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Lessons not to be forgotten from the CWG
Well, the magnificent Opening and Closing ceremonies, sandwiching the best of the games for twelve days in India have been stupendous for the 19th Common Wealth Games,India. The spirit of the games and the organizing efforts of the teams in … Continue reading
Tagged CWG-2010, media, nationalism
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Flora, Fauna, Fantasia and Femina :)
Flora, Fauna and Femina : These are the three gifts bestowed by Mother Nature upon mankind. The aesthetic ecstasy and their sublimity are unparalleled experiences, which cannot be emulated by any human endeavor, but one – Fantasia. An appropriate picture I … Continue reading
ಏನ್ರೀ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ ಇದು ?
ವಿಧಾನ ಸೌಧದ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಮಾಟಮಂತ್ರ ಮಾಡಿ, ನಮ್ಮ ಎಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪನ ಸರ್ಕಾರವನ್ನು ಉರುಳಿಸಲು ಷಡ್ಯಂತ್ರ ರಚಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಅಂತೆ ! ಇದನ್ನು ಪರಿಹರಿಸಲು, ವಿಧಾನ ಸೌಧವನ್ನೇ ಮೂರು ದಿನಗಳು ಮುಚ್ಚಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ, ವಾಡಿಕೆಯಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲಾಗುವ ದ್ವಾರವನ್ನು ಈಗ ಮುಚ್ಚಿ ,ಬೇರೊಂದು ಸುರ್ಯೋಮುಖಿ ದ್ವಾರವನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ತೆರೆದಿದ್ದಾರಂತೆ. ಇಂತಹ ಜನರು ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಖಂಡರು, ನಮ್ಮನು ಅವರ ಆಡಳಿತದಲ್ಲಿ ಭದ್ರವಾಗಿ ನೋಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ … Continue reading
Re-contemplating the existence of a Principlist..
“Principles are like lighthouses. They are natural laws that cannot be broken.”– Stepehen R Covey in his book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the first book to have left some crux of it with me. I like the concept … Continue reading
Tagged principles
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Patience enlightens and pays
My recent explicit expressions of being victimized by deep dilemma, which I made glaringly public by my own narcissism have finally hit the avenue of mellowing down.Although these were troubling me; In almost a masochistic manner, I found an unknown pleasure in … Continue reading
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The debate on the Gandhian Debate
My observations pertaining to the Gandhian debate, for all the time I have been absorbing it turn out to be ‘pretty disappointing’, at all strata. Either the pro-Gandhians are not passionate enough, and the ones who oppose are ill informed. … Continue reading
Tagged gandhi, gandhian
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fossphosis: My tech blog
After two years of mixed blogging, and with lots of opportunities to publish the confused jugglery I perform in GNU/Linux on technical grounds, I have streamlined the posts by channelizing GNU/Linux related technical posts to a new blog at the … Continue reading
Tagged fossphosis, gnu, linux, network
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It’s only a profound mumbling…
I lay afloat, but still drown in a sea of impulsiveness,My body is tired, but my mind is bubbling in randomness;Inhibitions are set free, made unconditional, with no boundary,Thoughts emanate,surpassing the aura of the smelting iron within a foundry;The day’s life … Continue reading
Tagged poetry
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Godly Chauvinism: Who is to be blamed?
Ubuntu logo: Humanity to Others:: Tweaked Ubuntu Logo; Humanity amongst Indians! (colors symbolize 3 major religions in India) I have spoken furiously about the highfalutin mobs who are observed consistently in all sects, more appropriately communes of people. I used to believe … Continue reading
Tagged chauvinism, god, reformation, religion
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Why Software Freedom?
This is one question not many of us, who are not involved with the Free Software Movement would be even aware of. When knowledge becomes a commodity, the society built around such a knowledge market is prone to grow diametrically … Continue reading
Ideas are Immortal 