:) Smile.....That ever lasting smile..... :)

Having a smile on your face always helps you a lot- to cheer up others,and also to lighten up yourself ...But, this is one thing i was really bad at..Even now, you may find me carrying a long face for the smallest or silliest troubles I face...Actually,I am trying to change myself so that i am able to take silly and small mishaps lightly ....
The Inspiration being- one of my friends....
This person is one of those rare and gifted ones who can naturally lighten up the moods of people around...An eternal smile on face,augmented with pranking eyes ,and complimented by a light-hearted jovial persona ....
I have definitely absorbed a lot of traits and have already been reaping the benefits...
Keep it going :)

100th post..... Lots said and heard.... Thx to u all n myself :)

This is my 100th post on my blog Silence before the Storm on my webpage Ideas_are_immortal.
Now,when i read my previous blog posts, i see how much i have grown from there on...
I can't believe that few of the posts have emanated from my thought process; few just scare me off, if i try imagining the the mindset i was in while publishing those,and few just remind me of the various intriguing events behind those posts.....
Altogether it has been a wonderful journey with you all....So, thanks for your company...
In all these posts i have been very honest, trying to reflect whatever i have had in my mind and this has helped me a lot, to see myself as a third person...

And in case, if anybody has been offended by any of the posts,then it was meant to offend you,so no apologies ;)

Will give you all more to chew on....
(And by the way I know John Galt;) )

Passion makes 'work' work

Doing what you like is so very easy than being forced to do something which you aren't convinced about...After long and torturous time of uneasiness i think i'm geared up to deliver my best with all my efforts...
It feels so light and easy to learn new things and do it the way it ought be done....
Now, I realise the importance of always doing what you feel is right....

I have promised myself i wouldn't put myself into a situation ,like i was in a few days ago, ignoring my own reasoning...

Barter trade is what i suggest !!!!

Any happening relationship is an exchange of values....Be it friendship or love...
If there is no balanced trans-reception of values,then, it is a shallow relation...In such cases you have an evil dancing between the two-"hypocrisy".....That is much worse than even hating each other....
Once you start feeling that you are having to put in substantial amount of efforts hesitantly to keep the spark alive,you've already reached the end of the road.
This is a scenario which happens due to the incongruence of personal values of the two involved. And changing atleast one of them would lead to a basic flaw in the way you had imagined each other to be, together....

Brand Raghavendra

It hasn't been just a dream...It has always been an instinct which keeps reminding me as to what i am going to accomplish-An enterprise of my own...

It, like all mammoths will start humbly...And when it is there, this will be my logo...

It signifies the pride in myself, a towering level of confidence, a hint of satisfied smile, superficial simplicity and ultimately ,its a metaphor to me....

I think this is a good way to start.... :)

F1-09 is here... :)

The only sport i follow whole heartedly is here.... Although my loyalty to Ferrari has declined post Schumi....I still love this sport which is the fusion of technology, adrenaline and trends....
The costliest sporting affair driving technology....
They're here for this season...I'm already there following them..

Hope its a good season packed with surprises....

Feeling detached from reality....

It has been a bit weird from a few days now....I feel as if i'm hovering over all things around me, not physically but my mind seems to be at a level where noone is...

I have a feeling as if i don't belong to many of the places around here...I seem to be lost in my own world...There is lack of concentration in things i'm doing and lesser concern for others and I seem to be just drifting away from the reality...
Not many things seem important, except a few selfish possessions of mine...

Although it hasn't been evident from my behavior, it may soon be noticeable.... But,I'm also trying to see if this is doing good to me or not...If yes, I'll continue with this ,else will retract back....

As if for now, I'm liking this light sensation of hallucination, if you wanna call it so... :)

What is Varun's second name? Gandhi/Nehru/Sena

That was a good question imbibing a hot issue...Wasn't it???
But,He's just trying to grab the attention of political heads by speaking things which even he would disagree with...Futile issues of targeting the Muslim and Sikh population would make him the protagonist in his backing political party's eyes, but not amongst people...
Although people in India are divided on 'n' reasons, this attempt to gain attention using religion as a platform is transparent like lens...He is just trying to use his family's reputation....Growing above that reputation and to gain importance would have been like climbing up a steep hill,instead he's chosen the other option-Slide down that hill by going against their convictions...
I don't say that he's not supposed to have his own convictions, but his current endorsements seem very artificial....
Lets see whats in store for him (....from us)....

Take yourself lightly,but your work seriously...

Those of you who know me personally would have sensed the air of lightness i bring about in our interactions(atleast most of the times if not always)... I try to make it a point that this happens most often...I used to do it with some effort initially, nowadays it just flows out of me...

I started thinking about this when i used to feel bored while talking to many of my peers...There would be lengthy dry conversations which i began to repel....It used to be the same even with me...

Then i started adding a tinge of mockery, sarcasm, some not so good humor and a wide variety of subjects to converse about-but it turned out to be a success(another point i'm conscious is of the duration,which i try to reduce without your notice ;))
Although i carry a light persona most of the times ,my work is always done with utmost responsibility and care, and to some extent- seriously...

Money in the right paradigm...(I do agree with the following arguement !!!)

"So you think that money is the root of all evil?" said Francisco.

"Have you ever asked what is the root of money? Money is a tool of exchange, which can't exist unless there are goods produced and men able to produce them. Money is not the tool of the moochers, who claim your product by tears, or of the looters, who take it from you by force. Money is made possible only by the men who produce. Is this what you consider evil?

"Have you ever looked for the root of production? Take a look at an electric generator and dare tell yourself that it was created by the muscular effort of unthinking brutes. Try to grow a seed of wheat without the knowledge left to you by men who had to discover it for the first time. Try to obtain your food by means of nothing but physical motions-and you'll learn that man's mind is the root of all the goods produced and of all the wealth that has ever existed on
earth.

"To trade by means of money is the code of the men of good will.
Money rests on the axiom that every man is the owner of his mind and his effort. Money permits no deals except those to mutual benefit by the unforced judgment of the traders.

"Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason; it demands that you buy, not the shoddiest they offer, but the best that your money can find. And when men live by trade-with reason, not force, as their final arbiter-it is the best product that wins, the best performance, the man of best judgement and highest ability-and the degree of a man's productiveness is the degree of his reward. This is the code of existence whose tool and symbol is money. Is this what you consider evil?

(Excerpts from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged)

There shall be flowers of blessings......

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No "Love All" policy;"Hate none" is my choice

Is it really necessary we love all our fellow human beings???
By asking such a question i'm not implying that we should hate them.
Can we not just stay inert about everyone else except the ones we love and care about...I feel it isn't a matter of shame or guilt if you are not able to embrace all your fellow beings as the world would want you to..
"Love your neighbor, as you love yourself", is an absurd statement....
No normal human can treat someone else equal to himself..You can't treat everyone the way you treat your loved ones...It is a personal and selfish feeling which cannot be shared with everyone...
By reading these above beliefs of mine,don't presume me to be an anti social creature...I just say that we cannot love everyone seamlessly, but we can very well make a choice of hating none...
Thats my policy, derived obviously from Ayn Rand,whom i admire so much....

