Are they forgotten so soon? Someone died yesterday. A student of MIT; a final year student of Printing Technology branch. The notice came in the morning lecture hours, and there was a service at 10.15 am in the MIT Quadrangle. We came down to the service, most of us irritated at this disruption of our [...]
http://www.yoga-geek.com/ Some times idioms can be so misleading. “ When In Rome , do as Romans do.” So Wrong. Wherever we go, we shall always be Indians. If you introduce yourself in the West as an Indian, be warned. You will expected be to take the role of a Geek and a Yoga expert. If [...]
Hello ManipalBlog readers! Hope that all of you had a refreshing break in the form of Diwali holidays! I am glad to announce that from the month November 2011 ManipalBlog is going to start a new section/competition called ‘Blogger of the Month‘. There are many bloggers who contribute to ManipalBlog.com on a regular basis. This [...]
My school days are over; grim old age now holds me as his victim. Long since feeling assured that my studies had been prosecuted far enough, I gave up the idea of ever again commencing school; yet with what extreme pleasure do I dwell upon Upon by-gone schooldays; when by the power of association they [...]
To define what good is, one must first know what bad is. And the same is true vice-versa. Let us assume that drinking beer is good for one’s health. We have now, in the back of our minds, a memory of what bad health means and by comparing beer’s effects on the body against our [...]
Something wasn’t feeling right. Whenever I write, I feel the letters dance up the screen like graceful ballet dancers, dancing to the thoughts in mind. But last night it was different. I couldn’t feel any symphony. What I saw instead was graceless men with two left feet. Something was wrong. I couldn’t fathom. So I [...]
If you recall my post on First Views of Manipal, the one thing you notice as soon as you step out is ““Holy F$#% that’s a lot of green!””. It was there for ages. Until about 3 years back when the development revolution started. First things first, I’m not a environmentalist. Nor have I [...]
The college cafeteria is very much like a whipping boy. Whenever anything goes wrong, the cafeteria comes under attack, and for a variety of reasons. Students find that complaints about food are well received by their fellows. Many a would-be comedian has scored a major triumph over a plate of patli daal and bhindi ki [...]
Men of words and fair deeds, far and near they do exist, just like your fear hiding behind masks of anonymity you might find some in your proximity ready to die, they don’t just live to exist anything inhumane and they readily resist they fight with pride against beliefs that kill taking down Satans hiding [...]
It had been a promising start to a much-anticipated day. The sun rose, bright and beautiful, amidst a clear, cloudless sky. The multitude of Ayodhya had awoken before daybreak, to prepare themselves and the city for the arrival of their most beloved son, their king-in-waiting, their great champion of Dharma, Sri Rama Chandra. It had [...]
