horrendous... yet again

A free woman from indian express

"I sympathise. From Karachi to the Khyber Pass, Pakistan is one of the most hospitable countries I’ve ever visited. So, President Musharraf, if you want to improve Pakistan’s image, here’s some advice: Just prosecute rapists with the same zeal with which you persecute rape victims.

Mukhtaran says she can’t talk about what happened after the government kidnapped her. But this is what seems to have unfolded: In Islamabad, government officials ferociously berated her for being unpatriotic and warned that they could punish her family and friends. In particular, they threatened to have the father of a friend fired from his job."

quote

WAR IS PEACE; FREEDOM IS SLAVERY; IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
-- George Orwell, 1984

(i think this is so applicable to current world politics)

kids grow up too soon....

Violent teenagers article from hindu.

though it might not be the best written article but it sure does bring up the point where this society is going in terms of bringing up the young.

kids r not kids anymore they grow up too soon. with all the available information or misinformation that is accessible to them. there use to be a time when the younger years were the formative years, the years to learning. where even the games we played or the stories we read were modeled on the fact that they will leave a significant impact on us. now everything is market driven. gone r the days when people would say that is more important to good man than it is to be a important man. now children r taught, either by active or passive means, that money is above work, seek material over knowledge, presentation is more important than the content.
there are years in human life that they need guidance and protection, and no better place than family to get this. we all can be individuals but there is a need to put relationships above individuality.

(rough sketch of my thoughts after reading the article.)

thought

dying a slow death... one blow at a time.

Bangladesh... going great guns!!!!!

Australia lost to Bangladesh... by 5 wickets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
can't believe it....................
Bulletin

quote

"There are only 10 types of people in this world...
those who know binary and those who don't"

for all linux lovers

Is Linux For Losers?

there might be some truth to this... i might have to try OpenBSD myself.

thought

there is a thought that is stuck in my head which is itching to come out and it cannot find the right words... it might show up in my actions instead.

some very nice photos of birds

http://shuttercom.blogspot.com/

Australians crash to humbling defeat

:) can't beleive it. but with aussies they will bounce back...
here is the bulletin from cricinfo.

quotes

If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions.

All men should strive
to learn before they die
what they are running from, and to, and why.
~James Thurber

If in the last few years you haven't discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead.
~Gelett Burgess

There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
~Nelson Mandela

Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
~Barbara Kingsolver

Take the time to come home to yourself every day.
~Robin Casarjean

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
~e.e. cummings

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
~Dr. Seuss

Individualism is rather like innocence: There must be something unconscious about it.
~Louis Kronenberger

thought

a little relief,
a little hope,
a small smile,
a touch of kindness.

dance for life (quotes on dance)

"Dancers aren't made of their technique, but their passion."

"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another."

"The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art."
~Doris Humphrey, 1937

"I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words."
~Ruth St. Denis

"Dance isn't a form it's a way of life."

"Anyone who thinks sunshine is happiness has never danced in the rain."

"To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak."

"Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. "
~William James

freedom!

Microsoft censors Chinese blogs from bbc

"Weblog entries on some parts of Microsoft's MSN site in China using words such as "freedom", "democracy" and "demonstration" are being blocked.
...
Those using these banned words or writing entries that are pornographic or contain sensitive information get a pop-up warning that reads: "This message contains a banned expression, please delete this expression."
...
China recently introduced stringent regulations that require all blog owners to register their web journal with the state by 30 June.
The regulations require the writer of a blog to identify themselves to the authorities."

quotes

Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.
~Dinah Craik

Sticks and stones are hard on bones
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything
But silence breaks the heart.
~Suzanne Nichols

Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
~Henry Winkler

I felt it shelter to speak to you.
~Emily Dickinson

Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you enough chance to love you enough.
~Dinah Shore