What is Tsunami?

Inspite of all the technological advances humans can boast,mankind is still at the mercy of Nature.This was proved and the world tasted the consequences of Nature's fury this sunday.
What is a "Tsunami"? in Japanese "Tsunami" means "Large sea waves".Tsunamis are huge tidal waves tht can sometime rise as high as 10m...Pacific region is not a stranger to tsunamis....But south asia was certainly an absolute stranger to this phenemenon caused by seismic activity under water bodies...to chk out wht causes a tsunami..click on the following
Tsunamis de-mystified!

There is news abt the change of India's coastline as well..
Tsunamis change the coastline

The Black Sunday

Truly, this Sunday was the darkest in many a ones lives in South Asia. The seemingly calm ocean waters can unleash such a havoc..this is something i had not given thought abt in my 21 yrs of earthly life..The trips to beach hv always left pleasant memories..till this sunday...The sandy shores on which I had trodden a coupla days before no longer exists to bear testimonial to my great times there....The kids who used 2 wave a big Hi hv been swallowed, leaving a void in their loved ones life....Wailings of mothers,wives 'n sisters wring the fibres of my heart 'n corpses..God wht a sight tht was.....Families hv perished with nobody to identify the bodies 'n survivors are lacking the reason to live any longer...Even in these tragic circumstances..there are few ignoble souls who actually break into the locked houses 'n loot the remaining stuff...I shouldn't even b calling them souls coz any human with a soul within him wouldn't dare to dream about such an action...
I feel grateful tht I am of some help to these victims of the nature's fury and I hope these ppl find a purpose for living soon.
Thanks to all the corporates and generous beings for their generosity!

Happy New year to all the Jews !!!!!!

Happy Rosh Hashanah!
Have no idea if thtz how the Jews all over the world are greeting each other right now....juz came to know tht today is Jews' New Year....So my greetings 2 all of u...
I was always very interested in knowing about religions esp. Judaism,right from the time when I was 15 yrs old...The book "Acts of faith " by Erich Segal introduced me to the religion which otherwise was existing only as any other religion's name I had mugged in history class ...I was quite knowledgeable about christianity..thanx to all the convents 'n christian management schools I had attended...Guess..must be having atleast 3 bibles at home..inspite of the fact tht I am a tam-Brahm....
Somehow..I think understanding the origin of religions would help one to understand the evolution of human thinking and the act of living in conformity with the society...I feel "Religion" is more of a lifestyle one has adopted 'n lives his life in conformity to the principles of the religion....Hence I think all the riots in the name of religion are crap 'n excuses to human craving for blood...Atheist I am, I feel this whole of "I do it in the name of God" thingee crap but religions intrigue me a lot....Hence..whenever i get time,I search and get to know more about different religions..the practices...the place of origin....the common things I find between different religions or sects whose place of origin is same or in the neighbourhood of one another...
Judaism - Christianity - Islam----This is one helluva combination..I should say..for any of those who wants to take up research on religions....all of them have Jerusalem as their Sacred Place....the religions tht have middle east as their place of origin...they also seem to be major inspiration for many of the authors...
Read this book "The Haj" by Leon Uris...after reading , i was so inspired to discover more about the creation of Israel tht the very next thing i did was google search 'n find as much as i can .,.about Israel 'n Palestine....
These books 'n the search make me ponder about the thinking process of humans 'n their obstinacy in accepting anything not related to them as Superior....
As an atheist...I beg to differ from the believers about the existence of God..coz i have different point of view about the same about which I will write tomorrow...maybe tht wud answer those who think I am close minded 'n one needs to be open minded when it comes to believing in God....

INCOHERENT RAMBLINGS !!!!

Wish I could get to know more of the humorous bloggers....One always wishes for what one doesnt have...
Weird but true....There is this specific blog where I am a regular but nowadays I observe tht I am interested more in the comments than in the blog itself..
Hmm...I know the phrase " tongue-tied" but whenever I wish to blog..somehow I become "finger-tied"...words refuse to get transported from the grey cells to the monitor cell..
Couldnt believe when I found tht there are people other than me who have actually read "Rowan " series...Rowan & Damia hold a special place in my memory coz those were the first of sci - fi novels I had read...'n somehow I was under the impression nobody would hv even heard of the book 'n the author...Well..jobless as I was today..I thot lemme do some Google search on the book..'n was surprised to discover there are fan clubs for the author "Anne Mccaffrey"..'n tht there are more books in the series. Its been nearly 7 yrs since I read the book...'n I wish to complete the rest s'times...Similar case for "Ender's Series" as well...
hv taken a resolution.."No more blowing of fuse in head"....whatever hapns..i am not going to let my fuse blow 'n start cursing all the stars 'n the causative agent's birth time..

