The phenomena of 'life and 'death' have always intrigued me like it does most people.
And nobody can give any precise information except that death is a certainity in life.But nobody actually knows what happens after death or what happens before birth.Only theories and guesses supplemented by theology and philosophies,but no hard core evidences.But lack of evidence is not a reason for not believing in it,is it?For life and death unfolds before us ,every moment ,as inevitable truths.
These are perhaps two transcient states.(Yes,again a 'perhaps'!).May be we pass on to the same dormant state after death like the earlier amniotic state.
Sometimes going by 'The Book'definitely helps.It can ignite a spark of curiosity.It can encourage the mind to pursue the possibilty.It urges to'Think!'
Relegious scriptures tell us about the soul being indestructible.It actually supports a life after death,no matter which relegion,whether it is resurrection or the reincarnation.
And yes,I do beleive in it,that death is not the end,but the beginning of an eternal journey.
These are just rumblings of an ever curious mind!!!
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
On a lighter note ;)
why do you think there are BGMs in movies..
well , here is what I found out.. ;)
1) So that when the camera zooms in on a particular face, the audience can figure out if the character is supposed to be the villain,or the hero,or the victim of the misery or perhaps the ghost
2) So that when somebody is tiptoeing or juming over a wall or doing some such clandestine activity the sound of his/her heels is not heard
3) so that the audience can make out what the director intended to convey in a scene,humour or tragedy or horror
;-)
well , here is what I found out.. ;)
1) So that when the camera zooms in on a particular face, the audience can figure out if the character is supposed to be the villain,or the hero,or the victim of the misery or perhaps the ghost
2) So that when somebody is tiptoeing or juming over a wall or doing some such clandestine activity the sound of his/her heels is not heard
3) so that the audience can make out what the director intended to convey in a scene,humour or tragedy or horror
;-)
What is so special about 25Feb??? ;-)
There was a time when I used to wait for it to be the 25th of feb.
I would start the count down from the New years day and eagerly wait for the day.
More than the gifts and cards,it thrilled me more to find out how many of my friends and other close people actually remembered.
Of late,the thrill has been fading.Maturity I guess. ;-)
And since last year,I had been dreading the date.I some how wanted time to freeze, so that it wouldn't be 25th feb this year.But the truth is ,I can ignore it,I can overlook it,but today it's the 25th feb of another year. I am one more year older and the fact is staring back at me from my mirror!!!How I hate being on the other side of 20.
But yes!even today all my friends and close people have made my day!
The best thing I like about birthdays is that it is a day when the world comes calling at you,literally ;-)
Amidst all the routine greetings and messages,I have noticed that few things haven't changed.Not that I am complaining.Nonetheless it was amusing to note.
I woke up today at midnight to the same voice who has been greeting me birthday the first for the past few years,ever since we became friends in hostel.
The same people needed to be reminded to wish me(They know the date,but have to be reminded that the date is actually that of today ;-).Since their wishes mean a lot,I didn't mind asking for it.And then, it is not my birth I am celebrating,but their being my parents.)
And finally,as usual my brother called me up at midnight,but had to be prodded to wish me.These sort of wishing and all are a bit embarassing in the family,to receive and to give.;-)
Thank you all, for your wishes
I would start the count down from the New years day and eagerly wait for the day.
More than the gifts and cards,it thrilled me more to find out how many of my friends and other close people actually remembered.
Of late,the thrill has been fading.Maturity I guess. ;-)
And since last year,I had been dreading the date.I some how wanted time to freeze, so that it wouldn't be 25th feb this year.But the truth is ,I can ignore it,I can overlook it,but today it's the 25th feb of another year. I am one more year older and the fact is staring back at me from my mirror!!!How I hate being on the other side of 20.
But yes!even today all my friends and close people have made my day!
The best thing I like about birthdays is that it is a day when the world comes calling at you,literally ;-)
Amidst all the routine greetings and messages,I have noticed that few things haven't changed.Not that I am complaining.Nonetheless it was amusing to note.
I woke up today at midnight to the same voice who has been greeting me birthday the first for the past few years,ever since we became friends in hostel.
The same people needed to be reminded to wish me(They know the date,but have to be reminded that the date is actually that of today ;-).Since their wishes mean a lot,I didn't mind asking for it.And then, it is not my birth I am celebrating,but their being my parents.)
And finally,as usual my brother called me up at midnight,but had to be prodded to wish me.These sort of wishing and all are a bit embarassing in the family,to receive and to give.;-)
Thank you all, for your wishes
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
'Kollifying'English
Q : What do people do on twitter?
A : They tweet!
Q : What are people who tweet called?
A : Tweeple.
Q : And where do i get all these information from?
