Education
I am a B.Tech graduate in Computer Science &
Engineering from the Indian
Institue of Technology, Madras. I finished my Ph.D. in Computer Science at University of California at
Berkeley, in Dec 2002. I am currently an Assistant Professor at
the Department of Computer
Science at the Indian Institute
of Technology, Kanpur.
One half of me saw some improvement on 04 Feb 2004, with Kameswari Chebrolu
entering my life.
Passion
I'm one of the volunteers for Asha for Education. I'm with the
Asha-Kanpur chapter.
Philosophies
Gandhiji's Talisman "I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt
or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following
test: RECALL THE FACE OF THE
POOREST AND THE WEAKEST MAN WHOM YOU MAY HAVE SEEN AND ASK YOURSELF IF
THE STEP YOU CONTEMPLATE IS GOING TO BE OF ANY USE TO HIM. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to
a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it
lead to Swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?
Then you will find your doubts and your self melting
away."
However bad your problems are, there is someone else with worse
problems, probably of a much more basic nature. Instead of
brooding over your problems, think how you can solve others'
problems.
Picture for Gandhiji's Talisman: Pulitzer award winner in 1994
(click for full size)
Three levels of
maturity:
Thought and the mind:
Almost all problems (except physical needs) can be traced back
to the following root:
Self-consciousness: A state where you judge yourself
on what you do (more often than not, based on what others
would think of it).
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