Inderjeet Pabla

Invictus

inderjeet — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:18:41 +0000

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.

Another little state?

inderjeet — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:58:25 +0000

I fail to understand if the creation of numerous smaller states do actually serve a purpose, other than off course allowing the politicians to strengthen their vote bank through their divisive ideologies? The other exercise that I find equally futile is renaming the cities (Madras to Chennai etc.). What difference does it make to a rickshaw driver, or any common person for that matter, if the city is now called Bengaluru and not Bangalore? I am pretty sure no one is entitled to higher fare/wages just because calling out the city name now involves more tongue twisting!

Creation (or approval for the creation) of Telangana opens just another can of worms I believe.

A picture

inderjeet — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:39:09 +0000

tells a thousand words:

Taken from The Herald Sun, 24th August 2009 issue.

Freedom to Choose

inderjeet — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:05:39 +0000

To voice your disapproval of the mandatory Internet censorship as proposed by the Kevin Rudd government, sign the petition at Censordyne and stop Australia from becoming a nanny state.

Watch the infomercial prepared by the Censordyne team here.

Sidhuism

inderjeet — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 06:50:48 +0000

Here is another one from the man:

He once said of an empire, “He is so blind that he can’t find his own buttocks”.

The Kashmir dispute solved

inderjeet — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:37:17 +0000

“The Kashmir dispute solved

A REPRESENTATIVE from India at the UN Assembly began: “Before beginning my talk, I want to tell you something about Rishi Kashyap of Kashmir, after whom Kashmir is named. When Rishi Kashyap struck a rock and it brought forth water, he thought, ‘What a good opportunity to have a bath.’ He took off his clothes, put them aside on the rock and entered the water. When he got out and wanted to dress, his clothes had vanished. A Pakistani had stolen them.”

The Pakistani representative jumped up furiously and shouted, “What are you talking about? The Pakistanis weren’t there then.”

The Indian smiled and said, “And now that we have made that clear, I will begin my speech saying that Kashmir has been an integral part of India all along.” ”

(Taken from Hindustan Times 27th Feb 2009 issue)

Mumbai Attacks

inderjeet — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:35:26 +0000

Arundhati Roy has, very bluntly and frankly, penned down the problems in this detailed article that India faces today, that have often been ignored for various reasons - be it the corrupt politicians or the fundamentalists.

Some of the information in this article is sure to come as a surprise to many people who take everything on its face value, where as what lies under the covers is the truth - cold and confronting.

An absolute must read for anyone wishing to get a first hand idea about the Indian political scenario and the state of affairs of various incidents that have all but blotted Indian democracy and secularism.

Scapegoat

inderjeet — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:56:21 +0000

During last few days every possible self-righteous and so called game-experts, past captains and commentators have had a dig at Ponting for his decision to bowl part-timers on the fourth day of the Nagpur test to make up for the slow over rate.

I am absolutely gobsmacked how every tom, dick and harry has suggested how Ponting should have gone for the ‘kill’ without having to worry about the slow over rate. Bowling a certain number of overs per day is a rule of the game and what is expected of a captain is to ignore any such rule in the pursuit of victory and accept the penalty. So much for the spirit of the game!

Does that mean it is acceptable to ‘break’ the rules of the game intentionally to win a game? I think that warrants even a bigger penalty than what is already in place for not being able to bowl the required number of overs in a day.

Surely, cricket has become anything but the gentlemen’s game.

Well done to the Indian team for their performance and the way they emerged victorious. As far as the Australian team’s loss is concerned, a captain is only as good as his team, so stop blaming one man for the series defeat.

Android Open Source Project

inderjeet — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:06:58 +0000

While Apple has done almost everything possible to keep iPhone’s operating system as much under the wraps as possible, Google seems to have hit the first nail in iPhone’s coffin by making its G Phone’s operating system ‘Android’ open source.

There is no doubt about the popularity of Apple’s latest baby but people seem to have had enough of Apple’s approach that restricts iPhone users to be able to install and use Apple applications only. iPhone-dev team has certainly been the front runners jail-breaking and unlocking different iPhone versions ever since it went on sale.

Only time will tell how these two different strategies from two of the most innovative companies pan out, but it is the mobile phone users who stand to gain for sure.

Identity Theft

inderjeet — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:19:11 +0000

Here is just another reason why it is not a good idea to litter the web with your personal information - intentionally or otherwise.

It is amazing how the bits of information available here and there on the web makes it easy for someone’s identity to be compromised. Social networking sites like facebook, myspace and the likes make it way too easy for the identity thieves to gather as much information as they like from the individual’s profile, especially the unsuspecting who think what harm could there possibly be in posting their pictures from times immemorial to mentioning about their likes, dislikes, favorite movie and what not!

Have a think about the secret questions to your bank account, especially if one of them is the pet name mentioned on your orkut profile.