I co-founded Audegn almost a year back from my institute computer centre. Then, I was into my third startup. I was still a novice in entrepreneurship and I will continue to be one. There is a lot I learned in this yearlong journey. Good times, Bad Times, all twisting and easy. I thought I should just share for people around.

There are two ways to be an entrepreneur - Rebel and Novel

A rebel takes up any kind of work in his domain, with a spirit of completing the task in any given situation or time frame. And he does it.

A novel analyses the work upto 2+ of his limits and then decides if he can take up the work. And he performs with sheer class in a calculated manner. He does it too.

Those who fail on the rebel side are idiots, because they talk beyond the limits, but don’t know their limits.

Those who fail on the novel side are immature. They have yet not developed the risk taking factor + they don’t know how to articulate equations about a particular job.

Here is ehat I learnt:

Money

Never assume you have the money until you have it. While starting up, most of the entrepreneurs use their saved money to fulfill their needs, never assume you have the money on time from client.
Borrowing money in a hope of a due payment is the biggest piece of foolishness an entrepreneur can possibly do. Money that was coming has already arrived. Nothing else is coming any soon.
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. Money you enjoy wasting is wasted. Save your money for better things.
Learn Jugaad. Think of alternate ways of raising money. Think smart. Save earnings first and then spend it.

Work

Hunt for free publicity. Talk more about your venture. Enjoy controversies. Create Buzz. Win competitions. Tell people how much you earn. It all will help to scale your startup if you reflect your words in your work too.
T shirt business or another e-commerce website based primarily on advertizing is one thing that is in trend among students. Think sustainable. Think Big. Why waste your time and creativity and skills on a startup that you will end in a few months? For the sake of experience? Why not earning experience by a wasted effort in your dream than to learn experience by a partly or unsuccessful effort?
Think Big, and Think all the time. Universe will make it happen for you if you reflect your thinking in your work.(#The Secret)
In excitement of a new startup and in thirst of making money, we generally end up taking overload. Avoid it. Overload only brings tension and trembling in peace, relations, health and attitude., plus, the client loses faith in you when you are in growing phase.

Life

Find time to call back at home or someone who loves you. They don’t disturb you because they are afraid you are busy. But they are actually dying to talk to you. Talk to them when you take rest. It means a lot for them.
Find time for small things slike bathing, cutting nails, cleaning hands before eating, getting dressed, washing clothes and for yourself. Its important.
Carry yourself well. Always. If you cant stop being an entrepreneur, why not with elegance?
You are the heard and brain of your startup. If you stop work, your startup will suffer. Avoid falling ill. Take proper precautions.
You gadgets are your valuable parts, not just costly machines. Take care of them. They are very useful once broken or gone.
If you cant be an entrepreneur without having a disciplined and good lifestyle, dont be an entrepreneur. Its not worth it.

Moral of the story : Dont wait. Dream and Start off. If your efforts are strong enough, you will succeed, whatever be the way may. Rebel or Novel.

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Vermillion

She seemed dressed in all of me
Stretched across my shame,
All the torment and the pain
Leaked through and covered me.
I'd do anything to have her to myself,
Just to have her for myself.
Now I don't know what to do,
I don't know what to do
When she makes me sad.

She is everything to me,
The unrequited dream,
The song that no one sings,
The unattainable.
She's a myth that I have to believe in,
All I need to make it real is one more reason.

I don't know what to do,
I don't know what to do
when she makes me sad.

But I won't let this build up inside of me.
A catch in my throat
choke
Torn into pieces
I won't.
No.
I don't want to be this but

I won't let this build up inside of me
She isn't real.

Why So Suicide??

IITs are one of the most beautiful places I’ve seen in life, so lively. Everyone, who lived here says that you can never forget those times of your life when you were studying at the IIT. But every good thing has a potential of hiding bad things. IITs are not missed.

An IIT student qualifies one of the toughest examinations in the country to make his way to the IITs. IITs are not everyone’s cup of tea, not everyone can come and say that ‘yes! I m an IITian . And these students waste their life, even after joining IITs. Why? The rate of suicides in the IITs in growing continuously, it’s becoming contagious. Every Six months, a semester in IIT system, the country witnesses at least one suicide. Why?

The solution that administration is offering at the IITs is removing the ceiling fans because they feel that student hangs himself from fan. Putting Jali walls in balconies, so that no one can jump, banning the internet in night times because they feel that students surf on net irrationally and miss classes. Next thing they will do, remove electric sockets, banning students from using razor blades, covering all the lawns with trampolines so that when one jumps, he wont die, restricting the height of hostels to 3.5 meters?

This is no solution. He, who wants to suicide, will find a way. Suicidal thoughts are an involuntary affliction! We don't choose to think them. Suicidal thoughts just enter; they just come into your mind on their own. And they are very ACTIVE, and they have tremendous emotional power. They urge you, push you, and compel you towards suicide.

