This was our last night in Trieste, Italy when Ciro played the piano. I went into the lab again and again to get prints of notes from Internet so that Ciro could play a Hindi song on Piano. After that we had a prize distribution ceremony where Ciro was the guest of honour who would hand over the prizes. The prizes were for the best card player for the year during the one month stay at ICTP. The Sri Lankan guy Dushyant was the best player.The Pakistani and me were chosen the best new comers because we learnt playing cards in ICTP. We hardly slept that night. Ciro is a computer sciences researcher from Peru. In the photo are (from left) Rajiv Manohar, Lucknow, Harish Masand,Ahmedabad, Pakistani guy whose name I have forgotten, Nitin Kawade, BARC, India, Khan sab, Pakistan, J P Rao, Kalpakkam, Ciro, Peru, Dev Ranjan Das, BARC and Pradeep, Mount Abu, India.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The most wonderful way to be happy
If not anything else my recent foray into the “Art of Living Foundation” (which lays a great emphasis on happyness*) has forced me to find out what could be the best way to be happy. They say service without any doership is what makes us happy. I came across this beautiful story that emphasizes that.
This story appeared in Atanu Deys blog called Deesha. (http://www.deeshaa.org) Atanu Dey is an economist who returned from the US with an intention to improve the rural infrastructure in India. He presently is based in Kolkatta and his model of RISC (Rural Infrastructure and Services Common) is widely accepted by policy makers in India. His blog is a must read and so is the story I am refering to above.
I have a cunning plan
"I have a cunning plan. Why not make the New York giants our friends", said King Julian la Madagaskar.
So my plan is why not start a Das Family educational fund..wherein every employed person in the family will donate 1% of his yearly income to the fund. Then this fund can be utilised to buy computers for juniors in the family. Also travel of these youngsters can be arranged with this fund to different places. Travelling to different places at this younger age will make them empowered.
So my plan is why not start a Das Family educational fund..wherein every employed person in the family will donate 1% of his yearly income to the fund. Then this fund can be utilised to buy computers for juniors in the family. Also travel of these youngsters can be arranged with this fund to different places. Travelling to different places at this younger age will make them empowered.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Stir up ur lives.
I kept drinking my tea sweet-less all through, and realized only at the end that sugar was there at the bottom; All I needed was to stir a little to make my tea sweet.
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Life signals you so often..
Life signals us so often and we ignore the signals. Sunil told me this story about his friend once. One evening his friend called him up and told him that hes feeling a bit depressed and wanted to talk to him. Sunil was a bit busy. So he thought he would go there the next day. Next day when he reached there he was informed that his friend had committed suicide the last night. Sunil repents to this day having not gone to the friends place that night. We always fall into this trap of perpetual postponement. Life can be harsh at times. Before postponing something, think twice.
The most important things that I have learnt from the job (of course the hard way) are the following. I hereby spend some time in writing them down.
1. One should never fall into this perpetual mode of postponement. As far as possible complete whatever you can do in the day. A little stretch only makes us different people. Happiest people in the world are people who stretch. (physically also..i mean people who do Yoga).
2. The second most important thing I know is proper communication. How to report to your seniors and your co-workers at office has the greatest impact on the kind of work that we do. Try to inform everybody about everything. If you have doubts about what to report, take my advice just report everything. Your seniors might help you out if you report them in time.
3. The third most important thing is commitment. Stick to what you have committed. I have often felt that committing some thing is quite easy. However sticking to your commitment is difficult. Like we do, when we apply for examinations. We are pretty enthusiastic when we apply for exams. But when exams come, we are afraid and feel that the exam should be postponed. It takes courage to confront situations. So also meeting commitments requires courage.
The most important things that I have learnt from the job (of course the hard way) are the following. I hereby spend some time in writing them down.
1. One should never fall into this perpetual mode of postponement. As far as possible complete whatever you can do in the day. A little stretch only makes us different people. Happiest people in the world are people who stretch. (physically also..i mean people who do Yoga).
2. The second most important thing I know is proper communication. How to report to your seniors and your co-workers at office has the greatest impact on the kind of work that we do. Try to inform everybody about everything. If you have doubts about what to report, take my advice just report everything. Your seniors might help you out if you report them in time.
3. The third most important thing is commitment. Stick to what you have committed. I have often felt that committing some thing is quite easy. However sticking to your commitment is difficult. Like we do, when we apply for examinations. We are pretty enthusiastic when we apply for exams. But when exams come, we are afraid and feel that the exam should be postponed. It takes courage to confront situations. So also meeting commitments requires courage.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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