Incremental Observations

College - Happiness achieved!

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:22:00 +0000

My under grad college just ended. So it is customary that i write something. Well, people across all streams are posting photos, hundreds of them, of the last college days. These photos are something that will make you cry, definitely. when you see them after 40 years maybe or earlier than that. That will happen when you see your kids doing the same thing in their colleges, or maybe in a moment of grief when you are sad and miss some old friend or maybe when someone dies. Yes, people will die. Well, my point not being this but what is it that will make you cry, or at least miss these days? Lets enjoy somethings that happened over the last 4 years.

For the sake of chronology, let us start with the 1st year. What usually goes into your head before going into new class, you are obviously tensed, because being humans you are not accustomed to change. You wish you would find new friends, but they obviously can't replace your old friends who were the best. You wish to find professors, old crags, highly noble and intelligent. That's how college is supposed to be, is it not? Well what you get are other tensed people like you, eager to ask questions that irritate you like "what was you rank?" "Where do u put up?" And some are not so happy to come to this place would say "This college sucks!" "Isse acha to mera school hi tha" and blah blah. End of the 4th year the same people would say "I love this college so much!! I would miss it so much!!". You never know what happens. You start making friends, but then you are rooted out of the place and put into some other place by a wonder called second counseling. "This college sucks!" "Where do u put up?" "Phone number dio yaar apna" happens all over again. Instead of highly noble professors you get teachers who are willing to hit you on your head with humongous text books until you crack. Some of them are good too, infact superb, not taking anything away Tanuja maam. But, irony of the situation, you are so cracked by the end of 12th class, you can't crack more. So, you start to enjoy or i may say heal. You begin your college life.

Friends the most important part of this note and college life begin to emerge slowly. Mostly, you start your gang with the people with you sit on the first days itself. Sometimes, you find amazing people, sometimes you are not so lucky and are stuck! Yes, you are stuck and long to join another group that is more happening. Well, I remember that people I got along with a few guys before my 2nd counseling, Ankit and Prakhar. 15 days were enough to become friends but, now they are my distant friends, on the fringes because we got pulled away! There were 2 more girls, snickering and giggling behind you seat, more on them later. Then I entered my final destination after 2nd counseling, considering myself lucky to go into my dream branch..1...2....3...CSE!! Yay! Things happened very fast here, there were tutorials, assignments exams, exams and exams. Next semester there are more exams, MAN WHERE HAVE I LANDED!

Between exams, you get to know your to-be-friends. In case of to-be-friends, if someone says to you that "first impression is the last impression", smack him/her in the face with an iron rod. First impression is generally wrong, and there is no last impression because it keeps on changing. People you hate become closest of friends and closest of friends become people you hate. This flip flop happens on an average 5-6 times in males and 20-25 times in females. Well, things do normalize when you enter your 2nd year (HAHAHA! No way!).

With my 2nd year, entered the season of b'days and emerged facebook. The workload became a little less and you start caring even more less. This leaves you with a room for enjoyment. And man, we enjoyed. B'day after b'day, parties after parties, malls after malls, cakes after cakes, you celebrate, enjoy madly, crack weird jokes, do weirder things, this was freedom guys! Freedom you longed for. Archit, kushagra, rahul, chirag, ankit, nitin, divya, neeha, ankita, srishti and megha! HURRAH! Of course, pics were clicked and uploaded of facebook. Then you were tagged, in awesomest of poses. DP bhai DP! People would like these DPs and comment on them. Some of them would say, "Yar ye pic delete karde", "Awsm pic!" etc. Talking of facebook, some people became friends on facebook only, not in class, because more often then not they would be sitting in one corner of the class in a closely knitted group that would churn out toppers. Enter Rekha and Radhika. Enter knowing each other. Enter changing of impressions (again maybe).

4th semester is when things really start to flourish. You are now in full blown strong groups (which are about to break), you develop your own identity and style like Rahul's full blown PJs, Ankit's mannerisms, Chirag's questions etc, you really start to think that you are doing engineering mainly because subjects you like are introduced and not freaking maths (I hate maths)! You realize that you have to work out and reduce fat. :P. Now your friends are good friends and there is more masti and more enjoyment. However, sometimes the result strikes and it strikes you hard. Some of us, of one particular gender reach peak of dirty watching girls. ;) Enter bitching. Enter fashion parades. Enter Mrinal. Mrinal, you have been the most consistent character in this show, anyone disagree? Enter spinning phone in your right hand. Enter spinning keys in your left hand. Enter trendsetting!

The 3rd year makes you realize that half of your engineering is done but your better half is still missing. Half of your friendships change. Suddenly you have an orgy of changing impressions. 3rd year also marks as the year of planning and plotting, the year of FNORD! Much and much happened. The old alliances were broken, new alliances were formed because it was war! This year was also the toughest on the study front. This year started with Linux training for some and Java training for others. This was the time when we actually had fun studying. And when you get teachers like Rohan sir and Vachan sir, then its ultimate fun. This phase marked the beginning of my organizing career, all thanks to Rima, nidhi and karishma (snickering gals!!). IRIS came into being. It was something that was going to blow the minds away! Instead our first event ended up blowing our pockets away! But, i must say what fun it was. Running here and there in search of music system. Working with that god forsaken HOD. Working as a team. Oh i am going to cry! But why would I cry, this shit ate up my mind more than a dozen times after this. It was good shit. After this it kinda fizzled out only to return back with FNORD 2011 and it returned with a bang. The amount of scheming and plotting witnessed during this period was comparable to the sopranos or the rome. We lost the presentation! We won the FNORD! And we were fighting like kids. Hi vriti! I know chirag would love to hear this and not you but AWAAZ NEECHE! :D The most frustrated people in this period were Tanuja maam and Garima maam. They almost wanted to blow our skulls with shotguns but hats off to your patience maam. After lot of scheming and marauding things were set into motion. Pre-FNORD was the most beautiful phase of my life (read Radhika). Will write a separate note on this sometime :P
Here I met some wonderful people from other branches. FNORD Tech team! AHOY!

Man how can I forget about CWG 2010! Most wonderful event you could have ever experienced. Correct fellow volunteers? Man I am crying now, i am really crying now.

Next part was the part from which i was absent from the scene. Nothing much was happening as i went through MBA coaching and trauma. Well, you feel what u r meant to do and you can't succeed in it. Not a wee bit, then you get mad and sad, it wears off. You return to normal just in time. Just in time to enjoy the big full stop. The end.

The end included many things. The conclusion of IRIS events under our watch in our college. The major project. The no study time. The writing of messages on shirts. The clicking of crores of pics. The partying. The Farewell. The ladayiyan. The misunderstandings. The handshakes. The goodbyes.

I got to say something about you guys. Chirag, you have the purest of hearts, never corrupt it, never shield it. Bohot log change ho jate hain, tu mat hoio. Last 3 years me tune jitna call kia hai, mujhe usse triple calls kario next 3 years me. Job me logo ko ache se pareshaan kario, and questions poochte rhio. Because Einstein has said "never stop asking questions.

Ankit dude, now how would I describe our friendship, its difficult, in a good sense obviously. I love the verbal volleys that we throw at each other. I hope I don't have to miss these. To party is to you, to stay at home is also to be you. I would love if you have an "explore India" trip. Realities of life are very complicated and you know it. Be positive. Don't stop bitching!

Rahul bhai just ride the world on the right current. Don't stop being happy and dont stop your jokes. Life is full of disappointments, but life is equally full of opportunities. This is something that I have learnt from you. You have a great mind. Keep manifesting. Nitin be confident and kill it! Can't have a nicer guy around than you.

Rima I have realized that the more extravagant that you seem to be, the more simple you are. Simple at heart. You are very strong both by mind and by heart. There is obviously the speeding factor that you need to look out for. Aajkal speeding ke chalan bohot katt rhe hain and the penalty is very high! If you can understand what I mean to say. Always invest in the right person, not simply right according to the need, but according to the consequences. Karishma, you will always know that what is the right thing for you, its just that you need to find it. Don't let the ghost of past haunt you in the future. Be flamboyant as you have always been. Nidhi, follow your heart and tell your heart to follow something. You are very nice, stay nice. What does a drunk person with no worries do? It sits quietly! ;) So no worries, just enjoy!

Samit, I know everyone has written on your shirt that you are so smart and intelligent. I hope that you are not frustrated by these because all of it is true. My observation about the world, care about the world and it cares about you. Vriti, tu to mast hai bhai! :D One question, when you are going to say something, how many simultaneous thoughts are running in your mind? You qualify for living in multiple universes! Only a highly developed mind can do that. Well, enough of BS, the most important quality is your clear conscience and immaculateness. Preserve these things.

