Google is always known for innovation.. And Google news has demonstrated it yet again!!Now, you can read news in English and Hindi with ease.. This is the new bilingual edition for you..
Check out the Google News India Site.

At the end of each news cluster, you will find a “Hindi Mein” link.. which takes you to the equivalent news in hindi..
This is a new dimension for news consumption.. Kudos to Google news team!

Next time you read a bollywood rumour in english .. And want more “views”… You knw where to check out for *detailed reporting*

Here is a sample of bilingual edition

Zimbabwe’s withdrawal called a ‘win-win’ solution
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Hi all..

Its my pleasure to invite a magician to CWS.. Todays guest is Arvind Jayashankar.. A young magician and a student of NIT Trichy..
I dont want to talk too much here .. I would like to say 2 things..

1. His Magic is simply amazing…
2. NIT Trichy is seeing a superb set of people as its students… There is so much diversity out there these days..

Without further ado,

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Coffee With Arvind Jayashankar - Magician

Me: Sundar Rajan G S
AJ: Arvind Jayashankar

Me: Hi AJ, welcome to CWS! When did you start learning magic? How did you you pick up interest in magic.. Is there someone in your family who is into this?
AJ: Hey Sundar, thanks for the welcome; great to be here! I learnt a very very simple effect when I was a little kid. Something with my fingers where they switch places. I didn’t really do much after that though. I got back on track with renewed interest again around 5 years back. About how I got interest - I’ve always loved to watch magic. It used to air on TV. I’m a big time fan of David Copperfield. I grew up watching his TV specials.
Nope, no one in my family is into this..

Me: Every Magician becomes your specialist in one particular type of magic.. Something like.. some are good at cards.. Some do optical illusion tricks etc.. Have you *specialized* in something??
AJ: Well, my major specialty is close up card magic. I do also do what we call “Mentalism” up close as well as on stage. Mentalism is the branch which deals with magic with the mind. It’s really awesome stuff as well!

Me: What are various types of Magic? How does one go about learning the same? Are there schools for this?
AJ: Various types, there are a lot actually. Here are a couple off the top of my head: Grand illusion (on stage, big effects like flying, cutting people in half, etc), Strolling (David Blaine comes to mind), Restaurant magic, Parlor magic, Cabaret, Street magic (performing on the streets for money), Mentalism, Coin magic, Balloon magic, Bizarre magick (weird stuff, not for the weak at heart!), to name a few!

Me: What is the role of teachers in this? Can you learn magic from books? How successful can you get.. without teachers..?
AJ: Honestly, I did not start magic with a teacher. I learnt out of my own complete interest. I started referring books, got online, got to know many people, interacted, bought training videos, material, that kind of stuff. I have never actually met (well till a few months back atleast) a real full time magic pro to get training from. I have however met and interacted with plenty of them online. So in the end - the internet is an amazing, magical place!

Me: What are the skills needed for a magician?? What does it take a Magician to succeed..
AJ: You don’t need much to start. But you should have a good will to learn and practice. Since I did it all on my own, I discovered how to go about it automatically. It was like being thrown somewhere and asked to figure out your way. I could spoonfeed and get someone up and going, but I don’t believe that is the best way. A good start would be to get some basic beginner books and get familiar. Then if you like it and think you are getting better, have an appetite for more, then you will automatically know what to do next and where to go
Like I mentioned, in the beginning not much is needed. But as you progress you will see that acting, drama, scripting all play a very important role for the serious ones. Those develop gradually though.

Me: People say.. A magician should never believe in his Magic.. What are your views on this.. Dont you think.. you should imagine or visualize everything that happens.. Doesnt this in some sense count as believing in what you do?
AJ: A magician’s duty is to make someone believe they are seeing something that doesn’t exist. “Suspension of disbelief” to put it more eloquently. I love to watch magic performances but unfortunately for me I cannot enjoy it completely if I look deeply as I most often know how everything is accomplished. That is why performance and presentation plays such a large role. So many people do the same things. But what sets them apart? It’s the way it is done. Those are the ones I enjoy. If you can make me believe in magic, that would be the most amazing thing. I want to believe Sometimes it’s the drama and mystery that surrounds an effect that is the real magic. Yesterday I saw an incredible performance on TV. It was by an amateur magician, simple effects of which I knew how almost everything worked. But he had so much drama and theatrics in the performance. A dream sequence, where his dream becomes reality, he wakes up, imagines it, and it ends by him going back to sleep and the whole thing being something like a dream. It was amazing and I thought that was the magic.

