Disabled man find his wings.

Born in Kolkata in 1977, Gautam was abandoned by his mother after he contracted polio when he was very young, 18 months old. His ‘original mother’ took him to the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata because she could not care for him.
''After being abandoned, he spent six years at orphanages He doesn't have too many memories of the seven years he spent in India except for going to church every Sunday with Mother Teresa and flying kite on the roof of his orphanage.
Gautam was later adopted by Patricia Lewis, a nuclear physicist whom he had met while he was having operations at the Rehabilitation Centre him walk. After adoption he migrated to the UK with his mother and have lived there since.''
In UK everything was massively different, and the education was second to none to him, he basically began his education at the age of about 10. Backed by a top education, Gautam realized that, despite his disability, he could achieve whatever he wanted to achieve. On finishing school, Gautam held various photographic exhibitions. In 2001 he began his career in music management, and his success bought him to the attention of the iconic Alan McGee, the driving force behind Oasis. “I literally became his right hand man,”. “My nickname in the business was Mr. Shoe because I would often lose a shoe at gigs but I would always find it again afterwards.” said Gautam.
For as long as he can remember Gautam said he has been thrilled by aviation. “I have always wanted to be a pilot. When I left India I was crying and upset but as soon as I got on the plane I was quiet I was fascinated. The only thing that calmed me down was the airport which I had never seen before. Flying was an even more fascinating experience and that flight was symbolic of a new beginning for me. Since then I had harbored a dream to become a pilot,'' says Lewis.
While continuing his career in the music industry he owns a private management consultancy which specializes in the charity sector signifevents.com and also works for an event management firm. Lewis now wants to become a flying instructor. He wanted to set up a flying school for the disabled and also organize fund-raising programmes for disabled and polio patients.
Since he can’t use his legs, he uses hand controls to fly planes which actually requires one to be more alert. Lewis has flown around the world and founded ‘freedom in the Air’, an NGO that trains disabled people to become pilots. “It is a privilege for me to be able to introduce a disabled person to the freedom of flight and the boundless possibilities it offers,” he says. “If you can fly, you can overcome everything else.”
Gautam has managed rock bands -big ones. He has his pilots license - he takes disabled children flying. He is the Rotary ambassador for polio awareness in India, a single person exhibited so many qualities. He has been brought back to India to highlight the need for vigilance and vaccination.
It is possible to give any child every chance to feel hope, love, affection, family, because with family you can really let go. Be mad, sad, angry, frustrated curious, happy. Thank god that Gautam had such pure bravado. Thank god that Patricia Lewis nurtured hope, in the handicapped child of an orphanage. His adoption into a loving home might be good fortune and he is lucky to have got so many opportunities which other polio victims may not have. However, it's Gautam lewis will power and discipline that led to his success. Hats off to the invisible courage of Gautam Lewis.

IIT- Madras Alumnus At Resonance

Ayush Goyal
B. Tech. (2003), M S, Purdue University (USA)
IIT - JEE (AIR): 956, Branch : Chemical Engineering

De-Stress and Discover Life !

"I am not able to perform...", "I'm not hungry; I am not able to concentrate "

The person at the other end could be your best friend from your institute, or even you. Most of the times, we tend to forget about these symptoms as soon as they disappear. But beware; these are but a few of the classical symptoms of a physical and psychological problem... 'Stress.'
Stress can mean different things to different people. To an engineer, it is the force per unit area of an element, to a linguist, stress is the emphasis given to certain syllables, while to a doctor, stress is the response of the human body to strong external or internal stimuli.
Stress is the most common modern ailment that affects the young and the old alike. When we are stressed, our bodies elicit extreme responses, such as anger, anxiety, sleeplessness, hyperactivity, distraction, detachment and even depression. Modern children seem more affected than those a few generations ago. There is hope yet to live and enjoy a near stress -free life if we take remedial steps at the appropriate time.
This brings us to the point...is all stress bad stress? The answer is no. Some amount of stress is necessary in our lives. Stress is the natural way of preparing itself for a fight or flight reaction, it is what keeps us on our toes while preparing for an important exam. Instead of wilting under stress, we can use it as a positive impetus to achieve success. Under stress, the brain is biochemically and emotionally sharpened to give its maximum performance. Then why to see the stress in a negative light at all? Well that's because like most things in this world, too much of stress is bad, and that is what we have to safeguard ourselves against.
As stated above, stress is the response of the body to strong stimuli. Let us see what exactly we mean by this. When the brain perceives a stressful situation developing, it releases stress hormones like adrenaline, the heart rate and blood pressure increase, the blood vessels below the skin constrict to prevent loss of blood in case of injury, our pupils dilate to give us clearer vision and the blood sugar level goes up giving us an energy boost. But the problem once again is that the more this response is activated, the harder the body finds to switch it off. Even after the stressful situation is over, the blood pressure and heart rates remain high along with the concentration of stress hormones in the blood.

The exam stress usually starts with parents themselves, who are earnestly and sincerely concerned with their children's welfare, and pass on this stress unwittingly. They go on adding to it and then expect their children, to be stress free during examination. Parents need to realize this fact that the children cannot remain relaxed until they themselves are.
Let's look at a few very simple methods to alleviate stress:
1. Breathing exercise: Make sure you are in a comfortable position. Inhale slowly through your nose for a count of four. Exhale to your mouth for a count of eight (or longer than the time you took to inhale). Relax your shoulders, neck and stomach muscles as you exhale.
2. Arm Stretch: Raise your hands above your head, fingers interlaced, and palms facing up. Push up as far as you can, but don't strain yourself too much. Hold for 10 seconds and let go. Repeat 5 times.
3. Head and neck roll: Relax your shoulders, and let your chin drop towards your chest. Slowly rotate your head in circles without straining the neck. Repeat 5 times. Change the direction of rotation and repeat 5 more times.
Apart from these simple exercises, the following pointers are also useful for the control of stress :
1. Don't over schedule: Take up only that much work which you can finish within the deadline. Drop the unimportant tasks.
2. Ask for help: In case you get stuck with your course work, never hesitate to ask for help. Nobody is perfect. Make mistakes and learn from them instead of worrying about getting everything right at the first shot.
3. Sleep: Getting a good night's sleep recharges the body and prepares it well for the rigors of the coming day. You must sleep for 6-8 hours per day.
4. Relax: Include at least one relaxing activity on your daily schedule. For example, play your favorite musical instrument or your favorite sport, read comics, sketch something etc.
5. Eat well: Give your body the fuel it requires to function at its best. Try and avoid junk food while stocking up on the nutritious food like cereals, green vegetables, fish, sprouts etc.
6. Manage your time: As a rule, give up procrastination. You will be amazed to find how relaxed you are when your work is completed in time.
In conclusion, we must realize that both, factors causing stress and methods to overcome it are present within us.
It is up to us to recognize the factors which lead to stress and work on overcoming them, or, to identify the activities which relax us and include more of them in our daily lives. We have to learn to be optimistic and use stress in a positive way to get motivated and reach our goals.

Name: Ravinder Singh
Reso Roll No: 601306 Batch: JP-1
IIT-JEE 2008 (AIR): 18
Name of the institute : IIT Bombay, Computer Science and Engg.

Q. What is Your Inspiration for IIT?

Ans. Both my elder sisters are medical students, they inspired me a lot during my preparation for JEE. I was motivated by their achievements and method of preparation and decided my aim accordingly.

