"Seven Blunders of the World"

1. Wealth without work

2. Pleasure without conscience

3. Knowledge without character

4. Commerce without morality

5. Science without humanity

6. Worship without sacrifice

7. Politics without principle

-Mohan Das karamchand Gandhi

Gandhi -Our Father

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.

These are the words of a lone man who sought the road less traveled-the way to non-violence.He saw and realized things what everybody was oblivious of.He showed the way when everyone was groping in the dark.He never lost faith when everyone was in despair.He showed what immense power could a million heart yield when they stood for one common cause-freedom!!!

It has been more than fifty years this frail, old and scantily clad man has ceased to walk on the face of earth.Sadly enough the man who was instrumental in bringing Indian Independence , ended up being adorned in Indian currency and as statue in public places.Nathuram Godse could only manage to slay his body but we the generation Y lineage have annihilated his soul-his learning's.For us 2nd Oct is just another holiday-probably a breather from our crunching schedule and for some its very inconvenient because it happens to be a a dry day!!!

Gandhi is also in some respect very bankable.Films like "Maine Gandhi Ko Nehi Mara"," Lage Rahgo MunnaBhai" and the recent " Gandhi My Father" has swelled the coffers for the producers.It has also given rise to mass awareness to this grand ol' chap.Terms like Gandhigiri has become a rage-an instant karma to the generation of hedonist!The sales of"My experiments with truth" has touched a high after Lage Raho Munnabhai- probably to adorn the book selves which are seldom touched.Brand Gandhi is in an all time high!!!

Having said all these , its very obvious that down the line we have blotted out the things he preached and ended up his life for - An Independent India!Britishers might have abandoned our country but some things never change.A very apt explanation has been given on this regard by none another than Gandhiji himself-

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

Its exam time folks!!

So the dreaded moment has been finally dictated.We the unknowing,gullible and infinitely reluctant junta, whose only wish is to hit the cosy bed after a day of boring classroom lectures.........this is the death sentence for us.Pain in the ass beyond endurance.
Its the moment when tempers will run high,nerves will be in bundles and constipation and peptic ulcers will be at large!!! Friends will turn fows.Schemes will be hatched as to how to bring about the downfall of ur arch enemy in class...the ones with all the answers and all the babes!!!

Salsa @ ILP

After work Salsa!! Thats what the hot-foot executives do after a day of back-breaking.Never ever I thought I wud be doing the same.Yesterday was really tiring and after the EOD my only wish was collapse on my bed.Ah! the cosiness of the bed was so enticing!But as always we had a assignments to complete which we had to take right away lest we would miss the deadline.

It was then this poster "Monday Morning Blues" that caught my eyes.Salsa!!Sounded so arcane to me.What weer we supposed to do ?.Probably trying to dance like a new-born giraffe who has yet to accustom with its long-slender legs!!Nah!this stuff is not for me!Who would want to make himself fool in front of all the associates and on the top of that there were just too many good-looking ladies around!!U didn't want urself to be joker in front of them!!
At the required a great deal of din ensued.Everyone was curious and chatted excitedly about what was to follow.With a lot of trepidation I followed all and entered in the conference room where it was happening.All the chairs were pushed back as to accommodate dancing floor.The excitement in the air was almost tangible.The hostess called some volunteers and like the usual meek self opted out of it.It is always better to watch others do it when u are in doubt.It was quite a scene.Gals and boys clutching each other and trying to gyrate without looking at their feet.
Later on we had a brief session of twist which i just loved.after a hectic day it felt good to unwind by dancing like mad to tunes like kajra re and chuuma chumma de de.

Life at ILP Noida..............

Chak De India!!!!

Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity.

This might be the umpteenth time we are encountering the historic and hair-raising speech by Pundit Nehru on the eve of India's Independence Day.The day when the union jack was lowered and the Indian tricolour flourished in full mast heralding the rise of new nation In-di-a.It was a momentous occasion despite the fact that it was a costly deal.The division of India and Pakistan still haunts us ,still bleeds millions of hearts who were rendered homeless by just one flick of pen.But that is past , we have come a long way.We have seen it all from the mobocracy and chaos of the infant India to the Indo-China war in its youth,Emergency during its matured years,Babri-masjid demolition and the consequent Mumbai blasts in its forties.India is now in the advanced years of its senility.This year we are all set to celebrate its 60th birthday.But there is still a nagging question that has been bothering us for long.Have we grown enough??

