Lallo's Essay

Well i am not sure how true this story is , but is quite hilarious....read it.....


This is a true essay written by a Bihari candidate at the UPSC (IAS) Examinations.The candidate has written an essay on the Indian cow:

Indian Cow

HE IS THE COW. "The cow is a successful animal. Also he is 4 footed,And because he is female, he give milks, but will do so when he isgot child. He is sacred to Hindus and useful to man. But he has gotfour legs together. Two are forward and two are afterwards. His wholebody can be utilised for use. More so the milk. Milk comes from 4taps attached to his basement. horses dont have any such attachment What can it do? Various ghee, butter, cream, curd, why and the condensed milk and so forth.Also he is useful to cobbler, watermans and mankind generally. His motion is slow only because he is of lazy species. Also his other motion.. gober is much useful to trees, plants as well as for making flat cakes like Pizza , in hand , and drying in the sun. Cow is the only animal that extricates his feeding after eating. Then afterwards she chew with his teeth whom are situated in the inside of the mouth. He is incessantly in the meadows in the grass. His only attacking and defending organ is the horns, especially so when he is got child.This is done by knowing his head whereby he causes the weapons to be paralleled to the ground of the earth and instantly proceed with great velocity forwards.He has got tails also, situated in the backyard, but not like similar animals. It has hairs on the other end of the other side. This is done to frighten away the flies"

Ganesh Chaturthi

Lord Ganesha's chaturthi this year falls on 27Aug ,2006 ; and people all over India await enthusiastically for this grand festival. Its that time where idol of Ganesha is bought ,decorated and prayers are offerred.This goes on for 10 days , and then the ganesha idol is immeresed in river /sea water amidst chanting of "Ganapathi bapa maurya ,agala baras tu jaldi ya" which literally means Oh lord Ganesha! please come again and again.
Its a festival where a common pandal is setup where people from different sections of society come together ,offer prayers , sing bhajans ,meet different people, eat sumptuous food especialy the modak which is a sweet specially served , and then finally do the visarjan(immersion ) of idol in water.

It is said that at ganesh chaturthi , one is not supposed to see the moon , as it causes defamation for an individual(s) however innocent he may be.Even the great lord krishna was accused of stealing Syamantak Mani because of looking at the moon at the chaturthi night .Even if one sees he can overcome its effect rea here

So enjoy the festival and be caution :-)

Finally saying adieu with Ganapathi bapa maurya.....

String Theory

For all those science enthusiasts look out for the String theory documentary . A 3 hr documentry really cool one , has taught me more about physics particularly the string theory in particular.Havent gone through it fully, but will see the entire documenty pretty soon.

An Inspiration .

Some of the acts done by humans, nature or anybody do inspire us. We get enlightened while seeing them here are few of them

A perfect sunrise,
a beautiful sunset,
a lasting moonlight,
a mountain view,
a roaring waves,
a quite river,

a gigantic statue,
a marvel architect,
a child playing,
a yogi contemplating,
a fervent worship place,
a energetic youth ,
a creative scientist,
a magnanimous business man,
a blossoming flower,
a spring season,
a army in battle,
a fighter plane,
a inspirational leader,
a honest man,
a fearless warrior,
a soothing music,
a poets great works,
a painter's masterpiece and a list goes on..........

By the way , don't know why i am getting philosophical these days.......... :-)

A poem .

who are we,
where are we,
Are we real,
or is it a dream?

Are we the name attached to the body,
or the wavering mind,
or the subtle intelligence
or a subtler ego?

Is there someone who is beyond these,
who knows us ,
and is within us and beyond
and is the whole existence itself?

Is it there someone who is the subtlest,
who cannot be captured or seen,
who is beyond space and time,
and who has no cycles of life?

Well , the yogis and the saints say,
it is the atma ,who is all this,
the sublest of all the above,
and the known ,knower and the knowing himself.


regards,
anand
(written on the occasion of SriKrishna Jayanthi)

Another world cup

Italy wins world cup of programming