Dream to do Different

Every year the day IIT entrance results is announced, I get interest to know the student result of Super 30 coaching programme and every time Anand Kumar leaves everyone of us with surprise, beyond our expectations.

Anand Kumar best known as a teacher and founder of his Super 30 programme, which he started in Patna, Bihar in 2002, coaches economically backward students for IIT-JEE, the entrance examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) at free of cost along with free accommodation facilities.

Anand kumar, earlier life was not so simple. Due to financial problem, he studied in hindi medium government school. He had deep interest in mathematics, During graduation, Kumar submitted papers on Number Theory, which were published in Mathematical Spectrum and The Mathematical Gazette. Unfortunately he dropped his admission plan to Cambridge University due to his financial problem.

With many disappointments and worst circumstances, he continued his studies. He worked on Mathematics during day time and helped his mother in selling papad in the evenings and tutored students in maths to earn extra money. Every weekend he travelled Varanasi, for six hour on train to Central Library of BHU, to read foreign journals for his reference and his own study.

In 1992, Kumar started his own tutorial institute in the name of the Ramanujam School of Mathematics. Within a year, his teaching started, gaining popularity from two students to thirty-six, and after that no looking back.

Later in 2002, Anand started Super 30 coaching programme, for IIT-JEE exclusive for the poor student who couldn't afford the fee due to poverty. Where many economically back wards section students appears for the test, and only selected top 30 intelligent students out of it are given free coaching, lodging, free food with study materials for a year. 

He prepares the selected 30 students for the Joint Entrance Examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). Anand Kumar has no financial support for Super 30 from any government as well as private agencies, and manages on the tuition fee he earns from the Ramanujan Institute.

During 2003-2011, 236 students out of 270 have made it to the IITs. And in 2012, 27 of the 30 student cleared the IIT-JEE. 

His name is been included in an international list of 20 pioneering teachers of the world. Discovery Channel broadcasted one-hour-long programme on Super 30 and half a page been devoted to Kumar in The New York Times and bagged many more popularity, achievements and awards for his work.

Thus, today, I feel proud to say, Anand Kumar with his way of teaching and motivation has changed the life of many students and had set the example of being true Guru as mentioned in the given famous slokas.

!!! Guru Brahmaa Guru Vishnu, Guru Devo Maheswara
Guru Saaksaat Param Brahma, Tasmai Shri Guru dev Namaha !!!

Master mind behind the creation of Zoo Zoo

During IPL season2, we all, along with the interesting matches, even enjoyed the Vodafone advertisement. Where complete white tiny funny creatures, with iconic name ZooZoo, in white from head to toe with bulge stomach and gigantic head similar to an animation made all of us to smile with their silly activities.

Curiosity got the better of me and with little search, I got the few facts associated with it, thus sharing the same with you all.

Actually Vodafone during IPL Season2 planned to present their product to the audience in different and new way. To give the shape to their plan, Mr.Rajiv Rao Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy & Mather agency generated the concept of Zoo Zoo.

The ads were shot by Prakash Varma and were produced by Nirvana Films of Banglore, who recorded it within 10 days. The pre-production work happened within a month with cost of around 3 crores rupees. and new idea was involved in making of the set too, made the look  of the sets larger than life, to make the characters look small.

I was much surprised to know that The Zoozoo’s are small-bodied, thin women as an actors, who are covered in layers of specialized white fabric. Each facial expression was made of rubber and pasted on the actors. Body was stuffed with foam especially around the stomach, and perpex a kind of hard material were used for the head. And thus silly and humorous character Zoozoo was created.

Mr.Rajiv Rao is also the master mind, who made the world's ugliest dog as national pug dog popularly known as Hutch pug dog. Who selected the  Pug dog as a part of Hutch ads matching to the slogan “Wherever you go, our network follows".

Whenever i happen to see the Vodafone ads, couldn't control myself from appreciating, wonderful work of brilliant mind behind the creation of Zoozoo.

Kaisa hai yeh mohabbat, kaisa hai yeh Aap ka Pyaar

Jab bhi ziker hotha, hai hamare pyaar ka,

Bus us ziker ki baat, ko yuuhi taal jathe ho,

Kehthe ho ki, wo ek guzra hua pal tha,

Phir kyo? aaj bhi her pal unhi lamho mein jeethe ho.

Jab bhi, beethe, pyaar k, haseen pal, yaad kar wathe hai,

Aap badde, chup chap ho jathe ho,

Kehthe ho ki, wo bus jawaani ka junnon tha,

Phir kyo? aaj bhi hamare call per,

apna official call hi bhul jathe ho.

Jab bhi, kissi mehfil mein, baat aap k deewangi, ki hothi hai,

Aap un, baato ko, chup chap,  nazar andaz ker jathe ho,

Kehthe ho ki, wo kuch dino ka, paagal pan tha,

Phir kyo? aaj bhi, hamare liye, apni ankho mein, wo hi

paagal pan, leke chalthe ho.

Jab bhi, kabhi, dosto ne puccha hai, matlab pyaar ka,

Aap us matlab ko, kabhi samjha, nahi paathe  ho,

Kehthe ho wo, bus zindagi ka, ek roop tha,

Phir kyo? aaj bhi ussi roop ko, apni puri zindagi

hi, bana baithe ho.

  

Jab bhi, pyaar shabbd sunthe hai,

bus apni, nazar jhuka  lethe  ho,

Kehthe ho wo, bus yuhi ho gaya tha,

Phir kyo? aaj bhi, un saath guzare hui, jagaaho ko dekh ker,

yuhi machal jathe ho.

Kaisa hai yeh mohabbat, kaisa hai yeh aap ka pyaar,

Bayan karthe bhi nahi, aur kuch samjha paathe bhi nahi,

Kuch der hi sahi, per hame, aapka chupha andaz samajh, aa jatha hai,

Aur issi, aap k andaz per, hame aaj bhi, aap per b inteha pyaar aatha hai.