Yes, I do have to believe in what I do. To me I would’ve done the effect a million times but for the spectator it is the first time. So if I feel bored or if I myself do not believe, then how can I expect my audience to believe? I hope that answered that!

Me: P C Sarkar supposedly made a bus to dissappear.. Obviously.. it is a trick.. Do you know how they do such things.. Large scale optical illusion???
AJ: I don’t really wish to say whether I know how such things are done. Here’s the reason why. I will probably never be performing that stuff, so if I know it or not it really doesn’t make a difference! If I say I know it, I believe it degrades the effect portrayed to you all. If I say I don’t know it, there’s another thing in that as well! So best would be for you to decide whether I know or not, haha.
Large scale optical illusion? Naah! It’s magic!

Me: Ok.. that was philosophical.. What is the state of Magic as a business? We dont see a lot of Magic show these days..
AJ: Actually magic is a very big business! It’s just not that popular in India. In the US, people live their lives off magic. They make millions of dollars. Corporate events, private gigs, public performances, big shows. Take David Copperfield. He has the world record I believe for one of the most successful performances ever in Las Vegas. About the monetary details, will be interesting if you check out his contract. Simply amazing (and very very large!)
I do hope it does become more popular in India. It’ll take time as many have a stereotypical image of the art. Things like it’s cheesy, done by strange bearded men, etc. That image is very untrue. You can search for some videos of some of the most popular magicians around the world to get an idea of how it really is!

Me: Can you share some of your videos?
There’s a video at this link that you can view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqXl94GXIwM
I don’t have too many and the ones I have aren’t very clear unfortunately. Better would be to probably meet me sometime and ask me to show ya something I’ll be more than willing.

Me: Sure why not.. Anyways.. Hope you had a nice time on CWS.. thank you soo much..
AJ: Thanks a lot!

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Hi all,

In an initiative to better understand life at various universities, I intend to interview a few graduate students about the situation there..

To start of this special series of Coffee With Experts, we have Chidambaram Muthu.. A student of 2004 batch from NIT Trichy..

Chidambaram aka Chithu, studied Computer Science and Engineering from NIT Trichy.. Chithu went on to work with Oracle in Hyderabad for 2 years.
Chithu is now on the verge of completing his MS from Georgia Tech University and would be joining Microsoft in August 2008.

Without further ado, its over to Chidambaram…

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Coffee With Chidambaram Muthu - A birds eye view of Georgia Tech university

This information gives an overview of apping situation/life at Georgia Tech University.

* Entry Criteria such as approx CGPA range:

It depends on the program you are applying to. But its usually on the higher side because Gatech is rated in the top 10 schools for many departments.
I would say > 8.5 CGPA would be ideal..

* Research Experience at undergraduage level.

It is not a MUST, but is helpful if one has research experience…
Because at some point or the other, he would end up doing research (For eg: RA position).

* Typical Gre & Toefl scores range..

Usually GRE and TOEFL scores are just a cut-off for admission.
If I remember right, it was 1250 / 1600 in GRE and 250 / 300 in TOEFL during my time.
But nowadays it looks like the evaluation method has changed for both GRE & TOEFL.
So I am guessing it will be some equivalent score now.

* Does the university require subject GRE?

Yes. Gatech asked me for subject GRE

* What is the aid scenario?

Only Phd students come with aid.
Masters students very rarely get aid before starting.
But it is possible to get aid in the first semester itself for masters students, if the prof you are interested in working with, has a research opening and you are lucky
Most students work for 1 semester under the professor so that the prof gets to know them better and later get funded in the second sem.
If not funded in the first sem, students usually work inside campus for hourly wages.
Working off campus is illegal, unless approved.. Usually that comes without tuition waiver but it can help take care of living expenses.
I must tell you here that it becomes pretty hectic in the first semester if you are working outside the department, because you have to take care of academics as well.

* How much money should one shell out for the entire course if it completely unfunded..

I am assuming this question is for master’s program since phd is always funded.
Atlanta is a moderately costly city and so living expenses per month would be ~500-600 bucks normally, assuming you take a shared room and cook at home regularly.
Tuition fee per semester will be close to ~$12000 per semester (this information might be a little outdated. Please check on the college website for exact figure).
That makes it ~$15000 per sem. You can estimate the total amount based on how many semesters you would take (3/4) and of course, the dollar-rupee conversion rate

* Career opportunities after the course?
Excellent I should say, atleast for CS. Most people in my batch had more than 1 full-time job offer and in good companies.
I had offers from Microsoft, Google, Cisco and Goldman Sachs. Since Gatech is a well known school, many companies come on-campus.

