Radio City Crash

Hi I got this good looking ASP.NET error screen when I choose New Delhi at www.radiocity.in.
Looks they missed a trick there.

Khaamoshi achchi nahi

Khaamoshi achchi nahi inkaar hona chaahiyay
Yeh tamaasha ab sar-e-bazaar hona chaahiyay

Khaab ki ta'beer per israar hay jinko abhi
Pehlay unko khaab say baidaar hona chaahiyay

Ab wohi karnay lagay deedaar say aagay ki baat
Jo kabhi kahtay thay bus deedaar hona chaahiyay

Baat poori hay, adhoori chaahiyay a'e jaan-e-jaan
Kaam aasaan hay isay dushwaar hona chaahiyay

Dosti kay naam per kijiyay na kyun kar dushmani
Kuch na kuch aakHir tariq-e-kaar hona chaahiyay

Jhoot bola hay to kaayam bhi raho us per Zafar
Aadami ko saahib-e-kirdaar hona chaahiyay

Main Kudha Rehta hoon

Main aapnay gussay pe fida rehta hoon
Main zamaanay se khafa rehta hoon
Mujhse milna hai toh tanhai mein mil
Main akele mein kudha rehta hoon

Koi Baat Nahi

Yeh wafa ka silaa hai toh koi baat
Yeh dard tumnay diya hai to koi baat nahi

Yehi bahut hai ki tum dekhaty ho sahil se
Safina doob raha hai to koi baat nahi

Rakha tha aashiyana-e-dil main chhupa ke tumko
Woh ghar tumne chhod diya hai to koi baat nahi

Tum hi ne aayeena-e-dil mera banaya tha
Tum hi ne tod diya hai to koi baat nahi

Kiski majaal kahe koi mujh ko deewana
Agar yeh tumne kaha hai to koi baat nahi

Design Patterns - New course :(

No I have not joined college back nor am I talking about some new certification introduced by Microsoft. I am talking about a course run by my office called "Design Patterns". My office has started this university concept where we need to undertake new courses being introduced. In the process we need to complete certain assignments and finally take up 1 big exam. What will this earn us - some credits and a chance to get a promotion. In fact, this is the only way that we can get a promotion.

And now, we are presented with this new course on the Design Patterns. The course had started 2 weeks back and I have not even started looking at the course material. I just happen to know that we need to complete and submit a single assignment that is composed of 3 design patterns which a brief about our choice for the patterns.

Looks like this will be a long weekend for poor me. :(

My latest assignment - Silverlight 2.0

I was working on this new module I have been assigned in office when I came across Silverlight. Actually, I had to convert a WPF application into silverlight. The straight forward reason being - if it is on the web it is accessible from every where.

The conversion was not a straight forward one as Silverlight differs from WPF in a lot of ways. It supports a lot of things differently then WPF - backround images, brushes, control templates etc.

Silverlight can be made to run on any browser that has the Silverlight plugin installed - its 4.8 MB. Actually, the plugin is nothing but a mini CLR. Just as in Java, to run applets u needed JRE, in .NET to run Silverlight u need Silverlight plugin.

Silverlight applications are actually downloaded on the client and are actually run from the client machine only. Therefore, every user is actually running his own copy of the application. This brings Silverlight application quite close to windows programming with the difference that it runs in a browser.

There is not a lot of help about Silverlight on the net but http://www.silverlight.net can help u figure out answers to common programming tasks.

One more thing worth mentioning here is the WebClient class that helps u to receive response from a Uri. I leave it up to u guys to explore it in more details. However, it was something I required to get my job done :).

I m really satisfied things have come out and look to present it to my boss on Monday morning.

Cheers

UPA all the WAY!!

The verdict is out - its UPA (United Progressive Alliance) that has secured the majority in the Lok Sabha Elections 2009. In a much anticipated end to the election process that took place in 5 phases it was the UPA that had came out triumphant leaving the NDA (National Democratic Alliance) in dismay. The NDA surely needs to go back to drawing board to plan out their strategy while they still in the opposition for a straight 2ND time.

As far as I can remember, BJP/NDA really came into the big picture when Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpai formed a coalation government. Actually, it was then that the NDA was born. That government was actually could not complete its term.

Since then it has been Congress all the way. They romped in Sonia Gandhi which really provided them a boost and result was a Congress lead UPA government. Mrs. Gandhi clearly the differece this time around between the 2 sides and emerged as a National level leader.

I believe, this time too Congress had a clear picture about what they wanted to do. They brought Rahul Gandhi into the picture and started projecting him as the future. Gandhi junior was soon joined in by his sister Priyanka too. Rahul made it clear that he impress himself upon the nation as its future leader and also try and become popular among the youth. And now it can be safely said that the strategy has paid off.

On the other hand, after Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpai, BJP could never find National level leader who they can project as Prime Minister. BJP chief, Mr. Adavni is not really famous and that is not a secret. He is viewed as a hard-nosed politician who puts Hinduism before everything else. BJP had some able leaders and it is hard to figure out where they have disappeared. Call it a lackluster policy or a power game inside BJP itself, leaders like Mrs. Sushma Swaraj could never come up to the level they were capable off.

Anyways, for the time being, in fact for the next 5 years it looks to be UPA.