Rhythm of Life

I have to yet research and read about what great people, and great religions say about this topic. But still I would like to note down my own thoughts as they come to me based on my day to day, very normal and usual experiences. Here I will write about the ideal state in a personal relationship. What nurtures a relationship is love, an unconditional love. And what causes frustration in a relationship, is dependence, or expectations. As when we love some one, we start to have some expectations from our loved ones, may be just to reciprocate what we do unto them. But may be they do reciprocate, but may be their way is different from ours. But since we are expecting a certain pattern of behavior from them, we become frustrated, and that propagates the frustrations in the relationship. So if I were to define an ideal state of relationship with my loved ones, I would say " If I am able to shower my unconditional love, do as much care as I can, without having my loved ones lose thei...

Arvin just celebrated his first B'day. I, perhaps like most mom, am beginning to realize how fast my baby is growing. Everyday he does new fun activities which are all so much a pleasure to our eyes. I want to capture them all. Although for all these months, I had been writing about him in his memory book, I will try to write them more regularly in this blog now. That way all the family and friends can also enjoy reading it, and will be easier for me to log as well. Aug 11th 2011 : Arvin is enjoying his nana-nani's visit to US and playing a lot with them these days. He has recently learned to walk (about 20 days back). He likes to take morning walks to the garden with nanu these days. When nanu puts on his shoes, he walks upto the door and is not ready to turn back towards home, just wants nanu to take him to the Garden. August 15th 2011 : This morning, when we were on the breakfast table, Avi showed an altogether different yet very cute expression. First he picked up ...

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This is a considerably short ;) comment on Saurabh's blog . I did not want to pollute his comments section by writing a comment as long as an article. Let me for the sake of fun and argument take the other side. Why does an artist have to be a ‘wonderful enough entertainer’? We don’t go to our offices to entertain people. We sometimes work out of necessity, sometimes for satisfaction and pleasure. Why can’t an artist do something which he or she likes? Does he wish that everyone in the world would understand and appreciate his contributions? Did Einstein think that his theory should be appreciated by Taliban? And why do we, as consumers, have to be able to pick the best? Are we rational? If we were, rather than talking about IPL, we would perhaps be talking about much more pertinent issues, or masses’ issues. Issues of a billion people, rather than a few million. Coming specifically to IPL: Why is cricket not included in Olympics? What has IPL really done? Why is as popular as...

Birthday Party 2009 It was 00 hrs on 3rd Oct, I was reading the novel, Life of Pi, when Vinita came in the room and wished me Happy Birthday. I was pleasantly surprised to find a decorated yummy vegan chocolate double fudge ganache cake surrounded by candles. I was not yet out of the surprise when Vinita asked me to dress up properly because Aparna and her parents were about to come for the celebration. This refreshed the memories from last year when she surprised me similarly by getting a tasty vegan cake in Austin. I clapped on my birthday song and carried out the rituals. You can find the happy surprise on my unshaved face in the pics as well. While we were talking, Aparna asked me a question about the party next day. Yet another surprise, but this time I realized it. Vinita had called about a 15 people for the birthday party at our home today evening. Happily we slept and woke up pretty late the next morning, amid the online freshly baked wishes from people on skype, gmail an...

Today I got a thought while returning from school and I feel that it is worth noting down for the benefit of all. So the thought is as under.. What is 'my' life? What is 'mine' in this life? Is this life really 'mine'? It is given to me by God and it can be taken from me anytime. So is 'my' important in 'my life'? I think no. But yes 'life' is important. Because after all that is it why I am here. Now, that means, I am like an element, whom God has filled in with life, for a certain period on this earth as a human being. So, what is so much important in this life to be concerned about? Should it be my work, my career, my every like and dislike, my dress, my food, my time, what? Does any of these matter after my life? I think then, all this won't matter a bit to me once this life is taken from me. That means nothing in this world can be more true than the fact that you have to live..till God wants you to. Next question is, what sho...

Ever wondered where all the stuff in your house comes from, and where it all goes after you are done with it? I just saw this amazing " Story of Stuff " . In words of my ex-teacher, Mrs. Lalita Aseri, "Its really impressive....it may sound funny but yeah..its very motivating for me." Watch the story yourself and find out! Now if you too find yourself motivated, Here is the link for 10 recommendations on what we can do to address the problems identified in the film on storyofstuff : http://www.storyofstuff.com/ anotherway.html Specifically, http://www.cosmeticsdatabase. com tells about the toxic contents in various cosmetic products that we inadvertently buy. Similarly, there are lots of carcinogenic products in most ready to eat foods and snacks that we do not even know about and buy. Like now I never buy a product that lists "Monosodium Glutamate" because I know its carcinogenic. And after remembering its name, I came across the products containing it ...

