Back after getting few harsh lessons

I had been thinking of posting on my blog for long time.... But, I had no sufficient emotional strength to do it....

This would be the third obituary post since 18th of June, about people I admire, love and adore....

We take people around us, their contribution to our lives for granted... But, when suddenly the life of one such close person is taken away,we feel their importance... The sudden void created makes you confused in all manners... You are suddenly made face to face with a Harsh reality, the one you know exists, but we always hope it would never reach us...

In such an encounter with death, my adorable cousin who was someone very close to us had to part us...Although,I understand death is inevitable, unstoppable and blah blah,this was a sudden and unexpected blow to us...

We haven't been able to accept it yet... I hope that he lives on forever with us, with the evergreen memories he's bestowed on us....

The Strong are the strongest when alone...

This is the name of a chapter in one of the popular books I'm reading now... As soon as I read this- a spark struck in my head...

I started wondering if this was right...If yes, then what about the philosophies about Synergy.... I began to conclude after some amount of thinking that, the two were actually different, but true...

An individuals strength is explicitly exemplified and amplified when left alone to strive for a task....

But when talking about synergy, it is always the law of averages which is functional.... You can't get a throughput better than that of the sum of the individuals' throughput.

Free Software Workshop for Teachers:After Day 1 and 2

All together a new kind of an experience....

We,the FSMK volunteers cum trainers, along with members from few other organisations were training Government School teachers to use and get comfortable with Free Software,in a Pilot Program by the Karnataka Govt.

I was expecting reluctance,hesitation,mild levels of ego and confusion from the participants...But all that emerged out of these teachers was an extremely high level of enthusiasm, an equalling curiosity and tireless efforts for the first two days...

We were able to break the dogma of The Cyberphobia(Fear of working with computers) from these people the very first day....The joy they subsequently found working on the basics which we taught them,so that it would eventually reach the kids was just heart warming....

The second day was more about trying to make them feel more independent, which is being pursued and will go on to the third day as well....

The kind of awe they were in, while undergoing these sessions puts a big question about the IT revolution India is supposedly going through...In a city where all the major IT players of the world have an establishemnt is ridiculously unbalanced. Its own teachers are literally scared to work with computers...
Blaming the Government is something which is eternal...And we've got used to it...

The question is what each of us can do? I genuinely feel that we as a literate community have a lot to do with a sense of sincere concern towards the society we are a part of....

Regions of Congruency of political views between Hitler and myself

Since long time,I've had many complaints and dissatisfactions with the way any democratic parliamentary government runs and,also in the way it is formed....
Although in principle it is-people ruling themselves,I wasn't convinced with the system and its operation.... There were many other flaws forming lacunae, which I wasn't able to formulate entirely....

Now, recently I have started reading Mein Kempf ,and when I was reading the chapter on Hitler's political views,the inability of my mind to formulate my complaints were very well quenched with the extensive analysis(which is very convincing)presented by him...

• Using the concept of majority in making decisions as a protection for their own ignorance and cowardice, and also as a means of shrugging responsibility and accountability by the politicians...
• The paradoxic efforts being made to make the stratum of our leaders 'as mediocre as possible'....
• The genre of dim wit, but good convincers becoming successful politicians...
• The lack of expertise amongst the decision making faculty about the subjects of national importance
  
• The desire not to vote.Reason being-my principles do not match either with the to be elected member or his party...
• And undoubtedly,a huge compromise to be made-our country's progress....

By saying these,although I whole heartedly endorse Hitler's views, the solution what he sought for wasn't the least good thing to be done...

I am still in deep thinking-as to what the solution could be !

Follow the heart

Lots of possibilities out of the numerous options, and an exponentially increasing confusion....The best solution at a particular moment is bettered by another very soon.... Mind is as if on a pendulum,oscillating between the extremes and never resting at the mean position...

After letting my mind sway on its own accord, I have now resorted to listening to another trustworthy companion- my heart...Making decisions,which are favourable to myself, are a lot easier when listening to my heart...
What i mean is- to make decisions which initiate a simple, sweet joy running through the mind and simultaneously a sensation as if a knot has been untied in between my lungs...With implications such as these, the decisions taken will definitely make oneself happy forever...

So, I am moving ahead with one such major decision,which i think is the best thing I've done until now to myself... :)

B.E already in retrospect !!!

After four quick years, I have completed my engineering and the path taken happens to be quite amusing,seeing from my end....

When I started B.E,as quoted many times,I used to be a stereotype student,your 'nerdish' character,whose world revolved around academic books,exams and cracking those exams in a manner what now I call 'A ridiculously silly' method to pursue education.

After a late realisation,I have since my start of B.E have been trying to contradict myself in many actions of mine....These have now accumulated and moulded a self proclaimed maverick out of me...

But, now when I look back and try to join the dots backwards as Steve Jobs mentions in an inspirational talk, I see that the decisions I have made during these four years will be the foundation for a new and adventurous life....

B.E in retrospect looks the most beautiful period of my life,thus far......

Crossing the new divide

Physical, physiological and psychological hurdles:Although active only for a short duration of time, each growing like a chain reaction coupled mutually have come to a stop... :)

After making few important decisions and giving time for those to settle down, the best time for me to get back into my life has arrived...

Brace yourself :)

The White Tiger- Reviewed

To start with-I enjoyed this easy going and effortless read....This has been one of the rare books which I have involuntarily and effortlessly read through...

The subtle sarcasm which runs through the entire book was initially entertaining,but later on it started hitting me.... It was like standing in front of the mirror and mocking at oneself... For, the entire book brings into light the facets of India each one of us are well aware of but we try not to acknowledge it... The things about our country we do not mention to others and do not consider ourselves, hoping that a miracle will cleanse it all....

The problem with the entire system, the two Indias we try to hide away from, the backbone of our Democracy-Corruption, the need of the moment for India-Entrepreneurs,the competition between us and the yellow men, the tendency of us remaining stuck in a Rooster Coop....Its all there in a well woven tale of a protagonist from a Dark India trying to make it to the Bright India of Light....

Read it, for its entertaining as well as thought provoking...

Unquantifyable acts of nature

I don't think we,humans have groomed enough to comprehend many acts of nature...Even if we have understood them,I consider ourselves victorious only when we formulate them into our terminologies- In the language of Math....

Lets see how successful we have been in accurately formulating a few very simple acts of nature:

The ripples and waves created on the surface of water.
The enormous patterns painted by the white clouds on the blue sky.
The gulping of gusts of thick smoke emanating from a strong fire.
The unrhythmic(or should i call it rhythmic !) orchestration of the leaves fluttering.
The enigmatic and barely discernible intricacies on our finger tips.
The awesomeness in the power of imagination within the hemisphere hoisted upon your neck !!!

There are many more such manifestations of power of nature which would leave us intimidated :)