mourning over all these, so here we were in the old canteen(our dear old canteen) trying to keep up our sprits. Although it was exclusively opened for the hostlers, they don’t get even enough space to sit over there. (All thanks to dear Verma sir). True, the food is pretty good in the new canteen, but it somehow doesn’t feel homely (well, nothing feels homely here if you’re a hostler). And with all the mad and useless restrictions in the hostels its become difficult to stay there any longer.

  • Report to the hostel before 6
  • You can go for an outing only twice a month (holy shit).! How the hell will I imagine I will have an emergency before hand in the next week so I wont go for an outing this week.? Swear our directors are very intelligent(they really are)
  • Don’t climb the terrace. Reason: you might slip and fall down (how random can that be.?)
  • Don’t sit out, don’t do this, don’t do that, do nothing. Now its irritating..!

Putting these random problems aside, the only other subject with is being discussed is the ‘Freshers’..! Anywhere you go, any one you see discussing, its only about this. Lets see how this event will turn out..! and since this time the seniors will give freshers to the jr’s., I personally hope it really turns out good..

 

Post details:

Contribution        : Anonymous .

Picture Courtesy   :  Shutterbugs,Part of Lifeatgitamhyd.

Campus             : GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

Note:This post is written by a student(s) of GITAM University (Hyderabad campus),and being published by lifeatgitamhydon their behalf,lifeatgitamhyd nor any of its admins take any morale responsibility over the validity/of the above articles,articles which might contradict the above  may also be published on the blog,articles which carry a lifeatgitamhyd tag are the official stand of lifeatgitamhyd ,this disclaimer is issued in accordance with the previous global disclaimer of the blog.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

The NIT assault…!!! DAY: 23/09/2010

After having a go at the Sports tournament held at CBIT,it is now the chance of NIT ,Warangal to feel the presence of GITAM University(the Hyderabad campus to be specific :P).

The three day fest,which starts tomorrow,will see close to 80-100 GITAMites participating,and about 30-40 have already left in the afternoon,the management provided a bus to the sec’bad station,which will facilitate the students to get to Warangal,the bus will pick up the set of students once again,when they come back.

Attendance will be compensated if they can produce the certificates,most of the members who used this facility are hostellers.

The day-scholars,in various batches which number about 30-40 members,will leave tomorrow morning .

The response to fests has been pretty good,and this time around the management is willing to send students,unlike the last academic year for the seniors when the management was pretty restrained,this time We juniors got a better deal,and we believe will make a substantial mark in NIT,after all it is upto us to spread word about the Hyderabad campus :P.

FRESHERS:

The freshers,for the juniors are being held this Saturday,and the EEE seniors who are giving it for a wide range of juniors   which are, Civil,EEE,Mech and EIE.

While the CSE and IT seniors get their respective juniors ,same with ECE but with a simple change,the EC5 is in their kitty.

The only section ,which seems to have made progress on this record,and which will unquestionably  be a hit is being planned by the EEE seniors,since they have a huge budget,and also are serious about it.

While,on the other hand,the CSE seniors are busy licking their wounds,and seem oblivious of the up coming freshers,with about 180 students and each contributing 100 rs a piece,they a pretty low budget,may be they want to get there act together for the Getz.

IT,the IT seniors already hosted a party in pulse,which had pretty low response according to GITAM Buddies,which quoted the number to be about 50-60 out of 120 odd.

ECE,once of the most controversial sections,which is on par with the CSE sections,in recent times for all,and in the campus buzz all over in the recent time.

As  observer(s),and a relatively new person,it amazes us as to how college politics are turning,out each one wants power,each one wants to double game,back stab their own classmates,and probably the only thing left is murder for the sake of fame and power,College politics have never been so ugly,and the mega controversial role played by Mani Deep,can’t be down played as just another guys personal view.

These things ought to stop,the battles will end up running us,juniors,and we seriously don’t want all this groupism and caste clashes,and we definitely don’t wanna play a pivotal role in taking the college politics to a new low.

After we juniors have arrived,we have seen many strong players emerge,claiming our support,But the question still hangs about,What do we mean by support ?

What are our dear seniors going to do with our Support ?

We go clueless when faced with such questions,anyways having rather deviated from the topics,and with the prospect to having to face the irke of seniors/admins for being out spoken,We would rather cut short this post here,and conclude the post :)

CAMPUS BUZZ:

The hostellers,get to open free zero balance account in he up-coming Union Bank,and the faculty already got there accounts,guess the day-scholars will be given a shot at it,but it won’t be worth it.

CONCLUSION:

Another day and this post(which might become controversial) comes to an end.

So long people :)

 

Post details:

Contribution        : LAGH correspondent(s).

Picture Courtesy   :  Shutterbugs,Part of Lifeatgitamhyd.

Campus             : GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

GITAM University : Haunted Stories

Note:make fun of it if you wanna,but we assure you,that it deserves to be documented,you have two options:

  • Make fun of it.
  • Or take it seriously.

p.s.LAGH endorses neither of the above views.