With love.....Maverick

Everyone knew what kind of a relation we shared...
You were almost the equal half of me....
You chased away my loneliness whenever i sought your company...
You had acquired my traits after sharing your life with me for atleast 18 months.
You were always the first with whom i'd share my brainstorms....
You were the mediator between me and the rest of them....
You have been with me for every joy and the very few sorrows of mine....
You even shared my interests, be it AR or Angie....
You were a footprint of my personality...
I know you remember too,that we met first on my Bday in 2007.....
Now,when forcefully you have been separated from me....
I realise how much i miss you....
May the cause which separated us feel a pain, although it won't be more than what we feel now....
You hold all my memories,.....Now i have only yours....
I shall definitely do what you will want me to do-
'If you are not mine, You shall not be anyone else's either....'
---To my cell (It wasn't only a cell,it was an organ of my body and mind)-Nokia3110 which was robbed off me today...

Bidding you a heartfelt goodbye.....
With love- Maverick

Its high time we acknowledge our unified strengths-Women

We, the male population owe a lot to the other complementary population in the society....For they are the ones who facilitate us do whatever we aspire to do, by playing all essential roles in our life....
I personally attribute whatever little I am till now, and whatever I aspire to become to- my mother....She has done more than i'll be able to express it in words....Seeing her i know what women are capable of....
Further, I personally have derived inspiration, motivation and instigation to better myself from many of the ladies i interact with....A special thanks to you all.... :)
A lot of respect,a bit more admiration and a true sense of gratitude is what i am offering you all women on this Women's day.....
We know that the world is still moving because of you and because of the support and care you bestow on us....
So,keep the world moving by playing all your vital roles....

Bubbling with energy.....

I've been recently getting a lot of compliments from all sectors of society i interact with, about my show off of energy....
But, i think its all in the mind....Recent activities of mine have required passionate efforts....When efforts are put in with passion, the energy flows naturally, continually and serenely like the lava out of Mount Etna in Italy.....
It feels good when you do things you like to do....The pleasure you get in such a case is unparalleled....You feel no strain, no pain, no fatigue...just work and finally a sense of accomplishment....This appears as an inner radiance, which few of you have called it 'I've never seen you this happy before!!!'......

Little work and more play makes Jack like us......

Guests are to be treated as Gods, so are we being treated..... !!!!!!!

Sphagetti Nepolitan, Lagna Florintine, Sphagetti Burmese,Mushroom Saute......and lots more were on our dinner table....Curious after reading their description, each one of us decided to try out a new continental dish at Woodlands....Courtesy- Satyabama University ;)
We are having a nice gala time here-good food,little work, meticulously care taken hospitality....We feel good.... Shouldn't we???
For we are their guests and we are being treated as Gods..... :)Anyways, we have done our part to the best....interacting with their faculty and students to whatever extent is appropriate and necessary....
We are leaving tonight,after catering to few more important committents ...

Satyabama has got better.....

Last time you might remember the atrocity which i complained about our stay in Satyabama...This time, they've mellowed....We were put to stay in Woodlands with a Tavera taking rounds around Chennai.... :)
Then we did what we came to do....A Special addressing to the team of students and teachers of Satyabama to help them out in configuring their satellite....They have been treating us really well....
The 40 mins seminar talk which i gave, went on well.Everyone was listening patiently, it had a tinge of my signature sarcasm and humor. -;)
Then we had an extensive questionnaire, in which i almost dozed off.....Ultimately, with a corner full of pity to their team we've genuinely tried to help them out....
About our stay here.......So far Soooooooo good........

Flash and gone......

I'm posting it now, but i typed it at 2 in the morning today....
We started at night 11 and.......I don't remember anything but slowly drifting into deep sleep. Random and unusual thoughts had been flashing in my mind. I remember them vaguely ,they were something very different....
I donno as to why, but i tend to call these thoughts unprecedented and hallucinatory of small durations and of varied ideas....I can't remember anything concrete to explain them further....
This was like the first time i remember my uncontrolled impulses of random thoughts.....It was really different.....

Back to Bama....Satyabamaaaa.....

Yeah......We were participants last time we went...This time Satyabama University has invited us to address a group of their students about our project...We will be giving a Guest Lecture kind of a thing....
Of the five going,i'm one...Probably i'll be giving the seminar talk.....
I missed a few things about Satyabama last time i went....I hope to capture those things this time.....
Lets see whats in store -;)
We are leaving tonight, will get back on Wednesday....I'll try to be in touch with you, even from there....

We have changed individually...But are still the same when together....

After almost 6 years we see each other...Initially everyone is hesitant to talk freely with each other...We had been away from each other since school and during the mental metamorphic phases of our lives.Now, we all did feel a bit uneasy to open our minds and to exchange our feelings. But, all of it lasted only for i'd say some ten minutes...
At the end of it, we realised we hadn't changed relative to each other.All of us had grown to another level simultaneously, still feeling the way we did when we were in school...
The teachers who spoke so sweetly about us were more sweeter than their words..Many incidents started flashing in our minds, few funny, few embarrassing and few personal....
Not all our friends could make it,but it was sufficient to churn out the underlying memories...
The most reminiscent thing which happened to me was, the attendance list of my class.It was kept to see which of us had come...I read through all the names and it was a great feeling, mixture of longing for all of them and joy of now meeting a few of them.....

The India Quiz......It was Unbelievable.....

The India Quiz.........I'll never forget this event my entire life....It turned out to be unbelievably successful,the response- just overwhelming, the affection- heart warming, the admiration-tightened the rope of responsibility :)
Thanks to all of you who were a part of it.....
Special thanks to the very able and talented friends who made it possible(They are in the pic with me)....
The amount of passionate efforts put in duly paid off.....
The air of euphoria amongst the participants, the number in which you turned out(I had 85 teams!!!!!) was just incredible.....
Finally, thanks to Kattimani Sir for paving the path to the show.....

The India Quiz..... Here it comes.....

Have you ever really loved a woman?????? ( Question only for guys ;) )

According to me, the most creative lines ever written in a song which i believe to be the zenith of imagination are by Bryan Adams in his song-Have you ever really loved a woman...

To really love a woman
Let her hold you -
til you know how she needs to be touched
You've gotta breathe her - really taste her
Til you can feel her in your blood
N' when you can see your unborn children in her eyes
You know you really love a woman

Its time that the world realises its ignorance.....

This picture says it all....First time but with a double treat...
I don't consider these Oscars to A R as his achievement for Slumdog....These are his Early Life Time Achievement awards...
The world will start following up AR's musical journey and realize how ignorant they had been,for having not recognised AR much earlier....
Each and every molecule of those awards deserves to you AR....Congrats...
As a tribute to you, I'm dedicating you my next event-The India Quiz..... :)

எல்லாம் புகழும் ஒருவன் ஒருவனுக்கே....

The India Quiz-has had a real good start.....

My brainchild of 8 months-The India Quiz,is being brought into life next Friday on the 27th of February...It has been on my mind ever since i finished my last quiz.....
After initial hurdles, which have gone past at the speed of light,now i see a clear picture of it coming into life....
I discovered a vibrant peck of energy for helping me in organizing it, he is doing his part in the best way....And with another new talent( as far as i'm concerned) is also on board for hosting the quiz with me.....
I hope it'll get a better response than my first and the very successful quiz-Test Your Common Science.....

