Finally Sunday To Rashomon

Last Friday night I watched Francois Truffaut's Finally Sunday in UTV World Movies.It is a black white movie with a brilliant combination of film noir and comedy with a tinge of romance.This is the story of Julienne Vercel who is the prime suspect of his wife and her lover's murder and Barbara,Julienne's secretary who tries to prove his innocence.One particular sequence in that movie left me thinking for the past one week.This is the scene where Julienne tells Barbara that his wife's death has become inconsequential in the context of solving the mystery to prove his own innocence.

Mumbai Attacks & Terrorism

Now it's more than 37 hours since it all started in Mumbai Wednesday 9.30 PM in the night.One of the most fierce terrorist attacks in the history of the country with 125(if not more) reported dead and 327 injured.The hostage situation still continues in Taj Mahal Hotel,Oberoi-Trident Hotel and Jewish centre at Nariman house.
I came home quite late on Wednesday night and was not at all aware of what was going on in Mumbai.Yesterday's local morning newspaper caught my attention.But somehow the report was not very detailed explaining the magnitude and gravity of the situation.Throughout the day in office we were going through the blogs/twitter and online media to get a detailed description of the events.

Uncertainty Principle - Few Thoughts

The "Uncertainty Principle" proposed by Werner Heisenberg in 1927 states that we cannot precisely measure both the position and momentum(velocity) of an electron.This is because we normally observe things as light(photons) bounce back from that object.To observe a tiny particle as an electron we need electromagnetic waves of smaller wavelength like gamma radiations.Now photons of the gamma radiation colliding with a tiny electron can alter it's position and momentum introducing a factor of uncertainty into the measurements.

Paleolithic Cave Paintings - A 20,000 Year Project - The Stream of Learning.....

Prehistoric cave paintings... by hearing this term the "Bison in Altamira Cave" comes into my mind.One of the earliest signs of human creativity.I still remember that black & white picture in my sixth standard history book.Looking at that picture I used to visualize a shadowy dark cave with almost extinguished fire in the centre,group of men dressed in animal skins,talking in weird languages,painting bison in that psychedelic studio.Later I have found several references to this painting including Satyajit Ray's last movie "Agantuk".This has been always a topic of interest and wonder to me.

Few thoughts on language

"Today late afternoon in the illusive shades of the twilight I saw a beautiful lady dressed in white.Someone like the Lady of Shallot.What to say.. Belle de Jour?.I am just not able to find right words to describe"
The above statement is interesting but vague.It tells something at the same time hides away many things.Many of us has come across such a situation where we do not find the right words to express or find that the words we have used are not enough to express what we actually felt.Also there are many occasions where we say something and it gets interpreted in an absolutely different manner.So what ever be the language the words fall short or becomes vague to portray our thoughts in satisfactory and unambiguous fashion.