(मेरा) झंड लोकपाल बिल!

This is my version of Lokpal bill. May be Govt. can take a look at this as well, but it's not as important as some of the other bills scheduled to be discussed today :)

(मेरा) झंड लोकपाल बिल!


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अन्ना जी की झंड करने के उपाय (व्यंग)

This is supposed to be a pun/satire on the what's going on right now in India. I am quite fed up of it, but instead of venting my anger by writing something that nobody would read, I chose to write it in a way that may be someone will enjoy. Let's see :)


अन्ना जी की झंड करने के उपाय (व्यंग)


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31 Day Life Hack: The Pause (NOT the End)

Today should have been the 18th day of 31DLH experiment but to tell the truth I left the experiment mid way almost 5-6 days ago. When I started the experiment I was super excited (I had trouble sleeping the night before!). But as the days progressed that enthusiasm kind of waned off (nothing new, happens with me, all the time).

In fact, for the last 3-4 days I am doing nothing (absolutely nothing!) productive. So, it is appropriate time for me to "end" this experiment prematurely. I know I failed (as I suspected/feared) but I did enjoy doing it (whatever little I did) and I also learned a few things. The most important one of that was not to start such a big project abruptly. Slow and steady is ALWAYS (/most of the time) the way to go. 

I have trouble calling this an end though because I still dream of living a super charged month but right now I don't think I am ready for it. In fact, right now it will be better for me to recollect myself and get back to the plain old productive self (little productive is always better than unproductive).

And once we are there, we can try to restart this project (this time doing it hour->day->weekend->week->month wise). Thanks for supporting (or not giving a damn to) this experiment of mine :) Will make a come back... sooner or later. Promise!

Corruption: A Different Perspective

We are all talking about corruption right now (and rightly so). I thought I should also pitch in, but with a different angle.

Corruption: A Different Perspective


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Some changes on AOSM

Hi there, you readers of blogRSH! Today (and also in last few days) I made some (subtle and not-so subtle) changes to the blog. And I thought I should let you know about this (no surprises!):

• First and foremost, the name of the blog is now "An Open Source Mind" rather than "The Open Source Mind" because:

1. I thought my mind is not "thumping" enough to be called "The"
2. I can't claim to have the only open source mind (in fact "The" and "Open-Source" sounds oxymoronic :)

• Removed the "Twitter" and "Google Friend Connect" gadgets because I thought they weren't serving any purpose. Now the page looks cleaner (less garbage/distraction) and also loads a little faster (I think).

• Changed the color of the header from white to black, which I believe gives it a bit more "authorative" feel.

• Have adopted minimum color (mostly "blue" and "black") combo on the blog so that everything looks consistent and also gives it a bit more polished (and hopefully not bland) look.

• I found out I had used a number of fonts at different places. So instead I have changed everything (except the Headlines of post) to "Philosopher" font (I quite like it :). Again going for consistency.

• Also changed the color of the main text to a more saturated black. Let me know if it's easier to read now or was earlier.

• Removed the "Reactions:" checkboxes (nobody uses it) and moved the labels close to the heading so as to help you know what the post is about.

• Share options have been moved again at the bottom, so that you can share it (please :) only if you think it is worth sharing (after reading it of course).

• And at least a few more changes (I will let you figure them out :)

I hope you like the new look (but the changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary). Let me know what you feel. Cheers!