My Silence Speaks a Thousand Words

[This photo is taken from Andrew Jalali's photo stream on flickr.To see more of his photos click here]

Over the words that spill my mind,
I gather my thoughts to put to words.
Framing them to the song of my heart,
I walk tall to speak out my love.
The rhapsody with string attuned,
I wait elated to spill my chase,
all in vain to more so, so often,
my words shunts to silence

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Window of Love

[This photo is taken from Mavi Masmavi's photo stream on flickr. To see more of her photos click here]I am having a hectic time getting things organized for my marriage. And here I am still posting a post on my blog. Definitely this is not written in my free time but yes, these are incidents that keep me going.I had been to invite one of my mother's friend for my wedding. Unfortunately my

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Papillon - Henri Charriere - Book Review

How could there be a song in the mind of a convict. Perhaps thats what moved me when I read Shantaram and the same journey continues here. The book is about the adventurous journey taken by a person named ‘Henrie Charriere’ who is convicted by law to escape the high walls of the prison and higher walls of mental barrier. Truly a journey taken to test man’s endurance beyond any sizable ground even

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Forwarding the Forwards Forward

[This photo is taken from Smithsonian's photo stream on flickr. To see more of his photos click here]Over the past 5 years, since I had joined an IT company, I have been forwarding mails almost on a daily basis. And you may ask, “Why the hell?”. I have reasons, and I hope you will understand my IT sentiments.When I first started receiving forwards, I was amazed by the wide variety of information

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Drive The Different Road

This Diwali came with a welcome entry. A car that brought a lot of ‘halchal’ back. If you would have read my past experiences with buying, taking license and driving a car you would know. However, to cut it short, I have driven cars only in the US and for that I had taken an American license after taking driving classes in America. However, to drive the car in India, I had to drive the manual

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Silent Whispers

[This photo is taken from Mehran Mafi's photo stream on flickr To see more of his photos, click here]Work that piles over the hours of work,stresses, sulks, braces the ire of irk,until I sit back in the throne of monk,I hear her words whispering in my ears,"Just take some rest. You will get over the dark"The beauty of the garden takes me around,colors flowers that makes merry-go-round,over the

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Midnight's Children - By Salman Rushdie - Book Review

Midnight’s Children. Caution; This book is meant to be read when you have abundant time and gained supreme stature in English literature. Why did I put the above words in RED. The reason is simple. I took this book almost in the beginning of August and it took me three months just to read through this book with some understanding. The literary pandits may have awarded the Booker. I have no say on

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Happy Diwali

Diwali Diya Inside, originally uploaded by posting bee sandee.Wish you a very happy Diwali..... Look how this diya glows in the dark... its a beauty.....

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Search for a Safe Heaven

[This photo is taken from Steffan MacMillan's photo stream on flickr. To see more of his photos click here] Is there something called randomness. I really don't think so because in randomness we can discover patterns. Some are complex while others are simple, however it is still called random because the pattern is off conventional. I think I stumbled on one simple pattern while talking to one of

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A Change Of Life

[This photo is taken from Oceano Mare's photo stream on flickr. To see more of his photos, click here]In the lust for throbbing fame,have I just given myself in the game.Hollow follow-on of some unprecedented pole,I wonder here and there seeking the goal.Am I to blame my will to win,or to blame the circumstances herein.Give me the meaning of my life,let me just give myself in.Pushed, ridiculed,

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Bus Breakdown - Break Breaks :-(

[This photo is taken from mikebiard's photo stream. To see more of his photos, click here]I was wondering why there was nothing coming up to write for me on my blog. Here I am with one more experience during my travel.When I was returning from Kerala, I had a company of an old man beside me and mind bundled with the number of activities I had got involved before boarding the return bus. The

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Cuckoo Caught on Cam

Got a shot of the Cuckoo on my Engagement Day. Not very clear because I could hardly focus that day.... :-)

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A Dawn Awaits....

