“I am just writing this post to wonder if anyone else is struck by the sheer irony of the fact that Bhagat Singh and co, when they did not get the facilities in prison they had a right to, went on a hunger strike. They did not attack the prison guards. They did not hatch [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Freedom Struggle & Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Posted: February 28, 2006 in Arbit Thoughts, Gibberish Blabber15
The Union Budget would be read out by the Finance Minister tomorrow at 11:00 AM at the parliament. What would it hold for the different sections of the socity, would be the hot topic of discussion in most TV News channels, Drawing Room Discussions, Cafe Gossips and Corporate Boardroom discussions. Let me take up the [...]
Hitech City, Hyderabad: At A Glance
Posted: February 26, 2006 in Arbit Thoughts, Gibberish Blabber, PhotosHitech City A Place which has been my home for exactly two years now deserves a special mention. Its the poster-boy for the devellopment that has for some time now envelloped this sleeping pair of Twin Cities: Secunderabad & Hyderabad. Before we start off on a photo journey around this little ‘silicon island’ I would [...]
“Cogito, ergo sum” (Latin for “I am thinking, therefore I exist”) is a philosophical statement made by René Descarte Rene is considered the father of modern philosophy, and not without suffecient reason. In the past couple of days I have been in absolute doldrums. Life seems rather surreal and unreal at times. Alive and kicking [...]
Steve Jobs: The Journey Is the Reward This is one of the best biographies I have read. The more I read about Steve Jobs the more this person fascinates me. The mention of the journey rather than the destination being the reward is one of many such Paradigm Shifts that he has come up with. [...]
“The essence of the sculpture of Bobbie Carlyle is captured in the words bold strength and provocative intelligence“ It all started about a week back when someone wanted me to pen a few lines about our new goliathian campus coming up a few miles from our present location in a distant isle off the Hitech [...]
Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul In the fell clutch of circumstances I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of change My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and [...]
Rain Man (1988) – Starring Dustin Hoffman & Tom Cruise Browsing through the various compact video disks at the neighbourhood library, I came across this rather unheard-of movie. Picked it up, thanks to its assertion to being adjudged the Best Motion Picture award for 1988. It was one of those longish movies (’bout two hours [...]
