Confused...

Between what is right and what is wrong. There is so fine a line between good and bad. Infact, the line is not there, everything is mixed, and I guess to make a line is as hard a problem as.... SVM in datamining :) (or may be harder!)
Anyways, I think this is common enough, and boring enough as I am not going to say here what is the exact confusion! But it does make me thoughtful, and refrain me from making a judgement about anyone. It is better to think of everyone just as "good" or "don't know", "bad" is a faulty and a cruel judgement.

Some questions

I have some questions revolving around in my mind for long, or say from the time I have started seeing myself as a Computer Engineer...

1. Assume all your degrees and certificates are gone. You have no piece of paper saying anything about you. Also, asssume there are absolutely nothing related to computers anywhere. Now, what can you do for your livelihood?

My options are - open a "dancing school for small kids", take some tutions of maths, physics..., teach in some primary school , work as a receptionist in a hotel, company etc...
What are your choices!

2. How far can you take a new civillization with your brain, knowledge and skills, if you are left alone with them with no aids of the present world?

I guess, for this one, mechanical engineers have an edge :)

Living IIT again...

When I was leaving IIT after 2 memorable years of MTech, one thing pained me more than anything else - that whatever may happen, I might come here again, I might meet the people again, see the department, the hostel again, but I won't be able to live those years again.
And whew!, the fate (or so many people who wanted to go to their homes or places at christmas time, and due to whom I couldn't get my reservation confirmed) gave me that rare chance too! :)
I spent my whole vacations (7 days!) in IIT, and spent them almost as older times!
That getting up late, feeling a little shameful for that, having a bath after much postponement and short naps, going to department, working a little (yeah, a little work of my old project, made it all the more realistic), having some tea from Badlu, going somewhere out with Chetan in evening.. coming back in night after dinner, try to work (this time this is for Chetan, I didn't work that hard), feel sleepy, sometimes have a walk outside, coffee at H8, going back to room, reading a novel (co-incidentally picked up Arthur C. Clarke again as while in IIT ), and sleep wondering how fast the day runs in IIT!
Yes, I lived the IIT again!