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I am a CS graduate, Working in corporate as a software engineer—does this give me satisfaction? Aaahhh... maybe to an extent. But do you know what brings peak satisfaction? Helping our parents with the knowledge we’ve gained. When it works well and they’re genuinely happy, it feels like all their hard work and love for us has finally shown results—or rather, never faded. So, curious what was this “great” thing I did? For me, it’s not anything grand. But for my parents, it is. They’re into business and trading. They found it tough to constantly open the calculator and derive conclusions. One day, my mom approached me saying, “This whole process of deriving conclusions is costing me a lot of time. By the time I figure things out, the market has already shifted—and my results are inaccurate.” I started listening to their requirements and thought—why not make an app? They strictly wanted it for personal use, so I respected that. I began applying my UI/UX knowledge to sketch out...

At the start of 2025, I had the opportunity to do an internship somewhere completely new—Hyderabad. It wasn’t my hometown, not the place I grew up, not my native place. I literally knew nothing about the city except the language. And I was about to stay there, alone, for 6 months. Let’s just say: it changed me, emotionally and physically. Did I enjoy it?— Absolutely yes. Did I learn anything?—Tons. Living alone isn’t a piece of cake—even making a cake is tough! There’s so much you discover about yourself when you step out of your comfort zone. Do listen to the audio version of this blog here incase you are not a person of reading ! 🎙️ Listen to: "The City Where I Actually Grew" Your browser does not support the audio element. Staying Calm When Life Feels Overwhelming The first big lesson: remain calm and composed. I won’t say overthinking is always bad, but when you start getting scared, that can mess up your whole experience . Trust me—staying positive ...

After six months of non-stop travel—boarding, unboarding, catching connections—I thought I had trains all figured out. But one random scroll through an article changed everything. I stumbled upon some wild facts, shared them with my friends, and we were all like: Wait, what? That’s insane. Turns out, trains are way more than just metal boxes on wheels. They’re engineering legends. Let me walk you through some underrated gems that’ll make you see them in a whole new light. 🛞 Wheels That Could Bench-Press a Car So here’s the deal: one train wheel weighs around 500 kg . That’s like stacking five adult humans into a single hunk of steel. And with 8 wheels per coach and 23 coaches on a typical long-distance train, you’re looking at a rolling heavyweight champion. And the cost? ₹70,000 per wheel . That’s not pocket change—it’s more than a decent motorcycle. No wonder Indian Railways is trying to make them locally now. ⚙️ Engines That Know Their Job Not all trains run on the same kind of eng...

Unlocking Market Potential with the Relative Attractiveness Index When I first heard about the idea behind the Relative Attractiveness Index (RAI) for my final year project, I’ll be honest—I had no clue what it even meant. I remember sitting in front of my laptop, searching everywhere for examples or existing tools, and coming up empty. There weren’t even many research papers to lean on. It felt like I was trying to build something from the ground up, with almost no roadmap. That challenge was both intimidating and strangely exciting. I realized if I could pull this off, I’d be creating something genuinely new—something that could help businesses make smarter, data-driven decisions about global expansion. How I and my Team Built RAI from Scratch The idea behind RAI was simple: give companies a way to compare countries using real economic and healthcare data, so they could pick the best markets for their needs. But with so few references, every step felt experimental. I focused on thr...

Are You Confused About Which Field to Choose? So Was I. Let me walk you through the journey of how I discovered my dream field. There’s a saying: "You can’t put your hands in all buckets" – If you do, it’ll only become a mess and you'll end up good for nothing. And yes, I was a mess—even during university—while pursuing my Bachelor’s in Technology. Choosing which bucket to dip my hands into was a really tough decision, mainly because of a lack of research and, of course, the mindset of " why settle for less? " So I kept trying out a bit of everything, here and there. Because once you dip your hands fully into something, it feels like there's no coming out of it. And just like that, two years of college flew by... Hold on, hear me out… It’s not like I was indecisive the entire time. I was clear about studying Computer Science ever since 10th grade (thanks to my amazing computer teacher—while everyone spent 3 years learning Java, she made me a ge...

How I Got My Groove Back (a.k.a. My Second Workshop Experience 😄) The first one was in college and that was pretty awesome-want me to write about it?-let me know in the comments.. So there was this workshop at NPS Sapthagiri College — yep, an actual, real-deal event — where we had to give a 2-hour talk to BSc first years about computer science. 🎤👨‍💻 This went down at the beginning of December 2024. Now here’s the thing: deciding the topic? Not easy. Took us a while. These students were freshers, just getting started with C programming. So we thought — hey, let’s talk about why DSA (Data Structures & Algorithms) is such a big deal, the magic of coding , and how Git & GitHub can literally make your life 10x easier. 😎 Our squad (a.k.a. The Vikasana Crew): Anmol, Dinesh, Kevin, and me — off on a mini adventure to this college. Okay so... confession time: one of us overslept . Not saying who 👀. Which turned our morning into a hormonal rollercoaster 🌀, but hey — we got luc...

-My first ever Hackathon experience So, we decided to give Vikasana a fresh start, and what better way than jumping into a hackathon? That’s how we ended up at MVJ College of Engineering in Whitefield for an on-the-spot-themed hackathon—Disaster Management. Our team? Me, along with three insanely smart people: Dinesh, Mihir, and Falisha—of course, all from Vikasana. They named our squad Homi Baba (because why not). The Pre-Hackathon Hype A day before the hackathon, we had a strategy meeting—what to do, how to plan, and all that jazz. Mihir was on full motivational mode: “Bruh, yess! Let’s go! We’re gonna win this thing!” Gotta love that mindset. Date: 19th Dec 2024. The Journey to MVJ First challenge? Getting there. Dinesh offered to bring his car, but for the sake of adventure, I took the metro. Rode my bike to the station, switched metro lines, then finally reached my stop and walked to the college. Three hours of travel—uff! The Arrival: Hackathon Begins We got our hackathon pass...

Okay...so it was my 2nd year of college when I joined vikasana the research and development team of my university... Well vikasana was like my dream destination... because it contained people of high potential and i was barely surpassing any of those capabilities like just hanging out the cliff.. joined and barely surviving...that type of intelligence and kindness was present in this group vikasana....one of the reasons for me loving vikasana even now...had a good bunch of seniors and made my journey in vikasana awesome... So now at this point I barely knew about design what it is... thought it's some lowky or let's say some feild like other feilds... Until I was assigned to one project and there is where I heard the term .. figma..  made me more curious like what the hell is this figma...me in utter state if confusion and a lost state of mind...me started exploring the figma website... bruhh that website looked soo...complex like what what is happening....I have no clue.... Th...

  There was a message from an anonymous sender stating, "Hello, we are looking for highly intelligent individuals, and thus this test." If they solved the test, they likely had a chance of actually finding out who they were, and this message was signed by the name Cicada 3301. It all started on 4th Jan 2012 on 4chan..an anonymous English language imageboard website for the age group 18-25. It's a community-based webpage ... I posted an image on a random board and signed the image with 4 digit code i.e. 3301 and challenged the users to uncover a message hidden in this... As soon as they posted the image many users started discovering what it could be and when they opened this image on Notepad they found a text and a link when deciphered and that link led them to another image...everyone thought this was the end of this puzzle, but when they used an app called outguess..they were able to extract hidden info within the image. This info led them to a subreddit which led them ...