Q. How did you manage all the three subjects and your division of study hours for all subjects?

Ans. I tried my best to divide more or less equal time for all the three subjects. Whenever I felt that any subject is being neglected by me, I decided to devote more time for that subject so that I can overcome my weaknesses in that particular topic. Physics: 2.5 hours, Chemistry: 3 hours, Maths: 2.5 hours

Q. Did you solve all the DPPs given to you in classes at Resonance? How did it help you?

Ans. I tried to solve as many DPP's as I could. It helped me a lot as it cleared my basic concepts and brushed up my knowledge every day, helping in my revision also.

Q. Did you go for extra material for study? If yes then name the books.

Ans. I read Physics Galaxy and University Physics (UP is very good for theory but not for practice) . In chemistry, Morrison Boyd and J D Lee was very useful. I was depending on class notes completely and practice problems in maths. You may find S L Loney, Hall & Knight to be very useful.

Q. How did you make a balance between studies at Resonance & school studies?

Ans. I completely separated my school life and the time after school. I even used to sleep during the time I got between the two. While I am in school I would listen to the teachers attentively. However I would not worry much about school studies.

Q. While preparing for IIT-JEE, what was your favorite hobby to refresh your self?

Ans. I used to listen to FM and watch movie whenever I felt I was tired and needed some kind of refreshment.

Q. What were your best prepared topics in Physics, Chemistry & Maths?

Ans. Physics : Mechanics. Initially it used to be my weak point and I lost a lot of marks in it. But during my preparation for Physics Olympiad I understood many basic concepts which helped me to apply my mind in a systematized way. Chemistry: Organic chemistry Maths: Calculus, P&C, coordinate geometry.

Q. Share some tips to increase one's productivity?

Ans. I think the best way is to give your mind and body adequate rest. There is no point in continuing studies when you think you are not able to give your best. While studying, try not to think about anything else and concentrate fully on the subject. One very important thing is to remain cheerful. Two years is a very long duration. You will not be able to cope up with the preparation if you keep on worrying about your marks or rank. Just give your best while preparing for the tests or exams and then do not worry about the result. This is true not just for JEE but also for other situations.

Q. How did you plan the final revision of whole syllabus of IIT-JEE in last few days?

Ans. Out of 13 available days I reserved 11 days for complete revision. Each day I used to study all three subjects according to the requirements. In chemistry, special emphasis was on inorganic chemistry. On 12th day, I practiced some test papers and on the last day I tried to calm myself.

Q. Tell us important topics according to you to revise at final countdown to IIT-JEE?

Ans. Physics: Waves, Thermodynamics and Modern physics are formula based and highly scoring. Be sure that you remember all the formulae. Chemistry: Inorganic, as it has to be remembered well. Maths: Revise formulae.

Q. 1 night before IIT - JEE?

Ans. Just have a good sleep of around 7 hours. Do not worry much as nothing can be done now. Give the exam next day in the best way you can.

Q. Tell us about people behind your success?

Ans. My family (who was beside me when I had fever on the day of the exam between the two papers), coaching and school teachers, who prepared me well for the final test, God and also a bit of myself.

Q. Give some advice to your successors at Resonance?

Ans. Have faith in your teachers as they are very much experienced. It is the quality that matters not quantity. This is true for study time, tests as well as study material.
“Just give your best while preparing for the tests or exams and then do not worry about the result”.

Aravind Adiga

Aravind Adiga's debut novel, ‘The White Tiger', won the 2008 Booker Prize. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. “At a time when India is going through great changes and, with China, is likely to inherit the world from the West, it is important that writers like me try to highlight the brutal injustices of society (Indian). That's what I'm trying to do, it's not an attack on the country, it's about the greater process of self-examination, points out Adiga.”
He took the 50,000-pound ($87,000-dollar) prize for a book described by the chairman of the judges as revealing "the dark side of India" at the glittering ceremony in London's Guildhall. Arvind Adiga was the youngest among the six short listed for this award.
He said his book - the story of Balram Halwai, a village boy who becomes an entrepreneur through villainous means - aimed to highlight the needs of India's poor.
Aravind Adiga was born in Chennai in 1974 to K. Madhava and Usha Adiga. He grew up in Mangalore and studied at Canara High School, then at St. Aloysius High School, where he completed his SSLC in 1990. He secured first rank in the state in SSLC. After immigrating to Sydney, Australia, with his family, he studied at James Ruse Agricultural High School. He studied English literature at Columbia College, Columbia University in New York, where he graduated as salutatorian in 1997. He also studied at Magdalen College, Oxford.
After finishing his studies, Adiga began his journalistic career as a financial journalist, interning at the Financial Times. With pieces published in the Financial Times, Money and the Wall Street Journal, he covered the stock market and investment and interviewing. He was subsequently hired by TIME, where he remained a South Asia correspondent for three years before going freelance. During his freelance period, he wrote The White Tiger.
He currently lives in Mumbai, India. About his debut prize winning novel, Aravind Adiga said that although India has "an extreme divide between the rich and the poor" his book wasn't a social commentary. he added further "It is a fact that for most of the poor people in India there are only two ways to go up - either through crime or through politics, which can be a variant of crime," “These people at the bottom have the same aspirations as the middle class - to make it in life, to become businessmen, to create business empires. They need to be given their legitimate needs - the schooling, the education, the health care - to achieve those dreams.”
The master-servant equation provides fodder for Arvind Adiga's fiction, The White Tiger .The central character of the novel, Balram is a true warrior who rises from lowly villager to become a chauffeur and then breaks all rules to become a fearless entrepreneur. The plot is presented through a series of letters written over a period of seven nights, through Balram Halwai, born in a small village in northern India, his parents couldn't even be bothered to give him a name, just calling him 'munna'.
His smartness was recognized by the school inspector who praised him as a 'white tiger', "the rarest of animals, the creature that only comes along once in a generation".
Also, he promises to arrange a scholarship for him but the family take him out of school and puts him to work at a tea shop.
Balram slowly manages to distance himself from his family. He learns driving and considering this as an opportunity to escape he becomes driver of Ashik and his wife who eventually brought him to Delhi.
The novel should make an interesting reading for people who like to understand the underlying complexity behind the calm of everyday life around us. The book presents a class struggle between India's wealthy and the poor.
Adiga's second book, Between the Assassinations, was released in India on 1November 2008. The book features 12 short stories.
The stories dramatize a range of responses from resigned acceptance to, even complicity with, the established order, to seething impotence and maddening rage.
Some of the stories, particularly those in the first half of the book, work very well because of the depth of Adiga's characterization of both person and place (and Kittur is the real protagonist of his work). Adiga's grasp of the contours of the world he is mapping seems much surer here than in The White Tiger, which posited a facile binary vision of “the Light” and “the Darkness” in 21st century India. An attractive feature of his work is the verbal tics he gives to his characters, as if to suggest that where human relations are out of joint, language too must always keep fumbling for meaning.

Krishna Bharat

Krishna clearly sees helping
people find news
information as a noble
and important mission.



