A Cynic's Viewpoint

Morning After Rain

The Pursuit : Part One       Life is a bitch. It never gives you peace of mind especially when you want it the most. The train heading towards Vasco Da Gama was my bitch here. The Hubli station was in stillness until the train appeared from nowhere and woke me up. The beautiful dream bubbled off and I found myself in between some tired travelers staring at me like I am some culprit. I stood up and started moving towards the entrance as the policemen was fast approaching me. Somehow he caught up with me. The stench of pan took me to highs of vomiting as he asked me to show my ticket. Luckily I had the ticket and I escaped.       I was cursing my fate. My mobile failed to blink and I was finding it hard to blink. Again I was back on the roads for a breath of air. The hour hand was moving slowing approaching 2 AM. The chill was soaring. And I was finding it hard to keep my hands apart from each other.      The train ar...

Rusted/Broke : But never fall

May the light spread to the darkest parts of your life.... Have a Safe and Happy Diwali

          As a student of engineering, what is more important for me is the way a system works under the hood and not the outer glitz and glamor. Recently Steve Jobs passed away and the world mourned him. The newspapers read “ An era of technology came to an end on October 5 th when Apple Inc founder (read co-founder) and former CEO passed away “.   Further he is credited for all Apple products post his return to the company. All through if you notice the actual men behind Steve Jobs were never acknowledged. Neither has Steve himself ever said it.           And what I found while reading his wiki page is that he is referred as co-founder, a business magnate and an inventor. The inventor part irked me. Call him an innovator.  No qualms, but an inventor??         Many think that Steve Jobs is the talisman behind the iPod, iPhone, iPad… No isn’t. He wasn’t tec...

         We are the modern society. We question more and act less. We are ready to criticize anything and everything. And when it comes to traditions and rituals we tend to be more cynical about them. Ours fathers usually don’t have answers for our “why we do this. Why we do that”.  “Science and faith “… “Science and God”.. These are some topics that have been widely discussed and debated upon. I always never took a side on such topics. For me both coexist. So here I am writing some rituals and the science behind them as why they were performed and why one should stop performing them now. Since it is diwali time, let’s start with that only. Bursting crackers during diwali:   Ok for all. Diwali/Deepawali is called the festival of lights. It is celebrated for many many reasons. You might wanna check its wiki page.  Science: the reason for bursting crackers is a way of communication with the heavenly God and informing...

Every woman gets married leaves her family behind and walks into a new family. It happens in India. A tradition. But nowadays families are nuclear. The emotional attachment is lost in transition. I don’t even speak much to my grandparents. Just the customary talk, Tats all. When young, every summer holidays we used to make a trip to the village where all the cousins would come together and the big family meets and keeps the attachment tight. But then things changed. The young lot grew, exams, career and hence the summer holidays were not possible anymore. More over as we grow we learn one thing that a family is tied together by the head of the family “The Grandfather “. Once the grandfather passes away, things changes. The otherwise happy close knit family got busy. The grandma is left alone. The boys decide not to leave her alone in the village. No matter how many differences the boys share they alternatively took care of their mom. The daughters in laws were not used to having a ...

This post I was supposed to write on 30 th October 2011. But today I reached the peak of my emotions. I decided to get it out of my system like forever. I overheard my mother saying that she is getting engaged. I don’t know if that is what I heard but things were long over between us.          You might wonder why 30 th October. Well last year on the same day I was supposed to board Brindavan express from Bangalore to Chennai to reach home for diwali. But her thoughts gripped my brain hard. The girl I loved had taken over my body and mind. I was famished by her so much that I stood there lost among the sea of people at the railways ticket counter.         The unreserved ticket counter is like hell but I was feeling the warmth of heaven. The screen in front of me flashed Hubli intercity was to leave at 1PM. My train was supposed to leave at 2:30. I thought I have all the time in life to think about her. At 12...

Steps : 1. Print out the application form ( the above image ). 2. Obtain a DD of Rs. 200/- drawn in favor of                   The Finance Officer, VTU                    payable at Belgaum. 3. Fill up the form with your details. 4. Write your details: Name, USN, cell phone number etc. behind the DD. 5. Put your DD and your application form in an envelope. 6. Send the envelope to                Office of the Registrar (Evaluation),               Visvesvaraya Technological University,              Jnana Sangama, Belgaum – 590018,                Karnataka...

When drops of rain meets light this is what happens

High Drama

        Time has changed for this man. The infamous Anna Hazare also known as the anti corruption crusader is on TV more often than any other politician. So why is he not joining politics?       The party in power is been provoking him since don’t know when. But neither Team Anna nor Anna himself is keen to setup a political party and enter mainstream politics. During the fast for Jan Lokpal Bill , he used to tell the people gathered around Ramlila ground that he is fasting for the sake of people , he is fighting for the wellfarement of people. His life is for the betterment of people. So isn’t this a superb opportunity for him and Team Anna to take charge of the situations. They are not small by any means. Team Anna I believe is more revered and followed than our Team India (think sports!!).        Why does his team say that Anna ji ko politics mein interest nahi hai?? Anna Haraze is the man w...