My blog has found a new home. I’ve moved it to a dedicated domain http://www.punitjajodia.com.np. You can find all the content of my blog there. I’ll stop posting any articles here from now on. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Here’s a small experiment that was done to understand human psychology. It shows beautifully how we adhere to dogmas and keep getting beaten down by the consequences without realizing that there is nothing to stop us. Start with a cage containing five apes. In the cage, hang a banana on a string and put stairs … Continue reading
It is festival time and ALTIUS 2011, a national techno-cultural of my college, NIT Kurukshetra is in full swing. I was really excited about an event called PRAYATTN, which was being organized to promote social entrepreneurship among the students. The prize money was really high so many people worked day in and day out to … Continue reading
Everyone in the world wants to be safe. There’s no world war but people are scared for their loved ones who go to work everyday to bring food to the plate. The enemy is not another country, it is a broken financial system which has recessions and booms in its very roots. Due to lack … Continue reading
Sidhave sheikh Ka’abe ko, hum to Englishtan jayenge; Wo dekhe ghar khuda ka, hum khuda ki shaan dekhenge. (Let the devout sheikh go to Ka’aba, I will go to England; Let him watch God’s home, I will watch God’s glory.) This couplet from Akbar Ilahabadi pretty much sums up the mood of three friends on … Continue reading
The trollface is said to have originated from a webcomic by a DeviantArt user named Whynne. The word “trollface” comes from the noun “troll” or the verb “trolling”. “Troll” was initially used to represent a group of users on the internet who would post satirical comments on sites like youtube and 4chan. These are the … Continue reading
I recently bought a new phone: SAMSUNG CORBY TXT. Its really nice and has all the features of a good multimedia phone. Plus its not that expensive too I have been enjoying texting my friends using its qwerty keypad but felt so stupid today when I learnt that the word QWERTY acutally comes from the … Continue reading
There was a dialogue in the movie “Confessions of a Shopaholic” which goes- “Cost and worth are two different things”. Experienced it first hand during the trip back to Kurukshetra after my summer vacations. A simple pack of cards really saved the day. The train which was to leave from Gorakhpur at 00:40 was more … Continue reading
With google ruling the web, it is quite natural for it to have a profound influence on people’s lives. But I heard from a friend that google is up to something. According to him, google and CBI are working together to create a database of all the people in the world who use google and … Continue reading
