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Friday, August 27, 2021
English Questionnaire Application (Level Earth, Hour 4)
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Thursday, August 26, 2021
Grandpa's will (Journal, 2021-Aug-27)
Index of Journals
To be clear, the article is wrongly titled. A good title would be: Property Dispute
I was not sure as of 2021-Aug-20 01:45 AM whether my grandpa wrote a will.
While am writing this I find myself as a careless person since my grandpa passed away in February of this year.
To that it has been roughly 6 months.
Srishti does not have an idea about his will. She is pointing me to grandma.
I had checked with Manju bua about Tri Nagar's house but she is refusing to comment on it and pointing me to grandma or Yashvir uncle or Kumkum aunt.
Her reason is that they are the elders in the family.
Such a lame reason. Her DOB is 1966-Nov-03.
Yashvir uncle (chacha) is 4 years senior to her and Kumkum aunt (bua) is 6 years senior to her.
A few days later to checking with Manju bua, I checked with Granny and she told me that grandpa never wrote a will.
At first, I thought the situation had blown out of hand since Manju bua told me that now the house was under co-ownership of dad's generation, but grapevine talk tells me it hasn't.
My friends Anil Dahiya and Sandeep told me that grandpa's property should be in granny's name.
My Chemistry teacher from High School used to tell me:
Man makes mistakes, fools repeat them.
Anil Dahiya many times uses this phrase:
Human makes a particular mistake only once. (He once said it about his marriage.)
But my grandpa made a mistake twice. That mistake is of family planning.
First time was at the birth. Not his. But his children. He bore six children.
Second time at the death. This time it was his. His didn't write a will.
Read this post again while listening to: "Tony Igy - Astronomia"
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
An upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) is an illness caused by an acute infection, which involves the upper respiratory tract, including the nose, sinuses, pharynx, larynx or trachea. Medication Amoxycillin 500 Period: 5 Days Timing: Day and Night (after food) Medication Side-effects Rare: feverURTI
A common viral infection that affects the nose, throat and airways. Upper respiratory tract infections usually resolve within seven to 10 days. Symptoms usually resolve within two weeks and include a scratchy or sore throat, sneezing, stuffy nose and cough. Treatment includes rest and medication to relieve symptoms.Stats
Very common: More than 10 million cases per year (India) Spreads easily Usually self-treatable Usually self-diagnosable Lab tests or imaging rarely required Short-term: resolves within days to weeksHOW IT SPREADS
By airborne respiratory droplets (coughs or sneezes). By touching a contaminated surface (blanket or doorknob). By saliva (kissing or shared drinks).
Command 'git stash'
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash
No local changes to save
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing> echo "20210826" > 20210826.txt
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Untracked files:
(use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
20210826.txt
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash
No local changes to save
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git add -A
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
(use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
new file: 20210826.txt
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash
Saved working directory and index state WIP on main: 9f1b42f Merge branch 'test_branch' into main
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git branch
* main
No changes appear in "Git Log"
1: Here we have stashed changes.
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git log
commit 9f1b42fe6b2cf1fbc3781cdb463b284f871ad291 (HEAD -> main, origin/test_branch, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Merge: d210505 087a5ca
Author: unknown <ashishjain1547@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 21 12:41:37 2021 +0530
Merge branch 'test_branch' into main
commit 087a5ca85b88f7303d025e8770183a6eabbeca7a
Author: unknown <ashishjain1547@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 21 12:29:09 2021 +0530
20210721 1229
2:
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(2)\repo_for_testing>git log
commit 9f1b42fe6b2cf1fbc3781cdb463b284f871ad291 (HEAD -> main, origin/test_branch, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Merge: d210505 087a5ca
Author: unknown <ashishjain1547@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 21 12:41:37 2021 +0530
Merge branch 'test_branch' into main
commit 087a5ca85b88f7303d025e8770183a6eabbeca7a
Author: unknown <ashishjain1547@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 21 12:29:09 2021 +0530
20210721 1229
Now We Apply Our Stashaed Changes Again
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
nothing to commit, working tree clean
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>dir
Volume in drive C is Windows
Volume Serial Number is 8139-90C0
Directory of C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing
08/26/2021 06:05 PM <DIR> .