India is in the verge of being a super-power and it wont be long it will soon be flexing its muscle to escalate into the big league.However the growth has all been in the economic realm.As a nation we haven't progressed much.Communal ism,castesm , nepotism,social inequality,separatism is still at large.To add to our woes the threat of terrorism also looms large.Our "Unity in Diversity" paradigm lies in tatters.Corruption and adultery has severed our social fabric.All these repelling force is jeopardizing our Great Indian Dream.All we have manage to do in these years is to make the rich richer and the poor to languish.India might pride himself of having largest no. of millioners but it does not allay the malice of poverty.
The time is ripe when we truly redeem ourselves and as Panditji has aptly put in words not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.Its time to stand up and be counted.Its time to say 'All hands on the deck'.Freedom and power bring responsibility.Our forefathers have earned the freedom with tears,pain,blood and sacrifice.We have a daunting task in our hands i.e to wipe every tear from every eye.To quote from 'Tryst with Destiny'

We have hard work ahead. There is no resting for any one of us till we redeem our pledge in full, till we make all the people of India what destiny intended them to be. We are citizens of a great country on the verge of bold advance, and we have to live up to that high standard.

Indeed.Its turn to wake up from the slumber revitalized,full of zeal and with the bold intent to work.The future beckons us.Our endeavour and toil shall decide what we want of our motherland.Its time to refrain Chak De India for its time when we have a tryst with destiny ...again.



kuch kariye
kuch kariye
nuss nuss meri khaule…
hoye kuch kariye
kuch kariye
kuch kariye
buss buss bada bole…
ab kuch kariye
ho…
koi to chal zidd fariye
doobe, kariye ya mariye
haye..
koi to chal zadd fariye
doobe, kariye ya mariye
chak de…
ho chak de India
chak de…
ho chak de India

The Last of Harry

Chloe and Sydney Bostian , the two sisters are engaged in a unique mission- precisely a 11 day mission to acquire something the world has gone berserk.Its a saga of of a teenager boy.The sisters have installed a tent outside the bookstore and visited by their parents often and their friends supply their food.If u have not guessed it by now then u are perhaps one of those unfortunate Muggles who are oblivious of an alternate world- a world infested by wizards, witches, animagus and a dark villain.Confused!! Read on

The Boy who lived

What can one say about a 18 year old boy who shall die? Well, this is not a corrupted version of Love Story by Eric Segal but a tale of Harry Potter the boy-wonder who has interwoven into our live and became a part of our living for over a decade.Originally started as a bed-time story, conceived at a cafe by J.k Rowling ,a widow then, Harry has grown of age over years so is his popularity by leaps and bounds.No other fictional character till date have received fame and affection of masses to this magnitude as Harry has enjoyed.No one has captured our imagination,our heart and soul the way this teenager boy has.
In a world divided over race , cast and language; where a deep chasm exists between the have and have-nots, the world that J K Rowling has spun for us resides in our fantasies.This is world where two kind of people exists Wizards and Witches- those who are in possession of Magical powers and the Muggles- their hapless counterparts sans any powers and knowledge of the existance of the former beings.Unlike LOTR where the wizards are shown to have flowing beard, towering figure and are invariably very old, wizard and witches in Harry's world love watching sports ( namely Quiddich ), they too fall in love, bunk classes,get those adolescent pangs and have fights over trifle issues- well in short like us only!!This is where J K Rowling scores over others.She has built an alternate realm which we can identify easily.Wizard here go to school for honing their magic skills, they too have to submit homework regularly and they too have biased cronies as teachers.The subject they study is strikingly similar to that we do in our Muggle classrooms. Transfiguration is synonymous with physics which is all about manipulating the nature of the matter,potion classes is similar to our chemistry and herbology is invariably same as our biology lessons.They too have the boring history lessons ( guess what they are taught by ghosts!!) and more often than not the pupil doze off during classes.
Basically what Rowling has successfully done is to empower us i.e she has led us to believe that this world really exists somewhere and we can simulate ourselves in the place of Harry or his friends like Ron and Hermione,Sirius Black, Albus Dumbledor and even the Lord Voldemort.It may be Harius Potter to a boy in Scotland or Hari da Putter in our very own Punjab.
Harry Potter is after all about victory of good over the evil.All her books carries the the same refrain that its us who chooses who we become.However how bad be the adversary we always have hope.Its us who shall make choices and choices make us who we are.
At the stroke of midnight when the clock will strike 12the half of the world shall remain awake for the last of the franchise of Harry Potter series.So many question remains to be answered.Will Harry Die? What is exactly deathly Hallows?Will Voldemort be defeated at last?One last shot .We wait with our bated breadth to see the end of the greatest epic of our time.

