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Being Universe


Paulo had said in "The Alchemist", " "When you want something the Universe conspires to help you"

On one such somber day, when you contemplate & retrospect yourself and the decisions you make, I decided to improvise the statement and put it up on one of the social networking sites. This is what I put up as my status:

"the universe conspires, for us to be in the right place at the right time! so even though u feel there'z only grey clouds in ur horizon, wait for the silver lining to appear"


This as usual evoked a lot of responses. While others merely chose to 'LIKE' it, my 'stochastic scientist' mamu decided to voice his perception or as he called it, "advocating pessimism". Here's what happened & after:

Titasha Banerjee if the wait overcomes the patience then what to do????

Moulinath Banerjee
your observation, and for that matter, the quote from The Alchemist and the Om Shanti Om copycat version in Hindi, is a bit too fatalistic, isn't it? As a stochastic scientist (or at least a
pretender to that title..:-)), I view the univers
e as fundamentally
random, with a veneer of causality on the surface..and everything is evolving constantly and things come to pass as a
natural concatenation of circumstances. Nothing is really pre-ordained. The notion of pre-ordained-ness (is that a word?)
seems to be flawed to me, but is maybe useful at times to overcome disappointments and personal loss and provides people some equanimity to deal with a fundamentally callous and uncaring universe. I agree that this is a cynical interpretation of reality. Of course, I am not advocating pessimism here. The only thing we can do is hope for the best. But there's no one watching over us....

Ok, enough bombast for one day!

Sugana Banerjee@ titashadidi: well, rewards r sweet for one who waits...;-)

Sugana Banerjee
‎@ Chintumama: Firstly I dun think it's cynical at all. Neither i believe u're advocating pessimism. It's merely a choice of perception, i.e. what u choose to believe. The fact that u rightly observed is that it's a mere reciprocation of a somber mind. You know, one of those days, when u blv the word "Crap" has more to it, than given. I dunno if there's someone watching over us. I won't even debate on this. However, my mind tells me there are certain things, we(humans) don't understand while my heart says we aren't meant to. All i would like to say is, I perceive that there's a reason behind everything that happens to us. The reason may not be that obvious but there is. You might reason that it is the decisions we make with our conscious mind but then there's this unconscious & subconscious states that subtly governs the conscious being. Who governs them? Something i don't know of. Something that i'm not meant to know & hence I acknowledge the higher being. And to think about it, why do the 'turning points' of our lives, happen at a certain TIME? not a minute earlier? not a minute later. Is there a stochastiic reasoning behind it? If you say we 'thought' then or decide to do then, then why din we 'think/'decide'' earlier???

Moulinath Banerjee
But what you refer to as the turning points of life are all perceived as turning points in hindsight. Turning points have to happen at some time, correct? The turning points of our lives seem to me to be accidents (albeit accidents we might increase the likelihood of, in many cases, by our choices and propensities) that have had more impact on our lives than others, so looking back at them, we often accord them some special status, whereas to other events we don't! Say you're craving some chocolate at 2 pm...would it not be strange to muse about the fact why you craved the chocolate exactly at 2 pm, neither earlier nor later? Well, your metabolic processes conspired (to use a recent favorite verb of yours) to create that sensation in your brain at that time. Same holds for turning points. At certain times things come together and something momentous happens. And we define those as turning points once we realise their impact on us...

I admit that this form of reasoning can often take away the charm from some fond memory or event...for me it doesn't.
Special moments are special...they don't have to be pre-ordained to be special.

And in regard to the supreme being, well, who governs the supreme being? Another super supreme being? If so, we could
postulate higher and higher supreme beings ad infinitum...so why not dispense with a supreme being right at the start and postulate that the universe is self-governed? Introduces one less parameter to explain reality in the spirit of the maxim -- Occam's razor (look this up if you haven't come across the term before).

Sugana Banerjee
@chintumama: okay, how will u explain what hpnd between u & mami? Initially when she got in touch with u, u mistook her to be a guy? Later, when u realised the "booboo" u pulled off, you went forth...right?Have you ever spared a thought that what would happen, if u hadn't made such a mistake in deciphering names? Rest, as they say is history! But had it been this romantic, if u had played ur cards , lets say 'correct', from the beginning??? Mistakes are 'accidents' right???

