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June 2004
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My wife is fine
For the people who come to my site looking for ?praveen kumar killed wife?, please allow me to explain. I have not killed my wife, not yet. She is very much alive and can be found occasionally updating her blog here. And most probably, I am not the praveen kumar that you are looking [...]
Google ad in Gmail
Recently I got a gmail account thanks to Ravikiran. Needless to say it went to my better half, and I am still looking out for another invite. We both were checking out the Gmail, when we came accross the nice feature, where you get all the replies to a mail grouped together. [...]
Gujarat encounter
It was during a chat with a friend that the Gujarat Encounter issue came up. Police had killed 4 people, whom the police suspect to be Lashkar e taiba militants, who were planning to kill Gujarat Chief minister, Narendra modi. One of them was Ishrat Jahan, a college student hailing from Mumbra, near Mumbai. [...]
Upset
News: Activists smash up cinema after Bollywood breaks lesbian taboo.
I am outraged. I cannot understand why no person in India has responded, they should be out in the streets burning theaters, attacking multinationals and any other structure that does not resemble a Jhoppad patti. Just how could you excuse a filmmaker making a lesbian [...]
To blog
I feel like a stranger to my blog/journal. There was a time, when I could just write anything in the blog, about my sambar adventure, my dieting resolutions, escapades with friends etc. Then slowly I started writing what I considered stories and poems and was impressed by few of them. But that was [...]
Political compass
I did a political compass test, to see where I stand politically. The result is as below.
Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.23
I am stuck in between. I am sure I wont make a good politician with that kind of score. A power politician has to be either more toward left or right economically and [...]
From Yoga Vasishtha
“Holy Sire, then why each and every desire of all human beings is not fulfilled instantly?” Rama asked.
Vasishtha replied “Because Rama, you can choose one at a time. When I ask you to stand up you stand. When I ask you to stand on your one leg, you stand on right [...]
Kakkassery Bhattathiri
“Aapathey kim karaneeyam?”
“what needs to be done when faced with danger?”
Kakksasseri Bhattathiri knew why this question was posed to him. Reply came without any hesitation.
“smaraneeyam charanayugalamambaayam”
“remember the lotus feet of Amba – mother godess”
I was really surprised that I couldnt find much information about “Kakkasseri Bhattathiri” who was asked this question. A google search [...]