The Shah of Blah

Hey the ratio goes like this --- > mean ppl:cute ppl = 1:3. Thats why life is beautiful :-D

Im currently reading Salman Rushdie's Haroun and the Sea of Stories. I was prejudiced against him after the row over the Satanic verses and I took up this book too with much reluctance. And what I found there was a surprise. There are writers of all kinds and then there are the real writers- the ones whose writing is different. A different style, a different way of visualising things. Innovative, capturing. The ones whose books are remembered for their novelty. I think Salman Rushdie is one of them. At least this book tells me so. Now I'm tempted to read his other books. Are they as good as Haroun.. ? I now actually want to know what the Satanic verses row is all about.. Is he also a victim just as Sania Mirza is? But are the books available in market ?

My friend told me about a new fantasy series by Christopher ** - Eragon and Eldest. Thats also on my list of books-to-read.

I also saw the animation movie- Corpse Bride. Its good :-D .
A dialogue goes like this (umm the corpse bride wants to go "upstairs" to the living world so the dead old wise man asks her) - " Why do u want to go upstairs when people are dying to come down here ?? " :-D
I hope to watch Chronicles of Narnia this week :-D I AM busy!!!
Mind u I have also been working hard on what Im supposed to work hard on these days.

I'm a sucker for fantasy world.

I played cricket today :-D

Ok so I scored 0 and fielded one ball but still I PLAYED!! It was great fun.. I had more fun at the nets practising than actually playing. End result- my bat did connect with the ball. :-D I always used to wonder how ppl enjoy watching it on TV for 6 hrs at a stretch. Now I know that those who have played it will know the details and hows and whats of it hence they like watching it..

And I dont know so many ppl from our own dept!!! I sure made many friends today :-)

And I guess at some level, I AM sensitive to trivial stuff.. something simple that a friend said pricked me.. I guess Ill take some time to get over that..

A new week starts tomorrow.. Have a fruitful week :-)

Where is Physics!!! Its not engineering :-|

You scored as Mathematics. You should be a Math major! Like Pythagoras, you are analytical, rational, and when are always ready to tackle the problem head-on!

Mathematics	75%
Sociology	75%
Philosophy	67%
Engineering	67%
Psychology	58%
English	50%
Chemistry	42%
Journalism	42%
Art	42%
Biology	33%
Linguistics	25%
Theater	25%
Anthropology	17%
Dance	17%

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He he Philosophy and me!!! no way.. I always liked mathematics :-)

He he

Why is it that you physicists always require so much expensive equipment? Now the Department of Mathematics requires nothing but money for paper, pencils, and erasers ... and the Department of Philosophy is better still. It doesn't evenask for erasers - Isaac Asimov

:-D

Newsmericks

Newsmericks
She has a limerick for every issue!! Creative ones too!
Like she says : newsmericks - news in limericks form...

Miss you

Dear chicken,
I have been missing you a lot. Its been more than a week since I tasted you. At times, I feel this desperate urge to forget everything and everyone for a few moments of bliss with you. I would like you to know that my heart cries out not just for you but the many others who were to follow you - the cute white eggs - the smooth white things with the soft yellow hearts. Though, I must confess that the movie Chicken Run did poke my conscience a bit. But then. every good thing has an end. You were too good for your own good.
You can never imagine the agony my heart (rather my taste buds) go through when I read about the thousands of your kind being culled.
Got to go. Sorry for being abrupt but physics calls. We humans ARE this inhuman.
Deepest regrets.

Life is a dewdrop..

Ever wondered how it would feel after death? Leave the life after death part. Its everyone to his/her own beliefs. But before all that, just when a person has died, how he/she/it would feel? I mean just a few hours without any conversation with family or friends makes me feel so desolate generally. Imagine the soul wanting to talk to its dear ones and not being able to reach across! Just lying there thinking about what could have been, what it had left unfinished and what he/she shouldnt have done. Time machines could never have been wished for more then than any other time. Just nothing to do except wait for the Day of Judgement! Even when somebody close passes away, what I regret most is that there is no way I can talk to that person again plus there's one person less in the world who loved you for no reason. Kal Ho Na Ho is a profound statement and Im dead scared about the Na Ho part :-D.
In our place, it is believed that after a person is dead, the only way he/she gets in touch with the living is in the dreams. I have seen my dearest dead relatives in my dreams so many times and I used to wake up feeling happy that they remembered me enough to come visit me in dreams (:-D) .

Anyway, this is the wrong time to think about these things :-D. This year, I would really like to know what's lined up for me! My life could change for the better or for the worse. I have so many regrets of my-life-would-have-been-different if-i-had-done-this kind. This year, I plan to test the waters. Ill throw in my stones and see what patterns emerge. That's a better move than could-have-beens. The patterns so far have been good though I have not been good enough to appreciate their beauty. I think the future is beautiful too. My doubts are confined to - in which direction will the water flow :-) Time will tell.

