लहरी short quotes! (Part2)

Disabilities are physiological, inabilities are rather psychological. Former ones are laid down by the nature, later ones are by the man himself. Irrespective of the end result, (i.e. whether one succeeds in overcoming those or not,) its a man who triumphs and NOT the nature!
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The Truth is the infinite space, facts are mere dimensions... perspective is something that confines the whole scenario and distances get relative!
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मला एक कळत नाही, लोकं "परत परत", "तीच तीच" गोष्ट "सारखी सारखी" "repeat" का करतात??? :D

-Vedhas Pandit

(I guess first one is not as obvious I thought as it would be, so this deserves a little explanation... What I meant was if a man succeeds in overcoming disabilities/inabilities there is no doubt who the winner. If he doesn't, it only means that he is restricted by himself and NOT by the nature, for the simple reason that he does have that potential to cross that so-called barrier!!! So its again a man who's "feelings", whether he can do something or not, rule!)

Journey so far.....

I have gone through following phases, as far as my "beliefs" are concerned.

In chronological order:

1: Theist:Hinduism

Hinduism, because of Gods and Goddesses from Hindu Mythology! I was taught Ramaraksha, Ganapati Stotra and many other shlokas. Like everyone else, I honestly believed in Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas, whatever I was told at that age.

2: Theist:No "ism" here!!!

I came to know about other religions and learnt that all the Gods are basically the same! Btw, remotely relevant is an excerpt from "An Autobiography" by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

3: Atheist

Logic and scientific studies demand proofs and logical derivations. But how can you prove existence of God? And even if divine power was to exist, if its beyond scope of our control, whats the point in following rituals? राग यायचा विशेषतः "पाप करे और गंगा नहाए" टाइप लोकांचा, धर्मवारून भांडणार्यांचा आणि बुवा लोकांचा.... हा असा राग तर अजूनही येतो!

4. Atheist:Hinduism

Personal experiences/ experiments/ reading/ discussions regarding Hinduism/sacred texts made me realize that I was being a blind atheist. I also learnt that atheism does have a place in Hinduism and also that most of the rituals do make sense!

5. Agnostic:Hinduism

If logical reasoning/ experiences stand for most of their(believer's) claims, I cannot possibly refute their remaining claims that I do not truly agree on as of today! There are possibilities: I might not have reached the required level of maturity, my senses might not be developed to an extent where I can grasp essence of their science(?). Better way: सरळ सांगणं "मला माहीत नाही!" :)

6. What Next???

The most appealing is the Hindu philosophy.
But the question remains unanswered... What is Next???


That..... even I do not know! Don't worry, I will keep you updated!!! :)

अलविदा

खूप एकटं-एकटं, एकाकी वाटलं की मी सरळ होस्टेलची गच्ची गाठतो... (आणि अगदी प्रामाणिकपणे सांगायचं तर असं काहीसंे नेहमी रात्रीच होतं. ;)) उंच buildings, झाडांची डोकी, वीजेच्या तारा ह्यातनं ते तुकडे तुकडे पडलेलं आकाश पाहून मी अधिकच खिन्न होतो . मग मी तिथल्या माझ्या आवडत्या जागेवर जातो आणि इथून आकाश छान दिसतंय म्हणून थोड़ासा खुशही होतो. एव्हाना मनातली चीडचीडपण कमी झालेली असते...

असं ऐकलय की अशावेळी लोक झाडांशी, फळाफुलांशी, तार्यांशी गप्पा मारत बसतात. मी नाही उगीच बोलायला जात असलं काही! बोलणार तरी काय? विषयच नसतो तसा! मी त्यातल्या त्यात सगळयात तेजस्वी तार्याला पकडतो आणि पाहत राहतो त्याच्याकडे उगीच एकटक...

त्या काळ्याकभिन्न आकाशात आजुबाजुचे तारे मग हळूहळू स्वतःचं अस्तित्व दाखवायला लागतात. माझं एकटेपण अजूनच गहिरं करतात. निव्वळ दुष्टपणा असतो हा! पण गंमत अशी की माझ्यानकळत मीही त्या एकटेपणाचं (आणि मग पर्यायाने स्वतःचंच :) ) कौतुक करू लागतो.

हे तारेही तसलेच! प्रत्येकजण स्वतःच्याच कक्षेत फिरणार. ते एकमेकांच्या जवळ येतील, दूरही जातील... पण सर्व विधीनियमांप्रमाणे, सगळं अगदी ठरल्यासारखं! काही काही असताताही धुमकेतू, उल्का.... अवचित उगवतात हे गडी! पण अशांकडे पाहत हे तारे आपल्यासारखे उगीच त्रस्त होत नसतील. आणि एवढं असूनही काही लोक उल्का पडताना पाहून मनात बावळटसारख्या इच्छा धरतात. श्रद्धा म्हणावी त्या बापड्यांची... जाऊ दया!

