I am about the laziest fellow I have ever met. Sometimes, you see. Wanted to blog but put it off, telling myself, "There is nothing worthwhile to write about." When I really wanted to blog about something, I found my words becoming too acerbic. I don't like to hurt people. I seldom get angry, but when I do, Hell hath no fury like me. I am the volcano which erupts once every year. I believe that it's fine. You have to let the steam out at least once a year.
The problem is, I feel bad about it usually. But this time, I am not. In fact, I am happy that I got angry. Somebody has to get angry at these fellows for the way in which they treat us. What are we? Puppets? You would think as much if you were in my place. And, by God, the Chief Guest was absolutely the biggest Idiot I have ever seen in my entire life. To serve in hell would have been a better option than to listen to his speech. O Lord! I have come to this! Half an hour of pure, 24 carat gibberish. Even the squealing of babies make more sense.
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Stock markets going down is an unpleasant change after daily reports of " Sensex reaches yet another high" The biggest issue in my house right now is "Whether U.S will go into recession?" I really hope that it only slows down a bit, and not recede. With the global economy so heavily dependent on it, the U.S economy in recession would be a 'nightmare come true'.
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What is wrong with the banks?
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Sunday, 23 March 2008
Friday, 22 February 2008
At Random
Don't really have anything to write about. I am pining here for a full-fledged working day at college.I am fed up with holidays, free hours and the stuff. Give me some food for thought. Idleness is killing me inch by inch.
It is not that I don't have any work to do - a project this semester, three assignments to be completed soon. It is just that I am feeling totally uninterested. Half of the assignments have been completed but there is no satisfaction in doing this work. I wish something would come my way and make my life a bit more interesting - a good puzzle, maybe!
I am bored of Clinton- Obama news. Political news should be banned. I am bored to death with political news.
IPL is becoming sickening. Man, how much more should they play and we watch? This is sheer insanity! They should promote some other game if we are to retain our sanity!
Why on earth should Northern Rock be not nationalised.? My sympathies are with Mr. Darling, like any Indian.
Ah! The world is getting funnier with Kosovo. I can make neither the head nor the tail out of it!
Fidel Castro stepped down. As if it mattered! His brother was in charge for a long time now.
I am tired with hartals, bandhs and all forms of 'non-violent' movements which restrict the freedom of individuals to do what they want. No one seems to understand!
It is not that I don't have any work to do - a project this semester, three assignments to be completed soon. It is just that I am feeling totally uninterested. Half of the assignments have been completed but there is no satisfaction in doing this work. I wish something would come my way and make my life a bit more interesting - a good puzzle, maybe!
I am bored of Clinton- Obama news. Political news should be banned. I am bored to death with political news.
IPL is becoming sickening. Man, how much more should they play and we watch? This is sheer insanity! They should promote some other game if we are to retain our sanity!
Why on earth should Northern Rock be not nationalised.? My sympathies are with Mr. Darling, like any Indian.
Ah! The world is getting funnier with Kosovo. I can make neither the head nor the tail out of it!
Fidel Castro stepped down. As if it mattered! His brother was in charge for a long time now.
I am tired with hartals, bandhs and all forms of 'non-violent' movements which restrict the freedom of individuals to do what they want. No one seems to understand!
Monday, 28 January 2008
College starts again!
My classes have started again, barely five days after the exams have concluded!
I am left dumbfounded at the manner in which the college is changing. It is for good, I know but it is exhausting! I wish the University gets its act together at least this time. Exams are now running two months behind the schedule. I do not know how the sixth and seventh semesters will be. This is going to be a really, really tough year ahead for everyone.
I am left dumbfounded at the manner in which the college is changing. It is for good, I know but it is exhausting! I wish the University gets its act together at least this time. Exams are now running two months behind the schedule. I do not know how the sixth and seventh semesters will be. This is going to be a really, really tough year ahead for everyone.
