If ... Then ... Else ...

Its nice to fall in love at least once in life. If you are successful, you will be happy for the rest of your life. Else you might develop an appreciation for soulful music, an ability to judge, understand and value people or in the worst case, a good sense of self deprecatory humour

Re-Launched and Re-Driven

IISc has re-launched the bicycle drive and we received a mail informing us that all unused bicycles will be marked with a sticker and will be taken over by the Student's Council if unclaimed for few days. Since then, whenever I am unable to locate any personal belongings of mine that I have not used for some time, I begin to wonder whether they have launched a drive for that item also

Filtered Love

I had a crush on a girl but I could not muster the courage to express my feelings. So I searched for her orkut profile and decided to send a private scrap. When I typed out my love letter and clicked post, orkut gave me the message

"The content you are posting looks like spam, so its being sent to the recipient's spam folder"

If I could meet Orkut Buyukkoten I would ask him "Tumhara pyar pyar, aur hamara pyar spam?"

Why I dress the way I do

Recently, in my department at IISc, interviews were held for the next batch of students. I was ordered to volunteer during the interviews. I was also warned not to dress loudly, and to be presentable and behave politely with everyone. So I wore a plain shirt, formal trousers, oiled my hair heavily and combed it neatly. I was also very humble and helpful to all the people. At the end of the interview, one of the candidate's parents thought that I was a peon and tipped me

The Rose that Intoxicated me

Today in my lab I saw a bunch of exquisitely beautiful, fresh flowers in a vase. I picked a rose and brought it close, expecting to get intoxicated by its fine wine like fragrance. Under one of its petals, I found a tag that said "Made in China"