Notice how the boys have tied their hands together.
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what people think. You know what you did." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Donovan
Lots of good lessons about democracy and the due process of law in the movie. And karma. You have to do the right thing, irrespective of public opinion. Your life is not a popularity contest.
Lots of good lessons about democracy and the due process of law in the movie. And karma. You have to do the right thing, irrespective of public opinion. Your life is not a popularity contest.
I watched Lawrence of Arabia recently. It glorifies the British, of course, but it does throw some light on what was to become Saudi Arabia. And what they show wasn't pretty.
Killing and persecuting people in the name of religion and country has to stop.
Killing and persecuting people in the name of religion and country has to stop.
Oh boy, oh boy. What a find. So true. I've often corrected the order of adjectives in documents because they didn't sound right. Someone wrote down this unwritten, subconscious rule. Awesome!
Attention all government units. Foreign tourist in short skirt is about to use government property. Alert tourism minister and sundry watchdogs of Indian culture.
Le media.
What a man!
Now I regret not having watched the Olympic wrestling matches...
Now I regret not having watched the Olympic wrestling matches...
Way to go @[552555617:2048:Bipin] and @[572712352:2048:Mrinal]. I can see the interviewer has written what Mrinal must have said, verbatim. I could hear him talk in his inimitable style as I read the article.
Please read this. This is the most important thing in your child's life.
Trains. More exciting than even flying in the air.
The internet is a beautiful place. You only need to know what to look for...
https://archive.org/stream/planetrigonomet03lonegoog#page/n21/mode/2up
S L Loney, 2nd Edition.
https://archive.org/stream/planetrigonomet03lonegoog#page/n21/mode/2up
S L Loney, 2nd Edition.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
A brilliant movie that brings out the human side of Ramanujan's life. I cried tears in the end. A must watch if you love mathematics.
In life we are all searching for people, or just that one person, who understands us.
A brilliant movie that brings out the human side of Ramanujan's life. I cried tears in the end. A must watch if you love mathematics.
In life we are all searching for people, or just that one person, who understands us.
Humility. Even when you're the best of us.
Kavin's delight at Sindhu winning the first game is a sight to see 😀
Nilay: The label says this shoe is for girls.
His five year old cousin sister: There is no difference between girls and boys, ok. Just wear it.
His five year old cousin sister: There is no difference between girls and boys, ok. Just wear it.
I wish we would say that we are regressing fast. And regression can often be a good thing. Organic farming isn't new or unique in any way. We are simply undoing a century or more of damage done by modern farming techniques.
There are a number of other things done wrong in the last century or so. Personal mechanised transportation is one. At that time, these ideas may have looked good. Now that we know better, we should start dismantling these 'modern' ideas and go back to stuff that's been tested over millennia.
Maybe you can relate to more personal experiences. We all know that laptops and smartphones are ergonomic nightmares, compared to desktops. Yet we persist with them. The sooner we mandate docking of laptops with external monitors and keyboards, both at home and office, the better it is for our future selves. And then maybe we can start thinking about whether we should be bringing work home with our portable devices at all.
There are a number of other things done wrong in the last century or so. Personal mechanised transportation is one. At that time, these ideas may have looked good. Now that we know better, we should start dismantling these 'modern' ideas and go back to stuff that's been tested over millennia.
Maybe you can relate to more personal experiences. We all know that laptops and smartphones are ergonomic nightmares, compared to desktops. Yet we persist with them. The sooner we mandate docking of laptops with external monitors and keyboards, both at home and office, the better it is for our future selves. And then maybe we can start thinking about whether we should be bringing work home with our portable devices at all.
So, this literally just happened. I signed into a free WiFi service and the password assigned to me was DUDE. @[1609747341:2048:Nethaniel], it is a sign that I must continue to abide, no matter what life throws at me.
Your user name is 99903xxxxx and password is DUDE . Use this link for direct login https://wifi.airtel.in/wip/autoLogin.jsp?username=99903xxxxx&password=DUDE&ServiceType=walkin
Your user name is 99903xxxxx and password is DUDE . Use this link for direct login https://wifi.airtel.in/wip/autoLogin.jsp?username=99903xxxxx&password=DUDE&ServiceType=walkin
MGNREGA, American style.
So, if I also cut my mane...
Balaji Sampath, AhaGuru Math and Science, take a bow. Kavin just said "Aha Guide to Atoms is the best book ever".
