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Why I stopped being Amir Khan.

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:26:00 +0000

My greed for twitter followers drove me to create a twitter account called AmirKhanTweets (after the megastar Amir Khan who recently broke all records with his film ‘3 idiots!’). Super.

I followed a krao so that it looked like Amir was following his wife Kiran. Great. I followed a few celebrities so that it looked like Amir was consorting with his equals. Excellent.

I sent a few oblique messages like ‘I am hoping the Chetan Bhagat controversy gets over amicably’ and others. Wunnerful. I got a few followers after a few days. Super again.

Then I got a DM (Direct Message for twitterignoramuses) ‘I am a great fan of yours sir’. Uh oh… Then I got another DM ‘Sir it is an honour to be sending you a message’. And I immediately deleted the account.

Why? Because I do not like to manipulate, influence or con people. Period. And these people were believing that they were talking to the real Amir… ughhh that was mega cheating. So I stopped being Amir Khan. (please don’t ask me why I started with this entire thing in the first place, I don’t know)

Humans.com

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:28:00 +0000

Is this where we are headed?

Can there be an honest politician today?

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:25:00 +0000

My perspective is coloured by where I live, so maybe where you live, things might be different. Well, answering the question simply. NO, there cannot be an honest politician.

There cannot be an honest politician because such a person will be out of politics even before he or she gets in.

With having a criminal record being a necessary qualifications for becoming a politician today, how can an honest person become a politician. If by some miracle he does get into politics and succeeds to get elected by the people in any capacity, the hordes of dishonest politicians will pounce on him and strip him of his honesty, dignity, integrity, will to live and ultimately his very life, in a very short period of time.

Actually if you are honest, manipulating people will prick your conscience, and politics is all about manipulating people, so there you are a resounding NO.

Yet, I sometimes wonder if one honest and just person manages to attract a hundred honest and just people (meaning the complete population of such people on our planet), could he survive and become the leader of a nation?

I dream of Twitter

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:24:00 +0000

Yes I do. I dream of getting a few million followers and then making $10,000 per tweet like Kim Kardashian. Not withstanding the facts that I have only 3,000 followers and I’m not a sexy star like Kim Kardashian, just a hairy chested man. But I dream of Twitter.

Sometimes I dream that I send a tweet and hundreds of thousands rush to the sweet little url I have created with bit.ly and check out my blog, which then gets so many hits that my ranking in Alexa hits a couple of hundreds. Ooooh I can hear the money flowing in like Amazon (the river).

We should all dream of Twitter, it’s what makes the Internet so interesting… and frustrating.

The Tweet Tweeter of Hamelin!

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:59:00 +0000

All the rats followed the Pied Piper of Hamelin as he played his pipe, but how does one get thousands of followers in Twitter. By behaving like the Tweet Tweeter of Hamelin of course.

You have to play a tune that attracts followers in droves.

That tune that you play, is the overall nature of your tweets, whether about technology or about cars or whatever. Find your space and your tune and play (tweet) on.

Of course if you are a celebrity, the rules are different, then you just have to tweet any and everything and you will have millions following you.

Sending tweets that are useful, informative and simple is a thumb rule that will get you followers. You should also engage with your followers as much as possible, that’s what buzzes everything up.

Here’s to you, the Tweet Tweeter of Twitter!

What anger does.

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:15:00 +0000

When you get angry, you lose your own peace of mind. That’s the worst thing possible to lose. You also waste a lot of time getting your peace of mind back. You need your peace of mind with you to do any kind of productive work or thinking.

Lose anger, don’t lose your peace of mind. But what to do when people around you do things that make you lose control. Well then do instant disaster control. Get down immediately to losing the anger and gaining peace of mind. It'll really help, if you remember that anger harms the person who is angry the most and that it makes you lose something extremely precious, your peace of mind.

Keep the peace. Lose the anger.

Occam’s Razor is much simpler than it sounds

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:53:00 +0000

Try reading about it on Wikipedia and you end up thinking it is a major scientific theorem that is abstruse and exotic. It is not.

Simply put, Occam’s Razor says that if there are several explanations, the simplest one must be chosen until any one of the explanations are proven to be the right one.

Phew… something as simple as that and you call it Occam’s Razor, Law of Parsimony and what not…

An easy example –

Problem: Those crazy Crop Circles that appear over vast areas of crops in the US and other places.

Explanation 1: Aliens used unimaginable methods to create them.

Explanation 2: Humans used some mechanical methods to create them.

Occam’s Razor will say that aliens are an improbability, unimaginable methods is also improbable, both together are complex and far out. Humans is right here right now, some mechanical method is also possible. So until proven wrong, explanation 2 is correct.

FYI – in 1990 someone came forward and confessed that they had created the crop circles, the others were copycats of these people.