I am following the Time's Lead India '09 initiative where they regularly publish a column called Vignettes of Leadership , that brings out the views on leadership directly by leaders in various fields. Here I will be summarizing some of those articles specially noting down the interesting things to take from each leader. Lee Iacocca , the former CEO of Chrysler, has Nine C's that make a leader stand out from the crowd: 1. Curiosity : Listen to people outside the ‘Yes, sir’ crowd and read voraciously, because the world is a complicated place. 2. Creative : Go out on a limb, be willing to try something different. 3. Change : Manage change effectively, whether you’re leading a company or leading a country. Things change, and you get to adapt. 4. Communicate : Facing reality and telling the truth. Communication has to start with telling the truth, even when it may be painful. 5. Character : knowing the difference between right and wrong and having the guts to do the rig...

We, the citizens of India, want certain actions (not just promises but actions) from our leaders, once they reach up to form the government. The Times of India's Lead India '09 is asking the people of India to create a manifesto of what we need from whichever government comes next top power. You can choose 3 issues most important to you, to help evolve such a manifesto. Times will present this Peoples’ Manifesto to the new parliament. These are my 3 most important manifestos for the elected leaders: 1.) Safe drinking water for all, clean rivers, and environment and make it livable. 2.) Zero tolerance to religious extremism, and terrorism. 3.) No corruption at any level in government offices, and full transparency and accountability of government officers. Please feel free to comment and put forward your 3 issues at http://www.lead.timesofindia.com/Wada_naa_todo.aspx Lets create a safe and just India that we all want.

Everybody is trying to curb terrorism, or atleast showing and talking like that. The root cause of terrorism is poverty, illiteracy and social injustice. In India, rigid and cruel caste system, and corrupt government have made the situations worse. We have almost forgotten the rural face and now that keeps coming in front of us in forms of Naxalites in Bihar, Maoists in North Eastern states, separatists in J&K and other insurgents. Over this, the selfish political leaders of different parties keep capitalizing on the emotions of each community. The governments keep coming and going with citizens watching them with wistful eyes. Its enough now, and we citizens will have to do something for the betterment of society. When everyone in society would sleep peacefully after the nights meal, no body would come out to commit the sins of killing.

Out of the popular demand, here is a list of the good movies that I watched. Will keep updating the list as I watch more of the good movies. Enjoy! 1.Fifty First Dates 2.Cast Away (2000) 3.Life Is Beautiful (2000) 4.The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) 5.Last Holiday (2006) 6.Little Manhattan (2005) 7.Amelie (2001) -French (English Title) 8.The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 9.The Godfather (1972) 10.The Godfather: Part II (1974) 11.Buono, il brutto, il cattivo., Il (1966) 12.Pulp Fiction (1994) 13.Schindler's List (1993) 14.Casablanca (1942) 15.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 16.Goodfellas (1990) 17.The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 18.The Usual Suspects (1994) 19.Fight Club (1999) 20.Memento (2000) 21.The Matrix (1999) 22.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 23.Slumdog Millionaire (2008) 24.American Beauty (1999) 25.Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 26.American History X (1998) 27.Forrest Gump (1994) 28.The Departed (2006) 29.The Pianist (2002)...

Here are some of the books recommended by one of my friend Kalyan, who recently took exam for IAS. Some others are those which I / Vinita have read and liked. Finally, some are recommended by a couple of other friends. If possible read their reviews on the web and then figure out if the subject matter stimulate your interest. And yes, send me your recommendations. By the way, these are not in any particular order. It seems though, that I should try to get them in some order, so that the reading makes more sense. But as of now, I don't know when I'll do that. So till then, enjoy! The Magic of Thinking Big - David Schwartz How to Click with Everyone Every time What I Talk About when I Talk About Running India's Struggle for Freedom - Bipin Chandra India After Independence The Argumentative Indian Holiday in Hell My Experiments with Truth - mahatma Gandhi Administrative Thinkers - Prasad and Prasad Caste System in India - MN Srinivasan Introduction to Consitution of India - DD...

I recently found that UT employees can also get some Employee discounts in various places ! In a way it feels, US universities are not less than a corporate house ! I dint know this earlier and it seems like a good list to look at it! http://www.utexas.edu/hr/edp/employee/ Though similar settings worked in my previous school in India (MNIT) as well ! There we could un-officially go to a shop keeper and claim the undocumented MREC (10%) discount! But the university here seems to be taking it one step further and they have it officially setup! I guess they tie up with these local and big businesses (hopefully according to the need of the students and other people in the University), for example Wireless services, restaurnets etc. This is a win-win for both, because UT people get some good discounts and business get bulk exposure! This could be certainly useful to many Universities and students in other places of the world !

