silence before the storm

2009 has been the most eventful year of my life, hitherto. Lots of ups and downs, losses and gains, good and bad times. Although these happe...

You can talk, persuade, convince and convey the truth or a fact to a person with a steady head, and who is at the least ready to listen to y...

As part of our FSMK ( http://fsmk.org/ ) Study Group activities, 4 lectures on Indian Philosophy, Politics and Social Ethics were organized...

I have never been this happy and free(free as in freedom;))as far as my conscious and intelligent memory remembers. I can see myself in a ne...

I usually do not expect or seek recognition for myself from everyone I know, because it is of least import to me. At the same time, I am exp...

La Vita è Bella-Life is Beautiful . I watched an Italian movie by the same name. A simple movie. A fable-like tale of perceptions and its ...

HOMP-Highway On My Plate,is one of my favourite TV shows. I,like Rocky and Mayur wanted to check out some new authentic place I haven't...

if i was blind you could make me see, if i was down you could comfort me, well i ain't got a lot,but what i got is true there's n...

Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking . It's nothing to brag about. And those who preach faith and enable and elevate it are i...

If I had told you this then,would it have changed our perception of each other?  But,I don't think I could have taken it any further gi...

Today's post is the 200th on my blog!!! Another small,but proud feat of my own.  Every post I have written has emanated from me being...

The things we 'own' would definitely acquire our traits(we make them to). And this is what increases the attachment and enhances th...

This phrase- Unity in Diversity, is one of the most common idioms one would come across in the school texts about India or in any of the s...

I do not know how many of you have been a part of a crowded discussion,and have had a strong feeling of 'non-belonging' towards it, ...

Another weekend evening at office,and it was occupied with an interesting debate with a colleague. This time,it started off from my current ...

God,Gender,nationality,religion,wealth,social status,caste,creed,language,complexion,ancestry,food habits,and a million other excuses to div...

VV : Hey raghu me : Hi Mr.V V :) VV :had dinner? me :yeah..jus now.u? VV :good. me having now,typing with my left hand, preparing for a ...

Yesterday,after obliging to a friend's invitation I attended an Introductory Seminar to a Curriculum for Life programme. They are an org...

'ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ', ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡರು ಬರೆದ ಒಂದು ನಾಟಕ. ಇದು ನಾನು  ಪಾಠಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹೊರತು ಓದಿದ ಮೊದಲ  ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಟಕ.  ನಾಗಮಂಡಲ   ನಾಟಕದ ಕಥಾವಸ್ತು- ಮನೋರಂಜಿ...

The songs in Indian movies most of the times are like- unnecessary pitstops . But, some great music and wonderful lyrics have emanated from ...

Yeah,it was me at Pecos,BEL road!And,before you people could express your exclamation about this,I've done it before hand ;) I have di...

(Second post in my post series "The Question is Why!",11 Nov,2009) Dotage :Feebleness or imbecility of understanding or mind,par...

This was the flow of a casual chat with a colleague in office yesterday. He wanted to talk about my inclination towards Free Software,and we...

Two of the most adamant revolutionaries the world has known- Sigmund Freud and Che Guevara. This post will be the first of many I would be ...

"Imagine a world without choice"....This is the first line of a personal favourite video- Choice by Redhat. A more relevant ada...

A single visit to my regular book store-Blossoms,takes me atleast 3 hours. Today,after missing it the last two times,I made it to the amazin...

Life is a sexually transmitted disease with 100% mortality! A famous witty joke.We,being born is definitely not in our power,or will. Afte...

The post title contains names of two of the best movies which have culminated from Indian Cinema. These movies were released in 2000 and 200...

The character of most humans is unfortunately so brittle. He cannot bear the success of a fellow idealist,who brings forms to his ideas- by...

I haven't been this close to any person residing inside the body of a girl. I have had deep insights into her mind,and have been astound...

Today will go down as an important day of my life. The first day at work had many pleasant and one not-so pleasant revelations for me. The...

I was glad to visit Mysore after more than 7-8 years. The city is simply beautiful ,something which Bengaluru used to be! I visited SJCE ...

Meeting people and assimilating traits inspired from them is the best method to groom oneself. The immense impact it imparts on us is more t...

Today,for the first time I watched a full length play.And,I have been left drowning in a sea of emotions. The vivid performances,and its imp...

An important debate could be based on this. Not only a debate,but a thesis can be arrived at starting from this contention -Nature vs Nurtu...

After massive turbulences which rocked me from all directions, finally they seem to have mellowed down. I'm talking about the anxiety ab...

Off late, the reckless works by the Bangalore city corporation-Bruhath Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike(BBMP) has mellowed down. Now,there are ...

Yet again an official trip by Studsat:This time to Nitte for three days-to address and interact with the students from five branches. The se...

Perspectives are the lenses through which each of us look at everything except ourselves. Change of perspectives happen very often,sometim...

On this most auspicious of nights permit me then, in lieu of  the more commonplace sobriquet to suggest the character  of this dramatis pe...