inspirational

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

- Roosevelt

Gin and Tonic when the world is dark and dank.....

Do you remember, the one time that you were a kid, and during a power outage (we called it load-shedding), the floor became your deep dark forest, the sofa your mountain and in the dark, you were a hunter waiting for your prey.

Cut the scene to a few years back, when as an adult, you found that what was promised was not kept, that dreams had a rude habit of shattering into a thousand pieces, that your heroes had feet of clay and that the music was never the same. It during those deep, dark, dank times, like a ray of flickering candle light in a stormy night, you read or see something that helps you pull through. Here is my gin and tonic. It has now become famous a the movie, but it was always a personal favorite. The poet is William Ernest Henley, the Poem is "Invictus", latin for unconquered.

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Aap karen to Chamatkar.....Hum karen to.....

Well deserved.....Hail to the Bravehearts who did this...

The day the music died.....

Rest in Peace, Wizard of Percussion....Your Golden Voice will now ring through in the heavens....

One Year on....

Damned tamasha once again....we will not forget...we will not forgive....news channels blaring away.....citizens light candles....how about voting, people.....another attack will happen....another place...another time......we have gotten used to it....isn't it? spineless fools, thats what we are......if this was India's 9/11.....US bombed the shit out of those responsible......and what did we do??....go with a begging bowl to US.....

I am not sad....I am ashamed.....

Trivia # 2

Google Doodles...

The Google logo changes on important days....they are the google doodle.....today's challenge is can you identify the importance of these days?


Anniversary of Lunar landing 20th July 2005




2002 World Cup

Anniversary of Sputnik's launch 4th October 2007
Yuri Gagarin's space walk anniversary 12th April 2007
World water day


To see the answers, press ctrl+a

Trivia #1 Answers

1) This word first appeared in around 1784 and meant "an odd person". Today, it is one of the most popular mind sports ever. The first time this word was used in India was in 1967 in Calcutta. What am I referring to?

A. Quiz

2) This popular dermatological/OTC medical product introduced in 1929 is known as "Hathiwala Cream" in rural India. What is the product?

A. Boroline

3) G D Pharmaceuticals Private Limited introduced popular and effective products like Suthol, Eleen and Penorub in India. What does GD stand for?

A. Gourmohan Dutta

4) If I am suffering from Ageusia, what am I suffering from?

A. Loss of sensation of taste

5) If I am playing Doom, I am playing a FPS game. What is FPS?

A. First Person Shooter

Trivia #1

1) This word first appeared in around 1784 and meant "an odd person". Today, it is one of the most popular mind sports ever. The first time this word was used in India was in 1967 in Calcutta. What am I referring to?

2) This popular dermatological/OTC medical product introduced in 1929 is known as "Hathiwala Cream" in rural India. What is the product?

3) G D Pharmaceuticals Private Limited introduced popular and effective products like Suthol, Eleen and Penorub in India. What does GD stand for?

4) If I am suffering from Ageusia, what am I suffering from?

5) If I am playing Doom, I am playing a FPS game. What is FPS?

one more try

Over time I find that I spend more time reading blogs than writing. (Thanks to Google Reader)

This coupled with a hectic work life - ya for once work is looking up and everyday morning I am waking up looking forward to the new day....quite a change - I hardly find time to update this blog.

So, I have thought instead of letting this blog die a natural death, I will update this with trivia. My first love.

Here is the promise, atleast once a week, I will upload 5 trivia questions. Answers can be left in the comments. And the correct answers will be uploaded next day. Lets see if this lasts.