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Last week was the rare occasion, when I have had to travel in the line of work - San Jose to San Diego. At both the airports, I was asked to step aside for an additional, more thorough frisking and pat down session. This additional frisking session is an ordeal, you are asked to step aside and stand with your legs spread apart, and your arms raised to shoulder level while an extremely sensitive

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Last weekend, I watched a movie in a theater after a long time. The movie was KungFu hustle and a better spoof is yet to be made. But I digress, this post is not about the delightful movie and the outrageous special effects. I was with a group of Indian grad. students, mostly North Indian types. Their behaviour in the theater was atrocious, talking loudly while the movie was being screened,

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Malvika Singh, a reputed journalist from the reputed newspaper Indian Express, laments the presence of the "offensive minds and manners that have engulfed the streets and landscape of the Capital (Delhi)". She is talking about that incident during the last match between India and Pakistan at Firoze Shah Kotla, where the crowd chucked water bottles on to the ground when they realized that their

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So I am a Master of Computer Science and Engineering now..Yeah Rite !! :-D

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Look where Nutwars left hand is,also look at the expressions of Musharrafi,and her bootyguards (all those mooch wallah guys in the background.) !! :-D :-DMusharrafi is smiling so broadly, looks like the muskrat cant get it up any more :-P We should take them to Ghatkopar Ke Baba Bengali.. B-/

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Christopher Hitchens makes the case much better than I can ever hope to. Courtesy www.slate.com.On Not Mourning the PopeThoughts over the grave of John Paul II.By Christopher HitchensPosted Friday, April 8, 2005, at 9:10 AM PTPrasied for his apologies. Praised for his apologiesIt seems only a year or so since every talk-show host and pundit in the country was telling us that Ronald Reagan had

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Pervez the muskrat may have gate crashed the Cricket match at Delhi, and he may be feted by our nincompoop editors, but where ever he goes, and what ever he does, its *NOT IN MY NAME*.Even if he does come here, heres what we should do.1) Give him an liason twice as tall as him. (yeah, he is a runt :-D )2) For those who can (wink, wink, nudge nudge.. for an iPod !! a Laptop !! anything !!) spit in

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Insult to National HonourA Red Saulte to everyone !! :-)

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The popes dead. Christopher Hitchens in Papal Power and Mommie Dearest, points out the seamy underside of the Vatican, and the Roman Catholic Establishment in general, in a way that perhaps only he has the guts, and honesty to do. Meanwhile, we all experience the joys of being citizens of a nation that's oh so tolerant that it elects a Roman Catholic Firang as our "Super PM". For a man who

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Gandhi Ji's Auto Biography (My Experiments with Truth). The Biography is in four parts, although the quality of the print is a little bad as the footnotes and the text have been mixed up, but one can read it with only a little effort. http://www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in/resources/english/etext-project/Biography/gandhi/--The late Mr. Chamberlain, who was then Secretary of State for the Colonies,0 cabled

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As those of you who follow news of such kind might be aware, the progressive and secular Maharashtra government, in all its wisdom, has decided on a massive drive to convert Mumbai to Shanghai and perhaps India to China. A part of this drive ofcourse, consists of demolishing those "eye-sores" - slums - which happen to be the neighbourhoods in which about 60-70% (?) of Mumbai's population live.

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What is happening to us as a people ? Why the hell are we Indians, as a nation such an angry bunch ? Is it because we suffer under a quasi-dictatorial government ? Is it because the jokers in their collective arrogance decided to turn away from our heritage ?

