Pratik Poddar

This sem has been very very busy due to Placements, GRE, etc.. Still managed to see 50 odd movies and kept myself updated with 2.5men, himym, HM, etc. :) Snakes on a Plane Jashnn 2009 Parichay Musafir 2005 Kambakht Ishq 2009 Boys Telugu Aparichit 2005 Baazi Dil Hai ki Manta Nahin Kambakht Ishq Hannah Montana Black and White Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa ShortKut Sankat City Platoon 1986 Ghatak Love Aajkal Hungama 2003 Mann Sehar 2005 Hyderabad Blues 1998    If Only Sooraj Ka Saatva Ghoda Sivaji Shadow Fox Half Blood Prince Baberr Dashavataram My Bloody Valentine Sadak 1991 Yeh Mera India Kalyug Dil Bole Hadiappa Terre Sang 2009 School of Rock Superbad 2007 The Hangover P.S. I Love You Wake Up Sid Wall E Kaminey Barah Aana New York Kurbaan Pulp Fiction Ratatouille Before Sunrise Amelie American Pie Book of Love Sikander Badhai ho Badhai 21 Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi 3 Idiots Paa Avatar Before Sunset Counter: 59 movies Thats 19...

Clicked some photographs of Qutab Minar on my Delhi Visit (for IndoCrypt 2009) last week. I have tried to click photographs as if they were clicked in olden days (say 1857 :P). I took care of two things: 1) Used "Old Photos" mode in the camera to give that look 2) Took care that there are no people in the photograph. This is difficult on a Monday afternoon when many groups of school children visit Qutab Minar. I think a few of them came out to be good. I would love your constructive feedback. This was my first serious photography attempt, so please bear with me :P Slideshow: http://bit.ly/5Chy81 Picasa Album: http://picasaweb.google.com/pratik.phodu/IndoCrypt2009Delhi1857QutabMinar Thank You!

Dilbert (as usual) Craxx IIT Big Time :) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Thanks to Ajit Burad (CSE IITB alumnus) for the collection :)

India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization) The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus, the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name 'Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus. Chess was invented in India. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. The 'Place Value System' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C. The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihade...

Edited version of the list compiled by Zishaan Hayath (IITB 2005 alumnus) Get high on qawwali at Haji Ali Spot a celebrity at Juhu PVR Crane your neck to see the Bombay Stock Exchange building Spot a leopard in IIT Bombay campus. If you can't, then spot a girl Enjoy a play in Prithvi Theatre Enjoy the NCPA in a play or opera Haggle for non-antiques in Chor Bazaar Face the high tide on Worli seaface Bet money on race horses at the Royal Western India Turf Club, Mahalaxmi Dangle your feet, lean back on your palms and enjoy the sea from the Marine Drive promenade Go for a heritage walk in the Naval Dockyard (first Sunday every month, Indian nationals only) Explore the Sanjay Gandhi national park. A national park in city limits? Oh yeah! Soak in the Victoria Terminus Watch DDLJ at Maratha Mandir Party at Hard Rock Cafe and mourn for a minute the death of mills around Parel Jog on Juhu beach Sit on a tetropod at Nariman Point in midnight till police co...