• even If my flatmate melted the safety valve on the pressure cooker by refusing to be generous about the amount of water in the cooker...'n refused to open the door coz she has decided tht she wont open the door tht day..though she has the key...
  
• even if the Six seater vehicle guy refuses to start his vehicle unless there are more than 8 people in the 6-seater...(wonder y they call it 6 seater then)....
  
• even if the guy who hardly knows me calls me a kiddo....
  
• even if I think the dress I am wearing makes me look broad.
  

s'times i really feel very bitchy 'n want to bitch ...but the damn conscience reminds me of a scene--- the angel with a halo around the head 'n Satan himself,with horns on head 'n a pointed tail(like the block arrow in MS word)..'n me in between..'n somehow the angel always succeeds to get the bar of chocolate I dig 'n wins me over ..thus stopping me from bitching 'n letting the count of wretched souls in Satan's list unaltered.

There is this resolution I wanna make but am not sure can keep up...

I WANT TO BLOG DAILY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JOLLY GOOD TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God bless Tim Berner Lee.
4 years...since myself , Priya, Sumita & Soumya had been in contact. Thanks to the internet now we are back together though virtually!Never once believed in 4 years that a day would come again when all of us would be a having an avalanche of mails from one another in our inbox.Now..time for nostalgic memories....School days...goood ol' school days...the days that stand out in life marked with the most wonderful memories...the days that came with the tag " no strings attached"the days that never demanded manners nor pretension of having them..days of uniform....'n the heavy bags ...'n report cards 'n Parent teacher meetings...assembly...back bench crackers...teacher trying to disband the "gangs" formed in the class..by making us sit apart...far..the days when we used to mark "must read" pages from Sidney Sheldon...confessions of first crush...start of hanging outs with friends....of course..with meaningless rivalry when it comes to academics..still remember the yell from..leave ..it..I dont remember who it was.."Hey..how much did ya score in language paper..am totalling r marks"...how can one forget gossips when it comes to bunch of teenage gals...the "enlightment session" from the knowledgeable to the ignorants...dont bother abt what kinda "knowledge"...hmmm..the day myself 'n Sumi were sharing A jokes 'n suddenly Priya was there,crying 'n somehow managed successfully to say "Hey u 2 always leave me out of this stuff"...hmmm..the march past days...from morn 6 to 9 'n then from evening 3 to sometime I dont remember...the same days of writing imposition of trignometric formulae for failing to tell the half-angle formulae.and the sadistic pleasure the maths sir derived out of making us do the imposition when he very well knew that were not present in the class due to march past practice....the days when we admired our English ma'am for the way she conducted herself in the class with us and the Physics ma'am for the way she tied her saree...V had great fun going to sanskrit classes...'n cant forget the teachers who had no clue about the usage of prepositions in English 'n still had ample of them when they talked.......Then ..as life went....I had the "misfortune" of getting admitted into BITS-Pilani...far away from friends 'n family...the distance certainly showed....in the very short time we had whenever we got together..it was very obvious we were losing things in common...except for me..the rest of the gang..stayed in Pondicherry 'n were admitted in the same college...so somehow the conversation always ended with reference to something or some one they all knew but I didnt...soon the meetings too ceased to happen........'n as the I started..it had been 4 yrs since.........
Now the jolly good times are back................
A big thanks to Sumi for the gmail invitation..
Gals..missed u lots

Cut..Copy 'n Paste!!!!

The following are the copies of my blogs which I posted from other ID...Since I am planning to make the other Id non - functional 'n also didnt want to lose my precious "feelings translated to writings"...I did the one thing which student community cant do without..the student community can be read as "bitsians" ...........COPY 'n PASTE...
here they are
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MUTATION INTO A 'ROACH
sssshhhh secret..woke up @ 2 in the afternoon.guess papa shud hv left me juz like tht and i mite be sleeping till now 4 all i know.If u want 2 know laziness personified,then it should be I ,my guess.Waking up,preparing breakfast,not eating it,going to sleep,wake up in the afternooon,hv the breakfast i prepared,then watch a movie,or listen 2 songs on the channels almost all jobless ppl watch,then go to sleep again,act as though I am Miss.Busy Bee when papa & bro come from office 'n college respectively and then take bath,giving 'xcuses abt how i had 2 wait on ppl all thro the day and sometimes lying tht thtz the second time i'm having bath,then prepare dinner,act b4 Papa tht I'm not like other gals watching movies 'n songs and mooning over handsome hunks which i do 4 the whole day and stick 2 NDTV 'n CNBC when papa is there at home not even letting him watch Euro 2004 or ODI bet.England and WI or Rabobank cup match between India and Netherlands or stupid soaps he watches once in a while (therez a lie once again,he watches one daily and couple on weekends),pull a fight with bro 4 the sake of fighting,then chtg with a guy all night who is desperate 2 find his looks that he never had or some gal who wud complete him-with something he doesnt hv-looks.Actually,he is not bad looking.I cant get from where does this notion of he lacking looks come 2 him.Guess soon,my DNA sequence is going 2 be identified with that of cockroach as i am not able 2 fathom my nocturnal inclinations.If u think,its bcoz of my sleepin thro the day,i think its the other way around.I am turning into Periplaneta americana or should i say Indiana.Everybody beware,here is the most dreaded mutation taking place!!!!!!!

