Invisible Reflections

Stay hungry Stay Foolish

2011-10-06T00:08:00.000-07:00

As steve is done with the job, just requoting the famous speech from Steve Jobs at the Stanford Graduation Ceremony in 2005.
This pretty much summarizes him, his work and his passion.
No words, no critics, can describe him better than his own.

"I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots.

I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: "We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said: "Of course." My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign the final adoption papers. She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.

And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition. After six months, I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.

It wasn't all romantic. I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5¢ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple. I loved it. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed. Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great. It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me. And we designed it all into the Mac. It was the first computer with beautiful typography. If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

My second story is about love and loss.

I was lucky - I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me - I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the world's first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle.

My third story is about death.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if yhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifou were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much. "

Youtube video of the speech is @:
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

- Life boring...lets taste death

बचपना

2011-03-26T06:17:00.000-07:00

Back to my blog after a long hibernation, it feels refreshing. It reminds me back of the last year where i blogged regularly. When i wanted to write today something here, i luckily figured out that this post will be my 100th post. Something special... for an amateur writer like me. Its like crossing my first milestone, it feels like scaling a peak only to realize there are more bigger peaks left now to climb. I thought long on what to share with everyone in my 100th post. I wanted to try out something new,so here I'm sharing some glimpses of my childhood and this time in a new scripture( Hindi ) the National language of my country.
In a multilingual country like India, Its difficult to learn every language. But i made sure i knew my national language to a certain extent. Even though people say I'm pretty fluent in Hindi, i have never tried writing a poem in Hindi. This is my first attempt... please bear with it and Thanks to Google transliteration...

चल पड़े हे साइकिल पर
घूमेंगे शेहेर भर
किसी भी मोड़ में मुड जाये
कोई भी बस में चढ़ जाये।

उत्तर हो या धक्षिन
पूरब हो या पश्चिम
धरती तो गोल हे
पड़ा में ने भी भूगोल हैं।

मास्टर से मार खाना
बहार आकर हस पड़ना
विक्केट गिरने पर लड्पदना
फिरसे जाके दोस्तों को मनाना।

इतने में एक्साम
लाना भुल्गाये पेन, हे राम।
आगे वाले का शुक्रिया
अनसर तोह उससे ही लिया

पास - फ़ैल तोह होते रहेंगे
'सचिन' का सेंचुरी बनते रहेंगे
ज़िन्दगी में दोस्ती और कुछ मस्ती
येही तोह हे यारो, ज़िन्दगी का मुकाम।

- Life boring...lets taste death

Nalku Paadagalu

2011-02-05T22:52:00.000-08:00

ನಾಲ್ಕು ಕ್ಷಣಗಳ ಈ ಜೀವನದಲಿ
ಹೇಗೆ ತಾಳಲಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಅಗಲಿಕೆಯನು

ನಾಲ್ಕು ನಿಮಿಷದ ಈ ಮಿಲನದಲಿ
ವರ್ಣಿಸಲೇ ಮೊದಲ ಮುತ್ತಿನ ಸೊಭಗನು

ನಾಲ್ಕು ಮುಖದ ಈ ಜಗದಲಿ
ಹೇಗೆ ಹಾಡಲಿ ಪ್ರೇಮ ಕಾವ್ಯವನು

ನಾಲ್ಕು ಪಾದದ ಈ ಕವಿತೆಯಲಿ
ಹೇಗೆ ಬರೆಯಲಿ ನನ್ನನೂ

- Life boring...lets taste death

Thoughts on 'the Thought'

2011-01-15T07:27:00.000-08:00

Just when i was browsing through various blog articles, which were written on thoughts... a thought just sprouted in my mind asking, whats a thought?how can we analyse it and whether there was an alternative to a thought.

As Wikipedia defines "Thought" generally refers to any intellectual or mental activity. It can refer either to the act of thinking or the resulting ideas or arrangements of ideas.Being able to think is one of the major difference between the homosapiens and the creatures that belong to other categories.

As i was reading through, here was someone who explained scientifically/spiritualy of how a thought can originate..

A thought can generate ideas,As far as i know, an idea is just one thread or botanically speaking, its just a seed that gets sowed in the mind. But where is this thought arising from?
I have no answers to whats the beginning of a thought, like from where did the thought to write this article came to me.

As my thinking ability goes.. i started parking some thoughts in my mind. and i feel that thought can mostly be related to the climate or rather an environment. If you want to grow paddy in fields.. then you will need to have a proper temperature, proper supply of water and ofcourse the seeds,soil and manure to grow.Similarly i feel, thought is the environment in which you can grow your idea.Thought can be assumed to be the right amount of temperature that can set up the egg to hatch or right amount of rain, thats needed to grow your idea... And idea is what grows bigger into a tree, takes a form.May be into a plan of a building or a machine etc.

Today, we see many things that are human made. From a needle to stitch a piece of cloth, to the plane that takes you around the world are human made.I would say, their inception was from a thought. Every great or however minute invention or discoveries are pre-lead by a thought process. And what are the things that initiate these thought process, is again a i thought , the material that we see outside... its the same.

Copernicus saw, sun going around the earth and hence a thought of the geo centric model came in his mind. But when galileo was able to see with his telescopic eyes... he spawned a different thought process... he saw the helio centric model possible. Its the thought that gave them the lead to think differently. And this thought was synthesised by the things that they saw and what each of them perceived.

If there is half a glass of water on the table, i can say that its half glass full or half glass empty.Its just about the perception. Perception is one of the basic and most fundamental things in the process of beginning a thought process.And Sense organs the eyes, ears etc are the different modes of perception. Behind all these the mind is the main central processor of the data collected by these perceptors and which gives rise to a thought. Thus thought is all generated from the materials that we can perceive in the outside world.And thus a thought is like the
body to generate ideas.

Let me try to give an analogy with the body. We eat food, we process it, generate energy out of it and use it to different kinds of activities( both physical and mental ). Thought is similar to our body. It takes the food from the sense organs or the perceptors, processes it and then generates ideas.. Only difference is, its always being a mental phenomenon.

Even though the thought is still an abstract concept, i will still need my energy to give some more thought on this...I wont bore you on this anymore and leave you with a thought

"One day, i thought a thought
but the thought, i thought
was not the thought, i thought.
If the thought i thought,
Was in the way i thought, i thought
I wouldn't have thought so much
to trouble you with my thoughts"

- Life boring...lets taste death

Poli hudugaru

2011-01-12T21:04:00.000-08:00

ಸಂತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಟುತಿದ್ದ ಪೋಲಿ ಹುಡುಗರು
ನಿಂಬೆಹಣ್ಣಿನಂಥ ಹುಡುಗಿ ನೋಡಿ, ಸಿಳ್ಳೆ ಹೊಡೆದರು

ಈರುಳ್ಳಿ ಅಂಗಡಿಯ ಮುಂದೆ ನಿಂತಳು
ಇವಳ ಹೆಸರು 'ಚೆನ್ನಿ' ಎಂದು ಯೋಚಿಸಿದ್ದರು

ಮುಂದೆ ನಡೆದು ಅವಳು , ಬುಟ್ಟಿ ಕೊಂಡಳು
ಇವಳ ಹೆಸರು 'ಪುಟ್ಟಿ' ಎಂದು ಕೂಗುತಿದ್ದರು

ಗಮನ ನೀಡದೆ ಮುಂದೆ, ಮುಂದೆ ನಡೆದಳು
ನಿಂಬೆಯಂತೆ ಇರುವ ಇವಳು 'ರಂಭೆ' ಎಂದರು

ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಇಕ್ಕಿ, ಮುಂದೆ ನಡೆದಳು
ಅವಳ ಕೇಶ, ಎಡಕೆ ಬಲಕೆ ತೂಗುತಿದ್ದವು

ಪೆಟ್ಟಿ ಅಂಗಡಿಯ ಮುಂದೆ ನಿಂತು, ಅಪ್ಪ ಎಂದಳು
ಶೆಟ್ಟಿಯ ಮಗಳಿವಳು ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿದರು

ಗಾಳಿ ಬಿಸಿತು, ಅವಳ ಲಂಗ ಮೇಲೆ ಹಾರಿತು
ಧೂಳಿನಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ಹುಡುಗರ, ಕಣ್ಣು ಮುಚ್ಚಿತು.

ಅವಳ ಹೆಸರು ಏನು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಲು, ಬಯಸಿ ನಿಂತರು
ಅವಳ ನೋಟ ಕದಿಯಲೆಂದೇ ಓಡಿ ಬಂದರು

ಮೆಲ್ಲನೆ ತಿರುಗಿ ಮರಳಿ ನೋಡುತಿದ್ದಳು
ಸೊಂಟವನ್ನು ಕುಣಿಸುತ...ಒಳಗೆ ಹೊಕ್ಕಳು

ಧೈರ್ಯ ಮಾಡಿ ಒಬ್ಬ ಹುಡುಗ, ಮುಂದೆ ಬಂದನು
ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು ಏನು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳಿ ಬಿಟ್ಟನು

ಇವರ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಂದನೊಬ್ಬ ಭಾರಿ ಭೀಮನು,
ಕೇಳಿದನು ಜಾಲಿ ಹುಡುಗರ ಪೋಲಿ ಮಾತನು

'ಲಚಮಿ' ಎಂದು ಹಿಂದೆಯಿಂದ ಕೂಗೂ ಕೇಳಲು
ತಿರುಗಿ ನೋಡಿ ಹುಡುಗರೆಲ್ಲ ನಡುಗುತಿದ್ದರು

ಭೀಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಬಂದು ಅವನ, ಅಂಗಿ ಹಿಡಿಯಲು
ಇಲಿಗಳಂತೆ ಓಡಿದರು ನಮ್ಮ ಪಡ್ಡೆ ಹುಡುಗರು

ಸಿಕ್ಕಿ ಕೊಂಡ ಒಬ್ಬ, ಪೋಲಿ ಹುಡುಗನು
ಕೈ ಕಾಲ ಮೂಳೆಗಳನು ಮುರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡನು

- Life boring...lets taste death

One Last breath

2011-01-12T09:48:00.000-08:00

One last breath,
Amidst this polluted air
With the smoke and carbon around
And honking into my ears
How can i breath, while walking round

One last feel,
The sense of air filling me
With the heated arguments
Screaming in half breaths
How can i love,with my family around

One last joy,
The elixir filling my heart
With the office files piling around
Working all day and night
How do i enjoy,with all this stress surround

One last time, wanna hear
My heart beats aloud,
With the time running out,
And The world calling, every moment
whom do i listen, with these competence around

One last breath,I want to take in
One last moment,I want to live in
Is it today or i missed it back, long
Should I live, or go back around...

One last breath... ahh.. hh...uff

- Life boring...lets taste death

Counting

2010-12-23T20:09:00.000-08:00

As a small kid,
Counting the marbles, i wondered
In the ludo game,
Counted the dots on the dice, numbered.

