tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175Sun, 11 Jan 2026 07:51:56 +0000KGPIITGatesKharagpurmicrosoftAcronymsBingGoogleMatrixPh. d.Vivekadieuadministrationbidbirthdaybuddhabuddha hi buddha haibugcommon manfarewellfatefirefoxfortunegtalkindian historylecturerlyricsplacementspreloaderprofquotessemesterstatusvistavjtiwindowsworm<img src="http://www.dhamma.org/images/icons/aniwheel.gif"> I believe everyday is a lesson and you 've to learn how the nature plays its role in it. It may sound a little noisy but I follow impromptu writing. Welcome to the blog....http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)Blogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-2655497713497488041Sat, 22 Sep 2018 09:18:00 +00002018-09-22T14:48:46.861+05:30 A thrilled child learning to ride a bicycle.... A vigilant father patting his son's back, asking him not to pay hid to the vehicle coming from behind and focus on the road ahead. An elderly couple walking down the footpath...the lady following footsteps of her man ... the man, vigilant, concentrating on each step, making sure he doesn't land his foot wrong on a slippery surface... lady suddenlyhttp://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2018/09/morning-walks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-3058551844396754548Fri, 07 Sep 2018 13:34:00 +00002018-09-22T14:45:36.798+05:30 I was at a funeral today. The person who died was an elderly in his 90s and was bedridden since a couple of months. His son seemed strong,&nbsp;had no tears throughout the ritual and till the end of funeral. His grandson, a dentist by profession though was in tears the whole time. May be that was because his upbringing was done by his grandparents and the memories flooding in his mind http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2018/09/visit-to-cemetery.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-9011677179853746093Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:38:00 +00002014-02-17T23:40:18.786+05:30buddhacommon manfatefortuneindian historywormWhen I advise something I don't follow, I am just a consolation... a mere onlooker , a bystander. I call myself a common man, always staying out of the uncertainties of life, living dead in a zombie state. I compare my fortune with the world less fortunate and keep hugging my own, however dull it may be. Call it fate , and pretend to stay happy. I celebrate every festival like everyone does, http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-common-man-realizing-his-uncommonness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)2Pune, Maharashtra, India18.5204303 73.85674369999992518.2795338 73.534020199999929 18.761326800000003 74.17946719999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-5059010537662458903Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:10:00 +00002012-09-21T22:07:42.428+05:30 When you observe your thinking abstractly and objectively , you will see mathematical models working continuously in your mind , weighing the choices you have and don't have, choices you can and want to have. But if you feel its scope is only limited to YOUR rational thinking , and &nbsp;YOUR actions , its time to come out of that blackbox.&nbsp; Heard of the recent exodus from Bangalore and http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2012/09/why-we-should-take-up-model-thinking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-7584527322660262507Sun, 18 Dec 2011 03:52:00 +00002015-03-14T18:52:21.172+05:30buddha hi buddha hailyrics Lyrics of the song Buddha hi Buddha hai : &nbsp; बुद्ध हि&nbsp; बुद्ध है, बुद्ध हि&nbsp; बुद्ध है हर जगह , हर समय वो सिद्ध है वो सिद्ध है || (२) मन मे तुम्हारे बसता वो गुणवान है सम्यक शिक्षा से करता जो शीलवान है अहिंसा की ताकत से जो बलवान है वो बुद्ध है || स्वयं पर स्वयं तू ध्यान कर , हलचल ह्रीदय की स्पन्दानो को जान कर नित्य नियंत्रण से खुदकी&nbsp;&nbsp;पेहेचान कर पायेगा जाब तू विजय http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2011/12/buddha-hi-buddha-hai.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-6298704472496699264Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:32:00 +00002011-07-23T23:02:55.806+05:30 After taking up the job in pune , doing Mumbai-Pune-Mumbai on weekends provides me an opportunity to meet different people. To summarize the experience, I have realized that in order not to hurt their ego , you have to be compassionate. A response purely based on passion either reflects your own ego or hurts that of the other person.http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2011/07/lotd-passion-vs-compassion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-8198491080034139838Sat, 19 Feb 2011 07:30:00 +00002011-02-19T13:00:39.206+05:30http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2011/02/mvc-public-service-announcement-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-3477466943146201583Wed, 29 Dec 2010 19:16:00 +00002013-09-25T22:39:08.771+05:30 I dont know the answer to that question but I know for sure that all of you have heard some elderly person talking about the headphones in your ear when you are travelling in a public transport. But you dont care what they think or say, you simply enjoy the beats reverb inside your ear, head and mind. To others , it may seem like a fashion these days. But if you take a deep breath and take ahttp://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/12/why-so-serious.