Blocks - The Game

Try this in your free time.

Most Horrible Crime.

Anybody has any clue what could be the most horrbile crime on this earth. At my native place, we have a popular quote: "The root of all conflicts/war can be traced to three popular sources - Land/Wealth/Women". In hindu mythology, there are numerous stories to support this quote. However, in here I had found the fourth one - SICK PEOPLE.

I mean, till date, i use to consider 'rape' as one of the most horrible crime in the world. If you make me the judge, perhaps, I would always give more harh judgement instead of the usual 'seven year imprisonment'. However, I am dubbed as extremist by my friends. But I guess even the 'extreme' moderate would give not less than 'public execution' of the 'sick' category of people. Ok. Ok. Finally I will come to as to what I am talking about.

Recently Fed arrested few people in child pornography case. Now my argument is that why do we really keep the punishment for this crime anything less than 'public execution' of the offenders. I mean, how can a person get aroused or anything of that sort by seeing those cute little figures. I tell you what. Western society has become more tolerant of the heinous crimes of human ages. we often hear these in news and forget. we don't feel them unless we have a first hand experience of someone we directly know. We are not moved. However, there is no logical argument that we should spare the offenders in this case. And my only concern is that these should be punished publicly - nothing less than execution - so that people can take lessons - like in olden days.

what affects me most is that nearly all the offenders were from most educated and cultured part of the society and if our education and culture cannot move them to think away from their 'abnormal instincts', perhaps they should be executed. They are do nnot belong to human species and hence demand an extermination. Hmmm....Exaggeration. Not quite.

My argument is like this....we give punish sentences to the offenders in order that he realizes his mistake and after serving for 'x' number of terms, he can be rehabilatated back to the society. But, how can you ever expect a 'sick person' to get back normal to life again. How do you deviate from this....I mean I don't understand that any type of 'punishment' can actually change them. I suspect it would make the matters worse.

Please leave in your comments as to what you think of this. Why this has moved me soo much because, I also has first hand experience of someone with whom I am in direct contact with :(

Inches in Life.

First listen to the speech for the superb speech delivery effects of Al pacino and then try to fantasize an Indian actor doing the same. i could only envision Amitabh Bacchan - Living Legend and Nana Patekar, who had delivered this type of speech in his previous movies.




Now consider the 'real' meaning of the speech. I will write about it more but really, when you are dperessed and in crises, all doors closed, listening to something like this might help.

Feel Good factor : IIT

Real Advantage of introspection - You get good...PROUD of your past achievements, which you may have either taken for granted or forgot. Well here is one for sure.... A TV program telecasted in US (CBS) about Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Listen carefully to the statements made by many within the film about IIT system in India.

Indian Drive to Automation.

This is how we drive to automation at least on the traffic arena. Now obseve closely. Nearby shops are closed - that is either it is off office hours or an holiday - That is not peak hour traffic and this is not peak 'traffic city' - Can anyone imagine peak hour traffic in peak traffic city like Banglore or Mumbai?

Steve Job's Speech in Stanford Ceremony

This is an amazing speech by Steve Jobs in Stanford University's graduation ceremony!

ABC of Application Essays

For the past six weeks I am trying to write the Application essays for my dream school. This fall, it might be a turning point for my career or one more struggle year added to previous ones. Whatever be the fate, only tide of time will wash away the dust from the future. But the aplying to B-Schools is a tough job - tougher than it looks like.

Ok here is my journey till date. When I started with my GMAT prep I thought, GMAT is the toughest part. Once this is clear - rest will be cakewalk. Fair Enough. This was at the time when I used to falter in my prep tests. Phew!!! Let the GMAT be over, I will again be comfortable and have a breathing time. I will fly in the air again and as my friend prasoon says - I will be able to see the 'blue sky' again. He has some theoram of 'Blue sky' - which says that when you are under immense pressure - you stop seeing that the sky is blue. You get detached to the world. The state remains till you are out of that pressure. Once it is done you can see the 'blue sky'. So I thought - my blue sky is waiting after my GMAT.

And so it came. I could see the blue sky after my GMAT but that didn't last for long. Immediately I started with the Essay writing stuff and thought to write the app essays of three schools - what an idiot I was even to think of it in first place. All other work like arranging transcripts and reccos were also included in this two months time period.

Let us keep the schools as L, C, W. So it started with the L essays. Huh!! Pretty easy. I always knew why MBA? and stuff. This is cool. Next!! Ambitions?? Huh!! Another sitter!! And so it went. I thought to extend my 'rest'. One of my MBA friend adviced me that I should not act stupid and immediately start with it. And on the weekend, I started with it. Gosh!! I could not tell you the feeling on that day. Imagine a person writing his first love letter surrounded with the crushed paper strewn all over the place and the site of the person with knees on table. I instantly realized that this is going to be the toughest portion of the entire App. A few more weeks and it only increased the number of crushed paper in the neighbourhood - Phew!!! I guess the blue sky coverted to 'blues'.

Anyway, finally I was able to have a proud Draft version of the essay and sent it to friend to have a third eye view. I was devastated by the reply. It seems like he had put RDX beneath my essays say BLAST. I had to undergo the labor pains again....And for an easy stuff like Why MBA????? That was the funny part. However, just like your first love letter - you want to be perfect, you need to be perfect - You got to be perfect. There is no escape (unless you decide to change your opinion about your love) , no mercy and no easy way out...

I believe the hardest part of any essay is the forced self introspection. Because when you do self introspection for yourself, you tend to gain but if somebody forces you and say - Hey look, try to ascertain your past pieces of life and build four walls and show me what rooftop you want? - What do you do? You do as he says...Because he is the boss at present. Sometimes this forced self introspection leads to self depression when you think excessively about your scattered past and are unable to join these pieces to give you a larger than life image. Well, welcome to the Club MBA. I don't wanna discuss my story of the essay writing for the second school - C. However, I totally dropped the idea for W so you are better judge as to how it faired for C... :).


However the story is far from over....But it gives you a good fuel to discuss it with your boss.. Yes, I mean it. With your boss!! If your boss really cares about you and your future, I don't think he has any problem with your decision to take a break to build your career and future. If he has....Change your job....Well in my case, I enjoy discussing these cycles with my boss ( incidentally we share the same institute background..so a rapport is already there).