Reminiscence.....It is test.....

Suddenly from a few days,and after a long time, a particular short but eventful period of my life which was buried in my mind is surfacing incessantly.

It was one of those times, which has made a huge impact on me.It made me better and stronger.....Although, I got better, there were few events which occured I'd rather not think about again...I had to bury it by putting in a lot of effort...

I attribute a new 'me',whom most of you know, to be to the transformations i underwent then....I hadn't been what I am today before atleast three years...

I'm scared now, for everything around me seems to be reminding me of those days....Not because I'll be hurt by it or any such thing.....But i don't want to be drawn onto that track again....For now, I feel that I am very vulnerable in doing so....

But, I'm trying my best not to let it happen.....I think i'll come out successful in this test of reminiscence.....

What in the world am i good at??????

Introspection has been at its peak after many influential encounters. My career path is one thing i'm really thinking of right now.
I could easily realise that i wasn't made for making software. From there on,i've been trying to reinvent myself as a core electronics guy.Even though i'm good at it,i realise i can perform some other tasks in a much better manner.
It has been evident with my recent ventures, that i am more efficient( and happier....) in doing creative pieces of work,be it arranging a quiz or organizing any event on a substantial scale or hosting events.

I am good in front of a comp trying to code, I'm better when it comes to interpreting and realizing electronics, I'm at my best when given a stage or a dais......

I'd conclude that my technical creativity is not at par with my otherwise creativity.

(I have spoken about my creativity here, and not about the dedication or commitment to any of the tasks undertaken by me,which are always at zenith....)

The two ugly facets of humans i witnessed.....

Although i had been tolerating these people belonging to an antagonizing group of humans,they crossed the limits.....

You can counter 'Logic and reason' by a superior level of the same.... What is to be done if you are to counter an attack of futility instigated by purposeless use of power!!! I was rendered helpless, infuriated, desperate to retaliate.... I, after a long time was furious. I could feel the sudden and strong surge of hot blood to my head....Unable to stand in that situation...My teeth grinding against each other, making me really angry....There isn't an efficient way to counter such people,who are unfortunately at a high position(definitely which they are not worth of)....

Another kind are the leeches or the parasites depicted in Ayn Rand's works...The parasites who feed on your ideas...They seem to be in an illusion that my idea is it their right...They don't even acknowledge that they are the flag bearers of Plagiarism....I had to show them their own color, although not in a pleasant manner....

I don't understand how people of these two and many other ugly facets of humans stay with even themselves....I'd hate myself to the core,if i were belonging to any of those herds......

God...Always a hot topic to debate about !!!!!

I can't categorise myself as an atheist or a believer.........I do believe in a fictitious supreme spirit which is necessary for my mind to remain motivated and to borrow strength from. I know it is just deriving energy from myself, but through an indirect belief...I, like many others feel it necessary...
Further,I don't believe in idol worship. I'm a devotee of only a saint after whom i've been named...Although i participate in all rituals conducted at home, not because any of those makes sufficient sense...Its only for my mom's sake...
I believe that we have made God as an answer to all our Obscurities....We attribute all unexplainable events to God...A common notion implied to God in all religions by us is to attribute our helplessness, our ignorance, our suffering, sometimes an undeserved success also to God...
I don't believe that God is light and ignorance is dark...I believe that ignorance is a state of mind when we are close to God....Reason is the tool we have evolved to possess and drift away from ignorance or God...
If there were a God, he also would want us do the same...Follow the path of reason, even if his own recognition between us would diminish...

Will this be the end????

So finally the final semester of my B.E is here. I'm not sure how far i have been transformed into an engineer who can defy nature and make world a better place( only in a human perspective).
The past 3 and a half years have been-as the cliche goes 'a roller coaster ride'. I would attribute these years as the ones to have influenced my personality the most till this point of time.

Hoping for the best yet to come.....

If electricity is caused by electrons,then is Moral policing caused by morons?

I read this statement in a newspaper. I felt that the second half to be absolutely relevant to all the absurd and atrocious demonstrations of the so called 'moral policing'.

I believe it is the immediate consequence of narrow mindedness and manifestation of absurd,ridiculous,stupid logic. The justifications given to these indecent acts of policing are paradoxic to what it ideally is to be.

On the first hand, we do not require police to monitor our morales and behavior,whereas ironically there is acute shortage of the actual police to inhibit these acts of idiocracy.Each and every incident like the Mangalore pub one,are the reminders of how crude our society thinks. I say that because not everyone is against these criminals. These self proclaimed policemen have support starting from the government to our fellow citizens.

Now when an evil without form such as this is creating havoc,what is that we can do except to complain!

The problem is the loophole in our administration,legislation and the security. For,the government has share holders in its majority from these sections,the laws passed intentionally are left flawed so that they are acquitted as it happened yesterday,there is no immediate action taken by the police.

We need to stand together for we can't allow our freedom to be lost again,this time to ignorance and acts guided by blind arrogance and not by reason.

Great lines from a great mind: Excerpts from Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead

Man cannot survive except through his mind. He comes on earth unarmed. His brain is his only weapon. Animals obtain food by force. Man has no claws, no fangs, no horns, no great strength of muscle. He must plant his food or hunt it. To plant, he needs a process of thought.
To hunt, he needs weapons, and to make weapons--a process of thought. From this simplest necessity to the highest religious abstraction, from the wheel to the skyscraper, everything we are and everything we have comes from a single attribute of man--the function of his reasoning mind.

"But the mind is an attribute of the individual. There is no such thing as a collective brain. There is no such thing as a collective thought. An agreement reached by a group of men is only a compromise or an average drawn upon many individual thoughts. It is a secondary consequence. The primary act--the process of reason--must be performed by each man alone. We can divide a meal among many men. We cannot digest it in a collective stomach. No man can use his lungs to breathe for another man. No man can use his brain to think for another. All the functions of body and spirit are private. They cannot be shared or transferred.

The egotist in the absolute sense is not the man who sacrifices others. He is the man who
stands above the need of using others in any manner. He does not function through them. He
is not concerned with them in any primary matter. Not in his aim, not in his motive, not in his
thinking, not in his desires, not in the source of his energy. He does not exist for any other
man--and he asks no other man to exist for him. This is the only form of brotherhood and
mutual respect possible between men.

What is wronnng with us!!!

Let this feeling of Indianness be not impulsive, restricted to only a few special and symbolic days of the nation's past achievements. We need to be working at this very moment to make India proud.
Like many others i feel that we are not patriotic to the core. We are emotional about our nationality and yes, we are patriotic- but just for the sake of words. When it comes to the real requirement, that is, dedicated efforts from us to play our part, most of us would not be up to the mark. If everyone would perform his/her duties with their national role and their contribution to the motherland in mind, we would have definitely surpassed all our peer nations.
I've always wondered as to where it went wrong, and why is that we take things for granted, and are negligent about our duties and responsibilities, from where does the parochial mindset come into picture, why is it that we are not ready to give the same importance to national growth, ,like we give to our personal well being . I know many of you would have had the same torturous thoughts.
I feel that we are trying to relax and savor the taste of freedom, brought by the struggles of our forefathers. We feel that enough they had borne the pain, and now that we have a Free India with us-a gift from all those great souls to us, we can do anything we wish, for we have in our hands a precious gift-a Free Nation. I personally feel, this is a gift we are not worthy enough to have, if we don't play our part in making a Free India into a truly independent country which can lead the world.
Disclaimer: The above statements were made not pointing at anyone in particular, but i think you'll know if it was targeted at you or not

Not just a hairline difference between us and animals, a bit more than that ......