Krishna Bharat is a Principal Scientist at Google who is famous for creating Google News। This service can automatically index about 4500 news website around the world and provide a summary of the News resources।



Krishna was born in India, and grew up in Bangalore, now an IT hub in South India. He completed his schooling from St. Joseph's Boys' High School in Bangalore, and received Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He subsequently received a Ph.D from Georgia Tech in Human Computer Interaction. Before joining Google in 1999, he was a member of the research staff at DEC Systems Research Center. His work on the Hilltop algorithm earned him a joint patent with Google. Hilltop is a critical piece in the way Google Searches works. His research work in the search engine space is highly acclaimed and he is a well respected authority in this area. Officially Krishna's title in Google is "Principal Research Scientist".
Krishna Bharat created Google News in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks to keep him abreast of the developments. In the months following the 9/11 attacks Americans started to realize how interconnected the world really was. Like many others Krishna turned to news on the web for answers - why did this happen, who was responsible, and what would happen next? Since then, it has been a huge hit and a popular offering from Google's services. It is interesting to note that Google News was one of Google's first endeavors beyond offering just plain text searches on its page.
Krishna Said, “We, at Google, had the capability to crawl the web really fast, analyze content and discover patterns. Why not put these capabilities to use to solve this problem? This was the germ of an idea that became Google News.”
In less than a year Krishna and his team had an automated service that could find all the news published on the web, from over 4000 sources, group articles by subject and rank them by importance. In essence, a single page from which one can access worldwide reporting on every story in the news.
In 2003 Krishna received the World Technology award for Media & Journalism. He founded Google's R&D operations in Bangalore, India along with Lalitesh Katragadda in 2004, and served as the center's first Director. Their goal was to transplant Google's culture and creative practices in India. The mandate was to create an equal office that would locally conceive, implement and deploy products to Google's worldwide audience. The key differentiator here is 'locally conceive'.
All of Google's offices strive to hire the same, high caliber of talent and give them all an equal opportunity to innovate. At Google all people have something called “20 percent time,” which allows every engineer to use a fifth of their time at work to explore pet ideas. For one day a week they can be the CEO of their own startup with Google as the VC. If something promising comes out of that effort the company turn it into a full-time project with resources and a launch plan. The aim is to awaken the inventor in every engineer.
Krishna provided details on how Google determines the relevance of stories and authority of sources. He described, how human editors determine the relevance of stories, a long list that included scope/impact, urgency, lack of negativity, unexpectedness, lack of ambiguity, the ability of the audience to identify with the story, elite (e.g. celebrity) references, consonance, continuity, market forces and local bias. Krishna then said that Google determines article relevance by looking at the authority of the source, timeliness of the article, whether it is an original piece, placement by the editors on the source page, the apparent scope and impact, and the popularity of the article.
Krishna did see personalization and recommendations for news as a long term goal, saying we want to "get the right news to the right audience." Overall, Krishna focused on the Google's mission of making information universally accessible and useful. He clearly wants to help people find news and be informed about world events, using whatever tools, personalization or otherwise, serve that mission.


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Google न्यूज़

Google News is an automated news aggregator provided by Google Inc. It was created by Mr. Krishna Bharat, an IIT-Madras alumnus. No human is involved in the altering of the front page or story promotion, beyond tweaking the aggregation algorithm. Google News left beta in January 2006. Different versions of the aggregator are available for more than 40 regions in 19 languages (as of 31 July 2008), with continuing development ongoing. Currently, service in the following languages is offered: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese (traditional and simplified characters), Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Arabic, Hebrew, Norwegian, Czech, Swedish, Greek, Russian, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Turkish, Polish and Malayalam.
Google News provides searching, and the choice of sorting the results by date and time of publishing (not to be confused with date and time of the news' happening) or grouping them (and also grouping without searching). In the English versions, there are options to tailor the grouping to a selected national audience. Users can request e-mail "alerts" on various keyword topics by subscribing to Google News Alerts. E-mails are sent to subscribers whenever news articles matching their requests come online.

RESONANCE - We are here for STUDENTS

Revised result of NTSE Stage I for Rajasthan was declared on 20-03-2010, and as always students of Resonance-PCCP division have proven themselves by capturing top ranks and the overall 99 selections out of the total 259 students who were declared NTSE stage I qualified from Rajasthan. More important then the result is the story behind the result, which we don't think generally occurs.

Previously on 4th March 2010 the result of NTSE stage I for Rajasthan was declared and that was a shock not only for us but for all those students who have worked hard to clear the stage I of this highly graded exam. None of the toppers (Classroom, Test series & Crash Course ) not only form Kota but also from Jaipur, Udaipur and rest of Rajasthan were able to secure their positions in the result declared by SIERT, Rajasthan. That was something unbelievable. Many of the students contacted us and they were not only surprised but also were depressed because the whole year they have worked hard for this exam and finally they came to knew that they were not able to make it to the II stage of this examination.

At this time the initiative was taken by Mr. Nilesh Gupta (Head of the Programmes- PCCP Division). He not only made us and the students believe that the rectified result will soon be announced, but also has shown the path how to get it rectified. Immediately under his guidance, meetings were held with the parents in Udaipur and they were asked to file complaints against the wrong result being declared.

The very next day,12 parents went to SIERT and asked for the Question paper as well as the answer key of the stage I paper under the Right to Information Act (RTI). After this he, himself conducted meeting with parents at Jaipur and Kota and advised parents to file their complain against SIERT, Rajasthan and ask for their wards performance under the Right to Information Act. More than 100 RTI's were filed against SIERT, and application were also sent to Honorable High Court, Rajasthan and Supreme Court- India.

Parents of not only the students from Resonance but others also who were not selected were guided by Nilesh sir in filing the complaints against SIERT. All this efforts forced NCERT (the national level organisation which conducts NTSE) to recheck the results declared by SIERT, Rajasthan. The initial reports which came from SIERT was not in our favour but we were not discouraged and asked our students to have confidence in us and most importantly themselves and to attend the stage II preparation classes (VIBRANT- Course), which started from 18 March. Five students turned up and joined the classes.


And on 20 March, 2010 the revised result has been declared and has proven us correct. The high drama which was staged by SIERT, by declaring a wrong result came to an happy end. But our efforts have definitely developed an enourmous confidence among the students and parents that in Resonance, the students are not only taught to study well and secure high ranks but also to fight against the odds, which many a time make them discouraged and brings them under depression.


PCCP Team

Students of Resonance shines in National Science and International Mathematical Olympiad.

Kota – 22.03.10 – In the recently declared results of National Science and International Mathematical Olympiads, students of Resonance have once again performed exceptionally well in the second stage.

Total 37 students and a total of 26 students of Resonance PCCP division have been selected in National Science and International Mathematical Olympiads respectively.

Head of the programmed Mr.Nilesh Gupta informed that a total of 18 students from Kota Study Centre, 15 from Jaipur Study Centre,4 from Udaipur Study Centre have been selected in National Science Olympiad and a total of 17 students from Kota Study Centre, 7 from Jaipur Study Centre,2 from Udaipur Study Centre have been selected for the third stage of International Mathematical Olympiad.

National Science, Cyber and International Mathematical Olympiads are organized by Science Olympiad Foundation, New Delhi. The aim of the Organization is to create interest about Science, Computer Education and Mathematics among the school going children.

National Science Olympiad is organized for the students from class 2nd till class 12th and is being organized in 2 levels.First level comprises of 60 minutes objective test which is conducted in various schools across India, the second level is conducted at national level at different centres across India.

