SerendipitySerendipityHere you will find everything about me and my life in IIT. Its my candid corner. I am trying to cope up with harsh realities of life, the harder way, and in the process getting over my naiveness. Articles
When Noemaun was surrounded by the SWAT!
2007-03-31 05:59:00 I had this chat with Noemaun, a friend of mine at RPI, couple of days ago. Even gave him few pieces of advice noemaun: shooting my building noemaun: yeah i am told not to leave my office too my building has been cordoned off adjacent buildings have been evacuated sharique: are you drunk? noemaun: worst fellow sharique: ... More About: When , Surround , Round , Rounded , Swat
Nokia 3230 now with built-in-shaver
2007-03-31 04:00:00 Finally a Nokia phone which has a feature which the iPhone doesn’t have. The built in shaver is something unique in the cell phone world. It offers felixibiliy to the professionals who hardly find time to shave. The built in shaver can trim hair of all varities. Future releases of this phone might include electronic brushes ... More About: With , Have , Shave , Nokia 3230
Chappell?s SMS to Rajan Bala
2007-03-28 17:56:00 I am pissed off at the attitude of Indian players towards training. The most important factor responsible for team India’s shameful exit is the self-conceit each player is overwhelmed with. Let me begin with Sachin 1. He rarely finds time for practice as he is busy with advertisement. The directors even chase him ... More About: Raja
In mourning for the men in blue
2007-03-28 04:22:00 A barber shaves the head of Indian cricket fan Kallu Gupta, 30, a ritual performed after the death of a family member, marking the death of the Indian cricket team as a protest to the team’s performance during the ICC World Cup, in Allahabad [TOI] cricket, piktar of the dayShare This ---Related Articles at Serendipity:How should men ... More About: Men , Blue , Mourning
When the Indian cricketers return
2007-03-27 03:24:00 Indian cricket team members and their respective profession after they return from West Indies. Disclaimer- These pictures are NOT my property. I have no idea who created it. They were hosted on http://www.pictiger.com/ cricket, Humour, indian cricket team, picturesShare This ---Related Articles at Serendipity:Practicing return journey-IIPracticing return journeyParo VS PazzoChennai is a World Leader112404768021237081 More About: Cricket , India , Indian , Rick , Cricketer
Mr. Microsoft thinks that I use Mac!
2007-03-26 18:33:00 This is the message I get these days when I try to update my Windows XP. How on earth can my operating system be detected as Mac !! microsoft xp, oddly enough, piktar of the day, xpShare This ---Related Articles at Serendipity:The ‘WOW’ iPhone in India?What to expect of a Google OS!Spam emailsThe evil Google?Its my dream laptop More About: Microsoft , Hat , Soft , Think
Apology from the BCCI
2007-03-25 16:04:00 Dear cricket fans, First let me apologize for the dismal performance of the team at the World Cup. We take full responsibility of the defeat. We understand your frustration at the team’s exit in the first round and especially at the loss to Bangladesh but you see we had no option. The loss ... More About: Apology , Ology , Polo
When do I get to play the devil?
2007-03-23 18:53:00 There are times in my life when I wonder what to do next. This time I was a silent spectator to atrocities that someone inflicted on someone I loved so much. I was sleeping when the call came. Trembling voice on the other side of the phone broke me the news about the devastating day that just rocked the family. And I reacted the way I always do under such circumstances, passive face with not a word from my mouth. Calls kept coming throughout the evening with the last message being, “Everything is over!”. I kept the phone down. Something within me was urging me to catch the first flight to Delhi and finish things off the way it all started. But something was also holding me back. This ambivalence of emotions finally led me to a state of unconsciousness or in other words, I slept. Morning brought nothing new for me but yes the eerie dreams did bring some laughter on my face. My ego was hurt. I wished I could embrace that trembling voice on the other side of ... More About: Play , Evil , When , Devil , The D
Last warning to the Indian Team
2007-03-20 16:04:00 Source I think the last warning served its purpose. I hope the India n cricket team continue its form all the way to world cup glory. Mean while the cricketing world has witnessed shocks beyond imagination. When Hansie Cronje died in an air crash, I was in awe because I still held him in high ... More About: Indian , War , Last , Team
Solar Eclipse in Chennai
2007-03-19 14:59:00 A friend of mine shot this picture today in the morning. Even though he is not a pro but this picture speaks volume of his skills and his 10X optical zoom camera. chennai, pictures, piktar of the day, solar eclispseShare This ---Related Articles at Serendipity:BBC NEWS | Technology | Handsets look to eclipse camerasSaare with a pocketChennai ... More About: Solar , Clip , Clips , Lips
World?s largest Bus
2007-03-18 15:09:00 China recently unveiled the “world’s largest” bus. The Chinese manufacturer, named Zhejiang Young Man Vehicle Group, introduced the 25-meter-long “Superliner” at Shanghai’s Busworld Asia 2007 convention. The bus has five doors, 40 seats, carries up to 300 passengers and, according to a driver, “is flexible when cornering.” Click here for more pictures More About: World , Largest , Large
Ho Ha India
2007-03-18 02:40:00 The inevitable has happened. Dreams were shattered, hearts were broken and many were sent to deep chasm of depression after seeing India lose to minnows Bangladesh. All the hype around ‘Team India’ seems to have suffered a big blow. I wonder why they still show that Pepsi ad, where Indian team poses like the tigers, when they ...
