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Assalamu Alaikum my dear reader friends, Here I am, after a long pause, back to infotain you with the buzzing nuances of life... Wish you had been with me on this roller coaster "space-travel" kinda ride that I'm going through right now... Haha.. I would say it's been one hell of a ride... yes, it was exhilarating, thrilling and thoughtful! The joggers' lane at our housing society Presently I'm in Chennai . I live in a society, where lifestyle is booming with speed, valour, friendship, and a serendipity of mixed emotions. I had to go through a very long process of preparation mentally and physically to pull myself into Chennai's sizzling chromosphere!  Well, as usual I take my long evening walks inside our housing society, where I presume I have a lot of space for myself to be "me". I quietly love the experience!! Of peekabooing through the canopies and listening to the endless arpeggios of the Cuckoo.. Additionally, what enhances my s...

ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND SCIENCE FICTION By Nancy Kress A very interesting and intriguing report Nancy Kress gives us on the role of Science Fiction( SF ) , in mending our realities. She very lucidly pulls out examples of different SF works, and elucidates in simple language, the impact of the writers on predicting the plausibilities of our future. She begins by defining SF as a “near-future story or novel” that takes a serious note of what is to be done with today’s available technological and scientific advancements. From movies like Star Wars and Star Trek , to works of magic realism by Borges and Garcia Marquez , Science Fiction is a very big galaxy, dealing with stories of space adventure, scientific puzzle, engineering speculation, and social extrapolation, with media tie-ins, explains Kress. Science Fiction raises many ethical questions on prevailing conditions of technology on how it is used, applied, and the outcomes of its role in the society. These ethical dilemm...

Assalamu Alaikum.. Hello my dear friends, I'm sharing with you my take on the book "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" by Dale Carnegie . It is a brief nostalgia of my adventure with this non-fiction treatise. The title itself speaks of its honesty within its pages. Shortly, the book behaves like a memorandum of its owner's confessions. It contains a multitude of anecdotes, methods and protocols for helping us comprehend and tackle our worries in the best way possible. At the end of every chapter, we are provided with a set of simple questions for self-analysis, which helps us evaluate our own perceptions in handling our daily daymares. It's still funny, when every time I turn its pages to see my handwritten notes on petty problems faced during my college days. It's interesting and reaffirming, that my confidence and happiness has grown with every level of life's challenges. The book has made me become a better human and will continue to be… For in...