Bahubali 1 and System Design

Remember this scene, last scene of Bahubali 1. I think who so ever have watched the movie must be anxious to know why Katappa Killed Bahubali. Infact that set the context for Bahubali 2 which demystified the Bahubali 1. So in movie suspense is Good in fact at times welcoming.

Coming to the point, next part of the title of the post “System Design”. You must be willing to know how Bahubali is related. No more suspense.

In many IT System often it has been observed that using the system is just like last part of Bahubali 1. Most of the cases there is no guidance how to use it, what are the steps involved in it, what all are the prerequisite(like attachments, its size, resolution, extension etc) to complete the activity, what if I failed to do it whom to contact etc. Though at times there are Helpdesks, Ticketing System but these also ask so many questions as if the user is well conversant with all terms and terminologies. Oh dont speak of IVRS and the Options its amazing. And landing to same Error page “Something Went Wrong….” or “404 Not Found”. Former is still System is acknowledging that he knows something went wrong but next is more interesting 404 now bang your head what is that ….

Even if some one braved to initiate the activity using the system there is always another fear/anxiety that system might block me(dont allow me to do it again).

Coming to the last point which resemble scenario of Bahubali 1 where you completed your transaction and expecting the output now the output is a workflow process which will take its sweet time to get your transaction completed obviously human intervention is there but atleast we can acknowledge the anxious user in same system, just to complete it there should be end to what has been started atleast to the person who has initiated.

 

Remained untapped

Recently have seen some activity by disaster management dept. These activities are really efforts to be welcome d by the mass. Speaking of my state Assam which is in Seismic Zone V(most vulnerable) to earthquake and flood prone area. Although there are various dept under Central Govt and State Govt to look after these issues, their prevention and rescue/ evacuation etc still there is more scope to protect and alert people. NGOs also play a great role and extend their helping hand during crisis. But the area I want to focus is some thing different.

1. There is almost a huge number of people who are trained at Govt exchequer but remained untapped.
2. Yes I am talking of those students who have taken NCC during their studies but could not end into an uniformed job.
3. These trained mass are huge potential as their training like camps, drills, medical and rescue will help.
4. These people living a normal life may be in public sector or private sector can be think tank during these crisis.
5. Even in Army we have concept of Territorial Army where Civilians have an opportunity to be a part of Army.
6. Why not a common platform to share exchange views/ ideas.

Government vs Privatization

There has been trend in public saying that all Government Department should be privatized and there seem to be some inclination towards privatization of certain areas of responsibilities to completely or partially to private.

To cite few examples like cleanliness of coaches, food services in Railways to some extent has gone to Private again sectors like Government Procurement(GeM), GST etc has been a complex involvement of Private Sector. Too much reliance on consultancy firms engaging them for policy intervention has been in vouge.

At times it seem that like wearing a misfit garments or things which are not akin to our set patterns. No change is good but just an introspection the set established patterns instead of trying to fix by the best minds and talents recruited by the Constitutional Bodies relying on some so called consultancy pushing international and hypothetical patterns in national or subnational of biggest democracy with a different composition of citizens in all respect.

Not being hard but if we look into their activities actually we want something and than push it through their Glossy Reports and Flashy Presentations in a very so called thin closed AC Conference Hall.

The post was in draft stage for long time but suddenly things around made me feel to complete this post. One of the largest Telecom PSU facing crisis at times it seems old institution which have seen lot of ups and downs in their journey and have been with the people of India during natural and man made Disaster, during wars, during crisis where as the same so called efficient profit making Telecom providers wash off their hands during crisis.

By the time I complete the post already 80k officials of the aforesaid PSU have been given VRS. I don’t know but have been close to this organization right from my childhood right from the trunkcall days if you could remind those days feel so privileged to get such call connected. So was it a correct decision should profit be the only metrix. Is Balance sheet the final statement than what about social commitment. Why put all sort of restriction why such recruitment policy why reservation let it be also as competitive with whom you are comparing.

