ya ya .. i've heard this BS for a long time. its your life .. you control it, you do what you want to .. do you ? o ya.. u know u dont ..
lets start with the beginning...
you're an infant, you get all the attention and all the koochy-koo's. aunties love pulling your cheeks, young girls love to cuddle you and close you close to their breasts... you're the man, the hero and the limelight. you get what you want and you (unknowingly) relish the love spawning from everywhere. this time will never come back so enjoy, flirt and live the best part of your life cause its gonna get worse from here (but you dont even know this fact.. uu too bad)
you become a toddler, you've just realised younger koochy-koo's around you and smaller kids getting the attention. before you know it, you're a brat, your whims increase and you just get know how to win .. you can go to any lengths (that you know of) to get your things done. hit objects, kick people, throw their mobile phones or even try to strangle them. you still rule this small world of yours..
you've started teenag'ing', you start loving bon jovi's "its my life", "summer of 69" without having a faintest idea what it means. Being a pet has just started. your whims have increased to the amount that your parents have stopped agreeing to them, your bashing up has stopped because u've found out you're not the best in business and most importantly, you need money ...
your pocket money finishes out before the next one would arrive. for the sake of becoming a decent person (and more sociable) you just have compromised your want of winning. earlier u were just born to get things done your way...but society (read chicks) have just caused you to agree to people, let them dominate you, cry out loud with petty things and dont know what you really want in life now ..
o yes, you want money. your pocket money is too small for the fabulous eating joints you visit, the petrol required for your car and even your music system. you are being ruled by your parents whims now.. (note the anti climax starting). you need something, you start with the same koochy-koo's they used to do and still they dont agreee to you. finally, with lots of coercion, you get your car, your mobile and lots of things to again be in mercy of them to give you more amount of things.... this suddenly leads you to decide to stand up on your own (your girlfriend reminds you aobut that often). get a good education and a good way to earn money on yourself..
you just try to free yourself from the hands of your nemesis (read parents) . you get a job and now you're started to remember again .. its your life now .. you rule the world. you want anything, you get it (in your budget). you dominate peoples life, your girlfriend has suddenly been more expressive in love and she gives you what you want ... she's 'abnormally' more in love with you now that you can support her lunches, dinners and visits to 5 star hotels.
but (not the pessimistic but here) your u living your life ? ok .. your gf is sometimes a snob and her whims apart, you guess you are.
but what about those 'special' places you go? what is exactly your lifestyle? you just prefer places which have 'special' discounts on your new credit card. you choose places which give you some bullshit points for your purchases. you eat in those restros whose food coupons you get from your company. (they're tax saving on your salary, so why not finish them?) your laptop(or worse, iphone3G) rules you. this is the best part of life after being an infant .. you are just ruled by debit cards, imaginary things and more non living tangible objects. later you know, its gonna get worse ..
you've fought, you've F'd and youve felt for her. you just decide to marry your partner since a long time. . .. you know you're just about to throw yourself into a circular abyss of unending pain. you still do it. you know who rules your life.. now 60% of your income is used up in her kitty parties, saris, jewellery etc while the rest 40% your'e too scared to spend because "She-wants-a-kid" has just started whizzing your head all these nights you try for blissful slumber.
anyways, you've now grown into your 40's .. you have 2 kids and you definately know whats wrong with your life. your wish was to do what you want. you know it comes with money. you have lots of money .. wats the problem ?? your job sucks, your wife sucks more and your kids have just sucked up their thumbs so much that it hurts.. ahh .. the money.. yes. . but then lets see the expenditure .. your 60% goes for food-rent and so-called lifestyle that you live. you visit clubs in the weekends and go for some odd holidays (making an effort to think life is getting better). the 40% you try to save for your kids because you just dont want them to crib about pocket money the way you had to. (but u just have that inkling feeling all that is just going to repeat.. your kid has replaced you, you have replaced your parents .. you just miss them now and always think what would they have done if they were you .. gosh .. have you become wiser ? no .. u just want not to)
you're about to die and know you perfectly know wats right about life. its just that you were wrong everytime. you've found out how not to live a life .. or no ? you've taken your chances.. you've done everything right... have you ?? o yes .. you've just lived your life ...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
sample chain of thoughts
its been a week since i've been jogging in a park (suprised ?). Whenever i reach the play area (where there are lots of kids and their rides), i have, strangely, witnessed the same scene all the 7 days..
It takes me about 30 seconds to cross that place. There's a tin-house on the right of the jogging track, the place where groups of kids are seen playing hide-and-seek. The scene goes like this. The seeker is face towards the tin house and counting and one or two other brats are just standing beside him, waiting for his count to end and do touch them as soon as he faces the world. This same anxious scene awaits me when i reach the place, though with different people. Today it fast forwarded, when i saw a young lass cribbing about her 'den' (what do you call that in english ? ). she was apparently telling a younger girl to go away and not stand here again while she counts 20.
This hide and seek always memories which were associated with you. your childhood was never complete without the game. Playing at home, in the rooms, with cousins. running here and there, being still and waiting for the seeker to come near you so that you can pounce on them and so on. then you grow up and played with your neighbours, running from one house to another and finding places to hide. The rule-breaking followed with you trying to be more adventurous and make it almost impossible for the seeker to find you. Then growing up, but not just that. you then played hide and seek with 'bachas' half your age and you just feel so superior that you just cant lose with them ... you're giving them a lesson to learn and, in the meantime, doing kiddish timepass, yourself.
Coming back, i realise i am still jogging and that i've left the tin hut and probably the girl has stopped counting.. This same common lame thing that kids do. why is it that kids try to attempt that same old joke everyday ? every time the kid does that he would have felt witty and thinks he thought out-of-the-box. only a passerby like me knows that everyday the same trick is being repeated and this so common a thing deserves no applause or a feeling of 'new'ness.
How witty can a common man get ? his wits are, on maximum potential, common. there is nothing called as 'new'. the same thing keeps on happening, but in different situations. Only these situations define the success of the thing attempted by you, because, there are so many people in this universe that even if 1% tries to attempt the same thing as you do, then also we're competing with a million people. The only difference (i hope) is that you're probably that your situation is better off than others. Relying on your individuality is passe now. All you can rely on is your environment around you and how it would favour to to perform better than others. But then, you say there are people which have individuality. Talk about inventors, fraudsters (even people who've indulged in a big scam). Did they do something different ? or was it just plain assessment of the situation in front of them ? i guess the latter. You're just common, like any other person. you dont think so ? you're even more common because every commoner thinks he's different.
o what have i reached upto ? why does a simple small incident end up in a philosophy that you think would change the world ? its just a sample chain of thoughts. you'd probably divert yourself from it, cut it before you realise its getting bullshit or probably end up making your own. ;)
It takes me about 30 seconds to cross that place. There's a tin-house on the right of the jogging track, the place where groups of kids are seen playing hide-and-seek. The scene goes like this. The seeker is face towards the tin house and counting and one or two other brats are just standing beside him, waiting for his count to end and do touch them as soon as he faces the world. This same anxious scene awaits me when i reach the place, though with different people. Today it fast forwarded, when i saw a young lass cribbing about her 'den' (what do you call that in english ? ). she was apparently telling a younger girl to go away and not stand here again while she counts 20.
This hide and seek always memories which were associated with you. your childhood was never complete without the game. Playing at home, in the rooms, with cousins. running here and there, being still and waiting for the seeker to come near you so that you can pounce on them and so on. then you grow up and played with your neighbours, running from one house to another and finding places to hide. The rule-breaking followed with you trying to be more adventurous and make it almost impossible for the seeker to find you. Then growing up, but not just that. you then played hide and seek with 'bachas' half your age and you just feel so superior that you just cant lose with them ... you're giving them a lesson to learn and, in the meantime, doing kiddish timepass, yourself.
Coming back, i realise i am still jogging and that i've left the tin hut and probably the girl has stopped counting.. This same common lame thing that kids do. why is it that kids try to attempt that same old joke everyday ? every time the kid does that he would have felt witty and thinks he thought out-of-the-box. only a passerby like me knows that everyday the same trick is being repeated and this so common a thing deserves no applause or a feeling of 'new'ness.
