Rizwan

Watched this play in Rang Shankara two weeks ago.
Couldn't grasp much, but overall worth a watch.
Covers the tragic fate of Kashmiri children.

Cast and credits :
Abhijit Pakrashi
Akshay Gandhi
Ameen Haque
Anuja Ghosalkar
Arpita Phukan Biswas
Ashwini Kumar Chakre
Chanakya Vyas
Divya Jain
Jayesh Kumar sharma
Naveen kumar
Neha Bhat
Pallavi krishna
Pratyush singh
Ramneek singh
Shreekanth L. rao
Sweta Desai goudar
Tanzil rahman
Veena Basavarajaiah
Virginia Rodrigues

Munnar Travelogue

Elections are on in Kerala - even Munnar is not spared, flags of Congress and UDF are shown

I had a long weekend, 15 Oct to 17 Oct, which I tried to spend in Munnar, and it

partially worked out. Here is what I had planned originally : 

1. Bangalore to Aluva, by train(start on Thursday 21:40 and reach Aluva on Friday 09:30)

2. Aluva to Munnar, by road (finish the journey in 1 hour according to this website).

3. Spend roughly 2.5 days in Munnar and follow steps 2. and 1. in reverse order.

But as I figured out, source for step 2. was horribly wrong.

Aluva to Munnar is 120 KM, not 18 KM. And so the journey

took more than 3 hours by taxi(a bus would have taken at least

5-6 hours).

So I reached Munnar around 1AM after vomiting twice on the
way, since it was a hilly terrain and the car driver was driving at
a fast enough pace.

Animals grazing - on the way to Top station view point

Anyway, in short, I could spend around roughly 1.5 days
actually touring Munnar.

Here is some useful info :

1. Hotel Misha, (Close to the main market in old Munnar. Opposite Hotel Green Ridge.), ☎ 04865-230376/232376/230076 (mishaholidays@gmail.com), [15]. checkout: 12AM. Can be negotiated further down till Rs. 700-800/- in peak season and lower in off season. 1000

2. Rent a bike :
Rs. 350/- per day. Contact Mr. Chandran - Phone : 9447220648/ 04865-231113

Contact D. Ravichandran - Phone : 9446130363/ 04865-2331543. Rent a taxi :

For more details :
Wikitravel Munnar

Beautiful landscape of Munnar

View outside Tata Tea Museum

Echo Point, but the voice didn't echo for me and others :-)

Government has declared it as a weak bridge, but haven't stopped the traffic yet.

Rent a bike in Munnar

Contact Person : R. Chandran

Phone : 9447220648/ 04865-231113

Psychology of Debugging

Psychology of Debugging

Debugging itself is a sensitive, emotional subject for many developers.

Instead of attacking it as a puzzle to be solved, you may encounter

denial, finger pointing, lame excuses, or just plain apathy.

Embrace the fact that debugging is just problem solving, and attack it

as such.

Having found someone else's bug, you can spend time and energy laying
blame on the filthy culprit who created it. In some workplaces this

is part of the culture, and may be cathartic. However, in the technical

arena, you want to concentrate on fixing the problem, not the blame.

Source

It's a painful thing

It is a painful thing

To look at your own trouble and know

That you yourself and no one else has made it

-- Sophocles, Ajax

What happens to the Early worm?

The early bird might get the worm, but what happens to the early
worm?

From The Pragmatic Programmer(Here is the print edition)

Simplyfly

Just finished this book.

Autobiography of Capt. Gopinath.

One of the best stories I have

read in a long time.

Must read.

You can buy from here.

Strange Railway rules

I was trying to book tickets in Tatkal category at 8AM using

ngpay  app on my mobile and I got this message: 

As per the railway rules you cannot book Tatkal tickets on ngpay
between 8AM and 9AM. Please try after 9AM.

Similar restriction is imposed on Cleartrip.

So, a consumer is bound to book Tatkal tickets between

8AM and 9AM, only on IRCTC.

What a mockery of competitive trade!

Not to mention that, despite being in existence for more than a decade,

IRCTC still sucks at its User Interface and speed.

Forceful conversion to Christianity in Arunachal Pradesh

Forceful Religious Conversion Of Buddhists Into Christianity In Arunachal Pradesh

From someone

दुनिया से जो पाया था, अश्कों में मिला है
सुनते हैं कि इस पर भी ज़माने को गिला है
 - I don't know from who

A fantastic feature : HDFC NetSafe

In Short : 

1. Log in using your Debit/Credit card

number.

2. Allocate some funds towards a new credit card.

3. Create a one-time use credit card, which

expires as soon as it's used, if not used it expires

in 24 hours.

4. Unused amount will be credited back to your account.

In Long : 

Anyone with a HDFC debit or credit card, 

if you don't know about HDFC Netsafe, you

are missing something.

Often one has to submit his/her credit

card details on a website, in order

to access a certain feature. Many a times

the website saves your credit card number

and charges the same for recurring expenses.

And I don't really like that. Ideally, I would

like to create a temporary credit card, which

would expire as soon as it is used for the

first time.

That is exactly what you can do with HDFC

Netsafe. 

How to add your mobile number to Do Not Call Registry(India)

http://ndncregistry.gov.in/ndncregistry/aboutRegister.jsp

Hidden language discovered in Northeast

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_hidden-language-discovered-in-northeast_1448948

197 suicides and 1,733 deaths at India's nuclear establishments in last 15 yrs

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/oct/04/suicides-at-indias-atomic-centres-in-15-years.htm