Stumped

What do I do in that spare time, when I am not all about myself ?
Umm. Hmm. Stumped. I don't remember having such spare time.

Moral Human

What is morality ? Is morality right doing ? Is an act moral or the human ? Is there a difference ? In my perception, there is. If I say a human is moral, it doesn't make sense. I believe lying, cheating, is natural to humanity, like anger, lust and greed. Infact, if we look at it a little closely, lying and cheating, are instruments of self-preservation and fullfillment. Fullfilment of conflicting desires.

Good News, Bad News

Another emerging IT city

While Bangalore continues to host the bulk of India's IT business and is home to more than 1,500 top firms, poor roads and traffic woes are now pushing IT firms to look beyond Bangalore -- to newer cities like Chandigarh, hundreds of miles north

Good because chandigarh is on my list of cities to live in !
Bad because Chandigarh is apparently one of the most beautiful cities of India. Imagine it has been only a few years since IT came to bangalore, and bangalore has migrated from is one of them to was one of them!

Early Detection, Early Response

Larry Brilliant in a TED talk, talks about his early life, his work in India, how smallpox was eradicated in India, and an important lesson on how to stop the next pandemic.

Video here.
You might want to download it, instead of streaming.

Renaissance Song

From wiki today:
that King Henry VIII was a talented musician and composer, and his song Pastime with Good Company became a popular tune throughout Renaissance Europe and remains a choral favorite?

Here's a rendition of it.
Lyrics in the wiki link.

A lively day

After a nice shower and a brunch, I now sit on my patio floor. It is a beautiful, beautiful spring day. Just below me there is the lawn of my complex. Two dandelions smile brightly in the sunlight. Gentle winds flow through the grass and the trees alike. The grass is well mowed. It feels as if someone has spread a soft green carpet in my yard. It looks calm, but as I look closely I find a lot of activity. With every wave of wind, the blades swing here and there, sometimes wildly. There are a few trees in my sight. A huge one to my right. Their barks look old. Spring has brought new leaves and young branches. They dance to the winds, with no particular movement and yet, they appear to move in a rthym.

The surroundings are abuzz with the birds chirping loudly. Blue sky streches over, with a flew clouds scattered in the sky here and there, and over the mountains. The mountains appear hazy in the brightness. Occassionally a car passes by. A few birds walk on the road, searching for food, and a bee buzzes near me, rushing madly. What makes this day full of life, is perhaps all these things happening together. I find it a luxury to be able to sit silently in this environment. Friends, family, my home, all kinds of memories waft in my thoughts, like the clouds in the sky. I am going to take my bike out now, go fill air in my tyres, and take ride on the boulder creek path. After that, it will be time for tennis.

Argh !

I feel so lonely today. There are some tiny sadnesses gnawing at me and of the scores of friends and relatives I have, I can't think of a single person I can unfold to. Argh. And yet, just by writing this out, I already feel better. Heh.

मंजिलें

हर मंजिल पहुंच हमने कहा
कुछ मकाम और हैं
अभी यह पाना है, यह बनाना है
कभी कभी यूं लगता है
यह हम मंजिलें बना रहे हैं
या मंजिलें हमे बना रही हैं ?
इतना हमे पता है
इमारतों के इस जंगल मैं
हमारी ईमारत बड़ी हो रही है
तुम्हारी झोपड़ी कि ऐसी कि तैसी
हमारी ईमारतें खडी हो रही है

Tanha

kis से कहें ki तनहा हम हैं
अकेले लोगों कि इस महफ़िल मैं
क्या तनहा कम हैं ?

Shelly Does Run

In this video
You've seen her in an Indian movie. Starts with L. That song is by snow patrol. I really like those lines "to think I might not see those eyes"

Insanity Update: I've heard this song a number of times in last few days. A huge number of times. 10. Umm. Sane enough, right ?

Ok make that 100. Now ?

"Slower, Slower we don't have time for that"

Tub. Tuboo.

We were discussing the movie Namesake. I haven't seen it yet and my friend said it's an ok movie. He was most impressed by Tuboo. "Tuboo has acted really well", he said.

Sunset

Witnessed a lovely sunset today, while running towards the mountains. Engulfed in shades of blue were the mountains. And as the sun set behind them, the backdrop became full with orange. Bundles of rays appeared to shoot straight up to the high sky. Others scattered to illuminate the canvas. For a few moments the mind was captivated by the beauty of the scenery. It forgot to plead "Stop stupid, how much will you run, the legs are killing me". And then I thought, nice view..came in good time. Should run at sunset time again.

And yes, ran about 3.5 miles today, in about 33 mins.

Taking up Running

I am preparing for a 10k run. Ran 2.9 miles in about 28 mins, on our third run. I have never been a serious runner, but there were couple of years atleast when I jogged, apart from sugar-high outbursts in kindergarten. 10th grade, and final year undergrad. Though from when I can remember, running and walking are two activities, which I've a natural liking for.

Aside. I pondered over this question today: Sigh. I have forgotten the construct. What we need is telepathic recording, so what I am thinking gets instantaneously recorded on some medium aside from the sphagetti in the head.

Broken M-key

Ha ! So I am not the only one in this cosmos with a misbehaving M key. There's someone else too !

ilaaz-e-dard

dard kya hai maloom hai
ilaaz kya hai, yeh bhi maloom hai
magar is dard ka ilaaz kya hai
bas yahi nahi maloom hai

Poetry Today

Sit

Sit, drink your coffee here; your work can wait awhile.
You're twenty-six, and still have some of life ahead.
No need for wit; just talk vacuities, and I'll
Reciprocate in kind, or laugh at you instead.

The world is too opaque, distressing and profound.
This twenty minutes' rendezvous will make my day:
To sit here in the sun, with grackles all around,
Staring with beady eyes, and you two feet away.

-- Vikram Seth

Tired of unpressing deadlines, I was random-surfing indiauncut.com,
and came across this poetry, which I distantly liked
As lazy is this afternoon as it is boring,
and without any unpressing deadlines, I wondered about the narrator
if it's old, wild or resigned
hurt, fallen or declined
musing or just passing time
that were all these attributes of the narrator
or mine

Work

Is hafte shayad tunnel ke end se light dikhegi
aur main dungeon se aazad ho kar khuli hawa main saans loonga !
Kuch hi din huye hain gadhon ki tarah kaam karte
Par aisa lagta hai
Muddatein gujar gayi hain aaram karke

Horn Ok Please

This is a nice animation filam on a day in the life an Indian Taxi Driver. Found via desipundit

Desi Web 2.0

mapmyIndia

colors from india

Check out some excellent photographs over here.