21 students from Resonance achieved success in the second stage of various International Olympiads

In the recently declared result of various International Olympiads 21 students of Resonance have cleared the second stage. Out of the 164 students selected across the Nation, 21 are from Resonance.

Out of the total 21 students, 16 students are from Jaipur Study Centre, 4 from Kota Study Centre and 1 from Udaipur Study Centre. The selected students are from Resonance’s Yearlong Classroom Contact programmes (YCCP) and will now appear for the third stage of these Olympiads.

International Olympiads for Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology and Sr. Astronomy are organized for the students of class XI and XII. Also, International Junior Science Olympiad and Junior Astronomy are organized for students upto class X. First stage is upto regional level, Second upto National level, third stage is Orientation cum Scholarship Camp, fourth is Pre-departure Training Camp and the fifth & final round is International Olympiads. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Mumbai coordinates the preliminary four rounds of International Olympiads with the support of Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) and National Board of Higher Mathematics.

The legacy of Resonance in International Olympiad is not quite old but it is highly impressive and commendable. Students from Resonance have contributed 9 medals (2 Gold and 7 Silver) in last 3 years in the tally of medals won by Indians in International Olympiads. Out of these 9 students, 6 students were registered in the regular classroom programmes and 3 in correspondence programmes.

Total 36 students from India got selected in the second stage of International Physics Olympiad (National Standard Examination in Physics) out of which 02 students are from Resonance Jaipur Study Centre. Also, 03 students from Resonance Jaipur Study Centre out of the total 36 students selected have been declared qualified in the second round of International Chemistry Olympiad (National Standard Examination in Chemistry). 2 students each from Jaipur and Kota Study Centres have been declared qualified in the International (Sr.) Astronomy Olympiad in which total 36 students have been qualified at National level.

From a total of 35 students who got selected in the second stage of International Junior Science Olympiad, 1 student from Kota Study Centre, 7 from Jaipur study centre and 1 from Udaipur study centre have been selected. Resonance has also shown excellence in the International Astronomy Olympiad (Jr.).All the selected students are from Resonance’s Pre-foundation Career Care Programmes (PCCPs).

In the results declared 1 student from Kota Study Centre is selected in both International Junior Science Olympiad and International Olympiad, (junior category). From Jaipur Study Centre 1 student got selected in International Physics, Chemistry and Astronomy (senior category) also 1 student got selected in both International Junior Science Olympiad and International Olympiad, (junior category).

99 students of Resonance shine in NTSE (first stage).

Kota - 22.03.10 - The revised result of the NTSE Phase I, which was conducted by SIERT, Udaipur in the month of November 09 was declared in March 2010. In this result 259 students from Rajasthan have been declared qualified for stage II. Out of these 259 students, 99 belong to Resonance Pre-Foundation Career Care Programme (PCCP) Division.

Out of the selected 99 students 31 belong to PCCP Kota Centre, 46 from PCCP- Jaipur, 13 from PCCP- Udaipur centre and 9 are from Distance Learning Programme Division. In this result the cut off marks for General category was 124, for SC category it was 95 and 100 for ST category.

Students who have cleared the Stage I are eligible for Stage II, which will be held on 9 May 2010.Earlier on 4 March also, the result of NTSE stage I was declared by SIERT, Udaipur, which was full of discrepancies and mistakes. For this, parents made various complains and finally SIERT had to accept that there were some technical faults in result preparation which led to the announcement of wrong result. Due to growing pressure from parents, SIERT has revived its complete checking process and has come out with the revised result.


According to Mr. Nilesh Gupta, Head of the Programme Resonance- PCCP Division, they have been preparing students for these prestigious exams for the last four years and have been giving brilliant results. So far 431 students have been selected as NTSE scholars. He also stated that a crash course for Stage II preparation will soon be started at PCCP- Kota centre and this will be started in other centres also.

Resonance Students excelled in KVPY

Kota, 22 March-2010 : Resonance has once again excelled in the domain of Competitive Examinations with 52 Selections from its Classroom Contact Programmes in the final Stage(Personal Interview) of Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY). The result of the Exam has recently been declared.

21 students of Class XI & 20 students of Class XII from Kota Study Centre of Resonance appeared in the exam out of which 13 students of XI & 18 students of XII have been selected in the Interview. Similarly 22 & 3 students of Class XI & XII from Jaipur Study Centre appeared in the Exam out of which 18 & 3 have been selected respectively. All the selected students are from Regular Classroom Programmes of Resonance.

KVPY is an Examination conducted by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore & funded by the Department of Science and Technology of Government of India। The main objective of the examination is developing the interest of the students in the research work in the field of Science & Technology. The students of Class XI, XII & undergraduate can appear in this examination. The Exam is conducted in two stages. Stage -1 is a Written Test which is followed by the Interview which is the final stage of the Exam.

More information on KVPY is available at http://www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy/about.html.

Knowledge Pays Off

Why are the kilogram weights hexagonal?
Kilogram weights are hexagonal for stability, as volume is the surface area multiplied by height. For a hexagonal object, the surface area is maximum as compared to other angular shapes, plus the height is fixed for every weight. The higher the surface area, the better the stability.
What is super string theory?
It is a model of fundamental physics whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than the zero-dimensional point particles which form the basis for the standard model of particle physics. By replacing point-like particles with string, an apparently consistent quantum theory of gravity emerges. Moreover, it may be possible to unify the known natural forces (gravitational. electromagnetic, weak nuclear and strong nuclear forces) by describing them with the same set of equations as described called the grand Unified Theory (GUT).
What particles are emitted when gamma rays strike a metallic plate? What is the phenomenon called?
Gamma rays, like light rays, are basically electromagnetic rays. When gamma rays of optimum frequency strike a metal plate – they emit electrons (negatively charged particles). This phenomenon is called the photoelectric effect.
What are Polar Coordinates?
It is a system of coordinates in geometry whereby the position of a point, say P, in a plan can be determined with reference to a fixed point called origin, denoted by O, and a predetermined direction represented by a ray OA. The measure of length OP, denoted by r, and the measure of the angle that OP makes with OA, generally denoted by a Greek letter theta, are called polar coordinates of P and, P is called the graph of r and theta. One pair of values of r and theta corresponds to only one point in the plane and one point in the plane corresponds to only one pair of the values of r and theta.
How is a satellite phone different from a cellular phone?
Satellite and cellular phone are wireless devices. They almost look alike but the way they work is totally different. A cellular phone functions on the basis of cells, and hence are called cell phones. The whole network area is divided into small areas and an antenna is installed in each area. These are also called towers. When a cellular phone is moving, it enters from one cell to another. When it crosses the border of one cell, the phone sends a signal to the MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office). With the help of Control channel the data base of the MTSO relocates the phone in a new call or area. Satellite phones use low earth orbiting (LEO) satellites. When a satellite phone is turn on, a signal goes up to any number of satellites of a group the phone is registered with. When a person make from his handset, a signal goes to nearest orbiting satellite. The satellite connects to the gateway or ground station. Than the gateway takes the call to the destination.
What does Probiotic mean?
Probiotic is a microbe that protects its host and prevents disease. The best known probiotic is Lactobacillus acidophilus, found in yogurt, acidophilus milk, and supplements. Probiotics counter the destruction of helpful intestinal bacteria by antibiotics. They are useful in preventing antibiotic-as-sociated diarrhoea. The yeast SBoularduu and three strains of Lac- tobacillus are also useful.
What is a crystal radio?
A crystal radio is the basic form of a radio, which can detect radio signals without a power supply. It has very few parts and it can be built in a short time with commonly available items. It works best if there is a transmitter within 40 km of the set. Simple crystal radios are often made with a few handmade parts like an antenna wire, tuning coil of copper wire, crystal detector and ear phones. A crystal radio receive programmes broadcast from radio stations which convert sound into radio waves and send out the signals everywhere. The crystal radio antenna, a very long wire, picks up the signals and passes them through the set as an electronic current. It uses a crystal detector to convert this radio wave electricity to sound electricity. The detector can be made from a special rock of galena in a holder. It uses earphones to convert the sound electricity to the sound you can hear.

