What is an art ?I have asked this question myself several times. It always been abstract,vague and undefined in my mind. I think I found some answer to such and similar questions in the book I have started reading. The Emerging Mind by Vijaynur Ramachandran. The chapter Artful brain, talks about the artistic universals. Obviously, [...]
June 29, 2007
Take a closer look. Can you identify the person in the picture ?! I never thought that there would be a photograph available of the last Mughal emperor. Yes, it’s Bahadur Shah Zafar ! This picture is taken just after his show trial in Delhi and before his departure for exile in Rangoon in 1858. [...]
June 28, 2007
Are they confident … or do they have a superiority complex?!!!!!Pretty complex I think .. Am actually amazed by the way, the ladies strut in those pencil heels! Its reeeeealy scary. I did try it once … dint want to do it again. But at the same time .. its haunting! Coz I feel inferior [...]
May 24, 2007
This is quite a news to share. I have nearly begged-borrowed and stolen.Laptop. I finally own a personal laptop. This is the most prized thing I have ever gifted myself. Proud moment as I unveiled the box from Dell y’day. Dell Latitude D620 It’s a wait of nearly two years from the time I first [...]
April 17, 2007
How cool is that. Angioplasty.My brother will have to undergo this in a day or two.I was bit tensed till I read about this technique.In Angioplasty Doctors reach the patient’s heart without cutting open the chest.They’ll do it all through a needle injected from the thigh portion.That means no knife, no blood and he’ll be [...]
April 9, 2007
Yoga classes have started at office. Instructor has asked us to get some comfortable clothing. Friday evening, I was at Bangalore central, for some random shopping.Spotted Urban Yoga. Checked out their collection. But took nearly two hours to make up my mind to finally put that into the cart. Here’s how I shop. Notice something. [...]
April 4, 2007
You will call this stupidity…but that’s my thinking style at times. Why cars are short and buses are tall….?! My answer is:In cars people sit and travel. That’s why it’s short. You will say….same is true in buses. People sit and travel. But the reason why buses are tall is…when you step inside the bus…you [...]
March 29, 2007
It all started with the word “oblivion”…It means Forgetfulness.I picked up this word from one of the presentations yesterday. Over the conversation with my colleague I told“We are so plain English speaking people. The richness of the vocab is not used in our day to day talks” She said“As long as we are able to [...]
March 25, 2007
I am no big fan or follower of movies. But this one, surely, is a hit among the masses. So I cant stop myself. Mungaru Male in Kannada. It’s a rage now. Magical and phenomenal success…. Kannada movie industry looks suddenly looks revived again… I also happened to watch the movie two weeks back. It [...]
March 18, 2007
aaah…finally! I am a proud owner !arvindtm.com site is up I moved from http://arvindtm.blogspot.com to http://www.arvindtm.comWhen I heard about custom domain service of google two months ago, i jumped out and bought a domain name with net4domains.comBut later found that net4domains.com do not provide the access to change CNAME records.I was forced to move to [...]
February 27, 2007
I will be using the cab service to commute to our shifted office. For both pick up and drop. We are eight of us on our route. In the cab chit-chat, there is one rule of conduct. ++ No one is supposed to moan about Bangalore traffic ++ Any topic, I mean any topic under [...]
February 24, 2007
Our office moved from Koramangala area to Outer Ring Road.Getting involved personally in the movement gives you that extra pleasure and responsibility.It’s unbelievable the whole office got shifted overnight one shot and am posting from my cube the following morning. Though logistical outsourcing takes care of most of the pain points, months of planning have [...]
February 15, 2007
I learnt how to tie a tie this morning.This is a regular knot.I have learnt this time and again. But I forget easily.And Invariably I look for some educated help.This time around I have this picture for my help.
February 3, 2007
BBC World Service is running India Rising program whole of this week.BBC World Service goes under the skin of contemporary India, examining the political, cultural, economic, religious, cultural and scientific landscapes of this vast country.I would not want to miss any of them.I am listening to them on the web. Live.
January 11, 2007
Five things probably you do not know about me. 1. I am born and raised in Shimoga and graduated in Electroncis from Bagalkot engineering college. My final year project was mostly done by project mates. I was just hanging around with them. 2. I hold a Post graduation degree from Bhagwan Jain Mahaveer college in [...]
August 23, 2006
A layman’s guide to Middle East’s conflicts: “A layman’s guide to Middle East’s conflicts”If you ever lost out on the middle east crisis. Here’s the survival article.
July 8, 2007
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