Anyways, enjoy life but don’t forget to apply Occam’s Razor to your problems.

The incredible awesome fantabulous Guardian System as seen on Oprah

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:42:00 +0000

I came across something that appears to be a really beautiful con job. A system that claims that by paying just $10 through paypal, you will be able to get $40,000 in your pay pal account.

In a nutshell you get an email with five email addresses in it. Pay $5 to the pay pal account of the first and the last email addresses, and then delete the first email address and add your email address as the fifth. Make sure you at least get 20 responses (I didn’t understand how that happens).

In no time at all you will have thousands and thousands of dollars pouring in into your pay pal account. And the email will tell you that it has been proved on the Oprah show and approved by Oprah. Sound so plausible and logical doesn’t it! Damn, I wish I had thought of this and had made my thousands with just a few dollars.

What the cold does!

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 07:14:00 +0000

It is getting very cold here, and I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep the cold out of my mind and body. The cold is gnawing at my thoughts, and when I would normally be smiling and happy, I am trying to smile and trying to stay happy. If it was a sunny day today, I would have been a few notches happier for sure. Well what is it that makes me unhappy when the cold is severe, the same reasons that make me unhappy when I see a drab boring and stupid advertisement.

The spark is missing from some things in life, and when you see them it makes you feel that there are more missing sparks than there are flying sparks. That makes some people unsettled. Incredibly as soon as I wrote the words ‘trying to smile and trying to stay happy’, the sun came out momentarily to light up my workplace, as if to say hey how will you understand the true value of happiness if you never see the other side.

Well cold is good, so that cool can be valued better and warm can be enjoyed with utter abandon. Hot is bad though, and it gets hot for a long time here… all hail the air conditioner. If you are feeling cold today, know that warmth is coming your way.

It’s an immaterial world.

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 14:37:00 +0000

The constant race for more is getting on my nerves. It is assaulting my senses and deafening my ears, and I am helpless under its intense glare.

A gaudier car, a bigger house, a newer gadget, well... a newer gadget can be forgiven because it can be the result of a genuine passion for gadgets. However the more regular show of the human race, in their race to outpace their fellow beings, is sad to behold.

And guess what I am in the eye of this material storm. This storm that is engulfing the whole world, that is threatening to destroy the earth as we know it. I feel bound by strong chains that tie me to this mindless race, and I strain to break free, only to find newer chains coiling themselves around me.

Yet in the middle of this terrible storm, I am calm, for I know that the world is immaterial. It is a vision that is real, but a vision none the less.

So, take it easy, slow down, smell the flowers, watch the birds and enjoy being a voyager on this trip across the sun, on a still beautiful planet.

It is an immaterial world we live in, and we must make the most of it.

Some new paintings!

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:16:00 +0000

Done some new work after a long time... I think I can call them conversations for now!

Title: Conversations
Mediiu: Mixed Media on Canvas Board
Date of creation: 2009 Nov

Wounds of last night

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:05:00 +0000

Title: Wounds of last night
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 August

The Poet Prepares

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:39:00 +0000

Title: The Poet Prepares
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 July

His mind is a calm storm, his pen a lightning bolt. He prepares his myriad selves to assume a million roles.

The woman

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:37:00 +0000

Title: The woman
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 July

An abstraction in your mind, she is a woman. Her many facets an incredible whole. She is the giver of life and the sustainer of the universe.

The Human Circus

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 06:32:00 +0000

Title: The Human Circus
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 July

It is the human circus, that entertains us day in and day out. Performers all, unknown to themselves, as they live without the knowledge of their lives. A few see the circus as it is, and will leave the stage for good.

artist tyeb mehta gone but his artistic genius will live on

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:34:00 +0000

Title: artist tyeb mehta gone but his artistic genius will live on
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 July

His paintings are stark and clutch at your throat, and they depict emotions that are laid completely bare. Few colours, uncomplicated but incredibly powerful shapes and an overall impact that can stagger you. From his 'Kali' that was the first Indian painting to break the Rs. 1 crore barrier to 'Mahisasura', his paintings have a primal power that cannot be matched by any other painter.

Just 'image search' Tyeb Mehta on Google, and you will understand what I mean, by the unimaginably powerful yet simple yet complex work that he created. India has lost one her greatest painters.

Brad Pitt Inglourious Basterds trailer

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:57:00 +0000

Title: Brad Pitt Inglourious Basterds trailer
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 Jun

Brad Pitt is the biggest 'Basterd' of them all. If the trailer is any indication, Quentin Tarantino's next movie 'Inglourious Basterds' is going to be one hell of a roller coaster ride. I am expecting serious Nazi annihilation in the movie. Though with Quentin Tarantino you don't really know what to expect.

