Renaissance

Philosophically define Good and Bad???

2011-10-17T20:39:00.000-07:00

Is it good?
It's my bad.

When ever we do an activity or compare personalities or their activities etc, we always try to classify the activity as good or bad. How can we define something as good or the other as bad. Literally, I don't Know. I hope you also don't know it clearly. But one thing which I started to learn is If you feel x is good, then x will be good. If you feel y is bad, y is bad indeed.
Simply, If you think its good, indeed it is good. If not,obviously it is bad.
Probably from Genetic inheritance, Slow learning from the society where we live, have trained few classifiers in the brain or somewhere in our body that tells us that this is bad or good. Based on our experience, based on question, based on the activity we need to do, etc... we keep training our complex classifiers that at last make everything messy.
Definitely, no one (Its my perspective) can define clearly or distinct clearly the bad and the good.
Now,
If we think, we are here for some cause and if you don't know it yet, is it good or bad? - I don't know it :). This recursively gives I don't know it if you keep on asking questions. This means there is something beyond our comprehension , beyond our fragile logic that makes this or rules this world.
That thing makes everyone humble and equal in this so called existing world.
Are we sure, presently we are not in the hell after the death and again we will go back to our so called earth by vanishing from the present earth. or Are we presently in heaven and after some time will we go back to hell or go back to different place by vanishing from here. I know everything contradicts to our so called well defined human logic/nature's logic when we keep on asking stupid questions. But is it good or bad? I don't know...Do you?????

Another example, there are few societies where scientists will be working hard to know what is there in between the two atoms, between nucleus and the so called spinning electrons. what is there in Dark matter? Is this kind of research is good or bad? I don't know.. Do you???? Governments might be spending Millions(sorry it is in Trillions of currency can be dollar/euro) for their defence and other so-called hi-tech research. Is this good or bad?? I don't know...Do you???
By exploiting the poor countries' natural resources and doing nothing to them in return, every one is going after the wealth, comforts etc while the real owners are going in search of basic things as they are deprived of them.
Consider Diamond, its really a precious stone for us. Is it available under your House foundation, no..a big NOOO...Then, just think its not your resource but the owners of the natural resource is one of poor African country. Why they didn't become rich? Simply we or some one exploited it.
Is this good or bad?? I don't know...Do you???
Every one from UK tells that British empire has never seen the Sun-Set. But who gave them the power to rule others? Is this good or bad??

I really don't know why I wrote this piece..Is it bad or good.Really I don't know. One thing for sure..I believe, there is nothing like good or bad..Everything/one is equal and humble. Then why we think of racism, religious fanatism, social status, caste, etc.....Even Good = Bad and Bad=Good:) everything is equal. Just let ourselves understand that and let ourselves free from the clutches of ego and accept everything. Again I don't know if it good or bad. But I believe in it :) that this way I can be happy/good/bad..This logic works out better...
Suppose I want to hit someone on his nose for fun...as the X-person and myself are same.let me hit myself...if I think its good..I will enjoy my bleeding nose..If I think its bad..i will switch to other thought :)

I am not trying to preach or contradict or do any other thing..I am just in search of answer.....Hope I did good/bad...and Indeed I did good/bad.....with a smile on my face....Signing off :)

HatsOff to ANNA HAZARE -- He is the LEADER

2011-04-09T21:43:00.000-07:00

I read the news about the Old Saviour ANNA HAZARE. Only one thing flashed in my mind, he is the real hero of India and inspired the Youth of India. The message is clear, we want the LAW to be the same for everyone irrespective of Caste, Economic Status, Social Status, Political background etc...He showed that every citizen has got the guts to change their stars irrespective of age.
Also, another question cropped up , "When a Old man did this, why cannot we,the young blood?".

I believe this is great moment in Indian History, which will have ever lasting impression on Youth of India. This will change the course of India and will make Our India as Corrupt free.

Incidentally, I watched the Leader movie daily for a week, before He started the fast.
I hope we should carry on the momentum and will take it forward. Let us join our hands and make the society (Our India) the best.

