Childhood
I was born in the Capital city of India - New Delhi and my B'day happens
to fall on 10th of July. This also makes me a Cancerian. I am the third
and the youngest child of my parents. I have an elder brother and an elder
sister. My father works as a Civil Engineer with the Govt. of India
and my mother is an Artist ( though she seldomly paints now ). Thus I had
inherited from my parents a good mix of both Arts and Science.
My initial six years of childhood were spent in Delhi after which my
father moved to Chandigarh, one of the most beautiful and lively city of
India situated on the foothills of Great Himalayan ranges. My earliest
memory of childhood had been playing with my elder brother and sister,
often been fooled by them due to my innocence. Other than my mother,
they had been the prime teachers in my life, always trying to protect their
little brother from other naughty kids.
I finished my sixth grade in Chandigarh after which we moved back to
our house in New Delhi. Moving from a small city to one of the biggest
metropolitian cities of India was a big shock for me. Delhi happened to
be an overcrowded,overpolluted and a place where life was too busy. However
as I made new friends, I got adjusted to the big city's trends. New Delhi
taught me many things, the most important being Patience.
I studied in Delhi till my 12th grade and till then I got matured enough
to understand the hardships of life. On one hand had an ambition of being
an engineer and on the other hand was the reality that only one out of
a thousand science students will make it to an engineering college.
Like most other students, both 11th and 12th grade got over in burning
the midnight oil and all other dreams were preserved for the future.
Education
Fortunately, I got admitted to bachelors of engineering in computer science
(India). All the inital happiness dispeared as soon as I reached the hostel,the
seniors were already waiting for their prey. Ragging was very common in
colleges in those days and there was no escape, situation was worst than
a capitive soldier. But that one month was enough to transform a high school
boy into an independent adult. Secretly I still feel that that was the
best thing that could have happened in my life. But seniors weren't all
bad, infact they turned out to be the parents away from home. The culture
of seniors taking care of juniors gave a sense of security, they gave all
types of help, even if they had to spend time helping us with our assignments.
I finished my graduation in 1994 and took to post graduation in Software
Systems.
Work
My first job after completing my post graduation was at Texas
Instruments (India) Ltd, a subsidary of TI-Dallas
which started it's design center in India in 1984-1985. I worked there
in the ASIC division
(software) and was primarily responsible for design entry CAD systems which
included development of various netlist font-ends and databases.
I worked for nearly 2 yrs and 5 months in TI before moving here.(Qualcomm)
Hobbies
Games: Only game I had ever played is Batminton, but frankly never
won any game!!
Sculptures : Learnt it when I was in school and used to make
sculptures with granite and plasters. ( by default,clay modelling was the
starting point)
Music : A Hard Rock Freek!! but the best is still Pink Floyd.
Others include Iron Maiden, Metallica,Cranberies,Black Sabbath,Dio,White
Snakes .........
Reading: Philosophy , world religions,history (including ancient
civilizations).
Astrology: Started as an experiment which is still in continuation.
But mainly ancient hindu astrology.
Internet surfing: I believe it is the only turning point of
human civilization that had happened in 20th century.
Philosophy
I believe in the philosophy of Karma - the union of mind
and work. Every living organism is bound to some Actions due to it's
nature , however one should not be attached to the fruits of his action.
It is a practise of freeing oneself from desires and ego,a renunciation
while continuing the work that best fits an individual.
Philosophy of karma is followed by the philosophy of self sacrifice
(
doesn't mean commiting suicide ). The nature can be viewed as a closed
system based on inherent sacrifices. Instead of viewing the prey-predator
relation as a voilent and harmful interaction of living beings , one can
view the prey involved in self sacrifice for the benefit of it's predator.
Although the predator has to perform karma according to it's natural abilities.
How can one relate this to human beings?
Social interactions exists and flourish due to self sacrifices of all
individual, no matter whether they are caused by laws,rules & regulations
or by choice.
A mother takes care of her infant, goes through all the pains of keeping
awake all through the nights. It is a selfless sacrifice since she is not
hoping for anything in return. And every mother enjoys all those troubles
and that's the power of sacrifice. Can anyone imagine a good relation between
the two without such sacrifice? Can a relationship between a man
and a women sustain without both sacrificing some of their ego and desires?
Human beings are the most gifted due their ability to think and
make decisions. But mind again is like nuclear energy which can be both
productive or destructive, depending upon it's use. Similarly man can use
his logic and reasoning for either destroying the nature by it's maximum
consumption or can help in it's preservation by taking only the necessary
amount. Many countries have a culture of observing fast on certain
days in the year. Think that the whole nation doesn't eat for a day, it
might be a stupid idea to most of the people but it is not. Try once and
in the end of the day you'll experience happiness which even words cannot
explain.
Religion 
I am a hindu by religion. Unfortunately hindusim had been viewed in west
as a primitive religion, may be due to the fact that it's the oldest religion
in the world ( 5000-4000 B.C). Or maybe because it is one of the most complex
religion. Unlike other religions, hindusim is not guided by prophets ,
It is a religion which evolved as the civilization evolved. The ancient
hindu scriptures (like vedas) began with the quest of seeking the truth
about the origin of life, something which scientists today are still wondering
about. This search for truth over the ages diverged into the philosophy
of hindusim. The other aspect of the religion is the culture and traditions
which vary within hindus too, and more often it is the culture which has
often been confused as religion.
Opinions
Some of my opinions on various matters. click here.
Disclaimer: I don't intend to hurt anyone with them, these are
my personal views, if you don't agree with anything ;just defer reading
it.