The Nocturnal Blog

Hopes and Dreams

2011-06-27T05:44:00.001+05:30

There once lived a boy
His World quite small
He had no thoughts
No hopes and dreams

Then he became a man
His world still small
A girl became his thoughts
His hopes and dreams

And then he went mad
To protect his world
The girl ripped his heart
All hopes and dreams

And then she came back
He made her his world
The girl left him again
For her hopes and dreams

He felt sick and tired
His world was lost
The thoughts of his heart
Cost his hopes and dreams

She came back again
There was no world
His ripped heart and thoughts
Killed his hopes and dreams.

Memories of a dream

2011-03-19T04:41:00.001+05:30

I want to forget
Maybe even Ignore,
But I can't forget
Not even Ignore.

All is messed up
So bad I can't get up,
All night I stay up
The days, I wish to wake up.

My heart still beats up
As I keep to pace up,
I tend to slow down
But can't seem to calm down.

I dreamt for so long
My reality looks forlorn,
Sights of recurring reverie
My days are forgone.

You

2011-01-23T05:45:00.002+05:30

All I do is
Think about you
For days went by
And months went by

All I see is
You everywhere
All day long
And all night long

All I feel is
You in my heart
Each passing moment
Of my life

All my living is
For your sake
I take your thoughts
Down to my grave

In the dark

2011-01-20T20:26:00.002+05:30

The days are darker
My hopes I ponder
The nights are colder
My thoughts I wonder

The days seem shorter
On places I wander
The nights seem forever
On paths I uncover

I feel

2011-01-18T08:11:00.004+05:30

When I knew love
It broke my heart
The pain I feel
Comforts me to last

When I knew love
I lay in vain
The smile I feign
Can't hide my pain

Insomniac

2011-01-11T19:11:00.001+05:30

I see the time again
With eyes of hopeful change,
Not a moment past
Since I saw it Last.

Time and time again
I toss and turn in bed,
Is the battery dead?
The clock seems stuck again.

Thoughts cross the mind
Sheep jump the fence,
Lost my count again
Searching for some sleep.

New Welcome

2011-01-10T00:51:00.003+05:30

The wind, its breezy
The sky, its clear
My faith, not restored
The mind, Unclear

The cold, a warm welcome
The snow, a delight
The days, are darker
A way out, my fear

To tell a tale

2010-10-13T05:22:00.002+05:30

Cigarettes, That's what i need

Grades, a sinusoidal feed

Lungs, to help me breathe ease

Life, live the way it is

Friends, to make me feel good

Profs, they complement it

Jobs, to find if I could

Sex, need to experience it

Guitar, a doorstep leading to

Music, the pathway to heaven

Poems, they tell a tale

My Life, all explained...

The Eternal Paradox

2010-10-08T05:03:00.001+05:30

Finally, a blogpost again :D Grad school leaves me completely exhausted to make any regular post. I have a question today which I have been thinking for the past few days and my agnostic roommate could become a believer if he is convinced either ways.

"Is a person good because he is religious or is he religious because he is good?"

I must be stupid, this isn't even a valid question! A person is either good or bad, what has religion to do with anything? But on second thought, *switching to religious mode*. Many people assume that being religious is good and it makes you a better person. Religious people are good at heart, and when we think of charity, the first thing that pops into most people's head is a church or a religious person. And some people even go to the extent of declaring that human civilization will end if religion disappears.

But hypothetically, Just imagine that god didn't exist. What is the change that it would cause in the current world? Suffering in the world will still be the same and people who are better will surely be. Good and bad will happen to everyone randomly as is the case with nature, irrespective of their world view.

From a christian world view, you wouldn't have churches which brings people with faith under one roof. Again not all religious people are good and those who are, they are good anyways. This is not due to the bible or will of the god. I want you to understand the underlying differences between religion, faith and morality. Suppose after knowing god didn't exist, if a previously religious person wouldn't help others, he was never truly good. The sole motive of his generosity was to please a god or otherwise selfish.

You do not have to believe in a fairy tale to increase your morality or be good to others, though you can gain experience from others lives. A truly good person does not need to stare into the infinity to help others, it is from something innate within. Morality or a tendency to help others is also defined by the theory of evolution. But as Christians, we might like to dissect the theory and find out semantic paradoxes within.

But underlying all that, there is a natural cause which may not be pretty at first sight. Nature is beautiful and the theory of evolution glorifies its adaptive nature. Our primary instinct, survival of an individual and his species is one of the most important postulates of the theory of evolution. This explains morality in a simple manner which in my opinion is better than a morality donated by a god who isn't.

Yesterday, I had a small discussion with a friend from grad school about religion. At the peak of the discussion, he asked me a question and I am excited to share it:

"Ron, if god were to appear in front of you and prove himself; what will you do?" and I said:

1) First of all, your question is absurd and it is never going to happen.

2) Second, If he is god, he has better things to do than prove himself to me.

3) Third, It does no difference to me. I would still despise him for all the suffering in the world to innocent people.

I told him, it is not important for me or anyone to believe in god. It does not mean anything, unless you're are a coward who do not have enough self confidence to move ahead in life. In conclusion, we may or may not find the vastness of the universe, but that should not affect our morality or relationship with other people.

A Dark day

2010-09-06T14:05:00.001+05:30

Fear and thoughts

Gripping down away,

Wandering mind

Blank and desperate.

Hope for tomorrow

Darkening the way,

Thinking today

Still made my day.

All thought and said

As Farther they may,

Closing my eyes

It's still the same...

The end of the horizon

2010-08-11T03:41:00.000+05:30

It is quite easy but disturbing to write an article right out of your heart. You may not find the right vocabulary but you sure as hell know what you want to convey. Language, that which we use for communication is a bridge as well as barrier for knowledge. It's interesting because the other day I was listening to a mormon priest, for a moment I thought, this is it! Why am I complicating things that are so simple?!! Nah I am kidding, he was such a moron. This is the thing about philosophy. It's appealing as long as it's simple enough for people to understand. Life is a journey of contradictions and we would like to use an alternative to all possible things in life.

Most things that we perceive or have knowledge of can be used as a reason for and against god. Nature>Natural disasters, health>diseases, Food>poverty, children>mortality, birth defects etc.., the list is endless. The same thing that is cited for god's existence is also the reason for atheism. Faith is good as long as it does not control your life and makes you control others. To be optimistic is not everyone, some people do lean on faith and hope to get on with their lives.

Our knowledge of the universe is ever increasing. A person cannot possibly have quite a world view about everything, which is why we have specialization in every sphere of life. It's interesting because not many people (in many parts of the world) get an opportunity to learn science. And those who do get, may not be really interested.

We might like to say, "but that is the most important thing in life!". Well that is your perspective and, shut up! Our origin and meaning in the world is a very important question in life, but it isn't life. It's no different than religion, when you impose your opinion on others. I do not like the attitude of a lot of atheists, behaving condescendingly towards religious people. Religious people do act like idiots, no doubt, but there is a reason. It requires open mindedness and courage on their part especially if you are a real devotee. It's also difficult to get past the pseudo-open-mindedness zone that religion has created in their minds :P .