WAH TAJ! - Through The Looking Glass

“not a piece of architecture, as other buildings are, but the proud passions of an emperor’s love wrought in living stones.”
- English poet Edwin Arnold

So finally Taj made it!! On a fateful day of 7th july 2007 when India was in slumber, in a star studded event In Lisbon, Portugal Taj Mahal was declared as one of the Seven Wonders of World to the glee of 100 billion Indians.Approximately 10 crore votes alone came from India.I had written one post named Huzoor WAH TAJ! Boliye in our Wall Mag.
We had quite a bit of lively discussion as to whether Taj needs this wild publicity.I like to cite a quite interesting bit of comment from my fellow blogger and my mentor Shayon.

You know, I don't feel it's about recognition, it's more about the prestige of being officially recognized. Think of it on these lines. Everyone in your class knows that you're a whiz in maths. But nothing beats the exhilaration of being felicitated by your school's principal on annual day, for the same. Everyone knows the contribution of Raj Kapoor to Hindi Cinema, then why does he still receive life time achievement awards on every other felicitation ceremony?


Hmm..I thouht that was quite a cheesy thought!! In his words had been the Taj in the list of seven Wonders then it would have been universally recognized and people from all nook and corner of the globe namely "either a farmer in Brazil or a construction worker in Luxemburg or prolly some mathematician from St Petersburg." would have been aware of the Marvel of Marble.

Then in a quite bizarrely turn of events all our focus shifted to mobile operators and their SMS rates.So after a hearty discussion we came to naught, back to square one. Then today I chanced upon the post by Sakshi called And the Taj says "Thank you". It said something like this.......

"The Final list is out, and Taj has made it to the Seven Wonders of the world. I am sure if it were allowed a thank you speech, the monument of love would have said - That finally, people showed their love to me. Thank you India....!!!"

Well, that prompted me to scribble this post. I know it might be a overcooked topic right now..but I can't help putting my thoughts in place.



"The embodiment of all things pure, all things holy and all things unhappy."
-Rudyard Kipling

Well, now that the Taj has been placed in the list of seven wonders we being Indians have every reason to be happy. All this euphoria around Taj was created by countless ads and fervent campaigning media.Surely did it captured our imagination but for a very weak cause i.e for getting it included in the Seven Wonders List. Well, readers might be frowning at this but let me clarify that I am not against Taj being made one of the Seven Wonders because after all this is no mean feat!!But what pisses me off the way media projects it - all this brouhaha and hype.All of a sudden we see scores of music videos and ads bearing the "Vote for TAj" pleas.All we are concerned about is the recognition of Taj and we turn a blind eye to the maladies surrounding TAj.Yes! Taj is dying! Drastic climatic changes and increasing level of pollution in the atmosphere have slowly degrading this beauty and it wont be long we shall see a very dull looking Taj.How many times have we ever concerned ourselves with this sad-state-of affairs?? How many have we seen or heard "Save Taj" poll in this decade?Aren't we responsible for preserving our national monument ,our national pride?All we look for is glitz and glory.Being one of the wonders in the world is fine but that shouldn't turn out to be a lifetime achievement award for Taj.As a responsible citizen we should not only bask in the glory of out national treasure but also ensure we don't turn a blind eye to this ravishing beauty.Our future generation deserves beholding TAj with all its luster and grandeur.Well,I guess right now the Taj might be saying -" Thank for all the love and support u have given me but please have concern for my declining health."