Signing Off,
Sumanth

Its Movie Time !!! After a Long TIME :)

2011-04-09T21:30:00.000-07:00

Long ago, I watched two movies back to back. It is in Hyderabad along with my better half, we went to Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kastam and Aakasamantha.I believe we did it almost two years ago. After that, though we watched movies together, never got a chance to watch back to back.
Yesterday, April 9th 2011, again got a chance to watch the movies back to back. This time it is with friends. I missed my better half but will plan soon :).
Abhishek, Abhilash and myself went to watch Your Highness (its a Adult Comedy), later we went on to watch Hanna (really liked it). In between these two, we watched Sucker's Punch (looked really good...only watched half of the movie as we went on to Hanna).

Hey Abhishek and Abhilash, Thanks once again..We had a great time..

signing off
Sumanth

A Guy who told me about TED

2011-02-05T00:35:00.000-08:00

Dinesh: TED ! its good..
me: What's that?
Dinesh: Let me show you..
me: ok. Show it on my laptop

Dinesh typed http://www.ted.com/ in my mozilla firefox.
He searched for Sixth Sense - Pranav Mistry talk.
I am wondered, awestruck and really inspired. I need to thank Dinesh for introducing the TED.
TED has a lot of inspiring talk shows. I have witnessed few amazing things.(Vilayanur Ramachandran, Paul Stamets, Eben Bayer, Pranav Mistry, Kiran Bedi , and lot others). The only thing that came in my mind when I see them is,
'What we know is a droplet in The Ocean' :)

Hope everyone enjoys these things.

---Signing off
Sumanth

PS:
Dinesh Thanks again :)

Chilkur Balaji Temple - My First Experience

2010-05-20T08:03:00.000-07:00

Chilkur is a small village nearby Hyderabad. It is within 25 KM vicinity from the Hitech city. It is famous for Lord Balaji Temple, who is popularly known as Visa Balaji/Visa Venkateswara Swamy.

On May 14th 2010, I went to pray to the LORD along with my father and cousin.
My first experience,
1. How is it possible???, Almost all coconut vendors have fixed rates and are very decent in their prices too..!!!
2. No special Darshan, -- the first temple I have ever seen so...Every one is equal before the LORD. To my shocking I came to know that, even there is no special darshan for VVIPS (let it be CM or PM)..
3. I have seen lot of temples, where Archaka Swamy (priest) demands money/offerings...Contrary to that, here there is no hundi at all and the Priest he himself preaches not to put any money in the Harathi plate !!!

Clearly, here Bhakti triumphs Business in the name of GOD. Because of this pure spiritual feeling, this has attracted thousands of devotees and still continuing to attract..
I need to thank the board/Arcahaka Swamy family/Dharmakartha (whom so ever it may concern) and lastly the Jagannaataka Suthradhari (Lord Balaji) who made this to happen.

Oh GOD! Please kindly bless all of us with eternal bliss and enlighten us.

Fried GOBI ITEMS --- I am SICK --- Let me change !!!!!!!!

2010-03-26T10:24:00.000-07:00

Every weekend, I, along with my two friends, roam in Tirupati, trying in different eateries and visiting Used books collection shops. The eateries range from Good Hotels to Good Restaurants and to road side Chat Bandars. Today (2010 March 26th - the day on which I am writing this :)), we went to a Electronics shop, to get my friend's computer system fixed. We had a very funny discussion about last week's outing, especially Gobi items which made us sick. As usual, this week also, we tried a single plate Gobi at a place near Book Shops (near University Book store @ Prakasam Road).
Let me put it out frankly, I like GOBI items very much...But it has taken a toll on my body.
"Ate LOT of fried GOBI -- Increased size of my TUMMY -- Became UNCLY"..:) - Just kidding, but thats true.

One amongst us suggested to try fruit juices, We moved on to a Nice Fruit Juice Parlour ( near Music College Bus Stop). On the menu card, I have seen Nannari Soda.What is this Nannari? is my first question. Let me try it out is my answer. Being a Connoisseur, I tried Chikko Juice and Nannari Soda, while my two friends chose Grape. One of my friend started kidding about this Nannari, while the other said few good things about the same. My experience is - I have never tasted such a pleasant odour juice with a completely different taste. I loved it and shall............