In the school,
Teachers taught me to use numbers
I used to count the stars
didnt matter it was in the night
or on my paper.
As i grew,
I started collecting coins
Counting them everyday
and dropping them in my piggy banks.

High schools started,
With more of counting,
Sometimes the unknown x
Changing with the variable y
but, i sure remember counting
the number of zero's
on my answer sheets.

College solstice,
started with the machines...
Calculators, in hand
keying in the numbers, we count
Geometry and calculus
Speed,velocity and acceleration,
Paced for momentum to count.

Soon, the job...
We start to measure and count
Profits and loss
Investments and banking
Phew!!Lots of more counting

Then a family,wife and kids,
they would be 'Counting on me'
So...This ain't the end..
We sure,will teach kids to count.
And its just keeps counting...

Tired to count the New Years,
And once again the countdown began
decided to make new Resolutions
I missed to count,
Of how may times i said,"i will sure make it count,this time"
Not a count less and not one more

But Friends, don't forget to count me in,
For the celebrations this New Year.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year.. in adv

- Life boring...lets taste death

Kavana

2010-12-19T05:51:00.000-08:00

ಈ ಮನಸಿನ ಮಾತುಗಳನು ಹೇಗೆ ಹೇಳಲಿ ನಿನ್ನ ಮುಂದೆ,
ಈ ಮೊಗ್ಗು ಹೂವಾದ ವಿಷಯ ಹೇಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಲಿ ನಿನಗೆ,

ನಿನ್ನ ಆ ಕಣ್ಣುಗಳ ನೋಟಕೆ ಮನ ಸೋತಿದೆ,
ನಿನ್ನ ಆ ನುಡಿ ಮುತ್ತುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಾರಲಾಗಿದೆ .

ನಿಜವಾಯಿತೇ ನಾ ಕಂಡ ಕನಸು?
ನೀನೆ ನಾ ನನ್ನ ಕವನದ ನುಡಿಗಳು
ನಿಜವೇ ನನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಕಾವ್ಯವು
ನೀನೆ ನಾ ನನ್ನ ಕವಿತೆಯ ರಾಗವು
ನಿಜವೇ ನನ್ನ ಬಾಳಿನ ಸುರ್ಯೋದಯವು
ನೀನೆ ನಾ ನನ್ನ ಬಾನಿನ ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲು.

ಮುಂಜಾನೆಯ ಈ ಎಳೆಯ ಹನಿಗಳಿಂದ,
ಮಾಡಿ ತೋಡಿಸಲೇ ಮುತ್ತಿನ ಹಾರವ
ಮುಸ್ಸಂಜೆಯಲಿ ಬರುವ ಚಂದ್ರನ...
ಸೆಳೆದು ಹಿಡಿದಿರುವೆ ನಿನಗೊಸ್ಕರವ.

ನನ್ನ ಕನಸಿನ ಕಥೆಯು ಬರೇದ ಕವಿಯು ನೀನೆ ನಾ,
ನನ್ನ ಮನಸಿನ ಕಥೆ ಕೇಳಲು ಬಂದೇ ನೀನೆ ನಾ
ನಿನ್ನ ಕೈಯ್ಯ ಹಿಡಿದು,
ನಮ್ಮ ಈ ಜೀವನ ಗಾಥೆ ಯನು ಬರೆಯೋಣವೇ ಬಾ,
ನಮ್ಮ ಕವಿತೆ ಯಾ ಚರಣವನು ಹಾಡೋನವೆ ಬಾ ಗೆಳತಿ...

- Life boring...lets taste death

Tax payed... where's my money now?

2010-12-07T10:11:00.001-08:00

I had been reading an article in the local paper about the scandals in this year, particularly that involved money and politicians. Thats when the following idea or a new resolution that's required occurred to me. And i thought, why don't i share my idiosyncrasies in the written form.

If we turn back the pages a few years, on our minds, i feel,the only field that's never gonna be affected with recession, or any sort of financial crisis is politics. Its because people working there are the ones who decide the country's budget. The amount they are gonna allocate to each of the product their country produces. Directly or indirectly they impact the countries growth or decline, may be its trade... education or business. They even decide the tax slabs for employment.

I have a lot of negative thoughts on the paying tax concept. I think this is just a way of telling, pay me this percent of your salary so that we make sure you have a job and live in a city.
I have heard of things that they do with the tax collected.. the government invests in the research projects, improves infrastructure like roads, water and electricity and all that stuff. I think most of the later part is just ignored. They setup this big process called tax collection, just to rob the money legally from peoples pockets and tell them that its for your benefits.
We have encountered many scenarios where the government spends the peoples money for their pleasure...as soon as the government is formed, what they do is give away some high profile party... booze and enjoy with the money. Second is they transfer their shares in the collected money to their Swiss accounts and to their relatives bank accounts.
Then if they have few tidbits left in the treasury... they try to portray that they have started a research on biotechnology or providing free education, giving houses to the poor... They just throw open promises to the people, creating new schemes under which they still loot the treasury. I would like to repeat what joker said..' They are all schemers, and schemers control their worlds '.

If you let me write about the inefficiencies in the governing, i will be able to write a book and release and also make money on selling it. But on the parallel path, don't think that Im just a critic who is abusing the government. I too agree that there are still good people and who are making right decisions which is propelling our countries...

But my idea is, there should be some tracking mechanism for every tax payers money.. As we ask a shopkeeper for a receipt for every penny we paid there should be some sort of record to track the tax utilization. The government should provide the details of each penny they took from the tax payers pocket. Each tax payer should be able to track the penny down to where it was invested and to whos benefit was it spent. This might bring down the corruption in the country...because we will have record of each rupee taken out of the treasury and even people will come forward to pay tax if they can see that the part of their hard earned money is being spent for improving some infrastructure for themselves.

One more thing about the tax is , we know how much tax each employee pays .. but the tax details of how much a prime minister pays is never known,how much do our finance ministers salary is and how much tax does he pay. There will be guide books which might describe the salaries of every government official.. but is there a record of how much tax they pay and are they under the scrutiny by tax collectors, if they have not paid the tax? I don't know

There should be a way to track, what all the work of an offical is.. Since these ministers are all public servants.. its better to keep the public informed about the kind of work they do in office hours. I dont say, they need to expose all the confidential information about their work to the public, but they need to leak some information about the work they do.We just see what the media puts it on TV or newspapers.. can we have something direct from our so called leaders;?

If there is a website, or a portal kinda place where we can track the amount of work done, the number of schemes they launched and are they keeping up the time constraints.. and how many plans got actually implemented and how many succeeded within the stipulated budget and time, then there is a way to rate the minister. Its like the performance rating for an employee. Now if we have a rating mechanism for the ministers and all the kinds of work done by the ministers in their respective fields can be compared at one places... we can actually help the people to elect the most appropriate leader for the ministership.

There are later possibilities, where these ministers might give wrong information on the site... but they will have reports and other details where they would have sworn to complete this project within this time.Are they penalised for not completing the projects on time? or its just free extension of time and money...

The main thing here is to create something to track my money that i paid has tax and also tell me where is it now... and which minister is utilizing it now.If there is this kinda system, and its accessible to public then it would revolutionize the system of democracy. It will bring a broader view of the peoples participating in the elections. It can be one more feather in the crown from which people can recognize the right person to run the country.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Idea to contribute and the Internet

2010-10-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

Internet has become the gateway for many of the new writers, entrepreneurs,amaeturs to maestros.Yesterday, teachers were guiding students to start their research projects in a library, where you go from one rack to another searching for the journals, writings and books.But today every teacher says, Internet is the place where you start your re-search. Internet is the place where i can start my business. Internet is the place where i can market my products.For researchers, Internet is the new research domain, whose range can extend mathematically from -ve infinity to +ve infinity. I would like to present here some of the websites that has already made an impression on the world of internet.

The first thing that comes on my finger tips is Google which has become the alias for searching on Internet, even though there are companies like Yahoo and Microsoft grabbing shares in the search market on internet, they seem to be lagging long behind in the race. Started as a college project by two students of Stanford, has now gone up to become the internet gaint. It was just an idea that triggered this invasion on the internet. It was their Page ranking algorithm that made them better than the others.

Secondly, That comes to my mind is the place where you can actually access the information. Whether its history, politics, War like the old days or the newer technologies, science, breakthroughs. Every information is present in the Wikipedia.This is the new encyclopedia.This is where anyone can access details regarding anything. After Google, i think this is the second largest collection of the data for a common man. Its the new library for everyone and also available to edit and contribute.

Thirdly, Networking has become more simpler... today people, even though they stay far away from each other are closely connected through Social networks. People have found a new platform to put their thoughts and get the opinions from others. They are able to express themselves to a better audience. The world has evolved from round to Flat as the author of the book 'The world is flat' mentions, the optic fibres have connected peoples mind and soul from one end of the earth to the other corner. It has become a leveled playing ground where anyone can take part, even with an anonymous identity. With social networks like facebook where social relations are cultured, LinkedIn for official purposes etc have given a new dimension to this world.

The bigger things, than the above is the idea to contribute, that's what is running the show for internet.People are ready to contribute mentally and physically towards the growth of this internet.As the adage says, its almost impossible to find the origin of a river, so is it for the internet which is the river of information. Its difficult to pinpoint to where the idea took birth.

But it has been spawned like the others, its the idea, that had an inception in the mind of its creator. As they say in the movie.. "An idea is a resilient and highly contagious parasite,that once taken hold of one's brain is almost impossible to eradicate"and its true that "An idea can transform the world and rewrite the rules".

The idea to contributing to internet, will surely pay back. The best example i can think of is me, it has helped me to improve my writing skills, in a way if i suppose... When i started to write this article, i didnt have a hint of what i wanted to write. But i started off writing down the thoughts in my mind and now because of my experience, i was able to structure it and put it in the form of this article. Even though i can generate the crappiest ideas, internet has given me the skill to decorate it and present it to my audience, What i really wanted to mention initially is, 'after a long break from blogging, i will make sure that i keep contributing to this era of internet and expect to improvise in returns'.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Proposing her

2010-06-01T09:26:00.000-07:00

On the roof top,
Amidst a zephyr
Watching the sun bow down,
With the glowing town..

Hiding the ring in my left pocket,
with my feelings underneath.

Is it love or the zeal
filling in me the fear
All the zany characters,
start playing in my mind.

The fear of refection
Is what I'm Afraid!
Should i be a zealot
Or should i name it fate?

Finally the moon,
Kisses the zenith
I step ahead and,
Ask her hand..

Disclosing the ring
The moment of surprise...
She smiles and hugs me...
And we kiss, an everlasting kiss...

- Life boring...lets taste death

Fibonacci Sambhar

2010-05-19T03:54:00.001-07:00

It was a tiring evening.. Reached home around 9:00pm in the night.

My mom setup dinner.Usually we have rice,sambar and Curds in the dinner,sometimes we might also have chappatis(bread)But at that hour, i served some rice and the sambhar was looking good..I served few spoons of the sambhar, it was tasting very good.. i asked my mom 'what sambhar is it?'
She said, 'its mix vegetable sambhar.'