Happy friendship day, Ginny aunty. Thank you for the wonderful gift.
It is olympic time! Who remembers Masha the Bear images on all the Russian stuff sold in India in the '80s.
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2016-08/4/22/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web06/sub-buzz-27586-1470363571-1.jpg
Being friends with Russia, growing up, was a good thing: https://roshogollabitch.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/misha-new-uploads/
https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2016-08/4/22/asset/buzzfeed-prod-web06/sub-buzz-27586-1470363571-1.jpg
Being friends with Russia, growing up, was a good thing: https://roshogollabitch.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/misha-new-uploads/
Ayyo raama, Amit Shah is a Jain. So much embarrassment I am experiencing in my veins and brains.
He died so my Indian brethren could collect their laptops. Sorry, brother.
A lot has been said recently about the kanwariya "menace" on Facebook. At the expense of supporting a religious practice (which is bad for my carefully curated public image ;) ), I ramble thusly...
यह सड़कें क्या तुम्हारे पप्पा की हैं?
In a city that started the Raahgiri revolution to reclaim the streets for pedestrians and cyclists, we can't seem to cede a few feet of roadside to people who literally just walked up hundreds of kilometres. Hundreds of kilometers, dude. You and your car and your daily commute can't wait to let these tired people through?
They've been doing this for centuries. New Gurgaon showed up a generation ago. Heck, even New Delhi is only a hundred years old. In a few short years, we've created an urban sprawl (NCR) a hundred kilometers wide, bang in the middle of their annual pilgrimage route. They didn't complain about having to trudge through the most polluted place on earth. So can we rightfully complain about them adding more chaos to the morass that is our city in the rains.
These people are drawing attention to the loot of the most precious common resource we have - public land. We pave more and more public land for private cars. Not just for them to run recklessly on, but also to be parked on the sides. But where are the footpaths and pedestrian bridges? This is not a train hurtling down our streets guys. Its people walking. People can no longer walk through NCR without seriously jeopardising traffic. How did that come about? Instead of being concerned about traffic, shouldn't we first be concerned about the lives of pedestrians.
Roads aren't just for commute in India. Step outside your city for a bit, and you'll see roads being used for religious processions, barats and janaazas. People don't always squeeze past from the sides. They also stop and participate. Vehicles dominating roads and demanding right of passage by blaring horns is a recent phenomenon.
Daak kanwads are a serious menace. Agreed. So are trucks blaring music. Then there are some who are allegedly drunk and dancing. Well, when have we not seen characters like these in any Indian procession? How about we make more space for the pedestrians and impose heavier penalties on these four wheeled miscreants.
I know, the whole spectacle hurts your sensibilities. People running themselves into the ground for "faith". Sweaty vests, torn slippers, bleeding feet, muddy shorts. Inter religious harmony. Stalls offering food, water and rest, creating garbage (Yeah, even people helping other people is a sight that makes us uncomfortable now). Well, turn your gaze away. Ignore them, like they ignore your filthy display of wealth and your over-dependence on air-conditioning, fast food, motorised transport, servants, the Interne
यह सड़कें क्या तुम्हारे पप्पा की हैं?
In a city that started the Raahgiri revolution to reclaim the streets for pedestrians and cyclists, we can't seem to cede a few feet of roadside to people who literally just walked up hundreds of kilometres. Hundreds of kilometers, dude. You and your car and your daily commute can't wait to let these tired people through?
They've been doing this for centuries. New Gurgaon showed up a generation ago. Heck, even New Delhi is only a hundred years old. In a few short years, we've created an urban sprawl (NCR) a hundred kilometers wide, bang in the middle of their annual pilgrimage route. They didn't complain about having to trudge through the most polluted place on earth. So can we rightfully complain about them adding more chaos to the morass that is our city in the rains.
These people are drawing attention to the loot of the most precious common resource we have - public land. We pave more and more public land for private cars. Not just for them to run recklessly on, but also to be parked on the sides. But where are the footpaths and pedestrian bridges? This is not a train hurtling down our streets guys. Its people walking. People can no longer walk through NCR without seriously jeopardising traffic. How did that come about? Instead of being concerned about traffic, shouldn't we first be concerned about the lives of pedestrians.
Roads aren't just for commute in India. Step outside your city for a bit, and you'll see roads being used for religious processions, barats and janaazas. People don't always squeeze past from the sides. They also stop and participate. Vehicles dominating roads and demanding right of passage by blaring horns is a recent phenomenon.