How witty can a common man get ? his wits are, on maximum potential, common. there is nothing called as 'new'. the same thing keeps on happening, but in different situations. Only these situations define the success of the thing attempted by you, because, there are so many people in this universe that even if 1% tries to attempt the same thing as you do, then also we're competing with a million people. The only difference (i hope) is that you're probably that your situation is better off than others. Relying on your individuality is passe now. All you can rely on is your environment around you and how it would favour to to perform better than others. But then, you say there are people which have individuality. Talk about inventors, fraudsters (even people who've indulged in a big scam). Did they do something different ? or was it just plain assessment of the situation in front of them ? i guess the latter. You're just common, like any other person. you dont think so ? you're even more common because every commoner thinks he's different.
o what have i reached upto ? why does a simple small incident end up in a philosophy that you think would change the world ? its just a sample chain of thoughts. you'd probably divert yourself from it, cut it before you realise its getting bullshit or probably end up making your own. ;)
Monday, July 20, 2009
things things things
well i've heard it n number of times, things change change and keep on changing ...
but why dont they ??
why do you just realise after like sometime that u've ended up at the same point u were before ?
why does a circle exist ? why do people revisit their memories again and like to end up at the same point ?
why ?
Well, science says, Things are static, they dont change unless u apply a force on it. even when you apply energy conservation comes up and tells u that the whole cycle of your energy is used up in something, its becomes something else and probably would be stored back into you .. o cycles ... these cycles annoy ... samsara, the vicious cycle of desires ..... let them thoughts be taught a lesson and prevent your memories to entangle with them ... rein them, those unbridled horses. . . tame them and make them realise that you're better off ... its an experience and there has to be something different somewhere .. something you're missing .. some attribute .. try finding it and you'll find its changed .. not the same again !
but why dont they ??
why do you just realise after like sometime that u've ended up at the same point u were before ?
why does a circle exist ? why do people revisit their memories again and like to end up at the same point ?
why ?
Well, science says, Things are static, they dont change unless u apply a force on it. even when you apply energy conservation comes up and tells u that the whole cycle of your energy is used up in something, its becomes something else and probably would be stored back into you .. o cycles ... these cycles annoy ... samsara, the vicious cycle of desires ..... let them thoughts be taught a lesson and prevent your memories to entangle with them ... rein them, those unbridled horses. . . tame them and make them realise that you're better off ... its an experience and there has to be something different somewhere .. something you're missing .. some attribute .. try finding it and you'll find its changed .. not the same again !
Friday, July 17, 2009
gtalk status messages and more
whats about the philosophy these days ? whats about all the 1 liners on gtalk status messages ? well, am late to discuss it, but june and early july has been the most 'philosophical' month for the freshly graduated engineers (including me).
Why ? no naukri (for the majority) , no chokkri (for some more unlucky ones).
With the recession making our lives miserable, most of the people experienced sorry letters, deferrals and lots more. some unluckier like me, still havent recieved any intimation by the companies. all this stress just after the joy of graduating made it sound more miserable. Plus the reminiscence of belts being hit and parties been given (which burnt a hole in everyone's pockets) in the name of job acceptances making it all the more miserable.
all this was evident on gtalk status messages, with practically everyone turning a philosopher or cursing someone or the other.
With cliche's like 'naukri dava de rabba' to more philosophical like 'pessimism never won any battle', sometimes even emotions fail to do justice to how i feel', 'If you're falling off a cliff, you may as well try to fly...You have nothing to loose' and god knows what to cocky ones like 'aVELAbel' available+vela.. lol,
everyones turned into a philosopher. ok. that june has passed and july's bought news about joining for the most. the transition, too has been something to show off about. those getting the joinings feel sorry for leaving chandigarh (to boast that they've got the joining), while some explicitly type 'got the joining' on the status.
its big news, to get a joining, even if from some bullshit company giving a crap of 17K per month or 25 K per month only. just remember last year, things moved in 6lac per annum and stuff, and now people are just so happy to get even salaries of clerks to just go out of home and feel happy to be on a job while the rest of their peers still are busy with empty minds making new philosophies and sharing 'desperate' status messages.
PS: i dedicate this space to ***** ****(name suppressed), who started it all, the desperate messages since his puberty (that happened like 2nd year college) when he started finding a girl for his life, sadly, we all had to witness some crappy status's of his for 2 years.
Why ? no naukri (for the majority) , no chokkri (for some more unlucky ones).
With the recession making our lives miserable, most of the people experienced sorry letters, deferrals and lots more. some unluckier like me, still havent recieved any intimation by the companies. all this stress just after the joy of graduating made it sound more miserable. Plus the reminiscence of belts being hit and parties been given (which burnt a hole in everyone's pockets) in the name of job acceptances making it all the more miserable.
all this was evident on gtalk status messages, with practically everyone turning a philosopher or cursing someone or the other.
With cliche's like 'naukri dava de rabba' to more philosophical like 'pessimism never won any battle', sometimes even emotions fail to do justice to how i feel', 'If you're falling off a cliff, you may as well try to fly...You have nothing to loose' and god knows what to cocky ones like 'aVELAbel' available+vela.. lol,
everyones turned into a philosopher. ok. that june has passed and july's bought news about joining for the most. the transition, too has been something to show off about. those getting the joinings feel sorry for leaving chandigarh (to boast that they've got the joining), while some explicitly type 'got the joining' on the status.
its big news, to get a joining, even if from some bullshit company giving a crap of 17K per month or 25 K per month only. just remember last year, things moved in 6lac per annum and stuff, and now people are just so happy to get even salaries of clerks to just go out of home and feel happy to be on a job while the rest of their peers still are busy with empty minds making new philosophies and sharing 'desperate' status messages.
PS: i dedicate this space to ***** ****(name suppressed), who started it all, the desperate messages since his puberty (that happened like 2nd year college) when he started finding a girl for his life, sadly, we all had to witness some crappy status's of his for 2 years.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
the lotus eater ..
yes . opeth's new album shares the name with what has happened in indian politics .. shall i also say it was a 3rd front eater ??
i am no hard fan of any party or any person, but its too obvious why congress outperformed .. .as told by the inlighted people, this is the first time the young generation (40% of population) is going to vote . this young generation is however different from the previous young ones. . they are grown up after 1991 liberation of india ... that is actually a big turning point.. we know that the next generation would be learning all about the 1991 reforms, but though we're unaware of the importance of it, we've grown up in it and have just taken up stand against many things ..
firstly the religional divides. no guy supports it and it wont work. next comes development. we are pretty much aware of inclusive growth and think ideologically that with our increase in income, the poor should benefit as well. the days of lack of information are over . all the information is at a touch of a button. we are intelligent and thats why we decide after thinking. anyways, the major reason of the 'lotus eating' was rahul gandhi. the girls swoon over him while the guys consider him an intelligent guy after listening his conversation.
anyways, i am not a fan of his but there is just one thing the congress can boast of and that is the young brigade, with jyoti scindhya, sachin pilot etc . the point is that all the BJP leaders were due to emergency in 1971 and after that, no leader has come from its wings .. they have just grown older. even lalu, nitish were offsprings of 1971 emergency. anyways, the rahul factor has helped newer faces come into an imperialist party and helped its cause . thats why he got the praise which he deserves. coming to congress, it means business and it should, too . it should focus on inclusive growth, have a left inside it (to prevent any wrong action, which would make india suffer, cause though they are fools, they helped the last regime big time by stopping certain decisions on disinvestment and policy making. ) an example is the trouble chinese govt. is in and indian govt. hardly has a problem with US now, after its collapse is that left guys prevented indian PSU banks to buy fraudulent securities (of the AAA companies at that time) and it helped when we they crashed . had congress been alone, we'd have been in a bigger mess that we are in right now .
so, you've eaten the lotus, now you must open your minds policy makers ... think and think hard ! cause indians are good at it and we have that foresight to get us to greater heights than never before.
i am no hard fan of any party or any person, but its too obvious why congress outperformed .. .as told by the inlighted people, this is the first time the young generation (40% of population) is going to vote . this young generation is however different from the previous young ones. . they are grown up after 1991 liberation of india ... that is actually a big turning point.. we know that the next generation would be learning all about the 1991 reforms, but though we're unaware of the importance of it, we've grown up in it and have just taken up stand against many things ..
firstly the religional divides. no guy supports it and it wont work. next comes development. we are pretty much aware of inclusive growth and think ideologically that with our increase in income, the poor should benefit as well. the days of lack of information are over . all the information is at a touch of a button. we are intelligent and thats why we decide after thinking. anyways, the major reason of the 'lotus eating' was rahul gandhi. the girls swoon over him while the guys consider him an intelligent guy after listening his conversation.
anyways, i am not a fan of his but there is just one thing the congress can boast of and that is the young brigade, with jyoti scindhya, sachin pilot etc . the point is that all the BJP leaders were due to emergency in 1971 and after that, no leader has come from its wings .. they have just grown older. even lalu, nitish were offsprings of 1971 emergency. anyways, the rahul factor has helped newer faces come into an imperialist party and helped its cause . thats why he got the praise which he deserves. coming to congress, it means business and it should, too . it should focus on inclusive growth, have a left inside it (to prevent any wrong action, which would make india suffer, cause though they are fools, they helped the last regime big time by stopping certain decisions on disinvestment and policy making. ) an example is the trouble chinese govt. is in and indian govt. hardly has a problem with US now, after its collapse is that left guys prevented indian PSU banks to buy fraudulent securities (of the AAA companies at that time) and it helped when we they crashed . had congress been alone, we'd have been in a bigger mess that we are in right now .
so, you've eaten the lotus, now you must open your minds policy makers ... think and think hard ! cause indians are good at it and we have that foresight to get us to greater heights than never before.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
annual honors ceremony ...
the tamasha has finished, the results out and all the 4 year acts just come down to one word .. color .. college color.. for the less educated, a college color is a piece of highest achievement done during college days. IIT's are supposed to give 10 college colors to people who have not only excelled in their fields but got laurels for the college.
