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  • The three mistakes of my life – Chetan Bhagat

    This is one of the three books by Chentan, I have read all three and must agree…this is not one of this best…Five Point Some One, One night at a Call Center and now The 3 mistakes of my life…
    His narration is good, but some where I feel there is no great strength in the story that he says…I personally believe the story has to be thought provoking giving the reader a completely different perspective…making him reflect on himself, see new avenues for growth or atleast some improvements….In none of the three books do I find such a thought provoking issue or agenda….Its only the narration that interests the readers… if coupled with the strong thought provoking story line I see a huge area for improvement….
    I would say not all that great book to read…. My rating would be 2.5/5 for the book…
  • Omniscient & Omnipotent

    me: innen samachara kano (any other news?)

    Guruprasad: illi inna summer time….so aaramagi nadhithide(nothing, its summer time so all going well.)

    me: cool

    Guruprasad: do u get any time while ur doing ur MBA ?

    u seem to have read a lot of books a

    and travelling also

    me: he he… adella chance sikkaga maDle bkalva(need to do all that well u get a chance rt!)… its jst a matter of priorities kano… some value sleeping I value travelling aste…

    correct taane(rt!)

    Guruprasad: right…..

    I wish I could be more like u !

    somehow I can’t compromise with my sleep !

    me: no u are unique…. if u are like me then thr is no use of me

    Guruprasad: I am trying to do lot of stuff…like photography, travel, gym, …

    me: u will get over it kano… np… its not wrong to take a nap.. its only a matter of keeping it refreshing enough

    good thatz gr8 kano(man)

    nice to keep trying different things…

    Guruprasad: but it sucks out all the energy out of me for my studies finally !

    me: he he… its the mind that makes something refreshing or not…

    Guruprasad: u right sir..

    me: so if u simulate ur mind thru encouraging its creativity in all u do it wouldnt make it boring…

    actually feeling bored is only a matter of not feeling interested enough

    or say simulating enough

    en antira?

    Guruprasad: and btw what do u think for my status msg ?

    me: can u paste them over?

    ur status message?

    Guruprasad: “I am Omniscient and I am Omnipotent. Ergo, I am Lying.”

    Guruprasad did not receive your chat.

    me: i differ on the last u arent lying… thou art really that

    we are omniscient and omnipotent…

    Guruprasad: I mean’t it …

    Both cannot be true at the same time…

    it contradicts Logic

    me: both as in…

    Guruprasad: and Reason

    me: he he…

    Guruprasad: Say if ur Omniscient….and u can see the future

    me: humm…

    Guruprasad: then u cannot change anything

    me: he he…

    u have already seen so u can always change cant u?

    Guruprasad: But if u change something, it means u r not omniscient

    then what u have seen will not happen

    me: you are omniscient… which means u know wht leads to wht… not that I have seen everything… it only implies I understand better than usual

    Omnipotent says one can has the energy to change it…

    wht if he is the energy himself? he definitely can change himself rt…

    thr by change wht is the end result?

    Guruprasad: hmm….that changing the definition of Omniscient

    It doesn’t matter so the energy is right

    It should hold good for all cases

    me: changing the commonly held view of Omniscient

    not its meaning

    he he… are u sure?

    will everything be good for all times?

    in all situations?

    Guruprasad: nopes..

    me: dont thngs change?

    Guruprasad: so ?

    things change

    me: so y not meaning and interpretations?

    Guruprasad: but nobody can predict the future and still have the power to change it

    he can either do one thing not both…

    they are mutually exclusive properties

    Sent at 11:03 AM on Wednesday

    me: he he..