Daak kanwads are a serious menace. Agreed. So are trucks blaring music. Then there are some who are allegedly drunk and dancing. Well, when have we not seen characters like these in any Indian procession? How about we make more space for the pedestrians and impose heavier penalties on these four wheeled miscreants.
I know, the whole spectacle hurts your sensibilities. People running themselves into the ground for "faith". Sweaty vests, torn slippers, bleeding feet, muddy shorts. Inter religious harmony. Stalls offering food, water and rest, creating garbage (Yeah, even people helping other people is a sight that makes us uncomfortable now). Well, turn your gaze away. Ignore them, like they ignore your filthy display of wealth and your over-dependence on air-conditioning, fast food, motorised transport, servants, the Interne
Bilast from the past, courtesy Jumbo Bhawe. Thank you for sharing, man.
कर रहा था ग़म-ए-जहाँ का हिसाब
आज तुम याद बे-हिसाब आए
- फ़ैज़
आज तुम याद बे-हिसाब आए
- फ़ैज़
This is so scary that I'm unable to bring myself to read it. I've started and stopped thrice.
There's a new 'most eligible spinster' in town.
If you're into strong women, that is.
If you're into strong women, that is.
Hemant Sreekumar.
I found him. Only took 24 years.
I found him. Only took 24 years.
No better way to enjoy your birthday, eh?
LIC advt: ज़िंदगी के साथ भी, ज़िंदगी के बाद भी
Nilay: I hate that ad. Is that an ad or a threat?
Me: ?
Nilay: Like I'll haunt you even after you're dead.
Nilay: I hate that ad. Is that an ad or a threat?
Me: ?
Nilay: Like I'll haunt you even after you're dead.
Nilay: Why do we touch people's feet? All the senses are on the face.
Me: You wanna touch people's faces?
Nilay: No man. I can just give them a hug.
Me: You wanna touch people's faces?
Nilay: No man. I can just give them a hug.
Remember how we hated email forwards. Especially in the office. Well, Share Now on Facebook is essentially the same thing, in case you didn't notice.
A life changing experience. Truly wonderful. Jashn-e-Qalaam.
Warlification
Eighteen years ago, around this day, I joined IIT Madras, and by extension, AID India. And life changed for the better. Thank you @[519891786:2048:Pushpa], @[564198067:2048:Balaji], Mashood, @[1214257652:2048:Meera], @[1622664494:2048:Prasanna], @[100000187332649:2048:Ganesh], @[644286457:2048:Goli], @[1102442552:2048:Kalpana], @[716060449:2048:Supreet], @[724386128:2048:Mora], @[504214305:2048:Mithun], @[505907433:2048:Bhaskar], @[1065160251:2048:Dhamodharan], @[1427330625:2048:Ravi], @[100001861602434:2048:Ravishankar], @[1509033:2048:Tarun], Om, @[731004187:2048:Satyam], @[100002104093966:2048:Arvind], @[641816151:2048:Pranava], @[1072417101:2048:Vinutha], @[599522094:2048:Divya], @[686597253:2048:Shikha], @[610191751:2048:Bindhumalini], @[37001392:2048:Vinayak], @[636590252:2048:Barry], @[707548907:2048:Anna], @[731797280:2048:Anuradha], @[537975603:2048:Surabi], @[620391740:2048:Nasra], @[573056343:2048:Anusha], @[647161770:2048:Radha], @[1455722784:2048:Tesmi], @[595895909:2048:Gurumoorthy], Deepa, @[671713153:2048:Gokul], @[582062791:2048:Balaji], @[747766977:2048:Arvind], @[100008704030136:2048:Nagaraju], @[100000599910311:2048:Vamsi], @[754885110:2048:Priya], @[1323008968:2048:Aravindan], @[793704805:2048:Ari], @[1001006835:2048:Srividhya], @[100001087200480:2048:Smitha], @[1314871454:2048:Kiran], @[1004023253:2048:Dhanada], @[581893832:2048:Selva], Dr. Dilip, and everyone else who's participated in this journey with me.
And so it begins, the dastan of the little prince.
Gyan for you on what we do.
What I typed: Please keep me updated
What autocorrect did to it: Please keep me urinated
Extremely embarrassing when I sent it to one person over WhatsApp. Yet somehow I'm OK sharing it with hundreds over Facebook.