विक्टर कप 2009

Resonance had it's own Oscar Moments

23 students of Resonance excelled in "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY).

In the recently declared result of "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana",students of Resonance have once again performed outstandingly.18 students from Kota Study Centre,3 from Jaipur Study Centre,1 each from Nagpur and Lucknow Study centres have been selected for the fellowship.

The "Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana" (KVPY) is a program started during 1999 by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to encourage students of Basic Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to take up research careers in these areas. The aim of the program is to identify and encourage talented students with aptitude for research.

This program strives to assist the students to realize their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is developed for research and growth in the country. Generous scholarship and contingency grant is provided (up to the Pre-Ph.D. level) to the selected students.

In addition, summer programs for the KVPY Fellows are organized in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country.

The KVPY is funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The program is administered by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc, Bangalore), through the overall control of the Chief Executive (SID). The selection of students from those who are studying +1, +2, any U.G. Program including First/Second year Engineering/Medicine are carried out by IISc (Bangalore), IIT-Bombay (Mumbai), and ICMR (New Delhi), respectively, in association with two Zonal Centres one at Kolkata (Indian Institute of Science Education Research, Kolkata) and another at Mumbai (HBCSE, TIFR). There are special groups or committees set up at IISc, IIT and ICMR which screen the applications, conduct interviews at various centres, make the final selection and attend to follow-up matters.

The Department of Science and Technology - the nodal agency of the Government has entrusted the overall responsibility for organizing the scheme to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and set up a National Advisory Committee (NAC) for overseeing its implementation. A Basic Committee and a National Scientific Committee has been set up to monitor various aspects, both administrative and academic, of the KVPY Program.

Duvvuri Subbarao

The IITian who put his signatures on critical & unusual documents besides the usual Indian currency, as a measure to curb recession।

Fears of a global financial meltdown have grown as the world's biggest bankruptcy plunged global markets into turmoil. Investors were left reeling as the abrupt demise of the Lehman Brothers investment bank sparked the biggest shake-up on Wall Street in decades. Shares fell as fear spread through the financial system. Central banks unveiled urgent measures amid concerns that the world economy was entering a dangerous new phase. The 5,000 Lehman staff in Britain was clearing their desks in the country's biggest single loss of jobs. The majority of the bank's 26,000 staff around the world were seen losing their jobs. Lehman was felled by the weight of about $60 billion in toxic bad debts. This was the entire scenario which was the indicator of the most threatening economic upswing all over the world.
In today's interdependent world economy, no country, including the US, Germany, Japan and the UK could remain aloof and sustain growth; nor the global economy immune to developments in the major Asian countries which accounted for as much as 40 per cent of world's economic activity. India is also not remaining untouched to the recession impact. Indian was severed with:
1. Reduced liquidity in the Indian economy
2. Reduced industrial output
3. Reduced job opportunities
4. Stock Market is lingering in the bottom
5. Real estate market has started to take a beating
6. Inflation has increased
7. GDP has come down and the GPD forecast was to be only average
RBI’s new governor D Subbarao promised to take quick actions in case of liquidity constraints. He also said that RBI had taken many measure to increase the dollar liquidity like easing of external commercial borrowing (ECB) norms, raising NRI deposit rates and allowing banks to borrow from their overseas subsidiaries and branches.
It was an unexpected move by the government of India to appoint its Finance Secretary Duvvuri Subbarao as the Governor of Reserve Bank of India. Subbarao took over from Y. Venugopal Reddy, the previous governor on 5 September 2008. His term as Governor will end in September 2011. He is the twenty-second Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Subbarao has wide experience in public finance and has held important posts in this area.
Duvvuri Subbarao was born on 11 August 1949 in Eluru, a small town near Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. He did his schooling from the Sainik School in Andhra Pradesh.
After joining the IAS, Subbarao worked as the joint secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India between 1988 and 1993. Subsequently he became the Finance Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh between 1993 and 1998. On completion of his term, he was deputed as lead economist in the World Bank from 1994 to 2004. On completion of his term, he was appointed to the Prime Ministers' Economic Advisory Council from 2005 to 2007 before he was elevated as the Finance Secretary in 2007.
The new RBI governor took over at a time when India's annual rate of inflation was ruling at a 16-year-high, even as the country's economic growth has slowed down to 7.9 per cent for the first quarter as opposed to 9.2 per cent for the corresponding quarter last fiscal.
After taking the position of Governor Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Duvvuri Subbarao stated confidently at his first news conference that for sustained economic growth, it is essential that inflation and inflation expectations be contained. The current high level of domestic inflation reflects a combination of supply-side pressures as well as demand-side factors. The RBI also said it aims for wholesale price inflation to fall to about 7 per cent by the end of the fiscal year in March 2009.
On the measures that have been initiated by the RBI, Subbarao said the intent of the RBI was three-fold - to maintain a comfortable rupee liquidity position, to maintain a comfortable foreign exchange liquidity position and to ensure that credit continues to flow to productive sectors. India's inflation slowed to a nine- month low, giving the central bank room to cut interest rates further to support a faltering economy.
In Just 27 days from October 11, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) infused cash in the banking system equivalent to 3% of India's Rs 53,31,480 crore gross domestic product estimate for this fiscal year. The liquidity infused now Rs 1, 80,000 crore is Rs 20,000 crore more than what the central bank had mopped up. The flood of cash is around 78% of the government's total plan expenditure of Rs 2, 05,100 crore for this fiscal.
This greased the credit market that had frozen after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 15, and helped the overnight call money rates to fall from 20% on October 10 to 5.25% on December 30 at the Mumbai interbank call money market.
The government decided to spend an extra Rs 20,000 crore this fiscal, besides concentrating on efficiently spending Rs 300,00 crore before March to stimulate growth. The decision to cut taxes and spend extra throughout the fiscal to boost the economy is equivalent to another 2% of India's GDP estimate, as per the finance ministry.
The central bank took additional steps to make short-term loan cheaper. It reduced the rate at which it gives short-term loans to banks (Repo) by 250 basis points in just 43 days between October 20 and December 8.
India's central bank moved, in the month of November slashed its key short-term lending rate or Repo rate by 50 basis points to 7.5 percent and banks' cash reserve requirement (cash reserve ratio or CRR or the proportion of deposits banks need to keep with the central bank) by 100 basis points to 5.5 percent to maintain financial stability and ease the credit crunch that has roiled the domestic financial market.
Inflation in India has fallen below the central bank's 7% fiscal year-end target amid lower fuel costs. Easing prices may allow central bank governor Duvvuri Subbarao to cut interest rates for the fourth time in two months and implement the “aggressive monetary policy” the finance ministry says the country needs to support growth. “The declining inflation trend will continue and that gives the Reserve Bank of India enough legroom to cut borrowing costs,”
Subba Rao is showing an IITian spirit and he said “Since the impact on India is from the global financial crisis and because the crisis is still uncertain and unsettled, it will be difficult to precisely estimate the duration of the impact. But one thing I do want to say that when there an upswing, common confidence are restored to the market and when the world economies start recovering, India will be the first to recover. We will be the fastest to recover,”
He is married to Urmila Subbarao, also an IAS bureaucrat of the 1975 batch Subbarao has two sons named Mallik and Raghav. Like their father, both of them are IIT alumni.