In PEC, last year was different (with 100+ people getting colors making a mockery out of it.) Our DSW sir, at the cleaning up task, was brilliant to suggest that the number would reduce to just 40'ish. 1 guy gets only 1 color despite he being great in 2 or more things .. and so the other rules follow up ..
But the tamasha of getting recognition is as simple as forcing your way to get one. All you have to do is be argumentative, have lots of butter and be forceful in some way (approach of prakash singh badal did it last year, this year having relatives with college authority may do the trick). Well, some people have really worked hard over the span of the college and deserve the peice of recognition. while others are great at the art of pleasing and deserve a color, too. But what makes me sad is the 'external' pressure which causes people to change decisions and get a recognition he DOES NOT definately deserve. I understand quantifying work done by individual is not a piece of cake, but by doing just 1 thing due to 'external' pressure tarnishes the image of the system.
Further, the 'pleasing' guys (i call that GC wale bande) just need to be at the right moment and time and just by forcing authorities can get their job done ...... thats not idealistic, but practically thats what has always happened and will always will .. but is there anything we can do about it ?? can anyone really justify that these acts of forcing yourself to get recognition or anything good ?
i've got a color for NSS (which i had no certificate for 4 years till now and felt really sad cause i had devoted my energy into it, but now feel satisfied with the best recognition possible) and for IETE, (For which frankly i just worked for 2 years, not a thing i've really put my life behind here in college, but its just a compensator because i worked damn hard 4 years on the trot in PECFEST and could just not get a college color for it. but anyways, i deserved it for my personal accomplishments done in the technical field. )
am content, but certain people which i feel bad for are harman, sharma, harshal, gurinder etc. because they deserved a fair chance,too, if certain people who've worked equalto or less than them got it.
In PEC, last year was different (with 100+ people getting colors making a mockery out of it.) Our DSW sir, at the cleaning up task, was brilliant to suggest that the number would reduce to just 40'ish. 1 guy gets only 1 color despite he being great in 2 or more things .. and so the other rules follow up ..
But the tamasha of getting recognition is as simple as forcing your way to get one. All you have to do is be argumentative, have lots of butter and be forceful in some way (approach of prakash singh badal did it last year, this year having relatives with college authority may do the trick). Well, some people have really worked hard over the span of the college and deserve the peice of recognition. while others are great at the art of pleasing and deserve a color, too. But what makes me sad is the 'external' pressure which causes people to change decisions and get a recognition he DOES NOT definately deserve. I understand quantifying work done by individual is not a piece of cake, but by doing just 1 thing due to 'external' pressure tarnishes the image of the system.
Further, the 'pleasing' guys (i call that GC wale bande) just need to be at the right moment and time and just by forcing authorities can get their job done ...... thats not idealistic, but practically thats what has always happened and will always will .. but is there anything we can do about it ?? can anyone really justify that these acts of forcing yourself to get recognition or anything good ?
i've got a color for NSS (which i had no certificate for 4 years till now and felt really sad cause i had devoted my energy into it, but now feel satisfied with the best recognition possible) and for IETE, (For which frankly i just worked for 2 years, not a thing i've really put my life behind here in college, but its just a compensator because i worked damn hard 4 years on the trot in PECFEST and could just not get a college color for it. but anyways, i deserved it for my personal accomplishments done in the technical field. )
am content, but certain people which i feel bad for are harman, sharma, harshal, gurinder etc. because they deserved a fair chance,too, if certain people who've worked equalto or less than them got it.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
one, two unbuckle your shoe...
are you a journalist ?? A hindi one ?? the one which speaks speaks with regular pause of 700 ms between each word and with sound loudness greater than 60 db ? read on ....
if not,then read on.. (as if you'll agree with what i instruct)
Well, it all starts with west. since the (in)famous attempt at shoe-throwing on Mr. Bush, its caught up quite fast to be the the coolest fashion among the journalists. Chinese PM got it in UK but our developing india aint far behind the west. as elucidated in the past, India's great at adopting western bad habits quickly, as seen in first-hand by mr. chidambaram and naveen jindal.
First, wear old shoes from home. Then plan out the attack. it should be within the important parts of the speech of the victim, so that all the cameras are rolling, otherwise its an attempt gone in vain. Dont hurry, cause other journalists would miss the opportunity to interview but dont wait too much cause the person may be gone by the time your guts have come out. Having a seat near the right-centre is preferable (for right handers) because of ease in throwing action. dont be too angular too, cause it would give the nearby people time to stop. The MOST IMPORTANT thing is to be careful that the shoe does NOT hit the target because thats the trend brother ........... thats the hidden victoria's secret (what bullshit i write)
well, lets not go into the nitty-gritty discussing the obvious facts like things to gain by this- publicity, money (the sikh guy who threw at chidambaram got 2 lakh in cash from akali's) , opportunity to make a 'sansani-khez' story on jail behavior (remember you're a journalist) and immortalization and probably a reference in children's history books, too (if you're lucky). More importantly, its the fame your family gets. your mom is seen on the TV bragging about your good history and your wife seen supporting you (despite of the last night fight). Your job increments increase because they're afraid you'll join politics.
Another thing is the aftermath. Dont forget to give a dumb explanation for the act. some prior research may help. what else, dont forget the victoria's secret brother ..
and for the victims, dont forget to forgive the thrower cause that would help you show your kind heart. Btw, what else can you do ? u got humiliated in front of national TV. you want to cry like rakhi sawant and tell everyone that they'll have to pay for what they did ??? Am sure you wont want that..... would you ?
if not,then read on.. (as if you'll agree with what i instruct)
Well, it all starts with west. since the (in)famous attempt at shoe-throwing on Mr. Bush, its caught up quite fast to be the the coolest fashion among the journalists. Chinese PM got it in UK but our developing india aint far behind the west. as elucidated in the past, India's great at adopting western bad habits quickly, as seen in first-hand by mr. chidambaram and naveen jindal.
First, wear old shoes from home. Then plan out the attack. it should be within the important parts of the speech of the victim, so that all the cameras are rolling, otherwise its an attempt gone in vain. Dont hurry, cause other journalists would miss the opportunity to interview but dont wait too much cause the person may be gone by the time your guts have come out. Having a seat near the right-centre is preferable (for right handers) because of ease in throwing action. dont be too angular too, cause it would give the nearby people time to stop. The MOST IMPORTANT thing is to be careful that the shoe does NOT hit the target because thats the trend brother ........... thats the hidden victoria's secret (what bullshit i write)
well, lets not go into the nitty-gritty discussing the obvious facts like things to gain by this- publicity, money (the sikh guy who threw at chidambaram got 2 lakh in cash from akali's) , opportunity to make a 'sansani-khez' story on jail behavior (remember you're a journalist) and immortalization and probably a reference in children's history books, too (if you're lucky). More importantly, its the fame your family gets. your mom is seen on the TV bragging about your good history and your wife seen supporting you (despite of the last night fight). Your job increments increase because they're afraid you'll join politics.