    Guruprasad: if one is truly omniscient, then he should be able to predict his own actions to change the current future

    and thereby goes recursive

    me: prediction is a game of probability rt

    Guruprasad: and we get crazy !

    me: it needs that 1.5 kg sooooooper computer sitting on our shoulders to get into action…

    thtz it…

    Guruprasad: I believe it is with the probability ‘0’

    me: prob is not zero for any thing kano…

    Guruprasad: hmm

    me: we in our smaller intellect choose to make a lot of assumptions…

    and thr by make things of higher probabiltiy for a certain event…

    we look for causality and not co-relations

    we confuse co-relation with causality all the time

    or atleast most of the times

    Guruprasad: co-relation interesting…

    co-related with what ?

    me: whn some one predicts some tng..using palmistry or some other technique he only gives a co-relation based understanding…

    he cannot state something to be causal…

    he only predicts based on the past data…

    but that doesnt get all encompassing

    Guruprasad: thats interpolation

    me: its again as u say… some sort of interpretation…

    not even interpolation…

    Guruprasad: extending the past curve right

    me: this has been the basis of al attempts to predict…

    ya… some sort of …

    not exactly tho…

    Guruprasad: ya…

    me: some time thr is the factor of intuition which is un predictable tht plays a major role…

    so finally wht some one predicts only is based on past

    but doesnt get all encompassing…

    so there is a lot of un explored things… and so there is abundant scope to get to teh new

    Guruprasad: ya….such prediction are very limited in very dynamic situations

    ya…

    me: so we sometimes claim that those ppl who can co-relate better to be omniscient..

    or rather in most cases…

    but again they dont know

    its like the case of a student who wanted to show case to his teacher tht he was damn smart

    Guruprasad: actually the metaphor I was using was God

    me: humm

    well hang on

    Guruprasad: ok

    me: he gets a small bird in his hand to the teachers cabin and say…

    sir I have a bird in my hand can u tell me if its living or dead…

    so he was confident he could any way change the consequence based on wht the teacher told him

    Guruprasad: ok..

    me: the bird was living whn he brought it in

    if the teacher told its living he could kill it and if he told it was dead then

    then he could let if fy…

    he thought he had all the strings under his control

    he thought he knew the future…

    Guruprasad: teacher’s answer ?

    me: the teachers reply was

    ;”I wont say if the bird is living or dead… I only know tht its existence is defined by ur choise”

    so was the student actually knowing all?

    Guruprasad: did he claim that he knew all ?

    so…that stupid

    me: atleast he thought…

    thatz exactly wht u are trying to say…

    Guruprasad: no…

    not that point..

    me: omniscience… is only that state…

    and omni potence was the realization given by the teacher

    getting to the next level which the student didnt expect… letting him know of a greater truth…

    Guruprasad: Omniscience – All Knowing

    right

    me: its like getting into the shell of… all very beautifully packed within one another

    so at the end of the story the teacher becomes omniscient jst by letting the student realize he is omnipotent…

    Guruprasad: see…thats true..

    me: its not a permanent state… its a stat e of flux… thatz wht i wnt to tell

    Guruprasad: the teacher or the student is not both

    they are only 1 state not both at any time

    me: thr is nothing like complete truth… everything is evolutionary..

    humm rt…

    flux as I call it…

    < p>nice discussion kano :)

    Guruprasad: it could be flux, but a entity cannot be both at any point right ?

    me: well u can call this paradox… but wht some call the GOD, I would call it life

    or nature… that makes be feel better…

    Guruprasad: ya….

    me: so I thru my limited understanding would not at any point be able to

    Guruprasad: so..when people say God is both…

    me: be omni-*

    Guruprasad: its actually contradictory

    me: but wht if u see nature closely…

    thru all its species it is trying gain nothing more than experience…

    and in the process growing into being a completely new state…

    we exist till thr is life in us…

    we dont carry anything…

    we start relating to the body and our identity of ego…

    Guruprasad: We carry Genes…..but thats for another discussion I guess

    me: in the process we some whr loose a lot of our powers which we can tap

    if we disassociate frm the identity of ego…

    Guruprasad: ok…

    me: we would be going for experience.. and thru the gigantic network of various degrees of intelligence come to a new state of enlightenment…

    and in some cases using tit to create beauty in the process…

    Guruprasad: nice…

    me: we as human are only catalysts…each one some way different from the other to get a different experience…

    that is exactly y I told u – “if u are like me then there is no meaning in my existance… “

    at the beginning…

    Guruprasad: Omniscient I guess ?