* Typical Money made during internships?
Students typically make enough to manage tuition for one semester.

* How easy it is to switch departments?
I know of very few people who have switched departments, but it is possible to switch departments if both the departments involved are okay with it.
But it is always better to think about what you want to do rather than coming here and wanting to change.

* switch from Phd to MS?
If you join the phd program and later find you are genuinely not interested, it is definitely possible to switch to MS.
For this again, you need to get the concensus of the prof and the graduate program co-ordinator.
Applying for Phd just for the sake of aid is not considered a good practice, and I would definitely discourage it
Because it creates a bad impression with the profs, not just for people who do it, but for other people who come after them.

* Any other issues/ inputs which will be helpful.
If you are planning to apply to gatech (or that matter any other university in the US), put in a lot of effort in preparing a good SOP because that matters a lot.
Also, gatech has been admitting a lot of international students off-late and it just might be a good time to apply!

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Thanks a lot chithu for sparing your time and answering these questions.. On behalf of CWS readers, I wish you a very big thank you and ofcourse, all the best for your future..

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Well!! I am in IIM Bangalore hostel.. This is going to be my new home for the next 2 years..

I am having a mixed feeling out here..
I am happy that I am going to be student again @ a very prestigious college..
But at the same time, I am sure to miss all the great fun that I had @ home for the past 2 years..
Well! There are always tradeoffs.. And as always, I am prepared to take them on!!

The journey to this place has been a really really thrilling one..
For a lot of people around me, it looked pretty *obvious* that I would get into IIM Bangalore..
Ha Ha.. *Obvious* is the last word to use in this roller coaster ride.. which I experienced in the last one year..
Anyways.. Thanks a lot for your faith in my abilities.. It gave me a lot of confidence, which probably made the difference..

This apparently smooth journey.. began last March.. when I joined TIME tution.. The place where I met some really cool people.. Made a few good friends like Mahesh, who is in IIM C now.. I also met a senior by name Vijay, who constantly helped me in my preparation process.. Most importantly, I met this amazingly motivating person by name Prem Ravi Kumar.. Prem constantly kept pushing me to give my maximum.. Thank you prem for your motivation and support..

TIME gave us Mock CAT papers every Sunday.. And trust me.. they set killer papers.. Every Sunday, I used to get mothered in the paper.. Every Sunday, I used to get slapped on my face.. I fell down.. I felt humbled by sheer competition.. But the secret is persistence.. the secret is having an ability to stand up after you fall.. And the secret to give your best and leave the rest to God! I used to perform really well.. once in a while :-), which gave me enough confidence for cracking CAT..

Well, the D-Day was finally there! CAT 2007 was deceptively simple in its appearance.. I performed really well in both quants and verbal.. It so happened that these sections were quite difficult.. But screwed up big time in Data Interpretation.. I screwed up to such an extent that I got only 80.6%ile.. I did manage to get calls..

But the biggest turning point in the CAT exam was the last 2 minutes in the 3.5 hours paper.. Yes!! the last two minutes was deadly crucial.. I attempted verbal first, DI next and quants last.. Something told me to go back to DI for the last 2 minutes.. I have never done this in my mocks.. But by gods grace, I did that.. I took a chance with a problem set in DI.. I did some *educated guesses* for 3 questions.. Two were right.. I got 7 marks of my 32 in DI.. And trust me.. they were crucial..

Then came the Group Discussion/Personal Interview training @ TIME.. Met more people.. made more friends.. I had around 3-4 mock interviews and lots and lots of Mock GDs.. It was a lot of fun.. Although I have given some really really stupid answers in my Personal Interviews.. Lots of people helped me in writing my statement of purpose.. And I would like to thank Sandeep B N, Ankit Agarwal, Shruti George, Shyam Sunder, Madhur Deep and others.. My SOP suddenly changed 3 days before submission.. And a special thanks to Shruti, who really helped me a lot in the last minute.. Ofcourse, the interviews went off really well..

Finally, the results were due on April 11th.. But got postponed due to quota issues.. Man.. what a tense period it was.. There will be rumours that “the results are expected anytime today..” And that whole day.. you just cant do anything.. It was really really agonizing to sit for 20 days.. with results expected *any time soon*.. The results were finally out on May 1st.. And I got admission from IIM Bangalore..
After that.. there were lots of treats.. lots of fun.. I resigned from the coveted GOOGLE on May 31st..