Another thing is the aftermath. Dont forget to give a dumb explanation for the act. some prior research may help. what else, dont forget the victoria's secret brother ..
and for the victims, dont forget to forgive the thrower cause that would help you show your kind heart. Btw, what else can you do ? u got humiliated in front of national TV. you want to cry like rakhi sawant and tell everyone that they'll have to pay for what they did ??? Am sure you wont want that..... would you ?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
why 'indian' is a different breed altogether
Its been an age old saying, indian's being referred to as "a completely different breed altogether". Even indians believe that, (SRK telling on national TV about it).
our breeding into adultage and psychology makes us different i.e. even in an enormous amount of pressure an indian cope up living his life. Our feelings are fickle, (or hypocratic to say the least). Things of utmost importance lose flavor and we do nothing to tackle it. yes, am talking about the mumbai blasts.
much anger erupted in those days, when suddenly everything seemed possible and everyone wanted to do something. everyone has his own view at the story, everyone has a topic to discuss. the discussions lead nowhere, with the concensus that you can't do anything, so the resentment decreases and we are back to square one. we can just forget the most disastrous things, if it didnt affect us directly.
learn from westerners ??? french just had a united march against the government and it was really united.. (75% people approving the cause). here, we'll prefer having another topic to discuss, (with the result, more or less known that we cant do anything) so 'mitti daalo yaar'.
and the best is we cant do anything about it. no 'jaagore' tv commercial or anything will motivate us take the harder way while we decide to live our own lives.. thats why we're a different breed altogether. for the more adventurous, they either become social outcasts, eccentric guys or are too confused about what to do that they prefer talking motivational bull-shit which no one else is ever gonna chew.
PS: gandhi too was an eccentric chap with his ideology, but he got every guy/girl to do what he wanted ... that time were we the different breed altogether ?? but, now, we'd prefer talking about it. or would we ?
our breeding into adultage and psychology makes us different i.e. even in an enormous amount of pressure an indian cope up living his life. Our feelings are fickle, (or hypocratic to say the least). Things of utmost importance lose flavor and we do nothing to tackle it. yes, am talking about the mumbai blasts.
much anger erupted in those days, when suddenly everything seemed possible and everyone wanted to do something. everyone has his own view at the story, everyone has a topic to discuss. the discussions lead nowhere, with the concensus that you can't do anything, so the resentment decreases and we are back to square one. we can just forget the most disastrous things, if it didnt affect us directly.
learn from westerners ??? french just had a united march against the government and it was really united.. (75% people approving the cause). here, we'll prefer having another topic to discuss, (with the result, more or less known that we cant do anything) so 'mitti daalo yaar'.
and the best is we cant do anything about it. no 'jaagore' tv commercial or anything will motivate us take the harder way while we decide to live our own lives.. thats why we're a different breed altogether. for the more adventurous, they either become social outcasts, eccentric guys or are too confused about what to do that they prefer talking motivational bull-shit which no one else is ever gonna chew.
PS: gandhi too was an eccentric chap with his ideology, but he got every guy/girl to do what he wanted ... that time were we the different breed altogether ?? but, now, we'd prefer talking about it. or would we ?
Thursday, March 19, 2009
reply to the candid conservative
The previous post (if you are reading this, STOP HERE UNLESS YOUVE READ THE PREVIOUS POST) has been amusing, to say the least. though there is certain amount of conviction in what you say, but the curtain above your eye seems half-open. According to you, the problems of humanity are free-market, morality and modernisation.
free markets have always been an idea which is over-rated and over hyped, but makes most sense compared with others around. Soviet union had its own problems due to which it had to reject communism. coming back to capitalism is indeed a good idea, if there is adequate regulation in the capitalist market. thats what america learnt and thats what india has been preaching and DOING these past years.
coming to the main issue of modernisation and morality, i guess you are surely mislead somewhere in between. yes, the newer generation is better than you because it has the power to know, reason out and decide what is right or wrong. You say self destruction is caused due to lack of understanding while taking a decision, yes i agree in some cases. However, that has helped the younger generation to understand the newer complexities and modern issues to start re-inventing themselves and become more competitive, compared to their colleagues of different nations. the power of a society is determined by the new blood it generates and clearly the younger generation churned out is far more competitive and power-hungry than their ancestors which were satisfied by farming/doing petty clerical stuff.
next, moral issues you have talked about is just an effect, not a problem. the effect of the earlier frustrations dwelling in the minds of parents. every bubble bursts, every closure vents up and thats what has happened. the shackles of ill-beliefs in the name of culture are being broken by the youth and they are learning it their own way rather than being spoonfed by some orthodox religious fools (calling themselves as gurus,baba's and yogi's). they are more rational than their ancestors, which would go to length to pay ransom or give favours to those religious fools which were running their show by acquiring hoards of money and land assets.
further, you talk about aberrations of society and generalise that every person is becoming like that. the killing by a teenage person was surely one which got publicity, but in your 'bharat' such events were more frequent and have never recieved an ear. i can go at length to explain the falseness of your claims, but its just that i would reiterate that there is some conviction in your logic, but again, the curtain is just half-open.
free markets have always been an idea which is over-rated and over hyped, but makes most sense compared with others around. Soviet union had its own problems due to which it had to reject communism. coming back to capitalism is indeed a good idea, if there is adequate regulation in the capitalist market. thats what america learnt and thats what india has been preaching and DOING these past years.
coming to the main issue of modernisation and morality, i guess you are surely mislead somewhere in between. yes, the newer generation is better than you because it has the power to know, reason out and decide what is right or wrong. You say self destruction is caused due to lack of understanding while taking a decision, yes i agree in some cases. However, that has helped the younger generation to understand the newer complexities and modern issues to start re-inventing themselves and become more competitive, compared to their colleagues of different nations. the power of a society is determined by the new blood it generates and clearly the younger generation churned out is far more competitive and power-hungry than their ancestors which were satisfied by farming/doing petty clerical stuff.
next, moral issues you have talked about is just an effect, not a problem. the effect of the earlier frustrations dwelling in the minds of parents. every bubble bursts, every closure vents up and thats what has happened. the shackles of ill-beliefs in the name of culture are being broken by the youth and they are learning it their own way rather than being spoonfed by some orthodox religious fools (calling themselves as gurus,baba's and yogi's). they are more rational than their ancestors, which would go to length to pay ransom or give favours to those religious fools which were running their show by acquiring hoards of money and land assets.
further, you talk about aberrations of society and generalise that every person is becoming like that. the killing by a teenage person was surely one which got publicity, but in your 'bharat' such events were more frequent and have never recieved an ear. i can go at length to explain the falseness of your claims, but its just that i would reiterate that there is some conviction in your logic, but again, the curtain is just half-open.
confessions of a candid conservative
well, i managed to get an yearly diary of a conservative. am chronologically placing the facts i found interesting.
pre 1990's
Courtesans exist, are underground and illegal. Apart from this fact, i am pretty happy about the human relations and society. Cinema is not a bad thing, after all. (Though some movies showing women in jazzy clothes disgusts me.) The ills of society are the western thoughts coming in the minds of people which considers smoking and liquor is a part of life. For the west it is, being a cold place to live, but india is tropical. No requirement of alchohol for heat or cigar for the feeling of high. I dont think the movements will stand the cultural strength of india. Its ram-bhumi after all.
1990-1995
Education for all is an important thing. I believe its imperative for girls too to learn as much as they want to. (though i am confused what good is education to a woman who will marry a young boy and stay a housewife.. ahh yes. Women are great teachers for kids, too). they have proved alchohol and cigarette are both bad for health, so people may start avoiding it in due course. They say economy should be opened and foriegners be allowed. am really bamboozled by that. why did gandhiji remove foriegners in the first place ? had at that time they thought that foriegners are good for economy, india would not have been so great as it is today. the most proud thing india has is its culture, its people and unity. no foriegner should come and affect us again. SAY NO TO any foriegn material. swadesi banao, swadesi khao...
1995-1999
well, these years have seen an exponential increase in western clothing for youngsters. i dont understand how people wear things like jeans. i am disgusted after seeing kuch kuch hota hai and other adventurous movies. Cinema is bad. This concept of making friends between boys and girls is experimental, but not immoral. but clearly this movie has struck every rich kid to find a partner and have an affair. That someday will not lead to moral results, though. i hope the indian values are taught to these kids studying in private, metro colleges and stop experimenting with relationships in teenages. The hot topic of discussion in kitty-parties and social clubs are gossips of girls found walking with a boy or talking with them.
One thing thats good is, the flourish of newspapers and media, which is helping every individual to know, reason and decide.
2000-2005
as i had dreaded, there has been a flourish of rapes, acid-attacks and injustice to the women because of this 'westernisation' of the minds. news channels and media just reports these things everyday. insecurity is eroding more indian values as more and more women wish to support themselves with a partner who can take care of her needs as well as prevent other guy's eyes on her. Discos, too share a hand in degrading youngsters. The boy-girl 'affair' thingy has slowly accrued into middle class (from the richer people), into the other urban cities an schools, apart from metros, and most importantly, into younger brains. immature youngsters in their 13's and 14's have started actively wooing girls (which are more immature and just started with puberty). I am shocked about the advent of MMS and cheap availability of porn, which is degrading values faster than global warming. Fights over girls are common in middle and rich class people with power, though the hot topic for discussion between aunties is not which girl was seen roaming around in the market, but that which girl was seen coming out of a guy's bedroom.