By the way folks, its my birthday tomorrow!! :-D Wish me luck :-D

I'll make the most of this dewdrop before it gets absorbed in the earth :-)

Success :-D

Long long time ago I was cribbing about a code not working. After working on it in between big breaks the code finally works :-D Happiness!!

Chiffonesque

Check out this blog. She writes sincerely with a great sense of humour. I loved her posts. A delight to read them.

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Its time our politicians stopped using religion for their vote banks. We don't want to be favoured and we dont want to be left out.
It just leaves a bad taste in the mouth. I wish for the day when we have mature politicians.
I, for one, have always fancied an army major or an air force pilot.. So any muslims out there do contact me :-D ;-)

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He he another valentine's without a valentine!!

RDB reloaded

We got to see RDB again in our very own OAT. Such movies are best suited to the OAT ambience.. Cos the enjoyment becomes a community affair in the sense of hanso saath saath, applaud saath saath.

Whenever positive scenes of laxman and aslam came up on screen, students lauded, whistled and clapped in the gallery. I guess close-knit communities have the danger of shortsightedness. So when people do come out of the cliquish groups, they will realise that things are not as bad for them as they think.

Much hooplah is going on abt prophet muhammad's pics in the papers. Ignore baba.. kisi ke kehne se kuch change nahi hota. The prophet himself used to forgive other's ridicule. Those who are out to exercise their "freedom of expression" expect us to react this way and we have been doing everything to please them.

PS (23.2.2k6) - I at times find great wisdom in the Letters to the editors section of The Hindu. This is what people had to say about this issue :

A strong faith should not be shaken by childish attempts to denounce it. (21st Feb)

Time and again, we forget the message and focus on the messenger. Do gods need us humans to protect them and their reputation? (22nd Feb)

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Grrrrr currently working on a code which refuses to sort out x( After a while, one gets so used to the code that one can't identify the bugs.

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Too many good news today ;-D and two of my friends with whom I had lost touch unexpectedly contacted me :-D

Iran

India has again voted against Iran in IAEA! I dont know exactly if Iran is actually in the wrong or not. Iraq was also in this arena of suspicion. I feel Iran is also an Iraq-in-the-making. I hope India has a better reason for this other than pleasing the biggies.
A few years back, a beautiful Iranian girl in complete hijab used to study here. I used to admire her drive in coming all the way to India to pursue her studies.
My colleague had also gone to Iran for a school-cum-conference. He brought back delicacies, stories and photos from there. The delicacies were mainly made from dry fruits and were very tasty. The photos told us a great deal about their architecture, living habits and heritage. Imagine seeing the arches, minarets and kasheedakari seen in our Mughal palaces, ancient mosques etc in the local streets of Teheran!! Very beautiful. He had visited some ancient calcite caves too. Stunning pictures!! Iran is linked in so many ways to our own history.
Baghdad library was a storehouse of ancient literature and all that got destroyed. Hope the heritage and culture of Iran don't go the same way.

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I finally got my eyes checked :-D This is a big event in my life cos I have been postponing this for the past three years!! Have to put on glasses :-( Mere looks ka kya hoga ??? :-(( boooohooooooooooo

sarfaroshi

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil mein hai,
Dekhna hai zor kitna baazoo-e-qaatil main hai!
Rahraw-e-rah-e-mohabbat rah na jana rah mein,
Lazzat-e-sahra nawardi doori-e-manzil mein hai.
Yoon khara maqtal mein qaatil kah raha hai baar baar,
Kya tamanna-e-shahaadat bhi kisi ke dil mein hai
Waqt aane par bata denge tujhe ai aasmaan,
Hum abhi se kya bataaen kya hamaare dil mein hai.
Ai shaheed-e-mulk-o-millat tere jazbon par nissar,
Teri qurbaani ka charcha ghair ki mehfil mein hai.
Kheinch kar laai hai sabko qatal hone ki umeed,
Aashiqon ka aaj jamghat koocha-e-qaatil mein hai.
Ek se karta nahin koi doosra koi bhi baat,
Dekhta hoon main jise woh chup tiri mehfil mein hai.

We are now raring to die for our country's sake
Let's see how much of strength the assassin can display!
O traveller on the path of love, do not drop mid-way,
It is the distance of the goal that glorifies the chase.
Standing by the gallows the hangman makes a call,
Come, if there be any, by the martyr's zeal enthralled.
We'll tell you all, O sky, wait till the time arrives,
How can we at this stage, our secret plans unveil?
O martyrs in the nation's cause, kudos to your sacrifice.
Even in the enemy camp they talk of you with praise.
Fired by patriotic fervour, many a maddened youth
Has gathered at the crossing, itching for the cross.
Why are they mute and silent? no whisper, no talk,
Everyone that I see has got his lips locked.

kya jazba hai!!

rdb uncontrolled

sleepless me and no books to read. So I thought I might as well post something.

