When I went abroad for the first time, I just could not sleep on the very first night. I was wondering why I couldn't sleep. It was a very spacious room for one person. It had everything you'd ask for. It had air conditioners, state of the art television, dvd players, refrigerators etc. It had everything, but one. A fan. A ceiling fan. That's when I realised that I can't sleep without a ceiling fan. I've got used to the rhythmic sound of the ceiling fan so much that the silence in that hotel room was disturbing. The silence was even eerie.
It didn't take me too much time to realise that I...
I was poor at science subjects. I still am. Be it physics, chemistry or biology. I was very poor. I never understood any of those theorems and formulae. Even some of the very basic things are still a problem for me. Only physics was slightly better because I found it a bit interesting and practical. Overall, science subjects were very alien to me. As far as I was concerned, "if it moves it's biology, if it stinks it's chemistry and if it doesn't work, it's physics".
My disconnect with science subjects never was a major hindrance for me academically speaking. I was still scoring decent 70s...
You might have thought about this many times. I have. I'm strong believer that life exists outside of Earth too. It may even be various forms of life and in various planets and stars. We know 'nothing to little' to even state that no life exists outside earth. When I say 'we', I don't refer to you and me alone, I refer to all the scientists as well. Well, this post is not to prove that there is life outside earth. I can't do that as well with my knowledge of science and my lazy refusal to research for facts. This post is just about the fact that planet earth is a tiny dot in the space. That...
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A teenage slum boy is accused of murdering his father. The hearings in the court are over. The judge leaves the decision to a panel of 12 jurors. The decision is to conclude guilty or not guilty. A 'guilty verdict' would result in a death sentence for the murderer. Whatever the decision is, it must be a unanimous decision by all 12 jurors. All the 12 jurors gather in a room to discuss and conclude their verdict on the case. It looks very much like a formality. They expect that this meeting would not take much time as the case is very clear. All evidence and witnesses are pointing towards one...
I stopped the car as we approached another signal. My friend was sitting next to me in the car. Traffic signals generally open a new topic. Don't know why. When the car comes to a halt after flowing freely, I guess it happens to our thoughts as well. The system restart does happen. We forgot what we were talking until then. As the car stopped for the signal, my friend suddenly looked at me and asked . . .
Friend: So what's your Zen saying?
Me: What?
Friend: Zen. You follow Zen, right?
Me: Yeah, I...
