It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting!
- The Alchemist
24 April, 2009
23 April, 2009
Calvin & Hobbes quote for the day!
Calvin-ism: "Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless."
I heart the kid :) !
- Moi
I heart the kid :) !
- Moi
22 April, 2009
Earth Day!
Just a gentle reminder to be kind to the environment and to the earth at least for one day! Take the extra steps to turn off the lights when not in the room today, try not to use plastic at least for one day today! Do the little you can for a day!
P.S: Its ironical, the client where I am working at have posters and flyers all over the place about going green and all that jazz. But - they don't have recycle bins at every cube. One of the first places I have worked at that don't have recycle baskets. Let alone every cube, there isn't a recycle bin per printer (shared by about 10 people) - so every time I have to trash some paper - I have to walk across the hall to the recycle bin!!
- Moi
Random!
...on arranged marriage
...arranged marriage is the intersection point at which the downward spiral of expectation meets the upward spiral of desperation!!
Interesting...!
On a totally different note -
- In a temperate climate zone you would sing - "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone"
- In a tropical climate zone you would sing - "Zindagi dhoop tum ghana saaya!"
Just thought that was funny!
- Moi
...arranged marriage is the intersection point at which the downward spiral of expectation meets the upward spiral of desperation!!
Interesting...!
On a totally different note -
- In a temperate climate zone you would sing - "Ain't no sunshine when she's gone"
- In a tropical climate zone you would sing - "Zindagi dhoop tum ghana saaya!"
Just thought that was funny!
- Moi
16 April, 2009
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga.
This is a debut novel by Aravind Adiga and it also won him the Man Booker prize.
The White tiger is a very interesting and an entertaining read. But it’s hard for me to believe that there was no better writing this year anywhere in the world.
The small villages in India, rampant with illiteracy – where people are blinded with superstition and where people die of diseases like TB are rightfully termed as the Darkness. Balram Halwai, the hero of the book if you may, is from one such place called Laxmangarh which is the Darkness. It is his tale, narrated by him. It is his journey from the Darkness to the light – from Laxmangarh to Bangalore. A white tiger is the rarest creature in the jungle, only coming along once in every generation. Balram Halwai is the white tiger. Morality can sometimes be the cage that the rich use to keep the poor from making that essential leap. Balram is in the cage and it is the story of how he escapes from the cage fighting the rooster coop.
The book is quite fast paced, gripping and very witty. The protagonist’s character is very well-sketched. He is cocky, arrogant, quick-witted, half-baked, disrespectful and supremely quick to seize an advantage. His disrespect for his elders and betters is shocking -- even Mahatma Gandhi gets the lash of his scornful tongue.
This book has added to my sense that morality is a luxury of our situation - and that for all the feel-good factor of being a democracy, for the vast majority of people, there really isn't much difference between us and China except that they have ten ring roads.
-Moi
The White tiger is a very interesting and an entertaining read. But it’s hard for me to believe that there was no better writing this year anywhere in the world.
The small villages in India, rampant with illiteracy – where people are blinded with superstition and where people die of diseases like TB are rightfully termed as the Darkness. Balram Halwai, the hero of the book if you may, is from one such place called Laxmangarh which is the Darkness. It is his tale, narrated by him. It is his journey from the Darkness to the light – from Laxmangarh to Bangalore. A white tiger is the rarest creature in the jungle, only coming along once in every generation. Balram Halwai is the white tiger. Morality can sometimes be the cage that the rich use to keep the poor from making that essential leap. Balram is in the cage and it is the story of how he escapes from the cage fighting the rooster coop.
The book is quite fast paced, gripping and very witty. The protagonist’s character is very well-sketched. He is cocky, arrogant, quick-witted, half-baked, disrespectful and supremely quick to seize an advantage. His disrespect for his elders and betters is shocking -- even Mahatma Gandhi gets the lash of his scornful tongue.
This book has added to my sense that morality is a luxury of our situation - and that for all the feel-good factor of being a democracy, for the vast majority of people, there really isn't much difference between us and China except that they have ten ring roads.
-Moi
Back...!
It was a pretty long sabbatical, one which was never intended to be. Well, what can I say - the lure of one's own space in the www, displaying pixellated thoughts born in my head and a space where I could throw in my opinions and not be judged, was hard to escape.
I admit I was uninspired to write. Not that enough was not happening in life - it was - but somehow just felt like shutting myself to the www and not putting it down.
Without a single substantial post in the new year - I am back - and will try to post more regularly!
-Moi
Mood of the day: Rejuvenated
Song of the day: Jai Ho!
I admit I was uninspired to write. Not that enough was not happening in life - it was - but somehow just felt like shutting myself to the www and not putting it down.
Without a single substantial post in the new year - I am back - and will try to post more regularly!
-Moi
Mood of the day: Rejuvenated
Song of the day: Jai Ho!
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