The vastness of the universe is another reason for and against the existence god. When the priests offer an easy to understand, shut up and shove it down your throat reason for the existence of life; the choice is obvious for most people. For why not, it's taught as the truth since childhood and everyone you know does as well. But it's not the case in secular places and most of your friends may belong to different faith. Of lately, people think that the difference is no big deal and get on with their lives.

This is a new fad and I appreciate it. The fact that you do not realise is that, you are part of a religion (or cult) that some people take very seriously. Oftentimes I keep an atheistic facebook status and friends go like, "dude get a life!" And some guys go like, "how dare you? you are an idiot good for nothing dumbf$@k!" and curse me with all sorts of stuff. well, If you don't care about religion, just look at others who take the lame status so seriously. Why bother commenting in the first place?

In conclusion, religion substitutes as a philosophy until science figures out a way to replace it. But religion breeds ignorance, the best solution is to educate people and help them understand science.

This is a small introduction to philosophy. I want to start from the very basics and help spread it. Philosophy starts where science ends and is the art of creating hypothesis. It is scientific when tested and proven by science. This is an attempt to make philosophy appealing to more people and help ourselves explain the great questions in life.

A quest for thoughts

2010-08-07T20:05:00.003+05:30

Img Source : Wikipedia

The above is a statistical map of atheists around the world.

And yet another stereotype is born. My talk about atheism and skepticism openly has generated a natural opposition; "there is definitely something wrong with this guy!". Being an Indian, my agnostic world view is considered as nothing but a mere desperate attempt for attention. There are doubts among my friends as to why I am suddenly preaching Atheism and offending them.

Well for starters, One cannot preach atheism and one cannot offend a religion. Atheism is the lack of belief in god and it tries to provide a naturalistic view of the world. A lot of smart people think that the naturalistic world view is an explanation of the things set in motion by god. It is a very good explanation if you can prove the existence of god.

All the current religions are nothing but a traditional version of Ctrl + C , Ctrl +V from various philosophical texts. It has been rightfully or wrongfully associated with religion and is currently hampering any new philosophical thought. The truth is that there have been many philosophical schools of thought and the New testament is a version of the philosophy prevalent during the time of Jesus. Over the next few months I will read and blog about the various schools of thought by eminent philosophers over the ages.

This will give us a better understanding of philosophy and religion. It is useful for both theists and atheists alike, in strengthening our faith or leaving it. After all, that which does not kill us makes us stronger.

God didn't say "Let there be Bible!"

2010-08-03T20:22:00.003+05:30

I told my friend last week that there is nothing wrong with his notion about the existence of god. It is still a possibility since science cannot explain all of our questions. Humans have always used this as a proof for the existence of god. And, if a religious person has knowledge of science, he will try to provide rational debatable explanation of god using morality and intelligent design. And when the debate is over, quote the word of god;

"If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other gods, whom you and your fathers have not known, gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away, from one end of the earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him. Your hand shall be the first raised to slay him; the rest of the people shall join in with you. You shall stone him to death, because he sought to lead you astray from the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. And all Israel, hearing of this, shall fear and never do such evil as this in your midst." (Deuteronomy 13:7-12)

This is what an all powerful omnipotent god tells us to do? And you don't find anything contradictory to your wonderful debate which I too wish were true? Now to the biblical geniuses who accuse me of quoting out of context, please provide me a with a suitable context so that I too can follow the advice of god.

We all have questions about the origin of life and death, so does priests and the pope. Instead of burying your head under the ground because it is written in some book, explore your life. We even have scientific evidence for evolution which disproves the bible's claims about the origin of life. Stop filling in the blanks for god by adding all scientific discoveries to the bible, it only makes him more angry (:D).

Religious people say, "I don't need science to tell me if there is a god or not." Good! and I say " You don't need a bible to learn about god either."

A reason to blame everytime

2010-07-31T19:17:00.015+05:30

For those who don't know about the holy month of Ramadan, it is the month during which Muslims refrain from food all day long from sunrise to sunset. In most of the middle east countries, eating food in public places during Ramadan is illegal and a punishable crime. It is also illegal to keep restaurants and food outlets open and they remain closed until sunset. People have been punished as little as 40 hours community service in Dubai and up to 4 years jail time in Algeria as well as being banned from the country.

Though it is sweet that some people eat in public intentionally to return back to their home country due to lack of money. I have to ask a question to all the Muslims; Is this what prophet Mohamed had in mind when he taught people to resist their temptations. Punishing others for resisting your temptation is not going you help you one bit. There is no question of other people respecting your tradition of fasting, we certainly do. Indeed people tolerate most things that is done in the name of religion. Respect is not shown by forcing others to follow you, but by mutual tolerance between people with contradicting beliefs.

Imagine a fat guy who is dieting held a gun against your head everyday from morning to evening because he can't eat. If he does it for a month you will go crazy, wont' you? This is another example where religion can be used to ban our most basic need in life.

And what's with the complains to TV channels about them trying to distract religious people from god? A resident of UAE Dr. Rola Mahmoud told in a Newspaper interview;

"They are tempting us to watch these programs rather than spending the holy month in worshiping God with full devotion and helping needy people."

You mean to say that Superman has more power over you than god or am I imagining stuff?

Has anyone in the middle east heard of something called taking responsibility for your actions. Well to be precise, If you kill someone with a knife there is one more option available other than suing the knife manufacturer. If you don't understand the cause of something or can't stick to your beliefs, stop inventing childish games about God or blame someone else for it. I can say one thing for sure, If a god may exist, he is a supreme being who created the whole universe. He knows better than writing a poor literature or boasting about his supremacy in people's dreams.

Sleepy Hobby

2010-07-29T04:40:00.019+05:30

It's a little annoying when people come up to me and say "stop criticizing my beliefs". But I feel happy, they realize now that life is possible without a belief in god. Also, there is a bunch of people who believe that not believing in god, is itself a belief system and an alternative religion. Well here is my message for them, F@$K OFF!!

Draw the parallels between the two chats between a believer and an atheist:

(This is an actual chat between me and my friend)

A : Did you know that atheism is a religion?

B : Really?! I thought it was something opposed to it.

A : No, that's what they want us to think.

B : What do they want us to think?

A : They want us to lead to hell. They are the work of Satan, to turn us away from god.

B : I think, you mean me?

A : I don't mean that. Atheists think they are cool. But on the inside they do believe in god?

B : God Dammit! You can tell me that directly. And I don't believe in god!

Let's replace the word religion with hobby:

A : Hello there, I don't collect stamps like you do.
B : Really?! That's an amazing hobby I say.
A : Thank you! But I really envy my friends hobby.
B : That's nice, what does he do?
A : Well he sleeps all day and night and is a total loser.

B : Must be the best hobby ever :D

It doesn't make so much sense now, does it?

Can I see you God?

2010-07-27T09:30:00.005+05:30

Can I God
For one split moment
Do you really exist,
My brain longs for
A visible you
Are you for real,
Who am I talking to
I have no answer
Are you there god,
A blind me
Would have faith in you
why do I see,
A deaf me
would have only faith
why do I hear,
It got me thinking
If faith is you
why do I reason,
All odds against
No proof remains
Can I see you God.