He did his bachelor's in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (class of 1969) where he was the recipient of Director's Gold Medal. He then completed his master's in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
After graduation, D Subbarao became an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre and topped the 1972 batch। Subsequent to joining the IAS he did his MS in Economics from OHIO state university (1978) and was a Humphrey fellow at MIT during 1982-83. He has Ph. D. in Economics from Andra University.





What is CRR Rate?
CRR is Cash Reserve Ratio. It is the ratio of deposits which banks have to keep with RBI. When you deposit Rs 100 to your bank, bank gets Rs 100 and now can use this money to lend others, but they have to put some part of it with RBI , if CRR is 8% , they will have to deposit 8 with RBI and they are left with Rs 92 .
So when CRR is decreased, Banks are left with more money to lend and when its increased they are left with less, even though 1% decrease in CRR leaves bank with 93 instead of 92 , this Rs 1 is big enough thing .
What is Repo Rate?
When you take loan from some bank you pay interest for that, in the same way , these banks also take short term loans from RBI , and the interest RBI charges from them is called Repo rate . So if Repo rate is 9%, and some bank takes loan of Rs 100 from RBI, they will pay interest at the rate of 9%.
Repo Rate is also linked to the interest we pay for loans from Bank. Banks need to charge more interest than they are paying, so if Repo rate is 8%, they will charge more than 8% for loans which they give, If Repo rate comes down, banks may also consider the interest rate they charge us.
How do Repo Rate and CRR help to ease Inflation?
Repo Rate: When Repo rate is increased, the banks can have to pay higher interest to government and they also charge higher interest from common public which gets discouraged to take more credit from banks, because of which there is less supply of money in system and there is less Liquidity?
CRR : Its easy , if CRR is increased , banks have to deposit more money in with the bank and it results in less money creation in economy , and hence people have less money to buy things and they will think twice before paying higher price for something .
In this way one can say Repo Rate and CRR are two tools which RBI uses to control the liquidity in country and as Inflation is linked to liquidity, it can be controlled to a great extent.

'Aaj Ka MLA' Had A Tough Ride

Hard work, firm determination and hope amalgamated together and stirred thoroughly ignites a spark and hunger to achieve the greatest and this is best epitomized in none other than Hari Shankar Khatik, M.L.A. (Jatara assembly area, M.P.)
In Palera (Tikamgarh District, M.P.),Hari Shankar Khatik was born on December 10,1968 to a harijan family. He has seven siblings. His father was a farmer and earned his livelihood by working day in and day out on farms. His mother was a lady of high values and strong will and used to sell vegetables in the market.

Diminutive in stature and narrower in circumference, his childhood bore an indelible mark of stark poverty but even though he inherited the best of his mother and father and transformed himself in an iron man of hard work and strong will. He was the most persevering amongst the seven of his siblings. His inclination towards studies made him do persistent efforts in whatever time he got after helping his parents.

After completing his School education, he did his polytechnic from Naugaon Bapu College. He also got selected for Bachelor of Engineering in Bilaspur, but due personal reasons couldn't pursue that. During his personal telephonic interview he clearly asserted that things somehow took shape according to his perceived notions by being selected in two different engineering colleges on the basis of his merit but destiny had some other plans for him and so finally he ended up doing diploma in civil engineering. He also admitted that from the very beginning he had a keen interest in politics.

He started his political career by being a member of Indian Students' Association. He was then married and proved the world that he possessed not only the good qualities of a responsible son but also a caring husband. He left no stone unturned to lift his wife to the rank of the member of Municipal Corporation and Vice President Nagar Panchayat.
There was no looking back whence Mr. Kahik first raised himself to the position of the president of Nagar Panchyat and he then became the Member of Legislative Assembly (Kharagapur) under the reign of a powerful administrator Uma Bharti, who belongs to Bhartiya Janta Party. In 2003, he won the assembly elections at Sagar region by 27500 votes which was an unbeatable record and created a history.

Even after achieving success which was the result of his perennial hard work, he kept his life simple and down to earth. He believed and still believes that success is not material or overt or external but it is certainly covert and internal. Going through the different ordeals of life, he has imbibed from his own experiences that life is a roller coaster with upswings and downswings and so an individual should never forget his/her roots, values and principles with which he/she has been nurtured with.

His ability to think ahead of his present time and his craving to be associated with people gave him an edge as during the time of famine when the people of other areas were abandoning the famine stricken areas, people of his constituency did not do the same. He immediately took the corrective actions by distributing food and cloths. He also benefited rural children by raising the level of education from primary to secondary and senior secondary. He promoted girl education and also has to his credit, the construction of dam at Palera area, Madhya Pradesh.
He revolutionized the pathetic conditions of roads and electricity. Today, one of the reasons of Bundelkhand's prosperity and managed state of affairs is suitable supply of electricity and proper construction of roads, whose major responsibility goes to Mr. Hari Shankar Khatik.
As a result of his quite visible efforts, he became the only candidate in the year 2008 to bag the only seat at Jatara (Tikamgarh) in the legislative assembly elections from Bhartiya Janta Party and was seen as the only ray of hope for the party and his efforts were recognized not only by the people of his constituency but by the people of other constituencies also like Jatara and he today is working as a State Minister Tribal Welfare Department.
Owing to his tangible contributions and sincerity, he is being seen as the strongest candidate for the fifteenth Lok Sabha Elections at Tikamgarh District.

At the end, his message to all youngsters can be summed up as follows:

“Courage my boys, Do not be afraid though thy path be dark as night, There is a star to guide the humble, Trust in God and do the right”.

