Timescape

I just loved Timescape. There is a dearth of good science fiction, what bookshelf volumes say notwithstanding (who had this bright idea of cataloging science fiction and fantasy together anyway?) and it's been quite a long time since I had read good sci-fi. Timescape was a welcome break. The science is plausible, there is no mumbo-jumbo whose allure is hard to ignore even to the greats. But the thing that sets Timescape apart is that it would qualify as a good novel in its own right too. Character development is good, and realistic. The narrative keeps you glued. And it leaves deep traces, especially the part towards the end, which reminded me of story of sissyphus. A very good read. And if you actually give a damn about a science fiction, you cannot miss this one.

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The river of wisdom emrges from the mountain of pain. Life just flies away. That completes the picture.

If anything is true, it is this moment. Not past, not future. What meaning is there and what is the sum total we call life. Does it actually converge to a meaning, or the only way is to re-normalize, ignoring the infinites?

A lowerer resolution would have been better, each photon decoheres me.

It is raining.

A recent conversation

Participants:
Yours truly
A friend from another city

Venue:
Aroma's on FC road

Me: Aare, [gaali] kadhi aala tu?
Friend: Kaal...
Me: [gaali1], [gaali2], message vagaire karayachi kaahi paddhat..
Friend: Aare facebook var kevach takalay me...

Updates on Facebook? Hell, I am too old even for my own generation..

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// For someone wait-ing.

bored.. bored.. bored..

I mean aai shappath!!

2nd April 2011, Saturday

Thank You Team India for this great joy!!

Jeet ka Ahsaas
Ab aur bhi khaas!!!

Now Playing..

Oooh.. Dilkashi ke jo rang hai, hain tere..
Ooh ooh oooh.. Dosti ke jo rang hai, hain mere..
Tanwdanwadanw.. Tanw.. Tanwdanwadanw..
Inhi rango me chhupe, saare khushi ke rang hai..
Dekho na, dekho na..
Ye gahre halke, halke gahre, zindagi ke rang hai..
La la la laaaaaa..
kuch ghadiya.. lambi khamoshi..
kuch ghadiya.. poori madhoshi..
Life is Crazy..

Have a nice weekend.