When I took a closer look at the vegetables, it contained, radish, carrots etc..

Then i asked my sister sitting next to me, 'it tastes similar to the sambhar that i had 2 days back..but not the same..did she prepare it with different spices?', hearing that with a smile... my mom replies..'This is the mixture of yesterdays and day before yesterdays sambhars...'

I was just amazed at my mom's creative experiments which she keeps doing in her kitchen and trying it on us, but then i just realized that this can be titled 'Fibonacci Sambar' with two days of freezing and then some heat treatment..it still tastes good.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Pareto's Engineer

2010-05-13T22:04:00.000-07:00

People around should be well aware of the pareto's principle or the 80-20 rule.This rule is widely applicable in most of the situations. Whether its economy, business,or growth or even for that case a project, pareto's principle prove to be almost true.

Today, Engineering is one of the advanced and wide spread principles of modern education. Without engineers none of these buildings, roads, warcrafts would be built or even thought of.

Engineering today in India is the most common path that todays younger generation choose. They know that they will end up in a good job or even can build their own company because there is a huge market. it may be mechanical, Electrical, Civil Architechture or even Computer streams.. There are hundreds of colleges just in Bangalore, the IT hub of India which have come forward to build a commumnity of engineers.

But what does pareto have to do with Engineering in bangalore?
Yes, Pareto doesnt have to do anything, but his rule is the one thats what is applied by our budding engineers.

With 4 year course, the engineering is divided into 8 semester(6 months) Each semester there are classes happening every weekday. But If you exclude the holidays and other occassion like college festivities, a semester is just 5 months.So In those five months, 4 months are actually when the classes, laboratories happen. The final month is usually for the exams.

Our engineering students, are more productive only in the month of the exam. Even though they have monthly tests and viva's ( this would be only 20% of their studies),the major portion covered by our students is only in the fifth month, when the exam timetable is actually announced.Just before few days of the exams, we start studying and actually cover the major syllabus of our studies in that month.We moslty cover almost 80% of the syllabus in the 20% of the time available for the semester.

Its just not the case of pareto's principle that we apply, its variation is true when it comes to attendance.We dont attend the classes(Bunk to be specific) in the beginning of the year and then in the 4th month, we try to make up for the deficient attendance.Hence the major number of classes we attend, will be covered only in the 4th month.We make up for more than 60% of the attendace in the last 25% of our class hours. This can be a 60-25 rule...

Knowingly or unknowingly,we have been under the influence of Pareto.. and guess what, most of us have excelled into engineers...

- Life boring...lets taste death

Heart beats

2010-03-19T22:41:00.000-07:00

Mind body and soul

are the few things that can foul

Heart is proof of life

- Life boring...lets taste death

The Morning Dew

2010-03-19T03:06:00.000-07:00

The morning hour

the water called dew in view

like a tear it falls

This is my attempt to write an haiku

- Life boring...lets taste death

ಜೀವನ

2010-01-06T09:38:00.000-08:00

ನೆನ್ನೆ, ನಾಳೆಗಳ ಯೋಚನೆಯಲಿ
ಭೂತ, ಭವಿಷ್ಯಗಳ ನಡುವಿನಲಿ
ನಿನಗಿರುವುದು ಒಂದು!! ಅದೇ 'ಇಂದು'
ಅದನು ಜೀವಿಸಿದವನೇ ಜಯಿಸುವವನು ಎಂದೆಂದೂ...

- Life boring...lets taste death

New Year's Local Bargain bash

2010-01-01T02:24:00.001-08:00

Its time again for new hopes.. new thought process to start over, new things to do and some more parties to attend.After 4 years of dating with books( plagiarized ) on every new year eve.. this year it was time for some fun.

But every December 31st has always been new.. a day to say good bye to all your past worries and welcome the new year.

As usual i had no plans for any sort of party over the night.. it all started when my friKarend came over to my place at around 1030 pm in the nite.

I said to my mom that we were going out for a stroll in the streets and she said...,' Ok come home early, don't be on the roads.. there is gonna be an eclipse'..Then i realized that this year is different because the first major event that people are gonna talk about is the lunar eclipse occurring only just few minutes after the break of the new year.

Since there was no planning done, we just talked as we walked around the streets. With rains in the evening, it was a chill weather outside.We went in search of a bakery to have hot tea..

After that we saw that one of my neighboring streets are celebrating tonight.. so we went cruising into the uninvited party... Since i knew some of the people in there.It was fun packed bonanza , with almost everyone from each home on the road were present. There were few games and music which was going on, talked to few people and then had some MADDUR VADA( a south indian chat) to eat and we were back again on the streets roaming.

We left that place before 12 and to call upon some more friends...So i called my school friend the Topper (with a back) of our class and asked him whether we can come to his place to celebrate the new year... On his acknowledgment, We started from my place in a 2 wheeler as his place was about 5 kms away. Before going we had a cold drink.. and some sweet pann( which we usually have after food)

On the way we saw few people walking on the roads and celebrating.. As soon as we went there... on the tick of the clock... for we wished each other "happy new year"... And the noise we made woke up all his family members...
*Not to forget ..i talked to baggy at that moment( Even the phone call log says.. 01/01/2010 12.00 am call to bha)*

Since his parents were home we decided that its not a good to stay over and then decided we are gonna wake up every other school mate.. who are located near to our places.. so we went onto the next victim.. Dee( code named Brinks).Finally reaching place.. we found out that there was party on his streets .. with music and dance.. Woke him up from his dreams.. and also woke his parents, greeted them happy new year and smiles on our face, We had cake from the street party on his road and then started out on the next hunt with another added to our team.

Next victim was the karate kid(KK) who was fast asleep when we called him from outside his house. When he picked our call.. And our conversation was as below..
Me: 'Where are you?'
KK: " ME.. me... in . .. in "," off..office.."
Me: 'why the hell are you sleeping in office?'
KK: "... yeah.. "
Me: ' where are you .. wake up.. ?'..' are you at home?'
KK:" oh.. yeah.. im at my place..."
Me:'ok! come out... '
KK: "What!!?"
Me:"Yeah come out..!!"
KK: "One sec.."
And when he came out of the house.. he also woke up his parents and bro..
*later we came to know they were thinking like..' What the hell is he talking at this hour and why is hell is he going out?'*

After destroying his first peaceful sleep of the year .. we wished him a happy new year..
He said he had office in the morning.. He refused to join us on the hunt.. but still managed to pull him of the night sleep and got him on the streets...

*Not to forget.. while going towards his home.. we saw an accident happening in front of us and one of the pillion rider just missed the tires of my vehicle... and with the cops standing some distance away.. we stopped the vehicles .. helped the guys who fell from bikes and we were out in no time...*

This once we wished those cops were gone.. since we had to ride back on the same roads to hunt the next victim.. then we were near our school entrance.. and remembering those golden old days.. all those fun we had behind those walls, from the scoldings of the teachers to the games we played, all were marching in front of our eyes like a movie..

After that we gave a call to our friend Pecas who stays around 10kms from our place.. and as usual woke him up.. we asked him to come to my place at that late hour. He some how convinced his mother to let him go and said he wil be back in the morning,even though his mom said that its eclipse time and dont roam in the streets.

We tried to hunt few more people down.. but the problem was either their phones were either switched off or they didn't pick our calls and we didn't wanna go wake up their families. With few more try we stopped waking others up... and came to my place..

*On the way again...we saw a guy fall down from his bike while taking a turn.. and helped him and said happy new year.. That guy gave weird looks at us and went*

Then we were joined by Pecas and kar had to leave for the day after his sister calling him twice.

Then we were hungry .. so we went on scouring for some place to satiate our gourmands .. but... then ... KFC( closed)... roadside shops( closed) after a long search we came back near our school and went into the coffee day..
*On the way we saw one more accident..but this was some serious shit.. cops were around already. So we didn't dare to stop anywhere near and went into the coffee day*

The in-charge had already paid some 1000 bucks bribe, so that the cops would allow him to take in customers even at 130 am in the morning. After a long ride on the roads of Bangalore .. we came to a halt.. and after eating all the bitti food from road side parties ..we finally had to pay.. we started of with burgers and sandwiches.. we ordered few choc-a- hola's , some dark passion and few scoops of ice cream... then some mocha and devil's own and more.
Finally we helped the in-charge to complete his target today with more order.. and the bill went up to more than the bribe that he paid...

Then we decided..its time for a nite show.. we came back to our home and browsed through the movies in my collection and decided to watch the Kannada blockbuster ... MATA... one of the best comedy movie, famous for our Jaggesh's expressions.. PACKECT's twisted dialogues, The crime story.. the Gumbazz and the joke of the millenium( the pig's joke)

By the time the show ended.. it was already 420 am and after some photo session.. people decided that they need to go back to their places.. One had office.. One was leaving for mysore ... and Me.. i decided i will be working from home..by the time the chatting ended and i sink back n my bed.. it was striking 5 am ...

And finally the moments rolled back before my eyes like a dream.. and now in the form of words here..

On the first day of the new year...
"kitno ki neend haram kiya..
theen accidents ka samna kiya aur police ko bhi tah ana tabhi...
coffee day mein bill bhara aur shayad police ka jeb bhi...
Dino ke baad ..yarron ke saat.. ek dildaar movie bhi
Woh school ke samne .. gappe...woh din sabhi
sochtha hu .. woh kyu nahi ho sakta .. bar bar abhi"

Finally i was made to wake by 7 am and now I'm actually working from home.. and as usual the work i do at office blogging and social networking...

Even after wanting a low budget party but ended up paining more than the local bargain
And after kick starting the new year with a bash of local parties and visits to our old Adda's and the first thing this year i did is talking to Baggy ..... i hope this is year is gonna be a blast.. for me and everyone else..

Happy New Year... Once Again

- Life boring...lets taste death

NEW YEAR

2010-01-01T01:34:00.000-08:00

Nostalgic moments
Evading thoughts
Waved off

Yet another
Energized spirit
And dreams
Rising high

Prompted @ Acrostic Only

- Life boring...lets taste death

The YEAR of more 'Less'

2009-12-26T19:23:00.000-08:00

Looks like i have been a bit busy in the past two months... The last blog post on this blog was two months back and i m here writing again before the year ends.

Has you have hoped, this might be the summary of the year 2009.This is based on an article that i read in the newspaper that motivated me to go ahead and script these lines below.

What an year it has been for me, I finished my graduation in this year.. started my post graduation and also my first job as a software developer.. this year is gonna be benchmark in my lifetime.

Ah! enough of me for the year... let me say something more about the other events that took place...

The year saw the peak of recession curve, the financial meltdown which made all the events that took place look like they were a mark less..

Starting with my home phone that went onto cordless... the communication saw a transition from wired to wireless... the rivers flowed directionless even though the rains were waterless..

Our youth were jobless , the banks were fundless and the companies choose to be a crewless, and everyone's boss seemed brainless.

