Which is the real yellow?????
Few of the things we learn in our early stages as a child remain the basic fundamentals of our whole life!!!We learn to accept predefined definitions and perceptions of others as our own....This is where most of us lose the most precious gift to humanity; our open- mindedness!!!
I accept that all this sounds really weird, but there’s this tinge of truth in it which tingles the mind!
Ok, back to the topic; when I first learnt ‘the yellow color’ I was shown a chart with all the colors in it and my mom pointed out yellow for me! Then the next day she showed me sunflowers in the garden and told that it was yellow! The next evening she pointed at my banana chips and said that it was yellow too!!But can we ever define yellow??????
There are some things in nature which cannot be defined; one of them is colors! We can only compare different objects of the same hue and call it a name....Thats how yellow came into existence!! But can you look through my eyes and tell that ,what I see as yellow is the same color which you see as yellow???????
May be all our yellows are bright and conspicuous...but is there any way to prove its the same???
There goes my funda : “Do not believe in any predefined notion or definition unless you know it by experience!!!”
All of us, college dudes and babes, need to know this...Be curious and inquisitive!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Are We Still Alive????
Are we still alive????
When I look around in the crowded mess hall, I let my imagination wander.....
I am really good in proposing weird and hard-to-believe theories but when these theories are actually read twice and thought over for sometime; people start realising that they actually have some possibilities......
One such theory came to my mind after watching a movie called PASSENGERS. (It’s a good movie, worth a watch! )
Energy ..... We have read about so many forms of it, we know every law of its conservation and conversion. It rules the world. But have we seen it? Wouldn’t it be easier if it were visible? We believe of things and phenomenon which we don’t see and derive laws controlling it!! How strange! This shows how limited we are as humans!!
Einstein proposed that everything in the world is relative, which implies that nothing is absolute!!We have a limited sense of perception if we do not accept the existence of extra and super-human forces in this universe...
Coming back to my theory, which is based only and only on my imagination.
There exists another huge galaxy called the not-so-milky way...Its location is unknown to humans.It lies zillions of miles away on the other side of a blackhole....There in that universe there are crores of stars .One such star is called the PUN ;which is 1000 times bigger than our SUN. It emits an unknown spectrum of light. Pun controls many other planets not by gravitation, but by sonic forces unknown to earth-humans . In one of these planets, (which is exactly similar and astoundingly as well progressed as our earth)there are inhabitants (lets call them the other people) who resemble the humans every inch....they are exact replicas of the earth-humans but relatively much ahead of our times and having senses more powerful than ours!! It seems that when these other people die, they are born on our earth as humans....
We on earth, ignorant of this...assume we are all alive and as we have no memories of our past life, this assumption is confirmed!! When we die on earth we’ll go into another world in some other universe; this process has no end!!!!!!
After reading this theory; do you think we are alive?
“ARE WE STILL ALIVE????”
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Reservation for women,take it or leave it!.....
Yesterday in HR class,the professor asked our opinion on the women's reservation bill...I wasn't surprised to learn that most guys had a negative take on this issue...Why is it that most men jump to a conclusion without analysing?And why is that conclusion mostly against women on feminist issues?
I am clearly not against men...I am definitely not a staunch feminist.
I am completely against caste reservations!But when it comes to this bill I support its pass!!!!WHY?
I say I am against caste reservations at present,but if it were 40 years back I would have accepted it wholly.On similar grounds, I say I am completely in agreement with the women's reservation bill at present...But 30 years down the line I would say it should be scrapped...Any change needs time.But this time period should never be indefinite,else it would lead to further misuse!In the current scenario this is clearly illustrated through the many cases of the caste reservation misuse.
A year back I was heading to bangalore from trichy, on the train I met a lady who was with her teenage son.She happily announced that she was getting her son admitted to a very good engineering college.I asked her how much did her son score in the entrance tests?She replied saying that marks were not a matter at all as her husband had recently obtained a OBC certificate from a government office.But then theirs was a high caste considerably rich family.
This is not the only example I know of.Most of us students(unfortunately not belonging to any reserved category) know for sure that if there was no caste reservation system we would have gotten into a better college with a better course.So doesn't this mean we are not gettng what we actually deserve?Is this democracy at all?
Coming back to our topic,why is womens' reservation different?Women are not a minority group of the society.Many present home-makers have the potential to become future nation builders!!Why cant we expect a woman to handle national issues, when she very well handles the fundamental unit of the society the family?
Passing the bill and then executing it successfully would ensure that at least 33% of the parliament is not passive!!Women raise their voice when their fundamental rights or their moral opinions or their intelligence is challenged!!!!!!!This is proved by many great examples....The personality of a woman and her way of approach to a problem, helps her handle it in a tussle-free manner.
Many opposition leaders argued that the bill if made an act, would lead to phony women MPs controlled by unwanted powers. I agree that this is an obstacle in the bill.But is there any positive solution without loopholes?If yes, I am eager to know.