HAUNTED STORIES:

The title can’t be any more apt,for various incidents which deal with loads of supernatural beings ( or is it souls ?),hostels  world over have always been a favourite place for various rumours which  revolve around ghosts,and this wasn’t unexpected when it happened in the Boys Hostel of GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.,last month.

THE PREVIOUS MONTH:

The previous month,saw the slow birth of ghosts stories,and slowly as time passed ,the stories started getting stronger by the day,and more characters started to appear,the regular ghost masala like bells ringing ,and the feeling of being stalked at a later stage,normally rumours start from these basic things including the strange irk feeling of a person breathing around you,or a sudden heavy weight being thrusted upon you.

But,The Ghosts of Rudraram,had a strong past,and it wasn’t the first time ,After a little of research in Rudraram,it relived that the haunted satires weren’t new in town(We aren’t surprised,Even ghosts hate the polluted-urban lifestyle :P),and the story is as old as two years,the story also deals with a couple of murders,and the de facto of any ghost story,a  rape followed by brutal murder close to/on the hostel property.

Now,with all theses there is also an uncensored interview of various students  and a security guard(the security guard refused to put it on record,so we re constructed the story),all these will be slowly published,as of now,along with this post,we officially launch the Haunted Stories-By LAGH(More on it later).

INCIDENTS:

In this part of the post,we will cover a couple of incidents,and will subsequently follow it up,with as many posts with enough validity till the launch of the documentary /short film ,which will be a compilation of all the incidents,and LAGH ,nor The production  house Flying Fisherman ,present or inhibit their views into the documentary,excepted when explicitly stated so.(In simple terms:The content is presented on an “as is” basics,and not subjected to any “masala”,and the views of the persons who give the interviews is strictly their owns,and LAGH nor Flying Fisherman,bear any morale responsibility ).

Done,with the red tape around  this segment,now we move on to the incidents:

On a particular night(actually early hours in the morning about 2:00’odd),in the first week of September(date censored),a students was sitting on the steps of the Boys Hostel,and casually chatting away in on his mobile, while the hostel inmates,were busy building castles in their dreams.

The weather,and the surroundings were by sheer coincidence,were set perfectly for a nice little romantic pep talk,and the person in question was doing just the same.

The most unexpected thing he would expect is  the presence of super natural beings,this guy is currently the first person on record to have experienced such a thing in the hostel.,But as far as our knowledge is concerned the first person is a particular security guard(who doesn’t wish to be named).

As the time passed,the student on the phone,saw sudden flashes which ,were moving at a quick space(the flash was in the shape of a vague person),and then vanished into thin air,all in the matter of seconds,which changed quite a lot  of things on the campus.,and this real time experience gave confidence to various other students,who under went through such incidents,but were never free to share their views/experiences,close to 80% of these are built around the regular filmy stories,but the rest 20% are worth giving a second thought,due to the nature of the incident and also the person in question,if an experience is shared by a shady guy(who is always making up stories ),doesn't hold any water,but the views/experience of a person who is fair and frank,hold enough ground to take his view into consideration.

The Third Floor:

The third floor,is usually the place where the signal strength is good,and provides loads of privacy for all the committed guys,and has been a host spot zone for the chatter boxes,of the boys hostel,who are numbered at about 20-30 who,usually visit the third floor once the clock strikes 11 and the call rates of airtel(One of the  popular networks in India ), drops drastically to 1 rupee for 20 mins,we believe.

This also holds true for the girls hostel,who use their second floor,as the boys use their third floor.

This was the situation,prior to the outbreak of ghastly haunting experiences,once a couple of incidents came out ,which popped up the debate on whether the third floor plays host to unholy spirits,the floors(Boys third floor/Girls second floor),were instantly deserted,except for a couple of brave hearts,who dare to use the third floor for privacy.

The various incidents of the third floor are comprehended,some will look very similar to other regular ghosts stories,and some are exclusive to the GITAM Hostels :P.

  • ghungru noise.
  • A woman(obviously dressed in white ) calling .
  • A feeling of being stalked.
  • Hallucinations.
  • Threats to vacate the hostels.
  • Heavy breathing behind us.
  • Sudden gush of wind which lasts for a split second,which looks more like a warning than a casual windy movement.
  • phantasmagorical(It is fucking difficult to pronounce it,but no other word slots in better) feelings.
  • Unidentified quick movements.
  • This list will go on,if we don’t stop here.

Note:The above have been experienced,by various students,who are independent that is oblivious of the experiences happening to other,it was only when we stepped in that they realised that,they aren’t alone in this adventure (:P).

In short,theses incidents are true with respect to the students who experienced these views,We are but only mediators,compiling all the incidents.

With such a list,which isn’t exhaustive combined with loads of other rumoured incidents,of a person being pushed ,or another one tripping with no mistake of his,makes things more difficult,and other superstitious things like :

  • Leaving rooms unoccupied for a long period of time,which apparently invites supernatural beings,to make themselves comfy.
  • The hostel is located close to murder/rape sites,and hence more chances of ghastly presence.
  • The village itself believes in the ghosts,strongly since the last two years.

This,makes the cases of the concern of students,more complicated.

