I was strolling my way back from UCSD after a not so productive day of work. Walking silently, listening to Jagjit Singh pouring his mellifluous sonority through my ears, I almost failed to notice a voice which seemed to be calling me. I had just crossed an intersection and the voice seemed to be coming [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2007
UCSD Research Expo '07
I am sure that each one of you in your lives have had atleast one of those days when nothing seems to go right. Its the day when you envy the luck of the dead chicken in your plate, or when you are almost ready to bang your head on the sidewalk for things could [...]
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Desh Raag
For an Indian who has spent the memorable and nostalgic parts of his childhood waking up unwillingly to the sounds of Vande Mataram being played on radio, raag desh should not really be something unheard. This Bankim Chandra's masterpiece is set to the mellifluous tunes of deshraag and although many varieties of the song came [...]
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Not so Starry Night on the Kukrail Sewage pond
*update: Item posted on ebay. Its not technically a post. I have painted something which I consider is an epic. I got inspired by Van Gogh's 'Starry Night on the Rhone' and I think it is as good if not better. So now that we all know what a great work of art this is, [...]
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New Resolution
No more posts for atleast a month. Possibly more. Reason: I have, in some sense, started writing for those who read, something that I never intended to do.
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Care to be politically incorrect ?
So many people during the last few days have told me that I criticize too much and that I should, for a change, praise something. So I decided to look into the things I could praise and came up with this extremely comprehensive list : 1. Federer (you know that alpha male of human species)2. [...]
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BullSh*t
I was going through my daily motions of reading the articles on rediff, flinching at every next mention of 'Abhivarya', posting some stinging comments on the 1032nd report analyzing the utterly pointless and quiet disposable event of Shilpa Shetty derogated on Big Brother (Seriously, how can people be so jobless as to have the time [...]
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Pandit Ravishankar and Ustad Allarakha at Monterey pop '67
If you are music afficionados of any kind whatsoever*, you have to watch it. Full Stop: http://youtube.com/watch?v=1BqAfNKb0Q4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UApLjfmJGbw&NR Pandit Ravishankar and Ustad Allarakha in a mindshattering performance in Monterey. Combined video length is 18 minutes so watch it when you have ample time. Look at the spiritual rapture at the end and extended standing ovation. I [...]
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Junk Mails
Disclaimer: Everything I say (ever in life) is probably said in a dazed state and probably does not mean a thing and probably is here just so that I (or others) could get a laugh. Please don't go marching on the streets protesting my arrest as an anti-social element. Howsoever crazy the idea seems, I [...]
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Sensuality Misinterpreted ?
Ok. Pop Quiz. Q1. What the hell is wrong with the world ?Q2. Why are people like Mallika Sherawat, Koena Mitra and Rakhi Sawant still alive ?Q3. What right do they have to be so damn stupid ? I was just watching this KBC episode on youtube when my room-mate happened to click on Mallika's [...]
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