KHOLA HAOAA step to stroll in open air
E-Magazine Of
Applied Electronics & Instrumentation EngineeringHeritage
Institute of Technology,
KolkataEditors------------------------------------------------
Editorial
Associate-------------------------------------------------
Prof. Surajit Bagchi Prof. Arun Kumar Ray
Sujoy Kumar Das
Date : October 2012
Year: 2012-2013
Issue:3(Puja Sankhya)
Cover Design : Sujoy Kumar Das
AEIE Department, HIT, Kolkata
Sailors of the Department
Prof. Arun Kumar Ray Prof. Arabinda Kumar Pal Prof. Soumik Das
Prof. (Dr.) Madhurima Chattopadhyay Prof. (Dr.) Santanu Ghorai
Prof. Surajit Bagchi (H.O.D) Prof. Indrajit Naskar Prof. Saurabh
Pal Prof. Sreeparna Dasgupta Prof. Reshma Sengupta Prof. Damayanti
Ghosh (D.C) Prof. Samiul Alam Prof. Pradip Saha Prof. Arindam
Sarkar Prof. Samik Chakraborty
Ms. Suparna Banerjee Ms. Harapriya Panda Ms. Sampa Maity Mr.
Koushik Mazumder Mr. Sumit Kumar Bakshi Mr. Bibhas Maikap Mr. Sujoy
Kumar Das Mr. Jyotisko Raybarman
Dedicated To
Those who surrendered themselves to the black shadow of
Dengue
Few Words
It gives me great pleasure to extend my heart-failed thanks to
all members and students of the Department of Applied Electronics
& Instrumentation Engineering, who jointly made Khola Haoa, a
successful venture.
I feel indeed elated to congratulate all my colleagues and
students, who contributed generously to help Khola Haoa to complete
its 1st glorious year. The idea was the brain-child of one our
colleagues Mr. Sujoy Kumar Das, who took great initiative to
approach and consult every members of the Department regarding this
e-magazine and took the leading role in motivating the students as
well as members to contribute articles, paintings, pictures which
are intended to remove this daily dross of our routine-life and
infuse a sort of intellectual freshness of mind, which is essential
to make our daily job an enjoyable one.
I am confident that unfailing dedication and effort of all will
make this magazine an epitome of leisure-hunt technology.
Prof. Arun Kumar Ray, AEIE
Message from H.O.Ds desk
"Heartiest gratitude and best wishes to KHOLA HAOA on its first
birth anniversary"
Prof. Surajit Bagchi H.O.D, AEIE
Message from Departmental Coordinator
It is a great pleasure to know that third edition of Khola Haoa,
the non technical magazine of AEIE Dept is being published. Khola
Haoa started its journey a year back, followed by a second edition
in this summer. Both got huge response, and for that I want to
congratulate Mr. Sujoy Kumar Das, the assistant editor of the
magazine and all the student, faculty- staff, who are the part of
its success. This is a venture to explore the creative person
inside. Lets utilize the platform properly, that will enrich the
never ending journey of Khola Haoa. I also feel proud being a part
of it.
Prof. Damayanti Ghosh D.C, AEIE
Preface
The earth rounds the sun in 365 days and so we do. As a result,
our age grows just like Khola Haoa. We are proud to publish the 3rd
Edition of our beloved Departmental E-Magazine (Non-Technical). I
remember the first day when it was decided to publish the 1st issue
of Khola Haoa and it was not known how much the response to this
activity would be. But, fortunately, we are still running with the
help of all those contributors to this magazine, who spontaneously
came forward to make this endeavor a successful one every time.
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Sujoy Kumar Das
------ Photograph by
Boudhayan Roy, 3rd Year, AEIE Darkness cannot drive out
darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only
love can do that. ----- Martin Luther King Jr.
Barbarika The invincible warrior
Barbarika was a grandson of Bhima, Second of the Pandava
brothers. He was the son of Ghatotkacha and Morwi. Even in his
childhood, Barbarika was a very brave warrior. He learnt the art of
warfare from his mother. God Shiva, pleased with him, gave him the
three infallible arrows. Hence, Barbarika came to be known by the
appellation Teen Baandhaari, the "Bearer of Three Arrows". Later,
Agni (the god of Fire) gave him the bow that would make him
victorious in the three worlds.
When Barbarika learnt that battle between the Pandavas and the
Kauravas had become inevitable, he wanted to witness what was to be
the Mahabharata War. He promised his mother that if he felt the
urge to participate in the battle, he would join the side which
would be losing. He rode to the field on his Blue Horse equipped
with his three arrows and bow.
Before the Mahabharata war began, Lord Krishna asked all the
Pandavas how many days he would take to finish Mahabharata war
alone. Bhishma answered that he would take 20 days to finish the
war. Dronacharya replied that it would take him 25 days. When Karna
was asked, he said he would take 24 days. Arjuna told Krishna it
would take 28 days for him to complete the battle by himself. In
this manner, Lord Krishna asked each warrior and received an
answer. Krishna disguised as a Brahmin stopped Barbarika to examine
his strength. When asked how many days he would take to finish the
war alone, Barbarika answered that he could finish it in one
minute. Krishna baited Barbarika by mocking him for going to the
great battle with only three
arrows. On this, Barbarika replied that a single arrow was
enough to destroy all his opponents in the war, and it would then
return to his quiver.