A grassful dedication

2010-07-27T08:50:00.001+05:30

This post is dedicated to all my grassy friends (!!). I hope these songs help you with your trips for a wonderful journey :D

P.S: I just love this music. If anyone know of similar bands, Do post it as a comment; Have a Great Day!

Fat is not beautiful

2010-07-22T11:50:00.005+05:30

Very often, In fact every time two girls come together, there is bound to be a talk about their looks. To give an example, Two Fat Ugly girls meet up;

F1: You look beautiful and slim

F2:Thank you ;);), I stuffed myself a ton load of food this week ;);)

F1: It's ok, you look great. How do I look?

F2:You are cute and sexxyy!!

F1: I know, I know :P

And I'm not exaggerating, this is a very natural conversation. If you are fat and ugly face it! When we compliment someone on external beauty, it's relative. What is the point of a fake self esteem? What is next; you go to a handicapped guy and say, wow! your legs are perfect, wanna play football with me? I am not criticizing anybody, accept the facts and work on how to be better. If you are fat, exercise and get better. Looks don't matter and you are no less than anyone, just acknowledge yourself. Love and relationship is not about looks, it's of the mind and it does not matter if you are fat, slim, ugly or beautiful. Just stop pretending about each other and have a wonderful life.

Yes it has something to do with religion! We are humans, we lie outright to each other and invent euphemisms to feel better about our external appearance. What is the extend that we may go to escape death? "Religion".The current capitalistic world is miserable if you don't have money. Dozens of countries in Africa are poor beyond suffering and millions of children die every year of preventable diseases. Religious and ethnic fights are occurring all over the globe and causing more deaths than any other known cause. Stop pretending the world is wonderful and the omnipotent god is watching over every single one of us.

Observe your surroundings and reason with it. Accept the facts and work towards minimizing misery and improving our lifestyle. If you can't understand nature, use science to explore its beauty. Unlearn your childhood fantasies and explore your unbiased freedom to make the most. Do not believe things just because it was told by your parents or teachers or priests. When you have realized that death is inevitable, use your mind to confirm your beloved beliefs that shape your identity. If I am fat, someone complimenting me on my slimness doesn't help. Repeating the words "God works in mysterious ways" does not explain our well being and others misery!

A stereotypical conversation

2010-07-18T21:41:00.006+05:30

The above is a very stereotypical conversation between a believer and an atheist. If someone had told me three years back that Christ did not exist, I would have LMAO and walked away. Why talk to a retard who has no respect for the saviour of earth? For I used to pray for things and it used to happen. I was completely convinced that Christ is the only God.

I do not remember how exactly I became a non-believer owing to my poor memory. As far as I can recollect, the mind opener must have been the grass(!!). So, I started doubting things during my sophomore year after watching the movie 'Zeitgeist'. Although it has some factual errors, it was successful in creating a small ripple of doubt which still reverberates. In any religion, the followers do not have the right to doubt their creator and it's a sin to do so. Faith in the time of misery is the highest (and most stupid) virtue asked of a follower.

The highest virtue that mankind possesses is the ability to doubt things, which in other words being inquisitive. It propels human kind forward and will help us unravel the mystery of the universe in the future.

Universal News glasses

2010-07-17T00:36:00.014+05:30

Many of you who don't know, this is the new range of glasses by the brand Raymagnify™ . This is being recently used by an alarming number of Gulf residents for reading newspapers daily. The reason for this new trend is "Gulf News", the leading daily newspaper in the Gulf region. The below slide-show movie shows an edition of Gulf News (except the editorial page) as seen without the glasses.

After purchasing my pair of glasses last week, I discovered that Gulf news still prints news-articles alongside advertisements. A friend of mine who didn't know about these trendy glasses, told me that he uses Gulf News only as toilette paper. He is one of the thousands of people in the Gulf who are finally seeking doctors help to maintain their daily reading habit.

View of Gulf news with Raymagnify™ which is currently available only in pink color due to its popularity among majority of Gulf residents;

Fuck Gulf News and all its gay advertising sponsors. Use Internet as a viable medium for reading news. Why pay others to receive advertisements delivered to your home everyday;

Rupee symbol and India

2010-07-15T15:50:00.003+05:30

It's a matter of pride for Indians all over the world, the Rupee finally has a symbol. Designed by IIT alumni Udaya Kumar, it signifies India's growth and the importance of Rupee in the world market. But since the design is inspired by devanagri script, there are already tensions building up. We know that tamil and a few other scriptures enjoy classical status too, but the design is done by another Indian who looked to one of the ancient scriptures for inspiration. This is to be appreciated since the design is secular and has no ambiguity. Also, there is some speculation about the poor advertising campaign by Indian government for the design process and that the symbol resembles Euro partially. Personally, I think the symbol is elegant and represents the Rising India.

New look for the blog

2010-07-13T22:07:00.004+05:30

I spent the whole day installing the new template and comment system. Finally fixed the template completely but the comment system still has some work to do. Intense Debate (I.D) Comment system is wonderful and is an awesome alternate to the Blogger comments. Installing I.D is very easy and got it up running in minutes, but I'm facing an issue. The default comment text color is similar to the background color and I.D does not provide any manual CSS editing options. I've tried to fix it for over an hour now but in vain, have made a complain at the I.D site which mentions that they respond in under 24 hours. Due to my mistake during installation, I've also lost a few previous comments. All the issues will be fixed and the site will be fully up by tomorrow morning.

Religion maybe rational

2010-07-09T07:58:00.011+05:30

There is no right and there is no wrong. Most people of the world would disagree with me on this topic. We are humans, we can label anything wrong and make it right by our own justifications. For example consider the following that are considered evil in the modern world irrespective of our religious beliefs:

1) Murder

2)Rape

3)Adultery

4)Theft

5)Lying

In perfectly normal circumstances, the justification may be:

Murder --> Patriotism
Theft --> For hunger
Adultery --> Who cares
Lying --> An end motive which is good

We can justify all the acts above except for rape which I personally believe cannot be justified unless there is some supernatural intervention(Oops!). But a quick Google search Result can reveal otherwise. In the name of religion all the five acts has be justified, supported and even done by god in the Bible innumerable times.

We think ourselves rational (which we are :D), and believe our opinions are true. Our mind continuously tries to justify our beliefs based on our knowledge and perception of the world. Just yesterday I had fight with a close friend of mine, who prevented me from openly discussing my atheistic beliefs with his community friends. I had this thought for a long time, how can a perfectly rational person believe in something that probably may not exist. The reason is when the human brain is convinced completely of an entity, it is very unlikely to change unless evidence for the opposite is available. This is classic case of religion since an evidence for or against cannot be provided. And he must be thinking about my irrationality since the evidence against religion isn't available, which makes perfect sense but not to me.

Yes, I know the coming question: "you mean to say that the atheists were never really convinced?". Well, the rational explanation for that would be, all our brains are evolving and everyone at some point in future will question their childhood fantasies. Since our thought process itself is flawed, we are not flawless beings blended to perfection by god.

