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by Haim Koschitzky, XpoLog CEO
XpoLog 6 is coming soon. In this series of posts I am covering the new primary features and enhancements. On my last post I discussed our visualization strategy, we are about to add more than 20 new visualization gadgets and there will be new ways to present information.
This short post will present one of the new cool features of XpoLog 6, the Ops View.
Different Perspective
We understand that different needs require different tools, and sometimes different situations require different views. The teams at the NOC, Operations, DevOps, SOC or High availability control rooms need to have ongoing status screens of managed environment. The need for an ongoing streaming of status views is very different from a single dashboard view or a search console view.
Turn Log Data to a Slideshow
In previous posts I wrote about Apps, AppTags, dashboards, and visualization gadgets. With XpoLog 6 you will be able to select multiple dashboards and run them as slideshows. Free your creativity and build great visual dashboards for security, performance, errors, business statistics, etc.
Rooms with A View
With XpoLog 6 you can build Availability and Business slideshow Views for application and business owners. Build R&D, Development, and Testing dashboards and have them slide in the meeting rooms. Operations, Security, and DevOps will be able to build multiple dashboards and Apps that will provide continuous feedback on systems and applications. Making a wealth of information and insights visibly accessible and dynamic will drive better actions.
Night Mode – Log Data can be Romantic
Check out the Themes options in the dashboard view that will invert the colors of the entire visualization views.
Create Smarter NOC and OPS Views
Release your creativity and build Apps and dashboards for any data, and correlate information from databases with logs. Visualize business Apps data from Hadoop with access logs stored on your CDN provider.
XpoLog 6 is coming soon along with some exciting news. Stay Tuned.


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After an inspiring and exciting beta test, Planetside 2 will be taking the servers offline on Friday to get ready for the big day. The worldwide release of the dynamic new First Person Shooter from Sony Online Entertainment will begin on Tuesday, November 20, 2012.
SOE gave an inspired briefing on their plans for the long awaited sequel to the original Planetside MMO.
"PlanetSide 2 takes all the groundbreaking features from the original game – massive multiplayer battles, distinct empires to rally around, and enormous continents where intense ground and air combat unfold – and adds features that modern gamers have come to expect of the FPS and MMO genres. With advanced technology, years of gamer feedback, and a new SOE proprietary MMO game engine called ForgeLight™, PlanetSide 2 offers a truly competitive and visceral FPS experience with massive warfare, massive customization and massive community."
"Across the continents of Auraxis, thousands of players will come together in enormous battles to win control of critical territories and key resources for their empire. With an extensive skill tree and free-form class-based system, players will be able to customize their soldier, weapons and vehicles to match their play-style, as well as the needs of their squad, outfit or empire. Battles can last for days or weeks, so players will need to build alliances and specialized combat outfits to take on long-term strategic and tactical initiatives. With aircraft and ground vehicles, as well as infantry combat, the battles will be larger and more intense than ever before."
Thousands of gamers have already experienced the combat insanity of planet wide PvP battles and the buzz is hot and heavy that Planetside 2 is a game you just don't want to miss. The battle hardened Platoon leaders at Sony issued the following warning to Grunts everywhere:
"Grunts, the war is coming. Prepare yourselves now for epic combat on a massive scale like you have never seen before. PlanetSide 2 launches November 20th!"
"The most important thing to know is an official launch date has now been announced, so this is not a drill. On November 20th, PlanetSide 2 will officially launch completely free to play for everyone. This means no more closed Beta, character wipes, and any of the other fun stuff associated with testing. No more do overs. Live ammunition will be issued, and you have authorization to go weapons free. Your empire's future depends on you."
"Gather your squads, your platoons, and your outfits. You will need to hone your skills, certifications, and equipment to a finer edge than your combat knife. Choose your empire now and swear your allegiance while you can. If you wish it, you will need to join the Alpha Squad very shortly, or forgo the honor forever. You will need to master your ground vehicles, your aircraft, and your infantry classes. You will need to study your battlefield and know it whether blind or bleeding, day or night. Indar. Esamir. Amerish. This is your home now grunt."
"When the warpgates open, when the drop pods fly, when the first shots break the silence, remember this. There is no turning back. Remember your training and you will survive. This is it. This is war."
"This is PlanetSide 2."
I don't know about you but I am ready and waiting to jump into the action on Tuesday If you are planning to be there, pray you are an ally or you better run for cover if you detect Ghodzilla heading your way. See there, fellow grunts, and hope you survive. Don't ask for mercy; its winner take all in the planetary warfare of Planetside 2.

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"This is not reporting, it's stenography!"
– James W. Michaels, former editor of Forbes
Too much of what's published today is stenography. Tam digs into her assignments, using well-honed research, reporting and interviewing skills to get behind the headlines. Her articles analyze why something's happening and explain why your readers should care.
Tam knows what editors want from freelance writers because she's an editor herself. She makes sure she understands your publication and what you want readers to take away from an article. She checks in frequently as the reporting progresses, making sure you approve of the direction the story is taking. She meets your deadline.
As an editor, Tam has produced award-winning magazines. Whether working with your writers or drawing from her own network of freelancers, Tam knows how to editorially manage a team to produce excellent content.
If it has to do with technology, Tam has probably covered it. Here are just a few of the topics about which she's written:
- Big data
- Blockchain
- Cloud computing
- Data analytics
- Data centers
- Data science
- Drones
- Ed tech software
- Electronic health records
- Engineering
- Internet of Things
- Mobile devices
- Robotics
- Security
- Semiconductors
- Sensors
- Software as a service
- Smart fabrics
- Supply chains
- Wearable technology
- Wireless
"Is Group Chat the New E-Mail?"
HR Magazine, November 2017
"Readying Quantum Computers for Life's Biggest Mysteries"
iQ, January 2018
"Digital Technology Bears Down On Old Finance Models"
Middle Market Growth, August 2016
"Rising K-12 Interest in Software-as-a-Service Brings Changes to Market"
Education Week, May 2016
"Tech pros make the most of the 'gig' economy"
Computerworld, September 2015
"Drones in the enterprise: The future of data collection"
Computerworld, April 2015
"Will the Whill Hi-Tech Wheelchair Sell?"
IEEE Spectrum, April 2015
"Post-Fukushima, Japanese Companies Build Microgrids"
IEEE Spectrum, February 2015
"Tech support's NSFW problem"
Computerworld, October 2014
"On the Internet of Things, No One Knows You're a Dog"
IEEE Spectrum, June 2014
"Radio Wrestlers Fight It Out at the DARPA Spectrum Challenge"
IEEE Spectrum, April 2014
"Companies Pin Hopes on the Internet of Things"
Electronics360, July 2014
"The Law Machine: How a Silicon Valley Start-Up Aims to Overhaul Intellectual Property Litigation"
IEEE Spectrum, November 2013
"The Troubled Life of Patent No. 6,456,841"
IEEE Spectrum, April 2013
"Tech hotshots: The rise of the dataviz expert"
Computerworld, May 2013
"Running the ROI numbers on BYOD"
Computerworld, April 2013
"How to find (and hire) big data pros"
Computerworld, October 2012
"Big data, big jobs?"
Computerworld, September 2012
"When trusted IT pros go bad"
Computerworld, April 2011
"Employee monitoring: When IT is asked to spy"
Computerworld, June 2010
"Public Service Gets Smarter"
IBM Data Management Magazine, Issue 3, 2009
"Power struggle: What role should IT play in reining in energy costs?"
Computerworld, February 2009
"One Giant Leap for Analytics? Web 2.0 has the potential to deliver a lot more data, but not necessarily easy answers"
The Advertiser, February 2008
"Technology Keeps Union Pacific on the Fast Track"
AMD Accelerate Magazine, June 2009
"The Darker Side of Webmail"
Computerworld, April 2008
Tam writes about companies, business issues and C-level executives. She has done features on companies and the people who run them, delving not only into financial and market strategies, but also into corporate cultures. She's profiled entrepreneurs at small businesses as well as CEOs of billion-dollar corporations.
- Executive leadership
- Corporate culture and strategy
- Ethics
- Manufacturing
- Research and development
- Intellectual property
- Financing (LBOs, IPOs and venture capital)
- Wall Street (stock analysis, earnings reporting)
"Risks Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Female CEOs Face Bigger Challenges, Shorter Careers"
Thinkset Magazine, January 2018 (article starts on page 6)
"The Digital Dilemma: Are online ads living up to the hype for midmarket e-commerce companies?"
