EXPRESSIONS

A Wife is a Wife...no matter who you are

2009-04-04T08:01:00.000-07:00

Maths!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-02T06:28:00.000-07:00

Chappals...outside a Gurudwara

2009-04-02T06:10:00.000-07:00

Whatever you do...you can never be this cool

2009-04-02T05:11:00.000-07:00

Glow of Hope

2009-01-09T23:25:00.000-08:00

Glow of hope, also called "Woman with the lamp", is a painting by S.L. Haldankar{usually mistaken to be a work of famous painter Raja Ravi Varma-a prince from a Royal family in Kerala}. It is housed in a special room at Sri Jayachamarajendra Art Gallery at Jaganmohan Palace, Mysore. The painting is currently on display on the second floor of the museum, in an enclave with a curtained window. The enclave is normally darkened, which highlights the subtlety of the glowing candle in the piece. When the light is turned on, the painting reveals remarkably subtle shades of pink and lavender in the woman's sari. Opening the enclave's curtain leads to yet another distinct view of the painting, the natural light exposing even more subtle gradations and details in this magnificent work.

The painting shows an Indian woman holding a lighted lamp in one hand, the other hand covering the light of the lamp from the front. The woman is in a simple and traditional Indian saree. The effect of the painting is heightened by the shadow of the woman in the back.
One of the reasons why it is attributed to Varma is because there are other originals by Varma in the palace. It's even listed as one of his paintings in some places and the subject is supposed to be a lady from the royal family - ammankovil thampuratti. But it is not Varma’s work.

YouTube Gets Interactive

2008-12-08T22:08:00.000-08:00

Your interactive adventure starts here. Good luck!!
Taking the interactive capabilities of YouTube to a new level is this Chad Matt and Rob video that puts you in control of the destinies of three office workers who're caught between secret agents, dragons and zombies.

Play…

Tiger Temple

2008-09-06T13:43:00.000-07:00

Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua, is a Buddhist temple in Western Thailand which keeps numerous animals, among them several tigers that walk around freely once a day and can be petted by visitors.
It is the place where you can meet some friendly tigers, shake hands, pet them or rub their bellies. 2 hours drive from Bangkok in the Kanchanaburi province of Thailand, the Tiger Temple has been taking care of tigers singe 1999. Monks take care of the animals rescued from poachers, having around 17 fully grown tigers and cubs housed within the temple grounds.
Yes,you can take a photo with a grown tiger.

PAC-MAN

2008-09-06T02:10:00.000-07:00

Pac-Man is often credited with being a landmark in video game history, and is among the most famous arcade games of all time.It was first released in Japan on May 22, 1980.

Moving Illusion

2008-09-06T01:58:00.000-07:00

The images below seem to have moving parts in it, but actually none of the parts in the images are moving.

For some amazing Illusions & Visual Phenomena
Visit: http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/

Rare piece of Art

2008-09-06T01:35:00.000-07:00

Anamorphosis Portrait of JRD Tata at the Tata Steel Archives in Jamshedpur.
The potrait was painted by Awtar Singh Virdi,a world renowned artist and painter from Jamshedpur, who has found a place in the Guinness Book of Records by making the world’s Largest Anamorphosis Portrait of the U.S President George W.Bush (measuring 10ft X 10ft) in 2004, and is the world's only artist available for Anamorphosis Portraits.
'Anamorphosis' is a technique of viewing objects through an unconventional and direct medium. In this technique, when we see the drawing directly, it appears meaningless and some sort of distortion or unrecognizable odd strokes. But when it is seen through appropriate medium like a round mirror or cylindrical mirror, then the distorted image will start to take its original shape and size and reflects as a perfect figure.
It can be drawn in two ways, either mathematically or just by pure imagination, the latter being the more difficult of the two - Virdi does it the difficult way.
Virdi is one of the few free hand anamorphosis artists in the world. He has been perusing this art for over 45 years.
Leonardo Da Vinci did the original anamorphosis painting 400 yrs back in the 16th century.