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So when I was trying to prove that what I had initially proven was wrong, I stumble on a very simple and an even more powerful result. Lots of mutual backslapping all around.. :-D Prof listens to me very carefully now, and we all are going to apply for a patent. B-)

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So the day before yesterday, that is thursday or was it wednesday ? It doesnt matter, I've lost track. I put in a fourteen hour day, but at the end I thought I had discovered something new that was faster, better and more elegant than existing solutions to a particular problem in storage networks. This problem is one of the two major problems, efficient solutions to which shall make storage over

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I havent been blogging lately. Perhaps its a side effect of being deliriously happy and very busy at the same time. Ive taken up a second part time Research Assistant position, and have to juggle two jobs at the same time. Add to that the hunt for a job and you can imagine how busy things can get. Apart from that, I feel like calling up Snigdha every day. Blogging has moved down a couple of

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Mera shadi pakka ho gaya B-) B-) B-) B-) Future better half is doing MTech at IITB in environmental sciences, her name is Snigdha Mehta and she enjoys trekking, sports, music and reading. Does not enjoy cooking, cleaning and other such householdy jobs.

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My exams are over, the paper has been submitted for review, and I am done with pretty much all the work there was this semester. I can almost see it slowly turn into "last semester" from "this semester" and thence going onto whatever place my past lives in. On a different note, my trip back home draws near, yet the wait grows more excruciating by the day. We try to divide time, space and

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Most people who know about IITs have a mental picture, in which all IITians are genius nerds - with Soda Bottle glasses, busy in their dungeons or whatever dark labs they work in. Although the dangerously low number of gals in the college leaves the guys socially inept and gauche, at least some are talented in diverse areas way beyond what would seem regular for technology students. As an outlet

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If you are unfamiliar with the work of Rajiv Malhotra or the infinity foundation, this essay will be a good start. To be sure the language is a bit stilted in parts, but its an interesting read nevertheless. The Myth of Hindu Sameness

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"Yadi tor dak shune keu na ase tabe ekla chalo re" -- Will appreciate it if someone can give the full Bengali text of the poem. From A translation If they answer not to thy call walk alone, If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall, O thou of evil luck, open thy mind and speak out alone. If they turn away, and desert you when crossing the wilderness, O thou of evil luck, trample

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is a bellyful of good food that you cooked yourself and the knowledge that there's enough for one week more in the fridge :-) Discoveries: 1) Adding a potato will really bring out the flavour in your rajma. 2) If you want your regular tomato-onion gravy to look a darker red, the trick is to cook it at a very high temperature, stirring it continuously all the time. The gravy will get burnt, but

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That's a very fashionable statement to make these days, and in my opinion, the magic in these words has not yet been jaded by old age - like that other slogan I like a lot better "Make love not war". Even the most obtuse would admit it, if Saddam, Osama, Pervez Busharraf, Peorge Mush, Arundhati boy, Imam Bhikhari and so on were getting any action at all - the world would have been a better place.

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"It made the kids at the camp much more centhusiastic and cooperative when they had ego goals to fulfill, I'm sure, but ultimately that kind of motivation is destructive. Any effort that has self glorification as its final endpoint is bound to end in disaster. Now we're paying the price. When you try to climb a mountain to prove how big you are, you almost never make it. And even if you do, it's

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This post was prompted in part by some comments on my earlier post. It started as a reply in the comments section, and I made it into a post when it grew beyond a reasonable comment size. But it really is an extended comment at heart, and as such, it has an argumentative note that might be a little jarring. It may make more sense if read in continuation of the last post, and its comments section.

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This is an essay I wrote in the comments section at viveks blog, I have cleaned it up a little and have tried to make my points more forcefully. It was prompted by a post on Viveks blog quoting the Social Activist, Madhu Kishwar, "One good officer can improve things in a way that a thousand NGOs can not". Ofcourse, theres a reason why I responded with perhaps a thousand word essay. ---- Proof

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So someone just banned me from posting any comments at their blog. Why does it feel bad when strangers think you are a bad person ? There is "just cause" to be upset if someone you know and like and admire, changes their opinion about you, but why should a strangers opinion matter ? Its not as if there are any material or spiritual gains to be had from the privelege of posting a comment at

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my dad tells me, the two opinions most commonly held irrespective of culture, age or nationality are: 1) I am smarter than the other guy 2) The other guy has more money than me. I would add a third one to the above two: 3) I am a good guy, at least a reasonably good guy.. but the others are dishonest. Any more you might care to add ? :-D