....असे काहीही random विचार सुरु होतात. कित्येक वेळ मी तसाच उभा असतो. थोड्या वेळाने मला आकाश उगीचच त्रासलेलं वाटतं. ते खरं तर कंटाळलेलं असतं. त्याच्याअंगाखांद्यावर खेळत असतात ही सारी पिल्लं, पण त्याला सवंगडी आहे??? त्याच्याकड़े कोणतं त्याचं पिल्लू बघतंय??? काहीही झालं तरी तो कुठल्या आकाशाकडे पाहणार??

....तसे आम्ही दोघे समदुःखीच! त्याचं दुःख मात्र त्याच्यासारखंच अफाट!
... पण तरी आमची दोस्ती होत नाही.






मी त्याला साधं अलविदासुद्धा म्हणत नाही.

इतरांचे ब्लॉग्स वाचताना !

सध्या मी अनोळखीलोकांचे ब्लॉग्स वाचायला लागलोय....

आजकाल असे ब्लोग्स वाचतो आणि वाचता वाचता वाटतं.... की अरे, हे तर मलाही कधीपासून म्हाणाय्चंहोतं.... वाटतं,हा/ही आणि मी किती same आहोत!!! कोण आहे हा? कोण आहे ही? काय आपलं नातं त्यांच्याशी? असेल का काही खरंच नातं ???आणि असं करत करत हे complete strangers उगीचंच (???!!!!) आपलेसे वाटुलागतात!
उदाहराणादाखल आता हे वाचा:
"आपण जीवाच्या आकांताने एखादि गोश्ट ओरडून सांगताना देखिल समोर्च्या माणासाच्या चेह्र्यवरचि रेघ सुद्धा हलंत नाहि तेव्हा गरज असते ती लेखणी आणि वहिची, थोडक्यात लिहायची ! "(दीपिका)

जेव्हां काही सांगायच असेल बोलायच असेल तर कोणितरी येकणार असाव लागत नाही। माझ येकणार असं कोणी नाही। पण मला खुप बोलावस वाट्त मग हल्ली हल्ली मी मनातल्या मनात बडबड करायला लागलोय. तिच बडबड तुमच्या समोर मांड्तोय ह्या ब्लॊगवर. (प्रशांत ठाकुर)

उद्योगी आहे म्हणा हव तर... पण सद्या सगळे उद्योग बंद आहेत म्हणुन नुसतीच खळबल माजली आहे... होत अस कधीतरी ;)... असो इतकच सांगता येईल सद्या की चालु आहे शोध ॥ शोध स्वतःचाच....(स्नेहा)

आपल्याला हे जे काही वाटतंय, ते म्हणजे विश्वाच्या पसाऱ्यात आपल्या निरर्थकतेचा आणि क्षणभंगुरतेचा झालेला साक्षात्कार आहे, असं काहीसं गोड त्याला वाटायला लागलं होतं. म्हणजे बुद्धाला बोधिवॄक्षाखाली जे ब्रह्मज्ञान प्राप्त झालं ते साधारण ह्याच जातकुळीतलं असावं असंही गोड वाटून गेलं. पण उगाच चाळा म्हणून हातातलं काम सोडून याबद्दल शोधताना आपल्याला हे जे वाटतंय तो एक आजार आहे; असलं सांगणाऱ्या विकीची त्याला तिडीक आली। (सर्किट)

वाटलं ना, मला वाटलं तसंच??? जणू आपल्या मनातले "कधीचे" विचार कोणीतरी "चोरतंय"? पण चोर म्हणताय ते चुकीचंय बरं का! अहो, वाटायला काय लागतं? वाटतं तर आपल्या सगळ्यांनाच.... शेवटी माणसंच आपण! थोडी बेरीज, वजाबाकी करत इकडून-तिकडून सगळे सारखेच... पण हे काही लोक लिहिताताच ना इतकं भारी! आपण उगीच "आपल्यालासुद्धा असं काहीसं सुचलं होता बरं का!", म्हणत समाधान वाटून घ्यायचं! :)
सौ. अनुराधा सचिन म्हापणकरांच्या पाणी-पुरीचा शेवट मला फारच भावला!!! जास्वन्दीचा ब्लॉग बर्यापैकी girlish आहे, पण त्यामुळे वाचताना वाटतं, जणू आपण छोटे KG मधले आहोत आणि कोणीतरी आपल्याला छान चिऊकाऊच्या गोष्टी सांगतेय! तिने स्वतःच्या बहिणीबद्दल लिहीलेला postसुद्धाpersonalized वाटला नाही, मला चक्क माझ्या भावांची, मी लहान असतांना घातलेल्या दंग्यांची आठवण झाली... वाटलं मी शेंडेफळ असल्याने विराज-अनीशलाही असंच वाटलं असेल का सुरवातीला?! अजूनही बरंच काही वाटलं, त्यांची आठवणही आली! असो... ंजास्वंदीचं "My dream house" तर वाचाच! त्या postचं श्रेय जसा त्या छोट्या पिल्लांचं आहे, तसं ते काहीसं त्या तेजस्विनीचंदेखील आहे... खरंच सांगतो मला नसतं मांड़ता आलं ते एवढ्या "गोड गोड" भाषेत! (माझ्या इतर posts वरून कळलं असेलच तुम्हाला ते!) "सहज सुचलं म्हणून" सारखे ब्लोग्स वाचताना तर...... आता काय बोलू! सालंSpeechlessच वायला होतं!!! कसली हुशार असतातलोकं, किती काय काय लिहू शकतात, आणि तेहि कितीसुंदर पद्धतीनं!

