Author: msanjay

  • may whole of humanity unite and strengthen in love so much that terrorism fades away on its own

    Nothing wrong in imagining… as John Lennon would agree… This morning it was so depressing watching the news. I really wonder how much these Indian news channels are helping (the wrong party!) Many of the scenes from the idiot box are showing with full zoom where commandos are hiding – wouldn’t this give a clear…

  • no limit to going astray?

    Once up on a time even the terrorist had surely started off as an innocent man. Somewhere in some circumstances, maybe holding on to some past incident, someone exploits him – manipulates his intelligence. Makes him believe he’s fighting for some noble cause. To the extent that he rationalizes his merciless butchering of his fellow…

  • Too big for my shoes?

    Too big for my shoes….? Originally uploaded by common man. Too big for my shoes? I may end up thinking so sometimes, but this picture proves quite the contrary… ! When my wife brought up this picture we took in a tourist center in Innsbruck, couldn’t resist posting it here. Now I’m back in Bangalore,…

  • notice anything new?

    This site was really getting bogged down with spam (though maybe not all of it visible easily) and it was pretty slow. I even got a mail from google… unfortunately for the wrong reasons… For almost a couple of years this site was the first hit for many keywords like ‘sanjay m’ (When I couldn’t…

  • living with radical honesty

    I’ve always found a lot of benefit in open, honest communication. This was a really nice article that highlights the advantages and definitely something worth attempting… Living With Radical Honesty, Brad Blanton Monday, July 28, 2008 5:30 AM I learned that the primary cause of most human stress, the primary cause of most conflict between…

  • Carl Sagan – Pale Blue Dot

    While helping my newphew-in-law with a physics astronomy assignment, and came across this amazing video of something that I’d posted earlier. “Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home, That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives….

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    ಯಾರಿಟ್ಟರು ಈ ಚುಕ್ಕಿ?

    ನನ್ನ mobile screen ಹಾಳಾಗೊಗಿದೆ – ಅದರ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಒಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕರಿ ಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಆಗಿದೆ. ನನ್ನ ಪುಟಾಣಿ ಜಿಂಕೆ ಮರಿ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಆಟ ಸಾಮಾನೆಲ್ಲ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಇದನ್ನೇ ಬೀಕೆನ್ನುವಾಗ ನಾನು ನಿರಾಕರಿಸದೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ನನಗಾಗಿರುವ ಶಿಕ್ಷೆ. ನಮ್ಮ ಕಛೇರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರೋ ಕೇಳಿದರು – ಯೀನೈತು ಸಾರ್ ಅಂಥ. ಹೇಳಿದೆ… “ಅಪ್ಪನ ಮೊಬೈಲ್ ಗೆ ಧುಷ್ಟಿ ಆಗಬಾರದು ಅಂಥ ನನ್ನ ಮಗ ಕರಿ ಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಇಟ್ಟಿರೋದು”