The economy of our country is seemingly increasing,too. more people are becoming rich and choice is increasing. however, i sense a shift in jobs, rather than creation of it. the clerks and 'babus' haven given way to call-centre employees.
2005-2008
Our country is looking brighter in terms of quality of life and i guess globalisation has helped. opening up of the economy in 1991 wasnt a bad idea, after all. Cities have started with movement of no-smoking and ambumani ramadoss, deserves a mention because of his strict stand against smoking. education is as important as water, electricity because of the increased complexity of the business.
Just perturbs me is that great colleges have turned into sex markets (someone told me about the happenings in IIM's, IIT's etc. in which discipline and has given way to sleeping together on same beds, living-in relationships and more). School children have started shooting just like what happens in US. virginity of a girl is lost around 16 (just like britain, where the govt. has urged schools to prevent abortions). india is going the wrong way, yes, but there is no check (atleast western govt. are preventing future cases to happen) ... in the name of freedom, people are leading towards self-destruction. Further, the advent of youngsters in pubs has led to increased drug-addiction.
2009
Moral standards have been decimated. alchohol, drugs and cigarettes are the lifelines of the massive young generation india boasts of. Marriage is no longer required, nor any social bond between youngsters. The middle and rich class have become india, while the poor are still 'bharat'. Bharat still has a society where ladies discuss that this girl was seen walking with a guy, where people mock but in a way care for the society. India is a personal secretive place, where sex is just like money or power, a barter. Bharat still has brothers fighting with the girl's boyfriend to not come near her, but india has brother of the girl wooing the boyfriend's sister for a one-night-stand. marriages end in a week if the guy is unable to satisfy the girl (does anyone remember their parents which are bonded till date, despite all odds, despite differences, they still stand strong, and probably better).
The gurus of globalisation have failed and its proved that all this free market thing is a bull-shit. with western countries thinking of protectionism, indian dogs still wag about their tails waiting for Foriegn investors to come back and give them glory, just like a courtesan waits every night for her customer. if the 'goras' can learn from india, why cant india learn from itself ???? is it necessary india has to learn from the F'ing west ?? they've done so for 2 generations, but to no greatness, apart from freedom .. waht ?? freedom of doing what ?? wearing inadequate clothes ?? f'ing any random chick on the road ?? killing your classmate ? marrying twice and adopting to muslim religion ??
why cant the proponents of freedom abide some rules and live like his/her ancestors did ??
My latest worry now is that bharat doesnt think of becoming india.
Pyaasa still rules with "yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai ??? " it would continue to do so !
pre 1990's
Courtesans exist, are underground and illegal. Apart from this fact, i am pretty happy about the human relations and society. Cinema is not a bad thing, after all. (Though some movies showing women in jazzy clothes disgusts me.) The ills of society are the western thoughts coming in the minds of people which considers smoking and liquor is a part of life. For the west it is, being a cold place to live, but india is tropical. No requirement of alchohol for heat or cigar for the feeling of high. I dont think the movements will stand the cultural strength of india. Its ram-bhumi after all.
1990-1995
Education for all is an important thing. I believe its imperative for girls too to learn as much as they want to. (though i am confused what good is education to a woman who will marry a young boy and stay a housewife.. ahh yes. Women are great teachers for kids, too). they have proved alchohol and cigarette are both bad for health, so people may start avoiding it in due course. They say economy should be opened and foriegners be allowed. am really bamboozled by that. why did gandhiji remove foriegners in the first place ? had at that time they thought that foriegners are good for economy, india would not have been so great as it is today. the most proud thing india has is its culture, its people and unity. no foriegner should come and affect us again. SAY NO TO any foriegn material. swadesi banao, swadesi khao...
1995-1999
well, these years have seen an exponential increase in western clothing for youngsters. i dont understand how people wear things like jeans. i am disgusted after seeing kuch kuch hota hai and other adventurous movies. Cinema is bad. This concept of making friends between boys and girls is experimental, but not immoral. but clearly this movie has struck every rich kid to find a partner and have an affair. That someday will not lead to moral results, though. i hope the indian values are taught to these kids studying in private, metro colleges and stop experimenting with relationships in teenages. The hot topic of discussion in kitty-parties and social clubs are gossips of girls found walking with a boy or talking with them.
One thing thats good is, the flourish of newspapers and media, which is helping every individual to know, reason and decide.
2000-2005
as i had dreaded, there has been a flourish of rapes, acid-attacks and injustice to the women because of this 'westernisation' of the minds. news channels and media just reports these things everyday. insecurity is eroding more indian values as more and more women wish to support themselves with a partner who can take care of her needs as well as prevent other guy's eyes on her. Discos, too share a hand in degrading youngsters. The boy-girl 'affair' thingy has slowly accrued into middle class (from the richer people), into the other urban cities an schools, apart from metros, and most importantly, into younger brains. immature youngsters in their 13's and 14's have started actively wooing girls (which are more immature and just started with puberty). I am shocked about the advent of MMS and cheap availability of porn, which is degrading values faster than global warming. Fights over girls are common in middle and rich class people with power, though the hot topic for discussion between aunties is not which girl was seen roaming around in the market, but that which girl was seen coming out of a guy's bedroom.
The economy of our country is seemingly increasing,too. more people are becoming rich and choice is increasing. however, i sense a shift in jobs, rather than creation of it. the clerks and 'babus' haven given way to call-centre employees.
2005-2008
Our country is looking brighter in terms of quality of life and i guess globalisation has helped. opening up of the economy in 1991 wasnt a bad idea, after all. Cities have started with movement of no-smoking and ambumani ramadoss, deserves a mention because of his strict stand against smoking. education is as important as water, electricity because of the increased complexity of the business.
Just perturbs me is that great colleges have turned into sex markets (someone told me about the happenings in IIM's, IIT's etc. in which discipline and has given way to sleeping together on same beds, living-in relationships and more). School children have started shooting just like what happens in US. virginity of a girl is lost around 16 (just like britain, where the govt. has urged schools to prevent abortions). india is going the wrong way, yes, but there is no check (atleast western govt. are preventing future cases to happen) ... in the name of freedom, people are leading towards self-destruction. Further, the advent of youngsters in pubs has led to increased drug-addiction.
2009
Moral standards have been decimated. alchohol, drugs and cigarettes are the lifelines of the massive young generation india boasts of. Marriage is no longer required, nor any social bond between youngsters. The middle and rich class have become india, while the poor are still 'bharat'. Bharat still has a society where ladies discuss that this girl was seen walking with a guy, where people mock but in a way care for the society. India is a personal secretive place, where sex is just like money or power, a barter. Bharat still has brothers fighting with the girl's boyfriend to not come near her, but india has brother of the girl wooing the boyfriend's sister for a one-night-stand. marriages end in a week if the guy is unable to satisfy the girl (does anyone remember their parents which are bonded till date, despite all odds, despite differences, they still stand strong, and probably better).
The gurus of globalisation have failed and its proved that all this free market thing is a bull-shit. with western countries thinking of protectionism, indian dogs still wag about their tails waiting for Foriegn investors to come back and give them glory, just like a courtesan waits every night for her customer. if the 'goras' can learn from india, why cant india learn from itself ???? is it necessary india has to learn from the F'ing west ?? they've done so for 2 generations, but to no greatness, apart from freedom .. waht ?? freedom of doing what ?? wearing inadequate clothes ?? f'ing any random chick on the road ?? killing your classmate ? marrying twice and adopting to muslim religion ??
why cant the proponents of freedom abide some rules and live like his/her ancestors did ??
My latest worry now is that bharat doesnt think of becoming india.
Pyaasa still rules with "yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai ??? " it would continue to do so !
Monday, March 9, 2009
samsara-the cycle
"There is nothing called as NEW.. things just repeat over in a cycle."
A person may find topics as new and relevant today might have been existent in the same form centuries ago, though a person may be able to experience once in his lifetime, making it new. Conan doyle's short story (1890's)on sherlock holme's cracking up a bank robbery is the exact depiction shown in the movie 'The Bank Job'. More generalistically, recession is one topic once seen in the lives of our older generations. We're lucky experiencing it in ours.
