The Napster

My dear friends....

this is the story of the Napster. the story of a deep dream. In fact i should say, this is the dream behind every dream.

This is not about the internet age. nor about the music age of copying and sharing music. this is not the story of globalisation either..

This is a different napster.

One that karthik and me cud live and die by it. u need to live through it to experience the method behind the madness..

Napster = One who is involved heavily in afternoon naps.

Take my words. The story of a napster is not easy to tell. We r talking about the trials and tribulations that the napster undertakes. he seeks to seek the truth of sleep itself. the genesis of sleep.

Never has been a period in life as eventful as the last two years. when the solemn occasion of the moment of truth happens at the stroke of two in the afternoon. we don't really possess a gong under our cot. but there is one right inside our belly. and it rings cracking hard as hell can get. and all it requires is that there is enough in the stomach to actuate it. here is a sensor that acts on both internal and external impulses. the external one is the climate and the time of the day. however it is statistically observed that no matter what the climate is, the time of the day takes absolute precedence. punctuality takes power. there is no mercy for late comers here. if it is 2pm u cant afford to flout..

initially i din realize the value of a good window screen. i overlooked the fact that it was so critical to the mission that one has set out on.

well..vallavanukku pullum aayudham!

With a bit of help of bed sheet and stuffing it in the corner of the window i cud assuage the temporary grief abt the absence of a proper light regulation system..the going has not been easy. the bed sheet loosens easily. will power and persistence play a pivotal role in fulfilling ones calling from heart. after all , it is when the eyes close that the heart opens. mind you we do not need light at the end of the tunnel here. the darker the better it is. dreams is where one is enthusiastic about searching in darkness.

There is a driver behind every action. of course barring those vehicles where the driver is located in front. and in the present context it wud be technically correct there is a driver behind every inaction

As a home bred south Indian, it was not hard for me to identify the causal identities behind every successful sleep. all that it takes to get that extra kick from a scintillating sleep is curd. form does not matter here. different forms propagate the same end through different mechanisms. we are referring to the semi solid ( dahi) and the liquid forms ( chaas).

As a chemical engineer i always dreaded those organic chemistry mechanisms which i rarely understood. and i never really loved to understand those biochemistry mechanisms as well. but the psychological explanations of bio mechanisms through concepts of basic organic chemistry came to my help.

there r two mechanisms namely SN1 and SN2 . I choose to call them Sleep-Nidhra Mechanisms 1 and 2.

the first one SN1 is relatively simple. it is based on elimination. and it involves a cation formation. i call this cation as the provo'cation which provokes one to sleep. the form of reagent is the fluid one. the mind is charged with this provo'cation and it creates a centre which attracts factors rich in sleep inducement. the reaction is anti photochemical in nature as sunlight can hamper the reaction. the reaction is fulfilled with the elimination of enthu for studying and the centre rendered unstable by this provo'cation stabilises with the help of a suitable catalyst in the absence of light and a soft bed. we have reasearched into some catalysts - and we strongly advocate the use of " Bhindi Masala" rich in oil as an effective catalyst. this is so because the cation mechanisms need a electron rich substance. oil is believed to accomplish this by the acid reactions that happen in the stomach which release the electrons to the provo'cation. the bhindi masala provokes the sense of laziness so crucial for the provo'cation to be formed in the first place!

in SN2 we have a transitory complex based mechanism. curd in the semi solid form is the reagent used. here, the curd is neither solid not liquid. and it is a very important point and we need to ponder here a bit. since it is in a state of nowhere ( neither solid nor liquid..like manithan paathi mirugam paathi) there is a key psychological element to be understood. the mayakkam that such a confusing form of curd is enough to cause dilemma in our mind as to whether we r solid in our convictions or as fluid in our thoughts..in this confusion our heads spin. and before we realise we swoon down n fall in the bed. the chemical complex slowly becomes a psychological complex and as we r acted upon by two forces in opposite directions. one forcing us to study and the other beckoning to take it easy....eventually the latter wins and the complex disappears with the conversion of the initial substrate ( the mind) from an active form to a passive form which we attribute the term sleep.

I have tried my best to confuse and infuse a sense of biochemical psychology to explain the deeper meanings of sleep.

In all probability, i should be worshipped alongside freud who explained dreams and i hv actually gone a step ahead in determining the fundamental factors for dream which is the sleep itself.


Please vote in my favour and nominate for a Nobel prize. after all sleep is indeed a noble inactivity.

and without inactivity , is there any activity????

The Marathon to Matheran

The great thing about budding managers is their ability to handle crisis..and when they dont hv one at hand..their ability to create one as well....

and then their ability for planning , analysis and other jargons they can only read about..

so when i was shaken out of bed suddenly at 7.45 pm..i was not totally amused. one guy forcibly dragged me into his room ( inspite of my repeated pleas that i had left a dream unfinished) n threw me into the computer screen with a gleam in his eyes. so what did we have? a bunch of tickets to jalgaon..why? we were suddenly trying to reach Ajanta Ellora caves....and he was seriously not kidding. by the time i was regaining my sanity, 6 ppl surrounded and were dicussing the operational mechanics of the trip..

so 8.30 pm it was. and it seemed inevitable that the next day wd be spent poring over the caves..

5 guys left early to get the tickets. we were 5 left. all had to withdraw money at the ATMs. we cud get just one auto to reach the main gate. that meant 3 ppl. one of the guys pushed 3 of us into the auto in a rare act of abnegation n became the hero. he was to follow us as soon as he got the second auto. what this hero din realise is he and the other guy who wd accompany him din hv a bloody mobile for communication.

we waited for them at the main gate. took out money n stoof till 9.30 pm. the train for jalgaon was supposed to be at 10.10 pm at lokmanya stn. these guys r nowhere to be seen. no way we cud contact them. and it was impossible to reach the station for the train.

as we were thro the auto, we still din know how we were to get together for the trip. and the next bombshell comes. one gangster from the prev five guys calls up from nowhere and says we r not going to ajanta. some chance call from a frnd told us that ajanta ellora is closed on monday tuesday n we were planning for tuesday. goodness, atleast we knew this before we boarded the train!

so finally we werer to reach kurla station. the plan has changed. different stations for departure. and we din hv a clue how to contact the other two abt this new plan. they wd be reaching lokmanya stn, that is , if at they reach the stn somehow. there was only one chance. they shd call us or the other guys..which we saw had lil chance considering that in the lil time they had for reaching teh station, they wd better move quickly rather than search for a phone booth.

and this new train which wd leave for the new place called matheran, ws for 10.17 pm at kurla stn. that was the last train. we declared we were never going to make it to the station for the train. and then we just managed to reahc the station. some gys were still getting tickets. and those 2 awesome guys without a mobile were still nowhere. and just as if by chance, they landed up at the station 10.15 pm arnd. it seems they had bypassed us and went out of IIT thro the other gate as we lay standing waiting at the main gate n screwing our time as well. and well, they did contact them without which they wd hv just gone for teh station scheduled before.

well alls well that ends well. we managed the train. absolutely crowded. fighting for breath at 11 pm. in a hyper crowded train. it can happen only in bombay. crowds at crazy hours. but i guess, we just pulled it off. planning was pathetic but execution was supreme!!!!

what say?