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[3 Idiots] From Chotey to Dr. Phunsuk Wangdu via Rancho

2010-01-02T19:18:00.002-06:00

Give me some sunshine, Give me some rain;Give me another chance, I wanna grow up again. Alas, no such thing as a second chance in a real life. So many lives are lost, so many hearts have been broken. Rancho’s character in “3 idiots” is an all-out filmy stuff, he was a rebel, a revolutionary, not to mention the most unfortunate one with the toughest of all human brains. We might get once a in

A debate on devices like iPhone

2009-12-13T13:52:00.001-06:00

Tanuj: when are you getting iPhone Tanuj: Pranav got one Vikas: no iPhone it s very inefficient device Vikas: it s lie burning your hard earned money Tanuj: don't tell that to Pranav Tanuj: he is a big fan Vikas: i mean there is surely a hype and brand of apple products Vikas: but if you want to talk analytically, it s very easy to prove that it s very inefficient, both feature wise and

A clever bias in IIMs selection process

2009-11-21T08:23:00.014-06:00

Indian Institute of Managements (IIM) are very important national schools in India for management studies, however, the executives of these school have been partly successful in "gearing" it towards an organization that serves their own ideologies rather than a nation's. Of course, the extent of this "gearing" varies from school to school (there are several schools part of IIM system, e.g. IIM

It was a wonderful day

2008-02-10T13:43:00.001-06:00

A wonderful Saturday, it was. Really, it was a bright and sunny wintery day. Got up on time, because I slept on time. Spent some time in cleaning the dust, laundry, cleaning my car. I had to go to our business party at 6, was late by an hour due to some expected and unexpected problems. Thanks to friends who waited for me to show up late. PS: to make it even better, India won the match

no hiding frm frnds.

2008-01-27T19:43:00.001-06:00

Unlike Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk has no option for a user to get into invisible mode. A Gtalk user can block someone to stop him/her from seeing that user on Gtalk. But this also stops the user from seeing the status of the blocked user. Here comes some people who think this is ridiculous. They say why cannot Google simply has a simple time-tested mechanism of allowing invisible mode. The answer

Why do people blog?

2008-01-21T20:52:00.001-06:00

We all have things to tell and talk, then why do some people blog and not others? Here are my ten picks: 1. There are some people who seek attention and a willing audience for themselves. 2. There are some people who do it just because it is a fad. 3. There are some people who want

Letter from your daddy.

2008-01-13T18:42:00.001-06:00

I still say there are no bad people, there are people who somehow due to their circumstances acquire (hopefully unintentionally) undesirables intents and actions, and later end up liking and living them. An euphemist way to put this is that to each his/her own. Since, this is a natural act which adds to our own personalities with time, it is important to know what are those acquired unwanted in

'Om Shanti Om' - the real review is here = 4/10.

2007-11-11T21:20:00.001-06:00

Skip it if you can, and watch it if you cannot skip it. I watched it because it was playing 200 meters away from my home, and being single I didn’t have much to do on a Sunday night. If I you grade satisfaction/happiness that you make by seeing a movie on a ten-point scale, I expected a six and I got only a four. Loss of two points. I am sure I will not to worse with Sawanriya (expected is a

Phase Transition

2007-08-05T10:33:00.000-05:00

A major phase transition is about to get over. It took almost three months and that should explain my absence from the blogging. It was busy time, but very exciting. I had my PhD defense in May, June went in wrapping up the Thesis work followed by relocating to a new city for a new job. Settling in the new job, getting a hold of a new life. That was the busy part of it. Exciting part is the new

It just does not make sense

2007-04-25T20:37:00.001-05:00

“I finally came to the conclusion that maybe he was right maybe there are no such things as heroes maybe there are just people like my dad, I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what is almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad

We don't need no guns

2007-04-17T23:32:00.001-05:00

What happened in Virginia Tech on April 16th morning could have very well happened in any other university, and if that were my university then I could have been one of those who died in that massacre. Thirty three innocent kids were shot dead by one lunatic guy for none of their fault! Nothing can get worse than this. How did the killer become so insane to kill 33 strangers and how did he

The second 10-year plan.

2007-03-08T17:52:00.001-06:00

After super success of first 10-year plan, here is another attempt to see what I want from life in the next 10 years of my life. To amass one million dollars in cash To play tennis in a tournament To fly a jet over Kansas City To swim in an ocean To visit South America/Europe To have a few cool kids To go back to India To become more humane TBALAPN TBALAPN One thing common in

The Fountainhead - There ain't no water anymore.

2007-03-01T12:16:00.001-06:00

Yes. A fountainhead which does not spring water anymore is nothing but a reminiscent of past, with no bearing on present and future. The Fountainhead of Ayn Rand lost its water long back (assuming it had lot of water when it was written). She says a building is a function of its purpose, I say her fiction is a function of her time and her past. I agree I have minimal knowledge of her time and

Alter Idem

2007-03-01T12:15:00.000-06:00

An alter idem exists here vikasy.spaces.live.com which more frequently updated than this place for some technical reason.

God-like truth is the beauty worth living for.

2007-02-16T12:08:00.001-06:00

Water (2005) is a movie by Deepa Mehta about widows in pre-independence India, who were forced by men to live in inhuman condition for the rest of their lives (whether it is in ‘vidhwa ashram’ or home). It will not come as a surprise if in rural part of India i.e. two-third of India, widows are still facing this 2000 year old curse in letter and spirit. Anyways following are my two cents: It

Lost in Indian streets in New Zealand!

2007-02-13T16:28:00.001-06:00

How about a New Zealand visa for visiting Khandallah! Broadmeadows, Wellington NZ has something special to notice for people form Indian subcontinent. It has lots of streets named after places in Indian subcontinent e.g. Kanpur Rd, Gaya Grove, Satara Cr etc. Here is the Google maps link for you to see for yourself. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=broadmeadows%2C%20new%20zealand&btnG

India trip

2006-07-06T09:57:00.000-05:00

Finally, I am leaving for my India... my third trip during last 5 years since I came here. I might become less accessible during July and August.I am really excited to meet my parents, sister and her family especially a cute niece; and my two brothers. And, all indian food, and life style, i do miss all of that. I am also going to meet a lots of my old buddies.

TIME - Richard Corliss - Bollywood: Frequently Questioned Answers

2003-10-09T01:40:00.000-05:00

A good read. TIME - Richard Corliss - Bollywood: Frequently Questioned Answers

2003-10-04T15:09:00.000-05:00

Surprising Khwaish Khwaish was definitely better than the expectaions, but then the expectations were almost nothing. Even then, the movie deserves this appreciation, for the music is so so, the story is ok, and the girl is good, and the camera work is surely very good. When I did this ranking of different aspects of the movie, the only criterion was the amount of effort invested, as I was not

2003-08-31T11:52:00.000-05:00

Test Post.