08/26/2021 06:05 PM <DIR> ..
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 368 .gitignore
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 30 20210528_test_branch.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 17 202107141543.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 17 202107141608.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 17 202107211228.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 11,558 LICENSE
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 11 newFile.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 38 README.md
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 23 test_file_20210528.txt
9 File(s) 12,079 bytes
2 Dir(s) 66,473,070,592 bytes free
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash list
stash@{0}: WIP on main: 9f1b42f Merge branch 'test_branch' into main
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git show
commit 9f1b42fe6b2cf1fbc3781cdb463b284f871ad291 (HEAD -> main, origin/test_branch, origin/main, origin/HEAD)
Merge: d210505 087a5ca
Author: unknown <ashishjain1547@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 21 12:41:37 2021 +0530
Merge branch 'test_branch' into main
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash apply
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
(use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
new file: 20210826.txt
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
Changes to be committed:
(use "git restore --staged <file>..." to unstage)
new file: 20210826.txt
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>dir
Volume in drive C is Windows
Volume Serial Number is 8139-90C0
Directory of C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing
08/26/2021 06:16 PM <DIR> .
08/26/2021 06:16 PM <DIR> ..
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 368 .gitignore
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 30 20210528_test_branch.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 17 202107141543.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 17 202107141608.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 17 202107211228.txt
08/26/2021 06:16 PM 13 20210826.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 11,558 LICENSE
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 11 newFile.txt
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 38 README.md
08/26/2021 04:15 PM 23 test_file_20210528.txt
10 File(s) 12,092 bytes
2 Dir(s) 66,475,622,400 bytes free
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash show
20210826.txt | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash list
stash@{0}: WIP on main: 9f1b42f Merge branch 'test_branch' into main
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash clear
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash list
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>git stash show
No stash entries found.
C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\(1)\repo_for_testing>
Ref: git-scm
Command 'git config'
Git config variables can be stored in 3 different levels. Each level overrides values in the previous level. --global use global config file --system use system config file --local use repository config file - - - - - - - - - - (base) CMD> git config usage: git config [<options>] Config file location --global use global config file --system use system config file --local use repository config file --worktree use per-worktree config file -f, --file <file> use given config file --blob <blob-id> read config from given blob object Action --get get value: name [value-regex] --get-all get all values: key [value-regex] --get-regexp get values for regexp: name-regex [value-regex] --get-urlmatch get value specific for the URL: section[.var] URL --replace-all replace all matching variables: name value [value_regex] --add add a new variable: name value --unset remove a variable: name [value-regex] --unset-all remove all matches: name [value-regex] --rename-section rename section: old-name new-name --remove-section remove a section: name -l, --list list all -e, --edit open an editor --get-color find the color configured: slot [default] --get-colorbool find the color setting: slot [stdout-is-tty] Type -t, --type <> value is given this type --bool value is "true" or "false" --int value is decimal number --bool-or-int value is --bool or --int --path value is a path (file or directory name) --expiry-date value is an expiry date Other -z, --null terminate values with NUL byte --name-only show variable names only --includes respect include directives on lookup --show-origin show origin of config (file, standard input, blob, command line) --show-scope show scope of config (worktree, local, global, system, command) --default <value> with --get, use default value when missing entry - - - - - - - - - - (base) CMD> git config --list http.sslcainfo=E:/programfiles/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt http.sslbackend=openssl diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process filter.lfs.required=true credential.helper=manager add.interactive.usebuiltin=true core.editor="E:\\programfiles\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe" --wait core.autocrlf=true core.fscache=true core.symlinks=true pull.rebase=false user.email=ashishjain1547@gmail.com filter.lfs.required=true filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process* - - - - - - - - - - (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop>git config --get user.email ashishjain1547@gmail.com If a variable is not set, it returns empty line and fails silently. (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop>git config --get user.name (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop> - - - - - - - - - -Check Global Configurations:
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain>cd C:\Users\Ashish Jain (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain>dir .gitconfig Volume in drive C is Windows Volume Serial Number is 8139-90C0 Directory of C:\Users\Ashish Jain 05/03/2021 09:52 PM 167 .gitconfig 1 File(s) 167 bytes 0 Dir(s) 66,402,430,976 bytes free ~~~ (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain>type .gitconfig [user] email = ashishjain1547@gmail.com [filter "lfs"] required = true clean = git-lfs clean -- %f smudge = git-lfs smudge -- %f process = git-lfs filter-process - - - - - - - - - -How to view all settings?
