Inheritance of power

I always felt power or money, should not be transmitted between generations and one should not give much credentials to which college you studied from.

I never liked the fact the many people accept Rahul Gandhi as India's next Prime Minister or give Mukesh, Anil, Bajaj's so much credit.

But what I did not know was solution to this problem, but this article from Paul Graham proposes an interesting solution.

http://www.paulgraham.com/credentials.html

These from article, summarises it well.

"If people who are young but smart and driven can make more by starting their own companies than by working for existing ones, the existing companies are forced to pay more to keep them. So market rates gradually permeate every organization, even the government.

There's an even better way to block the transmission of power between generations: to encourage the trend toward an economy made of more, smaller units.

Not only does a society get "the best man for the job," but parents' ambitions are diverted from direct methods to indirect ones—to actually trying to raise their kids well"

Apple Care and the influence it has on me.

I purchased my mac around a year and 3 months before. Mac comes with a just one year warranty period, if you don't pay extra money for extended warranty.

It worked wonderfully for me most of the time. But suddenly a couple of weeks back, it didn't boot. I had to go through the trouble shooting document and visit lot of forums. The only way I could rectify the problem, was to reinstall (after erase) OS X. This meant I would also all my data. Data which I had collected for the last 8 years. Not a pleasant news. But there was no way out.

Spent an entire weekend in installing the OS, setting up my iTunes library for ipod (that is another painful story, but later) and some other stuff. Finally it was up and running.

And then all of sudden last week, it again did not boot again. And this time, it was worse. I was not even able to install OS. It seemed like hard disk failure. And at the moment I realized that it was out of warranty period. I hate it. I lost all my data and add to it the money I had spend on buying new hard disk.

I called up Ample Care Bangalore. I explained them the problem, they said it would cost me around 4500 for hard disk and add it to 1500 Rs service charge (can you believe it ? They charge 1500 Rs as service charge, ten thousand thundering typhoons). I was totally conked.

But then if you are in Rome, be like a Roman and if you wish to have apple products, be ready to spend money.

I went to Ample Care, to rectify the problem. Ample care representative, had to look at the mac again. And confirmed that it was hard disk failure. He asked me to call up apple care once, before buying the hardware.

Without hope, I called up Apple Care India. The representative listened to me patiently. I explained him, how I lost all my data suddenly and the effort I had spend on trouble shooting etc. He said he will speak to some products team and get back to me.

He got back to me in 10 minutes and the coolest thing was they would provide an exception for this case and will not be charging any money. Can you believe it ? In this world of pathetic_customer_support (example animaster, more on that later), this was a welcome change to me.

They replaced system with a new hard disk. The entire process took just 3 three days.

Today, even though there is a small dent in my confidence about apple products, I'm a happy and satisfied customer. Now I'm willing to buy apple products more than ever.

Believe me, good customer support will definitely brings in more sales.

Meeting a smart person and how life's a leveler

When I was young (not that I have become old now, this is more of relative reference), I always used to think I'm the best and smartest guy around. I always thought anything is possible. At that time, for me the goals were very high.
Call it destiny or my ignorance, two things has happened, with time,
a) I realized that there were lot of people as good as me around. Then with more time I realized the greater truth, that I'm just about average and there are much more extremely talented and gifted people around. This fact was and is very hard to digest.
b) My goals started becoming more and more realistic and ordinary. What would have seemed like an ordinary life, few years back, now sounds like a dream.

Life is a great leveler. This truth becomes more and more clear to me, as my journey continues !

Gurus of Peace

When the Sun, Moon and the Billion Stars Belong To You,
Why are there so many quarrels then?
The lines of separation have been drawn on the ground (border between countries),
do not create walls between hearts.
When any person it anywhere is pained for any reason,
We feel the same and our heart cries out too for them.

What are u waiting for another day another talk,
Somewhere we have to find a new way to peace
What are you waiting for another sign another call,
Somewhere we have to find a new way to peace

We Fight

We fight in Srilanka,
We fight in Kashmir,
We fight in Karachi,
We fight in Delhi,
We fight in New York,
We fight in Iraq,
We fight every where, for every thing.
We just fight.

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I grew up looking at you,
You were big inspiration in my life,
You made me happy on so many occasions,
I felt proud just talking about you,
I saw my success in your achievements.

Sachin,
One last time, give us the privilege to watch you bat.

Life in a day ...

When walking in the dark, even your shadow will not follow you,
Then you realize that you are alone in this world.

