Philosophy

I have recently recommended “The Count of Monte Cristo” to my wife, and as a result I am myself once more encountering characters that I loved like the Abbe Faria who trained Dante in prison. This extraordinary man, in the limited confines of Prison, had demonstrated the human potential for making the most of what … Read more

I was reading Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot” yesterday, and his description of what a man’s state of mind when he is about to be executed really struck a chord. I guess I think of death more than most people – not morbidly, but as a matter of fact, and I always thought that I would face … Read more

When I was young, my mother gave me a set of Children’s Encyclopedia by a gentleman called ‘Arthure Mee’. In that, I found this fascinating picture of Justice. I used to look at it over and over again, examining that face. Even as a child, the impression I got was one of understanding, and impartiality. … Read more

This post is an appeal to my fellow Indians to start viewing things in perspective. It’s a foolish idea, I know, since people are so deeply rooted in the views that have been propagated to them, that they begin to feel that they are actually their views. I’m defending the humble Indian cycle, which has … Read more

There is a certain attitude amongst middle class society in India, that I would like to share, having come under it’s unappetizing effects rather recently. The other day, my significant other (Don’t know what else to call her – I never liked to tag her as my wife), informed me, that in the ET Awards … Read more

For the past few days, I’ve been taken up with a relatively new concept in India – Freelancing. Ideas of the sort had occurred to me before, but I hardly knew how to follow them up. Then just a few days ago, my wife called me from work, and asked me to check the Economic … Read more

For the past few days, I have been looking out for a job that suits me. It’s quite a stumbling block, that I don’t know what to call what I do. The specialty that I have created for myself, is to take existing systems, and make them more efficient, usually using computers. Or, to create … Read more

I left my job three days ago. I can’t really explain why. There were several things that were wrong with the company, but none of them was the clinching reason. People who look at me say that I’ve done the craziest thing possible. In probably no other company, will I get the freedom to do … Read more

It’s been a while since I last wrote, and I know the reason why. I’ve been busy. It takes a lot of time to think clearly. For some time now, I have been aware of a certain fuzziness in my thoughts that wasn’t there when I was in sabbatical in Jabalpur. It seems that an … Read more

With work on my Online Reporting System at Zak in Asp .Net proceeding rapidly, I thought that it was time to give it a name – Grond. I’m a big fan of Tolkien, and in his book, the Silmarillion, he mentions Grond, as being the Hammer of the Underworld. So now, it’s Grond Online Reporting … Read more