I had a nice 3 weeks off.. Visited lots of temples in South India.. Spent a lot of time @ home.. watched movies.. watched IPL.. It was all fun..

And now.. Here I am.. All set to open a new chapter in my life!! I am sure it is going to be as good as, may be even better than my NIT Trichy Experience..

Welcome IIM Bangalore!!

More on this chapter, as Life unfurls @ IIM B..

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Hi All,

Its my proud priviledge to host Narendra Babu, Testing Team Manager @ Google Bangalore for a show in Coffee with Sundar. In this special episode, Narendra Babu clarifies some myths about what Software “Testing” Profile is all about.

Narendra completed his B Tech Computer Science from PESIT College in Bangalore. He then worked with Microsoft Hyderabad as a test engineer for 3 - 4 years. Narendra subsequently joined Google as a test engineer and has grown into a position to Manage testing teams.

Its over to Narendra Babu

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Coffee With Narendra Babu

Brief Description of testing profile:

Test Engineering is a broad area and different companies/products approach Test Engineering in a different ways. To enumerate the approaches I am aware of
Model 1) Some teams decide to have very good unittests (written by developers) and engage test teams only in end to end testing.
Model 2) Some teams involve test teams in the complete software development cycle, right from the design to end to end testing.
Model 3) Some teams take a middle path where testing teams have some insight into the design/code.
The testing team act as consultants to manual testers and developers and ensure that the product is tested properly

Test engineering titles typically fall into two types
1) Software Engineer in Test/Software Design Engineer in Test
2) QA Engineer

The understanding in most cases is that category (1) test engineers are more into test automation and white box testing. Category (2) test engineers are more into manual testing.

As a test engineer you need to understand what model your team follows. Model 2 is preferred from a technical learning point of view. Model 1 is the traditional approach to testing in most organizations. Model 3 needs you to be pretty agile and proactive to make testing successful.

Typical education qualification required:

S/w Engineer in Test - Typically needs a engineering degree in comp sc or electronics from a good college
QA Engineer - Engineering in any branch or MCA (or equivalent) with good communication skills

Profiles with which this is confused with:

Normally the confusion is b/w SET and QA Engineer. Usually it is not clear as to how much of engineering work a test engineer does versus manual testing. That is the key to understanding a good test engineering profile.

Skills required to do well in this profile:

A good SET should be very good in communication and should have leadership qualities. Leadership qualities are needed to persuade the development team to adopt good testing practices, which strangely is difficult

Also one should think destructively. I have seen a few engineers excel very well as test engineers because their instinct is to find faults. Some others are not so good because they like to see things working. Not a good trait for test engineers

Recommended Materials.

How to break software - http://www.amazon.com/How-Break-Software-Practical-Testing/dp/0201796198
Code complete - http://cc2e.com/

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Thanks a lot Narendra!

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Its my pleasure to invite Mr. Ghatam Krishna, Ghatam Artist from Trichy for the show with Coffee With Sundar.. Krishna comes from the lineage of Vikku Vinayakram.. He has accompmanied many leading artists..  Born and brought up in Trichy, Krishna speaks about ghatam.. importance of guru.. value of practice etc.. on this exclusive interview with Coffee With Sundar..
Without further ado, its Coffee With Ghatam Krishna

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Coffee With Ghatam Krisha
Me: Sundar Rajan G S
GK: Ghatam Krishna

Me: How long have you been learning Ghatam… When did you start?
GK: I started learning at a very young age of 11.. I was a disciple of Late. Sri.Thanjai.V. Srinivasan… Srinivasan Master was the student of Ghatam maestro Vikku Vinayakram..
I am now continuing my learnings under Sri.B.Harikumar… Harikumar sir is a top AIR Mridangist from Trichy.

Me: What is Ghatam? A lot of People are not aware of it. Can you describe it a bit?
GK: Ghatam is one of the oldest instruments in India.
Ghatam is specially made mud pot with copper and iron fillings added lightly with the mud.

