6) My computer infected by a virus from Punjab

Sense of humour is something which is admired by everyone. People who have it in abundance are the most admired ones. I have seen friends bragging about their friend/cousin having a great sense of humour. We all love humour, but unfortunately, there are some people on this planet who lack it. That’s fine if they keep to themselves. But not when they literally coerce the police to arrest someone whose sense of humour may not be the same as theirs.

That’s what has happened in Mumbai where the Sikh Media and Culture Watch (SMCW) staged a demonstration and forced the police to arrest a publisher of a Sardar jokes book.

The Santa and Banta Joke Book is disappearing off the shelves of shops in Mumbai, and an emboldened section of the Sikh community there has even asked the cyber crime cell of the police to “ban jokes on the internet” which portray Sardars as objects of ridicule.

Why cannot someone make them understand that the world just loves ‘Santa Singh and Banta Singh’ … and the jokes about them make our day

We will miss u Santa and Banta… :((

By the way, would you like to have a look at the script sent by the virus that infected my computer yesterday? Well, then Scroll down…

Hi,
I'm a virus from Ludhiana.
Since I am not technically advanced, you please forward this email to all the contacts in your address book.
Then delete all the files on your hard disk.
Thanks very much
Sardarji Virus.

5) Story of an engineer

Folks, this time, its a story... This story is inspired from one of the stories of Panchatantra, The Honest wood cutter and his axe'.

Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday market.

One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood (the woodcutter and the axe ), he started praying to the River Goddess.

The River Goddess wanted to test him and so appeared only after one month of rigorous prayers. The engineer told her that he had lost his computer in the river.


As usual, the Goddess wanted to test his honesty. She showed him a match box and asked, " Is this your computer ?"

Disappointed by the Goddess' lack of computer awareness, the engineer replied, " No."

She next showed him a pocket-sized calculator and asked if that was his.

Annoyed, the engineer said "No, not at all!!"

Finally, she came up with his own Pentium machine and asked if it was his.

The engineer, left with no option, sighed and said " Yes."

The River Goddess was happy with his honesty. She was about to give him all three items, but before she could make the offer, the engineer asked her, "Don't you know that you're supposed to show me some better computers before bringing up my own ?"

The River Goddess, angered at this, replied, "I know that, you stupid idiot! The first two things I showed you were the Trillennium and the Billennium, the latest computers from IBM !". So saying, she disappeared with the Pentium!!

Moral :If you're not up-to-date with technology trends , it's better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

4) The view on the eastern side

The setting sun rays casting its effect on Supalai Tower and Elephant Tower

3) The Sunset

A view of the setting sun … from the western side of my bedroom

1)Inspiration...

I am kicking off this new hobby of mine by posting a photo of my hometown,Kochi. This is the 'Gundu Island', which lie very close to Vypin, another island where I have some fond memories of my childhood.

I am closing my words with a quote that inspired me today…

“If nature has made you a giver, your hands are born open, and so is your heart. And though there may be times when your hands are empty, your heart is always full, and you can give things out of that.”