The Past:

A quick take on the two year old stand alone murder,and the separate case where a contractor is rumoured to have raped and hanged(or murdered),the victim on a tree in the hostel campus.(previously unoccupied land ),Since the story is two year old,most parts of the it might have been tampered with an it would be very biased on our part not to chip off the various parts of the satires,which look beyond belief.

The bottom line of the past: The victim who was hanged ,claims the hostel land to be her property,and demands its back.

The Woman:

The woman,has got loads of demands,and is rumoured to be present 24x7 in the hostel,and regularly visits the security room.

She also developed a schedule ,which looks more akin to protecting the campus,she has been the talk of the hostel for quite a long time,her activities are numerous and the best part is this Female has got a split personality as well,or so we understand,and present at numerous points at the same time.

Well,this crap will go on as long as possible,most of the post is filled up with rumours,which are weaved around incidents which are again rumoured to be true.

THE DOCUMENTARY:

So,where does all this crap talk lead to ?

Well,LAGH has decided that it is high time to up its ante,and come up with on view on the haunted stories,we would love to support the view that ghosts don’t exists ,but if they do,they will be offended at the stand taken by LAGH, but if they do exists,they would probably be offended by the view taken by LAGH ,and probably haunt our blog,So,we decided to be unbiased,and keep a neutral point of view,which won’t case irk to the ghosts,nor cause fury in our readers,who don’t believe in such childish stuff.

LAGH in association,with the newly born Flying Fisherman production house,now officially unveil the first trailer of Haunted Stories(Which has already been published on YouTube and shared via Facebook on 22/09/2010).

Where the fuck is the video ?

Here it comes :

Note:

The following is just a trailer,and more trailers along with occasional posts,will follow,to build up and hype around the documentary :P.

 

Post details:

Contribution : GITAM University Boys Hostel.

Campus      : GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

p.s.:those who think,that they could have done a better job with the trailer,you are free to make one and publish it on lifeatgitamhyd ,But please don’t make rude remarks on it,since a lot of effort has been put into it,And if your compilation of the Haunted satires is better,We are always willing to publish it as well,with the same due respect given to the Flying Fisherman product :)

Holiday:Rugby,Rain,Fun….!! DAY:22/09/2010

Note:Videos to be updated shortly.

Yes,a holiday and a post which covers the holiday,even though GITAM University Hyderabad Campus,doesn't functioning today,( on the account of Ganesh Nimarjanam ), the hostel always does,and with the kind of weather we experienced today,it would be hard not to share it,thought words and pictures will give you a basic idea,the actual experience of being present,when the heavy rains lashed the hostel grounds,was truly breath taking,the weather was excellent,and We beat GITAM University Vishakhapatnam,must be envying us a lot,as our GITAM Lake is about 30-50 meters from the block A,while the beach in Vishakhapatnam is relatively far,and you will have to go a long way to experience it,we don’t even have humidity over here,IN Hyderabad.

Surely,we have something better than the Parent campus :P.

RAIN:

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The day to start with was very hot,and the afternoon looked no better,with such kind of heat and no immediate grey clouds,visible we were but not prepared for a heavy rainfall,but things turned out in our favor,once the lunch was over.

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At about 1:30’ odd,A grey coat covered Rudraram,and the colour of the lake turned dark blue,like it usually does at about 6:00’odd in the evening,and the dark clouds overshadowed the sunrays, then it was the turn of the Wind God to prove his worth,the wind was seriously hard,and The hostel building stood the heavy lashing of the wind(Now we can confirm that the hostel is made of good Quality material :P),and the news spread pretty quickly,that there is going to be an awesome rainfall.

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THE ARRIVAL :

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The rain arrived amidst quite a lot of wind and it continued its rough play for close to 45 odd mins,before it got back to its normal pace,close to 50-60 members,were experiencing,one of the best rainfalls ever,most of us are urban guys,and have never in real-time witnessed such kind of rain with,and with a lake set as a backdrop,it made it even more better.

Some of us were pretty,apprehensive that the thin guys might fly away :P.

Loads of cameras,plenty of pictures,and videos(Which will subsequently be published on Shutterbugs too. :)).

RUGBY:

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Rugby,this sport has been catching up a lot,this semester in GITAM University Hyderabad campus,the rain filled the quadrangle ,with loads of water and the rain didn’t stop either,this started the birth of Water Rugby,and this process itself was pretty complicated.

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First,it started off with Football(in the rain),and after 5-10mins it evolved into Rugby,and then the Hostel incharge stepped in and stopped the play,since he was concerned about windows breaking(this already happened loads of times),so the only other option was to deflate the football and play rugby with it .

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THE GAME:

Two teams,which were totally messed as the players kept on changing sides,and new players in the hordes kept joining,and only one senior was present,the other seniors were busy seeing that the game was played in a clean manner,but they did Joni once the rain stopped(Wonder Why,the game was so much fun when it was raining!).

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And the rain rugby continued for close to a couple of hours,initially the game was pretty clean,but after the rain stopped and more players joined,the game got ugly,and pretty dirty with fouls being committed(We hardly knew the rules:fouls=> 20 people jumping onto each other),and since this time around more trouble makers joined in they were determined to get the better of others,since in Rugby hitting or pushing or being harsh on some is part of the game,and this game was a platform to express and settle some old battles.

