The Wildlife of IIM Lucknow!!!

was wondering for a long time on what to write next. yesterday nights incident gave me a chance to fill this useless blogpage...

the plush green IIM Lucknow campus (200 acres in all) houses a jungle in the center. in recent times, wildlife started drifting out of the jungle. could the reason for these instances be the building of the new GMP hostels which is eating away into a small part of the jungle? this part though small is very important as it forms a link between two big patches of the jungle. this construction divides the huge jungle into two small pieces, restricting the movement of these animals.



The yellow patch you see in the IIML map above is the place where the new hostel is getting constructed. this clearly divides the forest into two parts as shown on the left and right sides of the construction site.

All i wonder is, what is gonna happen to this place when more jungle is devasted to build in new hostels and class rooms in next few years to accomodate the increased batches of students thanks to the OBC reservations (sorry if this statement is offensive!!! but i have my own reasoning)

now to hear about some wildlife of IIM Lucknow... this place is inundated with a number of birds like peacocks, kuils, mynahs, woodpeckers... also the seasonal visitors like cranes.
there was word that a fox was once seen a little away from the main gate. Personally i have seen a nilgai. it is a wild animal frmo the cow family and is much larger than the domestic cow.

sorry, the picture is not very clear. but the animal is very huge.

recently my neighbours have seen a huge sized chamaleon in their balcony. my personal experience is the night when i went jogging alone and saw two porcupines cross the road a little in front of me. another recent visitor is the huge monitor lizard that roams the new hostel 13.

this is the picture of the monitor lizard which is atleast 5 feet in length. it is an expert in crawling walls

talking of these reptiles, snakes are not very uncommon on campus.

this is the picture of the russell viper that lives near hostel 5. this is only an example and there are many instances of snakes being spotted at different points of time.

lastly! coming to the reptile spotted yesterday. a huge python.

the above pics show parts of the about15 feet long python spotted yesterday near the director's residence.

after so many animals, no idea what the next one is gonna be!!!

my life rated...

This Is My Life, Rated
Life:	6.2
Mind:	5.7
Body:	7.3
Spirit:	5
Friends/Family:	3.5
Love:	1.5
Finance:	6.8
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Why is my love life so pathetic???

philosophy....

Philosophy??? yuck!!! its all globe!!! (in iiml jargon: globe means arbit stories to fill up space)

philosophy is all senseless talk which ppl try to talk in order to make sure that they look well educated... these were my ideas of philosophy till a couple of days back... then i meet this guy who joined iiml recently... the discussion started of with this bharathiyar's poem i would have heard and appreciated hundreds of times... but alas!! i never cared to know its meaning... this guy explains me the meaning and BAMM.... i am left flabberglasted with the beauty in its meaning and the suttlety in certain lines...

the topics ten moved on to more serious ones like vedas, god, universe, philosophy etc... the way these issues were put forward by this person so nicely thatinstead of me uling them off as globe, not only did i listen to him but also debated few philosophical issues with him... few of my ideas really made me doubt if it was me toking all the time....

new knowledge was showered over me... to tell the truth, it was the first time that i actually found out what philosophy meant...

later on, we moved on to his creative skills with art... few might be deprived enough to see them as good artwork... few might recognise them as good pieces of art... but what is to be seen is the thought process that has gone behind those art work and the volumes of meaning and sense hidden in such a small art work...

thanking praveen ravi for the new ways of looking at life that he had taught me...

Lord Krishna reincarnates??

On the occasion of Shri Krishna Janmashtami, just a quote from bhagavad gita...

"Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya Glanirbhavathi Bharatha
Abhyukthanam adharmasya Thadathmanam Srujamyaham.”
“Parithranaya Sadhunam Vinashaya cha Dhushkrutham
Dharma samsthapanarthaya Sambhavami Yuge Yuge"

for all those who live on iiml campus and understands the above quote: has the lord reincarnated?

i am an open book....

"adi, U are a bundle of secrets..." these were the words that came out of the archives of my mind recently... some one in the past felt i was a box of secrets... i dont remeber who said this and when... but the words, i do remember...

but now the real question is, am i really that secretive... i strongly feel the answer is NO... i feel i am an open book... and in fact, so simple a book, that u wont even need a dictionary to understand it...

but this confidence in me, set me to thinking... why would someone feel that i am not an open person... it didnt take long to find the answer... when there is no good means of communication, such false conclusions can be very easily drawn...

after finishing with problem definition and identification of the cause, the next step is designing solution.. how do i make sure that in the future such comments r not passed... well, i thought a blog could be a good means of communicating my personal feelings and happenings...

a few blogs like those of venkat, harsha and above all puneet and also many others have been very impressive enough... i cant promise my blogs to be as good as their's... but will give it my best shot...

hoping this enthu of mine will continue in keeping this place regularly updated...

@harsha... sorry dude, cant come up with any more fun stuff like chanchunsaurus.... but can keep u updated with the things in my life...

keep waiting for the next post,
aditya

P.S: and also hoping this is the last time anyone calls me a bundle of secrets...

Oh!!! poor babies!!!

A forwarded joke on quotas...

Manmohan Singh to Bush – We are sending Indians to the moon next year.

Bush – Wow! How Many?

Manmohan Singh - 100

25 - OBC
25 - SC
20 - ST
5 - Handicapped
5 - Sports Persons
5 - Terrorist Affected
5 - Minorities
5 - Politicians
4 - Kashmiri Migrants

and if possible
1 – Astronaut (general merit)