Sunday, September 30, 2007

Hyper-planning-osis

Many, and I mean manyyyyyyyyy, of us suffer from this. Quite possibly, the root cause of all diseases that plague the human society.

Friday, September 28, 2007

Love

.. perhaps the most beautiful thing in the wide world ..
.. perhaps the only thing where the heart speaks and mind just listens unquestionably and naturally..
.. perhaps the only language is silence ..
.. perhaps the only way to absolute ..

I love you ..

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Mad JAT* disease

I have been infected by this by a jat here. Pasting a conversation that I had recently with the jat. I feel sorry for myself.

Anjali: tell me
Anjali: who comes first
Anjali: egg or chicken?
Partha: neither
Anjali: both
Partha: hehe.. how??
Anjali: chicken has egg in his hand
Anjali: so problem solved
Anjali: both come first
Partha: wow!!!! but if chicken has egg in its hand, then howz it standing
Partha: it cant stand on one leg right
Anjali: ya but can fly
Partha: then egg wil fall and break
Partha: so then chicken will only come first right??
Anjali: hey if u will fly and have something in ur hand
Anjali: u will held it properly
Anjali: with both hands
Partha: no... coz the nearby chicken will throw stone at it
Partha: so it will srop the egg
Partha: *drop
Anjali: hey it takes time to become chicken from the egg
Anjali: and god did't send whole gang of chickens
Anjali: only one with egg
Partha: ok so then the cow might throw
Partha: cows dont like flying chickens
Anjali: why?
Anjali: cow will not have problem
Anjali: bcz cow does't have wings
Partha: but they dont like chickens.. especially flying ones
Anjali: why?
Anjali: and who told u
Anjali: and if cow knows ..how to throw stone then no one will cut the cow
Partha: the cow that u renamed as chicken
Partha: told me
Partha: that it doesnt like chickens
Partha: from the day u renamed it
Anjali: ya
Anjali: but this cow came later from that egg
Partha: is that egg.. cows egg or chickens egg?
Anjali: u decide
Anjali: what do u think?
Partha: hmmm... I think its a stone egg.. made to cheat us
Anjali: no
Anjali: never
Partha: hmmm.. how do you know?
Partha: who told you?
Anjali: otherwise we will never have chickens on earth
Anjali: ok listen
Anjali: chicken( feamale) comes with egg
Anjali: that egg becomes male
Anjali: and then both of them produce others
Partha: wow!!!!! u need to given a phd in biology for this
Anjali: thanks
Anjali: i know
Anjali: i don't know ...........why people are always confused abt the concept of ....who came first
Anjali: chicken or egg
Partha: they are all stupid
Partha: those who are confused
Anjali: ya see
Partha: they should consult Dr.Anjali Singh
Anjali: ya
Anjali: tell them


If you are wondering that who the two idiots having the conversation are, one is a masters student and the other is a phd student. Thats how grad students are.. if you didnt know!!!!

* If you dont know what a JAT is, u r at safe distance. Good. Keep it up.

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Heed thy Cassandra

Eisenhower famously warned the public (in his farewell speech) about the major problems that the world could face as a result of the military industry. Watch the documentary 'Why we fight' to know more about that. According to that documentary, Eisenhower would often say in private that only god can save the world if a person who does not know enough about the military like him becomes the american president. I think, his prophecy has gone the way of Cassandra. He acted as the worlds' Cassandra and his prophecy has been ignored as is evidenced by the multi billion dollar war industry.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Proud day

Its indeed a proud day for all the PIGS - poor indian grad students. One of us made his debut in phdcomics today :D. Yipeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

Saturday, September 15, 2007

இடுகாடு

ஆலயமாய் திகழ்ந்து விளங்கியது
இடுகாடாய் துவண்டு கிடப்பதேன்?

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Sukinda & Vapi

These two hitherto unheard of towns in India have now become (in)famous. They are amongst the top 10 most polluted places on the planet. Now, isn't that such a wonderful tag to attach to your town. Unfortunately, to most of the industrialists, these two towns are mere externalities.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

More girls and less boys

No, I am not talking about the dream of teenage guys. This is a much more serious issue. The Independent reports that Toxic chemicals are skewing the gender ratio badly amongst the tribes in the Arctic. Scientists opine that lifestyle choices in the industrialized world has a lot to do with this.

Despite the Arctic's pristine environment, the area functions as a pollution sink for much of the industrialised world. Winds and rivers deliver a toxic tide from the northern hemisphere into the polar food chain. Scientists have traced flame-retardant chemicals used in everything from industrial products to furniture, phones and laptops to the food chain, finding high levels of these pollutants in seabirds, seals and polar bears. The Inuit have traditionally relied on a hunter- gatherer's diet almost exclusively made up of marine animals, making them especially vulnerable to toxic pollutants.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

அமாவாசை

நிலா காணவில்லை,
நேரம் தேயவில்லை,
துணையும் அருகில் இல்லையே

தெண்றலின் முத்தம் உறைக்கவில்லை
இரவின் மெளனம் விளங்கவில்லை
பெளர்ணமி இங்கு இல்லையே

Monday, September 10, 2007

Planet Earth and Human beings

The earth is like a laboratory, material in its being, and taking its own evolution to move, balance or rest.

Human beings are the highest evolution of Nature given the sixth sense to understand, percept, enjoy and reason what am I doing here?

While any material has a beginning and end, its not for the spirit inside. The attachment of spirit to material-being brings it again to the material world, else to something else which humans can find through spirituality.

We should know the basics of our being and then things will form in the Natures will and not human will. Hope this can answer the reason behind the human evolution.
ஆசை

ஆசை அரிந்தவன்
ஈசன் அறிந்தவன்


or is it...

ஆசை அறிந்தவன்
ஈசன் அரிந்தவன்


or is it both?
Yoga

Construction and destruction are redundant. To be free from them is liberation. The journey from realization to freedom is yoga.

Tuesday, September 04, 2007

Theoretician

The only breed of researchers who can stare at the full moon for hours together and mentally compare it to their sweet hearts face but still claim to be working aka formulating theorems. Blessed ones indeed. :D