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mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;" >Written in December [I publish only when the context is lost ;) ]</span>
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<br />A single tear rolls down stealthily, deceptively </span> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" face="georgia" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">Beckoning finality for all that has been</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" face="georgia" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;">A turn in my sojourn of life -</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">A hair-thin movement in space ... A fraction of a second in time</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">The moon seemed to touched the horizon and clouds simultaneously</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">And cool breeze caressed my face gently</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Oh! It felt like I reached my destination ... ultimately</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Little did I realise that it wasn’t all that fairy </p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">The breath taking spiral that I was falling into -</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">So smoothly ... So beautifully</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">On countless troughs and crests</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">My sails were fluttering madly in the storm</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Like the thoughts swirling in my mind</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Like the emotions brewing in my heart</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Taking me from one conclusion from another </p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">With my reasoning -</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Blinded in love ... Wounded in the separation</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">A star shined one fine day</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Another shined another day</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Showing me the route back to the shore, my sweet land of independence and grit</p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">It nice to be back, with a bang!</p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: georgia;">Wait a minute, where's the pole?... Where's the final pole star?<span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:11;" > </span></p>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-18168125864392021592010-09-25T18:09:00.003+05:302010-09-25T18:13:11.269+05:30Human Minds<p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">‘Are you in love with him?’</p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">‘No!’</p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">But then what is this deep suffocation that I feel when I can’t help him?</p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">When things are supposed to be left to rearrange for themselves, </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">When people are supposed to be left to discover themselves, </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">When even the most intricate and calculated interference tends to be derogatory,</p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">Which is worse than its’ futility</p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">Why can’t they just see it that the ‘problem’ is nothing but their perception? </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">And that it ceases to exist when they acknowledge this conception? </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">Why do they have to suffer the conditioning of their very own <span class="il">minds</span>? </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">How am I supposed to just leave things alone, without helping? </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">Why am I still clinging on? And what am I clinging on to? </p> <p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal">Oh, when will I grow above this fear of losing people to their <span class="il">minds</span>!</p><p style="font-style: italic;" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Another 'first step' into the genre of poetry/prose/whatever-it-gets-cooked-into</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-53186507385477078862009-07-12T13:28:00.002+05:302009-07-15T23:09:56.113+05:30Excerpts - The Tao of Physics<ul><li>‘Cogito ergo sum’- ‘I think, therefore I exist’-has led Western man to equate his identity with his mind, instead of with his whole organism. As a consequence of the Cartesian division, most individuals are aware of themselves as isolated egos existing ‘inside’ their<br />bodies. The mind has been separated from the body and given the futile task of controlling it, thus causing an apparent conflict between the conscious will and the involuntary instincts. Each individual has been split up further into a large number of separate compartments, according to his or her activities, talents, feelings, beliefs, etc., which are engaged in endless conflicts generating continuous metaphysical confusion and<br />frustration. This inner fragmentation of man mirrors his view of the world ‘outside’ which is seen as a multitude of separate objects and events. The natural environment is treated as if it consisted of separate parts to be exploited by different interest groups.