Most atheists argue against religion due to its ill effects such as hatred, mass killings and a world full of people with extreme creativity and imagination. The justification for this is:

"Religion is perfectly good, it's just the people who are jerks. If he is truly religious, he wouldn't do any of this. The only thing religion preaches is peace for the entire world."

Now I will create a hypothetical situation in which there are only two people left in the world. One person is an atheist and the other religious. The religious person becomes a martyr in hope of an afterlife and kills both of them in the act. Can you justify religion now and destroy humanity? We can justify these acts as random in our times because the world human population is very large and do not see the end of our species in the near future (which may even happen).

The religious argument would be, Religion existed even when the human population was small. First of all, there was no means of transportation, communication or weapons that exist today. People who lived as a community had a common culture and belief or religion. It was a good thing, even if it meant proselytizing a few who differ. But today, the scenario is different and bringing the whole world to a common belief is almost impossible.

Pardon me for the length of the article :D

9:58 minutes says it all

2010-07-07T03:42:00.000+05:30

Incase a religious devotee has an argument missed out from the debate..please post it as a comment! Have a nice day :D

World history and Religion

2010-07-06T18:11:00.001+05:30

We know that the major religious expansions in history were marked by the birth of world saviours and most importantly wars. Found this animated timeline interesting!

Toshiba and no more of it

2010-07-06T05:45:00.002+05:30

This post is right from the heart about my laptop. Being an admirer of Toshiba, I find it very hard to put it out but I finally accept the fact that new Toshiba laptops suck big time. If Alex (My ex-college mate) ever reads this post , he could even mock me for eternity. Well, Toshiba was first recommended to me by a dad's friend and I was more than happy to get my first laptop. For the first eight months, it ran smoothly and coincidentally I never used my laptop more than 3 hours a day. I would still be boasting about Toshiba and ridiculing Alex if it wasn't for the overheating problem. My first laptop screen froze halfway through multiplayer LAN games and I was cursed by the entire hostel and kicked out often as soon as I joined the games. And when I had to get my second laptop, I went and bought myself a Toshiba (I must be stupid!!). [Laptop config: 2.26 AMD dual core, 4 GB RAM, 320 HDD, 512 ATI Radeon].

The in-built harman/kardon speakers are excellent for music but playing it all full volume could halt your surfing due to insufficient power. Since using it as a Laptop burned my legs, I had to settle using it as a Tabletop with external fans. After all this, the touchpad, internal microphone and finally the graphics card are busted. I am typing this post through a series of flickers in the screen which tend to disappear for 10 seconds when I hit it twice with my hand (I"m a Civil Engineer! :D). On the positive side, I can use the computer by using the keyboard shortcuts and continue working after slapping myself twice. In conclusion, Toshiba satellite series laptop is yet another conspiracy by NITT administration to further make the life of its students as miserable as possible.

A well planned rebuttal

2010-07-03T03:07:00.002+05:30

Days are passing by sometimes faster and sometimes slower, but most of the time I just can't remember what fucked up day it is. The other day I was at the bank with dad, I had to fill out a cheque and didn't know the date. Lazy to take my phone out of the pocket, I politely asked the guy at the counter. He kept staring at me as if I was there to rob the bank. Which sick loser bank won't have a wall calendar?! After making a bad joke to the adjacent counter guy, he told me the date. Lucky for me, Dad was busy at another counter or would've had to plug my ears for his advice as well.

While out for a walk in the evening I noticed that people kept checking both sides of the road before crossing, when cars were coming from only one direction. I guess that's the whole point of the huge road dividers with street lights, Isn't it? To divide the cars coming from both directions, so that we can cross the road easily. My theory is that when we were in 4th grade, we were taught in school; look to your right, then to the left and then again to your right before crossing the road. And we tend to stick to the same without giving a second thought, as is the case with religion and our so called culture and traditions. People will be cursing me now, how dare you link two completely random stuff? To which my reply will be; how dare you say religion is right when evolution maybe even wrong?

The truth

2010-06-30T21:01:00.015+05:30

Deep down the ocean

Didn't know why I was,

The inner beauty of the blue

Darker than my invaded fantasy,

The love for my life

Renewed every moment's passing,

My ponderous heart pounding

And the tears insignificant

The search for truth failed

A dark void surrounded me;

I couldn't hold onto, but

There was no white light,

Rising up the horizon

I wasn't there,

Alongside the sea weeds

Washed ashore a new day.

Atheist Meme of the Day: Religion Has No Right to Special Respect

2010-06-29T02:01:00.001+05:30

theist Meme of the Day. I am really glad that I've done more blog posts this year than the number of posts put together in the past three years!! Pass this on; or don't; or edit it as you see fit; or make up your own. Enjoy!

Religion has no right to special respect. It is entirely fair to criticize religion, question it, point out its flaws, ask it to support itself with evidence, and mock it when it's being ridiculous -- just like we do with political opinions, scientific positions, artistic expressions, and any other ideas being expressed in the public forum. Pass it on: if we say it enough times to enough people, it may get across.

Geniuses and Religions

2010-06-27T20:39:00.011+05:30

A theist's heart pounds with sarcasm and mockery when he learns about the rituals and beliefs of other religion. Though faith in a personal god may be a good thing, the fundamentalist belief in religion is the concern of the day which pose danger to other individuals and humanity. During childhood, I used to detest Hinduism mainly because it is polytheistic and also partially due to one of my dad's stories. He told me that Hinduism and other religions came into being during the time when Moses climbed up the mountain to collect the ten commandments. And when he returned with the commandments, he got so pissed with the people practicing other religions that he ordered the killing of every one of them. The other religions that we see today are the remnants of the one's from those time and people still practice them. As a kid, I was really dumb and didn't ask many questions.

But today I know that I was dumber than I thought myself to be. Historically none of this is possible and personally I believe Hinduism as a religion is much better than Christianity. I have immense respect for founders of various religions such as Mohamed and more recently Joseph Smith and Ron L. Hubbard. These great men have founded their religion on the most ridiculous of ideas. They have shown that it is possible to manipulate people in the name of religion with any fundamentalist concept. For example, Ron Hubbard stands for whatever the word genius can literally imply. His entire life is a controversy to the extent that he faked and presented a PhD degree to himself. It was discovered later that the university which granted the honorary PhD award to Ron had been bought by him earlier.

Hubbard Founded the Church of Scientology during december 1953, based on his experience in science fiction articles. He is claimed to have done immense research into origin of human existence and came up with the tenets of scientology. A short glimpse into its beliefs could send a Christian into hell for laughing so hard at another human being. Hubbard was a science fiction writer, military lieutenant and travelled all over the world before founding his own religion. He could have even invented his religion to reinstate the fact that anyone who is shrewd enough can not only manipulate people using religion as a tool but also invent one. The Church of Scientology features among the top 25 major religions of the world and currently there are more than half million Scientologists including Tom Cruise who is an active member.

