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Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Live in Concert – Delhi

In Cool, General Stuff on September 20, 2008 at 9:09 am

As I type this post, the deadly Indian trio will be on their way to perform LIVE in front of a huge audience comprising mostly of the future doctors! Wonder why and where? No, they haven’t hit the gratitude (for doctors) note as yet (hehe… doubt that will ever happen!) but where is a question I’ll gladly answer! Read the rest of this entry »

Serial blasts in Delhi!

In General Stuff on September 13, 2008 at 8:09 am

Delhi bore the brunt of cowards calling themselves Jehadis once again today as four blasts ripped through busy areas of the city. Here’s the story from IBNLIVE:

SERIAL EXPLOSIONS IN CAPITAL

FOUR BLASTS ROCK DELHI

Four explosions in quick succession shook the capital on Saturday evening.
Police say the first blast, in Karol Bagh, was the result of a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) cylinder explosion while it is still not immediately clear if the second and third blasts, in Greater Kailash and Connaught Place, were terror blasts. Two people were injured in the first blast in the busy Gaffar market of Karol Bagh in Central Delhi.

Come on Young India… tell us what you think of this shameful act… add a comment right here.

Just how much free time do we really have???

In General Stuff on September 10, 2008 at 6:30 am

“I’ll be right back!”, said the clerk at a government office I visited for some work. It was 3:48pm on the clock hung right above his head on the wall behind him. Did I really have a choice but to say ok? I guess not, and so he left with a smile. Half an hour passed with me checking the time every so often, looking around in desperation, anxiously waiting for him to return. I had to get my work done before 5:00pm because if not, it could delay a lot of my other important works by days together. Naturally, I wasn’t too amused by the fact that I had to wait so long for a work that was hardly worth 5 minutes! Read the rest of this entry »

Hilarious… Facebook Stalker Skit!

In Cool, General Stuff on September 5, 2008 at 2:21 pm

This goes out to all of the semi-frustated, no-other-business types who would make no more use of their lives but to stalk profiles on Social Networking sites…

The Band’s name is PENN MASALA and the video has been watched over 5.5 3 million times.

[P.S. Stalk: [motion] go through (an area) in search of prey]

Top 10 Zen Quotes…

In Cool, General Stuff on September 3, 2008 at 12:38 pm

Here’s my compilation of top 10 Zen quotes from various sources:

  1. A samurai once asked Zen Master Hakuin where he would go after he died. Hakuin answered ‘How am I supposed to know?’
    ‘How do you not know? You’re a Zen master!’ exclaimed the samurai.
    ‘Yes, but not a dead one,’ Hakuin answered.
  2. Do not seek the truth, only cease to cherish your opinions.
  3. If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.
  4. The tighter you squeeze the less you have.
  5. When you reach the top, keep climbing.
  6. A river too pure, yields no fish.
  7. Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.
  8. From the withered tree, a flower blooms.
  9. The infinite is in the finite of every instant.
  10. When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of scripture are not enough. When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much.

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