Middle Market Growth, January 2018
"Midmarket Laments the Loss of TPP"
Middle Market Growth, February 2017
"How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Could Elevate Supply Chain Transparency"
Textile Insight, October 2016
"Digital Technology Bears Down On Old Finance Models"
Middle Market Growth, August 2016
"Qualcomm Takes on the World"
Electronics360, February 2013
"Giant Slayers"
Independent Banker, August 2013
"The Secret to Samsung's Ascent"
Electronics360, April 2013
"Business Interruptus: Prep Now to Avoid H1N1 Flu Outages Later"
Computerworld, November 2009
"Washington Goes to Wall Street"
SFO Magazine, July 2009
"Keep Your Key Projects Off the Chopping Block"
Computerworld, February 2009
"Dark Secrets and Ugly Truths: When Ethics and IT Collide"
Computerworld, September 2007
"Street Smart"
Electronic Business, December 2004
Tam's Washington, D.C., location gives her access to those who make and influence public policy, including Congress, federal agencies, lobbyists and trade associations. She reports on legislation that impacts business in general as well as particular laws and regulations that impact the technology industry. Coverage has included:
- Commerce Department (import-export issues, NTIA, sharing economy)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (futures/derivatives trading regulation)
- Education Department (digital education)
- Environmental Protection Agency (e-waste, efforts to reduce energy use)
- Federal Communications Commission (spectrum and broadband issues)
- Federal Trade Commission (privacy)
- International Trade Commission (unfair trade practices)
- Justice Department (anti-trust investigations)
- Securities & Exchange Commission (financial regulation and reform)
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (patent reform)
Virtual Worlds: A Wild West
Best Lawyers: Fall Global Business Edition, 2017
Los Angeles Creates A Workforce That Represents the City
Government Technology, July/August 2017
"Projectors Face New Classroom Competition"
Education Week, June 2017
"Keys for K-12 Companies in Building and Maintaining Effective Advisory Boards"
Education Week, March 2017
"As States Toughen Data-Privacy Laws, Ed-Tech Providers Adjust"
Education Week, August 2016
"Feds take (baby) steps to fight fraud with analytics"
Computerworld, March 2013
"Internet Giants Adopt New Lobbying Tactics"
IEEE Spectrum, September 2012
"U.S. Government Fails Counterfeit Detection 101"
EBN Online, August 2012
"Washington Goes to Wall Street"
SFO Magazine, July 2009
"Forex Regulation Bites Business"
SFO Magazine, January 2009
"The World Confronts Its E-Waste Nightmare"
OnEarth Magazine, Fall 2006
"Making Waves in Washington"
Electronic Business, November 2003
"Politically Correct Chairman Powell"
Electronic Business, February 2003


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startling banals
28 January 2019
with the poise of
a seasoned smoker-
the baby puts in its thumb
14 November 2018
one dead honeybee
to the next-
04 November 2018
slows down-
24 October 2018
sitting on your cart
surrounded by bananas
behind this once-white cloth of a curtain
does your little bitty notepad
account for each fruit?
29 September 2018
overgrown overrun
by dragonflies
the space between
high-rise dogs
28 May 2018
the world below-
highrise pigeon
22 March 2018
this sun-burnt land,
blooming neem
22 February 2018
the wrinkled ajji
points out
her grandchild
has no teeth
through the village ruins
21 February 2018
walking through tilled fields
two friends lean over
to feed seagulls
crows tilt paLas flowers
in the dark
15 February 2018
22 December 2017
bulbuls check out
garbage bins
04 October 2017
birds on electric wires
24 April 2017
the toddler's tiny
10 April 2017
a feast for crows
mango tree
16 February 2017
the winner of hearts
05 February 2017
crows inspect
the cricket pitch
the yellow-green
03 February 2017
the toddler admires
the banana-thief
02 February 2017
the ash-gray calf
eats spinach
12 January 2017
they wake and stir
yellow school buses
12 December 2016
lusting for
20 November 2016
the ringing chuckles
of a house lizard
19 November 2016
to the shitting man-
baby cockroach
31 October 2016
the death dance
26 August 2016
looking for
the baby's glasses
04 August 2016
crowded trash can
wasps and bees
it cools my shoulder
baby snort
08 July 2016
that breastfed
07 June 2016
the baby's
biscuit box
31 May 2016
grandpa grins
at the clouds
evening flight-
the grizzled grandpa grins
at the clouds
17 May 2016
steering through
12 April 2016
over the swimming pool-
18 March 2016
to be force-fed
by the daughter
14 August 2015
the monsoon smells
of school gear
03 July 2015
in the bucket whirlpool
05 June 2015
safe underwater
the icy raindrops
23 April 2015
the vendor pays
with flowers
20 February 2015
a floating zen monk-
05 September 2014
watching the sunset
with strangers
02 September 2014
the coconut grove
sounds like the sea
the downstairs couple
squeezes in a fight
27 August 2014
and you're gone
over me
gutters overflow
with silk-cotton seeds
16 August 2014
yellow streetlight
the lame dog goes home
10 August 2014
cool down
daredevil ant
and their home goes down
construction workers
first blinking look
at the sky
31 July 2014
up risky fences
flowers for ajji's gods
the squirrels play
hide and seek
11 June 2014
the squirrel enjoys
her echo
for a better view
25 April 2014
sunbirds and bees
creating coconuts quietly
19 April 2014
and on the stork-
our daughter's face
15 March 2014
in my dream
did any day
start this way
in their half century
of being married?
09 March 2014
it's Sunday
23 January 2014
a bat crosses
the milky way
17 January 2014
looking at oneself
mirror mosquito
25 December 2013
on the footpath
23 December 2013
in the treetops
kites and butterflies
17 October 2013
even at the gates
of the butcher shop
06 August 2013
swoops down
on an idli
the child calls it a river
07 July 2013
wafting groans
struggling mixer
24 June 2013
the coconut's
restless rustle
22 June 2013
the coconut
still blooms
holiday afternoon
the coconut sways
from angst to ecstasy
holiday afternoon
the coconut pines
for a lost love
afternoon rain
the coconut's
thousand dripping fingers
20 June 2013
the lion at the bottom
of the glass
10 June 2013
plastic fantastic
Dali-esque landscape
insect explorers
04 June 2013
come shit
on my clothesline
05 May 2013
a fat garland
cow's breakfast
25 April 2013
being chased
by a lady
in a car
Parle biscuits in hand
the nightwatchman explains
the sleepless pigeons' hunger
21 April 2013
the new construction
campus dogs
20 April 2013
akka's uniform
03 April 2013
the bull frog's
rain dance
02 April 2013
over rooftops
translucent moon
a patch of sun
moves over the red slippers
25 March 2013
the overflowing general
and the sun-goggled AC
down the slide
playgroup friends
20 March 2013
the canteen dog's
shining nose
15 March 2013
27 February 2013
the whole world smiles
23 February 2013
gaping at the cow
under the shade
of silk-cotton seeds
shadows criss-cross
swooping kite,
falling leaf
14 February 2013
from the shadows
campus dogs
23 January 2013
yet beautiful
green dragonfly
14 January 2013
amidst raangolis
the lame street dog
loudspeaker mantras
smoking priest
through the darkness
faraway farts
09 January 2013
talking to each other
watchmen's sticks
going the other way
of a gripping novel
the mosquito, dead
to a rumbling
08 January 2013
to escape the broom
29 December 2012
imaginary mosquitoes;
if it doesn't find any,
it breeds some of its own
28 December 2012
the shehnai player
a mobile addict
21 December 2012
and back
the child's running shadow
19 December 2012
between pieces
the shehnai player's
the termite hills
change colour
13 December 2012
before biting me
07 December 2012
jungle smells,
daytime chorus
of crickets
03 December 2012
the station dog eavesdrops
homeward-bound labourers
joking about
missing their train
02 December 2012
platform's edge
the tea seller's solitary smoke
30 November 2012
suddenly silenced
by a wailing child
neighbourhood TV
29 November 2012
hovers over the book page
lampshade mosquito
14 November 2012
for her parents
01 November 2012
drenched banyan's
dripping roots
creeping up to the hostel
umbrellad parents
31 October 2012
30 October 2012
of the busy station dog
28 October 2012
the train leaves on time
station crows
21 October 2012
wear higher heels
after a long thought
dives in the garbage bin
the gulmohar kite
never graduate
into morning walks-
grandma's favourite
dustbins overflowing
with fallen flowers
20 October 2012
audience twists, turns and
finally understands
19 October 2012
as we dodge the
traffic together
her seductive hair-flicks
the young bank teller
12 October 2012
taking off
the early hawk
10 October 2012
for canopy flights
of a posh restaurant
as the workers walk in
06 October 2012
next to the loudspeaker
02 October 2012
of the morning biscuit
laptop ant
29 September 2012
passing by the home
of loud crickets
28 September 2012
sitting back to back-
dog and cow
come see
our lunar powered love
sniffing around-
the occasional mosquito
10 September 2012
blue grey trees
through sleepy windows
09 September 2012
the heavy flight
of jungle crows
27 August 2012
23 August 2012
the talking watch
of the blind balm-seller
a yellow toy truck-
22 August 2012
a bus stop
for schoolgirls
of yellow brown green-
more trees than men
the ghaaT road-
family of free donkeys
dry dusty city-streets
the rainy mountain bus
16 August 2012
away from me-
clothesline moth
14 August 2012
by the watering of plants-
hardworking mosquito
10 August 2012
the thick novel-
08 August 2012
naked on a rock
for akkaa's schoolbus
is a brick kiln-
every day
the mountains look new
07 August 2012
descending into the drain-
scrounging roosters
the overflowing madhumaalati-
road sweeper
23 July 2012
the "civilized" busfolk-
tobacco-chewing blouseless
adivasi grandmas
the bus driver's
favourite cassette
across slime and mud-
snow white rooster
13 July 2012
behind the bathroom door-
hippy pyjama
11 July 2012
in the mountain village-
dogs, hens and
a peacock
upside down buckets-
gajraas for working women
as the goats hurry by-
broken leg horse
a relaxed chat-
moped moms
he winks at the leashed pedigree-
stray dog
the passengers watch
the tailor at work
06 July 2012
looking over the 'institute for development education'
jungle peacock
getting up for her friend-
a wrinkled paaTi
the gods are bathing-
ghaaT temple
staring at the sleeping people
from dad's lap
zipping by our crowded bus-
saffron swami
out to graze-
the favourite sheep
04 July 2012
a stray plastic bag-
a brimming fast food cart
on the way to school
glancing at the mobile,
into the distance
she smiles
14 June 2012
the pony flicks his locks.