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The game went on,and at the end was stopped since the quadrangle hardly had any water.

TRIVIA:

  • Close to 10 odd pairs of slippers/flip-flops got washed away into the drain.
  • Pathetic(No offence bathroom singers),singing by plenty of students in the washrooms,but it was fun to hear :)
  • No team had equal members nor were the members constant.
  • We played with our own set of rules.
  • The game was a mixture of football(since we used a deflated football),and We had to score “Baskets”,We played the Rugby format(In short a senseless game,which was in the end extremely fun!!).
  • About 60% of the hostel,was busy watching us :)

DINNER:

Ever heard of chicken tikka masala ?

Well,the preparation is simple add kissan sauce to it,that is our cooks explanation of the sweet chicken curry,which had loads of sauce added in it,under the pre text that it is how the tikka masala is made.

OH Gawd..!!

Come to think of it,we pay him 15,000 a month to cook this sweet curry !!

MEETING :

The wardens decided to call a meeting,and the response to it was pretty low,and this wasn’t unexpected,since the response to faculty/management meetings are usually low ,while those called upon by seniors have a good response,due to obvious reasons.

The minutes of the meeting:

  • Save water,power.
  • Efforts to reduce food wastage.
  • Managements role in reducing the bill.
  • Gym after Dusheera vacation(15 lakhs already paid.)
  • Wi-Fi in a week(If only..!!)
  • And some strong words used by Partudu sir :)

HAUNTED STOIRES :

The haunted stories,will finally be unveiled tomorrow,We apologize for the delay,the fact is getting active participation form the campus and hostels has become really difficult,and you must accept the hardships we are being put through.

the Problems,are a plenty in LAGH,with start right with data collection,and by the time the post is ready for publication,the news will have become stale,and the post would be worthless.

Well,only a matter of days,before constant supply continues :)

CONCLUSION:

The day finally ended,and the students are ready to face another day on the campus,which is infested with kids,seriously,1000+ students in a 13.2 acre campus,is difficult,and privacy is the advantage a senior can have,we juniors have to fight for privacy .

Post details:

Contribution : LAGH correspondent(s).

Picture Courtesy : Shutterbugs,Part of Lifeatgitamhyd.

Campus :Block A,Boys Hostel, GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

GITAM University : Haunted Stories

Note:make fun of it if you wanna,but we assure you,that it deserves to be documented,you have two options:

  • Make fun of it.
  • Or take it seriously.

p.s.LAGH endorses neither of the above views.

NOTE: Pictures,will shortly be added,in order to give more clear cut view over the incidents.

HAUNTED STORIES:

The title can’t be any more apt,for various incidents which deal with loads of supernatural beings ( or is it souls ?),hostels  world over have always been a favourite place for various rumours which  revolve around ghosts,and this wasn’t unexpected when it happened in the Boys Hostel of GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.,last month.

THE PREVIOUS MONTH:

The previous month,saw the slow birth of ghosts stories,and slowly as time passed ,the stories started getting stronger by the day,and more characters started to appear,the regular ghost masala like bells ringing ,and the feeling of being stalked at a later stage,normally rumors start from these basic things including the strange irke feeling of a person breathing around you,or a sudden heavy weight being thrusted upon you.

But,The Ghosts of Rudraram,had a strong past,and it wasn’t the first time ,After a little of research in Rudraram,it relived that the haunted sotires weren’t new in town(We aren’t surprised,Even ghosts hate the polluted-urban lifestyle :P),and the story is as old as two years,the story also deals with a couple of murders,and the de facto of any ghost story,a  rape followed by brutal murder close to/on the hostel property.

Now,with all theses there is also an uncensored interview of various students  and a security guard(the security guard refused to put it on record,so we re constructed the story),all these will be slowly published,as of now,along with this post,we officially launch the Haunted Stories-By LAGH(More on it later).

INCIDENTS:

In this part of the post,we will cover a couple of incidents,and will subsequently follow it up,with as many posts with enough validity till the launch of the documentary /short film ,which will be a compilation of all the incidents,and LAGH ,nor The production  house Flying Fisherman ,present or inhibit their views into the documentary,excepted when explicitly stated so.(In simple terms:The content is presented on an “as is” basics,and not subjected to any “masala”,and the views of the persons who give the interviews is strictly their owns,and LAGH nor Flying Fisherman,bear any morale responsibility ).

Done,with the red tape around  this segment,now we move on to the incidents:

On a particular night(actually early hours in the morning about 2:00’odd),in the first week of September(date censored),a students was sitting on the steps of the Boys Hostel,and casually chatting away in on his mobile, while the hostel inmates,were busy building castles in their dreams.

The weather,and the surroundings were by sheer coincidence,were set perfectly for a nice little romantic pep talk,and the person in question was doing just the same.

The most unexpected thing he would expect is  the presence of super natural beings,this guy is currently the first person on record to have experienced such a thing in the hostel.,But as far as our knowledge is concerned the first person is a particular security guard(who doesn’t wish to be named).

