Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity, opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

– Al

Perceptive and concise as always.

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Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much perfoms much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.

–Vincent Van Gogh

Ha. A man with my outlook. Another genius artist among countless others, who died depressed and poor. RIP.

hmm.. Perhaps short a time remains to not be doing what you love and involved with people you adore.

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You have to take risks, he said. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. Every day, God gives us the sun–and also one moment in which we have the ability to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day, we try to pretend that we haven’t perceived that moment, that it doesn’t exist–that today is the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if people really pay attention to their everyday lives, they will discover that magic moment. It may arrive in the instant when we are doing something mundane, like putting our front-door key in the lock; it may lie hidden in the quiet that follows the lunch hour or in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us. But that moment exists–a moment when all the power of the stars becomes a part of us and enables us to perform miracles.

– Paulo Coelho, By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Speechless. Life has its odd ways of testing one’s resolve but when the moment of clarity does dawn, sieze it. Intuition always guides in the right path. They say, that it’s being impulsive but we are different. For better or worse, ignorant as often we are to see, follow without regrets, and perform that miracle.

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It always bothers me that, according to the laws as we understand them today, it takes a computing machine an infinite number of logical operations to figure out what goes on in no matter how tiny a region of space, and no matter how tiny a region of time. How can all that be going on in that tiny space? Why should it take an infinite amount of logic to figure out what one tiny piece of space/time is going to do? So I have often made the hypothesis that ultimately physics will not require a mathematical statement, that in the end the machinery will be revealed, and the laws will turn out to be simple, like the chequer board with all its apparent complexities.

- R. P. Feynman, Character of Physical Law, November 1964 Cornell Lectures, broadcast and published in 1965 by BBC, pp. 57-8.

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There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.

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Beautifully put. A powerful thought in crisp and simple english. Feynmann would have loved it !

Btw, if you haven’t seen “Lost in Translation” do me a favor and watch it. There is nothing to regret there. When I find a lot of free time, I want to find a serene place in India or US or Nam or China or Japan even and spend a week, talking only to strangers…

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“In another ten years we will look back on this decade with 2020 hindsight.”
- Anonymous

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Simplistic but true.

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I know we can see beyond the maya and find the absolute truth. in time…

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HERMANN HESSE, Siddhartha

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I’ll tell you a secret. Something they don’t teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.

Beautiful. ‘Troy’, a movie that is pretty normal in most aspects IMO, packed a dialogue so intense, so true and elegant. I cannot even begin to express my appreciation in mere words, on the subtlety this transcends. It was like poetry…

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The atom is the icon of the 20th century. The atom whirls alone. It is the metaphor for individuality. But the atom is the past. The symbol for the next century is the net. The net has no center, no orbits, no certainty. It is an indefinite web of causes. The net is the archetype displayed to represent all circuits, all intelligence, all interdependence, all things economic, social, or ecological, all communications, all democracy, all families, all large systems, almost all that we find interesting and important. Whereas the atom represents clean simplicity, the net channels messy complexity.

New Rules for the New Economy. Check out his blog also. They contain some interesting nuggets of futuristic ideas.

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- Goethe

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— Ellen Goodman

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- Emo Phillips

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Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty, a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show. The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as in poetry.

–BERTRAND RUSSELL, Study of Mathematics

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The feeling of being satisfied and bored,
Sets in like a pus in a wound,
Nagging and hurting more than the torn ligament,
This shall haunt me for another three years.

Where shall i run again to hide ?
How can i start meditating to releive the tension ?
In agony, i pray for strength
And I shall conquer, as before, always.

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I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert… Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings,
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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How do I know ? For this is what I have done. And I am Ceasar.”

- An experienced leader’s pragmatic words.

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If we are going to survive, we need to put the emphasis on what unites us together and not what separates us. It is not the difference in colour or creed or border, or what have you; it’s a fact that you are part of the human race, and the more we are able to understand the affinity we have with it, with each other, the more we can have, achieve, a lasting peace, durable peace, I believe.

And that my friend, is a true peace loving man’s words !

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An excerpt from the article.

As usual, environmentalists are assuring everyone it can be done with renewables like wind, solar, and other alternative energies.
But there is no myth more damaging in diverting the nation’s attention from its energy problems. The universe has been pretty well explored by now there aren’t any alternative energies sitting around waiting to be discovered. We know all about solar radiation, about the winds that are driven by its heat (in conjunction with the earth’s rotation), about rivers and streams and how they can be harnessed to produce electricity. We also know about the chemical energy that is stored in the electrons at the periphery of the atom and can be tapped by burning organic compounds. And we know about the much more powerful energies that lie at the nucleus of the atom.

Well said my man ! The author nailed it right on the head. When will the people realize that it is already late and we need to start making changes today, if we desire to bring the Earth back from its brink of disaster. Wake up people. Wake up.

Solar power, Hydro-electricity and Wind power are not very dependable sources of energy and for any country, developed or developing, with a hunger for lots of electricity and power, there is no other feasible way than to tap into Nuclear Power which promises safe, clean and almost limitless power.

Go Nuclear. Save earth.

PS : If you liked the above article, then you might also like another article i linked to recently which is on the same lines with more arguments. Read it.