आताहे सर्व लिहीत असतांना एक अजुन ब्लॉग आठवंला... (त्याबद्दल बोलिनाच नंतर!) तर तो शोधता शोधता बघा इथे पोहोचलो! हा अजुन एकावेगळ्या कलेचा नमुना...

कधी असं नवं शिकायलाही मिळतं:
"ह्या आधीच्या वाक्यात लिहायला अजून बरंच काही एकाचवेळी सुचत होतं, पण ते लिहायच्या नादात सारा अर्थ ढासळेल, कुठे कशी विरामचिन्हे घालावीत यात गफ़लत होईल, आणि उगाच गद्याचं पद्य होईल म्हणून पुढील उपवाक्ये वेगळी लिहीत आहे"े मी ब्लॉग लिहिताना similarly confuse होतो खरा, पण मग ही idea बरीय!

अर्थात सगळेच पाहिलेले ब्लॉग आवडले असं नक्कीच नाही.... जे आवडले, तेच इथे मांडले...

नाहीतर "लोकं काय आजकाल कशाचंही कौतुक करतात!"!!! :P

प्रेमात पडणं म्हणजे.....

प्रेमात पडणं म्हणजे..... हुरहुर ही आलीच
हुरहुर आहे म्हणजे उत्सुकताही..

उत्सुकता...

म्हणजे नक्कीच असतात काही अपेक्षा,,,
अपेक्षा आहेत तर ... अपेक्षाभंग हा तर ठरलेलाच!
म्हणजे आता परत एक वेडा स्वतःत गुरफटणार...

खरंच...!
तो वेडाच!!!!
स्वतःलाच स्वतःची कोडी घालतो तो!
सुटता सुटत नाहीत, पण तरी सोडवत बसतो....
का निव्वळ नाटक करतो?
तोच जाणे....!

मग थोड्यावेळाने स्वतःशीच हसतो!
म्हणतो "हे काय खरडलं मी? कोणाला पाहून वाटेल की मी खरंच प्रेमात पडलोय..."
परत हसतो तो!

हसतो खरा... पण ह्या वेळी काहीसा वेगळा! आत्ममग्न!
दारापाशी चाहुल लागते तसा तो भानावर येतो आणि त्याच्या नकळतंच वहीची पानं पलटवतो!
"काही लीहीत होतास?"
"छे रे! काही काय!! syllabus चाळत होतो इतकंच!"
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.....आणि ही सुद्धा link तुटते ती कायमचीच!!! (हो, "सुद्धा"!)


ते पान आता त्याच्यासाठी अनोळखी असतं...
ना त्याला आता स्वतःचं ते कोडं आठवंत,
ना स्वतःच्याच ओळींचा अर्थ लागत....

ते पान तिथे बिचारं अर्थाशिवाय पोरकं झालंय...
नुसतं शब्दबंबाळ! बाकी काही नाही !
पण त्या पानाची ना काही तक्रार, ना त्याला कसला राग!
निमुटपणे वहीत दडी मारतं ते! पोटात कोणालाच न कळलेली गुपितं दडवून...!

लहरी short quotes! (do not plagiarise, please!!!)

"Contemplation" is not the end-result and is neither a beginning... There exists an infinite loop basically -->>
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We draw lines and create a domain. We observe, analyze and propose a theory. Borders are never rigid, so is our domain! Therefore, we can never define scope of our theory, and this theory is no exception.... :)
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My life is an open book..... only thing is that you need to learn reading between the lines! :)
(Update: you need to keep reading between the lines! :D)
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Oh! As if being irrational was not enough!!! :(( It gets serious when people start becoming unreasonable!
Alright.... Perhaps I am an idiot who bothered to be reasonable to not -so-reasonable ones!
(I wrote this when I was having a real bad day!!!)
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How are you able to "wash" your hands? In the back of your mind, haven't you "assumed" that the soap is not gonna get dirty? (Doesn't make any sense... i know...)
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हक्काचं माणूस मानणे आणि गृहीत धरणे ह्यात फरक असतो... तो जाणा आणि मग काय ते बोला! :P
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मी शहाणा, सभ्य, अभ्यासू, हुशार असा बराच काहीबाही नाहीय्ये... (Orkut profile name)
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I am now an ENGINEE_ (7/8 sems officially over!)
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We humans are no different than bedbugs.... We do prefer darkness!!!
....and we are intelligent enough to use "facts" to conceal " the truth" and say that the Truth is always relative...

As a matter of fact, "The truth" is never relative, we confine ourself to a single perspective!
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"Misunderstanding" is just another sort of understanding, so better policy is to forget and forgive! :)
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Let life say whatever, reply back smiling! :)
(my email signature)



Let me know ur views! :)

My life is an open book :)

My life is an open book..... the only thing is that you need to learn reading between the lines! :)

(Must read!) Atheism, Hinduism, Moslems etc.