<br />The fragmented view is further extended to society which is split into different nations, races, religious and political groups. The belief that all these fragments-in ourselves, in our environment and in our society-are really separate can be seen as the essential reason for the present series of social, ecological and cultural crises. It has alienated us from nature and from our fellow human beings.<br /></li></ul>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-51554791762094520522009-07-10T12:51:00.024+05:302010-04-24T18:51:37.667+05:30Counting the No. of WordsThis one is dedicated to the random thoughts brought upon my head by the long periods of self-conversation thanks to my week-day environment - my 'personalized' lab where work and a non-existent Tunisian, French-speaking apartment-mate!<br /><br />Disclaimer: I might sound like a maniac at times. I'm one! Ah, there, now it ll be easier for you to appreciate the post :P<br /><br />So, without any more unnecessary crap from me, lets get on to the ... necessary crap?!<br /><br /><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><span id=":27c">Travel chronicles ::Indian families I meet: You are very bold to be traveling alone! My firang friends: You could try the other route, its more adventurous! </span></li><li><span id=":27c">Do we confuse living our knowledge with simply knowing?</span></li><li><span id=":27c">There is always a map.</span></li><li><span id=":27c">Indians are there, everywhere!</span></li></ul><ul><li><span id=":27c">You forget. You are blessed. </span><span id=":27c"> You forgive. You bless and are blessed.</span><span id=":27c"> </span>( inspired from<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8115219.stm"> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8115219.stm</a> ) <span id=":27c"><br /></span></li></ul><ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><span id=":27c">The grass always looks greener on the other side.</span></li><li>At one level, what you see is what you are, manifested as a reflection in the world outside.<br /></li><li>Tomorrow is a different day. And today, is Yours.</li><li>Somethings need to inevitably end. Somethings just happen and some ... are.</li><li>Knowing that there's no end, is a good start.<br /></li><li>All these journeys in search of new cultures, experiences, money, nations, life of one's dreams, passion, adventure, knowledge, the one, everything - essentially boils down to self-discovery.<br /></li><li>Chasing the life of one's dreams is the greatest adventure one can ever take up!<br /><span style="font-size:0pt;"> </span></li><li><span style="font-size:0pt;">...<br /></span></li></ul>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-78573486531415350852009-01-05T20:09:00.012+05:302009-01-08T19:24:20.449+05:30when are you planning for??<span style="font-family:arial;">I haven't yet written about the Nagalpura night camp yet. To save this trip from the same fate, here it is. Cheers!</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="font-family:arial;">7.09PM, Friday, GTalk:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><...discussions, on bikes, duration of trip, who etc...></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Pressure: <span style="font-style: italic;">so, when are you planning for??</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Me(in the head): <span style="font-style: italic;">dude!! you don't know?!!?!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">when=> tomorrow: Saturday</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">planning => a </span><span style="font-family:arial;">road</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> trip to Pondy</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">'you' => indeterminate at that moment</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">That was the level of arbitness in planning regarding every aspect of the trip, who could come along, when 'we' would leave, hiring/getting bikes. Thanks to the way the discussion started, and pressure putting it first before Suby, who I swear, would've said a plain 'no' if I'd put the proposal before. Well, that's the way it's been with my hostel mates regarding the other treks I'd been to. And, that's what makes this trip even more special! My friends (who, ironically, treat me like the kiddo of the group) finally grew up! :D :P</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Coming back to the point, finally, the 'we' was defined by 9pm. Pressure, Suby, Poison, Shampoo, me, Bhaw, Lee and Mr.Mri. With some more confusion with the bikes in the morning, some melodrama I put up out of grief for scooty not coming along, we finally made it out of insti by 7:30am and out of Chennai by 8:40 or so, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >with</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> the scooty (yes, it made it miraculously!)!! I was sooo glad I got to drive on a long drive! I knew I'd do that someday, but so soon, naah never imagined that!