Time

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

Pichhale Saat Dinon Mein

Meri Laundry Ka Ek Bill, Ik Aadhi Padhi Novel
Ek Ladki Ka Phone Number, Mere Kaam Ka Ek Paper
Mere Taash Se Heart Ka King, Mera Ik Chaandi Ka Ring

Pichhale Saat Dinon Mein Maine Khoya
Kabhi Khud Pe Hansa Main, Aur Kabhi Khud Pe Roya

Pichhale Saat Dinon Mein

Meri Laundry Ka Ek Bill, Ik Aadhi Padhi Novel
Ek Ladki Ka Phone Number, Mere Kaam Ka Ek Paper
Mere Taash Se Heart Ka King, Mera Ik Chaandi Ka Ring

Pichhale Saat Dinon Mein Maine Khoya
Kabhi Khud Pe Hansa Main, Aur Kabhi Khud Pe Roya

Never blog when you are ..

confused.

Because you are start writing something weird, for which you would repent later. But then when your actually confused, how would you remember that you should not blog ?

Sometimes you see I don't understand lot of things !!!

Randy Pausch - Last Lecture

"Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium"

I liked the presentation. Very good. Highly recommended !!!

David Heinemeier Hansson at Startup School 08

Live everyday as if

Many say that "Live everyday as if that is your last day".
I thought to follow this advice to be more happy in life.
Got up one day and thought this is my last day. Then suddenly a thought arrived in mind, why do I need to save money ? anyway today is my last day, I spent all my savings that day and was very happy. Then why do I need job ? I called up my manager and said bye bye.
It was the best day of my life and without any hard feelings I went to bed, after all this is supposed to be my last day.

Next day morning I got up and realized that I no longer have any job and I'm bankrupt.

Sometimes I tell you, never follow any advice.

Soon the world would have Linux everywhere

Wow!!! Lot of fun.

VMware Boss Says so

I got my certificate

Ignorance and stupidity

Abraham Lincoln:

It is better to be silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Albert Einstein:

Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Albert Einstein:

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Revival

"What a wonderful evening ?" thought Ram. It was one of rare occasions when Ram stepped out from his office, so early. It was 6.30 PM Friday 5th June. Ram starts his bike. All set to go.

Suddenly mobile rings and then,

"Hello. Is it Ram ?"
"Yes. Who is it ?"
"Sir, we are calling from Apollo hospital ?"
"OK."
"Do you know Sapna ? "
"Yes"
"She met with a accident and "
"And what happened to her ? How is she ? "

Suddenly there is no response from the other end. Call gets disconnected.

Ram feels as if his entire world has crashed down.

To be continued ...

a r rahman

“Something inside told me that without sacrifices, nothing can come. You can’t have everything.”

"This wasn’t the case earlier, when he composed the groundbreaking soundtracks whose tremors are felt to this day – Thiruda Thiruda and Bombay and Roja"

Another Rahman Interview

Adobe's acrobat.com

Extremely impressive. Not sure, which is better, google docs or Acrobat.com.

Acrobat.com

Android

Android is one of the technologies, I'm forward to at the end of this year. particularly the Android Challenge winning app.

One of the android apps

stories that need to be told

Sometimes stories are difficult to end. For unlikely heroes like Chintala, Maggidi, Reddy, Shridhar, Kondaiah and Hemachand, their journey into a world we take for granted has just begun. Their families' annual incomes cover probably the cost of one meal, or a couple of trips to the beauty parlour, barely a fraction of the cost of a break from work for many of us. Their stories, therefore, need to be told; need to be heard. Their journey has just begun. How could we possibly call it the end?


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Firefox 3 - Download Day

Spread Firefox

I have been using Firefox 3 beta for sometime now and its cool and works wonderfully.

Rahman's Best Song

Meherbaan from ADA. Blissful. Nothing would get better than this.

"Tere Bina Main hoon be zameen,
Tere Bina Main be aasama,

Tu hai nathiya, main hoon sangam"

Unpredicatability of Life

Life is so unpredictable. Everything changes in a second.

Is that why they say "Live every moment" ?

Whatever .... I feel I should just keep chasing my dreams.

Tu Hai Nadiya, Main Hoon Sangam

Tu Hai Nazar, Main Nazara
Tu Hai Sagar, Main Kinara
Tu Hai Zabaan, Main Hoon Bayaan
Tu Hai Neha, Main Hoon Haya

Meherbaan ...

and

Sometimes it feels there is no happiness in life
Sometimes it feels everyday is a problem and every moment a pain
At such times how can one smile and be happy
And how can one feel that everything gonna be okay

Importance given to IIT and IIM

Is totally unnecessary. Why the hell should we give so much importance to them ?
When we have so many talented, hard working and capable people outside IIT and IIM. After all these institutes has not produced (compared to hype) great entrepreneurs and thought leaders, whom we truly require today.

Reason for this post

How foolish are we to give so much importance to people just because they studied in IIT and IIM ?

Supreme divine. oh hara hara !!!

Protect this world oh mahadeshwara,
Supreme divine, shambho, hara hara.