With all the girls being heartless( to accept my offer ;)), the education seemed meaningless, the churches were faithless and my prayers going meaningless.

The ministers were again speechless but their fights were never lossless , the arguments were reasonless and the brains were used less.

Many of the movies were scriptless, with some music tuneless and the theater's went crowdless.

Arh! the investments were profitless, the insurance was again riskless, housing corporations went landless and the stock rates being always less.

For students.. the mobiles were recharged less, the exam questions were answerless, and the studies were planless....

Even though my writing is senseless, i would not complain time was always less.. but the minutes put into use were as usual less.

Unless we learn from all these less, we will be walking into a new year with not even a single plus.

But i still wanna wish you all ...

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year...

- Life boring...lets taste death

A girl on my Bike

2009-10-26T23:15:00.000-07:00

Walking on the side walk,
Was the one i wanted to talk.

On the corner site,
I stopped my bike.
To ask her which way was right?
She turned to the light,
I could see her eyes bright.
Since, she was in my sight.

She guided me the way
I wanted to ride her to the bay.
But, she started walking away.

I made up my mind,
And called her from behind.
Her wavy hairs swung in the wind
I asked her ...wait
Is the right one, straight?

She nodded again with a smile,
I asked how much in the mile.

She came to me and said
She was going the same way
She said she will guide
She sat on the back of my bike.

I mentioned that i was new to town,
I could feel on me her silk gown.
With a kick, my bike went on fire
her hand was on my back,
I was biting the wire

She said right,
I asked her name with all might
No reply!
She said left,
I asked for her name once again
She gave a look of theft.

Some more rights and lefts
I was dreaming of the best.
Suddenly she asked me to stop.
She pointed to the shop
And said, thats the one on the top.

She started to walk
I didn't have the might to talk.
I gazed at her until she took the turn
I thought to wait until the sun burn.

Thinking about her, i went along my way,
She had left my heart in a sway

- Life boring...lets taste death

Acrostic

2009-10-25T10:54:00.000-07:00

All the words or lines
Conditioned and
Represented
Orderly
Starting with each
Textual character
In a word and called a
Cryptic poetry.

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Faith

2009-10-25T10:38:00.000-07:00

Fear not,oF
Any Adverse AurA
It should be,I
Trust myself and leT
Hold together we botH

Fallacies loaF
And evil spirit's addendA
Inducing ..........EnnuI
Tries to protest and atleasT
Hinder your progress..ehH.

Forever your StifF
Actions of Relaince,leads A
Igniting light and not tangI
Traveling with you,in your kiT
Himself the lord...leading every patH.

prompted @Acrostic

Well I couldn't KISS it.. but Every line ends with the letter it starts....I just gave it a try

- Life boring...lets taste death

Morning Glory2

2009-10-25T10:36:00.000-07:00

Misty
Oysters like Droplets
Running down
Now melting
In your petals
Nights are
Grieving

Glowing
Light
Over the
Ranges, saying
Yeah! its dawn

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Morning Glory

2009-10-25T10:35:00.000-07:00

Mountains
Organized
Riding
Near them
Ignites
Night
Gaining
Great heights
Light of life
Over the
Ranges
Yellowish red sunrises

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Predictable.... acrostic

2009-10-25T10:22:00.000-07:00

Past acts
Repeated or
Enacted however
Different
In the End
Conclusions
Tend to
An Action
Basketed in the
List of
Expected Ends

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Not Easily Broken

2009-10-25T10:19:00.000-07:00

Never ever
Offer your
Transparent
Emotions
Across to flow.
See through eyes
Inside the heart
Love Flows from
Your heart
Bridging
Road Gaps
OH, if not
Know to say
'Enough.. My heart is
Not Easily Broken'

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Predictable

2009-10-25T10:16:00.000-07:00

Piercing the mind
Reading through
Envisioning
Distant moves
Indeed
Creating the
Thread
And the
Behavior
Lived has
Expected

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Star Gazing....

2009-10-25T10:13:00.000-07:00

She was beside me
The stars shining
Adoring her voice
Re-quoting our childhood days
Gazing at the sky
And she slides near me
Zones approaching
In my eyes she looks
Nodding, she holds my hand
Gives me a kiss... a bliss

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Star Gazing

2009-10-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

Silent nights
Torment minds
Astounding sights
Raging black, binds
Glowing lights
Admiring the finds
Zenith of beauty bites,
In the range of my sights
Never will i forget
Glory of those nights.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Base Ball2..acrostic

2009-10-25T09:37:00.000-07:00

Bat or ball
Around the hall,
Shoves the ball
Enters the bat,hit tall
Blasted to the wall
All the crowd in enthrall,
Louder is the call
Los Angeles Angels..'run run run and Win it all'.

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Base Ball

2009-10-21T22:38:00.000-07:00

Batters Standing
Across the bases
Situated at center is a pitcher
Every edge guarded by fielders
Behind is a catcher,making signals
And with a nod, the pitcher
Leaps backward and throws
Light shove from the bat and more runs.

prompted @Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Sex And the City... Acrostic

2009-09-30T21:50:00.000-07:00

Settling plans
Enamors problems
X-rated it is not

A marriage tale
Narrates to pale,puts
Dreams on the sale.

Time's change
Hearts realize
Enough the pain

Certainly the care, and
Intimate love
Takes them back
Yet again to ones, they left

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Seasons

2009-09-29T02:38:00.000-07:00

Summer dreams
Endless beams
Autumn leaves
Singing in teams
On Rainy weeks
Nested on wet teaks
Sound of the birds tweaks

Seems like the skies leak
Enchanted view of the peak
And their white beak
Sense Winter, as we speak
Oh! feeling the cold
Need to walk the road, I told,
Skipped the plan, since i was sick and old.

prompted@ Acrostic

sorrry for the mistake. I wrote 'Wanted' on the penultimate line, I have changed it to 'Need'... thank you once again Amias

- Life boring...lets taste death

Count On Me

2009-09-25T04:44:00.000-07:00

Could i step
Out this door
Until now, i was
Nested and bored
Today i want

One chance to fly
New I'm to this sky

Mother i want to
Endure my way.

Caring mother says,
Out there to fly
Utters few rules
Now you obey and
Try to fly

Once in air
Never its fair

Mind your wings and
Everyone will sing.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Magic or Madness

2009-09-25T02:22:00.000-07:00

Meddling with
Acoustic emotions
Growing
In a shelter of,
Caring mother.

Oh! a sudden need
Requests reform

Most of it
Against her ideals
Demands her to adapt
Needs her to amend
Endless her pains
Still she lives on
Surviving to gain.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Soulfulness

2009-09-24T03:17:00.000-07:00

Seems like years
On this
Unknown path, searching
Light of truth
Fouling the past.
Untraveled path ahead
Least cognoscente
Neither can i rest
East or west
Soul feels lifeless at
Stage of 'life and death'.

prompted @ Acrostic-

Life boring...lets taste death

Too hot to handle

2009-09-24T03:14:00.000-07:00

Time moves
On the waves of change,in
Ocean blues.

Hidden emotions
Obduracy at work
Take you into a

Tale of the dark
Others feel you,are

Hurdle in their path
Attempts to discard, say
No to your wants
Demand to vacate, feels
Lost in a park
Entitles you to be 'too hot to handle'

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Passion Flower

2009-09-24T03:09:00.000-07:00

Petals radiating
Asterisk glow
Soft feel
Supporting stalk
Imbibed beauty
Ostentatious I'm
Neat Clean

Fondling bees
Lovely birds
Others attracted.
Wavy patterns
Effects only
Remain to fade.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Memories

2009-09-24T03:07:00.000-07:00

Media of storage, for
Endless
Matter
Or data or craps
Remixed with
Intelligence,but
Expressed with
Simplicity

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

WiGwAg

2009-09-24T03:04:00.000-07:00

Wobbling pendulum
Indicate the time.
Giggling tooth
Will always smile.
Ahead is the booth
Going about a mile.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Last But Not Least

2009-09-23T03:51:00.000-07:00

Lined up a queue
Awards distributed
Singer's called
Teams performed

Breaking records
Under the box office
To all who work hard

Neither of these, in
Oracy of entertainment
Tempt to crowd,but the end.

Loudly announced
Everyone curious
Adhered to their seats
Single achievement
The best movie of the year announced.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Labor Day

2009-09-23T03:41:00.000-07:00

Laws were made
Around him
Bonds bind
Ordering him
Ragged to death

Day and night
And he still obeys
Yes, My lord!

Lazy lords
Ask work from them
Beat him up
Or make him suffer
Reminds of a slave

Daily he works
And works harder
Yet he remains laborer

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Harvesting

2009-09-23T03:37:00.000-07:00

Holding hands
Are our rights
Riding them through
Verified paths
Evading the errs
Sailing to the safe
These are duties
Instate in parent
Needing their child
Grow into harvest

prompted@ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Kooky ... acrostic

2009-09-23T03:29:00.000-07:00

Kind of a poet i am, Tan
Orderly sometimes like a elder man
Over and Over i try to write
Kakorrhaphiophobic i become at night
Yeah damn!, i don't have a fan

prompted @ Acrostic

**This is my first kooky attempt for a limerick

- Life boring...lets taste death

MAKING MONEY

2009-09-23T03:25:00.000-07:00

More is the greed for
Aroma of wealth
Kingly dreams
Insipid values
Nasty ideals
Grow in you

Making your self
On the par
Never let the
Emotions Evaporate far
Your wealth is how good you are!!

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

My Mystic Sense

2009-09-18T09:28:00.000-07:00

whenever a breeze of wind
Flows over me
I feel your embrace

whenever i see a rose
feels those glowing eyes
just blinked at me

Whenever i feel the jasmine
I remember the fragrance
you used to have

With every sip of coffee,
feels those intoxicated moments
we were together, are back

With the words i write,
reminds me of every tense you utter

Its just that everything here,
Makes me remember you dear.

This mystic sense of mine feels
wherever you are...
Always want you to be fine

- Life boring...lets taste death

Freedom is just chaos

2009-09-15T11:03:00.000-07:00

Its been more than 60 years of independence now. Those were the days when people wanted change, a revolution. Millions died in the struggle for freedom and today what we are because of the sacrifice they made for us.

Even though the English left us in a ruined state, looted our natural treasures, we have made our own mark in almost every field on the globe.

The initiation of IT in India was a revolutionary aspect in the history of India, and today IT has reached a saturation. Bangalore has grown to be the IT capital of India and now is called the silicon valley of east .

India is frequently lauded as an outsourcing destination, few of the reasons behind this is the low labor costs, highly skilled programming and design experts. Typically every software firm design their product in US and outsource the development to Indian firms.

Approximately 11 hours behind US on the clock, Indians work when Americans are sleeping. This gives the US firms to have a virtual 24 hr office. With India’s access to high speed communication links. Many US companies can now provide 24 hr service to their local customers and also at a lower cost.