</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, this one had all elements that a road trip could ever have. Junta falling off bikes, doing wheelies (Phew! Me and scooty narrowly escaped that!!), roadside stops that delayed us well into the day, eating water chestnuts by the road side, visiting my long-long-lost uncle's ostrich farm and leaving a note there, me and Bhaw arbitrarily singing loudly into air in the worst possible tones, begging Bhaw for the scooty (which I got finally when she got bored of it!), playing (trying to) roadrash(!), driving throughout without a license!! Ofcourse, how could any road trip be complete without a puncture and a retarded bike. Well, the scooty went ahead coz it very well knew it was a tortoise in a race against hares! When we were finally tired of driving we decided to wait for the others to join us at Mahabs where Suby and shampoo saw the temples, I did a lil' piece of climbing, and all of us ate Kulfi.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And with another series of stops for god-only-remembers reasons we finally reached Pondicherry, which looked like any other dusty town until I saw the beautiful blue beach with clearly distinguishable falling white waves. At this point of time I really got impatient with the amount of fight being put to narrow down on a decent restaurant </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >together</span><span style="font-family:arial;">. After freshening up and having a debate on who would sit where, food came along. The french fries and starters were the most awesome of all grub (no wonder, there were battles over it!) and there was this guyi guyi continental dish => they all look/smell/taste/feel/sound the same!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We ate, we paid, we left, we filled petrol, we(Scooty) overshot the way and returned back, we were late for a ferry, we got disappointed, we decided on Sand beach, the way to which filled in for all the aforementioned pain! It was through a village setting and the beach felt totally private with almost no junta other than us. Having finished packing shampoo in his sleeping bag, my group finally thought it was time to go to the beach. Phew! The sand was clean, waves amazing. After procuring a 'sher-shell' , I got bored with shell scavenging. Built the biggest sand castle ever </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >and</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> protected it from the destructive company I had! Well, erm, ya I did use destructive methods myself though!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVbrTTuhorzQcM0Y5dViU6lKWrSx9KxAELGisUDmHCjYeuT-OhXHgv8bvWvrsB_LwfNbFVHj0JIPr-aO9RYhj2QZDfPDugE5bzV6RJfV8uJ4e6mPZm8pn4S7y0DE8d2vuKi8rtFiGnxwU/s1600-h/4.+almost+top+view.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVbrTTuhorzQcM0Y5dViU6lKWrSx9KxAELGisUDmHCjYeuT-OhXHgv8bvWvrsB_LwfNbFVHj0JIPr-aO9RYhj2QZDfPDugE5bzV6RJfV8uJ4e6mPZm8pn4S7y0DE8d2vuKi8rtFiGnxwU/s320/4.+almost+top+view.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288915225246907842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Time to go home, and we lose a bike key, </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;" >the key without the key chain</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> in the sand. 'A needle in the haystack', could the simile act any more metaphor-ish? But miracles happen. Victor rescued Yamaha, a bike in need is a bike indeed :D! Yes, the key actually worked! All our expressions could have as well been used in an ad with the format: 'before product' and 'after product'.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">After this followed, sand skidding, lock breaking, very heavy traffic that I gave up my over-enthu for driving and back on the highway we escaped a license check which turned out to be a breath check later. Phew out of Pondy, at least! Little did I know that the cold was waiting for all of us! Every body became a bandit in the fancy dress contest (some preferred little red riding hood though!), with as much clothing as available rolled around their heads. Never imagined roadside tea would feel so heavenly one day. But it didn't beat the cold I had put myself through during a night trek where I was adamant about sleeping outside the tent just to see the stars! And, thanks to no dinner but a biscuit, excessive cold, and nothing to do being a pillion rider, I crashed for like 20 minutes or so, so did my other friends but they had their own styles, one imitated AC signal, mine was a square wave, and the rest I would like to believe had constant zero DC, with some occasional surges! Finally when the last bike reached campus, we finished off with the Worst Group Pic of the Century - Colgate Smiles! Cheers!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtP4MxocoGATSVNDarF427uqvO7V9-BtBvg-RKrxGQN0SqgHmHcrRHBGNT2_wicyn3_nmPUutKSwVK8aRRGaXHFB_TyYfQ0q0afVAV2nDAabgYW8vx29enHs151gJ8xkaLILdRUApiJNgt/s1600-h/5.+back+at+insti+by+2+am+,+dead+tired%21.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtP4MxocoGATSVNDarF427uqvO7V9-BtBvg-RKrxGQN0SqgHmHcrRHBGNT2_wicyn3_nmPUutKSwVK8aRRGaXHFB_TyYfQ0q0afVAV2nDAabgYW8vx29enHs151gJ8xkaLILdRUApiJNgt/s320/5.