India - Food Map

2008-09-06T01:17:00.000-07:00

ॐ - The Symbol of the Absolute

2007-03-19T13:49:00.000-07:00

The Om symbol is a sacred syllable representing Brahman, the impersonal Absolute - omnipotent, omnipresent, and the source of all manifest existence. Brahman, in itself, is incomprehensible; so a symbol becomes mandatory to help us realize the Unknowable. Om, therefore, represents both the unmanifest (nirguna) and manifest (saguna) aspects of God. That is why it is called Pranaa, to mean that it pervades life and runs through our prana or breath.
Aum is said to be the essence of all mantras, the highest of all matras or divine word (shabda), brahman (ultimate reality) itself. Aum is said to be the essence of the Vedas.
By sound and form, AUM symbolizes the infinite Brahman (ultimate reality) and the entire universe.
A stands for Creation; U stands for Preservation; M stands for Destruction or dissolution.
This is representative of the Trinity of God (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).
The three portions of AUM relate to the states of waking, dream and deep sleep and the three gunas (rajas, satva, tamas) The three letters also indicates three planes of existence, heaven (swarga), earth (martya) and netherworld (patala).
All the words produced by the human vocal organ can be represented by AUM. A is produced by the throat, U & M by the lips In the Vedas, AUM is the sound of the Sun, the sound of Light. It is the sound of assent (affirmation) and ascent (it has an upward movement and uplifts the soul, as the sound of the divine eagle or falcon.
It is a mantra or prayer in itself. If repeated with the correct intonation, it can resonate throughout the body so that the sound penetrates to the centre of one's being, the atman or the soul.
The Eternal Syllable:
According to the मंदुक्य उपनिषद् "ॐ is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. The past, the present, and the future are all included in this one sound, and all that exists beyond the three forms of time is also implied in it".
The Vision of Om:
Om provides a dualistic viewpoint. On one hand, it projects the mind beyond the immediate to what is abstract and inexpressible. On the other hand, it makes the absolute more tangible and comprehensive. It encompasses all potentialities and possibilities; it is everything that was, is, or can yet be. It is omnipotent and likewise remains undefined.
The Power of ॐ :
While meditating , when we chant Om, we create within ourselves a vibration that attunes sympathy with the cosmic vibration and we start thinking universally. The momentary silence between each chant becomes palpable. Mind moves between the opposites of sound and silence until, at last, it ceases the sound. In the silence, the single thought—Om—is quenched; there is no thought. This is the state of trance, where the mind and the intellect are transcended as the individual self merges with the Infinite Self in the pious moment of realization. It is a moment when the petty worldly affairs are lost in the desire for the universal. Such is the immeasurable power of Om.

Whats common to the World Cup, निशब्द & The Board Exams?

2007-03-19T02:31:00.000-07:00

What’s common to all three? Media hype of course!

After the media got over the ‘how-stupid-can-you-get’ Union Budget:
Here is a rundown of all the media reports I read and saw recently about the 3 vital issues concerning the country at the moment:
India has the best squad, the best batsmen, the best bowlers, the best physio, the best host, the best tarot card readers, the best advertisements, the best official cricket song, the best coverage and the best opinion leaders. Most importantly we have Sachin Tendulkar who through television channels advised people to remain calm and support the team in difficult times, which I think he foresees too clearly these days. The timings too are great this time. People would not feel that depressed and disgusted. They would just feel sleepy.
The business news channels reported an increase in sale of television sets and DTH sets during the World Cup 2007 -as it was in World Cup 2003…as it was in World Cup 19…
The media these days gave as much inportance to the ongoing board exams.
Media reports talked about poor public conveyance systems (in patrs of the country where there are public coveyances) which did not allow mant examinees to reach the examination hall in time.
Reports said that there was an increase sales of books during these examinations.{Like, a student who had found that ‘Together with Biology’ had got him/her a lot of common questions in the ICSE exams, the same day itself bought ‘Together with Chemistry’ and ‘Together with Physics’.} Moreover, the sales of coffee and Horlicks increased to greater heights along with stationary and other items. Parents, driven by the obsession of seeing their child do extensively well in examinations, don’t question such purchases.
I never liked my parents taking interest in my studies.
Only when these examenees enter college and graduate, they would understand that the board examinations weren’t the end all of their lives, as their teachers or their acquaintances made it out to be.
Almost all news programmes ended with the movie review of the much hyped up film Nishabd.
Quite obviously, BiG B can do nothing wrong. This time he is emotionally involved with a girl who is 18 years old, he himself being 60. Notice, the girl isn’t 17, 16 or 15. She is 18. And that is stressed upon all the reviews all the time.
No, I coudnt gather the guts to watch the movie yet ..but here is what I could gather for the reports, reviews and interviews shown on the news channels time and time again:

18 year old girls from Australia are essentially explosive, have uncontrollable urges to dance with hose pipes in front of the house, have a love for lollipops [which, I don’t know how, transmits basic sexual advances to the friend’s dad] and have the very unhealthy habit of poking tree branches in the friend’s dad’s ears while he is driving. They also incidentally dont get any trousers from Australia.
A 60 year old man would sacrifice the love of his life -his wife and children- to the hose pipes, the lollipops, the horrific accent, the poetry and the grammatical mistakes in speech which is enough to keep him alive.He is also turned into a peeping tom and a gifted photographer who happily clicks away pictures of his daughters friend from Australia.
Is a 60 year old man’s wife is always the dullest human being living on this planet earth?
Hats of to the director who can depict all this.
Why is the girl from Australia and not Newzeland or Canada or Mexico.There have been some reasoning behind that.Ramu G never potrays any character without solid reasoning.What dose a girl do when she finds out that her father is having an affair with her friend. Hey that’s the agenda…will have to watch the film for that.

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2007-03-16T14:34:00.000-07:00

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Buddhism of Buddha

2006-12-23T23:36:00.000-08:00

The Four Noble Truths with the Eightfold Path is the way to obtain Salvation for Gautama Buddha which comes with Nirvana after enlightenment. It brings Salvation from the sufferings on earth, and, most important, salvation from the curse of reincarnation. He promoted 'The Middle Way' as the path to enlightenment rather than the extremes of mortification of the flesh or hedonism (pleasure), emphasizing rather meditation.

The Four Noble Truths:
He describes temporal life as featuring four noble truths:
1. Diagnosis: The condition of all existence is suffering.
2. Cause: Suffering is caused by selfishness, desire and craving
3. Prognosis: Selfishness, desire and craving can be overcome... and then, suffering ends on earth and the cycle of the curse of reincarnation is gone.
4. Treatment: The Eightfold Path:

The Eightfold Path: Enlightenment and Nirvana is attained by meditation and by following the path of righteousness in action, thought, and attitude... it's all your work!:
1-3- Wisdom (panna):
- Right View -Right Thought - Right Speech
4-5- Morality (sila):
- Right Action - Right Livelihood
6-8- Meditation (samadhi):
- Right Effort - Right Mindfulness - Right Contemplation

Sholay ki Mausi aur Jay

2006-12-23T23:31:00.000-08:00

MAUSI: Arey beta bus itna samajhlon ki ghar mein jawaan beti seene par pathar ki sheel ki tarah hoti hain, Basanti kaa byaah ho jaaye toh chain ki saans lun.