This bill would ensure women from remote parts of India participate in the country's affairs!
May be we could have another lady PM in the near future and lets wait and watch the magic which would unfold then!But yeah the egos of many male politicians would be subjected to strong blows if any of this happens!Why should this ego come in the way of our nation's progress?
So Soniaji, mera support toh apke pas hai, par loksabha ka kya hoga?
And I would like to add that sub-quotas in the reservation is a verrryyyy baddddd idea!!Why cant we live with our castes apart for sometime? Isn't caste just a name tag?
The act( if made) should be scrapped once it is found that women's participation in politics is considerable!Anything left too long would stale,be it a bread or an act!!
So,lets take it and leave it when needed..
As an engineer I can say that for a biased society an equally and oppositely biased system should predominate till the society's biasing is eliminated!(oops confusing eh?)Think it over.......
I am clearly not against men...I am definitely not a staunch feminist.
I am completely against caste reservations!But when it comes to this bill I support its pass!!!!WHY?
I say I am against caste reservations at present,but if it were 40 years back I would have accepted it wholly.On similar grounds, I say I am completely in agreement with the women's reservation bill at present...But 30 years down the line I would say it should be scrapped...Any change needs time.But this time period should never be indefinite,else it would lead to further misuse!In the current scenario this is clearly illustrated through the many cases of the caste reservation misuse.
A year back I was heading to bangalore from trichy, on the train I met a lady who was with her teenage son.She happily announced that she was getting her son admitted to a very good engineering college.I asked her how much did her son score in the entrance tests?She replied saying that marks were not a matter at all as her husband had recently obtained a OBC certificate from a government office.But then theirs was a high caste considerably rich family.
This is not the only example I know of.Most of us students(unfortunately not belonging to any reserved category) know for sure that if there was no caste reservation system we would have gotten into a better college with a better course.So doesn't this mean we are not gettng what we actually deserve?Is this democracy at all?
Coming back to our topic,why is womens' reservation different?Women are not a minority group of the society.Many present home-makers have the potential to become future nation builders!!Why cant we expect a woman to handle national issues, when she very well handles the fundamental unit of the society the family?
Passing the bill and then executing it successfully would ensure that at least 33% of the parliament is not passive!!Women raise their voice when their fundamental rights or their moral opinions or their intelligence is challenged!!!!!!!This is proved by many great examples....The personality of a woman and her way of approach to a problem, helps her handle it in a tussle-free manner.
Many opposition leaders argued that the bill if made an act, would lead to phony women MPs controlled by unwanted powers. I agree that this is an obstacle in the bill.But is there any positive solution without loopholes?If yes, I am eager to know.
This bill would ensure women from remote parts of India participate in the country's affairs!
May be we could have another lady PM in the near future and lets wait and watch the magic which would unfold then!But yeah the egos of many male politicians would be subjected to strong blows if any of this happens!Why should this ego come in the way of our nation's progress?
So Soniaji, mera support toh apke pas hai, par loksabha ka kya hoga?
And I would like to add that sub-quotas in the reservation is a verrryyyy baddddd idea!!Why cant we live with our castes apart for sometime? Isn't caste just a name tag?
The act( if made) should be scrapped once it is found that women's participation in politics is considerable!Anything left too long would stale,be it a bread or an act!!
So,lets take it and leave it when needed..
As an engineer I can say that for a biased society an equally and oppositely biased system should predominate till the society's biasing is eliminated!(oops confusing eh?)Think it over.......
Monday, March 15, 2010
Hostel!!!!!!!!!!
Many of us, living far away from our homes just have one longing- when will I go home next?
We yearn for good food.....Even 5star hostel food tends to get boring day by day...Mom's food is a treat....Despite these yearnings we live in this whole new free world!
Hostel life gives a sense of freedom, like none other.Well we get to know about the good and the bad in the world(meaning the angels vs the bitches; the samaritan vs the bastard)
Catching up with romance @ hostel...Oh my god! This is one thing which surprises me, how come every two out of three people moving into the hostel become committed with in just months(sometimes a week is enough)?How can any human being be hooked onto a cell phone for hours together(sometimes the whole night isnt enough)?I know of a girl in my hostel who actually speaks on her cell even while going to the loo!!!Well well you can sometimes rediscover yourself completely when you are analysing the NEW-U in a completely different environment.....
I admit I'm a bit geeky...till school days I found it such a disadvantage, but now? I can see myself in many others!I have completely had an image makeover, I can multitask a 100 things now...My confidence is at its peak!
I owe these things to my 2 year hostel life!
Gossip?!?! oh thats the funniest part, every soul in a hostel can gossip(even the guys in their hostels)!We call it stimulated discussion ;) (stimulated by us :P)
Now at hostels "where there's a laptop there's fun"...We are up-to-date with every new movie be it hollywood,bollywood,kolly,tolly or any other wood!!!!!And the classic old ones are there forever ;)....And the huge no. of tv series right from f.r.i.e.n.d.s(my favourite) ,house, scrubs,big bang theory,prison brake(its awesome)etc.. to scooby doo ,naruto,shinshan etc......WE NEVER MISS THE TV ANYMORE...when we go home theres only crap on tv, oh sooooo boring!!