It is (religion is) always a difficult subject to discuss with convinced believers of any creed. With most Moslems, it is probably an even harder matter of discussion, since no latitude of thought is officially permitted to them. Ideologically, theirs is straight and narrow path, and the believer must not swerve to the right or the left. Hindus are somewhat different, though not always so. In practice they may be very orthodox; they may, and do, indulge in the most out-of-date, reactionary and even pernicious customs, and yet they will usually be prepared to discuss the most radical ideas about religion. I imagine the modern Arya Samajists have not, as a rule, this wide intellectual approach. Like the most Moslems, they follow their own straight and narrow path. There is a certain philosophical tradition among the intellectual Hindus, which, though it does not affect practice, does make a difference to the ideological approach to a religious question. Partly, I suppose, this is due to the wide and often conflicting variety of opinions and customs that are included in the Hindu fold. It has, indeed, often been remarked that Hinduism is hardly a religion in the usual sense of the word. And yet, what amazing tenacity it has got, what tremendous power of survival! One may even be a professing atheist --the old Hindu philosopher, Charvaka, was -- and yet no one dare say that he has ceased to be Hindu. Hinduism clings on its children, almost despite them. A brahman I was born, and a Brahman I seem to remain whatever I might say or do in regard to religion or social custom. To the Indian word I am "Pandit" so and so, in spite of my desire not to have this or any other honorific title attached to my name. I remember meeting a Turkish scholar once in Switzerland, to whom I had sent previously a letter of introduction in which I had been referred to as "Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru". He was surprised and a little disappointed to see me for, as he told me, the "Pandit" had led him to expect a reverend and scholarly gentleman of advanced year.

--- An excerpt from "An Autobiography" by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Scope of a theory

We draw lines and create a domain. We observe, analyze and propose a theory. Borders are never rigid, so is our domain! Therefore, we can never define scope of our theory, and again... aforementioned theory is no exception....

My Marathi!!! :)

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http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20071028/lr12.htm

Really good article to read!!! But you must download required font if you cannot read the text above. Use character encoding "western windows1252" after that . Its worth doing so much of efforts। Even I came to know about some of the most common mistakes I commit when I converse in "my Marathi"

(माझा तो जाज्वल्य अभिमान पोकळच होता म्हणायचा)

SOAPS

I hate soaps... I couldn't gather enough courage to watch even a single episode of any of the Ekta Kapoor serials, but I have had enough from their Marathi counterparts. The only exceptions as far as these marathi serials are concerned, were "वादळवाट" and now "असंभव". I was not (and still am not) regular viewer of any of these series, still I like both these, only common factor (which is actually a deciding factor) is that these are free from illogical, far fetched, extreme behavior of its characters , त्यांची रडारड, सण साजरा करण्यात, नाचण्यात भुमिकांचा (अणि प्रेक्षकांचाही :D) वाया घालवलेला वेळ, गतीहीन कथानक etc etc etc. वादळवाट आवडण्याचं मुख्य कारण मात्रा music होतं. त्यातले actors talented होतेच, no doubt about that.. But these days, almost all of them are working in "आपली माणसं" (ETV) which is again a pathetic serial. (I know what u r thinking! Please remove that misconception, मी मराठी channels ला चिकटलेला नसतो. One... or at most 2 scenes in an episode are sufficient enough to get an idea about "quality" of serial.)

It really hurts when actors for whom you had respect, whom you have admired all these years are working for a serial that is going nowhere. "वाया गेलेली केस" म्हणतात तशी ह्यातली सर्वात भयानक सीरियल म्हणजे "चार दिवस सासुचे". अरे चाराचे चारहजार दिवस झाले यार, आता तरी पुरे.... रोहिणी हट्टंगडी, कविता लाड सारखे actors काय करतायत? त्यांना कंटाळा येत नही का एकाच टाईपची acting(?) रोज करायला? एक सून अति-सुस्वभावी (read "अति-बावळट") अणि दुसरी सून फक्त कपटी (again read "बावळट-but comparatively lesser") कशी असू शकते? कोणीही पूर्ण चांगलं अथवा पूर्ण वाईट नस्तं, ही basic बाब हे कसे विसरतात? सर्वच serials slow असतात, but this serial is too much!!! By and large कोणत्याही episode मध्ये प्रमुख characters पैकी ३/४ characters सम्पूर्ण episode एकच वाक्य बोलत असतात. I remember 3 (!!!) consecutive episodes where Kavita Lad's adopted son is kidnapped by his real mother (a vamp) and Kavita Lad is begging for help all these episodes, vamp torturing her own son all the the time, rohini hattangadi consoling Kavita Lad (imagine 3 episodes like that!!!) Sorry for the torture to you (reading all this), but I am writing all this केवळ मन मोकळं करायला... चीड़ येते अशा directors आणि writers ची!

