tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66494254751170508762024-02-20T23:46:23.994-08:00Through the Looking GlassMy perspective of the world aroundSinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-18487189575668318312012-12-19T19:49:00.001-08:002012-12-19T19:49:16.165-08:00The Bigger Battle
Every hour I get new updates of the gruesome gang-rape case in Delhi. Every new bit of information seems to add to the horror of the event. Protests are abound, options for elevating safety are discussed in the parliament, and ways to punish the perpetrators discussed widely on social media. At the other end of the world, a nation reels as 20 children younger than 10 are shot by a gunman on an Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-90986395411365666542012-11-23T13:16:00.001-08:002012-11-23T13:16:13.166-08:00Wreck it Once More!
NB. Special thanks to Pulkit Anand. Both for inspiration and the prerogative.NB2. If you have not seen this already, I insist that you rush to the nearest theatre.-----
Its been a while since I have watched a really satisfying animation movie. The year so far brought Brave, and then Hotel Transylvania. Both were good, don't get me wrong. But when you come out of the theatre, it has a small timeSinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-70594518398717793762012-11-20T20:36:00.000-08:002012-11-20T20:36:02.990-08:00If money did not matter
This is what I am writing about:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=448877845163126
To summarize, my wife is very excited about the prospect of a world where money is not important. The video preaches graduating students to pick a career they really like, and stick with it, regardless of the money. It goes on to support this point by saying how useless it would be to live your life doing Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-64228531440039036672012-08-17T14:16:00.002-07:002012-08-17T14:16:34.142-07:00 One Day in the Electronics Class
Something I wrote a long long time back.. in 2nd year .. :)
One
Day in the Electronics Class
[A lecture hall… students
are engaged in various activities… some are sleeping, some are chatting, some
eating, etc…
A young, active-looking
professor hurriedly walks in…]
Prof:&Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-38617678798928176402012-06-15T09:28:00.001-07:002012-06-15T10:06:46.887-07:00So long, and thanks for all the fish
So the JEE is in mortal danger. At this point when each of students, faculty and management are busy voicing their opinions, I was wondering whether we are even asking the right questions.
The stakeholders in this game are (a) the students (b) IITs (c) society. It is queer to note that ministry and management are not first level stakeholders by any measure. They are supposed to 'represent' Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-56371528585258887082012-05-12T12:09:00.001-07:002012-05-12T12:09:12.366-07:00I now pronounce you husband and husband
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So the latest news is in. Obama loves you in pairs. Irrespective of how you pair up. In a recent highly debated political issue, Obama came out stating his support for gay marriage. Purportedly in his 2008 campaign he had taken the opposite stand. Other evidence suggests that even before that he has voiced his support in a signed legislature, but Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-38345258924455228222012-03-07T10:37:00.001-08:002012-03-07T10:37:20.867-08:00The Plague of Management
For the first time, this is not an original post. I reprinted this from The Hindu, March 7 2012 edition in an article titled What they don't teach you at Indian B-schools by Baba Prasad, CEO, Vivékin Group & Visiting Professor of Management, IIIT-Hyderabad.
Its a wonderful article that deserves attention.
This last Sunday, I watched a show on CNBC called Lessons Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-42880310371221386302012-03-03T14:48:00.001-08:002012-03-03T14:48:16.184-08:00No Exams!
I owe my apologies. I have not been keeping myself updated, or maybe I just forgot the import of this news.
So it turns out that the government of Bengal has decided that there are not going to be any exams till Class 8 in government run schools. No, let me correct myself. Exams are going to be there, but it does not matter whether you pass or fail. The marks are only for your own assesment, Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-26576224212639781112012-02-20T12:33:00.001-08:002012-02-20T12:33:19.081-08:00Awesome Jumping Power
Sometimes I wonder how wonderful it would be to have the eye-view jump superpower. What is that? Its really cool. Say you are standing somewhere, and you cast your eyes as far as you can reasonably see. Then you say the magic words, and voila! You are there! Simply awesome. Not to mention that you can keep repeating this, hopping across the countryside like no car possibly could. Heck, if you Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-32613155168544113562011-08-20T16:17:00.000-07:002011-08-20T16:18:38.786-07:00India Against Corruption (?)Sitting here now in USA, it is amazing to watch the nation being swayed by the India Against Corruption movement. Annaji, and his allies, have successfully caught the attention of an entire nation, and have brought people from all walks of life, in almost every part of the country, to a common sentiment.
At the outset, the effort is to be praised. The issue is genuine, this I think we all agree Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-71095448074617748942011-06-03T22:43:00.000-07:002011-06-03T22:44:50.765-07:00On Why We Are Going AbroadBack after a long long lull, with a significant post very relevant to the current season.
Look around you. Its everywhere. And whether you smile or frown, appear proud before your neighbors or openly fret about your frustrations, it is an undeniable truth. We are all leaving. Some for good, others for a good long span of years. Its a cross-country egress - nobody is left out.
The trend has now Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-858413930390379432010-12-24T22:21:00.000-08:002010-12-25T09:08:46.861-08:00The Documentary DebateSo here's another debate story. This one is between me and my friend Vatsal; we'll call him Vats for brevity's sake.