We as humans are distinct from other animals for our sense of reasoning and the ability to imagine and create. And each one of us is bestowed with these, maybe in different proportions or in different interests. But, we do possess them.
Now, if a person is unable to identify these traits within himself and improvise them, he loses the privilege of being called a Human.Each of us should be able to have a line of thought which follows reason and atleast be in a state of mind which allows uninfluenced imagination,subsequently creation.
This is the least we can do to conserve our humane nature.......

Not only the greatest orator of our times,he's more than that...

Rarely have i been left truly inspired by the words of a man belonging to our times. When i hear Obama speak,he ignites a small bright flame of optimism-not a virtual optimism but a very relevant and practical optimism.
With a diverse background in which he was brought up,and the self sustained career which he's tread so far, i think we are witnessing the grooming of a leader who will be what Lincoln or Gandhi are today to us...
Although he is filling in the dirty shoes of Bush with a shoulder sinking amount of responsibilities and hope of his mantra -CHANGE, people never have been more hopeful ... Let us hope he delivers what he wants to, in times like these,as he puts 'not the best of times with gray clouds all over us' ...
All the best Mr. Obama.

Sometimes ignorance can be bliss!!!

I was talking to a lady today,a family friend....She is not very educated and all....She is a pious but sensible Hindu...Its so happened that we started talking about metaphysics....She has read the "Geeta" many a times...She was talking about absolute righteousness,truthfulness, honesty in life....
But i was thinking these are a person's choice...Then she was talking about reincarnation of humans into a lower form of life if we fail to deliver our duties...My rational mind was initially almost laughing at her...But as time passed i saw she believed whatever she said to the fullest and no one will be able to change her thoughts..
That i feel is more important-persistence of belief..I was wondering, she lives in a world,created in her mind from the principles from our ancient texts and holy beliefs ...Most of it i feel is not practicable nowadays.....
But i wish i could also think like her,without analyzing the pros and cons of events,calling everything God's play...
Sometimes Ignorance can be bliss.....

Procastrination has been the motto, but not for Delhi 6......

I guess, studying for exams just the day before like many other contemporaries of mine has become something very normal to me...Although we've had around 18 days gap between our last 2 papers, I'm doing it only today,exam's tomorrow....
With this i have another important mental task....Delhi 6 audio is out,which i've got...I need to record those songs into my memory....Songs are good as expected....Rahman's first after Golden Globe,and he has given another first time kinda songs.....

A R Rahman....Hats off to you.....

Being humans our responsibility is to do whatever we can, to the fullest...-Albert Einstein
A R Rahman has done it.....
There's nothing to say A R,except that I feel more proud to be an Indian.seeing you....

Feeling the heat... Tryin to dissipate efficiently....

Managing time will be the greatest challenge for me this year. Also,with proper management of time,i need to channelise my efforts into appropriately prioritised tasks. I'm whiling away a lot of time into activities which are important,but not that important at this point of time. On one side i have people with expectations for themselves, and on the other i have my work and corresponding commitments. There has been slight imbalance between the two. I'm working on balancing them back.

"Our heads are held high,not gazing at the sky,but beyond it"

My team,STUDSAT(the student satellite team) wanted me to come up with a few quotes,capturing the team's spirit to be printed on our team shirts. I was given less than a day's time. I had actually forgotten about this that entire day. Then when i was lying in my bed that night, i started thinking as to what can be said.
Then i happened to come up with these 3 lines:
>"Individually we flourish,together we excel to create"

>"Our heads are held high,not gazing at the sky,but beyond it"

>"A man's step became a giant leap for mankind,our step will become the same for students"

These were placed before the team for selection....Unanimously everyone voted for the second one,which happens to be this post's title.....

I was happy seeing their response....

Happy B'day AR

Wish you a happy birthday AR...Hope you keep us entertained with your divine and immortal music forever.......
You rock......

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Hi...Was trying to churn out something to blog...But ultimately ended up with nothing....Then i thought i'd make this nothing into something instead of saying nothing at all....Still thinking if can i say anything else,but just felt this thing is sufficient for a barren day like today......

2009...Pivot of our future....

I'm hoping that 2009 will be an important year to me,and most of you as well....The transition from this academia to industry or higher studies will be an important step in our lives...When we look back after a few years these decisions would be the pivotal points in our life....So,i wanna give all of it a lot of thinking,analyse the pros and cons,finally listen to my heart...Cos,that is when you won't repent...
Your heart somehow already knows what you wanted,so listen to it....

My Report Card 2008

2008 has been the most memorable year for me till date,as it was the most eventful one,professionally and personally....
Started off by feeling responsible,after i got into Keane...Irrespective of what the company was,what my job profile was,i felt really happy,the way i hadn't felt till then....A new kind of experience of having tryst with the corporates...
Just after that,I was sucked into Team STUDSAT,a student team building a pico satellite....A whole new set of people,events,tasks,working style...I liked it...I bet they liked me too...
Then came my first Quiz Mastering-"Test Your Common Science",which happened suddenly...A friend of mine was the catalyst who hosted it with me,we together put up a good show....The response was overwhelming,i was flattered, i realised a new dimension of my personality....
The second quarter gave me another surprise...This time the college fest...I was made the Head of the Tech committee...I didn't realise the amount of responsibilities i'd have to carry out...But, i realised them soon and delivered what was expected of me...I also hosted a Tech Quiz-The Opera of Grey Matter and the Tech Paper Presentation as a part of the fest...
Simultaneously,there was another "first time for me" happening...I was rehearsing for my first ever dance show...Few of my classmates who were just acquaintances became friends...I danced....Yes,but not actually dance,atleast a try...
Then,i got into SASKEN,one of the companies i really wanted to get into due to few reasons....First,its an Indian Company,second its a good place to work...
Finally,my 6th semester ended...I was conscious that i had drifted away from my academics...I didn't want people to point at me and tell that i had switched modes...So,i put in a bit more efforts towards the end and i had a jump of about 5% from my 5th semester marks....The best part was,i got the results on my birthday...
Till then, work had been very tight and demanding with extra working hours,less no.of lectures,more of gypsying(if u wanna call it so)...But then, i made two new friends...I hope they're gonna come a long way with me in my life...Had real good times and times i wanna forget with them.....
The third quarter ended with the Best Team Award for team STUDSAT(satellite team) in The International Astronautical conference,Scotland....I'm one of the team members....While this was going on i was hosting An interesting competition called THINK TANK in college...
Then,i got into a new stream of thinking by indulging myself into Open Source Software and the Free Software Movement...Its Still going on...It is something which i'm really proud to be a part of...Cos,it works on principles and how you live wth those ...
This was followed by Our Paper,which i presented at an International conference organised by ISRO in Chennai,which won the Best Paper award...And subsequently i was awarded the Best Student Award from ISTE(not related to STUDSAT)....
Now, i'm ending my year with my 7th semester exams...I've given a decent and steady performance in these exams also....
I had loads of fun by the way...Another pleasant surprise of 2008 was 7 new albums from ARR and one from Bryan Adams.....It was like icing on choco cake to me....I Hope that 2009 is much better...
And i wish you all a happy and gratifying 2009...