Is India becoming a Lab for the World to do their research bag prizes, awards, thesis.

Just stopping it abruptly for readers to comment no more words to share other than f**×////@@.

The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.

The title my seem to be bit awkward in context to the rest of the text below.

Just to share many half written blogs are still in draft as I was not able to complete it in time. Also this post is after a long time I am going to publish. So I wanted to keep it short as much as possible so that I can publish it.

These days many a times I heard the following quotes:

We end up doing firefighting rather than focussing on the actual problem.

Yes if we are doing it as firefighting than we might have ignored it at some point. Definitely this is also a problem which doesn’t allow to focus in the actual problem.

Here comes definition of problem. These days again we speak lot on problem statement to start anything. The ability to visualize these firefighting jobs and create proper backup for this to me is more important.

This come to my title of the post. Probably this is the reason drills are not done during war and it’s done through out the peace time so that least we have casualty during war.

During these drills many loopholes may be noticed which can be corrected in a controlled manner to avoid major confusion during what we called firefighting.

Do we document such firefighting do root cause analysis and go into detail why it happened how much it could have been averted. Was it my primary job has it came to me due to someone incompetency or I was in the commanding position.

Ask these questions everyone in almost every organisation might be facing this.

Probable Solutions:

1) Train all for such firefighting events so that it doesn’t seem to be firefighting

2) Get people ready for such thing you can mention it as QRT(Quick Reaction Team)

3) Say No if it is not that important in a polite way. Things that are important are not urgent and things that are urgent are not important.

Next Gen Social Media

Ya suddenly a thought came… lets call it fiction as of now … if in near future we dont come up with such . Recently we have social media encompassing various sectors, interest groups for different purpose. From blogging to micro blogging, blah blah.. How it would I enter a office or any public place or any where and automatically all the nearby people get connected through your devices and you can share exchange or view or get an insight of the person around. Than according to your interest or taste you can have a talk or chat. Now obvious question came to your mind that there are facilities such as check in in various social media such as Facebook, foursquare etc and you can came to know who checks in when or where on real time basis. But this is not what I am indicating it would be based on bluetooth or Infrared or any technology… some open id concepts where in any device(mainly handheld devices) you carry comes in vicinity or other such devices automatically it will show the person around no need to login or nothing it would basically device to device. I mean device based social media  and the device will carry all details.

Statutory Warning: Dont think much … I am lost somewhere

Unexplored Paradise on Earth: Sikkim

Bag Ready

Planning for a visit to this Himalayan state started in April at the marriage party of our friends. Initially four of us locked, then after plus minus, at last only two were left. We stuck to the plan with certain modifications. Siliguri was the meeting point. Next day, that is, on 19th Oct early morning at 600 hours we started our journey from Siliguri to Gangtok, which took 4 hours through some of the most thrilling roads where the river Teesta

Teesta

was a companion to us in almost the entire stretch. The biodiversity of the entire state is amazing and a hint of it was given just after travelling few kms from Siliguri in Sevoke road. The Army units on the way reminded of my college days … real scenario of Project IGI. Except stone dust wherein road construction was going on, the journey was enjoyable throughout. At Gangtok we were supposed to spend the night at Hotel Sayong,

Hotel Sayong

where unexpected hospitality was awaiting us. Right from staff to food, it was simply excellent. The entire hotel interior was of Tibetan architecture… it really felt to me as if I am lost in the Tibetan territory. In the evening after a stroll in roads of Gangtok and specially the M.G. Road we returned back to hotel.

