Adventures of an High Elf Sorcerer

Does the photo come above the text or below? And well ... I couldn't find any other image offhand.

I guess I have written about him already out here. But no amount of writing can do justice to the respect I have for this man. He is simply phenomenal. A PHD in Physical Chemistry, a great lover of hindi film music and english films, an experienced trekker (he knows the wester Ghats by heart I think), has a lot of knowledge of medicine, astronomy, astrophysics, astrology, philosophy (well, he is a PHD), electrical systems, electronics (I've learnt a thing or two about capacitors from him after getting my BE degree) and still going strong. And to top it all, a magnificent teacher. More than anything else, he taught me how to learn. Everytime I go to him, there is some surprise waiting for me. This time, it was set of astronomical diagrams showing the path of the sun across the sky at various places and at various times. Believe me, it once took me at least 24 hours to independently imagine and visualise the paths (I sat one whole day with a globe in my hand, looking at it from all p

I was wandering around on Lakshmi road on Saturday on the hot afternoon sun looking for a particular set of headphones. The amount of specialisation you find there is amazing. In one lane you have shops selling electric cables and nothing but electric cables. Then there is another lane in which you get audio equipment, but only electronic equipment. Heaphones are not part of that. So I had to venture into another lane. This one had only electronic components transistors, capacitors and the like). After roaming around for what seemed to be eternity, I stumbled upon a group of shops that had speakers and only speakers. And here, I finally found my headphones. Its really amazing the way all the similar shops are clustered together. Also, if fortune pops up a nice cookie when I post these entries, I have decided to keep them intact from now on. -- When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves.