Going Nuclear!

This is the Soviet SS-25 'Sickle' Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile. Amazing piece of engineering isn't it? It can carry a 550 kilo-ton nuclear warhead (the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was just 22 kilo-tons!) halfway across the world.
The amount of death and destruction it can bring is simply unbelievable.
We should be thankful that these were never launched in anger.

Specs
Length: 20.5 m
Body diameter: 1st-stage 1.8 m; 2nd-stage 1.55 m; 3rd-stage 1.34 m
Launch weight: 45,100 kg
Payload: Single RV on a PBV
Warhead: 550 kT nuclear
Guidance: Computer-controlled inertial
Propulsion: 3-stage solid plus PBV
Range: 10,500 km
Accuracy: 200 m CEP

Man I love all things nuclear!

CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY!

Out of the blue - into the black says:
wow
kiara says:
hey!
Out of the blue - into the black says:
my sms has the power
kiara says:
LOL
kiara says:
u r crazy!
Out of the blue - into the black says:
y :D

I'm tired as to why all the gals think me to be crazy!
Somebody gotta explain this to me. What do I do to be called crazy?

YET! I LIKE IT WHEN GALS CALL ME CRAZY! ;)

Shakespeare Says....

But be not afraid of greatness.

Some are born great,
some achieve greatness,
and some have greatness thrust upon 'em.

From
Twelfth Night: Or, What You Will, Act 2, Scn. 5

I love these lines. They give me a taste of:
A feeling of greatness, a rush of power through the veins.
To be the first soldier in the line facing the enemy head on. Out numbered, out gunned.
To win against all odds. To survive where others fall.

Too Funny! :D

adeshpratapsingh (3/6/2006 4:46:20 PM): sorry sir
adeshpratapsingh (3/6/2006 4:46:31 PM): i again forgot u to wish u happy birthday
adeshpratapsingh (3/6/2006 4:46:36 PM): belated happy birthday..
adeshpratapsingh (3/6/2006 4:46:44 PM): i got three reminders still i forgot
adeshpratapsingh (3/6/2006 4:46:59 PM): sir i have requested u last time also.. please tell me abt ur birthday

amachwe (3/6/2006 4:59:02 PM): dont worry i shall take out an ad in the paper next year that my birthday is coming up and those who want to wish me may call between 9am to 5pm GMT on my cell

Alcohol

Alcohol is a single guys best friend.
- Myself!

My Birthday pics

Rajdev: All set to return to India as Bhuvan looks on.

Rajdev, me and Bharat during my birthday celebrations.

My birthday cake! :D

At Lahori our favourite eating place. Bharat with the Lahori guys.

Fire

My birthday (3rd March) was spent watching the movie Fire by Deepa Mehta (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116308/)

It had many metaphors in it I am sure of it. But to be honest I didn't understand many of it.
What I would have found most interesting would be the struggle of the two women to survive in society as a couple. The freedom struggle shown is not as dramatic as their struggle to survive would have been.

It is easy to break free but difficult to survive once you are free in the wild.

NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!

This is a beautiful song. The slow guitar and the haunting voice. But the best thing about this song is the message it conveys.

"Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters "

Who are we? Is it a 'we' as in a love relation?
Does this song tell us that nothing else matters except trust between two people?
Does it tell us to trust ourselves and not be a social sheep?


Nothing Else Matters by Metallica.

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I don't just say

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us, something new
Open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they say
never cared for games they play
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
and I know

So close, no matter how far
Couldn't be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No, nothing else matters

Danger!

27/02/2006 06:45:19 Feeling Stupid -> Abha: hey sorry for being bit silly today
27/02/2006 06:48:58 Abha -> Feeling Stupid: u were as silly as you normally are

27/02/2006 06:49:20 Feeling Stupid -> Abha: hehe thank god u got patience
27/02/2006 06:49:52 Abha -> Feeling Stupid: uhhhhh i dont ahve patience

I do enjoy it when girls call me stupid or silly especially since I can't figure out WHY they think I am silly?
Someone (a girl!) HAS to tell me the reason!

:D

Sitting on the hood of our crashed car (notice the missing number plate (ripped off when the front of the car hit the embankment). Ankur is looking on... and we have an authentic TANK CROSSING in the background! 

Abhijeet, Raj and Me at Stonehenge (26th of February 2006) 

Car crash on the A360 between Shrewton and Devizes. Thats the car I was travelling in with Ankur behind the wheel. The car spun out of control and crashed into the embankment (seen on the right side) and did a 180 degree turn to point back to the way we were coming from. The impact had enough force to push the car on top of the embankment. We were returning from Stonehenge. 