Divya, the smiling assassin! God bless you! Reunion par sabne apne bachon ke sath ana to hai hi! :D Anurag dude now you are senior to us. Keep in touch. Kushagra, dude had one of the most amazing time with you in all these 4 years. You are fun! Abhimanyu, man amazing orating skills, I hope to find you hosting Oscars sometime in the future. Life is a joke, fart it away! Live life king size! Preeti Stay innocent and become cunning! Deepti The most dedicated person, you can do with some hefty enjoyment. Let loose and enjoy, life is too short, live it. But don't loose the dedication that you show.

Man I can keep writing about the whole class and even college, I wont tire of it, but I don't know if people want to read a 200 page book or not. I am not writing about some people I really want to, for obvious reasons. No hard feelings guys. So, I will write about the most important person at last, but definitely not the least, Radhika. Lot of people here don't know that you hated me at the beginning for not telling you the viva questions! But, how things change. How is it like when someone steals your thoughts and put them in front of you like mere statements? How is it that someone has mostly same opinions as you do? You realize that you have an imposter of you roaming around with a bunch of people, speaking a little less. In purely scientific terms, frequencies match. Can't imagine how college would have been without you. Its amazing guys when there someone to actually solve your dilemmas, to support you in every decision, to have a partner that is your alter ego.

Ah, conclusion. I was thinking that how can someone describe such a hefty thing in one paragraph. College life is most significant then any other part of your life, in more ways than you can imagine. I just can't stop writing. I really don't think I will have the time or the memories to write something like this in the future. We are all going to move on to our real lives now. Real life is synonymous with tensions and all kinds of shit. There will be happiness but can there be a happiness of this magnitude. We crib about all the failures all the time but, we fail to see the happiness surrounding sadness in tiny specks. When you gather these tiny specks you will see that happiness outweighs sadness by a huge margin. The source of this happiness are you guys. For one shot of pain each day, you guys inject me with 100 shots of happiness. I will miss you, is an understatement. I really hope that I don't have to miss you. But, where will be the happiness when you will be sitting in your cubicle from 10 to 8 and doing the most boring work any office can give you. You would feel that writing assignments and practicals was such fun. You will attend lavish b'day parties where you would have to behave like professionals, where would be the fun of the college b'day parties, surely you won't make faces like Rahul does now then. You won't get time to bitch about other people on facebook, you might even not open your facebook account for days, because it won't matter. Only thing that will matter is money. You eat, drink, sleep money and you will loose happiness equal amounts. Weren't these days precious, were they not precious than money ever can be. A single smile that spreads across my face when Ankit says something funny is more precious then many diamonds. A single frown that is actually a smile that crosses Chirag's face when Vriti says wrong hindi is definitely more precious than most things they will do in their future. The excited shake of the head that Rima gives when she likes some idea, the bike action Ankit did when I bought my new bike, Radhika's face when I snatch her clutcher and run away, it is only human that I shed some tears looking back at those days, looking back at all the pics that are being posted right now. Don't any of you sign off, stay logged in my life.

No Saudade

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:38:00 +0000

Dedicated to life...

There was a drought. The land lay barren, soil unproductive. It had not received its elixir for an year now. The shards of broken glass lay on the metal floor. The land couldn't even cry for it had no water left in it. Gods played there cruel game and seeds were resown. Hope was kindled.

It had been some time, the land displayed the most intriguing behavior. It had almost shielded itself from any kind of irrigation. Only the upper layer of the land became moist, it was still dessicated from within. It was pertinacious, for it had decided not to play into the hands of life. Its life on the other hand scorned, for it had to change its mind which was destined to happen.

The life changed its mind. Life and land became friends while life's friends conspired. Life worked assiduously and land commanded. Gods showered there blessings and there was a harvest, one never seen before, yellow flowers blossomed. Life and land became best friends.

Seeds of roses were sown, this time not by gods but by a human mind only. For mind of life and land were one, one was open and the other diffident. "Be confident!", the land cried, "I will be", the life procrastinated. Rains came, and they separated, for life had many fields to nourish. But, there will be a happy time, said both.

Red roses blossomed and life flourished. Land could not be happy any more, for it was uncertain. Uncertainty flowed into the drains with the rain water. There was conviviality and land had lost all its superstitions, it wanted to live its life and not to run away, but life was crucified by the gods.

Farmers became rich, fertilizers were sprayed, land got busy. The chemicals snatched away the land from its life. Land was ambitious but it loved its life and didn't let go. But life became lonely as land became busy. There were attacks, the farm was burned. The land persevered as nothing can burn sand but the damage was them. Pain had been kindled. Separation took life and land by surprise.

Times are hard, and both life and land work hard not together but connected by their minds in the hope that there will be a happy time. Every story has a happy end and this is no end, just an end of a beginning and a beginning of a new beginning.

Mechanism of Life

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:55:00 +0000

Its a beautiful day. There is scent of recent rain in the air, the smell of the earth. It is a scene out of a scenery with a rainbow drawn on the canvas. Sitting in a park, watching a beautiful butterfly fluttering its dynamic wings, you want to catch it. You reach out. Twenty five minutes later, there is a huge crash just outside of the park, on the road. An accident involving an oil tanker and a car, resulting in the death of the car driver and seriously injuring the girl on the back of the car. The girl was rushed to the hospital by a man who saw the whole incident. Looks nothing but a terrible accident, does it? Such incidents happen normally, each day, don't they? Well they do but this incident wasn't normal at all and no other incident is normal. This particular incident saved the world from a terrible disaster. It affected each one of us. Just because you caught that butterfly.

Let us look closely at the events that happened relating to this accident. Your sudden epiphany resulted in you catching the beautiful butterfly. The process was not smooth. You in the process of catching the butterfly strangulated it. You broke its antenna. Poor little thing was going to its home to tend to its cocoons. The navigation system of the butterflies is controlled by its antenna. When you broke it, the butterfly lost its sense of direction. Now that butterfly wont be able to get to its home. You just robbed the children of their mother. Sadness doesn't end here. The butterfly ventured in the direction of the road due to the warmth of it.

The driver of the sporty BMW was going to drop the owner's daughter to college. The day being nice and he was obviously inclined to open the windows and feel the gush of cool wind on his face. He wanted some relaxed atmosphere, the weather provided him that. He was tensed over the ever increasing loans and repayment wasn't easy in today's highly expensive world. He had already sought 6 extensions for home loans for the newly purchased house for his family of 2 children, a wife and a sick old mother, another extension won't be approved. He had to do something. The breeze was cool, closing his eyes for a second or two wouldn't be a bother on an empty morning road. It was a relaxing moment. There was panic and pain upon opening his eyes. An insect with big wings had suddenly crashed into his right eye. High speed of the car resulted in his eye bleeding. The driver lost control of the vehicle upon being getting flabbergasted by the butterfly. The car veered onto the wrong side of the road. Upon seeing this, the driver of the huge oil tanker applied the brakes with full force. The momentum of the tanker was such that upon crashing with the car, it flipped. The truck lay across the road, oil leaking out of the tanker was flowing into the nearby lake. The truck driver escaped unhurt. The girl at the back of the car was rushed to the hospital by a lanky and swift bystander. The driver was badly crushed and died on the spot. His family grieved the death of only breadwinner in the family. A compensation received by them led to repayment of the home loans.

The most important aspect of the incident came from the oil flowing in the river. The oil flowing into the river made it polluted completely. The water was contaminated beyond recovery. This lake was also a dumping ground for a chemical factory which dumped huge amounts of hydrochloric acid into it. The HCl reacted with the oil to create a certain kind of disinfectant which resulted in elimination of some water borne epidemic causing disease. Some more good news, the girl who was injured, survived. Plus she fell in love with the boy who saved her. There union led to a new life being sent to earth by god. Childish, but can be true!

Technically speaking, you killed a man and saved the whole world by catching a simple butterfly. The purpose of this hypothetical analysis is the purpose itself. Everything has a purpose. We dive into the realms of the ever uncertain debate of coincidence vs destiny. I say both are rubbish. What has to happen, has to happen and no factor can stop that from happening.

There is a certain mechanism devoted to this process of things happening out "somewhere". A background process, a daemon as a computer guy like me would say. The mystic mechanism is an unlimited chain reaction started before the big bang. This leads to the probability that this mechanism also presents a purpose. A certain definite end to the chain reaction. The end of the world? Maybe no. This purpose might be a certain universal goal. An accomplishment of such goal might well initiate another chain reaction. We might well speculate in our wildest of fantasies what this goal might be but, it won't be possible to imagine what it would be. This chain of events represent the fabric of life. At the end everything good happens as shown in the accident described. Even the loans were repaid. As said in a famous book, even though a single wolf dies, the pack survives.

