Friday, 6. November 2009, 03:04:42
2012, nostradamus, doomsday
The year 2012 will be the doomsday- this is what the most hyped news today. It is said that the year has its importance since it is mentioned in a number of places. Now exactly what will happen only God knows. But something that will change the course of humanity is expected.
This may be a huge volcanic eruption, or a massive tsunami wave. It is expected that some change on the global scale will occur. This event is being related to many scientific and spiritual reasons. It was actually predicted by Nostradamus who cited it to be the end of this world. But we are completely unsure that it actually will happen or its just an early fake news.
Some prophicies say that this will be the start of the golden age of mankind. After this event a tremendous growth in technology will start. Now this is a sure event.
Whatever will happen, it will be our destiny. There is no point to worry for that today. Let Governments do their job. Personally. I believe that nothing will happen. Rest is fate.
Sunday, 1. November 2009, 05:32:25
society, culture, internet, technology
Last time, I spent several hours on internet but did not realize how much time I had spent when I got up. I begin to think whether the time spent on it was useful: I had seen a lot of information and pictures but much of it was not very useful to me in my life. May be I would have been better off reading a book that I recently bought. But the internet gets a lot of "suffers", people who spend time on it blogging, trading, exploring information, researching or social networking. It looks exciting and attractive. Above all facts, the truth is that internet is virtual. I fear that we may slowly have people who spend their entire time staring at computer screens, who live in their make-believe world. Unrestricted information may result in our cultural identity being destroyed. This may lead to cultural erosion.
One can easily access news, audio, video and graphics on net. Since one can get anything that one wants on a computer screen but I would like to say that one should not fear about cultural erosion. How long can we take refuge on censorship? Easy access to information is a boon and we may become more modern in our approach, discarding the negative things in our culture that hold us back. We Indians really have a wrong sense of protecting our culture. What is the harm in becoming like the world? If we exhibit narrow, parochial ways, we may lose out on developments taking place in the world. Today, Internet has its own advantages. It has grown to lakhs of folds as it was seen ten years ago. But whatever be its blessings, its negative impact can’t be ignored. This is the real danger, but the answer lies in using the technology possibility.
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Tuesday, 27. October 2009, 16:49:29
Kevin Carter, sudan femine, Pulitzer Prize
Kevin Carter (September 13, 1960 in Johannesburg – July 27, 1994) was an award-winning South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club.
Carter had started to work as weekend sports photographer in 1983. In 1984 he moved on to work for the Johannesburg Star, bent on exposing the brutality of apartheid.
Carter was the first to photograph a public execution by "necklacing" in South Africa in the mid-1980s. He later spoke of the images; "I was appalled at what they were doing. I was appalled at what I was doing. But then people started talking about those pictures... then I felt that maybe my actions hadn't been at all bad. Being a witness to something this horrible wasn't necessarily such a bad thing to do."
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Friday, 23. October 2009, 03:04:16
college, winter, university
The new semester has started and it brought winters with it. I don't like winters personally because days are short and you feel lazy all the day.
University rules are more strict than before. Only yesterday it was announced by Principal Sir that nobody will be allowed to enter college after 9 am till noon.
Studies are also tough as compared to previous semesters. For now I'm in bus and going to college. I can reach by 9 am.
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