Got my own website... :)

This blog will no longer be maintained. I will be blogging (and hopefully putting lot more info :))
on my own website now ... www.janakporwal.com


thanks and do keep in touch!

A test post...

Google Instant. Instant Pain.

If you ever use Google while being logged into Gmail (most of us do!), you would have come across "Google Instant".

According to me, its as good as if you were to call your travel agent and this were to happen:

You: I want a ticket to A ...

Agent: America? Arizona? Australia? Africa? Afghanistan? Amazon jungle?

You: Actually its Am...

Agent: America? Amstredam? Amritsar? Amazon jungle?

.....

For heaven's sake -- Google Engineers -- The only thing Instant does is flaunt Google's bandwidth and servers.

To the user:

1) Its a big pain. Period. But if that were not enough:

2) It eats our bandwidth.

3) IT IS HARMFUL TO THE EYES. Please realize that people work on the PC for hours and such "flickering" display is bad for them.

And what I don't like is a company like Google roll out a feature with no option to "permanently" switch it off. (Every time you login afresh, the agent is there to cut your sentence short).

Karva chauth

This Karva chauth, came across a nice poem questioning the practice of Karva Chauth.

While I dont know whether all the strict rules associated with the festival are good or bad, should they be abolished, etc., but I definitely like the "motivation" or "principle" behind Karva Chauth.

For that matter, the motivation or principles behind "rules, regulations and religion" in general.

Well, here is the original poem questioning Karva Chauth (shared by one Mr. Dayanand Shahtri on facebook), and my response below it.

---

भोली बहू से कहती हैं सास
तुम से बंधी है बेटे की सांस
व्रत करो सुबह से शाम तक
पानी का भी न लो नाम तक

जो नहीं हैं इससे सहमत
कहती हैं और इसे सह मत

करवा चौथ का जो गुणगान करें
कुछ इसकी महिमा तो बखान करें
कुछ हमारे सवालात हैं
उनका तो समाधान करें

डाँक्टर कहे
डाँयटिशियन कहे
तरह तरह के
सलाहकार कहे
स्वस्थ जीवन के लिए
तंदरुस्त तन के लिए
पानी पियो , पानी पियो
रोज दस ग्लास पानी पियो

ये कैसा अत्याचार है ?
पानी पीने से इंकार है!
किया जो अगर जल ग्रहण
लग जाएगा पति को ग्रहण ?
पानी अगर जो पी लिया
पति को होगा पीलिया ?
गलती से अगर पानी पिया
खतरे से घिर जाएंगा पिया ?
गले के नीचे उतर गया जो जल
पति का कारोबार जाएंगा जल ?

ये वक्त नया
ज़माना नया
वो ज़माना
गुज़र गया
जब हम-तुम अनजान थे
और चाँद-सूरज भगवान थे

ये व्यर्थ के चौंचले
हैं रुढ़ियों के घोंसले
एक दिन ढह जाएंगे
वक्त के साथ बह जाएंगे
सिंदूर-मंगलसूत्र के साथ
ये भी कहीं खो जाएंगे

आधी समस्या तब हल हुई
जब पर्दा प्रथा खत्म हुई
अब प्रथाओ से पर्दा उठाएंगे
मिलकर हम आवाज उठाएंगे

करवा चौथ का जो गुणगान करें
कुछ इसकी महिमा तो बखान

-----

Pyaar aur bhakti samajhte hain,
Shayad isiliye hum insaan hai.
Kuch aise bhi log hai jinke liye,
Chaand aur Suraj aaj bhi Bhagwaan hai.

Nadiya abhi bhi, hamare liye maata hai,
Buddhi se upar, dilon ka naata hai.
Karva chauth ko vo hi samjhe,
Jise doosro ke liye jeena aata hai.

Chochlon aur prathaon ko ek maankar,
Vivek hamara so na jaye.
Sindoor-mangalsutra ke saath,
Aatma hamari kho na jaye.

Rit-rivaaz aur dharm ke bandhan,
Mukti ke hi dwaar hain,
Inhe todkar jashn na manana,
Yeh to vaasna se hamari haar hai.

----

Anyways, for whatever its worth, my personal viewpoint is that the strict rules associated with Karva Chauth should be relaxed, but basic methodology, concept, etc should remain.

cheers & Jai Shree Krushna!

Janak

Modern provebs

Came across another modern proverb: "History retweets itself". This post deserves to be less than 140 chars... duh.

Geek Philosopher

Inspired by my previous post, here is a tribute to the Geek of the world. Presenting.... the 'Geek Philosopher':

The 'Ordinary' Philosopher: Do not follow me, for I may not lead. Do not lead me, for I may not follow. Walk beside me, be my friend.
The 'Geek' Philosopher: Do not follow me, for I may not tweet. Do not tweet me, for I may not follow. Join me on Facebook, be my friend.


OP: To be or not to be, that is the question.
GP: Determining the sign of the square root of (4*B*B) is the question.

OP: A picture is worth a thousand words.
GP: A JPG file is worth 2KB.

OP: What came first, hen or the egg, for eggs come from hen and hen comes from egg?
GP: What is the root of the derivation tree for all hens and eggs in the world, if hen derives egg and egg derives hen?


OP: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
GP: Hack my site once, shame on you. Hack my site twice, shame on me.


OP: The best things in life are for free.
GP: The best softwares in life are for free.


OP: But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep.
GP: But I have deadlines to meet, and lines to code before I sleep.

So, lets get back to coding :)

For all the geeks who do not tweet

Wise men say: Do not follow me, for I might not lead. Do not lead me, for I might not follow. Walk beside me and be my friend.


Wise geeks say: Do not follow me, for I might not tweet. Do not tweet me, for I might not follow. Come on Facebook and be my friend :p

- JP