Music theory

Although i've always relied on Google for most of my learning, some times, friend recommendations turn out to be great. I've tried many ear training apps on the playstore and also some music theory apps(honestly, the later ones were kinda boring), this app one of my friend recommended beats them all.
Hookthory (no spaces - someone forgot to take their SEO lessons) - This website/app has 2 books each around Rs.1000. The theory is designed to be taught along with the interactive tool they have on their website(you can use just the book if you want though and refer the website later).
Although you might find a pirated copy of this book if you look at the right places, i'd recommend you pay for it if you can afford it.

What you'll learn -

• How is popular music structured.
• Pointers to compose your own music and to recognize patterns in existing music(No kidding). You'll know what it means for a song to be in a particular key.
• The rules that distinguish music from noise.
• The Relative Notion in music - This really does simplifies many things.

You can check the table of contents and other details of the book here or visit the official website.

Tech yourself guitar

It's been more than a year now that i've been into music. Recently i bought a piano to compliment the guitar. Every instrument has it's own unique voice. Music (if played right) speaks emotions. While there are many classes out there who promise you good playing skill, i decided to rely on the internet. (after-all i pay 200 bucks for my monthly internet - why not get the most out of it!)
Now, if you are the bad guy, you have a ocean of pirated resources on the internet, but here i list the legal ones that helped me in my journey with music.

Piano

• Yousician (android app)
• Musescore (for sheet music)

Guitar

• Yousician (android app)
• for3v3rfaithful 

Music

• Musink (android app - site reading and ear trainer) 

There are a few official free music courses on the web like Inro to Guitar by Berklee University, 2, 3 and some pretty through YouTube playlists for music theory and piano. You can go through them if you got the time.
And lastly you'll see loads of other resource on the internet which i haven't yet checked out, just google 'music theory' if you want to taste the ocean.

CGPA

The last time I remember studying for such long stretches bookishly was my board exams. Engineering for me was not ment to be a techmax learner course. It was not supposed to be about grades, but I didn't even realize when I got myself in their race! Now that I know I'm in, I can force myself out.
But why do we have this race in the first place? Why can't we be like Finland?
  Importance to grades here seems to be due to:
1) Family pressure to perform well as compared to your peers. and/or
2) A desire to prove yourself.
Secondly, as everyone says - the education system is flawed. I don't know about the IIT's and NIT's, but being from a top(I'm still trying to figure out why do they call it so...) college form Pune University, i can say that majority of a college grad's time goes in exam based learning and assignment submissions.
On the bright side, the system will push you to learn tough things that you might think you don't need unless you actually need them and that's a good thing(or may be you wanna know them but you are too lazy to put in the effort).
But for those who came to college with a spark, I'd say keep the fire burning, find like minded people, believe in what you want and do.
A desire to learn is lost somewhere in this major crowd. But yes, we do exist. Curiosity is a wonderful gift mankind was born with and we crave for knowledge even if it's forbidden.

Lovely Art and Tech

Check out "Duet" on Google Spotlight Stories at: https://itunes.apple.com/app/google-spotlight-stories/id974739483
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.spotlightstories