As Tirupati has lot of Tamil language Influence, few of the words used in Telugu come from Tamil. For example - Nannari - This is Sugandhi Pala in Telugu.

Thanks to my Friend - Venkat Praneeth - who told me good things about Nannari. I have searched about the same in Google and found Hemidesmus Indicus is its Botanical name. Contrary to it, from APMAB (Andhra Pradesh Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Board) has given Decalepis hamiltonii for Nannari.I might be wrong, but atleast found few pointers to this wonderful Nannari, which I enjoyed.. :)

Earlier, I am THE GOOD.
I started eating PIZZAs, FRIED GOBI ITEMS and few other fried stuff (very often) --- This made me THE BAD....But I contintued it....It made me THE UGLY....Now, I have changed my mind to become THE GOOD...Let me try..and hope will become THE GOOD soon :)

-------Signing off --- Sumanth

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http://apmab.in/products.php?&start=20

Circle the CAT & TRAVIAN ... Time pass is ON... Its ON-DEMAND GAMING :)

2010-03-16T10:55:00.000-07:00

Few simple browser-based games for time pass:

TRAVIAN: www.travian.in
Circle the Cat : http://members.shaw.ca/gf3/circle-the-cat.html

How I started Travian ?
On a fine day, I got really bored (Bcoz I was left alone...my wife went to UK :)) and just thought of playing simple games. When I was searching for free online games, I came across TRAVIAN. After a lot of ambiguity, I have created an account and started playing it. Its really a good game to play. I really enjoy playing it.

To my surprise, later I found that TRAVIAN has won the Superbrowsergame Award in 2006.

It is a simple and elegant game with lots of loaded fun. Also, the game is running on Indian Servers with .in domain too...Just try it once..you will not get addicted..but will enjoy...:)

What made me to Circle the CAT?
Being a production DBA, we expect very random workloads..Especially, when I worked in B'lore for the UK Retail Client, the situation is even more random. Kalman filter also cannot predict my workload :) For a period of two weeks, I was implementing a new feature, which created a lot of pressure and a heavy workload. Once, I completed it, literally there is no work for two days, except circling the Cat daily :). A colleague from my DBA Team, introduced me to this game. From then, I really enjoy Circling the Cat...Hope you too...But Please don't pass it on to my manager :)

Statutory Warning: Please Don't Play GAMES in Office. Gaming is dangerous to your Job profile

.....................Just a time-pass blog()..................................

What you want to become ? --- Introspection ---

2010-03-12T00:41:00.000-08:00

I want to become an Engineer and I became..
Few times in my childhood....I want to become a Doctor/lawyer...Blah blah...

Have you ever heard anyone telling you ..
I want to become a Farmer...

Then where I am heading too...Earning a lot of money with high profile job..Enjoying in high speed cars...Need to purchase lot of gizmos...Need to enjoy lavish holiday trips...of course..a lot other things....Last but not least...Need to purchase a good residential plot and build a house with lot of amenities...

Sounds really good...but the facts are indeed true and shocking..no one atleast in my life time of past 25 years has said I want to become a farmer...Indeed I never thought so...

But I believe this will get change by a simple question...
Just think of how we are purchasing gold now...what happens in future if even a Kilogram Gold (99.99% pure) wont give you a kilogram of rice/any staple cereal...

Then we need to really get shocked ... Its our offsprings who are going to fight ...not for the jobs...but for the food...It will definitely happen so...

Money brings you all...but not a brinjal to eat in near future....

Lets stand together.. Lets put all our efforts in making ourselves understand that we are still living beings who need food...we are not MACHINES yet... :)

Now I got an answer...I want to become an Agro-Forestry expert... :)

Contradicting to this..My mind always tells me that nature will take care of itself...Nature is always balanced...It will attain its equilibrium....I agree..But who are the sufferers during the transient period...It is none other than 'WE'....
Then logically from childhood..I learnt..Prevention is better than CURE...so let me make my mind to plant a tree...and slowly lean towards Agro-forestry :)

This is how my introspection went.......

