Something we all have experienced but never could put it down in words.
""u noe i always wondered hw ppl cud gt homesick,i alws wantd t get out of th small town,hav a bigger life,see th world,but now wen i am away frm home i realise tht i always be a small town girl .iv realised y homsickness is called a sickness nd tht hw 1 cn b home sick nd nt even b aware f it,bt finally wen it wears off, u actualy realise tht u wer home sick.
its wen u stop swichin on th wrong switch fr light in ur hostel room cos it ws th second switch frm th left in ur room at home,wen u stop luking fr paneer in th palak paneer f th mess coz u noe its nt there,,its wen u stop lingerin on th washing f th dad's muffler tht u gt frm home ur dad coz it still smells f him,nd wen u finally stop gettin nostalgic wen u see wallpapers nd screen savers f mountains on desk tops.""
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
MANSIONS OF THE MIND
The concepts of dimensions and multi-verses always found a sweet spot in my brain.
This is something i found while going through old files on my PC.
A square is flat as it is a 2-D object. In a 3-D world, such as the one we live in, an analogous object would be the cube. In a science fiction short story by Robert Heinlein, And He Built A Crooked House - a mathematically inclined architect constructs a home shaped like a folded out 4-D cube or tesseract. The idea is to save on real estate costs since the extra rooms would be occupying space in the fourth dimension. This kind of a spaced out hypercube is something most of us can't imagine, leave alone visualize. And the 11 dimensions posited in the string story just give most people headaches at 11 different places just to think about it.
So now when we hear about an international team of mathematicians which have finally managed to map one of the largest and the most complicated structure in mathematics with a total of 248 dimensions, the eyes just roll back and the mouth opens to gasp in air!!! It just shows that the human brain which is primarily geared to deal with the more "ordinary" world out there, has a rather independent mind of its own which can learn to cope with extraordinary and out of this world concepts. Yet, funnily, just because some things are not easily comprehended doesn't mean we cant figure out any practical use for them. In parallel computing for example, tesseracts are used as the basis for a network topology to link multiple processors.
In other words, starting from sometime now, and increasingly so in the future, we will have to build artificial annexes to complement the housing nature has provided. Only then will we be able to truly understand the complex nature of reality.
This is something i found while going through old files on my PC.
A square is flat as it is a 2-D object. In a 3-D world, such as the one we live in, an analogous object would be the cube. In a science fiction short story by Robert Heinlein, And He Built A Crooked House - a mathematically inclined architect constructs a home shaped like a folded out 4-D cube or tesseract. The idea is to save on real estate costs since the extra rooms would be occupying space in the fourth dimension. This kind of a spaced out hypercube is something most of us can't imagine, leave alone visualize. And the 11 dimensions posited in the string story just give most people headaches at 11 different places just to think about it.
So now when we hear about an international team of mathematicians which have finally managed to map one of the largest and the most complicated structure in mathematics with a total of 248 dimensions, the eyes just roll back and the mouth opens to gasp in air!!! It just shows that the human brain which is primarily geared to deal with the more "ordinary" world out there, has a rather independent mind of its own which can learn to cope with extraordinary and out of this world concepts. Yet, funnily, just because some things are not easily comprehended doesn't mean we cant figure out any practical use for them. In parallel computing for example, tesseracts are used as the basis for a network topology to link multiple processors.
In other words, starting from sometime now, and increasingly so in the future, we will have to build artificial annexes to complement the housing nature has provided. Only then will we be able to truly understand the complex nature of reality.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Q. What is your middle name?
A. Swarup
Q. How big is your bed?
A. Queen size
Q.What are you listening to right now?
A. FM static
Q. What was the last thing you ate?
A. Dal makhani, roti, rajma masala
Q. Last person(s) you hugged?
A. Brothers
Q. How is the weather right now?
A. Chilly
Q. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
A. Gaurav
Q. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
A. Hair/Height/Face
Q. Favorite type of Food?
A. Chinese/Mugali
Q. Do you want children?
A. Yes
Q. Have you ever cried over a love lost?
A. No
Q. Last Movie you watched?
A. Zodiac
Q. Do you have any piercings?
A. Ear(right)
Q. Favorite Movie?
A. More than one
Q. What were you doing before filling this out?
A. Pucking
Q. Have you ever loved someone?
A. Yes
Q. Who would you like to see right now?
A. Renu
Q. What color are your bedroom walls?
A. Lilac
Q. Have you ever fired a gun?
A. No
Q. Do you like to travel by plane?
A. Yes
Q. Right-handed or Left-handed?
A. Right-handed
Q. If you could go to any place right now where would you go?
A. Ajmer
Q. Are you missing someone?
A. Yes
Q. Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings?