[This photo is taken from Vardhana's photo stream on flickr. To see more of the photographer's photos, click here]When the mind is confused and jittery of the whole episode yet to be revealed,I await in the a mind swirling in chaos. A dawn awaits....When the melody of nature fades in the irking drivel of metro mimics, I await attuned in the maniacal madness around. A dawn awaits...When the

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Delhi - a novel - By Kushwant Singh

Delhi - a novel, is written capturing the history, rather story of Delhi with the eyes of those who witnessed it. I have heard a lot about Kushwant Shingh and his writings with full throttle bold sex talk. I had to witness this while reading this book. What I would say is, he delicately balances the sex talk on the threshold of sex and vulgarity. I would still say that sometimes it turns

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Elephants Eat Out

I have known the bond that has fused between the men and elephants of Kerala [a state in India] . Over several times, I have seen the various temple associated festivals where these elephants come down to don the show. The number of trumpets seen gives the fame to the festivals. However, it has always made me wonder, what makes these mammoth giants cow down to few chains that wring around their

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How the cover for the book 'Haunting Silhouettes' was made

When I first started to design the cover for my book 'Haunting Silhouettes' [then, The Gift of True Love], what I came up with was a photo full of dry leaves. But I did not like to show that my book cover was a dry one... Then I made a GIMP pic which portrayed four ghosts howling, coming out of fire. But again, this had a negative vibe so I went for the third option. The result is what you see

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Bangalore As I See It

[This photo is taken from Malayalam's photos stream on flick. To see more of (this person who does not want to be named) photos click here]About 10 years back, when I had joined engineering, some of my relatives had come down from native. In the short stay that they had here [BANGALORE], they wanted to go around the places in Bangalore. Places? Yes, this is the BIG question. Nothing has changed

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My First Book has got Published

I am a very very very very exponentially very happy man today. To be frank, I am seeing a dream come true. My first book has got published. Yes. You heard it right. My book has got published. I have the authors copy of the book in my hand. Yes, I have my dream in my hand.But, I think I have got into the throne of pride. So, let me step back. It has been a focused effort but then, the book had to

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The World is Flat - Thomas L Friedman Book Review

This book is about the world that we are living in today. The days that we stand witness to every day, to become a alibi unknowingly. The book is an eye opener to the changes that the world witnessed after the fall of Berlin wall till today. And the point of view? In a nutshell it tells about the changes that has been bought about by the advent of the PC and software running

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Airtel Tune - Uploaded Again

I have updated the initial notes of the Airtel tune... Thanks to Rashit, who sent me the corrected notes.... The notes to the tune are pasted below.. pr pm__ s d3. d. d3. s r r3__sd3.d. p. p.p. p.p.r _ d.d3.d.p.m. d. _p.d.p.m.p.d. d3._ p.d.p.m. r.

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Some Good Pics from Tirupathi Trip

Check out the background. Is it the Grand Canyons? This is very much the Indian Roads... :-)Light penetrating the thick bunch of leaves from the top......A photo that I took from a moving bus. The background shaded in black to cover the background. However, there is a devine glow under the rays of the sun....

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Revamping Education System in India

[This photo is taken from Michael's Photostream on flickr. To see more of his photos, click here]If you ride or drive on the road, you would know. If you cautiously keep the speed low, you are under the risk of getting hit by a speeding vehicle. However, if you keep the speed high, even though you are cautious, there is a high risk associated with it. Both the scenarios seem similar, but there is

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Tirupathi Trip - A Journey in Queue

This photo is taken from Girish's photostream on flickr. To see more of his photos, click hereLast weekend, I had been to Tirupathi. For those who don't know about Tirupathi, it is a Hindu temple that is located in the state of Andra-Pradesh in India. To add to that, this temple has the wealthiest temple management. And why won't it be. The belief goes that the amount you put into the treasure

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When I got bitten by quizzing phobia

[This photo is taken from Chris Dessaigne's photo stream on flickr. To see more of his photo's click here]It all started with a fluke. One of my colleagues came down to me and asked, “What is the the similarity between Nirma and Mercedes Benz?” I thought over for perhaps ten minutes and finally stumbled upon the answer.'Both are named after their daughters', I said.Even though it was a tentative

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The Catcher in the Rye - By JD Salinger