He is back

Internet astronomy

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Peace Flowers

Let white(peace) flowers bloom all over the world,
Let peace heal the unrest world(not the best translation),
let the sun’s rays fall on this soil,
Let the flowers lose their laziness and bloom.

Let the child open its eyes
in the mother’s lullaby
let the world wake up to
children’s laughter

In the breeze’s melody,
In the music created by raindrops,
Is there anything that give utmost joy than silence?
Would a crore melodies and words penned by poets be as meaningful
as a drop of a tear shed?

Rest In Peace - Friend

I cannot digest the fact that he is no more.

How can that be possible ? The last time I saw him he was so much alive. Suddenly someone call me up and say that he is no more. I feel so helpless.

What is the point in having so much advanced technology ? How did it help him ?

What is the point in having so much money ? He does not exist today to enjoy it.

Wat is the point in he struggling so much, working so hard and fighting to succeed ?

God, I don't understand this life. For the first time, I undergo this kind of pain. What is life all about, if it is full of uncertainties ?

Where do we go ?

Life travels different paths and thoughts determine the path. Most of the times, our thoughts are determined by various events that happen.

I'm a mere traveller

Why Penguins?

Re: Linux Logo
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi)
Sun, 12 May 1996 09:39:19 +0300 (EET DST)
.
Umm.. You don't have any gap to fill in.
.
"Linus likes penguins". That's it. There was even a headline on it in
some Linux Journal some time ago (I was bitten by a Killer Penguin in
Australia - I'm not kidding). Penguins are fun.
.
As to why use a penguin as a logo? No good reason, really. But a logo
doesn't really ave to _mean_ anything - it's the association that counts.
And I can think of many worse things than have linux being associated
with penguins.
.
Having a penguin as a logo also gives more freedom to people wanting to
use linux-related material: instead of being firmly fixed with a specific
logo (the triangle, or just "Linux 2.0" or some other abstract thing),
using something like a penguin gives people the chance to make
modifications that are still recognizable.
.
So you can have a real live penguin on a CD cover, for example, and
people will get the association. Or you can have a penguin that does
something specific (a Penguin writing on wordperfect for the WP Linux CD,
whatever - you get the idea).
.
Compare that to a more abstract logo (like the windows logo - it's not a
bad logo in itself). You can't really do anything with a logo like that.
It just "is".
.
Linus

Some things will go bad no matter how good you are

Complete Article

Are you searching for a reason to be kind ?

Looking for the answers to all the questions in my life,
Will I be alone, Will you be there by my side,

Could you ever listen, Could you ever care ?
To speak your mind.
Only for a minute for only one moment in time.

Are you searching for a reason to be kind ?

Roo-ba-roo Roshini

The smoke has moved away, my sky has opened up
It’s a new road, a new journey of mine
If you can become my co-traveler in this journey
Let your eyes face mine

Face-to-Face There is light !!!

memories they seldom last

From the heavens up above
The only road to peace is love
trust in your heart,see your dreams unfold
though you know not how the story goes

Walk with me into the sun
No more battles to be won
Take my hand,your nearly home again.

Time is gently passing by
Though you weep i ask not why
searching the emptiness of your soul

Lost in visions of the past
memories they seldom last
silence is all that remains the same

terminare di vita terrestre

"The drag caused by this low-density gas is enough to cause the Earth to drift inwards, and finally to be captured and vaporized by the sun"

End of life on earth ?

I aspire

I aspire
I wish this life were a child's play
I aspire of night
Of those sleeping peels
Of those lullabies of dreams
I wish this life had gone to sleep without saying or listening anything
I aspire

unnmai ellaam solla thonudhe

ullukkuley nyaanam oorudhe
unnmai ellaam solla thonudhe
verum kampangali thinnavanum mannukkulla
ada thangapaspam thinnavanum mannukkulla
indha vaazhkai vaazha thaan
naam pirakkayil kaiyil enna kondu vandhom kondhu sella?

Shah Rukh must learn from Aamir

Rediff Article

Apparently hitting back at Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan [Images], Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday said public icons who passed off smoking on screens as 'creative liberty' should take a leaf out of the book of actors like Aamir Khan [Images] how to use the artistic tool.

"Creative liberty should be used to improve society and not kill mankind," Ramadoss said in response to a query on public icons supporting smoking on screen as their right to creative liberty.

"Look at Taare Zammen Pe," he said, saying the film has helped in changing the mindset of thousands of teachers and parents in looking at the problem of dyslexia.

"That is what creative liberty should do," he said.

Shah Rukh had recently defended in Delhi on-screen smoking saying it was a creative liberty of artistes.

Does it work this way ?

