Sankee Tank is Getting More and More Beautiful

Ducks play around this little boat house everyday evening, don't miss taking a pic when you visit sankee tank the next time.

In Front of Circle Mariamma Temple

Click on the picture and read what is written in bold on top "Investment in Knowledge always pays the best interest". Not the dubious unscrutinized knowledge in these books of course!

An Auto Driver Calls me a Fool

I hit on a small talk with my autodriver and somehow our talks converged to education and career. He suggested me to write IAS and become an IAS officer. He says I can become rich in no time and that I can happily retire in 10 years. When I told him I can't be corrupted, he raised his hands and told me I was a fool and that I didn't know how to live :-) (nimige badhkakke gothilla). That is when I clicked this picture :-)

He told me that he would ensure that his children wouldn't talk righteousness like me, and that he would tell his kids that there is nothing wrong in taking bribery ;-)

All in all, had an interesting ride both in the auto and after getting out :-))))))

Coffee Day Lounge

Had been to coffee Day lounge and got to try a free french press coffee :-) They get you all the stuff and detail you with things so that you can prepare a cup of coffee for yourself. Coffee day is the best :-)

Gift From my Student Swarup from University of Texas

Our Ride to the Airport and Back this Christmas

Me posing

 Manoj Nama my fellow companion

Manoj's bike carrier. He takes the bicycle on his car for the entire city to watch :P :P

Nice evenings walk in sankee

Taking a walk in sankee tank. This is the best time to visit this place. Water us up to the brim.

Our Bikes Rejuvenating

That's Manoj my Accompanier for the Morning Ride

God Replaces Technology!!!!

This BIAS bus from airport that I took today carries an Aiyappa photo instead of a GPS device :P :P :P

Attending a Talk in CNS

A talk by Dileep http://dileepgeorge.com/ . The talk was about how to reverse engineer the brain. He was humorous and made the talk short and sweet :-)

In DSCE

Talking to Prof. Ramesh Babu and Prof. Srinivas in Dayananda Sagar Computer Science Department. They have a new research lab dedicated to image processing research. The team is spearheaded by Prof. Ramesh Babu. It is great to see engineering colleges in Bangalore growing up in terms of research. I am sure, in the next coming years, this will be a center for excellence in Image processing.

This Photo is Present in the Temple From the Past 2 Decades

The Book Stall Inside the temple

This bookstall is situated towards the right after entering the temple. Dad has bought a lot of cassettes and books from this place from the past 30 years. This is the place where he bought me a kannada book called "panchatantra". The first kannada story book that I read fully. It was nearly 400 pages. The fragrance of the shop has remained the same from the past 25 years (ever since I visited this place for the first time). I go all nostalgic when I visit this place.

Anjaneya

I used to chant "Anjaneyamathipatalaananam, kanchanaadhri kamaneeya vigraham" near this place every time I visited this temple. This is exactly behind the garbagudi of vontikoppal temple.

People Chanting Bhagavadham Inside the Temple

The Krishna Sannidi Inside the Temple

They smear butter on krishna and it is a joy to see this ambegaalu krishna... unfortunately the door is closed.

Travelling in Volvo in Mysore is Fun

But the worst part is, the destination comes very soon :-(( that's mysore :-((

My Favourite Temple in Mysore

Venkateshwara devasthaana in gokulam. Me dad, mom and sister used to come here everytime we came close to this area. The temple has an amazing ambience. Don't miss visiting this, when you are in Mysore.

Aparna book house.... My fav book shop in mysore...

Prepared Egg Bhurji

For the first time I prepared egg bhurji, without knowing how to prepare it. Used my commonsense and there it was.... yummy and gummy :P

It was excellent! Either my taste buds are bad or I am a great cook :-))

My Favorite Hotel in Mysore.

Miss my sister. She used to love cutlet here. I love basundi here. Oh my my this feeling is priceless.

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Students Discussing During My Talk at NIE Mysore

Talk at Nie Mysore

starting my first popular science talk in another half an hour.