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A few days ago, I entered into an argument with a microsoft testing monkey about Linux vs MS Windows security, and he kept on insisting that Microsoft had a better product/service delivery model, a better production/qa standard and a better suite of products. I pointed out the CERT security alert database to him, but he kept on harping about the production model and standards at MS being better

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I have a lot of Koreans in my lab, earlier there used to be many Indians too, but now besides me, we have one Chinese, two Koreans, one Burmese, one American, two Korean post docs and my Taiwanese prof. Now the Koreans are really a very gentle people. They are very rich, but they still have their own culture which in many ways is very similar to Indian culture. The preferred method of greeting

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If you are someone who follows internet chatter keenly, you will have noticed the hulla-balloo at the strange happenings at IIT Kanpur. As often happens with such situations, no one really knows what happened. Skimping on the details, apparently IITK has this sports meet called "Udghosh", where they invite teams from a lot of other colleges. At a particular match between two girls basketball (?

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ASU professor wins the Nobel Prize in Economics This is the closest I have ever been to a Nobel prize winner and probably this is the closest Ill ever be :-D But seriously, ASU is going places, what with the Nobel prize and the presidential debate day after tomorrow. Hopefully, theyll stop us from going to our labs :D :D :D

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Take this kiss upon the brow! And, in parting from you now, This much let me avow-- You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the

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I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain -- and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call

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So here I am, in the middle way, having had twenty years - Twenty years largely wasted, the years of l'entre deux guerres - Trying to learn to use words, and every attempt Is a wholly new start, and a different kind of failure Because one has only learnt to get the better of words For the thing that one no longer has to say, or the way in which One is no longer disposed to say it. And so each

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What I would like to do right now ? The moon is out tonight, and I would like to lie down on my back, on the grass and look at the open skies, and count the stars. Ill start from one corner of the sky and go on till I loose count, and then, I would start over. And then I would count, the spots on the moon, and then paint with the clouds. Then I would remember everyone I have ever known. Ill

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Do you folks happen to know any place in India (or an online shop) where I can obtain good hindi literature ?

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Ankhen phade duniya dekhe, aj yeh tamasha, hai re biswas mere, hai meree asha

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Suppose u were all alone. Suppose u really were alone, not alone in the sense that "I cant hug my mommy", but suppose u were *really* *really* *really* alone, where everybody you loved was in a place you could not reach. Now, what is something that you can't touch, see or feel, its an abstraction. So if you were really really alone, everybody you used to love once would then become just an "idea"

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Classes started this monday, and I have taken three courses, once again my "greed" (there is no other word) prevailing over better sense. With three courses and research I shall probably be over extending myself once again. But then, this is probably the last time Ill be attending any formal college. All said and done, I love being in a classroom. There are lots of new desis around my lab, we

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Happy birthday to me. :-)

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In about less than an hour from now, Dhanonjoy Chatterjee shall be taking his last few steps to the gallows. Till the very end, he has maintained his innocence. He has also expressed a desire to donate his eyes and kidneys after he dies. His last wish is to hear hymns to calm him down as he walks out from his cell. Incidentaly, its also his birthday today. Dhanonjoy was on the death row for

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(Or the questions we all should ask but don't) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-810472,curpg-1.cms Kiran Bedi, Indias first woman IPS officer, who was honoured with the Magsaysay award for the prison reforms she wrought while she was commissioner Tihar Jail. She spent a few years with some of the most hardened and dangerous convicts in India and for lack of a better word,

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This december, I shall be a part of the natural phenomenan called "The Great Indian Grad Student Migration". Tens of thousands of grad students shall board 747s and come home to mother and her cooking. The thing is, I did not book my tickets with enough time remaining. Apparently, four months in advance is not enough time. So the only tickets that are within my reach are on TimbukToo Airlines,

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Sleep easy folks, Dhanonjoy Chatterjee, the rapist and murderer shall be hanged in about a months time if everything goes along the plans. Dhanonjoy Chatterjee is a 43 year old man, he has a mother, a father, a wife and a daughter. About fourteen years ago, he raped and killed a fourteen year old school girl whose house he was supposed to watch over - a terrible act; for which the Republic of

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Welcome to the brave new world ladies and gentlemen, its a crime to believe in a certain ideology and India has been officially declared free of prejudice. http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_935430,0008.htm Perhaps Arjun McCarthy Singh doesnt realize that every time the Sangh has been repressed, it has gained in strength.