 

Ghatam is a unique instrument containing PANCHABOTHAMS (BHOMI-EARTH, JALAM-WATER, AKASHA- SKY, AGNI-FIRE, and VAYU- AIR).
There is research paper by Vikku Vinayakram is published in www.ghatamudupa.com

Me: What is the role of pakavadhyas like Ghatam in carnatic music?
GK: In carnatic concerts, the role of the all Pakavathyams to make the concert a grand success…
In carnatic concerts, a Ghatam role as an UPAPAKAVATHYAM (second line instrument)..
It supports the main pakavathyam Mrithangam. A ghatam artist should follow the Mrithangist to give the best output of the concert…
Each and every pakkavathyam is very important to make the concert a grand success..

Me: How important is guru in learning instrument like Ghatam.
GK: My guru Sri.Thanjai.V.Srinivasan taught the following in my first class… Which I will never forget..
There is one sloka says
GURU BRAHMA,
GURU VISHNU,
GURU DEVO,MAHESHWARAHA
GURU SAKSHATH PARA BRAHMA,
THASMAI SHREE GURAVE NAMAHA

In short.. Guru is everything…

That’s why our Veda gives a lot of importance to guru (i.e. MATHA, PITHA, GURU, DHAIVAM)

 

There are two types of studies
1. Para vidhya (Divine arts like Veda and Sangeetha)
2. Apara Vidhya (like our engineering, medicines)
A guru is more important in Para vidhya comparatively in Aapra vidhya.

A guru is not only teaches the art, he teaches dedication, sincerity, what is life, how to lead it, how to respect the elders and many things. You might have studied about the old Gurukulavasam studies. It shows that Guru sees the students as their kids.
 

Me: You mean to say.. Is it possible for some one to learn ghatam as a hobby without having a guru?
GK: No… Ghatam is not a simple thing… You can’t play Ghatam without sincere practice, dedication and guru’s blessings.
I have told how important a guru is in learning the divine art… Without a Guru you can’t succeed..

Me: You mentioned practice.. Does becoming a good instrumentalist depend a lot on practice? How much time do you practice?  What do you suggest people who dont have time for practice? Can you give some guidance for them?
GK: Ya.. Of course… Practice is the one of the main reasons of success of the leading musicians…
For an example my guru Sri.B.Harikumar practiced 16 hours every full moon day when he was in the age of early 20s to early 30s…
He starts playing while the moon rises in the evening and finishes his playing in morning while the sun rises (without giving any gap in between the practice)
He calls that practice as NILA SATHAGAM (Nila means moon and Sathagam means practice). He always says to his disciples to practice for 2 hours per day.
I practice minimum 2 hours per day. I suggest the people who are not having time to practice.. should practice for minimum 1 hour per day…
If you don’t practice for 1 week you will loose the benefits of previous 1 month practice…
So do practice for minimum 1 hour practice per day (it may either in the morning or in the evening)

In short.. for any Para Vidhya..
If you dont practice for one day.. something is lost..
If you dont practice for 2-3 days.. You will know the difference…
If you dont practice beyond 3 days.. Everyone else around you will start knowing the difference..

Me: People are losing interest in carnatic music… Movies songs and other albums with cool beats are taking over carnatic music and south indian instruments.
What do you think about it? Do you do something differetly to attract these people.
GK: Ya… As you said people are attracted by movies songs and many western albums…
Strictly speaking I haven’t grown up to that level to do something for that…
But I think.. Good albums with leading musicians in carnatic, Hindustani are becoming popular.. New concepts like Jugalbandhi - (fusions) are really very interesting..
Even though there is a domination of film music, many youngsters are showing much interest in learning carnatic music.. They are performing so good that they are getting good names from senior musicians.
This is good signs for carnatic music.

Me: Can you share some of your accomplishments till date?
GK: With guru’s blessings and gods grace I have accompanied with leading artist…

Me: I really like they way.. you mention Guru’s Blessings and Gods grace.. I really like they way you attribute everything to Guru and God..
GK: Ofcourse.. For us, Guru is everything.. Without Guru.. We are nothing..

Me: Very true.. Go on..
GK: I have accompanied many artists..

Vocalists: Sri. Sengalpat Renganathan, Sri.O.S.Thyagarajan, Smt.Nagamani srinath, Smt.Anuratha krishnamoorthi, Smt.Mahathi..
Instrumenlist: Sri.T.K.V.Ramanujacharlu, Smt.Sikkil.Mala chandrasekar, World leading duet violinists Sri.R.Ganesh & Sri.Kumaresh, Sri.Mudikondan Ramesh, Sri.Shivakumar, Smt.Geetha benet..
Mrithanganist: Guru.Sri.B.Harikumar, sri. Sri.Palladam Ravi, Sri.Alathur.t.Rajganesh, Sri.Pathri Sathish kumar, Sri.N.Ramakrishnan, Sri.Phalgun, Sri.Neyveli narayanan, Sri.Ganapathiraman, Sri.Selam Srinivasan, Sri.Delhi Sairam and many youngsters
Thavil vidwans : Sri. T.R.Govindarajan and Sri.Kovilor kalyanasundaram and many more..  