You know Shah Jahan, life and youth, wealth and glory, they all drift away in the flow of time. You strove therefore, to perpetuate only the sorrow of your heart…Let the splendour of diamond, pearl and ruby vanish…Only let this one teardrop, this Taj Mahal, glisten spotlessly bright on the cheek of time, forever and ever."
– Rabindranath Tagore

Etymological Dysfunction

Everyone abhors epithets.It is sometimes uncalled upon if u are an important person.It often turns out to be a cliche.But I love this idea of epithets being bestowed to sumone or sumthing. " The Wall" we say in reverance when we are actually applauding the diligence and the dogged determination of Rahul Dravid."King of Pop" a title lovingly bestowed on MJ by his fans, "Material girl" an idiom connected with Madonna. " Deep Blue" , the lebel is as popular as the original mammoth of a company i.e IBM.By and large these title are lovingly conferred by the well-wishers and the ardent fans as a mark of their undying love and loyalty.But there are isolated cases when there labels become a bane for the recipients." Best Batsman Ever Walked on Earth" try reminding our beloved Tendulkar about his once held tiltle and he wont be too pleased. The expectation and the trust of billions of cricket-crazy fans-it weighs upon him. He will be more than pleased to foresake his tiltle to someone else nowadays as he realizes that he has reached the twilight of his career and he can never be the same Tendulkar again.But still we the people ,the sycophant and star-gazers lot never fall behind in lebelling or as a matter of fact 'branding'. Here's a few pearl that I have picked up which has constantly been in news.




BCCI: Unlike the common notion that the billion and billions of blistering barnacles @#&! oops!! ....sorry billions and billions of fans nurture that this acronym stands for an institution of its own kind- an autonomous , fair and a council of the finest cricketing brains in the country, well a news for U! It stands for Board of Complete Chaos of India or probably Bunch Of Complete Cronies of India!!Take ur pick!
Of late BCCI has shown that despite being the richest of all clubs in the world it has the most irresponsible, unjust and inefficient men at the helm. BCCI can never claim that that way of their governing was smooth and undisputed but the recent Ford-Fiasco has bolstered the claim that it needs a complete remake and probably young hot-footers having the reins.Sharad Powar and Co has proved beyond doubt that they have failed miserably in their tall-claims of taking Indian Cricket to new heights. In fact Indian Cricket had finally hit the floor of a bottomless pit.The debacle in the World Cup and the aftermath of that , the Great Indian Comedy-the comedy of a situation that was made in the selection of the new Indian Coach has left the protagonists of the game red-faced.As an eternal optimist we hope that after storm comes calm weather, we see light at the end of the tunnel.Our only wish the light does not turn out to be that of an incoming train!!!!


The B.O.S.S : Reading this some might jump the gun that the word boss is a cliche and overused to the extent that the very sound of it repels us. Nope I am not referring to the great Bruce Springsteen or the foul-mouthed and bad-smelling creature, whose habitat include mostly unkempt and dungeon-like hideout called office and glitzy bars,it's food habit includes mostly junk food and umpteen shot of black-coffee,perceived largely as a sexual predator it's mating season has no specific time-line,it usually savors for young female mostly new-kids-on-the-block: the unsuspecting,gullible and ambitious damsels who wants to make it big.Well, I am referring to none of them. I am merely being paying my homage to the lagrer-than-life Superstar Rajni.With his faithful legion of fans and their fan club spanning various countries, one cannot simply deny the fact which stares in our face that Rajni may be the greatest of all living Mega stars of Indian Film scape .He commands a fee that is four to five times what our top heroes in Bollywood charge.With his staccato-style of dialog delivery and eccentric mannerism, he is hailed as a demi-god to his umpteen fans. Shivaji his latest flick( happens to be the costliest of all Indian cinema,whose approxbudget was a whopping 80 crores!!) has given rise a mass hysteria cutting across the southern borders to Mumbai where the advance booking for two weeks was full!!!! Imagine this for a Bollywood film!! I am afraid there are none.Jhoom Barabar Jhoom was released on the same date as Shivaji and it has gone cold almost in almost three days but Shivaji is still going strong in Mumbai theaters And we thot BigB was the undisputed emperor of Indian Cinema!!!!
Oh! by the way I almost forgot B.O.S.S stands for Bachelor of Social Service.Nope it is not a new-fangled course in DU, it is the title supposedly bestowed to Rajni a.k.a his namesake Shivaji.


Madam President: The Throne to RaisinaHill was always disputed and 2007 was no exception! The UPA send a shock wave through the nation by nominating Pratibha Patil ,a low key Congress candidate for the top spot.This led to the unprecedented-a women Prez first time ever after India became sovereign .If we revert back to history for reference then we shall see Razia Sultana was the last women to rule India. Some frowned, some scowled but majority gave a thumbs up for the decision.This situation gave rise to an unique dilemma, the re-christening of the post.Should it be called Rashtrapati or Rashtrapatni? Academics are still in a haze to this unique situation.





