The Thief - Kollam beach

8:30 AM Dec 24 2006
Fishermen at Kollam beach hit by Tsunami gathers near a piece of iceberg washed ashore.
From where did it come?

An Iceberg should come from as far away as Antartica. Can it come this far without melting?
Did Tsunami bring it along? It must have been a huge iceberg to reach here.

11:00 AM
The iceberg melts unveiling a human face on one of its edges. Its not an iceberg from Antartica! Some local murder by a gangster? Crowd starts receding from a once happy crowd enjoying the sight of the iceberg from Antartica.

12:00 AM
More people gather to see a man's face with beard and long hair dressed in some kind thick clothing. His feet shows up as the berg thawed. It has ropes wound around his feet. He was probably tortured before his death.

1:20 PM
Police arrives at the crime scene. Gets the fishermen to pour water on the berg to melt it quickly.
What lay before them is a man's body dressed in offwhite cloth and ropes wound around his feet as though he was gladiator. Yes he was probably dressed like a Gladiator before he was killed. Is it a suicide? Was he deranged ? Was he from a bankrupt drama troupe trying to play out his favorite character before taking his own life? 



 

Microsoft Innovates on platforms while Apple is a life style accessory company

Apple produced machines and phones for the millionaires and went on to become a life style accessory company. With heavy investments in advertising and branding and a use of high quality multimedia content in their ads, Apple sure has a fan following that has taken cult proportion. Apple now needs real innovations to sustain the brand.

Microsoft has shaped itself as a platform company with a number of innovations in developing a platform that nurtures an ecosystem of businesses. History has come to repeat with Apple offering the equivalent of a millionaire's machine to the mobile phone users. Microsoft on the other hand is building an inclusive platform for Mobile phone vendors where LG, Nokia, Motorola, Asus and a multitude of vendors will build business bringing down the cost of these devices.

Innovation in platform is not easily comprehended by an end user of a product as it spreads across various products and service offerings. A hardware on the other hand from Nokia or Apple is noticed and has a huge mind share. Ericsson or Microsoft which develops the infrastructure/platform is never a cool company despite its contributions in terms of innovation.

Having said this,we need better definitions to measure innovation which are now biased by mind share of consumers and a fan culture.

God's Will on a Coin Toss - A stroll in Pope's private garden

Neo : Benedict, Say your wish aloud when I toss this coin.

Pope : Heads

Neo : No. its a Tail. Seems like God has a purpose in not granting your wish. Let's try again.

Pope : Heads

Neo : hmmm No! Now am sure God really has a purpose behind not granting your wish. Lets try again.

Pope: Heads. Nevertheless not my wish but Gods be done.

Neo : Wow! Its a Head! God hears people when they pray diligently. Thank you Benedict.That was an experience of God. It is only now I started believing in the existence of God!

Pope : Most people experience God in every favorable event of their lives. Some do not and harden their hearts to not see the blessings showered upon them.

Faith

If reasoning is the primitive of human thought process, a faith reduces to being adamant on lip service.

Study Physics?

We do NOT define Physics thus:

Experimentation with Rules by a loving God for humans to live in this world, which might be modified on a case to case basis subjected to the pleasure of God.

Not Seeing is not believing

An invisible God cannot be inferred from invisibility of God.

Secular quotes

A secular state does not mean an irreligious state.
-Jawaharlal Nehru
It does.
-Neo

Mysteries of the unexplained series

If the cycle of reincarnation were true, why is it that dinosaurs are extinct today?

Holy Pick

I was all alone in my room when I was frightened by a tall figure covered in white bedsheet,who appeared from nowhere in my room.He stood there as a real person across the room picking his nose.I was supposed to assume it was Jesus.A divine message was rolling at the bottom of my view which said
"Holy people too are allowed to pick their noses"
He seemed to tell me to go preach this good news to the world.
Initially I was reluctant for I did not think it was a profound message.
On second thought I put it on my blog. Who knows somebody like you might benefit.

VEG OR NON-VEG?

Turing Test on God

My last prayer was more of a Turing Test. God did not pass it! I never prayed after that. The ball is now in God's court. I have my reasons.
If Gods and gurus who know absolute truths can send their messengers along with mathematical models or theories which can be time tested for their accuracy by a progressing science, It would have been easier for us to have faiths. I wouldnt have minded having some faith when they perform miracles and preach some love and breathing exercises. But they do the easier stuffs!

Osama negotiates with Pope

Pope Benedict XVI : Why are you a terrorist? Do you have a reason?
Osama bin laden : I am just being religious as you!
Pope Benedict XVI : Child, Let me cast out the demon in you.
Osama bin laden : Oh you arrogant birth and of little faith, let me first.
Pope Benedict XVI : Let me see what America can do about you.

Scientifically Religious!

If the existence of God can neither be proved nor disproved, so is the belief that the earth was created by flying hippopotamuses receding away from us at the speed of light.

A Conversation with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Neo : Ravishankarji, I have this doubt. Are you secular?
Ravishankar: Yes I am secular.I treat all religions equally.
Neo: But,why did you take up promotion of Hinduism?
Ravishankar: I do promote hinduism but that does not mean i am not secular.Secular only means understanding that other ideologies can exist which are perceived as better by others.
Neo: Does secular have anything to do with scientific thinking?
Ravishankar: No
Neo: Let us take for example some people say Ram-Setu was built by Ram.And some others say it was made by natural causes. Would you support the scientific angle or the religious angle?
Ravishankar: I would say I do not know.
Neo: How about reincarnation? Are you sure about it or you think it is more probable a theory through your meditation experiments?
Ravishankar: Yes for me it is more probable and therefore I propagate it.
Neo: Probability against blind beliefs is your point.Is that right?Would you propagate it as The truth or a more probable theory?
Ravishankar: I must go now.nice talking to you.

Cultural Nationalism

We one,ours one

The girl says .. give me a break?
The man does not budge till they have a break.

The girl uses the opportunity to become a mother.She recognizes the beauty and the need for motherhood as something that comes at an opportune time.
The man cursing the damned brand starts reconciling with those moments of complacency, and going through trauma for another 8 months ,grudgingly declares himself a dad.

To hide the shame they act out a very emotional drama calling themselves happy and what not!This is the story of every dad and mom in the country.

We are all products of this break.
Sweetly admonished by the govt, they go on...
Who knew the secret of the number of mistakes?
It is called "We one,ours one"

Chacha Abdul

Last year around this time ,I was sitting in my bakery.It was raining heavily.I was getting nostalgic about my dreams that did not come true. I was thinking of doing some justice to my degree in telecommnication engineering. I thought i will e-mail a hi to president Kalam. To my astonishment, I got a reply the next minute. I knew he too thinks like an engineer (or scientist probably). I mailed him about how my kids are taking special tuitions at the school to talk to the president. They are also taught stories such as how when they were babies they were passionate about designing the airframe structure of a Boeing.
My children are very fond of him. They want to celeberate Nov 15th as ignited children's day.