A. Yes
Q. What is the wallpaper on your cellphone?
A. Designs
Q. Favorite hangout ?
A. College Foyer, Nescafe, Home
Q. 3 things you can't live without?
A. Music, Books, Friends
Q. Favorite songs?
A. To many
Q. What are you afraid of?
A. Myself
Q. Are you a giver or a taker?
A. Both
Q. What are your nicknames?
A. Kitandu
Q. What do you sleep in?
A. Shorts n 'T
Q. Stuck on a deserted island, and can only bring one thing?
A. Lappie
Q. First thing you'll save in a fire?
A. People
Q. What is your favorite color?
A. Purple
Q. What are the things you always bring with you?
A. Money, Keys
Q. What did you want to be when you were a kid?
A. Aeronautical engineer
Q. What do you usually do when the alarm turns on?
A. Run away
Q. What do you think about before you go to bed?
A. Deadlines
A. Swarup
Q. How big is your bed?
A. Queen size
Q.What are you listening to right now?
A. FM static
Q. What was the last thing you ate?
A. Dal makhani, roti, rajma masala
Q. Last person(s) you hugged?
A. Brothers
Q. How is the weather right now?
A. Chilly
Q. Who was the last person you talked to on the phone?
A. Gaurav
Q. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
A. Hair/Height/Face
Q. Favorite type of Food?
A. Chinese/Mugali
Q. Do you want children?
A. Yes
Q. Have you ever cried over a love lost?
A. No
Q. Last Movie you watched?
A. Zodiac
Q. Do you have any piercings?
A. Ear(right)
Q. Favorite Movie?
A. More than one
Q. What were you doing before filling this out?
A. Pucking
Q. Have you ever loved someone?
A. Yes
Q. Who would you like to see right now?
A. Renu
Q. What color are your bedroom walls?
A. Lilac
Q. Have you ever fired a gun?
A. No
Q. Do you like to travel by plane?
A. Yes
Q. Right-handed or Left-handed?
A. Right-handed
Q. If you could go to any place right now where would you go?
A. Ajmer
Q. Are you missing someone?
A. Yes
Q. Do you still watch cartoons on Saturday mornings?
A. Yes
Q. What is the wallpaper on your cellphone?
A. Designs
Q. Favorite hangout ?
A. College Foyer, Nescafe, Home
Q. 3 things you can't live without?
A. Music, Books, Friends
Q. Favorite songs?
A. To many
Q. What are you afraid of?
A. Myself
Q. Are you a giver or a taker?
A. Both
Q. What are your nicknames?
A. Kitandu
Q. What do you sleep in?
A. Shorts n 'T
Q. Stuck on a deserted island, and can only bring one thing?
A. Lappie
Q. First thing you'll save in a fire?
A. People
Q. What is your favorite color?
A. Purple
Q. What are the things you always bring with you?
A. Money, Keys
Q. What did you want to be when you were a kid?
A. Aeronautical engineer
Q. What do you usually do when the alarm turns on?
A. Run away
Q. What do you think about before you go to bed?
A. Deadlines
Sunday, October 21, 2007
FRIENDLY TIP!!!
Every man should learn. Thats why we go to college. We sleep through our lectures and then get ready for the paatshala - teh canteen, the hostel, the foyer, and many more places which are constantly providing us with some or the other piece of important knowledge. The following are some guidelines that every guy worth his d*&k should know and religiously follow. But before i start, let me warn you that the following rules have not been laid down by me or any one in particular and if ever you get into trouble because of these it is only you who will be responsible.
Field Guide To Being a Guy...
01) Any Man who brings a camera to a hostel party may be legally killed and eaten by his fellow partygoers.
02) Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.