Stonehenge. Who would have thought just half an hour later I would have a brush with death. But the people I was with our collective luck helped us come out without a scratch! It was exciting! The car spinning going here and there. Most amazing! My first car crash! :D 

Me, Ankur, Raj and Abhijeet... a pic just before the accident. Everything A-OK! The most amazing time of my life!  

Pictures from Clifton

These pics were taken by me on 25th February from my Canon S2 IS.

Love: I ADMIT

Sometimes I feel dead. A bringer of death. Death itself.
I never thought Id find myself this close to you.
You know who you are.

If you search your mind you know who I am.
Every time I close my eyes.
I can see your face.
I do.
I see.
It drives me mad.
Searching.
Alone... always.
I know I have not been able to get into your heart but why!
Ive got to have your love.
I love you.

I LOVE YOU.

Added later: My love is like a nuclear reactor and alcohol is the coolant. But it does meltdown now and then like it did yesterday.

India: Burning bright..

People say India is shining. That it has finally found its place in the world. I would say its burning. Burning brightly. Consuming itself as it burns.
India is not as strong as it seems. We are divided. Getting low on clean water and land to live on. Even though the population growth has shown some signs of slowing it is not happening fast enough. It is our sheer luck that just when we are facing our biggest challenges we find ourselves best able to face them. Confused?
Well while we are facing these problems our economy continues to boom. It is booming with a bang. Why? Because at this point in time the biggest chunk of our population is formed by young people. Economically productive young people. Young people being driven by values different from their forefathers. Fires of economic not political freedom burn in their hearts.

At this time of growth who has most to fear from us. Not our pesky neighbors. They can never challenge us on the economic front. There is only one country who has anything to fear. More specifically a set of people in that country. I am talking about the US of A and its top financial community. They have most to gain from keeping our country mired in problems both of political and economic nature. If India ever breaks free (as it is starting to now) they know that our population has the exact same drive the founders of America had.

We can challenge American superiority, if not on the military front, then most certainly on the economic front. What happens when from being call center slaves providing 'technical support' we become the thinking leaders of the world. When we give direction instead of taking it.
When an executive sitting in Mumbai decides what products should be sold in soothern California.

This is a nightmare scenario for the US. It is in their interest to keep us busy chasing after small things like a seat on the UN Security council and petty Nuclear deals. We should concentrate on ourselves so that we are ASKED to sit on the UN SC instead of going around begging members to allow us to sit on the UN SC.

I think if we look into the heart of the current world affairs we will find that it is in US interest to have middle east, Kashmir and other such sensitive regions as flashpoints for conflict.

Take away the wasted resources being pumped into Kashmir what do you get? India with extra money for development (even after bribes!). Take away the conflict in Iraq what do you get? A massive oil exporting country which is not dominated by US policy (thats why they had to get rid of Saddam). Remove the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and what do you get? The removal of US influence in that region as the main peacekeeper (thus loosing influence).

Let us not forget this fact of life even as we work for US companies. After all subjugation is just one step away from rebellion...

Another girl just called me mad!

maVen says:
girls are supposed to be dumb
maVen says:
hahahaha
maVen says:
- when it comes to guys
¿¯Må\/€®î©k ¯¿ says:
that's your individual con tation about girls.. so i can t comment on that
maVen says:
hahahah no actually im just expressing a popular opinion
¿¯Må\/€®î©k ¯¿ says:
very funny
¿¯Må\/€®î©k ¯¿ says:

maVen says:
backed up by years of first hand experience
maVen says:
and several case studies
¿¯Må\/€®î©k ¯¿ says:

¿¯Må\/€®î©k ¯¿ says:
case studies
maVen says:

maVen says:
hahahahaha
¿¯Må\/€®î©k ¯¿ says:
ur mad
maVen says:
THANKS!

Well it seems to be the popular opinion among girls that I am mad!
:D

Conversations with the Blossom (contd.)

honey_blossom0: she looks like my cousin jamie
XY: who smruthy?
honey_blossom0: yes
honey_blossom0: your smruthy
honey_blossom0: lol
XY: hahahahahaha
XY: hahahahahahhaha
honey_blossom0: lol
XY: thats what i like about u
XY: u perform open heart surgery without knocking the patient out

There she goes teasing me again.
:)
Honey is a gem.. I just dont know what kind yet.

Thats my hand! Everyone is dancing and going mad @ Oceana