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“Sure, the lion is king of the jungle but airdrop him into Antarctica, & he’s just a penguin’s bitch”
- Dennis Miller

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This is the SOP that I used for applying to graduate studies at TAMU.

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and stars, but that within this Life, an accidental combination of chemicals, we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny the nothingness.

Imagine the world we live in, if ‘Electricity’ had never been found. Or what if the simple screw was never ever thought of? Without such breakthroughs in the history of our evolution, what other factors would have created the future? I think often on such abstract thoughts and the consequences of it, which have invariably been the rationale behind every discovery till date. It is amazing to think about how the application of such seemingly insignificant things, developed under practical constraints of time and money has shaped our daily lives. Lofty visions to innovate, along with aspirations to go beyond the tangible limits have constantly pushed me to break the barriers ever since I was young and have led me to where I am right now.

I’ve learnt that interests and choices at the younger age are the decisive components of life. My interests towards chemistry experiments, making weird electronic equipments from worn out transistors at home, pushing the old PC-XT machine at the library to its limits by creating graphics programs in GWBASIC and trying to solve every mathematical problem I came across have brewed the passion in me to look at each scenario as an application of a construct and to create a working, practical reality out of it. It then wasn’t a difficult choice after high school to decide that I wanted to take up Engineering as my career.

I took up Engineering at the Regional Engineering College (REC), by securing a position in top 2% of students in the state, in my twelth grade. During the four years of my undergraduate studies, I have gained a lot of theoretical, as well as practical knowledge in the core areas of Chemical engineering. Also there were several incidents and opportunities that have dramatically changed my perceptions about research and plans for the future.

During my sophomore year, I had the privilege to present an internal seminar on ‘Atomic Power from Fission Energy’ for the Energy Engineering course. I discussed about the feasibility of operating a controlled Fusion reactor that could theoretically produce limitless energy. I did an in-depth research about the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at Princeton Institute’s Plasma Physics laboratory and the Super Kamiokande Reactor in Japan, which are pioneering organizations that are working on producing a controlled Fusion Reaction. The rudimentary knowledge that I obtained created a deep impact in me and the itch to learn more on the topic has lasted in me ever since. From then on, I have been constantly reading materials about nuclear engineering, Fission and Fusion, reactors and to some extent, Quantum physics. The very thought about energy gives me goose pimples, the feeling it puts across transcends limits and the fact that everything could boil down eventually into heat or light is just plainly beautiful.

My only intent then was to undergo training and to participate in the widely known, state-of-the-art research projects in nuclear science at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR). The training has enabled me to work with some of the best minds involved in nuclear research and has dramatically influenced my perception towards the industry. Although I was allowed to participate in limited experimental work, the projects made me realize the challenges involved and introduced me to the analytical, mathematical side of research and the use of computational methods in solving problems. Another important experience during that period was a lecture by Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam a renowned scientist and the current President of India, on “Nuclear Power: A Boon or Bane”. The lecture was a major eye-opener regarding the avenues and myriad uses for which Nuclear Science could be applied and used.

I believe strongly that the application of computational methods to find solutions is definitely more effective than conventional methods. I have developed excellent programming skills in C, C++, Fortran and recently Microsoft.NET. One of my greatest strengths, identifying patterns and relationships that are not obvious to others, has helped me in many situations to solve complex mathematical problems. Additionally, the various other projects (refer Resume for details) I was involved with in Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and REC involving heavy calculations and programming have given me the opportunity to realize the advantages in real time problem solving using computers.

All the academics might typically characterize me as a geek, I know, but I’m not one. My interests in reading books from fiction to philosophy, movies, soccer, table tennis and a constant flame to find and try out new things have shaped my life in a radical style. I was part of the college soccer team and there is nothing even close to the joy I feel when I am playing. Soccer is my passion and the way I see it, soccer personifies me in every facet: the never-ending rush of energy, the coordination with the team, the feeling of responsibility when in control of the ball and finally the ecstasy after scoring a goal, everything revolving around that single goal or rather the aspiration in real life.

Aspirations never die.

In addition to my academic background, I am sure that my work experience at Dell Computers will play a vital role in helping me find success in my graduate studies. It has moulded me mentally and has been a source of terrific improvement over my analytical skills, divergent thinking and my interpersonal abilities. Even now, the passion and the vigor in me to learn more about nuclear engineering hasn’t lessened or else I would not be applying for graduate studies after 2 years of academic hiatus. Now as I approach the crossroads of my education, I have absolutely no doubt in pursuing graduate study in Nuclear Engineering and later, a career in Research.

I bring along a strong grasp of fundamentals in Chemical Engineering, an aptitude for research and teamwork, a zest for challenges and an enthusiastic desire to learn all I can. I am certain that my experience gained in the nuclear and software industry will help me succeed as a Nuclear Engineer. All said and done, it boils down to living my dream, the realization of which encompasses graduate studies as a gateway for a doctoral program, so that my foot is set firmly in the path of academics and research. I would be delighted to join the Nuclear Engineer’s Group in your University.

Blessed is he who has found his work; let him ask for no other blessedness.
Thanks.

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