Monsoon Wading: "Rain falling down/Right from the clouds/I don't know why/I am feeling fine".
Well,It sounded very enticing when the the entire North India was reeling in the heat.Remember the scene in the film Lagaan when the perched villagers were expectantly looking at every flock of cloud hoping for showers.Well it was not too long the reel life was emulated in real life.But after the Monsoon broke in it brought with it another bane, water clogging. It is quite a routine seeing the cities immersed in knee-deep water and people wading thu them, obviously a result of archaic drainage system. so much for the rain !!

Rain, Rain Go away/
Come again some other day/
We want to go outside and play/
Come again some other day/
Rain,Rain Go away!

Looking Back

Well, iI am feeling an alltime low now coz my beloved blogpage on whose account I have wasted so many of my precious hours i s going nowhere! Comments have ceased to pour in and bloghits have touched an alltime low.Well,I guess I haven't been writing good and substantioal posts of late. Alll my previous posts after I scrutinized them throughly, I find are low in content and have little knowlwdge value. All of them revolves around fun and entertainment. Not surprisingly I tagged them as craps!!

Well,its time to revive my blogpage.Viewers like Rathz , Sakshi, Shayon who have been very kind and flattering and have kindly extended their goodwill in writing comments over my posts, I thank u all for bearing my craps and goof-ups.Special than to Arushi to always have a gud thing to write on my blog. Thanx a tonne to u.You are a sweetheart!

So stay put guyz.Next time u shall c an improved version of my blogpage. Lets say karma-through-the-looking-glass. v2.0.

Tintin-Through the lookin glass...

When Gerorge Remi a.k.a Herge created this snub-nosed crime reporter, with his trademark hairdo, about 80 years ago, little did he cud realize the immense popularity of this pint-sized hero shall remain unabated till date.Born in 1929 as a comic strip hero . Tintin has grown in volume and fame ever since ,cutting across nations and language barriers and stood out as a cult figure in all European countries as well as India.Though embroiled in controversies over the depiction of non-European people in unjust ways as a result Herge being called in derogatory terms as racist.His take on Russia in his foremost comic was widely criticized.All his books had some clandestine agenda which seemingly depicting fictional country actually had strains of the ongoing conflicts among various European countries.
Despite all these Tintin is a phenomenon.After Peter Jackson and Stephen Spielberg has shown a keen interest in putting Tintin on screen,there has been an upsurge.Age is no barrier to this young ,fearless reporter from Belgium, people of all age group still enjoy reading his wacky adventures.His long list of fans include the Legendary Charles De Gaulle (who in a election rally said to the teeming masses that his popularity is just a shadow of what Tintin enjoys in France) and our very own Satyajit Roy who seldom marveled at the eye for detail in Tintin comics.
Like the umpteen masses who are at love with this guy-wonder, I am also a fervent follower of Tintin since the day of three.
So hereby on the Birth Centenary of the creator Herge I allow my imagination to run unbound.So what if Tintin was born in India and our filmmakers decided to make a film on him!! Well quite an challenging proposition coz to fit in the characters of one need s plenty of imagination and intent. I have listed some of 'em. u ppl help me out on others.

Tintin

Well,for playing the character of Tintin ,one should have the plunk of a reporter as well his boyish charms. To be frank none actually fitted the bill. In Hollywood we have plenty of green horns who would gleefully grab this role of a life time but in our very own Bollywood that wud spell danger specially when this film will have so much hype going around.we, the film mongers are basically star-gazers so we have to look to the tried and tested.Inevitably the first choice that comes is the legion of Khan's.Salman khan is a obvious reject coz his height doesn't match.King Khan we can easily ignore coz it will be hope against hope asking him do away with his stereotype hairdo.Amir Khan- yes he certainly fits the bill perfectly.With his ever growing appetite of reinventing himself,he is bound to accept the role and time and again he has proved he can sport different hairdos with out hesitation. maybe we shall see a different side of Amir's personality when he sports the Mohawk stlye thet the guy reporter has made do popular.