As the time passed,the student on the phone,saw sudden flashes which ,were moving at a quick space(the flash was in the shape of a vague person),and then vanished into thin air,all in the matter of seconds,which changed quite a lot  of things on the campus.,and this real time experience gave confidence to various other students,who under went through such incidents,but were never free to share their views/experiences,close to 80% of these are built around the regular filmi stories,but the rest 20% are worth giving a second thought,due to the nature of the incident and also the person in question,if an experience is shared by a shady guy(who is always making up stories ),doesn't hold any water,but the views/experience of a person who is fair and frank,hold enough ground to take his view into consideration.

The Third Floor:

The third floor,is usually the place where the signal strength is good,and provides loads of privacy for all the committed guys,and has been a host spot zone for the chatter boxes,of the boys hostel,who are numbered at about 20-30 who,usually visit the third floor once the clock strikes 11 and the call rates of airtel(One of the  popular networks in India ), drops drastically to 1 rupee for 20 mins,we believe.

This also holds true for the girls hostel,who use their second floor,as the boys use their third floor.

This was the situation,prior to the outbreak of ghastly haunting experiences,once a couple of incidents came out ,which popped up the debate on whether the third floor plays host to unholy spirits,the floors(Boys third floor/Girls second floor),were instantly deserted,except for a couple of brave hearts,who dare to use the third floor for privacy.

The various incidents of the third floor are comprehended,some will look very similar to other regular ghosts stories,and some are exclusive to the GITAM Hostels :P.

  • ghungru noise.
  • A woman(obviously dressed in white ) calling .
  • A feeling of being stalked.
  • Hallucinations.
  • Threats to vacate the hostels.
  • Heavy breathing behind us.
  • Sudden gush of wind which lasts for a split second,which looks more like a warning than a casual windy movement.
  • phantasmagorical(It is fucking difficult to pronounce it,but no other word slots in better) feelings.
  • Unidentified quick movements.
  • This list will go on,if we don’t stop here.

Note:The above have been experienced,by various students,who are independent that is oblivious of the experiences happening to other,it was only when we stepped in that they realized that,they aren’t alone in this adventure (:P).

In short,theses incidents are true with respect to the students who experienced these views,We are but only mediators,compiling all the incidents.

With such a list,which isn’t exhaustive combined with loads of other rumored incidents,of a person being pushed ,or another one tripping with no mistake of his,makes things more difficult,and other superstitious things like :

  • Leaving rooms unoccupied for a long period of time,which apparently invites supernatural beings,to make themselves comfy.
  • The hostel is located close to murder/rape sites,and hence more chances of ghastly presence.
  • The village itself believes in the ghosts,strongly since the last two years.

This,makes the cases of the concern of students,more complicated.

The Past:

A quick take on the two year old stand alone murder,and the separate case where a contractor is rumored to have raped and hanged(or murdered),the victim on a tree in the hostel campus.(previously unoccupied land ),Since the story is two year old,most parts of the it might have been tampered with an it would be very biased on our part not to chip off the various parts of the sotires,which look beyond belief.

The bottom line of the past: The victim who was hanged ,claims the hostel land ot be her property,and demands its back.

The Woman:

The woman,has got loads of demands,and is rumored to be present 24x7 in the hostel,and regularly visits the security room.

She also developed a schedule ,which looks more akin to protecting the campus,she has been the talk of the hostel for quite a long time,her activities are numerous and the best part is this Female has got a split personality as well,or so we understand,and present at numerous points at the same time.

Well,this crap will go on as long as possible,most of the post is filled up with rumors,which are weaved around incidents which are again rumored to be true.

THE DOCUMENTARY:

So,where does all this crap talk lead to ?

Well,LAGH has decided that it is high time to up its ante,and come up with on view on the haunted sotires,we would love to support the view that ghosts don’t exists ,but if they do,they will be offended at the stand taken by LAGH, but if they do exists,they would probably be offended by the view taken by LAGH ,and probably haunt our blog,So,we decided to be unbiased,and keep a neutral point of view,which won’t case irke to the ghosts,nor cause fury in our readers,who don’t believe in such childish stuff.

LAGH in association,with the newly born Flying Fisherman production house,now officially unveil the first trailer of Haunted Stories(Which has already been published on YouTube and shared via Facebook on 22/09/2010).

Where the fuck is the video ?

Here it comes :

 

Note:

The following is just a trailer,and more trailers along with occasional posts,will follow,to build up and hype around the documentary :P.

 

Post details:

Contribution : GITAM University Boys Hostel.

Campus      : GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

p.s.:those who think,that they could have done a better job with the trailer,you are free to make one and publish it on lifeatgitamhyd ,But please don’t make rude remarks on it,since a lot of effort has been put into it,And if your compilation of the Haunted sotires is better,We are always willing to publish it as well,with the same due respect given to the Flying Fisherman product :)

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Mids,The Engineers day:A flop show :( DAY:14-15/09/2010

DAY 14/09/2010:

GITAM University presented, one of its worst terror ever in the form of the mids,day two was a bit weird to watch. it was chemistry and math on the papers(ya i agree, it’s an incorrect combination :-p), Chem went on pretty well for many people. Chem was like “you know you write and if you don't then  mix something and you’ll get the marks coz our faculty is waiting to get some new mixtures and want to get a life :-p”.   but math was like “oh! shit what do these numbers mean???” . It was a tragic end for many jr’s and next thing you know is every one is in the new canteen trying Manchuria, i just love the way how we re-boot ourselves, shift deleting the previous content(wow, what a comparison :-D ).

