Karuna Das

The shining light from a distance village tower; And the long stretch of land ahead, The yellow full moon large and low; And the startled cold wind that hurts Like the arrow from a soldiers bow; As I gain speed with pushing prow It comes back and hits me more. Ahead is a mile of English fields; Two fields to cross until a house appears An oak tree and then a sharp turn to right; And blue spurt of a lighted candle A voice less loud, filled with joy and fear Than the two heart beating each to each.

I am the invisible The invisible king of earth Deprived of power and army had stayed thousand years Just looking at empires falling blood death all i have seen Seen people fighting for power Armageddon i have seen seen peoples, empires burning in fire fire!! that is what kills everyone maybe everything would end with fire but something keeps telling me inside that it's going to be ice the silence raging inside is going to end it all I want to see the end Don't want to be invisible king anymore who looks at everything silently Just want to embrace death

Right now it's 3PM. I went out of my room and this poem came to my mind See that golden hue Burning in the west My dreams are with that color My dreams are the sun The sun always sets But never seems to rise That sun carries my dreams Slowly out of my reach I watch it slide away Leaving me behind The color disappears My dreams are with that sun Whenever the sun sets It rises in another place A place blessed by that light My dreams are hidden in that light At my window seat I watch the sun take it all away My dreams are with the sun My dreams are the sun

If questioning would make us wise No eyes would ever gaze in eyes; If all our tale were told in speech No mouths would wander each to each. Were spirits free from mortal mesh And love not bound in hearts of flesh No aching breasts would yearn to meet And find their ecstasy complete. For who is there that lives and knows The secret powers by which he grows? Were knowledge all, what were our need To thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?. Then seek not, sweet, the "If" and "Why" I love you now until I die. For I must love because I live And life in me is what you give.

Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me, Starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee; Sounds of the rude world heard in the day, Lull'd by the moonlight have all pass'd away! Beautiful dreamer, queen of my song, List while I woo thee with soft melody; Gone are the cares of life's busy throng. Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me! Beautiful dreamer, out on the sea, Mermaids are chaunting the wild lorelie; Over the streamlet vapors are borne, Waiting to fade at the bright coming morn. Beautiful dreamer, beam on my heart, E'en as the morn on the streamlet and sea; Then will all clouds of sorrow depart, Beautiful dreamer, awake unto me!

You know I can't smile without you I can't smile without you I can't laugh and I can't sing I'm finding it hard to do anything You see I feel sad when you're sad I feel glad when you're glad If you only knew what I'm going through I just can't smile without you You came along just like a song And brightened my day Who would have believed that you were part of a dream Now it all seems light years away And now you know I can't smile without you I can't smile without you I can't laugh and I can't sing I'm finding it hard to do anything You see I feel sad when you're sad I feel glad when you're glad If you only knew what I'm going through I just can't smile Now some people say happiness takes so very long to find Well, I'm finding it hard leaving your love behind me And you see I can't smile without you I can't smile without you I can't laugh and I can't sing I'm finding it hard to do anything Y...

It's very cold outside and half or maybe the whole area of tezpur is coverd by fog. In the morning at five when i woke up and went out of my room to the gate i thought that if i would go outside then i would be lost in the fog cover. Cold sesons are very lovely. Hope that at noon it would be lotz of sunshine ;P

It was a great party thrown by SOMJYOTI at centre point. All the dishes were fine. The resturant is not so that good but it has a good look. Loved to talk with Tinam and her friend Enisha.In the photograph it's somjyoti and me busy. Had a great day and treat. In the evening we two guys roamed the market and had lots of gossip. It was real fun. Kuddosssssssssss :)

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Karuna Das Date: Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 11:00 PM Subject: Fw: FW: TRUTH ABOUT GUYS To: Angelica!!!!!! this is really sweet........ When a boy is quiet ... millions of things are running in his mind. When a boy is not arguing ... he is thinking deeply. When a boy looks at u with eyes full of questions ... he is wondering how long you will be around. When a boy answers ' I'm fine ' after a few seconds ... he is not at all fine. When a boy stares at you ... he is wondering why you are lying. When a boy let you lays on his chest ... he is wishing for you to be his forever. When a boy wants to see you everyday... he wants to be yours 4eva. When a boy says ' I love you ' ... he means it. When a boy says ' I miss you ' ... no one in this world can miss you more than that. Life only comes around once make sure u spend it with the right person.... Find a Guy .. who calls you beautiful instead of hot... who calls you back w...