Terrific Love missing u missing u makes me miss u, longing to love u.. makes me lose the moments of loving u. when i wanted to say u that I love u, we ended up fighting till i left u. But, when u were in deep sleep, I found myself dreaming, I was in your arms and dancing on your beats, the world was so peaceful, happiness was embracing me. Is that exactly what I wanted? I knew the answer of me. and I saw the smile on ur face and love in your eyes and isshhhhh..........u kissed me! every moment with u is precious, and your love , my Darling, is terrific ...

const is trick to begin with ... this is what I found while working with it ... 1. References: They cannot be changed to point to some other object 2. Pointers: Can be changed to point to something else 1 class Foo { 2 int i; 3 public: 4 5 void doit (const Foo &that) { 6 that.i = i; //Error 7 } 8 void doit (Foo &that) { 9 that.i = i; //Okay 10 } 11 void doit (const Foo *that) { 12 that->i = i; //Error 13 that = this; //Okay 14 } 15 void doit (Foo * const that) { 16 that->i = i; //Okay 17 that = this; //Error 18 } 19 void doit (const Foo &that) { 20 i = that.i; //Okay 21 } 22 void doit (const Foo &that) const { 23 i = that.i; //Error 24 } 19 }; --Sorry about the alignment, I dont know a way as of now to correct this ... I guess it is readable though ! If someone already knows, let me know (how to preserve the formatting like we do in wiki) test2.cpp: In member function `void Foo::doit(const Foo&)': test2.cpp:6: error: assignment of data-member `Foo::i' ...

Today I attended a lecture by Prof. Sanjay Patel, famous Prof in Comp Arch from UIUC... Crux: a 1000+ core architecture Motivation: Some real-time apps Main processor can delegate some work to it ! Implementation: As of now as a co-processor type thing, which has lots of threads, has a different program or thread model ! How did they come up with the design? Choose the benchmark apps ! Interestingly, to figure out implementation, fed these apps and some hardware parameters, like Issue Width: L1 Cache Size: L2 Cache Size: CPU Frequency etc To an optimizer, which then analyses these apps against these hardware choices : Result: a plot on the AREA vs Performance curve for each of these configs Final result choose the design that looks reasonable ! Then decision about the programming / thread model and SIMD vs MIMD model Again benchmark apps, analyze the dependency graphs for these apps ... You can use any tool like PIN easily to figure out this dependency graphs and things like RAW, WAW k...

New students who joined UT this fall, may have, by now, realized the amount of work in the classes and in general about the hectic life... Dont worry, you will get adjusted to it sooner than later .. Good Luck with that ! But I wanted to point out one important thing in this post for new students: About ECAC or the recruitment drive in ECE... Be sure to register for ECAC and submit your resumes to companies for Internships! You should also know that CS people have different governing body (for Natural Sciences, like ECAC for Engineering).. So be sure to keep in touch with that and submit your resume if you are interested in purely CS type (software related jobs).. You might wonder why dont you see yahoo, amazon and other purely software companies a lot in the ECAC fair ... They are more likely to be in the Natural Sciences fair than ECAC.. All the best for the internship search ! If you are in Austin, and want to learn driving and/or take driving lisence test, the best person for you i...

Here, I have compiled the links to all the useful websites for GRE preparation and exam. One needs to refer many websites for GRE test preparation, registration and sample tests, etc., so this might help saving some of your precious time if all those links are at one place. For GRE test registration Free GRE practice tests : Kaplan Before starting preparation for Verbal section (ideally 6-8 months before your GRE test date), you might find it helpful to read my friend's article: http://ranjit.puri. googlepages.com/ The800VerbalWalkthrough.htm For GRE test preparation : Number2 For list of Analytical Writing Topics in GRE exam : click here For sample Essays and Argument writings in GRE exam, click here or download from: http://jainvinita.googlepages.com/sampleessaysandargumentwritings.zip Sample formats for various Application process documents for MS admission. Details on how you should take visa appointment Sample documents and checklists for USA student visa application.

Here I have compiled some general queries that I and many other students have regarding admission in MS. I will put my questions one by one in this post. Feel free to put up more questions and I will be pleased to answer you or direct you to the right source for it. Q&A before GRE/TOEFL and till before the Admission 0. What is the right time to take GRE/TOEFL tests? The best time to take the tests is 1 year before you plan to start your MS. This will give you sufficient time for the lengthy application process. Having 2 years of work experience before MS is not essential but can help you get good understanding of what you want to do in your MS. First I will tell you my plans, please DO comment on it. I'm planning to write GRE/TOEFEL in August, want to apply for MS in OS or computer architecture in fall next year. Comp Arch is usually misunderstood by lot of people , this is if you wish to design processor etc. And that needs VLSI too... So truly speaking you will have to wor...

During in initial days at UT, I happened to talk to lots of people about the courses I should be taking etc. This post contains some excerpts from that : I also talk about a few questions that have been asked by various new students joining UT, specially in computer engineering. What courses to choose for the first sem? People mostly end up choosing the courses which are either necessary prerequisites for other courses or if they are only offered say, once in two years or so. And definitely this sounds pretty reasonable. So for computer engineering the basic and interesting course I have heard of, in UT are UG Computer Architecture (360N), Algorithms (360C), Introduction to OS (CS372H), Compilers, Distributed Computing, Grad EPL (specially by Prof. Craig Chase), VLSI-1 (these are not easy classes, but basic) For the courses which are exotic / rarely offered, I think the best way is to sit in those classes for a couple of lectures, and carefully understand what the course offer...