I still go to church

2010-06-22T02:53:00.005+05:30

While I have been actively blogging for the past week, my real life activities have downed to zero. My blog average view count is 6 per day and occasionally 100 when I check the blog 94 times. It is difficult for to stay idle all day long with my mom stalking on me. I am really pissed off with her trying to convince me to attend the week church mass. Well, finally she won and now I have to accompany her and must stay in till the end. I have gone to church twice now, and it's just wonderful. Its a pleasure to share my past week activities in the church.

Choosing the right seat:

1) Find a seat farthest from and behind where mom is seated (the most important!!)

2) A guy who doesn't remember prayers and just keeps mumbling along.

3)The above sentence means go sit next to any random guy (?!!)

3) Some hot chick just in front of you (or beside you)

Activity 1: Sit when everyone is standing and stand when everyone sits down. Standing when others sit down has a bright side, people will think you are extra religious and may even try to compete with you on your stand.

Activity 2: Yawn at regular intervals. Stretch your arms and make it look more natural.

Activity 3: When the church offering collectors come by, take out your wallet and check a while for cash. Then tell them that you don't have money even for dinner. (Don't expect to get any money!!)

Activity 4: Sleep and chew a bubble gum (Even my mom was convinced that I was praying...*evil laugh*!! she kept checking on me, since I sneaked outside last week)

Activity 5: Listen to some fairy tales from the priest. (Helps you get sleep)

Activity 6: Check out more chicks when they get up and stick out their tongue for the priest.

Actitivity 7: Update facebook status message and any notifications

Activity 8: Compliment mom on how the mass has changed my life

Additional tip: You may ask out some girl while exiting the church (yet to try out :D). Probability for rejection is less (tell her god wants you both to spend the rest of your lives together). And you won't get into a lot of trouble (you get jailed for holding hands in public, this is middle east for christ's sake)

I will post more if I come with some impromptu good deeds while at the church. Looking forward to next week mass...

Facebook, Religion and Islam

2010-06-19T15:48:00.016+05:30

The role of religion in our everyday lives is very significant regardless of our acknowledgment and yet enmity exists between different religions without exception. The reason for this may be conveniently attributed to politics and people, but the most obvious one is the perception of religious people that their belief is the ultimate truth. Unquestionable faith is expected from every follower of a religion which by default renders the belief of every other religion false. When crimes are committed in the name of religion, may it be the 9/11 or the pedophilia in the church, it so happens that the justification for such crimes have already been framed and kept in a golden locker, ready to be opened on any Christmas day.

When religion provides a medium for violating other peoples views and committing crimes, there is nothing wrong with the religion but the people. In the name of religion, they have to right to antagonize anyone and deem it ethical and moral. The latest crime on the list is not terrorism, but facebook. Mark Zuckerberg has been charged with blasphemy by a high court in Pakistan. According to the Pakistan penal code:

"Use of derogatory remark etc, in respect of the Holy Prophet, whoever by words, either spoken or written, or by visible representation, or by any imputation, innuendo, or insinuation, directly or indirectly, defiles the sacred name of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, and shall also be liable for fine."

The Pakistani police have informed the Interpol on the arrest of the facebook owners and the Issue has been raised in UN general assembly (!!!). If captured, he could be charged with Blasphemy punishable by death.

Defenders of the Earth!!

2010-06-19T15:48:00.015+05:30

I recently came across this Catholic Blog which makes a mockery of atheism and provides wrong facts to claim right on their part.

Maybe honest mistakes on their part, but its funny how one thing can be perceived completely different based a persons mindset. A person with an IQ of 20 and who has not been living inside a goddamned rock for the past 100 years could prove wrong every sentence written in the blog. The site defends the catholic church on its recent scandals, claims that atheists have no scientific basis whatsoever and goes onto establish why catholic church is the only true church in the world. In addition, the author scientifically proves how faith cannot exist without reason and how atheism is the new religion (again scientifically!!).

Please visit the site: Catholic Defenders and see if you guys can prove a point or two :P

Is our eye perfect??

2010-06-18T15:21:00.008+05:30

The perfection and beauty of our body and the environment are cited as reasons for supporting God. God is omniscient and omnipotent who has made the world without flaws. Lets examine the image below!

Identify the direction in which the lady at the center is spinning:

Soccer fans angry!!

2010-06-17T02:05:00.014+05:30

It's interesting how Bangladesh soccer fans can react over not being able to watch the 2010 FIFA world cup. Due to an acute power cut during the Argentina vs Nigeria match, fans rampaged through the streets vandalizing property.In addition, they threw rocks at the power station officials further increasing the power cut and damaging the power stations. The country's passion for supporting Argentina is due to the fact that their home team is ranked 157th of the 192 soccer playing nations.

In reaction to the protest, the Government of Bangladesh has come up with an ingenious idea to save power during FIFA matches or the peak load time, as the Government officials call it. Bangladesh power development board is asking factories operating across the country to close down for 5 of the 8 hours they operate every day. According to a government official :

“If the industries are kept closed, one-third of the electricity consumption will be saved and we can all enjoy the World Cup,” said Alamgir Kabir.

Another weird fact is that Somalia has banned it's people from watching the FIFA matches. According to it's directions, Somali Islamic Militia storm raided several private homes and has arrested 30 people who were watching the Germany - Australia match.

|All Hail the world cup, long live it's passion|

I don't know, the agnost says.

2010-06-12T15:17:00.010+05:30

Disclaimer: The following post is intended to be offensive to anyone who disagree!!

All the religions are just trying to do the one thing, their ideology simplified in George Carlin's terms:

( Do you believe in god?

No!

----

Oh yeh, kill the motherf*#$er!!!!

Do you believe in god?

Yes :) !

Do you believe in my god?

No!.. Burn the m$#rF$#@r alive!!!

)

In this context i want the believers to explain to me a clause i'm confused with:

When people say, look around yourself and enjoy the serenity and beauty god has given you. How can something so beautiful just happen out of randomness? This itself is enough *reason* for god to exist!!

Now I believe you guys will accept that god created us in him own image. So though he transcends all reality (:D) and dimension, he himself is beautiful.

How did he come into being?

Doesn't it occur to you guys that we are just deviating the question we ask ourselves to god?

If god himself can form out of randomness, how difficult is it to call the universe itself as the term 'god'!

The tragic ending

2010-05-16T20:35:00.007+05:30

Falling from the sky
Soaring through the clouds
Staring at the ground
Survival wasn't a concern

Hands stretched across
Smile wider than ever
Descended my wild dream
On the cold barren

Bones shattered across
Jaws widened as never
Ended my mild scream
Over the final graven

Insane, weird?