JAY: haan, sach kahaa MAUSI aapne, bada bojh hain aap par. MAUSI: lekin beta is bojh ko koi kuwye par toh fenk nahin detaa. Bura nahin maanna, itna toh puchhna hi padtaa hain ki LADKye kaa khandaan kyaa hain? uskaa lakshan kaisa hain? kamaata kitna hain?JAY: Kamaane kaa toh ye hain MAUSI ki ek baar biwi bachcho ki jimmewaari sar pe aa gayi toh kamaanay bhi lagegaa.MAUSI: Toh kyaa abhi kuch bhi nahin kamaataa?JAY: Nahin nahin ye maine kab kahaa MAUSI. Kamaataa hain lekin, AB roz roz toh aadmi jeet nahin saktaa, kabhi haar bhi jaataa hain bechaaraa.MAUSI: haar jaataa hain? JAY: Haan, MAUSI, ye kambakht juwaa chiez hi aisi hain, ab main kyaa kahoon.MAUSI: Haaaan : O . Toh kyaa juwaari hain?JAY: chhi chhi chhi chhi, MAUSI, woh aur juwaari?? naa naa, woh toh bahut achhaa aur nek ladkaa hain. Lekin MAUSI ek baar sharaab pili na fir achhe burye kaa kahaa hosh rehtaa hain. Haat pakadkar baithaa liyaa kisine juwaa khelne. Ab ismein bechaare Viru kaa kyaa dosh.MAUSI: Thik kehte ho beta, juwaari woh, sharabi woh, lekin uskaa koi dosh nahi hain.JAY: ab toh aap mere dost ko galat samajh rahi hain, woh toh itnaa sidhaa aur bholaa hain, arey !! Basanti se uski shaadi karke to dekhiye. ye juwe aur sharab ki aadat toh do- din mein chhut jaayegi.MAUSI: arye beta, mujh budhiyaa ko samjhaa rahe ho?? ye sharab aur juwe ki aadat kisi ki chuti hain aaj tak?JAY: MAUSI, aap Viru ko nahin jaanti. Bishwash kijiye woh is tarah ka insaan nahin hain. Ek baar shadi hogayi toh us gaanye wali ke ghar jana bund kardegaa, bus. Sharaab apne aap chhoot JAYegi.MAUSI: Haaye Haaye !!! : O : O !! bus yehi ek kami reh gayi thi? toh kyaa, kisi gaane waali ki ghar bhi aanaa-jaanaa hain?JAY: TOh is mein kaun si buri baat hain MAUSI? arye gaanaa sunne toh raja-maharaja, uchye-uchye khandan ke log jaate hain. Haa MAUSI: Achhaa!! toh beta ye bhi bataake jao ki tumhaara ye gunwaan dost kis khandan ka hain?JAY: bus MAUSI, khandan kaa pataa chalte hi hum aapko khabar dedengeMAUSI: ek baat ki daad dungi beta, bhale SAU buraayiyaa hain tumhaari dost mein, fir bhi tumhaari muh se uskay liye taaarif hi nikalti hain.JAY: Haa Haa, kyaa karoon MAUSI, mera toh dil hi aisaa hain. TOH MEIN ye RISHTAA PAKKA SAMJHOOO ?????

Can u read this??

2006-12-23T03:42:00.000-08:00

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch atCmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer bein the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raedit whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raedervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh andI awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

Six 6 Word Stories

2006-12-22T10:56:00.000-08:00

1.For sale: baby shoes, never worn.-Hemingway (He is said to have called it his best work.)
2.Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.- William Shatner
3.Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.- Stan Lee
4.Longed for him. Got him. Shit.- Margaret Atwood
5.Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?- Eileen Gunn
6.Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love.- David Brin

Arthur C. Clarke refused to trim his -"God said, 'Cancel Program GENESIS.' The universe ceased to exist."-

Ten Maths Jokes

2006-12-22T03:21:00.000-08:00

10. Q: What does the zero say to the the eight? A: Nice belt!

09. Q: How many mathematicians does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: In earlier work, Wiener [1] has shown that one mathematician can change a light bulb. If k mathematicians can change a light bulb, and if one more simply watches them do it, then k+1 mathematicians will have changed the light bulb. Therefore, by induction, for all n in the positive integers, n mathematicians can change a light bulb.

08.A statistician can have his head in an oven and his feet in ice, and he will say that on the average he feels fine.

07.A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer were travelling in Scotland when they saw a black sheep thru the window of the train. Aha," says the engineer,"I see that Scottish sheep are black." "Hmm," says the physicist,"You mean that some Scottish sheep are black." "No," says the mathematician."All we know is that there is at least one sheep in Scotland, and that at least one side of that sheep is black !"

06.The only dirty joke in maths: Q. What's the square root of 69?A. Eight something.

05.Salary Theorem The less you know, the more you make. Proof:
Postulate 1: Knowledge is Power. Postulate 2: Time is Money.As every engineer knows: Power = Work / Time And since Knowledge = Power and Time = Money It is therefore true that Knowledge = Work / Money . Solving for Money, we get: Money = Work / Knowledge Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of Work done.

04.Theorem. Every positive integer is interesting.
Proof. Assume towards a contradiction that there is an uninteresting positive integer. Then there must be a smallest uninteresting positive integer. But being the smallest uninteresting positive integer is interesting by itself. Contradiction!

03.1+1=3, for large values of 1 and small values of 3.

02.There are three kinds of people in the world; those who can count and those who can't.