in the Taangaa-
gleeful smiles
stretched out over sacks-
area beggar
to buy a coffee-
area beggars
the train worker gets a discount
from the mango-seller
having his morning coffee-
area beggar
10 May 2012
slish-slashing on the chopping board,
looking for food-
the brave ant
in her new dress,
the waiter's child tags along
02 May 2012
drying clothes
you picked the right shade-
13 April 2012
her husband's scooter
turmeric saaDi grandma
09 April 2012
a filthy pond-
to the flashy blue kingfisher
28 March 2012
reading about her ailment
she dozes off in front of the computer.
the sweat collects in tiny drops
haunt me inside the new net.
in my sleep i slap my limbs in vain
12 March 2012
they watch
the dirty moon rise-
railway platform dogs
04 March 2012
of happy children
is by the sea
23 February 2012
in a different street-
old beggar
to school in a Taanga-
best friends
07 February 2012
she rubs her neck
tied cow
before the busful of dust goes by-
school boy
29 December 2011
the moments flicker
28 December 2011
looking out of an empty restaurant
08 December 2011
on a rainy night
on bare branches
to shine, fall
and flow back
to the sea
26 November 2011
for a strolling pigeon
the light turns red
from darkness
to darkness
25 November 2011
the university reclaimed
by squirrels and sparrows
24 November 2011
the stars
burn brighter
09 November 2011
big enough
to feed the cop-
construction workers
08 November 2011
to a flooded room-
23 October 2011
out for a walk
19 October 2011
silhouette in a coat and hat
pushing a shopping cart
full of empty beer cans and bottles
chasing each other
two bats
tree shadows
on the train floor
all over the room
cheating students
from a tea cup
after a sleepless night
18 October 2011
from the day
you were born?
16 October 2011
this elevator,
a dystopian movie
13 October 2011
fat raindrops
on the helmet
biking behind
a garbage truck
11 October 2011
arriving through the driveway
07 October 2011
of fellow passengers
afraid to meet eyes with
yet curious
the camaraderie
of drunk girls
03 October 2011
yellower than sunshine
the fall foliage
30 September 2011
last train
28 September 2011
27 September 2011
behind the police car-
24 September 2011
crossing the tracks
13 September 2011
lined up in a
used-books shop
08 September 2011
every night
you wait, spider?
05 September 2011
clear ancient
21 August 2011
stoic fat
26 July 2011
yet walking-
ant or wasp
14 July 2011
took the right train,
09 July 2011
in their best clothes-
station sparrows
08 July 2011
your coat shines
dream of trains,
station sparrow?
in her son's voice-
blind woman
30 June 2011
over here!
a fat ant-
railway sparrow
26 June 2011
train window
the child waves bye bye
me: I am sorry I don't have any money
him: Anything you have..
me: I'll meet you here tomorrow
him: You won't see me here tomorrow
me: I'll come where you are. Where will you be tomorrow?
him: The Dunkin Donuts round that corner
all eyes
on the tender blind couple
08 June 2011
empty road
pair of pigeons
06 June 2011
sneaking in the train's shadow-
lazy pigeons
01 June 2011
singing and playing
an air guitar
in grandpa's lap-
chubby boy
31 May 2011
makes them all
look like sparrows-
pine cones
30 May 2011
flowing white
hair and beard.
his mirror-
a barber shop window
28 May 2011
on gravel and train tracks-
thick shadows
of summer leaves
15 April 2011
flock of sparrows
bunch of leaves
03 April 2011
to the blind man's dog-
baby boy
27 March 2011
for a fight,
19 March 2011
they scatter again-
fall leaves
18 March 2011
cigarette in hand
emerging from a cafe
in a raincoat-
the usual postman
train station sparrow
26 February 2011
looking out
through foggy train windows-
baby girl
15 February 2011
under snow-
park benches
12 February 2011
a few white hair
and a single tooth
the wind
hasn't frozen
27 January 2011
24 January 2011
worked all night,
15 January 2011
laptop light and
the sound of fingers
from the other room
23 November 2010
vacant eyes
19 November 2010
one berry at a time-
transfixed by an electric pole-
01 November 2010
she flies with sparrows-
13 October 2010
the sun and
drunk toddlers
29 September 2010
spinning around itself
falling leaf
giggling shyly
25 September 2010
a baby on the train
drinking milk from a bottle
and holding mom's forearm
with the other
hanging heavy on the horizon-
an orange moon
an old employee
who sits on a stool every day
at the train station,
was applying lipstick
behind a booth
03 August 2010
smiles as i pass whistling by
05 June 2010
she offers a seat-
thousand wrinkle smile
31 May 2010
the next gust
of wind-
arboured river bank
27 May 2010
over tar roads-
nighttime thundersprinkles
29 April 2010
spring arrives-
young saplings
27 April 2010
just like in Japanese paintings-
blooming cherry
she goes up straight
to perch
on a twig overhead-
29 March 2010
1: Aap India se hai kya?
me: Haa India se hu mein.
2: India mein kaha se?
me: Bombay se. Aap log kaha se hai?
1: Gujarat se.
me: achha Gujarat se hai aap!
2: Kya karte hai aap yaha?
me: Mein padhta hu yaha.
2: Masters karne aye hai?
me: Nahi phd kar raha hu.
3: achha phd baap re.
2: Kaise hai phir yaha? apne yaha jaise hota hai waise hi?
me: Yaha jyada open aur democratic hai. teacher student ka alag alag level jo apne yaha hota hai waise nahi hai. tum bindaas baat kar sakte ho unse aur woh apne ko same level pe dekhte hai.
2: Haa apne yaha to waise nahi hota.
me: (giving fundaes on how people are trying to make learning better)
3: phir kitne saal mein hoga phd?
me: shayad ek saal aur.
2: uske baad?
me: ghar chala jaunga. Aap log kya karte hai yaha?
1: Hum merchant navy mein hai.
2: Hamara ship Brazil se yaha aya to idhar ghoom rahe hai. Idhar kashmir mein aye the hum. (me thinking kashmir is some restaurant)
me: achha merchant navy. 92 mein mere papa mombasa kenya mein the tab woh somalia ka chal raha tha to UN ke kaam se Indian navy ka ship aya tha. cadet logo ke saath dosti hua tha to unke ship pe gaye the aur dekha tha. bunk bed aur andar ka rehne ka sab.
1: achha mombasa..
