Koshish karne walon ki haar nahin hoti

Lehron se Darkar nauka par nahin hoti,
koshish karne walon ki haar nahin hoti

Nanhi cheenti jab daana lekar chalti hai,
chadhti deewaron par, sau bar phisalti hai.
Man ka vishwas ragon mein saahas bharta hai,
chadhkar girna, girkar chadhna na akharta hai.
Akhir uski mehnat bekar nahin hoti,
koshish karne walon ki haar nahin hoti.


Dubkiyan sindhu mein gotakhor lagata hai,
ja ja kar khali haath lautkar aata hai
Milte nahi sahaj hi moti gehre paani mein,
badhta dugna utsah isi hairani mein.
Muthi uski khali har bar nahin hoti,
koshish karne walon ki haar nahi hoti.

Asaflta ek chunauti hai, ise sweekar karo,
kya kami reh gayi, dekho aur sudhar karo.
Jab tak na safal ho, neend chain ko tyago tum,
Sangharsh ka maidan chhodkar mat bhago tum.
Kuch kiye bina hi jai jaikar nahin hoti,
koshish karne walon ki haar nahin hoti.

- Harivansh Rai Bacchan

Submission Date, Ha ha ha.

Johny Johny, Yes Papa,
PhD Going on, Yes Papa,
Any Motivation, No Papa,
Many Tension, Yes Papa,
Do u Sleep well, No Papa,
International Conference Opportunity, No papa,
Guide is Scolding, Yes Papa,
Submission Date, Ha ha ha.

A very interesting one, copied from a friend's buzz status :)

I am the master of my fate....

Recently watched a good sports-cum-inspirational movie, Invictus! A very good watch! I liked the following poem which Mandela narrates:

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

-- William Ernest Henley

Time to update :-)

I just realized that my last post was in June, before my India Trip!!! Time has flown so fast... Some of the pretty interesting updates are:
1. Got engaged! :) Very happy about it.
2. First research paper (from PhD work) got accepted. It took very long in review process, but better late than never. Again, very happy about it :)
3. Submitted another paper!
4. In between, trying to do some jogging here and there..... Ya, I know, I need to pull up on this front.
5. Read couple of interesting books: "The Idea Factory" and "Who moved my cheese". The first one is a must read for students doing MS/PhD. Its written in form of a novel by one of the MIT alumni, so you will never get bored of it. The second book is a very small book, but a gem one. Certainly very interesting.

The White Tiger

Recently, I read Arvind Adiga's 'The White Tiger'. This was recommended by one of the very close friend. Along with it, the fact that Arvind Adiga won Booker prize for this book, motivated me enough to read this novel.

The start is impressive as 'The White Tiger' addresses a letter to Chinese President. The initial pages suggest that this novel will be full of India-bashing. However, as I move along, I found this novel of a kind of 'eye-opening'. It gives a certain view of how poor people thinks, what are their small-small dreams, the prevailing cast system, the problems associated with day-to-day life of a poor, and more importantly, the increasing rich-poor divide.

Certainly a worth reading.

A good joke

Yesterday, I was watching one of the IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Malinga's first ball was leg-side wide and second ball was off side wide. Immediately, the great Harsha Bhogale said, "On an average, Malinga is bowling on middle stump line". This was the best commentary I have ever heard! :)

Jorge Cham and PhD comics

The recent 'Science' issue (Vol 323(5922)) has published profile of Dr. Jorge Cham. He is the master-mind of one of the most popular comic among grad students, the PhD comics. He is a Stanford PhD graduate and was very close to become a Professor in MIT but somehow that didn't work out. In fact, his story is a classic example of "to pick one thing and be really good at it". If you get hold of this article, please read it as the story is quite interesting. I just want to thank him for seemingly funny, but extremely useful, PhD comics.