making another mess

Taj not a teardrop, but a 'grave' from telegraph [via indiauncut]

"The Taj Mahal was today declared Sunni Wakf property on the ground that it is the grave of a woman whose emperor husband was a Sunni."
...
"With the BJP protesting the judgment and asking the Centre to step in, the issue has the potential to stoke controversy at a time when the Imrana row was dying down."

anyone read this book?

The Final Theory: Rethinking Our Scientific Legacy by Mark McCutcheon

seems to be an intresting book abt existing theories of physics. here is the link to the first chapter

thought

always believed that - what ever happens, happens for good.

and i am still trying to keep it the same.

anonymuncule

kushi

ek muskan,
kayi kaliya,
shant chintna,
culbuli upeksha,
ujagar savera,
dhumli shyam,
apar vishwas,
thodisi takrar,
ekpal intezar,
jivanbhar pyar,
dharsi batien,
zarasi khamoshi,
achanak milna,
hamesha saath,
madhur sangeet,
besura meet,
rimjhim barsat,

jaane jivan mai kitni aise kushiya beshumar........

(incomplete)

very nice and very true

As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break hearts too, so remember how it felt when yours was broken. You'll fight with your best friend. You'll blame a new love for things an old one did. You'll cry because time is passing too fast, and you'll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you've never been hurt because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

-- from pat

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pakistan 'moral laws' spark row from bbc

"According to a draft of the bill, the mohtasib will be required to ensure people pay adequate respect to azan (call to prayers), pray on time and do not engage in commerce at the time of Friday prayers.
The mohtasib will also stop unrelated men and women from appearing in public places together and discourage singing and dancing. "

quotes

First there is a time when we believe everything, then for a little while we believe with discrimination, then we believe nothing whatever, and then we believe everything again - and, moreover, give reasons why we believe.
--Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.
--English Proverb

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
--Soren Kierkegaard

Wisdom is know what to do next; virtue is doing it.
--David Starr Jordan

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
--Anne Frank

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot.
--Mark Twain

medical issues

'Haldi' may hold the cure for cancer from HT

"Curcumin, the pungent yellow spice found in both turmeric and curry powders, blocks a key biological pathway needed for development of melanoma and other cancers, say researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre."

Pure oxygen, is a pure killer from HT

""Pure oxygen can reduce blood flow to organs and tissues by increasing ventilation," Dr Iscoe explains. "The increase in ventilation, which is almost never considered, 'blows off' carbon dioxide, and this fall constricts blood vessels. When carbon dioxide is added, however, the blood vessels dilate, increasing blood flow and causing more oxygen to reach tissues in key areas like the brain and heart.""

this is no soln either

Four mosques hit by arson attacks in London after bombings: Police from hindustantimes

if the people attack muslims doesn't it make them same as the terrorists?

rushdie on imrana's case

Islamic seminary Darul-Uloom medievalist institution: Rushdie from hindu

original article India and Pakistan's Code of Dishonor from nytimes

thought

sometimes we do not see things coming, for somethings in life we can never be prepared.
no matter how much we prepare ourselfves for some things we will never be ready when it actually hits us.

namesake

has almost left me speachless. fantastic book, must read.
how u can build a world, a home for urself in places that u never thought was possible. how the longing of going back seems to strong yet what u build with the people u love can be so much more precious. how u fight to be different or simlar to people around u. how difficult it is to understand things unless u have to go through them. how eventually u discover wht is important to u.
and in the end u only belong with the people that u love and thoes who love u.

passage from namesake

"As their lives in New England swell with fellow Bengali friends, the members of that other, former life, thoes who know Ahima and Ashoke not by their good names but as Monu and Mithu, slowly dwindle"

stirkes a cord.......................................

i do not understand

Harry Potter in the classroom from cnn

i started reading this article becuase it had harry potter in the heading and i would have happily dismissed it after reading it but
"Parents Against Bad Books in School, which is based in Fairfax County, ranks the Harry Potter series 48th on its list of the 100 books that have sparked the most complaints. But it's far behind such classics as Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye.""

thought

what do u do when u make a decision, that is, if not horribly wrong, it is certainly not right. but then u still have to go ahead with it.