    :)

    me: so wht GOD/nature/ life is wanting from us is not

    our triviality of trying to understand things and jst stop… we need to continue and make more creative works

    be it in any field…

    Guruprasad: hmm….

    me: we need to use our huge 1.5 guy who is at the top to create things… not to jst brood on memories…

    Guruprasad: 1.5 guy ?

    me: I dont claim we should not work on our memories… we should not stick at tht point and judge any experience.. we need to extract the essence, take it along and then create something new

    ya 1.5 guy = the brain…

    :)

    Guruprasad: ok…. I don’t deny that

    creating new is what we all are trying to do in some way ..

    me: its like u have the choice to carry the dead wood or extract the essence and carry it along…

    :)

    Guruprasad: sure…I am with u, on that one

    )

    :)

    me: and to emphasize this further u can also observe tht its once we create something new

    thtz whn we are the happiest…

    this new thing can be by listening to some one… reading something… exploring/discovering etc…

    thtz y a baby is so happy…and it doest stick with the dead wood…its looking for the essense…

    doesnt it look so simply beautiful… we in our busy life start loosing the essence of all this…

    alva?

    Guruprasad: ya… Learning is a continuous process

    and as adults we stick on to established ideas…

    me: as we grow… some realize whr they are and wht excites them…

    and follow.. some jst search and give up… some never start the search…

    Guruprasad: ya….

    did u see randy pausch’s last lecture ?

    me: illa…(no)

    ellide adu?(whrz it?)

    have no idea kano…

    Guruprasad: on utube

    its a good

    me: hey am planning to put this on

    my blog… wht say?

    Guruprasad: I have no problems

    me: cool…

    its actually a discussion on spirituality as I have learnt it kano

    Guruprasad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

    me: will look at the lecture

    Guruprasad: ya…to to some extent

    me: as said next discussion on genes

    :)

    bye tc

    cya

    Guruprasad: I am up for that !

    ————————–

    An interesting discussion with my friend over Gtalk thought of sharing it.

  • Love Story 2050

    Hey man for some time I thought I was seeing Hritik on the screen….Harman Baweja seems to be a total mimic of Hritik Roshan… the moves when he dances, the way he acts all resemble a lot….
    This is a partial sci-fi movie where in a time machine is able to teleport ppl and get them from the future into the past!!! what a fantacy….Some nice imagination has gone into the creation of the sets and fiction!!! I definitely appreciate that…
    Boman has been at his usual best in getting the humor…I remember the conversation when he enters into a museum dedicated to him and responds to the robot sitting there… it was real funny instance…
    A nice time pass movie… nothing great to look forward to except for the special effects and the concept… A single viewing wouldnt make ur money a loss definitely….
  • Jaane-Tu-Ya-Jaane-Na

    A nice movie that is what I would call it… looks at adressing the question if a boy and girl can ever be just friends?
    As my policy is I dont want to share the story here… I would only give some hints and my thoughts… so I would just say this is about two different presonalities who gel with each other very well….the scene is just after the college life of the two youngsters and their friends.
    Imran and Genelia have done a real good work… they are able to depict the characters really well and play their roles… I am impressed to say…
    Nice story, good acting… go have a watch…
  • Tashan

    Man what is this!!! I dont get it!!!
    It is so predictable is what I felt when I was mid way into the movie… I feel its as though the story was forced into without much thought…. The story makes a jugglery once then again and then again!!! what is the message in the movie…
    Well I think Kareena says it when the 3 walk after killing Anil Kapoor – “Inside all of us there is some innocence, and we at some points are still ready to help one another.”
    Some stunts are good but the sheer quantity of this hyper action makes it not that genuine… looks like it was a ploy to showcase Akshay as the action hero who has re-emerged!!!
    Not a great movie…would suggest not to watch it!!! unless you have a lot of time , money to spare and nothing to do…

  • Aramane

    I don’t know if Ganesh chooses these sort of films or these sort of films choose Ganesh!!!
    The movie is again highlighting Ganesh in the traditional style of his where in he is impressed by the girl, the girl is in love with some one else and how he handles his love for the promise he has made to AnanthNag.
    Again the Ganesh-Ananthnag combination…they seem to gel well with one another on screen…well this is good for the viewers at least!!!
    The acting is ok sort and the message still seems to be the same as one of Mungaru Male – “Preethi Madhura Tyaga Amara”(meaning loves sweet but sacrifice is eternal)
    A nice time pass movie is what I would rate it as….I would like to see Ganesh try something different… if he keeps doing the same story in a different parcel I don’t know how he would grow as an actor and do justice to his talent.
    This post is long due!!! ya saw it some time in june… just got the time to blog it now…

  • The butterfly….