A Baby's day out with my belt

Yup... Back after a long time. I had had time to blog but nothing interesting to say. Then i started thinking,why didn't i have much to say. It is because i'm not interacting with many people as i would do before. Lesser the no.of people you meet,fewer are the interesting things happening around you. It is actually enlightening(to some extent) and fun to see people in different situations.

But,today something really cute happened while i was in bus. I was standin near a seat,where a toddler was on his dad's lap. He started to play around with my belt which was hanging out of the loop,it was hilarious... The kid just held on to the belt for long time,meddling with it. I was having fun with that kid,unaware of the people around me. We both-the kid and myself didn't bother about the people around,but i think his dad felt slighty embarassed... Then i had to get down,and the baby's face had a late realisation that his ad hoc toy was gone.

Are we certain of the path we've tread on?

Sometimes i wonder, what if there is a fundamental flaw in our understanding of everything....What if our basic perception of things is incorrect. For instance, what if the value given to 'zero' is wrong,as every other creation by us is directly or indirectly dependent on it everything else will be flawed. Or what if our perception of infinity is wrong....And many such questions......
What if we have been surviving on a masked flaw,making us believe everything is accurate. I know that different things have converged many a times to prove that we are right. But what if even this has been a ratification of this flaw.

Its just a thought which regularly keeps crossing my mind,thats all. It may sound absurd,but it is not. We could have gone wrong in few places,which we are not cognitive about...

ARR towards Golden globe -:)

Congrats AR.....
A R Rahman has been nominated for Best Original Score for "Slumdog Millionaire" at the Golden Globes.....
We are proud to share our lifetimes with that of a legend like you AR.....

A temporary oblivion....Courtesy:::"Exams"::: and Freedom in a new perspective :)

I was just thinking, from the past few days there has been little or no contact with you people, with whom i used to interact for substantial amount of time....
The reason, actually not a worth one---EXAMS....It's sad my friends....Imagine our rapport after we are away and not together.....
And another thing....Few of you even turned down the chance of meeting Eben Moglen, professor of law and legal history at Columbia University, and also the founder, Director-Counsel and Chairman of Software Freedom Law Center, whose client list includes numerous pro bono clients, such as the Free Software Movement.....I tell you-You've missed a lot !!!
It was awesome to hear him talk and i was lucky enough to get a personal introduction to him and also to ask him a few questions.
Now, my motive of working on and propagating the free softwares has got clearer...The ultimate goal at every stage of this phenomenon is to enhance and propagate freedom....Freedom of thought,Freedom to share and create....
It also aims at bridging the economic gap between a few money minters(who got rich at the cost of our freedom) and the rest of the world....

All the World's a Stage....You got it right,it is Shakespeare....

All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. At first, the infant,
Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel
And shining morning face, creeping like snail
Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,
Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad
Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier,
Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard,
Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel,
Seeking the bubble reputation
Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice,
In fair round belly with good capon lined,
With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,
Full of wise saws and modern instances;
And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon,
With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice,
Turning again toward childish treble, pipes
And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,
That ends this strange eventful history,
Is second childishness and mere oblivion,
Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

You are the protagonist !!! You are at the centroid !!!

Who according to YOU is the protagonist in your life???
It is obviously -YOU..... YOU are the centre of the universe...All events are revolving around YOU...
YOU are a part of the cause, so YOU will have to bear a portion of the effect....World to YOU is just a function of your perception...Consequentially, there is nothing like- good or bad, happy or sad, right or wrong- everything is relative,nothing is and can be absolute...But, YOU have the ability to change how things affect YOU...
And if YOU are talking about your contribution to the world, don't YOU feel YOU are the most special person in this world??? If YOU are not feeling so,please.... YOU need to, cos it is what YOU are........And what will the world be without it's special person...
So, savor every moment YOU've got....Make each and every moment the best it could have become....
And YOU need to realise- The best thing about the world is YOU.....

Exams are here....But i can't stop blogging!!!

Check out these illusions..........Got hold of these after long time.....Used to have hard copies of these while in school....

We have passed the litmus test again !!!!

Time and again certain sectors of our system fails....This has led to breaches, which cause enormous devastations, at all levels...Lives are taken,an air of hostility becomes prominent, the entire country is thrown numb...This time again the security cover at thresholds has let us down.....
We are, i beleive witnessing the peak of a demonic, at the same time moronic atrocity of another sector of the mankind who proudly call themselves the propagators of terror....But, they themselves would not have understood the true motive of their actions...These are souls Instigated by extremism, blinded by futile-courage and sacrifice, perpetuating poison within themselves and their brethren and trying to accomplish a formless goal...
A battle of this kind is really hard to fight...You do not know who your enemies are until they say so...After that, whatever you do is just the process of healing.....
Now, due to negligence of the officers at the rudimentary levels the entire society is affected...In the subsequent process of recovery, we've lost many great selfless men who have fought for our sake...
It is in times like these we get to know the true colors of our politicians...Even now there has been no solidarity between them,in atleast showing compassion...They are trying to maneuver this issue as they would have done to any other issue, to favor their parties....
But the winners of this ghastly battle have been-We the people of India ...There has been overwhelming support for the victims of this incident from every corner of India...We have led our leaders to follow us in a path of mutual harmony,self support and solidarity....

PRAY FOR THE UNLUCKY VICTIMS AND HAIL THE HEROES OF THIS HOUR.........
JAI HIND......

Still a distant dream....

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake

Rabindranath Tagore

When will we pay obituary to irresponsibility....

I feel infuriated,reckless,agitated,stirred from within. I witnessed the most horrifying sight in my life. An old woman was run over by a car,right in front of eyes... It was heart wrenching...It is so hard,i felt a jolt and grew numb. After years i started crying, on the road.
It wasn't the mistake of the car driver,the old woman was trying to cross an expressway and had slipped and fallen on the road.But, the driver didn't even stop and check what had happened,the driver slowed down,and after seeing the crowd flew away.
It wasn't the woman's fault either,as there is no provision to cross these roads. No subways,sky walks or zebra crossings monitored by a signal or traffic police.

These roads and systems are designed and implemented by morons with no foresight.You don't require foresight,just a fraction of common sense and responsibility would have averted many incidents of this kind.

The worst part of all this for me is that, i had to be a silent spectator....This mishap happened within 2 seconds....I had a myriad of emotions,thoughts and then my mind got blank and i started to cry...

But, later i got angry thinking of cause for incidents like these...I pray that she survives....

Consistent Fluctuations !!!