Warning: This could be a spoiler for Rang de Basanti. So those who havent seen it yet should stay away from my ramblings :)

RDB struck a chord at so many levels.

When the father says "SMS generation..char line kya bol diya samajhte hain lecture suna rahe hain" :-D I thought I say that to my father too!!!! He knows by now before I say it out that Ill say "lecture mat do papa" :-D Im a spoilt bad daughter.. no doubts about that :-D

When aamir says that beyond the college doors nobody knows him. I feel that too. Once I leave this field, Ill be mrs. anonymous. Its not as if I'm well known now:-D but there are a few who recognise me by my work and thats a good feeling. Should I give up that and get back to doing what every common girl used to do? They form a chunk of the many doubts I have these days. There's a big chasm between the world I belong to and the world I wish to belong to. But then I think one can't change everything in one go.. A bit by bit change is how life proceeds. I should reconcile myself with this too :-)
RDB says : Live life. Stop analysing. But then ye wholly possible bhi nahin hai na!

And I know so less of the Indian history leave alone world history!!! :-( The freedom fighters had a purpose and they faced larger and more justified problems. They did so much and for what! Our generation has had it easy in so many ways. I rarely have problems of that magnitude but still I crib so much about trivial issues like mess food. Should cut down on that. dont u think so? easier said than done for ppl like me :(

I got a good fwd on republic day: It says : "patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.."
Doesn't that make sense too? So hope we do our part in doing something for the country.

Well in the end, killing the minister sounded foolish to me. Agreed that he deserved every bit of it. Apart from being corrupt himself, to cheapen the sacrifice of the pilot was the foulest thing he could do. But then, killing him finishes all the evidence. He is branded as "amar senaani" And what punishment does he get? Everything is over for him after he dies na. Bringing out the truth in some way will humiliate him publicly and that was the best punishment he could have got. But then, this is imposs cos of the corruption prevalent at that level. system faulty hai. there was a dialogue in the movie Page 3 where atul kulkarni says something which goes as "system me reh kar use badalne ki koshish karo" All this sounds good theoretically but putting it into practice! But then every little contribution helps..

But I'm happy that I can't recall any instance where I have bribed anybody :-D Infact the officer who came for passport verification had given signals that I could be a bit meherbaan. But my lousy sounding Tamil came to my rescue and I acted ignorant and didnt pay anything. Got major blastings later at home and they forecasted no-passport-without-favors for me. But thankfully, I faced no such hassles and I got it. That was the only brush with bribery I faced ever in my life. Luckily :)

Everytime a MIG crashes, it IS a senseless loss of a person who actually does something useful. And who doesn't love his/her life!! To waste it cos of unreliable aircrafts is an issue.

He he Kunal kapoor looks so good!! Tall guys have been the flavor of the season. Zulfi syed, kunal kapoor... But zulfi syed, john abraham are good poster-type hunks. There is something more intense in Kunal kapoor. Or is it just my impression cos of this movie. Soha's role was also very intense and she played it out well. She is gorgeous too! A simple college-going-girl look.Everyone has acted very well in this movie. Maybe this has been The break of their lifetime.

No over-melodrama in the movie. That was such a relief! I was afraid Ill embarass myself by shedding copious tears as Im often bound to do in tragic endings :-D

Whats with aamir and patriotic movies these days?? But mind u, this movie was not just aamir's movie. Everyone in the movie played a key role. There is no special hero. Infact, aamir's too many chak-de-phattes got on my nerves. Whatever does it mean anyways???

Whatever music Rehman composes for a movie, it rocks. He is a genius. His simplicity is so much in odds with his talent! From the start, his music sets the tempo of the movie.

So overall, this movie addresses some real issues but has an unrealistic ending.

ps: Any idea how amitav ghosh's books are like? Should I try them out? Or maybe I should stick to Chaikin and Lubensky- principles of condensed matter physics :-D
or should I learn more about archimedes principle !! :-D wont forget the joke and maybe I should try that out... poor guy will get the lesson of his lifetime :-D ;-)
Why am I not sleepy yet!!!! :-((

no network rt now so the posting is delayed :-(

I saw Rang De Basani :-D

I saw Rang De Basanti :-D Loved the movie. Do go watch it! Thought-provoking.
Right now on cloud nine so will write more sensibly when I come down to earth :-D
And Im so much thankful that I work only in linux what with all the viruses loose on the net

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At times, its so difficult to put words in action.