“This is going to change the economy, employment and style of entrepreneurship in the future years”. This was in one of the articles in a magazine in 90‘s. Which has come true today,
We have a rationalized the economy with radical changes. We had a tsunami of IT jobs few years before , we could satiate our young college graduates by paying them reasonably for their work.
But with these changes that we have made in a so called developing country, we still today face an unemployment problem,
We still don’t design the quality products. Majority of the population is under poverty line.

One reason is that most of the R&D firms in India were setup according to the foreign terms and I believe the major part of the design and decisions are dictated on our researchers. Infact after 60+ years we can say that we are still under the foreign rule. Every software company today is like a foreign outpost in our own country. Even Infosys, Wipro etc work for outside customers. The software engineers work for the other countries, in their time zones and help them to run their communities.

I believe we have again entered a state of slavery. It may not have affected us physically but we are for sure been mentally dominated by the west again.
Previously they had ruled our lands, now our minds.

The history speaks that India is a peace loving nation and India has never wanted to conquer any outside nation.
Does that mean India has never been able to conquer any other nation. Does that mean there never existed a India as such.
We have been compromising on most of the things that have been happening all these days.

Answers to such questions by a spiritual follower or a philosopher would be… ‘ India has always been in the conquest to control mind and its powers. Its progressing towards the nirvana’. It doesn’t mean we have been doing nothing. We have a golden history of great inventions and discoveries. The Ayurveda, yoga, Vedas… they are the answers. We had the supreme technologies in the era before.
But where are they now is the question of the hour, for which we need to search the answer, not on any google or bing but within ourselves. If we were able to create legends in past , we are able to create them even now. Its time we need to revolutionize our thinking. We need to sail through the stream and not flow along it.
We need a freedom struggle again, but this time to fight our conquers of minds… we need to throw them out and it can only be done by delivering our own quality products and technology to this world, rather than to a foreign firm.

A.D. Fosters said “ Freedom is just chaos, with a better lighting”.
I would say “freedom is just the name given for submission to the new rule”
So we need to prepare for the fight and the future ahead of it. It needs to be planned and executed, and the questions how? When? Can then be answered.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Together we are

2009-09-13T09:36:00.000-07:00

With the first light of the morning,we apart,
But we always keep in constant touch
Whether it is work or a movie or a dinner,
We always go together with a touch.

We are never angry on each other,
We are far apart during the happy moments
But we surely share every sorrowful moments,

Every drop of tear wet each of us.
What ever the matter!
Every night we come together.
On the same bed,We rest,
And go to the world of dreams
We are the eyelids that make every view..beautiful.

- Life boring...lets taste death

When I Met her

2009-08-21T07:23:00.000-07:00

Ever wondered what will happen when you are left alone with a beautiful girl, in the same room with the door closed.
It happened to me when i went to attend an interview.. few days ago.We were three people sitting together at a round table in a meeting room.The first one was called for interview and then it was only me and her. And my heartbeats going out of control.

Curious was i to know her,
Sitting across a table, with chairs around,
I thought only the candle was missing,
With me and her on the par...

Well!Ou! our first words clashed,
She started to ask about me,
Answered back in the normal tone.
I Asked the same formal questions,
To get back the similar set of answers...

A moment of silence just came in,
I started staring at her glowing eyes,
I wanted to dive deeper into the Mesmer
Once, twice, i saw those eyelids flutter
And third once she caught me...
And those eyes asked,' What?'
I nodded with my eyes rolling, 'Nothing'.

Once again my eyes started lingering around
She leaned back on the resting chair
And this once...looking in awe...
I gazed at her beautiful body,
Sculptured to perfection... and
She caught me again, but
I Ignored this once.

Then she started again,
Talking, about her interests,
Movies, shopping and Blogging...
And that smile on her face...
Took me to a state of ecstasy.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door,
And she had to go...
she started walking towards the door,,
I was unfinished with my words...

She looked back,our eyes met...
I could only say,'all the best...'
And she smiled and walked with my thumping heart.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Kung Fu Panda

2009-08-21T07:05:00.000-07:00

Karate or Kung Fu
Undone was he
Next came in the
Guru of peace
Fought,thought and trained his
Undeveloped body and mind
Part of it was an
Angry tiger
Not recieving the
Dragon scroll
Attacked the panda and got killed.

prompted@ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Journey of Nostalgias

2009-08-09T00:58:00.000-07:00

Aha... This is my 50th post. Its been a great time writing even though I'm not a connoisseur, by just jumbling mere words into lines of text i have been able to write the previous posts.

I have been writing acrostics , some Naisaiku and blending some random feelings in to lines. I'm unaware,how much of my work was liked by others, but the comments down the lines have made me feel confident to write more.

I was thinking what should be the topic for my 50th blogger post. And today few of my friend left, to join the company and some had left early in the week.

So TO all my friends...for whom the days have gone off the Engineering college track.... i devote these following lines ...

Life always talks to us, But Its words still seem inscrutable...

Each of us is a Columbus, set out to discover ocean of life
Unknown the path we conquered, Mystery the road ahead,
Still wandering in magical world, expecting favors from life..

Never knew time demanded to vacate, so fast,
Feels abandoned watching time go past,
Today I am in this island, with you, know not we are still due...
One day we are to set out sail again, Chasing our dreams
Waiting are the Waves of the worlds to hit back.

I need to board this one and you another there,
we divide our ways from here ....
But wait, i still got something,
Its yours indeed, but let me have it...
Its the sweet memories... we sculptured together.

Its time to paint the pages of life,with the new colors in the world,
The sun might set tonight,
Yet stars of hope still glow in delight,
Don't know where we are destined my friend,
In the new path never forget me my friend,
Aiding bye with hopes to meet you all again...

I bow to my days here at UVCE... with all you great friends... Thanks for all those special days you made for me...

- Life not boring...lets live

The Wonder Years !!

2009-08-09T00:15:00.001-07:00

The Wonder Years!!

Disclaimer *** This is just my addon to my friend baggy's thoughts and the thoughts in the lines below may not be as good as the first one but these are just some random words to express my thoughts on the day when my friends were leaving to Mysore for their training at infy... and for all others in my college.

It’s been four long years. But yet this run seems to be so short... Its seems a week back, we got admitted to the college... and when we were planning to bunk the internals few days back, made me remember the days of my first year, trying to study and to complete the 100 mark syllabus.

When I started my engineering days, I wasn’t sure about where I will end up. But today I can only say I’m not the pretty much same person which I was in those days. I m not in the right position to measure this catastrophic changes in me, to judge the direction that I’m going towards, but these four years has made me feel confident that I m on the right path, towards the source of illumination to be called philosophically.

It’s been days of making new friends, cracking jokes on each other. Learning new things almost everyday (things... are a bit confidential and censored). We have seen people crying for losing offers and the same people happy after getting something else. I think it’s been the rule of life that it gives you only that you need and not what you want.

These days has been filled with lots of inspirons and enthusiasts who were waiting for the giving us their little surprises and their little talents that we discovered almost everyday... may be getting scolding’s in the class, or bunking the class, or even getting scolding’s for being out of class, will only can be played in our minds from now on, it can never happen again.

It’s been an experiment or even a training session for us, to face this world, to walk the paths of modesty and brutality... And even pace up to keep the clocks. We had the ability, but we never knew how to use it. Now this day we can say the college has been the platform to build our ability to cope up our confidence, to face the problems and not only problems but also the pattern changes in life.

Today I understand why people say ' life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward...".

Well, we all have to move forward from this time to the next hour...May be few years down the line we wont remember what we did, but those comments, those last moment studies, those parties, fests, outings will all be remembered.

Even those verbattles on face book, communities in orkut, those sms’s and hangouts. The T-shirts and Jackets, these Simple matters will matter and will make us all remember each other.

It’s just that I can realize now “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication...”

All-Hail to the 'spirit of UVCE....'

- Life boring...lets taste death

Slam Book

2009-08-04T10:36:00.000-07:00

I was browsing through my slam book... after my graduation for the first time. Trying to recollect all the memories... and this one strikes for me...

Special and
Lovely people
Around
Me, I wont
Bother you anymore, but
One last time, on this
Occasion of graduation
Kindly script your thoughts on the blank pages

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

What a Wonderful World...

2009-07-26T22:51:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful world
Had it been for the lily's and roses
And for the lotus blossoms
Trees plants to green forests

A dream come true.

What a wonderful world it is,
On the river side tree
Nested are the birds family
Dear mother feeding its baby
Every moment is a beauty
Resting near is a watchful protector
Father bird's eyes scrolling
Up and down, looking out for an enemy
Lovely is the sight of this family.

What a wonderful world is it?
Over to the crowded streets,
Running behind money fame and dignity
Love and affections, now
Does not remain the part of human community.

prompted@ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

MetaPhysical

2009-07-26T22:46:00.000-07:00

Mind is the controller, but
Every sense organ are inputs
Tempts the mind always into
Acquisition of desires.
Physical or sensual
Hyper or heuristic
Yet things become
Social and solvable.
Installing a scanner
Calculated and meditated
Analytical and logical will be the solutions and
Lighter will be the mind state called metaphysical.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Obtuse ...

2009-07-26T21:07:00.000-07:00

Over and bent a,
Bit outside
The normal plane.
Under and mostly
Sour are
Every word in the frame.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Writing Acrostic...

2009-07-24T01:34:00.000-07:00

Worldly thoughts
Rising in the minds
Inscrutable
They are until, they get
In scripted into a form
Need not be poem nor a prose but a
Gifted skill to jumble the mere words and

Writing on a piece of paper
Red or blue
Ink doesn't matter
The meaningful lines, that
Imbibe the hearts
Nurture a new feeling or thoughts
Gifted he is, who wrote that part.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Data Mining an evolution of Astrology...?

2009-07-22T00:40:00.000-07:00

Yesterday all the local news channels was filled with astrologers suggesting methods to be safe from the effects of solar eclipse. The news yesterday had predicted the occurrence of Solar Eclipse which will be visible is parts of Asia.

Today the eclipse occurred in the morning around 6:30 a.m when i was asleep. Later i started to study for my exams scheduled tomorrow at around 10 a.m . For this final time i opened the text book of data mining subject for my exams tomorrow. As i started the introductory chapter of my text book , a parallel thought was flowing in my mind... "how the solar eclipse is predicted and all those astrogy stuffs". Then i came to an analogy by the time i completed reading the introduction of the book that data mining and the astrology are very much related to each other... I just dived deep into the thought and few of my thoughts, i have put into the words below.

According to the definition( from the book of course), data mining is the process of extracting hidden patterns from given data. The data initially available, is in the raw form, unordered and usually cannot provide a view of the information that it encapsulates. The design and implementation of methods, to structure this data into a more meaningful information and present it, is the main objective of data mining. Data mining can be applied to various fields from marketing a toothpaste to your i pods or for getting the results of some surveys, weather forecasts or even forensics and fraud detection.

