Meta-physics

Imaging the sand of the… desert and imagine a trillion universes – not worlds but universes – encapsulated in each grain of that desert; and within each universe an infinity of others. We tower over these universes from our pitiful vantage points… with one swing of my boot i may knock a billion billion worlds [...]

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A Fine Balance

I have just about finished reading “A Fine Balance”, an excellent novel by Rohinton Mistry. Mr. Mistry writes the story of four individuals who come together for a brief period during the Emergency in India. Two of these individuals are unrelated Parsis while the other two are related individuals, members of the so called ‘Untouchable’ [...]

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World Music

I am reading “A house for Mr. Biswas” – a book written by V. S. Naipaul set in Trinidad & Tobago in 1920s. Interesting book, the protagonist, Mr. Biswas is portrayed as an incompetent buffoon and reminded me of my friend Biswas (full name to be not revealed, but my EP class-mates would know). Anyhow, [...]

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The true path to happiness?

Quoted from “The Fifth Discipline – the art & practice of the learning organization” by Peter M. Senge:
“…If we live our lives in pursuit of what matters to most of us, and if we do our work with people whose friendship we value, we will have all the happiness we need. In this sense, happiness [...]

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Reading List – Current

Quite a varied list this time around. I must proud myself for my time management off late! Sure there is little work at work, but then that is the usual story.

Awakening to Zen : the teachings of Roshi Philip Kapleau
Chaos : making a new science (James Gleick)
A history of Chinese civilization (Jacques Gernet)
Identity and violence [...]

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Thanksgiving foolery

Who is John Galt?
Did Howard Roark really laugh?
Desperately want to read one of these books, and my hard copies are lost in Bombay. anyone care to share an ebook?
!*~

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Its raining in despair…

Everyday while i am driving from hotel to office, countless thoughts keep swirling round my head. Repeatedly, almost every day. I think of writing those down. Each day, when i reach the office, i find my thoughts too unformed to put down in writing. Maybe, one day when i am too lazy to do any [...]

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