I try to be consistent consistently,but it goes the other way round,i'm consistently fluctuating....I consciously try to be fickle minded on a few issues,but the harder i try,i get averted from my motive...When i try to get conscious of getting consistent,i lose it out and never deliver my best...
Its like this line i heard in Dil Chahta Hai-"Try to grab sand in your fist,...the harder you try, the lesser you hold....."
Nowadays, i've left it all to my instincts and intuitions. They are helping me out.....

Can it get bigger and better???

Two veterans up to give their best shot...

Both these projects are already being speculated to be the greatest ventures movie ever in India.

Rajni has tied up with director Shankar,one of the splendid directors in the industry. This project has been the dream project of Shankar,after repeated approaches to various actors and production houses,now it is the Superstar in it. Initially titled- Robot,now it is being called Enthiran in tamil which means the same.

Now talking about the other icon-Kamal,he is doing a period movie which can be compared to Apocalypto. He is directing it,supposed to be again a radical movie that has not been thought of in India.

Now,how do these interest me apart from these two legends. It is another legend- A R Rahman, who is composing the music for both these movies... Both these will definitely be benchmarks for future music composers.

By the way,both are projects with budget more than Rs.120 crores as if for now,realising in late 2009 or 2010. So i just can't wait for these two,like the many millions.

Interest is directly proportional to obscurity......

When is a thing interesting?
I believe that interest level is a term which cannot be constant. It's attribute is to keep deteriorating. It has to come down. You can never be interested in a particular thing for a long time. You can, if it remains obscure to you forever.
I claim that, this is the same when you consider interacting with people. You can't always be interseted in a person,look at him or her in awe forever. So to keep relationships alive we need to reinvent ourselves. We need to grow,get better,renew ourselves,so that your counterpart(could be your friend,lover,spouse...) remains attached to you. If you bore them,and if no obligations are in place you ll lose them subsequently.

No Purpose...No need to exist...

Actions without purpose,without any consequences,which create only nuisance. Most of our population is engrossed in pursuing deeds like these. I really wonder,as to how people can dedicate their energy,time,resources to things like these.
I was in the middle of a swarm of vehicles carrying supposedly the activists of a major political party. I'm damn sure that majority of these people would not have the slightest clue of the reason for which they are gathering.
Forget about wasting their energy over nuisance like this,they don't realise the extent of trouble and ruckus they are creating to other relatively useful souls around them.
I've been trying to analyse as to what is the cause for such actions of these people- i end up reaching the same reason which is the root cause for so many other problems faced by Indians- illiteracy,as a consequence lack of realisation of their responsibilities,a careless attitude towards everything.
I'm again sure that until and unless we tackle this problem,India will always keep dreaming of becoming a developed country and of achieving what it is deserves...

We've rocked Chennai !!!!

Both our subsystem papers have won the BEST PAPER AWARD in different categories at ESSTA-2008,an International Space Conference........
Congratulations to TEAM STUDSAT.......
Dr. Kasturirangan (Former ISRO Director) presented us the awards....

Hospitable to us but hostile to their own -:(

A barricade in the bus to separate boys from girls....Different classrooms for boys and girls....A student was sent back to the room from the hostel entrance,for he was wearing a cargos pant and another for wearing a shirt with two breast pockets...
A finger print scanner at the entrance of hostel to identify them and restrict them from leaving hostel unnecessarily....
If you wanna come back early from class to hostel,you are expected to bring a permission letter from dean...
No cell phones in campus(really no cell phones!!!!), 5 BSNL lines are placed at the reception in booths,it is open only2 and a half hours a day,except on weekends....
This is what poor peers of ours are being put through at Satyabhama College...

Contemporary Buddha

Have a look at him....

The saga continues ...........

Started of the day with a rehearsal of my presentation at 7,after a cold water bath at 6... Then all of us moved out of hostel to hog... The menu was sophisticated but the breakfast could not have got simpler and unexciting...
After registrations,we had the biggest acknowledgment for registering in the conference- a huge travel bag!!!
Then,it seriously got better, we were in front of Dr.Madhavan Nair-the man of the hour,after launching Chandrayaan-1 and its successful entry into the 100 km lunar orbit...
The inauguration ceremony was overwhelmingly filled with big names in space technology. We also happened to listen to an obscure speech by Satyabhama's Chancellor,ignoring his mediocre English.
Then came an inspiring and motivating talk by Dr.Madhavan Nair. At times like these,after seeing people like him and his team is that i really begin to question the path i've chosen for myself...
Then came our presentation....This must have the first time that i didn't commit any faux pas in my presentation...I always do one or the other inappropriate thing...It was an almost a perfect shot...We received lot of appreciation for our work and the presentation... -:)

Almost like a baby's day out !!!!!!!!!

This must have been the first time, i have had a one on one encounter with what can be called peak of absurdity.I'm at Sathyabhama University,Chennai preparing to give a presentation of our team's paper....
But,i have been overwhelmed by the ridiculous things happening around me...First of all,we got into a room which is very spacious...The bathroom is as big as the room provided to me in IIT,Madras...
Next,just listen, this is the first time i've seen such atrocity anywhere...There are no power plug points in the room...When asked why,they say students are not allowed to use cell phones,so no plug points...I know it can't get more atrocious than this..
And,girls are not supposed to mingle with boys !!!! Imagine us, in Bangalore,it is heaven for us....
But, after seeing all this, i was consoled by a dinner with heaps of chicken...(I'm lovin it!!!)
Anyways,looking forward to my presentation tomorrow....

V for Void and Vacuum

At times i feel that i'm being pushed into Vacuum....As if my entire existence is becoming Void.....I just can't explain as to why i feel that way....Obscurity will be at its peak.....Cynicism surfaces up in my perception of the world around me....I refuse to trust anybody around me....
Don't panic it is just impulsive...And it usually happens when i'm both mentally and physically exhausted....I again get back with more enthusiasm than before.....

My day---- fatigue..stress...a bond movie and ended with loads of fun

I really don't know as to why i'm put through days like these where nothing goes as it should...I'm exposed to a diaspora of events which trigger torrents of feelings and situations in a single day....
First of all,I'm fed up of trying to atone my actions...I hadn't realised these things to turn out like this, but it is very frustrating...
Over this the fatigue,courtesy a viral fever and a persistent cold....
Combine these two and it is the perfect melancholy....As a consequence,I was not able to keep up my commitments,including my record submission and more importantly i could not meet two of my tribe members( check out the post "Small tribe of mavericks").
Later in the evening, seeking some relief, me and my group reached a theatre to catch the latest Bond flick,as planned earlier....That i guess made me detach from my entire day's hang over...The movie wasn't a masterpiece of sorts,but it was able to keep my mind free from all the things left behind me...
Then,it was my friends' turn to immerse me in a small sea of joy...We had good fun on our way back home...
Now, i'm into the next day,without taking a break...Hope today is not as demanding as yesterday...It is not fear or disinterest...It is just that too much is too bad and nowadays i have got a blessing of some sort i guess-i'm always getting more than what i aspire for...