Run git config --list, showing system, global, and (if inside a repository) local configs Run git config --list --show-origin, also shows the origin file of each config item (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain>git config --list --show-origin file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig http.sslcainfo=E:/programfiles/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig http.sslbackend=openssl file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.required=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig credential.helper=manager file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig add.interactive.usebuiltin=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.editor="E:\\programfiles\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe" --wait file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.autocrlf=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.fscache=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.symlinks=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig pull.rebase=false file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig user.email=ashishjain1547@gmail.com file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.required=true file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process - - - - - - - - - -When We Are in a Repository:
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain>cd C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\repo_for_testing (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\repo_for_testing> (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\repo_for_testing>cd C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\repo_for_testing (base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\repo_for_testing>git config --list --show-origin file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig http.sslcainfo=E:/programfiles/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig http.sslbackend=openssl file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.required=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig credential.helper=manager file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig add.interactive.usebuiltin=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.editor="E:\\programfiles\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe" --wait file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.autocrlf=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.fscache=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.symlinks=true file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig pull.rebase=false file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig user.email=ashishjain1547@gmail.com file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.required=true file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process file:.git/config core.repositoryformatversion=0 file:.git/config core.filemode=false file:.git/config core.bare=false file:.git/config core.logallrefupdates=true file:.git/config core.ignorecase=true file:.git/config remote.origin.url=https://github.com/ashishjain1547/repo_for_testing.git file:.git/config remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* file:.git/config branch.main.remote=origin file:.git/config branch.main.merge=refs/heads/main - - - - - - - - - -Check Which Entries Are At Which Level
(base) C:\Users\Ashish Jain\OneDrive\Desktop\repo_for_testing>git config --list --show-scope --show-origin system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig http.sslcainfo=E:/programfiles/Git/mingw64/ssl/certs/ca-bundle.crt system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig http.sslbackend=openssl system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig diff.astextplain.textconv=astextplain system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig filter.lfs.required=true system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig credential.helper=manager system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig add.interactive.usebuiltin=true system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.editor="E:\\programfiles\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe" --wait system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.autocrlf=true system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.fscache=true system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig core.symlinks=true system file:E:/programfiles/Git/etc/gitconfig pull.rebase=false global file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig user.email=ashishjain1547@gmail.com global file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.required=true global file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.clean=git-lfs clean -- %f global file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.smudge=git-lfs smudge -- %f global file:C:/Users/Ashish Jain/.gitconfig filter.lfs.process=git-lfs filter-process local file:.git/config core.repositoryformatversion=0 local file:.git/config core.filemode=false local file:.git/config core.bare=false local file:.git/config core.logallrefupdates=true local file:.git/config core.ignorecase=true local file:.git/config remote.origin.url=https://github.com/ashishjain1547/repo_for_testing.git local file:.git/config remote.origin.fetch=+refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* local file:.git/config branch.main.remote=origin local file:.git/config branch.main.merge=refs/heads/main
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Using Git commands on Android Phone
Step 1: Install "Termux" App from Play Store.Step 2: Open "Termux" App and run "apt update".
Step 3: Install "git" using command "pkg install git".
Step 4: Trying out "git clone" on a Public Repository hosted on GitHub.
Step 5: Viewing the files.
Step 6: Allowing "Storage Access" for "Termux" via "Android Settings".
Step 7: Moving public repository files here and there for easy access outside of Termux.
Viewing files in 'Downloads' on Lenovo Moto Phone
Redme MIUI Does Not Allow Viewing Termux Files via Downloads AppOpening Termux files via "Downloads App" on Lenovo Moto C Plus. 1.a. Open "Downloads App"
1.b.
