Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Dark Matter

Stretching across 270 million light years. Three times larger than any other know structure and 3000 times larger than our galaxy. Just filaments and sheets.

Dark matter. Invisible. The only way you can detect the presence is to check if anything in the vicinity is affected. How i wish i was there instead of here. May be i am really there and not here.

Amidst the mildly squeaky noise of the little birds, the first ray of sunlight from the window pierced my eyelids and forced me to stop the line of thought.

Should i be glad it is sunshine and not the dark matter i live with?

Or may be it's just the window i should close.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Path


Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.


The real question is: Does creativity help you to withdraw from the world or re-enter it?

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Analyst Life Crisis

1. Is the intellectual slavery worth it?
2. Does my social life exist?
3. Where’s the remote?
4. Would I be happier doing “what I love”?
5. What do I love?
6. Analysts are the only people who can one day become rich Partners
7. Do I need to upgrade my socks?
8. Things are probably far worse back in India
9. What I do is exciting
10. Life without clean roads … life on Mumbai public transportation … shudder
11. Will a 250K$* MBA be of any use?
12. If I make less money I might deflate


* Estimate includes pay loss


Five years down the line, I want to re-visit this list. Am sure the list will not be any shorter but i hope it stays as interesting.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Is Borat stupid or wise?

"There is my neighbor Nusultan Tuliakbay, he's pain in my *******. I get a window from a glass, he must get a window from a glass. I get a step, he must get a step. I get a clock radio...he cannot afford. Great success!"


I think wise.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008