2: par hamara alag hota hai. merchant navy mein nahi hota bunk bed.. sab achhe se hota hai rehne ka.
me: haa. achha achha. phir aap log ghar kab jaate hai?
2: woh seniority pe hota hai. kuch log 9 mahine kuch log 6 mahine,
10 February 2010
coming out again
a new star above
01 November 2009
the moon sets
behind a building
22 September 2009
waiting for a bus,
13 July 2009
crumpled beer cans
homeless hideout
throwing long shadows
sitting on its bum
with its back
to the setting sun
cherry seeds and twigs
quick to dry up and wrinkle
10 July 2009
it only hops-
sparrow child
09 July 2009
day after day they come
huge iron-clawed machines
06 July 2009
lights up suddenly-
clouds passing by
05 July 2009
04 July 2009
crows flutter
hanging jackfruit
mine was 'crows come and go'
junuka suggested 'crows flutter'
'फण्सावर फड्फड्णारे कावळे' :)
03 July 2009
strong-scented grasses and leaves
madikeri mist flowing between yellow street lamps
02 July 2009
an ancient hidden stony water-dripping underground prehistoric shrine
29 June 2009
in your bathroom
worries about you
when you are away
with waters so dark
we forget it's there
while rhythmic
we row our boat
under this star-crammed sky
26 June 2009
scattered in a corner-
fifty motionless geese
24 June 2009
cool calm
@ mumbai airport
23 April 2009
sniffs at my lunch bag
while passing by
kid in bedclothes
rolling over a dust-laden abandoned car
21 April 2009
each wooden stair
creaks back into shape
17 April 2009
sparrows scavenge
under cafe tables
07 April 2009
to let in
these beloved clouds
06 April 2009
geese yell
from all parts of the swamp
29 January 2009
top-down approach
he wonders if people downstairs
also feel like getting off their ass
and walk around
setting off a chain of walkers
that go on till infinity
when they grow too heavy
to climb trees
desperate for a taste of sea
but not a single leaf to cast shadows
15 January 2009
revealed the presence of other insomniacs in the building
01 January 2009
A toast for the new year!
25 December 2008
05 December 2008
wake them up tomorrow
show them your newly-cleaned room
nudge them
shake them awake one by one
hear them murmur memories of mountain streams
promise you'll always remember
for ever and ever
sleep surrounded by dreaming rocks
19 November 2008
13 November 2008
Sings beautifully behind my building for some time just before sunrise.
A recording from 'Learn Bird Songs' by Lang Elliott
Northern Cardinal: what a boring name. The Native Americans must have had a nice name for this bird, some name chosen with love, that tells us what's so special about it.
30 October 2008
lunatics bathe
in starlight
15 October 2008
Very happy for Aravind Adiga
Thank you Aravind Adiga for writing this book!
13 October 2008
crisp transparent..
the moon, a spotlight
06 October 2008
from a train window
28 September 2008
rained all day
26 September 2008
28 August 2008
13 July 2008
stare back
08 July 2008
drift away
03 July 2008
morning siesta
a huge circus tent
blue with yellow designs
eyes open, eyes close
dozing off in a cosy chair
resting head on the side cushion
on the table, this beautiful book-
'The English Patient'
laughs and invites
with open pages
30 June 2008
of the parking lot
21 June 2008
is it only
your surface
that flows?
18 June 2008
sunrise.. wake up
14 June 2008
you watch
too many cartoon films
02 June 2008
Women poets of yore - from Greece, Japan and India
With his venom
and bittersweet
that loosener
of limbs, Love
strikes me down
Standing by my bed
In gold sandals
Dawn that very
moment awoke me
When they were tired
Night rained her
thick dark sleep
upon their eyes
Pain penetrates me
The evening star
Is the most
of all stars
Love has shook
my senses
like wind crashing on
mountain oaks
At noon time
when the earth is
bright with flaming
heat falling straight down,
the cricket sets
up a high-pitched
singing in his wings
You may forget but
Let me tell you
this: someone in
some future time
will think of us
I asked myself
What Sappho, can
you give one who
has everything
like Aphrodite?
Izumi Shikibu, a Japanese poet from the 10th century AD, was a member of the royal court of Kyoto and practised Buddhism. She is famous for her diary about her affair with the Emperor's son, prince Hatsumichi. These poems are from the book, 'The Ink Dark Moon' by Jane Hirshfield who says that they are messages that she sent to her lover through servants.
This heart is not
a summer field,
and yet...
how dense love's foliage
has grown
One by one,
at day's end,
the birds take flight
in all directions-
which could lead me to you?
Although the wind
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house
If you had
only stayed away
when I first missed you,
I might have forgotten
by now
What colour is
this blowing autumn wind,
that it can stain
my body
with its touch
(..the sound of the night monk's voice reciting the Sutras mingled
with the sound of incessant rain..)
Should I leave this burning house
of ceaseless thought
and taste the pure rain's
single truth
falling upon my skin?
Watching the moon
at midnight...
I wonder
whose village
he watches it from
(On retreat at a mountain temple)
Although I try
to hold the single thought
of Buddha's teaching in my heart,
I cannot help but hear
the many crickets' voices calling as well
When the water-freezing
winter arrives,
the floating reeds look rooted,
as if stillness
were their own desire
This heart,
longing for you,
to a thousand pieces-
I wouldn't lose one
Chiyo-ni (1703-1775) was from the school of the great Basho, the inventor of haiku poetry. Haiku is a unique form of Japanese poetry that consists of seventeen syllables. It is its briefness that makes haiku so powerful - evident from the fact that it is one of the most popular contemporary form of poetry. It is a matter-of-fact kind of poem that is supposed to convey a specific mood without flowery adjectives. Since many haiku poets were wandering Buddhist monks, it is also some kind of meditation on life. The haiku of Chiyo-ni has a deep connection with the natural world around her. She creates great effects through very beautiful observations about nature and her poems also have a deep personal touch. They have a surprising effect and many a times we have to read a poem all over again to understand what it really means. These poems are from 'Chiyo-ni: Woman Haiku Master' by Patricia Donegan.
over the flowing water
chasing its shadow-
the dragonfly
moonlit night-
a cricket sings
out on a stone
sounds of the waterfall
diminishes in the peaks-
cicada's voices
only in the river
darkness flows:
snowy night-
only the well bucket's
falling sound
the frog observes
the clouds
the butterfly
is standing on tiptoes
at the ebb tide
(probably about her child)
in what windy land
wanders now my little dear
dragonfly hunter
little pine mushroom
but also
a rain shelter (for frogs)
one moutain after another
the first mists
floating away, despite
the butterfly's weight on it
Gathasaptashati (Seven hundred poems in 'gatha' form) is a collection of Prakrit love poems compiled by the 2nd century Satavahan king Hala - from the dynasty that made the mural paintings of Ajanta. Amarushataka is an 8th century collection of Sanskrit love poetry selected by king Amaru of Kashmir. Many of these poems were written by women - prominent among them were Vidya, Shilabhattarika and Vikatanitamba. These poems are sometimes bold, humourous and full of natural imagery, about trysts between lovers and have an honestly sensual voice.
Aunt, can a glimpse
Dreaming of water
Slake thirst?
O Mahua
on Godavari's
arboured banks.
Shed your flowers
While the bhikshu
views her navel
and she
his handsome face,
crows lick clean
both ladle and alms bowl
Ask the nights of rain
and the Godavari in spate,
how fortunate he is
and unwomanly my courage
Eyes closed
she imagines leading him
into her bed
she touches her own breasts adoringly
on her arms
the loose bangles
Cool thickets
leaves the colour of clouds
cane groves breaking the sunlight-
but you've forgotten-
forgotten the river Narmada as well
how we washed
in it afterwards
Please mother
get the cage out of our wedding hut
this parrot has taught the whole village
to mimic our
love cries
Why are you crying, friend?
That's how love is.
A cucumber tendril
Its emblem.
As the traveller, eyes raised,
cupped hands filled with water, spreads
his fingers and lets it run through,
she pouring it reduces the trickle
Not knowing me,
dark as a blue lotus petal,
the critic Dandin
declared our goddess of verse-craft
and learning, entirely white
Where to
girl with bright thighs?
There's no moon tonight
'Out to my lover'
Not afraid, young in the darkness
to travel alone?
'Can't you see - at my side
with lethal arrows
the love god?'
Young men
used to slip this
wooden Ganesh
under my head for a pillow.
cursing old age
I bow down before it
Whispers, deep kisses,
bodies perfumed with slippery oils,
betel nut cooling the mouth.