2. Select "Termux" in the "Left Sidebar Panel Menu".
3. Now you are in the "Termux" home directory.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Multifactor Authentication protects you from scrapers and automation tools (Case study of LinkedIn)
1. Linkedin Scraping and Logging Issue with MFA2. LinkedIn Scraping - Google Auth fails as Google knows that you in an automated environment
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Article 15 of the Constitution of India
Article 15 of the Constitution of India forbids discrimination on grounds only of: 1. religion, 2. race, 3. caste, 4. sex, or 5. place of birth It applies Article 14's general principle of equality in specific situations by forbidding classifications made on protected grounds. While prohibiting discrimination based on prejudice, the Article is also the central issue in a large body of judicial decisions, public debate, and legislation revolving around affirmative action, reservations, and quotas. As of the 103rd Amendment of the Constitution of India, Article 15 has five clauses. General prohibition against state discrimination Clause (1) prohibits discrimination against citizens on protected grounds. (1) The State shall not discriminate against any citizen on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them. Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender people are also protected by Article 15, as discrimination against them is discrimination on the basis of 'sex' as interpreted by the Supreme Court. Horizontal prohibition of denial of access Clause (2) mandates that citizens may access various public or commercial spaces or utilities without discrimination on protected grounds. (2) No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place of birth or any of them, be subject to any disability, liability, restriction or condition with regard to: (a) access to shops, public restaurants, hotels and palaces of public entertainment; or (b) the use of wells, tanks, bathing ghats, roads and places of public resort maintained wholly or partly out of State funds or dedicated to the use of the general public Clauses 3-6: Special provisions for disadvantaged groups Clauses (3)-(5) create exceptions or 'special provisions' for these general prohibitions, by allowing the State to create special provisions for women, children, socially and educationally backward classes, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Women and children (3) Nothing in this article shall prevent the State from making any special provision for women and children. Socially and educationally backward classes (4) Nothing in this article or in clause (2) of Article 29 shall prevent the State from making any special provision for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes. Reservations in educational institutions (5) Nothing in this article or in sub-clause (g) of clause (1) of Article 19 shall prevent the State from making any special provision, by law, for the advancement of any socially and educationally backward classes of citizens or for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes insofar as such special provisions relate to their admission to educational institutions including private education institutions, whether aided or unaided by the State, other than the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of Article 30. Economically weaker sections (6) Nothing in this article or sub-clause (g) of clause (1) of article 19 or clause (2) of article 29 shall prevent the State from making— (a) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5); and (b) any special provision for the advancement of any economically weaker sections of citizens other than the classes mentioned in clauses (4) and (5) in so far as such special provisions relate to their admission to educational institutions including private educational institutions, whether aided or unaided by the State, other than the minority educational institutions referred to in clause (1) of article 30, which in the case of reservation would be in addition to the existing reservations and subject to a maximum of ten per cent. of the total seats in each category. Explanation — For the purposes of this article and article 16, "economically weaker sections" shall be such as may be notified by the State from time to time on the basis of family income and other indicators of economic disadvantage. Ref: Wikipedia: 20210819
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
The Story of the Bench (Journal)
Index of Journals
Is bench a bad thing? Some of you might not even be aware of what I am going to talk about and yet you might think that a bench is that place to sit you find in a public park. All of you are right whether you know what a bench is. Because ultimately both are made for people who do not have anything to do. The bench in a corporate company is a code attached to your profile that signifies that you do not have a project. What exactly is a bench code? 1. Transition phase as move between projects: Once your project gets over, you fall on bench. Next, you appear in client interviews to get back into a project code. 2. Starting phase: When you join a service-based company, you start with a bench code. Then you would be immediately interviewed for the position or profile you were hired for. The interview that you crack to join the company has little to do with the client interview so keep preparing while you are on bench. 3. Disciplinary phase: If you do something that your manager has to put you off the project, he or she deallocates you from the project and put you on bench code. Any misbehavior, bad language, absence from meetings, inconsistent timings of logging in and logging off, drugs, information security breach may result in you being unmapped from project code and mapped to a bench code. I would share my experiences when I first joined the company in August 2018 and was on a weeklong bench of “Type 2”. The bench for new joiners is a bit different from the way experienced folks take it. New joiners have questions of this sort: 1. Who can get me a project? 2. Whom do I talk to? 3. What trainings, courses, certifications should I take? 4. What if I get the work that matches my profile and interest? All of these were my questions too. At that time, I called everyone to everyone I knew was related to my company: Kunal Jain (from Manu Apartments), Abhishek Shukla (from NIEC), Employee Relations HR, Business Process HR, Talent Planning Department manager, co-joiners, and whom not. Luckily, I got the call in next one or two days from my project manager and I got the project. An interesting thing had happened during this time: I was having a perplexed face, demotivated soul, and loneliness one afternoon when I was going towards Employee Care Center and Rohit Sud found me. That was a game changer, and my life turned a bit positive and less punishing that moment on. Due to shortage of time: I'd answer the question with which we started: Is bench a bad thing? Answer is: Yes, it may affect your appraisals, promotion, hike, track record, image and career.