If you take any of the most successful company in this technological era, they are at the step of success because they carefully studied the requirements of their consumers and released their products. The final result they obtained was the fulfillment of majority of the consumer needs and even their profits.Thus data mining has played a very vital role in shaping the market trends and the profit graphs of the enterprises.

This act of mining useful information from the unordered data was evolved by observing the usage patterns of various products for years together and then deciding upon what to include in their next product, which products to include in the discount scheme etc.This process is now an interesting field of research. It contains various stages such as data pre-processing, producing patters, grouping them and then predicting the behavior with making decisions and obtaining results and validating them.

A very similar approach was employed by our ancestors.The roots of these methods trail back to the pages of history, where the astrologers predicted the human behavior by studying the movement patterns of planets and celestial objects.

In today's world where beliefs rule most of the minds and these minds which are ruled by the angel's and demon's, we lead our paths to the world of astrology.This science formulated by our ancestors is the study of the relative positions of celestial bodies to provide information about personality, human affairs, and other terrestrial matters.

Astrology has also not evolved in a single day, its undergone a gradual process of evolution, which collected various observations of the celestial bodies for years and then predicting a pattern of their movement and concurrently observing the actions on this earth.

Few astrologers can also predict the human behavior looking at the patterns on our hands or our facial expressions and also looking at the pattern in which the planets and the stars move based on some criterion like date of birth etc. These patters can be related to the patterns obtained in the data mining. The astrologers study these patterns and apply mathematical formulations and predict the behavior of an individual in a very similar approach as our data mining techniques. Even some predict the behavior of there counterparts depending on these patterns.We can categorize this methodology into prediction of patterns and processing.Finally obtaining results similar to our data mining.

Few techniques in astrology requires grouping of the patterns, to again, predict information. This is almost similar to the cluster analysis where the data is grouped into clusters to categorize their group behavior and then design common rules based on the clusters.A very similar approach in astrology, where astrologers prescribe few rules or tasks to carry out, based on the category which we belong.

Well in the end both data mining and out astrology , study the data patterns and stuffs and they try to suggest steps for achieving profits, gain and also suggest where loss can happen. Even astrology does the same but for homo sapiens. Predicting whats good for him or her.

This note is not to challenge any of our beliefs or any methods employed by the data miners. Its just that we cannot say that data mining is a new area of research and its one of the modern day inventions. The creators of '0' had employed it long before the modern scientists came up with these techniques and with some modern addon's of course, indicating the evolutionary similarities in data mining and astrology.

- Life's boring...lets taste death

Expressions of life

2009-07-10T21:44:00.000-07:00

Life is like a gamble,
Millions play to get bankrupt
Life is a business,
With gains and loss on the charts

Life is an agreement,
With relations on bonds
Life is game,
Where we either win or lose

Life is like a school,
Where we learn the morals
Life is a movie,
With the happy or a tragic climax...

Life is a sewing machine,
Which can stitches the torn relations,
Life is a vehicle
Where we travel from here to there

Life is a dream,
Which we want to live
Life is a cradle,
Which swings to and fro,

As long as you can breath,
You can swim in this ocean flow.

- Life's boring...lets taste death

Forever yours

2009-06-13T23:27:00.000-07:00

Fond of your words
On that day, by the
River side
Everlasting are those
Vague memories, and that
Evergreen glow of your eyes,
Reflecting in my heart, still.

Your smile that pulled me
Off my ego.
Unknowingly I'm in love,
Reverberating is my soul,making me a
Slave of your beauty, I'm forever yours.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

INJUSTICE

2009-06-13T22:30:00.000-07:00

It happens when
Nasty things
Just popup at the
Unintended times and trying to
Survive
Tougher roads, with only
Insufficient resources of
Correct
Evidence..

PROMPTED @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

CARING ...

2009-06-13T22:13:00.000-07:00

Characteristic
Affections
Resolves every
Imperfections
Nested emotions inside hearts
Glitters out from your eyes, to my heart.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

New year ...Jubilation ... Acrostic

2009-05-27T07:42:00.000-07:00

Joining this party on the eve, where
United emotions
Beats rising
In every heart
Louder the clock tic
Aviating spirits
Together the hearts dancing
Ice melting and the stage
On fire, we slowly
Navigate to the new year.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Making Love ..Acrostic

2009-05-20T04:46:00.001-07:00

Man and Women caught,
Amidst the motion of emotions .
Know or know not
Into each other they go.
Never they played this
Game of love before.

Life is now
On the cloud nine.
Violent or soft
Everyone should give it a try.. !!

Prompted @ ACROSTIC

- Life boring...lets taste death

Love --> Sorrow

2009-05-20T04:31:00.000-07:00

Tears dropping

In these moments of sorrow

Truth is, what went unheard

In this battle of words

One year we knew eachother

And now this flood of words

tore down the bridge holding us together.

The waves of silence, have started to Echo

The wall of trust, have stumbled down.

And the tide is so high..There is no escape

I have no more words for you

and neither can I take anymore

Some time in future,I hope you realize

The love i had,The affection i showed.
but for now...I think, this is time to depart.

- Life boring...lets taste death

LOVE ...Acrostic

2009-05-20T03:22:00.000-07:00

Lots can happen
Over a coffee
Vivid emotions
Enqueued in hearts

Longer the nights
On the bench,in the park
Verses you say
Eloquent words are they.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Destiny ....

2009-05-13T23:38:00.000-07:00

Doors
Ever open, but
Single you
Travel
Into the dark and scary
Nights for many years
Yearning to reach the one destined yours

prompted @ Acrostic only

- Life boring...lets taste death

Confinement...

2009-04-26T11:01:00.000-07:00

Caught amidst the flow
Of silence
Not in the Dark, but
Far away from light.
Insanity
Needs no rules, and
Endless is the pain.
Mostly my life,will get
Endangered in here
Not aware of time
Trapped I'm, still here.

prompted @ Acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Waiting

2009-04-23T20:59:00.000-07:00

The angels of the night
Are gonna tell you right,
I was waiting for you, upright,
Below the evening street light.

What will happen if i leave?
Today, On this windy eve,
What will happen to the rose?
specially chosen for you, are those.

Watching people pass through
Been waiting in here, for you.
And I will wait here for you ..
forever.. until my love, you are here...

- Life boring...lets taste death

Opportunity

2009-04-20T21:07:00.000-07:00

This incident is from my school days... I think it was in my 7th class..
I had my monthly tests, I was not prepared for that test... and this happened...

Oh..I can remember the day of my school test
Parking my thoughts on my paper,
Packing in every crap possible
On the corner next to my desk
Right ahead of me, was
The answer booklet, lying open.
Unknown was my teacher,
Nasty my eyes, started to roll ..
I was about to see the first answer.. and my teacher walking in
Throwing a wicked smile,took my paper...and her eyes, said walk out
Yet, no words spoken, walking out..thinking... what an opportunity lost?

prompted @ acrostic

- Life boring...lets taste death

Fatal Attraction

2009-04-15T11:50:00.000-07:00

Falling into the deep
Abysmal feeling
Totally dark, in here...
Am i blind in your love? Or
Longing for your presence...

Aroma filling in my room,
Thoughts of you, clutching my mind
Those last tearful eyes.. I still remember...!

Ringing at your door bell,
And unanswered phone calls..
Could you give me one more chance
To prove myself... my
Innocence... and my true love
On that beautiful face.. I just
Need back that smile.... and that cheer forever...

prompted @ Acrostic Only

- Life boring...lets taste death

A letter...

2009-04-09T04:50:00.000-07:00

A sheet of paper,

And some words scribbled,

Making relations clearer,

And those who were nearer,

now they become more dearer.

Exchanging thoughts,

share the feelings,

paint your heart..

With ink and paper.

I still have those,

the letter's you wrote,

Looking at it, even to this day,

I still keep smiling at your words play.

so ...Always write one,

Dont miss to read even one from you dear one.

prompted @ Totally Optional Prompts

- Life boring...lets taste death

Music at my office...Naisaiku

2009-04-08T20:28:00.000-07:00

Working in the software industry as an intern, from past one month of experience... this is one of the fascinating things i have heard....

Walking in the corridor of my office, I hear,
Every keyboard striking sing a few words,
Few are fast, happy and few are slow sad.
I FEEL MUSIC EVERYWHERE
Few are fast, happy and few are slow sad.
Every keyboard striking sing a few words,
Walking in the corridor of my office .. I hear..!!

Prompted @ Na!Sa!Ku

- Life boring...lets taste death

Friendship

2009-04-04T21:52:00.000-07:00

Fire needs the fuel to burn
River needs the rocks to flow on
In the sense,
Everyone needs someone.
Neither, I can stay,
Devoid of my best friend.
Since the day, he stood by me
He is my protector, my team
In spite of the fights we had,
Partying are we tonight.... Come Join us!!

- Life boring...lets taste death

prompted @ Acrostic

The knot of life..

2009-04-03T07:18:00.000-07:00

In the game of knots,
Strangled between a knot,
With two strands in hands
Home or Work...

I had to choose..
Either one I lose,
Incomplete will be my hood.

Still holding on to both
My hands start to sweat
And an Instinct.. I slip down
Both the strands now are gone
And foreever I'm orphaned

- Life boring...lets taste death

Pain is Addictive.. DevD

2009-03-30T10:17:00.000-07:00

"Pain is addictive"
Well this one looked easy, but was a difficult one...
I have tried to put forth the life of 'Devdas'.... modernly termed DevD for those who have seen bollywood movies..
I have certainly not replicated his life...
Well, He became a drunkard, in the memory of his love.
I have tried to present ...His feelings for his love... for whom he waited till his last breath.

Parts of my heart on burning fire
Artistic my mind, now seized to desire
In memory of you
Never can I forget those times.

I lived my life in distress
Stranger i was, guided by your light

And discarded was i, by the same you,
Drinking bottles of alcohol today
Day and Night from that time,
I got addicted...in the name of love.
Confined I am in my,
Thoughts and misery.
Its you and only you in my heart beats.
Vermian may be my life on this planet,
Enchanted by your aroma, still awaiting you.

- Life boring...lets taste death

prompted @ Acrostic

Love .... Deception!!

2009-03-27T03:59:00.000-07:00

Wind of Love blowing over the waves,
Know not where this love boat sailing,
Is it to the dreamland or into the caves?

We flow, into the midnight
Moonlight gushing through window panes
Only me and she on this boat.
And a single candle melting out.

Well, She made the first move
With a kiss on my lips,
And then goes off the candle
Our hearts beating high out of rythm...

Next thing I remember was in bed.
Lying half naked, with me tied.
And myself unknowingly got decepted.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Nostalgia

2009-03-25T02:23:00.000-07:00

These are the nostalgic moments in the life of a soldier, who devotes his time, strength and his life for the country and his king.

Never in the history of time
On the ship towards the victory
Stuck amidst the Kings greed
Trying to win everything,no one spared.
After todays bloodshed
Lying on battle ground, wounded
Gushing blood and feelings pouring out my heart...
It reminds me of loving wife, back at home
And also the kiss of my lovely son...