PUNE RENDEZVOUS!!!!!!!
Pune..another place with a P ....in my life..Pondicherry,Pilani 'n now Pune..Its been a month in Pune...'n Pune is certainly not a place of surprises..4 me...feels so much like just another town...the feel of another small town trying 2 match up to its big bro "Mumbai"..but then the place has a flavour of its own...the best thing abt it is it has some thing to offer to everybody...the student crowd..the lovey-dovey couple..."am just getting 2 know what is life" kinda ppl...'n then of course,"listen 2 me..i know everything..ur age is my experience"--the elders.....LISTEN CHENNAI..this is certainly one place u wud b jealous of ..this is the first time I had seen rain pour non-stop 4 24 hrs....well....of course..i wont say i 'n joyed coz all my darling dresses got soiled bcoz of tht..'god damn hey dont dry at all ....'n then of course . life wud b certainly cool..coz ur house keeps leaking all the time....thk God my EB bill will come down drastically..no fan at all...the much spoken abt night life..am yet 2 explorebut i know one thing 4 sure..this is one place one wud mighty well 'n joi like hell with friends..B4 somebody from the company seize my comp 'n my job ..lemme wrap

CAT BLUES!!!!!!!!!!!!

So the inevitable has finally come!the day i dreaded so much..making decisions when it comes to CAT!Which coaching institute..which package..which of the institutes..all IIMs or any non-IIM in between....'n daily blues..these many hours of preparation..again another conflict...shall i go 4 8 hrs at the weekend or 2 hrs everyday..my god ..if preparing 4 a management degree is such a pain..how wud a job be?but thn..whatever mind knows..heart refuses 2 accept..says "Management is ur forte ".."so go 4 it"so..am all set 2 do my best..LISTEN IIMz..here I come

Strange turns!!!!!!

Life is like a river and that too a wild one!Not only in the fact that ,like a river, life moves on forever, but also because no one can be sure of what is the path it is going to follow.And one cant be sure of what might accompany them during the journey.

One doesnt begin the journey with the thought of a flood and being washed away.The beginning brings with itself the pure mirth of discovering what is there to be revealed along the journey,the joy of learning and the thrill of knowing no fear.Then he sees the water swallowing some lower forms of organisms. A slight pang of fear creeps into his mind and he starts thinking how the waters can destroy him and how should he protect himself.
Meanwhile,he has stopped enjoying beauty around him.The only thing he is bothered about is reaching his destination safe--hassle-free,with his near and dear ones.Now the waters rise and he is very worried because his beloved wont be able to survive if it rises anymore.He does his best to save her.Sometimes he is able to save her.Then he finishes the journey with a feeling of satisfaction.If he is not able to save her,then he tries to jump in after her or the others persuade him to continue the journey,he does so unwillingly and full of remorse.
But,in either case,he didnt enjoy the joy of travelling amongst the wild plants with flowers of various hues and fragrance that grows "just like that" along the sides of river.He didnt see the little rabbits hopping between the yellow and pink flowers.He didnt relish the sight of the colourful butterflies sucking nectar from the flowers.
The man has completed his journey.Now,should he turn back and see what he has missed or move from there and go where his feet take him?

What am I paid for?

Werent there days when I wished so much that I absolutely had nothing to do..nothing to look forward to....
Alas the day has come...Plz note the word "alas"...am sitting before the comp..trying to do something useful but in vain...
And I feel terribly guilty chatting or mailing..living in a state of perpetual tension is hell...
so..what do i do
I BLOG!!!!!!
sometimes I wonder whether I hv become a workaholic(i sound as though being one is despicable)
well..I hv to return to work.Hmm..Firstly lemme do the work of finding some work!!!!!!!

The "New" feeling

Why does my heart always skip a beat whene'er I am acquiring something new-be it a dress,book,or trying out new dish,or even creating a new blog. The moment of getting something new is always wonderful.
I am so stuck for words coz this is a new blog 'n new means special to me..so anything that goes into it shud b special too...
As much as I love getting something new,so rapidly I lose interest in them 'n look forward to the next "new" thing in life...
God save me when i get married..imagine wht wud hapnif I lose my interest in the marriage'n look forward to new one:)