And as usual again every one was jumping here and there in the hostel for the leaked papers(rumored), and this time it was the Mech and ECE guys..

DAY:15/09/2010: 

TABLE TENNIS:

The selections for the team of five members,who will be representing  GITAM University Hyderabad was held today,among loads of confusion,and to the disgust of quite some students,the selections were supposed to be held with having a play off between the probable students,for the five vacant slots.

But,somehow things didn’t go out as planned,and the play-offs weren’t held,out of the five members selected the,selection of a particular senior and a couple of others juniors is being looked down upon by many of the juniors,since they strongly believe that these are definitely not the cream de pie of GITAM University Hyderabad,when it comes to Table tennis.

The major question raising up now,is that on an avg. a 11 point or 21 point table tennis game takes about 10-20 mins,and the play off’s could have been held,but still they weren't.

And this is where the the ugly head of influence probably pops up. 

ENGINEERS DAY:

Boring,as simple as it can get that was what it was all probably about in the “celebrations” (sarcasm intended )which were held on campus GITAM University Hyderabad,in connection with the Engineers day celebration ,which is celebrated on the birth anniversary of one of India’s well-known engineers,Sri vishweswaraya garu.

First the whole program itself,was totally ruined(fu’ked up,would be a better word!!),right from the word go to the end of the program it wasn’t just uninteresting except for some parts,but it was so boring and unorganized that the anchors and also the participants failed to grab the attention of the audience.

Accepted,the blame equally rests on most of the  audience(seniors),as they showcased a very rude profile by not having the  minimum courtesy  of staying or at least turning up for the program,but were busy elsewhere.

The better we talk about this event,the better for us,lets not recollect this bad memory,and We strongly believe that such a “celebration” held in honor of such a great engineer,is more of a blemish than a tribute to Vishweswarya garu.

The highlight:

  • Determination of faculty to make it happen.
  • Some serious good talent exhibited.
  • Refreshments (lame!!)
  • Anymore ??

Repulsive elements:

  • Ideas aren’t sufficient,implementation it!!
  • Low turnout of seniors.
  • Lack of clear cut instructions(confusion over technical talk and technical presentation)

It was announced to be a technical talk,but it turned out to confsuing as on

  • Bad organizing(due to which the hll was nearly emtpy by the end of first 15 mins)
  • The technical quiz was cancelled!( It was the only other event!!)  .

MIDS-DAY THREE:

Physics,this blog has had a long standing biased view on the subject itself,thought in the recent times we haven't been indulging on blog lashing anyone particular,but the constant review we get from our dear fellow juniors make us think twice,if we are loosing our stand  on the various issues students are having with respect to the faculty,we are going to start lashing pretty soon,but this time we will think twice before we do anything(people might interpret “anything” to be “stupid”,but we aren't).

The last time around,the mistake the previous authors are:

  • Extremely rude lashing(We loved reading it though !)
  • An In-your-face stand.

This time,we will probably try to be a little bit more responsible,but will make sure that our stand isn’t biased.

Chop Chop!!

Done with the crap back to the issues with today paper.

Physics was a bit tough(not for our multi-talented first benchers), many were unhappy about the question paper pattern. Come on guys, it was so difficult to copy, if a person got a theory paper, his bench-mate was entitled to a paper full of numerical problems(holy cow!!!). And the result is obvious, everyone had a big question mark on their faces and started staring at each other. Before 3 o’clock every one was out sharing their feelings and we found a bunch of mech-a students taking pictures(fail gang is what they called themselves). And as usual everyone rebooted(:-p) and started partying again.  

 

Post details:

Contribution : LAGH correspondent.

Branch       :

Campus      : GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Mids,Ganesh Nimarjanam,New canteen,Sports selection : DAY:13/09/2010

There are very few days which have witnessed such kind of activity in the history of GITAM University Hyderabad campus,and this days will be one of those ,for the sheer thrill and excitement and also a miniscule part of disappointment at the loss of a fully functioning mobile.,why does this concern us ?

We will deal with it later.

ACTIVITY:

Today was supposed to be another boring Monday for many students ,but  it wasn’t as the juniors got to face their first full fledged exams,with various seating arrangements, but an exciting thing to face their first exams,with special crafted to perfection seating arrangements :p.

  • New canteen
  • Wi-Fi trial runs
  • MIds
  • Ganesh Nimarjanam

 

NEW CANTEEN:

Is it new any more ?

I mean every gitamite and his uncle probably knows about the canteen,and the umpteenth number of times the re-opening date has been jumping around ,but this time,the date didn’t jump,neither did the time.

The new canteen was expected to be opened amongst much fanfare,but the mids which are currently torturing the students of GITAM University Hyderabad ,played spoilsport,since most of the students shied away from the canteens in general,be it the old one or the new one.