हल्लीची एक सीरियल म्हणजे "कळत नकळत". परत सुनील बर्वे, ऋतुजा गोडबोले असे चांगले actors. Pan poor direction, weak characters अणि हरवलेली स्क्रिप्ट. केवळ music video पाह्ण्याजोगा आहे. असो, ह्या सीरियल बद्दल बोलायची इच्छासुद्धा नाहीय्ये आता...

असंभव बद्दल सांगायचं तर उत्तम कलावंतं, परिणामकारक संगीत दिग्दर्शन, ओघवतं कथानक हे मुख्य पैलू ठरावेत. तुम्हाला माहित असेलच मी नस्तिकतेकडे झूकणर्यांतला आहे, मात्र ही serial मला अगदी मनापासून आवडली. विशेषतः सुलेखाच्या अध्यात्मिक गुरुने केलेला काम् तर अप्रतिम.... मला त्या कलाकाराचं नाव माहित नही, पण ती पूर्णं वेळ proper bearing मध्ये असते.... असंभव एक कलाकृति म्हणून पाहण्यासाराखी नक्कीच आहे. मला सध्याच्या मराठी सा रे ग म प चे episodes अणि ह्या serial चे episodes DVD वर write मारून हवेत. (कोणी असले प्रताप केले असल्यास मला plz कळवणे. )

राखीपौर्णिमेनिमित्त blog entry :

एकदा एक मुलगी राखी पौर्णिमेला राख्या घेऊन आली कॉलेजमध्ये.
अशी अन् तशी प्रेझेंटी कमीच होती मुलांची, त्यात उरलेले पसार झाले.
एक स्मार्ट मुलगा बसला होता कट्यावर
ती तिकडे गेली आणि म्हणाली हात दे, राखी बांधते।
तर हे साहेब म्हणाले मुळीच नाही।
ती म्हणाली का? काय झालं काय?
हा म्हणे वा ग वा! शहाणीच आहेस की, मी उद्या मंगळसूत्र आणतो, तू घेशील का बांधून? :))

(एक प्रांजळ कबुली: तो स्मार्ट मुलगा मी नव्हतो ! :D )

Understanding of the world around us! (and Theism)

My intution now tells me that its not only GRE exam.... everything that we see, touch, hear, smell, experience is telling us something..... essentially same set of facts, only that I do not have ability to decode everything.

Call this view as spiritual, but I don't find it confortable to see myself associated with an adjective "spiritual" because believe it or not, I feel the word has a negative connotation, and I am sure you don't agree with the last statement. I am not so comfortable with the word because of my strong disgust towards Sadhu babas, maulas or priests that act superior towards people around them and quite contradictorily state that no one is superior or inferior in front of god. Everything about them is self contradicting. They enjoy all the luxuries, indulge in all kinds of politics, earn enormous amount of money and ask followers to free themsleves from urge, hunger, anger. But why am I attacking spirituality? Actually speaking, I don't have anything against spirituality but its just that this word brings many such culprits (like Aniruddha baba, Mungle Maharaj, Vamanrao Pai and list goes on...) in my mind. I confess that I am unnecessarily mixing up 2 different isues here.

To be frank, as orthodox as most believers are and as blind as their faith is, one day I was a "blind" atheiest. I used to object to everything that has even hint of theism. But now, I have started realising that whatever is there in our religious texts or spiritual ones, really makes sense. It involves great amount of logic, study of nature and its laws and also moves on to draw inferences. It is a clearcut cause-result relationship that was presented. We find a common ground or foundation over which laws of any religion are based. But I guess, over a period of time, everything was intentionally made obscure, meanings were distorted by selfish, hypocritical people which has resulted in a chaos we see today. So, coming back to decoding, we need to filter out such 'noise signals' and then decode them. That might enhance our understanding of the world and utilise our sensory inputs more efficiently; read the first line if its not clear to you what I am talking about. Yes, I know what you are thinking... Right, I sound as confused as usual...

Thoughts on GRE

Today was my date with GRE exam ;). Though I didn't score as much as I was expecting, I liked the way this exam is conducted. You may be aware that it is computer adaptive test i.e. difficulty level of next question depends upon the correctness of your previous answer. Also, you cannot go back to a question and change answer. Though this was known to me even before I registered for the test and I had appeared for many practice tests prior to the exam; I don't know why, I kept thinking about this feature for an hour or so after the exam. It was quite appealing to me because later, I arrived at a conclusion that this exam bears a great amount of resemblance to the life we lead, barring eccentric exceptions.
Some examples:

1. You can never go back and change your answer.
(You cannot go back in time and do whatever you "should have". You are bound to face consequences of whatever you do (or don't do) in the past.)

2. Attempt your first few questions properly. They matter the most. However, it is important not to get disheartened if you are not sure about one or two. It is not necessary that all of the initial answers 'must' be correct for a reasonably good score. Also answering them correctly doesn't guarantee very high percentile, you may spoil it later in haste.
(Yeah, as they say, first impression is the last impression. But of course, we do know, it is not always the last impression, you can always spoil or make up your image.)

3. If you answer correctly, you should expect next question to be slightly tougher than previous one. If you don't, expect an easier question.
(When you manage to do some work properly, people around you expect you to do even more difficult tasks. Your deeds only raise or lower their expectations).