2010-05-16T11:09:00.006+05:30

It's weird
The whole damn thing
Can't be explained
Hence the confusion
Hovering above you
A cloud of mystery
Leaps out of you
Frustration and distress
Trying to figure
A weird little thing
Nothing lost
But a lapse of sanity

The Nicotine thoughts

2010-04-18T04:14:00.008+05:30

Sometimes i think thoughts are a barrier to my everyday life. I mean life becomes a routine after settling in a place. It's just there; you don't even have to think for most part. And then one day, you just sit down and realize or rather reminisce your past .For some, their life long goals may have been fulfilled and just realizing that's not what they were looking for. But that's not the case for a 21 year old (that’s me). My thoughts drifting across school, and college days that are coming to an end. I mean I didn't choose to be here or spend the days like I have been so far. It just happened and maybe I don't want to have it any other way. But then, again, the thoughts. I imagine myself teleported back when I was a junior school kid and my life being played back like a tape. Only this time I know what's going to happen. I would want to make more friends, more enemies and go further with a few people I had crush on. Who am I kidding, it’s not going to happen and I know it. Life will move on and I believe things can only get better over time. Being a non-believer, I may not have an imaginary friend to rely on every time something goes wrong. But it has definitely helped me to be self-dependent. Time is 3:51 AM and I just hope that time freezes still for me not to finish my writing but to enjoy my current moment. I hope I don't miss out my daily routine of The Simpsons before falling asleep.

A new good morning

2010-04-11T06:31:00.008+05:30

Looking back at life
Ignorance is bliss
Suddenly one good morning
I still cherish it
Rising up in bed
Last night was gone
Leaving behind thoughts
I had never Imagined

Broken view

2010-02-20T22:03:00.005+05:30

The gentle breeze glides past

chillness of the night freezes fast

Breaking past the very essence

Lies a broken man staring past

Revealing the noise the music stops

Comes into view when the lights off

The sunshade edge I never flew past

The regret

2010-01-17T20:39:00.004+05:30

A minute seems an eternity
"why was it meant to be today?!!"
that the fateful be known
breaking my tearful heart

I've had losing moments
"where are my tears now?!!"
which poured my heart out then
covering the dryness inside me

I was illusioned all along
"Will i ever learn?!!"
from the mistakes I committed
costing my dear future

I see the caring innocent eyes
"How can I explain her?!!"
the curse I hate to share
piercing her existing wound

It all seems so unnatural
"How could she possibly see?!!"
my troubled heart wide open
by looking into my eyes

I guess it was meant to be
"would I have possibly known?!!"
the blind spot behind my eyes
by staring at the midnight sky

Naughty…but not that naughtyTM

2009-07-12T22:37:00.005+05:30

I have some opinions about the current advertising of the new chocolate Fling manufactured by mars. I’m just quoting the actual advertising lines from their official website in bold.

Hmm...Lets start with the first line.

”Ladies, life is short. Don’t let it be boring too”.

A woman’s life has been such a boring place for the past 5000 years since god made them. Mars who also makes M&Ms has taken a bold step in encouraging feminism and supporting women for various causes with the introduction of their new range of premium chocolates Fling which literally means discard or throw away.

“Sometimes you need to be a little naughty — to taste the sweetness. We’ve broken the rules by creating FLING Chocolate, an un-regrettably indulgent premium chocolate”.I’m just guessing what do they mean by naughty when referring to a chocolate. There is actually a comment in gulf news on fling by a lady, which goes “Had my first naughty fling in the office yesterday … YUMMY!”. so girls now masturbate at the office place? Sheesh…If that’s the case, I’m all yes to fling or whatever trash that you throw.

“It is a blah…blah…chocolate that looks as glamorous as the women it speaks to”. The glamour of the chocolate increases or decreases depending upon the lady purchasing it. What is it a chocolate or an alive chameleon? There is a limit to how much marketing a chocolate company can go upto. Mars and other companies marketing teams actually say these ads help them to better communicate with women. I have only one question, are women so dumb?

“It tastes indulgent but it keeps its figure at under 85 calories per finger So go ahead and be as fabulous as you want to be. Sneak out to a movie.”

I have no problem with them reducing the calories, although I don’t get the part how it helps you to sneak out to movie. I wouldn’t be surprised if they freak out after..i mean it’s a chocolate for heavens sake. You wouldn’t sneak out or freak out unless you find some worms inside, like the cadbury’s some years ago.

“Go curly. Lick the wrapper. Shake things up! Nobody’s looking. “I’m still guessing after reading the whole ad, is this a chocolate or porno video we are talking about. Who the hell cares if someone’s watching you while you are having a chocolate. I’m seriously disturbed by this advertising strategy, no matter it is effective or not.

Google "fling chocolate" for more information, not fling unless you want to end up in some adult dating website.

Finally, another post..

2009-07-04T04:06:00.000+05:30

I really forgot that i had a blog for the past two months. Thought of writing an article about religion, but anything i am ever going to write about it has already been written in another blog by an agnost or aetheist. Anyways its becoming a real stupid topic to talk about or write. I was awoken at 7 in the morning today by my dad and there i sat in the bed with my eyes closed. In the meantime he had put off the AC and came to my room another 2 times yelling at me. It was then that i realised that he's waiting for me to go to church. I haven't gone to church in the past half year i guess. We usually go to church together but this time was different. I had more than enough reason i made up in my mind not to go to the church. so I pretended to sleep again and this time it was my mom. I don't remember what i said to her. Finally i woke up around 10 when they were all back. I had a heated argument with my dad before he finally gave up. I have never talked to my dad about religion before, it was difficult as he was putting his opinion and experiences every other minute in the conversation and my mom joined him for comments after that.

Also i came across this site called http://disbeliefnet.com. I have not come across a similar site recently as i didn't understand if it was for or against religion, very sarcastic i must agree. When i first visited the site, it had a bible verse of the moment which said

'Finally, the woman died.'

Matthew 22:27

It also has an ad for a christian porn site and a front page banner of bill maher's Religulous. Another curious thing is the Blasphemy box. "Blasphemy boxx????"How did they come up with that? It is a must check for everyone though and the site also has a suggestion box which goes like this:

Whether you want to proselytize us or sodomize us, send your damn email to"suggestions[at]disbeliefnet.com "

So strange...

2009-02-11T15:39:00.001+05:30

World is so strange
But the people so unaware
Busy with their minds own way
So primitive in every way

So strange that a human life
Resembles that of a sheep in every way
Which occupies itself everyday
With things that are unworthy

Future provides a deception
For past acquired Illusions
The present has lost its reality
For our mind so strange

Though the ultimate purpose
Of both science and religion
Philosophy and theology everything same
Yet everything different so strange

ExpressionS

2009-01-30T15:02:00.001+05:30

You brighten up my day
You change my state of mind
The world changes instantly
before my eyes
when I see you anytime

Words can't express it
Gestures can't express it
Emotions can't express it
Neither am I able to express it

My mind is filled with you
Which refuses to accept it
Nor able to express it
Cos it doesn't need a reply

The sight of you brings
A glow in my face
Which transcends all thoughts and worries
Thoughts flow anytime
But not words that express them

What am I missing about religion??