Flash !!! IPL and Exams dented TRS !!! Flash

2008-06-04T18:20:00.000-07:00

Students do have very powerful commitments,notions but prejudiced a bit to their motherland. They can be easily turned on emotionally. Once they are turned on, they are more powerful than any firepower in this world.

Any political organisation seeking a separate state for a community will basically follow Demagoguery which means they can easily influence that community students. So, Support to TRS majorly came from Telangana Sutdent and youngster community. But still TRS failed in recent by-elections.
The analysis might be, the elections, triggered due to resignations of TRS Representatives, took place in a wrong time when no student/youngster turned up to get his emotions going ..this happened becuase
1. All students are either busy in examinations/ or in vacations
2. Deccan Chargers worst defeat in IPL should have made them more disappointed..

As students are in a state of relaxing from the tension of exams and IPL disappointment, they didn't turn up to vote. Polling percentage went down making TRS ship to sink down. Bad luck to Deccan Chargers and Bad luck to TRS. Hope they regain their form... :)

-----Just a timepass blog:::()

Must to Know "An Inconvenient Truth "

2008-05-02T14:50:00.000-07:00

'An Inconvenient Truth' is the most apt title...oops not for this article..But for the documentary movie, which created lot of sensation, whose protagonist is a Nobel laureate(Nobel Peace Prize ) Al Gore.

This is a must watch as it has lot of sensible information which really thrill your soul rather than senses. Real world Live examples, statistics' data, scientific proofs, concepts constitute the most part of information, which is presented in a humorous and witty way. Though the plot is a bit politically centered around Al Gore, it didn't get distracted from the main message/motto - "Global Warming - Its Our Responsibility in fighting it out as We being the reason for that".

The reasons for Global Warming might be the different activities of Human race to dominate the Environment. Of course, the list of activities might be very complex to discuss here as it goes on and on depending upon different perceptions. So, these are left to readers discretion and their perception... :). One can find millions of topics if they search Google for 'GLOBAL WARMING'.

I guess I am distracted towards Global Warming, from my main motto of this article : "Please watch this movie". This distraction happened because I might be emotionally caring for the Earth, an after-all a tiny home to our Mankind and the Life, which is on the verge of becoming the hell where we cannot live upon. I believe you too will have similar distractions :)

Hope we will unite ourselves regardless of Nationality, Religion, Race, Region, Caste, Inequalities and will fight for a common cause -- "Saving our own Mother Nature"...

http://www.climatecrisis.net/ --Official site for "An Inconvenient Truth "

Episode 1

2008-04-24T00:24:00.000-07:00

To start with, this is Sumanth - an ordinary, simple and humble guy hailing from INDIA. of Course, this is not my first blog..

http://sumanthy.blogspot.com -- First blog from me, of course the worst blog :( ...... :) (alpa santoshi -- no english please)

The main point is that --I 'was' not a good blogger. This is past because I started blogging again with a feel and drive. Then I thought of doing it from start..I mean with new blog..There came this RENAISSANCE...

As I mentioned earlier, the drive and feel is created by my friends (of course friends<-->friends)and family members.

To start with
1. The first inspiration is always the best -- http://prince-trish.blogspot.com/ --- from my childhood friend Trish.
2. Umesh who always constantly gives the source of inspiration in technical domain -- started few blogs -http://uma-the-leader.blogspot.com/ and http://share-the-learning.blogspot.com/
(Of course the second one is started with a desire to share his learning as the name suggests)
3. Archita Sarmah - (friend and colleague) is one of the best bloggers in our company/ work area.
4. There is a recent incident(/accident anything) happened on April 23rd. Himadri (friend and colleague) suggested to visit http://pinastro.wordpress.com/. This is the one which created enthu or inspired me the most.
5. Of course last but not least just now at writing this post...I visited my cousin Vamsi's blog --
http://vamsikrishnasblog.blogspot.com/... Inspiring too ...Adding fuel to my fire...Thanks Vamsi..for giving me a lot of inspiration... :)

This is the first episode of inspiration given by my friends, family ...Thats how Renaissance started..Great to be back again from hectic software field working like a machine with some form of life and ability to think....Huh..Life is great..Loving it..

Sumanth.