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I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am most certain of the first time.

Josh Billings, columnist and humorist (1818-1885)

Courtesy: AWAD Mail -15 Jan 2010

Day in Pictures !

Did you notice the 'Day in Pictures' slideshow in the new Hindu website ?

It is a collection of pics from different walks of life that is consolidated into a slideshow everyday.

Visit the Hindu homepage at : http://beta.thehindu.com/

Some of them are real good ones and I'm a regular visitor there !

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Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deeply.
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.

-Hafez, poet (1315-1390)

Courtesy : AWAD mail (9-Nov-09)

Scattered beads

I gathered the ones near by
To see the far off ones still rolling away
Let go the nearer ones
And stretched for the far off ones
To see both the nearer and farther moving away
Scattered beads ...!
Fading Memories ...!

An Interview

Check the below link for an interview with Nandhan Nilekani on UID project.

http://beta.thehindu.com/opinion/interview/article19518.ece

Awesome !

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"God, grant me the serenity to take the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference."

A beautiful Prayer !

Spirit of Wipro run

I ran the Spirit of Wipro run this year- my first attempt at long distance running.

While in school, I used to run 1500 m race – but that was some 10 years back and the distance was comparatively less. The run was an eye-opener to me – it was a realization to me that I’m no longer an athlete! My expectation from myself is higher – much higher than what I’m actually capable of.
Have to be more realistic in life :)
But then, I felt happy that I could complete 4kms in 35 mins - not bad !

The run was truly refreshing (not forgetting the sore ankles and strained muscles).

More than 7000 people participated this year, of which around 3700 were in Bangalore. (Someone was telling that it is the biggest single-organization Marathon!) .

This years theme for the run was - Fun , Fitness and 'GO GREEN'.

P.S: Here is the link to an article that was published in the Sunday Magazine of ‘The Hindu’ few months back on long distance running.

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/05/03/stories/2009050350180600.htm