Professor Calculus

For this feisty and maverick geek I cud find none suitable than the brilliant and the understated Naseeruddin Shah. After doing so many roles of wide variety , I guess Naseer-bhai wud not reject this role. In Krishh he had played a wicked Doc , I am pretty sure will do the good 'ol prof quite brilliantly as he always does!! He need a bit of makeover which i guess can be easily managed.

Captain Haddock

Billions and billions of blistering barnacles!! Seamonger!!Ungulates!!Misguided Missile!!Diplodocus!!
Well,I don't have to say more as it is quite evident from the curses that I am talking about the fav 'ol captain. To me he is one character who has rendered the comic edge of Tintin series almost single handedly.Quite adept in involving himself in tight situations and always have a word or two to say. A connoisseur of whiskey and an seasoned sailor, he is one of the memorable characters in Tintin series.To enact means the person sud have his panache and his eloquence and who better than our motormouth Siddhu-bhai to don this role.Well, Siddhu bhai for the sake of the film you have to don the sailors hat for a while. Just be yourself and soon we cud see the desi version of Haddock blurting out " Statistics are like miniskirts. What they reveal is suggestive and what they hide is essential!!"

Thomson and Thompson

Well,let be reveal a secret. Despite their striking resemblance Thomson and Thompson are not twin brothers!! They are just different people who are in a an illusion that they are brothers.It is quite evident from their surnames.Anyway I had a hard time trying to find the ideal cast for them until i chanced upon the Roshan Brothers. Don't u think they have amazing resemblance? Rajesh has no acting experience as his elder bro has, well, then again you don't need too much acting acumen when u are acting as the Thompson and Thomson ...u require to be grumpy and able to handle the bowler hats.

Nestor

Well, this was a difficult choice.Nestor the loyal butler is one of my fav characters.His undying trust in his master has stood him in good stead.Formerly a butler of the Bird Boys who were behind the kidnapping of Tintin to find out about the missing scrolls which cud lead them to the treasure of the Red Rackham. He became the butler of Tintin and Captain Haddock after they claimed the Marlinspike residence from the Bird Bros.
well, I guess Anupam Kher just suits fine.He has the acting prowess and also the right look.The picks are there for comparison.

Really weird

Thank you for Fucking, Austria

Well, before u readers frown at the inappropriate topic which u may think u stumbled upon and may be tempted to close this post..... Just hold a sec!!
Fucking is a small settlement (population c. 150) in Austria. The village is known to have existed as "Fucking" since at least 1070. The settlement's most famous feature is a traffic sign with its name on it beside which English-speaking tourists often stop to have their photograph taken. The sign is the most commonly stolen street sign in Austria. Significant amounts of public funds are spent on replacing the stolen signs !!!


Erving's Location. Population: 1

Erving's Location is situated in Coos County, New Hampshire. In New Hampshire, locations, grants, townships (which are different from towns), and purchases are unincorporated portions of a county which are not part of any town and have limited self-government (if any, as many are uninhabited). According to the 2000 census, one person lived in Erving's Location. Some have speculated that the census statistics for Erving's Location could have been a computer glitch.

Welcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch


Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales. It is best known for having the longest officially recognised place name in the United Kingdom, and one of the longest in the world.

The village's long name was contrived in the 1860s for the prestige of having the longest name of a railway station in Great Britain, and could not be considered an authentic word in the Welsh language. A translation into English would yield "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio of the red cave".

A volte face of " Llife in Reverse"

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.

Well, right from childhood we have heard it untold times , we have read it umpteen times that ours is a nation of diversities. Unity in diversity has been our mantra from the time we got our freedom.But sadly we never truly practiced what we preached. There has been cases when the very basis of our unity and sovereignty has been put to jeopardy. The demolition of Babri Masjid, Godhra carnage, riot post-Mumbai blast in 1993 has been but a gory and forgettable phase of our history.But still we have managed to hold our fabrics together.We have maintained what the Westerners have beheld in awe -to be the world's largest democracy. Few days back Bill Clinton the former Prez of United States told in a private party to Sant Chatwal - " You come from a great country where the president in a Muslim, the Prime minister is a Sikh and the head of the ruling party is a Catholic Christian."

I just stumbled into a great pick that speaks volumes of what I am trying to convey to u all.

Passion of Christ

Centrifugal force !!!

In lighter vain!!