+back+at+insti+by+2+am+,+dead+tired%21.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288905815967263042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Well, that's was the general theme of the whole trip - Uncertainty! We religiously worshiped Heisenberg there!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">PS: I actually thought Pondicherry to Chennai was the safest highway possible, after we drove on it during midnight and reached insti happily. After discussing it with my Ecologin group, came to know that its not so, especially during evening time (6-7 types) when there is lots of cattle all over the road. And its well marked only till Pondicherry, after which it is a flood of dangerous turns.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Yeah, yeah fine!! I'll check with them before leaving from next time!</span><br /></div>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-86551313114927611552008-12-25T17:20:00.017+05:302009-01-08T19:22:44.430+05:30tada tada TADA!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Time for another one! (Honestly, this was written for another site, I just copy-pasted the same thing here :D, I know, heights of laziness).<br /><br /> A week full of quizzes ( that's what they call the short torturous bimonthly events at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">IIT</span>), I was totally exhausted. My friends who were in another batch weren't free at this very point of my desperation to time travel into another world! Perfect timing! So, the Gods in the universe conspired and made my Swiss friend and his mates plan out a trip to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Tada</span> so that I could be invited there :D . You know when a drop of water falls on the parched earth! :D<br />Well ya , time to stop story-telling !<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"> Tada</span> is one of the less-discovered green pockets near Chennai, though most of the regular trekkers and students do know. But it is one place that still retains its natural essence owing to the physical strain involved in getting <i>there</i>. Well the 'there' could refer the foot of the hill/ the small crystal clear streams flowing over an assortment of pebbles / the waterfall babies flowing over rocks/ the waterfall monster breeding happily in a 10m high cliff/ the top of the hill. Our final <i>there</i> was the cliff.<br /><br />The sojourn:<br />Starting off at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">IST</span>-5am (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">IIT</span> Standard Time ;) ) , me, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Arul</span> who I knew through my athletics team, my Swiss friend, batch-mate from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">IIT</span>, and two others I didn't know until then, started off toward <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Velachery</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Koyambedu</span> and reached <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Tada</span> at around 10 am. <b>Tip</b>: Being the treasurer earns you extra care and security from the rest of the team for obvious reasons ;) We chose to walk 3km on gravel and stones to reach the foot of the hill, and that's when we got talking on topics ranging from biotechnology to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">naxalites</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Nepals</span>' democratic developments to the optimum amount of salt in a curry. And when the leg goes pulling, the talking gets interesting , doesn't it? We were making plans on how to negotiate with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">naxalites</span>, that Markus (our SF) would be more valuable a hostage than us and so, we could easily escape in case we encountered <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">naxalites</span> :D!!<br />Thankfully the day was nowhere close to rainy as so proudly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">forecasted</span> by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Piyush</span>! By now, we were walking in the streams with water so clear that we could actually drink it, and lo! I am still alive! Walking along in the stream was fun in itself, witnessing each other dork-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">ishly</span> tripping into water, thanks to the extra slippery multi-colored rocks/pebbles/(not-a-geologist!) beneath.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-1-FT71-0OwN8d3ZEJED0h55fOp_M5asAsTHDGT4q9RD2XJacYX-HzOzTdo8uKhyXk_KNmYBtiHUCfFF5-QRCCz7UAFnooNgihsHIxI1W2t0UZGIrlAFHXRsiXd7Cr3wZCatU_swgDlw/s1600-h/DSCN3068.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-1-FT71-0OwN8d3ZEJED0h55fOp_M5asAsTHDGT4q9RD2XJacYX-HzOzTdo8uKhyXk_KNmYBtiHUCfFF5-QRCCz7UAFnooNgihsHIxI1W2t0UZGIrlAFHXRsiXd7Cr3wZCatU_swgDlw/s320/DSCN3068.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283950117824069314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TtJUdcbcZgdc6xIlkILrdIcKGoJIYkif3xVQFKGgJR5-Ph35zhx9n5hmrOKaLAJfQ08JG9arI2gb-VQ9Z9AC4NRp7xIXxtd6YUE8ch1PQnddaMDjGO-3amg1oR4yYN6_eJm2z5tQxUux/s1600-h/P1040980.