Coming over, natural disasters arent new either, though they say the intensity keeps on increasing, to which i'd argue that its not about intensity but population density that's burning in your mind. Anyways, our scriptures (there's no harm in learning good things from them, OK??) too suggest similar things. What i find intriguingly relevant in hinduism is their philosophy of 'yugs'. Kalyug, the current time is suggestive of the kind of societal values we have and believe in. Buddhism comes up with the concept of cycle-the samsara, where an individual keeps on desiring one thing after the other and the only way out of this flowchart is the 'stop' symbol-death. Muslim religion reflects the straightforward, truthful obeyance to god, without any fickleness or hypocracy. Being orthodox in these contemporary times, we expect the rules of its religion to change. Learning from the past, its the same what happened with Christianity during the renaissance. It had become too 'ruly' and systematic for a person to abide. The lesson means that whatever be the religion, its NEVER a set of rules to follow. Its should be used as a guiding light to help the individual choose when in dilemma posed by the question of YES or NO.
Though we may call ourselves to be contemporary, modern or whatever, we still have some kind of 'habits' which may lead to superstitions in our mind. We give modern names to those-OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder), a lingo for the 'older' rituals or superstitions followed by our ancestors. in those days, people killed in the name of god and now they do the same. whats changed is 'lingo'. Begging, similarly dates back to jesus's time (or caesar's time).
oh.. global warming?? thats one issue which has never happened. Well, some staticians and models may help you negate the fact, but yes, that you may call something new.. i'd prefer calling it a new mask of some old issue. compare with recession, though the causes have been always different, the result is the same. bad time to come. similarly, global warming is just a cause. for something not good. (hope i dont need to be more verbose on this, you get it.. thats all )
I cant think of more contemporary issues so i'd stop here. but the point is, there's nothing called as new. not even patents ... (more on that later)
A person may find topics as new and relevant today might have been existent in the same form centuries ago, though a person may be able to experience once in his lifetime, making it new. Conan doyle's short story (1890's)on sherlock holme's cracking up a bank robbery is the exact depiction shown in the movie 'The Bank Job'. More generalistically, recession is one topic once seen in the lives of our older generations. We're lucky experiencing it in ours.
Coming over, natural disasters arent new either, though they say the intensity keeps on increasing, to which i'd argue that its not about intensity but population density that's burning in your mind. Anyways, our scriptures (there's no harm in learning good things from them, OK??) too suggest similar things. What i find intriguingly relevant in hinduism is their philosophy of 'yugs'. Kalyug, the current time is suggestive of the kind of societal values we have and believe in. Buddhism comes up with the concept of cycle-the samsara, where an individual keeps on desiring one thing after the other and the only way out of this flowchart is the 'stop' symbol-death. Muslim religion reflects the straightforward, truthful obeyance to god, without any fickleness or hypocracy. Being orthodox in these contemporary times, we expect the rules of its religion to change. Learning from the past, its the same what happened with Christianity during the renaissance. It had become too 'ruly' and systematic for a person to abide. The lesson means that whatever be the religion, its NEVER a set of rules to follow. Its should be used as a guiding light to help the individual choose when in dilemma posed by the question of YES or NO.
Though we may call ourselves to be contemporary, modern or whatever, we still have some kind of 'habits' which may lead to superstitions in our mind. We give modern names to those-OCD(obsessive compulsive disorder), a lingo for the 'older' rituals or superstitions followed by our ancestors. in those days, people killed in the name of god and now they do the same. whats changed is 'lingo'. Begging, similarly dates back to jesus's time (or caesar's time).
oh.. global warming?? thats one issue which has never happened. Well, some staticians and models may help you negate the fact, but yes, that you may call something new.. i'd prefer calling it a new mask of some old issue. compare with recession, though the causes have been always different, the result is the same. bad time to come. similarly, global warming is just a cause. for something not good. (hope i dont need to be more verbose on this, you get it.. thats all )
I cant think of more contemporary issues so i'd stop here. but the point is, there's nothing called as new. not even patents ... (more on that later)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
convoluted game of acceptances, rejections and withdrawals...
A time comes in every one's life when he is disappointed for what he has worked so hard for, just like the negative of the 'conventional' camera. later does the negative get developed and then comes recognition, choice and publicity..
but this time, along with the above mentioned, comes madness.
i have tried arranging it chronologically, but believe me, everyday has been a suprise the past 2 months ....
2008
well, its a new game altogether, a game of research. research demands acknowledgment of your work through paper publications in journals and technical conferences. now, during my stay at STM, i had made a research paper, which, frankly, did not seem to me as a great work. my mentor had submitted the paper earlier, but had rejections from many places. my motive was to give a new 'look' to the paper and make it look acceptable.
i remember my initial discussions with my mentor. the work seemed incomplete and uncertain. i was then actually involved in finishing the work, testing and profiling the new algorithm suggested in the paper. a few modifications, in the understanding, also followed. anyways, the point was i was analysing and researching each and every aspect. now, the paper has had it's share of bad luck with lots of rejections from indian conferences (and international one's too).
this paper was finally complete and ready to be accepted. I, personally, wasnt sure of its fate because of a few problems (which i tried my best to cover up and conceal). anyways, it was indian conference level. that was my take.
now, this paper was sent in alwar's international conference. accepted. great boost for us. next I sent it in PEC, but due to internal knowledge of poor quality, another one was sent, while this was withdrawn. next comes selection of a modified version of this paper in amu's national conference and some bombay's international conference. okay .. cool nah !
JAN
then comes the big ones. the paper travels world and gets accepted in international conference in hongkong (conf. names withdrawn, due to google). 5 days later, when i was making mind of visiting HK, comes another suprise that it got selected for thailand conference, the same which had rejected it earlier.. persistence, luck or god? whatever. ... things are good.
FEB
after withdrawals from earlier ones, comes IETE journal suprise that 1 person had liked it and it may be published there. also, a better conference, CNSR, accepts it.
baaki har jaga se withdraw karke, now CNSR is final .. the work gets uploaded on iee digital library. what else is needed??
in the midst of it, i was going berserk... mad. how to make yourself completely mad?? comes, ieee ka journal's partial acceptance..... god knows what will happen the next 2 days...
June:::
the end of this game has been that we cancelled cnsr and did not get through in consumer electronics journal ... be greedy and get nothing ! ..
but this time, along with the above mentioned, comes madness.
i have tried arranging it chronologically, but believe me, everyday has been a suprise the past 2 months ....
2008
well, its a new game altogether, a game of research. research demands acknowledgment of your work through paper publications in journals and technical conferences. now, during my stay at STM, i had made a research paper, which, frankly, did not seem to me as a great work. my mentor had submitted the paper earlier, but had rejections from many places. my motive was to give a new 'look' to the paper and make it look acceptable.
i remember my initial discussions with my mentor. the work seemed incomplete and uncertain. i was then actually involved in finishing the work, testing and profiling the new algorithm suggested in the paper. a few modifications, in the understanding, also followed. anyways, the point was i was analysing and researching each and every aspect. now, the paper has had it's share of bad luck with lots of rejections from indian conferences (and international one's too).
this paper was finally complete and ready to be accepted. I, personally, wasnt sure of its fate because of a few problems (which i tried my best to cover up and conceal). anyways, it was indian conference level. that was my take.
now, this paper was sent in alwar's international conference. accepted. great boost for us. next I sent it in PEC, but due to internal knowledge of poor quality, another one was sent, while this was withdrawn. next comes selection of a modified version of this paper in amu's national conference and some bombay's international conference. okay .. cool nah !
JAN
then comes the big ones. the paper travels world and gets accepted in international conference in hongkong (conf. names withdrawn, due to google). 5 days later, when i was making mind of visiting HK, comes another suprise that it got selected for thailand conference, the same which had rejected it earlier.. persistence, luck or god? whatever. ... things are good.
FEB
after withdrawals from earlier ones, comes IETE journal suprise that 1 person had liked it and it may be published there. also, a better conference, CNSR, accepts it.
baaki har jaga se withdraw karke, now CNSR is final .. the work gets uploaded on iee digital library. what else is needed??
in the midst of it, i was going berserk... mad. how to make yourself completely mad?? comes, ieee ka journal's partial acceptance..... god knows what will happen the next 2 days...
June:::
the end of this game has been that we cancelled cnsr and did not get through in consumer electronics journal ... be greedy and get nothing ! ..
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
oye its february !
whenever the word february crops up, it just reminds of the love in air. .. first comes basant panchmi .. (the start of indian season of love).. and then valentines..
sms'es start coming from all places and the hottest discussion topic becomes the grand plan of valentines day ... and preparations (of all sorts ) for the day ...
now then, I dont understand the greatness why a particular day is chosen to say all the random emotional feelings to anyone, (and sometimes for the heck of it)? anyways, this is the time of desperation, too, for the singles.