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The twelve kilometer walk for water. Its all so fucked up. What am I doing here ?

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Netflix is a new online rent a DVD service, you order up to three DVD's online, they mail it to you which you keep as long as you want and mail them back once you are done. They have a two week free offer and surprisingly, they had a few Hindi movies for rent. As I hadn't watched even a single Hindi movie since I came here, you can imagine the promptness with which I ordered three movies. I have

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How lazy can one be ? I was cooking rajma two days ago, the way I normally do: prepare a tomato-onion gravy and add "pinto beans" from a can, but something went wrong and I burnt the gravy. Not enough for it to turn black so that I would know that it was burnt and throw it away, but enough for the burnt taste to permeate throughout the dish. Now I am a pretty decent cook, I experiment, take

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Looking back on my blog from the start. :-) Monday, October 13, 2003 I thot I wud say something profound here.. but I forgot. Sorry.. Tuesday, October 14, 2003 You shud neither grip the soap, nor let it settle easily on your palm, in fact its is truly and utterly important that you THROW AWAY THE SOAP AS HARD AS YOU CAN. Now that you have given up the desire to own a soap, whether the soap is

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After a hundred days of the Suns stern gaze, there is thunder and lightening and rain tonight in Phoenix :-D

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and the white mask turned toward us, its silhouette sharp as chipped stone, its face like a dream of rough water. And it sang, descant, then out of control, moon of a music we could not understand. Even the things I cook now refuse to cooperate and provide interesting experiences. What is it about middling that is so irksome ? Looking back, what would one remember most ?

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Mushrooms I had mushrooms for dinner. The thing is, I think I am allergic to mushrooms or at least, to a combination of mushrooms + peas + gobhi + potatoes. The last time I cooked this dish, I woke up screaming my head off.. Last night again I woke up screaming. Today barely half an hour after dinner my head is swimming.. I am so dizzy even when I have my eyes shut. Any more symptoms and I am

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I managed to get a ticket for fahrenhiet 9/11 the day before, and boy was I in for some interesting movie watching. The movie is obviously very biased, Moore really hates Bush and uses all the editorial tricks under his command to make him look stupid - which is not a very difficult thing to do anyway :-D Even so, the documentary is extremely powerful. The general opinion is that Moore did a

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I dont know why this sounds so familiar, did I read it somewhere ? Do you remember reading something similar to this anywhere else ? :-/ Dog Dreams The dog yelps next to me, his leg moving fitfuly. Perhaps he dreams, of cats with fangs a foot long and claws made of steel; Or the stuff dreams are made of in the Dog Universe. I wake up, fists rub away the sleep from my eyes. I take a sip of water,

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The Emperor Ladies and Gentlemen, acquaint yourself with Shri Sudeep Jain. He has enjoyed the company of Van Goghs like The Starry Night, The Cypresses and The Wheat field. He has also studied adoringly the work of Picasso and other cubists. He has traveled to strange places with the surrealists, traveled through time with the realists and shared memories with the impressionists. He has now

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If you loved me and I loved you, How I would love you..

