There is an ancient Egyptian poem, written in the 19th century BC, which translates to:
Had I unknown phrases
Sayings that are strange
Novel, untried words
Free of repetition
Not transmitted sayings
Spoken by ancestors.
I wring out my body for what it holds,
Sifting through all my words;
For what has just been said is just repetition,
What has been said has been said…
-The [...]
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Progress
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Damn, you English language
The teacher claimed it was so plain,
I only had to use my brain.
She said the past of throw was threw,
The past of grow – of course – was grew,
So flew must be the past of fly,
And now, my boy, your turn to try.
But when I trew,
I had no clue,
If mow was mew
Like know and knew
(Or [...]
God and Russian literature
We all understand that it’s all a theater, don’t we? That the world as we know it is just a cosmic afterthought, a mere divine joke in which a lot of people take their parts far too seriously and the rest of them have a hearty laugh about it. It’s like a friendly banter over [...]
A rant
I went to a show today at the Price Center ballroom in UCSD. It was a humorous, informative effort at raising awareness about social issues like violence against women in some parts of the world with a distinct undertone of strong feminism. Now there is nothing wrong in advocating equality of opportunity and status between [...]
Research
I must say I have been slacking off in the blog department for the last few months, part of the reason for which is my relatively busier schedule as a post-doc. But that’s definitely not all. Writing, like sketching, reading, or any other hobby, is just an alternate reality for me. In both ordinary and [...]
Melancholy Maiden
Child of the pure unclouded brow
And dreaming eyes of wonder!
Though time be fleet, and I and thou
Are half a life asunder,
Thy loving smile will surely hail
The love-gift of a fairy-tale.
I have not see thy sunny face,
Nor heard thy silver laughter;
No thought of me shall find a place
In thy young life’s hereafter-
Enough that now thou wilt [...]
Let there be humans…
I was talking to MV about evolution and he recommended a Nat-Geo documentary titled ‘The human family tree’ for me to watch. To anyone who is interested in knowing about the origins of us humans in a lucid and interesting way, I would also recommend this highly engrossing documentary.
I have an intense peeve against most [...]
Orange!
In the screeched symphony of cursive love the ebonimous violas strum their swan songs.
The nervous bows in shivering fits dot the dark with disdainful disobedience and the breathless flute is but the sound of a scratched nail on a blackboard.
There is a Wagnerian march of drums like bullet holes in a gossamer – a lover’s [...]
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En route Houston
It’s the fourth day of the trip and I have decided to take a day’s break at my friend’s (N V Pavan) place in Houston Texas. We go back to the IIT days where he was the volley captain, sport secretary, and subsequently President of India gold medalist and all my academic achievements during college [...]
Ending it with a Bang!
Although I haven’t felt quite the same sort of feeling of exhilaration and release after crossing the doctorate milestone that a lot of other people might get, it’s a distinct milestone nevertheless – one that punctuates a significant chunk of life, and eviscerates from it a tangible, heavy piece of warm, throbbing time. If only [...]