I am writing these lines from a computer in the hospital where I work. I have to spend the night here today and hence decided to peruse the net post dinner. It is very often in the quiet after-5-pm hours of this hospital that you tend to be much calmer in thinking things out,as opposed to the mad rush of the out-patient hours.

A few points I would like to mention:

1)Your parents did the best they could. You will also screw up when you become a parent,but perhaps in ways that are diametrically opposite to how you got screwed by your own parents.But it will happen. The sacrifices they made for you,you will understand when you become one yourself.

2)Things are not as bad as how they seem.Unless you're a starving child in Africa,they're not.

3)Sometimes you can't help people screwing up.They may be your dear friends but they will do it anyway,even though you try hard to avert the potential disaster. Hell,whole countries make catastrophic blunders while the world watches in quiet amusement and pity.Look at the most powerful country in the world; it's citizens voted a president who has been singlehandedly responsible for bringing Armageddon closer. Plus,he's dumb.He can hardly read.He definately doesn't know English. Still,it happened and we couldn't do a single damn thing to stop it from happening.

4)Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler rule. Ditto Eddie Van Halen,Pearl Jam,Matchbox 20,Queen,REM,Tom Petty,Bob Dylan,Mr.Big and many more.People who let their work do the talking is who i'm talking about. Same for Gandhi,Syu-Kyi,A.P.J.Abdul Kalam,Manmohan Singh,Al Gore,Nelson Mandela and a few others.

5)Dogs are nice and they DO NOT KILL unless provoked.

6)Although we get the Government we deserve,the political crisis in Karnataka makes even the most absurdist ideas we had about Government seem like Nobel Prize winning material.Because things have become so dumb that the thermostat has to be reset and new definitions have to be formulated regarding the future use of that word,and in the context it can be used in.

7)Its ok to be neurotic.But its not ok to put on a falsely gung-ho appearence to hide the fact.

8)Before you decide to blame someone,ask yourself if you were also responsible for the misunderstanding. Most likely you would have been.

9)Don't listen to people who tell you that you can't do it.However,listen to people who tell you what your shortcomings are,provided they're honest and have nothing to gain from it.

10)There in nothing more peaceful than waking up in the morning as the sun rises and the birds are chirping. Try to keep that peace with you throughout the day in the helter-skelter of your daily life.

11)Smoking is bad.Period.And if you do it,don't be upset that you can't quit.It is THE most addictive substance in the world.If you do quit it,tell me how.Because i'm trying to quit it too but somehow can't get myself to do it.

12)There is always time to do the things we really want to.

13)Sleep less,eat less,drink lots of water,don't gorge on fast food, and walk 5 km a day to stay in shape.

14)Play an instrument.Even if what comes out is noise,do it anyway.

15)It ain't over till the fat lady sings.

16)Watch The Matrix,The Godfather, and The Shawshank Redemption at least two times each.You will learn how to dream,how to make a fucking amazing movie,and how to keep trying and never lose hope respectively.

17)Dancing stars and Glitzy musical numbers do not a fine movie make.

18)Laugh at something,even if its the jokes you crack in your own head.

19)Take pride in the fact that you're an Indian.Never believe yourself to be inferior to anybody....let's not be pushovers but quitely and assertively state that we are here to stay.

20)Give money to the poor. They need it a helluva lot more than we do.Ask yourself this question :"Is this person's need greater than mine?"

Phew!!Thats all I could think about at the moment.

Just to remind you all that The Dark Knight will hit theatres on July 18th,2008.And appearently Heath Ledger is bloody amazing.Can't wait!!