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-203783911399496884Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:04:00 +00002010-12-30T00:54:48.078+05:30Recently, I&nbsp; attended a convention on Free Open Source Software conducted by Free Software Movement of India . The venue for the event was Tech Mahindra campus , located at about 45 minutes distance (seriously cant help .. m used to measure distance in time) . So the first thing that I thought was Hmm.. may be Mahindra Satyam wants to regain its Satyam status again.Major part of attendance http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/12/lost-in-translation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-1029353646319722687Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:06:00 +00002018-09-08T08:03:15.186+05:30 What would a mother do for her children when they fight over a piece of bread ? To the wits of an innocent child it is more appealing that their mother will treat all children equal and each of them will get equal share in the bread. So with mutual understanding , the mother takes the bread and breaks it into equal-size pieces and all are happy. Few days back, I&nbsp; saw a group of siblings http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/10/lotd-return-to-innocence.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-3942352803568297790Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:31:00 +00002010-07-01T23:01:44.012+05:301. If he is a newly joined prof, and even if its been months he's been&nbsp; in the institute, act as if you never knew him in the first place when he approaches you. 2. Bombard him with all your negative experiences and make him believe that he has just landed in hell. 3. Keep the Sign-in register on HOD's table even after noticing that he is in the insti today but havent signed it yet. 4. http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/07/lotdshow-to-humiliate-new-teacher.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-3108308470790613865Mon, 24 May 2010 10:05:00 +00002010-05-24T15:35:58.553+05:30lecturersemestervjtiHahhh.. End of a semester , not as a student but as a teacher.&nbsp; It is fun teaching.&nbsp;Its only the other roles that you have to play that make you wonder why the hell do they recruit non-teaching staff for.&nbsp; Six months in the campus introduced me to all sorts of people from &nbsp;Helping colleagues, talented students, Hard working Director &nbsp;to Nagging colleagues, oversmart http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/05/endsem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-6031093899830208953Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:51:00 +00002010-02-06T18:21:43.122+05:30"You are 26 only , how come you are a teacher&nbsp; ..... ! " exclaimed my gym trainer to me one day. He thought I was lying. When I gave it a thought ... it had really been a month at the insti as a fresh lecturer and I started pondering upon the experience as yet. It was then I figured, I needed a new term to describe it. &nbsp; Yes ..... like under-utilization , I want to introduce this newhttp://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/02/under-observation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-3302631868528780603Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:45:00 +00002010-01-16T11:15:10.257+05:30http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/01/bbc-earth-explorer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-4691024105464551050Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:18:00 +00002010-01-16T10:48:14.521+05:30The Scorched Walls of NalandaOriginally uploaded by Shubh M SinghWorld's first residential international Universityhttp://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2010/01/scorched-walls-of-nalanda.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-8880207011401226983Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:06:00 +00002009-12-31T20:36:16.049+05:30After a long enough life on orkut I have deleted my account after realising that I was pressing a lot of [F5]'s on the home page to receive updates.http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/12/sayonara-orkut-profile-2004-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-6409871765244194060Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:48:00 +00002009-12-06T00:18:11.608+05:30unknown friendOriginally uploaded by vivek sakpal A common experience of having a SLR with you when travelling. :)http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/12/unknown-friend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-1263163172387869180Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:28:00 +00002009-11-24T20:08:12.648+05:30Appearing for a job interview has been a job in itself for me these days , off course its not a job you get paid for but the one for which you pay and expect nothing. Its a great social service . :) Anyways coming back to latest addition to my "Lesson Of The Day [LOTD]" series.... Happened to appear for a nice interview session with a panel of 6 people, all of whom must be 50+ of age. The http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/11/lotd-respect-your-elders.