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The Walk Its funny, the board at the foot of the hill says its 500 feet high from the ground level, and its looks like that from the flat ground, but once you start climbing, you are there in no time. There are lots of warning signs on the trail to be wary of Bobcats, rattle snakes and the like, but I've have'nt seen one yet, may be Ill get lucky today. There are some old Native American

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After a long time I finally laid my hands on a couple of books. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Le Carre and Men Without Women - Ernst Hemingway. And yes, I bought my first book in the US, Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance. :-) I didnt realize how much I missed reading. I had given up reading novels, "shud focus on work" and all that, "shud have your priorities clear". For someone who

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Suppose you have 12 balls, one of them is defective, may be heavier or lighter - whether its heavier or lighter than the other balls is not known. You are given a balance, but no weights to go along with it. How can you discover the defective ball by comparing the weights of the balls just three times ? Divide the 12 balls into 3 groups of 4 each, say A, B, C. Weigh A with B. Say they are

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My room mate has messed up my computer :-( Ill be offline for a few days folks.. until I get the time and resources to fix up the thing again.

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..several tall buildings had risen from the ruins.. For so many years, I made the most wonderful theories about everything, the first gust from the real world and they all come crashing down.

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Have been suffering from a very bad cold and a very angry friend. Guess what bothers me more ?

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Suppose you have 12 balls, one of them is defective, may be heavier or lighter - whether its heavier or lighter than the other balls is not known. You are given a balance, but no weights to go along with it. How can you discover the defective ball by comparing the weights of the balls just three times ?

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Straight A's, ladies and gentlemen B-)

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Went for a jog in the evening, and had the entire ground to myself. Everyones left for the summers. Its amazing how a university of 50,000 students can turn so unpopulated in a just a couple of days. I Was wheezing like an old man at the end, but ran for 1.5 kms after no running at all for 2 years. Even so, I cant believe I used to run more than 10 kms in under 60 mins. But then that used to be 4

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In how many ways can one spell D I S G U S T ? O U T R A G E ? Fifty seven years after the Tiranga first conqured what used to be the seat of tyranny, A firangan or her half breed son shall address us from the ramparts of the red fort. And who put them there ? A handful of greedy, venal men and a wretchedness and anger that sees no reason. Why is it that most successful - self made Indians,

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A take home exam from 7:40 AM to 5:00 PM tomorrow, two assignemnts and an exam due on the 10th, and a term paper due on the 12th. Wish me luck.. :-D

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Kisi ke Ishque me khud ko bhula doon.. ho nahi sakta, ho nahi sakta. I wish.

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Lets do a thought experiment. Imagine u were to wake up tomorrow morning on an unknown island. Its inhabited by good, bad, all sorts of people. Now since up until last night you were sleeping in your own home, these people obviously dont know you. This being that kind of a magical island, every once in a while, someone from another world goes to sleep in his(her) bed, and wakes up on this island

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hmm.. I dunno why I havent been blogging. I guess its more than the usual busy-business, I always found time to write something or the other even between fourteen hour days. Besides, I am not even working that hard these days. I dont want to lend this any dignity by calling it a writers block. Its probably more abt me being confused abt the direction that my research is going to take, and more

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Ive always been a very angry person. And I dont mean those little bouts of irritableness that everyone has now and then. Earlier it was more of a "rage" problem than an anger problem. Something happened, and all I could see was red, and I would forget who I was, what I was doing, what I was saying. Someone once showed me what I looked like when I was angry, I looked hideous. After a lot of

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Not in the clamor of the crowded street, Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, But in ourselves, are triumph and defeat .

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Location: Queens Creek, Phoenix, Arizona. 1) Moons Floss, 5.8 2) Ride the Whale, 5.9 3) One climb whose name I dont remember. Just a 5.6 though.. not climbed:- 1) Off like a prom dress 5.6 2) Wholesome girls can be bitches too 5.10 :-D one very interesting thing, If uve seen the movie U-Turn, (starring Sean Penn, J Lo), the plot of the movie is set in a dead mining town in Arizona called

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So kp has found that special someone in his life. Well, he found her some time back, but he is coming to a grudging acceptance of the fact only now. I think this is because of a stubborn (pronounced stupid) independent streak inside him. Even now he claims, "oh we r just.. u know.. hanging around. Enjoying each others company. u know.." My ASS.. :-D he would have rather or taken a kick in the