~^~^~^~^~^~Small tribe of Mavericks~^~^~^~^~^~

I had this thought in my head that, people around me think quite the opposite to whatever i think. No one's thoughts were in sync with those of mine. There wasn't anyone who could understand my way of thinking,no one who could anticipate my reactions,no one to judge me credibly. But,by now i know atleast three people whom i'd call like not just minded with me but more than that. I see reflections of each other when i'm with them. It makes me happy to get to know and interact with such people. Calling us friends does no justice to our perception of each other. We are personified portions of each others' personalities. It makes me feel proud and humbled at the same time,that we belong to this small tribe of mavericks.

Lost and recovering !!!

While talking to one of my friends,i just realised that i hadn't been dedicating substantial amount of time to few of my interests, which are really close to me. I just realised that it had been quite some time that i had read my favourite literary works from Kannada- the vachanas. I used to be obsessed with these literary masterpieces. Now,i've lost the touch of using them as quotes. I used to use them appropriately while in converstations. I miss them now. I must get back to them,it would be really nice for me to read them and use them,you ll enjoy the way i use them.
Also i've been trying to plan and watch a play at Ranga Shankara. I should soon do it,i would love watching it.

Neither Right nor wrong !!!

Do you think Bin Laden masterminded the 9/11 attacks thinking that it was a crime and that it was something against his conscience. I think- no,not at all...
Things are different when we consider different things. Same is the case with perception of events and occurrences happening in the world around us. We should do what we feel is right. It's you who should feel complacent about what you are doing. It should not be a function of others' reactions or expectations. Self reliance and self satisfaction should be the light houses guiding the ship housing your actions. And what to do about people,how to treat and react to them???
I follow this: I do to you,what you do to me.

I'll be Back !!!

After facing a lot of turmoil and after being lost,i think i have put myself on the road to recovery...I have done the needful after having a rendezvous with a shocking surprise in store for me in future...

Voice from the heart...It does reach your heart :)

I've been hearing bits and pieces of the magic created by these vocal cords...Not only me, anyone who listens to his voice will feel a stir within them..The sound of his voice just churns out emotions which are ethnic Indian....
I was left astounded by his music(he even composes his music)...Amazing use of guitar,ethnic drums with a touch of rock....Its just superb....
Another important thing is,he has tracks in Hindi,but the there are few in Kannada also...Its awesome to hear him in Kannada with pretty interesting lyrics,again most of it by him...
Amazing !!!! The rustic feel to his voice somewhere invokes your roots,the Indian feel,its quite unbelievable that a voice can do all this...
RAGHU DIXIT is the man,he's got a bright future...It will take him to places and hope he does carry this same touch with him...
Albums:
Raghu.dixit(Vishal Shekhar label)
Psycho(Kannada)

More time together...better rapport....best throughput

One of my teammates said ,the most efficient time spent amongst us-the team had been the past 2 days...We have been spending substantial amount of time at all slots of the day,giving form to our work as a Paper,which we'll be presenting in a National Conference on Space Technology.
It is actually anomalous for me atleast to work overnight and deliver my best...But when you are in a team,you tend to absorb the attributes of the team,because you feel that you are a part of the team and you need to cope up with others...
The time we've been spending brainstorming, formulating thoughts,chilling out at canteens and coffee shops at bizarre times is actually doing good for the project,for we are now understanding each other in a better way,rapport between us is deepening.Consequentially,the quality of work emanating from us is at its current best....I'm glad we are functioning this way...

I didn't know my mind was being read !!!!

There's nothing of any importance in life-except how well you do your work.Nothing.....Only that...Whatever else you are,will come from that..It's the only measure of human value...(Atlas Shrugged)
When i was reading these lines, it was as if someone had already read my mind and put it into words.It's the best feeling you can have when you are reading someone's work,and you feel that the person has had a peep into your head and has stolen your thoughts...Its just superb,when you see that what you are thinking has already been thought,and those thoughts have been realised in the form of words,music,movies,....
It actually brings two varieties of feelings-one is a sense of happiness,for another successful person has had the same thoughts as yours.And the other being,if i was existent before them,they would have been thinking of me as i'm thinking of them now....Anyways,I'm still proud that at times i share my thoughts with many great minds like-Ayn Rand(objectivism),Sigmund Freud(sleep and dreams),Bryan Adams(love and romance),Dr.Kalam(certain visions),and many more...

Peel off the mask !!!

When you succeed,usually it will be your contemporaries who do not want to see you succeed in your ambitions. You need have no fear of those who are older or younger than yourself,they know you will never be their rival... (Excerpt from a Jeffrey Archer book)
This may seem as if i'm accusing a few of you.But its just a fact which our conscious mind doesn't want to endorse. Just think, there is one particular thing a human mind creates against its fellow beings which initially drives it to do better. But after few tries,the mind gives up its efforts,and tries to hamper the peer's efforts. This is a subtle and slightly personal layer within you and me-jealousy. Feeling jealous is perfectly normal.
I know you may not be jealous of me, or probably you are. But, don't say that you are not jealous of atleast one of your peers for atleast one or the other reason. This is a natural tendency,its cool up to a certain extent,beyond that,its bad for the both involved.
I've seen the people face extremes of actions and counteractions from people who are envious. Starting from pranks to manipulated scams to even much beyond these.

It is necessary to have a driving force within you,even if it is negative. But that negativity shouldn't be trespassing the limits of humane ethics...

The Emperor is back with Yuvvraaj

I was confident that the songs of Yuvvraaj would be good...ARR is in real good from for this year,moreover its the 3rd time Ghai and ARR have come together after Taal and partially for Kisna...
Yuvvraaj starts off with one of Beethoven's Symphony,with lines of arrogance by Salman..
Then there's a signature song for Yuvvraaj-Tu Meri Dost Hai,again melody marries good lyrics for this song...It just has this magic which makes your brain to cling on to it from the very first time....Amazing violin,chorus,vocals and a 30 seconds of ARR himself like icing on the cake...
Then there are 7 more tracks,each penetrates your head deeper and deeper,as you go on listening to them...One distinct feature of this album is,there is a controlled chaos in most of the songs,with a consistent soothing effect having an impact subtly on you...
I guess the leads in the movie are violinists,because the violin pieces in all songs are sublimely divine...The album is 45 minutes of a surge of various emotions within you.....
"ARR-The emperor is back with Yuvvraaj"

Music....Its not just sound.......

Music is the bridge between different reservoirs of thoughts;

Music is the language of the unspoken;

Music conveys the inconceivable;

Music makes you immerse in yourself;

Music takes you closer to the core of the rest;

Music relieves you from everything you wanted to get rid of;

Music makes you realise who is what to you;

Music reveals to you the power of human creation ;

Music takes you closer to things you've always wanted to be one with;
Music lets your body be conscious of its own presence;

Music is a lot like love: inexplicable and sublime;

Music heals your mind in the quickest possible way;

Music transfers its wonderful attributes to you;

Music is the reason for dance to exist;
Music helps you conduct your life as an orchestra;

Music is that inexplicable force which mellows down the chaos inside;

Music is that quality humanity has been attributing to God;

Music is the greatest divine invention of man to experience intervals of Godliness!