And what about the times when lives are saved/changed within nick of time? Is it still 'our metabolic processes conspiring with our brain'? I'll quote u here, " At certain times things come together and something momentous happens. And we define those as turning points once we realise their impact on us.." Ofcourse, something steers the chain of reaction that leads to that momentous outburts, but what is that something? Stimulus, is a more likely answer. A change in the environment/state is what we define to be a stimulus. And the way our body copes with the stimulus is the result of 'formed memory', 'conditioned reflexes' or in easy terms, experience. what about the unconditioned reflexes? how did they come to existence?

the change, as I mentioned earlier, is brought about by reactions. Specifically biochemical. That brings us to " Big Bang Theory" and formation of first RNA. (Contrary to popular belief, RNA was first formed and then by reverse transcriptase action, DNA came to existence). when a certain base joined with a specific one, we got our genetic material. Have u wondered why did 'A' pair up with 'T'/'U' or 'C' paired up with 'G'. what would happen if this wasn't the combination? Prolly we wouldn't be there or may be the concept of 'homo sapien sapien' would be different. the formation of the first genetic material was by chance!

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Grapes are sour, but Grapevine is sweet!


Hey everyone, here's a mail I'd like to share with all. It's between me and my best friend Manpreet. Some details of the mail has been changed for obvious reasons. Give it a read. I guarantee you this that after reading this conversation you'll feel it's okay if your colleagues hate you. It's a compliment in disguise! wicked yet angelic...enjoy!!!

From: me
To: manpreet Date: Saturday, 3 July, 2010, 9:39 PM

(this letter is a reply to what she wrote. I was in an emotional hell and she inspired me to get out of it. love u manpreet)


hey sweety,
you dun need to apologise, for anything!!!! I totally understand why your replies are coming late! I go through the same phase, more often than not, when I'm in delhi. So, it's cool buddy!

First thing's first...how are you??? i bet the semester is ending and work pressure is double. I hope you ain't pushing urself hard and taking care of urself properly. If you need any help or anything, just remember I'm simply a msg away!

Thanks for your understanding and support. ||BIG HUG||. Love you so much! Actually hun, i finally figured out why this has been lingering for so long!!! To be frank, I always wanted everyone to like me! So, when people used to ambush me behind my back, I'd get hurt! But, now I have realised that it's okay if some people hate you. I mean, there is no shortcut to success but there is a sure way to failure and that is, if you try to please everyone! Be it my teachers, cousins, colleagues, i always wanted to be accepted and appreciated! Now I feel, the appreciation is not worth it, when it comes from the wrong kind or from people who do not accept who you are!. Besides, one doesn't want to be accepted by the wrong kind.
You know manpreet, reputation is very over rated, and character under-rated! I had read somewhere, "a good character is worth more than a good reputation"! I understand it's importance now. I don't want to have a good reputation at the cost of my character. At the end of the day, when I can face myself and appreciate myself for who I am, i'd rather have that! Just think, a person with a lot of fame, but no character, no sense of right/wrong, can that person ever face his trueself? he'll be living in an illusion all his life! Isn't that sad? I wouldn't want that ever!
And truth is, when you're being called a 'bitch' for no apparent reason or justification, then it's a "compliment in disguise"! It means you're successful. Yup! as wicked as this sounds, but it's the angelic truth! When people cannot be like x or y, isn't it easier to ambush them? "Grapes are sour", and that's why grapevine seems sweet...;-) So, from now on every time I'm labelled "mastermind" I'll smile and say "Thanks pea- brained"..I mean clearly, if you had enough brains, you would have figured out my "master plan" before i executed it..huh????
Just 5 more months and them I'm off. But techniqually its 150(+/-) days! Then these characters, will no longer exist in my life-book. And life's long! I'll meet so many people that at the end, the verdict of some petite loosers won't even matter. I don't need a certificate from them to prove myself. Nor, I'll change myself to be like them.
I know these 150days would be really hard, esp when I'm alone but I think, nope i know, I'll survive, you know why? 'cause I have my support system.People who genuinely care for me, appreciate me and accept me the way I'm. People who love my vices and me alike! people who understand that my negativities are a part of me and no one is perfect!! People who need no justification from me. People who can spell out each word exactly the way I think. People like YOU, SURANGAMA, Mom, My family and a rabbit named ZOOZOO.
Thank you so much for inspiring me, loving me unconditionally and being there for me, regardless of time, place and circumstances,and you are right..they can love me or hate me but surely they cannot ignore me! it makes me feel like a celeb!

I love you loads..
HUGs & Kisses
Sugana.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

So Many Times




So many times I thought this...
Forgetting everyone,
Forgetting everything!
Will unfold myself, in your presence
And admit to you
The love, I hid so wonderfully
All these years!

I always thought
You were the angel,
Sent upon me,
By none other than Almighty
Now how can I hate you,
After all these years,
After so many feelings?

I had decided secretly,
To stay away from you,
To keep away from you,
But to love you forever
And be alone forever

No one will ever know,
The love, I have for you
No one will ever see
The tears,
That run down my cheek!

Today, sitting alone,
All by myself, I contemplate
The past,
How do I express to you
The love that is still not lost?

So, so many times,
I thought to myself!!!


P.S. I have to mention that this poem is not my brain child! I got the inspiration from one of Tagore's song