03) It is ok for a man to cry under the following circumstances:
1. When a heroic dog dies to save its master
2. The moment Angelina Jolie starts unbuttoning her blouse
3. One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into The Crying Game
04) Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.
05) Acceptable excuse for not helping a friend move 1. Your legs have been severed in a freak threshing accident
06) Acceptable excuse for not helping a friend of a friend move: 1. You'd rather stay home and watch extream sports reruns.
07) If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever, unless you actually marry her.
08) The minimum amount of time you have to wait for a guy who's running late is 5 minutes. Maximum waiting time: 6 minutes. For a girl, you have to wait 10 minutes for every point of hotness she scores on the classic 1-10 scale.
09) Bitching about the brand of free beer in a buddy's fridge is forbidden. Gripe at will if the temperature is unsuitable.
10) No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. (In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional.)
11) Unless you have signed a lucrative endorsement contract, do not appear in public wearing more than one swoosh.
12) When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may always ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.
13) Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.
14) Friends don't let friends wear Speedos. Ever. Issue closed.
15) If a man's zipper is down, that's his problem---you didn't see nothin'.
16) A man in the company of a hot, suggestively dressed woman must remain sober enough to fight.
17) Never hesitate to reach for the last beer or the last slice of pizza, but not both. That's just plain mean.
18) If you complement a guy on his six-pack, you'd better be talking about his choice of beer.
19) Never talk to a guy in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing: both waiting in line, etc. For all other situations, an almost imperceptible nod is all the conversation you need.
20) You cannot rat out a friend who shows up at class with a massive hangover. You may however, hide the aspirin, smear his chair with cheese, give him missed calls every 5 min.
21) Thou shall not rent the movie "Chocolate"
22) Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.
23) When you are queried by a buddy's girlfriend, mother, father, doctor, you need not and should not provide any useful information whatsoever as to his whereabouts. You are permitted to deny his very existence.
24) Before dating a buddy's ex, you are required to ask his permission and he, in return is required to grant it.
25) The universal compensation for buddies who help you is beer.
26) If a buddy is already singing along to a song in the car, you may not join him
27) Before allowing a drunken friend to cheat on his girl, you must attempt one intervention. If he is able to get on his feet, look you in the eye, you are absolved of your of responsibility.
Field Guide To Being a Guy...
01) Any Man who brings a camera to a hostel party may be legally killed and eaten by his fellow partygoers.
02) Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.
03) It is ok for a man to cry under the following circumstances:
1. When a heroic dog dies to save its master
2. The moment Angelina Jolie starts unbuttoning her blouse
3. One hour, 12 minutes, 37 seconds into The Crying Game
04) Unless he murdered someone in your family, you must bail a friend out of jail within 12 hours.
05) Acceptable excuse for not helping a friend move 1. Your legs have been severed in a freak threshing accident
06) Acceptable excuse for not helping a friend of a friend move: 1. You'd rather stay home and watch extream sports reruns.
07) If you've known a guy for more than 24 hours, his sister is off limits forever, unless you actually marry her.
08) The minimum amount of time you have to wait for a guy who's running late is 5 minutes. Maximum waiting time: 6 minutes. For a girl, you have to wait 10 minutes for every point of hotness she scores on the classic 1-10 scale.
09) Bitching about the brand of free beer in a buddy's fridge is forbidden. Gripe at will if the temperature is unsuitable.
10) No man shall ever be required to buy a birthday present for another man. (In fact, even remembering your buddy's birthday is strictly optional.)
11) Unless you have signed a lucrative endorsement contract, do not appear in public wearing more than one swoosh.
12) When stumbling upon other guys watching a sporting event, you may always ask the score of the game in progress, but you may never ask who's playing.
13) Unless you're in prison, never fight naked.
14) Friends don't let friends wear Speedos. Ever. Issue closed.
15) If a man's zipper is down, that's his problem---you didn't see nothin'.
16) A man in the company of a hot, suggestively dressed woman must remain sober enough to fight.
17) Never hesitate to reach for the last beer or the last slice of pizza, but not both. That's just plain mean.
18) If you complement a guy on his six-pack, you'd better be talking about his choice of beer.
19) Never talk to a guy in a bathroom unless you are on equal footing: both waiting in line, etc. For all other situations, an almost imperceptible nod is all the conversation you need.
