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I dont have a solution but I admire the problem :)

Random Thoughts: I come across this box "About Me" everywhere on the WWW, not in the whole wide world but always on the world wide web. This may look like an easy question but I always find it very difficult to answer. Good thing about Chowk is that it has not placed a character limit on this box otherwise they always ask you to explain yourself in 250 or so characters. How on earth can you explain yourself in a couple of sentences? Now if you ask me what is your asl? Or your interests? Or your favorite movies? They are specific questions and I can easily answer them. But when you ask me to write "About Me" I fail to comprehend what exactly do you mean by this question?

Famous Urdu language poet Ghalib says, "Poochtay hain woh kay Ghalib kon hai, Koi batlai kay hum batlain kiya" (They ask me who was Ghalib? Someone tell me what should I tell them?) I have haunting memories of my past mistakes, an unbearable present and a bleak future, what tale would you like me to narrate? Do you want to know my achievements in life? I have none.

This note is getting a little bitter and a bit sarcastic. Let\\\\\\\'s get a bit cheerful. I have a panacea for all the woes and ills of life. And this panacea is Philosophy. Not the kind of Philosophy which you associate with Descartes or Russell but a simple homespun Philosophy. Look at the shining stars, the moon, the earth, the thriving life and the infinite empty space and then look at yourself and your trivial pursuits and problems. From infinite to infinitesimal. Life is fragile and fleeting. Let\\\\\\\'s enjoy it as long as we can. Let\\\\\\\'s have a good time. And don\\\\\\\'t ask me how to have a good time? Because I don\\\\\\\'t even know what "time" is. I mean time as a fourth dimension.

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