Last two days have been black days for tidbits and hence, me. It so happened that my list of databases grew out of bounds and I finally(why??) decided to clean them up!

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Finally, Got some time(thanks to exams) to work out a new theme and things for this bloggy-site or sity-blog, tidbits!

These are my memories of three+ years of stay at IIIT-H, in which I could see connections to me and my activities, rest of my life. When Pranav Vasista approached a few of us asking to pen down our most memorable things at IIIT-H, we asked "what kind?". He said, "Whatever it is, be it games, acads, relationships.. what not! anything you like!". He said, "Let's plan and organize it and keep the collection, say in our library." It'll let us know few people with whom we barely had any conversation. And over years, with same practice from every batch, it will really be thrilling if someday, some distant junior, who just skimmed through your 'memories', pings you with a 'Hi!'. right? So, all the fourth years, I request you to take off few minutes(before you leave) to recollect and pen down best experiences in your stay at IIIT-H. If you could send me a copy, I'll append it to the collection. Well, if our seniors could also join us, it's our pleasure :) So, let me start with my experiences ...

And with that gap of six months, I have to wait for another academic year to get into a new school, as my previous school holds till

Continuing from where I left here, I was put in a local convent in my village, Bala bharathi school. There were very few students, so all of us sat together without any class/age/sex discrimination. I remember few people like Bhagya Sri, Kanaka Maha Lakshmi and their gang, steeling away my sweets and other edible stuff I took to school :P I used to flee away to home whenever there was a break kind of thing, as my home is very near to that school. There wasn't much difficulty for my parents in getting me to school, as with many kids of my age. It was very informal kind of education there.

Carnatic Fusion

నిన్న రవీంద్ర భారతిలో రాజేష్ వైద్య గారి వీణ కచేరీ అని మన పురుష్ చేప్తే వాడితో బయల్దేరా. పురుష్ అతని గురించి కొంచెం చెప్పాడు, మాం..చి స్పీడులో వాయిస్తాడు మామ, వీణ, అని. ఒక video కూడా చూపించాడు. ఆ బావుందిలే అనుకున్నా, నిజంగానే బావుందనుకోండి, కాకపోతే ఎందుకో.. ఎందుకో ఏమిట్లే నా బొంద, ఆ బొచ్చు విరబోసుకుని, వాయించేటప్పుడు తెగ ఊగిపోతుంటే నాకు కాస్త చిర్రెత్తుకొచ్చింది. ఏదో శిలా విగ్రహంలా కూర్చోమని కాదుగాని, ఎందుకో కాస్త అతిలా అనిపించింది ఆ ఊపు! సరే ఆ చిరాకు కాసేపు దిగమింగుకుని వెళ్ళాను కచేరీకీ.

Now, to many people, after reading the post,  it could be a temptation, to pose… “what’s going on, buddy?”. Let me tell this a priori, this post is a poor way of celebrating “the number of victims of my anger growing at the rate Indian population does”. I know, and I understand that it’s impossible for all the people whom I meet in day to day life, to study my biography and know all these things. But when one faces the situation, as I have been barking for years now, simply, never mind. And experienced seniors, ask the freshers to do so :)

Hamma!! finally, after a bizzy week and weekend, I'm able to complete the layouts, core designs of tidbits. Thanks to one and all who kept pinging me, pointing out few things which added to the speed of work. And here is the infant baby version of tidbits. I would call today, 23rd May 2008, as the DAY, b'day of tidbits!

I feel guilty -- I dint(not couldn't) help them; I'm sad -- how are they living?; I'm sorry -- the worst word symbolising escapism; This exactly is the sequence of my states, which happens each time I see a poor child begging.. the questions which pour down upon me are : What could *I* do to improve the situation? Are there any charity organisations which are willing to accept these children? If so, is it just lack of information, that these children are still on the street?

Well, its again and again spotted and people still don’t see its importance in individual life. Yeah, I have been speaking about the nightmare of 21st century and generations to come, “Global Warming!”. Ok without being too verbose, I will try to jot down what are the things, we really can do in our life (tech-savvy guys, we are, huh?).