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1TtJUdcbcZgdc6xIlkILrdIcKGoJIYkif3xVQFKGgJR5-Ph35zhx9n5hmrOKaLAJfQ08JG9arI2gb-VQ9Z9AC4NRp7xIXxtd6YUE8ch1PQnddaMDjGO-3amg1oR4yYN6_eJm2z5tQxUux/s320/P1040980.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283955331023818210" border="0" /></a>Arul was simply great at directions, not that I bothered as to how he was employing his skill. I was too happy and content with my first endeavor with a bunch of strangers to an equally estranged place. Then we started climbing up finally. The topmost falls were now in view, but the view was so tiny it amounted to some 3 pixels on the cam :D! As we started aping forward, the rocks were now bigger and very slippery. I had torn my shoes already (Thank god! I didn wear my favourite Reeboks). Arul put fundaes on rock climbing : Three-point contact, Chimney-climbing to name a few. I got to learn what all was necessary to be brought along while trekking.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICN6om0Ab5UlNvJXgIhVMj7xVsrUjFf-D17hEQTYfRVUzatHnC8Wtn-AUkZngDCJ1rsAduVgBgBS5TcA17xKyTYkgSlCGicQMvP29S0rbJzjVWkp2CtiBMhcixgwaXGyZqR3P-hujtVMI/s1600-h/DSCN3093.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjICN6om0Ab5UlNvJXgIhVMj7xVsrUjFf-D17hEQTYfRVUzatHnC8Wtn-AUkZngDCJ1rsAduVgBgBS5TcA17xKyTYkgSlCGicQMvP29S0rbJzjVWkp2CtiBMhcixgwaXGyZqR3P-hujtVMI/s320/DSCN3093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283950720436578658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKnmrm-grrb45JgAVYAXIRaa46piv-8jP8Zo1C4xeaXMHJ6uxwVIyiUE5vcuq-G6RnBO0S-q3v-PtZfCbLr2RD2vJOwa3PRxvx499xp15ypZOvZqo7TApAELptFc50Dh4uPg1tOEn-Elb/s1600-h/DSCN3085.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSKnmrm-grrb45JgAVYAXIRaa46piv-8jP8Zo1C4xeaXMHJ6uxwVIyiUE5vcuq-G6RnBO0S-q3v-PtZfCbLr2RD2vJOwa3PRxvx499xp15ypZOvZqo7TApAELptFc50Dh4uPg1tOEn-Elb/s320/DSCN3085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283951067841735746" border="0" /></a>After about an hour of scampering, we reached the final destination, the cliff sheltering water from the water fall. We first hogged like crazy, keeping in mind that monkeys were eye-ing the food already! Then the usual aping around came into the pic and every one jumped into the water.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD-8EkRF3jCgi_i7-_I5JZWvKu_BYPFdXWvGGj7gJ2HgOqM9YK7_zaoJ3mBat4R50BYCqmQVi2_PJjqgtRa8hOeF-cr56Gx9nlYD5HlWXGv2I-S5hs0MI_s8LX5pS1lvNLKU54w-TnC20/s1600-h/P1050006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnD-8EkRF3jCgi_i7-_I5JZWvKu_BYPFdXWvGGj7gJ2HgOqM9YK7_zaoJ3mBat4R50BYCqmQVi2_PJjqgtRa8hOeF-cr56Gx9nlYD5HlWXGv2I-S5hs0MI_s8LX5pS1lvNLKU54w-TnC20/s320/P1050006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283953627733398146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uaR2ufAclLgjF7P9x3cWWspsZhF4nY4NTtDg6Yx9JaWBNz-x9hMc4lFcX3Tce__T8wNQQaw59pxEH5eD7c8LDkBLzNa1OgXESD9hs_bmPzgvPoV7q7zshxxWII-mNEb3JiuTzga0W1Cy/s1600-h/P1050017.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6uaR2ufAclLgjF7P9x3cWWspsZhF4nY4NTtDg6Yx9JaWBNz-x9hMc4lFcX3Tce__T8wNQQaw59pxEH5eD7c8LDkBLzNa1OgXESD9hs_bmPzgvPoV7q7zshxxWII-mNEb3JiuTzga0W1Cy/s320/P1050017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283953992679540882" border="0" /></a>I almost drowned myself! Wow! what a start. :| My processor failed to recognise that I was already exhausted and was wearing jeans for god's sake and couldn't make myself to swim. Well, I was intelligent enough to bob up and down and wave for help. The "wave for help" was interpreted in every way but the SOS way for a long time, as I came to know later. Apparently, they felt I was saying a hi, or measuring depth of water! Argh, c'mon guys! I was pretty cool in the head, thinking I had stud swimmers around to help me out. Guess that paid off! Finally I gave up on venturing without help. Weird spiders and insects on water. People ( Markus and Arul) made some really scary dives into the water from atop the cliff! It was getting dark, time to get back. While scampering down, we collected the garbage littered along the path as an initiative to sensitise people about the issue. The pic proudly displays a collection of five bag-fulls of garbage that were eventually handed over to the security. I was officially labelled the 'chappal-collector' for god-knows-why reasons. In any case, I did justice to my title ;) and collected some 15 chappals :D.<br />Below is something so weird these guys tried, that its practically inexplicable.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg63D5JKh5E_nk0E8gUJnanMo7xdOaCEPb3rVgpTnc3j-qZsNXa4J-2zA9NLLRY1aiSD5TxKRu4FBWAdLP5DGKjcclNX4Ev4nD7G1FHrPwO8IW17cefjmyhat4PtV50D0R9MJx3leoKtxi/s1600-h/P1050056.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg63D5JKh5E_nk0E8gUJnanMo7xdOaCEPb3rVgpTnc3j-qZsNXa4J-2zA9NLLRY1aiSD5TxKRu4FBWAdLP5DGKjcclNX4Ev4nD7G1FHrPwO8IW17cefjmyhat4PtV50D0R9MJx3leoKtxi/s320/P1050056.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283954479810488290" border="0" /></a>Philosophies started pouring out of every member, now that the trek was ending. Pradeep, my Nepalese companion said that it is always there, we need to just go and get it. True.