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Journal - 20210815 - Is my salary low, here's the answer, Yashvir
Index of Journals
I am so angry that I would right off jump to few conclusions:
1. I wish nobody should have an uncle like Yashvir.
2. Yashvir is repugnant.
3. Yashvir is despecable.
The above three conclusions also apply for Seema (my aunt).
When you write out your emotions, it literally has a cooling effect.
At Toastmasters, I learnt that you get 1-2 minutes for Table Topics. You are shown:
Green card at 1 minutes,
Yellow card at 1:30 minutes and
Red card at 2 minutes (30 seconds grace on upper side);
This is to make sure you communicate the desired message within an allotted time.
FYI: According to the National Center for Voice and Speech, the average conversation rate for English speakers in the United States is about 150 wpm.
That means I should close a post in roughly 300 words.
I had to meet Ashna for the first time on the 9th of August and for that reason I was in Mayur Vihar on the night of 8th of August. I was there for the first time since grandpa's death.
Grandma was happy but there was a surprise humiliation waiting for me from uncle and aunt.
Uncle convinced me that my salary was low by being assertive like a ‘broken record’.
I gave him several reasons that I was okay with my salary since:
1. I told him the plate of food served to me by Seema would have roughly costed Rs 80 since it was having milk cheese (paneer) vegetable mix in it. And that I can afford such a plate of food myself.
2. I told Yashvir that my company is giving me non-monetary benefits, so I don’t need to run after money especially.
3. I told him I have cleared multiple job interviews (such as with Ericson or PWC) but I did not change the job because I was okay with my present job.
4. I told him that comparison of my salary with that of Kirti or Sambhav does not make sense because a security personnel in Infosys has his son selected at Tekion at a slaray package of 12 LPA and that the founder of Tekion is the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Tesla Inc., and reported directly to Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla. Prior to joining Tesla, Vijayan also held positions at VMware and Oracle.
5. He said my salary should be 35 LPA by now after knowing my experience. To this I stated (what I learned from Anil Dahiya), that at 7 years of experience, you cannot expect ratio of years of experience to LPA to be 1:5.
What I could not say to him on face is this:
1. 6 months back, Yashvir’s son (Prashant) was still in college doing MS at a US university with his father’s money, while I paid for my Masters’ with my own salary.
2. My mother is a person who needs to be looked after while all the bua and Seema is very much in good shape to look after themselves and look after their families.
3. Yashvir and Seema spoiled my childhood and now they have been also staying in this grandpa’s house in Mayur Vihar claiming it to be thier’s while telling me things about Tri Nagar or buying a house for my own.