To make unhurried love
the whole night before you.
Ah! But a hundred,
a thousand times sweeter the
quick and forbidden-
done in a moment
gone like a thief.
I remember this pleasure-
he sat at my feet
without speaking
and my big toe toyed with his hair
Talking's no use
all that's written sounds trivial
do we alone
know how it hurts
to be separate?
She conceals herself
where the forest is thickest
and waits for the sound-
dry leaves of
someone approaches
28 May 2008
same everywhere
24 May 2008
so far away
but i hear you
23 May 2008
as ghostly or
as moonrise?
18 May 2008
the cool wind
-Issa, 1814
(translated by David Lanoue)
09 May 2008
When I die, my body shall be burnt.
but no one is to be present.
Spread the ashes on the earth...
in the middle of a big, big field.
Plant an oak there and write:
I, too, was once a human being.
My name was Sabina Spielrein.
08 May 2008
Opening of 'Out of Africa'
The geographical position and the height Of the land combined to create a landscape that had not its like in all the world. There was no fat on it and no luxuriance anywhere; it was Africa distilled up through six thousand feet. like the strong and refined essence of a continent. The colours were dry and burnt. like the colours in pottery. The trees had a light delicate foliage, the structure of which was different from that of the trees in Europe; it did not grow in bows or cupolas, but in horizontal layers, and the formation gave to the tall solitary trees a likeness to the palms, or a heroic and romantic air like full-rigged ships with their sails furled, and to the edge of a wood a strange appearance as if the whole wood were faintly vibrating. Upon the grass of the great plains the crooked bare old thorn trees were scattered, and the grass was spiced like thyme and bog-myrtles; in some places the scent was so strong that it smarted in the nostrils. All the flowers that you found or plains, or upon the creepers and liana in the native forest, were diminutive like flowers of the downs - only just in the beginning of the long rains a number of big, massive heavy-scented lilies sprang out on the plains. The views were immensely wide. Everything that you saw made for greatness and freedom, and unequaled nobility.
The chief feature of the landscape, and of your life in it. was the air. Looking back on a sojourn in the African highlands, you are struck by your feeling of having lived for a time up in the air. The sky was rarely more than pale blue or violet, with a profusion of mighty, weightless, ever-changing clouds towering up and sailing on it, but it has a blue vigour in it, and at a short distance it painted the ranges of hills and the woods a fresh deep blue. In the middle of the day the air was alive over the land, like a flame burning; it scintillated, waved and shone like running water, mirrored and doubled all objects, and created great Fata Morgana. Up in this high air you breathed easily, drawing in a vital assurance and lightness of heart. In the highlands you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be.
eating bread
in grass
06 May 2008
yet the sea is not full;
unto the place from whence
the rivers come, thither
they return again
an abyss within your gaze
-Karen Blixen
like wind crashing on mountain oaks
blows terribly here,
the moonlight also leaks
between the roof planks
of this ruined house
-Izumi Shikibu
05 May 2008
ऐसा काम कहाँ मिलेगा..
वो लोग कितने lucky है न जिनको life का passion मिल गया है
ऐसा कोई permanent passion नही होता है life का
permanent की बात नही.. for example, जो मैं अभी कर रहा हूँ वो मुझे पसंद नही है। i really don't feel any passion for it. i want to find something else so that i am happier. अगर life के centre में जो है वो अपनी मर्जी से चल रहा है तो आजू-बाजू का pain बरदाश कर सकता हूँ। life से satisfaction मांगता है यार
true. but wait! don't do anything crazy.
how will you earn money?
are you sure that 'something else' will make you happy?
i must try at least
20 April 2008
now hidden
in cherry blossoms
18 April 2008
The Look -Sara Teasdale
Robin in the fall,
But Colin only looked at me
And never kissed at all.
Strephon's kiss was lost in jest,
Robin's lost in play,
But the kiss in Colin's eyes
Haunts me night and day.
out of
mom's arms
to see
who chirps
in the bushes
but some birds don't sleep all night
Within a gate by the sidewalk
stands still
with a faraway look
a very old woman
brings his chain
barely able to walk
or you
who sees-
the moon
broken trees
03 April 2008
"Out on the safaris, I had seen a herd of buffalo, one hundred and twenty-nine of them, come out of the morning mist under a copper sky, one by one, as if the dark and massive, iron-like animals with the mighty, horizontally swung arms were not approaching, but were being created before my eyes and sent out as they were finished. I had seen a herd of elephants travelling through the dense native forest, where the sunlight is strewn between the thick creepers in small spots and patches, pacing along as if they had an appointment at the end of the world...I had time after time watched the progression across the plain of the giraffe, in their queer, inimitable, vegetative gracefulness, as if it were not a herd of animals but a family of rare, long-stemmed, speckled gigantic flowers slowly advancing. I had followed two rhinos on their morning promenade, when they were sniffing and snorting in the air of the dawn...and looked like two very big angular stones rollicking in the long valley and enjoying life together. I had seen the royal lion, before sunrise, below a waning moon, crossing the gray plain on his way home from the kill, drawing a dark wake in the silvery grass, his face still red up to the ears, or during the midday siesta, when he reposed contentedly in the midst of his family..." -Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen
16 March 2008
9/11: A barrel of conspiracies
Scrap of paper from 2001
Vaneigem argued that even the tiniest of gestures - opening a door, holding a teacup, a facial expression - and the most private and individual actions - coming home, making tea, arguing with a lover - have always already been represented and shown to us within the spectacle.
With all meaningfulness confiscated, turned into spectacular forms, everyday life is 'devoid of its glamour representation, experience becomes almost embarrassing, something of which one feels ashamed; an event without a camera', uncool. The spectacle is the ultimate alienation, in which not only one's own handiwork has to be bought back from a store at the end of a working day (old-style alienation) but also one's identity and dreams have been commodified, turned into spectacular, generalized lifestyles and images and sold back to one. The spectacle thus is the triumph of media transformed into commodity. Sadie Plant - 'images and commodities... effectively represent their life to them, people experience reality as second-hand. Everything has been seen and done before..'
Lefebvre shares this vision but at the same time regards everyday life as the plane of immanence in which moments of enlightenment emerge and flash, like sparkles of light on a field of snow. While everyday life is colonized, and even when he adopts the terminology of banality of everydayness to describe it, Lefebvre maintains that everyday life is also the site of the authentic experience of self, of the body and of engagement with others. In effect, he presents a dialectical notion of everyday life which involves a double essentialism - everyday life is both, by definition, alienated and, in essence, also unalienated or authentic material. When this material is recognized for what it is, when it is broken free of the contradicting and mystifying veils of the spectacle and false authenticity, the everyday is suddenly synthesized as unalienated experience, brought to consciousness as the truly authentic. The taken for granted is broken down and an individual attains - even if only momentarily - that status of the 'total person'.
The project was thus -
to conceive everyday life in such a way so as to retrieve it from its modern state of colonization by the commodity form and other modes of reification. A critique of the everyday can be generated only by a kind of alienation effect, insofar as to put into contact with its own radical other, such as an eradicated past.. or an imagined future.
Danse Macabre & Ride of the Valkyries
14 March 2008
Sparrow haikus by Issa
after rain, a gang war
garden sparrows
waiting for spring
sparrows also make a home
in the bamboo
dewdrops scatter--
the sparrow sings
of next-life salvation
dance, my little
sparrows at the gate
on a snowy day
the temple is packed...
pigeons, sparrows
(translated by David Lanoue)
06 March 2008
Take me home and I will love you forever
They found a home in Railway Colony Thane - very few dogs there - so no territorial disputes with established dogs - great people to take care of them - and lots of open space to play around!
Breaking News!
They have chosen their own separate homes in the Colony!
22 February 2008
caress my face
rest on my coat
and hair
keep falling on me
12 February 2008
Black Book
A Heart in Winter
Maria full of grace
Day for night
The lives of others
Life is to whistle
The wind that shakes the barley
Nowhere in Africa
Antonia's Line
The Star Maker
Camera Buff
The 400 Blows
Antoine et Colette
Stolen Kisses
Bed and Board
Love on the Run
Jean de Florette
Manon des Sources
The 39 Steps
I Heart Huckabees
Me and You and Everyone We Know
The Science of Sleep
The Gleaners
Pocket Money
Witness for the Prosecution
Bread and Tulips
My Name was Sabina Spielrein
But Forever in My Mind
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
01 February 2008
ripples roll into waves
violent flags flutter overhead
people stagger.. struggle directionless
a day of wind
a night of rain
25 January 2008
Running around
Getting signs
Out for lunch..