I can never write about hostel life in one post!!!(that means I'm not ending it here...theres more masala in the later posts ;))
We yearn for good food.....Even 5star hostel food tends to get boring day by day...Mom's food is a treat....Despite these yearnings we live in this whole new free world!
Hostel life gives a sense of freedom, like none other.Well we get to know about the good and the bad in the world(meaning the angels vs the bitches; the samaritan vs the bastard)
Catching up with romance @ hostel...Oh my god! This is one thing which surprises me, how come every two out of three people moving into the hostel become committed with in just months(sometimes a week is enough)?How can any human being be hooked onto a cell phone for hours together(sometimes the whole night isnt enough)?I know of a girl in my hostel who actually speaks on her cell even while going to the loo!!!Well well you can sometimes rediscover yourself completely when you are analysing the NEW-U in a completely different environment.....
I admit I'm a bit geeky...till school days I found it such a disadvantage, but now? I can see myself in many others!I have completely had an image makeover, I can multitask a 100 things now...My confidence is at its peak!
I owe these things to my 2 year hostel life!
Gossip?!?! oh thats the funniest part, every soul in a hostel can gossip(even the guys in their hostels)!We call it stimulated discussion ;) (stimulated by us :P)
Now at hostels "where there's a laptop there's fun"...We are up-to-date with every new movie be it hollywood,bollywood,kolly,tolly or any other wood!!!!!And the classic old ones are there forever ;)....And the huge no. of tv series right from f.r.i.e.n.d.s(my favourite) ,house, scrubs,big bang theory,prison brake(its awesome)etc.. to scooby doo ,naruto,shinshan etc......WE NEVER MISS THE TV ANYMORE...when we go home theres only crap on tv, oh sooooo boring!!
I can never write about hostel life in one post!!!(that means I'm not ending it here...theres more masala in the later posts ;))
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
All Iz Well
“ALL IS WELL”
‘What can I do?’ is always the wrong question to ask yourself ! Just start thinking about what can you not do, and overcome those limitations. Well it does sound too bold to many but it is just the right thing to do. Every baby born on this earth has unlimited opportunities. But it is during the growth period that it loses those opportunities one by one, sometimes without even realising what is gone...Well it is hard to develop optimism, but it is a rare gem. The very fact of us living at the present moment is optimism. Most of the times we do not choose what we get; but the situations make us choose them. But we survive even in such situations; sometimes we even emerge successful in some of the testing times. Let me give a practical example, a flower blooms with all its beauty in the morning inspite of knowing that it would wither away by evening.
It is not necessary to solve all the problems; but what we should realise is that despite of all the obstacles there is a hidden trove of treasure which we have to dig into and discover. In the recent movie ‘3 idiots’, this concept of optimism is well illustrated. Wherein Rancho(Aamir) goes in for engineering not for a degree, nor a job; all he wants is to learn. He knows that as long as you are strong enough ‘All is well’:)
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
If the above words of George Bernard Shaw are confusing to you, so are they to me! But what I know now is that the gist is ‘No matter how unconventional you think, how many bondages you are in, if you have complete belief in yourself, all is well and would always be so. Your capabilities are unlimited and you have the power to change even the world!’
So all the kool guys and gals out there; lets ‘Rock On!’
‘What can I do?’ is always the wrong question to ask yourself ! Just start thinking about what can you not do, and overcome those limitations. Well it does sound too bold to many but it is just the right thing to do. Every baby born on this earth has unlimited opportunities. But it is during the growth period that it loses those opportunities one by one, sometimes without even realising what is gone...Well it is hard to develop optimism, but it is a rare gem. The very fact of us living at the present moment is optimism. Most of the times we do not choose what we get; but the situations make us choose them. But we survive even in such situations; sometimes we even emerge successful in some of the testing times. Let me give a practical example, a flower blooms with all its beauty in the morning inspite of knowing that it would wither away by evening.
It is not necessary to solve all the problems; but what we should realise is that despite of all the obstacles there is a hidden trove of treasure which we have to dig into and discover. In the recent movie ‘3 idiots’, this concept of optimism is well illustrated. Wherein Rancho(Aamir) goes in for engineering not for a degree, nor a job; all he wants is to learn. He knows that as long as you are strong enough ‘All is well’:)
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
If the above words of George Bernard Shaw are confusing to you, so are they to me! But what I know now is that the gist is ‘No matter how unconventional you think, how many bondages you are in, if you have complete belief in yourself, all is well and would always be so. Your capabilities are unlimited and you have the power to change even the world!’
So all the kool guys and gals out there; lets ‘Rock On!’
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