I came across this video recently. I see it is a fairly old video. But the fact that jokers like Arjun Singh become Union Ministers and are able to push their way around without the slightest knowledge of their actions, dampens my optimism regarding India’s future. I am in support of reservations if it really helps the society but this video will force you to believe otherwise. For once, I ended up admiring Karan Thapar’s idiosyncratic mindset. This video should have been a technocrat’s campaign video in the current Lok Sabha elections.I do not claim the credits for the video or its excerpts which have solely been borrowed from [...]
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” All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.” – George Orwell Today India faces it’s worst crisis, which will affect millions, like me. Today the common man in India gets to exercise his right to vote, a right to choose the way he wants to live. Throughout the last five years [...] This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some [...] Today Gargi and I went for a day trip to San Francisco. Our friend Prasanna was supposed to join us, but then he could not make it and hence we started our trip at 6:30 AM. We first went to the shoreline lakes for doing some birding and bird photography. This session was largely unproductive, [...] Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture. [...] Preface to “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by oscar [...] All I want to say to my dad; put in words, by Ann [...]
Dasvidaniya “Dasvidaniya” actually is a phrase do svidania which means goodbye. This film was rumoured to be a remake of Bucket List. But it hardly matters as I never saw that. This story is about a man who is detected with fatal stomach cancer and only has 3 months to live. Till now a complete loser, he [...] This trip was one of the most weird in terms of its planning and execution. Gargi and me were in India two weeks before and then pretty busy with our work lives. I was working till the last evening and so was everyone I guess. Kartik was busy with his end of semester work and [...] |
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