Why is it?

At times, the atmosphere around becomes so stressful, so stern, so tense that you just want to run away. The pressure of performing well in academics is so high that sometimes failing is fatal. The expectations are very high that one is ready to waste his life, just for getting flunked in a couple of subjects. But it’s not all who do “DECENT” in CGPA on a scale of 10 live, some who are better than the average also, suicide. Well in that case, you can’t say that the pressure of performing was the cause.

Stressful night-outs and pressure to do good in exams. Why? Because that will fetch a good CGPA, then, a multinational company will come, hire you on a package everyone dreams of, and then you will die living the same monotonic and robotic life. Oh you have done good in CG?? Well everyone seems to do that, so may be you should try in sports. Then, some people are still better than you, lets try something in the extra circulars, but you are not gifted; are you? So what will you show to the panel who will check you during the placements and mark you “OK CHECKED TESTED”
One big truth that no one is ready to accept is that you cant just force someone to study. Providing best of the faculty, best of the resources and best of the infrastructure; with a tag of best in country, doesn’t entitle a student to study. The feeling to study well and do well in exams, comes from inside. Those who wants to do it, do it. Why did you do something meaningful in your life? Did someone forced you?

But here in IITs, it becomes your habit because its the habit of other people; people whom the SOCIETY tag as goodfellas. Basically its just like imposing something. Something that you would not want to do always.
There are loopholes in the administration, but the administration is not ready to accept that; may be because of its pride or may be because paperwork is blind, emotionless.

If you fail in one subject, its not so easy to pass it again. Thats a big fault in administration. You have to go to dean then to director, then to HOD, then to Professor then to OC TimeTable then to classes. This whole process not only wastes energy ink and papers, but also the faith of the students from the system. And wait, there is even more!! Uneven distribution of the credits in different branches, while some can clear two backlogs, some cant even afford to clear one! And what would these do? They will pass with their juniors.

IIT system believes that a student should be taught all the fields related to technology and not only restrict the syllabus to his particular stream. But where the hell does it makes some difference? They float electives, we register once, and then we don’t go to classes because in a class of 150, its too boring and noisy to understand anything. This semester, i m pursuing my second elective, and i don’t even know the code of the first one i did. Pity on such educational system.
They stress to teach millions of subjects, but if u ask a second year guy to write one paragraph about all the 14 subjects he did in his first year, it will take him a century. Frankly speaking, 99% of the people don’t even remember what they learned, and 60% don’t even know what are they cramming a night before exams.

To be continued....

I miss...

I m so small to say this,
I m amateur.
but i miss a lot in my life.
In this life lived so little.

I miss the times i played with my brother,
i miss the times i fought with the colony kids,
i miss the times when i was hiding in that old jeep,
and the times when papa got that ice cream brick,
i miss watching cartoons,
and laugh on little things,
i miss my brother,
and i miss the ace and the kings.
I miss the times of recess,
when we played chain and rode on seasaw,
i miss that G.K. book,
and spects of Mrs mathur,
i miss my school, i miss my home,
i miss my friends,
i miss my mom,
i miss my dad,
i miss everyone,
why m i so sad.


I wish i could be a kid again.,
innocent,
tensionFree,
like a bird.
I miss the times when i thought that superman is real,
i miss those moments,
i fought with the wall,
like a ninja turtle.
i miss raising my fist,
high in the air,
and expecting to fly,
i miss the times,
when i cried.
I miss those days,
when i was nine.
I miss the world.
in little fist of mine.
I miss mickey, i miss minnie,
i miss alladin, abu and jinni.
I miss my tricycle,
i miss my waterbottle,

Its not so far,
i m still a kid,
I cant live those moments again,
coz i wont just fit.
Innocence gone,
took smile with it.
I wish for a childhood express,
with a lifetime ticket.

Apsara

She..

Tha wo khwab ya thi haqueekat,

Ye batana kuch mumkin nhi lagta.

Burke k peeche chupi,

Un do kanji aankho k nazrane se,

Na jane ye dil kyo nhi hat ta..



Harj to hame b tha

Harj to unhe b tha,

Wo kuch keh nhi sakte the,

Hum kuch kar nhi sakte the.



Sirf unhe hi nahi,

Harj to un aankho ko b tha,

Ki chamakta hua sa ek chand ,

Gulab si mehki bandisho me tha.



Ek bar ki bat h,

Roshan si kuch rat thi,

ek jheel jhilmila rahi thi.

Aun un aankho ka noor,

Us jheel ki si tasweer bana rahi thi.



Burke k jharokhe se,

Uski aanko se meri aankhe jo mili,

Sharma gae ham,

Sharma gai wo,

Aur hontho pe uske, aisa aga mujhe,

Jaise koi hasi khili.



Chand b kuch kam roshan tha us rat,

Uska chehra jo burke ki aad me chupa tha.