Monday, 3 December 2007
SAVE EARTH
Sometimes I do wonder what all the people on earth are waiting for, to kickstart the mission to save the Earth. We are already quite late. I sincerely hope that we haven't really missed our last bus. It is annoying to find politicians turning a blind eye to such self-evident facts, and professing that global warming is a 'myth'.
It is now time for the common people to take initiative to fight this menace. Our country, India has been given a kind of special permit to pollute the environment a little more because our per capita emission of GHGs is quite low when compared to the U.S, the E.U and other heavily industrialised nations. However, this should not be taken as a licence to do 'anything-what-you-want' by the middle and the upper classes of the country. Indeed, our poor bretheren have been subsidising our emissions for the past many decades. The well-off in India are at least as bad or more probably, worse polluters than their counterparts on the other parts of the globe. Hence it is imperative that we take measures on our own to cut emissions.
It is not possible to transform a society like ours in a single day. However, small steps like
1. Replacing the incandescent lamps with CF lamps wherever possible,
2. Minimising wastage of electricity. Switch off appliances that will not be used soon. Iron all the clothes in a single go etc.
3.Use public transport as much as possible. If you need to use private vehicles, try car pooling. If the distance to be covered is small, go for a walk. Use energy-efficient vehicles and maintain them well.
4. Turn the background of your computer screen to black. (That brilliant idea behind Blackle!)
will go a long way.
I am not asking any one to plant trees as there is a big debate going on about the efficacy of such measures.
However, please please do not let anyone cut down the already existing forests without sufficient reason.
I am trying to walk the talk. It is very hard. But still, it's worth doing.
It is now time for the common people to take initiative to fight this menace. Our country, India has been given a kind of special permit to pollute the environment a little more because our per capita emission of GHGs is quite low when compared to the U.S, the E.U and other heavily industrialised nations. However, this should not be taken as a licence to do 'anything-what-you-want' by the middle and the upper classes of the country. Indeed, our poor bretheren have been subsidising our emissions for the past many decades. The well-off in India are at least as bad or more probably, worse polluters than their counterparts on the other parts of the globe. Hence it is imperative that we take measures on our own to cut emissions.
It is not possible to transform a society like ours in a single day. However, small steps like
1. Replacing the incandescent lamps with CF lamps wherever possible,
2. Minimising wastage of electricity. Switch off appliances that will not be used soon. Iron all the clothes in a single go etc.
3.Use public transport as much as possible. If you need to use private vehicles, try car pooling. If the distance to be covered is small, go for a walk. Use energy-efficient vehicles and maintain them well.
4. Turn the background of your computer screen to black. (That brilliant idea behind Blackle!)
will go a long way.
I am not asking any one to plant trees as there is a big debate going on about the efficacy of such measures.
However, please please do not let anyone cut down the already existing forests without sufficient reason.
I am trying to walk the talk. It is very hard. But still, it's worth doing.
Friday, 30 November 2007
Democracy
Finally Mr. Musharraf has taken over as the 'civilian' President of Pakistan. The whole thing was the neatest farce I ever saw in my entire life. It was so disgusting!
Quite honestly, I am more glad to be an Indian than ever. If any of our leaders would have ever tried to remove even a lower court judge so that an adverse judgement may be delayed, his/her government would have fallen the very next day. What a hue and cry it would have aroused! There, in Pakistan, almost no one else barring the lawyers and some students protested. I wonder how a ruler can impose an emergency on his country for such whimsical, vague reasons and people submit to it, without complaining.
I believe the reason clearly lies in the strength of our democracy. Though we speak 0f it in the most unforgivable terms, I shudder to think of the situation under a dictatorial rule. Our neighbouring countries seem to have developed a magnificent degree of tolerance for such regimes, which disgusts me.
Democracy, with all its pitfalls and failings, is the most legitimate form of government that man has ever known. It gives power and voice to the millions; the ruled have their say in the government. Revolutions are bloodless and it gives the citizens a much needed confidence.