-:)" Savour your sleep" -:)

The greatest gift bestowed on us is the ability to create things. But how could this be possible without rigorous thoughts clashing in the courts of our heads. And the most ideal time to let your thoughts think the unthinkable is while you are asleep. This is the time when your brain is being rejuvenated with a dose of glycogen, during this process the neurons are the most efficient. You can come up with the most bizarre ideas,out of the box solutions,create the weirdest things,go to the most unbelievable of places, all this and lots more, courtesy- YOUR BRAIN Riding to destination SLEEP.
The process of transcending from this chaotic world to another world,which is limited just by the power of your thoughts, and then to another level where you immerse yourself in an eternal ocean of serenity. Isn't it amazing!
People believe that the best choices and solutions come while in sleep,as your subconscious mind which is immune to the world outside comes into play. There are proven instances with statistics that the decisions made in subconscious mind have been the most fulfilling and happy to the people involved.
I've come up with solutions of various sorts while asleep. One such weird instance is about a bug in a program i had written.I wasn't able to debug it for long time. But one night during sleep i must have been thinking about it,then i woke up with the solution ,i had debugged it in my sleep!

Dishum dishum..Bang bang....

After a day of starvation yesterday, i came home. No one was at home,they've left me alone and gone to Chennai. I was looking for the newspaper,there it was just 3 steps away from me,lying on the floor. I walked towards it and lifted it up. Then suddenly i felt a teeth crushing blow on the left side of my forehead, i could feel this impact even under my right jaw. It was exasperating. The blow had just missed the cartilage of my nose and the bones of my teeth. Then,I was trying to feel if some warm liquid was flowing down my face,thankfully nothing. But the pain was spreading.
I had banged into the edge of the wall after lifting the paper. I was trying to see if i was alright. Then i came to the mirror and stood for 30 seconds observing my forehead,at the end of it i started smiling at myself. I looked like Tom with a bump on his head,after a getting a blow from Jerry's pan.
Later,i just placed an ice cube and tied a hankie around it,then went into a deep sleep to escape the pain.

As pure as snow :-)

I feel blissfully happy when i see people who are not dubious. Whatever their intentions are,those are clearly shown on their faces. It is so hard for them to hide things. They believe that they've hidden something,but even that thought of theirs is made obvious if you just look into their eyes. It's just that they're so naive and pure . This makes them transparent and the companionship of such a person is the best gift you could get in this world of hypocrites.
But such people are more vulnerable to the wicked manipulations of the society. I feel a sense of fear and insecurity for them.
Fortunately,i've been lucky enough to know one such person intimately.I tend to be very honest to this person,otherwise the feeling of guilt is just unbearable. It's actually weird for another person to have some substantial impact on you at the behavioral level...That too,on an adamant one like me...

Everything is a thought at first>>>>>

Just look around you...You may see various things,but i see the ideas and the thought process behind those things...
Ideas conceived by one mind, made better by more minds and perpetuated by many more minds grow from a speck to something stupendous,ground breaking....Just imagine how much of thinking must have been done to come with even the most simplest of things we use.So,the value and quality of a product is directly proportional to the efforts put in as thoughts primarily...
Have you ever wondered what was your first hint of existence on this earth,it was actually a common thought in two minds who conceived you....So,even we were first just a thought....
So,don't just look at things,try to see beyond them, you'll feel gratified just by their presence...

Tears that tear you apart....

I don't know what should be said of the tears that flow down the eyes. It is such a simple but influential tool gifted to people.
I decided that i would not cry when i was in my 9th Std...I haven't cried, more specifically sobbed since then...There have been lots of instances where in my eyes have been filled with tears,few of which for my own sake,most of it has been for my near and dear ones.Tears are an effective tool to a sigh of relief,but these tears have instigated me to come up with solutions which i hadn't thought of.I feel a heart wrench when i see tears flow down from others' eyes.It is a weird feeling, of sharing the pain...Sometimes i don't realise the magnitude of a situation until tears are shed...
I really don't agree with the notion that it is not manly to cry...I feel a strong urge to cry at times,but only to certain people...I don't know if these people can see through me or what,but i definitely feel like resting my head on their shoulders and cry,silently...I don't do it every time ,this makes me weaker from within...I think it has already done the damage...
Tears are the ticket to relief and solutions to our problems...It makes you realise who are the people caring for you,it increases the trust level and bonding between our spirits...
When people cry to me,i find it really hard to take it...I'm bad at consoling,so it gets worse...But i try to soak up as much pain as possible...
Your tears tear me apart...

Quantum of Solace!!!!!!!

Solitude- this is one word which brings a quantum of solace to me. People in general,are the most honest to themselves when alone. We try to change our behavior either to attract or repel a person's attention. The time when you are immersed in solitude, you can look at yourself as a third person. In this process of introspection, you'll see another you standing out of you and talking to you, criticizing you, admiring you,counseling you, giving solutions to your problems. One thing which most of us don't really do is self contemplation in solitude. It is very important so that you understand yourself,so that you can in turn make people realise who you are,what they should expect or not expect from you.
Solitude.....you know is entirely different from loneliness. In solitude you don't seek for a companion,you have yourself as one. Whereas,when you are lonely,you seek for people while doing so,you miss out the best part of you,which seldom surfaces up. You need to know him and understand him. The extent of clear mindedness you get after you've interacted with this person is just immense,you are more confident,composed and more than anything a happier person.

Terror can follow no religion

People of one particular religion being targeted for the act of terror is highly unfortunate and inappropriate. Terror is against mankind, its against humanity, it is blind and doesn't see the reality. People who propagate terror and believe that it can get them what they want are definitely inhuman. So ,how could people who perpetuate such inhumanity belong to any religion. No religion asks people to get what they want by force, none of the religions promote violence. So, if one particular religion is being accused of terrorism it is really a narrow and ignorant point of view.
But,this dogma has been successfully instilled in the minds of people by one of the so called "super powers", which has projected this religion in the realm of terror, and the world is believing it. It really hurts me when our fellow brethren in society are being looked at in this paradigm.
So, let us not follow the herd, let us follow the path of reason and truth.

It was my first time doing it...............

I was just thrilled to do it for the first time.Being the first time for the both of us,me and my partner were shivering in our turns of the job. It was a new kind of an experience altogether.Although a delayed attempt, after having the ability to do it for a long time. But today, after we both did it together, we felt a long standing urge mellow down.When there were silver like globules, at the tip of the tool in our hands, it was like magic. The way things just fused together to become one. It was just awesome. I'm happy that i did it atleast now. Better late than never. This was my first hand experience of soldering my own circuit...

This one's for you............

"If your sacrifice is the price of getting together, then i'll be damned if i want to live on the same earth with any human beings! If the rest of them can survive only by destroying us, then why should we wish them to survive? Nothing can make self-immolation proper. Nothing can give them the right to turn men into sacrificial animals. Nothing can make it moral to destroy the best. One can't be punished for being good. One can't be penalized for ability. If that is right, then we'd better start slaughtering one another, because there isn't any right at all in the world!"
............Atlas Shrugged,by Ayn Rand

Perseverance is the synonym to the name"Mahatma"

Actually, if there is one thing that has impressed me more than anything else about Gandhiji, is his perseverance. Apart from his radical ideals and down-to-the earth principles, the amount of persistence with which he followed them only made him the "Mahatma".