Solar heating of the atmosphere causes landslides is it possible that on a clear, sunny day the seemingly benign weather can be covertly involved in causing a natural disaster? Maybe. Daily, imperceptible changes in atmospheric pressure can trigger landslides. When geologists observed the 3.9 km long landslide called the Slumgullion in Colorado in usa, they found nothing unusual that would trigger it. Earthquakes and heavy rainfall are the classic triggers but they do not occur everyday. The Slumgullion landslide moves at an average annual speed of 0.44 mm per hour. In short, it is a landslide always on the move. “We ruled out factors like temperature or groundwater pressure as their daily level of change was negligible,” said William Schulz. Schulz, who led the study, works for the Landslide Hazard Project of the usgs (United States Geological Survey). They also ruled out earth tides which are imperceptible bulges of the earth’s surface caused by the moon and the sun’s gravitational ...

THE STUDY Centre for Science and Environment’s Pollution Monitoring Lab (PML) tested water and soil samples from in and around the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) factory for the presence of toxic chemicals pml studied the chemistry of the processes used for producing various pesticides in ucil and based on it, selected four groups of chemicals for testing soil and water samples. In chlorinated benzene compounds it tested 1,2 dichlorobenzene, 1,3 dichlorobenzene, 1,4 dichlorobenzene and 1,2,3 trichlorobenzene. In organochlorine pesticides it tested alpha, beta, gamma and delta hexachlorocyclohexane (hch). The two main products of ucil —Carbaryl and Aldicarb—were also tested. Five heavy metals—lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury and arsenic—were also tested. Why we tested ucil used to manufacture three different kinds of pesticides: Carbaryl (trade name Sevin), Aldicarb (trade name Temik), and a formulation of Carbaryl and gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane (g-hch) sold under the trade name Se...

After a very successful first year that helped light-up 55 villages with solar power, NDTV and Toyota have announced the launch of Greenathon 2. Greenathon 2 will focus on our everyday activities that harm the environment like the use of plastic and wastage of water. Our campaign ambassador this year is Priyanka Chopra who is urging people to do their bit to save the environment even if it is a tiny step. "This is a fantastic initiative. I'm a part of the young generation who questions almost everything. But we need to understand that it takes little things for something to become big," said Priyanka. "Youngsters often ask - 'What can we do?' But I believe it is only the simple things we can do that can bring about a change. Get involved in such initiatives, spend a weekend doing something good for the environment and you will feel happy... let's make the earth a better place," she added. The first edition of Greenathon, a campaign initiated by The E...

The company that had partnered with NDTV in March to create the Greenathon, India's first 24-hour programme on the environment, is still thinking green. Toyota Kirloskar Motors launched a massive tree-planting drive, but with a difference. Six-year-old Varun is working hard on a holiday. So is little Aryan. Tough job after all, to create a forest out of plain land, as Toyota Kirloskar Motors has set out to do, on the outskirts of Bangalore at their campus in Bidadi. Part of a 6,000-plus crowd that planted 30,000 saplings on Sunday, Aryan is thrilled with the results. When asked as to how many trees he planted, Aryan replied excitedly, "Eight!" Mango, neem, banyan, 51 native species were chosen. For that was the advice given by renowned Japanese ecologist Dr Miyawaki to Toyota when the company sought his advice. "Only the real native vegetation has sustained the typhoons, the natural disasters like fire, tsunami etc. If we put exotic species, they grow very fast, but ...