<br />It was then that I realised the importance of being able to live with nature, without the cozy comforts of a city life. Sometimes (all the time actually), we simply don't realise/acknowledge the fact that we are a part of nature and the skill to live in it is more fundamental than knowing how to work with Scilab or Pspice. And we simply don't give a damn to that inherent ability, the very skill that teaches us something more about life that a degree in management, for example, fails to.<br />Phew, that was heavy :D<br />Came back to campus at 10pm and wow, that was a trek each one of us enjoyed thoroughly and I got exposed to new ideologies about life, that were quite different from those of a bunch of nerds and geeks, set on to spend 4 years of their life in a 250-hectare piece of land.<br />PS: The pics go along with the storyline and yeah, some of them make real good wall papers.<br /><br /></div>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-53185810800226721012008-06-20T16:29:00.001+05:302008-12-25T17:40:57.327+05:30The turtle and The beach<div style="text-align: justify;">After writing a satisfactory blog post that humored a visitor, I find it even more appealing to take yet another break to update the site. So, for the second time in 24 hours, here I go, again.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><strong>Turtle Walk</strong></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><em><strong></strong></em></span>Yeah, yeah, sort of boring to have every blog labeled a ‘walk’, blame the organizers. Anyway, getting to the point, making this trip essentially means putting a nite-out (my first ever after joining IIT!) and walking from one beach to the other on sand (ob :P) discerning turtle tracks in sand (ob again :P) to spot turtle nests/eggs/hatchlings and transporting them to the hatchery, waiting for 30 minutes or so for the hatchlings to get activated and leaving them to struggle towards sea, watching them being washed away by strong waves into the deep dark ocean. Good! I’m glad I am human! ;)<br />Started at ECR beach with a talk beginning with an introduction to turtles (The Turtle 101) involving almost all of the visitors, school kids, college students, visitors, foreigners, old people (a really diverse group). Being extremely informative and thought provoking, the chat slowly flowed towards government policies to environmental protection to genetically modified crops to culture to way of life! And, I, just having given a presentation on GM Foods for Environment and Resource Economics course was ‘fully unleashed’ ;). The organizer actually told me, “For an IIT student, you are quite well-informed” hah! I am. Another interesting fact that propped up was that these amazing creatures return to the same breeding ground where they took birth, to lay their own eggs! Predators apart, the street lamps at night pose a bigger danger, misleading the turtles away from the waters (Fyi, turtles detect their way towards the sea by sensing light). Olive Ridley turtles are found only on the coasts of South East Asia. Their tiny home is shrinking even more, thanks to the contemporary industrial practices.<br /><br />These walks have been conducted since last 10-11 years during the first couple of months in a year, every weekend. The locals actually refer to the turtle season as the one in which turtle-walkers start walking! The walk along the beach was simply great with equally great company. I was _very lucky_ to have learnt about it at the end of the season, so I couldn’t catch any turtle nests or eggs. I was glad to have caught sight of some hatchlings in the hatchery. Some twenty of them, four could fit easily in one’s palm. They looked ugly initially, but when you start playing with them, you would want to go on. Hold their shell and suspend them in air, they will start the swimming action in air with their tiny fin-like legs. The most shocking thing you need to do to these creatures is leaving them getting washed away by the ocean. The ironic part being that it is simply a part, rather the first ‘step’ (read wash) of their life.<br />I reached campus at around 5am and joined the preparations of the hostel night. The hostel night ended at around 1am. I wasn’t awake to live the next day. :D<br />Now, I would like to give you conclusive evidence of my ‘amateur blogger’ status. I forgot to mention, I attended the turtle walk on the night before the Sharavati Hostel night (12th April’08)</div>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-71019224773528702142008-06-20T10:44:00.001+05:302008-12-25T17:41:37.147+05:30BLMI<p style="text-align: justify;">What not does a boring, rather monotonous and lengthy internship make you do?<br />Blog.<br />Blogsites being the only ones that aren’t blocked, here I go.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Rock walk<br /></span></em></strong>Oh yeah, a BMLI (boring, monotonous and lengthy internship) can make you look up an ad in the news paper about a group of enthusiasts going “rock walking”, and make you call up and join them, even if you are totally unaware of the place, group, itinerary. I couldn’t care less, anyway. Have to admit, I was desperate to feel that I had something called a body which has muscles and can workout. Then, I was on my usual roping-in business trying to drag my friends into it too, like a pitcher plant trying to attract insects.<br />Finally, one gave in.