Hats off to Douglas Adams

Not so long ago, I had written something about the watchmaker concept...While I was reading Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,I came across this wonderful satire by Douglas Adams.

(Talking about the Babel fish,which can translate any language of the universe for its user)

“Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindboggingly useful as the Babel fish could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.

“The argument goes something like this: ‘I refuse to prove that I exist,’ says God, ‘for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.’

“‘But,’ says Man, ‘The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.’

“‘Oh dear,’ says God, ‘I hadn’t thought of that,’ and promptly vanished in a puff of logic.

“‘Oh, that was easy,’ says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.

Most leading theologians claim that this argument is a load of dingo’s kidneys, but that didn’t stop Oolon Colluphid making a small fortune when he used it as the central theme of his best- selling book Well That About Wraps It Up For God.

A must read for everyone !!!!

Intoxicated

Disclaimer: This work is by no means promoting or glorifying the use of alcoholic drinks.It is bad..very bad and I need not list its endless cons.

He gazed at the glass
His face grew tense
Should I hold back?, he asked himself
or Should I jump over the fence?

His will was driven by wonder...
how it feels to be drunk
So he gulped the liquid quickly
Afterall, he was no monk.

He felt good, he felt happy
His body loosened up,he was on high
He ran to tell his friends
Though he wanted to fly!

He talked loudly, He talked a lot
His friends remarked he looked like a clown.
Shocked they were -never expected this of him
"Et tu Piyush! You let us down."

But for him, it was more of an experiment
- why do people act strange after drinking whiskey,vodka or wine?
Now he knew,now he felt...and when a friend asked..
He could not even tell the equation of a straight line!

And all in all, he quenched his thirst.
Thirst not for the terribly tasting vodka,but of this feeling -
which turned the world upside down
and made the floor look like ceiling.


P.S: 1. It was just a one time thing. No more of this.

2.'Eq.of a line' thing was geeky, wasnt it? Courtesy Kshitij. (I said x+y = c or something,which wasnt that bad.)

3. When asked which of us two was drunk(me or kshitij), two colleagues confidently declared that it is Kshitij.Kudos to you two!

4.WARNING: DONT TRY THIS AT HOME.

A God's workshop in an idle mind ..part 1

God: Hi
Me: (laughing) not again..I know you dont exist.
God: Why do you say so?
Me: Because its not you..its just me thinking.
God: What makes you believe that its not me inside you..Why do you think its you talking to yourself. Maybe its me making you think what you are thinking.
Me: Stop..or I'll just go mad!!!
God: Dont worry.its me God..I'll take care of everything.
Me: Ok. Since we've arrived at a paradox at not being able to confirm if you're really god or not...why dont you do something that will make me believe.
God: Because I am god.I dont need to prove myself.Simple.You believe if you want to.
Me: Ok ! I believe you exist.happy.now what?
God: Nothing.
Me: Ok.bye
God: Look. I dont want people fight over if they believe in me or not. I just want them to live life a healthy way and let others live. I dont want them to follow different code of ethics which they call religion.I'm not for hindu or islam or christian etc.There is just one code called humanity.
Me: This is exactly what I think ! See now its confirmed its just me talking to myself and its not God!
God: But even you are God. I am in everyone.Havnt you come across the concept in which one is given an object through which he would see GOD ,and it turns out to be a mirror!?
Me: Oh no.Not THAT lame concept again! It spoils the plot of many thrilling sci-fi and philosophical stories.
God: ??? So if you ever have any argument over God with anyone,just shut him/her by this concept and be happy.
Me: I dont know if you are God or Just me going nuts,but whatever crap you are talking....it deserves to be on my blog!
God:But I am not going to shut up unless you promise to talk to me again. I am bored you see.
Me: If a promise is the only way you're gonna be quiet ,then so be it.Just shut up for now for GOD'S SAKE!

Movies Update

I've been watching a great mix of movies these days.With the advent of world movies on my TV, my sister's external HDD which has app.300 movies...and my own database of critically acclaimed movies, I've not missed any oppurtunity of
putting them to use and escaping my monotonous world .



Its 12 midnight. You are world weary.You decide to see a movie.You're loving it.The whole movie centres on the plot.Every scene of the movie builds up on the climax.but at the end of it...you're not able to understand what happened.and Then you realise that probably you didnt understand the whole movie.

Thats exactly what happened with me and Donnie Darko.But finally I was able to make sense of the climax fully(after thinking over the movie for like 10 mins!)...Its great in this respect! When was the last time you sat down with a pen and paper to undertstand a movie?
The ending is a bit sad and touchy. Jake Gyllenhaal was fabulous and the Soundtrack totally psychedelic.
A must watch for everyone..Especially those interested in psychology and philosophy of time travel.


Movie ratings:

Donnie Darko: 9.5/10

Amelie :9/10
(a beautiful French movie which has deservedly risen to imdb #44)

My Little Bride: 7/10
( a korean movie...In which a senior college student marries a 1st yearite! liked it because the beautiful relationship b/w them and the eastern culture )

The Other Boleyn Girl: 5/10
Scent of a Woman : 6/10
Priceless : 6/10 (another French movie)

One morning in Campus

It was one of those lazy mornings...when you suddenly decide to be not lazy and go out for jog. Just as any 'normal' boy from the boys hostel would , I automatically got drifted towards the girls hostel area. and Gosh..what an atmostphere do those girls live in !
Though I would love to tell any ignorant IITian guy that the girl hostel area is dirty and it stinks (to prevent any despos from rushing there every morning), the truth is it is the loveliest part of Delhi in the morning.It is Utopia.
Peacocks all over the place showing off their plumage looked amazing. (Though these were not the 'birds' I expected to see)....Then just as I stopped to look at a couple of peacocks crying/mewing(whatever) at the top of their voice from the roof of a house, another little one just went pass me.
and then ,at that very moment , something else struck me. What a game nature is playing!
If the peacocks are to girls hostel :: then what is to boys hostel ??
If the peacocks in IIT are analogous to girls, then is the analogy to boys the answer to the above question ??
I have nothing else to say.

They say a diamond is a woman's best friend. and a DOG is man's. and STILL they are the ones who complain about gender bias !!!!