Perpetually Perplexed

Today I was sad. No, this is not going to be another one of my endless stories about my "victimhood". No, I was sad because "Pretty little liars", the TV serial was over. May be for 100th time. Out of which I may have watched 50 of. We have shared so many meals together. Me, Aria, Hanna, Emily and Spencer. No, not Alison. I don't like her. She was wicked, once. Correction, I would bring in my meals and sit with Zee cafe. The story is about 5 childhood friends from a small town who are being harassed (!) by an anonymous 'A'.  A would ask them to do bad things failing which their dark secrets would be reveled. They are unable to find out who this A is, and why is she "harassing" them. For over 8 years!!! Alison, one of the liars goes missing presumed to be dead. But the turn of events convince the girls that "A" is Alison. After many episodes, Alison reappears, who is also a victim of A. Then there is a blind but vicious girl...

She was a little girl and had dengue. When the small clinic she was being treated advised, her parents took her to a very large hospital - part of huge network. She was kept in ICU for two weeks. Parents unable to understand anything would stand outside ICU praying. Many a times, no doctors were available. But her situations was getting terrible. When the father saw that her skin was all blue and wrinkled looking, he asked the hospital to discharge her. They did not agree. They wanted to do some "plasma transplantation" which would add another 10 lakhs. Finally she was discharged but with "against medical advice" tag from hospital. The original clinic tested her now and declared her dead. And the sad thing is the parents could not save their daughter even after spending 18 lakh rupees. No, I am not copying from some "crime story". This is the story of little Adya from Guragaon. I saw this in youtube channel akashvani and he was saying TV channel...

When I visit my parents, I will have a feast waiting for me. Literally and figuratively. I get to read various left leaning kannada magazines. So in one of those magazines I read about the famous quote by Kanakadasa "naanu hodare hodenu". I may go? Well the backstory goes like this. In a meeting of many poets like Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa etc., someone asked a question. "Out of all of us, who may go to heaven (after death)?" And Kanakadasa said "naanu hodare hodenu". How arrogant is he? He thinks he is the only bhakta (devotee, not in its current form). But he meant that if we leave our pride, self centered behavior, we will go to swarga. But I think, we don't even need to do that. We just need to stop thinking about others. Feeling jealous about others, anger, hatred, revenge all these feelings are our worst enemy. They not only stop us from reaching heaven (we are not so worried about that). They make our present life hell. But we say tha...

I have posted about this song earlier. But I do love the song very much. As it is much more relevant in these disturbingly divisive times. So please watch this video by Colonial cousins And here is the lyrics of the song.   

Before I was obsessed with these motivational or satirical quotes which are some times lame, I was interested in design ideas. No, I was not an entrepreneur then, nor am I now. But still I would look at those pictures and be "awed" by them. Now I don't even remember the site I used to visit. Today I went back to old hobby. And got some of them in pinterest. Do you like this mobile and pen stand? How about this scissors with its holder? And this cozy looking cave bedroom! Wow, who wouldn't want to sleep here? Get these colored showers in your home and your children will be too eager to take a bath. How about these beautiful bowls for chips and dip? Pool table cum dining table! Red chairs which hide the entire table. If only we knew carpentry and build at least one of these!  You would certainly want to buy this for your child. Doesn't matter if your child is all grown up and adult now.

Simon was a popular game in USA in 80s and 90s.  The device has four colored buttons, each producing a particular tone when it is pressed or activated by the device. A round in the game consists of the device lighting up one or more buttons in a random order, after which the player must reproduce that order by pressing the buttons. As the game progresses, the number of buttons to be pressed increases. There are some apps in google play which try to replicate the game. So does my my app - memorypro. As this is also memory colorful and melodious (almost) memory. Here is me playing simon game in my memory pro - not so well.  Well, I personally like playing Simon game as it appeals to one more sense, that of auditory. You can see and decide by downloading the app from google play

Thoughts From A Secular Humanist April 20, 2012 by Anita Jose  I have no invisible authority I am not mentally enslaved, I am not an unworthy sinner Who is waiting to be saved. My actions are my own Responsibility for which I will take, Credit for the good and penalty for the bad The payment for my deeds only I can make. I’m not the innocent, confused child; ‘Humble’ messengers try to find, I’m a skeptic with adult reasoning Who has left Faith behind. The answers gifted by logic and reason Are far more appealing to me, I keep searching for the still unknown Not fitting baseless assumptions dishonestly. Morality for me is not derived from an ancient book With tiring tales of brutality and occasional verses of love, To be good and to care for my fellow beings I don’t need promises of gifts from above. The knowledge and wisdom accumulated by science Sincere and provable, without disguise, Is what I find more comforting and reality revealing Tha...

I have written so many times about people trying to malign me in so many different ways. Now there are some people sitting across the road with their mobiles and I don't know maybe with the laptops. Do they  get connection to my computer?  I know you call me paranoid. But this is what happened since their "hiring". And they go away when I switch on my TV in the hall. They can not certainly hear the TV noise from so far. What is happening? And today a new situation has come up. Since this morning, all our land line calls are getting redirected to some other number. I am phrasing it wrong. They are not getting redirected, but they may come via some other number. Phone rings, when I pick up there is no sound. And when I check up the logs I see some unknown land line number. And the call was coming from my parents. Wow, things are only getting better. Now I do not  understand the situation, but I may have some idea behind the motives. I need to find a solution. But I a...

This year the chrysanthemums have decided that they will bloom generously and provide some solace to this poor soul. The reason could be incessant rains in the months of september and October. I really do not provide much care for these plants. I water them when there are no rains. And some times, I picks the dry leaves littered all around the terrace and place them inside the pots. I do not take the help of any gardener. I rarely put any fertilizers. OK, let me stop glorifying my laziness. Roses would bloom now and then, though their quality is deteriorated now. Even hibiscus flowers bloom now and then. But chrysanthemums are a real pain. They are like me - they follow no rules, nor do they feel any obligations to any one.

Finally an endless trial and error of UIs, background, buttons, fonts is ever. This is not how I am supposed to announce the new release of my app, right? OK, I have renamed my app - Shataka to "Hundred- a number game". To appeal to more users. One major change (other than the name ) is the simplicity of the game. The initial levels have many solved cells. In level 1, Out of 9 cells, 6 are already solved for you. How is that for simple game? And also there is a tutorial. Not just text with images. The actual step by step instruction to play the game. Download the game at least now. I am sure you will love it.

I was really touched my this youtube video about the problems European muslim kids are facing and why so many of them are turning to terrorism. We should always keep in mind this quote from the video If the young are not initiated into the village      they will burn the village just to feel its warmth                                                                   - African proverb