Checking rules
Being polite
Tired satisfaction
Work done
God.. I miss bureaucracy!
21 January 2008
where does one end
and the other start?
fly up and
watch them hide the city
18 January 2008
Bombay Hospital old man
me n santo smoking near gate
2 rupaya denge saab?
puts coin in pocket.. happy
takes out bidi bundle.. lights a bidi
aapka naam kya hai?
kaha se hai?
gujrat 20 years back.. nadi kinare ghar khet.. floods. everything washed away. son n wife dead.
came to bombay.
starts crying..
tells his life ka intezaam here
eats at dargah at night. some shopkeepers give him lunch.
new year pe beer mila. some drunk seth stopped car and gave him 2 bottles.
sone ki jagah fixed
everyone knows him in area
police friends tell him when gaadi aane wali hai to pick up people living on streets.. shifts to some other area for that time
finishes bidi
shakes hand. walks away
02 January 2008
Scattered in clean white snow
01 January 2008
Flying East
In Amsterdam
Citylights of Europe
Yellow on black
Left behind
Have ruled
This moonless night
A red line
Gets bolder
All over the horizon
Changing colours
Here comes the sun
31 December 2007
Was hanging
All the way..
Up there?
23 December 2007
NRIs celebrate Modi victory
22 December 2007
quiet, unchanging
not a leaf moves
while secretly ..
a witches' sabbath
rages insane
in my heart
19 December 2007
Jab We Met director interview
Did you have problems working with Kareena?
IA: Kareena is not exactly my favourite actress .. but she has her good as well as bad films. But she is capable of giving strong performances. She is very well behaved, punctual.. Director's actress - if I had told her to jump in front oif a speeding car - she would have done exactly that.
One day I told her that she won't be wearing any make-up for most scenes and only simple punjabi dresses. She asked me -'Oh.. So you want the no make-up look?" I said - "No! I want you to wear no make-up".
Then once I joked-"Kareena what about your reputation as a star? You should throw a tantrum on the sets now and then.. Come late once in a while"
What about your next film?
IA: I don't have a 3 - film contract etc with any production house. So I am going on holiday now.. To get this film out of my system.
Kya cool peaceful bandaa hai!! :D
On the sets of Jab We Met picture gallery from BBC
Two post- Socha Na Tha interviews:
Kaffeeklatsch with Imtiaz Ali
Talented Mr. Ali
Good movie.. complete masti. An uncle-aunty were getting naughty in the next seat ;)
18 December 2007
Lonely road
Crows race a cyclist
13 December 2007
Aankhein Teri Itni Haseein..
Homeless in Narmada
He was one of the 500 tribal people from the Narmada valley who were at Azad Maidan in Bombay for a week in August 1999. Their villages were going to be drowned by Sardar Sarovar Dam. They had accepted the rehabilitation package of the Maharashtra government but received almost nothing. The week was spent in demonstrations, petitions, delegations, being arrested, meetings with ministers and secretaries etc. One day we stopped Bal Thackeray's speech in the Press Club. We kept a watch secretly and shouted him down from outside :D Those were the days of the Shiv Sena BJP govt when their dadagiri was at the height. I had a nice time and took the kids to see Marine Drive, Nariman Point, Colaba, Malabar Hill etc.
The day before they left, their leader Pratibha Shinde came to me with Lotyaa and Jiryaa Kaarbhaari. Both seemed to be near 40 - short, dark and of a small frame. I had heard the story of Lotyaa's family. His parents were no more. He had two brothers. All the years of displacement and struggle had devastated them. One of them had simply gotten off the train somewhere in Madhya Pradesh on the way to Delhi for a morcha and no one had noticed. The youngest - Rehengyaa Bongyaa Vasaave had gone mad and had been left in the Mental Hospital in Thane around two years back. We decided to go to Thane first thing tomorrow morning.
The next day, Lotyaa and Jiryaa were waiting for me. Moving about as a group is easy because traffic stops for a morcha and generally there are police accompanying with their vans and jeeps. But here I had to hold their small hands and cross the road between Azad Maidan, GPO and VT station (The subway work was still going on). They were barefoot. We sat in the local train and they looked completely out of place with their old clothes and turban. While everyone else was trying to occupy as much space as possible, they were sitting as close together as possible. But still with a bright and radiant smile - as if amused by all the people staring at them.
We reached Thane, took a ricksha to the Hospital and went to the office. It was spacious and well-shaded by very old trees and it was very quiet. I was expecting a horrible inhuman atmosphere like other government offices. But the staff, doctors and nurses were kind and helpful. They gave us tea! We learnt that Rehengyaa had been cured and was waiting to be taken back home for 6 months in the recovery ward. They had sent a letter to their village which either did not exist any more or the postman never went there. We had to wait for an hour for the official process. He came out and they cried in each others arms. They left the next night from Bombay Central station. Two faces in a sea of 500 others.
06 December 2007
6 dec
Also the day the Babri Masjid was destroyed by insane volunteers of the RSS, VHP, BJP and Shiv Sena - the incident that polarized India for a long time and brought the BJP to power at the Centre and some states. The culprits - L K Advani, Uma Bharti, M M Joshi, Ashok Singhal who are directly responsible for the death of thousands of innocent people have not yet been punished.
27 November 2007
Orion from an aeroplane window @ 39,000 feet
19 November 2007
11% in 11 months
The corresponding drops with respect to other currencies:
10.4% Euro, 5.9% Pound, 6.5% Yen, 7% Yuan, 9.5% Ruble(till October), 13.4% Australian $, 11% Danish Kroner, 15.4% Norwegian Kroner, 19.5% Canadian $!
But if you watch too closely, you could miss the big picture.
15 November 2007
Reign Over Me
A touching and beautiful story of friendship, loss and hope. A bit too Hollywoodish but surprisingly great acting by Adam Sandler. He can act! Don Cheadle is very good as usual. Reign Over Me.
12 November 2007
What does it mean to be homeless?
Fredgy runs a used books stall in Harvard Square. I think she must be around 60. Old clothes, kind weathered face and just a bandana to protect her from the cold. She talked to me as I was browsing.
F: Each one of these is for 2 dollars.
A: Hmm.
F: We have fiction here in this row, next is poetry, then drama, biography, on the other side - scifi, novels, old books.
A: (Pointing out Isak Dinesen's Letters From Africa) Do you have more books by this person?
F: I'm sorry I can't keep track of..
A: These books are really good.
F: Yeah look at this. You won't get this anywhere. We have rare books. Every Friday we get a thousand new books and replace all the shelves.
A: Wow! I'll come here often.
F: We are open on all days unless it rains or snows, till 11 out in the cold.
A: Do you live around here?
F: Do you know about us? I was born here and grew up here but now I am homeless. Some of us started this to get out of the streets and back home. We are not alcoholics and we don't do drugs - but you know the stereotypes - if they are homeless they must be drunks. The City wanted us to go. We got arrested thrice - handcuffs and all - but we fought them. First the City then Cambridge Police. And we won. They had violated our rights according to the First Amendment - our Freedom of Speech.
A: How did you manage a lawyer and all?
F: They arrested us so it's their responsibility. The City said 'We don't have a permit to give them for the next 30 years' The judge said, 'Then make them one!'
A: Great!
F: Nobody bothers us now. Are you in school?
A: Yes I go to Northeastern. I am Anish. (Shook hands)
F: Aani?
A: Anish. Whats you name?
F: Anish. I'm Fredgy. Nice meeting ya. Many students come here. Their books are so expensive like 80-90$.
A: Yeah. And most of them are paying off their tuition loans for a long time.
F: Yes everyone has payments all the time. You know.. MBTA (the municipal transport) also wanted to throw us out of here - but Cambridge Police came up and told them not to try. We have been successful in New York. According to federal and Mass law we don't even need a permit. And state comes over city. We have been running for two years now.
A: I am so happy this happened.
F: If you go online you can see our story - look for sparechange.
(I got three good books: Letters from Africa -Karen, Buddenbrooks -Thomas Mann and Watership Down. There were some more details like bail was only $40 but can't remember everything; I can't bring in her accent either)
Shorter accounts from Boston and Bombay comng up.
Zindagi Khwaab Hai (Jaagte Raho)
03 November 2007
Beth Gibbons & Rodrigo Leão 'Lonely Carousel'
6 months of winter and static
About time
To be afraid
Sparks gonna fly
No longer
Only in the sky
28 October 2007
Is it possible for humans to live without killing the earth?
