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Monday, March 27, 2006

Culture Vs. Religion

The other day, a fellow student asked me why I didn't drink and I replied, "Why would I drink?" His direct reply, "Because you're Punjabi," threw me off. What threw me off was not the reply but the fact that it was a white guy said this. It was bad enough that Punjabi's were known as the biggest drinkers in India but now we are the biggest drinkers in the world. How funny that The Sikh religion forbids drinking yet it is a big part of the Punjabi culture. Punjab is a wonderful place and our culture is rooted in our ancestry and the greatness of the people. The only problem is our PR when you see another Indian and you tell them you are Punjabi the first thing they start doing is dancing Bhangra. Bhangra is an important part of our culture but is it really necessary for people to do that, yeah I get it you are down. Most of the cultural significance is just that culture and not to be confused with religion. Most Punjabi’s think it is the same, putting a Khanda on your dhol does not make you religious. I have nothing against Bhangra but teaching it at the Gurudwara only enforces that culture and religion are one in the same. There needs to be a definite line between culture and religion or one day soon you will not be able to tell the difference.

posted by Gurinder at 1:46 PM | 5 comments

Thursday, March 16, 2006

The Reciter

"Student Recites 8,784 Digits of Pi"

"SALEM, Va. - A high school student Tuesday recited 8,784 digits of Pi — the non-repeating and non-terminating decimal — likely placing him among the top Pi-reciters in the world.
Gaurav Rajav, 15, had hoped to recite 10,790 digits and set a new record in the United States and North America. But he remembered enough to potentially place third in national and North American Pi recitation and 12th in the world."
-Yahoo! News March 15, 2005

Are you kidding me, this kid had that much time on his hands to memorize 8,784 digits!! This is the most craziest thing I have read. Congratulations Gaurav you are a parrot. What kind of parents let their kid sit there and memorize this many numbers, you think there would be better stuff to memorize. Does anyone even care if he can recite 8,784 digits, I doubt it. Here is some advice memorize some books on the SAT, get to college and get a job transcribing numbers you would be great at it.

posted by Gurinder at 2:45 PM | 1 comments

Monday, March 13, 2006

The End of an Era

In exactly one month from now I will be finishing my basic sciences. This means the end of classroom teaching, exam periods, and the overall college lifestyle. I am not big on change and after a year and a half, I have gotten used to my lifestyle but alas the tides are changing once again. This means the end of going to friends houses to play ping pong, poker nights, and staying up late talking. The flip side to this is no more exams and no more stress!!! Yes I do realize I have to take the USMLE but I would rather study for one test than take three different exams in one day. I am sure to many of my close friends I have talked about the stress that I went through, but unless you are in medicine you really can't understand. The amount of information you have to know is insane!! I am actually excited to start clinicals because this is something I have been looking forward to my whole life I will actually get to play doctor now, lol. It is a bittersweet end to the hell of basic sciences.

posted by Gurinder at 11:40 AM | 1 comments

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Update

I havn't forgot about my web site and I will be updatng in the next few days, so stay tuned!

posted by Gurinder at 3:45 PM | 0 comments

Good Days and Bad

Have you ever had those days where everything just goes right? Today was one of those days, the day has been going great. The best thing is you know that whatever you do on this day it will go smoothly and according to plan. It makes you think is it just luck or coincidence why this happens. As good as the good days are, the bad days just make you want to get back in bed and pretend the day never happened. These days are just plagued with hang ups and unnecessary obstacles. It seems that before today most of my days were the latter, and it feels refreshing. Let's hope these days continue and things get better.

posted by Gurinder at 3:38 PM | 0 comments