Archive for June, 2006

We the People

This one I got from Digit Forum, a brief discprition of we, the Indiansm, but in lighter vien, of course. 

Bengali
One Bengali = poet.
Two Bengalis = a film society.
Three Bengalis = political party.
Four Bengalis = two political parties.
More than four Bengali’s = Countrywide agitation to bring Ganguli back into Team.

Bihari
One Bihari = Laloo Prasad Yadav.
Two Biharis = booth-capturing squad.
Three Biharis = caste killing.
Four Biharis = entire literate population of Patna.

Punjabi
One Punjabi =100 kg hulk named Pinky.
Two Punjabis = Pinky with his bigger brother Twinky.
Three Punjabis = assault on the McAloo Tikkis at the local McDonalds.
Four Punjabis = combined IQ equal to one.

Mallu
One Mallu = coconut stall.
Two Mallus = a boat race.
Three Mallus = Gulf job racket.
Four Mallus = oil slick.

UP Bhaiyya
One UP bhaiyya = a milkman.
Two UP bhaiyyas = halwai shop.
Three UP bhaiyyas = a fist-fight in the UP assembly.
Four UP bhaiyyas = mosque-destruction squad.

Gujju
One Gujju = share-broker in a Bombay train.
Two Gujjus = rummy game in a Bombay train.
Three Gujjus = Bombay’s noisiest restaurant.
Four Gujjus = stock market scam.

Andhraite
One Andhraite = chili farmer.
Two Andhraites = software company in New Jersey.
Three Andhraites = Naxalite outfit.
Four Andhraites = song-and-dance number in a Telugu movie.

Kashmiri
One Kashmiri = carpet salesman.
Two Kashmiris = carpet factory.
Three Kashmiris = terrorist outfit.
Four Kashmiris = shoot-at-sight order.

Tamil-Brahmin
One Tam-Brahm = priest at the Vardarajaperumal temple.
Two Tam-Brahms = maths tuition class.
Three Tam-Brahms = queue outside the U.S consulate at 4 a.m.
Four Tam-Brahms = Thyagaraja music festival in Santa Clara.

Bombayite
One Bombayite = footpath vada-pav stall.
Two Bombayites = film studio.
Three Bombayites = slum.
Four Bombayites = the number of people
standing on your foot in the train at rush hour.

Sindhi
One Sindhi = currency racket.
Two Sindhis = papad factory.
Three Sindhis = duplicate goods shop in Ulhasnagar.
Four Sindhis = Hong Kong Retail Traders Association.

Marwari
One Marwari = the neighbourhood foodstuffs adulterator.
Two Marwaris = 50% of Calcutta.
Three Marwaris = finish off all Gujaratis & Sindhis.
Four Marwaris = threaten the Jews as a community.

Haryanvi
One Haryanavi = tube light
Two Haryanavi = agriculture
Three haryannavi= Lathi squad
Four haryanavi = actually just one was enough

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Love Letter (of a techie)

This one is from Digit forums, a letter from Techie.

Soft Baby,…
I saw you yesterday while surfing on the local train platform and

realized that you are the only site I was browsing for. For a long

time, I’ve been lonely, trying to find a bug in my life and you can be

a real debugger for me now. My life is just an uncompiled program

without you that never produces an executable code and hence is

useless.

You not only have a beautiful face, but all your ActiveX controls are

attractive as well. Your smile is so delightful that it encourages me

and gives me power equal to thousands of mainframes processing power.

When you looked at me last evening, I felt all my program modules

running smoothly and giving expected results, which I have never

experienced before.

With this letter, I just want to convey that, if we linked together,

I’ll provide you with all the objects and libraries necessary for a

human being to live an error free life. Also don’t bother about the

Firewall, which may be created by our parents as I’ve strong hacking

capabilities by which I’ll ultimately break their security passwords

and make them accept our marriage.

I anticipate that nobody is already logged into your database so that

my connect script would fail. And it’s all certain that if this

happened to me, I will crash my system beyond recovery. Kindly

interpret this letter properly and grant me all privileges of your

Inbox.

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108 Names Of Lord Ganesha

Shri Ganesh

I got this from Digit forum, a list of 108 names of Shri Ganesh with their meanings. 