Kehte h wo,

Chand roshan h sooraj ki roshni se,

Kehta hu main,

Uske chehre k tilism se,

Das chand bhi roshan ho jate.



Pata to nhi h mujhe,

Par khoobsoorat rahi hogi wo,

Us burke k peeche,

Par kya karu dosto,

Daba hu m bhi,

Duniya ki bandisho ke neeche.



Dukh to use b tha,

Dukh to mujhe b tha,

Kaid thi wo,

Aur dard mujhe b tha.

Prostitution is Better-A reply

first of all, i do agree with one commonn point (which even i thought of) that the girls are forced up in this bussiness. as bond suggested the figures 90% girls. well, to this point i thoroughly agree and this infact is an unputdownable fact, but let me make up the story of hema a litttle.

Hema, she is a prostitute, who was working in the red light areas of bombay lately, a client ended her career, bt how did it started? Since i am making up this story, lets all assume that she was forced in this flesh business, but there are a few ways to be forced. Kidnapped and forced or forced because of poverty. may be she was kidnapped and then put into this business or her parents sold her because of poverty( this happens in Orrisa Bihar and Up and CG during famine and because of poverty) or she found her dreams of living a nice and posh liffe, just like they use to show in TV, by poverty. well the latter is a modest way of saying that she was forced, and ya she was forced.

now lets make the equations a bit more complex( not more complex than JEE prep or epsilon delta method). if she was kidnapped, she might had been kidnapped from a decent family, or from some village of orisa and from a poor family. if the former case has happened, then the police has some pressure, and they usually end up finding the girl at some place. and even if the girl is forced then that counts near about 10% of that 90% mentioned.

lets just keep this discussion in the back of the mind, and talk some facts. lately i was reading an article by Mr. Harsh Mandar, he wrote a sad story about the death of a girl in orisa, he was acquainted with. her father was a peasant in the village, one day some due to some disease( dn remember what) her mother was hospitalised. due to greedy doctors and their demands of bribery her father lost all their saved money. he then borrowed some money from a relative, and buyed seeds to do farming, but that year famine hit the state, and he was debt ridden. they dint had enough food to eat. one fist full of rice was enough for the family of five, that too thrice in a week.

one day that relative turns up, and made a deal. he will raise up his daughter, and in return all the debt will be cleared. her parents thought that their girl will die in this poverty along with them, so to save her, they sold her. this case went to police and press, and the father was put in jail along with that relative. The girl was "RESCUED". in hearing, her father and mother kept on saying (they had lost their other children)" AAP LOG KYO NHI SAMAJH RAHE HO, HUM USE PYAR KARTE THE< NAHI CHATE THE K WO MAR JAE, ISLIE HAMNE AISA KIA" but no one listened from the same "POOR" perspective he was talking about. he was bailed, again it cost money and they came at worse situation than they were before. The girl died a few weeks later, but no press personnel came to check that what was the reason.

The sole point of mentioning this incident, Most of the POOR girls, are forced either by their family or SOCIETY to do this. No one wants to be a prostitute, but in some way, prostitution is better than dying of poverty, dying of malnutrition. prostitutes, strippers, bar dancers, they earn money in big cities and live an honored life in their respective hometowns. When money comes, respect comes along, and no one asks where did it came, only rumor talks, nothing much; But this all is far below a good life.

I am not saying that if we are legalizing it that means we will open some frankfinn institute, that will train prostitutes, not air hostesses; i m not saying that our mothers, and sisters will then pick up this option as a career. I am just saying that it is to help those who are suffering because they thought that prostitution is a better business than poverty.

They already are in hell, prostitution will help them coming out. It will not happen all of a sudden, it might take a decade, or a generation, but it surey will open some doors instead of closing them.

Legalizing it will meann that prostitutes will have some social status, self respect. they will be able to walk with us, not like they have to hide all the time. Their children will be treated with all due respect. There will be complications, same complications that the Black people faced in USA to prove their existence, or even worse, but it will contribute towards their good future. I m intentionally using the word Good instead of Bright here, coz it will take time.
Now it will help them too who are literally forced. What happened cant be undone, but if the process of legalization starts, if society give them equal rights, then those who dont want to continue it can come out. At least they will have some way out. They wont fear that the society will not accept them. It will be better if a prostitute comes out of this pit, than dying (suicide or slow death). When a girl is forced, I am sure, she is not aware what can be done, she is under tight security of pimps, but later she can always come out, no one in the "CIVILIZED"(what we think of us) society will say that she is "CHARACTERLESS"(like we all are very good fellas, look in your own soul).

This might be a vice, but only if drinking and smoking is a vice, which dont seem to be. We in India, are drinking too regularly (both rich and poor), and one day we will end up like germans!!

A wound will never heal if its left open for houseflies, water dust. prevention is done. and if someone is curing something, then he automatically takes prevention, but only prevention might not heal the wound.