2008-12-27T02:55:00.001+05:30

Actually, this is a very sensitive topic and i don't expect everyone to see the problem from my point of view. Let me get this straight; what is religion? It is the acceptance of an universal supernatural being who controls everything. A religious person is someone who has a strong faith about it. Today we see that the world is divided by various boundaries; geographical, racism, language religion and various others. I believe a true religious person is someone who understands the underlying unity amongst everything in the universe and accepts himself to be a part of it. Just because you are a hindu and i am a christian doesn't mean we are lifelong enemies. It just means a misunderstanding between us. All i am doing is calling the universe a different name or probably the same name in a different language. A person who thinks only his religion is true and that others are false is someone who is only ignorant. If you truly believe in god you don't just see a statue in front of you but the whole universe and your connection with it. The various religions were found in different parts of the world and at different times. Since then all of them have undergone various changes. For instance bible was written in hebrew and has undergone lot of translation and revisions. Another major disturbing fact is that there are over 34000 sub-chsristian groups. What is wrong with the people?? Am I wrong about something?? Another fact is that being part of an organized religious institution doesn't help us in anyway.

I am very disturbed by the perceptions of the people about religion. For instance, a year ago, a preacher who is a very influential speaker came to give us a speech for a prayer meeting at my college. He prayed with us for a while and ended the meeting with a powerpoint presentation. I can't forget the last sentence of his speech; "By 2020 India will officially become a christian country, Myself and a large number of important personalities are working towards it." Let me ask one thing, Is he nuts?? What is there about being officially announced a christian country? A person's faith is his personal and not his contries official religion and cannot be altered. It does even make any sense. All I ask my fellow beings is that acknowledge the unity amongst us and that we are made up of the same atoms and that we are just a leaf of the single universal tree.

Diary Entry

2008-12-03T03:42:00.001+05:30

Coming into uae this vacation was very hard time for me. During the flight journey, I could still feel my heart beating so hard two days after my F-slot exam. It was terrible and I may fail for the 1st time in college. But today I feel very much different indeed. Results and vacation internship were the only thing in my head as I left the college that night after exams since i hadn't done any. I still remember telling Alex in the van on the way to bus stand that something is terribly wrong with me. Today I laugh at myself for telling that. Life as I see now is different and can't explain. Everything that we strive for in life can be achieved if we take a moment to analyze it. Just close your laptop or any work you are doing and think what really makes you happy. At first you may think of some dream job or car or cash or anything you may wish for. Ask yourself again, am I really happy? As far as I am concerned, I wasn't. Ultimately all that matters is just to happy about what we're doing at the moment.

Survey Camp

2008-03-19T09:41:00.002+05:30

It's quite sometime since i did my last post. I am loving the college for the last two weeks. Today all my after noon classes are canceled and a morning class two. According to the NITT calendar, tomorrow is a half day and day after tomorrow is a holiday. I don' think there is a better reason to celebrate college. Oh yeah, and my parents are coming to India on Saturday. That's not the best part, i am getting a new Yamaha APX-500 guitar. I've been reading a lot about APX-500 since the day my dad told me that he has bought one for me and can't wait to keep my hands on it. Arpan has got a project in IIT Kanpur(Surge). I am still unsure about where to apply for one. There are rumors that we get to keep "The " Beryl Hostel for the next year as well:-( . Last week we had a camp in kodaikanal which is a hill station in Tamil Nadu. I really enjoyed the weather and regret returning back to the college after experiencing such an amazing weather. The main attractions in kodai are its natural beauty and is known for home made chocolates which are available in almost any shop. I really enjoyed my stay there and had nice time exploring the places with my classmates. The only disappointment is that the camp didn't serve it purpose. We did only two experiments which were out of syllabus and still hav to attend survey lab till the end of the semester. Dhiraj has told me that he's started learing guitar theory and that we can start practicing together. I hope this happens because i've been badly wanting someone to play along. I am really irritated by the attitude of the people in my hostel and especially my roommate. In my hostel wing, there are 15 rooms and close to 25 students. The best part is that there are 6 guitars and no one bothers even dusting them. Hardy bought the guitar after getting inspired by me getting a guitar. He doesn't bother doing or learning anything other than playing some arbit pieces. And for the best of all my Semester exams are at the end of next month and i have no clue about what's going on in the class Z Z z z z....

India....Superpower??

2007-12-14T18:31:00.000+05:30

Having nothing to do, has made me think in a different prospective. Jus lazing around surfing the net, i am going to quote some facts made by newspapers and reports on indian economy:

Both China and India are still desperately poor countries. Of the total of 2.3 billion people in these two countries, nearly 1.5 billion earn less than US$2 a day, according to World Bank calculations.

For all its Nobel Prizes and brilliant scholars and professionals, India is the largest single-country contributor to the pool of illiterate people in the world.

According to the World Bank, to start a business requires in India 71 days, in China 48 days (compared to 6 days in Singapore); enforcing debt contracts requires 425 days in India, 241 days in China (69 days in Singapore).

The adult literacy rate is 61 percent (behind Rwanda and barely ahead of Sudan). Even this is probably overstated, as people are deemed literate who can do little more than sign their name.

India has more people with HIV than any other country.

25% Members of Parliament (MPs) have criminal records.

99% MPs were elected despite getting less than 50% vote !

We have one of the lowest voter turn out at 58%.

There are 173 registered political parties in India.

1,44,000 Schools have just one teacher.

In Human Development Report of 177 nations, India is at 127th place. (China is at 85th and Sri Lanka at 93rd)

A whooping 33% of electricity that is generated is lost or stolen during transmission and distribution. This theft rate is among highest in the world.

Huh!! Can anything be done about--?? Though these may not be accurate statistics, there's a long way before india can become a superpower.

Regrets and Realisations

2007-12-11T13:30:00.001+05:30

After coming back home, i realise that hostel life was so much fun. It's true that i meet my parents and sister after 5 or so months but staying here for 1 and 1/2 months was not a good idea. I regret having postponed my flight from 2nd to 5th January. This vacation is slightly different from my last vacation, the fact is that i sleep after 4 most of the days and get up for lunch or snacks. After a busy week, Fahad's exam is over today. But it's not quite enough, Mustu still has college in the mornings. My mom keeps complaining of my nocturnal behaviour and it has become worse today. She has strictly told me to wake up before 9. With barely two weeks to go before Christmas, she complains that i havn't even done the Christmas tree because its me who does it every year.

She says that i'm addicated to my laptop. Even, I think that i can't pass a day without my laptop. After listening to my mom, i made a decision that i won't touch my laptop the entire day today but all in vain. Maybe, i'll abstain from it tomorrow. Sounds like a great idea.

All the More Crap

2007-12-01T01:41:00.001+05:30

Alas, I'm back home for the vacations. Seeing RAK after 6 months, i find more changes than expected. Just only Vinayak has come for the winter vacations. The most boring vacation so far. Actually i've started liking the hostel more than coming home to UAE. I think more than 3/4th the people in the world who know about Dubai, doesn't know a country called UAE exist. I can bet that 100% of the people in India leaving those who hav been to the gulf doesn't know a country called UAE.
I'm serious, two weeks back i went for filling the IPT forms for doing training this month. I've filled in the addresss of the company:
XXXX
Po. Box: XXXX
RAK, UAE

My HOD sees this and won't sign my form. He keeps asking me in which state of India this place is located. I'd to convince him a lot to make him believe that it is not in india. After that, he still doesn't sign the form. He's like, the address is too smalll, he asks me for the complete address.He says that with such a small address how would a letter sent from india go to another country. I told it is the full postal address. He won't sign because there is no street name.
wht can i say?? It was really pissing off to spend 20 minutes to get signed an IPT form.