Note: This was my come back and get lost again blog. I hope you liked it. The series, Fall from the Zenith is discontinued from now on because it didn't serve the purpose (catch the pun in it). I'll be back with something new the next time I write. Apologies to the followers, however less they were. An overwhelming feedback against the cancellation can change my mind though. Cheers.

The Higher Realm

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Life presents us with a stupendous amount of moments which seem supernatural or nonsensical. The moments, those are transcendental and make you experience things which are otherworldly. These experiences might be neglected by you, but they contain some of the quintessential secrets of your unconscious. You might debate the necessity to know about these secrets but, the fact is that one should be in control of his or her senses and should be able to at least decipher his or her own thoughts. This property is unnatural agreed, but if you are a master of your thoughts, you can very well understand the semantics of thought process of others.

This time, I would say to you, that forget about what others think. My stress on this point is because, if you know the reality, the feelings I am going to divulge won't be relevant at all. The reality is dirty and boring. It is often necessary to break away from reality. The notion of being "real" is a cliche. The world is witness to numerous great doyens, none having the sense of being real. They did things out of the reality, reality that has bound this world into a suffocating glass cube. Take a sledgehammer and break that cube. Break away and experience the beauty of this world.

I recently had a dream in which I was on some other planet in some other world. The beauty of the scene was astounding. The trees were green and tall, there were great mountains in the far range. There were two moons, one was so huge that it would be of the size of the planet itself. The other one was shining like a light ball in the space. The luminance was radium like, just a slither of it. I was standing on the shore of a lake. The vast conjecture of the lake covered the whole scene. There was an island, not very far from the shore. So, I had to go there. I dived in, the feeling of cool water, though unnatural, was magical. I was flowing in the water as if I needed no force to swim, maybe the water gods were carrying me on their own. Several fishes flowed by my side, a dolphin jumped up to show its antics. I reached the shore, sit on the beach and witness a beautiful sunrise. The world turned from cool blue to marvelous red to shimmering yellow.

Such dreams are rare for a single lifetime. Dreams certainly reflect what you want. That is why they say, "Follow your dreams...". I will ask you, how many times have you dreamt of holding that graduation degree in your hand? I don't think you would have had such dream. You might have dreamt of killing your teachers or running away or even working hard. These experiences reflect what you really want to do. Your mind and body really want to break away from reality or your mind and body wants you to come back to reality. I had that dream because I am having exams the next week and I have my feet in many dirty bogs.

Damn those who tell you that you have to "be practical". You don't have to be practical. Once you re-realize that, you will break away and commit great deeds. Remember the people who changed this world were far away from reality. They redefined reality in there terms and left other to follow it, or rather to change it. This is the secret.

Fall from the Zenith: Episode 5 - The Unthinkable

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:46:00 +0000

It is recommended to read all previous episodes.

Human God

Galav was on the way to Paris, France aboard an Air India flight. Past few days had been tough for him, with all the pressure of the work and some other very personal reasons. He loved his job. It was the only thing that gave him joy, it was not the reason for his distress. It was the feeling in him, of confusion and desolation that was ripping him apart. A few days ago, he had thought about his childhood, he remembered everything but, wasn't sure he had done any of it. Gathering up his thoughts, he probably felt that work pressure was getting to him. He should relax.

Galav's past was not so good. He had a nasty divorce a year back, that had completely broken him. His kids chose to stay with their mother. He had anger and drinking problems since last year. When he returned to his work after 3 months break, he felt good. His mind was somehow more efficient now. He had solved some great cases and that had earned him this job in the G-150 task force. The problems had persisted but, were well hidden from the world. It was his work that had kept him alive.

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"What? How is that even possible?", exclaimed Cox from his satellite phone on his way to Paris. "What do mean they just vanished? The facility has the best security systems available on the darn planet for god's sake! Where did they go? What are the leads?"

"What do you mean you don't know?", said Larry, furious now. The agent told his that only lead is a person entering the facility with a suitcase. "I want everything on that man within the hour. Is that clear to you agent?...Good. We can not afford to have mad criminals roaming around and wrecking havoc." He slammed the phone shut. Just about when he was going to keep the phone on the desk in front of him, it rang again. "What is it now?" said Larry irritated.

"This is FBI headquarters Special Agent Cox. There is an update on the jailbreaks.", said a sturdy female voice.

"Did you say jailbreaks?", said Cox.

"Yes sir, there have been multiple jailbreaks of similar kind as that of Kapchov Facility. The number is 38 and the number of convicts missing is 430,000 instead of 2,000." Larry felt as if someone had punched him in his stomach.

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You are free. You are free. You are free. Fear him. Fear him. Hungry. Hungry. Hungry. Hungry...

Jakati's head was ringing. He had no idea where he was. The buildings were tall and it was night. He was so hungry. He hadn't eaten in ages. The headache was killing him.

Hungry. Hungry. Hungry. Food. Food. Food. Smell. Smell. So many people. So many people. So many people. Food Food Food. Smell. Where are you? Where are you? You are free. You are free...

He was free, he realized. He could eat anything. He could eat anyone, like in the old days. There was a woman in front of him. She was holding onto something. Something that smelled good.

Hungry. Hungry. Hungry...

It was a child. He had been taught at the prison not to do that. He wouldn't do it.

HUNGRY. HUNGRY. HUNGRY!

He cried and lunged forward.

There was a scream. A scream that could be heard two blocks down the road.

To be continued...

Fall from the Zenith: Episode 4 - The Coming and The Going

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:05:00 +0000

It is recommended that you read all the previous episodes. The links are given below.
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-from-zenith-breakdown.html
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/06/fall-from-zenith-episode-2-mystery.html
http://pranaykiduniya.blogspot.com/2010/07/fall-from-zenith-episode-3-in-gods-own.html

Previously on Fall from the Zenith

21st December 2012, Leaders of over 150 countries had died. Each bullet that killed all the leaders had a symbol OM. Rellac Enterprises owned by Jonas Victor and Pombos Chemicals owned by Robert Chiavo are the main suspects. FBI had launched an undercover operation to get the truth. The Washington leg of Ishi Dior's concert saw the unthinkable happening. Over 25,000 people died under mysterious circumstances. Earlier, Jonas Victor met with Ishi Dior to discuss security. Glauentraun, lord of the gods, was asked by his chief councilor to return to the dead universe that is Earth.

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In the space between different worlds.

Crossing through different layers of time was a very intricate job. It required skill, a skill very few had. But the job was an easy one for the most skilled, god of gods, Glauentraun. He didn't want to return to Earth but, the time he feared had come. He didn't know that this time will come so soon that the most beautiful things he had created will end the very kind themselves. How could man be so cruel? He knew many things, and he knew that if he didn't go to Earth now, the planet he loved, would be destroyed forever. This was the one future he knew of.

Definite future is a vague term, Glauentraun thought. There are infinite futures. All of them are the manifestation of decisions we take. Every small decision, every small action, every small thought changes the future completely. He knew all of these futures. He had thought of a future of balance, yes, the wars and killings were necessary to maintain the balance. Terrorism, he had not planned for but, for few years it was just like wars. But this is not what is happening now. Mankind had crossed its limits.

This will be the ninth time that he would go to Earth to set things right. A lot of time had been wasted so, this time he would not be able to live full human life. He would appear on Earth, a man grown. Galav would be his name.

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Back in Washington

Panic was the word. Panic that world had never seen before. FBI Special Agent Larry Cox was in the midst of the things. Emergency protocols were now issued for the whole country. Meeting of more 3 persons were disallowed. All the events and social gathering were cancelled forcefully. All the citizens were advised to stay indoors. Nobody knew where the next attack would happen. All the rail, road and air services were indefinitely suspended. All 3 divisions of the armed forces were now on full alert and were stationed all over the countries. There was a nuclear threat to think of. Nuclear threat level was raised to 'critical'.

"I said to them, that the concert was a bad idea. I warned them.", thought Larry. More than 25,000 people had died, including Ishi Dior. The cause of death of all of them was found to be an EMP signal that stopped the brain functioning. A technology, like the one which killed the President. The source of the signal were the guns of the private security guards. Rellac Enterprises and Pombos Chemicals were sealed. Undercover operation was cancelled and going public was the only option viable. They had to show the people that they where getting somewhere, but in real, they were getting nowhere.

