Archive for July, 2006

about douglas adams

Thursday, July 27th, 2006

I’d read the book Hitchiker’s Guide To The Galaxy during college days as well and had a laugh riot. But reading them recently after a many years I laughed again, but the books had an astonishing depth I’d never perceived before! I wondered why… Found some explanation for it in this article Lament for Douglas [...]

meet the bombyx mori

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

bombyx-mori Make a guess, what is this? Don’t google, just make a guess…:) Posting your guess here is optional, but in any case, this post will be updated with a kind of mini-thesis and more photographs soon…! ——– Tweet Share

he cares

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

[Another old report from a few years ago...] Mr. Mani, a retired bank employee hails from an ordinary lower mid-income background. While cycling to work everyday, he used to pass by the Bangalore Central Jail. He observed children crying outside the jail with the breadwinner of the family in the prison. The kids of life-convicts [...]

can you make a difference?

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

Its easy to make a kid smile – such a simple thing but a really rewarding experience. Once in a way when I’ve tried it, not only the kid is happy, its also brought out the best in me! Tweet Share

paraspara

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

[happened to accidentally e-unearth an old report from a few years ago - still very much valid actually] I believe that children are our future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children’s [...]

sms fun

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Got this SMS today… Today is Thomas Alwa Edison B’day so send wishes 2 all Tubelights. Now i have already sent to 1 Tubelight…. Hmm… and that too from my wife… I wanted to protest that he invented the lightbulb and not tubelight and today was not his birthday, its actually on Feb 11th, but [...]

FW: software for the heart

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

This is a forwarded mail I quite liked. It has a kind of sentimental tone as you might guess by the title, so its possible that it might immediately get associated with me having gotten married recently Not that I mind but just so that the point dosen’t get missed, I’d like to put a [...]

e-visit hampi

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Hadn’t known something like this was there for India – I’d seen plenty of such things for Western tourist spots. Really this is a beautiful use of technology for publicising our art and heritage! UNESCO World Heritage Tour: Hampi in Karnataka If you know any more such links please post them here. Tweet Share

not taken for a ride

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Just felt I must share this information with readers here – a brief note to say that yesterday evening I was able to give a gift to my one single girlfriend of this lifetime – a Kinetic Blazer scooter gifted from Radio City for answering where I live. Tweet Share

visit to a village

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

view album… Visited Vijetha’s village along with Anand (her brother) and my mom yesterday (“yesterday”, considering that its its just 2 minutes past 12). Mainly just posting photos here with a short summary here, more detailed writeup… hmm… don’t know when… Tweet Share