Convexity vs Concavity

I have a nephew. Jehaan’s his name. He’s an adorable three year old with the cutest dimples. He has this way of looking at you with the most adorable smile on his face and the naughtiest gleam in his eyes. The poor little guy’s been sick. He’s been in and out of coughs, colds and stomach upsets over the last 3-4 weeks. Well, he’s finally feeling better, so my sister decides it's time for him to get back to school. Man, schools nowadays… Even, kids in Nursery have assignments; rather their mom’s have them. The latest one was that the mothers had to draw life size pictures of their kids. My sister, Delnaz, or Dinku as I call her, made the apple of her eye lie down on chart papers and drew out his outline. Then the two of them had a fun time colouring it. Awwwww… Anyway time came to get the assignment to school. Dinku decided that she would take Jehaan to school in the car just this once as the “assignment” was too cumbersome to carry on the school bus. While dropping him off at schoo...

Ever wondered how Archimedes felt on the day he discovered buoyancy? Heck, he just wanted to have a bath after a long tiring day. He landed up becoming a laughing stock. He still had the last laugh, though.  Enlightenment manifests itself in so many ways. Spiritual, intellectual, etc, etc. How about self enlightenment? How many of us have had days when we too find a light bulb dangling over our heads? Another word describing the same - Epiphany... (I'm in GRE mode so forgive me if I come out with more of these.) epiphany e·piph·a·ny[i-pif-uh-nee] a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. (Courtesy - Dictionary.com) Well, in most cases, the self enlightenment isn't intuitive but has to be drilled in by a not so commonplace occurance. Most people have a "Doh!" (credits to Homer Simpson) moment. It's like, "Gosh! How couldn...

Hello again, blog world... After multiple failed attempts at maintaining a blog, the prodigal daughter returns to battle again. Speaking of which, The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer is one of my favorite books... I'm yet to start re-reading it for the umpteenth time. Its pretty inspiring and I'm in desperate need of some inspiration right now. I'm at a stage in my life where I need someone or something to tell me "You go, girl!" "Go with the flow, do what you want"..  Gah! To top it all is the fact that I'm horrible at Math... I'm on a quest to discover the Fountain of Mathematical Excellence. I wish it existed. I'm sure it would be easier to find than me suddenly developing a genius for solving problems.  I just read the post again and I'm wondering what I'm doing here. But then again, I'm taking the Horrible vow to persevere until the blog world itself decides to kick me off it. (My mind’s going "Yeah, right! Like you’...