Next day early morning we were ready for our next destination Lachen which is at the height of 9100 ft. Lachen is called the hidden jewel. Indeed it justifies the name. The journey was for 7 hours. We started early from the Hotel and reached the North Sikkim stand. From there we were being told that we would be given a car for two nights and three days. Our permit for entering in the restricted and protected areas was being issued, all thanks to the travel agency that planned everything. At last we started at 11:30 am from Gangtok. Just after few kms travel in Gangtok, a lady requested that she needed a drop upto Chumthang  – the junction between Lachen and Lachung. She runs a hotel in Lachung and she somehow missed the hotel car. The lady shared her experiences with us during the journey. We landed up in Hotel Gurudongmar in Lachen at about 8:00 pm but in real sense it was not a hotel. It’s a family that is running the hotel with few rooms, a common dining and kitchen hall. We had early dinner by 8: 30 pm. The room was nice and they offered awesome hospitality. We went up for dinner in their traditional dinning cum kitchen hall.  You will not find a dining table there, as you normally find in our homes. The food was being prepared in front of us by the members of the house only. One thing here – you will have no options for choosing, friends. So, if you had any desire to have Continental or Italian at 9100 ft, aren’t you expecting more? Guys, they will offer you food that will make you forget all your best dishes which you had taken earlier irrespective of places. Fresh vegetable recipes with fewer spices …prepared and served with lots of love. We were having our dinner after a tiresome journey. Suddenly one of our friend’s brother called us and we were chatting casually expecting no one will intercept our language. But we were wrong; as soon as the phone was disconnected, the lady, who is the wife of the house-owner asked us if we were from Assam. I was stunned – how could they understand our language! Then she introduced her daughter who did her B. Vsc from Veterinary College, Khanapara, Guwahati. She told that she was in Guwahati for a long time during her studies and now working as Veterinary Doctor under Govt of Sikkim. My perception totally changed. I was having a picture in my mind that these small places with human habitation at high altitude might not have so much access to our education system. I was wrong, they not only have a better education system but are also well informed regarding various colleges and institutions across the countries. They are not only in sustenance mode at an altitude of 9000 ft but also excelling in every walk of life.

to be continued

OROP

Indeed seem to be justified considering the work they perform at almost inhospitable climate and fighting all odds. Though I couldnot be ever the part of this great institutions I was an great aspirant. Attended SSBs but couldnot make through it. MoD was kind enough to feed me for five days and than drop me at railway station, duly reimbursed the admissible both way fare. Perhaps only interview after which I was really disappointed otherwise I was also rejected by some great institutions also at the last stage …but all those hardly matters. Those days are most memorable. Before that also during educational career was a NCC cadets will not elaborate just few tags will put down here for those who knows cud understand : #JUO, #Infantry, 12 (O)#, #C, #NERTREK, #CATC etc.

Indeed if Govt cud deliver it would be the best gift for them.

But let me put some points please ask yourself…
1. except NER, J&K and few other places …the posting are not that difficult.
2. Armed forces are not under the purview of National Pension Scheme. Whereas the Govt wants to make it common for all Indians. It is felt as if the armed forces are not part of India..
3. When you say armed forces it includes Technical, Medicos, Education cadres of it also. Nature of duty of these sections of armed forces widely vary from General Duty.
4. Subsidized CSD goods, Concession in almost every where
5. Excellent placement facilities after retirement in Corporates, PSUs & Govt. But in this cases they should relinquish #OROP or should not opt for services post retirement and enjoy OROP. Infact in few constitutional posts after retirement they arent allowed to take any service(5 yrs)
6. Quota in next generation recruitment in forces. Strongly support as their brats have felt the culture.
7. Allowances, Time scales etc are already there
8. Better educational and career upliftment avenues which after being earned at last benefit the corporates.
9. King size life ….. golf, adventure sports etc

As per general view no other service had done anything for their nation. Govt employees are lazy, corrupted blah blah…..