I got a new external Hard drive 160GB. Now i can store all the movies available in the hostel LAN. I keep playing Magina(Anti-Mage) in DoTA. I hate being the worst DoTA player in the hostel. Everyone in my hostel plays DoTA better than me. Ahmer is the best thou. I've Gotta learn a lot to get better. We kept playing DotA during the semester exams. This is one of the reason's why i like my new hostel. Everyone's so koool about their exams. Actually no one bothers that something called semester exam exists until the morning of the exam.
Waiting for the results.......

9/11 Conspiracy!!! Err....what??

2007-09-29T22:22:00.001+05:30

Life is boring in the hostel as the 2nd cycle tests are approaching. To think that i've the least marks in my class makes it worser(naah...i don' think abt it). Hardy(my roommate) keeps watching Scrubs(TV show) all day at an average of 15 episodes per day.I recently watched the 9/11 conspiracy video "Loose change 2" wit my friends n was kinda completely persuaded to believe that Osama is either a virtual person or is a saint. I googled on the topic just to confuse myself more. Each time u read something u r drawn into a different conclusion. I really like this link titled "There is no 9/11 conspiracy you morons"...As you read down the page, its really interesting. It contains pics of folded $20 bills as given by Glenn Beck, a CNN program host who tries to prove that a $20 bill contains hidden evidences of 9/11 attacks. This doesn't mean i don' believe in 9/11 conspiracy, there are lots n lots of evidences for its existence.

Another site, WhatReallyHappened.com points out the facts ignored by BBC. Indeed the link is rather more interesting. Titled BBC's 9/11 Conspiracy Files:
Points Which Were Ignored.

Killing your Appetite

2007-09-12T09:45:00.001+05:30

Mess food is one of the things i really hate about in the 3rd semester. For quite sometime i 've been dining out almost every alternate day. Every time i have food in the mess, i have this strange feeling that i am going to find some bug or insect inside the food hidden among the rice. Even the 1st year mess was way better as compared to now, because it was outsourced. According to India Today Rankings, NITT is ranked 10th among the indian engineering institutes immediately after the IIT's. I wonder why they don't take in to consideration the mess food for the survey. I still remember those old days when i used to dine regularly in KFC or McDonald's. I no more eat food for taste but just to fill my stomach and keep myself alive. when you see the mess anna(that's what we call them) making and serving the food with same banyan and lungi throughout the month, you feel like starving the entire four years in the univ, rather than having the food. Of all the things in the mess, the smell in the mess is the least u would want to expect. If you come back to the mess for having food after smelling it, you are not human. That's what i have become after two months in the new mess. I can die everyday to eat my mom's food. The only good thing is that we have snacky and Icy where we get pastries and ice creams. Or you wouldn't stay in the college for more than a day.

thenOcTuRnaL

Getting Serious by the day

2007-09-03T10:41:00.002+05:30

So far, what i have posted in this blog is just random crap(a sudden realisation). I've decided to do some serious blogging after realising how good it makes you feel. Right now i am in ilab, with one of my friend Sid(siddharth Mahesh) as i call him. Being in NIT, Trichy is a different feeling, especially after living in the middle east for your entire life. I am still trying hard to adapt myself after a year of my life in trichy. Just yesterday my old roommate left me for another room, Hardy(Hardik) is my new roommate. It is a little discomforting to change your room partner, but Hardy is a real koool guy for that matter. Gay"D"(Prakash), my old roommate left me because he thinks i am not fit to be his roommate. I keep sleeping all day long, listening to music and planning for studies, that's all i have for studies.

It's really hard to actually study in NITT, specially when there is nothing to do...which is all the time. I have a strange feeling that i might end up with a 6 or 7 GPA in this sem too.

Flashback.....Basically i'am in to this college through TN Quota, and had to stay in with the thambi guys, that's what we call the guys from Tamil Nadu. They are real koool guys generally, but when it comes to CT's they study with their ass off. My first year roommate, Abhinav has a CGPA of more than 9.8. My first sem GPA is 8.70(wow really!!!). I had my first encounter with counter strike during pragyan(our univ techfest)....Man what a game---I can die for that. I started doing night outs in Octa(comp lab) jus to play cs. I ignored evrything and played cs day and night. The result?? I got better n better in cs...that wasn't enough for me...I started doing night out's starting from 7 in the night to 7 in the morning...Man!!! I was Hungry(:-()--Had to come off--The Ultimate result..My 2nd sem GPA is 7.45. The best part is that, i thought my 1st sem GPA(8.70) was less in the beginning of the sem. But now...wow!!!I passed my 2nd sem...Great feeling...Thanks to CS..

Off for now...Got a lecture to attend now--

thenOcTuRnaL

Do U Have 10 Minutes???

2007-07-09T02:55:00.003+05:30

Do you have 10 Minutes??? By Dr. Abdul Kalam

I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is. She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

1. YOU say that our government is inefficient.
2. YOU say that our laws are too old.
3. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage.
4. YOU say that the phones don't work; the railways are a joke, The airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination.
YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits.

YOU say, say and say. What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name...YOURS. Give him a face...YOURS.

1. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at your International best. - In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores.
2. YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are.
You pay $5(approx. Rs.60) to drive through Orchard Road(equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM.
3. YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over-stayed, identity. In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU?
4. YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan,in Dubai.
5. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah.
6. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds(Rs.650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else."
7. YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 km/h) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son.
8. YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on the beaches in Australia and New Zealand.
9. Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston????? We are still talking of the same YOU.

YOU can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You throw papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch the Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country, why cannot you be the same here in India?

Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal Commissioner of Bombay, Mr.Tinaikar, had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels?

In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pickup a stray piece of paper and throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms.

We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff that is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry,girl child and others, we make loud drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my son's rights to a dowry.

" So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbours, other households, other cities, other communities and The government. But definitely not me and YOU.When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand or we leave the country and run away.

Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. - When New York becomes insecure we run to England.

When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. - When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Koool Comment on Reservation in India!!!

2007-07-09T02:41:00.001+05:30

Posted by Member in a mailing list,

Wipro chairman Mr. Ajim Prem ji's comment on reservation:

I think we should have job reservations in all the fields. I completely support the PM and all the politicians for promoting this. Let's start the reservation with our cricket team. We should have 10 percent reservation for muslims. 30 percent for OBC, SC/ST like that. Cricket rules should be modified accordingly. The boundary circle should be reduced for an SC/ST player. The four hit by an OBC player should be considered as a six and a six hit by a OBC player should be counted as 8 runs.

An OBC player scoring 60 runs should be declared as a century. We should influence ICC and make rules so that the pace bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar should not bowl fast balls to our OBC player. Bowlers should bowl maximum speed of 80 kkilometer per hour to an OBC player. Any delivery above this speed should be made illegal.

Also we should have reservation in Olympics. In the 100 meters race, an OBC player should be given a gold medal if he runs 80 met .

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