Not so good thing to do!

Of course, I was a student. Each one of us is sometime, someday, somewhere a student! You will agree to it, wouldn’t you? Remember how when we are in student life, everything seems so different than what it is actually.

The same lab which we used to be pain in (you know what) appears rosy and geeky with all of those new equipments; the same couch which sometimes we slept on during exam days now appear dusty, old and rotten. And the list continues… for each one of us with difference in what and where we looked upon and now looks down on.

I and my friend from Croatia, Sue, went to school together. I met her at one of my project management graduate classes and we have become friends ever since. Even though we both were from different countries and different age groups, we became good friends. Yay! So sue got a coop in a company near our school and she had to travel everyday! We lived on-campus housing and we never had to use a car. So, we now had to buy a car. Since we were international students, every dollar counts!

Story in backdrop --- After a month long exhaustive and time killing search we got a car, an old car. It was a 2004 Honda accord for $8000 and we wanted to make the best of what we got. So we did. After a while of driving, the car had it’s first set of repairs – brake pads, then oil change and then something else. So, it was just the beginning of many more to come. Now you are thinking that we didn’t inspect it properly that is why this happened, but we did to your surprise. I knew this guy from Pepboys and I took him to see the car with me paying him with a free coffee :)and he confirmed “everything looks fine”

So, now in present – we have to sell the car because it is a mess to keep this car. You have to run to the mechanic every now and then which is obviously we don’t want to do that. The car has a problem with it and we don’t have enough money to spend on it to get it done. So we are planning to sell it off. But my contention is that it is not right to sell a car with that defect and keep it virtually hidden but at the same time not telling it to the buyers, is completely wrong.

Mahatma Gandhi once said –

Half truth is no truth at all!

With this, I think I will end my this blog post and we will see what happens! Chao!

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Why does my mind not understand what to do?

I wish there was actually

Fair day in India - Gay Sex Legalized!

Living in the oldest democracy known to the world gives me the benefit of experiencing a free society where different sections of the society exist together in harmony. Seeing the world and it's events with a broader eye and open mind, comes with the territory. Even though open mindedness is relatively young concept for most of people, but if you have it, it's nothing less than bliss.

As you know that I am spiritual kid and I very much want to keep myself like this. The scripture says that open, broad and clear state of mind can only be achieved if you are lucky to be conferred upon from the Lord and through years of dedicated meditation. Open mindedness and true understanding of what is really important in life and what matters - comes only from knowledge. Gaining this knowledge might come to me from Spirituality, to you it might come from experience or by reading an actual text book, but who cares for the source; what matters and what should uniquely matter is the knowledge which liberates our mind, heart and soul from misery and ignorance.

I heard this quote from someone  that "Ignorance is bliss". Lately I have been through so much, I couldn't have agreed more to this at this moment in time and life. I wish I didn't know so much of what is going around, which is exploding my head. However, for some people ignorance is bliss, like it was for many anti-gay citizens of India.

Today, New Delhi High Court (NDHC) passed a historic ruling suggesting that gay sex or homosexual sex in India is legal and stood validated against the right to freedom and equality as promised by the Indian Constitution. Well, first off it is India that we are talking about. A country that has more than 1.2 bn people population, third largest army in the world, sixth nuclear power, a country where 40% of its people still under the poverty line, a country which is really tortured by Kashmir issue and terrorists activity and has very strong religious and social values. Yes, we are talking about India.

For a british-accented English speaking population of 300 million, West is alluring. It’s diversely rich but fragmented society has more racism in itself than in any other part of the world. For this country, legalizing Gay sex is some hell of news. The ruling partying-Congress said it is for the judiciary to decide what they are going to do about this issue and it is not a political issue. While opposition and other parties are still divided over what their reactions would be on this new era of freedom. Read more here

India is home to more than 30 religions with honor of Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism starting in this country. So it is quite understandable normal day to day activities of a normal Indian would be affected in some way or another with any of the major religions in the country. On homosexuality however, religious foundations are divided and obviously, are still against it. Historically, religious group have fought hard against homo-sexuality. Be it US, India or any other country, religious groups seek shelter in the archaic religious foundations which are often mis-interpreted in the direction against homosexual people. This however isn’t true. Since this news came out (no pun intended) that India has legalized gay sex, I took time to educate myself on the relationship of homosexuality and religions in India

Making the valley green

On 29th May night (2009) in Shopian in Kashmir, two girls Nilofer and Asiya were raped and murdered. The administration tried to prove that it was a case of death due to drowning. The valley erupted into severe protests. The favorite slogan of the protesters from last several years has been, Hamen Kya Chahiye-Azadi (what do we want-Freedom).

Read the entire article here!

Bhai Anoop Singh - Jo Mangeh Thakur Apne Te

How to Change or Increase Width of Your Blog

=>Why to increase the width

=> You can have bigger images in your blogs.

=> Good result in old browsers like Internet Explorer 6.

=> Sidebar in perfect position.

=> It gives your blog an overall clean look.

=>Steps to follow

1- First of all you need to go to "Layout" and then "Edit HTML".

Tip: Click on "Download Full Template" to backup your template.

2- Find the following code in your template CSS between and .



/* Outer-Wrapper
----------------------------------------------- */
#outer-wrapper {
width: 660px;
margin:0 auto;
padding:10px;
text-align:$startSide;
font: $bodyfont;
}

#main-wrapper {
width: 410px;
float: $startSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}

#sidebar-wrapper {
width: 220px;
float: $endSide;
word-wrap: break-word; /* fix for long text breaking sidebar float in IE */
overflow: hidden; /* fix for long non-text content breaking IE sidebar float */
}


Remember: The width factor in #outer-wrapper defined the overall width of blog, in #main-wrapper it defines the width of your posts and in #sidebar-wrapper it defines the width of your sidebar.

3- Now you know the code, you can increase the width in #outer-wrapper and then increase in the #main-wrapper (for posts) or #sidebar-wrapper (for sidebar).

Warning: When you increase the width of any tag, see the preview and if you're satisfied only then you should save.

4- Similarly if you want to change the width of your header, here is the code in your template CSS between and .


/* Header
-----------------------------------------------
*/

#header-wrapper {
width:660px;
margin:0 auto 10px;
border:1px solid $bordercolor;
}


5- Just change the width factor and see the preview, if you're happy with the outcome, save the template otherwise discard the changes.

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