- Life boring...lets taste death

prompted @ Acrostic only

The First Rain

2009-03-17T07:48:00.000-07:00

Ah, how many of you have enjoyed watching the first rain droplets falling ... and how many of you wanted to go out and play in the first rain of the year... Surely i was one of them.. This one here is the view of a small boy wanting to go out and play.. in the first rain

Sitting near the table,
On a Sunday morning...
Sipping through the hot milk,
Staring at the garden green.

Slowly winds start to blow
And rain droplets roll below
Stretching my hands outside the window
I feel the first droplets , standing on my toe

The smell of dust are filling my senses
Asking me to get drenched this hour
This is the time the peacocks dance
Colorful feathers stretching in a chance.

Walking along the pavement beside,
I make my paper boat, sail upright.
Now i put my feet in the water
With my legs starting to feel the cold.
Suddenly, My mom is out at the door...
Saying,' Come in, or you will catch the cold'.

I walk back inside the house,
Back at the window... with the cup
I stand and watch my paper boat sink
In the end, just standing and sipping in milk.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Courage

2009-03-16T10:07:00.000-07:00

Candles are burning on all tables tonight,
Occupied here, there are few tables to my right.
Unknown of time, we sit together after a long time
Roses in the vase are smiling...
Asking me, in the dim light glowing..
'Go.. have the Courage and say those magic words... and
Endless may be the light of love...all your life'

- Life boring...lets taste death

prompted at Acrostic

A new direction for Ambiguous Luck density principle

2009-03-16T06:14:00.000-07:00

Motivated by my friend and by his crap theory called ambiguous luck density principle

I would like to give my thoughts on luck here...
Luck being an abstract quantity, we currently don't have any units to measure the luck,But let me assume if we had a unit to measure the luck.. Then the ambiguity problem of luck density reduces to dealing with some physical quantity.

Let me assume that there is universal set L which contains 'alpha' units of the luck
Every individual is given with a luck bag(B), so the quantity of luck at any instant of time is measured by the units of luck inside the individuals bag. Every individual has a default units of luck allocated to him.

Now every situation of being lucky/unlucky reduces to addition/subtraction of some quantity of luck to/from our luck bag..to/from the set L

Thus our luck density conundrum reduces to a problem similar to our renowned game theory.

Let me take a simple example mentioned by my friend in his post... It is similar to a 2 player game trying to get the max score possible.

Here let player A driving on the bike escapes the cop on a Monday morning... He was allocated b units of luck from L.
But our player B the unlucky cop ... Who missed his first bony( Kannada slang meaning: the early morning profit )
Actually lost b units from his bag to L.

Thus it implies gain of one is the loss of another.

Sometimes this so called luck behaves in an uncertain manner...

Sometimes you feel that you almost got the biggest piece of cake ... you might just fall into a trap..Taking the above example... if the player B who is a cop, used to fine minimal amount of 100 bucks every time. Player A escaped him by taking a turn just before the junction he stood.
Now you move in this new road.. (in a multi player scenario)Where your luck bag B doesn't have sufficient quantity and hence you get caught by a high ranking officer another player C and you had to pay 500 bucks for him..

There are cases in which people almost tend to reach the max possible luck that's a in my case .. Fall back to some negative quantity ... These cases are termed Tangential cases.... In which the manner of our tangent curve tends to reach the infinite but falls down to negative infinity..

There are many instincts where I have experienced such cases...

To quote an example from my personal experience.. A few days earlier.. I just lost a chance to win a laptop by just 5 points and had to be satisfied with just a laptop bag, in one of our college competitions... Though my luck density curve doesn't fall down to the least possible value.. It dropped through a significant distance.

Let me not comment anymore on my luck...but my philosophic instincts state that

'quantity of luck striking your way at a instant of time t ... is directly proportional to the summation of the good deeds( G ) and inversely to the bad ones( d ) you do in all forms...'

Formally,

For every i possible from 0 to 'alpha' summation of( Gi ) / summation(di) = quantity of the luck in your bag at 't'

From the above equation we can maximize the quantity of luck in our bag, by increasing the quantity G and one of the ways is to work in the direction suggested by 'pareto improvement condition..' which states..
" a change from one allocation to another that can make at least one individual better off without making any other individual worse off is called a Pareto improvement"

so next time you strike with a 'luck by chance..' there is no need to get excited.. you may be having something waiting for you.. in the next road...
next time you get a chance to increase your score by luck.. make sure that you make a choice that benefits all...

thus whatever crap it is.. you need to be lucky to have some luck...

- Life boring...lets taste death

SilenceKills

2009-03-03T05:48:00.000-08:00

Silent thoughts flow through my mind
Inside my heart the burning fire
Little to add, ma tears gushing
Envy she had for me in thoughts
Never had thought she would say no
Can now i go the otherway or so
Endless is the pain in my heart.

Kind was i for her so long
Ill-fate my heart, still beats for her
Longing for her aroma, are my senses
Looking at the stars in the sky
Silently drinking the poison, i die.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Conversation

2009-03-03T05:22:00.000-08:00

Caring are the words
On par with the terms
Not all speak at once
Valid, need not be the speech.
Endless exchange of words
Rare, not to find one
Sitting at the bar or a bus station,
All those who speak, start one.
Time is what we spend
Into this so called coversation.
One two three number does'nt matter
Never mind lets get involved into one .

- Life boring...lets taste death

submitted @ Acrostic

Lost in thoughts of NAiSAiKU

2009-03-03T04:38:00.000-08:00

Lost and confused thoughts
sitting here, i am bored
thinking ma childhood from back
LOST IN THOUGHTS
back from childhood, ma thinking
bored am i? here sitting
thoughts confused and lost...!!

- Life boring...lets taste death

prompted @ NaiSaiKu

Realization of my love

2009-02-22T09:02:00.000-08:00

Line by line, i need to fill the page
Step by step, i need to climb the stair
Drop by drop, flows the tears from eyes
One by one, i need to amend error's caused

In search of path of light,
I made you fall in love,
In search of path of beauty,
I used you for my greedy
I sacrificed your feelings for my lust.

Though you always prayed for me
Though you always loved me
Things i did, words i said
Maledictions i uttered at you,
Are what, Im paying now.

unable to repair, damage i caused,
unable to join, pieces i made
I realize now i wrote my fate.

But i need to correct my odds
Backward it goes, into the dark.
Need to cross the river dark,
Your memories are the candles for my walk.

- Life boring...lets taste death

Contribute.... A NaiSaiKU today

2009-02-19T03:56:00.000-08:00

In between the lines
if you write those lines today
Even you can stay
IN BETWEEN THE LINES
Even you can stay
if you write those lines today
In between the lines

just wanna say, try it yourselves...today

do Contribute @ NaiSaiKU

- Life boring...lets taste death

ur memory in my NaisaiKu.

2009-02-18T20:16:00.000-08:00

Dying in ur memory
heart started bleeding red
taking last breath i m almost dead
Dying in ur memory
taking last breath i m almost dead
heart started bleeding red
Dying in ur memory

- Life boring...lets taste death

Brighter side of the Darkness

2009-02-15T18:55:00.000-08:00

The whirring 'mixie' in the kitchen came to stop,
plunge to silence the babbling idiot box,
music beats from my room,dissolved in the air
Fans came to halt as though a protest was called.
All the activity froze just in seconds,
All went to a unique quietitude.
This is the normal symptom of a power cut.

With nothing better to do, a coffee mug in my hand
Came to the door step,to see my neighbor at his door

Then it clicked me, in a flash,
ran to him and said... lets go back in times..
gulped the rest in the mug...
ran to my room and opened the box atop the attic..
Opened the box to find ma memories buried in dust
their amidst the stuffs got the wooden case

Came to the front of my house, and there were my friends
Finally we stood together again 'the famous four'.
One had the chalk had started drawing the squares
I had the pawns and the stuffs for the game
Opened the box to find the pawns..
Picked up my lucky pawns.. and we gathered to play chowka-bara(similar to ludo)
starting to roll the toss from the kavade( sort of dice )
I won the toss.. it was my turn to go first..
In between the sweet memories flow
The game went on.. for half an hour..or so..

Finally One of us, made all the pawns reach the goal...

Now our voices filled the silence to liveliness...
The moon took over the sun's territory
The garden elicited to lively discussions...

Soon the lights sprung into life
Beckoning us back to the world of technology,
leaving many things unsaid,
issues undiscussed and matters unattended.

Never will i allow to steal these moments of bliss
Overwhelmed with the feel, i finally got what i longed...!!!

- Life boring...lets taste death

HardWork theKey toSuccess

2009-02-13T03:39:00.000-08:00

Lines on my hands,
don't depict my fortune
stars n planets
just decorate the sky.
hard work its called
spending one's might for the right,
blue or red
we need to get, the choices right.

thyself the motivation,
thy shall be the power,
thy have the stamina,
to walk this world over,

In this race against the time
you are not alone to walk,
the path of light, feels straight
this is where trouble starts tonight.

You need to write the song of life,
and you alone need to sing.
You have the quill with you,
waiting are your magic fingers,
Fill the palewhite sheets fallen on the table,
your skills will be, art on those papers.

good or bad unkown you are,
you are just stuck in the swirl of life,
let your thoughts march ahead of time,
your dreams will become true in line.

- Life boring...lets taste death

The Orphan's Crave

2009-02-06T02:06:00.000-08:00

This is about a boy who's father is dead in a war, I have tried to depict his feelings in my words..

"They say everyone has a silverlining in their life...
but with my father who was pierced by the sword of an enemy, has left me orphan and i feel that the silverlining is just vanishing away..."

The sadness i feel this very hour,
Can Feel the Emptiness in my heart for hours.
The lines of my fortune have stopped to shine
Soon will they be eroded by tears divine.

You may be in pages of history, by now,
But for me you are always in my memory
You are my true hero a true inspirer.
taught me the right things in life
guided me to seek the path of light.

Feels like my feelings gonna sink in my own tears
Feels like life never answered my cravings, oh dear!
Looks like there is a dead-end ahead
Never thought you would abandon me this near.

Alone i stand here, no friend no relatives
Only my conscience, holding my hands
And your intense spirit, filling my mind

Finally, have to bid you a last bye.. bye.. b y e

- Life boring...lets taste death

The war is out

2009-02-05T09:49:00.000-08:00

Swords are whet into sharp
To cut through the skin of clothes.
This hot summer, the land again gets wet
drenched in the river blood.

The welter crowd running below grounds
place to place escaping their houses ablaze,
Charred bodies lie half dead there
women and children stripped half naked there,
The cry of orphans and the widow screams
Are the only songs you get to hear from now.

The soldiers march with their hands in red,
Again this city will sink in blood
War is fun of for the rich greed and power,
Suffering rooted deep in veins of poor
Life has gone sweet to sour
And will be worse if you tour the next hour.