What autocorrect did to it: Please keep me urinated
Extremely embarrassing when I sent it to one person over WhatsApp. Yet somehow I'm OK sharing it with hundreds over Facebook.
I was going through Mary Meeker's annual report and somewhere in the middle (slide 85), I was disgusted. GDP/topline growth driven development is as meaningless as religion. And it is being pursued like religion. We want to use every technology, every resource at our disposal to drive sales. Sales of anything at all. The best engineering and business minds of our times are busy convincing, conniving us into buying more and more.
http://www.recode.net/2016/6/1/11826256/mary-meeker-2016-internet-trends-report
We build television, telephony, the Internet. Search engines and smartphones. We try to connect people, bring them together. And eventually, everything merely becomes a channel for advertising and sales. I know, I know, most business models depend on ads and referrals for revenue. Do we need better business models, in that case?
http://www.recode.net/2016/6/1/11826256/mary-meeker-2016-internet-trends-report
We build television, telephony, the Internet. Search engines and smartphones. We try to connect people, bring them together. And eventually, everything merely becomes a channel for advertising and sales. I know, I know, most business models depend on ads and referrals for revenue. Do we need better business models, in that case?
Kavin: पापा 'चित्र' में 'त्र' वो उल्टा 'k' वाला ना?
उल्टा 'k' it seems!
उल्टा 'k' it seems!
अरे @[718401783:2048:Tarun], तुम्हारे लड्डू!
I find these staged viral videos extremely annoying. Most police persons I've come across have been hard working, humane, and, like all other government employee, sticklers for imagined rules. There is this chap right outside my house, he manages traffic 12 hours a day in the heat, humidity, dust and pollution of Gurgaon. He does a fairly good job given the conditions. I wouldn't survive for half an hour over there. He braves being crushed by trailer trucks. He jumps in front of SUVs to stop them. He gets abused in Haryanavi. We need him there because the government can't seem to build a decent traffic junction that doesn't break apart next month. It can't even keep the traffic lights running. Not to mention the random road diggings that keep happening within a few meters of the intersection. He doesn't have the time to pick up old ladies and help them cross the road. Heck he can't even take a piss break because mindless morons would clog the junction and come to blows with each other. And then it'd take him an hour to clean up the mess.
What is happening to language in this country? First the right wingers started using this language of "tight slaps". Now the so called educated liberal lot is also using this language. Everything has to be a tight slap? There are so many other words we can use:
warning, deterrent, caution, rebuke, reproof, admonishment, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, lecture, criticism, censure, telling-off, rap, rap over the knuckles, slap on the wrist, dressing-down, earful, roasting, tongue-lashing, bawling-out
Just Google for synonyms man. If you're going to post something on the Internet, first use the Internet to improve your language.
warning, deterrent, caution, rebuke, reproof, admonishment, admonition, reproach, reproval, scolding, remonstration, upbraiding, castigation, lambasting, lecture, criticism, censure, telling-off, rap, rap over the knuckles, slap on the wrist, dressing-down, earful, roasting, tongue-lashing, bawling-out
Just Google for synonyms man. If you're going to post something on the Internet, first use the Internet to improve your language.
Tradition has found a saviour in the Internet. I least expected that. PARI, Ek Potlee Ret Ki, DEF, and other such projects are preserving and furthering our culture. But enough of the serious talk... just listen to the beautiful voices of these kids.
Cuteness, British style. The world deserves more sweet news like this right now.
We are on top of the world!
Sigh...
Hello hello everyone. A lot of you would have heard about microfinance through mass media coverage. Almost invariably the coverage is negative. But that isn't how the microfinance story in India was meant to be. It was all about mobilising rural and poor urban women. Making them aware of their rights. Getting them access to those rights. Education. Empowerment. Entrepreneurship. Community. Giving women a voice. Giving them economic freedom.
Now that the dust has settled on various microfinance scams, it is time we got back to the basics of what the SHG movement was supposed to do for people. @[1102442552:2048:Kalpana] has put together a book that does exactly that. Now, I'm sure the book is written in what I call JNU English, making it a little inaccessible to mortals like us. But I also has a lot of data and it's analysis. And often a picture speaks a thousand words.
I have a lot of faith in microfinance and it's power to empower rural women. Let's hope this book changes the popular discourse around microfinance.