4.Therefore, getting harder questions is more beneficial than getting easier questions.
(Greater the responsibility, higher is the social status and also.... income.)

5. There is an unidentified section in the exam that is not scored. One is advised to attempt all the sections with equal attentiveness. You never know what is going to count and what is not.
(Legendary quote in Bhagvatgeeta "कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन" or simply put: Do your job, don't look for profit or gain when you are doing that।)

There may be even more, but I thought of only these.... :)

I need the most (2)!

I wish I had someone/some tool that would keep track of (and also NOTE down) each and every thought of mine. नाही, माझा असा समज नाहीय्ये की मी जो काही विचार करतो तो चांगला/सेन्सीबल/सगळ्यांसमोर मांडण्याजोगा असतो, किंबहुना मी निःशंक आहे की तसं नाहीय्ये। :)

मी माज करत नाहीय्ये, पण आजकाल स्वप्नात कधी मी नवे सिनेमे तयार करुन पाहतो, कविता तयार करतो, कवितेला चालही देतो (no anu malik style, no plagiarism), एवढंच काय तर कधी कधी जाग आल्यावर माझ्या डोक्यात ते गाणं चालु असतं, एखादं (माझ्या मते "मस्तं" असं) वाक्यं सुचतं, कधी फिरताना अचानक एखाद्या story ची theme सुचते, ते कुठेतरी लिहावं म्हणुन बसावं तर काही क्षणातच.... सगळं खल्लास! सगळं विसरतो!!! आणि tune लिहिणार कशी, मी संगीत विशारद तर नाही! Therefore, I need something that records everything that I think about. This thing may seem very arbit/making no sense at all, but it surely makes sense at to me, esp when I'll read back whatever it is going to write. Not always there lies a creativity, sometimes when I read my own writings, I get to know about myself (and sometimes get embarrassed), my opinions... about people, issues, overall systems, my plans to change it etc. Then I also realize की मी अजुन स्वतःला पूर्णपणे जाणलेलं नाहीय्ये. मी कोण अहे, मी काय अहे? खरं पाहता लोकान्नी मला माझी ओळख करुन दिली आहे. माझं नावही माझं नाहीय्ये, तेदेखील मला 'देण्यात' आलेलं अहे. मी ओळखतो का स्वतःला?

Whacky gadgets that I need the most!

I'm desperately looking for a time-machine. (Yes, obviously even I wish to live my good ol' school days, but that's not the prime reason here).

I really get irritated when people commit/do something and later on say "Mi he kelach nahi", "mi asa kaahi bolaloch/bolalech nahi". I don't understand why do people lie! Ok, I'm not claiming I do not do so, but what I'm talking about is its frequency, objective and level of that objective. Now don't ask me what time machine has got to do with all this. If I had that thing with me, I'd have used it just to bring truth forward and prove who is right and who is not.... Hey, I don't need that actually, can we have really large array of cameras, one for each person, that covers all the actvities.... Oops, now comes up the privacy issue. Are u thinking about suggesting me lie detector? Naah, it has its own limitations... So finaly, time machine seems to be reasonable bid here, provided "parallel universe theory" is not valid.

Selective Expandable Posts

Thanks to Ramani, I am able to have selective expandable posts (hopefuly)! This is a test if that code works!

And yes, its working! Anyway, if u r interested, visit: http://hackosphere.blogspot.com/2006/11/selective-expandable-posts.html

Men vs. Women (Part2)

Some facts:
Men:
1. All men are extremely busy.
2. Although they are so busy, they still have time for women.
3. Although they have time for women, they don’t really care for them.
4. Although they don’t really care for them, they always have one around.
5. Although they always have one around them, they always try their luck with others.
6. Although they try their luck with others, they get really pissed off if a woman leaves them.
7. Although the woman leaves they still don’t learn from their mistakes and still try their luck with others.

Women:
1. the most important thing for a woman is financial security.
2. Although this is so important, they still go out and buy expensive clothes.
3. Although they always buy expensive clothes, they never have something to wear.
4. Although they never have something to wear, they always dress beautifully.
5. Although they always dress beautifully, their clothes are always just “An old rag”.
6. Although their clothes are always “just an old rag”, they still expect you to compliment them.
7. Although they expect you to compliment them, when you do, they don’t believe you
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Loyalty:
Women: A wife was not at home for a whole night. So she tells her husband, the very next morning, that she stayed at her (girl) friend`s apartment overnight. So the husband calls 10 of her best (girl) friends and none of them confirm that she was with them...

Men: A husband was not at home for a whole night. So he tells his wife the very next morning, that he stayed at his friend`s apartment over night. So the wife calls 10 of his best friends and 5 of them confirm that he stayed at their apartments that night and another 5 are claiming that he is still with them . . . !!!!
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Diary:
Her DIARY

I asked him what was wrong - he said, "Nothing." I asked him if it was
my fault that he was upset. He said it had nothing to do with me and
not to worry. On the way home I told him that I loved him, he simply
smiled and kept driving. I can't explain his behavior; I don't know why
he didn't say, "I love you, too." When we got home I felt as if I had
lost him, as if he wanted nothing to do with me anymore.He just sat
there and watched TV.; he seemed distant and absent. Finally I decided
to go to bed. About 10 minutes
later he came to bed. I decided that I could not take it anymore, so I
decided to confront him with the situation but he had fallen asleep. I
started crying and cried until I too fell asleep. I don't know what to do.
I'm almost sure that his thoughts are with someone else and someone new has
entered his life. My life is a disaster.