Reso Reaper

Hemant Noval
Reso Roll No: 603843, IIT-JEE Year-2008
AIR - 24, Name of Institute: IIT Bombay
(B। Tech. Computer Science)



Q. What is required to get into IIT?
Ans: Firm determination, confidence, hard work and systematic preparation will get one into IIT. One should have all the above qualities to crack JEE.
Q. How much time did you devote on an average for your preparation? What was your daily time table? How did you divide your course in those hours of study?
Ans: It was not fixed as I used to go to school, but on holidays I used to study 8-12 hours. Daily timetable included revision of the class lectures, homework and reading from books for those topics which required special attention. Division of course depended on the particular topic being taught at that time, hard topics were given more time. Also I specially focused on practice and reading of topics which were my weakness.
Q. What are the important topics for special attention?
Ans: I would say Calculus in math requires special attention. Rotational dynamics and electrodynamics in Physics are important. Ionic equilibrium and quantitative analysis in chemistry should be properly studied.
Q. How does one cope up with the school syllabus and preparation for the IIT-JEE? Did you take extra efforts to prepare for board examination?
Ans: Boards should be taken seriously as they are also important for our career. In preparation for JEE, almost all the concepts and topics are covered which are in boards, so for boards one has to simply read the textbooks (say NCERT) and assimilate the main concepts. School exams can easily be taken if one has enough knowledge of JEE stuff. I used to study for the school exams also, mainly one day before and I studied exclusively for boards in the preparatory holidays for boards.
Q. How many questions one should attempt to get into IIT? How tough is the paper?
Ans: Number of questions to be attempted is not fixed; more focus should be on efficiency rather than attempting questions. It's better to solve 60% questions with 100 % efficiency rather than attempting 80% questions with 25 % of them incorrect. The paper would be more conceptual rather than anything else, so if one’s concepts are strong the paper would appear normal. Moreover systematic study with complete knowledge will get one through the exam comfortably.
Q. Give some tips for increasing one's productivity while studying? How did you refresh yourself from the hectic schedule?
Ans : Periodical breaks are necessary while studying as studying continuously results in decline of one's efficiency and that is why one feels a further decline in the level of his/her concentration and that is the reason for taking periodical breaks by doing things which are a source of relaxation, for example listening music or playing something etc. While studying one should always remember one’s goal, which keeps one motivated throughout and also helps in maintaining concentration. I used to play cricket daily to keep myself refreshed and also used to listen music in my study breaks.
Q. What is your Success mantra? Give some advice to your successors at Resonance who are preparing for IIT-JEE?
Ans: My success mantra is confidence. I believed in myself and never lost confidence even in hard times and always tried to be calm and patient for my preparation. I would advice my juniors to stay cool and confident as anxiety and tension will make you go down. You should have faith in yourself and should remain refreshed throughout the preparation of JEE.
Q. While preparing at Resonance how did you evaluate your performance after each CT, APT & JPT?
Ans: I would first see which questions I had attempted wrong and accordingly I would take the corrective measures. The rank in the tests helped me to analyze my performance, that whether I had gained or lost and always tried to maintain a good rank. I used to judge whether I performed according to my level or not, or the so called silly mistakes had decreased. I also used to focus a lot on those questions which were difficult and used to work upon them to improve those particular topics for future exams.
Q. What was your first reaction after giving the IIT-JEE examination? Which topic did you think should have been given more importance for the increase in your percentage or performance in the JEE?
Ans: I was quite happy after giving JEE paper because nothing unusual happened during the course of the exam. I think if I would have focused more on Calculus then I could have scored more.
Q. Whom do you wish to give the credit of your success? To what extent did your family contribute in your success?
Ans: The credit of my success goes to God, my parents, my brother and my grandfather, who is not with us anymore. My faculty members and my hard work also played a great role in my success. Support and confidence of family is also important because that keeps one refreshed and motivated throughout the period of preparation. My stay with my family during my preparation for IIT-JEE helped me a lot in my preparation.

16 Students of Resonance PCCP among 21 selected in STATE SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH EXAMINATION (SSTSE)

The results of State Science Talent Search Examination, which was conducted
by Science and Technology department on 22.Nov.2009 was declared today.
Out of the total 21 selected students,16 are from Resonance, Pre-foundation
Career Care (PCCP) Division.
Bhanu Pratap Tanwar, who stood first in the state, is a regular student of
Resonance,PCCP - Talwandi centre (Kota). The other selected meritorious
students are - Kaviti Sai Saurabh (Kota), Swapnil Agarwal, Pranav Vyas
and Udit Agarwal (Udaipur centre) and Royal Jain, Shrishti Gupta, Abhinav
Mittal, Arpit Gupta, Shreya Goyal, Krishna Gupta, Pratish Goyal, Nikita
Talwani, Tushar Marda, Anand Gupta and Shreya Agarwal from Jaipur centre.
Head of the Programme Mr. Nilesh Gupta, Resonance - PCCP Division,
said that this examination is conducted in a single stage and students of
class X (Central and State Boards), who have scored above 50 per cent
marks in class IX are eligible to appear in this examination.
Toppers in the State as well as District level are awarded with a cash prize
and a Certificate of Merit. The other deserving students are honoured with
a Certificate of Merit।



Bhanu Pratap Singh Tanwar, All Rajasthan Rank : 1



















Swapnil Agrawal , All Rajasthan Rank : 3 (

















Royal Jain, All Rajasthan Rank : 4

Tennnessee Wiliams

A writer that revolutionized the literary genre!!!

Is there anything called Depression or Disturbed Mental Equilibrium or Neurosis?
Tennnessee Wiliams, a twentieth century American Dramatist and a Pulitzer Award winning writer stands as a testimony of the fact that failure, neurosis or depression can easily be dealt or done away with by simply presenting and exposing the inner thoughts and emotions through emphatic writing.
A detailed account evinces the dynamic qualities of the writer and a voracious reader who in hardships made writing and books his best friends.

Tennessee Williams ranks after Eugene O’Neill as the greatest twentieth century playwright in the history of American letters, and a little higher than such contemporary masters as Edward Albee and August Wilson. Williams won two Pulitzer Prizes, for- A Streetcar Named Desire (1947) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), and won New York Dramatic Critics Award for The Glass Menagerie (1944). His other major plays include Summer and Smoke (1948), The Rose Tattoo (1951), Camino Real (1953), Sweet Bird of Youth (1959), and The Night of the Iguana (1961). In addition to his two Pulitzers, Tennessee Williams was nominated four times for the Tony Award for Best Play, winning once, for The Rose Tattoo. His last Best Play Tony Award nomination came 16 years after his death, for Not about Nightingales. He also won four Drama Desk Critics Awards.
Born to Cornelius and Edwina Dakin Williams on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi, Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams was amply prepared for writing about society’s outcasts. His mother was an aggressive woman, obsessed by her fantasies of genteel southern living. His father, a traveling salesman for a large shoe manufacturer, was at turns distant and abusive. His older sister, Rose, was emotionally disturbed and destined to spend most of her life in mental institutions.
Critics and theatre-goers recognized Williams as an important American playwright, whose plays, as fellow dramaturge David Mamet calls “the greatest dramatic poetry in the American language” (qtd. in Griffin 13) beautifully distilled human emotions from the prism of reality.
His writings gave a new dimension to theatre by transforming the conventional theatre into an Expressionistic one. Emerging into prominence just as the second world war came to a close, Tennessee Williams offered theatre-goers a new ‘plastic’ theatre, more caustic than the escapist dramas of war years, but nevertheless more engagingly sensitive than the social dramas of 1930s.
Plastic theatre employed unconventional techniques, offering his audiences a view of reality filtered through a poetic imagination. His plays presented social catastrophe, predicament and psychoanalysis of the misfits or solitary beings in a symbolic manner that is manifested through the nostalgic mood that is through narrator’s memory, elaborate production notes, the use of the scrim, slide projections, music, lightening effects and the visual symbols like glass menagerie, iguana besides the subtler religious myths.
According to a 1962 TIME Magazine cover story published at the height of his success, he had made $6 million (over $40 million, when adjusted for inflation) from his writing, and was enjoying an annual income of $200,000 a year (about $1.4 million), soaring the heavenly heights of fame and fortune.
Inspite of undergoing continuous lobotomy and being under the state of depression, he purified his inner self by writing intensively with a self appealing alacrity. His writings portrayed cultural failure and brought prominently ‘The Great Depression’ of 1930 to the forefront.
He very powerfully highlighted the subconscious of human beings rather than emphasizing the conscious and brought to the surface the crude reality of emotional & intellectual hollowness through his writings.
His writings regret the romanticism of the culture of the south which seems to be in sharp contrast to hostile modern and suffocating environment of the north. His imagination is fashioned from memory, fantasy and deep longing for love and rescue, coupled with a sense of despair and marginalization.
His writings are still held to be more successful due to their inner probing of a lost person in the corrupt and materialistic world of twentieth century.
Various approaches and studies suggest that his writing is the voice of common man and women. His art is combined with the other experiences and ideas of his life in the deep well of his unconscious. Hence his plays invite a constant revaluation.

