SHIVOHAM !!

                 
     Artist : Vishnu Seelan            
     (Painting inspiration courtesy : "Ketology")

अहं निर्विकल्पो निराकार रूपो, 
विभुत्वाच सर्वत्र सर्वेन्द्रियाणाम् । 
न चासङत नैव मुक्तिर्न मेयः, 
चिदानन्दरूपः शिवोऽहम् शिवोऽहम् ।। 6 ।।

 I am all pervasive. I am without any attributes, and without any form. 

I have no wishes for anything because I am everything, everywhere, every time, always in equilibrium. 

I have neither attachment to the world, nor to liberation (mukti). 

I am indeed, That eternal knowing and bliss, the auspicious (Śivam), love and pure consciousness. 

( Sixth slokha of Atmashatkam/Nirvanashatkam )

THE VALENTINE

Remember the days when you were a liberated soul, rejoicing every moment and each day presented you with a new experience. Those were the days when you only thought about yourself, your life and sometimes your career. Those were the days when your friends were your most cherished assets.

Then, she came so uninvited. Short messages became long calls, occasional drops became long drives and small meetings became weekend outings. You laughed with her and you cried with her. You suddenly became brave enough to even risk your job and stand up to your boss to squeeze in some time into your schedule to take her out on a lunch that made your day, you wanted to hear more of her stories, hold her hand and smile together. You cherished those long drives, romantic rides and saying sorry with a dairy milk to make it up to her after a silly fight. You gave her your shoulder to cry on, supported her, cheered her, stood by her in all her endeavours, believed that she is the one, exceeded your own strengths to spent all the time in the world with her, above all loved her like the air that you breath in to stay alive.

Kept your friends waiting because you only wanted to see her smile all day long and just didn't care about anything else around you, ignored the heartbreak warnings coming from your most trusted friends, looked at life through her eyes and everything around seemed so utopian, each day you woke up excited to share another day of your life with her.You expected only her love in return. Every time the phone lit up you hoped its a message from her. You just wanted to hold her hand and grow old with her.

Then, suddenly she inflicts you with the greatest pain of your life which you never deserved, your heart aches, eyes flood with tears, voice trembles. Suddenly you hear a thousand questions in your head since now your heart has gone silent and the voice of your mind which was suppressed all this time speaks up.

You wonder why she did this to you? Why she, of all the people hurt you the most? Why she chose to leave you when you wanted her more than ever?

You suddenly find yourself staring at a large void left behind by her. You cry, you scream, you go numb, you burn down your memories, you break things, you hope to booze out your pain, but no matter however hard you try, a slow realization creeps in that this pain is here to stay for sometime and it will take a long long time to even start healing. Your only hope now is that grandma Harlend was right:
"love makes time pass, but time is certain to make love pass..."

But then you are not the first one and will not be the last to fall in love. Many have survived its pain and have happily lived their lives even though their first love always remains somewhere deep down their hearts.

PAWN CHECKMATES THE KING :

"Reason and Judgement are the qualities of a Leader" -Tacitus.

The clean image of Manmohan Singh has suffered some heavy blows with the revelation of A.Raja, the main accused in 2G scam, that the Prime Minister and the then FM P.Chidambaram were well aware of and approved the spectrum allocation proceedings all along.Now we know why Dr.Manmohan Singh is firing on all cylinders to keep the Prime Minister's office outside the purview of the proposed Lokpal.

Mr.Raja claims that he only followed in the footsteps of his predecessors in the NDA government

who had adopted the first-come-first serve policy instead of the more profitable auctioning method for 2G spectrum allocation and that this decision was approved by the Union Cabinet. He (Raja) went on to say, "If the policy pursued by me was wrong, then all former Telecom Ministers since 1993 should also be in jail with me. If I had auctioned spectrum, that would have been a crime, as it was a Union Cabinet decision".But what Mr.Raja failed to note was that a wrong decision in the past can be amended for the welfare of the citizens in the future.

It is hard to believe that the Cabinet headed by an Economist Prime Minister did not foresee the possible loses that the Govt. of India would incur if it went ahead with a Seven year old policy formulated during the NDA regime.One does not require a "magic wand" to predict a loss of Rs. 1.76 lakh crores (US$40 billion) if the 2G spectrum is sold in 2008 at a price set in 2001.Thus, it clearly questions the integrity of Manmohan Singh, who with a vast experience as minister of finance, RBI governor and Dy.Chairperson of Planning Commission gave his nod to the first-come-first serve policy which led to the largest scam in the history of India.

Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/raja-names-pm-chidambaram-says-i-should-be-rewarded-121878&cp

RIDICULOUS :

"OBAMA WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR 2009"

United States President Barack Obama has beaten 205 other nominees to win the Nobel Peace Prize-2009 for his so-called "extraordinary efforts in strengthening international diplomacy and for taking landmark initiatives to create a nuclear-free world".

With U.S.A taking the 2nd place in the list of nuclear weapons states only behind Russia, I really wonder what Obama has done in creating a nuke-free world.U.S has 2623 active nuclear warheads out of a total 9400 nukes.(Source:wikipedia)
In reality he is trying to create a world where only the United States Of America will posses these powerful weapons.

Now the Norwegian Nobel Committee has become the second prominent institution after the United Nations to accept the dictatorship of the United States and is spinelessly trying to impress her by presenting the Prize for "PEACE" to a man under whose regime the U.S is continuing its assault on millions of helpless Iraqis and Afghans.

Obama has not yet kept his promise to close down the Guantanamo Bay and I don't think he will ever do it.The U.S military is still using Iraq as a "testing ground" for their latest weapons, Afghanistan as an "bombing arena" for their latest bombers and Guantanamo Bay-"the modern day Colosseum" for entertaining the CIA.

If the Nobel Peace Prize can be awarded to U.S President Barack Obama under whom the U.S military is continuing its brutal war crimes and its assault on human rights, then the dictator from the past-Adolf Hitler has got the right qualification to posthumously win the Nobel Peace Prize-2010.

My only request to the Norwegian Nobel Committee :
"Please don't commit ridiculous acts in the name of one of the greatest men who have walked upon this Earth - ALFRED NOBEL".
(pictures of Iraq War & Torture by U.S military personals)

SOE (CUSAT) Alumni Association :

The School Of Engineering (SOE) - Cochin University of Science And Technology (CUSAT) has launched its alumni association - SEAA.

The School of Engineering Alumni Association (SEAA), was started in April 2009 in SOE.The main purpose of the assosciation is to provide a platform through which the alumni of SOE, faculty, staff and students of SOE can interact with each other for mutual benefits.SEAA will facilitate and inspire alumni to contribute towards improvements in the status of SOE in academics, infrastructure and industrial interactions.

SEAA will render assistance to current students through grants, scholarships and help them in academics, placement or any other area that is felt as appropriate by the association.The assosciation shall also work towards better interactions between alumni and students by providing forums and creating opportunities for such interactions.

The start up activities are being done by Dr.David Peter.S, Principal, SOE and Dr.Binu Paul, Alumni Coordinator.

Activities so far :

Most of the students admitted in 2005 have registered in SEAA.

Soon a website will be launched for SEAA.Former students can take membership online, in SEAA once the site is up.

The Executive Committee will finalize and approve the Byelaw of SEAA.

For further details Please Contact : Dr.Binu Paul, Reader, Division of Electronics, SOE - 9947242601 (Mobile).



(Excerpts from CUSAT-SOE diary-2009)