You are what your deepest desire is,
As you desire, so is your intention,
As your intention, so is your will,
As is your will so is your deed,
As is your deed, so is your destiny

-The Upanishads

ಗಾಳಿಪಟ (Gaalipata)

Aakasha Ishte Yaakideyo
Ee Bhoomi Kashta Aagideyo
Hanchona Ee Preeti Beekilla Raseeti
Mugilanne Muddaadi, Rekke Bichchi Haaro Naave
Gaalipata Gaalipata Gaalipata

Kanasina Nootige Chillare Beke
Naguvannu Yello Maretvu Yeke
Kiseyalli Kadda Chandrana Churu
Nammannu Patte Maaduvaraaru
Horaadide Eee Bhoopata
Haaratave Namma Hata
Gaalipata Gaalipata Ga Ga Ga Gaalipata..

Kaamana Billu Baalige Gunte
Snehakku Kooda Reeshan Bante
Sambhramakkilla Seasan Tickeetu
Yeerisabeeku Namma Rebetu
Edu Preetiya Chitrapata
Ee Dostiye Namma Chata

Gaalipata Gaalipata Gaalipata

Aakasha Ishte Yaakideyo, Ee Bhoomi Kashta Aagideyo
Illeno Sariyilla..Innenu Beekalla
Nakshatra Lookakke Lagge Ittu Haaro Naawe
Gaalipata Gaalipata

Life is Strange

What a strange Journey is this ?
Everyone seems to be lost
Where does he have to go ?
What will the coming time show us ?

Heart wishes that ...

Why ?

Why do these desires exist ?
why does this search lives on?
Why is the heart so impatient?
why is it so impulsive?

The days have changed,
nights have changed,
conversations changed,
the mode of life has changed

Farma ravaa

Forever may you be safe and secure
How do we praise you, you are the pride of Hindustan
Hindustan is your life, and you are the soul of Hindustan

You are the commander of authority

Marhaba O Marhaba

Celebration of Spring

The flower is annoyed with its fragrance in the garden,
There is an unseen grief behind the veil of the surroundings,
The scene around is filled with silence, Time drifts into a slumber/sleep,
Some lost thoughts remain in the heart

It’s never enough

Looking back, Rahman is not the least content with his achievements. “It’s never enough,” he rued. “Music is my only therapy. There’re so many awful things happening in the world. I wish I could heal the world. My peace anthems like Vande Mataram and Pray For Me, Brother are a small candle light in the storm. But you never know which candle will light a thousand other candles.”

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Mungaru Male - Monsoon Rain

Mungaru Maleye..
Yenu ninna Hanigala Leele

Ninna Mugila Saale, Dhareya Korala Premada Maale
Suriva Olume Aajadi Malege, Preeti Moodide

Yaava Chippinalli, Yaava Haniyu Muttaguvudo
Olavu Yelli Kudiyoduvudo, Tiliyadagide

Mungaru Maleye..
Yenu Ninna Hanigala Leele

Bhuvi Kenne Tumba, Mugilu Surida Muttina Gurutu
Nanna Yedeya Tumba, Avalu Banda Heggeya Gurutu
Hegge Gegge Aa Savi Saddu, Premanadavoo

Yede Mugilinalli, Rangu challi Nintalu Avalu
Baredu Hesaru Kamanabillu, Yenu Modeyoo

Mungaru Maleye..
Yenu Ninna Hanigala Leele

Yava Hanigalinda, Yava Nelavu Hasiraguvudo
Yaara Sparshadindaa, Yara Manavu Hasivaguvudo..
Yara Usirali Yara Hesaro Yaru Baredaro
Yava Preeti Huvu, Yara Hrudayadalli Ararluvudo
Yaara Prema Poojege Mudipo, Yaru Balloro

Mungaru Maleye..
Yenu ninna Hanigala Leele

Olava Chandamama Naguta Banda Manadangalake
Preeti Belakinalli, Hrudaya Horatide Meravanige
Avala Prema Doorinakadege, Preeti Payanavoo
Pranaya Doorinalli, Kaledu Hogo Sukava Indu
Dhanyanaade Padedukondu Hosa Janmavoo

Mungaru Maleye..
Yenu ninna Hanigala Leele

Open Up

you are the sun, radiate the light
you are the river, don't you know
you'll find your purpose
where you find your happiness.

open the doors
draw the curtains
the wind is all tied up
lets set it free.

My World

A thousand wings to fly
To explore open skies
so many turns to take, paths to follow
And discover .... My World

Stars on Earth

Not slaves to time
They’re carefree
Having meetings with butterflies
And discussions with trees

These few days of childhood
Will never return
So live them now
You’re on borrowed time
Live life king size

Let us not lose these stars on Earth

Why does this Coke have no Pepsi?

The Next Google Search Challenger: Blekko

I liked the way Skrenta explains Google's monopoly on Search "Why does this Coke have no Pepsi ?"