Debashish Sharma

Traffic congestion in Silchar is getting worse day by day. It has almost become a daily phenomenon to observe vehicles stuck in long traffic jams, particularly during school and office hours. While several factors are responsible for this problem, one factor that is often ignored is the irresponsibility shown by people in driving and parking their vehicles on the road. Further, the traffic rules are not imposed strictly here in Silchar, because of which people have become totally careless in following the same. The absence of proper parking lots is also a major problem that leads to traffic congestion. However, the most irritating thing to see on the road is the careless way in which people park their vehicles. The roads near schools are the worst affected because of such irresponsible parking. It is really unfortunate to see people parking their vehicles here and there on the road even if there are proper empty spaces to park. Like any other weekday, a regular traffic congestion happe

Few years back, I was the in-charge of carrom board event in our college sports week. Student volunteers distributed Egg Patties as refreshment. As I was about to take a bite, the egg of my Egg Patties slipped down due to manufacturing defect and of course due to gravity. Being surrounded by students, the next thing that followed was a hilarious mass laughter. I said "Shanti.. Shanti.. The Egg Patties has become Veg Patties now and I am happy with it." !

Junk caller called me up with the good news that I had won a huge lucky draw. The process to receive the amount was through Google Pay after a demo debit to validate the account. I agreed and got an OTP with six different digits. He asked me the OTP and I told him the wrong OTP. He asked again and I told a different wrong OTP. He attempted a resend OTP and again I gave him the wrong OTP. He had no options but I had "6 Factorial minus one =719" options. Being irritated, he cursed me with a few slangs and disconnected the call !

"Change cannot be given to you every time. You must bring the change."   These lines feel so great in one sense but on the other side of the coin, we often get to hear this from shopkeepers, bus conductors, taxi drivers, fruit sellers etc. Shopping Malls escape these lines through card payments or chocolates. The problem of getting change from vendors is really a fundamental problem in India. Many a times, we are bound to accept toffees in lieu of change. In this post, I shall describe a few funny incidents that happened with me for this "change problem". During my college days, a xerox centre near our college always used to offer chlormints instead of giving change. I had to accept their chlormints against my will on several occasions. Many of my friends also faced similar situation at the same xerox centre. The staff at the centre never returned the change to the customers. Being near the college, the xerox outlet used to have a huge rush of students almost the en

Inspecting the pineapples, I asked the vendor "Are these sweet ?". He replied "Guaranteed sweet !". He went on to give a statutory warning - " If you are a diabetic, then please do not buy these". The guy is dangerously skilled at marketing !  I bought one and after eating the delicious pineapple, I am scared of actually contracting diabetes. The pineapple is really sweet and the statutory warning is justified. Please taste Cachar's own product - the sweet pineapples !   

The best religion is self-belief. The best weapon is hardwork. The best reward is love. - Debashish Sharma

  Do not work for defeating others. Work for succeeding yourself. - Debashish Sharma

Don’t be afraid !! This is not another ‘supposed to be boring’ math lesson ! So please do care to read on. As a school student one is always expected to learn the three R's – reading, writing and arithmetic. Almost all people begin to develop a sense of arithmetic in their childhood. Yes, believe me – very few people suffer from dyscalculia , a condition in which the patient has difficulty in understanding numbers and their manipulations. Numbers actually fascinate us even in our ignorance. A child is happier with five chocolates than he is with only one chocolate. I am sure that arithmetic calculations must have been a fun during the early years in school but all of a sudden when the arithmetic expands to mathematics, students develop a commonly observed syndrome which we may call mathphobia , meaning fear of mathematics. Suddenly, mathematics starts using English and Greek alphabets too, as if the numbers weren’t enough ! But you need to accept these changes. At first, take them

The world has become more virtual these days, thanks to social media. It is quite difficult to distinguish between real and fake. Apart from this, most of us are least bothered about the possible consequences of likes, shares and comments in social media. Let us begin with a story. A boy challenged his friend to gather a crowd around him without speaking a single word. His friend accepted the challenge and went to an open space on the roadside and started gazing at the sky. Passersby saw this strange act but they didn’t care. Few minutes passed, the boy continued gazing and then people began to observe. A few more minutes later, there was a crowd of people all gazing at the sky! It is indeed very easy to mislead someone and in this age of social media it is even easier to mislead thousands and thousands of people at a time. We don’t think before we share, we don’t care about what we share but we just like, click and share. A massive portion of the users in social media are definitely l