_________

“Writing distills human thoughts and leads to purification of human emotions, rightly defined as catharsis.”

__________

“Catapulted the thought process during cultural failure in America through his writings by stirring the subconscious.”

__________

“A writer that brought about theatrical advances and Expressionism in the America.”

_______

“Neurosis and Depression can be distilled and done away with powerful presentation of one’s own experiences in life. “

_________

“Brought about a renaissance in American writings and theatre.”

_________

Farmer’s son tops IAS

Such was the determination and innate desire of Shri Mutyalaraju Revu, who proved his worth and mettle by doing unremitting hard work and withholding unshakable determination.
Born in a farmer’s family, Revu hails from Chinagollapalem village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. His two brothers and father (Narasimha Murty) are farmers at Chinagollapalem village and earn their livelihood by farming. Unlike his two brothers, he possessed a very strong aptitude towards studies and always wanted to excel in it and this fervor was throughout kept alive by his father by supporting him in his every endeavor.
Revu completed his B.Tech from Warangal and thereafter did his masters from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. In the year 2003, he got selected in Indian Engineering Services conducted by UPSC and in this capacity he served the department of railways for two years. His confidence increased manifold at his first success by being selected in Indian Engineering Services and this motivated him to achieve more and the best which he had already pre conceived for himself. Fate could not support him in his first attempt in the year 2004 for Civil Services. But his will power and strong determination kept him moving non-stop towards his lofty goals. He then made it in the year 2005, by being selected as an IPS officer under Indian Police Services.
A man of focus, persistent efforts and strong determination could not satiate himself, instead he worked incessantly hard to realize his dreams and finally in the year 2006-07, all his efforts and labor was awarded when he topped the Civil Service Examination which he always dreamt off.

I credit my success to my parents, friends, roommates Vijay Kumar and Srinivasa Rao, senior Lakshmi Narayana. It is the result of hard work, perseverance and well execution of the planning.

When asked in an interview that why he wanted to opt only for civil services, his modest answer says all about him by asserting his true self of selflessly serving the humanity with heart so pure and vision so clear. He thought of qualifying civil services with a motto to empower those villages which are remote and lack the basic amenities and one of them being his own village where he lost his own sister and six of his very close friends.

I come from an island village Chinagollapalem in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. My village lacked transportation, education and even medical facilities. My own sister in December 1995 and six friends of mine in November 2000 died due to lack of transportation and medical facilities. These two incidents changed the course of my career into civil services, as civil services offer wide range of opportunities for overall development of villages like that of mine.

It was then that he took an oath to serve mankind and help those areas which are a total cut from the rest of the country and also are short of basic necessities like proper transportational, educational facilities, health services etc.

“Full many a gem of purest ray serene,
The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flow’r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.”

But Revu, son of a farmer, proved an exception to the above mentioned lines of Thomas Gray and emerged victorious and triumphant.
Mutyalaraju Revu, an Other Backward Class (OBC) candidate from a small village, has topped the highly competitive civil services examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) at a time when the country debates the issue of reservation for OBCs in higher education.
Revu, 27-year-old, has surpassed 473 successful candidates including 214 general category qualifiers to top the merit list.
According to his uncle Venkanna and Director of Shrirams IAAS (centre wherein he underwent the preparation for IAS), Mr. Shri Rangam Shri Ram, industrious Revu not only possesses furious determination to revolutionize world around him but relentless efforts also to achieve that goal of his. His conviction in selfless service and his clear principles gave him enough courage and confidence and made him do extraordinary.
During the period of his ceaseless efforts, he kept his morale high up by looking up to the toppers of the previously held civil service examination and by reading loads of motivating and enriching books and one of them being Vivekananda. He was and still is a staunch believer of Vivekananda’s one of the sayings, stating – “Arise, Awake and Stop not till the goal is reached”.
In one of his interviews when asked how to face the final interview for Civil Services, he affirmed that one should always be honest, optimistic and confident. One need not answer all the questions to get a good score but if any answer is not known, one can politely say, ‘I don’t know, Sir’, instead of guessing the answer. One should be cool throughout the interview. He ascertains that an individual can only outshine others when he/she is genuine and true from within and consistent in his/her efforts to achieve the desired goal.
Shackled by circumstances, Revu never stopped his journey to attain his pre-determined goal and his unbreakable conviction and continual hard work made him reach the altitude with a clean attitude.

People come and people go but some make ineffaceable mark on the impressionable minds and Mr. Mutyalaraju Revu is one among them.

A message of hope

With the increasing awareness and quite a dominant role of media both electronic and print, there is so much buzz about social security and need for recognition in the society of the contemporary world. From childhood to adolescence to an adult, a human being passes through many stages, which are also known as cyclic needs, beginning from physiological to safety to social to esteem and finally to self–actualization. Esteem needs, which are a way to self–actualization, are only fulfilled, when one fights the competition and stands out as a winner and one such competition is cracking IIT–JEE as it bestows on an individual immense glory and tremendous recognition. The path leading to self–actualization is full of challenges and cut throat competitions. We at Resonance have made our dear students love challenges and have moved heaven and earth to make them diehard fans of competition.
This year’s IIT–JEE will be conducted on April 12, 2009, offering my dear students plethora of golden opportunities by once cracking JEE and entering the portals of Indian Institutes of Technology. Continual revision and practice accompanied with meticulous planning, organization and then execution will certainly give them an edge. Students should definitely count on their Class Notes, DPPs & Sheets as they are the best revision tools and also on their teachers, who acted as mentors at every step, by following and acting on their guru mantras. Combined hard work of both, students and Resonance will positively bring in loads of colors in the lives of students, both appearing for IIT – JEE and entering the doors of Resonance.
The new aspirants, who have believed in Resonance, will undoubtedly find Resonance an ideal place to accomplish their dreams and achieve the stunning success in a blinking of an eye provided the required efforts go in for the preparation for IIT–JEE as undertaken by their successful predecessors.
Resonance has grown enormously in just 8 years recording an enviable 3655 selections (2486 from class room and 1169 from Distance Learning Programmes) from 2002 to 2008. We without doubt look forward to achieve more with the implementation of curriculum prepared under the rigors of Research and Development Department making the curriculum latest and at par with JEE paper pattern with your support and persistent labor in making the curriculum effective. Resonance has now spread out at different places of the country maintaining similar provisions, data and teaching methodology, to make it easier for IIT aspirants.
At the end I would like to quote few words of inspiration by Robert Frost for my old and new students-
“Woods are lovely
Dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep
And miles to go before I sleep
And miles to go before I sleep”.


R K verma