মম চিতà§à¦¤à§‡ নিতি নৃতà§à¦¯à§‡ কে যে নাচে
তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ ।
তারি সঙà§à¦—ে কী মৃদঙà§à¦—ে সদা বাজে
তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ ।।
হাসি কানà§à¦¨à¦¾ হীরাপানà§à¦¨à¦¾ দোলে à¦à¦¾à¦²à§‡,
কাà¦à¦ªà§‡ ছনà§à¦¦à§‡ à¦à¦¾à¦²à§‹ মনà§à¦¦ তালে তালে ।
নাচে জনà§à¦®, নাচে মৃতà§à¦¯à§ পাছে পাছে
তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ ।
কী আননà§à¦¦, কী আননà§à¦¦, কী আননà§à¦¦,
দিবারাতà§à¦°à¦¿ নাচে মà§à¦•à§à¦¤à¦¿, নাচে বনà§à¦§ —
সে তরঙà§à¦—ে ছà§à¦Ÿà¦¿ রঙà§à¦—ে পাছে পাছে
তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ, তাতা থৈথৈ ।।
Category Archives: Personal
Some jottings which relate to my life and worries…
From the Book of Practical Suggestions
It is always a good idea to think about how you would like to be treated before spitting venom on other people.
I can’t find Mundu Radio for e71
The list of phones currently being supported by the team working on Mundu does not include a Nokia E71. And, I am denied my daily dose of the radio. Oh ! When will the folks@Mundu come up with a release ? *sigh* I am willing to be a beta tester (and I am that much desperate)
I wonder what’s the use…
My IEEE membership was renewed recently, and, I was wondering what’s the use of continuing with it anyway ? The Pune chapter (which is the local one for me) doesn’t seem to be conducting any events. Contrast that with Bangalore and it is not a good thing.
In fact I was wondering the same about renewal of my ACM membership. *sigh*
Yesterday I was reading a book by Paco Underhill regarding buying trends at malls and retail stores (more on that in a separate post). And, I was wondering when was the last time I went out and ‘bought’ software. Some brain_cpu cycles later it struck me that the last piece of software that I purchased was this one, since the preloaded version that I got saddled with had come unstuck. This was after I had bought Red Hat Linux from FreeOS.
A strange sensation really. I use and consume software or, software as a service, on a daily basis. And, if one discounts the OS pre-loading on the cell phone, I have not actually gone ahead and bought software for around 10 years now. I do my bit for various FOSS projects, chip in with money to a select few or nudge-push-poke some projects to become better. But, living a decade and functioning fully without having to commercially purchase software is something that is totally jaw droppingly awesome. The software development model of FOSS and the collective collaboration that it spawns makes it possible.
And, then we wonder, why is it difficult for more people to really ‘get it’.
The Goddess and her puja
Runa went to the puja at Rohi Villa Palace, on 7th Lane at Koregaon Park, Pune and took a couple of nice photos.
Durga Puja at Pune
A book with enough thought points
I get into these discussions and notes-exchange at random intervals most of which relate to ‘teaching programming methods and implementations. So, I started reading up Reflections on the Teaching of Programming: Methods and Implementations (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).
As the blurb states the
topics addressed span a wide range of problems and solutions associated with the teaching of programming such as introductory programming courses, exposition of the programming process, apprentice-based learning, functional programming first, problem-based learning, the use of on-line tutorials, object-oriented programming and Java, the BlueJ environment to introduce programming, model-driven programming as opposed to the prevailing language-driven approach, teaching software engineering, testing, extreme programming, frameworks, feedback and assessment, active learning, technology-based individual feedback, and mini project programming exams.
I went through “Experiences with Functional Programming in an Introductory Curriculum” by Michael R Hansen and Jens Thyge Kristensen. And, I’d say I was surprised.
আগà§à¦¨à§‡à¦° পরশমণি ছোà¦à§Ÿà¦¾à¦“ পà§à¦°à¦¾à¦£à§‡ ।
ঠজীবন পà§à¦£à§à¦¯ করো দহন-দানে ।।
আমার à¦à¦‡ দেহখানি তà§à¦²à§‡ ধরো,
তোমার à¦à¦‡ দেবালয়ের পà§à¦°à¦¦à§€à¦ª করো —
নিশিদিন আলোক-শিখা জà§à¦¬à¦²à§à¦• গানে ।।
আà¦à¦§à¦¾à¦°à§‡à¦° গায়ে গায়ে পরশ তব
সারা রাত ফোটাক তারা নব নব ।
নয়নের দৃষà§à¦Ÿà¦¿ হতে ঘà§à¦šà¦¬à§‡ কালো,
যেখানে পড়বে সেথায় দেখবে আলো —
বà§à¦¯à¦¥à¦¾ মোর উঠবে জà§à¦¬à¦²à§‡ ঊরà§à¦§à§à¦¬-পানে ।।
ঠমণিহার আমায় নাহি সাজে —
à¦à¦°à§‡ পরতে গেলে লাগে, à¦à¦°à§‡ ছিà¦à§œà¦¤à§‡ গেলে বাজে ।।
কণà§à¦ যে রোধ করে, সà§à¦° তো নাহি সরে
ওই দিকে যে মন পড়ে রয়, মন লাগে না কাজে ।।
তাই তো বসে আছি,
ঠহার তোমায় পরাই যদি তবেই আমি বাà¦à¦šà¦¿ ।
ফà§à¦²à¦®à¦¾à¦²à¦¾à¦° ডোরে বরিয়া লও মোরে —
তোমার কাছে দেখাই নে মà§à¦– মণিমালার লাজে ।।