Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working...
What do they want to suggest [:)] ??
Friday, November 21, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Figures worth pondering over :
Orissa and Bihar account for more than one-fifth of the total poor in India. In Orissa, where to be counted as poor one has to earn less than Rs 474 per month in urban areas and Rs 324 in rural areas, a whopping 47.15% of the population is classified as poor. In Bihar, where corresponding monthly income figures are Rs 380 and Rs 333, as much as 42.6% of the population live below the poverty line.
As per the health ministry's affidavit, Jammu and Kashmir is least afflicted by poverty. The northernmost state, where urban and rural poverty lines are demarcated by a monthly income figure of Rs 421 and Rs 368, only 3.48% of its population is classified as poor.
As per the health ministry's affidavit, Jammu and Kashmir is least afflicted by poverty. The northernmost state, where urban and rural poverty lines are demarcated by a monthly income figure of Rs 421 and Rs 368, only 3.48% of its population is classified as poor.
Source TOI. Thurs Nov 13 2008.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Show the principal some respect !!
College time incident:
I used to occupy the 2nd last or 3rd last bench in the class... well why not last ?? well believe it or not our principal fined some "poor" students sitting on the last bench !! so from that day on the last bench was not the first place to go and sit... also some lecturers liked to ask questions to last benchers... so was better not to sit there anyway if you didnt want to be disturbed... It so happened that I was late to class one day.. so had to occupy the first bench... The class started and I went into trance.. that wonderful feeling when you dont care about what is going around and you and concentrate on doing.. well nothing...
Our college principal was this guy who didnt love to be away from action.. so out of the blue he entered the class... Now; Indians are taught to show respect towards elders.. they do so by standing when any lecturer comes in the class... (I guess this is why we stand dont we ??) So when a principal comes in you are supposed to STAND and show respect.... Poor me.. oblivious to the fact that whole class stood up behind me I still continued doing well... nothing.. Infact the trance stage I reached was so deep that my partner also stood up but I just didnt notice !!
Believe it or not.. the whole class standing in front of the terrorizing principal except me... wow.. Obviously he noticed it... Gave me a look.... Me: didnt notice ;) ... Said something looking at me.. cant remember what as i wasnt listening :) .... Just then I felt a kick... It was my partner .... morning dawned... I looked around and saw the scene.. was starting to feel that I would have to pay up some money :) Stood up quietly and heard some lecture which the princi had to give...
Awesome day it was....
Bjarne Stroustrup
A few days before had the privilege to attend a talk by Bjarne Stroustrup ( for the uninitiated this is what is written on his homepage: I designed and implemented the C++ programming language.)
He was talking about the new C++0X which he is currently developing... didnt understand that part of the talk but want to share a comment which he made...
"Processors are so fast these days.. the next Intel processor will do an infinite loop in 5 minutes ;)"
Bjarne's homepage: http://www.research.att.com/~bs/
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
parathas
went to the indian store today.. bought around 60 parathas :) am all set for the coming two weeks :P
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