He stated that, the first arrow is used to mark all the things
that he wants to destroy. On releasing the third arrow, it would
destroy all the things that are marked and will then return to his
quiver. If he uses the second arrow, then the second arrow will
mark all the things that he wants to save. On using the third
arrow, it will destroy all the things that are not marked. In other
words, with one arrow he can fix all his targets and with the other
he can destroy them.
Krishna then challenges him to tie all the leaves of the peepal
tree under which he was standing, with those arrows. Barbarika
accepts the challenge and starts meditating to release his arrow by
closing his eyes. Then, Krishna without the knowledge of Barbarika,
plucks one of the leaf of the tree and puts it under his foot.
When Barbarik releases his first arrow, it marks all the leaves
of the tree and finally starts revolving around the leg of Krishna.
Then Krishna asks Barbarika, as why was the arrow revolving around
his foot? For this, Barbarika replies that there must be a leaf
under his foot and the arrow was targeting his foot to mark the
leaf that is hidden under him. Barbarika advises Krishna to lift
his leg, since, otherwise the arrow will mark the leaf by pricking
Krishna's leg.
Thus, Krishna lifts his foot and to his surprise, finds that the
first arrow also marks the leaf that was hidden under his foot. Of
course, the third arrow does collect all the leaves (including the
one under Krishna's foot) and ties them together. By this Krishna
concludes that the arrows are so infallible, that even if Barbarika
is not aware of his targets, the arrows are so powerful that they
can still navigate and trace all his intended targets.
Krishna then asks the boy whom he would favour in the war.
Barbarika reveals that he intends to fight for the side whichever
is weak. As Pandavas
have only seven Akshouni army, when compared to Kauravas eleven,
he considers that Pandavas are weak and hence wants to support them
so that Pandavas will become victorious. But Krishna asks him, did
he seriously gave a thought about the consequences before giving
such a word to his mother (to support the weak side). Barbarika
guesses that his support to the weaker side will make them
victorious. Then, Krishna reveals the actual consequence of his
word to his mother: Krishna tells that whichever side he supports
will only make the other side weak due to his power. Nobody will be
able to defeat him. Hence, he is forced to support the other side
that has become weaker due to his word to his mother. Thus, in an
actual war, he will keep oscillating between the two sides, thereby
destroying the entire army of both sides and eventually only he
remains. Subsequently, none of the side is victorious as he will be
the only lone survivor. Hence, Krishna avoids his participation
from the war by seeking his head in Charity. Before decapitating
himself, Barbarika told Krishna of his great desire to view the
forthcoming battle and requested him to facilitate the same.
Krishna agreed and placed the head on top of a hill overlooking the
battlefield. From the hill, the head of Barbarika watched the
entire battle. At the end of the battle, the victorious Pandava
brothers argued amongst themselves as to who was responsible for
their victory. Krishna suggested that Barbarika's head, which had
watched the whole battle should be allowed to judge. Barbarika's
head suggested. that it was Krishna alone who was responsible for
the victory: his advice, his presence, his game plan had been very
crucial. *********
Have courage for the great sorrows of life, and patience for the
small ones. And when you have laboriously accomplished your daily
task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake. ----- Victor Hugo
------ Photograph by
He is not great who is not greatly good.Shayan Ghosh, 4th Year,
AEIE ----- Shakespeare
To life!If you could always be on the move; Have the freedom to
choose From the many paths laying ahead, Without the fear of any
regret. Doing everything For just the joy of it. There being no
Standards to live upto; No boundaries to breach, No benchmarks to
reach. No bills to reimburse, Nothing to make life worse; Without
any need to calculate Taxes and gain percentage. Just your soul
Thats guiding you: Do what you wish With none to stop or dis(like).
Only keeping in mind that Its never fun to quit! Freedom to think
otherwise That view from the other side; To peep into your own eyes
Having nothing in the mind to hide. Being a traveller all the way
Mingling as much possible, Accepting anyone around As if everywhere
friends abound. Taking along whoevers willing Through every passing
whim.
Hatred is all you would discard While spreading smiles, on your
part; Accepting fate with open arms And enjoying life on your own
terms. Just the few dreams to chase And at times your whims To
always keep you on your feet And let you forget whats defeat.
Helping and being helped Just being your real self. Thats the life
I wish to live:A worry-free life for a dip; Some mad friends for a
trip The mistakes you never wanna skip! To life - till the very
last bit!! ********
------ Written & Drawn by
Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
----- Victor Hugo Debajyoti Maitra, 3rd Year, AEIE
------ Photograph by Mainak, 1st Year, AEIE Everything has its
beauty, but not everyone sees it. ----- Confucius
Saptarshi Mitra, 4th Year, AEIE
Sujoy Kumar Das, AEIE
[email protected] / Room No. ICT 102
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