When I first read about this book, the word that stuck my mind was “Controversial”. One of the most controversial books. When we associate a book of fiction with controversy, we associate the book with nudity, sex or religion. Let me calm you minds. It is none of it. This is a book par excellence. It is a book written capturing the mind’s wild experiences that one person has in periods of

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To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee

It took a long time for me to put my hands on this book. The book starts on a very light note. The narrator, a young girl, begins the book by narrating the little nutty things that she and her brother do in and after school. Then she introduces her father, a very mature gentleman, a man of word who is a lawyer by profession. In her words, she describes the fictitious town, her neighbors and the

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Susan Boyle's Lives the Dream

I happened by chance. While having a look at the most viewed videos, I came across a video of "Britan's Got Talent" and O'mighty, it does speak a lot. Just have a look This lady has so much of energy, so much. At 47, when she says that she wants to be a professional singer, the audience singger, the judges grunt. When this 47 year old says she wants to be like Elaine Page, got the audience

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Church on a clear Day

Church, originally uploaded by posting bee sandee.

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Allow me O dear, to sink in your eyes.

[This photo is taken from Shyam's photostream on flickr. To see more of his photos click here]As I rest my back on the golden sands,the whistle of the wind takes me through.The sparkling scintillating carpet of starsreflect the love adorned in my eyes,recollection of those priceless moments,the gift of time, the melody of mind.I search for her with open eyesand see her near with eyes wide

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Life in Metro - Power Cuts

[This photo is taken from Alberta Dionisi's photo stream on flick. To see more of her photos, click here]"I am really becoming old. I am not able to recollect the names of people easily these days", my mother said."Ah, thats OK. I have that problem from the very beginning", I said much to my own disappointment."You are just speaking of names. I sometimes even forget faces. When someone says I 'Hi

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Blink - By Malcolm Gladwell - Book Review

The power of thinking without thinking, this is what the caption of the book banners out. The book speaks of a new concept called thin slicing. This word is coined for extrapolating a small sequence or incident and determining an outcome based on the analysis of the small sample time. In other words, it says that you don't need too much information to determine an outcome. Too much of information

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Jingle Bell - Christmas Carol - On Keyboard

[please note that there may be mistakes in these notes, however I am hoping that this would be helpful to someone][The notes that I have used are from Keyless Online. Thank you VK for sharing the notes]Prelude-------p G R S p p G R S d d M G R n P D P M R GC F Dm G7 Cp G R S p p G R S d d M G R P P P P D P M R SC F Dm

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Shantaram - By Gregory David Roberts

This post is dedicated to ‘Gregory David Roberts’ and his masterpiece SHANTARAM. Before you read any further, let me tell you that this is not exactly a Book Review. It is about the effect this book has left on me. It is not often that I get impressed to such an extent. Long time back, after reading ‘Godfather’, I had visualized the episodes narrated in the book, getting somehow involved in the

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Celestial Beauty

[This photo is taken from Staale N's photostream on flickr. To see more of his photos, click here]Years back when I had visited Raman Institute in Bangalore during school days, it was my dream to see some celestial objects through the lens. I was thrilled by the beauty of the photos of far off space wonders that they showed on a film. However, the observation was not through a lens. Yesterday was

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Checking if Remote Works

How do you check if the remote is working or not? When I say that, I mean there is no system near you and still you want to check if the system's remote is working. All you need to have is a camera. Even the mobile camera would do to check if the remote is working.Take the remote and view it under the camera with the LED of the remote facing the camera as shown below. Then press any of the remote

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Automotive Industry Bleeds

This photo is taken from David Martin's photo stream on flickr. To see more of his photos click here.Automotive industry is one of the oldest and mature industries existing today, some of them even having celebrated their centenary year. Automotive industry is very close to the aerospace industry. It might sound funny but that is a fact. When you look at the similarities, there are many but only

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Happy New Year 2009

In my younger days, I used to think, whats so big deal with a new year. After all, its just another day with another sunrise and sunset. Then what is all this hype about. By the time I was in college, it was a excuse to get into a party. But during those days, I felt, all these are just for the financially privileged. For the poor, it was just another day. When I entered my professional career,

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