20) You cannot rat out a friend who shows up at class with a massive hangover. You may however, hide the aspirin, smear his chair with cheese, give him missed calls every 5 min.
21) Thou shall not rent the movie "Chocolate"
22) Under no circumstances may two men share an umbrella.
23) When you are queried by a buddy's girlfriend, mother, father, doctor, you need not and should not provide any useful information whatsoever as to his whereabouts. You are permitted to deny his very existence.
24) Before dating a buddy's ex, you are required to ask his permission and he, in return is required to grant it.
25) The universal compensation for buddies who help you is beer.
26) If a buddy is already singing along to a song in the car, you may not join him
27) Before allowing a drunken friend to cheat on his girl, you must attempt one intervention. If he is able to get on his feet, look you in the eye, you are absolved of your of responsibility.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
FIX ME
If only it was so simple. If only there would have been a button you pressed and everything around you would stop for a while, and you could compose yourself. Life has been a passing moment for me lately, like that cat that passes bye and you see it through the corner of your eye....well for me that cat have been opportunities. Opportunities to bend life in a different direction, opportunities to make some one feel good, some one to be put at ease. My life is like an open art exhibition, each painting telling a different story but all together forming an ugly mix of colors.
My dad once said that part of the beauty of life lies in its unexpectedness -- enjoy it!!! But how can you enjoy something you cannot adequately understand? And i do not understand life. I had all these options, i still do, yet i can't make myself take the right step. Maybe cause i don't thing its right, maybe cause it will bring more pain than joy, maybe cause its just too difficult. I won't claim to be the happiest man alive, but yes i'm somewhere down the list.
There are apologies to be made, reasons to be heard, old plans to be executed, new ones to be chalked out. But sometimes life doesn't wait, it strains at the reins of patience, it dismisses tradition to find its own particular way. So, i just move along with it, not stopping to think twice. I wish i did.
So for now, i think i will sit back and let myself make these mistakes, find a new way to look at life. I'll just stand in the crowd and pretend to be a part of it but somewhere deep in my head there will be Chris Martin singing a song i think was made just for me....
When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
COULD IT BE WORSE?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you...
Maybe that pause button idea is not so bad after all!!!
My dad once said that part of the beauty of life lies in its unexpectedness -- enjoy it!!! But how can you enjoy something you cannot adequately understand? And i do not understand life. I had all these options, i still do, yet i can't make myself take the right step. Maybe cause i don't thing its right, maybe cause it will bring more pain than joy, maybe cause its just too difficult. I won't claim to be the happiest man alive, but yes i'm somewhere down the list.
There are apologies to be made, reasons to be heard, old plans to be executed, new ones to be chalked out. But sometimes life doesn't wait, it strains at the reins of patience, it dismisses tradition to find its own particular way. So, i just move along with it, not stopping to think twice. I wish i did.
So for now, i think i will sit back and let myself make these mistakes, find a new way to look at life. I'll just stand in the crowd and pretend to be a part of it but somewhere deep in my head there will be Chris Martin singing a song i think was made just for me....
When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
When you love someone but it goes to waste
COULD IT BE WORSE?
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you...
Maybe that pause button idea is not so bad after all!!!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Filler Post
Sometimes you think of a thing to rude to be done to you by someone
and then unknowingly you go on and do it to the very same person
and then unknowingly you go on and do it to the very same person
Saturday, September 1, 2007
I WILL MISS TIM
I was never a part of the "Henmania", yet there was something about Tim Henmen that will make me miss him. His stats weren't outrageous, grabbing attention, yet they were not meaningless. They told a story about a gentleman and his hard work to achieve his dream while carrying the pressure from a whole nation on his back.
Henman was a player out of fashion. His game was not forged in the heat of a modern foundry, but stitched together by some gentleman tailor, all nice, quaint lines, no whiff of power, no scent of arrogance, just simplicity. You’d think he’d just borrowed a racquet from Fred Perry’s statue near the front gates at Wimbledon and arrived ready to play. One might say that some days he appeared a poet at a convention of rap artists.
Maybe Henmen was one of the last from the dying species of serve and volley, maybe he seemed to have jumped a few years ahead.But that guy made his mark and he will be remembered not just by me, not just by England but a large mass of tennis lovers. It is enough.
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