take the jump
short story from Paulo Coelho’s site – just do it
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climbers and mountaineering
[Anyone who’s actually done any mountaineering might relate to this more… Also maybe mountaineering is an exaggeration, I might consider changing it to hiking 😉 Actually these are just unstructured initial thoughts, I suppose this post will probably get edited over time – but no idea when… and below please regard him = him/her] Mountaineering…
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possible career directions
Found this in an email I’d sent dated November 2003! Looking back, it dosen’t look like I’ve done anything significant in this direction except maybe very indirectly. It may have been quite a while, but my interests have not changed, they’ve only strengthened. The signs have been pretty strong, definitely the universe has been most…
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A fresh perspective of a mother – not just a Mom!
an excellent email that looks at a mom’s job from a fresh perspective
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comical nostalgia
Was reading a post on comic book day by H.P. Today I happened to be talking to my neighbour about comics – I can still remember stories from Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha like I read them yesterday!
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breakthrough in image compression
“They couldn’t really accept the fact that an Indian company has done this and not an American company,” Arvind Thiagarajan remarked.
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upbringing free of fear
I will tell you one thing which may sound unpleasant, so please bear with me and by all means let me know your disagreement. We have been fed with fear all our life. We live on it. I have been told all my life that “water is a dangerous thing” and “there are snakes in…
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unexpected events in life
> …I think it really is a grim reminder of how > swiftly > and unexpectedly this life passes by. Certainly > never > when we have planned or prepared for it! Another reminder today – I tripped while crossing the road and got a (slightly) bleeding cut on my head and very sore knee…
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what is love?
love = love – selfishness
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surprising quote by Einstein
…”Well-being and happiness never appeared to me as an absolute aim”….