Shawshank Redemption

Hope !

this is always an interesting subject to me.

a simple story. a topclass banker, locked up for killing his wife and her lover - life sentence in prison. what happens to him in prison over years and how he changes so many others' life - including the warden and captain is what the story is all about.

there is a saying "you may be fooled by what you see, what you hear - your conscience will tell the truth". hope is a inside out subject, you cannot use what the world around you says, you cannot believe what you see. hope will take you places you have never been - and it is the mother of all inventions and victories.

add involvement, perseverence and a sense of being to hope - you will get what you wanted. thats what the story says. how a prisoner sentenced for life comes back with colors.

the hero has perfectly merged with the character and it is good to see such a nice pick by the director. no wonder it is in the #2 of IMDB top 250.

Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/
http://www.shawshankredemption.org/

Why you need your own website?

the past two days has been little confusing for me. it all started on sunday, when i was checking my email. i went to Y! mail web page, entered my username & password and then submit. bounced back immediately with a message - "Invalid Username or Password". i got a bit shocked. i have been using Y! Mail for about 6-7 years now and most of my personal transactions goes through it. havent changed my password for quite a long time now - and here i am stranded and not able to access my own account.

it took nearly 2 days to get control back to my account. dont know what happened to the old password and which mischievous guy freaked into my account. since some of the security information was way out of my mind (after i created the account 6 yrs back), i had to recollect them to answer Y! signon-help questions.

all it tells me is just one thing - if i had my own site - where my identity is confirmed not just through my login name & password, then may be it would have been easier to gain back control at a much faster time.

it well goes with the saying "you get what you pay" !

Nalanda is back

The last time I remember hearing about Nalanda University was in my history books way back in my school days. This is the finest of Universities, first of its kind founded in the entire world around the medieval period when Buddhism had a much wider presence. People from various asian countries studied in the Nalanda university. History says, that the entire university got destroyed over a period of time due to various political and economical reasons.

Looks like the booming asian market wants to rejuvenate and enlighten the glory that it had in the past. Now leaders from South Asian countries of Singapore, India, China, etc are talking about starting the Nalanda University again. A University with multinational student and teaching community will definitely bring in much broader perspective to the growing market. It will take the people of the region to the next level of understanding the neighbor in a much better manner. It can also lead to many world-class initiatives, given the fact there are more minds (people) that needs a focus.

Currently they are talking about US $500 Million to start with and an additional US $500 Million to provide the adjoining infrastructure. Sure these are small numbers for an University of that gratitude, but then it is just a start of talk and am sure they will be able to pull in grands - considering the booming markets in the sub continent.

A welcome salute to the upcoming University !

Link: Really Old School

Adrenalin

I was simply stunned by this guy. He is a extreme sports practitioner, especially "free-soloing" (which he demonstrates in the video). Unfortunately this guy died while doing a free-soloing at Yosemite, as the rope he used for his fall got cut. Poor guy.

Dan Osman - video powered by Metacafe

Additional links:
Video of Dan Osman scaling a 400-foot sheer-wall cliff in under five minutes
Video of many safety rope jumps and free-soloing up to a 5.12b (11 min)