You can find answers for anything now a days..

.. after a bit of 'ego surfing' I found the following,

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/30589863.cms.

One of my contributions to the 'The times of INdia' - Endgame section was published.

An Incident worth discussing...

OK, so, here goes - I witnessed the following on the metro the other day.

I was on my home from school on a relatively empty metro (enough space for one person to occupy a one whole row). A man was sitting, well sleeping, in the row front of me. He had the row to himself. The metro stopped at one of stations and a large (obese) man climbed into the train. Without looking around for any empty seats, he squeezed himself next to the sleeping man. As soon as the large man sat down, the sleeping man woke up, and looked at the man next to him and pointed to an empty row in the car. In short, the large man was rudely (or at least I thought so) asked to move. The large man did move but kept throwing the sleeping man dirty looks throughout the journey. This happened in less than 3 minutes.

OK, now the question - A decade or so a back, I would have clearly thought that the sleeping man was rude and should have been admonished. However, in today's world where obesity is frowned on and where airlines try to charge large people extra money for tickets, I wonder if it was the obese man who was rude. Granted that the large man didn't see the empty row, but should he have looked around atleast?

I still think that the sleeping man behaved rudely. Would it have been correct protocol for the sleeping man to get up and move to an empty row?. I wonder if the large man would have simply sat in an empty row had he seen one....

Sehwag's Triple Ton.

Virender Sehwag's un-beaten on 309 in the first test against SA. 91 runs behind Lara's world record of 400*. Can he do it tomorrow? I surely hope so. To be honest, I was a slighly disappointed Sachin Tendulkar didn't get a chance to bat. Oh well, he'll get a chance in the next test.

Anyway, here's wishing Sehwag the best of luck. I hope both of Lara's records get broken soon (400* and 11953)

Wikipedia...

I am amazed at what can be found on Wikipedia. More importantly, I am impressed that people take time out of their busy schedules and lives to contribute. I have used this site innumerable number of times to search for information ranging from Accounting examples to Bollywood movie plots - two extremes, really. The reason for making this entry is because I realized that I visit this site atleast twice a day. After so much use, I now blindly trust information found on the website. And, so far, I have never been disappointed with the quality of information.

I was lamenting, a few days back, that people (especially kids) in the age of internet spend less time reading books (history, fiction, science, whatever subject..) and more time surfing the internet. However, Wikipedia has restored some of my faith. I am certain that a lot people who contribute to this website are not only young but simply motivated to learn and share.

Instead of beaming (and sending) simple messages (or article), why not simply beam http://www.wikipedia.org/ into the outer space and let intelligent life (if it exists) learn more about Earth and it's inhabitants :)?

Anyway, to end this post, I do hope I can contribute in maintaining and expanding this excellent and vast source of information

Tendulkar getting close to a landmark...

Tendulkar has score 11782 runs so far. He's 171 runs behind Brian Lara (11953). Getting mighty close to the landmark of being the highest run scorer.

I hope he passes this landmark when India plays SA in March. I am keeping my fingers crossed!