Don't be surprised !

Friends! (hmm people who know me) don't be surprised hearing this news from me.

Yes! I now started reading few Technical Books too. If you would have gone through my recent post, you would find list of technical items planned for next month.

Please be prepared and It should not take you by surprise if you happen to hear few Technical lingos here and there during conversation. Except this change, I believe everything otherwise under control.

You will find me tagged with same attributes viz., lazy, talkative, boring, witty etc. 'Mother of all surprise' is that I have started thinking in terms of doing some Research (Ha ha ha) and that too in the field of Mathematics or Cryptography or Security [IDM-Identity management] or everything combined.

You may feel like pelting me with stone for having said that and you deserve all rights to do as well for everything I have said/promised never turned out to be true.

I would like to promise you all as our Indian Politicians do everyday that this time atleast I do some justice to whatever I am saying and it will be done. Requesting you all to forget about all other promises that I had made.

If I start pursuing my Research then surely its going to be "Mother of All surprises".

People who know me well can comment about it !!! Any takers ???

Cup full of Tea !!!

Zen story Courtesy : reemus.blogspot.com

Here we are going to have a ZEN story which I happen to come across from reemus' blog.

The story goes as under,


Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.


Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.


The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"


"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"


I had come across different version of the same story a decade ago. Despite that when I went through this Zen story again, It again opened many doors and also brought back fresh memories of my first encounter with Zen (Mahayana Buddhism).

As a student of philosophy in early 90's, I was asked to read "Ancient Greek philosophy" , "Modern philosophy" and "Indian philosophy". Under Buddhism, I was introduced to Zen.

Initially, Zen for me like an untamed horse and becoming a ring master was nevertheless an easy task. But in due course, I happen to understand that "We are programmed to think...." as J.Krishnamurthy writes in one of his book "Network of thoughts",which actually means "our thought process is very much controlled" but Zen on the other hand promotes free and intuitive thinking,which is entirely different perspective from what we are programmed to perceive.

And Coming back to this story, It helped me to change my perception and approach towards anything that I come across. "Clean Slate approach" we may call it. It helped me to be Non-Judgemental [Judge not, thy shall be judged - Bible] and free from prejudice . It helped me to look at things "as-is" without taking a note of my "pre-conceived" ideas.

Moreover, my understanding is that anything that we see,look,sense and hear are just DATA and this collection of DATA when collated and correlated forms to be an Information, if this information processed, you know what follows from there. One must have understood [I take the liberty of presuming this] that unless and until received information processed with odds in our mind [should we call it a Database as well], our action/reaction w.r.t that data/information not initiated.

I would simply say "Its all in our MIND" so be mindful of your mind, it is just an simplistic view of what we are discussing so far.

Esse Est percipi - To be is to be perceived.we shall discuss more on this "Perception factor" in detail later as well.

your comments and views are always welcome !

Marriage and Anniversary !!

Hi Everybody ! I must admit that I am married to a girl who managed to live with me for an year now (Hmm...I think I need to ensure my wife never visits my blog!). Yes ! today is my First Marriage anniversary.

Marriage perceived by many in many different ways !. Anniversaries for many a happier moment and for some its just another day!.

AFAIK, these days most of the relationships are under pressure from varous quarters. I know of few of my friends who keep complaining about their marriages broken or at the verge of breaking.

I perceive some of the following reasons as strong contenders which obviously if not attended properly and with much attention surely to rift any relationship.

1. Expectations (spouse, parents, family and other relations)
2. Communication Gap
3. Lack of Love and interest with spouse/partner (psychologically first, physically next, sexually last)
4. Noncommital
5. External pressures (Job,finance, kith and kins)

Recently, I came across few cases of my friends whose marriages have gone to the level of divorce in a short span of "one plus years". Ironically, they all have "new born baby" as a witness of their marriages.

I happen to deal with one of these cases who is my close friend. In his case, the boy and a girl were willing to live together (although girl had certain demands to be met which my friend was willing to adjust) while her parents weren't ready for the same.Boy was under financial crisis during the rift, however Boy's father was ready to support him financially until he gets stabilized.

Marriage is really a social responsibility. Surely one must admit that the perception of female and male about everything is totally differnt. Male and female approach a problem from totally different perspective.we must also admit that even though we may live as "husband and wife" under a single roof, we are two different biological beings altogether having our own feelings, emotions, sentiments, convictions etc.

Does marriage means that either of us have to give away their true identity (Generally, its women who are victimized!) for the sake of it?. Does it mean that one has to always sacrifice while the other would just enjoy the benefit?. Does it mean that both a boy and a girl have to give up what they were and start a fresh and new life for themselves?.

What is more important? A boy and a girl living together happily or making their parents happy?. Is there any marriage which has never been into troubled waters?. Even those who have married after years of loving each other, don't they fight among themselves?.

Whether having conflicts of interest and confrontation with spouse is real bad for marriage?.Can 't these conflicts and confrontations coexist in a happy relationship?. Who is at fault in any crumbling marriage relationship?. whom do we blame?. Is it as perceived by many that women as these days feel independent and self-reliant, they tend to act smart in marriage?.Or else is it that a 'patriarchal society' which is crumbling and is at fault?.

Any comment and insights !

"Blessed are those who are not married for they havn't seen the hell yet" and

"Very blessed are those who are married for they are privileged to be in heaven".

Long Since we met !

Sorry Dudes!!!


Its been long since we met...I must tender my apology to everybody for being absent for long duration.

First of all, My NEW YEAR Greetings to Everybody.

It had been really busy days lately. I was busy preparing myself for interviews and augmenting my technical proficiency ( I shall tell you the TRUTH about 'Technical proficiency' I talk about. LOL. My Friends know better about this topic).

Hitherto I would not have written in this blog for long time.But you can surely expect atleast a post for every week. I shall try my best to write to this blog every alternate day.

Following are the plan for coming month :

Reading :
1. The Prize - By. Irving Wallace

2. The Jesus I never Knew - By philip yancey

3. The Code Book - By Simon Singh

4. RSA FAQ