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As an aside, day before yesterday was my homeys "Name Day". Hes from the Czech Republic and the three big days every year in a common mans life are Christmas (christs birthday), his own birthday, and his name day. Evidently, there are only 365 names :-D (Dont even ask me about the leap years, cause I dont know) and each name is assigned to a day, or each day is assigned to a name, and thats ur

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What is it with sudeep and sandeep ? Why can't people realize that anything spelt "S U D E E P" can not be pronounced "Sandeep". Why dont people believe me when I say that my name is sudeep ? :-( may be I look like a moron, and after one look at my face, people cant believe that I can pronounce my name right. Imagine having to live with a name like that, always having to introduce yourself twice.

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6th straight 14 hour day, and tomorrow is going to be the same, and so will be day after tomorrow. I think Ill take a half day off on tuesday. Ive been working very hard. Not very smart though.. and I hate that. Oh well, live and learn.

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A 30 minute adventure on a lazy Sat Afternoon: 1:30 pm : Has a junk food + cola lunch. 20 mins later : Feels the need to take a leak. 1 min later: Enters the restroom. It looks kind of different. Where are the pissoirs ? And whats the loOOng line of johns in stalls doing here.. :-/ Never mind.. they are renovating the place. May be theyve moved the pissoirs towards the end of the restroom.

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Stay, and help me to end the day, and if you dont mind.. we'll break a bottle of wine. stick around, and may be we'll put one down.. Cause I want to find, what lies behind those eyes. -- Stay, Pink Floyd.

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When I was a child, I wondered what it meant to be a grown up. At that time, I felt it meant doing what ever I felt, having whatever I wanted. A belly full of choclates and "cold drinks", as many pets as I wanted, books to keep me awake all night. Later on, in my teenage years, to be a grown up meant being independant, having a girl friend. I had grown out of choclates and soda. They were for

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Lately, I have been feeling the need to be absolutely alone. A little time to slow down and reflect would be good. Days go by in a blur, and I am still at the same place.

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Against my better judgment, I got into a political discussion yet again. The occasion was the return trip from McDowell mountains after a nice hike. It all started pretty innocuously with things getting pretty lively and loud towards the end. As usual, It was me with the unpopular unfashionable view trying to fight a loosing but stubborn battle against the world :-D I really don't know why it is

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The songs not mine.. the mood is. You shout in your sleep. Perhaps the price is just too steep. Is your conscience at rest If once put to the test? You awake with a start To just the beating of your heart. Just one man beneath the sky, Just two ears, just two eyes. You set sail across the sea Of long past thoughts and memories. Childhood's end, your fantasies Merge with harsh realities. And

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GENERAAAL SHTRIKE !!!!!! X-( I am not going to cook I shall not do groceries I will not go to school I wont go to my lab I wont check my mail I wont do laundry I shall not take out the trash I wont change my clothes I wont shave I wont file my income tax returns I wont bathe I wont work out I wont return my library books I wont wash my dirty plates.. INQUIIILAAAAAAB ZhINDABAAD !!! Will they

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Sat afternoon was spent on an "outdoors" trip, my first after coming here. There were lots of firsts associated with the afternoon, my first outdoor rock climbing experience (not at all like an indoor wall), first time rapelling and so on and so forth, also the first time I have been so scared in my life. And yes, this was the first time in years that I have got so many bumps and scrapes in the

sudeepnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5939259.post-1075347865901759252004-01-28T19:44:00.000-08:002004-01-28T19:46:36.890-08:00

The only way I think I can put my best foot forward at work is If I am happy and secure. On the other had, I can not be happy unless I have respect and passion for what I am doing. How does one break out of this vicious circle ?