Ahmadinejad?s reply to an American mom
2007-03-17 18:57:00 Rarely does a President of a country reply to emails but Ahmedijad is an exception. He maintains a weblog and also regularly updates it. Dear sisterOf course, we too hate war – as you do. Certainly, we are not panic-stricken of a defensive war, but we believe there are many diplomatic and peaceful ways and ... More About: America , Dine , American , Ahmadinejad
Walk the talk with Tauqeer Raza Khan
2007-03-17 15:28:00 Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan recently announced a reward of Rs. 5 lakhs to anyone who beheads the great Bangladeshi symbol of feminism, Ms. Tasmila Nasreen. AIMPB (Jadeed) president Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan said the Centre was deliberately hurting sentiments of Muslims by not banning her entry to the country. Addressing the board’s annual meeting at Bareilly, he said the reward announcement will become operational if New Delhi does not restrict her entry into the country. Noting that Nasreen had made “derogatory references against Prophet Mohammad in her writings,” Tauqeer said: “We demand that the government ban her entry into the country. If it is not done, anyone who beheads her will be given a reward of Rs 5 lakh,” he said.[CNN IBN] I thought of catching up with Maulana sahab about this recent ‘open supari’ S: Sir there are reports that you have announced a cash reward of Rs. 5 lakhs to anyone who beheads Ms. Nasreen, is this true? M: Y... More About: With , Talk , Walk
The perfect six
2007-03-17 07:43:00 South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs created World Cup cricket history when he smashed six sixes in an over in a crushing victory over the Netherlands in their Group A match here today. On a record-breaking day for the South Africans who steamrollered the outclassed Dutch by 221 runs, Gibbs became the first player to pile up 36 runs in a one-day international over. After hammering leg spinner Daan Van Bunge back over his head four times and over the ropes on the on-side twice, he also became the third man ever to complete the feat at elite level. India’s Ravi Shastri and West Indian Garfield Sobers had achieved the record in first class cricket.[source] Herschelle Gibbs, oddly enough, west indies, World cup cricketShare This ---Related Articles at Serendipity:Live archivesShe is beautiful!113436534520047201Journalist!!T he Best and Worst of the Agent Team Concept More About: Perfect
Mushy for Oscars
2007-03-16 18:08:00 Ok, this is cool. First you order your police to break into the office of a news channel, make them pay for the breach of ’self defined’ conduct and then you apologize. The Oscar s definitely goes to Mr. Mush arraf From point blank Several dozen policemen carrying batons and shields entered Geo TV and allegedly lobbed teargas shells inside the newsroom. They damaged computers, equipment and cut the channel’s Internet connection and broke windowpanes, said Geo TV journalists. The true face of Pakistan President Pervez Musharrafâs government being revealed as Islamabad’s police went on the rampage. After the devastating incident, Musharraf personally apologised for the raid by riot police on the Geo channel. âI regret the attack on Geo TV by the police. I condemn it. I would like to assure the nation that one of the main strength of my reform efforts is freedom of the press and media is my mandate. Protecting human rights is also my mandate. ... More About: Cars , Scars
Internet ruined me
2007-03-13 16:48:00 I was first exposed to Inter net in 2000. It was an era of costly browsing as the Intern et revolution was at its incipient stage. People used to browse for mainly 2 reasons 1. For entertainment purposes like Desibaba,Desimama and the social networks of yahoo like chat rooms. 2. Exam results. My friends created one yahoo id each and ... More About: Ruin
The Bloggies 2007 results are out
2007-03-13 13:38:00 The bloggies results are out and I realised it only after its over! Anyway here is the list of winners with nominees (definitely on my reading list) Weblog of the Year Winner PostSecret Nominees Go Fug Yourself Boing Boing Lifehacker Dooce Gizmodo Most Humorous Weblog Winner Go Fug Yourself Nominees Overheard in New York PerezHilton.com The Dilbert Blog Gizmodo Best Asian Weblog Winner Tokyo Girl Down ... More About: Results , Bloggies , Blogg , Result
Practicing return journey-II
2007-03-12 03:21:00 This picture confirms my earlier speculations about the back-up plan of the Indian cricket team to escape secretly from the world cup. Points to be noted from the above picture 1. There is no Saurav Ganguly on the boat as Mr. Chappel is there 2. Sachin is with Zaheer and Chappel on his either sides. 3. Sreesanth seems to ... More About: Journey , Return , Turn
That was just a joke!
