The Wikipedia article on VLC media player says: “VLC is first in the sourceforge.net overall download count and has been downloaded more than 1.3 billion times”. It works on all major operating systems Windows, OS X, Linux, BSD, Solaris, Android, iOS and few more. VLC has around 600,000 Lines of code, VLC uses a lot of external libraries, which are over 3,020,000 lines of code. This is all handwritten code, work of a decade long programming cycle. The software is available in 48 languages. And needless to say integral part of our virtual lives.

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;

Of many dreadful experiences in life, one is of losing your wallet. Losing money is the least of our headaches at such times. The process of getting a brand new Credit/Debit card or a new driving license is almost killing. The thing is, there is not enough care in the world that can ensure your wallet doesn’t get lost. People lose things one way or another, it just happens. There are successful organized gangs that do pick pocketing and are thriving. So yes if luck favors we are quite likely to get pick pocketed.

Grit is passion and perseverance for very long term goals. Grit is having stamina. Grit is sticking with your future, day in, day out, not just for the week, not just for the month, but for years and working very hard to make that future a reality. Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint!
Excerpt from the talk on TED by Angela Duckworth.

What do we really want in life? The spiritualist, the philosopher, the psychologist, the school or college teacher, the affectionate father or a wise elder, all will give you their version of what it means to live. The problem is that none of these answers, however wise they seem really resolve the question. For that question itself is life. Think about it; this profound question: what do I really want in life? Is all that is there to life? At times it seems like we do know the answer, but we keep coming back to the question, whatever be our age. It gives us a sense of purpose, a vision of destiny. 

Below is the list of movies that really change perspective. They are the great examples of how best our imagination can work. I haven’t put them any particular order, but just listed them. 

When I first entered the Infosys Mysore campus, I was still a college student. I had come to Mysore campus for my internship. Until then I was a college student, who was used to a typical lifestyle of a hostellite. The luxury of Laundromats, room service, hygienic food, state of the art learning facility and much more was something never heard of. The Mysore campus came as quite a surprise for all of us. From the moment I entered the campus until this date I can’t stop talking about it. The place is definition of beauty, aesthetics, modernization, discipline and wonder.

Physical activity is an important aspect of our life. As we age we give less and less importance to this aspect under the pretext of priorities. I decided to run a marathon to provide myself a reminder for the rest of my life. A reminder of being mentally and physically strong, a reason to start working out again whenever I lose touch. To do it at least once so that it will inspire me for a lifetime. My inspiration was my best friend who in spite of a knee injury and a one year rest to recover from subsequent surgery came out strong and ran his first half marathon.

If any subject has given better solutions to our relentless Meta physical questions regarding life and it’s manifestations, there is none better than Mathematics. Mathematicians for over thousand years have been coming up with abstract mathematical equations which may or may not really hold any relevance to our lives as such. Even though these formulas or equations were created in a different time-frame and without any material base, it’s interesting how they perfectly fit into definition of our daily lives.

From improving your posture, strengthening muscles to whittling extra inches around the waist, the benefits of Suryanamaskar are many, provided you adapt it the right way. A set of 12 fixed, cyclic postures define Suryanamaskar which when performed repeatedly at an easy pace can bring a sense of wellbeing, almost immediately. However, those with a heart condition, arthritis or slip-disk, need their doctor’s consent before starting the routine. If you have been gravely out of form in a way that you haven’t stretched your muscles in ages, first give your body some time to open up, which you can do with some flexibility and stamina-building exercises before embarking on the more arduous ‘Suryanamaskar’.