Will Politicians take a lesson?

After the Mumbai attacks, many political parties were flogged with SMS messages. One such SMS message was addressed to "Mr" Raj Thackeray of Shiv Sena and was mentioned in the Times of India on the front page.It said ( i dont remember the exact words but this is what it meant) "To counter the Mumbai attacks terrorists 200 NSG guards were summoned from Delhi. These guards were not all from Maharashtra but were mostly North Indians and South Indians who fought with no fear of their life for the "People of India" so that Shiv Sena and Raj Thackeray could sleep in peace. Does Thackeray take any lesson from this? Will he still continue to create biases based on regions for his political gains or consider treating India and all its people as one?"

I really hope the politicians take a strong lesson and learn not to divide the people of India or use this extremely unfortunate Mumbai attacks for their party profits in any way.

Confusion never stops, closing walls and ticking clocks.

Thats a line from clocks, a song in A Rush of Blood To the Head album by Coldplay. After listening to parachutes i am now trying their second album release. Unlike the first one , there is a lot of stress on piano in this album. Parachutes has more use of guitar. 'The Scientist' is my new favorite ballad from their second album. Mellifluous lyrics, a rhythm that sinks in your heart, completely beautiful composition. Like their first album this one also takes some time to sink in, but once it does thats all you want to listen..

Profound Sleep

It comes unknown full of stealth,
takes me away to far unknown,
in the beautiful cradle that she owns.

Nothing matters in her land,
its like it was before big bang,
hours pass in her land unknown,
in the beautiful cradle that she owns.

Yellow...

What does Yellow remind you of? If you had asked me a week back, i would have said sunflower. But now i would rather say 'Coldplay'. I am generally not a fan of rock music. But after seeing rock on i did enjoy their music. And then my friend B introduced me to Coldplay and the first track i heard was Yellow. How can someone not like it? And now i have completely heard their first album release 'Parachutes'. I just love it. Whats different about their music is that its melodious rock, melody is what makes it stand out of the hard rock. And the lyrics are so beautiful, theme of the songs is full of variety: war, romance, friendship they have everything. Coldplay, way to go!

Songs that remind me of...

There are fragrances which remind you of some memories, and then there are songs that remind you of some memories. I was listening to my favorite song 'Naam Ada Likhna' from Yahaan and it took me back to Madison. I used to listen to this song in my apartment many times and my roomate S used to like it too. I remember listening to it on my newly bought Ipod and walking down the lanes of Union South on my way to the CS dept for meeting the 752 TA. Beautiful memories splashed by the sweet melodies of this song....

Everything is relative

I am writing this as this is something i discovered that applies to me and also to anyone and anything else. Might help some readers in some way.
Rest and motion are relative to a frame of reference. Remember the Newtonian Physics lesson? Similarly hot/cold or precisely the temperature has no meaning unless you are comparing it wrt to something. Similarly position has no meaning unless compared to something, each galaxy thinks it is at the center of the universe. So the entire nature or the Universe around us obeys this law of relative comparisons. And we are such a tiny bit of it, to think about it, the entire atoms/molecules composing the Universe are just 3-4% of the Universe. so what are we? we have no option other than to obey the laws of physics.
So in day to day life, we are happy, sad, excited, depressed and what not. But each of those emotions are also relative. You might think why did this happen to me of all. But think about it, relatively you will be definitely better than some other possible situation. However thats not a consolation for being in a bad situation, still think about it...

Looking for something

I was in some ancient book market which resembled the Chandni Chowk Book Bazaar in Delhi. And i was looking for a VLSI book from shop to shop. I dont remember if the people around me were desis or not which would have given me a hint as to where was this Bazaar. But i had someone with me hopping on and off the bus to check out the big bazaar. I dont remember who was that too.But i remember the book i was searching for. I was searching for a VLSI book written by Khaled Hosseni. Yes the same guy who wrote the marvellous Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Well it was a dream, what else you could expect! :-) . A dream i remember half from last night.