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Wow finally

On my way to mys. Didn't want the bus driver to switch on the tv. And I packed my laptop to watch this long awaited movie 'milana' .

My Favourite in the Evenings :P

Punitha's Talk on Image Processing

 Prof. Punitha inspiring the budding engineers with the marvels of image processing

Gaurav and Apoorva

My friends, stopping in the middle of the discussion and posing for a photo :-)

Wonder how there is a clean slate behind you people, I remember you guys were scribbling loads on the board.

Chocolate that I preciously preserved but finally gifted it :-(

A roadside vendor @ Malleswaram

Never buy these shirts please!!!!. Can someone tell me why?

Wow! That's the sign of a developing country.

Upcoming Superstars ....

Upcoming Intellectual Rock-stars of our country.
Can't wait to see them fly with bright careers after 2.5 years from
now.... I will preserve this blog until then. Will surely miss you
guys after this semester...
Bopanna
Jnanasagar
Bharat
Pranet
Gaurav
Anoop
Apoorva
Ajey
Rakesh
Vijesh
Karthik Prasad
Anush
Chirag
Naveen
Vivek
Vijay
Bheemsen
Chirag
Prerna
Meghana
Nitisha
Prakruthi
Aparna

An after-pic of the class after a talk on Mathematical Simulation.

Bele obbattu

Bele obbattu is a south indian sweet that resembles roti in shape size and colour. It is eaten with milk or ghee and it tastes awesome. This one is in malleswaram tenth cross (corner shop in front of foodcamp). Don't miss to taste one when you pass by.

Isn't That Cute and Creative?

A Talk in the IS Dept @PESIT #2

Volunteers trying to create a Hamilton path by sending messages

A Talk in the IS Dept @PESIT #1

Delivered a talk  "Combinatorial Thinking" at pesit (information science department). The crowd was very jovial and energetic. This was a situation when we had ten volunteers on the stage trying to disprove the fascinating Erdos/Szeker's piece of magic trick.

Forgot to take a snap of 10 participants on the stage :-(

Someone calls me a prof :-)

For the first time in my life someone has officially addressed me as a prof. Feels good and great.

The Thief Who Made My Day

Read the full story at http://sudarshansudarshan.blogspot.com/2010/10/haaaa-finally-i-am-of-some-use-to.html

A Dustbin With a Very Creative Sticker

Great work. Good creativity. S/he must be a figure of speech expert.

a nice quote

Found this on the door of one of the apartments in IISc hostel.

Soooo like an IISCian :P :P

Money pond

Money pond in Germany.

If you throw some cents/euros into this pond making a wish, it will come true in no time. 

And and and I heard Germans were the most open minded in the entire world....

Sexual networks

There were no questions from the audience all these days... But when Dr. Nina spoke about the science of sexual networks there were atleast 30 to 40 questions from the participants... Sex and celebrities anyday sell well.... :P

My beautiful jogging track

Place where I used to jog thrice a week. 

Look at the German-English

Look at this German+english=Junglish :P

"Is the gayal a domestic animal

The question is difficult to answer since the gayal has many features of a domestic animal, but its not kept as such in its native country. Their way of life rather resemebles that of a semi-tame wild animal"

Very funny!!!!!

This was in the Heidelberg zoo :P

fire alarm

Fire alarm in our office got activated and everyone came out the way they would from a movie hall. This was in the middle of my class when I was teaching them networkx package.  Everyone casually stood up and left the class with a smile... grrrr.... this is not the era of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casabianca_(poem)

This was pasted in the kitchen of our office

A poll on which editor is the best.... I ticked for the "vi" editor *blink*

(Click on the image to enlarge it, you can then see the poll clearly.)

Zoo in Germany

Germans are great at raising funds... This is a food dispenser for the fishes and swans... Zoo personnels never feed the birds, they make the visitors feed them. Consequently, they make good money too. It costs 2Euros for cup of food.