1 Akhurath — One who has Mouse as His Charioteer

2 Alampata — Ever Eternal Lord

3 Amit — Incomparable Lord

4 Anantachidrupamayam — Infinite and Consciousness Personified

5 Avaneesh — Lord of the whole World

6 Avighna — Remover of Obstacles

7 Balaganapati — Beloved and Lovable Child

8 Bhalchandra Moon — Crested Lord

9 Bheema — Huge and Gigantic

10 Bhupati — Lord of the Gods

11 Bhuvanpati — God of the Gods

12 Buddhinath — God of Wisdom

13 Buddhipriya — Knowledge Bestower

14 Buddhividhata — God of Knowledge

15 Chaturbhuj — One who has Four Arms

 16 Devadeva — Lord of All Lords

17 Devantakanashakarin — Destroyer of Evils and Asuras

18 Devavrata — One who accepts all Penances

19 Devendrashika — Protector of All Gods

20 Dharmik — One who gives Charity

21 Dhoomravarna — Smoke-Hued Lord

22 Durja — Invincible Lord

23 Dvaimatura — One who has two Mothers

24 Ekaakshara — He of the Single Syllable

25 Ekadanta — Single-Tusked Lord

26 Ekadrishta — Single-Tusked Lord

27 Eshanputra — Lord Shiva’s Son

28 Gadadhara — One who has The Mace as His Weapon

29 Gajakarna — One who has Eyes like an Elephant

30 Gajanana — Elephant-Faced Lord

31 Gajananeti — Elephant-Faced Lord

32 Gajavakra — Trunk of The Elephant

33 Gajavaktra — One who has Mouth like an Elephant

34 Ganadhakshya — Lord of All Ganas (Gods)

35 Ganadhyakshina — Leader of All The Celestial Bodies

 36 Ganapati — Lord of All Ganas (Gods)

37 Gaurisuta — The Son of Gauri (Parvati)

38 Gunina — One who is The Master of All Virtues

39 Haridra — One who is Golden Coloured

40 Heramba — Mother’s Beloved Son

41 Kapila — Yellowish-Brown Coloured

42 Kaveesha — Master of Poets

43 Krti — Lord of Music

 44 Kripalu — Merciful Lord

45 Krishapingaksha — Yellowish-Brown Eyed

46 Kshamakaram — The Place of Forgiveness

47 Kshipra — One who is easy to Appease

 48 Lambakarna — Large Eared Lord

49 Lambodara — The Huge Bellied Lord

50 Mahabala — Enormously Strong Lord

51 Mahaganapati — Omnipotent and Supreme Lord

52 Maheshwaram — Lord of The Universe

53 Mangalamurti — All Auspicious Lord

54 Manomay — Winner of Hearts

55 Mrityuanjaya — Conqueror of Death

56 Mundakarama — Abode of Happiness

57 Muktidaya — Bestower of Eternal Bliss

58 Musikvahana — One who has Mouse as Charioteer

 59 Nadapratithishta — One who Appreciates and Loves Music

60 Namasthetu — Vanquisher of All Evils and Vices and Sins

61 Nandana — Lord Shiva’s Son

62 Nideeshwaram — Giver of Wealth and Treasures

63 Omkara — One who has the Form Of OM

64 Pitambara — One who has Yellow-Coloured Body

65 Pramoda — Lord of All Abodes

66 Prathameshwara — First Among All

67 Purush — The Omnipotent Personality

68 Rakta — One who has Red-Coloured Body

69 Rudrapriya — Beloved Of Lord Shiva

70 Sarvadevatman — Acceptor of All Celestial Offerings

71 Sarvasiddhanta — Bestower of Skills and Wisdom

72 Sarvatman — Protector of The Universe

73 Shambhavi — The Son of Parvati

74 Shashivarnam — One who has a Moon like Complexion

75 Shoorpakarna — Large-Eared Lord

76 Shuban — All Auspicious Lord

77 Shubhagunakanan — One who is The Master of All Virtues

78 Shweta — One who is as Pure as the White Colour

79 Siddhidhata — Bestower of Success and Accomplishments

 80 Siddhipriya — Bestower of Wishes and Boons

81 Siddhivinayaka — Bestower of Success

82 Skandapurvaja — Elder Brother of Skand (Lord Kartik)

83 Sumukha — Auspicious Face

 84 Sureshwaram — Lord of All Lords

85 Swaroop — Lover of Beauty

86 Tarun — Ageless

87 Uddanda — Nemesis of Evils and Vices