A : Tweetipaedia
In the past few years , perhaps, more words have been added to our lexicons than before.Though only a few have made their way into the official lists others still find their place in our conversations.
Words like orkutting,tweeting are still informal while those like Banglored have made their way into the Oxford dictionary.
With new inventions and changed lifestyles came either new words or new contexts for many already existing words.
Like 'to chat' might have been used only to mean 'to converse' till sometime back.But today it largely means to chat on the 'net'.
Also words like 'padipist'(to mean a nerd) led to the development of regional variants of English like 'Monglish'and the like
English evolved from the German and latin languages and borrowed into its arsenal a whole load of foreign words and phrases.It developed for itself a grammatical structure and absorbed into it all the new terms that were popularly used.Just when we thought nothing could harm its newly acquired status there lay another axe waiting to slay it.
With service providers competing with one another for charging lesser and lesser per alphabet,the mobile users have been chopping the language into tinier and tinier bits.The complete jargon of letters,yet succeed in making their point.
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ADDENDUM
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This is in the context but slightly stretched out.But I am adding it for the lighter touch ;-)
I am reminded of two words whose usage I have been able to put in new contexts over the years.
The first one would be 'bit'.
I graduated from the 'bits' of paper in the nursery classes to 'bits' as units of digital information in my engineering college(GEC).
But GEC also taught me another bit. A bit which I could use in exams! ;-)
'Release' is another such word of interest for me.
We all know what the verb means.
Since my college days,again,they held a new meaning to me.Specially on fridays.That of a movie being 'released'.
The niceness about the word ,however, vanished soon. ;-(
It held a different meaning for me in Bangalore,and that too, coincidentally on the same fridays!!
My weekly software release!And it came to be a dreaded verb.
Thankfully,I am 'released' from that scene.
As I rack my brain,perhaps, more such 'bits' would fall down.I shall be updating this blog as and when I encounter them.
.......
A : They tweet!
Q : What are people who tweet called?
A : Tweeple.
Q : And where do i get all these information from?
A : Tweetipaedia
In the past few years , perhaps, more words have been added to our lexicons than before.Though only a few have made their way into the official lists others still find their place in our conversations.
Words like orkutting,tweeting are still informal while those like Banglored have made their way into the Oxford dictionary.
With new inventions and changed lifestyles came either new words or new contexts for many already existing words.
Like 'to chat' might have been used only to mean 'to converse' till sometime back.But today it largely means to chat on the 'net'.
Also words like 'padipist'(to mean a nerd) led to the development of regional variants of English like 'Monglish'and the like
English evolved from the German and latin languages and borrowed into its arsenal a whole load of foreign words and phrases.It developed for itself a grammatical structure and absorbed into it all the new terms that were popularly used.Just when we thought nothing could harm its newly acquired status there lay another axe waiting to slay it.
With service providers competing with one another for charging lesser and lesser per alphabet,the mobile users have been chopping the language into tinier and tinier bits.The complete jargon of letters,yet succeed in making their point.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ADDENDUM
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.....
This is in the context but slightly stretched out.But I am adding it for the lighter touch ;-)
I am reminded of two words whose usage I have been able to put in new contexts over the years.
The first one would be 'bit'.
I graduated from the 'bits' of paper in the nursery classes to 'bits' as units of digital information in my engineering college(GEC).
But GEC also taught me another bit. A bit which I could use in exams! ;-)
'Release' is another such word of interest for me.
We all know what the verb means.
Since my college days,again,they held a new meaning to me.Specially on fridays.That of a movie being 'released'.
The niceness about the word ,however, vanished soon. ;-(
It held a different meaning for me in Bangalore,and that too, coincidentally on the same fridays!!
My weekly software release!And it came to be a dreaded verb.
Thankfully,I am 'released' from that scene.
As I rack my brain,perhaps, more such 'bits' would fall down.I shall be updating this blog as and when I encounter them.
.......
Monday, February 15, 2010
MNIK
The movie is an answer to all those who think SRK emotes too much and KJo can work only on romance.
Well,being smitten over and over by SRK is not a new experience for me.
As always he is the best,but I won't speak much about it.(Too overwhelmed that I hardly have any words ;-) )
Let me take this opportunity to express how I feel at having been able to watch such a great movie,not only for SRK,the SRK-KAJOL-KJO trio pack,but greatly for the huge message the movie portrays.
Well,being smitten over and over by SRK is not a new experience for me.
As always he is the best,but I won't speak much about it.(Too overwhelmed that I hardly have any words ;-) )
Let me take this opportunity to express how I feel at having been able to watch such a great movie,not only for SRK,the SRK-KAJOL-KJO trio pack,but greatly for the huge message the movie portrays.
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