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-8686036115822855245Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:40:00 +00002009-07-15T15:40:41.306+05:30AcronymsBingGatesGoogleMatrixmicrosoftMicrosoft vs. google is really going to be a battle for a long run. With Mr. Gates entering into the search engine business, microsoft has shown its desperation ...again. Even its windows 7 does not seem to enjoy any credibility. Like they say , "You never test the depth of a river with both feet". And with BING , Microsoft has just done that. People in the open source world have renamed it to http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/06/bing-is-not-google.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-796313355880670979Mon, 18 May 2009 06:57:00 +00002009-05-22T23:34:27.149+05:30adieubidfarewellKGPSome days ago I read a twitt saying "Funny how something we lived without for the longest time is suddenly something we can't live without" - Simonnet.The twitt was regarding a sudden crash of google and panic it caused. Suddenly this twitt seemed to touch me in other context, "Life in KGP". Really two years of campus life have been lively and enjoyable. Who doesn't miss his college life ? (http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/05/bid-adieu-kgp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-5867022858203031705Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:57:00 +00002009-07-15T15:41:28.874+05:30gtalkquotesstatusPeople have this tendency to put quotes as their status message on Internet messaging clients. They change and provide insights into their minds from time to time.Here is an effort to value those few keystrokes:[please help me add more to it with a reply to this post]"I want to change the world but God won't give me the Source Code ... :("http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/02/interesting-gtalk-status-messages.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-2678693166949396172Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:22:00 +00002009-07-15T21:36:47.917+05:30firefoxGatesmicrosoftpreloadervistawindowsI have Ubuntu and Vista installed on my laptop, But I never thought if I hate windows.This pretty screen of 15 inch in front of me is my window to the world. How would I hate it if the OS that lures me is also called Windows ?Windows showed me what I could do, what others can help me do. I cant simply curse the windows for its changing look as a sign of its desperation in keeping up with beryl. Ihttp://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/02/window-of-linux-x.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-2645620564358036651Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:49:00 +00002009-02-07T00:32:12.369+05:30When you see mirror you see yourself. You see yourself and associate with that image an 'I'.Go one step ahead ... you attach so many 'mine's to it. Its a bubble of 'mine's that we all live in.And media is the stick that bursts this bubble so gently that you run into tears out of joy or otherwise.Multimedia shows how human beings around you are cooperating with you to make it possible for you to http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/02/multimedia.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-8563408843254119593Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:15:00 +00002009-02-02T15:50:17.659+05:30At 25 you are facing a sort of crisis. All the time you are thinking about where you will land up after 'this' phase gets over. Either the concept of 'timestamps' or that of the 'landing zone' always adds to an uncertainty and a spiral of dreams built around them gets more deeper.There is a constant looking back on everything that you cannot control now just to have a gaze on them when you had ithttp://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2009/02/at-25-you-are-facing-sort-of-crisis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7497175.post-6635710602197462980Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:08:00 +00002008-12-23T19:32:10.761+05:30KGPToday I was lucky enough to attend talks by two eminent personalities.One Dr. Shamik Sural from SIT , IIT Kharagpur.And another from Dr.Romit Roy Choudhury.3.00 PM :Dr Sural et.al. have done a springer publication on Spatiotemporal role based access control. The talk was a kick for those seeking solace in space and time in the geospatial world. He talked about the spatiotemporal primitives they http://fun2explore.blogspot.com/2008/12/quotes-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Vivek Chaure)0