While girls would oft find that some people are really nice these days(which they seldom notice.. i wonder DO THEY EVER use their 2.5 kg up there) the boys, are busy finding and zeroing on the girl(read targets) to get on this valentines.. some get it, some dont.. but someday, 'some' of those some guys get it .. anyways..
the newly made couples and ex's patching up again are busy planning for a perfect date (strategy:nothing should go wrong), nervous and anxious.. loving it ..
while the existing couples dont find it a special day(though they may want it to be one, but at the end, its just like another meeting with their partners.. nothing to remember about)
as you can see, 3/4th category doesnt really need valentines to express their love .. but the rest, deserve the best time they aspire for ... happy val's 2 them..
as for me, am going for cousin's marriage (damn it being on sat. and in middle of shaadi season, my possibilities are canceled, so am not even thinking of it)
wat else ??
MORAL OF THE STORY::: i am a proponent of valentines (as long as i have a date.. ) if not, val's is just another day in life .. a forgetful one .... lol
sms'es start coming from all places and the hottest discussion topic becomes the grand plan of valentines day ... and preparations (of all sorts ) for the day ...
now then, I dont understand the greatness why a particular day is chosen to say all the random emotional feelings to anyone, (and sometimes for the heck of it)? anyways, this is the time of desperation, too, for the singles.
While girls would oft find that some people are really nice these days(which they seldom notice.. i wonder DO THEY EVER use their 2.5 kg up there) the boys, are busy finding and zeroing on the girl(read targets) to get on this valentines.. some get it, some dont.. but someday, 'some' of those some guys get it .. anyways..
the newly made couples and ex's patching up again are busy planning for a perfect date (strategy:nothing should go wrong), nervous and anxious.. loving it ..
while the existing couples dont find it a special day(though they may want it to be one, but at the end, its just like another meeting with their partners.. nothing to remember about)
as you can see, 3/4th category doesnt really need valentines to express their love .. but the rest, deserve the best time they aspire for ... happy val's 2 them..
as for me, am going for cousin's marriage (damn it being on sat. and in middle of shaadi season, my possibilities are canceled, so am not even thinking of it)
wat else ??
MORAL OF THE STORY::: i am a proponent of valentines (as long as i have a date.. ) if not, val's is just another day in life .. a forgetful one .... lol
Thursday, January 29, 2009
2009- mangalore, terrorists and society
another issue of national importance has emerged out from the mangalore rioting and extremism. the whole idea of beating girls in a 'pub'lic place is a devilish and a heinous crime. however, there is more that meets the eye from the whole incident. at first look, the fingers point at bjp and the mass hysteria that such an event could do to tamper its image. even our home minister, chidambaram said it was an attempt to defame BJP. clearly, this is a game of simple politics in the election year. its common sense that BJP would not only gain mass support from such acts (u'll understand why) but be given a boost of votes because of such things rather than tainting it's image.
anyone remember's babri ? oh yes ... it was a heinous crime too. now, that was clearly openly done. this is a more subtle deed. any opinion show on the news channel may provide 2 conflicting opinions. one, the 'conservatists' of liberalisation pointing to the freedom of expression and the other the conservative conservatives trying to show the light of uncultured and immoral practices being followed in metros.
both are equally sensible and yet conflicting. we deserve the right to experiment and express. but in the name of expression, we need not forget our culture, our heritage and certain rules not dictated by the constitution, but by the rich history of our ancestors.
let me be brief. our modern culture cannot be based on live-in relations, teenage sex and pregnancies because these are the vices of western civilization. rather than learning, politicians know metros have fallen prey to it. britain battled of teenage pregnancies 3 years back and found that 80% of young girls losing virginity. nothing is immoral according to the law, but not scientifically and socially, NOT ACCEPTABLE.
now then, any fight has always helped BJP get the masses from all the states (except educated metro people) syncronise with BJP and thats what it has understood it must do. india shining failed badly because the target was middle-class, while congress had been fundamentally supporting farmers and other lower class (though never in the name of factious politics). BSP. the brilliant example of grassroot level politics.
so, anyways, It is definately going to help extremist politicians ruling our country helped by the fickleness of the masses.
admit it, for a common man, I'd always go for preserving our culture and define mangalore acts as barbaric, but think that the distorted culture of metros need be stopped.. this is when i start getting in sync with the ideology that i had initially opposed. cant understand? read again .. you wont anyways...
anyone remember's babri ? oh yes ... it was a heinous crime too. now, that was clearly openly done. this is a more subtle deed. any opinion show on the news channel may provide 2 conflicting opinions. one, the 'conservatists' of liberalisation pointing to the freedom of expression and the other the conservative conservatives trying to show the light of uncultured and immoral practices being followed in metros.
both are equally sensible and yet conflicting. we deserve the right to experiment and express. but in the name of expression, we need not forget our culture, our heritage and certain rules not dictated by the constitution, but by the rich history of our ancestors.
let me be brief. our modern culture cannot be based on live-in relations, teenage sex and pregnancies because these are the vices of western civilization. rather than learning, politicians know metros have fallen prey to it. britain battled of teenage pregnancies 3 years back and found that 80% of young girls losing virginity. nothing is immoral according to the law, but not scientifically and socially, NOT ACCEPTABLE.
now then, any fight has always helped BJP get the masses from all the states (except educated metro people) syncronise with BJP and thats what it has understood it must do. india shining failed badly because the target was middle-class, while congress had been fundamentally supporting farmers and other lower class (though never in the name of factious politics). BSP. the brilliant example of grassroot level politics.
so, anyways, It is definately going to help extremist politicians ruling our country helped by the fickleness of the masses.
admit it, for a common man, I'd always go for preserving our culture and define mangalore acts as barbaric, but think that the distorted culture of metros need be stopped.. this is when i start getting in sync with the ideology that i had initially opposed. cant understand? read again .. you wont anyways...
Thursday, January 22, 2009
blogs- replacing relations or just another self expression way?
I just heard a comment that in time to come blogging would eliminate any need of having a Girl friend. Imagine the age when your read about your wife's secrets from her hidden blog. and do worry, its quite possible. its quite being theorized the advent of blogging and its consequences. learned people have openely expressed resentment about tools like these and cropping up of social networking sites, while people (like me) have found a new found way of self-expression and venting daily shit by indulging in it. Surely, they say it helps reduce one's dependence on others. can we say the old 'lovely' long conversation has just given way to short sms, scraps and self-expressing blogs??
Its common (and imperative) for people my age trying hands at wooing and getting support from the other sex. the main reasons a person needs a GF or a BF are broadly::
emotional support, sex and a being in a more powerful position with peer group.
well, blogs and social networking just help majorly in getting the 1st (though in a few cases it has helped guys getting random chicks for one nite stands, but thats rare). the other two are always achieved by 'hardwork' .. (and i mean that)
then why is blogging popular among everyone?
i believe the major reason is that in the age of networking, layers of restraint and practice prevents the ruthless, uncultured true-self of every individual. while gargantuan amounts of frustration lie in everyone's mind, this frustration only needs a vent. most people blow their minds off it on some individuals in the name of emotional support(family, close friends etc.) while rare cases throw it out whenever their thresholds become full. others are using blogs to that effect.
blogs are also a place to show a different aspect of a person (rafael nadal launched his blog recently which prompted me to write this post) or cater to the fan-base by providing deeds of heroism and motivational stories plebians enjoy. but anyways, for me its just another tool of self-expression and helps in regaining focus after writing unfocussed shit no one could ever finish understanding about.
Its common (and imperative) for people my age trying hands at wooing and getting support from the other sex. the main reasons a person needs a GF or a BF are broadly::
emotional support, sex and a being in a more powerful position with peer group.
well, blogs and social networking just help majorly in getting the 1st (though in a few cases it has helped guys getting random chicks for one nite stands, but thats rare). the other two are always achieved by 'hardwork' .. (and i mean that)
then why is blogging popular among everyone?
i believe the major reason is that in the age of networking, layers of restraint and practice prevents the ruthless, uncultured true-self of every individual. while gargantuan amounts of frustration lie in everyone's mind, this frustration only needs a vent. most people blow their minds off it on some individuals in the name of emotional support(family, close friends etc.) while rare cases throw it out whenever their thresholds become full. others are using blogs to that effect.
blogs are also a place to show a different aspect of a person (rafael nadal launched his blog recently which prompted me to write this post) or cater to the fan-base by providing deeds of heroism and motivational stories plebians enjoy. but anyways, for me its just another tool of self-expression and helps in regaining focus after writing unfocussed shit no one could ever finish understanding about.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
7777 ... happy birthday ???
regrets that my net was not working for some days so no blog... anyways,coming to the matter.. .