Well, junta complain that I don't post frequently enuff. So thats why I reverted to something that really interests me Mathematics.Well, junta don't yawn coz what u shall c is not the number-crunching stuff but mathematics in a lighter vain. Mathematics largely perceived as a arcane and pristine stuff, which is absolute and don't defer in any circumstances ; but few realize that maths can be pure fun if u can see the funny side of mathematics.mathematical fallacies are very commonplace and can be very entertaining stuff.For example this one which I came to know as early as class six.It was pretty baffling to me that time but u just cant ignore the craftiness of the problem. OK here we go!!

a = b [ let us assume]

ab = b² [ Multiplying both sides by b]

ab – a² = b²- a² [ Subtracting both sides by a² ]

a(b-a) = (b-a)(b+a) [ simplifying]

a = b + a

Let us say a = b = 1 conforming to our initial hypothesis

So, 1 = 1+ 1

i.e 1 = 2 !!!!!! [ Is that possible ???!!@@# ]

Well, if u have an answer do write it in my scrap. Well, now we'll have some twist with mathematical symbols. Here it goes

∫ e^x = ∫ uⁿ

I know that this is mathematically outrageous , a complete blasphemy of integral calculus and a complete nonsense when it comes to its mathematical integrity. But however here is some thing hidden in this ........ a little funny something which an inquisitive and shrewed mind can only see. See between the lines and decipher it to me!!

Pearls Picked up!!!

Too good to miss this one.........

What A Waste !!!

For Electrical engineers!!!

The Ultimate Rejection Letter!!u

Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA  34109

Dear Professor Millington,

Thank you for your letter of March 16.After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer mean assistant professor position in your department.

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.
Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen

Februry 14th -Just Another Day in our lives

Is something today special?
Ah! yes Today's " The Day". The coveted " Lovers Holiday"
For all the Lovebirds to express their affection and display their trust to their better-half, which means a sizable money being expended for cards, flowers, chocolates and cards.Pretty costly affair I feel but lovers insists without them the charm seems to be missing.A pretty
trying time this for the Hawaldars posted at Parks and food-Joints.They just can't keep people sitting in flocks or as a matter of fact in pairs. Neither they can stop them from getting mushy and doing something stupid. Sexcapes will be the order of the day.
Love is one the air they say. Jolly good I say... It's all over AIR!! I mean The All India Radio.
" So whom do you dedicate this song to?"..." Hi! What message do want me to pass to ur lover?"......."Congrats u win a couples movie pass for Just Married "...." U win a kool T-shirts from radio-mirchi with the autograph of Abhi-Ash!"...... Phew!!!
The TV too will have its share of pie.Reality shows will take a backseat and family-saops will take a break( thankfully though).It's time for " Best 10 Romantic Songs Ever" or " Best On-screen couples" ( which SRK-Kajol will win handsdown year after year). Channels like Aaj Tak will go gaga over Abhi-Ash and its headlines will feature ' How Abhi-Ash got Fixed,Got a Life and Got wild!!' and stuffs like that.
Novelty shops and online retailers will go on a frenzy today. Love is a good business to stake ur money, a guaranteed bullish run. Even if it fails u have those " I am sorry" cards" to invest in. The love-Sensex never plummets.
For cynics like me it will be like every other day outta the bland 365 days .But,I am not complaining.If its not important to me then it doesn't mean it will be to others.Nothing to do with my virility though!!! It's just that I feel this day is over-hyped phenomenon.Why picking out one day? Why not the other 364 days? Don't other days count? Does it not matter if u present someone flowers on 1st April.Oh!yes its a wrong day to do that! Gimme a break!!!

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.
- Jules Renard

To My Valentine

More than a catbird hates a cat,
Or a criminal hates a clue,
Or the Axis hates the United States,
That's how much I love you.

I love you more than a duck can swim,
And more than a grapefruit squirts,
I love you more than a gin rummy is a bore,
And more than a toothache hurts.

As a shipwrecked sailor hates the sea,
Or a juggler hates a shove,
As a hostess detests unexpected guests,
That's how much you I love.

I love you more than a wasp can sting,
And more than the subway jerks,
I love you as much as a beggar needs a crutch,
And more than a hangnail irks.

I swear to you by the stars above,
And below, if such there be,
As the High Court loathes perjurious oathes,
That's how you're loved by me.

-Ogden Nash

Fata1ty - The Czar of Cyber-sport...