01.How many classical geometers does it take to replace a lightbulb?? None: You can't do it with a straight edge and a compass

00.Math problems? Call 1-800-[(10x)(13i)2]-[sin(xy)/2.362x].

Marwaris

2006-12-22T03:10:00.000-08:00

Just came across this detailed explanation on Marwaris.Might be interesting for those who dont really know much(Some of you might just be interested).

Its on Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwaris .

Beedi - Omkara - Lyrics

2006-12-21T23:37:00.000-08:00

Here are the complete lyrics of Beedi from Omkara. A very rustic song.

-By Gulzar

Na Gilaf Na Lihaf,

Thandi Hawa Bhi Khilaf Sassurrree,
Na Gilaf Na Lihaf,

Thandi Hawa Bhi Khilaf Sassurrree,
Ho Itti Sardi Hai Kisi Ka Lihaf Le Layeele

Ja Padosi Ke Chulhe Se Aag Layeele,

Bidi Jalaeele Jigar Se, Jigar Maan Mein Badee Aag Hai,

Bidi Jalaeele Jigar Se, Jigar Maan Mein Badee Aag Hai

Dhun Na Nikalio Lab Se Piya, Je Duniya Badi Ghag Hai

Bidi Jalaeele Jigar Se, Jigar Maan Mein Badee Aag Hai

Na Gilaf Na Lihaf,

Thandi Hawa Bhi Khilaf Sassurrree,

Ho Itti Sardi Hai Kisi Ka Lihaf Le Layeele

Ja Padosi Ke Chulhe Se Aag Layeele,

Na Kasoor Na Fatoor,

Bina Jurram Ke Hazoor Mar Gayee ,Ho Mar Gayee

Ho Aise Ik Din Dupahari Bulaye Liyo Re

Baandh Ghungroo Kachahari Lagaye Liyo Re

Bulaye Liyo Re, Bulaye Liyo Re, Dupahari

Lagaye Liyo Re, Lagaye Liyo Re, Kachahari

Angeethi Jalayee Le Re, Jigar Se Piya, Jigar Maan Mein Badee Aag Hai

Angeethi Jalayee Le Re Jigar Se Piya, Jigar Maan Mein Badee Aag Hai

Ho Na Toh Chakkuon Ki Dhaar, Na Daranti Na Katar,

Na Toh Chaakuon Ki Dhaar, Na Daranti Na Katar,

Aisa Kaate Ke Daant Ka Nisan Ka Chhod De,

Ke Katai Toh Koi Bhi Kisan Chhod De,

Ho Aise Jaalim Ka Chhod De Makaan Chhod De Re Billo,

Jaalim Ka Chhod De Makaan Chhod De,

Re Aise Jaalim Ka Ho Aise Jaalim Ka

Aise Jaalim Ka Chhod De Makan Chhod De,

Na Bulaya Na Bataya

Mhane Neend Se Jagaya Hai Re,

Aisa chaukail haath Mein Naseeb Aa Gaya

Woh Elaichi Khilai Ke Kareeb Aa Gaya

Koyla Jalai LeJigar Se Piya

Jigar Maa Badi Aag Hai
Ho Itti Sardi Hai Kisi Ka Lihaf Le Layeele

O Jaa Padosi O Jaa PadosiJaa Jaa Padosi O Jaa Padosi Ke

Chulhe Se Aag Layeele

A SHORT LOVE STORY

2006-12-21T02:39:00.000-08:00

There was a blind girl who hated herself because of being blind. She hated everyone except her boy friend.One day the girl said that if she can only see the world she will marry her boyfriend.
One day someone donated eyes on her and then she saw every thing including her boyfriend. Her boyfriend asked her, "now that you can see, will you marry me?", The girl was shocked when she saw her boyfriend is also blind, and she refuse to marry him. Her boyfriend walked away with tears and said, " just take care of my eyes dear.

Quotes from Chanakya

2006-12-21T01:10:00.000-08:00

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

Let not a single day pass without your learning a verse, half a verse, or a fourth of it, or even one letter of it; nor without attending to charity, study and other pious activity.

There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Whores don't live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don't build nests on a tree that doesn't bear fruits.

Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

The biggest guru-mantra is: Never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.