HIS DIARY:
Today India lost the cricket match. DAMN IT !!
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How to Keep a Woman Happy
It's not difficult!

All you have to do is to be:

1. A friend
2. A companion
3. A lover
4. A brother
5. A father
6. A master
7. A chef
8. An electrician
9. A carpenter
10. A plumber
11. A mechanic
12. A decorator
13. A stylist
14. A sexologist
15. A gynecologist
16. A psychologist
17. A pest exterminator
18. A psychiatrist
19. A healer
20. A good listener
21. An organizer
22. A good father
23. Very clean
24. Sympathetic
25. Athletic
26. Warm
27. Attentive
28. Gallant
29. Intelligent
30. Funny
31. Creative
32. Tender
33. Strong
34. Understanding
35. Tolerant
36. Prudent
37. Ambitious
38. Capable
39. Courageous
40. Determined
41. True
42. Dependable
43. Passionate

WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
44. Give her compliments regularly
45. Love shopping
46. Be honest
47. Be very rich
48. Not stress her out
49. Not look at other girls

AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:
50. Give her lots of attention,
51. Give her lots of time, especially time for herself
52. Give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes

IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU:

53. Never forget:
birthdays
anniversaries
arrangements she makes

(2) HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY!!! :

1. Leave him in peace
2. Feed him well.
3. Let him have the remote control.
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Discoveries and inventions:
The man discovered COLOURS and invented PAINT,
The woman discovered PAINT and invented MAKEUP.

The man discovered the WORD and invented CONVERSATION,
The woman discovered CONVERSATION and invented GOSSIP.

The man discovered GAMBLING and invented CARDS,
The woman discovered CARDS and invented WITCHERY.

The man discovered AGRICULTURE and invented FOOD,
The woman discovered FOOD and invented DIET.

The man discovered FRIENDSHIP and invented LOVE,
The woman discovered LOVE and invented MARRIAGE.

The man discovered TRADING and invented MONEY,
The woman discovered MONEY and invented SHOPPING.
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Thereafter man has discovered and invented a lot of things...
While the women STUCK to shopping. :D
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Men vs. Women

Men vs. Women
Some subtle (and some not so subtle) differences

(I wish to clarify that there's 0% of my creativity involved in the following text... a bunch of fwds!
Also... Moral police, please leave!!! :) )

Dressing Up:

Women: A woman will dress up to: go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, get the mail.

Men: A man will dress up for: weddings, funerals.

Handwriting:
Men: To their credit, men do not decorate their penmanship. They just chicken-scratch.

Women: Women use scented, colored stationery and they dot the "i" with circles or hearts. Women use ridiculously large loops in the "p" and "g". It is a pain to read a note from a woman. Even when she's dumping you, she will put a smiley face at the end of the note.

Groceries:

Women: A woman makes a list of things she needs, then goes out to the store and buys those things.

Men: A man waits till the only items left in his fridge are half a lime and a beer. Then he goes grocery shopping. He buys everything that looks good. By the time a man reaches the checkout counter, his cart is packed tighter than the Clampett's car on Beverly Hillbillies. Of course, this will not stop him from going to the express lane.

Relationships:

Women: When a relationship ends, a woman will cry and pour her heart out to her girlfriends, and she will write a poem titled "All Men Are Idiots". Then she will get on with her life.

Men: A man has a little more trouble letting go. Six months after the break-up, at 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday night, he will call and say, "I just wanted to let you know you ruined my life, and I'll never forgive you, and I hate you, and you're a total floozy. But I want you to know that there's always a chance for us." This is known as the "I Hate You / I Love You" drunken phone call, that 99% of all men have made at least once. There are community colleges that offer courses to help men get over this need.

***:

Women: They prefer 30-40 minutes of foreplay.

Men: They prefer 30-40 seconds of foreplay. Men consider driving back to her place part of the foreplay.

Maturity:

Women: They mature much faster than men. Most 17-year old females can function as adults.

Men: Most 17-year old males are still trading baseball cards and giving each other wedgies after gym class. This is why high school romances rarely work out.

Magazines:

Men: Men's magazines often feature pictures of naked women. Men are turned on at the sight of a naked woman's body.

Women: Women's magazines also feature pictures of naked women. This is because the female body is a beautiful work of art, while the male body is lumpy and hairy and should not be seen by the light of day. Most naked men elicit laughter from women.

Bathrooms:

Men: A man has six items in his bathroom -- a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a bar of Dial soap, and a towel from the Holiday Inn.

Women: The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 437. A man cannot identify most of these items.

