my hard disk is dying and i am trying to recover whatever data i can. If you are depending on your hard disk alone, go back it up before u reach this stage! the thought of losing all data is scary!

One of my all-time favorite Hollywood actors, Robin Williams is in a rehab for alchohol abuse after being sober for about 20 years.

O Captain, My Captain! I wish you a speedy recovery.

Uthishta Bharatha

God Bless USA ?
God Bless India ?

I believe in and belong to a tradition, which says God bless the Existence.

Sarve Api Sukhinah santu
Sarve santu niramayah
Sarve bhadrani Pashyantu
Maa kaschid dukha bhag bhaveth

This is an ancient sanskrit verse which roughly translates to:

May every being be happy,
May every being be free from all diseases,
May every being be blissful,
May there not be a trace of sorrow for anyone.

This summarizes the concept of world citizenship which Socrates advocated.

Having said that, I also believe that we have a moral and an ethical obligation to give back to our country and society, for all that it has given us. The obligation is as imperative as the obligation that we have towards humanity in general, if not more.

It is amusing, how much She is a part of me both at conscious and sub-conscious levels. There is something "Indian" in the way I percieve every thing. My love for her is pure, without any expectations. Today is India's 59th Independence day. In introspection we have achieved a lot as a free country, but a lot desires to be done. Unfortunately there are a lot fewer people who truely take it as an obligation to do something for the nation, but most of them whine against what is lacking. My dear friends, India is a democratic country, each and every one of her lapse is a lapse in the way we live, in the way we behave and in the way we percieve and act on things. I feel it especially sad when people who live/have lived in another developed country disown themselves of the filth they see in the society condemning it. Not that it is any worse or better than people living within the country frowning and admonishing what they see, without acting upon it.

We know that there are many problems, But why do we expect it will change for the better. It will only get worse, unless someone acts on it. But who? It is better if it is me and you, for it is our filial duty.

There are three components essential to this rejuvenation.

----> Renewed Political will
----> Active Citizenry
----> Compassionate Businesses

From now on, I will try to write on how each of these components can work towards building a better society. What each one of us can do and must do, rather than living in the hope that one day there will be light from somewhere.

Listen to this beautiful album compiled and arranged by A.R.Rehman which has the Indian National Anthem sung by the finest artistes of Indian Music.

Vande Mataram (I bow to thee, Mother)

Fursat ke raat din

misra ghalib ka hai (misra: couplet)
aur khaifiyat har ek ki apni apni (khaifiyat: mood)
dil dhoondtha hai
phir wohi fursat ke raat din (fursat: respite)




The Original Version:
jii dhoondthaa hai phir vahii fursat, ki raat din
baithe rahen tasavvur-e-jaanaa.n kiye hue (tasavvur: imagination)
- Mirza Ghalib

The Contemporary Version:
dil dhoondthaa hai phir vahii, furasat ke raat din
baithe rahe tasavvur-e-jaanaa.n kiye hue
....
....
- Gulzar


Listen to the song here.
Singer: Bhupinder
Music: Madan Mohan

"Man's greatest asset is the unsettled mind."

- Isaac Asimov

tumula... continues

I am having a tough time getting sleep. Probably its the caffeine effect or it is because of some unanswered questions. But they were answered! Were they? No. But why?

Grady Booch once said that the problem with raising the level of abstraction very high is that it becomes difficult to debug problems at lower levels, this applies to not just a computer program but to life as well. We are talking here only of mortals. Philosophy, like any theoretical science can only talk in abstract terms. Yes, Jiddu is a different kind of philosopher, a very different kind indeed. Infact he was questioning this very act of theorizing and abstraction. But how different is sensitivity from any other approach? Is it another kind of abstraction? I don't know. I probably haven't understood it completely. Can a mediocre understand any of these philosophies and truely apply them in a day to day life.

It appears like there can be only two outcomes to this scenario. Either, give up the fight or continue the struggle giving in during the process. For now though, I can see a third option, try to catch some sleep.