<br />We started quite early and ended up roaming around the pick-up spot to pass time, till the others turned up. After a lot of confusion (thanks to the multiple crossroads at the spot), we met the group and carpooled to a place which I pass through daily, on the way to my internship. Served well for expecting a change of place! It was pretty interesting to discover that the boulders which seemed trivial and out-of-the-blue amidst the concrete jungle, as seen daily were actually very expansive and had a history of over 2500 million years! The society to save rocks which was conducting this trip was realized by a group of rock climbing, environmental enthusiasts who were awestruck by the quality of rocks here. Living on the Deccan plateau for about 7years now, I couldn’t help but feel embarrassed to not know the significance of the ‘rocky’ place. I am sure more than half of the population here doesn’t. But this organization is catching up and lighting the spark. Recently, it had filed petitions asking builders to accommodate rock clusters into the ambience and recreational area. It felt good to see these ideas getting realized already in some buildings printed on their pamphlet and website saverocks.org. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br />The walk was not physically excruciating, but with such ardent and veteran company, I couldn’t keep myself from trying out jumping above some really deep trenches and climbing steep surfaces I never thought I could. It was easier than the slippery rocks at Tada waterfalls. As usual, I met a diverse set of people who kept interesting and informative company. There was this girl who was 1/8th Norwegian, 1/8th Scottish, 1/4th American, and the ½ Indian part was intact (for obvious reasons). And a German-Indian mix who was having a tough time explaining his equally German-Indian name, which had no meaning, both German and Indian parts of the name meaning ‘emitting radiance’. “Dyutimay” :D . Guess Indian crossing is catching up fast.<br />That’s pretty much about it, and the next day when I was back on Intern-track, I pointed those boulders to my guide and said “I went there yesterday, doing monkey business”. :D<br />After I rendered a detailed elucidation, he decided to give it a shot with family! </p>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-47560804352791286932008-04-20T18:30:00.000+05:302008-06-21T14:14:55.031+05:30Desiderata<span style="font-style: italic;">This was something I came across when I was under loads of stress and frustration for the most trivial reasons on earth.<br />Here it goes<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >Go placidly amid the noise and haste,<br />and remember what peace there may be in silence,<br />As far as possible without surrender<br />be on good terms with all persons,<br />Speak your truth quietly and clearly;<br />and listen to others,<br />even the dull and the ignorant;<br />they too have their story.<br /><br />Avoid loud and aggressive persons,<br />they are vexations to the spirit.<br />If you compare yourself with others,<br />you may become vain and bitter;<br />for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself,<br />Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.<br /><br />Keep interested in your won career, however humble;<br />it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time,<br />Exercise caution in your business affairs;<br />for the world is full of trickery.<br />But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;<br />many persons strive for high ideals;<br />and everywhere life is full of heroism.<br /><br />Be yourself.<br />Especially, do not feign affection.<br />Neither be cynical about love;<br />for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment<br />it is as perennial as the grass.<br /><br />Take kindly the counsel of the years,<br />gracefully surrendering the things of youth.<br />Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.<br />But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.<br />Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.<br />Beyond a wholesome discipline,<br />be gentle with yourself.<br /><br />You are a child of the universe,<br />no less than the trees and the stars;<br />you have a right to be here.<br />And whether or not it is clear to you,<br />no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.<br /><br />Therefore be at peace with God,<br />Whatever you conceive Him to be,<br />and whatever your labors and aspirations,<br />in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.<br />With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,<br />it is still a beautiful world,<br />Be cheerful.<br />Strive to be happy.<br /><br /><br />---Max Ehrmann<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-89420483932195296302008-01-29T20:17:00.001+05:302008-06-21T14:15:03.366+05:30I dream returns<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I thought I should do something about my blog. It has been idle for a long time. (Really ? )<br /><br /><br />' A bus ? Why do you want to take that , now?'<br />' There is no reservation available. And I want to be at home now. '<br />' Look, there goes another flick of your poor planning. '<br />' :D ' (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Anything done with a purpose seems impetuous to the people of this world ;) </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >)<br />' Take a flight. You won't come in a bus. It's very risky.'