Robert and Jonas had both undergone plastic surgeries and were nowhere to be found. The people pretending to be them had no clue what had happened and what technology had been stolen. They were just employees, working sincerely. The theory was made about the elite group that was behind all the incidents that had occurred. This elite group has members in all the countries of the world. This is why a G-150 meeting was to be held in 2 days. Larry had been appointed the chief of operations for the G-150 force. The force included head of securities from all the countries involved. The deputy chief of operations was from India. The decision for this was made because of the symbol found on the bullet. Indian hand was needed. Larry had done some research on this Indian guy. The records of his brilliance were only few but they all were superb. He had solved some of the most difficult cases in India. His name was Galav.

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Samara, Russia

Robert was on the gates of The Kapchov facility in the cold city of Samara which played host to the most dangerous criminals of the world. The fact that these criminals were all mentally ill , psychotics and complete maniacs made them all the more dangerous. These 2,000 mad criminals had a vital role in the Robert's script.

Getting into the facility was very easy since, Robert was Russian by birth. So, he had contacts, contacts that would let him install his equipment. Technology had advanced so much, that transporting a man from one place to another was just a press of a button. But, transporting 2000 men to different locations in the world was a tough task. It had taken 10 years of hard work to make it happen.

To be continued...

Me and My Experiments with Human Understanding Part 3

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 10:02:00 +0000

Part 3 - Fear

Before starting the topic, I would like to make sincere apologies to those who like this blog and didn't get to see some action for a long long time. The reason for my absence was purely unavailability of time. Past six months have been busiest months of my life. It is not that I was working very hard, actually I was enjoying alot too. The CWG experience was riveting, one of the most memorable ever. Meeting some extraordinary people and volunteering for the country. But still I should have taken some time out. Nevertheless, let's move on to our topic of discussion.

Fear, the thing that is felt by everyone. Those who say they don't fear anything, obviously lie. We all know what fear is and how it is incited, so lets not waste time discussing that. What I am interested in, are the consequences of fear.

Fear can drive a perfectly healthy person to complete insanity. It can make people kill each other. Some fear studies, some their work, some just fear fear. I know all the crap said about fearing the fear itself and I perfectly know that it isn't possible at all. Fear is just one of the those emotions that you cannot evade from. It sucks you in like a vacuum cleaner and before you realize, you are trapped in the cage that sometimes is made of steel or rather diamond.

This cage either breaks on its own, when the thing or task you fear is won over or you have to go an extra mile. Talking more about breaking this cage is irrelevant here.

While talking to my friend I came to realize a theory of mine. I think that it might be the closest to what can happen in 2012 ( I know I am addicted to this ). I think that 2012 end of the world, can be a reality just out of fear. There is a need of only one country with nuclear capabilities to fear that end of the world is a possibility. As we know, fear can drive people to go insane, the leadership of the country can start a nuclear war. The reason for the war could just be to eliminate the threat of mass destruction and the people creating it. For example, US can bomb Iran just out of fear that they will bomb them and start a nuclear war. This will incite Iranian allies to attack US. Looking at any instability in the US, Pakistan will fall. That means attack on India. Indian allies like Russia will attack Pakistan and so on with other countries. Pretty astonishing right?

I can understand that you feel that above theory is far-fetched and I know that but, which 2012 theory isn't. Leaving aside 2012, lets to the human understanding part. Fear can break people as well as relations. I have seen people losing trust in there best friends just out of fear of some or the other thing. Sometimes, it is really heart breaking. Relationships are broken because one or the other suspects cheating. Such small decisions can change the course of the world if we think of the chaos theory. But, isn't that's how its supposed to be?

World is ever changing and by every passing moment it is becoming more and more fearful. As we grow up, we are more susceptible to fear because of the shear pressure of responsibilities. A child is always more fearless unless someone teaches him how to fear. This concludes that fear is actually learnt.

It is absolutely amazing that we learn things that can go one to even kill ourselves or somebody else. So, to control fear, it is necessary to control what we actually learn. The solution always lie at the root of things.

With this thought I leave you. Up there in those words is a solution to another mindly mystery. Keep looking this space guys. Its going to be very active in the coming days.

Dreamscape

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:28:00 +0000

Taking a break from Fall from the Zenith series, this topic cannot wait to get out of my mind. Dreams. Last weekend I saw a superb movie called Inception directed by Christopher Nolan and who doesn't know him. To be honest, if had to make a film, it would be on dreams. Dreams are most powerful creations of human mind. They redefine your thinking in so many ways, take you to another world of your own. The power of dreams is so much that they can decide your destiny or make you invincible.

Although, I am not in the mood to discuss serious things now.

Here are few dreams that I have had and never forgotten. Most of them are nightmares but, the thing is, only bad dreams are interesting.

Ghosts of the Caribbean

Now, this dream was the first that I remember and that too because it won me an award in the school for writing competition. The theme was nightmares. I will tell you exactly what I wrote in that competition.

This day, my grandmother was in a mischievous mood. She was trying to scare us, the kids. She told us a story in which a man died in his dream and never woke up. She compelled everyone of us that it was true. That if you die in a dream, you really die. So, never die in a dream.

The following night, well it was bound to happen, I had a dream. I was on a ship. This ship could be ancient, very old indeed. I was on the main deck. There was fog everywhere. Not even a single thing was visible. I started to walk, in search of an exit. The mist was so thick that I could have bumped into many things but, I didn't. After walking some distance, I saw something moving beyond the thick veil of mist. Actually, there were a lot of things. White wispy creatures, swaying all over, from ground to sky. The very presence of them seemed to take out the very warmth of my breath. The chill was unnerving. Then my foot hit something, it made a loud noise.

It was like a commotion. The white ghosts saw me. There was fire in their eyes. All of them headed for me. I was so scared that I ran away from them. It was like an invisible brick on the ground and I tripped. All the ghosts were surrounding me. The chill was driving me mad. I got up and ran through them. The feeling of running through them was like being trapped in sheets. I toppled and before I knew, I was flying. The flight was very short and it ended in a splash. There were sharks in the water. Maybe around hundred or maybe a thousand. All surrounded me. They faced up, all hungry, as if they were smiling.

I woke up, all sweaty, as if I was really in the water. But I was still alive. I did die in my dream. Most often grandmothers are right but, not this time.

My Worst Nightmare

The above dream was a fantasy. Considering, the age I had that dream, it was bound to be. Now, the dream I am going to describe you now is very real. It may or may not sound scary to you but, when I had it, it was.

I am at home. My mental condition is unfit. Truthfully saying, I am totally mad. I need a mental asylum but, I don't know why they have kept me at home. I am lying on my bed, mouth open. Everything is dark. Its still not night but still everything is gloomy, even the lights are switched off. Suddenly, the door bell rings. I get up and run towards the door. The thing is, I don't run normally. I run like an animal, on both my hands and legs, much like Gollum from Lord of the Rings movies. I open the wooded door. What I see through the metal door with metal net, scares the shiver out of me.

At first glance, it seemed like a monster. It was a big dog, almost the size of a tiger. It had big teeth. Although, the dog was standing still. It did nothing but stared at me. I got mad. I started beating the metal door with my big hands in order to shoo it away but, it wont move, not even twitch. The feeling I was experiencing at that time is unexplainable. I was so scared that I would have died. I started barking like a dog. Somehow, the door opened and the animal jumped at me.

After that I don't know what happened but, I must have died. My sister told me that I was making a barking noise in my sleep which was not like a normal bark. It was more of a crass. I was really scared that day.

Mars Attacks

This dream falls in the category of weird and funny dreams. Apparently, I was playing cricket with my friends in the field. There is an attack there. Big machines come out of nowhere, much like the ones in War of the Worlds movie, or maybe Crysis. They start throwing huge red balls of lava at us. We run.

We are in the mountains, so the backdrop is drop dead beautiful. I am a savior in this dream so, I am pretty much indestructible. On the run, I save my friends from the big red lava balls. They land just in front of me, at my back, some of them even hit me. Finally, we reach a safe house. This is an abandoned hotel. The windows provide us the view of the war scene. The humans are getting wiped out by these big machines. There is trauma everywhere. Everyone in the room is scared.

After few long minutes, there is boredom in the room. So, my friends plan to continue the game. We start playing cricket in the hotel room with big windows. After few hours, we get tired and go to sleep as though nothing has happened.

Next morning we see that the machines are lying vacant in the ground and people are dancing. We go to the ground, climb up the machines, and examine their structure. I listen a few jokes from a sardarji too. The dream ends here.

See, the dreams can be as weird as that.