Quality:

The quality of food has been pretty good,and the pricing for FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) like soft drinks etc,was similar to that of the old canteen,while the others in the food menu were pretty exceptional,like the Manchuria ,and veg noodles which was true value for money,it was the same in the last canteen too.

Quality in both the canteens is more or less the same,but only time will decided who will win the battle out right ,and the basic wining point will be quality,the other prime factor would be variety of food,with the opening of the Subway(Oh ,yes it is coming,maybe next decade or so.. :-P),and the heritage parlour(this will take a month,not a decade),both the canteens will be hard pressed to get students to spend more time and money with them.

Variety:

Variety of food will be even more crucial,since Rudraram is pretty far away from the heart of “civilization”(Hyderabad!!),and getting junk food like pizzas,burgers and what not is pretty difficult as of now,and even if you try you will probably end up with something like cabbage curry placed in between two buns,and call it a burger!

And the old canteen has a good edge over the new one,since,it continues to server awesome chat street menu in the evening,while the new canteens forte would probably be,breakfast and lunch,A quick bite won’t be an option since it is relatively farther than the old canteen.

TRIVIA:

  • Did you know,the first people to “inaugurate” the new canteen aren’t the director of GITAM University Hyderabad campus(Dr.Ch Sanjay) ,and Verma sir(Resident director GITAM University Hyderabad Campus),but a bunch of seniors,who got there first,they will remain the first persons to have used the new canteen,the faculty/management has to take the second place.
  • The new canteen can seat 152 students,and extendable to ~180  students.
  • Dr.Sanjay apparently announced in a couple of junior classrooms that the canteen will be of 450 capacity.

SPORTS SELECETION:

The various campus teams selections  for the CBIT fest this weekend are on a roll,and as usual the tussle for slots be it in cricket or football continue among the juniors and the seniors,the game in general surely hasn’t taken a back seat,but this doesn’t hold true for cricket

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CRICKET:

Basically,a campus team needs to be selected after public announcement but due regard must be paid to  the fact that due to shortage of time many regular procedures had to be over looked,but this doesn't imply foul play(as many juniors claim) by seniors or any one else is called for,Mind you the PT sir is awesome,and does his job well,but more often than not(being a new faculty member),might (the keyword being Might!),be mislead.

Cricket selection

Various students have been trying desperately to tap into this loop hole in the current selection system,and use it as a leverage to showcase their influence,this time you might get away with it people but next time,it will be our turn.

The problem gets even more muddier ,due to the mid exams going on right now,and very few juniors are taking the plunge .

Football:

The beautiful game seems to be better off when it comes to team selections,compared to cricket.

The procedure was more or less similar to the cricket process,but more transparent,and lesser domination of the seniors ensured that,the selection were relatively fair.

But,the juniors who didn't get a chance(getting a chance is different from not getting selected)  to have a go in the selection process,cried foul,and they duly did,even in spite of the extra tight time constrains,it isn’t but difficult to make the process more functional.

Others:

Other sports like TT and volleyball,aren't far behind,each one showcasing exceptional talent and each one has its own story of college politics and students who got in due to either “rep”(reputation),or due to sheer manipulation of the process in the slightest way possible to get the most desired outcome :)

 

Wi-Fi:

Here we go again,with one of the most sought of facility is the Wi-Fi,nd this time we get to see the accesses points in flesh courtesy(Cisco!!),and we are assured of the full campus Wi-Fi once the trial runs are complete.

Q.How long will it take ?

A.A couple of days more(We bet atleast a week more).

Q.When is it coming to the hostels ?

A.It will be activated about a week after it comes on campus.

Q.Can we access Facebook /orkut/youtube ?

A.No!!

MIDS:

Every jr was very tensed and excited about their first mids. I was shocked to see my mates studying in the bus(c’mon guys we’re not in high school anymore). As you all know, monday marked the beginning of a very special kinda exams. They’re special because of the perfectly disastrous seating arrangement. We, jr’s have never seen such a weird setup ever before. It was almost 10 o’clock(half an hr before the start of the first exam), two guys walk into the class and pasted two papers depicting the seating arrangement and when they left, we went over there to take a look at the papers and every single face was having a big ? mark. It took about ten minutes for us to clearly understand the two bloody papers and finally everyone looked at each other and said “holy shit” :-p. Uff… not a single junior saw such a kinda seating arrangement, every class had only 6 students from a single class in a row and your benchmate was obviously from some other section. Each class contained all the 8 branches students,six from each section.

And later on, the ultimate shock was that there were different sets of papers(wtf!!!) and they were organised in such an ugly way that your class people get the same set. In our boards, any person sitting around you used to get a different set and was difficult to copy, but now these guys employed a new method i.e two sections get the same set (w.r,t their MUTUAL lecturer). Finally, the first exam finishes and every one came out with a grin on their face. Everyone got a 2hr break, wait a minute, it is stupid to call it a break,coz every one was busy studying “C” and some people even skipped their lunch.