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The journey continues Down Under with the wild card entries of previously voted-out Roadies being the first twist in the international leg. This episode will be packed with action as the Roadies will now not only fight for immunity but also for an advantage of winning their own Karizma Bikes. The twist is that the Roadies have to give up their immunity for the bikes; this means they either win the bike and the immunity or could lose both. By the end the vote-out brings with it some breaking news and yet another strong contender is eliminated. This in one of the most action packed episodes on Roadies till date. To catch the action tune in to Roadies every Sunday @ 7p.m

Edge-of-the-seat thriller Producer: BIG Pictures Writer, Director: Vikram K Kumar Stars: Poonam Dhillon, R Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Sachin Khedekar Creative Quotient: National Award winner and Priyadarshan’s erstwhile assistant, Vikram K Kumar, makes a dashing debut with this slick supernatural flick. The story, simple yet engrossing, is about a picture-perfect, happy family comprising of two married brothers, their families, their mother and young sister shifting into their new apartment number 13 B in a high-rise. A series of inexplicable incidents mar their happiness. Milk curdles every day, the lift never works whenever younger brother Manohar (R.Madhavan) steps into it – he has to trudge up and down thirteen floors everyday, his picture on the mobile appears askew and he’s unable to fix the pictures of deities in the pooja room. Adding to the chaos is a tele-serial that bears an uncanny resemblance to their life - it is predictive of turn of events. Can the family doctor (Sachin K...

New Delhi, March 10, 2009: ISRO to launch a Google Earth clone service, Bhuvan. The India Space Agency, ISRO , will be soon launching Bhuvan, meaning “Earth” in Sanskrti , a service similar to Google Earth. The launch date has not been announced as yet but V. Jayaraman, the Director of the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) an ISRO unit in specializes in satellite image processing and distribution, said that the content generation is taking time. In November, the launch date was set for March. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to take on mighty Google Earth through Bhuvan, its online earth mapping service. The premier space agency of India that has received kudos for its successful launch of India’s first moon mission has announced the launching of a new project called Bhuvan which will map the earth using Indian Satellites. This will be India's answer to current mapping tools like Google Earth and Wikimapia. Bhuvan will have the ...

CHENNAI: It was a hat-trick for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). In a third successful mission, it proved on Friday that India could shield itself against ballistic missiles from enemy countries by successfully testing an interceptor missile from the Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast. The interceptor shot down a Dhanush missile heading towards the island. The interception took place at an altitude of 80 km over the Bay of Bengal. The Dhanush missile was destroyed in its path in both a direct-hit and detonation of the warhead of the interceptor, which is an advanced Prithvi missile. Dhanush was simulating the trajectory of ballistic missiles with a range of 1,500 km, similar to Pakistan’s Ghauri. The previous successful missions took place on November 27, 2006 and December 6, 2007, when incoming “enemy” ballistic missiles were destroyed in direct-hits at an altitude of 48 km and 15 km respectively. V.K. Saraswat, Programme Director, Air Defence, called the Fri...

Is the government readying a bailout package for Satyam? NDTV has exclusive details of the government and the new board considering various options to raise funds immediately. A day after the new board said they were not sure about the amount of cash readily available to the company and how long it could pay salaries of the over 50,000 people it employs, the measures the government is mulling over include: * Loans offered by banks may be backed by government * Some money may be raised by selling Satyam's assets * Options include Satyam issuing fresh capital * Government may buy shares via institutions Meanwhile, Prime Minister has called for a high-level meeting on the Satyam scam. The meeting will be held later on Tuesday. Key Cabinet members -- Home Minister P Chidambaram, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia will attend the meet chaired by the Prime Min...

Employees of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) have called off their strike. The PSU oil major on Friday said that the strike by its officers has partially ended with many of them resuming work. It also said that fuel supplies to affected pumps have already started. The news was confirmed by Oil Secretary R S Pandey, who said that many BPCL officials have returned to work. He also disclosed that Indian Oil services began to improve gradually when officials were told either to join work or face arrest. The officers at the state-run oil companies are demanding salary hikes. With the fuel shortage becoming a full blown crisis, the government on Friday told striking oil company officials to either return to work or get arrested. The strike has entered its third day. At least 70 per cent of the fuel pumps in the country have run dry and the number is steadily increasing. The Territorial Army is slated to take over refineries and man petrol pumps to overcome the crisis. Prime Minister ...