Fall from the Zenith : Episode 3 - In God's own Backyard

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 07:32:00 +0000

At a place unknown to any human being, where the lord of the world resides, there was a commotion. The messenger had arrived from the dead universe, he had brought some grave news from planet earth of the events that had happened and were going to happen. Council of Gods were called upon.

"I had abandoned that planet because of a grave mistake I had done, that is, the creation of the creature called Human. Now if they want to destroy themselves, why should I care?" said Glauentraun, the lord of gods.

"But there are still many who believe in you. The fact that your name is being dragged into this conspiracy will destroy that belief. And we all know here that in your heart you still care for mankind. End of this belief will lead to end of the mankind. Well, I think it is time, my lord, to go back to your home and save it from utter destruction. Save the one thing we all cherish, life." said Damachronus, the chief councilor to Glauentraun.

There was a consensus in council to the words of Damachronus.

"What you don't understand is that it is not easy to manage billions of lives. I would need help." said Lord Glauentraun.

"Then appoint a guardian." said Damachronus with straight face.

The look on the face of Glauentraun was so chilling that a million suns could have frozen from it. He had decided what he had to do.

*********

The FBI's investigation clearance was extended to the maximum. The investigation was now an international one. G20 was the core group of primary investigations. The fact was established that there was an global terrorist group involved.

"The gun was fitted in the White House just a month ago during the renovation work, however the builder is clueless and I suppose he should be. This must be done by an impostor. This is pretty high tech technology here. So you shouldn't rule out the inside help case." said Agent Reese Walker to Larry Cox.

"I am not ruling out anything just yet. Our investigation is going too slow." said Cox.. Apparently his interrogation with the Mayan leader was a dampener. He could not hold him further since, he had delegate's privileges. Nothing got out of that meet but scrutiny from White House. "Have you contacted all Hindu groups in the city?"

"The interrogation is going on as we speak but, sir to tell you the truth, we are not much hopeful of them. What do you think? Priests and uneducated followers can create something this massive and sophisticated. Considering the bullet diagnostics from India, its military grade nanotechnology only available with some experimental facilities." said Walker.

"You checked with these facilities then?" said Cox

"There is a problem with this. These are private facilities and with no access at all to govt. Namely two facilities stand out. These are Rellac Enterprises owned by Jonas Victor and Pombos Chemicals owned by Robert Chiavo" said Walker.

"We need an undercover operation. We will strike them like the way they did!" threw Cox.

*********

The Ishi Dior concert was not canceled inspite of the incidents of the morning. This was done to prevent panic from spreading in. The security was air tight. Additional forces were deployed at the outer ring. All other layers were handled by private security.

The concert was attended by at least 20,000 strong crowd. The blockbuster song from the album "Craters in My Heart" was playing. There was a wave of shouting fans all over. In midst of all the noise there was another wave, a silent one. The one that brought 25,000 people down to death within 5 seconds.

Fall from the Zenith: Episode 2 - The Mystery

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:36:00 +0000

Few Weeks Ago

Ishi Dior was the most popular and much loved music sensation these days. Her recent albums like Craters in My Heart and Jump to Fall were instant blockbusters. Recently, she had announced a world tour, a mega concert that had already sold about 2 million tickets worldwide. One fine morning, her security guard told her that she had a visitor that wanted to discuss the security details of her concert. Assuming that the person was from organizing company, she let him in.

"Hello ma'am. I am Jonas Victor from Rellac Enterprises." introduced the visitor himself. "I am here to discuss with you the security arrangements for your world tour."

"Please have a seat Mr. Victor." said Ishi, accepting the greetings. "I thought that Incom International was organizing my event. What business do you have here?" she asked.

"Actually ma'am, I am here to tell you that Incom Int. is no longer handling your security. They don't need to do so." said Jonas.

"What do you mean by this?" said Ishi, slightly perturbed.

"Now Miss Dior, if you would listen to me carefully, without making any noise, this would be easy." said Jonas and took out his gun from his coat. "No no, don't even try to call your security".

"What do you want?" said Ishi, totally frightened.

"Ms Dior, we have your family on our watch 24x7 and if you try to do anything stupid..." said Jonas.

"Please don't hurt my family. I will do anything for you. Please." cried Ishi.

"Alright then. Now, you have to do only a small favor for us. Just hand over the security to us and rest we will take care ourselves. But if you try to tell this to anybody, even when your concert is over, your family would have to pay the price." said Jonas in a sinister way that would make any man or woman shiver.

Ishi agreed.

*******

In the event of death of the Prime Minister in mysterious circumstances, Indian investigation agencies were put on fast track. Although, the situation in every country was similar, the Indian investigation was important as you will see. The CBI was put on as the principal investigator while other agencies like NIA, military, police etc. were kept on the hook.

The CBI had made a peculiar discovery. The weapon that killed the PM was recovered. This weapon was a bullet but none like ever seen. This bullet was made of a wax like substance and contained a nanotechnology based circuit in it. While the forensics were still working on the operation of that circuit, the initial review of the bullet relieved a strange detail. There was a mark on the bullet, not of its made or something commonly found on a bullet but, a symbol.

You might not be familiar with this symbol, neither was the CBI officer until he was told by a sub-inspector that it was the not so normal form of writing OM, the ancient hindu symbol. How was this symbol related to the conspiracy? This question rang in the mind of Suresh Mehta, the CBI officer who was the incharge of operation. He immediately ordered inclusion of Dr. Dev Shashtri, head of dept of hindu mythology in Delhi University into the team to assist in mythological side of this event.

Shashtri listened to the circumstances and made a theory straight on-site. He mentioned that somebody is trying to give them signals. He correlated the symbol to Lord Shiva, the god of destruction and the date 21st Dec 2012. He said that somebody is trying to say that the end of the world has arrived and that somebody has the plans to execute it and that this might not be over yet.

Fall from the Zenith : Episode1 - The Breakdown

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:41:00 +0000

"These days, the news is so unimportant. Specially the news which makes the headlines. "Oil spill, Environment in danger", "Nuclear peace deal reached between two countries", "Man robbed a bank, Caught". This is all so boring." said Robert while taking his usual morning walk with his best friend.

"Yes, i agree with you, man. There is not much thrill these days, like it used to be in the good old days. With technology coming in, there is no suspense left. The criminal gets caught within a week or a month at the most. I must say that the quality of crimes and criminals is getting lower day by day. I think this world expects a better quality of criminals." said Jonas, with fun on his face.

Laughing, Robert said, "I tell you Jonas, if our plans go right, this world will see terror, it has never seen before".

Laughing and discussing their plan, the two walked away. Occasionally meeting fellow morning joggers, who greeted them. The other morning wanderers didn't know that the two people they met everyday were about to commit something that would shake the very foundations of the known modern world.

******

Four Months Later

It was morning of 21st December 2012, President of USA woke up early. He thought he had heard some clicking noise. On looking around, he found nothing out of ordinary. He had an uneasy sleep. As it was holiday season, the workload was less. Yesterday he had met the leader of Mayan society, who had assured him that there would be no mass suicides in his country and that his country has moved on from the myth surrounding the date. He was very relieved of that meeting.

He looked around his room. The renovation had gone pretty well, he thought. There was it again, the clicking noise. Before he could turn around to see what it was, his world went blank. The revolutionary leader was down on the floor, dead. His last expression was still pasted on his face, of confusion.

******

CNN BREAKING NEWS: The President of United States of America is dead. He died this morning at 4:30 AM under superbly mysterious circumstances. The initial reports have suggested murder but, under such heavy security, it is currently not possible to determine how such an event could take place. We are getting reports that head of states of more than 60 countries have died overnight. Emergency protocols have been imposed in all these countries have been imposed to preserve law and order situation. These countries includes Russia, England, China, Asian Sub-Continent, European Countries, Australia, Middle-East. These events occur on much awaited and popular day of 21st December 2012. The question is, is the end of the world as we know it? It certainly looks like it. The authorities have requested people to remain calm and avoid any travel. It is ensured by them that they are in full control and the investigation is going on....

******

Chief of FBI Special Agent Larry Cox was on his way to FBI headquarters. His world has turned upside down when he got a call from headquarters about death of the president. "How on earth was that possible!", he thought. "Certainly an inside hand". But he knew, that even with an inside hand, it was near to impossible to kill the president.

On reaching FBI HQ, the second-in-command Agent Resse Walker briefed him about the turn of events.

"Sir the room has been wiped clean. There is no evidence of forced entry, neither any sign or any marks on president's body. Perhaps, it seems that he just died of shock. Medical team says that his brain just stopped working leading to heart failure. However, a slight melt of the floor marble." said Agent Walker.

"Melt on the floor? What do you mean? It could have been there before also.", remarked Cox.