2007-03-12 03:12:00 People cannot jokes the way it should be taken because everyone of us are not sardars! A Sardar joke is just that — a joke You will find more Sardars in jokes than in the entire state of Punjab — or so goes a Sardar joke. And a very good one at that! There are very ... More About: Joke , Just , Hat , That
World?s highest fountain on a road!
2007-03-11 14:16:00 SIX-YEAR-OLD KISHORE Kumar was sullenly walking out of Mahim station towards his school, when he suddenly saw a strong white jet of water at the corner of the road. His first reaction — “Aweeesome”. The spectacular fountain was a result of a major pipeline-burst near Mahim station on Saturday at about 10.30 am. “The feeder ... More About: World , Fountain , High , Road
300th post on this blog
2007-03-10 16:28:00 This is my 300th post on this blog. I remember when I shifted to my own domain name last August, after awestruck by the beauty of Patrix’s blog (it is now not as beautiful as it used to be), I just has 95 posts. This blog has traveled a long way since that eventful August, 2006. Serendipity now ... More About: Post , Blog , This
Womensaver.com-Cheating men are now under the scanner!
2007-03-10 03:01:00 You invest everything into the relationship in terms of hope, expectations, love, time, money and above all emotions. And if you are finally ditched by your sweetheart then what? You feel cheated, apoplectic and perplexed about future. You wonder how would someone else replace him/her. You are hurt emotionally and once ... More About: Women , Cheat , Cheating , Men , Mensa
Women?s day message
2007-03-08 18:27:00 I have nothing extraordinary to say but I wonder where are we headed. I think women today rarely suffer from male dominance. They really have changed things drastically. When Britney’s hair were up for sale for a whooping $1m, I thought she is now breaking the traditional male dominance over income market. When Mandira Bedi was ... More About: Women , Men , Essa , Message , Sage
Chennai is a World Leader
2007-03-07 18:57:00 People of Chen nai search for ’sex’ more than any other place on earth. New Delhi comes second and most ridiculously Delhi comes third! The top 10 list includes all the Asian cities. See here Any particular reason for this? For the search term ‘girl’ Chennai drops down to third place, New Delhi and Delhi leads this list Try out more ... More About: World , Lead , Leader
What?s the solution?
2007-03-07 16:30:00 Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Kanta ben, in Ahmedabad, lost her only son in the riots. She says that Muslims are not even worth keeping contact with. Firoze, a Muslim, and her son went out together but her son never returned back. Firoze has been absconding since. Ahmed bhai, in Patna, lost his son few years ago. His ... More About: What , Hat , Solution
A sensitive boy and the Kar Sewaks-III
2007-03-05 16:32:00 Part 1 and Part 2 As far as I can remember the news about the Godhra incident starting flashing in the morning of February 27th. It was a period when the news channels were slowly coming up. Aaj Tak was growing great guns and so were Star News and Zee News. Doordarshan, government run channel, was pushed to the background by the private ... More About: Sens , Sensitive
A sensitive boy and the Kar Sewaks-II
2007-03-04 07:12:00 My immature mind was already corrupted by this communal feeling. I often wondered if we too will meet the same fate as other Muslims who perished in the riots. My mother lost her cousin in the Bengali-Bihari riots in Bangladesh. She told me that her cousin could save her daughter as she hid her below ... More About: Sens , Sensitive
Even Airtel works in Kabul
2007-03-03 08:25:00 I am already a fan of Vinod Sharma’s articles in the HT. He now describes his journey to Kabul. The Indian influence on the society is apparent. There have been reports that suggest that people are already addicted to the ‘Saas-Bahu’ Indian soaps so much so that streets are empty during the ... More About: Work , Works , Airtel
A sensitive boy and the Kar Sewaks
More articles from this author:2007-03-02 16:42:03 Winter was about to set it but the climate around Tube factory in Jamshedpur was still warm. I was playing with my brother on the veranda when mom called us inside. Doors were shut and all windows closed even though it was still not cold outside. We were pushed to the living room where Doordarshan was broadcasting news. It was quite unusual for DD to broadcast news in the evening but I soon found out why. Babri Masjid was being attacked my Kar Sewaks with unconfirmed reports that it has already been demolished. Even though at that age, 9 years, no one gives a damn about politics but I was born sensitive so was infuriated at a Masjid being demolished. Even though I didn’t know the names of RSS/VHP/BJP leaders but their continuous venomous speeches had made me realise that that they are ‘bad people’, at least for the Muslims (Fortunately Shahi Imam Bukhari was not a media darling at that time). Everyone’s eyes were fixed to the BPL TV which we bough few months ... More About: Sens , Sensitive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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