<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >What's not risky dad!</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br />' Please, please , I wanna travel in bus. My friends do that very often and they are perfectly OK with it. And it's faster too , just 12 hrs. Moreover , I have company. '<br />'You will never do that again.'<br />'Ok , done! Thanks! ' (</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Mmmm , Lets see</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > ;) )<br /><br />It was really nice. The journey . Though I slept for some fragmented 3 hours . Spent the rest of the time talking , talking and .... erm talking to my friend ,commenting (criticizing) a telugu movie being played , fiddling with the rubix cube for some finite time , playing 'cows and bulls' , staring at the full moon through the bus window , stopping and grabbing a quick bite at a </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >real </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > 'dhaba' . Trust me , I am not exaggerating when I say you can't compare the food with mess grub. It was too good.<br /><br />I recommend everyone try it out sometime. A long, sleepless, lively bus journey.<br /><br />Risks Involved :I slept ( read hibernated) from 4pm to 8am the next day !<br />(My future venture : A long drive)<br />PS : It might not be a big deal for some people , but for a newbie like me it is . :)</span>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-60115383265468025702007-10-21T08:35:00.000+05:302008-01-30T18:31:11.001+05:30Yay! I can compose!!<span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >Have a look at this :<br /><br /></span> <span style="font-style: italic; font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >I look to the skies<br /> With a vision of hope in my eyes<br /> A bursting urge to break all bounds<br /> May or may not materialize<br /> But this is what, I fantasize.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >The first two lines came spontaneously with no effort, the next needed a lil' thought . :D<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:130%;" >yipeeee!</span> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4845451120398596089.post-31399482328863799732007-08-24T19:09:00.001+05:302008-12-25T17:42:26.238+05:3095.6 % Common DNA<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >In my two-sem long stay at the hostel , I seldom had cribs about anything... until one fine morning , when I got to know my "co-inmates" better : Monkeys, with whom I never had a problem .</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >Sem 1: Ah! Monkeys!! Where else in this country would you have a chance to "share a common home with them". </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >Sounded good</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >. Dean : "They are not the intruders, we are". </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >Point</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >. Well, that's true, but we don't go about culting their grub, nor do we give them a wash with medicare.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >I was never scared of them, neither fascinated..it was just that they existed..until one sunny happy morning, when I got up to see monkeys in the room instead of my roomie(who had gone to take bath). I was surprised(duh!) , not scared., just took care that i shouldn't enrage them, they picked up a plastic box with boost in it and left the room <span style="font-style: italic;">gracefully</span> .</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >Sem2 : I was leaving for home , after the end-sems . Wanting to get rid of all the old food stuff I never touched , I stepped out of my safe cocoon , holding the last stuff you would want a monkey-joint-family to see you with. Hehe. I smiled to myself . Stud timing. I get threatened , by a little one -</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >Dare you scream , I shall keep pulling your hair until the last strand is plucked</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >. That's what I saw in the eyes of the creature that was now pulling at one end of my kurta. Fine , I am a good girl . I kept my mouth shut. Moreover, it was as early as seven ; even if the monkeys spared me , the wing junta wouldn't have. They did their business. Within a blink of an eye, the whole corridor was a </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >mess . </span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >I tried avoiding the cleaning lady's eyes :D . But yeah , these are things they are used to , and we are getting used to.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" >I am sure I'll have many such encounters with these fellow creatures before I pass out of the institute. Hey guys , I have nothing against you. But please , spare the grub and don't intrude into rooms and yeah, don't mess up the place even if you get hold of some food. Ha! Talk about high-expectations.</span></div>clhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857583145936879896noreply@blogger.com0