Auto-vaale Uncle

I still remember going to school on an auto-rickshaw, the rickety vehicle also known as a three-wheeler. With seating meant for 3-5 people, it would actually be filled with 12-15 kids, all barely awake up at 6 am in the morning. During the rainy season, we would cheer as the auto-rickshaw made its way through [...]

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Waking

like a little paper-boat on a strong current I flow — unaware of space and time. In the curves and rapids, a little rock I hit. a spark of conscience awakens but only for a little bit. the tide of time again sweeps me in its flow. in a current where it’s easy to pretend [...]

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2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 9,100 times in 2010. That’s about 22 full 747s.   [...]

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The Place of Randomness in Life

There is a lot of randomness in life. A lot of things are circumstantial. For instance, a farmer can plant the seeds, yet not control the weather. A student can study hard, yet not help if they get sick during the morning of their exam. Over the past one year, life seems to have taken [...]

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Late Saturday Night Dinner

University of Waterloo has an exam week, and I was helping two physics students with the upcoming challenge. Most of Friday was spent teaching. At 2 am yesterday night, I received a call “Hey Saurabh, so if you have a loop of current suspended in a magnetic field B, how do we… ?” I am [...]

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A Few Pounds Lighter?

THEN NOW Encourage me!

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Check-List

1. Lose weight = Run + Run + Run 2. Clean room 3. Do not worry about things you do not need to worry about. 4. Increase study hours. 5. Do not forget to wonder about the stars, even if it is too cold to go outside.

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Little Scribblings

This post will be about little updates and catching up. Of course, it has been over a couple of weeks now, but I am so glad that the man I wrote about went on to become the PM of India for a second consecutive time, a feat acheived only by one man Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru [...]

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night day-dreaming

Sir, Please enter through the door of the Different World. It is a world running parallel to yours, very similar, and yet different. Come, let me show you around… Let’s take a satellite tour first. As you see down at the rotating planet of ours, you will notice that most of our land is covered [...]

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Quarter-life Crisis!

When you can’t put enough candles on one cake! … you can use 4 little Champagne bottles upon Strawberries! I feel so grateful for another wonderful year. Lots of excitement, lots of lessons, and lots to look forward to. I am yet again reminded of Frost’s magical words: The woods are lovely, dark and deep, [...]

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