Now that the dust has settled on various microfinance scams, it is time we got back to the basics of what the SHG movement was supposed to do for people. @[1102442552:2048:Kalpana] has put together a book that does exactly that. Now, I'm sure the book is written in what I call JNU English, making it a little inaccessible to mortals like us. But I also has a lot of data and it's analysis. And often a picture speaks a thousand words.
I have a lot of faith in microfinance and it's power to empower rural women. Let's hope this book changes the popular discourse around microfinance.
Music masterclass in progress
Kavin: If we modify this solar lantern so that some of the light it generates falls on its own panel, then the light runs longer.
Nilay: But that will not keep the lantern running for ever. The LED light can't be 100% efficient and the panel isn't catching all of the light.
So my children understand thermodynamics, systems theory, the principle of conservation of mass and energy. My job here is done!
Nilay: But that will not keep the lantern running for ever. The LED light can't be 100% efficient and the panel isn't catching all of the light.
So my children understand thermodynamics, systems theory, the principle of conservation of mass and energy. My job here is done!
Bipin Preet Singh, Mrinal Sinha, आज Mobikwik कि app का प्रयोग कर के मैंने एक random नारी की मदद की। मदद पाकर वह नारी बहुत happy हो गई। उसको happy देख कर मेरे बच्चे very happy हो गए। इस all round happiness को देख कर मुझे हमारे सांझे मित्र Goli Golani कि याद आ गई।
Keep up the good work guys.
Keep up the good work guys.
I've been reading a lot about the rescued dog. Earlier this year we celebrated the end of that dog food festival.
All this love for dogs. All this nonchalance towards other animals, birds, fish that we kill and torture for food, products, land, work.
Four legs good, wagging tails better?
All this love for dogs. All this nonchalance towards other animals, birds, fish that we kill and torture for food, products, land, work.
Four legs good, wagging tails better?
Bryan Adams grossed out my kids today. "I wanna be your underwear?! Ewww. Does this guy even know what he's talking about? Now I can't eat."
Ooh shiny
Every time a pay commission is implemented, all manners of people start hurling abuse at government servants. If they are overstaffed, unqualified, poorly managed, lack meritocracy, etc, is it their fault? If the upper management of a corporation sucks, should it stop paying competitive salary to its employees?
I've worked closely with a lot of government employees over the last 18 years. Today, for any government employee, it is hard to make ends meet. On a single income at least. And those with dual incomes - we keep transferring one or the other spouse so they never seem to be able to live together as a family.
We don't want to pay them because they are 'lazy'. Yet we don't want them to be corrupt. In all this, a lot of the honest, hardworking talent just gives up and moves on. Brain drain of government servants is a serious issue, at least in high technology sectors such as software.
With no provision for lateral entry of fresh talent, imagine what happens over time? The talented, hard working ones will move to greener pastures. The ones that stay longer and move higher will be exactly the kind of employee we dislike.
Let us not oppose a pay hike. Let us instead demand meritocracy, an end to compulsory promotion, and weeding out of those that are truly 'lazy'.
I've worked closely with a lot of government employees over the last 18 years. Today, for any government employee, it is hard to make ends meet. On a single income at least. And those with dual incomes - we keep transferring one or the other spouse so they never seem to be able to live together as a family.
We don't want to pay them because they are 'lazy'. Yet we don't want them to be corrupt. In all this, a lot of the honest, hardworking talent just gives up and moves on. Brain drain of government servants is a serious issue, at least in high technology sectors such as software.
With no provision for lateral entry of fresh talent, imagine what happens over time? The talented, hard working ones will move to greener pastures. The ones that stay longer and move higher will be exactly the kind of employee we dislike.
Let us not oppose a pay hike. Let us instead demand meritocracy, an end to compulsory promotion, and weeding out of those that are truly 'lazy'.
Another one of those confusing days for my puny brain. Feroze Gandhi is saying sensible things. What is the world coming to? Why can't the far right be consistently wrong all the time?
In any case, my brain is aging. Took me some time to remember what we called shell scripts in DOS. After all the years I spent tweaking autoexec.bat to squeeze the last ounce of performance from my 386s, I'm not Googling for the answer to that one. Batch programs. I hope I'm right.
In any case, my brain is aging. Took me some time to remember what we called shell scripts in DOS. After all the years I spent tweaking autoexec.bat to squeeze the last ounce of performance from my 386s, I'm not Googling for the answer to that one. Batch programs. I hope I'm right.
A good set of points.