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Ok OK !!.. u guys have shamed me into writing something :-D The last few days were spent attemting fire eating and rock climbing. I managed to blow out a flame more than a foot long, the fuel was 110 proof home brewed plum brandy. Actually the flame was a little wimpy cause the brandy was "just" 110 proof (55% alcohol). You need more than 75% to have a good loud and bright flame. Only bad

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The mornings in Phoenix are pretty much like mornings every where else. The air is dry, cold and crisp. The kind that makes me appreciate Air Conditioning a little less, and open doors and windows a little more. But you can't see children wearing school uniforms crammed inside ricks. No elderly people going on their morning walks either. No family enjoying the first few minutes of their day

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I dont know how to write this post as I've never blogged on politics before, although like all small towner Indians, it is a subject close to my heart and never far from conversation. Moreover this is not really about politics in India, something about which I can claim to know a little bit. I heard this disturbing news from that benighted country, Iraq. The "governing council" (selected, not

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Phoenix must have the most beautiful sunsets of all places, and they last forever. First the sky acquires a Golden Hue, then wisps of the prettiest pink, and later a burst of colours that I dont know the names of. Then it becomes dark, with the clouds shining an inky black, and so it stays for several tens of minutes until the spectacular show is finally over.

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Finished reading a book I had been waiting for a long time to get my hands on, "South: A memoir of the Endurance Voyage". Its a memoir of Shackletons extraordinary voyage to cross the Antarctic continent. After the South and the North poles had been conquered by Scott and Amundsen, the only great polar adventure left was to cross the antarctic continent from coast to coast. Shackletons voyage

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hums and haws.. tries to write something.. Cant think of anything, and not in the mood for another philosophical rant. just another pleasantly monotonous day.. :-) I think I am happy cause I had a good work out session last evening. Now that life is getting back to sanity, I think ill be getting work outs more often. Hrithink Roshan, beware, here I come :-D Now that I have pretty much

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Its been such a long time since I posted last.. One year !!!!! :-D I know that's corny, but I had to say that. :-) Blogger gobbled up two of my posts in a row, so this one took extra time to get here. New years eve found Santosh, Anubhav and myself strolling on mill avenue in downtown tempe. It was supposedly the sixth most happening place in all of US to be at on new years eve, and the price

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So I was chatting to this frnd on messenger, and he said something which I didnt like.. A Fuck you and a middle finger in the doodle window was promptly displayed. Now, apparently, this dudes wifey was sitting around and was quick to take offence. What earthly business she had "watching" a conversation on messenger, dont ask me. Well.. Lady I didnt say what I did to YOU !! and I didnt mean

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I just heard an up and coming flamenco dancer on TV say, that if you want to find out what to do with your life, ask yourself, what is it that you are happiest doing assuming that you shall not be paid anything for it. The answer to that question is what you should make your vocation in life. The dancer ofcourse found his God in dancing flamenco. It was not just his feet or his arms that did the

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ELLLLLL... HOOOOOO TEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAARRR !!!! fust day.. fust show B-) AMAzing special effects.. But some of the complexity of the book has been done away with, esp the characters of Denethor, Gimli and Faramir are not done justice with. But then, as Ian Mckellen the gray says, the movie is the movie and the book is the book, and fans should enjoy both. Since I havent been blogging recently,

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In a place separated from me by ten thousand miles in space, fifty years in time, and by the seven seas, a man was so passionate about his work that he took great risks to his life and wellbeing to expose, what he considered an insult to his vocation. Ofcourse, he paid the ultimate price for his passion, but what will people remember a hundred years from now ? The passion ? Or the greed and

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Croc Tales me from IIT Bombay me tarjan.. B-)

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long time no posts.. is "So many blah.." Dyeing its natural death ? let see (which is my way of saying I dont want to deal with it right now :-D ). I aced one of the midsems for which we got the results tonite. [begin euphism] Its been a while since I topped a class of fifty students [end euphism] and it feels.. Ok. lemme ask you a question. How do you figure out if someone genuinely values you

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The flaw in doing something as an act is that you look for a result. When it is done as your nature, you are not attached to the result and you continue doing it. An action that arises from your nature is neither tiring nor frustrating. For example, daily routines like brushing one's teeth or bathing are not even considered actions because they are so integrated into one's life. You do all this

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