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Had never imagined Benaras to be this beautiful. Sailed in perfectly silent Ganges with the voice of aarti in the background - nothing in this world could have been more calming.
Chapter 1 of Ansi Common Lisp
10 months ago
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, October 02, 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Before Sunrise
My hard drive started working again and there was this instant feel to revise the movie. Simple conversations yet so soulfully romantic.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
On Gandhi's Death Anniversary
Gandhi's Talisman
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
We had this in many CBSE books during our school times, we read it, forgot it. yes we were innocent then. Now we can again read it, think upon it, act if possible.
"I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj [freedom] for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away."
- One of the last notes left behind by Gandhi in 1948, expressing his deepest social thought.
We had this in many CBSE books during our school times, we read it, forgot it. yes we were innocent then. Now we can again read it, think upon it, act if possible.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Tuesdays with Morrie
Read this amazing book over the last weekend. There are many thoughful things which surface between the lucid conversations of the narrator and the professor, but one thing which stands out is the "The filter of death".
Unnecessary things and activities in life will melt away when seen through this filter.
Monday, January 18, 2010
We were together after a long time.
The Buzz, Gurgaon
Hauz Khas Village, Delhi
The Market Cafe, Khan Market
Anshuman and Jain came down to Gurgaon, Pari was fortunately in India, Deepika dropped the idea of going to SN, Kalpak got time off from both cases - Ahmedabad and Bombay, Mansi shoved off marriage proposals, Amit wasn't feeling his usual sleepy self, Anshul surprisingly didn't have any dates planned, Ankur realized that Delhi was the place to be and WE got a great weekend.
PS: Mansi, Anshul and Ankur could not find a suitable group photo with you guys in there. But yes you people looked way better than the ones in the photographs.
PPS: These are my initial photoshop experiments. Act easy :)
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Diary Archives - Sept 2009
1st September, 2009
Bangalore, RT Nagar
I lost my company laptop sometime back :). And all my diary entries (they were very few actually) are gone. My fate with regard to the laptop is still undecided as to whether I will have to pay the cost. Considering Pari’s (CEO) reaction till now, I feel relieved as there isn't any indication of him asking me to pay. I hope this stays for good.
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Lots of happenings since I wrote my last diary entry. We went for convocation to IIT and was the best time I had in past sometime. In Anshuman’s words, after graduating we went to jobs in different cities, accepted our fate and started surviving with some different definition of fun. We were all very happy in our own small worlds. But only after going back to IIT we realized that there we were staring at only one variable in the complete formula !!
4th Sept’2007
Office, Zinnov
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We converted the office into a play-station where 10 of the total 40 employees of Zinnov were playing CounterStrike. We played for some three hours after which we decided that we will go back to ghar and will have a booze session. It went on till late night and then I slept off as my head was achign severely. The other three, Prasoon, Guptaji and Chuchu again started the CS session soon after the drinking session was over. They kept playing till 6 in the morning.
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PS: Just realized I need to edit out most of my writing. One tries to remain goody goody in real life, but diary life is different. You feel hatred, experience inconsistent behaviour, love, like, dislike and have opinions on A to Z. Best - tear apart people and their conduct.
May be posting archives isn't that great an idea!
PPS: Have come across increased activity of some of my close family members on web. Unfortunately we are no seedhe saadhe bacche anymore.
Bangalore, RT Nagar
I lost my company laptop sometime back :). And all my diary entries (they were very few actually) are gone. My fate with regard to the laptop is still undecided as to whether I will have to pay the cost. Considering Pari’s (CEO) reaction till now, I feel relieved as there isn't any indication of him asking me to pay. I hope this stays for good.
.
.
.
.
Lots of happenings since I wrote my last diary entry. We went for convocation to IIT and was the best time I had in past sometime. In Anshuman’s words, after graduating we went to jobs in different cities, accepted our fate and started surviving with some different definition of fun. We were all very happy in our own small worlds. But only after going back to IIT we realized that there we were staring at only one variable in the complete formula !!
4th Sept’2007
Office, Zinnov
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We converted the office into a play-station where 10 of the total 40 employees of Zinnov were playing CounterStrike. We played for some three hours after which we decided that we will go back to ghar and will have a booze session. It went on till late night and then I slept off as my head was achign severely. The other three, Prasoon, Guptaji and Chuchu again started the CS session soon after the drinking session was over. They kept playing till 6 in the morning.
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.
.
PS: Just realized I need to edit out most of my writing. One tries to remain goody goody in real life, but diary life is different. You feel hatred, experience inconsistent behaviour, love, like, dislike and have opinions on A to Z. Best - tear apart people and their conduct.
May be posting archives isn't that great an idea!
PPS: Have come across increased activity of some of my close family members on web. Unfortunately we are no seedhe saadhe bacche anymore.
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Good Life - Baba Amte
Gandhi called him 'abhay sadhak'-- a fearless seeker of truth and his mission to win a life of dignity for victims of leprosy went against the very grain of society which treated the leprosy-afflicted as untouchable outcastes.
You can view this article here.
This was my comment on the article. Read the article to understand the context.
The story of Baba Amte has been truly inspiring for any generation. People like him are source of constant inspiration and pride, for any Indian, across the generations. His passing away is a great loss to us, but the thing that has hurt me the most is that its only when he has passed away he is there in the news. For all this time where was the media sleeping in bringing out his social contribution. Its a matter of great anguish that our generation is deprived by the deeds of such men. I am an avid book reader who has seen numerous biographies on god-knows-who leaders of across the world lying in biggest of the book stores. Unfortunately I have never seen one on him. Doesn't TV and print media has to play a more proactive role in inspiring the new generation with more books and documentaries on such people. I am sure with such works will not only inspire the youth generation but can create a social change which is imminently required in India.
You can view this article here.
This was my comment on the article. Read the article to understand the context.
The story of Baba Amte has been truly inspiring for any generation. People like him are source of constant inspiration and pride, for any Indian, across the generations. His passing away is a great loss to us, but the thing that has hurt me the most is that its only when he has passed away he is there in the news. For all this time where was the media sleeping in bringing out his social contribution. Its a matter of great anguish that our generation is deprived by the deeds of such men. I am an avid book reader who has seen numerous biographies on god-knows-who leaders of across the world lying in biggest of the book stores. Unfortunately I have never seen one on him. Doesn't TV and print media has to play a more proactive role in inspiring the new generation with more books and documentaries on such people. I am sure with such works will not only inspire the youth generation but can create a social change which is imminently required in India.
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