On Krishna and Achilles

Was watching Troy yesterday on HBO
Achilles killed by his heel
One more person died similarly, Krishna, an arrow through his foot
Then something struck me
Achilles and the Trojan war was around 12-11 century BC
Krishna and the Mahabharata was around 11-10 century BC

Two legends, two historical wars, two similar deaths, nearly the same time
The connection ends there :)

Hariyanvi Mehta

Had known a guy, junior in college for some time now, around 10 months now, is a Mehta.
Came to know that he is a Hariyanvi from around Sirsa.
Weird, I thought Mehtas were supposed to be only Gujaratis.
Anyways :)

On Politicians and Religion

Came to know from across here
YS Raj Shekhar Reddy, the current chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is Christian, not that it matters
And Narendra Modi, like Atal Bihari Vaajpey is unmarried.

My Invented Proverbs - Part IV

• True randomness is one whose long term statistical properties are also truly random
• Excessive Theoretical Idealism causes Hypocritical Reality
• People in general are in a Grand Illusion of False Dichotomies
• If 9 people out of 10 do something, it does not mean it is right, it only means it is popular
  
• Error by consensus is better than error by directive
• Humans are meta-hypocrites, they would be hypocritical, without allowing others the same freedom, thus being hypocritical about hypocrisy
• Just because I do not know the solution, does not make your solution right
• There are only two types of people in the world, those who value other people's life and those who dont. There are is no third types.
  
• People who do not support democracy, generally, have never been nor would like to be, on the receiving end of what they support
• If there is something worse than Blind Hatred, it is the supreme confidence in the theory that the Hatred is not Blind in the first place
  

Daud

"Yaar tu naa roz daud lagaane jaayaa kar, sehat ban jayegee isse", said he.
"Theek hai, dekhtey hai, ghar jaaoongaa to appetite waise hee sudhar jahyegaa", I replied.
"Daud lagaa lenaa"
"Kahaan lagaaoon, jagah nahee hai ghar ke paas daud lagaaney ke liye, park ya kuchchh bhee, chalney kee aadat hai, lekin daud nahee lagaa saktaa"
"Arey Bambai mein to waise hee sab log jaldi mein hotey hai"
"Bambai mein log bhagtey bohot hai, legin daud nahee lagaa saktey"

Water Marking my Photos

Learned a simple thing today
http://www.simplehelp.net/2008/12/12/how-to-watermark-an-image-using-gimp/
Water-Marking my photos, I put up on Flickr
Since I use Linux, had to find some way to do it in GIMP

My Invented Proverbs - Part III

• People fear confrontation, not because it requires courage, but because it could give them answers to their problems and then, there would be nothing to rant about
• Of all things "Made in China", I like their "Proverbs" the most
• Never judge a decision by its results
• Be context sensitive in making judgments, but your commitment to "context sensitive"-ness should be context free.
• One of the biggest truth of life is Peer Pressure. Check yours to see if it is positive or negative.
• Blind Faith is better than False Rationality. It is obvious better to believe in something with a reason than believe blindly. But it is better to believe in something blindly than believe something with a reason that is downright false or concocted to rationalize the belief.
• There is one thing common between Cute Kids and Dirty Politics -- Redundant Adjective
• GOD's purpose with creating religion would be complete the day, footwear stops getting stolen from outside places of worship
• The biggest damage done to public images of historical figures is by their over zealous followers
• True sense of justice lies not only in ability to chose between right and wrong, but also in realizing that in some situations, such a choice need not or should not be exercised