Ha ha!!

Finally finished the book "Da Vinci Code", back to back.

Some lines worth reiterating:

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books - books that glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napolean once said, "What is history, but a fable agreed upon?"
By its very nature history is a one sided account.......
which always makes it worth the effort to uncover the other side of the story.

Every faith in the world is based on fabrication. That is the definition of faith - acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. Every religion describes God thorough metaphor, allegory, and exaggeration, from the early Egyptians to the modern Sunday school. Metaphors are a way to help our minds process the unprocessible. The problems arise when we begin to believe literally in our own metaphors.
Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.
Religious allegory has become a part of the fabric of reality. And living in that reality helps millions of people cope and be better people.
"But it appears their reality is false."
No more false than that of a mathematical cryptographer who believes in the imaginary number 'i' because it helps her break codes.

Ha ha, I love this kind of intellectual crap that is so very right and thought provoking, yet is useless. Provides for a good topic of discussion and some conversation where you can show off your intellectual prowess.

Akash had called today just before he was about to leave for Delhi X-(. Said he was going to Corbett with flatmates, must be awesome!! I have never been out with freinds on any such adventure, lets see if that happens in the forthcoming year with a hell lot of lukkhas all around me. Was also a bit nervous about what would he be doing now that his three years of Economics Honours are over and he is a Graduate. One of those times when I feel thankful for being in a five-year course :D. Two more years to go before I have to worry about what would happen to me now.

Pursha, Shweta and a lot of other people must have flown today. Off to Germany!!! Must be a tragic flight, so many IITians on the same plane :P.