- Life boring...lets taste death

The Morning hour

2009-02-02T18:57:00.001-08:00

Sailing in the morning hour,
The first light falls down like shower
The garden green in the front of my cottage
with yellow flowers bearing smiles awake
a slow breeze brings the chill
with the fog melting to drops

the immaculate beauty if nature,
the maestro art of the creator,
Insufficient this piece of paper
Scarce are the words in bible

hearing the temple bell in chores
At least now, I need to start my jog to the shore...

- Life boring...lets taste death

Hated him..until..

2009-01-10T10:27:00.000-08:00

Always scolded him, he never made me the favourite,
Always hated him...Unable to impress anyone...
Always talked with scorn,For he kept me void of oppurtunities...
Never was i kind to thee., his name stirred the venom in me
I was never given the fame,killing was my spree to abominate his name...
Yeh, i Always blamed the almighty,Since he never made me a chosen one....

But yesterday in my dreams,he showed up before me
Asked me why the noire? i had on him..
I gave reasons, quoted examples...etc..etc..
But he replied once and dissolved in the mist...he said,
"Son, I gave you space and time...
now its up to you, to fill the cup with wine"

Then i realize.. its me who should color the pages of life,
Its me who should tie a thread and fly high the kite.

- Life boring...lets taste death

The movie buzz in 2008

2008-12-26T10:20:00.000-08:00

After writing about few major events of the year 2008... i was thinking what to do next...
Though i have my exams in 4 days... i decided to put my time here... to write about the movie mela that went through our minds all these days in the whole of the year.....
Bollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood and Sandalwood and many more would's be there... but i will be presenting my views on few hindi movies....

The stunner 'A Wedneday' and 'Aamir'
Are still the A's of the list,
With their twists in the tale
Won the crowd's hearts without fail.

'Bhootnath' tried to give some boost to children,
While 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' gave some mix fix fun.
None from 'C' i remember to See
Let me get to the deeds in 'D'
'Dostana' made its entry in the ends...
Giving the crowd a essence of gay and fun.

'Fashion' was very social,
Pictures the struggle of an aspiring girl.
Well the return of 'Golmaal' made us run,
But the maal collection was non.
Big budget Jodha was a toil,
through the history in a spoil.

Newbie's entered asking 'Jaane tu ya Jaane na'...
Well never reached the Jannat in hour.
The 'Kidnap' failed to kidnap hearts,
And the 'Karz' had to pay the cost.
'Mumbai mere jaan' got placed in hearts,
couldn't take the money out of crowds.

Race made us to raise on our heals,
raced everyone's hearts with ease.
The songs of Rock On became the anthem,
Still the beats are cringing in my eardrum.

year took off with inspirational Chak De,
Where the banished player took the coach's way,
Pulled the girls to hit the ball in the hallway,
Score the goal and won the world cup anyway
Inspired our junior hockey, who won Asian cup that day.

Then came the Dyslexic Darsheel,
The stars on the earth still have a chance today,
Taare Zammen Par made us cry with its play.

Though Chak-de bagged a handful of cups,
Tare Zameen Par, RocKed on a lot.
Few bigGuns still saying Hello to God,

In the end ....Some great flicks made us ilk and hue,
Of all these only good were few....

- Life boring...lets taste death

Emotions of 2008

2008-12-26T09:40:00.000-08:00

Countdown begins...Another year step aside not silently though, Making way for a rejoiced hope, for a rejuvenated New Year 2009. This one is about the mixed emotions of the year 2008.

Clocks ticking hard and fast,
A year again in our mind lasts,

Sailing there are prayers and thoughts,
Behind which are many dreadful knots.
Events all through made howls and fouls,
Left some marks on our minds and souls,

Let me remember few here and there,
Since they made our year, wear and tear.
Lots happening sports, politics, science and more,
Well let me begin at the starting pore...

Year saw the Bird Flu that blew the surface again,
no human died infected in time and pain.
Year of violence, terror and crime,
Kicked off with Blasts at cities prime.

The indo- US nuclear deal,
Made everyone sit on their heals.

The business down here wasn't a joyride,
With the Global meltdown put to a stride.
Only graphs that raised were the costs,
Petrol, diesel, oil and gas boiling in hot pots.
Amidst this huffpuff came the ride,
That's the 1 lakh NANO the middle man's pride.

Now lets get to some sports and fun,
Finally we chased our Olympic Gold run,
Saw the religion taking a turn round,
With twenty-20 hiring the ground.
With the Indian beauty finishing runner up,
looks like fashion beginning to pop up.

Though terror in Mumbai jeopardized our hearts,
We are ready with our guns to take the shots.

Yet another promising year ahead,
Bearing smiles and aspirations,
Lets make the new resolutions when we awake.

Wishing you all a Happy new year 2009.... in advance...

- Life boring...lets taste death

MY Walk to the River .... PART II

2008-12-19T00:20:00.000-08:00

I would prefer you read the post below this.. since this is a sort of sequel of my walk to the river..
You will only feel the essence of this once u r through my older post My walk to the river...You take a look at it in the folowing link MY walk to the River and then come back here.....

I felt an odd that day...
Everything was so pure and beautiful today,
I now started to continue my walk back on the path,
To my surprise i saw her again, on the same path.

I felt like my love song being played in my heart...

Then from the side there came the girl,
With the muddy pot hanging form her hands
The fog on the leaves started to melt,
And the droplets looked like the pearls on her waist belt.

I could see her beautiful face in the morning chill,
With the white clothes on, she looked like my angel.
She walked to the river, started filling the pot,
I stood still, staring at the mesmerizer beauty she got.

She started to walk back, this time with the filled pot on her waist.

My love song started singing again in my ears...
Today i wanted to give it a try...

With my heart beats on the high,
Holding my breath i ran to her in a fly,
Took her hand from behind, stopped her,

Not surprising, she took me by amaze...

Me still looking into her gleaming eyes,
With my heart running out of breath,
Holding her hand in my hand,
I said, " I'm in love with you"

In a moment, her lips moved and her face waved in shy,
She came near me.... I thought she might kiss me...

Now again my love song singing from behind, but this time the violins sounded louder,
I thanked God.... For she was my destined love,

My heart beats suddenly went on a low,
My breath was getting slow...
My eyes started to blacken out...
I thought, "does this happen when you fall in love..."

I couldn't see what she did or hear what she said....!!

I remembered the song, i heard it before,
I realized... Oh my GOD!! My alarm was ringing for the third time in a roar...

I woke up cursing my alarm,
Looked around, finding me still on my bed where i belong,
Thought," couldn't it wait for just one moment... long"

Cursing my luck again and again...
Thinking about the dream, i went to the mirror...
Smiled at myself and said I would remember this morning hour..
Since I almost had my dream girl with me, very near...

- Life boring...lets taste death

My walk to the River....

2008-12-18T23:46:00.001-08:00

One fine morning, I walked on the road to the river,
With my new sweater still on and my body shiver.

On my way I heard the birds chirping,
The leaves fluttering,
The sounds of the footsteps on the dry leaves breaking,
I felt like the nature's concert in playing...

As the wind blew,I could feel the cold,
The trees near by were rock and old.
I started to feel the heat of sunlight glittering between the leaves,
It seemed the sun had just left his home from behind the hills.

Reached the river which looked calm and cold,
The sun was painting the nature with the bright colors which took hold.
I could see the golden light,
Filling in, at my every sight.
Now the water looked like a silver bed spread,
Under which mother earth was lying to rest.

On the river bank, i saw the yellow flowers,
They looked like dancing in the sunlight for hours.
They had a glow with a smile on their face,
And stretched all through, which my eyes couldn't race.

I sat at on a stone very near,
I was still staring at the beauty the nature bear.
I could not have had a more beautiful day in my life,
I would ever remember my walk to this river site..

- Life boring...lets taste death

My Mother

2008-10-30T17:43:00.000-07:00

'Mom' They say its the first word I spoke.
She is the first person i ever saw, before i took a peek into this world.
This one is the view of a school boy, who see's his mother working day and nite to bring him up, and support him to live his dreams...

She wakes in the early hour,
Pulls me from bed to the shower,
Dresses my hair,
Helps me wear the sock pair,
Button's my shirt, tie my lace,
And hugs me with her embrace.

She walks me to my school,
Cooks me the food until my tummy full,
Picks me from the school in the evening time,
Still prevailing the face with the smile.

She makes me sit and do my homework,
She fills my mind with her artwork,
She sings the song,
And says here I belong,
Late in the night before my lids close and the lights blow,
I see my angel with the same smile and glow.

- Life's boring...lets taste death

In Search of the GoOd PoeT

2008-10-30T05:07:00.000-07:00

From my childhood days, I wondered whom to call a good poet...

So one day, before I went to bed
Asked my mom,” Mommy who is a good poet?”
“Dear, he is the one who wrote the song of flower,
Listening which, in the moonlight shower,
You close your lids with the tick of the hour.”

Next day I went to my dad and asked for the same,
He said,
“Son, Anyone who authors a good poem is a good poet!!”

After an year, I went to my sister, and put forth the same,
She said, “Hey, the one’s songs,
which rocks, in the late nite shows
with words screaming on the dance floors”

Ah, they left me confused with much of the doubt,
I still pondered, ”who’s the good poet?”

So I went to my uncle, who is a doctor,
“Oh! he is the one who authors,
And his writings tickle your visceral organs”

I didn’t get the head or tail,
Since his words were so pale,

After few years I went to my cousin, who was an actor,
“Poet ah ha!
He is the director,
His words are the actors,
He makes them play on the papers”

I let few months go by, and then I met a saint,
“Boy, The one who writes to praise the gods,
It’s the gifts from the lords”

Then in a magic show, I met the magician and he said,
“The one that creates magic,
By putting the words back and forth”

Then in my college, I asked my best friend who replied,
“The one who tickles your fickle mind
With his notes on the sex and fun everytime”

I got a software job, and I asked my colleague,
“He is the one who scripts his thoughts
In few lines of his codes, which are bought?”

After My marriage, I asked my wife, who is an artist
“The one who is able to paint his thoughts,
With the ink and paper in his hands,
Paints them with the colors of his words!”

After few years I met an historian,
“A good poet buries the history,
With the mystery in his lines”

Then In my senile days, I met a philosopher, who said,
“The one who describes life,
In the few lines he write”

Till date, I don’t know who the good poet beside,
So I decide not to ask no more in this life,
And here I write this so called ‘poem’, and let you decide,
Because I know I ain’t a good poet….in my life!!!

- Life boring...lets taste death

My dear , I just wanna say....

2008-09-15T12:14:00.000-07:00

I loved to write, I like to write

I dream to write stories for everyone,

I aspire to write poems for someone,

This day, made my mind to write you a letter,

Decided to color my feelings with ink and paper.

I wanted to write about that blissful night,

I wanted to write about all that delight.

I wanted to fly out from the cage of fears,

I wanted to swim through the sea of tears.

I wanted to fight all like a warrior,

I wanted to break open all the barriers.

I want to stand to you with my rosy heart

And say ' take it, before you depart....'

hi all,

These words are from the heart expressing to the one...beloved