"No Sir, forensics have determined that it is fresh and could have been made when president died. And sir, some additional details just coming in, head of states of about every country in the world is dead.", said Walker.

"I know Agent Walker but, our only priority now is POTUS. Others will have to deal with there country alone. Any possible leads on who the killer might be, or who might be involved?", asked Cox.

"Sir, the only lead is the head of Mayan Society. That too because of the date.", answered Walker.

"Then take him into custody and get him here. I want to interrogate him myself.", ordered Cox.

"But sir, the evidence against him is totally circumstantial and...", said Walker

"You listen to me Agent Walker," said Cox with stern look on his face, "the president of your country has been killed by some lunatic and this country when it wakes up will be in panic. To prevent that we have a limited time frame to catch the organization behind this. And nothing, I repeat, nothing leaves this. Is that all clear to you?".

"Yes sir".

"I want tag teams ready to strike, with all the senators and VVIP personnel. Lets go to the White House, I need to have a first hand look at the evidence. When the Mayan leader arrives, inform me. Lets go." said Special Agent Cox, ruthlessness on his face. He with his team left for White House.

Back in India, fear was crippling.

To be continued....

Me and My Experiments with Human Understanding

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:14:00 +0000

Part 2 - The Instinct

I tried driving with my eyes closed, not much of a risk, since I was driving in early morning traffic. I closed my eyes because the weather was very pleasant, just to get the feel. Suddenly something tells me to open my eyes and I see a child crossing the road. Brakes! The day was saved by none other but, the thing that told me to open my eyes. My Instinct.

The thing is so difficult to catch and experiment, that even Einstein could not find answers to his instinct, which told him the greatest theory till date. Yes, his theories were not derived from any experiment. The thing is that science has not got even an iota of idea about instinct. You can see Wikipedia and its ambiguous definitions, you won't find the answer you need.

As discussed above, this instinct can enable man to achieve huge things.The question is how? How can we know that something is going to happen? And how this thing almost always happens? They say that till date no machine can predict the future correctly. I will tell them that they are wrong! There is a machine in your body that gives you the exact future and almost instantly. Have you ever felt, while doing something, you don't feel all right or you feel extremely confident? This is a response that your body gives to a particular thought or an external stimuli. Your body cannot act alone. It has to be controlled by your mind. So, the answer lies in your mind. But, where in your mind?

You know, that there exists a machine or rather a computer that can predict events? This machine, called the Random Event Generator, can predict events that can happen in the future. It predicted the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Indian Ocean Tsunami, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars etc. It was found after 9/11 that it had predicted it, so, they could not be avoided and same with other cases. Without going into details, I would like to emphasis on how this machine works and I can tell you that its damn interesting. To say in simple words, REGs measures your mood and as explained earlier your mood or mind can predict the future. Ever seen a government official coming to your home and giving you a survey form to fill which has questions like these:

How is your mood currently? Very Good Good Bad Worse
How was your mood last night?
How was your mood today morning?

No, you haven't! That would be just plain hypocrisy. So, how does this machine measure your sentiments? The answer is internet.
You surely would have tweeted about this or updated your status or even through mail. Even the sites you visit tells your mood. A REG measures the sentiment of the world i.e. several internet users combined, and gives you a random event based on the combined sentiment of the world. REG works as a subconscious mind and generates dreams. These dreams might be true or not.

I am sure you would have got the answer to the instinct problem by now. It is the subconscious mind that generates instinct. The subconscious mind cannot be accessed by you voluntarily. It is like the protected part of your mind. Everything which you hear but not listen or see but not notice goes into your subconscious mind. When you sleep, your conscious mind recollects everything that has happened over the day. In this process of recollecting, it accesses your subconscious mind which provides only some random thoughts. Mix these with conscious thoughts and boom, dreams! Instinct is nothing but a dream. It is generated by your random thoughts. You may notice, instinct is not always right.

So, another mind-ly mystery solved, another myth blasted. I hope you understand this deep and grueling topic. The most difficult topic to experiment and understand.

Dead and Dying

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:06:00 +0000

People! There is a announcement to be made. The mind of the people of this world is dead. The basic ability to think is gone. If you think you can think, then think again.

Lets talk about politicians. We love to slam them, and this is the perfect time to do so. The so called union budget is out, and is hailed by economist as good. Now, lets talk about dead people. The opposition. Walkout on a budget speech? I mean are they mad, or have no common sense at all. When a finance minister is doing his constitutional duty of presenting a budget, he is not making his comments, what sense makes them walk out. Who are they trying to please? The common man will only abuse them, not hail them.

Lets move on to the next dead thing, TV. There is not a single Monday to Thursday 9 PM television serial, more commonly known as Daily Soaps, which is not dead depressing. They start crying on Tuesday and cry till the Tuesday 2 weeks after. This is plain 3rd degree torture. The silver lining in these are the YRF television shows, which are decent and witty. I recommend watching Mahi Way and Powder, the latter is just like the Prison Break of India. But, they have less viewers, so SONY TV has shifted them too 8 PM and 11 PM spots. I mean how can you relate with some auntieji wearing 5 kilos of make-up and 20 kilos of jewelery the whole day? Phew...

Last year, the social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook flourished like a dream. It was like morning started with twitter, orkut and facebook in the day, and good night with twitter again. The trend is slowing down now. This is called the stage of dying. Mind you, social networking won't die ever. It is a juggernaut that will keep rolling. Only, the trends will change. Social networking sites are cliche now, the next big thing is awaited. Only innovation can save this sector. Otherwise, they will be like Ekta Kapoor K-serials. Dead and gone.

Next up is the part 2 of MEWHU.

Five Things to do Before I Die

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:36:00 +0000

1. Sky Diving - You cannot ask for more thrilling experience. Everyone has a dream to fly. This can be the closest experience. Plus I would like to do it with my favorite music playing in my ears, Rehman probably.

2. Bungee Jumping from 007 Bungy Jumping Center, Ticino, Switzerland - Bungee jumping is the ultimate adrenaline rush you can achieve. I dream of this from the first time I saw this on TV. By the way, the location is one of the highest you can go!

3. Write a Book - That is understandable, isn't it? I love to write. This blog is a living example. Well, I've about 50-55 ideas on the story of the book. The problem is to choose one. ;-)

4. Make a Fantasy Film - Oh ho...I have got about 1000 genuine ideas about this. Big Hollywood set, big stars, humongous special effects, even bigger than Avatar, 3D without glasses. Here, funding will be a huge problem!

5. Be a part of revolutionary movement - This means bigger than save the tiger campaign, no offense guys. I really want save the environment thing to grow, to the heights of independence movement. And I have a big idea for that too!

P.S. - Hey guys do like the new name of the blog?

Me and My Experiments with Human Understanding

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:36:00 +0000

Part 1 - Gathering the Truth

All this while when I was away, I was experimenting. I was trying to find out the hidden universe and how it works. This universe is nothing but mind. As we all know, our mind and our thoughts are the most complicated thing in the universe. How thoughts are generated? This question has no scientific answer yet. It has deluded scientist for years. You should have heard of Artificial Intelligence but still, its artificial. This makes this topic very interesting to experiment with. But I am not concerned about the scientific part.

Nobody can draw a conclusion about how a mind works and respond and certainly not at my age. That is why this experiment is a life long one. Although some parts of this experiment can be discussed. So, part 1 of this experiment is to find out the truth in anybody's response. Again, no conclusion can be drawn. Other parts will be shared in other posts.

Truth, is what had actually happened, is what you actually thought, is stranger than fiction because fiction is made-up and truth is a physical reality. Now, how is truth physical when we are talking of mind and thoughts? The answer lies in body language. Lies are not taken in a good way by the body. You can figure it out yourselves.

The elusive question still remains. How to get the truth out of somebody? Trust me, it needs practice. Even your own reputation and behavior makes all the difference. Even if somebody knows that you are trying to get it out when the person is unwilling, he won't tell you anything. Well for the matter of fact, you have to be a good liar to get the truth out of somebody. I am only talking about the worst case scenario. Some people just spit it out, some just need a slight push, some are really tough nuts to crack. You have to find a way in. The best method is to start a conversation depending on the victim's mood. Then go for it directly. Ask the question. If the truth comes out, then you will know it. Trust your instincts. The problem comes when you are told to go away or words like "nothing" or " kuch nahi" comes out.

Before saying anything more, I would just like to say that when somebody really doesn't want to tell you anything, then don't disturb him/her any more. There is other side to this too, sometimes you need to share someone's feelings. It is necessary to make him/her feel good. Extra forcing can lead to serious trouble. Once this is taken care of, proceed.