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Journal (2021-Aug-14)
Index of Journals
The kid above is showing middle finger on my behalf to the following people: 1. From society: Hardik Vashishth, Sanjay Sharma, Veena Ralli, Mudita Gupta, Naresh Taneja, Mahima Gupta, and Swati Tondon. 2. From NIEC/ADGITM college: Tanuja Nautiyal, Gareema Sethi, Priti Verma Dhaka, Anshu (English teacher) 3. From Family: Yashvir Singh Jain, Seema Jain, Parvesh Jain, Kumkum Jain, Rekha Jain and Prashant Jain. Writing about your day seems much simpler than writing about your sister's wedding. For one: you don't have to think deep and put the facts, memories, recollections in an orderly fashion so that they resemble a story with: 1. A beginning 2. A body, and 3. A conclusion You can go on and ramble about things and people you saw or met during the day and those people or things have found a place in your head so much so that you want to write about them. The day is a big success if I reach Chandigarh alive tonight by around 2AM. Yes, you are right if you are thinking that am in Haryana roadways bus. Haha, am still a crier. You would know from this line: The bus fares have increased from ₹245 in Aug 2018 to ₹305 today. Now after all the sobbing and crying: Here is the story of getting a room painted, not any other room but granny's. I usually go to this tea shop near Prachin Hanuman Mandir. The tea shop is on the other side of the drainage or you can also say the bridge. Every day plenty of laborers, masons, plumbers, electricians, painters and caffeine addicts might be visiting his shop so I was there and dropped my number after asking him for a painter. This is how Rajuddin came into my life. Pretty romantic, isn't it? I traveled to Delhi this weekend to get the work related to driving licence done. But then Rajuddin had been trying to reach me since few days. We also had been on calls a couple of times but I could not make up my mind with respect to price he was quoting of ₹7500 for one room. Well, he spoke well, would call me 'Ashish Bhai' or in English that would mean Ashish brother and apart from granny's room, he also painted the kitchen. Mom was insisting that we get someone else who would paint a room in a price around ₹3000 but I let Rajuddin do it since I needed it done fast and am aware that money spins the world so he would be inclined to listen than fool around if given few bucks more. He did five things as part of painting the room. 1. A bit of brushing the walls here and there (not done in my presence, so can't comment how well they (Rajuddin and 'Rambabu') did it). 2. Applying the putty to level out the uneven surface of the walls before painting. From what I could see on the painted walls, surface wasn't even and flat at all places but there were no major dips, crests or troughs :NotSureHowToPutIt 3. Then primer (white paint like liquid) 4. Then colored paint. The white color. 5. After walls are done, they paint doors and windows. Overall, am happy with how the room now looks. It was like a room in an abandoned house before the paint work. The last paint work that this room might have got must be before 2001. So that's after 20 years, this paint work is happening. I am so happy. There is one transaction about which I need to check: if mom got back the security amount we paid for ladder or Rajuddin kept it to himself. --- The second story is of my tenant Sanjay. This man whom I call Sanjay Ramesh since the time Sanjay and Chanchal were once tenants last year. Ramesh is Sanjay's chacha or to explain to you: Ramesh is the younger brother of Sanjay's dad. After Sanjay comes back from work, we go out to have tea. Yesterday, we also went for dinner. Dosa and coke at the Bangla Restaurant: a pretty popular one with modern furnishing and air conditioning. The place has a standard that com s out from the way it sells coke because it sells coke at a high price in its own paper glass and straw like McDonald's. Now whatever conversation Sanjay and I had should not be put online in public domain but this person is really a beautiful person from inside. He has the same problem that I am suffering from. We are both looking for a bride. The problem for him is more serious as he is 33 and not as educated as me, doesn't earn as much as I do, and also because his speech is not very clear. His tongue slips on few syllables such as he would pronounce T in "tomato" as T in the Hindi word for 'you' that is 'tu'. When I spoke to him, I treated him like the protagonist and myself in the supporting role like Kamli (Kamlesh) was to Sanju (Sanjay Dutt), like Bachchan bhaiya was to Bala (Balmukund). The statement he repeated atleast a couple of times made me very emotional. He would say: I would bring my wife and family here if I had any. And, thinking about it is bringing a quotation by Mahatma Gandhi in mind: What's basic necessity for you might be luxury for another. Food for me and an expensive family outing for Sanjay.