Recently I heard a very good talk by an economist from India who is probably a member of the Planning Commission, about how rigourously growth rates and poverty rates are actually calculated. But none of the experts talks about the simple numbers of a sustainable lifestyle. Rahul's home in Indore is an example of a beautiful natural urban life (Watch the video).
Steve Jobs speech (thanks to Siddhartha Mal)
27 October 2007
Justice to all
No longer red.
23 October 2007
Shelfari - horrible!!! Stay away from it!
17 October 2007
Not the tender seedling
Young, vulnerable
Nor the supple sapling
Flirting, flaunting
Greenery in the wind.
I am a tree-
I am a tree-
Broken, gnarled
Rooted fingers
Clutching desperately to my soil.
Battered, bruised shoots
Struggling fiercely towards the sun.
I am the tree
You chopped.
-Colleen Smith-Brown
15 October 2007
Download your blog
But this means that there is really no such thing as privacy on the internet. It must be easy to download our emails too for someone chaloo enough in this creepy web-crawling game.
"wget -r http://quitsmoke.blogspot.com ." will get my whole blog to your current directory nicely arranged in archives the way blogger stores it.
09 October 2007
The morning I saw the daydreaming sparrow
Biology 101: Response to stimulus = You are alive
Meanwhile, people tell you - 'Get busy and forget your feelings'
Chitra's cartoon 'Feeling Hollow in America' and some blogs that told people (non-desis who were planning to shift to India) not to expect order anywhere - which would make living in India easier. We can conclude by combining these two that the key factor that makes life in these places seem so starkly contrasting is the external stimuli that we are bombarded with. Its sheer volume in a bustling city in India overwhelmingly exceeds anything found in America. I won't go into listing all the stimuli. It is too obvious. Still, allow me to shout.. "Eureka!! Eureka!!"
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Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
04 October 2007
Window Shoppers
confused sparrows
in a heap of straw
one of them
makes a choice
cruises away with confidence
low flight
parallel to the ground
precious cargo in her mouth
the way shown
quick choices are made
the others follow
two birds stay
"just came to watch"
28 September 2007
Bali-Rajya anyone?
27 September 2007
India got to
give more recognition to the national hockey team that won the Asia Cup
help the people fighting corruption in J n K
take the babus to task and make them implement the national rural emploment scheme in all states
congratulate ISRO people for the successful GSLV launch
wooden window
curtains reveal
the moon
a silent night
the moonlight gives
a blue tinge
even to things indoors
what they say is true
its a different world at night
smooth outlines and shadows
lust or love?
22 September 2007
Indian scientists cowards!
Can't scientists have any scientific sentiments that can be hurt like religious sentiments? Don't they feel offended when someone publicly mocks their life's work and makes political capital out of it? Don't they feel like going on a mass strike till justice is done and the liars accept the truth?
What government is this that deems scientific knowledge so inferior. Isn't our PM Oxford educated? What good is all this education. Isn't this pseudo-secularism (to steal a phrase coined by the RSS itself). That a Sikh Prime Minister cannot talk about Ram.


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Yesterday's Labour motion on Brexit marked an important step for the party. For the first time it had managed to push the government on the strategy for the Article 50 negotiations, leaving the government little option but to engage in some Parliamentary wrangling to try and deflect the on-coming threat of backseat rebellion. Keir Starmer looked to be in good control of his brief, after many months of Labour indifference/in-fighting on the subject.
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Hillary Clinton yesterday acknowledged what the rest of the world has known for days: that Barack Obama is the Democrat party's nominee to be US President. The nation paused last week, but only for a moment, to ponder the historical significance of a country, scarred by the legacy of slavery, offering a black man a real hope of becoming Commander-in-Chief. Almost immediately, Washington chatter, amplified in global media, turned to the question of what Ms Clinton would do next or, rather, how Mr Obama can woo her supporters.
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By Noel Michaels
With the impending move from Belmont Park to Saratoga fast approaching, we're coming up to one of those times of the year in New York racing where the difference between one-turn and two-turn races is so important. Pay attention to this important difference, and you will have a distinct edge over the majority of the betting public.
One of Saratoga's long-standing nicknames is "The Graveyard of Favorites," and the track has that reputation for a number of reasons. Much of it has to do with the fact that bettors get the odds all wrong in route races by misinterpreting horses' one-turn route form from Belmont - either better than it really is, or worse - when handicapping races on Saratoga's totally different two-turn layout.
Two-turn route races have always been a big element of handicapping at Saratoga, unlike at New York's bookend race meets at Belmont Park which almost no two-turn routes. Saratoga, on the other hand, cards roughly 40 two-turn dirt routes a season - an average of about one per day - and those events are quite different than the dirt route races run around one turn at Belmont Park. Plus, when it rains a lot, you can expect even more dirt routes at Saratoga due to all of the races moved from turf to dirt. In 2014 for example, there were a total of 62 dirt route races run at Saratoga, for an average of 1.5 of these races per day.
Oftentimes the New York horses that come to Saratoga with the best form from Belmont are horses that have been excelling, in part, thanks to their preference for one-turn races. At Saratoga, this factor flip-flops away from the one-turn specialists who've excelled at Belmont, and instead favors two-turn horses that like the routes at Saratoga, and other more traditional track layouts including at Aqueduct.
This adds an interesting handicapping wrinkle in this track change situations to- and away from- Belmont Park. This upcoming move in New York racing from Belmont to Saratoga is one of those pertinent times of year.
In order to figure out if a horse prefers one turn or two turns, handicappers need to scan down a horse's past performances and see where its past route wins and/or highest route speed figures have come from. If you see a horse that has demonstrated its best route form at Belmont going 1 mile, 1 1/16 miles, or 1 1/8 miles, then that horse can probably be termed a "one-turn router." However, if you see a horse whose best route races came on more traditional layouts such as Aqueduct, Gulfstream, Monmouth, the mid-Atlantic region, or in past races at Saratoga, then you have a potential key play or wake-up horse at Saratoga, particularly if the horse's past good two-turn efforts came at or near 1 1/8 miles.
With the move to Saratoga the focus in New York racing flip-flops from benefiting one-turn route specialists down at Belmont (and one-turn miles at other tracks such as Churchill Downs) to favoring route horses that do their best running around two turns. Bet horses whose best route races came on traditional two-turn route layouts, or in past races at Saratoga (i.e. horses for the course). Give these two-turn horses the edge against overbet horses that do their best running at Belmont.
Remember also, that at Saratoga, because of the track layout, there are no one-mile races and no 1 1/16-mile races. The vast majority of all main track routes are run at 1 1/8 miles. This creates lots of problems for horses whose best distances are one mile and/or 1 1/16 miles. Those horses must either stretchout to 1 1/8 miles (perhaps too long), or cutback to seven furlongs around one turn (too short).
In addition to looking for two-turn-type horses, you need to work on eliminating horses that just-plain don't want to go 1 1/8 miles on the dirt. Many horses are much the best at one mile and/or 1 1/16 miles, but those options are closed to them at Saratoga. Bet against those horses that prefer the shorter dirt route distances, and upgrade the chances of horses that are proven at 1 1/8 miles and beyond.
This distance angle goes beyond just Belmont and Saratoga handicapping at this time of year and actually extends to horses running in dirt routes all over the eastern region including, most notably, Monmouth Park, Parx, and Delaware Park. Many of the better New York barns are well aware of this distance angle, and instead choose to ship-off their one mile and 1 1/16-mile dirt specialists to other tracks during the Saratoga meet, because they just can't win at either 7F or 1 1/8 miles.
Trainers with lot of resources and/or out-of-town operations have the advantage in this regard, such as Todd Pletcher, Jason Servis, Bruce Levine, Tony Dutrow, and Steve Asmussen. These guys will pick-out their mis-matched distance horses early and ship them to races at Monmouth, Parx, Delaware, or elsewhere before Saratoga even begins, or else they'll run them off their feet with several races at Belmont before giving them a break when the meet ends.
Other trainers with smaller operations, however, without the resources to run strings of horses out of town, stick around at Saratoga and lose races all season long with these types of races at 7F and 1 1/8 miles with horses that should be entered at 1 mile or 1 1/16 miles.