Few services which I have observed and felt should also be granted #OROP after providing all the facilities:
1. Police: specially working in Terrorism infested areas. They also go to mission that dangerous but if you know about their allowance you will amazed its hardly 2 digits and few 3 digits figure. Not like military pay. They are covered under NPS inshort if bullet hit him after 2-3 yrs of his service his wife/claimant wud be handed over with at most 1lakh ie his whole pension wealth. Now lead a life ahead…..
2. Traffic Police: media will try to focus them as the most corrupted people. Will zoom them,add funny music to make it spicy showing how a traffic constable accepted 10 or 20 rs from vehicles etc. I m not encouraging their practices but just thing how they are dying daily …. pollution, dust, dirt. They use sun glass obviously not Ray Ban Aviator but cheap quality to protect their eyes. Hope they are to exposed to some Canteens where they could procure subsidized good quality glasses. Rains, knee deep artificial floods they ate on the duties. Glaring lights of cars of few hopeless who used dippers etc
3. Electricity line mans: Duties doubled during rainy season, festivals, law and order problems. Often face public outrage for no fault of theirs. Atleast first two category of employees have some powers and authorities to dealt public outrage. Accidents are frequent during line maintenance. The worst part is that after accident at times authority try to put negligence as the cause of accidents….. most of the times it has been found they r casual workers working under contractor…. you could guess what compensation he or his family would get.
4. Uniform 3% annual increment … and two DAs in a year that too announced lately and most of the times just before festivals just to give feel as if the arrear DA is bonus….
5. 90% other govt employees no housing facilities except few depts, ministry.

Now on what ground you civilians demands…. you go to home after work, enjoy with family, lead a peaceful life, sleep peacefully, you drop your children to school and pickup them after school hours. But why you do because at times you cant even afford to bear the school bus fees or you want to save it because actually you are highly paid but you are actually a miser.

Live wordpress site to XAMPP

After a long time started writing something which is technical … these days otherwise lost in the humanities subject tried to give a life a human touch but at the end of the day ….. techie by heart

Its usually other way round but suppose you started working live on wordpress platform ie installed wordpress blog(after being downloaded from wordpress.org) and you have no copy of live site in ur local pc. Suddenly u felt i should have a copy of live server.

1. FTP from live server to local PC.
2. Backup of SQL Dump(Usually u dont need to fire SQL command…
3. Download and Install XAMPP or WAMP
4. Put the folder downloaded in the htdocs
5. Import the dump file downloaded after creating a database in localhost
6. wp-config.php change DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD, DB_HOST as per your localhost
7. In table wp-options change the option_value against option_name: siteurl, home

Ceremonial Year

150 Years 

ie in 1865 Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28 January in  Dhudike (now Moga district) of Punjab

Related to him: His other Names(ie Sher i Punjab, Lal of Lal Bal Pal trio Active Period 1907-1918, Punjab Keshari ie Lion of Punjab etc)

Participated in Swadeshi movement during Anti Partition movement

Associated with the foundation of Punjab National Bank in 1895 and laterLakshmi Insurance Company

Also had helped to establish the nationalistic Dayanand Anglo-Vedic School and became a follower of Dayanand Saraswati (founder of the Arya Samaj)

INC: Delegate for INC 1988 and 1989 and President for the Calcutta Special Session @1920In 1921, he had founded

Servants of the People Society, a non-profit welfare organisation, in Lahore, which shifted based to Delhi after partition, and has branches in many parts of India.

His books: As an author he had written many books which includes The Story of My Deportation (1908), Arya Samaj (1915), The United States of America: A Hindu’s Impression (1916), Unhappy India (1928) etc.

Death: He died on 17 November 1928 after sustaining serious injuries in lathi charge carried by the police when he leading a non-violent protest against the Simon Commission.( Well Portrayed in Bhagat Singh film 🙂 )

100 year completion

ie in 1915 following events too place

Return of Mahatma Gandhi to India : On that day ie 09 Jan Celebrated PBD(Prabashi Bharatiya Divas)

Check out the theme of this year PBD happened in Gujarat

ISL vs IPL

After Cricket its football which has seen a recent wave in India ….the obvious causes are known. Lets see whats the difference:

First in ISL you will miss the Cheerleader Girls behind the boundary line.

Second ISL would be commercially less viable as 1 minute Ad time after every over will not be here.

Third Siddhu would be missing with his expert comment in ISL(dont know how people tolerate him)

Fourth you will know about few smaller states who really love football.

Fifth hope the match fixing will not make it as famous as IPS