Vats is a good mathematician and physicist. However, he belongs to the group which I call as the "derivationalists", which means to say that Vats does not find any fun in science that is explained without the rigor of mathematical derivations and deep physical laws. In short, VatsSinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-13039539973838099972010-12-24T22:12:00.000-08:002010-12-24T22:12:09.510-08:00Of lost traditionsThis year on the Bishnupur trip I came across a rare example of Indian heritage. So rare indeed that it is only available here of all places in India. Just as a background, let it be mentioned that Bishnupur is a little town some 200 km to the north west of Calcutta. It is located close to the town of Bankura, which is the district capital of the same name. Bishnupur used to be the capital of Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-46434881582233556052010-11-04T11:19:00.000-07:002010-11-04T11:23:15.222-07:00Man and HorseJust had a most illuminating discussion on how man came to the decision that a horse is surely the best character to be rode upon. I remember in school I read that when chemists were trying to find the best catalyst for some Haber / Contact / Non Contact process, they experimented with the rest of the periodic table (come to think of it now, that's rather dumb!!). So.. err.. lets imagine...
Man Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-50131298128672418652010-07-07T10:08:00.000-07:002010-07-08T15:27:15.787-07:00Dulcet DiscoveriesMusic has always been a great passion for me. Perhaps it is due to the fact that I used to sing at one time. Perhaps it is because my father is an ardent fan of eastern classical music due to which I have always grown up listening to music. Whatever the reason, music is something i fall upon whether I am happy or sad.
I was not much enthusiastic about many of the musical "reality shows" hosted Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-15887184337178952042010-06-09T15:25:00.000-07:002010-06-09T15:32:52.627-07:00Let's Talk About ScienceI have a friend, who, although quite close to me, differs significantly from my view of science. His name is Debanjan; I'll call him Deb here to save myself the trouble of having to type out the full name every time I make a reference to him. Deb is a brilliant student, and I believe he has quite a future ahead of him in physics. He is an ardent student of quantum physics. But that is beyond the Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-81933925982445489852010-06-01T13:50:00.000-07:002010-06-02T13:18:33.167-07:00The ways of the Almighty...There is a popular line in drama in my mother tongue (Bengali, that is) which goes as "Kotha bolo na; tomra keu shobdo koro na, bhogobaan nidra giyechhen golojog shoite paren na; kotha bolo na!" Translated to English, that stands as "Dont talk, dont make a noise, the Almighty is asleep, and he cannot stand being disturbed, so keep quiet". Every time I hear this line, I feel something very queer, Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-87018806333707058402010-04-29T14:18:00.000-07:002010-06-02T13:18:01.502-07:00Those 4 years...This is a tribute to all those with whom I started a wonderful journey, but shall be compelled by circumstances to end the same without them.
Fig. 0: The haluest guy is the writer of this blog
Ayan Sengupta:Fig. 1: Ayan files a petition demanding worse weather (sunshine, rain, etc) along with BhaluAyan is mentioned first because (i) he is the institute topper, unless he horribly screws up his Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-42608726909775766762010-03-27T03:10:00.000-07:002010-06-02T13:17:27.024-07:00Dreamz Unlimited
After the bout of seriousness on my last post, I decided to go easy this time round and take up something light-hearted. So here goes my tribute to the diadems of animation, Walt Disney animation studios, Disney Pixar and Dreamworks, and the wonderful dreams they have instilled in us to cherish for years.
Before I immerse myself into the dreamland, a recognition is due for the predecessors andSinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-18048855115353800972010-02-01T00:45:00.000-08:002010-06-02T13:16:40.797-07:00Ijj aal well?Close your eyes. Visualize your high school days. Remember the tutions, the homework and they late night studying. Now gently, whisper ... IIT
IIT. Dreams. Aspirations. Thrill. Enthusiasm. Thirst for knowledge, the strife for perfection and the leap of achievement.
And four years down the line, the adjectives change deceptively. Disillusionment. Dissatisfaction. Frustration. Aversion to books, Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-45805313876779043072010-01-28T00:49:00.001-08:002010-06-02T13:15:45.796-07:00The Days of CollegeAs our stint at IIT nears its final hours, lets spend a little time recollecting all the wisdom this great institution has infused into us over the brief period for which we were available to her as guinea pigs (pun fully intended). The following is a brief summary of what all we went through in the various courses. I am sure many will find comfort, and the less fortunate in terms of JEE Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-86380906841397765132009-12-19T23:52:00.000-08:002009-12-20T17:54:24.638-08:00I wish I never go back to my schooldaysThere is a common saying among folks – “I wish I could get back to my schooldays!” The statement has its merit of course, and is, in all probability instigated by the now-incandescent faggots of friendship experienced during those “carefree” days, to be missed much in the later days of competition and cunning. But if you look at it from my point of view, school was much more than friends, and Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6649425475117050876.post-18806405116259410782009-11-18T10:34:00.000-08:002009-11-18T10:42:52.219-08:00First Post - Gtalk Sts Msgs :)Well, would like to kick off with something simple and humorous. So here goes, a collection of 60 Gtalk status messages that really caught my eye over more than 2 years. Plus one extra, about ourselves :D Enjoy!!!1. Loneliness is not about being alone... it is about being surrounded by people who do not care about you...2. In God we trust, all others must pay cash !!!3. Why do ppl deliver msgs Sinistarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269076884766579761noreply@blogger.com4