Friday, August 13, 2021
2011-Jan-08 (Chat with Vibha Bharadwaj)
Index of Journals
8 January 2011 Happy Birthday, Sameer! I started the day with exercise. I went to the open grassy walks at the back of the society. I feel really awful sometimes to know that my height is short. I came back home at about 1100 and was watching movie afterwards. Aunt went to temple, and when she returned she just threw fits on me for not putting the side-chairs down from the sofa. She said she had told me this thing before leaving, and guess what, she hadn’t. Plus, I was just about to put them down before she entered the door so that makes me feel not guilty. We got pretty much into verbal mess, but it never became a brawl. I watched the movie and it was good. But, I was never in good mood, felt pissed as reached my bed, as if my whole body is too familiar with the surroundings of that corner of the house. Prachi was eating lunch with Anu and Prashant. I went to have a bath. And after that, I spent sometime in sharing jokes with Anu and Prachi. I didn’t want anything to go wrong, in my absence. Who can trust a ten-year-old? I was just never all right after today’s incident. I kept thinking about it, it was all over my head. I was feeling bad, guilty. All the time, I wanted nothing actually and I just slipped when the moment was lose. I was just mad over what I had done and I sat on laptop in my room, thinking about writing for today. Aunt went out somewhere in the evening with Srishti. I watched “Mr. And Mrs. Smith” till seven and then I was texting Vibha. Her first text came when I was watching movie and I didn’t bother to reply. Vibha: I thnk v shud tlk nw. Ashish (after half an hour): Yes, pls. Ashish: Try to reply msgs earlier than half an hour... Vibha (after another 20 minutes): if ur rply cums late, wat cn I do.. Ashish: Yeah so... wht did ya wnt to tlk abt? Vibha: i dunt hv nythng in mind, I jst wnted 2 tlk… Ashish: u kno wht, i most of the time cant think abt wht to do... Vibha: so wht u did on our b’day ws inertial or smthng out of ur mind... Ashish: My birthday, when ws tht Vibha: Was that on 8th Dec?.... Ashish: Wht i had done, cant remember.... On the date you have in your mind... Vibha: Huh!....Dat ws sumthng nt imp 2 u....U msgd me-Vibha i love you....Dun tell me u dun remember.... Ashish: I nvr linked d two incidents... Vibha: Hmm....Gr8.How many backs hv u got in ur 1st sem? Ashish: Three, eng, phy, comp And seven in next, six theory leavin mech and electrical's prac. Vibha: Hmm....I thnk u must b done wid ur subj of 1st sem?... Ashish: No not yet bt tht wudnt be problem... There's enough time i've got btw 18, my phy xam date nd 24, comp xam date. Eng xam's on 25, no probs at all. Vibha: Ahh....Den,u hv got loads of tym man....:) Ashish: Yeah... u dnt hv ny backs...? Vibha: Nope.May in dis sem,in OOPS. Ashish: ha... Tht's funny... This sem... It mght b math, nd analog, nd focs...fr me. Vibha: Ohh!....Yeah.Maths too.But u told me,ur analag xam went gud. Ashish: It ws our second xam, i did it lot b8r thn math and so i hd been rating analog well in earlier days Vibha: *Analog.....U knw wat,u resemble me of 2 people-Tiger Woods,Salman Rushdie..... Ashish: Why so... I want to ask. Ashish: They both r both great ppl of their field nd hd cheated deir wives...B-) Vibha: Yeah.Very true.U answd d que urself.Gud. Ashish: You Are Such a BITCH!!! :-P Vibha: Watt!!.....Actually i wanna rectify d 2nd reason.Both of dem had countless women in dere life. Ashish: So, whts rong wth SULMAN RUSHDIE nd TIGER WOODS hvin countless women in deir lives? Thy r best at wht they do... Nd fault finders cant find peace even in paradise... They deserve the best, they almost got world under deir feet... Seein deir gud works one hs surely got to envy them. Vibha: I simply ur appreciate ur spirit.But i wont luv Ashish 4 d 2nd reason. Ashish: I would love to be like them, i take tht as a compliment! B-) Ashish: You got a choice.... Man makes mistakes (I aint god) and fools repeat them. Vibha: I have already chosen u. Ashish: Wake upp! I kno tht. Vibha: U knw dat!!!....:( Ashish: :-P, nufin' to cry abt.... I've chosen you :-* Vibha: Nuffin? Ashish: Nothing, what? Vibha: Huh!...M askng its meaning.... Ashish: 'Nothing' ws The Meanin. Vibha: Hmm....Ok.:(....Had dinner?... Ashish: Long b4... how abt you? Vibha: Just finished. It was about 2230 that I had dinner and I was in bed later thinking about the today. God Bless ‘Me’ Ashish
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