In the trailer we see Brad Pitt as a really tough, rough, blunt weapon created to annihilate anything Nazi. This is going to be a great movie to watch. We are waiting for you, you Inglourious Basterds.

Amitabh Bachchan Portrait

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:48:00 +0000

Title: Amitabh Bachchan's Portrait
Medium: Ink on white paper
Size: 12" X 11"
Date of creation: 2009 Jun

A Bollywood super star, he rules the silver screen even today, at age 60+.

The Angry Young Man Amitabh Bachchan

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:45:00 +0000

Title: The Angry Young Man Amitabh Bachchan
Medium: Ink on white paper
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 Jun

How can single strokes define him, he needed many lines repeated and enlarged to show his aura. He is a magnification of normal people, he is bigger than life, in fact for most Indians he is the biggest. The Big B. The picture in my head of Amitabh Bachchan is of the bell bottomed collar up tall angry young man who won the hearts of every Indian. That's who he is in this drawing. The amazing part is that even at 60+, he continues to win the hearts of every Indian.

Vampire Princess Miyu

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:39:00 +0000

Title: Vampire Princess Miyu
Medium: Ink on white paper
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 Jun

She makes music that is haunting and emphemereal. A single flute singing in pain, sadness and underlying rage. The Vampire Princess Miyu is not happy with the way mother earth is being treated by mortals (humans). May her haunting melodies forever protect nature.

13 Never Seen Before Traffic Secret...

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:34:00 +0000

Title: 13 Never Seen Before Traffic Secret... Road Signs
Medium: Ink on white paper
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 Jun

I can guarantee you that you've never seen these secret traffic road signs before. They are never seen before! If you thought they were web traffic secrets, well let me tell you that web traffic secrets are a myth. If people like your blog they'll come and see it and come again and again. If they don't like it, no matter what secrets, techniques, back-links, SEO, Black Hat, Grey Hat, White Hat and whatever else there is that you do, they'll come once and never come again.

Mr Recession is still smiling

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 19:25:00 +0000

Title: Mr. Recession is still smiling
Medium: Ink on white paper
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 Jun

When I see Mr Recession in my mind he is always smirking, laughing behind our backs. His lips curl up into a mocking smile. It makes me very mad, and I feel like pushing and shoving him out. He also seems to be suited booted but only to mock us all. Will I be glad when we kick him out for good!

How to express your self, feel calm, reduce stress and feel good about life, just by creating art.

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:24:00 +0000

Just for a moment imagine that you are stressed out, there is work pressure and loads of chores at home. You are close to exploding with anger. And at that moment a kindly soul hands you a crisp white sheet of paper, and lovely rich colours, and tells you to make a painting. You will either tell the kindly soul that he’s off his rockers or you will furiously start to create something. If you do start to create something with the lovely rich colours, then you will soon start to feel a little less strung up, and after a few minutes you will get a feeling of satisfaction and feel cam. Why?

The reason is that when you express yourself in any way, you release your inner feelings, be they tensions, hassles, pain or happiness. What then happens, is that the feelings slowly mellow down and reach a golden mean where you feel calm and in control, and it effectively reduces stress. This is the power of art.

Just by creating something on a piece of paper, with colours or even a black pen will give you a sense of joy and happiness, that nothing else can. The idea from the beginning must not be to make something beautiful or great, but to get your inner feelings out on that paper with shapes, colours and forms. If you can do that you will feel a difference.

When you do this often, you slowly get into a rhythm that is close to meditation. While your eyes and hands work away steadily in creating something, your mind wanders aimlessly touching all the valves inside your head and releasing the thoughts gently. Before you know it you are painting in what feels like a detached trance.

This is what makes creating a piece of art so much more than just an act of creating. You can do it with paints, pens, clay or anything at all that lets you create shapes, colours and things. You may even want to glue together cuttings from magazines and newspapers to make art collages.

And most important of all, you don’t need to be an artist or any good at drawing or painting to do this. Remember the aim is not to create a thing of beauty or greatness, it is to let your inner feelings come out in colours, shapes and forms.
So, go ahead and paint away your tensions and stresses, it’s the best hobby you can ever have.

Angels and demons the movie

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:08:00 +0000

Title: Angels and demons
Medium: Ink on white paper
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 May

I haven't seen the movie but the image it conjured up in my mind was a grand drama with the stage occupied by God almighty and his angels and his adversaries. Based on the book Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, it promises to be a movie of epic proportions.

Global warming and the great meltdown!

sanjeev.saikia@gmail.com (Sanjeev Saikia) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Title: Global warming
Medium: Ink on white paper
Size: 12" X 8"
Date of creation: 2009 May

If you look carefully you will see that the melting ice stick of our planet is affecting people, mountains, countries and our minds. Global warming is here, and we have to take notice before the effects of global warming overpower us.

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