7777 ... for the sake of being repetitive, its seven thousand seven hundred seventy seven days.... since i'm alive ..
january 20, 2009 would be a day to remember as i had survived for 7,777 days since my birth .. to a lesser extent it may also be remembered the day when US had its first black president. obama is not only hailed as the president of US, but as the president of the World.
now .. more importantly, why 7777 ? i was disturbed by the fact that why do we celebrate birthdays. in our life, we have had only 1 birthday. rationalizing on this issue, it seems logical not only to celebrate years since you've grown up (as is the trend.. ) but also to celebrate your 1000th day or 100000 hour of 1 millionth second of existence .. why not ?? every moment is important .. why only the concept of years and birthdays ??
the buildup of my 'luckiest' day on earth wasnt that great .. i didnt win any lottery or had any gains in any transaction whatsoever. the 7777'th week was just a normal average week making me learn i am just another guy which gets his share of criticism, abuses and mockery..
average.. but important. helps to realize that even bad things do not let you lose your smile and intrigue by which you see the strange world.. and good things make your day ..
oh .. and the the best thing i've witnessed this week is hearing someone special geniunely smile (just a hemmmhemm type voice) on phone for 1/2 a second and a message from him/her saying "it was nice talking with you".
trivial things .... but all the while end up being IMPORTANT things.
7777 ... for the sake of being repetitive, its seven thousand seven hundred seventy seven days.... since i'm alive ..
january 20, 2009 would be a day to remember as i had survived for 7,777 days since my birth .. to a lesser extent it may also be remembered the day when US had its first black president. obama is not only hailed as the president of US, but as the president of the World.
now .. more importantly, why 7777 ? i was disturbed by the fact that why do we celebrate birthdays. in our life, we have had only 1 birthday. rationalizing on this issue, it seems logical not only to celebrate years since you've grown up (as is the trend.. ) but also to celebrate your 1000th day or 100000 hour of 1 millionth second of existence .. why not ?? every moment is important .. why only the concept of years and birthdays ??
the buildup of my 'luckiest' day on earth wasnt that great .. i didnt win any lottery or had any gains in any transaction whatsoever. the 7777'th week was just a normal average week making me learn i am just another guy which gets his share of criticism, abuses and mockery..
average.. but important. helps to realize that even bad things do not let you lose your smile and intrigue by which you see the strange world.. and good things make your day ..
oh .. and the the best thing i've witnessed this week is hearing someone special geniunely smile (just a hemmmhemm type voice) on phone for 1/2 a second and a message from him/her saying "it was nice talking with you".
trivial things .... but all the while end up being IMPORTANT things.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
can i ever complete this challenge ?
we usually hear "gimme a challenge n i'd finish it." its stupid, cause thats the way people think "standing up for oneself" is. i guess i was like this .. will work as hard as possible to finish off a challenge .... but what if the challenge is stupid?
I'd prefer not to waste my precious time on it.. but isnt it tempting to take up the challenge and end up in a bigger mess. ?
its been 2nd time when someone (and that someone is really close n family 2 me), elderly, wise (though i doubt that) was seen laughing at me,trying to mock me, and challenging me (now this is the good part).
what was the challenge ?? "i bet you get a girl on your own"...can you imagine .. such a stupid, whimsical want of someone i highly look upto.. and it was laughter that folllowed. wild laughter. even experienced people are now challenging me to get a partner .. can anything go worser than this ??
the problem in the world is that once you realise that you are happy and satisfied with the way you are, people just give you something to reconsider your happiness and try resurrecting things (which you originally didnt want). these challenges may instigate a fire inside me to prove it wrong, but hope the brain and logic wins over flimsy, nugatory and worthless challenges which dont deserve my attention.
I'd prefer not to waste my precious time on it.. but isnt it tempting to take up the challenge and end up in a bigger mess. ?
its been 2nd time when someone (and that someone is really close n family 2 me), elderly, wise (though i doubt that) was seen laughing at me,trying to mock me, and challenging me (now this is the good part).
what was the challenge ?? "i bet you get a girl on your own"...can you imagine .. such a stupid, whimsical want of someone i highly look upto.. and it was laughter that folllowed. wild laughter. even experienced people are now challenging me to get a partner .. can anything go worser than this ??
the problem in the world is that once you realise that you are happy and satisfied with the way you are, people just give you something to reconsider your happiness and try resurrecting things (which you originally didnt want). these challenges may instigate a fire inside me to prove it wrong, but hope the brain and logic wins over flimsy, nugatory and worthless challenges which dont deserve my attention.
Friday, January 2, 2009
prounounce as: felosoFEE
hmmm.. lets talk about some thing basic and generalise it.
boys and girls ........
well, since aeons its known man is a social animal. i think man is truly an animal; and his opposite sex is the caretaker.
not to take in the extreme sense, but man has been an hunter. its psyche wants victory, new conquests, adventure. his body, streamlined for this only supports the cause. notice a guy's hands. rugged, made to hold onto anything he wants and with a strong grasp. its a fact that athletic guys are sharp, born to desire and do everything to get it. the softies and a little more chubby ones have more female characteristics.my point here is that the kind of physique tells what kind of mentality the person is.
anyways, back to the topic. man DESIRES and as soon as he gets them, he DESIRES more .. and there is nothing wrong in this.(like the adjectives vicious circle, samsara etc.) the man is born to be fickle and run like an animal. from one place in search for satisfaction. though he too doesnt know wat will help him to satisfy him fully. i bet even the most underestimated people (like the sweet n reserved fellows) may be found to be highly competitive and wanting in certain situations. after one thing, another is needed .. and another .. and so on .. and this is why the girl is made by god.
girls, we know are emotional n stuff. but the reason for that is to act as a perfect foil to the ruthless aggressor called men. they are the creation to tame them, to make them harmless, less desiring .. no matter whatever people say or do, the female will always be the 'opposite sex'. but never the ruthless one or trying to emote boys. people say girls cannot dominate. i deny this fact. girls do dominate. they dominate the males to be harmless. the tricks of the trade are known to everyone. the woman's wants are entirely opposite to the man.(well, mostly). what else, the society builds up on these facts. food for thought for the females would be that dont be fickle and dicey, cause men are more fickle than you(and you wont realise the fact) and for the guys would be that ignorance is bliss, certain things do not need be experienced or conquered and its better to kill 1 desire than making effort for the 100 new ones that come with it.
i guess we all know all this. then wat did i get by typing this ? killed my time i guess ... anyways..
boys and girls ........
well, since aeons its known man is a social animal. i think man is truly an animal; and his opposite sex is the caretaker.
not to take in the extreme sense, but man has been an hunter. its psyche wants victory, new conquests, adventure. his body, streamlined for this only supports the cause. notice a guy's hands. rugged, made to hold onto anything he wants and with a strong grasp. its a fact that athletic guys are sharp, born to desire and do everything to get it. the softies and a little more chubby ones have more female characteristics.my point here is that the kind of physique tells what kind of mentality the person is.
anyways, back to the topic. man DESIRES and as soon as he gets them, he DESIRES more .. and there is nothing wrong in this.(like the adjectives vicious circle, samsara etc.) the man is born to be fickle and run like an animal. from one place in search for satisfaction. though he too doesnt know wat will help him to satisfy him fully. i bet even the most underestimated people (like the sweet n reserved fellows) may be found to be highly competitive and wanting in certain situations. after one thing, another is needed .. and another .. and so on .. and this is why the girl is made by god.
girls, we know are emotional n stuff. but the reason for that is to act as a perfect foil to the ruthless aggressor called men. they are the creation to tame them, to make them harmless, less desiring .. no matter whatever people say or do, the female will always be the 'opposite sex'. but never the ruthless one or trying to emote boys. people say girls cannot dominate. i deny this fact. girls do dominate. they dominate the males to be harmless. the tricks of the trade are known to everyone. the woman's wants are entirely opposite to the man.(well, mostly). what else, the society builds up on these facts. food for thought for the females would be that dont be fickle and dicey, cause men are more fickle than you(and you wont realise the fact) and for the guys would be that ignorance is bliss, certain things do not need be experienced or conquered and its better to kill 1 desire than making effort for the 100 new ones that come with it.
i guess we all know all this. then wat did i get by typing this ? killed my time i guess ... anyways..
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