Friday, March 30, 2012
We bought a zoo !!!
Nice Movie ! One quote stood out that sums it up all. "When you love somebody that much, that hard, that long, you can't get away from them." It's made clear, however, that it is possible—with time and a connection to other loving relationships—to find a way past the debilitating pain. - is what the reviews say !
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
'coz my dear friend from Lancaster... ab apne hone pe mujhko bhi hai yaqeen aa gaya!
Pighlay neelam sa behta hua yeh sama,
Neeli neeli si khamoshiyan;
Na kahin hai zameen,
Na kahin aasmaan;
Sarsaraati hui tehniyaan, pattiyaan;
Keh rahi hain ki bas ek tum ho yahaan,
Sirf main hoon, meri saansein hain, aur meri dhadkanein;
Aisi gehraiyaan,
Aisi tanhaiyaan,
Aur main sirf main
Apne honay pe mujhko yaqeen aa gaya…
Pighlay neelam sa behta hua yeh sama,
Neeli neeli si khamoshiyan;
Na kahin hai zameen,
Na kahin aasmaan;
Sarsaraati hui tehniyaan, pattiyaan;
Keh rahi hain ki bas ek tum ho yahaan,
Sirf main hoon, meri saansein hain, aur meri dhadkanein;
Aisi gehraiyaan,
Aisi tanhaiyaan,
Aur main sirf main
Apne honay pe mujhko yaqeen aa gaya…
Monday, May 23, 2011
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Today's Word; Today's Fortune
in·do·lence
–noun
the or state of being indolent.
in·do·lent
–adjective
1. having or a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person.
2. little or no pain; inactive or relatively an ulcer that is not painful and is slow to heal.
Today's fortune:
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy
–noun
the or state of being indolent.
in·do·lent
–adjective
1. having or a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful: an indolent person.
2. little or no pain; inactive or relatively an ulcer that is not painful and is slow to heal.
Today's fortune:
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy
Kidnapping Ganesha !!!
Wish you all a very happy Ganesha Chathurthi !!!!
Lord Ganesha has been worshipped by many as a God of Wisdom, Prosperity and Good Fortune. Ganesha Chathurthi is celebrated by Hindus marking the birth of Lord Ganesha. The ritual includes colourfully decorated clay models of the deity being made specifically for this event. Staunch followers observe a 11 day ritual of this chathurthi with the 10th day marking the Ananda Chathurthi and on the 11th day, deity is brought for procession in the streets and then taken to the nearby sea where it is immersed. Legend has it that during the procession, the lord takes away with him the sorrows of his followers. The event of sending off the lord to kailash is celebrated with lot of fanfare.
Mumbai is famous for its larger than life Ganesha idols made specifically for this day when the idols are immersed into the Arabian Sea !!
In smaller cities and inlands not close to sea, idols are alternatively immersed in Rivers, Lakes, Ponds or even wells.
However, what can one do if God refuses to take away the sorrows with him ? The idea is simple. Kidnap the Lord. Lock him up. This is what my grandma said. Lock up the God and promise to let him go only when he fulfills your demands. So thats exactly what I am going to do. Kidnapping a high profiled person and asking for a Ransom can never go wrong !! What say people ??
Lord Ganesha has been worshipped by many as a God of Wisdom, Prosperity and Good Fortune. Ganesha Chathurthi is celebrated by Hindus marking the birth of Lord Ganesha. The ritual includes colourfully decorated clay models of the deity being made specifically for this event. Staunch followers observe a 11 day ritual of this chathurthi with the 10th day marking the Ananda Chathurthi and on the 11th day, deity is brought for procession in the streets and then taken to the nearby sea where it is immersed. Legend has it that during the procession, the lord takes away with him the sorrows of his followers. The event of sending off the lord to kailash is celebrated with lot of fanfare.
Mumbai is famous for its larger than life Ganesha idols made specifically for this day when the idols are immersed into the Arabian Sea !!
In smaller cities and inlands not close to sea, idols are alternatively immersed in Rivers, Lakes, Ponds or even wells.
However, what can one do if God refuses to take away the sorrows with him ? The idea is simple. Kidnap the Lord. Lock him up. This is what my grandma said. Lock up the God and promise to let him go only when he fulfills your demands. So thats exactly what I am going to do. Kidnapping a high profiled person and asking for a Ransom can never go wrong !! What say people ??
Friday, September 10, 2010
Rites of Passage
Wikipedia says , "A rite of passage is a ritual event that marks a person's progress from one status to another."
Rites of passage have three phases - separation, transition, and re-incorporation, as van Gennep described. 'I propose to call the rites of separation from a previous world, preliminal rites, those executed during the transitional stage liminal (or threshold) rites, and the ceremonies of incorporation into the new world postliminal rites '
Rites of passage have three phases - separation, transition, and re-incorporation, as van Gennep described. 'I propose to call the rites of separation from a previous world, preliminal rites, those executed during the transitional stage liminal (or threshold) rites, and the ceremonies of incorporation into the new world postliminal rites '
Am already in my 3rd year of PhD. Wonder how I got here without acknowledging the rites of passage. I think I should transpire through all the three phases in one go..NOW !!!
Neways, Lets talk about Mandelbrot sets today. The above image is a computer generated fractal. The Mandelbrot set is a set of points in the complex plane with a fractal boundary. It consists of the set of complex points $c$ for which the orbit of $z_0=0$ under the the complex iteration formula $z_{n+1} = z_n^2 + c$ remains bounded. Mathematicians have played with this since computer graphics opened up the possibility of visualizing complex numbers. Fractals, though seemingly random has a natural geometry that many have tried to explore and exploit. One such interesting algorithm is the Escape Time Algorithm, one of the easiest implementation of Mandelbrot sets. MATLAB is amazing for such visualization and I tried a few very interesting patterns. Here is a dragon curve which is generated by complex numbers.
I tried to see patterns using sine, cosine, tan function. Ive put a page with few codes.
Please follow the link here if you fancy.
http://vasanthsingan.pbworks.com/Code I am trying to compile a set of useful codes which might probably be made public for the general good.
And time for a Punjabi Song !!!
Neways, Lets talk about Mandelbrot sets today. The above image is a computer generated fractal. The Mandelbrot set is a set of points in the complex plane with a fractal boundary. It consists of the set of complex points $c$ for which the orbit of $z_0=0$ under the the complex iteration formula $z_{n+1} = z_n^2 + c$ remains bounded. Mathematicians have played with this since computer graphics opened up the possibility of visualizing complex numbers. Fractals, though seemingly random has a natural geometry that many have tried to explore and exploit. One such interesting algorithm is the Escape Time Algorithm, one of the easiest implementation of Mandelbrot sets. MATLAB is amazing for such visualization and I tried a few very interesting patterns. Here is a dragon curve which is generated by complex numbers.
I tried to see patterns using sine, cosine, tan function. Ive put a page with few codes.
Please follow the link here if you fancy.
http://vasanthsingan.pbworks.com/Code I am trying to compile a set of useful codes which might probably be made public for the general good.
And time for a Punjabi Song !!!
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