I have got the Scholarship from culture department of India. I have been selected in All India Radio tamil nadu Iyal, Isai, Nataka manram in young wing and played concerts and solo performances..

Me: Who is your role model what are your dreams?
GK: Role models: Guru.Sri.Thanjai.V.Srinivasan, Guru.Sri.B.Harikumar, Ghatam maestro Sri.T.H.Vikku Vinayakram and Sri.Ghatam Girithar Udupa.
Dreams: Want to accompany with Guru.Sri.B.Harikumar in many concerts and to accompany with all the leading musicians both in carnatic and Hindustani music.
And dreaming to become one of the members of REMEMBER SHAKTHI group (at least want to play a concert with them)

Me: Can you share your contact number for people. If they are interested in arranging a concert.
GK: Mobile number: 9994082367 Resident number:  0431-6459256

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I finally made a page containing NIT Trichy Alumni Information.. It took its own sweet time.. thanks to lack of internet connectivity @ Home.. I have written this whole script in a cyber cafe..

It has information of about 60 odd seniors.. coming from a wide range of batches.. from 80s to 2007.. Lots of people from different departments.. who went on to pursue their higher education..

This information will help a lot of juniors who are unsure whom to contact for help..

Have fun! Go places!!

Dare to dream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Share this link with fellow NITTians.. Also fwd it to your seniors.. and ask them to fill up the form..

ps: The email ids are in text format.. I will convert it to image soon.. And finally I replace the image and put a contact form.. through which you can directly contact the senior..

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On 30th April, I called up the KSRTC office to check if they have tickets for the 1st May..
The office boy verified his system and told that he had only 2 or 3 tickets.. that too.. only for Non AC - semi deluxe bus.. Everything else was fully booked..

Below Google Office, we had 2 ATMs.. I went there.. One of the ATMs was out of order.. At the other ATM, they were loading cash.. So the security guy told me to come after 1 or 2 hours..

Tickets to Trichy in semi deluxe costs around 450 rupees to and fro.. I usually carry so much money.. But on that day, I didnt have so much cash in hand.. So, I called up the KSRTC office.. asking him.. if he accepts card.. The guy told no.. Then I asked him, if I can block tickets.. and pay later.. He told that he doesnt have that facility.. He told me that there were 4 atms.. near the booking centre.. And I can go there and withdraw cash..

So.. I went to the shop.. He showed me the routes to 4 different ATMs..
I tried withdrawing cash in SBI, syndicate bank atms.. But they didnt accept my card… They accept only master card and mine was Visa.. Then, I went to Axis Bank atm, but this ATM was under repair..
Oh man.. I desperately wanted ticket.. And now I am such a pathetic state.. I went to another ATM in the opposite direction.. Even that didnt accept VISA..

Oh my god.. Whats happening.. I have to attend alumni meet.. And I am just unable to withdraw cash.. And there are hardly any tickets left..

I speak to that guy.. He says he cant do anything till I give him cash..
I had no choice.. But to return back..
When I went to office, I asked my friend Selvam, if he has some cash.. for booking tickets.. He asked me how much I wanted.. I told him that I wanted around 400 bucks..

Selvam told.. “Oh only 400.. I can give you right way”.. He opened his purse… only to find out that he hardly had hundred rupees on that day..
Selvam said.. “I always carry atleast 500 bucks.. But only today I dont have cash..”

Then Selvam asked me.. “Why are you going to trichy?”

I told him.. “I am going to attend this alumni function.. They are giving awards for distinguished alumni of NIT Trichy.. I want to interact with them and interview them if possible.. ”
Selvam asked me who are these seniors.. I told him to open the NITT website..

We opened the website together..

I read the first few lines of the page.. I found out that the event was on May 3rd and not May 2nd…

I heaved a sigh of relief..

Oh God!! Was I denied access to cash from all these sources.. only to avoid booking ticket on May 1st???
I should have ideally booked ticket for May 2nd.. Probably all these hindrances were only for a CAUSE..
I dont know if I should call this a “Luck”…..

What do you say?? Luck or No Luck??

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