Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Level Playground

Posted on January 30, 2009 by gautshen

A lot has been said about Barkha Dutt and NDTV‘s legal notice to a blogger who poured out his emotions over what he felt was irresponsible and shoddy journalism. Many people have spoken out about the freedom of speech and … Continue reading →

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Dharma Monologues: Structure of the Systems

Posted on January 17, 2009 by gautshen

A couple of months ago, I had posted an entry titled Dharmayuddha@Kurukshetra.in where I wrote about the rules of engagement in the Mahabharata war. In the penultimate paragraph, I mentioned the following: One might want to question the validity of … Continue reading →

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Globalization: Really?

Posted on January 15, 2009 by gautshen

Today I got to hear a strange comment about Globalization, which scared me. A bunch of us were having dinner at a nearby restaurant, and a friend who recently returned from Germany joined us. He brought along another friend who … Continue reading →

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Alva’s Virasat 2009: Day 4

Posted on January 10, 2009 by gautshen

Like I mentioned in my previous post, today’s event promised to be a eclectic one with a jugalbandhi between Vani (voice) and Veena (strings). Not wanting to miss it, we left in time, reached the venue in time, but damn, … Continue reading →

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Alva’s Virasat 2009: Day 3

Posted on January 10, 2009 by gautshen

I wanted to write this post yesterday night immediately after returning from the concert, as I did on the past two days, but I got caught up in an interesting discussion. More on that in another post, another day, when … Continue reading →

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Alva’s Virasat 2009: Day 2

Posted on January 8, 2009 by gautshen

Finished the weekly status call a bit early today evening, inorder to catch a bus to moodubidre. This time Mom accompanied me. We reached the venue at 6. The concert was scheduled to start at 6:15 PM and it did! … Continue reading →

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Alva’s Virasat 2009: Day 1

Posted on January 7, 2009 by gautshen

I was on a rather long vacation from December 26th to Jan 5th. I decided to stay back at Karkala for one more week and work from here in order to attend Alva’s Virasat 2009, a cultural festival held at … Continue reading →

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Circle of Life

Posted on January 5, 2009 by gautshen

Imagine a infinitely huge flat disc spinning at an arbitrary speed. Let, at various angles, one experience various things like heat, pleasure, violence, and so on. At the opposite end, let one experience the counterparts, i.e,  cold, pain, non-violence etc. … Continue reading →

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