Comments for Ankit Srivastava

Comment on Progress by Ankit

Ankit — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:36:18 +0000

I would not come to that judgment too soon. I feel that the level of awareness of the average person always leaves much to be desired in the minds of a small minority. For instance there is a quote by Oscar Wilde which goes something like,

‘The modern artist only sees what the public sees and the public doesn’t see anything.’

And this was late 1800s. I’m sure such examples have always existed, so it’s hard to say…

Comment on Progress by Parth

Parth — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:29:11 +0000

Another way to look at it is that there is no NEED for grand literature or complex ideas anymore. As a society, we are attuned to the simplest explanation and more and more tasks are being automated. So, we live in vain and vanity and are content with it. Why spend hours parsing and understanding a complex piece of art when there are quick fixes everywhere?

Comment on A rant by Aditya

Aditya — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:22:54 +0000

Its more than a rant, really. You have made a very good point. And as for the question, its dumbass quotient is right up there with the idea of cheerleaders in T20 cricket. The last few lines are also quite appealing; they are a hint of rationality and maturity in the writer.

Comment on A rant by Amitesh

Amitesh — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:20:28 +0000

Been the same place. Our experiences are strangely similar at times.

Comment on Research by Devendra

Devendra — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:40:41 +0000

Sounds kinda like what I am doing these days !!! Doing research on how the non-uniformly distributed capital losses in Insurance industry can be calibrated with a single model so that the future losses can be simulated … PCA analysis is appropriate but Lagrangian Brownian Motion doesnt seems to explain everything there …

Comment on Melancholy Maiden by Parth

Parth — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:31:07 +0000

Agreed. Thanks for sharing.

Comment on Let there be humans… by Parth

Parth — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:03:33 +0000

And yet we measure our ‘evolution’ in real-time; as if a century here or there and we are fundamentally altered.

Comment on Orange! by Ankit

Ankit — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:49:34 +0000

okay we’ll start with a special one, floccinaucinihilipilification! I’m not even kidding. It’s a word which means ‘the act of considering something as worthless’ .

Comment on Orange! by Kathy V

Kathy V — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:31:29 +0000

I get it now.

I really like the word svelt.
You should help me build my vocabulary, a word a day

Comment on En route Houston by Amit

Amit — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:31:30 +0000

You should finish your travelogue. Your two glorious days in AL should find adequate mention in there!