I came to know about the movie in my ninth grade. I was non-chalantly looking at the newspaper. The newspaper contained an article written by a famous telugu movie director whose name I cannot recollect now. I avidly remember the content of the article. The story is about a smart girl who wants to go for higher studies. However, her village doesn't have a high school. She needs to clear an entrance exam to secure admission in high school in nearby town. She prepares very hard for the exam. However, fate has other devious plans for her. Her father falls sick on the day of her exam. So her mother leaves Hayat at home with a toddler and her brother to join her father in the hospital. The responsibility of the house falls on Hayat. She tries to attend the exam but the toddler won't stay quiet. She keeps crying. She requests a old lady to take care of the kid. The orthodox old lady doesn't like Hayat taking the exam. She believes that woman's rightful place is kitchen and doesn't let Hayat go. I remember the comparison the author brings in the article. The kids in the theatre are so agitated with the old woman that if she had kept Hayat any longer with her, the children would run to the projector and tear the screen. He says that it was the first time in several years that he has seen audience so much involved in the movie. The only other time when he saw such a scene was when he was watching the movie Bhasha where the goons beat up the hero. However, the hero in the movie is Rajnikant, the Indian Chuck Norris with die hard fan following. The main characters in this movie are foreign actors and they speak in persian. He makes a case that you don't need star heroes to make a great movie. A poignant tale of a girl fighting for studies is enough. Years later I watched the movie on my laptop. The movie didn't disappoint me
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Hayat
I came to know about the movie in my ninth grade. I was non-chalantly looking at the newspaper. The newspaper contained an article written by a famous telugu movie director whose name I cannot recollect now. I avidly remember the content of the article. The story is about a smart girl who wants to go for higher studies. However, her village doesn't have a high school. She needs to clear an entrance exam to secure admission in high school in nearby town. She prepares very hard for the exam. However, fate has other devious plans for her. Her father falls sick on the day of her exam. So her mother leaves Hayat at home with a toddler and her brother to join her father in the hospital. The responsibility of the house falls on Hayat. She tries to attend the exam but the toddler won't stay quiet. She keeps crying. She requests a old lady to take care of the kid. The orthodox old lady doesn't like Hayat taking the exam. She believes that woman's rightful place is kitchen and doesn't let Hayat go. I remember the comparison the author brings in the article. The kids in the theatre are so agitated with the old woman that if she had kept Hayat any longer with her, the children would run to the projector and tear the screen. He says that it was the first time in several years that he has seen audience so much involved in the movie. The only other time when he saw such a scene was when he was watching the movie Bhasha where the goons beat up the hero. However, the hero in the movie is Rajnikant, the Indian Chuck Norris with die hard fan following. The main characters in this movie are foreign actors and they speak in persian. He makes a case that you don't need star heroes to make a great movie. A poignant tale of a girl fighting for studies is enough. Years later I watched the movie on my laptop. The movie didn't disappoint me
Saturday, March 30, 2013
It was about 1 AM in the night. I suddenly realized that I have to turn in my assignment the next day. The professor of that course is known to have attached a lot of importance to assignments and it is also reflected in his grading. Reluctantly, I opened the assignment to solve the problems. The problems in this assignment and the concepts involved in these problems appear vaguely familiar but unsolvable. I tried using the JEE tricks of writing down the question and formulae to see if I could think of solutions. It doesn't help. Finally, I give up. Next day, before the class I ran to my friends room and copied the assignment, added few diagrams, skipped some steps and scribbled some made up nonsense wherever possible. I could submit the assignment on time and me and my friend managed to get same marks.
It is again 1AM in night. Now, I am no longer a student. I now work for a MNC which pays me for my work. I have to incorporate an important feature in our code. No one seems to have solved the problem before. I have been working on it since morning but to no avail. Google deserted me when I needed it the most. All my peers and colleagues in the company must have slept by now. I don't have much choice now. I look at what others in the company have done. I refer to the company documentation. Finally, I give up. I go to office very early the next day, take help from my senior colleague and check in the code.
This, I think is the first major difference you observe when you do a transition from college life to corporate life. You will not have 10 books which tell you what needs to be done to solve the problem. You cannot take the short cuts. Last minute efforts never work. Your colleagues are not your peers. It teaches you to be more organized. It compels you to present yourself better. Finally, you will know that your past achievements don't mean anything in the real world. It is always about what you are doing now and how you are doing it.
It is again 1AM in night. Now, I am no longer a student. I now work for a MNC which pays me for my work. I have to incorporate an important feature in our code. No one seems to have solved the problem before. I have been working on it since morning but to no avail. Google deserted me when I needed it the most. All my peers and colleagues in the company must have slept by now. I don't have much choice now. I look at what others in the company have done. I refer to the company documentation. Finally, I give up. I go to office very early the next day, take help from my senior colleague and check in the code.
This, I think is the first major difference you observe when you do a transition from college life to corporate life. You will not have 10 books which tell you what needs to be done to solve the problem. You cannot take the short cuts. Last minute efforts never work. Your colleagues are not your peers. It teaches you to be more organized. It compels you to present yourself better. Finally, you will know that your past achievements don't mean anything in the real world. It is always about what you are doing now and how you are doing it.
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