Islamabad, Jan 07: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday night sacked National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durani for saying that Kasab is a Pakistani national. Talking to Geo news channel, Pakistan's National Security Adviser Mahmud Ali Durrani confirmed, unofficially, that Kasab hails from Pakistan and an official statement in this regard is expected from the Interior Ministry later in the day. He also conveyed the same to an Indian channel, adding that a report to the same effect was being submitted to Pakistan PM Yousaf Raza Gilani. Sherry Rehman, the Interior Minister of Pakistan, told a news agency in an SMS that Kasab is a Pakistani. Rehman also said Pakistan's investigation into the Mumbai attacks was continuing. Durrani was, later in the evening, sacked for making the 'revelation', Pakistan media said. Ordering his removal, Pakistan PM said that Durrani was sacked "for his irresponsible behaviour (of) not taking Prime Minister and other s...

Shillong, Jan 07,8:30 PM IST: India's space agency along with astronomers from across the country will launch a ‘unique’ satellite later this year to study distant galaxies and black holes The Astrosat, scheduled for launch towards the end of the year, will be the country's first satellite entirely dedicated to astronomy. Astronomers are excited about the prospects thrown up by the Astrosat which is expected to give India an edge in observing the universe. "The Astrosat will carry the best ultraviolet telescope ever flown," Dipankar Bhattacharya, a senior astrophysicist with the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) told on the sidelines of the 96th Indian Science Congress here. Shillong, Jan 07: India's space agency along with astronomers from across the country will launch a ‘unique’ satellite later this year to study distant galaxies and black holes The Astrosat, scheduled for launch towards the end of the year, will be the country'...

Mumbai, Jan 07: Who are our soldiers in the cyber war with Pakistan? Contrary to popular belief, the cyber war is not fought by hackers hired by the government but by software engineers loosely connected through anonymous chat severs who want to do “something for their country” in their own way and in their free time. Meet Rahul Shekhar (name changed to protect identity), a 26-year-old software engineer with one of the top IT firms in India. Rahul is one of the many “soldiers” India has in its cyber war against known and unknown enemies. A harmless coder of taxation-related software during the day, Shekhar tunes in to the cyber war by night. “I get home and relax for some time. Post an early dinner I spend three hours working on a form of attack, defence or training in India’s cyber wars,” he told DNA. Globally, hackers not connected with the government machinery are known to supply intelligence to their governments. Like snipers on a tall building, computer hackers often act as cyber ...

The boss of Satyam, India's fourth-biggest software firm, has quit after revealing false accounts including some $1bn (£663m) in fictitious reserves. Chairman Ramalinga Raju apologised and said "the gap in the balance sheet has arisen purely on account of inflated profits" during several years. He said he was subjecting himself to the laws of the land and would "face the consequences". India's benchmark index fell nearly 7% on the news, as Satyam stock shed 82%. In a letter to the board of directors, Mr Raju said that neither he nor the managing director took any money from the company and did not benefit in financial terms following the "inflated results". India's benchmark index fell nearly 7% on the news, as Satyam stock shed 82%. In a letter to the board of directors, Mr Raju said that neither he nor the managing director took any money from the company and did not benefit in financial terms following the "inflated results". It w...

Updated at: 1717 PST, Wednesday, January 07, 2009 Ajmal Kasab belongs to Pakistan: Official sources ISLAMABAD: Initial investigations have proved that Ajmal Kasab, allegedly the top suspect in Mumbai attacks, hailed from Pakistan, official sources said Wednesday. The sources further said that Pakistan will not extend legal aid to Ajmal Kasab despite his request for the same. It may be remembered that an earlier report of Geo News had already indicated that Ajmal Kasab belonged to Pakistan. However, there is no record of Ajmal Kasab in the database of NADRA.

New year celebrations around the world Celebrations are taking place around the world to mark the end of 2008 and usher in the new year. From Sydney to New York and Auckland to London, revellers greeted 2009 with pyrotechnic shows and street parties. Some 400,000 people braved freezing temperatures in London for a fireworks display beside the Thames. In New York, meanwhile, thousands packed a frigid Times Square as the famous Waterford crystal ball descended to cheers at midnight. Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, soon to become the new US secretary of state, helped New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg lower the ball for the midnight countdown. A number of Arab nations - including Egypt, Jordan and Syria - cancelled their planned celebrations in solidarity with Palestinians in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after a fifth day of Israeli air-strikes on the coastal enclave. Muted festivities Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean became the first inhabited place on E...