MEMORIES... THOUGHTS... SNIPPETS

2009-05-22T15:22:00.005+05:30

I read this somewhere today:

A survey company decided to do a world survey on a very important issue. The question was the following:
”What is your opinion on lack of food in the rest of the world?”

The survey was a total disaster as the question was not properly formulated. Too many words were ambiguous:

In Africa, people did not know what food was.
In Western Europe, people did not know what lacking something meant
In Eastern Europe, people did not know what an opinion was.
In the United States, people did not know what the rest of the world was.

2008-10-31T00:01:00.004+05:30

Media/Terrorists ... I think they're the same inside!

It was another sad day today. Cowardly, faceless cowards, placed bombs in several places in Guwahati, and other towns and cities in Assam. So far reports say that over 60 people have lost their lives and 350+ have been injured.

My only question is, what do they gain out of this?

Some days ago, it was serial blasts that rocked the capital, and then 2 weeks later in the same city 2 children lost their lives when another bomb exploded. What was the children's fault?

Also, I would like to know why is it that when bombs exploded in New Delhi, it was the only thing on the news for the next couple of days. How come, when bombs explode in a city in North East, it only shows as a scrolling piece of text at the bottom of the TV screen showing double 100's made by our cricketers?

If I am not mistaken the death toll in today's blasts in Assam are more than 3 times that in Delhi. Then is it that the lives of the people in the capital more valuable? Or is it the media just interested in their TRP ratings and not really on the news? What do the people in the country know of the North East? That it is a terrorist infested, uncivilized land!! All thanks to our media...

If it is that way, then honestly the media folks are just as bad as the ones who laid these bombs. One creates a divide using explosives, and the other creates a divide by showing the world a distorted image of a beautiful land.

2008-07-07T00:08:00.006+05:30

A storm brewing... isn't it just like life, even when you know you are in for a hard time, its still looks so beautiful...

From Creativity

Dark clouds sweep the sky just before the storm hits.( Mt. Kanchanjunga in the distance.)

2007-07-25T13:04:00.001+05:30

This is an amazing guy. I came accross this video sometime back. It is like this guy weaves a dream out of nothing.

2007-07-10T18:58:00.002+05:30

Umm.. what do I call this??

"Romance in a flower"

Though I don't have a clue if these two were on the flower for a date or just another day at work... Well in that case, would it be

'Workplace affairs' ??

[LOL mindless musings of the idle brain, by the way that is a flower of the white/wax gourd, in the backyard of our house]

2007-07-06T14:52:00.001+05:30

I was surfing the net when I came across this video on YouTube. I do not comment on the authenticity or holiness of this miracle, but it definitely, even if for a fleeting moment, raises in us a hope for a better world. I am not spiritual nor am i religious but wouldn't it be nice if we knew someone cared, someone could make this a better world.

It is human nature that only tragedy or miracles can bring us closer. I hope this brings us closer, if not to change the whole world but at least a small step to make Shillong a model to the world.

This event made news on BBC and a few other sites:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5381394.stm
http://www.shillongrevival.com/
http://www.dotphoto.com/go.asp?l=jinx%2E&AID=3873532

2007-01-05T16:28:00.001+05:30

A view of Shillong city from the Shillong Peak viewpoint looking down from an altitude of 1961 m above sea level. This is the view on a clear sunny day and you can see wisps of vapor over the hills in the distance. During the monsoons it is usually a blanket of hazy gray.

2006-12-21T13:49:00.001+05:30

This is probably a kind of bus that you would have never seen anywhere else. At least I have never seen it anywhere else. I don't think there are any more of these on the roads now... brings back so many old memories ... sigh!

2006-12-19T15:55:00.000+05:30

Sometimes I miss home so much that I peer in through Google Earth, here is my alma mater.
Shillong Airport... a small airfield nestled in the hills, I wonder if anyone ever lands there.
Shillong from the sky, come to shillong and see more.