all Gyan BIG & small

Billions of blue blistering barnacles! Thundering Typhoons! Gibbering Ghosts! Vermicelli! Troglodytes! Sycophant! Phylloxera! Jelly-fish Fancy dress Fatima! Bath-tub admiral! Toffee-noses! Interplanetary goat! Miserable earthworms! Shipwreckers! Lily-livered bandicoots! Carpet-sellers! Numbskulls! Gang of thieves! Slave-trader! Picaroons! Fancy-dress freebooters! Two-timing Tartar Twisters! Pickled herrings! Nest of rattlesnakes! Squawking popinjay! Prattling porpoise! Scoffing braggart! Cushion footed quadrupeds!

7 Seven 7’s is plain 49! ..and at 49 - this is what things look like 43-49 Yrs Experienced at everything and anything Failed autograph Lasting memories stacked and preserved Rationale was good – Instinct bad – I took the right decisions Final Opinions about life First chance to transfer responsibility Dreams fulfilled I guess the Math is right - 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 49 7 x 1 = 7 7 x 2 = 14 7 x 3 = 21 7 x 4 = 28 7 x 5 = 35 7 x 6 = 42 7 x 7 = 49

Saying 'No' does not mean you are in the wrong ~ John 2007

Does the belief that you 'believe right' drive you? or the 'right belief' drives you to believe right? ~John 2007

You Are 94% Ready for Marriage This doesn't mean you should rush out and get married... But if you did tie the knot, it would probably work out great! Are You Ready for Marriage?

This is one song that has been ringing on my Birthday, and thought I should publish it. I don't know about tomorrow; I just live from day to day. I don't borrow from its sunshine For its skies may turn to grey. I don't worry o'er the future, For I know what Jesus said. And today I'll walk beside Him, For He knows what is ahead. Many things about tomorrow I don't seem to understand But I know who holds tomorrow And I know who holds my hand. Every step is getting brighter As the golden stairs I climb; Every burden's getting lighter, Every cloud is silver-lined. There the sun is always shining, There no tear will dim the eye; At the ending of the rainbow Where the mountains touch the sky. Many things about tomorrow I don't seem to understand But I know who holds tomorrow And I know who holds my hand. I don't know about tomorrow; It may bring me poverty. But the one who feeds the sparrow, Is the one who stands by me. And the path that is my portion May b...

Dedicated to Vinay – Happy Birthday! At a time when we are buffeted by raging questions, that the questions themselves appear bigger than the storms that we endure ( most of time, the question is what really bothers, not as much as the storm) , in the passage of time, swinging in a harmonic motion in a transcendental chaos, seeking to understand the divine order, in a mortal world, I seek to understand what’s the composition of a ‘good’ answer. In this quest for answers to double edged questions, raging questions, irreconcilable answers – why is that we find some answers coherent, acceptable, some improbable and dismissive? The criterion of a good answer is: A good answer should be able to help understand / establish the context of the question itself A good answer should help open up the assumptions that lie dormant in the question, and the context of the world view of the questioner A good answer should attempt to offer (note: not give) a sign post to the path for the right answer No...

I choose what you think I will not (or rather 'want' me not to) I choose what you would choose given the same chance (or rather 'wish' to) either ways, I choose what you really thought I would choose ~ John 2007

I am as intelligent as you think I am I will be as intelligent as you think you are ~ John - 2007

Yesterday was my 'Happy' Birthday, and apart from lots of love and affection, and the time all my friends and family has taken to wish me, wish for me and also give gyan, and the goodie presents etc etc, something that I really like is the way my desk got a new look. This starts on Monday, with a new item added every day, with a count down, and Voila, at the end of the week - a completely vibrant and happy looking desk. Thanks to Sam for all of this. This is how my new Desk Looks: I am so happy

It's brilliant to have days, where you are reminded that the simplest joys lie in the simplest of things Meet a friend, have a coffee, go on a long drive, just a simple thing, and a simple joy, yet so fulfilling and makes it so wonderful. Praying that life gets many more of simple uncomplicated joys! To life - Johnnie

Logic, I say, is the bane of Logic ~ Gyaani

Hmm.. I always thought, why there is so much importance given to 100? 100 runs in a cricket match 100 years 100 rupees 100 days (movie running) 100 posts hmmm 100. Lemme see what comments I get on 100th post!

Well, after a long time - a long time, real long time - a snobby talk, about how indulgent I am, and yaay ...felt nice . The Gist - Expenses rise to meet income Live life - Big cars (crash a few), go off on secret vacations, drive off a 1000 KM Eat out, eat out Try and max out credit card See what it means to be in the red Dabble on stocks and see how bearish or bullish it can get Europe calling ....in short...an indulgent snob, lavish and unabashed ...but some lil sense knocks - 6 months cost of living should be saved ...hmm...ya..yes..

You are full of life - but you don't overflow Enthusiasm!

Well, well, well . . . this post definetly deserved a proper response, and here it comes. Question 1:Are you very attached to your mom? Answer : Now that you are cornered into being affirmative of your stand, and losing ground for your future, you need to deal with this with a lil unattached, impersonal stance. Give the smartest smile, and break into a gooey but steady gaze - the trick is, if you are the good looking guy - the smile and the steady gaze will cloud the real response - so every answer will be a good one. If you are cheated by mother Earth on looks, well, you see you have nothing really to lose, the girl is not yours to start with, so go ahead and get martyrdom . Hmm , well, its a lil funny- I mean not your question ( 1 ooo brownie points ), but my view on it ( 1 Million Brownie points ). I do not know about my early days, but ever since I saw my mom through my adolescent years, I started to appreciate how wonderful a woman can be! - a friend, a teacher, a counsello...

hmm .. thats the first thing that crosses my mind - hmm The way I see it, God has given an extremely simple set of rules - follow them without a question, and everything will be fine. However, I am so grateful that I have a 'will' and freedom to choose. A freedom to experience the best in life. However, sometime things get so screwed in life, in the head that, despite all odds, you return to your anchor point - GOD. Now, the problem with we returning to GOD - He first demands - child, give up, cut the rope, and all will be fine. It's hard to do for the fear of losing something that's close to your heart - but, one step of trust and faith, you get the best you can imagine. I Trust You my God, and trust you that you will give me the BEST. I always come to you when I am at the oddest ends. Just another note: Thank you for Everything - Nice to know that you are in control

A known intellect is far more dangerous than an unknown one. I have never experienced this feeling far more strongly in the last 2 weeks as much. The parody of rationalizing everything with intellect. Some where this rationalization leads to Insanity. I remember the quote by Steve Turner, from "Modern Thinker's Creed" "What is selected is average, what’s average is normal, and what’s normal is good" How many times, we move from average to good, without realizing it. I like the pauses, the gaps and the many knocks on the head, and the bumps that show reality. ...not to be ended