I must admit that politicians become power-hungry and corrupt, but at least people can have a check on their activities. What happens in the case of a dictator - you cannot imagine him/her to be just and benevolent always. People are left helpless if s/he decides to resort to inhuman tactics to suppress the opposition against him/her. Moreover, democracy, in almost all cases supports and is supported by an independent and impartial judiciary which will save the citizens' rights even if the government takes wrong steps.
All Indians must be really grateful to leaders like Nehru, who could have turned our institutions into mere stooges by the charismatic hold they had on the public. They chose to strengthen them instead. Whatever the follies they are accused of, we have a duty to be thankful to them and our dear motherland for giving us this free air to breathe.
Quite honestly, I am more glad to be an Indian than ever. If any of our leaders would have ever tried to remove even a lower court judge so that an adverse judgement may be delayed, his/her government would have fallen the very next day. What a hue and cry it would have aroused! There, in Pakistan, almost no one else barring the lawyers and some students protested. I wonder how a ruler can impose an emergency on his country for such whimsical, vague reasons and people submit to it, without complaining.
I believe the reason clearly lies in the strength of our democracy. Though we speak 0f it in the most unforgivable terms, I shudder to think of the situation under a dictatorial rule. Our neighbouring countries seem to have developed a magnificent degree of tolerance for such regimes, which disgusts me.
Democracy, with all its pitfalls and failings, is the most legitimate form of government that man has ever known. It gives power and voice to the millions; the ruled have their say in the government. Revolutions are bloodless and it gives the citizens a much needed confidence.
I must admit that politicians become power-hungry and corrupt, but at least people can have a check on their activities. What happens in the case of a dictator - you cannot imagine him/her to be just and benevolent always. People are left helpless if s/he decides to resort to inhuman tactics to suppress the opposition against him/her. Moreover, democracy, in almost all cases supports and is supported by an independent and impartial judiciary which will save the citizens' rights even if the government takes wrong steps.
All Indians must be really grateful to leaders like Nehru, who could have turned our institutions into mere stooges by the charismatic hold they had on the public. They chose to strengthen them instead. Whatever the follies they are accused of, we have a duty to be thankful to them and our dear motherland for giving us this free air to breathe.
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Cutting hair
The easiest way to be noticed by everyone in your college, if you have hair of at least a moderate length, is to bob it. You should have looked at the incredulous eyes looking at me, their jaws dropping as I got out of the college bus. Persons who had never ever spoken to me earlier, came to me saying, "You cut your hair!" All my friends were shocked beyond belief for some time. I admit I was having a ball with so much of attention fixed on me.
It was a mistake, I freely admit. I should have been more sensible. But it is done and I can't do a thing about it until nature remedies it. For the first time in my memory, for a whole day, my parents didn't speak of bank - that they were busy firing me is no consolation, though. About sixty per cent of the people liked the hairstyle, thirty percent were neutral in their opinion and the remaining were vehemently against it.
It is fun though, my cold and fever have almost subsided and I needn't bother too much about my hair. I cannot decide on whether I am looking reasonabe or downright awful, judging by my image in the mirror.
My favourite reactions.
Anju-Dropped her jaw. Then started laughing and was squirming almost for a whole week.
Mom-"Where's the rest?"
Dad-A sarcastic smile. Then "Why didn't you shave it all off?" (Followed by a torrent of advice on why I shouldn't cut my hair)
It was a mistake, I freely admit. I should have been more sensible. But it is done and I can't do a thing about it until nature remedies it. For the first time in my memory, for a whole day, my parents didn't speak of bank - that they were busy firing me is no consolation, though. About sixty per cent of the people liked the hairstyle, thirty percent were neutral in their opinion and the remaining were vehemently against it.
It is fun though, my cold and fever have almost subsided and I needn't bother too much about my hair. I cannot decide on whether I am looking reasonabe or downright awful, judging by my image in the mirror.
My favourite reactions.
Anju-Dropped her jaw. Then started laughing and was squirming almost for a whole week.
Mom-"Where's the rest?"
Dad-A sarcastic smile. Then "Why didn't you shave it all off?" (Followed by a torrent of advice on why I shouldn't cut my hair)
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