Now the fun begins. Now you have to play. Truth can be known in three moods anger, frustration or laughter in increasing order of difficulty. Just bring that person to one of the above three thresholds to bring out the gold. Here you have to do it yourself. Much have been told. Just a tip, go through the motion very quickly.

Please guys and gals, try not to try this on your good friends. They will tell you the truth themselves. Try this on the person you envy.

This was my experiment. I was just giving you the procedure. I am not claiming myself to be a guru. These are just my thoughts and I am sharing them with you.

I just tell stories and they just turn out to be true.

Apotheosis

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:16:00 +0000

What is god? Who is god? Where is god?...

I am sure these questions have crossed your minds more than a few times. There are different theories. I am not sure the answer has been found, but we are very close to it.

Scientist are behind this fact from a long time. The recent experiment at the CERN proves that now, after exponential growth of technology, the scientist are after the mysteries which continue to haunt the basics of science. God, life after death, supernatural powers etc. After reading The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown, you might also feel intrigued by this earth shattering thought. Mayan prophesies, 21 Dec 2012, Nostradamus and so on...are they for real?

Ancient mysteries as Dan Brown calls it, are nothing but all the far-fetched things we see in mythology. These include men flying, healing with hand, sadhus having their own network through mind etc. Don't you think technology is approaching towards it? We can already fly, we have our network through social networking sites etc. When I say technology has increased exponentially, I predict that it will increase with infinite speed, refer to the graph of exponential. So, we are doing things that were thought of in the past, the things only gods could do...isn't that strange? I'll describe you how it is not.

Seen this before? Its featured on the roof of Rotunda of US Capitol Hill. The image is called Apotheosis literally meaning "Conversion of man to man to god". Guess who is becoming god here...George Washington, father of America. Surprised? You should be. The image also show different gods giving powers to men which include laying telephone line, building steam engines, healing etc. This brings us to the "Quote of the Week"!

"Thy not know, that thy is god?" -The Bible

This is a strong thought and I know that it will take some time to sink in. It took me a lot. There are others spread across various literature made in past. "Kingdom of God resides within you", "Lead To Gold" etc. Have you ever noticed a player in football, after scoring a goal raises his hand, index finger and thumb pointing towards sky, rest closed? That is symbol of power used my society called masons. Player expresses his gratitude to nature for presenting him with "god like powers" for that particular moment. Nowadays players don't really know about its meaning. It was used by gladiators when they would be only one to stand.

21st Dec 2012 is predicted as the end of this world as we know it. If u actually search this on wikipedia, it shows that there are thousands, yes thousands of theories about the meaning of this line. One of these is Apotheosis. There will be a change in thinking of man on this day. Enlightenment, atonement(at-one-ment), man becoming god.....end of the world as we know it.

Where is heaven? It is in Kashmir!

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:26:00 +0000

Before this trip Manali was my favorite holiday destination but, after this trip Kashmir has easily replaced Manali. This one week trip to Kashmir valley was best I've ever had. It was good to the extent of life changing experience. This is the fact that I've been forced to write this post and change my plans for this blog. Please read this till the end because, it was kind of a climax and best part is the ending. And one more thing, please please leave comments with your name.

Our journey to heaven started on 31st may, from Delhi to Srinagar by air. From Srinagar, we directly departed to Gulmarg as per scheduled. Now, as you know, Kashmir is a valley. Generally, while going from plains to mountains you witness smaller mountains first and gradually they increase in size. In Kashmir, nature had done away with small mountains. Gigantic snow covered mountains come into sight straight away from Srinagar. Journey to Gulmarg was quite exciting. The weather was cloudy and it started drizzling a bit. We thought that if it was raining in lower reaches, than it would be snowing in Gulmarg and Gulmarg is known for snow. Gulmarg is covered in more than 15 feet snow in winters. Nope it wasn't to happen in June. It was drizzling in Gulmarg too.

We weren't disappointed at all. The view that Gulmarg provides is simply awesome. Huge snow mountains in view 24x7. 25 degree C temperature in june, who wouldn't want that. We reached heaven and weren't dead.

Next day in Gulmarg was reserved for Gondola. It is the highest cable car in the world. Up we went to section 1 of that. Section 2 was closed because of some technical problem. Section 2 is the place to be, because it takes you to top of snow mountain referred earlier and to the frozen lake. We, were not lucky this time (read till end of this post). So, section 1 was what we had to be content with. We took a pony ride from section 1 to Khilanmarg. There was snow in Khilanmarg.
We enjoyed a lot there. Sledging was an amazing experience. Snow was not as white and young as you want it to be, but we were content with what we got. Gulmarg looks like a bowl from Khilanmarg.

Next was the local sight seeing on that day. Nothing special, there was Maharaja Hari Singh's house, a typical bhootiya haveli, View Point, which provides a spectacular view of valley, children park etc. Next day, we were going to Tangmarg and back.

A place called Dhrung in Tangmarg provides a serene view of Ferozpur Nala (water flowing through this nala is cleanest, its like a river). A little trek up from here takes you to wildlife sanctuary which is a jungle. Air here is so filled with oxygen that it makes you feel energized. This due to trees of pine, fur, deodar etc.(they are very tall indeed). Then there was Baba Reshi shrine, and fruit gardens. We saw some infant pears, apples and cherries. None was to be eaten.

Next day we departed to Pahalgam at 4:30 in the morning. This early departure was due to the general strike going on in Srinagar, to avoid stone pelting in Srinagar. This trip was going to be exciting I thought. We were going to see some riots and war like scenes. We crossed Srinagar with no hassles whatsoever. There weren't any riots. People were jogging on the roads as if nothing was wrong. Although, there was heavy military presence.

Pahalgam is the main hill station of Kashmir. Like any other place in Kashmir it provides some breathtaking views. Every variety of food was available there, whereas in Gulmarg there was not much variety. From Pahalgam there are three places to go namely, Chandanwari, Aru, and Betaab Valley. We went to Chandanwari and Betaab valley first.

Chandanwari is the base for Amarnath Yatra. There was a glacier here and dirtiest of snow. This glacier was huge in size. I managed to climb it, which was no easy job. Coming down from it was even harder. Some climbed and came down slipping, wetting themselves. I managed to come down, though slipping 4 or 5 times but, safely. We enjoyed to the fullest. Betaab valley named after Sunny Deol film Betaab is a beautiful park of sort with river flowing through it. Next day we went to Aru it is a very very beautiful place. Take a nice pony ride from here. It will take you to around the mountain. Then come back to Pahalgam and laze around in the market.

Next we went to Srinagar. Again no visible violence. We took a shikara to our house boat, which was situated quite far from shore. After getting fresh we went for a shikara ride. Weather was cloudy again and that made Dal lake look like (again) heaven. Everything in Dal lake is floating-people, markets, restaurants, even grass. After some adventurous outings through Nehru Park, we went to Mughal Gardens to view some beautiful flowers.

Strike was quite evident in Srinagar. Markets were closed, no newspapers, no basic supplies. There was an uneasy calm near the Dal lake. Markets opened in the evening though. It started raining again. This time hell broke loose. We thought to run to our house boat but, we could not. The boat was in water, you had to take a shikara. We got wet while reaching to our house boat. Lightning was ablaze in the sky. Several bomb blast like sounds were heard and the end part of this post begins.

Next day, it was still raining. We were supposed to go to Sonmarg-The meadow of gold. Will we be able to go there, will roads be all right, will luck shine upon us? Luckily(mark this), we had made prearrangement for for our trip to Sonmarg. We took of from Srinagar, it was still raining. All the roads were fine but, what we got to see was stunning. Fresh snow had landed upon the mountains in front of us. All the mountains in front of our eyes white from the top. 88 kms away laid Sonmarg. It was evident that there will be snow in Thajuriwas glacier which is a 2.5 kms pony ride from Sonmarg. Luck shone upon us like the falling rain. Sonmarg turned Snowmarg. And what we got to see in Thajuriwas Glacier was amazing. A proper snowfall in the month of June. It was the first time in Kashmir. It was -5 degrees there. Next day we came back to Delhi, to 40 degrees. A 45 degree C change.
"Oi don't switch off the AC!"

Operation Covert

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Fri, 29 May 2009 10:34:00 +0000

"I say we nuke 'em", said Colonel Baxter, pride on his face.

"Of all the things, you americans can only think of nuclear bombs", said Niel Arora, disgust on his face.

"We ain't carried 1330 nuclear test for nothing. These are ailens, world at war, and you say we wait and swing our bunnies 'round. Nuke 'em, we shall".

