Varun on October 5th, 2008

What is genius? It is difficult to define but one thing for sure is that it is out of the ordinary. I just saw the movie Borat. And I found it humourous, shocking, gross and annoying, at various points throughout the movie and sometimes simulatneously. You might end up hating it or liking it [...]

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Varun on September 11th, 2008

Dheeray dheeray ray mana dheeray sub kuch hoye,
Maali sainche sau ghada, ritu aaye phal hoye.
~ Sant Kabir

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Varun on July 15th, 2008

…when they continually said to me just before my board exams that if I worked hard for the exams my life was set. This is one occasion I wish parents were correct
But then I did not really work hard for the board exams and scored only mediocre marks, maybe that’s why. Any of [...]

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Varun on June 18th, 2008

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. ~ Juan Ramon Jimenez

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Varun on June 4th, 2008

I blog because I love words.
I blog because I like talking - ask my friends!
I blog because I like putting my thoughts into words.
I blog because 10 years hence I want to read what I wrote.
I blog because it allows me to play with the CMS, WordPress now, Drupal earlier.
Sometimes I blog to tell friends [...]

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Varun on June 4th, 2008

I am blogging after a long time. Almost 4 months since I wrote a proper post.
I came home after work today and was a bit stressed out. I needed to work but before that I had to unwind. I decided to read something. I am reading Atlas Shrugged but I was not in the right [...]

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Varun on February 18th, 2008

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - (the one and only) Douglas Adams
Lots of whooshing sounds going on in my life right now

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Varun on February 12th, 2008

Inspiration gone dry by Prude
My favourite snippet:

To see a spot of green,
in the sky of blue.
For a word of encouragement,
to make this seem true.
To walk through a meadow of marigolds,
And let go of fears never told.
To wake up in the middle of a fantasy,
And feel its touch of ecstasy.
I hold in that cry,
As my inspiration [...]

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Varun on January 4th, 2008

Short and simple:

Sleep less.
Exercise more.
Read more.

Score right now is 0 out of 3. Thus it can only get better

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Varun on January 4th, 2008

I just found something philosophical and quite true in a very unexpected place. Read this para from the technical blogpost (rant actually) titled “Rails Is A Ghetto” -
I believe that in order for anyone to create meaningful change in their life they must take personal responsibility for their own actions and start with themselves. This [...]

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