Travelicious

Michael Jackson is no more. In this pensive moment for me and millions of his fans , I had to write a few words in tribute to this great,talented artist who had a tragic end. I have soo many fond memories from childhood dancing to his songs and wanted to be a dancer when i grow up. I was pretty much hooked to his Music. Thriller , Dangerous , Bad epitomized my english collection. I still remember the days when he came to India. Big billboards were on display annoncing his arrival. It was a big moment for India to host a big star like him in those times. I am saddened by the fact that i forgot my childhood idol.May god give his soul peace. One of my favourite song of Michael's Man in the Mirror

I was wondering why being a computer engineer i have never written much about Internet or computers. There are tonnes of websites that come up all around us and become overnight sensations. Take for instance twitter. Not a great concept but just see how it took off. I am sure some one else had thought about it , but somehow this took off and other didn't. There must have been some fundamental difference in the thinking that makes X tick and Y fail. Let's not go into it. I was going to talk about a cool FireFox plugin that i found the other day. I know it's not new , but it was pretty useful. Try it out https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1407

Once in a while something comes up and makes me come back and write. This time it's the British Indian movie Slumdog Millionaire. I would have to accept that my first impression of the movie was that it's was pretty good and real , and definitely not a feel good. (Tha't what everyone terming it) The movie shows the slums in Mumbai , children getting blinded for money , police beating up the suspects , riots on the streets of Mumbai, prostitution etc. How can such a movie be feel good. Oh ,then it stuck me. It's feel good for the people in west to see and realize how lucky they are , that the economic upheavals are nothing compared to the life in slumps of Mumbai or India in general. That's when i get convinced that the director didn't make a movie but actually a real life documentary and it should have been named "Poverty and Crime in India" not Slumdog Millionaire. It has not shied away from showing even a small detail that doesn't show India in