"You know Baxter, congress will never approve of it." said General Kramer. "And besides that the authority lies with the President".

"Do you have a heart or not? Millions are gonna die. The solution lies in ancient Indian ayurvedic methodologies. These things are only eating our food, lets poison them!", said Neil.

"You are saying, that ayurvedic medicines are poisons Mr. Niel?", said Kramer.

"Well they surely taste like them", said Baxter. "You know General, my grandfather once went to India. He accidentally tripped and got a cut. He was bleedin' like hell. Now here comes an old hag. She applies a green lep or buttee or something like that on his leg and says god will bless him. My grandad, healed, came back from India in all praise for the ayurveda. Next thing you know that, he has got foot and mouth, the damn thing was made of cow dung. He sued that hag. After 20 years, the case is still pending in their courts".

"I fully agree with you Baxter, you know my uncle.....".

"Excuse me "aliens" "world at war"?, said Niel

Enter the President of United states of America with his men in black.

"General Kramer, Col. Baxter....", says President.

"Sir..Sir....", said col. and General bowing there heads. "This gentleman here has a plan, he....".

"I am not here to listen to any plan. What I say, what I believe, you listen to that because change has come to America. You think you can do that?"

"Yes we can", chanted all in unison.

"One rule, one policy, one democracy, yes we can".

"We can resurrect our economy, rebuilt our infrastructure and change the world...."

"Yes we can....".

"Our monotony can change and...."

"Sir, your plan.....policy?", interrupted Niel.

"Yes yes, i propose a nuclear explosion in downtown Manhattan......"

"Ah, what did I expect....." thought Niel.

".......This nuclear explosion is different. It will NOT harm humans.", said the President.

"What!", somebody shouted.

"Yes, due to the brilliant work done by our scientist......."

"Indian scientists in America", said Niel.

"Yes yes exactly, they have developed a nuke bomb which will destroy any extraterrestrial being, but not humans, and it does not cause harm and it will not detonate too, so no harm to any property. World leaders have been told about this. It called Operation Covert.", said The President.

"But, if the world knows about it then why the hell its called covert?", slapped Niel.

"American terminology my boy", said Baxter.

"We can save the world......come on....."

"YES WE CAN".

No idea so no post

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Its been a long time since I've posted. Nothing interesting going on at the moment, so no new thoughts in my mind. My mind is shadowed by exams right now. So, new post when exams are over, that's may end. So, you all can linger on a little more time. Hope to post again soon.

Long live our Earth

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:37:00 +0000

"I have dreamt of a future not of gloom, desperateness or cannibalism, but of accordance and harmony with the environment, giving back while taking from it" - Pranay Pasricha during a classroom presentation.

That is the quote that goes best with this week's topic that is Environment. This QW (Quote of the week), which I personally feel is one of the finest word I have ever spoken in public, perfectly explains the state of the environment presently and the future we want to see.

The present is very dark and gloomy. We are polluting mother earth at such rate that every hour we live, a year is decreased from the life of the earth which is about 5 billion years. This rate is so alarming that it makes my hair stand up. The main cause of this pollution is increased amount of automobiles on roads. 2008 Beijing Olympics highlighted this fact. Another fact I gathered that US carried out 1030 nuclear tests between 1945 to 1994. India has only carried out 2 namely, Pokhran I & II, and there is still a huge cry over that.

As they say "umeed par duniya kayam hai", there is still hope left and you will be surprised to read who are leading the way. This week the Earth Hour was observed by many across the world (I followed it sincerely). In Delhi alone we saved about 600 MW of energy. That means we added another day to our lives. Those who followed it, I thank you very much and those who didn't go and switch of those lights just now for an hour! This effort certainly cumilates to many days in our lives. Now the surprise element. Do you know there exists an Spanish island by the name of Al Hierro. You probably won't.
- This island has 98% self sufficiency to meet its energy demands.
- 80% of the island's energy comes from wind power.
- Cars run on hydrogen and air.
- There is a plan of completely banning oil on the island by the end of 2009.
- 20 years ago this island consumed oil about same amount as new york.

This small island has set an example for the world to follow and contemplate that it can be done. By this example we can expect "umeed se dugna". Hope 70 years from today, there is a cleaner and greener environment...

On the ending note I would ask you to do a favour. If you like this blog, then please invite your friends and family to view it once a week. I would also like to add that my exams are going to start so there will be lesser posts for about a month now (1 or 2 at max), but I assure you that I will be back with a bang. Dasvidaniya for now...

From a Child to a Man in One Day

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:49:00 +0000

This week I turned 18. Yes from a teen to an adult....its been a long journey actually, but statistically in one day. It was a nice little birthday party with my family. A quiet lunch at one of the regular malls and then some shopping.......just what I like. The fact that my friends and family was more interested in by birthday than me amuses me. There were about 100 mails and messages, to which I had to reply, it really gets to your head and spoils the moment very marginally. I don't think turning 18 make a much difference as it is made out to be, except that you can get your driving license. Enough of my philosophies, lets move on.

There is this new thing I am starting from this week called the "Quote of the Week" (QW). In this I will quote the most interesting phrase or sentence I have heard over the week. This week's QW is:

"We gotta pull every rabbit out of our hats" - Lalit Modi over shifting IPL to South Africa.

This brings us to the hot topic of this week, the IPL going abroad. Lot of cry over this, that it will destroy the image of India, slanging match between politicians etc. I personally feel that, it is the best to thing to happen. Do hell with the image of India, the quality of matches is going to improve on TV and thats what is wanted.

Now, I want to remind everybody on the "Earth Hour" that is 8:30-9:30 PM on 28th that is coming saturday. Everyone should switch of all electrical appliances during this one hour or at least try to keep electricity usage minimum. Please follow it because, by doing this you can add one year to time till when electricity will be available.

Now you can also suscribe to RSS feeds of this blog (look at right of address bar, the orange icon) to get updated feeds of this blog. Next week environmental special.

Height of Sophistication

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:57:00 +0000

Now, before starting this post, I would like to announce that the following views of mine may disturb you a bit. So, I request you to send me whole lot of awful comments and disagreements. This blog is to share my heart with you so, take it in a good way.

"How sophisticated are you?" is the question I am asking you today. Some things I hear about, while going about my daily life disturb and perturb me to the core. I will start with a word which almost all of you say- "gharwale". This word is said in such a way or a direction that defines a situation of need and lethargy to put it mildly. For example "yaar mere gharwalon ne mana kiya hai" or "gharwale karne kahan deten hain" etc. You might not be getting what I am tring to say, so to gather it try to listen into this word and see the relative situation.

I am also surprised to see that large number of people I meet have incredulously low IQ or common sense. Quite a few times I have noticed that a sentence has to be repeated or said in a easy way to understand its difficult meaning. This might change with change in locality, but still there are far too less people who understand quickly.

Another factor which determine the sophistication is kind of movies you like. There are three kind of movies (according to me):
Slapstick- Movies which are unreal, non artistic, mostly commercial, low on quality and high on content
Art- These are the movies which come as big thing in small packages, high on quality and deeply moving.
Entertainers- These are awsome entertainers. They come only once or twice a year and move you to a whole new world.
Now, how sophistication goes with movies : Art>Entertainers>Slapstick

There are hundred more things which can determine the fact that how sophisticated are you. But there is a reason I chose the above three ingredients. The first one tells you about the language you speak, second one about the level of your mind, and the third one about your tastes. By now you should know how sophisticated are you. On the ending note I will like to tell you that this is a weekly blog so, I will only post once a week. Kindly visit it once a week.

Pursuit of Happiness

noreply@blogger.com (Pranay Pasricha) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:40:00 +0000

Some people say somethings that are either accidental or are well thought of. These somethings are so close to the truth of life, that sometimes you are just induced into thinking about them, not at that moment, but certainly afterward. This is one phrase which I heard in a movie titled the same, about which I am still a little a bit surprised to know, how close is this this to our life.

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness " is one of the most famous in the American declaration of Independence.

The pursuit of happiness written by Thomas Jefferson is the phrase I am talking about.

How did that man managed to put the pursuit part in there? I am sorry if I am directly quoting Will Smith, but isn't it amazing? Pursuit means chase, hunt or search. If you look back in your life haven't you been chasing happiness through your whole life? You might have got there sometimes, but on thing after another, the chase begins sooner than a blink of your eye. Is happiness the ultimate goal of your life or is it only meant to be pursued?

So, something to think about and accept in my first post. Please make it a habit to visit this blog once in a week, and I guarantee you something exciting or mind relaxing or taking you in a different world because its Pranay Ki Duniya yaar.