    Behind the butterfly I ran,
    Thinking that catch it I can…
    Closer I went,
    As as I bent…
    And before I knew,
    The farther it flew….
    I ran and I ran behind,
    I can! thinking so in my mind…

    But then I sat,
    Giving the world a spat…
    I reclined below in fatigue,
    Lo! I see the butterfly in intrigue…
    Through the leaves and through the gap,
    It came and sat on my lap!!!

    – Chi

    This poem is not a depiction of an event, for me it is more than just that. It reflects the state of mind and our achievements. Typically there are thousands of things that I want to get in life, I run behind them restlessly, and not focusing on any one of them completely…
    But the paradox of life is even the most complex of things can be achieved with a calm state of mind, a clear and un-perturbed mind. Its by sitting on a particular thing that we are able to achieve success in it… There are numerous interpretations that we can take from this poem… this one appealed me the most so here I jot it down.
  • The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari – Robin Sharma

    I read this book after reading “Who will cry…” by Robin Sharma. In many aspects it was like reading the executive summary before the actual book…blessed me (I surely think its so!!!)… I knew exactly what I can take out….(then I sure did miss some other aspects… may be as I reflect on what I read through when I decide to would derive some other aspects as well).

    The story is about a very successful lawyer finding his life’s purpose!!! I would like to put up the memory pegs, so that we can gain the maximum out of this review… so here are the pegs along with what they stand for-

    1. The Magnificent Garden -> Master your mind
    2. The Towering Lighthouse -> Follow your purpose
    3. The Sumo Wrestler -> Practice Kaizen
    4. The Pink Wire Cable -> Live with Discipline
    5. The Gold Stopwatch -> Respect your time
    6. The Fragrant Roses -> Selflessly serve others
    7. The Path of Diamonds -> Embrace the present

    This is a memory aid which helps us live our life more fully and gain the maximum out of it…after all isn’t it that we actually want…our full utilization of our time and resources will give a un-explainable and strange solace in our life…
    This book is really a good one to read… thats my personal feeling… but may be the perspective you need to look at would be a bit different. You need to be in the state of mind to actually be able to appreciate what the yogi Julian needs to say… the context change would not let you appreciate the book with the same intensity as mentioned in the book…
    The very creative fable is another point of appreciation… I am writing a book on similar lines and think there is definitely something I would take from this read of mine :). So it was all the more advantageous to read it now…

  • The Greatest Salesman in the World – OG Mandino

    I had purchased this book long back…almost 2 yrs earlier…hadnt read the book till just a couple of days back.
    During my internship at Quetzal, Bhushan had mentioned about the book and I recalled I had the book in my shelf…so this was on my “to read list” when I got back to Bangalore…
    OG Mandiono has been regarded by many as one of the most widely read inspirational author. His books have been aclaimed to have changed the life of many…There is also a sequel to this book which I havent got my hands on… and am waiting to read…lets see when I get hold of it…
    The book is about a world greatest salesman of his age and the principle he followed to reach the height he actually reached….the lessons to the salesmen are in the form of chapters in the book…each having one of which inspires us to give more to the work we do…
    In brief these are the take aways…

    1. Today I begin a new Life
    2. I will greet this day with love in my heart
    3. I will persist until I succeed
    4. I am nature’s greatest miracle
    5. I will live this day as if it is my last
    6. Today I will be the master of my emotion
    7. I will laugh at the world
    8. Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold
    9. I will act now
    10. Believe in your strengths and ask for guidance

    Read the book if you are in a low phase and am sure each of these 10 lessons will help you transform your life.

  • Who Will Cry When You Die – Robin Sharma

    Seems like the summary of my learnings till now…that is exactly how I felt when I read this book….I would definitely put is on my must read books….
    The way the book has been presented – a very simple and elegant fashion… I dont have to read through tons of pages to get this summary… 101 points to note…and each point not having more than 3 pages of illustration!!! awesome… To know what these points are read this book.
    The lessons are so simple…yet powerful…follow them and see yourself transform…reveal the true potential that you possess into the daily acts….