Therefore, during this time of year, bet against horses stuck at the wrong distance at Saratoga from the smaller and/or New York-only stables. On the flip side, bet on the horses from the barns like Pletcher, Servis, Levine, Dutrow, Asmussen, and others that run in the 7F and 1 1/8-mile dirt races at Saratoga, and hammer them when you see them out of town, especially at Monmouth, when you see them entered at 1 mile and 1 1/16 miles. This is because they've already assessed their horses based on distance, and sorted them out to run in races at the tracks where they'll be most effective.
Saratoga: 1 1/8-Mile Races on the Dirt
When it comes to post positions, the inside four posts historically have had a slight advantage in all two-turn dirt races at Saratoga, particularly at the most common dirt route distance of 1 1/8 miles. This way of thinking is prevalent amongst many bettors, and it is strong enough to affect the odds, making inside-drawn horses favorites and bumping-up the odds on outside horses. However, take note that but this post position factor has played a smaller role at recent Saratoga meets, perhaps because of some kind of difference with the recent track superintendents as opposed to former track maintenance crews.
A look at the post position stats at the most commonly run two-turn distance of 1 1/8 miles at the 2014 Saratoga meet reveals, surprisingly to many, that there is very little post position advantage in these races, with plenty of winners originating from all posts from the inside all the way out on out to post 8. Posts outside 8 are still a disadvantage, but the outside posts 5-8 currently show no statistical disadvantage at all in these races at Saratoga.
Winning Post Positions - 2014 Saratoga Dirt Routes
|Win %
Belmont Dirt Trends to Use in July Handicapping (Belmont and Saratoga)
Now let's move over to the Belmont Park dirt track and look at some trends we've noticed this season. These notes will be helpful for handicappers to know in the waning days at the Belmont meet, and once the action shifts to Saratoga with horses exiting outings at Belmont in their last races.
There have been a limited amount of track bias days so far at this Belmont meet, but if there's one prevailing bias that has affected racing so far, it has been that outside running paths have seemed to be better than inside paths on a few different occasions.
Here are my noted track biases so far at Belmont 2015:
Belmont Track Biases 2015
July 4 - Outside advantage
July 3 - Outside preferred
June 24 - Outside preferred
June 11 - Helped to be on or close to the pace
June 6 - Speed bias on Belmont Stakes Day
May 31 - Outside preferred
May 30 - Outside good
May 29 - Outside good
May 21 - Outside good
May 20 - Closers won 3-of-4 races
May 6 - Outside good, slow rail
When it comes to post position angles on the Belmont main track, it has been the inside and middle posts that have been by far the best. Outside posts are bad at Belmont this year starting with post 7 (i.e. you need to be in posts 1-6 in Belmont dirt routes at have your best chance). Combined with the way the track has been playing better on the outside some days at Belmont, the best trips in Belmont routes have been by horses breaking from inside posts that can work-out trips from off the rail.
Outside posts in Belmont dirt routes have been downright awful so far at this meet. Based on the raw post position figures listed below, you truly need a post 1-6 in order to have you best chance in a Belmont dirt route at this year's meet.
Belmont Dirt Route Winning Post Positions
(2015 spring/summer meet thru July 12)
|Dirt Route Wins
|12-90 (13%)
|12-90 (13%)
|13-90 (14%)
|11-89 (12%)
|14-84 (17%)
|20-72 (28%)
|3-45 (7%)
|2-30 (7%)
|1-16 (6%)
|2-12 (17%)
|0-5 (0%)
|0-3 (0%)
As you can see in the Belmont dirt route post position chart, horses breaking from the outside posts 7-12 have won only a combined 8-for-111 races for a 7% win percentage.
A Final Note about Synthetic-Track Shippers
Early in the Saratoga meet you will be looking for trends in terms of where the majority of the winning horses are coming from. Are horses from the New York circuit (i.e. Belmont) performing the best, or are shippers from Churchill doing better? What will be the strongest group of out-of-town shippers? Where are the winners coming from? Is it Monmouth, Parx, Finger Lakes, Delaware, Florida, California, or somewhere in between?
Amongst the different groups of shippers, Kentucky shippers who last raced at Churchill Downs usually win the most races, but also tend to have by far the most starters of any group of shippers. Kentucky shippers, by overall percentage, tend to perform no better than shippers from Monmouth Park. This is a general rule, however, and Monmouth Park invaders certainly can, and do, win at Saratoga when they are good enough.
One group of horses that tends to do exceptionally poorly in dirt races at Saratoga, however, are horses who ran their most recent races on artificial surfaces. Shippers who ran their most recent races on the main tracks at Arlington, Presque Isle, and Woodbine, rarely win Saratoga dirt races.
Thankfully, however, this angle is quickly diminishing in importance as fast as artificial tracks seem to be diminishing in importance. In the last couple years, the number of artificial tracks has shrunk with tracks like Del Mar and Keeneland re-installing dirt surfaces.
Many handicapping factors come into play at this time of year when racing and wagering shifts between Belmont and Saratoga. However, there is a method to the madness when it comes to the differences between the types of horses that tend to win route races at each of these two very different racetracks.
Dirt route races are just one of the many facets of racing in New York at this time of year, but handicappers who understand the differences between horses that excel in two-turn races as opposed to one-turn races will enjoy a strong betting advantage in these particular races, against the horseplayers out there who fail to notice this enormously important difference between Belmont Park and Saratoga.
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in California?
Good question. And, an important one, too. Because food is the third
biggest item in most family's budgets (right behind home and auto).
So overspending on groceries can ruin your financial plans quickly.
The U.S. Statistical Abstract contains the type of info that Bob's
looking for.
To get the detailed
reports go to the section called "income, expenditures and wealth".
You'll find a tab for "consumer expenditures". The information is
generally about three years old. But, current enough to be useful.
According to the Statistical Abstract, families with incomes less
than $70,000 per year averaged spending $4,562 per year on food.
Those with incomes between $70,000 and $79,999 averaged spending $7,337.
The average spent on food for all families in 2004 was $5,781. Of
that $3,347 or 58% was food prepared at home. The balance ($2,434)
was for food prepared outside the home (i.e. restaurants, take out food).
What about family size? Those figures were for an average family of
2.5 members. And the average family included 6/10ths of a child under 18.
Bob's wife is partially correct. The average Los Angeles/Long Beach
area family spent $7,194 on food. $4,064 at home and $3,131 for food
prepared away from home. Of all the major metropolitan areas listed,
it was the highest.
One reason it was more expensive was that people eat out more. Only
56% of the food expenses were prepared at home. By comparison in
Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater (with the lowest total expense) over 63%
was for food made at home.
Family size also made a difference. For families with incomes between
$43,200 and $72,600, a child less than 2 years old added $1,200 to
the grocery bill. The older the child the more expensive they were. A
15 to 17 year old added $2,330.
Given all the data, it would seem that Bob has a point. Spending
$1,500 a month plus restaurant bills is significantly above average.
But, I would caution Bob about being rigid in comparing his family to
the average. The things that make our family unique (number and age
of children, number of parents working outside the home, health and
special dietary needs, etc) can drastically affect grocery spending.
Rather than look at statistics, there are some other indicators that
will let you know if you have a problem. None of them are scientific
measurements. But, if there are some savings to be had, you'll
recognize it. Plus, you'll have some idea where to find the money.
The first sign is the 'what are we eating tonight' trap. You should
know what's for dinner before noon. If you wait you'll be more likely
to eat fast food or prepackaged meals. In other words, you'll spend more.
The second test is to check your grocery cart to see how much
packaging and preparation has been done to your food. Every time
someone slices, dices or wraps plastic around food it costs you.
Sure, those snack packs are handy for school lunches. But, you'll pay
dearly to save a few minutes a day. Do the math. You could be
spending over $20 per hour to have someone cut and wrap cheese!
Next let's take a look in your freezer. Is it stocked with meals that
you've precooked for future dinners? What about leftovers? Are they
organized so they can be used? Or, is your freezer full of boxed
meals from your grocer?
Speaking of leftovers, do you have an organized way to use them?
Studies show that many families throw out 25% of the food they buy.
Uneaten leftovers and food purchased but never served are a waste of
your grocery dollar.
There are other signs that you're spending more than necessary for
food. But these four will give you a quick and easy way to see if you
have some work to do.
The good news for Bob's family is that it's fairly easy to save on
groceries. You have many opportunities to save since you're buying
food continually. And there are many tools to help you cut spending.
Everything from pricebooks to menus and coupons. So Bob's family can
solve the problem without moving away from Southern California!
Gary Foreman is the publisher of The Dollar
Stretcher.com website and
newsletters. If you'd like to save time or money, visit today. You'll
find hundreds of articles to help you stretch your day and your dollar!
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