Shoes:

Women: When preparing for work, a woman will put on a wool suit, then slip on Reebok sneakers. She will carry her dress shoes in a plastic bag from Saks. When a woman gets to work, she will put on her dress shoes. Five minutes later, she will kick them off because her feet are under the desk.

Men: A man will wear the same pair of shoes all day. Let's not talk about how many days he'll wear the same socks.

Cats:

Women: Women love cats.

Men: Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats.

Children:

Women: A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and soccer games and romances and best friends and favorite foods and secret fears and hopes and dreams.

Men: A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

Laundry:

Women: Women do laundry every couple of days.

Men: A man will wear every article of clothing he owns, including his surgical pants (the ones that were hip about eight years ago) before he will do his laundry. When he is finally out of clothes, he will wear a dirty sweatshirt inside out, rent a U-Haul and take his mountain of clothes to the Laundromat. Men always expect to meet beautiful women at the Laundromat. This is a myth perpetuated by reruns of old episodes of "Love American Style."

Eating Out:

Men: When the check comes, each man will each throw in $20 bills, even though it's only for $22.50. None of them will have anything smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back.

Women: When the girls get their check, out come the pocket calculators.

Mirrors:

Men: Men are vain and will check themselves out in a mirror.

Women: They are ridiculous; they will check out their reflections in any shiny surface: mirrors, spoons, store windows, bald guys' heads.

Menopause:

Women: When a woman reaches menopause, she goes through a variety of complicated emotional, psychological, and biological changes. The nature and degree of these changes varies with the individual.

Men: Menopause in a man provokes a uniform reaction - he buys aviator glasses, a snazzy French cap and leather driving gloves, and goes shopping for a Porsche.

The Phone:

Men: Men see the telephone as a communication tool. They use the telephone to send short messages to other people.

Women: A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours.

Richard Gere:

Women: Women like Richard Gere because he is sexy in a dangerous way.

Men: Men hate Richard Gere because he reminds them of that slick guy who works at the health club and dates only married women.

Madonna:

Same as above, but reversed. Same reason.

Toys:

Women: Little girls love to play with toys. Then when they reach the age of 11 or 12, they lose interest.

Men: Men never grow out of their toy obsession. As they get older, their toys simply become more expensive, silly and impractical. Examples of men's toys: little miniature TVs. Car phones. Complicated juicers and blenders. Graphic equalizers. Small robots that serve cocktails on command. Video games. Anything that blinks, beeps, and requires at least 6 "D" batteries to operate.

Cameras:

Men: Men take photography very seriously. They'll shell out $4000 for state of the art equipment, and build dark rooms and take photography classes.

Women: Women purchase Kodak Instamatics. Of course, women always end up taking better pictures.

Locker Rooms:

Men: In the locker room men talk about three things: money, football, and women. They exaggerate about money, they don't know football nearly as well as they think they do, and they fabricate stories about women.

Women: They talk about one thing in the locker room - ***. And not in abstract terms, either. They are extremely graphic and technical, and they never lie.

Movies:

Women: Every actress in the history of movies has had to do a nude scene. This is because every movie in the history of movies has been produced by a man.

Men: The only actor who has ever appeared nude in the movies is Richard Gere. This is another reason why men hate him.

Jewelry:

Women: Women look nice when they wear jewelry.

Men: A man can get away with wearing one ring and that's it. Any more than that and he will look like a lounge singer named Vic.

Conversation:

Men: Men need a good disagreement to get talking. For instance, "Wow, great movie." or "What are you, nuts? No REAL cop would have an Uzi that size."

Women: Women, not having this problem, try to initiate conversations with men by saying something agreeable: "That garden by the roadside looks lovely." "Mm hmm." Pause. "That was a good restaurant last night, wasn't it?" "Yeah." Pause. And so on.

Leg Warmers:
Women: Leg warmers are sexy. A woman, even if she's walking the dog or doing the dishes, is allowed to wear leg warmers. She can wear them any time she wants.

Men: A man can only wear leg warmers if he is auditioning for the "Gimme the Ball" number in "A Chorus Line."

Nightouts:
Women: Women on a girls' night out talk the whole time.

Men: Men on a boy's night out say about twenty words all night, most of which are "Pass the Doritos" or "got any more beer?"

Restrooms:
Women: Women use restrooms as social lounges. Women who've never met will leave a restroom giggling together like old friends. Women also go to the restroom in packs, at least two women at a time excuse themselves to use the restroom.

Men: Men use restrooms for purely biological reasons. Men in a restrooms will never speak a word to each other. And never in the history of the world has a man excused himself from a restaurant table by saying, "Hey, Tom, I was just about to take a leak. Do you want to join me?"

Earthday Footprint Quiz

They said:

"IF EVERYONE LIVED LIKE YOU, WE WOULD NEED 1.0 PLANETS"

(1.0!!!! I have been saying this, you see , if everyone lived like me, this world would be perfect, a much better place! Now, isn't that a confirmation? My lifestyle is perfect!!! :o Yeah.... myself surprised! )
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Btw, if you wish to know what I'm talking about (and even if you didn't care :P ), please spare a minute or two to check your "ecological footprint".