The day went on well and in the evening at around 6 o’clock RUMOURS started spreading that Civil-A students got an hand over the next days maths paper, and ECE-A and MECH-A students came out with some important questions for the chemistry exam. Anyways, nobody knows whether its true or not, but the hostel corridors were a bit messy, everyone was hopping from room to room in search of CIVIL and IT guys .

 

GANESH NIMARJANAM:

The spot light of today ganesh nimarjanam ,wasn’t the whole process of nimarjanamn,but the serious consequences.

Close to 15 odd phones,were drenched and hence rendered useless,as the students who went into the pond to perform the nimarjanam forgot to remove their mobiles from their pockets while going into the water.

The result:Extreme shortage of spare phones. 

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The idol in the girls hostel of GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

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In picture:The idol in the boys hostel of GITAM University Hyderabad Campus.

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Note:Extremely sorry,for the picture quality,if you have something better,do send them over,and we will be privileged to host your pictures :)

To be updated Soon.

Regards,

lifeatgitamhyd.

Yes,for the keen observers the Chiller font is back,and it means we mean business :)

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Editors Speak:Discussion Forums!

Hey!!

After our disastrous attempt at making an online forum and an integrated website,aloof from the LAGH blog hit plenty of road blocks and failed to reach more than 50 users,we have decided to shut down,actually de activate our full time website hosted by webs.com at www.lifeatgitamhyd.webs.com.

We saw it coming,but we weren’t fully prepared to leave the whole concept of discussion forums behind.

Where Have We been ?

This is exactly where we have been working ,not full time but yes work never the less,we have been way to busy checking out various forums and way to make the forums work better and also considered hosting our own PHP-BB on a rented server,but it would have been expensive,but in the mean time,the blog has been very low on content,since we are still not getting the required number of regular contributors,we have had some difficult times getting to publish fresh content.

But since one of our major hurdle(of many more to come!),has passed away,we can now divert our energy and resources to where it all started from,running the blog efficiently :).

And now,that there are many new entrants on the internet spectrum with respect to GITAM University Hyderabad Campus in the form of a promising blog like www.gitambuddies.blogspot.com ,than all the other previous ones which at some point or other tired to be pot-boilers,when the whole concept of community blogging was relatively new to GITAM University Hyderabad Campus,like , www.reallifeatgitam.blogspot.com ,www.it-gitamhyd.blogspot.com,and loads of others things !

But gitambuddies is no better,it converted our  Contact Us into meet us at,with no credit due to this blog,whatsoever!

But,we are not taking anything in an offensive way,but just saying a simple text like “sourced from:www.lifeatgitamhyd.com ”,would have made it so much better,since all the content posted on LAGH is entitled to be published under Creative commons 3.0,and can be used only if due credit is given to the blog :)

We aren't trying to shut you down buddies but just saying that you aren’t being totally fair,but got to admit you have a knack for networking who ever you are!

Your Facebook profile shows it :)

That apart lets get back to our main point of discussion.

New!

So we have decided to start the required back ground work for hunting new discussion boards and forums,and after days and days of tests runs and comparing close to 40 odd forum boards(Try visiting http://www.forum-software.org/ for all the good forums present over the world!),weighting their pros and cons and also keeping an eye on various new start ups like http://www.tangler.com/ ,which are relatively new to the main stream internet scenario ,and invitation only start ups ,and loads of other we finally decided to give the tal.ki a go ahead and see if it full fills our requirement for a smart discussion forums :).

Why Not Webs .com ?

To complex and to clumsy to maintain to be frank,We don’t have the time to maintain a full fledged website,and don’t have the heart to work with webs.com which is extremely complex,but looks way to simple :)

The major reason we didn't decide to go ahead with tal.ki initially is that the forum was relatively new and sported very few features,and hence we decided to go ahead with the webs.com ,but times has changed and the webs.com looks way to crude as of now.

Webs.com had an option of a separate internal blog,We thought it might be a good idea,but it failed to pick heat ,and the Gallery section(Users contributed pictures!),is currently being taken care of by our ShutterBugs photo-blog.

With the creation of the LAGH FB ,the Events part of webs.com can be taken care of,and so does the Birthday reminder(Calendar).

So,indirectly we haven unintentionally broken up the various components of our site hosted at webs and created something probably more functional :

S.no Previously(part of webs) Now(part of the LAGH )
1 Picture gallery ShutterBugs
2 Almanac(calendar) LAGH FB account
3 Scribble(Users contributed Blog) Freedom Zone
4 Videos -N.A.-
5. Forum Forums Page
6. Assignments -N.A-

We believe to have created something more valuable soon,we will be looking at having an integrated virtual calendar(very soon!),using the same name held by it previously “almanac”(probably!),and also looking at various other options to get an online storage place like mydatanest.com currently mdn.fm ,we already had an account there,and we will be reactivating it after checking out the various options available to us,since www.mdn.fm is kinda of getting obsolete for our needs.

Any more to be added to the blog ?

We will due it all in due course of time ,For now have fun ,and we wont take longer than a week to get back to our regular(read once in two days)updates :)

So everyone rush out to the forum page,and start the discussions.

Regards,

admin.

lifeatgitamhyd.

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Fellow juniors All the best for your mids :)

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