Poem – Insaan

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I don’t write many Hindi poems, but this is one of those few. मैं जवान हूँ, मैं तूफ़ान हूँ. छू नहीं सकते तुम मुझे, मैं आसमान हूँ. दोस्तों का दोस्त हूँ, दुश्मनों के लिए हैवान हूँ. प्यार करते हैं लोग मुझे, मैं हर लड़की की जान हूँ. जाता हूँ जहाँ, मैं तो रंग जमा देता […]

Guitar Diaries: Bhaag DK Bose

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I’m enjoying learning guitar these days. Dad gifted me a stylish Givson guitar on my 21st birthday, but since then I never really got a chance to learn it properly. I dabbled from time-to-time in learning guitar through some online tutorials and videos, but got successful only in understanding just some basics and terminologies. I […]

What to Write Tonight

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Wrote this one last Sunday. A short story depicted as a poem. Having finished all work, I’m bored to the core. There’s no movie on TV, and no friends galore. A novel should I read, or a story should I write? Time’s in plenty, so I should write, but really, what to write tonight? Several […]

TestDisk — A life saver

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Turning on your computer one not-so-fine day just to discover an entire partition (drive on harddisk) gone is nothing short of a nightmare potent enough to give you a mild heart attack. Unfortunately, exactly that happened to me yesterday. An ardent distro hopper that I am, I recently installed (K)Ubuntu 11.10 on my laptop. Things […]

Epoch

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INTERESTING How you determine your age? I was born in 1987 and this is 2011, so I am 24 years old right now. How most computer systems determine your age? Time passed since 1st January 1970 till now (2011) minus Time passed since 1st January 1970 till when you were born (1987) equals (well, again) […]