Engineer -- Are you an Idiot ??

Everyone of us watched the movie “3 IDIOTS” and really liked the way it presents the life of 3 engineering cadets in a humorous manner. The movie had such an impact that everyone from engineering fraternity wants to be an idiot. Infact, it has changed the definition of idiot from stupid to 'I do it in my way', from a dumb guy to fun loving guy, from a caged lion to a free bird with independent thoughts. But the movie raised few questions and confusions in my mind.

Is it really possible for a guy who has just joined the campus, is in 1st semester of engg. to finish the uncompleted project of a final year guy? In high school, he was just preparing for prestigious IITJEE, reading lots of books, then how come he knows abt wireless communication. Is it real not to attend the classes, not to be in good books of faculty, be thrown out of the classes and then also top in the finale? Wat abt internal marks based on attendance and faculty (that was a big deal in my campus, don't know abt urs)

Well this all seems too difficult to a student like me, though it is not impossible. I just relaxed thinking that all this is crap movie stuff, not practical & left it for the moment.
However, a point stated by Ranchordas seemed very true for an Engineer who spent his 6 years (12th in PCM and 4 years in BE) in science and engineering, then did MBA and now working for a financial organization. Then why did he go for engineering, he must have opted for some business or finance course.

I felt myself in a miserable situation post movie. There I felt like an IDIOT. In those days I was preparing for !@#$ and was supposed to hit the D-Day after a month. At that point of time it was very crucial for me to find an apt reply to relax my inner mind. It was really important for me to analyze whether this is really idiotic?

I gave a flashback into my 4 years of campus life and concentrated that what actually i learnt and embraced there. The fact is in those precious 4 years I didn’t learn only the technical stuff but also professionalism. I honed my analytical skills, aptitude level, reasonability and many other innumerable attributes of myself, all of which are vital to be a successful professional and an executive. In short, I got a professional charisma which i might not get in any other graduate course. Hm! I really miss those wonderful days.

Then, I explored my relation with my technical job of a core network engineer. Here again I discovered that I am more inclined towards learning the soft skills rather than technical ones, although I have to learn this shit techy stuff to sustain into the job and to have useless quantitative work ex. (though m performing well in tech. arena, so duno under estimate me) When I revealed the same to my inner senses, I set a beacon there in and profoundly carried on towards my focal point. So, I proclaimed that I am not an IDIOT, are u?

a strange call midnight

The day was very hectic and I was too tired to watch idiot box and chat few lines on gtalk. Even i went to sleep as soon as i hit the bed. One hour past midnight, at 1 o'clock, I got a call from a very strange number (whole zeros on my phone screen). I was astonished for a sec and thought crinkling my forehead if this could be the mobile number of any subscriber (cant prevent this as a core n/w engineer). But before any self reply could click in my mind, i picked up the call.

A growling voice on other side (Lets call him "xyz" for the time being): hey Aseem.. How u doing??
me: may i know who is there on other side?
xyz: this is me - Evan
me: yaar kake don’t joke at this time man.. i m not feeling well, let me sleep
xyz: kaka is your college mate...that freaky guy.. rite?? (in a humorous way)
me: now its enough kake..

This time his voice was serious and he told me few facts about me which even kaka duno know...

me: (stunned) hey who the hell are u speaking ??
xyz: i told u Aseem.. i am Evan
me: But who are u ??
xyz: I belong to some other planet, not Earth
me: So are you an alien ?
xyz: no I am not an Alien.. but yes i am an alien
me: what a diplomatic answer like my boss
xyz: my name is Evan. I am alien for you and you are alien for me..
me: how could i be an alien?
Evan: as I am for u. I am from other side of universe so i am alien for u, on the same way u r from other side of universe for me and alien for me..
me: ohk ohk.. wait a min.. u want to say that u r from other side of universe and calling me in midnight to chit chat with me (growling voice)
Evan: yes my mate...I want to talk to u

Now I was bit scared. In the other side of mind, all the friend's images were running in my mind that who the hell is so smart to change the number to all zeros and ping me at this time... my search stopped at one person - Bipin. I thought he is the one working on non live nodes and can do any changes.. i could resemble the voice of Bipin with so called Evan on other side.. but how could Bipin know about me wat Evan had told me earlier..
Then i empowered myself and carried on to explore..

me: so Evan tell me what do u want ? y r u here ?
Evan: Aseem, tell me one thing y do u humans always cite us (aliens) as so grumpy, geek and ferocious ones?
me: i think no human has seen u so far.. and it is there mental perception that u r like this only..
Evan: is this again ur mental perception that we are devastating and posing threat to the human race; a bad element of the universe who want to destroy your planet.. (complaining voice)
me: what does this all mean ?? y r u talking about all this ??
Evan: We are very much annoyed with u humans and ur views..
me: If u r so irritated and feel ashamed of all this, then y duno you come in front and show yourselves..

As soon as i fired the question....
my battery went down and phone got switched off.
I squinted and shrugged my shoulders thinking whether it was a dream..

Instantly (with a boom), some light came in front of my bed
i stepped back to rear side of my bed and asked frighteningly: abay ab tu kon hai be ? (now who the hell are you)

(squalling noise) : I am Evan

An impeccable and strange creature with very nice physique and personality, glowing face and dressed in varied colors was standing just few steps away from me. Now i was not scared after seeing him like a cool gentleman.. (i didnt even think how come he came here in an instant)

Evan: so Aseem now u have seen me that i am totally on the extreme side of ur mental impressions..
me: But why? why u was asking about planet, threat and blah blah
Evan: Humans never accept their own mistakes and flaws, just keep on blaming others every time. You see us as menace to your planet, have you ever thought what you yourselves are doing with your own lovely planet.. you humans themselves are the biggest threat to this planet
me : why are YOU so worried for this ?
Evan: I am not worried but i am just warning you
me: why me then.. go and tell everyone out there
Evan: you ll do this and ll change the insight of humans and spread a message to human race..

then he whispered few words in my ears and said good bye

me: wait wait.. i need to ask something
me: do u have girls over there with you ?? (i was thinking that if he is so smart then girls ll be superb) :)
Evan : yes of course we have our own lives and everything like you have..
me: then next time plan a visit for her.. i ll float her message as well..:)

He disappeared instantly !
I think all the guys, humans or aliens, are too possessive for their girls.

Do u know what message Evan whispered in my ears?
"Save your planet Earth. Its a unique part of this universe"

I kept on thinking and analyzing what Evan said. How we, humans, ourselves are heading towards a catastrophe where every species, every life ll be ended. No one ll survive without nature and what we are doing is going against nature in every bit of our action. Lets make a resolution now and do our own bit not for Evan, not for me but for us, for our future generations, for our own mother-Earth.

I am contributing my part & spreading the message to human race everyday, every moment and yes, waiting for her too (alien girl).