Hai apna dil to awara, na jaane kis pe ayega!
I have heard this song innumerable times; Dev Anand, with his andaaz wooing a more than beautiful Waheeda Rehman. By chance, I happened to see a link which read, 'Hai apna dil to awara (sad version)'. Now, I haven't seen Solva Saal (the movie, info for the hatke cinemawalas). So I was a little intrigued on seeing the link. Can a song that has always been associated with happiness and carefree attitude be also portrayed in an entirely opposite mood? Only then did I realise that it's how you sing that makes all the difference!
Well, that was the prologue AND it has absolutely nothing to do with whatever I'm going to write now.
I am a Senior Research Fellow of this blessed country- the sentence can be read with as much cynicism as one likes but it has been written with absolute conviction.
I am a narcissist. I love myself. I am not necessarily selfish.
Recently there was an announcement by the Government of India about modified research scholarships. Well, in a society where money dictates the amount of respect for someone's work, this seems like a welcome change, doesn't it? I remember being asked by a person just after I had got into my PhD program, ' toder okhane basic research koto ta hoy?' The person I'm talking about teaches at some neglected college in my state. He never even went for his PhD. I was angry, a little disappointed even but I remember having replied with 'hoy motamuti'. Contrary to many people's beliefs, I do have some social values.
Well, a few days later, a classmate said to me, 'Saha te kano thakbi? PhD ta gnaare mara jabe.' I was angry and I was extremely disappointed! I had my own personal problems to deal with at that time and I chose not to reply.
Time and again I have heard so many negative things about the PhD process. A good student once told me that PhD life is nothing but boring! I was dumbstruck. This made me wonder whether there is something seriously wrong with the process or is there a problem, albeit small, with the mindset?
Honestly, who cares? I love what I do. Personally speaking, amar dwara r kicchu hoto na! Precisely, there isn't anything else I ever thought of doing with my life. I love my life and I mean it. I value every single breath that I take. Sala ekdin morei jabo... tokhon ki chera jabe amar icche, anicche, akankha, bhalobasha diye? PhD life does not suck. It keeps me and many more like me Awake and Alive.
Simple living and high thinking, eh? I am yet to understand what 'high thinking' means. About 'simple living', well, there isn't anything to be said.
Talking about Physics, Interstellar is about to hit the screens worldwide. Unfortunately, everyone would be understanding time warps in a week. If only they understood that Pi had a great Life!
"Nothing is just... Nothing." Read, for reference, the prologue, again.
Is winter really coming?
I have heard this song innumerable times; Dev Anand, with his andaaz wooing a more than beautiful Waheeda Rehman. By chance, I happened to see a link which read, 'Hai apna dil to awara (sad version)'. Now, I haven't seen Solva Saal (the movie, info for the hatke cinemawalas). So I was a little intrigued on seeing the link. Can a song that has always been associated with happiness and carefree attitude be also portrayed in an entirely opposite mood? Only then did I realise that it's how you sing that makes all the difference!
Well, that was the prologue AND it has absolutely nothing to do with whatever I'm going to write now.
I am a Senior Research Fellow of this blessed country- the sentence can be read with as much cynicism as one likes but it has been written with absolute conviction.
I am a narcissist. I love myself. I am not necessarily selfish.
Recently there was an announcement by the Government of India about modified research scholarships. Well, in a society where money dictates the amount of respect for someone's work, this seems like a welcome change, doesn't it? I remember being asked by a person just after I had got into my PhD program, ' toder okhane basic research koto ta hoy?' The person I'm talking about teaches at some neglected college in my state. He never even went for his PhD. I was angry, a little disappointed even but I remember having replied with 'hoy motamuti'. Contrary to many people's beliefs, I do have some social values.
Well, a few days later, a classmate said to me, 'Saha te kano thakbi? PhD ta gnaare mara jabe.' I was angry and I was extremely disappointed! I had my own personal problems to deal with at that time and I chose not to reply.
Time and again I have heard so many negative things about the PhD process. A good student once told me that PhD life is nothing but boring! I was dumbstruck. This made me wonder whether there is something seriously wrong with the process or is there a problem, albeit small, with the mindset?
Honestly, who cares? I love what I do. Personally speaking, amar dwara r kicchu hoto na! Precisely, there isn't anything else I ever thought of doing with my life. I love my life and I mean it. I value every single breath that I take. Sala ekdin morei jabo... tokhon ki chera jabe amar icche, anicche, akankha, bhalobasha diye? PhD life does not suck. It keeps me and many more like me Awake and Alive.
Simple living and high thinking, eh? I am yet to understand what 'high thinking' means. About 'simple living', well, there isn't anything to be said.
Talking about Physics, Interstellar is about to hit the screens worldwide. Unfortunately, everyone would be understanding time warps in a week. If only they understood that Pi had a great Life!
"Nothing is just... Nothing." Read, for reference, the prologue, again.
Is winter really coming?