"You have to be smart. You can't just run around doing whatever you want. You have to plan things. Like in tennis - or any sport - you have to plan out the attack. You can't just go out there and kick the ball in the goal, or hit the ball over the net, and expect to win. You have to set up the point. You have to set up before the kill.
Any athlete who plays sport and knows how to win at the highest level can easily transfer to these kinds of games and play at the highest level. They automatically have an advantage over a gamer who just sits there and plays around for fun."

These are the words of one of the greatest athletes of our times, Jonathan 'Fata1ity' Wendel, well as a matter of fact of a very different milieu-the cyberarena.He is what every computer frenzy youngster would dream to be- to play the game of their choice and get paid for that! When our parents badgered seeing us glued to out computer screens fragging off aliens or building an empire with Huns or Teutons they should see this guy in full swing. At 25 he is considered by many as the greatest cyber-athlete ever and probably the only person of our civilization to take gaming as a full-time profession. Till date he has amassed approximately US $500,000 in cash and prizes from professional competitions. Born in Kansas City, Mo., Wendel , as many of us would be tempted to visualize, is not a computer super-nerd , rather he relishes quite a array of sports like baseball, football, golf, hockey, tennis, whatever he can lay his hands upon.At the age of 12 t0 14 he frequented to videogame parlours and played games like Mortal Kombat to whet his appetite for gaming.
Wendel has been a successful competitor in several first-person shooter games. He debuted as a professional gamer in October 1999 by placing 3rd in the Quake III Arena tournament at the CPL's FRAG 3 event. Although he has played with top Counter-Strike and Call of Duty teams, most of his successes have been with one-versus-one deathmatch games including Quake III Arena, Unreal Tournament 2003, and Painkiller, the game in which he nearly invincible. The basic idea of Painkiller is pretty simple. U shall get ultra-violent guns , well as a matter of fact lottsa them with deadly precision and kool names.U see ur opponent , frag em' with little mercy lest he shall get u. Basic theory" show no mercy for u shall receive none!"...and thats where Wendel is really Fatal!!Asked if he is the best in the world, he replies, "If you say so. I'm trying to be modest here but, yes. I'm pretty good."
With worldwide sales of video game consoles and software are expected to reach $30 billion this year – which is more than twice the revenue of the NFL, the NBA, and Major League Baseball combined professionnal gamers have lot to cheer for.Having 41 tournaments under his belt, playing the same shoot’em-up video games that you can buy in most stores travelling, all-expenses paid, to every continent except Antarctica, at the age of 25 he's he is an over-achiever and still hungry for more!!. He has played in Moscow's Red Square, and on the Great Wall of China. And everywhere he goes, he is besieged by fans who hail him as some kinda demi-god.
With cyber-gaming fad is growing loud it won't be long that pc-gamers will be eyeing a mega-gaming event like Cyber-Olympics encompassing all nations.Events like CPL and WCG are pretty popular in India but we not even close as to nations like Singapore , Malaysia , Japan has to offer. With internet penetration at every nook and corner in those country India can only hope to reach that level in near future.Professional gaming is very new-fang led notion and there are not many Wendel's out there. But in the presence of an Mega-cyber event more and more gamer will be prompted to take it as a profession. The initial infra-structure is pretty low-cost compared to outdoor events.All u need is a monster 0f a console with latest graphics card offering blazing fast frame rate , a decent mouse and keyboard and an original copy of a game u wud play which can be found in any computer store.With increasing level of competitiveness u might think of having a coach at ur disposal to keep u updated of the strategies of ur competitors! " Gaming is waste of time"- critics ( mostly parents and doting girl-friends, who has least affection to this trade) wud sneer but what they ignore is that like any professional spoting it needs skills like quick-silver hand-and-eye co-ordination, timing, strategy and ability to measure up ur opponent- the full package.Also u need to be physically fit to coz sitting in front of computer for 8-12 hours put the body under a lot of stress.But that can be easily sorted out coz every sport has a quota of injuries and gaming being a sedentary trade shall spare u with a lot of bruises and pains!!
Right, so wat is the point wat I am making!! This goes for those find PC-gaming convulsive and obnoxious.Next time when u see some one sitting in front of the TFT monitor blasting off monsters or counter-terrorists with aplomb then u can be sure of that this cud be the making of probably another Jonathan ' Fata1ty' Wendel!!!

Watch out for Fata1ty in action!!!!-

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