88 Umaputra — The Son of Goddess Uma (Parvati)

89 Vakratunda — Curved Trunk Lord

90 Varaganapati — Bestower of Boons

91 Varaprada — Granter of Wishes and Boons

92 Varadavinayaka — Bestower of Success

93 Veeraganapati — Heroic Lord

 94 Vidyavaridhi — God of Wisdom

95 Vighnahara — Remover of Obstacles

96 Vignaharta — Demolisher of Obstacles

97 Vighnaraja — Lord of All Hindrances

98 Vighnarajendra — Lord of All Obstacles

99 Vighnavinashanaya — Destroyer of All Obstacles and Impediments

100 Vigneshwara — Lord of All Obstacles

101 Vikat — Huge and Gigantic

102 Vinayaka — Lord of All

103 Vishwamukha — Master of The Universe

104 Vishwaraja — King of The World

105 Yagnakaya — Acceptor of All Sacred and Sacrficial Offerings

 106 Yashaskaram — Bestower of Fame and Fortune

107 Yashvasin — Beloved and Ever Popular Lord

108 Yogadhipa — The Lord of Meditations

…..And here is the list of the 32 Forms of Lord:

(from http://www.freebsd.nfo.sk/hinduism/108.htm)

1 Baala Ganapati: Red-colored and four-armed Ganesh.
2 Dharuna Vinayakar: Red-colored and eight-armed Ganesh.
3 Bhakti Vinayakar: Grey-colored image of four-armed Ganesha.
4 Veera Vinayakar: Red-colored and 16-armed Ganapati.
5 Shakti Ganapati: Red-colored image of four-armed Ganapati.
6 Dwija Vinayakar: White-colored image of four-faced Ganesha (with 4 arms).
7 Siddhi Vinayakar: Golden-colored and four-armed Ganesha.
8 Ucchishta Ganapati: Blue-colored and six-armed Ganapati with His consort.
9 Vigna Vinayakar: Gold-colored and eight-armed Ganapati.
10 Kshipra Ganapati: Red-colored and four-armed Ganesha.
11 Heramba Vinayakar: Black and ten-armed Ganesha with five faces, seated on a lion.
12 Lakshmi Vinayakar: White and eight-armed Ganesha with two consorts.
13 Makara Vinayakar: Ganesh in red, with a third eye and 10 arms…
14 Vijaya Vinayakar: Red and four-armed Ganesh.
15 Nritta Vinayakar: Gold Ganesh in a dancing posture.
16 Urdhva Vinayakar: Gold-colored and six-armed Ganesha with His consort.
17 Ekakshara Vinayakar: Red Ganesha with a third eye, seated on a lotus.
18 Vara Vinayakar: Red and four-armed Vinayaka with a third eye.
19 Dhryakshara Vinayaka: Gold-colored and four-armed Vinayakar.
20 Kshipraprasaada Vinayakar: Red-colored image of six-armed Ganapati.
21 Haridra Vinayakar: Yellow and four-armed Ganapati.
22 Ekadhanta Vinayakar: Blue and four-armed Ganapati.
23 Srishti Vinayakar: Red-colored image of four-armed Ganapati.
24 Utthanda Vinayakar: Red-colored image of 10-armed Ganesh.
25 Ranamochana Vinayaka: Crystal-colored and four-armed Vinayakar.
26 Dundi Vinayakar: Four-armed image Ganesha with a tusk, a garland and axe…
27  Dwimukha Vinayakar: Red-colored image of Ganesh with two faces and four arms.
28 Trimukha Vinayakar: Red-colored image of Ganesh with three faces and six arms.
29 Simha Vinayakar: White Ganesh with eight arms (His arm has a lion’s face).
30 Yoga Vinayakar: Red-colored image of Ganesh in a yogi’s posture.
31 Durga Vinayakar: Red-colored image of Ganesha with eight arms.
32 Sankatahara Vinayakar: Red-colored image of four armed Ganesh in blue cloth.

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First Entry

This is the first entry on this blog. I thought of starting a catagory, which will have all the artefacts I happen to see and collect during my various sojourns on the cyber space. Since its easily available I decided to start another blog.

So this blog will have all the trinkets I will find interesting from all over the cyberspace. 

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